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Vale AMs battle it out in Wales v England rugby match
1:00pm Friday 15th March 2013 in News
THE Grand Slam decider between old enemies England and Wales isn't the only big game in town this weekend.
Saturday also sees parliamentary bragging rights at stake as the National Assembly for Wales' team takes on the Commons and Lords for the Parliamentary Cup.
The match sees Welsh Conservative Leader and South Wales Central AM Andrew RT Davies pitted against fellow Welsh Conservatives – MPs Alun Cairns and Stephen Crabb – to raise money for Bowel Cancer UK.
It will be played at Cardiff Quins RFC, Forest Farm Road, Whitchurch, at 11am and entry is free of charge with donations going to Bowel Cancer UK.
Mr Davies was part of the Assembly side that won away last year and he said that the stakes were high this time around: "Since our first match, the Assembly team have raised well over £10,000 for Bowel Cancer UK, so I would urge anyone who can, to come along and support this fundraising effort on Saturday.
"With just 60 AMs to choose from, and a much smaller pool of civil servants and support staff, we always start as underdogs – particularly against a side with literally thousands of players to choose from.
"We know they will be hurting from last year but there's no room for sentimentality in rugby and we'll be doing our bit for Wales on Saturday morning."
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PLATTSBURGH — The Section VII tennis tournament, rained out twice, has been rescheduled for today with the main draw at 9 a.m. at the Plattsburgh High School courts.
The semifinals and finals are set for 3 p.m. Tuesday.
North Country GC Shootout today
ROUSES POINT — The Annual Memorial Day Shootout at the North Country Golf Club will get under way at 9:52 a.m. today.
The Shootout has attracted some of the area's top golfers for an 18-hole medal play championship.
9:52 a.m. Tee 1 - Cody Roberts; Tom Reid; Patrick Welch
9:59 a. m. Tee 1 - Dustin Beauregard; Robin Weedon; Ed Davis
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10:06 a.m. Tee 10 - Claude Poitras; Jacques Vincent; Dick Cole; Donald Cooke
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10:29 a.m. Tee 1 - Richard Van Hoesen; Kevin Gero; Tom Pepper
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10:37 a.m. Tee 1 - Steve Young; Kyle Gadway; Mark Head
10:44 a.m. Tee 1 - Jack Westaway; Leo Gordon; Bryan Lutes
10:44 a.m. Tee 10 - Chris Kokes; Richard Rogers; Gerald Linney; Larry Labarge
10:52 a.m. Tee 1 - Jaimie Gadway; Mike Relation; Claude Auger; Gaetan Montpetit
Public skating, stick, puck today
PLATTSBURGH — Ameri-Can North Sports Centre will be open for public skating today, from 10-11 a.m., and for stick-and-puck session, from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

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Reel China: Land of cinematic opportunity
Chinese students flock to U.S. film schools to develop their creative voices.
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STUDENT: Sally Liu came from Beijing to get her MFA at Columbia University. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
When it came time to apply to film school, though, Liu didn't look to China's most prominent institution, the Beijing Film Academy. The competition is fierce — the academy accepts only 500 students each year from among 100,000 applicants, making it about 140 times harder to attend than Harvard University.
"If I applied to a film school in China, I probably wouldn't have gotten in," said Liu, 28, who just completed her masters in fine art at Columbia University. "It's super-competitive."
Yet it isn't just ease of admission that's luring Liu and an increasing number of Chinese writers, directors and producers to study filmmaking at some of America's most elite campuses. It's also the practical curricula, creative environment and the freedom of speech.
Even if they might struggle with English, Chinese film students enrolled in U.S. institutions find that they can develop a new creative voice here, freed from government censorship and storytelling strictures that favor period epics over modern character dramas. When one film student at USC traveled back to her homeland to make a short film about her family's emigration from China over freedom of expression concerns, Communist authorities seized her equipment, shut the production down and asked her to leave the country.
Although China has come a long way from the days when film was seen almost exclusively as a medium for propaganda, the nation's film schools still tend to emphasize theory and history. Their American counterparts, in contrast, offer more hands-on and practical training.
"You don't really have much of a chance to make movies in China," said Lingxia Song, a 2006 MFA graduate in Northwestern University's play and screenwriting program who is from Shanghai. Even if you get a shot to direct, she said, cameras, lights and editing bays are hard to come by. "You're competing for equipment — it's too many people in one class."
Xue Yin, a 24-year-old from Qingdao working toward an MFA degree at the American Film Institute, said she came to the Los Angeles campus "because I wanted to learn more about how to tell stories." Her next AFI production, a drama about Palestinian-Israeli relations, would be unthinkable where she was born. "I could never tell that story in China," she said. "It's very difficult for young filmmakers in China to make political films."
Although precise numbers are hard to come by, Chinese enrollment in American film schools is clearly booming, with women making up a significant portion of the students.
For the fall class at UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television, graduate applications from mainland China were up about 59% from the previous year. At USC's School of Cinematic Arts, 23 of the current graduate students are from China, and Chinese enrollment at the School of Film/Video at the California Institute of the Arts doubled from four a year ago to eight in the current academic year. Film schools at Northwestern University, Columbia University and Chapman University as well as AFI also report a steady growth in Chinese students.
"They are extremely passionate — among our most creative and hard-working students," said Steve Anker, dean of CalArts' film and video school.
"They bring an earnestness and wide-eyed wonder," added Mark Harris, the head of USC's documentary production course. "These are some of the brightest students in all of China — they have an incredible work ethic."
The trend in U.S. film school enrollment mirrors what is happening across American higher education.
U.S. graduate schools saw applications from China grow 21% from a year ago, according to an August report by the Council of Graduate Schools. The Institute of International Education, which tracks undergraduate, graduate and non-degree programs, said last November that 127,628 Chinese students were studying in the United States, an increase of nearly 30% from 2009, as China passed India as the source of most foreign-born American college students.
Although the IIE does not break down film school attendance, it did find that overall foreign interest in fine and applied arts grew 14% last year, with nearly 3% of all Chinese students selecting that area of study (business and engineering each account for more than 20% of the fields of study chosen by Chinese students).
The steady growth of applicants presents American film schools with both opportunities — such as expanding global perspectives within their campuses, while opening doors for reciprocal visits from U.S. students to China — and practical problems, chiefly language comprehension. Chinese students wanting to study at Columbia's film school must be interviewed over the phone to test their fluency. "We don't take people if they don't speak English — it's that simple," said Ira Deutchman, the school's film chairman.
But the real language issue is learning Western narrative structure.
American movies are wildly popular in China; even though pirated DVDs and downloads of most Hollywood films are readily available in China, audiences still swarm multiplexes showing U.S. studio blockbusters. "Avatar" grossed more in China — in excess of $200 million — than in any other territory outside of North America.
Yet Chinese film students say that instruction about flawed heroes, fantasy settings and computerized visual effects — the very elements that pushed "Avatar" into the stratosphere — does not anchor film curricula in their country's film schools. Professors in China, furthermore, need to be members of the Communist party "and have to watch what they say," said Liu, the Columbia graduate. "Here, you can do whatever you want."
