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HUD Community Planning and Development Formula Grant Program
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (hereafter "HUD") promulgated a final rule in the Federal Register dated January 5, 1994, 24 CFR Part 91, et seq ., which requires annual submission of a single consolidated plan, performance report, and funding application submission (hereafter "consolidated submission") for all HUD community planning and development formula grant programs, including the Community Development Block Grant Program, the Emergency Shelter Grants Program, the HOME Investment Partnership Program, and the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program; and
WHEREAS, the state of Louisiana desires to comply with HUD's annual consolidated submission requirements;
NOW THEREFORE, I, BOBBY JINDAL, Governor of the state of Louisiana, by virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution and the laws of the state of Louisiana, do hereby order and direct as follows:
SECTION 1: The Division of Administration, Office of Community Development, (hereafter "OCD") shall continue to coordinate and designate, within the parameters of state law, all departments, agencies, or other entities of the state of Louisiana which have primary responsibility for the implementation of any function associated with HUD community planning and development formula grant programs, which are required to participate in the annual consolidated submission and which are to complete research, analysis, or other activities necessary for the OCD to submit to HUD, on behalf of the state of Louisiana, the annual consolidated submission and any amendments or supplements thereto.
SECTION 2: All departments, agencies, and other entities referred to in Section 1 of this Order shall cooperate with and submit to the OCD in a timely manner all necessary or requested information and documentation needed for the state of Louisiana to comply with the HUD consolidated submission requirements.
SECTION 3: The OCD shall continue to annually submit to HUD a consolidated submission and any amendments or supplements thereto on behalf of the state of Louisiana.
SECTION 4: All departments, commissions, boards, offices, entities, agencies, and officers of the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, are authorized and directed to cooperate with OCD in implementing the provisions of this Order.
SECTION 5: This Order is effective upon signature and shall continue in effect until amended, modified, terminated, or rescinded by the governor, or terminated by operation of law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand officially and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of Louisiana, at the Capitol, in the city of Baton Rouge, on this 22nd day of August, 2008.
Bobby Jindal
Jay Dardenne
Secretary of State


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The satellite is in place, the launcher stands ready. Now, as the final members of the CryoSat team make their way to Plesetsk, the final dress rehearsal for launch is about to begin. ESA Launcher Interface Engineer Kurt Büchler continues his online diary of events.
Monday 3 October – New arrivals
Today the spacecraft tests on top of Rockot are continued. Any time the spacecraft is switched on, the battery is also charged. By the end of the day it should be full and ready for the launch.
I think I will no longer have any opportunities to take further photos of the launcher with CryoSat on top. The last I have seen of CryoSat itself was during encapsulation one week ago, and the complete launcher I saw the last time - hopefully - during our visit to the launch tower yesterday. There is no reason now to return to the launch pad, as the undertable room equipment is installed and works as it should. Soon the launcher will be fuelled. This should happen Thursday, and from then on you avoid getting near to it anyway! So in the MIK we have progress as planned.
Today I have the task of meeting our new arrivals at Plesetskaya train station. We expect Guy Ratier, the ESA CryoSat project manager together with his industrial counterpart, Uwe Mallow from Astrium Friedrichshafen. On the launch day they will be in the Control Centre MCC and will give the go-ahead for the launch. Therefore they also have to be present for the so-called dress rehearsal on Wednesday. This is a full walkthrough of the launch procedure with the original timeline and all parties involved: ESOC, the EGSE room in the MIK, and of course the MCC itself.
Time for a walk in the morning, then going to Plesetsk with the bus. The train arrives in the early afternoon, our bus is at the station half an hour earlier. There is the local market nearby and I stroll through it. The market is larger here than in Mirny, and the Russians that accompany us prefer to buy here. There are a lot of mushrooms, fresh and pickled with salt, also buckets of cranberries.
Guy and Uwe, accompanied by Danilo Muzi, Jürgen Frank and Andrey Fionov, arrive well. Back in the hotel they get their obligatory security briefing, and then I take the foreigners to a Grand Tour (as you can imagine, this is the standard route ...)
In the evening we sit together to discuss the preparations to be done tomorrow for the dress rehearsal on Wednesday.
Tuesday 4 October – Preparing for the dress rehearsal
Today we are a larger group with our newcomers, but not all of us stay in the MIK. Some are leaving for the MCC to actually have a rehearsal of the dress rehearsal tomorrow: checking all connections, get acquainted with the location and the seat arrangements and so on. It is a relatively small room there, and it has to be ensured that everyone in the MCC knows what to do and how the communication lines are going. For the launch we have Guy and Uwe there, supported by Cyrille and Klaus, who will be in constant contact with the EGSE room in the MIK, where Bill, Reiner, Manfred and Martin will be on the console until launch. I will be in the MIK on the day of the launch.
In the morning another spacecraft test was started in the EGSE room, ending in the early afternoon. ESOC listened in, thus checking the integrity of the monitoring lines and the voice link. Everything went fine, so it looks good for tomorrow.
I stay in the MIK. The rest of the team is busy getting stuff out of our previous clean room into the containers which are stored in the main hall. Hall A is not a clean room anymore, the air conditioning and the filters have been switched off; the big doors are open to allow the transportation of boxes and equipment into the main hall. I remember the days in early September when we started to fill up the clean room. Time has gone fast.
Back in the hotel we have a meeting together with our MCC representatives. We go through the launch manual, worked out by Bill, step by step. I learn that now the countdown clock indeed will show the time to lift-off. This is a change, before we had a countdown to an internal launcher parameter 14 seconds before lift-off.
I also can say hello to Alexander Seregin from Khrunichev, who came from Moscow to attend the launch. It is a pleasure to see him again.
Thursday 29 September- Launcher activities and Spätzle
This is another quiet day, something to catch breath before next week which presumably will be very hectic. The only activity we have as a particular item today is to check that the ESA-CryoSat logo has been applied to the fairing. It basically will be visible in the last minutes before lift-off, when the service tower is retracted from Rockot and the launch tower proper. Then the upper half of the fairing can be seen sticking out of the transport and launch container. It has to look good for the official photographs!
Wolfgang steadily continues packing stuff in containers and preparing the transport back home. The Upper Composite has been transported to the main hall. It carries the thermal cover which it also will have on Saturday, when it will be rolled to the launch pad.
The thermal car, that will accompany it, produces a constant thermal clean environment by means of powerful generators. This makes the transport independent from nearly all weather conditions. Everything is connected and running as a test for Saturday. Also the electrical connections of the Breeze itself have been checked today: Status green. After that the Upper Composite is brought back to clean room B.
So these were the minor issues. The big one today: Astrium has invited everybody for Kässpätzle. This probably needs some explanation. Kässpätzle are a specialty of southern Germany. Main ingredients: flour, eggs, cheese, onions. A simple recipe, a lot of work: the dough has to be worked on, pressed through a special sieve into boiling water, onions have to be prepared (and you know what that means!) cheese put over it, put in the oven ... And all this for about 40 people.
Wednesday 5 October – Dress rehearsal for launch
There is really not much I can report for myself today. I have volunteered to help pack the containers which have been stored in front of the hotel. The main items to be put into them are the fitness machines. So the last days I have to do without them, which is a pity, I got quite used to the rowing machine and the cross trainer. Heavy stuff, but with Wolfgang, Fritz and Jürgen we manage.
I also start to pack my own stuff, after all I'm already leaving on Sunday, if everything goes well. I have a big aluminium box to be sent back with the main transport. In hindsight I have taken too much with me, clothes, something to read, musical instruments, computer games and so on. Twice as much as I could actually use, but we had such a condensed schedule that there was not much time to do things on the side.
The EGSE team and the MCC team today have the so-called dress rehearsal. This is the practice exercise of the launch day, complete with all parties involved, including all the communication lines and spacecraft commanding and monitoring in real-time. This is a vital check to make sure that on the launch day the timing is right, the various locations (ESOC, MIK, MCC) understand each other, both as regards the communication links and the terminology used.
