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BOC race to feature new candidate as chair loses primary
KALKASKA – Every election has its share of surprises. That included Tuesday's primary election, which ended with a veteran county commissioner and chairman of the Kalkaska County Board of Commissioner losing his seat.
District No. 2 Commissioner Stuart McKinnon, currently chairman of the county board, was seeking his fifth two-year term but was defeated in the Aug. 7 primary by challenger and fellow Republican, Leigh Lewis, 273-198, according to unofficial results posted late Tuesday night by the Kalkaska County Clerk's Office.
Lewis will now try to keep the District No. 2 seat, which includes Coldsprings and Rapid River townships, when facing Fred Vonalt, who was unopposed on the Democratic side of the ticket, in the November general election.
McKinnon wasn't the only incumbent to fall on Tuesday. District No. 1 Commissioner Truman Bicum, who was appointed to the board after the resignation of former Commissioner Michael Buchanan earlier this year.
Bicum won't have the chance to win a full term in office, after falling in the Republican primary to challenger John West in a tight race, 206-196. West will now face Democrat Gerald Grieve, who garnered 192 votes Tuesday.
McKinnon and Bicum were the only two commissioners on the seven-member board to face a challenger in the primary election, with both losing. The remaining five commissioners will advance to the general election, where three incumbents – District No. 3 Commissioner Kohn Fisher (429 votes), District No. 5 Commissioner Dave Comai (296) and District No. 7 Commissioner Patty Cox (228) – are again unopposed.
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The entirely renovated Earth Collection outlines Scotland's Highlands breathtaking landscapes and fabulously diverse nature.
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Tag Archives: UNLV Basketball
Pasadena's Hamilton Commits to UNLV
By Tim Peterson (Pasadena) – Bryce Hamilton, who led Pasadena to a 27-7 overall record last year as a junior, has committed to UNLV.
Posted in High School Sports | Also tagged Bryce Hamilton, Pasadena Basketball
Pasadena's Hamilton Offered by Ohio State
Written by tpeterson on August 2, 2017 — 5 Comments
By Tim Peterson (Pasadena) – Bryce Hamilton, who averaged 23 points and 10 rebounds a game last year as a junior for Pasadena has a received an offer from Ohio State.
Posted in College, High School Sports | Also tagged Bryce Hamilton, CIF State Final, Colorado Basketball, Esperanza Basketball, Ohio State Basketball, Pasadena Basketball, Utah Basketball
The TEN: 4/17/2014
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("The TEN" is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in the TEN)
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The Peterson Principle 10/8/12
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It finally happened and it happened convincingly. For the first time in 21 years El Monte knocked off Arroyo. It wasn't close. El Monte jumped out to a 26-7 halftime lead and it was 32-7 as the Lions coasted from there.
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From Shore Leave 28 in 2006: Kevin Dilmore's left arm, Dayton Ward, me, Margaret Wander Bonanno, and Christopher L. Bennett discussing the Star Trek: Mere Anarchy eBook miniseries that was just launching as the convention happened. It's possible Howard Weinstein was there, too, and completely out of the picture (as opposed to Kevin who was partially out of it.)
Why Dayton was mugging with his Mountain Dew is, sadly, lost to history………………..


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The first thing you see when looking at the table above is no doubt the added $320 a month that you would be spending on your monthly mortgage cost. The second thing that should stand out is that a 20% down payment is $50,000!
If you are buying your first home, $50,000 is a large sum of money that takes discipline and sacrifice to save. Many first-time buyers save for 5-10 years before buying their homes.
To save $50,000 in 10 years, you would need to save about $420 a month. On the other hand, if you save that same $420 a month, you could afford a 3% down payment in less than a year and a half.
In a recent article by My Mortgage Insider, they explain what could happen in the market while you are waiting to save for a higher down payment:
"The time it takes to save a (larger) down payment could mean higher home prices and tougher qualifying down the road. For many buyers, it could prove much cheaper and quicker to opt for the 3% down mortgage immediately."
The article went on to say,
"Since renters typically devote a higher percentage of their income to housing than homeowners, providing flexible down payment options can help renters with solid earnings purchase a home – and gain a fixed-rate mortgage with principal and interest payments that will not increase over the life of the loan."
If the prospect of having to pay PMI is holding you back from buying a home today, Freddie Mac has this advice,
"It's no doubt an added cost, but it's enabling you to buy now and begin building equity versus waiting 5 to 10 years to build enough savings for a 20% down payment."
Based on results of the most recent Home Price Expectation Survey, a homeowner who purchased a $250,000 home in January would gain $50,000 in equity over the next five years based on home price appreciation alone (shown below).


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UK: interest rates remain at record low in the wake of Brexit vote
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to remain the Bank of England rate at the level of 2,5% – at the meeting ending on 2 August 2017. It is the lowest interest rate level since February 1952. According to the MPC's forecast presented in the August Inflation Report, the GDP growth in the United Kingdom will remain sluggish in the near future mainly due to squeeze on households' real income and its negative influence on consumption and despite the fact that net trade and business investment is firming up.
Weak GDP growth due to Brexit vote?
In the second quarter of 2017 the Britain's economy has grown by only 0,3% and out of the main sectors of the UK economy (agriculture, construction / production, services) only services sector was bigger in June than at the end of the first quarter – with growth of 0,5%. Despite the government officials play down speculations around the reasons behind the GDP growth slowdown, number of experts attribute it to Britain's vote to leave the European Union.
UK inflation expected to grow
The CPI inflation in the UK has grown from 2,3% in March to 2,6% in June and is projected by MPC to grow to 3% by October 2017. According to the MPC, the inflation overshoot over the 2% target results mainly from the fact that weakening sterling continues to pass through to consumer prices. As the sterling falls starting from the EU referendum, the higher imported goods' prices create inflationary pressure in the UK economy.
No tax haven in Britain
Despite the approaching leave of the European Union, the UK government officials cut speculations on possibility of Britain becoming tax haven following the Brexit. Britain's Finance Minister Philip Hammond claims in his interview to LeMonde [quoted after the Euronews] that the amount of tax UK raises is within average and that the British government's intention is to remain at that level.
"Even after we have left the EU, the United Kingdom will keep a social, economic and cultural model that will be recognizably European" – he said.


