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"Church is not a meeting you attend or a place you enter," write pastors Tim Chester and Steve Timmis. "It's an identity that is ours in Christ. An identity that shapes the whole of life so that life and mission become 'total church.'" With that as their premise, they emphasize two overarching principles to govern the practice of church and mission: being gospel-centered and being community-centered. When these principles take precedence, say the authors, the truth of the Word is upheld, the mission of the gospel is carried out, and the priority of relationships is practiced in radical ways. The church becomes not just another commitment to juggle but a 24/7 lifestyle where programs, big events, and teaching from one person take a backseat to sharing lives, reaching out, and learning about God together.
In Total Church, Chester and Timmis first outline the biblical case for making gospel and community central and then apply this dual focus to evangelism, social involvement, church planting, world missions, discipleship, pastoral care, spirituality, theology, apologetics, youth and children's work. As this insightful book calls the body of Christ to rethink its perspective and practice of church, it charts a middle path between the emerging church movement and conservative evangelicalism that all believers will find helpful.
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-Mark Driscoll, Founding Pastor, Mars Hill Church, Seattle
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In Total Church, Chester and Timmis first outline the biblical case for making gospel and community central and then apply this dual focus to evangelism, social involvement, church planting, world missions, discipleship, pastoral care, spirituality, theology, apologetics, youth and childrens work. As this insightful book calls the body of Christ to rethink its perspective and practice of church, it charts a middle path between the emerging church movement and conservative evangelicalism that all believers will find helpful.
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DNessCody, WyomingAge: 55-65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Kingdom of God in practiceSeptember 12, 2013DNessCody, WyomingAge: 55-65Gender: femaleWonderful real life examples of the Kingdom of God in today's context. Warning the e-version editing is poor. Random words inserted like "indent" makes for an at times confusing read. Word spacing is tight and section headings absorbed into the main text. If you are willing to put up with poor e-editing I believe the content should be read be every believer.
bookwomanjoanOak Harbor, WAAge: Over 65Gender: Female4 Stars Out Of 5challenging thoughts on how we do churchAugust 23, 2013bookwomanjoanOak Harbor, WAAge: Over 65Gender: FemaleQuality: 4Value: 4Meets Expectations: 4This review was written for Total Church: A Radical Reshaping Around Gospel and Community.Chester and Timmis are part of a Christian community on northern England attempting to do church differently - a serious exercise in doing Christian mission in a postmodern world. They argue that two key principles should shape the way we do church: gospel (word-centered, mission-centered) and community (relationship-centered). We need to be enthusiastic about truth, mission, and relationships.
Their Crowded House is a network of missionary congregations, mostly meeting in homes. On evangelism, "Most gospel ministry involves ordinary people doing ordinary things with gospel intentionality." (63) Church planting is the best way to be a missionary. (87) "There cannot be mission apart from the local church. The local church is the agent of mission." (88)
They are not big on the sermon, saying there is little New Testament evidence for it. (114) Most character formation happens in informal conversations with lives being transformed in the messy relationships of daily life. They are so adamant on community that they say contemplation, silence and solitude is the "exact opposite of biblical spirituality." (141) They describe that tradition as "spirituality for the elite." (143) They argue for a spirituality that is communal. (149) They also argue that the best way to do apologetics is not by reason or rational proof. The problem of unbelief is not intellectual but of the heart. The evidence of living in community is the best technique.
Their conclusion speaks to a passion for God. "Christianity is not a strategy or a set of principles. It is a relationship of love with a Triune God." (203)
I certainly do not agree with everything Chester and Timmis have written but they do give the reader much to think about with respect to how we are doing church. This would be a good book for pastors and church boards to read. There would certainly be much to discuss.
Bob HaytonSt. Paul, MNAge: 25-34Gender: male5 Stars Out Of 5Inspiring model of how to "do church"May 28, 2011Bob HaytonSt. Paul, MNAge: 25-34Gender: maleThis review was written for Total Church: A Radical Reshaping Around Gospel and Community.The term "missional" is over-used and much abused today. Some bristle at the descriptor for it's cutting-edge, postmodern feel. But the basic gist of the idea makes a lot of sense. It all boils down to going vs. sending. Simply put: attracting people to a church with it's programs is not the NT model for "doing church". Rather than sending people to our church, we should be going to where the people are and reaching them. We should gather as believers to be built up, edified, and most of all to worship Christ together. We then leave the assembly to take Christ to the lost all around us. If that's what "missional" means, I'm all for it!
How do we do this effectively, however? How can I get my own self to open my mouth boldly and also to compassionately interact with the people God has placed in my life? These are questions which demand answers.
I think we need to get creative, and make sure our church activities don't sap us of any time and strength left to think missionally regarding our own neighborhoods and communities. We need to envision ourselves as missionaries to the places we live.
God ultimately has to guide us and empower our ministry, but there are strategies which may enhance our effectiveness in God's mission. One of the tools and methods that I most believe could work, has also been ignored by the wider church. In fact I still haven't come to a place where I have liberty to attempt this (or is it just plain ol' courage I lack?).
I'm talking about using small groups as home church-meetings, in a sense. We can invite people to come to these smaller meetings where we are more open and real and less "church-ly". We can let the lost see how Christianity is lived out in our homes and how it radically shapes our outlook. I look in vain to the New Testament for a one-man-gets-up-to-speak-while-the-thousand-congregants-sit-down-to-listen-quietly model of church teaching and preaching. I see believers interacting with one another, teachers interrupting each other as God gives them a word, and prophets judging the prophets in a vibrant, lively way.
