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Present theories of the universe are interesting to explore. Since the speed of space expansion is faster than the speed of light, according to general relativity, we can never be sure what exactly our universe is, or where it is, or where its boundaries lie.
Some theorize that there is only one, eternally infinite universe; that all which we see in the heavens goes on forever. Of course, we must be wary of these kinds of generalities because they are limited by a perception and knowledge that works out to be a restricted perspective here on earth. After all, even the savvy Greeks of old thought that the earth was the center of the universe with everything rotating around it. Why not? It was logical and made sense from every perspective of observation and conclusion based on sensory input at the time, as limited as it was.
One clue from ancient Buddhist texts is that there are "one hundred-thousand-crores of universes," (one "crore" being a Hindu mathematical term translated as ten million), or one trillion universes.
One trillion is a big number.
If you had ½ inch packets of $100 dollar bills (one hundred, $100 bills in a packet), $10,000 would fit easily into a purse.
A million dollars would fit into a large shopping bag.
One hundred million would fit on a pallet about four feet square. A billion dollars would take ten pallets.
And a trillion dollars? – ten thousand pallets of stacks of one hundred dollar bills four feet square. Or to put it in terms of one dollar bills; one million pallets of stacks of one dollar bills four feet square.
That's a lot of universes.
"So what?" would be the typical reply of us earthlings who need only a few of those pallets to make us happy. "What does this have to do with making a living, or anything else relevant in my life?"
Everything, actually, because life slips away from us almost imperceptibly, little by little, until one day we look in the mirror and wonder how we got so old so fast. The immortality of youth doesn't ebb slowly; it falls off a cliff, persisting seemingly forever until that one fateful day when we seem to age 20 years in just one moment of time. It happens to all us that survive into old age.
Life on earth is very temporary. Very. Ask any old timer how quickly their life has gone . . . Whoosh! And people instinctively, unconsciously know that this is true; life is short. So isn't it natural, almost a human ritual for those not completely caught up in all the terrestrial nonsense that terminates as quickly as a flash of lightening, to gaze at the stars, this great mystical universe of ours, and wonder what it's all about?
If we can resist fearfully running to our holy books for answers, and just gaze for awhile, saying that we don't know, then there is a humbleness that takes the place of our knowing it all. This is where humility lies, where we admit to ourselves that we are but nothing.
This is a big step towards everything, because when we think that we are really something, that is what we call the delusion that keeps us from seeing. Only when we see the nothingness and emptiness in everything, including our universe and ourselves, is there a possibility of experiencing eternity.
Can't you feel it when you gaze at the Milky Way? That insignificance that in some strange way is liberating? If you are at all sensitive, you will feel it. And when you feel it, if you don't rationalize it or become afraid, your mind will begin to open it's shuttered existence for only a moment, more than enough time to change your entire perspective of life and the real meaning of life.
Have you ever noticed the behavior of saints and authentic holy people? They are compassionate, not haughty or proud of their achievements. If you ever meet one, you will go away thinking well of yourself, because in their presence, there is no occurrence of contention or conflict. They have no persuasion for those kinds of things.
They left that all behind one night in a flash, perhaps while they were gazing at a trillion universes.
E. Raymond Rock (anagarika addie) is a meditation teacher at:
http://www.dhammarocksprings.org and author of "A Year to Enlightenment: http://www.amazon.com/Year-Enlightenment-Steps-Enriching-Living/dp/1564148912
His 30 years of meditation experience has taken him across four continents including two stopovers in Thailand where he practiced in the remote northeast forests as an ordained Theravada Buddhist monk.
He lived at Wat Pah Nanachat under Ajahn Chah, at Wat Pah Baan Taad under Ajahn Maha Boowa, and at Wat Pah Daan Wi Weg under Ajahn Tui. He had been a postulant at Shasta Abbey, a Zen Buddhist monastery in northern California under Roshi Kennett; and a Theravada Buddhist anagarika at both Amaravati Monastery in the UK and Bodhinyanarama Monastery in New Zealand, both under Ajahn Sumedho. The author has meditated with the Korean Master Sueng Sahn Sunim; with Bhante Gunaratana at the Bhavana Society in West Virginia; and with the Tibetan Master Trungpa Rinpoche in Boulder, Colorado. He has also practiced at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, and the Zen Center in San Francisco.
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Several polls show Mitt Romney is currently the favorite for the Republican presidential nomination, and he made his first campaign stop in Ohio on Wednesday. The setting: a factory in rural Licking County. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen files this report.
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(KMOV) -- Four shootings have occurred in St. Louis in less than 24 hours and one of the victims is in critical condition.
On Saturday, a 16-year-old was walking in the 3100 block of Michigan when someone in a grey minivan drove past and fired shots, striking the teen twice in the back. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
A 20-year-old was shot by two suspects inside a park in the 2400 block of N. Spring. He was transported to the hospital in stable condition and no suspects have been arrested.
Another teen was shot in a parking lot in the 5000 block of Gravois on Sunday. He was treated at a local hospital with a gunshot wound to the foot.
One suspect was arrested after a 21-year-old was shot in the 2000 block of Agnes. The victim was treated at the hospital and released.
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Graph API & IFrame Base Facebook Application Development PHP SDK 3.0. Facebook recently updated their PHP-SDK to version 3.0.
This is a major change. So I decided to update some of my facebook related tutorials with updated code. At first I want to tell you that, this post is the updated version of my popular post Graph API & IFrame Base Facebook Application Development . Facebook Stack Overflow. How to Style an Application Like Facebook - Devtacular. Introduction So you have a great idea for an application, and you've developed your idea into a somewhat functional Facebook app.
The only problem is, it looks completely out of place in the space Facebook has designated for your layout. Let's look at how we can change that. Facebook invested a lot of money in creating the fluid graphic design work you see in front of you, but we won't have to. Embed your site on Facebook.
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It's here that you find out about the latest new web trends, technologies and techniques – all in one handy package. Each issue boasts a wealth of expert tips and advice, including in-depth features and over 30 pages of advanced front and backend tutorials on subjects as diverse as CSS, HTML, JavaScript, WordPress, PHP, and plenty more. net compiles the hottest new sites from around the web, and being the voice of web design, our mission is to source the best articles written by the best people in the industry and feature interviews and opinions crammed with inspiration and creative advice. In short, If you're serious about web design and development, then net is the magazine for you. Editorial. How to Authenticate Users With Facebook Connect. Lately, there's been quite a fuzz about lazy registration.
It turns out that the less the user has to think, the higher the conversion rates are! What a thought! Java - Facebook offline access step-by-step. Facebook Graph API — getting access tokens « Ben Biddington. As described in the documentation it's a fairly easy process — and it does not require any signatures.
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Since I couldn't find a decent tutorial and ran into a few small roadblocks, I thought I'd share what I learnt. This tutorial basically gets real-time updates of any name changes for users of your FB app. I'm going to use examples with Curl – since that's like the swiss knife of http programming. Step 1 – get access token Note you can also use your api key (which I accidentally did!) PHP SDK & Graph API base Facebook Connect Tutorial. In this article I'm focusing facebook latest php sdk to integrate facebook features in your site.
Some days ago facebook released their new graph api system and updated their core structure. They also officially released php sdk so that you can easily call facebook latest graph api and old legacy api from server side by php. Before proceeding first have a look my previous article specially Facebook connect authentication part. In this post I'll show How to check valid session of user, if user successfully logged inHow to call graph api How to call legacy apiHow to update status dynamically using graph apiHow to use FQL Query. Page - Développeurs Facebook. Simple example to post on Facebook wall using PHP, post on facebook wall using PHP.