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Important Dates:
Tuesday, March 1st - 100th Day (Square Day - 10 squared)
Thursday, March 17 - Water PBL celebration (@ night TBD)
Monday, March 22 - World Water Day
Wednesday, May 11 - Aquarium field trip
Hello families,
I hope everyone had a calm and restful long weekend. The valentine's party was a hit and we had a busy short week last week investigating the water cycle, irrigation methods and addition and subtraction word problems.
This week, I had the wonderful opportunity through the SPS STAR Mentor program to go on a site visit to 3 different school in the Seattle Public School district. I was able to see teachers at Rainier View, Broadview and Coe Elementary Schools. I feel so fortunate! It opened my eyes to the many resources we have access to at QAE, and the many things I can start implementing in our classroom. I feel invigorated and have already started sharing some of the teaching tips I learned on my visit with the class.
Quick run down of the week:
World Read Aloud Day: So great! Students were able to manage navigating the buildings, and I only heard positive reactions from ALL students. Thanks to all the volunteers!
Reading: We have been reading about water and the various properties, locations and effects of it that it has on life. Students have been practicing note-taking skills in reading to prepare for our group work in PBL.
Writing: Students have been practicing writing opinion pieces. Today, students wrote proposals about which water topic they want to explore and present!
Math: Students have been using bar models to help illustrate and solve word problems for addition and subtraction.
We had a guest visitor, Shaun O'Neil, from King County talking to us about what happens to our poop and pee (yes, he did use those words in front of the kids). He gave us information about how our waste water gets processed on a city- and county-wide level.
Here's the experiment:
-3 clear jars with water
-toilet paper
-paper towel
Put toilet paper, paper towel and dirt in jars (do not mix materials). Shake. Rest. See what happens to the materials in side.
You've just created a small version of our wastewater system! Tweet or share your results!
Important events:
Friday, February 12: Valentine's Day Celebration
Monday-Tuesday, February 15 and 16 - No school
Wednesday, February 24: World Read Aloud Day
Hi families,
With our first PBL underway, our second unity party celebrated and the QAE word of the month being compassion, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the year so far. First of all, I want to thank all parents and family members who have volunteered their time in the classroom. Your hours of help and creativity have been immensely helpful in growing our classroom and has allowed us to go on some excellent field trips!
Secondly, I appreciate the support you have given me as a first year teacher at QAE. It was a bit of a bumpy start to the year and I appreciate the encouragement and patience I've received along the way. I would not be where I am without your support.
As we reach the mid-point of the year, we still have a lot of work to do. I hope that I can maintain your support knowing that all students will reach their full potential in different ways, with different kinds of support at different times. It is an honor to be teaching here at QAE.
Finally, I hope you all enjoy your long weekend! I look forward to your students sharing compliments on Friday (I will be out), and getting a break so we can come back with renewed enthusiasm and focus.
Here's a run down of the week:
Math: Subtraction – Subtract in parts, subtract by counting up, and subtracting with base 10 blocks.
Reading: Note taking skills! Students were introduced to different ways to collect and organize information.
Writing: Letter to the editor – students wrote letters expressing their feelings and reactions to the Flint, MI water crisis. Some might even be addressed to you!
PBL: Students learned about the water cycle and played Bodies of Water Bingo. Can you name all 5 oceans?
Important events:
Thursday, February 11: Compliment cards due
Friday, February 12: Valentine's Day Celebration
Wednesday, February 24: World Read Aloud Day
Hello families,
This week we celebrated the Day of Play and our second Unity Celebration (check out @qaethibault for photos). In addition to these fun events, we kicked off our Water project-based learning unit. As a class, we read about the Flint, Michigan water issue, talking about how even in the United States access to clean water can be difficult, watched a video of a boy name Martin and toasted to clean water!
Students then discussed some of the information they know about water. "[Water] can be liquid." "Water is the earth's main material." "Some water can be poisonous." These were just some of the facts students shared. Next, students wrote down what they wanted to know about water. Here are some of their questions:
Our kick-off was followed by a field trip to the Gates Foundation. This gave us greater insight into one organization showing compassion and helping communities in our neighborhood and in the world. This helped us reach our water PBL question:
How can everyone get access to clean water daily?
For the next three weeks we will research and problem solve solutions to answer this question. Students will come up with questions and research topics they are interested in, working in teams, to come up with different ideas on how to answer this question.
Writing: Finishing our fairy tales. Look for them in your students folder (today or Monday)
Math: Addition word problems, solidifying multiple addition strategies. Look for your students work in the orange folders.
More on water PBL next week!
Ms. Thibaut
One of the second grade teachers at QAE. Read this blog and stay up-to-date on classroom activities.
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St. Paul Saints: A Sweep and a Clinch
Aug 17 2015 09:44 PM | Ben Szeremeta in Articles
sponsored by the St. Paul Saints
Image courtesy of Szer DesignThe Saints swept both the Lincoln Saltdogs and the Winnipeg Goldeyes during their last stand in Lowertown. In the process, they dropped their "magic number" to two. Awesome starting pitching, a shutdown bullpen, and clutch hitting were the keys to victory for the home team.
My MVP for the stand is Robert Coe and Angelo Songco. Once again, I couldn't narrow it down to just one player. After you look at these stats you'll know why.
Robert Coe, 2W, 16IP, 4H, 1ER, 10K
Angelo Songco, .388, 6R, 2 2B, 2HR, 9RBI, 4BB
To say Coe's week was dominant may be an understatement. He went the distance in his first start allowing only one hit, a leadoff single in the eighth. Prior to that he had a perfect game until his only walk of the night in the seventh inning. His second start was almost as impressive when he went seven innings allowing three hits and his only run of the home stand.
Ben Szeremeta writes about the Saints regularly at SaintsTrain.com
On the other side of the diamond, Songco continues to punish the baseball whenever it's within his reach, scoring at least one run in five of the six games and racking up a couple of four-RBI nights. His two home runs during the stand tied him for the team lead with Vinny DiFazio at thirteen on the year. There're quite a few scary guys in the Saints right now, but I think Angelo would be atop my "stay the hell away from him list" if I had one.
Another homestand, another record broken at CHS Field. On Monday, August 10th the Saints set a new season attendance mark at 299,093 fans. This record was one we all expected to fall; the new place holds a couple thousand more fans than Midway did. But breaking it in only 37 games? That's just crazy support for a great team and an outstanding, beautiful new ballpark. We should all be proud as heck to be part of such a great year at our new summer home.
The Entertainment Team suffered a rare loss Saturday night as PA Announcer Halsey Lindquist worked his last game with the Saints. Halsey and his family are moving out of state to greener pastures. He will be missed for being a charismatic, crazy dancing, ball of "Fun is Good" energy. His chemistry with the staff, and especially with partner in crime Lee Adams, was brilliant. I think the tattoo he has on his arm sums up his attitude and how we will all remember him perfectly. It just says, "Be Happy". And that's what he always was and what he made all of us over the last couple seasons: happy. We're gonna miss you Halsey, good luck!
After Monday night's game the team traveled to Sioux City for a three-game showdown between the top two clubs in the league. The Saints and Explorers split the first two games of the series.
Then prior to even playing Thursday night's game…Ladies and Gentlemen, you're 2015 American Association North Division Champion, St. Paul Saints. It has a nice ring to it doesn't it? On August 13th the boys clinched the crown when Winnipeg lost a matinee game to Sioux Falls, mathematically eliminating the second place Goldeyes from contention.
Following a small pregame celebration the boys continued on their road trip with one more game against the Explorers. The Saints unfortunately lost the last game 4-3 and the series 2-1, which ended their season-long series unbeaten streak.
Next up the team traveled to Joplin for a three game set against the Blasters. After dropping the first game the Saints rebounded, winning the final two of the series. The team is now 19-1-2 in series this season and 61-19!
The best team in the league returns home starting Tuesday, August 18th. The Sioux City Explorers (I think I smell revenge), and Sioux Falls Canaries both visit CHS Field for three games apiece.
The road to the title has been a record-setting one for the Saints, filled with so many past marks blown away by this year's team. But with one goal in mind all the other stuff doesn't seem to matter. This team has a desire to win for each other like I haven't seen in a long time. Combine that with a crazy amount of talent and, well, the sky's the limit. As they continue to show.
Go Saints!
Promotional highlights for the home stand include, Star Wars Night (Aug. 18th), Mike Arbucke's induction into the Professional Scouts Hall of Fame (Aug. 21st), and CHS Field Replica giveaway (Aug. 23rd). With only two regular season home stands remaining you're running out of time to get in on this historic season at CHS Field. Click here to join the fun.


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Sharon Chan is the Head of JLABS @ Shanghai. In this role, Sharon is responsible for setting the strategic direction and overseeing all operational activities for JLABS @ Shanghai, including managing JLABS @ Shanghai and, in conjunction with our Asia Pacific partners and our sector business partners, implementing appropriate educational programming and driving high quality company sourcing from innovation markets across the Asia Pacific region. Drawing on 15 years of experience in the Asia Pacific region, Sharon is creating strategic partnerships with corporate, academic, government and industry organizations, building a strong and dynamic network of innovation for patients and consumers.
Sharon joins the JLABS team from Aeras in Beijing where she launched that office for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, before receiving a promotion to Head of Asia. In this role, she implemented strategy, coordinated research partners and programs, and led office and local operations. Prior to Aeras, she was a member of the Senior Leadership and Management Team for Baxter in Shanghai, providing strategic direction for short‐ and long‐term country growth and making deals for the company. Sharon holds prominent leadership appointments as a board member of Right to Thrive, in Kenya (since 2016), and as a committee member of the China-Oxford Scholarship Fund in Shanghai and Beijing, since 2006. She also teaches "Introduction to Vaccines: History, Development and Impact" at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in the Dept. of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology.
Sharon received a Masters Degree in Public Health (MPH), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA; a Master Degree in Business Administration (Executive MBA),IE Business School, Madrid, Spain; a Doctorate Degree in Biochemistry and Cardiovascular Medicine (DPhil), University of Oxford, UK; and a Master Degree in Molecular Biology and Cellular Biochemistry (MBioChem),University of Oxford, UK.


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There's No Shortage Of Things To Do This Weekend!
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Aussie Night Markets
What: Aussie Night Markets
When: Friday 2nd August
Where: The Entertainment Grounds, Gosford
Secret Sound Booth Out And About!
The Secret Sound booth is about and about all weekend! Letting you have a 1 on 1 listen to the Secret Sound! Heading to The University of Newcastle's Ourimbah Campus on Saturday 10am-2pm, and then the Wyong Milk Factory on Sunday 10am-2pm.
What: Secret Sound Booth
When: Saturday 3rd August | 10am-2pm
Where: University Of Newcastle, Ourimbah Campus
What: Secret Sound Booth
When: Sunday 4th August | 10am-2pm
Where: Wyong Milk Factory, Wyong
Kariong Food & Wine Festival
The Food and Wine Festival returns in 2019 with more vendors and entertainment than last year. Showcasing a handpicked collection of the finest food and wine suppliers and businesses. The Food and Wine Festival 2019 is the perfect way to spend a Sunday with the entire family!
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What: Kariong Food & Win Festival
When: Sunday 4th August | 11am-5pm
Where: Mount Penang Gardens & Event Park
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The eIDAS regulation came into force on July 1, 2016, bringing with it a lot of changement for trusted service providers, including a new compliance study.
As a result, from 1 July 2016, every trusted service provider (PSCo) is required to do what is called an "eIDAS compliance audit", carried out by accredited conformity assessment bodies in accordance with Regulation No 765/2008 of 9 July 2008.
This in order to obtain the "holy grail": the certification of his services.
This certification confirms the compliance with the various standards relating to trusted services (certificates, timestamps) according to the eIDAS regulation.
With the eIDAS regulation each trusted service provider must first obtain the qualification of his services through an audit before being able to present them as such.
This qualification offers the advantage of allowing the change of the proof of the liability to the PSCo in case of litigation.
How does an eIDAS' conformability audit takes place ?
The auditors of the official body (LSTI) check that the certification policies respect the rules defined in the standards:
They shall ensure agreement between:
– The requirements of European and national standards and our certification and timestamping policies
– What is written in the policies and the actual actions.
This includes, but is not limited to, the following controls :
– Checking record procedures files
– Management of the authorizations (who does what, how the departures are managed, …) and follow-up of the secrets (i.e. maps)
– Architecture of the platform (visit of data centers, checks of security measures, network, …)
– Physical security (headquarters and data centers)
– Operational management of the platform (monitoring of evolutions, monitoring, crisis management, PCA, backups, …)
As a result of this audit, a report is drawn up and submitted to the Psco. The supervisory body then pronounces his decision of certification.
A new legal framework since July 2016
In order to promote the adoption of electronic signatures and accelerate the dematerialization of processes, the European Commission has put in place the eIDAS regulation, applicable since 1 July 2016.
This new transnational regulation lays the groundwork for a "digital trusti" sngle market by promoting the harmonization of electronic signatures, interoperability between countries and actors, and harmonizing the processes for creating the electronic signature.
At what pace ?
Every 2 years from July 2016. The entry into force of the eIDAS regulation has changed the frequency of the annual compliance audits.


