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I need an eye check…
Sunday, October 06, 2013
The last time I had my eye checked was before I got (or while I was still) pregnant with R. Well, for someone who's been wearing eyeglasses for years now, I say I'm already overdue to have my eyes checked again. I probably need to change my lenses too, I'm not sure if I'll be needing progressive lenses. I hope not because I think those lenses are a sign of old(er) age. LOL. About once or twice a week, I see floaters, during those times when I lack sleep or when I'm tired. But then again, floaters are not supposed to be ignored so I must really schedule a visit to the Optha soon.
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When you first start digiscoping just getting the subject in the viewfinder can be a challenge. Once you have mastered the basics of digiscoping – getting the subject's eye in focus most of the time and adjusting your camera settings appropriately without much thought – it's time to begin to really "see" what's in your viewfinder.
There are many conventional rules for photo composition, but in the case of digiscoping, the main goal is to showcase what is most often a single subject to its best advantage. Great photos are not just about what's in them, but also what is not. "Less is more" applies here, and anything you can do to keep distracting elements out of your photos will put you one step closer to that goal. Distracting backgrounds, tree branches, and parts of other birds are a few of the most common offenders. Countless photos with the potential for greatness are ruined by one small thing, and often the photo could have been saved if only the digiscoper had had the awareness to notice the issue when he or she took the photo. It's easy to get so focused on your subject that you don't notice what else is in the frame – good or bad. Often with a small movement, you can reframe the subject and eliminate the distracting element.
Making optimal use of light is one of the most powerful tools in the digiscoper's kit. Being aware of the angle of the sun and how beautifully or harshly it's illuminating your subject are critical to the photo's quality. I rarely digiscope between the hours of 10am and 4pm, and it would have to be an unusual situation for me to take a photo when I couldn't feel the sun on my back. Low-angle sunlight coming from behind you will almost always result in better photos than those taken in the shade or in full midday sun.
Sometimes special opportunities will present themselves, such as a perfect reflection of your beautiful preening bird on richly colored water. If you're so focused on the bird that you don't see its reflection, you will probably end up with a photo of a bird and some part of his reflection. If your level of awareness has grown to the point that you recognize the potential, you can reframe the shot, possibly rotating the camera ninety degrees on the scope, perhaps capturing the shot of a lifetime.
Another situation that can result in a photo that's just okay or one that ends up in a magazine is when there is more than one bird in the scene. Whether it's two birds or a whole flock, move until you find an angle that will allow you to crop the photo without cutting a bird in half. Don't wait until you see your photo on your computer to think about the cropping possibilities – learn to evaluate them before you press the shutter release.
Digiscoping affords only a very narrow depth of field, which can be a double-edged sword. It's wonderful for highlighting the point you want to draw attention to, but in the case of more than one bird, it can be hard to decide whose eye to focus on. Usually there will be one bird that your eye is drawn to in the viewfinder, and focusing on that bird's eye will generally be a good choice.
Balance is as much about feel and intuition as it is about rules. In most cases you will want to leave more room on the side of the photo that your subject is facing. The "rule of thirds" can be a guide, but sometimes it just doesn't work. If that's the case, break it and experiment with cropping until the balance looks and feels right. Take a little time experimenting with different crops of your photo. Level your horizon if necessary, and then see if your photo can be improved by some creative cropping.
I started digiscoping in order to share the beauty of the birds in our backyard cypress swamp with others. Although sharing nature's beauty with others is still very important, my main purpose now is to capture photos that allow people to relate to a bird in a way that they could not have previously. One way to do this is to be close enough to your subject to capture details and expressions that would otherwise go unseen. By taking thousands of photos and finding that one image that is perfect in every way, you can help others make a special, sometimes life-enriching connection. I look for the photos that really make me feel especially connected to the subject, and will hopefully have the same effect on others who see it. If you feel a genuine connection with the subject, it will ultimately also show in your photos.
When you spend a lot of time viewing nature at the magnifications afforded by digiscoping, you will witness incredible behaviors and interactions – and it is likely that your connection to nature will be enriched as a result. One of the most valued compliments I ever received was very early in my digiscoping, when a woman told me "You really capture the personality of the bird." It put into words what I was subconsciously trying to accomplish, and has become the main part of my digiscoping style.

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Egypt warns sit-ins as weekend death toll climbs
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's interior minister on Sunday pledged to deal decisively with any attempts to destabilize the country, a thinly veiled warning to supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi occupying two squares in Cairo in a month-long stand-off with the security forces.
The warning came as authorities said that the death toll in weekend clashes between Mohammed Morsi's Islamist backers and security forces near one of those sit-ins had reached 72, in the deadliest single outbreak of violence since the July 3 military coup.
"I assure the people of Egypt that the police are determined to maintain security and safety to their nation and are capable of doing so," Mohammed Ibrahim told a graduation ceremony at the national police academy. "We will very decisively deal with any attempt to undermine stability," said Ibrahim, who is in charge of the police.
Ibrahim's comments added pressure on Morsi's backers three weeks after the Islamist president was ousted in a military coup that followed days of street protests by millions calling on him to step down.
On Friday, millions again took to the streets in a show of support for Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the military chief who ousted Morsi. Those protests were in response to Abdel-Fattah's call for a mandate for him and the police to tackle what he called violence and potential terrorism.
Ibrahim, who had been appointed by Morsi, took an uncompromising stance in a news conference on Saturday, accusing the pro-Morsi side of provoking bloodshed to win sympathy and suggesting that authorities could move against the two main pro-Morsi protest camps: one outside the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque in eastern Cairo and another in Nahda Square near the main campus of Cairo university.
He depicted the two encampments as a danger to the public, pointing to a string of nine bodies police have said were found nearby in recent days. Some had been tortured to death, police have said, apparently by members of the sit-ins who believed they were spies.
"Soon we will deal with both sit-ins," Ibrahim said.
On Tuesday, Khaled el-Khateeb, head of the ministry's emergency and intensive care department, said that beside the 72 killed in the Cairo clashes, eight were killed in clashes in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria also over the weekend.
A total of 792 people were wounded in both incidents, which spanned Friday and early Saturday, he said.
The Cairo violence took place when pro-Morsi protesters sought to expand their sit-in camp by moving onto a nearby main boulevard, only to be confronted by police and unidentified armed men in civilian clothes.
Civilians, sometimes with weapons, are frequently seen alongside police in Cairo demonstrations. In some cases, they appear to be police auxiliaries or plainclothesmen, in others residents who back the security forces.
Authorities concede that the vast majority of the dead in Cairo were demonstrators, but the Interior Ministry says some policemen were wounded and it is not clear if civilians who sided with police were among the dead.
The extent of the bloodshed pointed to a rapidly building confrontation between the country's two camps, sharply divided over the coup that removed Egypt's first freely elected president following protests by millions of Egyptians demanding he step down.
Officials from Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood and their allies decried what they called a new "massacre" against their side, only weeks after July 8 clashes with army troops in Cairo that left more than 50 Morsi supporters dead.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that he spoke to Egyptian authorities, saying it is "essential" they respect the right to peaceful protest. He called on all sides to enter a "meaningful political dialogue" to "help their country take a step back from the brink."
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also asked security forces to "act with full respect for human rights" and demonstrators to "exercise restraint."
The U.N.'s human rights chief Navi Pillay issued also condemned the violence.
In a Sunday statement, she said: "Despite all the warnings, all the calls for restraint, more than 150 Egyptians have died during protests over the past month, not just in Cairo but in other cities as well," she said. "I fear for the future of Egypt if the military and other security forces, as well as some demonstrators, continue to take such a confrontational and aggressive approach. Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood have the right to protest peacefully like anyone else."
Pillay called for a "credible, independent investigation" into the killings and punishment for those responsible. "Given what has happened in recent days, further protests are inevitable, and the onus is clearly on both the security forces and the protesters to ensure there is no repetition of yesterday's terrible and deeply tragic events."
Neither side in the Egyptian conflict, however, has shown much taste for reconciliation. Islamists staunchly reject the new leadership and insist the only possible solution to the crisis is to reinstate Morsi. Meanwhile, the interim leadership is pushing ahead with a fast-track transition plan to return to a democratically elected government by early next year.
Interim Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei, a longtime pro-democracy campaigner who backed the military's ouster of Morsi, raised one of the few notes of criticism of Saturday's bloodshed.
"I highly condemn the excessive use of force and the fall of victims," he wrote in a tweet, though he did not directly place blame for the use of force. He added that he is "working very hard and in all directions to end this confrontation in a peaceful manner."
But the image of the Islamists as dangerous and not the peaceful protesters they contend they are has had a strong resonance. Over past weeks, there have been cases of armed Islamist Morsi backers attacking opponents — though the reverse also has occurred. Before Saturday, some 180 people had been killed in clashes nationwide.