I'm a little leery of changing things up too drastically, however. We have hundreds of years of tradition, not to mention the fact that preaching can be very effective in people's lives. So what about some kind of mix between an emphasis on home groups (where evangelism and discipleship can happen, and where gifted teachers can exercise their gifts) and corporate gatherings of the entire church for preaching and extended worship?
This kind of model is described in detail, in a book I gobbled up, called "Total Church: A Radical Reshaping around Gospel and Community" by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis. In the book they talk about living with gospel intentionality. They show how an emphasis on community is encouraged in Scripture. They see evangelism as a three-fold cord: building relationships, sharing the gospel, and introducing people to community (by means of the home groups). All the while, they encourage the Gospel and the Word to stay central. But they also encourage community involvement, and meeting social needs in the name of Christ.
The benefits of the emphasis on home groups is that church planting becomes easier. Training and discipleship can happen while people are ministering in home settings, and seeing ministry modeled up close and personal. Furthermore, the togetherness that this model fosters, aids in purity and spiritual growth, as we really can't become holy by ourselves, nor were we expected to (think Heb. 3:12-14).
"Total Church" does have some radical ideas, but I appreciated how they connected everything to the gospel. It's a book I'll be picking up again, as I continue sorting out how best we should do church for God's glory, our growth, and the eternal benefit of the lost around us. I confidently recommend this book to anyone interested in how to spur on evangelism, or mission, in their own church context.
Disclaimer: This book was provided by Crossway Books for review. The reviewer was under no obligation to offer a favorable review.
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On June 27, 1993, naked and covered in his own blood and fecal material, GG Allin ran down the streets of New York in an attempt to avoid the police after one of his notoriously chaotic (and often short) live shows was shut down. Successfully escaping arrest, Allin made it to a friend's place where the party continued into the next day. In the wee hours of the morning, God decided to reclaim one his angels from this earthly plain and return him to the heavens. 20 years ago, young Kevin Allin shuffled off this mortal coil.
So how do we pay tribute to this fallen hero? Well, rather than crack beer bottles over our heads and shove bananas in our asses in a public, or fucking everything we kill/killing everything we fuck, you can just spend some money, as there's a bunch of GG memorabilia hitting the streets this year.
First up, we have America's favorite scum rocker once again immortalized in polyresin with a brand new
bobble Throbblehead doll. Unlike the first one Aggronautix released a few years back, portraying GG in his "1991" look, this one is based on his general appearance circa 1989; some hair, bandana, big sunglasses, leather jacket, the whole nine yards. Slightly more dignified than a glorified diaper and cowboy boots. You can check out it out on the Aggronautix site but if you want to make your office space 80% more transgressive you need to get on it because it's a limited run of 2000.
What might be the strangest (and probably most downright terrifying) piece of GG merchandise is this which is available from Sikrik Masks. Have you ever wanted to feel like you were GG? I mean, like, be GG? Well, now you can! Sort of! This super creepy latex mask also depicts GG from the late 80s and is sure to give everyone who sees you wearing it all kinds of nightmares. Aside from scaring the shit (would GG have it any other way?) out of your friends, you can also use the mask if you're trying to rob a bank or have the technical know-how to interrupt the signal of your local PBS station.
Really, though, the best thing about the barrage of GG stuff this year is My Prison Walls, a collection of GG's journal writing, prose, lyrics, artwork, and correspondences (including letters to/from John Wayne Gacy). The 208-page hardcover is limited to 2500 individually numbered copies and is available from Aggronautix. The first 50 pages of the book are comprised of GG's log of his first 30 days (his first first 30 days) in prison, titled "30 Days in the Hole." Our pals over at Vice have offered up a preview/write-up of GG's prison experience, and from the looks of it, there's a lot of one-person pant rummages going on. Really though, the book gives some firsthand insight into the mind of an, at best, polarizing and, at worst, psychotic figure in American underground rock culture. It also will probably serve as a good compliment to Todd Phillips' (yes, that Todd Phillips) 1993 documentary Hated: GG Allin & the Murder Junkies.
No word yet on Merle Allin's take on this, or if he's getting a cut of the sales, but I'm just glad that we're one step closer to a real life Planet GG.
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Integrated technologies for sustainable stationary and mobile energy infrastructures
Sustainable infrastructures need technologies that do not cause climate or environmental degradation. The only long-term sustainable solution to global warming in terms of both environmental and economic mitigation is renewable energy generation for stationary and transportation infrastructures. The papers in this special issue review some of the major technology and economic approaches to sustainable infrastructures. They specifically address the issue of sustainable energy and transportation systems, i.e. energy generation for vehicles and the relation to the stationary supply of electricity and heating. In order for communities, regions, nations and international communities to become sustainable, they must make energy into integrated infrastructures that use hybrid technologies. This chapter reviews and summarizes many of the points made in the volume to that end: sustainable infrastructures for power generation and transportation. The key is to consider the true costs for energy in terms of well to wheels and how the developing technologies for renewable energy power generation can be leveraged or made into hybrid systems that are cost-effective and sustainable. The series of articles begin to get into such as an approach for sustainable energy systems.
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1. This memorandum
gives an account of the purpose and scope of the delegated powers
proposed to be taken in the Public Interest Disclosure Bill, a
Private Member's Bill introduced in the House of Commons on 18
June 1997.
Outline of scope of Public
Interest Disclosure Bill
2. The Bill
confers on workers a new employment right not to be subjected
to dismissal or detriment for making disclosures of information
about certain matters. The Bill introduces the new right as an
amendment to the Employment Rights Act 1996.
