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I have trust issues with stairs. The last time I met with a cluster of stairs, a guy in Hampi told us about a temple atop a hill, and that the climb had "Sixty Seven" stairs. Now, there were THREE of us. All three heard "Sixty Seven". But after Three Hundred steps, we were beginning to doubt that man. Turns out, there were Five Hundred and Sixty Seven steps. Our guy forgot the "Five Hundred" bit. So when, in Marseille, the husband and I stood at the bottom of what looked like a lot of steps, I looked at him very accusingly. It was his fault.
The husband, usually a quiet introvert, has this knack for getting strangers talking to him. There we would be... me, with my genial smile, and overall friendliness, matching the enthusiasm of a Labrador puppy, with him seated opposite me, quiet, brooding. And the next thing you know, folks are chatting up with him. Restaurant owners, museum guides, boulangerie staff, random street folks... just talking to him like they are his long lost friends. Well, whatever.
The previous night, on our walk back from the Old Port in Marseille, to our AirBnB accommodation near the Post Office building, he spotted this restaurant called "Khan". So Mr Khan instantly wanted to eat there. I wasn't so enthusiastic. But the next afternoon, he persisted. So one moment, we were having a quiet lunch. Next moment, there were conversations happening at the table, with the servers, the chef and the restaurant owner. Politics of South Asia was discussed. Some jokes were cracked. And suddenly, a tide of suggestions happened. The elderly owner insisted that we go to this "Old village", very close to the restaurant. The chef agreed. So did the server. They kept kissing the tips of their fingers to tell us how beautiful the place is. And as the video below will tell you, they weren't exaggerating!
And then, the stairs happened. Quite a few of them. And we landed in one of the most beautiful places in the city – Cours Julien. Of course, at that time, we didn't even know what this place was called. But we were stunned. There were quiet, quaint lanes, lined with bars, restaurants, theatres, small shops, and boutiques... many painted with stunning facades. Known as the beloved of Marseille's "Bo-Bo" (bourgeois-bohemian) community, Cours Julien is like getting a sudden entry into a wonderland tucked away in an innocuous nook of the city. Walls after walls, covered with graffiti, some unremarkable, but lots of it with striking colours and created as a form of art expression by edgy artists. Elaborate, vivid murals shine out, as evening gibes way to music, and even a spot of impromptu dancing, as folks start gathering with their wines and their pastis.
Once we were able to recover from the shock and pleasant surprise of having uncovered this place, we started closely observing the walls. They could be brightly coloured advertisements for a restaurant, or a cafe, to tongue-in-cheek political statements, or with some reference to artists, movies, and some pertinent social issues.
As if the exquisite street art isn't enough, the district, despite its rare charm, isn't crawling with tourists. The prices are not sky high, and it's a great place for a drink or a relaxed meal. I would also recommend La Licome, a shop that makes its soap the traditional way, with olive oil, pressing the products with a formidable iron contraption.
You can also browse around for hand-made clothes, second-hand clothing and lots of vintage products, alongside art galleries, and art based products.
It was not a sunny day, and as we walked around for what later turned out to be a couple of hours, it began to drizzle. The evening was setting in, and we could guess that this place would have some fabulous nightlife. But we had already planned a dinner with our AirBnB hosts, and we had to rush back. Suddenly, I wasn't upset at all about the stairs, though this should in no way be construed as a thawing of my relationship with them. Though on this occasion, I actually loved our climb down, back home.
Marseille is easily one of the most fascinating places in Europe, and I'd like to do many more posts on different aspects of the city. But I'd definitely like to revisit France, for Marseille alone, and for the many more treasures this country holds.
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On 60 hectares are recreational athletes and world class athletes ideal training conditions. The sports school the ideal venue for conferences, kick-off seminars and presentations is surrounded by 30 hectares of forest meetings and presentations with its quiet location. Rooms equipped with modern technology for 15 to 500 people, friendly staff and a sports-oriented kitchen contribute to a successful event. TAKE A LOOK events & incentives enriches your meeting with sporting framework programmes. Soccer event on the grounds of the school in 2010 organized TAKE A LOOK individually and on the objective of companies score matched events and incentives of any kind: Kick-off event, product presentation, corporate football tournament, company party, corporate public viewing, team building or corporate event for 30 up to 700 people.
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NBC News is now focusing its investigative lens on its own temporarily dropped anchor, Brian Williams. For the next six months, at least, the $10 million a year superstar of 30 Rock will be on an unpaid suspension assignment somewhere in NBC's Elba.
The network's investigative editor Richard Esposito is tasked with a veracity vetting to discover whether television's top-rated news personality inadvertently "conflated" due to a "fog-of-war" (as he now says) — or just outright lied when he told repeated tales of being in a military helicopter that was ripped by enemy fire and shot down in Iraq in 2003.
