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We've been waiting for months now to see the results from the DNC Economic Impact Study.
The study, performed by Tourism Economics, looked at the numbers and determined the economic impact of the 2012 Democratic National Convention in the Charlotte region. For purposes of the study, the region includes Mecklenburg, Gaston, York, Cabarrus, Union, and Anson counties.
Results were released Monday, and showed a total economic impact of $163.6 million. Comparatively, the DNC 2008 Economic Impact study for Denver showed an impact of $266 million.
According to the study's finding, 35,000 people attended the three-day convention in September 2012:
There were nearly 1,200 events held for state delegations, political interest groups, policy discussion and roundtables, trade associations, and media organizations.
Direct spending accounted for $91 million. That breaks down as follows:
If you do the math, you'll notice that equals $98.8 million or $98.3 million if you exclude security lodging. But the study says total direct spending equaled $91 million.
How is that possible?
Call it displacement. It is used to reflect the economic activity that would have occurred if the DNC hadn't been in Charlotte. The study figured that number at ($7.3 million). To get that number, the study used the following criteria:
Now, if you look at the $98.3 million direct spending number less the displacement ($7.3 million), you'll find the $91 million direct spending number presented by the study.
Visitor spending is included in the direct spending number. According to the study's finding, the average person stayed 4.2 days and spent an average of $235 each day.
The breakdown:
Uptown hotel occupancy rates reached 98%. Average daily room rates peaked at $311. Among the six counties studied, occupancy reached 92%, with the average room rates hitting $220.
A total of 61,246 hotel room nights were used, accounting for $22.6 million.
Induced and Indirect Spending accounted for $72.6 million. That number includes money we won't see right away, but which is expected to have a positive future impact. For example: the upgrades to Time Warner Cable Arena and the stadium, as well as people employed by various DNC-related businesses.
At the press conference where the findings were released, Mayor Foxx said the Republican National Convention, Olympics, and Super Bowl are "within reach" of Charlotte. Foxx then added, that Charlotte might lack infrastructure for those events but over time, it could be possible.
The study cost $25,000. It was commissioned and funded by the City of Charlotte, Charlotte Chamber, Charlotte Center City Partners, Charlotte Regional Partnership, and Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority.
Tourism Economics performed the study. It is an Oxford Economics research firm specializing in tourism economic impact studies that combine visitor surveys and industry data.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department Deputy Chief Harold Medlock told WBTV that his department donated about $4 million in equipment to police departments from across the country who came to help.
Medlock presented the findings of an independent report to Charlotte City Council members, illustrating strengths and weaknesses of CMPD's role during the DNC.
The report pointed out that CMPD saw "overlap and redundancy of work" with respect to planning committees. It also noted that the department could have done a better job with tracking officer assignments.
The same report noted that CMPD excelled in "Command and Control," and "personnel recruitment." Medlock told WBTV the report was compiled by CNA Associates.
"We planned for the worst and the best actually happened in this event," Medlock said.
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Tin Sheds gallery, Sydney, 2003
This work delves into the world of intricately constructed and sometimes gory museum tableau, where stuffed and pinned participants act out fictitious encounters of the natural world.
Tableaux are designed to stimulate our imagination about the natural world. Scenes are carefully constructed and framed for our enjoyment. These images are of Australian birds and insects. While they may be well known, real life encounters remain rare to most Australians.
The images depict scenes of day to day survival. A butterfly rests peacefully while a robin watches nearby. Pelicans mull around under a bizarre orange sky, while a wedge tail eagle examines its prey.
The colours and painted aspects of the scenes are exaggerated to reflect this artificial relationship to the real. Frames are left to emphasize the tableau construction while lights and reflections glisten on the glass creating bizarre artificial moons.
This work reminds us of the natural world we know is out there but rarely encounter. Increasingly removed from nature, this is as close as many people get to the real thing. A simulated natural encounter, preserved forever in tableau and photographic form.
I would like to acknowledge the Museum of South Australia for providing access to the collection.


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A geostationary orbit (GEO) is a geosynchronous orbit directly above the Earth's equator (0° latitude), with a period equal to the Earth's rotational period and an orbital eccentricity of approximately zero. From locations on the surface of the Earth, geostationary objects appear motionless in the sky, making the GEO an orbit of great interest to operators of communications and weather satellites. Due to the constant 0° latitude and circularity of geostationary orbits, satellites in GEO differ in location by longitude only.
The notion of a geosynchronous satellite for communication purposes was first published in 1928 (but not widely so) by Herman Potočnik. The idea of a geostationary orbit was first published on a wide scale in a paper entitled "Extra-Terrestrial Relays — Can Rocket Stations Give Worldwide Radio Coverage?" by Arthur C. Clarke, published in Wireless World magazine in 1945. In this paper, Clarke described it as a useful orbit for communications satellites. As a result this is sometimes referred to as the Clarke Orbit. Similarly, the Clarke Belt is the part of space approximately above sea level, in the plane of the equator, where near-geostationary orbits may be implemented. The Clarke Orbit is about long.
Geostationary orbits are useful because they cause a satellite to appear stationary with respect to a fixed point on the rotating Earth. As a result, an antenna can point in a fixed direction and maintain a link with the satellite. The satellite orbits in the direction of the Earth's rotation, at an altitude of above ground. This altitude is significant because it produces an orbital period equal to the Earth's period of rotation, known as the sidereal day.
Technically, a "geostationary" orbit is the special case of a geosynchronous orbit which is circular and in the equatorial plane. In practice, however, the terms geosynchronous and geostationary are mostly used interchangeably. Some people in the industry dislike the term "geostationary," because the orbit is not actually stationary (in fact, the term stationary orbit would be an oxymoron), and prefer to use "geosynchronous" because it emphasizes the key point that the orbit is not actually stationary, but synchronized with the motion of the Earth.
A geostationary transfer orbit is used to move a satellite from low Earth orbit (LEO) into a geostationary orbit. A worldwide network of operational geostationary meteorological satellites is used to provide visible and infrared images of Earth's surface and atmosphere. These satellite systems include:
Most commercial communications satellites, broadcast satellites and SBAS satellites operate in geostationary orbits. (Russian television satellites have used elliptical Molniya and Tundra orbits due to the high latitudes of the receiving audience.) The first satellite placed into a geostationary orbit was the Syncom-3, launched by a Delta-D rocket in 1964.
A statite, a hypothetical satellite that uses a solar sail to modify its orbit, could theoretically hold itself in a "geostationary" orbit with different altitude and/or inclination from the "traditional" equatorial geostationary orbit.
In any circular orbit, the centripetal acceleration required to maintain the orbit is provided by the gravitational force on the satellite. To calculate the geostationary orbit altitude, one begins with this equivalence, and uses the fact that the orbital period is one sidereal day.