Purpose of the Bill
3. The purpose
of the Bill is to provide a remedy for workers who are dismissed
or otherwise subjected to detriment by their employer for reasonably
disclosing information about criminal offences, breaches of legal
obligation, miscarriages of justice, health and safety dangers,
environmental damage or the deliberate concealment of information
relating to any of these matters.
4. The Bill
amends the Employment Rights Act 1996 to include this new right.
Delegated powers
5. The Bill
contains three order making powers. Clause 1 inserts a new section
43F into the Employment Rights Act 1996 which enables the Secretary
of State to prescribe persons, or descriptions of persons to whom
certain disclosures of the kinds that the Bill in principle protects,
may be made. Clause 8 inserts a new section 127B into the Employment
Rights Act 1996 which provides power for the Secretary of State
to make regulations concerning the compensation that shall be
awarded to workers making claims under the Bill. These two orders
would be made under the negative resolution procedure (see section
209 of the Employment Rights Act 1996). Clause 18 provides for
the provisions of the Bill to come into force by commencement
order but this does not apply in relation to the provisions containing
the two regulation making powers mentioned; these come into force
on the passing of the Bill.
6. In addition,
the Bill contains provision enabling an Order in Council under
Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974 made only for purposes
corresponding to those of the Bill to be subject to the negative
resolution procedure.
Classification of subordinate
7. In deciding
whether subordinate legislation was appropriate in the cases mentioned,
the Department had in mind the following criteria:
- to
ensure flexibility in responding to changing circumstances without
the need for primary legislation in respect of prescribed bodies
under clause 1 of the Bill;
- to
ensure consistency with existing compensation arrangements while
providing additional time to reach agreement on the details;
- to
provide time for publicity and information about the new rights
before the provisions are commenced.
Clause by clause analysis
of delegated powers
8. These are
described in paragraphs 8.1 to 8.4
Clause 1 - disclosure
to prescribed person
8.1 Under the Bill,
a qualifying disclosure is one made in accordance with one of
the new sections 43C - 43H inserted into the Employment Rights
Act 1996 by clause 1. In general, the provisions are drafted to
encourage workers to raise concerns internally before disclosing
to an outside body. However, some bodies have duties to deal with
such concerns - for example, the Health and Safety Executive in
relation to health and safety concerns. Section 43F provides for
bodies of this kind to be prescribed by the Secretary of State
in respect of the matters they deal with, so that workers will
be protected if they raise matters directly with these bodies
rather than with their employer.
8.2 The Government
intends to prescribe the HSE and health and safety representatives;
the Environment Agency; the Office of Fair Trading; the Financial
Services Authority; Inland Revenue; the Insolvency Service of
the DTI; and utility regulators. Other Government Departments
are being consulted on these and whether other bodies should be
added. The order making power will enable the list of prescribed
bodies and functions to be updated as circumstances change without
the need for primary legislation.
Clause 8 - compensation
for unfair dismissal
8.3 This clause
provides for the Secretary of State to make regulations which
will specify the calculation of compensation for the new right
not to be subjected to detriment for making a protected disclosure.
The Government considers that compensation under the Bill should
be aligned to that provided under existing provisions of the Employment
Rights Act 1996. The order making power will allow additional
time for agreement to be reached on this issue, on which there
remain differing views. The Government has already stated its
intention of considering whether the current limits on compensation,
and the arrangements for reviewing them, work in the best way
to meet its aims.
Clause 18 - commencement
8.4 Clause 18 provides
for the making of commencement orders by statutory instrument
to bring into force the provisions of clauses 1 to 16 of the Bill.
There are no firm plans for commencement but it is likely that
the provisions will be brought into force around three to six
months after Royal Assent. This would provide time for employers
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The post-Madoff Mets have the bullpen they can afford
The Mets could be out of contention by this time next week, thanks in large part to their awful bullpen.
They lost again on Tuesday night, 5-4 to the Washington Nationals. As has often been the case this year, they got good starting pitching and timely hitting, and then the relievers gave it away, blowing leads in the ninth and tenth innings.
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It's not clear that the Mets are a in a position to do much about this glaring problem. Sandy Alderson has unsurprisingly decided that, in light of the team's current position, the Mets will not be looking to sacrifice prospects who can play in 2013 or 2014 for trades to help the 2012 team, whose recent five-game losing streak dropped them well behind the division-leading Nationals and a significant number of National League wild card contenders.
But there is another way that teams add talent in-season without sacrificing their future talent pool, and that is by adding salary. Out-of-contention teams don't have much reason to pay veteran players, and usually, the simple act of being willing to take on a salary is enough to get a deal for a useful bullpen piece done.
Alderson knows this, because he was on the other end of a dump of Francisco Rodriguez, way back in 2011. Rodriguez went to Milwaukee with some cash to offset his remaining salary, but the Brewers assumed some of it as well. In exchange, the Mets received a pair of players to be named later, neither of whom turned out to be any kind of prospect.
Rodriguez, incidentally, is available this time around. So is Huston Street of the Padres. Rodriguez is signed to a one-year, $8 million contract. Street is owed effectively the same amount, $7.5 million with a $500,000 buyout of his 2013 option.
Both Street and Rodriguez are miles above any reliever on the Mets right now in terms of effectiveness. If the Mets were willing to assume those salaries, they could have upgraded the bullpen, overnight, without touching their future talent base.
They were not. Both pitchers are "too pricey".
Which goes directly to the finances of their ownership. Even as the 2012 payroll estimates from Alderson got smaller, and smaller, and smaller, even when they dropped below $100 million, it was supposedly because that would give the Mets the flexibility to add salary in-season if necessary. Sure, Alderson spent what budget he had on his bullpen. But the pittance he was given meant he could only go after mediocre options in the offseason, and lacks the flexibility that cost-cutting supposedly provided to augment that group now.