Either way, this much is clear: Williams now knows what it means to be hit and shot down by incoming fire. Suddenly other tales he told after his fog-of-peace ordeal covering Hurricane Katrina's devastation in New Orleans have blown in front of the eyes of his now-inquiring NBC bosses.
Such as his statements that he saw a body floating face-down along a flooded street outside his New Orleans Ritz Hotel; also that "We watched … all of us watched" as a man plunged four floors to his suicidal death inside the Superdome, a horrific sight others don't recall seeing. He's now being vetted about those, too. And still others are now belatedly swirling through the executive suites at Rockefeller Center.
But from the moment the first of these journalistically unacceptable transgressions hit the news a week ago, I've been waiting for someone — anyone — at NBC or another news competitor (for example, CNN's Reliable Sources) to raise questions that should require NBC News to try using a mirror as its investigative lens — so it can take a hard look at itself, its principles, practices and some of its other knowledgeable personnel.
Namely: In the cases of Williams' false tales, are there people at NBC News who are guilty of committing professionally convenient look-the-other-wayism?
Let me explain:
Williams wasn't alone in that military helicopter in Iraq in 2003. An entire NBC News team — producer, cameraperson, maybe others — were with him. And when Williams later changed his story to say his bird was the one ripped by enemy fire, other NBC News employees should have known immediately that was flat-out false. Especially when he told those untruths in the spotlights of a Madison Square Garden event and David Letterman's CBS show. Also, a full NBC News team was with him during Katrina — and should have done more than wince in silence if he made false claims.
So: Did they ever report to superiors that Williams was misreporting or maybe lying?
If so, what did their superior say or do? If not, what do his bosses now think their employees should have done as a matter of journalistic integrity?
It is always sad when we see a journalist who felt compelled to distort or deceive just to inflate his or her image. It's worse than sad when we see it done by one of our news icons.
Back before our news biz morphed into infotainment, or even non-news show biz — a morphing pushed by corporate cost-center priorities — television anchors such as Chet Huntley and David Brinkley and Walter Cronkite were picked and judged by priorities of journalism and expertise, not ratings, blogs and buzz.
Sadly, Brian Williams always seemed like a colleague who had it all. But apparently he never thought he had enough.
When I heard one venue for Williams' chopper whopper was that ceremony at Madison Square Garden, I thought about yet another event at that fabled sports palace — a show biz event: Frank Sinatra's famous concert, which was billed as "The Main Event." To add over-the-top hype promoters had sports-talker Howard Cosell do a grand intro, as a powerful jazz big band swung in the background. And Cosell, who was always in rare form, whipped things to a frenzy by shouting out names of attending show biz celebrities — including one non-showbiz icon: "WALTER CRONKITE — MISTER BELIEVABLE!"
Once we thought that tagline was also a perfect fit for Brian Williams. Now we know (and he knows) it never was. And never will be.
Martin Schram, an op-ed columnist for Tribune News Service, is a veteran Washington journalist, author and TV documentary executive. Readers may send him email at email@example.com.


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FedEx won't drop NRA from discount program
FedEx Corp said on Monday it would allow the National Rifle Association (NRA) to continue using a discount program but said it opposed sales of assault rifles.
The package delivery company's statement comes as major corporations are under pressures to sever marketing and other ties with the NRA in the aftermath of the Feb. 14 shooting that killed 17 people at a Florida high school.
FedEx said its positions on the issues of gun policy and safety differ from those of the NRA. The shipper supports restricting assault rifles to the military and opposes allowing civilians to use them. (http://bit.ly/2EUzRvH)
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"While we strongly support the constitutional right of U.S. citizens to own firearms subject to appropriate background checks, FedEx views assault rifles and large capacity magazines as an inherent potential danger to schools, workplaces, and communities when such weapons are misused," FedEx said.
As for discounts, it added that "FedEx has never set or changed rates for any of our millions of customers around the world in response to their politics, beliefs or positions on issues." (Reporting by Ankit Ajmera in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)


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© Beverley Farm Cattery 2017
To treat your cats as if they were our very own.
To take great care and give them a loving second home.
To give peace of mind when you are away.
To be there if you need to check any time of the day.
Beverley Farm Cattery is an established and fully licensed cattery in the peaceful village of Medstead, 2 minutes drive off of the A31 in North Hampshire but down a country road with views over fields. We are cat lovers ourselves (Tigger and Zero), and so we know how important a part of our family the boys are!
We designed our secure cattery with that in mind: plenty of space and views over the garden with lots to look at, ample customer parking space for easy drop offs and pick ups, and we are a cats only hotel (dogs are lovely too but not here).
We've designed the service to give you peace of mind and so you can opt to have regular updates about your cat(s) by text message or e-mail. We offer family pens too so cats that need each other can stay close.
