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Educational Programs
Cheryl Quinn, PrincipalOur mission is "to cultivate the mind and to restore the spirit."
Mountain View Youth Development Center (MVYDC) is dedicated to building a community of learners. The MVYDC school faculty is comprised of certified classroom teachers, guidance counselor, librarian, vocation trades instructors, special education teachers, director of special education, and principal.
Teachers work together in unit teams and are generally assigned to resident housing areas for morning classes. Teachers plan their content area in eight-week units with lesson plans that meet the standards of Maine Learning Results (MLR) and General Educational Development (GED) objectives. Afternoon classes are pre-vocational or academic interest area classes offered in eight week sessions with student choices earned as part of their program.
Female students receive gender-specific programming in their morning classes. This approach provides the attention they need and the ability to discuss topics important to them in a comfortable instructional environment.
Mountain View Youth Development Center
Program- Mountain View Youth Development Center's (MVYDC) Educational Program, based on Learning for Life, meets all requirements of the Maine Department of Education. Gardner, Goleman, Glasser, and Greene philosophies provide the school with treatment and instructional frameworks to develop and maintain a constructivist approach to education. Our approach to the Learning for Life Program is based on the integration of the Promising Futures model, a constructivist approach to the planning and implementation of instruction, and the Cog skills program, which includes the behavior management and Collaborative Problem Solving research of psychologist Ross Green, author of The Explosive Child.
Our fully approved school awards credits and diplomas using the same criteria as other Maine public schools and comports with standards created through the No Child Left Behind act (NCLB). Students are given transcript reports every eight weeks.
Students receive instruction based on units designed in compliance with the Maine Learning Results (MLR) and also aligned with General Educational Development (GED) objectives. We also offer high school and college on-line courses, GED Preparation and we are an approved GED test site.
Meeting students at their level, restoring pride and confidence through success, matching students with personal interests, and teaching to a student's learning style, provides the basis for the alternative educational program at MVYDC. We believe that everyone can and wants to learn and "it is not how smart you are, but how you are smart". Methods employed by the educational staff consider multiple intelligence factors, emotional quotients, and learning styles in conjunction with coursework that focuses on experiential learning activities integrated into lesson plans and MLR based unit designs.
Assessment - All students are assessed upon entering our school. Each student receives a battery of tests and is interviewed by various professionals (i.e. medical, psychologists, social workers, unit coaches, psychiatrist, substance abuse counselors, program managers, Project Impact, and special educators). The student is enrolled in the Assessment/Orientation (A/O) program where school records are requested and reviewed, Multiple Intelligences/strengths-based inventories are completed, academic achievement testing is administered, present levels of performance are updated, and transition planning is initiated by Project IMPACT professionals. The student is placed into the morning A/O classroom and is enrolled in an afternoon interest area class within 48 hours upon arrival.
Students are assessed up to four times throughout their stay. Assessment is done by using the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) program, which is based on the MLR Standards. As a student answers questions, the complexity of the problems fluctuates up and down grade levels, depending on whether the student answers the questions correctly or not. The assessment results are used to show student academic progress over time. The test proctor uses this test to determine the educational needs of the student and to design individualized instruction.
Students who are close to eighteen are given the pre-GED tests to assess their readiness for this option. The GED program is a very effective program with a high success rate.
The school's CHOICES program and the Basic Skills Survey help our students find their learning strengths. The survey also identifies what type of activities the student enjoy and the Interest Inventory helps to match his/her interests to occupations.
Other student assessments include individual portfolios, which show case completed academic projects and products made in the vocational arts classes. The portfolios include rubric guided performance-based activities all aligned with the Maine Learning Results and/or Technical Standards, and transcripts. The faculty is currently working on developing standards based assessments, which will better document student progress in meeting targeted content area standards.
The Guidance Counselor, Project Impact Coordinator, and the A/O teachers prepare a report and the student is assigned to classes. Students are placed in classes according to their strengths, needs and interests. A Personal Learning Plan (PLP) advisor is also assigned to help guide the student with their academics and vocational or educational planning prior to their leaving the school.
Unit Treatment Teams and Classification Meetings – Once assessments are completed, all professionals involved with a student, meet to report results and develop an individualized case plan that is updated monthly. Community school representatives, parents, student, Juvenile Community Corrections Officer, and other service providers are encouraged to attend.
Classes – The Mountain View Youth Development Center's Education program provides students with hands-on and minds-on instruction that is connected to world and career interests; addresses individual learning styles and needs; and targets Personal Learning Plan goals utilizing the information provided from the Assessment/Orientation process.
Students receive full-time classroom instruction daily from September through June. During the summer schedule, students participate in half day classes. Morning classes include academic subjects emphasizing experiential and applied learning opportunities. Some morning students take on-line classes. Afternoon classes offer choices between pre-vocational Interest Areas for eight-week terms in Building Trades, Small Engines, Culinary Arts, Agriculture, Art, Music, Library Skills, Mountaineering, Science Adventures, Robotics, Multi-media, Creative Writing, On-line courses and Health/Independent Living Skills. The curriculum is designed with a constructivist hands-on format in eight week units that integrate subject area instruction, interdisciplinary cooperation, and career preparation for multi-age and multi-ability classes. Our program utilizes a whole school approach that uses special education instructional methodology and strategies in all classes. The curriculum is interest and strengths-based, multi-sensory, hands-on, small classes, and provides direct instruction by a special educator in the classroom.
