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Even though we knew we had to be wrong, we always thought the hoary old lyric went "Blinded by the light/Wrapped up like a douche/Another runner in the night." Not that the song's lyrics actually really make more sense if heard correctly — we're guessing that Springsteen was having a psilocybin day when he penned them — but regardless, it's stuck with us for years. Anyway, according to the transportTrendies, a couple of guys have come up with an intelligent headlight system that can block off part of the beam while still illuminating the road, sparing oncoming drivers from disoriented-iris-syndrome.
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Archive for Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Johnson County Commission OKs local fire service merger
The merger of the De Soto Fire Department and Johnson County Rural Fire District No. 3 got the Johnson County Commission's approval last Thursday with a measure creating the Northwest Consolidated Fire District.
With the action, the Northwest Consolidated Fire District remains on track to replace the De Soto Fire Department and Johnson County Rural Fire District No. 3. on Jan. 1, 2010. The two fire departments have provided service to different sections of De Soto for decades as a result of annexations.
"It's an exciting time," said 6th District County Commissioner Calvin Hayden told De Soto City Council members at last Thursday's city council meeting. "I think it's going to be a great boon to all in the community — those living in the city and fire district."
The merger of the two departments has been in the works for more than three years. The long-discussed effort was put on the fast track with the passage of a bill in the Kansas Legislature in spring 2008 that allowed the two departments to merge as a new entity.
The city council, fire board and county commission earlier this year approved a memorandum of understanding of the merger and appointed a five-member committee to coordinate it. De Soto City Administrator Pat Guilfoyle, who is working with the committee, said he was refining budget projections first made in March with more updated information. That early budget projected the consolidated district's 2010 budget at $1.23 million, or a 2.3 percent increase from the combined budgets of both departments.
The two city-appointed members to the committee are former De Soto City Councilwoman Linda Zindler and Max Atwell, a retired firefighter and one-time chief of the De Soto department. The three fire district representatives are the three members of its fire board, Kent Dvorak, Larry Kramer and Jay Lang.
Meanwhile work continues on the merger with the most pressing issue approval of the new department's 2010 budget, which is to be approved in August.
The budget includes the terms of a grant announced in March that allowed the hiring of three new firefighters, one for each shift, in the fire district. The $296,000 grant provides $101,000 of the new firefighters salaries and benefits (or 90 percent) for its first 12 months and decline each year until the local jurisdiction picks up the entire expense in the fifth year.
At a committee meeting last week, the board was asked to consider changing the new department's pension fund from the Kansas Public Employee Retirement System to the Kansas Police and Fire. Guilfoyle said the KP&F pension was more expensive, requiring a contribution of 13.54 of salary from the Northwest Consolidated Fire District compared to the 5 percent contribute the fire district and 6.54 percent contribution the city now makes to KPERS for firefighters.
It was suggested firefighters might forego salary increases in 2009 and 2010 to make the change affordable. De Soto Fire Chief Kevin Ritter, Fire District Chief Terry Zahner and fire district operations manager Mark Billquist are to poll personnel to find if such an arrangement would be acceptable.
Also to be resolved before the adoption of a final budget for then new department is the command structure of the new department and a contract to provide fire service to the Sunflower plant. Guilfoyle said a 2010 contract for fire service was offered to Sunflower Redevelopment L.L.C. that would keep in place with this year's fee of $72,000.
The committee is also requesting Sunflower Redevelopment donate 10 acres of land for a future fire department on the plant at either a location near Sunflower Road and 95th Street or 135th Street and Spoon Creek.
Also on tap in the coming weeks is the appointment of the five-member governing board of the Northwest Consolidated Fire District, which will replace the interim committee. The county and the city are to both name two members to the board with the appointment of the fifth member alternating between the two jurisdictions with the county making the first appointment. Guilfoyle said it was expected the city would re-appoint Atwell and Zindler. However, the enabling state statue allows the appointment of only two of the three current fire district board members.
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Stephanie Seymour's Son Gets a Boner While Hugging His Mom?Posted by PZ on January 6th, 2011
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I'm all for motherly affection – a few hugs there, a reassuring pat on the shoulder – but Stephanie Seymour, one of the biggest supermodels from the 90's was spotted on a beach getting close to her teenage son, when things too a weird twist. The first few photos (see them all at egotastic) show Stephanie and her son hugging lovingly, but then, one photographer managed to snap the somewhat strange looking photo above, which looks slightly more damning – it appears that either her son is storing a bumper sized Mars bar in his swim trunks, or something else has been roused – and it even looks as though his mother is gawking at the protrusion.
Ok, so it might not be as bad as it looks – but it certainly does look kind of bad. One one hand, Stephanie seems really close to her teenage son, which is always a positive thing – but on the other hand, it also looks just a tad creepy. Who knows what is really going on here – but unless they start French kissing, I don't think we need to jump to any conclusions.
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The Block 2011 had its fair share of drama and high emotion, but one thing that has remained a constant is the quality of building products installed both internally and externally in the show's houses.
Australia's leading building manufacturer, CSR was selected as the official building supplier for Channel 9's popular reality TV show The Block 2011 due to its wide range of high quality materials. The program showcased a number of CSR's brands being used to renovate four homes in the Melbourne suburb, Richmond.
The fourth season of The Block sees four couples compete against each other to renovate a property and sell it at auction, the winner determined by the highest price above reserve on auction day. CEO of CSR, Rob Sindel, was delighted at CSR's involvement with The Block. "We were more than happy to supply building products to the high rating show and ultimately assist in producing great homes that sold well in an economy in downturn."
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Yes You Should
I actually got a workout in last evening after work. I was pretty happy about that. It did mean I got home pretty late, after 8 pm, so the evening was pretty short. But since I am off work today (schedule change) it was much easier to rationalize in the workout.
We are going out of town today, so I am not sure if a workout will happen. If anything, it will be of the gardening variety, as I need to stake my tomato plants and prune them already. And assemble Wilma the Scarecrow out there.
I am also off Thursday. I had been thinking on a road trip to trails out of town; then I thought better of it, time wise. I am going to do hill repeats on my steep dirt road in order to work out the eccentric movement of the quads. I am more interested in running the downhills fast than the climbing uphill.
I work Friday, but the late shift, so that is good for my 10K loop.
Saturday I may go for a long run at Salt Fork. There is a 50K race at SF Saturday, called the "Buckeye Buster". I may do some of my miles on their race course and see if I run into friends out there.
Just trying to get those quality workouts in there right now.
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Found this video on News4themasses.
Franklin Graham has already compromised from having anything to do with the Knights of Malta [Boykin] infiltrated Family Research Council.
For those new to this blog I have written about the FRC numerous times. Graham's flippant attitude towards martyrship of Christians is sickening and of course we see the ever present over-focus on supposedly 1-2% of the population--homosexuals.
Here we see the zenith of the blustering false preacher, basically saying "bring it on", instead of being sober-minded.
This also brings to mind something I was posting about the other day with the "Blood on the Altar" book, about false martyrship being pushed and more violence between groups via Satan's servants. It makes me wonder if we will hear even more of this "grandiose" kind of speech. After all, the Dominionists love the war talk, perhaps they are taking it to the "next" step.
"Are we going to be cowards because we're afraid?," Graham asked the crowd. "Could we get our heads chopped off? We could, maybe one day. So what? Chop it off!"
Graham went on to assert that he loves gays "enough to care to warn them that if they want to continue living like this, it's the flames of hell for you" and he will continue to do so because he will one day have to answer to God and does not want to be found to have been a coward who refused to preach God's laws."
Ephesians 5:11 blog has reported Franklin Graham preaching in a Catholic church in Poland and Calvary Chapel preacher Skip Heitzig supporting this. [Pictures here] I am not surprised he is simply following in his Catholic-friendly father's footsteps. They are servants of the whore of Babylon.
Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Franklin Graham: "So What! Chop It Off!"