Associated Press reporter Frank Jordan contributed to this report from Berlin, Germany.


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By Barbara Starr
Just days before he leaves office, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is recommending military pay be limited, effectively decreasing troop salaries next year.
Panetta will recommend to Congress that military salaries be limited to a 1% increase in 2014. The Pentagon has calculated that the Labor Department's 2014 Employment Cost Index is expected to be above 1% but wants to still cut back on pay because of "budget uncertainties," a department official told CNN. In 2013, a 1.7% increase was approved, based on the index, which has been the basis for military pay for the last several years.
Three Pentagon officials have confirmed details of the plan to CNN. The Joint Chiefs of Staff have also agreed to Panetta's proposed pay plan. Final approval for the pay would come from Congress in the form of the 2014 budget.
The recommendation is tied to the Defense Department's 2014 budget recommendation, which was expected to be sent to Congress this month, one of the officials said. But the officials acknowledge it is going to be seen as an effort to push Congress to stop the automatic budget cuts that could go into effect if no deal is reached on spending reductions.
ALSO: Panetta warns spending cuts will degrade military readiness
The decision comes as the secretary is stepping up the rhetoric about dire cuts at the Pentagon if sequestration goes into effect. President Obama in 2012 walled off military pay from cuts, so if this current pay plan goes into effect, it's widely seen as "cutting our pay," one military officer familiar with the plan told CNN. "It's a smart move, it puts it in Congress' hands," he said.
Panetta, in one of his last official speeches as secretary of defense, told an audience at Georgetown University on Wednesday that the Pentagon faced "the most serious readiness crisis in over a decade."
The defense secretary outlined a series of possible cuts should the Pentagon be forced to find half a trillion dollars more in savings. He warned that 800,000 civilian workers could furloughed for 22 days and that the Army would need to cut back on training and maintenance, putting two-thirds of combat teams at "reduced readiness levels." Pacific naval operations could be cut by as much a third, and Air Force flying hours and weapons maintenance could be cut.
CNN has also learned that this week, the Navy is expected to announce it does not have the money to pay for refueling and maintenance of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln. That will essentially mean the Navy is short a carrier and overseas deployments will be cut.
"No good options exist," Panetta said.
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Why should Military have to be treated any different, they are the ones whom stand watch and risk their life so we could all have freedom, not to mention all the family left behind when they die in the line of duty. Yet football player could earn 17 million dollars. Great system in place Obama.
We can't keep our military compenstated for protecting our country but we can pay for the healthcare and education of all the illegals that have broken the law by unlawful entry!
We can spend billions of dollars giving stimulus to companies on the verger of bankruptcy and when they do go belly up the CEOs contribute to Obama's re-election!
We would also have one heck of a lot of money to give the military raises and healthcare coverage if the government was not spending billions of dollars to launch Obamacare! Just the enrollment costs would take care of the military.
Obams is SHOVING US OFF A CLIFF and it is intentionally.
Stop funding the Middle East and Africa, cut food stamps, Medicaid, and other government crutches that are being abused. My husband is currently in Afghanistan as a US soldier, we don't ask for millions just far pay for the job done. Next time you jump in your car to get McDonald's, kiss your kids goodnight, lay down in a comfy bed, think of our military as they are always on alert 24/7 just to stay alive another day
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Friends of the Supergrid is in favour of developing transmission across Europe that is capable of handling renewable energy. In this interview, Aguado talks about what needs to happen in order for this to be achieved.
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Charles Dallara, who represented bond holders in the Greek debt talks, told CNBC Friday he doesn't expect other troubled EU countries such as Italy, Portugal and Ireland to need a similar bond swap.
"I would strongly discourage other governments, other peoples of Europe from going this route," he said, adding the Greek situation "cast a cloud over the entire euro zone."
None of these other countries "have the same extraordinary high levels of debt and deficits and none of them have quite the same distortions in the economic system. They are on the right path and should maintain the path of reform."
Greece's problems were unique, he said, and the resulting financial crisis was "extremely painful for the citizens of Greece" and "prevented the building of confidence" throughout the euro zone.
Dallara, managing director of the U.S.-based Institute of International Finance, was the chief negotiator representing private-sector holders of Greek debt in the largest bond restructuring in history.
He said he was "quite pleased" that 83.5 percent of the bond holders voluntarily accepted losses of some 74 percent on the value of their investments in a deal that will cut more than 100 billion euros from Greece's crippling public debt.
"To see so many bondholders voluntarily deliver their bonds into this exchange is remarkable" and speaks to the desire for Europe and investors to "turn the page" on the whole European sovereign debt problem, he added.
Athens had said it would enforce the deal on all its bondholders, activating collective action clauses on the 177 billion euros worth of bonds regulated under Greek law.
That would potentially trigger payouts on the credit default swaps that some investors held on the bonds, an event which would have unknown consequences for the market.
Dallara said activating the collective action clauses was "one of the unfortunate dimensions" of the debt swap, but stressed it shouldn't stop foreign investment in European sovereign debt.
"The issue is not just one of legal risk in investing in sovereign debt, it's better credit analysis," he said. "You have to understand the underlying credit risks."
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Georgians bring resources,
Christ to crime-weary McElderry Park
By Joe Westbury
BALTIMORE (The Christian Index) -- The ABC television affiliate in Baltimore describes the McElderry Park neighborhood as "an infected wound" full of violent street crime; the federal government calls it one of the nation's 15 most dangerous neighborhoods – so dangerous that it is investing nearly $1 million to shore up the struggling middle class.
For Southern Baptist church planter Tally Wilgis, who grew up on the streets and remembers standing in line for free milk and cheese, it's a great place to start a church. And that's why Georgia Baptists swelled the ranks of 425 volunteers to host a Community Day event in the neighborhood.
A welcome return
For five hours on June 7 the section of east Baltimore – synonymous with stray bullets flying through living rooms in the early evening and late nights – was transformed into the sounds of children playing, families eating hot dogs under shade trees, and parents receiving free medical/dental/vision care for themselves and their children.
It was a momentary return to the Good Old Days – an oasis of safety that brought back memories of when the neighborhood was a desirable place to live rather than a place to be shunned.
Community Day – a block party on steroids – was envisioned by Jay Watkins, pastor of Redland Baptist Church in Valdosta, back in 2009 and implemented in south Georgia through churches in Valdosta Baptist Association. One such gathering attracted 15,000 needy families in a day-long event.
Community Day being rolled out nationwide
The North American Mission Board was so impressed with the outreach that early this year it opted to roll out the ministry nationwide to show other churches how they can impact their communities through the creative approach. Earlier this year the Georgia Baptist Convention donated an 18-wheel trailer to help transport materials to the five sites in the U.S. and Canada.
Richard and Carola Jones of Central Baptist Church in Waycross volunteered to see how the ministry worked so they can use the concept back home. With only one evangelical church for every 96,000 residents, Baltimore is ready for some Good News, they added.
They were two of nearly 50 from the church to serve in the Community Day event.
One woman, who asked not to be identified, could not say enough kind words about the volunteers and the difference they were making in her neighborhood. It may just be for a day, but it's a worthwhile start that gives a glimmer of hope, she stated.
"This is the happiest group of people I've ever been around in my life," she said as she received a bag of groceries.
"We are a very low income neighborhood and these free groceries will help my kids eat a little better. And you know what? All these folks are giving it away happily, even the summer clothes for my kids.
"I'm putting this on Facebook in a few minutes so all my friends can come down and see this for themselves."
At the nail salon set up under a small white tent, Dixie Cameron of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Macon gently applied polish on the nails of nine-year-old Sa'mauri Fortune. Sitting next to her, Keturah Rogers of Lighthouse Baptist Church in Macon did the same to eleven-year-old Amauri Rome.
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Nearby Patricia Beltran, a member of First Hispanic Baptist Church of Atlanta, engaged a Spanish-speaking family in conversation under the shade of a large maple tree.
Not far away the scent of grilling hot dogs wafted in the air as Jesse Bush of Redlands Baptist Church and Bubba Emrich of Gospel Baptist Church in Adel, with others, kept the wieners coming in a steady procession.
Wilgis, the NAMB church planter who was conceived by a 16-year-old unwed teenager who was advised to abort him, was glad to see the response of Georgia Baptists coming to help redeem his old neighborhood.
"I was led to Christ by a Southern Baptist and I'm grateful for the role they played in my life. I can't tell you how good it feels to see the Baptists bringing the church back to some of Baltimore's most economically depressed neighborhoods.
"I was raised in the government housing projects and know firsthand what these few hours mean to people living on the edge. You may be bringing them material items like clothes and shoes and healthcare, but most importantly you are bringing them hope – hope through a new life in Jesus Christ.
