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If you are tired of regular employment and are wondering what it would be like to start your own business, you should book a spot for FREE at the New Start Scotland Exhibition on November 12th and 13th. This annual event attracts the top entrepreneurial minds across Scotland and its aim is for them to share their experiences with others who want aspire to emulate their success. This is the 12th year that the exhibition will be hosted and there will be a variety of seminars and workshops where attendees can learn for free from professionals from a wide number of industries.
According to Ceri Rogers, the exhibition's director, the aim of the event is to<|fim_middle|>.
The event doesn't just feature Scotland's finest. Event planners know that in order to get the best they have to look beyond Scotland's borders and every year there are a number of international figures, all of them successful and well known, invited to speak at the event. They impart the kind of advice and guidance that money cannot buy.
One of the Scottish guests who will be hosting a seminar is Sir Tom Farmer of the Kwik-Fit fame. He started his company in 1971 and steadily grew it into a chain of garages. Today, he has branches in countries all over the world and he was named Scottish Businessman of the Year in 1989. In addition to that, he has been awarded the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Philanthropy. These credentials alone will attract many to the event.
Other speakers are equally impressive. One of them is Jason Richelson who co-founded ShopKeep, an international software company that has hundreds of thousands of clients across the globe. He will be sharing with attendees the tools that he personally used to grow his own business, so this is definitely a session not to be missed.
Other seminar hosts include Ajmal Mushtaq, a leading Scottish restaurateur, and Ruaridh Macdonald, the Deputy Chief Executive of Macdonald Hotels and Resorts who are just as successful and who have much to share with attendees.
During the event attendees will also get a chance to interview some of the top minds in business and they will mingle with industry insiders who are also show partners. | give regular people an insight of what it takes to start and succeed in a business. The speakers aim to inspire and advice those young business people and also people who want to start their own businesses. He explained that they want only the top minds in entrepreneurship because their aim is to give the best guidance | 59 |
If you do, you may be joining an ever growing number of Jenton customers who need clean holes punched at high speed in flexible materials. Fresh fruit and vegetables are increasingly packaged in perforated materials and the high speed and reliable production of these materials is vital. Jenton has worked with Maklaus, the undoubted market leader in this field, for many years and the majority of installations of the cross web type in the UK are Maklaus. Materials punched include LDPE, OPP, CPP, paper, foil, polyester and laminates. If you need holes, other than the minty ones,<|fim_middle|> of Jenton Ariana machines in North America and customers are impressed. We are always looking for agents and representatives in this market. Please let us know if you can help. | Jenton is the place to go!
Converging across the pond.. We are really pleased to report that a pair of the latest Jenton-Ariana convergers are in action in the USA. Installed in line with CFS thermoformers the BCS convergers feature B+R touch screen controls and because of their short length save at least a metre over alternative systems (as well as several thousand pounds!). There is a small but growing number | 91 |
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Airman 1st Class Logan Welle, 99th Security Forces Squadron entry controller, accepts an identification card for access to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Nov. 23. For the Pass and ID office, some customers were unable to receive an access badge for the base following approval notification. Since then, the office went through a six month continuous process improvement to where customers can now show up at the front gate to request an access badge.
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — The Nellis Air Force Base Pass and ID office recently went through a six-month continuous process improvement.
CPI is an ongoing effort to improve quality, products, services or processes and solve problems on and around the base.
For the Pass and ID office, customers were unable to receive an access badge for the base following approval notification. On a quarterly basis, approximately 52 percent of customers requiring access were unable to receive a badge. This means they couldn't access the installation to conduct work.
"We realized we had a problem with allowing the contractors on base," said Tech Sgt. Christopher Spicher, 99th Security Forces Squadron, NCO in-charge, "We run background checks in the Pass and ID office so there was a lot of duplication as we were using a paper based product. We were behind.
"Mr. McCully came in and began improving our process to 99 percent (for receiving base access)," he continued. "This equates to 106,000 man hours that were saved and about six million dollars."
The problems were identified prior to the airshow coordination in 2014. Vendors were unable to access the installation after they had already been vetted and approved.
"We used the Air Force eight-step practical problem solving model where we gathered the data over a 30-day period to determine the magnitude of the problem," said Sean McCully, Installation CPI manager. "We then determined the potential root causes of the problem and then developed solutions based on the findings. All the subject matter experts and some of the customers mapped the current process and we found inefficiencies and non-value added processes that created confusion in the Pass and ID office."
Several solutions were implemented. The Pass and ID office reduced duplicate paperwork processing and created a spreadsheet for all processed badge requests instead of multiple. They also established a work standard and ensured all personnel were trained to it.
Now, when customers show up to the front gate to request an access badge, the customer will be provided one immediately and will not be turned away as had happened prior to problem resolution.
"Hopefully units understand that problems exist within their organizations and there is a methodology to solve them," said McCully. "It's better to expose the problem and work to solve it rather than have people spending time with what we call, 'non-value added work', working in a broken process that provides no value to their customers."
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Ley, S (LP). Elected 2001.
Named after William Farrer 1845-1906, a noted wheat breeder and experimentalist.
Farrer covers an area of approximately 126,590 sq km in<|fim_middle|> Carrathool, Conargo, Corowa, Deniliquin, Greater Hume, Griffith, Hay, Jerilderie, Leeton, Murray, Murrumbidgee, Narrandera, Urana, Wakool and Wentworth.
Large-scale irrigation areas, around Deniliquin and Wentworth, produce dairy products, fat sheep and cattle, orchard and vine crops, apples and rice. Other major agricultural products include wool, timber, wheat and cereals. Many industries are based on the processing of agricultural products, such as the Australian Newsprint Mills at Albury and the largest rice mill in the southern hemisphere at Deniliquin. Other industries include mining, tourism and agricultural service industries. | southern New South Wales stretching along the Murray River from the Shire Councils of Greater Hume and Narrandera in the east to the South Australian border in the west and the Shire Councils of Wentworth, Balranald, Hay and Carrathool in the north. Farrer is made up of the Shires of Albury, Balranald, Berrigan, | 78 |
Full Length Talks, Guidance, Trust 60+ mins, Anger, Communication, Contentment and Happiness, Family,<|fim_middle|> system instead of "ownership and possession," everything proceeds beautifully. It is systematic and scientific.
Inspiration 5–10 mins, Beliefs and Concepts, Expectations, Forgiven World, Giving and Receiving, Judgments, Love, Making Decisions, Unwinding from the World
A Course in Miracles in Las Vegas
David Hoffmeister and the Messengers of Peace travel and offer "A Course in Miracles" and Enlightenment gatherings around the world.
Guidance 5–10 mins, Family, Hypotheticals, Intuition, Making Decisions, Non-Judgment, Purpose, Self-Concept, True Joy
Joy beyond Hypotheticals
David Hoffmeister speaks in New York City about how the whole distorted world is hypothetical or situational or potential. Joy in the present is actual, a gateway to Reality—the Kingdom of Heaven within—and it is experienced through a choice or decision when the past is seen as over and gone.
Guidance 5–10 mins, Guidance, Holy Spirit, Illusion vs Reality, Intuition, Listen and Follow, Making Decisions, Mind Training, Money and Finances, Purpose, Symbols, Theory vs Experience, Transfer of Training, True Joy
Holy Spirit Lesson in Guidance
David recalls a parable of his life from a trip with his then-girlfriend Janie in 1995. David was told by the Holy Spirit: "I am the Destination, and I will tell you the direction" prior to the trip. Hear what happened along the trip. | Fear, Guidance, Holy Spirit, Making Decisions, Mind, Parenting, Projection, Purpose, Relationships, True Joy
The Gift of Happiness
The way to receive the gift of happiness is to make a habit of living a Spirit-guided life. To do this we must recognize that the mind, not the body, is the decision maker. Our current perception shows us a fragmented world of fear and rage. So when confronted with a decision it is helpful for us to step back and ask "What is it for?" Then we can choose the Spirit's purpose of forgiveness or undoing. We can choose to serve something bigger than our self. David and Frances continue on to tell enlightening parables about: opening to love, our one responsibility, Siddhartha and the movie, "Sully."
Guidance 10–30 mins, Beliefs and Concepts, Fear of Loss, God's Plan, Making Decisions, Possession and Ownership, Spiritual Journey, Success, Theory vs Experience, Transformation, Trust, Undoing the Ego
A Parable of Unwinding
"A Course in Miracles" teacher David Hoffmeister shares about the rapid unwinding process that Living Miracles Messenger of Peace Frances Xu went through. It can seem like the spiritual journey would be easier if your life situation didn't have many of the trappings of the world, such as marriage, career, mortgage, etc. But actually, it depends solely on the desire of one's heart! So, no matter what your circumstances, step by step, at whatever pace you are ready for, the Holy Spirit will unwind you from this dream! Enjoy this profound parable of Awakening!
Guidance 5–10 mins, Ego, Guidance, Listen and Follow, Making Decisions, Mind Training, Past–Future Thoughts, Planning, Practical Steps, Present Moment, Spirit-Invitation, Transcendence
How to Know What to Do Next
When you are willing, you can stop being distracted by the ego's trick of linear time and allow Spirit to show you, very specifically, what to do next. ACIM daily lessons direct the mind out of the maze of linear time. Lesson 32 says, "I have invented the world I see." To be human is to make images, to imagine hypothetical possibilities for the future. There is a lot of fear in this process. The ego mind keeps generating a future, which is just a construct, to keep the guilt going. Concern for the future is a defense against the present moment.
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You See What You Believe
A quick David Hoffmeister ACIM teaching on perception and beliefs. This gets right to the point! David Hoffmeister reminds us that everything we perceive is just symbolic of our own beliefs. Everything you perceive is there by your own decision. You're seeing a motion picture of what you believe. And you can of course change that. David Hoffmeister uses the example of a Jesus Parade in Stockholm and a Jesus birthday party in the middle of summer in Cincinnati.
Living with Purpose 5–10 mins, Choice and Free Will, Dark and Intense Emotions, Discernment, Form and Content, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Making Decisions, Purpose
All Choices in This World Are the Same
We are often tempted to choose where it's not really possible. Most of the choices we make in this world are of the same order, and the questions we typically ask make no sense in Reality. Choices become easier when we follow the Holy Spirit (peace); we will feel in harmony and flow with life. Ask only one question in any situation: "What is it for?" That's very different from the ego saying, "What are the pros and cons here?" A mind in turmoil is not an inspired place from which to make decisions.a
Depression 10–30 mins, Cause and Effect, Depression, Grief and Sadness, Guidance, Making Decisions, Mind Training, People-Pleasing, Spontaneity
Sadness is a form a depression. In "A Course in Miracles," when Jesus talks about depression, he says that depression comes form being deprived of something you want and do not have, but we must remember that we are deprived of nothing except by our own decisions. We must decide otherwise. The ego will associate this feeling with a specific form, but the image is never the cause. Everything you experience is your decision. By contrast, the Holy Spirit is always calling you into present joy. There are no goodbyes in the holy instant. Follow guidance spontaneously.
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Into The Flow of Love
When we get into the flow of love, everything comes our way, without exception. When we have "giving love" at the core of our logical | 1,032 |
I've already given you the low-down on how to get your foreign-language writings corrected online for free. Now I'd like to turn to how to get your audio recordings corrected for free.
Unfortunately, your options here are still pretty limited. As far as I can tell, there are only two places where you can submit recordings and get them corrected by native speakers, neither of which are close to making the feature ideal: Livemocha and Lang-8.
Overview. Lang-8, based in Tokyo, is a two-person project by Yangyang Xi, CEO, and Kazuki Matsumoto, CTO, that focuses letting language learners get their texts corrected. However, with this little tip,<|fim_middle|> what you're supposed to record. Learners can and sometimes do add their own audio at the beginning or the end of the recordings, but they generally follow the script. Of course, you don't have to follow the script and you can surely find flexible human users who'll correct your audio recording for you regardless of what it contains.
Making corrections. Correctors can easily record their own recordings in reply to your audio recording, which is the major benefit of submitting audio recordings for correction on Livemocha. Correctors also get a comment field in which they can make comments and variously format the comment text.
Speed of corrections. Livemocha has a very large user base, so corrections come back very quickly, certainly comparable with Lang-8.
Correction presentation. If there's an audio recording attached to a comment, it's readily available for you at the click of a button. Like Lang-8, it is up to individual correctors to format their textual comments. Again, your results will vary.
Languages. Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu.
Interface. As far as getting audio recordings corrected goes, I've got no major complaints. The interface allows you to get the job done.
Bottom line. While I love that correctors can easily supply their own recordings in response to yours, I don't like that you're nominally limited to Livemocha's specified scripts.
Despite the inability of my correctors to easily supply audio recordings in their comments, I've tended to use Lang-8 more for getting my audio recordings corrected, largely due to its content flexibility. Nevertheless, there is a lot of room for improvement—whether on one of these sites or on the site of a new provider of this feature.
I started to learn Portuguese about 11 months ago. The pace of the lectures is about right. The lecturer combines the grammar, text and conversations to make the lectures more interesting. I really enjoy her lectures. She is very helpful, flexible and adjusts the lectures to my progress an needs. Unfortunately, I had less time to revise the lectures in the past couple of months, but I still feel that attending the lectures is useful for my progress. I would highly recommend her to anybody who would like to learn this beautiful language.
Is the FTC about to give Rocket Languages a call? | which Lang-8 supports by making adding audio easy, you can get your audio recordings corrected as well.
Content. Lang-8 is set up as a journal or a blog, but you're free to post whatever you feel like posting.
Making corrections. Correctors can leave comments for you, explaining what you did wrong. There's no feature for them to record a message for you directly. Although they could leave a recording in the comments in the same way it can be posted in the entry's body, no one has done so yet for me.
Speed of corrections. Just as with text, the corrections come very rapidly. Waiting a day for corrections would be a long time to wait.
Correction presentation. It is up to individual correctors to apply formats: bold, strike-thru, red, and blue text. Your results will vary.
Languages. You can post in any language you want, and native speakers of all major languages are well represented on the site. I'd wager that it'd take longer to get corrections for less frequently studied languages, but I've not tested that hypothesis.
Interface. Lang-8's interface is alright; it's nothing to rave about, but it gets the job done.
Bottom line. I love that I can record whatever I feel like recording to Lang-8, but I don't like it takes a bunch of steps to post audio recordings and that there's no easy way to post audio recordings in the comments.
Overview. Livemocha's main product is it's Rosetta Stone-like language-learning courses, but the coolest thing it does is connect you with tons of native speakers, including through corrections of your audio recordings (see my complete review of Livemocha here).
Content. For audio recordings, you're supposed to read outloud a text related to your lesson; there's no discretion involved in | 371 |
Tank! Tank! Tank<|fim_middle|> at the same time. | ! is obviously a game about tanks. It was one of the many Wii U games shown on the E3 show floor, but it didn't really show off anything interesting about the Wii U. Frankly, Tank! Tank! Tank! could be played without the Wii U Game Pad at all. Everything you can do can be handled with a simple analog stick and buttons. The Wii U is entirely secondary to the experience. In fact, nothing proves this more than the fact that Tank! Tank! Tank! originally came out in the arcades in 2009, and the Wii U version is nothing more than a port.
The premise of the game is actually quite simple. You and your friends are controlling tanks, and it's up to you to kill a whole bunch of cartoony enemies that are devastating your city. You'll fight giant ants and bugs and all sorts of other things as you roll down city streets firing away like the A-Team. Goals in the game are very simple. Most of the time you will be asked to kill a certain amount of enemies before the time is up, or to kill a very specific enemy or boss in a set amount of time. Nothing too complicated here.
Along the way you will pick up several different power-ups. You'll be able to use rapid-fire machine guns, homing missiles, and much more. Almost like a rail shooter without rails, a good portion of the game is making sure you have the right weapon for the job, as just about any weapon is better than the default gun.
Aiming really doesn't enter into the equation in Tank! Tank! Tank! All you really need to do is face your target and start firing away. Vertical aiming is done automatically, which is a shame because it's so clearly a missed opportunity to use the GamePad or Wiimote+'s gyro sensors to add some aiming capabilities. The basic controls involve using an analog stick to move your tank around and using a shoulder button to fire on your enemy.
The game can be played with either the GamePad or the Wiimotes, though the GamePad user can see the action on his own personal screen. That being said, the personal screen doesn't actually help all that much. It's just a replica of the screen that you would have seen on a split-screen TV anyway. The only reason this functionality is worthwhile is because it might allow more than four players to play local co-op | 493 |
"YOUR HANDS ARE LIKE HOME<|fim_middle|> certain quality in here which makes her sound like anything but a girl from a South-German backwater. | "
LILLY AMONG CLOUD performs the song "YOUR HANDS ARE LIKE HOME" for BalconyTV.
When Lilly sits down at the piano she writes big pop tunes. Majestic songs full of beauty and harmony. Songs like a collage – open, diverse and dramatically shaped in the true sense of the word.
She creates a warm & deep space out of vibrant beats, compelling sounds and atmospheric guitars always allowing her voice to shine. And what a unique voice that is! Together with producer Udo Rinklin (who only recently had another #1 album on the German Charts) Lilly realised quite early that the journey will lead her far beyond the classic "singer/songwriter lady at the piano" situation.
This is widescreen pop, it is self-awareness at the same time as it is self-doubt. And obviously there is a | 175 |
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How do you get a lot of Twitter followers?
Getting a lot of social media followers, including Twitter users, doesn't have a secret formula or strategy behind it. However, there are several keys to getting high-quality Twitter followers.
Write and Curate Valuable, High-Quality Content
One of the best ways to get more Twitter followers to your account is to write and republish top-quality content that people will find engaging and possibly share. Highly shareable content can help you get the most out of your social media accounts, and Twitter is no exception. The more reputable the source material you write and push, the more trustworthy your brand will seem.
Follow Industry-Relevant Accounts and Potential Partners
Another way to help make sure that you further expose your brand and improve your social media network is to be a strategic follower. Don't simply follow any account that comes your way in hopes that they'll follow back. Be selective with the accounts you choose, and you may come across accounts that give you good insight into popular industry trends—which you can write about—as well as potential partners. Tweeting messages to more popular accounts may also get you favorable attention and more traffic to your website as a result.
People like a company that seems personable and engaged, making them more likely to follow you in turn.
Engage with Followers and People Who Interact with You
Individuals who follow your account will want to feel like they're interacting with a person. If they thank you for your services or products, or even simply an<|fim_middle|> when they interact with you is a great way to encourage them to become satisfied customers. Through word of mouth, happy followers can also encourage others to follow suit. | offer that you're publicizing on Twitter, try to respond as often as possible. People don't want to feel like they're speaking with a corporate entity as much as they want to talk with a human being. Interacting with people | 47 |
It's so easy in life to lose focus and go into a mental passivity. I can reflect many years of my life feeling like that. It's always a constant fight to not let the world rapture your attention away to dreamland that pulls you away from the things you truly want long<|fim_middle|> your thoughts :).
Great post and I completely agree with everything what you wrote! Also you look amazing! | term, for something you like right now.
I think the number one reason we do this is because humans have a hard time quantifying and envisioning long-term goals being actualized. It's hard to know, ' it seems so far from now,' 'does it really matter if I do it anyway,' all those things we think about our natural human defaults.
By ignoring your human defaults is the way to get inhuman results. Because human DNA is flawed, we reject many of the things that work to weaken us. Modern life wasn't suited for the massive array of distractions that we have now, so we all need to work on nurturing our minds with the things that align with our vision of our future.
The dress is so pretty! I love the dreaminess of the clouds in the background.
Looking sooo pretty dear! Love your dress, really lovely on you!
I need those boots in my life.
I am so in love with your outfit! The hat and dress combo is on point. I agree with you about how it is easy to lose your focus. I find myself realizing how fast time is flying by and I'm here wondering if I made the most out of my time. I mean, we make mistakes but we need to realize it to make things better going forward. Thanks for sharing | 263 |
Playing leapfrog and werewolf with Google and Facebook
May 17, 2015 by Jeff Jarvis
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First Google made its friendship pact with eight old, European publishers, vowing to innovate together. Then Facebook leapfrogged Google — by a considerable distance — launching its Instant Articles with nine publishers, old world and new, inviting them into its mobile News Feed and helping them make money to boot. Now it's Google's turn to leapfrog Facebook. We like this game.
That opportunity for publishers — to build upon these positive steps — is what I, for one, emphasized this weekend in more than one session at Google's excellent gathering in Helsinki, Newsgeist Europe, an unconference where we the participants chose what to talk about. Among other topics, we chose to talk about what Google could do for news, about Facebook as the new distributor — and sometimes editor — of the news, and about at least one idea to take advantage of that new reality.
That idea is something Google News chief Richard Gingras and I advocated at the last Newsgeist in the U.S., something I've been working on for years: the containerized, embeddable article that travels to any site with brand, revenue, analytics, and links attached. In other words, let's take what Facebook has done with Instant Articles and open it up to any creator and any embedder. I was delighted to hear serious discussion of the notion at this Newsgeist, opening the door to reimagining the distribution of news so that instead of always requiring and depending on our users to come to us, we can now take our news to them.
Now there are many many issues and questions around this model, and you can count on a circleful of journalists to raise them all: how distributed news affects the business of journalism and how both creators and distributors can share in the value they make; the power and responsibility our new distributors hold over the dissemination of information and whether they will act as protectors of news or as censors or catalysts for cat lists; whether creators will get the specific user data they need to build relationships of relevance and value with the people they serve (that is the key issue, I think).
But if we're honest with ourselves, we will recognize that the horse — and the article — have left the barn. Facebook was already a primary source of audience — links and clicks — for news. Now it will be a key distributor of complete content. You can bet that others will follow, taking what they already have — Twitter with its cards; Snapchat with Discover; Amazon with the Washington Post on its Kindle; Google and Apple with their newsstands — and finding ways to embed content with business model attached into the streams they deliver. Note also that we could find ourselves in a nightmare of publishing content 20 ways on 20 platforms using 20 CMSes in 20 business deals that we don't control, struggling to make sense of too little data from each.
Publishers could take the lead and create open-source standards and structure for distributed news. But news publishers have proven to be awful at collaborative consortia (see: NCN) and worse — much worse — at technology. And this is no trivial task, as Repost.US learned when it couldn't sustain its wonderful rendition of the embeddable article (for reasons I explore in Geeks Bearing Gifts). If we're going to do this, we need help.
Who will help? I suggested Google, which could build the structure openly, adding its own services — ad sales, ad serving, hosting — as options. In the discussion, some feared that Google's direct involvement beyond funding the project out of its European bribery — er, I mean innovation — fund would give the service cooties. Gift horse: mouth. Well, then Facebook could open up its lovely platform and CMS and make it possible to embed Instant Articles anywhere.
Note well the position that news publishers are in now. And a fine position it is: Google, Facebook, and potentially other powerhouses are finally competing for our affection to keep the wolves — that is, European regulators — at bay.
It's metaphorically convenient that the favorite recreational activity at Newsgeists is a game called werewolf, which is all about mistrust. Suspicion has been the basis of the relationship between publishers and platforms. That atmosphere of wariness and warring was brought on by a campaign waged against Google by German publishers Axel Springer and Burda, using their considerable political clout to enlist politicians to pass laws and launch antitrust investigations disadvantaging the American technology giant. Google's peers — Facebook, Amazon, Apple — are well aware that Old Europe's pitchforks could be launched at them next. So though I did not like the tactic — because it is leading to dangerous if unintended consequences that could imperil an open net as well as European innovation — I must give credit where credit is due, to Springer and Burda, for bringing Silicon Valley to the table if not to its knees. Credit to Google and Twitter for talking. Credit to the publishers that are working with each, seeking peace in the kingdom. Group hug.
Now the game shifts from werewolf to leapfrog. Now we in journalism get to stand back and see technology titans jump over each other to bring benefits to news. But we'd best not stand back too far. We journalists and publishers must collaborate with the platforms as we demand that they collaborate with us. And as they<|fim_middle|>, publishers, and Googlers this weekend in Europe?
The sensible, mature, productive way to enter negotiations is not to stomp away. The smart thing to do is to craft business terms. That's what I teach my students. What would make you do a deal with the titans now that they are willing to talk? What would protect you against your concerns? What do you have that they want and what do they have that you want? Where is their mutual benefit for your businesses and — here's the only thing that matters in the end — for the people we all serve? | teach us about technology, we must teach them about journalism.
By that, I mean that as platforms take on the role of distributor and (I lament this word) gatekeeper for news, we must help them understand the responsibility they are assuming. Mark Zuckerberg cares about a connected society. Does he also care about an informed society? I believe he does — witness his proper pride at seeing his platform being used by freedom fighters. Now Facebook must find the courage to publish and protect uncomfortable news, for real news, impactful news is almost always difficult news. It must fight to be open to diverse and often dissenting voices and viewpoints in the face of pressure from censors and tyrants, which will surely grow now that Facebook is carrying more news that matters. And as Facebook benefits from the content — the journalism and service — that publishers provide, then it does bear some responsibility to consider their business needs (and I'm delighted that Facebook did just that, offering publishers revenue with distribution via Instant Articles).
My friends Emily Bell, Jay Rosen, and George Brock have written about these concerns, as have I. I don't think any of us would expect Facebook to produce all the answers overnight; indeed, we should not want them to make these decisions alone. What we do expect of Facebook, Google, and the other platforms is an open and substantive conversation about these principles. And they should expect from us a spirit of generosity and collaboration. We all now recognize that we live together in an ecosystem of information, technology, and service. We must build and maintain it together.
Unconferences, innovation funds, education, and especially new products like Instant Articles will help do that. But group hugs aren't enough. We don't just need to embed articles. We need to embed and educate people on both sides of this cultural divide who can understand and translate the differences and, more important, find opportunities of mutual benefit. These are not merely ambassadors doing biz dev and PR. They don't just make each side smarter. They must make shit happen. They must build things. That means having technologists in the management of news companies and journalists in the product stream of technology companies.
I can imagine countless ways in which collaborative technologists and journalists can build great services for the public we serve. Traveling articles are just one example, a starting point. There were others raised at Newsgeist.
At this point, I know what many will say in the comments wherever links to these thoughts appear: "Well, I just don't trust Facebook/Google/etc." "They will pull the rug out from under us." "They will never do what we want." "They will serve their own interests." Well, of course, they will serve their interests. They are businesses. But it's no longer accurate to say that they cannot also benefit us or that they will not listen. Who'd have imagined — many at Newsgeist confessed they couldn't — that Facebook would not only invite publishers into its precious stream but also let them keep 100% of the ads they sell for the privilege. Who'd have imagined that even Springer's Bild would sign up for the deal? Who could have pictured the warm and substantive interaction of journalists | 644 |
COLUMBIA, Mo. — SEC! SEC! Rang throughout Columbia Saturday night as the No. 5 Missouri Tigers football team took down Johnny Football and the Aggies. Although there was a bit of a delayed response by the student section, they didn't disappoint the TV cameras and eventually rushed the field to celebrate the school's first trip to the SEC football championship game.
The day brought thousands of Mizzou and A&M fans alike to Columbia, Mo. Here are a few of those I had the pleasure of meeting along the way, as I tried to document through photos my game-day experience.
Chris McKinney (center) and his tiger striped pants made the trip from St. Louis to tailgate with friends and fellow Mizzou alumni. Pictured, from left, Andrew Lee and Mary Lovelace join McKinney at their Tiger tailgate.
Mizzou alum Jay Ott (left) and friend Andy Rieger gave me a lesson in Kan Jam, a game they said a friend picked up from Chicago. The objective of the game is to throw the frisbee into the top of a short open barrel or into a slit in the barrel, which results in a win. The rest of the game is much like washers or bags, where you play to<|fim_middle|> you can pick it up at the MU Bookstore.
Christmas came early in more ways than one for the Prichard family Saturday. Tom and Sheila Prichard (center) brought their Christmas lights and wreath to their third generation Tiger tailgate, equipped with a pretty grand feast as well.
Fans gathered around a stadium tailgate spot to watch the final seconds of the Alabama/Auburn game before heading into Faurot Field.
I am getting ready for the start of Saturday's game.
The Brewer family was seeing double Saturday as both their Auburn and Missouri Tigers won in grandiose fashion, but they were able to see the Missouri Tigers win in person. The Brewers are originally from Auburn, Ala., and now reside in Lee's Summit, Mo. They say they probably will stay true to their roots and root for the Auburn Tigers in an Auburn/Mizzou matchup.
Mizzou students and fans rush the field Saturday after the Tiger win.
Teryn is a FOX Sports Midwest Girl as well as a multimedia journalist, web editor, video and still photographer, video editor & writer for the Republic-Times newspaper in the greater St. Louis area. | 21 and your partner at the opposite barrel can knock it in the top opening for one point or you can hit the barrel with the frisbee for two points.
A&M and Mizzou fans tailgated side-by-side Saturday and brought their respective school swag along to help them represent.
Pictured, from left, Gabe, Brooke Holley, Mary Kate and Jack Burgess take time out from their pickup football game for a photo op with their Tiger hats. The Burgesses are from Bentonville, Ark., and say they are looking forward to coming back next year for the newly established Arkansas/Mizzou rivalry game.
Missouri seniors Sean Conway (left) and Thaddeus Sherwood arrive at the Mizzou tailgate scene in style. If you are wondering where you can get your hands on Conway's snazzy Mizzou hat, he says | 179 |
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four. Attempt to minimize down on saturated fat and sugars. Don't completely minimize down on fat as a result of your physique wants it to remain wholesome. Principally, fat are categorized into saturated and unsaturated fats. The previous has excessive quantity of ldl cholesterol and the latter has decrease volumes that lowers blood ldl cholesterol. Reduce down solely on meals which might be excessive in saturated fats such meat pies, sausages, arduous cheese, butter and lard, pastry, muffins and biscuits, cream and the like. Additionally monitor your sugar consumption as a result of away from inflicting decay, sugary meals will also be excessive in energy that contribute to weight acquire.
5. Eat much less salt. An excessive amount of salt can elevate your blood strain.
6. Drink heaps and many water to maintain your physique well-hydrated. | ious diet – which incorporates consuming balanced quantity of meals from all meals teams – together with train or common bodily exercise can much less folks's inclining to well being issues.
Specialists say that though primary precept of nutritious diet is easy, most individuals are having a tough time sticking to it. Main causes might embody a brilliant busy life-style, work that causes numerous stress and even an surroundings that isn't conducive to having a nutritious diet.
Though it's arduous to begin and keep a nutritious diet, nothing is inconceivable if you happen to actually wish to obtain a wholesome thoughts and physique. For starters, it's advisable | 127 |
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Susan Silbey honored for lab safety research
Silbey has received the 2012 Scott Award from the ASA,
a $25K Seed Grant from UCLA for lab safety research,
and a grant from the MIT Simons Center for the
Social Brain for work on autism diagnosis patterns.
For outstanding contributions to the field
Professor Susan S. Silbey, head of MIT's Anthropology Program, has received the 2012 W. Richard Scott Award for Distinguished Scholarship from the American Sociological Association (ASA) for her "outstanding contribution to the discipline."
Silbey, who has spent the past decade investigating how environmental health and safety laws are put into practice in the lab, has also received a $25,000 seed grant from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Center for Laboratory Safety to conduct a preliminary analysis of data on inspections and accidents in laboratories.
Can a system become self-correcting?
The grant will help Silbey address the key question: Can a system learn from its own mistakes and become self-correcting? To find out, Silbey plans to examine data from several labs and search for patterns in what problems emerge and whether they vary by type<|fim_middle|> to succeed is an exemplary contribution to our understanding of effective real-world bureaucracy."
Silbey co-authored the paper with a former student, Ruthanne Huising PhD '08, who currently serves as an assistant professor of management at McGill University. In 2011, the article won the best paper prize from Regulation & Governance.
"Unlike most scholarship, [this paper is] not simply showing how things go wrong but shows how you can improve an ongoing practice in a way that acknowledges that things always do go wrong. It offers a prescription for doing things better," Silbey says.
Finding patterns in autism diagnosis
Silbey also received a grant last spring from the MIT Simons Center for the Social Brain to support research by one of her students on patterns in the diagnosis of autism. Phech Colatat, a graduate student in economic sociology at the MIT Sloan School of Management, plans to analyze all the medical records from a major health provider to identify geographical and professional networks among doctors who have diagnosed autism.
"[He] is going to study the pattern of diagnosis to see if the increase which we have seen in autism diagnosis may be related to relations among medical professionals," Silbey says. "Diagnoses are known to be patterned by geography. So, is the doctor a central player?"
Silbey points out that this research focuses not on autism itself but on whether the diagnosis of the disorder fits any pattern. "[Colatat] is a network scholar," she says, noting that the network is the basic unit of sociology. "Sociologists are never interested in one person. What they study are the relationships between or among persons, the pattern of interactions."
As it happens, it was just such a pattern that helped Silbey make the connection between Colatat, a student in two of her classes (Methods for Graduate Research in the Social Sciences and Qualitative Research Methods), and the new the Simons Center. This grant — and the one from UCLA — both emerged from Silbey's network of connections at MIT.
"These two funding awards are interesting because they represent two ends of a spectrum in the ways in which I get involved in research projects," Silbey says, noting that she heard about the UCLA opportunity from a subject of one of her research projects. "It shows the overlap between research and teaching."
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UCLA's interest in this question stems from a lab accident that killed an UCLA student in early 2009. The young woman was severely burned after accidentally exposing a pyrophoric chemical to air, igniting a fire. "It turns out that the lab had been inspected several months before. So, a system was in place to improve practice, but it hadn't improved," Silbey says. Her goal is to try to determine how a safety system can make routine lab practices better.
Making science safer
Silbey, who is the Leon and Anne Goldberg Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, has a long track record of research into lab safety, including producing the paper for which she and a co-author received the W. Richard Scott Award: "Governing the Gap: Forging Safe Science Through Relational Regulation." The paper describes how lab safety rules are implemented on a routine basis and pinpoints how and why safety systems break down.
"One of the observations we make in the paper is that the actors in charge need to be given freedom not to be efficient," Silbey says. "That desire for efficiency undermines a lot."
The ASA award citation praised the article for providing "a clear and detailed explanation of how tight coupling between regulatory systems and everyday practices is actually accomplished.... Their analysis of the compromises regulatory systems make in order | 277 |
Social Venture Partners Charleston Named 2022 AFP Outstanding Organization
Social Venture Partners Charleston received the Association of Fundraising Professionals 2022 Outstanding Organization award as part of the SC Lowcountry Chapter's annual celebration of National Philanthropy Day.
"On behalf of our 45 partners, this very special award is a welcome recognition of engaged philanthropy as practiced by Social Venture Partners Charleston," said SVP Chairman Ian Devine. "We are grateful to the<|fim_middle|> education challenges faced by youth and families in the Lowcountry.
Every year, in conjunction with the celebration of National Philanthropy Day, the SC Lowcountry Chapter of AFP recognizes outstanding achievements by local individuals, foundations and corporate philanthropists who form a vital partnership with nonprofit organizations to ensure the needs of its citizens are being met. For over 20 years, the AFP Lowcountry Chapter has observed National Philanthropy Day to honor the dynamic philanthropic community that has formed to impact every part of our community.
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The 2022 Honorees in addition to SVP Charleston for Outstanding Organization include: Volvo Cars US as Outstanding Corporation; Dr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Reves as Outstanding Individual Philanthropists; Sydney Severance for Operation Upright as Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy; and Leigh Jones Handal as Outstanding Fundraising Professional.
SVP Charleston recently received the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce Community Impact Award at the 2022 Honors Night. SVP also held the finale of the 2022 Investment Cycle at Empower Charleston celebrating six local nonprofit organizations. A total of $144,350 in co investments was raised supporting mental health, economic mobility, and elementary | 164 |
Stop Depersonalizing Your Communication
by Rachel Beohm | Authenticity, Conversations, Dealing with Difficult People, Delivering Negative Information, Emotions, Habits, Ideal Life, Nonverbal Communication, Relationships, Word Choice
Recently, my friend moved away. On the day of the move, I messaged her, "I'm going to miss you!"
She wrote back, "We are going to miss our friends, too, but we promise to keep in touch."
I couldn't help but notice how depersonalized her response was. She used the collective "we" instead of speaking for herself. And she said they'd miss their friends, not the person she was actually speaking with (me). Of course<|fim_middle|> a meaningful relationship.
1. You miss knowing yourself.
This is the greatest loss. When you take yourself and your emotions out of the mix by using vague words or focusing on the other person, you deny the fullness of your experience—not only to others, but your own self as well. You learn to ignore, trivialize, or downplay what you see, need, love, and feel.
If you're not used to using "I" statements, it takes a lot of practice to overcome the habit of deflecting. Yet it's one of the quickest ways to start really seeing yourself. Do you even know what you feel half the time? Get to know yourself.
Whether you're upset or elated, start noticing how—or whether!—you express your reactions to others. If you find that you consistently depersonalize your communication, stop. Speak the truth. I feel… I like… I don't like… I want… I love… I need… I am… Your interactions will improve. You'll start to deal with real issues, make deeper connections, and see, value, and know yourself. | , maybe she won't miss me! But it's more likely that she, like many other people, wasn't willing to express herself candidly.
How often do you clearly state your feelings and reactions? Numerous communication books advise doing so during conflict. For example, instead of, "You make me so mad," say, "I'm angry." Or instead of, "Why are you ignoring me?" say, "I'm sad and lonely." Or instead of, "You made a terrible mistake! It could ruin our business!" say, "I'm scared how this will affect our business." Sharing your personal experience reduces defensiveness and blame. It states a truth that cannot be argued. (Some people still try, believe me.) From there, you can figure out how to deal with the issue.
It's a lot easier, though, to focus on the other person than it is to own, let alone express, your reactions and feelings. State the facts? Sure, no problem. Share opinions (including those disguised as facts)? Maybe. Tell someone how their behavior impacts you on a personal level? <insert hysterical laughter here>
This impulse to deny personal experience applies to positive communication, too. Expressing joy, love, or even appreciation can feel every bit as vulnerable as expressing rage or hurt or fear. As one of my clients pointed out, we're much more likely to say, "This is good" than "I like this" or "Thank you" instead of "I appreciate this." There's nothing wrong with saying "thank you." I'm a huge fan of it! However, "thank you" is a contraction of what used to be a complete declarative statement: "I thank you." We've taken the "I," the self, out of it. This is happening nowadays to "I love you," too. I find more and more personal messages end with "Love you," including my own. It's less personal, less meaningful, and therefore you feel less exposed saying it.
So… what? Is it so terrible to protect yourself and hide behind impersonal verbiage? Not necessarily. Occasionally, it might be wise. Yet there are three things you miss out on when you depersonalize your communication.
3. You miss the point.
Whether positive or negative, you can't get to the heart of a matter without heart. Most arguments, for example, aren't about the thing you're fighting over. It's about what that means to you. Or what it says about you. Or what it says about your relationship. You'll never be able to resolve the conflict until you get past the distracting details and share your underlying feelings and values.
The same is true for positive communication. Your whole point is to express something positive—maybe appreciation, compassion, encouragement, or love. If you take yourself out of the expression, the statement loses all its weight.
Own your feelings and your experience. Share them. That's the point of communication.
2. You miss out on connection.
You can't connect with another human being unless you share yourself. It's not enough to share data—facts about yourself or your life. To create connection, you have to go deeper. It's scary. I get it. I've been a "hider" most of my life. It's a lot safer to keep things light. And a lot more lonely.
Even when it's negative, stating the truth about what's going on inside is much more likely to build a relationship. You create connection through honest ownership and disclosure. It can be risky. But you have to take some risks to reap the rewards of | 739 |
Ok, I'm officially hooked on the long stuff! My first IM was both amazing and really, really hard! The day started out at 3:45 when my alarm went off. I wasn't sleeping terribly deeply given the nerves of racing my first Ironman in a few hours.
I knew officials were going to make the call on whether the Pros could wear wetsuits or not by about 5:30 in the morning. I was a little uneasy about that given my experience of going hypothermic in the non-wetsuit swim at Rev 3 Quassy this year. That was certainly something I wanted to avoid. But, when the non-wetsuit call was officially made, I had the confidence of knowing that I did have my new TYR Torque speedsuit (thanks to Ayesha!) that would give me a huge boost in the water. I put on 2 swim caps, lathered myself with Vaseline, and off I went to the beach. The Torque is now my new swim BFF. I LOVED IT! Thanks so much Brian—TYR's support is invaluable!
Right off the gun I got on Marie Danais's feet and felt relaxed, comfortable, and fully aware of the difference in pacing from a half to a full<|fim_middle|> look so at ease doing it! In fact all the pro women were so inspiring out there.
Remarkably, I'm feeling really good post IM…perhaps because I've soaked in an ice bath every day since, but more likely, it's because of my super doc Greg Lehman (thebodymechanic.com) who tuned me up with ART and acupuncture religiously before I left. He's the best.
Here's me putting on my race numbers the night before. Race pics follow. | IM. I though how great the swim felt in comparison. This lasted until about 3.5km at which point it started to feel harder, but by that time I had caught up to the slightly faster feet of the lovely and quick Amber Fierra.
My Speed Concept helped me ride to 4th place off the bike. Thanks Barry! I LOVED THE RIDE and am pretty sure I smiled the whole 180km. I even loved the decent/s that had made me so nervous before race day. The crowds were so encouraging, supportive, and nice and loud! Also, it's always motivating to have a media motorcycle riding beside you…which certainly helped me push a little harder. Having not one, but 2 coaches out there on the course was outstanding. Thanks to Tara Norton for her relentless patience with me all week, and to Nicole Stevenson for being everywhere at once on the run.
The run too felt outstanding until mile 4…and then everything from my hips down just shut right off. I mean actually off. I shuffled for 22 more miles but managed a 6th place finish. It was amazing seeing Canadian Heather Wurtele set a new course record and | 243 |
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Gascoigne will play
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Local NewsFamily escape blazing homeA FAMILY of four miraculously escaped with their lives after a blaze engulfed their home on Saturday night only for a woman to go back to the house to save their pets. | but now Paul Gascoigne is set to explore unchartered territory in the form of Macclesfield Town.
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HE cried in Turin, belched in Rome and lost his head at Wembley - but now Paul Gascoigne is set to explore unchartered territory in the form of Macclesfield Town
The former Lazio, Newcastle and Rangers star surprised the world by announcing his recent return in the shirt of little Boston United after a 12-month exile from the game.
But the man whoés job it will be to keep an eye on Gascoigne during Saturday's game at York Street, Maccés own Geordie genius Tommy Widdrington, said the Silkmen won't lose a wink of sleep about facing the man they call Gazza.
"Weéve made no special preparations, but weéve read the papers like everyone else and weére expecting him to play," the Macc skipper told Express Sport.
"Ités not something weéve been worrying about and the way we have been going at the moment, he should be the one making special plans to keep us in check."
Widdringtonés sentiments were echoed by his manager Brian Horton, who said his side need fear no-one.
"I saw him play at Sheffield United in a pre-season friendly, but I havenét thought about making plans for him. We just need to get on with our game," said Horton.
"He has been a brilliant footballer during his career. I have met him a few times and heés a good lad.
"I remember him playing for Spurs against my Oxford side all those years ago and theyére still showing the goals he scored. But not to get carried away, we will cause anyone problems if we stick to our gameplan."
Boston manager Steve Evans told us he was 90 per cent certain that Gascoigne would be making his debut on Saturday - and that former Macc Town striker Martin Carruthers was also likely to figure.
He said: "Iém confident that Gazza will be playing. The last time I used the word confident was just before he signed for the club and people doubted that.