Posted by Bible Believer at 7:55 PM 20 comments:
warning on this video below, pictures of butchered "bush meat" etc.
There's been ebola out-breaks before, but the disease has burned itself out. This outbreak is the worse one ever however and the worse of the 5 known strains. What concerns me is watching the "official reaction", why aren't flights to and from these countries being canceled? Travel warnings don't cut it when you have a disease with a 90% death rate. Why on earth are they risking bring ebola to the United States when medical professionals who surely know procedures to avoid infection have already caught it? Don't we have medical hospital ships that can treat them without bringing the disease here?
I don't know what will come of this, it may just burn out again like before, but I find it interesting how our borders are thrown wide open, no travel is being restricted from Africa, and how the TSA will confiscate bottles of water from people but they have no problem bringing a deadly disease with such a huge death rate into the USA. We know the new world order has it's population culling plans. I just hope and pray this is not the time for one of their plans to be put into action.
The 2-21 Days Intubation Period, is the part that concerns me.
Pray for the African people and for the rest of the world.
In other news: "
Obama Holding U.S.-Africa Summit - Allowing Africans and African leaders from infected countries to flood into D.C. this Week: ""We have no plans to change any elements of the U.S.-Africa summit as we believe all air travel continues to be safe here," principal deputy press secretary Eric Schultz told reporters aboard Air Force One on Wednesday."
Think about this Liberia closes it's borders and Obama invites folks from there to come here.
Luke 21: 11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
There's been ebola out-breaks before, but the disease has burned itself out. This outbreak is the worse one ever however and the worse of the 5 known strains. What concerns me is watching the "official reaction", why aren't flights to and from these countries being canceled? Travel warnings don't cut it when you have a disease with a 90% death rate. Why on earth are they risking bring ebola to the United States when medical professionals who surely know procedures to avoid infection have already caught it? Don't we have medical hospital ships that can treat them without bringing the disease here?
I don't know what will come of this, it may just burn out again like before, but I find it interesting how our borders are thrown wide open, no travel is being restricted from Africa, and how the TSA will confiscate bottles of water from people but they have no problem bringing a deadly disease with such a huge death rate into the USA. We know the new world order has it's population culling plans. I just hope and pray this is not the time for one of their plans to be put into action.
The 2-21 Days Intubation Period, is the part that concerns me.
Pray for the African people and for the rest of the world.
In other news: "
Obama Holding U.S.-Africa Summit - Allowing Africans and African leaders from infected countries to flood into D.C. this Week: ""We have no plans to change any elements of the U.S.-Africa summit as we believe all air travel continues to be safe here," principal deputy press secretary Eric Schultz told reporters aboard Air Force One on Wednesday."
Think about this Liberia closes it's borders and Obama invites folks from there to come here.
Luke 21: 11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Poems About the Bible
The Bible Stands
The Bible stands like a rock undaunted
'Mid the raging storms of time;
Its pages burn with the truth eternal,
And they glow with a light sublime.
Refrain The Bible stands though the hills may tumble,
It will firmly stand when the earth shall crumble;
I will plant my feet on its firm foundation,
For the Bible stands.
The Bible stands like a mountain towering
Far above the works of men;
Its truth by none ever was refuted,
And destroy it they never can.
The Bible stands, and it will forever
When the world has passed away;
By inspiration it has been given,
All its precepts I will obey.
The Bible stands every test we give it,
For its Author is divine;
By grace alone I expect to live it,
And to prove and to make it mine.
—Haldor Lillenas
O the precious, precious Bible,
God's messenger of love,
Ever lifting fallen man-kind
To a higher plane above;
'Tis a lamp unto my pathway
Tho' old yet ever new,
I'm acquainted with the author,
And I know the Book is true.
Each time I search its pages
New treasures rare I find,
How the blessed, loving Saviour
Cures sickness of all kind;
'Tis a message of salvation
To the Gentile and the Jew,
I'm acquainted with the author,
And I know the Book is true.
I know some people doubt it,
This precious Book divine,
'But I couldn't do without it,
I believe it, line for line;
Tis the very same sweet Gospel
That my dear old mother knew,
Get acquainted with the author,
And you'll know the Book is true.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Billy Graham's Grandson Tullian Tchividjian
Signaling to those in the know who he really works for? The crossed arms Pharoah style making an "X" was a bit much at 23 seconds in.
Here was the latest with him, did he discuss any of this with Grandpa since Billy Graham pushed the religious right for 60 years?
Billy Graham's grandson: 'Evangelicals hurt by their association with religious right'
You know the powers that be always use the grandchildren or adult children for a pendulum shift.
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Tom Horn's New Book: Blood on the Altar
One caveat with this one, I have not read this book yet [to expose it] however the title and cover is scary.
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Obviously I consider Tom Horn a false teacher, but this is a concerning book.
1. Why is there a statue of a devil on the cover?
2. Why is the video full of crucifixes, Holocaust pictures and of a bloody hand? There seems to be some subliminal looking things in there too. Be careful watching it.
3. Christian vs Christian? What an odd title. Does that one weird you out? It did me.
Ask yourself this would a true born again believer be killing anyone over religious beliefs?
Is this to help the cause of born again bible believing Christians as being seen as no good, "fighters" who would do violence over religious differences?
Also as the world goes to pot and the "religious Christians" are oppressing those who are born again, Christians are not to fight in the flesh. Dominionists will push the war lingo, just as the battle against Islam formented the Middle East globalist wars who knows what they have planned with "Christianity".
Tom Horn writes about his new book, here
"NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, IN BLOOD ON THE ALTAR YOU WILL... * Read the Global developments that indicate Antichrist is on Earth and preparing to emerge * Become acquainted with the government report on how true believers will be driven underground * Understand how Religious Christians are set to join Antichrist in persecuting those born-again * Discover how university experiments prove a Lucifer Effect is concealed within all humanity * Learn how scientists have isolated the Evil Gene that will transform the armies of the Beast * Grasp the social implications involving technology that will be used for the final battle * Hear the new theory of the Image of the Beast that has powerful implications about man * Walk with the authors as they disclose the occult organizations devising psychotronic weapons * Realize what Jesus meant by the Days of Noah and its connection to new genetic horrors *[snip]
Contributing authors: Thomas Horn, Gary Stearman, Chuck Missler, Cris Putnam, Michael Lake, Sharon Gilbert, Derek Gilbert, Larry Spargimino, Paul McGuire, Douglas W. Krieger, S. Douglas Woodward, and Terry James, with foreword by Stephen Quayle."
It looks like all the usual Nephilim pushers are on the list. Evil genes? Genetic horrors? Notice how they push DNA as the causation of evil instead of hearts hardened towards God.
Lucifer Effect in all mankind? The Lucifer Effect is where they did university experiments showing that most people obeyed leaders even to do evil. You know the "obey man over God crowd"? The types after the Nazis fell yelling that they "were only following orders"?
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Bishop Tony Palmer Dies in Motorcycle Accident
Warning Catholic news service. The timing of this death seems suspicious so soon after the work to unite Protestants and Catholics with Tony Palmer helping with these efforts.
It seems Tony Palmer was invited into the Catholic Charismatic movement by it's leader Matteo Calisi.
"Then out of the blue, while I was working with the HIV Orphans Matteo Calisi contacted me and invited me to minister to his Community, 'The Community of Jesus'. So my wife and I sold our house and moved to Italy and have been working with and for the Catholic Church for 4 years now."
"Matteo Calisi is an international leader of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in the Catholic Church.-
In 1992, together with the Pentecostal Pastor Rev. Dr. Giovanni Traettino (Bishop-Chairman of the Evangelical Church of the Reconciliation), Matteo founded Consultazione Carismatica Italiana (Italian Charismatic Consultation – CCI), a joint committee of Catholic Charismatics and Pentecostal Evangelicals, which started a dialogue between Catholics and Pentecostals in Italy. Presently Matteo is Co-President of CCI together with Rev. Traettino.