By Newton's second law of motion, we can replace the forces F with the mass m of the object multiplied by the acceleration felt by the object due to that force:
We note that the mass of the satellite m appears on both sides — geostationary orbit is independent of the mass of the satellite. So calculating the altitude simplifies into calculating the point where the magnitudes of the centripetal acceleration required for orbital motion and the gravitational acceleration provided by Earth's gravity are equal.
The centripetal acceleration's magnitude is:
where ω is the angular speed, and r is the orbital radius as measured from the Earth's center of mass.
The magnitude of the gravitational acceleration is:
Equating the two accelerations gives:
The product GM is known with much greater accuracy than either factor; it is known as the geocentric gravitational constant μ = :
The angular speed ω is found by dividing the angle travelled in one revolution (360° = 2π rad) by the orbital period (the time it takes to make one full revolution: one sidereal day, or seconds). This gives:
The resulting orbital radius is . Subtracting the Earth's equatorial radius, , gives the altitude of .
Orbital speed (how fast the satellite is moving through space) is calculated by multiplying the angular speed by the orbital radius:
For example, for ground stations at latitudes of φ=±45° on the same meridian as the satellite, the one-way delay can be computed by using the cosine rule, given the above derived geostationary orbital radius r, the Earth's radius R and the speed of light c, as
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I couldn't get myself out of the Earth Science section, with minerals that had me drooling and mystified by their local history. It's the first time I saw big chunks of minerals displayed as they might have looked when discovered in the country rock. Pictured are Wulfenite and Mimetite (the yellow crystals) and Vanadanite (reddish).The blue of course is Malachite (found near Bisbee, Arizona). The Vanadinite was found in the Superstition Mountains. It's part of one of the finest collections of regional minerals and gemstones found anywhere! But the limestone cave trumped them all with its running water, pools full of crayfish, and inviting exhibits that explain the formation of caves and the earth itself. They made the speleothems out of a foam base, and then carved and painted it. Most people think they are in a real cave with real decorations when they enter. Fun.
I was excited to see how many of the cacti I could now name in the cactus garden (after my fine walk with Ed the Naturalist). I was just admiring the displays when sure enough... despite my precautions, a cactus got me again! By now I had even more tricks for dealing with the pointy hitchhikers (click here). People who harvest cacti or hike around cactus plants are bound to get stung from time to time, but I still felt pricked on.
It was time to look at safer exhibits, like the giant ram that kept eyeing me.
Read more: http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/Arizona/Tucson-750502/Things_To_Do-Tucson-Arizona_Sonora_Desert_Museum-BR-1.html#ixzz1kR8oxTL6
The exhibits re-create the natural landscape of the Sonoran Desert Region so realistically you find yourself eye-to-eye with mountain lions, prairie dogs, Gila monsters, and rattle snakes. Within the Museum grounds, you get to see more than 300 animal species and 1,200 kinds of plants. There are almost 2 miles of paths traversing 21 acres of beautifully alive desert. I lost Bob in the maze. Maybe the mountain lions got him! The video clip shows just how vicious this pair of cougars could be.
My guess is this is a Guilded Flicker, or maybe the state bird...a cactus wren...not a woodpecker. But then the only bird I actually know is the robin. I need more lessons from Naturalist Ed.
If you visit this fine museum give yourself some hours to take it in and you'll be rewarded with some insight into the abundant, complex, and varied life in the area. A careful exploration helps put this special and rich environment in a much better context... beyond consumption tourism. Photo ops are tremendous.
Read more: http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/Arizona/Tucson-750502/Things_To_Do-Tucson-Arizona_Sonora_Desert_Museum-BR-1.html#ixzz1kR8oxTL6


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Rain water damages tens of thousands of dollars in school supplies for children in need
CLINTON TWP., Mich. (WXYZ) - Some children may not have what they need to do their homework this upcoming school year after heavy rains damage the offices of a local non-profit.
"This drain is what was unfortunately plugged and the water went right in under the door," said Menachem Kniespeck.
They walked into the office of Operation: Kid Equip: Michigan Friends of Education in Clinton Township to find one to two inches of standing water.
"The minute I walked through the door and the minute I put my foot on the floor it just went, squish!" said Kniespeck. He started the non-profit several years ago to provide school supplies to kids in need.
On Wednesday, volunteers spent the day ripping up carpet and throwing out water soaked things like papers and books. The landlord also helped get the water out of the building and dry out the office.
"Sometimes if something gets wet it can get moldy. And we don't' want to pass out anything to the kids that could potentially make them sick," said Kniespeck.
Tens of thousands of dollars in donated school supplies ruined. The biggest problem is that their insurance covers everything but donated items.
"I was just devastated," said Deana Pankotai. Pankotai is a middle school teacher in Mt. Clemens. She knows it could mean less school supplies for kids who truly need them this year.
"I think we have a 93-percent poverty rate in our district right now. The parents can't afford it," said Pankotai.
Every school year the non-profit helps close to 100,000 children in southeastern Michigan.
"Kids don't even want to admit they don't have what they need to do the school work. They'll just pretend they don't want to when really they don't have what they need," she said.
Now the non-profit needs more help than ever to continue helping children in need.
If you are interested in donating you can find information on the website of Operation: Kid Equip here: http://operationkidequip.org/


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so says newsday's ken davidoff:
Kenny isn't discouraged though:
...When asked about Japanese star Kosuke Fukudome, Williams grinned and said: "No comment."
I just opened SSS in my browser and saw a thread with more than 200 comments. So, I used 2 quick quotes that probably have already been covered to start a new thread.
- Ozzie isn't worried about Toby's shoulder but Toby's weight, says Jose doesn't want to be embarrassed, and has a sure-fire plan for 2008: Things can't get worse. BTW, Ozzie thinks the Tigers got better after acquiring Miggy.
- Jim looks at the Cabrera & Willis to Detroit trade. Kevin Goldstein looks at the 6 players the Marlins got. Nate Silver looks at how the Cabrera trade impacts the AL Central.
- BTB on the Quentin-Carter trade.
- Phil Rogers ranks the Sox last in the AL Central.
- FJM on yesterday's Sox reverse. And some David Eckstein.
- The Brewers signed David Riske to a 3/13 deal (20 with incentives). And they were close to getting Joe Crede last night.