Well, if there's a more necessary reason to do so than to upgrade a league-worst bullpen for an otherwise contending team, it is hard to think of it.
Instead, the severe financial limitations of the Wilpons, which kept the team from signing Jose Reyes, have cost them a shot at contending in 2012 without compromising the future of the team.
The Wilpons should be commended for avoiding a win-now set of moves to increase their slim chances of a playoff berth, and the financial windfall that goes with it.
But that alone will be cold comfort, as the bullpen continues blowing winnable games, led by pitchers who would have been replaced by now if the team had owners who could afford it.


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Just remember, I'm not reviewing these movies, but rather predicting where they'll end up on the Tomatometer. Let's take a look at what This Rotten Week has to offer.
Now You See Me
If this trailer left you a little lost raise your hand. I get the basic premise: four magicians perform bank robberies during their shows and Robin Hood-style give all the money they take back to audience members. Except that the trick they're doing with robberies isn't really the trick at all. The trick they're doing is something more than the really big trick and we don't know exactly what it is, or what it's about because the illusions they create are meant to hide the motivations behind whatever scheme they're pulling off while robbing the banks. Confused yet? Me too. Oh and on top of that, wrap your mind around the roughly ten thousand other tricks and illusions this magician team is pulling off while all the rest of the sh#$ is going down. Plus, is their brand of magic actually magic (it sure freaking looks like it from the trailer) or is it all some grandiose scheme and diversion from their ultimate goal? I'm exhausted just thinking about it.
It doesn't help the film's Wikipedia page is the shortest and least detailed of any movie I've ever seen that only had a week until release. Getting info on this flick is surprisingly difficult and a testament to the secrecy behind magic that the filmmakers don't want to give away anything *ahem* up their sleeve. In fact, the only productive research I was able to track down was this clip which I've been practicing all morning. My friends and family will be amazed!
If a movie can be judged on trailer alone, then director Louis Leterrier (Clash of the Titans-28%, The Incredible Hulk-67%) has put together a quality summer film. It looks sleek and entertaining with a killer ensemble cast including Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Isla Fisher to name a few. Without too much else to go on except a few early reviews hidden deep in the internet, I'm tempted to say this strikes a chord with critics. It won't crush it towards the top of the scale, but expect something well worth the watch. The Rotten Watch for Now You See Me is
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LOS ANGELES — In very important negotiations, the Chinese tend to work things in a manner different from the West. Their diplomats generally dislike framing positions in an edgy, confrontational, take-it-or-leave-it style. That approach strikes them as too risky. They tend to process an initial rebuff or outright rejection as engendering a loss of face, especially if they are committed to the negotiating framework.
Let us not forget that the six-party talks were China's idea and that they have been hosted in Beijing.
Accordingly, in a negotiation of consequence, they will shy away from public blustering. Their style is more like that of a slow-moving mafia boss who declines crude threats but instead works to suffuse the atmosphere with a humidity of both open empathy (yes, we understand that the imperialists are evil) and subtle pressure (even so, what better resolution can there be than what continued talks could produce?)
In truth, the Chinese government of Hu Jintao has consciously (and profitably) prioritized "businesslike" relations with the United States. Failure of the talks with North Korea was not China's preferred option by far, and the North Koreans, who have been partly dependent on China for energy and other aid, knew that.
The Chinese thus calculated that a grinding passage of time would eventually expose both the U.S. and North Korea to the obvious hopelessness and pointlessness of moving toward any position other than one of imperative mutual compromise. The Bush administration, with its hands full in Baghdad (not to mention New Orleans), and recently confronted with a bristling hard line from the new Iranian president regarding the nuclear issue, finally faced the bitter music of reality. So did North Korea. Or so it would appear, at least for the time being.
The agreement of principle, announced in Beijing, is not by any means final. It is susceptible to unraveling, and even to future misunderstanding. But it is breathtakingly simple: It pledges the North Koreans to return to the nuclear-free sanctity of the Nonproliferation Treaty, and it pledges the U.S. (as well as China, Russia, Japan and South Korea) to respect North Korea's sovereignty, to help rebuild its economy and to accept in principle the right of any sovereign nation to develop peaceful nuclear energy at an appropriate time.
The six-party talks have reached this new plateau of potential for a number of reasons. The first is that the agreement is in every party's national interest. North Korea needs lots of aid and China wasn't about to provide any more of it — especially if Pyongyang, the capital of the formally titled Democratic People's Republic of Korea, was about to trigger an unwanted nuclear-arms race in East Asia by developing its own nuclear arsenal.
For its part, the Bush administration needed a major diplomatic victory and not another war zone. The Russians have relatively good relations with both Seoul and Pyongyang and want to keep it that way.
As for the Chinese, they were near-masterful, walking both sides of the North Korean-American line without tipping over or tripping up. They took an exposed position, but apparently never lost complete patience with either Pyongyang or Washington. Their even-handed, plodding determination won the open respect of Seoul and the grudging respect of the Japanese.
As for Japan itself, the agreement is in its national interest as well. The prospect of a potentially permanent nonnuclear Korean Peninsula would allow the Japanese to breathe easier — for obvious reasons. Note that former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, in an October 2003 interview with the Los Angeles-based journal New Perspective Quarterly, had predicted that a nuclear deal with the North Koreans was wholly achievable — and he predicted it to happen within two years.
Christopher Hill, a career diplomat, was America's key negotiator at the Beijing talks. One has the hunch that the Chinese in particular appreciated his low-key, self-effacing style — characteristics not always associated with Americans. Successful negotiations are almost always the result of a rational, almost computerlike assessment of national interests, but inevitably there is always the human factor — the sum of the talents of all the negotiators involved. In Hill the U.S. may have struck gold.
