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Stonehenge Aerial View
The stones are great
And magic power they have
Men that are sick
Fare to that stone
And they wash that stone
And with that water bathe away their sickness
—Layamon 1200
More than nine hundred stone rings exist in the British Isles and twice that number may originally have been built. These megalithic structures are more accurately called rings rather than circles because they often display non-circular elliptical shapes; Stonehenge, however, is circular. It is difficult to precisely date the stone rings because of the scarcity of datable remains associated with them, but it is known that they were constructed during the Neolithic period, which in southern England lasted from approximately 4000 to 2000 BC.
Before the development of archaeological dating methods, 17th century antiquarians assumed that Stonehenge, Avebury, and other megalithic structures were constructed by the Druids. The Druids, however, had nothing to do with the construction or use of the stone rings. The Celtic society, in which the Druid priesthood functioned, came into existence in Britain only after 300 BC, more than fifteen hundred years after the last stone rings were constructed. Historians in the 19th century often attributed the stone rings to Egyptian travelers, who were thought to have infused Europe with Bronze Age culture. But with the development of Carbon-14 dating techniques, the infusion-diffusion concepts of European Neolithic history were abandoned, as many of the megalithic structures were shown to predate Egyptian culture.
Mid-20th century archaeology generally assumed stone rings were used for ritual activities, and recent research has deepened our understanding. Beginning in the 1950's, Oxford University engineer Professor Alexander Thom and astronomer Gerald Hawkins pioneered the study of the astronomies of ancient civilizations, or archaeoastronomy. Conducting precise surveys at hundreds of stone rings, archaeoastronomers discovered significant celestial alignments indicating that the stone rings were used as astronomical observatories. These studies also revealed the extraordinary mathematical sophistication and engineering abilities with which the stone rings were built.
Stonehenge Stone Circle, England
The most visited and well known of the British stone rings, Stonehenge is a composite structure built during three distinct periods. In Period I (radiocarbon-dated to 3100 BC), Stonehenge was a circular ditch with an internal bank. The circle, 320 feet in diameter, had a single entrance, 56 mysterious holes around its perimeter (with remains in them of human cremations), and a wooden sanctuary in the middle. The circle was aligned with the midsummer sunrise, the midwinter sunset, and the most southerly rising and northerly setting of the moon.
Period II (2150 BC) saw the replacement of the wooden sanctuary with two circles of 'Bluestones', the widening of the entrance, the construction of an entrance avenue marked by parallel ditches aligned to the midsummer sunrise, and the erection, outside the circle, of the thirty-five ton 'Heel Stone'. The Bluestones, eighty in number and weighing as much as four tons, are of two different mineral types. One type, known as spotted dolerite, is from the Mynydd Preseli range in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The other type, known as rhyolite, has been traced to an area north of the Mynydd Preseli range, in the vicinity of Pont Saeson. The exact method of transporting the giant stones to Stonehenge, approximately 150 miles to the southeast, is uncertain. Most probably they were dragged across the land using a combination of human and animal power, and it has been suggested that large wooden logs may have been used as rollers to move the stones over flat areas of terrain.
Stonehenge Stone Circle, England
During Period III (2075 BC), the Bluestones were taken down and the enormous Sarsen stones - which still stand today - were erected. These stones, averaging eighteen feet in height and weighing twenty-five tons, were transported from near the Avebury stone rings twenty miles to the north. Sometime between 1500 and 1100 BC, approximately sixty of the Bluestones were reset in a circle immediately inside the Sarsen circle, and another nineteen were placed in a horseshoe pattern, also inside the circle. It has been estimated that the three phases of the construction required more than thirty million hours of labor. Recent studies indicate it unlikely that Stonehenge was functioning much after 1100 BC.
New studies conducted by the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project (2010-2014) have revealed that Stonehenge was not an isolated structure on the edge of Salisbury Plain, but the center of a complex and widespread arrangement of ritualistic monuments that had grown and expanded over time. Using magnetometer measurements, ground penetrating radar and airborne laser scanning, the geophysical survey covered an area of 12 square kilometers and penetrated to a depth of three meters. Seventeen previously unknown wooden or stone structures as well as dozens of burial mounds were discovered.
Stonehenge was a structure with multiple purposes. It was an astronomical observation device used to predict, in advance of their occurrence, particular periods in the annual cycle when the earth energies were most highly influenced by the sun, moon and stars. It was a temple in which festivals were held at those energetic periods determined by astronomical observations. It was a structure built with certain types of stones, positioned according to sacred geometry, which functioned as a sort of battery for gathering, concentrating and emanating the earth energies of the site.
Lithograph of Stonehenge before reconstruction
More Information: Stonehenge Facts
Additional information on Stonehenge at Ancient-Wisdom.


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Sitting in the VFW during the Cabin Fever event, he looked around the room, and began pointing out people he knew from his time in the war.
"It's funny, you know," he began. "There's just so many of us."
Kimberly Bouissey, guardian coordinator for North Country Honor Flights, knows a few vets, too.
Her father was in the Airforce for 24 years, and her son is currently in the Army Special Forces.
"I've been a teacher for 13 years, and for the last 10 years I've been involved with veterans," Bouissey said. "All of my veterans are like a family."
Each Honor Flight guardian travels to the memorial with two vets.
"I can't even describe the joy it gives me," Bouissey said. "I feel honored every time I meet one. I could win the lottery and it wouldn't fill me up as much."
Bouissey said that getting to know the vets is also a constant source of inspiration for her.
"They're the reason we have this country, and to them it's just a job," Bouissey said.
But not everyone in World War II performed the job they signed up for.
Dorothy LeClair, a former Army nurse, was stationed at the now-closed Pilgrim State Hospital in Long Island for eight months.
LeClair put down orthopedics and surgery as her choices for duty, but she was put into psychiatry because that's what was needed most at the time.
"The doctors we had, they were not psychiatrists, they were general doctors," LeClair said. "A lot of them were not up to doing it. When you're delivering babies, and all of a sudden you're in psychiatry, that's bad."
Most of the patients LeClair saw were only 18 or 19 years old, and she spent a lot of time talking to them, trying to help them.
She said a lot of the patients wanted to see the doctors, but, oftentimes, the doctors didn't realize how much help the patients needed.
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Letter to the editor: Nation will suffer as long as Obama's in White House
Your editorial "Relentless Grieving" in the May 24 edition emphasizes the many tragedies suffered by the U.S in 2013.
The reason is simple; God's word makes it clear: The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nation's that forget God. (Psalm 9:17)
Has this nation forgotten God? It should be obvious when our pro-choice, pro-gay, anti-Israel president publicly tells a gay professional basketball player that he is very proud of him for "coming out of the closet." It is no coincidence that the devastating Oklahoma tornadoes came shortly after this. Unfortunately, God sends rain on the just and the unjust.
As long as this unbelievably evil man is in the White House, the nation will suffer.
I predict that the following will occur this year: more tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, etc. and devastating heat waves exasperated by power failures, and man-made disasters such as mass killings, rioting, terrorism by Muslims, assassinations, and dishonesty in high places, and Socialism, which has already started, becoming the law in the land.
Can the above be reversed? Probably not. We are definitely in the end times. The Book of Revelation lists the horrors that will come upon all the earth in these terrible times.
Only those that truly know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior will escape the coming wrath. (Revelation 3:10)


