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- 7.1 Ministry and duties
- 7.2 Source of ministry in the church
- 7.3 Biblical foundation
- 7.3.1 Old Testament references
- 7.3.2 Foundation of the ministry in the New Testament
- 7.4 The Apostle ministry
- 7.4.1 Characteristics of the Apostle ministry
- 7.4.2 Equipping and sending of the Apostles
- 7.4.3 Peter–the head of the early Apostles
- 7.4.4 New Testament references to the activity of the Apostles
- 7.5 The development of the ministries from the Apostle ministry
- 7.5.1 Continuity of the Apostle ministry
- 7.5.2 Interruption in the activity of the Apostles
- 7.5.3 The reoccupation of the Apostle ministry
- 7.6 The ministries in the New Apostolic Church
- 7.6.1 The apostolate
- 7.6.2 The function of the apostolate
- 7.6.3 The self-conception of the Apostles
- 7.6.4 The authority of the Apostle ministry
- 7.6.5 The Apostles in the church of Jesus Christ
- 7.6.6 The Chief Apostle ministry
- 7.6.7 The District Apostle ministry
- 7.7 Ordination
- 7.8 The exercise of a ministry
- 7.9 Tasks of the ministries
- 7.9.1 The priestly ministries
- 7.9.2 The diaconal ministry
- 7.10 Appointments
7 Ministry
Generally a "ministry" is understood to be a function or official position which is assigned to a specific area of responsibility. In the broader sense, "ministry" is an authority that has been bestowed in order to represent, lead, and provide order to a community. The exercise of a ministry [1] incorporates both administrative and authoritative tasks.
[1] The New Apostolic Church understands "ministry" as a spiritual, ordained ministry. It therefore understands a minister as one who is authorised, blessed, and sanctified through ordination by an Apostle (cf. Fifth Article of Faith: "I believe that those designated by God for a ministry are ordained only by Apostles, and that authority, blessing, and sanctification for their ministration come forth out of the Apostle ministry.") The New Apostolic Church does indeed encourage all of its members to utilise their gifts and talents, and to be involved in various activities, as "the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all" (1 Corinthians 12: 1-11), and "as each one has received a gift", we are to "minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God" (1 Peter 4: 10), "... for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ" (Ephesians 4: 12). The problem arises in that the English translation of the Bible (and the English language in general) uses "ministering" and "serving" (or "ministry" and "service") interchangeably. While other parts of the Christian church may refer to such services, duties, functions, or exercises of gifts and talents as "ministry", from the perspective of the New Apostolic Church these must be distinguished from the spiritual, ordained ministry (see paragraph 3 of 7.1; cf. also Divine Service Guide, Special Edition 03/12). Someone who serves the youth, for example, is indeed ministering to the youth, but does not have a "ministry" in the sense of the Fifth Article of Faith. The ministering unto various groups in our Church is a service.
7.1 Ministry and duties Back to top
A spiritual ministry constitutes authorisation, blessing, and sanctification issued through ordination for service in the church of Christ. It is exercised in the power of the Holy Spirit.
The spiritual ministry is assigned by a superior, in other words, the sender. The one who is sent is responsible and accountable to his sender in the fulfilment of his ministerial mandate. Ministry is always linked to Jesus Christ and the Apostles sent by Him (see 7.6).
In the church of Christ, ministry is to be distinguished from the various duties which serve for the proclamation of the gospel and the benefit of the believers, and which can also be performed without ordination.
It is also important to distinguish ministry from the call that has gone out to all believers, namely to serve the Lord by following Him (John 12: 26; 1 Peter 2: 5, 9). Just as the Apostles bear witness of the gospel through word and conduct, reborn Christians do the same in fellowship with them, thereby supporting their great commission.
SUMMARY Back to top
The term "ministry" describes a function or position that is assigned to a specific area of responsibility as well as an authority that has been bestowed in order to represent, lead, and provide order to a community. (7)
The spiritual ministry constitutes authority, blessing, and sanctification issued through ordination for service in the church of Christ. (7.1)
A distinction must be made between the ministry and the many diverse duties that support the proclamation of the gospel and the wellbeing of the believers, which can also be performed without ordination. (7.1)
It is also important to distinguish between ministry and the call that has gone out to all believers to serve the Lord through following. Just as the Apostles bear witness of the gospel through word and conduct, reborn Christians do the same in fellowship with them, thereby supporting their great commission. (7.1)
7.2 Source of ministry in the church Back to top
The spiritual ministry is founded upon the sending of Jesus Christ by the Father. Jesus is King, Priest, and Prophet (see 3.4.7). As the One sent by His Father, He was authorised, blessed, and sanctified for the redemption of mankind.
Already in the old covenant there were forerunners to the ministry in the church. Nevertheless, there is a considerable difference between the ministry of the old covenant and that of the new covenant. Concerning this, Hebrews 8: 6 states: "But now He [Jesus] has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant ..."
Through the calling and sending of the Apostles, Jesus instituted the ministry for His church.
The church of Jesus Christ was revealed in its historical manifestation on Pentecost. It was also at this point in time that the ministry began to take effect within the church. The ministry itself had already been given by Jesus Christ to His Apostles beforehand, however. He authorised, blessed, sanctified, and equipped them with the gift of the Holy Spirit (John 20: 21-23). The Apostles are those who have been sent by Jesus.
7.3 Biblical foundation Back to top
Holy Scripture does not have a uniform definition for the word "ministry", nor does it expound upon any doctrine concerning ministry. It nevertheless makes a number of different statements about the content and nature of the ministry.
7.3.1 Old Testament references Back to top
From the perspective of the New Testament, the ministry–in the present-day sense–was only established by Jesus Christ, however, there are already references to the ministry of the New Testament in the old covenant: in the king, in the priest, and in the prophet. However, this does not mean to say that all kings in Israel bore a spiritual ministry. Rather, the references to ministry can be seen in the example of outstanding persons in the history of salvation:
David represents the chosen and anointed king–his significance for salvation history also becomes evident in the fact that Jesus is described as the "Son of David" (Matthew 21: 9).
Melchizedek represents the priest who imparts the blessing of God (Genesis 14: 18-19).
Moses stands for the prophet (Deuteronomy 18: 15) who proclaims the divine will by giving the law to the people at the instruction of God.
In the light of the New Testament, these ministries are understood as references to the coming, "higher ministry" which Jesus Christ bears.
The central ministry in the Old Testament is that of the priest. The archetype of priestly service and of the high priestly ministry is Melchizedek. He blessed Abraham and received offerings from him (Psalm 110: 4). As the one who blesses He stands above the one being blessed–in his function, the priest thus stands above the patriarch of faith.
All of Israel had been called by God as a "kingdom of priests" (Exodus 19: 6). Nevertheless, God only set aside one tribe–the tribe of Levi–for service in the temple, and only a portion of the tribe of Levi–namely the Aaronic priesthood–was assigned the sacrificial service.
Looking back on the priestly ministry from the perspective of the epistle to the Hebrews, we read that one of the tasks of the priests consisted of preparing the people for the arrival of the Messiah, the coming of Jesus Christ, as the true High Priest (see 126.96.36.199).
7.3.2 Foundation of the ministry in the New Testament Back to top
The ministry of the Old Testament was already an allusion to Jesus Christ. Everything that had been laid down in the ministry of the Old Testament is reflected in Him: He is King, Priest, and Prophet.
By His divine authority, He, the Elect of God, elected twelve Apostles. He authorised, blessed, and sanctified them for their service to the gospel. It was to them that He entrusted the administration of the sacraments. In this manner, His sacrifice of redemption can be made accessible to human beings (Matthew 28: 19-20).
The great significance that Jesus Christ accorded His Apostles is demonstrated by His conduct just before His suffering and death: He spoke to them, gave them the promise of His return, and interceded for them in His intercessory prayer: "As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world" (John 17: 18). The Risen One gave His Apostles the authority to forgive sins and once again closely linked His sending with theirs: "As the Father has sent Me, I also send you" (John 20: 21-23).
While the sending of Jesus Christ was aimed at effecting redemption through His death and resurrection, the sending of the Apostles is intended to make this merit of Christ and the fullness of salvation accessible to mankind.
As the ministry of the old covenant had been given to prepare the people for the appearing of the promised Messiah, so it is the primary task of the New Testament's ministry to prepare believers for the return of their Lord.
