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My Travels with Christianity
God doesn't mind if we lie, as long as our lies glorify Him. Women need to be quiet in church and cede control of their minds and bodies to men, who always know best. God is sad when we say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas.
The Beautiful Game
We stood on the terrace, a paltry sprinkling of crowd awaiting a corner. Those whom we had come to see stood at arms' length, the accentuated shouts, the frenetic panting and the smell of turf and bloke as vivid in my mind now as it was a solid 20 years ago.
Searching for Thrills
It's a typical Saturday night at the Java Jive. The bar is a Tacoma institution, a one-time home to two pet monkeys appropriately named Java and Jive. The monkeys are dead now, and so is your marriage. You're singing karaoke because you're trying to forget everything. You're a lonely 41-year old single mom with two kids and a decaying house on the north end of town, and you know what it feels like to have your thrills vanish. So you're singing your lungs out, and some guy bites your foot.
Noir the Savior
Senior year my mother did two months for larceny. That August she tried walking out with two carts full of groceries. I lived noir. I managed a story that became my first published in the school magazine. She was still in prison that October when my birthday rolled around. I woke up at three-thirty in the morning and read James Thompson's Snow Angels until I left for the bus.
Zadusnice: The Serbian All Souls' Day
There are four Zadusnice in a year, one for every season: summer, autumn, winter and spring, and they always fall on Saturday. Saturday is the day of week devoted to the dead in Serbian culture. And Serbs are funny people. They are outgoing and talkative, and they love to socialize with one another, laugh and make jokes anywhere, even in the cemetery.
I have killed her in my head more times than I can count. I have attended her funeral. I have wept on her grave. I have cried alone in a room littered with pill bottles and years of filth because I wasn't there to save her. Every unknown number from Connecticut is her final plea for forgiveness before she swallows the pills or slices the blade across pale blue-veined wrists. I am a bad son. I let her do this. It is all my fault.
The Strange Case of Derick Johnson
For some reason, my first instinct was to assume that Derick Johnson was a figment of Nick's imagination or a sort of creative in-joke between some of the players. The name, I observed, sounded like a character from Mad Men. I imagined a dapper fellow in his mid-thirties turning up to play, with a short glass of scotch on the rocks in one hand and a cigarette in the other.
Do You Remember Friday?
Do you remember Fridays? The indescribable feeling of utter joy that signified that thankfully school was over for another two days. The misery of sitting in a classroom against your will was to be alleviated and replaced with the respite of resentment from parents who didn't know what to do with you. Yes, Friday was a fine time. Friday represented hope a brief, fleeting window in which anything was possible and the misery of school, with its press-gang style education was exposed for what it was, finite.
Show Me Your Teeth
Mouth open as he presses cold metal against each tooth. Leaning over me, he recites codes I don't understand to his assistant. When it's over, he smiles and tells me, to my surprise, that I have good teeth. Good, straight teeth. It means more to me than it should. I tell myself he says that to all his patients. Within reason.
Masked Vigilante
I'd swoop down upon you each night and stand before you as a silhouette, as a shadow, as a black canvas upon which you paint the faces of all those you loath, as an embodiment of your fear—I'd force you to face your fear, which is at the root of all evil; afraid of change, afraid of difference, afraid of unanswerable questions you've held your tongue, spat your lies, chanted your curses, lifted your arm in the air.
Children Are The Future
People claim to hate their job, many people do and those who say they don't are either lying, or worse still, the most unimaginative imbeciles that our sick society has created in its desire to consume. I fall into the first category of hate, pure and simple.
Nobody's Prerogative
No one ever plans to end up as a dancer on Bourbon Street. It's an employment choice born of pure desperation. I worked at a unisex joint called Sweet Mama's. After only two weeks on the job, I despised every minute of my interminable shifts. I lurched around the club in stilettos like an awkward stork, as songs like "Strokin'" and "My Prerogative" pounded in the background.
Bidet: A Most European Experience
I had shat literally all I could possibly shit, but somewhere, deep down, I knew I would need to shit again imminently. Such are the joys of food poisoning, or in this case some dodgy Albanian tap water. In fairness, the foreign office advice had been fairly clear cut.
Language and Football
To me, both language and football can give sensory pleasure to the ears and eyes respectively. When I hear a well-composed sentence, it evokes an appreciation of something far beyond the successful exchange of information. Equally, for an impartial observer in football, a crisply struck shot finding the top corner is of far more sensory merit than a deflected, scrappy effort sliding its way into the net, though there is no difference in terms of reward.
Quarter summer
Cheap cotton tank top stuck under my armpits, the summer heat was making us light extra candles and pray for extra $5 donations. I was cheap and stuck at Saint Joseph Oratory under Mary's smile and she gazed at her feet and I felt her son didn't really save me. You had sad eyes and your hair was the best thing in the heat.
The Last Day of Term
Last week David pulled his pants down in the class and farted in another boy's face. David farts all the time. He loves the smell and sound of his own farts as do the rest of the class, chortling away when he breaks wind for the tenth time in the hour. David is also a racist, making Chinese eyes or calling the Latin-Americans dirty monkeys. David is 13 years old. There's not much of a positive spin you can put on that ergo the utter bollocks above.
Treading the Boards
For a moment, I actually consider telling him that it's bad form to dress up too much for a part. Then I imagine the horror on the faces of the auditioning panel as they stare at this fucked-up embodiment of a child's nightmare. Goulée takes my hand and pulls me close to him. There's a reek off him of booze and Tiger Balm. "Hey," he says. "Do you know where I can find some Asian prostitutes?"
Laurence Rivers' New Neighbour
I bit my lip and concentrated as hard as I could at the grainy image on the TV screen. The brief vignette of femme désnudé from the 11 o'clock freeview on the tarot channel. Trying hard to neither concentrate on the phone number nor the colloquially lewd offers at the side of the tiny image, I worked my wrist into overdrive and finally came, it had taken over twenty minutes, fuck sake.
The Sunday Historian
For ten hours on a few Sundays I had the chance to sit and talk with Louis Tindle Dees. I normally found him enthralled in a thick book about Winston Churchill, watching the latest news, or working an intricate puzzle with pieces too numerous for me to even attempt at age 29. He had just turned 92 years old.
Beyond Work: Shopping Centre Santa Claus
Beyond Work documents humans at work using words and reportage photography, with no judgement or glorification. It's an attempt at unearthing the social, cultural and functional world of work that's invisible in everyday life. In this series, Curtis James interviews John Prior, a man who dresses up as Santa Claus at Churchill Shopping Centre in Brighton, UK.
A Happy Ending
The affair happened more than ten years ago. We worked together on a project with four other colleagues. She was married and had two small children. During the holidays, she texted me several times saying that she was thinking about me. The first two or three messages, I ignored. I erased them. I seriously thought she was a no-go. The fourth time, I wrote back: "You're married." I thought that would end it….
Beyond Work: The Indoor Postal Worker
Beyond Work documents humans at work using words and reportage photography, with no judgement or glorification. It's an attempt at unearthing the social, cultural and functional world of work that's invisible in everyday life. In this series, Curtis James interviews Andrew James, a man who has been working as an Indoor Postal worker for the past 37 years.
