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Mr BT was away for Valentine's Day, so as a consolation, he sent me to a chocolate workshop at Sarina Chocolates in Ein Vered, one of my favorite villages, which is mere a hop, skip, and a jump from my house. I was already familiar with Sarina's chocolates because they sold their chocolates for Pesach at my office. Sarina's chocolates are divine and come in all sorts of interesting flavours, such as anise and honey, passion fruit, rosemary, and chili-orange to name a few.
The Association for Americans and Canadians in Israel (AACI) in Netanya organised this event, and apart from the pleasure of the event itself, I must say I had a lot of fun meeting new people originally from South Africa, England, USA, and Norway.
The chocolatier behind Sarina Chocolates is Limor Drucker, whose parents were Syrian, is originally from Zaire, now know as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but has lived in Israel since she was 18 years old. When she and her husband moved to Germany for several years due to a temporary relocation for her husband's business, she taught English, but because of her love of cooking, she started giving cooking workshops to expats. She had a lot of requests to offer a chocolate-related course, which eventually led her to only focusing only on chocolate. She enjoyed it so much that she had an idea to start offering chocolate-making courses when she returned to Israel; so while living in Germany she decided to take professional chocolate-making courses in Belgium at Barry-Callebaut and at Valharona in France. She also apprenticed for two chocolatiers in the USA.
Limor began the course by explaining where chocolate comes from and showing a short film explaining the process from bean to bar. She then asked us if cocoa could be grown in Israel and we all said no because we don't have a tropical climate, let alone enough rainfall here, like they do in places like South America, Africa, South East Asia, and the South Pacific where most of the world's cocoa comes from. She said she had a surprise for us and asked us to join her outside.
Lo and behold in the small acclimatised greenhouse were six young Theobroma (which means 'Food of the Gods') cacao trees that here husband found at a local nursery. When the agricultural ministry found out she had cacao trees, they decided to give her a grant to build the greenhouse to be used for educational purposes for children and for her chocolate courses. She said that she doesn't expect the trees to give off any fruit, but if they do, it would be an added bonus. However, six plants will never produce enough fruit to make enough chocolate to warrant buying the equipment to dry, roast and process the beans into cocoa.
What I found interesting about these trees is that the bronze coloured leaves are not dying leaves, but they are new leaves on the tree that eventually turn green. These trees grow to 4–8 m or 15–26 ft tall, so they will have to be trimmed in order to keep them in the greenhouse, but this should only make them stronger. The flowers of the tree grown from the tree trunk and older branches, not the leaf stems. They are pollinated by tiny flies, not bees. I guess that is why we have never seen cocoa honey; too bad.
Before making chocolate, we did a tasting of dark, milk, and white chocolate, which as most of us know is not chocolate at all, but is made only from cocoa butter. She also explained how to temper chocolate, which is a process by which you melt the chocolate to around 46C (115F), cool it to below 28C (84F), and then bring it back up to 31C (89F).
Chocolate that has been tempered is smooth, with a shiny finish and snaps when you break off a piece. Limor offers a chocolate tempering course that I would like to take some time.
Limor then showed us how to make chocolates by filling a mould with chocolate, scraping off the excess, letting it sit for a couple of minutes, and then pouring out the excess chocolate until only the outside shell is left; she then filled the shells with a chocolate and limoncello mixture.
We then put on hats and aprons and started making truffles. She showed us how to make ganache with dark chocolate and cream, and then brought out trays that she had pre-prepared.
She gave us bowls of toasted coconut, ground nuts, icing sugar and coffee mixture, and beautiful dark cocoa to roll our truffles in.
I probably would have brought home more chocolates if Mr BT was with me, but I didn't want to overdo it.
Here is a plate of goodies that someone brought home to the entire family.
I really had a lot of fun making chocolates and meeting new interesting people. Can't wait to do it again sometime.
7 Responses to "Chocolate Workshop at Sarina Chocolates"
Looks like you had great fun, Baroness! Wish Limor really could get cocoa beans – it would be awesome to have Israeli chocolate.
Sounds like it was an interesting workshop. Glad you had fun. The flavors in the Sarina chocolates sound delicious and creative. Tempering is good to know but I find it not very practical to do at home with basic equipment.
What a wonderful way to spend Valentine's Day, albeit alone. I never have a problem craving chocolate, but for some reason, after having read your post, I need some, NOW!!!
Limor is really nice, she was the only one that allowed my 12 year old to go to an adult workshop (with my husband of course). I was out foraging that day with the Israeli food bloggers but they brought me back lots of great chocolates. Thanks for the link.


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Research - Rehabilitation - Re-Employment
Dear Sgt Shaft:
My husband committed suicide while on active duty in the Navy. He was an E-5 and had been in 11 years. We were married for eight years. We share one child, and I have a daughter from a previous relationship. Both kids were on his dependents. How long do we get to keep our military insurance and IDĺs?
Via the Internet
Dear C.W.,
You can keep your military ID and health insurance for the rest of your life. However, if you remarry, that entitlement will end.
So long as you donĺt marry beforehand, the children keep their IDĺs and health care coverage until age 21, or age 23 if theyĺre attending college full time. There will be provisions in place soon allowing them to keep coverage even longer (until age 26), but they will have to pay premiums for the coverage after age 21, or 23 and attending college full time.
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Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki is encouraging interested colleges and universities to join the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in participating in the Post-9/11 GI Bill Yellow Ribbon Program for the upcoming 2011-2012 academic year.
"Through shared responsibility, VA and our Nationĺs colleges and universities are working together to ensure that our Servicemembers, Veterans and dependents receive the education benefits they have earned," he said. "I strongly encourage any interested school to formally sign up with us before the May 23 deadline to guarantee their participation."
Interested schools should visit VAĺs website for more information athttp://gibill.va.gov/school-certifying-officials/yellow-ribbon-agreement/, where they will find a copy of a letter recently sent to all school presidents and department heads, an agreement form, instructions, and an easy-to-follow checklist.
The Yellow Ribbon Program is a provision of the Post-9/11 GI Bill that allows degree-granting institutions to voluntarily enter into a formal agreement with VA to fund tuition and fee expenses that exceed either the annual $17,500 private institutions cap recently instituted by Congress or the in-state tuition and fees charged out-of-state residents attending public institutions.
The institution can contribute up to 50 percent of those expenses, and VA will match this additional funding for eligible students. This may enable qualified students to attend school tuition-free.
This Post-9/11 GI Bill program is available for service members and veterans at the 100 percent benefit level, specifically those who have served at least 36 months on active duty or served at least 30 continuous days and were discharged due to a service-related injury after Sept. 11, 2001. The benefit can be transferred to eligible family members.
Effective Aug. 1, 2011, under a new law passed by Congress, there is a cap on the maximum payment of tuition and fees at $17,500 per academic year for private and foreign schools, a change from the previous Post-9/11 GI Bill. The law also provides for full payment of in-state tuition and fees (undergraduate, graduate or doctoral) at public institutions.
