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CHICAGO (AP) - Differences and similarities on social issues were the focus at a Republican gubernatorial debate in Chicago.
On the campaign trail, the four candidates have largely tried to talk about the state's massive financial problems, including its pension debt. But candidates were asked Tuesday about the death penalty, abortion and same-sex marriage. Illinois legalized gay marriage this year.
The candidates are state Sens. Kirk Dillard and Bill Brady, businessman Bruce Rauner and Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford.
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The Next Frontier of Data Center Virtualization: Flash in the Era of Distributed Storage
A Deeper Dive into the Capabilities of OCZ's VXL 1.2 Software Delivering the Next Revolution of Storage Architectures for Virtualized Environments
Allon Cohen, PhD
Oded Ilan
Scott Harlin
As more and more data centers reap the benefits of flash, server virtualization is heading towards its next revolution – treating host-based flash as an integral ingredient of the virtualized environment and utilizing it as a high-performance shared resource. IT managers are coming to realize that flash resources can and should be treated in exactly the same way that virtualized CPU and memory resources are handled, and not as a dedicated resource of a local host. Optimally, flash resources should be dynamically provisioned according to the needs of several to hundreds of Virtual Machines (VMs) in a single environment. With flash becoming an intrinsic part of the virtual environment, IT professionals are facing a new challenge in the evolution of storage and flash virtualization.
With the general availability of its next release of VXL Storage Acceleration and Virtualization Software (Version 1.2), OCZ Technology Group launched the next-generation of flash integration architectures for virtualized data centers that can be implemented today. This new release combines advanced application-optimized caching with distributed volume virtualization of on-host flash that enables such key virtualization services as synchronous mirroring, High Availability (HA), end-to-end Fault Tolerance (FT), and vMotion™ (without the loss of cache data).
Figure 1
Acceleration, Resiliency, Resource Sharing and Ubiquity represent the four key requirements of flash-based SSDs for virtualized data centers.
VXL delivers the 'next frontier' of flash virtualization by treating flash as a virtual resource and dynamically distributing OCZ Z-Drive R4 PCIe Solid-State Drive (SSD) flash across application VMs based on need to maximize performance. Though the PCIe SSD is located in one server, the flash resources can be shared amongst any application VM that resides on this server or on other servers in the virtualized cluster. By transparently distributing unallocated flash as a dynamic cache resource, VXL assures optimal flash utilization at all times, regardless of how many VMs are running concurrently.
This white paper provides a deeper dive into the differentiated capabilities of VXL and addresses the software's ability to deliver advanced virtualized services for site/data recovery, live VM migration, and the dynamic sharing of the SSD flash resources by any VM in the virtualized cluster. As many server applications rely on storage devices to provide critical services, VXL is designed to not only move data onto host-based flash to achieve performance improvements, and efficiently utilize host resources, but also to provide those storage services critical to enterprise applications running anywhere across the virtualized data center as depicted in Figure 1.
The Data Overload Problem
Before we dive into this latest release of VXL, let's revisit current virtual data center architectures and the key challenges they face today.
Traditional standalone servers have typically been replaced with virtualized compute infrastructures that have enabled the reduction of dozens to hundreds of these servers with just a few powerful, multi-core servers running up to hundreds of VMs each. Though less standalone servers are required, this phase of virtualization has left the storage layer pretty much unchanged, and Storage Area Network (SAN) and Networked Attached Storage (NAS) systems remained a separate tier, lacking significant vertical integration with the virtualization platform.
When server virtualization was added to an IT environment, all application data was typically placed in a SAN or NAS appliances to retain the ability to dynamically run any application load from any data center server. While the CPU cores in the servers could generate millions of input/output operations per second (IOPS), a typical HDD can only deliver between 100 and 200 IOPS performance. Servicing the storage requirements of virtualized servers with thousands of mechanical HDDS quickly became inefficient and wasteful in terms of data center CAPEX (capital expenditures) and OPEX (operating expenses). As more virtual servers are added to the data center, the HDDs within the SAN cannot keep up with the server workload demands of today's hyper-connected world.
As virtualization takes over the data center, many applications run concurrently on servers and their combined storage access requests are blended together by the virtualization layer. Running multiple VMs together in the virtualized environment randomizes the aggregate I/O stream going to the storage array, so the once sequential I/O patterns of these applications are replaced with randomized I/O forcing IT professionals to face a paradigm shift in how they manage their storage arrays.
Figure 2
Concurrenlty running multiple VMs in a virtualized enviroment requires strong random access capabilities which is a major problem for HDDs.
Known as the 'I/O blender effect,' this is an inevitable occurrence with virtualization. For this reason, server virtualization requires strong random access capabilities that continue to be a major problem for HDDs and their physical design. See Figure 2.
Data centers are now experiencing a rapid revolution in the architecture of their virtualized environments with this unbalanced server/storage architecture rapidly changing. Flash has already disrupted the storage landscape with the dramatic introduction of high-performance PCIe flash storage that yields hundreds of thousands of IOPS and terabytes of storage capacity as close as possible to the CPU, and with comparable I/O access requirements to the virtualized servers, unleashes the full power of server virtualization. As a result, flash storage is now triggering the next wave of virtualization becoming an integral and indispensable part of storage provisioning.
Storage, like other virtualized resources, will be provisioned by key services provided and will typically include the storage access parameters that any particular VM will receive (such as I/O performance and bandwidth) with a software layer that transparently uses the dynamically-resourced flash and HDD storage to service the VM at the defined service levels. To enable this, on-host flash must be used as a distributed cache resource, sharable between VMs, and accessible between multiple hosts. Critical for performance acceleration, the caching policies must interface with this shared resource (via application programming interfaces or APIs) to assure the right data is on flash at the right time.
The VXL Software Solution
VXL maximizes application performance in virtualized server environments by delivering data caching and flash virtualization into hypervisor platforms. In conjunction with the Z-Drive R4 PCIe SSD series, VXL distributes the flash caching resources on-demand based on VM need, making sure that no VM inefficiently occupies flash when it can be better used elsewhere in the environment. Flash volumes are automatically provisioned from host flash, with unallocated flash transparently distributed as a dynamic cache resource. No matter how many VMs are running simultaneously, VXL optimally utilizes flash at all times.
Figure 3
Virtualization powered by OCZ VXL Software and Z-Drive R4 PCIe SSDs.
Flash volumes and cache-accelerated volumes (from internal HDDs and external SANs) are presented as distributed network resources accessible by any VM residing on the local server or on other servers in the virtualized cluster. With its unique ability to monitor all data requests, VXL can reduce data traffic to and from the SAN by up to 90%, storing critical data locally in the Z-Drive card. See Figure 3.
It is important to note that many competitive products are limited to accelerating only the application running on the same server that the cache resides, whereas VXL's unique flash virtualization capabilities allow the cache to be exposed to more than one attached server.
Diving Into VXL Software
In a nutshell, VXL deploys as a virtual appliance into a virtualized environments and works directly with the hypervisor layer to manage and distribute on-host flash resources. Unlike other caching solutions, VXL does not require software agents in the accelerated guest VM. This alleviates one of the biggest challenges for the IT manager when deploying such a solution in a modern data center with hundreds of VM guests.
This centralized approach enables VXL to treat the entire flash capacity as a single virtual resource, dynamically distributing flash resources between the VMs according to need. By combining the power of storage virtualization with dynamic flash caching, and by working centrally rather than with each local VM, VXL efficiently takes full advantage of flash at all times.