All students are required to take Physical Education and Independent Living/Health prior to their release. Library time is scheduled for all students during the academic day.
Gender specific programming is offered in the morning. The curriculum includes decision making and healthy relationships as well as traditional academics to assist young women to use their voices to speak for themselves and to understand that they have choices.
Reintegration/Transition- The Project IMPACT team works with the student, family, and other Reintegration Team members to discuss the student's strengths, needs and progress in their case management plan. Students with special needs receive individualized programming by initially following their most recent Individualized Educational Plan (IEP). A transfer Pupil Evaluation Team (PET) meeting is scheduled to discuss student needs, parent concerns, and to update individualized programming to meet the students' educational goals.
Students may enroll in our Jobs for Maine Graduates program (JMG) once they earn a diploma. JMG is a transitions program to develop work skills, participate in post-secondary on-line courses, and to explore vocational and post secondary interests through our guidance office. Students may continue to take classes within the school, online classes, or act as classroom assistants. Students continue to participate in afternoon pre-vocational interest area classes, which encourage them to consider other vocational and educational choices. The Guidance Counselor may arrange meetings for students with military recruitment Officers and community colleges and may arrange the taking of online college placement tests. The Guidance Counselor may also take students to visit colleges.
Some students are reintegrated back into their community schools through Project Impact before they earn a diploma. All coursework at this school is focused on earning credits and meeting the MLR Standards in all offered content areas.
Detention Educational Program-The Educational Program in the Detention Unit at Mountain View Youth Development Center serves students that are pre-adjudicated or are serving Shock sentences of not more than 30 days. Educational components of the program fall into one of three areas. If a student is currently enrolled in school, then he/she is encouraged to do the work from the sending school. Project Impact coordinates the transition to and from MVYDC by communicating with a representative from the student's sending school. If the student is 17 years old or older and is not currently attending school, we offer a GED preparation program and in many instances are able to test students before they leave the facility. The school offers a curriculum that offers instruction in the areas of: Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Current Events, Art, and Physical Education. The curriculum unit designs are based on MLR Standards.
Since the length of stay in the Detention Unit may vary from 2 days to as many as 60 days (or more), students may choose to work in the general program, do work from their sending school, or work in the GED program. The educational staff in Detention is focused on meeting the needs of all students. The Detention Unit academic program follows the same time schedule as the rest of the school, but the students are kept separate from committed students during their instruction.
Vocational Training Programs
For many of our students who have not been in regular school attendance or have not had a positive school experience, we have found their interest in learning is rekindled by offerings in:
- Diversified Trades:
- Mechanics, Small Engine, Vehicle, and Equipment Repair
- Carpentry, Woodworking and Building Trades
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- Personal Fitness
- Team building
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- Food preparation
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- Baking
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- Greenhouse Management
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PUBLISHED: 15 Oct 2013 12:35:00 | UPDATED: 16 Oct 2013 07:15:50PUBLISHED: 15 Oct 2013 PRINT EDITION: 16 Oct 2013Grantly Mailes is also a key bureaucrat at the government's Department of Business and Innovation where he authored Victoria's revised technology strategy. Photo: Tamara Voninski
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The head of the Victorian Government's technology shake-up Grantly Mailes has been appointed chair of the state's central technology procurement body, CenItex.
The new role is Mr Mailes' third appointment this year to a powerful position overseeing the state government's technology spend.
Mr Mailes is also a key bureaucrat at the government's Department of Business and Innovation where he wrote Victoria's revised technology strategy.
He was appointed the state's chief technology advocate to oversee the new strategy to save more than 15 per cent of the state's $1.5 billion technology budget by the end of next year.
It included greater sharing of technology infrastructure between government departments.
Victorian Premier Gordon Rich-Phillips said in a statement Mr Mailes would be an "asset to the CenITex Board during a period of significant change to the enterprise."
CenItex has faced allegations of corruption in recent years and the appointment would likely firm its future.
It was expected to play a less of a role as government departments outsource some of their infrastructure to cloud services.
Mr Rich-Phillips said instead of procuring technology for state governments, CenItex would become a central broker for outsourcing services.
Mr Mailes would retain his existing government roles.
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Thursday, August 28 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location in or around Ballpark Village by Busch Stadium to be announced soon!
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Saturday, October 11 (8:00 am – 3:00 pm)
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Our special keynote speaker, Steve Leinwand, was one of the members of the writing team for NCTM's new book, Principles to Actions
For information, please contact Joshua Pearce
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It's on. Word went out yesterday that the world-famous Mavericks Invitational surf contest is set for this Sunday, January 20 in Pillar Point, Half Moon Bay. With monster waves in the forecast, the excitement surrounding the event is pretty contagious.
