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Bryan is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. His headstone reads, "Statesman. Yet Friend To Truth! Of Soul Sincere. In Action Faithful. And In Honor Clear".
William Jennings Bryan stepped off the train at Dayton in July of 1925, ready to fight for a "righteous cause." For thirty years the Great Commoner had been a progressive force in the Democratic Party. As a congressman from Lincoln, Nebraska, his eloquent "Cross of Gold" speech won him the first of three presidential nominations. He supported women's suffrage, championed the rights of farmers and laborers and believed passionately in majority rule.
In 1921, when he was 61 years old, Bryan began a new campaign -- to ban the teaching of evolution in public schools. Many wondered if Bryan had given up his progressive ideals. Had his religious faith turned him against science, education and free speech? Few understood his reasons for opposing evolution.
As a young man, Bryan had been open-minded about the origins of man. But over the years he became convinced that Darwin's theory was responsible for much that was wrong with the modern world. "The Darwinian theory represents man as reaching his present perfection by the operation of the law of hate," Bryan said, "Evolution is the merciless law by which the strong crowd out and kill off the weak." He believed that the Bible countered this merciless law with "the law of love."
Bryan was progressive in politics and a conservative in religion. According to biographer Lawrence Levine, "Bryan always mixed religion and politics. He couldn't conceive of one without the other because religion to him was the basis of politics. Without religion there could be no desire to change in a positive way. Why should anyone want to do that?"
The eight-day Scopes trial took a toll on Bryan. He suffered from diabetes. The stifling heat of the courtroom depleted his energy. The national press depicted him in an unflattering light. Reporter H. L. Mencken came to Dayton expressly to "get Bryan." In daily reports toThe Baltimore Sun Mencken mocked Bryan as an "old buzzard" and a "tinpot pope." "It is a tragedy indeed," he wrote, "to begin life as a hero and to end it as a buffoon."
On the seventh day of the trial, Bryan fell into a trap when the defense team led by Clarence Darrow called him to the stand as an expert witness on the Bible. Attorney Phillip Johnson says "The idea of the defense lawyer calling the chief prosecutor as a witness is absurd. But Bryan thought it was an opportunity to have the debate -- to make his case." One of the nation's greatest public speakers took the stand to be interrogated by another rhetorical champion.
Snapping his suspenders, jabbing his finger at Bryan, Darrow peppered Bryan with questions: "When exactly was the earth created? How many days did it take? Where did Cain get his wife?" The judge tried to stop the grilling, but Bryan pounded his fist, refusing to step down: "I am simply trying to protect the word of God against the greatest atheist or agnostic in the United States!"
Finally, the judge called a halt to the spectacle. The next day the jury pronounced John Scopes guilty. William Jennings Bryan had won the case, but history would not look kindly on his last crusade. The Scopes trial would cast a long shadow over his remarkable career.
Five days after the trial ended, Bryan died in his sleep in Dayton. His death triggered an outpouring of grief from the "common" Americans who felt they had lost their greatest champion. A special train carried him to his burial place in Arlington National Cemetery. Thousands of people lined the tracks. Historian Paul Boyer says, "Bryan's death represented the end of an era. This man who had loomed so large in the American political and cultural landscape for thirty years had now passed from the scene."
In 1930, in memory of William Jennings Bryan, a fundamentalist college began classes in Dayton, Tennessee. Bryan College now accepts students from all over the world.
Mr. Chairman & Gentlemen of the convention: I would be presumptuous, indeed, to present myself against the distinguished gentlemen to whom you have listened if this was a mere measuring of abilities; but this is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to speak to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty, the cause of humanity.
When this debate is concluded a motion will be made to lay upon the table the resolution offered in commendation of the administration and also the resolution offered in condemnation of the administration. We object to bringing this question down to the level of persons. The individual is but an atom; he is born, he acts, he dies; but principles are eternal; and this has been a contest over a principle.
Never before in the history of this country has there been witnessed such a contest as that through which we have just passed. Never before in the history of American politics has a great issue been fought out, as this issue has been, by the voters of a great party. On the fourth of March, 1895, a few Democrats, most of them Members of Congress, issued an address to the Democrats of the nation, asserting that the money question was the paramount issue of the hour; declaring that a majority of the Democratic party had the right to control the action of the party on this paramount issue; and concluding with the request that the believers in the free coin age of silver in the Democratic party should organize, take charge of and control the policy of the Democratic party. Three months later, at Memphis, an organization was perfected, and the silver Democrats went forth openly and courageously proclaiming their belief, and declaring that, if successful, they would crystallize into a platform the declaration which they had made. Then began the conflict. With a zeal approaching the zeal which inspired the crusaders who followed Peter the Hermit, our silver Democrats went forth from victory unto victory until they are now assembled, not to discuss, not to debate, but to enter up the judgment already rendered by the plain people of this country. In this contest brother has been arrayed against brother, father against son. The warmest ties of love, acquaintance and association have been disregarded; old leaders have been cast aside when they have refused to give expression to the sentiments of those whom they would lead, and now leaders have sprung up to give direction to this cause of truth. Thus has the contest been waged, and we have assembled here under as binding and solemn instructions as were ever imposed upon representatives of the people.
We do not come as individuals. As individuals we might have been glad to compliment the gentleman from New York [Senator Hill], but we know that the people for whom we speak would never be willing to put him in a position where he could thwart the will of the Democratic party. I say it was not a question of persons; it was a question of principle, and it is not with gladness, my friends, that we find ourselves brought into conflict with those who are now arrayed on the other side.
The gentleman who preceded me [ex-Governor Russell] spoke of the State of Massachusetts; let me assure him that not one present in all this convention entertains the least hostility to the people of the State of Massachusetts, but we stand here representing people who are the equals before the law of the greatest citizens in the State of Massachusetts. When you [turning to the gold delegates] come before us and tell us that we are about to disturb your business interests, we reply that you have disturbed our business interests by course.
We say to you that you have made the definition of a business man too limited in its application. The man who is employed for wages is as much a business man as his employer; the attorney in a country town is as much a business man as the corporation counsel in a great metropolis; the merchant at the crossroads store is as much a business man as the merchant of New York; the farmer who goes forth in the morning and toils all day - who begins in the spring and toils all summer - and who by the application of brain and muscle to the natural resources of the country creates wealth, is as much a business man as the man who goes upon the board of trade and bets upon the price of grain; the miners who go down a thousand feet into the earth, or climb two thousand feet upon the cliffs, and bring forth from their hiding-places the precious metals to be poured in the channels of trade, are as much business men as the few financial magnates who, in a back room, corner the money of the world. We come to speak for this broader class of business men.
Ah, my friends, we say not one word against those who live upon the Atlantic coast, but the hardy pioneers who have braved all the dangers of the wilderness, who have made the desert to blossom as the rose - the pioneers away out there [pointing to the west], who rear their children near to Nature's heart, where they can mingle their voices with the voices of the birds - out there where they have erected schoolhouses for the education of their young, churches where they praise their Creator, and cemeteries where rest the ashes of their dead - these people, as we say, are as deserving of the consideration of our party as any people in this country. It is for these that we speak. We do not come as aggressors. Our war is not a war of conquest; we are fighting in the defense of our homes, our families, and posterity. We have petitioned, and out (sic) petitions have been scorned; we have entreated, and our entreaties have been disregarded; we have begged, and they have mocked when our calamity came. We beg no longer; we entreat no more; we petition no more. We defy them.
The gentleman from Wisconsin has said that he fears a Robespierre. My friends, in this land of the free you need not fear a tyrant that will spring up from among the people. What we need is an Andrew Jackson to stand, as Jackson stood, against the encroachments of organized wealth.
They tell us that this platform was made to catch votes. We reply to them that changing conditions make new issues; that the principles upon which democracy rests are as everlasting as the hills, but that they must be applied to new conditions as they arise. Conditions have arisen, and we are here to meet those conditions. They tell us that the income tax ought not to be brought in here; that it is a new idea. They criticize us for our criticism of the Supreme Court of the United States. My friends, we have not criticized; we have simply called attention to what you already know. If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the court. There you will find criticisms. They say that we passed an unconstitutional law; we deny it. The income-tax law was not unconstitutional when it went before the Supreme Court for the first time; it did not become unconstitutional until one of the judges changed his mind, and we cannot be expected to know when a judge will change his mind. The income tax is just. It simply intends to put the burdens of government justly upon the backs of the people. I am in favor of an income tax. When I find a man who is not willing to bear his share of the burdens of the government which protects him, I find a man who is unworthy to enjoy the blessings of a government like ours.