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Thursday was World Cat Day. That's right, a day dedicated to cats everywhere! Thanks to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) which rescues and provides care for animals all over the world, we should mark August 8 in our calendars as a date for our feline friends.
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If you've ever been outside on a summer night, then come indoors to find you've been attacked by bloodthirsty mosquitoes, you know that those little buggers must be able to see in the dark. In fact, mosquitoes use infrared light to hone in on our body's heat in order to find our juicy bits.
Infrared light also is the same light that most television remote controls use for sending signals. If you've ever tried to troubleshoot a nonworking remote, you know it's frustrating that you can't see if the remote is "lighting up". Although it's difficult to convince a mosquito to tell you if your remote is working, it is possible to convince your cell phone, or any other digital camera, to do so.
Simply look at the infrared emitter at the business end of your remote through the view-screen of your favorite digital camera (or phone). If the remote is working, you'll see the light it's giving off very clearly. It works well and is much easier than training mosquitoes!
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A Bi-Monthly Publication of the Hepatitis Support Project
April 25, 2006
Volume 3, Issue 7
Liz Highleyman
In This Issue: Hepatitis C
"A la Carte" Hepatitis C Therapy
HCV/HBV Coinfection
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"A la Carte" Hepatitis C Therapy
Given the variable response to hepatitis C treatment, researchers have taken an interest in individualized therapy tailored to specific patients. In the March 2006 Journal of Viral Hepatitis, C. D'Arondel and colleagues reported on an assessment of "a la carte" therapy with pegylated interferon (Peg-Intron) plus ribavirin in patients with chronic hepatitis C. A total of 96 patients began taking the combination regimen. After 24 weeks, those who still had detectable HCV RNA stopped treatment (based on the fact that few patients who do not respond by 12¾or even 4¾weeks will go on to become sustained responders). For the remaining patients, the researchers looked at five risk factors for relapse to determine whether to continue treatment: patient sex, age, HCV genotype, baseline HCV viral load, and fibrosis stage. Those with two or more risk factors (88%) continued therapy for an additional 24 weeks. The researchers used the noninvasive FibroTest and ActiTest to assess whether treatment improved liver histology. At the conclusion of the study period, 73% of patients overall achieved sustained virological response (SVR; 85% for genotypes 2/3, 64% for other genotypes); 20% were nonresponders and 7% were relapsers. The noninvasive assays showed significantly decreased fibrosis and inflammatory activity at the 12-week follow-up visit; improved inflammatory activity was seen even in virological nonresponders. The authors concluded that assessment of several risk factors is an efficient way to tailor HCV treatment for individual patients.
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Much research in recent years has been devoted to hepatitis C/HIV coinfection. However, people may also be coinfected with chronic hepatitis B and C, though this has received considerably less attention. In the February 2006 Journal of Clinical Virology, Chee-Kin Hui and colleagues reported on a retrospective study of liver fibrosis progression and prevalence of severe fibrosis (stage 3 or 4) in chronic hepatitis C patients coinfected with occult (hidden) hepatitis B virus (HBV). Out of 74 patients tested, 31 (41.9%) had detectable serum HBV DNA. Looking at consecutive liver biopsies, the researchers determined that 11 out of 31 patients with occult HBV had fibrosis progression (at least a one-stage increase), compared with 12 out of 43 patients without occult HBV (35.5% vs 27.9%, respectively, a non-significant difference). A similar proportion of subjects with and without occult HBV developed severe fibrosis (19.4% vs 18.6%, respectively). The authors concluded that "chronic HCV patients with occult HBV coinfection [do] not seem to progress more than patients without occult HBV infection."
In contrast, M.C. Kew reported in the March 2006 Journal of Viral Hepatitis that HCV/HBV coinfection does appear to increase the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Various studies looking at HCV/HBV coinfection have produced conflicting results, which Kew attributed to "the rarity of concurrent infection with HBV and HCV in individuals without clinically evident liver disease." To get a clearer picture, Kew conducted two meta-analyses, one based on studies of Chinese patients and a second using studies from several different countries. Both showed that HCV/HBV coinfection led to a synergistic increase in HCC risk (that is, higher than the risk due to HCV and HBV added together). The mechanisms underlying this increased risk require further study, as does the interaction between the two viruses in the liver.
Underscoring this uncertainty, Evangelista Sagnelli and colleagues reported a case series of four HCV/HBV coinfected patients in the March 2006 Journal of Clinical Virology. The researchers found that HBV and HCV appeared to interfere with the replication of the other virus. In all four patients, previously detectable HBV DNA became undetectable after superinfection with HCV (although it later reappeared in one patient). Conversely, HCV RNA decreased in all four coinfected patients, becoming undetectable in two of them. For reasons that remain unclear, three of the patients with acute hepatitis C had a normal clinical course, but the fourth developed severe liver disease with ascites and decreased prothrombin activity.
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Treatment of Acute Hepatitis C
Several recent journal articles have looked at treatment of acute HCV infection. In the March 2006 issue of Gastroenterology, S.M. Kamal and colleagues reported high sustained response rates in patients treated soon after infection. The researchers screened 175 patients with acute (recent) HCV infection. Those who did not experience spontaneous viral clearance within eight weeks (129 patients) were randomly assigned to receive once weekly Peg-Intron (1.5 mcg/kg) starting at week 8, 12, or 20. After 12 weeks of therapy plus follow-up, the overall SVR rate was 87%, but differed based on when treatment was initiated: 95% if started at week 8; 92% at week 12; and 76% at week 20. As expected, patients with genotype 2, 3, or 4 had higher response rates than those with genotype 1. Peg-Intron monotherapy in patients with acute hepatitis C "induces high sustained virologic response rates, prevents chronic evolution, and is well tolerated," the authors concluded, adding that initiation of therapy at week 8 or 12 leads to higher SVR rates than starting at week 20.
In related news, Judith Aberle and colleagues reported in the May 2006 Journal of Hepatology that acute hepatitis C patients who cleared the virus had a distinct pattern of immune response. In a study of 20 acutely infected or reinfected patients, the researchers found that CD4 T-cells producing Th1 cytokines (chemical messengers) were most frequently seen in the reinfected patients, producing rapid viral clearance within three weeks. All acutely infected patients (whether reinfected or infected for the first time) who subsequently cleared HCV showed Th1 CD4 cell activity. In contrast, those who went on to develop chronic hepatitis C showed either an absence of antiviral Th1 cytokine-producing cells from the first weeks after infection, or else gradually waning Th1 activity. These data "highlight the variability of immune response pattern in acute hepatitis C," the authors concluded, suggesting that assessment of T-cell activity might "be used as criteria in selecting candidates for early antiviral treatment."
Finally, two research teams shed additional light on the variability in spontaneous clearance. In the January 24 online edition of Gut, I. Bakr and colleagues reported that females are more likely to spontaneously clear HCV compared to males. The researchers examined data from a 4720-person study of hepatitis C in Egypt. They defined clearance as the presence of antibodies against HCV in the absence of serum HCV RNA. The overall prevalence of HCV antibodies was 19.3%. Of these, 38.5% had evidence of HCV clearance and 61.5% had chronic infection. However, the clearance rate among females was 44.6%, compared with 33.7% among males.