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As we get ready for Thursday night's game between the Atlanta Falcons and Cincinnati Bengals (it's starts at 8 ET), let's run through a few scheduling notes.
- First off, I'll be back with observations on the Falcons soon after the game ends. Feel free to use the comments section below to share your thoughts during the game.
- Also on Thursday night, SportsCenter will air a fantasy draft special on ESPN at 7 ET.
- If you're gearing up for your fantasy draft, check out this Insider piece where KC Joyner lists running backs he thinks are underrated in terms of fantasy value. He lists Atlanta's Michael Turner and Tampa Bay's LeGarrette Blount in the group and I think he's got a point. I think Turner and Blount each bring pretty solid fantasy value.
- Please note we will not be having our regular NFC South chat this Friday. I have another assignment that conflicts with the schedule. We'll resume the chat next week.
- On Friday night, I'll be out at Raymond James Stadium for the preseason game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tennessee Titans. The Saints will be playing the Jaguars and the Panthers will be playing the Dolphins at the same time. I've got the technology all set up to watch the Saints and the Panthers on my computer at the same time I'm watching the Bucs. It will be the same drill -- I'll provide observations on all three teams shortly after each of their games end.
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My AMR fell off my wall (hung by fishing line from landing gear) and broke the tail. I have to remove the elev. and rudder. Anything i need to know before doing this. Never have had to do this but it looks pretty simple. Just going to cut the stab out from the fuse with a dremmel. Sucks because i have flown this plane so many times and not a scratch on it. Leave it to falling off the wall!!!!!!! LOL
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If you only have to remove the elevator and the rudder it is simple, just use straight edge razor. If you have to remove horizontal and vertical stab it will be a little more. If so, my advise would be to use dremel and cut most of it off first without trying to get to close. You may need to cut several times on each piece to get closer and closer. That way the dremel will not do any damage. Also, shoot me a pm if interested and I will send pics of how I hold my planes on wall. It is very simple and effective. |
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I think everyone would be interested in seeing your storage system (at least I would as well); would send me a pic, or just post one up? I dont think anyone would mind as it is beneficial for all, IMO.
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OK, here you go.... Of course I have seen a lot fancier jobs than this, but this was cheap, quick and easy. It also seems to allow for a fair amount of planes hung per square foot of wall WITHOUT taking up half of the room. The hangers are from the Home DeeePoe....
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Oh yeah, That is a simple job. Just get a fresh Xacto and cut the hinges for the rudder and remove, then do the same for the rudder. It can be a bit of a PITA if you have to put new hinges in the same slots as the old ones, you have to do your best to cut in the with the xacto and work the glue and old hinge free. If you can simply move you hinge points over a bit it is much easier. Definitely do not use the dremel for any of this!
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Ask the angel investor: Rick McElhinney
PUBLISHED: 09 Aug 2012 05:03:03 | UPDATED: 10 Aug 2012 00:02:38PUBLISHED: 10 Aug 2012 PRINT EDITION: 10 Aug 2012Jessica Gardner
How did you get into angel investment?
I took a company public in the US as an entrepreneur and decided to support others with the funds I had secured.
What was your best investment?
I was an early investor, in 1983, in Autodesk, a Nasdaq-listed software developer known for the design product AutoCAD. I exited in 1987. And I invested in Eco-kinetics, which went from zero to $120 million in revenue in five years. It was sold to the ASX-listed company CBD Energy in December 2009.
What was your worst investment? What did you learn?
I lost $600,000 in a software company. The company is still operating but an exit now is unlikely. This was my largest investment. Since then I have not invested more than $100,000 in any one venture.
What are some common mistakes entrepreneurs make when pitching?
Too much detail, or not enough detail. Lack of confidence and lack of experience.
What is your attitude to failure in business?
A good entrepreneur does not fail. He or she simply redefines the business to produce a profitable model. I try to identify and back confident people capable of delivering success. It is good if they have a great product offering also but their ability to convince me they can succeed under adverse conditions improves the opportunity greatly.
Why or when shouldn't a business raise equity capital?
Historically, most businesses I have invested in have run out of money at some point. Second rounds do occur, if required and if attractive, but eventually cash flow has to drive the business. My opinion is that running out of money gets the entrepreneur thinking very hard about success and their efforts in securing cash flow become keen.
How do I get you to invest in my venture?
I'm not sure I know the answer. Timing and circumstance play a large role.
What kind of companies or sectors are you keen on right now?
I'm very busy right now and therefore not seeking new opportunities at the moment. This does not mean I won't get involved, it means I'm not actively looking.
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San Francisco, CA – June 27, 2014 – The historical property located at 1562 McKinnon Avenue in the Bayview neighborhood has just sold for $1.3 million, setting a record for the highest priced single-family home sale in Bayview. The home, which is a registered San Francisco landmark, is also known as the Quinn house. Built in the 1870s, it was owned by that family for 90 years. This was its first time on the market in 36 years. The home has five bedrooms, two baths, an attic and a massive yard as well as an area at the back that once served as servant's quarters.
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Sellers in the city's southeastern areas---Bayview, Crocker Amazon, Excelsior, Mission Terrace, Outer Mission, Portola, Visitacion Valley, Little Hollywood, and Silver Terrace---may finally be feeling a bit less beleaguered this holiday season. Long a hotbed for short sales and foreclosures, as well as lengthy days on market timeframes, these areas are experiencing a busy selling period.
The neighborhoods that comprise what's known as "District 10" in Realtor terms are certainly
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Two sales in Bayview caught my eye last week: A single-family home fixer (right) at 919 Ingerson and a condo at 132 Dolphin Court. Sold for $150,000 and $108,000 respectively, the properties joined the ranks of several homes in the area that have sold in the past year for less than $300,000.
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(Williamsburg, VA) – Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin, a member of the Class of 1995, is scheduled to deliver the 2008 commencement address at the College of William and Mary on May 11, 2008. In addition, Rabbi David Ellenson, president of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and member of the Class of 1969, will receive an honorary degree at the ceremony.
William and Mary Chancellor and retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will also be in attendance and deliver welcoming remarks.
Tomlin, who just finished his first year as coach of one of the National Football League's most storied franchises, and Ellenson, a distinguished rabbi, scholar and leader of the Jewish Reform Movement, will both receive honorary doctorates of humane letters during the commencement ceremony at William and Mary Hall.
"As a young alumnus whose accomplishments belie his age, Mike Tomlin offers an inspiring example for our new graduates, and we look forward to hearing from him," said W. Taylor Reveley III, interim president of William and Mary. "We're thrilled to welcome Coach Tomlin back to his alma mater. We are also delighted to honor Rabbi David Ellenson for his distinguished career as a scholar, educator, and mentor. With these two extraordinary alumni returning to William and Mary, 2008's Commencement promises to be a very special day for our graduates and their families."
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Tomlin was named the Pittsburgh Steelers head coach on Jan. 22, 2007, replacing a coaching icon and 2006 Super Bowl champion coach Bill Cowher. The new head coach immediately endeared himself to Steelers fans by going 10-6 in his first season as coach and becoming just the second coach in team history to post a winning record, win a division title and earn a playoff berth in his inaugural season.