They say that we are opposing national bank currency; it is true. If you will read what Thomas Benton said, you will find he said that, in searching history, he could find but one parallel to Andrew Jackson; that was Cicero, who destroyed the conspiracy of Catiline and saved Rome. Benton said that Cicero only did for Rome what Jackson did for us when he destroyed the bank conspiracy and saved America. We say in our platform that we believe that the right to coin and issue money is a function of government. We believe it. We believe that it is a part of sovereignty, and can no more with safety be delegated to private individuals than we could afford to delegate private individuals the power to make penal statues or levy taxes. Mr. Jefferson, who was once regarded as good Democratic authority, seemed to have differed in opinion from the gentleman who has addressed us on the part of the minority. Those who are opposed to this proposition tell us that the issue of paper money is a function of the bank, and that the Government ought to go out of the banking business. I stand with Jefferson rather than with them, and tell them, as he did, that the issue of money is a function of government, and that banks ought to go out of the governing business.
They complain about the plank which declares against life tenure in office. They have tried to strain it to mean that which it does not mean. What we oppose by that plank is the life tenure which is being built up in Washington, and which excludes from participation in official benefits the humbler members of society.
Let me call your attention to two or three important things. The gentleman from New York says that he will propose an amendment to the platform providing that the proposed change in our monetary system shall not affect contracts already made. Let me remind you that there is no intention of affecting those contracts which according to present laws are made payable in god, but if he means to say that we cannot change our monetary system without protecting those who have loaned money before the change was made, I desire to ask him where, in law or in morals, he can find justification for not protecting the debtors when the act of 1873 was passed, if he now insists that we must protect the creditors.
He says he will also propose an amendment which will provide for the suspension of free coinage if we fail to maintain the parity within a year. We reply that when we advocate a policy which we believe will be successful, we are not compelled to raise a doubt as to our own sincerity by suggesting what we shall do if we fail. I ask him, if he would apply his logic to us, why he doesn't apply himself. He says he wants this country to try to secure an international agreement. Why does he not tell us what he is going to do if he fails to secure an international agreement? There is more reason for him to do that than there is for us to provide against the failure to maintain the parity. Our opponents have tried for twenty years to secure an international agreement, and those are waiting for it most patiently who do not want it at all.
And now, my friends, let me come to the paramount issue. If they ask us why it is that we say more on the money question than we say upon the tariff question, I reply that, if protection has slain its thousands, the gold standard has slain its tens of thousands. If they ask us why we do not embody in our platform all the things that we believe in , we reply that when we have restored the money of the Constitution all other necessary reforms will be possible; but that until this is done there is no other reform that can be accomplished.
Why is it that within three months such a change has come over the country? Three months ago, when it was confidently asserted that those who believe in the gold standard would frame our platform and nominate our candidates, even the advocates of the gold standard did not think that we could elect a president. And they had good reason for their doubt, because there is scarcely a State here today asking for the gold standard which is not in the absolute control of the Republican party. But note the change. Mr. McKinley was nominated as St. Louis upon a platform which declared for the maintenance of the gold standard until it can be changed into bimetallism by international agreement. Mr. McKinley was the most popular man among the Republicans, and three months ago everybody in the Republican party prophesied his election. How is it today? Why, the man who was once pleased to think that he looked like Napolean--that man shudders today when he remembers that he was nominated on the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo. Not only that, as he listens, he can hear with ever-increasing distinctness the sound of the waves as they beat upon the lonely shores of St. Helena.
Why this change? Ah, my friends, is not the reason for change evident to anyone who will look at the matter? No private character, however pure, no personal popularity, however great, can protect form the avenging wrath of an indignant people a man who will declare that he is in favor of fastening the gold standard upon this country or who is willing to surrender the right of self-government and place the legislative control of our affairs in the hands of foreign potentates and powers.
We go forth confident that we shall win. Why? Because upon the paramount issue of this campaign there is not a spot of ground upon which the enemy will dare to challenge battle. If they tell us that the gold standard is a good thing, we shall point to their platform and tell them that their platform pledges the party to get rid of the gold standard and substitute bimetallism. If the gold standard is a good thing, why try to get rid of it? I call your attention to the fact that some of the very people who are in this convention today and who tell us that we ought to declare in favor of international bimetallism--thereby declaring that the gold standard is wrong and that the principle of bimetallism is better--these very people four months ago were open and avowed advocates of the gold standard, and were then telling us that we could not legislate two metals together, even with the aid of all the world. If the gold standard is a good thing, we ought to declare it in favor of its retention and not in favor of abandoning it; and if the gold standard is a bad thing why should we wait until other nations are willing to help us to let go? Here is the line of battle, and we care not upon which issue they force the fight; we are prepared to meet them on either issue or on both. If they tell us that the gold standard is the standard of civilization, we reply to them that this, the most enlightened of all the nations of the earth, has never declared for a gold standard and that both the great parties this year are declaring against it. If the gold standard is the standard of civilization, why, my friends, should we not have it? If they come to meet us on that issue we can present the history of our nation. More than that; we can tell them that they will search the pages of history in vain to find a single instance where the holders of fixed investments have declared for a gold standard, but not where the masses have.
Mr. Carlisle said in 1878 that this was a struggle between "the idle holders of capital" and "the struggling masses, who produce the wealth and pay the taxes of the country," and my friends, the question we are to decide is: Upon which side will the Democratic party fight: upon the side of the "idle holders of idle capital" or upon the side of "the struggling masses?" That is the question which the party must answer first, and then it must be answered by each individual hereafter. The sympathies of the Democratic party, as shown by the platform, are on the side of the struggling masses who have ever been the foundation of the Democratic party. There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that, if you will only legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, their prosperity will leak through on those below. The Democratic idea, however, has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous, their prosperity will find its way up through every class which rests upon them.
You come to us and tell us that the great cities are in favor of the gold standard; we reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.
My friends, we declare that this nation is able to legislate for its own people on every question, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth; and upon that issue we expect to carry every state of New York by saying that, when they are confronted with the proposition, they will declare that this nation is not able to attend to its own business. It is the issue of 1776 over again. Our ancestors, when but three millions in number, had the courage to declare their political independence of every other nation; shall we, their descendants, when we have grown to seventy millions, declare that we are less independent than our forefathers? No, my friends, that will never be the verdict of our people. Therefore, we care not upon what lines the battle is fought. If they say bimetallism is good, but that we cannot have it until other nations help us, we reply that, instead of having a gold standard because England has, we will restore bimetallism, and then let England have bimetallism because the United States has it. If they dare to come out in the open field and defend the gold standard as a good thing, we will fight the to the uttermost. Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the laboring interests, and the toilers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
It was plain to everyone, when Bryan came to Dayton, that his great days were behind him -- that he was now definitely an old man, and headed at last for silence. There was a vague, unpleasant manginess about his appearance; he somehow seemed dirty, though a close glance showed him carefully shaved, and clad in immaculate linen. All the hair was gone from the dome of his head, and it had begun to fall out, too, behind his ears, like that of the late Samuel Gompers. The old resonance had departed from his voice: what was once a bugle blast had become reedy and quavering. Who knows that, like Demosthenes, he had a lisp? In his prime, under the magic of his eloquence, no one noticed it. But when he spoke at Dayton it was always audible.
When I first encountered him, on the sidewalk in front of the Hicks brothers law office, the trial was yet to begin, and so he was still expansive and amiable. I had printed in the Nation, a week or so before, an article arguing that the anti-evolution law, whatever its unwisdom, was at least constitutional -- that policing school teachers was certainly not putting down free speech. The old boy professed to be delighted with the argument, and gave the gaping bystanders to understand that I was a talented publicist. In turn I admired the curious shirt he wore -- sleeveless and with the neck cut very low. We parted in the manner of two Spanish ambassadors.
But that was the last touch of affability that I was destined to see in Bryan. The next day the battle joined and his face became hard. By the end of the first week he was simply a walking malignancy. Hour by hour he grew more bitter. What the Christian Scientists call malicious animal magnetism seemed to radiate from him like heat from a stove. From my place in the court-room, standing upon a table, I looked directly down upon him, sweating horribly and pumping his palm-leaf fan. His eyes fascinated me: I watched them all day long. They were blazing points of hatred. They glittered like occult and sinister gems. Now and then they wandered to me, and I got my share. It was like coming under fire.
What was behind that consuming hatred? At first I thought that it was mere evangelical passion. Evangelical Christianity, as everyone knows, is founded upon hate, as the Christianity of Christ was founded upon love. But even evangelical Christians occasionally loose their belts and belch amicably; I have known some who, off duty, were very benignant. In that very courtroom, indeed, were some of them -- for example, old Ben McKenzie, Nestor of the Dayton bar, who sat beside Bryan. Ben was full of good humor. He made jokes with Darrow. But Bryan only glared.