VXL's Advanced Caching Algorithm
One of the major benefits of VXL Software is its advanced application policy-based algorithms that enable IT professionals to select from a set of optimized application-specific caching policies to make knowledgeable selections of what data to store in the cache.
The VXL caching algorithms take into account the specific needs of each VM and their priorities based on the application policy, and each policy combines the data collected from a complete storage access heat map with the application storage access DNA.
VXL then combines the policy selection engine with 'read-ahead, read-around' algorithms that keep the data in the cache relevant at all times. Sequential reads can be marked for either filtering or read-ahead into the cache based on the application-specific policy. The accessed heat map data is then combined with the sequential read detections and other I/O parameters to determine the best global cache data selection taking into account the requests from the collection of connected VMs. The result provides high ROI in a virtualized environment where many VMs share the same flash and often do not reach peak work load requirements at the same time.
As a network distributed architecture, VXL allocates for each VM its dynamically optimized share of flash resources during peak usage regardless of its location in the network.
Business-rule Cache Warming
VXL features a unique 'business-rule' pre-warming cache engine that automatically pre-warms the cache in advance of important and demanding jobs, assuring that the relevant application data resides in cache in time for use by the application.
The virtual data center exhibits pre-determined activity cycles that generate peak I/O performance requirements at certain times, with different I/O profiles generated by different applications. As an example, a data warehouse job may run every night, and a VDI (virtualized desktop infrastructure) boot storm may occur every morning. These two applications would normally compete for flash cache resources, and this competition typically results in neither of them receiving the highest possible cache hit ratio.
VXL features a unique 'business-rule' pre-warming cache engine that adapts the flash cache to the business cycle in the data center. This enables IT managers to automatically pre-warm the cache in advance of important and demanding jobs, assuring that the relevant application data resides in cache in time for use by the application. Using the example above, the VDI boot data would be fully loaded in cache in the early morning hours, as the data warehouse hot areas would be fully loaded in cache late in the evening. In between these important jobs, various other jobs benefit from the dynamic cache resource and yet another way of utilizing the flash resource to its full potential.
Advanced Virtualized Services Without a SAN
As more flash-based SSDs are deployed in the data center, IT professionals have come to realize that accelerated server applications, like any other application, rely on specific capabilities of the supported storage devices to provide critical services such as synchronous mirroring, High Availability, end-to-end Fault Tolerance, and vMotion. In some cases, these critical services are a prerequisite for running certain server application loads.
Shared SAN storage enables many key features of the virtual server environment such as live VM migration, distributed resource management and site/data recovery, but with these capabilities comes additional resources and expenses required to deploy, maintain and upgrade. The cost efficiencies enabled by virtualization become compromised by the addition of more storage systems. What if the benefits of virtualization could be realized without having to use more external appliances, or better yet, not having to use a SAN at all? The result would be an all-silicon SAN-less virtual infrastructure that eliminates physical hosts from having to connect to an external shared storage pool.
To enable a 'no data loss/no VM downtime' environment, IT professionals require that all virtualized data be synchronously mirrored and continuously available across the network, and to accomplish this both HA and FT services are needed, especially for mission-critical VMs. VMware Fault Tolerance is one of the most demanding features of virtualized environments enabling continuous, non-interrupted availability of an application even during total server failures. VXL is designed to not only move data onto host-based flash to maximize performance and efficiently utilize host resources, but also provides those critical storage services required for operating enterprise business applications.
Figure 4
VXL mirroring for High Availability and Fault Tolerance.
New capabilities within VXL enable Z-Drive R4 flash volumes to be virtualized and synchronously mirrored making them continuously available to support advanced HA and end-to-end FT services from within the virtualization host without the need for any back-end SAN or storage appliance. To enable this level of all-silicon 'SAN-less' virtualized services, VXL synchronously replicates flash data through mirroring (between Z-Drive R4 cards residing on redundant cluster servers), keeping two live identical copies of VM data (on two separate ESX hosts), down to the last bit. See Figure 4.
As soon as a failure occurs and the host server realizes that the original VM is down, the FT process kicks in, and a shadow VM takes over. Leveraging VMware Fault Tolerance, in combination with VXL's flash virtualization and synchronous mirroring capabilities, the application in jeopardy picks up right where it left off delivering application availability, uninterrupted flash acceleration, no cache misses, no data losses and no VM downtime.
The net impact of a SAN-less, flash-only infrastructure is that the virtual environment becomes significantly simpler to manage on a day to day basis. Since all data is stored on Z-Drive R4 flash inside of each server, IT managers of cloud and enterprise data centers get a unified host building block with flash-level storage performance, as well as lower power and cooling expenses compared to traditional HDDs.
VMware vMotion Support
VXL Software fully supports vMotion, enabling transparent and dynamic VM migration from one server to another, without the loss of cache. In competitive solutions, once a VM is migrated to a new server, it will lose connectivity to its flash cache, and that source application will experience a sharp drop in performance until data is reloaded over time to the new cache, as the cached data on flash from the source system will be lost.
In contrast, VXL treats the cached data as a virtualized storage entity that can be continually accessed between ESX servers whenever VMs are migrated. As VMs migrate from the local ESX host to a remote host, VXL identifies the VMs that are remotely serviced and transfers the local flash connectivity to remote connectivity, eliminating the drastic performance drops that occur in other solutions due to the loss of cache.
"For many environments that already have an investment in a SAN, the SAN-less, all-flash architecture is an ideal refresh option. Instead of buying a new storage system, IT can leverage the existing one to focus on capacity centric operations such as those designed to store older VMs and their data. Once the Z-Drive R4 card and VXL are installed, users can leverage vMotion to migrate to the most active VMs to PCIe flash storage in their respective hosts giving these production VMs a massive performance boost, a new level of availability, and a lessened load on the legacy storage system."
George Crump
Senior Analyst
Storage Switzerland
Remote Consolidated Management
VXL Software includes a central management application called StoragePro that provides remote consolidated management of the virtual environment and associated storage devices. The StoragePro graphical user interface (GUI) can manage multiple VXL implementations operating on a large number of virtualized servers located across the network. The application enables IT managers to administer their accelerated volumes from a single centralized GUI, and can assign acceleration or caching policies, as well as to create and allocate flash volumes on any connected server. The StoragePro application also allows IT professionals to monitor VXL connectivity and performance in real time for easy optimization, fault detection and troubleshooting.
VXL Software is leading the way in turning today's industry vision of intelligently distributing virtualized flash resources across a network of servers into reality. From its infancy, it has been designed to provide an optimized solution for virtual environments by dynamically provisioning and delivering caching services per-VM across the entire virtualized environment. VXL 1.2 delivers a trailblazing approach to flash virtualization by combining application-optimized caching with virtualized, highly available network-distributed flash volumes to deliver flash performance without compromising VM functionality.
VXL implements caching policies and turns the PCIe flash storage (sitting in the ESX host) into a shared resource across all servers in the data center. It resolves storage access bottlenecks, enables up to ten times the number of VMs on the same physical host, and delivers a winning combination of superior performance, greener IT enterprises, lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and higher ROI. The software also provides IT managers with the next wave of storage virtualization. Its unified virtualization architecture delivers flash as an integral, indispensible part of virtual environments, evolving the dynamic storage requirements of virtualized data centers to the 'next frontier.'