SUMMARY Back to top
The spiritual ministry is based on the sending of Jesus Christ by the Father. (7.2)
Through the calling and sending of the Apostles, Jesus instituted the ministry for His church. (7.2)
Holy Scripture provides abundant references to the content and nature of ministry: in the old covenant there was the ministry of the king, the priest, and the prophet. Everything that was already laid out in the Old Testament ministry is reflected in Jesus Christ: He is King, Priest, and Prophet. (7.3.1)
By His divine authority Jesus elected the twelve Apostles and authorised, blessed, and sanctified them for service to the gospel. The sending of the Apostles makes the fullness of salvation in Jesus Christ accessible to mankind. (7.3.2)
7.4 The Apostle ministry Back to top
The word "Apostle" derives from the Greek apóstolos which means "ambassador" in the New Testament.
Jesus Christ Himself directly gave His church only one ministry, namely the Apostle ministry. In His stead and by His commission, the Apostle ministry is to build the church and make redemption in Jesus Christ accessible to human beings who long for salvation. Furthermore, the Apostle ministry is mandated to prepare believers for the return of Jesus Christ.
The Fourth Article of Faith describes the significance of the Apostle ministry with the following words: "I believe that the Lord Jesus rules His church and thereto sent His Apostles, and until His return still sends them with the commission to teach, to forgive sins in His name, and to baptise with water and Holy Spirit."
7.4.1 Characteristics of the Apostle ministry Back to top
Jesus Christ equipped the Apostle ministry with extensive powers. The Apostle is an ambassador of Jesus Christ and acts in His name. The characteristics and functions assigned to the Apostle ministry have their source in the ministries of Christ–King, Priest, and Prophet (see 3.4.7). Thus the Apostle ministry receives all its authority from Jesus Christ and exists in an unconditionally dependent relationship with Him.
Apostle Paul was the only one of the early Apostles who spoke about his ministry. In his second epistle to the Corinthians, he makes substantial reference to the significance of the Apostle ministry. His statements are not of a dogmatic nature, but are rather a reaction to attacks made by the congregation in Corinth as well as by others from outside. These statements clearly show Apostle Paul's understanding of his ministry. From them, general characteristics of the Apostle ministry can be derived:
The ministry of the new covenant
This designation serves to make a distinction from the ministry of the old covenant. Just how fundamentally the new covenant distinguishes itself from the old covenant is made clear in 2 Corinthians 3: 6: "... for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life." The "letter" here is the Mosaic Law, while "Spirit" signifies the gospel, the salvific effect of which is founded upon the grace of God.
Jesus Christ is the eternal High Priest of the new covenant who gave Himself as a sacrifice (Hebrews 4: 14-15; 7: 23-27). Since Christ's ascension into heaven it has been the task of the Apostles to make the salvation He attained accessible to mankind. The means of salvation obtained by Jesus Christ are administered and imparted on earth (see 9.6.3). Through the incarnation of God, the earth was thus designated by God Himself as the place where salvation would be imparted.
In contrast to the ministry of the old covenant, which was restricted to the people of Israel, the ministry of the new covenant knows no borders: it is active among all nations.
The ministry of the Spirit
The Apostle ministry is the "ministry of the spirit" (2 Corinthians 3: 8; Acts 8: 14-17). Through the dispensation of the gift of the Holy Spirit, a person baptised with water receives the childhood in God and the prerequisite for becoming a firstling.
The ministry of righteousness
The Apostle ministry, as the "ministry of righteousness" (2 Corinthians 3: 9), is contrasted with the Old Testament "ministry of condemnation". Apostle Paul writes: "But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious ..., how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?" (2 Corinthians 3: 7-8). Here the Apostle clearly shows the significant difference between the Mosaic Law and the law of Christ.
The Apostle ministry draws attention to the fact that human beings are sinners and in need of God's grace. Belief in Jesus Christ and acceptance of His sacrifice leads to the righteousness valid before God.
The ministry of reconciliation
The Apostle ministry, the "ministry of reconciliation" (2 Corinthians 5: 18-19), admonishes repentance and leads human beings to the redeeming act of God which was accomplished in Jesus Christ. The Apostle proclaims the death and resurrection of Jesus, and enables believers to share in the fullness of Christ's merit through the forgiveness of sins and the celebration of Holy Communion. "Reconciliation" signifies the restoration of the untroubled relationship between mankind and God, and between human beings among themselves. Perfect reconciliation will be achieved when the glory of the childhood in God is revealed and the "children of God" are like the Lord (1 John 3: 2).
Ambassadors for Christ
The statement of Apostle Paul, "Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf ..." (2 Corinthians 5: 20) expresses that Jesus Christ works through the Apostles in His church. The Apostle acts in the power of the Holy Spirit, proclaims the gospel, and administers the sacraments. His activity serves to the salvation of human beings in need of redemption.
Further characteristics of the Apostle ministry can be derived from the first epistle to the Corinthians and the Acts of the Apostles:
Stewards of the mysteries of God
Paul speaks of the Apostles as "stewards" (1 Corinthians 4: 1). A steward is responsible for the household, namely the church. In the church, the Apostles ensure the proper proclamation of the gospel and administration of the sacraments. They ordain ministers and maintain order in the church.
Apostle Paul uses the term "steward" in connection with the "mysteries of God". This suggests that the Apostle ministry has also been assigned the task of imparting and unveiling revelations of God, that is His "mysteries". These include, for instance, the election of the Gentiles–those who are not Jewish–and the rapture of the bridal congregation at the return of Christ (1 Corinthians 15: 51; Colossians 1: 26-28).
The ministry of the word
In the prologue of the gospel of John, the Son of God is described as the "Word" (logos) through which everything was created. The Apostle ministry, to which the Lord also entrusted the commission to teach, also shares in this power of the word in a ministering capacity. It is also in this sense that Acts 6: 4 is to be understood: "But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word." The Apostles preach the gospel and interpret Scripture in the proper manner (Galatians 1: 11-12).
Orientation to the day of the Lord
Another significant characteristic of the Apostle ministry is its orientation to the day of the Lord. Apostle Paul wrote to the church in Corinth: "For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ" (2 Corinthians 11: 2). "Chaste virgin" is an image of the bridal congregation chosen by Jesus Christ, which is being prepared by the Apostles for the return of Christ.
SUMMARY Back to top
"Apostle" (apóstolos) means "ambassador". (7.4)
Jesus Christ personally only gave His church one ministry, namely the Apostle ministry. The Apostle ministry takes all its authority from Jesus Christ and is unconditionally dependent on Him. (7.4)
The Apostle ministry is described as the "ministry of the new covenant", the "ministry of the Spirit", the "ministry of righteousness", and the "ministry of reconciliation". Apostles are also called "ambassadors for Christ" and "stewards of the mysteries of God". (7.4.1)
The orientation of the congregation to the return of Christ is another significant characteristic of the Apostle ministry. (7.4.1)
7.4.2 Equipping and sending of the Apostles Back to top
From among His disciples, Jesus Christ chose twelve men and appointed them as Apostles (Mark 3: 13-19; Luke 6: 13-16). Holy Scripture relates two occasions on which the Apostles were sent:
On the first occasion, the Lord sent His Apostles to the "lost sheep of the house of Israel" and expressly forbade them to go to the Samaritans and Gentiles. He gave them power to heal the sick, to raise the dead, to cast out evil spirits, and to bring peace, as well as to preach the kingdom of God. He underlined this commission with the words "He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me" (Matthew 10: 40).
On the occasion of the second sending of His Apostles, which took place after the resurrection of Jesus Christ, His commission to them opened a new, higher, and much greater dimension: "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age" (Matthew 28: 18-20). According to His promise He will thus be with them to the end of the world (Greek: aeon = "age of the world").
Among other passages, the names of the first twelve Apostles are recorded in Matthew 10: 2-4: Simon, called Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James, Thaddeus, Simon the Canaanite, Judas Iscariot. These Apostles are called "the Twelve", even after the betrayal of Judas Iscariot.
In addition to these, the New Testament also mentions additional Apostles: Matthias (Acts 1: 15-26), Barnabas (Acts 13: 1-4; 14: 4, 14), Paul (1 Corinthians 9: 1-16; 2 Corinthians 11), and James, the brother of the Lord (Galatians 1: 19; 2: 9). Only in the case of Matthias was the call to the Apostle ministry bound to having been an eyewitness to the life of Jesus (Acts 1: 21-22). Silvanus and Timothy were also described as Apostles (1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2: 6), as were Andronicus and Junia (Romans 16: 7).