"Georgia Baptists have been the backbone of our planting a church here, both Captivate Christian Church in the suburbs and East Baltimore in this community. With the help of churches like Johnny Hunt's at Woodstock, Michael Catt's at Sherwood in Albany, and dozens of smaller churches across Georgia, lives are being changed."
The oldest known attendee at the Crossover events – either at the other locations or the Community Day event – was 92-year-old Jeanette Coody of First Baptist Church of Valdosta, who helped staff the registration desk.
This article appeared in The Christian Index (christianindex.org), newsjournal of the Georgia Baptist Convention. Joe Westbury is managing editor of The Christian Index.
Horn calls for day
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By Brian Blackwell
LAFAYETTE, La. (Baptist Message) -- Louisiana Baptist Convention President Steve Horn has called for a day of prayer and spiritual awakening on June 24 at First Baptist Church Lafayette.
Horn called the meeting because of what he sees as a growing hunger for a movement of prayer throughout the state, nation and world.
"It is my personal prayer this is a day that launches revival and spiritual awakening in our state and takes us off status quo," said Horn, who serves as pastor of First Baptist Lafayette, where the event will take place. "If that does happen, we will look back at this day as a day that began a mighty movement of God. And we will thank the Lord if it happens. I can't think of anything bad that can come about when people come to pray together."
Horn emphasized this will be a day for a variety of prayer and not a day for preaching or worship through music. The event will feature times of individual prayer as well as corporate prayer led by various Louisiana Baptists from throughout the state.
Some prayers will be unique to the state, such as prayer for the search for a new Louisiana College president, emphasizing the Cooperative Program and an increase in baptisms. Other prayers will be more generic and apply to Southern Baptists as a whole.
Horn is asking that those attending the event make a commitment to stay throughout the entire time, which will begin at 9 am and end at 3 pm.
"It's going to be a movement of prayer," Horn said. "We will start with a period of worship, repentance, thanksgiving and recession.
"Not to participate in the first half may disrupt what would happen in the second half, and vice versa," he continued. "Unlike an event where you slip in and slip out, it's important to come and stay and not come and go."
The genesis of the prayer event can be traced back to a similar prayer event last year that Horn and a few other Louisiana Baptist pastors attended in Dallas. The Call to Pray for Revival and Awakening on Sept. 30-Oct. 1 drew more than 175 pastors from 27 states to a gathering at a hotel near the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Ronnie Floyd, senior pastor of Cross Church in northwest Arkansas, organized the gathering.
At the event, pastors focused on personal revival and for revival in their church and nation.
"Those were holy moments, as well as when men confessed their need to repent and make restitution," Floyd said in an Oct. 4 Baptist Press report. "We were broken before God, crying out to Him personally and collectively. God's hand was on so many moments. He answered our prayers."
Horn said that after the meeting he discussed the possibility of bringing a similar event for Louisiana Baptist pastors to the state. After the most recent LBC Executive Board meeting, Horn felt that now was the time to hold such an event.
"Realizing there would be excuses about why some people couldn't attend because of summertime events, we felt like we didn't want to wait until the fall," Horn said. "There is an urgency now and if we just waited until later in the year, we might regret that."
Though the event is three weeks away, Horn is urging anyone planning to attend to prepare now.
"I would encourage you to prepare your heart to be ready to pray, however you do it," he said. "When I attended the prayer event in Dallas last year, it was a positive and a negative feeling all at the same while.
"The positive feeling was I've never been to anything like that before," he said. "The negative feeling was I've never been to anything like that before. Here I am 43 and a pastor for 20-something years and had never been spiritually moved in that way before. It was that powerful of an event for me.
Registration is free and includes a continental breakfast and lunch. Pre-registration is not required by requested so the event organizers can adequately prepare for how many will eat the complimentary meals.
This article appeared in the Baptist Message (baptistmessage.com), newsjournal of the Louisiana Baptist Convention. Brian Blackwell is a staff writer for the Baptist Message.
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By Eric Ashley
GLOUCESTER, Va. (Proclaimer) -- It's 5:30 a.m. and a team arrives at a local hospital to serve breakfast to the nurses, doctors, and employees. Hours later, different teams scatter throughout the community in order to serve in various ways. One team works to build a wheelchair ramp for a widow in need, while another team begins working on a new playground for families in an apartment complex. Throughout the day, different LifeGroups deliver to a local food bank the food they've collected/donated. Then in the evening, a group of ladies provides a night of pampering for women in a local shelter.
What do these various happenings have in common? They are all a part of Servolution, a week-long community service initiative led by BridgePoint Church in Gloucester, VA. Yet, according to Eric Ashley, lead pastor of BridgePoint, Servolution is about much more than a single week of projects.
"Servolution was never meant simply to be an isolated event. Instead, we see it as a way to help the heart of servanthood become a part of the culture of our church. Ultimately, it's about cultivating a heart to serve others in Jesus' name. Jesus was the greatest servant the world has ever known. He not only met the physical needs, but He met our greatest spiritual need by dying in our place for our sins. We want to reflect that same servant heart to our community."
The initial idea for Servolution came after Pastor Eric and his wife, Amy, read a book by the same name, Servolution: Starting a Church Revolution Through Serving by Dino Rizzo. "From the start of the church plant, we already knew that serving our community would be an essential part of our strategy to reach Gloucester for Jesus. As Amy and I read through the book, we were inspired and equipped with practical insights about how we could start our own revolution of serving through our local church."
"It is so rewarding to see how our people are always on the lookout for ways to serve those outside and inside of the church," says Pastor Eric. "The love of Jesus is being broadcast through their lives each day."
In Matthew 5:16, Jesus calls for each of us to "let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven" (HCSB). Here are some steps you can take in order to lead your church to start a Servolution in your church and community:
1. Identify Needs
Look around your community to see needs your church can help meet. Ask your congregation and community leaders for ideas. It won't take much time before you realize that there are many ways you can serve your community.
2. Share the Vision
Help your church understand why serving is so important. Preach a sermon series about serving and outreach. Have your leadership team read a book about community service. Lead a small group study. Write a newsletter article. Use whatever means you have in order to communicate the heart behind serving others.
3. Take a Step
Servolution does not have to begin with a week-long initiative filled with hundreds of service opportunities. Instead, it can begin with a single church-wide service project or by encouraging each of your small groups or Sunday School classes to participate in a service project. No matter where you start, the important thing is that you take a take a step.
This article appeared in the Proclaimer (sbcv.org/articles/category/proclaimer), newsjournal of the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia. Eric Ashley is ead pastor of BridgePoint Church in Gloucester, Va.
EDITOR'S NOTE: From the States, published each Tuesday by Baptist Press, relays news and feature stories from state Baptist papers and other publications on initiatives by Baptist churches, associations and state conventions in evangelism, church planting and Great Commission outreach, including partnership missions. Reports about churches, associations and state conventions responding to the International Mission Board's call to embrace the world's 3,800 unengaged, unreached people groups also are included in From the States, along with reports about church, associational and state convention initiatives in conjunction with the North American Mission Board's call to Southern Baptist churches to broaden their efforts in starting new churches and satellite campuses. The items appear in Baptist Press as originally published.
Copyright (c) 2014 Southern Baptist Convention, Baptist Press www.BPNews.net


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Seattle's late rally stuns Patriots 24-23
Brady throws two interceptions in loss
In the midst of watching his team rally with 14 points in the final 7 ½ minutes, Seattle coach Pete Carroll forgot about his history as a one-time coach of the New England Patriots.
He was too busy celebrating Seattle's unlikely comeback and a starring performance by rookie quarterback Russell Wilson.
"That's funny that you even bring that up. I hadn't even thought about it. You know, that was a long time ago, and there have been a lot of games," Carroll said. "I really love Robert Kraft, he's a great man and he's been great throughout the years about our separation, of sorts. I respect the heck out of him. But, I'm a competitor, and heck yeah I want to win against those guys."
Wilson found Sidney Rice behind the secondary for a 46-yard touchdown with 1:18 remaining, and the Seahawks rallied for 14 points in the final 7:31 to stun the New England Patriots 24-23 Sunday.
Wilson hit Braylon Edwards on fourth down for a 10-yard TD to get the Seahawks within 23-17. After a pair of holds by Seattle's defense, Wilson found Rice streaking open on a double move for his third touchdown pass of the game. Steven Hauschka's extra point gave Seattle (4-2) the lead with 78 seconds remaining.
Tom Brady had a final chance to make up for all the opportunities the Patriots (3-3) squandered. Starting at his 20 with 1:14 left, Brady missed Brandon Lloyd then was sacked by Jason Jones, the first sack all day by Seattle. His pass for Aaron Hernandez, back after being out since Week 2 with an ankle injury, was incomplete, and Wes Welker was stopped short on fourth down.