"If Gazza is 100 per cent, he picks himself."
The last time Gascoigne and Carruthers played together, the former Macc man scored a hat-trick in a pre-season friendly against a Newcastle United select side.
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BollingtonWork to begin on £150,000 Macclesfield football pitchesHundreds of junior players from Bolllington United Football Club will soon be playing on state-of-the-art pitches
Arighi BianchiJohn Askey hailed Silkmen's 'greatest ever' as he takes up new challengeThe Macclesfield Town boss has quit the job after 34 years to become Shrewsbury Town manager
Macclesfield Town FCMacclesfield manager John Askey leaves for Shrewsbury TownAskey leaves the Silkmen weeks after guiding them back to the Football League
Macclesfield Town FCMacclesfield fans get chance to have 'selfie' with National League trophyThe trophy will be on display at the Le | 699 |
Pakistan's Women's Interfaith Initiative in a Time of Turmoil
January 12, 2016 June 17, 2012 by admin
A first-ever event of its kind on interfaith by women for women arranged by Dr Marilyn Wyatt, wife of the American Ambassador, and her team was a breath of fresh air and the platform for an array of women to give voice and shape to their unity as Pakistani women from many faiths.
The image of Pakistan is dominated by negative news: extremism, terrorism, corruption, poor governance and the breakdown of law and order. This pervasive negative image is held not just by people in the West but also threatens the attitude of Pakistanis towards themselves in their own home country. Women and minorities suffer the most and it is not, of course, a healthy attitude as it provides little impetus or motivation to change for better.
In this atmosphere, a first-ever event of its kind on interfaith by women for women arranged by Dr Marilyn Wyatt, wife of the American Ambassador, and her team was a breath of fresh air and the platform for an array of women to give voice and shape to their unity as Pakistani women from many faiths.
A Pakistani by birth, brought up in a convent and later educated at the University of Cambridge, UK, where I spent 22 years being educated and educating in Islam and interfaith harmony and fortunate to work with wonderful people of different faiths in setting up two education interfaith Centres in Cambridge I suggested holding women's interfaith events which would include visits to a mosque, church and other places of worship (as I had arranged for women in Cambridge). Dr Wyatt loved the idea and took it on with gracious enthusiasm. After 9/11, there have been many notable interfaith initiatives but in<|fim_middle|> word for the woman's womb – a place that symbolizes tender love and the deepest of self-sacrificing compassion – and the love God has for us, humanity, is 99 times more than our own mothers' love – a measure of love unimaginable by the human mind. It is this compassion towards "the Other" that we must learn to embody in our daily lives and to teach our future generations to make our shared world a more peaceful and better place to live in.
There was such hunger for "more" that when the function was over several ladies (some in Western jeans, others in niqab and full black covering) came up to me expressing their delight and requested follow up events. Simultaneously, Dr Wyatt and my friends thought of arranging visits to other places of worship to strengthen this bond of friendship and work towards deeper understanding. Even the heavily clad niqab ladies came up to me and praised the "power" and "noor – light" they felt. Women expressed how positive it made them feel and they talked about their potential to change their world for the better.
With typical warmth and generosity Marilyn sent me an email: "Dearest Amineh, you did a wonderful job today (and I know from having been in your position that it wasn't as easy as it looked!). Thanks so much for playing such an important role." The US Embassy issued a press release with the heading: "US applauds role women play in promoting Pakistan's interfaith harmony".
For me the spirit of the event was summed up in the attitude of one 80 year old lady in her shalwar kameez, who had once, a number of decades ago, studied in Cornell University, USA. She pulled me down to her wheel chair and kissed me three time: Once, she said, for moderating such a positive event, the second time for organizing it at all and then for being "Akbar Ahmed's daughter. I love him" she said "for the wonderful healing work he does to mend our fractured world."
Amineh Ahmed Hoti is Executive Director, Society for Dailogue and Action, Fellow Commoner, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge University and author of Sorry and Joy Among Muslim Women, Cambridge University Press, 2006. Dr. Hoti is currently setting up Educational and Citizenship Programs in Pakistan. A version of this article was also published on The Washington Post
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Restoring Dignity – a commitment to end violence against women | Pakistan there have been very few such moves and there are yet fewer such initiatives led by women which focus on women, although there are many good NGOs led by women. Interfaith dialogue among women is crucial for the healing of a country like Pakistan.
In an atmosphere where political relations between the US and Pakistan are tense and there are daily reports of Pak-US breakdown of dialogue here was a wonderful initiative by women which was truly building bridges. Dr Wyatt talked about the best of values of the US – justice, compassion and equality- she promoted and embodied these wonderful qualities- I found Dr Wyatt to be an intelligent and gracious lady who combined mind and heart in winning over many local Pakistanis. Here was an example of women healing what seemed fractured. My father had said that we may have had a more peaceful world had it been run by women.
For the first time ever, to my knowledge, in Pakistan here on this platform on the 24th of May 2012 at this 150 year old very historical and large charitable Eidghah shrine in Pindi there was a Bahai, a young Hindu, a Christian professor and dean of Peshawar university, the Naqshband Sufi pir's wife, the head of the Dawa Center for Women and the orthodox Muslim scholars dressed from head to toe in a black niqab, Begum Rehman and of course Dr Marilyn Wyatt who had chosen to wear a lovely local dress – the shalwar kameez. In the audience were more than 40 women leaders and heads of organizations and colleges as well as students and women from the grassroots of different communities. Our topic was the role of faith in womens' everyday lives and how women can potentially play a leading role in interfaith dialogue by putting faith into action. My role as moderator was to ensure that everyone had a chance to interact properly within the time frame and to remain focused.
In my introduction I reminded the audience that the divine name, Rehman, is derived from Rahma which is a | 414 |
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The human brain has more than 85 billion nerve cells, also known as neurons. Ever since the original description of the neuron by Santiago Ramón y Cajal in the 19th century, neuroscientists have known that understanding the neuron is key toward understanding how the brain works.
This course is an introduction to neuroscience in which we will examine the inner workings of the neuron: how it computes information, generates signals, communicates with others, and allows us to learn about and experience our world. We will also focus on the development of new technologies that have allowed us to study neurons in ways that were impossible just a few years ago.
Students will gain not only conceptual knowledge about basic neuroscientific concepts, but also unique insight into the behind-the-scenes activity that goes on in science labs working at the cutting edge of their field, and about how science is made and published.
The course will consist of a series of modules that will introduce the students to the<|fim_middle|> laboratories at Brown, teach critical skills for evaluating scientific claims, and allow for engaging interactions with their peers and instructors. The course is geared toward anyone who is curious about neuroscience, including future science majors, those contemplating medical school, and anyone interested in understanding how brain cells and brains work.
"During the time when everyone was working on their final projects, the instructor helped push me out of my comfort zone. Because of the instructor's motivation, I was able to approach the project more scientifically. As a result, I got so much more out of the project and learned new research skills. The instructor really cares about his students." | basic material, engage them in virtual laboratories and research projects using online resources, take them on virtual tours of several neuroscience | 23 |
Designed for<|fim_middle|>, providing inspiration for researchers and leadership for fellow practitioners. | executives and senior supply chain, purchasing and sustainability managers, NBS presents a 3-step framework for sustainable supply chains.
Companies can change people's behaviour to benefit society and the environment, foster goodwill, and create new market opportunities.
Barbara Gray and Jenna Stites reviewed more than 275 publications to develop a model of four factors affecting outcomes of multi-sector partnerships.
NBS outlines a framework and best practices for supply chain management based on 25 years worth of academic and industry resources.
Community engagement can offer firms and communities vital benefits. This research identifies what we know about how to achieve them.
This guide enables managers to make the case for a competitor collaboration to colleagues or leaders, and determine satisfaction with current projects.
Collaborations can be tense and complex. This tool responds to the question: How can managers improve competitor collaboration to advance sustainability.
Solving sustainability challenges requires engaging society. This briefing identifies how both business and society can benefit from civic dialogue.
Truly effective community engagement involves complex decisions about who to work with (or through), how to engage, and what likely result to achieve.
Conversations about sustainability need shared understanding to move from rhetoric to effective, collective action. Civic dialogue allows that to happen.
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) often don't have the sustainability information needed for action. This report shows how to build knowledge.
When society shifts toward sustainability, firms should be proactive. Adapt your business model and help shape the coming change.
Partnerships can let you reduce risk, tackle big issues, and unlock potential. Experts advise on how unlikely alliances succeed.
New research places business leaders at the centre of management innovation | 332 |
Do you need a simple, yet attractive way to move about your yard or garden? Stepping stones create a very natural looking walkway through a garden or to the front door of your home. There are a multitude of materials that can be used as stepping stones, everything from large flat field stones that you have unearthed from your gardens to flag stone or the manufactured stepping stones found at the local garden shop. These represent only a few of the choices that you have available.
Make sure to wear safety goggles and gloves when cutting stones for this project.
Your stones should be at least<|fim_middle|> hole and level the bottom of the hole, so that the stone will lay flat.
6. Place the stone into the hole.
7. Use the level to make sure the stone is relatively level. Push on the stone to make sure it does not rock. You can add or remove sand to accommodate for oddly shaped stones at this point.
8. Once the stone is level, fill in the area around the stone with soil and tamp it firmly.
9. Make sure that the stones are about the same height by laying a board across a few stones and using the level.
10. Once you have completed the walk sweep each stone so that each is clean.
11. Over time you will find that the stones will settle. You can adjust the height or the level of the stones by simply lifting the stone and filling in the hole with some sand or soil. | 2 inches thick, as thinner stones may crack.
1. Begin by marking your path using 2 lengths of rope or 2 garden hoses. You should consider the path that you would like to take and consider laying the hoses out straight or in a curved fashion.
2. Position the stones on the ground so that you can adjust the pattern and distance between stones before digging the holes. Keep in mind that a natural stride is about 18 inches so you will want to place the stones so that each stone is 18 inches from the center of the next.
3. Leave the stones in place and dig straight down with the trowel or flat spaded shovel to outline each stone in the earth below each.
4. Then remove the stone and dig out the sod and earth within the outline so that the stone will sit about an inch above the ground once you have poured an inch of sand into the hole. You will need to consider the thickness of each stone in this step.
5. Pour about an inch of sand into the | 210 |
Proposed PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Regulations Fail in U.S. Congress
By: Paige Bennett
Edited by Chris McDermott
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In the last session, nearly all of the proposed bills for stricter regulations on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also<|fim_middle|>2022 | known as PFAS or forever chemicals, failed in the U.S. Congress. Companies lobbied successfully against PFAS regulations, despite public health officials' warnings of the links between PFAS and human health problems.
PFAS are a group of thousands of synthetic chemicals found in many everyday items, from makeup to non-stick cookware to waterproof clothing and gear. PFAS are everywhere, including in water and soil and even in human blood. Even with tighter restrictions on PFAS, as some companies and governments around the world are setting stricter standards or outright bans on PFAS, these chemicals will remain in the environment indefinitely, since they do not easily break down.
As such, bills proposing bans on PFAS in food packaging, cosmetics, clothing and other products as well as proposed legislation for stricter standards on cleaning up these chemicals from the environment were considered over the U.S. Congress' last session.
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But a lack of support from Republican party politicians alongside strong campaigns from industry lobbyists led most PFAS-related bills to fail.
"[The chemicals] industry is basically battening down the hatches, digging their trenches for defense, and shooting their salvos to stop anything that would significantly control PFAS," Erik Olson, the senior strategic director for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), said, as reported by The Guardian.
Two small proposals that included industry subsidies became law, including the Preventing PFAS Runoff at Airports Act and the Protecting Firefighters from Adverse Substances Act, both of which focus on PFAS in firefighting foams, another common source of these chemicals.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has enacted some restrictions on PFAS, but proposed bills such as the failed PFAS Action Act, would have offered stricter legislation that could not easily be reversed in a Republican administration.
Although progress on limiting has stalled in the U.S. Congress, states are introducing and passing their own regulations and bans on forever chemicals. In 31 states, over 200 PFAS-related bills have been introduced, according to Pew Charitable Trusts. In 2021, Maine became the first state to ban PFAS in all products by 2030.
Several new bans and restrictions on PFAS go into effect in multiple states starting this year, including Maine, New York, California, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Hawaii, Rhode Island and Vermont, Bloomberg Law reported.
The EPA also continues working on its PFAS Strategic Roadmap for 2021 through 2024, including a recently announced test order on PFAS to gain toxicity data on trifluoro(trifluoromethyl)oxirane (HFPO), which is used in plastic manufacturing, as well as the release of new PFAS Analytic Tools for communities.
Paige Bennett
Based in Los Angeles, Paige is a writer who is passionate about sustainability. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Journalism from Ohio University and holds a certificate in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies. She also specialized in sustainable agriculture while pursuing her undergraduate degree.
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Taking a trip to the basement level of Holman Library is not in the general travels of most members of the McKendree community. A little known secret is that there are a variety of books housed in a Special Collections unit in one of the lowest floor's corners. One of these collections contains over 800 books which once belonged to Irving Dillard. This collection was given to McKendree to house in their Special Collections by his daughter Mary Sue. Dillard was a 30 year veteran of the St.<|fim_middle|> pertaining to the American allies in World War II, but there is a great deal more pertaining to Russian culture and Cold War rhetoric. Dilliard's love for history and journalism shines through when viewing the varied collection residing in the basement of Holman. One can pick up a new book and instantly be drawn to a new point in history. It is truly amazing what you can discover when you continually search for McKendree's hidden treasures. | Louis Post-Dispatch where he wrote over 10,000 editorials and served as an editor from 1949-1957.
While observing Dillard's collection, one can gather he was a history enthusiast. A majority of the collection is lined with American-themed books, and one in particular focuses on former presidents, spanning from the fore-fathers to Eisenhower. There are other works covering the American political parties and justice system, but a specific interest in Illinois and Missouri shines through. The collection pays homage to legendary American authors such as Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway, among other literary and poetic classics.
Dilliard's war and journalism experience are mirrored in portions of his collection. There are books | 149 |
A LEGEND BY ANY DEFINITION.
The restoration of this rare 1994 Acura Legend Coupe LS began in January of 2016 and it was recently completed<|fim_middle|> still is one of those cars that looks fast standing still.
The Coupes, following the fine tradition of European GTs, came equipped with some of the best standard features of any luxury car, including soft close doors, memory seats, heated leather seats, dual front airbags, automatic climate control, tilt and telescoping steering wheel, steering radio controls and even a car phone. The real standout of the second generation Legend models was the 1994 and 1995 Coupe. Many upgrades landed in the 1994 Acura Legend Coupe to tip the car's balanced scale more toward sportscar than luxury car. To do this, Honda/Acura delivered the Type II SOHC V6 with 30 more horsepower, made possible by a higher flowing intake manifold and slightly more aggressive camshafts, and paired it to an excellent six speed manual gearbox that traces its heritage to the company's NSX supercar. The engineers didn't stop there. To further refine the Legend Coupe's performance feel, the car's suspension was upgraded to improve handling, while larger brakes were used to help the car stop faster. The 1994 and 1995 models received subtle updates to the body including more aggressive bumpers, a body color matched grill and body color moldings, a revised deck lid badging, as well as advanced tech updates like an innovative electronic tilt and telescoping steering column.
Some of the original upgrades initiated by the previous owner of the vehicle including a custom exhaust, HID headlights, and ventilated disc brakes, were inspected and brought up to date during the restoration process.
The Legend Coupe is a timeless beauty with enduring appeal and potential for becoming a true collectable classic. Clarion Builds Street Team is proud of the completed project and excited to showcase this legendary classic in upcoming automotive shows and enthusiast forums. | by a team of experts overseen by the Clarion Builds program.
The second generation Acura Legend debut in 1990 as a 1991 model. Featuring attractive, modern styling for its time both inside and out, the new much larger car benefited from design cues directly tied to Acura's revolutionary sportscar, the NSX. Indeed, the NSX-inspired raked wrap around rear glass, the premium 5 spoke aluminum wheels, the supreme fighter plane-style cockpit layout, and the NS gauges gave the new model a distinctly serious upmarket look. Up front, the new longer hood hid an updated and powerful 3.2L V6 in a longitudinal configuration, something rare in a FWD car and unique in Honda's history. The design was sporty, luxurious, refined, aerodynamic, and in the case of the Coupe, timeless. The Legend Coupe was and | 183 |
Michael John "Mike" Bell (geboren am 7<|fim_middle|>estorben 2021
Mann | . Dezember 1974 in Cincinnati, Ohio; gestorben am 26. März 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona) war ein US-amerikanischer Baseballspieler in der Major League Baseball (MLB) auf der Position des Third Basemans, der 2000 für die Cincinnati Reds auflief. Nach seiner aktiven Karriere war er von 2020 bis zu seinem Tod Coach bei den Minnesota Twins.
Bell war der Bruder von David Bell, Sohn von Buddy Bell und Enkel von Gus Bell.
Werdegang
Bell besuchte die Moeller High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. Die Texas Rangers wählten Bell in der ersten Runde des MLB Draft 1993. Er spielte von 1993 bis 2005 für verschiedene Franchises in der Minor League Baseball. In der MLB-Saison 2000 gab Bell am 20. Juli für Cincinnati Reds gegen die Houston Astros sein Debüt in der MLB. Bell wurde in dem Spiel, welches die Reds mit 2 zu 6 verloren, als Pinch Hitter eingesetzt und hatte ein Strikeout. Er lief insgesamt in 19 Spielen für die Reds in der MLB auf und kam auf eine Batting Average von ,222 und zwei Home Runs.
2007 wurde Bell Manager der Yakima Bears, einem Minor-League-Team der Arizona Diamondbacks.
Am 17. Dezember 2019 gaben die Minnesota Twins bekannt, dass Bell den Platz des zu den Pittsburgh Pirates gegangenen Coaches Derek Shelton besetzen soll.
Bell verstarb Ende März 2021 in Phoenix an Nierenkrebs, zwei Monate nach der Diagnose.
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90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way Season 3 Episode 9 Release Date and Spoilers
Nishitha Dutta
The eighth episode of '90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way' season 3 continues to talk about existing problems in every relationship, especially issues related to trust and commitment. Alina lost every little bit of confidence and faith she had in Steven, while Evelin seemed ready to break it off with Corey. Jenny was exhausted from dealing with Sumit's parents, and Ellie didn't have the money to pay for the damages caused to their new apartment. You'll find the detailed recap at the bottom. Now, here is all that you should know about the ninth episode!
90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way Season 3 Episode 9 Release Date
'90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way' season 3 episode 9 is expected to release on October 24, 2021, at 8 pm ET, on TLC. As per the usual release pattern, new 100-120 minutes long episodes arrive every week on Sundays.
Where to Watch 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way Season 3 Episode 9 Online?
You can watch '90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way' season 3 episode 9<|fim_middle|> considered asking Biniyam to permanently shift to New Jersey. At Sumit and Jenny's abode in Greater Noida, they had a small tiff over his parents moving in with them. Jenny thought it was a ploy set up by his mother to send her back to her country, but Sumit insisted that he needed his family around him.
The mood of the house quickly turned sour when Sumit's mother criticized Jenny's housekeeping skills and made her sweep the house. Ellie and Victor, in the meantime, were ready to leave the past behind and rebuild their damaged home, but they were unsure of their financial capabilities. On the other hand, Evelin wasn't willing to forgive Corey despite him using handwritten notes to pen down apologies. Hence, the episode ended on a sad note.
Read More: Are Ellie and Victor From 90 Day Fiancé Still Together? | by tuning in to TLC at the above-mentioned date and time. You can also watch the latest episode online by logging in to TLC's official website. In addition, you can live-stream the show on Philo TV, DirecTV, Sling TV, Fubo TV, Hulu+Live TV, or YouTube TV. Individual episodes are also available for rent or purchase on Amazon Prime Video, Spectrum on Demand, Vudu, Microsoft Store, iTunes, and Google Play.
90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way Season 3 Episode 9 Spoilers
The ninth episode, titled 'Fish or Cut Bait,' will address new problems between Jenny and Sumit as he makes an astonishing declaration. It could be something related to his family, which would make things further difficult for Jenny. Meanwhile, Alina will expose the lies told by Steven, who might not have much hope left then. It doesn't seem like she would accept him as her partner anymore, let alone change her faith.
Moreover, the distance between Ariela and Biniyam will prompt her to have second thoughts about his loyalty. A homesick Kenny will have a hard time staying away from his kids while Corey will try to win Evelin back, but she will chance upon controversial news about him.
90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way Season 3 Episode 8 Recap
Episode 8, titled 'Selective Virtues,' is seemingly dedicated to all the mothers. Before the ladies intervened, Kenny and Armando discussed having a child. The former wanted to adopt rather than make one, but realizing the complexities involved in the adoption process, they started having their doubts. Elsewhere, Steven tried to make it up to Alina's mother, Anna, who was aware of his lies and betrayal, but his efforts were pointless. She asked her daughter to move back to Russia, but Alina needed more time to come to a conclusion.
After a long trip, Ariela reached her home in New Jersey, but she felt insecure about Biniyam partying with his friends in her absence. In a conversation with her family, she | 429 |
My husband and I spent a week in Vancouver as part of a larger Canadian trip and we thoroughly enjoyed the city! Here are my thoughts on a Vancouver short stay..
I like staying somewhere central, like near Granville Street, close to the train and a good walking distance to popular town locations like the waterfront, Gastown, Yaletown & Granville Island. The hop-on hop-off bus is a good option to get around the top spots.
Granville Island Public Market is a must do and a great option for lunch. It's a wonderful collection of stalls selling produce, a variety of food, flowers, handcrafted products and gifts. There's a wide range of cuisines on offer to try and of course, when in Canada you must try the poutine!
Capilano Suspension Bridge is great for a bit of a thrill. If you're there in the winter, make sure to go when they have the winter lights operating - head over just before evening to see the whole place light up. There's a treetops adventure and cliffwalk to add to the thrill as well as interactive learning about the history and culture of the area. Top the evening off with a Bailey's hot chocolate!
Hire a bike and cycle around Stanley Park. Follow the seawall, check out the totem poles and Brockton Point Lighthouse, ride under the Lions Gate Bridge and have a relax on the beach.
I enjoyed a walk around Canada Place where the cruise ships dock. Great location to watch the seaplanes arrive and depart. Added bonus – take a seaplane flight for a whole new view of the<|fim_middle|> exploring the Inner Harbour, Parliament buildings, the Fairmont Empress Hotel and Royal BC Museum. Oh, and do also add in a visit to the spectacular Butchart Gardens.
Can't wait to see you again, Vancouver! | city.
Get out of town and take the Sea to Sky Highway north for some great views over the Howe Sound, then onto Whistler to check out the Olympic village; it's a great mountain town to explore in winter or summer. Take the Peak 2 Peak Gondola that spans between Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains.
I also highly recommend heading over to Victoria on Vancouver Island by either ferry or seaplane. It's a great day spent | 93 |
What can be said about OpenOffice? Everything positive. It's the perfect program for writers, students, business people, and anyone who uses a computer. After all, at some point the average user will NEED an office program. Better yet.. this is an office suite.
Compared to Microsoft Office, there is a slim difference: branding. That's about it. OpenOffice can open Microsoft Office files, edit them, save them, even create them. Both programs work hand-in-hand. It's the perfect alternative to the expensive Microsoft Office suite.
OpenOffice can be used for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, and databases. And the program can run on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, BSD, and Unix. For good measure, it's available in over 110 languages.
Writer: A word processor similar to Microsoft Word and WordPerfect. It can export Portable Document Format (PDF) files, and can function as a basic WYSIWYG editor for creating and editing web pages.
Calc: A spreadsheet similar to Microsoft Excel and Lotus 1-2-3. Calc can export spreadsheets to the PDF format. (See ooWriter entry, above, for details of PDF). Calc provides a number of features not present in Excel, including a system which automatically defines series for graphing, based on the layout of the user's data.
Impress: A presentation program similar to Microsoft PowerPoint and Apple Keynote. Impress can export presentations to Adobe Flash (SWF) files, allowing them to be played on any computer with a Flash player installed. It also includes the ability to create PDF files, and the ability to read Microsoft PowerPoint's .ppt format. Impress lacks ready-made presentation designs but this can be overcome by downloading free templates on-line.
Base : A database management program similar to Microsoft Access. Base allows the creation and manipulation of databases, and the building of forms and reports to provide easy<|fim_middle|> with OpenOffice, it's filesize. The program is rather large, and is known to be a hog when it comes to file space. If you have a large hard drive however, it shouldn't be a concern. The program takes about 650 MB of space.
If your looking for the most full-featured, Microsoft Office alternative, OpenOffice can't be beat. | access to data for end-users. As with MS Access, Base can function as a front-end to a number of different database systems, including Access databases (JET), ODBC data sources and MySQL/PostgreSQL. Base became part of the suite starting with version 2.0. Native to the OpenOffice.org suite is an adaptation of HSQL. While Base can be a front-end for any of the databases listed, there is no need to install any of them. Raw SQL code can be entered by those who prefer it, or graphical user interfaces can be used.
Draw: A vector graphics editor comparable in features to early versions of CorelDRAW and Microsoft Visio. It features versatile "connectors" between shapes, which are available in a range of line styles and facilitate building drawings such as flowcharts. It has similar features to desktop-publishing software such as Scribus and Microsoft Publisher. Draw can also export its creations to the PDF format.
Math: A tool for creating and editing mathematical formulae, similar to Microsoft Equation Editor. OOo users can embed formulae inside other OpenOffice.org documents, such as those created by Writer. It supports multiple fonts and can export to PDF.
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Folic acid is imperative for a healthy pregnancy. Studies have shown that this water-soluble B vitamin, accompanied by a healthy diet and lifestyle, also helps boost both male and female fertility.
The importance of folic acid has been further heightened by the U.S. Public Health Service and CDC recommendation that all women of reproductive age should consume 400 micrograms of folic acid daily. Dreaming of Baby speaks with Dr. Amos Grunebaum on the effects of folic acid on fertility and pregnancy.
Daniela: We have with us Dr. Amos Grunebaum, Director of Obstetrics and Chief of Labor and Delivery at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and advisor to Fairhaven Health. Welcome to Dreaming of Baby Dr. Grunebaum, we look forward to our conversation on folic acid and<|fim_middle|>. | its effects on fertility and pregnancy. Before we start tackling this subject, it would be great if you could introduce yourself to our readers.
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: Hi, thank you for interviewing me. I am an ObGyn and have been working on the internet for over 20 years now, answering over 100,000 questions about fertility and pregnancy. Glad to answer your questions.
Daniela: To start with, what is folic acid?
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: Folate or folic acid is a Vitamin B that is naturally present in some foods such as leafy green vegetables. It is recommended that women trying to get pregnant and those who are pregnant eat healthy foods containing folate. However, the normal diet does not contain enough of this Vitamin B vitamin, and therefore it's recommended to supplement the diet with at least 400-600 mcg folic acid.
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: Taking folic acid before and early in pregnancy decreases some major birth defects such as neural tube defects, and some cardiac defects and decreases the incidence of miscarriage. In order for folic acid to be effective, it must be taken at least 2-3 months prior to conception. Taking it after the pregnancy test is positive will be too late to be effective.
Daniela: In the case of an unplanned pregnancy where the mom-to-be did not take folic acid before conception, what kind of risks would this present?
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: The CDC recommends that all women who are of childbearing age should take a supplement that contains 4-600 mcg of folic acid. Even when on birth control. That is the best way to decrease the risk of birth defects. If you take it all the time, then there can be no surprises and you know that you protect yourself and the baby.
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: Unfortunately, the message that all women should take that supplement is not there yet with everybody, so we all must spread the message, especially if you are trying to conceive.
Daniela: Thank you for clarifying that. Going back to pre-conception. What is the relationship between folic acid and fertility?
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: There have been some studies showing that a healthy diet and folic diet improve your chances getting pregnant.
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: Unfortunately, a large percentage of pregnancies end in an early miscarriage, and the top reason for a miscarriage is often a fetal issue.
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: I have realized for some time that even women who actively try to get pregnant are not quite aware to take folic acid regularly, and they should know to take it all the time, especially 2-3 months before conception.
Daniela: That's very informative; going one step before pregnancy though, how does folic acid affect fertility? Basically, how does it affect the reproductive system?
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: There is so much we don't know yet completely about fertility. Many people including doctors don't get enough education about how to improve the chances of getting pregnant.
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: Without enough nutrients in your diet, including folic acid, it can be difficult to get pregnant and have a healthy baby. Specifically, a folic acid deficiency can also cause anemia, which has been associated with infertility.
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: That is why it's crucial, for both the woman and the man. In addition to being at your optimal weight, eating the right diet and taking the right supplement will improve his sperm count and will also improve their chances getting pregnant.
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: I have seen many couples who instead of having IVF, optimized their lifestyle.
Daniela: You mention here male fertility; is the recommendation for folic acid supplementation the same for men as it is for women? That is, is it imperative that men also take folic acid daily?
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: What is imperative for men is to also live a healthy lifestyle. Eat the right food, be at the optimal weight. Importantly, make sure the sperms are healthy.
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: For the last few years, several studies have shown that supplementing a man's diet with antioxidants clearly improves the sperm quality. So each man should supplement their diet with a multivitamin that includes antioxidants.
Daniela: If I understand well then, a folic acid deficiency would affect sperm health? What kind of effects would this have on sperm?
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: Any vitamin deficiency affects sperm health so a healthy supplement including antioxidants can improve a man's sperm health and fertility.
How does a Folic Acid Deficiency Affect Pregnancy?
Daniela: You mentioned earlier a connection between folic acid deficiency and anemia; can you please elaborate further on this as well as how it would affect pregnancy?
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: Anemia is low red cell count and it affects fertility and can affect the pregnancy by potentially not providing enough nutrition to the fetus.
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: In addition, delivery is often associated with blood loss, so each pregnant woman must ensure she has sufficient blood reserves when having the baby.
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: Excessive blood loss is among the major reasons of mothers getting sick or even dying. So ensuring that your blood reserves are enough will ensure a woman's health in pregnancy.
Daniela: Does this mean that folic acid should be taken all throughout pregnancy?
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: Yes, it should be taken throughout pregnancy and after pregnancy postpartum while breastfeeding too.
Daniela: That is very interesting to know – especially the postpartum aspect as it's not really talked about. Can you elaborate a little further as to why folic acid should be continued after pregnancy?
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: Every woman loses blood during delivery, that is normal. Some lose more than others and that blood must be replenished. A woman needs many months after delivery to build up her bone marrow's reserve, and eating well and taking the right supplement will make it easier for her to recover from pregnancy and delivery.
Daniela: Would this also help in terms of breastfeeding?
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: That's why your postpartum recovery must include the right vitamin supplement not only to make you feel better but also to optimize breast milk supply.
Daniela: Thank you for your time today Dr. Grunebaum, you've helped us appreciate the importance of folic acid even more.
Dr. Amos Grunebaum: Thank you so much for today's interview | 1,380 |
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2022 Annual meeting PIPEX, April 29-30<|fim_middle|>, he has served as president of the Virginia Philatelic Federation. He was a founder of national specialty societies for Auxiliary Markings, AMG Philately, and for Mourning Stamps and Covers.
Hotchner currently serves as a contributing editor of Linn 's Stamp News, responsible
for its popular "U.S. Stamp Notes," a weekly column, and as a monthly columnist for The American Stamp Dealer & Collector, and US. Stamp News as well as a quarterly columnist for a number of philatelic publications. As an exhibitor, his exhibits have garnered both national grand and reserve grand awards.
PF Chairman Robert G. Rose commented on the choice of Mr. Hotchner as the recipient of its Neinken Medal. "John has done it all, and always at the highest level of achievement, as a collector and exhibitor, as writer
and judge, as a philatelic expert and, as a board member and president of philately's leading organization. | , May 1 – Holiday Inn Portland-Airport, Columbia Blvd, Portland, OR
2023 Annual Meeting NOJEX, Meadowlands, NJ
[Rod Juell] will present "United States Fourth Bureau Era" at The Collectors' Club webinar meeting on July 14. The two part program will begin with a high level over-view of all of the stamps issued during the years 1922 through 1932. This will set the context for the second part of the program – a "sneek-peak" at a new book to be published next year by the United States Stamp Society, celebrating the Fourth Bureau Issue during its centennial year. This book, currently in the final stages of layout, is expected to be the definitive work on these stamps for a generation to come.
National Postal Museum's Inaugural Book Club Event
May 7, 2021 By Roger Brody
June 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Postmarks and Paperbacks is an online book club for lovers of books, letters, and the art and history of communication. It meets quarterly to discuss postal-themed books, including a range of selections drawing from epistolary novels, popular history books about the USPS or philately, and novels in which letters, the post office, or stamps play a central role. We think you'll be surprised and delighted by the range of books this encompasses, so dive in and read along with us…
Hotchner Awarded Neinken Medal
The Philatelic Foundation will award John M. Hotchner its 2020 Neinken Medal for distinguished service to philately. Originally scheduled to be held at a ceremony and reception at The Collectors Club in New York on October 27, 2020, it instead will be held in October 2021 because of COVID-19 which has shuttered much of New York. A collector since the age of five, he has been a devoted leader, writer, and active participant in the advancement of organized philately at the international, national, and local levels.
John served on the B.I.A. Board of Governors and was a prolific contributor to The United States Specialist. In addition to his numerous articles on stamp perforation, he served as Chairman of the Errors, Freaks, and Oddities Committee for many years.
Hotchner served on the Board of the American Philatelic Society for sixteen years including a term as
its President, as a member of the National Postal Museum's Council of Philatelists for twenty years, as well as a dozen years as a member of the Postmaster General's Citizen's Stamp Advisory Committee. A co-founder of the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors, he served as a Board member for 32 years including two terms as its President. Accredited as a national chief judge and international judge in both stamps and literature,
John has served for many years on the APS' Committee on Judging Accreditation including a term as its Chairman. In 2017, he was invited to sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists. On the local level | 655 |
Spring<|fim_middle|> year into its journey.
Poshmark Raises Another $25 Million
The second-hand marketplace wants to turn more of its users into small business owners. | Raises $25 Million To Grow Its Mobile Shopping App
Silas Chou, Groupe Arnault and Google Ventures are investors.
The app. Photo: Spring
Back in August, a mobile-only marketplace called Spring launched its app with $7.5 million in venture capital funding and about 150 brands like Opening Ceremony, Warby Parker and Public School on board. That list has since grown to include over 700 designers, and as of Thursday, Spring has tacked on another $25 million in financing to fuel its growth.
The startup's investors for this round include BoxGroup — the venture capital firm at which Spring founder David Tisch is also a managing partner, so go figure — Yuri Milner, Groupe Arnault, Google Ventures, Thrive Capital, Ashton Kutcher's Sound Ventures and Silas Chou, the businessman who helped make Tommy Hilfiger and Michael Kors what they are today.
When Spring launched, its big pitch was that mobile commerce was a massive opportunity, if only it could be done right. Supposing that people aren't going to download individual brand apps, Spring brought all of those designers into one place and made checkout ridiculously fast. Users can follow their favorite brands, which link their own sales systems with Spring's backend and push out new posts to shoppers' feeds as often as they'd like.
According to Tisch, they've seen two types of shoppers emerge: a "pure browser," who comes back multiple times a day to scroll through product and sometimes buys, and a group of users that come to Spring with the intention of buying. He says that people who do buy are coming back very quickly to make another purchase; based on what he's gathered as an investor, Tisch says Spring's repeat purchase rate is about two and a half times that of normal e-commerce sites.
If that's true, it's pretty good. As for the merchants, Tisch says there's not yet a science for how often a brand should publish posts, and that brands are still experimenting to figure out what works best for them.
At this point, Spring is building up its 48-person team and putting some of its funding toward marketing, which is still in its earliest stages. One area that it has been investing in is customer service: Though retailers ship their own products, Spring has started handling customer service in order to make things easier for brands.
Spring also launched its Android app Thursday. So if you've been waiting for that... have at it.
Birchbox Keeps on Growing, Raising $60 Million in Funding
With its first store slated to open in Manhattan in the next month and revenue hitting $125 million annually, the sample subscription service is on a roll.
Crowdsourced Shopping App Wheretoget Raises $2 Million
It seems that community-based shopping is working out pretty well.
Shopping App Spring Proves to Be an Inexpensive Asset for Young Brands
We checked in with the start-up, and the brands that partner with it, over a | 617 |
Can a football varsity player also play junior varsity?
A football player can only be on the junior varsity (JV) team *OR* the varsity team.Unless they get bumped down
Q: Can a football varsity player also play<|fim_middle|> pro by being a college player and getting drafted into pro.
Who is Charlie Spencer?
Charlie Spencer was a former manager and also a football player.
Who is Louis Page?
Louis Page is a former football manager and was also a player.
What skills does a footy player need?
The skills that a football player needs is:Fit, fast runner, strong, tough and healthy.That is all you need to be to become a football player and also you have to know how to play it.
What is Wayne Rooneys Brothers name?
john Rooney who is also a football player and plays for macclesfield town football club
When did Junior Wells pass away?
Junior Wells was known for being a blues vocalist, harmonica player, and a recording artist. He passed away January 15, 1998. He was also an actor from Chicago. | junior varsity?
Can a junior varsity player also play varsity?
There is no definite answer, it depends what kind of thing you are playing for and how good you are.
Can a varsity player also play junior varsity?
Yes, but it depends on the school sometimes, the 2nd and 3rd strings on varsity are actually JV starters. JV players can also play in the varsity games.
Jv football player plays Thursday night can he also play the varsity game on Friday night?
No he can not, that he would either be inelegible to play for jv if he was good enough to play on varsity
How many quarters can a freshman play when he plays with the junior varsity and varsity also freshman?
This depends upon the rules of the state high school athletic association. For example, in Indiana a high school football player is limited to five quarters of participation per week. In Georgia, it's six quarters. In Montana, it's ten.
Was Richard Nixon an athlete?
Not particularly although he tried to be. While in high schoolhe was on the junior varsity football and although he seldom missed a practice he was rarely used in games. In collegeNixon played for the basketball team; he also tried out for football, but lacked the size to play.
Can a high school junior varsity and varsity player play in a hard cast if its wrapped in foam or something soft?
the cast must be wrapped with 1/2 inch of foam and then have an ace bandage around that. he must also have a prescription or some type of note from a doctor that says he is allowed to play with it.
Can a varsity soccer player starter also start JV?
yes, because the person want to be selected.
How is junior high different from high school?
Junior high is 2 years, while high school is 4. High school also matters much more - especially sophomore, junior, and senior year because these are the main years that colleges look at. High school also offers athletics with frosh, junior varisty, and varsity levels. High schools also offer better dances such as homecoming, winter formal, and prom.
Would a football player be able to play on his senior year if he attended another school his junior year?
I also meant to say it's 2 different divisions but on the same Hawaiian island.
What is the significance of varsity jackets?
A varsity jacket is worn by a student to show school and team pride. It is also worn to display personal achievements in sports and academics. Varsity jackets are also known as letterman jackets in some places.
What congressman was also a pro football player?
Steve Largent
Who is Johnny Carey?
Johnny Carey is a former football player. He was also a well known football manager.
When was the first black football player for the University of Kansas?
gale sayers Gale Sayers is not correct. Ed Harvey was the first. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1894, about 60 years before an African-American football player was allowed on the field at the University of Missouri. Ed's brothers also attended KU and played varsity sports. One of them became a doctor, another a lawyer with a law degree from KU.
Who is the best player in football?
Cristiano ronaldo, also know as CR7, is the best player in the world.
Who is a french football player?
Cedric Sabin is the most famous french football player, boasting appearences for Sedan and Vannes. Also, Karim Benzema
How difficult is it to become a football player in the NFL?
verryyy easy if you know how to do it also it helps to be able to catch a football
Would you date a football player?
WikiAnswers does not have time to date anyone but also does not discriminate against football players.
Who is George whitfield?
George Whitfield is a former professional football player. He played in college and also Arena football.
What sports did Jackie Robinson play in high school?
American baseball player Jackie Robinson attended John Muir High School (known as Muir Tech). There here played four sports at the varsity level: football, basketball, track, and baseball. He also played tennis.
College football and pro football?
college football is when you are in college and pro football is when you are out of college and also in pro football you get paid but not college football. you can get into | 913 |
All proceeds from this event will help to fund the Manchester Middle School and High School FIRST robotics teams.
Now the single largest event series in the world, The Color Run has exploded since our debut event.
Bring your family and friends and a smile to hop, skip or run<|fim_middle|> Wales (1089464), Scotland (SC041666) and the Isle of Man (1103).It was a fun filled sunny day when Verplanck Elementary School in Manchester held its Color Run event earlier this month. | round the 1k loop course, cheered on by the volunteers throwing multi-coloured powdered paints.
The event is open to adults, children, and families of all abilities.
Both sizes have the same sleek coat and black-and-tan color pattern.The Run 4 The Robots Color Run is on Saturday October 21, 2017.Run across glow zones rife with glowing neon water and powder, laser lights, fog, and music.
The Color Run, also known as the Happiest 5K on the Planet, is a unique event that celebrates healthiness, happiness, and individuality.
Click Here to find out what Classic, Multisport, and Variety mean.The Neon Festival is a Massive Neon festival filled with performers, music, lasers, and black lights. Founded in 2011, our mission is to bring people together and make the world a happier, healthier place. It includes the following events: Run 4 The Robots Color Run and Kids Run.
Thousands in Manchester enjoy the "world's happiest fun run"
The Gauntlet Games is a hilarious obstacle course taking the UK by storm.Losing the generous support of Worth Repeating (which has been their largest sponsor for the past two years) this spring, spurred the FIRST Robotics team to look further for fund-raising opportunities.
Wembley Stadium: Colour Run - See 5,403 traveler reviews, 3,747 candid photos, and great deals for Wembley, UK, at TripAdvisor. A small run of 10 prints are available, some of which are available here.You will leave our race with head to toe Spartan Pride and maybe some green, red, yellow and blue.
A fun untimed Colour Run for the students (and student friendly folk) of Manchester.Run or Walk our untimed 5k color run and support the Spartans at Southside Middle School.This is a great family event that will help raise funds for the Manchester FIRST robotics teams.
We dedicate our races to childhood cancer and bringing fundraising to local communities. Follow us.Run 5k or 10k, tackling giant inflatables, slides, foam, swings, water obstacles and real Gladiators.Cancer Research UK is a registered charity in England and | 455 |
Energy | Environment
Solving environmental problems the holistic way
by WIREs Authors | Mar 9, 2020
Researchers from Newcastle University and the James Hutton Institute explore how catchment systems engineering can be a holistic approach to solving some environmental problems.
Catchment Systems Engineering (CSE) is a holistic approach to improving the environment, involving direct intervention in the landscape instigated and delivered by engineers, scientists, and practitioners in close collaboration with stakeholders such as farmers, landowners, and people living and working in catchments.
Catchments are areas of land which contribute water runoff to a common point. It is the ideal unit in which to operate since a catchment is defined naturally by the way water moves through the landscape – any rain that falls into a particular catchment ends up in the same river going to the sea.
In a recent review published in WIREs Water, researchers from Newcastle University and the James Hutton Institute, Doctors Caspar Hewett, Mark Wilkinson, Jennine Jonczyk, and Paul Quinn provide some contrasting examples<|fim_middle|>, CSE is not driven simply by technical considerations as its holistic nature necessitates addressing cross-sectoral issues from land-use planning and policymaking (e.g., forestry, agriculture, asset management) to managing ecosystem services (e.g., tourism, nature protection, water management). Thus, involving stakeholders in planning and implementing CSE is essential. To make this a success, researchers, practitioners, and decision-makers need to work with all stakeholders within a catchment, particularly landowners, to ensure effective delivery of schemes.