The institutions of higher learning (IHL) requesting participation in the Yellow Ribbon Program must enter into an agreement with VA each year, whether to renew participation from the previous academic year or enter first year agreements.
For the 2010-2011 academic year, VA signed more than 1,200 Yellow Ribbon agreements with IHLs across the nation. For a complete listing of the schools presently participating, go towww.gibill.va.gov/GI_Bill_Info/CH33/YRP/YRP_List.htm.
Additional information about the Post-9/11 GI Bill, including upcoming changes to the Post-9/11 GI Bill based on recent legislation, can be obtained by visiting VAĺs website at www.gibill.va.gov andwww.gibill.va.gov/benefits/post_911_gibill/Post911_changes.html or by calling 1-888-GIBILL-1 (or 1-888-442-4551).
The Army Historical Foundation continues to make great progress in efforts to raise funds for the building of the National Museum of the United States Army at Fort Belvoir, Va. In addition to the sale of coins by the United States Mint, both Lockheed Martin and the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) have recently made substantial contributions to the Army Historical Foundation to help fund the creation of the museum, scheduled to open in 2015. The museum will be a state-of-the-art facility, showcasing dynamic exhibits that pay tribute to the 30 million men and women who have worn the Army uniform since 1775.
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The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire From the First Century A.D. to the Thirdby Edward N. Luttwak
(Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976)
Placing Edward Luttwak's Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire in the category of a classic is bound to generate controversy, as did Luttwak's book when it was first published in 1976 (it was his doctoral dissertation at Johns Hopkins University SAIS). Some prominent scholars of Rome and the classical period dismissed the book as the product of an index-flipping amateur. They brought up particular inaccuracies and challenged many of its generalizations and interpretations. In the broader public policy arena, in the aftermath of Vietnam and the period of detente with the Soviet Union, those who wanted to pare down America's global role did not take well to sympathetic studies of imperial strategy, grand or otherwise. On the other hand, for those who took strategy seriously and who fretted over the decline of American power and will, Luttwak's emphasis on suasion and the economy of force too often seemed to offer a solution set that was too good to be true.
That said, Luttwak was clearly on to something. He put forward a challenging perspective on grand strategy, harkening in some ways to the realist perspective of men like Walter Lippmann, but also full of fresh insight. He raised the right sort of questions – new questions – even if he did not necessarily reach the right or only answer. He did so by outlining what he perceived to be the patterns of continuity and change in the strategic policies of the Roman Empire from Augustus to Diocletian. He concluded that the ancient Romans had an instinctive grasp of strategic logic embedded in their culture, which allowed not only continuity across changing regimes, but also for strategic evolution in response to a changing security environment.
Luttwak posed the central problem that grand strategy, in his view, properly seeks to address: "For the Romans, as for ourselves, the two essential requirements of an evolving civilization were a sound material base and adequate security. For the Romans, as for ourselves, the elusive goal of strategic statecraft was to provide security without prejudicing the vitality of its economy base and without compromising the stability of an evolving political order." Rome's enduring success, in Luttwak's opinion, reflected the high degree to which these conflicting imperatives were reconciled at the highest level of statecraft. "Roman security was not derived from tactical superiority on the battlefield, from superior generalship, or from a more advanced weapons technology. The superiority of the Empire was of an altogether more subtle order: it derived from the whole complex of ideas and traditions that informed the organization of Roman military force and harnessed the armed power of the empire to political purposes. The firm subordination of tactical priorities, martial ideas, and warlike instincts to political goals was the essential condition of the strategic success of the empire." The Romans, with rare exceptions, avoided the costly pursuit of purely tactical successes and purposeless victories. Especially in the early period of the Empire, military force was clearly recognized for what it was, an essentially limited instrument of power, costly and brittle.
The Romans understood that, when possible, it was best to conserve force and use military power indirectly as the instrument of political warfare. Together with money and manipulative diplomacy, the Romans deployed forces visibly ready to fight but held back from battle to foster disunity among those who might jointly threaten the empire, to deter those who would otherwise attack, and to control lands and peoples by intimidation – ideally to the point where sufficient security or even an effective domination could be achieved without any use of force at all. The Romans learned that most desirable use of military power was not military at all, but political. They conquered the entire Hellenistic world with few battles and much coercive diplomacy. The Romans understood all the subtleties of deterrence, and its limitations.
Above all, the Romans clearly realized that the dominant dimension of power was not physical but psychological -- the product of others' perceptions of Roman strength, rather than the use of this strength. The Roman siege of Masada, an otherwise unimportant place, was a calculated act of psychological warfare that revealed the exceedingly subtle workings of a long range security policy based on deterrence. The Romans did not bypass the fortress and starve out the Jews using a small blockading force, a course which would have attracted little attention. Nor did they storm the mountain, with the attendant loss of manpower and the risk of at least a temporary setback that might encourage resistance elsewhere. The full-scale siege operation was not cheap in terms of time or treasure, to be sure. But by engaging in a three-year operation to reduce the fortress by great works of engineering, the Romans must have made a great impression on those who might otherwise been tempted to contemplate revolt.
Luttwak identified three distinct systems of imperial security that integrated diplomacy, military forces, road networks, and fortifications, which were intended to serve a single objective. The design of each element reflected the logic of the whole. Each system was intended to satisfy a distinct set of priorities, themselves the reflection of changing conceptions of empire: hegemonic expansion for the first system; territorial security for the second, and finally, in diminished circumstances, sheer survival for the imperial power itself. Each system was based on a different combination of diplomacy, direct force, and fixed infrastructures. Each entailed different operational methods.
The system of what might be called the Republican Empire, or Julio-Claudian, derived its security along the frontier from client states and mobile armies. Around its core areas the empire was hegemonic in nature, with client states autonomously responsible for implementing the Roman desiderata and providing for the territorial security of the core areas out of their own resources. No Roman troops were ordinarily deployed in the client states or with the client tribes, but the stability of the system required a constant diplomatic effort both to ensure that each client was continually aware of the totality of Roman power (while being politically isolated from each other) and to maintain the internal and regional (i.e., inter-client) equilibrium of the client structure. Client states great and small were thus kept in subjection by their own perceptions of Roman power, and this deterrent force was complemented by positive inducements, notably subsidies.
Under this system, the Roman Army that the clients perceived as an undivided force of overwhelming strength was actually distributed in a vast circle around Rome. But these troops were still concentrated in multi-legion armies and were not committed to territorial defense, so they were inherently mobile and freely re-deployable. This flexibility resulted in vast disposable military strength, which could be used for further expansion were the front remained "open," as in Germany before A.D. 9 or Britain under Claudius. Owing to its hegemonic nature, the sphere of imperial control was limited only by the range at which others perceived Roman power as compelling obedience. The reach of Roman power and the costs of its military forces, therefore, did not need to be proportional. Further extensions of the empire, in a hegemonic mode, did not require increases in the military forces maintained. New clients added to the empire could be expected to respond to the same compulsion as did all the clients brought within the sphere of imperial control before them. Hence the economy of force and efficiency enjoyed by the Republican Empire. But this was a system whose goal was to enhance the security of the Roman heartland rather than to provide comprehensive, day-to-day security of the imperial territory and its populations.