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When not wet, there are ways for surfers to further their surf game aside from doing daily push-ups. By flipping through pages of inspirational photographs, reading about conquering fears, and learning about the culture of the sport, immersion leads to enlightenment. For non-surfers, absorbing oceanic imagery and scoping out hot bodies in boardshorts and bikinis can be a fun pastime, too. Arguably one of the most stylish sports, surfing is undeniably cool. But there's so much more beyond the water's surface. San Francisco-based Chronicle Books is a fan, pumping out odes by the month. Here's a rundown of the publisher's best wave porn...
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So many of us venture over a bridge or down the windy Highway 1 for weekend escapes. But how about saving some gas and spending a few easy-going hours in San Francisco's coastal neighbor, Pacifica? Just 15 miles south of the city, and founded at the same time as San Francisco, in 1769, by Spanish explorers, Pacifica is a sleepy coastal town with bohemian charm and many hidden gems. Sleepy yes, boring no. Even though Pacifica means "peaceful" in Spanish, it's fast growing as a surf town and affordable staycation destination.
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On November 14-15, 2012, the Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) and Solar Energy Research Center (SERC) at UNC-Chapel Hill will co-host a scientific meeting at the Raleigh Convention Center, as part of the Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society.
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Citing sources in Taiwan's supply chain, Digitimes reports that Google will ship 3.5 million new Nexus 7 tablets in the remaining four months of 2013, a healthy number considering total Nexus 7 shipments have apparently only reached six million since the original model launched last July.
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St. Louis, MO - The United States Attorney's Office announced today that Eddie Oliphant pled guilty to a charge involving his assistance in concealing stolen money from the August 2010 robbery of ATM Solutions.
EDDIE OLIPHANT, St. Louis County, pled guilty to one felony count of accessory after the fact. Eddie Oliphant appeared today for his plea before United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry, who set sentencing for June 26, 2012.
Eddie's nephew, Jacobi Oliphant, St. Louis County, pled guilty to the same charge on Tuesday, April 10, 2012. Jacobi's sentencing is set for June 26, 2012.
Robert Oliphant, Buffalo, MO, Eddie's brother, pled guilty to the same charge on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Robert's sentencing is set for June 26, 2012.
Eddie, Jacobi and Robert Oliphant now face a maximum penalty of ten years in prison and/or fines up to $125,000. In determining the actual sentences, a Judge is required to consider the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, which provide recommended sentencing ranges.
Monday, April 10, 2012, Candi and Cathy Goodson were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Catherine D. Perry. Candi received 18 months for conspiracy to transport stolen property and Cathy received one year probation for lying to a federal agent.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney Tom Mehan is handling the case for the U.S. Attorney's Office.


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Now that I've made it to the conclusion of my beloved Remington Steele series (even though at the end, I was counting chapters until it was put out of its misery), I wondered what I should watch next. My darling husband solved that problem by giving me another 80s TV series DVD set:
Beauty and the Beast began in 1987, and it shows its age, both physically and in terms of content. The film quality isn't all that great at times, and as for the story… Linda Hamilton plays a spoiled corporate lawyer, bored with her job at daddy's firm, who's mistakenly attacked and cut up one evening. She awakes to find herself wrapped in a full head of bandages in a secret underground society of outcasts.
Her rescuer and protector is Vincent, a lion-like man with a fearsome exterior and a sensitive, romantic heart. After she recovers and returns to her yuppie life (albeit one where she's now working in the district attorney's office), the two will forever be kept apart by their different worlds, although the show will keep finding ways for him to rescue her, thanks to a mysterious psychic bond they share.
All that said, it's a very nice escapist entertainment, especially if you have a bent towards fairy tale romance and/or nostalgia for its original run. I was surprised to find that the series was nominated for a variety of acting, makeup, sound, and cinematography awards, including Emmys. It is that good, and different from the usual, too, but I didn't realize it had been recognized as such at the time.
It works for me in large part because of the beautiful voice of Ron Perlman, who does a wonderful job creating a three-dimensional portrayal underneath a four-hour makeup job, just as he later did in Hellboy. (If you've ever wondered why women find Marvel's Beast so sexy, Perlman demonstrates, live and in color.) I also liked the work of Roy Dotrice, who plays the leader of the hidden culture and Vincent's adoptive father. Hamilton's work, on the other hand… maybe it's more subtle than I had eyes for, but I used to think she was a better actress than she appears to be here. I should reserve judgment on that, though, until I watch more of the episodes.
The show, during its heights, touches a basic need inside us. It's the part that wants to believe that special people can build a better world where strange appearances don't matter, where people truly care for each other, where all that counts are one's intentions and spirit and heart. It works best as an experience if you're willing to give yourself over to the atmosphere and believe, if only for 40 minutes, in star-crossed eternal love.
The set has 22 episodes on six discs, but no extra features. The second season is due in July.