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As the eighth-most-active state, according to a 2013 report from United Health Foundation, you would expect Colorado's schools to house some spectacular recreation options. With a renovation that added 70,000 square feet to the building, the Colorado State University Campus Recreation Center is the crown jewel of the campus. "It went from a rectangular box with no connection to the outside to glass windows everywhere," says David Frock, chair of the 2013 Outstanding Sports Facility Award Committee for the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association. "The cardio weight area has one wall with huge double-decker glass looking out at the mountains."
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From this beautifully designed $25 million recreation center, students can rent skis and snowshoes to enjoy 20 kilometers of groomed ski trails in the DeMeritt Forest that abuts the facility. (Those same trails can be used for running and mountain biking during warmer months.) With 93 percent of the New Balance Student Recreation Center floor plan open, students on one of the hundreds of cardio machines or in one of four strength-training areas can enjoy the view of the rustic Maine countryside. To enjoy a different kind of visual, the indoor aquatic complex boasts a 20-person hot tub, hot-water-jet bench seating, and a co-ed sauna. Memberships are available to the general public and University of Maine students.
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The multi-story Eppley Recreation Center's 7,400-square-foot weight room, and 3,500-square-foot cardio room are two of the main indoor draws for students looking to stay fit. Additional indoor facilities include a padded martial arts studio equipped with heavy and speed bags, group exercise studios with mirrors and ballet barres, a functional training studio equipped with specialized weight and cardio equipment, and two multi-use gymnasiums for basketball, volleyball, and badminton. The outdoor aquatic center includes beach volleyball, a bouldering grotto, a splash pool, lap pool, and co-ed saunas and steam rooms. You may have even seen some of the facilities—Michael Phelps shot a "Head and Shoulders" commercial at the University of Maryland natatorium in 2011. Memberships are not available to the general public.
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In a state where winter temperatures can fall to minus-40 degrees, a fantastic indoor recreation center is a must. The $11 million Wellness Center at the University of South Dakota embraces the concept that fitness is only one part of health. The gym houses "The Biggest Loser," a healthy weight-loss camp for campus members looking to shed the freshman 15. For taking fitness to the next level, the rec center offers TRX studios, and a Hyper Fit Boot Camp—a six-week program complete with nutritional guidelines and scheduled workouts with personal trainers, aimed to get you spring-break ready. Memberships are available to the general public.
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University of Texas, Austin
Everything in Texas is bigger, including the athletic facilities. "Approximately 90 percent of the student population, or more than 45,000 young men and women, participate in some aspect of rec sports," says Nicole Olmeda, senior assistant director of UT's Recreational Sports Division. The 250,000-square-foot Gregory Gym can handle the masses and then some, offering the standard run of cardio and weight machines, spin classes, racquetball, squash, tennis, and wallyball courts. The 2-acre aquatic complex boasts five pools, including both outdoor and indoor lap-pools, and a tanning pool for the less-exercise-inclined. The gym offers memberships to a limited number of Austin residents.
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Auburn University
One of the most recently renovated collegiate gyms in the country, Auburn's Recreation and Wellness Center houses all the latest fitness trends under one roof, from black-light disco-ball cycling rooms to the latest in open-air architecture. "In the core of their building, Auburn has a large elevator shaft 3-stories high," says David Frock of NIRSA. "It houses live plants and is a peaceful garden in the middle of the rec center." A 1/3-mile track with elevation changes winds its way through the entire center, giving runners an ever-changing scene as they jog. A golf simulator and game room complete the gym's mix of fitness studios, game courts, climbing wall, and aquatic complex. Memberships are not available to the general public.
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Wabash College
Located in the middle of Indiana, Wabash College is a small, all-male liberal arts college with a serious wellness center. In addition to a fully-equipped 7,000-square-foot cardio and weight room, the Allen Athletics and Recreation Center offers a wellness incentive program, rewarding students with swag for each logged workout. In addition to the standard array of yoga and fitness classes, the gym offers CrossFit and nutrition too. Additional facilities include separate indoor and outdoor running tracks, tennis, and a dedicated wrestling facility. The facilities are open to Wabash students and immediate family only.
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Georgia Institute of Technology
"The message of our recreation programs is to get the Georgia Tech community to participate in a healthy lifestyle, whether through outdoor adventures, competitive sports, organized fitness programs, or informal recreation at the recreation center," says Sara Warner, of the Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center. The center offers 15,000 square feet of cardio and weights, a 39-foot climbing wall, five racquetball courts, a squash court, and a floating indoor track that treats runners to views of the city skyline. The aquatic complex was the home of the swimming and diving events for the 1996 Olympic Games and offers students lap pools and diving at the highest level. (Expect to see the nationally ranked Georgia Tech swimmers and divers using the facility for practice.)
For the adventure minded, Georgia Tech's Outdoor Recreation program (ORGT) offers students everything from climbing 101 to week-long adventure treks lead by professional ORGT guides and students to far-flung places including Mount Everest's Base Camp, sea kayaking in Acadia National Park, and rock climbing expeditions to South Dakota and Wyoming. The rec center is only open to students, faculty, and alumni.
Photo courtesy CRC at Georgia Tech
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
The Associated Students Incorporated Recreation Center, or ASI, at Cal Poly has over 20,000 square feet of cardio and weight machines, divided into three exercise areas, to best create an inclusive environment for gym-goers of all levels. The modern, glass-filled building houses studios with 15 unique group fitness classes—including three forms each of martial arts and yoga, Pilates, TRX, and Body Combat boot camp-style classes. If that's not enough, a "rent-a-class" feature allows students to request unoffered specialty classes, and the ASI Rec Center will provide an instructor. To go with some beach volleyball, an outdoor climbing park opened in 2012 and features a 42-foot-high climbing wall and 13-foot-high bouldering rock. Memberships are available to students and CalPoly-affiliated community members.
Photo courtesy Cal Poly State University
University of Arizona
Easily one of the most decorated student rec centers in the U.S., the University of Arizona's Campus Recreation facility houses all of the standard fitness equipment in this 108,000 square-foot environmentally friendly and green tech-filled LEED Platinum building. Additionally, the facility provides outdoor adventures, including canoeing the Colorado River, caving in the nearby Kartchner Caverns state park, backpacking in Yosemite National Park, and wilderness yoga retreats.
For the adventure minded—but low on cash—the center rents sleeping bags, tents, backpacking stoves, mountain and road bikes, hammocks, and more. There's an integrated lobby offering retail sales, food service, a computer lab, and tutoring service, plus several seating areas throughout the facility. The recreation center captures the essence of leading a well-balanced, healthy lifestyle. "It is more than a gym," says Lynn Zwaagstra, director of campus recreation at UA. "It is a social hub for the university." The general public can purchase a day pass, or be sponsored by a university member, staff, or alumni for long-term membership.
Photo courtesy University of Arizona
The Ohio State University
The $140 million Recreation and Physical Activity Center (RPAC) helped propel The Ohio State University to top honors on numerous "fittest college" lists. The five-level cardio-and-weight facility offers students serious about fitness almost any machine they could want. Satellite facilities throughout the campus offer additional gym equipment, climbing walls, outdoor basketball and tennis courts, and intramural fields. A partnership with Nike allows OSU to house one of the better student lounges, including foosball, pool tables, four flat-screen TVs, and the latest gaming consoles. Memberships not available to the general public.
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Bishop John Inge on Assisted Dying.