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Ca. 25 - 527
Crucified 30 or 33 (probably).
(birth unknown) -- d. ca. 180.
Coined the term "Old Testament" and collected it into canon.
3rd and 4th centuries marked by a rapid increase in the expansion of the church. Also marked by the rise of Monasticism.
Known as the "Father of Church History"; wrote many critiques and histories of prominent church figures. (Very prolific)
First ecumenical council, attempted to gain consensus by containing representatives from all of Christendom. Christology and a the nature of Christ was one in particular (Arius deemed heretic for his non-trinitarian view of Jesus). One of the major results of this communing of bishops was the writing of the Nicene Creed (which had a second version written in 381 at the third council).
Edits and adds onto Nicene Creed. This change is debated, but later councils claimed the initial to be superior and made no more changes.
ca. 5 bce - (30-36) ce.
ca. 1 bce - around 67 ce
Pierced Jesus. Life dates uncertain.
c. 6 - c. 100
ca. 15 - 100 ce
First Apostolic Father of the Church
ca. 34
(35 or 50) between (98 or 117)
Second Bishop of Jerusalem after James the Just
Died 62 CE -- half-brother of jesus?
Born late first century, died 119
fl. ca.
Born early 3rd century, baptism 245-8, death 258.
Birth unknown, fl. ca. 270; d. ca. 304.
Mother of Constantine I, found the "True Cross" that was "placed" at the Golgotha temple complex built by Emperor Constantine. Went on pilgrimages to Palestine. Supposedly quite pious
A convert, the "Persian Sage" (supposedly had the baptism-name of Jacob) was a contemporary of Ephraem and wrote 23 Demonstrations or Homilies on different items of Christian doctrine or practice. He was an ascetic, celibate, and a member of a monastic community.
Critic of Arianism, proponent of Trinitarianism. Wrote the first classic work of Orthodox theology. Also wrote the Life of St. Antony, professing the ascetic ideal.
366 - 384 ce (Pope) -- Employed St. Jerome as secretary. Opposed schisms in church of Apollinarianism and Macedonianism
ca. 315 - 403 -- Attacked Origen's writings publicly, wrote extensively against heretical movements of Arianism and Apollinarianism. Also wrote the Panarion, which covered 80 heresies.
Bishop of Reims, baptised the King of the Franks and thus converted the Frankish people to Nicene Christianity and wrote against the Arian Heresy.
30's and 40's, music scene was not noticeably different from Jewish practices and temple music.
Written mid-50's. First NT mention of musical instruments. 2 figurative examples.
Then concrete examples of singing. 14:15 (singing praise) and 14:26 (hymns)
(Going with Koester again when he argues that "Colossians was probably written not long after Paul's missionary activity") ca. 58-65 ce. As for music, the famous Col 3:16, singing to one another and having grace singing in one's hearts to God.
(Although Koester doesn't believe it could have been written prior to 62, he poses no clearer idea of when. A time of the last third of the 1st century seems appropriate after research) -- Sad should pray, cheerful should sing.
(According to Koester, this would be sometime in between around 70 and before the other Acts were written (which was around the 90's) and before his death ca. mid 80's) Ca. 70-80 ce written by Luke the Evangelist, companion of Paul. First concrete reference in NT to Christians (Paul and Silas: missionaries) singing to God.
By the destruction of the temple, Christian communities had begun using private homes as their temples/places of gathering. Making a stronger break with Jewish practices--including the entrance of new musical hymnal and instrumental practices.
(There's still not much consensus on origin of these--anywhere from 1st to 3rd centuries are debated. I find the argument for later first century more convincing) These 42 odes contain 4 examples (concrete, but idealistic) regarding music and its relation to the Trinity (usually the Holy Spirit is addressed in direct relation to music), as well as its effective abilities in allowing the musicians to 'produce fruits in You.' In addition, these Odes frequently refer to a choral group, which is the first reference to non-collective Christian singing.
(Koester makes a good argument for placing it "not more than a few years before 100") -- Famous 'don't drink wine, fill yourself with the holy spirit by singing hymns and psalms instead'
([Nag Hammadi] Untitled, unknown author, thought to be beginning to mid 2nd century authorship) -- Discourse on singing silently: singing in one's head to God, as God is "Mind." Furthermore, reference to angels singing. Later there is discussion of one never ceasing to sing the silent hymn of praise to god, as well as a written 'hymn' which is just a string of vowels, as found in other Nag Hammadi texts (e.g. Great Invisible Spirit) and is used to "invoke your name hidden in me."
On the way to his martyrdom, Ignatius wrote letters to Christian communities in Asia Minor and Rome, as well as to Polycarp of Smyrna. Four of these seven (Magnesians, Ephesians, Romans, and Philadelphians) contained musical-instrument references, usually in poetic, metaphorical form. In five, however, there are vocal music references and images: e.g. Mag 1:2, Eph 4:1-2 (which makes the claim that harmony is God's pitch), Rom 2:2.
To Trajan, about how they get up early and sing. "assemble on a set day before dawn and sing a hymn among themselves to the Christ, as to a god..." Establishes singing in the order of worship, as well as makes the point that Christians participated in collective-singing.
([Nag Hammadi Text] Thought to originate some time within 2nd century) -- Contains a hymn thought to be an example of early christian Glossolalia. Also contains mention of Christians singing praise 'as one'
(No definite dating. Thought to be in 2nd century, early-mid to late-mid, depending on who's arguing). -- Acknowledges that heavenly beings sing hymns in heaven. Also that one can see and hear angels singing hymns, which makes one want to sing praise.
(Written around middle of second century) uses music as a figurative tool, comparing how divine revelation works in prophets to using a lyre.
Written ca. 150 ce. Contrasted Christian worship from Pagan and earlier temple-Jewish worship two ways: Christians don't do fire sacrifice, and Christians offer prayers and hymns to God.
Written ca. 160 ce. Contrasts the Greek chorus with Christian song. Criticizes the Greeks for using music for entertainment, and for having an "intrusive and distracting" conductor.
Earliest description of an Agape "Love feast": a moderate banquet in commemoration of the last dinner. Very much a social gather to have a dinner, but greatly in contrast with pagan and secular banquets in that the Christians respected each other with sobriety and maintained communal religious devotion throughout. (Supposedly) [Chapter 9]
Also Chapter 9 is to be noted for being the first mention of Christians singing psalms about David.
(Written near the end of the second century) Book 8 contrases Christian and non-Christian contemporary worship in Rome. It does so by explaining what the Christians don't do, including the instruments they don't use.
Later in Book 8, it makes the point that Christianity is not a sacrifice-based religion, and instead is one based on love and offering song: "rejoicing with pure heart and cheerful spirit, with abundant love and generous hands, with propitiatory psalms and chants beseeming God, we are called upon to hymn thee, immortal and faithful God, creator of all and understanding all." (496-500)
Written "probably before the third century"; Clement's Paedagogus ("Instructor") includes incidental remarks on music for new converts. In Book 2, there is mention of instruments not to play (like in Syb), and later on, an association of musical instruments with war and ('Since Christians are pacifists') thus negativity. Furthermore, this view is shared by the whole of early Christian orthodoxy. However, it's important to note that Clement does not claim music as bad, just musical instruments as bad. The voice, however, was a gift of God and to be used to worship God. Instruments were, however, associated with Paganism and war.
39:18 describes how an Agape concludes, and what is sung. Two types: "from the sacred scriptures" (probably Book of Psalms, Song of the Sea, or possibly Odes of Solomon) or of one's own "invention".
Written ca. 200. [Chapter 25] One of the earlier records displaying an emphasis on Christians doing private devotion. Devotion, as Acts states, may consist of song, supplication, and thanksgiving (not female-exclusive). [Chapter 27] Psalms ingredient in ordinary prayer.
Continued with Cyprian "On the Lord's Prayer" ca. 250 writing similarly, as well as Origen contemporarily.
9:4 -- place of singing at the Eucharist. Singing while scriptures are read. Presence of sung psalms in close proximity liturgically to readings of scripture during Eucharist Liturgy of the Word.
Written ca. 215 ce. Apos. Trad. 25 shows what was sung, when, how, and who (both virgins and boys) at Agapes. The deacon would sing solo before elements that were for the boys and virgins and elements like "Alleluia" which were for all to sing. Noticeably more formal and separated than Tertullian's--also selection of psalms limited to Book of Psalms.
--This is not entirely different from Jewish customs: the main difference is just that Jewish events occurred in temple and/or Synagogue, while the Agape's occurred relatively informallys at house-temples.
Though he does not write directly that one ought to sing during devotion, in chapter 12--while defending his position on prayer hours--Origen sites book of Psalms as well as Acts, which mention singing as a part of devotion, and thus make it acceptable, even desirable, to recite psalms in the respective hours.
Written shortly after Cyprian's baptism (ca. 246). Cyprian advocates singing a psalm at the evening dinner. The second occasion outside of prayer/devotion wherein songs were heard was typically the lighting of lanterns at nighttime (as Basil of Caesarea writes about in mid-late 4th century).
([Nag Hammadi text] Thought to originate some time around late 3rd to early 4th century) -- Makes mention of the ability of hymns and song to make God visible to those singing. Also comments of liturgical use of hymns and psalms.
Arguably the first Latin Christian Hymn writer. Led the movement of writing strophic, isosyllabic christian poetry that re-affirmed Christian doctrine (perhaps as a defense against heretical doctrine and hymns, such as Bardaisan and Harmonious). Hilary is said to have described one of the roles of the hymn as to "put the enemy to flight."
Composes hymns--400+ of which still survive today--Originally writing madrase (the tones to which are now lost) in response to Bardaisan and Mani who did the same. Perhaps his most famous hymns were Against Heresies, wherein Christians were defended against schools like Apoll. and docetism. Ephraem's verse spoke of Jesus as the union of human and divine, and as a perfectly subtle and peaceful mystery.
Monk and eventual head of Pachomius's monastery. Established new Regulations that specifically mentioned the intensity and importance of recitations and night vigils, including punishments of more psalm recitations in the event one failed to hold his/her private night vigil.
Patriarch of Alexandria. Urban monasteries supplied the readers and cantors for cathedrals, for doing Eucharist and night vigils. These were attended by monks, nuns, and the general Christian Populace alike.
(No firm date of authorship. Could have potentially been as early as 313) -- Athanasius comments on the different manner with which he has observed others read the 'non-poetic' parts of the Bible compared to the 'psalms, odes and songs.' He witnesses a 'certain mellifluousness in psalmody.'
In Canon 21, one sees how music is employed in lower Egypt urban monastic movements as well: pretty similarly. All gather at the crack of dawn and recite prayers and psalms, and then reading from the scriptures.
With Ephraem and Hilary, one of the three major hymn writers. Said of his popular hymns that the Arians told him "the people have been led astray [from Arianism] by the strains of my hymns"
In Augustine's Confessions, 7 and 9, he mentions Ambrose's introduction of hymns "after the manner of the eastern regions" that went on to become imitated by the rest of western churches.
Re: first.
(Jerusalem) As in Alexandria and Constantinople
Four Canons (15, 17, 23, 59) start limiting the type and performance of music in/at church (e.g. only psalms/hymns from scripture now).
Letter 207 provides evidence for antiphonal psalmody (two alternating groups singing a single psalm aka soloist with collective response) and says that such a method of psalmody is in use throughout the whole of Eastern Christendom
Books 2 and 8 instruct the readers to pre-Eucharist synaxis (hymns of david and other psalms to be sung), as well as instructions for the Eucharist itself, and the hymns and verses to be sung during specific moments ("holy, holy, holy" as an example). Later in Book 8 the Apos Con also addresses the place of the singers and their responsibilities.
Written sometime after 375 and before his death.
This sermon witnesses formal psalmody, the continuation of house-churches, 'must be just one voice in the church as there is just one body'
Also mention of antiphonal (solo with collective response) as single voice.
Egeria visits Jerusalem and the Golgotha temple complex built by Constantine. Notices the hymns and prayers inbetween hymns--morning hymns, processional hymns; again at mid-day; twice in at evening. Some blessings interspersed at the end of the day hours before people disperse.
Egeria notes no hymns or psalms after morning hymns on Sunday.
(Constantinople) Like Athanasius in Alexandria, Monasteries provided readers and cantors for urban Cathedral Eucharist, Vigils, and services.
Introduced nocturnal and processional hymn singing as a means of combating Arianism.
Archived the desert hermits. Made note of their chanting and hymn recitation. One particular example was Chapter 22 on St Antony the Great who would chant psalms during the day, take a rest and then wake up in the middle of the night in order to chant psalms until it was day.
Beginning in the 5th and 6th centuries, Christian communities began incorporating musical instruments into their worship--previously only song.
The 6th Century is known as the start of the golden age of Byzantine hymnography, one of its earlier figures was St. Romanos
Adversus Haereses - ca. 180 CE - World was not made by angels. Accepts the Enochic myth of angelic descent, and describes Fallen Angels as subjects of Christ's judgment at the end times.
"host of good angels"; angel veneration. Composed some time inbetween 150 and 155.
The nearest approach to a definition of angels in Tertullian's writings is his assertion that certain 'spiritual essences' exist. But this must be qualified by the recognition of the fact that to Tertullian every spiritual being is endowed with corporeity of a kind. God, the soul, angels, and demons, all have bodies more tenuous in texture but not less real than the fleshly bodies of men. It is within the range of God's power to create for angels bodies of flesh like those of men. So He endowed the angels who met Abraham with bodies that might be seen and touched. But they were not born in human-wise. Their bodies were created after the similitude of that of Adam. The God who created his body could create theirs. As a general rule, however, the angels are endowed, |p145 according to Tertullian, with bodies which are not visible in the ordinary course to mortal eye.
Christians are, in his opinion, destined to become as Angels.
By Athenagoras - Recognizes Angels as holding positions made by god. Something Christians believe in.
Wrote on angels as pre-existent souls. God's first created beings were higher, even, then angels. Some people are inherited by the souls of wicked angels.
Lactantius equivocates the Judeo-Christian tradition of angels with the pagan. This fallacy of equivocation was used with great effect: rather than clarifying terms between his audience and himself, Lactantius simply argued for the Christian perspective:
For Lactantius, angels were created before eternity to serve God and prevent Him from being lonely. Innumerable and winged, they lived mainly in heaven, and existed in a state of holiness. They worshipped God with fear and trembling, and were ministers of divine providence. For example, they opened the Red Sea for Moses and the Israelites. Their actions revealed that they had personality, and indeed, they originated from God's breath. Lactantius' Christology is closely related to his angelology. According to him, Christ, like the angels, came from God's breath, but was also God's spoken Word. Lactantius believed in a form of Subordinationism, but clearly distinguished between angels and Christ.
Angels were also ministers and guardians of humankind. They helped men against evil and bettered their condition. They were endowed with vast knowledge, which came from God, but could not be examples or fully teach men. Lactantius was careful to deny any cultus of the angels. However, because they were friends of God and guardians of men, they should be treated with respect and even some reverence.
Eusebius differentiates between worship of God and the cult of Angels.
Fused Greek philosophy with Jewish theology. Considered one of the fore-runners of the Gnostic traditions for his discussion of God and the Logos.
A gnostic writer and founder of valentinianism, of the most successful Gnostic sects.
Christian Dualism. Utterly alien God, and Jesus isn't Human. Similar to Gnosticism, but different in its view of the Heavenly Father.
Popular heretical hymn writer.
New prophecy movement.
Started non-Trinitarianism Arianism, which is targeted by the First Council of Nicaea
Fl. mid 4th - beginning of 5th centuries. Held that the Holy Spirit was not divine.
Priscillian (d. ca. 385 ce) started this heretical movement in the Iberian peninsula. He was the first person to be executed for heresy.
Model for Ecumenical Councils later on (post 300CE). At this Council of Jerusalem, it was decided that both Jews and Pagans could convert to Christianity. Much of the treatment of gentiles/pagans was discussed, as well as Antioch.
Nero initiates first persecution of Christianity.
Writes books and letters "Concerning Truth" and others against the Greeks, the Gentiles, the Jews, and other Heretics/Pagans.
First empire-wide persecution of Christianity, though only of the Clergy.
Laws nullified here and there, but considered officially over with Constantine. Christians' legal rights were rescinded and, in general, visciously persecuted.
Pagan titles allowed, deities remain on coins
In 324, Constantine conquers tolerant Licinius and begins uprooting Paganism in the eastern realms of the empire as well.
Under Constantius II, laws were established that formalized persecution of Paganism. Were not as severe as the persecution under later Theodosius.
Revives (unsuccessfully) Roman state Paganism only to have it taken back down after later Emperors. It remained tolerated, however, through Valentinian I.
Under emperors Jovian, Valens, and Valentinian I, Pagans were relatively tolerated.
Last Roman Emperor to rule entire empire of Rome. Persecutes Paganism and establishes Trinitarian, Nicene Creed Christianity as the only Imperial Religion of Rome. Successfully destroys several major Pagan temples.
After the Western Roman Empire fell, Illus, a general under Eastern Emperor Zeno, raised Leontius as a candidate for Emperor in a desire to reinstate the traditional Roman Pagan Cult. After 4 years of conflict, Illus and Leontius were beheaded by Zeno, who persecuted Pagans more.
Required to sign a written declaration of orthodoxy before his coronation as Emperor, marking the complete subjugation of the Roman empire to Christianity