Well-known to Tribe faithful during his time as an undergraduate, Tomlin was a three-year starter at wide receiver for William and Mary between1990-94. He finished his William and Mary career with 101 receptions for 2,046 yards and a school-record 20 touchdown receptions. A first-team All-Yankee Conference selection in 1994, Tomlin established a school record that year with a 20.2 yards-per-catch average.
Tomlin's strong leadership skills were evident even during his playing days at Zable Stadium. In the locker room, Tomlin was known as a leader and a motivator.
"In Mike's time here at William and Mary, he displayed outstanding character and leadership," said William and Mary Head Coach Jimmye Laycock. "He had a way of bringing the best out of those who were around him. Since he has moved on from this campus, he has risen to the highest level of his profession in a very short time. That he has been able to accomplish so much, so soon, is a great reflection on his intelligence and ability. He possesses the kind of personality that draws people to him. Mike has always been, and continues to be, a great representative of our university."
In just over a decade since his undergraduate days, Tomlin has quickly established a remarkable coaching resume. Shortly after graduating from the College, Tomlin's coaching career began in 1995 as a wide receivers coach at Virginia Military Institute. He later served as a graduate assistant at the University of Memphis, where he worked with the defensive backs and special teams units, as well as two seasons at Arkansas State University, where he coached wide receivers in 1997 and defensive backs in 1998. A year later, Tomlin was hired to coach the defensive backs at the University of Cincinnati. When he took over the Bearcats' secondary was ranked 111th in the country. A year later, the unit improved to 61st overall. Under Tomlin's direction in 2000, the Bearcats ranked eighth in the nation in interceptions as well as fourth nationally in total turnovers.
The defensive success at both Arkansas State and Cincinnati quickly got the attention of NFL coaches. The following year, Tomlin got a call from then-Tampa Bay Buccanneers' Head Coach Tony Dungy to take over the secondary of one of the league's top defensive units. Tomlin spent five seasons in Tampa Bay and led one of the NFL's most productive defensive backfields. In 2003, Tampa Bay -- and its top-ranked defensive unit -- won the NFL championship in Super Bowl XXXVII. During that game against the Oakland Raiders, Tomlin's secondary unit recorded four interceptions, including two that were returned for touchdowns.
In 2006, Tomlin took over as the defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings and guided the unit quickly into one of the league's best. During that year, the Vikings ranked eighth in the NFL in total defense and first against the run while not allowing a 100-yard rusher the entire season. The following year, Tomlin was hired to take over the Steelers and became the second-youngest head coach in the NFL.
While at William and Mary, Tomlin was known for both his football skills and his leadership and enthusiasm for the classroom. A sociology major, Tomlin was known for taking an active role in class discussion and a deep interest for helping at-risk youth.
David Aday, a professor of sociology and American studies at the College, taught Tomlin in two courses and said he remembers the former student well. Tomlin, who grew up on the Peninsula and graduated from Newport News' Denbigh High School, visited Aday's office regularly to discuss both his academics and the world around him.
"He was an eager and thoughtful student, deeply concerned about problems of crime and education, and dedicated to helping young men who are at risk, especially as victims of and participants in crime," Aday said. "He was one of those students I remember because he took such an active role in those courses."
Tribe pride remains a strong part of the Tomlin family. Tomlin returned to Williamsburg last summer to speak at the annual Football Reunion. His wife, Kiya ('96), was a gymnast while a student at the College. The couple has three young children.
Rabbi David Ellenson
Rabbi Ellenson leads the nation's oldest Jewish seminary and is just the eighth president in the school's more than 130-year history. Founded in 1875, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) is the nation's oldest institution of higher Jewish education and the academic, spiritual, and professional leadership development center of Reform Judaism. Today, HUC-JIR has four learning centers across the world in Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York.
Ellenson has been a member of the HUC-JIR faculty since 1979, including serving as its president since 2001. A well-known teacher, scholar and mentor, Ellenson – also the I.H. and Anna Grancell Professor of Jewish Religious Thought -- is internationally recognized for his publications and research in the areas of Jewish religious thought, ethics, and modern Jewish history. Ellenson is a fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of Jerusalem and a fellow and lecturer at the Institute of Advanced Studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Ellenson's extensive publications include "Tradition in Transition: Orthodoxy, Halakhah and the Boundaries of Modern Jewish History," which was published in 1989; "Rabbi Esriel Hildesheimer and the Creation of a Modern Jewish Orthodoxy, which was published in 1990 and that same year nominated for the National Jewish Book Council's award for outstanding book in Jewish History; and 1994's "Between Tradition and Culture: The Dialectics of Jewish Religion and Identity in the Modern World." His latest book, "After Emancipation: Jewish Religious Responses to Modernity," a compilation of essays on Jewish values and identity, the challenge of emancipation, denominational responses, modern responsa, and contemporary works of legal and liturgical creativity, was published by Hebrew Union College Press in 2004.
After graduating from William and Mary in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in history, Ellenson was ordained at HUC-JIR in 1977 and received his Ph.D from Columbia University in 1981. Born in Brookline, Mass., Ellenson was raised in Newport News and graduated from in 1965 from Newport News High School. He is married to Rabbi Jacqueline Koch Ellenson, who was ordained at HUC-JIR, in 1983. They have five children. Ellenson's brother, James, is also a William and Mary graduate – receiving a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1978 and a law degree in 1981.
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When choosing a brine recipe for a turkey, is there a right and a wrong way to choose? I guess what I'm asking is, are there some brines that are more suitable for certain types of turkeys (larger, smaller, breast, dark meat, etc) and some that are not?
I had heard that there was actually something called a smoked turkey brine that could give your turkey a smoked taste, and of course there's good old salt turkey brine, but which one should I choose?
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Catholic missionaries arrived in Ethiopia in the 14th century, and Pope Eugenius IV sent a letter to the Ethiopian Emperor on August 28, 1439, inviting him to unity with the Catholic Church, but such efforts were unsuccessful. In the 16th century, Islamic attacks, culminating in 1531, threatened the very existence of Christian Ethiopia. The Emperor appealed for assistance to the Portuguese, who sent sufficient military support from Goa to defeat the Islamic armies definitively in 1543.
The Portuguese in Ethiopia were accompanied by Jesuit missionaries, who began an effort to bring the Ethiopian Orthodox Church into union with the Catholic Church. They focused their activity on the political elite of the country including the Emperor himself. Largely through the efforts of Fr. Peter Paez, Emperor Susenyos converted and declared Catholicism the state religion in 1622. The following year Pope Gregory XV appointed another Portuguese Jesuit, Affonso Mendez, as Patriarch of the Ethiopian Church. A formal union was declared when Mendez arrived in the country in 1626. But this union was to last only ten years. Mendez imposed a series of latinizations on the Ethiopian liturgy, customs, and discipline, which Susenyos then tried to enforce with cruelty and bloodshed. This led to a violent public reaction. Susenyos died in 1632. In 1636 his successor expelled Mendez, dissolved the union, and either expelled or executed the Catholic missionaries. The country was closed to Catholic missionary activity for the next 200 years.
In 1839 limited activity was resumed by the Lazarists and Capuchins, but public hostility was still very strong. It was only with the accession of King Menelik II to the throne in 1889 that Catholic missionaries could again work freely in the country. Catholic missionary activity expanded in Ethiopia during the Italian occupation from 1935 to 1941, as it had earlier in Eritrea which had been under Italian control since 1889.
