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Small scale technology certificates are essentially a rebate for a consumer who invests in installing a solar panels power system in Frankston or any other Australian location. The lastest issue raising it's head is the new coalition government's seemingly waivering ongoing support for renewable energy initiatives, and thus creating a wave of hesitation throughout the community for investing money into renewable power systems without the rebate benefits.
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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ron Jaworski, the legendary quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles, 1980 NFL MVP and noted football analyst on ESPN television networks, will sign pre-purchased bottles of Captain Morgan White Rum from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21, at the Fine Wine & Good Spirits Premium Collection Store, Columbus Commons North Shopping Center, 1940 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia, 19148.
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Analysis on covert ops in Iran
- "What has raised the world's suspicions is that Iran continues to produce 20 percent enriched uranium despite the fact that this exceeds its civilian needs and, as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad acknowledged in September, does not make economic sense," writes Olli Heinonen on ForeignPolicy.com.
- "Covert action creates the time and space for pressure to build, while reducing the need for military action. Ultimately, covert action should be aimed at bringing enough pressure to bear on Iran's leaders so that they understand they will never reach their goal of being a nuclear power," writes Andrew Cummings in the Guardian.
- "Whatever the moral considerations, there is no doubt that curtailing Iran's nuclear ambitions is a paramount goal for policy-makers and security services alike, and the covert campaign appears to be the most effective means of delaying the Iranians' progress," argues this Daily Telegraph editorial.
- Experts believe that covert actions that include a campaign of assassinations, bombings, cyber attacks and defections are the modus-operandi used mainly by Israel to weaken the Iranian regime and to halt the country's attempts to develop nuclear capabilities. "Sabotage and assassination is the way to go, if you can do it," Patrick Clawson, director of the Iran Security Initiative at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, told The New York Times in an interview published on Thursday.
Iranian Oil
- Following a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi said Japan would continue to reduce its imports (al-Jazeera) of Iranian oil as part of a U.S.-led plan to sanction the country over its nuclear program.
- The US has slapped sanctions on three companies including a large Chinese oil trader for selling refined oil products to Iran, just days after US Treasury secretary Tim Geithner travelled to Beijing to press for Chinese support on Iran sanctions. The measures send a strong warning to energy companies working in Iran. But they also mark a more confrontational approach to China, Iran's biggest trading partner, after the US has spent years lobbying Beijing for closer co-operation on its attempts to isolate Tehran over its expanding nuclear programme.
- Iran will struggle to sell embargoed crude
- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejaddenounced capitalism Wednesday during a speech at the University of Havana on the third leg of a trip to highlight friendships with hisLatin American allies, most of them thorns in Washington's side. Ahmadinejad held a private meeting later with President Raul Castro and was expected to meet with Fidel Castro. In all, he planned to spend less than 24 hours on the island before flying to Ecuador.
- In a video posted on the internet, the leader of Nigeria's Islamist Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, defended the group's recent killings of Christians (Reuters) in the north of the country as justifiable revenge.
- The Nigerian authorities have imposed a 24-hour curfew in Niger state after a crowd of youths went on the rampage, setting fire to buildings and cars.The trouble in the state capital, Minna, came on the third day of nationwide strikes against a government decision to end fuel subsidies.
- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appeared in public for the first time during the ten-month-old uprising against his regime, addressing a rally of thousands in Damascus. Assad vowed to "defeat the conspiracy" (NYT) in the surprise speech.
- The Arab League has delayed sending more monitors to Syria, as its mission runs into further difficulties. The league's move comes after 11 of its observers were injured in an attack in the port of Latakia earlier this week. One of the league's 165 observers has already quit the mission describing it as a "farce", and reports say another is set to walk out.
Fracing (Fracking… eventually I'll concede that the popular media has succeeded in morphing the spelling which comes from 'frac' which is short for 'fracturing')
- After earthquakes in Lancashire and tales of poisoned water and flaming taps in the US, "fracking" for gas or oil in the English home counties was never likely to be easy. And so it proved when oil executives faced the fury of a village hall full of West Sussex residents in a clash over a controversial technology that energy companies believe could open up major reserves of energy from underground rocks. "What you are about to do will make our water beyond toxic!" Ella Reeves shouted at Mark Miller, the Pennsylvania oil man who had come to Balcombe to explain plans to search for hydrocarbons 800 metres under the Sussex weald. "It's about money for you, but for me it is about life."
- US natural gas prices suffered their biggest week drop in two-and-a-half years, falling 12.7 per cent, amid forecasts of continuing mild winter weather and booming US production. Higher than normal temperatures in the east and Midwest of America have depressed US natural gas prices over the past few months, when consumption is supposed to be at its strongest. "There doesn't seem to be a floor [to the price] right now," said Laurent Key, natural gas analyst at Société Générale in New York.
- Low natural gas prices will eat into Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s profits, analyst Phil Weiss of Argus Research said in a note to clients on Friday. "While the company has recently realized additional cash from asset monetizations and plans more, it still faces a cash shortfall relative to its ability to generate sufficient operating cash flow to fund its 2012 capital budget,"
- Last week, I received a note from him letting me know that, on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, he would be undertaking a hunger strike directed against New York State officials who are bound and determined to make the Southern Tier of the state a showcase for the effectiveness of a process called Induced Hydraulic Fracturing, or "fracking."
Macroeconomic News
- Of course the news would come on Friday the 13th. After a day of leaks and rumors, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services made it official late this afternoon. The credit-rating agency is stripping unlucky France of its AAA credit rating, knocking it down by one notch to AA+. Also getting knocked down one notch each were Austria, Malta, Slovakia and Slovenia. S&P gave even worse news to Italy, Spain, Cyprus and Portugal, marking down their debt ratings by two notches each. That downgrade kicked Cyprus and Portugal all the way to "junk" status, where Greece already resides. Ouch.
- The U.S. trade deficit widened 10.4 percent to $47.8 billion in November from October, driven by higher prices and volumes for imported oil and a drop in major export categories other than consumer goods. Non-petroleum imports rose 0.1 percent, including a 3.7 percent jump in automotive import volumes. Imports of capital goods rose despite declines in computers, semiconductors and the volatile category of civilian aircraft. Consumer goods imports fell 1.7 percent.
- Consumer confidence in the U.S. last week reached the highest level since July as the improving job market helped allay pessimism.
- Chinese inflation edged down in December, setting the stage for a continuation of cautious policy loosening to support the slowing economy. Consumer prices rose 4.1 per cent from a year earlier, the lowest in 15 months and well below July's peak of 6.5 per cent.