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Some Olympic Athletes May Go to Combat
Salt Lake City, Utah Sept. 20, 2001 (AP)--Kristina Sabasteanski is a biathlete who probably will make the 2002 U.S. Olympic team.
She's also an Army sergeant.
Sabasteanski is among at least 18 athletes enrolled in the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program, which pays for training in exchange for service in the military.
So while she and others prepare for the Olympics, they also realize they might instead have to go to war in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
``We are soldiers first,'' Sabasteanski said.
The program's participants are mostly world-class bobsled and biathlon competitors, and many live and train in Utah in preparation for the Feb. 8-24 Salt Lake City Olympics.
Max Cobb, program director for the U.S. Biathlon Association, said training is ``as normal as possible'' under the circumstances.
``It is hard for athletes. The war is pretty high on their minds,'' U.S. biathlon coach Algas Shalna said.
Jill Krause, a top biathlete, is with an aviation battalion in the Minnesota National Guard. Lawton Redman, also a biathlete, is an infantry sergeant with the Vermont National Guard.
``I care about my country,'' Redman said. ``I would have absolutely no problem'' being called to duty and skipping the Olympics.
Bill Spencer, a biathlete who competed in the 1964 and 1968 Olympics, was an infantry officer for the Army, which deferred his assignment to Vietnam so he could compete in the Winter Games.
``Your first duty is your job, whatever it might be,'' he said. ``The athletics are certainly a bonus.''
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It's the first Saturday of the new year! How have your first few days been? I hope you're thriving and excited for what this year will bring you ❤ I would say that I am, despite this first week of the new year being a poo-show of one hard thing after another (read my Instagram post about what happened here, and find out how I'm "de-fogging" my motherhood goggles). But c'est la vie, I'd rather it all happen now rather than later on in the year!
Do you have a word picked out to live by for 2019? I started doing this last year with my word being intentional, and loved the opportunities it gave me to be more mindful and, well, intentional about the way I live my life in all aspects. This year, my word came to me after experiencing a lot of s t u f f that made me stop and realize I am worth more than I am giving myself credit for. It was high time to embrace feeling enough over feeling unworthy or like I'm always falling short of other's (and my own) expectations.
word to live by in 2019: enough
The is the first day out of 365 chances for: new adventures / new (and second) chances / ways to make a difference, even if it's the smallest one / learning when to say no / realizing your worth / choosing joy / intentional mornings / time to create new passions / making new memories / new friendships / better decisions / opportunities to try something new / refocusing + recentering / rekindling / realizing that you are absolutely positively e n o u g h just as you are.