7.4.3 Peter–the head of the early Apostles Back to top
In the presence of the other Apostles, the Lord granted Simon Peter special authority. His leading position among the Apostles took effect after the Lord's ascension into heaven, but was certainly already suggested prior to this event:
Peter was designated as the "rock" and was given the authority of the keys: "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven" (Matthew 16: 18-19).
Prior to His sacrificial death, it was to Peter that the Lord addressed the words: "Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail: and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren" (Luke 22: 31-32).
Peter spoke on behalf of the twelve Apostles. After many of the disciples had turned away from Jesus, Peter answered the question as to whether they too wanted to leave as follows: "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God" (John 6: 68-69).
Peter was the one whom Jesus Christ asked the question: "Do you love Me?" Three times Peter affirmed that this was the case, whereupon the Lord entrusted His lambs and sheep to Peter's care (John 21: 15-17).
It was Peter who initiated the replacement of Judas Iscariot in the circle of the Apostles (Acts 1: 15-26), who preached the sermon on Pentecost (Acts 2: 14), and to whom the Lord showed that salvation in Christ was also intended for the Gentiles (Acts 10).
7.4.4 New Testament references to the activity of the Apostles Back to top
Luke in particular reports on the activity of the Apostles in the book of Acts. For instance, in Acts 11: 1-18 and 15: 1-29 we read of two assemblies led by Apostles, in which the matter of allowing Gentiles access into the new covenant–and other questions of the time–were resolved. This makes it clear: together the Apostles made decisions which had far-reaching effects.
Also attested in Acts is the fact that the dispensation of the gift of the Holy Spirit is bound to the Apostle ministry: Philip preached in Samaria and baptised the believers with water. When the Apostles heard about this, they sent Peter and John there. These Apostles "prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. For as yet He had fallen upon none of them. They had only been baptised in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit" (Acts 8: 15-17). According to Acts 19: 6, Apostle Paul acted in the same manner.
An essential task of the Apostles was to proclaim the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ (Acts 13: 26-41; 17: 1-4). They fought against heresies, primarily those that denied the true humanity of Jesus and His resurrection (1 Corinthians 15: 3-8; 1 John 4: 1-6).
The Apostles expected the Lord's return during their lifetime, and prepared the believers for this event (1 Thessalonians 4: 14-18). This demonstrates the close connection between the Apostle ministry and the proclamation of the return of Christ.
SUMMARY Back to top
Jesus Christ ordained twelve Apostles, however the New Testament attests to more than twelve Apostles. (7.4.2)
Jesus issued the authority of the keys to Simon Peter and gave him the commission to lead the church. (7.4.3)
It is primarily the book of Acts that records the activity of the Apostles. Among other things, it attests that the gift of the Holy Spirit was dispensed by Apostles. The Apostles proclaimed the gospel and fought against heresies. (7.4.4)
7.5 The development of the ministries from the Apostle ministry Back to top
The only ministry given by Jesus Christ is the Apostle ministry. As of Pentecost, the Apostles began fulfilling their commission to spread the gospel in the developing congregations. Very soon it became clear that they would need helpers to cope with the many tasks that had arisen. At their suggestion, seven men were chosen by the congregation. Through laying on of hands and prayer, the Apostles equipped them spiritually for their ministry (Acts 6: 6). These seven men are described as the first Deacons. It was this practice–that is the laying on of hands and prayer of an Apostle–that established the foundation for future ordinations.
The Apostles and other believers established new congregations which required spiritual care. For this purpose the Apostles ordained congregational rectors. These were called "Bishops" or "Elders" (Greek: episcopoi or presbyteroi). From Titus 1: 5, 7 it is clear that both terms stood for one and the same task. In addition, prophets, Evangelists, pastors, and teachers were also active in the early Christian congregations (Ephesians 4: 11).
According to the testimony of the pastoral letters and the Didache [2], a hierarchy–which assured the spiritual life of the congregations–eventually began to develop along with the growth of the church, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
After the death of the early Apostles, spiritual commissions, each with different tasks and designations, began to develop.
SUMMARY Back to top
In order to cope with all the tasks incumbent on them the Apostles needed helpers. Through laying on of hands and prayer they equipped these men for their task. This practice established the foundation for future ordinations. (7.5)
Beyond that, Bishops or Elders, prophets, Evangelists, pastors and teachers helped along in the early Christian congregations by commission of the Apostles. As the church grew, a ministerial hierarchy developed under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. (7.5)
[2] Doctrine of the Twelve Apostles, assumed to have originated in ca. AD 100
7.5.1 Continuity of the Apostle ministry Back to top
The Apostle ministry was established by the Lord for His church. The Apostles are to be His witnesses to the end of the earth (Acts 1: 8). In order to fulfil this extensive commission, Jesus also sends Apostles today. Even during the time when there were no bearers of this ministry on earth, the ministry established by Him remained (2 Corinthians 3: 11).
7.5.2 Interruption in the activity of the Apostles Back to top
The New Testament relates the death of Apostle James (Acts 12: 2). There is no information about the demise of the other Apostles. According to extra-biblical sources, John, the last of the early Apostles mentioned in the Bible, died near the end of the first century. Until the Apostle ministry was reoccupied in the year 1832 (see 11.3), the activity of the only ministry established by the Lord Himself was interrupted.
This interruption in the personal presence of the Apostle ministry is rooted in the will of God. Ultimately, His sovereign rule remains a mystery to mankind. Nevertheless, the Holy Spirit was also active after the death of the early Apostles (see 11.2), in order to ensure the preservation and development of the gospel.
7.5.3 The reoccupation of the Apostle ministry Back to top
The Apostle ministry was again occupied in accordance with the will of God when the time for the final gathering and preparation of the bride of Christ had come. Thus the Apostle ministry is occupied by human beings both at the beginning of the church of Christ and in the time preceding the return of the Lord, during which He prepares His bride.
Between the Apostle ministry of early Christianity and the end time, there is no difference in commission or effect, however, there are different points of emphasis in the practical exercise of the ministry. Although there is no historical succession, there is certainly a spiritual succession.
With the reoccupation of the Apostle ministry, ministers were once again ordained. Within the Catholic Apostolic Church a differentiated ministerial order came into being. In the course of its history, a number of ministries with different tasks have also developed in the New Apostolic Church.
SUMMARY Back to top
The mandate of the Apostles is not limited to the early Christian period. (7.5.1)
At the end of the first century there were no more Apostles. Up until the renewed occupation of the Apostle ministry in 1832, the activity of the only ministry instituted by Jesus Christ had


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"If you intend to use a car, know that your road may be barricaded," said a document described as a 'Notice to Grand Prix Visitors.'
"If you want to stay in a hotel, know that we may enter it. If you seek to withdraw money from a bank, know that the shattering glass may sting. If you plan on watching a race, know that your view may be obscured, not by exhaust fumes but by the smoke of the fires we set. Know that the evacuation order may not come fast enough."
There were protests at a number of sites related to the June 7-10 Grand Prix, and attempts to paralyze some of them, but police acted pre-emptively. Over that weekend, they either created barriers blocking access to certain public places, or detained people suspected of planning to disrupt events.
The police reaction brought a counter-reaction from protesters and their supporters: that law enforcement violated fundamental freedoms, such as the right to free mobility and expression, by making arbitrary detentions in what amounted to "political profiling."


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The Art Collection
Apotheosis of Washington
Painted in the true fresco technique by Constantino Brumidi in 1865 in the eye of the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
It was designed in 1804 by architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe during his first building campaign after he was appointed by Thomas Jefferson to construct the south wing of the Capitol Building.
In the south wing, Latrobe created a progression of spaces from the entrance door on the first floor up a grand staircase to the small rotunda in front of the principal doorway leading into the Hall of the House (now called National Statuary Hall). Once his design was approved by Jefferson, it was built in 1806–1807.
The spaces have Seneca stone flooring and sandstone columns. The vaulting is simple and majestic. The columns and their capitals are fine examples of the Greek order. The capitals are based on those at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, whose design was widely published in the 1765 edition of Antiquities of Athens by James Stuart and Nicholas Revett. The decorations are in the neoclassical style, placing these rooms among the earliest uses of the style in America. Fortunately, this space was not damaged when British troops burned the Capitol in 1814, and today it is one of the oldest rooms in the U.S. Capitol. Coffers with rosettes decorate the dome. Both the stairwell and the small rotunda were lighted by a lantern, a small circular turret ringed with windows that originally admitted natural light and air to the corridors below.