One day it dawned on me that Bryan, after all, was an evangelical Christian only by sort of afterthought -- that his career in this world, and the glories thereof, had actually come to an end before he ever began whooping for Genesis. So I came to this conclusion: that what really moved him was a lust for revenge. The men of the cities had destroyed him and made a mock of him; now he would lead the yokels against them. Various facts clicked into the theory, and I hold it still. The hatred in the old man's burning eyes was not for the enemies of God; it was for the enemies of Bryan.
Thus he fought his last fight, eager only for blood. It quickly became frenzied and preposterous, and after that pathetic. All sense departed from him. He bit right and left, like a dog with rabies. He descended to demagogy so dreadful that his very associates blushed. His one yearning was to keep his yokels heated up -- to lead his forlorn mob against the foe. That foe, alas, refused to be alarmed. It insisted upon seeing the battle as a comedy. Even Darrow, who knew better, occasionally yielded to the prevailing spirit. Finally, he lured poor Bryan into a folly almost incredible.
I allude to his astounding argument against the notion that man is a mammal. I am glad I heard it, for otherwise I'd never believe it. There stood the man who had been thrice a candidate for the Presidency of the Republic -- and once, I believe, elected -- there he stood in the glare of the world, uttering stuff that a boy of eight would laugh at! The artful Darrow led him on: he repeated it, ranted for it, bellowed it in his cracked voice. A tragedy, indeed! He came into life a hero, a Galahad, in bright and shining armor. Now he was passing out a pathetic fool.
Worse, I believe that he somehow sensed the fact -- that he realized his personal failure, whatever the success of the grotesque cause he spoke for. I had left Dayton before Darrow's cross-examination brought him to his final absurdity, but I heard his long speech against the admission of expert testimony, and I saw how it fell flat and how Bryan himself was conscious of the fact. When he sat down he was done for, and he knew it. The old magic had failed to work; there was applause but there was no exultant shouts. When, half an hour later, Dudley Field Malone delivered his terrific philippic, the very yokels gave him five times the clapper-clawing that they had given to Bryan.
This combat was the old leader's last, and it symbolized in more than one way his passing. Two women sat through it, the one old and crippled, the other young and in the full flush of beauty. The first was Mrs. Bryan; the second was Mrs. Malone. When Malone finished his speech the crowd stormed his wife with felicitations, and she glowed as only a woman can who has seen her man fight a hard fight and win gloriously. But no one congratulated Mrs. Bryan. She sat hunched in her chair near the judge, apparently very uneasy. I thought then that she was ill -- she has been making the round of sanitariums for years, and was lately in the hands of a faith-healer -- but now I think that some appalling prescience was upon her, and that she saw in Bryan's eyes a hint of the collapse that was so near.
He sank into his seat a wreck, and was presently forgotten in the blast of Malone's titanic rhetoric. His speech had been maundering feeble and often downright idiotic. Presumably, he was speaking to a point of law, but it was quickly apparent that he knew no more law than the bailiff at the door. So he launched into mere violet garrulity. He dragged in snatches of ancient chautauqua addresses; he wandered up hill and down dale. Finally, Darrow lured him into that fabulous imbecility about man as a mammal. He sat down one of the most tragic asses in American history.
It is the national custom to sentimentalize the dead, as it is to sentimentalize men about to be hanged. Perhaps I fall into that weakness here. The Bryan I shall remember is the Bryan of his last weeks on earth -- broken, furious, and infinitely pathetic. It was impossible to meet his hatred with hatred to match it. He was winning a battle that would make him forever infamous wherever enlightened men remembered it and him. Even his old enemy, Darrow, was gentle with him at the end. That cross-examination might have been ten times as devastating. It was plain to everyone that the old Berseker Bryan was gone -- that all that remained of him was a pair of glaring and horrible eyes.
But what of his life? Did he accomplish any useful thing? Was he, in his day, of any dignity as a man, and of any value to his fellow-men? I doubt it. Bryan, at his best, was simply a magnificent job-seeker. The issues that he bawled about usually meant nothing to him. He was ready to abandon them whenever he could make votes by doing so, and to take up new ones at a moment's notice. For years he evaded Prohibition as dangerous; then he embraced it as profitable. At the Democratic National Convention last year he was on both sides, and distrusted by both. In his last great battle there was only a baleful and ridiculous malignancy. If he was pathetic, he was also disgusting.
Bryan was a vulgar and common man, a cad undiluted. He was ignorant, bigoted, self-seeking, blatant and dishonest. His career brought him into contact with the first men of his time; he preferred the company of rustic ignoramuses. It was hard to believe, watching him at Dayton, that he had traveled, that he had been received in civilized societies, that he had been a high officer of state. He seemed only a poor clod like those around him, deluded by a childish theology, full of an almost pathological hatred of all learning, all human dignity, all beauty, all fine and noble things. He was a peasant come home to the dung-pile. Imagine a gentleman, and you have imagined everything that he was not.
The job before democracy is to get rid of such canaille. If it fails, they will devour it.
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"Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture." (Psalm 100:3)
When you build a tree house, it is your own workmanship. Because you made it, you own it! Your friends have to ask your permission if they want to come into the tree house. And they call it your tree house because you made it. In the same way, if you bake cookies or make caramel apples, you have to offer them to others before they can eat them because those goodies belong to you.
The Bible says that you are God's workmanship. God created you for His own glory and He desires you to honor Him in all things! Because He made you, your body and everything about you really belong to Him. You have to answer to God for everything you think, say, and do. Your life is not your own. Do you pretend sometimes that it is?
Psalm 100:3 says that it is important for you to remember that the LORD is God. You should keep in mind that it was God Who made you, not you yourself. Because He made you, you belong to Him. The rest of Psalm 100 is about praising God and honoring Him with your life. A right response to knowing that you belong to God is to "serve the LORD with gladness."
Are you serving God with gladness? Or do you instead serve yourself with gladness? Do you come before His presence with singing? Or do you come to Him with complaining? Whom do you obey – God or yourself? You are not your own; you belong to God. When people watch you, can they see that God owns you and that you are His?
Because God made you, you belong to Him and your actions need to honor Him.
My Response:» Does my life honor my Creator and King, or does it bring dishonor to Him?» How can I make it obvious to others that I know the LORD is God and that I belong to Him?
"Time and eternity are here."
Emily Chubbuck was born in New York on August 22. Being part of a very poor family, Emily was forced to work in the mills by the time she was twelve years old. She wanted to learn as much as she could, however, so she went to school during the winter and she worked during the summer – leaving no extra time to be a "normal kid." She became a teacher when she was just fifteen years old.
When she wasn't working her other jobs, Emily found that writing was one of her favorite things to do. She enjoyed writing and publishing books for children. She was especially good at writing poetry and wrote under the pen name – or "pretend name" – of "Fanny Forrester." Her Sunday School books were a big help to Christians around the world.
Everything she did was for God and for her family.
The missionary Adoniram Judson – whose wife Sarah had recently died – heard about Emily and asked her to write Sarah's biography. Emily wrote the book, and the authoress and the missionary developed a special friendship. Judson ended up marrying her later that year. They returned to the mission field of Burma where Emily served Jesus Christ alongside her husband. She might have become famous for her writing and made a lifelong name for herself, had she not chosen to go to the mission field instead.
Later in his life, Adoniram Judson got very sick and he left on a boat to get medical help. He died on the boat and it took four months for Emily to get the news that her husband was not coming home. She continued to work and pray, trusting that God would take care of her all the time.
Emily often spoke about the importance of using her talents for Jesus Christ. She genuinely desired for God to use her talents to spread the Gospel.
What talents and gifts has God given you that could be used in God's work?
Colossians 3:23 – And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men.
A Faithful High Priest
Hebrews 2:17 "Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people."
No, Jesus said in Mark 12:31 that "There is none other commandment greater than these."
"Evangelism" comes from the Greek-based word evangel, which means "good news" in English. To "evangelize" is to tell the Gospel message of Jesus Christ to those who do not yet know or understand God's plan of salvation. Evangelism is part of one of the most important teachings that Jesus gave the believers. Matthew 28:19-20 – "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world."
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2012 Indians 29th round pick: LHP Randall Fant
In the 29th round of the 2012 MLB Draft the Cleveland Indians have selected left-handed pitcher Randall Fant out of the University of Arkansas.