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In some of my eleventh graders' essays, I've come across a number of these so-called "linking words" – as if an essay would just fall apart without a liberal smattering of "additionallies" and "on the other hands" strewn across the page. I broke the habit of using linking words in formal writing because you almost never need them – they generally serve only to add to your word count, which becomes a problem when you have a professor who assigns you a series of 2-page papers on Freud, Marx, and other topics that can barely be done justice in such a tiny space.
Perhaps the most noticeable for me was the use of "firstly" and "secondly." At first these struck me as wrong – I've almost never seen them in formal writing and when I bother to explicitly enumerate my ideas or arguments I personally use "first" and "second" because they have more punch. But I wasn't totally sure and I didn't take off points for the usage, based on my maxim of trying to never issue an unnecessary correction.
Then I saw in the students' textbook – New Wave 11 – that the book explicitly recommends the use of "firstly" and "secondly" and so on. That couldn't be right, I thought, so I went to the internet. Research confirms my general impression – "firstly" and "secondly" aren't actually wrong – they have a long history and are well-attested – but almost all modern style and usage guides prefer "first" and "second" and many English teachers regard "firstly" and "secondly" as wrong, which means that if an ESL student uses these in academic writing, there's a good chance that their readers will count it as a strike against their fluency.
In other words, even though it's not wrong, many native speakers don't know it isn't wrong and many wouldn't bother to check, and since it's the less popular and less modern option it probably shouldn't be the version taught to ESL speakers (or anyone, for that matter).
This got me thinking that, really, someone should be reviewing these textbooks before they are used to teach actual students. And then I immediately thought that in all likelihood, actual English teachers and native speakers were consulted on these books, and somehow failed to catch the myriad mistakes and examples of poor judgment that I have found in the New Wave textbooks. In the "firstly" "secondly" case, I can understand why it happened – there is certainly a minority of teachers who are teaching "firstly" "secondly" as more formal or proper versions, probably because they don't know any better – but that doesn't make it better, and there are many more errors where that came from.
So while I imagine that there's some sort of review process for these textbooks, it's clear that the process is inadequate. This lead me to wonder what sort of review process would be adequate, or, to put it more bluntly, who would be qualified to review an ESL textbook? Obviously I think that I would personally do a better job than whoever reviewed New Wave, but who would do a better job than me?
The first person who came to mind was linguist Geoff Pullum. Pullum is a contributor to Language Log and cowrote a comprehensive grammar called The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language some years ago. The reason I would choose Pullum is that he is a linguist, a descriptivist, and a person who has a vast encyclopedic knowledge of the English Language. He's a native of Scotland but taught at UC Santa Cruz for 26 years, so it's safe to say that he's familiar with US and UK English. I would trust his opinion about a topic of English grammar and usage probably more than anyone else's.
Thinking about Pullum drew the distinction between an English teacher and a linguist into focus for me. An English teacher usually studies grammar – in their CELTA or TEFL course, perhaps, or they could just rely on what they were taught in school – whereas a linguist actually studies language.
The distinction is important because although in theory, grammar is a set of rules that describes language, in practice, the people who write grammar – that is, the people who analyze language and create a set of rules describing it – don't do a very good job.
That's because grammarians tend to rely too heavily on what came before. They tend to be traditional and thus grammar books can lag behind common modern usage – and when I say behind, I mean up to hundreds of years behind depending on the particular rule in question.
Grammarians also don't usually have a sufficient selection of searchable English texts at their disposal. This is hardly their fault – computational linguistics requires, like, computers and stuff – and so everyone doing grammar before about 1990 gets a free pass – which also means that you can safely ignore any grammar book written before then because it's probably wrong about a lot of stuff and almost certainly woefully incomplete.
However, it is now possible to comb through millions and millions of words of written (and transcribed spoken) text in seconds. Now we can easily and quickly find examples to confirm or invalidate proposed grammatical rules. Now we don't have to rely on anecdotal evidence or "what sounds right" but can instead rely on actual data about the actual use of the language by native speakers and native writers.
About 75% of the mistakes that my Georgian coteachers have made – both at the Police Academy and School 51 – can probably be attributed to having studied grammar books written by people who had themselves acquired a poor understanding of the English language from those who came before them. This is one of the reasons why native speakers are important in language instruction – we just naturally use language with far greater fluency and accuracy than someone who has learned every rule in a grammar book by heart.
The benefit of studying linguistics, though, is that it gives you the tools you need to determine who is right and who is wrong when a conflict arises between everyday language usage and grammar-book-English. These tools include the ability to think about and analyze grammar (and other parts of language) logically, the terminology that helps articulate arguments and reasoning, and the research skills to find answers to questions that are not immediately obvious, like why "first" is better than "firstly." Linguistics also has the benefit of making those who study it skeptical of grammar books. If I had not studied linguistics I probably would never have uttered the phrase "well I'm right and the grammar book is wrong" and certainly not with such frequency.
I'll give you a non-grammatical example of a benefit of studying linguistics: One of my coteachers once asked me how to pronounce "Mel Gibson." When I told her (for those who may not know, it's a "hard g" or /g/) she said that according to her grammar book, the rule is that a 'g' followed by an 'i' should be "soft" (or /dʒ/). Being somewhat of a contrarian, I immediately began to think of a list of counterexamples: gilt, git, gimp, giddy, give, gift, Gilbert. Then as I looked at these I thought of soft g "gi" words – giant, giraffe, gin, etc. My teacher asked me which was the rule and which were the exceptions, and at the time I had a roughly equivalent number of examples in each category, when suddenly it struck me – the hard g words all felt Germanic to me (gilt was the gimme) and the soft g words all felt French or Latin (giraffe being the most obviously French). Much googling confirmed this insight: in words that came into English through Anglo-Saxon – and, probably because English is a primarily Germanic language, words that were invented as new English words – the g is hard before an i; in words from Romance languages the g is soft.
The point is, it's nice to be able to discover and articulate patterns in the English language in response to questions like "what determines how I should pronounce this word?" Of course, in this particular case the answer isn't terribly helpful unless the student happens to also know enough Latin or French (or Frisian) to be able to recognize a particular English word's provenance, but I think that it always helps students to know that there is a reason and a logic to some of the more annoying quirks of the English language, and something like this might actually spark a student's interest in learning more about the language.
Education specialists should play a prominent role in designing textbooks, especially for particular demographics, like teenage ESL students. However, when it comes to the technical details that are actually being taught, I think that textbooks and grammar books should be reviewed by at least one linguist who is not only a native speaker of a language but who has also studied a broad array of the technical details of that language. All the pedagogical skill in the world doesn't make a lick of difference if you're teaching students grammatical "rules" that are just flat wrong.
And sure, for edge cases like "first" vs. "firstly," where very, very few people are likely to care which one (if any) you use, it probably doesn't matter much. But I've heard numerous examples of grammatical rules that are one hundred percent dead wrong being taught either from a coteacher's personal knowledge or directly from a book. For instance, my coteachers all teach their classes that you must always use the definite article with a superlative adjective – in other words, you can say "the biggest" but never just "biggest." If this rule were true the sentence "I'm your biggest fan" would be grammatically incorrect, but I think any native speaker can instantly see that it isn't.
Another one is the putative list of verbs with no "-ing" form. One of my teachers had the whole class memorize a list of "verbs wtih no -ing form" which included "be," "understand," "know," "forget," and many, many more. I'm being serious here. So sentences like "I'm always forgetting my coat" and "Now you know, and knowing is half the battle" and "You're not understanding me" and, not to mention, "I'm being serious here," are apparently ungrammatical in the strange and troubled world of whoever made that particular grammar book.
And of course I never really know what to do in these cases. I don't want to undermine my coteachers in front of the class and I don't want to undermine myself by accusing the grammar books of being full of shit (which they are) without proof at my immediate disposal (which I rarely have). Students tend to trust their textbooks more than their teachers – which is sometimes justified – and I can't just disrupt class over every dispute to go and find proof that I am right on the internet. So far I've just been recording the more extensive errors so that I can go over them with my coteachers at some point, and correcting the minor errors as they come up (and usually my coteachers fight me on these corrections, but c'est la vie.)
And if I do somehow manage to convince my coteachers that the grammar books are full of serious problems, what will they have to rely on? How will they know to distinguish between a relatively high quality textbook or grammar book (like the Cambridge "English in Mind" series) and a really low quality one (like the Georgian-made "New Wave" books)? Once you challenge the very foundation of someone's knowledge of a language, they will forever struggle with the kind of epistemological doubt that leads some to question the very existence of existence itself. I'd feel more comfortable doing this if I knew for certain that there was a good Georgian translation of Descartes out there to guide them out of the woods on the whole existence issue.
One possible solution presented itself as I was checking out Pullum's Wikipedia page – Pullum himself has now co-authored a grammar book for students ("A Student's Introduction to English Grammar"), based on his Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, which, based on my research so far, is both excellent and easily pirateable in e-book format. Of course, I'd kill for a hard copy version, but maybe if I am successful in my plans to get this book adopted as the official English grammar source for all of Georgia the Ministry will lend me a copy for use while I'm here.
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — All the eggs in the Hays and Harmar bald eagle nests have hatched, but now there's another egg in the area to keep an eye on.
The National Aviary announced Friday that Lianni and Lurch, two of the Aviary's Andean Condors, have produced an egg.
According to Aviary Executive Director Cheryl Tracy, Andean Condor populations are declining, and if this egg successfully hatches, it will be the first in an Association of Zoos & Aquariums-accredited North American zoo since 2016.
Lianni has had three chicks at the National Aviary since she arrived there almost 30 years ago.
The egg is expected to hatch in mid-May.
Condors typically only lay one egg about every 18 to 24 months.
Lianni and Lurch can be seen at the Aviary's "Condor Court" habitat, which opened in 2015.