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Dixon, IL Teacher Strike Ends with Federal Mediator Assistance
Release Date: 3/13/2013
With assistance from a federal mediator, the Dixon (IL) Education Association has reached agreement with the Dixon Public Schools Board of Education. The tentative, four-year agreement was achieved during an early morning bargaining session, ending a two-week strike. Students and teachers have returned to schools, and a ratification vote is scheduled in the coming week.
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Kate Upton outtakes from 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.
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Friday's General Faculty Meeting to be webcast
January 25, 2012
The spring meeting of the General Faculty is scheduled for Friday [Jan. 27], at 3 p.m., in Foster Ballroom of the Colvard Student Union.
The program includes reports on topics of general interest to the university
community by the president, vice presidents, and Faculty Senate president, followed by a time for questions and discussion.
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Asset sales helped the SAS Group to further strengthen its long-term liquidity position during the third quarter period to 31 July 2013 but the Scandinavian company does not rule out debt issuance in the final quarter of this year.
SAS tapped the bond market with a €35 million ($46 million) private placement in July and the 80% sale of Norwegian regional carrier Widerøe to group of investors led by the Torghatten firm, which is expected to closed later this month, has improved its liquidity position by about SKr3 billion.
"The third quarter strengthened SAS financially and further improvement of the financial position is expected in the last quarter," says the company in a statement.
The group says it "evaluating the prerequisites" for further bond loans as it continues to pay upcoming maturing debt.
For the nine-month period to 31 July, the company raised SKr1.3 billion in new loans while repayments totalled SKr1.4 billion.
In June SAS amended a €366 million credit facility following approval of the sale of its regional operation Widerøe by the Norwegian competition authority.
The airline group has turned its revolving credit facility into an SKr3.5 billion ($540 million) amortising credit facility. The facility is divided into two tranches, with separate conditions for drawdown. Maturity is due on 31 March 2015.
As planned the divestment of Widerøe has reduced the credit facility to SKr2 billion. One tranche will be due on 1 June 2014, and the second on 31 March 2015.
SAS Group's cash and cash equivalents amounted to SKr3.24 billion at the end of the third quarter compared with SKr2.29 billion at 31 July 2012.
During the quarter net cash flow amounted to SKr179 million while in last year's corresponding period, the group used SKr1.07 billion cash flows.
SAS Group said the 80% divestment of Wideroe will generate SKr 2 billion while the sale of a total of 10 Bombardier Q400s to the Norwegian operator will benefit the group's liquidity by another SKr1 billion.
In addition the Scandinavian company closed during the three-month period a SKr500 million six Boeing 737-600s sale and leaseback transaction with Deucalion Capital X and Engine Lease Finance with leases running between four to five-and-a-half years.
The transaction followed the SKr738 million ($120 million) sale and leaseback of 19 spare engines with two lessors Willis Mitsui Engine Support and Engine Lease Finance in February.
At 31 July 2013 financial net debt decreased SKr758 million to SKr5.79 billion.


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In some ways, having a small wedding will be much different than the big wedding you see and read about. Having an intimate wedding can be the best route for couples who want to only include friends and close family. Small weddings can be extremely romantic, and allow couples to spend money on other things such as the honeymoon or buying a new home. For most people, a small wedding is a wedding that include less than 200 people. However, most truly "small" weddings are those that consist of less than 100 guests.
One of the first situations you will encounter when planning a small wedding is the reactions of others. A lot of people will have negative reactions, but don't let them affect you or your decision. You will probably hear a lot of "yes, we planned on having a small wedding too". People who think it can't be done simply did not try hard enough. On the other hand, you're also likely encounter people who envy you because they went through a lot of stress to plan a huge wedding and wish they'd taken a simpler route. Either way, stick to your guns and don't give into people's negative reactions.
Believe it or not, a small intimate wedding can create lasting memories that you and your guests can cherish for the rest of your lives. Larger weddings have a tendency to become overwhelming. A small wedding gives everyone the opportunity to enjoy the details and really get to know one another. Another great perk of having a small wedding is the opportunity it gives your guests to create new friendships. A major complaint for a lot of couples on their wedding day is that they didn't spend enough time with their guests. Having a small wedding eliminates this problem. Small weddings can be highly personal and create the most long lasting memories and allow you to pay more attention to the details such as the bridesmaid dresses and flowers.
If you are having a small wedding, pick the venue wisely. There is no reason to spend a lot of money. Remember that even if you chose to have the wedding at a private home, expenses can still add up. Most venues provide seating, dinnerware, etc. When having your wedding at a private home, these things will have to be rented. The cost of renting these items can add up quickly so remember to plan within your budget. This allows you to free up money that can be well spent on a beautiful bridesmaid dress or custom wedding dress.
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Good news for parents worried about raising bilingual kids. New research from the University of British Columbia finds that babies begin to distinguish between languages with very different grammar structures beginning at about 7 months.
Young children use word duration, frequency and pitch to understand how words work and sentences are built. For example, when a child hears English, he understands that a content word, like dog, lasts longer and has a different pitch than the preceding function word, like "the". But when a baby hears language where the reverse is true, like in Hindi or Japanese, he registers that as well. This is especially important since previous research has shown that monolingual children use word frequency to understand how important words are.
So if you're worried about confusing your children with two languages, don't worry; they'll get the hang of it.


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It has now turned into a tradition that Stuff club makes some sort of christmas project. Last year we made Formula wonderland a snowy scalextric fairy land. This year, we built a giant "Santa lap" that you sit in and you get told whether you've been Naughty or Nice. The whole thing gets recorded and posted naughtyornice.tumblr.com.
Other makers involved were Gavin and Jason Fox, Badger, Martin Rose and Tracy Tsang.
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Take control of your home theater experience. The URC-A6 Pre-Programmed Learning Remote from Universal Remote can replace up to six individual remote controls and features a dedicated light control button that gives you the power to control your home entertainment system with a single remote.
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Hammond building to reopen July 30; classes relocated through Aug. 5
Normal operations will resume in Hammond Building on Thursday, July 30, after an accidental, late-night office fire closed the building for the day on July 29. The building was closed to allow time for restoration crews to properly clean and ventilate the space. Employees who work in the building should report to work on Thursday as normal. In order to reduce foot traffic as contractors repair damaged areas, all classes scheduled to take place in Hammond Building will be temporarily relocated through Aug. 5.


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CDP Launches Partnership with the University of the District Columbia and American University Law Schools
October 12, 2012
After piloting a new collaboration in January by partnering with the University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law's Community Development Legal Clinic, CDP expanded this unique initiative to include American University's Washington College of Law's Community Economic Development Law Clinic. The partnerships afford law students the opportunity to assist in meaningful work while gaining real-world experience. CDP staff and clinical law professors jointly supervise four clinical students on various CDP matters.


