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Dr. Richard Zimman, superintendent of the Ripon Area School District, has joined the Moraine Park Technical College District Board. He began his duties at the Feb. 20 board meeting.
A Ripon resident, Dr. Zimman holds a bachelor of arts degree in history and English from Lawrence University, and a master of science and doctorate in educational administration from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Prior to becoming the Ripon schools administrator, he was principal of Brown Deer High School and also held associate principal and alcohol/drug program district director roles with Appleton schools. He has also taught history, English and social studies, and authored numerous articles and presentations. His accolades include the Outstanding AODA Program Newsletter Award and the Exemplary AODA Curriculum Award from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction; the Best School Prevention Program Award from the Federal Office of Substance Abuse; and the Best U.S. Student Assistance Program Award from the National Organization of Student Assistance Programs and Partners.
"Moraine Park is fortunate to have Dr. Zimman on our board," said Dr. Gayle Hytrek, Moraine Park president. "A strength of the technical college boards is board representation from the K-12 system as well as from business and industry. Dr. Zimman's extensive knowledge of the K-12 system will be invaluable as we develop a truly seamless career pathway for students from the K-12 schools into the College and then into the workforce."
"Wisconsin is fortunate to be a leader in the nation in preparing its workforce for a competitive marketplace through the Wisconsin Technical College System," said Dr. Zimman. "Moraine Park is an outstanding resource for employers and workers in our area of the state. The link between our K-12 school districts and Moraine Park is one of the keys to a healthy economy in the future for our citizens and our state, and I'm pleased to be able to provide some assistance in strengthening this partnership between our high schools and our technical colleges."
Since he is filling a seat vacated by John Mason, Dr. Zimman's term will expire June 30, 2009.
Moraine Park Technical College has campuses in Beaver Dam, Fond du Lac and West Bend and regional sites in Ripon and Hartford. The College offers more than 100 associate degrees, technical diplomas and certificates as well as apprenticeship training and customized training for business and industry. To find out more, visit www.morainepark.edu.
Moraine Park Technical College carpentry instructor Jerry Schwengels of Fond du Lac received national recognition when Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) recently named him the 2008 National Craft Instructor of the Year. It's an honor given to an instructor with outstanding teaching credentials and a commitment to preserving the high educational standards of the merit shop construction industry.
Schwengels, who was one of seven regional finalists, will be presented with the national award on March 8 during ABC's National Craft Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is also the only instructor to win ABC of Wisconsin's Instructor of the Year award twice, in 1996 and 2007. In addition, the ABC of Wisconsin Apprentice of the Year Award recipients for the last three years were his students.
"It is truly a priceless honor for me," said Schwengels. "I believe this accomplishment is a synergistic "team award." He named the dedicated apprentices and employers, fellow Moraine Park instructors and staff, and ABC of Wisconsin as those without whom his achievement would not be possible.
As an instructor in ABC of Wisconsin's Carpentry Apprenticeship program at Moraine Park since 1989, Schwengels has taught 15 of the 18 apprentices who have placed first in the carpentry contest at ABC of Wisconsin's annual Apprenticeship and Training Trust Skill Competition. Additionally, 11 of Schwengels' apprentices have placed first, second or third in ABC's National Craft Championships. Fourth-year carpentry apprentice Nathan Potratz of Pickett will join Schwengels in Puerto Rico to compete for the national carpentry title.
"Jerry has had more ABC National Craft Championship winners than any other single instructor in the country," said Wayne Belanger, director of education for ABC of Wisconsin, in his nomination of Schwengels for the national award. "Many of his apprentices have gone on to become leadmen, foremen, superintendents, or even to own their own businesses. A number of his graduates have also become instructors."
A native of Clinton, Wis., Schwengels holds a bachelor's of science in industrial education from Winona State University, Winona, Minn., and is a National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) Certified Craft Instructor. Having invested in his own education and experience, Schwengels has a diverse background that enables him to teach residential and commercial remodelers, home builders, commercial builders, bridge builders and more. His instruction also includes guest speakers, field trips, presentations by fourth-year apprentices and hands-on theory projects that are done in small groups. According to Belanger, Schwengels was also one of the first instructors to fully embrace the new ABC of Wisconsin Personal Protective Equipment policy.
Apprentices are encouraged to use their skills in service to the community. Schwengels has volunteered his students' assistance with building projects that include half-scale wood appliances for the Tiny Tech child development center at Moraine Park; an ornate playhouse for the West Bend Builders Association; a reading loft for a non-profit day care center; and a "carpet ball" game for the Fond du Lac Boys and Girls Club. Three of his classes spent a day volunteering for two ABC of Wisconsin projects for the Rawhide Boys Ranch.
"Jerry Schwengels' dedication to craft excellence truly embodies the ideals of a merit shop construction craft instructor," said Bill Fairchild, 2008 ABC national chairman. "It is an honor to recognize his efforts to train the next generation of construction craft professionals."
Jon Waldhuetter, dean of apprenticeships at Moraine Park, added, "Recognition as National Craft Instructor of the Year is an achievement that identifies the best of the best. Knowledge of the industry, a desire to pass on that knowledge to the next generation and a commitment to apprenticeship training – these are the tools that Jerry brings to the classroom. An employer need look no further than the graduates of Jerry's program to know that these apprentices are prepared to carry on the torch of the skilled trades person. We are proud to have Jerry as a member of our instructional team."
Schwengels' award includes the trophy, his trip to Puerto Rico for the national conference with expenses paid by the national ABC, a monetary stipend, a laptop computer and a leather jacket, compliments of the NCCER.
For more information about Moraine Park programs and apprenticeships, visit www.morainepark.edu and click on Academics.
Forget about snow and dreary winter days for a while – stop by a comedy performance at one of Moraine Park Technical College's campuses in March.
Beaver Dam campus: Canadian comedian Nigel Lawrence will perform in the commons on Tuesday, March 4, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. He starred in his own CTV/Comedy Network special, and was the winner of Canada's Funniest New Comic and Western Canada's Funniest Comic. He's also a regular performer at The Improv and the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles, where he's relocated. The public may purchase lunch for $6 per meal. For more information, contact Lisa Manuell, Moraine Park Student Life, at 920-887-4462 or email@example.com.
West Bend campus: Matt Goldich will perform in the AMTC auditorium on the West Bend campus on Friday, March 7, at 7 p.m. He has appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend, and has written for Cash Cab and VH1's World Series of Pop Culture. Tickets are $2, or $1 if a non-perishable food item is donated, and are available at the front office or the Student Life office. For more information, contact Bradley Mitchell, Moraine Park Student Life, at 262-335-5743 or email@example.com.
Fond du Lac campus: On Wednesday, March 12, Pete Holmes will perform from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Cyber Center cafeteria. Holmes has appeared on VH1's Best Week Ever and All Access, and on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and Honesty series. He is also an improviser, New Yorker cartoonist and writer for CollegeHumor.com. A St. Patrick's Day lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at a cost of $5 for the general public. For more information, contact Adam Ninmann, Moraine Park Student Life, at 920-924-3101 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
To learn more about Moraine Park, and to view our new program videos, visit www.morainepark.edu.
Moraine Park Technical College's Toolin' It!, a five-day manufacturing experience for young women and men ages 13-16, is being offered in two forms this June.
Toolin' It! provides hands-on experience in using technology to design and produce a product from start to finish. From 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each day, participants will explore 3D design, computer numerical control (CNC) programming, welding, machining and more, while emphasizing problem solving and team building. On the last day, visits to area manufacturers will provide an up-close and personal look at products being made.