This is to take nothing at all away from the other national negotiators assembled in Beijing. The six-party talks have been a tortuous, tangled and oft-unpleasant negotiation from the start. There are still miles to go. If an implementation protocol can be pounded out, this greatly desired outcome will be in part a tribute to the professionalism of all the national representatives assembled in Beijing.
Professor Tom Plate, a veteran journalist, is director of the UCLA Media Center. Copyright Tom Plate 2005
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Kenny to be welcomed at White House
The Taoiseach is to make his traditional visit to the White House for St Patrick's Day.
The White House said that Enda Kenny will meet US president Barack Obama on Friday, ahead of the Monday holiday.
Mr Kenny's visit starts with breakfast at vice president Joe Biden's residence, followed by an Oval Office meeting with Mr Obama. Then the leaders plan to attend the annual St Patrick's Day lunch at the US Capitol.
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Mr Biden plans to meet Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness separately to discuss progress toward peace.


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"The Newsroom" quickly became our favorite show to hate-watch this summer thanks to its ridiculous plot lines, insufferable characters, and general condescending attitude. It'll be a struggle for us to get through a Sunday night without being so frustrated that we want to throw our remotes at our televisions. Here are the 10 elements of the show that we're most going to miss as we wait for Season 2 next year:
10. The pratfalls
Sure, we can tune in to most sitcoms and watch people trip over things, but on what other serious drama are we going to see supposedly intelligent characters act in such an insanely clumsy manner, what with all the running into glass doors, falling to the ground while getting dressed, and injuring themselves by punching computer monitors?
9. The lack of social media comprehension
Aaron Sorkin may have written an entire movie about the founding of Facebook, but that doesn't mean he really grasps how it works. For proof, look no further than the clueless way Jim demanded that Lisa take her Facebook "down" simply to hide her place of work (and how Maggie apparently has her roommate's password). And, of course, there was that party full of media-savvy young people where only the drug supplier (Neal's date) was interested in her Twitter feed. (The less said about the troll subplot, the better.)
8. Neal's conspiracy theories
He's a regular Fox Mulder, this one. We can't wait to see what bizarre alien twist he's going to put on the death of Steve Jobs next season.
7. Seeing how "News Night" can piss off even more people
It's kind of amazing to observe the best anchor and executive producer in the business lose viewers by refusing to cover the news, aggrandize the people who pay their exorbitant salaries, and alienate potential sources yet still remain on the air.
6. The flashbacks to not-so-current events
With its odd timeline created just to retrofit fictional characters around actual events (the most egregious example being everyone partying at Will's on a Sunday night) and its pretentious, heavy-handed coverage of news stories that feel like they happened eons ago, we're curious what might happen if the show were produced closer to real time, sapping it of its self-righteousness. Too bad we'll never find out thanks to the long gaps between HBO seasons.
5. The preachiness
We're now faced with many months of not being judged for our curiosity about news events that outlets around the world are covering in depth. Months without being made to feel guilty about occasionally looking at TMZ and Page Six. Months without wondering why we don't care about who anchors shows we don't watch because we get our news online. At least we can relive our favorite "Newsroom" moments with our "Sports Night" and "West Wing" boxed sets.
4. The unbelievable relationships
We've been led to believe that Will can date almost anyone, yet he's been hung up on the almost certifiably insane Mackenzie? And Jim is hung up on Maggie, who has really done nothing to make us like her, when he can have the arguably more-attractive-on-every-level Lisa pining for his attention? And who the hell was sending Don flowers months after a casual date or two? It all makes Jeremy and the porn star downright plausible.
3. Women who know too little
These are supposed to be accomplished professional women working in the news industry, but that doesn't matter. We love seeing just how dumb they can be about economics, the term "LOL," or the country of Georgia. Even the one sometimes smartly written woman can easily be distracted from larger current events by a mention of how large her butt might be.
2. The workplace etiquette
Yes, it's totally realistic to have grown adults stomping their feet in the middle of their workplace when they don't get their way. Or yelling at their bosses "Jerry Maguire"-style without reprimand. Or going on television high as a kite. Or inviting friends to just hang out and see how the news gets made when they are dealing with sensitive information. Or screaming at a flight attendant because heaven forbid a newscast (one you don't even work on, technically) is put together without you for one evening.
1. The endless surplus of connected acquaintances
When a big story is about to break, why work on, you know, reporting when someone on the team is bound to have a sibling, an ex-lover, or a roommate with all the scoop you need? Journalism sure is easy! Well, easier than putting your pants on, anyway.
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Injured Ajax fan remains in serious condition as video emerges of the aftermath
The latest news about the Ajax fan that fell 10 metres after their second goal against Barcelona, via the Dutch press, is that he remains in hospital in a serious condition.
For our first post on this story, see: Awful. Ajax fan suffers serious fall celebrating 2nd goal v Barcelona.
After landing in the "moat" around the pitch at the Amsterdam ArenA, the Ajax supporter was almost immediately treated by medics and taken by an ambulance to hospital.
Despite rumours on social media, a spokesman from Amsterdam police announced the man is still alive and his situation is unchanged as of Wednesday morning.
A video has also emerged of the aftermath of the incident on YouTube.
There is stunned silence in the crowd, despite Ajax just having scored a second goal versus Barcelona and the medics also receive abuse from the supporters (in Dutch).
Warning: There are some very grim shots on this video and it is a very graphic clip.
As a result, it is not embedded on 101 Great Goals and it would be a surprise if it stays up on YouTube for very long.