George R.R. Martin had quite a lot to do with the writing IIRC, so that had to have helped with the general quality. My wife and I were newly married when this was on, and it was our "romantic" show to watch. I ordered the set when it was announced (it came out right at Valentine's Day), but we had to debate whether to watch it again. Older shows do not always live up to one's memories. We were very surprised at how well this show did, and our two sons (13 and 10) also liked it and want to watch more episodes.
it's definitely worth Netflixing, and I heartily recommend purchase if people remember it at all fondly. Now we're waiting for the Picket Fences set to get a new release date so we can see how well that one holds up to our fond memories of the early seasons.
Ah, yes. I remember this series fondly. You do have to give yourself over to the atmosphere, but it's easy to do so with this series.
I also remember the show for a few other reasons:
– for its tie-in comic "Portrait of Love" by Wendy Pini, which was beautiful;
– for demonstrating the "jump the shark" phenomenon before that phrase entered the lexicon when the show continued after Linda Hamilton left the show; and
– of course, for the Saturday Night Live parody with Vicent (Phil Hartman) and Catherine (Jan Hooks) doubledating with Demi Moore and Vincent's-hapless-cat-faced-pal Jon Lovitz…
"Portrait of Love" was indeed beautiful. :-)
It may be considered sacrilegious to say so, but though the story jumped the shark after Hamilton left, her "replacement" Jo Anderson portrayed a much better character (Diana) than Hamilton's Catherine.
You know, for some reason as a kid I hated this show. I don't even know why now, but way back then I just really disliked it and I don't think I even watched more than a few minutes.
Maybe I'll Netflix the first disc and see if I've changed my mind or at least am reminded of my hate of it.
That would be cool, too, to get a contrary opinion. :)
I watched the show faithfully when it first came out in 1987, and I was hooked. Totally. I taped all the episodes and re-watched many times over the years. It has been several years since I revisted my tapes again, and it was perfect timing, since I found out it was the 20th anniversary, found out about the wonderful Convention in Culver City, and the DVD was being released, and the CD "Of Love and Hope" was released again (I had it on cassette). The best CD ever.
It is not only a fantastic love story, but the music, the poetry, the tunnels, everything about it was a real fantasy land where people really cared about each other. A 2-1/2 season show will be with me always.
I have already ordered and received the 1st Season, have pre-ordered the 2nd Season which should come this week, and hopefully Season 3 will be released. I know it is a short season, but we do need to have this DVD to complete the series.
Thank you all so much for all your work and participation in Beauty and the Beast a work of excellence. We need more of this kind of writing.
I disliked this show back then. I now think its one of the greatest. I been watching it every night with my wife Deb who I have to thank for buying season 1. My heart is mature enough to appreciate the characters now. I miss the 80's and it's lack of reality (shows).
im not sure but suppose wacthed when i was 5 or 6. i was like and affraid to vincent,because it was so interesting be a hero and wild lionman and later i was trying to understand,how would they do sex :) in 24 hours and 45 times:) = dead woman…now whenever i see pics of beast,i feel so sad,,perhaps i remember my childhood times :)
i think that beauty and the beast was way ahead f fanstasy and darma from its era and is a wonderful piece of art to watch now.And ive only jus begiining to watch the prgramme.
The series came on when I was fourteen and I was hooked from then on. I loved it up until they killed Cathrine's character off. I refused to watch after that. I confess I did buy the series on DVD and I watch the final season and I tell I did not like it. I highly recommend the first and second season.


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Movie Quotes Hangman isn't going to win any prizes when it comes to its looks. It's downright basic to look at. Underneath that simple black and white surface however is an addictive game ideal for movie buffs. It's the traditional pen and paper game of Hangman but with a movie based theme. Every round involves a quote from a well known film.
The story behind it all is that the player must save Querentin Tentarino from being hanged by the executioner. Enter the wrong letter or number and the executioner gets one step closer to pulling the lever that condemns Tentarino to his death. Players get seven wrong guesses before it's game over. Each game consists of 50 rounds in all, each offering a different quotation. With 600 different quotes available, there's a reasonable amount to do here before quotes begin to repeat themselves.
As a big film buff, I found it relatively easy to work my way through the 50 stages. I didn't even need to use all three of the joker cards available that offer a new quote if used. Relative ease isn't to the detriment of the fun though as it was quite enjoyable to figure out the answers. Certainly much more so than just guessing words as is usually the way with Hangman games. The movies are varied, including classics such as Casablanca but also including recent hits such as The Social Network.
My only reservation is that Movie Quotes Hangman is going to need regular updates to keep interesting. With the current supply of quotes, it won't take players that long to exhaust their options. Updates every few weeks, providing new questions, could be just what's needed to keep the game fresh. A series of theme packs could provide similar results also. As it stands though and at its low price, Movie Quotes Hangman is still worth playing for the film buff. Just don't expect it to last forever.
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"We are striving to create a center where discussions between Protestants, Catholics and Orthodox can happen. A place where we can come together and say, 'What is this that we call our common faith, and how do we each contribute to a better understanding of that,'" George Kalantzis, director of the new Wheaton Center for Early Christian Studies, told Our Sunday Visitor.
Patristics is the study of the earliest Christian teachers, also called the Church Fathers. Depending on the list, the Church honors about 100 Church Fathers who have the following characteristics: orthodox doctrine, holiness of life, Church approval and antiquity.