Together with some Evangelical and Catholic Argentinean leaders, Matteo founded the Comuniòn Renovada entre Catòlicos y Evangelicos en el Espiritu Santo (CRECES). This was the first joint statement in the history of the dialogue between Catholics and Evangelicals in Argentina and obtained a great support by Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Primate of the Catholic Church in Argentina and President of Bishops' Conference of Argentina."
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Evangelicals and the Pope
Among those in attendance were the following:
John and Carol Arnott - Founders of Catch The Fire
Kenneth Copeland - Founder of Kenneth Copeland Ministries
James Robison - Founder of Life Outreach International
Geoff Tunnicliffe - Head of Worldwide Evangelical Alliance
Tony Palmer - Bishop & International Ecumenical Officer of the Communion Evangelical Episcopal Churches
Thomas Schirrmacher - Protestant theologian and author of 74 books on religion
Brian Stiller - Global Ambassador of the World Evangelical Alliance"
Source for pictures and text above: [warning Trad Catholic website: Call Me Jorge Blog]
High Fives with the Pope and Articles from Apostates for the One World religion. [the Trad Catholic author of this blog needs to realize he needs to come out of Rome completely and be born again]
Lunch with the Pope:
"We got a Pope Who's The Real Deal!"
James Robison definitely is on the ecumenical bandwagon.
James Robison Leading Protestants to Rome
John and Carol Arnott, they are part of the third wave world aren't they? The Toronto Airport Blessing...all sorts of charismatic nonsense. Look at the woman in this video about to have seizures...that is not of God. Let's keep in mind the Roman Catholic church infiltrated via the Pentecostal movement, you will notice their representatives are heavy in this meeting.
Geoff Tunnicliffe on behalf of the Evangelical World Alliance seeks unity with the Roman Catholic church. Don't let the mentioning of "significant differences", excuse this guy, remember the "unity in diversity" formula for the one world religion.
Brian Stiller preaches the world social justice gospel:
"We reminded each other of the importance of peace in our world":
Notice he preaches the same false message of the Pope about "world peace" which they use to sell their apostasy and selling out to the antichrist Pope.
Remember many denominations world wide belong to the Evangelical World Alliance:
Thomas Schirrmacher is part of the Luasanne Movement
The One World Religion Marches On
Rev. 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
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Killing Off Archie
Watching TV, I saw this story. They have Archie killed taking a bullet for a homosexual friend who is a senator. I find myself wondering if this is psych-op way beyond the pro-homosexual agenda, killing off Archie, an icon of America? A representative end of an era? As America goes down the tubes, doing away with the would be "wholesome" symbol of Archie is on the agenda. Of course they have him die, defending homosexuality and the gun control program.
In related weird news, Archie Comics is being sued by white men for discrimination at the hands of the would be feminist co-CEO.
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Monday, July 14, 2014
Presbyterian Church [USA] to Ordain Homosexual Clergy
Romans 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
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Obama Appoints Jesuit
If you know anything about Jesuits, you know they are the enemy of any religious freedom.
From Jesuit--dot--org.
From Jesuit--dot--org.
President Obama Appoints Jesuit Father Thomas Reese to Commission on International Religious Freedom
June 11, 2014 — President Barack Obama has named Jesuit Father Thomas J. Reese as the newest member of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), which serves as an advisory panel to the federal government on protecting religious freedom abroad.
Fr. Reese joins three fellow Catholics on the commission: chairman Robert P. George, a bioethicist and Princeton University professor; James Zogby, the founder and president of the Arab American Institute; and Mary Ann Glendon, a Harvard University law professor and former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Former commission members include Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Bishop William Murphy and Most Reverend Ricardo Ramírez.
Thomas Reese is a priest that shows up often on our news.
Fr. Reese joins three fellow Catholics on the commission: chairman Robert P. George, a bioethicist and Princeton University professor; James Zogby, the founder and president of the Arab American Institute; and Mary Ann Glendon, a Harvard University law professor and former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Former commission members include Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Bishop William Murphy and Most Reverend Ricardo Ramírez.
Thomas Reese is a priest that shows up often on our news.
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Thursday, July 10, 2014
Fired for Saying "Have a Blessed Day!"?
Many work place rules are becoming more and more oppressive. They'll drag you to New Age visualization training sessions for "teamwork" but give a greeting that speaks of God even in a vague fashion and you are out the door!
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Isis Has Seized 88 Pounds of Uranium In Northern Iraq
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ISIS Has Seized 88 Pounds Of Uranium In Northern Iraq
With the mainstream media having moved on in the news cycle to Dow 'almost' 17,000 and the 'Border Crisis' Scandal, it seems The Islamic State (the terrorists formerly known as ISIS) have stepped up their game and come out swinging... by seizing 88 pounds of nuclear material (uranium compounds) from Mosul University. As Iraq's UN Ambassador warned, "these nuclear materials," despite the limited amounts mentioned, "can be used in manufacturing weapons of mass destruction... or in combination with other materials in its terrorist acts."
False flag time?
Them reporting 88 as the number of pounds of uranium is interesting...as far as the occult goes. Why the exact amount?
88 is an occult number, important to the Illuminati. [links are not endorsement of various websites]
The number 88 is the numbered representation of the cross swastika - three times cranked. Symbolically, this cross represents the eternity or the cosmic Christ, and it is allotted to the number 16. And, by theosophical reduction, 8 + 8 gives 16.
Modern neo-nazis use the number 88 to signify "Heil Hitler".
Did any of you read about Cheney predicting there would be a new more deadlier attack then 9-11?
If you know about Dick Cheney's association with Plan for A New American Century and the connections with 9-11, you know how ominous these "predictions" are.
Obama of course supports the same thing as far as the "American Century" goes.
Seen elsewhere on line someone referred to ISIS as AL QAEDA 2.0 on steroids. The false "war on terror" installation of the NWO has gone to the next step. Now we have the advanced story about weapons or tools of mass destruction again too.
Why was 88lbs of Uranium left for anyone to seize in that area as volatile as it is? How they'd miss all that Uranium looking for the weapons of mass destruction under Bush 10 years ago?
Please pray for America.
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Monday, July 7, 2014
Victory in Jesus-Hymn
I heard an old, old story,
How a Savior came from glory,
How He gave His life on Calvary
To save a wretch like me;
I heard about His groaning,
Of His precious blood's atoning,
Then I repented of my sins
And won the victory.
O victory in Jesus,
My Savior, forever.
He sought me and bought me
With His redeeming blood;
He loved me ere I knew Him
And all my love is due Him,
He plunged me to victory,
Beneath the cleansing flood.
I heard about His healing,
Of His cleansing power revealing.
How He made the lame to walk again
And caused the blind to see;
And then I cried, "Dear Jesus,
Come and heal my broken spirit,"
And somehow Jesus came and brought
To me the victory.
I heard about a mansion
He has built for me in glory.
And I heard about the streets of gold
Beyond the crystal sea;
About the angels singing,
And the old redemption story,
And some sweet day I'll sing up there
The song of victory.
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Friday, July 4, 2014
Kidnapped for Christ Trailer
The official Kidnapped for Christ trailer is out.
Here is the original post on this blog about this subject.
I believe a lot of these schools are fronts for mind control projects and studies on breaking people's wills especially those of young people. Many of the schools focus on blind obedience to authority. One thing, some of them charge parents 40,000 a year or more while giving their teen, little food and a lifestyle and educational quality far far below that amount. Christians should be against all evil and that includes organizations that claim to be Christian.
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Joyce Meyer: "Your Thoughts Are Powerful"
Look at that outfit, it has a very strong witchy look to it. The 5-part flower, [think Lutheran logo] also has meaning!
This is one of the biggest lies out there, that our thoughts are powerful. Witches believe directing their thoughts can do "magic". In fact one part of spell-casting is to train your thoughts for visualization and for focusing. So when she tells her audience [9:59], "learn to think power thoughts", it is very creepy. When she adds that she wants people to have a sit down session and "think thoughts on purpose" and "speak them out right", that is "law of attraction" 101 which the New Agers love. Of course I have written before about how these false ideas have moved into the Christian churches.