The Antoine system, in use in one form or another from the Flavian era after A.D. 69 to the political crisis of the mid-3rd century, reflected the territorialization of the empire and the reorientation of its priorities. Defense was now based on "scientific" frontiers and preclusive (perimeter) defense. Armed forces were now everywhere deployed to secure the tranquility and therefore the prosperity of border lands, and a fortiori, of the interior. The military strength of the empire and its effective power were rigidly proportional, since strength was now largely used directly, not as a tool of political suasion. Clients remained, but they were much less useful than in the past: the task of maintaining territorial security was effectively shifted from weak clients to widely distributed frontier forces, while strong clients could no longer be tolerated, since their strength might now dangerously exceed that of the adjacent imperial forces, which were often stretched thin, at least on paper.
Nevertheless, the empire remained strong, and not the least of its strength was political. A real growing prosperity and a voluntary Romanization largely overcame the last vestiges of nativist disaffection and created a strong base of support for the unitary regime. Facing enemies widely separated from one another at the periphery, the empire could still send overwhelming powerful forces against them, since the tranquility of the provinces – and in places, elaborate border defense infrastructures – allowed peace to be temporarily maintained even with much-depleted frontier forces. The residual offensive capability was primarily useful as a diplomatic instrument; its latent threat served to keep the neighbors of the empire divided, if not necessarily obedient.
Nevertheless, the cultural and economic influence of Rome on the lives of all the neighbors of the Empire itself created a cultural and political bias for common action against it. Men who had nothing in common now acquired elements of a culture shared by all but belonging to none. Beyond the Rhine, the federation of border peoples that eventually turned into formidable multi-tribal agglomerations had begun. Opposed by the relentless force of cultural transformation, Roman diplomacy became less effective in keeping the enemies of the empire divided; and the system of perimeter defense, keyed to low-intensity threats, could not adequately contend with their unity.
The third system arose in response to the intractable combination of diplomacy and military problems whose consequences became manifest in the great crisis of the third century. The Romans devised an elastic defense, in which ad hoc field armies fought against barbarian coalitions deep within imperial territory; and later, under Diocletian, a shallow and structured defense in depth. These new defensive variants were not thought to be desirable. When local threats were defeated or suppressed, every attempt was made to return to the system of preclusive security.
Like the Antoine frontier establishment, the new system provided no short-term disposable surplus of military power either for offensive use or for diplomatic coercion, deterrent or compellent. The difference was that the this system no longer had a surge capability either, since the enemies of the empire were no longer kept on the defense by forward defensive tactics; instead, they were only contained. When the containment forces were reduced to muster ad hoc field forces, enemy penetrations occurred, and the remnant capacity to generate the image of power for the purposes of political suasion were irretrievably lost. The diplomatic relationships with external powers now reflected the local balance of forces, which did not always favor the empire on every sector of the perimeter.
With this, the output and input of the system were finally equated. The level of security provided became directly proportional to the amount of the resources expended on the army and on frontier fortifications. The great economy of force that made the unitary empire such an efficient provider of security was lost. It merely employed certain modest economics of scale over the alternative of independent regional states. And these economies of scale were not enough to compensate for the growing administrative inefficiency and venality. Loyalty to the idea of empire, and fear of the unknown, kept the system in place until organized barbarian states, capable of providing a measure of security in lands that had once been Roman, came to the fore.
— Patrick Garrity, September 24, 2010
An American Classic
The Diplomacy of Imperialism, 1890-1902
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935, 2 volumes, reprinted 1951 (one volume).
by William L. Langer
During his tenure at Harvard University, Professor William L. Langer published a number of highly influential studies of diplomatic history and U.S. foreign policy, including an examination (with S. Everett Gleason) of U.S. isolationism and the domestic run-up to World War II. Langer also served as the Chief of the Research and Analysis Branch, Office of Strategic Services (1942-1945); special assistant for intelligence to Secretary of State Byrnes; Assistant Director of the CIA (1950-1952), where he helped organize the Office of National Estimates; and member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (1961-1977).
Langer first made his name in academia with the publication of two major studies of 19th century European diplomacy European Alliances and Alignments, 1871-1890, published in 1931, and its follow-on, The Diplomacy of Imperialism, 1890-1902, originally published in 1935. Langer relied extensively on archival material that had not been available or had not been utilized by other scholars, including the diaries of the Russian Foreign Minister Count Vladimir Lamsdorff.
The Diplomacy of Imperialism is not an easy read nor does it contain a simple take-home message, although Langer believes that the basic outlines of the imperial struggle can be discerned (this outline is discussed briefly below). The volume is full of detail and events, individuals and agreements (or disagreements), which would have been familiar to an educated audience in the 1930s, but less so today. The contemporary reader will be struck with the complexity and fluidity of the diplomatic combinations and the shifting aims of the great powers what Langer refers to as the "interpenetration" of alliances. By Langer's account, there is no straight line between the imperial rivalries of the 1890s and early 1900s and the alignments that led to World War I. Langer's study is at the level of European Cabinet diplomacy, with relatively little attention to the particulars of those peoples coming under the sway of the European empires. (He does provide an extended, and controversial, treatment of the Armenian separatist movement, but this more in the context of a European, rather than an imperial, crisis.) But the great and would-be great empires are not billiard balls emperors and their ministers are at odds about the proper strategic course (and often divided even in their own minds). Cabinets are influenced by public opinion and by the popular Zeitgeist. Governments rise and fall. Policies zigzag and wobble. You need a scorecard to tell the players and their position on the field. Imperial diplomacy is a very messy business.
To touch on some of the overarching points of Langer's narrative (he considers in detail particular conflicts and crises, including the Armenian question, South Africa and the Boer War, the great power conflict over Chinese sovereignty, and the competition over the Nile River valley):
During the previous period of European history (1871-1890), which might be entitled the Bismarckian System or the Hegemony of Germany, European relations were predominantly continental in character. But with Bismarck's fall all that changed. William II's refusal to renew the famous Reinsurance Treaty knocked the keystone from the European alliance structure. It restored to Russia a liberty of action which she did not want and paved the way to the (reluctant) conclusion of the Franco-Russian alliance, that odd ideological coupling of an unstable republican regime and an absolutist government whose principal ministers followed sharply divergent policy impulses. With the consummation of that grouping in 1894 a new era in European diplomacy may be said to have begun, for the Franco-Russian combination broke the preponderance of Germany and reestablished something like the balance of power on the Continent. But neither France nor Russia desired a confrontation with Germany. The Franco-Russian alliance, if anything, was directed against England.
