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Archbishop Job of Telmessos, who serves as permanent representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to the World Council of Churches (WCC), met with the WCC News and describes receiving an extraordinary gift from Pope Francis on 29 June.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) coordinated an ecumenical delegation that attended the World Conference on Statelessness and Inclusion held 26-28 June at The Hague.
The Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz hosted an international conference on "The Many Faces of Jesus Christ: Contextual Christology in a New World Come of Age." Meeting from July 4-6 on the university campus, the conference brought together 20 scholars from Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America to listen to and debate new developments in Christology from around the world. Anglican, Baptist, Catholic, Pentecostal and Reformed theologians made presentations on Christology, as reflected in theological writings, poetry, art, music and murals, and lived experience.
Eighteen leaders from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network met in Beirut, Lebanon on 3-5 July, to addresses concerns in the region and to evaluate the strategic plan.
Residents of Divonne, France approached the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Water Network to help them stop a proposed plant for bottled water in Divonne, which is situated on the border with French-speaking Switzerland, between the foot of the Jura mountains and Lake Geneva.
On 28 June, a World Council of Churches (WCC) intergenerational climate justice project was awarded the Keeling Curve Prize, a recognition for initiatives that offer solutions to reduce global warming. The WCC project supports adolescents engaging in climate justice through church-run schools, Sunday schools, and summer camps. The project stems from Churches' Commitments to Children, a partnership between the WCC and UNICEF.
Students at Makerere University in Uganda have launched an evangelical and health mission in Kayunga, one of the rural villages in Mityana district located about 50 km from Kampala, Uganda. The initiative follows the October 2018 launch of the Thursdays in Black Campaign against sexual and gender-based violence in Uganda by the Anglican community of the College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity at Makerere University.
A humble servant in God's herd
When he was asked last year to take over as vicar in the parish of Ilulissat, on Greenland's west coast, Loqqi Fleischer was a bit anxious about how the transition from his smaller hometown Uummannaq, further north along the coastline, would work out. Nevertheless, he took on the challenge and was warmly welcomed right away in the new environment.
At the Ecumenical Forum for Peace, Reunification and Development Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula, being held in Bangkok on 10-12 July, the World Council of Churches (WCC) reiterated its call for peace on the Korean Peninsula.
South Sudanese church leaders continued to amplify hope for their country, as the people quietly marked the 8th Independence Day, without an official government celebration. The world's newest nation which became an independent state on 9 July 2011, is facing enormous challenges including insecurity, economic stagnation and famine due to a new conflict.
Faith leaders across the USA released on 9 July a jointly signed statement entitled "Back from the Brink: Faith leaders call for diplomacy, not war, with Iran."
Leaders of eight regional ecumenical organizations concluded a meeting hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute on 2-4 July, with a pledge to stand together while mutually benefitting from their diversity.
The International Council of Christians and Jews held its annual conference in Lund, Sweden on 30 June through 3 July with the theme: "Transformations Within and Between: How Does Our New Relationship Affect Christians and Jewish Self-Understandings?" Approximately 160 participants representing many organizations, including the World Council of Churches, came from 23 nations. They began the conference in the Lutheran Cathedral of Lund with greetings from local religious and civic leaders.
Religious leaders are learning to communicate better with adolescents about sexuality and other issues young people face, said participants at a training workshop using materials developed by the World Council of Churches Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy programme.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the loss of Bishop Barnabas D. Mondal, know for his support of theological education in South Asia, and for being the first national bishop and the former moderator of the Church of Bangladesh. He passed away on 29 June in Dhaka.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) hosted a Sikh-Christian dialogue on 5 July with the theme "Pursuing Peace in a Pluralistic World" to commemorate the 550th birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak, the first guru of the Sikhs.
In an encounter with Dr Syafiq A. Mughni, Special Envoy of the President of Indonesia for Interfaith and Intercivilizational Dialogue and Cooperation, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit expressed his appreciation for the Special Envoy's promotion of human rights, and stressed the WCC's commitment to cooperation in confronting xenophobia and Islamophobia. "We have to see human rights as universal principles", said Tveit. "It is our duty as human beings and also as Christians to fight for the rights of everybody".
About 65 scholars of Buddhist-Christian relations gathered in St Ottilien, near Eresing, Germany for a conference to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of Rev. Dr Lynn A. de Silva (1919-1982), a pioneer of Christian Buddhist dialogue. Organised by the European Network of Buddhist Christian Studies in association with the World Council of Churches (WCC), the conference focused on the theme "Buddhist-Christian Encounter – A Visionary Approach".
The World Council of Churches (WCC) was addressing ecological concerns, including climate change, "way before it was fashionable," WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit said at a recent presentation on the Green Village, the new development concept for the property on which the Ecumenical Centre now stands.
In a statement released this week, the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA expressed distress at Trump Administration policies that separate children from adult family members.
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10 June – 19 July 2019 Bossey, Switzerland
The Ecumenical Institute at Château de Bossey invites applications for the Certificate in Advanced Studies – Interreligious Studies, 2019. Intended for an international audience of young people interested and engaged in interreligious dialogue, the Ecumenical Institute's Certificate of Advanced Studies in Interreligious Studies includes lectures, courses, workshops and study visits to places of interreligious interest, and is accredited by the University of Geneva under the Swiss Higher Education Programme for Continuing Education.
11 July 2019 Church Center for the United Nations, New York
The side-event will be an opportunity to explore how taxation and reparations can contribute to "Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality," the theme of the 2019 High-Level Political Forum on the SDGs (08-17 July 2019, New York). Rising inequality – often rooted in historical injustices – and runaway climate change are fuelling poverty, social disintegration and conflicts around the world.
05 – 15 August 2019 Ecumenical Institute, Bossey
This seminar will take place in 5-15 August 2019 in Bossey, profiting from the spirit of Bossey and the experience of the Ecumenical Institute and the proximity of WCC, YMCA and YWCA offices in Geneva.
19 – 30 August 2019 Jakarta, Indonesia
In order to strengthen the voice of the churches with regards to global economics, a group of 20 current and future leaders representing the churches will have the opportunity to attend the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management (GEM) for an Economy of Life in Jakarta, Indonesia from 19-30 August 2019.
29 August 2019 Tele2 Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
The WASH (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene) sector is increasingly recognizing the value of engaging with faith actors. Correspondingly, numerous faith actors have expressed support for WASH programs and the SDGs. This fourth annual Water and Faith event at the World Water Week builds upon these trends and the last three years of dialogue at this event.
08 – 12 September 2019 Osaka, Japan
This event plans to engage 30 indigenous young people from around the world and 20 Asian young people to go deeper on the topic of racism and exchange experiences. Key reasons for gathering in Japan is to show concrete solidarity with Indigenous Communities in Japan, share stories and hear the issues that they are struggling with.