Dear Liz and Andy,
We cannot thank you enough for the excellent care and first class treatment Hetty and Trigger received during their stay at your cattery. It was very reassuring to receive updates while we were away, and lovely to hear how well they were settling in and how much you were enjoying them too. They would certainly have loved having a fuss made of them!
Thank you for taking the time to get to know them and for making their first time in a cattery a pleasant experience.
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UiO has established a strong presence abroad through participation in a number of university centres. The centres are important hubs for cooperation in education and research with the host country, and often also important arenas for Nordic collaboration.
The Norwegian institute at Athens for classical studies, archaeology and cultural history, is a collaboration between the universities in Bergen, Oslo, Tromsø and Trondheim.
Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study's mission is to strengthen and foster research collaborations between faculty at UC Berkeley and from the consortium of nine participating Norwegian academic institutions.
NIAS - the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies - is an academically independent Nordic research and resource center, focusing on modern Asia from a predominantly social sciences perspective.
Inter-University Centre (IUC) Dubrovnik is an independent international institution for advanced studies. About 170 member universities worldwide cooperate in organising the activities.
The Nordic Centre in India (NCI) is a consortium of leading universities and research institutions in the Nordic countries. NCI facilitates and supports a wide range of study and research activities in India and in the Nordic countries.
Das Deutsch-Norwegische Studienzentrum (DNSZ) was established as a joint facility of the University of Kiel and the Universities of Bergen, Oslo, Tromsø, Trondheim (NTNU) and the Norwegian University of Economics (NHH). The focus is on German language and culture.
The Norwegian University Centre in Paris (NUCP) supports collaboration between Norwegian and French research within social sciences and humanities. A main focus is on young researchers and PhD students.
In 1959 the University of Oslo created the Norwegian Institute in Rome as a permanent base for the study of Mediterranean culture and history. The institute fosters and facilitates academic research and provides students with opportunities to study in a Roman context.
Nordic Centre in Shanghai supports collaboration between researchers and students in the Nordic countries and China. Located at Fudan University, the centre is a vehicle for research and education within all kinds of disciplines.
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The Norwegian University Center in St. Petersburg is owned and financed jointly by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim and the Universities of Bergen, Oslo and Tromsø.
The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) is the world's northernmost higher education institution. UNIS provides research-based education of the next generation of Arctic experts in biology, geology, geophysics and technology.


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At 6:30pm today (Thursday, 10.23.14), you can catch the excellent Mikey and The Drags play a free show at Discovery Green in downtown Houston.
Austin's T-Bird and The Breaks headlines the show.
More information may be found at the Discovery Green website or on Facebook.
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Hitman sequel gets first-time Hollywood director
Fox hires Spanish director Daniel Benmayor to direct upcoming <i>Hitman 2</i> film; production planned to start this fall.
Despite its modest $30 million budget and a bout of negative reviews from film critics the world over, the original big-screen adaptation of Eidos Interactive's Hitman grossed about $100 million at the box office. This figure certainly proved good enough to 20th Century Fox, which has already begun work on a sequel. Now, according to Deadline New York, Fox has hired Spanish director Daniel Benmayor to direct Agent 47's next Hollywood adventure.
Benmayor is a Barcelona-born NYU grad who started out making commercials for Sony PlayStation, Renault, and Samsung. His feature film debut was the Spanish language action film Paintball. Hitman 2 will be the young director's Hollywood debut. It's worth noting that the original Hitman film also had a relatively unknown director at the helm, Xavier Gens.
The question of whether Hitman star Timothy Olyphant (Deadwood, Live Free or Die Hard) will return in the lead role still remains unanswered--at this stage all that is known of the production is that Kyle Ward's original script has been redrafted by TV writer Daniel Casey.
Deadline reports the sequel will include elements from the upcoming Hitman 5 game, which still has no release window. Apparently, the film's plot will follow a downtrodden Agent 47 as he tries to return to his former assassin glory.
It appears Hollywood is rife with game adaptation scripts, following the recent news that Legendary Pictures has signed on to make a Mass Effect movie. There is also a World of Warcraft film to be directed by Sam Raimi; a telefilm based on THQ's Red Faction games; a new Mortal Kombat film from Warner Bros; and even a Rollercoaster Tycoon movie in the works.
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I'm a big fan of the Ace Attorney series. I don't think I'll ever not be, even with the many missteps it takes. It, along with Silent Hill, re-ignited my interest in gaming and storytelling, got me back into writing, and gave me one of my favorite characters ever, for a lot of embarrassingly personal reasons. I missed this series a lot, and Dual Destinies was a welcome entry back into it.
It wasn't without its faults, of course. Like many, I was pretty let down by the fact that the game narrowed down the investigations to crime scenes only, taking away half of what made the Ace Attorney games so fun to begin with. For the first three cases I actually had to summon the will to return to them, simply because I had no investigations to look forward to. I really hope this isn't something that'll carry over into the future installments.