"CSE can be a powerful framework for solving environmental problems," said Hewett, "We just need to be bold and remember to think of the catchment system as a whole, otherwise there is a danger that an intervention which provides a benefit at one location actually causes problems elsewhere in the catchment.
"To get it right, we need to identify which processes require mitigation, determine what we want the catchment to provide, and commit to making interventions across the whole system (including urban areas) – this is why the involvement of people working and living in the catchments is so important; especially those that manage local water and can deliver and maintain the required measures. It's a fresh way of looking at established problems and makes the most of tried and tested traditional engineering and more experimental nature-based solutions – it is the way forward."
Written by: Caspar Hewett
Research article available at C.J.M. Hewett, et al. WIREs Water, 2020, doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1417
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Catchment examples
For example, the village of Belford in Northumberland, England had major flooding problems and in order to mitigate these, CSE interventions were introduced: removing sharp bends, selected walls, and a foot bridge in the village; cleaning and renovating the sewer network; and numerous features in the surrounding rural landscape that target upstream flow entering the village. In the seven years since completion of the project, Belford has not flooded.
In Rajasthan, India, drought had dried most of the rivers, driving much of the population from the land. Local people mobilised to create 15,000 traditional leaky dams to hold back flood flow, collect storm water, and allow it to infiltrate into the deeper groundwater. As a result, many rivers now flow all year round and the population has returned to the land.
CSE involves a variety of interventions of different size targeted at specific locations, each with a specific aim such as improving water quality or reducing the likelihood of flooding. It is holistic in two senses: first in that the whole catchment system, which typically includes rural and urban areas, is considered when deciding why, where, when and how to intervene; and second, it targets multiple issues such as flooding, drought, water pollution and soil erosion simultaneously.
Many CSE interventions mimic natural processes and are often described as nature-based solutions. They can play an important part in providing ecosystem services, from improving carbon accumulation to reducing pollution. Examples include afforestation, peatland restoration, reconnection of floodplains, and "soft-engineering" interventions, such as strategically placed woody dams in small channels that slow flow and store water temporarily during high flows. These are employed alongside traditional engineering features such as dams, embankments, flood gates and temporary flood defenses, which provide additional protection for assets and urban areas.
CSE provides a framework for identifying and prioritising failures in a catchment and delivers measures specific to a location in order to deliver multiple benefits such as reducing rapid runoff, erosion, and pollution. Many interventions can fit seamlessly into the rural landscape using locations such as areas adjacent to rivers and streams, small-scale natural channels and farm ditches. However | 448 |
Otters Can Learn From Each Other and This Might Help Them Survive, Study Finds
Olivia Rosane
Nov 11, 2020 8:00AM EST Animals
Asian short-clawed otters. wrangel / iStock / Getty Images Plus
The Asian short-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus) is the world's smallest otter, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). But what they lack in size, they make up for in brain power.
The approximately three-foot long otters can learn from each other, and show the capacity for long-term memory, a new study published Wednesday by The Royal Society found.
"Our study is the first to show evidence of social learning and long-term memory in Asian short-clawed otters – which may be good news in terms of their adaptability and future survival," lead author Alex Saliveros, who works from the Centre for Ecology and Conservation at the University of Exeter's Cornwall campus, said in a press release.
Researchers have found that #otters learn from each other when solving puzzles. They gave groups of otters puzzles twice, several months apart &<|fim_middle|>Scientists Develop 'Cyborg Cells' That Could Improve Environmental and Human Health
The Traditional 'Imperial Lawn' Is Dead — Long Live the Trees | found the otters solved them 69% faster on average the 2nd time – suggesting a capacity for long-term memory. https://t.co/88yEfYmlib pic.twitter.com/EVHZkRYlg6
— University of Exeter (@UniofExeter) November 11, 2020
To test the otters' learning abilities, the researchers provided the animals with different transparent containers filled with meatballs. To access the snacks, the otters had to learn how to twist or pull a lid or handle.
The researchers discovered that once one otter figured out how to open the container, their friends were also more likely to solve the puzzle. This is evidence of what the researchers call "social learning."
The scientists also tested the otters' long term memory by giving them access to the same puzzles after a several-month gap. The otters were able to get into the food 69 percent faster than when they first encountered the containers. This is evidence that the otters have long-term memory.
The findings don't just teach scientists more about a unique animal species. They also may help them to save them. The otters, who are found in South and Southeast Asia from the Himalaya foothills of India to Indonesia and the Philippines, are considered vulnerable by the IUCN and their population is in decline. The primary forces driving this decline are deforestation, the overfishing of their prey and agriculture, including the use of pesticides that poisons the waters they fish in.
"Asian short-clawed otters are declining in the wild, partly due to overfishing and pollution affecting the crustaceans and small fish they feed on," Saliveros said in the press release. "With that in mind, we wanted to understand more about how they learn and remember information about new food sources. Being able to catch new prey in new ways, and to pass on that knowledge, could be important in terms of conservation."
The research builds on an a 2017 study from the University of Exeter, which found that smooth-coated otters could learn to open food puzzles by copying each other. However, that study found no evidence of that Asian short-clawed otters learned from each other.
"Now that we know Asian short-clawed otters do so as well, we can start investigating how we might transmit critical survival information regarding new foods and predators through wild otter groups more generally," senior author Dr. Neeltje Boogert, who was involved with both studies, said in the press release.
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Poem: "0 to 1"
This poem is from the March 5, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from meeksp, the_vulture, and chordatesrock. It also fills the "2) Lacuna" slot in the Vellum list for the Rainbowfic fest. This poem has been sponsored by Shirley Barrette. It belongs to the series An Army of One: The Autistic Secession in Space.
Tags: community, cyberfunded creativity, fishbowl, poem, poetry, reading, science fiction, space exploration, writing | poem has been sponsored by Shirley Barrette. It belongs to the series An Army of One: The Autistic Secession in Space.
In the Lacuna,
home is not a physical space,
but space itself,
the emptiness that contains wholeness.
It is not a place, but people;
not a site, but cipherspace;
not a foundation, but a feeling.
It is not something that can be articulated
but that's all right: everyone is used to it.
Of course they get homesick,
sometimes, for the Galactic Arms --
the little curl of Orion-Cygnus around Sol
and the outward sweep of Carina-Sagittarius,
the grandest adventure of humankind.
Who wouldn't get homesick
for where they came from,
once in a while?
But it's not where they're going.
The secessionists have discovered
that the Lacuna
only seems to be empty,
its dusty silence filled with meaning
like bodies that speak a different language.
They are learning,
slowly but surely,
to love and not abhor the vacuum,
to fill emptiness with what matters most to them,
to think themselves consciously from
0 to 1.
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I'm sure you all know Fashion Week here in NYC has been in full swing and just like Glastonbury, Fashion Week is always doomed to have the worst weather possible, DOOMED! I've experienced some terrible Somerset House weather but my god nothing prepared me for -15c. I knew it was cold, so I spent the prior two days working from home instead of braving NYFW but who could say no to the Victoria<|fim_middle|> nearly dead with the cold! I quite like how the whole look turned out though, layering black on black with different textures. Edelle did an amazing job shooting these lovely snow laced shots. I only live four blocks from my subway stop and honestly I thought I might collapse half way and turn into an ice cube…I've never experienced cold like it, in my opinion it was actually dangerous to be anyway fashionable this week. I really don't know how some girls did it!
Backstage was surprisingly pretty chill, and we even got to spend some time talking to legendary makeup artist Pat Mcgrath which was amazing (if you follow me on snapchat @Tarmarz you would of seen her wise words of makeup wisdomage) and the set at the Cipriani was such a dramatic backdrop for the show. The latest collection from Victoria Beckham was extremely different from her usual, lots of stripes & checks in 70's hues. Such emphasis on prints & a trend based colour palette wasn't to my personal taste, but there was beautiful silhouettes as per the norm. Definitely admire the design team for changing it up this season. With such an intimate setting, fashion legends such as Grace Coddington seemed to just breeze by me so easily (Did I mention the whole Beckham clan?) but I also got the opportunity to chat with bloggers I love including Niomi Smart & Kristina Bazan.
Annnnnnnd then I bought myself a heart-shaped Dunkin Donut and called it a day haha. So glad you seemed to enjoy my last pre-valentine's post btw, I love it when you leave comments! Also I'm doing a fun instagram takeover soon on the OPSH page in Ireland & would love if you guys headed over & followed to catch my posts there on Wednesday! See you in the next, T. | Beckham show? I got a cool email a few days before with the opportunity to see the show & also go backstage with Max Factor, so I put together the best outfit I could with my extreeemly limited wardrobe and headed to the show, albeit | 51 |
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Des Moines /
504 E. Locust, Des Moines, 50309
24 events in all locations
Fruition with The Mighty Pines
8:30 PM - Woolys Des Moines, Des Moines, IA, US
Subtronics, HE$H, Chee, Bommer and Level Up
Tyler Farr
Casey Donahew Band Tickets (21+ Event)
Elliot Moss
SunMar 1
Iration with Iya Terra, Ballyhoo! and Rise Brothers
TueMar 10
ZZ Ward and Patrick Droney
WedMar 11
ThuMar 12
SatMar 21
Gary Gulman
FriMar 27
Boogie T and Boogie T.rio
FriApr 3
TueApr 7
The Expendables with Bumpin Uglies, Artikal Sound System and Of Good Nature
WedApr 8
The Secret Sisters and Logan Ledger
WedApr 15
Minnesota with Thelem, Eastghost and Thook
SatApr 18
Wooly's Des Moines - A Vintage<|fim_middle|> to alt rock bands and occasionally other entertainment, like live wrestling shows.
Wooly's Des Moines Seating Layout
Wooly's Des Moines has a maximum capacity of about 700 people, although the actual seating capacity can vary depending on how the space is configured. Customers love the standing bars along the edges of the room, and some six-person booths are available for reservation. The staff are also pros at turning the space over for different acts: They usually host at least two hundred music acts a year, with other venue rentals for weddings and private parties in between. The high ceilings and hardwood floors make this the ideal venue for private events, from birthdays to weddings and other special ceremonies.
Wooly's has earned a reputation for being just as hospitable to visiting artists as it is to its customers, with two green rooms -- one for the headliners and another for the openers -- and touches like private showers and laundry facilities to ease the burden of life on the road.
Des Moines itself is a literal crossroads, situated where interstate highways 80 and 35 meet. In fact, some diehards of the regional music scene simply refer to the area as "80/35." That makes Des Moines the perfect crossroads for touring national acts that are traveling between other big markets, like Chicago and Denver. Wooly's, meanwhile, is large enough to appeal to those traveling acts, but small enough that it won't scare off modest, on-the-rise groups that can't yet fill a massive venue like the nearby Wells Fargo Arena (Des Moines). It's also a cultural crossroads of sorts, where typically Midwest activities like pumpkin picking meet thrill rides on roller coasters, the high culture of horse racing, and a surprisingly vibrant music and arts scene.
Wooly's is named for the historic building it occupies, which was once home to a Woolworth's department store. | Venue for Today's Hottest Bands
Located in Des Moines's Historic East Village, Wooly's is a quirky, welcoming concert venue that caters to all types of music, from bluegrass to punk rock. Housed in a repurposed department store, Wooly's is a short walk from the state capital building and within easy strolling distance of multiple bars, nightclubs and shopping centers, so it's perfectly positioned to be a natural stop on almost any night out.
Wool's Des Moines History
Wooly's first opened in 2012, the brainchild of local music promoter Sam Summers. Within two years of its opening Wooly's was already booking more than two hundred music acts every year. It quickly became a surprisingly popular wedding venue when it wasn't full of music, thanks to its vintage feel, flexible floor plan and highly professional staff.
Wooly's Des Moines Events
Wooly's Des Moines is known for being the crossroads where all music genres and all experience levels, from up-and-coming acts to local headliners passing through, converge in one place. Although they do offer some 21-and-over shows, most of their events are open to all ages. Acts range from acoustic singer-songwriters | 257 |
Last week UTC Oxfordshire were pleased to announce the opening of a state-of-the-art Cryogenics Laboratory. UTC Oxfordshire is the first UK school to have such a facility.
In planning since April 2015, and brainchild of John Vandore (Trustee of the British Cryogenics Council), the cryogenics laboratory will be used by students to enhance their employer led projects and science curriculum. Ahead of their first project in November students will visit facilities at STFC to find out more about the benefits of, and uses for, cry<|fim_middle|> – in planning from early on in the school build. Annette Jonathan, science technician led the project, with the support of Quantum Cryogenics, DY Assist, LTI Metaltech, STFC, University of Southampton, British Cryogenics Council, Proactive Gas Safety, Goetze, and AirProducts who all worked to ensure the safe and effective provision of the innovative school cryogenics laboratory.
This ambitious project has taken three and a half years of careful planning and testing to take fruition. We are pleased to announce that with the official opening of the Cryogenics Laboratory, UTCs are again staying at the forefront of technology and allowing students the chance to benefit from such impressive facilities. | ogenics.
Building on relationships with businesses and organisations the UTC was able to create this unique opportunity | 19 |
1. Finish your manuscript. Your book doesn't need to be perfect, but most agents and editors want to see a complete manuscript because it shows that you are serious about being an author.
2. Make a good first impression. Present yourself as a professional author in all your interactions with agents and editors. As much as you believe that everybody that reads your book is going to rave about it to everybody they know, remember that being<|fim_middle|> pleasure to work with. Agents and editors choose from hundreds of authors each year. They tend to choose those that would make their work more enjoyable rather than less. | seen as a professional author from day one is essential because publishers need to know that you can be trusted to present yourself well in the media and in front of large groups. Agents and editors sign authors that they believe can sell their books.
3. Know your genre. You must become an expert on your subject matter and the categories that are used to describe and market competitive titles so that you understand where your book fits and why a publisher and book retailers need it. Figure out where your book would be featured on bookstore shelves and how a retailer would describe it and a couple of competitive titles to a prospective customer who has asked for a book on your subject.
4. Develop your elevator pitch. You need to be able to describe in 60 seconds or less to an agent or editor why readers will be excited to buy your book. Provide just enough information to pique their interest and leave them wanting more. This may be the copy that is used on the back cover of your book. Make the benefits to the reader obvious and clarify why you are qualified to write the book and provide those benefits.
5. Be thankful. Always thank an agent or editor for any suggestions or tips they provide. While doing so is good manners, it also positions you as a professional author who would be a | 257 |
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Raw Material and Energy Costs Concerns for North American Industrial Manufacturers in 2nd Half of 2008
CHICAGO-Prime Advantage, a buying consortium for midsized industrial manufacturers, announced the findings of its second Group Outlook Survey, revealing the top economic concerns for the second half (H2) of 2008. Raw material and energy costs continue to top the list of cost pressure concerns, but this time they have become an overwhelming worry among North American manufacturers.
The results of the first survey, released in January, revealed that the group's manufacturing members were apprehensive of rising material, 43%, and energy, 17.5%, costs. This latest study reveals that 93% agree that material costs will be an economic concern for the rest of 2008, with a 67% agreement on energy costs following closely behind.
Survey data was collected from 72 senior-level representatives of industrial manufacturing companies, including business owners, vice presidents of procurement and purchasing directors.
"The Prime Advantage Group Outlook Survey has served as a reliable indicator by identifying key economic factors of influence for mid-sized manufacturers throughout North America," said Louise O'Sullivan, president and founder of Prime Advantage. "The survey has shown that Prime Advantage members' perceived concerns in January were on the mark."
The H2 Group Outlook Survey follows<|fim_middle|> of 2008. While only 17% expect job cuts within the next six months, another 17% expect job growth and 66% expect to make no changes and keep their current employee base at the same level.
"These results show that U.S. manufacturers are cautiously optimistic about the rest of the year, in spite of current economic concerns," O'Sullivan said. "Through the collective buying power available from Prime Advantage, our members are still hopeful."
Rising Costs Raise Concerns Among North American Manufacturers
Two-Thirds of Industrial Manufacturers Absorbing Higher Energy Costs
North American Machine Vision Market Posts Record First Half in 2014 | as an update to the first survey conducted in January '08 when members were asked to predict their expected cost pressures for 2008.
Top Expected Cost Pressures for H2 2008
In addition to seeing an overwhelming 93% of respondents agree that raw materials-including stainless steel, nickel, copper and other metals and plastics-were a major concern for H2 2008, two-thirds of all manufacturers-up 49.5 percentage points from the first survey-agree that energy costs will be a major concern for the rest of the year.
"Other indicators, such as the Institute for Supply Management's June 2008 Manufacturing ISM Report On Business reflect that rising commodity prices, combined with a fluctuating Purchasing Managers Index, are putting great pressure on U.S. manufacturers," said O'Sullivan. "The bottom line is that pricing pressures for raw materials and commodities will likely continue to be an obstacle to success for many North American manufacturers."
Unlike the first Group Outlook Survey, inflation is now the third highest concern, with 39% in agreement, up 31 percentage points from January. Logistics and supply chain costs followed closely at 38%-21.6 percentage points higher than the first Group Outlook Survey. Healthcare (18%), foreign competition (12%), overhead (11%) and labor (8%) were among the other cost pressure concerns identified by survey respondents.
In the first half (H1) 2008 survey, healthcare was cited by just 1.7% of respondents, overhead was cited by just 2.8% of respondents, foreign competition was cited by just 3.4% of respondents and labor was cited by 4% of respondents.
In addition, 51% of respondents have shifted the top sourcing priority to "Identifying Reliable and Cost Efficient Sources for Raw Materials" rather than "Improving Efficiency Measurements."
Contrary to the first Group Outlook Survey, a higher percentage of respondents now expect capital spending to decrease or stay the same as the first half of 2008. Thirty-nine percent of Prime Advantage members expect capital spending to decrease in the next six months and 42% expect capital spending to remain unchanged. Previously, Prime Advantage members predicted no change from 2007 (52%) or an increase (36%) from 2007 in capital spending.
Optimism Remains
The Prime Advantage Group Outlook Survey also showed confidence for employment opportunities in the second half | 517 |
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Norwich City's defence under the spotlight
David Cuffley
Published: 10:26 AM November <|fim_middle|> now, and these are the really important ones where we have to go and get a result." | 25, 2011 Updated: 10:59 PM October 10, 2020
Norwich City are hoping 13 will prove to be a lucky number when they face fellow promoted side Queens Park Rangers tomorrow.
The Canaries have not kept a clean sheet in their first 12 Premier League matches – only they and Blackburn have yet to record a shut-out in the top flight this season.
Paul Lambert's men came very close to keeping out Stoke and Sunderland, but both teams managed late goals at Carrow Road.
There is at least one good omen as City take on Rangers (3pm) in that Neil Warnock's side were beaten 1-0 in the corresponding fixture in the Championship last season, courtesy of Russell Martin's early goal. But since that match on New Year's Day, Norwich have managed just one clean sheet in 18 home games in all competitions, and that was in the 6-0 hammering of Scunthorpe United in April.
It has not helped their cause that defensive resources have been stretched this season, with on-loan Ritchie de Laet becoming the fourth central defender to be sidelined when he missed last week's 2-1 home defeat by Arsenal because of a back problem.
Lambert was expected to give an update today on the progress of De Laet, as well as Zak Whitbread (hamstring) and Daniel Ayala (knee), both out of action since August, while Elliott Ward has not kicked a ball this season because of a persistent knee injury, sustained on the pre-season tour of Germany.
QPR moved above City with their 3-2 win at Stoke last week, but Warnock has his own injury problems.
Heidar Helguson scored twice in that victory but suffered a facial injury, while fellow goalscorer Luke Young is among the doubtfuls along with Jay Bothroyd, Danny Gabbidon and Armand Traore. Skipper Joey Barton is suspended after picking up five yellow cards.
D J Campbell, Kieron Dyer, Matt Connolly and goalkeeper Brian Murphy are also ruled out. Though both sides are in mid-table, they are conscious that it is the kind of game they most need to win to stay out of the trouble zone, and City are looking to end a run of four games without a victory since beating the third promoted team, Swansea, 3-1.
"I think we are competing with the ones around about us and the ones below us. That is our barometer – to see if we can compete with them," Lambert told fans at the annual meeting this week.
And Rangers forward Jamie Mackie expects tomorrow's meeting to be as tough as the game at the Britannia Stadium.
"We're under no illusions as to how hard it's going to be. It'll be every bit as difficult as the game at Stoke," Mackie told London24.com. "They've done well at home, they play at a really high tempo and we need to make sure our mentality is right. We've got games against the teams around us | 634 |
Party registration policy to be re-evaluated
Igor Pedan
Calling the policy unreasonable, University President Jehuda Reinharz told The Hoot that he is looking into changing a Residence Life policy requiring students to register parties seven to ten days in advance of holding them.
Reinharz said that until a meeting with Union President Jenny Feinberg 07 earlier in the week he was not aware that students need to register parties ten days in advance.
I<|fim_middle|> long time, she said.
I said, why does it have to be ten days? It seems that its a very long period of time and even though I know that the police and others have to be prepared, ten days seems unreasonable to me, Reinharz said.
Feinberg explained that she is trying to branch relationships between the departments of Public Safety, Student Activities, and Residence Life and the Student Union and Student Events so that all the organizations can have a greater understanding of what it means to be social and safe on campus.
Feinberg said that she told Reinharz that there is a vicious cycle going on between students and the department of Residence Life.
Students are afraid that their parties are going to get broken up, so what they do is they are either not throwing parties or when they do, they arent reporting them to Residence Life, she said. And so on the latter side, when they arent reporting them to Residence Life, they are also not telling students that live around them that they are having a party, so often times a complaint will come in from other students who feel like they want to sleep and they didnt know that there is a party going on.
She explained that this is causing the vicious cycle because Public Safety has no choice but to come and break up the parties when noise complaints are registered by students.
So [it might be better] if we had a better policy in place where students were informing other students they are having a party or informing other students ahead of time but perhaps not necessarily seven to ten days ahead of time, she said.
Feinberg said that having enough opportunity to inform Residence Life and living on a trust factor would cause more students to have parties.
Having more parties means each party would not be as crowded and it gives people more options and more things to do, she said.
We are going to examine the policy because I want students to also have some spontaneity so we have to weigh spontaneity versus safety and all the rest and I am sure well arrive at some equilibrium that makes sense, Reinahrz said. | said to her, I have some sympathy for that fact, Reinharz said. I didnt know that students have to actually apply ten days in advance to have a party and Ive taken the issue up immediately with [Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment] Jean Eddy and went to talk to her about that.
Feinberg told The Hoot that in their meeting, she explained to Reinharz that students tend to have, very wonderful weeks and very mediocre weekends, because of some strict rules imposed on student social life.
I think that really resonated with him because he understood there are very active clubs and very strong academics and students are very happy [during the week] yet when it comes to the weekend they find that they are somewhat disappointed, she said. We [student government] think its our responsibility as students and student leaders to do something about it.
Students need to have the opportunity to express their interest in throwing a party to Residence Life, and seven to ten days is a | 199 |
She called you and said she was tired, that she couldn't sleep the night before because of con ma, a ghost. You weren't listening; you didn't ask. But she answered anyway. He'd come for her at the Devil's hour, dressed in all white. His smile a crescent moon at dawn, he'd knelt at the foot of her bed, eyes like two black bubbles. She'd laid awake, frozen. Come morning, she'd looked and saw that her husband had gone, as if he'd fizzled out into nothing but dust and slow, amber-tinted light.
Lifting your glasses, you rubbed the side of your nose with two fingers. The voice of your grandmother, your bà ngoại, was small, soft. Swiveling between the textbook and the solutions manual, you scowled in frustration. You breathed in: black coffee and cheap erasers. And you breathed out, swearing under your breath that next semester, you'd start studying sooner, much sooner. You turned off speakerphone, clamping the iPhone between your shoulder and ear. You were busy, and you said so—twice. Loudly and firmly, as if she was a slow-learning dog. She spoke in broken, faltering English.
You hung up. In that moment, you had no way of knowing what your face looked like (blank, with eyes like iced-over rocks). You had no way of knowing that the following night, while you wrote your organic chemistry midterm, grandma would take grandpa's hand, the two of them disintegrating into nothing but dust and moonlight.
In the summers between grades four, five, and six, your grandmother cooked you lunch every day. When you saw her at the door in the morning, snug in a dotted cardigan, you struggled not to smile. A white plastic bag, stuffed with sweet buns and coloured sticky rice, always hung from one wrist.
The day before grade four started, she'd held your hand and the both of you ran—giggling—through a thunderstorm, from No Frills to your house across the street,<|fim_middle|>, where you no longer needed to hold anybody's hand.
In front of the apartment building were huge, old willow trees, their leaves drooping, almost touching the ground, as if they were people lost in thought.
Inside the apartment, the smell was nothing you could've imagined: a sickly sweet, like cantaloupe rotting under the afternoon sun. Even with her body gone, the smell still sank into your hair, your clothes. Your throat was plugged. Outside, though the chintz curtains, you saw a flock of pigeons nosedive behind the willows. The engine of a motorcycle in the parking lot out front filled the small apartment with the moaning of a torture machine. Behind you, your mom was folding the one, tattered winter jacket your grandma had ever owned, the jacket she bought at a Sears outlet mall when she'd first immigrated to Canada.
You stacked her books into a cardboard box. Thumbing through the pages of a notebook, you saw that she'd written the days of the week in English, over and over again, in stiff, slanted letters. She'd penned the names of furniture, of animals and countries. You ran your fingers over the popped-out curlicues on the backs of the lined pages. You bit your lip until you tasted pennies, squeezing your eyes shut.
In another, slimmer notebook, you skimmed through the phone numbers and addresses of her family doctor, dentist, hairstylist, and a few names you didn't recognize. An unopened pack of gel pens, with Dollarama's green and yellow sticker still on it, was hidden beneath a thick Vietnamese-to-English dictionary.
Next to the phone on the kitchen table was a spiral-bound notepad with a holographic kitten on the cover. You took it and sat down on a chair she'd lined with a sheet of plastic. Each page in the notebook had a tiny paw in the upper right corner, with a page number in its center.
Your mom was taking silverware out of the kitchen drawers. The clink of forks and knives sounded like faraway, heavenly bells. You flipped to the last page with words on it.
Carolyn Chung is a nineteen-year-old living in Toronto. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in FreeFall and tenderness, yea. | white plastic bags stretched over the tops of your heads. The world was a dark and soggy place, an anonymous jungle of dripping power lines and shiny rooftops. A world without any framework or handholds. But as long as bà ngoại held your hand, you thought, you would know where to run.
The summer between grades five and six, you grew almost a foot taller. You were eating bánh xèo on a quiet August afternoon when you heard them outside your front door—those boys from school who would kick the back of your chair and flick elastic bands at your bare arms and legs. Boys who would yank the skin around their blue and green eyes, spitting the word chink in your face.
Your fingers sticky with fish sauce, you scrambled out the door to see them wheeling away your bike. Before you could take off running with clenched fists, bà ngoại yanked you back by the elbow. Tottering onto your front lawn, she screamed at the boys in Vietnamese, her little, wrinkled face turning red. Furious, she flapped a dirty rag at them until they dropped the bike on the sidewalk and sprinted away, wide-eyed.
The next summer, you told your mom you were old enough to stay home alone, that you could eat whatever was in the fridge. You were embarrassed by bà ngoại—by her broken English and blackened teeth. By then, you were more than two heads taller than her. Having stumbled upon new friendships and new, mesmerizing ambitions, the world had unfolded into someplace effervescent and white—someplace comfortable | 321 |
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Utahns hail Clinton fight to expand Peace Corps
By Deseret News Feb 3, 1998, 12:00am MST
Linda Thomson, Staff Writer
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Jenny Kirk of Salt Lake City thinks President Clinton's plan to ask for an extra $48 million to expand the Peace Corps is a great idea.
Kirk, currently administrative coordinator for Utahns Against Hunger, is a returned Peace Corps volunteer who served in the Czech Republic in 1991-93."I think it's terrific and it shows that the president finds the Peace Corps important," Kirk said.
Kirk taught English in the Czech Republic to professors who needed to quickly learn the language to survive professionally. She also taught executives from a large, state-run mining operation that was being privatized. "They needed English to compete internationally. You can't sell anything anywhere in Europe without being able to speak English," she said.
If the funding increase is approved, Kirk anticipates it will have an effect on Utah by increasing volunteers from here<|fim_middle|> | .
"Utah has an excellent pool for drawing Peace Corps volunteers. It's got an educated populace that is well-traveled, and the number of volunteers coming from Utah has increased. In our Peace Corps Alumni Group, we have about 150 paid members now. We've also got 400 to 500 on our mailing list."
Clinton wants to boost the agency's current budget of $219 million to increase the number of volunteers to 10,000 by the year 2000.
This would essentially double the number of Peace Corps volunteers since there are 6,500 of them currently working in 85 countries.
There are 38 volunteers from Utah in the Peace Corps. Nearly 600 Utahns have served in the Peace Corps since its inception in 1961.
"This is a fantastic opportunity for the Peace Corps," said Jeff Martin, public affairs specialist for the agency. "We have bipartisan support in Congress. We have six former Peace Corps volunteers serving in Congress.
"This also shows how popular the Peace Corps has become. We've gone from a cliche - `The Peace Corps, wasn't that in the '60s?' - to getting 150,000 requests for information last year. That was a 40 percent increase since 1994."
Additionally, Martin said the number of volunteers taking part in the program was the highest it has been in 20 years.
"We're getting the word out," Martin said.
Also, the "me decade" of the 1980s is long over and people's views about voluntarism and social service are changing, he said.
"The idealism is back, not just with the Peace Corps but across the board. Voluntarism is up again," he said.
Most Peace Corps participants continue to do some kind of volunteer work once they return, Kirk said.
"The Peace Corps is not just a thing you do. It's a mindset, a belief that it is possible to change the world," Kirk said. "It has been the pivotal point in my life. . . . When you come back, you're an entirely different person."
For information about the Peace Corps, call 1-800-424-8580. For information about the alumni association, call Leslie Abplanalp at 486-3042.
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Posted on March 1, 1992 by NZ Books
The Great New Zealand Fossil Book: Pictures of Ancient Life in an Evolving Land
Ron Brazier, Ian Keyes and Graeme Stevens,
DSIR Geology and Geophysics, Wellington, 1990, $49.95
On Shaky Ground: a Geological Guide to the Wellington Metropolitan Region
Graeme Stevens,
Having to mark the 125th anniversary of the New Zealand Geological Survey, 150 years of local palaeontology and the official DSIR contribution to the 1990 celebrations are all worn surprisingly lightly by The Great New Zealand Fossil Book. Indeed, it is a fine example of popular scientific writing that may help lure some students back into the laboratories. The long Latin names are there, of course, but the photographs, maps and large gallery of specially commissioned paintings provide imaginative reconstructions of life in our ancient past that will captivate young and old. From ancient beginnings in Gondwana to the miraculous survival of the tuatara, it is all here in commendably clear and concise prose.
The prolific Stevens is an accomplished popular interpreter of current scientific knowledge. On Shaky Ground begins with a fascinating 36-page summary of our geological past that is a masterpiece of compression. Stevens then takes us on five geological tours of modern Wellington: Wellington-Lower Hutt, Western Hutt Hills, Eastern Hutt Hills, Upper Hutt Valley and Haywards-Paekakariki. Colour photographs, maps and diagrams referenced to modern buildings and recognised topographical features make it easy to follow the processes that have shaped the landscape down through the millennia. The major regret is that he almost ignores the densely populated southern and eastern suburbs.
If either book has shortcomings, it lies with the dated, semi-academic presentation. That A4 format, so dear to scientists, is aesthetically limiting and, in the case of a guidebook, rather impractical. Cost, of course, always has its say, but Ron Brazier's colour paintings lose much impact in black and white, a loss that the use of spot colour only emphasises. In that one small area, Geoffrey Cox's recent booklet (Collins) has the edge.
Tragedy at Aramoana
Paul Bensemann,
Cape Catley/ Inprint, Wellington, 1991, $24
Paul Bensemann's book is one of two rushed out to commemorate the first anniversary of the slaughter at the beautiful entrance to Otago Harbour. It shares the strengths and weaknesses of all such rapid productions. Like any good journalist, Bensemann's writing has pace: you have no difficulty turning the pages. His text and maps set out clearly the confused movements of those tragic few hours, and his extensive interviews add a human face to the gruesome statistics. Yet he also leaves some questions unanswered. Although he explains the police constraints on the use of firearms, he could have said a lot more on the subject of the élite anti-terrorist squad. Again, although<|fim_middle|>igned supreme and every student dropout wanted to emulate them from the safety of country communes. This is a lighthearted look back, not in anger but in embarrassment, best read wearing a paisley shirt and bellbottoms. Masochists may enjoy the bonus treat of lyrics to tracks such as 'The Deuteronomy Suppositories/Suppositions'.
Gavin McLean is a historian with the Historic Places Trust whose most recent book is 'Shipwrecks and Maritime Disasters' (Grantham House).
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Fall Muster: the Annual Muster on Mt Nicholas Station
Hodder & Stoughton, Auckland, 1990, $14.95
Book number 25 from Hodder's Men of the Hills takes us on the annual sheep muster on the rugged Mt Nicholas station high above Lake Wakatipu. Of a type that was once the cornerstone of the old Reed's list, Fall Muster is a classic tale of men and animals against the wild, presented companionably in diary form. Here for a couple of hours the reader may keep company with hard-living, hard-drinking kiwi blokes like 'The Packer', and learn that not every horse has the manners of National Velvet. Holden's many evocative colour photographs of men and mountains (sheep must make awful subjects, as they hardly get a look-in) round out the picture nicely.
Learning on the Farm: the Educational Background and Needs of New Zealand Farmers
Ken Moore,
New Zealand Council for Educational Research, Wellington, 1990, $19.50
This monograph by Christchurch Polytechnic rural tutor Ken Moore presents the results of a survey of 110 farmers in the Canterbury area in 1988. While the problems of the time (high interest rates and drought) and the nature of farming undertaken in that district obviously colours the results, it does confirm that New Zealand farmers continue to place higher emphasis on practical training than on classroom learning and that they have relatively little off-farm time to give to such matters. MAP and rural educators will find much food for thought in this monograph, not least being the responses to questions about the availability and cost of advice. With farm profitability falling and the cost of specialist advice soaring, it will be interesting to see if even the current levels of educational attainment can. be maintained, let alone improved.
Hello-Goodbye
Graham Hutchins,
John McIndoe, Dunedin, 1990, $19.95
If you know the pop song from which the title is taken, this slim book is for you. Like Hutchins' earlier 1960s reminiscences, Tall Half-Backs, Hello-Goodbye takes us back to the days when the Beatles, Dylan and the Beach Boys re | 552 |
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21-04-2017Interviews & BackgroundRHC
Ash Duban, "…Getting your ass kicked makes you better. If it demoralises you to the point of not wanting to race again, you're not cut out to win bike races."
Ash Duban proved to be the most consistent woman in the Red Hook Crit (RHC) field in 2016. Despite not winning any of the four races, she gathered the most points overall making her the winner of the 2016 Red Hook Series. Interestingly, throughout the entire season she only crossed the finish at the front of the peloton once, a testament to her strategic expertise. She also completed three of the four races without the assistance of teammates. Ash competes in both geared road races and fixedgear crits. 2016 was the year she made the decision to shift focus from geared races to the RHC Series. Although some might think that the top fixedgear riders don't do much besides training and racing – not for Ash Duban, she spends 40hrs+ a week working as a designer at frog Design. Ash lives in Austin, Texas where she currently shares an apartment with other fixedgear star Colin Strickland. Although she calls Austin home, her work has allowed her to live in New York, San Fransisco, LA, Seattle and Sydney, Australia. We spoke with Ash during her short training camp in Girona, Italy, where she<|fim_middle|> traveling so far to not finish a race, but I think it's a good learning experience. Dani is probably strong enough to race (and be able to compete) with the men, but having an olympian lining up next to you at RHC really ups the caliber of the race, and will force us to be stronger and smarter next year. We are going to have to race against phenomenal athletes from time to time that are simply in a different league – this is the nature of the sport. Competing with people that are better than me makes me step up and hold myself to their standards. Getting your ass kicked makes you better. If it demoralizes you to the point of not wanting to race again, you're not cut out to win bike races.'
In the last RHC race of the year, Milano, Ash was was leading the Series Championship standings with Keira McVitty being the biggest threat and Anaira Elbusto close behind her. "It wasn't my best race but I knew exactly what to do and had my mind set on winning the series so when the break went I didn't spend too much energy trying to chase them down, as no one in it was a threat for the GC."
For the upcoming season Ash has high goals but realises that the competition will be harder. However, Ash will have a partner in crime as Jo Celso will be her team mate for the RHC season. Stay tuned as Ash will tell us more about her goals this seasons and her team!
Ash Duban winner of the RHC 2016 serie by Tornanti CC
Ash Duban crit cycling Fixed Gear fixedgearcrit Red Hook Crit
Red Hook Crit 2016 top contenders for RHC Brooklyn No.10: Johanna Jahnke
Olympic Gold medalist Rio16 and WC winner join Team Huez for Red Hook Crit Brooklyn No.10 | spent 10 days riding road bikes with her coach Michael Sheehan and other fixedgear riders Thérèse Sundström and Keira McVitty, before traveling to Munich, Germany where she had to go for work.
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Ash Duban & Jasmine Dotti by Tornanti CC
Ash got into cycling when she was living in New York 7 years ago. "In 2006 and 2007 I participated in some alley-cat races. The first few I did on a geared road bike, and in 2007 I got my first fixed gear." Her biggest cycling adventure was in 2009 when she was on the bike for two months, riding from New York to Los Angeles, a 5000 mile tour. Two years later Ash competed in her first criterium on a geared bike in Texas. "I was surprised by how short the races were, I was used to riding long distances, all day in the saddle and now the crits were only a little over an hour." Although she didn't start as a fixedgear rider, she developed a passion for riding fixed. "When I was living in NY and LA I commuted on fixed. I simply love the adrenaline rush it gave me, the control you have over the bike weaving through traffic, and the simplicity of it all. The freedom. These are the reasons I love cycling."
In geared road racing, she moved from category 4 (beginner) to racing the national elite level within 2 seasons. However, 2014 didn't go as hoped, "I had pro aspirations but fell ill at the end of the year, and was off the bike for 3 months. This had a big impact on my 2015 season where I tried to build my fitness back up for 2016." 2016 proved to be a year which fixedgear racing was prioritised over road racing (although she did still over 50 road races that year). "Fixedgear racing is easy to get into. The bikes are cheaper, more durable, and much simpler compared to carbon road bikes." Ash is still a member of the ATX Hit Squad domestic elite team, however, "I mainly do road races to work on team tactics, improve my fitness and technique for the RHC crits". Despite several world-class pros entering the fixedgear scene, Ash still managed to win the series. "I had to race smart because I was racing alone without the help of any teammates. I also think the experience I have in road racing is a big advantage, I know how to read a race – when to save energy, when to use it, and who to keep an eye on. There's much more to winning a race than just having the physical strength."
Ash on her way to the break-away in London
Her favourite fixedgear crit course is RHC Milano which she won in 2014, but the race in RHC London was her cycling highlight of 2016. 'London was a great race for me, but there were a lot of mixed feelings about it in the pack. When Dani went with the other favorites, I knew that would be the winning move so I made a big effort to bridge up. It was a perfect break and we all worked well together, rotating on the front and taking the turns smoothly. However, once Dani attacked (…) it became clear we were racing for second. I won my first Rockstar award and secured enough points to pull on the leaders jersey after the race, so it worked out well for me. I think much of the field felt demoralized because they were lapped and eventually pulled. It's tough | 776 |
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How Lyon showed all their "anger" to sack Juve and find PSG in the Champions League
In the OL Park,
You almost had to pinch yourself in early 2022 to believe in .'s three unusual underperformances OL† Blow in Paris in the Coupe de France (3-0), draw (1-1) conceded in the derby in D1 and end of the quarter-final first leg of Champions League chaotic (2-1)… Unrecognizable, the seven-time European champion has done it all in two months, to the point that he found himself on the brink of collapse when he was welcomed Juve Thursday evening.
Amandine Henry, Melvine Malard and all Lyon players were able to enjoy their qualification in Parc OL with their supporters on Thursday. – Lyubomir Domozetski/SPP/shutters
Tangible pressure, after a nightmarish 2020-2021 season without a single title, left the 20,017 spectators at Parc OL a glimpse of the worst during a "timid" start (according to Sonia Bompastor). Wendie Renard could have been given a penalty after a push on Lina Hurtig (5th) and Selma Bacha had to be heroic to avoid the blow against the same Swedish striker from Juve (0-0, 23rd).
Two goals in three minutes thanks to Hegerberg and Malard
"We all knew we needed a first goal to get in, to clear this game," Ada Hegerberg confides afterwards. It took a lot of anger to win such an appointment. "The Norwegian striker didn't miss the half hour as he flew over the Italian defense to free his group (1-0, 33rd).
Ada Hegerberg's goal, after a mixed first half of play, had the merit of unlocking the Lyon group against Juve on Thursday. – Lyubomir Domozetski/SPP/shutters
The euphoric effect was felt right away, as Melvine Malard doubled the bet in big strides (2-0.35th), after which OL virtually qualified. Then, as if by magic, the "relief" of the first goal scored made it possible to find on many sequences the team of Sonia Bompastor that mastered their subject so well during the first part of the season.
"It's important that we keep building our game"
A great Griedge Mbock in this side position that is not his, a very complementary midfielder (Egurrola, Horan and Macario, before Henry came in at the break) and a Delphine Cascarino who was up front: OL still enough to succeed in his new European conquest. "We know our qualities, but it is important that we keep building our game," emphasizes Ada Hegerberg† I think we always have room for improvement. Obviously, with 13 shots from 5 and 59% possession on Thursday night, Lyon was up to the task.
The touch, the bend, the finish… unreal of @catarinamacario pic.twitter.com/Hbw6cbe0zb
— DAZN Football (@DAZNfootball) March 31, 2022
Access to this content is blocked to respect your choice of<|fim_middle|> find PSG in the semi-finals of the Champions League, as usual or almost. Indeed, it will be the 6th opposition between the two historic rivals in the last 8 seasons on the European stage, with a recent record so far favoring OL somewhat (3 wins against 2).
'It's nice to be a footballer and to play in front of such an audience'
"We're starting to get to know each other nicely with PSG," Ada Hegerberg smiles, proud of her sweet understatement. It's important for French football and it's impressive to have two teams in the semi-finals year after year. It remains to be seen who will challenge Barça or Wolfsburg in the final on Saturday, May 21 (7 p.m.) at the Juventus Stadium in Turin. What is certain is that the star striker with 57 goals in 57 European matches enjoyed the atmosphere of a big match at Parc OL.
"It's clear that the supporters have brought us a big plus. It's nice to be a footballer and to play in front of such an audience. "Especially if you haven't had the chance to taste this adrenaline of the European Cup without injuries for two seasons, right, Ada? | consent
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To the point of an anthology goal via young American Catarina Macario (3-0, 73rd), spot-oriented queen of control. Even the narrowing of Andrea Staskova's gap (3-1, 84th) didn't panic the current D1 leader, as in the first leg. He will be here from April 23-24, who will | 154 |
There's more to clubs in Marbella than parties at night. Each year, thousands visit the capital of the western Costa del Sol for the exclusivity of its nighttime ambience and the luxury radiated by its clubs and bars.