15 – 22 September 2019 Worldwide
During this week which includes the International Day of Prayer for Peace on 21 September, church organizations, congregations, and people of faith are encouraged to bear a common witness by participating in worship services, educational events, and acts of support in favour of peace and justice for Israelis and Palestinians.
18 – 29 September 2019 Republic of Korea
Applications are now open for YATRA (Youth in Asia Training for Religious Amity), an interreligious training programme launched by the World Council of Churches (WCC) in 2014 following its 10th Assembly in Busan, Republic of Korea.
23 – 26 September 2019 Orthodox Academy of Crete (OAC), Chania, Crete, Greece
The 6th edition of this conference is held under the Auspices of His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and with the support of the World Council of Churches (WCC) programme on Care for Creation, sustainability and climate justice (Ecological and Economic Justice)
18 – 24 March 2020 Geneva, Switzerland
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For most seniors, enrollment in Medicare Part A is easy, because often times, it is automatic. This leaves you to wonder: how do I enroll in Medicare Part B? Some seniors also meet the qualifications to enroll in Part B automatically, but many aren't. It is important to learn how to enroll in Medicare Part B because it protects yourself from high, unprotected out-of-pocket costs for doctor visits.
Medicare Part B
Part B covers your doctor visits, check-ups, and any other service that Medicare would consider as an "outpatient" service. If you were to be an inpatient in the hospital, that would be covered under Medicare Part A. Benefits of Part B includes:
- Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
- Ambulance services
- Doctor visits
- Preventative care services
- Partial hospitalization
- Clinical research
Under Medicare policy, Part B covers the above expenses at 80%. You, the beneficiary, would be responsible for the remaining 20%. In the event that you did not enroll in Medicare Part B, you would be responsible for 100% of the costs associated with your services. Depending on the outpatient service, this could amount to hefty fees.
Part B comes with a monthly premium. In 2019, the premium for Medicare Part B is $135.50 per month. In addition to the monthly premium, you will have to meet and pay an annual deductible for Part B. The Part B deductible in 2019 is $185. Your benefits will not kick in until this deductible is paid in full.
When Should I Enroll in Medicare Part B?
Three months before your 65th birthday, you enter your Initial or Open Enrollment Period. Your Open Enrollment Period extends through your 65th birthday and ends 3 months after. This long time period ensures that future beneficiaries have enough time to find and enroll in the coverage that meets their needs.
If you miss your Open Enrollment Period, you might be able to qualify for a Special Enrollment Period. For example, if you're still receiving coverage from a group help plan before, during, or after your 65th birthday, Medicare will not see this as a conflict. You can still enroll in Part B without any late enrollment penalties.
You may not qualify for a Special Enrollment Period. If that's the case, you can enroll in Medicare Part B during the General Enrollment Period. General Enrollment Period starts on January 1 of each year and ends on March 31. Your coverage would begin on March 31.
Penalties may apply if you enroll in Medicare Part B after your enrollment period and you were not covered by a group health plan. Your premium could increase by 10 percent for each 12-month period you could have enrolled in Part B but did not.
How Do I Enroll in Medicare Part B?
If you're among the group of people who are automatically enrolled in Part B, you won't have to take any action. Wait for your Medicare card to arrive in the mail, and then you take advantage of your Part B benefits on your effective date.
Others do not receive automatic enrollment in Part B. Don't worry if this is you. If you have Medicare Part A, to enroll in Medicare Part B, all you need to do is download and fill out this form. This form (CMS 40B) asks for your Medicare number and other personal information. This is just to confirm your enrollment and your eligibility for Part B. After you fill out this form, take it to your local Social Security office. They will process your application, and once they do, you'll be notified by mail that you are enrolled in Part B.
If you decide that you don't want Part B, that's okay too. You don't have to sign up for this coverage. We do, however, strongly encourage all seniors to take advantage of this potential benefit. If you happen to need to go to the doctor for any reason and don't have this coverage, you won't be protected from high out-of-pocket fees if you don't have Part B.
Medicare Supplement Plans
Because Part B only covers 80% of services, you might want to get additional coverage to fill that 20% gap. With some Medicare supplement (Medigap) plans, you might not have to pay any money out-of-pocket.
Once you're enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B, you'll be eligible to enroll in a Medicare supplement plan. After, you can call one of our friendly agents at (800) 310-2550 to get started or get your free Medicare supplement quote online.

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Can protonix cause a false positive for.
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PMW 2018-092 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr.
I often have people ask me if I am a preterist. In fact, just a few minutes ago I received an email to this effect through this website. This email sparked me to write this article.
This will surprise some of my readers, but I would like to state categorically and unequivocally: I am NOT a preterist. To believe that I am a preterist is sorely mistaken.
But: have I changed my understanding of biblical eschatology? The answer to this question is a resolute "Yes." And "No!" How can this be? What is going on here? Have I become John Frame? Let me explain.
Until the recent arising of the aberrant theology that calls itself "Full Preterism," it was fine for someone like me to call himself "a preterist." In fact, I have done that quite often myself. And probably will still do so — due to long-standing, historical use of this word. But in a technical sense, such a descriptive label for someone like me is mistaken . . . in our current theological context. This is due to the arising of unorthodox preterism, which is causing some believers to be "tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming" (Eph. 4:14).
Have We Missed the Second Coming:
A Critique of the Hyper-preterist Error
by Ken Gentry
This book offers a brief introduction, summary, and critique of Hyper-preterism. Don't let your church and Christian friends be blindfolded to this new error. To be forewarned is to be forearmed.
For more Christian educational materials: www.KennethGentry.com
So what do I mean?
As is often the case in the history of theology, words take on fresh connotations and even new meanings. And if we are not careful, we might use a familiar, long-held word to describe an issue, but which no longer is accurate . . . in our current setting.
For instance, until the creation of the word "amillennial" in the early 20th Century, non-premillennial theologians who held to a pessimistic view of history called themselves "postmillennial." They did this to set themselves over against those who were "premillennial." They held that Christ would not return in his Second Advent until the "millennium" was completed. Hence they were "post-millennial." But there were two categories of "postmillennials." Many were optimistic regarding the flow of history, while many others were historically pessimistic. Today we distinguish the two by the terms "postmillennial" (an optimistic eschatology regarding the outworking of history) and "amillennial" (a pessimistic eschatology regarding the outworking of history). See my article: "Amillennial Pessimism" for further discussion of this matter.
Such is the case with the word "preterist." Historically, the word "preterist" was used (and is still used) by those who understand certain New Testament prophetic passages as having already been fulfilled. This understanding sets them over against other Christians who believe that those passages remain to be fulfilled in our future ( "futurism" is the virtual opposite of "preterism"). Two key passages that are impacted by preterism are: the Olivet Discourse and the whole Book of Revelation. (These are not the only passages impacted by the debate.)