Keystone Pipeline
- Cornell GLI's new report, Pipe Dreams? Jobs Gained, Jobs Lost by the Construction of Keystone XL examines the job impacts of TransCanada Corportation's Keystone XL Pipeline, the proposed pipeline that would transport tar sands oil almost 2,000 miles from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf of Mexico in Texas. The report reviews claims made by TransCanada and the American Petroleum Institute that the project will create 20,000 construction and manufacturing and 119,000 (direct, indirect and induced) jobs. The report concludes that the job estimates put forward by TransCanada are unsubstantiated and the project will not only create fewer jobs than industry states, but that the project could actually kill more jobs than it creates.
Global Climate Change
- Dramatic and unprecedented plumes of methane – a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide – have been seen bubbling to the surface of the Arctic Ocean by scientists undertaking an extensive survey of the region.
- The offer of a fitness club membership is helping insurers includingUnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) and Humana Inc. (HUM) draw healthier and less costly patients to their Medicare programs, said researchers reporting in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study found 35.3 percent of new enrollees in a fitness membership benefit plan reported "excellent" or "very good" health, compared with 29.1 percent in the group without the benefit. The number of plans offering the memberships rose to 58 in 2008 from 4 in 2002, the researchers said.
- Energy efficiency is an over-rated policy tool when it comes to cutting energy use and CO2 emissions—that's the basic message promoted by the US think tank the Breakthrough Institute (BTI), and amplified in major news outlets like theNew Yorker and the New York Times. Their logic is that every action to conserve energy through efficient use leads to an opposite reaction to consume more energy—a "rebound" mechanism, which, according to the BTI, can negate as much as 60-100% of saved energy, and in some cases can backfire to increase net energy consumption.
- In this research note we refute this policy message and show that the BTI, as well as its champions in the media, have overplayed their hand, supporting their case with anecdotes and analysis that don't measure up against theory and data….
- Global investment in clean energy reached a new high of $260bn (£169bn) last year – despite the financial crisis and the anti-environment agenda of Republicans in the US Congress, a United Nations investors' summit was told on Thursday. Data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, which tracks clean energy investment, showed a 5% increase compared with 2010, driven largely by a surge of money going to the solar industry.
- Giant cargo boats and US navy warships have been successfully powered on oil derived from genetically modified algae in a move which could herald a revolution in the fuel used by the world's fleets – and a reduction in the pollution they cause. The results of substituting algal oil for low-grade, "bunker" fuel and diesel in a 98,000-tonne container ship are still being evaluated by Maersk, the world's biggest shipping company, which last week tested 30 tonnes of oil supplied by the US navy in a vessel travelling from Europe to India. Last month, the navy tested 20,000 gallons of algal fuel on a decommissioned destroyer for a few hours. Both ran their trials on a mix of algal oil – between 7% and 100% – and conventional bunker fuel.
- Chevron, the second-largest US oil company by market capitalisation, warned that its earnings for the fourth quarter of last year would be "significantly" below the third quarter's, as a result of a slump in refining profits of about $2bn and adverse exchange rate effects. Chevron said refining margins had dropped because of a fall in demand for petrol and overstocked supplies, which did not improve over the December holiday driving season.
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- Texas and Colorado approved rules today requiring oil and natural-gas operators to report the chemical ingredients used in new hydraulically fractured wellsbeginning [this] year. The Texas Railroad Commission, which oversees the industry in the state, said any well receiving an initial drilling permit beginning Feb. 1 will be subject to the new chemical-disclosure rules, according to an e-mailed statement today.
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Sand and salt runoff ending up in local waterwaysDetroit Lakes, MN (WDAY TV) - Detroit Lakes is battling snow packed and slick roads with sand and salt, but come spring time, what's protecting us now could be harming our lakes and rivers.
Detroit Lakes, MN (WDAY TV) - Detroit Lakes is battling snow packed and slick roads with sand and salt, but come spring time, what's protecting us now could be harming our lakes and rivers.
Right now, these snow packed river banks are keeping what's up there, all the salt, sand and debris, from making its way into this river. Once it melts, that will all change.
This blizzard dumped a lot of snow, leaving it to the street department to clean up.
Brad Green: "And with this type of snow, it took us two days to clean up."
The next step? To keep you safe.
Brad Green: "We do a blend. The colder it is, we use the sand to get a little more grit on the road. If it gets below ten degrees the salt doesn't work as well."
Just this year alone, Detroit Lakes has used tons of sand and salt. With the latest storm, they'll have to use even more.
Brad Green: "Compared to other years, we've refilled the shed one extra time"
But all that sand ends up in rivers and streams.
Emily Siira – Minnesota DNR Hydrologist: "Road salt, as you can imagine is not a natural to our lakes and rivers and our water systems and so, that could potentially have a negative impact."
The snow, the salt and debris find their way in the water.
Emily Siira: "That could potentially carry a lot more nutrients and pollutants that will impact our water quality."
Brad Green says his department does their part to try and decrease that impact.
Brad Green: "We filter a lot of our storm water before it reaches the lakes."
Meaning Green must balance your safety now with nature's come spring time.
After all this snow is gone, public works says they usually sweep away over 5,000 yards of salt and debris trying to keep the area lakes and rivers clean.
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His arms had been wrapped around mine for nearly a year. In sleep, he curved around my upper body, cradling my shoulders and neck. Though I can remember numerous outings, the few photos that survived of us include an oddly framed photograph from a road-trip in 2010, and one quickly snapped on my grandfather's Canon at a family gathering. Throughout the summer, we grew distant. Occasional visits to his new apartment and local bars would afford me a glimpse of him, and I would stare longingly as he sat crumpled on a chair, never working up the nerve to steal him back. This distance grew, and by fall we had separated for good. My handsome blue oxford button-down now hangs in a closet blocks away, surrendered to my then boyfriend.
The trade started innocently enough—the guy I was dating needed a shirt to wear after my dog had covered his own in a thick layer of fur. He buttoned it up, noticing how the shirt, which hung off of my own body in what I like to consider a jaunty way, skimmed his torso perfectly. He immediately began joking about assimilating it to his own wardrobe. Weeks later my best friend recognized the borrowed item and told him the shirt looked better on him, suggesting he keep it (what ever happened to the sisterhood?). That was the beginning of the end for my button-down.