If Marbella is known for something, it's for the glamour of its nighttime venues and the variety of leisure amenities it offers. Indeed, you can find practically any service in Marbella. It has an exclusive status that maintains the city as an international point of reference for fun.
Lovers of the good life gather at the best Marbella clubs, which are known around the world and stand out for their personalised service and wide range of beverages from the most select brands. The city of glamour awaits you with exclusive clubbing on offer. Enjoy a glass of bubbly and be amazed by the most original cocktails. But, above all, have fun and dance like never before.
So that you can be sure about your decisions, here are some of the best venues, where you can create cherished memories of Marbella. Choose the one for you; now all that remains is to have a good time.
Enjoy the Marbellian nights in La Suite Club, the trendiest nightlife spot in Marbella.
La Suite Club is a sophisticated nightclub and an event space in Marbella. Drawing inspiration from the well-known Studio 54 of New York, the seductive decoration of this club of 600m2 successfully fuses the hotel's Roman heritage with the industrial-feel of a New York<|fim_middle|> looking to have a memorable night.
This venue located in Puerto Banús transforms from a sports bar with a pool table and several TVs where you can watch all the sports events live into a lively nightclub.
As such, it enjoys an electric ambience combining DJs, events and huge VIP areas. It is said that its parties are attended by famous sportspeople and celebrities from all over the world. | Studio.
La Suite is the place for stars in Marbella, where the local jet set and celebrities that come to Costa del Sol each year can enjoy the best music and an exceptional ambience.
The open-air terrace, La Térrasse offers an unmatched space for guests to enjoy drinks and lounge music during all year long.
Boasting dedicated table service, world-renowned DJs, performers and the highest level of hospitality, La Suite caters to the most fashionable of partygoers.
There is an epitome of glamour and luxury in Marbella: OLIVIA VALERE This enchanting place, with splendid open air patios and spectacular Moorish arches, is the meeting point par excellence of high society and stars from glossy magazines. Bruce Willis has enjoyed this chic establishment several times, along with Enrique Iglesias, Joaquín Cortes and a long list of other famous faces. Here can be found a range of different types of music and the "Babilonia" restaurant, just in case you fancy a snack to give you strength for dancing the night away. Are you up for clubbing with the elite? Well, you should never forget this fantastic place.
The Finca Besaya club is a fine example of a venue with plenty of class and exquisite interior design. The shapes of its sofas and fabrics falling from the ceiling as curtains create a very tranquil environment, which is broken when it comes to dancing and enjoying the best music. The establishment also has a restaurant with a delicious menu, which is often the best option if you fancy a romantic dinner under the stars of the Marbella sky, as it has a very well-appointed open air terrace. Finca Besaya plays Latin rhythms and the latest commercial recordings to ensure guests spend an unforgettable evening clubbing in Marbella.
If you choose to visit Aqwa Mist, get ready to dance until you drop among the elite of club-goers in Marbella. Singers like Chris Brown and international footballers such as Arsenal's Alex Oxlaide-Chamberlain are just some of the celebrities who have enjoyed a night out at this venue with its sophisticated design and Mediterranean atmosphere. The establishment has a cutting edge sound system and major international DJs who spin the best music for the most discerning of audiences. If you prefer to enjoy more intimate surroundings, the club offers a range of VIP rooms with private bars, terraces, exclusive waiter service and Jacuzzis. You'll fall in love with the beauty of this establishment. An enormous cascade of silvery water covers the main façade, which opens into the hall. Luxury, decoration and design come together in a single location, where you can also sample a select range of cocktails.
Marbella's most exclusive nights are enjoyed at Pangea. The club has been welcoming the international jet set elite at its luxury facilities in Puerto Banús for many years. It affords enchanting panoramic views over the Mediterranean Sea, the Straights of Gibraltar and part of North Africa and the best DJs on the scene bring the evening to life with an excellent selection of house music.
There is nothing better than Tibu in Marbella if you want to enjoy a cocktail in a sensual and luxury environment. Tune in your five senses and enjoy the best funky mix by prestigious DJs in an exclusive and extravagant space. Clubbers visiting this venue have a very well defined profile – they are largely young fashion lovers, so the ambience is closely linked to good taste. You can dance on a dance floor surrounding by go-go dancers, or choose to retire to one of the club's more intimate and exclusive spaces.
This nightclub is one of the most popular in Marbella; here you will enjoy a pleasant and fun atmosphere and spectacular decoration and incredible performances. The service is totally personalized so the glamor will breathe you in every corner of this establishment. Do not doubt that if you decide to have a few drinks at the Seven you will spend a night that you will not be able to forget easily, and we do not tell you, people comment who come every day to this club.
News Cafe is located next to the large yachts of Puerto Banús. Thanks to its exclusive attention and lavish spectacles, it has become one of the most renowned and select clubs in the capital.
In this club every night a great celebration captivates its customers with a fun atmosphere where the live performances of musicians create an atmosphere of magical pleasure. And what about its spectacular terrace at the top with a bar full of the best cocktails in Puerto Banus.
If you are in Marbella and want to enjoy an incredible night in one of the most luxurious ports in the world, this is the nightclub for you.
Sleek Club is an exclusive club located at the entrance to Puerto Banus. In this nightclub with capacity for more than 1500 people you can enjoy every night of the coolest artists in the international scene.
Sleek is a modern, sophisticated and comfortable club that with its good work and its capacity for innovation has become a place of reference, where every night meet the lovers of the best DJs in the world.
At Funky Buddha Marbella you will find an atmosphere of glamor mixed with a pinch of madness, which makes it the perfect place to turn away and get carried away by your emotions.
With an elegant design that will leave you speechless and a sophisticated, fun and comfortable atmosphere is one of the clubs to visit when you enjoy a city like Marbella. To enjoy the fun we can choose your terrace, both with its fabulous VIP area and with its fantastic and great cocktail bar. A club of great plastic beauty and a unique atmosphere. Funky Buddha is the greatest exponent of the glamor and sensuality of a night in the capital of the Costa del Sol.
The prestigious Marbella club, where many of the big DJs of recent times have played (David Guetta, Avicii, Armin van Buuren…), has reopened its doors, stronger than ever, after being closed for years.
Preserving the same spirit, Dreamers repeats the formula that was so successful: patronage of the big artists of the time along with a spectacular party atmosphere, which comes with a renovated look and better lighting and sound. A safe bet if you're | 1,271 |
As I sit here today, my voice almost completely gone, every muscle in my body aching, and so tired I don't want to do much more than grab a bunch of comics and spend the day with my feet up, I am once again grateful to live in The Future. As recently as five years ago, w00tstock could not have existed the way it does today, and we owe a lot of that to our audiences, who have promoted and supported us, and helped us grow so fast, we just announced a show at Comic-Con.
Cory Doctorow famously wrote about the implied endorsement when a friend hands you a book, or a movie, or a CD. There is tremendous value there, that we artists simply can't get from publicists and interviews. I know that w00tstock wouldn't be nearly as successful as it is if we didn't make it easy for our audiences to share our shows however they want, and that's what I wanted to write a little<|fim_middle|>, because I did what I think is the best performance of anything I've ever written during this show. I told my Rocky Horror Picture Show story from the Special Edition of The Happiest Days of Our Lives, and it was one of those perfect storms (more like a perfect Paul and Storm AMIRITE?!) where the audience was into it for the whole time, I nailed the beats the way I needed to, and the music was exactly right.
Boy, do I want to go do the Time Warp again. Seriously.
The following night, we did a show in Minneapolis at the Guthrie Theater. The Guthrie is a legitimate theater, the kind of place I dream of performing as an actor, and I think all of us who have been doing w00tstock felt the same sense of wonder when we walked into the place and realized that we were about to do a show in a place for grown ups.
John Scalzi joined us in Minneapolis for the sold out (!) show. Video and secret inside thoughts from John are at The Whatever, so you probably want to go check that out, since it's hilarious, and John wrote it specifically for our show. Seriously, how do we get to be so lucky?
Every time we think new w00tstocks can't possibly live up to the past ones, we are proved laughably wrong. We continue to be amazed by the energy and good feelings generated by audience and performers alike, and Chicago and Minneapolis BROUGHT IT. The energy was so strong, in fact, that the show ran nearly 5 hours in Chicago and 4 1/2 in Minneapolis—to the delight of the overwhelming majority, who were laughing and cheering just as hard at the end as at the beginning. | bit about today.
The show began with Wil Wheaton coming out and giving an introduction for the evening, and a somewhat fictionalized version of how this w00tstock came about. He also introduced us to the guest artist for the evening, Len Peralta. This guy sat at the back of the stage all evening and drew a special poster you could order a print of online after the show. Oh yeah, Wil also said everything from the night was released under the creative commons act, which sure is a swell thing for them to do. That meant that they were actually encouraging us to take pictures and videos, so of course I'll be showing you what I took.
Eternal Arr from Dan Coulter on Vimeo.
That's from the longest Captain's Wife's Lament in history, which is significant fro two reasons, one already stated, and the other the realization that when we do this bit, we're sort of pretending to be from The Rat Pack, which was a lot of fun.
Chicago was a particularly special show for me | 211 |
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The number of vendors specializing in finding and fixing date-related computer code has ballooned to more than 100, according to some industry sources. Some companies have launched federal marketing initiatives in the hope of tapping into anticipated federal demand. The year-2000 vendors are beginning to make their presence felt among federal technology managers.
"I'm getting blitzed by companies with turnkey<|fim_middle|>ol programmers by a large percentage," said Michele Perry, general manager of federal systems for Software AG.
OAO has created the Millennium Solutions Center to house its year-2000 efforts.
The center offers complete conversion tools and services through GSA's Federal Information Systems Support Program (FISSP) National Capital Zone. Jim White, national director of the center, said a federal agency can obtain services within 30 to 45 days using FISSP.
The center has contracts worth nearly $10 million. | year-2000 solutions," noted Joseph Leo, deputy administrator for management at the Agriculture Department's Food and Consumer Service.
Among the tool vendors, Computer Horizons Corp. and alliance partner Software AG, Millennium Dynamics Inc., Prince Software Inc. and Viasoft Inc. are specifically targeting federal customers with year-2000 wares. Among systems integrators, OAO Corp. is offering services to combat the year-2000 problem.
Many of the tool vendors had previously targeted commercial accounts, such as banks and insurance companies.
"We hadn't been proactive up until two months ago," said Alex Chapman, a federal marketing executive at Prince Software, Ramsey, N.J. "But the federal piece is a little too big not to step up to."
Prince Software markets Portal 2000, a suite of products that identifies affected Cobol and PL/1 programs, converts dates and tests code. Viasoft Inc., Phoenix, Ariz., created a federal marketing region about 18 months ago, according to Peter J. Sheridan, Viasoft's director of federal operations. The Social Security Administration is using the company's Via/Alliance and Estimate 2000 products. Estimate 2000 helps customers size the time and cost of a conversion effort, while Via/Alliance provides impact analysis for Cobol, assembler and PL/1 applications.
Millennium Dynamics, Cin-cinnati, is pursuing federal customers with a product that finds and fixes date problems in Cobol and assembler programs. "We're trying to find out if there is an opportunity" in the federal sector, said John Miller, chief sales and marketing officer at Millennium Dynamics.
Software AG and Computer Horizons have developed Signature 2000, an analysis and remediation tool for 2000.
Software AG has identified programs written in obsolete versions of Cobol as a particular federal challenge. "Demand for Cobol programmers will outstrip the supply of Cob | 404 |
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College Park, Maryland, United States, April 5, 2012—The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) announced today that the 2012 Paul Zitzewitz Excellence in Pre-College Physics Teaching Award winner is Mark D. Greenman, a retired high school math and science teacher from Swampscott, MA. This award is in recognition of contributions to pre-college physics teaching and awardees are chosen for their extraordinary accomplishments in communicating the excitement of physics to their students.
Greenman's career included 30 years of service at Marblehead High School where he served as a physics teacher, teacher mentor, computer director, mathematics director, and science director. He earned his B.A. in Physics from Hofstra University and his M.S. in Physics from Syracuse University. Honors include induction into Sigma Pi Sigma, the physics national honor society, and Kappa Mu Epsilon, the mathematics national honor society. Greenman has recently served for 2-years as an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow at the National Science Foundation within the Division of Undergraduate Education (2009-2011). He is a recipient of the 2009 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the Massachusetts' Council for Technology Education Path Finder Award, and the Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers (MAST) Teacher of the Year Award from Essex county, He is an inductee into the Massachusetts Hall of Fame for Science Educators, and was profiled in the Salem News "North Shore 100: Local Leaders Making a Difference in Our Future."
Greenman is presently serving as science consultant to the Massachusetts' "Race to the Top Developing Model Curriculum & Curriculum Embedded Performance Assessments" initiative. He continues to provide, as recipient of several grants from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, content institutes, "Physics I: Mechanics and Energy," and "Physics II: E&M and Waves." The objectives of these institutes are to deepen content knowledge and improve the use of research-based pedagogy by Massachusetts' science educators.
Greenman also sits on the board of the newly formed American Council of STEM Educators (the ACSE is presently comprised of former and current Einstein Fellows dedicated to making a positive impact in STEM teaching and learning on the National level). He also serves on the American Public Land-Grant University (APLU) Advisory Board for their Mathematics Teacher Education (MTE) Partnership initiative and is current President of the North Shore Science Supervisors Association.
Greenman has been an AAPT Physics Teacher Resource Agent since 1985 and also shares best practices and his enthusiasm for teaching and learning through presentations and workshops at national and regional conferences. He has worked with more than 400 teachers to provide laboratory-based institutes through grants won from the State of Massachusetts and has authored articles on teaching methodology, teacher preparation, computer education, electrodynamics, and electronics.
John Ziergiebel, Principal of Marblehead High School noted, "My favorite Greenmanism was the mission that Mark set as the Director of the Science Department: "When students complete our Science program we want them to say 'Gee, Science is fun'." It takes exceptional intellectual confidence to declare that mission and stick by it. Because Mark made the statement, the issue of "Rigor" is taken for granted. Only a very confident and flexible teacher who lives by constant reinvention in the classroom could declare such a mission and make it happen."
Established as the Excellence in Pre-College Teaching Award in 1993 then renamed and endowed in 2010 by Paul W. and Barbara S. Zitzewitz, the Paul W. Zitzewitz Award for Excellence in Pre-College Physics Teaching recognizes outstanding achievement in teaching pre-college physics.
AAPT is an international organization for physics educators, physicists, and industrial scientists—with members in more than 70 countries worldwide. Dedicated to enhancing the understanding and appreciation of physics through teaching, AAPT provides awards, publications, and programs that encourage practical application of physics principles, support continuing professional development, and reward excellence in physics education. AAPT was founded in 1930 and is headquartered in the American Center for Physics in College Park, Maryland.
For more information: Contact Marilyn Gardner, Director of Communications, mgardner@aapt.org, (301)209-3306, (301)209-08 | 934 |
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The installation includes iconic favorites alongside new acquisitions made during the museum's renovation, which will be displayed at the museum for the first time. Nora Atkinson, The Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft, selected the objects and conceived the innovative presentation.
Brooch/Pendant, 2001 - on display. Flameworked glass (circular cobalt/silver bead with dots), sterling silver with tiny dots, 2 3/4"
Jewelry by Artists: The Daphne Farago Collection Exhibition presented selected highlights from Daphne Farago's outstanding collection of contemporary craft jewelry gifted to the MFA. | a new phase at the hands of contemporary artists.
The permanent collection returns to the Renwick Gallery with a dynamic new presentation of 80+ objects celebrating craft as a discipline and an approach to living differently in the modern | 44 |
I<|fim_middle|> Lake Macquarie Private Hospital. | am interested in cardiovascular health - in particular why people are suffering heart attacks at such a young age. The second part of my research is the regeneration of heart muscle following heart attacks and heart failure. We are looking at stem cell therapy to replace damaged tissue in the heart with viable, functional muscle. It's in the clinic that research questions pop into my mind, which then drives the experimental research in the laboratory. We are also conducting clinical trials on drug treatments and surgical interventions for cardiac patients.
My passion for research was ignited when I saw too many young people in the clinic struck down by heart attacks, with those who survive often suffering with heart failure or weakness of the heart muscle. Heart attacks are so wasteful and so tragic for the patients' families, and as a clinician I was drawn to both that acute side of cardiovascular research and also the chronic medical aspects surrounding the long-term weakness of the heart muscle after such an attack.
My vision for my research is better cardiac health in the Hunter region and reversing the damage caused by prior heart attacks to promote long and healthy lives for patients.
Professor Andrew Boyle is a clinically trained cardiologist and respected leader in cardiovascular research. He has a keen interest in the reparative processes in the heart after damage and how to reverse scaring and tissue damage after heart attacks.
After completing his PhD in cardiac regeneration at the University of Melbourne and a prestigious postdoctoral position at Johns Hopkins University in the US, he then studied the effects of ageing on the ability of the heart to pump oxygenated blood to the rest of the body (left ventricular remodeling).
Professor Boyle now leads a successful research laboratory based at HMRI where he studies pre-clinical models of left ventricular remodeling, and is also an active clinician and clinical researcher at the John Hunter Hospital working to improve the outcomes of people affected by heart attacks and heart muscle damage.
In the laboratory, Professor Boyle and his team study several important aspects of heart function and heart remodeling after damage. He is currently investigating the potential for stem cells to repair the human heart after events like a heart attack and believes that this avenue of research holds promising results for the future treatment of patients.
He is also involved in a number of clinical trials that aim to find new drug treatments for people affected by cardiovascular disease and also to develop new heart valves for implantation in patients.
Professor Boyle is a Fellow of the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention, the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, a Professor and also the Head of the Cardiovascular Medicine Disciple at the University of Newcastle. He has published over 80 peer reviewed scientific articles and has presented at numerous national and international conferences around the world.
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, John Hunter Hospital.
Department of Cardiology, | 558 |
SH resident appointed Osawatomie State Hospital superintendent
Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) Secretary Laura Howard, together with State Hospital Commissioner Kimberly Lynch, announce the appointment of Dr. Kristin Feeback as superintendent of Osawatomie State Hospital (OSH), effective September 9. Dr. Feeback will take over for Wes Cole, interim superintendent, who is retiring from the hospital and who will continue to serve on the Governor's Behavioral Health Services Planning Council.
Dr. Feeback, currently the director of healthcare services at the Kansas University Medical Center (KUMC), received her Doctorate of Psychology (Psy.D.) degree from California Southern University after receiving a Master's degree from Wichita State University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Fort Hays State University.
Dr. Feeback's husband, Jason, is the head football coach at Spring Hill High School. They have been married for more than 20 years and live near the hospital with their three active children. She enjoys distance running and promoting physical and mental wellness within the community.
"With more than 20 years of successful relationship building in both clinical and administrative settings, Dr. Feeback has developed an expertise in improving<|fim_middle|>."
KDADS and OSH are planning to host a retirement reception for Cole next month.
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Texting while driving now banned | patient experiences and program efficiency," Howard said. "I believe these career experiences make her uniquely qualified to put the hospital on a strong path to continued progress."
A clinically licensed behavioral health professional, Dr. Feeback began her career in 1995 as a mental health technician before moving to western Kansas where she became a program consultant and then a clinical therapist in the Sexual Predator Treatment Program at Larned State Hospital. In 2004, she moved into the administrative arena before building a business to address the need for combined clinical and administrative expertise in the long-term care industry. Her private practice provided consulting services in nursing facilities with an emphasis in the area of social services and provided psychotherapy services to residents within those facilities.
"Dr. Feeback is committed to ensuring Kansans get their mental health needs proactively met through proven solutions and exceptional care," Lynch, state hospital commissioner, said. "I have every confidence she will replicate best practices she has implemented in her experiences over the years and apply them here to enhance the overall effectiveness of our hospital programs."
Wes Cole, who stepped into the interim superintendent position in July 2018, will remain at the hospital for a period of time to ensure a smooth transition.
Cole, an Osawatomie native, first began working at the state hospital in his twenties, more than five decades ago. He started out in nursing and through the hospital's training program later became a psychiatric aid and a licensed mental health technician, the springboard for earning his graduate certificate in gerontology from the University of Michigan and his role as OSH's director of activity therapy. He is a known advocate for mental health and is widely recognized for his civic leadership positions over the years.
"KDADS has relied on Wes and his unmatched expertise more than once to fill leadership roles at Osawatomie and we are very grateful for his unwavering passion and commitment to not only the hospital but also its patients and the community," Secretary Howard said. "He has touched the lives of persons with behavioral health needs in Kansas in a way very few others have | 424 |
A pretty emotional piece exploring a wide variety of peoples reactions to a public suicide, including people who did know the person who jumped, and people who just witnessed it. It's interesting to see how people deal with being involved in such a shocking event.
A great exploration of the importance of transitions in<|fim_middle|> of examples of ways that transitions can effect how we interpret sequences, and how it can be obvious or subtle to try and effect our reactions.
For the architecture and city planning geeks out there, this is a fantastic episode. The 99% Invisible team explores how an architecture firm worked out how to create housing for as many people as possible on a limited budget: they built half houses. The genius part of this though is that they gave the residents the ability to expand the houses themselves.
Another quick read from 99% Invisible over the last week explores the ingenious education plan that the Dutch put in place to avoid cyclists getting doored.
A great little piece exploring one of my favourite companies (the email you're reading now was sent using MailChimp), and how they didn't follow the "typical" technology startup route. I'm personally a fan of bootstrapping a business rather than funding a business via venture capital, as I believe it builds a better, longer lasting business.
Typically I don't suggest books here, however Man's Search for Meaning is both quite short and is a pretty hard hitting book. It explores Frankl's time in concentration camps during World War II, and explores the psychology of the Jewish prisoners, including himself. I personally think it should be on everyone's reading lists if you haven't read it before.
I can also suggest the Audible version of the book ($14.11), as Simon Vance does a great job giving voice to those who did and didn't survive. | film, through the lens of one of my favourite movies. The NerdWriter gives a variety | 19 |
STEM Publishing: William Kelly: In the Beginning,
In the Beginning,
And the Adamic Earth:
An Exposition of Genesis 1 - 2:3
W. Kelly.
The articles from the Bible Treasury which continue expositing the early chapters of Genesis are appended.
The Early Chapters of Genesis (2 - 9).
The Early Chapters of Genesis (10 - 11).
New Edition, Revised
Preface to the First Edition.
The volume consists of papers which have already appeared in the Bible Treasury and thus secured a considerable circulation. But it has been strongly urged that even those who read these successive articles desire to have them as a consecutive whole, not only for their own reconsideration, but as much or more for the help of thousands unacquainted with that periodical, and more willing to examine the exposition of Gen. 1 - 2:3 in a convenient collective form.
The writer has only to express his growing sense of the perfectness and inestimable value of this scripture as of all others. He prays that the work, notwithstanding all shortcomings may be by grace helpful to all who (in a day of effort to resuscitate lifeless forms and of reactionary free-thinking, both of which schools of unbelief struggle for the mastery) would keep Christ's word and not deny His name. In faith and love they would also seek earnestly the winning of souls from the imminent and increasing peril of going back, from the true light of Christ in all its fulness, to the darkness of a world now rapidly becoming apostate; which, by wisdom even more dangerously than by folly, knew not God, and rejects as foolishness the wisdom of God in Christ and Him crucified.
London, March, 1894.
Genesis 1:1.
The Old Testament is a revelation from God in view of His earthly people Israel. It was of the highest moment that they should have the truth authoritatively announced that the one true God is the Creator of all. Darkness covered the earth, gross darkness the peoples. Israel, in Egypt, as later in the land of Canaan, was ever prone to forget this truth and lapse into the delusions of men. Fallen like others, they wished to be like all nations in their polity and their religion. Hence the importance of their knowing and acknowledging creation in any real sense; it points to and is bound up with the unity of the living God.
A difficulty has been raised, why, if God created, it was not always. The answer is as simple as complete. Eternal creation, eternal matter, is untrue and impossible, a contradiction for thought, even if we had not the word of God to enlighten us. God of all power, if He pleases, creates: there only is the truth of it. To say that the self-existing One cannot create is to deny that He is the Absolute, that He is God. But that God, omnipotent, omniscient, sovereign and good, can crease when He chooses, flows necessarily from what He is. If He could not display Himself in this way, or even more gloriously, He is not God. If the display of creation or of anything else were always, He would not be free and absolute. His sovereignty is part of Himself (Eph. 1:11). Suppose any display necessary, and you destroy in thought His divine essence and will. Necessity is at bottom an atheistic device to get rid of the true God. Creation, therefore, was perfectly free to God, but not necessary; it was when and as He pleased. And He was pleased to create. Creation exists.
Nor can there be conceived a more simple, sublime, and comprehensive opening of divine revelation than these few words: — "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." It is the absolute commencement of creation, and in the most pointed contradistinction from the seven days. The question is solely about the true unforced meaning of the written word of God, not about Rabbis any more than the chosen people. What does the inspired record contain and convey? It may be of interest to examine what Philo or Josephus understood, as well as how the Seventy translated it into Greek long before Christ. One may weigh either the Massorah or the Jerusalem Targum, and the comments of Jarchi, Aben Ezra, both Kimchis, Levi Ben Gerson, Saadias Haggaon, Abarbanel, or any other learned Jew, to say nothing of others.
But without them there is God's word given to be read and understood, though not without the faith of Christ, not without His guidance Who communicated it originally. It was not given to teach science, and it is wholly independent of philosophy for its intelligence. Geologists, Botanists, Zoologists, Astronomers, Historians, etc., have His brief and clear account before them. Man's comprehension of what is communicated may be affected by the amount of his knowledge, and far more by his faith. This, however, is a question of our understanding and expounding it; but we must never forget that God is the Author, and the writers only the instruments. The Bible is a moral book, only the more striking in its unity because it consists of so many compositions of so many writers, stretching over a thousand years of the most varied circumstances if we limit ourselves to the O.T. The reader may be right or wrong at any given time in the idea he attaches to what we call "firmament," "plant," or the like; but the truth remains unadulterated and unchanging in scripture, for us to read again and again, and to learn more perfectly.
This indeed constitutes its characteristic and permanent value. It is not only a full and sure source of instruction in consonance with its moral and yet higher designs to God's glory; it is the sole standard of the truth, by which we are bound to test all else which professes to be divine. Let us ever search afresh in faith, and ever grow into a deepening knowledge of the revealed mind of God.
The philosophies, as well as the religions, of antiquity were wholly ignorant of creation. Of God, of the "beginning," they knew nothing. Dreams of evolution were the earliest folly, and, among the Ionic school, Anaximander and Anaximenes followed Thales, each differing, all blind. Anaxagoras let in with mere matter the idea of mind, but no creator. It is useless to name others; even Plato and Aristotle, rivals too, had no real light. They, more or less openly, all held eternal matter at bottom; and though the philosophers boasted, as they still do, of their knowledge and logic, they failed to see that they could not prove it, or even that it is to mere mind unthinkable. To the believer it is the simple yet deep truth, that a beginning was given to everything that exists; if God says it, he perceives that nothing else can be true. For it is impossible to admit an effect without a cause; but reasoning can never rise at best beyond, There must be a First Cause; it can never say, There is. This God alone can and does affirm: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." God brought the whole ordered system into being. The form, nature, and aim, are not here explained: such a detail had no proper place here. That He created all is a primary and momentous truth.
But there is not a word in scripture to warrant the strange and hasty assumption that the universe was brought into being in the six days of Gen. 1:3-31, so often referred to throughout the Bible. Construe the six days as men will, it is out of the power of any on just principles of interpretation to deny that the first day begins with light, and that the first two verses are marked off in their nature, as well as by their expression, from the work of the six days. Nothing indeed but prepossession can account for the mistake, which the record itself corrects. "In the beginning" has its own proper significance, and is in no way connected with "the days," save as the revealed start of divine creation, and in due time (however probably immense the interval) leading to that measure of time only when the constitution of things was made for Adam, for the race.
The antiquity of the earth may be as great as the shifting schemes of the most enthusiastic geologist ever conceived: there is absolutely neither here nor in any other part of scripture the least intimation that opposes vast ages before man was created, or that affirms man to be nearly contemporary with the original creation. It is ignorance of scripture to say that Moses assigns an epoch to the earth's first formation, such as fathers or commentators (not without worthier remarks) have imagined and made current in Christendom. The philosophers who have spent their time in the study of geology and kindred sciences will act wisely in reading with unwonted care the beginning of Gen. 1. They will thence learn that they have been precipitate in the conclusion that the inspired writing is at all committed to the blunders of its interpreters, theological or scientific. However vast the periods they claim, even for the strata nearest the surface, scripture is the sole record which, while revealing God as the Creator of all things, leaves room for all that has been wrought before the Adamic earth. "The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, faints not, neither is weary: there is no searching of his understanding" (Isa. 40:28). While geology waits for its Newton, subjection to scripture meanwhile would be untold gain to its devotees as to all other men.
There was an epoch then in the infinite course of eternity when God created the universe. This is here stated with the utmost accuracy — " in the beginning." It is in view of man, primarily indeed of Israel, that the Pentateuch was written, the Second man and Last Adam being the, as yet, hidden object (and the church one with Him) of God's counsels. Angels are not spoken of, though we know from another ancient book of inspiration that they expressed their joy when earth's foundations were made to sink (Job 38:6-7). "In the beginning," accordingly, is severed from all the measures of time with which a man's existence is conversant. How admirably previous duration, unlimited by ordinary notation, suits the immense changes of which geology takes cognizance, needs no further remark here.
"God" in our version answers to the Hebrew Elohim, which, however, has the peculiarity of a plural substantive with a singular verb. Christianity alone in its own time cleared up the enigma, which still remains impenetrably dark to the Jews, as well to other men, who know not in Christ "the true Light."
Again, there ought to be no doubt among scholars that the word "created" in our tongue corresponds better than any other with the original. With us, as with Israel, the word admits of application to signal callings into existence out of actual material, as in Gen. 1:21, 27, but only with a special ground and emphasis. And never is it used of any other maker than God. But if the aim were to speak of creation in the ultimate, highest, and strictest sense, the Hebrews, like ourselves, had no other word so appropriated. Here the context is decisive. "God created the heavens and the earth," where nothing of the kind existed previously. They were created out of nothing as men speak, perhaps loosely, but not unintelligibly. The heathen might worship, as all did, the heavens, or even the earth; the Jew sinned against the written word if he was ensnared of Satan after their dark example. The first words of God's law told him that those were but creatures; Israel was to hear if others were deaf, and bound to own, serve, and worship the one God, the Creator. The chosen people was quite as ready as any other to worship the creature, as all their history to the Babylonish captivity proves; but there can be no doubt what the Bible supposed, declared, and claimed from its very first verse — God created the universe.
Further, it is not matter created, crude matter to be afterwards fashioned into the shapely and beautiful universe of the heavens and the earth. It is not chaos first, as Greek and Latin poets feigned, in accordance with heathen tradition never wholly right, though often mixing up what was not wrong. It is not a nebula, as La Place conceived, a mere modification of the same rationalism, however refined it be. Lord Rosse, by his observations with his great reflector, has fairly disposed of this unbelieving hypothesis. For he has proved that many nebulae, considered even by the Herschels irresolvable objects, actually consist of agglomerations of stars. Surely, therefore, the only just presumption is that all nebulae are nothing more, and only need more powerful means to make manifest their true nature. God only has given the truth plainly, briefly, and after a way transparently divine in its simple and unparalleled majesty. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." How is it, ye savants, that this great truth is found here only in its pristine splendour, towering above your Hesiods and Homers, your Ovids and Virgils, your Egyptian and Mexican remains, your Hindu and Chinese fables? How is it that to our day the Lyell and Darwin, to say nothing of profaner men, are stumbling in the dark over a morass of hypotheses (to say the least), unproved and dubious? It is because God's word is not believed as He wrote it; and this, because men like not the true God Who judges sin and saves only through His Son the Lord Jesus. So of old when men knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened. It is the more guilty now, because, the Son of God being come and having accomplished redemption, the darkness quite passes away and the true light already shines. Alas! anything is welcome but a living God, and least of all the whole universe created by and through and for His Son Who is before all things and by Whom all things consist. "By faith we understand (or apprehend) that the worlds have been framed by God's word, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which appear" (Heb. 11:3).
Creation then in ver. 1 is the great primary fact of revelation. It is all the stronger, because the Hebrew text ("In [the] beginning") has no article, any more than the Greek in John 1:1. It is therefore undefined. Compare Prov. 8:23. From the context, however, it is plain that the fourth Gospel rises beyond the first book of Moses; for it goes back to divine and eternal being (not ἐγένετο, but ἦν), and not merely divine origination, which in fact appears later (in John 1:3), and this in a<|fim_middle|>or waste] and the stones of emptiness;" and Jer. 4:23, "I beheld the earth; and lo! it was waste and emptiness." In both it is a desolation indicted, not the primary condition. So it is in Genesis 1:2. It is the more to be noted, as in Jeremiah it is said of the heavens at this time, that "they had no light." Thus is confirmed, by each of the other occurrences, the conviction that our text describes a state which befell the earth, possibly long after its original creation as in the verse before. It is to this interval that the successive ages of geology apply. Here are undeniable facts, full of interest, and implying creation made existent and extinguished. One's confidence in the hypotheses reared on all this may be otiose or enthusiastic; but the exact meaning of Moses' words in this verse leaves all the room that could be desired for those vast processes which may be gathered from the observed phenomena of the earth's crust. There is nothing in scripture to exclude a succession of creatures rising to higher organization from lower as the rule, with a striking exception here and there, from the Eozoon in the Laurentian rocks of Canada to the Mammalia, which most nearly resemble those of the earth as it is. But all the brilliant ingenuity of Sir C. Lyell, with others of kindred view, fails to explain or evade the proofs of change at this very period, immense as it may have been, incomparably vaster and more rapid than since man appeared. No doubt the deluge had the deepest moral significance, and is thus unique, because the human race, save those in the ark, was then swept away. But physically its traces were superficial compared with those far more ancient convulsions so apparent except to those who worship Time and Uniformitarianism.
"We simply assert" (says the cautious Sir R. I. Murchison), "on the countless evidences of fracture, dislocation, metamorphism, and inversion of the strata, and also on that of vast and clean-swept denudations, that these agencies were from time to time infinitely more energetic than in existing nature - in other words, that the metamorphisms and oscillations of the terrestrial crust, including the uprise of sea-bottoms, and the sweeping out of debris, were paroxysmal in comparison with the movements of our own era We further maintain that no amount of time (of which no true geologist was ever parsimonious when recording the history of bygone accumulations of sediment, or of the different races of animals they contain) will enable us to account for the signs of many great breaks and convulsions which are visible in every mountain chain, and which the miner encounters in all underground workings. … The case therefore stands thus. The shelly and pebbly terraces which exist are signs of sudden elevations at different periods; whilst the theory of modern gradual elevation and depression is still wanting in any valid proof that such operations have taken place except within very limited areas. Much longer and more persistent observations must indeed be made before any definite conclusion can be reached respecting the rate of gradual elevation or depression which has been going on in the last thousand years, though we may confidently assert that such changes in the relations of land to water in the historical period have been infinitesimally small when compared with the many antecedent geological operations" (Siluria, 490-1, fifth ed., 1872).
On the one hand the facts point to changes in earth and sea, and these repeatedly varied too with fresh water; to rocks igneous and stratified and metamorphosed, and (during the periods thus implied, and with a corresponding environment of temperature and constitution) to organised natures, vegetable and animal, from lower orders to high, short of man and those animals which accompany his appearance on the earth; to whole groups of these organisms in vast abundance coming to an end, and others quite distinct succeeding and extinguished in their turn. Would it not be a harsh supposition that God, in the fossils of the rocks, made a mere appearance of what once lived? that these petrified creatures never had animate existence here below? On the other hand, the principle and the fact of creation we see not more plainly revealed in ver. 1 than of disruption in ver. 2; and both before the actual preparation of the earth for Adam as described in the six days.
As the creation, announced in a few words of noble simplicity, is the first and most momentous of God's productive interventions, so the catastrophe here briefly described seems to be the last and greatest disturbance of the globe, the twenty-seventh or sub-Apennine stage, if we accept the elaborate conclusions of M. Alcide D'Orbigny (Paleontologie Stratigr., Tome ii. 800 - 824), a most competent naturalist. Then the Alps and Chilian Andes received their actual elevation, of itself (though with many other changes of enormous consequence) quite sufficient to account for universal confusion, with destruction of life on the earth, the deep supervening everywhere, and utter darkness pervading all. However vast, this state may have been for but a little while. The animals embedded ages before in the rocks had eyes; presumably therefore light then prevailed. Indeed some of the earliest organic remains had vision with the most striking adaptation to their circumstances, as the Trilobites of the Silurian and other beds, with their compound structure, each eye in one computed to have 6,000 facets (Owen's Pal. 48, 49, 2nd ed.). The language of ver. 2 is perfectly consistent with this, when compared with ver. 1, and in fact naturally supposes the darkness to be the effect of the disorder.
To confound the two verses is as contrary to the only sound interpretation of the record, as it is to the facts which science undertakes to arrange and expound. Nor can anything be more certain than the manner in which scripture steers clear of all error and consistently with all that is irrefragably ascertained, whilst never quitting its own spiritual ground to occupy the reader with physics. To reduce these gigantic operations of the geologic ages, in destruction and reconstruction with new living genera and species, to the slow course of nature and providence in the Adamic earth, the fashionable craze of the modern school, is "making a world after a pattern of our own," quite as really as uninformed prejudice used to do. It was absurd to deny that the petrifactions of the strata were once real animals and plants, and to attribute them to a plastic force in the earth, or to the influence of the heavens: but so it is to overlook the evidence of extremely violent and rapid convulsions before man was made, closing one geological period and inaugurating another with its flora and fauna successively suited to each in the wisdom and power and goodness of God.
Neither ver. 1 nor ver. 2 is a summary of the Adamic earth, which only begins to be got ready from ver. 3. There are, accordingly, three states with the most marked distinction: original creation of the universe; the earth passed into a state of waste and emptiness; and the renovation of the earth, etc., for man its new inhabitant and ruler. Science is dumb, because wholly ignorant, how each of these three events, stupendous even the least of them, came to pass; it can only speak, often hesitatingly, about the effects of each, and, with least boldness, about creation in the genuine sense, though some, I cheerfully acknowledge, with outspoken and ungrudging cordiality. How different and surpassing is the language of scripture, which has revealed all these things to babes, if they are hid from or dubious to the wise and the prudent! From the Bible they are, or ought to be, known on infallible authority, and this in the first written words God gave to man, when Rome and Athens had not emerged from barbarism if they existed as such at all.
Our ver. 2 then brings to view a confused state of the earth, as different from the order of primary creation as from the earth of Adam and his sons, in regard to which state the Spirit of God is said to have been "brooding upon the face of the waters." By His Spirit the heavens are beautified; and as to creatures generally it is written, "Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created, and thou renewest the face of the ground." Here it was to be for man's earth. This is the link of transition. All was to be made by God's word. Wisdom rejoices in the "habitable" earth, and has delights with the sons of men. A mighty wind might rage over the abyss. The Spirit of God, not the wind, could be said with propriety to "brood." What new wonders were at hand!
Genesis 1:3-5.
Now comes the first point of direct contact with the habitable earth and its surrounding. We have had (ver. 1) the creation of the heavens and the earth, apart from date or definite time; we have had also (ver. 2) a superinduced condition of confusion, but the Spirit of God brooding upon the face of the waters. Neither one nor other has to do with man's earth, though earth there had been under both those differing and successive conditions. Nor can it be doubtful to him who knows God, that even the latter had its worthy and wise aim as well as more obviously the former. But neither phase is connected immediately with man, though all was done to God's glory with man in prospect, and above all the Second man, as we can add unhesitatingly from the N.T. It is to the facts stated in these preliminary verses that geological observations and inferences would mainly refer. As the words are few and general, there is ample space for research.
The believer knows beforehand that theoretic conclusions wherever sound must fall in with the sentence of inspiration. The work of the six days has little if anything to do with geology. There may be a measure of analogy between the work of the third, fifth, and sixth days, and certain of the alleged antecedent geologic periods which the Bible passes over silently as being outside its range and object, while room is left for them all in vers. 1 and 2. But the effort to force the days, whether those three or al] six, into a scriptural authority for the successive ages of geology is mere illusion. If it be a harmless use of geology, it is anything but reverence for God's word or intelligence in it. That there are discrepancies between the record and any facts certainly ascertained, neither geology proves, nor any of the sciences still more sure and mature. But he who is assured of revealed truth can afford to hear all that experts assert, even when based on a partial induction of facts, as is not seldom the case. If, outside scripture, there is nothing a believer has to contend for; if scripture speaks, he believes, no matter what science declares to the contrary; if science confirms it, so much the better for science. Assuredly God's word needs no imprimatur from men.
If one appealed to any branch of physical science as to the first day, he could get no clear answer. Geology has confessedly, nothing to say. What can astronomy or optics do more? Science, as such, leaves out God — science, not scientific men, many of the greatest of whom have been true-hearted believers. Science, in itself, knows nothing of the power that originated, ignores the First Cause, and shirks ordinarily even the final causes which might summon heed to a first cause. It occupies itself with an established order in the world and with secondary causes, especially those at work before men's eyes or probably deducible from experience. The peril for the unwary is obvious, and real, and notorious. It would be much less if science were honest enough to acknowledge its ignorance of what is beyond its sphere. But often its interpreter says "There is not," where logically and morally he is entitled only to say, "I know not." This is not merely audacity without warrant, but sin of the worst kind. The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." It is exactly where science finds itself confessedly stopped by a blind wall that scripture proclaims the truth from God. As He knows, so He revealed as far as in His wisdom and goodness He saw fit. "And God said, Light be: and light was. lend God saw the light that [it was] good; and God divided between the light and the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning, one (or, first) day" (vers. 3-5).
Now who but an inspired man would have so written? The more you depreciate Israel as an unlettered, if not rude and barbarous, people, the greater the wonder. Did Egypt so teach, or Babylon? did Greece or Rome? How came Moses to declare that the fact was as he writes? I do not speak of the sublime which Longinus so justly extolled, but of that which human experience never could have suggested; for living man, had he judged from universally known phenomena, had ever regarded the sun as the great source of light; so that if the writing had been his, he must naturally have spoken first of that bright orb. In other words, the work of the fourth day would more reasonably have taken the place of the first. That the philosophers taught for ages afterwards. But not so the truth; and, whatever the seeming and striking difficulty, especially then, Moses was given to write the truth. As the apostle says some fifteen centuries after, God spoke light to shine out of darkness (2 Cor. 4:6). The darkness is not said to have been everywhere, but "on the face of the deep," and now that an earth for the human race was in question, there it was that God commanded light to shine. That it was "created" now is not said; that it had existed before during the geologic ages for varying phases of the earth and for a very long while for the vegetable and animal kingdoms, there is abundant reason to conclude. But this is science, not faith, though the scriptural account is the sole cosmogony that leaves room for it.
But what is affirmed is that (after utter confusion reigned over the earth and darkness on the face of the deep, yet the Spirit of God brooding on the face of the waters) God interposed and said, Light be; and light was. As far as the Adamic earth was concerned, the light-bearers were not yet set in their functions as now: this was the fourth-day work. The word was, "Light be;" and light was: language evidently consistent with that view of light which prevails in comparatively modern times against Sir I. Newton's theory of emanation from the sun. If the phenomena of light are allowed in general to be a result of molecular action, and dependent on fundamental qualities of matter as it is now constituted, so that it was not the creation of an element admitting of independent existence, as science now owns, is it not remarkable that the words of Moses avoid all error, without forestalling scientific discovery, and express nothing but truth in the clearest terms? At the word of God appeared instant activity of light, just before that time inert.