And like many, I was burned pretty badly by the news of case 3's "shocking gender reveal," to the point I had a hard time enjoying playing the game with that in mind--and I was still only on case 2. I was glad I was warned of it, however, and ended up less repulsed by it than I would have been if I'd gone in with no knowledge of what was to come, but it ended up being really, awfully handled regardless. Worse yet, it had ultimately had no point other than to pad out the case further and provide the audience with a cheap shock. It's sort of amusing, in retrospect, because said case was all about tearing apart the belief of "the ends justify the means"...and here was a fine example of how the ends (Robin freeing herself of a "false" persona and embracing her "true" one) do not justify the means (how we find this "secret" out).
But that's really all I have to say, in terms of criticisms that stuck out for me. There's more I could discuss, I'm sure (Trucy's role, or near-complete lack thereof, "the dark age of the law"), but I was really happy with this game overall, and it's the first Ace Attorney game in ages I can say that for. Investigations was good, Apollo Justice was alright, both suffered from a lack of characters (apart from the returning ones) I could get attached to or invested in especially.
Dual Destinies however, my god, I loved so many of these characters. The Blackquills, the Tenmas, Fulbright, Myriam, Starbuck, Athena...even the ones I didn't care for made some sort of impression. They're all so animated, in that good, old-fashioned over-the-top-manner that made the old Ace Attorney games so memorable. They really went all out with it, even with the most mundane-looking characters, and I loved it.</p>
Apollo, who I was largely indifferent to in his game debut, really shined here, or at least gave me a newfound appreciation for his character. Seeing him from different POVs helped to make him more distinguished, and having his own personal case helped tremendously, too.
The last two cases were what sealed the game from "decent" to "really damn good." I was wary of the fourth case at first, but when it picked up it didn't stop. The last case was one "holy shit" after another, at one point even earning a gasp from me (it was the scene where the impostor Fulbright phantom pulls off his mask to reveal himself as Starbuck) followed by a breath of relief (...who also ended up being an impostor). The phantom's big breakdown scene of him ripping off one mask after another, panicked that he couldn't find his "true" face, was honestly horrifying.
Scattered, disorganized thoughts:
- I was overjoyed when you got Maya's letter. I miss Maya so much. I want a Mystic Maya: Master Channeler game.
- Phoenix and Edgeworth back in court was great, but! I really liked their brief investigation with Pearl the most. I really enjoyed seeing them interact in a (slightly) more relaxed setting, and wished there was more because what little banter they had there was great. ("Hey, I don't know Edgeworth. They might even be more human than you." "Wh-What's that supposed to mean?") Missed them so much too.
- I was REALLY taken aback by Athena suddenly quoting Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb." No meme reference can possibly measure up to that.
- I want see a meet up with the Blackquill siblings and Edgeworth and Franziska more than anything. Maybe with Aura and Franziska sitting on their little brothers while drinking tea.
- Aura was in love with Athena's mom. During that bit where you learn Aura wanted something "more" than just respect from Metis, I was expecting a heart-wrenching "I wanted her love too!" confession.
- I liked that Hugh ended up being in his mid-20s, if only because it was refreshing to have a character in their 20s who doesn't have their life all together.
- I really loved the recurring theme of fear and how one overcomes it. It really stuck out for me with Starbuck, whose anxiety was also compounded with depression and self-loathing. And the final animated cutscene showed that he may not be fully over it, but he's capable of overcoming it to achieve what he loves doing most--it's a really triumphant message. Also damn, that scene where he was recalling his trauma with only the sound of breathing was intense.
- My favorite easy-to-overlook scene: Jinxie noting the bags under Simon's eyes and giving him a talisman to help him sleep better, to which he replies, "Th-thank you."
- Also loved that Phoenix's reason for returning to law ended up being the same as his reason for pursuing it in the first place: Edgeworth.
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Why: Acupuncture & Immunity – Rally Your Troops…
Amanda Waaldyk, Director of Angea Fertility Clinic & Yoga Studio
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), our immune system is our first line of defense against bacteria, viruses and disease. When our body's defense system is down we are more prone to catching colds, flus, allergies and nasty bugs.
According to our theory, what protects us against these microorganisms is called "Wei Qi". Wei translates to "defend" or "protect" and Qi translates to "energy", otherwise known as Defensive Qi. Imagine we have an energetic field that circulates this Defensive Qi around our entire body. It is like our own personal army of protection. Strong and healthy "Wei Qi" is what keeps us well. Research has shown that approximately 1/4 to 1/2 of our cells in the body are dedicated to immune function. Our cells have a big task in keeping us healthy.
Today, our immune system is being challenged more than ever. We are seeing greater resistance to antibiotics and flu vaccinations. To keep things simple here are some of the best ways we can boost our immunity – Wei Qi:
To choose a healthy lifestyle – Wei Qi is produced from the food we eat. In Chinese Medicine we like to eat according to the seasons. Maintaining a well balanced diet and eating food in season will help strengthen your Wei Qi. Start by adding garlic, root vegetables, stews, soups and pears to your diet.