- More Hot Stove: The Rockies are interested in Iguchi and Julian Tavares. The Phillies are "more unlikely than likely" to sign Iguchi. The Brewers are also interested in Iguchi. -- No Scott Rolen to the Brewers? Maybe to the Angels that say they're not desperate for a 3rd baseman? -- The Dodgers asked about Bill Hall. -- Fukudome bidding to reach $40 million? Similar to Torii's deal? Boston is interested too? BTW, BP says "Fukudome is a solid OF who can play all 3 positions, is a plus defender even if his arm is affected by the elbow surgery, and is somewhere between Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui on the hitting side of things." -- Astros want C Nick Hundley from the Padres for Luke Scott. -- Rangers discussed Corey Patterson with Boras. Speaking of Boras, he wants a J.D.Drew-like deal for Andruw Jones from the Dodgers, who want to sign either Andruw Jones or Aaron Rowand.


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Denver International Airport (DEN)
- Distance from hotel: 27 MI/ 43.45 KM South West l
- Departing Airport on Pena Blvd to I70 West. Take I70 West to I25 South. Exit onto Colfax turn left onto Colfax and follow to Glenarm Place. Turn left, hotel is located two blocks up on right side.
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- Distance from hotel: 17 MI/ 27.36 KM South East l
- From Airport take Peoria to Arapahoe Rd west, to I25 North, exit Colfax east, then right on Glenarm Place.
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- Distance from hotel: 1 MI/ 1.61 KM East
- 17th Avenue east to Glenam Place. Turn right two blocks to hotel on left.
RTD=Theatre District Convention Center
- Distance from hotel: 0.2 MI/ 0.32 KM West
- Walk 1.5 block east to the hotel
- Car Parking Available
- Self-Parking Fee: 27.00 USD
- Parking garage is the first four floors of the hotel; accessible 24 hours a day with unlimited in and out privileges with a 6'5" clearance . Overnight and daily parking is $27.00. Monthly parking rates based on availablity.
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Great Location and Friendly Service
August 18, 2014
Hotel was awesome! Only thing I did NOT like is the Price, If I was NOT there on business and had to pay for this hotel out of my pocket for what you get I would go stay outside of down town. If I had to stay at this place for a week I would spend more than my monthly mortgage payment, and I have a 4 bedroom 2 bath 2580 sq ft house. Just doesn't add up to a normal thinking person. Sorry
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Descent stay at a descent price.
August 17, 2014
Most everything about my stay was good. The air conditioning unit was quite loud but it did help mask the street noise. The room was otherwise comfortable with black-out curtains, small refrigerator, WiFi, nice bed and pillows, but dimly lit and had to unplug the desk lamp or internet to plug in the coffee pot. It was fine for a night or two or if you aren't expecting much in the way of complimentary services. The breakfast buffet was good but pricey as was the bar. But the staff was friendly and helpful, and the accommodations were nice enough.
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August 15, 2014
The service was excellent at check in and the room was extremely comfortable. However we did have some nail polish or something that was spilled on the bathroom floor that hadn't been cleaned up before we got there. Breakfast was good, but the buffet was average. Room coffee needs to be upgraded. The pool looked clean and inviting, but since it was a very hot day it was packed so we decided to skip it. We did appreciate the all day happy hour in the bar on Saturday. Overall a very nice hotel, well worth staying at
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August 15, 2014
We were welcomed and immediately recognized - and received expressions of gratitude for - being IHG Platinum members. We were early but were able to park and tour the area while waiting for a phone call from the desk letting us know our room was ready. The room was very comfortable with a great view of the city. Staff were glad to answer our questions about the area and gave prompt attention to all of our needs. This is a great place to relax and be comfortable and I recommend it to anyone visiting Denver.
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Upon arrival, my experience with staff was good. They were attentative to my needs and my check in was speedy. Staff seemed to be full of cheer and very willing to assist. Location was adequate and local venue was good.
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I asked to be on pool floor but there was a lot of traffic and noise from other pool guests. Still overall happy.
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August 13, 2014
My family decided after some crazy work schedules that on our first Saturday off together we would just escape in our hometown so we booked a night at the Crowne Plaza. It was perfect because the location was excellent. We enjoyed eating, shopping and people watching on the 16th Street Mall, and the pool is excellent. All in all it was the most lovely night away in our hometown we could have imagined.
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Went on a mother/daughter trip and found this to be a great place to stay. We love the views from the roof top pool. The place was clean and comfortable and the guest service was great.
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Erasmus Exchange Programme for Students and Staff
The University has recently been awarded the Erasmus+ Charter 2014-20. Further information on the programme will appear here shortly.
The Erasmus Exchange Programme is provided with the support of the Commission of the European Communities within the framework of the LLP Erasmus Programme.
Erasmus is the European Commission's flagship educational programme for Higher Education students, teachers and institutions. It was introduced with the aim of increasing student mobility within Europe. Erasmus forms part of the EU Lifelong Learning Programme (2007-2013). It encourages student and staff mobility for work and study, and promotes trans-national co-operation projects among universities across Europe. The scheme currently involves nine out of every ten European higher education establishments and supports co-operation between the universities of 31 countries.
Undergraduate students (for a limited number of subjects only), graduate students, academic staff and administrative staff can all participate.


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I was just watching Ch.4's Baseball Night in San Diego, and I'm freakin' out, man.
Tony gets his 3000th hit as the Padres rally in the first to knock out starter Dan Smith. Sterling Hitchcock was there, Phil Nevin was there. Ben Davis was even on base. Second base!
Then, when the Expos came to bat, Michael Barrett ropes one down the third base line for a triple.
I got the last laugh, though, because nine years later he hits himself in the face with a baseball and is released by the Padres.


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10:28am Monday 17th February 2014 in News By Hannah White
POWER outages, fallen trees and floods hit south Wiltshire over the weekend.
About 4,800 homes in rural areas around Salisbury suffered power outages on Saturday, with 176 homes still without power last night.
Flood warnings remain in place across the county, with more rain expected today and tomorrow.
Wiltshire Council and its partners have been working to tackle flooding and clear fallen trees and debris, and support the most vulnerable.
The council's highways team received 400 calls over the weekend, most to report fallen trees.
Motorists are being urged to drive safely and sensibly, and warned not attempt to move road closures or drive through roads which have been closed due to flooding.
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Fostering Condor Chicks
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Condor Egg Loss
During incubation, we noticed that the embryo was slightly in the wrong position to hatch—a malposition. Some malpositions are lethal or need our help to hatch successfully. read more
Egg-citing News on Condor Cam
We have good news to report: California condors Sisquoc and Shatash's egg is FERTILE! Shatash laid the egg on January 22, 2014, and we are expecting it to begin the hatching process around March 18. read more
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Another exciting California condor breeding season is upon us. Our third egg of the season was laid on January 22, 2014. read more
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After two years producing high-end innerwear, Navales launched Undrest by the Sea, the brand's swim extension. The designer, who counts her time living in Rio de Janeiro as a major inspiration, viewed the new collection as a way to fill the void for Brazilian cut bathing suits in the market.