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Several healing discussions, demonstrations and workshops took place over the weekend in the wake of homophobic, racist, and sexist hate speech and vandalism that have occurred recently on campus. The events were intended to support direct and indirect victims of these incidents, and to build a community that is stronger than those words and acts. In addition to customary support systems on campus, the following students, staff and faculty have identified themselves as safe people to speak to for students who feel upset or who want to continue the discussions.
Angela Baglione
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The one year drawing course (academic year of 9 months- broken into 3 terms) is a proven means to improve your drawing skills at any point within your artistic career. Whether you need to brush up your drawing before a foundation course, hone your abilities after a degree, or improve a portfolio for industry, it is a suitable option for any starting level. LARA has welcomed mid career artists, recent graduates and those developing portfolios for film, computer animation and concept art onto the one year course.
The drawing skills taught at LARA, and the ability to truly observe and understand how to see, will only improve your confidence and ability in whatever artistic discipline you pursue.
Until relatively recently figure drawing has been the back bone of a western art training, whether fine art, graphic design or architecture. Our predecessors recognised the challenge of drawing the human form and how truly resolving the difficult drawing issues raised helped immeasurably in other aspects of their design training.
To achieve the LARA Drawing Certificate we expect students to meet our high standards when completing each assignment.
The quality of the drawings you produce will determine how quickly you progress through the curriculum. Each assignment needs to be completed to the highest standard, with each of the fundamental elements of the exercise understood before moving on. In many cases you will be required to repeat an assignment, but we envisage students completing the assignments within a year.
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The pencil drawing elements are used to focus on developing a competent outline drawing, and understanding the foundations of a good figure drawing. Pencil allows for full exploration of sound proportion, a lively gesture, and strong construction. It is very important to get to grips with line and understand form at this stage in order to achieve your desired results when it comes to charcoal work and ultimately painting.
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Charcoal introduces you to working in masses with a broad range of values, allowing you to make a highly naturalistic impression of the figure. It also provides a naturalistic progression into painting.
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- Pencil Block-ins- These are small drawing studies to understand the gesture of the model before moving to the long pose.
- Pencil Figure Drawing on white Canson paper - Working with an HB clutch pencil and putty rubber focusing on contour, shadow patterns, form and variety of line.
- Charcoal on white Roma paper- Working with a range of Nitram vine charcoal to understand mass and broader value range akin to painting
- Charcoal using white chalk on toned Roma paper- Similar to the previous assignment, but using toned Roma paper as the mid-tone and white chalk to create the lightest light. This is closer to the working methods of painting.
- Sketching in any medium -Every Wednesday evening, a good way to work on gesture and artistic interpretation
Cast Drawing
Cast drawing is studied for three hours a day, although you are welcome to study longer after hours if you are able. The school runs a buddy system to allow you to stay after hours.
- Pencil drawing of a simple cast on Canson paper - Working with an HB pencil and putty rubber focusing on contour, shadow patterns, form and variety of line.
- Finished charcoal drawing of a simple cast on white Roma paper - Working with a range of Nitram vine charcoal to understand mass and broader value range akin to painting
- Finished charcoal drawing of a moderately difficult cast on white Roma paper-As above, but with increased complexity to help you work with shapes.
- Finished charcoal drawing of a complex cast on white Roma paper- As above.
- Finished charcoal and white chalk of a complex cast on grey toned paper - Similar to the previous assignment, but using toned Roma paper as the mid-tone and white chalk to create the lightest light. This is closer to the working methods of painting
Secondary assignments
Portrait Drawing
This is optional as it will be an added cost in order to hire a model. During cast assignments it is entirely possible to fit portrait drawing and we recommend this if and when you can.
Completing these assignments does not necessarily mean you will be entitled to paint as we want each student to complete the drawing stage to the highest of standards. In most cases further figure drawing is required before painting. Whatever the case you will start with cast painting and may find you reach this point within the first year.


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BUAD 6403 - Proj Mgmt for Busi Profssnls, 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): ( CISY 1103 with D or better or CISY 1003 with D or better or CISY 1023 with D or better or BUAD 5053 with D or better ) and ( BUAD 3153 with D or better or TMGT 7153 with D or better )
Level: Upper
This course provides a comprehensive approach to project management tools and applications in an interdisciplinary and global environment. Emphasizing concepts, techniques, and principles associated with project management, this course is vital to students entering the management field. Students will be able to plan, schedule, budget, estimate, control, and monitor projects. In addition, they will become familiar with resource allocation, resource loading, CPM, CMM, GANTT, and PERT. The use of project management software to manage a personal case study project selected by the student will be a major component of the course.


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- people in the U.S. have this name View Francisco Saldivar on Whitepages
Meaning & Origins
(Spanish) and Portuguese equivalent of Francis, now used as a given name in the English-speaking world, perhaps on occasion with reference to the U.S. city of San Francisco (compare Brooklyn, Chelsea, Rio).
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Spanish (Saldívar; from Basque): Castilianized variant of Basque Zaldibar, a habitational name from a place so named in Biscay province. The place name is of uncertain derivation: it may be from zaldu 'wood', 'copse' or from zaldi 'horse' + ibar 'water meadow', 'fertile plain'.
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Francis, Frank, Francesco, Franklin, Francois, Frances, Frankie, Franciso, Franco, Franz
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Panthera tigris amoyensis is believed by some scientists to be a relict population of the ancestor from which all other tigers evolved - the 'stem' tiger.
8 subspecies of tiger have traditionally been recognised on the basis of:
They are:
The Bali, Caspian and Javan subspecies are extinct.
The South China tiger is one of the smallest tiger subspecies.
This has been used to distinguish different tiger subspecies, although there are strong similarities between P. t. tigris and P t. corbetti, and some overlap of P. t. corbetti and P. t. sumatrae.
P. t. amoyensis has distinctive primitive skull morphology including:
The South China tiger has a similar coat color to other Asian tigers. Its short, broad stripes are spaced far apart compared to those of Bengal and Siberian tigers.


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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Sterling City stuns Plains in four sets
The Sterling City volleyball team upset state-ranked Plains 25-20, 25-21, 19-25, 25-20 in a Class 1A regional quarterfinal match Tuesday in Snyder.
With the win, the Lady Eagles (24-7 overall) advanced to the Region I-1A tournament in Snyder. Sterling City is slated to play the winner between Windthorst and Fort Elliott at 11 a.m. Friday at The Coliseum in Snyder.
Plains, which dropped to 30-10 on the season, took first in District 3-1A.
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18. A picture of the people who are closest to me.
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Storytelling in 30 Photos ~ Photo EighteenSunday, August 28, 2011
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Audio Samples
Album Summary
- Charlie Siem (Violin)
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Charlie Siem's second album for Warner Classics combines Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor - one of the best loved works in the violin repertoire - with two less familiar pieces: Henryk Wieniawski's Violin Concerto No.1 in F sharp Minor and Ole Bull's Cantabile Dolorosa e Rondo giocoso. The last piece on the album is a relatively unknown work by the Norwegian composer, Ole Bull. This charismatic violin virtuoso, who led a colorful life and had an exciting international career, had a reputation at one time to rival that of his contemporary Paganini. Charlie himself has a Norwegian background, and recently found out that he is in fact related to his long standing hero. "I've been inspired by him for about 10 years... partly because of his character, the story of his life, the things that he did. He was a phenomenal violinist and he seems to almost inhabit the mythical folk culture in Norway but he's forgotten largely elsewhere, even amongst violinists. And so I think it's great to bring him to the surface, especially now I have this very personal connection to him... "
Charlie Siem is one of the UK's brightest new classical stars. Born in London to a Norwegian father and a British mother, Charlie began to play the violin at the prodigious age of three, after hearing a performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto by the late Yehudi Menuhin and is fortunate to have been loaned a violin much beloved by Menuhin - his 1735 Guarneri del Gesu d'Egville - now owned by the Elderberry Foundation. Charlie signed to Warner Classics and Jazz in 2010 - the home of generations of celebrated artists and ensembles. This new relationship has already produced a critically acclaimed debut album, which includes spectacular virtuoso repertoire from the great violin masters Paganini, Sarasate, Wieniawski and Kreisler. 2010 was a significant year for Charlie with a tour of Bruch and Dvorak Violin Concertos alongside the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, several dates at the Royal Albert Hall and concerts in New York and Tel Aviv all under his belt. Autumn 2010 heralded an even busier time with Charlie headlining in the popular European Night of the Proms concert series alongside artists such as Grace Jones, Boy George and Cliff Richard. This 40 date tour took Charlie to many countries in Europe, a feat that few young artists are able to claim Charlie has a great interest in fashion and is currently the global face of the Alfred Dunhill label, and has continued to appear in many publications including Italian Men's Vogue (L'Uomo Vogue), photographs of which were taken by the singer Bryan Adams with whom Charlie subsequently appeared in concert. Other endorsements come from revered names such as photographer Mario Testino who says:"Charlie Siem brings a freshness into the world of classical music, with his contemporary look mixed with his mastering of the violin, the combination make for an exciting spectacle. Charlie's talent has been noted in many corners of the world and in June 2011 he serenaded Lady Gaga at her Fashion Icon Award party in New York, introducing him to millions of new fans.
"From the moment Charlie Siem makes his first swashbuckling entry in the Wieniawski... one feels in the safest of virtuoso hands as he goes on negotiate even the blackest of staves with an almost nonchalant disregard for their difficulty. Yet what impresses most is Siem's tonal purity and emotional intensity, which combine in the Bruch to create a reading of tender sincerity and coruscating brilliance." -Classic FM
"He rises to the challenge and produces lively accounts of both works, topped off with a short work by the 19th-century Norwegian virtuoso Ole Bull. He plumbs no imaginative depths, but then there aren't many to plumb." -The Daily TelegraphNotes & Reviews:
Recording information: Studio 1, Abbey Road Studios (03/15/2011-03/17/2011).
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Works DetailsWieniawski, Henryk : Concerto for Violin no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 14
- Performer: Charlie Siem (Violin)
- Conductor: Andrew Gourlay
- Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Studio 1, Abbey Road Studios (03/15/2011-03/17/2011)
- Running Time: 27 min. 52 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1852
Bruch, Max [Composer] : Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26
- Performer: Charlie Siem (Violin)
- Conductor: Andrew Gourlay
- Notes: Studio 1, Abbey Road Studios (03/15/2011-03/17/2011)
- Running Time: 25 min. 2 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1864-1867
Bull, Ole Borneman : Cantabile doloroso e Rondo giocoso, for violin & orchestra
- Performer: Charlie Siem (Violin)
- Conductor: Andrew Gourlay
- Notes: Studio 1, Abbey Road Studios (03/15/2011-03/17/2011)
- Running Time: 8 min. 57 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1837