"What is missing in American Protestantism is an understanding of the richness of the early Church," Kalantzis said. "One looks at reformers such as Calvin, Luther and Wesley and one sees the dependence on the early Church. The Reformation itself is a call to come back to the Church. It is a call to the Church to come back to the tradition of the Church."
"Wheaton has always been at the forefront of that evangelical call to be faithful to the Bible and the faith of the Church," Kalantzis said. "And now we have an opportunity to have a programmatic relationship with that."
It is not unusual for Catholic colleges to have patristics programs. The Catholic University of America and the University of Notre Dame are known for theirs, for example. But a Protestant college?
"For Protestant schools, we are the first to have a center. There are a number of Protestant schools that have a person who teaches patristics, but no one else has a center and resources as we do," Kalantzis said.
The center, which officially opened this fall, already has a small number of graduate and undergraduate students. According to the center's website, the center's mission is to foster "systematic study in the fields of patristics and early Christian literature by engaging in sustained teaching, research and publication related to the early Church."
Reading deep
"Most Christians look at the early Church and find quotes that support their position and move forward from there. But that is not study. That is pillaging," Kalantzis said. "We need to delve into it and truly live with [the Church Fathers] and understand them, where their conflicts were and what their thought patterns were. How else are we going to understand our faith if we don't understand those who delivered it to us?"
Undergraduate students at Wheaton will be offered a two-year certificate program in early Christian studies. They will have core courses in the history of Christianity, reading Scripture with the Church Fathers, and doctrine (Christology or Trinitarian theology). Students will have a number of electives that can mix with other disciplines such as art or music.
A graduate research fellowship will be available for master's students as well as an early Christian studies emphasis for masters and doctoral programs. The center will offer lectures and conferences on patristics and early Christian studies given by scholars from all three backgrounds.
"We are cultivating a culture of going deeply into the primary sources by reading the Fathers and Mothers of the Church in their own language," Kalantzis said. "Wheaton already has strong Greek and Latin programs. Hope-fully in a few years we will be in a position to add more."
A wish granted
Wheaton would have been just another school with one person teaching patristics if it weren't for the generosity of Frank and Julie Papatheofanis, who are funding the center. The Papatheofanises are Orthodox Christians and medical doctors, and Julie Papatheofanis is a Wheaton graduate.
The Papatheofanises had been considering ways to bring Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox together for some time. "We felt that if you look at the three traditions … there are common origins in the first 500 years of Christendom. Although we all recognize it, we haven't had a chance to emphasize it in a way that allows the Catholic and Orthodox traditions to engage with the Protestant tradition," Frank Papatheofanis said.
When the couple approached the administration at Wheaton about opening the center, it came as a complete surprise.
"It was a surprise, but a surprise that was hoped for," Kalantzis said. "I came to Wheaton with the idea of strengthening the patristics program. Wheaton has a long tradition of engaging with other denominations and with the early Church."
That tradition is what appealed to the Papatheofanises. "We viewed Wheaton as a very strong school academically that also plays a prominent role in the evangelical community and higher education," Papatheofanis said.
"What Frank and Julie did was make a statement that the great tradition is not owned by a denomination, but is the heritage of the Church universal," Kalantzis said.
Patristics revival
Many Catholics have taken a renewed interest in patristics through Pope Benedict XVI's weekly talks on the Church Fathers. But the idea of evangelicals studying patristics is an altogether new trend.
"Over the last 10 or 12 years almost all of my graduate students that came to do a doctorate in patristics have been evangelicals. That is a profound shift from when I started out, when it was just Catholics, Lutherans and Episcopalians," said Robert Louis Wilken, professor emeritus of the History of Christianity at the University of Virginia.
Wilken is a convert to Catholicism and the author of "The Spirit of Early Christian Thought: Seeking the Face of God" (Yale University Press, $19), a book Kalantzis assigns to all his classes. Last month, Wilken gave the center's inaugural lecture, titled "Going Deeper into the Bible: The Church Fathers as Interpreters."
"Evangelical scholars and thinkers of the last generation have begun to connect with the larger Christian intellec-tual tradition," Wilken said. "They realize that the Bible is not all there is, and that Calvin and Luther are not all there is. In that sense, the evangelicals are building the continuity and intellectual depth to their own tradition."
Consistency with mission
"We were clear that this was not an effort to proselytize students to Catholicism or Orthodoxy," Papatheofanis said. "It was an effort to round out the education of Wheaton students with these faith traditions that they haven't been exposed to," he said.
Kalantzis acknowledged that young people sometimes find new homes in different traditions but he doesn't seem threatened. "For me as a patristics scholar and an evangelical, the beauty of studying the early Church is that our denominationalisms do not apply to them," he said. "We all have common formulations of faith — the creeds. The things that divide us are much later than these early traditions of the Church."
"We didn't want to threaten their mission in any way. We wanted to make it clear that this had to make sense for them as an institution. On their part, they didn't think this would undermine their institution, it would enhance it," Papatheofanis said.