That's when the celebration started for the Seahawks, who pulled off yet another late stunner at home after their controversial win over Green Bay last month.
"There were some times where we got put in some bad positions and we needed to bail them out," Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman said. "They bailed us out of some tough situations so it works and in hand. Everybody did their part."
Wilson finished 16 of 27 for 293 yards, the best day of his young career. He added Brady to an impressive list of quarterbacks he's topped this year: Tony Romo, Aaron Rodgers and Cam Newton. It was also the fifth time in six games Wilson found himself in a late drive with the game on the line.
"I think I'm always comfortable no matter the situation, I think I'm just more experienced," Wilson said. "Being in those situations you have to trust what you see, you have to be quick with your decisions, but also believe in your decisions and just be decisive with the football."
Brady finished 36 of 58 for 395 yards and touchdown passes of 1 yard to Hernandez and 46 yards to Welker in the first half. Welker had 10 catches for 138 yards, his fourth straight game over 100. Brady topped 300 yards passing for the 49th time, but was intercepted in the second half by Sherman and Earl Thomas after going 179 attempts without being picked off. One of Brady's interceptions came in the end zone, squandering yet another for the Patriots.
New England came away with just one touchdown in six trips inside Seattle's 20. The most damaging came at the end of the first half when coach Bill Belichick opted to throw with 6 seconds remaining instead of kicking the field goal from the Seattle 3. Brady was flagged for intentional grounding and the ensuing time runoff ended the half.
"You lose by one point and here are a lot of things we could have done better to not be in that situation," Brady said.
New England dominated statistically. They rolled up 475 total yards after Seattle had not allowed any opponent more than 300 this season. They ran 85 offensive plays to Seattle's 55 and went eight straight drives without punting.
Brady's day tied for the second most completions and was the most attempts in any game of his career. Welker tied Jerry Rice with his 15th career game of at least 10 receptions and more than 100 yards receiving. Brady also topped 300 yards for the 49th time in his career to move into a tie for seventh all-time with Warren Moon.
But all those missed scoring chances came back to bite the Patriots late after they were forced to punt on two of their final three possessions and left to watch Seattle rally.
Seattle's winning touchdown came after Carroll showed confidence in his defense. The Seahawks went three-and-out with 3:20 left and Carroll risked never seeing the ball again and punted.
Even though Seattle had three timeouts and the two-minute warning, it was still a risky proposition.
"I wasn't surprised. As a defense we want the game on our shoulders," Seattle linebacker Bobby Wagner said. "We have the confidence in us; we know Pete has the confidence in us."
Seattle forced the Patriots into just their fifth three-and-out of the season and only 14 seconds elapsed before Zoltan Mesko punted. Leon Washington returned the punt 25 yards and Seattle started its winning drive at its 43.
Wilson faked a handoff and looked deep. Rice was on an option route, and the coverage directed Rice to the middle. After faking to the outside, he was wide open.
"It was a heck of a throw. When I came out of my break, the whole time I was looking at the ball in the air and it was so pretty," Rice said. "I was just running, I was like 'You've got to catch up to it, you've got to catch up to it,' and I was able to track it down."
NOTES: Seattle P Jon Ryan averaged 60 yards per punt on four punts. According to the team, he is the first punter since 1946 to average at least 60 yards per kick in a game. ... Hall of Fame DT Cortez Kennedy had his No. 96 retired during a halftime ceremony. He joins Steve Largent (No. 80), Walter Jones (No. 71) and Seattle's 12th Man crowd (No. 12) as the only retired jerseys in team history. ... Hernandez finished with six receptions for 30 yards.


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Widow's peak: City's Rivanna Trail case crumbles
Charlottesville's razor wiring widow, Shirley Presley of Bland Circle, won a stunning victory last week in a Charlottesville courtroom. Less than three hours into the October 29 trial, Judge Robert Downer ruled that a new law banning razor wire– although allegedly written expressly for this case– didn't apply because the offending wire had to "enclose or partially enclose" a space.
"We were disappointed, to say the least," says prosecutor Ron Huber, who branded the ruling an "inexplicably narrow" reading in a case long considered a battle between property rights advocates and nature lovers.
Had the judge found against her, Presley could have faced jail time for the misdemeanor violation.
The verdict was "entirely appropriate," said Presley's lawyer, Fred Payne. "It's what we expected all along."
The case concerns Presley's property in the path of the Rivanna Trail, a popular in-town hiking route.
"Everyone acknowledges her legal right to block the trail," says Presley's next-door neighbor, John Potter. "But the razor wire is dangerous. That's not something that should be down near ground level."
That was the City's stance in repeated efforts to bring Presley to justice, but Payne believes that hikers' zeal to wrap a trail around the city pushed officials to violate Presley's rights. "Well, they had their shot," he says, "and they blew it."
The debate erupted two years ago, about a year after Presley– whose house sits on a bluff over the Rivanna River– realized that strangers were traipsing across her land. Payne told the courtroom that his client was so busy caring for her husband, dying of Alzheimer's disease, that she didn't realize what was happening in her own back yard.
For years, Payne says, anyone who requested access through her yard received it. But in the late 1990s, when a decades-old river path used by children and fishermen was designated as part of the Rivanna Trail, nobody bothered to get this property owner's permission.
Presley used escalating efforts to stop the encroachment– first signs, then brush piles, and finally the sort of wire famous for encircling death camps and penitentiaries.
"When the razor wire appeared," Payne told the court as his client smiled approvingly, "the trespassing essentially stopped."
After the Hook began publishing stories in the summer of 2002, the newspaper's Mailbag column erupted.
"I find it hard to understand why she is so upset by the orderly hikers and happy dogs I have encountered in my own trespasses on the trail bit of her fiefdom," wrote Hamlin Caldwell in one letter.
Richard Sincere offered another view: "There's a word for using someone else's property without asking permission: It's called stealing."
As the letters debate raged, the courtroom battle began heating up.
Two summer 2003 citations, based on agricultural law, gave Presley six months to take down the razor wire. Later that year, the City concluded that prosecuting Presley under the existing City ordinance wouldn't work, so the City drafted a new law. But according to Judge Downer, the new language– banning razor wire to "enclose or partially enclose" an area– doomed the case.
Payne showed that the razor wire runs in a single straight stretch, about nine feet inside of Presley's property.
Assistant City Attorney Lisa Kelley, who helped draft the ordinance, says her office is disappointed. "It wouldn't have occurred to us to read it the way the judge did," Kelley said after the dismissal, "but that was his ruling."
Jim Tolbert, the head of the City's zoning department that had been pressing Presley to remove the razor wire, said he had no immediate plans in the wake of the decision.
With 13 witnesses called by the defense– including a City Councilor, the City Manager, and the heads of several City departments, some wags wondered how City Hall functioned that day. Payne, however, considered the case important enough to contribute his defense pro bono.
Payne also brought numerous theoretical arguments and Supreme Court citations to a courtroom more accustomed to adjudicating purse snatchings and DUIs. Indeed, the trial was interrupted twice for short hearings: one for a woman accused of passing a bad check and another for someone who allegedly drove a vehicle on a suspended license.
Mixing Constitutional savvy with scorched earth tactics, Payne opened by vowing to call a witness who would testify that among the trespassers spotted on Presley's property was Craig Nordensen, the notorious "coal tower killer" who pleaded guilty to murder charges for killing two people in August 2001.
Later, Payne spent nearly an hour chipping away at the testimony of City inspector Jerry Tomlin, who admitted that he might have stepped on Presley's property to document the razor wire. Payne wanted Tomlin's photographs tossed out as the product of an illegal search.
In the past, Tomlin has told the Hook that at least one dog and one person have been injured by Presley's ground-level barrier.
After the trial, such talk stirred Payne– but not to compassion.
"If you let your dog run," says Payne, "I don't have much sympathy."
How about the injured human? "I would very much like to know the name of that person," answers Payne, "because if the person was injured, we would charge them with trespass."
As for the City Manager, Gary O'Connell, who allegedly strolled past Presley's "no trespassing" signs to chat with her, Payne said after trial that were it not for the statue of limitations, he would try to get O'Connell arrested for trespass. "This," Payne told the court, "is a truly shameful episode in the history of City government."
At one point, Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Ron Huber accused Payne of "playing to the audience."
Among that audience was Diana Foster. Three years ago, shortly after assuming the presidency of the Rivanna Trails Foundation, the group that manages the narrow portions of the Rivanna Trail (the City handles the asphalted stretches), Foster found herself deep in the crisis.
"I was the first person Mrs. Presley called," says Foster, who sees the detour around Presley's land as an "acceptable solution." Foster says that the Rivanna Trail depends on easements from about 50 property owners, and all such easements, Foster says, can be revoked with 60 days' notice. Although some easement-granting owners have demanded privacy fences and additional signage to keep trail-users off their property, none, Foster says, has revoked permission.