With the two groups of powers evenly matched, the old European issues were reduced to a deadlock. For fully ten years, European interstate relations were in a state of flux. The old connections began to dissolve and on all sides there was an uncertain groping towards a new stability. There was no directness of policy and singleness of purpose, a condition which challenges the diplomatic historian to unravel the strands of an almost chaotic situation. There was an "interpenetration" of alliances, so that (in the words of an Italian historian) "allies acted as though they were adversaries, while members of opposing diplomatic systems acted as they were more [like] friends."
To complicate matters further, the growing economic pressure and the increasing competition for markets among the great powers stimulated and facilitated that outburst of overseas expansion which we called imperialism (with the associated outburst of "navalism.") The interests and energies of the great powers carried with them into the colonial field their traditional European rivalries but the exigencies of the situation often forced them to modify their time-honored policies.
Had the focal points of international relations continued to be the continent, England might well have acted as the fulcrum of the balance between the two rival combinations. As it was, she tended to become the object of attack for both groupings. England, the power that stood in the way of every nation that dreamed of expansion overseas, became the object of universal suspicion and distrust. The Franco-German opposition to the Anglo-Congolese Treaty, for instance, showed that England was isolated and that the two great groups of continental powers, unwilling to drift into conflict with each other, might very well cooperate against the one great power which stood aloof from both groups. Much of the globe was an English preserve and the British were not backward in advancing their claims to such regions as remained unappropriated. As businessmen the English would undoubtedly have preferred to continue as before, with the whole world as a market and with no very serious competitor. But now, with the growth of French and German colonies, there was an obvious danger that the British markets would be steadily restricted. Hence the emergence and sudden flowering of the movement for expansion among key segments of the British elite. The dynamic of expansion took over when Britain made certain critical decisions about the extent of their Empire and its lines of communication. Once the decision was made to stay in Egypt, for example, then the Nile had to be protected from encroachment by other imperial powers (particularly the French).
The English also felt they had to take over large blocks of territory to prevent markets from falling into the hands of exclusive rivals. Economic control was no longer possible, it seemed, without political control. This policy direction was reinforced by a sense of mission and the general atmosphere of conflict nurtured by the current ideas of evolution, as well as the sense that Germany and Britain were natural racial rivals. But at the same time, Britain's far-flung possessions exposed her particularly to attack. As Africa and Asia came to play an ever-greater role in international relations, it was inevitable that England's position should become more precarious. Summed up in a few words, the story of European international relations in the 1890s is the story of the assault of Russia and France upon the territorial position of Britain in Asia and Africa, and the story of the great economic duel between England and her all too efficient German rival.
Langer focuses particularly on the estrangement of England and Germany caused by their imperial rivalry. He concludes that in France and Russia the movement for expansion was essentially an artificial one, resting upon considerations of national prestige, drawing its support from a group of statesmen who looked to the future, from a relatively small number of explorers and colonial enthusiasts, and from a syndicate of bankers and speculators. (Langer here tends to gloss over the traditional British-Russian rivalry in Asia, which he regards as something quite different from the newly-developed imperial conflicts in the latter decade of the 19th century.) With Britain and Germany the situation was quite different. England was the industrial and trading national par excellence, depending for her food supply upon imports and literally living upon her foreign trade. Her position in the world was, in the 1890s, seriously threatened by the economic rise of Germany, a country rapidly becoming industrial top heavy and feeling ever more sharply the need for markets.
Langer faults the policy of both nations for the peculiar difficulties in which they would eventually find themselves. The British hated the idea of making extensive concessions to the Germans, while the Germans always felt that the British, already the possessors of a large part of the globe, begrudged their late blooming cousins even the most trivial acquisitions. The famous Kruger telegram one of the greatest blunders of modern diplomacy brought to the surface all the jealousy, distrust, and ill feeling that had been gradually accumulated between the two nations. It reflected in part the perverseness of various strains of German policy, which, on the one hand, sought to frighten the English into closer relations with the Triple Alliance; and on the other, to create a political-economic combination of continental powers to combat the growing British friendship with the United States. Such a continental coalition against England would create a naval combination that the Royal Navy could not hope to combat on equal terms. Short of that, there was Tirpitz's idea that Germany might itself build enough ships as to position itself to tip the naval balance against Britain, which would cause London to become more accommodating. In this climate, the teachings of the American naval writer, Alfred Thayer Mahan, found willing audiences, as Langer amply documents.
Of course, there was more than a little hysteria in this rampant imperialism and much sleep was lost over territories of no importance. But these psychological elements, especially acute in the growing Anglo-German rivalry, must be considered. People simply became panicky as they saw the world shrinking. Nothing seemed quite as important as to get everything possible before it was too late, and to allow as little as possible to pass into the hands of competitors. The Germans made something of a nuisance of themselves by interjecting themselves into every problem and demanding compensation everywhere and at all times. But it is equally true that the Britain took a negative stand to begin with and showed an extraordinary tendency to look with greater equanimity upon the various appetites of Russia and France than upon the relatively unimpressive nibbling of the Germans. The only explanation is that the Russians and French were not considered serious commercial rivals of the British. They were not getting the better of the British even in the markets of the empire, as were the Germans. It was that which lay at the bottom of Britain's suspicion and jealousy. This part of the Anglo-German antagonism did decline over time but the barriers to some sort of comprehensive understanding had been raised once European politics later came to the fore.
The shifting European alignments, and particularly the growing Anglo-German tensions and efforts to resolve that relationship, became entangled with the Far Eastern problem (as it was then described). According to Langer, when the two aspects are put together, it will appear unmistakably that the real object of English policy throughout these years chiefly because of critical developments in the Far East was to reach an agreement with Russia. Japanese statesmen, in turn, also wanted an agreement with Russia, and it was the failure of both England and Japan to come to such an agreement that brought them rather reluctantly together. (The Anglo-Russian rapprochement would have to wait, until the latter's defeat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 forced the government in St. Petersburg to undertake a fundamental rethinking of security policy).
The construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway was regarded throughout the world as a portentous departure from Russian policy; as an event bound to transform the whole of the Far Eastern and imperial question and at the same time modify the whole framework of international relations. Japan as well as China watched the plan with deep apprehension. In Tokyo it was feared that if the Russians completed their system of communications it would no longer be possible to resist their advance with anything like even chances of success. Yet the independence of Korea or its ultimate control by Japan was looked upon as indispensible to the security of the Empire. This judgment led to Japan's war with China. When the Chinese were routed (but the Japanese were frustrated in the subsequent diplomatic settlement), there was an inevitable reordering not only of the Far East with the appearance of a new great power, but of European security, as well.
— Patrick J. Garrity, October 19, 2010


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On December 10, 2013, Banc of California, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 on outstanding shares of its common stock. The dividend will be payable on January 2, 2014 to shareholders of record as of December 20, 2013. Based upon the trading price as of December 9, 2013 of $12.77, this cash dividend results in an annualized dividend yield of 3.76%. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1
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State liquor sales reach new record
The New Hampshire Liquor Commission says it's reached record sales for fiscal year 2013 of $603.5 million.