J.D. Scott and colleagues looked at spontaneous HCV clearance after establishment of chronic infection, which has been assumed to be rare. As reported in the April 2006 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, the researchers enrolled 815 Alaskan natives in a prospective study started in 1994; 139 had established chronic hepatitis C (positive HCV RNA tests on three separate occasions at least one year apart). During a mean seven years of follow-up, 11 of the 139 subjects (8%) with established chronic infection had at least one undetectable HCV RNA test; seven were classified as having "possible or probable clearance of the virus," for a clearance rate of 0.74% per person-year. A low initial HCV viral load was significantly associated with later undetectability. The authors concluded that, "Spontaneous HCV RNA negativity during chronic HCV infection is a surprisingly frequent event," and suggested that better understanding of the immunological mechanisms underlying such clearance "may open up avenues of novel therapy."
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For more than four decades, Loretta Lynn has delivered honest narratives with a country spirit on recordings from 1963's Loretta Lynn Sings to the Jack White–produced Van Lear Rose in 2004. On stage, she simultaneously projects a ...Categories: Spotlight Exhibit
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An unforgettable experience. Our goal is to make you feel that Fava is your own home and Santorini, your island.
The Fava Residences, which opened in 2013, are housed in a splendid and unique captain house of the mid 19th century, located at the highest point of the traditional village of Finikia. The architects and owners of the property, Thomas, Dora and Antonis Gavalas, started the rebuilt in the 1980's with love and care and they transformed it into a spacious and modern, though with respect to the original traditional form, summer house. Today, the building offers its hospitality in three individual fully furnished self-catering apartments that offer a sense of 19th century history combined and harmonized with modern amenities and services, located in the heart of the most picturesque and virgin from the tourist development village of the island. Fava is just a stone's throw from the magnificent Oia and away from the crowds and noise.
All apartments have wonderful views over the village, the famous sunset of the island and the Aegean Sea with the close Ios, Sikinos and Folegandros islands on the horizon.
Helios Suite is a traditional cozy and elegant old style cave-type individual apartment of 48 m2 fitted with all the modern amenities, with 5 meter high ceilings that can accommodate 2 to 4 people in a large unified canava hall with a separate autonomous bathroom with shower, a comfortable fully equipped kitchen and access to a totally breathtaking yard. The apartment is furnished with antiques according to the traditional naval history of the first owners. The internal temperature varies from 21 to 23 Degrees Celsius throughout the summer period due to the bioclimatic vernacular construction of the residence. In the house you will also find 24-7 Wi-Fi access, plasma TV, hair dryer, iron and ironing board, CD player with Classical Music CD's and multilingual Books.
A bottle of the finest Santorini white wine or a traditional handmade quince sweet will welcome you on your house.
|Sleeps up to 4, 1 bedrooms
|Nearest beach
|Baxedes 1 km
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|Corporate bookings, House swap, Long term lets (over 1 month), Short breaks (1-4 days)
|Car not necessary
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|Nearest airport: Santorini Airport 16 km
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages, Suitable for people with restricted mobility
|No pets allowed, No smoking at this property
|Sea view
|TV, CD player, Wi-Fi available
|Kettle, Iron, Hair dryer
|Cooker, Fridge, Freezer
|1 bedroom, 1 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms
|1 Sofa beds, Single beds (1), Double beds (2), Dining seats for 6
|Linen provided, Towels provided
|Balcony or terrace, Shared garden, BBQ
A place blessed by God and nature and yet so troubled by fate. Magnificent and wild, Santorini is unique throughout the world for its stunning natural beauty, result of the volcanic eruption of the 16th century BC. A place like a chest of rock on which the whitewashed villages hang like acrobats on the edge of the cliffs and on the other side lay beautiful black volcanic beaches and crystal clear deep waters. Apart from its incomparable beauty, the island offers relaxing moments in authentic Cycladic environment, exceptional gastronomic choices, rich nightlife and a unique study the ancient culture that has a history of over 3,500 years.
During the 18th and 19th century, the village of Oia experienced the prosperity of the naval merchandise. In Finikia lived the farmers who worked in the valley and vineyards, but also the captains of Oia had their summer homes and canavas. In the early 20th century there were over 150 canavas that were left off after the war and the devastating earthquake of 1956 brought the village to abandon. Since the mid 1970's slowly and with patience, new residents began to return and to reconstruct the old houses on permanent or holiday homes. Today, Finikia is a small, well-preserved traditional village now united with Oia with just 10 minutes walking distance. You can stay and experience the feeling of tranquility and authenticity, visiting the beautiful beaches and vineyards in the vicinity of the village.


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WEST MILTON — Central Oak Heights was the setting for the ceremony uniting Tiffany R. Hartzel and Benjamin D. Ranck in marriage. The bride's father, Pastor P. Franklin Hartzel performed the service at 3 p.m. June 2, 2012.
The bride is the daughter of Pastor P. Franklin and Sandra Hartzel, of Williamsport, The bridegroom is the son of Steven and Kim Ranck, of Lewisburg.
The bride chose her sister, Karla Varner, of Richfield, as matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Elise Henne, of Williamsport and Jessica Ranck, of Lewisburg.
Serving as best man was Perry Bindelglass, of Franklin Lakes, N.J. Groomsmen were Dustin Swinehart, of Winfield and Christopher Wright, of State College.
The bride is a 2006 graduate of Williamsport High School and received a bachelor's degree in Bible and early childhood education from Baptist Bible College in 2010. She is employed as a substitute teacher.
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1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces exhibition by Pasi Aalto
Architectural photographer Pasi Aalto sent us this photos of the 1:1 – Architects Build Small Spaces exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The V&A invited nineteen architects to submit proposals for structures that examine notions of refuge and retreat. From these nineteen concept submissions, seven were selected for construction at full-scale.
This photos belong to the project designed by Rintala Eggertsson Architects. The exhibition started on Tuesday and will be on display till August 30. You can see more photos by Pasi Aalto after the break.
ORDOS 100 #15: Rintala Eggertsson
This villa is located in plot #85 of the ORDOS project.
Architects: Rintala Eggertsson
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China
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Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
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Trenton and Brownstown fire departments responded to a call about a house fire at about 4:10 p.m. Oct. 29 in the 3200 block of Ward Avenue.
When Trenton police and firefighters arrived the homeowner was attempting to extinguish the fire with a household fire extinguisher, according to Trenton Fire Marshall Jeff Evans.
Trenton and Brownstown firefighters put out the fire and kept it from spreading by containing it in the attic of the house, according to Evans.
Police and firefighters helped get the homeowner and his two dogs to safety. No one was injured in the fire.
The home owner told firefighters he started a fire in his fireplace and laid down. When he awoke he saw a haze around his living room and used a household fire extinguisher to put out the fire in the fireplace.