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Clifford Ahenakew
Clifford is what people call a cradle Anglican. His mother was a devoted Anglican Church member who would start out on a ten mile trek to the church every Sunday. If she got a ride on her way, good, if not she kept going till she got there. This dedication was passed on to Clifford who as a young man attended the Anglican Church. He was Minister's Warden for Archdeacon Andrew Ahenakew and also for Gordon Ahenakew. He has been a vestry member of St. Mark's, Hines Mission Church and St. Simeon & St. Anna for over 50 years. Even now at the age of 79 Clifford is there doing any necessary repairs to the church, shoveling the snow before a church service, attending at Communion and Wake services, an active member in the church choir and he rings the bell every Sunday. He is also a member of the Elder's Council for the Indigenous Bishop of Missinipi.
Cifford and his wife Leona were married in 1960 and have eight children, 24 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren. In 1963 he started driving the school bus while farming. He retired from the driving in 1999 but still continues to farm. He seldom has any hired hands which earns him the respect of the younger farmers in the community. He now has 62 head of cattle, 900 acres of pasture and he farms 200 acres of crop land with help from his sons.
His daughter tells of getting a tap on the head if they were not listening in church. Their dad is a firm believer in education and sent them off reserve to the school in Canwood. The principal and guidance counsellors were guests at their house for tea many times. After church on Sundays the kids would watch their uncles and Dad play soccer at the sport grounds.
In Romans, St. Paul wrote that faith required a visible witness. Clifford has been a faithful Anglican witness all his life.
Betty Burningham
Betty was born Betty Barlow on February 4, 1935 in Vermillion Alberta. In 1957 she married Ken Burningham, who was then a member of the Canadian Armed Forces. She also obtained her R.N. at Alberta Nursing School that same year. Betty and Ken had three children and five grandchildren. With her husband and three children Betty supported Anglican Churches in Winnipeg, Brandon, Chilliwack and Halifax serving as Sunday School teacher, ACW member and youth advocate.
In 1967 Ken answered a call to the ministry spending three years at Emmanuel and St. Chad College. He was then assigned to the Arborfield Parish, encompassing Cumberland House to Hudson Bay to James Smith Reserve.
Betty had her own ideas of the duties of a "minister's wife". She served on existing groups like the Altar Guild, ACW, VBS and Sunday school BUT she also helped with or re-organized services at the Melfort Deanery ACW Ladies Retreat, Arbo-Teen Annual Conference, Caring Evangelism, Stephen Ministries and Ascension Bible study. She presently leads a monthly bible study at the Arborfield Special Care Home. Betty and Ken attended summer camps with their children and grandchildren where she served as nurse and camp cook. Ken died in 2001.
In Ephesians Paul reminds us all of the importance of good deeds and Christian service. It is Betty's humble faith that services us now. She welcomes, she sings, she prays, she serves, she inspires. Her lifelong service is only exceeded by her Christian faith and example.
Norman Cay
Norman was born on August 20, 1941 and attended school in Crompton, just south of Kinistino. He attended the University of Saskatchewan School of Agriculture and graduated in 1963 the same year he married Marilyn. They have two children and four grandchildren. Karen and her 8 year old son Liam and Rob and Tracy and their children Rachel 19, Jack 15 and Sarah 11 years old. Norm's life time occupation has been farming. At one time they farmed eight quarters of land. They had a variety of different farming operations such as hogs, potatoes, and pedigreed seed. Norm's son Rob has now taken over the operation of the farm with his Dad at his side. He served as president of Tisdale Aviation in the 1980's and 90' and was involved in Civil Aviation Search and Rescue as commander for the northern area.
Norman became a lay reader in St. Matthew's Tisdale in 2000. Even as a teenager he would help take services in Kinistino when the priest was away or the parish was without a priest. Norman has been a vestry member and Minister's Warden since coming to Tisdale in 1963.
Norman is someone who is always available for whatever needs to be done. His humility and genuine concern for the church and its people has earned him the respect and gratitude of the congregation.
Violet Goodfellow
Violet was born in Northern Ontario. After completing high school she attended teacher's college . She taught at Satawe, (near Thunder Bay) Madson School, at Sault Ste Marie.and in Rainbow Lake, Alberta. As education requirements for teaching intensified Violet went on to qualify with first, a one year certificate and then a university degree in teaching. Her teaching career was very important to her as can be seen in her love of children and her understanding of the troubles encountered by many in our communities.
Violet is very interested in the needs of others and is quick to point out injustices in social situations. She is an active volunteer and family helper for many shut-ins, and elderly neighbours. For 30 years Violet has been active in the diocese and church. She has been President of the Diocesan ACW a few times, and is our representative for the Primates World Relief Development Fund. She was a faithful member of St. John's Glaslyn, until it closed and now belongs to St. John's Livelong, part of the Turtle River Parish. She has been a synod delegate at many Diocesan Synods and has also attended Provincial and National Synods.
Violet has two sons and two beautiful young grandchildren. Violet's concern for the needs of others and her faith in her God is a Christian example to all who know her.
Don Code
Don has been the Diocesan Treasurer for the past 18 years, which means he would have to attend all Executive and Finance Committee meetings an average of eight per year, at least, plus every Synod held over the last 18 years. He worked with Bishop Tony through the challenges of the Residential Schools settlements and continues to serve with Bishop Michael in these fiscally challenging times. His duties are always carried out with decorum, expertise and kindness to all he has worked with.
Don grew up on a family farm outside of Adanac. He was baptized at St. Thomas Church in Adanac and confirmed at St. John's Cathedral in Saskatoon. He married Colleen Samson at St. Mary's Church in Birch Hills. Don and Colleen have lived in Prince Albert since 1984 and attend St. David's Church. They have two children, Jillian and Paget who both have completed their masters' degrees and are pursuing their chosen careers.
Since his involvement at St. David's he has filled many official roles and responsibilities. He has served on Vestry, functioned as treasurer (2000-2004) and been elected as Warden, a position he is now serving. Don is always willing to do some of the unappealing tasks such as moving tables and chairs, setting up or taking down for various events, helping with yard sales and beef suppers. Don is also involved in many community activities such as Director on the P.A. Regional Health Board, to coaching and refereeing sports events. He should have more time for his favourite sports of curling and golfing after he retires this year from his position of Branch Manager for the P.A. (Conexus) Credit Union
Harry Kostuik
For 54 years Harry has been a member of St. George's Church in Loon Lake. Originally from Radisson, Sask. he moved to Loon Lake in 1956. In 1960 he married Judy Morton. They had three children. Judy was the treasurer for St. George's until her death a few years ago. Harry continues in the position of Minister's warden among other duties such as upkeep of the church, grass cutting, snow removal, minor repairs, turning on the heat for services and according to his nominators etc. etc. etc. you get the picture! They quote "do not know how the church would carry on without him".
Harry has been a regular synod delegate at the Diocesan Synod in Prince Albert. He is always willing to sit on a committee, help organize a 50th anniversary celebration, or to welcome parishioners to his home for various meetings and bible studies. Harry spends much of his time serving others, offering help and drives to neighbours and elders.
In his spare time he works for Marshalls Funeral Home, acts as coroner and Justice of the Peace and is on numerous boards. Harry is a dedicated and selfless man who contributions are motivated by his strong Christian faith.
Ralph Duncan
Ralph grew up in the area between St. Louis and MacDowall. He went to school in MacDowall. He married Donna May Campbell in 1973. They had two children. In earlier years Ralph attended St. Stephen's Church in MacDowall. He was always a part of the church in Macdowall volunteering and doing his part around the church.