The dress rehearsal is a success, as I hear in the evening (of course some minor inconsistencies could be detected and cured). Also the Russian 'State Commission' for the launch, consisting of high-ranking officials of the Space Forces and of industry, considering the status of the launcher and of CryoSat, have given the go-ahead to fuel the launcher tomorrow. So we are heading for a launch on Saturday!
Thursday 6 October - Fuelling
Yesterday the go-ahead was given for the fuelling of the Rockot launcher. This will be done today, and during this time no operation at all with the spacecraft is permitted. So we use today to continue packing. In the morning the containers that have been stored in front of the hotel during the last weeks have been transported to the MIK, and now Wolfgang, Fritz and Klaus H. are trying to pack in the same order as before.
The dress rehearsal of yesterday is reviewed, there are some improvements and small corrections to be added, and then the procedure is rounded off.
In the evening I have dinner with Bill, Cyrille, Klaus and Danilo. Last opportunity for an evening out, tomorrow I'll stay in the hotel, next day is launch, and on Sunday I'm off!


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FAO's legal advisory services relating to the development, use and protection of freshwater resources fall in two main categories: national water resources legislation and legal issues of international waters. Assistance also focuses on such issues as irrigation and drainage (Swaziland, Zambia) or water users' associations. Assistance may also be directed to the implementation of the legislation (Kyrghyzstan).
Legislative assistance in the freshwater domain is also provided in connection with the review of national water policies and with investment-oriented water-sector review exercises initiated by the World Bank (e.g., Pakistan).
FAO's legislative assistance tends to promote the integrated management of water resources and a balanced distribution of labour between the public and the private sectors. As a result, all water resources, whether surface or underground, are brought within the fold of one piece of legislation, and provision is made for planning, for orderly access to such resources by users in agriculture, industry, commerce, urban and rural households, and recreation and the environment; for the protection of water resources from depletion and from point- and non-point-source pollution; and for the institutional arrangements necessary for the administration of the legislation.
Issues of equity in access to water are addressed by affirming the role of the state and government as guardians and, if appropriate, owners of the country's waters, and dispensers of user rights to individuals. In response to mounting concerns with the efficiency of water allocation and use, legislative assistance may provide for trading of water user rights. This entails removing legal impediments, such as the attachment of water to the land where it occurs or flows; and ensuring the security and dependability of rights through the recording of relevant instruments and their enforceability as against other claimants. In the process, an appropriate balance is sought between the legal tradition of water as a public good and its new role as a tradable commodity.
The growing role of the private sector in the provision of water services relating, in particular, to irrigation is reflected in legislative assistance directed at enabling water users' groups to be formed with legal personality and with authority to levy and collect charges from their membership to cover the costs of operating and maintaining the irrigation infrastructure. Also, appropriate instruments must be in place to empower private-sector agents, including water users' groups, to take over from Government the responsibility for operating and maintaining Government-built and -operated irrigation schemes. Authority to charge for services rendered is critical in promoting private involvement in a sector which has traditionally been the province of the public sector.
Assistance in the implementation of water management legislation focuses on the design and operationalization of permit systems for the abstraction and use of water, and for the disposal of waste in it. The sustainability through time of a system's design is critical to the effectiveness of the assistance provided. This goal is pursued through upgrading the skills available locally and by pilot-testing systems in limited areas for a gradual application to the entire country.
Assistance provided in relation to rivers and lakes shared by two or more countries may centre on the identification and review of options for the legal configuration of permanent institutional arrangements for cooperation in managing the shared water resources (e.g. Lake Malawi/Nyasa, the North Western Sahara Aquifer System (better known as Système Aquifère du Sahara Septentrional - SASS). Assistance may include training in domestic and international legal aspects of managing a shared water resources, with a view to creating a multi-country pool of government officials prepared to deal with complex issues with a common understanding of the relevant legal ramifications and of approaches to unravelling them (e.g. the Nile basin).
Regular collaboration with the Water Resources, Development and Management Service of the Land and Water Development Division brings in an interdisciplinary dimension to the work of the Development Law Service.
The FAO Development Law Service and Land and Water Development Division have conducted a worldwide inventory on the legal and regulatory framework supporting Water Users Associations. Available country profiles can be downloaded from the IMT (Irrigation Management Transfer) website.
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- Vicarious calibration of ocean color satellites involves the use of accurate surface measurements of waterleaving radiance to update and improve the system calibration of ocean color satellite sensors. An experiment was performed to compare a free-fall technique with the established Marine Optical Buoy (MOBY) measurement. It was found in the laboratory that the radiance and irradiance instruments compared well within their estimated uncertainties for various spectral sources. The spectrally averaged differences between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) values for the sources and the instruments were<2.5% for the radiance sensors and<1.5% for the irradiance sensors. In the field, the sensors measuring the above-surface downwelling irradiance performed nearly as well as they had in the laboratory, with an average difference of<2%.While the water-leaving radiance L w calculated from each instrument agreed in almost all cases within the combined instrument uncertainties (approximately 7%), there was a relative bias between the two instrument classes/techniques that varied spectrally. The spectrally averaged (400-600 nm) difference between the two instrument classes/techniques was 3.1%. However, the spectral variation resulted in the freefall instruments being 0.2% lower at 450 nm and 5.9% higher at 550 nm. Based on the analysis of one matchup, the bias in L w was similar to that observed for L u(1 m) with both systems, indicating the difference did not come from propagating L u(1 m) to L w. © 2010 American Meteorological Society., Cited By (since 1996):6, Oceanography, CODEN: JAOTE, ,
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A runaway greenhouse effect – where a planet's atmosphere traps so much heat that temperatures rise to life-snuffing levels – may be easier to achieve than previously believed. And there may be more than one way to drive the increase.
Those are the implications of two recent studies looking at what planetary scientists describe as one of the fundamental processes that can render a planet uninhabitable.
In the sun's neighborhood, Venus is the textbook example. It is thought to have had oceans on its surface early in its history, but the planet's proximity to the sun and the relatively high concentration of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in its atmosphere combined to evaporate the oceans, triggering runaway warming that drove surface temperatures to levels that can melt lead.
The most recent of the two studies, published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience, found that the amount of energy needed to shift a planet's climate into thermal overdrive at Earth's distance from the sun was about 10 percent less than estimates many scientists have been using for more than two decades.
The research suggests that from a standpoint of Earth's climate, it would likely take another 1.5 billion years, even accounting for the pace at which human activities are pumping greenhouse gases into the air, for a runaway greenhouse effect to take over, says Colin Goldblatt, an assistant professor at the University of Victoria in British Columbia who studies the evolution of Earth's climate.
The results also imply that a star's habitable zone – where a planet could capture enough warmth from its sun to allow liquid water to remain stable on the surface – may be smaller than previously estimated. If the results hold up, this would reduce the number of extrasolar planets deemed potentially habitable.
The study serves as a useful reminder that scientists can't determine habitability only from estimates of how much radiation reaches a planet, says Larry Esposito, a researcher who studies planetary atmospheres at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A planet's current climate and the history of that climate play key roles, too.
The atmospheric model used in looking at the greenhouse effect on Earth represents "a first pass at doing the problem again," says Dr. Goldblatt. It doesn't account for clouds, which would be crucial to determining the mount of sunlight reaching Earth's surface. Instead, the model operates assuming clear skies.
"You start off with simple models. You try to understand the answers. Then you go on to more complex models," he says.
Over the past 25 years, researchers have developed more-detailed measurements of water vapor and how it interacts with the infrared radiation the Earth's surface sends skyward. These improvements prompted the team to try to take another crack at measuring the energy needed to trigger a runaway greenhouse effect.
Water vapor and other greenhouse gases absorb most of that radiation and re-radiate it in all directions, including back toward Earth's surface. But radiation in a narrow band of wavelengths can escape, allowing some of that heat to head back toward space.
As the atmosphere warms, more water evaporates, and the atmosphere's ability to hold moisture increases. Runaway heating can occur when warming temperatures push enough water vapor into the air to in effect slam the infrared window shut, Goldblatt explains.