Love in the West Midlands
From 90s suburban Coventry, Holly Watson recalls stories from her childhood. This time she looks at a relationship between her Aunty Mandy and her husband SImon, a man so boring as to drive you to tears.
The Impossibility of Buying Light Bulbs
It used to be a very simple task to purchase a light bulb. Check the wattage on the dead bulb at home, go to the store and pick a similar one from the display shelf, take it home, remove the burned-out bulb from its socket, replace it with the new one, wrap the old bulb in some newspaper, and toss it in the trash.


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Obligatory 'Rapture Post
Unless you've been hiding under a rock and covering both ears I'm sure that you've heard something about the Rapture that was supposed to occur this last Saturday. I've seen lots of jokes on Facebook and elsewhere. Hell, I've even told some of them.
In all seriousness though, this entire fiasco has got me thinking about why some people seem to need something like the Rapture to exist in order for their lives to have meaning. I suppose this sort of contemplation should also include circumstances which also cause and 'End of Times' event, such as meteor strikes that annihilate most life on earth, zombie apocalypses or 2012ish world shifting occurrences. I'd support the argument that these are all variations on a theme.
I also wouldn't be completely honest if I didn't acknowledge that I too believe that something will happen in the future that will cause the world to be very different than it is now. Anyone who has really sat down to talk with me about my religious perspective or has intently read some of my stuff on this blog shouldn't be taken by surprise by this fact. Still, I'm hoping this will allow me a bit of insight rather than have a negative impact on this discussion.
Let's see, since I don't want to drag this out too long, I'll focus on the broad aspects of what these things would bring about, rather on the specifics details about how a specific apocalypse happens. Here we go!
1) It's a Mulligan – Basically, I find that if something wiped out the majority of the human race it would allow us a lot of room to rebuild society and humankind according to a different morality and value system. Of course, this 'new society' would adhere to values that are more pious, less materialistic etc etc… depending on the person holding the perspective. Regardless, it's a 'do over' and anything afterward 'seems' possible.
2) Ha! I Knew It! – Not to sound too condescending but the fulfillment of a predicted apocalypse would really support the 'Truth Claims' of those giving voice to it. Whether it's the 'Follow Christ' crowd or the 'Don't experiment with human genome' naysayers, the disappearance of several million Christians or masses of marauding zombies, should be enough to give those that don't agree with them pause to reconsider. Though, it might be too late to do so.
3) Makes One Feel Alive – Many of us, myself included, don't really feel alive in our 9-5, hand to mouth existence. I mean, if I'm fighting off zombies, trying to rebuild human society after a meteor or nuclear bomb, then the decisions I make really, REALLY, matter. But, all things being considered, what I do on a day to day basis really doesn't amount to a hill of beans.
I think those are the main three reasons why one would be soooo excited about the prospect of an apocalypse. What I don't hear much about, unless it's in the 'you deserve it vein', is the suffering that would inherently follow for those effected by such occurrences. Setting aside the entire 'going to heaven crew' things are going to royally suck for those left behind. I know that those zombie movies seem cool and get our hearts racing but I don't know anyone that truly wants to see their loved ones eaten by their neighbor. Nor, do I feel that those living through nuclear fallout would see it as a beneficial way to 'switch things up' in our lives.
I'm just not sure the benefits would outweigh the negatives of an apocalypse.

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TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- In a finding that might one day counter some of the damage of severe brain injury in humans, researchers report that embryonic neurons implanted in brain-injured mice helped resurrect memory and eased seizures.
"The idea to regrow neurons that die off after a brain injury is something that neuroscientists have been trying to do for a long time," said study leader Robert Hunt, an assistant professor of anatomy and neurobiology at the University of California, Irvine. "But often, the transplanted cells don't survive, or they aren't able to migrate or develop into functional neurons."
In the study, the mice received transplants of embryonic progenitor cells that can produce inhibitory interneurons, a type of nerve cell that controls the activity of brain circuits. The brain injury was in the hippocampus, which is responsible for learning and memory.
The transplanted neurons migrated into the brain injury and formed new connections with the injured brain cells, the researchers said.
Within a month after treatment, the mice had improvements in memory, such as being able to tell the difference between a box where they'd had an unpleasant experience from one where they didn't. They were able to do this as well as mice that never had a brain injury, the findings showed.
The cell transplants also prevented epilepsy, which occurred in more than half of the mice with brain injury who did not receive the therapy, according to the report.
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Grand Circuit Inn-based
- Guides Choice inn-based tour
- 5+ hikes covering both rims
- Amazing natural and cultural history
- Phenomenal views on every hike
- Accommodations near the Rims
- Dinner at Grand Canyon Lodge
- Dinner at historic El Tovar
- An outdoor sunset dinner
This tour is an opportunity to experience the Grand Canyon from both rims, see Lee's Ferry (the official beginning of the Grand Canyon), go on a variety of adventurous hikes and relax in style each evening! We take care of everything - reservations, fees, meals and transportation - while you get to relax and enjoy a fantastic hiking experience at one of the most beautiful places in the world!
Your guide will lead you on two hikes off the North Rim and three hikes off the South Rim - the challenge of the treks will vary to allow for recovery and relaxation in between. We've hand-picked the hikes specifically for their uniqueness, adventure and scenic beauty. Some of the highlights include breathtaking views, incredible natural and cultural history, views of the Colorado River, stunning conifer forests, ancient fossils, and dripping desert oases.
Each night you'll return to your hotel in the cool pine forests of the rims. You'll finish each day with a hot shower, tasty dinners (restaurant and outdoor meals on the Rims) and relaxing evening. Your guide will also lead moon-lit walks along the edge of the Canyon for those interested. Don't miss this overall experience of the Grand Canyon - give us a call at 1-800-715-HIKE (4453) to learn more!
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Trip Itinerary
On this Grand Canyon hiking tour, we'll pick you up at your hotel in Flagstaff and begin our drive to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. En route we'll cross the Little Colorado River and then the Colorado River near Lee's Ferry, where the Old Navajo Bridge (built in the 1920's) is suspended 467 feet above the water. Your guide will drop you off so you can walk across the historic bridge and snap pictures of this amazing spot, which marks the beginning of the Grand Canyon. Occasionally we see California Condors perched on the rafters beneath the bridge.
After eating breakfast at the Old Navajo Bridge, we'll continue on our journey to the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park and the famous Grand Canyon Lodge. We'll check in to our rooms, then enjoy the lodge and its massive picture windows before hiking to Bright Angel Point, one of the most impressive views in the Canyon. After a hearty lunch we'll hike down the famous North Kaibab Trail to Coconino Overlook, another one of the most impressive overlooks in the Canyon.
Once the hiking is done we'll continue back to the Grand Canyon Lodge, where we'll shower and meet up for a wonderful dinner overlooking the depths of the Grand Canyon from the Lodge restaurant's spectacular picture windows.