Wilken doesn't see a threat to Wheaton's mission either. "It doesn't mean that they are all going to say, 'we all should become Catholic.' It means that there is going to be an evangelical community in this country that is much more attuned to the larger Catholic/Christian tradition, and that will enrich their life and enrich the lives of Catholics," Wilken said.
It could actually be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
"The Catholic Church has a role in society that the evangelicals are not able to have," Wilken said. "But the evangelicals have a kind of fervor and commitment in their own lives that is often missing from Catholicism. They can complement one another."
Mark Sullivan writes from Pennsylvania.
Who are the Church Fathers? (sidebar)
The Fathers of the Church, also called the Apostolic Fathers, are some of the earliest Christian intellects to have influenced the understanding of the Christian faith. Having lived in the years immediately following the apostles, they also were the ones closest to the teachings of the apostles. The Church Fathers' writings, sermons and examples of pious lives played a significant role in defending and spreading the faith in those early years of the Church, and as a result, are studied today for their seminal insights.
Pope St. Clement I (d. 97), the third successor of St. Peter, is the first of the Apostolic Fathers. Others include: Papias, Hermas, Polycarp of Smyrna and Ignatius of Antioch. Gregory the Great (d. 604) is considered the last of the Western Fathers and in the East, John Damascene (d. 749).


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Chapter 50The Servant, Israel's Hope 1 Thus says the Lord:"Where is the certificate of your mother's divorce,Whom I have put away?Or which of My creditors is it to whom I have sold you?For your iniquities you have sold yourselves,And for your transgressions your mother has been put away. 2 Why, when I came, was there no man?Why, when I called, was there none to answer?Is My hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem?Or have I no power to deliver?Indeed with My rebuke I dry up the sea,I make the rivers a wilderness;Their fish stink because there is no water,And die of thirst. 3 I clothe the heavens with blackness,And I make sackcloth their covering." 4 "The Lord God has given MeThe tongue of the learned,That I should know how to speakA word in season to him who is weary.He awakens Me morning by morning,He awakens My earTo hear as the learned. 5 The Lord God has opened My ear;And I was not rebellious,Nor did I turn away. 6 I gave My back to those who struck Me,And My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard;I did not hide My face from shame and spitting. 7 "For the Lord God will help Me;Therefore I will not be disgraced;Therefore I have set My face like a flint,And I know that I will not be ashamed. 8 He is near who justifies Me;Who will contend with Me?Let us stand together.Who is My adversary?Let him come near Me. 9 Surely the Lord God will help Me;Who is he who will condemn Me?Indeed they will all grow old like a garment;The moth will eat them up. 10 "Who among you fears the Lord?Who obeys the voice of His Servant?Who walks in darknessAnd has no light?Let him trust in the name of the LordAnd rely upon his God. 11 Look, all you who kindle a fire,Who encircle yourselves with sparks:Walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks you have kindled—This you shall have from My hand:You shall lie down in torment. Could not Open the LogFileName: '../../bible/logs/2015_02_feb_log.txt'cannot find, try: Isaiah 49:24 ( NKJV Notes ) Could not Open the LogFileName: '../../bible/logs/2015_02_feb_log.txt' NKJV Copyright


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(2) causing a child under 14 years of age to engage in sodomy with any person or an animal; or
(3) sodomy with a person who does not consent to the sodomy or causing a person, without the person's consent, to engage in sodomy with any person or an animal, under any of the following circumstances:
(A) When the victim is overcome by force or fear;
(B) when the victim is unconscious or physically powerless; or
(C) when the victim is incapable of giving consent because of mental deficiency or disease, or when the victim is incapable of giving consent because of the effect of any alcoholic liquor, narcotic, drug or other substance, which condition was known by the offender or was reasonably apparent to the offender.
(b) It shall be a defense to a prosecution of aggravated criminal sodomy under subsection (a)(1) that the child was married to the accused at the time of the offense.
(c) Except as provided further, aggravated criminal sodomy is a severity level 1, person felony. Aggravated criminal sodomy as described in subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2), when the offender is 18 years of age or older, is an off-grid person felony.
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Prosperity came to this previously sleepy city state relatively recently. Before the oil boom in the 1970s, it had an exclusively sea-based economy concentrated on pearl diving and trade routes, so if you are looking for classical art, ancient artifacts, and historical sites or monuments, you'll be disappointed. The government is trying to fast-forward the creation of a modern urban culture with roots in local traditions. It is restoring culturally significant buildings and areas such as the souks and Bastikiya, and encouraging operators to embrace Arab culture for experiences and theme parks, all while pouring money into supporting contemporary art and building the infrastructure—a metro, a massive new shipping port, and an airport—required for a 21st-century economy.
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Please pray for my family,
February 10, 2012
Like so many others, this has been a tough time financially. 2 years ago, my wife lost her job. She recently started a new job at less than half of what she had been making. Of course, we incurred a lot of debt. Then, our only car was totalled in a rear end collision, and I need surgery on both eyes. My cost, after insurance is about $9,500.00 We are grateful because hard times frequently destroys families. Because of God's presence in our lives, our family has grown stronger. Please pray for protection, provision and healing for us during this challenging time.


