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Hey all, it's been a couple of days since I last posted, so I thought a quick site update would be good. First, I have been up in Warroad the last two days for work. But I am now back in the Metro. Like I said before, I am working on a few different postings. I will definitely have something more tomorrow. I will also be posting this week's playoff football picks sometime on Friday. I also have a couple of bigger, feature type postings that I'm doing a little research on. I'm about ready to post one half of it, with the other half likely coming a couple of days later. So please remain patient! Thank you!
According to this Joe Christensen article, the Mets may now be the favorite in the Johan Santana ongoing saga. According to the article, the Mets are willing to give up 18 year old pitcher Deolis Guerra, Philip Humber, Kevin Mulvey and Carlos Gomez. He also notes that the Twins have said that if Fernando Martinez is added to the offer, the deal will be completed. And Twins fans everywhere can move on!! Please!!! (Note - Over New Years, I posted my thoughts on the Mets Prospects.)
On Christensen's blog today, he also wrote about the Twins draft selections in the next draft, and there is a very good discussion. As I commented there, it is vital that the Twins use the money that they will be "saving" in 2008 to take the best available player on their draft board for each of those picks and sign them regardless. The only way to sustain competitiveness is to build from within.
It was nice to see Bert Blyleven jump from 47% of the vote a year ago to
receiving about 62% of the vote this year. I don't think Jim Rice is
worthy of a Hall of Fame spot and think that is a great illustration of East
Coast bias. If he had played in Montreal or Minnesota, he would be nowhere near
the necessary 75% And the fact that Tim Raines got just 24% of the vote
is another ridiculous thing in this process.
Is it really possible that Wayne Krivski and the Reds are willing to give up Homer Bailey, Joey Votto, Johnny Cueto and one more player for Erik Bedard?? And I thought the M's willingness to give up Adam Jones for the O's lefty was crazy!
Will there ever be another 300 game winner?
John Gordon, Jesse Crain and hometown heroes Tommy Watkins and Carmen Cali are "caravaning" southwest Florida for the Twins. The Upper Midwest portion of the Twins Winter Caravan schedule starts next week and will be the next two weeks. If any of you are able to attend one of these events, please tell me about it. Finally, the final weekend of the month is Twins Fest. I plan to attend much of the time and would enjoy meeting people. Please e-mail me if you plan to attend at all and we will keep in touch on the best way to do that. If you do attend and go through the autograph lines, be sure to mention the site and thank those players who have participated in Q&As or football picks or other things here.
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Castro kids go bananas over reading
Original post made on Sep 15, 2011
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, September 15, 2011, 11:35 AM
Comments (8)
on Sep 15, 2011 at 9:15 pm
This sounds like great fun! Congratulations to this principal for her creative idea in motivating the kids. I am sure it is something that the children will remember for a long time.
on Sep 16, 2011 at 10:52 am
The kids at Castro loved this! Dr. Crates challenged the kids and they responded. Thanks Dr. Crates for being so creative and fun! Go Castro!
on Sep 16, 2011 at 10:52 am
Dr. Crates is an inspiration to all of her students and their parents. We are SO lucky to have the BEST principal in the MVWSD! Thank you Dr. Crates, you have worked wonders with our children at Castro!
on Sep 16, 2011 at 11:10 am
Wow, you'd think the teachers had nothing to do with it.
on Sep 16, 2011 at 3:54 pm
Good job, kids and teachers at Castro! And a great way for the principle to recognize their achievement!
on Sep 16, 2011 at 11:19 pm
I would said she is the most fun and creative principal the school ever have, I saw some kids looking the pictures and they were proud and excited about what she did.
on Oct 2, 2011 at 8:00 am
Dr. Crates and her staff are amazing as is Castro School. But, don't forget that the reading program was done at the Mountain View Public Library - another great institution in Mountain View!! They tracked the kids from all the schools and provided the encouragement, books, and programs all during the summer while school was closed.
on Oct 2, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Kathy, you're right. The Library must be another great institution in Mountain View. After all, the head of it makes more than the superintendent of the schools for running one building a tenth of the staff, and responsible for the education of no children.
As far as the library tracking children, that scares the hell out me.
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Women and the Current Economic Crisis*
It is estimated that the crisis, now affecting the entire planet, will increase poverty levels in Latin America and the Caribbean. To better understand this, it is important to remember that, according to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), almost one-third of the region's population, more specifically 192 million people, live in poverty, and 75 million in extreme poverty.