The program is being held in conjunction with YMCA Camp Matawa's week-long residential experience. For those who choose both the Toolin' It! and Camp Matawa experience, which runs June 22-27, each morning camp attendees will travel to Moraine Park's Applied Manufacturing Technology Center in West Bend. Later, they return to Camp Matawa for activities that include canoeing, archery, hiking, climbing, campfires and storytelling. The fee for this combined camping experience is $650; scholarships and financial assistance are available. YMCA Camp Matawa boasts an outdoor climbing wall, swimming pool and 50-foot waterslide, as well as cabins with bathrooms, showers and a common area. The camp is located 45 minutes north of Milwaukee, adjacent to Kettle Moraine State Forest.
For those interested in participating in the daily Toolin' It! component only, June 23-27, the fee is $125, which includes all materials and daily lunch. To register or for more information, contact Marcia Arndt, dean of manufacturing technology, at 262-335-5725 or email@example.com.
For more information about the combined Toolin' It!/Camp Matawa experience, contact Marcia Arndt. To register, visit www.matawa.org or contact Camp Matawa at 262-626-2149.
Moraine Park Technical College is accepting applications through Feb. 29, 2008, for three positions on the Moraine Park District Board. Openings exist for the following positions: Additional Member (two openings) and Elected Official Member; each is a three-year term of office that expires June 30, 2011.
One of the Additional Member positions must be appointed from those counties of the District located west of the west shore of Lake Winnebago and the area west of the east boundary of the towns of Fond du Lac and Waupun in Fond du Lac County and west of the east boundary of the towns of Chester, Burnett, Oak Grove and Lowell in Dodge County.
The other Additional Member position must be appointed from those counties of the District located east of the west shore of Lake Winnebago and the area east of the east boundary of the towns of Fond du Lac and Waupun in Fond du Lac County and east of the east boundary of the towns of Chester, Burnett, Oak Grove and Lowell in Dodge County.
The Elected Official Member position may be appointed from anywhere within the District.
Applicants must submit a completed application, including at least two written references supporting their nomination to the District Board, and must attend the public hearing of the District Board Appointment Committee tentatively scheduled for 4 p.m. on Monday, March 31, at Moraine Park. A legal notice announcing the exact date, time, and location of this meeting will be published sometime during the week of March 3 or 10.
Application materials may be obtained from the County Board Chairperson of any of the following counties: Calumet, Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Sheboygan, Washington, Waushara and Winnebago, or by contacting Valerie Krueger, Moraine Park Technical College, 235 N. National Ave., P. O. Box 1940, Fond du Lac, WI 54936-1940; telephone 920-929-2127. Completed applications will be accepted through 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 29. All completed applications should be addressed to Ms. Shirley Kitchen, Secretary, Moraine Park Technical College District Board, at the same address.
The Moraine Park Association for Career and Technical Education (MPACTE) honored eight people for their dedication and professional excellence at Moraine Park Technical College during the annual awards banquet held at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Fond du Lac on Feb. 4.
Five Moraine Park staff were the recipients of the 2008 MPACTE Professional Excellence Award. Pat Olson, dean of business, received the Administrator Award. Julie Lotto, student learning specialist, was presented with the Specialty Services Award while Brenda Nickel, instructional aide – office technologies, received the Associate Member Award. The Full-Time Teacher Award went to Mary Schneider, student success and high school alternative instructor, and the New Instructor Award went to Julie Dilling, accounting instructor.
Lotto also received the Rodney Pasch Leadership Award. This award, open to all Moraine Park employees, recognizes "an individual who personifies the principles of character, commitment and ethics in the daily performance of their work."
Apache Stainless Equipment Corp. and its division, Mepaco, were awarded the C.L. Greiber Award of Merit in the Business category. Also receiving this award in the Individual category was Jon August of Grande Cheese. The C.L. Greiber Award acknowledges companies and individuals outside of the Wisconsin Technical College System that help promote and improve career and technical education in Wisconsin.
Kathleen VanDemark received the George P. Hambrecht Award, given to individuals who have been employed in career and technical education for more than 25 years and who are members of the Wisconsin Association for Career and Technical Education (WACTE).
Moraine Park and MPACTE are observing national Career and Technical Education Month in February. This year's theme is Superstars of Education: Lighting the Way to Your Future. "It is wonderful to have a venue such as National Career and Technical Education month for recognizing and promoting the important role that technical college education plays in our communities," said Josh Bullock, president of MPACTE and Moraine Park institutional research and quality improvement partner.
A variety of events have been planned throughout the month including Discover Moraine Park, a free event on Feb. 12, 13 and 14 at the West Bend, Fond du Lac and Beaver Dam campuses, respectively. MPACTE held an awards banquet Feb. 4 to recognize individuals and business for their dedication and excellence. Also planned were a MPACTE membership drive and chili/soup cook-off for Moraine Park staff, and hosting the Feb. 19 Fond du Lac Area Association of Commerce Business Connection at the Fond du Lac campus.
Moraine Park recognizes its Advisory Committees, whose members volunteer their time and expertise to the College. Their efforts help support the growth of the College's educational programs, ensuring they meet the employment needs of business and industry in the Moraine Park community and Wisconsin.
MPACTE comprises 96 members, bringing together educational support professionals, faculty and administration. It is the local chapter of WACTE, which unites individuals involved in career and technical education, provides professional development, encourages leadership in the professional arena and promotes innovative change to enhance lifelong learning.
According to the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), career and technical education prepares both youth and adults for a wide range of careers, from registered nurse to computer technician, which require various levels of education from high school to postsecondary certificates to two- and four-year college degrees. A recently released report from the Washington D.C. based Workforce Alliance, estimated that jobs requiring vocational and technical education will account for roughly 45 percent of all job openings between 2004 and 2014.
For more information about Moraine Park, visit www.morainepark.edu or call 1-800-472-4554.
Three Moraine Park Technical College carpentry apprentices swept the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Skill Competition's carpentry contest, taking first through third place in the state event that was held at Park Plaza Hotel and Convention Center in Oshkosh on Jan. 18.
Nathan Potratz of Fond du Lac, a fourth-year apprentice employed at J.J. Geffers Construction, Inc. in Oshkosh, placed first in the carpentry competition and will head to the ABC National Craft Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 5-9, where he will represent ABC of Wisconsin in the national carpentry event. At the nationals, young men and women compete in one of 14 competitions, representing 13 trades.
Potratz came in third place in the state competition in 2007. "Competing in last year's competition definitely helped me this year," he said. "I'm looking forward to going to the national competition to see how other carpenters throughout the country perform."
"Nate is a very strong competitor, an excellent test writer and a very skilled craftsman," said Jerry Schwengels, Moraine Park carpentry instructor. "We've continued our string of MPTC carpenters going to nationals; this year is the ninth year in a row."
Taking second place was Nick Gassner of Campbellsport, also a fourth-year carpentry apprentice, who is employed by Northcentral Construction Corp. in Fond du Lac. Third place went to Scott Poklasny of Hartford, a third-year apprentice who works for Ollman Construction Corp. in Jackson.
Potratz, Gassner and Poklasny are in the ABC Carpentry Apprenticeship program at Moraine Park's Fond du Lac campus.
Thirty-five apprentices from throughout the state participated in the ABC Skill Competition to demonstrate their skills and knowledge in carpentry, electrical, plumbing, HVAC and sheet metal, undergoing a two-hour written exam and a four-hour practical, hands-on project. Moraine Park plumbing apprentice Paul Laudolff of Appleton placed third in the plumbing competition. He is employed by J.D. Ogden Plumbing & Heating, Inc. of Neenah.
Other Moraine Park apprentices who competed at state this year were Michael Frier of Waldo, Richard Gehrke of Omro and Allen Snyder of Fond du Lac, carpentry; and Anthony Kaufmann of Cleveland and Ryan Will of Fond du Lac, electrical.