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MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The No. 13 Amherst College men's swimming & diving team extended its winning streak to three, defeating NESCAC rival Middlebury College, 179.5-113.5 in Saturday afternoon's dual meet in Middlebury, Vt.
• LOCATION: Middlebury, Vt.
• Amherst tallied 11 first place finishes in its third straight dual-meet win of the season.
• Craig Smith '20, Sam Spurrell '18, Josh Chen '19, and Alex Dreisbach '17 captured the first win of the meet in the 200-yard medley relay as the tandem posted a time of 1:36.57 to earn 11 points.
• Smith also earned individual victories in the 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard backstroke with times of 53.10 and 1:55.10.
• In the 100-yard breaststroke, the Purple & White swept the top three finishes as Sean Mebust '20 (59.97) touched first, Justin Lee '19 (1:00.06) second, and Chen (1:00.67) third.
• First-year Eric Wong clocked first-place times of 1:44.50 in the 200-yard freestyle and 4:42.36 in the 500-yard freestyle,
• Senior Connor Haley powered to first place honors in the 1000-yard freestyle with a mark of 10:12.88.
• Jack Koravos '20 sprinted to two individual victories in the 50-yard freestyle (21.56) and the 100-yard butterfly (51.97), while Spurrell and John Janezich '18 finished second and third in the fly with marks of 52.24 and 53.50.
• Rounding out the Purple & White's individual triumphs were Spurrell in the 200-yard butterfly (1:55.67), Chen in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:12.74), and Mebust in the 100-yard freestyle (48.77).
• Amherst returns to Pratt Pool Dec. 31 to take on Union College at 12 p.m.


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Mars Volta Recrudesce With New Aural Cumulous
The Quietus
, April 14th, 2009 09:16
Are we allowed to talk about At The Drive-In anymore?
The Mars Volta will release new album Octahedron on June 22nd.
The full-length, the band's fifth in six years, features Cedric Bixler-Xavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's usual motley of multi-instrumentalists and percussion wizards, plus the guitar talents of John Frusciante.
Dates at Bonnaroo and Outside Lands festival are scheduled for the summer, while further tour plans are being drawn up.
Octahedron tracklisting below. They sound like love songs to us.
'Halo of Nembutals'
'With Twilight as My Guide'
'Desperate Graves'
If you love our features, news and reviews, please support what we do with a one-off or regular donation. Year-on-year, our corporate advertising is down by around 90% - a figure that threatens to sink The Quietus. Hit this link to find out more and keep on Black Sky Thinking.