After extinguishing the fire in the fireplace the man realized the house was still aflame, gathered his two dogs and got out of the house as police arrived.
Evans said the fire might have been caused by a bird's nest in the chimney, where the flue penetrates the roof.
"He (the homeowner) had used the fireplace several times this year and it wasn't anything that should have been out of the ordinary for him," Evans said. "If it was the birds nest, it just caught on fire. It had nothing to do with the fire in the fireplace."
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About Mary Stella
A voracious book fan since first learning to read, Mary Stella fell in love with romance novels while pursuing her English degree decades ago. A professional writer since someone first paid her to write radio commercials while she was still in college, she always dreamed of writing a book someday. Eventually, she realized that a book wouldn't spring fully written from her brain so she'd better get cracking.
All Keyed Up, a humorous contemporary romance set at a dolphin facility in the Florida Keys with a determined researcher and a stubborn DEA agent, was her debut novel, originally published in print format a few years ago.Key of Sea, published a year later, proves that an ex-trophy wife can create a new life for herself, find love again with a hot younger man, and successfully battle land crabs.
Mary updated both books prior to releasing them electronically. She's hard at work on a new project, which will also be set in the Florida Keys – the beautiful, fun, slightly abnormal island chain that she calls home.
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Mary Stella's Take on How to Make Your Characters Believable
Thanks for inviting me to be a guest blogger on All Voices and for letting me talk about one of my favorite aspects of writing fiction – character. All of the elements are important – story, setting, plot development and so on – but I am most fascinated by the characters in the book. They're the ones that touch my heart, make me care, and, ultimately, elevate the entire story.
Nothing's worse than when a character isn't fully developed, or when he or she says or does something that isn't in synch with the person we believe them to be. It's up to the writer to develop them on different layers, building authenticity deep in their bones and their brains. The most believable characters don't just show themselves in their speech. We hear who they are in the internal language of their thoughts, too. We see it in their actions and, sometimes even more so in their reactions to situations. All of those layers mean that each character will be original with his or her own personality, whether she's a cop and he's a doctor or vice versa.
When I'm writing, I have a blast going deep into character point of view (POV) and imagining how they see the world and what they think about what's going on around them. I love when their thoughts or dialogue come out in language that's colored by their background, age, job, locale, gender, passions and other factors.
In my first book, All Keyed Up, the heroine is a marine mammal research scientist. Without being stodgy, which isn't at all her personality, her science background comes across in her observations, her speech, even the metaphors of the narrative when a scene is in her point of view. Determined that an antagonist is not going to ruin her plans, Victoria might exclaim, "When pinnipeds fly!" That's totally in keeping with her character since pinniped is the scientific order for seals, sea lions and walruses – all marine mammals. In a romantic scene where she and the hero are swimming together and he embraces her, she describes them as suspended in the water like seahorses.
In my second book, Key of Sea, the hero is a fishing guide. Expressions and phrases inspired by his life on the water sprinkle through his speech and thoughts.
Language is only one of the tools a writer wields to bring believability and authenticity to her characters. Even though I'm reading, when a character is drawn well through the writer's words, I can see how they move and it makes them come even more alive. A brawny career soldier walks, sits, and watches people differently than, say, a lanky artist. An 80 year old woman and her 12 year old granddaughter might both make their way around a garden, but they sure won't move the same.
Speaking of that grandmother and child, if the adult is feisty and the child shy, those traits will color their actions and reactions. What would they do if, all of a sudden, a strange man appeared in their garden while they strolled? How would their reactions be different if the child was bold and accustomed to helping her parents care for her grandmother who suffers from dementia?
These are all things that I consider when creating a character, and it begins before I ever write a scene. I spend a great deal of preparation time musing about my characters. I consider the external influences such as location, education, job, family and upbringing that have shaped them. Then I delve into their emotions, personalities, previous experiences and current goals. This prep work helps me know them intimately and their thoughts, speech, movements, reactions flow out of that knowledge.
Sure, it takes work to make characters as believable as possible, but it's so much fun to slip inside their skin, dig into their heads, and paint their images for the reader.About All Keyed Up
A Man with a Plan
At home in the Florida Keys on medical leave, undercover agent Jack Benton is on a mission to save his beloved aunt's failing dolphin facility. He's positive he can close a seven-figure land development deal, until his sassy Aunt Ruby accepts the proposal of world renowned marine mammal scientist Dr. Vic Sheffield. Against his better judgment, Jack must cooperate with the project or break Ruby's heart.
A Woman with a Dream
Things aren't what they seem. More than the Keys temperature heats up when Dr. Victoria Sheffield finesses her way into the facility under the guise of her famous father's name, hoping to finally establish herself as a top notch researcher. A lifetime of behavioral observation hasn't prepared her, however, for a suspicious, sexy homo-sapien like Jack. She'll need every last point of her elevated I.Q. to outwit this wily alpha male. He knows she's hiding something, and sooner or later he'll figure it out. In the meantime, not only his suspicions are aroused by the beautiful brainiac.
Two Hearts on Fire
When dreams collide and passion storms, it's no wonder everybody's All Keyed Up!
In her youth, Dora Lee Hanson set her dreams on distant goals. A more exciting life waited, if not over the rainbow, then at least somewhere out of the quiet Florida Keys. The twenty-something beauty left home for a modeling career, but a wealthy magnate swept her off her ostrich-plumed mules. Unfortunately, after more than a dozen years of marriage, the wicked wretch kicked her to the curb. Facing a very uncertain future, she returns to her beloved grandfather and the home she eagerly left behind all those years before.
Successful Keys fishing guide Bobby Daulton has the life he always intended, with one notable exception. He never caught Dora Lee, the love of his youth. After all these years, he never expected her to blow back into his world with tornado force, but he's a far cry from the kid who once let her slip the line and escape.
When an ex-trophy wife with a mid-life crisis hooks up with the hot guy whose heart she unknowingly broke years before, the passionate pair rock more than the romance boat. Dora Lee has her eye on a brand new dream. Bobby has his eye on Dora. He's fallen for her again, hook, line and sinker, and this time she won't swim away.
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An impressive example of what's now called `Scottish noir'... a hit on the Kindle charts before its release in hard cover, it's the start of a Brodie series, and if its successors are as good we might just have found a new Ian Rankin.
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Swedish black metal band the Legion were formed in 1999 by drummer Emil Dragotinovic with guitarists David Svartz and Rikard Kottelin, who recorded a pair of demos in the next few years before releasing their 2003 EP, Awakened Fury, also featuring vocalist Sune Hammarström and bass player Lars Martinsson. Along with its same-year successor, the Unseen to Creation album (introducing new vocalist Anders Fäldt), this placed the group's style squarely in the Swedish black metal tradition of inexorable fury and indefatigable speed, alongside the likes of Dark Funeral and Naglfar. But the Legion were then silenced until 2006 while Dragotinovic assumed the drum stool with Marduk, at which time their second album, Revocation, was released, and saw Svartz taking over vocals, Martinsson assuming his guitar playing duties, and new bassist Kristoffer Andersson joining the fold. ~ Eduardo RivadaviaPortions of Content Provided by Rovi Corporation.