Reduce stress - A study has shown how long-term stress plays havoc with the immune system, raising the odds of catching a cold. When our body is under stress we produce the hormone cortisol. Cortisol is known to lower and suppress our immune function. Stress weakens our defensive Qi and we become more prone to catching colds and flus. Increase your vitamin C intake and take olive leaf extract as a preventative.
Sleep well - Having a great night's sleep restores and rejuvenates our body. Wei Qi circulates on the exterior of the body during the day and at night circulates internally and is restored. Good quality sleep before midnight plays an important role in supporting a healthy immune system.
Exercise - this does the world of good both mentally and physically. Wei Qi has the function of opening and closing our pores and sweat glands. We recommend moving for a minimum of twenty minutes every day to help circulate your energy and boost your Wei Qi.
Environmental assaults – pollution, chemicals and processed foods compromise our defensive Qi. Pollutants are known to lower our B-lymphocytes, leaving us susceptible to infection and autoimmune reactions.
It's important we take good care of this small army inside our body. Acupuncture helps support and boost our immune system by increasing our overall resistance to bacterial and viral infections.
For those that find themselves susceptible to catching cold, flus and allergies now is the perfect time for a seasonal tune up with a little pin and prick.
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Gan Mao Ling Tablets & Golden Lozenges
These two are like a first aid kit! You can find them both at most Chinese grocers. If you've got signs of a sore throat choose the Golden Lozengers and at the sight of a sniffle or headache try the Gan Mao Ling.


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Employment in California continues to expand, with payrolls increasing by 30,000 positions in September, according to Beacon Economics' analysis of the latest release from the California Employment Development Department (EDD).
While this is weaker growth than in some previous months, the state accounted for just over 20% of all new jobs added in the nation during September. Moreover, for the year, nonfarm payrolls in the state have grown by 2.3%, compared to just 1.7% in the nation overall.
"The pace of wage and salary job growth is somewhat slower than last year," said Robert Kleinhenz, Executive Director of Research at Beacon Economics. "However, the state continues to add impressive numbers of jobs in yearly terms, with a gain of nearly 380,000 from September of last year to this past September."
The unemployment rate in California held steady at 5.5% in the latest numbers. While household employment expanded by 108,600 during the month, this was offset by a sizable 117,800 increase in the state's labor force, keeping the unemployment rate unchanged. The state's unemployment rate has now held steady at 5.5% for three straight months.
Tulare County posted a 2.4% employment growth over last year, driven by real estate, professional/business services and retail industries. Unemployment is down by 0.3% to 11.2%. Download the full Tulare County employment report here.
According to the California Department of Education (CDE), the graduation rate in Tulare County high schools was 85.4%, compared to a statewide average of 82.3%. Similarly, the drop out of 10.2% was also below the state average of 10.7%. Tulare County schools outperformed neighboring counties as well, with Kern County reporting a 82.5% graduation rate and a 12.2% drop out rate. In Fresno County, only 81.9% of students graduated, while 11.5% dropped out while Kings County reported an 83% graduation rate and 13.2% drop out rate. Data is based on 2014-15 school year and is posted annually by CDE.
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Why do beer festivals tend to happen in Winter? Is it, as we suspect, because these long, cold January and February weekends could do with a bit of brightening up? There's nothing like a few ales to give you a rosy glow on your way back home after all.
The Liverpool Beer Festival in the Metropolitan Cathedral's glorious Lutyens Crypt is one of the high points of the year – for us at least – but tickets can be hard to come by, thanks to a convoluted ticketing process, unless you've done a spot of forward planning.
If you can get hold of a ticket we thoroughly recommend it – there's scarcely a finer place to sup and the range of beers is staggering (something you may be doing if you partake of the heftier drinks on offer unguardedly). Need we mention the home-made pies, range of cheeses and live music from the likes of Loose Moose too? Good.
Meanwhile, as the rise of microbreweries in Liverpool continues, so do the number of beer festivals. There are at least two more in coming months, both of which have a local bent and get our wholehearted backing.
First off is the confusingly-titled Liverpool Beer Festival at Liverpool Cricket Club, promising 40 beers, half a dozen ciders and a whiskey bar. It will feature brews from the Springhead Brewery – not a local business but one which started life as a tiny microbrewery in the wilds of Nottinghamshire.
Entry is a pittance if you're a CAMRA or LCC member, but it's hardly breaking the bank at three quid if you're not. Cricket clubs are great settings for a day of boozing and you can follow in the footsteps of WG Grace and Freddie Flintoff (by visiting the club – not by getting drunk, obviously) at the Victorian clubhouse.