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'Nine Britons' on board Ukraine crash airliner
Posted: July 18, 2014|
AT LEAST nine Britons were on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, according to the airline.
Some 298 people were on board the Boeing 777, which crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday afternoon after taking off from Amsterdam for Kuala Lumpur.
PM David Cameron is to chair a meeting of the government's Cobra emergency committee to discuss the situation.
The UK Foreign Office has also set up a helpline on 020 7008 1500.
It said anyone concerned could also text MH17 to +44 7860010026, or fill in an online form at https://overseas-crisis.service.gov.uk.
The Boeing 777 came down between Krasni Luch, in Luhansk region, and Shakhtarsk in the neighbouring region of Donetsk - 50km from the Russia-Ukraine border.
Both sides in Ukraine's conflict have accused each other of shooting down the plane with a missile.
A statement on the Malaysia Airlines website said nine of the passengers were from the UK, with 41 nationalities listed as "unverified".
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said he was "deeply shocked" by the "appalling incident" and did not want to speculate on the causes.
The UN Security Council will also meet to discuss the incident at 15:00 BST.


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Access to Premises
Access to Premises
Section 23 of the Disability Discrimination Act makes it unlawful to discriminate on the grounds of disability in providing access to or use of premises that the public can enter or use.
For new building approvals or upgrades from May 2011 on, there are more specific Premises Standards (see below for more information).
Building access issues also arise under other DDA provisions including in relation to employment, access to services, and accommodation.
- Disability Standards on access to premises
- Commission resources on the DDA and access to premises:
- Other Australian resources
- US Access Board guidelines
- Sites in other countries
- Accessible and adaptable housing
- Children's play areas
- Accessible pedestrian environments
Disability standards on access to premises
- Text of the Standards and background material (Attorney-General's Department site)
- Commission Guidelines on the Standards: MS Word format or PDF format
- Commission FAQ on the Standards
- Webcast of Commission / ABCB seminar on the Standards . Also available: Powerpoint slides from webcast: Part 1 (PPT) | Part 2 (large file 6MB PPT)
From 1 May 2011, any new building open to the public, or existing buildings undergoing significant renovation, are required to comply with the Disability (Access to Premises - Buildings Standards 2010. The Standards clarify how to ensure buildings are accessible to people with disability and meet the requirements of discrimination law.
Over time, the Premises Standards will ensure that buildings in Australia become more accessible, and more useful to an ageing population. More accessible buildings will assist in achieving equal participation for people with disability in employment, education, access to services, and other areas of participation in economic, social and cultural life.
The development of the Premises Standards involved more than 10 years of extensive consultation and negotiation.
While the Australian Human Rights Commission has produced a number of guidelines and other related information on access in the built environment the Commission does not have the resources or expertise to provide technical advice on the development, design, construction, certification or management of buildings to which the Premises Standards apply.
For further information about how to better understand the application and content of the Premises Standards, please see the Australian Human Rights Commission's publication Guideline on the Application of the Premises Standards which can be found at http://www.humanrights.gov.au/disability_rights/standards/PSguide.html
To obtain a copy of the Premises Standards, a copy can be downloaded at http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2010L00668
Technical compliance questions can be directed to suitably qualified and experienced professionals in the design, construction and certification area such as an architect, building surveyor or Local Government Building Certifier. State and territory building control administration bodies may be able to provide assistance with technical compliance questions.
- Archive documents on the Background and history of development of the standards
Other Commission resources
- Guidelines on access to buildings and services ( Updated April 2008)
- "The good, the bad and the ugly: design and construction for access" (Updated 2008) : photographs and commentary providing examples of some good design and construction features of buildings and services - and some not so good! If you come across other examples please forward an electronic copy to email@example.com
- Advisory Note on streetscape, public outdoor areas, fixtures, fittings and furniture in PDF and click here for Word
- Brief guide: the ins and outs of access
- Frequently asked questions n access to premsies
- Missed business: a brief guide to access issues for small business (Produced with Marrickville Council)
- Accessible events: A guide for organisers (PDF) (External link: Meetings Events Australia)
- Tactile signage and wayfinding: comment on coverage in draft premises standard (December 2003)
- Advice on local government liability for permitting inaccessible development (10 July 2001)
- The Commission also considers questions about access to and use of premises when it deals with formal complaints under the Disability Discrimination Act. See the Commission s decision in Cooper v. Holiday Coast Cinema Centres Pty Ltd and the explanatory note about a related case and the responsibilities of local government.
- Comment on VCAT decision in Wellington Street PL v Monash CC [2004] VCAT 295 (20 February 2004)
- Aspects of the law are sometimes clarified when the President of the Commission decides to terminate investigating a complaint. A selection of termination decisions on access to premises are now available
- Summaries of conciliated outcomes in complaints on access issues are also available.
- Most Disability Discrimination Act Action Plans address access to and use of premises. A list of plans lodged with the Commission is presented in our Action Plan Register.
Other Australian resources
- Australian Building Codes Board. The Board's site provides a number of important documents that describe changes to the Building Code that will improve access for people with disabilities.
- Standards Australia is the peak standards writing body in Australia. Its work on technical specifications is central to the reform of the Building Code.
- Association of Consultants in Access : site includes directory of access consultants.
- Australian Local Government Association including links to local government sites around Australia and Accessible Communities publication RTF or PDF (large file 23.6 MB)
- Access awareness booklets from Access Audits Australia : range of handbooks available for order including checklists and audit resources
- W.A. Disability Service Commission access resource kit with checklists
- Australian Federation of Disability Organisations accessible events guide (MS Word)
- Municipal Association of Victoria access and mobility page
- " Better physical access": Commonwealth Office of Disability publication
- Designing buildings for people who are blind or vision impaired : Vision Australia
- Improving access to heritage buildings : Australian Heritage Commission
- Hotel and Motel Association of Australia code of practice on hearing access; and hotels with captions guide
- Accessible Sydney portal
- accessibility.com.au : News and information site on accessibility issues including Access guides for Sydney | Melbourne | Brisbane |
- Other on line access guides: Brisbane | Sydney - see also Sydney WebMaps including access maps and Perth access map
- QADT decision in Cocks v Queensland (Convention Centre case)
- QADT decision on access to common areas: C v A (September 2005) (decision under Qld AntiDiscrimination Act
- QADT opinion on local government imposing access conditions additional to the Building Code
- QADT opinion re unjustifiable hardship and guesthouse access
- QADT opinion re non-discriminatory theatre fitout
- Australia for all accessible tourism page
US Access Board guidelines
The US Access Board site provides access to the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines and other documents including guidance material on accessible sidewalks and public rights of way, accessible recreation facilities such as golf courses, sports facilities, beaches and camping areas and guidelines for accessible play areas. While the Guidelines are issued by reference to the US legislation rather than the DDA, reference to these Guidelines may assist when designing and constructing facilities.
- Access Board Guidance on Accessible Rights-of-Way
- "Designing Sidewalks and Trails for Access" : Federal Highway Administration . ( See also the Commission's FaQ on the DDA and footpath use" )
- Videos on footpath access: These short videos provide practical information on some of the key access barriers people with a disability face when using the footpath. Some of the technical requirements referred to may not be the same as required in Australia but they provide a useful reference for those responsible for footpaths.
Accessible Recreation Facilities
- ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Recreation Facilities
- Accessible Amusement Rides
- Accessible Boating Facilities
- Accessible Fishing Piers and Platforms
- Accessible Miniature Golf Courses
- Accessible Golf Courses
- Accessible Sports Facilities
- Accessible Swimming Pools and Spas
- Recommendations for Accessible Trails, Picnic and Camping Areas, and Beach Access Routes
- Resources on disaster preparedness
Sites in other countries
Work to improving access to premises in Australia benefits from knowledge of the latest developments around the world. The following sites are all important sources of information.
- UK Centre for Accessible Environments
- Centre for Universal Design
- Trace Research and Development Centre
Accessible and adaptable housing
The DDA does not cover housing issues as comprehensively as it covers access to public premises, but does apply in some situations including public housing. The Commission is involved in efforts to achieve clearer standards and ensure housing is available which is accessible or at least adaptable in future to meet access needs.
- Liveable Housing Australia website
- Victorian Government consultation on visitable and adaptable housing features (December 2009)
- Summary of outcomes and participants at Kirribilli House meeting on 27 October 2009
- Design ideas for accessible homes : Victorian Building Commission
- Landcom NSW Universal Housing Design Guidelines (PDF)
- Australian Human Rights Commission submission to VBC/ABCB consultation on accessible housing May 2005
- Australian Network for Universal housing Design
- SMARTA Housing accessible housing education and information
- Body corporate responsibilities: Open letter from Commissioner Innes
Children's play areas
- National Centre for boundless playgrounds
- Developing Accessible Play Space: a Good Practice Guide, Office of the Prime Minister UK (2003)
- The Good Play Space guide: "I can play too", Sport and Recreation Victoria (2007)
- Sport and Recreation Victoria Public consultation on accessible play areas (MS Word doc)
- ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Play Areas
- Guide on Accessible Guidelines for Play Areas
- Can play will play (PDF): UK National Playing Fields Association
Accessible pedestrian environments
Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practice : US Transportation Research Board