In other words, the number of poor people could grow to 13 million by 2010. At the same time, we know that most of the poor people are women. This fact is alarming since it is estimated that in the previously described context, unemployment among women will increase significantly.
This reality demands us to consider in the discussions and decisions about the crisis, as well as in the solutions to survive and overcome it, that the impact of this reality is different on men than on women. The impact is more profound and considerable for women.
This is a result of various factors. In spite of the region's increasing participation of women in the labor market, it does not necessarily translate to formal employment, good pay, and with the conditions that characterize a "decent job". On the contrary, in addition to its low productivity, low social recognition, and lack of minimum social welfare benefits, most jobs are precarious, informal, low-paid and unsafe, concentrating on domestic services or extensions of it.
The salary gap between men and women is another disadvantage in the crisis and it takes place across all social standings. The same occurs with educational opportunities and access to better work positions. On the other hand, it is proven that the salary difference for the same type of job is greater among women with higher education. However, for the poorer segment of the population, less schooling has a greater negative effect on women's possibilities for finding a job than on men's.
Adding to the fact that approximately one-third of families are lead by one woman, situations of internal or border conflicts that force displacement, and other adverse conditions, are all circumstances that contribute to the perpetuation of inequities between males and females.
All that has been said means that the reduction of unemployment and the reintegration of women in the formal job market will not be achieved if there is no investment on them especially in the younger women.
The year 2010 has been declared as the Inter-American Year of Women by the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) of the OAS. This is another reason to expect that the efforts be focused on the development of capacity and economic autonomy of women. Part of the strategy for sustainable development that we should design should include the support of actions in this sense, which also foster women's civic role. The current crisis represents an opportunity to examine and evaluate again, the role and the contribution of women and of men in sustainable development, under the principles of democracy, social justice, equality and equity.
Lastly, considering that we cannot forget the urgency to boost women's capacity to lead political and cultural changes, I would like to announce that in the CIM we have agreed to offer an online leadership course/workshop for women. Topics would include economic entrepreneurship, with the aim of amplifying women's opportunities and participation in the advancement of their respective countries and the equal enjoyment of the results.
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Egret Acquisition subsidiary will initiate purchase
Egret Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc., has announced a tender offer to buy all outstanding shares of common stock of EMS Technologies Inc., including the associated common stock purchase rights, at a price of $33 per share in cash, for a final aggregate purchase price of approximately $491 million.
Honeywell announced its intention to acquire EMS June 13.
Following the successful completion of the tender offer, and subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, Egret will complete a second-step merger in which remaining EMS shares (other than shares for which dissenters' rights have been exercised) will be converted into the right to receive the same per share price paid in the tender offer, and EMS will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell, according to a June 27 Honeywell announcement.
The tender offer will expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, July 25, 2011, unless extended in accordance with the terms of the previously announced merger agreement and applicable Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations.
Egret Acquisition Corp. is filing the appropriate statements with the SEC June 27, the announcement added.
EMS' $181 million Global Resource Management division provides highly ruggedized mobile-computing products and services for use in transportation, logistics and workforce management as well as secure satellite-based asset tracking and messaging technology for search and rescue, warehousing and field force automation environments, according to Honeywell.
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Clallam County 4-H announces award winners for 2007-2008
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Clallam County 4-H held its annual Achievement Day on Nov. 2 at the Sequim Elks Lodge. Masters of ceremonies were Molly Gort and Ruminta Carpenter. Members and leaders were presented year pins for completion of the 2007-2008 4-H year. Leaders' Council officers were announced: president, Judy Richmond; vice president, LaDona Wilson; treasurer, Gayle Taylor; secretary, Manon Heistand.
Scholarships went to Matthew Schuchardt, Lambchops; David Schuchardt, Lambchops; Stacey Waldrip, Energetic 4-Hers; Paul McCann, Energetic 4-Hers.
Winners of other awards were:
Alumni of the Year: Karalynn Adolphsen, Rascals 4-H Club
Leader of the Year: Laurie Davies, Sidekicks 4-H Club
Junior Leader of the Year: Marissa Wilson, Silver Spurs 4-H Club.
Teen Leader of the Year: Ruminta Carpenter, Pure Country 4-H Club.
Pat Boyes Demonstration for an outstanding demonstration given at county fair went to Molly Gort, Pure Country, and Alisa Lee, Neon Riders.
Elm Home Economics Trophy for junior and intermediate members: Jena Chamberlin, Energetic 4-Hers.