Nor is sunlight alone in determining the surface temperature. A study published earlier this year in the journal Astrobiology described how tidal heating – the friction created within a planet as it is tugged by a star's gravity – could produce enough heat at the planet's surface to push an otherwise stable climate into runaway greenhouse warming.
Runaway heating from these tidal forces would be limited to planets orbiting dim, low-mass red-dwarf stars along highly elliptical paths. Those paths might take the planet into and out of the star's habitable zone. While the planet might eventually stabilize in a circular orbit within a habitable zone, it would be bone-dry.
The team, led by Rory Barnes, a research scientist at the University of Washington in Seattle, dubbed these runaway-heating victims "tidal Venuses." [Editor's note: The original version of this story misspelled the name of Rory Barnes.]
For the more familiar Venus, the modeling Goldblatt and colleagues undertook imply that the planet may never have had oceans to begin with – unless the levels of nitrogen in its atmosphere were comparable to the relatively high levels seen today, Dr. Espositio suggests. Nitrogen is effective at scattering visible light and so would tend to be a cooling agent if it was present in sufficient amounts.
Though the study would seem to rule out any immanent runaway greenhouse effect on Earth, Goldblatt underscores the importance of reining in global warming.
"There is this thing known as a runaway greenhouse effect. It is easier than we thought to cause it. But it's not something that's likely to happen in the context of anthropogenic global change," he says. "But the flip side of that is that we really do need to still worry about anthropogenic global change. It's still a really big deal."


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Scotia Station Post Office
Photograph courtesy of the Scotia Station Post Office.
Amy Jone's murals, like this one at the Scotia Station U.S. Post Office, represent the Federal government's desire to sponsor local artists and bring art to the masses during the Great Depression. The Federal Government sought to relieve the economic and cultural hardships created by the Depression with many different New Deal initiatives, like the CCC, and the WPA. The government also funded the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts and other agencies' arts projects, hoping to change the relationship between the artist and society. The government sought to democratize art, make it accessible to all classes of people, put thousands of artists to work, and provide hopeful, communal symbols as a way to help citizens weather the Depression. The local post offices, the "one concrete link between every community and the Federal government," served as venues to display many artists' works. Eleven hundred new post offices were built throughout the 1930s, including the Colonial Revival-style buildings at Painted Post and Scotia Station. Jone's Painted Post mural, entitled "Recording the Victory," depicts a Revolutionary War scene of Colonial soldiers captured by an Native American war party, while her Scotia Station work, "The Glen Family Spared by French Indians," depicts the fate of a local family during the Schenectady Indian Massacre. The works reflect the government's desire to make art mirrors of local communities, avoid "official" art reflecting nationalist themes, and develop local cultural interests throughout the country. Nearly one-sixth of the artists employed by the Fine Arts Section were women whose talents, rather than gender, stood out during the anonymous selection competitions. The artistic corps assembled by the Fine Arts Section typifies the essence of many New Deal projects--promoting the common good--while representing the government's overall goal of putting people back to work.
The Scotia Station Post Office is located at 224 Mohawk Ave. in Scotia, in eastern NY. The mural is viewable during the post office operating hours.
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I've got a real soft spot for post-apocalyptic scenery. It reached a peak when I visited Chernobyl a few years ago, and after seeing these wallpapers of the Kremlin an apocalypse doesn't look too bad, does it?
A commenter at the English Russia site puts it best: "After the apocalypse you will still be able to view Lenin's body. The lines will be much shorter." [English Russia]


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Cloudian [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Michael Morgan as chief financial officer (CFO). Most recently, Morgan served as CFO of Tegile Systems. Prior to Tegile, Morgan served as the CFO at cloud storage company Panzura. Morgan has also served as CFO at Model N. Morgan has also served as CFO of BackWeb Technologies. Morgan spent the first six years of his career gaining financial and operations consulting experience with KPMG, LLC.
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Evine Live Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: EVLV) announced the appointment of Diana Purcel as the company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Diana is replacing Tim Peterman who will be leaving the company to take the role of Chief Operating Officer at LTD Commodities. Most recently, Diana was the CFO of Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurants. Prior to joining Cooper's Hawk, Diana spent over ten years as the CFO of Famous Dave's of America, Inc. Her other experience includes CFO of Paper Warehouse, Inc., and key roles at Damark International, Inc., and Target Corporation.
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VMD Systems Integrators [RESTON, Va.] announced that it has hired veteran chief financial officer David Thornton to lead its finance team. He was the former CFO at LSi and Catapult Technology.
Harbour Energy, Ltd. [Washington] announced that David D. Powell has joined the organization as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Powell's previous roles include CFO for Cobalt International Energy and CFO of the petroleum unit of BHP Billiton. Prior to joining BHP, he spent over 28 years in various roles at Occidental Oil & Gas Corporation, based throughout the US, Qatar, Malaysia, Russia and Argentina.
Stepan Company [NORTHFIELD, Ill.] (NYSE: SCL) announced that it has appointed Luis Rojo as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Rojo will succeed Matthew Eaken, who, as previously reported, is presently serving as interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Rojo joins Stepan after a 21year career at Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G). Luis most recently served as Global Hair Care Finance Director.
PerkinElmer, Inc. [WALTHAM, Mass.] (NYSE: PKI) announced the appointment of James M. Mock to senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Andy Wilson, PerkinElmer's current senior vice president and CFO, who previously announced his retirement from PerkinElmer, will remain with the Company as an advisor for an interim period of time to ensure a smooth transition and integration for Mr. Mock. Mr. Mock joins PerkinElmer after serving for nearly 20 years in a wide range of financial oversight capacities within General Electric Company (GE). He was most recently vice president, Corporate Audit Staff. Prior to that, he served in a number of progressively responsible leadership roles in multifaceted global businesses based in the United States and overseas.
Karmic Labs, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Chauncey Dewey has joined the company's senior leadership team as Chief Financial Officer.
Serenova [AUSTIN, TEXAS] announced it has appointed David Nelson as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, he was CFO of Periscope Holdings. Prior to that, Nelson was CFO at Q2 eBanking. He previously held similar executive positions at Trillion Partners, Salion, Hired.com, and Merrin Financial, a division of ADP.
BioAxone BioSciences, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Ronald S. Goldstein as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Goldstein's background includes public accounting rules and presentation, SEC reporting and regulations and working with the banking and investment communities. Companies with whom he has worked include NKT Therapeutics and Cyteir Therapeutics, as well as Tufts NE Medical Center and, earlier in his career, SLI, Inc.
Remington Outdoor Company [MADISON, N.C.] announced the resignation of Steve Jackson, Chief Financial Officer.
TCR2 Therapeutics Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Ian Somaiya as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining TCR2, Mr. Somaiya was Managing Director and Head of Biotechnology Research at BMO Capital Markets. Previously, he served as a Managing Director and Equity Analyst at Nomura Securities Co. Ltd., Piper Jaffray Companies and Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc.
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company [FINDLAY, Ohio] (NYSE: CTB) announced that Ginger Jones, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, has informed the company she will retire as a full-time executive later this year, and will focus on serving on public company boards of directors.
Scholar Rock [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Rhonda M. Chicko as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, she was Vice President, Finance at Editas Medicine, Inc. Prior to joining Editas, Ms. Chicko spent 10 years at Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in financial roles of increasing responsibility, culminating as Senior Director, Finance and Tax. Earlier in her career, Ms. Chicko held a range of positions at investment management and accounting firms, including Wellington Management Company, LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.
Endotronix, Inc. [LISLE, Ill.] announced the appointment of John Flavin as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Flavin most recently led the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago. Prior to that he held President and CFO roles at Advanced Life Sciences and MediChem Life Sciences.
Lennar Corporation [MIAMI] (NYSE: LEN and LEN.B) announced the appointment of Diane Bessette as the new Chief Financial Officer and will continue as the Company's Treasurer. She has worked with Lennar for more than 23 years and has served as the Company's Treasurer since 2008 and Controller from 1997 to 2008.