One of the bigger draws of the brand is its focus on local craftmanship and sustainability. Navales produces the whole brand in an 8,000 square-foot studio in East Los Angeles, personally sourcing local cotton and trims and traveling the world in search of fabric -- including the British Liberty prints that have become a signature of the brand.
"I have a deep love and appreciation for the art of business. I photograph, design, and creative direct the entire brand and am on site daily in the atelier working hand in hand with my team of pattern makers, seamstresses, and production sewers to bring the cultures and styles of the world to you through the designs of Undrest," said Navales, a San Francisco native.
The brand operates one free standing flagship for Undrest by the Sea in Venice Beach and is stocked at retailers worldwide including Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Victoria's Secret, Intermix, Galleries Lafayette, net-a-porter.com, ShopBop.com and The Ritz Carlton hotels boutiques, amongst others.
Here Navales talks Brazilian bottoms, the beach in Buzios and her beach must-haves.
How did you get your start in swim design?
I've never been a fan of American silhouettes in terms of bikini bottoms. I was initially inspired by the Brazilian cut bikini bottom when I lived in Rio de Janeiro. This inspiration caused me to launch Undrest Lingerie in 2007, and then I evolved the collection into swim in 2009.
What is the biggest mistake you think women make when choosing a bikini?
Choosing large, bright, prints with too much fabric coverage on the bottom. Large prints make the wearer's body look larger than they actually are and too much coverage on the bottom can lead to unflattering, excess fabric sag on the backside.
Is there a swim style you find universally flattering?
A waist cinching, strapless maillot in the color black made with really thick Brazilian nylon fabric.
Which style in your collection would be your go-to bathing suit?
My signature Knitted Zig Zag string bikini in any of the colors. I always get stopped while on the beach and get asked who my suit is by as the colors and zig zag print are very eye-catching and unique.
What is your favorite bikini you've ever worn and where did you wear it?
My favorite bikini is a black and white chevron Signature Knitted zig zag suit. I wore it all over the Cote d'Azur.
What is your favorite beach in the world?
Buzios, Brazil.
What do you think is an iconic moment in bikini history?
Brigitte Bardot in Buzios, Brazil.
The one piece -- yay or nay?
Yay, doubles as a bodysuit!
What is your ideal beach bag?
The Sac de Plage Zig Zag beach tote with French leather handles from my bag line, "Undrest Artifacts."
What are your beach day essentials?
Maison Michel straw hat, Undrest Artifacts "Sac de Plage", 2L of Smart Water, SPF 50 for my face, olive oil for my skin, black kohl liner for my eyes, mini Serge Lutens perfume in Rose, gold aviators, Cartier love bracelet, my sketchbook and a Pilot #2 pencil.
How would you describe the Undrest girl?
Preppy and a Luxe Bohemian


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This week we honor a WWII veteran from Stratton, Neb., Raymond Stehno.
Ray served in the Air Force from August of 1943 to October of 1946. During the war he spent time in the South Pacific on Tinian Island, Iwo Jima and in the Philippines.
He was a Radar navigator on a B29 Super Fortress and in 1950 began his five years of service as a 1st Lt. in the Air Force Reserve.
Ray returned to farming after his time in the military and serves as District Director with the Agricultural Stabilization Service. He retired in 1989.
Ray is now 89-years-old and has five children living in Holdrege, Stratton and North Platte, Neb. And Perry and McDonald, Kans. He has 11 grand children and 22 great-grandchildren that are all very proud of their grandpa.
Ray's daughter Karen said "from your children, we say thanks dad. We are all very proud of you and we love you."
Raymond, thank you for your service to our country.
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Here is the d*** open thread, as f***ing promised. (You're free to curse below, as necessary for the good of the team, as you are in all open threads. I've just decided that perhaps I shouldn't put it at the top of the page. Not that anyone would notice. #modfreesince2012 )
Unfortunately I may not be able to participate much tonight because my wireless is not cooperating at all. I'm currently plugged in via ethernet, but I don't have a TV in the same room as my router. (OK, I do, but it's small and not HD. So, sorry.)
Anyway... tonight we have the chance to do what every SEC basketball program aspires to do, knock off the Kentucky Wildcats in front of a packed home crowd. al.com said there were 1000 or so tickets left this afternoon, but those are surely long gone by now.
Don Kausler's game story lists UK (12-5, 3-1) with an RPI of #52 and Bama (11-6, 3-1) at #59. But Pomeroy has them at #16 and us at #66. I don't know why the discrepancy.
Either way, this is clearly not the same team as last year's national champions. Florida looks like they're poised to run away with the conference, and Kentucky desperately needs to pick up all the "easy" wins they can if they hope to keep pace. But Bama is currently in a two-way tie with the Wildcats for 3rd place in the conference and is playing at home.
Kentucky is favored by 4, but they did get blown out a week and a half ago by the TAMU team that we eked one out against this past Saturday.
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Listing the Java PaaS Public and Private Clouds
[UPDATE): I added Jelastic and created another category I'm calling Private Java PaaS in which I put GigaSpaces Cloudify, Cumulogic and ActiveState Stackato.]
A little while ago at OracleWorld/JavaOne, Oracle announced its public cloud offering, including its Oracle Java Cloud Service -- the latest entrant into the increasingly crowded Java Platform-as-a-Service space. Despite being the most popular programming language, PaaS offerings for Java were not adopted as quickly as those for Ruby, Python and PHP.
Not surprisingly, however, once Java PaaS arrived at the scene, many of the big players now have PaaS offerings -- given Java's popularity in the enterprise.
Here's the list I compiled (in alphabetical order). If I have overlooked anything, please let me know in the comments:
Public Java PaaS
- Amazon Elastic Beanstalk
- CloudBees Run@Cloud
- Google App Engine
- IBM SmartCloud Application Services
- Jelastic
- Microsoft Azure
- OutSystems Agile Platform
- Red Hat OpenShift
- Salesforce.com Heroku for Java
- VMWare CloudFoundry
- WSO2 Stratos/StratosLive
Private Java PaaS
It should be noted that HP has a also made some noise about a Java PaaS but it hasn't launched yet.
Additional reading:
- Java PaaS Shootout: A technical comparison of Google App Engine, Amazon Elastic Beanstalk, and CloudBees RUN@Cloud
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Mitch Pronschinske replied on Fri, 2012/03/16 - 7:33am in response to: Judah Johns
Niel Eyde replied on Fri, 2012/03/16 - 9:28pm in response to: Mitch Pronschinske
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nati shalom replied on Fri, 2012/04/27 - 12:17pm
Good post as usual.
"Despite being the most popular programming language, PaaS offerings for Java were not adopted as quickly as those for Ruby, Python and PHP."