Ralph's daughter was influenced by her father's example of living a Christian life and has devoted her life to working with school children around the world. She worked with families in the Dominican Republic. Sadly Ralph and Donna lost their son suddenly in an accident. After this they moved to St. Louis and became a part of the Emmanuel Church. In St. Louis Ralph has been a lay reader and people's warden for eleven years. Family and community play a large role in his life. He plays violin for the seniors and other groups in the area and helps with his daughter's youth group. He and his wife play with the Prayer and Praise group led by Archdeacon Hoskin and his wife Mary Lou.
The congregation feels their parish would not be the same without the prayerful dedication and commitment exhibited by Ralph.
Fred Payton
Fred was born in 1952 in Prince Albert and has lived his whole life as an active member of St. Alban the Martyr Cathedral. In his teenage years Fred sang in the choir, served at the Altar and was the assistant Sunday School Superintendent. In his adult life while serving on the corporation, teaching Sunday School and working, he found to time to volunteer with the Prince Albert Arts Council, the Share a Meal Food Bank, the Northern Hockey Development Association and the Prince Albert Kinsmen Minor Football Association.
Fred and Marlene were married in 1975 and have two daughters Laura and Diana. Fred worked in Corrections until he retired but still does follow up of those who have left incarceration which is an example of his conscientious commitment to improving the lives of people in all walks of life. In retirement he has continued as a volunteer with the P. A. Housing Authority Board of Directors, the P.A. Parkland Health Region, the SPCA and the Prince Albert Historical society.
He has been a lay reader at St. Alban's for many years, does monthly leadership at the Candle Lake Community Church, helps out at Carment Court and wherever else he has been needed in the diocese. He serves on the St. Mary's Cemetry Advisory Committee and is a member of the Diocesan Constitution and Canons Committee. He has attended many Diocesan Synods and also Provincial and General Synods.
Fred's commitment to conserving the best of our past and respecting those who have gone before us and his willingness to actively engage new ideas that promote growth and ensure the well-being of others make him a great churchman and vital member of his community.
Carol Pryznk
Carol's nomination comes from the congregation at St. Mary's Church in Birch Hills and Holy Trinity, Brancepeth where she has served as a lay reader for 27 years. She has been instrumental in maintaining the building and congregation in Brancepeth ensuring that services continue there in the summer months. She leads the Holy Trinity, Brancepeth ACW and is largely responsible for the fact that they are still active in service and in prayer for the ministry and mission of the church. Carol served two terms as the Diocesan ACW president and still continues to be involved on the Diocesan level.
Carol was born in 1942 in Birch Hills. She took her schooling to become an RN and worked in Winnipeg and Brandon nursing. There she met Ian Pryznk and they were married on June 12, 1965. They had three children, Shawn, Boyd and Moniqua and they provided Carol and Ian with six grandsons, one of whom graduates this year. When they returned to Birch Hills Carol worked at the hospital and then took over the Administration duties of the nursing home in Birch Hills and Kinistino until she retired. Ian farmed and worked for BP Water delivery.
Carol has been (and continues to be) very active in the Birch Hills and Brancepeth communities where she is a highly respected leader sitting on many boards and organizations such as the Co-Op, Birch Hills Housing Authority, Brancepeth Community Hall and Birch Hills Curling Rink, and Birch Hills Legion. Carol is an excellent ambassador for the Anglican Church and witness to Jesus Christ.
Henry Roberts
Henry was born in La Ronge on April 22, 1941. He married Jessie McKenzie in August of 1959 and they had three girls and one boy. Jessie passed away in 2007. Henry is blessed with 10 grandchildren. He received his education at the Residential School in Prince Albert. For him his positive experiences at the school, such as his athletic achievements in track and field and his membership in the Air Cadets, outweigh the negative.
Henry worked at many different jobs throughout his life as Manager of Co ops, fur buyer, butcher, radio operator for DNR and post office worker. At present Henry is a member of the Police Management Board and also a vestry member for All Saints Church. He attends all the wakes and is at church every Sunday helping with the services. He is an entertaining guy who tells students stories of the old days when your mode of travel was dog teams and canoes. He knows a lot of native games and ways of preparing medicine from nature. Henry has a few pet peeves such as the catch and release of fish, pollution caused by snow machines and outboard motors etc. He is also very concerned about the decline of migratory birds like ducks, geese and other waterfowl and smaller birds.
Henry is now retired and living in LaRonge and is continually volunteering and attending church. He serves as an Elder in the Lc La Ronge Indian Band. Henry is a supportive and faithful role model for the citizens of the LaRonge community.
Gladys Warren
Gladys was born and raised on a farm near Coronation, Alberta. When she finished school she went to live with her sister in Victoria B.C. She took training there and was employed as a stenographer. While there she met and married Vernon Warren, who was stationed there with the Air Force. In 1946 they moved to the Warren farm near Nipawin. They had three girls: Iris, Linda and Debbie.
Over the span of sixty years Gladys has been involved with St. John's in Nipawin by serving on the Vestry, ACW, Altar Guild and St. John's Choir. In her earlier years she was leader of the Junior Girl's auxiliary leading them in nature study and working towards badges of excellence. She served on the Executive Committee for eight years as Junior Secretary of the Diocese. She is also involved with helping at Camp Okema through fund raising and various other activities.
Gladys is one of the main church members to visit shut-ins and works tirelessly promoting good will and inclusion of all Anglicans in the church. Gladys has supplied altar flowers every Sunday for over thirty years. After each Sunday service she would take the flowers to the sick and shut-ins. Gladys is an "encourager" in our church and parish. She gives support and encouragement to our ministers and their families and to everyone who attends the church.
A sermon preached at the Investiture of the Order of Saskatchewan
By the Rev. Chris Dow
On Eve of the Sunday after Ascension Day
31 May A.D. 2014
Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day: That the leaders took the lead in Israel, that the people offered themselves willingly, bless the Lord! (Judges 5:1-2).
In the Name of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
I must admit that when I found out I was assigned to preach here today at the Investiture of the Order of Saskatchewan, I was surprised and humbled; and also confused and a little embarrassed. Confused and embarrassed because, despite having spent a number of years in school (and having the hood to prove it), I did not know the meaning of the word 'investiture.' So I had to look it up in the dictionary.
As I discovered, 'investiture' literally means 'to clothe or to cover with a garment' and is used in the sense of endowing someone with the clothing (or the insignia) particular to a certain rank, or in this case, an order.
To clothe or to cover. That's important to keep in mind, because I think it helps us to understand what it is we're doing here today – and what we're not doing. Let's start with that – what aren't we doing?
I want to argue that this is not an awards ceremony or a hall of fame induction –at least, not like those of the world. Unlike the NHL, for example, the Church does not give awards to her most valuable and outstanding players – again, at least not in the same way or for the same reasons. The eleven of you have not earned a trophy or a spot in the Diocesan hall of fame based on your own merit and performance, judged to be greater than that of your teammates.
I don't mean to sound contentious or dismissive; and far be it from me to discredit your contributions to our Diocese. In human terms, I think we can say for sure that without you (and the previous recipients) there would be no Diocese, so great has been your faith and service over the years.
But even so, I do want to insist that this is not an awards ceremony or a hall of fame induction, where the glory is given to man.
Rather, first and foremost, this is a service of worship in Ascensiontide, where we give thanks to God the Father for the glorious Ascension of His Son Jesus Christ; and it is in light of our Lord's Ascension into heaven that we must understand today's investiture.
Judges 5; Hebrews 4:14-5:10
So to that end, let's turn, just very briefly, to our appointed lessons for this evening, first from the Book of Judges.