What worries me the most about Joyce Meyer is she stirs some true Christian ideas [such as protecting one's mind] but mixes it with the false New Age teachings. In this she is one of the most wily and she deceives many women. Early in the video she stresses about how she may not have a good life, due to her early abuse, this is more of what pushes the "best life now" stuff. "We have to learn how to think right before we live right." When she talks about God having a good plan for our lives, she pushes that there too.
Christians can be deceived by that stuff. In America, Christianity is being more and more touted as a WORLD SUCCESS PROGRAM. Unless you achieve certain things or have good health, or have the loving family and white-picket fence life, in many circles you will be seen as faithless. Some of the more extreme ones will even say that you are demonized especially if your life has many severe challenges. How does that mess with people's minds especially in the Pentecostal and false deliverance worlds?
Now sin can bring suffering into our lives but the Bible says rain falls on the just and unjust. One thing I have noticed is that many people outside normal mainstream society who may suffer anything from severe disabilities to poverty are being made to feel like Christianity is not for them. It is for the people who have their stuff "together". I have seen people even fall away, citing that God did not "fix" their problems. In the video Joyce goes on about how she wants God's promises in THIS LIFE, and well, what happens to those who face more persecution or hardship?
Here she can use some bible verses, which do speak of how men think but twists it saying "We become what we think". Telling people, "the way you talk to yourself is one of the most important things in your life", sounds good. Sure there is some truth here, but here is this idea, that one can have the "perfect life" via your thoughts. A biblical renewal of the mind is done via God's Word not by what she is teaching. She tells her audience, "We have to think on purpose."
I've met more and more women into Joyce Meyer, her popularity is growing.
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Ushering in the North American Union?
If you studied up on NAFTA and the North American Union from some years ago, you have to wonder if this is the plan. They want to bring the North American Union in. How are they going to make it happen? It's been warned about for over a decade. The maker of the video is right about the Dream Act being involved. I also believe the illegal immigration is going to be used to accelerate the collapsing of the economy and the system. Our leaders are not insane and stupid as they add millions of extremely poor illegal immigrants to a system that teeters on the edge, they know exactly what they are doing. God wants us to be loving to our fellow man, but the corruption and evil that keeps Mexico and other South American countries in bondage, is what is going to bring this nation into bondage and lose the short run of prosperity and freedom. That was an aberration in the history of this wicked world.
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Pope Warns Personal Relationship with Jesus is Dangerous
"VATICAN CITY (Worthy News)– Pope Francis created a controversy amongst Evangelicals this week, when he stated in his weekly address, that those who believe they can maintain a "personal" and "direct" relationship with Jesus Christ outside the "mediation of the Church" was "dangerous and harmful."
Not unexpected from the antichrist Pope. Satan's palace and servants do not want people to be born again, that is why they preach their false church is indispensable. This is about quenching the Holy Spirit in people's lives who may seeking to lead them out of this demonic religion. I know when I started talking about "being born again" in Catholic circles, some were quite flustered. The priests know that is the doorway out and they will see the backend of you once you are born again and follow the Holy Spirit in "coming out of her". The catholic "god" is set far away purposefully for them to do their priestcraft and have control over your religious and spiritual life.
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After the international successes of his films Nosferatu and The Last Laugh, Ufa studios gave F. W. Murnau carte blanche to bring to the screen his version of Goethe's classic tale Faust. Here an artist had a huge budget and the power of a large studio behind him. He created a technical marvel and remarkable film.
War, Famine and Pestilence ride across the sky. The Devil (Emil Jannings) looks on as they spread their disaster, his large wings expanding to engulf the world. But rays of light shine out from behind the Devil. An Angel of the Lord appears and reminds Satan that he does not have dominion over the Earth. The Devil claims that the Earth is his since he can corrupt any one he wants to. The Angel points out Faust (Gösta Ekman,) and asks if he is corruptible. The Devil and the Angel make a wager: If the Devil can corrupt Faust, he will gain control over the Earth, if not, he must leave the world alone.
The Devil starts by casting a plague on Faust's village. In a few day, half the people have died. Faust prays for an entire day and night, but the medicine he has still doesn't help cure the stricken. In a moment of rage at his uselessness, Faust throws his books into the fire. While one is burning, it opens up and Faust reads an incantation for summoning Mephisto and gaining earthly powers. He pulls the book from the fire.
The next evening he goes out to the crossroads and summons Mephisto. Startled and frightened when he appears, Faust runs home, only to find the Devil waiting there for him. Mephisto tempts him, and Faust finally concedes to renounce God for one day, if the Devil will do his bidding. They sign in blood. The first thing Faust does with his new found powers is to cure the people in his village. He is successful until a girl arrives clutching a cross. He cannot get past the crucifix and the people realizes that his power comes from the Devil and start to stone him.
He escapes to his room where the devil tempts him once again, this time with youth. The old man can not resist this offer, and is transformed into a charming young man. Mephisto then takes Faust to a beautiful princess and helps him seduce her. But just as he is getting ready to join her in her bed, his time runs out. Faust can not stand the thought of becoming old again, so he agrees to make their deal permanent. With the Devil always one step ahead of him, is there anyway for Faust to save his soul and all of humanity with it?
This is an amazing film. The effects were great for the time, and still impress. It is interesting to note that Murnau filmed this movie entirely on sound stages, eschewing location shoots that he used so effectively in Nosferatu (and would use again when filming Tabu.) He wanted the control over all aspects of the film that a studio shoot would give him, and he used it to the fullest advantage. The intricate special effects and camera tricks he was able to create make the film a masterpiece. The camera works was exceptional, with many shots blocked out to make them look like paintings. The smoke and flowing costumes all added to the effect.
Murnau liberated the camera in this movie too, like he did in The Last Laugh (though not to the extent he did in the earlier picture.) He controlled the film's space, and filled it with movement and detail. A gorgeous film to watch.
The acting was first class all around. Lillian Gish was originally
cast as Gretchen, but wouldn't do the movie unless her cameraman, Charles
Rosher, could shoot it. Ufa refused to this demand, and Camilla Horn,
an unknown German actress was given the part. She would go on and
have a successful career in movies and TV that lasted well into the 1980's.
Gösta Ekman did a wonderful job as both the young and old Faust.
His movements and gestures when he was old were very realistic and convincing.
But the star of the show was Emil Jannings as Mephisto. He played the role
with the right mix of evilness and humor (it really looked like he was
enjoying putting poor Faust through the ringer.) Truly a masterpiece
of early film art.
The DVD:
The sound track was provided by a the Olympic Chamber Orchestra conducted by Timothy Brock who composed the score. As with the score that Brock composed for The Last Laugh, this composition is wonderful. It is full and bold, and the music emphasized the emotions playing out on the screen. The stereo mix was very good too, with no noticeable hiss. A clear and clean sound track that matches the movie very well. A great choice.
The video was excellent, amazing for a 75 year old film. The print was taken from a restored 35 mm archive print, that has very good contrast and definition. There are a wide variety of gray tones and details are visible even in light shadows. The picture was fairly soft, and there are some scratches and dirt on the print, but this is a minor problem with this film. The few spots where emulsion damage or other major print defects occur are very rare, but there are some. A great looking silent film.
The Extras:
The only extra is a photo gallery with a selection of production stills and behind the scene photographs.
Final Thoughts:
This was Murnau's last film in Germany. After filming Faust, Murnau left Ufa and went to Hollywood. This artistic yet attention-grabbing film was a fine ending to his German period. The special effects were awe inspiring for the time, and the morality play was interesting. The picture on this DVD is outstanding for a film this old, and the musical sound track was one of the best I've heard in a while. One of Murnau's great films on a great DVD. Highly Recommended.


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Flu season and the tough economy are increasing demand at Parkland Hospital's primary-care centers.