Alta Hoy Memorial for senior home economics: Jodi Chamberlin, Energetic 4-Hers
Janet Fry Outstanding 4-Her: Jodi Chamberlin, Energetic 4-Hers F. D.
Yeager Memorial for senior member: Jodi Chamberlin, Energetic 4-Hers
Andrew Kruiswyk Jr. Award for outstanding achievement for a 4-H boy: Paul McCann, Energetic 4-Hers
Livestock Achievement in the sheep, dairy, cow, swine programs: Amy Tucker, Lambchops 4-H Club.
Sheep Incentive Award for outstanding effort by a first- or second-year member: Johnny Hanson, Lambchops; Bayleigh Carpenter, Pure Country.
Horse Achievement for ability, leadership and record book: junior, Shianna Dankert, Silver Spurs; intermediate, Marissa Wilson, Silver Spurs.
Horse Incentive Award for outstanding effort by a first- or second-year member: Amanda Andrew, Silver Spurs.
Members receiving awards on their record books were:
Best Record Book for Home Economics: junior, Sarah Breitbach, Rascals; intermediate: Jena Chamberlin, Energetic 4-Hers; senior, Paul McCann, Energetic 4-Hers.
Best Record Book for Large Animal: junior, Bayleigh Carpenter, Pure Country; intermediate; Rio Mowbray, Pure Country; senior, Ruminta Carpenter, Pure Country.
Best Record Book for Horse: junior, Shianna Dankert, Silver Spurs; intermediate; Marissa Wilson, Silver Spurs; senior, Faith Rodman, Neon Riders.
Best Record Book for Science & Arts: intermediate, Emily Dybedal, Pure Country; senior; Stacey Waldrip, Energetic 4-Hers.
Best Record Book for Small Animal: junior, Jayme McIntyre, Lambchops; intermediate, Amber Robb, Sidekicks; senior, Sarah Hogoboom, Pure Country.
Members receiving county medals for their achievement at county fair in the different project areas are:
Performing Arts: Jodi Chamberlin, Energetic 4-Hers; Creative Arts: Sarah Hogoboom, Pure Country; Photography: Stacey Waldrip, Energetic 4-Hers; Clothing: Jodi Chamberlin, Energetic 4-Hers; Adventures in Family Living: Sarah Breitbach, Rascals; Woodworking: Collin West, Grannys' Group;
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LONDON (AP) — A genetic variant commonly found in Chinese people may help explain why some got seriously ill with swine flu, a discovery scientists say could help pinpoint why flu viruses hit some populations particularly hard and change how they are treated.
Less than one percent of Caucasians are thought to have the gene alteration, which has previously been linked to severe influenza. Yet about 25 percent of Chinese people have the gene variant, which is also common in Japanese and Korean people.
British and Chinese researchers analyzed 83 patients admitted to a Beijing hospital during the 2009-2010 swine flu pandemic. Of those with serious complications like pneumonia, respiratory or kidney failure, 69 percent had the genetic alteration. Among patients with mild illness, only 25 percent did.
"It doesn't mean you should panic if you have this gene variant," said Andrew McMichael, director of the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine at Oxford University, one of the study's authors. "Most people who have it won't run into any trouble at all."
He suggested people with this genetic predisposition to severe flu should be treated earlier and more aggressively than others.
McMichael estimated that people with the genetic variant were five to six times more likely to get severely ill once they're infected. The gene alteration doesn't make people more likely to catch the flu, since that depends on other factors like environmental exposure and previous immunity.
McMichael said the gene variant might give people the same susceptibility to get severely ill from other ailments including dengue, SARS and other flus. But it could also provide them with better immunity if they recover.
The research was published online Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications.
Some experts said it was an intriguing finding that shows a patient's response to a virus may determine how sick they will become.
"The bug in someone who gets severely ill is not any different than the one that infects someone who has mild illness," said Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, who did not participate in the study. "It's the host that does all the damage to themselves."


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Caring about "Hurting God" seems to be reliant on the belief in a god...Jesusfreak777 makes my head ache...
A religious person will usualy have an irational fear of a place of eternal punishment if there not a 'good' person whilst an athiest believes that life is terminal with no eternal punishment.
And i think that contributes greatly to the 'difficulty' of that life.
Does Mr. 777 think it is easy to have your beliefs challenged, follow those beliefs through to thier logical conclusion, reject the faith of your own family, risk their disapproval because you thought for yourself, and try to live life finding yourself thrust into a universe that is ultimately meaningless? Is dealing with no easy answers a cakewalk?? Somebody please shut these dumbclucks up.