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City man charged with lewdnessOctober 31,2013City man charged
with lewd actions
A Rutland man charged with committing lewd acts in the window of his home denied a felony charge.
Raymond E. Adams, 23, pleaded innocent in Rutland criminal court to a charge of lewd and lascivious conduct. Adams, who appeared in court on a citation, remains free on conditions that include he not harass his neighbors.
Adams was arrested in September by police who were called to 24 Juneberry Lane by another resident on the block who told police Adams had been committing lewd acts in his window for about two hours.
If convicted, Adams faces up to five years in jail.MORE IN This Just InBy Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli Full StoryBennington College and Middlebury College both top a list for most entrepreneurial colleges in... Full StoryWas the response to an alleged assault at College of St. Full Story
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- RICHARD'S POOR ALMANACK: On this day in 1472, Orkney, Shetland islands put up as collateral by Norway to Scotland in lieu of dowry for MARGARET OF DENMARK on her marriage with JAMES III, king of Scotland; 1962, JOHN GLENN first American to orbit Earth.
- TOMORROW'S HEADLINES TODAY: City mayoral candidates debate campaign issues; Hartford, Conn., woman still missing; Neal Goswami reports attempts to legislate suicide; local woman loses 100 pounds through TOPS program.
- RICHARD'S POOR ALMANACK: On this day in 1878, JOHN TUNSTALL murdered near Lincoln, New Mexico, by the outlaw JESSE EVANS; in 1930, ELM FARM OLLIE first cow to fly in aircraft, first to be milked airborne; 1955, nuke test WASP; '79, snow in Sahara.
- TOMORROW'S HEADLINES TODAY: Rutland Herald News Editor Alan J. Keays and staff writer Gordon Dritschilo discuss stories planned for the February 18, 2015, edition of the newspaper: Winter budgets maxed, legal marijuana, Springfield bank job, USPS slowdown
- RICHARD'S POOR ALMANACK: On this day in 1249 AD, ANDRE of LONGJUMEAU is dispatched by LOUIS IX of France to meet the KHAGAN, ruler of the Mongol Empire; in 1804, during 1st Barbary War, STEPHEN DECATUR scuttles the pirate-held USS Philadelphia in Tripoli.


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Andrew Schmitz
P.O. Box 110240 IFAS
Gainesville, FL 32611-0240
Professor Andrew Schmitz is the Ben Hill Griffin, Jr., Eminent Scholar and Professor of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida; Research Professor, University of California, Berkeley; and Adjunct Professor, University of Saskatchewan. He received awards for both his Master's thesis (University of Saskatchewan) and his Ph.D. dissertation (University of Wisconsin-Madison). He is a Fellow of the American Agricultural Economics Association. His publications have won six major research awards and three research of enduring quality awards from the American Agricultural Economics Association, and two major awards from the Canadian Agricultural Economics Association. He was awarded the Who's Who in America in 2004, the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003, and the Earned Doctor of Letters degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1999. He has been a consultant to hundreds of private and public organizations. Some of his recent books include Government Policy and Farmland Markets (Iowa State Press); The Welfare Economics of Public Policy (Elgar Publishing); Agricultural Policy, Agribusiness, and Rent-Seeking Behavior (University of Toronto Press); Agricultural Policy, Agribusiness, and Rent-Seeking Behavior, Second Edition (University of Toronto Press); Sugar and Related Sweetener Markets (CABI Publishing), and The Economics of Alternative Energy Sources and Globalization (Bentham Publishing).
- International Trade
- Industrial Organization
- Marketing
- Policy
- B.S.A., 1963, Agricultural Economics, University of Saskatchewan
- M.Sc., 1964, Agricultural Economics, University of Saskatchewan
- M.A., 1966, Economics, University of Wisconsin
- Ph.D., 1968, Economics, University of Wisconsin
- D.Litt., 1999, Agricultural Economics, University of Saskatchewan
Current Projects
- State-Trading Enterprises & Privatization
- Policy Choice & the Theory of Rent-Seeking Behaviour
- Theory & Applications of Cost-Benefit Analysis
- International Trade, Border Disputes & WTO
- U.S. Agricultural Policy, Land Use & the Environment
- Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)
- Impacts of Agricultural Programs
- E-Commerce in Agriculture
Internation Experience
- Agricultural Institute, Czech Republic
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Australian & Canadian Wheat Boards
- Economic Council of Canada
- FAO (Mozambique, Africa)
- IAMO, Germany
- International Trade Consortium
- McCarther Foundation (Bulgaria & Costa Rica)
- Turkish Government/Ankara, Agricultural Economic Institute
- USAID (Sri Lanka, Romania & Guyana)
- World Bank
- World Trade Organization
- Legal Consultant (expert witness). Work with law firms, including Tuttle and Taylor; Lubé and Lewis; Ardent and Fox; Beard and Associates; Cohen, Milstein Hausfeld & Toll; Levin, Middlebrooks, Thomas, Mitchell, and Echsner; Proctor and Papantonio; Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar, and Scott; Barnes, Richardson, and Colburn; and Devine Goodman
Awards and Honors
- Fellow, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society, 2013
- Publication of Enduring Quality Award, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society, 2013
- Enduring Quality Award, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society, 2008
- Outstanding Contribution in Research Award, Food and Resource Economics Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2004
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, 2003
- Research Fellow, Rural Development Research Consortium, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2003
- Enduring Research Quality Award, American Agricultural Economics Association, 2003
- Honorary Chair, Center for the Study of Agriculture, Law and the Environment, University of Saskatchewan, 2001-2002
- Member of National Research Council Food-Safety Committee, National Academy of Sciences, July 2000-Present
- Outstanding Publication Award, The Saskatchewan Book Writers Guild, 2001
- Doctor of Letters Degree, University of Saskatchewan, 1999
- Invited Lecture, The Adaptation of New Technologies in Agriculture, 100th Anniversary, University of Vicosa, Brazil, 1996
- The M.L. Wilson Distinguished Lecture Award, Montana State University, 1996
- L. Tweeten Distinguished Lecture, The Ohio State University, 1996
- American Agricultural Economics Association Waugh Medal and Lecture, 1995
- Ben Hill Griffin, Endowed Chair and Eminent Scholar, University of Florida, 1994
- American Agricultural Economics Association Award for Research of Enduring Quality, 1994