SoFi [SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Michelle Gill as Chief Financial Officer. Gill replaces Interim CFO Steven Freiberg, who assumed the role in May 2017. Freiberg also serves as vice chairman of SoFi's Board of Directors and will remain in that role. Gill joins SoFi from TPG Sixth Street Partners. Previously, she spent 14 years at Goldman Sachs & Co., where most recently she was a Partner co-heading the Structured Finance business.
Conventus Orthopaedics [MINNEAPOLIS] announced the appointment of Jonathan Isenburg as its new Chief Financial Officer. Since April 2015, Mr. Isenburg served as CFO at Infraredx, Inc. Prior to his most recent role as CFO of Infraredx, Inc., Mr. Isenburg served as a Manager in Financial Advisory Services at RSM from 2008 to 2013. Mr. Isenburg was a CPA who began his career as an auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
BrixInvest, LLC [COSTA MESA, Calif.] announced that it has hired Raymond J. Pacini, as its new Chief Financial Officer. Ray Pacini's prior executive officer experience includes his recent departure from the CFO role at Northbound Treatment Services; CEO of California Coastal Communities, Inc. and CFO of its predecessors Koll Real Estate Group, Bolsa Chica Company and Henley Properties, Inc. Prior to joining the public company ranks, Mr. Pacini was a certified public accountant with the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand. He is also a National Association of Corporate Directors Board Leadership Fellow and serves on the board of directors and chairs the audit committee of Cadiz Inc.
APCO Holdings [Norcross, GA] has named David Vickers as the company's new chief financial officer. Vickers most recently served as executive vice president and CFO of The Warranty Group. Vickers' career began with a nine-year stint in the insurance division at Ernst & Young. He has served as CFO for both publicly-held as well as private equity-backed organizations.


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Another rainy day in Tokyo has prompted me to buy some new shoes. Both pairs I have from Australia have developed leaks that make my socks all soggy and uncomfortable.
I could go get the best pair of shoes that money can buy, or instead opt for the discount option. Yes, that's right, "el cheapo" wins again!
My choice was simple. I went to the chinese discount store, Sanpei in Shinjuku, where I got my backpack about six months ago.
While the backpack's not falling apart yet, it has seen better days and looks like the inside wants out. I didn't pay too much for it and it has served me well so far.
I said to a young assistant I wanted to try the shoes on, and he just looked into the distance because he had no idea whatsoever what I asked.
I had more luck with an older man that couldn't speak much more but he understood what shoe size meant. I'm about a 7.5/8 in Australia so here I'm about a size 25 in Japan.
I tried two pairs, one with a buckle and a slip-on pair. They didn't look too bad. I shelved the buckle option and paced for ages in the slip-ons trying to ascertain if this pair were not going to kill my feet in the long run.
I must've annoyed the shopkeeper as he said something I didn't understand, but the look on his face and tone of his voice made it pretty clear. I DID swap one of the shoes for one from the other box (same size though). Maybe that's why.
While I paced he helped another guy buy some 700 yen shirts. Rob, I think that was his name, was from Melbourne and was bar-tendering in Roppongi. He said he didn't have a visa and just goes over to Korea or Taiwan to continue on a tourist visa. Sneaky, but looks like he's pulled it off so far.
Finally I bought the pair of slip-ons for 1030 yen. Only time will tell if it's worth no more than that or even less than what I paid. As long as it's waterproof and stays comfortable, I'll be happy.
Before the shoes I went to Yamaya once more and picked up another four cartons of Don Simon, as well as Wonka chocolate, peanut butter and guacamole dip.
The dip's not exactly what I'm still searching for, but I'm ecstatic to find a product with the word "dip" on it in Japan. Damn hard to find round these parts.
My new year schedule starts tomorrow. I'm a little sad there is no more Shinjuku classes. I'll really miss this place.
Officially ten months in Japan today.
Monday, 31 March 2008
Sanpei Shoes
Another rainy day in Tokyo has prompted me to buy some new shoes. Both pairs I have from Australia have developed leaks that make my socks all soggy and uncomfortable.
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The Top 25 Movies To Ever Get Four Stars From Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert is the most famous American movie critic of all time.
He wrote for The Chicago Sun Times for 46 years and during that time he gave four stars to almost 1,000 movies. A technically very small number over that amount of time.
Here are the top 25 of those movies according to a recent ranker.com article. Scroll through and find out if your favorite movie made the list!
5 Lifestyle Changes You Should Do in 2020
Doing various lifestyle changes can be difficult especially when you attempt to initiate huge modifications that merely remain unfulfilled over time. Experts assert that planning small changes is more practical and achievable in real life.
Drink more water
The regular intake of water provides a multitude of benefits. Water helps reduce the frequency of migraines; it helps slow down aging; it aids in digestion; it assists in weight loss, among others. Drinking 6 to 8 glasses of water each day provides you with more energy, enabling you to manage the daily grind.
Go for daily walks
We all know that exercise helps keep us healthy, as well. However, not everyone has the time—or inclination—to start a rigorous and time-consuming exercise routine. Nonetheless, you can still keep yourself healthy by taking daily walks. You can start by taking a walk after you get up from bed each day and then do another round when you get home from work in the afternoon. If you are working from home, take several breaks and walk in your front yard or garden for a few minutes each time.
Begin writing a gratitude journal
Stress gets accumulated due to the many upheavals of daily life. There is a lot to complain about and work can become too stressful at times. You should know, though, that stress and worry can be debilitating to your health. Starting a gratitude diary allows you to destress yourself, realize how blessed you are, and allow catharsis to unfold.
Do a few minutes of reflection and meditation
Because you tend to be so busy each day, you forget to find time to reassess all the things that you are already blessed with. Worries are everyday facts of living. However, you do not have to dwell on them all the time. Find a few minutes to reflect upon the good things in life. Stay still and silent for a bit. Listen to the birds and smell some flowers if you can.
Ask for help when you need it
The funny thing about most people is that it is considered a crime to ask help from others. Most people think that admitting the need for help is tantamount to admitting weakness—a terrible blunder for one's dignity. However, it is essential to remember that no one's perfect and that a lot of us need assistance from time to time. Learning to lower yourself and admit the need for aid ultimately lightens your soul—and even helps you learn the virtue of humility.
In essence
It is necessary to plan some changes in your life. These changes can help lighten your everyday burden and eventually welcome more positivity in the different aspects of your existence. However, you should start with doing small modifications. Keeping them small allows you to easily fulfill them because big goals tend to be too difficult especially when you're too busy trying to keep up with the daily hustle and bustle. Also, laugh a little. Accept your frailty and be at peace with the world.
8 Ways of Dealing with People You Don't Like
It always helps to note that no one in this world is perfect, according to the author of "A Paperboy's Fable: The 11 Principles to Success," Deep Patel. That means that everyone, including you, is filled with various weaknesses and strengths that need to be considered when attempting to understand someone else.
Patel highlights several tips for dealing with people you don't like. He asserts that it is essential for everyone to learn—and remember—these tips, especially since the failure to do so may only mean limiting oneself in the process.
Accept that you cannot deal with everyone
Patel says that it is normal not to like everyone. Each person has his own personality. Some may have a dominant personality, and others may have a timid one. However, this does not mean that you are a "bad person," which does not mean that the other person is one.
Attempt to find positivity in the other's words
It is always essential to give someone the benefit of the doubt. Not everyone is out to sabotage you, and you aren't always about to hurt anyone, too. Hence, even when someone else says something hurtful, it may not be meant that way for the other person. Learning to pick through the other's words of the other person may be helpful, as well.
Stay in touch with your emotions
Patel also mentions that our emotions play a significant role in understanding the people around us. Our feelings can affect how we view others. As they say, when you are in a bad mood, you also tend to see the world as ugly. In contrast, feeling good tends to make us see the world in a more benevolent light.
Try not to take things personally, and put some space
Taking things personally all the time can also hinder understanding. Emotions play a massive part in analysis. Staying objective lets us see the bigger picture and permit empathy to arise. Put some space between you and the person you don't like, as well. This will further allow you to look at things more objectively.
Calmly express how you feel and find a referee
When you're about to burst, try to relax yourself first. Spontaneity can be good at times, although saying what you feel when you feel so may further damage communication. Try to soften your words and say things in a quiet, relaxed voice. You can also find a mediator to help you communicate your thoughts better.