Nothing much has really changed, but tiths go to zero, fuel expenditure for church and retreats go to zero, revulsion at rallies go to zero, focus on personal life and actual problem solving increase, religious obsession can drop off-if we let it, and sarcastic humor training with increased endorphen production priceless!
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Add/View Comments (0)Pygmy mole crickets jump from water
Malcolm Burrows, and Gregory Patrick Sutton
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- Animals that live or repeatedly alight on the surface of water often need to escape from predators or return to land. We show that flightless pygmy mole crickets use a new strategy to jump rapidly from water. Their powerful hind legs are moved so quickly that they penetrate the surface and as they move through the water, unique arrays of spring-loaded paddles and spurs fan out to increase surface area. This enables these insects to propel a large volume of water downwards in a laminar flow, so that they are launched upwards into the air.
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Pygmy mole crickets (Xya capensis; Figure 1A) live in burrows, excavated in banks by fresh water, which are liable to flood. Their prodigious jumps from land, which are propelled by the hind legs in a catapult mechanism, give precedence to speed (take-off velocity 5.4 m s1) over controllability (initial spin rates of 100 Hz in the pitch plane) [1]. Inevitably, jumps frequently land on water and the only way back to their burrows is to jump or swim. Observations of natural behaviour show that they jump repeatedly.
Jumps began with the hind tibiae fully flexed but held above the surface of the water. Both tibiae then extended rapidly and penetrated the water, carrying air with them. The extension resulted in flaring of tibial paddles and spurs (Figure 1B–F) which increased the surface area by 2.4 times and moved the insect upwards (Figure 1D,E; Supplemental information ). The fastest velocity (2.2 ± 0.1 m s−1) was achieved 0.2 ms after the paddles and spurs were maximally flared and splayed (Figure 1F,H). Full tibial extension was reached in 1.4 ± 0.2 ms with an average angular velocity of 130,000 degrees s1. This propulsive phase of a jump lasted 5.8 ± 0.7 ms. The hind legs then remained straight and their surface area was reduced by the folding of the paddles and spurs. The forward velocity consequently fell, and about 1 ms before emergence fell further as the insect escaped surface tension. The hind legs emerged last with water trapped between them (Figure 1G). Once airborne, the velocity was 1.2 ± 0.1 m s−1, 44 ± 8 % less than the peak reached in water. At emergence, the body subtended an angle of 81 ± 7 degrees to the surface, and the jump elevation was 84 ± 8 degrees. These steep angles minimise drag at the expense of forward distance. The best jumps are calculated to reach heights of 100 mm and forward distances of 30 mm (18 and 5.4 body lengths, respectively).
Normally both hind legs contributed to the jump, but the synchrony of their action could vary by 0.8 ms. All jumps propelled by both hind legs enabled the insect to become airborne, but half the jumps propelled by one hind leg failed to escape from the water. When propelled by one hind leg the peak velocity achieved in water was only 1.1 m s1, and in air was 0.4 m s−1 and the forward distance moved was 10% of normal. When propelled by both hind legs, kinematic calculations showed that in the best jumps, peak acceleration was 1570 m s2 (160 g). The energy required was 22 μJ and the power was 16 mW. These values fell in one-legged jumps.
The distal hind tibia has a medial row of three, and a lateral row of four paddle-like processes 300–400 μm long and 70–110 μm wide (Figure 1B). Such paddles are unique to this family of insects and are not found in closely related grasshoppers. All paddles are normally folded flat, but flare laterally under water when the tibia is extended by the insect or experimenter. After forcible extension, paddles return rapidly to their folded positions. At the distal end of a tibia are two pairs of moveable spurs, the shorter spurs 410–460 μm long and 75 μm wide, the longer ones 1200 μm long and 85 μm wide. All paddles and spurs have concave inner surfaces like oars. Illumination with ultraviolet light revealed patches of bright blue fluorescence at the articulation of each paddle (Figure 1C) and spur, indicating the elastic protein resilin [2]. This suggests that folding of the paddles and spurs, and hence reduction of drag, is effected by springs.
Can the force shown by the kinematics be explained by the actions of the hind legs? We calculate [3] that the paddles and spurs operate at low Reynolds numbers (670 and 520, respectively), allowing the use of the 'approximate mass method' [4] to estimate how much water is 'scooped' during jumping. On both hind legs, the paddles are calculated to carry 0.16 mg of water and generate 2.8 mN of force, and the long spurs to carry 1.24 mg of water and generate a further 11.0 mN. Both hind legs therefore generate a force of 13.8 mN and an acceleration of 153 g. These values agree well with the kinematics, which show a force of 16 mN and an acceleration of 180 g.