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Burbank Police arrested five people Wednesday for allegedly growing and selling marijuana.
The five arrested---Levon Ayrapetov, 31, of Arcadia; Akop Petrosyan, 30, of Glendale; Victor Yepiskoposyan 29, of Glendale; Jane Israyelian, 21, of Los Angeles; and Bianca Bauza, 24, of North Hollywood--were booked at Glendale City Jail for transportation of marijuana for sale and cultivation of marijuana.
According to a statement released by Sergeant Robert Quesada of the Burbank Police Department, detectives conducted searches at locations in Burbank, Arcadia and Glendale. Three marijuana cultivation operations were discovered as a result of these searches and a significant number of marijuana plants, several pounds of harvested marijuana and four guns were also seized in the investigation, Sgt. Quesada said.
The bust occurred on April 20, or 4/20, which is a notorious counterculture holiday that celebrates marijuana use.
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Shoppers and supermarket staff helped a Chorley mum and her profoundly deaf little boy raise funds for charity.
Joanne Speakman, a sales assistant at Iceland, Market Walk shopping centre, organised a cake bake at the Chorley store and raised more than £300 for the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS).
The charity has been a constant source of support to Joanne whose three-year-old son, Connor Whittaker, was diagnosed as profoundly deaf when he was just two weeks old. Connor communicates using a mixture of sign language and lip reading. He also has very well developed speech despite his disability.
Joanne, 25, of Rivington Road, said: "Connor is the only deaf person in my family and so it was a shock when we found out, but we have always tried to see it as a positive, a chance to learn something new and Connor copes amazingly with it all.
"He is such a happy and content child. He really does seem to take it all in his stride and never sees it as a problem."
She said: "We are a bit of a family here at Iceland and my friends here were fantastic. All I did was put up a sign to say I was doing it and every single member of staff did something to help from making cakes to standing with me on the stall for six and a half hours selling them.
"Our customers were so generous too and I was pretty amazed when I counted up to find we raised £325."
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky is the first of a new trilogy in the established The Legend of Heroes RPG series. A highly detailed 3D world, beautiful original soundtrack, and unique strategic battle system take the series to new heights.
Amazing Original Soundtrack Another highly-acclaimed soundtrack from the renowned music department at development house Falcom, also the creators of the soundtracks for the Ys series, as 57 original tracks set the mood for this moving tale.
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Should Pastors Know What People Give?
Does such information create temptation toward favoritism, or a needed discipleship tool?
A question on XPastor.org's Google Group asked whether pastors should know who gives what to the church. Is it primarily an issue of privacy, potential partiality, or accountability and pastoral care?
According to attorney Frank Sommerville, churches "should examine job and committee descriptions to determine who qualifies under a need-to-know standard." The reason: donor privacy. Those who have access "need to agree to a privacy policy requiring them to keep all donor information private and use it solely to perform their church duties," he says.
Churches must decide whether the pastor needs to know, such as for providing specific counsel and spiritual development tied to members' tithing. Once the church determines who has access, it needs to disclose this to the congregation so that donors "will have a realistic expectation of privacy," Sommerville says.
Here is how three XPastor.org members say their churches handle this question:
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Pastors should not know who in their congregations give what. Having served on 2 church boards, I have seen where it leads directly partiality and peferencial treatment with parishoner needs and requests.
In my opinion, I can't think of a situation where the pastor needs to know where the giving comes from within the congregation. Pastoral care is not conditional or contigent upon how much a parishoner gives.
No, I do not think the pastor nor anyone other than the treasurer/accounting person(s) should have access to this information. We are very protective of this information at our church and I, as treasurer, make sure the congregation knows they can be assured of privacy. Whatever people give is between them and God, the sermons/lessons on tithing need to be given to all of us routinely and the outcome is the result of people's relationship to God. People are free to make their personal decisions.....the pastor's role is to guide us all to proper relationship with our money. It is not the pastor's role to "control" this or guilt-trip specific individuals. They will be convicted by God Himself if their hearts are moved. If not, they aren't there yet. I only see a downside to the pastor having this knowledge.
I tend to agree with both comments so far. However, as a volunteer that is the head of finances at my church, I've had conflicts related to points made in the article where some people are given significant leadership roles on the assumption they are at a certain level of spiritual maturity yet their giving (or lack there of) would not support that assumption. Additionally, I've seen people receive benevolence gifts from the church when that committee is under the impression they have been a significant giver at our church for years. I've never brought these concerns to anyone before, but I am interested if anyone reading this has been in a similar position or if they have adopted policies regarding such situations.
I have served on church boards for 40 plus years and the answer is absolutely not. The disadvantages far outweigh any advantages.
While I can see the difficulty in a pastor knowing the giving of a congregant, I think there is a much bigger issue here. The last charge that Christ gave us before He ascended, was to make disciples. I know personally that God would have been unable to carry me further on my path of discipleship without me first trusting Him with money. When I started tithing, my whole viewpoint about trusting God.
If not the pastor, then who should counsel me about my spiritual growth? My pastor challenged me to try trusting God by tithing. I never thought he was "after my money". He presented it as a way to more fully trust God. We are very comfortable talking with folks about all other aspects of their spiritual journey. Why not tithing?
On Vicki's post, our church does look at giving, as well as other criteria, when reviewing benevolence requests. This helps us make benevolence a discipleship opportunity.
On leadership, we must look at all aspects of their maturity as believers, and money is an indicator of spiritual maturity. If we don't trust God with our tithes & offerings, how can we say we trust God?
On balance, the pastor doesn't need to know what everyone gives, as they need to focus on prayer, studying God's word, and their relationship with God & man. When it comes to making decisions on church leadership or benevolence, this is one of the exceptional times when giving information provides pastors & staff with perspective necessary to properly disciple the church.
I am torn as a pastor if I should know but I think it is good if the pastor knows if there are changes in parishoners giving may help you know if something is going on in their life. They may have a problem with the church. They may have a financial problem or some other issue. Usually if someone is going through tough issues it shows up in their giving first.
I believe the Pastor(s) should not know what the individual members are giving. This allows him to teach/preach about tithing without the pressure of knowing he is speaking to any particular member. The members also will know the pastor is not speaking (knowingly) to them. I also believe the member should not serve in key roles if he/she is not mature enough to tithe yet, and that the nominating committee should discretely ask the treasurer about that fact before a member is considered for an office. Again, the pastor would not be burdened with this knowledge.
I share the same view as Mike Roberts.I don't see anything wrong in the Pastor knowing the giving level of each congregant. It is usually a good indication of financial difficuties if the level reduces. May be he/she has lost a job, or is in debt. There could be other reasons. The job of the Pastor is to seek God's face concerning such members and pray for a restoration.In Luke 22:31-32 Jesus had knowledge of satan's plan concerning Simon and prayed for him. I believe this is what Pastors should do with this information
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Our Pastor is very adamant about NOT knowing who gives what, so he won't fall into the temptation of treating some people better than others. The only one who knows for sure is the treasurer.