In the mid-1820s the architect Charles Bulfinch, reacting to complaints from the members of the House of Representatives that their wing (unlike the Senate's) had no marble staircase, set about to retrofit a circular staircase into a square space. He removed the wall and columns on the south and the low wall and windows on the west circa 1828, unfortunately disrupting the symmetry of the room, and he created the "shell" on the south wall of the stairwell as ornamentation. In the small rotunda area Bulfinch created two scalloped niches for statuary. The sandstone columns were originally painted white. As a result of an 1898 gas explosion on the Senate side, which did extensive damage, Architect of the Capitol Elliott Woods rebuilt the roof over the old north and south wings, helping to make the building fireproof by replacing the wooden structure with steel.
In a 1907 effort to restore the historic appearance of the corridors, crypt and small rotunda, Elliott Woods removed the plaster and paint from the brick walls; imitation sandstone was applied in their place on the House side in about 1915. This easily maintained surface did not require yearly painting. Over the subsequent years, the areas have been painted in different color schemes depending on the fashion of the time. The current paint scheme in the small House rotunda dates from 1990s and was selected by senior staff members.
Currently lighting this circular staircase is a large three-tier, 30-arm bronze chandelier with heavily frosted hurricane shades. Made by Wibes Manufacturing Company, it was installed as part of the improved illumination program of 1960–1962. It can be raised and lowered by an electric winch for cleaning. The small House rotunda is lit by a 21-arm Williamsburg colonial-style brass chandelier that holds electric "candles." This and a matching chandelier in the ground-floor space are two of fourteen transferred from the Supreme Court Building in 1963–1964.
In this space are displayed sculptures spanning two centuries. On the lower level is the bust of Lajos Kossuth by Csaba Kur (placed in 1987). The bust of George Washington by Antonio Capellano at the foot of the circular stairs was originally placed over the East Front door in 1827. Lincoln the Legislator by Avard Fairbanks stands to the right of the doors.
The bronze Amateis doors displayed on the north wall were designed for the main central entrance of the Capitol's West Front. Sculpted by Louis Amateis (1855–1913), they were cast by the Roman Bronze Works in New York and were completed in 1910, but they could not be placed at the Capitol because the legislation for the improvement of the west front was not enacted. The doors were exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art for four years and then displayed at the Smithsonian Institution's Natural History Building from 1914 to 1967. They were then returned to the Capitol and stored until 1972, when they were placed in their present location near the Memorial Door (then called the Document Door).
The Art Collection
Painted in the true fresco technique by Constantino Brumidi in 1865 in the eye of the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.


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Album Rating: 3.0Shaking off some dust, and yes, I'll fix those diamonds.
Would Greg 4.5 this?
Digging: Charli XCX - How I'm Feeling Now
Album Rating: 3.0Yeah. In greg's scale this is at least a 4.
Excellent review, love the shorter ones.
However --
"That is about as far as I can go to describe Cavern though before I'd be repeating myself, though."
-- I think there's one too many "thoughs" there, if on the off-chance you hadn't already caught that.
Album Rating: 3.0Yeah, thanks for that. That sentence had three iterations, the ending 'though' is a remnant.
Haha I know how it goes. Sometimes you just can't make a sentence work the way you want it to, like the child's game in which you have to push the shapes into the proper holes.
Awesome review. Sorry I missed it.
I always dig a good bit of sludge, might need to try and get my hands on this
Album Rating: 3.0I really do like it. Hopefully they don't think 3/5 = bad, because for me a 3 is essentially equivalent to a solid effort.
anything above 2.5 is technically a solid record. 2.5 is just average, 3 is good.
Damn Willie, that avatar is scarier than the Silent Hill one.
This sounds cool, I should check it out.
Album Rating: 3.5This is a pretty boss album, especially for a first.
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I've been volunteering in the NCSE archives since I retired, and it's been a lot of fun rummaging through old files. I came across one this week that brought me up short, because its contents suggested the possibility that the 2005 "intelligent design" trial, Kitzmiller v. Dover, could have played out five years earlier, in West Virginia.
The file contained miscellaneous clippings and correspondence about the Thomas More Law Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Of particular interest was a letter to the editor of the Charleston Gazette, dated June 4, 2000, which had been forwarded (with some glee) by a staff member of the ACLU of West Virginia to NCSE's Molleen Matsumura. Reading it, I could see why.
School administrators and teachers in Kanawha County had approved the purchase of fifty copies of the intelligent design book Of Pandas and People, stated the writer of the letter. "They praised the book as being an outstanding resource of purely scientific information." (No creationism here; no siree, Bob.)
The writer went on to lament, "The committee withdrew the recommendation after being given bogus legal case citations from a small, Berkeley, Calif., group…A very capable legal firm (Thomas More Center for Law and Justice) offered to provide free legal service to the board if sued over purchase of this book (at no expense to the board)…"
Well, you can guess what the "small, Berkeley, Calif., group" was, I don't know about "small"—at the time we actually had all of six staffers—but never mind. So many flareups, so little time: I didn't remember the details of this fifteen-year-old controversy, so I dug into the files on Kanawha 2000 and began reading.
In the fall of 1999, Kanawha math teacher and creationist advocate Karl Priest was lobbying for an equal-time-for-creation-science policy in county schools (and yes, this is a dozen years after Edwards v. Aguillard, the Supreme Court decision striking down exactly this kind of policy as unconstitutional). Fortunately, Priest got nowhere with the majority of the county board of education. He and other local creationists were disappointed, but continued to advocate their ideas. But they altered their tactics.
The new tactic was to press for the district to purchase copies of the creationist textbook Of Pandas and People. In January 2000, the executive director of the ACLU of West Virginia, Hilary Chiz, asked NCSE for advice about how to counter the creationist effort.
It was a textbook case (as it were) of how NCSE handles such matters. The decision-makers needed to be educated as to the real issue, which was not merely whether to provide teachers with instructional materials supplementing the standard textbooks.
Molleen Matsumura wrote a superb letter to the superintendent, first identifying and explaining the central legal issue: the advocacy of creationism is unconstitutional in public schools. (Despite the claim in the letter to the editor in the Charleston Gazette, what she provided were not "bogus legal case citations" but settled law.)
Matsumura also noted that no school district or state had ever adopted Pandas through usual channels of professional review. She listed a number of communities where the book failed the normal review procedures for instructional materials. She also revealed marketing materials from the publishers of the textbook urging citizens to "approach local teachers" and to "place this approach in a religious context, and request donations." She added—with spectacular understatement—that such behavior is "atypical for textbook publishers." It didn't require reading between the lines to recognize that Pandas was an outlier among science textbooks.
Matsumura also debunked the notion that Pandas had scientific merit, sending the superintendent analyses of the book by NCSE board member Frank Sonleitner and member Gary Bennett, as well as a research article surveying the scientific literature that demonstrated that "intelligent design" was not a concept used in scientific research.
And Matsumura also reviewed the pedagogical shortcomings of Pandas. Back then, we would often send out a review of Pandas that had been prepared by teachers in Vista, California, where a similar effort to force the book into the schools had been previously thwarted. These teachers had reviewed Pandas using the same standards they applied to all instructional materials, and their review stated in bland educationese reason after reason why the pedagogy of the creationist textbook made it unsuitable for a modern science classroom. We loved sending out that document! Then and now educators can recognize what makes for a lousy textbook, and for them to hear it from their peers rather than from an "outsider" group like NCSE is more effective.
What was the result of the letter from NCSE (and similar letters from the ACLU of West Virginia and Americans United for Separation of Church and State)? You'll find out in part 2.


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Market prospects and business opportunities
Galileo is facing a market with huge opportunities for growth in the next few years.
The Global Navigation Satellite Services (GNSS) market will be derived from the value-added services and products provided by satellite radio navigation for transport by road, rail, air and sea, fisheries and agriculture, oil prospecting, civil protection activities, building and public works. The telecommunications sector will be revolutionised with the introduction of Galileo allied with GSM or UTMS and will provide the market with combined communication and position determination services of a very-high level.
According to a recent study, this window of opportunity gives Galileo an estimated worldwide GNSS market size of 1800 million users in 2010 and 3600 million users in 2020.