For more information about Moraine Park's apprenticeship programs, visit www.morainepark.edu.
If you've had basic Spanish instruction and would like to learn more, Moraine Park Technical College in Fond du Lac will offer a Spanish 2 class starting Tuesday, Feb. 26.
The class will explore Spanish communication skills through listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students will build on previously learned Spanish vocabulary and grammar usage. The class emphasizes novice to mid-novice level of conversation, listening exercises, grammar usage, vocabulary development, and reading for acquisition of cultural information. Hands-on activities are presented in Spanish so that students become confident in their use of the language.
Spanish 2 (course number 802-465-001) runs Tuesday evenings for seven weeks starting Feb. 26, from 6 to 9 p.m. in Room O-203. The prerequisite is Spanish 1. The course is $54.63 and the book is $122.95 plus tax.
To register, call Moraine Park at 1-800-472-4554.
Students entering the ninth or tenth grades at Beaver Dam, Fond du Lac and Ripon area high schools and who are from a low-income family where no parent has earned a four-year college degree can apply for academic support through a four-year, nearly $1 million Upward Bound grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education to Moraine Park Technical College.
The goal of Upward Bound is to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from postsecondary educational institutions.
"Every parent dreams of a successful future for their children," said U.S. Senator Herb Kohl. "This federal Upward Bound grant will provide much-needed academic support for students at area high schools partnering with Moraine Park Technical College to become first-generation college graduates with the preparation necessary for a better future in the 21st century."
The grant spans March 31, 2008, to March 31, 2012, and will serve 60 students.
"Moraine Park is very excited to be the only technical college in Wisconsin to receive funding for Upward Bound," said Dr. Gayle Hytrek, Moraine Park president. "This project will assist Moraine Park in our efforts to increase the number of students entering college. We are also pleased that we will be collaborating with the Beaver Dam, Fond du Lac and Ripon school districts in this effort."
According to a 2001 U.S. Department of Education Profile Report, from 1999 to 2001 74 percent of Upward Bound participants enrolled in college after graduating from high school. Ninety percent of those students attended full-time.
"We are excited to be expanding our longstanding partnership with Moraine Park through collaboration on the Upward Bound program," said Dr. Richard Zimman, superintendent of the Ripon Area School District. "Every child in our community, regardless of their parents' background or income level, deserves an opportunity to be prepared to enter college and graduate with the skills for success in our society. This grant will help make the dreams of many children and parents come true. Through the Upward Bound program Moraine Park is demonstrating its continued commitment to work with local communities for the economic and personal development necessary for global competition in the 21st century."
Dr. Don Childs, superintendent of the Beaver Dam Unified School District, also expressed his school community's excitement over the grant. "Education is one of the strongest correlates of lifetime earning potential," he said. "The grant will make the dream of a middle-class lifestyle a reality for participating students raised in poverty. That is good both for the students and the larger society – a true 'win-win' accomplishment. We look forward to partnering with Moraine Park in this initiative."
Stan Kocos, chief professional officer of the Boys and Girls Club of Fond du Lac and the Fond du Lac School District CLC program administrator, said that many of the club members are from low-income families, high school students from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor's degree. "Boys & Girls Clubs have a common bond with Upward Bound programs, providing services that enhance pre-college performance that ultimately leads to higher education pursuits," said Kocos. "The Upward Bound grant awarded to Moraine Park will help us provide fundamental support to Boys & Girls Club members in their preparation for postsecondary education."
Upward Bound projects include academic instruction in mathematics, laboratory sciences, composition, literature and foreign languages. The program has two major components, according to Jackie Jarvis, Moraine Park grants associate. "There is an academic-year program with tutoring, advising, college and career preparation, and cultural- enrichment activities," she said. "It also incorporates a six-week summer program with classes, tutoring and advising to prepare students for the following school year as well as for college."
Laurice Freeman is a wonderful example of Upward Bound changing lives right in our communities. She went through the Upward Bound program, and her education led her to her current role of supervisor of community education services for the Fond du Lac School District.
"Upward Bound provides students with the essential tools they need in order to be successful in postsecondary education," said Freeman. "I was the first in my family to go to college and I had no idea about the information I was missing because college wasn't talked about at home. Upward Bound not only made it possible for me to get to college, but I also developed the skills I needed in order to be an effective leader on campus and in the community. I continue to be a leader today."
"There's an old saying that when opportunity knocks, one should take advantage of it," said Dr. Greg Maass, superintendent of the Fond du Lac School District. "The Upward Bound program is a wonderful opportunity for our young adults in the community. It will open doors for them to continue their education beyond high school and become contributing citizens in our communities."
This is the second U.S. Dept. of Education grant Moraine Park has received in the past 18 months. In October 2006, Moraine Park received a $1.9 million Title III grant, the largest in Moraine Park Technical College history. The grant is being used to assist the College in increasing retention rates and helping ensure students successfully achieve their educational goals.
For more information about Upward Bound at Moraine Park, call Beth Raffaelli, Moraine Park vice president of enrollment management, at 920-924-6431.
Individuals who would like to learn more about the college financial aid process should plan to attend Moraine Park Technical College's Financial Aid Night on Wednesday, Feb. 20, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The event takes place in the Cyber Center cafeteria on the Fond du Lac campus. Students, parents and other interested parties will be able to ask financial aid questions, get details about the process and learn more about financial assistance resources.
To register, call 920-924-6334 or stop by the Financial Aid office at Moraine Park's Beaver Dam, Fond du Lac and West Bend campuses or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com. Registration is requested by Wednesday, Feb. 13.
For directions to the Fond du Lac campus at 235 N. National Ave., go to www.morainepark.edu and click on About Moraine Park then Campus Information.
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Arthur Sze to give Boudreaux Reading Thursday at UWM
New Mexico poet Arthur Sze will give the annual Boudreaux Reading at 7:30 p.m. April 4 at UWM's Hefter Center, 3271 N. Lake Dr.
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Next Act gives wings, radio style to 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Imagine a Milwaukee without its musicians and dancers, its singers and actors, its highly reputed symphony and its world-class theater. It would look a lot more like Pottersville, that mean-spirited burg of cheap thrills and third-class entertainment that greets George Bailey before his great awakening.
Such were my thoughts Friday night as six veteran Milwaukee-based actors tugged at my heartstrings for the second straight year, in Next Act Theatre's reprise of "It's a Wonderful Life," as transformed by Mary MacDonald Kerr into a 1957 radio play, coming straight to us from the studio of Milwaukee's very own WNAT. »Read Full Article(1)

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(I posted this on main June board, too, sorry)
I work in childcare and pick up toddlers and infants. I usually change the kids sitting in a chair with them standing but if they are poopy or I am in Mobile Infant room I pick them up to put them on the changing table.
I am used to powering through pains and aches due to all my back issues but I have started paying attention and I will feel a tightness, I guess, across my entire lower belly- under belly button. Almost feels a bit like when you work out your core. It will last for at least an hour or more. It is hard to keep track while doing my work. If it isn't there (which 90% of the time it is) it is across my stomach above my belly button or sometimes the right side of my belly, top and bottom. ( if I hold kids it is on my right side/hip)
I know for sure I felt some BH in my 20th week becauese they would happen on the right and then Marilyn would kick, it was pretty funny. These don't feel like that. It is hard for me to tell because I was already thick in the middle before pregnancy. Plus with the pattern of right side tightness...
The more physical I am at work with lifting the 20 to 30 pound kids, one is 32 another probably 35, and the constant bending down etc. to clean the room, getting kids out of cribs, I feel this most of the day.