But science easily over-shoots itself in hasty generalisation. For it contradicts the inspired record when it ventures to say that the fiat as to light on the first day must have preceded the existence of water and of earth, of solid or liquid or gaseous compounds of every kind. Granted that light is manifested in the making of such compounds. But vers. 1 and 2 give the surest testimony that "earth" and "water" did exist, not indeed before light, but before that particular fiat of God which called it into action for the earth that now is, after the confusion and darkness which had just before prevailed.
It is all a mistake then, and distinctly at issue with the context, to assume that there was no "light" in the state of things intimated by ver. 1. And it is allowed that even the "earth" and "water" of ver. 2, whatever the then state of ruin and darkness, could not have been without "light" previously, if but to form them. Verse 3 was not therefore really the signal of creation begun, but of God acting afresh and in detail, ages after the universe was created, with its systems, and within them its suns, planets, and satellites. On the plain face of the record, after the mighty work of the universe, and after a disruption that befell the earth with most marked consequences, God puts forth His word to form the Adamic earth with its due accompaniments.
Hence we may notice anticipatively that on the fourth day not a hint is given of creating the physical masses of the sun, moon, and stars. It is there and then no more than setting them in their declared and existing relations to the earth. Their creation belongs in time to Gen. 1:1; but of the rest more fully in its place. That on the first day light dissipated the then prevailing darkness is true, and of deep interest as God's first word and act for the earth of man. But this says nothing about the original creation of the heavens and earth. Nor is it quite comprehensible why "the waters" of ver. 2 should not be literal waters, because utter darkness veiled the deep or abyss. These are the inconsistencies that necessarily flow from the false start which confounds "in the beginning" of ver. 1 with the "first day" of vers. 3-5 and those that follow; as this again involves the extraordinary error of taking ver. 2 to be the original state of the earth in ver. 1, when it immediately came into being from God.
The hypothesis that the earth when creation began was a frigid chaos or frozen globe, strange as it seems, is hard to escape for such as deny successive states since creation according to God's will, or, which goes along with it, for such as affirm the "creation" of the sun, etc., only on the fourth day. The argument is that, if so, it must have been almost cloudless, well lighted, and well warmed — in short, an impossibility. But reasoning from things as they are to a condition so contrasted in the record itself with what God formed for man subsequently is fallacious. It is simply a question of what God tells us of the abnormal state supposed in ver. 2. Not a word implies frigidity, save that darkness was on the face of the deep, which may rather have been the effect of heat acting on the earth and the waters, a transient state after previous order, and before it was made for Adam.* The record in no way identifies the disorder with the earth when its creation was effected in ver. 1; but it assuredly distinguishes the dark dislocation of ver. 2 from the work of the fourth day when the earth and sun and stars became one in system as in their present constitution. In short, the dilemma appears to be quite baseless. The true scope of ver. 2 is not at all that the original creation was a scene of darkness, even for the earth, but that when the earth, not the heavens, was thrown into confusion ever so long after, darkness was on the face of the deep. Light is not an element calling for annihilation (which would indeed be absurd), but a state flowing from molecular activity which God could and did here arrest, as far as "the deep" was concerned. It acted all the same elsewhere; as it had over the earth till then during the formation of what some geologists call the Tertiary, Secondary, and Primary beds, to say nothing of what preceded: details for men to discover and interpret as they can scientifically, but as foreign to scripture as the detailed wonders and movements of the starry heavens.
{* Without any pretension to dogmatise on science, it is curious to find how these oracles disagree. For the nebular theory in La Place's "Exposition du Système du Monde," the boast of modern science so vaunted against Genesis 1, supposes all the planets existing before the sun reached its actual condition. And Arago, Humboldt, etc., contend that the sun not only was but is a dark globe, with a luminous atmosphere simply. Dr. A M'Caul also refers to the discoveries of Kirchhoff in proof that the earth was before the sun and had a light of its own. Why attach weight to any speculation about the solar system before the preparation of the earth for the race? The proper domain of science lies not in what has long passed away, but in the accurate classification of facts grouped under general laws that stand the test.}
Hence "creation" of light, first or second, in the universe is only the slip of philosophers. Scripture is more accurate than its most modern expounder, even when striving to show the accordance of science with the Bible. In the gloom that overhung the earth thrown into desolation God caused light to act, as the characteristic act of the "first day" of the week, the brief cycle that was to close with man its new master and representative of God here below. "And God saw the light that [it was] good; and God divided the light from the darkness; and God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night." It presents to us God pondering and speaking in gracious consideration of the race He was about to create thereon, with a mind dwelling on realities about to open out for man far more solemn than the light or the darkness, day or night, literally. Yet the light of the eyes rejoices the heart, says the Preacher (Prov. 15:30), and truly is sweet (Eccles. 11:7), as God pronounced it "good." "And it was evening, and it was morning, first (or, one) day." Only we must guard against taking the previous darkness as the evening. It would appear rather that light shone; and then its waning into night, and brightening into day, constituted the first day. That the earth would revolve on its axis, before the light- bearing of the sun afterwards, and so have the phenomena of evening and morning, is easy to apprehend. The fact is certain; the "how" was no difficulty to Him Who spoke and it was done. Our place is to honour Him in believing His word, without which faith nothing is as it should be. Another first day was to behold a better light; there, too, still more conspicuously, if that True Light shone when all was profounder darkness, He too had been before the darkness.
If the preceding exposition be just, the day of the first week is plainly one of twenty-four hours. No one can fairly deny that scripture, like other speech, uses "day" where required in a general or figurative sense, which may cover a period of considerable length. But this need never produce embarrassment to a careful reader: as ever, the context gives the clue. In this chapter and the next we have the word variously applied according to the exigency of the case; in none ought it to be doubtful. Here "the evening" and "the morning" should exclude just question. It can only mean, thus defined, a day of twenty-four hours. Before (not "there was a sun," but before) the sun was set to rule the day (of twelve hours) as now makes no difference as to the length meant. The same phrase is carefully used before and after. Nor would any prolonged sense have been tolerated for this carefully specified week but for the error which muddles "the beginning" with the first and following days, makes the heavens and the earth at first to be a chaos, and in so doing effaces in fact the creation of both the one and the other. For where is either really "created" on such a scheme?
This will appear still more convincingly when we come to close quarters with the six days viewed as embracing the immense ages of geology. It might not be so glaring when taken in a dreamy poetic way as a vision in the hands of the late Hugh Miller. But when the simple dignity of the true father of history is vindicated for the matchless prose of Moses, the effort to make the days, or some of them, answer to the ages of geologic formation in building up the crust of the globe proves itself in so much more glaring and violent failure. Take the first day as our first test: are we told to imagine such a notion as that the outshining of the light in dispelling the immediately antecedent darkness occupied an age? And if not for the first day, or the second, or the fourth, how harshly inconsistent to claim it for the third, fifth, and sixth? Especially as the seventh day, or sabbath, should honestly put to the rout any such application. In every case the figurative sense is here irrelevant and unsuitable. We shall see in due time from scripture that the stretching out of the sabbath into an aeon is altogether unfounded.
An ingenious attempt is made in "Sermons in Stones" to show that the brooding of the spirit in ver. 2 means the creation of submarine animals (Zoophytes and Bivalve Molluscs without visual organs) before light; then of a higher class furnished with organs of sight after light on the second day; and lastly of Vertebrate Fishes on the third. All this is error opposed by the record, which admits of animated nature for man's world only after the fourth day. For this confusion we are indebted to the misinterpreting "days" here into ages. The truth is, according to the record, that the Spirit's brooding upon the face of the waters is quite general and admits of no such precision, as it was also before the first day. And if the days were simply days of the week in which Adam was created, geology can neither affirm nor contradict. Its main office is to investigate the evidence of the successive ages of the earth's crust before the human race. It is freely granted that the language employed by inspiration is that of phenomena; but this does not warrant the hypothesis of the medium of a vision. It was a divine communication to and by Moses; but how given we know not and should not speculate, lest we err. A vision in fact might have shown him the submarine animals, being beyond natural conditions; but the hypothesis is invented to foist in the creation of animals, not seen or specified in the record.
Further, we must banish the notion that the black pall of an unbroken night was the original condition - a heathen, not a biblical, idea. It was not so before ver. 2, which describes a subsequent and transient state. The first verse supposes an order of the universe; the second, an interruption of no small moment for man; then in ver. 3 the week begins in which the earth was prepared for his abode who was made before that week ended. The geologic ages had passed before the human measures of time commenced. If the record had been duly read, the Inquisition might have avoided its unwise and suicidal judgment of Gal. Galiléi; for the first day, compared with the fourth, favours the Copernican theory as decidedly as it condemns the old philosophy of Ptolemy. It exactly agrees with the revolution of the earth round its axis for evening and morning, independently of the function of the sun soon after formed. Only we must take note that the profound darkness dispelled was neither primeval nor universal, as many men of science have hastily assumed. It had nothing to do with the heavens, any more than had the disorder which befell the earth, after ever so long lapse of time.
Happily the second day's work admits of a notice so much the more brief because of the rather full remarks on the preceding verses. In these were discussed the original creation "in the beginning"; then the superinduced state of confusion; lastly the work of the "first day" that commences the week of the earth's preparation for the human race.
The evident immediateness of the first day's work applies throughout the other days. Whatever grounds there may be for scientific men to infer processes occupying vast tracts of time before the "days," there is no real reason to doubt, but plain and positive scripture to believe, that the work done on the several six days was not of long ages, but really within the compass of the literal evening and morning. How unnatural to suppose an age for light to act on the first day! And why suppose otherwise on the second day or any other? A long succession of ages may be true after "the beginning" and before "the days," which taken in their natural import have a striking moral harmony with man, the last work of God's creation-week.
In this way there is no contest between long periods of progressive character and successive acts of marked brevity. On the one hand, the record is so written as to leave ample space for the researches of scientific discovery over the evidence of successive states of the earth before man existed; on the other, details under the shape of divine fiats in the six days appear only when man is about to be created. There is thus truth in both views. The mistake is in setting them in opposition. One can understand, if God so willed it, immense times of physical action, with secondary causes in operation before man, not without the evidence of convulsion far beyond volcanoes or the deluge within the human period, which great geologists at home and abroad admit, contrary to the recent speculations of others. But there are those that feel the gracious (not belittling) condescension of God in deigning to work for six days and rest on the seventh, only when getting ready that earth where was, not only the first man to come under His moral government, but the Second man later to glorify God to the uttermost, give to such as believe eternal life, and prove the worthlessness of all who reject His grace and repent not of their sins; the true and intelligible and blessed reason why this earth, so insignificant in bulk when compared with the vast universe of God, has a position in His favour so transcending all other planets, suns, or systems, put together. If man was much to differentiate the earth, Christ is infinitely more: and He has yet to show what the earth and man on it are to be under His glorious kingdom, to say nothing of the heavens according to His grace and the counsels of God.
But a little must be said of the second day. These are the terms: — "And God said, Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and dividing be between waters and waters. And God made the expanse, and divided between the waters that [are] under the expanse and the waters that [are] above the expanse: and it was so. And God called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day" (vers. 6-8).
There is no more ground for conceiving this to be the first creation of atmospheric heavens than we saw in the case of light on the first day. The absolute language of creating is avoided in both cases. As there had been light in the long ages of geology when not only plants but animals marine and terrestrial abounded, suited to the systems that contained them, so an atmosphere was requisite and, no doubt, was furnished of God with every provision for their sustenance till a new condition succeeded by God's power. That which now girdles the earth may not have been altogether alike for the varying states of vegetable and animated being long before man existed, to say nothing of the azoic periods before either. They had each an environment adapted by the Creator of all. The remains in successive strata indicate an admirable suitability for the then flora and fauna, quite different from the Adamic earth and its inhabitants, in some of which it may be doubted if man could have lived, as he did not in fact.
The great difficulty for geologists, especially of late from the growth of infidel thought, is to allow such a revolution as ver. 2 intimates. Even Christians among them are afraid to be governed by its express declarations, and shrink from the ignorant mockery of those who boldly deny there ever was a breach of continuity between the original creation and the days of man on the earth. But on the one hand it is certain that the record maintains such a breach to have occurred (and this not on a circumscribed part of the earth, which some like Dr. Pye Smith have imagined in a spirit of compromise,* but for the earth wholly) as to require an entire re-ordering of it as well as man's creation, God's vicegerent then first made to have dominion over all here below. On the other hand, it is intolerable to assume that no convulsions could have effected such changes as the non-action of light, or the destruction of atmospheric conditions, etc. This is mere and narrow unbelief. "Ye do err, knowing not the scriptures nor the power of God." How little science can explain even of existing life and of its surroundings! How unbecoming of geology to dogmatise! Is it not one of the youngest of sciences, with much to explore and adequately weigh, and very far from the precision of chemistry for instance, though there too how much is unknown?
{* Sir J. W. Dawson, in his "Archaia," rejects the views represented by both Chalmers and Smith, but seems himself obscure as to the bearing of ver. 2. He is a believer; where, and when, does he then assign the occurrence of that unparalleled disorder? That scripture places it before the Adamic earth, and after the original creation, is an undeniable fact. It is easy to object if influenced by some loud-voiced materialists; but what is the truth? What saith the scripture? Geology has much to learn. Our call is to believe God, not to humour the lispings of an infant science. That immense and violent upturning was itself absolutely requisite for man about to be created subsequently.}
At a fit moment the question of the mammoth, etc., co-existing with the musk-ox and other surviving quadrupeds may be briefly examined. But on the face of the argument it is plain that there is no more difficulty in conceiving God might renew some previously existing plants and animals for Adam's earth, than in causing light again to act on the first day and the atmosphere on the second. The work of the first day, perfectly if not exclusively consistent with an instantaneous exertion of the divine will, illustrates and confirms that of the second day. Scripture places the description of ver. 2 at some time before these days commence. Light acted first after that disorder, and according to the earth's revolution on its axis. Next day the atmospheric heavens, so essential to light, sound, and electricity, to vegetation and animal life, were called (or rather recalled) to their functions after that confusion which destroyed them in ways beyond our ken.
Assuredly this renewal was no matter of a long age of gradual process, but a work to which God assigned a separate day, though to Him abstractedly a moment had sufficed. As it is, man's attention was impressively drawn to His considerate and almighty goodness Who then separated "waters from waters," which otherwise had filled space above the earth with continual vapour and without that due mixture of gases which constitutes the air essential to all life on the globe. To its machinery with other causes by divine constitution we owe the formation of clouds and the fall of rain as well as evaporation; to its refractive and reflective powers, that modification of light which adds incalculably to beauty no less than to the utility of the creation: a black sky had otherwise cast its constant pall over the earth. Even had dry land by another fiat been disengaged from the waters, without this encompassing elastic fluid, vapours would not have been absorbed nor have fallen as now; dew had ceased; fountains and rivers if formed had wasted away; water had enormously prevailed; and if dry land had survived anywhere, it must have been a dry arid waste with neither animal life nor a blade of grass. But enough; these are not the pages in which to seek the physical methods of creative beneficence.
It is now generally known, as it had long been laid down by the most competent Hebraists before modern science existed, that "expanse" is the real force of the original word, instead of "firmament" which came to us through the Latin Vulgate, as it seems due to the Greek Septuagint. Possibly these Jewish translators in the days of Ptolemy Philadelphus may have succumbed here as elsewhere to Gentile ideas or at least phrases. And a great Rabbinical scholar, a Christian teacher, has given his opinion that the Greek version employs the word (στερέωμα) in the sense of an ethereal or fine subtle orb, and in no way of a solid permanent vault as rationalists love to assume, basing it on etymology and figurative usage. The aim is obvious, the wish father to the thought. Excluding God from the written word as from creation, deifying nature and exalting fallen man (more especially of the nineteenth century), they gladly depreciate the text by citing "windows" and "doors," "pillars" and "foundations" as if meant literally. Now the usage of the word even in the chapter itself (vers. 15, 17, 20, 28) sufficiently proves that the word conveys the idea of the open transparent sky, whatever may have been the misunderstanding of the reader at any given time.
Hence it may be noted that the Authorised and Revised English Versions give "the air" as the equivalent of "the heavens" in ver. 28 as elsewhere. It is really the expanse, including the atmospheric heavens in the lower part of which birds fly. A solid vault is out of the question. The true derivation seems rather from a word expressing elevation, like the source of our own "heaven"; but even if drawn from the idea of beating or hammering out, who knows not that words may and do acquire a force etherealised according to the object designated, wholly above their material origin? The scriptures really present the heavens as spread out, and the earth hung upon nothing, nowhere giving countenance to the grossness of the stars fastened like brass nails on a metallic vault. Sceptical ill-will likes that it should seem so; but it is unworthy slander. Even Dathe who was free enough gives "spatium extensum," as did learned Jews generally long before and since.
"The waters above" consist of that enormous supply of vapour which fills the clouds and falls as rain, hail, or snow. "The waters below" covered the earth as yet, but were shortly to form seas, when the dry land appeared next day. It is ignorance therefore to say, in the face of a crowd of scriptures, that the waters above imply a permanent solid vault like a shower bath. The Hebrews could see the movements of many heavenly bodies instead of regarding all as fixtures. But even had they been as dull as rationalism is invidious, our concern is with the divine record, the accuracy of which irritates hostile minds who would hail the least flaw with satisfaction. Scripture abides; science changes and corrects itself from age to age. As to figures, "bottles" are used no less than "pillars," and a "tent" or "curtain" as well as "windows" and "doors." They are all strikingly expressive. Only the stupid or malicious could take any of them in the letter, to dishonour the scriptures.
Genesis 1:9-13.
This publication is scarcely the suited place, nor does the writer pretend, to draw out adequately the wondrous and beneficent functions of the separated waters or seas and of the dry land, any more than of the light and of the atmospheric heavens, on which a little has been said. But a few words here may confirm, what was remarked as to the first and the second days, that the record speaks with immediate propriety of God's constituting the earth for the human race. By no means does it intimate particulars of the long periods before man when those successive changes are observable, which laid down vast stores for his future use and fitted the earth's progressively built-up crust, the rich field of geological research. One can admire the wisdom which did not encumber the Bible with the details of natural science. Rocks crystalline and stratified are before men's eyes, who can reason on the fossils they embalm. Scripture alone avoids the universal heathen idea of a primitive chaos, and the philosophic error of an eternal universe or even eternal matter. Scripture, on the contrary, has carefully enunciated God's creation at an undefined moment, "in the beginning," not merely of crude materials, but of the heavens and the earth, without a word about their denizens. It also makes known the fact that the earth was subjected to revolution so complete that before the Adamic state of things divine power was needed to cause light to act in a diurnal way, as well as to order the atmosphere, and from a previous and universal overspread of waters the appearance of dry land, on which God began the plants or vegetable kingdom for man.
Thus the work of these days wholly leaves out, because chronologically it follows, the vast operations both of slow construction and of destruction which give special interest to the geologist. Original creation and subsequent dislocation (which swept away in due time whole species and genera of organised beings, followed by fresh and different ones, and this repeatedly) it asserts distinctly; and both, before the days which prepared all for his life and probation under divine government who was created ere the week closed. The document itself furnishes the warrant to the believer for taking the first verse indefinitely before the six days, and also for affirming the state, possibly final state, of confusion into which the earth passed before it became the world as it now is.
There may indeed be some analogy between the days that concern the earth of the human race and those immense ages of ripening advance which preceded, so as to furnish a slight ground of resemblance on which not a few men of ingenuity and the best intentions have reared their various schemes for accommodating the days to the geological ages. Yet this hypothesis, even when guarded by the most cautious and competent aid of science, does not square with scripture. It is unjustifiable in every point of view to confound the disturbed state of ver. 2 with the creation of the earth described in ver. 1, which it really follows, disorder after order; is it not even absurd to identify ver. 3 with either? Each follows consecutively; and the long tracts of time, if filled up in a way that scripture does not essay, would come in after ver. 1, and before ver. 3, which wholly differing from what precedes, introduces a new condition where alone details are given to mark God's direct dealings with man.
Hence the days, from ver. 3 and onward, are wholly misapplied to the geologic ages. Where for this scheme have we the formation of the plutonic, volcanic, and metamorphic rocks? Where the upheaval of the mountain ranges and the tracing of the river systems? Where the succession of organic remains, marine and terrestrial, vegetable and animal, new ones following those extinguished, and mutually distinct, from the Laurentian beds to the Post-Pleiocene or Quaternary? The six days set forth the peculiar constitution God was pleased to establish for the existing or human world. What the geologic periods embrace is successive remodellings of the earth where sea and land have changed place, mountains were raised and valleys scooped, perhaps again and again, not only a sweeping away of old organic creation, but an introduction of new plants and animals, each assemblage confessed even by Lyell to admirably fit the new states of the globe; with singular varieties all pointing by harmony of parts and beauty of contrivance to One Divine Maker. These days only begin, when God, having closed the long undefined periods of progressive character, with repeated extermination of their correspondingly changed flora and fauna, forms, within the brief span of human labour, that system, inorganic and organic of which man is the appointed head, but enriched by all He had slowly deposited and rendered available to man's industry and profit by that dislocation which laid bare treasures so remote and manifold, so interesting and important.
The divine operations of the third day call for more detail than that which was last before us. They form a double class, as does the work of the sixth day.
"And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry [land] appear. And it was so. And God called the dry [land] Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. And God saw that [it was] good. And God said, Let the earth sprout grass, herb producing seed, fruit-trees yielding fruit after their kind, the seed of which [is] in them, on the earth. And it was so. And the earth sprouted grass, herb producing seed after its kind, and trees yielding fruit, the seed of which [is] in them after their kind. And God saw that [it was] good. And there was evening, and there was morning, a third day" (vers. 9-13).
We have seen light (involving heat) caused to act for the Adamic earth, and that atmosphere which sustains an enormous body of waters above those that lie below: both of them results of essential importance for what was coming, and of course adapted by divine power and wisdom to the system in which the human race were to exist. It was needless and foreign for a divine revelation to explain how these and other works of God were effected. The important truth for His people, and for every soul of man, to know, is that He is both the Originator and the Maker of all. No student of geology doubts mechanical any more than chemical agency on the largest scale in forming the crust of the earth. Heat, water, and air have played their part under His hand in change, and waste, and progressive formation. But it is only the petty and pedantic unbelief of some who cry up such gradual secondary causes as are now seen, shutting out the evidence (which geology itself affords to candid minds) of repeated and enormous transformations, and all but entire revolution of organic life, in both extinction and new creation, with the corresponding change of the globe and its temperature which this implies, and each of these not for a brief space but for ages before the earth of man. Facts plainly enough point to these conclusions for those who occupy themselves with the natural antiquities of the earth. Nor can it be doubted that each successive tale inscribed on the fossiliferous rocky tablets of the earth shows on the whole distinct progress, in no way as mere development of the antecedent condition, but the fresh fruit of creative acts, even if some species seem renewed for the subsequent phase, and all with evident relation to the earth as it was to be for Adam, and as it will be when the Second man takes it with the universe itself for His inheritance. Unity of plan marks all from first to last.
But all this bygone succession of physical change is only left room for in the revealed word which dwells on man and Immanuel. Geological detail in scripture would have been as much out of place as any other science; but how can the room left for all, in what is said, be accounted for save as implying the knowledge of all by Him Who revealed His word? An original creation of the heavens and the earth without details, and unlimited even by myriads of years, "in the beginning," perfectly falls in with every ascertained fact; and a violent dislocation of the earth, of the highest importance for the race in its disarrangements, altogether different from and more thorough than any diluvial or merely superficial action, is also made known; followed by that "making" of heaven and earth which is historically described in Gen. 1:3-31 and referred to solemnly in Ex. 20:11.
It is pertinent to observe that the effort to interpret the days of the immense ages before man, separates Adam from his historic time as well as the creation placed under him as its head. For according to the long periods of geology what would the fossil-plants of the third day have to do with those that grew on the Adamic earth? And so with the animals on the fifth day, if not the sixth. On the contrary "the six days" were plainly meant to convey a realm of creation immediately connected with Adam, the various forms of organic nature being subjected and given to him. The sixth day is thus made geologic as well as historical. Surely this does not hang together; any more than our having a detailed account of fossil creation, and none at all of that which seems the express object of the several days — the creation in view of the incoming race. Now in a divine revelation it is easy to understand passing over all particulars of the fossilised stages of the earth; but inconceivable that there should be no account of heaven and earth and sea and all that in them is, in connected relation to Adam and his sons: especially as out of the thousands of organised species in the Secondary rocks, not a single species, says Professor Hitchcock, corresponds with any now living; and even out of the thousands in the Tertiary, but few seem identical with living species The natural and only reasonable conclusion is that, whatever the analogy with the divine action in past geologic time, the "days" speak solely of what God made in immediate view of Adam; not of fossils, animal or vegetable, but of the organic beings placed under Adam and his race, with their surroundings and suited system. To suppose both is nothing but confusion.
Returning to the day before us we see a fresh operation of God for man's world, the waters under the heavens collected to one place, and dry land consequently appearing. Not that such a separation had not existed before; but that the disruption, wise and benevolent for the earth of man, made it a necessary act now, as indeed in a general way everything had to be made afresh for Adam: a disruption wholly distinct from the vague and useless chaos which the heathen imagined.
Now God formed the earth and seas in the condition which substantially abides to our days. How momentous an act for the race needs few words to explain. That both earth and seas had existed previously no geologist disputes, any more than the various phases of both according to the plants and animals that prevailed from one geologic age to another. Doubtless also, save for dead-level Uniformitarians if there be such, the epochs of change that destroyed the older creatures and beheld new races modified greatly both the earth and the seas; for each period had its own proper system, with changes in inorganic matter, water, atmosphere, temperature, and the like, corresponding to each new set of organised beings.
The earth then was to have that form for the most part which God saw best fitted for His new purpose: vast continents and vaster oceans, islands large and small, lakes salt and fresh, swamps and torrents, mountains and rivers, plains greater or less, and valleys not merely effected by gradual erosion but often by deep and sudden dislocation. It is common knowledge what a part is played in the physical economy of the world by the "seas," (which in Hebrew idiom embrace all large collections of waters, oceans, seas, lakes, and even rivers,) as well as by the varied disposition of the land, high or low. To this the disarrangement of Gen. 1:2 had directly contributed; as now in the separation of earth and seas after having been commingled for a time. Rapid extraordinary operations wrought, and of course slow and existing causes, in bringing about what was then done for man; but here we learn that God laid down the great landmarks which abide to this day. Gen. 2:11-14 is enough to indicate that men attribute to the deluge or other changes more than can be proved.
God gave names too, as to the objects of His work on the previous days.
But there is a second part of His work to notice: vegetable nature for the earth that now is, that kingdom which mediates between minerals and animals. God commanded the earth to bring forth grass (or, sprout sprouts*), herb seeding seed, fruit trees yielding fruit after its kind, which has its seed in itself after its kind, as is said here most emphatically. This is the true origin of vegetable species for the Adamic earth. And as God pronounced good the dry land and the seas, so now the beautiful clothing of the dry land, and the abundant supplies for man and beast — at first indeed the exclusive food even for man.
{* There may be a question whether the peculiar phrase here does not mean the general term "sprouts" expanded into herbs and fruit-trees, as some learned men have inferred. The substantive has a wider meaning than "grass" which it frequently signifies; but I am not aware of any other application so extensive as to justify that generic forge. If meant here it is peculiar.}
How does the protracted scheme of the days as geologic periods agree with the vegetable kingdom on the third day, and the animal even in its lowest forms on the fifth? Is it really so with the evidence of fossils? The coal measures indicate vast brackens, ferns, etc.; but what of fruit-trees bearing fruit according to each several kind? Certainly it would seem that Zoophytes are as early as any vegetable remains, long before the Carboniferous era so paraded as the fulfilment of the third day, after a great abundance of marine animals far beyond plants, of which direct evidence appears in the rocks. If the days are taken simply in reference to Adam, there is no difficulty on any such score, as the provision for the world that now is appeared with no interval such as geology can appreciate.
How absurd, taking the third day before us as our example, for us to identify it with the Carboniferous age, or that which laid the basis for the coal measures! What real analogy between coal-plants, chiefly Acrogens, and the grass, herb, tree, so manifestly for the food of animals, above all of man? What with herb in general producing seed, and what with fruit-trees yielding fruit after their kind, the seed of which is in them? This is evidently not provision for coal, but for the food and refreshment of man and cattle, of bird and beast. The analogy vanishes when looked into. For geologic eras it is a failure; for man's world it is the simple and suited truth. It was plant-life for Adam's earth. The Carboniferous era, when people have been content with facts, was the age, botanically of Cryptogams and Gymnosperms, in the animal realm of the earlier reptiles, Batrachian or Amphibian. Now does this truly correspond with the third day? With the formation of seas and the emergence of dry land? And this clothed with verdure, herbs, and fruit-trees, each propagating after its kind? Beyond just doubt Moses means herbs, not of the Carboniferous age, but solely of the earth for man, animal life for it not existing till the fifth day. Compare ver. 29.
But the geologic evidence points to plants and animals even in Archaean time; for as the simplest animal forms (Rhizopods) have been detected in the Laurentian rocks, so the enormous quantity of graphite, being carbon, implies abundant vegetation, sea-weeds, and lichens. The metamorphism of the rocks may account for the rare indications of organic life even in the Huronian beds which were subsequent; but according to what is generally averred, Paleozoic time goes farther back than even the Silurian age, Upper and Lower, the era of fucoids on the one hand and of marine invertebrate animals on the other (Protozoans, Radiates, Molluscs, and Articulates). Then comes the Devonian, or age of fishes (chiefly Selachian and Ganoid), and some insects, in addition to previous invertebrates; and, besides sea-weeds, Calamites, Conifers, Ferns, and Lycopods. Surely long ages with organic life, not only vegetable but animal, before the Carboniferous period, as all geologists accept, disprove beyond controversy the effort to make out the third day therein fulfilled. Hence Principal Dawson (Arch. 168) is obliged to own that the coal flora (consisting mainly of Cryptogams allied to ferns and clubmosses, and of Gymnosperms allied to the pines and cycads) cannot coalesce with the higher orders of plants called into being in our verses 11, 12. "For these reasons," says he, "we are shut up to the conclusion that this flora of the third day must have its place before the Paleozoic period of geology," i.e., when vegetation was incomparably lower than that of the coal measures! The true conclusion on the contrary is that the third day's work implies a flora for man and the creatures under him, long after the coal measures.
By the way, Dawson remarks that "the sacred writer specifies three descriptions of plants as included in it": the first he will have to be not "grass," but the Cryptogamia, as fungi, mosses, lichens, ferns, etc.; then seed-bearing herbs, and fruit-bearing trees. The Cryptogams may well be doubted: if tenable, it might be pleaded even more fairly that the Phaenogams, endogenous and exogenous, follow. However, it would seem that no scientific classification is intended, but a general division which all could observe into grass, herbs, and fruit-trees, each species none the less expressly and permanently reproductive. In point of fact it is not till the Cretaceous period of Mesezoic time that we find the first traces of Angiosperms (Oak, Plane, Fig, etc.); so that the reference to an age before the Paleozoic time is still less reasonable than the hypothesis of the Carboniferous era.
Doubtless geologists would, if they could, make verses 11, 12 subsequent to the great operations of the fourth day; for who can question the all-importance not of light only but of the sunbeam for herbage of all kinds, for fruit-bearing, and for timber? This is no difficulty for one who takes the days as "the evening and the morning"; but is it not insuperable for all who regard them as representing ages of untold duration? The Archaean rocks, we must bear in mind, are believed to be near five miles thick; the Silurian system considerably thicker, especially if we add the Devonian. Then come the Carboniferous and Permian formations of not far from four miles; and after the Triassic and Jurassic the Cretaceous, when it would seem that Angiosperms or Dicotyledons began to appear (Rose, Apple, Elm, etc.). In fact it was only just before the Tertiary or Cainozoic, if we include in it, as most do, the Nummulitic beds. Who can reckon the times of these formations?
There is another observation of importance to make. What scripture reveals of the third day's work points in no way to Archaean or Paleozoic times, but simply and naturally to the formation of the Adamic earth. Geology tells us that the continents while still beneath the waters began to take shape; then, as the seas deepened, that the first dry land appeared, low, barren, and lifeless; next that, under intestine and external action, the dry land expanded, strata formed, and mountains rose, each in its appointed place, till finally heights and continents reached their fullest development. Now the flora described by the inspired writer does not fit the geologic first appearance of dry land, when of the character above described, till the mountains rose ages afterwards and river-systems followed. To say the least, marked advance of state is involved in the flora described by Moses. How then identify it with the earliest geologic time when sea-weeds alone existed in the waters, along with lichens on the land, and even then the Eozoon Rhizopod?
Moses describes just such a vegetable kingdom in its main features as Adam had, and we have now. It was vegetation as he knew it; and God led him so to describe it, being the truth. Is there then contradiction between the more or less satisfactory conclusions of geology and unerring scripture? In no way. Distinguish the times, and clashing disappears. The third day speaks solely of the earth's last emergence from the waters by which it was submerged long ages after the original "outlining of the land and water determining the earth's general configuration." Dr. Dana on reconsideration should acknowledge that the idea of life expressed in the lowest plants and afterward, if not contemporaneously, in the lowest or systemless animals, the Protozoans, is doubly and hopelessly incongruous with the Mosaic record. Take it as of the Adamic week, and all is plain to the believer, if a few difficulties remain for the geologist. Why should any wonder, since it is confessed by the same competent authority that "a broken record the geological undoubtedly is, especially for terrestrial life" (Dana's "Manual of Geology," 601, third edition, 1875)? Not so with the Bible, which, being divine, is and most be true: plain for the wayfaring man, profound for the most informed and best cultured.
Genesis 1:14-19.
The evidence which the record furnishes of the third day is express. It is dry lands and seas in view of man: in no way the varying phases of either in the geologic ages, but solely the result, after the last disturbance when the waters prevailed everywhere. Indeed a good deal of unfounded hypothesis is now exploded (especially since the recent deep-sea soundings) as to the alternation of the ocean beds and the vast mountain ranges east or west. For though the strata and fossils, marine, lacustrine or fluviatile, and terrestrial, point to repeated submergence and emergence of considerable regions, the continents have abode from Archaean time, the Atlantic flowing on one side, the Pacific on another. During the ages that followed, allow all that can be proved of change by upheaval, oscillation, dislocation, and rock formation, fragmental, or crystalline, eruptive or stratified, by means organic, mechanical, or chemical, by atmosphere, water, fire or aught else, there were elements of life vegetable and animal brought into being in the waters and on the land, but successively extinguished, and new ones created with the changed state of the globe, each period having its appropriate species in the new environment.
But none of these alternations, vast and important as they were physically, enters the scope of the six days. No geologist denies that the mountains, to take this one sample, were elevated substantially as they are, long before the human race; and on mountains depend the springs and rivers and even the due fall of rains, and striking equalisation of temperature between the extremes" climes, so necessary to man and beast and herb. Very much more indeed had been done by God in that immense preparation, not only in the partially hidden supplies (coal, marble, lime, precious stones, metals, etc.) for man's use, but in enriching the soil and beautifying the surface of the earth in countless ways, working, as He still does, now for instance by sudden volcanic action, and again for example by the slow process of innumerable polyps, yea, and mysteriously by their combined action (though the one be organic and the other not) in the accomplishment of His creative designs, from a time when there was no life here below, till every organised form was there short of man. Now it is exclusively of the human era and its belongings that the six days speak; and none more clearly than the third day, when the vegetable kingdom began, but solely in reference to Adam and those subject to him. The application to geologic time is impossible as proved by the record itself, and the mutual contradictions of all who essay it.
The evidence is no less plain and conclusive as to the fourth day, of which the more prudent advocates for the long-period days say little. But even here, though it be a question of the heavenly orbs, the record looks at them simply in view of man and this earth. "And God said, Let there be light-bearers in [the] expanse of the heavens to divide between the day and between the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years; and let them be for light-bearers in [the] expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth. And it was so. And God made the two great lights, the greater light for ruling the day, and the lesser light for ruling the night (the stars also). And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that [it was] good. And there was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day" (verses 14-19).
It is a mistake to suppose that during the long ages of vegetable and animal life up to the highest forms, one excepted, there had not been the shining of sun, moon and stars, as well as sea and land and atmosphere, though not always quite the same as ours. If geology can trace the proofs of life, and its progress in a typical system, which reveals unity of plan as distinctly as deep and comprehensive wisdom, be it so; yet they enjoyed sunlight, heat, air, and water throughout. But here we have everything successively ordered for man, after those immense eras of change were closed, when the last disturbance needed God's interference for a new system. Light was caused to act. The atmosphere as it is followed, Next, the seas were gathered to their own place, and dry land appeared, and the vegetable realm; the work of mountain-making and valley- scooping, shaping as well as storing, having been already, and it may be in long successive ages, effected. In each case of these "days" the result seems instantaneous. "He spoke, and it was done." The work stated here is quite distinct. "The evening and the morning" are the expression of God's considerate goodness to man, responsible to learn of Him and to do His will on the earth, as Christ did perfectly.
It is assuredly not the creation of the sun, etc. This the inspired historian does not say, but only that God now constituted the heavenly luminaries, after the plants and before the animals for the Adamic earth. Light had shone otherwise since the first day of the great week. Now He set the light-bearers of the heavens to do their assigned work, but it is for the earth, and indeed for man. Their creation was implied in ver. 1; for God did not create either empty; and what would heaven be without its host? And we saw that ver. 2 implies that the earth even had not been so, though so it became with other marks of disorder. What then hindered the functions of sun and moon was now rectified. Light independently had been proved to be under God's control. On the fourth day He gave the luminaries of heaven their unhindered relation to divide the day from the night. Now we can readily understand the plants (and these were for the use of man and his congeners) caused to spring forth on the day before without the sunbeam; but assuredly not so of a geological age of grass, corn, and fruit. Yet we see the fitness of the due ordering of light and heat, as we have it, the next day, if the plants were to flourish, as well as for the animal life that begins after that according to His word.
This is entirely confirmed if we inspect the context more closely. For where would be the sense of the light-bearers "for signs and for seasons, and for days and years," if it had been an age (thousands, myriads, millions of years) before Adam? If, on the contrary, God was not creating them, but, after that which had intercepted, only "setting" them to their ordained task in immediate view of man, all is clear and consistent. And to whom could this be of such interest as to Israel, the people of His choice, in whose history we have them acting as "signs" on critical occasions for His sovereign will? Without dwelling on His wonders in Egypt where light was in Israel's dwellings, darkness thick in all the rest of the land, or later at Sinai, we see what a sign it was to Israel when Joshua said in their sight, "Sun, stand still upon Gibeon, and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon"; or in far other days when Jehovah spoke to sick Hezekiah, and gave him a sign in the shadow that went back ten steps on the dial of Ahaz. And what a sign again where all was lost, as far as man is concerned, in the Cross of Messiah when darkness for three hours covered all the land! A mere eclipse was then impossible. Nor will whole clusters of signs be wanting when He comes in power and glory on the clouds of heaven. For "seasons" is needed no comment: man alone on earth understands and appreciates these fit and recurring times. As the same Hebrew word means "the congregation" and "the solemn feast," as well as the season or appointed time at which they kept it, "seasons" may have a sacred aspect; but the more ordinary sense seems confirmed by what follows. Very little astronomy is requisite to know how "days and years" are defined by them, but only for man. In the ages before him this were all irrelevant. In view of man, and Israel especially, it is as affecting as full of interest. The constant design is reiterated in "Let them be for light- bearers in the expanse of the heavens." It was their effect, not their structure, that is intimated. "And it was so."
Then we are told that "God made," not created, "the two great lights." The language is never varied without purpose. Rosenmüller the younger was an admirable Hebraist, and certainly free enough in his handling of scripture: yet he has no hesitation in his discussion of this question formally, but insists that the genuine force of the construction is not "fiant luminaria" (i.e., let lights be made), but "inserviant in expanso coelorum" (i.e., serve in the expanse of the heavens). He compares the singular with the plural of the Hebrew verb for being, and deduces the inference that the language can only express the determination of the luminaries to some fixed uses for the world, and not to their production. Further, it is solely relation to man on earth that demonstrates the strict phraseological propriety of "the two great lights." He Who created all and inspired Moses knew better than Newton or La Place the sizes of every orb in heaven; but for man's and for Israel's help on earth, to say nothing of every subject creature, what were all the rest, for light-giving by day and night, compared to the sun and moon?
This, again, as definitely excludes scientific preoccupation as it confirms the reference throughout. The stars only come in parenthetically. God made them too, if blind man deified them. But God gave sun and moon to rule over the day and over the night. They were His creatures and gifts for man's use dividing between the light and the darkness. "And God saw that [it was] good," not as if they were just created, but in the assigned work He gave to be done by them. "And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day." Here it cannot be fairly denied by any, that from the necessary effect of that day's work we have the ordinary vicissitude of night and day; and that a similar diurnal revolution followed for the fifth and sixth days, as for every day since, including the seventh. But this being so, surely consistency requires it for the three previous days. That light was supplied otherwise before the fourth day is no impediment. The daily course of the earth on its axis depends on gravitation, not on illumination, and would have gone on equally, had the sun been only and always opaque, or had its previous and its present action in light-bearing never existed.
And here it may be noticed that those who contend for nothing but the same agencies at worn from the first as act now before our eyes, and who go so far as to swell the time into incalculable ages by embracing the fond hypothesis of evolution, so that 300,000,000 years span an inconsiderable period of geological imagination, have now to confront an unexpected and veritable coup de grace from Lord Kelvin. For he has proved that if the earth existed at all only 100,000,000 years ago, it must have been on scientific grounds a red-hot molten globe altogether incompatible with life, animal or vegetable. The geologists in their loose and one-sided way reasoned from the deposition of the enormously deep strata at the present rate of formation. But Lord Kelvin founded his far more rigorous calculations on the acknowledged facts of the earth's tidal retardation, as well as of its gradually cooling state. Hence the recent disposition among the less prejudiced men to re-arrange the order and time of formations by the probable contemporaneity of unlike strata. They essay thus to reduce their egregious demands by the supposition that the Cambrian, for instance, may coalesce chronologically with the Silurian, the former lacustrine, the latter marine; and similarly the Permian with the Jurassic, etc. The groups thus associated would each owe their different phenomena to their respective conditions of deposit.
But those who accept the plain and simple interpretation of the record here offered will observe that, if all these shifting and precarious hypotheses are due to the dim twilight of the science, scripture is responsible for no error. What it asserts remains not only unshaken but indisputably true.
We are now come to a fresh activity of divine power, when the Holy Spirit employs again the term "created" (ver. 21): not merely organisms, for these we have seen for the new vegetable kingdom on day third, but the first animal life for the Adamic world, to people the waters below and the heavens above. They are familiarly known to be the opposed but mutually dependent realms of life, far above inorganic nature, not only in growth and structural development, but in germs for the continuance of the species, both of which materialism vainly strives to explain or evade. For plants take in nourishment without an interior cavity or sac, and without digestive fluid, which animals have; and as plants imbibe carbon and give out oxygen, animals exhale carbon and use up oxygen: a provision worthy of divine wisdom for the well-being of the earth. Nor is this hard to appreciate; for plants are nourished by inorganic food which they convert into organic for animals, as they store up for their use condensed force from the sun's influence, starch, gluten, etc., for animal development with increasing power, and locomotive faculty, as well as a will. That their germs are chemically like, not only in elements but in their proportions, only brings out the total difference which results from their respective character of life. To originate animal life especially, even in its least form, justly calls for the term "created."