Date of birth: 1/28/1991 - Height: 6'4" - Weight: 190 - Bats: Left - Throws: Left
Bio: University of Arkansas page
Quick take: Fant was originally drafted out of high school by the Red Sox in the 21st round of the 2009 Draft. He throws a three pitch mix of a fastball, curveball and changeup and has shown he can throw all three for strikes. Over his three year college career he has appeared in 43 games, starting 33 of them, and is 8-9 with a 3.81 ERA. In 151.1 innings he has allowed 149 hits, 33 walks, and has 94 strikeouts. This year he showed improved command and a better strikeout rate.
Jeff Ellis: The Indians continue their recent love affair with Arkansas. I am sure Razorback fans are starting to dislike the Indians who seem to be on a mission to sign talent away from that program. Randall Fant had a rough year losing his spot in the rotation for the majority of the year. Yet he gained it back for the last third of the season which is the most important time of the year for any draft prospect. He throws in the low 90's/upper 80's and his slider projects as average. His changeup needs some work still. He has the size teams look for in pitchers, and could have a future in the pen. He might be signable because of the rough year.
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Follow Tony and the Indians Baseball Insider on Twitter @TonyIBI. Also, his new book the 2014 Cleveland Indians Baseball Insider which profiles the Indians' Top 100 Prospects and more is available for sale.


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TORONTO (AP) The Ontario Hockey League will issue a game misconduct and an automatic one-game suspension for players who remove their helmets or undo their chinstraps during a fight.
The OHL previously fined a team $100 when a player took off his helmet to fight.
The change follows the death of 21-year-old defenseman Don Sanderson of the Whitby Dunlops, who struck his head on the ice after his helmet fell off during a fight. He went into a coma and died Jan. 2 after brain surgery.
OHL commissioner David Branch said his league had to look at stiffer sanctions. The Dunlops are not part of the OHL, but play in a senior men's AAA league. The new rule takes effect Thursday.
Also under the new rules, if a player removes his helmet and releases his chinstrap to fight and the opposing player doesn't, the former gets an additional two-minute minor penalty in addition to the game misconduct and game suspension.
If the player removes his opponent's helmet or releases the chinstrap before or during a fight, a game misconduct and a one-game suspension is the penalty.
Linesmen are ordered to intervene immediately should helmets become dislodged during a fight, the OHL said Wednesday in a statement.
The Western Hockey League doesn't penalize players for taking off their helmets before a fight, but is reviewing that policy, said WHL communications director Cory Flett.
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The Gawky Birds are large-scale rod-puppets, originally conceived for a live Broadway revue to be performed at New York's Lincoln Center.[1]
They were later used in occasional production numbers on The Muppet Show, including a song and dance with Bruce Forsyth in episode 113.
The Gawky Birds stand 11 feet tall, and are the largest Muppets along with the Bossmen.
- Julie: My Favorite Things
- The Muppet Show
- The Muppets Go Hollywood
- ↑ Inches, Alison. Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles. p. 116


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Anna McGarrigle
The McGarrigle Hour
Starring celebrated singing duo Kate and Anna McGarrigle, this live performance recording pairs the talented sisters with a variety of famed musicians, including Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. The McGarrigles are also joined by Loudon, Rufus and Martha Wainwright -- Kate's ex-husband and children. Highlights include "Heartburn," "School Days," "Goodnight Sweetheart," "Allez-Vous En" and "What'll I Do?"


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Hillary Clinton hasn't yet announced whether she's running for president, but there are claims that a former top advisor, now a Microsoft executive, has begun a shadow campaign for her using Microsoft's ad-and-marketing budget. Is there any validity to it, or is it a conspiracy theory gone wild?
The claims came after Sunday night's Golden Globe awards, in which Microsoft ran a minute-long ad "celebrating the heroic women of 2013" -- women such as the Pakastani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai who spoke out for the rights of women to be educated, even after surviving an assassination attempt; Antoine Tuff, who single-handedly talked a gunman at an elementary school into peacefully surrendering; Geman Chancellor Angela Merkel; Janet Yellin, the first woman to be Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, and many others. It's part of a campaign for Microsoft's Bing search engine.
Hillary Clinton wasn't mentioned in the ad. So why do some people believe it could be part of a campaign to help her get elected president? Time Magazine blogger Laura Stampler says that it's because the brains behind the ad as well as behind Microsoft's anti-Google "scroogled" campaign is Mark Penn, former top advisor to both Bill Clinton and Hilary Clinton. Penn was Clinton's most powerful advisor during her 2008 presidential run, with Politico calling him "Clinton's pollster, chief strategist and message guru all wrapped into one."
Stampler asks in her blog whether the ad:
"...was really just a slick, subliminal and one-hundred percent free endorsement of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign?"
She quotes a tweet from ad executive Liz Taylor, who wrote:
"If we're being honest, these Microsoft Bing ads should be followed with a 'Vote for Hillary' end card. That said, they're still inspiring."
She's certainly right that the ad is inspiring. Expect to get teary-eyed watching it, and with good reason. But is it really a subliminal ad for Hilary Clinton?
The answer is no. Just because the ad focuses on celebrating inspirational women doesn't mean that there's an ulterior motive behind it, despite Penn's presence in its creation. Microsoft clearly didn't attempt to jump-start Hillary Clinton's campaign by creating it and airing it.


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Utah Students Lead the Nation in ACT Test Scores
Utah students have earned the highest average ACT score, among the nine states that have near-full participation in the exam.
But it's tight race.
The average Utah score, this year, was 20.7 (out of 36). Illinois students' average score was 20.6. And neighboring Colorado was 20.4.
Our students have been participating in a pilot program, that encourages all high schoolers to take the ACT.


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Oil [1] prices declined sharply on Monday after rebels moved into the center of Tripoli [2] with expectations that Libyan oil exports could resume soon. Brent crude fell more than $3 to $105.15 a barrel, a drop of 3%, while US crude declined almost a dollar at $81.30, a 1% drop, Reuters reported.
There are conflicting estimates regarding Libya's ability to resume oil production. Some experts expect Libya [3] could be pumping 1m barrels a day within months. However, pessimistic estimates claim it will take three years to rebuild Libya's oil capabilities. Before the war halted exports, Libya was pumping some 1.6m barrels a day – nearly 2% of global supply. Most of it flowed to European refiners.
[1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/oil
[2] http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2011/aug/22/libya-middle-east-unrest-live
[3] http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/libya
[4] http://www.albawaba.com


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How to Become a Social Worker in Missouri
When learning how to become a social worker in Missouri, it is important to consider several points: which schools offer social work programs, how to earn a social work license in Missouri, potential earning power and the nature of the job itself. Social work is a rewarding profession that is well-suited for those who care about others. A social worker in Missouri needs to have at least a bachelor's degree to start working as a professional in the field, however, obtaining a master's degree or higher can help boost earning potential and increase advancement opportunities.
Missouri Social Worker Salary and Job Outlook
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the annual mean salary for a social worker in Missouri is $41,653.1 Those social workers in the "other" category are paid the most and those who work in child, family, and school social workers are at the lower end of the pay scale.1 The need for social workers is expected to increase through 2022.2 The BLS estimates there are about 16,220 social workers employed in Missouri.1
|Social Worker Type
|Number Employed
|Average Annual Salary
|Child, Family, and School Social Workers
|Healthcare Social Workers
|Mental Health and Substance Abuse
|Social Workers, All Other
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics as of May 2015.
Top Ranked Social Work Programs in Missouri
US News Best Graduate Social Work Programs
Washington University in St. Louis; St. Louis #1
St. Louis University; St. Louis #52
University of Missouri; Columbia #66
University of Missouri–St. Louis; St. Louis #89
University of Missouri–Kansas City; Kansas City #148
Missouri State University; Springfield #172
Social Worker Programs in Missouri
St. Louis University
St. Louis University offers a Master of Social Work degree program that can be highly tailored to the student's career interests. Four major concentrations are available to accepted students, as well as six specializations. With the help of a dedicated advisor, students can choose an appropriate course of study. Regular and advanced standing students attending full-time can complete this MSW in two years; the timeline for completion is typically four years under part-time study. However, to assist working students and students who wish to accelerate completion, additional credit hours can be taken in a variety of formats. In addition to traditional field practicum the school offers, and encourages students to take advantage of, international field education opportunities.
University of Missouri
University of Missouri awards a Master of Social Work with the option of one of two concentrations, Clinical Practice or Policy, Planning, and Administration. Both programs reflect the school's emphasis and leadership in rural social work. Regular and advanced standing programs are offered in full- and part-time formats, including evening and weekend courses. Off-campus satellite options that incorporate online learning are an option for distance learners. Certificates in Military Social Work and Gerontological Social Work may supplement the MSW. On-campus resources related to social work available to students include the Cambio Center, Gaines Oldham Black Culture Center, Relationship & Sexual Violence Prevention Center, and Phi Alpha Honor Society, as well as traineeships, fellowships, and assistantships.