Galileo will allow European industry to directly benefit from the evolution of the GNSS market, which will definitely become an asset for the European economy.
The existence of Galileo will provide considerable amount economic and social benefits to the world in general, and to Europe in particular. These benefits are also generated due to the introduction of complementary capabilities in the GNSS by Galileo.
A recent analysis indicates a cost/benefit ratio of 4.6, which is higher than any other infrastructure project in Europe and does only take into account benefits from the air and sea transport sectors.
Nevertheless, other studies support the case that further benefits will arise from route guidance, improved personal emergency, management of taxis and ambulances, less pollution by reduction of travel times and creation of 140 000 jobs. An estimate of all benefits for the period 2000 and 2020 is illustrated below. Economic benefits 62 000 million Euros Social benefits 12 000 million Euros Total benefits 74 000 million Euros The total investment cost for the Galileo operable system is some 3200 million Euros. From 2008 onwards the annual cost will be around 220 million Euros including operations, maintenance and replenishment.
These values assume a constellation 30 Medium Earth Orbit Satellites and global, regional, and local distribution.
Galileo involves three phases as follows:
- Development and validation phase (2001-2005)
- Consolidation of Mission Requirements;
- Development of satellites and ground-based components;
- Validation of the system "in orbit".
- Deployment phase (2006-2007)
- Construction and launch of satellites;
- Installation of the complete ground segment.
- Commercial operation phase (from 2008)
The Design, development and In-Orbit Validation Phase is to be co-funded by the European Space Agency and by the European Commission.
While funded by public resources, Galileo remains open to partners originating from the private sector particularly for the operational phase.
The complexity of the programme and in particular the interactions between the various technical and programmatic aspects require clear understandings on the responsibilities of the parties involved. The rules to be applied for the deployment and operations phase will be dependent on a number of factors, some of them not being fully known yet. They will be defined in parallel with the preparation of the public private partnership.
During the interim period the European Commission will continue overseeing the programme in all programmatic and political aspects and the European Space Agency will assume responsibility for the development of the Galileo infrastructure.


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yeah i agree...while i was reading i kept thinking how ian had certain similarities to jacob and jared had similarities to edward (both very troubled, protective, etc)Black wrote:I think Ian was a lot more like Jacob than Edward.Wolf-Girl90 wrote:He reminded me of Edward but Edward's a vampire so it wouldn't be like you could run into him on the street but Ian was human!
Does anyone else no what I'm going on about?!
Ian may be a lot sweeter and less naive than jacob though (not that im saying anything bad about jacob, i love jacob!)


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The Canadian sensation Michael Buble has blossomed into one of the world's biggest stars. He has sold over 35 million albums across the globe, he has won multiple Grammy Awards, he's had two number 1 CD son the US Billboard chart, and much more.His debut CD was the self-titled Michael Buble, and that had a lot of success, but his second CD is really where he reached stardom. That was the aptly named It's Time, and songs like "Home" and "Feeling Good" did well. But he kept on getting even bigger, with his 2007 CD Call Me Irresponsible, and the hit songs "Everything" and "Lost", among some other singles. Crazy Love was even bigger than his other smash hit CDs, and he put out 5 singles from that album alone. The list includes "Haven't Met You Yet" "Hollywood" "Cry Me a River" and "Crazy Love".He's going on tour in the summer of 2011, the Crazy Love tour, which actually supports the re-release of his Crazy Love CD, which first debuted in October of 2009. It's a US-based tour for the current leg, but he's always busy performing around the world, and recently played in front of 100,000 fans at a shown in Ireland, which is out of this world.Buble is a sensation for a reason, with his great voice, and mix of jazz, pop and classical sounds. While if it was up to him, he may have chosen to be a hockey player, for the rest of us, we'll all gladly take this version of Michael Buble, the hit singer and vocalist.
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High quality natural Baltic amber beads maximum size 6mm.
These beads are sold by weight. The number of beads will vary. The beads offered here scale about 110 to 125 beads per 10 gram package. That is a more or less figure with it most often being more.
To help you estimate your bead requirements, baby teething necklaces weigh from 4 to 6 grams. Sometimes that may reach a little over 7 grams.
For baby teething necklaces to be effective, they must be made of pure, natural Baltic amber.
All our Amber is pure natural Baltic Amber. We abide by the standards of the International Association Of Amber, Gdansk, Poland.
These are newly tumbled polished and drilled amber beads that come that come to you directly from Poland. They are packed in a plastic self sealing bag.
They are 100% pure, Natural Baltic Amber. The soothing effect of amber comes from the succinic acid that is contained in the amber. Natural Baltic Amber has the highest concentration of succinic acid of all ambers in the world.
Always be sure that you are not buying counterfeit amber, plastics or synthetics. They are worthless. Insist on pure, unprocessed, Natural Baltic Amber.
We ship within 2 business days from our warehouse in Poland.
Shipping will be by Poczta Polska, which is the Polish airmail service. Once it gets to the US it is transferred to USPS which finishes delivery process.
It is a bit slower than if we ship from the US, but you get a lower price, and you will get it even if it is slower. That we guarantee. You get a tracking number at the time it is shipped. And we will message you to confirm delivery.
We have been exporting products from Poland since 1996 and everything that we export has been evaluated by our staff for quality and service.
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SEC charges State of New Jersey for fraudulent municipal bond offerings.
According to the SEC's order, New Jersey offered and sold more than $26 billion worth of municipal bonds in 79 offerings between August 2001 and April 2007. The offering documents for these securities created the false impression that the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund (TPAF) and the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) were being adequately funded, masking the fact that New Jersey was unable to make contributions to TPAF and PERS without raising taxes, cutting other services or otherwise affecting its budget. As a result, investors were not provided adequate information to evaluate the state's ability to fund the pensions or assess their impact on the state's financial condition.
New Jersey is the first state ever charged by the SEC for violations of the federal securities laws. New Jersey agreed to settle the case without admitting or denying the SEC's findings.
"All issuers of municipal securities, including states, are obligated to provide investors with the information necessary to evaluate material risks," said Robert Khuzami, the Director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement. "The State of New Jersey didn't give its municipal investors a fair shake, withholding and misrepresenting pertinent information about its financial situation."
Elaine Greenberg, the Chief of the SEC's Municipal Securities and Public Pensions Unit, added, "Issuers of municipal bonds must be held accountable when they seek to borrow the public's money using offering documents containing false and misleading information. New Jersey hid its financial challenges from the very people who are most concerned about the state's financial health when investing in its future."
The SEC's order finds that New Jersey made material misrepresentations and omissions about the underfunding of TPAF and PERS in such bond disclosure documents as preliminary official statements, official statements, and continuing disclosures. Among New Jersey's material misrepresentations and omissions:
Failed to disclose and misrepresented information about legislation adopted in 2001 that increased retirement benefits for employees and retirees enrolled in TPAF and PERS;
Failed to disclose and misrepresented information about special Benefit Enhancement Funds (BEFs) created by the 2001 legislation initially intended to fund the costs associated with the increased benefits;
Failed to disclose and misrepresented information about the state's use of the BEFs as part of a five-year 'phase-in plan' to begin making contributions to TPAF and PERS;
Failed to disclose and misrepresented information about the state's alteration and eventual abandonment of the five-year phase-in plan.
The SEC's order further finds that New Jersey failed to provide certain present and historical financial information regarding its pension funding in bond disclosure documents. The state was aware of the underfunding of TPAF and PERS and the potential effects of the underfunding.
Furthermore, the state had no written policies or procedures about the review or update of the bond offering documents and the state did not provide training to its employees about the state's disclosure obligations under accounting standards or the federal securities laws.
"Due to this lack of disclosure training and inadequate procedures for the drafting and review of bond disclosure documents, the state made material misrepresentations to investors and failed to disclose material information regarding TPAF and PERS in bond offering documents," the SEC said.
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The past decade has been an interesting one for the scrap industry, to say the least. Demand has blossomed, prices have soared and profit margins for the most part have been good.
Yet just a little more than two years ago, markets were in a state of near-panic after domestic mill productivity plunged to its lowest point in history and export demand nosedived. No one then thought that prices would soon rebound to historically high levels, but yet thats where they are today.
Ferrous scrap prices are the best ever for a first quarter, well ahead of the same period in the boom year of 2008 (though to be fair, April 2008 began the second quarter with a huge increase in what turned out to be a run-up to all-time-high prices; such a dramatic repeat performance seems doubtful this year).