I am asking the doctor about it this week, it has been happening most of my pregnancy, I am 28 1/2 weeks, but like I said stupid me just finally started paying attention.
But I am trying to research this type of info online and finding nothing, just people talking about several BH happening in an hr or more, nothing constant.
Anyone else experience this? What did your doctor say? Ab muscles or uterus muscles?


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July 28, 2010
Like many people, Bradley R. E. Wright read many of the stories about the church – claims that youth are leaving the Christian faith in record numbers, Christianity will die out in a generation and the divorce rate among Christians is as high as those of nonbelievers.
But as a sociology professor who studies religion and is familiar with the American Religious Identification Survey, General Social Survey, the Pew U.S. Religious Landscape Survey and other data sets, Wright suspected many of these "soul-seizing factoids" were incomplete or inaccurate.
So he started a blog analyzing many of these claims and came to some surprising conclusions: the percentage of youth who attend church has held steady over the past 20 years, divorce rates of Christian couples are lower than those of nonbelievers and Christianity is not on the verge of collapse.
"This got me thinking about what are the other myths about Christians out there and are they true or not," said Wright, author of "Christians Are Hate-Filled Hypocrites … and Other Lies You've Been Told." "The attitude I took toward this book is almost like the TV show 'MythBusters' where they take an idea and test it. Sometimes the myth pans out and sometimes it turns out they are not true."
In the book, Wright not only shatters many of these popular myths, but he also reveals why and how many of the commonly shared statistics aren't entirely true. He discusses the dynamics of how statistics are often misquoted as they get passed on and how even Christian leaders will pick statistics for their usefulness rather than for accuracy. And he highlights the problems caused for the church by the continuing emphasis on negatively slanted statistics.
"Amid the widespread, distorted, alarmist, and erroneous claims about American Christianity, it is always good to learn some basic, reliable facts," writes Christian Smith, a professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame, in an endorsement of Wright's book. "Brad Wright pulls together a lot of good ones in the pages here to reconnect people to reality. Let us hope that the misinformed critics and alarmists pay attention."
One of the first questions Wright explores in the book is whether it's true that Christianity is on the verse of collapse because so many Christian youth are leaving the church. The concerns partially grew out of the American Religious Identification Survey in 2008 that found the percentage of American adults identified as Christians dropped from 86 percent in 1990 to 76 percent in 2008. In the same period, those who have no religious preference, atheists or agnostics increased from 8 percent to 15 percent.
Despite this rise of the "unaffiliated," Wright noted 76 percent of Americans still consider themselves Christians and their numbers have increased from 122 million in 1970 to 173 million in 2008.
The other source of concern was a study that found six out of 10 of those in their 20s who had been involved with churches in their teen-age years had put Christianity on the shelf. This study and others prompted some Christian leaders to warn that this might be "the last Christian generation."
But even though today's young people are less likely to affiliate with Christianity than older people, Wright says that's been the case in every generation throughout the 20th century.
Currently, there are 80 million children in the United States under the age of 18. About two-thirds of them have been raised in Christian traditions. If the current adults are indeed the last Christian generation, about 50 million young people would have to leave the faith – a notion Wright says is absurd.
"In reality, in every generation, young people get more religious as they age," Wright says. "When you get married, when you have kids, when you start to hit those existential crises – what am I doing with my life – we often turn to God for that. That happened in your and my generation, it happened in our parents' generation and it happened in our grandparents' generation. It looks like it's happening with this generation. I find no evidence that this generation is substantially less religious than past generations. Now, let me give a caveat to that. In the last 20 years, American religions have seen a big increase in the number of people who say they have no religious affiliation. That's held true among young people. But it hasn't happened uniquely among the young. It's happened among all ages."
Furthermore, Wright says the General Social Survey shows the percentage of young adults who believe in God has exceeded 80 percent since 1990.
"On the positive side, the percentage of young people who attend church or who think that religion is important has remained mostly stable," Wright wrote. "Also, the percentage that affiliate with Catholicism, evangelical Christianity, and Black Protestantism are at or near 1970 levels. What I don't see in the data are evidence of a cataclysmic loss of young people. Have we lost the young? No. Sure, terrible things could happen in the future, but so could great thing."
Another popular criticism of Christians today is that only a small percentage shares their faith with others – ignoring the Great Commission. However, the 2008 Pew Religious Landscape Survey found 52 percent of Evangelical Christians share their faith with others at least monthly, as do 55 percent of Black Protestants. Far fewer Catholics, Mainline Protestants and Orthodox Christians regularly share their faith at 21-26 percent. Wright says these rates have held steady over the past several decades.
"Now, does this mean they are out street preaching? Probably not, but they do talk with non-Christians about their beliefs," Wright says.
In recent years, media reports and studies have reported on the increasingly negative reputation of Christians, especially among young people. One study found 16- to 29-year-olds are more skeptical of and resistant to Christianity than were people of the same age a decade before. The study found a decade ago that the vast majority of Americans outside the Christian faith, including young people, felt favorably toward Christianity's role in society. But recently, however, just 16 percent of non-Christians in their late teens and twenties said they have a "good impression" of Christianity. These youth view Christians as hypocritical, too evangelistic, anti-gay, sheltered, political and judgmental.
Despite this "everyone hates us" message that is currently popular, Wright says a Times Mirror Poll from 1990 and Pew surveys from 1996 to 2007 show non-Christians' attitudes toward Evangelical Christians have actually become increasingly positive in recent years. In the 1990s, about 70 percent of the religiously unaffiliated had a negative opinion of Evangelical Christians, and now only about 40 percent do. In the 1990s, 50-60 percent of members of other religions thought negatively of Evangelicals, but now it's down to 35 percent.
In explaining these increasingly positive views of Evangelicals, Wright says the 1990s were the heyday of the Moral Majority and the Christian Coalition, but now the figureheads of Evangelical Christianity are much less political.
"This is speculation on my part, but it's based on research that shows in the 1990s Evangelical Christians were much more aligned with conservative politics than they are now," Wright says. "Then you had Jerry Falwell and James Dobson at their peak. Now you have Rick Warren and Bill Hybels who don't affiliate with any particular political candidates. It's my guess that with this political neutrality … that the unfavorable opinions have dropped."
With all the recent scandals involving the church, Christians have also come under intense scrutiny for hypocritical behavior. Some studies have claimed that Evangelical Christians are just as likely to embrace lifestyles as hedonistic, materialistic, self-centered and sexually immoral as the world in general.
In terms of divorce, Wright wrote Christians and members of other religions have lower divorce rates, about 42 percent, than do the religiously unaffiliated, about 50 percent. As far as adultery, the General Social Survey revealed 16 percent of Evangelical Christians reported they had committed adultery at some point in their life. Mainline Protestants, Catholics and Jews all reported similarly low levels at 14-16 percent. Black Protestants and the religiously unaffiliated reported the highest rates of extramarital sex at about 25 percent.
When it comes to statistics about moral behaviors, Wright says the negative ones about Christianity often receive more attention than positive ones, and consequently are more likely to become conventional wisdom.
"Christians acting like Christians just isn't as interesting as 'Christians gone wild,'" Wright wrote. "As a result, bad news about Christians spreads faster and farther than good news."
Wright says the research that portrays Christianity negatively seems to get a lot more media coverage, perhaps because it is seen as more "interesting."
"Among Christians, we have a somewhat different process," Wright says. "We tend to use negative news to sell our books, sermons and seminars. If we can convince Christians that they are doing poorly in a given area, they might become more willing to listen to what we have to say. Ironically, in service of building up the church, we actually can work to tear it down."