That's true and the main reason IMO is the fact that most PaaS offering are too limited in the type of application that that can be hosted on the platform. In addition to that the way public PaaS are offered they assume control over your cloud infrastructure, your stack etc. This makes them suit fairly simple web apps but in most real life applications you would need higher level of control and thus would use something like Chef and other automation tools to build your own PaaS.
The main goal behind Cloudify was to change all that by bringing the best of of DevOps and PaaS togather.
Few notes on Cloudify.
1. Its not limited to Java and can host Ruby, PHP and other langagues
2. It runs on both Private and Public cloud
I think that the cateogries shouldn't be private vs public PaaS as it may be misleading to thinnk that private PaaS can run only on private environment.
I think that a beter categorization would be "Self Service PaaS" vs PaaS-Stack - Self Service PaaS as their name suggest alows you to run your apps through a managed service and a PaaS stack gives you the infrastructure and tools to build your own PaaS.
Nati S.
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Chris Haddad replied on Sun, 2012/04/29 - 11:26am
Hi Geva,
Thank you for mentioning WSO2 Stratos and WSO2 StratosLive. Unfortunately, you have mischaracterized the WSO2 Stratos offering. WSO2 has one codebase, the WSO2 Carbon Enterprise Platform, that may be deployed across all three deployment options; private PaaS, public PaaS, and traditional terrestrial.
WSO2 Stratos is our private Java PaaS offering. Customers download the bits and run an on-premise, internally managed Platform as a Service environment. PaaS providers also download WSO2 Stratos and run a public or community Cloud from their organization's datacenter.
WSO2 StratosLive is a public Java PaaS, which is hosted and managed by WSO2.
I believe only stating public Java PaaS and private Java PaaS as available architectural options continues to overly simplify the consumer-provider relationship. You will notice in their latest NIST Draft - Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations, the paper redefines private/public and describes six distinct Cloud environments across three dimensions; sharing, location, and responsibility. For more information on Cloud dimensions as defined by NIST and how they apply to PaaS, read my blog post, which discusses how sharing, location, and responsibility influence PaaS offering selection and deployment choices.
Khazret Sapenov replied on Sun, 2012/05/06 - 7:35am
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Stacey Schneider replied on Tue, 2012/10/09 - 9:59am
Hi Geva,
Thank you for writiing good articles!
There is also a Java/Spring-centric cloud offering from VMware called vFabric. Companies build both public and private clouds with this platform. This reference architecture provides a good overview in the context of how the application platform can be used.
The vFabric Team
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Diane Mueller replied on Fri, 2013/01/11 - 7:32pm
I thought I'd just update the post with a link the HP Cloud announcement of the inclusion of Application PaaS that supports Java because (as you'll read in the announcement) HP has chosen to run ActiveState Stackato as it PaaS layer.
Here's also a link to all the Stackato Java documentation: http://docs.stackato.com/deploy/languages/java.html
Stackato has several Java frameworks to choose from:
- Java Web
- Spring
- Java EE (via TomEE or JBoss)
- Grails
- Lift
- Buildpack - Java (see our doc on using Heroku Buildpacks with Stackato)
If you have any questions at all, drop us a note
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we've done a whole lot of nothing in our first week in los angeles. we've hit the beach several times and lazily gawked at surf traffic. don milvio got a hair cut. we celebrated hannukah with family filling our bellies with yummy latkas. we sipped wine and chit chatted with old cali friends at the venice canals. lindsey, visiting from new york, made a welcomed guest appearance. only a few weeks earlier, she dj'd at our going away party. we mockingly checked out the venice boat parade. if you find time this holiday, go see the uninhabited mansion at the end of the canal. it's berserk in decor -- flooded with millions of lights, moving animatronic santa clauses and elves, and disneyesque plastic giant decorations. it's so bad it's good. you'll know what i mean when you see it for yourself. here's to many more days of living the life of leisure! cheers.


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A note left on a roadside memorial in Apple Valley threatening to dismantle the display left a grieving father heartbroken, but Dakota County says loved ones are well within their rights to place one at the site.
On Tuesday, Dave Williams became distraught after he found a harsh note during his daily visit to the spot where his son, Jeff Trondson, was killed by an alleged drunk driver.
"We keep it all clean and respectful," Williams protested. "I [saw] this and I'm like, 'Why would anyone want to desecrate his memorial?"
The note, which was left anonymously, read: "This is not a memorial! Please remove this within 24 hours or it will all go to trash!"
The collection of flowers and pumpkins surrounding the photograph at the corner of 106th Street and Harwell Avenue has been there since June, and according to Regan Carstensen, with Dakota County, it is legal under county law.
"In the event of a fatality on the county highway, a memorial may be placed adjacent to the right-of-way line near the location," Carstensen wrote in an e-mail.
According to county's right-of-way practices, memorials are allowed to remain in place without a permit for 6 months as long as they are small in size, do not interfere with safety, and are acceptable to the adjacent property owner.
Memorials can also remain longer if a permit is required as long as they are no more than 2-feet square and are placed flush with the ground. Dakota County reviews permit applications in consideration with parking, walking, and maintenance concerns.
The county does not allow memorials that negatively affect the flow of traffic or interfere with routine maintenance, such as mowing.
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February is traditionally peak flu season, and cases of H1N1 are still circulating in southwest Georgia. Health officials plan to hold another immunization clinic this weekend. They're urging those at high risk to get the vaccine along with children who may have only received their first dose. When more people in the community are vaccinated it lower the risk, of getting another wave.
"That's why I do think it's important to continue to have people to get vaccinated because that's how you get herd immunity, when you have sufficient numbers of your population that are immune to the illness," said Dr. Jacqueline Grant, Southwest Georgia Health District Director.
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CONWAY, SC (WMBF) – A teenager pleaded guilty in Horry County Court last week to charges in connection with an investigation that police say revealed he offered to pay to have someone kidnapped and killed.
Travis Dean Messer, 18, pleaded guilty on March 5 to criminal conspiracy and two counts of solicitation to commit a felony, according to Horry County Court public records.