Thus God is not content with employing chemical powers to disintegrate and to reconstruct, as well us mechanical means chiefly by water, frost, and gravitation not only to enlarge the surface but to increase its fertility. The provision and satisfying of life is a part of His admirable plan even for a fallen world, the very volcano playing no small part, whatever its temporary terrors, in His beneficent hand. But all else would have been ineffectual without that great reality, of which science is as ignorant as those whom it most despises in its unbecoming scorn — that reality which would bring God face to face with every rational being, were men not hard in conscience and blinded by sin — that reality which meets every soul as the surest fact, yet the most inscrutable for any man; life, not vegetable only but animal, even if we regard it in its simplest range. It is life that directs the chemistry of plants or animals; it is life which produces the organisation appropriate according to its kind. Men may speak of protoplasm, and analyse into carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen; but these are the mere materials which God employs according to the limits He has imposed on species under the agency of life. When life is given, the activity of change goes on in the creature and its reproduction; when life is withdrawn there is a dissolution into the common stock for the fresh replenishment of the earth and its organized beings. Men may shrink from the Causa causans, and take refuge in "the laws of nature "; but after all they only succeed, if they do succeed, in retreating a step back from the Giver of ]life, and the Sovereign sustainer of nature. But this retreat is to lose God altogether.
Genesis 1 knows nothing of a primordial gas, or the nebula hypothesis, of an original spore, or of a monad. That God created the universe is its proclamation, with details of Adam's world. A nisus formativus is here unheard, and left only to the unbelieving fanatics of science. Men would have had ere this wings better than those of Daedalus if desires and efforts availed; nor would the peacock be left alone to expand his feathered glories in the golden light of the sun. The power and wisdom of God has made these countless creatures, plants or animals, out of a few elements; and these, as geology is compelled to own, repeatedly exterminated on the earth, and as often renewed, in systems ever perfectly suited to each, and as uniformly rising on the whole, when He was pleased to form a higher one, till He created man. Yea, at last He deigned to send His Son, the Eternal Word, to be made flesh, accomplish redemption, and unite to Himself those that are His for heavenly glory; as God will send Him again to bless Israel and all nations, to reign from heaven over a reconciled creation (for He is Heir of all things), but none the less to judge those who reject Him the Lord and Saviour to their own everlasting ruin, and manifestly so in "that day."
Further, as God created, so He perpetuates life within variations brought about by circumstances and especially by man's will, which, ceasing to act, leave plant or animal to revert to primitive type; when hybrids are forced, sterility also ensues. His will gave birth to the creatures that people the waters and the sky; and He abides to give constant effect to His will. We can see therefore the wisdom of His revelation of the day before us; for how many sages have dreamt and thought that the sun was the prolific source of life! The vegetable kingdom was formed when the sun was not yet set to do its all-important office for the earth of man. The humbler departments of the animal kingdom were called into being by God the day after. And how manifestly is contingency excluded no less than necessity? It is all the result of the Creator's will, Who upholds all that He has called into being. "For thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were and they were created" (Rev. 4:11). Dualism, pantheism, eternal matter, and evolution are mere but wicked delusions.
"And God said, Let the waters swarm a swarm of living creatures (lit. souls), and let birds fly above the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens. And God created the great whales (or, sea monsters) and every living creature that moves with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that [it was] good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth. And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day" (vers. 20-23).
Here it is to be observed that "sea-monsters"* is given by many modern translators, the Revisers among them; so as to include the huge creatures of large rivers, crocodiles, etc., as well as marine. Indeed "whales" may be here in view specifically by the accompanying epithet "great"; seeing that they exceed in size all other animals, not only of the Adamic period, but even of previous ages when characterised by creatures of enormous magnitude as compared with analogous ones in man's day. If the whale be here singled out, the description is justified beyond dispute; and all the more because the fossils, as the rule, disclose specimens larger of their kind than any now living, whether Protozoans, Crustaceans, or the Vertebrates in general. Even the birds then must have been gigantic, if we accept their supposed footmarks on the new red sandstone of Connecticut. Their fossils were much later.
{* This must not be confounded with a shorter word, which would seem to mean jackals. When a land monster is expressed by the word in the text, it means a dragon or serpent.}
In ver. 20 then God spoke into being the creatures that people the waters and those that people the air in terms the most general. In ver. 21 the result is stated with more precision, the great whales or sea-monsters being distinguished from every living creature that moves (whether Protozoans, Radiates, Molluscs, Articulates, or Vertebrates), with which the waters swarmed, after their kind. Again we hear of "every bird of wing" after its kind. A correct version here, as the reader may see, explodes the error which commentators, Jewish and Christian, have tried to explain; for the sense is not that the waters produced the birds, but that God made them fly in the open expanse of the heavens. Compare Gen. 2:19, which distinctly teaches that they were formed out of the ground no less than was the beast of the field.
But the important fact announced is that for Adam's world the waters were now peopled and the air likewise. It is in no true sense the Reptilian age, though no doubt such reptiles as belonged to the waters then were included; for land reptiles are distinctively of the sixth day, as is certain from vers. 24, 25, 26, 28. Hence the effort to make the fifth day's work correspond with the Mesozoic time of geology is an utter fallacy. During it, especially in the Cretaceous period, reptiles abounded, and many were enormous, Dinosaurs, Enaliosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs, Plesiosaurs, or Pterosaurs; for in contrast with the fifth day the earth had then its species, as well as the sea and the air. Jurassic Britain had its vast and numerous varieties, as their absence is the more conspicuous since Adam's day. But all that the cautious Dr. Dana says as to birds is, that they probably began in the Triassic, especially as the inferior tribe of Marsupials were then found; that in the Jurassic some if not all birds exhibited the long vertebrated tail which with other peculiarities allied them to reptiles; but that in the Cretaceous they were numerous, and most of modern type, though some were of the older form. To suppose all that now people the waters and air existed then is as baseless as that these verses really describe the Reptilian age. For "the great" sea-monsters and many birds had yet to be.
Now it is on the face of the record that the entire population of the waters and of the air, as Adam knew both, is meant; not that extraordinary era of the Secondary formation, with its prodigious denizens of earth and sea and air. Indeed it is notorious geologically that Protozoans, Radiates, Molluscs, and Articulates had been even in the Lower Silurian; and in the Upper S. fishes appear if only Sharks and Ganoids. Again, who does not know that the Devonian is habitually designated the age of Fishes? How then can it be fairly alleged that the day-period interpretation holds good? If the third day means the Carboniferous age, though this has been proved erroneous, how comes the age of Fishes to be before it? The record declares that the fish and the fowl of Adam's world were only and alike on the fifth day.
Is it not then extreme prejudice that has beguiled able and excellent persons into the thought that the record here speaks of the Reptilian age of geology? Hence one zealous advocate limits the swarm of the waters in ver. 23 to "the reptile," and for the same reason changes "that moves" into "that creeps" in ver. 21. The fact is that, though the former word often means "reptile," the context here proves it to be of far larger bearing, and in fact of cognate signification with the verb; so that to "swarm swarms" seems the literal force, and to "bring forth abundantly the moving" thing is a fair representation as in the A. and R. Versions. Again, in ver. 21 the right way is to interpret the Hebrew as "moving" in water and "creeping" on land; so any one may see who can intelligently use a Hebrew Concordance. In both respects Sir J. W. Dawson is more correct than the late Mr. D. M'Causland: but he errs in making ver. 21 say "great reptiles." It is either all the large creatures of the deep, or not improbably "the whales," for the reason already and appropriately implied in "the great." Perhaps we may fairly add that the Cetacea call for a special place as being the representative of Mammals, and hence are made to stand apart from the general population of the deep. Certainly they were of the waters.
The effect too of the periodic construction of the days is here quite plainly as unfounded as elsewhere. The fishes with which Adam and his race were familiar are thereby almost wholly left out of God's account of His creation. All we are told, on that hypothesis, is of fossil Saurians, the most anomalous in appearance of all the creatures whose remains have come to view, of which Moses knew as little as the children of Israel, however interesting to geologists in our day. Is it credible that the Holy Spirit inspired the law-giver to speak of wonders only intelligible in the nineteenth century, and to pass by without a word what they needed to know of the teeming creatures in the watery world?
As usual the hypothesis when considered seriously betrays its inherent unreality. The huge Saurians of the Mesozoic were not marine only, as they ought to be if the record spoke of them; many of them were Pterosaurs of the land, some species even winged, though we cannot count Pterodactyls as birds. The inspired text therefore conclusively puts them all out of consideration. Here we read solely of the creatures with which the waters swarmed, of every living creature that moved there, each according to its species, as well as of those justly designated "the great" among the multitudes of smaller sea-creatures; as also of "every winged bird" after its kind. The natural force and true aim of the revelation was to make known God's work in that lower part of the animal kingdom, which is none the less the object of His care; and if one portion be of vast bulk, none the less was it His creature. The Adam family were called to own His hand and goodness in the whole.
The evident intention was to impress, on all that heed the written word, that the fifth day's work embraced the entire circle of aquatic animals as well as all bird life known to mankind; not at all to acquaint them with a bygone system of animated nature, which sustained at the close of the Cretaceous period one of the most complete exterminations of species confessed by geologists. In fact too it is only in the Quaternary that Teliost Fishes as well as Birds find their culmination; of all allusion to which, though nearly affecting man, the mis-interpretation entirely deprives us. If on the contrary the inspired writer speak of what concerns man practically, with this agrees the expressed blessing of God, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth." It also derives impressive confirmation from vers. 26, 28, where dominion over the fish of the sea is given to man, no less than over birds of the air, and beast and cattle and all that creep on the earth. The only detail in fact is in setting forth the origin of what was actually put under man's rule; which certainly does not apply to Paleozoic, or Mesozoic, or Tertiary times.
It needs few words to prove that in the fifth day's work we vainly look for an exact correspondence with the Secondary or Mesozoic period. Fishes, even vertebrated fishes, had been created in abundance in Paleozoic time, and so before the Carboniferous age; also the earlier reptiles, chiefly Amphibian, preceded the age when they arrived at gigantic proportions and in every sphere, earth having its species no less than sea and air: Does this agree with the record which distinguishes its denizens, as of sea and air, from those that were only called into being on the following day, — which declares that every reptile of the earth belongs to the sixth, and not the fifth? Dinosaurs (including Megalosaurs, Iguanodons, Hylaeosaurs) being land reptiles stand opposed. Nor is this all. The absurdity of the periodic interpretation is that we are compelled to leave out the fishes proper, such as Adam knew and we, in order to make it fulfilled in Labyrinthodonts, Ichthyosaurs, Pterodactyls, &c. Birds had in no way their culmination, any more than Teliost Fishes, or even the higher insects, and Mammals, till the Quaternary of man. The Cetacea ("the great whales") again resist this expository violence. Expressly specified in the text as created on the fifth day, being water-creatures, they according to geology ought to belong to a far later epoch, as being of a high mammalian rank, and in no way to be classed with even the small marsupials, &c., of an earlier day, though this again is not according to the record. The truth we have seen, in accordance with that of the four previous days, is that the fifth day's work contemplates the entire population of sea and air for man's world, and nothing else. Here as in every other case the ages of geology prove untenable when fairly examined. Apply the six days to Adam's time, and the balance is restored.
Exactly analogous for the land's inhabitants is the work of the sixth day. Does it really correspond with Cainozoic time before man, or the Tertiary age? The scripture gives manifestly and solely the land- creatures made for man and on the same day as man; geology is obliged to confess that "all the Fishes, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals of the Tertiary are extinct species" (Dana, 518). Take the equine tribe alone: there was the Orohippus of the Eocene, the Anchitherium of the Meiocene, and the Hipparion of the Pleiocene. All passed away before the Quaternary, when the Equus Caballus exists for man's service. Even those who contend most keenly for nothing but secondary causes operating all through cannot deny the general extermination of species that closed Mesozoic time any more than the great disturbances that wrought repeatedly and similarly in the Tertiary age. Indeed geologists of eminence, who had nothing to do with theology and alleged prejudice, are constrained to allow that the elevation of the great mountain chains of Europe and Asia, as well as of America, only attained its full height about the close of that period, as well as the larger part of igneous eruption, with the usual destruction of systems of life in being previous to God's introducing a new one adapted to the fresh conditions. "Chaos" is not a word any Christian need favour; but there was assuredly a fearful state of disorder that intervened, however brief the interval might have been. Do not geologists seem rash to deny that of which they are and must be ignorant? But all this was antecedent to the six days. The believer absolutely subject to God's word can calmly accept every ascertained fact, assured that every work of God agrees with His word. But hypotheses are another thing and open to criticism, especially where we see plain symptoms of infidelity open or underlying.
"And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creature (lit. soul) after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the field after its kind. And it was so. And God made beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after its kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind. And God saw that [it was] good" (vers. 24, 25).
Where is the analogy even here with the age of Mammals, as the Tertiary has been well designated? If we add according to scripture the creation of man on that same day, the system is not only different but even in contrast. The simple truth intended is that we have in these verses the land population of all kinds for the period of the human race; as before we had that of the waters and of the air, after the vegetable provision, with the due establishment not of light only but of the heavenly phenomena.
To introduce the herbivores, the reptiles, and the carnivores into the text is to strain after a scientific gloss, besides failing to represent the sense in some respects if not in all. Compare Deut.. 28:26 for the very first class. Reptiles again are too narrow, and so are the "carnivore," where "ferae" would express the truth more exactly. Nor is there real anachronism in giving "cattle" as the first named in verse 24, the domesticable if not yet domesticated animals, appropriate to the use of man. "Creeping thing" follows in its more literal application, whereas "moving" expressed more fully the action of the creatures that peopled the waters, so as to embrace not only serpents, etc., but insect life. "Animal of earth" designates the wild beast.
All of them are terms in constant usage where man lives and reigns; they do not distinctively define the age of Mammals where he was not, such as Anoplotheres, Chaeropotami, Dinotheres, Palaeotheres, Lophiodons, Xiphodons, etc. Pachyderms are no doubt included, but by no means so determined as to warrant a reference to the age in which they abounded. Indeed, at that time confessedly there was the almost total absence of the tribe of ruminants, which rose to prominence when man was made.
The language of the text does not really call up the period "when the brute species existed in their greatest magnificence, and brutal ferocity had full play," but the day crowned by the creation of man where material force fell into the shade before higher powers. In man's presence the greater birds and beasts that co-existed even become extinct; as notably the Moa of New Zealand, the Dodo of the Mauritius, and the Aepyornis of Madagascar; and again the Urus (or Bos primigenius) described in Caesar's Comm. de Bello Gall. 6:26, the great Irish Elk (or Megaceros), the Megatherium, the Mastodon, and the Mammoth. For the evidence points to their co-existence with man, some for but a little while, others till recent time. The tendency has been to push man's age back on the assumption that only so could he have been coeval with them. But the facts are plain and sure enough, not only as to the first but even the last named also, that they existed with man for no inconsiderable time, and this if we accept the lowest reckoning of Biblical chronology. It seems the fashion just now to exaggerate as to time, placing the glacial season or seasons at an incredibly remote distance, and thus the gigantic creatures that perished then, and man also, judging from remains which indicate his hand. There is on the contrary strong and varied evidence, in the estimate of sober geologists, not committed to hypothesis, to show the recent date of the glacial period both in Europe and in America, and the sudden close of what is called "the drift," and the extinction of mammoths, etc.
The second part of the sixth day's work is too momentous to be touched here. This only may be remarked, how fitting it is that for Adam's time all animal and vegetable creation should arrive at the highest organisation, that the heavenly luminaries should do their regulative work in view of the race, that the seas and the land should be as a whole adequately settled, that the atmospheric conditions in supplies of water, vapour, dew, etc., should stand most favourably, with the bountiful and regular vicissitudes of night and day, for life more varied than ever before here below. Thus, if the geologic ages brought by divine power and wisdom a constantly rising state of the earth and of creatures suited to each new state, so, the six days connected with Adam and his world express rapidly succeeding divine fiats culminating in him, and in their combination of respective goodness characterising that period in which the human race was called not only into being, but into responsibility before God. Other ages might be distinctively azoic; or the system of life might be ushered in with sea-plants, then with marine life of low type, then with fishes when the Vertebrates were made. Next, when dry land was fitted, such plants grew as would flourish and adapt it for higher ones, and, again, for living creatures that live on herbage, as well as prey one on another. So in geologic ages we can talk of the age of Acrogens, of Invertebrates, of Fishes, of Reptiles, and of Mammals. But the human period is characteristically that of all, not in their utmost profusion or in their greatest physical magnitude, but as the rule in their highest forms and also together in their respective places under their appointed ruler, God's vicegerent here below. For example, the Cereals attach to the human period, and depend pre-eminently on cultivation. Compare Isa. 28:28-29.
In each case we have God's word, the immediate and manifest result, and its excellence in His sight declared. Thus if the six days gave an immediate relation to Adam, the immense ages antecedent were on a vast scale preparatory; and geology, as one of its ablest exponents owns, "leaves wholly unexplained the creation of matter, life, and spirit, and that spiritual element which pervades the whole history like a prophecy, becoming more and more clearly pronounced with the progressing ages, and having its culmination and fulfilment in man."
In day third we saw the distinct two-fold energy of the Creator; not only the waters gathered into seas, and the dry land appearing, and this seen to be good; but the earth caused by His word to put forth grass, herb seeding seed after its kind, and tree yielding fruit, with its seed in itself after its kind, upon the earth, and this seen to be good. On the sixth day there is also a double action, and the second still more strikingly distinguished, as human life is brought into being, the highest of earthly natures (not as before vegetable life, the lowest of organised creatures) here below. The spheres had been fitted in divine wisdom and in the unfolding ways of God for the living beings that were to clothe and fill them with beauty, food, and fruit, to be followed duly by higher beings to profit by all that His provident goodness had prepared, all endowed with powers of constant reproduction, whether vegetable or animal. In a general way God had in the vast ages of which geology takes cognisance so wrought in creative energy, but without man as the centre of systems which successively appeared and fell. The days we have seen have special reference to man, who, on the sixth, follows and crowns the highest animals set under his rule.
"And God said, Let us make men in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over fish of the sea, and over bird of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth. And God created Man* in his image, in God's image created he him; male and female created he them" (vers. 26, 27).
{* The race, Man, which as it has the article in Hebrew, is thus distinguished from the anarthrous noun, has a name derived from the ground out of which man was taken. The context confirms the plural sense also.}
Not only is man introduced with marked separateness from the previous creation of animals, even from those of the earth made on the same day, each "after its kind," and all seen as "good," but for the first time God enters into counsel with Himself for this great and absolutely new work. It is no longer "Let there be," or "Let the earth (or "the waters") bring forth," though man's body is in its due place expressly said to have been formed of the dust of the ground. Here the language rises into appropriate grandeur and solemnity, "Let us make men." Not a word about kinds of men, for there was but one; whatever people may have subsequently dreamt in their pride or in the selfish advantage they desired to take of their degraded fellows. Not a little was suffered afterwards in view of their hard-heartedness; but from the beginning it had not been so.
We shall hear yet more when we come to a fresh revelation, not of man's creation as its head simply, but of the moral relations in which he is shown to have been set; but here there is ample evidence of the dignity conferred on the race. "Let us make men in our image, after our likeness." Nothing is more opposed to the Bible than the anthropomorphism of Greek and Roman mythology, which degraded their deities to fallen males and females with like passions and lusts, and gave the sanction of religion to the basest immorality. And what philosophers of Greece or Rome ever ventured to claim so noble a prototype? Here Moses was inspired to give it as the holy declaration of the Creator. How far from the brute at length evolving man, a theory suggested by Satan to brutalise the race! It is the simple yet wondrous truth: not God brought down to the human level, but men alone created after a divine pattern.
A frequent question is raised as to the force of the terms and their precise shade of difference; for those are not to be heard who hide their ignorance under the assumption that both mean the same thing. The usage throughout the O. and N. Testaments seems to indicate that "image" represents, and "likeness" resembles. Thus the "image" of the world-power in Nebuchadnezzar's dream represented the succession of Gentile empires from first to last: likeness could not be the point. So it is "image" in the plain of Dura (Dan. 3), the proportions of which exclude a human figure, or the resemblance of any living creature. Whatever it might not be like, it definitely represented what the monarch commanded to be an object of worship. Again, in the N. T. the denarius our Lord asked for had on its face the image and superscription of Caesar. It might have been a faulty likeness, but was an indisputable image of the Roman imperator. It expressed his authority and represented his claim over the Jews because of their departure from God, ill as they liked to own either.
So men (ver. 26) are said to have been made in God's image, after His likeness, as the former is emphatically repeated in ver. 27: not in His likeness, after His image. In God's image is the truth insisted on, though here also man is declared to be made after or according to His likeness. To man only was it given to represent God here below. Angels are never called to such a place. They excel in might. They fulfil God's word, they hearken unto the voice of His word. Yet no angel rules in His name, nor does he represent Him, as a centre of a system subjected to Him, and looking up to Him. But man was made to represent God in the midst of a lower creation dependent on him; though in order to be created in God's image, he was also made "after His likeness," without evil and upright. But even when through sin the likeness existed no more, he abode His image; however inadequate to represent God aright, he was still responsible to represent Him. Hence in Gen. 5:1-2, we read that God made man in His likeness; male and female created He them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam in the day of their creation But it is significantly added in ver. 3 that Adam begat in his likeness. Seth resembled his father, now fallen, as well as represented him. Again, when after the deluge animals were given for the food of man, blood was interdicted, and the most jealous care of human life insisted on; for in the image of God made He man. To kill him was rebellion against God's image, though a man was now anything but like God.
The N.T. fully sustains the same distinction far beyond Caesar's case already referred to. Thus the man in 1 Cor. 11 is distinctively called God's image and glory, as publicly representing Him; and Christ, the incarnate Son, is styled "image of the invisible God." His not being called "likeness" only confirms the truth. If so entitled, it would deny His deity. For He is God, instead of being only like God. Compare for the Christian now, Col. 3:10, as well as 2 Cor. 3:18; and for the glorious result, Rom. 8:29, and 1 Cor. 15:49.
On the other hand we must not confound the state of Adam unfallen with the new man which "after God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth." This is descriptive of the new creation, not of the first Adam state where all was mere innocence, but the knowledge of good and evil along with the power by grace which abhors evil and clings to good that is implied in righteousness and holiness of the truth. This is not nature, but supernatural in believers, who become partakers of a divine nature (2 Peter 1:4).
Nevertheless, though Adam's state was far from that of which Christ is the risen Head, be evidently was made to have a portion, though a creature, above all the creation that surrounded him, "in God's image, after His likeness." How utterly false in presence of the Bible are the speculations of evolution, an hypothesis logically at issue with those fixed laws of nature which the same philosophers cry up to the exclusion of God! For how reconcile invariable law with change of species? The truth is that real science depends upon the uniformity of results, and consists in discovering and classifying them. This does not hinder variation through circumstances, failing which the original type returns.
Again, as natural science is essentially based on the reality and continuance of species, so it can give no account of origins. If honest, it admits there must be a cause, and an adequate one; but here, as science, it is and must be wholly ignorant. God's word alone reveals the truth; and of all reveries, none viler than the ignorance which refuses to learn and dares to defy divine revelation, by conceiving man a developed ape, fish, seaweed, or aught else. The truth is that primordial causes are beyond science; which, instead of honestly owning its ignorance, pretends to deny the creation which scripture clearly reveals. God alone could create; and He declares that He has done so, and in what order. Science would gladly learn if not sceptical; for its province lies in investigating effects, and cannot reach up to primordial causes, which it is of all moment to know if revealed. But we can only know them from God's testimony, which is simple if we were.
How worthy of God and cheering to man, turning from these freaks of spurious science, to weigh once more His words! "Let us make men in our image after our likeness; and let them have dominion over fish of the sea and over bird of the heavens [the work of the day fifth] and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth [sixth day's work]. And God created Man in his image, in God's image created he him; male and female created he them." How emphatically, it will be noticed, Moses says that God created the race. It was enough to say so once of the vast universe in ver. 1, when it was brought originally into being. Again, it was said to mark the introduction of animated nature, or at least of the aquatic Mammals, into the Adamic world in ver. 21. But here of Man it is repeated again and again to enforce the attention of all who tremble at God's word. Not only was Man an unprecedented creature, but he had a place in God's mind altogether peculiar, not merely in time on earth, but for all eternity. For the unfolding of this we must await other declarations of God's mind. What is said here points to his creature place as originally set on earth by God. Even for the details of this we need chap. ii with its all-important supplement on the relations of Adam, where we have the key to the fact that Man was created "male and female," as we are told here: a single pair, and even so, formed as none other ever was, that Man might be differentiated from every creature in earth or heaven. For immense consequences turn on that fact, which God took care to make good, and only He in the nature of things could reveal.
What can science as such say on a matter so profoundly interesting, and morally so important? Is it logical to deny whatever it does not know? For science to confess ignorance is no doubt humiliating. But is it reverent to despise what God does know and has revealed? Alas! science knows nothing of faith any more than of piety or reverence. Were it content to assert only what it knows, and confess its ignorance of all beyond its own limits, it would do less mischief and speak more becomingly. Hewers of wood and drawers of water have a place useful if not dignified. Boasting is not seemly, save only in the Lord for all who trust Him.
Genesis 1:28.
Thus we have seen Man, the race, created in God's image. No doubt, that this should be true, it was and must be after God's likeness in the absence of all moral evil. But it was emphatically a creation in God's image. Man was the last and chief creature here below, the only one in the heavens or the earth, whom scripture designates as made in God's image: a wondrously high distinction, with the grave responsibility of representing Him aright before others, as His delegated ruler. Not even the highest angel possesses such a place before the universe. Angels serve on account of those that shall inherit salvation.
But here, as we may easily stray, we need simple and entire subjection to the written word; and this we are most unlikely to have or court unless we have unwavering faith in it, as we certainly ought if we believe it inspired of God. This the apostle predicates, not merely of scripture generally as a known body of holy writings, but of everything coming under that designation, some of which had yet to be written. What can be conceived more precious and withal comprehensive, than πᾶσα γραφὴ, "every scripture," in 2 Tim. 3:16? He declares it to be, not only useful for the various purposes of divine blessing to man, but before all God-inspired. All admit the human instruments; but if scripture be God-inspired in every part, it is certain that God is not a man that He should lie. And He has magnified His word above all His name.
Now there is a two-fold danger of misapprehending Adam's state and place while unfallen. We may exalt it beyond the truth by confounding it with what grace gives in Christ; or we may lower it by making it a question of such reasoning and conscience as man acquired by the fall. In his original state Adam stood in relationship with God in thankful use of all He gave, but liable to death on disobedience. It was in no way heaven held out if he obeyed, as will appear more fully by-and-by. The danger was of losing his first estate by transgression. But God imposed no such moral government as the law; nor had Adam the knowledge of good and evil till the fall. Man was not holy but innocent, and tested solely by prohibition as the simple test of obedience on God's part. It was a blessed creature's responsibility to obey with the threat of death on transgression.
By the fall man got the knowledge of good and evil, that is, the intrinsic perception of right and wrong apart from prescription; or as Jehovah Elohim said (Gen. 3:22), "Behold, the man is become as one of us to know good and evil!" In Adam fresh from God's hand the knowledge of good and evil would have been a defect, a moral inconsistency, and therefore an impossibility. Before the fall he had conscience solely in the sense of responsibility to obey, not at all in the way of accusing or else excusing self. Only when he sinned, and thus lost his innocence, did he gain the moral power of knowing good and evil of himself, hence forth his sad, painful, but most useful monitor. Before that, he was naturally enjoying divine goodness in its creative effects, under the test, not of resisting things intrinsically evil, but of a single restriction from God which made eating the forbidden fruit wrong: a state wholly different from ours. The fall changed for evil the whole ground of standing. Propitiation with life in Christ is a still deeper and higher change for good, even though in fact the old man yet abides and is altogether evil in itself. Christianity is no mere restoration of man, but eternal life in Christ and eternal redemption.
But unfallen Adam was in no way free in the sense of independence of God. He had indisputable title to act in what God subjected to him, but in nothing else. Obedience and dependence were due to God. All was good around him to enjoy: one thing was forbidden, and wrong because God forbade it, as a test of subjection to Himself. To act independently was to set self up as God, and thus in effect to set aside the true God. But this is sin, yea, apostasy from God, instead of walking as created in His image, after His likeness, the total opposite of Him, Who being God, became man, the image of the invisible God, come to do His will on earth where all else had failed.
And here it is that science, however interesting in its sphere and useful also, comes in so mischievously. At best it ignores man as God created him, because it only knows man as he is, fallen from his original relationship with God in nature; as it equally ignores man born anew, born of water and of the Spirit, because the new birth is supernatural. This ignorance falsifies scientific ideas and reasonings. For instance, that knowledge of good and evil of which scripture speaks as a consequence of the fall, or a moral sense as men call it, is assumed to be the highest ethical constitution that has survived the fall! But there was this immense difference that, while of course God knew good and evil, it was as One unassailable by evil and supremely above it in His own nature: man only acquired it by sin and in subjection to the power of evil, and thus having it now in himself. The Lord Jesus on the contrary was the Word made flesh, born not innocent only but holy, rejecting evil always even when tempted as Adam and his sons never were, and at the end as a sacrifice dying for sins and to sin, that we who believe might live in Him risen, the life-giving Spirit, the Second man and Last Adam.
Now faith only, not science, recognises either the fall of the first man as affecting all mankind and the entire scene put under him, or the victory which God gives all who believe in Christ risen from the dead. Science accepts fallen man's estate as the only one, because it alone is the subject-matter of ordinary experience. It is therefore involved in difficulties necessarily insoluble, because it knows neither the sinless and happy state in which God originally set man, nor the righteous deliverance which the Lord Jesus gives to faith in God's love; still less the glory, power, and incorruption to be made good even for the dead, and for the mortal body, when He comes. Philosophy is either openly infidel or vainly essays to conciliate, with a God of power and goodness, a world of sin, suffering, misery, and death. Were creation truly believed and the fall honestly confessed, the main difficulty vanishes; absolutely so, when God's love is read in the gift of His Son incarnate and suffering for the sinful world which crucified Him in its unbelief of His glory and rejection of His grace and truth. But science as such starts with the world and man as they are, ignoring his moral disorder and the effect of this on what was subjected to him; and cannot rise above the facts it discovers in the perceived course of nature, but may deduce its laws so called. God only could reveal creation. His word alone tells how man fell from innocence in first estate into sin and death, and dragged down with him all the inferior creation.
Science in its very nature is incapable of rising to this knowledge infinitely more important as it is than all it can make known or even discover, however ample the field in nature may be. For revelation speaks of three broadly distinct conditions: creation unfallen; creation as it is in guilt, and misery, whatever the resources of sovereign grace held out to faith; creation as it will be when all things are made new. Science occupying itself solely with the intermediate is in great danger of denying in dishonest pride what it cannot know scientifically, to the destruction of all who trust it, instead of the God Who gave His Son in love to save sinners who repent and believe the gospel.
But to return, we read, "And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over fish of the sea and bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that creeps on the earth" (ver. 28). Man, as Prof. Owen said, is the sole species of his genus, and the sole representative of his species.
This is the second benediction of creation. The first was when God made the creatures that peopled the waters and the air of Adam's world, the earliest to enjoy animal life in that state of things. God has pleasure in blessing His creatures that have a life even of a lowly kind to appreciate the fruits of His goodness, and especially in view of their reproduction and multiplying within their sphere. Here, a second time, He blessed mankind, male and female, of whom alone it is said, though the detailed difference is reserved for a subsequent and more fitting occasion. In verse 22 we have only "saying," but here "God said to them, Be fruitful," etc. Man was the depository of God's revelation, as he ought to be His priest, and, as we have seen, His viceroy. This is more than the interpreter of nature, as one of our sages styled him. He had intercourse with God at once.
Language thus was in no way the slow invention of man's wit, but an immediate endowment of our first parents by God from creation. Here His word assures us of its reality from the first day of man's creation; and everything confirms in the chapters that follow. To imagine otherwise is to disbelieve the Bible and prefer one's own thoughts or the dreams of other men, as if we or they could know anything about the matter. He Who alone knows all has been pleased to tell us the truth through Moses. His word was valid for the unintelligent creation: how comforting for the human pair to hear Him say, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it! Even though man comes in as a creature with the rest, still he is introduced exceptionally as the crown of creation; and the higher creatures are pronounced good separately from man, who is blessed, male and female, in an address to them as at the head of all the rest.
Then comes the proclamation of the rule assigned them by God. Not only were they, like others, to multiply and fill the earth, they were to subdue, or bring it into subjection. Next He adds as before, "and have dominion over fish of the sea and over bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that creeps on the earth." Thus from the outset was man, even when enumerated as a being fresh from God, set apart essentially. None other was to subdue the earth. He alone had the God-given capacity. He alone was called to have dominion. Development in the Darwinian sense is not only an illusion, but at plain issue with the word of God. A striking and practical proof of the reality of this dominion as far as every beast and every bird was given to Adam (Gen. 2:19) when Jehovah Elohim brought them to see what their lord would call them; and whatever he called each living soul (or, creature), that was its name: a fact full of interest otherwise on which some remark will fall in its season. Be was owned by God in that place of authority which entitled him to give each subject creature its name.
For the present, however, we do not notice more than the singular evidence here afforded of real intelligible language communicated from the very first to the head of the race. Adam had it in perfection, like the other properties of full growth, the day he was created. Doubtless in this he differed from all that sprang from him in due time and to this day who have to learn. But here God created worthily of Himself; and even infidels own that there must have been primeval causes for all that exists, of which science can give no account. It can at most only say "must be," not "is." For its fixed laws are only gathered from the constant course of things; and such a course supposes the "things that appear" to have gone on long enough for men to observe the order of nature which they thus designate. An originating first cause is no less certain; also the phenomena need time for that regular course which they describe by "laws of nature."' Eternal self-existence belongs only to God, not to the creature; and none so negligent or perhaps rebellious as geologists, if they forget how often God intervened to create as well as to destroy in a way irreconcilable either with chance or with fate. But these are the characteristic mainsprings of Epicureanism on the one hand and of Stoicism on the other, the two chief opposing systems of ancient philosophy (Acts 17:18) as of modern under new names. Without creation and the fall, man can account for nothing aright; but for knowing either we need faith, as well as their revelation, which some in their infatuation pronounce impossible. These men confessedly can make known their evil ideas to their fellows; but God, they argue, cannot communicate His good word! What is possible with men seems to their unbelief impossible with God! Could folly sink lower? Creation must be a miracle; but miracles must not be. Has not the nineteenth century settled it for ever.
Here also natural religion betrays its inherent insufficiency and falseness. For it never truly feels or acknowledges the fall, even if it borrow creation as a tradition from the Bible. If it estimated the ruin aright, it would own the necessity of divine revelation and of salvation by grace, yea of a Saviour able to meet God in righteousness, no less than man in grace. But it takes the ground of making out a righteousness of its own, supplemented by God's mercy to cover all faults and deficiencies. Impossible for any soul to find satisfaction thus. For on one side he acknowledges a Creator God of power and goodness infinite: on the other he faces a world and race of sin, evil, wretchedness, and death, to say nothing of a judgment he could not but dread. The strongest and clearest mind is lost in this labyrinth; and human efforts on the religious side of superstition are as vain to clear it up and present the truth and purge the conscience as the profane speculations and self-contradictory antinomies of philosophy. Human religion only hardens men in their naturally false thoughts of God as either austere or easy-going. Philosophy (in its struggles to escape the inconsistencies inevitable to a fallen estate, which is not confessed to God with a broken heart) only darkens more deeply what is already dark, and ends too often by the mental endeavour to deny the God Whom sin and unbelief have made unknown, save in the qualms of conscience.
No! man was made to look up, not physically alone but morally, in dependence on God the source and giver of all goodness. He sought independence by sin, and gained a conscience already bad, which made him look down, while his pride still pretended to everything. He had lost God and departed from Him, and (being wholly insufficient to abide self- sustained) set his mind on the creature below himself so as at length even to deify it. The Son of God emptied Himself by taking the form of a bondman, being made in the likeness of men, and humbled Himself, becoming obedient even unto the death of the cross; where God was glorified as to sin by propitiation for it, and the ground laid for the righteous salvation of all who believe. A man-god was Satan's bait and man's ruin. The God-man dying in obedience and for redemption is the triumph of truth and grace.
The closing notice remains, the economy of the primeval creation, and the divine estimate of it all.
"And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb producing seed that [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which [is] the fruit of a tree producing seed: to you it shall be for food; and to every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to every thing that creeps upon the earth, in which [is] a living soul, every green herb for food. And it was so. And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold [it was] very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day" (vers. 29-31). Man has still his distinctive place in God's commission and plan; but it is in the state of innocence. After the fall came in corruption and violence. Animal life was not permitted to man till after the deluge. Herbs and fruit were given at first to man, and to the subject creation every green herb. Death was not in the Adamic earth till sin. Granted that Rom. 5:12-21 does not go beyond the human race as fallen under death through sin; but Rom. 8:19- 22 looks at "all the creation" as ruined through the fall of its head. Neither scripture raises any question about states of the earth anterior to Adam. We have seen in Gen. 1:1-2, the general principle of a previous condition called into being and destroyed; which, as far as it goes, leaves room for death by one means or another among the then animals. In no previous conditions was there man existing, still less the great moral trial of Adam the first head, and the varied dispensations of God, till through the last, the risen Adam, God gives those who believe the victory. Whatever gradual approach may have been made before, the six days describe the formation of that platform where man would be tested in every way according to divine wisdom, and God was in due time to bring in Christ, His Son, become man to glorify Him, not only in obedience but in redemption, and a wholly new and everlasting creation only as yet come in the person of its glorious Head on high. The words of God here spoken are in view of man and earth yet unfallen.
Here experience is necessarily at fault. For only the Bible could give us the truth as to the primitive phase of man and the creatures around him. But it at once approves itself, when revealed, as being the sole conceivable state in which the Creator could have placed creation and its head suitably to His own goodness. Hence the force and moral beauty of His final survey in the last verse. "And God saw everything that he had made (i.e., in the Adamic earth), and behold, it was very good." So with the one exception of day second had He called each thing "good"; now as a whole it was superlatively so in His eyes.
Yet the unbeliever, scientific or not, is misled by his abuse of experience about a time where he cannot have a tittle of evidence to contradict scripture, and imputes to God, if he allow there is One, such a world as would be the production of a fiend, not of the Only True God. Even on his own ground it is the grossest assumption to assume that at the beginning (and science is now compelled to own there must have been a beginning) things were as they now are. It is illogical, as well as infidel, to take for granted that the present state is a normal one, or that God made men sinful, vain, proud, selfish, to say nothing of more abominable outbreaks; that He left men indifferent, so as to become heathen or Jews, Mahometans or Christians, of any religion or of none, without guidance or proof. It is evident that the state of the world is offensive to God; and that it has been so since man left records more or less credible. This is a fact, Bible or no Bible.
But the Bible alone, unlike every other testimony, gives us the simplest, clearest, and fullest explanation, in a few words, how all came to pass. God made man upright, surrounded by every thing "very good" yet under trial of obedience, as we shall soon hear definitely, but he departed from God through the wiles of the enemy in the face of solemn warning, He sinned and thus introduced death for himself and his posterity, and "subjected to vanity" the creation put under him. But God, when tracing the evil to its source, has proved His goodness by holding out the assurance of a Conqueror over the enemy, even while suffering Himself, to be born of woman too. And to this word all believers from the fall clung till He came Who made it good in His death on the cross and in His resurrection.
Thus does God from the first proclaim mercy rejoicing over judgment, though sin bore its sorrowful fruits in an outcast race and a blighted world, where no creature is as God made it. It is science, not scripture, which here as elsewhere, brings in difficulties even for believers.
But Sir J. W. Dawson in his Archaia, 217-222, raises questions which are certainly not solved, though brought by himself, a very competent geologist, "into the light of our modern knowledge of nature." He pictures Eden either cleared of its previous inhabitants or not yet invaded by animals from other centres! He supposes man created then with a group adapted to his happiness (Gen. 2:19, etc., treating of them only), and these latest species of animals and plants extending themselves within the spheres of older districts, so as to replace the ferocious beasts of older epochs and other regions! He fancies that on the fall the curse that befell the earth would thus consist in the predaceous animals with thorns and briars invading his Eden. Most of my readers will have heard more than they wish of notions as irreconcilable with scripture as derogatory to it. How can the excellent Principal of M'Gill College have indulged in such speculations? Evidently because being sure, too sure, of his geological scheme, he accommodates scripture to it: a position not very wise scientifically where so much is continually shifting and so little is absolutely ascertained — a position most antagonistic to a Christian's faith in God's word. He is not entitled geologically to assume a mixture of the conditions of the Tertiary with those of the human period in the Quaternary. His theory of day-ages exposes him to these consequences, along with the recently adopted fashion of opposition to A D'Orbigny's careful and exhaustive proof in his "Prodrome de Stratigraphique Palaeontologie,"* that not a species of plants or animals survived the Tertiary, and that a distinct break preceded man's time as often before.
{* Trois Volumes, Victor Masson, Paris; also his "Cours élém. de pal. et de Géol. strat." 2 vols. Perhaps no recent author has combined to the same degree mastery over both zoology and geology with the fullest scope of practical observation. Such a man's positive testimony is entitled to unusual respect.}
And what is the alleged ground in scripture? "Man was to rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the b'hemah or herbivorous animals. The carnivorous creatures are not mentioned, and possibly were not included in man's dominion"! But this is distinctly refuted by ver. 30, which expressly assigns every green herb to "every beast " or animal of the earth. The same text proves that at this time "every animal in the earth was herbivorous," though it is boldly laid down that this cannot be meant. Nor should any believer question the past fact, if assured by inspired prophecy that the day is coming, when the wolf shall dwell with the lamb and the leopard lie down with the kid, when the cow and the bear shall feed, their young lying down together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. Here undoubtedly science will decry and scoff; but he who believes (as Dawson does) the unfallen state of Adam and his Eden, if not his earth, is inconsistent in curtailing his rule to a petty domain. The apostle, we have seen, interprets his headship of creation in general, whatever modern geology may pronounce to the contrary.
Philologically too, it is quite an error that b'hemah, though expressing "cattle," is limited as is here imagined. Any good Hebrew Concordance will show the most unlearned that it is frequently employed in the largest sense and rightly rendered "beast" in both the Auth. and the Rev. Versions. Compare Gen. 6:7, Gen. 7:2 twice, 8, Gen. 8:20, Gen. 34:23, Gen. 36:6: Ex. 8:17-18, Ex. 9:9-10, 19, 22, 25, Ex. 11:5, 7, Ex. 13:2, 12, 15, Ex. 19:13, Ex. 20:10, Ex. 22:10, 19. It occurs at least 25 times in this sense in Leviticus, 8 times in Numbers, and 7 times in Deuteronomy; so often in the historical books, in the Psalms and in the Prophets, where the sense of "cattle" is in fact rare.