I find it striking that our lectionary is ordered so that this week, we reflect on our Lord's Ascension into heaven by reading through the most earthly, brutal and nasty of all Old Testament books, with some of the most flawed and unlikely heroes of the faith.
What do we make of this? In the words of our collects for this week, I think Judges shows us very clearly our human need, as sinners, to have our 'hearts and minds' ascend with Christ into heaven and 'with Him continually dwell.' Judges also shows us our need, as afflicted and broken vessels, to be comforted and filled with the Holy Spirit.
Today's story from Judges is certainly no exception: Sisera, the commander of King Jabin's mighty army, had oppressed the people of Israel cruelly for 20 years (Judges 4:3). At the end of our lesson, we heard some details of his cruelty: A womb or two for every man; spoil of dyed materials for Sisera, […] embroidered for the neck as spoil (Judges 5:30). It seems he would not only and rape and pillage, but take the jewellery of his victims and wear it as a medal of victory.[1]
During the reign of Deborah the prophetess, the LORD routed Sisera and all his army before Barak by the edge of the sword. […] But Sisera fled away on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, where he thought he'd be safe (Judges 4:15, 17). But after lulling him to sleep, Jael – most blessed of women – drives a tent peg through his head (Judges 5:24). Barak, who was in pursuit of Sisera, arrives to find him already dead, with the tent peg in his temple (Judges 4:22).
This fulfills the prophesy of Deborah, who earlier told Barak: the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory, for the LORD will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman (Judges 4:9). Usually this is interpreted as God punishing and shaming Barak for being a 'chicken,' for he did not want to go to battle without Deborah. But I disagree. The author of Judges never says that Barak is disobedient or hesitant; after all, 'Deborah is a godly woman who speaks God's words. Why wouldn't [Barak] want her with him?' [2]
Barak, then, shows us three things about faith-in-action: first, that faith involves listening to God (and godly people) in every situation of life; second, that faith is about 'showing courage' in the face of danger and 'overwhelming odds;' and finally (and most importantly for our purposes) that faith does not seek one's own glory and honour. Barak goes to battle against Sisera knowing full well that he will not get credit for winning the victory.[3]
In human terms, we could say that the honor is shared between the three of them (Deborah, Barak and Jael), as it is shared between the eleven of you here today. 'But really, the honor goes to no human at all. It was the Lord who spoke to, and through, Deborah; the Lord who went ahead of Barak and then gave him victory; and the Lord who handed Sisera over to Jael.'[4]
At the end of chapter four, just before the song of Deborah and Barak that we heard, the author of Judges concludes, on that day, God subdued Jabin, the Canaanite king, before the Israelites (Judges 4:23). Not Deborah, not Barak, not even Jael, but God alone defeated King Jabin and his commander Sisera.
God is the deliverer; He acts according to His own power and will, not His people's merits, so He alone deserves the glory. 'His working through people is a privilege for them,' not something that earns them honour and praise.[5]
Faith-in-action does not seek one's own glory. We see this in Barak in the Book of Judges; and we see it above all in God's own Son, Jesus Christ, our great high priest who has passed through the heavens (Heb. 4:14). As we heard in our second lesson from Hebrews, Christ did not exalt Himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by God the Father (Heb. 5:5). In the same way, for those who take the lead and offer themselves willingly in His service, no one takes this honour for Himself, but only when called by God (Heb. 5:4).
You see, when an award is won (or when someone is inducted into a hall of fame), the focus is, of course, on the winner (or the inductee) and her achievements and performance. The winner is exalted; he takes the honour for himself.
But, as I argued earlier, today is different. At an investiture an award is not won, but rather, clothing is endowed. So the focus (and the glory) is less on the one being clothed and more on the garment itself and the One who bestows it upon you.
Before His Ascension into heaven, Jesus said, Behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high (Luke 24:48-9).
What powerful clothing is this? None other than the Holy Spirit, given on Pentecost. And what does this glorious garment look like on those to whom it has been given? St. Paul tells us: Put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Put on then as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another […] forgiving each other […] And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony (Col. 3:10, 12-14).
Friends, our risen & ascended Lord Jesus Christ has been pleased to clothe the eleven of you with power from on high. That is, He has given you various gifts and fruits of the Spirit, which you have faithfully used to His glory in this Diocese over many years.
But of course, the clothing of the Spirit is given to all those who believe in Him. So may I suggest then that your role as lay leaders – as members of the Order of Saskatchewan – is to be a living reminder of this to all God's people. This is a hard time in the life of our Church – a time when all her members need to be reminded of their true colours.
In the words of the prophet Isaiah, the Spirit of the Lord God is upon you […] to grant to those who mourn in Zion […] the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit (Isa. 61:3).
Take heed of tomorrow's lesson at morning prayer – exemplify and proclaim it to the Church: Put on your strength, O Zion, put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; […] Shake yourself from the dust and arise; be seated, O Jerusalem; loose the bonds from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion (Isa. 52:1).[6]
So may the medallion that you are about to receive around your necks be never worn with pride – for then it will become a bond that must be loosened. Rather, may it be for you always a reminder of your clothing with power from on high - power to lead and renew the Church.
And so I say to you, not 'Congratulations,' but rather 'Thanks be to God.' That you lay leaders have taken the lead in this Diocese, that you have offered yourselves willingly, bless the Lord! To Him be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever (Jude 25). Amen.
[1] Or possibly, Sisera would give 'the spoil of dyed materials embroidered for the neck' to his mother and 'her wisest princesses' to wear.
[2] Tim Keller, Judges for You (The Good Book Company, 2013), p. 60.
[3] Ibid.
[4] Ibid., p. 67-8.
[5] Ibid., p. 68.
[6] Isaiah 52:1-12 is the appointed lesson in Year II for morning prayer on the Sunday after the Ascension – the day after the Investiture.
The Trinity College Convocation will be held on May, 13 2014 in Strachan Hall. At this Convocation they will be honouring The Right Reverend Michael W. Hawkins with an honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa).
Michael Hawkins was born and raised in Halifax Nova Scotia. He served in the Naval Reserves during his undergraduate studies, graduating from the University of King's College with a B.A. (Hon.s) in Classics in 1985. He attended Trinity College 1985-1988 and received his M.Div before being ordained a deacon and priest in the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
Michael served the five points of the Parishes of Pugwash and River John from 1988 to 1993. He moved to work with the eight congregations of the Parishes of Petite Riviere and New Dublin in 1993 and remained there until being appointed Rector of St. Alban's Cathedral in Prince Albert and Dean of Saskatchewan in 2001.
He was elected as Bishop of Saskatchewan in December of 2008 and consecrated on March 6th 2009. He serves alongside the new Diocesan Indigenous Bishop, the Right Reverend Adam S. Halkett, Bishop of Missinipi, as part of a vision called, Mamuwe Isi Miywachimowin, Together in the Gospel.
Bishop Hawkins will be presented by Dr. Walter Deller, and will be hooded by Bishop Colin Johnson
The Right Reverend Michael W. Hawkins Bishop of Saskatchewan
1308 Fifth Avenue East Prince Albert Saskatchewan S6V 2H7 (306) 763-2455 email@example.com
Priest and Pastor of
Meadow Lake – Loon Lake
The congregations of Good Shepherd (Lutheran) and Holy Trinity (Anglican) in Meadow Lake have been working towards a shared life and mission since 2011. A loving, sharing and supportive environment has been developed during this time. They have decided to consolidate their buildings (Church and Hall) and are prepared to call a Pastor to serve with them as a single congregation. They have been bold and courageous in coming together and the energy and excitement of their combined worship and witness is evident. They share in ministry with the neighbouring congregation of St. George's, Loon Lake and have a term sharing agreement with the Fort Pitt Mission.