Choose your battles
Remember also that not all battles are worth your time. As they say, try not to go down to the other's level. If you can still ignore them, then you are free to do so.
Never be defensive
Defensiveness means you are on your way to the losing end. It is always best to state facts and avoid having to explain everything you say. As long as you aren't doing anything wrong, there shouldn't be a reason for you to explain yourself to anyone.
You are in control of your own happiness
In the end, you are the one in control of yourself—and your own happiness. Never let anyone dictate how you act or feel. When you let others irk you to no end, you are merely allowing them to control you.
Black Designers Celebrated During the Milan Fashion Week
Five designers were part of the Black Lives Matter campaign in the Italian fashion group of the event. A name inspired by the international movement trending worldwide as a form of protest against racial injustice. However, due to the pandemic, the event was one of the first fashion week's virtual shows. The digital event named We are made in Italy was filmed at Milan's grand Palazzo Clerici and hosted the summer/spring 2021 collections of Joy Meribel, Karim Daoudi, Mokudu Fall, Claudia Gisele Ntsama, and Fabiola Manirakiza. As Manirakiza was initially from Burundi, Mokodu Fall and Claudia Giselle Ntsama grew up with a family of tailors from Cameroon. At the same time, Karim Daoudi was born in Morocco, and Joy Meribel grew up in Nigeria. The five designers were mentored by the only black member of the Italian fashion council, Stella Jean. The Italian-Haitian was also campaigning against racism in the industry. According to Jean, Made in Italy used to represent itself around the world as a white concept. However, now it is no longer like this as the new Italy doesn't want to be part of it.
Going against the grain
According to the Italian high fashion black designers, they believe that it is essential to show the world that Made in Italy doesn't correspond to any particular color. They want to abolish the prejudice of being Italian means being white. They claim that this world we live in is a world that only a few know of its existence, and even fewer are able to enjoy it.
However, since the show was dedicated to black Italian designers of Milan's fashion week for the first time, it's debut was the marking point in the official calendar. A strong move of the organizers in the hope of highlighting the lack of diversity in the industry.
According to Stella Jean, it is quite depressing to think that most Italian brands enjoyed by worldwide attention have a mass amount of influence on billions of people who don't even realize that an entire generation in Italy is asking for a voice and space.
Jean demands that the sector governing body support black designers and have called out Italian fashion houses to confront racism.
Making a permanent mark
Some may even say that predominantly, Italy has shown blindness to horrifying racing hiding underneath its skin.
Jean claims that it is unfair that some people remain invisible. Italian brands tend to pretend not to see them and give most of their attention in an inappropriate way towards the Black Lives Matter movements outside of Italy. Instead, they would focus on things happening in the United States while ignoring things happening in their own country. She believes that Italy has a serious racial problem, and if we don't open the wound now to heal it, it will never heal.
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I knew he hadn't been feeling well and I happened across him by coincidence —several hours in advance of our as-yet unconfirmed meeting — so I curbed my inclination to interrupt his meal with an aggressively friendly American hello. By now, after months of pursuing an interview, I'd learned that Greene valued his privacy. Although I'd always thought of him as a citizen of the world, as I spied him from a distance he looked very much the Englishman abroad, armed with a typically English shield of inaccessibility to ward off the casual intruder.
This chance encounter allowed me to view him in a way I could not, later on, in his apartment. I sat down on the lip of an old well about 30 yards away and observed the "great man" of 20th-century English letters. The first thing I noticed were his eyes, which seemed to be staring into a wide middle distance, absorbing everything. He looked his age, but his eyes somehow had the power of a much younger man.
It was, it turned out, the eve of his 86th birthday. I didn't want to think it would be his last. Later, when he and his companion got up to go, they made their way slowly across the street. He couldn't be that ill, I thought. But he was; he died a few months later, and I believe our conversation that night was his last interview.
It occurred to me that Greene had seen nearly all of the 20th century and could perhaps relate it to me in epic style. But I concluded that ascribing such powers to Greene would strike him as absurd and pretentious; this was a writer whose strict attention to the details of human existence has made him wary of the grand generalization and the overarching theory, even when the subject was God or his church.
As a writer, Greene had done virtually everything that could be done. His novels are universally acclaimed and brought him not only literary distinction but also the status of a sort of sinner's theologian. Though he resisted religious categorization, he was easily the most important Catholic novelist of the century. That Greene never won the Nobel Prize for literature has always struck me as proof that Alfred Nobel's original sin - the invention of dynamite - has permanently corrupted his memorial.
But Greene did far more than write good fiction. His travel book, Journey Without Maps, about his voyage on foot through Liberia in 1934, is a classic. As a journalist, he covered wars in south East Asia and Africa and interviewed such revolutionary figures as Fidel Castro, Ho Chi Minh, and Salvador Allende. He wrote plays, short stories, essays, and successful screenplays.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Robinson Cano homered and Eduardo Nunez scored the tiebreaking run after a sixth-inning double to send the New York Yankees past the Houston Astros 5-4 on Wednesday night.
Ben Francisco hit his first home run for New York and three relievers supplied spotless work after fill-in starter David Phelps wasted a four-run lead. Ichiro Suzuki's double-play grounder put the Yankees ahead and they held on to take two of three games in a series between the teams with the highest and lowest payrolls in the majors.
The active roster New York took into opening day added up to $233 million in salaries, dwarfing a $22 million total for the rebuilding Astros. Still, the banged-up Yankees, missing a cadre of injured All-Stars, didn't have an easy time scratching out two wins after Houston rolled to a 9-1 rout Monday night.
With the score tied 4-all, Nunez doubled down the left-field line on an 0-2 pitch from Paul Clemens (1-1) to begin the sixth. Nunez advanced on a wild pitch and, with one out and runners at the corners, Wesley Wright was brought in to face Suzuki.
He hit a grounder to second base and Lyle Overbay alertly held up between first and second, forcing Jose Altuve to make his throw to first base to try for a double play.
That eliminated the force at second, though, and Nunez crossed the plate before Overbay was tagged out, giving New York the lead.
Boone Logan (2-1) got four outs for the win. David Robertson struck out two in a perfect eighth and Mariano Rivera closed for his 11th consecutive save to start the season.
After a leadoff single in the ninth, Brandon Barnes was running on the pitch when Matt Dominguez hit a line drive that was caught by a leaping Cano at second base. Cano easily tagged Barnes for an unassisted double play, and Rivera whiffed Marwin Gonzalez on three pitches to end it.
Astros starter Erik Bedard fell behind after 11 pitches when Suzuki hit a leadoff triple and scored on Jayson Nix's single. The left-hander walked three straight to start the second inning but permitted only Chris Stewart's sacrifice fly.
Cano led off the third and sent an 0-2 breaking ball a few rows beyond the auxiliary scoreboard in right-center for his eighth home run of the year. Two outs later, Francisco homered to left for his first RBI in 30 at-bats with the Yankees.
Pitching in place of injured Ivan Nova, Phelps cruised through three innings on 34 pitches and had faced the minimum after 10 batters -- including a double-play grounder. But the right-hander suddenly came undone with one out in the fourth.
Altuve singled and Jason Castro grounded a double off the glove of a diving Nix at third base. Carlos Pena put the Astros on the board with an RBI single up the middle that could have been handled by Nunez at the edge of the outfield grass.
Phelps plunked two consecutive batters with pitches, forcing in a run, and Brandon Barnes beat out a potential double-play grounder to drive in another. Dominguez's RBI single tied it 4-all before Phelps struck out Gonzalez, finally ending a 30-pitch inning.
Phelps was pulled after 5 2-3 innings. He allowed eight hits and struck out five, throwing 58 of 87 pitches for strikes.
Logan retired Gonzalez on a grounder with a runner at second to end the sixth.
Bedard, who entered with a 7.98 ERA, gave up six hits and walked four over four innings in his 13th career start against New York but first at the new Yankee Stadium.