Two months into my relationship, and I had given up any hope of reclaiming my beloved men's dress shirt. At the time, knowing I could borrow the shirt back acted as a comfort to my loss—the cotton collegiate-style cardigan he lent me also softened the blow. After an amicable break-up, however, I have slowly had to come to terms with the fact that my shirt is gone. Custody battles and settlements aside, I have come to wonder what the post-break-up-attire rules are. Do you take back the shirt? Do you keep it? How long until you can wear said shirt? Can you go on a date wearing it? These questions float through my mind regularly, as I think about my forever lost oxford. I would like to believe that the image of me throwing on the shirt in the middle of the night to get a glass of water would have stained his memory of the shirt, causing a Tell-Tale Heart-esque reaction (well, not the whole disembodied part) if he even stepped near another girl while wearing it. On my end, I have casually put on the swapped cardigan numerous times without thinking twice about him, or whether I am wearing the garment respectfully. In just a month with his cardigan, I have come to learn how quickly sentimental value can be lost once a garment is thrown on four days a week—and yes, I realize I could use another cardigan to put into my rotation.
Losing someone you care about is hard—not to mention losing the shirt off your back. Though easy to replace—anyone who has wandered the men's aisle at a Value Village knows that oxford button-downs are a dime a dozen—I'm hesitant to run out and scoop up a new one. For the moment, something about my (or his, rather) shirt seems irreplaceable; the way its cuffs took exactly three rolls to reach my elbows, or how despite steam or ironing, the fabric between its white buttons remained permanently wrinkled. The daunting task of finding a replacement, or the fear of that replacement running off with another well statured 16.5-necked man, keeps my closet free of men's dress shirts for the time being. I can only hope the oxford button-down that got away is being cared for, loved, and well worn.
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March 15, 2013
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By Bernie Siben, CPSM '00
My brother sent me a resume from a recent college graduate who is the son of one of his colleagues, along with the following request: "Would you look at the resume and comment? Also, because you deal with engineers all over the country, do you have any thoughts about who is hiring, or where engineers are being sought? He's open to a move."
Because my brother has been a very good brother to me, I took a close look at the resume. While it has some good qualities, I believe it reflects what most schools think is important and not what the business world thinks is important. So here are my thoughts.
I don't really have a feel for who is currently hiring engineers, but here is my suggestion to find job leads:
Job candidates should also become a member (if they aren't already) of the local chapter of a professional organization (for example, civil engineers should join the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)). The local chapter will have meetings at least monthly, for a nominal sum. At these meetings, there will be educational programs that can be added to a resume, as well as networking opportunities that might turn up job leads that have not yet been published anywhere.
A resume is your academic and professional biography. Since neither your academic experience nor your professional experience is the same as anyone else's, your story shouldn't be the same as anyone else's. Use your resume to DISCUSS your experience rather than just LISTING names, dates and places. In your high school history class, you figured out that such a recitation was boring. It is no less boring for the HR or technical person reviewing your resume.
Write your cover letter as if you were writing your biography. After an introductory paragraph in which you identify yourself as a recent graduate and your interest in the position for which you are applying, talk about what made you embark on an engineering education. Talk about the specific engineering classes you really liked and why. Talk about the project you worked on during a summer internship, even if you hated it and it made you rethink your engineering specialty. Tell the reader things that will make him or her want to speak with you on the phone or, better still, in person.
It is unfortunate that many engineering schools don't think it's important for an engineer to know how to write. But it's a fact that engineers write all the time. They write engineering reports to describe the components and challenges of a project, they write letters clients and jurisdictional agencies, they write text for permit applications, and they write hand-out materials for public meetings, hearings and other uses.
However, while a resume is in large part about the details of your academic and professional history, and details are where engineers generally excel, telling the story in an engaging and compelling manner is equally as important as the details you are relating.
Bernie Siben, CPSM, is owner and principal consultant of The Siben Consult, LLC, in Austin, TX, which provides strategic and marketing services to architectural, engineering, construction and environmental firms across the United States. Contact him at (559) 901-9596 or [email protected]
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In the bible and modern life, men and women are equal
Last weekend, an article appeared in a Sydney newspaper detailing proposed new vows in the Anglican diocese of Sydney, whereby women would pledge to "love and submit" to their husband. It caused quite a furore. The vows are defended today by Anglican Archbishop of Sydney Peter Jensen. But many see them as sexist and archaic. A visiting Anglican Minister from Britain, the Rev'd Barbara Steele-Perkins, was not impressed when she saw the story, and has penned this column exclusively for The Punch
Last weekend, three separate people in Sydney showed me the article about the proposed new marriage vows. "What do YOU think?" they all asked.
Perhaps I should first explain why they were at all interested! I'm in Australia visiting my daughter and her family; I am an English woman, a one-time clergy wife, now an ordained Anglican minister myself. I have two part-time 'jobs': I'm a parish priest in a typically English village and a theological educator – that is, I help prepare men and women who are called to the Anglican ministry – both ordained and lay.
No wonder I am thought to have an opinion! And yes, I do.
First, about the word 'submission'. We get rather het up in the 21st century, more by its misuse than its proper use. It is even abused, because we understand it to mean something negative and life-denying, but perhaps if we understood its proper use and the context, it will help.
The writer of the biblical letter from which it is quoted (to the Christians of Ephesus) addressed a cultural setting based on a philosophy where the individual was all. To be told that they should ALL 'submit to one another out of reverence for Christ' was revolutionary and different: the Christian life is not individualistic; it is lived in community, in relationship with God and with others.
It is a generous word, a giving word, an every-relationship word. In my church community for example, I gladly submit to someone who has a gift that I don't, as they gladly submit to mine. We submit equally to each other.
The letter continues to explore something of what that meant for that culture at that time. Women in Ephesus for example were uneducated, whereas in Rome (see another letter in the Bible) the situation was quite different, and Paul specifically mentions women ministers there.
In our day and culture we need to work out what it means in detail for us. If you will forgive a little theology, every human being is in the image of God, who is, in God's very being, three persons in perfect and equal submission to each other.
'Subordination', however, is an entirely different matter and entirely out of place; nowhere (unless it is being misinterpreted) does the Bible suggest that men and women are anything but equal in the sight of God and each other.
So my main question about the article, especially after reading Archbishop Jensen's response, is: in a culture where women and men are equal (in Australia and England for example) why is there a perceived need for bride and groom to say different things in their vows?
The Rev'd Barbara Steele-Perkins
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Jaz says:
I don't know what Bible you have been reading but it is pretty clear in the one I was brought up on that women were told to be subordinate to men.
Genesis 3:16
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
1 Corinthians 11:3
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
1 Corinthians 14:34-36
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
Ephesians 5:22-24
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Colossians 3:18
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
1 Timothy 2:11-15
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing.