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A quick rundown of Tuesday's what-and-where:
Yuri's Night, a yearly celebration of mankind's ascent into outer space (named for Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin) takes place around the world every April. And like any space-worthy event, it's preceded by a countdown: This exhibition at the Artisphere features works by 19 artists, whose visions of space travel, science fiction and the swirling cosmos will get you ready for liftoff. See the exhibition beginning today or attend the opening reception Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital
Wheter it's deep-sea drilling, the burning of coal or the construction of wind farms, makind's energy demands pose immediate and long-term impacts on the Earth. The relationship between energy and the ecosystem is the focus of the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital. The 140 (mostly free) offerings include documentaries, animated features and even a Russian psychological thriller. They begin showing on screens across the area today. Visit the festival's Web site for a complete list of showtimes.
"New Ireland: The Enda Walsh Festival"
The Studio Theatre celebrates one of Ireland's most prominent contemporary playwrights, hosting and presenting a three-play series of works by Enda Walsh. First up is Druid Theatre Company's production of "Penelope," a gritty Irish adaptation of "The Odyssey," tonight at 7:30 p.m. through April 3. That's followed by Studio's own productions of "The Walworth Farce" (April 6-May 1) and "The New Electric Ballroom" (April 13-May 1), the former a farcical family drama; the latter, a rock and roll love story filled with regret. Walsh appears for an in-person conversation after Thursday's 8 p.m. performance.


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Audio analysis 29.03.2016:
Data from the Department of Commerce regarding further moves on the American currency, as well as Janet Yellen's testimony from today.
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Anyone who has ever thought about fostering, has the chance to find out more at an event next week.
A drop-in session is taking place in Burgess Hill to give people an opportunity to speak to members of West Sussex County Council's fostering team and find out what being a foster carer involves.
The all-day event is being held on Tuesday, July 15, from 10am to 4pm, at Burgess Hill Library.
Rosemary, from the Mid Sussex district, has been a foster carer for almost ten years and looks after older children and teenagers – an age-group that the county council is particularly looking for carers to help.
She said: "Fostering is very rewarding – especially when you are looking after older children and young people.
"It isn't easy – you do have to be extremely dedicated. If you are part of a couple, I think it's important that you both want it and are fully committed, but it is worth it
"In teenagers, you can often see them change quite quickly when they realise they can trust you and that you care for and support them.
"They can really start to flourish – one of our placements came to us with no self-confidence but through trying and succeeding in new experiences she developed into a happy confident young woman.
"When she did work experience she travelled there on her own – something she wouldn't have done before– and she did really well there.
"It gives them the chance of a future that they may not have had before, and that's very satisfying."
Debbie Kennard, county council deputy cabinet member for children – start of life, said: "Being a foster carer is extremely rewarding – you would be providing a safe and loving home to a child at a time when they need it most.
"But, as Rosemary says, it isn't easy and we know taking the first step from thinking about it to applying to foster is a big one.
"That's why we are running regular drop-in sessions for potential foster carers across the county.
"They are extremely useful – no question is ever too big or too small and the fostering team will always be happy to help you find out more."
Foster carers come from all walks of life and from a range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds. People from a variety of backgrounds can apply to foster, regardless of their marital status or sexuality.
Fostering can be either short or long-term and can range from just a few days to several years. There are also several types of fostering.
Foster carers receive a comprehensive support package from the council, including on-going training and financial allowances to meet the needs of the children and young people in their care.
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Is there any way to unlock the UK 1:50K Maps without 64-bit Windows or /3GB switch?
Hi Catymag,
Downloaded Fast IMG unlocker v. 1.3 and v 1.5 . Uncompressed it and got the executable files with a lock icon. When I run the file, nothing happens.
Not sure, why the exe file is not running. I tried to wait for ages, but nothing happening.
ANy help?
hi vu2pmc
you most have both map img file and fast img unlocker.exe in same folder before you run fast img unlocker
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I figured it out. Thanks, but still img file wouldnt work, but will report the same on that thread.
I attempted to use V1.5 update 12-12.2010 and ran into this problem.
Map source North American NT 2011.31, every thing seems to work except when I attempt to search for addresses.
There seems to be no streets in the search database.
City are there.
If I select and address using the map, there is no problems seeing address nor routing to them.
BTW, I used GarminUnlockerAlternativev5.71 on the same img file with no problems.
It's your problem, probably you havent run it correctly, search is ok after unlocking-
Tested many times in many devices-
You have to navigate to get to the good.
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catymag, by your reply it is obvious you did not read my post fully.
I will reiterate what I posted.
Two different unlock programs.
Same source img file (North American NT 2011.31)
Same destination Garmin GPS Unit (765T)
For fun, the results are the same if I copy the unlocked img files to a Garmin 76CX.
One program works (GarminUnlockerAlternativev5.71)
One does not. (Fast IMG Unlocker v.1.5 update 12-12-2010)
I attempted to eliminate the operator error part of the troubleshooting steps.
I am not saying that this might not be unique to my equipment / situation, however; since one program does work, it would lead me to believe that there is something in the source file that Fast Img Unlocker is not handling correctly.
I would prefer to use Fast Img Unlocker, mainly because of it's simplicity.
I know by the other threads that Garmin is changing their img files and the newer units/ firmware are requiring GMA Digital certificates and as far as I can tell, this file should be in the latest img format.
I do not know if Fast Img Unlocker is a wrapper for other programs, if so, it might need to be updated to handle the latest imgs.
Since, I found a solution, I am not afforded the luxury to validate this issue in other Garmin Units.
I am merely posting what i discovered just in case:
Someone else runs into the same thing and needs a solution,
and Potentially make the author aware, an update might be needed.