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RALEIGH, NC (WWAY) — Bishop Emeritus F. Joseph Gossman, the fourth Bishop of the Raleigh diocese, died Monday at the age of 83 following a long illness.
He served as Bishop of Raleigh from 1975 until 2006.
During his episcopacy, Bishop Gossman spoke out on issues from the plight of the poor, to care and concern of the immigrant, to strong opposition to capital punishment.
Bishop Gossman played a leading role in the creation of the North Carolina Lutheran-Roman Catholic Covenant that was signed in 1991 by the Dioceses of Raleigh and Charlotte and the North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
A celebratory mass for Bishop Gossman is tomorrow at Sacred Heart Cathedral at noon.
Funeral arrangements have not yet been finalized.


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Sending Health Data Safely and Securely Over the Internet
Yesterday marked another milestone on the Nation's journey to better health care through the use of electronic health records and health information technology. Two pilot projects were launched—one in Minnesota and the other in Rhode Island—for easily and securely transmitting personal health information via the Internet. These efforts—combined with others that will soon be underway in Tennessee to support the Department of Veterans Affairs, and commercial providers in New York, Connecticut, Oklahoma, Texas, and California—mean a very important new tool is on schedule to enable the safe transmission of patient data over the Internet by healthcare providers, instead their having to rely on mail and fax. This is a significant step toward meeting the Administration's commitment to make health information exchange (HIE) accessible and practical for all the Nation's clinicians.
HIE is one of the primary benefits that can be derived from adopting health information technology. HIE means your records can be shared securely among your doctors without getting lost or delayed. It means your hospital discharge instructions can be provided instantly to your physician—and to you. It means that if you are in an accident and arrive in the emergency room unconscious, your record can be made available and the care you receive can be that much safer and more effective.
Since last year, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been supporting a new initiative, the Direct Project, to provide an early, practical option for HIE. The Direct Project aims to rapidly develop a system that providers can use to support the simpler information exchange functions they need the most.
The vision for this project came from a number of key sources, including a lively discussion of the "Health Internet" at Harvard University in September 2009; the testimony of practicing providers to the HIT Standards Committee in October 2009; and thought leadership in a series of blog posts by HIT Standards Committee members Wes Rishel and David McCallie on the strategy of "Simplified Interop," focusing on simple, internet-based methods for secure, directed communication. Their work was reviewed and endorsed by the Nationwide Health Information Network Workgroup of the HIT Policy Committee in January 2010.
On March 1st, 2010, under the direction of Farzad Mostashari and Doug Fridsma from HHS's Office of the National Coordinator, Arien Malec kicked off the Direct Project. The fact that pilot programs have begun to launch just 10 months later means that safe, Internet-based transfers of most-used health information is on its way to becoming a reality in the United States. That will enable existing electronic exchanges to become more standardized and convenient. And it will enable many more providers, and many more data transactions, to take advantage of the HIE benefit. Already, vendors have announced support for patient access to health records based on the Direct Project, and have committed significant dollars and resources to the effort.
How was this fast-paced development achieved? We set aside the "top down" approach that's traditional for government and adopted some lessons from the innovative IT sector. We invited private companies (including some well-known businesses that usually compete against one another!) and public sector entities to work together, on a volunteer basis, to respond to the need for a leading-edge HIE option. Here was the challenge: Create an easy-to-use tool, with uniform requirements, that will support HIE for the most common clinical information needs, all while delivering a useable result for providers, in less than two years.
And it's working. Employing the principles and practices embodied by President Obama's Open Government directive, these different stakeholders worked together and delivered a product, which is now in its testing phase. These same stakeholders are now encouraged to develop competing products based on the very standards they worked together to assemble!
It's time for new ways of achieving the public good. The growing national commitment to harnessing health information technology is one way to further this good. And the open government approach that so efficiently delivered an entry-level HIE system, ahead of schedule, is yet another. The launches of these newest pilot projects are milestones worth celebrating.
Aneesh Chopra is U.S. Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Blumenthal is National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
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As you may or may not know, I'm a sucker for getting S-Ranks in games. Yeah I know, I'm pathetic (which this [and this] list will clearly show). Anyway, I'm about to finish up with Dragon Age II and now have my eyes on Star Ocean: The Last Hope. But holy hell, doing research on S-Ranking this game is...mindblowing. I've been looking at some of the lists you need to have handy unless you want to spend 300+ hours on the game, and just look at this shit!
I'm beginning to fear I've gone over my head on this en devour, but I won't be beaten! I really just don't know where to even start, what to ignore, and what to keep as necessary information since I really don't want to print an entire book to have handy when I play through the game.
Any personal experience from this game? I know I'm crazy, but is this taking it too far? Please keep the insults minimal since I'm a fragile man.