Parkland's 11 community-oriented primary care centers throughout Dallas County have seen 20,000 more patients in the fiscal year that just ended compared to the previous year.
The hospital attributes the rise in part to flu season -- as well as the increasing number of people who lose their insurance after losing their job.
"Anecdotally, we think the unemployment rates have increased the volume that come to our sites, but that's difficult to ascertain given the very private confidential nature. It's not easy to talk about," said Jessica Hernandez, vice-president of Parkland's health centers.
Janelle Irwin's doctor referred her to the Parkland Health System after she lost her job -- and her insurance -- last month.
Within a few weeks of completing the paperwork, she had an appointment at the Garland Health System and found another doctor.
"It's affordable," Irwin said. "My prescriptions are cheap, and they take care of everything for me."
Hernandez said health care can take a backseat to paying rent or buying food when someone becomes unemployed. But then treatable illnesses then turn more costly, taxing families and the system.
"The more preventative work we can do on the forefront, the better off families will be," she said.
Social workers at Parkland's health centers can also refer people needing work or food to other agencies.


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Website Category: African wetlands
Area: 160 km2
Inscribed: 1981.
Criteria: (vii) aesthetic (x) biodiversity
Values: The Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary is a wetland in the Senegal river delta, which serves as an over-wintering site for vast numbers of waterfowl and other Palaearctic migrant birds. Historically, the site was subject to alternating cycles of seasonal flooding with fresh water from the Senegal River, followed by an influx of salt water from the ocean during the dry season. This hydrological regime has been altered with the construction of dams both upstream and downstream of the sanctuary. A seasonal freshwater flood is now provided by release of impounded water, but the saltwater flooding no longer occurs. Waterbird counts in 1998 (after the dams were completed) revealed half a million individuals of just the top four species - garganey (222,000), pintail (120,000), ruff (120,000) and white-faced tree duck (36,000).
Slideshow of the Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary/world heritage site.
A comprehensive review of the world heritage values of the Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary is provided below, together with details of the area's conservation status and the threats it faces.
REVIEW OF WORLD HERITAGE VALUES: According to IUCN's Conservation Outlook Assessment (2014), the specific attributes which qualify the Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary for world heritage status can be summarised as follows:
Major sanctuary for Palaearctic migratory birds. The park was established primarily as an important bird area, serving as an over-wintering ground for 1.5 million waterfowl. It is one of the main sanctuaries in West Africa for Palaearctic migrant birds. Thousands of birds also nest here regularly including white pelican (5000), white-faced whistling duck (8470), fulvous whistling duck (820), spur-winged goose (640), purple heron, night heron, various egrets, spoonbill, African darter, great cormorant and the rare great bustard.
Diversity of habitats. Located in the Senegal River delta, the Djoudj encompasses a wide variety of wetland and dry Sahelian habitats covering an area of approximately 160 km2. Wetland habitats vary seasonally and include a large lake, river channels, seasonal pools, dense stands of Typha reeds, lily-filled shallows and flood-plains. Adjacent forests and grasslands support species typical of the dry Sahelian zone of Africa, with savanna vegetation dominated by thorny bushes, acacias, tamarisk and Balanites aegvptiaca.
CONSERVATION STATUS AND PROSPECTS: The nature of the Djoudj wetlands has changed fundamentally since the completion of the Diama Dam across the Senegal River in 1986. Located about 20 km downstream of Djoudj, this dam creates a large freshwater reservoir, while preventing penetration of salt water into the delta during the dry season. The wetlands of the Djoudj world heritage site would have been flooded by this reservoir were they not protected by a system of high embankments and sluice gates. The Outstanding Universal Values of the site are now maintained artificially with seasonal flooding, mimicking the natural system, managed by opening the sluice gates for 3 months (during the July-September rains), then allowing the system to gradually dry out during the rest of the year. As long as this artificial management system is maintained the world heritage values can be sustained, although the biodiversity and wetland ecology has been partially degraded. The prospect of further dams on the Senegal River and use of water upstream is a cause for concern, as this may deprive Djoudj of its seasonal replenishment. It can be anticipated that the release of freshwater into the Djoudj wetlands will be increasingly in direct competition with alternative demands for water for irrigation, rice production and urban use, especially during periodic droughts.
MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS: The site has undergone a serious crisis as a result of changing hydrology associated with the Diama Dam which led to its inclusion on the List of World Heritage in Danger (2000-06). Although Djoudj is no longer on the Danger list, site protection and management still needs to be significantly improved to ensure preservation of the site's important ecological values. A key priority is the removal of invasive plant species, while sedimentation and erosion require close monitoring. Human activities within the site (e.g. livestock grazing and poaching) and outside (use of chemical fertilizers) are significant further threats that require attention. Management programmes need to address deficiencies in staff training, defining the extent of the buffer zone, precise monitoring of species, financing of non-staff costs, use of monitoring and research work in management, and trans-border cooperation with the Mauritanian authorities who manage adjacent areas of the delta.
REVIEW OF CONSERVATION ISSUES AND THREATS: The following issues represent specific threats to the ecology, conservation and values of the Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary world heritage site.
Siltation of wetlands and water bodies. Several of the site's most important water bodies – the Great Lake, Manatee Lake, Thiegue wetland and Crocodile Canal – have suffered significant siltation in recent years due to the hydrological changes associated with the Diama Dam and the elimination of occasional events to 'flush out' excess sediment. There is a significant risk that these areas will undergo progressive change, altering their ecology and their ability to sustain present populations of migratory waterbirds.
Competition for water. With ever-increasing demands for water from the Senegal River from all the riparian states (Mali, Mauritania and Senegal) there is likely to be growing pressure to reduce the amount that is released into the Djoudj. This will inevitably have knock-on effects for the ecology of the natural wetlands and reduce their ability to sustain waterfowl populations.
Ineffective water management. Related to the problems of siltation and competition for water, it is important to recognise that the artificial management of 'flooding cycles' is dependent on the proper management and maintenance of related infrastructure including the canals, embankments and sluice gates that are key to the survival of the Djoudj wetland ecosystem. If this management becomes lax and ineffective the entire wetland is at risk.
Invasive Alien Species. The hydrological changes brought about by the construction of Diama Dam and related embankments and sluices favoured the proliferation of invasive species, including most notably the reed, Typha australis and Tamarix senegalensis. Measures have been taken to control these invasive species but these and other exotic species remain a key threat to the ecology and values of the site.
Grazing of domesticated animals. The grazing of domestic animals inside the site is one of the major pressures (30,890 cattle, sheep and goats were counted in 2010). An increase in the local population living near the site and persistence of traditional transhumance lifestyles means that herds of domestic animals are constantly brought into the sanctuary where they destroy the vegetation and disturb waterfowl feeding areas.
Subsistence hunting. Although illegal hunting and fishing are practiced within the site these activities do not seem to constitute very significant threats
Water Pollution. Use of chemicals in rice fields and market gardens close to the park is a source of water pollution. This does not seem to have become a major threat, but vigilance is required to monitor possible impacts.
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The League is pleased to announce this year's recipient of the Deborah J. Norden Fund travel grant: Ylan Vo for the project Ecologies of War and Recovery: A Case Study in Vietnam's A Luoi Valley.
Vo will investigate and document the A Luoi Valley as an example of the post-conflict landscape of Vietnam, with particular emphasis on understanding the ecological and social conditions surrounding the toxic Agent Orange hotspots that mark the valley. Vo writes that her project "seeks to investigate the themes of conflict, ecology, and memory with the aim of connecting the ex-urban landscape of A Luoi Valley to its historic and contemporary contexts." Ylan Vo is studying in the Master of Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture programs at Washington University in St. Louis.
The Deborah J. Norden Fund, established in 1995 in memory of architect and arts administrator Deborah Norden, awards grants of up to $5,000 annually to students and recent graduates in the fields of architecture, architectural history, and urban studies. More information on the fund, including a complete list of past winning projects, is available on the Norden Fund competition page and in our ongoing series of Travel Reports by past winners.