After a big breakfast we'll drive a short distance to our
trailhead. Today's hike is on a beautiful trail that winds through the pine trees and aspen of the high North Rim (8,000 feet) past ancient fossil beds to the edge of the Canyon. Elk, deer, coyotes, fox, mountain lions, and even half-breed wild buffalo roam these forests and meadows regularly. The plant life is rich and lush, which is an amazing contrast to the desert ecosystems we'll be gazing down at inside the Canyon (and later walking through off the South Rim). Once we reach the edge of the Canyon, we'll traverse
the North Rim to a stunning viewpoint. We'll enjoy a picnic lunch overlooking the depths of the Canyon, explore this incredible area by extending our hike along the Rim, and then return on the same trail.
We'll have a nice sunset dinner this evening cooked by your guide at a spectacular view point called Point Imperial.
We'll check out of our rooms and drive again over the Colorado River at Lee's Ferry. We'll turn west and enter the Park from the East Entrance this time, where we'll stop at the famous Desert View Watchtower. This amazing structure is a replica of a Native American tower found in the same location by early explorers centuries ago.
After driving along the famous Desert View Drive, we'll reach the jumping off point for our amazing hike on the Grandview Trail! As the name implies, phenomenal views abound on this hike! You can see for more than 100 miles on a clear Grand Canyon day from the top. Originally used by native peoples of the Grand Canyon, the Grandview Trail as we know it today was built as access to the Last Chance Mine when copper was discovered on Horseshoe Mesa in 1890. Along with prehistoric sites, much of the old mining operation remains, including the original miner's cabin walls and fireplace.
After our hike we'll check in to our hotel, have another hearty dinner at one of the South Rim's historic rim-side restaurants, enjoy showers, and relish in some much-deserved relaxation time.
After breakfast we'll make our way to the Hermit Trailhead. Built by the Santa Fe Railroad as a route to Hermit Camp, the Hermit Trail leads us through fossil beds in the limestone and sandstone formations to Waldron Basin. From the high desert valley of Waldron, we will continue hiking along the top of the Red Wall with incredible views into a deep, seemingly bottomless canyon. One of the great highlights of this hike are the 260+ million year old reptile prints, complete with the swish of the creature's tail, permanently etched in a slab of sandstone next to the trail. Our hike's turnaround point is Dripping Springs, a desert spring that drips from the ceiling of a sandstone alcove, nourishing the desert with water.
We'll enjoy a short walk along the Rim either before or after our meal as the sun dips behind distant ridgelines and the Canyon's shadows grow long across the landscape.
- Hiking Mileage: 6 miles
- 1-way Elevation Change: 1,700 feet
- Shuttle to Flagstaff: 1.5 hours
On our final morning we'll get an early start, check out and head to the South Kaibab Trail, which descends the spine of the spectacular Cedar Ridge and allows for BIG Grand Canyon views as the ridge drops off on both sides and in front of you. It is the trail to do if you're looking for some of the best panoramas in the Grand Canyon. These panoramas and the moderate nature of the hiking make the South Kaibab Trail one of the most photographed trails in the country. Possible sightings of California Condors and truly fascinating geologic history will round out the day.
It's a relatively short shuttle drive back to Flagstaff after today's hike, during which time you can relax and reminisce over the last 5 amazing days.
Please Note: We always do everything in our power to follow the set itinerary, however it can change occasionally based on temporary access restrictions, weather, lodging/campground availability, guest ability/injury, natural events like fires and flooding, and other potential causes.
Trip Details
- 4 nights of lodging: 2 nights at the Grand Canyon Lodge on the North Rim, 2 nights at the Grand Hotel or the Squire Inn near the South Rim (Lodging Details)
- Dinners including ones at Grand Canyon Lodge, El Tovar and a sunset dinner on the Rim (weather permitting)
- Breakfasts, picnic lunches prepared by your guide, and trail snacks
- Use of a day pack and trekking poles
- A professional, knowledgeable, certified Grand Canyon hiking guide
- Transportation for the duration of the tour originating and concluding in Flagstaff
- Emergency equipment including a company-issued first-aid kit and satellite phone
- You will receive a Lifetime Hiking Membership entitling you, your spouse and kids to a lifetime discount of 10% off any Wildland Trekking hiking trip after your first one!
- Clothes, raingear, and footwear (Oboz hiking shoes and boots recommended)
- Sunscreen, toiletries and personal items
- Water bottles and a headlamp or flashlight
- Guide gratuity (industry recommendation is 10-20% of trip cost)
This tour features a combination of restaurant meals and meals prepared by your guide. We'll have dinner at the famous and historic Grand Canyon Lodge and El Tovar Hotel, as well as a sunset dinner on the Rim (prepared by your guide) if weather permits, plus one more additional at a local restaurant.
For optimal taste and energy, we supplement all our meals with spices, herbs, oils, cheeses, butter, sugar, and fruits and vegetables. In addition, we provide you with with an assortment of trail mix, snacks, and dried fruits to eat at your own discretion.
We regularly accommodate vegan, vegetarian, kosher and non-gluten diets and will make adjustments for food allergies. These and other special dietary requests may require an additional fee.
We provide all group gear which includes the following:
- Deuter or Osprey backpacks
- Leki or Black Diamond trekking poles
- Company-issued first-aid kit
- Satellite phone
We ask that you supply a couple of gear items on your hiking tour. These items are three 1-liter water bottles per person and basic items like sunscreen, bug repellent (where and when applicable), lip balm, and toiletries are also important. All of these items are available online at Wildland Trekking Outfitters.
Please refer to the trip packet for a recommended clothing list (we email you a detailed trip packet when you inquire and when you register). All trips require a sturdy pair of hiking shoes or hiking boots, rain gear, and non-cotton and cotton clothing layers. A minimum of three pairs of wool or synthetic hiking socks are also required. All of these items are available online at Wildland Trekking Outfitters.
NOTE: See the Packing Lists page for more detailed information on what clothes and gear to bring on your hiking tour. The trip packet you receive when you contact us will have the most accurate clothing and gear list for the tour you're interested in.
Trip Logistics
Ready to hike? In the Dates section of this trip page, the green dates are bookable online by simply clicking on the date, and blue dates must be booked through our customer service team for a variety of possible reasons. To email our customer service team, you can click here to get the ball rolling. Our adventure consultants will confirm availability, and if you're ready to register we'll email you a link to a registration profile. You'll have 72 hours to complete your profile (and that of any dependents) and pay the deposit ($500).
Feel free to call us for more info - we're here 7 days a week!
Unless we tell you otherwise, you will meet your guide and group at the Little America Hotel in Flagstaff (use this reservation page for a 10-60% discount at Little America) for an orientation meeting at 5:00 PM the evening before the trip begins. We're happy to give you a ride to this meeting if you're not staying at Little America, but staying at one of our other recommended hotels. Your guide will then pick you up at your hotel the next morning for transport to the trailhead. For Private Grand Canyon Tours your guide will meet you at your hotel in Flagstaff at an agreed upon time.
Check out our Travel Resources page for information on flights, shuttles, lodging and more.
Your guide will inform you of the first day's pick-up time at the orientation meeting. Generally, you can expect it to be between 4 and 7 am, although the exact time will depend on current weather and road conditions. We will drop you off at your hotel on the final day normally before 5 PM (this time is not guaranteed, as a variety of circumstances can influence our exact return time).