Missouri Social Worker License Requirements
Social workers in Missouri can apply for two types of licenses: the Licensed Bachelor Social Worker or the Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Licensed Baccalaureate Social Worker
To become a Licensed Baccalaureate Social Worker requires a bachelors degree in social work from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. A supervision plan must be submitted before experience requirements can be accumulated. This plan must be sent to the Missouri Committee for Social Workers. No experience is needed before licensure to become a Licensed Baccalaureate Social Worker. The applicant can qualify for an Independent Practice certificate with 3,000 hours and at least two years of supervised experience. Once the plan of supervision is submitted, the applicant can take the basic or intermediate level Association of Social Work Board Exam. After sending in the forms and test scores, the candidate is notified of license status.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
To become a Licensed Clinical Social Worker requires a masters degree or higher in social work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. After submitting a plan for supervision, the applicant must acquire 3,000 hours in no less than two years of supervised clinical experience. The clinical level test, which is given by the Association of Social Work Board, must be passed. Once the forms and test scores are submitted, the applicant will receive notification from the Missouri Committee for Social Workers.
Continuing education courses must be taken to be eligible for re-licensure. Every renewal cycle, 30 clock hours must be passed with three of those hours being in ethics. Licenses must be renewed every 24 months. If a license is late, it can still be updated up to two years by submitting an application and extra fees. Out-of-state social workers can get a reciprocal license and avoid the exam if there is documented proof of having taken equivalent education, experience and exams.
(Source: Missouri Division of Professional Registration)
Missouri Social Work Career and Job Resources
Social workers can work in all types of facilities including public agencies, schools, medical facilities, foster care facilities, juvenile detention homes, private practices, and courts. These jobs can be found a number of ways, including visiting local employment agencies and by looking through the jobs area on the Missouri Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers' website and the Missouri Department of Social Services website.
Schools with Social Work Programs in Missouri
- University of Missouri
- Southeast Missouri State University
- University of Central Missouri
- Missouri Western State University
1. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics, Missouri: https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_mo.htm
2. Bureau of Labor Statistics: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/Community-and-Social-Service/Social-workers.htm


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Updated spatial information on the dynamics of slums can be helpful to measure and evaluate progress of policies. Earlier studies have shown that semi-automatic detection of slums using remote sensing can be challenging considering the large variability in definition and appearance. In this study, we explored the potential of an object-oriented image analysis (OOA) method to detect slums, using very high resolution (VHR) imagery. This method integrated expert knowledge in the form of a local slum ontology. A set of image-based parameters was identified that was used for differentiating slums from non-slum areas in an OOA environment. The method was implemented on three subsets of the city of Ahmedabad, India. Results show that textural features such as entropy and contrast derived from a grey level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) and the size of image segments are stable parameters for classification of built-up areas and the identification of slums. Relation with classified slum objects, in terms of
The proliferation of slums in cities in developing countries is a major concern for local, national and international organizations. Slum eradication is a major target of the Millennium Project [
Census surveys are traditionally used for collecting data on inhabited spaces in most countries every ten years. However, given the dynamic nature especially of urban areas, available data are often outdated. In addition, slums are frequently omitted from formal statistical assessments, hence current spatial information on the concentration or location of slum dwellers is frequently absent [
A high level of complexity is involved in the way real-world objects are represented in remote sensing imagery [
For image-based mapping, it is important to have a clear conceptualization of slums as the objects of interest. A major challenge is that slums have diverse definitions and can have different appearance depending on their geographic setting and local context. This has led to a research gap in slum detection using RS. Previous research on slum/informal settlement mapping focused on developing context-specific methods. Kohli
This study adapts the GSO to slums in an Indian city, followed by an OOA-based classification. For wider application of a method, it is important to test its applicability in areas of varying characteristics. Earlier studies have shown that rulesets obtained by OOA methods can be transferred and reapplied to various contexts (subsets of same image or different images) [
Study the applicability of GSO to an Indian city by integrating expert knowledge.
Based on the knowledge from the local slum ontology, develop an OOA method for classification of slums.
Explore the transferability of the set of parameters used in the OOA method by applying it to three different image subsets of a single city.
Ahmedabad, India's seventh largest city with a population of approximately 5.5 million, covers an area of 205 km2 [
GeoEye-1 images acquired on the 8 January 2010, with a resolution of 0.5 m panchromatic and 1.65 m multispectral were used for classification. The images were obtained in standard processing level,
Subset-1 is part of the city center and is approximately 3 km2 in size. It comprises of vegetation, river, residential, commercial buildings and slums, with slums located mainly along the river.
Subset-2 covers the entire city center, is much larger in size (approximately 18 km2) and includes Subset-1. By means of Subset 2, effects of enlargement can be studied.
Subset-3 is part of the outer city and contains a mixture of vegetation, industrial and residential buildings and slums with slums located mainly close to factories. It is of a smaller size than Subset-1 (approximately 1 km2) and thus allows studying the effects of transferability.
In Ahmedabad, buildings are highly variable in terms of size, color, shape, tone and texture. By means of visual interpretation, using parameters such as building roof color, structure, orientation, density as well as on road characteristics, amounts and patterns of vegetation and open spaces, it was observed that there are many types of built-up areas. For example, the planned residential complexes tend to have buildings with bright white roofs that show a well-organized pattern with regular orientation and spacing, and are often separated by planned green spaces or vegetation. Some areas have buildings with grey, whitish grey or brown roofs with variable green spaces between them, and their size and orientation varies. In contrast, buildings in the Old City are relatively old, the oldest ones dating back to 15th century. They show a haphazard pattern with high density, variable orientation, and almost no vegetation and open spaces. In the absence of local knowledge, these buildings may be incorrectly interpreted as slums. Slum detection studies from satellite images need to address the problem of formal-looking informal areas, and informal-looking formal building clusters, as these may lead to severe misclassification. By formal, we refer to areas that are planned by the concerned city authorities. Informal areas generally develop organically, often built by residents themselves without approval from the authorities. Slums are often referred to as informal areas in previous literature [
This section provides a brief description of a local adaptation of the GSO for Ahmedabad and the methods used to develop an object-based slum classification. The ontology of a domain is defined as a formal representation of all its essential concepts and their relationships [
The GSO indicators were reviewed in relation to the specific morphologies observed in Ahmedabad by means of visual interpretation of imagery and discussions with eight local experts during fieldwork. These local experts were urban planners, NGO employees working in slum upgrading programs, and officials of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). Relevant indicators were chosen and arranged to form a local ontology for Ahmedabad. Specific values and observations of the indicators referring to each ontological concept are given in
The local ontology guided the OOA parameterization by defining the different features for classification. Four broad categories comprising spectral range, geometry, texture and association were chosen to translate the adapted ontology to OOA parameters (
The first step in an OOA is image segmentation,
Next, spectral (intensity, brightness), spatial (size, shape, area), textural and contextual features (relation with neighboring objects) of the resulting image objects were analyzed (
A multi-resolution segmentation was performed to create segments that delineate meaningful objects such as the roofs of buildings and trees (
According to the local ontology of Ahmedabad, many slums have developed along the river (
Ruleset-1, developed for the city center, was applied to the larger Subset-2 area. The values for parameters
The morphology in Subset-3 is different compared to that of Subset-1. Subset-3 is characterized by large industrial roofs and residential areas in addition to slums. Ruleset-1 was applied to Subset-3 to check its transferability. Using Ruleset-1, it was possible to classify vegetation. With an unchanged MG value, the whole image was classified as shadow (excluding vegetation). MG values of building objects corresponded to the value range for shadows in Subset-1. The value for shadow classification was decreased (MG < 131) and with the same remaining steps, the image had a large number of misclassifications and low accuracy. Thus, the remaining steps of the ruleset had to be adapted by adjusting the parameters. The values for parameters