Today, however, we must distinguish — at least in our minds — the enormous differences existing among "preterist" interpreters. The preterism to which I hold is a hermeneutic tool. The preterism promoted by some unorthodox Christians (they call their view "full preterism") is not simply a hermeneutic tool, but a wholesale new theology.
Orthodox Christians call "full preterism" by the term "hyper-preterism." This is much like the situation with "hyper-Calvinism." Calvinism is a theological system emphasizing the sovereignty of God. But hyper-Calvinism goes beyond Calvinism, hence it is hyper. Hyper-Calvinists believe that we do not need to evangelize or to send out missionaries, because God will sovereignly convert sinners. In fact, they even hold that it is not the obligation of sinners to trust in Christ in order to be saved — because God effects their salvation wholly apart from anything they do.
Similarly, "hyper-preterism" goes beyond historic "preterism," in that it adds to preterism. That is, hyper-preterism declares the historic, corporate, public, universal, systematic Christian faith held over the many centuries of Christianity's existence to be mistaken. It does so by declaring that the future bodily Second Coming of Christ, the future physical resurrection of all men, the future Final Judgment of all men, and the conclusion of history that gives rise to the consummate order have already occurred (in AD 70). They therefore go beyond orthodox Christian doctrine.
When Shall These Things Be?
(ed. by Keith Mathison)
A Reformed response to the aberrant HyperPreterist theolgy.
Gentry's chapter critiques HyperPreterism from an historical and creedal perspective.
See more study materials at: www.KennethGentry.com
Thus, we need to be careful how we use — or at least understand — the term "preterism." It speaks of a hermeneutic that becomes necessary in Scripture due to certain textual statements requiring it. Such as in passages stating that a prophetic event is "near" or "soon." Some New Testament passages speak of our future, some of prophecies already fulfilled in the past. The context must be decide.
So what does this entail?
So more accurately, I am a hermeneutic preterist rather than a theological preterist. I agree with premillennialists, dispensationalists, and amillennialists on the four issues mentioned above: the Second Advent, the Resurrection of the Dead, the Final Judgment, and the consummate New Heavens and New Earth. Thus, I am not a preterist in the new, alien, heretical sense of the Hyper-preterist movement.
Warfield has observed a sad truth: "the chief dangers to Christianity do not come from the anti-Christian systems. . . . It is corrupt forms of Christianity itself which menace from time to time the life of Christianity." We are seeing that today in the spread of hyper-preterism. As Paul lamented long ago: there are "men who have gone astray from the truth saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and they upset the faith of some" (2 Tim. 2:18).
I will continue to use the word "preterist" in my writings. Unless it becomes intolerable. Fortunately, the Hyper-preterist movement is small enough so that we can continue to use historic terms and expect its historic meaning.
I am currently researching a commentary on Matthew 21–25, the literary context of the Olivet Discourse from Matthew's perspective. My research will demonstrate that Matthew's presentation demands that the Olivet Discourse refer to AD 70 (Matt. 24:3–35) as an event that anticipates the Final Judgment at the Second Advent (Matt. 24:36–25:46). This will explode the myth that Jesus was a Jewish sage focusing only on Israel. The commentary will be about 250 pages in length.
If you would like to support me in my research, I invite you to consider giving a tax-deductible contribution to my research and writing ministry: GoodBirth Ministries. Your help is much appreciated!
Tagged: full preterism, hyper-preterism, orthodox preterism


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Berlin-based producer M.E.S.H. has announced his debut album.
After grabbing our attention with last year's Scythians EP on PAN, a thrilling collection of obliterated club music for deep thinking and awkward dancing, and a recent EP on Black Ocean, the US producer and Janus affiliate is ready to unveil his first full-length.
Due on PAN on July 17, Piteous Gate is described by the label as a baroque, courtly and neo-feudal collection of "tightly gridded and sculpted sound" that "juts up against loose-wristed improvisation, automated processes, and collage" – if that sounds outlandish, it's worth noting one of the tracks is called 'Jester's Visage'.
The album also includes the track 'Epithet', which is "made from two very different rhythmic speeds played on the same grid and made to fit together through syncopation," he explains. "I wanted to create a sense of focus that can come from following two divergent lines of thought that eventually converge again in unexpected ways." Listen to 'Epithet' over at The Fader.
As predicted in our labels-to-watch feature, the Janus crew are having a hell of a year, with Lotic dropping a genius EP on Tri Angle and KABLAM keeping us on our toes with new tracks and mixes.
Check out M.E.S.H's FACT mix below.
01. Piteous Gate
02. Optimate
03. Thorium
04. The Black Pill
05. Kritikal & X
06. Epithet
07. Jester's Visage
08. Methy Imbiß
09. Azov Seepage


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Udsolgt – The Seer – filmvisning og Q&A i Amsterdam, Holland
14 august @ 19:00 - 21:30
Pga. corona-virus-situationen er arrangementet blevet flyttet fra d. 3. april til d. 14. august.
Visning af den engelske udgave af Lars Muhls dokumentarfilm 'Seeren'.
Beskrivelse på engelsk
A rare and beautiful documentary by Lars Muhl about his spiritual mentor Calle de Montségur, also known as the Seer.
The Seer, Calle de Montsegúr, was capable of not only diagnosing and curing people with distant healing, no matter where they were on the globe, but was also able to read 'The Book of Life', where the destiny of mankind is recorded.
Lars Muhl became an apprentice to The Seer after he healed Lars from a debilitating long-term illness that no doctor could diagnose. The film is based on unique footage of The Seer recorded by Lars when they first met in 1998, and covers the three years Lars was an apprentice to The Seer.
This is an intimate first-hand account of The Seer in his element at the sacred mountain of Montsegur in southwestern France. We are with him in his home in Fuengirola in southern Spain as he is treating patients with distant healing. Some of the film footage is filmed with a hidden camera. The film is an opportunity to journey with Lars through his initiations by one of the most important healers of our time. The Seer shares several messages vital to understanding the current state of the world and changing the status quo.
Unfortunately, the film does not have subtitles for hard-of-hearing.
Lars Muhl will introduce the film and will be available for a Question and Answer period afterwards.
Ticket prices
Early Bird price until 1 March 2020: 19 Euro.
Normal price: 24 Euro.
Buy tickets here: www.gilalai.com
Time and place
14 August 2020 at 19.00-21.30. Unnumbered seats – the doors open at 18.30.
De Roos – in the 'Hooftzaal', P.C. Hooftstraat 183, 1071 BW Amsterdam.


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Owning and operating a boat – for either commercial or recreational purposes – can be quite the investment. To have a natural disaster like Hurricane Sandy tear through the East Coast and damage expensive vessels and important equipment is something that no seaman wants to have to experience, but unfortunately these kinds of risks are inevitable. What boat owners may not have anticipated, however, are the potential changes in the marine insurance industry that may take place following the super storm.
Marine insurance specialists have said that rates will likely increase nationwide following Hurricane Sandy, reports Trade Only, a magazine for marine industry professionals. According to the source, there has been a surge in insurance claims over the past two years due to natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts and floods.