The present ecclesiastical structure of the Ethiopian Catholic Church dates from 1961, when a metropolitan see was established at Addis Ababa with suffragan dioceses in Asmara and Adigrat. The largest concentrations of Catholics are in Addis Ababa and Asmara. After Eritrea achieved independence on May 24, 1993, about half the faithful found themselves within that new country. Two new dioceses were created in Eritrea in 1995, at Keren and Barentu, from territory taken from the diocese of Asmara. Thus there are now three dioceses in Ethiopia and three in Eritrea.


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Separating special education and gifted education schools
Currently, many schools in the United States offer both special education and gifted education programs. There are advantages of separating students into special education and gifted education schools. However, there are also some issues with this separation.
In the United States, a high school might have a special education program and gifted education courses, e.g. the Academically Gifted program in North Carolina. There are magnet schools in the United States. However, most are designed to be more specialized and not necessarily targeting academically gifted students. Some districts also have separate schools for students with learning disabilities, particularly with severe learning disabilities such as hearing loss.
The main advantage of separating special education, regular education, and gifted education students is the increased ability of a school to focus on the student's ability or disability. The school will be able to offer more courses, programs, and activities geared toward a particular student.
At academically gifted schools, there is less risk of talented students losing opportunities because of the presence of under performing students. For example, a non-separated school may divert its funding from advanced courses to remedial courses if many students fail to meet state and federal achievement standards. Separating schools is not the only potential solution to this issue. This issue may also be solved by simply increasing funding toward education or by reforming standards.
Another advantage of separating special education schools and regular schools is the decreased social stigma for the disabled student within the school. All students in the school will have similar disadvantages and will less likely "be made fun of" by other students at the school. However, the student may still face social stigma outside the special education school because of the fact that he or she attends the special education school.
The problem with separating schools into regular, gifted, and special education schools is the increased cost. It requires the expensive construction of buildings, hiring of more teachers and staff, and providing additional transportation.
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Yesterday, I wrote a blog entry about educational vouchers which would allow parents to retrieve public school funds and place their children in private schools. However, I haven't discussed the benefits and detriments of attending private schools. Private schools serves students in all grade levels. But choosing between private schools and public schools is a difficult decision that parents often have to make.
On average, private schools offer better educational programs than public schools. Private schools also allow parents to place their schools into religious schools such as Catholic schools and Hebrew schools. Under the 1st amendment of the United States constitution, public schools are not allowed to offer a religious education. Private schools may also offer a specialized curriculum such as a math, science curriculum, or arts curriculum. They may also offer a program not offered at a local school as such as the IB program. However, not all private schools necessarily offer a better education than private schools do. Top schools in the United States such as BASIS Charter in Tuscon, Arizona offer a better education than private schools in the area. Public schools may offer more Advanced Placement courses than private schools in the area.
One major disadvantage of private schools is the high cost of attending. Private schools typically cost between $10,000 and $30,000 a year to attend. In locations with school voucher programs, the costs of attending private schools are somewhat lower. In other locations, most parents either cannot afford to pay a large amount for the private education or prefer to save the money to pay for the student's college education. Also, there are other less expensive alternatives to private schools such as magnet schools and charter schools.
However, since parents pay a tuition in private schools, they are more likely to monitor the performance of the school.
An advantage of private schools is the smaller class size. Studies have shown that students tend to perform better in a smaller classroom setting. When class sizes are small, students tend to get more attention from their teachers and get to participate in more classroom discussions.
Typically, private schools also have better technology and a larger library. A private school may have more desktop and laptop computers per student than a public school.
Students attending private schools also often have more opportunities to participate in diverse extracurricular activities. Less popular sports such as Curling and Judo are more likely to be available at private schools than in public schools. Also, students in private schools usually have more opportunities to go on field trips and listen to high profile guest speakers.
Private schools also generally have a better performing student body than public schools. One of the reasons is because parents less often send low performing students to private schools. Another reason is because private schools have fewer restrictions on expelling low performing and misbehaving students. Thus, students in private schools are more likely to become friends with higher performing students which will generally be a better influence on them. The students will also be exposed to less violence, and other criminal activity.
All of these factors must be considered by parents when choosing between enrolling their kids in public schools and enrolling their kids in private schools.
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An education voucher is a certificate issued by the state or federal government by which parents can pay for the K-12 education of their child at a school of their choice, rather than the public school to which they are assigned. Some locations in the United States such as Milwaukee, Wisconsin have already implemented school voucher programs. However, the school voucher program has received a lot of criticism.
The voucher program will surely benefit parents who already send their children to private schools. These parents will no longer have the burden to pay for both the public and the private education of their children. However, it will create stress for disadvantaged students in the public schools.
School vouchers allow students to attend private schools increasing educational freedom. However, private schools often cost more so only students from advantaged families are able to attend them. An education voucher can cause a higher proportion of disadvantaged students to remain in public schools, further degrading the quality and reputation of public schools. Libertarians, however, argue that public education is not necessary and that privatization should be encouraged.
Educational vouchers are also criticized because they encourage students to leave the public school system with the state curriculum. However, proponents of vouchers emphasize that the state curriculum is not necessarily perfect and that students should have freedom to pursue any curriculum they choose.
Religious conservatives argue that educational vouchers will allow parents to use government education funds for enrolling their kids in religious schools, e.g. Catholic schools.
Opponents also highlight the potential inefficiency of the voucher program. For example, the funds to parents may not be adequately distributed.
The school voucher program is very complicated and controversial. In my opinion, it should not be implemented by any state or federal legislation. Instead, it should be introduced as a local initiative or referendum.
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Today, I would like to tell everyone about the book "Tutoring Matters: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About How To Tutor." This book was written by Jerome Rabow in 1999 and is a great book about being a good tutor. Written by a professional tutor and using firsthand experience, the book explores tutoring as a science and as an art.
The book discusses the characteristics a tutor should possess in order to become successful. In his book, Jerome Rabow emphasizes important tutoring strategies such as communicating with teachers and parents, and exercising professional interpersonal communication skills with the tutee. Plus Plus Tutoring highly recommends this book to all of its tutors.