A clean-up operation was performed to eliminate non-slum objects from the classified slums and reclassify any observed, misclassified slum-objects. For Subset-1, the parameters MG, Area, ES, and RB (SL) were used to remove misclassifications. High values of MG (>240) and low values of Area (<25,000) of merged slum objects were used to remove the false positives from other built-up objects. Subsequently, ES and RB (SL), with the same threshold as earlier (>0.3), were used to reclassify the missed slum objects. The same set of parameters was used for Subset-2 as for Subset-1, whereas values of MG and Area were modified. Non-slum buildings, classified as slums, were reclassified using a lower threshold for MG (>155). Area of objects was further used to remove misclassified built-objects. A lower value of Area (<6,000) was used to preserve the smaller slum patches in this subset. A sequence of steps using the parameters Area, MDS(R), ES, RB(SL) and Asym, were used to clean up in Subset-3. The parameters used for clean-up, MG in Subset-1, did not improve the classification. This was due to similar brightness of false-positives from non-slum buildings. Subset-3 comprised one large patch of slums. Thus after merging the slum objects, a high value of Area (<50,000) was used to remove smaller non-slum objects. Two new parameters (MDS and Asym) were added in the clean-up of Subset-3. The parameter MDS(R) (>5) could remove misclassified industrial buildings due to relatively high intensity difference in the red band. A low value of Asym can be used to define square objects. Thus, Asym (<0.5) was used to distinguish irregularly-shaped slum patch from non-slum built (
To access the accuracy of the classification in the three subsets, we used manually defined samples as reference areas. These areas were delineated by a slum expert from Ahmedabad (
A main aspect of this study was to provide an investigation into the transferability of rulesets from one area to the next, and from one scale level to the next. In order to do so, we assigned weights to the parameters used for classification depending on the need for adaptation from one subset to another. The purpose of weight allocation was to identify the most stable parameters used for classification. The parameters that required no change were given a bonus weight of 0.25, resulting in a maximum weight of 1. Additional weights were given depending upon the applicability of the parameter, change in their thresholds in one, two or all subsets. The significance of specific parameters for classification and weight allocation is shown in
For Subset-1, the parameters GLCM
When Ruleset-1 was applied to Subset-3 (with modified MG for shadow classification) (
Some parameters (in italics in
The advent of VHR satellite imagery has resulted in a surge of RS-based urban studies in a variety of areas [
For image-based analysis, it is thus important to understand the processes underlying such complexities. Slum identification and classification pose an additional challenge, because of differences in definition and appearance within and among contexts. The relatively low number of international publications on RS-based slum/informal settlement identification in India, despite the acknowledged scale and importance of the problem, substantiates the challenges involved in this area [
We used the same set of parameters to explore the scope for creating a generic ruleset that could be applied throughout the city irrespective of location and scale. Variability of the urban environment is such that a generic ruleset could not be defined. This variability is caused by the composition of different built-up areas. For example, Subset-3 comprised industrial structures in addition to residential buildings. The ruleset had to be modified to address this by using spectral value (MDS) and shape (Asym) parameter to differentiate slums. In addition, the use of different thresholds and parameters for clean-up (
The same basic approach can most likely be applied to a different context with local adaptation. Once the ruleset has been finalized an efficient monitoring of slums over time (e.g., size, density, changes in road network characteristics) becomes possible, though rulesets may have to be adapted to new situations even in the same area. A further alternative to our approach based on explicitly encoded expert knowledge may be to incorporate training data based on known slums, and the use of machine learning tools such as Random Forests [
Most Indian cities are complex, in terms of morphology and have a historical significance to their development. For instance, Ahmedabad, like many other Indian cities, has an old city core known as the "Walled City" which developed over 6 centuries ago. During our field visit to Ahmedabad, many buildings in the Old City were found to be dilapidated and precarious, and effectively constituting slum buildings (
The accuracy values for the three subsets range from 47% to 68% (after clean-up). In the absence of reliable data, the delineations of slums by a local planner were used as reference (
Slum detection studies need to incorporate the issue of variable definitions and appearance of slums in different contexts. To include contextual knowledge, we use expert knowledge encoded in an ontological framework to classify slums in the city of Ahmedabad, India. Using the generic slum ontology as a basis, we tested the transferability of an Object-oriented image analysis (OOA) method for slum classification developed on one image area to other image areas. Our analysis identified textural features derived from a grey level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) such as entropy (GLCM
We thank the GeoEye Foundation for providing GeoEye-1 images for this research. We would also like to thank Sulochana Sekhar for her valuable advice during the execution of this research and to the three anonymous reviewers who greatly helped to improve the manuscript.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Pan-sharpened GeoEye-1 image in true color composite display and ground photographs of different parts of the city: (
Pan-sharpened GeoEye-1 image of Ahmedabad city in color infrared composite display. The three overlaid rectangles mark the extent of different subsets analyzed in this study.
Multiresolution segmentation of the multispectral image (
Integrating expert knowledge from local ontology of Ahmedabad at settlement level. Slums tend to have an irregular shape with very high building densities in comparison to non-slums.
Slum delineations by an expert overlaid on Subset-2 and the magnified view of two such delineations: (
Subset-1 classified using ruleset 1. Slums form a strip close to the east of the river with the exception of one slum patch on the west.
Classification of Subset-2 with Ruleset-2 after applying clean-up procedures.
Classification results of Subset-3: (
Adaptation of concepts from the generic slum ontology to a local ontology for Ahmedabad followed by respective object-oriented image analysis (OOA) parameterization.
|Pattern, primary data
|Proximity to highways, major roads, railways, lakes, drainage and along river that are prone to seasonal flooding
|Association-Distance to river
|Neighborhood characteristics
|Pattern, primary data
|Proximity to employment opportunities such as CBD, middle/high socio-economic status neighborhoods
|Not used due to absence of spatial data on the socio-economic status
|Settlement level
|Irregular shape, elongated shapes along linear features
|Geometry-Buffer for slums along the river
|Roof coverage > 80%
|Texture-Entropy, Contrast Geometry-Area of built-up
|Object level
|Shape Size
|Access network
|Not used due to limitation of spatial resolution. Access streets are not visible in highly dense slums
The definitions of the stable parameters used in the classification of three subsets. For details on each of the parameters, refer to Haralick
|Normalized difference vegetation index
|An index developed to measure vegetation, defined as (near-infrared (NIR) − red)/(NIR + red)
|Mean green
|The mean intensity of all pixels forming an image object in the green band.
|Relative border to slums
|The ratio of the shared border length of an image object (with a neighboring image object assigned to a defined class) to the total border length.
|Grey level co-occurrence matrix
|Proximal combinations of pixel brightness values (grey levels) within a particular band of an image.
|GLCM entropy for red band
|The measure of orderliness within a band of an image and relates to textural homogeneity.
|GLCM contrast for red and blue band
|The amount of local variation within a band of an image.
|Merge region
|Neighboring image objects of the same class are merged.
|Area of object
|The number of pixels forming an image object.
|The ratio of the lengths of minor and major axes of an ellipse approximation of the object.
|Enclosedness by slums
|Image objects that are completely enclosed by objects belonging to selected class.
|Mean diff. to scene for red band
|Difference between the mean intensity of a band and all pixels forming an image object in the same band.
Ruleset summary and the quantitative classification criteria used for different subsets. The classification steps show the sequence with top being attempted first.
|Classify Water
|Multiresolution segmentation using thematic layer
|Multiresolution segmentation using thematic layer
|No water body
|Object creation
|Multiresolution segmentation (
|Classify Vegetation
|Classify Shadows
|Classify Built-up
|GLCMEnt(R) > 3.7
|Buffer along river
|Within 500 Pixels
|Within 500 Pixels
|No buffer
|Classify Slums
|MG > 240, Area < 25,000, ES, RB(SL) > 0.3
|MG > 155, Area < 6,000, ES, RB(SL) > 0.3
|Area < 50,000, MDS(R) > 5, ES, RB(SL) > 0.3, Asym < 0.5
Allocation of weights to the parameters depending on applicability in different subsets.


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With his ninth career B.A.S.S. victory this past weekend on the Harris Chain of Lakes, affable Florida pro Shaw Grigsby moves into even more rarified air.
A couple of years back in a column, I dubbed Grigsby the best angler who never won a major championship (Bassmaster Classic or Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year title). Now his résumé is even stronger.
Let's start with his AOY finishes. Eleven times he's placed in the top 25. That's impressive, but not nearly unprecedented (Rick Clunn has done it 29 times).
What's more impressive is that out of those 11 times, he's been in the top 10 for nine of them. Five of those seasons, he was in the top four, and twice (1991 and 1994) he was second. Two other times (1992 and 1995), he was third.
No one has as many top five or top 10 finishes without winning AOY at least once.
How about Shaw's close calls at the Classic? He'll fish his 14th championship in 2012 (having just qualified with the Elite win). In the 13 appearances, he's been in the top 10 three times and the top five twice. His best finish was second in 1993; he was also third in 2000.
Shaw also ranks high on the all-time money list (he's seventh with $1,841,723.23) and sixth on the all-time wins list with nine.
There's absolutely nothing missing from his stellar résumé except a Classic championship and an AOY. Now, he's atop the AOY standings, and just maybe he'll win the Classic in 2012 on the Red River (he was 19th there in 2009). He'd certainly be a great champion.