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Tall Ships on Lake Superior
Despite this, some historians regard the Algonquin as "the first vessel to trade at the head of the lakes." The schooner was built in 1839 and in 1840 it was portaged around the rapids of the St. Mary River, which connects Lake Superior and Lake Michigan, using "rollers" (likely logs). Some claim that until the locks at Saulte Ste. Marie opened in 1855, the Algonquin monopolized commercial traffic on Lake Superior, but according to the city of Saulte Ste. Marie, the vessels built at Point Aux Pins and at least nine other schooners were on Lake Superior in 1846. (The Algonquin was abandoned in 1865 at Superior, Wisconsin.)
By the time the 1854 Treaty of La Pointe opened Lake Superior's North Shore to American settlement and the locks at Saulte St. Marie opened the following year, the shipping world was already transforming from sail to steam. The financial Panic of 1857 and the onset of the Civil War a few years later delayed most settlement—and therefore ship traffic—in the region until the mid-1860s.
A boom in ship-building followed the Civil War, and during this time shipwrights made three-masted barquentines 150- to 170-feet in length—nearly double the size of their predecessors—indicating a shift in shipping. As the country became crisscrossed with more and more railroads, the lakes would become the highway for salt, grain, coal, and lumber. The new vessels were designed as freighters to carry these and other bulk goods.
In March 1870 Duluth first became a city. That same year the Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad finished its connection from Duluth to St. Paul and built a warehouse, grain elevator, dock, and breakwater at the very corner of Lake Superior, along the shore between Third and Fourth Avenues West.
A year earlier shipbuilding had begun in Duluth. Lewis Merritt, his son Alfred, and Henry Ely built the Chaska, a seventy-two-foot-long, forty-nine-ton schooner—the first vessel built at the Head of the Lakes and the largest ship in Duluth at the time. The Merritts used her to haul stones from Basswood Island to Ontonagon, Michigan, where the federal government used them to build a new pier. The Duluth Minnesotian heralded the Chaska's arrival at Duluth's Citizen's Dock on its maiden voyage from Oneota (now part of West Duluth) in the May 21, 1870 edition of the paper, predicting that "in a decade, when innumerable vessels crowd our docks, all will point with pleasure to our first maritime offering—the 'Chaska.'" But in 1880, there would be no Chaska to point to: The vessel encountered a "northeastern gale" was battered to pieces among the rocks off the shore of Michigan's Upper Peninsula on August 28, 1871.
In 1874 the Merritt's built a smaller vessel, the 29-ton Handy, which Alfred Merritt described as a "scow schooner." With this new vessel, the Merritts spent three summers trading up and down the north shore and along the south shore all the way to the Copper Country of the Upper Peninsula. There is no mention of the Handy after 1878, the same year the Merritts purchased the tug John Martin.
By this time, schooners were already on their way out. Throughout the 1880s, bulk freighters powered by both sail and steam and steam-powered vessels such as the Meteor took passengers and goods to and from Duluth. In 1878 Napoleon Grignon opened his first shipyard along Minnesota Point at Buchanan Street in what is today the Canal Park Business District, later moving his operation to the foot of Eleventh Avenue West. By 1880 his focus had already moved away from wooden sailing vessels as he purchased Henry Wheeler's dry dock facilities and incorporated the Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Company, turning his attention to metal-clad, steam-powered vessels.
The construction of fully-rigged sailing vessels on the Great Lakes declined heavily in the 1880s, and 1891 saw the launching of the last large schooner on the lakes, the 115-foot, three-masted John S. Parsons. It was converted to a steam barge just five years later, and by 1910 was used as a toe barge. She foundered off Oswego, New York, in November 1913 and broke up.
Any sail-powered craft built for the Great Lakes after 1891 had short masts and were used as tow-barges; few of these measured up to three hundred feet. A handful of schooners continued into the twentieth century, but were rarely profitable.
Schooners Our Son and Lyman M. Davis were the last commercial sailing vessels to ply the Great Lakes. Our Son was built in Loraine, Ohio, in 1875 by Captain Henry Kelly. Her name came out of tragedy: Kelly's son George had fallen overboard and drowned while the vessel was still under construction. She served the great Lakes for 55 years, foundering on Lake Michigan 30 miles of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, on September 26, 1930; its seven-member crew was rescued by the steamer William Nelson.
Built in Muskegon, Michigan, in 1873, the Lyman M. Davis worked the Great Lakes even longer than Our Son. On June 29, 1934—despite efforts to preserve her—she was burned "as public spectacle" at Sunnyside Park, Toronto, Ontario. She had been loaded with dry wood and "tinder-like crates" and soaked with eight barrels of coal oil; her deck and rigging had been outfitted with "powerful bombs and rockets." A tug towed her away from shore and at midnight she was set ablaze while a crowd of thousands looked on. The local newspaper described the destruction: "As the fire burned into her vitals, the bombs and rockets were ignited. The explosions fanned out in great sheets of flames and sparks and out from the burning ship rockets rose high and cut into the blackness of the upper sky." Before she even burned to the waterline, the Lyman M. Davis was towed to deeper water; dynamite blew a hole in her hull and she dropped to the bottom. She was the last commercial schooner in commission on the Great Lakes.
Since that time, sailed vessels that have visited the Zenith City (or have called the port home) have for the most part been small pleasure craft or reconstructions of historic vessels. In fact, a few years before the loss of Our Son, Duluth celebrated the arrival of the first reconstruction of a historic sailing vessel to reach Duluth: the Leif Erikson.


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Once a year, the LA Business Journal provides a list of the largest 100 hotels in LA County ranked by number of rooms. The latest list appears in the May 6 edition. Of the top 100, the smallest is Shutters at the Beach with 198 rooms. The planned UCLA hotel is on a par with the W Hotel in Westwood (258 rooms), a bit smaller than the Hotel Palomar (Wilshire – a few blocks east of Westwood Blvd. with 264 rooms), and notably larger than the Angeleno (Sunset and the 405 with 209 rooms). In rough terms, 25-30% of the top-sized 100 hotels in LA County are either comparable in size to the planned UCLA hotel or smaller.
The university can studiously avoid calling it a hotel. But "the conference and guest center" is in fact a good sized hotel that will require a lot of business to keep its rooms filled throughout the year.
We have pointed out these facts in prior posts but from time to time a reminder is in order. The hotel is big:


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Cracking down on Folders in SharePoint
Much has been said for and against using folders in lists and document libraries. Leaving these discussions aside, what if you want to disable folders entirely in a list or library? This post describes how you can remove the New + Folder menu from lists and libraries, but unfortunately this does not stop folders being created using other techniques.
For example, in a document library with the New + Folder menu removed, you can still create a folder by:
- Use Actions + Open in Windows Explorer in the Document, Library, right-click and select New + Folder.
- In Microsoft Word, choose File + Save, navigate to the SharePoint document library, right-click and choose New + Folder.
So, I've been on a quest to suppress these capabilities, but so far with no success. I've tried:
- Using code and the class libraries to remove the hidden "Folder" content type. I can remove the content type, but folders can still be created.
- Set the EnableFolderCreation property for the SPList object to false (this just does the same as removing the New + Folder menu command).
- And other things…but to no success.
In many organisations imposing standards on how document libraries are used is important, and if a decision has been made not to use folders then this should be applied no matter how the user attempts to create the folder.
Any other ideas?
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With regards to this matter, i am researching a way to give users access to create documents but not create folders. Any workarounds around this?
Firstly you need to implement the suggestions above – removing the Add Folder item from the menu.
Secondly you need a developer to attach an event receiver to the document library in question.
The ItemAdding event is triggered whenever someone tries to add an item to the list in question (by whatever means), and a folder is just a special content type within a list. ItemAdding is triggered BEFORE the item is added, and the operation can easily be cancelled ([C#] properties.Cancel = true;) before the folder is ever added. That ought to make it totally impossible to add a folder to the list.
When I create a Document Library programmatically on MOSS 2007, is there anyway to disable the "Folder creation" for that Doc.Lib programmatically?
It can be done, via Advance Settings and then disable.
Is there anyway that it can be done "programmatically" ?
would removing the new folder content type from your site collection remove the ability to create folders in doc libs.
In my case, I had a folder in which I didn't wanna let anothers to be create, only a custom content type I had made. I used this:
//Create a list with the available contentTypes
List cTypes = new List();
//Set the content types available to the folder
properties.ListItem.Folder.UniqueContentTypeOrder = cTypes;
Properties comes in the itemAdded event and atividadeCtype is my custom content type.
Has anyone found a solution for this problem?
Hi I have the same requirement and came across this blog http://sharepointserved.blogspot.com/2011/05/to-prevent-users-from-creating-folders.html
However I am not sure if it works. Has anyone tried this out and is successful in implementing it?
Yes, you can try this, I've implemented this code successfully.
Me too. It works as written. However, I want to get fancy and allow folders only for those in a super-privileged group (ECM) while disallowing for all others. I can't make that seem to work. Using the following to detect membership…
//only enforce this rule if the user is NOT in the ECM group
bool isInECM = false;
SPGroupCollection groups = properties.OpenWeb().SiteGroups;
SPGroup ecmGroup = groups["ECM Group"];
isInECM = ecmGroup.ExplicitlyContainsCurrentUser;
…I then try to use this (lots of different ways attempted) to cancel the event only for those not in the group. This works fine for the New Folder link in the ribbon but is ignored for the WIndows Explorer route. I guess I just don't understand how the latter works.