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Is Hell Eternal?
Or Will God's Plan Fail
By Charles Pridgeon
Chapter Six: The Ages Presented
We trust it has been made clear that eternity belongs to a different category from time, that implies a different state and condition of existence and that, when we become acquainted with God and receive the Lord Jesus Christ, we have in this life only a germ or earnest of the eternity into which God will bring us at the end of time. In fact, when a believer dies, it is popularly said that he passes into eternity; but this is not an accurate statement, for, altho the condition of the departed Christian is more spiritual than in this present life, nevertheless he is still largely under time conditions (Phil. 1:6). Where there is movement and progress analogous to that on the earth, it implies change and transitoriness. Likewise even the resurrection state has its degrees, and in consequence its progression. "One star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead"; but we know it is God's purpose to bring all to the full "measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ" (Eph. 4:3), and while this is doing, it is still time.
It may aid us in clearness of thought to know that even God's manifestation in time is different from the absolute and eternal God. He has to accommodate Himself to the creature. We know our Lord Jesus Christ "was made flesh, and dwelt among us"; and, tho there were glimpses of His glory, they were at the best but partial. The Holy Spirit's person and work have had to be humbled that there might be adaptability to us in a temporal universe. The title of a suggestive book on the Holy Spirit is The Temporal Mission The Holy Ghost.* There is no doubt that the revelation of the Father suffers a similar accommodation and that He shows the same spirit of love and humility in bringing us an unveiling of Himself that we can apprehend. We can enjoy the sunlight when it is properly dealt with by our atmosphere, but who can gaze with impunity into the eye of the sun? What mortal could live in that glorious sphere? Do not wonder if some divine truths do not look right to us. We live in too dense an environment to see things as they truly are. The straight rod partly thrust into the water looks bent. Much of our apprehension of truth needs to be corrected because of the refraction caused by time conditions.
*By Cardinal Manning (Appleton & Co., New York, 1866).
We are now ready to consider the word, in both the Old and New Testaments, which is most frequently translated "eternal," but which should be translated "age." This word in the Old Testament is used both as a noun and an adjective. The New Testament there is the noun "age" or "eon" and the adjective which signifies "pertaining to an age or to the ages." We have no adjective to express this in English except some such word as "eonian." This word is not in common use, but it is probably the best that we have. Eons are used in geology and in some other sciences for long periods of time.
If one has seen the absolute difference between time and eternity, he will understand that making time endless, we do not get eternity, for eternity means the absence of time, viz., timelessness. Eternity in its absolute sense only obtains when time ceases. An old writer puts the matter clearly:
"Whatever suffers the condition of time, even tho it never began to be, and should never cease to be, yet it can not be called eternal. For it does not comprehend and the embrace whole at once; it has lost yesterday, and has not yet gained tomorrow."
There is no word in the Bible, nor in the nature of the case can there be, for a "forever" or an "eternity" of time, because time ends when God becomes "all in all" and then only is there the full eternity.
It is not necessary for one to have a knowledge of the original languages, altho that is a wonderful help, nor to be a student of philosophy, to see that the words translated "ever" and "forever" and "eternal" can not possibly mean either "forever" or "eternal" or "eternity." All one needs is to take the English Bible and compare Scripture with Scripture with the aid of a good Concordance, such as Young's or Strong's.
I. It will be found that our translators in numerous places had to translate this word for "age" in several different ways. If it meant either "forever" or "eternal" in an absolute sense, this would not have been necessary. At the best, this word they so translate must be only a relative term.
II. It does not take any knowledge of the original languages to see that if the word "age" means ''forever" or "eternal" in the singular, a plural would be an impossibility. But the word "ages" in the plural occurs quite frequently. In a number of instances it is translated ''ages," as Eph. 2:7; "That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus." Age can not mean "forever" in this passage. In Col. 1:26 "ages" is used in the plural. The translation would make nonsense if it was translated by "forever." The mystery would be "hid forever," and hence could never be made known.
III. If this word "age" signified eternity, it could have no beginning as well as no end. In the latter part of 1 Cor. 2:7 we read in our English Bible, "which God ordained before the world unto our glory." The word translated "world" is this same word "ages." Here the apostle is speaking of something "before the ages." This certainly indicates that the word "age" does not mean eternity, and also makes plain the fact that the ages have a beginning, which eternity does not have.
In Titus 1:2 we read, "God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began." This word translated "world" is the same word "age" in a plural, adjective form joined to the word "times" in the plural. The clause should be translated "God, that cannot lie, promised before age times." This text also signifies that the ages are temporal in their meaning.
In 2Tim. 1:9 we have a similar expression, which should also be translated "before age (or eonian) times." The ages or time clearly had a beginning and hence are not meant to signify eternity.
IV. It is clearly taught in the Scriptures that the ages have not only a beginning but also an end. We have already shown even if the ages or time continued forever that that would not be eternity. The use of the plural "ages" shows that some end before another or others begin.
1. In Matt. 13:39 it is written, "The harvest is the end of the world." Here again the word that is translated "world" is the word "age." The text should read, "The harvest is the end of the age." The same word is found in Matt. 13:40; 24:3; 28:20.
2. In 1Cor. 10:11, in the last part of this verse, we read, "Upon whom the ends of the world are come." This should read, "Upon whom the ends of the ages are come." Therefore the ages have an end and are not eternal.
3. In Heb. 9:26 we find; "For then must He often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself."
In reference to the first word translated world," it is the regular word for "world" or "universe," whereas the second word for "world" is the word "ages" and reference is again made to the fact that the ages have an end.
Further, this text speaks not of the ends but of the end of the ages. It is therefore evident that the ages have an end and do not last forever, nor are they eternal. This also negatives the idea that there is an infinite series of ages, for it speaks of the end of the ages, ages being in the plural; and, besides, as we have already shown, the fundamental idea of eternity is not continuous time. The very structure of our mind and thought, as well as the Word of God, demands an eternity without time succession.
"Age" or "Ages to Come"
The phrase "age" or "ages to come" needs to be definitely examined.
In Matt. 12:32 we find "Neither in this world, neither in the world to come." The word "world" is "age" in this verse. The clause should read, "Neither in this age nor in that which is to come. Here we have a reference to another age which to is to come after the age when Jesus was preaching the Gospel on this earth.
In Luke 18:30 we have the words, "in the world to come life everlasting." Here the word "world" should read "age" again. The words "everlasting life" will be considered later.
In Eph. 1:21, when correctly translated, the word "age" should be substituted for "world" to translate the original word. The usual thought that comes to most minds in speaking of "the age to come," or the next age, is that of heaven; but to those to whom the Word of God was first given, the next age always meant the Millennial age, that is, the time of their being restored to their own land and of the personal presence of their Messiah and of untold temporal, physical and spirit blessing.
We again refer to Eph. 2:7 where the Word speaks of "the ages to come." Evidently there is more than one age to come": there must at least two, or the plural, "ages to come," would not be appropriate.
In Isaiah 65:17 we read of God creating "new heavens and a new earth"; and in Rev. 21:1, we have opened to us a marvellous time when God will be making all things new, including the heavens and earth. We see in Revelation that this period follows the Millennium. If the Millennium be an age of surpassing blessing, what must this new age be!
"The Age of the Ages"
This line of thought throws light on the expression in Eph. 3:21, "throughout all ages, world without end." If one looks at the Greek of this passage, the above phrase can hardly be called a translation. Some one has designated it as "a flourish." The Revised Version in the margin is nearly accurate. The whole verse reads: "To Him be glory in the Church in Christ Jesus for all the generations of the age of the ages. Amen" (R.V. margin). The "age of the ages" is, therefore, the most glorious Age of all the Ages that are included in God's marvellous plan. The phrase "the Age of the Ages" can be understood if we think of some similar expressions. If there is any day that is the best day of our life we may say it is "the day of days." The book of Canticles is called the "Song of Songs"; that is the best or the greatest song. The "Holy of Holies" means the Holiest-of-all.
This idiomatic method of expressing the superlative leads us to examine with a new interest the phase so frequently translated "forever and forever," but which is literally not "forever" at all, but "for the ages of the ages." We know by the phrase "the age of the ages" that there is one age that is the supreme age. We also know from. Heb. 1:8, in the original, of the close connection of "the age of the ages" and the Millennium. It reads in the literal Greek, ''But to the Son (He says) Thy throne O God, (is) for the Age of the Age." In this verse it implies that the grandest age of all springs forth from the millennial age, which is often spoken of as the age for Israel as a nation. Hence we think of these two ages and only two as the supreme ages in God's economy. As far as God's revelation of the ages is concerned these two ages are The Ages par excellence that lie in the future. Eternity in its absolute sense does not emerge till after these two ages are ended. This idiomatic use of two ages being called supreme, by styling them "the ages of the ages," is paralleled in more than one place in Scripture.