NOTES: Houston will recall RHP Jordan Lyles from Triple-A Oklahoma City to start Thursday night against AL champion Detroit. A corresponding roster move will be made before the opener of a 10-game homestand, the Astros' longest of the season. ... With C Francisco Cervelli sidelined by a broken right hand, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said veteran Chris Stewart will get most of the playing time over rookie Austin Romine because Stewart knows the pitching staff. ... With his team facing a left-handed starter, Girardi rested CF Brett Gardner in favor of Suzuki, who was hitting .407 (11 for 27) in his previous seven games. Suzuki started in center and batted leadoff for the second time this season. Gardner struck out as a pinch hitter to end the fifth, then remained in the game in center as Suzuki shifted to right. Gardner stole two bases in the eighth, one on a pitchout.


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On Canada Day, the Senators will have money to burn.
More than enough to offset the fireworks on Parliament Hill. Plenty to cause a real celebration in the nation's capital.
And then some.
Hey, we're not talking about extra cash to frivolously throw away here. No, this is coin they actually must hand out, at some point or another.
And why not offer it to Zach Parise now?
He's exactly what they need.
As they should, the Senators will make a big pitch for Parise on Sunday, an NHL source says. If they don't get him, they'll intensify their pursuit of Rick Nash.
I know Parise won't sign with the Senators. I know the most offensively electric eligible unrestricted free agent will land elsewhere. I wouldn't at all be surprised if he winds up as one of Sidney Crosby's wingers in Pittsburgh. If I were him, I'd drool at that opportunity, too. Especially if I was an American, like Parise.
But I'd also listen to what the Senators have to say, if they choose to talk to him at all.
I'd certainly be intrigued by the prospect of having one of, if not the best, playmakers in the NHL as my centre. By playing on a line with Jason Spezza and Milan Michalek. And knowing it would be one of the most dangerous units in the league.
Then, Parise-Crosby-Joe Blow would be, too. And as beautiful as Ottawa, Pittsburgh's a great city as well.
But I'd certainly listen to what Bryan Murray has to say — if the persuasive Senators GM even plans to call.
And call, he should.
As it currently stands, the NHL's collective bargaining agreement requires teams to have a salary cap hit of at least $54.2 million. It may change under the new CBA, but right now, it is what it is.
According to CapGeek.com, the Senators are not only almost $26.5 from the ceiling, but they are about $10.5 shy of the floor.
They can certainly afford Parise. And with the parity that exists in the NHL, he may put them in serious contention for the Stanley Cup.
Signing Parise may not be part of the game plan Murray sold to owner Eugene Melnyk two Februarys ago. The blueprint could really be to develop and stick with young prospects, to run with hockey's version of Moneyball. Either that, or Murray may be waiting until next July 1, when he can make a pitch to old friend Corey Perry, whom he drafted when he was GM of the Anaheim Ducks in 2003.
Unless they ink extensions, both Perry and Ryan Getzlaf will be available as free agents next summer. You remember those two, Ottawa? They played huge roles when Anaheim knocked off your team — the one coached by Murray — in the 2007 final.
Is a 27-year-old Parise better than a 27-year old Perry? Do you prefer a smooth cognac, or a shot of Jameson Irish Whiskey? Depends on your taste, right?
Perhaps Murray, having narrowly losing out in the bidding for Justin Schultz, is determined to add a defenceman instead. That's fine. How about Ryan Suter? He can afford him, as well.
"We like our team," coach Paul MacLean said Saturday. "But we'd also like to make our team better ... we're always interested in doing that."
Parise and/or Suter are at the top of the list. After them, the group of desirables for the Senators, if they are to make any kind of splash at all, should include Shane Doan and P.A Parenteau. And after that, there's a drop-off. Do you want to take a chance on Alexander Semin? No. Ryan Smyth? And make him cry about leaving Edmonton again? Uh-huh. Ray Whitney or Jaromir Jagr? Not really. There's only one old guy who fits into the Senators' plans, and that's Daniel You Know Who.
MacLean will be involved in the decision-making process, to a certain extent.
"Bryan's really good about gathering information, and getting input," he said. "I get to say my two cents, but the bottom line is I coach the players they get me, and I'll be real happy to do that. They know how to get good players.
"Bryan does a real good job of putting the team together. I'm ready to coach them."
I think the Senators are going to do something big in the next couple of days. I thought that even before talking to MacLean. Even before realizing not only how much they had to spend, but how much they need to spend.
"We're looking forward to (Sunday) to see what happens," he said. "Two or three people are the big ones, right? But there are a lot of players who are still there that are good players. And we're interested in getting good players."
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I have a question about the authorship of the four gospels. Some friends of mine recently ridiculed a pastor who said that we know the writers of the four were at the last supper. I inquired further as to the reason for the problem, and they replied that the 12 apostles were at the first Lord's Supper, but the writers of the gospels came later. Would you comment on this? What is the evidence that the writers of these four gospels were the apostolic namesakes? Does it matter?
The authorship of the four gospels is not per se a matter of divine inspiration; the content of the gospels, however, is. That is, the gospels themselves do not directly attest their authors (in contrast, say, to Paul's letters). But as Scripture, their every word was "God-breathed" (2 Tim.3:16) and therefore true. So the important matter to be absolutely clear on is that what they tell comes from God, regardless of who actually wrote the words. The truth of the Supper accounts, therefore, does not rely on their having all been written by those who were present, but on the work of the Spirit.
Having said that, the ancient church fathers were fairly unanimous (if not totally so, I could research it but am relying on memory here) in setting forth as the authors of the gospels those who bear their names in our Bibles (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John).
Two of those, Matthew and John, were apostles and were certainly eye witnesses to the events they record. Considerable internal evidence seems to confirm John's authorship of the fourth gospel (references to "the one Jesus loved" and details which go well with the assumption of its being an eye witness account by that disciple who reclined on Jesus' bosom during the supper, etc.).
Matthew's gospel reflects a particularly Jewish focus in the narrating of events and the little touches that might come from having "been there", comporting well with its author having been the man whose call is recorded in 9:9 and who is not known to have been active beyond the circle of the Palestinian Jewish churches.
Mark was not an apostle, but he is very likely the young man referred to in 14:51,52 (a detail found only in this gospel) and later by name in Acts 12:12,25 (the ancient church and scholars since have seen a connection between these passages and the house in which the Last Supper was held as well as Acts 1:13 & 4:31). We are told in Acts 13:13 that Mark left Barnabas and Paul during the first missionary journey and returned to Jerusalem, occasioning a later disagreement between Barnabas and Paul and a parting of their paths (15:36-40), all of which was patched up in due time (Colossians 4:10, Philemon 24, 2 Timothy 4:11, 1 Corinthians 9:6).
So Mark was close to the inner circle of the apostles from at least the time of the Last Supper, not only in Palestine but also in the evangelism of the Gentiles. The early church fathers associated Mark with Peter as Peter's companion and aide. So it is altogether possible that the way he tells the story of Jesus' activities is the way he heard Peter doing so in his ministry.
Finally, Luke was a Gentile and no eye-witness to the gospel events. But the Spirit of God led him to compensate for that lack, if you will, by engaging in diligent research which including interviewing the eye witnesses to the events of Jesus's life. He spells this all out carefully in his opening, 1:1-4. So, although Luke was not present at the birth of our Lord, his account is an eye witness account (again indicated in little touches as well as big, such as the remark that Mary "treasured these things in her heart").
John's gospel, by all accounts written considerably after the first three (called the Synoptics, because they so closely parallel each other and can easily be combined in a synopsis), does not repeat much of the material already recorded by them, but focuses on Jesus' teaching, especially on his trips to Jerusalem.
In sum, the accounts of the four gospels (including the Supper) are indeed eye witness accounts; and we should give thanks for the wisdom of God which saw to the recording of our Lord's earthly life and ministry from four vantage points, for the richness of detail and insight this gives us far beyond what could have been provided by only one account.
Now I have no idea from whence your friends were coming with their remark that "the 12 apostles were at the first Lord's Supper, but the writers of the gospels came later." As outlined above, the best information is that two or three of them were present (two of whom were apostles) and at least one was not. Certainly their accounts were all written later, and written to meet needs arising within the life of the growing Church.