Similar fortunes also are true, to take just a few examples, for used beverage cans, No. 1 brass mill copper and stainless 304 solids and clips, which this year have either reached average annualized all-time highs (aluminum and copper scrap) or come close to them (stainless steel scrap).
The average annual value of all these scrap items taken together so far in 2011 is 327 percent higher than it was 10 years ago. By comparison over the past decade, job growth averaged zero, wages were flat to down slightly, overall energy costs were up about 77 percent and benefit costs (health care, pensions, etc.) were up between 27 and 64 percent, depending on the source and the benefits included. Even the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up only 17.5 percent from 10 years ago.
So on the whole, the years leading up to and including 2011 have seen the value received for scrap outpace most expenses. This has meant that despite the usual peaks and valleysand the monthly fluctuations of each market cyclebusiness has been good overall.
Thats not to say that everything is rosy today. As stories in this issue show, ferrous scrap has the ever-changing export market as well as import and alternative iron competition to contend with; beyond this, consolidations, mergers and mill vertical integration of scrap sources continue to present challenges. On the nonferrous side, the industry faces tougher environmental regulations as well as governmental efforts to rein in theft and fraud.
Add to that the developing concerns over rising fuel costs and the scarcity of rail cars, and business practices often are straining to keep up with the next problem. But those businesses that have, and continue to be steady rather than mercurial, succeed despite these challenges. Practices including a willingness to innovate, to stress efficiency and safety and to invest in new technologies and strategies contribute to the ability of a scrap venture to survive and, yes, thrive.
Scrap usually is a high-volume, low-margin business, which means that moving a lot of material through a yard cheaply and efficiently is critical. When demand is low and scrap is in short supply, that can be a difficult objective to sustain. However, the difficulty should not stand in the way of moves that will improve those aspects of the business.
Those sellers who have made money during the past two years did so by following good business practices and taking advantage of timing when factors were in their favor. Enough months saw strong mill demand, high export demand and rising pricesor a combination of all three in a few, rare exceptionsto drive good margins for those collecting and selling scrap.
When these issues are strong, the scrap business can lead to some extraordinarily profitable periods; when they are weak, times are tough. But when they are mixed, like during the 2008-2010 stretch, they challenge business savvy and managerial instincts.
Of course, such an approach is not a guarantee of better business. Ultimately, scrap dealers have no more objective insight than anyone else involved in the economy on when consumer buying will increase, foreign demand will spike upward or steel productivity will rebound.
Yet one of the most important skills needed in running a thriving scrapyard is being able to manage the business through the cyclical periods of declining revenue. That means anticipating market trends and making investments that make sense for todays environment and tomorrows opportunities.
Scrap businesses should not lose sight of their competition, their role in the local market, their long-term customers, their communities and their goals. Being aware of such thingsalong with getting a handle on those issues that are more or less at the sole discretion of the yard owneris the simple yet essential secret to future success.
Despite all the risks and challenges, many sellers keep up a "the skys the limit" attitude toward growth and profit. And the more successful businesses view the natural volatility of the industry as just another truth to factor into planning. Such an approach, they say, can lead to innovation and greater self-knowledge about business practices.
Such thinking can make the next decade as dramatically successful and profitable as the past 10 years have been, but only if businesses are ready to take advantage of the twists and turns the laws of the market bring to them.
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Plan and make an international lunch
Students will make lunch based on recipes from a randomly chosen country. Countries are drawn before the students plan a meal. We have allocated 8 hours, split in 2 parts. The first part is planning, while the second part is the execution. The task will focus on written and oral skills, as well as the ability to convert measurements.
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Students will plan a 15-30 minute lesson in basic English for 1st graders (6 year olds). Students will have to decide the best way to teach their chosen topic. They will be asked to write a plan for the lesson, as well as their reasons for the choices they made. The lessons may be carried out in practise as well, either in an actual 1st grade class/kindergarden or within their own class with the rest of the students playing 1st graders.
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Opplegget er tverrfaglig mellom fagene Kommunikasjon og Samhandling og engelsk. Gjennom filmen Bend it Like Beckham skal elevene sette seg inn i andres situasjon, diskutere kultur, kulturkollisjoner, verdier, fordommer, etiske dilemma.
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New Catholic Dictionary – Blessed Bernadette Soubirous
(1844–1879) Virgin, born Lourdes, France; died Nevers, France. When only 14 years of age she witnessed 18 apparitions of Our Lady at Lourdes, instructing her to make known to the world the miraculous healing powers which the Blessed Virgin would give to the waters there by her presence. In 1866 Bernadette joined the Sisters of Charity at Nevers and in 1878 took her perpetual vows. Beatified, 1925. Feast, in the dioceses of Nevers, Tarbes, and Lourdes, and in the chapels of the Sisters of Charity, 12 May.


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Course Plan – Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing
The PhD in Nursing program offers two study options: Traditional (Part-time) program or our Summer Residence program.
The PhD in Nursing requires at least 45 credit hours beyond the master's degree in nursing. Students begin the program with interdisciplinary core courses taken with students from nursing and education. Faculties from each of these two disciplines teach interdisciplinary core courses. Nursing courses may be taken in conjunction with the interdisciplinary core or separately. The academic year is designed to meet the needs of students who are able to complete 21 to 24 program credits annually through part-time study while maintaining outside employment.
Courses overview
All courses listed are 3 credits.
Required Interdisciplinary Core Courses - 15 credits
- Philosophy of Science and Theory Development
- Qualitative Methods of Inquiry
- Quantitative Methods of Inquiry
- Qualitative Methods for Advanced Inquiry
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Nursing Courses - 21 credits
- Alternative Paradigmatic Inquiry
- Structure of Nursing Knowledge
- Global Leadership Strategies and Diversity Awareness
- Nursing Research: Techniques and Applications
- Bioethical Imperatives in Nursing
- Anthropology
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After running SQL Performance Analyzer (SPA), you observe a few regressed SQL statements in the SPA output. Identify the two actions that you would suggest for these regressed SQL statements. (Choose two.)
A. Running SQL Access Advisor
B. Adding them to SQL Plan Baseline
C. Submitting them to SQL Tuning Advisor
D. Running Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM)
Answer: BC


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NSA Officers Spy on Love Interests
WASHINGTON—National Security Agency officers on several occasions have channeled their agency's enormous eavesdropping power to spy on love interests, U.S. officials said.
The practice isn't frequent — one official estimated a handful of cases in the last decade — but it's common enough to garner its own spycraft label: LOVEINT.
Spy agencies often refer to their various types of intelligence collection with the suffix of "INT," such as "SIGINT" for collecting signals intelligence, or communications; and "HUMINT" for human intelligence, or spying.


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Obama campaign seeks to reassure nervous Democrats
Democrats aren't just nervous about President Barack Obama's listless debate performance. One month from Election Day, supporters worry his campaign hasn't been aggressive enough in managing the fallout, and they fear losing ground with women voters.
The hand-wringing prompted Obama on Wednesday to respond directly, assuring backers, "I got this."
Party loyalists, in Washington and in battleground states, are fretting that Obama's campaign has been slow to rebound after last week's lead-off debate, which Republican Mitt Romney is widely viewed as having won. They're worried that the Democratic ticket hasn't been able to block Romney's post-debate pivot to the political center. And they fear Romney's new effort to show a softer side gives the Republican nominee an opening with female voters, who are crucial to the president's re-election prospects.
"I'm not feeling very positive," said Awilda Marquez, a prominent Democrat in Colorado. "I know that it's only the first debate, but he can't seem to change the relentless negative coverage. Romney has been able to take control."
Her nervousness was echoed by other Democrats in interviews across the country just before the next opportunity to get the Obama campaign back on track - Vice President Joe Biden's debate Thursday against Republican Paul Ryan.
Obama's campaign, seeking to address some of the concerns, launched a fresh critique of Romney Wednesday for saying he wouldn't pursue abortion-related legislation as president. Obama aides accused the Republican of "hiding" his positions of earlier in the year in order to gain women's votes.
The president's team says no major changes are expected in his own re-election strategy. Nevertheless, the president and his aides are seeking to reassure anxious Democrats that key factors are still in their favor.
"By next week, I think a lot of the hand-wringing will be complete because we're going to go ahead and win this thing," Obama said in an interview with radio host Tom Joyner.