In Ezek. 44:13 is found in the Hebrew unto the Holies of the Holies." If the Holy of Holies is an idiomatic way, in the Hebrew, of saying the Holiest of All, then the Holies of the Holies is an idiomatic expression referring to the two specially holy places, viz., the Holy Place and the Holiest of All. Thus the two Holiest places would designate the two and only the two of the temple proper, thereby omitting the outer court, etc.
A similar construction is found in Lev. 21:22. With this key the two future ages are found to be the most glorious ages of all. The theory of "ages tumbling on ages" or an infinite series of ages is purely imaginary. These are the two definite, final ages and always have the definite article before them. Time comes to an end when the ages end and eternity, with God "all in all," becomes an accomplished reality.
When we read in Rev. 11:15 that "He shall reign for ever and ever," we know that it literally reads "for the ages of the ages"; viz., during the Millennium and also during "the Age of the Ages."
We also learn from Rev. 22:5 where the Word speaks of the reign of the saints, ''they shall reign forever and ever," or, as it is in the Greek, "they shall reign for the ages of the ages, "that is, during the same two great ages that our Lord, as the Redeemer, reigns.
Rev. 19:3, where the smoke of Babylon is represented as going up "forever and ever," that is, for the ages of the ages; but it certainly ceases when all things are made new. It lasts only for these two ages.
Again we need to notice Rev. 14:11. "And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever." This verse refers to the length of time that the suffering lasts of those who worship the antichrist in the great days of tribulation before the Second Coming of Christ. This phrase here, "forever and ever," is the same one that literally says, "for the ages of the ages and these ages come to an end. Even if we have not followed the entire argument, we may know not only from the Scripture referred to in Rev. 11:15, that Christ's reign, as Son of man, is to end. Compare 1Cor. 15:24-28: "Then cometh the end, when He shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; . . . And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also Himself be subject unto Him that put all things under Him, that God may be all in all." The reign of Christ, as Son of Man and Redeemer, comes to an end when His work of redemption is completed at the end of the ages. Then all things are subject to Him and He hands over all to the Father and He Himself has no more redeeming work to do as Son of Man, but in that capacity becomes subject to the Father. This shows that the end in 1Cor. 15: 24, the great goal and end of all time.
The punishment of the wicked is for the ages of the ages. Death itself ends before our Lord hands over His completed work (1Cor. 15:26). Our Lord's redemptive work was potentially finished when He died on the cross, but the application of it to His creation will not be completed till the great end of the Ages. It might be well to notice that altho the Son of Man becomes subject to the Father, the Scripture does not say that the Father becomes "all in all," but "God (becomes) may be all in all," that is, the whole Godhead becomes "all in all."
Before concluding this Chapter it might be remarked that the two great ages to come are to be found separately treated in the next two Chapters.
The question may also be asked if we can distinguish the ages since the beginning of time. We think that, as far as is necessary for our understanding of the ages and God's purpose and plan in them; this can be done.
We believe that in Gen. 1:1 at least two great ages are connoted, because the word "beginning" is in the plural in the Hebrew. The verse should be read, "By beginnings, God created the heavens and the earth"; and, lest any one should question this, in the New Testament, in Heb. 1:10, it has the word "beginning" in the Greek in the plural. Also it should read: "And, Thou, Lord, according to beginnings didst lay the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the works (plural) of Thy hands." Evidently that which is called the creation from Genesis, Chapter one, verse two, is, at least, the third creation. This third creation may be said to come to an end at the Flood. From the Flood to the Second Coming may be called "the world that now is," or the "present evil age." A Millennial world will follow and that will pass into the wondrous "Age of the Ages," or "The New Heaven and the New Earth," with its many generations. The Greek literally reads, "I am making all things new" (Rev. 21:5). Corresponding to these different worlds are the six different Ages. The first two ages referred to in Gen. 1:1 may be said to be prehistoric. How much of the conflict between science and religion would have been prevented by merely noting that" the term "beginning" was in the plural! There is room for millions of years, if necessary, in this; first verse of the Bible. We know that there was a cataclysm between Gen. 1:1 and 1:2. These early creations ended in "waste and ruin" (Gen. 1:2, Hebrew). There may be a long period between verses 1 and 2 of Genesis one. From Gen. 1:2 to Gen. 8:14, we have the Antediluvian Age. From Gen. 8:15 to Rev. 19, we have the Age of Promise, sometimes called the "present evil age" (Gal. 1:4). Then the Millennial Age will follow, and finally the Age of the Ages. There are thus, six ages. The number six seems to us appropriate as it is the number of creaturely self-will and also of the work of God in bringing the creature into His image.
It is also to be noted that when we use the word "age," we do not mean dispensation, as there may be a number of dispensations in an age.
In eternity, heaven and earth were not separated, but formed a glorious oneness and they will again reunite as one at the end of the ages. All separation comes originally from sin.
The first two ages, which are noticed in the plural of the word "beginning" in Gen. 1:1 and Heb. 1:10, may be distinguished spiritually even tho it does not appear to be God's purpose to speak particularly of them in the Bible. The fall of Satan and his angelic associates evidently was in two stages. The first was a fall into selfhood as intimated in Isa. 14:12-15; Ezek. 28:12-15. The result of this was the "casting down" (katabole, Greek) from the eternal state into a temporal one and the separation of the spiritual glory that originally existed into a heaven and an earth. God's creative work operated even in the "casting down" and this temporal world and universe was founded. This explains the reason that two different words are used in the original Greek for the word "foundation": they are katabole and themelion. The first one signifies a "casting down"; the second is the regular word for "foundation." In the "casting down" of the creation because of sin, God introduced His creative work and made it the foundation of His temporal universe. God's creative work is always animated by love and has so crystalized and bound His falling creation that it is kept from descending to such an extent that evil would have unlimited scope and development.
There are some careful students of the Word that make the word katabole refer to Gen. 1:2, which literally reads, "And the earth became a waste and a ruin." There is no doubt that judgment and ruin are spoken of in Gen. 1:2, but the time referred to is the sad condition at the end of the second great age. Their explanation fails to take into full account the eternal creation (Col. 1:16) and to note that the "casting down" is used synonymous with "foundation." Heb. 1:10 uses the same root that always means "foundation." Compare with it Eph. 1:4 and John 17:24, which have the word katabole, or "casting down," referring apparently to the same event from the standpoint of the first fall.
In the first age there was a heaven and an earth and, altho the first sin of the angels had taken place, the sin was confined and the creation was largely spiritual.
In the second age there seems to have been a further fall which caused the spiritual creation to become earthly and grossly material, something after the manner as we know it. This implied in Gen. 1:2, which represents that age in ruins.
The arrangement of the ages as presented in this Chapter is further attested by their remarkable correspondence and contrast.
The above diagram of the six great ages with eternity at each end is perhaps more easily apprehended as thus presented. The ages and eternity would be more truly represented by bending the diagram upward from each end so that the two eternities become one and the base line forms a circle. See diagram on the next page.
The descending arrow represents the foundation of the earth called in a number of passages in the original "the casting down." It also represents the beginning of time. The arrows indicate the course of time in the ages and the ascending arrow in the sixth age shows the end of the ages and the return of all things into God's eternity again. This illustrates the great law of circularity referred to in the Chapter, God's Accommodation to a Fallen World.
The first age and the sixth age need to be thus associated and compared. Both have a spiritual heaven and earth with evil little in evidence.
The second age and the fifth age help to explain each other. The second age shows the earth becoming a waste and ruin; while the fifth or Millennial age represents the earth as especially blessed and as the age ends, the earth and heavens are purged by fire.
The third age reaches from Adam to Noah; and we are told of the fourth age, "as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man" (Luke 17:26). Also the third age begins with the first Adam and the fourth age is especially the age of the Second Adam, containing His First Coming and concluding with His Second Coming.
These six ages, thus so wondrously related, are arranged according to God's own plan and have enacted in them a redemption that provides not only for sins committed, but also for the very root, sin and selfishness (2Cor. 5:21; Rom. 6:6) and, further than this, delivers us from the rudiments and beggarly elements of this world, for, through the cross, "the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world" (Gal. 6:14). This plan of God, or, as it literally reads, "according to the plan of the ages" (Eph. 3:11), will work out as God has purposed; it will not fail, God shall be "all in all" (1Cor. 15:28). The saving work of Christ is to last throughout the ages, Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and for the ages (Heb. 13:8, literal).
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