1 Peter 3:1
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands.
you cant say "nowhere (unless it is being misinterpreted) does the Bible suggest that men and women are anything but equal in the sight of God and each other." and have really read the Bible. respectfully I think it is you who are misinterpreting your book
fml says:
First Gays, now women. The patriarchal church strikes again. It seems the slippery slope argument used against gay marriage could easily be used against the church.
Tubesteak says:
I think Peter Jensen has already answered this question in the SMH article you refer.
Apparently, we're same, but different. Or men submit to God but women submit to men. Something along those lines.
John says:
"in a culture where women and men are equal (in Australia and England for example) why is there a perceived need for bride and groom to say different things in their vows?"
Because the people who run the Anglican Church in Sydney don't accept that men and women are equal.
Try getting Archbishop Jensen to accept that you are a legitimate Anglican priest. There's as much chance of that as there is of him streaking down George Street.
Shane* says:
Barbara, my understanding is that the Church teaches that a marriage is similar/representative of the bond between Christ and the Church. The man is asked to love and give himself up for his wife as Christ loves the Church (since Christ loved and gave himself up for others). The woman is asked to love and submit to the husband as the Church loves and submits to Christ. That's why the wording is different.
That is my understanding. Perhaps I am wrong. But if I am correct then I don't see why this is a major issue. Both parties are asked to give of themselves for the sake of the other.
Where I find myself disagreeing with you most is your assertion that men and women are equal. We're not. Nor should we be. If we were physiologically or psychologically identical that would make the brilliant and beautiful complementary relationship between a man and a woman totally impossible. Our wonderful differences are what make it work. Let's stop kidding ourselves. Men and women are entitled to equal opportunities. That's not the same as being equal.
Rhino says:
I for one welcome the Jesus, our cosmic telephathic self parenting jewish zombie overlord as my protector and I appreciate and do receive the guidance of Archbishop Pell, whoops, I am sorry, it is Jensen, as my acolyte in guiding me through the trials and tribulations of marriage. In that vein (and utlimately vain attempt) I have asked my wife to submit to me so we could be submitted via my proxy to our zombie overlard (yes, I spelled it lard).
She looked at my like I was an idiot and told me to grow the **** up and take the rubbish out and we lived happily ever after.
KRS1 says:
Jaz I see where you are coming from… however all these instructions are directed to Believers, i.e. those who believe in the saving work of Christ Jesus by His death and resurrection. They are a model for living as a group of Believers (i.e. the Church).
They (guidliens you have quoted above) are not to be pushed onto NON-believers as a group of laws or rules.
This is exactly what Paul is referring to in 1 Corinthians 5:9-11. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+5&version=NIV
Once you have belief, THEN you should find out how to live as a Believer. Not before.
Sad Sad Reality says:
Yeah because rampant female infidelity, over 50% of marriages failing and 75% of divorces instigated by women all point to how closely women abide by the vows they make on their wedding day. Please.
CJ says:
The bigger issue here is that God is literally gonna torture the majority of humanity for eternity - torture them forever - because they don't believe in him. He hates that ...
jim says:
Funny that everyone equates Submission to Slavery when it is not.
Thats just as stupid as equating submitting an assignment to a teacher as slavery… is it? Or submitting a Resume to a potential employer.
I agree that submission is only subject to Christian households. It works both ways.
The husband submits to God, and the wife submits to the husband. He leads the example of what God expects. Do not lie, do not steal, do not commit adultery, worship the Lord God…etc. You commit sin, you deal with God first.
And if the wife feels pressure from the Husband, she'll pray to God and read the scriptures on how a Husband is expected to live out as a loving and caring person, willing to lose his life to protect his wife and children.
There are examples of that of Christians in Indonesia. Husbands sacrificing their lives so their wives and children can escape the muslim populace.
If you're an atheist and you don't follow those rules. I won't judge. Thats your problem. I feel bad about your partner though, I cannot live in an environment where there is distrust and dueling authority.
Scotchfinger says:
Tory writes: 'To be told that they should ALL 'submit to one another out of reverence for Christ' was revolutionary and different: the Christian life is not individualistic; it is lived in community, in relationship with God and with others.'
Not nit-picking, but in fact what was revolutionary in the gospels was the exhortation that father should turn against son, that all were equal before God, and that the life we lived was nothing apart from preparation for the final judgement. In fact, the laws of the Israelites were already humanistic. peopl
No surprises here says:
coming from a woman minister, it's not surprising that she has a problem with what the bible says on gender roles. If you can reinterpret the bible such that you can ordain women, you're on the slippery slope to theological liberalism as you can make the bible say anything you want to. authorial intent means nothing anymore.
Coming from a member of a denomination, which having ordained women, now ordains and blesses gay ministers, the slippery slope argument isn't a straw man.
Lady Gaga says:
What a pity 'submit' has such bad press, In action, it can mean, loving, gracious, generous, self sacrificing, gentle, affirming. Wouldn't life be gorgeous if we all had life partners like that! xxoo
M says:
Man will never truly be free until the last priest is strangled with the entrails of the last king.
andre says:
Paul wrote this :
" Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing"
and similar contradicting teaching of gnostic. Gnostics teach that to reach a state of godhood one has o acquire certain knowledge and it was Eve who was first taught that knowledge by the serpent or the light bearer - Luciferos, who initially convey this idea to Adam and Eve. ("you will ba like gods")
In witchcraft for instance, a woman stands higher as a teacher than a man.
MyJoy says:
If people would get to "know" the Author of the Bible instead of trying to understand it with the carnal mind they would know that the Lord did not make man and woman to be unequal in any degree. If one looks at Jesus He never treated women anything other than as equals, he rebuked his disciples when they tried to do otherwise.
Sometimes I wonder if chuchmen/women who push this false perception, really know the Lord with heart knowledge or just puny head knowledge. If they do not know Him they too will not understand His Book. Man does not make Christians God does. Some are there to look good, not serve Him or His people.
For the unbelievers, it is not directed at you, you choose to reject your Maker, your choice. Go back to your comic books and stop trying to understand something that is way over your head.
Daz says:
It's all very simple really. If you take a big picture approach. My understanding of the bible is that God is not interested in bodies, either male or female. It's been a while since I've read it but I seem to remember a lot of talk about souls and saving them or losing them.
So the question is, do souls have a gender? If there is a heaven and if we get there, will there be male and female toilets? Somehow I doubt it.
So the left-brained can nit pick about words and interpretations and roles all they like. I don't think God could give a rats.
stephen says:
The 'submission' in this case was of a prelapsarian age when the social rule was in harmony, it was compassionate, and religion was universal, so then your meaning of that word is correct because it was, when it was coined, meant as a longing for a past time as one in which all participants in a sinless world should be rejoiced.