This locomotory strategy differs from those of other animals that jump from or move on water. Pygmy mole crickets generate a laminar flow of the water beneath their hind tibiae and large forces from extension of their moveable paddles and spurs. The generation of thrust is possible because of the viscosity of water relative to body size; the paddles and spurs act in a similar way to the smaller hairs on the moving mouth parts of copepods [5]. By contrast, frogs [6] and basilisk lizards generate a turbulent flow beneath their wide and flat feet (Reynolds numbers 5000–15000) and to run on water, a basilisk lizard must maintain a pocket of air above its feet [7,8]. Pygmy mole crickets and copepods therefore exploit the viscosity of water, basilisk lizards its mass, and pond skater insects [9], and fisher spiders [10] its surface tension. Jumping from water by pygmy mole crickets results in a lesser performance than when jumping from land, but the price paid for overcoming the drag from the water should be repaid in higher survival rates.
We thank Prof. Charlie Ellington for his invaluable assistance with the quantitative analysis of added mass. Gregory Sutton was supported by the Human Frontiers Research Program.
Supplemental Information
- Movie S1. Jumping from water; side view (MOV 670 kb)
- A jump of Xya capensis viewed from the side, and captured at 5000 frames s−1 and with an exposure time of 0.05 ms. The stills shown in Fig. 1D are from this video.Replay rate is 7 frames s−1.
- Movie S2. Jumping from water; front view (MOV 754 kb)
- A jump of Xya capensis viewed from the front, and captured at 5000 frames s−1 and with an exposure time of 0.05 ms. The stills shown in Fig. 1E are from this video.Replay rate is 7 frames s−1.
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The agency is advising individuals who need driver license services to try to take advantage of online service options. DOL customers can check the DOL website at www.dol.wa.gov/ to see if they can renew or replace a driver license or ID card, obtain a copy of their driving record or renew their vehicle tabs from their own computer.
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Good old florence
I'm an American and I really enjoyed see all the very unique buildings and the historical sights that florence has to offer that being said I did think that if you are looking for night life there wasn't much a couple good bars but I didn't find any good clubs. I would most defiantly return to see florence again.
Insider Tip:My trip was a little weekend trip I'm living in Italy so just a hope skip away and the city didn't disappoint in beauty I also went to Pisa a little hour train ride away I'd say defiantly go to the top of the tower in florence it was a incredible view.


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Terry Phillips , pastor of the Florence campus of Crossroads Community Church, inside the church's 107,000 square-foot facility. The building, the former site of a pottery store off Mall Road, is being renovated for the church's Florence campus. / The Enquirer/Patrick Reddy
Exterior of the Florence campus of Crossroads Community Church. The building, the former site of a pottery store off Mall Road, is being renovated for the church's Florence campus. / The Enquirer/Patrick Reddy
Denomination | Estimate | Percentage | Estimate | Percentage | Estimate | Percentage |
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Catholic | 46,004,000 | 26.2 | 50,873,000 | 24.5 | 57,199,000 | 25.1 |
Baptist | 33,964,000 | 19.3 | 33,820 | 16.3 | 36,148,000 | 15.8 |
Mainline | 32,784,000 | 18.7 | 35,788,000 | 17.2 | 29,375,000 | 12.9 |
Nondenominational | 194,000 | 0.1 | 2,489,000 | 1.2 | 8,032,000 | 3.5 |
Largest churches
Rank | Attendance | Church | Location |
1 | 43,500 | Lakewood Church | Houston, Texas |
2 | 27,429 | North Point Community Church | Alpharetta, Georgia |
3 | 24,377 | Willow Creek Community Church | South Barrington, Ill. |
4 | 20,801 | Southeast Christian Church | Louisville, Ky. |
5 | 19,742 | Saddleback Church | Lake Forest, Calif. |
21 | 13,224 | Crossroads | Cincinnati, Ohio |
100 | 5,994 | Vineyard Community Church | Cincinnati, Ohio |
The expansion of Crossroads into Florence this summer mirrors the continued growth of nondenominational churches nationwide.
Crossroads is slated to open in August in the building formerly occupied by Old Time Pottery at 828 Heights Boulevard, just off of Mall Road.