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Super-bugs; VRE
is a germ (bacterium). It normally lives in the intestines and in the female genital tract.
Most of the time, it does not cause problems. But enterococcus can cause an infection if it gets into the urinary tract, bloodstream, or skin wounds.
Vancomycin is the antibiotic that is often used to treat these infections. Antibiotics are medicines that are used to kill some germs called bacteria.
Enterococcus germs that vancomycin does not kill are called vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). VRE can be hard to treat because there are fewer antibiotics that can fight the bacteria. Most VRE infections occur in hospitals.
VRE infections are more common in patients who:
VRE can get onto hands by touching a person who has VRE or by touching a surface that has VRE on it. The bacteria then spread from one person to another by touch.
The best way to prevent the spread of VRE is for everyone to keep their hands clean.
Urinary catheters or IV tubing are changed on a regular basis to minimize the risk of VRE infections.
Patients infected with VRE may be placed in a single room.This prevents the spread of germs among hospital staff, the patient, and visitors. Staff and health care providers may need to:
Often, other antibiotics besides vancomycin can be used to treat most VRE infections. Lab tests will tell which antibiotics will kill the germ.
Patients with the enterococcus germ who do not have symptoms of an infection do not need treatment.


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AppUp Center for MeeGo
AppUp center is an application for MeeGo which will allows you to download, install and test Qt applications published through the Intel AppUp app store. This tutorial will describe how to deploy the AppUp center application on devices running the MeeGo operating system.
AppUp center 2.5 Beta for MeeGo is available for tablets and netbooks. Please visit appdeveloper.intel.com [appdeveloper.intel.com] to download the latest version.
Unpack and install the rpm [en.wikipedia.org] using the following command:
- sudo rpm -ivh com.intel.appup-netbook-2.5.22247.5-1.1.i586.rpm
If you get a error for missing libqtwebkit.so.4 install libqtwebkit using the following command:
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Meteorologist Melissa Frey's
Tuesday Forecast Discussion:
The ridge of high pressure that brought in record high temperatures across western Oregon has moved east and it's taking the heat with it. This has opened the door to the storm train coming in off from the Pacific. Storm #1 of about 5 moved in early this morning. The rain showers started before sunrise and have already amounted to 0.14″ in Eugene by 7 a.m.
We'll see a lull in the precipitation mid-morning but it won't last for long. We'll see a second front move in this afternoon which will bring in another round of rain, possible thunder storms, strong winds all while dropping the snow level below the passes by the end of the day. Despite starting the day over 10 degrees warmer than yesterday, we'll likely end up 10-15 degrees cooler than yesterday with highs in the upper 50 and low 60s.
Wednesday will be similar and we'll continue to see storms rolling in back to back through the weekend. The storms will progressively get stronger, making for very soggy conditions by Friday. This also means 6-12″ of snow will fall in the Cascades by the end of the week.
Dust off the rain gear, you'll need it!
~Meteorologist Melissa Frey
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You might think you have it pretty rough as a job seeker, but hiring managers, who are charged with the job of sorting through anywhere from dozens to hundreds of prospective applicants, don't have it so easy, either. In fact, they might even argue that they have it worse.
Not buying it? We don't blame you, especially since hiring managers have made the job even easier for themselves in recent years. Eager to minimize the task of manually sorting through application after application, employers are increasingly relying on keyword-searchable databases to find prospective employees.
The practice is already common among Fortune 1000 companies, and many smaller companies now use these technologies as well. Additionally, many employers also search the databases of job- and résumé-posting boards on the Internet for keyword-laden résumés.
What does this information mean for the job seeker? The bad news is that a perfectly qualified applicant may never make it as far as an interview merely because his or her résumé lacks certain keywords. The good news is that by simply finding ways to include these keywords into your résumé, you can gain a strategic advantage over other applicants.
So what are these keywords? Keywords are typically nouns that reflect the skills a particular employer is looking for and may include technical and industry-related jargon. In order to understand which keywords and phrases will be most effective for a successful job search, use the following resources:
Job ads: Search the job listing of the particular job to which you're applying, which will be the best source for keywords that an employer will use to search the résumé database. (Don't copy the job ad word-for-word, but do borrow some of the language and implement it throughout your résumé.) If you're posting a résumé on a job board or industry Web site, search multiple listings and look for the most common buzzwords. Those words have the best chance of being successfully sought out by the employer's search software.
Professional associations: Attend professional association meetings and visit their Web sites, paying attention to industry jargon. Not only will you pick up industry-related terminology that you can use in your résumé, cover letter and during interviews, you will also have a chance to network with other professionals in your field.
Headhunters: If you're working with a recruiter or headhunter, ask for his or her input. Headhunters, whose job it is to know what companies are looking for in a candidate, can tell you which keywords are most relevant to the type of work you're seeking.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics: The BLS's Occupational Outlook Handbook provides information on thousands of jobs and is a great source for job-related keywords.