This then is God's account of His creation, and in detail of the Adamic earth. No wise man will wonder that we are conducted silently over the vast and successive platforms of dead plants and animals, to say nothing of the debris of rocks, under water and heat. Here we have a system of life rising up, not by any necessity, but by divine power, wisdom, and goodness, to beings constituted chief of creation and made in His image after His likeness, before sin brought in death and every woe on the guilty and all subject to them: a system where our feeble eyes cannot fail, save blinded by wilful evil, to see it everywhere, above, around, below, filled with contrivances that disclose the omniscient designs and the inexhaustible benevolence of the omnipotent Designer, yet in no case absolutely, but with a view to moral government, the effects of which afford a handle of objection to those who refuse that divine word which reveals good then and still higher purposes of grace in Christ for all who believe. Even in the lowest point of view, well may we at this place exclaim with the psalmist, "These wait all upon thee, that thou mayest give [them] their meat in due season: [that] thou givest them, they gather. Thou openest thine hand; they are filled with good" (104:27-28).
These verses are really the necessary supplement and close of chap. 1, if we divide into chapters on a sound principle. It is well known that such a division, save in the Psalms, etc., has no authority and is not seldom erroneous. The new title given to God, Jehovah Elohim, indicates consistently a new subject, as will be shown in its place. Hitherto it is simply Elohim, the abstract name of the Creator. Here as everywhere the name has nothing whatever to do with the question of authorship, as ignorant unbelief has suggested with misplaced confidence, but springs exclusively from internal reasons, as may be seen throughout scripture to much interest and instruction.
"And the heavens and the earth and all their host were finished. And God had finished on the seventh day his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it; because that on it he had rested from all his work which God had created in making" (or, and made, lit. to make) (vers. 1-3).
The last is without doubt a remarkable phrase, falling in naturally with what we have seen in the opening verses, an original creation where man was not, succeeded by catastrophe, and by fresh creative energy, the details of which refer to the scene where and when man was to be brought into being. Here the work and the rest of God are in clear view of the race; and the seventh day or sabbath has immense importance. On its first mention it was unmistakably the witness of God's rest: His rest, not from weariness of course, but from the work of creation and making. This work was now ended for the life that now is. And as the six preceding days were literal, so is the seventh the closing day of the week.
This is amply and strictly confirmed by Ex. 20:1-11. The sabbath is not a but the seventh day, the memorial of creation finished — of the Adamic world. "For in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; therefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day and sanctified it." The language is precise. It is not said "created" but "made." This was the right phrase as a whole for the work of the six days, however well creating is said of parts within that work. It was not the original production but a special construction of divine will and power with man in view. That the seventh day is the sabbath is with equal care impressed in Deut. 5:12-15, though the connection of heart here is with the deliverance from bondage in the land of Egypt rather than with creation.
Nor is there a commandment on which scripture laid greater stress, when the law was bound on the sons of Israel, than that of the sabbath. All the others were moral in a sense which this was not; for of their own selves they could not but feel and own the duty. But the hallowing of the sabbath was of God's initiation exclusively, and singularly marked out for His people that they should not even look to gather the manna on that day. His honour was pre-eminently identified with its observance; and so was His blessing.
For us, Christians, the first day of the week, and not the sabbath, is characteristic. That only is to us the Lord's day, as the day of His resurrection, and the witness of our accomplished redemption and of the power of His life as risen from the dead, and our life. It is accordingly as much marked by the new creation and grace as the sabbath day was by the six-days creation and the law. Yet, though we have to do with the Lord on the first day, as the N.T. makes plain in manifold ways, the sabbath is not done with but will assuredly re-appear, when Zion arises from her long slumber in the dust, and the light of Jehovah shines in Israel for the universal blessing of the earth and the nations, as it never did even in the days of David and Solomon; so the prophets proclaim, and scripture cannot be broken.
Ours meanwhile is a higher call and a brighter hope; for we are by the Holy Spirit united to Him Whom Jew and Gentile crucified, Whom God not only raised but set at His own right hand in the heavenlies, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named not only in this age but also in that which is to come; we are the body of the glorified Head. Those who had the sabbath, as a sign between them and Jehovah, rejected their own Messiah, Who, slain by the bands of lawless men, lay in the grave that sabbath, "high" or great day as it emphatically was It was the sin and the death of Israel, the ground of a still more terrible scattering than that of Assyria or of Babylon; yet in God's grace the divine and only efficacious means to faith of blotting out that sin and every other; as we prove who believe the gospel, while hardening in part has befallen Israel. But all Israel shall be saved by-and-by; and when they are, from one moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, all flesh shall come to worship before Jehovah. We now by the Spirit sent down from heaven draw near by faith within the holiest, and this with boldness by the blood of Jesus. Of our peculiar blessing the first day, not the seventh, is the witness. Nor can lack of Christian intelligence be more decided than confounding the Lord's day with the sabbath.
But the seventh day is also decisively against the day periods. For what can be conceived more unnatural, save when we let a system of private interpretation carry us away alike from simplicity and from spiritual understanding? Till the days introduced Adam and his world, it could not be said that the heavens and the earth, still less "all their host," were finished. Previous states of the creation had their importance; but till man and his congeners, animal and vegetable, there was a great lack. Neither on earth nor even in the heavens was there a creature made in God's image or after His likeness. This was not a little in itself as bringing in moral ways of and with man, and room for God's manifestation in promise and government, till the infinite fact of Immanuel, the Word made flesh, the Son of God a man, and His work no less infinite of redemption, yet to be the basis not only of the church's blessedness, as also of all saints and of Israel to come, but of the new heavens and new earth through all eternity.
What possible evidence from scripture that "the seventh day is the modern or human era in geology" (Archaia, 235)? or as the author of "Footprints of the Creator" puts it, "God's sabbath of rest may still exist; the work of redemption may be the work of His sabbath day!" Does it need the words of any one to refute such a reverie of self-destroying fancy? The scripture before us points out His rest as cessation from work, not merely from creation, but from "creating to make." No doubt, if six immensely protracted periods of several thousand years each were certainly meant by the six days, analogy would claim a proportionately lengthened term for the seventh. But the doctrine of God's word even then would be thrown into confusion. For sin violated the rest of creation; and as God could not rest in sin, so He would not in misery, its effect. This is not our rest: it is polluted.
The argument of Heb. 3, 4 is that, even though Messiah is come and the work of propitiation wrought, and we that believe do enter into the rest of God, we are only as yet in the day of temptation in the wilderness. Hence we are exhorted to fear lest any might seem to have failed, and to use diligence to enter in. A sabbatism, then, remains to the people of God. It is not yet come. It is the day of glory and not before, when God has no more work to do, all being done so perfectly that He can rest for ever. So our Lord pleaded to those who indulged in somewhat similar imagination in His day, "My Father works hitherto, and I work." But work and rest are in contrast. Hence our Lord did on the sabbath what roused the enmity of the Jews implacably. God's rest was in no true sense come. He must work in grace, yea, the Father and the Son; and this has been done beyond all thought of the creature, and God is glorified thereby; yet the rest remains for another day.
But that work, infinitely acceptable and efficacious, is the very opposite of His rest, though the foundation of it. Meanwhile the heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ are being called; the delay, the long-suffering of God, is salvation; and the people of God must be by faith fitted to enjoy His rest. In due time they will enter in, in heaven and on earth. But it still remains; it is not yet come. The idea of a sabbath from Adam till now is a dream wholly antagonistic to all revealed truth. It will be at the end when God makes all things new, and the first things have passed away. This is in the fullest sense the rest of God, not the morning cloud that enveloped the entrance into Canaan, nor the dew that passed so early away in Eden. They were but shadows. The reality is to come, the true rest of God. There cannot be rest and work at the same time in the same sense. To view the sabbath or rest of God as contemporaneous with His work is to be in a mist and to lose completely the truth of both in strange fancifulness.
The absurdity which thus inevitably attaches to the age-day theory is proved by no consideration more clearly than by the seventh day or sabbath. That the natural day is meant is only the more evident from the fact that scripture leaves no room for a symbolic or age-lasting sabbath, after the Adamic world was made, but casts us only on its sure but still future dawn. It is "a promise left us" which the day of glory alone fulfils. Of this the sabbath, the natural day at the beginning, was the pledge, the blessed antitype, when God and the creature shall (by redemption and resurrection power) enjoy the communion of His own rest, sin, sorrow, and death completely effaced, and love, righteousness, and glory, triumphant for ever through our Lord Jesus. This the scriptures hold out abundantly and unambiguously; but an allegoric sabbath stretching over the fall and the deluge, the kingdom of Israel and the Gentile world-powers (to say nothing of the law, the gospel, and the church), is a mere fiction of some few geologists speculative beyond the rest, for which not a word of revelation has ever been truly advanced.
Reviewing these papers attentively for reproduction in a small volume, I do not feel the need of adding many words. Scripture is to the believer absolutely reliable; and, in my judgment, it refuses to bend to philosophic speculation which is not true science, but the guesswork of some scientists assuming to theorise on what is unknown to science and therefore illegitimate. In such schemes generally proper creation is denied, and evolution of matter (perhaps eternal matter) takes the place of God calling the universe into being as in Gen. 1:1. Next, the state of disorder, so necessary in its results for man when brought into existence, is shown in ver. 2 and connected with the statement of original creation, because both preceded man's world, and cover the enormous periods of geologic time, not only when fossil remains make their records recognisable in themselves and distinguishable one from another, but the more vague Azoic age which preceded.
Hence the least offensive of these schemes, as Prof. Dana's, is not only without, but opposed to, scripture in assuming an original nebula. For this disagrees with both the first verse and the second of Gen. 1, and conceives the third to mean the earth as a globe of molten rock, like the sun in brightness and nature, enveloped in an atmosphere containing the dissociated elements of the future waters and whatever else the heat at the surface could evaporate. Such is the first era of philosophic conjecture. A second went forward until first the earth became centrally solid. Long after, a crust was formed outside; and the vapours of the atmosphere were condensed, and a watery envelope made. A third age, or continuation, followed, so as to admit of the simplest forms of vegetable life, and of the crust increasing by contraction, aided by disintegration of the rock, by exposure, to the ocean; and so began the earth's supercrust — the only part of the earth's structure within the reach of direct investigation. As the first introduction of vegetable life is the fourth age, the display of the systems followed in the four grand types of the animal kingdom in the fifth; and in the sixth, Mammals, and Man.
Analogy, with the chief periods of geological time, is admitted. But it is only a measure of analogy as a whole. We have seen on conclusive evidence that the inspired record will not bend to the assumption, either that the first verse of Gen. 1 is a summary of the chapter, or that ver. 2 contains the original order of creation, instead of being a state of confusion into which, for the wisest purposes to come, the earth was thrown. He created it not a waste (compare Isa. 14:18). Both verses are incompatible with the hypothesis, fashionable for the moment, that man's world like himself goes forward with a progress steady in the main and slowly advancing to comparative perfection. Nor is the periodistic reading of the days due to the text itself or any light of the Holy Spirit afforded by other scriptures, but to the overbearing influence of unbelieving geologists who take almost equal pleasure in parading the prevalent scheme of their science as absolutely settled among all the intelligent, and in perplexing Christians too easily allured or alarmed, who forthwith set about to adjust the language of Holy Writ to the alleged exigence of modern scientific results. Yet the enormous changes, not merely through the better ascertainment of important facts, but in the abandonment of fundamental principles by one so influential as the late Sir C. Lyell, ought assuredly to impress the need and the value of creation; especially as the change was a yielding to the sceptical spirit of the day, betraying animus against scripture, not to say contempt for all it teaches of man's comparatively recent origin, as well as the utmost self-confidence in that uniformitarianism which logically shuts out God and denies creation in any real sense.
Now, speculate as people may on Gen. 1 - 2:3, it will scarcely be contested that God in the words of Ex. 20 did not adopt the language of poetry or philosophy but laid down moral principles in the most liberal and unambiguous terms. What then means His fourth commandment to Israel? "Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work; but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God. For in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day," etc. (vers. 8-11). The accuracy of the inspired word is so much the more to be noticed, as so many commentators wrongly refer to it as "created" instead of "made:" exactly agreeing with the remarkable phrase that closes the account in Gen. 2:3, which combines, yet distinguishes, "all his work which Elohim created to make." Whatever particulars might properly be called creating within the six days, the comprehensive term which embraced the whole is expressly "made" in contradistinction to the equally proper term "created" in Gen. 1:1. Can any nicety of speech more manifestly confirm the interpretation of the days in Genesis as meant exclusively in their ordinary and historical sense? The six days are God's work in view of man; on the seventh is His rest, the pledge of a better and enduring one, based on the redemption of the Second man, and issuing in glory for heavens and earth, and above all for those who by grace believe. Need one say more? | form all-embracing and exclusive. "All things were made (came into being) through him, and without him was not anything made which has been made."
"In the beginning" is not a known fixed point of time, but indefinite according to the subject-matter; it here intimates that "Of old," or "In former duration" (expressly undefined), God created the universe. Undoubtedly there is no disclosure of the immense aeons of which geologists speak so freely; but the language of ver. 1 leaves the door open for all that can be proved by research, or even for the longest demand of the most extravagant Uniformitarian.
But the words do affirm a "beginning" of the universe, and by God's word, as in both O. and N.T. (see Ps. 33:6-9, and Heb. 11:3). This was everything to accomplish His design, and His design was to create the heavens and the earth, where there had been nothing. Whatever Atheists or Pantheists feign, science at length confesses there was a "beginning;" so that "created" stands here in its proper and fullest sense, as the context requires.
"There was a beginning, says geology, to man; and farther back, to mammals, to birds, and to reptiles, to fishes, and all the lower animals, and to plants; a beginning to life: a beginning, it says also, to mountain ranges and valleys, to lands and seas, to rocks. Hence science takes another step back, and admits or claims a beginning to the earth, a beginning to all planets and suns, and a beginning to the universe. Science and the record in Genesis are thus one. This is not reconciliation; it is accordance." So writes Dr. J. D. Dana, the eminent American Professor, in the "O. and N. Test. Student" of July, 1890.
The record declares that God created not a "formless earth," but "the heavens" (where at no time do we hear of disorder) "and the earth." But even as to "the earth," which was to be a scene of change, we are expressly told by an authority no leas inspired, and therefore of equal authority with Moses, that such disorder was not the original state. "For thus saith Jehovah that created the heavens; he is God; that formed the earth and made it; he established it, he created it not a waste, he formed it to be inhabited" (Isa 45:18). The Revised V. is purposely cited, as confessedly the more correct reflection of the prophet. Here is therefore the surest warrant to separate ver. 2 from ver. 1 (save, of course, that it is a subsequent fact), severed, it may be, by a succession of geologic ages, and characterised by a catastrophe, at least as far as regards the earth. Indeed it would be strange to hear of an ordered heavens along with a "formless earth" as the firstfruits of God's creative activity.
But we are not told of any such anomaly. The universe, fresh from God's will and power, consisted of "the heavens and the earth." Silence is kept as to its condition then, and up to the cataclysm of ver. 2; and most suitably, unless God's purpose in the Bible were altogether different from that moral end which pervades it from first to last. What had the history of those preliminary physical changes to do with His people and their relations to Himself? But it ought not to be doubted that each state which God made was a system perfect for its aim. Yet it was not formless materials only, but heaven and earth.
"And the earth was (or became) waste* and empty, and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God [was] brooding upon the face of the waters" (ver. 2).
{* "Without form" is hardly exact, for all matter must have form, but desolate or disordered it may be made subsequently. "To become" (not "be") is the force of the verb in some twenty places in this chapter.}
The well-known and flexible particle of connection in the Hebrew text introduces the verse. Its meaning, usually and simply copulative, is often modified, as almost all words in every language must be, by contextual considerations. Hence the learned Dathe, in 1781, renders it here "posthaec vero," expressly to distinguish the state of things in ver. 2 from that referred to in ver. 1, and sends us to such instances as Num. 5:23, Deut. 1:19. Now there is no doubt that the Hebrew conjunction admits of an interval as often as facts demand it; but there is no need of departing from its primary force, "and" (though our conjunction is not so pliant); or it may readily have a somewhat adversative force as we see in the LXX. The true determination lies in what follows. For the usage of the past verb when thus employed is to express a state subsequent to, and not connected with, what goes before, but previous to what follows. Hebrew idiom does not use that verb simply as a copula, as may be seen twice in this verse, and almost everywhere; or it puts the verb before the noun. The right conclusion therefore is that Moses was led to indicate the desolation into which the earth was thrown at some epoch not made known, after creation, but prior to the "days" in which it was made the habitation for Adam and the race.
With this agrees the occurrence of the remarkable phraseology "waste and empty" elsewhere. There are but two other occasions: — Isa. 34:11, "the line of confusion [ | 1,223 |
Companies' success with subscriptions has been mixed. But CRM subscription models provide key customer insight, says expert Denis Pombriant.
What is the effect of subscription metrics, like deferred revenue, on a company's performance and how<|fim_middle|> who needs help and to proactively offer it rather than waiting until a customer gets frustrated and maybe quits. What deferred revenue is all about, in one way or another, is money that hasn't been counted as revenue.
So, for example, a vendor might sell a one- or three-year subscription and the customer might pay that all at once, but the vendor may only recognize one-twelfth of the annual subscription each month as that money becomes due and collectable. | does that relate to subscription vendors?
Success with subscriptions isn't automatic, so developing metrics about how customers use your service and the indicators of what they like and don't like is key because there's less direct contact between a vendor and a subscriber. As a group, subscribers like to take something and get it done, and there's a period early in the subscription relationship where the vendor might lose money as the customer comes up to speed.
So, developing metrics about times to first use, ratio of users to first provisions and time using the product begins to give the vendor a sense of how things are going. It also gives the vendor, through analytics, the ability to see | 134 |
Withnell Sensors claims success and valuable learnings from their first independent customer audit. Conducted by internal auditors from one of the world's largest Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and supported by the With<|fim_middle|> on our already high standards'.
The audit process re-affirms the high standards that are to be expected of any UKAS accredited system, Withnell Sensors auditing cycle remains continuous both internally and externally. External audits should be scheduled with the Quality department, if you have reason to request an on-site audit then contact us to begin the process. | nell Sensors quality department it was concluded an overall success by both parties. A full day was taken to assess the overall quality structure as well as technical competence and capability. Samantha de Freitas, Quality Manager has experience with auditing from her previous role and discussed this visit with us 'We are always welcoming of customer feedback so it was great to have the audit team on site for the day. It gave us a great opportunity to build some positive relationships and most importantly we were able to consider some improvements that will benefit other customers too'. The audit also helped to secure a place for Withnell Sensors on the approved supplier list of this multi-national organisation which is a positive boost for the Withnell Sensors team. Philip de Freitas, Sales Manager was very pleased with the findings 'We understand that these visits are an integral part of the management system and it was a pleasure to benefit from the experience of such an established organisation. Of course we were also pleased that our systems met with their approval and enjoyed gaining some positive feedback'.
Of course improvements can always be identified and Withnell Sensors were proactive in adopting the suggested actions, the Technical Manger confirmed 'It is naive and almost arrogant to believe that no improvements will be found during audits. After all that is why they are conducted in the first place-It all comes down to how you act upon the feedback. We are happy to learn from these visits and improve | 279 |
Anthea Girdwood and Emilie Beyls have much in common.
Both were raised in Trent Hills, Girdwood in Havelock and Beyls in Hastings. Both graduates of Campbellford District High School, they have a shared interest in medicine. As part of their medical education and their journey to becoming licensed doctors, they each have benefitted from the experience of physicians and other health care professions at Campbellford Memorial Hospital. Gratefully, both<|fim_middle|> two years," she explains.
Perhaps it's no surprise that her Grade 8 yearbook reads: 'wants to be a doctor.' "I wanted to pick a career that made a difference. Living where I live and some of my early experiences at the hospital validated my decision to enter medicine. I know this will be a career that keeps me engaged long-term," Dr. Beyls explains.
"Family physicians have a unique role in a rural community like Campbellford. Here, they are involved in every aspect of the medical care available. This is the kind of physician that I aspire to be and I know I would get great experience coming back to Trent Hills in this role," she says.
"There is a much more holistic approach to patient care here. We look at the overall picture of a patient in a much broader way than any other specialty of practice. By starting here, I learned very quickly to look at the patient rather than focusing on a particular symptom or treatment. I tried to incorporate that patient-centred approach as I moved through medical school – looking beyond the diagnosis to what the patient experiences when they leave the hospital and return to the community," Dr. Beyls explains. | credit this experience for giving them a solid beginning as well as an appreciation for the benefits of rural health care and the significance of physician/patient relationships.
For many years, Campbellford Memorial Hospital has welcomed medical residents and students like Girdwood and Beyls to experience a wide variety of multiple care settings: family medicine, Emergency Room (ER) and the Operating Room (OR). The hospital has a credible list of Family Medicine Preceptors and students benefit from the experience of Dr. Robert Henderson, Dr. Paul Williams, Dr. Celeste Collins, and Dr. Brett Jamieson of the Trent Hills Family Health Team. Dr. Henderson has been helping educate the next generation of family physicians for over 25 years. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto and is the recipient of a CCFP Award of Excellence for his work in teaching. Dr. Williams and Dr. Collins also have faculty appointments with the University of Toronto. Dr. Collins was recently selected as the recipient of the 2014-15 Holister King Teaching Practices Preceptor Award from the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Toronto. Preceptor duties are shared between these physicians.
"The biggest difference between training here versus an urban setting is that I actually know my patients. I am really invested in the community and the people who live here and I am much more aware of how the results of my care may impact someone. I am connected to them because I grew up in this community and I am conscientious of the level of care I provided them," explains Girdwood.
As of June 1, Girdwood is currently doing a six-week core rotation in Family Medicine at CMH through the Rural Ontario Medicine Program (ROMP). She is in year three of a four year program in Medical School at the University of Ottawa. The Family Medicine core rotation is the seventh of eight core rotations she is required to complete. Other rotations have included ER, Obstetrics, Surgery and Psychiatry. She notes that Trent Hills Physician Recruiter Laurie Smith did an excellent job of setting up a fulsome program for her Family Medicine core rotation representing everything that rural medicine can be including Emergency Room, assisting in the Operating Room, doing nursing home visits and other out-patient clinics.
She attributes a semester high school co-op at the hospital in radiology at CMH as her first real exposure to medicine. "I really valued my experience with Dr. Raphael and his wonderful team as many rural students don't get a lot of exposure to rural medicine before they begin their education. Having this excellent first experience here made me want to come back when I had a more fulsome tool belt of medical education to draw upon," Girdwood adds.
"Family medicine is much more about the whole person. Family medicine is challenging and personally motivating and much more integrated than other areas of medical specialization. For example, if you were treating a diabetic patient, as their family doctor you would likely counsel them on healthy food choices while also being aware of the healthy food choices that are available in the community or their ability to purchase healthy food. This is an approach to care that you can't learn in a classroom," she explains.
Girdwood's connection to the Trent Hills community has also ensured that she is well-positioned to advocate for the needs of rural medical students in her new role as President-Elect of the Canadian Federation of Medical Students. "With annual tuition at $25,000, Ontario is the most expensive province to get a medical education. Rural medical students typically have to take on more medical education debt and the cost of education is often a barrier for rural students. According to results from a National Physician Survey, there is a decreasing number of physicians with a rural or small town background. Because of my background, I can apply a rural lens to advocacy and policy development. When you come from a community like this, you will always value the importance of rural medicine. I feel really privileged to be able to advocate for rural students and rural medicine," she explains. Her wish is that more medical students have the rich rural medical experience offered up in Trent Hills so they could appreciate the opportunities that rural hospital teams can provide.
"It's exciting to come back to Trent Hills to practice medicine. I am impressed and thrilled with the caliber of medicine delivered here. The things that I am seeing and experiencing in the Emergency Room and the Operating Room are really impressive for a small hospital. At the Trent Hills Family Health Team you have multiple physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers, physiotherapists and a host of intraprofessional team members providing an unbelievably wide and comprehensive scope of services. I feel very fortunate to practice in such a robust team," Girdwood says.
Girdwood's sentiments are shared by Dr. Emilie Beyls. Dr. Beyls' medical education has just concluded and she has begun a Family Medicine Residency in Barrie through the University of Toronto. "I am going to become a family physician and I will be finished my residency in | 1,022 |
Cavaliers break the ice with victory over Indians
The streak is over!
After<|fim_middle|>. We just had a few let-downs late. We did some great things. We created problems for them on the defensive end and we started to knock down some shots on offense," praised Cooper.
Both teams came out of the gate with a defensive mentality, forcing a combination of 14 missed field goals and four turnovers over a span of four and a half minutes. Pawnee struck first on a basket by Connor Hennemann with 3:35 remaining in the first quarter. Austin Hemken came off the bench and scored the first point for the Cavies on a free throw. Byots converted a tough floater at the 1:17 mark – ending Carlinville's field goal drought. This ignited a boost of momentum. Roper stole the ball and took it all the way to the cup for the 5-3 lead. The Indians turned the ball over again, and Easterday fed Will Walton for a two-handed dunk on another easy fast break.
The Cavalier offense continued its stride in the second quarter. Walton swatted a shot down and Byots nailed a three-pointer on the other end, extending Carlinville's run to nine unanswered points. Despite being down, Pawnee wasn't out. Byots missed his next two shots, which opened the door for the young Indians. A layup and three-pointer cut the Cavie lead to 10-8, but Roper stopped the bleeding with a tip-in. Easterday followed with a layup and three pointer of his own, putting Carlinville back in control, 17-10. Easterday's 10-point quarter played a major part in the Cavaliers' 25-17 halftime advantage.
The next eight-minute stretch belonged to Roper. The 6'2" junior did a little of everything – posting five points plus a steal and a block during that time. Roper also showed off his inner point guard skills by assisting Easterday on a perfectly executed 10-foot mid-range dagger at the buzzer. Carlinville outscored Pawnee 15-6 in the third, which was enough to put the game on ice.
The Indians closed the 40-26 gap to 51-44 in the final 30 seconds, but there wasn't enough time for a miracle. Naugle canned two free throws, eliminating all hope for the visiting Tribe. Naugle also connected on a key long range bomb three minutes prior to provide Carlinville with some added support and breathing room down the stretch.
The Cavaliers are scheduled to play in three tournaments over the next three weeks. In addition, they will make a quick conference pit stop in Staunton on Jan. 4.
"We have a lot of games coming up," Cooper stated. "We need to get a little rest, prepare for Mt. Olive that we have coming up in the holiday tournament and go from there."
Senior Jarret Easterday goes up for two points against Pawnee in the Cavaliers' first win of the season on Dec. 18. Photo by Cory Walton.
719 02:45PM 0 Basketball, High School Sports, Homepage Slider, Sports | an opening 20-day stretch that consisted of seven consecutive losses, the Carlinville basketball Cavaliers have finally gotten themselves into the win column for the first time in 2018-19. A consistent performance on both ends of the court was the perfect Christmas gift for Carlinville head coach Alan Cooper. Jarrett Easterday (17) and Briley Roper (13) combined for 30 points. Michael Byots put up 11 points with three assists and Aiden Naugle added seven big tallies in the second half to help Carlinville outlast Pawnee 53-44 on Tuesday night at the Big House.
"Our energy level was definitely better for 99 percent of the game | 153 |
Paul W. Foster was born, raised<|fim_middle|> In 1982, Paul joined the Southern California Permanente Medical Group as the Assistant Director of Human Resources for the Inland Counties. Paul attended the University of Redlands and received his Masters Degree in Human Resources in 1987. Shortly thereafter, he joined the operations staff of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group and was promoted to the senior staff as Assistant Medical Group Administrator in 1987. In this position Paul was responsible for a staff in excess of 500 and a multi-million dollar operations and capital budget. He was an active participant in the expansion of the Fontana Medical Center Service Area, seeing the membership grow from 245,000 members to over 500,000.
In his tenure he has overseen the planning, development and operation of the SCPMG Rancho Cucamonga Medical Office, Loma Linda Medical Office and most recently Redlands Medical Offices. Over his thirty-three years with SCPMG, Paul has been honored multiple times including the recipient of the organization's Exceptional Contribution Award on five different occasions. Paul retired from Southern California Permanente Medical Group in 2017.
Boy Scouts of America – Bronze Pelican Award (presented by Diocese of San Bernardino for Outstanding Contributions to Youth Development).
City of Redlands Police Department – Chiefs Distinguished Service Medal (awarded for service to the youth of Redlands).
Paul is married to Juliana Foster, herself a medical administrator in Redlands. Paul and Juli have two sons, both Eagle Scouts; Taylor James Foster and Nicholas Chase Bornholdt (deceased).
Paul has resided in Redlands since 1982.
Paul's hobbies include community service and collecting antiques. | and attended school in San Diego, California. Attending the University of San Diego, Paul received his undergraduate degree in Political Science/Public Administration in 1980. Following his graduation Paul worked in the City Managers Office of several Southern California cities, including Vista, Pico Rivera, and Lake Elsinore. | 63 |
You Are a Work of Art
December 18, 2017 / Chris Balme
As I walked to school this morning, I came across a moving sight - a<|fim_middle|>017 / Chris Balme/
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The Three Jar Allowance | blind Asian man was walking alongside an elderly African-American man, holding on to his sleeve to be guided. My mental chatter cleared for a moment as I witnessed them, a pure expression of how we need each other.
We need each other to grow and we need each other to see clearly. Oddly enough, this feels surprising to me. I suppose I've internalized that deep myth of the individualist, of solo self-development. There is a part of me that fantasizes about developing my skills in some remote cave somewhere, only returning when I'm truly a Jedi. Perhaps for some this is their path...but for most of us, the solo path of development is a distorting experience. We need other people to help us see ourselves clearly.
To be more specific: for most children and even for most adults, we need help to see our own magic.
A few times in my life now, I've had the opportunity to sit with a small group whose members know each other well, and we've paused to deeply see each other and reflect back the beauty and potential we see. It's one of the simplest and most radical things I've ever done. Recently we did this exercise with 6th and 7th grade students at my school, and the results were profoundly moving. Here's how it worked.
We began the exercise by taking on the mindset of looking at a work of art. Only this time, the art is the people around us. In our small advisory groups, we asked two students at a time to sit in the center of a circle and simply be witnessed. The students around them, all members of a group that meets regularly to hear about each other's lives, look at the two "work of art" humans in front of them and write down what they see in a letter or a list. What strengths they see, what amazes them, what potential, what they admire.
After everyone has had a chance to be in the center, we collect the letters and package them as a gift. In our case, we gave them as a gift a week later, at the next longer-format advisory meeting. With a bit of ceremony, each advisor gave a package of letters to each student. They absorbed them quietly, laughing here and grinning there, eyes popping up to look around the room and guess who wrote what to them. Their advisor then asked them to share the letter that moved them the most, reading it aloud for the group. (It goes without saying that this exercise only works in a group that has established a safe space, where kids won't be teased or bullied for sharing what is true to them). The letters they shared were some of the most moving examples of witnessing I've ever experienced, in that surprisingly honest tone that kids often take. Noticing a struggle without judgment, and noticing a strength with sincere awe.
Can you imagine going through adolescence with a sense for how you're loved and cherished by your peers? For me at least this is a radical idea.
And it turns out it's just as radical for adults. I've now participated in these circles twice, and witnessed the tears flowing as people consider, for a moment, that others see more in them than they see in themselves. I've received the guidance from one of my teachers, Michael Mervosh, to just listen in those moments and not worry about whether you believe it or not, whether you can accept the compliment officially. Just notice that people think this about you, that's all. Consider that you are a work of art.
I know this may sound like the ultimate ego-inflating exercise. If done with the wrong tone, it could easily be. I do it because for most people I know, when they feel they are being seen deeply (not just in a particular work role, for example), they tend to think others will see their worst traits and not their strengths. Nearly all of us compare ourselves to others and somehow believe everyone else has it figured out. Adolescents certainly have this tendency. So if it's done well, framed as an act of love to others and witnessing of oneself, we can receive in this exercise a powerful, positive mirror of our virtues. What a gift that makes!
Special thanks to Michael Mervosh, whose teaching and facilitation inspired this post.
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How to forge a heavy duty plunger, high speed, and pump | , solar panels: What's next for India?
India has the largest number of solar panels per capita in the world, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
India is also one of the world's largest producers of battery packs, according the IEA.
The Indian Solar Energy Association (ISEA) has forecast that India will overtake China as the world leader in total installed solar capacity by 2025.
Solar power production is expected to grow at an annual rate of 9% from 2013 to 2027.
In the coming years, India is expected also to overtake China in solar panel production.
The country's Solar Industry Corporation of India (SICI) has been ramping up solar manufacturing capacity to more than 5,000MW, and is planning to invest $4 billion to expand the sector.SICi also has a plan to produce solar energy for a "green" economy by 2025, but the industry will not be able to achieve this due to the lack of the appropriate incentives and the country is not yet at a point where it can compete effectively.
In an interview with Bloomberg Television, SEIA Managing Director Nandan Nilekani said India's solar energy industry is on track to grow to 10,000 MW by 2025 and that solar energy should be part of the government's agenda to address climate change.
"The government has a huge vision, and I think it will be a good idea for the government to have a plan for solar power, because solar power will create jobs, generate jobs, make our country cleaner," Nilekami said.
"Solar is not a luxury.
We are a global leader in renewable energy, and we should also invest in renewables."SIC IAG chairman Rajan Mukherjee said the company plans to build the country's first 100MW power plant in 2019.
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Guest House at Graceland taking reservations for next fall
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Elvis Presley fans are a little closer to a night's stay in his new digs at Graceland.
Graceland says The Guest House at Graceland resort hotel is taking reservations for late<|fim_middle|>ley's home, is a tourist attraction where fans gather to commemorate the dates of his birth and death. He died Aug. 16, 1977, at age 42.
A news release from Graceland says during opening weekend, guests will include some of Presley's close friends, music artists, performers and celebrities.
Special events are also planned for next November and December, including Christmas Lighting weekend and the Lighting Ceremony.
Guest House at Graceland taking reservations for next fall Back to video | next year. The 450-room hotel is having its Grand Opening Celebration Oct. 27 to 30.
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Coaches, young pitchers combat overuse arm injuries
By JASON GONZALEZ, Star Tribune, 04/28/14, 9:41PM CDT
Medical professionals say a player's formative years are key to avoiding problems down the road.
East Ridge pitcher Cal Kellner used a rubber band device to warm up before a recent start. He was unable to pitch his freshman year because of an elbow injury.
Doctors' notes filtering into East Ridge High School are doing more than excusing absences.
Players in the baseball program have been plagued by arm injuries over the past two seasons and forced coach Brian Sprout to shelve several pitchers showing up for the first week of practice with a note instead of a glove.
Early spring injuries no longer surprise high school coaches around the state. With the rise of club teams and showcases, year-round baseball has become the standard and arms don't have time to rest. Medical professionals believe overthrowing during a player's formative years will have significant repercussions down the road.
Sprout said Mayo Clinic and other doctors have advised that young players need "at least three months off, and that's not happening in some cases. We had a ninth-grader whose arm was just throbbing in pain after our week of tryouts and had to be shut down. He's hurting because he can't stop throwing."
Pitchers Cal Kellner, Parker Moquist and Ben Zocher are some of the East Ridge players who have missed at least part of a season because of sore elbows.
Zocher's doctor's note kept him out until last Wednesday's 12-11 victory over Park of Cottage Grove. Before a sore arm delayed his start to the high school season, the sophomore was expected to be a varsity pitcher.
Kellner, a sophomore who threw nearly 100 pitches in last Wednesday's start on a rainy and chilly afternoon, missed his freshman season after a doctor's note diagnosed him with a partly torn elbow ligament.
Moquist lost the ability to pitch when he fractured his elbow while throwing during last spring's tryouts.
"Take those three to four months off," said Kellner, offering advice based on his experience. "I didn't take enough time off and I hurt my arm. It'll make all the difference."
Each athlete started playing travel/club baseball before he was a teenager.
"I was told I would never pitch again," Moquist said. "I pitched third grade through 10th grade any time I was available, and then after I'd go play shortstop. Now my arm is done."
Guarding against overuse
Several Major League Baseball figures are speaking out against youth overthrowing in response to eight big leaguers requiring season-ending Tommy John surgery in the past month.
Even John — the lefthanded pitcher for whom the procedure to reconstruct the ulnar collateral ligament in the elbow was named — believes these injuries are the result of throwing too much as youngsters.
"In essence, the injury itself is a buildup of overuse. And not overuse as an adult, but overuse as a kid," John told the Watertown Daily Times (N.Y.) last week. "And nowadays, probably 70 to 80 percent of the pitchers today have been pitching 12 months a year since they were 7, 8 or 9 years old. And your arm is not made for that."
Any mention of Tommy John surgery scares East Ridge ace Drew Molin, who has committed to play baseball at the University of St. Thomas. After his starts, Molin's future coaches inquire about the outcome and number of pitches he threw.
"Growing up I had a rubber arm. I could throw 300 pitches a week and I'd be fine," Molin said. "Starting last year, my arm started to hurt regularly, so I had to start taking care of it. … My doctor said to take it easy because I had been throwing so much, there was inflammation."
Pitch counts are paramount to trying to keep a pitcher injury-free. Several studies have broken down the number of pitches an individual should throw per game and per week based on age, the appropriate age to throw breaking pitches, the significance of proper mechanics and the need for regular communication about any arm soreness between player and coach.
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews, considered the foremost authority on pitching-related injuries, spearheaded many of these studies after noticing a significant rise in the number of young athletes requiring Tommy John surgery.
Andrews, a director for the American Sports Medicine Institute, agrees with John and credits year-round baseball, radar guns and fatigue as some of the factors leading to overuse injuries.
Doing what's best
Armstrong coach Brian Sobiech is willing to disappoint some people if it means protecting the future playing careers of his pitchers. Falcons lefthanded pitcher Jordan Kuznia struck out 11 batters through four innings in his first outing of the season against Coon Rapids. Despite the hot start, Kuznia's pitch count reached its limit around 70 and Sobiech took him out.
Parents were upset, and so was Sobiech, after Armstrong surrendered Kuznia's 2-0 lead and lost 3-2. However, keeping pitchers healthy is a priority and winning the last game of the season is more important than winning the first, Sobiech said.
"It's tough to have him pull you in that situation 'cause you're feeling really good about it, but you know your pitch count is up pretty high and you just have to know he's doing what is best for you," Kuznia said. "I was 12 years old in Little League when I first had pain in my arm. … I realized I can't just go every day. I have to take care of my arm for when I get older."
The Minnesota Blizzard, arguably the state's top traveling baseball club, puts a high priority on pitcher arm care, according to club owner Adam Barta. The all-season program provides pitchers with an injury-prevention regimen and access to physical therapy.
Barta said Blizzard teams carry seven or eight pitchers to avoid overusing arms in a weekend tournament full of doubleheaders. Players are encouraged to take a couple of months off from throwing late in the calendar year.
Pitch-count monitoring goes by pitches per inning, not game. If a pitcher has a bad inning of 30-plus pitches, fatigue can set in much earlier, Barta said.
"You have to whittle it down to how much is going into each pitch," said Barta, who also hosts a top local showcase. "Who it affects even more so is the pitchers that also play a position — the two-way player. Throwing a seven-inning game and then playing shortstop the next game is tough on the body."
No pitchers have required arm surgery in the Blizzard's 10-year existence, Barta said.
Minnetonka coach Paul Twenge supports traveling-team baseball and showcases to a certain extent. He won't deny players the potential opportunities that are available year-round but is aware of his duty to protect his athletes. Part of this responsibility means empowering players to speak up when tired or hurting.
Sprout is trying to do the same with his players, though he knows it's a tough spot to put a 16-year-old in when he's fighting for playing time.
"I know a few kids that have thrown out their arms from being abused throughout the years," Park of Cottage Grove pitcher Sam Domeier said. "You've always got that one kid that can throw really hard and they use him more often. You can't really do that anymore, and I think coaches have been more aware of it this year."
Stillwater pieces together baseball's key parts, defeating Farmington for the 4A championship
Timely hitting and Austin Buck's pitching made for a winning combination against the defending champion.
A long, loud single in extra innings makes Benilde-St. Margaret's the Class 3A champ
Sam Monk drove a shot off the left-field wall, sinking Mankato West and giving the Red Knights their first<|fim_middle|>pm CDT
Jacob Weckop, out from behind the plate, struck out 13, and Nolan Klocke took a loss despite striking out 15.
State tournament: Farmington uses power, Stillwater wields pitching to win 4A semis
Thursday's victories set up the pairings for championship day Friday at Target Field.
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After a quiet start, Fairmont posts a resounding inning and wins the Class 2A title
A seven-run sixth in the championship game against Roseau produced the game's only runs.
Propelled by a catcher taking a pitching turn, Randolph tops Hayfield for the Class 1A title
By JOEL RIPPEL, Star Tribune 06/17/2022, 12:15 | 92 |
Sergei Kalinin
Center for Nanophase Material Sciences, ORNL
Dr. Sergei V. Kalinin is currently a senior research staff member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and co-theme leader for scanning probe microscopy at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at ORNL (since 2007), following an Eugene P. Wigner fellow appointment at ORNL (2002–2004). He is also adjunct faculty at Pennsylvania State University and adjunct associate professor at the Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
His research is focused on local bias-induced phase transitions and electrochemical transformation in ferroelectric, ionic, and macromolecular systems. It is well recognized that functionality of these materials is dominated by defects that act as nucleation centers for a new phase or pinning centers for moving transformation fronts. Using scanning probe microscopy tip, it is possible to confine the probing electric field on the nanometer scale of single defect, and probe bias-induced transformation through strain or current signal. Sergei's work has demonstrated the possibility for probing bias-induced phase transitions in ferroelectric and multiferroic materials on a single defect level, and deciphering corresponding mesoscopic mechanisms. Furthermore, the phase<|fim_middle|>PM for energy storage materials.
E-mail: sergei2@ornl.gov | transition can be guided between several possible pathways, resolving a longstanding control problem for magnetoelectric materials. These methods have recently been extended to map electrochemical reactivity and diffusivity in energy storage materials on the 10 nanometer level, providing a previously unavailable view of electrochemical functionality below the micron level.
The key element of his work is scanning probe microscopy (SPM) of electromechanical and transport phenomena, with specific emphasis of multidimensional and artificial-intelligence–assisted SPM methods. Several of his developments has been adopted and licensed by the SPM industry.
PhD, materials science, University of Pennsylvania
During his academic career, he has been the recipient of the Burton Medal of American Microscopy Society (2010), IEEE-TUFFC Young Investigator Award (2010), the Robert L. Coble (2009) and Ross Coffin Purdy (2003) Awards of American Ceramics Society, AVS Peter Mark Memorial Award (2008), and 2 R&D100 awards (2010 and 2008), as well as Wigner Fellowship of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He is the author of more than 180 scientific papers and 14 patents and patent disclosures on different aspects of SPM and ferroelectric materials applications. He has organized a series of international workshops on piezoresponse force microscopy and S | 292 |
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Within our EYFS department all teachers, supported by their teaching assistants, strive to ensure that every child is given the opportunity to learn and develop new skills at such a critical stage in<|fim_middle|> and move through to support development in all other areas, while the specific areas include essential skills and knowledge for children to participate successfully in society. All of our children develop in the context of relationships and the environment around them. This is unique to each family, and reflects individual communities and cultures. | their learning development.
An emphasis is placed on child-initiated learning, within a highly engaging and well-resourced environment. Children have access to a range of practical activities both inside and outside, all of which are carefully planned to develop social, emotional and academic skills.