The day after the trial, Foster rose at 6:30am Saturday to join 15 hikers on the third annual 20-mile pilgrimage around the Rivanna Trail.
"The entire walk is really beautiful," says Foster. Even the quarter mile over asphalt that Presley's objection necessitated she calls "part of the urban wilderness experience."
Presley's neighbor Potter hopes that may change someday. "The trail is something that benefits the neighborhood and the community," says Potter, "and I hope she'll have a change of heart so everyone can enjoy it."
Lawyer Payne concedes that the City– when it decides to widen the trail as far north as Presley's house– can condemn and take her land. Indeed, long-range plans say that linking City parks with an accessible trail is one of its highest pedestrian priorities.
In the meantime, however, Payne warns, "They're only gonna push this lady so far." Is that a hint at litigation? "I'll leave it at that," answers Payne. "Mrs. Presley never asked for this controversy. All she ever wanted was to be left alone."
Presley's pack: Just nine of 13 people she subpoenaed. The group waiting to testify included a City Councilor, the City Manager, the City Planning Director, and the Police Chief.


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"The food we cook is not only an assemblage of ingredients. It is the product of technologies, past and present."
Food writer Bee Wilson does a really great job of looking at the history of how we cook and eat; it's a look at kitchen utensils and cooking methods that we now take for granted. The modern kitchen and its contents evolved over time around the cooking practices of their day and were dependent on a number of factors that we are most likely unaware of. With artful sketches by Annabel Lee gracing each chapter, Wilson looks into things like pots and pans, knives, fire, measurement, refrigeration, and things as simple as the humble wooden spoon, the indispensable chopping knife, and the clever vegetable peeler. The history is fascinating and Wilson's writing style is engaging. She has done her homework and relays the information in an entertaining manner.
This is a great book for anyone who enjoys cooking and is interested in how we as humans have evolved in our domesticity (also makes me think of Bill Bryson's book At Home). Even though it contains not a single recipe, it does provide inspiration and a new respect for being in the kitchen and cooking even a simple meal.


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If the proposed oil refinery in Kitimat is built, it could end up forcing the province to jettison its long-term environmental goals, opponents say.
"Building the refinery would have very large implications for B.C.'s green commitment," said Jennifer Grant, director of the oilsands program at Alberta's Pembina Institute.
"B.C. could potentially have to give up its green targets because [constructing the facility is] an intensive project with huge carbon footprints."
Grant's statement was in response to Victoria-based community newspaper tycoon David Black's suggestion Friday that a $13-billion oil refinery be constructed in B.C. to process Alberta oilsands bitumen flowing in via Enbridge's controversial Northern Gateway pipeline.
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Grant called Black's remark an "oversimplification of potential risks," but declined to comment in greater detail on the implications of a refined fuel spill versus crude oil because Pembina had not yet performed enough analysis on the issue. But she said the proposal to build the refinery fails to address environmental risks posed by Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline or the health and ecological concerns of first nations.
"You can certainly expect some localized water pollution," said Karen Wristen, executive director of Living Oceans Society, a B.C. marine conservation group.
"But it's the air pollution and [unintended emission leaks] that cause the most problems — like fugitive vapours, vapours that are acute poisonous, and carcinogens like benzene."
A 2004 environmental impact study on the petroleum refining industry by U.S. non-profit National Center for Manufacturing Science, identified several ecological issues stemming from oil refineries.
The report cited air pollutants like volatile hydrocarbons, sulphuric acid, lead, and phenol as byproducts of the refining process. Waste water from desalting and distilling crude oil were also mentioned as environmental concerns, along with solid waste products in the form of desalter sludge and spent catalysts.
Wristen also expressed concern about a statement Black made that shipping refined petroleum has comparatively fewer risks in the event of a spill compared with crude.
"It's just not true," she said. "Refined fuel evaporates, but it doesn't disappear completely."
Two-thirds of processed light diesel oils will evaporate, Wristen explained, but the remaining third lingers on and often ends up washing ashore.
The contamination can last for generations and wreak havoc on wild species, she said. Oil spills in areas that affect intertidal zones — which are the shore sections visible at low tide and covered at high tide — pose a danger to plants and animals.
"It will cause the collapse of the bottom of the food chain," Wristen said. "This will in turn cause a cascading effect on the rest of the chain from the bottom up."
An oil spill risk assessment report put together by Applied Science Associates for the Washington state government in 2009 found that light oils had greater impact on shellfish and plankton than equal volume spills of heavy fuels and gasoline, while thicker oils had greater impacts on mammals and birds.


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Canada's Federal Court has recently issued two decisions finding a lack of consideration towards workers' childare issues discrimination on the basis of 'family status'. Both decisions were penned by The Honourable Leonard S. Mandamin.
First, on January 31, 2013, the Federal Court released Canada (Attorney General) v. Johnstone, 2013 FC 113 (CanLII). Here, Ms. Fiona Johnstone complains of human rights discrimination at work due to family status. Johnstone argued that her employer, the Canadian Border Services Agency, "engaged in a discriminatory employment practice with respect to family status, specifically, in relation to her parental childcare obligations." Johnstone had been working rotating shifts and requested full-time, fixed day shifts to accommodate childcare for her kids. The Employer's policy prohibited fixed day shifts. Johnstone was therefore ineligible for benefits available to full-time employees.
The Court reasons, at paras 125-128:
[125] Simply stated, any significant interference with a substantial parental obligation is serious. Parental obligations to the child may be met in a number of different ways. It is when an employment rule or condition interferes with an employee's ability to meet a substantial parental obligation in any realistic way that the case for prima faciediscrimination based on family status is made out.
[126] In Amselem the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a person's freedom of religion is interfered with where the person demonstrates that he or she has a sincere religious belief and a third party interfered, in a manner that is non-trivial or not insubstantial, with that person's ability to act in accordance with the belief.
[127] The phrase "a substantial parental duty or obligation"equates with and establishes the same threshold as a sincere religious belief. Amselem.
[128] In my view, the serious interference test as proposed by the Applicant is not an appropriate test for discrimination on the ground of family status. It creates a higher threshold to establish a prima faciecase on the ground of family status as compared to other grounds. Rather, the question to be asked is whether the employment rule interferes with an employee's ability to fulfill her substantial parental obligations in any realistic way.
This decision is cited and further bolstered by a second decision on the same topic, released February 1, 2013. In Canadian National Railway v. Seeley, 2013 FC 117 (CanLII) , the Federal Court dismisses an appeal against finding of discrimination on the basis of family status. Denise Seeley was employed by CN as a freight train conductor. She was on lay-off and was recalled to report to a temporary work assignment to cover a major shortage in Vancouver, British Columbia. She advised she could not report to Vancouver because of childcare issues, as Vancouver was far away from her home in Jasper, Alberta. CN gave Ms. Seeley additional time, however, she did not report for work; as a result, CN terminated her employment.
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal reinstated her employment, amongst other remedies, and CN appealed the decision. An important component of the decision is at para 78 where Mandamin suggests the following test in assessing whether there is discrimination on the basis of family status:
[78] In trying to distil the principles the above cases represent, I would venture to suggest there are underlying questions one or the other has either raised or addressed:
a. does the employee have a substantial obligation to provide childcare for the child or children; in this regard, is the parent the sole or primary care giver, is the obligation substantial and one that goes beyond personal choice;
b. are there realistic alternatives available for the employee to provide for childcare: has the employee had the opportunity to explore and has explored available options; and is there a workplace arrangement, process, or collective agreement available to the employee that may accommodate an employee's childcare obligations and workplace obligations;
c. does the employer conduct, practice or rule put the employee in the difficult position of choosing between her (or his) childcare duties or the workplace obligations?
The Federal Court dismissed the appeal, ruling that "the Tribunal's finding that parental childcare obligations comes within the term "family status" in the Act." Moreover, the finding "was reasonable in keeping with the Supreme Court of Canada guidance in Dunsmuir,Khosa and Mowat."


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Zooey was recently misquoted by writer Patt Morrison about something she had said at the BAFTA Brits Watch. Check out Zooey's open letter to Patt:
Dear Ms. Morrison,
I feel compelled to respond to your recent blog post regarding comments I "allegedly" made outside the BAFTA dinner on Saturday night. I never spoke to you at this event; in fact, you weren't even there. I am completely and utterly shocked that a professional journalist, whom I have never met, would take a partial quote out of context and use it as the basis for a misguided personal attack. Further, I find it appalling that you would resort to name-calling to get your point across. In a court of law this would be called hearsay, and in journalism, I believe this should be the beginning of an investigation, not the end of one.