Overall, Wright found that people who associate themselves with Christianity, as compared to the religiously unaffiliated, are more likely to have faithful marriages, commit less crime, interact honestly with others and not get into as much trouble with drugs and alcohol. What's more, the more committed Christians are to their faith, as measured by church attendance, the greater the impact the church's teachings seem to have on their lives.
Despite criticisms that today's Christians are "watered down" in both what they believe and what they do, the General Social Survey shows that since 1988 more than 80 percent of Evangelicals report believing in heaven, hell, miracles, angels and demons and God without any doubt and that there are clear and absolute standards for what is right and wrong. Even more surprising, the proportion of Evangelicals who pray on a daily basis has increased from 64 percent in 1980 to 75 percent today.
"We see this increase among Evangelical youth as well," Wright says. "It's not entirely clear why this is happening, but one possibility is that as society has become more accepting of people not affiliated with a religion, those most likely to leave Evangelical Christianity were those only marginally committed to it in the first place, leaving behind the more devout, more prayerful followers."
Wright also found that while the religiously unaffiliated rarely attend church or participate in other religious activities, many of them have strong spiritual beliefs. About half believe in God and believe that the Bible is the Word of God, and two-thirds believe in life after death.
"This suggests that most of the religiously unaffiliated are not adamant atheists, and they might be more receptive to various aspects of Christianity than we would have otherwise expected," Wright says.
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I understand why Wiker insists on and doesn't question at all an old earth, but I think the subject needs to be revisited for a number of reasons. It is not as simple to fit long ages into the Bible as he makes it sound. It requires lots of strange unnatural interpretations all through the Bible which are clearly made only because secular science claims the earth is old. It requires an unnatural interpretation of Genesis 1. It requires an unnatural interpretation of - actually the denial of Genesis 6 and the Genesis global flood. It requires strange interpretations of NT passages where the flood is referenced by Jesus and others. The flood and ark as a type of Christ falls through as well.
Perhaps young agers cannot answer all the problems with a young earth view, but neither can old agers answer all the problems that come with an old age stance. At least the young earth position has the Bible on it's side assuming the unnatural interpretations are not accurate. Here is a layman's article on scientific evidence for a young earth. Perhaps it will provide a starting point for old agers to at least consider the contradictory evidence to their position. Holding on to long ages shouldn't be the ultimate goal here. We want to honestly evaluate the evidence for both.
I recommend starting with this article (101 Evidences for a young age of the earth and the universe) to see what you can learn.
- Jim
The claim of being able to show that "Darwinism" is impossible is quite incredible.Almost as incredible as using a top down explanation as to why things seem to be the way they are. Being able to insert the supernatural into as many places as there are people thought up places would certainly aid in the progress of all sciences.
- Cheers M.M Quebec Canada
Creationists seem to have a problem with the concept of chance in evolutionary theory. I wonder what the world would be like if there were no such thing as chance, no quantum mechanics, no chaos theory, no uncertainty at all. In such a universe, God plans and executes his plans and causes EVERYTHING to happen just so. He is the ultimate micro-manager. I don't think I'd like that world very much. In fact I know I wouldn't. Say goodbye to any semblance to free will or any sort of human freedom.
I wrote a lengthy essay illustrating the problems with the mental model I call the Scripted Universe by using two famous science fiction stories as starting points. I don't know of any theologian (creationist or not) who has ever addressed this particular issue.
Here's the link:
I find the free, open universe described by science, including Darwinian evolution, not only to be scientifically plausible, but also philosophically congenial. Any comments?


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If you've ever wanted to slather McDonald's Big Mac special sauce on a home-cooked burger but didn't have the energy or motivation to make your own copycat version, then the idea that company is now selling bottles of the yellow-orange sauce is probably exciting. That is until you find out you can only get it in Australia. [More]
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The Big Mac Index: Globalization At Work
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Roger Baker, VA's CIO since 2009, finished his tenure March 1.
March 1 marks the start of sequestration, of course, but for the Veterans Affairs Department it brings another big change as well.
VA CIO Roger Baker announced Feb. 15 his intent to step down, followed within days by CTO Peter Levin making his exit publicly known Feb. 19. Both said that March 1 would be their last official day on the job.
Neither official has officially spoken about immediate plans, but sources tell FCW that Baker is heading to the private sector.
So far, there have not been any official announcements of replacements, but that has not stopped the community from guessing. For the VA CIO role in particular, three names have surfaced as possible contenders, based on their connections to VA and their background and skills:
VA CIO Roger Baker stepping down.
Peter Levin to leave VA.
Stephen Warren, who joined VA in May 2007 as principal deputy assistant secretary in the Office of Information and Technology and serves as deputy CIO for the department. One source speaking on background described him as "fantastic" and well-suited to fill Baker's shoes, but added he might not want the CIO role.
Edward Meagher, spent nearly 25 years in government and is a former VA deputy CIO who now leads VA and military health programs as vice president at SRA International. He previously also served as deputy CIO at the Interior Department.
Craig Luigart, who currently is CIO at the Veterans Health Administration. In a previous position with VA, Luigart served as associate deputy assistant secretary for policies, plans and programs, where he oversaw VA's strategic planning, privacy policy, budgetary governance, and programmatic transformation processes for IT.
Whoever steps in to replace Baker will have to know the organization and have a leadership presence, and a vision to communicate, said Harold Gracey, a former VA principal deputy assistant secretary for IT and acting CIO at VA.
"If I were to sort things out in order, I would for sure go for leadership skills first," he said. "From a technology perspective, they don't really have to be technologists per se; they just need to be smart enough to know when they're being lied to."
The sheer size of the $130 billion organization also requires a certain type of person -- and those candidates could be hard to find, he said.
"I came to VA to make a career, but I spent a lot of time in the first years understanding the business of VA," Gracey said. "Roger was a little bit disadvantaged by not having the opportunity to do that – when you're a political appointee, you drop right in and you've got four or, in the best case, eight years to do everything expected of you by your boss. That's a rough assignment."
As a candidate for the CIO role, Gracey said, Meagher makes sense because he understands VA "and has his heart within veterans."
Luigart is equally suited for the role because of his "terrific engineering background and he understands VHA, which is 90 percent of what goes on at VA," Gracey said. "But overall, it really needs to be someone with a fresh view."
Trey Hodgkins, senior vice president of the global public sector at TechAmerica, said while he was unaware of a shortlist of candidates, he hoped it would include someone who could carry on Baker's legacy as an innovator.
"Roger made himself very well-known as a thought leader, not just at the VA but in the Federal CIO Council, the federal government and the IT marketplace," Hodgkins said. "It's our hope that the person who steps in will identify, acknowledge and leverage the authority Baker held to really advance technology and innovation adoption."
Baker's successor should also be someone who is not averse to having discussions with the private sector, Hodgkins stressed.
"Roger has been very open to input, dialog and discourse with the private sector and industry partners to understand what's the art of the possible, what would technology allow and what can we think about doing," he said.
There was less chatter -- and less willingness to speak on the record -- about replacing Levin as CTO. But the departure of both IT leaders at the same time could pose a significant challenge for the department's technology efforts. VA also lost Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Security Jerry Davis in February, when he left to become CIO of NASA's Ames Research Center.
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Just read the comment about VHA, VBA and NCA being OI&T's customer; sad to see the veteran has been forgotten again. Let's fix this dead-wrong joke; the veteran is the VA's ONLY customer! We're here to serve THEM. The rest is a balance of providing people who provide direct care with electronic tools and resources to SERVE the veteran with the needs of the many others factions who want a pound of flesh from us. Along with serving the veteran by providing tools and resources to those who directly care for the veterans, OI&T has to try to keep those other special interest communities like InfoSec, Congress, FISMA, etc, happy too. OIT&T has been short-staffed by most industry standards for a long time and comparatively speaking the budget is pretty sparse too, but most of OI&T knows why we're here, and those people walk and wheel their way through the doors of my facility every day and wait too long for appointments and the care they've earned.