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Digital Scholarly Integrity
I recently received a phone call from an attorney — a piece she had published some time ago had an embarrassing mistake in its title. Needless to say, she was looking for a new position at the time and was concerned that a prospective employer would see the title and send her application to the circular file. While I was less worried than she that due diligence by employers extended this far, I too would have stewed at such a mistake hanging over my head forever.
Not to worry. While the published version will continue to exist (and embarrass) in wherever inaccessible and unaccessed places it now resides, the digital versions in Lexis and Westlaw have been corrected.
It would be hard to quibble with the correction in question — truly a typographical error — and both Lexis and Westlaw required authorization from the journal in question. Neither responded just to the importuning of the author of the piece.
But it made me wonder about both the security of our digital scholarship and the scholarly ethics of making changes, at least more substantive changes than this.
As to digital integrity, law reviews are increasingly not read in their traditional form, and many libraries are not even carrying many journals they previously stocked. Lexis and Westlaw have become the gold standard — and I am excluding SSRN intentionally. There is often a substantial difference between the version(s) of a piece posted on SSRN and the published article, making it dangerous to rely too heavily on the SSRN version. Indeed, one of my colleagues spent some time responding to a SSRN piece only to discover that the printed version had removed the offending section.
Thus, what Lexis and Westlaw reproduce is, for all practical purposes, what we write, and the extent to which the two databases honor requests for changes by journals and/or authors raises some interesting questions — ones to which I do not have an answer. While few would object to correction of typographical errors (a recent article I saw included "insert emdash" in the text, twice), what is a typo and what is a substantive change can obviously be a close call. Further, there is obviously value to freezing scholarly output — warts and all. But making some changes is not only important to avoid author (or journal or home institution) embarrassment, but might also be critical when a problem reaches the level of libel or plagiarism. So one issue is the precise policies of Lexis and Westlaw and the extent to which the scholarly community is comfortable with them.
Then there is the scholarly ethics question. Assuming the databases will allow a given change, what kinds of changes do we think are in bounds, and when? Although I am probably the only one who has noticed most of the gaffes in my past work, there are a fair number of things I would like to change — if I could. History is said to be written by the winners, but it might be rewritten by those with the incentive to do so.


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Video: Gucci Mane ft. Chief Keef – Darker (Behind the Scenes)
MTV News hits the set of Gucci and Keef's "Darker" video and speaks to director Spiff TV.
In related news, Keef was arrested for weed in Atlanta yesterday and released.
Previously: Gucci Mane ft. Chief Keef – Darker | Gucci Mane ft. Young Thug – Breakdance (Video)


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El Niño conditions seem to be developing in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, data from satellites and ocean sensors indicate.
A natural climate cycle that brings abnormally toasty temperatures to the Pacific Ocean, El Niño occurs when winds pile up warm water in the eastern part of the equatorial Pacific, triggering changes in atmospheric circulation that affects rainfall and storm patterns around the world.
Sea-surface height can reveal if such heat is being stored in particular regions of the ocean, since water expands as it warms. Above-normal sea-surface height in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, in turn, can suggest an El Niño is developing, according to NASA's Earth Observatory. That's what is showing up right now, as satellite images taken from the Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason 2 satellite reveal sea-surface height, averaged over a 10-day period centered on May 3, is above normal. A similar anomaly showed up during May 1997 — which coincided with one of the strongest El Niños ever experienced. That year North America saw one of its warmest and wettest winters on record; Central and South America saw immense rainstorms and flooding; and Indonesia along with parts of Asia endured severe droughts, the Earth Observatory noted. [See 101 Stunning Images of Earth from Space]
The 10-day average sea-surface height centered on May 2, 1997 (left), and May 3, 2014. (Shades of red and orange indicate warmer water that's above normal sea level; blue-green shows below-average sea level and temperatures; and white indicates normal sea-level conditions.) (Image: NASA Earth Observatory)
"What we are now seeing in the tropical Pacific Ocean looks similar to conditions in early 1997," said Eric Lindstrom, oceanography program manager at NASA headquarters, in an Earth Observatory statement. "If this continues, we could be looking at a major El Niño this fall. But there are no guarantees."
A network of sensors in the Pacific Ocean reveals a deep pool of warm water shifting eastward, supporting the satellite data, according to the Earth Observatory.
Model predictions issued on May 8 by the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center forecast that the chances of an El Niño developing during the summer are more than 65 percent. "These atmospheric and oceanic conditions collectively indicate a continued evolution toward El Niño," the alert read.
This event may be just the beginning of more intense El Niños to come, according to research detailed Jan. 19 in the journal Nature Climate Change. That study suggested the most powerful El Niño events may occur every 10 years rather than every 20 years, due to rising sea-surface temperatures overall in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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Austin and San Antonio top the list of the 10 cities in the country with the highest nursing shortage, according to Monster.com.
With Precision Urgent Care opening in Copperas Cove last month, Scott & White breaking ground on a new clinic, Coryell Hospital in Gatesville and Rolling Brook in Lampasas, where will the nurses come from to fill the positions?
"By 2020, workforce studies show that Texas will have a large shortage of nurses across the state," said Sandra Thomason, chairman of the Department of Nursing at Central Texas College. "Knowing that, we have really kicked in and increased enrollment in the nursing program."
Thomason said when she arrived at the CTC, 70 students, 35 each semester, were admitted into the nursing program annually. Over the last seven years, CTC has increased enrollment by 25 percent with 100 students, 50 each semester, now admitted annually.
The critical issue in nursing education now is the lack of nursing instructors, who are required to have master's degrees, an option the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (UMHB) in Belton recently added to its curriculum, Thomason said.
CTC has a 94.5 percent passing rate for nursing students and was one of 12 schools to receive a commendation for this achievement.
JoAnn Banks, a nurse recruiter with Scott & White, said she looks to CTC and other area colleges and universities to keep her nursing positions filled.
"We are fortunate to have three great nursing schools in the area with CTC, Temple College and UMHB to pull nursing graduates from and often pull from Waco," Banks said. "We currently have applications for all of our positions. But, we are always recruiting."
Two more nurses were added to the employee pool thanks to Workforce Solutions of Central Texas. Danielle Erb of Copperas Cove graduated as a registered nurse from CTC in May and was quickly hired by Metroplex Health System's Rolling Brook Hospital in Lampasas. But, Erb's dream of becoming a nurse almost didn't happen. She dropped out of school when she prematurely delivered twins in September 2011. She returned to school with the assistance of childcare services through Workforce Solutions of Central Texas.
"Without (Workforce Solutions), it would not have been possible for me to go to school after my kids were born," Erb said. "The assistance allowed me to finish school so that I could be financially independent."
Erb said her wages have increased 75 percent with her new nursing job and her family has health insurance for the first time. She was recently honored with the Excellence in Workforce Achievement Award from Central Texas Workforce Solutions. Chrystal Vandeventer of Kempner also received the award for completing an associate degree in nursing despite numerous obstacles. She now works at Scott & White with a starting salary of $18 per hour, doubling that of her past wages, according to Workforce Solutions.


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11th ISS on Risk Measurement and Control
The 11th edition of the International Summer School on Risk Measurement and Control will have as main challenge to face the major macro themes for 2016
Global GDP growth is expected to rise a little from the dip seen in mid 2015, but investors have now recognised the large decline in underlying productivity growth since the financial crash, and no longer expect any significant acceleration in the recovery.
Another widely anticipated theme is that growth in the emerging economies will continue to struggle, despite the fact that almost no one now expects a hard landing in China. Many point to the likelihood of credit deleveraging in the emerging world, but very few expect this to be powerful enough to cause a severe global downturn.