An independent consultant advised that the marine insurance industry will likely increase prices as a way to make up for the money it has lost.
According to the Boat Owner's Association of the United States, (BoatUS) the estimated cost of Hurricane Sandy-related damage for recreational boats alone is about $650 million, making it the largest industry loss since it began keeping track in 1996.
BoatUS technical director Bob Adriance said that the damage left behind by the hurricane will probably result in boat and marina owners investing in more storm-resistant docks, vessels and equipment to lower their risk of severe losses in the future.
With these projected changes in the marine insurance industry on the horizon, it's important for organizations and individuals who spend a lot of time on the water to understand what's available to them. By partnering with marine insurance agencies, people can benefit from the help of professionals who understand the challenges and opportunities available and have years of experience building relationships with the highest-rated providers.


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KREISCHBERG, AUSTRIA— The Alex Bilodeau era is over, but a sweep of a world championship podium led by Mikael Kingsbury shows that Canada has not lost a step in freestyle skiing.
Kingsbury, of Deux-Montagnes, Que., won the dual moguls competition with a victory over Philippe Marquis of Quebec City on Monday while Marc-Antoine Gagnon of Terrebonne, Que., took the bronze medal.
Bilodeau, the gold medallist at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver and the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, has retired to pursue a career in accounting.
"It hasn't changed much since Alex isn't there as far as growing and going forward," Kingsbury said on a conference call. " Alex was an amazing athlete and it was great to share all those moments with him.
"But it didn't change my approach to competition. I was doing very well when he was there and I still have the same winning formula. It's working well so far. But, for sure, we miss Alex on tour. He was pretty much always on the podium with us."
In women's dual moguls, Olympic champion Justine Dufour-Lapointe of Montreal took silver after losing 29-6 in the final to American veteran Hannah Kearney. Her older sister Chloe Dufour-Lapointe was fourth.
For the men, it was the first medals sweep by one country since Finland did it in individual moguls in 1999.
"The three of us were very hungry for a medal," said Kingsbury. "There's a bit of luck in that, in duals, you never know who you're going to go against.
"I could have got Marc or Phil in the first round. But we had a good qualification round and we skied well. It's teamwork. We always train together and we push each other. The sweep was very close and we did it. It was pretty crazy."
The 22-year-old said a member of the U.S. team promised to shave a Maple Leaf into his hair if Canada swept the podium.
"I can't wait to see that," said Kingsbury.
Kingsbury has been at or near the top of his sport, winning three World Cup overall titles, even while Bilodeau was active. But he was second to the Rosemere, Que., skier in dual moguls at the 2011 and 2013 world championships. He also lost to Bilodeau in the individual moguls at the Sochi Olympics.
Getting on a world championship podium was a breakthrough for his teammates.
Gagnon, who finished fourth in Sochi, beat American Sho Kashima for the bronze medal.
Kingsbury defeated Marquis, who was ninth at the 2014 Games, by 20-15. Kingsbury bounced back from losing his individual moguls title on Sunday, when he was upset in the final by Anthony Benna of France.
It was the opposite for 20-year-old Justine Dufour-Lapointe, who won the individual moguls Sunday only to lose the duals final after making a mistake on an icy patch on her first run.
"To win the world championship is one of the best feelings an athlete can have," she said. "Today, I really wanted to give everything I had to win another title, but I finished second. I made an error, but it was a great weekend."
Yulia Galysheva of Kazakhstan edged defending champion Chloe Dufour-Lapointe 18-17 for the bronze medal. The 23-year-old Chloe Dufour-Lapointe lost to her sister Justine in the semifinals.
The next medal events of the freestyle skiing and snowboard worlds are the slopestyle finals for both disciplines on Wednesday.


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The Real Causes of Food Insecurity in Africa: Helping Dr. De Schutter (UN) and Director Pascal Lamy (WTO) Identify the Causes of Hunger in Africa
Africa's Trade Law Newsletter, Issue 4, January 2012
8 Pages Posted: 5 May 2012
Date Written: January 30, 2012
Africa is generally regarded as the continent of negative extremes; hunger, wars, deserts, poverty, illiteracy, coup d'état, to name just a few. To some people, including high ranked politicians, Africa is a country and should be dealt with as such. Further, African countries are often put in the same 'box' with other developing countries including China, Brazil, and India. These misapprehensions make it difficult to identify and solve the problems of the continent; particularly the issue of food insecurity. Last year, the U N rapporteur on the right to food, Dr. De Schutter, accused the WTO for stopping African countries from implementing policies to address food insecurity and Pascal Lamy responded. This paper, acknowledging their efforts, aims to help them understand and address the problem of hunger in Africa. It argues that Africa remains the continent of negative extremes because developed countries and international organizations do not really understand (or because they ignore) the roots causes of African problems and often propose solutions for the wrong problems.
Keywords: Food insecurity, food security, Africa, WTO, UN, hunger, Africa's Trade Newsletters
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Silk and cashmere combine to lend this soft Before Party stole a luxurious spirit. The allover Monogram is presented in a black jacquard weave for a timeless effect. Adorned with shimmering sequins for a light-hearted touch, fringed edges complete this effortless piece.
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- 27.5 x 78.7 inches/70 x 200 cm
- Black
- 70% cashmere, 30% silk
- Allover Monogram jacquard weave
- Sequin embroidery at ends
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Wrong diagnosis killed three-year-old Harper Aitken from Scotland, The Scottish Sun reported.
The girl was hospitalized with fever, a rash on her stomach and sore throat. According to her mother, Lori, Harper had diarrhea the day before. The girl spent several hours in the emergency room, and her health improved slightly. Having decided that the baby had the usual indigestion, the doctors discharged her home.
Meanwhile, the next day, Harper's lips began to turn blue. The frightened mother again took her to the hospital, where the girl immediately lost consciousness. Soon, a rash were on her back, face and hands, and Harper was placed in the intensive care unit. The girl was in an artificial coma, but she died within two hours after hospitalization.
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Tuesday we took an unplanned visit to Dakota Ridge Park because the weather was so nice it seemed wrong not to go to the park. While there, I talked to another mother who said that the Foothills Park was very nice. She inspired me to go check it out.
This is a "community park", versus a "neighborhood park", so it covers a fairly large area. I looked at it on Google maps and was able to guess where I thought the playground equipment would be. However, I wasn't sure how to get to it. We entered the park but I decided to turn south which took us past a play structure by the community garden. However, it didn't look large enough to be the playground equipment I had seen on the map. So, we retraced our steps and went to the north side of the park. Once we got there, it was obvious that the north side was suppose to be the main playground area.
The view is pretty impressive. As the name suggests, it hugs the foothills. It also looks like it has a lot of paved paths so it might a good place to take Calvin to ride his bike.