And, also, as Milton would have concurred with, you cannot know paradise, or even want it, if you are stuck in a desolate place eg. an unsinful world.
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Steve Slaton joins the Toronto Argonauts
The CFL has popped up on our radar a few times in recent weeks.
Wide receiver Chad Ochocinco is trying to keep his professional football career going in Montreal and he may be catching passes from former Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein, who is trying to get his own pro career going after being ignored by the NFL last year. The Alouettes aren't the only team adding familiar names to their roster, though.
The Edmonton Eskimos signed former West Virginia and Dolphins quarterback Pat White last month and now one of his former college teammates has also decided to try his luck in the land of poutine and Labatt's.
The Toronto Argonauts have announced the signing of former Texans and Dolphins running back Steve Slaton. Slaton's career started with a bang — 1,282 rushing yards and 10 total touchdowns as a rookie for the Texans in 2008, but lost his starting job the next year and it has been a while since we've seen Slaton on the field. He was let go by the Dolphins before the start of the 2012 season and wasn't part of a team in 2013 either, leaving the 28-year-old with few options that didn't include using his passport.
Slaton joins former Falcon Jerious Norwood in the backfield for the Argonauts.
Colts get the bye-week short straw this year
One of the many areas for potential pissing and moaning about the perceived unfairness of the schedule comes from the bye weeks. Specifically, from the teams that have to play multiple other teams who had two weeks to prepare for the game.
This year, the bye week short straw goes to the Colts, who face three different teams after those teams had bye weeks.
Specifically, the Colts face the Giants after their Week Eight bye, the Patriots after their Week 10 bye, and the Jaguars after their Week 11 bye. The good news/bad news for the Colts is that they also have a Week 10 bye, which means that the Pats won't have an advantage when it comes to preparation. Of course, this means that the Colts won't get two weeks to prepare for a team that has only one week to get ready to face the Colts.
The Colts have a fourth situation in which an opponent has extra time to get ready. Ten days before their Week 17 game at Tennessee, the Titans play on a Thursday night.
Other teams with multiple post-bye opponents include the Patriots (Bengals and Colts), the Chargers (Chiefs and Raiders in consecutive weeks), the Packers (Dolphins and Bears), the Bears (Packers and Vikings in consecutive weeks), the Vikings (Panthers and Buccaneers), the Buccaneers (Redskins and Falcons), the Saints (Ravens and Steelers), and the Cardinals (Broncos and Eagles).
With eight teams facing two teams each after byes and the Colts facing three, that leaves 10 teams who'll play the full season without facing a team that had two weeks to get ready. They are the Jets, Bengals, Steelers, Jaguars, Texans, Cowboys, Falcons, Panthers, Seahawks, and 49ers.
Yes, the Seahawks and the 49ers, regarded by many as the best two teams in the NFL, won't have to face a team that had a week to prepare until, at the earliest, the divisional round of the playoffs. If/when (when) they both make it that far.
Lions bring in Jason Hanson as a kicking consultant
After 21 seasons as the Lions' kicker, Jason Hanson retired in 2013. Now he's back. Sort of.
The 43-year-old Hanson would probably be a better option than either of the two kickers currently under contract to the Lions, John Potter and Giorgio Tavecchio. But when the Lions brought Hanson to their minicamp this week, it wasn't to lure him out of retirement. It was because special teams coordinator John Bonamego wanted to get Hanson's perspective on how the Lions' two young kickers looked.
"He just wanted another set of eyes for the guys they want to kick," Hanson told the Lions' website. "He wanted my opinion – somebody else to give feedback to him. They have a short time to look at the guys, to see if they feel they have the guys they want or if they want to look at other people. . . . I appreciate that he wants another set of eyes. While I'm out there, they're asking me stuff. I'm glad to help them any way I can."
Hanson added, however, that there's only so much you can tell from watching a kicker at a minicamp. After all, there are lots of guys who can boot 50-plus-yard field goals in practice. The key is finding a kicker who can do it consistently, when a game is on the line.
"Here's the problem: everybody's good," Hanson said. "If you brought them in, they're good."
Unfortunately for the Lions, it's unlikely they'll find any kicker as good as Hanson, one of the best in NFL history.
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The Falcons' dismal 2013 season was marked by injuries to several of their key players, including linebacker Sean Weatherspoon.
Weatherspoon missed seven games with a foot injury that put him on injured reserve for half the season and then he missed the final two weeks of the season after hurting his right knee. Weatherspoon didn't need surgery, but he had platelet rich plasma therapy and said that the team is easing him back into the mix because he hasn't fully recovered from the knee injury at this point.
"I'm feeling good. It's been a process," Weatherspoon said, via Vaughn McClure of ESPN.com. "The season was rough. I've been feeling pretty good, though. I've been working with the training staff non-stop, about four or five days a week. Just been getting after it, doing whatever I can do to get my body feeling good so I can, you know, get back to where I'm feeling where I'm at my top [form]. … I feel, I would say, probably 80 percent. I'm working hard and just looking forward to getting back to 100 [percent]."
The Falcons are taking a similarly restrained approach with wide receiver Julio Jones' return from last year's foot injury and getting both players back to full speed in time for next season will be vital to their chances of bouncing back into the playoff mix.
We roll on with the draft previews with a look at the Bucs
There are overhauls, and then there's what the Buccaneers did to the roster this offseason.
The Bucs hired a new General Manager (Jason Licht) and a new coach (Lovie Smith), dumped their most expensive player (Darrelle Revis) and a talented-but-troubled wide receiver (Mike Williams).
They also brought in free agents in droves, giving the team a new look to go with their new uniforms.
With Josh McCown in place at quarterback, the Bucs might use their top pick to fill other needs, but franchise passers are hard to pass, if they think this class contains one.
They do have sufficient needs that trusting McCown for a year might be the prudent call. You can read the full preview by clicking right here, and tell us in the poll below which direction they should lean.
Cowboys-Bears consecutive Thursday games not unprecedented
The 2014 schedule taps the Cowboys and the Bears to play on consecutive Thursdays, against other foes on Thanksgiving and each other seven days later.
As it turns out, it's not unprecedented.
In 2007, the Packers and Cowboys got together in Dallas on a Thursday night, seven days after the Packers played in Detroit and the Cowboys hosted the Jets on Thanksgiving.
The Cowboys won the battle of 10-1 teams, which created a ton of interest in the then-two-year-old NFL Network Thursday night package but also resulted in criticism of the relegation of a great game to cable TV.