That's an increase of $39.8 million, or 6.9 percent over the previous fiscal year.
Commission Chairman Joseph Mollica says relocation and renovation of 13 outlets, promotional campaigns, aggressive sales efforts and enhanced customer service practices have contributed to the record.
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Andrew Luck to play in 2013 Pro Bowl after Tom Brady suffers injury
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INDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis Colts' rookie quarterback Andrew Luck will play in the 2013 Pro Bowl in Honolulu.
Luck was an alternate for New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, but Brady's injury from Sunday's AFC championship game against the Baltimore Ravens will keep him from the Pro Bowl roster.
Luck set a series of rookie records this season including most passing yards, most attempts and most 300-yard games.
Fellow Colts players Reggie Wayne and Robert Mathis will also play in the Pro Bowl.
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Fayette County law enforcement arrest reports — Feb. 5–11
The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the period indicated. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty. Rather than the age of those arrested, only the year of birth will be indicated below due to law enforcement procedural changes.
Tuesday, Feb. 5 - Monday, Feb. 11
Fayette County Sheriff's Office
Lilla G. Fuller, born in 1926, of Flint Acres Circle, Jonesboro, for wanted person.
Dehzhon J. Hall, born in 1991, of Autumn Green Drive, Fairburn, for probation/parole violation.
Joshua R. Husak, born in 1985, of Nettie Lane, McDonough, for revoked or suspended license and windshield/wiper violation.
Romie E. Roland, born in 1959, of Santa Monica Drive, Atlanta, for speeding and revoked or suspended license.
Christopher A. Rowing, born in 1988, of Busbin Road, Fayetteville, for bench warrant.
John L. Stewart, born in 1974, of Chamberlayne Avenue, Richmond, Va., for bench warrant.
Tiffany R. White, born in 1976, of Mallard Road, Newnan, for use of license plate to conceal and expired or no license plate or decal.
Lynn T. Williams, born in 1995, of Marron Road, Fayetteville, for less than an ounce of marijuana and driving without headlights.
Robert Williams, III, born in 1964, of Webb Road, Riverdale, for abandonment of child or spouse.
Larry D. Bailey, born in 1986, of Sugar Creek Way, Riverdale, for possession objects and less than an ounce of marijuana.
William O. Davis, Jr., born in 1989, of Northside Circle, Atlanta, for probation/parole violation.
Zahier D. Miller, born in 1993, of Northwind Place, Stockbridge, for failure to maintain lane and driving without valid license.
Gweenena L. Morrisette, born in 1981, of Cascade Road, Atlanta, for probation/parole violation.
Elijah M. Anderson, born in 1992, of Shenandoah Drive, Riverdale, for less than an ounce of marijuana.
Fletcher S. Antone, born in 1988, of Hampstead Manor, Fayetteville, for battery.
Candacia L. Franklin, born in 1989, of Napoleon Drive, Atlanta, for tele. haras/disorderly/fighting words.
Latoya S. Franklin, born in 1984, of Napoleon Drive, Atlanta, for criminal trespass.
Joshua J. Howard, born in 1991, of Maple Drive, Riverdale, for driving without valid license and driving without headlights on.
Roberto C. Jordan, born in 1985, of Poplar Pointe Drive, College Park, for probation/parole violation.
Daniel A. Knight, born in 1982, of Peachtree Landing Circle, Fairburn, for reckless driving, fleeing or attempting to elude and revoked or suspended license.
Corey S.Mann, born in 1967, of West Lake Drive, Fayetteville, for DUI alcohol and following too closely.
Matthew A. Ramirez, born in 1986, of Den Creek Trail, Fayetteville, for wanted person.
Devin E. Riley, born in 19991, of Arrowhead Boulevard, Jonesboro, for brake light/turn signal required, revoked or suspended license and giving false name.
Laura L. Wiswall, born in 1988, of Whitney Way, Fayetteville, for open container, DUI alcohol, faiilure to mafailureane and unsafe vehicle or equipment.
Lisa M. Dover, born in 1982, of Margarita Trail, Newnan, for bench warrant.
Fredi Perez-Oviedo, born in 1980, of Upper Riverdale Road, Riverdale, for improper tag display and driving without valid license.
Steve S. Sanchez-Delgado, born in 1992, of Sagamore Court, Fayetteville, for abandonment of spouse or child.
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Robert R. Ford, born in 1946, of Knight Way, Fayetteville, for DUI alcohol, littering and failure to change address/name.
Harry A. Fennell, born in 1982, of Valley Hill Road, Riverdale, for probation/parole violation.
Deborah D. Guest, born in 1954, of Ga. Highway 85 South, Fayetteville, for revoked or suspended license, following too close and city ordinance violation.
Charles M. Seabolt, born in 1946, of Rebel Trail, Atlanta, for city ordinance violation.
Horace M. Wallace, born in 1971, of Tateline Drive, Phenix City, Ala., for revoked or suspended license.
Lovell J. Brown, born in 1970, of Chatham Trail, Jonesboro, for wanted person.
Irana M. Garcia, born in 1978, of Boca Raton Drive, Forest Park, for driving without valid license and speeding.
Sumera Khaja, born in 1994, of Coleman Avenue, Macon, for shoplifting.
Calvin D. Nash, born in 1970, of Wind Clan Court, Fayetteville, for revoked or suspended license and window tint violation.
Sarah D. Webber, born in 1979, of Young Circle, Fayetteville, for DUI alcohol and failure to maintain lane.
Peachtree City Police
Joseph L. Nance, born in 1957, of Collinsworth Road, Palmetto, for probation/parole violation.
Moya Y. Sinkfield, born in 1959, of Bedford Park, Peachtree City, for interfering with 911 call and simple assault.
Brandi M. Cannon, born in 1989, of Susan Lane, Stockbridge, for theft by receiving, obstruction, revoked or suspended license, reckless driving and driver to provide information.
John E. Cannon, born in 1987, of Susan Lane, Stockbridge, for obstruction and theft by receiving.
Daniel R. Cochling, born in 1957, homeless, for bench warrant.
Arturo T. Villasenor, born in 1975, of Peachtree Station Circle, Peachtree City, for DUI alcohol, driving without valid license, meaning of traffic signal and failure to maintain lane.
Lamar R. Walton, born in 1994, of West Manor, Peachtree City, for theft by receiving.
Stephon R. Whiting, born in 1991, of Pepperdine Way, Fayetteville, for city ordinance violation and revoked or suspended license.
Ricinda L. Woodley, born in 1982, of Clearview Circle, Riverdale, for probation/parole violation.
Jerry R. Bragg, born in 1967,of Fen Way, Peachtree City, for DUI alcohol, defective tires and stop sign violation.
Andre N. Trott, born in 1994, of Independence Lane, Peachtree City, for probation/parole violation.
Tyrone Police
Dennis R. Chappell, born in 1978, of Senoia Road, Tyrone, for probation/parole violation and obstruction.