The playground area is divided into two sections. The bottom section contains fairly traditional playground equipment that contain hints of boatness.
Among other things, they had a periscope.
They also had ladders which Calvin thought were like the ladders on the fireboat we saw in Hong Kong.
In addition to the periscope, they had a lot of other panels on the equipment: several different wheels, "fan" panel 1, gears, and a "spelling panel".
There were a lot of different climbing options to get into the structure including several rope ladder variations.
Calvin had fun playing on the lower structure but I think he would have had even more fun with a group of kids where they could have play-acted being on a ship. After a bit, we went around to the upper playground equipment.
This equipment was more contemporary, the same sort of things that the Dakota Ridge Playground has. I was initially skeptical of how non-traditional this style is. However, after watching kids play on it, it obviously offers a lot of upper body exercise. There was a little girl playing and it was amazing how, using just her arms, she was able to hoist herself all around the ropes and "hammocks." Like the little girl, Calvin enjoyed scrambling all over the equipment.
While Calvin was enjoying the equipment, I wandered around to see what else was on the top level. There were a couple of swings including regular swings, bucket swings, and a molded bucket seat. Then I went over to where there appeared to be a covered slide that went from the top area down the bottom area. However, it was completely fenced in with no gate. Eventually, I realized that you were suppose to climb the rock wall to get into the enclosure and slide down. The slide was interesting in that it was a tube but had clear pieces interspersed so it wasn't too dark inside. I called Calvin over and he got a kick out of climbing up the rock and then going down the slide. The sun was in a bad position so I was only able to get a picture of Calvin climbing up.
It's a nice playground and fairly close to Calvin's preschool so I expect we'll visit this one again.
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The surge in online shopping and shifting customer expectations has introduced important nuances to this process, particularly to the second element of this journey – the 'consideration phase'. In the past, customers relied on an in-store salesperson to help them find exactly what they wanted, and this often involved suggesting additional items that the shopper had not yet even thought about.
However, what happens when they never make it to the store? Increasingly, the entire consumer path-to-purchase is happening online, so winning these new "moments that matter" mean having a plan to drive consideration online in order to replicate the in-store experience. Personalising the recommendations and ideas to consumers' individual needs and tastes is becoming table stakes.
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Yup. Exactly what I meant.Maxidyne wrote:Plane And Simple wrote:Yup, but AFAIK there was no official release ever.Maxidyne wrote:Doesn't sound to bad! Remixed with respect for the original.
Never released on album, but she sang it live several times. My mum instantly recognised the song when I let her hear the new remixed version.
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Explication Of The Cogito In his Meditations, Rene Descartes attempts to prove the existence and reality of himself and things external to himself. In order to fulfill such a feat, Descartes decides to doubt all that he knows, for he knows not whether that can be relied upon. He doubts his knowledge for three main reasons. For one, he accounts that in dreams, many times he had thought that things external to himself were real. Also, he had heard people declare pain in limbs that they had lost long ago. After pondering these two experiences he declared, the chief and most common mistake which is to be found here consists in my judging that the ideas which are in me resemble, or conform to, things outside me (Descartes 16). These two accounts proved to him that he should doubt the existence of his own body.
Next, he realizes that even when he is awake, he cannot trust his senses. Descartes says that "the senses do sometimes deceive us when it is a question of very small and distant things" (14) A perfect example of such would be how a stick that is straight might appear bent when immersed in water, or might mistake the height and shape of distant towers. This makes him further realize that he cannot trust experience. Finally, he is then forced to question his mind, when he realizes that there might be an Evil Genius that controls his every thought. If there were an Evil Genius doing such, his thoughts would mean nothing and his questioning would mean nothing, because he is constantly being deceived.
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With this in mind, he is able to stumble upon an epiphany, that the very fact that he is questioning, means that he exists. His reasoning is one that is quite logical. By questioning something, he knows that there has to be someone that does the actual action of the questioning, and if there is someone that questions, that someone must exist. It is a subject-object relationship. In order to question something, there must be something to question, therefore a questionable object exists. And in order for there to be questioning, some thinking thing, i.e.
Descartes, must be doing the questioning, therefore, he exists. Even if the Evil Genius is constantly deceiving him, that fact that he is being deceived means that he exists. For this reason, Descartes could not doubt that he was doubting, and thus was able to conclude that this proposition, I am, I exist, is necessarily true whenever it is put forward by me or conceived in my mind. (17). To completely prove his point to the skeptics he had to go further, for how could one realize that he/she is doubting? Descartes answers that this is possible through natural light- intuition. By establishing that he is a thing that, doubts, questions, thinks, affirms, denies, imagines, and perceives, through examples, he is able to prove how one could realize his/her doubting.
Descartes gives us the example of the wax that is melted, and the people on the street with coats. If the wax melts, one still perceives such as wax because the wax is merely something extended, flexible, and changeable (21). On the street, one could see coats and hats, but one determines that one is seeing people. This, like the wax, is done through judgement alone, by the intellect alone. With this, Descartes posits that an object can be grasped even when stripped of its outer form and perceived by the mind alone (21). He follows that by arguing that the awareness of one's self is more certain than that of wax and coats, for one understands one's self more clearly and distinctly than anything else.
If one is able to do such, than, through nature of light, one is able to realize that one is doubting. The main qualm that I have with Descartes' argument, is with his nature of light argument, that he is only sure that he is doubting from judgements solely based on perception. In order to grasp a concept, one must do such only through perception because the body has to be doubted, so the mind must act alone. Like the wax, one can tell that it is still wax through intellect alone. This proposes that perception is the only measure of reality, and the conception of an object is independent from perception.
Therefore, if this is the case, it is impossible to have a change in perception that causes a change in conception. This argument leads Descartes' into some trouble. For, if one sees coats and hats walking around in the street, one's nature of light- intuition, would tell one that those things inside of them are people, because that is what we are used to seeing. So, through intellect alone, one is able to determine that those are people out on the street, yet what if that conception changes. According to Descartes, it cannot, but the thing inside the coats and hats might be trained chimpanzees walking around.
So suddenly, one realizes that the perception of the coats and hats was wrong, and that the conception changed. Therefore, just as Descartes has the perception that he is doing the doubting, because of the lack of empirical evidence and the unreliable quality of perception, through his method Descartes cannot be clearly and distinctly sure of anything. Bibliography Works Cited Descartes, Ren. MEDITATIONS ON FIRST PHILOSOPHY. 3rd ed. Trans.
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Earlier this year, Amazon announced that it would bringing back the cult classic superhero comedy The Tick, but without original star Patrick Warburton. Instead, Peter Serafinowicz will be playing the big blue bug, and now Amazon has released the first images of Serafinowicz in costume—along with a shot of Whoopi Goldberg interviewing a different superhero for some reason.