But this article is titled "Shaw's redemption," and that's because he'd gone quite a few years between B.A.S.S. wins. In fact, it was 11 years and 15 days — the eighth longest gap in B.A.S.S. history (Woo Daves leads the way with 16 years, 6 months and 8 days).
Shaw also has the sixth longest spread between his first career win and his latest victory — 22 years, 11 months and 23 days — proving he has considerable staying power.
For now, let's enjoy his time atop the AOY rankings and as the latest Elite champion.
Shaw Grigsby is great for our sport.
With his ninth career B.A.S.S. victory this past weekend on the Harris Chain of Lakes, affable Florida pro Shaw Grigsby moves into even more rarified air.


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The nightmare 24 hours just got worse for the Atlanta Braves outfield. Justin Upton left Friday's game at Turner Field with a strained left calf, @Braves says he'll be checked out again on Saturday.
Justin Upton left tonight's game with a left calf strain. He will be re-evaluated tomorrow.
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) July 13, 2013
Upton pulled up lame while legging out a groundball in the seventh inning. He is the third Braves starting outfielder to be injured in the last 24 hours after Jason Heyward left Thursday's game with a hamstring injury and B.J. Upton left the first inning of Friday's game with an adductor muscle strain.
Upton entered Friday with a .319 July average after struggling through May and June.Tags: Atlanta, Atlanta Braves, B.J. Upton, Baseball, Jason Heyward, Justin Upton, MLB


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State Highlights
In Virginia, 16.4% of the adult population (aged 18+ years)—over 976,000 individuals—are current cigarette smokers. Across all states, the prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults ranges from 9.3% to 26.5%. Virginia ranks 12th among states.
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Among youth aged 12–17 years, 11.0% smoke in Virginia. The range across all states is 6.5% to 15.9%. Virginia ranks 28th among the states.
Among adults aged 35+ years, over 9,200 died as a result of tobacco use per year, on average, during 2000–2004. This represents a smoking-attributable mortality rate of 267.0/100,000. Virginia's smoking-attributable mortality rate ranks 28th among the states.
Virginia does not have a statewide smoke-free law that provides adequate protection against exposure to secondhand smoke in public places. The law preempts local communities from enacting local smoke-free restrictions.
Among adults who work indoors, the percentage who reported anyone smoking in their work area within the preceding 2 weeks has remained lower in Virginia than in the nation overall. Currently, Virginia ranks 20th among states for workplace exposure, at 6.3%.
Best Practices estimates 8% of smokers could access quitlines each year. In Virginia, 0.4% of smokers called their quitline.
The Medicaid fee-for-service program in Virginia provides full coverage for tobacco dependence treatment. Virginia's Medicaid policy provides coverage for both bupropion and varenicline. Virginia's Medicaid policy provides coverage for group counseling and this coverage is for pregnant women only. Individual and telephone counseling are not covered.
Smoke-free home rules represent awareness of the dangers of secondhand smoke. In Virginia, as in the nation, an increasing number of families have such a rule.
Currently, 79.1% of Virginia homes have this rule. Virginia ranks 21st among the states.
Rating point data were available for 42 states and the District of Columbia. Best Practices recommendations translate into an average of 800 targeted rating points (TRPs) in effective youth and 1,200 gross rating points (GRPs) in effective general audience antitobacco media campaigns per quarter. Virginia's major media market(s) aired an average of 65 youth TRPs and 135 general audience GRPs per quarter in 2008. Virginia ranks 16th among the states for the number of youth TRPs and 23rd among the states for the number of general audience GRPs aired.
Virginia allows local regulation of tobacco industry promotions, sampling, and display of tobacco products in commercial establishments.
Virginia does not require establishments selling tobacco products over the counter nor by vending machine to be licensed. Currently, 38 states require licensure for both over the counter and vending machine sales.
Virginia maintains a $0.30 per pack tax and ranks 49th among the states.
Virginia does not have a minimum price law.
Approximately 34% of the annual revenue generated from state excise taxes and settlement payments would fund Virginia's tobacco control program at the Best Practices recommended amount. However, in 2007, Virginia's funding for tobacco control was 14.1% of the recommended level. Virginia ranks 32nd among the states.
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The Case for Restoring the Christchurch Cathedral
The Case for Restoring Rather than Destroying the Christchurch Cathedral
Jacqui McCabe
1st March 2013
Following the High Court (Justice Chisholm J) ruling that no further destruction of the Christchurch Cathedral should take place until further consideration and consultation between the Church Property Trustees (CPT), the Great Christchurch Buildings Trust (GCBT) and the Court, has taken place, the GCBT has endeavoured to work with the CPT and the Bishop, to reach an agreement on how the Cathedral can be restored.
The eleven point plan sent in a letter to the Bishop (see attached), was only one of our positive and constructive attempts to assist, all of which have been rejected.
The strong stand that the GCBT has taken towards saving and restoring the Cathedral has not been done because of some vague sense of nostalgia for past glories, but a fierce commitment to the history and heritage of Christchurch, which, as a result of a natural catastrophe, lies in ruins all around us.
We have lost so many of our iconic heritage buildings that it is critical that we strenuously defend those that are left, and the Cathedral stands as a stark and almost lone reminder of what was, and what could still be, an exceptional part of this city's, and indeed New Zealand's, cultural, religious and historic heritage. Its constant presence throws doubt on the quality of the opinion of those who said that the Cathedral was in imminent danger of collapse and shows that taking time over some demolition decisions can lead to more constructive alternatives being available.
The people of Christchurch have shown the world what resilient, courageous and caring citizens they are. Our social, economic and community needs as a city are enormous and we must of course, ensure that essential services such as housing, education, health and infrastructure are available and maintained. As part of its programme of work, the GCB Trust has been involved in helping to solve the problems faced by home owners in the TC3 zones and is working closely with a number of companies who are about to embark on a pilot programme of high quality but low cost social housing.
But future generations of Cantabrians will not thank us if we do not make every attempt possible to preserve the legacy of architectural, religious and cultural heritage that the Christchurch Cathedral so strongly represents.
We acknowledge the desire of Church leaders to meet the spiritual needs of their Anglican community and their wider mission objectives. However, we also believe these can be met through a restored Cathedral which contains and embodies much of our history and heritage. It is not a ruin, can be viably restored, and is uniquely positioned to be the 'spiritual home' of the city and province.
Independent reports from internationally reputable engineers, supported by the Church's own engineering advisers, show clearly that from an engineering point of view, the Cathedral can be restored. We therefore fervently hope that the Bishop and the CPT will agree to join with us to restore rather than replace the Cathedral.
As a result of further information received from engineers to the earthquake proofing done on the Cathedral in the 1990's, The GCBTrust commissioned a further report from independent, internationally reputable engineers. This report confirmed that the restoration is both achievable and able to meet the highest standards of seismic strengthening required of a public building. It is supported by detailed drawings of the methodologies to be used to make safe and reconstruct the Cathedral with maximum retention of the existing building.
Their report, (see attached), shows that the full restoration of the Cathedral is:
• Feasible from a construction point of
• Capable of complying with all the requirements of the building code.
• Would satisfy all the health and safety requirements of CERA and Building Construction regulatory authorities.
Costings for these plans will be available within the next week or so.
Around the world there are many resources available to us to achieve the restoration of this unique heritage icon. All we have to do is to make the decision to restore it and the help will come. There could be no more fitting memorial to those who have died in this terrible tragedy than for the restoration of such a symbol of faith and hope as is represented by this proud Cathedral, the architect of which, George Gilbert Scott, is of international repute.
We will only get one chance to honour both the history of those who have gone before us and future generations of our city's citizens. We should not shirk our responsibility to seize it.


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ArabNet: Internet Growth Is Poised in Middle East and North Africa
BEIRUT—The Middle East and North Africa region has yet to see the sort of explosive Internet growth that has gripped other parts of the world, but it is coming, says the man responsible for organizing one of the region's most important conferences.
ArabNet, now in its third year and run by Omar Christidis in Beirut, has brought together venture-capital firms, start-ups, officials and others from right across the region to meet, network, learn and swap ideas.
Over the past 10 years, growth in Arabic-language online usage has grown by 2,500%, and by the end of 2015 Arabic is expected to be the fourth-largest language group online (it is currently seventh), with some 150 million users (currently around 72 million).
At present, for a region that is awash with cash, the Internet economy is tiny. The total value of investment in the Internet and technology start-ups in the Arab world from 2010 until the third quarter of 2011 was just $24 million. But the rate of change is picking up. More deals were done in the first quarter of 2011 — 23 — than in the whole of 2010.
According to Mr. Christidis, there are significant issues to development in the region. "None of the single countries make up a large enough market to be interesting for any start-up," he said. However, unlike Europe, with its single market, shipping goods around the MENA region isn't a simple task.