Let me be clear: the quote from USA TODAY that you used as the foundation of your piece was taken completely out of context. I NEVER said that Downtown LA was "the worst of LA". I did make a reference to a parking lot adjacent to the theater that had a lot of trash in it in an attempt to be humorous. I simply said, "It's funny they brought royalty here, there is a parking lot with trash around the corner." It wasn't an opinion. It was true. There was indeed a parking lot with trash around the corner. I thought that the juxtaposition of British Royalty and trash was amusing in a high-brow + low brow sort of way, but I never said that I, personally, didn't like downtown, the Royals, or even trash.
I LOVE DOWNTOWN LA and I relish any opportunity to spend time there. I have pride in my city, that's the reason why I thought it was kind of funnythat they didn't clean up the immediate surroundings before the Royals came through. In the end, of course, it didn't actually matter since those two crazy kids were flown in by helicopter anyway. Silly me. Regardless, I don't even think I need to defend my love of Los Angeles. I am a native Angelino, and had you done any research at all, you would have found that I have been quoted in the press on numerous occasions talking about how much I love Downtown.
In your piece, the character you've created of "me" is actually pretty funny. I don't know who this person is, but it seems as if you've borrowed her from the Susan Lucci repertoire. You make so many far-fetched conclusions; for one thing, you state, "go back to your house on the Westside." Well, I can't do that because I do not live on the Westside. You also open your piece by calling me a "cow", which might be your opinion, but I wish a journalist for the Los Angeles Times and KPCC had found a more sophisticated way of sharing a difference in perceived opinion.
It's hard for me to comprehend why you launched such a vile and toxic blow in my direction over a sentence fragment that you did not even hear for yourself. I do hope that in the future when writing about something, especially a human being, you will consider both the facts and context before publishing your opinion.
Zooey Deschanel
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h3>Nokia's Lumia 900 pairs out of this world hardware with elegant Windows Phone Mango release 2 software in a bid to become AT&T's next darling. But is it hot or not?
Among the very first, and certainly most comprehensive, Nokia Lumia 900 reviews comes our way courtesy of WPCentral's Daniel Rubino, and not surprisingly, he finds a lot of Windows Phone to love.
For $99 on contract, the Lumia 900 is one of the nicest Windows Phone on the market today and for the foreseeing future all at a great price. It has solid hardware including super-fast 4G LTE and the latest version of Windows Phone Mango ensuring a great experience for new users and veterans looking for an upgrade. Plus the device oozes with Nokia's quality craftsmanship making it a device many will want to talk about. With all the hype around this phone, this could be the next "it" device for the summer.
I had a chance to accompany Daniel to his Windows Phone and Nokia interview at CES 2012, and spent a few minutes playing with the Lumia 900. It's build quality is fantastic, using a metal-feeling plastic that I'm not convinced actually comes from this planet. It meshes beautifully with Microsoft's latest release of Windows Phone Mango, which adds an LTE radio stack to the Metro-based user experience. Judging by the reaction of the typically jaded gadget bloggers at the show, it was the first phone since the iPhone, with possible exceptions of the Palm Pre and Nexus One, to really get design-centric attention.
Still, they made the screen bigger without making it denser, which in the age of Retina displays makes for an overly pixelated experience. Doesn't sound like the typical AMOLED color saturation problems help out much there either. Branding also remains an issue, with Windows Phone not being anywhere near as sexy or enticing as something like Xphone. (Slap that label on it, put out a Halo special edition, and just try to keep it on the shelves.) It's also a big phone, like recent Android devices, using size to fit in the current generation of LTE chips and the batteries that go with them. And while apps are getting better all the time, they haven't gotten anywhere near what the iPhone has to offer.
There have been rumors AT&T would make this their most marketed phone ever, even more so than the iPhone. That's believable only insofar as Apple marketed the iPhone so well there really wasn't that much for AT&T to do but slap their logo at the end of Apple-made ads and count their money at the end of each quarter.
It's nice to see Nokia back in the game, though, and who would have thought Microsoft would be blazing the elegant UI trail? I don't think many perspective iPhone buyers will be tempted to jump ship (the iPhone still reportedly outsells all other AT&T phones combined), but I do think the race for "not iPhone" just got far more interesting.
And that's good for everyone.
Check out WPCentral's complete Nokia Lumia 900 review and then come back here and let us know what you think. Will the Nokai Lumia 900 cause any problems for the iPhone on AT&T?
Review: Razer's Hammerhead Pro earbuds are AirPods Pro for gamers
Razer is best known as a gaming brand, but it's been moving into more regular lifestyle products lately. The Hammerhead True Wireless Pro earbuds are the brand's answer to AirPods Pro, so how does it hold up?
Review: DJI's Pocket 2 is my perfect external camera
With the Pocket 2, you can head for the hills and leave your SLR camera behind, while still capturing high-quality video and photos.
OmniFocus 3.11 for Mac brings iOS widgets to macOS Big Sur
Now you can see your tasks from Notification Center without having to open OmniFocus.
Transfer all your photos and flies to your Mac using these USB-C adapters!
MacBooks only have USB-C ports, meaning you can't just stick your SD card into the computer without a USB-C card reader. Not sure where to start? Here are the best ones.


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Giving clients the tools to interpret their customer data
89 Degrees uses SAS® Visual Analytics to help companies drive customer engagement and loyalty
Every interaction a customer makes with a company leaves a trail of data. Magnify this by millions of customers, and the data gets bigger. And if you're an agency responsible for powering better marketing across a number of brands, the data also becomes complex.
Where we had previously spent meetings taking notes for follow-up analysis, we are now presenting what happened and why using SAS Visual Analytics and discussing the implications.
Rosie Poultney
Vice President of Analytics
But analysis shouldn't just be confined to a small segment of analysts. It should be accessible to everyone – even if you're not a data scientist or a coder. That viewpoint, held by Rosie Poultney, Vice President of Analytics for 89 Degrees, played a strong role in the marketing services firm's decision to modernize its client reporting with SAS Visual Analytics. The technology allows clients to visually explore data and create new reports rapidly, without having to consult an analyst.
Putting analytics to work
89 Degrees provides customer segmentation and targeted communications, designing loyalty programs and creating business metrics for strategic decision making by its clients.
For example, furniture company IKEA used 89 Degrees' services to power its omnichannel marketing program and develop its loyalty program from scratch to 8 million members. And automotive manufacturer Hyundai relies on 89 Degrees to find new ways to help its customers earn rewards and keep them coming back.
How? 89 Degrees turned to SAS Visual Analytics to help clients explore and produce reports from their own data autonomously. And having more interactive and flexible ways to analyze data leads to better data interpretation, which leads to better service and better results. Since 89 Degrees began using analytics from SAS, the company has achieved an annual revenue growth rate of 20 percent.
From tedious to transformational
A previous reporting system was manual and inflexible – and lacked any graphical punch. "Creating reports was slow, and if we didn't have quite what we wanted, we had to go back, recode, re-extract and do the whole thing all over again," Poultney explains. "The entire process could end up taking several weeks."
The agency needed a way to reflect a growing set of data about customers in a way that made sense to their clients. With SAS Visual Analytics, 89 Degrees can create engaging, interactive dashboards and reports that are immediately available via desktop, tablet or smartphone. More than that, 89 Degrees benefits from increased flexibility and ease in exploring the data.
"You don't need a coder," Poultney says. "You can hire a marketer and still get data into the decision process."
Now when a client comes to 89 Degrees with a question about its customer base, the agency can respond faster. 89 Degrees can either generate a new report or create a standard report that allows the client to access the answers autonomously.
For regular reports, 89 Degrees can create a table at the customer level and load it daily, weekly or monthly. "Clients don't have to go through a massive briefing process to get a number out," Poultney says. "And it frees our analysts to concentrate on things that are of more value to the company and its clients."
SAS Visual Analytics allows 89 Degrees to explore its clients' customer data and split those customers into useful segments. The technology also helps 89 Degrees create a customer health report that tracks how segmented groups are behaving. The company gets standard reports for tracking key performance indicators, taking a deep dive into marketing campaigns and tracking changes in media input over time based on geography.
The solution also makes reporting projects easier. "In the past, a project that normally would have taken us two weeks can now be done on the same level in just three or four days," Poultney says.
More time for data interpretation and idea generation
Because 89 Degrees can quickly make changes to reports, the company spends a lot more time collaborating with clients on ideas, not going back and forth on minor changes.
"Where we had previously spent meetings taking notes for follow-up analysis, we are now presenting what happened and why using SAS Visual Analytics and discussing the implications," Poultney says. "We can even make changes to the reports or charts in the meeting, so no one has to wait for answers or wait to make decisions collectively.
"And since we trained our clients to make their own reports, they're also starting meetings sharing those reports. By removing the barrier to data access, our clients can focus on what the data is telling them, which ultimately leads to improved marketing campaigns that yield higher ROI."