The 105,000-square-foot community church will include an auditorium with a 1,500-seat capacity, a Kids Club, an atrium and office space. A chapel for weddings and funerals will be added at a later date.
The site was purchased in March 2011 for $3.2 million and has undergone extensive renovations in preparation for the opening.
Terry Phillips, campus pastor for Crossroads Florence, said the site on Mall Road was chosen to accommodate the increasing number of Northern Kentucky residents affiliated with the church.
We found that in our database there were over 3,000 people from Northern Kentucky, Phillips said. That doesnt mean they all attend services regularly, but we know there are several hundred from Northern Kentucky that do drive to our Oakley location.
Crossroads, which prefers to be identified as an interdenominational church, held its first public service for about 450 people at a rented room in Peoples Middle School in Oakley in 1996.
Since that time the church moved into its current location on Madison Road in Oakley, expanded that building to 262,000 square feet and opened another facility in Mason. The congregation now averages almost 15,000 for Sunday services at the two locations.
Crossroads ranked 21st on Outreach Magazines 2011 list of the nations largest churches. The church was sixth on the magazines fastest-growing list in 2010 but does not appear on the 2011 list of 100 fastest-growing churches.
Forty-seven of the 100 largest churches in the magazines ranking of largest churches are identified as nondenominational. On the 100 fastest-growing list, 53 are nondenominational churches.
Barry Kosmin, a research professor at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., attributes the growth of churches like Crossroads to a shift away from hierarchies in American society.
The entrepreneurial pastors like to decide things for themselves and (their congregations) dont like the discipline of being in the old-style hierarchy of denominations, Kosmin said.
Kosmin is a principal investigator of the American Religious Identification Survey for Trinity College, which tracks changes in the religious loyalties of the U.S. adult population .
The rise of non-denominational Christianity is probably one of the strongest trends in the last two decades. Kosmin said. It is nearly as sharp an increase as the no-religion response.
The survey estimates that in 2008, 8 million or 3.5 percent of the 173 million people identified as Christians would be categorized as nondenominational. That was up from just 194,000 or 0.1 percent of 151 million in 1990.
The survey was conducted in 1990, 2001 and 2008.
A few key factors, Kosmin says, that have spurred the growth of nondenominational Christianity.
Its largely linked to the mega-church phenomenon and also to the migration factor, Kosmin said. If you look at mega-churches and the people who attend, they often are people who have shifted locations.
The Rev. Ronald Ketteler, a professor at Thomas More College and Director of Ecumenism for the Catholic Diocese of Covington, said the mega-church phenomenon is not exclusive to interdenominational faiths.
Its not a seamless garment because some (mega-churches) are tremendously successful and unstructured and some could be fundamentalist with a lot of structure, Ketteler said. The criteria that I saw as part of the definition is a minimum of 2,000 people per week for Sunday worship. Some of our large suburban parishes approach that number and we certainly dont consider ourselves nondenominational.
Kosmin said the increased diversity in Northern Kentucky in general and Boone County in particular, driven by the expansion of international companies, makes the region a perfect location for an interdenominational church to flourish.
If I was going to pick a place where this type of church would do well, it would be Northern Kentucky, Kosmin said. Having been to Cincinnati and studied the region, a lot of the key factors that spur the growth of a nondenominational church exist there.
Phillips, 32, who lives in Florence, said the church, scheduled to be completed in July and have its first Sunday service Aug. 19, is envisioned as more than just a place to come for Sunday worship.
Within the first year, we hope to have this building open seven days a week for people to come in and utilize for business meetings or to have a free cup of coffee, Phillips said. The idea that we wont have this building sitting empty for six days is very exciting.
Phillips said Crossroads has experienced such remarkable growth because the church delivers a traditional Christian message in an un non-conventional format.
One of the things that makes Crossroads and other churches like it fun and exciting for people is that they hear the message of Jesus in a way they can understand, Phillips said. We will use tradition, but we will also use multimedia. When you go to a service you are going see videos and a stage that is really impressive and you are going to hear a message that is said in the way I would talk to somebody on my back deck.
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We reported a couple of weeks back about the management buyout at English digital specialist dCS. CES saw the first public showing of the new products we wrote about, including the Verdi Encore SACD transport, which upsamples CDs to a DSD stream to feed a dCS DAC, such as the Elgar Plus seen here beneath the transport with both clocked by the dCS Verona that I reviewed a year ago. The rest of the dem system was a pair of Verity Parsifal speakers driven by a VTL S-400 amplifier and VTL's new TL-6.5 line preamp: the sound on a cut from the new Jackson Browne CD that Robert Baird writes about in the January 2006 Stereophile was effortlessly smooth, analog-like in the ease of musical communication. And on the top of the Encore is the award we presented to dCS at CES for the original LaScala transport being one of our two Joint Digital Products of 2005.