Your safety is our top priority. Our hiking tours are led by professional hiking guides, all of whom are wilderness-certified first responders or EMT's, each with years of guiding and wilderness experience. We've developed comprehensive risk management protocols that our guides adhere to in case of an emergency, and most tours carry a satellite phone. If you have any further questions about safety, please contact us at 1-800-715-HIKE (4453) for more information.
Your tour will be led by a trained, experienced professional with a solid guiding background, years of personal wilderness and hiking experience, medical certifications, and a passion for leading people into breathtaking landscapes. Check out our Meet Our Team page for staff bios.
Guides are required to take 8 hours off each 24-hour period to sleep, recuperate, take personal/down time...etc. In addition, as part of the 8 hours off they must sleep/rest or be in their tents/rooms uninterrupted for a minimum of 5 hours each night. We ask guests to respect these requirements and to not interrupt guides' off time and sleep time unless there is a true emergency.
The standard group size on this hiking tour is 6 guests and 1 guide, with a maximum of 9 guests and 2 guides. If you have more questions about group size, please give us a call at 1-800-715-HIKE (4453) and we'll answer all your questions.
Age restrictions are as follows:
- 12 and older to join scheduled tours (mixed groups)
- 5 and older to join private tours, with final approval and specific logistical requirements (such as porter or stock assist) determined on a case by case basis
The weather in the Grand Canyon varies tremendously from the rim to the canyon floor, with as much as a 30 degree Fahrenheit difference. For this reason, the Canyon is truly a year-round hiking destination. To be fully prepared, please follow the recommended clothing list closely (this list comes as part of your trip packet when you register). Read below for average high and low temperatures at the South Rim and the Canyon bottom:
|Average Temperatures (Fahrenheit)
South Rim
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El Tovar Hotel
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This legendary hotel is Grand Canyon's premier lodge. A celebrated, historic hotel right on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, El Tovar first opened in 1905. Staying here offers a unique lodging experience that in many ways takes us back in time.
Grand Canyon Squire Inn
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A short drive from the edge of the Canyon, this modern, appealing hotel puts us right in the action where we can make the most of our Grand Canyon adventure! Expect a very comfortable lodging experience with all the modern amenities.
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Four treasures in a line - a unique discovery from nearly 3,000 years ago
Four ceramic pots filled with dozens of tools, ornaments and weapons made of bronze, each 200 m away from another and arranged in a line, were buried nearly 3,000 years ago. Now archaeologists are trying to understand why this happened.
Three of the four treasures were found in the cultivated field at the turn of the 20th century. Today it is the area near the village of Postolin in Lower Silesia (formerly Germany) between Wrocław and Ostrów Wielkopolski, but in literature they are known as treasures of Karmin. The fourth treasure was discovered two years ago. Luckily, it was handed to the conservator.
"This is an absolutely unique situation, because we rarely know the location of discovered treasures from hundreds or thousands of years ago - these are most often discovered by random people" - says Dr. Justyna Baron from the Institute of Archaeology of the University of Wrocław, the leader of the Karmin treasures research project. The treasures were buried in the 8th century BC.
As part of research funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, scientists carefully examined several hundred bronze objects that were buried in pots, and analysed how they were deposited.
In their opinion, there could have been more items, but over the millennia they were scattered in the field as a result of agricultural activity. Some of them were probably collected by random finders. Today, most of the known items are in the Archaeological Museum in Wrocław, and some can be seen at the permanent exhibition.
The pots contained tools (axes and sickles), decorations (bracelets, pendants, rings), weapons (daggers and knives), and parts of horse harness. The analyses carried out for the purposes of the project show that their composition (even within one treasure) was very varied: the proportion of copper and tin, from which bronze was melted, was different. Some items were almost 100 percent copper; this surprised scientists.
"Copper is very soft metal. Such tools are not very practical" - the archaeologist emphasises.
The fact that caught the attention of experts was that these treasures had been deposited in one line and at regular intervals of about 200 m. Dr. Baron believes that such an arrangement of the treasure is absolutely unique not only in Poland, but also in Europe. An analysis of the items deposited in the ground shows that they were made around the same time, most likely within 2-3 generations. Therefore, they were not deposited at the same time. How then could they have been deposited in such a regular way?
"We believe that the deposition sites were marked and known to locals. Perhaps they were mounds or other structures, or characteristic elements of the natural landscape" - believes Dr. Baron.
The question about the reason for placing several hundred valuable objects in the ground near the crossing of the Barycz river remains open. In the opinion of the project leader, this is an example of marking extremely important places for a given community, for example borders, both man-made and natural ones.
Interestingly, the analysis shows that the sacrificed tools had been used, and quite intensively at that: the edges of knives, daggers and axes are strongly disfigured and blunt. In addition, the pots, in which they were deposited, were not beautiful. "These are typical pots used for cooking. On those we examined we noticed traces of lipids - organic compounds, but we do not know with what food they should be associated" - the researcher notes.
Archaeologists used 3D scanning to compare selected bronze objects. They wanted to determine whether the axes from one treasure was made in one form. This could be confirmed in several cases.
A specialist scientific publication on the latest analyses of the treasures of Karmin will be published this year. The book will be available online for free.
PAP - Science in Poland, Szymon Zdziebłowski
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We are now open, with limited stock, please call before visiting; we are proud and excited to announce the arrival of our new shop in Bamber Bridge near Preston; only 2 minutes drive from junctions on the M6, M61 and M65. We have live displays of log burners, gas stoves and electric fires & fireplaces alongside a small selection of range cooking appliances and BBQs. This store will be used as a click and collect point for our customer base in Lancashire with regular events including training days and cooking experiences. Come talk to our trained HETAS & Gas Safe advisors. Come to see us for an in-store experience like no other.
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Tom – Even the American College of Pediatricians say that life begins at conception.
How is abortion still legal? It boggles the mind.
This is why, secularly, we should be able to say that abortion is wrong and end the practice. Keep fighting the good fight, Tom.
Once this has been established, that human life does indeed begin at conception, how can abortion possible continue to be legal?


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From the land where flinging your naked, deliberately overheated body into a bank of snow is not considered sexual perversion, comes the superb little film, Show Me Love – originally titled Fucking Amal, the name the teenagers call their Swedish hometown.
The town's teenagers have a distinctive form of ennui.
Larry Clark's Kids showed the inner-city, white, dry-rot version of tedium; Eric Bogosian's SubUrbia shows the bungalow take on the same; and Amy Heckerling's Clueless is the Hollywood offering. What sets Show Me Love apart from all the rest is not so much what it is, but what it isn't. And what it isn't, is addled by the artifice of exhausting stereotypes.
Agnes (Rebecca Liljeberg) lives in Amal, small town Sweden, where distractions are few and gossip circulates quickly. She is the school outcast, a result of rumours about her lesbian inclinations. Retreating to the safety of her computer, she writes poetry about Elin (Alexandra Dahistrom), the lascivious, A-list blonde.