They are looking for an Anglican or Lutheran priest and pastor whose own commitment to Christ the Savior as a disciple is solid and growing and who is full of the love of Jesus.
Meadow Lake is located in the northwest part of the province of Saskatchewan.
There is s well maintained Rectory, a three bedroom bungalow style house with a finished basement and attached garage.
Parish profiles are available from the Synod office. Applications will be received for this position until June 30th, 2014. We pray that clergy from both the ELCiC and the ACoC will consider applying for this position. Clergy from outside the Diocese of Saskatchewan should consult their own bishop before applying. Letters of application and resumes should be sent to:
The Rt. Rev. Michael Hawkins
1308 Fifth Avenue East
Prince Albert SK S6V 2H7
Fax – 306-764-5172
The Parish of Arborfield and Nipawin is a newly formed Parish in the Diocese of Saskatchewan comprised of two congregations in rural Saskatchewan.
The Bishop and Parish are seeking a priest to serve as full time incumbent for these two congregations and communities. The Parish is seeking a faithful priest to serve with them who is interested in entering into the life of the two communities and who has strong leadership and interpersonal skills and an ability to work with youth and their families as well as with elderly and shut-ins.
St. John's, Nipawin currently uses the Book of Common Prayer for almost all of its Sunday services. Ascension, Arborfield alternates between the BCP and BAS. The two churches and communities are fifty kilometres apart. Both congregations have strong, committed and positive lay leadership.
Parish profiles are available from the Synod Office (306-763-2455, email@example.com). Applications will be received for this position until May 15th. Clergy from outside the Diocese of Saskatchewan should consult their own bishop before applying. Letters of application and resumes should be sent to:
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Prince Albert SK S6V 2H7
We dedicated two cruets for use in the Edward Ahenakew Chapel this morning. They were offered in memory of Elizabeth Graham Hunt, wife of the Rev. Canon Stather Hunt who was the grandson of the Rev. Robert Hunt, a pioneer missionary who served for over twelve years in Stanley Mission and oversaw the construction of Holy Trinity Church.
The Lord is my light and my salvation.
It is finally time to take down the Christmas decorations! In some traditions the Christmas festival is considered to last a full forty days until February 2nd, The Presentation of Christ in the Temple.
All along these forty days our dear Lord Jesus seems to get squeezed out. Observances, traditions and figures which have their roots deep in the Christian faith have come to be divorced from that faith and compete with it. On Christmas Day we find Jesus pitted against Santa Claus, a caricature of one of his own followers and bishops. A week later the commemoration of Jesus' circumcision and the giving of his name is eclipsed by the remainders of New Year's Eve. Having struggled for attention against the Sears Catalogue and Guy Lombardo, in the final contest Jesus is pitted against a groundhog on February 2nd. While for us December 25 is primarily the birthday of our Saviour and not the commemoration of Mr. and Mrs. Claus, and January first belongs to Jesus and not to Times Square and tomorrow is first of all the Presentation of Christ in the Temple and not Groundhog Day, we should not be smug but reminded that we are a people called out of the world. One of the most important ways in which we mark that distinction is in our specifically Christian Calendar.
So I do not care whether Groundhog Willie sees his shadow but I do care deeply whether people see Jesus Christ. For if we do not, we will live in shadows forever and discover an eternal winter.
February 2nd has at least three names in the West. It is called Candlemas and has become the feast of candles as with Simeon we recognize that Jesus is a Light to Lighten the Gentiles. Forty days after birth, in accord with the law, Mary was purified after her contact with the very issue of life and restored to full communal living and so this is the Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin. But it is first and last the Presentation of Christ in the Temple.
There are two elders in the Gospel story of Jesus' presentation and they stand in a wonderful way for the witness of our elders to Jesus Christ. We are told about Simeon that "he was waiting for the consolation of Israel" and about Anna that she told everyone who was 'looking for redemption' about Jesus.
If we are looking for something else, something better, for redemption and consolation, forgiveness, a new beginning, healing, salvation from futility and pain, and anger and frustration and death, then like Anna, I want to point to you about Jesus. Likewise Simeon would tell us and the entire world, this is your light and salvation.
Simeon had waited all his life for some sign of improvement, for some encouragement, but none came. Here he was near the end of his life and it all seemed to have lacked purpose and meaning. Must he just accept things, the world, life and death, injustice and pain and loss and suffering as they are? No, for it was revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. I pray that the Holy Spirit would reveal to every human being the same thing, that it is God's good will for every one of us that we should not see death, before we have seen the Lord's Christ. Simply put, God does not want us to die until we have come to know Jesus Christ the Saviour, the Light of the world.
But Simeon is incomplete without Anna. Those who have seen and embraced the Saviour are called to tell others, to speak of Jesus to everyone who is looking for redemption. This means telling others in your own words what you have found in Jesus. We all have a friend or neighbour whose disquiet, or searching or hunger or disappointment we are aware of, and it is to these that we are bound to speak of Jesus. Be on the lookout then for those who are looking for redemption and speak to them of Jesus.
Simeon and Anna stand in a beautiful symmetry for our elders in the faith, for all who have embraced Christ before us and pointed us to him. They stand as well for our common calling, to know Christ and to make him known. May we grow together in both.


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Do you realize how much that would suck? There'd be roughly 2,000,000 Links running around. They'd form some kind of sick Link rainbow; it'd be like Halloween at a gay bar.Originally Posted by ocdan
Do you realize how much that would suck? There'd be roughly 2,000,000 Links running around. They'd form some kind of sick Link rainbow; it'd be like Halloween at a gay bar.Originally Posted by ocdan
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The "button" simply activates the clipping mechanism on the backside of the controller; it has no gameplay/interactive value (i.e. the Wii doesn't register that the button is pressed, it's simply mechanical).
However, the question does remain of what it's meant to clip the Virtual Controller to. Some speculate that it's "left over" from when it was going to be a "shell" instead of connected via cable; however, this is not accurate as in no point in the development cycle was it a clip-on product, it was originallly going to be a shell, then they went with the cord (which I prefer).
The most plausable theory is that it is for use to be attached to a rumble pack that may be released in the future. It really is a mystery, though, as it's just a physical clip - there is no data recepticle.
Wii will see...
Very smart nintendo Leaving space for more accessories and new things for us consumers to play with
The Wii remote also has little slots along the sides with a deeper indentation near the top of the slot. That's perfect for sliding something on it and snapping into place. (Perhaps the prototype gun attachment shown back at E3?)
no man u guys got it all wrong...the lil hole is so that u can feed the controller...and when the wii's blue light starts blinking brown..that means the classic remote is gonna shit outta there...the manual CLEARLY states that...jesus ppl! start reading!!
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I've been wondering what the clip is for ever since I got the classic controller earlier this week. Someone told me that the Wii remote clipped onto the back of the classic controller, but I was dubious. And it obviously turned out to be incorrect, so I was right to be dubious.
But I have no idea why the clip is there. Maybe it is just there so we can ask why it is there...