Katrina J. Whiting, born in 1991, of Norfair Loop, Lithonia, for driving without valid license.


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Hodgson names strong squad for Brazil friendly
Roy Hodgson has named his 24-man squad for next Wednesday's match at Wembley against Brazil, live on ITV.
Ashley Cole is in line to become the seventh player to win 100 England caps after being named in Roy Hodgson's squad for next week's friendly with Brazil at Wembley.
Cole was part of a strong 24-man squad, with youngsters Raheem Sterling, Jonjo Shelvey and Wilfried Zaha all excluded as expected.
The most notable exclusion was Tottenham's Scott Parker, now fit again after returning from Euro 2012 with an Achilles injury.
Frank Lampard has been picked, along with Jack Wilshere, Michael Carrick, Tom Cleverley, Leon Osman and skipper Steven Gerrard, who reached his century of caps in Sweden in November.
Watch England v Brazil live on ITV and ITV.com from 7pm on Wednesday 6th February.
Full squad:
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Defenders: Leighton Baines, Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole, Phil Jagielka, Glen Johnson, Joleon Lescott, Chris Smalling, Kyle Walker.
Midfielders: Michael Carrick, Tom Cleverley, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Leon Osman, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Theo Walcott, Jack Wilshere.
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This is a foundation course in linguistics with a focus on pedagogical implications for second language learners. Fundamental concepts in the core of linguistics, including morphology, syntax, semantics, phonetics, phonology, and pragmatics, and other fields of linguistics, such as sociolinguistics, are covered in lectures and structured linguistic exercises with both English and other languages for contrastive analyses. Students apply the linguistic knowledge and analytic tools learned in this class to analyze linguistic data and to make connections between linguistics and their professional and personal lives.
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This course surveys methods and materials for teaching listening, speaking, reading, and writing to English language learners in grades K-12. It also examines factors that impact language learning, such as attitudes, motivation, and sociocultural background. This course includes 10 hours of field experience.
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This course thoroughly surveys the entire range of sentence types in English and the component elements of the English sentence. The sentence will be viewed on its own but also as part of larger rhetorical units.
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This course explores issues and practices related to the instruction and assessment of English Learners (EL) with exceptional needs with an emphasis on the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP®) model. The focus is to provide a greater understanding of the relationship between culture, language and disability so as to promote effective services for the linguistically diverse student and their participation in the classroom. Specific topics include disproportionate representation of ELs in special education, the influence of culture on ELs, assessment issues and placement options for ELs with high-incidence disabilities and techniques for providing instruction and adaptations for students with high-incidence disabilities, especially in inclusive settings. This is a web based course.
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This course introduces and explains quality, research-based sheltered instruction for improving teaching effectiveness and accelerating academic achievement for English learners. Specifically, the focus is on developing a thorough understanding of the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP®) Model. This is a web-based course.
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Overall there is high-strength evidence that the rates of adverse events were similar among second-generation antidepressants, though incidence of specific adverse effects differed across antidepressants and will be addressed in the following slides. Research on comparative harms for the different formulations of second-generation antidepressants found that there was moderate-strength evidence that there were no differences in harms between fluoxetine daily and fluoxetine weekly or between venlafaxine immediate release and venlafaxine extended release.
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- Gartlehner G, Hansen RA, Morgan LC, et al. Second-Generation Antidepressants in the Pharmacologic Treatment of Adult Depression: An Update of the 2007 Comparative Effectiveness Review. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 46 (Prepared by the RTI International–University of North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-2007-10056-I). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; December 2011. AHRQ Publication No. 12-EHC012-EF. Available at www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/secondgenantidep.cfm.
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Design on a dime
Fall is just around the corner, and as kids gear up for back to school, grown-ups may be looking for a little change of their own – in the form of redesigning the house.
While it can often be overwhelming to redecorate a familiar space, TV personality and designer Tracy Hutson of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" fame says it's all about finding inspiration.
"It could be anything, from sitting down and looking through a magazine. But typically there is an art piece or a rug or a color swatch that you can just start from."
Hutson says decorative pillows are a great jumping off point for redesigning a room – especially for someone who is hesitant about bringing in bright colors. Hutson also suggests mixing highend and lowend pieces to create your ideal space on a budget.
"I just love the idea of taking an inspiration photo or picture of a room that you just cannot get off your mind and trying to accomplish that with vintage finds," she says.
In regard to saving money, Hutson says paint can go a long way. In addition to changing up wall colors she suggests finding inexpensive mirrors at garage sales and paints them a bold color.
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"You know no one else will have it because you didn't get it at Pottery Barn," Hutson says.
Other features vital to redesign are lighting – and a good sofa. Hutson says lighting can make or break a room, and putting lights on a dimmer is an inexpensive way of setting, and controlling, the mood in the room. However, she says to be wary of can lighting. While the overhead fixtures can be a great way to light a room, people often install too many – which can wash out the space.
Hutson says a sofa can anchor a room, even in small spaces. For this piece, Hutson says it's best to choose a neutral shade, and use piping or decorative pillows to bring in a pop of color.
"It's a lot easier to buy pillows than reupholster a sofa," Hutson says.
Ultimately, the designer says the most important thing to consider when redesigning a room is personal taste. You want the room to reflect you style, so trust your own instincts in what you like (and don't like). After all, it's your space to enjoy.


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|This bill would create the Ensuring Appropriate Access to Medicines for Premature Infants Act to require the state Medicaid Agency to develop and implement policies and procedures to streamline the process for access to covered outpatient drugs for premature infants and to develop standards and common practices applicable to Medicaid programs that ensure timely and appropriate access to care for premature infants.
To require the state Medicaid Agency to develop and implement policies and procedures to streamline the process for access to covered outpatient drugs for premature infants and to ensure timely and appropriate access to care for premature infants.
Section 1. This act shall be known as and may be cited as the Ensuring Appropriate Access to Medicines for Premature Infants Act.
Section 2. The Legislature makes the following findings of fact:
(1) Premature populations incur disproportionate costs to state Medicaid programs.
(2) This state currently has one of the highest rates of infant mortality in the country, and the state desires to improve this rate.
(3) This state currently has one of the highest rates of premature births in the country.
(4) After release from the hospital, an infant born under 37 weeks of gestation often needs certain prescription drugs and services to survive a premature birth.
(5) Infants born at less than 37 weeks gestation have immature lungs and are at risk of severe morbity and mortality throughout the first year of life.
(6) It is difficult for physicians, patients, and parents of premature populations to understand, track, and monitor the various drug prior authorization policies for the state Medicaid Agency and the various Medicaid managed care plans.
(7) Access to a drug therapy as prescribed by a physician may determine the outcome of whether or not a premature patient may be hospitalized.
(8) Hospital readmissions are in the national spotlight as policy makers at the highest levels recognize that costly readmissions, which are sometimes preventable, drive spending in health care programs. Furthermore, payment reform advocates are focusing on preventable hospital readmissions and quality to help control health care spending.