The more keywords you use, the more likely your chances of getting past a résumé-screening database; however, don't randomly implement keywords just for the sake of having keywords. Your résumé should both make sense to the human who reviews it and be relevant to your own skills and experience.
Finally, don't stop at your résumé. Utilize keywords in your cover letter, interview and follow-up letter or e-mail, which will indicate that you are knowledgeable about the company and the demands of the job.
Finally, don't stop at your résumé. Utilize keywords in your cover letter, interview and follow-up letter or e-mail, which will indicate that you are knowledgeable about the company and the demands of the job.
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No matter where you have carpets installed, whether at home or in your office building, they get dirty every day. They are subject to things being tracked in from outside. This includes the dirt and dust as well as the bacteria, allergens and normal germs. The carpet will attract all of these many contaminants and only a thorough servicing will eliminate the dangers. The carpet cleaning Castro Valley professionals offer is to prevent this unhealthy accumulation of the many elements that can make people sick.
All of the contamination can get into the pile and become attached, sometimes very strongly, especially if there is a lot of moisture to allow them to be sticky. Vacuuming will not remove some of them because of this, so a professional must be called in order to deal with this. They have the equipment and training that households and businesses do not.
Some other problems with this contamination is the air cleaning systems you have. This can be picked up by these systems and scattered through out the rest of the structure. This is made possible because of the small size of these particles. Not only that, they might contribute to the unhealthy conditions of your ducting as well.
Vacuuming regularly does help make the carpets look nicer, however, they do not make them any healthier. This is because of the particular size of these dangerous elements. Most dirt and dust is handled by most vacuums but they will only pick up contamination larger than about 10 microns. These unhealthy particles are between five and seven microns in size. Something else must be done to remove these these organic organisms from the floor covering.
When they are called, these professional floor technicians can come in and inspect the rooms needing this service. They will be in the position of identifying what is in the carpets and, precisely, what needs to be done to break these combinations of contamination down. They will discover all of this and share their findings with you along with a quote for dealing with it all.
When given the order to do it, they will remove all furnishings and other movable objects from all areas to be cleaned. This will be done so they have access to every square inch possible. Dirtier than normal areas will be prepared and then a complete pre spray of cleansing agent will be sprayed over the entire area. This will begin the cleaning process and all of the heavy equipment will be brought in while this is working.
Water extraction is the most popular of the two main systems for cleaning carpets. The other is the dry chemical process. Dry chemical cleaning is a very low moisture process that is used for the expensive woolen carpets. The water extraction is used where the large amount of water being used will not deteriorate the normal carpets regular people use.
The very necessary carpet cleaning Castro Valley residents need to have happen can be accomplished fairly quickly. This is necessary because, without it, the carpets will become very unhealthy in a short amount of time. Getting this work done is an investment, not just in your families health, but in the prevention of wear and tear in the floor covering for which you have paid quite a bit.


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Hi Guys,
Just looking through the manual on my new Focus for the radio code? Can't see it in there?
Surely they should've given me the code for my new radio?
hmm..... Anyone else with a Mk3 NOT get their radio code with their new car???
Probably worth calling the dealer tomorrow morning to check what's going on...but I thought i'd ask here first.


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Blueberry Pie So Easy Your Kids Can Make It Themselves
It was the first Monday with no school and no camp, and my daughter Virginia had "nothing to do." Until a friend called up and invited her to go blueberry picking at a nearby farm. She came home tired and happy, with a bucketful of blueberries on her arm, saying, "Let's make a pie!"
So we did. It was good. There are few things better than the smell of blueberry pie wafting through the house -- fruity, cinnamony, doughy. We made one for us, and one for the blueberry trip friends.
Photo: Amy Suardi/Frugal Mama
We have been using this recipe for years; it is so simple that my daughters, who are now 10 and 8, made it by themselves.
Blueberry Pie
adapted from Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything
We take a shortcut and use those unroll-and-bake pie crusts you find in the grocery store dairy section. However, Suz Lipman of Slow Family Online can show you how to make pie crust from scratch.
- 5 cups blueberries (about 2 1/2 pints)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- pinch of salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- pinch of ground nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice
- 2 pie crusts
- 2 tablespoons butter, cut into bits
Photo: Amy Suardi/Frugal Mama
- Toss the blueberries with all the other ingredients, except for the milk and butter (or the pie crusts, says Virginia).
- Pile berry mixture into the rolled-out shell, letting it mound up in the center. Dot the berries with bits of butter.
- Lay over the top crust and fold the edges under the bottom crust. Seal them together by pressing the edges with the tines of a fork.
- With a sharp knife, cut steam holes into the top crust. So that it browns nicely, brush with milk and sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake at 450 degrees F for 10 minutes. Lower the temperature to 350 degrees F and bake for another 45 minutes until golden.
Photo: Amy Suardi/Frugal Mama
Blueberries are in season in much of the U.S. right now, and a pie is a great way to celebrate summer. Bring one to a new friend, to a 4th of July party, or to a family who has just moved to the neighborhood. Make the world a better place, one pie at a time.
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