These themes sketch an economic backdrop that would affect asset returns, a little like 2015 has been. But there are downside risks that could produce a much worse year. Three risks seem to be particularly worrying:
- Federal Reserve interventions : Investors seem supremely unconcerned about this risk, believing that secular stagnation (still a widely held theme) will stop the Fed in its tracks. But is the balance of risk correctly priced in this respect? The basic issue here is that the FOMC is far more sceptical than the markets about the secular stagnation hypothesis. The committee is more confident that economic headwinds will slacken in the next year or two, allowing them to shift interest rates upwards towards the rising equilibrium interest rate. If, as they expect, core inflation rises in coming months, they will be emboldened in this view. That would mean a bumpier ride for both bonds and equities.
- Chinese devaluation The People's Bank of China has now persuaded markets that it has no intention of devaluing the effective rate very far from the stable range that operated last year. But deflation remains rampant in the Chinese manufacturing sector, and over capacity is far from eradicated. A large renminbi devaluation would only be be used as an option of the last resort. But it represents a huge tail risk that would be the final nail in the coffin of the equity bull market.
- A credit meltdown in the emerging economies Credit growth is now slowing throughout the emerging world, and the cold turkey phase of the credit cycle could be very prolonged. JPMorgan economists have estimated that credit deleveraging could reduce GDP growth in the emerging world by 2 to 3 percentage points over the next three years, or even more if there are severe crises of financial confidence. This would be enough to slow global GDP growth by 1 to 1.5 percentage points. At the lowest end of that range, a global recession would become likely.
Well known international experts and scholars will provide us with their view and methodologies to be able to measure and manage the new sources of risk that markets may face.
For 2016 the three streams will be:
- New Frontiers in Risk Management
- Energy Risk Management
- The EURO project: shadows and lights
The first two streams run for two consecutive days and are organized in four different sessions of four hours each. The third session runs for one day and half.


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Nepal celebrates World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
The UNESCO Kathmandu Office, in collaboration with Nepal National Commission for UNESCO, celebrated World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on 27 October in Kathmandu by organizing a roundtable discussion on the safeguarding of Nepal's audiovisual memory, followed by a concert of traditional Nepali music.
The event highlighted the importance of preserving audiovisual heritage. The aim of the Day is to raise public awareness of these documents as integral components of national identity and to spearhead efforts for their protection.
Proceedings started with a roundtable discussion with the theme: "Saving and Savouring Nepal's Audiovisual Heritage". Participants from various stakeholder groups emphasized the issue of preserving historical sounds and images.
The keynote speech was delivered by Kanak Mani Dixit, the Member-Secretary of Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya, a private library and archive. He noted that while Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya has already started collecting and preserving some of Nepal's audiovisual heritage, there is still a lot of work to do in mapping heritage scattered around Nepal and the wider world.
"Audiovisual heritage can take many forms: moving or still images; oral or musical records and can exist on analogue or digital carriers. It is composed of the documents that have defined the 20th century and provided new means of cultural expression, and new methods of creating and accessing knowledge," Axel Plathe, Head of the UNESCO Office in Kathmandu and UNESCO Representative to Nepal, said in his speech.
The roundtable discussion was followed by a concert by Nepali music group Rock Sitar, lead by famous Nepali sitar player Bijaya Vaidya. He emphasized the importance of keeping heritage alive by developing it further.
"If I would play the sitar only in the traditional way, I would not reach the young Nepali people. By experimenting different music types and styles of playing, we can keep the traditional instruments alive," he said.
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PM Hints: Olmert to Blame for High Price of Deal
A behind-the-scenes look at Tuesday's historic cabinet meeting which okayed Shalit swap
In his quest to persuade the cabinet to accept the Gilad Shalit deal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his ministers Tuesday night he had no choice but to go through with the deal and solve a problem inherited from the previous government.
For more than four hours that evening, the cabinet discussed the deal until Netanyahu achieved a large majority. During the meeting, all of Israel's security chiefs and almost every minister spoke.
"It is true that there are no promises that the prisoners released will not return to terror, but they are already leading terror activities from their prison cells," Netanyahu told the cabinet.
"There are some countries that don't hold negotiations with kidnappers, and we can discuss this policy going forward, but in this particular case, this is something that we inherited from the previous government, and we do not have a choice."
Netanyahu did not mention former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert by name but placed the blame on him in a roundabout way. "This is a reality that was forced upon us from the moment the former government engaged in negotiations with Hamas," Netanyahu said.
"We could not pay the price, but if we want Gilad to come home, there is no other choice," the prime minister said, adding that "in any case the deal is not the same as the original one drafted by Hamas."
In his closing statement, Netanyahu claimed that the draft of the deal was better than the one brought before Olmert's government two and a half years ago.
"At the beginning I wanted to change a lot of things in the original draft, and I tried to turn things around," Netanyahu said. "In the end, we arrived at a better result than we did two years ago."
Minister: 'Free Jewish terrorists'
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Eli Yishai and fellow Shas MK Meshulam Nahari said Israel should consider releasing Jewish terrorists who carried out attacks on Palestinians.
"It's the right thing to do as part of the balances in Israel's society," Yishai said, adding that such a move would not "undo the releasing of hundreds of [Palestinian] prisoners, but it may sweeten the bitter pill."
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the government should set a clear policy in case Israelis are abducted in the future.
"We need to change the rules from the ground up," Barak said, adding that the "Americans, the British and others crafted regulations ahead of such eventualities, and I'm sure some of them could fit us."
Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz, who also backed the Shalit deal, agreed with Barak, saying "such a dynamic must be prevented in the future." According to Katz, "The kidnappings work against us as efficiently as tanks or missiles. See how many terrorists we are freeing now."
Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya'alon, who voted against the deal, also agreed that rules need to be established to deal with future abductions.
Landau: 'A great victory for terrorism'
From the start, it was clear that Netanyahu was backed by every security chief. The person who played a key role in convincing the ministers was the head of the Shin Bet security service, Yoram Cohen.
Cohen, who had considered for a long time whether to support the deal, made his mind up a few weeks ago and joined the head of Israel's negotiating team David Meidan in the last two rounds of talks in Cairo.
Cohen told the ministers that compared to past negotiations - both under Olmert and Netanyahu - the Shin Bet had softened its stance.
"In the past, we didn't support the deal," Cohen said. He described the Shin Bet's efforts to minimize the security risks of releasing Palestinian prisoners. "It was like an equalizer in a stereo system," he said. "We inherited the framework of the deal and the game was with the tones - who would be deported, who would go back home and would be released with restrictions."
One minister asked Cohen if he recommended approving the deal. Cohen's affirmative answer angered National Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau. "You are a public servant," he told Cohen. "Your job is to provide data, not to recommend."
A few ministers responded to Landau by siding with the Shin Bet chief, but the officials most supportive of Cohen were his colleagues - IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz and Mossad chief Tamir Pardo.
"I send soldiers to battle, and it is my duty to share my professional position on the matter," Gantz said. "The deal is the only way. It is possible that we will encounter some of those released in future military operations, but according to our assessments we think releasing the prisoners is acceptable in terms of security."
Pardo also reacted strongly to Landau's statements. "I'm in charge of combatants and I'm committed to them," he said. "It's my duty to say whether I am for or against, and the government will decide what it will. In this case, I am for the deal."
Lieberman votes no
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman barely spoke at the meeting, apart from two questions to the Shin Bet's Cohen. After the security chiefs finished their presentations and Netanyahu gave his opening speech, Lieberman left the room. Before he left - around two hours before the meeting ended - he left a note with Cabinet Secretary Zvi Hauser saying he would vote against the deal.
Lieberman declined to say why he opposed the swap. Sources who work closely with him said his stance was not new and that he had conveyed it a number of times to Shalit's parents. Nevertheless, the sources said Lieberman decided not to speak against the deal during the meeting because he didn't want to appear to be launching a campaign against the agreement. "At the end of the day, he allowed the Yisrael Beiteinu ministers to vote as they saw fit," a source said.
But Ya'alon explained his opposition during the meeting, saying the deal would encourage terrorism and strengthen Hamas. "These terrorists were learning in prison, and they will go back to terrorism .... I personally know some of those who are to be released - these are bomb makers and unit operators. The present calm in Judea and Samaria is about to change."