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text: Baptist Press Stories for Mar. 4 2013 --------------------------------------- The Constitution & its benefits to Christians in America http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?id=39808 WEEK OF PRAYER: Childhood memory awakens http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?id=39809 Chaplain helps veterans look toward eternity http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?id=39810 'Bible' series mostly receives thumbs up http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?id=39811 Teaching Intelligent Design goes on trial in Ohio http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?id=39812 FIRST-PERSON: Christian leaders in the digital age http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?id=39813 BP Ledger, March 4 edition http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?id=39814 --------------------------------------- The Constitution & its benefits to Christians in America By Stephen Douglas Wilson Mar. 4 2013 http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?id=39808 [IMG=34521@left@100]MAYFIELD, Ky. (BP) -- March 4 is the 224th anniversary of the United States operating under its Constitution. Created in 1787, the document endured without legal standing for a year and a half as the different states sought to ratify it. The republic started functioning on the basis of the document on March 4, 1789. On that date the first Congress convened. Two years later, the first 10 amendments to the Constitution were added in 1791. These additions gave the new republic a strong Bill of Rights that protected the liberties of individual citizens. [IMGONLY=34520@right@300]While the Constitution rarely mentions faith or faith issues, the Christian community in the United States has received many benefits from it -- a fact that is often overlooked due to the scarcity of direct references. For instance, the document only acknowledges the Deity once -- in Article VII, when the original Constitutional Convention gave the unanimous consent of the states present on the date "the seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven." Two other direct faith allusions also are contained in the original document of 1787 and the subsequent Bill of Rights of 1791. In Article VI the Constitution states that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States." In the First Amendment contained in the Bill of Rights, the document reads, "Congress shall pass no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." No Bible verses and/or expressions from historic Christian works are contained in the document. In fact, the major influences on the men who drafted both the Constitution and the Bill of Rights originated from the writings of the enlightenment philosophers of the 17th and 18th centuries who, for the most part, believed that faith could be expressed purely by use of reason and intellect, and that God's intervention in the process was not a necessary element -- hardly a Christian concept. For instance, Englishman Thomas Hobbes argued that government should be a contract between those that govern and the people. John Locke, taking up Hobbes' theme in his work, "Two Treatises of Government," felt that government should look out for the well-being of its citizens and respect their individual rights. He especially promoted the rights of "life, liberty, and estate" (or property) for all citizens. Interestingly enough, when Thomas Jefferson drafted most of Locke's theme into the Declaration of Independence, he slightly revised Locke and instead wrote that the people had a right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Perhaps Jefferson thought that future American governments should not guarantee that all citizens possess a property entitlement. Locke's phrase, however, does show up in the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution. In that amendment the document states that citizens cannot "be deprived of 'life, liberty, or property' without due process." When the 14th Amendment applied federal guarantees to the individual states, the phrase and its context was repeated. Other enlightenment philosophers also directly impacted the Constitution. Baron Montesquieu in his work, "The Spirit of the Laws," proposed that government should be divided into branches. Each branch would then maintain "checks and balances" on the others -- thereby limiting the power of each branch. Cesare Beccaria, along with Voltaire, expressed concerns about how citizens were punished. Beccaria's concerns, published in his work, "On Crimes and Punishments," advanced the principle that punishments should not be "cruel or unusual." He obviously influenced the Eighth Amendment that bans such punishments. Enlightenment philosophers, like Voltaire (in the "Treatise on Tolerance") and others, ironically agreed with the Baptists and other communities of dissenting 18th century Christians and argued against the tyranny of state-supported churches. Voltaire, along with other like-minded philosophers, instead advocated that all faiths should be allowed to worship without state interference. This influence is most evident when the Founding Fathers abolished the religious tests for federal office seekers and created the First Amendment guarantee for religious liberty. While the constitutional convention operated in a society heavily influenced by a Christian worldview, the U.S. Constitution itself was a product of enlightenment thinking, and the United States became the first modern nation to base itself on enlightenment principles. Nevertheless, the Christian community in the United States gained important benefits from the document. Many of these benefits should be noted. First and foremost, Christians in the United States are not forced to belong to state-mandated religious bodies, and in fact, such bodies are forbidden by the First Amendment. Furthermore, the same amendment allows Christians to worship free from state interference. Many other benefits also are enshrined as constitutional rights. The abolition of religious tests in Article VI means that Christians do not have to meet criteria from another faith to be an office-holder. As noted in the First Amendment, Christians, like all Americans, also can exercise their free speech, assemble to worship, write and publish works about their faith without government interference, and also petition the government to redress grievances. In legal matters, the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Amendments give Christians and Americans in general due process in legal proceedings, a fair trial, the right to be heard by a jury, and the right against self-incrimination. American citizens of all faiths also are protected against "cruel and unusual punishments" by the Eighth Amendment. These are just the more notable examples of how the American Constitution positively impacts the Christian community. While we American Christians enjoy these benefits, many Christians in other parts of the world do not possess these guarantees. As I write this article, Christians endure nearly unspeakable persecution in many parts of the world. They have no legal protection, are not allowed to assemble, and many are tortured and killed. I have watched in dismay as thousands of Middle Eastern Christians pour out of the historic heartland of the Christian faith to come to our shores. Here they can worship. In their home countries of Syria, Egypt, Lebanon and the Holy Land, these historic Christian communities face discrimination, persecution and steep numerical decline. Today in the land where Jesus walked, only two percent profess Christianity, according to the CIA World Factbook: Israel. As we acknowledge the difficulties that Christians face in many parts of the world, we also can thank the Almighty that we have the blessing and protection of the United States Constitution. These guarantees of religious liberty for the Christian community should never be taken lightly. Christians should involve themselves in the public affairs of the nation and conversely maintain exemplary citizenship. The Almighty does expect us to "give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's" (Mark 12:17). --30-- Stephen Douglas Wilson is dean emeritus and chair of the history department of Mid-Continent University in Mayfield, Ky., and a member of the SBC Executive Committee. Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter ([URL=http://www.Twitter.com/BaptistPress]@BaptistPress[/URL]), Facebook ([URL=http://Facebook.com/BaptistPress]Facebook.com/BaptistPress [/URL]) and in your email ([URL=http://baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp] baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp[/URL]). -- End of story -- WEEK OF PRAYER: Childhood memory awakens By Joe Conway Mar. 4 2013 http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?id=39809 EDITOR'S NOTE: The annual Week of Prayer for North American Missions, March 3-10, and the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering provide support for missionaries who serve on behalf of Southern Baptists across North America. With a goal of $70 million, this year's offering theme is "Whatever It Takes – Reaching the One." For more information, visit [URL=http://www.anniearmstrong.com]AnnieArmstrong.com[/URL]. DENVER (BP) -- A new home, new position, new ministry and new outlook came to Lorna Bius in the summer of 2012. But a childhood memory --forgotten for years -- helped her realize something oddly familiar about it all. "I'm discovering that sometimes people need to experience LoveLoud ministry for a while before they recognize it," said Bius, one of this year's North American Mission Board Week of Prayer missionaries. "It was true in my life."Bius, the first LoveLoud catalyst appointed by NAMB, moved to Colorado to give leadership for the initiative in NAMB's West Region for churches to demonstrate God's love by meeting significant human need while sharing Christ. "I only realized a couple of years ago that I first witnessed LoveLoud when I was a child," Bius noted. "It started with my dad. When I was young, in early grade school, my dad took me with him on an errand. We drove into a neighborhood that I was unfamiliar with. He stopped in front of an old dilapidated house." The memory of what happed next reawakened Bius' understanding of LoveLoud. "My dad went to the trunk and took out two grocery bags, one in each arm," Bius recounted. "He went to the door -- it only had steps, no porch. When he knocked an older woman answered. She pulled back the screen door and my dad disappeared inside. A few moments later he came back out without the bags. He never said a thing about what he did. He showed me. I had forgotten about that day until the memory came back to me a couple of years ago. I realize now that was the first time I saw LoveLoud in action." Now Bius hopes to multiply LoveLoud across the region, seeking to discover churches already engaged in similar ministries, with the goal of replicating them contextually for other churches. Bius began networking almost immediately after her move to Colorado from Nevada. "I've been able to follow up with people I met at the Send North America Conference and the Colorado convention annual meeting," Bius said. The Send North America Conference is NAMB's gathering for church planting and mobilization. "I've also connected with people whose churches have been featured in state newspapers. I tell them I saw them in the paper and am interested in how their strategies are working." In addition to her new church family, Bius also is involved with the Send North America: Denver team. City coordinator Dave Howeth quickly connected Bius with the group leading the initiative in Denver, one of nine Send North America cities in the West Region. "Dave has been great," Bius said. "I'm so thankful that he brought me on board and helped me get established. I've made some good initial connections. Being in Denver is great. Twitter has been helpful, and I'm engaged in informal field research." Bius isn't the only newbie with NAMB's LoveLoud team. She was on a conference call recently with new LoveLoud team leader Jerry Daniel and the newest LoveLoud catalyst, Taylor Field. "It was a brief conversation, but I'm excited about what Jerry and Taylor bring to LoveLoud," Bius said. "Taylor will help church planters visualize a day-to-day strategy that not only connects with their communities but will help them discover how they can transform their neighborhoods and reach into peoples' lives. "Taylor said one thing that resonated with me, and I will be using it everywhere I have the opportunity to speak. He said we need to 'Teach our people to be light, not lightning.' We need to be there not with just the quick strike, but for the long term. As Jerry and Al [Gilbert] say, we are called to be a faithful presence of ministry so we can tell people about Christ when they ask why we care." Field is founding pastor of Graffiti Church in New York. Gilbert is NAMB's vice president for evangelism. The annual Week of Prayer for North American Missions, March 3-10, and the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering provide support for Bius and other missionaries like her who serve on behalf of Southern Baptists in North America. With a goal of $70 million, this year's offering theme is "Whatever It Takes – Reaching the One." The heart of the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering is to support missions, Bius noted. "It is amazing to me that I am able to see when people give [to the offering] in Mississippi or New York and then see it used to reach someone for Christ in Phoenix," Bius said. "I get to see the other side of the offering plate, the effects of not just the funds, but the heart behind the giving. It is incredibly potent with every offering and every voice. "And not only giving, but in what the giving provides. It is phenomenal to be able to tell people that someone provided a resource because they wanted to help reach someone else for Christ. People are amazed, particularly in the West, that someone they don't know would give to help them." Bius also sees LoveLoud as an avenue to develop future missionaries and leaders, noting that LoveLoud gives people the opportunity to participate in serving others, helps them develop interests and skills, and shows them how to take those interests and skills and engage people with the Gospel. "When people walk away from LoveLoud they haven't just done something, they are becoming something," Bius said. "LoveLoud has a real opportunity to lead to church planting. "My parents were great influences on me. That golden thread of God's heart runs through my family and my life over the years. I have been the beneficiary, and now I get to be a cheerleader for it. I never would have dreamed it." --30-- Joe Conway writes for the North American Mission Board. For more information about Lorna Bius, visit [URL=http://www.anniearmstrong.com/lornabius]www.anniearmstrong.com/LornaBius[/URL]. For more information about LoveLoud, visit [URL=http://www.namb.net/loveloud]www.namb.net/LoveLoud[/URL]. For more information about the Annie Armstrong Offering for North American Missions, visit [URL=http://www.anniearmstrong.com]AnnieArmstrong.com[/URL]. -- End of story -- Chaplain helps veterans look toward eternity By Tobin Perry Mar. 4 2013 http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?id=39810 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (BP) -- Bill Andrews* has spent his entire life serving others -- his family, friends and his country. Now the Korean War veteran lies in a hospital bed waiting on death, often feeling like a burden to friends, family and the hospital staff surrounding him. That's where Southern Baptist chaplain Anthony Beazley (@chapbeaz) comes into the picture. Beazley has been a regular fixture at Andrews' bed in the West Palm Beach Veteran Affairs (VA) Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. "I consider him a friend," Beazley said of Andrews. "I listen to him at the end of his life now. I listen to the pain -- not the physical pain but the pain of loss. Things about his life that he had never shared with me before." And, as he listens, Beazley comforts the best way he knows how -- through God's Word. Though he must be able to help patients regardless of their spiritual backgrounds, he never shies away from pointing people to the Bible. Beazley is one of more than 3,600 Southern Baptist chaplains endorsed by the North American Mission Board serving in a variety of fields throughout North America, including 128 chaplains in VA hospitals. Beazley once served in the Air Force and had been both a pastor and a hospital chaplain before his current position. He sees those to whom he ministers today as true American heroes. According to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs records for 2011, more than 8.5 million American veterans were enrolled in its health care system. "I don't even like to call them patients," Beazley said. "They're truly heroes. They've been willing to sacrifice their lives for us." Although he is the VA hospital's chief of chaplain services, Beazley also serves in many ways as if he were a pastor, caring for and counseling patients and even officiating funerals. Chaplains in active service and in veterans hospitals often get the reputation as the go-to-person when someone is out of options. Beazley frequently helps patients find what they need -- like getting their questions answered or acquiring help from another area of the Department of Veterans Affairs -- regardless of whether the need is spiritual. "Many times they just need that ministry of presence," Beazley said. "They just want someone to hear them, to pray with them and to share their struggle with them." Frequently, the conversation turns spiritual, especially at the hospital where Beazley serves, which has one of the oldest patient populations of any VA hospital in the country. "They want to know about what's out there," Beazley said. "Many times questions come up like 'What's next?' or 'What will God say to me?' I'm able to share a bit of Scripture with them and help them see what's in store for them in eternity. I'm not there to proselytize, but I've been able to talk to people at the end of life who wanted to hear the Gospel." On the most difficult days, Beazley said, "God has called me to do this, He's looking out for me. I know I'm in His will. And He will shower me with His grace and give me the strength to come back the next day and do it all over again." Beazley recommends that others contemplating a chaplaincy role in a hospital -- for veterans or otherwise -- take the time to get trained, both in academic and on-the-job settings. Because of the important nature of the work, he suggests that potential chaplains don't take shortcuts in training just to get it behind them. He also recommends that they serve with their church's hospital ministry or shadow their pastor as he makes hospital calls. God uses Southern Baptists to provide much of the strength Beazley needs. He appreciates the cards, letters and prayers that come from being a North American Mission Board-endorsed chaplain. One man sends Beazley an email of encouragement every year on his birthday -- and promises his prayers throughout the year. "I couldn't do what I do without the support of Southern Baptists," Beazley added. "Even at a big hospital, it's often lonely as a chaplain. We're often listening to the needs of others, but people aren't there to listen to ours. So when Southern Baptists send a card or a letter, it's very encouraging to know we're not alone." --30-- *Name has been changed to protect the patient's privacy. Tobin Perry writes for the North American Mission Board. To view a video about Anthony Beazley and his ministry, visit namb.net/video/tony-beazley. 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Not quite 18 when her first album and single hit record-breaking sales, Britney Spears seemed to some to be too young to be so sexy. From the media to residents of her native Louisiana to conservatives around the nation, people publicly accused Spears of impropriety in her song lyrics and her stage persona. But she's risen to the top of the pop heap -- while cheerfully deflecting accusations of everything from having had breast implants on the sly to being a negative role model for the young ladies who adore her. She certainly hasn't let it get her down, however; Britney continues to sell out concerts, grace magazine covers and spark water-cooler chat. From her beginnings in gymnastics and song-and-dance contests to a role in The Mickey Mouse Club (the Disney show that also served as a springboard to stardom for fellow pop stars Christina Aguilera, J.C. Chasez and Justin Timberlake, Britney's famous ex-boyfriend), Spears has proven to be a natural and megastar -- and now a mega-mommy! What celestial influences are backing this talent?