(9) Section 1927 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396r-8, requires state Medicaid agencies to provide a response by telephone or other telecommunication device within 24 hours of a request for prior authorization of a covered outpatient drug.
Section 3. For the purposes of this act, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) MEDICAID PROGRAM or PROGRAM. The medical assistance program as established in Title XIX of the Social Security Act and as administered in this state by the Alabama Medicaid Agency.
(2) PREMATURE INFANTS. Infants less than one year of age who were born at less than 37 weeks gestational age.
Section 4. (a) By July 1, 2012, the Medicaid Agency shall develop and implement policies and procedures to streamline the prior authorization process and ensure timely and appropriate access to covered outpatient drugs for premature infants covered by the Medicaid Program as provided by this act.
(b) In implementing this act, the Medicaid Agency shall do all of the following:
(1) Develop and implement a process for ensuring fast-track review and decisions of prior authorization requests. The Medicaid Agency shall respond to prior authorization requests with a decision no later than 24 hours from receipt. The response shall include a decision to approve or deny the prior authorization request, and if denied, the rationale for the decision and information about the appeals process. The following requirements shall be satisfied:
a. For covered outpatient drugs that are utilized on a seasonal or periodic basis, prior approval requests shall be completed within a 24-hour basis rather than withheld until prior to time of care.
b. Prior to denying a request, every effort shall be made to contact the provider to clarify questions that would result in the approval of the request.
c. Upon receipt of a prior authorization request, the Medicaid Agency shall transmit a "notice of receipt" of the prior authorization request to the provider. All prior authorization requests shall be time and date stamped upon receipt in order to monitor compliance with the 24-hour requirement.
d. Prior authorization requests that are not adjudicated within 24 hours from receipt of the request shall be deemed approved as submitted.
(2) Ensure prior authorizations can be submitted by the patient's treating physician or designee electronically, via facsimile, or via telephone.
(3) Ensure transparency by posting all prior authorization requirements, forms, supporting materials, rationale, and appeals processes by therapeutic area or individual drug on the Medicaid Agency's publicly available website so that it is easy to access for physicians, parents, and caregivers.
(4) Develop standards for the Medicaid Agency to implement an effective appeals process that allows for all of the following:
a. Physicians, patients, or caregivers to appeal a decision by presenting evidence or testimony that the denied medical intervention is necessary for the patient's health.
b. Allow patients to receive continued coverage pending the outcome of the appeals process.
c. Allow patients or caregivers access to review their patient files.
d. Provide for timely reviews and decision of appeals.
e. Include the consumer protections set forth in the Uniform External Review Model Act promulgated by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
(5) Ensure that all medicines that are prescribed to premature infants shall be given, at a minimum, in the dosage and duration as directed by the product's Prescribing Information provided by the Food and Drug Administration.
(6) Monitor and track health outcomes, such as hospital readmissions, emergency visits, and outpatient visits, for premature infants who are denied a covered prescription drug. The data shall be collected annually from all Medicaid programs and analyzed to identify any prior authorization policies that may be detrimentally impacting patient health or access to care. The Medicaid Agency shall annually report both data and findings to the Legislature.
(7) Develop standards and common practices applicable to all programs that ensure timely and appropriate access to care for premature infants.
(c) All policies, procedures, and requirements developed by the Medicaid Agency as required in subsection (b) are binding for all programs that serve Medicaid patients in this state.
Section 5. This act shall become effective immediately following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.


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UPDATED: Storm delays city waste collection
Due to winter weather and hazardous road conditions, High Point garbage collection services will be cancelled today. For the remainder of the week, routes will be collected one day later.
Today's collection will occur on Wednesday.
Wednesday collection will take place on Thursday.
Thursday collection will occur on Friday.
Residents with questions about their collection should call the city of High Point Customer Service Department at 883-3111.
Guilford County Schools will be closed today because of icy road conditions from the area's latest ice storm.
All school activities, including ACES and athletics, are cancelled. Ten-month employees at schools that follow the 2013-14 Traditional Academic Calendar should not report to work today.
Central offices will open on a two-hour delay. Employees should refer to their supervisors and Policy AFC and AFC-P for additional guidance.
Weather forecasters aren't expecting frozen precipitation with the area's latest winter storm to be nearly as catastrophic as the storm March 7 that brought widespread power outages and downed trees.
A storm system that started dropping light freezing rain and freezing drizzle this morning is expected to end by noon tomorrow still as light precipitation.
The storm may bring from one-tenth to one-fifteenth of an inch of ice accumulation, said Darin Figurskey, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service out of Raleigh. That contrasts with the March 7 storm that coated trees and power lines in the city with up to half an inch of ice, leading to more than 32,000 customers of the High Point Electric Utilities Department losing power that day.
Figurskey told The High Point Enterprise on Monday morning that the current weather system doesn't have the same punch as the one earlier this month, which was the worst ice storm in the area in 12 years.
"There are two things that are working for us," Figurskey said. "One is that this system doesn't seem like it's going to throw back as much moisture toward us. And also the winds are going to be lighter."
On March 7, wind gusts reached up to 30 mph to 35 mph. But winds aren't expected to exceed 10 mph to 15 mph, he said.
"A little glazing on a weak limb with a gust in the teens could cause a spotty power outage. But the impact shouldn't be nearly as widespread," Figurskey said.
The frozen precipitation forced the Guilford County Schools to open two hours later this morning, then close two hours early later in the day. But school system officials said students wouldn't have to make up the day later this school year.
After tomorrow, the threat of frozen precipitation will evaporate as temperatures warm up noticeably. The high today will push toward 40, then the mid-50s by Wednesday. On Thursday, the first official day of spring, the high should be in the mid-60s.
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2014 Convocation on the Rural Church
Sabbath Living
Myrtle Beach, SC
August 11, 2014 to August 13, 2014
The Convocation on the Rural Church is an annual opportunity for pastors from the North Carolina and Western North Carolina Conferences of the United Methodist Church to join with Duke Divinity School and The Duke Endowment to discuss issues that are important in transforming rural churches and communities and sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Participants will join in worship, plenary sessions, conversation and Sabbath. The theme of this year's event is "Sabbath Living," and our facilitators are Matthew Sleeth, author of 24/6: Prescription for a Healthier, Happier Life; and Nancy Sleeth, author of Almost Amish.
Eligibility Criteria
This family-friendly event is funded by The Duke Endowment; to attend, you must serve a church that is eligible to receive Duke Endowment grants. The list of eligible churches has shifted significantly in recent months because The Duke Endowment has expanded its criteria.
In response to growing demand for this event and in an effort to include participants with a diverse array of experiences, we have implemented a new application process that includes answering a few brief essay questions. We are no longer accepting applications. Those selected to attend will receive notification and be invited to register beginning in mid-May; all others will be added to a waiting list.
Please contact us with any questions.
Over the course of the three-day convocation, participants will have the opportunity to attend plenary sessions, share in worship and meals, and enjoy free time. The conference will take place at the Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort and Conference Center.