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Scott and Vicki Adcock of Meridian announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin, to Addison Swink, son of Brad Swink and Angela Tharp of Meridian.
The wedding will be Saturday, June 1, 2013, at 7 p.m., at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Pat Sprabery.
Miss Adcock is the granddaughter of Don and Ruth Edwards of Meridian and Hugh and Elwynna Adcock of Kansas.
The bride-elect is is a graduate of Clarkdale High School. She is currently in the nursing program at Meridian Community College.
While attending MCC, she is a member of Phi Theta Kappa honor society, the Organization of Student Nurses and Baptist Student Union.
Miss Adcock is employed by Meridian Community College.
Mr. Swink is the grandson of Gary and Midge Swink of Humboldt, Tenn., Joyce Harper of Paragould, Ark., and Richard and Faye Hollingsworth of Meridian.
The bridegroom-elect is a 2012 graduate of Meridian Community College with an associate of applied sciences degree in physical therapy assistant. He currently attends Mississippi State University, where he is pursuing a bachelor's degree in healthcare administration. He is also a graduate of Southeast Lauderdale High School.
While attending MCC, he was a member of Phi Theta Kappa, Baptist Student Union, and HO
Mr. Swink is employed by Anderson Regional Medical Center and Mississippi Air National Guard.
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Fly: Sky & Country (2009)
The record doesn't sound like the Evans trio, nor is there any good reason why it should sound like a record almost fifty years old. The similarity has more to do with the unusually high level of empathy and collective purpose among the players.
The distinctive feature of Sky & Country, in addition to this salutary democratic spirit, is cerebral compositions crawling around a lattice of vaguely rock-inspired rhythm. The musical logic underlying the pieces here is uncompromisingly angular and emotionally reserved (the oblique scales of "Dharma Days," for example). There aren't many familiar melodic markers, even if "Transfigured" briefly appears to quote "Milestones"which was on the Evans trio's set list. Moreover, the combination of abstract material with the trio's premeditated forthrightness sometimes makes it difficult to know when the statement of the composed material ends and the improvisation begins.
In this stark trio setting, many of these numbers resemble architectural drawings more than baroque cathedrals. That's fine, but it begs the question: what harmonies would master jazz orchestrators like Maria Schneider or Guillermo Klein uncover in these compositions?
Jeff Ballard 's drumming, meanwhile, is taut, crisp, occasionally funky, and reproduced here with the crystalline precision expected from ECM releases. "Elena Berenjena"a title that sounds considerably more exotic than "Helen Eggplant," its English equivalentdevelops over a rock and roll beat. It's ingenious, it's endlessly varied, but it's a rock and roll beat. The beat behind "Super Sister," meanwhile, brushes right up against funk, without crossing that line.
In fact, a considerable amount of this record's appeal stems precisely from this juxtaposition of melodies that challenge the mind and rhythms that pluck the rock-tinged strings of the collective memory. It's probably a little more complicated than that, but that's the idea.
Track Listing: Lady B; Sky & Country; Elena Berenjena; CJ; Dharma Days; Anandananda; Perla Morena; Transfigured; Super Sister.
Personnel: Mark Turner: tenor and soprano saxophones; Larry Grenadier: double-bass; Jeff Ballard: drums.
Record Label: ECM Records
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Econsultancy has published a freely available trends briefing about digital trends in South-East Asia, based on the second Digital Cream Singapore event for senior client-side digital marketers held in November.
Key issues for those attending were the lack of resources and skills, and the challenge of creating mobile-ready environments.
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by Chris Lee 11 January 2013 02:16am 0 comments
Adobe and the CMO Council recently released their Digital Marketing Performance Dashboard 2012 report, which highlights the state of digital marketing in the Asia-Pacific region.
Unfortunately the report found that while interest in digital marketing is high, many countries are lagging behind when it comes to ROI metrics, talent and digital strategies.
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Things aren't looking great across the Asia-Pacific region in terms of digital marketing as new figures indicate that marketers in APAC may be lagging behind when it comes to ROI metrics, talent and digital strategies.
These findings come from a new report called Digital Marketing Performance Dashboard 2012, which was conducted by Adobe and the CMO Council.