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I'm terribly sorry, did I interrupt your little Tourretes fit by actually contributing to the discussion and the original posting, instead of making pithy comments in all capital letters, thinking it makes you somehow have a point?Originally Posted by Wii_would_like_to_play
There seem to be some people who believe this "button", besides activating the clip, also had some sort of gameplay possibility. I was simply pointing out that it's just a physical clip, and whatever it clips on to is not able to send data through it.
I'm sorry if I used too many words for you, or scared you with my appropriate use of grammar and punctuation. You may continue with your little fit now.
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By DAN DIKER, HAROLD RHODE
06/10/2014 22:32
PA President Mahmoud Abbas' engagement with Kerry during the past nine months of diplomatic talks cost the Palestinian leader points with the Palestinian public.
Hamas and Fatah leaders hold their hands after announcing a reconciliation agreement
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But do Hamas and Fatah understand the newly formed consensus government as the West does? For students of Islam and the Near East, the meaning of the freshly-minted reconciliation government is more aptly expressed as "sulh" which means that both sides are "licking their wounds" or "taking a breather" until one side regains the ability to impose its will on the other.
Palestinian reconciliation is not a case of the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority moderating Hamas. The opposite is true. In fact, Hamas and Fatah are competing for Palestinian public support. That's why both organizations rejected US Secretary of State John Kerry's peace plan. And that's why both organizations call for "resistance" against Israel. Hamas still calls openly for jihad, while the Fatah leadership calls for an "armed popular revolution" to liberate "Palestine," meaning Israel and the disputed territories of Judea and Samaria – the former West Bank of Jordan.
PA President Mahmoud Abbas' engagement with Kerry during the past nine months of diplomatic talks cost the Palestinian leader points with the Palestinian public. Abbas would have faced the Palestinian guillotine for selling out the Palestinian cause in a compromise deal with Israel.
Remember the Palestinian people's recent protest song that was sent to Kerry and that took YouTube by storm just weeks ago? It accused the US secretary of state of "presenting a Zionist plan." It also warned Abbas to uphold Palestinian rights, otherwise, "The people and I will take to the street and chant against you and demand you go away."
Abbas apparently got the message. His ultimate rejection of American peace mediation resulted in Abbas' "sulh" or temporary reconciliation with Hamas.
The New York Times and other international media regard newly appointed Palestinian government ministers as "technocrats made up largely of lawyers, businessmen and academics who are not formally tied to either Fatah or Hamas" and "led by Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, a linguist and former university president who has held the top post in the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority for the past year."
This is true. However, every Palestinian resident in the West Bank knows that the new unity government is insignificant.
What is important is the Fatah-Hamas agreement and their ongoing behind-the-scenes power struggle that underpins the government. The issue for both leaderships is whether economic support will continue to flow, particularly to Hamas in Gaza.
The Obama administration's decision to support the Palestinian unity government legitimizes Hamas at a critical moment for this Muslim Brotherhood. Egypt and Saudi Arabia have both outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood – Hamas's parent organization.
Both the United States and the EU have designated Hamas a terrorist organization.
And still, Hamas has found a way to reinvent itself and maintain funding sources for Gaza via the US the EU and Qatar through this Hamas-Fatah agreement.
It might be helpful to consider the prospects for the current Palestinian unity government in the context of the two movements' violent struggle for Palestinian leadership.
Hamas's suicide terror campaigns during the Oslo years demonstrated to Fatah who ruled the Palestinian street. Fatah returned the message by competing with Hamas' suicide terrorism. Fatah carried out deadly assaults against Israelis during the second intifada from 2000 to 2005. The Hamas-Fatah struggle culminated in Hamas's takeover of the Gaza Strip in 2007.
YouTube documented the bloody intra-Palestinian atrocities. Hamas hurled Fatah members from the roofs of Gaza apartment buildings. Fatah, for its part, tortured hundreds of Hamas activists.
The Hamas-Fatah relationship has always been punctuated by violence. However, their goals vis a vis Israel are similar, justifying the current "consensus" government, as the Palestinians call it. Hamas is ideologically and religiously committed to destroying Israel. The Hamas charter is clear on that point. Hamas proved its terrorism bonafides by firing thousands of rockets at Israeli cities since Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and by its material support for jihadists in Sinai Peninsula.
As for Fatah, its more nuanced declarations still call for Israel's destruction. Fatah's 6th Congress in Bethlehem in 2009 featured its internal order document declared that, "The armed popular revolution is the only inevitable way to the liberation of Palestine," and added that, "The struggle will not end until the elimination of the Zionist entity and the liberation of Palestine."
The Palestinian unity government of so-called "non-affiliated technocrats" has publicly agreed to the diplomatic Quartet's requirements as demanded by the US and the EU. However, the underlying Hamas-Fatah consensus on Israel reflects the true and worrying nature of this latest Palestinian reconciliation.
One hopes that the US administration and its European allies are vigilant and avoid succumbing to the Palestinian smokescreen that is clouding the skies over the new Palestinian unity government.
Dan Diker is head of the desk on terrorism and delegitimization at the International Institute for Counter Terrorism at the IDC, Herzliya.
Dr. Harold Rhode is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute in New York. He served as Islamic Affairs expert in the office of the US Secretary of Defense from 1982 to 2010.
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A couple of white pumpkins caught his fancy.
A manicure gone wrong.
You know the one.
A steal, at only $36. And it looks really good dancing to techno (you'll see).
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Consider your fear of clowns validated.
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Terry Richardson captured an intimate moment between the two of them ... and their tongues.
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5 Things We've Learned From San Francisco 49ers' Early OTAs
The San Francisco 49ers have been a controversial club off the field, but on it, they're one of the NFL's deepest and most dominant teams. After the first batch of OTA workouts, here are five things we've learned about the 49ers thus far.
5. Marcus Martin Being Cross-Trained
5. Marcus Martin Being Cross-Trained
Third-round pick Marcus Martin has spent time at center and guard during OTAs. He was primarily a center at USC, but has some experience and potential at guard as well. The 49ers have several formidable options on their interior offensive line for 2014, but their future is cloudy between the tackles.
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4. 49ers May Be Forced to Choose Alex Boone or Mike Iupati
One possible reason why Martin is practicing at center and guard could be the uncertain futures of guards Alex Boone and Mike Iupati. Boone is currently holding out for a contract extension while Iupati is entering the final year of his deal. Both have helped plow the way for one of the league's most productive rushing attacks, but the 49ers probably don't have the resources to keep both.
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3. Michael Wilhoite Front-Runner to Fill NaVorro Bowman's Void
The nasty knee injury NaVorro Bowman suffered earlier this year left a void at inside linebacker next to Patrick Willis. Michael Wilhoite has filled it thus far at practice. A competition could be looming between Wilhoite and third-round pick Chris Borland, though. No matter who wins, expect a rotation at the spot until Bowman is deemed healthy enough to return.
2. Chris Culliver Remains Starter
2. Chris Culliver Remains Starter
Off-the-field troubles and on-the-field injuries made cornerback Chris Culliver susceptible to losing his starting spot this offseason. There remains a possibility that he'll get suspended by the NFL for an offseason incident that most notably landed him felony and misdemeanor charges, but he continues to take his reps with the first team in the meantime.
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1. Vernon Davis Putting 49ers in Tough Spot
In addition to the aforementioned contract issues along the interior offensive line, quarterback Colin Kaepernick and wide receiver Michael Crabtree are entering the final years of their respective deals. Needless to say, the 49ers have a lot to consider. Vernon Davis throwing his name into the pot, skipping OTAs for a new contract, further complicates the matter.


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