The images come from ComicBook.com, which also quotes an Amazon press release as saying that the show is about "an underdog accountant with zero powers" who discovers that his city is being controlled by "a global supervillain long-though dead." While trying to expose this evil plot, he crosses paths with none other than Serafinowicz's Tick. As you can see in the picture below, the new Tick costume has a bit of an H.R. Giger-y techno-organic thing going on, which makes it a little off-putting, but that could easily just be part of the joke. If this Tick show is anything like the old one (or the cartoon or the Tick comics that predate all of them), then things being kind of weird is definitely to be expected.
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Obama donor wins bid to take over HealthCare.govPublished: 8 hours agoAaron KleinThe global consulting firm that just won a one-year government contract to continue fixing HealthCare.gov is a big political donor to President Obama, WND has learned.On Friday it was reported Accenture, a global consulting firm, obtained the $45-million contract to run the Obamacare health insurance website. The company is taking over from CGI Federal, one of two contractors that originally built the problematic HealthCare.gov portal, with CGI's contract set to expire on Feb. 28.Unmentioned in the scores of news articles covering the successful Accenture bid is that Obama is the top all-time recipient of the firm's many financial contributions, with the president taking in a total of $286,168 from Accenture employees, family members and its political action committee.No. 2 for Accenture's donations is former Republican New Jersey State Sen. Bob Martin, and No. 3 is former President George W. Bush at $164,250. Mitt Romney received $73,085 from Accenture. Hillary Clinton raked in $50,515 in contributions from the firm, with John Kerry accepting $45,853.Obama has a further connection to Accenture. The chief scientist for Obama's 2012 campaign's data analytics team, Rayid Ghani, worked at Accenture for 10 years before leaving the firm to take up the position with the president's reelection team.Read more:http://www.wnd.com/2014/01/obama-donor-w...0k6L5l1j0S4C.99
Scandal number what - 328 or so?I'm sure the media will get right on it . . .
Speaking of scandals . . . we're all aware of the current, earth-shattering world class scandal surrounding the rotund NJ governor, right? I mean - the MSM is making sure we are.I heard that - in the pot smoke filled rooms in the bowels of the NY Times building, they were debating whether or not to refer to it as "Bridge-gate." Some argued - especially the old ones who were alive in the 60s - that it might not be wise to do so because it might remind people of a certain "Lion of the Senate" who has now assumed legendary sainthood status. He had a certain "bridge-gate" of his own, back in 1969, in which a young woman drowned in the back of his Oldsmobile. He was unable to save her - but it was okay, as he was drunk. Plus, he was a "D" and better yet - his last name was Kennedy.So - argued the older, NY TIMES hippie progressives - bringing it up this way might induce flashbacks or bad trips to the past.But cooler heads prevailed, and the younger ones reminded them that low info voters don't even remember what happened last month or last week - much less almost 45 years ago.
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In what is possibly the most disgusting news you'll hear today - your kitchen sponge is absolutely filthy and no amount of cleaning it will help.
You may have heard the myths that you can clean a kitchen sponge by putting it in the microwave, popping it in the washing machine or even into the dishwasher to get rid of the bacteria.
Big. Fat. Nope.
A new study from the journal Scientific Reports says that almost any method of attempting to clean your kitchen sponge is entirely ineffective.
The study found that even sponges which were cleaned regularly carried the same amount of bacteria as those cleaned every few days.
The study also revealed that your kitchen is filthier than your entire bathroom, including your toilet and it's all "due to the contribution of kitchen sponges, which were proven to represent the biggest reservoirs of active bacteria in the whole house."
If you thought it couldn't get any worse - just wait one second.
Kitchen sponges are not only the biggest collector of germs and bacteria in the house, but also spread the bacteria over "domestic surfaces, which can lead to cross–contamination of hands and food, which is considered a main cause of food–borne disease outbreaks."
In summary your kitchen sponge is the dirtiest thing in your home, it can increase the spread of bacteria and cleaning it won't help.
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Juan Soto grinded past more than 2234 runners to win in 02:45:44. Chris Ramsey secured second in this year's race with a time of 02:47:40. Rounding out the top three was Barrett Smith with a time of 02:47:54.
In the ladies race, Erika Shaughnessy scored victory with a time of 03:02:59 . She finished 8 minutes 19 seconds ahead of Christine Conti. While Hannah Hutchison came in third at 03:11:34
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'Workaholics' Audition for 'Game of Thrones'
Just as there is magic a-brewing on the mean streets of Westeros, so too is there a spark whenever the boys of Workaholics get together with Conan O'Brien. Like in their recent team-up, wherein the guys audition for parts on season 4 of HBO's Game of Thrones. Like the world's greatest BFF anthem before it, these three are just so spot-on it is downright ridiculous, and we've found ourselves longing for even a Stephen Colbert in The Hobbit -esque cameo for the boys on the series as soon as possible.
Adam DeVine, Blake Anderson, and Anders Holm — in addition to being the stuff lady boner dreams are made of — are avid nerds with an affinity for gratuitous nudity and graphic violence, so it's no surprise that their all gung-ho in their desire to join forces with the smash fantasy drama.
They've even come up with some wholly believable character names and backstories because, you know, that series doesn't have enough moving parts and people involved. Devilish and dastardly dudes like Lord Deathly Murderkill of House DoubleCross and Dong Dangletaint of House Glands ensure us that the safety of the realm is within their reach — even if the crazy redhead with the smoke monster-making vagina is on the prowl — while Ders is just searching for some familial female to put it in (he must be a Lannister). There's even an appearance from Jingles the Fool, a.k.a. Dwarf Jingles, a merry halfman that hits a bit too close to home for poor DeVine. Not that he or any of the other three have any worry on that front, their humor is more than enough to get the nips to dethrone thy shirts in their honor.
The only drawback? Not nearly enough dragons. Where are those pesky mythical creatures, anyway?!
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Mr. James Edgar Dipert, 72, of Taylorville, IL, passed away Saturday, November 9th in the comfort of his home. His family is grateful to Jaclyn Pugsley for her kind, faithful care that made this possible and to Hospice for providing extra support during his final two weeks.
Jim was born January 5, 1947, in Michigan City, Indiana, the son of Orlo and Jean (Killingbeck) Dipert. He married Cynthia Marie Hartwig on June 29, 1968, in Michigan City, and they shared 46 wonderful years before her passing on July 14, 2014.
Mr. Dipert was a member of St. Rita's Catholic Church in Kincaid. He trained to be a baker at Oklahoma State Tech and spent most of his career with Kroger and County Market. In 2009, he opened his own bakery in Taylorville, Confection Connections. Jim was as sweet as the treats he made, always lending a hand to help anyone and everyone. He was an active volunteer for Kincaid Meals on Wheels, loved boating, traveling the world with his wife, and spending time with friends.
Mr. Dipert is survived by his brother, Richard Dipert of Michigan City, IN, his sister, Patricia Street of Jackson, MI, several nieces and nephews, his "adopted" grandson, Miles Campbell, "adopted" granddaughter, Kendall Moehring, and many close and cherished friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister Carol Hunsick of Michigan City, IN, and his wife Cynthia.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Kincaid Meals on Wheels.