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With her Sun, Mercury and Uranus coming together to create a stellium in Sagittarius, Spears's enthusiastic, positive and original personality comes as no surprise. Sagittarius is all about idealism and positive energy; Spears possesses an adventurous and freedom-seeking nature. She is honest, straightforward and basically uncomplicated. The stellium, a series of planetary conjunctions, creates an intensity of that Sagittarian energy. Her Sun's conjunction to Mercury makes for both a talker and a doer; she doesn't stop at talking and dreaming, but goes on to turn her dreams into reality. Her Sun's conjunction to Uranus lends her that vitality and personal magnetism that draws in the fans. Her self-expression is creative, original and uninhibited. With Mercury in Sagittarius, Spears is all about her ideals and her high principles; Uranus in Sagittarius makes her a true rebel who insists on intellectual freedom. Mercury conjunct Uranus further underscores this idea: Spears won't just blindly accept anything, since she's a progressive, intuitive thinker who has to prove everything for herself. Sagittarius is the sign of religion and philosophy, and under its incredibly strong and focused influence, Spears's early commitment to the Baptist faith and later interest in the Kabbalah make perfect sense.
When it comes to stardom, Spears has an Aquarius Moon on her side. She may relate better to the crowd than she does on a more personal, one-on-one basis. She's friendly in a detached way and can sometimes seem aloof to someone who wants more intimate attention from her. She'd sooner disappoint someone close to her than disappoint her fans, who are likely her first priority. She also has her Mars, the planet of passion and ambition, in perfectionist Virgo, which indicates that Spears is practical, orderly and systematic in her work, as much as she may come across as bubbly and spontaneous. Her musical hits are calculated for brilliance; she makes sure something's a solid bet before she puts her energy into it. Spears may actually divert her sexual energy into her work, judging by the lyrical content of her songs and the blatantly sexual moves she exhibits onstage. Her Mars square Neptune also enhances her ability to create an illusion for her fans.
Not surprisingly, several placements in Spears's chart indicate that her sexual energies are considerable, starting with Venus's square to Pluto. This aspect indicates that her sexual desires must be diverted into something constructive, or they'll go awry (could this have something to do with that short-lived Vegas marriage?). But with her Venus, the planet of love and money, in conservative, hard-working Capricorn, Spears will ultimately be businesslike when it comes to romance, looking for money and status in a potential mate. As is evident just by watching her in motion, Spears is a hit with the opposite sex; her Venus trine Mars indicates a good chance that she'll enjoy happy love relationships -- so it looks like Kevin might well be the one!
Spears's Saturn conjunct Pluto indicates that she will accomplish greatness, her Neptune in Sagittarius means she's on a spiritual quest for truth, and her Jupiter conjunct Pluto indicates that she's on her way to the highest form of Plutonian evolution. Her Neptune trine Pluto will help her on her path toward spiritual regeneration by lending her a big dose of insight into matters concerning faith and the soul. She's not likely to be derailed along the way by other people's criticisms, either -- her Jupiter lies in Scorpio, which means that it doesn't matter what anyone says about her. She's stubborn in her beliefs and doesn't care what the world thinks; her ideas and principles will remain sharply defined, and she will always be a true original.
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KENNEWICK, Wash. -- Every day we hear about services getting cut or even eliminated. But a local group thinks teen emergency housing is so important, they found the resources to make it happen.
The plans for this new teen crisis center show it will hold up to 16 teenagers dealing with a variety of problems including abuse and neglect.
Safe Harbor, known for it's crisis nursery for young children will be running the program, in the old Epic building which also held runaway teens until last year.
The main difference between the way the old program functioned and this new organization, will be teens looking for help can come and go voluntarily.
But, before young people walk into this building, Safe Harbor still needs to raise money, and hopes an open house Friday will show the community why the center is needed.
"These are children, they are 13 to 17 years old, but they're kids. And a lot of them have had some pretty horrific circumstances in their lives and that's the reason why they left their homes," explains Sue Delucci of Safe Harbor.
Because of county imposed rules, the center will have to operate as an emergency youth shelter. Under those terms, Safe Harbor is looking at paying $150,000 for the building.
Delucchi adds the center won't be open to teens until July.
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When Castle and Martha are taken hostage by a crew of bank robbers dressed in hospital scrubs and using classic television doctor names (Trapper John M.D., Dr. Huxtable, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman and Dr. Doogie Howser), Beckett finds herself on the outside, desperately trying to rescue them — which proves to be even more difficult with a by-the-book hostage negotiator watching her every move. Castle becomes the de facto leader of the hostages, which includes Barry Livingston, and discovers that the robbery is actually a skillfully orchestrated distraction for an even more sinister plan. But with Castle stuck on the inside and Beckett on the outside, will either be able to foil the bank robbers' plans before it is too late?
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