The report was constructed from the results of an online survey that was taken by 295 senior marketers in Asia-Pacific, including marketers from Toyota, 20th Century Fox, Tupperware, Citi Group, Nokia and Yahoo.
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University careers services are not currently well equipped to provide advice on jobs in digital. In fact, given the lack of internal digital knowledge in most institutions and scarcity of up-to-date courses, meaningful advice from any quarter is thin on the ground.
Even graduates from relevant degrees such as marketing, advertising or media are largely unaware of the vast array of opportunities available.
by Vivien Underwood 22 August 2012 08:41am 2 comments
Econsultancy's Progression of Agency Value report looks at the challenges faced by agencies as they attempt to adapt to a rapidly changing market.
The report, published in association with Adobe, presents a broad-based model for agency maturity incorporating the essential component areas arising from the research (data, technology, skills and culture).
I'll summarise these four 'pillars' of agency maturity after the jump...
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Digital technologies are having a transformational impact on the communications environment but whilst much analysis has been conducted into implications for client-side marketers, a relative paucity of research exists into how agencies are adapting their processes, offerings and capabilities.
Econsultancy's The Progression of Agency Value: Developing a Model for Agency Maturity in a Digital World report, conducted in partnership with Adobe, examines how agencies need to evolve across four key pillars of maturity: data, technology, skills and culture.
by Neil Perkin 17 April 2012 10:44am 1 comment
There's a whiff of triumph in the air: ten new specialist qualifications for the digital industry, each seeking to provide the skills needed to become a confident practitioner in disciplines as diverse as Analytics, SEO, UX, and Social Commerce.
Econsultancy's new Graduate Certificates offer an accredited route to mastering the implementation of a range of core digital skills and offer supported learning on the job.
Created in direct response to client demand (and our own findings in the recent Skills and Structures report), these new qualifications are an important development for us.
by Vivien Underwood 30 January 2012 10:44am 0 comments
I've previously written about the enormous 95% growth the Chinese e-commerce market has had in the last eighteen months, but online shopping aside, I feel that this will extend further into advertising and marketing, as well as the associated technologies.
by Jake Hird 27 July 2011 11:03am 0 comments
Earlier this week, Econsultancy's UK Research Director explored the increasingly apparent permeation of digital within different organisational disciplines.
Following a recent roundtable event held by Econsultancy, one of the areas where we have found this to be more obvious than most is within Human Resources.
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An online survey conducted in April and May among 450 members of the Counselors Academy, a Professional Interest Section of the Public Relations Society of America, revealed that mastering social media skills is one of the top three issues for PR professionals in 2009/2010.
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WASHINGTON – Five of the biggest U.S. banks have cut struggling homeowners mortgage balances by $19 billion, part of a total $45.8 billion in relief provided under a landmark settlement over foreclosure abuses.
More than 550,000 borrowers received some form of mortgage relief between March 1 and Dec. 31, 2012, according to a report issued Thursday by Joseph Smith, who monitors the settlement.
That translates to about $82,668 per homeowner, according to the report, which is based on the banks own accounts of their progress. Smith said he must confirm the banks data before they can get credit under the settlement.
The deal was struck a year ago by the federal government and 49 states with the five largest U.S. mortgage servicers: Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo & Co. and Ally Financial Inc.
Under the settlement, the five agreed to reduce balances on mortgages where the borrower owes more than the home is worth and to refinance some loans. The banks also are required to make foreclosure their last resort, and they cant foreclose on a homeowner being considered for a loan modification.
The settlement closed a painful chapter of the financial crisis when home values sank and millions edged toward foreclosure. Many companies had processed foreclosures without verifying documents.
The agreement reduces mortgage debt for only a fraction of those whose mortgages are underwater. About 11 million U.S. households fit that description, and the settlement is expected to help about 1 million.
Smiths report says $19.5 billion of the $45.8 billion in relief was in the form of short sales, in which lenders agree to accept less than what the seller owes on the mortgage. Lenders are increasingly favoring short sales rather than waiting for troubled loans to go through the foreclosure process.
Of the roughly $19 billion in reduced mortgage principal, according to the report, Bank of America had provided $13.5 billion; JPMorgan Chase, $1.8 billion; Citigroup, $1.9 billion; Wells Fargo, $1.4 billion; and Ally, $238 million.
Ally, the former financial arm of General Motors Co., now has fulfilled its obligation for the relief it is required to provide under the settlement, Smith said.


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