I've read perfectly your post, Fast IMG Unlocker and Unlocker Alternative use the same tools and the same way in unlocking, i never had any search issue in nuvis after using it.
This thread has been posted on 5-10-10 and updated with new versions and purged from some thanking posts, you'r the first one complaining about a search issue after unlocking-Someone else runs into the same thing and needs a solution
you can check in previous thread too
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Sorry no way to guess what's wrong in your map, may be can you give other details ?
You have to navigate to get to the good.
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The expert answers: Home pregnancy tests work by detecting the level of a hormone, known as human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). Levels of this hormone being to increase in the body immediately after fertilization. This hormone usually appears in the urine three to five days after conception, but is not normally detectable for 10 to 14 days. hCG peaks at about two months after conception and then gradually decreases as pregnancy continues.
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Dh and I are on state medical and WIC. He got out of the military and was unemployed for 6 months. We lived off our savings and couldn't afford medical insurance. We have 2 under 2 and I am a SAHM/student. I say we deserve our assistance because my DH served his country and busted his ass for years. Then as soon as he got out to further his education, he was tossed aside like he was nothing. So yes, I think the government should help us with our medical until we can afford our own. We are almost to that point but not quite.
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I am all for helping out members/former members of the military. I think no one deserves it more.
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You could get a job. Many people work while in school.
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why did he get out without a job lined up?
<---- being an ass...
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No one is as deserving of help as the military and the disabled, imo.
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They deserve it! If she worked then they wouldn't get it.
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VA Faces Challenges in Providing Substance Use Disorder Services and Is Taking Steps to Improve These Services for Veterans
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Substance use disorders (SUD), such as alcohol abuse and drug addiction, are serious health conditions that affect many Americans, including a substantial number of veterans. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), about 420,000 of the over 5 million veterans receiving health care from VA had SUD diagnoses in fiscal year 2009. Both older veterans and veterans of the current military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan are at risk for SUDs, as veterans may use drugs or alcohol to help cope with the effects of stressful events experienced during deployment or with difficulties they encounter in readjusting from wartime military service to civilian life. The identification and treatment of veterans with SUDs is important, as SUDs can have harmful effects on veterans' physical, psychological, and social well-being if left untreated. VA provides SUD services in a range of settings, including inpatient SUD programs that provide acute in-hospital care, which may include detoxification services; residential rehabilitation treatment programs, which provide intensive treatment and rehabilitation services with supported housing; intensive outpatient programs, which provide at least 3 hours of treatment services 3 days per week; and standard outpatient programs, which provide less-intensive outpatient services. This report provides an overview of: (1) the challenges that VA officials and providers reported facing in their efforts to provide SUD services to veterans who have or are at risk for SUDs; and (2) the national efforts VA has recently undertaken to improve its SUD services for veterans who have or are at risk for SUDs.
VA officials and providers reported facing challenges related to providing SUD services to veterans who have or are at risk for SUDs in three areas--providing access to SUD services, meeting the specific treatment needs of veterans with SUDs, and assessing the effectiveness of SUD treatments. These reported challenges include the following: (1) Challenges related to access to SUD services--Several VA medical centers have faced challenges hiring additional SUD staff to meet veterans' needs for SUD services. In addition, it can be difficult for veterans to access VA residential programs because beds in those programs may not always be immediately available. (2) Challenges related to meeting the specific treatment needs of veterans with SUDs--VA faces challenges increasing the use of pharmacotherapies5 that can assist veterans with SUD recovery. According to VA officials, certain pharmacotherapies are underutilized by VA providers for reasons that could include providers' lack of awareness of or training on pharmacotherapies and reluctance among providers to use them. Implementing additional psychotherapies can also be challenging because training can be time-intensive for both providers and trainers. (3) Challenges related to assessing the effectiveness of SUD treatments--VA officials and providers noted factors that can make it difficult to assess the effectiveness of VA SUD treatments, including a lack of information about veterans after they are discharged from treatment and standardized measures for assessing treatment outcomes. To improve its SUD services, VA has recently begun a number of national efforts, including increasing access to SUD services, promoting evidence-based treatments for SUDs, and assessing SUD services and monitoring treatment effectiveness. According to VA officials, these efforts may address multiple challenges that VA faces in providing SUD services. VA's efforts include the following: (1) Efforts to increase veterans' access to its SUD services--VA is in the process of establishing additional intensive outpatient programs at VA facilities. VA is also hiring SUD specialists to work in non-SUD settings, including non-SUD residential rehabilitation treatment programs and community-based outpatient clinics. (2) Efforts to promote the use of evidence-based SUD treatments--VA is requiring facilities to make certain evidence-based SUD treatments, such as cognitive behavioral therapy for relapse prevention, available to veterans. In addition, VA has implemented training for physicians on the use of pharmacotherapies as part of veterans' SUD treatment. (3) Efforts to assess SUD services and monitor treatment effectiveness--VA is assessing the progress that VA medical centers are making toward implementing the requirements listed in the Handbook related to SUD services. VA is also testing a new data collection tool--the Brief Addiction Monitor--that could be used to monitor treatment effectiveness at the individual patient and VA medical center levels.
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Transitioning Veterans:DOD Needs to Improve Performance Reporting and Monitoring for the Transition Assistance ProgramGAO-18-23: Published: Nov 8, 2017. Publicly Released: Nov 8, 2017.
Transitioning Veterans:Improvements Needed in DOD's Performance Reporting and Monitoring of the Transition Assistance ProgramGAO-18-225T: Published: Nov 8, 2017. Publicly Released: Nov 8, 2017.