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Exclusively published to the Touchstone website each week, these Daily Reflections are brief commentaries on the lectionary readings contained in the St. James Daily Devotional Guide. The reflections are penned by Patrick Henry Reardon, editor of the Daily Devotional Guide and a senior editor of Touchstone. Father Reardon provides here a very brief directional clue for one of the texts each day. Long-time readers of the Daily Devotional Guide will find these reflections an additional help to their reading of Holy Scripture which they can print and keep with their Guide. The Daily Reflections will be updated weekly. Please report any problems with Daily Reflections here. |
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Revelation 6:1-8: The opening of the first four seals brings forth four horses, variously colored in a way reminiscent of Zechariah 1:8-11; 6:1-7, though in Revelation the attention is directed more to the riders than to the horses. The first, the mounted archer on the white horse, symbolizes invasion and war. The mounted archers contemporary with John were the Parthian warriors to the eastern border of the Roman Empire (verses 1-2), on the far side of the Euphrates (cf. 9:14; 16:12). The second rider, which is like unto it, rides a red horse symbolic of bloodshed and fire. Whereas the first horseman carried a bow, the second carries a sword (verse 4). War invariably leads to famine and starvation, symbolized in the third horse, a black one, whose rider carries a scales to measure the scant remaining food (verses 5-6). Green, the color of the fourth horse, is the color of white human flesh at the beginnings of decay. The rider of this horse, therefore, is named Death, which perhaps is a metaphor for plague (verse 8), as in the common expression �black death� to mean bubonic plague. With war, famine, and disease, the populace is dying too fast to be buried; their rotting corpses are left for the beasts of the field. For this combination of evils, compare our text to Luke 21:9-11. All of these afflictions were visited on the world that John knew. In A.D. 62 the Roman legions were defeated by the Parthians to the east (cf. Tacitus, Annals 15.13-17), and there were shortages of food, such as those recorded in The Acts of the Apostles and in Suetonius's Lives of the Caesars (�Domition� 7). In addition, there were earthquakes, such as those in Asia Minor itself in A.D. 60 (cf. Tacitus, Annals 14.27), volcanic eruptions, such as Vesuvius (cf. Pliny, Letters 6.16), civil war in Rome following the suicide of Nero in 68, and the war in Judea that culminated in the destruction of that city in A.D. 70. All of these events, John is telling us, were the subjects of the Sacred Scroll opened by the Lamb. That is to say, they are all the fulfillment of prophecies in the final times. Monday, December 5 Revelation 6:9-17: Besides the evils that afflict the people of the world, John knows of a special harm visited on Christians. After his description of the four horsemen, therefore, he speaks of the bloody persecution endured by believers (verses 9-11). Their blood (in the biblical idiom, their souls, because the soul is in the blood, according to Leviticus 17:11) has run down the side of the altar of sacrifice and pools at its base. They are martyrs, which is the Greek word for �witnesses.� Like the blood of Abel, their blood cries out to God, �How long?� (Compare Isaiah 6:11; Zechariah 1:12; Habakkuk 1:2; Daniel 8:13; 12:6) The vengeance for which they pray is not a personal vindictiveness (for Christians always forgive their enemies and wish them no harm; this is an absolute rule, allowing no exceptions), but a petition for the fulfilling of God's righteous historical purposes. They must wait, however, until the full measure of the martyrs is complete (compare Hebrews 11:40). Their white robes signify their participation in eternal life (cf. 7:13-17). The opening of the sixth seal declares those things that precede the end of the world and the final vindication of the saints. First come the perturbations of the earth (verses 12-14), and then the effects on human beings (verses 15-17). The sequence of these afflictions follows the order of creation in Genesis 1, namely, (1) earth, (2) sun, (3) moon, (4) stars, (5) firmament, (6) land, (7) man. What John sees, then, is a kind of de-creation, a reversal of what God established, the collapse of the universe. In the opening of the fifth, sixth, and seventh seals, we also detect the same four colors that accompanied the first four seals: thus, fifth seal, white robes; sixth seal, red moon and black sun; seventh seal, the green grass. There is a great irony in the image of the �wrath of the Lamb.� Indeed, a wrathful lamb is unimaginable except to the enemies of God. The wrath, of course, does not come from the Lamb who shed His blood for the world's redemption and who hates nothing that He has made. The wrath comes, rather, from within the enemies themselves, who insist on seeing God as an enemy. Tuesday, December 6 2 Maccabees 1: Second Maccabees begins with two introductory letters (1:1-9 and 1:10-2:18). The purpose of these introductory letters was to urge the Jews at Alexandria (who by this time outnumbered the Jews in Jerusalem) to add the feast of Hanukah to their liturgical calendar, so that they would observe the same liturgical calendar as the Temple in Jerusalem. That is to say, there was an effort to preserve a unity of worship--simultaneous worship--taking place in different places. If all the believers could not be present in the same place at the same time, it was thought desirable that at least they be praying together at the same time. Their prayer would unite them, even though they were separated by distance. This effort demonstrates a sense of communion that was not to be diminished by the circumstances of space. The awareness of other believers at prayer at the same time tended to widen, to catholicize the experience of worship. The first of these letters, sent from Jerusalem in 124 B.C. (the year 188 of the Seleucid Kingdom), exhorts the Jews in Egypt to observe the winter feast of Hanukah, here called �the feast of Tabernacles in the month of Kislev� (verse 9). It is so called because it follows the liturgical structure of autumnal feast of Tabernacles, which coincided with the original dedication of the First Temple (1 Kings 8:2,65). It also coincided, we recall, with the dedication of the new altar erected after the Exile (3:3-4). This is a model letter dispatched from the mother synagogue to the synagogue at Alexandria, which was probably already the largest synagogue in the world. It was sent for the purpose of encouragement, exhortation, and mutual support (verses 1-6). The letter goes on to mention the recent sad state of affairs in Judea, already narrated in an earlier letter sent to Egypt during the reign of Demetrius (verse 7). This was Demetrius I Soter, who ruled the Seleucid kingdom from 162-150. The Jason referenced in this letter (verse 7) was the apostate high priest, whose story will be told in 4:7-5:10. For centuries the Jews had been obliged to deal with large foreign powers whose policies interfered, in various ways, with the goals and ideals of their own nation. They had dealt with Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, and Persia. Now they were obliged to deal with the Greeks, more particularly the Seleucid kingdom governed from Antioch. This kingdom had been founded at the death of Alexander the Great in 323, when his excessively large empire had been divided among his generals. The Seleucid kingdom was named for Seleucus I Nicator (323-280), one of those generals. As one sees in the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah, the history of the Holy Land had been relatively peaceful during the Persian period, but a great deal of turmoil ensued when the Greeks and Macedonians came to power. In the first division of Alexander's empire, rule over the Holy Land fell to Ptolemy I Lagi, another of Alexander's generals, to whose governance was allotted Egypt and its adjacent regions. It was during his rule (323-284) that very close ties developed between the Jews in the Holy Land and Egypt. It was during that third century, in fact, that the Hebrew Scriptures were translated into Greek at Alexandria, the capital of the Ptolemy family. In subsequent wars (200-198 B.C.) between the Ptolemy and Seleucid families, however, the governance of the Holy Land passed to the latter, and the fortunes of the Holy Land, already ravaged by those wars, were gradually but very dramatically altered. In 167 B.C. the Seleucid king, Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164), who decided to invade Egypt, imposed a heavy tax on Judea in order to finance the invasion. In effect, he simply robbed and pillaged the people. Antiochus did not like the Jews. They did not fit in with his plans for a unified realm. His large realm, which included regions as far away as Babylon, embraced many ethnic groups separated by mountain ranges and a variety of languages and cultures. Hence, he set out on an ambitious program of cultural uniformity, which involved a religious synthesis of elements from Greece, Phoenicia, and Syria. (Recall that the Romans