Whomever takes the helm must understand OIT is a SERVICE organization that SERVICES the customer (VHA, VBA and NCA). OIT should NOT hold the purse strings nor determine what is/isn't important to clinicians and hospital administrator because they simply do not know...Enough with the OIT fiefdom building at VA...Time to get real and stand up an organization that aligns with its customers, not the other way around.
Not sure who would call Mr. Warren "fantastic", certainly nobody who has ever worked for him. He thinks he knows everything, listens to none of his experts or leaders, unless its contractors like Deloitte, who he paid to tell him what he wants to hear. Now, he is about to revamp Service Delivery Engineering (SDE)... An organization that he's completely alienated and run their leadership out of office through underhanded tactics, bullying and complete lack of trust in the appointed leaders. He "subsummed" all their duties so that he could make decisions for that org unchallenged... This occurring just as there will be a vacuum in OIT leadership.
Having not met either of the two gentlemen, I can not speak to their personal skills, but from the standpoint of an end user I can say that if either are replaced with internal candidates it will be 4 or more years of the same behind the times infrastructure. The VA is far behind the times in all aspects of technology and will continue to be unless new blood in brought in. Just my two cents.
An outsider with a fresh view is absolutely what is needed now to break the stagnation that has enveloped the IT team. When measurement is put above progress, when metrics are more important that deliverables you know it is time for a fundamental change. Perhaps new leadership will stem the rush of senior execs in VA's IT shop going out the door..3 in the past 30 days, 5 in the last 60 days. A toxic work atmosphere I am told.
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I saw this reblogged on tumblr and it choked me up. One of my rats passed away recently, and this piece is particularly evocative. I would absolutely be interested in purchasing a print! (I'd love to buy the original, tbh, but I'm poor as heck.) Keep up the gorgeous work!
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These FDA Food Labeling web pages address the labeling requirements for foods under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and its amendments. Food labeling is required for most prepared foods, such as breads, cereals, canned and frozen foods, snacks, desserts, drinks, etc. Nutrition labeling for raw produce (fruits and vegetables) and fish is voluntary. We refer to these products as "conventional" foods. For detailed information on dietary supplements, a special category of products that comes under the general umbrella of foods, but which has separate labeling requirements, see "Dietary Supplements."*
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July 9, 2015
FDA appreciates and takes very seriously the extensive input it has received from stakeholders throughout the process of establishing requirements for menu labeling in restaurants and other retail food establishments.
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Brockmeier Issues Beginner's Guide to Vim Editor
Defenders of the somewhat unwieldy vi editor say, "Sure vi is user-friendly; it's just peculiar about who it makes friends with." Joe Brockmeier of openSUSE fame has now come out with a beginner's guide to Vim and what it does.
Most Linux users know "Zonker" Brockmeier as community manager of the openSUSE project who usually announces when a new openSUSE is in the starting blocks. (Brockmeier is also contributor to Linux Magazine.) He apparently also has other interests, as his article on the Vim editor for the Linux Foundation suggests.
No matter how Spartan a Linux distro might be, it almost always includes the "vee-eye" text editor. Anyone with the slightest Linux involvement will come into contact with it. To prevent users from running into catastrophes with it, Brockmeier wrote "Vim 101: A Beginner's Guide to Vim."
Vim is a further development of the ancient vi written by Bill Joy in the 1970s. Often vi is included as an actual link to Vim in some standard Linux distros such as Ubuntu and openSUSE. Learning Vim largely involves memorizing a handful of keyboard shortcuts. Brockmeier's article therefore lists the most vital shortcuts for cursor movements and deleting and copying words and characters.
Upon learning these relatively simple commands, work can proceed faster than with other text editors, such as Nano, at least as dyed-in-the-wool Vim fans claim. The alternative to Vim is emacs. Vim and emacs advocates have been raging an ongoing rivalry for the longest time, known as the "Editor war."
Further development?> Vim is a further development of the ancient vi written by Bill Joy in the 1970s.
And Linux is "further development" of UNIX then?
Somehow wrongness of former is less obvious than of latter. "Further development" implies derivative work.
Bram Moolenaar wrote Vim becase Joy's vi (which I have still /pleasure/ to work with on Solaris and HP-UX) is bad at pretty much everything. Concept is good - rest is bad. And "bad" is me putting it very politely.
unwieldy vi editor?> unwieldy vi editor
Learn the darn basic facts: vi != Vim && Vim >> vi
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Dylan Hernandez of the L.A. Times tweeted the Dodgers a closing in on a 1-year deal with left-handed reliever J.P. Howell. "Source: #Dodgers moving toward a one-year deal with left-hander J.P. Howell. Contract still hasn't been finalized." See, I wouldn't lie to you. Buster Olney went one step further. "J.P. Howell agreed to terms with the Dodgers. A left-hander for a very deep bullpen." and "Howell gets a one-year deal with LAD, for just under $3 million in base salary, and performance bonuses." This is a minor move for the Dodgers. It's decent, but not a move that's going to put them over the proverbial hump. Howell isn't a flamethrower by any means, as his fastball averages 85.2 MPH for his career. He also uses a high-70s curveball and changeup. His change might be his best pitch. Howell, 29, was drafted in the first round of the 2004 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals. He spent one season with the Royals, posting a 6.19 ERA in 15 starts. He was traded to...
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In 1974 the late Senator Carl T. Curtis (R-NE) and Senator James A. McClure (R-ID), after a lunch with another staffer and yours truly, agreed to constitute what they called the Senate Steering Committee (SSC). They took a leaf from the successful Republican Study Committee. The idea was to come up with a caucus of conservative Senators. Curtis was elected Chairman after the first meeting of 14 Senators in his office. After Curtis was elected Chairman of the Senate GOP Conference, he left the SSC in favor of McClure. McClure ran the Committee as Curtis had in mind for the next five years, until he was elected as Chairman of the GOP Policy Committee. After that Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC) took over the helm. McClure had run the SSC as a true caucus. He proposed amendments to bills, he proposed filibusters; he directed the staff to put "holds" on bills; sometimes he proposed alternative bills.
Helms changed the nature of the SSC. He brought in cabinet members of the brand new Reagan Administration. When he had exhausted them he turned to outside personalities. Senators loved it but they did not have strategy sessions. Staff ended up doing what Senators had done under Curtis and McClure. Finally, after the longest tenure in SSC history, Helms stepped down and Senator Malcolm Wallop (R-WY) succeeded him .He brought the SSC back to its original objectives, although staff, such as Jade West and Mike Hammond, ended up doing more of the work than Senators did. Only Wallop himself pursued the sort of strategy which Curtis had in mind.
Over the years the SSC bobbed and weaved back and forth, sometime more effective, sometime less. Then four years ago, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) became Chairman and he definitely brought the SSC back to its original objectives. His making Ed Corrigan Executive Director clearly made the SSC more effective. Then when Senator James DeMint (R-SC) became Chairman Senators with whom I spoke expressed anxiety that DeMint would not be forceful and effective. To the pleasure of Senators, he retained Corrigan and the two of them have brought the SSC to new heights. Of course, establishment Senators do not appreciate what DeMint has done - even when DeMint offered an amendment to delete an earmark of Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) which gives $3.5 million to the AFL-CIO, which targets Senators such DeMint for defeat. Specter complained that some Senators constitute an internal firing squad. The amendment, by the way, easily was defeated.
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1.1 GE Consumer Finance (GECF) welcomes
this opportunity to submit evidence to the Treasury Select Committee
with respect to its inquiry into the transparency and clarity
of credit card charges.