Repelled by the tedium of yet another house party with jocks sodden by their parents' alcohol, Elin and her friends attend Agnes's sixteenth birthday party, which becomes the scene of excruciating teen angst, told with spare Scandinavian economy. It is in the ashes of this failed party where Elin and Agnes first kiss, a kiss which turns into a malicious school prank. The prank spins off chaotic hearsay and both girls struggle in a teenage way – part guile, part navet – to reconcile their emotions.
It's a fresh take on an age-old story.
Thirty-year-old director and screenwriter Lukas Moodysson is aware of the sophisticated relevance of making this film now. "There was a 20-year-old Swedish film about two girls who fell in love, but it was never released. Everyone hated it, mostly because of the subject. Even if it had been made five years ago, the critics would have liked it, but teenagers wouldn't have come because they'd have been afraid they'd be labeled as gay.
"When Show Me Love was released almost a year ago, it was labeled a teen movie, not a gay movie."
Show Me Love is now playing at the Carlton (20 Carlton St, 416-598-2309) and Canada Square (2198 Yonge St, 416-962-2891).


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Union And Fellowship ExpandedPublished: March 23, 2020 (Originally published: October 14, 2015)
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
I'm frequently asked why I believe we should continue confessing our sins after being born again, since all our sins are already forgiven. People who ask point out that 1 John 1:9 is the only place this is mentioned and if it was so important wouldn't Jesus have taught it?
I in Them and You in MePublished: March 9, 2020 (Originally published: June 30, 2003)
Two Roads, Two Gates, One GoalPublished: February 12, 2020 (Originally published: July 18, 2009)
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." (Matt.
The Covenant RelationshipPublished: August 12, 2019 (Originally published: February 10, 2016)
If You Believe It, You Have ItPublished: August 5, 2019 (Originally published: May 7, 2014)
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16).
Crown Him With Many CrownsPublished: May 30, 2018 (Originally published: July 22, 2015)
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
This verse from the old hymn obviously refers to the Lord in His position as King of Kings. But did you know that you may also receive multiple crowns? There are five types of crowns mentioned in the New Testament that will be given to qualifying believers immediately after the Rapture.
OSAS, The Whole StoryPublished: April 9, 2018 (Originally published: October 7, 2006)
OK, I'm Saved. Now What?Published: January 17, 2018 (Originally published: April 29, 2015)
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation: The old has gone, the new has come! (2 Cor. 5:17). Only let us live up to what we have already attained (Phil 3:16).
Are All Our Sins Forgiven?Published: September 23, 2016 (Originally published: August 26, 2015)
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
I've received a number of questions about a recent series of online articles disputing the idea that Jesus died for all our sins, past, present, and future on the cross. The articles make the claim that the Bible teaches no such thing.
Amazing GracePublished: May 22, 2016 (Originally published: May 21, 2016)
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
No portion of scripture provides a more succinct view of our need for a savior than Mark 9-10. When praying recently about how to best present this passage in a Bible study, the Lord clearly said, "Get the big picture."


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I was using win 7 and I decided to switch to 10 yesterday. So when I upgraded my pc, I tried to upgrade to latest AMD drivers for my Graphics Card in order to play videogames etc. When I did, my pc freeze and after a few restarts it came back but drivers were gone. I tried many solutions on internet, and I am still trying sleepless, tired. So to guide whoever going to help me, I will write some info about what I've tried in this 24 hour period.
- Trying to update drivers from Device Manager. This doesn't help since it's simply "downgrades" the driver. When I did it just rolled my driver back to a 2015 version of it.
- Trying to update with AMD auto driver finder and update my video card manually by downloading latest driver manually. When I do this, in radeon software downloading or in setup screen of radeon screen it freezes and does not come back (I've actually waited for 2 hours but it freezes and nothing changes )
- Trying to delete all drivers with AMD cleaner and set the drivers up again, this cause the same thing. It just gets freeze.
- When I search web about this, it seems a lots of people dealing with same issues FOR YEARS. They can't use their graphics card with full performance because they can't download the software, and make their own settings for the graphics card.


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The problem must have started when he was pestered several times by a good friend to fight for a cause that he even tells us in the text is not his first priority. He says:
To write now the reforming of Education, though it be one of the greatest and noblest designs that can be thought on, and for the want whereof this Nation perishes, I had not yet at this time been induc't, but by your earnest entreaties, and serious conjurements; as having my mind for the present half diverted in the pursuance of some other assertions, the knowledge and the use of which, cannot but be a great furtherance both to the enlargement of truth, and honest living, with much more peace.
- everyone will magically have time to be completely proficient in everything by the age of 20
- everyone will naturally be drawn to the same subjects he is
- his curriculum and methods will be adaptable to every culture in England
- it would not take longer to build these specialized schools than it would for them to become obsolete


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Well, we've survived the first day of partial government shutdown. As I had no intent to go to the Statue of Liberty today or any of our national parks, the impact has been limited for me. And as I don't have a civilian job with the Federal Government, my paycheck is unaffected. My sympathy to those Federal employees whose checks will be delayed. But if previous shutdowns are any indication, they will get paid retroactively for their time off and have a little extra unscheduled vacation.
I was up until the wee hours this morning, listening to all the rhetoric over the shutdown. This was good for the Obama administration, clouding as it did, the "rollout of Obamacare" as the state insurance exchanges opened for business this morning at 5:00 local time. I couldn't wait until they were up and running so that I could make a first hand analysis of the goodies that they had on display.
In all fairness, any new computer program is likely to have "glitches." That is neither a surprise nor is it a reason for condemning Obamacare. There are plenty of other reasons to do that. But the intelligent IT department is going to make sure that they have subjected any new system to extensive beta testing before making it public. Perhaps that is what happened with the state exchange programs, but if so, the State of Nevada, whose site I checked, needs to hire people with better skills than those who put this program together
My first encounter with the system was that it simply didn't respond to my clicking on their links. I thought to myself, "Perhaps they are overwhelmed with inquiries, more than the system was designed to handle." Maybe that is what happened. So after repeated attempts, I was about to give up when the system finally responded.
What I had in front of me was a list of all insurers whose insurance plans were approved for sale in the State of Nevada for calendar year 2014. These plans, many from insurers of whom I had never heard, all indicated the level of coverage – Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum, as well as Catastrophic. Not all insurers offered every plan – but in toto there were well over 100 for sale in the state.
Rather than work through that extensive a list, I decided to go to the insurance exchange only plans to get an idea of what was being sold. There were four providers, three of whom I had never heard. The only insurer who was recognizable was Anthem – Nevada's version of Blue Cross Blue Shield.
By the time I had progressed this far, I did learn something. There is a new, PC term that has entered the vocabulary. That term is "Cost Sharing." Once upon a time, this was called co-insurance and was the amount that an insured person would have to pay out of pocket for covered medical services. For someone purchasing a Bronze policy, the amount of Cost Sharing is 40%; for Silver policies, 30%; for Gold policies, 20% (this used to be the standard for co-insurance for every policy I purchased for myself and my employees); and for Platinum plans, 10%.