- Generate reports faster and give marketing clients more autonomy in exploring their data and generating reports on their own.
- Non-technical individuals have the ability to explore data on their own.
- Quicker turnaround on reports and explorations and the ability to change variables and hierarchies faster.
- Projects that used to take weeks to complete now can be done in a few days.
- Internal analysts have time to focus on more critical projects.
- The company has achieved an annual revenue growth rate of 20 percent.


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Even though it's widely known that heart disease is the number one killer in the US and worldwide, there's a critical piece missing from its treatment – early diagnosis. By the time a patient has suffered a heart attack, the damage has already been done, yet that is precisely when most people discover that they have heart problems. A new invention from Israel that can provide a still image of the heart may supply the missing piece.
Dr. Ehud Dafni, CEO of Israeli company Arineta, has invented the first Computing Tomography (CT) imaging system that is specially designed for the heart. In the past, CT imaging of the heart was not possible because the organ is constantly in motion, beating. Recently, advanced technology has made it possible to capture a still image of the heart, but only with the use of expensive equipment that is not specifically designed for cardiac imaging and utilizes large amounts of radiation.
A one-stop shot of the heart
In contrast, explains Dafni, Arineta's imaging system is small, inexpensive and uses only a small quantity of radiation. "It shows the entire heart in a one-stop shot and provides better quality images with less radiation," Dafni tells ISRAEL21c.
Since it is low-cost and easy to operate, such a machine could be used for preventive screenings, just as mammography is used today for early diagnosis of breast cancer. Once people reach the age when they are at risk for coronary disease (Dafni suggests age 45 for men, 55 for women) a cardiac CT screening every five years could mean early diagnosis of the conditions that can lead to a fatal attack. It could also mean a significant reduction in the need for invasive procedures and surgeries.
Such screenings are not feasible today, given the cost and risks associated with cardiac CT imaging. "Today there is a general purpose machine, the best of which costs $2.5 million, weighs about three tons, can't be operated in the doctor's office, is hard to operate, and uses a relatively large amount of radiation," explains Dafni. "What we offer is a machine which is much smaller, uses less radiation, and provides better images."
Dafni is a veteran of the medical imaging field, having spent years as chief physicist and project manager for Elscint, once Israel's leading producer of medical imaging devices. While at Elscint, Dafni also collaborated with Siemens on products that were distributed by both companies.
A revolution in cardiac care
Dafni suggests that cardiac CT imaging has the potential to revolutionize the way patients are currently treated for heart disease. While many companies are developing medications to improve the state of the heart, cardiologists have no way to determine whether or not the medications are working.
"There is no way to know if a patient will have a heart attack until he actually has one," says Dafni. In contrast, with imaging, "Doctors can find out who will benefit from treatment, prescribe medication, and afterward follow up and see if medication worked, which you can't today."
Another problem with the current state of cardiology is that doctors often don't know whether or not a patient requires an invasive procedure until the procedure is in progress. By the time tubes have been inserted into the arteries, the patient has racked up costs both physical and financial, which may have been unnecessary all along.
"With CT imaging, we can detect the disease at an early stage and can take steps to prevent it, which is an option we don't have today," Dafni concludes.
Based in Caesarea with a staff of five, Arineta was founded in 2006. The new machine has been designed and is slated for distribution in about two years. The company is funded by a group of investors led by Israeli healthcare investor Yossi Morik. Morik told Israel's leading financial website Globes Online that he foresees an exit of at least $100 million.
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Edmonton Iglesia Evangelica Mennonita (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
The Edmonton Iglesia Evangelica Mennonita formally organized as a Mennonite congregaiton in 1981 after meeting in the Holyrood Mennonite Church for several years. The group partially originated through contact with Chilean refugees by Nancy Hostetler, who was a member of that congregation. The group had been associated with the Evangelical Church previously.
Jorge Vallejos, who had helped organize churches in Chile, provided informal and then formal leadership for the group beginning in the late 1970s. With a short break in the late 1980s, Vallejos served as pastor of the congregation since its affiliation with the Mennonites.
The congregation was first known as Iglesia Evangelica Hispana. In 1987 it chose the name Centro Evangelistico Bet-El. Later the present name came into use.
In 1985 there were 45 members; in 1995, 15; in 2000 21. The congregation has been affiliated with the Northwest Mennonite Conference (1981-), the Mennonite Church (1981-1999) and the Convention of Hispanic Mennonite Churches. The language of worship is Spanish.
Mennonite Reporter (22 February 1982): 11.
Regehr, T. D. Faith, Life and Witness in the Northwest, 1903-2003 : Centennial History of the Northwest Mennonite Conference. Kitchener, Ont. : Pandora Press, 2003: 378-380, 391-393.
Additional Information
Address: 6110 Fulton Road, Edmonton, Alberta T6L 1H9
Phone: 780-465-1379
Denominational Affiliation: Northwest Mennonite Conference
Map:Edmonton Iglesia Evangelica Mennonita (Edmonton, Alberta)
|Marlene Epp
|Sam Steiner
|Date Published
|March 2010
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Island Hopping
February 17, 2012
Associate Professor of Biology Kevin S. Kinney has traveled to the Galapagos Islands more than most people. Since his first trip eight years ago, he's returned again and again to visit each of the volcanic islands and their unique species, becoming just as fascinated by them as Charles Darwin famously was in 1835. Each trip, he says, offers something new. Sure, there's enough to study there to last a biologist a lifetime, but there's another reason why every visit is so fresh and different: Kinney doesn't go alone.
Like the students who travel with him, Kinney's first visit to the Galapagos was during Winter Term. Since 2004 he's repeated the course every other year with a new group. It's not that his students are noticing species he missed on a previous trip. Immersed in newness, many are just looking at different things than a physiologist would.
"My preference is to get as diverse a group of students as possible," Kinney says. "I know what a scientist will say about the Galapagos. I never know what a musician will say."
The course projects are often as varied as the students on the trip. Some students have focused on the people of the Galapagos, which, while 600 miles west of the mainland, are home to 25,000 Ecuadorians. For another, it was the food that was worthy of documenting.
Since his first trip, Kinney has become more and more familiar with the islands and what to see and do there. He eventually moved away from the standard tours most visitors opt for, instead designing a trip with the help of a local guide. This year, he and his students island-hopped much as Darwin did, ferrying between destinations on a boat that doubles as their hotel. They explore an island during the day and return to the boat in the evening. The next morning, they wake up on a new island. It may be the best way to appreciate how special the islands remain two centuries after they changed biological science forever.
The Galapagos Islands have the reputation of being an almost otherworldly destination, and it's clear why as soon as you step off the airplane. No matter a student's interest, no one leaves disappointed.
"The biology students have more of what we would call a prepared mind," Kinney says. "Even though they know what to expect, it's always a shock to them how much the islands live up to that."
Millions of years without any large land-based predators have rendered most of the islands' species almost indifferent to human visitors. Sea lions and three-foot iguanas lounge about on sun-warmed benches as if they run the place. And in a way, they do.
The islands are protected as a national park, with strict rules about how people can conduct themselves. Visitors have only limited time on the islands before they must leave, and certain areas, such as nesting locations, are completely off limits. With tens of thousands of visitors to the islands each year, there's a question of how much of an impact people may be having on the indigenous species and their behavior.
"There's this tension between 'don't let any people visit,' in which case Ecuador has no economic incentive to preserve the islands, and 'just let everyone do what they want,' but you can't let people visit a place without affecting it," Kinney says. "I try to have the students be aware that we are a part of a problem when we go down there, but it's sort of the lesser of two evils."
Why all the fuss? The Galapagos Islands, a volcanic archipelago, preserve a natural history that simply can't be found anywhere else in the world. Kinney says that Darwin's "ah-ha" moment may have come when the islands' governor explained that he could identify which island a tortoise had come from based on its shell.
"When you're told that the species on these islands, which are all in view of each other, have significant differences even a person without science training can see, that's remarkable," Kinney, left, says. "You don't have to have something as drastic as the arctic versus the equator. The islands may look the same to us, but if you're a tortoise, they're very different. And the populations on each island are different. That's what I think really set Darwin off."
The principles of Darwin's theory literally stare you in the face on the Galapagos, but there is a downside to being a place unlike any other. Many of the islands' species are endemic, or found there and only there, like kangaroos in Australia or lemurs in Madagascar. The Galapagos penguin, for example, is the only penguin found north of the equator, and the Galapagos tortoise is the largest tortoise in the world. Were the islands to disappear, so would these species. As Kinney says, there are no replacements handy.
"I hope students come away thinking that this place is important, that it needs to be protected," Kinney says. "And by extension, there are other places in the world that are important, as well."Back


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Farming has changed a lot since the 18th and 19th centuries. In The Valley, the landscape has boasted pastures for sheep and cows, grain and hay fields, vegetable plots, orchards and sugar lots, and the market has transitioned from home-based production to bulk operations and back again.