I believe that someone should really be keeping track at least of trends if not actual amounts, especially since giving is a sign of spiritual growth. If someone starts giving that is a milestone. If someone starts giving more that could be a sign of spiritual maturity or maybe a promotion. If someone stops giving or gives less it could be a sign of financial distress, bitterness, disinterest, or backsliding.
In any case a good Pastor knows the state of his flock and needs to follow up to encourage spiritual growth, sympathize, or turn someone back to God. Even if he doesn't know exact amounts, at least he can be notified of major changes in giving so he can do his job.
I have been the bookkeeper at 3 churches for a number of years and I attend a different church so I have seen tithing information both ways. My church allows the ministerial staff and several ministry assistants access to giving information, for the purpose of determining who should be allowed to be a leader in the church.
I have concerns with pastors and staff knowing how much someone gives. I have seen pastors base their treatment of individuals on how much they THINK the member gives. So whether a pastor knows how much someone gives does not prevent him from playing favorites. That he does that is a flaw in his leadership in the church. I believe that if the leadership spends time alongside the members instead of remaining separated due to duties, then they would be able to discern who is qualified spiritually to be in a leadership position.
Tithing should not be the signal as to whether someone is a mature Christian. The reason I say that is I have seen Christians in the church who are ignorant of Bible teachings (even so far as to believe the hymns are sacred like God's Word) who give large sums (or withhold large sums) in order to control the ministry of the pastor and his staff. There are people within the church who are very involved in the ministry of the church, who are not able to give much to the church, for various reasons, such as a spouse who is not a believer. A leader in the church working alongside that person would know from conversing with him/her and watching for viewpoints and motives, whether that person is a mature Christian and therefore qualified to serve in a leadership position.
So my recommendation to all the church pastors/staff/ leadership is that the leadership actually interview or spend time with each person being considered in order to disciple and determine his/her heart, motives, beliefs, etc., rather than basing an assessment on someone's giving record. Is that person devoted to serving the Lord in line with His Word, or is the person motivated by a desire to control, to impress, to feel good about herself, etc. Does he support the pastor and mission of the church? For certain positions, such as a Finance or Personnel Team member, the Treasurer and/or Bookkeeper should determine whether the person is a regular giver or tither. Then if you are considering putting someone in leadership or on staff, get recommendations from staff and from respected people who do know that person. Perhaps also develop a checklist or questionnaire along these guidelines, along with the person's testimony.
As a pastor I never wanted to know what people gave. I thought that this would keep me from treating people differently -- even subconsciously. However, pastoring a small church, we had two people move and two retire. I did not know that they were major givers (tithers? who knows what people make?), and our church got in serious financial trouble. If I had known, I would have prepared better. You bet I want to know now.
It is my most sound believe and feel with scriptures backing this, that no one should know what you give. God's Word states clearly (paraphrasing)...."let not your right hand knows what your left does....." it also says, that each of us should give what God purpose in our heart to give..."which means, if we are having a close relationship with God on a daily basis, the Spirit of God which dwells within us will purpose in our heart what we need to give without having the need to let it be known to man. I believe it's a trap (my personal opinion) from Satan disguising the laws that men have implemented in reference to the donations/gifts once gives in order to get a cut. God's word says, render unto Caesar what's Caesar and unto God what's God. You keep both things separately. I work in the Finances at the Church I presently assist and I have seen what knowing who gives what and how often has made a difference when it comes to giving position within the church government. This always makes me think about how the first members back in Acts, were elected as elders, deacons of the church to relieved the Apostles of the everyday task. They fasted and prayed for the Holy Spirit to point out the persons that should be elected for this position and then layed hands on them. Now, a days the Church of Christ, His Body, has lost this vision which was well defined and written for us to follow. At the end each of us will be accountable before the Lord for what we did. If we love the Lord and have an everyday relationship with Him, it will show and our fruits will speak for itself where is visible and even palpable. No one needs to know what you give unto to the Lord. This is my humble opinion on this particular subject.
Pastors already have significant power/authority/influence in the church body and do not need additional fodder to tempt them and be "dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed". God is a God of relationships, so everyone, especially pastors, must develop relationships personally "to strive for full restoration, to encourage one another, to be of one mind, and to live in peace." This would be very difficult and insincere, especially after "sneaking" a peak at someone's gift (tithe) to God. In Matthew 6, Jesus commands that giving is to be unannounced and in secret.
Absolutely the pastor has a right to know. Does that mean he checks every week? No. I checked giving after pastoring a church plant for about three months. It made me sad and I vowed never again. People who made the most gave the least. People who gave nothing at all wanted to direct how the church spent money.
In our church, leadership is expected to give generously to support the work. Without getting into tithe/not tithe debate, when someone is being considered for leadership, I simply ask our treasurer if it looks likes the person tithes. Without getting a W-2, he tells me yes or no. We can then move on in the process. I don't want people to give so they can be a leader, but someone who already supports the work.
So do pastors have the right? Yes. Should they regularly check giving? No. I realized early on that God provides. Sometimes He uses people in the church, sometimes He doesn't use the people in the church, but He always provides.
As Treasurer I do not believe the Pastor should have any access to the tithe amount a member tithes. I have seen where this has been used to get someone who tithes large sums to be targeted when a need arises. However, I do believe that when the Nominating Committee is meeting, that the Pastor and Nominating Chair should get with the Treasurer or person responsible for recording amounts and ONLY on those key committees that are finance driven, ie. stewardship,Counting cmtte, new building/facilities, building & grounds, personnel committee should adisclosure be made not the amount but if they tithe. We have key people in positions who spend and allocate church funds that are well able to give and don't, yet have no problem with obligating the church. The other problem is that the counters get a sense of who gives and how much and I've seen some on them use this information in forming alliances.
This was a good subject to cover. Our pastor, Randall Haynes, let me know as soon as I took the job as Office Manager at Ignacio Community Church, that he did not want to know what people gave. If I think someone's tithe is a refection of financial need, I do let him know, but he never wants to know who givers of large contributions are. Only I and the same two people who tally the Sunday offerings know who gives what, and we know that is a privacy issue.
I believe that there is nothing wrong with the pastor knowing who is or is not a faithful supporter of the church. In all of my ministry roles, I have had access to the information and during certain assignments was the one who entered the information. For me, it was never a matter of amount, but I did know who was faithful or not. Occasionally, when someone would start talking about how the church should spend its money, I would be reminded that the person never gave to the church. That did lead to some teaching moments on a few occasions.
When someone is lost, hurting, or drifting from God, the last thing on my mind is how much they give. I wouldn't dream of running a credit check when I am given the opportunity to serve someone. Is it essential for the pastor to know? Probably on some level it helps to complete the picture, but each leader has to do what God has directed him to do.
I my 600-member church only the Financial Secretary, his predecessor (still employed as a bookkeeper) and the Accountant know giving information. When one is considered for a church office, one of those three is asked to verify that the potential candidate meets a giving threshold set by the Board of Elders.