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Veterans Health Administration:Better Data and Evaluation Could Help Improve Physician Staffing, Recruitment, and Retention StrategiesGAO-18-124: Published: Oct 19, 2017. Publicly Released: Oct 19, 2017.
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VA Real Property:Realignment May Benefit from Adopting Elements of Defense Base Realignment and Closure Process, Provided Process Challenges Are AddressedGAO-18-189T: Published: Oct 12, 2017. Publicly Released: Oct 12, 2017.
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VA Health Care Quality:VA Should Improve the Information It Publicly Reports on the Quality of Care at Its Medical FacilitiesGAO-17-741: Published: Sep 29, 2017. Publicly Released: Sep 29, 2017.
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Veterans Health Care:Additional Actions Could Further Improve Policy ManagementGAO-17-748: Published: Sep 22, 2017. Publicly Released: Sep 22, 2017.
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Employee Relocation:VA Strengthened Appraised Value Offer's Controls, but Can Improve Efforts to Track Effects on Retention and RecruitmentGAO-17-700: Published: Sep 19, 2017. Publicly Released: Sep 19, 2017.
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Veterans Benefits:GAO's Proposed Role in Reviewing Efforts to Protect Veterans from Financial ExploitationGAO-17-804T: Published: Sep 13, 2017. Publicly Released: Sep 13, 2017.
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Veterans Affairs:Management and Oversight of Mail Operations Could Be ImprovedGAO-17-800T: Published: Sep 12, 2017. Publicly Released: Sep 12, 2017.
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Federal Telework:Improved Guidance and Communication on Recording Telework Hours Needed at Veterans Benefits AdministrationGAO-17-621R: Published: Aug 7, 2017. Publicly Released: Sep 6, 2017.
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Los Angeles, CA (February 27, 2013) - SAGE and United Bible Societies (UBS) today announced a new agreement to publish The Bible Translator from April 2013.
The Bible Translator, edited by Dr Stephen W. Pattemore, is a refereed journal dedicated to articles about the theory and practice of Bible translation. With effect from the first SAGE issue in April 2013, the journal will be taking on a new format. Having previously appeared in two separate series (Technical and Practical papers), the journal will now publish three more substantial issues, combining both the major theoretical contributions previously discussed in the technical series, and the papers previously published within the practical series. The second and third issue of the journal will be published in August and December respectively.
"We are growing a strong portfolio in Theological and Biblical studies, and to have been selected by United Bible Societies to publish their prestigious journal is a credit to the strengths SAGE has developed working closely with this community," said Karen Phillips, Editorial Director, SAGE. "Over many decades, The Bible Translator has published authoritative, high quality material to guide, support and inform the Bible translation community. In an increasingly competitive journals environment, we will ensure the Journal continues to build its readership, exposure and impact."
"United Bible Societies and the editorial team at The Bible Translator are delighted to be working with SAGE and we are excited about the benefits that our new partnership will bring," commented Dr Simon Crisp of UBS. "We believe that SAGE shares our commitment to promoting research of the highest quality and ensuring that it reaches a truly international audience. We look forward to developing a successful future with them."
The first SAGE issue will publish in April 2013. The new website will be http://tbt.
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Thanks Mandy! I'll check my emails promptly. I sure appreciate your encouraging remarks. Talk to you soon.
Email sent.... as I've said I do love the simplicity and elegance of this one Judy. Don't stop experimenting!!! That's an order :~))) LOL!!!
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The House of the Scorpion is a science fiction novel written by Nancy Farmer, and published in 2002. The book features a variety of characters including a young boy named Matt (Matteo Alacran) who grows up in a dystopian world controlled by a powerful drug lord who is in fact the man who cloned him. This story features the dark yet hopeful life of this young boy and the people that he begins to meet after he is discovered in his small home in the poppy fields by a group of children. He, being a clone, is ignorant to the world around him, and he soon finds himself to learn about the evil that surrounds him.
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I find it interesting that this group of "scholars, prelates and clergy" want anonymity because they "fear reprisals, or they are concerned about repercussions on their religious community, or if they have an academic career and a family, they fear they might lose their jobs." How about all the theologians who had the guts to openly state their opinions in the last two papacies without hiding behind anonymity?? How about all those who have been "outed" in this country either because they are LGBT or have made a statement that their local bishop did not like and lost their jobs? The anti-Francis brigade is getting bolder and bolder in what they are demanding but not bold enough in this case to put their name out there. And read the list of the things that they find PF is at fault in….among the issues: "consecrated virginity" is not upheld as higher than the married state, the "headship" of the husband is not emphasized and capital punishment is not upheld in certain cases. Capital punishment??? What does this have to do with Amoris laetitia, the document they want PF to repudiate??? I may need a new keyboard for my computer soon as I keep encountering these stories where I just keep banging my head on it……reyanna
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A group of 45 "scholars, prelates and clergy" have sent an appeal to the world's cardinals, asking them to implore Pope Francis to correct what they deem to be "erroneous propositions" in Amoris Laetitia,according to this report from the National Catholic Register's Edward Pentin.
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'We are not accusing the Pope of heresy,' said Joseph Shaw, a signatory of the appeal who is also acting as spokesman for the authors, 'but we consider that numerous propositions in Amoris Laetitia can be construed as heretical upon a natural reading of the text. Additional statements would fall under other established theological censures, such as scandalous, erroneous in faith, and ambiguous, among others.'
Phew! I am so glad this group doesn't think the pope is a heretic, at least not necessarily, and provided he agrees to withdraw the propositions in question. And, at least only parts of Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation are "scandalous, erroneous in faith, and ambiguous" not the whole thing.
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