The president appears to maintain a narrow lead in polling in many battleground states and has more pathways than Romney to reach the 270 Electoral College votes required to win the White House. Also, more Democrats than Republicans are registered to vote in swing states like Florida and Nevada. And last Friday's dip in the nation's unemployment rate to 7.8 percent gave some credence to Obama's core argument that the economy is slowly but surely recovering.
But there's little doubt that the burst of momentum Obama enjoyed last month has come to a halt following the first debate. That's given Romney ample opportunity to rebound from a dismal September with just four weeks until Election Day and millions of Americans already casting early votes. Polls taken after the debate show the race tightening nationally and in key states, though both parties say the president maintains an edge in such crucial states as Ohio and Virginia.
The rumblings in the Democratic ranks focus largely on whether the campaign has been aggressive enough coming out of the first debate, particularly in accusing Romney of lying about his positions and abandoning the conservative policies he embraced during the GOP primary.
Several strategists said they were perplexed that the campaign, nearing $1 billion in fundraising, wasn't churning out television advertisements juxtaposing clips of Romney from earlier in the year with his comments during the debate. That's allowing Romney, they say, to get away with shifting to the center.
"I don't believe you ever let a charge go unanswered, so in that respect I wish they were more forceful," said Chuck Ardo, a former spokesman for ex-Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell.
Other Democrats fear the debate fallout is leading to softening support for the president among women, long one of his strengths.
Romney is making a clear play for female voters coming out of the debate, sprinkling personal anecdotes into his speeches in an attempt to appear more empathetic. The Republican also said this week that he would not pursue any abortion-related legislation if elected.
Obama aides dispute much of the criticism of their tactics, pointing to their rapid response to Romney's apparent shift on abortion.
"We're not saying he's changed his mind on these issues," said Stephanie Cutter, Obama's deputy campaign manager. "We're saying he's trying to cover up his beliefs."
The president's support among female registered voters dropped 5 percentage points following the debate, according to Gallup surveys. But he still leads Romney 51 percent to 43 percent among women. The Republican's support among registered female voters is up 2 points since the debate.
Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg raised alarms this week about the potential for softening in Obama's support among women. He said his post-debate research found unmarried women in particular were not swayed by Obama's economic arguments but were open to Romney's approach.
"There was a positive response of these voters to Romney identifying with the middle class and their struggle and a very strong response to Romney's five-point economic plan," Greenberg said.
That marked a shift from last month, according to the pollster. Many unmarried women responded positively to Obama's message during the Democratic convention and were particularly offended by Romney's comments in a leaked fundraising video about 47 percent of voters who don't pay federal income tax and feel they are victims.
Obama never raised Romney's remarks during the debate, to the dismay of many Democrats.
The president's campaign did on Tuesday release its first ad since the debate incorporating Romney's comments on the 47 percent. The 30-second spot focused on seniors, arguing that some of the "victims" Romney referred to were seniors receiving Medicare.
Despite the Democratic worries, officials at Obama's Chicago campaign headquarters say their approach to the final weeks of the campaign has always hinged on a tight race.
"We never anticipated winning battleground states by 10 points and can't imagine winning a ton of them by 5 points," said Ben LaBolt, Obama's campaign spokesman. "Our task is to lay out the economic choice every day for undecideds and to turn out our supporters."
For some Democrats, who sensed some in the party getting overconfident before the debate, a case of the nerves may not be such a bad thing.
"I'd rather get a jolt four weeks out than a week out when there's still time to do something about this," said Karen Finney, a Democratic strategist.
Associated Press writer Ken Thomas and AP News Survey Specialist Dennis Junius contributed to this report.
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With a week to go until NBA 2K11 cannonballs the pool, 2K Sports is dropping all sorts of hype and gameplay vids, highlighted by this one stitching together in-game footage from "The Jordan Challenge". Mild spoiler alert.
I throw the SA warning because in the 10-game Jordan Challenge, when you hit milestones in recreating cover man Michael Jordan's iconic feats, it'll unlock animations that are pitch perfect to the highlight footage you remember. So if you want to be surprised by what that looks like in a video game (because you probably know what it looks like in real life) go on to another video.
For that, Operation Sports has a collection of several up now. You can see the (all games modern day) Bulls vs Bucks playing three quarters, plus reels of the Cavs and Mavs, Heat vs Celtics, Celts vs Spurs and others. They're all on OS' NBA 2K11 page.
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Snowboard Canada Magazine's Resort Guide ranked Sun Peaks Resort No. 2 in Canada's Best Overall Resort category, and it remains the country's only resort to receive an Environmental Management System designation, recognizing its environmental policies and practices.
The Interior's largest ski resort, Sun Peaks is about 45 minutes northeast of Kamloops. Three mountains surround the charming ski-through village, which is dotted with hotels, shops, and about 20 restaurants. There are about 4,000 acres of skiable terrain with long cruisers, deep steeps and excellent glade skiing on 125 runs. It all makes for a fun day no matter your skill level. Nordic skiers can explore more than 30 kilometers of groomed and track set trails, backcountry trails, as well as a rare chairlift-accessed trail.
The new Let's Play Pack lift ticket includes a day of skiing plus tubing on a three-lane tube park, ice skating on the outdoor rink, access to the outdoor heated pool, and a turn on the bungee trampoline. Each non-ski activity can be redeemed once, up to 10 days from purchase of lift ticket, and for each lift ticket purchased. The price is $99 per adult and $59 per child, including regular ski lift ticket.
Also new is the Guided Backcountry Snowshoe Adventure, which is 12 kilometers of snowshoe trails starting from the central village and ending with a picnic at McGillivray Lake, in all its frozen glory. Lead by an experienced local guide, hikers learn about the environmental surroundings and history of the area. Great for spotting the Canadian lynx, the wolf, and snowshoe hare.
How about some expert skiing tips? A resident of Sun Peaks for nearly 20 years, Olympic gold medallist and now Canadian Senator, Nancy Greene Raine, meets guests at the top of the Sunburst chairlift most Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m.
Mountain Man Dogsled Adventures have been around for several years in Sun Peaks, but have recently opened a new bed-and-breakfast located in the Whitecroft valley, a few minutes from the resort. Since the huskies reside there, any dog lover would find this appealing.
Mountain air and lots of activity generally means a hearty appetite. Nice to see gluten-free options at Mountain High Pizza. For the best coffee in the village, the Bolacco Café in the Coast Sundance Lodge is a must-stop, and serving up delicious ciabatta sandwiches. Dairy-free? Try a latte made with coconut milk. Bottoms Bar and Grill is a bustling, fun après ski hangout, with superior chicken wings and spicy Caesars.
Something to look forward to? Plan ahead for next year and get tickets to the 17th Annual Winter Okanagan Wine Festival in Sun Peaks, Jan.17 to 25, 2015.


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Travel Guide Europe Spain Catalonia Rosas
Rosas is a Spanish coastal resort town just about 30 kilometres from the border with France, in Catalonia. The town has about 20,000 inhabitants.
Getting There
By Plane
1. The Girona-Costa Brava Airport (international code: GRO) near Girona is the nearest airport and is getting more and more popular as a start of a trip in the region as there are quite a few low-cost airlines serving the airport. Ryanair serves dozens of cities in Europe, including London (Stansted), Brussels (Charleroi) and Rome. A few others include Jetairfly, Transavia and Star1, Thomson Airlines and Thomascook, which serve both or one of the airports at least.
2. Barcelona Airport (BCN) is the second biggest airport in Spain and the 9th biggest airport in Europe. It handles over 30 million of passengers every year and it is perfectly connected to the other main European airports by direct flights operated by either low cost airlines or regular ones.
3. Reus International Airport (REU) is a good alternative and is located near Reus and Tarragona. It's particularly good when you want to travel with low-cost airlines.
Also, in France, the airport near Perpignan is closer than the ones near Barcelona.
You can use the form below to search for availability (Travellerspoint receives a commission for bookings made through the form)
Keep Connected
Internet is widely available within Spain. Most airports have wifi-zones and in most towns there are internet cafés or shops where you can use internet for a fixed price. Wi-Fi points in bars and cafeterias are available after ordering, and most hotels offer Wi-Fi connection in common areas for their guests.
See also: International Telephone Calls
The international access code for Spain is +34. The emergency number for police, ambulance and the fire brigade is 112.
In cities you can find plenty of public phones, and 'locutorios'. The latter are small shops where you can use the phone and use internet. Most of them also sell prepaid cards for mobile telephones. These shops are used a lot by foreigners to call to their mother country.