Finally the Waterloo Beer Festival is back for a fifth installment, sponsored by the excellent Liverpool Organic Brewery it promises over 200 real ales and ciders, including lagers and continental beers if ale's not your thing.
There'll be food by Peninsula Pies and the Liverpool Cheese Company for when you get peckish and live music if you need aural entertainment. Set in the lovely Old Christ Church, a stone's throw from the marine lake and beach, this festival can, perhaps, stake a claim to being the most locally-minded beer festival of the three.
Whichever one you attend, we suspect you'll have a whale of time. Just remember the rules of a beer festival: pace yourself; eat a pie; avoid any beer whose name sounds like a threat and leave the 6%ers 'til last. And plenty of water when you get home.
Liverpool Beer Festival (CAMRA)
Lutyens Crypt, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
Thursday 21 – Saturday 23 February
Liverpool Beer Festival (non CAMRA)
Liverpool Cricket Club, Aigburth Road
Thursday 31 Jan Open 5pm – 11pm
Friday 1 Feb Open 5pm – 11pm
Saturday 2 Feb Open Noon – 11pm
Waterloo Beer Festival
Old Christ Church, Waterloo Road
18 April 2013
6:00pm – 10:30pm
19 April 2013
12:00pm – 4:30pm
6:00pm – 10:30pm
20 April 2013
12:00pm – 4:30pm
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The level of the speaker and format of the engagement ensures a good level of discussion and debate on key topics for both the Cape Town city region and South Africa. At times, these events observe Chatham House rules to ensure honest robust debate with a level of confidentiality. This forum is a premier business forum with engagement from some of the top business executives in the Cape Town city region.
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Do U.S. Teachers Really Teach More Hours?
It's a statistic that has echoed for years in global policy discussions about education: U.S. teachers are in front of their classes 50 percent to 73 percent more than their peers in other countries, including nations—like Finland and Japan—whose students outperform Americans on international tests.
That striking statistic has become common wisdom as part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's regular Education at a Glance reports, but a new study suggests it's significantly overblown.
Teachers in the United States still lead the world in instructional time, but the analysis released last week by the Center for Benefit-Cost Studies of Education—based at Columbia University—finds their edge considerably slimmer:
• Primary school teachers in grades K-6 spend 12 percent, not 50 percent, more time leading class each year than the average in the 34 OECD member countries.
• Teachers in grades 7-9 teach 14 percent, not 65 percent, longer than their global peers.
• Upper-secondary teachers spend 11 percent, not 73 percent, longer on instructional time.
"I do not want to say in any way that U.S. teachers don't work so hard; they work super-hard," said Samuel E. Abrams, the author of the study and the director of the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York. "But when you have such a glaring difference in teaching time—when Americans are apparently teaching 73 percent more than their OECD counterparts—scholars start to focus on that."
"But it is a phantom problem," he said, "and it has obscured the critical differences between U.S. teachers and teachers abroad."
The data problems may cause headaches for researchers and policymakers who have based studies and policies on the OECD's Education at a Glance reports and the federal study on which U.S. numbers are based, the Schools and Staffing Survey, in use since 1987.
"Benchmarking education systems in terms of how they work, as well as their outcomes, has become a common practice around the world," said Pasi Sahlberg, a visiting professor of practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the author of the 2011 book Finnish Lessons. He was one of many researchers who relied heavily on the OECD's Education at a Glance statistics to analyze teaching and learning in his native Finland and the United States.
The new study, Mr. Sahlberg said, "raises questions about how reliable 'big data' in education actually is."
How did a study so long-standing get it so wrong?
Difficult Calculation
The question of instructional time is a tricky calculation that is required about two-thirds of the way through the 44-page Schools and Staffing survey, which asks teachers and principals to report on school conditions and teaching practices.
The question asks teachers to report the number of hours they spent in the last week "delivering instruction to a class of students," rounded to the nearest hour. It is supposed to collect information on general class instruction and is not intended to include the time teachers spend on study halls or test administration.
Instead, Mr. Abrams found, teachers often rounded each 45-minute class to the hour, rather than only rounding the weekly total. That meant teachers reported being in front of a class 5½ to 6½ hours a day, not counting breaks.
After Mr. Abrams reported his data analysis to the National Center for Education Statistics, the arm of the U.S. Department of Education that runs the Schools and Staffing Survey, Thomas D. Snyder, the program director for the annual reports and the U.S. representative to the OECD, conducted a follow-up study.
Mr. Snyder found that 1 in 4 teachers who responded to the survey said they taught longer than the school day ran. The difference between the reported teaching time and the school day ranged from as little as three minutes in Utah to about an hour in New Hampshire.
At the primary school level, according to OECD data, U.S. teachers spend 164 more hours teaching each year than students spend learning in class.