had already begun to combine the pantheon of Greece with that of Rome, identifying Ares with Mars, Hermes with Mercury, and so forth.) He had no trouble identifying Olympian Zeus (cf. 2 Maccabees 6:2) with the Syrian and Phoenician Baal, but he found Israel's God much less accommodating. In the view and resolve of Antiochus, therefore, the Jewish religion had to change, in order to be brought into conformity with his national agenda. This resolve would have been bad enough for the Jews, but their situation was made much worse by the willingness of some of them to cooperate with the efforts of Antiochus. The latter had no trouble recruiting the assistance of many Jews who were all too happy to envisage their religion in newer and more accommodating terms. These Jews had in mind to alter their inherited faith in order to bring it into conformity with the wishes and aspirations of the times. Thus, the Books of the Maccabees tell the story, not only of the oppression of the Chosen People from without, but also of attempts to corrupt the Jewish faith from within. This is a history, then, not only of persecution, but also of apostasy. The second letter introductory to this book (1:10--2:18) was written earlier, shortly after the rededication of the Temple on December 14, 164 B.C. (10:1-8; 1 Maccabees 4:36-59) It also requests the Jews in Egypt to join with those in the Holy Land to celebrate annually the feast of Hanukkah to commemorate that rededication. Judas Maccabaeus is the only person named among the senders of this letter (verse 10). This letter is addressed specifically to the spiritual leader of the Jews in Alexandria, Aristobolus. He is called the �teacher� of Ptolemy VI Philometor (181-146) inasmuch as he dedicated to that pharaoh a book in which he argued that the classical philosophy and moral wisdom of the Greeks was derived from the ancient Hebrew Scriptures. From that work, now lost, Clement of Alexandria quoted Aristobolus as saying, �And Plato followed the laws given to us, and clearly he studied everything that they contain� (Stromateis 1.22). The unnamed �king� (verse 11) described in this letter is none other than Antiochus IV Epiphanes, recently deceased after his disastrous invasion of Persia. Seeking the treasures in the temple of the Sumerian goddess Nanaia, or Anaitis, he had declared himself her true husband (verses 13-14). This was another example of the religious syncretism pursued by this king; the Greeks identified Nanaia with their own Artemis. The author describes why this effort of Antiochus was unsuccessful (verses 15-16). More significant to the theme of this book is the fact that the Jews had used the occasion of this eastward military campaign to neutralize the Seleucid army occupying Jerusalem and to purge and dedicate the Temple. The curious story of the miraculous fire (1:19-2:13) came from a lost work ascribed to Nehemiah. This account served to identify the flames that consumed the sacrifices in the Second Temple with those that had consumed the sacrifices in the First Temple--namely, sacred fire that had descended from heaven on the sacrifices offered at the time of Solomon's dedication of the First Temple centuries earlier (2 Chronicles 7:1; cf. Leviticus 9:24). This story thus reinforces the emphasis on continuity and the maintenance of religious heritage, which is characteristic of this book. This miracle of �liquid fire� is said to have made a special impression on the Persian emperor, who was Artaxerxes I (465-424) (verses 33-34). This should not surprise us, because in the religion of the ancient Persians, Zoroastrianism, fire itself was thought to be sacred. Indeed, in the prayer offered at the time of the sacrifice (verses 24-29), the typical Zoroastrian of the period would have found little to which to object. The religion of Zoroaster (who apparently lived some two centuries earlier), was a kind of moral monotheism, in which the �Wise Lord,� Ahura Mazda, was the personal foundation of the moral order. This Hebrew prayer, therefore, in which the biblical God is addressed as �righteous� and �only just,� may have found deep resonance in the Persian soul. We recall that the descendents of those same Zoroastrians eventually found their way to Bethlehem, guided by a star. Wednesday, December 7 2 Maccabees 2: The first part of this chapter (verses 1-18) continues the second introductory letter of this book. It contains a curious account of Jeremiah at the time of Jerusalem's downfall in 587 B.C. According to this story, Jeremiah oversaw the removal of the Ark of the Covenant, the altar of incense, and the ancient Tabernacle to Mount Nebo before the end (verse 4). The Tabernacle itself, which had not been in use since Solomon's construction of the Temple, was likely kept in some form of storage, and its location was known to Jeremiah, who had it placed in a cave on Mount Nebo (verse 5). It is more remarkable that Jeremiah was able to abscond with the Ark of the Covenant and the altar of incense, which pertained to the appointments of the Temple. This detail gains plausibility, however, if one bears in mind the level of confusion that must have reigned in Jerusalem during the closing days before the final collapse. Jeremiah further prophesied, at the time, that in due course the place of the concealment on Mount Nebo would be disclosed by a theophanic phenomenon (verse 8) like those indicated in Exodus 16:10; 40:35; and 1 Kings 8:10-11. Stories like this are great fun, of course, because they give the readers throughout out history something new to look forward to. Like the story of Elijah's return, such stories make their readers participants in the expectation. Besides, every sensible child knows the attraction of stories of buried treasure waiting to be discovered. This letter also credits Nehemiah with gathering a library of Israel's archival records (verse 13), an effort copied by Judas Maccabaeus three centuries later (verse 14). Copies of these collections are made available to the Jews in Egypt (verse 15). The second part of this chapter (verses 19-32) consists of a preface in which the editor of the book, a writer commonly called the Epitomist, announces his intention to condense into one book a five-volume work by Jason of Cyrene (verse 23). This work, our Epitomist tells his readers, recorded in detail all the history associated with the recent trouble, including the military exploits and religious labors of Judas and his brothers (verses 19-22). In verse 21 we find the first extant reference to �Judaism,� a term apparently meaning �the religion of the Jews� (cf. also 8:1; 14:38; Galatians 1:14). Recourse to this abstract term surely reflects the historical situation of the time, when most Jews lived and practiced their religion outside the Holy Land and apart from its historical institutions. Anxious already that he may have said too much, the Epitomist brings his preface to an end (verse 32). Thursday, December 8 2 Maccabees 3: Here commences the actual narrative of the Maccabean period. In order to put the material of this chapter into context, it will be useful to review a bit of history. As the second century B.C. began, the Seleucid kingdom was playing an ambitious but dangerous hand. As we reflected earlier, between 200 and 198 the Seleucid king, Antiochus III (�the Great,� 223-187), wrested control of the Holy Land from Egypt, ruled over by Pharaoh Ptolemy V Epiphanes (203-181). At the same time, however, the mind of Antiochus was entertaining even bigger thoughts, and riskier. When the Romans won the Second Punic War at the battle of Zama just a few years earlier, in 202, the wily Carthaginian general, Hannibal, escaped and sought refuge in the Seleucid court, hoping to fight Rome again on a better day. It was likely Hannibal himself that put into the mind of Antiochus III to turn his sights westward. He marched on Asia Minor and then Thrace in 197, prompting the King of Pergamos, Eumenes II Sotor (197-159), to complain to Rome. Rome, not anxious for another war so soon after defeating Carthage, attempted to settle the problem by diplomacy. Some leaders on the world scene, however, regard it as a sign of weakness when an apparently strong nation, capable of military intervention, chooses diplomacy instead. It is important that powerful nations not forget this lesson of history--consistent and habitual recourse to diplomacy on the part of the strong tends to encourage lesser nations that are bent on aggression, tempting them to push their luck. Antiochus III was one of those geopolitical leaders who regarded diplomacy by the strong as a sign of a lack of political resolve. In 192, having relinquished nothing after several years of diplomacy with the Romans, he invaded Greece, apparently confident that Rome would not intervene. One imagines that it was Hannibal, still, who encouraged him in this delusion. Hannibal wanted a fight with Rome above all things. Rome, however, now provoked beyond measure, finally declared war, and Antiochus was driven back to Asia Minor in 191. The following year his fleet was defeated at Myonnesus and his army at Magnesia (cf. Daniel 11:18). At the Treaty of Apamea in 188 Antiochus was obliged to give up almost all of Asia Minor, to surrender his war elephants and fleet, to hand over Hannibal (regarded by the