So, I randomly clicked on one of the Silver policies to get the details. As we all know, the devil is in the details – but, unfortunately, the only detail was the monthly premium cost and no specifics as to what was covered, what was not, how much of a deductible applied to this policy and what, if any, was the maximum out-of-pocket cost to the insured in the event of a serious medical condition. In other words, it was impossible to make any sort of intelligent decision as to whether this (or any of the other policies listed) was appropriate.
In my business, I handled all the benefits for my employees – so I believe it is fair to say that if I am having difficulties navigating this system, the less conversant consumer is going to have a more difficult and frustrating time. And while we might realistically expect some improvement over time, there is one underlying factor that will determine the success or failure of this Obamanation of a law. That is whether younger people will actually sign up for this at overly-inflated rates in order to subsidize the undersized premiums being charged to those who are older or who have significant health problems. I predict that if it means giving up their Starbucks lattés, we shouldn't expect to see a massive influx of young eager people looking for health insurance.
Perhaps you've had some experience reading the rules and regulations issued by the IRS to "assist" us in preparing our individual tax returns. Oh, wait – they're the ones who are involved in writing the regulations that pertain to Obamanationcare. So the following regulation which determines whether someone is entitled to receive a "subsidy" should feel very familiar to you:
View Printed Federal Register page 77 FR 17206 in PDF format.
Amendment(s) published March 23, 2012, in 77 FR 17206
Effective Dates: January 1, 2014
22. Section 435.603 is added to read as follows:
§ 435.603 Application of modified adjusted gross income (MAGI).
(a) Basis, scope, and implementation. (1) This section implements section 1902(e)(14) of the Act.
(2) Effective January 1, 2014, the agency must apply the financial methodologies set forth in this section in determining the financial eligibility of all individuals for Medicaid, except for individuals identified in paragraph (j) of this section and as provided in paragraph (a)(3) of this section.
(3) In the case of determining ongoing eligibility for beneficiaries determined eligible for Medicaid coverage to begin on or before December 31, 2013, application of the financial methodologies set forth in this section will not be applied until March 31, 2014 or the next regularly-scheduled renewal of eligibility for such individual under § 435.916 of this part, whichever is later.
(b) Definitions. For purposes of this section—
Code means the Internal Revenue Code.
Family size means the number of persons counted as members of an individual's household. In the case of determining the family size of a pregnant woman, the pregnant woman is counted as herself plus the number of children she is expected to deliver. In the case of determining the family size of other individuals who have a pregnant woman in their household, the pregnant woman is counted, at State option, as either 1 or 2 person(s) or as herself plus the number of children she is expected to deliver.
Tax dependent has the meaning provided in § 435.4 of this part.
(c) Basic rule. Except as specified in paragraph (i) and (j) of this section, the agency must determine financial eligibility for Medicaid based on "household income" as defined in paragraph (d) of this section.
(d) Household income —(1) General rule. Except as provided in paragraphs (d)(2) and (d)(3) of this section, household income is the sum of the MAGI-based income, as defined in paragraph (e) of this section, of every individual included in the individual's household, minus an amount equivalent to 5 percentage points of the Federal poverty level for the applicable family size.
(2) Income of children and tax dependents. (i) The MAGI-based income of an individual who is included in the household of his or her natural, adopted or step parent and is not expected to be required to file a tax return under section 6012(a)(1) of the Code for the taxable year in which eligibility for Medicaid is being determined, is not included in household income whether or not the individual files a tax return.
(ii) The MAGI-based income of a tax dependent described in paragraph (f)(2)(i) of this section who is not expected to be required to file a tax return under section 6012(a)(1) of the Code for the taxable year in which eligibility for Medicaid is being determined is not included in the household income of the taxpayer whether or not such tax dependent files a tax return.
(3) In the case of individuals described in paragraph (f)(2)(i) of this section, household income may, at State option, also include actually available cash support, exceeding nominal amounts, provided by the person claiming such individual as a tax dependent.
(e) MAGI-based income. For the purposes of this section, MAGI-based income means income calculated using the same financial methodologies used to determine modified adjusted gross income as defined in section 36B(d)(2)(B) of the Code, with the following exceptions—
(1) An amount received as a lump sum is counted as income only in the month received.
(2) Scholarships, awards, or fellowship grants used for education purposes and not for living expenses are excluded from income.
(3) American Indian/Alaska Native exceptions. The following are excluded from income:
(i) Distributions from Alaska Native Corporations and Settlement Trusts;
(ii) Distributions from any property held in trust, subject to Federal restrictions, located within the most recent boundaries of a prior Federal reservation, or otherwise under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior;
(iii) Distributions and payments from rents, leases, rights of way, royalties, usage rights, or natural resource extraction and harvest from—
(A) Rights of ownership or possession in any lands described in paragraph (e)(3)(ii) of this section; or
(B) Federally protected rights regarding off-reservation hunting, fishing, gathering, or usage of natural resources;
(iv) Distributions resulting from real property ownership interests related to natural resources and improvements—
(A) Located on or near a reservation or within the most recent boundaries of a prior Federal reservation; or
(B) Resulting from the exercise of federally-protected rights relating to such real property ownership interests;
(v) Payments resulting from ownership interests in or usage rights to items that have unique religious, spiritual, traditional, or cultural significance or rights that support subsistence or a traditional lifestyle according to applicable Tribal Law or custom;
(vi) Student financial assistance provided under the Bureau of Indian Affairs education programs.
(f) Household —(1) Basic rule for taxpayers not claimed as a tax dependent. In the case of an individual who expects to file a tax return for the taxable year in which an initial determination or renewal of eligibility is being made, and who does not expect to be claimed as a tax dependent by another taxpayer, the household consists of the taxpayer and, subject to paragraph (f)(5) of this section, all persons whom such individual expects to claim as a tax dependent.
(2) Basic rule for individuals claimed as a tax dependent. In the case of an individual who expects to be claimed as a tax dependent by another taxpayer for the taxable year in which an initial determination or renewal of eligibility is being made, the household is the household of the taxpayer claiming such individual as a tax dependent, except that the household must be determined in accordance with paragraph (f)(3) of this section in the case of—
(i) Individuals other than a spouse or a biological, adopted, or step child who expect to be claimed as a tax dependent by another taxpayer;
(ii) Individuals under the age specified by the State under paragraph (f)(3)(iv) of this section who expect to be claimed by one parent as a tax dependent and are living with both parents but whose parents do not expect to file a joint tax return; and
(iii) Individuals under the age specified by the State under paragraph (f)(3)(iv) of this section who expect to be claimed as a tax dependent by a non-custodial parent. For purposes of this section—
(A) A court order or binding separation, divorce, or custody agreement establishing physical custody controls; or
(B) If there is no such order or agreement or in the event of a shared custody agreement, the custodial parent is the parent with whom the child spends most nights.