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Shift to green energy sources could mean crunch in supply of scarce metals
[font face=Times, Times New Roman, Serif][font size=5]Shift to green energy sources could mean crunch in supply of scarce metals[/font]
[font size=4]Evaluating Rare Earth Element Availability: A Case with Revolutionary Demand from Clean Technologies
Environmental Science & Technology[/font]
[font size=3]A large-scale shift from coal-fired electric power plants and gasoline-fueled cars to wind turbines and electric vehicles could increase demand for two already-scarce metals available almost exclusively in China by 600-2,600 percent over the next 25 years, a new study has concluded. Published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology, it points out that production of the two metals has been increasing by only a few percentage points per year.
Randolph E. Kirchain, Ph.D., and colleagues explain that there has been long-standing concern about a secure supply of the so-called rare earth elements, 17 elements adjacent on the periodic table of elements. These metals are used to make airplane components and lasers for medical imaging. Two of the rare earths, dysprosium and neodymium, are critical for current technologies for manufacturing wind turbines that generate electricity and electric vehicles. Those green technologies, Kirchain notes, would be essential in carrying out a proposed stabilization in atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, at 450 parts per million. Kirchains team analyzed the supply of lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium and yttrium under various scenarios.
They projected the demand for these 10 rare earth elements through 2035. In one scenario, demand for dysprosium and neodymium could be higher than 2,600 and 700 percent respectively. To meet that need, production of dysprosium would have to grow each year at nearly twice the historic growth rate for rare earth supplies. Although the RE {rare earth} supply base has demonstrated an impressive ability to expand over recent history, even the RE industry may struggle to keep up with that pace of demand growth, the authors said. But they also point out that shortfalls in future supply could be mitigated through materials substitution, improved efficiency, and the increased reuse, recycling, and use of scrap.[/font][/font]
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1. This is partially true
The elements are in other places but more difficult to get at. China is stockpiling what is needed and not selling the raw materials. Instead they will build the finished product for the world with the value added and sell it then.


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Long Beach State Places 18 Student-Athletes On All-Academic Team
In all, the Big West honored 190 student-athletes on it 2013 Fall All-Academic team.
Nadia Link named Big West Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Year
Seven 49ers earn all-conference honors
LBSU women's soccer picks up important 1-0 win at UC Davis
Meyers makes big-time saves, Maes scores game-winner
Long Beach State travels north for crucial Big West games at UC Davis, Pacific
49ers enter the weekend tied for third in Big West standings
LBSU set to entertain UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly in Big West action this weekend
49ers host Gauchos in Big West home opener Friday at 7 p.m.
2015 (Senior): Appeared in all 22 games with four starts … Logged a total of 696 minutes with a season-high 76 coming against Auburn (Aug. 23) … Scored a goal in a 3-2 win over Hawai'i on Oct. 25 … Finished the season with seven shots, including three on target.
2014 (Junior): Appeared in every game and made 10 starts ... Logged 1,266 minutes ... Finished the season with one goal and 14 shots, eight of which were on frame ... Found the back of the net in a 2-1 victory over Denver on Aug. 31 ... Her strike in the 81st minute was the game-winner ... Registered a season-high three attempts vs. San Diego (Sept. 5) ... Had one shot against Cal Poly (Nov. 6) and one shot on goal vs. Cal State Fullerton (Nov. 9) in the Big West Tournament.
2013 (Sophomore): Started 17 of 18 games played ... Tied for third on the team with seven points ... Compiled two goals, three assists and 21 shots ... First goal of the season came in a 4-1 win vs. Cincinnati on Sept. 6 ... Added two helpers for a career-high four points ... Came back two days later to net the game-winner in a 1-0 triumph over Loyola Marymount (Sept. 8) ... Named the co-Big West Offensive Player of the Week for those two performances ... Set up the game-winning goal in the 86th minute of a 1-0 victory against San Francisco on Sept. 26.
2012 (Freshman): Named to the Big West All-Freshman Team ... Started 11 of 14 games played, including every conference match ... Finished with one goal on 10 shot attempts ... Found the back of the net at Cal State Fullerton on Sept. 30 ... Also assisted on the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory against San Diego (Sept. 21) ... Notched a season-best two shots at UC Riverside (Sept. 28), at Cal State Fullerton and at Pacific (Oct. 14).
High School: Lettered four years in soccer at Valley Center High School ... Led the Jaguars to the CIF quarterfinals in 2009, 2011 and 2012 ... Three-time first-team All-Valley League and MVP selection (2010-12) ... Also lettered four years in track, two in cross country and two in tennis ... Helped the track team capture back-to-back Valley League and CIF Division II championships (2011-12).
Club: Played one year for Carlsbad Elite and six years for San Diego Soccer Club.
Personal: Majoring in psychology.
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Lack of Resources Responsible for Latest Attack in Prison
Le'aufa'amulia Asenati Lole-Taylor
Spokesperson for Corrections
July 4, 2014
Lack of Resources Responsible for Latest Attack in Prison
New Zealand First says the stabbing of a 29-year-old prisoner at Spring Hill Corrections Facility is another sign that the Department of Corrections is being underfunded.
"Prison staff need adequate resources to deal with the dangerous and complex situations they face. The National Government knows this but that didn't stop them from cutting around $40 million from important Corrections services this year," says Spokesperson for Corrections Le'aufa'amulia Asenati Lole-Taylor.
"The Minister for Corrections continues to boast about a drop in New Zealand's prison population, and they have used this as an excuse for allocating fewer resources to custodial services and other internal operations.
"This neglectful attitude is what led to the riot in June last year at Spring Hill Corrections Facility, which lasted over 10 hours, caused $10 million in damages, and left guards seriously injured.
"It wasn't long ago when a Corrections officer died after being seriously assaulted by a prisoner at the same prison.
"This neglect is costing the taxpayer, putting lives in danger.
"New Zealand First recognises that we cannot afford to take short cuts when it comes to our prisons. That's why we want them to have better resources that are appropriate for the difficult and dangerous work they do.
"This includes adequate safety measures for prison staff, and improved management systems that reflect appropriate rehabilitation and reintegration initiatives. The needs of both Corrections staff and prisoners must be met," says Mrs Lole-Taylor.


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LAND....was glad to disembark the Sucksation: Carnival Sensation Cruise Review by MerDavKar
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LAND....was glad to disembark the Sucksation
Destination: Bahamas
Embarkation: Port Canaveral (Orlando)
Check-in was smooth, lots of friendly people and even one woman with a pom pom cheering...we needed that cheering for sure!! When we stepped on to the boat, there was no one to greet us, and we were immediately overwhelmed with the smell of sewage!! I just brushed it off, and we headed for the stateroom. Stateroom was very nice, however, you could only see the television from one bed and there were 3 of us in a room. We headed up to the pool deck and easily found a seat. Carnival should rethink Navy lounge chairs and towels....the heat was torture and trust me, I'm used to the heat!! Am used to seeing the cruise director, but Skip,was a NO SHOW the entire trip...that job More should TOTALLY be Orlando's.
We went to the buffett that night which was TERRIBLE!! We ended up having to eat sandwiches, which would have been good, if they were warm in the middle. Sang Karaoke that night which was fun, but you felt like you were standing in the middle of a cafeteria..the lights weren't even low. Family reuinions were every where with matching shirts, and if you weren't apart then forget it! You could now smell nothing but smoke along with the sewage smell. Drunk people (and I drink!!) being dragged to bed, people making out so much they were one step away from you know what!
I could go on and on and on! Nassau was what you expect...DO NOT EVER take a water taxi...they cram enough people in to sink a boat and when my sister got seasick and stepped off, they gave away her seat. Atlantis is fine, but I was not impressed and was planning to take my kids but forget that..you walk about 2 miles to a pool or beach and drinks start at $10..who could enjoy that.
Fun day at sea...on the Sucksation, all you see is hairballs on the pool deck, sewage smell still, no room in the pool, etc.
Dining room was fine but not the waitress( she NEVER was around)...side portions are condiment cups (YES, like what you get salsa in). My chicken was enidible but French Onion Soup was excellent!
On a positive note Kishon the bartender is excellent as well as our stateroom attendent!
Maybe for a first time cruiser, you may enjoy, but I'll stay off of the Sucksation!! IF, I go on other cruise, it'll be the Disney Dream! Less
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Winter Storm hits Dalhart
By THOMAS LOTT
The city of Dalhart was hit with its first winter storm of the year over the weekend and people had to deal with icy roads, freezing pipes, and most importantly, interrupted satellite feeds.
OK, maybe not most importantly, but that is something that Dalhartans had to deal with over the weekend.
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