It's likely the Packers-Cowboys game has become largely forgotten because of another NFL Network game from later in the year that was sufficiently significant to prompt the league to simulcast it on NBC and CBS.
On the final weekend of the regular season, the Patriots faced the Giants for a game that had zero playoff ramifications but extreme historical implications. The undefeated Patriots edged the Giants, 38-35, becoming the first team in league history to complete the regular season with a 16-0 record.
For the Giants, the shot of confidence that came from giving the Patriots all they could handle helped fuel a postseason run that included wins at Dallas, at Green Bay, and in the Super Bowl over the Patriots, stopping them from a 19-0 finish to the season.
Seahawks narrowly avoided 11,010 miles of travel in 15 days
At a time when Seahawks fans may be rightfully grousing about the lack of prime-time home games beyond Week One (that's what happens when Oliver Reed's advice from Gladiator is ignored), it could be worse.
Peter King of TheMMQB.com explains that the runner-up to the final schedule had the defending champions playing three road games in a row, with trips to St. Louis, Washington, and Kansas City.
The game at FedEx Field would have occurred on a Monday night, requiring the Seahawks to play only six days later at Arrowhead Stadium.
Per King, that's 11,010 air miles over a 15-day stretch. It's quite possible, if not likely, that the Seahawks would have dipped into owner Paul Allen's vast resources and set up shop somewhere east of the Mississippi for all or part of the fortnight plus a day away from the Pacific Northwest.
Still, extra days away from home would have been an extra burden for a team that already has plenty of schedule disruptions, thanks to its status as the defending NFL champions.
NFL senior V.P./broadcasting Howard Katz admitted that, absent a better schedule, the league quite possibly would have gone with that one.
"I think so," Katz told King. "We didn't want to. We were hopeful that we'd find a better one. I think we would have, and we did. If we had to play it, I think we would have had an interesting discussion with Roger [Goodell] about it. We had many interesting discussions in this room about it — whether it was a fatal flaw or not. I didn't deem it fatal, but we were hoping we could find a way out of it."
They ultimately did, balancing the various conflicts and other factors and sifting through more than 500,000 possible schedules and coming up with a winner after Katz and three others (NFL V.P./broadcating Onnie Bose, NFL senior manager of broadcasting Jonathan Payne, and NFL senior director of broadcasting Michael North) spent 70 days working hard to come up with a winner.
It's in many ways a thankless job, with inevitable criticism no matter how much time and effort is spent to make the process as fair as possible for all 32 teams. And the criticism will come from fans or players or front offices that don't like one thing or another about a given team's schedule. Last year, the Bills complained about facing too many teams coming off of bye weeks; it's likely only a matter of time before someone gripes about that this year.
Actually, since the draft should be today but have been moved back two weeks, that will be our next schedule-related project.
Richard Sherman: Seahawks deal will be sign of respect
The Seahawks and cornerback Richard Sherman are talking about a contract that will keep Sherman in Seattle for the long term.
Mike Florio of PFT reported earlier this week that the goal is to get a deal done before the draft gets underway in two weeks, but that the two sides have yet to reach a consensus on any terms at this point in the negotiations. Albert Breer of NFL Network spoke to Sherman on Wednesday and asked him if his goal was to become the highest paid cornerback in football and the man who has loudly proclaimed his superiority to other corners in the league said the value of the deal would be a sign of respect.
"Whatever they feel I am due. I will take it as respect," Sherman said. "It's all about respect in this game and the only way people show respect is the dollars. We'll see what happens."
Darrelle Revis got $12 million for this season from the Patriots and Aqib Talib got $26 million in guaranteed money (although some is guaranteed for injury only), which sets the bar Sherman would need to clear to become the best-paid corner in football. Franchising Sherman for the 2015 season would lead to a salary close to what Revis got in New England, which raises the likelihood that he'll wind up being very well respected if he and the Seahawks can agree on a deal this offseason.
Thursday morning one-liners
Bills WR Stevie Johnson could be at a crossroads.
The Dolphins are turning over every stone for CB help.
Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski wouldn't talk to reporters, but he seemed in good spirits yesterday.
The Jets were the only New York team to host TE Eric Ebron on a visit.
The Ravens open the season with three division games, including two in a five-day span.
The Bengals are apparently ready for prime time.
Browns NT Phil Taylor is still in the dark as to whether the team will use the fifth-year option on him.
The Steelers are still a prime time fixture, with five night games.
The Texans will get a chance to see former QB Matt Schaub on Sept. 14.
The Colts' first-round draft pick is already on the roster, and hoping to prove himself worthy.
The Jaguars open with four of their first six games on the road.
The Titans need CB help, according to one expert.
Broncos QB Peyton Manning would make a good gym teacher.
The TE crop in this year's draft could yield some benefits for the Chiefs.
The Raiders have the league's toughest schedule by the numbers.
Chargers QB Philip Rivers knows his team will have a tough December.
The Cowboys have one easy option decision to make, and one tougher one.
The Giants are working to develop a Green Bay vibe with their offense.
The Eagles hosted Alabama S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix.
The Redskins are still a prime time draw, with three national appearances.
The Bears figure to draft competition for their third WR spot.
New Lions WR Golden Tate is learning to communicate with QB Matthew Stafford.
The Packers come out of their bye week with four home games in five weeks.
The Vikings will play five open-air games in the final two months of the season.
The Falcons are putting an increased emphasis on run defense.
Former Panthers CB Captain Munnerlyn took a friendly shot at his old teammate DeAngelo Williams.
Saints C Tim Lelito hopes to take the next step this season.
The Buccaneers need more from their defensive line.
The Cardinals got stuck with the early bye week.
Sometimes it's hard to see a plan with the way the Rams have handled WRs.
The schedule gives 49ers LB NaVorro Bowman a chance to make most of the division games.
Seahawks CB Richard Sherman was part of a discussion on race at Harvard.
Herschel Walker says he could still play in the NFL, doesn't rule out teaming up with Trump
Herschel Walker is 52. The trade that sent him to Minnesota for a truckload of players and draft picks turns 25 this year. And Walker says he can still play in the NFL.
That's what he told Jarrett Bell of USA Today. But at least Herschel's delusions of grandeur are, well, somewhat reasonable.
"I couldn't take every snap," Walker told Bell. "But running backs nowadays don't play every down. Now they send in the choir section. . . . Physically, I can still do it."
Walker may have learned how to talk big from the man who once owned his rights with the USFL's New Jersey Generals. And Walker said that Donald Trump would be good for the Buffalo Bills and the NFL.
"He would be a great owner, and a credible owner," Walker said of Trump. "He may rub some people the wrong way, but you can't argue with his success as a businessman," Walker said. "You want an owner with some flair. He knows how to promote."