Yet most of the ministers supported the deal. Public Diplomacy Minister Yuli Edelstein - considered one of the most right-wing coalition members - recounted his days as a prisoner in the Soviet Union. "I know how things look from the wrong side of the bars," he said, calling on the ministers to approve the deal.
Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Shalom Simhon said that despite reservations, "I feel more comfortable after hearing the Shin Bet chief." Landau said that "all the logical reasoning suggests one should vote against the deal, but I still support it."
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Villas-Boas agrees with Capello
Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas has backed Fabio Capello in the row over John Terry being stripped of the England captaincy and insisted the Italian had every right to make his unhappiness known.
The FA announced on Friday their decision to remove the armband from Terry until the outcome of his court case in July where the Chelsea defender denies a charge of racially abusing QPR's Anton Ferdinand. Villas-Boas said: "He has the right to his opinion and to share that defence with the player."
It is understood that Terry, 31, has no intention of quitting international football and is intent on playing for England at Euro 2012.
Meanwhile, Sir Alex Ferguson claims the FA and Capello need to sort out their differences over Terry.
The England manager is due to meet FA chairman David Bernstein for talks later this week when the issue will be raised.
Ferguson told CNN: "There has to be some communication regarding the issue. I know Fabio has been abroad but he's back now so the next few days should reveal everything.
"It's a difficult situation for both sides.
"When you are the manager of a team and have a captain that is an important part of that team then you don't want to lose him, so I can understand there's a lot of discussion and controversy about it."


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Steamboat's Bryan Fletcher has career day at World Cup event
Skier notches 18th in Nordic Combined World Cup event
November 28, 2010
Steamboat Springs' Bryan Fletcher skied to a career-best 18th place Saturday in the second Nordic Combined World Cup event in Kuusamo, Finland.
Austrian veteran Felix Gottwald won an epic battle in the last kilometer against Norway's Mikko Kokslien, breaking up a potential two-day sweep by defending World Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist Jason Lamy-Chappuis, of France, who was third.
The race was run in sub-zero temperatures, presenting significant challenges for the athletes, particularly in the cross-country ski portion of the event.
"It was brutally cold here today," U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team head coach Dave Jarrett said. "Those guys came into the wax cabin almost in tears. The snow was squeaky. It was good classic conditions, but not for skating."
Fletcher put himself into a good position with a 127-meter jump. He started the cross-county portion in 22nd, one minute and 21 seconds behind the leader. Lamy-Chappuis soared 140 meters on his jump to take a 15-second lead into the cross-country. Three Frenchmen were in the top five after the jump.
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Starting a second behind Kokslien, Fletcher got off to a quick start, moving up two places within the first kilometer and holding around 20th through most of the race. He had enough in reserve at the end to gain two more spots and finish 18th overall.
Fletcher went out knowing that, with the exception of Gottwald, the race was entirely ahead of him.
"I had good training jumps and knew that I had the ability to jump well in the competition," Fletcher said. "Jumping into 22nd gave me the opportunity. In the cross-country race, my strategy was simply to ski my own race. I was able to move up a few places throughout the race, and then in the finish, I saw an opportunity to pass a few guys, so I took advantage of it."
For the second straight day, Olympic champion Billy Demong struggled in the jump, soaring 111 meters but finding himself 3:19 back in 38th to start the cross-country portion. He wound up 36th overall. Steamboat's Taylor Fletcher was 39th.
"Collectively we're not skiing on par," Jarrett said. "We come into a long block of racing now. If the plan goes as we're hoping, they'll ski stronger in Lillehammer next weekend and be in good shape for Ramsau the following weekend."
The World Cup heads to the Olympic village of Lillehammer, Norway, for a pair of events next weekend. The Continental Cup, meanwhile, heads next weekend to Steamboat Springs and Dec. 11 to 12 in Park City and Soldier Hollow, Utah.


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Thomas H. Maugh II, L.A. Times
Minimally invasive surgery has been a boon for patients over the last 20 years, minimizing hospital stays, speeding recovery and reducing the cosmetic consequences of operations. But new evidence suggests the surgeons who perform the procedures are developing a new group of aches, pains and medical complications from them, according to Dr. Adrian E. Park of the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Because surgeons performing laparoscopic surgery deal with limited degrees of movement over longer procedure times and the need to constantly view a video screen, added strain is placed on the neck, shoulders and arms. To explore problems associated with the surgery, Park sent out a 23-question survey to 2,000 board-certified gastrointestinal and endoscopic surgeons in North America and abroad.
Of the 317 surgeons who returned the survey, 272 said they suffered physical discomfort or symptoms they attributed to the surgery, he reported in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. The problems ranged from eye strain and neck, back and leg pain to headaches, finger calluses, disc problems, shoulder muscle spasm and carpal tunnel syndrome. The number of surgeries performed each year was a key predictor of risk, with caseloads higher than 150 to 200 presenting the most problems.
To minimize problems, 84 percent said they had changed their position while operating, while 30 percent said they changed instruments or took a break. However, 40 percent said they just ignored any problems.
Park said the instrument industry needs to integrate technology and improve instruments to minimize problems. "If injuries among surgeons are not addressed significantly, we're going to face a problem in the near future of a shortage of surgeons as well as shortened career longevity among surgeons who enter, or are already in, the field."
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The cholos she photographed in East L.A. have their rites, too, but in Iturbide's images of young men and women (and their babies), the rituals have come partly unstuck from the kind of ancient underground stream of meaning preserved among the peoples of La Mixteca and Juchitán. The women of Juchitán have their traditional dress, and the 1980s gang-bangers of East L.A. have their own costume — jeans, sleeveless T-shirts, sometimes hairnets, always tattoos. They and their girls flash gang signs, and in one picture so does, or so it seems, a babe in arms. Approve or not, that's community. If there's something missing in all this, it's that the culture the photographer presents is more caught up in display than in piety or observance. The tattoos, the custom-job muscle cars, the hard-case attitude — so many of the Zapotecas look happy: the barrio toughs work hard to look like severe, closed-down outsiders — all involve decorative surfaces. Though even this culture reveres its own back-in-the-day traditions, especially the zoot-suit pachuco culture of the 1940s that bursts from beautifully orchestrated murals its self-styled successors sometimes pose against. "I insist on astonishment," Iturbide says. Yes, indeed. Her goat and Juchitán pictures have prepped us to see past the hand signs and affectless stares to the skeleton and blood-fed tissue under the skin.
The "Flatlands" portfolio that resulted from a trip through the American South shows off Iturbide's formalist gifts in the wooly half-tones of a haystack, or a farm-stand backed by mealy gray skies. In our South she finds her Mexico, in local cultures like cigar-making and beekeeping. In North American settings she's still seeking her gods. She makes scrappy landscapes in Mississippi and Louisiana look like the cactus gardens she photographed in Mexico City for her El Jardín (The Garden) series. And her ongoing inquiry into feminine presence and power results in a shot of another poster icon, Marilyn Monroe, "overseeing" through window glass an American boy. Though it contains many representative images and portfolios, this exhibition is really just a sampler of the achievement of one of the most steady, incorruptible artists of our time.
Danza de la cabrita: Fotografías de Graciela Iturbide (The Goat's Dance: Photographs by Graciela Iturbide)
J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles
Through Sunday, April 13. For additional information, call 310-440-7300.


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May 8, 2013Maryville, MO | By: Coffey
A Maryville Church is helping Northwest students attend summer school this year.
Saint Paul's Episcopal Church has donated three thousand dollars for scholarships to aid three undergraduate students wishing to take classes this summer. Spokesperson for St. Paul's, Gina Smith, says they discovered there was a need for student assistance during the summer sessions.
Smith credits Northwest Director of Financial Assistance, Del Morley, for alerting St. Paul's Episcopal Church of a need for scholarship money for summer school students.


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