A very good book on this subject is "Not Your Parent's Offering Plate by Clif Christopher. Every pastor and church leader should read this book. It clearly explains what local churches face in TODAY'S giving environment.
Yes, Pastor's need to know. So they can personally thank those who are sacrificing for our Lord, and counsel those who are not.
Money is ONE of the things that helps churches do what God has called them to do, and Stewardship is (or should be) one of the basic planks with which the church is built (along with worship, prayer, fellowship, evangelism, ministry and education).
I basically agree, in principal, with Anna and Ish. The question that this discussion brings to my mind is, why is giving (especially tithing) always the very first consideration of a person's value or worth in the church?
Comments such as being "faithful" when used to describe or influence one's giving is more of a judgment or indictment, rather than a Christian response. A mature Christian is someone that reads the bible and decides for himself/herself
what is right, according to the bible. In closing, if a church is truly the body of Christ, HE will provide everything needed for the church to grow---If we live by Faith expressing itself through love and NOT by the Law. One cannot choose parts of the Law, without applying the whole Law (Galatians 5:1-6).
As a treasurer and long serving elder my thoughts lean towards Bill's last post. The Acts church gave all that they had and was a very transparent community. We are very visible with the giving of our talents and our time but have somehow created a secrecy around our treasures. I do not think this is healthy and has actually handcuffed the elders and pastor in providing a (w)holistic ministry. If the pastor does not want to be "burdened" with this - what about all the other burdens that come with his calling - abuse, addictions, apathy, etc. How is it that this particular area of our lives remains unchallenged and "unexamined"?
If anyone should know, it would be the pastor and/or select leadership of the church. Let's get a grip! The pastor is responsible to oversee and care for the church, they watch for our souls. It is a bad world (church world) when congregants are not able to trust the pastor to not become partial and for that matter donors who whould expect partiality. Tithing and giving to God's purposes are a significant part of worship and service. It is a part of our contract called the New Testament of which the believer has agreed to. It is not so much the amount, but the faithfulness of the believer in their relationship with God in this area and all areas. Jesus and others saw the widow woman put in her small amount and it was "more" than all the others. Jesus not only was a bit reprimanding but also conveyed the importance of giving. Acts 5 Peter asked if the land was sold for so much (by that he knew what was to be given). The donor lied and died. The concern is not whether someone knew the amount, but rather the motive and action of the donor and donee. If we truely believe the doctrine of tithing, then I would want all spiritual leadership encouraging me to be faithful with it. The benefit of tithing is not for me only, but for my generations to come. I done some major studying on this topic and taught our congregation for ten Sunday mornings. Though it was a bit lengthy, it brought such glorious experiences in many of the members. If there are untrustworthy individuals in leadership unable to be mature with finances, then it is simple, pray and expect God to provide leadership that will be a good example and be faithful to God's service in ALL areas. As pastor, I am willing to know our members involvement concerning tithes and offerings so that I may encourage, bless, rejoice, compliment, understand and bare their endevours to be faithful unto God in not only this topic but all areas.
Firstly, doesn't it follow logically that if giving is too "personal" for a pastor to know that we should then encourage our pastors NOT to know about marital or familial strife? Or porn usage? Or drunkenness? Where do you draw the line? Those are all pretty personal. If the pastor actually knew there was marital conflict, wouldn't he be singling out that couple if he happened to preach on marriage? I think the real issue here is not money, but how the accountability between pastor and people is supposed to work. Perhaps if your pastor is not spiritually mature enough NOT to play favorites he is not capable of the kind of leadership you had assumed he was capable of.
Secondly, is giving personal or private? Remember friends, this happens in corporate worship, not private worship! Besides, while I understand the sentiment that we "give our money to God", this is not actually a true statement. God does NOT need our money - He has the cattle on a thousand hills. Likewise, the purpose of our weekly gathering is not to worship God - we should be doing that weekly. When God's people gather corporately as the body, the Bible says that it is expressly for the purpose of mutual encouragement (Heb 10:24-25). And that is how our corporate worship is most distinct from our private worship. Your lack of giving, unless providentially hindered, contributes to an encouragement deficit - which leads to a double curse - less finances and less encouragement!
Thirdly, most pastors I know are aware of who their "big" givers are even without any specific knowledge of the individual's tithing record. Any pastor who didn't have some clue would be by definition, clueless! Yet strangely enough, they have been mature enough NOT to allow this to affect their shepherding of these people.
I sense a lot of passion from the "do not know" crowd, and quite honestly, I had never given this question much thought. But it makes me ask, if financial support is at least implied by membership (which is itself a public and active commitment), why so much secrecy for what we ALL should be doing anyway? Could it be that our culture is influenced, negatively, by this American individualism that runs counter to the mutual accountability implied by biblical church membership?
I'm the Treasurer at my church and our Pastor does not know. Yes, there are times it may be deemed necessary to know a members giving, but a simple yes or no should be adequate, not the actual amount. [But how does one truly know if someone is giving a tithe (10%).] Those instances we've encountered are purging membership based upon bylaws (ours has an item that has regular giving as a criteria for membership). I think the basic concept is that members should support their own church for its needs. Also, our Church Board and Pastor conduct monthly meetings where they see our income. To address proper discipleship and prayer for giving, our Pastor would see this monthly in the Financial Statements.
Another interesting thing to point out is what if people give their tithes in the loose offerings? They know what they are giving to God and God knows - so who are we to point fingers that they are not giving -- some people do not care to receive a giving report nor do they want people to know what they give. We are all responsible for what we give God.
Also, in respect to other issues a Pastor would disciple, the love of money is pointed out to be the root of all evil and unfortunately Pastors are not exempt from human feelings and temptations. So I do believe it could cause more problems than "fix" a giving problem. Our Pastor is well aware of members who are having financial difficulties (loss of job, reduced hours, medical finances, etc.) and those who have been "blessed" because he communicates with members and not because I have told him.
Our benevolence funds are given because members find out and inform church staff who then inform the Pastor and/or Board who then decide who has a need and what to give them. (But, mainly we get requests for benevolence from people outside our church - I think those within the Church look to God to provide - and I've seen God work "mysteriously" to meet the needs of His People.) The words of Christ in Matthew 6 says that what we should give in secret and to not let the left hand know what the right hand is doing. So, in today's setting, people give to God through the Church and we should keep their giving "secret" not letting this one or that one know what they have given.
Pastors probably just need to know who is tithing and who isn't, not how much. Pastors are called to shepherd the flock and disobedience in this area is a sure sign of a sick heart. How can the shepherd take care of the sheep without knowing they are sick? It's not an indictment on their soul, or a tool to help condemn, but a good look at the health of their relationship with Christ. Just ask for a list of who is tithing and who is not for the purpose of being able to minister to the hearts of those who aren't. Maybe doing it this way would help others to not feel like you are showing preferential treatment to those who are able to give larger tithes than other since they know you don't know exact amounts.


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Thousands of New Yorkers walk away from the city's greenmarkets every Saturday toting bags laden with fruit, greens and grains.