Monday, August 11
1:00 p.m.
Palisades Ballroom
3:00 p.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Palisades Ballroom
4:00 p.m.
Opening Worship
Palisades Ballroom
5:00 – 5:45 p.m.
Break/Meet & Greet with Matthew and Nancy Sleeth
6:00 p.m.
Opening Banquet
Hilton Ballroom
Optional Holy Communion on the Beach:
Tuesday, August 12
7:00 - 8:30 a.m.
Hilton Ballroom
8:15 a.m.
Morning Prayer
Palisades Ballroom
8:45 a.m.
Plenary: Matthew and Nancy Sleeth
Palisades Ballroom
9:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:15 a.m.
Palisades Ballroom
11:15 a.m.
Small Groups
Breakout Rooms
12:00 p.m.
Hilton Ballroom
3:00 p.m.
Sabbath and Free Evening
Optional Holy Communion on the Beach:
Wednesday, August 13
7:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Hilton Ballroom
9:10 a.m.
Morning Prayer
Palisades Ballroom
9:30 a.m.
Plenary: Matthew and Nancy Sleeth
Palisades Ballroom
10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break and Check-out
11:10 a.m.
Sending Worship
Palisades Ballroom
12:15 p.m.
The following additional activities on Wednesday afternoon are for current pastors and fellows of the Thriving Rural Communities Initiative.
12:30 p.m.
Thriving Rural Communities Lunch
1:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Gathering of the Thriving Rural Communities Pastors and Rural Ministry Fellows
Matthew and Nancy Sleeth
Matthew Sleeth, M.D., and Nancy Sleeth are founders of Blessed Earth, a Christian ministry that helps people lead more sustainable lives. Dr. Sleeth has spoken at more than 1,000 churches, seminaries, and colleges, including serving last year as the monthly guest preacher at the Washington National Cathedral. His newest book is 24/6: Prescription for a Healthier, Happier Life. Nancy, a former educator at Asbury University, is the author of Almost Amish: One Woman's Quest for a Slower, Simpler, More Sustainable Life. Recognized by Newsweek and Christianity Today as top Christian leaders to watch, the Sleeths have been married for 32 years and live in Lexington, Ky., near their grown children, Clark and Emma.
Rev. Susan Pendleton Jones
The Reverend Susan Pendleton Jones is the associate dean of United Methodist initiatives and Ministerial formation at Duke Divinity School. Prior to her current position, she served as the director of field education at Duke Divinity. Her teaching responsibilities at Duke have included courses on Methodism, leadership, forgiveness and reconciliation, and the pastor's vocation, team-taught with her husband, L. Gregory Jones, professor of theology and senior strategist for leadership education at Duke Divinity. Additionally, she was the project coordinator for the Divinity School's 2005 building addition, which includes Goodson Chapel and the Westbrook Building.
An ordained elder in the Western North Carolina (WNC) Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Susan has served pastorates in North Carolina and Maryland and as former United Methodist Campus Minister at Duke. Susan and Greg are the parents of Nathan, Benjamin, and Sarah.
Rev. Robert R. Webb III
Reverend Robb Webb has served as director of The Duke Endowment's Rural Church program area since 2010, having joined the endowment as a program officer in 2006. A graduate of Duke Divinity School, Rev. Webb is an ordained deacon in the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. Prior to this, he served as a management consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers and Healthcare Resource Associates. Rev. Webb chairs the Rural Life Committee of the North Carolina Council of Churches and serves as chair of the Ministerial Education Fund of the Western North Carolina Conference and is immediate past chair of the Council on Campus Ministry. He also is a board member of Faith and Form magazine, the Board of Visitors for Duke Divinity School, and a member of the North Carolina Network of Grantmakers Education Steering Committee. He has been a guest lecturer for the Philanthropy for the Sake of the Church and Small Membership Church courses at Duke Divinity.
Rev. Kristen Richardson-Frick
Reverend Kristen Richardson-Frick joined The Duke Endowment in 2012 as a program officer in the Rural Church program area. She is a graduate of Duke Divinity School and an ordained elder in the South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. Rev. Richardson-Frick served for 11 years as a pastor at several United Methodist churches in South Carolina, including a rural two-point charge for which she was the first female pastor. Her involvement with the South Carolina Conference has included certified ministry coach, chair of the committee on episcopacy and chair of the Orangeburg District committee on congregational development.
Program sessions and accommodations for the Convocation on the Rural Church will be provided at the oceanfront Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort and Conference Center, a full service hotel and conference center located in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Participants who plan to bring their families should note that rooms at the Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort do not include a multi-room suite arrangement.
On-site accommodations are required to attend this event, and reservations must be made through the Divinity School while registering for the event. Parking is available onsite.
The Hilton is an ocean-front property on Myrtle Beach's coastline within driving distance of ample shopping, dining, and attractions. Broadway at the Beach, located nearby, includes 300 acres of shopping, dining, nightlife, and attractions. Entertainment and dining options include Hard Rock Café, Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville, Señor Frog's, Ripley's Aquarium, IMAX Theatre, the Palace Theatre, NASCAR SpeedPark & Café, Children's Museum of South Carolina, and Crocodile Rock's Dueling Piano Bar. Shopping also abounds just 10 minutes away at Coastal Grande Mall, one of South Carolina's largest and newest shopping malls, or you can shop for bargains at Tanger Outlet Mall, located on Highway 501, just 15 minutes away.
On-site accommodations are required to attend this event.
Private room ($130): All private rooms are standard-sized hotel rooms, not suites. They can comfortably accommodate up to four individuals, should your (non-clergy) spouse or family members be staying with you during the event. Note that if you will be sharing your room with more than one other adult guest (anyone 18 years or older), the hotel may place on your bill a surcharge of $10 per additional adult per day. These charges will be applied to your personal credit card by the hotel; they are not included in your registration fee.
Clergy Couples
If you are part of a clergy couple and you both wish to attend the event, you each must apply separately. The cost of your shared private hotel room will be split during registration.
Extended Stay
We invite you to consider giving yourself the gift of Sabbath by coming a day early (Sunday arrival) or staying an extra night (Thursday departure). You may choose one of the two extended stay private room options for the increased total price of $205.
Guests of participants (spouses and/or family members) are invited to attend a complimentary opening dinner on the evening of Monday, August 11.
Guests of participants may also eat breakfast and lunch with participants on Tuesday and Wednesday if you purchase them a meal ticket ($50) through the online registration process. One meal ticket is required per guest. Guests who do not purchase meal tickets have the alternate option of paying for and eating breakfast or lunch elsewhere on their own. The cost of meal tickets is kept to a minimum through funding by The Duke Endowment.
In response to growing demand for this event and in an effort to include participants with a diverse array of experiences, we have implemented a new application process which includes answering a few brief essay questions.
We are no longer accepting applications. Those selected to attend will receive notification and be invited to register beginning in mid-May; all others will be added to a waiting list.
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