Memorial Mass will be held at 11 am Friday, November 22 at St. Rita Catholic Church, Kincaid. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to service at the church.
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Well, I gave up on Ashes to Ashes this week – I just couldn't bring myself to watch the third episode after the first two. I'll probably tune in for the finale, just to find out how it ends, though. Still haven't managed to watch Treme yet, which is a bit disgraceful, but where am I going to find the time?
- Alexandria: Bettany Hughes' latest documentary and the first in the Ancient Worlds series – finally caught up with using 4oD. Only an hour, and it felt more like an advert for the movie Agora at times – which worked, since I'll probably go and see it now. Could have done with a whole lot more on the library of Alexandria, to be honest.
- Cougar Town: Not desperately funny, but had its moments. Not many though.
- The Daily Show: As funny as always, but feeling more superficial of late than it used to.
- Heston's Feasts…: Caught up with a couple of old eps of this. Always interesting to see Heston in action, but while his food knowledge is second to none, Lovely Wife tells me his knowledge of medieval and Tudor history leaves a lot to be desired. And did he really need to go to New York to learn about frog-cooking?
- House: Ah, the good old "we wish we had history" American Renaissance Fair rears its head. The medical story wasn't that great, but the return of Wilson's first wife (Lost's Cynthia Watros) was the raison d'etre of the episode anyway, and that part worked nicely.
- Lost: For once, the flash-sideways proved more intriguing than island activities and Sun and Jin's reunion was rushed to say the least. But what's Desmond doing in the alternative univese – he's definitely the most intriguing character right now.
- Parenthood: Caught up with the last two episodes of this, which is shaping up nicely as a drama. Good to see Monica Potter now has someone to talk to, and all the women are starting to talk to each other independently of the men at last. Also good to see Bonnie Bedelia getting something to do. But after a brief flirtation with comedy at the start of the season, it's started to return to drama and has also imported Friday Night Lights-style handheld camera work, which I don't think suits the show.
- Rome: Two episodes away from the end now. Definitely not as good as the first season, and the historical fudging is becoming decidedly off-putting (Augustus has just skipped his first two wives and headed straight over to the third).
- Spartacus: Blood and Sand: A good ending to a series that got better and more sophisticated after a very clumsy start. I'm surprised they killed so many of the regulars, but I enjoyed that – it's the sign that story is leading over network politics, which has to be a good thing. On the not so plus side, Crixus's sudden change of heart seemed unlikely.
- Stargate Universe: I slightly spoiled this one for myself by inadvertently reading the writer's blog before watching it, but it was an interesting look at faith and how people will believe what they want in the absence of evidence and logic – yes, if aliens were powerful enough to build a solar system and lead you there, I'm sure they wouldn't bother to leave a note telling you they'd done it. I'm not sure it fully mined the story's potential, and the attempts by both factions to mend fences after last week's civil war, even if it was over the month-long period of the story, seems a little forced. The relationship between TJ and Colonel Young feels like a bit of ret-con, mind
- Supernatural: I really didn't like this week's –if you're going to introduce other gods into the series, at least try to be a little respectful and treat them, you know, like gods. Still nice to see Lucifer, even if it did mean the death of Gabriel, but the ring MacGuffin at the end was decidedly clumsy, if it's to be taken at face value.
- 24: Slightly dull compared with last week's.
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As a professional speaker, I have a huge edge on many of my clients: I don't speak in only one industry. I speak in a wide variety of industries to a wide variety of companies. One of the many things I enjoy about what I do is that I get to learn about all these different industries and companies. I also get to see what goes on in these industries and their marketplaces. Let me tell you what I see going on in almost every single industry and marketplace that I have walked into in the last 5 to 10 years.
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If you want to be successful in today's business world and economy, you have to be one of two things: the cheapest or the best.
The days are long gone when you could sell a pretty good product or pretty good service at a pretty good price, because I can get "pretty good" at a dirt cheap price. Or I can get "fantastic" at just a little more expensive price, because pretty good just isn't good enough anymore.
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You don't compete on what your competition does best and you don't. You compete on what you do best and they don't.
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Thursday afternoon, Sin City's only postseason game announced that Mitsubishi Motors will serve as the bowl's title sponsor for the next two years. Not surprisingly, the game will be referred to as the Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl.
Since it first debuted in 1992 as the Las Vegas Bowl, the game has been known at various points as the EA Sports Bowl (1999), the Sega Sports Bowl (2001-02), the Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl (2004-06), the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl (2007-08), the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas (2009-12), the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl (2013-15) and the Las Vegas Bowl presented by GEICO. From 1992-98, as well as in 2003 and 2017, it was sponsor-less and thus known simply as the Las Vegas Bowl.
This will mark Mitsubishi's first-ever sponsorship of a college football bowl game.
"This new partnership brings together two exciting and world-renowned brands in Mitsubishi Motors and Las Vegas," said Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl Executive Director John Saccenti in a statement. "We are proud of how our event has grown so much along with our great city the last quarter-century and with the addition of a world-class title sponsor the future looks even brighter."
While the 2018 game, scheduled for Dec. 15, and the one in 2019 will again pit a Pac-12 school against one from the Mountain West Conference, it was reported last month that the 2020 game will feature a Pac-12-SEC matchup.
Last season, Boise State dropped Oregon 38-28 in the 26th annual Las Vegas Bowl. It marked the Broncos' fourth win in the postseason game — they won three straight from 2010-12 — leaving them third in Las Vegas Bowl appearances behind only BYU (six) and Utah (five).


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02 May 2019
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Much has changed in Wales in the twenty years since the first National Assembly for Wales was elected in May 1999. This is the fourth in a series of articles that attempts to describe some of that change. It has been prepared by Senedd Research as part of the Assembly's activity to mark twenty years of devolution.
Devolution has given policymakers the opportunity to develop a distinctly Welsh approach to education. In the early years of the Assembly, The Learning Country (2001) strategy was described as a "landmark document for those who hoped that the Welsh Assembly would not just nibble at the edges of educational policy-making but would also conjure up a wider vision of an education system to serve the Welsh nation" (Gareth Elwyn Jones & Gordon Wynne Roderick's A History of Education in Wales (2003), cited in Philip Dixon's Testing Times, 2016.)
Pre-16 education
A 'made in Wales' approach?
As part of former First Minister Rhodri Morgan's 2002 declaration of "clear red water", between Wales and England, the then Welsh Government ended Standard Attainment Tests (SATs) at Key Stages 1, 2 and 3. The publication of school-level pupil performance (often used to generate 'school league tables') also ended.
The Foundation Phase, which was introduced between 2004 and 2009, brought a new approach to young children's learning, based on an experiential and 'learning through play' approach. It remains a flagship policy and the principles on which it is based are now shaping the approach to the new age 3-16 curriculum.