For more than two centuries there has been a movement among scholars to cast doubt on everything, both the ancient church's traditions regarding the authorship of New Testament books and also the truthfulness of the historical record in those books. And a major assertion of this critical/skeptical view is that the New Testament writings, especially the Gospels and Acts, were the products of the later church and embody in them the myths, traditions and biases which quickly developed in the first generation of the growing (and squabbling) church.
But these scholars make their assertions with no evidence to support them in the face of the testimony of those early church fathers who were closest to the apostles in time and the supporting indications within the gospels themselves.
Nevertheless, the bottom line, as I said in the beginning, is this: whoever wrote the gospels (or edited them to their final form using earlier materials, a possibility to some extent), they come to us by divine inspiration and preservation as God's holy and true Word, to be received by faith and obeyed out of thankfulness and love for their Author. They give us life and to depart from them because skeptics sneer is to abandon the only hope God holds out to us sinners.
If you are interested and have the access, good further reading on this would be: F.F.Bruce, The Books and the Parchments or Donald Guthrie, New Testament Introduction (these are books I found valuable 30 years ago. There are probably newer ones filling the same niche). The NIV Study Bible has excellent introductions to each book of the Bible and gives a thumbnail version of the relevant data.
I hope this is of help to you. Do feel free to come back with further questions, as you wish. The Lord bless and guide you into His truth and righteousness.
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British rock legends MAGNUM have announced via their official Facebook page that they have released samples from upcoming album "Escape From The Shadow Garden." Details below:
'Escape From The Shadow Garden' will be released on Steamhammer / SPV on March 19th in Scandinavia, March 21st in Germany, March 24th in Europe and April 1st in the US/Canada. "Escape From The Shadow Garden" will be available as a limited digipak edition with bonus DVD, as a double gatefold blue marbeled vinyl LP set incl. bonus track, standard jewel case CD and download.
Check the samples on the link below:
MAGNUM will hold a launch party for the new album:
Tuesday, March 25th 2014
The Robin 2, Bilston/Wolverhampton
07.30 pm,, free admission, all band members will be there, check here for more details.
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Here is a useful site to let you know the Broadband speeds you are getting
So what upload and download speeds are you getting and what package are you on?
Me? A miserable - 1680Kbps download with 337Kbps upload.
Package AOL and just realising it has increased again to £19.98 per month! Time to change. Have been with them since 2000! Any good ISPs out there?
Now to try and get my "MAC" code - I wonder how long I will be on the phone for this one!


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Art pulls an all-nighter for Northern Spark
A white horse galloping on the Mississippi River. A cartoonist who looks like a woodsman and carries a tree-sized pen. A silent concert under the stars.
Scenes from a dream? No. Call it a premonition of Northern Spark.
From sunset Saturday, June 4 to sunrise the next morning, the Twin Cities hosts the Midwest's first nuit blanche, or "white night," a sleepless, all-night art festival imported from Europe.
"I think everything changes at night, right?" said festival organizer Steve Dietz, the president and artistic director of Northern Lights, a nonprofit arts agency. "You get a different point of view. Things look different."
Is walking through the Walker Art Center galleries at 2 a.m. — a possibility during Northern Spark — qualitatively different from the same experience at 2 p.m.? Dietz would argue it is; not only that, but he predicted cruising Minneapolis and St. Paul with a bunch of fellow art lovers, and not just the stumbling bar hoppers usually out in the wee hours, would transform our perception of these cities.
"Part of the general idea and philosophy of a nuit blanche is turning the city into a cultural event, turning it into an art space," Dietz said.
Remember a few years back, during the lead-up to the Republican National Convention, when there was so much concern about the Twin Cities' early-to-bed reputation that the state legislature passed a bill to temporarily push back bar-close by two hours to 4 a.m.? Northern Spark proposes that there is no better time than the cusp of summer to, collectively, loosen up a little.
"This city is kind of known for things closing early," said Jenny Schmid, whose collaboration with fellow University of Minnesota arts faculty member Ali Momeni and a group of Washburn High School students promises to be one of the biggest spectacles of the night.
"A lot of cities stay up all night every night," Schmid continued.
"… I think that makes it more special here."
Zoned for art
Just after sunset June 4, at 8:55 p.m., an octet of art cars will honk a fanfare to ring in the festival in St. Paul as, simultaneously in Minneapolis, 100-plus professional and amateur musicians march across the Stone Arch Bridge playing a Mississippi River-inspired melody.
The duel openings hint at the sprawling nature of the festival, scheduled to take place in five zones of activity, two in St. Paul and three in Minneapolis: the riverfront around the Stone Arch Bridge, Downtown and Southwest. But Dietz sees Northern Spark as an opportunity to draw the two cities together, to "get people from
St. Paul into Minneapolis and people from Minneapolis into St. Paul."
A fleet of buses will ferry festivalgoers from zone to zone (see Getting Around). The clusters of art projects offer the opportunity to dip a toe into the festival or dive into an all-night crawl.
The highlights to follow just scratch the surface.''
From the top of the Foshay
Join Brooklyn, New York-based Notion Collective atop the historic Foshay Tower for "Station Identification," a piece Minnesota-born member Andrew Dayton described as a survey of "the radio landscape of the Twin Cities."
The limitations of FM transmitters create radio microenvironments that vary from city to city. Minnesotans of a certain age will recognize the landmarks of Dayton's personal landscape: REV 105 and 93.7 The Edge, both now erased from the map.
Radios arranged like points on a compass around the Foshay's 30th-floor observation deck will be tuned the broadcasting towers encircling Minneapolis, giving a sense of where, out in the dark, those signals are coming from.
Notion Collective also will broadcast to festivalgoers from a temporary studio. Tune in to hear sets from local DJs and interviews with some of the 60 participating Northern Spark artists.
A battle at the MIA
Jenny Schmid and Ali Momeni's months-long collaboration with about 90 Washburn freshmen culminates with "Battle of Everyouth," running 10 p.m.–midnight in Washburn Fair Oaks Park across from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. What sounds like a great title for a young adult fantasy series is actually a multimedia project exploring the root causes of violence.
Combining elements of performance, video art, drawing, sculpture and a giant projection on the MIA's southern façade, it is, Schmid said, "really complicated technically; the most complicated project we've done."
We won't try to explain it any more. Just go.
(And then swing by the Minneapolis College of Art and Design campus next door for more fun with projections, including Roman Verostko's "Three-Story Drawing Machine.")
The 24-hour shift
"I have a six-month-old at home, so I'm used to not getting a lot of sleep," said Scott Stulen, who will be running overnight programs at the Walker Art Center. Other staffers drew straws for what Stulen called "the 24-hour shift."
It could be tempting to spend all night at the Walker, listening to headphone concerts by local musicians in the Sky Pesher, walking through open galleries and even catching a nap. Marcus Young of Grace MN invites people to sleep in public with "The Lullaby Project."
At midnight, visionary Seattle cartoonist Jim Woodring gives a talk and drawing demo with his recently commissioned seven-foot dip pen. With a sixteen-inch steel nib that gulps ink from a bucket, it's a challenges to handle even a master draftsman like Woodring.
The can't-misses
Asked for his recommendations, Dietz offered this list:
"I think everyone should go to the Stone Arch Bridge zone and just wander around those dozen projects, and I think everyone should go to St. Paul and walk from Jim Campbell's 'Scattered Light,' which is really an amazing installation, up into downtown St. Paul."
"Scattered Light," a three-dimensional grid of 1,600 LED lights that also functions as a low-resolution video screen, hypnotized New Yorkers during its installation in Madison Square Park last fall, so ignore Dietz at your peril.
The Stone Arch Bridge could be the best one-stop art experience of the night, offering Northern Spark's highest concentration of art projects in, on and around the bridge. Keep an eye out for Andrea Stanislav's "Nightmare," a barge-born video project that ruminates on the Mississippi River and its role in our nation's history.
It's the reason we're here, after all.
Said Dietz: "The situation with Minneapolis and St. Paul being along the river and having these great cultural institutions, it's a great nature-culture setting to do this overnight."