The main mobile network operators in Spain are Yoigo, Vodafone, Movistar and Orange, as in most of Europe voice and data coverage is generally good in urban areas however it can be patchy in rural locations. Cheap mobile phones (less than €50) with some pre-paid minutes are sold at FNAC or any phone operator's shop (Vodafone, Movistar, Orange). Topping-up is then done by buying scratch cards from the small stores, supermarkets, vending points (often found in tobacco shops) or kiosks.
If you want to post a card, you can head to the post office (Correos). The Spanish post is not yet as efficient as colleagues in other countries so receiving a card can take a bit longer than the number of days that it should take. On the website of Correos, you can find the locations of nearby post offices.
Post offices are generally open from 8:30am to 2:00pm, although times will vary according to the size of the city/town and the main post offices might be open until the early evening. Most will also open again on Saturday mornings, but in the smaller towns will close as early as 12 noon. When posting a letter, look for a yellow box and, if possible, post at the post office itself where there will also be divisions for local, national and international mail. Be prepared for long queues at the post office. This is why tobacco shops sell stamps and many will also have the facility to weigh packages. Standard letters/postcards of up to 20 grams sent within Spain are €0.34. However, non-standard letters/postcards of up to 20g are €0.39. Letters/postcards of 20 to 50 grams are €0.45. In the case of international shipping, the price is €0.64 to most countries within Europe for standard envelopes (letters/postcards) up to 20g, for a few European countries and outside Europe it is €0.78. If you want to send a package you are probably better off with a private courier company like TNT, DHL or UPS, as they offer quick and reliable services against competitive prices.
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U.S. women's soccer team schedule, roster for 2012 Olympics
The U.S. women's soccer team begins its 2012 Olympic schedule Wednesday against France, two days before Friday's opening ceremony.
Led by star forward Abby Wambach and keeper Hope Solo, a talented USA roster is looking to re-assume its place as a dominant force in women's soccer after a disappointing performance in the 2011 World Cup.
All times EDT
Wednesday, July 25
Noon—U.S. vs. France
Saturday, July 28
Noon—U.S. vs. Colombia
Tuesday, July 31
12:15 p.m.—U.S. vs. North Korea
Friday, Aug. 3
9:30 a.m.—U.S. (if group winner) vs. TBA
Monday, Aug. 6
2:45 p.m.— U.S. (if group winner, qtr winner) vs. TBA
Thursday, Aug. 9
8 a.m.—Bronze medal match
2:45 p.m.—Gold medal match
Nicole Barnhart, Gilbertsville, Pa., Goalkeeper
Shannon Boxx, Torrance, Calif., Midfield
Rachel Buehler, Del Mar, Calif., Defenseman
Lauren Cheney, Indianapolis, Forward
Tobin Heath, Basking Ridge, N.J., Midfield
Amy LePeilbet, Crystal Lake, Ill., Defenseman
Sydney Leroux, Los Angeles, Forward
Carli Lloyd, Delran N.J., Midfield
Heather Mitts, Cincinnati, Defenseman
Alex Morgan, Diamond Bar, Calif., Forward
Kelley O'Hara, Fayetteville, Ga., Forward
Heather O'Reilly, East Brunswick, N.J., Forward
Christie Rampone, Point Pleasant, N.J., Defensemen
Megan Rapinoe, Redding, Calif., Forward
Amy Rodriguez, Lake Forest, Calif., Forward
Becky Sauerbrunn, St. Louis, Defenseman
Hope Solo, Richland, Wash., Goalkeeper
Abby Wambach, Rochester, N.Y., Forward


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As I was walking my daughter to her swimming lesson yesterday, she pointed out the light rimming some of the heavy grey clouds in sky. She liked the contrast between the blue sky, the bright edging and the dark-filled clouds.
I liked the way the buildings, trees and lampposts seemed to frame the unusual skies. We enjoyed the scene for a little while until we turned left and our view of the skies changed a little.
Do you look at the skies when you walk about in the early evening?
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Appeals court says term limits can't be on ballot
SPRINGFIELD -- Proponents of term limits for Illinois lawmakers were preparing a last-minute appeal to the state Supreme Court after an appeals court ruled Wednesday that a measure asking voters to approve such a measure could not appear on the November ballot.
Mark Campbell, director of The Committee for Legislative Reform and Term Limits, said the group's legal team was "working feverishly" and planned to submit its appeal to the high court late Wednesday or early Thursday. The group hopes the justices will intervene before a state Board of Elections meeting Friday in which the ballot will be finalized.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Supreme Court spokesman Joe Tybor said the group had not filed a required petition with the court. "There has to be a ... motion to expedite the matter," he said.
The pro-term limits group, chaired by Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner, also could request that the court direct the elections board to suspend the ballot certification process.
Rauner's group insists the measure would be overwhelmingly approved by voters. It would limit legislators to eight years in office, increase the size of the Illinois House, reduce the size of the Senate and make it tougher for the legislature to override a governor's veto.
But on Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the 1st District Appellate Court in Chicago affirmed a Cook County judge's June decision that the measure is unconstitutional, noting in its 15-page decision that the initiative violated specific provisions of the Illinois Constitution.
The initiative, the court says, does not adequately satisfy a constitutional requirement that changes to the legislature be "structural and procedural."
The court noted that it also violates a clause of the constitution by combining "separate and unrelated questions in one referendum," noting there isn't an adequate relationship between limiting the terms of lawmakers and setting a threshold to override the governor's veto.
The committee gathered about 600,000 signatures for the proposed ballot measure. Rauner has seized on the measure as part of his attacks on "career politicians." Critics see it as an attempt to drive up friendly turnout in his campaign against incumbent Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn.
Attorneys with ties to top Democrats, including longtime House Speaker Michael Madigan, sued this spring to keep the question off the ballot. Arguing on behalf of several business groups, they say taxpayer money shouldn't be spent on a measure that is clearly unconstitutional.
Cook County Judge Mary Mikva agreed in late June, saying the question didn't meet the "structural and procedural" requirement. The Supreme Court refused a request at that time to directly take up the issue, bypassing the appellate court.
Rauner said in a statement Thursday that he remained "hopeful" the Supreme Court would rule in the committee's favor. He argued that the amendment was "carefully crafted to meet all the requirements that the Illinois Supreme Court very clearly laid out" in a 1994 decision rejecting a term-limits initiative that year.
That measure was advocated by Quinn, who has criticized Rauner for being a latecomer to those advocating term limits. Quinn says he doesn't support Rauner's measure because of the changes it would make to the size of the House. Quinn led a voter initiative in 1980 that reduced the number of state representatives.
Advocates also point to the geographic diversity of the Supreme Court as a potential reason why the court might rule in its favor. They have noted that both earlier decisions were made by judges in heavily Democratic Cook County.
"The only court that is capable of modifying a decision they made in 1994 is the Supreme Court," Campbell said.


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About The Company-
Softeon is a global provider of innovative supply chain solutions. A leading CMM level 3 company and software product development company.
While our roots are in warehouse management systems, Softeon has demonstrated consistent growth and strong investments in R&D for over a decade. Today, we offer a powerful platform that covers the complete spectrum – from supply chain planning to execution.
Softeon is headquartered in the Washington DC metro area in Reston, Virginia. Our global footprint includes offices in Europe, Latin America and India with an infrastructure that is amply staffed to provide support 24×7 in all parts of the world.5
Website: : http://www.softeon.com
Job Location: Chennai
Bond: 2 Years(SLA)
Desired experience: Fresher
Salary: INR 2.25 LPA
Probation / Training Period: 6 Months
Target Batch Passouts: 2015-2016
Course Specialization: B.Tech/M.Tech/MCA
Tentative date of joining: Immediate
Tentative date of interview: Will be communicated post registration window is closed.
* The shortlisted candidates will be sent Admit Cards/Call Letters on their registered mail Id, which they will need to, carry on the date of Interview. No candidate will be entertained by the company without the formal intimation from Aspiring Minds.
Job Description and Skills Required :
- Candidate will be responsible for performing activities at different Software Development Stages.
- Candidate must have Sound knowledge of JAVA language.
- Candidates trained in JAVA will be preferred.
- Candidate must have good logical and programming skills.
- Strong in Java coding experience.
- Ability to think out of the box and should be able to work with minimal direction
Interview Process:
- Written test (Aptitude Technical)
- Technical Round
- HR Round
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