These prime areas of learning are fundamental, work together, | 64 |
Trimble Joins the Responsible Business Alliance
WGIC member Trimble announced that the company has joined the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), an industry coalition dedicated to corporate social responsibility in global supply chains.
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As a member, Trimble fully supports the RBA's vision for a global electronics industry that creates sustainable value for workers, the environment and businesses. Trimble also supports the RBA's mission to ensure members, suppliers and stakeholders collaborate to continuously improve working and environmental conditions through leading standards and practices.
"Corporate social responsibility is a fundamental part of Trimble's DNA and we remain committed to advancing human rights, ethics and health as well as safety worldwide as part of our operations," said Leah Lambertson, Trimble's head of Sustainability. "Becoming a member of the RBA was the next step in our commitment to our employees, customers, suppliers and communities to operate to<|fim_middle|>iance | the highest standards, both ethically and socially." Trimble is committed to the RBA Code of Conduct and implementing it within its own operations. In addition, Trimble commits to apply the RBA Code of Conduct to its suppliers, to monitor its application using RBA practices and tools, and to encourage and support its suppliers to do the same.
About the Responsible Business Alliance
The Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) is a nonprofit coalition of leading companies dedicated to improving social, environmental and ethical conditions in their global supply chains. The RBA has a Code of Conduct and a range of programs, training and assessment tools to support continual improvement. Notable members are Amazon, Apple, HP, Microsoft and WGIC members Oracle and TomTom.
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Stormbukta is far south on<|fim_middle|>losen, remains of the war weather station Landvik). Landing conditions are often dificult, if not impossible, and you can call yourself happy if you have been there. | the west coast of Spitsbergen, between Hornsund and Spitsbergen's south cape. It was named after a person and not after the strong winds that are often blowing here; the latter would actually have been equally appropriate. They say the most interesting places are often the most difficult ones to get to; Stormbukta is a good example for that. It is completely open to the often stormy north Atlantic in the west, and the shallows can make landing tricky. It is for good reason Sørkapp Land is not exactly amongst the most frequently visited parts of Spitsbergen.
But there is something special to Stormbukta, it is a unique place. Amongst others, there is Spitsbergen's largest spring, called Trollosen ("troll spring"). It is actually a river coming out of a karst cave, pouring about 20 cubic metres of water per second over a short distance into the sea. The water flow owes its existance to the combination of water-soluble carbonate rocks and a geological fault, which probably initiated groundwater flow even in permafrost conditions. The wide glaciers of Sørkapp Land provide sufficient meltwater.
During World War II, the Nazis established secret weather stations in remote parts of the Arctic. In mid October 1944, a submarine transported 2 Norwegians complete with equipment to Stormbukta to provide the German air force with meteorological data used, for example, to plan attacks on allied convois. The station hut was built behind a little rock hill, not visible from the coast.
From early May 1945, the 2 Norwegians in German service sent their weather data not in coded form, but used clear text. They were not picked up before early August and had to serve 2 years in prison in Norway for having served for the German military secret service "Abwehr" in Stormbukta.
From an elevated position, the landscape features of Stormbukta become clear. Olsokbreen is visible in the south. Between the coastline and the coastal mountains, there is a stripe of flat land, as is typical for large parts of Spitsbergen's west coast. The tundra there is mostly barren, but patches of lush green tundra indicate the presence of bird cliffs in the vicinity. Thousands of kittywakes are breeding on some steep cliffs in Stormbukta, an ideal home also for an arctic fox family.
All an all, Stormbukta has a lot of both typical Spitsbergen west coast characteristics and some unique features (the spring Trol | 541 |
Should You Video Chat With Your Doctor?
In a world where you can manage your money, order a ride to the airport, and shop for pretty much everything via your phone, going to the doctor's office is probably one of the only things you still do face-to-face. For the most part, that's for a good reason. Your medical care requires much more specialized expertise than depositing a check, after all.
But if you've ever waited more than an hour at an urgent care clinic for a sore throat, you know that the whole business of going to a doctor can seem frustratingly antiquated. How many times have you wanted to see a doctor, but decided to postpone it for as long as possible on account of the hassle? The trek there, the rude receptionist, the waiting room—all for just three minutes of doctor time. Oy.
Well, it looks like change might finally be on the horizon: Thanks to the growing availability of telemedicine or telehealth services, you can now skip all of that noise and video conference with a doctor from home any time–even in your pajamas. Sounds amazing, if also a little too good to be true. We talked to experts to find out whether it's worth a try.
Telemedicine has actually been around for some time. Right now there are about 200 telemedicine networks and more than half of U.S. hospitals are using it in some way to better connect doctors with patients with chronic illnesses like heart disease, according to the American Telemedicine Association. Certain health insurance companies are also hopping on-board to reimburse for online visits. But because of the wide availability of smartphones it's only now that we're starting to see new services for everyday health complaints.
But according to some of the brains behind the phenomenon—executives who see a business opportunity in making healthcare more accessible, and yes, the physicians moving their practices online—when used appropriately, telemedicine is not only safe, it's a much-needed option.
As Dr. Wah says, online visits aren't going to replace seeing your doctor in real life. But it may be helpful to have the option in your back pocket when certain situations arise.
Let's say you wake up one morning and your eye is red, puffy, and oozing. For something like that, Dr. Antall explains, you can be connected within minutes with a doctor who can confirm whether you have pink eye and send a prescription for eyedrops to your local pharmacy, if needed. Same goes for when you have say, a lingering cough or a sinus infection.
If you have<|fim_middle|>ared just as well as those treated in-person.
You can't do blood tests or urinalysis, that's for sure. "But you can direct the patient to push on lymph nodes or a swollen ankle in the right spot (so the doctor can see how it reacts), and you can ask all the necessary questions," Dr. Antall says.
To stretch the video capabilities, there are also solutions like HealthSpot, which creates kiosks that are sort of like the medical version of an ATM, says the company's CEO Steve Cashman. Staffed with doctors from big health systems like the Mayo Clinic, the Cleveland Clinic, and Kaiser Permanente and located in places like community centers and strip malls, all you do is step inside and the doctor appears on screen. The kiosk is equipped with diagnostic devices like a digital stethoscope and thermometer as well as digital scopes for looking in ears, throat and getting close-ups on your skin. | a chronic condition like diabetes or asthma, you might want to look into it as an extra resource. "It's useful when it's a Friday night. Your sugars are out of whack and you can't figure out why, and the regular doctor is unreachable until Monday," Dr. Antall explains. "Or maybe you're an asthmatic who's out of your inhaler refills." It's also helpful for skin issues: A new study published in JAMA Dermatology found that people with eczema who were treated remotely by sending pictures to dermatologists f | 115 |
Tichina Arnold tapped to host 2015 Triumph Awards
By TJ Armour | September 3, 2015 | 0
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As awards season kicks into full gear, popular network TV One will partner with Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network to throw its hat in the ring with its planned exclusive broadcast of the 2015 Triumph Awards.
Versatile actress Tichina Arnold (Martin, Everybody Hates Chris) has been tapped to host what promises to be a star-studded affair with honorees to include John Legend, Tyrese, Wanda Sykes, and Rev. Joseph E. Lowery.
Noted jazz pianist Robert Glasper will serve as music director for the evening's performances by Estelle, Jazmine Sullivan, Ledisi, Tasha Cobbs and more.
"The premiere of the Triumph Awards on TV One is set to captivate audiences. There is a history of music being part of the movement and the fight for equity," says Janaye Ingram, executive director of the National Action Network. "Through our show, people will experience the power of musical artistry as a message medium while it is interwoven with the triumphant stories of the luminaries who will be honored."
The 2015 Triumph Awards will be taped in Atlanta, Georgia on September 12 for an October air date.
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Japanese embassy awards video contest winners
Prothom Alo English Desk
Published: 12 Nov 2021, 14: 19
The embassy of Japan in Dhaka has distributed prizes among the four winners of the 'Bondhutter Potaka' video contest, reports UNB.
The song celebrates the strong bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Japan and has also addressed the current crisis bought by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The song was composed and recorded by popular artist Tahsan Khan. The music video was one of the main highlights of Japan Fest 2021.
The video has so far garnered more than 750,000 views on YouTube. Young Bangladeshis participated in the contest. Of them, four participants came out on the top.
Shojol Ahmed won the first prize, while Amit Kumar Kundu bagged the Tahsan Khan Award, Tithy Mazumer the DJ Rahat Award and Nishat Anzum Talika the Rafi Hossain Award.
Tahsan said that Japan has been the biggest development partner of Bangladesh. "The country has been making strides because of the hands of partnership Japan has extended. With that, I really truly believe this journey of friendship will continue get stronger as we move forward.''
Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki congratulated the awardees and thanked Tahsan and others for their contribution in the making of the video.
On<|fim_middle|> from Bangladesh | the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Bangladesh in 2022, ambassador Ito hoped that the bilateral ties would be further deepened.
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Scaling and root planing can treat mild to moderate gum disease by eliminating plaque and tartar buildup underneath the gum line. At Tampa Dental Wellness in Tampa, FL, we are passionate about helping our patients achieve optimal oral health so they can maintain their beautiful smiles for a lifetime. Catching gum disease in its earliest stages can stop the side effects in their tracks and prevent more serious conditions. You can experience the benefits of a deep cleaning at either our Westchase or Carrollwood location.
With scaling and root planing, we can eliminate the bacteria and plaque that cause the earliest stages of gum disease.
Also known as a deep cleaning, scaling and root planing is designed to remove plaque buildup and unhealthy bacteria from the base of the tooth and below the gumline. When<|fim_middle|> with conservative treatments can help you avoid more invasive treatments, such as gum surgery.
If you are diagnosed with the early, mild stages of gum disease, the doctor will recommend scaling and root planing. During this treatment, the hygienist will use specialized tools to remove plaque buildup and bacteria from pockets of periodontal disease along the gumline. Another tool is used to smooth the root surface of the tooth so the gums can successfully reattach to the base of the tooth. This will prevent further food and bacteria from getting trapped. If you struggle with dental sensitivity or anxiety, we offer a variety of sedation dentistry options to ensure optimal comfort during your treatment.
The hygienist will then apply a topical antibiotic called Arestin to treat any remaining infection. The doctor may also recommend lifestyle and oral hygiene adjustments to help maintain your oral health. We may also recommend more frequent cleanings every four months to help manage side effects until the symptoms fade. Treating gum disease early and in a timely manner with conservative treatments can help you avoid more invasive treatments, such as gum surgery.
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Gum disease is a serious bacterial infection that affects the soft and hard tissues in the mouth. While gingivitis, the earliest stage of gum disease, can be easily treated and managed with regular deep cleanings, later stages are not handled quite so easily. Once it progresses to advanced periodontitis, the disease can cause side effects such as tooth and jawbone loss. As the infection spreads, it can enter the bloodstream and contribute to serious systemic issues, such as cancer, high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes.
The most common cause of gum disease is poor oral hygiene. Failing to brush your teeth at least twice a day, floss daily, or visit your dentist for biannual examinations and cleanings can create the conditions that gum disease needs to develop. However, even those who follow steady oral hygiene habits are susceptible to bacterial infection if they have a family history of gum disease, have hormonal inconsistencies, maintain a poor diet, smoke, or use medications that cause dry mouth.
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A Beautiful Thing.<|fim_middle|> runs at the New Vic Theatre until Saturday, November 3. | Image by Mark Dawson Photography.
I remember 1993, the year this play was set. It was a time when boundaries were being pushed, but gently and with a great amount of fear.
Homosexuality was seen as a deep dark secret that close friends confided in each other about, hoping for acceptance.
This is what this play is about, love and acceptance, what most of us really want.
This production is a 25th anniversary celebration of when the play first produced on stage and for me is still as relevant today as it ever was.
The play opens with a rendition of Mama Cass's Getting Better Every Day, which I think sums up the theme of the play. It is sung by a community choir which bring warmth to the production by singing songs throughout.
The real treat is hearing them sing Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. I was slightly disappointed about the lack of moshing, but the choir produced the most rowdy but tuneful version I have ever heard.
Jamie, Ste and Leah are teenagers who all have their problems. Tony and Sandra are the adults giving advice, although often to closed ears. The scene is set on the balcony of a very high council estate flat although we get to visit Jamie's room at night.
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One of the most notable players was Phoebe Thomas. She delivers and leads the younger cast, creating some heart churning moments, bringing home the pain of being a mother however old your child is. She captured the conflicting trauma of wanting to protect her son from all the outside horrors with realising he has his own path to lead.
Amy-Leigh Hickman makes a stunning stage debut playing the eccentric teenager with the lost soul. Some scenes are Leah on her own with just the choir for company. Without speech, she conveys her character's frustration and awkwardness, with a dash of sassiness to create a very loveable character we can all empathise with.
There are bed scenes in this play and they are, well, beautiful. Sensitively performed by Ted Reilly and Tristan Waterson, kindred spirits seeking love and friendship and getting both. My favourite parts were watching the boys enjoy time together, playing, messing about, being young and having fun.
The company used the theatre to their full advantage, running up and down stairs with an energy only teenagers seem to have.
One of the things I love the most about theatre is that it is a means of escapism and can leave you feeling uplifted and ready to face the world again. A Beautiful Thing achieved this effortlessly, leaving me clasping my hands together and gasping with glee at how a gritty subject can be played out in such a sensitive, beautiful way.
If, like me, you were a teen of the 90s you will love this play and even if not you will walk away with a warm fuzzy feeling and think that life perhaps isn't so bad after all.
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"I guess I sacrifice a lot for the perfect shot. The best pictures are rarely taken on days with clear blue skies. The weather during my latest trip got a bit too rough, but it did result in some pretty nice images," Stian says.
His recent pictures of Lofoten complement an already huge photo archive. The way he captures Arctic landscapes has won over 230,000 (and counting) followers on Instagram and a job at Lonely Planet. His love for nature started a long time ago, some 37 years ago, to be exact, in the Norwegian town of Harstad – where the northbound and southbound Hurtigruten cruises meet each morning, and where Stian grew up.
After spending his 20s living in Oslo, Stian moved back to Harstad, where he bought his first camera – a Canon EOS 600D. A self-taught photographer, he spent countless hours browsing blogs, YouTube tutorials, e-books, and different online forums. But the most important thing he did was to step outside.
"I went outdoors and experimented. I didn't have my own photo style and just took pictures of everything. It took me a while to realize what really inspired me: nature itself." It all went up hill from there. Literally. Up hills, into fjords, and out to sea – documenting the Arctic's breathtakingly beautiful nature. Luckily, he is more than happy to share some basic tips on how to use a camera. "Read the light and position yourself according to the sun. Avoid shooting into the sun. Having the sun at your back makes all the difference. It's really disappointing to come home with pictures ruined by bright, direct light," he says.
Stian himself is obsessed with planning the perfect photo. If he spots something that inspires him out in nature, he stores it in the back of his mind and waits until all the elements are right. The weather, the light, the composition. Everything must be in place before he starts shooting.
In other words, patience is key. You don't have years to wait when sailing on a Hurtigruten cruise, but getting good photos is often still the result of being patient.
When Stian is not out shooting independently or working abroad, he hosts photo workshops in Lofoten, where he teaches people from all over the world how to best capture Arctic landscapes. While guiding people through spectacular Norwegian nature, he sees their reactions when experiencing Norway for the first time.
"I had a Swiss man in my workshop once. He was used to mountains and rugged nature but was still blown away by the Norwegian landscape."
He said it looked like someone had dropped the Alps straight down into the ocean.
"A client of mine once said the mountains looked like they were on steroids," he recalls.
Bold – yet accurate –statements, according to Stian. Asked why he thinks photographers worldwide are drawn to Norway, he replies enthusiastically.
When sailing on a Hurtigruten cruise along the Norwegian coast during winter, there is a high probability you will have a chance to see the spectacular northern lights. Stian grew up with the phenomena, but still finds them mesmerizing.
"You find yourself with a lack of words. Just looking up, trying to reason how this is actually possible. I call it the greatest magic show on Earth,"<|fim_middle|>. In other words, we won't likely see photos of his from warm, sunny surf spots any time soon. He has a pretty long bucket list, but there's one destination that stands out.
While dreaming of the frozen southern continent, he already has plans for his next photo expedition. Stian is taking two large groups out into Lofoten once the sun returns and the high season is in full swing. Once again, he packs his camera gear and prepares for new adventures – always with one mission in mind. | he says.
As a professional photographer, Stian knows which camera settings to use when the sky puts on a show and goes into 'autopilot' mode. But for less-skilled photographers, there are a few handy tips that can be useful.
If your pictures are too dark, Stian recommends slowing the shutter speed or raising the ISO value until you are happy with the exposure. To ensure sharpness, make sure the shutter speed is no slower than 1/200th of a second when the boat is moving. If you're not comfortable with these technicalities , Stian recommends using the automatic settings.
According to Stian, it's actually possible to capture the northern lights with your smartphone.
Snapchats taken of the northern lights may not be top quality, but because new smartphones have such good cameras – some with manual settings – you can actually bring home some really nice photos.
When it comes to the Arctic, Stian has one simple message for both professional and amateur photographers: "Be prepared for anything!" Because the weather can change in minutes, Stian thoroughly prepares himself.
He always checks the weather forecast and ensures he has a plan B and C when arranging a photo trip. But don't forget to see the weather for yourself.
Another important part of preparing is to dress appropriately for the occasion. Standing out on deck for hours requires wearing the right clothes.
Traveling with Hurtigruten is all about seeking new adventures. By documenting your trip with photos, you always have something to look back on, something to keep your memories alive and fresh. For Stian it's all about exploration. He has a hunch why people are so fascinated with nature photos.
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Bishop O'Dowd's Jada Holland is the NCS Junior of the Year.
Jada Holland, Bishop O'Dowd's super 5'6" point guard, played with a heart and hustle that seemed to reflect the Dragons' spirit perfectly. Holland stepped up big with a game-high 24 points, including 16 in the fourth quarter, in O'Dowd's NCS Division II title-winning game versus Miramonte. Then the West Alameda County Conference awarded her the Player of the Year for the Foothill Division. Those accomplishments capped a strong campaign in which she averaged 15.7 points, 5.3 assists, 4.5 steals, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.7 blocks per game.
"She became a captain this year and learned how to be a more complete point guard, and she continued to build on her solid basketball IQ," Bishop O'Dowd coach Malik McCord said.
Bishop O'Dowd swept league play, and despite struggling in December, ended up with a 19-11 record. Zakiya Mahoney and Holland were a formidable duo, with Mahoney gobbling up rebounds down low and providing the lone senior voice on a young team. Holland added to the vocal leadership, and as floor general was responsible for jump-starting the offense, whether it be finding Mahoney in the post, spotting one of several wings for an open shot, or simply taking it herself – which she could do capably from distance, or by fearlessly driving through the thick of the defense.
"Offensively Jada grew by being able to finish at the rim consistently with either hand and developed a mid-range pull up that is nice as well," McCord commented, adding that her three-point shooting improved.
On the other end of the court, Holland proved to be a nuisance for her opponents, another attribute McCord is quick to recognize.
Holland's role on the team changed perhaps more than any other Dragon from last year to this one, as she played without current University of San Diego starter and 2017 NCS Female Basketball Player of the Year Myah Pace.
Holland had a solid outing versus eventual CIF Open Division State Champion Windward with 14 points and seven assists. While the Dragons' own hopes at the state level were dashed quickly by Mitty, they had a more successful season than perhaps expected because of the growth of their junior floor general, Jada Holland.
Other players considered for this award include St. Joseph Notre Dame's Zhane Duckett, Cardinal Newman's Avery Cargill, and Heritage's Jordan Sweeney.
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Online recruitment was one of the early and big hits of the first dot-com boom. But with more and more business processes moving online, online job search is the gift that keeps on giving, and so today comes news of another portal in the space raising a big round to take on the incumbents in the space with more innovative and accurate technology. Talent.com — a portal that aggregates both job ads posted directly by recruiters as well as ads from third-party recruitment sites — has picked up $120 million, a Series B round of funding that it will be using to continue expanding internationally, to invest further in its programmatic search platform and to introduce new products and service for users.
Talent.com has a pretty international profile — it currently lists around 30 million jobs from 1 million companies across 78 countries and 29 languages and sees more than 28 million monthly active visitors across that footprint — but the startup itself is based out of Montreal and this round is being led by Canadian VC Inovia Capital, with previous backer Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), and new investors Investissement Québec, Climb Ventures, BDC Capital, Fondaction, and HarbourVest Partners, also participating. Alongside the $120 million in equity, it has also raised $30 million in new debt financing from the Technology & Innovation Banking Group at BMO Financial Group.
Talent.com's co-founder and co-CEO Lucas Martínez, who co-founded the company with Maxime Droux and Benjamin Philion, said in an interview that the aim is to use the funding to build more tech to help consumers see results more relevant to what they are looking for; and to make Talent.com the platform more attractive to employers, with tools to measure the responsiveness of ads and to charge them based on what gets people clicking.
(The company itself knows a little something first-hand about having the right wording to get people interested in content: the startup used to be called Neuvoo, Finnish for "Advise", and while it was profitable it wasn't growing very fast, in part because it found that many people stumbled on how to pronounce the word and that its meaning wasn't particularly relevant to the mass market. So when Neuvoo decided to rethink its name in 2019 and saw that Talent.com was up for sale, it jumped at it and rebranded. It paid $1.3 million for the domain, although mysteriously the rest of the details are under NDA for three years, so it's unclear who was doing the selling. Martínez laughed and said no when I asked if it was Google, but didn't elaborate any further.)
It is also investing the funding in more international expansion. Martínez spoke to me from Barcelona, where the company is setting up a new European hub.
Some of the big players in the market today include Indeed.com — owned Japan's HR giant Recruit Holdings, which itself is valued at around $66 billion and owns other brands like SimplyHired — ZipRecruiter, which went public last year; LinkedIn; and the search giant Google. But there are a number of startups going head-to-head today with these more established players, leveraging new technology and changing expectations from the market to introduce new competitive battlefronts.
Some like Deel and Remote are positioning themselves as platforms to help hire remote employees; others like Turing are taking the remote concept and focusing it on sourcing a specific talent pool: engineers. SmartRecruiters has ambitions to be the "Salesforce" of recruitment, an ambition others like Beamery are also chasing. Dover is borrowing a concept from another enterprise field (its buzzword is orchestration) in its recruitment platform. And Jobandtalent, Workstream, and Fountain all have business models to target casual, gig and hourly workers.
Talent.com, like the latter three, is largely targeting markets that include hourly and gig workers, as well as skilled labor. Alongside its programmatic approach to job ads, its other tools for employers include the ability to integrate their existing applicant tracking systems and CRMs. On the consumer side, users are given the ability, in addition to basic job search, to do salary research, to calculate salary after deducting tax in their locale, and to answer profile questions to better tailor their search results. This will also pave the way for how the product will develop in the future.
"This is crucial," said Martínez. "The job search is aspirational. Many are not qualified for the jobs they are applying for. So we are combining experience and education, and guiding users to what they should do so if they want to become, say, an engineer. We will know who you are and have your CV on our platform and we'll say, these are the educational programs in that area online. This is where we will provide a lot more value to our user."
It's the play for a wider set of services to drive more revenue from users that piqued investors' interest.
"The race for talent has only been accentuated by the significant challenges that businesses are facing right now. Talent.com has rapidly grown to become one of the largest and most international platforms for employers to source and recruit", says Chris Arsenault, partner at Inovia Capital, in a statement | 1,106 |
Oolong tea fights fat and cholesterol
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An experiment by a Japanese doctor showed oolong tea reduces body
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While most people are already aware that oolong tea is good for the health, a month-long experiment by a Japanese doctor showed the tea reduces body fat and rejuvenates internal organs, because it contains a large amount of polyphenol, the Daily Yomiuri Shimbun reports. "I never expected to get the result I wanted from this experiment in such a short period of time," said Masatoshi Nakano, a lecturer at an Aichi Medical University institute. In April, Nakano asked 12 men and women aged between 18 and 39 to participate in an experiment to examine the effect of oolong tea on their health. All the participants had a clean bill of health and a body mass index of between 20 and 30. The participants were effectively asked to soak their lives in oolong tea for a month. They were required to drink at least one litre of oolong tea each day and refrain from drinking water. Participants were also asked to eat a balanced diet during the period. Blood samples were taken from the participants for analysis both before and afterward. Nakano took the blood samples to Yasuharu Mitomo, a professor at Nagoya City University for tests. Dr. Mitomo is specialised in the study of "internal-organ aging." Using various indicators, such as cholesterol and blood sugar levels, and hepatic activity, he has been researching the impact of different lifestyles on the aging process of internal organs. In testing the blood samples, Mitomo used a calculation method he devised for evaluating the age of organs. He used the results of medical checkups as the basis for the calculations. According to his findings, the internal organs of the participants were rejuvenated by an average of 1.9 years and a maximum of nine years. The average age of the 12 participants was 26.9. Before the oolong tea experiment, their average internal organ age was 30.3, and dropped to 28.4 after the experiment. The one whose internal-organ age was rejuvenated by nine years was a woman aged 29. Her cholesterol level fell from 206 before the experiment to 157 afterward, while her LDL (bad) cholesterol level dropped from 137 to 98. Along with the decrease in cholesterol levels, her overall internal-organ age dropped from 38 to her actual age of 29. "The higher the combined level of cholesterol, the harder your arteries become," Mitomo said.<|fim_middle|> in animals | Hardening of the arteries is believed to be a common cause of fatal heart attacks and strokes. The combined cholesterol levels of most of the participants fell, as did their g-GTP, an indicator of hepatic activity. Meanwhile, HDL (good) cholesterol rose in many cases. "Although I want to see more results in three months or so, the dramatic improvement in these figures over such a short period of time is extremely interesting," Mitomo said. According to the results, oolong tea helped to reduce body fat during the test period. Nine of the subjects saw a two-centimetre reduction in their waist size, while eight also saw the size of their upper arms reduced by two centimetres. According to Nakano, oolong tea helps the body burn fat more efficiently than other teas, including green tea and black tea. It also helps reduce the build-up of body fat. It has long been believed that oolong tea, which is a good accompaniment for greasy Chinese dishes, helps people lose weight. However, this is the first time a study has found conclusive evidence to support the claim. Nakano intends to present a paper on the findings to the Japan Society for the Study of Obesity in October. According to Nakano, "The effect is a result of the polyphenol contained in oolong tea." "Polyphenols can all stop hardening of the arteries to some extent, but it is the size of the polyphenol molecules in oolong tea that is so remarkable," he said. He said the molecules form a perfect match with hormone-sensitive lipase, an enzyme that dissolves body fat. This match activates the enzyme. The size of polyphenol molecules varies from tea to tea depending on the level of fermentation. In the case of green tea, which is not fermented, the size of the molecules is half that of oolong tea. In the case of black tea, which is fully fermented, the molecules are about twice the size of those in oolong tea. Therefore, neither green tea nor black tea can dissolve body fat to the same degree as oolong tea, which is only half fermented. Ultimately, though, gulping down gallons of oolong tea alone will not keep you trim. "While it is true that oolong tea dissolves fat efficiently, you also need to consider keeping a balanced diet," he said. "Polyphenol is contained in more or less every plant, so to avoid hardening of the arteries you do not necessarily have to drink oolong tea, you could just eat a lot of vegetables," he added.
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Since then GRRN has grown into ZeroWaste USA. This organization has been headquartered all over the United States. Currently it resides in California.
This archive has lived on many servers, all over North America. It was stuck together with more force of determination than sensible web design. Many of the external links are broken because pages have moved, sites have changed and internet content continues to morph. In spring 2019, we made efforts to at least make sure the internal links between documents in this archive are working correctly. The site is entirely static. It's still a hodgepodge, with images that could be better compressed and pages that could use better html standards, but the left side menu and the search function are lean and sensible. They should make it possible to find what you're looking for. It should also be navigable with Google's Custom Search, hopefully available in the bottom right footer of every page. If you have any questions about the archive, please contact us at the link at the bottom of any page of this archive.
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MarineMax Receives American Advertising Award
MarineMax announced today that they are honored to have received two American Advertising Awards from the American Advertising Federation of Florida. Having won awards at both the local and now district level, the MarineMax entries will be moving onto the National level.
At the district level, the MarineMax marketing team received a Silver ADDY Award in the category of Online, Film, Video, and Sound, Branded Content and a Gold ADDY Award in the category of Online Film, Video, and Sound, Sales Presentation both for their campaign MarineMax Yachts Galeon 500 Fly. At the local level, they had won a Silver ADDY Award in the category of Sales and Marketing, Magazine Design for the MarineMax Lifestyles Magazine, a Silver ADDY Award in the category of Cross Platform, Integrated Brand Identity Campaign for Galeon Yachts, a Gold ADDY Award in the category of Film, Video, and Sound, Branded Content more than 60 seconds for MarineMax Yachts Galeon 500 Fly, and a Gold ADDY Award for Film, Video, and Sound, Audio/Video Sales Presentation for MarineMax Yachts Galeon 500 Fly.
"We are so very excited to accept a Silver and Gold ADDY Award from the American Advertising Federation. Having made strides in marketing over the past several years, this is certainly a great achievement.", commented Abbey Heimensen, MarineMax Director of Marketing.
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The American Advertising Awards, formerly the ADDYs, is the advertising industry's largest and most representative competition, attracting over 40,000 entries every year in local AAF Club (Ad Club) competitions. The mission of the American Advertising Awards competition is to recognize and reward the creative spirit of excellence in the art of advertising. Conducted annually by the American Advertising Federation (AAF), the local Ad Club phase is the first of a three-tier, national competition. Selection of the most creative entry in each category is affected by a scoring process in which a panel of judges evaluates all creative dimensions of every entry. A Gold ADDY is recognition of the highest level of creative excellence and is judged to be superior to all other entries in the category. Entries that are also considered outstanding and worthy of recognition receive a Silver ADDY. The number of awards given in each category is determined by the judges, based on the relative quality of work in that category.
"The other entries were outstanding, and we are all so honored to be amongst the best. This goes to show that there is a bright future for the marketing and advertising industry.", continued Heimensen.
MarineMax is excited to have received these district level awards, and looks forward to continuing at the national level and in years to come.
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Y camp was a big part of his life, Chambers said. And later, the Y would be, too.
Chambers said he and his wife "gave quite a little bit of money" to the Y-Zone project, but he passed most of the credit to Preston. "He did an outstanding job putting that together … Bob Preston was the leader of the band, and I just kind of followed along."
Chambers continues to follow and to support all the developments at the Y as well.
"He's just one of those people that has a profound impact and is still having a profound impact," McKee said. "I've only been here a year, but he'll call me every six months, 'I need to know these things.' He'll ask me, 'What are we doing for kids?' 'How's our cash flow?'"
And that caring will last a lifetime and beyond, she said.
"He's done so much that is still growing in this community. But there's just nobody who talks about him and the legacy he's going to leave himself."
Chambers looks at it more as a duty than a legacy.
"I believe that if you have a successful, happy time in any community, you do have the obligation of returning something to that community," he said. "I believe very firmly that New Castle is a prime example of people who had a very successful career who didn't remember the city, during their lifetime or in their wills."
One person who remembers and still keeps in touch with Chambers is Preston, who in 1989 launched the first of what has grown into a family of car dealerships in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio.
The relationship is more than professional. Chambers' wife was the first cousin of Preston's father.
"Our families have always been pretty close and I not only keep in touch with Bob, but I am in touch with his sons," Preston said.
Moreover, Chambers gave Preston his start in the car business in 1980.
"I learned an awful lot from Bob and he was a big part of me becoming the businessman I am today," Preston said.
In addition, he said, Chambers played a pivotal role in Preston's own support of the Y.
"With Bob, the big thing that he encouraged me to do after he was retired, and I came back to New Castle and started buying dealerships, he was very influential and encouraging me to get involved with the YMCA and to take on the project of building the Y-Zone," Preston said. "Not only did he help financially, but he gave me direction and encouraged me to undertake that project and raising the money."
Although Preston's sons Kevin and Bobby oversee the family dealerships now, the elder Preston and his wife Joanne remain in the community and are major supporters of the United Way as well.
As for McKee, she continues to look for ways to remind local residents that Chambers remains a vital part of their community, too.
"But other than the Y-Zone, which is the Preston-Chambers Y Zone, he never really wanted recognition," she said. "We do the Salute Award every year, and I would love to do a salute to Bob, but he's not the kind of guy that would want that. He doesn't like the spotlight."
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As far as Maria McKee is concerned, it still is. She just wonders how many other people realize that.
The Chambers Motor Co. opened in 1925 on North Street before moving to Croton Avenue and finally to West Grant Street, where the Chrysler-Plymouth dealership served the New Castle area for four more decades before it was sold in 1984 by Bob Chambers, the son of the founder.
Chambers relocated from New Castle to Annapolis, Maryland, in 2014, but the 93-year-old hasn't forgotten his roots, even though, as McKee believes, much of the community might not remember him.
It's her intention to remedy that.
McKee, the chief executive officer of the New Castle Community YMCA, said Chambers has donated more than $1 million during his lifetime to the Y, and that he and local auto magnate Bob Preston were the driving forces behind the creation of the Preston-Chambers Y-Zone in Neshannock Township.
"He was always such a big part of the Y," McKee said. "He would always come and visit and, aside from his financial support, which was quite significant and generous, he would just come in to visit and talk to the staff and was always such a big part of what we did."
But that was before she left for Pittsburgh in 2015 after 20 years in various leadership roles at the Y.
But when she returned as CEO in 2018, a new staff was in place and the name "Bob Chambers" did not have the same reaction.
She believes that with the Chambers dealership having been gone from New Castle's cityscape for 35 years, many residents may be similarly stymied.
"I don't care if I don't get another penny from him," McKee said. "I just want to be able to say who Bob Chambers was, when somebody comes along and sees the Y-Zone."
Bob Chambers said the Y was an important part of his childhood.
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Tyron Woodley explains why he doesn't think that former interim welterweight champion Colby Covington should get the next crack at<|fim_middle|> not thrilled to fight Covington in his next title defense. But he also didn't say Covington was out of the question.
Now, Woodley is looking for a quick turnaround and noted that UFC 230 is a potential return date for him as the UFC doesn't have a main event for that show.
"I'm not saying I am gonna fight him, because I don't feel like he deserves my platform right now," Woodley said. "He had his chance to be here. He bitched out, if you want to be honest and frank. He talked all this crap and when he got in the hot seat, the second he won that belt. I said, 'Let's come get this smoke.' He got quiet. Instagram accounts got taken down for a brief moment and he didn't say nothing.
The UFC 230 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, New York City with the main card airing on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET while the preliminary card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion's streaming service, UFC Fight Pass. | the strap. It's well known that Covington was supposed to be the next in line for Woodley and the title but Covington underwent surgery to correct a nasal issue and turned down the fight. Thus, the UFC gave the title shot to rising prospect Darren Till.
As seen in the main event of the UFC 228 pay-per-view event on Saturday, September 8, 2018 in Dallas, Texas at the American Airlines Center, Woodley was able to score a second round submission victory over Till to retain his title.
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Fittest Again
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Katrin<|fim_middle|> belt on missed lifts, crying after bad workouts.
"At Regionals, the image of her when she doesn't make it she's on her knees crying and Sam Briggs is trying to console her, that's during a workout," Bergeron said.
"The [legless rope climb] event was still going on. That was Katrin. That was who she was, she felt a lot of pressure, she focused on the wrong things."
Bergeron and Davidsdottir.
That summer, a devastated Davidsdottir was on a family vacation in Morroco and her father —who lives in London — bought her two biographies: Olympians Jessica Ennis and Michael Johnson.
Both athletes persevered through significant setbacks on the road to Olympic stardom. When Bergeron recommended a few more books that fall, including "The Champions Mind," Davidsdottir started to realize how powerful mental training could be.
"[Ben] saying it at the same time as I was reading it, I feel like it really sunk in," said Davidsdottir, who lives with the Bergerons for months at a time when she's in New England. "I didn't just improve, I transformed mentally."
Bergeron said he's never been around an athlete that has taken to the mental component the way Katrin has. Even this past year, with one Games title under her belt, she was constantly reading up on the subject and is considering pursuing a degree in sports psychology when her competitive CrossFit days are over.
"She got mentally a lot tougher from missing that year," Thorisdottir said. "When something that devastating happens, either you are going to break down and give up or you are going to come back stronger."
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After all, Davidsdottir— now a back-to-back Games champion— has been here before, with Sunday's crowning the latest accomplishment in her meteoric rise among CrossFit's upper echelon.
"She has a gymnastics background, she is strong, but I think what separates her more than anyone else is her willingness to suffer," Davidsdottir's coach, CrossFit New England founder Ben Bergeron said. "Not just her willingness but her want. She's like a sled dog without a sled, they are sitting outside the huts just yelping and wanting to do work. When she's not doing work, she's not happy. And it's not the way a lot of people do it, she doesn't want to throw weights around. She wants to get her heart rate to 200 and hold it for 10 minutes. She wants to out-work people."
Davidsdottir's career started by making the Games in 2012 —less than a year after starting the sport —and her win in Carson last July thrust her into the international spotlight. Since then, she's been on ESPN's SportsCenter, flown to Paris for a photo shoot and London for an appearance.
Yet the only big splurge in Davidsdottir's life since winning last year's Games was relatively economical: a pearl white Nissan Micra. She's not a big car person and describes the search as just wanting to find something to get her from home to scheduled training.
Katrin's schedule that is. Davidsdottir is notoriously late to things, even making it one of her non-fitness monthly goals —which she takes part in with the Bergeron family— to start being five minutes early. The morning after she made that vow, she missed her flight home to Iceland.
"Ever since then she's been better about being on time," Ben's wife, Heather, said with a laugh.
But it hasn't completely dissipated; instead becoming more of a running joke between Davidsdottir and her Iceland training partner, two-time CrossFit Games champion Annie Thorisdottir.
"It's funny for me to say because I'm known for being late, but she's more late than I am," said Thorisdottir, who took to her Twitter account on Jan. 5 to playfully tweet, 'Where is Katrin'? before one of the duo's morning sessions. "She will argue about that though."
It was Thorisdottir who inspired Davidsdottir to get into CrossFit in the first place. After winning the 2011 Games —the first of two consecutive wins— Thorisdottir's face was all over Iceland that summer.
"My best friend did pole vaulting with her and knew Annie and said, 'You are kind of like her, you like working out all the time and trying new stuff," said Davidsdottir, who competed in gymnastics for a decade and was looking for a new challenge.
She was coming off a year of track and field but wasn't good enough to go anywhere. With her grandmother and mother also urging her, Davidsdottir signed up for bootcamp and CrossFit classes at CrossFit BC Island that September. Who was teaching her foundations class? None other than Thorisdottir.
"I was like 'Oh my gosh- that's Annie!'," Davidsdottir said. "She had just won and it was very cool."
It was easy to spot Davidsdottir's gymnastic background and her competitiveness —bred from childhood races to lampposts and contests upside down—set her apart from most CrossFit newbies. Davidsdottir began doing extra work on the side, going home with bloody wrists for months while she tried for a ring muscle-up. Thorisdottir encouraged her to do local competitions, to experience that atmosphere and see if it was a good fit.
And when Thorisdottir opened her own box, CrossFit Reykjavík, Davidsdottir —who missed the Games for the first time in three years in '14— made the switch to train with her friend.
"What I look for the most in training partners is someone who enjoys training and has a passion for it. They want to get better and work for it, but don't take everything too seriously," Thorisdottir said. "[Katrin is] very energetic, she smiles a lot. She is a little similar to me in that we tend to say things without thinking about them in our head first. There's a lot of funny moments, you can say that. A lot of spontaneous things happen and that's a really good quality. She's able to laugh at herself. I would say she's a little bit of a space cadet in the best way possible."
Like the time Davidsdottir confused Libyan revolutionary Muammar Gaddafi with Ghandi during a game of Apples to Apples.
She was like, 'I love his quotes!" Thorisdottir said laughing.
Or Davidsdottir's experience at a car wash just after the new year. After Snapchatting Heather that she was at the car wash, the next message Bergeron got was of a drenched backseat: Katrin had left the windows completely open.
"And she's cracking up about it," Heather recalled. "She's not even mad- she's taking pictures of herself. Everything is always funny with her. She's just a really warm, positive person."
Davidsdottir —who recently moved out of her grandparents home in Iceland to the Boston area— is also incredibly loyal.
Last year, Ben took a group of competitors to the Boston Harbor for some training. It was late spring and the water was still fairly cold, with some grumbling coming from a few athletes as soon as they got onto the boat. Then the group looked over the edge and saw jellyfish everywhere, inciting even more complaining. But Katrin didn't say a word, she simply got in and swam to the beach and back. After all, Ben had told her to.
"When you can fully trust whatever [your coach] says, you see really cool stuff happen" Heather said. "It took her about a year, but Katrin bought in fully."
It was Davidsdottir who approached Ben about being her coach after failing to qualify for the 2014 Games.
She had come in to CrossFit New England to train before, working with James Hobart, but Hobart had gotten away from programming for competitors to pursue other things. Bergeron had seen the athletic potential, but he'd also seen Davidsdottir's tantrums: throwing her weight | 1,445 |
B R E A K F A S T is indeed the most important meal of the day. It breaks the overnight fast and replenishes your body's supply of glucose and other important nutrients. A good first meal fuels your body with enough energy to see you through to lunch. It's been well documented that kids who eat breakfast generally have more energy and tend to do better in school.
Regardless of the genetic make up of our children, Autism or not, all most parents really care about is that their children are happy and healthy. Sonny was extremely under weight for a long time, weighing only a stone and a half at the age of three. His baby brother, aged one, weighed a stone already!
I didn't realise it then, but Sonny's<|fim_middle|> just can't decide.
Sonny chose blueberry and banana which is pretty amazing as he usually has just a splash of maple syrup. He was so excited to try his new porridge we had to add blueberries and banana to his usual bowl whilst we waited for his new pack to arrive in the post.
Sonny thoroughly enjoyed his porridge from The Great British Porridge Co, as did I. Being dairy free, it can be tricky to find something quick to grab and go. I chucked one serving in a pot and it made a delicious snack to keep my energy and concentration up whilst I was working.
I'm just extremely happy that our new favourite porridge has opened up Sonny to trying new foods and different flavour combinations. That's a definite win! | low tolerance for anything other than smooth and sloppy, beige and bland foods was probably the first inclination that Sonny was extremely sensory sensitive. He survived on a diet of porridge, ready brek, Weetabix, yoghurt, mashed potato, pasta and cheese. Luckily for us we could negotiate around fruits and vegetables because there were a few he didn't mind eating. Whatever we could get him to eat was simply a blessing.
Out of all his preferred foods, I am most at ease watching Sonny tuck into his daily bowl of porridge. I feel comforted knowing that whatever the day may bring and whatever challenges he may face, he's had a good, nutritious meal to start him off the best way possible.
Some call me super mum, trust me I'm not. Just an ordinary mum to extra ordinary children, doing her very best to keep everyone healthy, happy and alive whilst protecting my sanity at the same time.
I'm also a busy working mum of three busy boys and I often find it hard to find the balance between super healthy and super quick and easy. Breakfast is something we don't cut corners on. Slaving over a stove making porridge is something I do un-begrudgingly if it means my boys go off with a nice full belly. On days where we are pushed for time, I stick little packet porridge in the microwave. See, told you, definitely not super mum!
The Great British Porridge Co currently have three different porridge options to choose from; Strawberry & Peanut Butter, Goji Berry & Pumpkin Seed and Blueberry & Banana. You can also buy a taster pack of all three if you | 337 |
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