Walker's connection to Trump extends to The Celebrity Apprentice, where Walker was a contestant in 2009. Walker could end up being Trump's NFL apprentice; Walker didn't rule out joining Trump, if Trump buys the Bills.
First, Trump needs to buy the Bills. Before Trump can buy the Bills, Trump needs to make an offer for the Bills. Before Trump makes an offer for the Bills, Trump needs to quit talking about making an offer for the Bills and, you know, make an offer for the Bills.
Ryan Clady: We should be able to make it back to the Super Bowl
The Broncos advanced to the Super Bowl last season, but left tackle Ryan Clady didn't get much of a chance to share in the fun.
Clady missed the final 14 regular season games and all of the playoffs with a Lisfranc injury to his left foot, leaving him to serve as spectator and cheerleader as Denver advanced through the AFC. Clady's expected to be back at speed in time for the regular season and he's balancing his regret for missing last year with the belief that there's a pretty good chance that the Broncos can repeat as AFC champs.
"It was definitely tough, not being able to control what was going on out there. It was probably one of the hardest games I have ever watched," Clady said, via the Denver Post. "It's part of the game. Injuries happen. … But barring injuries we should have an awesome team, and we should be able to make it back to the Super Bowl."
Clady joins John Fox, John Elway and other Broncos who have set the bar for the 2014 season at a high level after losing to the Seahawks and grabbing big names in free agency to spruce up the defense. Anything less than a title will be seen as a major disappointment in Denver and there's plenty of time for them to keep hearing that before the games even start.
Jacobs family says they're doing "everything we can" to keep Bills in Buffalo
There are several reasons why Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs has risen to the top of the list of potential buyers of the Buffalo Bills, running from his Buffalo roots through his current involvement in the sports world and his company Delaware North's involvement in concessions at several NFL stadiums.
Jacobs released a statement saying that he wouldn't sell the Bruins to bid on the Bills, an issue raised by the NFL's ban on owning teams in different sports that play in different cities. It is a rule that Rams owner Stan Kroenke got around by transferring Denver NBA and NHL teams to family members and Jacobs' son is a principal at Delaware North that could play a similar role if there's a desire to make a bid.
Jeremy Jacobs Jr. wouldn't say whether or not there would be a bid, but did say they have spoken with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and others about their interest in keeping the team in Buffalo.
"We are using our resources, our contacts, our relationships to do everything we can to ensure the Bills stay in Buffalo," Jacobs Jr. said, via the Buffalo News.
There are also gaming interests shunned by the NFL held by the Jacobs family that would need to be dealt with, but, like the cross-sport ownership, they probably can be if the Jacobs' are motivated to do more than use their contacts and relationships to keep the team where it is.
Congratulations, your team is going to the Super Bowl
OK, so you've had a night to sleep on your favorite team's NFL schedule.
And no matter how you feel about it, you probably don't feel as good as the fine folks who cover your team for ESPN.
The worldwide leader asked its fleet of beat writers to count up wins and losses for each team after last night's schedule release.
And they came up with a record of 290-222. Which is neat, except mathematically impossible by 34 games, unless they've figured out how to let both teams win on Monday Night Football.
No division was more optimistic than the NFC West, which will apparently feature three 12-4 teams (the Seahawks, 49ers and Cardinals).
Granted, the writers operated independently of one another, and it's an assignment which was given to them by someone else.
But it just goes to show how pointless it is to try to predict wins and losses in April, before the NFL Draft, before injuries hit, before rosters are picked.
Besides, when I picked them, the league went 222-290.
Stevie Johnson: The goal is the playoffs, and that's it
The Bills still haven't made the postseason in the 21st Century, having last reached the playoffs at the end of the 1999 season, when they lost in the Music City Miracle. But Bills receiver Stevie Johnson thinks this is the season it can happen.
Johnson told the Buffalo News that he doesn't have any personal goals for 2014, but he does want to do everything he can to help his team play into January of 2015.
"Playoffs," Johnson said. "Playoffs and that's it. All those personal goals, they don't really mean nothing. Last year was kind of frustrating, but when I look back on it, it was a good thing. The whole individual stats and stuff is out the window. It's just playoffs now. It's winning."
Winning has been an elusive goal for the Bills, who have finished 6-10 three years in a row. Johnson bouncing back from his disappointing 2013 season would go a long way toward getting the Bills where they want to go.
NFL wary of putting Seahawks home games in prime-time due to recent blowouts
The Seattle Seahawks will host the Green Bay Packers on Thursday, Sept. 4 for the kickoff of the 2014 NFL season. However, it's the only time this year the defending Super Bowl champions will be at home for a nationally televised prime-time game.
The Seahawks have four prime-time games on their schedule this season. But after the season opener against the Packers, Seattle has to play on the road for their remaining three nationally televised games. The Washington Redskins host the Seahawks on Monday Night Football in Week 5. The Seahawks play in San Francisco against the 49ers on Thanksgiving night in Week 13, and will travel to face the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday Night Football in Week 16. The latter two games will be televised on NBC.
According to a league source, the NFL was wary of putting Seahawks home games on in prime-time due to their track record of blowouts in nationally televised games played in Seattle the last several seasons.
The last three times Seattle has hosted a prime-time match-up, the games have been extremely uncompetitive. The Seahawks hammered the divisional-rival 49ers 42-13 and 29-3 in Sunday night games the last two seasons. They also beat the New Orleans Saints 34-7 on Monday night in December.
In addition, Seattle beat the Philadelphia Eagles 31-14 at home on Thursday night in 2011. The only close game played against the Seahawks in prime-time in Seattle the last three seasons was the 14-12 loss by the Packers in September 2012 that ended on a somewhat memorable play.
While Seattle fans surely enjoyed those outcomes, games that appeared to be highly competitive prior to kickoff quickly turned into duds to a national audience.
The Denver Broncos, Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles all host three prime-time games in 2014. Fifteen more teams host two prime-time games. The defending champion Seahawks only get one at home.
The Seahawks will still get plenty of national exposure, as defending champions should, with four scheduled nationally televised games. However, beyond the first game of the entire 2014 NFL schedule, they won't get a chance to host one inside the friendly confines of CenturyLink Field.


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Green Century recently weighed in on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would lead to the extraction and burning of millions of barrels of dirty tar sands fuel. The nation's most prominent climate change scientist, Jim Hansen, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, has predicted that if carbon emissions are not reduced, […]
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The London Brain Bee 2014
The 6th annual London Brain Bee was recently hosted here at Western University for the best and brightest high school students from London and surrounding areas. Brittany Smale won the trivia contest and will go on to represent London in the National Brain Bee competition on May 31st in Hamilton.