1.2 GECF is part of General Electric (GE),
a global technology, services and financial services company.
Founded by Thomas Edison in 1892, over the years GE's activities
have diversified significantly to include wind energy, medical
systems, railway engines, power stations, plastics, aircraft engines
and financial services. The company's finance activities include
leasing, real estate finance, commercial lending, as well as consumer
finance including auto finance, mortgages, etc. The company is
one of only seven worldwide to have a AAA rating.
1.3 In the UK, GECF was established in 1990
with the acquisition of the Burton Group Financial Services, which
operated card programmes for a number of UK retailers. Since then,
GECF has come to be a prominent employer in Leeds, with around
1,500 employees on three sites.
1.4 In responding to this inquiry, GECF
is aware that the original stimulus came from an earlier investigation
of the Committee and that in reflecting this, the terms of reference
for the inquiry are framed to cover credit card charges. However,
evidence that the Committee has taken to date has caused it to
broaden the scope of the inquiry to include storecards and, as
one of the providers of storecards in the UK, GECF is pleased
to assist the Committee in its study. Please refer to Appendix
1 for GECF's full list of retailers and associated APRs.
1.5 At the outset GECF believes it is important
to clarify the nature and purpose of the store card product. GECF
is aware of widespread misapprehension as to why customers take
out store cards, why retailers want them and the benefits to each.
1.6 Consequently, the submission begins
by exploring the nature of the store card product, its usage and
adoption. The submission then goes on to explore the level of
indebtedness in relation to our cards, and how we attempt to deal
with the problems which arise. The particular issues relating
to clarity and transparency of charges are interspersed, as appropriate.
1.7 We end this submission by putting forward
some industry-wide initiatives which, we believe, may help to
further enhance clarity and transparency.
2.1 In the UK GECF's primary business is
as a supplier of storecards provided via retail stores. The Company
is regulated by the Financial Services Authority and holds a Consumer
Credit Licence issued by the Office of Fair Trading. The Company
is also a member of the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA).
2.2 GECF is one of a number of companies
in the UK operating as a storecard provider to the retail sector.
In addition, some retailers (eg Marks and Spencer) have chosen
in-house operations to run their own storecard schemes.
What storecards are not:
2.3 In discussing the nature and use of
storecards, it is perhaps instructive first to set out what a
storecard is not.
Storecards are not:
2.4 GECF argues that it is misleading to
make comparisons between storecards and credit cards (or other
forms of personal credit) on any one particular aspectsuch
as APR. Rather each option should be judged as a whole and on
its own merits.
2.5 Certainly, the fact that total borrowing
on GE storecards has not grown since 1998 demonstrates both that
GECF has not participated significantly in the UK "credit
explosion" and that customers (as opposed to wider audiences)
understand the nature of the products.
What Storecards are:
2.6 GECF operate storecard programmes with
the intention of providing retailer enhancements as much as consumer
lending vehicles. They exist to create a bond between customers
and retail outlets, advantageous to both sides.
2.7 A storecard is a restricted form of
payment allowing customers the use of the product commonly only
in a single store or retail chain.
Why customers have store cards
2.8 Customers primarily hold storecards
to enjoy a closer relationship with the retailer or brand of their
choice and to gain access to a number of retail benefits.
2.9 The storecards provide a modest spending
account for in-store purchasestypically used in the £30-£300
2.10 A number of cards offer an initial
discount on purchases of 10%, providing an immediate benefit to
customers. The average consumer will use the storecard typically
just four times a year. Customers also benefit from a wide range
of other exclusive benefits such as:
2.11 GECF commissions research on customers'
attitudes to cards, their likes and dislikes on shopping practices
generally. This research confirms that customers' primary motivation
for taking out storecards is to gain access to retail discounts
and the benefits of a closer relationship with their chosen retail
Why retailers operate storecards
2.12 Retailers primarily operate storecards
to build stronger relationships with their customers, increase
loyalty and drive repeat sales.
2.13 Retailers make considerable use of
the communications channel the programmes provide to promote new
goods and services. They also make use of the insight into purchase
behaviour obtained from the card to design their own merchandising
and promotions. They will offer selected discounts, and event
invitations, based on the data they gather from the card.
2.14 The availability of credit also helps
grow sales. Estimates of the impact vary, but sales may be around
8-10% higher than they would be otherwise. The importance of this
has diminished as other forms of consumer credit, such as credit
cards, have become more widespread.
2.15 A decade or so ago most retailers bore
the administrative and balance sheet costs of running their own
schemes. They then found it made more sense to enable third parties
to operate their schemes thus utilising somebody else's resources
and dedicated expertise to operate the schemes.
3.1 Having selected items they wish to purchase,
the customer approaches the till and will be asked if they wish
to pay by cash, debit or credit card or storecard. If they do
not have a storecard, they may be asked if they would like to
apply for one. If they say they would, the process is as follows.
3.2 GE Consumer Finance has a number of
processes in place to ensure that the account opening process
is monitored in store and that customers are given every opportunity
to make an informed choice at point of sale:
3.3 At the point of sale, the customer has
a wide choice of payment methods open to them. Cash, debit card,
credit card and store card can be chosen. In those retailers that
operate a storecard, around 25% of shoppers will choose to use
that payment method. Indeed information collated at POS shows
that nearly 60% of customers possess a credit card and therefore,
have optional ways of paying for purchases.
4.1 As previously articulated, unlike the
credit card, a storecard is notnor is it recommended as
beingused primarily as a borrowing tool. The product is
quite different from credit cards for which applicants fill in
more detailed forms allowing them to benefit from using credit
cards in tens of thousands of places worldwide. In turn, credit
cards exhibit much larger average balances and undergo much more
frequent use.
4.2 By contrast the storecard is an affinity
card that rewards shoppers for loyalty through discounts and special
offers. Hence, the storecard is intended to be simple and transparent,
even for those with limited experience of banking or borrowing.
As such:
4.3 Naturally, millions of storecard holders
use their cards in different ways. However, that the manner of
which it is used matches the intention of this product can be
evidenced through an analysis of the characteristics of the cardholder
Interest rates and APRs
4.4 The company's approach to both interest
charges and fees is fair and transparent. If customers settle
in full by the due date they will pay no interest on purchases.
If they don't settle in full they will be charged interest from
the date the purchase registers on the account. Over 45% of customers
never pay interest.
4.5 This information on interest charging
is referenced significantly within the welcome pack and the due
date for payment is marked clearly on statements.
4.6 Both APRsthe standard and that
for direct debit customersare stated in bold on the front
of each application form and included in the second copy of Terms
and Conditions which accompany the welcome pack and new card.
4.7 GECF calculates the APRs in accordance
with the Consumer Credit Act.
4.8 The costs of operating the storecard
programme are large and comparable with credit cards. We maintain
large call centres to open new accounts and manage customer service
calls; mail over 70 million statements and marketing communications;
and provide marketing and analysis teams to work for our retail
4.9 Converselyand in contrast to
credit cardsgiven the very limited credit lines that are
offered, storecards are typically used for small purchases and
to obtain discounts, benefits or loyalty points.
4.10 Given the fixed nature and size of
the costs relative to the small balances, the level of APR charged
is conditional for the business model to operate successfully.
Funding costs may well have declined in recent yearsyet
they represent a small proportion of overall costs. Moreover,
postage costs, wage related costs, and other costs have continued
to grow despite endeavours to operate at the lowest cost.
4.11 APR is not a significant concern for
customers nor plays a major part in their decision to open a storecard
account. At 29.9% APR, for example, the typical monthly interest
payment is £7 and analysis of any complaints received demonstrates
that just 0.7% relate to APRs.