Romans as a monumental nuisance), to give Rome a group of important hostages that included his own son (the future Antiochus IV Epiphanes), and to pay an annual tribute that became increasingly burdensome in subsequent years. The wily Hannibal managed to escape, but all the other conditions of the Treaty of Apamea were met. Antiochus III, desperate for funds to pay his indemnity to Rome, attempted to rob a temple in Elam in 187 and was killed for his efforts (cf. Daniel 11:19). He was not the last Seleucid to try robbing a temple. It is useful to reflect on these facts of history, because they indicate that the Seleucid Kingdom, which seemed so powerful to the little nation of the Jews, was in fact in the course of a full, steady, relentless decline. After the death of Antiochus III, the Seleucid debt to Rome was inherited by his son, Seleucus IV Philopator (187-175), who soon turned his eyes on another possible source of income, the Temple treasury at Jerusalem. It is at this point that we take up the present chapter of 2 Maccabees. The governor at Jerusalem's Temple, Simon (called a Benjaminite in the Septuagint), had recently quarreled with the high priest Onias III (verse 4). Simon, unable to gain advantage over Onias in any other way, related to Apollonius of Tarsus, the Seleucid governor of Syria and Phoenicia, that the Temple treasury was full of money not being used (verse 6), and this word quickly reached the ears of the king and his minister Heliodorus. That is to say, Simon deliberately used the Temple treasury as a bait to lure the Seleucid throne to interfere at Jerusalem (verses 7-8; cf. Daniel 11:20). When Heliodorus arrived at Jerusalem to claim the cash, Onias informed him that some of the money was intended for the relief of the poor (verse 10) and the rest of it was held in �sanctuary� status as a private trust (verses 11-12). Little impressed with such considerations, Heliodorus resolved to take the funds anyway (verse 13). The shocked reaction of the priests and people to this threat to the Temple was universal (verses 15-21), and their prayers ascended to heaven (verse 22), where they were answered unto rather dramatic effect (verses 24-29). After the very life of Heliodorus was spared only by a sacrifice that Onias offered on his behalf (verses 31-34), the Seleucid minister returned home with chastened thoughts and worthier sentiments (verses 35-40). The scourging and expulsion of Heliodorus inspired the artist Rafael, whose mural of the scene in the Vatican Museum may be viewed at http://www.abcgallery.com/R/raphael/raphael37.html. Friday, December 9 2 Maccabees 4: Simon, whose treachery had brought about the dramatic events narrated in the previous chapter, was not less determined, in spite the frustration of his repeated attempts to be rid of Onias. Against the high priest he continued to plot with Apollonius, the governor of Cele-Syria (verses 1-4). Onias, knowing this menace and eager to thwart it, resolved to bring the matter to the attention of Seleucus himself (verses 5-6). However, he was too late in this effort, for none other than Heliodorus had recently murdered the king in a palace revolt. This took place in 175. Events did not turn out well for Heliodorus, because other factions in the court thwarted his efforts to seize control of the government. Moreover, another son of Antiochus III, also named Antiochus, who had been handed over to the Romans as a hostage at the Treaty of Apamea thirteen years earlier, managed to escape captivity and had already started to return home. He was at Athens when he learned of the death of his brother. Arriving at last, he was promptly put on the throne by those who had thwarted the rebellion of Heliodorus. He assumed the crown as Antiochus IV Epiphanes, and the Jews were to find him the very worst of the Seleucid monarchs. Before proceeding further with the narrative, it is well that we consider the state of the realm when Antiochus IV came to power, because the political conditions of the time render the seemingly erratic policies of this ruler more intelligible. Antiochus inherited a shaky situation. His unstable throne was lately threatened by a palace revolt, and he found himself ruling an enormous and very diverse empire, difficult to govern, its various sections prone to come apart. Moreover, Antiochus was menaced by sustained outward threats on every side. To the east the Parthians increasingly harassed his territory, and it was on a campaign in the east that he would eventually lose his life. On his southwestern border there loomed the increasingly hostile presence of Egypt, a realm far from resigned to its recent loss of rule over Palestine and Phoenicia. Most of all, however, there was Rome, certainly offended by Antiochus's escape, in violation of the Treaty of Apamea. Rome had defeated the Seleucids in all their earlier encounters, and Antiochus needed to tread lightly. His sword was not one to be measured against Rome. (As we shall see presently, the Jews had already begun to make overtures to Rome for their own protection, and it was this effort of the Jews that would finally bring Rome permanently into the politics of the region, a tragic presence that would lead directly to the fall of Jerusalem two centuries later.) The combination of Rome and Egypt would make life particularly difficult for Antiochus Epiphanes. When assumed the throne in 175, the nominal ruler of Egypt was his nephew Ptolemy VI Philometor (181-146), but the latter had not yet attained his majority. The real ruler was Ptolemy's mother, Cleopatra I, the sister of Antiochus. When Ptolemy came of age in 172, Antiochus sent Apollonius of Tarsus (cf. 3:4-6) to Egypt for a double purpose. First, to represent the Seleucid throne at the coronation, and second, to assess the young king's geopolitical intentions. Apollonius discerned that the newly crowned pharaoh was not favorably disposed toward his uncle in Antioch. (It was during this time that Antiochus himself visited Jerusalem; cf. verses 21-22.) The assessment of Apollonius was correct. In 170 Ptolemy Philometor attempted to reconquer Palestine. Antiochus, turning him back easily, then invaded Egypt, where he established a sort of protectorate over the reign of his rebellious nephew. When this arrangement collapsed on his withdrawal from the country, he returned in force and laid siege to Alexandria. Word of these developments reached the Roman senate, which ordered the invader to evacuate Egypt. Following a humiliating scene with the Roman legate Gaius Popilius Laenas in 168, Antiochus did so, aware that he was no match for Rome. Because of these military pressures threatening Antiochus from without, he did not feel comfortable with dissident elements within his realm. In order to solidify into one political reality the diverse cultures over which he ruled, Antiochus decided on a rigorous policy of cultural and religious reform, in the hope of discouraging movements toward independence and rebellion in the local provinces. It was not his intent to suppress the regional religions, but to make them �fit in� by a process of assimilation, to integrate them into a larger, more comprehensive culture. Antiochus did not believe that these local religions, correctly understood, were truly at odds with one another in those deeper dimensions that make religion itself really important. After all, he reasoned, was there really so much difference whether the divinity was called Zeus or Baal? All these different religions, did they really differ so much from one another except in superficial particulars or the names by which they invoked the gods? Antiochus was what we might today call a Perennialist. Throughout the ages, he thought, the religions of the various cultures were all pretty much the same and had all deposited their experience in a common pool of religious wisdom. What united these religions were those perennial features that they all shared. Antiochus was persuaded that the adherents of those various religions-those tribal faiths-were all structured in essentially the same way and were addressing themselves to the same set of gods and religious concerns. He was very comfortable with a policy of mix-and-match in matters of religion. Consequently, Antiochus did not intend to suppress local religions and religious customs, but to universalize them and to raise them to a higher cultural plain by ridding them of elements that made them narrow and sectarian. In this endeavor, Antiochus pursued the philosophical tradition of Alexander the Great, who believed that religion should unite people, not divide them. Alexander's universal vision had attempted to unite into one vast empire peoples as diverse as Macedonians, Greeks, Phoenicians, Syrians, Jews, Egyptians, Persians, and Hindus. This universal mission of became part of Hellenistic culture itself, and Antiochus was nothing more than its enthusiastic heir. From the perspective of Antiochus, the people most in need of his reforms were the Jews, whose God stubbornly resisted cultural and religious assimilation. That is to say, the Jewish religion, as inherited from antiquity, steadfastly refused to �fit in.