(3) Rules for individuals who neither file a tax return nor are claimed as a tax dependent. In the case of individuals who do not expect to file a Federal tax return and do not expect to be claimed as a tax dependent for the taxable year in which an initial determination or renewal of eligibility is being made, or who are described in paragraph (f)(2)(i), (f)(2)(ii), or (f)(2)(iii) of this section, the household consists of the individual and, if living with the individual—
(i) The individual's spouse;
(ii) The individual's natural, adopted and step children under the age specified in paragraph (f)(3)(iv) of this section; and
(iii) In the case of individuals under the age specified in paragraph (f)(3)(iv) of this section, the individual's natural, adopted and step parents and natural, adoptive and step siblings under the age specified in paragraph (f)(3)(iv) of this section.
(iv) The age specified in this paragraph is either of the following, as elected by the agency in the State plan—
(A) Age 19; or
(B) Age 19 or, in the case of full-time students, age 21.
(4) Married couples. In the case of a married couple living together, each spouse will be included in the household of the other spouse, regardless of whether they expect to file a joint tax return under section 6013 of the Code or whether one spouse expects to be claimed as a tax dependent by the other spouse.
(5) For purposes of paragraph (f)(1) of this section, if, consistent with the procedures adopted by the State in accordance with § 435.956(f) of this part, a taxpayer cannot reasonably establish that another individual is a tax dependent of the taxpayer for the tax year in which Medicaid is sought, the inclusion of such individual in the household of the taxpayer is determined in accordance with paragraph (f)(3) of this section.
(g) No resource test or income disregards. In the case of individuals whose financial eligibility for Medicaid is determined in accordance with this section, the agency must not—
(1) Apply any assets or resources test; or
(2) Apply any income or expense disregards under sections 1902(r)(2) or 1931(b)(2)(C), or otherwise under title XIX of the Act, except as provided in paragraph (d)(1) of this section.
(h) Budget period —(1) Applicants and new enrollees. Financial eligibility for Medicaid for applicants, and other individuals not receiving Medicaid benefits at the point at which eligibility for Medicaid is being determined, must be based on current monthly household income and family size.
(2) Current beneficiaries. For individuals who have been determined financially-eligible for Medicaid using the MAGI-based methods set forth in this section, a State may elect in its State plan to base financial eligibility either on current monthly household income and family size or income based on projected annual household income and family size for the remainder of the current calendar year.
(3) In determining current monthly or projected annual household income and family size under paragraphs (h)(1) or (h)(2) of this section, the agency may adopt a reasonable method to include a prorated portion of reasonably predictable future income, to account for a reasonably predictable increase or decrease in future income, or both, as evidenced by a signed contract for employment, a clear history of predictable fluctuations in income, or other clear indicia of such future changes in income. Such future increase or decrease in income or family size must be verified in the same manner as other income and eligibility factors, in accordance with the income and eligibility verification requirements at § 435.940 through § 435.965, including by self-attestation if reasonably compatible with other electronic data obtained by the agency in accordance with such sections.
(i) If the household income of an individual determined in accordance with this section results in financial ineligibility for Medicaid and the household income of such individual determined in accordance with 26 CFR 1.36B-1(e) is below 100 percent FPL, Medicaid financial eligibility will be determined in accordance with 26 CFR 1.36B-1(e).
(j) Eligibility Groups for which MAGI-based methods do not apply. The financial methodologies described in this section are not applied in determining the Medicaid eligibility of individuals described in this paragraph. The agency must use the financial methods described in § 435.601 and § 435.602 of this subpart.
(1) Individuals whose eligibility for Medicaid does not require a determination of income by the agency, including, but not limited to, individuals receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) eligible for Medicaid under § 435.120 of this part, individuals deemed to be receiving SSI and eligible for Medicaid under § 435.135, § 435.137 or § 435.138 of this part and individuals for whom the State relies on a finding of income made by an Express Lane agency, in accordance with section 1902(e)(13) of the Act.
(2) Individuals who are age 65 or older when age is a condition of eligibility.
(3) Individuals whose eligibility is being determined on the basis of being blind or disabled, or on the basis of being treated as being blind or disabled, including, but not limited to, individuals eligible under § 435.121, § 435.232 or § 435.234 of this part or under section 1902(e)(3) of the Act, but only for the purpose of determining eligibility on such basis.
(4) Individuals who request coverage for long-term services and supports for the purpose of being evaluated for an eligibility group under which long-term services and supports are covered. "Long-term services and supports" include nursing facility services, a level of care in any institution equivalent to nursing facility services; home and community-based services furnished under a waiver or State plan under sections 1915 or 1115 of the Act; home health services as described in sections 1905(a)(7) of the Act and personal care services described in sections 1905(a)(24) of the Act.
(5) Individuals who are being evaluated for eligibility for Medicare cost sharing assistance under section 1902(a)(10)(E) of the Act, but only for purposes of determining eligibility for such assistance.
(6) Individuals who are being evaluated for coverage as medically needy under subparts D and I of this part, but only for the purpose of determining eligibility on such basis.
You've got to say one thing about the IRS – they're never at a loss for words. But if anyone reading this post can explain in simple English what that regulation actually means, I look forward to your elucidating me. Sadly, I don't have an advanced degree in Governmentalese. Perhaps that's something I should add to my "to do" list.
Oh, one last thought. One of the "waivers" that Obama has "granted" is that the IRS will not need to verify the income that an Obamanationcare insured puts on his/her application in order to obtain a "subsidy." So this entire regulation, probably written by multiple IRS employees over multiple hours is moot.
Perhaps a government shutdown isn't such a bad thing after all.


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Assistant Professor - Tenure Track - Economics
Home Department: Economics & Finance
Employment Type: Tenure Track Faculty
Appointment: Faculty (10-month)
Primary Function:
Assistant Professor – Tenure Track – 10 month Academic employment contract.
The Department of Economics and Finance of the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business at Georgia College supports major programs of study as well as other liberal arts programs throughout the university. The interdisciplinary nature of economics lies at the heart of a liberal arts university. The organizational unit is responsible for teaching at the undergraduate level. Primary teaching duties focus on principles and upper-level macroeconomics. The department values research collaboration with undergraduate students.
Primary Purpose:
This position will support the undergraduate economics major and the core business curriculum needs of our undergraduate programs. This position will be assigned teaching responsibilities at the undergraduate level.
Key Functions: Faculty - Teaching/Instructing, Faculty - Professional Development, Faculty - Service to Institution, Faculty - Public Service, Faculty - Scholarship and Creative Activity
Job duties performed for the above function:
Teaching responsibilities include course instruction in the CoB. This faculty member will also contribute to the Georgia College core curriculum by teaching topical freshman (GC1Y) or sophomore seminar (GC2Y) courses. All Georgia College faculty share the responsibility of teaching our core curriculum and providing foundation courses for majors and non-majors alike. To carry out our public liberal arts mission, we seek faculty with the desire and ability to engage students as they launch their intellectual journey.
- Regular course meetings and instruction
- Other teaching responsibilities
Academic Achievement/Professional Development
Professional development includes efforts to improve in the major job duties, such as a researcher and in skills related to teaching.
- Academic Publications
- Presentations at professional meetings
- Current work in circulation or in progress
- Grants received or applied for
- Membership and participation in professional organizations
- Other professional service of development activities
Service to Institution
All faculty are expected to support the advancement of the department, college and university mission by providing service to the institution. Service may be at the department, college, university, community and disciplinary level. Duties include service on college-level and university-level committees, advising students regarding career options, and support of department-level outreach activities.