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Are religious and race discrimination in the workplace totally the same? Media always make headlines based on misleading information as we can see in local newspapers. According to this paper, race much more important than resume and skills quality, affects prospects of getting an interview, with Malays, Malaysia's majority group, significantly less likely to be called than Chinese. Malay graduates face differential treatment when applying for jobs compared to their Chinese counterparts. The reality is they emphasize more on racial instead of skill requirement. Is it because of communication language or culture?
Other factors, particularly language proficiency of employees, language requirements of jobs and profile of employers, influencing employer biases. Applicants fluent in Chinese are more likely to be called for an interview, and Chinese and foreign-controlled companies are more likely to favor Chinese, indicating that cultural compatibility explains part of the discrimination. Compare to monolingual countries, in which cultural diversity is bridged by a common language, such as English in the United States.
Don't confuse "Chinese-speaking" to a racial requirement. Even Malays can be speaking Chinese either Mandarin, Cantonese or Hokkien dialect, it doesn't mean a green light for preferred Chinese and foreign-controlled companies accept them because it's a matter of culture fit in their organization. Besides that, there are many jobs that require a specific language. Some certain jobs require the Chinese language such as sales, service or management jobs to deal with Chinese customers especially china's Chinese customers. If you're dealing with international companies, you need English. It goes on and on. There is another myth that if you know another language, that is racist. There are some Chinese don't even speak Mandarin (banana – a Chinese who can't speak Chinese), predominantly English speaking ones. But here's the catch, Chinese & foreign-controlled companies more emphasize on culture fit even the candidates don't know the Chinese language.
What happens if a person who doesn't write Chinese design a banner in Chinese? Do you want to see more? Here.
They don't hire Malay is to protect the Malay with their religious beliefs. That's respect, not discrimination. For example, her or his job required to go out with the potential clients that require drinking session or eat pork at Chinese restaurants that forbidden is Islam. But is it necessary that the job requires someone to go out drinking with boss and clients? It depends on their company culture. It depends on what kind of job. Sales, services and management jobs usually require entertaining clients, who are into clubs and drinking, as to build rapport/relationship. Just like entertainment with some business partner, one might need to smoke or drink in order to be easier to discuss things. But how about the job that not require this kind of things such as software developer and engineer?
However, when comes to academic qualification either graduated from public or private sectors, the discrimination holds after controlling for quality, confounding the view that Malay graduates face less favorable treatment because of lower academic achievement. Indeed, an above average, high CGPA Malay graduate is less likely to be called for an interview than a below-average, low CGPA Chinese graduate. Employer and job characteristics impact interview prospects, with Chinese- and foreign-controlled companies, and jobs requiring Chinese language proficiency, distinctly favoring Chinese applicants.
Well, I worked with a company before where the director is from UK. And barely we use chinese in our daily communication, but when a new HR Manager come in which is chinese, he put up a job vacancy ads where it says the company need chinese speaking candidate. I was shocked since we barely use chinese in the office.
That could very well be discrimination and it was convenient using "Chinese-speaking" to do it. But I am wondering what is the job scope and position? If the job itself does not require the language, then that's a case there.
General admin work. And we do not communicate with anyone from China anyway, just people from UK. Someone pull the string and the HR Manager lose his job. So if you told me these advertisement is not race biased. I guess better tell it to someone else as I am unlikely to believe it.
Luckily that action taken to the recruiter.
It's funny if the HR manager put Chinese speaking is a must so they can join a drink and eat, a good boss will know about this. The good boss does not force their Muslim employees to go drink beer with them. So the HR needs to have more believable reasons.
Another side story from Chinese recruiter in a different company:
Sorry to hear your work issues. Not going to pretend I know what is going on so I shall not comment.
However, even us Chinese run into many issues with work place politics and getting ourselves ostracized.
As for discrimination, both sides should share the blame. I am in no doubt that it happens. However, there is a very fine line between actual racism and preference (in terms of perceived job performances). Either way is unfortunate.
As a rather current personal experience, I am in the process of hiring several new staff. I DO NOT have any prejudice on hiring but here is my experience. All this within the past month.
Malay candidate 1 (Female): Worked one week. MC 1 day. Then quit another week later. One day notice.
Malay candidate 2 (male): Cancelled scheduled interview appointment twice, then no show on the 3rd
Malay candidate 3 (male): Cancelled scheduled interview appointment twice. No idea if he will show tomorrow.
Malay candidate 4 (female): Was supposed to start 1st Oct, then delay to 5th, now delay start to 17th. No idea if she would actually even show up.
Chinese candidate (female): Started work a few days EARLY. Say wanted to catch up on training.
Note all these candidates are offered the same salary based on their duties. No preferences. This despite the Chinese candidate possesses additional language skills, seems more industrious and motivated.
Its not hard to over generalize given these experiences. Its not fair to most, but nonetheless, the blame should be shared.
Private companies, do not have time to be playing musical chairs with the hiring process.
Now, as an employer hiring, do I.
a) not bother abut Malay candidates
b) continue to waste my time over them
Us employers have no choice but to hire Malay as they constitute the majority of the workforce. However, we have all heard and experienced various performance issues first hand. I had Malay girl that maxes out her MC, maxes out her annual leave, then takes unpaid leave. How is a company to run with this?
I sincerely hope our Malay workforce wise up and understand that these sort of attitude does not do the entire race any favours.
But how about Malay dominated companies and public sectors? Malay candidates are also perceived and prejudged adversely, and that employers' attitudes toward public policy outcomes, particularly pertaining to education quality and employment opportunity in the public sector, also account for the racial disparities which are confined to the private sector.
So far there is no law in Malaysia that criminalize all forms of discrimination based on race or religion according to the past ruler, Barisan Nasional as the unity in the country is still under control.
There are a few solutions for this racial and religious discrimination issue:
- Starts by removing the language barrier as interview requirement and during working.
- If the job requires a specific language, must state a more logical and practical reason in the job description.
- The government should establish a law that criminalizes all forms of discrimination based on race or religion.
- Improve the hiring process from time to time.
- Besides that, the government should create a new policy whereby all jobs posted must use recruitment evaluation platform to avoid bias.
- Avoid prejudice to Malay candidates among Chinese and foreign-controlled companies. Not all of them are problematic.
We can conclude that cultural compatibility and lingual commonality evidently impact selection for interview, perceptions, and appraisals of Malay fresh graduates are evidently adverse and considerably prejudicial, discrimination in hiring graduates appears intertwined with two specific policy outcomes associated with pro-Malay affirmative action whereby diminished education quality and enhanced opportunity in the public sector and from the perspective of employers' attitudes toward public policy and relative opportunity of Malay and non-Malay graduates.


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With indulgent spa facilities and quality cuisine, Moddershall Oaks offers treats aplenty for stressed parents looking to unwind. Our reviewer Lisa McSorley and her husband spent a relaxing weekend away...
"Moddershall Oaks is a country spa retreat in Staffordshire offering spa days, spa breaks and treatments and gourmet lakeside dining."
The hotelTucked away in the Staffordshire countryside in historic town of Stone, Moddershall Oaks is a little hidden gem and the perfect setting for a relaxing hideaway. With no mobile phone signal, no one will find you - we saw this as a major plus, but if that makes you feel slightly panicky there is broadband and a landline! The hotel is spotlessly clean, modern and intimate, with only ten luxury suites and a restaurant set in 70 acres of stunning woodland and parkland.
The spaThe extensive facilities include a swimming pool, hydrotherapy pool, hot room, sauna, steam room, reflexology foothbaths and more. Even though Eoin was adverse to synchronised magazine reading – a pastime always indulged in with my girl spamates – all was not lost. He even refused to have a treatment, claiming that reading the paper uninterrupted was his idea of total zen. But I didn't give up. We spent ample time languishing in the hydrotherapy pool, sweating our stress away in the sauna and wading in the hot tub. Then I went off for my wonderful Elemis facial. The spa therapist cleansed and primed my skin with products tailored to my skin type. The treatment also included a facial massage using Eastern techniques which, as advertised, left me feeling radiant.
What we ateThe award-winning hotel restaurant is cosy, with a modern English menu featuring locally sourced ingredients that is extremely well thought out, especially for vegetarians like me. For the main course, there was a choice of a four appetising vegetarian dishes, including a hearty goat's cheese and potato gratin, served with fresh asparagus and wild mushroom fricassee. And for those in need of an extra lift, we can thoroughly recommend selecting the playfully-named Chocolate Rehab dessert, a toothsome concoction comprising soft chocolate fudge cake, vanilla custard and white chocolate panna cotta. With stunning views across the lake, and the exquisite food, it was the highlight of the weekend. After eating, we found a mini bar at the end of the corridor for the suites with bottles of wine and an honesty box so we could help ourselves to a romantic nightcap.
With a slightly fuzzy head from our nightcap, breakfast did not disappoint! I had the vegetarian option, which had all the usual suspects, but with delicious grilled halloumi in place of local bacon and sausages.
Essential infoSpa breaks start from £150pp, which includes glass of bubbly and nibbles, three-course evening meal, breakfast and use of spa facilities until 5pm on day of departure.
For more information, visit www.moddershalloaks.com
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Hello ShopaHAULics, Tiffany here and I am Organix product junkie. As you know, I have done other reviews on Organix products, you can read them HERE. I think that this product is sub par to the rest of the line but let me tell you why… (Also, I don't live near a beach so this may work really well when you get out of the ocean after a nice swim, if you have tried this method, let me know in the comments!)
Packaging: This bottle seems a little more flimsy compared to the other products in the line. I feel that this bottle is made with a thinner plastic and also doesn't hold oxygen well in the bottle. I just mean that it kind of becomes concave in the middle of the bottle which isn't a deal breaker but I just thought maybe someone would want to know. The nozzle is great and sprays out well.
Durability: I would say that this product works well when you have done something the night before. When I put my hair in braids and spray the product in before I take them out the next morning, it keeps a nice shape but does fall out rather quickly into really loose "braid waves". When I apply this to heat treated curls, it doesn't quite do much. My hair works best when heat treated to create a style because it holds better. If I use this on it's own, it doesn't do much for my hair because heat hasn't been applied. The picture above is my hair that had been braided the night before and I had this sprayed in the day I took them out with some fine hair spray.
Pigmentation: Clear.
Budget: $7.99 at Ulta.
Overall, this product smells amazing but I don't know if I would repurchase this again because I am never near or around water. I have stick straight hair so even if I apply this when my hair is wet from the shower, it probably wouldn't create the look of beachy waves that I want that look effortless…
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Anyone who wants these on Blu-ray even if you don't have a blu-ray player yet should buy these as with Mysterious Island there will only be 3000 each. Here are the links:
Look what happened to Mysterious Island:
Mysterious Island is a good transfer and so should the new transfers.
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Does blue ray play on a regular DVD player?-to HD TV
I don't think so. Must have a blu-ray player.