Today, small, diverse agricultural operations dot The Valley's hills, and on Wednesday, December 12, the Mad River Valley Rural Resource Commission and the Mad River Valley Planning District (MRVPD) will host a public presentation titled "Hill Farming in the Mad River Valley: Past, Present and Future."
The presentation, which takes place at 6:30 p.m. at the Round Barn in Waitsfield, is part of an ongoing project about area hill farming that includes a historical essay and documentary film. On Wednesday, historian Lyssa Papazian will present her current research about the history of hill farming in the Mad River Valley and videographer Meg Campbell will summarize her recent interviews with area farmers.
The presentations will be followed by an open discussion about what is happening on hill farms today as well as their future potential based on past trends as well as the types of farms emerging with the localvore movement.
At "Hill Farming in the Mad River Valley," the public can learn about what older farms are doing to adapt to today's economy and markets, how new farmers are entering the fold, how land conservation is assisting farmers in starting or maintaining agricultural ventures and what new trends in state agriculture offer opportunities for farming in the Mad River Valley, specifically.
Representatives from various statewide and regional agricultural organizations will attend the event and will be available for inquiries, including the Vermont Land Trust, the Vermont Division of Historic Preservation's Barn Census Program, the Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District, Mad River Localvores, the VSJF's Farm to Plate Program and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
The MRVPD is a three-town planning entity developed by Fayston, Waitsfield and Warren as well as Sugarbush Resort in 1985 to carry out a planning program for the Valley that considers its physical, social, economic, fiscal, environmental, cultural and aesthetic well-being.
The MRVPD and the Vermont Land Trust created the MRV Rural Resource Commission in 1987 with the goal of conducting an inventory and developing a conservation strategy for The Valley's rural resources.
The planning district was the first of its kind in Vermont to become a Certified Local Government (CLG) under the National Historic Preservation Act. As a CLG, the planning district is eligible for matching grants from the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation.
This event is part of the MRV Hill Farm Research Project, made possible by a grant from the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation. Additional event sponsors include the Mad River Valley Planning District, the Mad River Valley Conservation Partnership, Sanford/Strauss Architects and Liz Lovely Cookies.


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Check out reviews left by other students or leave your own review. You could win a free scholarship.Add your Review
jirime from borger, tx
Reviewer is Accepted here and planning to attend soon. Reviewer has been to campus.
1 of 7
Categories Comments What to do for fun
i find myself working in the agricultual field where i feel accomplished.
Food and Dining
the college cafeteria is surprisingly delisious and affordable.
Dorm Life
i don't know anything about the college dormitories.
Academic Rigor
the instructors will push you to be the best you can be.
Tips for prospective students
i encourage you to discuss your college plan with the admissions office and listen to the advice they give.
In three sentences
i am super excited about the inviting and friendly atmosphere. the instructors are always helpful in and out of school hours; even before i applied. frank phillips is the best for helping prospective students find their best path.
Sierra from Fritch, TX
Reviewer is A current student here.
2 of 7
Categories Comments Tips for prospective students
Make sure to only take your basic core classes at first. Even though you know what you want to go in to, it's best to spend time doing basics first so if you do change your mind, it won't be too late.
In three sentences
The staff is very helpful. Teachers are great and easily accessible. Wide variety of courses to select from.
Trinidad from Aransas Pass, TX
Reviewer is A current student here.
3 of 7
Categories Comments What to do for fun
The BCAC has gym, pool, there is the plainsmen which has a pool table and ping pong table.
Food and Dining
The caf is great!
Dorm Life
My Dorm Mom Ms Rachel is very nice. Always has what we need.
Tips for prospective students
If you are from a small town I recommend Frank Phillips. Its a great town and people are very friendly.
In three sentences
It is very nice and small. Teachers go out of their way to help us students. Not overwhelming, always helpful hands.
Summer from Borger, TX
Reviewer is A past student here.
1 out of 1 people found this review useful. 4 of 7
Categories Comments Campus Safety
Campus Security is always on campus even throughout the night and are always a call away and ready to be there.
Greek Life
PTK, requirement for it is have a GPA of at least 3.5.
Clubs and Activities
Honors program, Student government, Art club, PTK, Rodeo, Collegiate FFA, and pre medical career club.
Great for these types of students
All types of students attend. They are a lot of international students also.
Share any unusual traditions or locations on campus
The college started out in the local high school because there was a low enrollment. The first class at Frank Phillips College graduated with 6.
Bang for the buck
Cheap classes compared to other colleges.
What to do for fun
There is a place to play billiards. Separate from that is an activity center, which has a basketball court, racquetball court, swimming pool and fitness rooms.
Food and Dining
The cafeteria staff are very nice and provide an awesome variety of food everyday. My friend whom is a vegetarian, always was able to eat there because of their wide variety.
Dorm Life
I did not live in the dorms, but I went to friends' dorm rooms, they were nice.
Academic Rigor
Everyone cares about their grades, even the teachers try to help in every way they can. One of the college overall themes is writing matters.
Tips for prospective students
I would encourage anyone seeking out this college to take advantage of all the services such as; TriO(government funded organization), the honors program, and the Academic Readiness Center(ARC). They are very helpful for anyone's college career.
In three sentences
This is a great community college. I recommend it to everyone. It is a small community so everyone cares.
Lindsay from DALHART, TX
Reviewer is Accepted here and planning to attend soon. Reviewer has not been to campus.
5 of 7
Categories Comments What to do for fun
Even though I have not attended this particular college yet, I can tell you that I have had fun. Even the enrollment process was easy, and very unstressful. My advisor is such a awesome person, and willing to do whatever to help me succeed. I plan on having fun just by making this experience fun. No matter what I just want this to be a great experience, I will do whatever I have to to make this pleasant. I look forward to also making others laugh, and bring joy to their lives. You can have clean fun just by making your work fun, by helping others, and making them smile.
Food and Dining
haven't been there.
Dorm Life
I have been there?
Tips for prospective students
Make sure to have your work turned in on time. Make sure to attend classes regularly and be on time. I can tell you that I have attended another college, and by far this one beats it. The teachers are so nice, and willing to help. I have had the best advisor.
In three sentences
I love the location of this college. I love the teachers, and how they are willing to help& educate. I love the convienence of how I can go to College in my hometown.
Danyale from Borger, TX
Reviewer is A current student here.
2 out of 2 people found this review useful. 6 of 7
Categories Comments Campus Safety
Small town so if something happens it gets taken very seriously and is cleared up in a matter of hours if not a day.
Clubs and Activities
Trio is my favorite they help with anything you need . There is also the rodeo arena that is fun for those that love live stock. You can be in many different club but if you choice not to be the school holds trips that everyone can go on.
Great for these types of students
Any type of student would be able to find a place here. There is something for everyone to do or be a part of. And a lot of sports.
What to do for fun
There is actives every night in the gym for the students. But if you are wanting to leave campus, you could go the clubs, movies, or bowling. Our local bowling has a college night were student bowl for free plus you can buy drinks there too.
Food and Dining
The town has about 7 different Mexican restaurants in town. Then you have the cafe on campus that serves great food. There is a market across the street from the campus if you wanted snacks.
Dorm Life
The dorms are all one level and located at one of the highest point on campus with a great view. The dorms are double occupation however, the rooms are big.
Academic Rigor
The teacher will help you and make sure you under stand the lesson. There are study groups always going on. There is always help there.
Tips for prospective students
Be active in the college events and community. Always ask if you need something ever one is willing to help even those that you wouldn't think are. Study and have fun.
In three sentences
Frank Phillips College is located in Borger, TX, with a amazing open plains, friendly people and a great place for me to raise my 3 kids. The professors at the college are always willing to help you and the cafe has great food. The college is a cooking pot with people from Alaska to the Netherlands.
Candice from Borger, TX
Reviewer is A current student here.
2 out of 3 people found this review useful. 7 of 7
Categories Comments Great for these types of students
Frank is great fro any kind of student, but since it is located in the Texas Panhandle, there are a ton of cowboys.
Bang for the buck
Frank Phillips offers an amazing education for a small tuition fee. The average cost is under $2,000.00 plus books and supplies.
What to do for fun
There are always sports and rodeo/cffa events going on as well as street dances and cook outs for the students to partake in throughout the year.
Food and Dining
The cafeteria on campus serves amazing, healthy food that the students enjoy immensely.
Tips for prospective students
Just showing up to class shows the professor that you care and want to be there to learn about he things in that class.
In three sentences
Frank Phillips is an outstanding school. The class environment is nurturing with a staff of professors who care about the students. Frank Phillips offers something for every student.


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