That's only possible, Mr. Abrams says in the study, if teachers are lecturing in empty classrooms, have no lunch breaks, team-teach, or teach students in overlapping shifts. While the last two do happen—rarely—the first is ridiculous on its face, and the second would typically run against teachers' contracts.
Always Working?
Those points don't necessarily mean such a heavy time commitment is out of the question, said Segun Eubanks, the director of the teacher-quality department for the National Education Association.
"It is often the case," he said, that teachers are instructing students directly throughout the entire school day. "Even when teachers are not in front of a class, they are doing ... other instructional activities, individual tutoring. ... They are virtually on the clock all day long."
In seeking a more accurate picture of how U.S. teachers spend their time, Mr. Abrams found that when reporting to the OECD, the Schools and Staffing Survey did not correct for early-release days, professional-development days, and the weeks of class time eaten up by testing.
"The main problem in the U.S. education [system]," Mr. Sahlberg said, "is not teachers' teaching time per se. The real issue is the central role that external testing has as a time-consuming element in the U.S. education system.
"When teachers and administrators say that anything between 20 percent to 35 percent of actual teaching and learning time goes to preparing and taking all kinds of standardized tests," said Mr. Sahlberg, "it makes no sense to me."
The focus on overinflated hours of direct class time, Mr. Abrams said, obscures deeper differences in how American schools structure their time and support their staffs, in comparison to other countries.
"The real problem is, teachers do not get paid what their counterparts get paid, and the structure of the school day is very different ... in other countries," he said.
Mr. Abrams pointed to the often-highlighted Finland, where the school day is roughly the same— 345 minutes, just nine minutes less than in the United States. But Finnish secondary students have 270 minutes of instruction and 75 minutes of break time, while U.S. students have 336 minutes of instruction and only 18 minutes of break.
While efforts to extend the school day, week, or year have gained ground among policymakers, Mr. Eubanks, of the NEA, said adding instructional time is less effective without also building in more collaborative-planning time for teachers.
"We're trying to just squeeze these [improvement] ideas in, rather than trying to restructure the schedule in comprehensive ways," Mr. Eubanks said. "It's not just about extending the time we have, but about using the time we have in better and more effective ways."
Search for Solutions
In the meantime, both the NCES and the OECD are trying to correct the data problems.
It's slow-going. Mr. Abrams, the author of the new study, first flagged the problems with the teacher data in 2012, but the matter was not noted in later editions of Education at a Glance and ancillary reports.
Jean Yip, an analyst for the Paris-based OECD's education and skills directorate, said in an email that the directorate relies on individual countries to supply and check their own data, and that it "fully observed" the standard procedures for processing the data, which include notifying the countries if someone finds miscalculations.
"Unfortunately, this does not preclude the possibility that errors may be found in the data at a later time," Ms. Yip said. She said the directorate is "looking into" the data problems.
While many other OECD countries calculate teaching time using administrative data, Mr. Snyder, of the NCES, said that information is available only at the state level in the United States, not for the country as a whole, "which would be a really big limitation."
Rather, Mr. Snyder said, the NCES is field-testing new ways to ask teachers about their instructional time. The statistics agency aims to correct the data before the next administration of the Schools and Staffing Survey, in the 2015-16 school year.
"We realized what we reported is too high, but we're trying to get a sense of how much too high," Mr. Snyder said. "What we're doing is evaluating alternative sources in the short term."
Among those sources is the OECD Teaching and Learning International Study, or TALIS. "The TALIS report statistics came from surveys, in this case, teachers—including those in the U.S.—answering the same survey questions about their use of time," said Stanford University education professor Linda Darling-Hammond, who based a recent analysis of teaching conditions on the TALIS, "so I don't think they suffer from the same problem as the SASS data or the international comparisons where NCES supplied data to OECD directly."
Yet Mr. Abrams found even the TALIS overestimates class instructional time by about 200 hours a year, likely also because respondents count test administration and nonclass instructional time, he said.
Vol. 34, Issue 20, Pages 1, 12-13Published in Print: February 4, 2015, as Study Faults Data on U.S. Teachers' Instruction Time
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Stu says: Five observations following Ipswich Town's 1-1 home draw with Sheffield United
PUBLISHED: 17:50 22 December 2018 | UPDATED: 21:47 22 December 2018
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Ipswich Town drew 1-1 agaist Sheffield United at Portman Road this afternoon to move to within four points of Championship safety. STUART WATSON gives his observations.
It was vital Town built on their 1-0 home win against Wigan. They did just that by securing a hard-fought draw against one of the Championship's better sides.
Chris Wilder's men haven't dropped many points against teams in the lower reaches.
This was undoubtedly another step in the right direction under Paul Lambert.
The Blades committed men forwards during a trademark fast start, but Town weathered the storm. They then took the lead in the 38th minute when Ellis Harrison curled home via the aid of a slight deflection.