Two New Faculty Scholars at the BMI
Western has announced 13 new Faculty Scholars across all faculties in recognition of their significant achievements in teaching and/or research. The recipients will hold the title for two years. Two of the new Faculty Scholars are PIs at the BMI - Marc Joanisse and Stefan Köhler. Congratulations Marc and Stefan! One of last year's recipients, Elizabeth Hayden (who still holds the title), is also a PI at the BMI!
The Sixth Annual "Psychology: The Science of Being Human" Lecture Series
The Series begins on April 10 and is being held at London Central Library. This years title is 'Sex, Drugs and Rock N' Roll'. Talks are free and no registration is required.
The International Conference on Unconventional Computation and Natural Computation
The International Conference on Unconventional Computation and Natural Computation (UCNC) will be held here at Western this July and will provide an exciting opportunity to build some interdisciplinary bridges.
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For more than 150 years, Penn State has been committed to creating opportunity. Now the Trustee Matching Scholarship Program makes alumni and friends our partners in this effort, pairing philanthropic support with University funds to help students with financial need.
Through the end of For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students, donors can earn a 10 percent annual match from Penn State's budget, in perpetuity, for new endowments of $50,000 or more created through the Trustee Matching Scholarship Program.
This match will be awarded along with the spendable income from the endowment (currently, 4.5 percent each year) as scholarships for undergraduates who might not otherwise be able to earn their Penn State degrees.
The following diagram shows how the Trustee Matching Scholarship Program allows donors to multiply the impact of their support.
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$5,000 (10 percent) is directed as soon as possible (and every following year in perpetuity) from the University budget to the John and Jane Donor Trustee Scholarship
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Following a successful product launch in Europe, Volvo Trucks is unveiling its new truck range in Asia on Maundy Thursday.
Deliveries from Volvo's truck operations, which comprises Volvo Trucks, Mack Trucks, and Renault Trucks, amounted to 20,530 trucks year to date compared with 26,017 trucks last year, a decrease of 21%. In Europe deliveries decreased by 21% to 13,297 while 3,983 trucks were delivered in North America, down by 40%. Asia is still showing good momentum with an increase of 80% compared to last year's period.
Volvo Trucks is introducing a new engine that meets ECO 4, i.e. four points in Austria's ECO-point system.
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has acquired the compaction equipment assets from SuperPac Inc. Included are the exclusive manufacturing and product design rights to a range of 7 different soil compactors.
As announced previously, AB Volvo applied for delisting from the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The application has now been approved by the exchange in Tokyo and the Volvo share will be delisted as of May 21 this year.
On March 22, AB Volvo will publish its Annual Report for 2001 as planned, but it is already available from today on Volvo's website, www.volvo.com.
Deliveries from Volvo's truck operations, which comprises Volvo Truck Corporation, Mack Trucks, Inc. and Renault Trucks, for the month of January 2002 amounted to 9,814 trucks compared to 12,435 trucks last year, a decrease by 21%. In Europe, deliveries decreased by 19% to 6,633 while 1,693 trucks were delivered in North America, a decrease of 45%. Asia is showing good momentum with an increase of 81% compared to the same month last year.
Volvo Aero has signed an agreement with the Russian airline company Aeroflot, whereby Volvo Aero will overhaul Aeroflot's JT9D-59A engines, powering its DC 10-40 aircraft. The initial value of the contract is 60 MUSD, making it the largest overhaul contract signed by Volvo Aero since 1998. There is also a potential for a total order value of 120 MUSD if Aeroflot decides to add more DC 10-40's to its fleet.
Volvo Buses Germany has received an order for 37 city buses from Berlin's local bus operator, Berliner Verkehrsgesellschaft (BVG).


text: House Opens Debate on Farm Bill Committee leaders prepare the troops for amendment voting Wednesday Published on: Jun 19, 2013 Tweet Post to Your Wall. Email Story RSS Permalink Print At long last, the House Tuesday afternoon opened debate on the 2013 Farm Bill. Committee leaders Frank Lucas, R-Okla., and Collin Peterson, D-Minn., provided opening comments in support of the bill, foreshadowing debate to come regarding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance and crop insurance reforms. Though more extensive debate will continue Wednesday, ag subcommittee and committee members took turns addressing issues related to the bill, many pointing out the hot topics: nutrition spending, dairy reforms, sugar policy and crop insurance. Despite Lucas' comments late last week that floor discussion wouldn't likely move forward if the required votes weren't available, both Peterson and Lucas took the floor, stressing that the bill represented a bipartisan compromise.WORK AHEAD: Ag Committee leader Frank Lucas, R-Okla., defended the Farm Bill draft on the House floor Tuesday. (USDA file photo) Lucas acknowledged both the work it took to prep the bill, and the work it will take to get it passed. "I will work with all of you to try to improve this draft that attempts to produce a safety net that is workable, that is efficient, both for rural America and producers. But also for consumers," Lucas said. He pushed the potential for an "open and fair debate." Legislators took note, bringing forth concerns that ran the gamut of Farm Bill provisions, though SNAP reform seemed to stand out as a concern that could be difficult to overcome. Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said though he normally supports farm legislation, the SNAP cuts in the bill are "disappointing." "It's a shame that we could not consider the Farm Bill on its merits without undermining its credibility with what we clearly believe are not reforms -- not the elimination of waste, fraud and abuse," Hoyer noted. "But cutting out assistance for hungry people is neither fraud, nor waste, nor abuse. Well, it may be abuse." Hoyer said the Senate was able to clean up the SNAP program with moderate reforms, and in contrast the House bill takes the "wrong approach" on cuts to SNAP. "Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, give shelter to the homeless. That's not a political policy, that's a moral policy – our faiths teach us that," Hoyer said. But in closing comments, Lucas attempted to clarify that nutrition spending cuts set forth in the bill were largely the result of a clean-up operation. "The committee tried to achieve savings in a way that would not deny an individual who was qualified under present law by income or assets from receiving help," he said. "We just simply say in the committee draft that … everyone needs to show they qualify. And we'll help you." Lucas explained that state programs which provide as little as $1 in energy assistance can qualify recipients for a month's worth of food. Under the draft, that figure would rise from $1 to $20. "Be good legislators, be thoughtful legislators," Lucas urged. While the leaders and committee members made opening comments, the House Committee on Rules was at work whittling the number of amendments that can be considered to a manageable number. Nearly 230 were filed in total. Debate continues Wednesday.


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