- Committee memberships and offices
- Programs directed and advised
- Mentor students
- Participation in special programs or projects
- Other service in the institution
Faculty contribute service beyond the institution that draws on their professional expertise and experience.
Faculty-Public Service could include activities such as:
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- Mentor and oversee students working in the community
- Membership and participation in community organizations
- Other significant services to the community
- Consulting work
- Provide continuing education service, instruction, or program development for department, school, college, or university
- Membership and participation in community organizations
- Other significant services to the community
Produce original research such as peer-reviewed journal articles, proceedings, and book chapters related to the discipline.
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Earned PHD/terminal degree in the discipline from an AASCB-accredited or similarly accredited institution. Must meet SACSCOC accreditation requirements stated in C.S. 3.7.1 (www.sacscoc.org (faculty credentials). Ability to teach the required coursework and evidence of interest and capability as a teacher.


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Three job vacancies in the framework of the AQUACYCLE project
The Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH), located in Thessaloniki (Greece) and lead beneficiary of the AQUACYCLE project, is seeking to hire a project coordinator, a project manager and a project innovation manager (job descriptions in Greek).
Deadline for receiving applications is 6th of September, 10:00 am (Greek time).
AQUACYCLE's mission is to change the present paradigm of wastewater treatment and reuse in Mediterranean countries by promoting the application of an eco-innovative technology based on natural processes and renewable solar energy, improving governance mechanisms and promoting active involvement of local actors and stakeholders in the development of action plans for the reuse of the treated effluent for the benefit of local communities.


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We investigate the problem of setting revenue sharing rules in a team production environment with a principal and two agents. We assume that the project output is binary and that the principal can observe the level of agents' actual eort, but does not know the production function. Identifying conditions that ensure the eciency of the revenue sharing rule, we show that the rule of equal percentage markups can lead to ination of project costs. This result provides an explanation for project cost overruns other than untruthful cost reporting.
The economy of Slovakia experienced a turning point in the 1st half of 2008 and entered a phase of decline. The negative impacts of the global economic crisis became evident in the 2nd half of 2008 and led into a recession in the 1st quarter of 2009. The composite leading indicator was originally intended for forecasting of business cycle turning points between the decline and growth phases. The aim of this paper is to transform the qualitative information from composite leading indicator into quantitative forecast and verify whether the beginning of recession in Slovakia could have been identied in advance. The ARIMAX and error correction models are used for the composite reference series and GDP forecasts respectively. The nal result shows that the composite leading indicator is useful not only for identifying turning points, but also for the prediction of recession phase.
This paper studies the long-run relationship between consumption, labour income and asset wealth in Poland. Within cointegrated VAR model dynamic responses of the variables in the system to shocks are studied. In addition, series are decomposed into permanent and transitory components on the basis of the cointegrating relation found in the system.
Main conclusion of this paper is that deviations of the three variables from their estimated long-run relationship are better explained with uctuations of labour income than assets. A tentative explanation of this nding is presented. Additionally, the magnitude of the asset wealth eect in Poland is calculated and compared with other studies for European countries and for the U.S.
In the study we introduce an extension to a stochastic volatility in mean model (SV-M), allowing for discrete regime switches in the risk premium parameter. The logic behind the idea is that neglecting a possibly regimechanging nature of the relation between the current volatility (conditional standard deviation) and asset return within an ordinary SV-M specication may lead to spurious insignicance of the risk premium parameter (as being 'averaged out' over the regimes). Therefore, we allow the volatility-in-mean eect to switch over dierent regimes according to a discrete homogeneous two-state Markov chain. We treat the new specication within the Bayesian framework, which allows to fully account for the uncertainty of model parameters, latent conditional variances and hidden Markov chain state variables. Standard Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods, including the Gibbs sampler and the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm, are adapted to estimate the model and to obtain predictive densities of selected quantities. Presented methodology is applied to analyse series of the Warsaw Stock Exchange index (WIG) and its sectoral subindices. Although rare, once spotted the switching in-mean eect substantially enhances the model t to the data, as measured by the value of the marginal data density.
JACEK OSIEWALSKI, Cracow University of Economics, PolandALEKSANDER WELFE, University of Lodz, PolandCo-EditorsMAŁGORZATA DOMAN, University of Economics, Poznań, PolandRYSZARD DOMAN, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, PolandJAKUB GROWIEC, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland MAREK GRUSZCZYŃSKI, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, PolandBOGUMIŁ KAMIŃSKI, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, PolandMARCIN KOLASA, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
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Survey route: Ullapool-Stornoway
Company: Caledonian MacBrayne
Sea region: Minches & Western Scotland
Survey start date: 2018-09-04
Number of nights: Day sailing
The final Ullapool-Stornoway survey of the season promised to be a good one with dolphins and Minke whales having been seen in the area by the team leader the day before and along with a low wind forecast, the team were keen to get started.
As we cruised up Loch Broom the team situated themselves on the outside decks and recorded porpoise incidentally before being allowed to access the bridge. Whilst re-locating to the bridge common dolphins were sighted by the crew and lucky passengers. Unfortunately, by the time the survey team was in position they had been and gone. The sea state was good, ranging between 1-2 across the Minch all the way to Stornoway, but apart from some porpoise and an Arctic skua, little else of note was seen.
Things improved on the return leg, despite a rise in sea state, and both port and starboard surveyors picked up a Minke whale crossing the bow not far from Stornoway. A couple of common dolphins showed half way across the Minch and another Minke whale was recorded. Approximately 15 common dolphins were seen in small groups on the eastern side of the Minch around the Summer Isles and as we went into Loch Broom more harbour porpoise were recorded.
There were lots of bonxies in the Minch and an Arctic skua, many of which were harrassing the good numbers of juvenile kittiwakes that were about.
A huge thank you goes to the crew of the Loch Seaforth for making us so welcome this season and also to CalMac ferries for facilitating our research.
Marine Mammals:
Harbour porpoise 6
Common dolphins 16
Minke whales 2
Great black backed gull , herring gull, manx shearwater, Arctic tern, great skua, Arctic skua, guillemot, razorbill, shag, kittiwake, fulmar, gannet and great black backed gull.
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Bashiok, the D3 community manager, has been quiet on the forums for the past week. He made one post today, with a few encouraging words about stereo 3D in D3. (Incidentally, Bashiok made a short reply is not an audio feature, despite what the name might lead you to believe.)
The nVidia 3D Vision products don't (I believe) take any development support on the game's end to make it work. There are some specific system requirements for it to work (120hz monitor, newer geforce) but if I could guess I'd say Diablo III will probably work with it out of the box.
In fact one of our programmers had the whole thing hooked up and running a few weeks ago. I didn't make it over to check it out though. I am curious to see how it would impact a fixed camera/isometric view, if at all.
Elsewhere, Bashiok made a short reply to a long and rambling "things I want in D3" type of post:
Player vs Player is definitely a part of the game. It's not something we're waiting on, it's been a part of development since the beginning. We're just not talking about it yet.