At the other end of the school-age spectrum, the Welsh Baccalaureate, introduced between 2003 and 2007, and revised in 2015, has sought to equip young people with a broader skills base to better prepare them for higher education and the workplace. An Assembly Committee has recently undertaken an inquiry into the Welsh Baccalaureate, publishing a report recognising its centrality to young people's learning and development and recommending how its status can be enhanced.
Another example is the Free Breakfast Scheme in primary schools. Introduced in 2004, it is intended to improve the concentration and in turn the attainment of pupils.
More recently, this 'made in Wales' approach to education has led to a Welsh qualifications system, a lengthy and wide-ranging reform of the Special Education Needs system, and the far-reaching work underway to introduce a new Curriculum for Wales. The SEN reforms have undergone considerable scrutiny over many years, with Assembly Committees most recently scrutinising the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 and the draft ALN Code.
Leaning towards PISA?
Wales' approach to school improvement has also been influenced by international movements, most notably the OECD and its Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).
Just over a decade into devolution, the publication of the PISA 2009 results in 2010 delivered what the then Minister for Education, Leighton Andrews, called a "wake up call to a complacent system" and "evidence of a systemic failure". Wales' disappointing PISA results precipitated a renewed and changed focus on school accountability, a return to the basics of literacy and numeracy and a new regional approach to school improvement, all set out in the then Minister's twenty point plan. Following on from this was Huw Lewis' time as Minister which focused on a drive to tackle the link between deprivation and low attainment. Over time, there has also been a recognition that Wales needs to improve support for more able and talented learners if a greater number are to achieve the highest grades.
The OECD was called in to help identify solutions. Its reports in 2014 and 2017 informed the Welsh Government's education action plans, Qualified for Life and Education in Wales: Our National Mission 2017-2021 respectively.
Since her appointment as Minister in June 2016, Kirsty Williams has continued to take forward the education reforms already in train such as developing a new curriculum, reforming teachers' professional development, enhancing educational leadership and tackling the deprivation attainment gap. However, following her agreement in June 2016 with the then First Minister, Carwyn Jones (updated in December 2018 in her agreement with the new First Minister, Mark Drakeford), Kirsty Williams has also brought her own priorities to the fore.
These include supporting the viability of small and rural schools and reducing infant class sizes. The latter links back to the earliest days of devolution when the existing statutory limit of 30 pupils was introduced in 2001. With Kirsty Williams as Minister, the Welsh Government has reinvigorated this policy and is seeking to reduce the size of classes with 29 or more pupils in underperforming schools and where there are high levels of pupils eligible for free school meals and pupils with Additional Learning Needs.
Returning to PISA, the publication of the 2018 results in December 2019 will shine a further spotlight on the Welsh Government's progress in raising school standards, particularly given its target of achieving 500 points in each of the three domains by 2021. Since the 'shock to the system' delivered by PISA 2009, subsequent results have not significantly improved in Wales as the infographic below shows.
Higher education
Higher education institutions (HEIs) are autonomous organisations, therefore policymakers' capacity to directly affect a 'made in Wales' approach is more limited than with schools. However devolution has seen significant changes in the HE sector and legislation expected in the next year or so could see the Welsh Government substantially reform the strategic planning and funding of the broader post compulsory education and training sector.
One of the more visible examples of the divergence between Wales and England has been student financial support. For example, from 2012 a larger Tuition Fee Grant (TFG) provided students from Wales with a non-means tested grant to cover the cost of increased tuition fees. However, this system diverged further following the Welsh Diamond Review which has seen the TFG being withdrawn for new students from September 2018 as part of a shift toward funding living cost support.
The number and size of HEIs
Since 1999, the Welsh Government has sought to actively shape the size and structure of the Welsh HE sector. The extent of this change is illustrated below.
So how did this level of change happen?
In 2002 the Welsh Assembly Government published its Reaching Higher HE strategy in which it explained that: "re-configuration and collaboration must be at the heart of the strategy for HE in Wales".
After a number of mergers and collaborations under Reaching Higher, and the Welsh Government's new HE strategy, For our Future (2010), the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) was tasked with developing a "regional dimension to planning and delivery". Its 2010 Corporate Strategy said that:
too many of our universities are too small by UK standards, and that we have too many institutions, raising challenges over competitiveness and sustainability.
In 2010, after the then Education Minister Leighton Andrews had warned universities must "adapt or die", HEFCW published its recommendations on the future shape of higher education in Wales. These suggested radical change, consolidating the sector into no more than six HE institutions. These plans led to the merger of the University of Wales, Newport and the University of Glamorgan into the University of South Wales.
This proposal to create what was to become USW originally included the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC), now Cardiff Metropolitan University. However its governing body resisted the Welsh Government's attempt to dissolve the institution in what became a demonstration of the autonomy of universities.
In contrast to the deliberate national policy of planned change, some institutions have instigated change themselves.
Some exercised their independence by withdrawing from the University of Wales federal umbrella and applying for their own Degree Awarding Powers and the right to use "university" in their title.
Some initiated their own mergers. For example, the University of Wales, Lampeter, the University of Wales itself, Swansea Metropolitan University and Trinity College, Carmarthen merged together in stages to form the current University of Wales Trinity St David.
The table below demonstrates the effect of the sector's consolidation into fewer, larger institutions and offers a broad comparison (where data is available) with the further education (FEIs) sector. As the number of institutions has dropped since devolution and all have gained university title, enrolments and incomes have broadly increased.
The number of people participating in higher education
Over the past twenty years, there has been a consistent trend for a higher proportion of 18 year olds in the UK to attend higher education each year.
The graphic below shows this trend since 2000 for both Wales and England. This higher participation rate has helped to broadly maintain recruitment numbers during the last few years when the 18 year old population in the UK has been temporarily falling.
Changes in how HEIs receive their income
Throughout the last twenty years, institutions have received more of their income from student fees and less from central HEFCW grants.
The removal of student number controls in both England and Wales from 2015/16, has allowed HEIs to increase student numbers, thereby generating increased income through the greater volume of tuition fees.
The graphic below shows the shift from central grant funding toward student tuition fee funding, a shift that accelerated from 2012/13 with the introduction of £9,000 fees.
The future is likely to bring further reform with the Welsh Government proposing, through legislation in the Assembly, to bring further education, higher education, work-based learning and adult community learning together under a single arms-length strategic planning and funding Commission.
This would result in the dissolution of HEFCW and the Welsh Government relinquishing funding and regulation of further education to the proposed Commission for Tertiary Education, Training and Research. The aim of such reform is to bring about a post-16 education sector that is characterised by clear and seamless progression routes for learners across all types of institution.
The next article to be published tomorrow will look at the environment.
Article by Michael Dauncey and Phil Boshier, Senedd Research, National Assembly for Wales


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