Now, thanks to a new composting project by GrowNYC, many can return a week later to drop off the pungent leftovers.
On Saturday, a nearly nonstop stream of locals perusing the Grand Army Plaza greenmarket paused to deposit scraps of edibles at the market's new compost drop-off site, one of seven such facilities in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
The new drop-off sites, a pilot program that will run through June 25, are the result of more than a year's worth of planning by GrowNYC. If the program is successful, GrowNYCwill make the pilot program at Grand Army Plaza and the three other Brooklyn pilot sites permanent.
"For years at our markets, customers would show up and have a list of 500 names," of people who wanted a place to compost, GrowNYC spokeswoman Liz Carollo said. But such a project takes an enormous amount of time and effort, she explained.
"We had to hire a lot of new staff, buy a lot of materials, find storage for all those materials, figure out how to collect and set up the [collection] route. It took a long time." And then there's the problem of funding: For years, GrowNYC did not have the budget to devote any funds to composting.
But when New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's Foodworks came out, and the fifth goal was post-consumer waste management, the councilmember got behind the project idea. The group estimates organic refuse makes up 17 percent of the city's total waste stream.
So far, the compost program is a hit. At Grand Army Plaza the traffic was steadily increasing.
"It's reduced our garbage by a third," said Matt Holman, a 29-year-old music educator from Prospect Heights. "I have to take out the trash less frequently. We put it in the freezer and drop it off here weekly."
Already by 11:20 a.m. on Saturday, 11 bags were lined up at the drop-off point and the stream of composting residents seemed unlikely to slow. That's up from only seven bags of compost collected on the entire first day of operation, an organizer said.
The drop-off point is open the same hours of the market, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Stacey Petruzella, 37, an epidemiologist from Park Slope, said she had tried to keep a compost on her deck at home, "but it doesn't work with the cool weather." She now brings her waste to the greenmarket, and plans to do so regularly.
"Once you're into it, it's painful to see organics go into the landfill," she said. "Plus, it makes the garbage stink less."
At the Grand Army Plaza farmer's market, the GrowNYC compost truck collects the discarded material the same day and drives it to the 14-acre Peninsula LLC processing center in Wilmington, Delaware, where it starts the gradual process of biodegrading into fertile soil.
Carollo said plans were in the works to sell the end product of the composting as "Greenmarket Dirt" for home gardens to help the project become more economically sustainable.
"But there's an eight-week turnaround time for processing the food scraps, and in order to sell soil at the market we would need a facility where it was packaged and we need a vehicle to transport it to the markets. It's just in the very beginning stages," she said.
Meanwhile, the project is focusing on getting residents, such as Jenny and David Fay, of Park Slope, into the habit of dropping off their green waste. The Fays said they started composting because of the convenience of the greenmarket drop-off point.
"It's by far the easiest way," said David Fay. "This is the best for us. We just drop it off once a week."


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With the stroke of a pen a local soldier has been memorialized.
On Thursday President Barack Obama signed into law H.R. 6260, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service at 211 Hope St. as the Lieutenant Kenneth M. Ballard Memorial Post Office, according to The White House Press Secretary.
Mountain View Patch spoke to Ballard's mother Karen Meredith after the bill passed the Senate and she expressed happiness that her son's legacy would live on. She added that information for the dedication would be forthcoming after coordination with Rep. Anna Eshoo's office.
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A child has been flown to the hospital after being run over by a truck!
The accident happened around 10pm Friday night along Highway 421 in Clay County.
The sheriff tells us the child somehow fell out of a moving truck and the father then backed over the child.
The child has been flown to the UK Medical Center.
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Shortly after Westfield residents Maria Carluccio and Greg Kasko addressed the Town Council Tuesday evening regarding the accidents that they believe have occurred on Central Avenue as a result of the HAWK pedestrian activated midblock stoplight, the Council approved the placement of another HAWK light on North Avenue West between Charles and Clark Streets.
Councilwoman JoAnn Neylan, chair of the public safety, transportation and parking committee introduced the resolution and said that the committee had been working with the county, as that portion of North Avenue is a county road, and Lord & Taylor since 2010 to improve safety in that area.
Neylan cited a traffic report prepared by Gordon Meth on March 3, 2012 that concluded that a HAWK signal is recommended at that location. The County of Union engaged the firm of Pennoni Associates Inc. to review the report prepared by Meth and concurred with his findings.
The crosswalk, which allows employees access to the off-site parking lot, has been the scene of several accidents involving pedestrians.
In August 2009, a Lord & Taylor employee crossing from the parking lot to the store driven by a suspected drunk driver. The employee, 25-year-old Clark resident Gina Marrotta, received head injuries and broken bones in the accident, which resulted in the of Westfield resident Leslie Boughner. Several years earlier, a Lord & Taylor employee was killed while crossing in that crosswalk.
Councilman David Haas and Councilwoman Vicki Kimmins voted against approving the light Tuesday evening as each stated they wanted to have more information before making a decision.
"With all due respect to Lord & Taylor, I honestly can't vote yes for this," Kimmins said. "I'm really concerned. I don't necessarily believe that HAWK systems are the right way to go. I have not seen any report on this. I haven't seen any diagrams. So, I'm going to be voting no tonight."
Neylan said her committee "has discussed this particular midblock intersection many, many times" and felt comfortable bringing it to a vote.
Councilman Frank Arena reiterated that the signal will be paid for by Lord & Taylor and the Town of Westfield will provide for its maintenance once it is installed.
"I'm strongly in favor of this," Mayor Andy Skibitsky. "This is a very bad section of road to try to cross not only for employees but residents, commuters, and children. You can study any situation to death but the HAWK system is here to stay."
"There's an intersection where we know there's been a death. While the HAWK system is new it's been approved and it's going to start to be utilized around the country. If a HAWK system is going to, in any way, improve the safety of anyone crossing North Avenue then I think it's incumbent upon this Council to vote in favor of this to help to protect those people," Councilman Jim Foerst said.
Skibitsky went on to say that when it comes to traffic safety "we have to defer to the experts and not public opinion and that's what we're doing here."
Haas questioned why in this case the Council was deferring to the experts, who were in fact the same experts who recommended from its midblock location to the intersection at Central and Clover Street which the Council rejected.
"I certainly appreciate the employees needing safe travels to and from work as well as any customers I just really feel with everything being talked about in the recent months or years that it just also behooves us to make the right decisions when it comes to new traffic lights or HAWK systems. As I said before, I'm just really uncomfortable voting yes when I really didn't know about it until tonight and I don't necessarily know that the HAWK light is the way to go," Kimmins said, adding that she feels drivers are most comfortable with the traditional "green, yellow and red" signals.
Carluccio and Kasko, who have attend every Town Council meeting to voice their concerns, maintain that the configuration of the light, with its flashing signs and markings on the roadway, create driver confusion that has contributed to the that occurred within an 11-month time frame. Both Carluccio and Kasko had left the meeting by the time the resolution was adopted.
Councilman Keith Loughlin said since the HAWK light on North Avenue is a county project, he doesn't have a time frame for when the light will be installed.