Getting around
Northern Sparks may be best experienced by bicycle, depending on the weather. Just remember state law requires headlights and rear reflectors for riding after dark.
Nice Ride bicycles are already equipped for night-riding, and festival organizers are encouraging their use. Nice Ride bike rental stations are located within blocks of almost all the events in Minneapolis (see: niceridemn.org).
Fifteen buses will offer free rides between venues and cities. Organizers predict the wait for a ride will be 10–15 minutes.
To map out your night, head to northernspark.org/.


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UNIDO General Conference adopts Lima Declaration with focus on inclusive and sustainable industrial development
LIMA/VIENNA/HORNA, 2 December 2013 (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) – The General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), which opened today in the capital of Peru, has adopted a new Lima Declaration that charts the Organization's development priorities for the coming years and places special emphasis on inclusive and sustainable industrial development.
"While integrating in a balanced way all three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social and environmental – we believe that the effective measures towards inclusive and sustainable industrial development should encompass enhancing productive capacities in a way that supports the structural transformation of the economy; encourages economic growth and the creation of decent jobs; enhances productivity and development, transfer and absorption of technology on mutually agreed terms; and supports related research and development," states the document, adopted by representatives of UNIDO's Member States taking part in the five-day event.
The declaration stresses the relevance of inclusive and sustainable industrial development as the basis for sustained economic growth and, while respecting the processes established by the UN General Assembly, encourages appropriate consideration of the issue in the elaboration of the post-2015 development agenda.
"Nearly forty years ago, Lima hosted a UNIDO General Conference which passed a milestone document – the Lima Declaration on Industrial Development and Cooperation. I am honoured that today our country is once again receiving high-ranking representatives of all UNIDO Member States, and once again a historic document is being adopted," said Peru's President Ollanta Humala, who officially opened the General Conference.
The Lima Declaration states that UNIDO should serve as a global facilitator of knowledge and advice on policies and strategies towards achieving inclusive and sustainable industrial development; and should focus on the three thematic priorities in which it has comparative advantage and expertise: productive capacity-building, trade capacity-building, and sustainable production and industrial resource efficiency.
Speaking at the opening of the General Conference, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that the Lima Declaration "will create the foundation for the coming decades of UNIDO's important work as the central agency in the United Nations for all matters related to industrialization." He noted the deadline on accelerating action towards the Millennium Development Goals, shaping a bold and inspiring new development agenda, and reaching a new legal agreement on climate change is the year 2015, and that industry and the private sector in general will play an important part in efforts over the next two years to steer "the human family on a safer, more prosperous and sustainable path."
Li Yong, the Director General of UNIDO, said: "The Lima Declaration is a manifestation of Members States' support for and confidence in UNIDO. It is a roadmap for the future of the Organization and sets a solid basis for further advancing industrial development in the post-2015 and Sustainable Development Goals processes. It highlights UNIDO's critical expertise and experience in the field of inclusive and sustainable industrial development, and in forging new development partnerships."
"There is a diversity of ways to achieve sustainable development and each country has the primary responsibility for its own development and the right to determine its own development paths and appropriate strategies. UNIDO stands ready to support these needs," added Director General Li.


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Information Commissioner Richard Thomas said today that government plans for a communications database are a step too far and need proper public debate.
Speaking at the launch of the regulator's annual report Thomas said: "I am absolutely clear that the targeted, and duly authorised, interception of the communications of suspects can be invaluable in the fight against terrorism and other serious crime. But there needs to be the fullest public debate about the justification for, and implications of, a specially-created database – potentially accessible to a wide range of law enforcement authorities – holding details of everyone's telephone and internet communications."
Thomas said recent examples such as the extension of the DNA database and increasing use of ANPR cameras showed the government was grabbing more and more private data without proper public, or Parliamentary debate.
The ICO is today filing enforcement notices to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and the Ministry of Defence asking what progress they have made to tighten up procedures following their recent data breaches.
The ICO annual report (pdf) also revealed the regulator received 2,646 complaints in the year and closed 51 per cent within a month, but 36 per cent are still open. An informal solution was found for 48 per cent of cases in the year, while 14 per cent ended with a decision notice being served and 33 per cent were ineligible for some reason.
Of the 395 decision notices closed in the year, 30 per cent resulted in an upheld complaint, 25 per cent in a complaint not upheld and 45 per cent saw partially upheld complaints.
Freedom of Information requests closed in the period were mostly to government - 39 per cent to local government, 29 per cent to central government, ten per cent to police and criminal justice organisations, nine per cent to health bodies, four per cent to education organisations and just one per cent to private companies.
Public awareness of the issues seem to be improving - the ICO reckons 90 per cent of people are aware that they have a right to see information held about them. ®


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Eminent Members of Global and Indian Community to Celebrate Rolex Awards at Gala New Delhi Ceremony
09 Nov, 2012, 04:30 GMT
NEW DELHI, November 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Erling Kagge, Vijay Amritraj, Nandita Das, Sir Magdi Yacoub, and Sylvia Earle to Attend
Five pioneering individuals who are winners of this year's Rolex Awards for Enterprise will be honoured at a prestigious event to be held in New Delhi on 27 November 2012. This marks the first time that luxury watchmaker Rolex has held the ceremony for the international philanthropic programme in India.
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Eminent members of Rolex's global network will travel to India to recognize the work of these inspiring individuals: Sergei Bereznuk (Russian Federation), Barbara Block (United States), Erika Cuéllar (Bolivia), Mark Kendall (Australia) and Aggrey Otieno (Kenya) who have won Rolex Awards for projects ranging from marine research, revolutionary vaccine technology and tiger conservation.
Those from overseas will join ambassadors, members of the Indian government and ministries, industrialists, leaders of the corporate community and the film and cultural fraternity, to celebrate the Laureates and the spirit of enterprise that has driven their winning projects and that underpins India's success in the world today.
Luminaries scheduled to attend the event include Erling Kagge, the first person to reach the North and South Poles, and the summit of Mount Everest, and to walk to the South Pole alone. Widely recognized as the one of the greatest adventurers of our time, Kagge, a Rolex Awards 2006 Jury member, said, he connected with the spirit of the Rolex Awards - that of "reaching beyond yourself and the fact that everybody can find their own South Pole".
Vijay Amritraj, legendary Indian tennis champion, TV presenter, actor, and 2010 Rolex Awards Jury member, who will also be at the ceremony, said, "This prestigious event and award ceremony adds so much to India, and fosters greater insight into our potential as an emerging hub of proactive social change."
Also in attendance will be acclaimed human rights activist, actress and film-maker Nandita Das. "India is fast becoming an important destination for many events. It is a privilege to have Rolex host the Awards ceremony in India. I am sure this will further inspire many to pursue their endeavours for a larger good," said Nandita.
Subramanium Ramadorai, Vice Chairman, Tata Consulting Services, and 2012 Jury member, said that bringing the Rolex awards to Delhi in India for the first time would "ignite the minds of young people to innovate and explore beyond boundaries".
Among the other outstanding figures attending the event will be Sir Magdi Yacoub, the world's leading heart transplant surgeon and founder of the U.K. charity Chain of Hope; Anatoly Sagalevitch, Russian explorer, and world record holder for the deepest freshwater dive, who was also the pilot of the MIR submersibles, most famously to help film the wreck of the Titanic; and Sylvia Earle, American oceanographer, aquanaut and author who has been widely acclaimed for her work in exploration and environmental advocacy.
Rebecca Irvin, Head of Philanthropy at Rolex, said, "The Rolex brand has strong ties with India, as we have been operating in the country for nearly a half century. Rolex is coming to New Delhi to pay tribute to the spirit of enterprise driving this dynamic economy."
About the Rolex Awards for Enterprise:
The Rolex Awards for Enterprise (www.rolexawards.com) were established in 1976 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Oyster chronometer, the world's first waterproof watch. They were created to encourage individuals worldwide ready to take on major challenges to benefit humankind and the planet. The Rolex Awards and the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative comprise the two major international philanthropic programmes run by the Rolex Institute.
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