4.12 Storecards have no annual fee.
4.13 Customers who continue to run their
accounts in accordance with the credit agreement will never be
charged a fee and indeed in the last two years only 4% of our
customers have ever had a fee charged.
4.14 Of those fees that the Company does
charge, the vast majority relate to late payment. However, in
circumstances where GECF would initially apply a late fee, the
Company's practice is first to provide adequate notice through
a letter and/or a phone call to inform the customer of the proposed
4.15 GECF has rules in place to ensure customers
with low balances are not charged disproportionate fees.
4.16 GECF believes these practices minimise
the customer's risk of incurring charges due to forgetfulness
or simple lack of awareness of their obligations under the terms
and conditions. In this way the Company strives to avoid small
balances mounting due to fee charging.
4.17 At £18 per charging letter, the
purpose of fees is to cover the costs incurred.
5.1 The typical credit line and outstanding
balance for a storecard account is minimal and we estimate storecard
debt represents only around 2% of all household unsecured debt.
Independent research from Datamonitor estimates consumer credit
gross advances and outstanding balances during the period 1998-2002please
refer to tables below. This data supports our view that storecard
balances represent a small part of overall UK household unsecured
Source: Datamonitor analysis of ONS, BBA, Finance
and Leasing Association, Bank of England and APACS data.
* CAGR stands for compound annual growth rate and is used
by Datamonitor to give an indication of year on year growth in
a market.
5.2 With reference to over indebtedness:
5.3 However, as with any form of borrowing, some households
get into financial difficulty. GECF supports around 39,000 cases
of financial difficulty per year, through the Company's Financial
Solution team, from a customer base of some 10 million active
accounts. Analysis shows that almost 80% of these cases are due
to a change in personal circumstances such as death of a spouse
or unemployment.
5.4 Households experiencing financial difficulties typically
have an outstanding balance on a storecard of £500. Their
storecard debts are a very small portion of their total debts,
which tend to range from £10,000-£20,000.
5.5 In all cases, the Company's procedure is as follows:
5.6 Given that storecard debt accounts for only a small
part of the overall "household debt" in the UK, GECF's
approach will only ever be part of the solution. However, GECF
was instrumental in the formation of the debt counselling charity
Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS). Malcolm Hurlston and
then GE employee Vic Ware OBE established CCCS in 1992. Since
CCCS's inception, GECF has given over £1.5 million in donations
and transaction charges and today the charity helps over 100,000
customers each year.
5.7 If a customer becomes a client of CCCS all interest,
fees and collections activity is suspended and a percentage payment
made to CCCS for all payments made by the customer.
5.8 GECF was a founding contributor to the DTI-sponsored
National Debt Line.
6.1 GECF believes that, whilst customers must take personal
responsibility for their financial management, the Company is
nevertheless part of a large and increasingly sophisticated industry
and one which can inadvertently allow some consumers to enter
into unwise borrowing.
6.2 However, GECF's practices seek to ensure transparency,
clarity and fairness in all operations and dealings with customers.
Indeed, we will support any initiative that aims to reduce "small
print" and ultimately help simplify and clarify customer
understanding of any financial agreement they enter into.
6.3 GECF believes there are further initiatives which,
if implemented industry-wide, could help to further clarify financial
products in consumers' minds and assist them in financial education.
From GECF's perspective the following areas should be considered:
Establish a common approach to calculating when interest
is charged and agree a standard way of explaining this to the
customer in simple terms.
Consumer education
Implementing practical initiatives to help consumers to make
informed decisions about their finances.
Credit limit setting
Automatic referral to the Credit Bureau before credit limits
are increased, in line with the report from the Over Indebtedness
Task Force.
Greater reciprocity of credit information sharing to ensure
all lenders have best available information on which to make credit
Credit counselling
Requirement that all fee based credit-counselling services
make clear that customers have access to free alternatives.
Requirement to provide adequate written notice to customers
of any intention to charge a fee.


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From what I understand they are seeing a correlation which by the way does not equal causation with the miralax. Not to mention what doctors are telling parents to give kids under 2 year old miralax? My almost 5 year old uses it on occasion because she has issues but we have found giving her fiber supplements have helped and we found out she has a milk allergy which was cause issues in her digestive system.
Erin-Mama to Hadleigh (5), Kenna (10) and Cambree 6/13/2012
And the one ingredient "thought to cause" autism has been removed from vaccines. Haven't you noticed vaccines are given in individual doses now and not pulled out of a bottle? That's because they got rid of the preservative that made using the same bottle possible. Also making it more expensive. And autism rates didn't drop from removing it either.
I've known very crunchy moms with autistic kids and very "worldly" (idk how to describe, but does everything opposite of crunchy) who have 7 completely healthy kids.
I really think there's no way to prevent it. Life is a toss up. I'm not saying not to avoid Chemicals, but I'm not going to start removing seemingly good things because a mom of an autistic person said to.
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While I do think that it is a good thing to avoid unnecessary chamicals, I do not believe all these things cause autism. There are so many leaps being taken to make these "correlations" and it's just ridiculous to believe that they all "cause" autism. I firmly believe that a child is either going to have autism, or they aren't.
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Installing Avadash From Evox..
Posted 12 February 2004 - 04:12 AM
read on the how to that u should transfer everything from the avalaunch dir to the c: on the box, rename default.xbe to avalaunch.xbe and rename evoXdash.xbe to evox.xbe..
i flashed with the X2 4979.06 bios and after i did that stuff (above) it booted into the msdash !! had to use the evox bootcd to format drive and reinstall evox to get back in to evoxdash.
am i missing something here ?
(reason i wanna use avalunch is so i can xfer files from xbox to xbox..)
much appreciated
Posted 12 February 2004 - 04:19 AM
Posted 12 February 2004 - 04:21 AM
also, lets say i already had my files on my box, and i did the same thing and it booted into the msdash, how would i be able to it so i dont have to use the evox bootcd and format the hdd again...
much appreciate dude, and i thank you in advance.
Edited by shtewps, 12 February 2004 - 04:23 AM.
Posted 12 February 2004 - 07:53 AM
Posted 12 February 2004 - 08:57 AM
hmm... i dont think its that complicated
Posted 12 February 2004 - 10:44 AM
Actually all you needed to do was get a evox or ava bootdisc and use that to enable FTP and rename the files back the way you wanted. Reformatting shouldn't have been needed to be done. Also if you are still interested in changing dash's I have a tutorial on my website in my sig. Alot of the stuff isn't back up yet what with all the versions changing and whatnot but the install guide is back up.
Posted 12 February 2004 - 11:01 AM
ill read the tutorial and knowing that the bootscreen on the evox bootcd enables ftp helps alot.. didnt know where was an ava bootcd tho ?
thanks again bro.
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Posted 12 February 2004 - 11:07 AM
having ava multigame (or boot) disk is useful as it serves two purposes, you can put a game or few on it, and when you boot with it, you get an ftp server too, i just use MGDs instead of boot cd-rws etc now- saves having to write a boot disk every time you need one
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Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me. —Psalm 17:8-9
When the pressure comes into my life, I hide in that secret place—in that posture of refocusing my soul. There I find the Spirit of life, and I am quickened inside. It is like a muscle that is worked over and over. My heart keeps enlarging in the absolute truth that I am loved, I am a lover, and therefore, I am successful. Because the Son of God, the eternal, heavenly Bridegroom, has chosen us as the delight of His heart, it is inconceivable that we would ever be insignificant. He has chosen us to rule and reign in that vast, eternal, expanding empire that is called the kingdom of God. We are what His heart pulsates for. We are what He longs for. We are what He waits for as His inheritance. Knowing this, it is inconceivable that we would languish in the despair of insignificance. If only we could see who we are because of Him!
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