� On the other hand, there were Jews that agree with Antiochus. They too thought their religion out of step with the times. In addition, some of them were willing to betray their own nation and religion for the sake of selfish advantage. As we have seen, one of these was Simon, the governor of the Temple. Another was Jason (or Joshua), a jealous brother of the high priest Onias III. Jason acceded to the high priesthood, when Onias, fearing that his days were numbered in the new political climate, fled to Egypt at the accession of Antiochus IV. There, in 169-168, he constructed a sort of rival temple at Heliopolis, popularly known as the temple of Onias (Josephus, The Jewish Wars 7.10.2). He would later leave Egypt and travel to Antioch for the purpose of denouncing his successors, an unwise decision that led to his death (verses 33-35). Jason, to secure the high priesthood for himself, simply bribed the Seleucid court (verses 7-8). Antiochus IV, always strapped for cash, agreed readily, and from that point forward the high priesthood was available to the highest bidder. Jason, to solidify the deal, also offered to advance the king's own cultural reforms by establishing a training center (gymnasion) for the Hellenizing of young Jews (verses 9-10). None of this could have taken place without the compliance of many of Jason's countrymen, including other priests (verses 13-17). Those associated with this institution wore special broad-rimmed hats associated with Hermes, the god of gymnasts (verse 12). In addition, those trained at this gymnasion took part in the athletic contests in Phoenicia, to which he sent a large sum of money for sacrifices to the god Hercules, identified by the �New theology� of the day with the Phoenician divinity, Melquart (verses 17-19). To discourage appeals to Rome, Jason abrogated an earlier treaty of friendship between the Jews and the Roman senate (verse 11; cf. 1 Maccabees 8:17). For all that, some of the Jews considered Jason too slow and conservative! Desiring even more concessions to Hellenism, they plotted his overthrow as high priest. After three years (174-171) Jason was replaced, and, following several further intrigues and a prolonged period of wandering, he finally died among the Spartans, buried in a foreign land and mourned by no one (verse 26; 5:6-10). Jason's replacement as high priest was a cousin, another Onias, who is more commonly referred to as Menelaus. He was the brother of Simon, the governor of the Temple, who had learned that money was the real force in the choice of the high priest. He simply outwitted and outbid his rival (verses 23-25). Having obtained the high priesthood by bribery, Menelaus was eventually summoned to deliver the goods, or at least to give an explanation why not (verses 27-29). At it happened, Antiochus himself was away from the capital at the time (verses 30-31), a circumstance that permitted Menelaus to do, once again, what he did best. He bribed the king's minister Andronicus with money gained by the sale of vessels stolen from the Temple (verse 32). It was at this point that Onias, learning that the high priesthood had once again changed hands, returned from Egypt and came to denounce these recent usurpers of the office that was rightfully his (verse 33). Now that Menelaus had already compromised Andronicus by bribery, he persuaded him to violate the principle of sanctuary and murder Onias (verses 34-36). Antiochus, on his return to the capital, caused Andronicus to be executed for this crime (verses 37-38). Meanwhile, things were not idle back at Jerusalem. During the absence of Menelaus, his brother Lysimachus, left in charge of the Temple, took the opportunity to plunder that venerable institution still further, provoking an uprising among the common people (verses 39-40). These defeated the force sent against them and killed Lysimachus (verses 41-42). Needless to say, these events reflected badly on Menelaus, who nonetheless managed with more bribery to extricate himself from blame at the royal court. Even the pagans recognized the injustice (verses 43-50). Obviously things were going from bad to worse at Jerusalem. Because of the greater length of some of these Daily Reflections, Saturday's reflection will be posted at the end of the week. |
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Unions fight against abuse of migrant laborers
Mexican and US organizers are risking their lives to prevent guest workers from being swindled by unscrupulous 'recruiters.'
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
Alberto Hernandez had picked tobacco in the US for nearly a decade, and even he was easily sucked into the scam: an eight-month contract, and a $9-an-hour job in the US – visa and transportation included – all for $700 up front.
When he came home to his wife and three children that day, after the bus to take him to the US never showed up, his wife burst into tears.
Two years later, he awaits a 36-hour bus journey from Nuevo Laredo along the US-Mexico border to the tobacco fields of North Carolina, where he'll work for the next five months. This time he has paid not a single fee nor left his wife with any debt.
The difference is due to new efforts by leaders in Mexico, through the Ohio-based Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), to protect migrant laborers from the thousands of unscrupulous recruiters who prey on them as they try to navigate the guest-worker program to earn a living in the US. But interfering in the recruiters' lucrative trade is proving difficult – and deadly.
In April, a union organizer was tortured and murdered in the union's Monterrey office.
FLOC has vowed to fight on and expand its reach throughout Mexico – especially if an overhaul of US immigration laws, which was reintroduced to US Senate debate last week, augments the numbers of guest workers heading to the US – and, thus, the abuse at the hands of recruiters.
"We can't stop this now, it's just going to go further and further," says Castulo Benavides, the director of FLOC in Mexico. "If they kill me, someone else will take my place, and this will keep moving forward."
How guest workers get swindled
For over 60 years, Mexicans have crossed the border legally each year, to harvest tobacco in North Carolina, extract meat from crabs in Maryland, pick blueberries in Maine, among other menial jobs. In 2006, some 37,000 workers got visas to carry out agriculture and other low-skill labor. More than three-fourths come from Mexico.


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Happy Earth Day! Here in Hawai'i, we are lucky to live in a place with diverse ecology and unique environments. As such, we must actively strive to be stewards of our 'aina and protect our islands for the future.
Celebrating Earth Day at the State Capitol, students from Farrington High School, Waialua High and Intermediate School, Nanakuli High and Intermediate School, Leilehua High School, Hawai'i Pacific University, Hongwanji Mission School, 'Iolani School, and Le Jardin Academy rallied to support a clean energy future and an end to Hawai'i's dependency on fossil fuels.
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In addition to rallying for clean energy, students also participated in the legislative process. They visited Senate and House galleries to see legislators at work during the legislative floor session, and urged lawmakers to support clean energy policies under current consideration.
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Remembering the All-Star Races - Pete Wright, from the Roanoke, Va., area and a former all-state high school football player, has been at every NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race as a crewman or crew chief. He's worked for some of the sport's top car owners and best drivers. Wright is now a member of A.J. Allmendinger's no. 83 Red Bull Toyota crew. Wright recalls some of the first All-Star races and how many of the teams were breaking the rules. "I was working for Junior (Johnson) in that first all-star here which Darrell (Waltrip) won," said Wright. Terry (Labonte) had the race won and all of a sudden, out of nowhere comes Darrell and wins the race. Junior knew the engine in our car wasn't right and told Darrell about it and he wouldn't pass post-race inspection. So Darrell popped the clutch on that last lap and blew the engine. Terry was mad as heck with that. Then, there was the year Ray Evernham showed up with that tricked-up Chevrolet from Hendrick Motorsports with Jeff Gordon (driver, no.24) and NASCAR told them not to ever bring that car back to the track. There are so many other things that were done, too. Like connecting illegal hoses to the cowl opening under the windshield or having those rear spoilers collapse halfway into the race. There was no points involved and the money was good enough that it didn't matter, and it was worthwhile if you won an All-Star race. Now, if Billy (France Jr.) was still alive today, we wouldn't be doing some of the stuff we're doing now. But I've told some people the last couple of days that I believe that tonight's race will be of the most up-and-up All-Star races we've ever run. That's because Mike Helton (NASCAR president) and some other people still care. We can't do the things to these cars we used to and I don't think people are even trying to do some of those things."
NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Pit Note # 8
Saturday, May 17, 2008