It would have been easy for the Blues to fold after Billy Sharp headed home a delicious delivery from Oliver Norwood less than two minutes after the restart.
Instead, they stuck to their task, dug in, kept their discipline and maintained a goal threat on occasion too.
Either team might have won it towards the end of an entertaining game. A draw was probably about right.
It was hard for fans to form any sort of judgement on Ellis Harrison a few months into his Town career.
After stepping up from League One side Bristol Rovers, the striker enjoyed a decent pre-season campaign – particularly in the friendly against West Ham – but then failed to really kick on when the real action started.
Mind you, it was a big ask for him to shine in an inexperienced, struggling side.
Then came an ankle injury which kept him out for a prolonged spell.
Harrison came on against Bristol City, then was left out the squad entirely against Nottingham Forest. He came on against Stoke, then was left out of the squad completely against Wigan.
This was his first start since the draw against Brentford back in the middle of September. Given the ring-rust and the fact he was up against a good back three this was an impressive display.
The 24-year-old didn't stop running and battling. His finish may have been aided by a slight deflection, but it was nevertheless a fine effort on the angle which ended up in the top corner.
This was only the fourth Championship game referee Andy Woolmer has been in charge of this season. It might be a wait before he gets appointed to another one.
It was hard to see an infringement when he disallowed Luke Chambers' headed finish from a corner just moments before the deadlock was broken. The whistle was blown pretty rapidly as players jostled in a crowded box.
Several more minor questionable decisions followed before Oliver Norwood somehow escaped a red card in the closing moments when kicking out in anger at Trevoh Chalobah. That act of retribution, following a prior tussle, came right under Woolmer's nose.
Town fans have not been given a lot of value for money in recent years.
The home record in 2018 – P23 W3 D11 L9 F17 A30 – tells the tale of Portman Road frustration. Almost half of those games (10) have ended in a failure to score.
Under Lambert the Blues are fun to watch again. They pass out from the back. They press high. They take calculated risks. They focus more on their own strengths rather than worrying entirely about stopping the opposition.
The all-important symbiotic relationship between fans and manager/players has been restored.
To get a crowd of almost 18,000 just a few days before Christmas today spoke volumes about the levels of reconnection and belief.
The teams immediately above Town are all badly out of form. Bolton, Millwall, Reading and Rotherham all lost today. The gap to safety has closed to four points now.
It's beginning to look like a five-way battle to beat the drop. Right now, looking at current form and the prospect of January recruits, you'd back Ipswich to finish in the top two of that mini division.
The Blues head to QPR on Boxing Day, Steve McClaren's side having won 1-0 at Nottingham Forest today, then travel to Middlesbrough on Saturday, December 29th.


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with Paragon resin seats, exhausts, pylons and fin correction
43 Squadron, Royal Air Force, UK 2003
This is a much maligned kit! Italeri's Tornado is a bargain kit (I paid less than £10 for this one in 2001) that is a basic, but good starting point. I used Peter Looper's articles in Scale Models International from Spring 1995 to make some small modifications and find out which bits and pieces I needed to make the essential corrections. In the end I used Paragon resin seats, pylons, fin correction and engine cans (with chaff dispensers). I closed the cockpit and thought the kit interior was perfectly adequate for this. Peter points out that the Italeri interior is for the trainer version of the ADV, so I sourced some Model Alliance decals which had an F.3(T) on the sheet.
The plastic generally goes together very well. I joined the upper rear fuselage to the completed forward fuselage, and then added the lower rear section last of all. The fit of all these parts was very good (especially across the upper join), and the intakes fitted very well also. More work was required (meaning Milliput!) with the fin base, but that was my fault as I only decided to add the Paragon correction at a late stage. The only really poor areas, fit-wise, were the wing gloves. The gaps were enormous and required lots of super-glue and sanding. It was my fault also that the lower front fuselage insert did not fit very well, and I needed a little sheet styrene to make the joins invisible here. The plastic Italeri use is great, making it much easier to elimate seams than the hard, brittle plastic that Hasegawa, for example, mould their kits in. I think the Paragon resin thrust reverser mechanism must be sized for the IDS kit, as it fits that version very well, but not the ADV tail (which is obviously a bit different). Filler and some trimming of the rudder rectified this problem. I also made a small modification to the rear underside where there are a couple of metallic 'lugs', one of which Italeri moulded in the wrong place, and I elimated a couple of incorrect fuselage and tailplane panel lines. The nose pitot is brass tube and wire; I scribed a refuelling door on the nose as well, but spot the deliberate mistake! One final error is that the antennae on the fuselage spine should be vertical, whereas I fitted them canted out.
Once the plastic was all together, I primed with Halfords primer and used Alclad II for the metallic areas. I experiemented here to see what it looks like without polishing the undercoat. In future I will polish it! The greys were painted on using Humbrol enamels and then a coat of Johnson's Klear and an oil wash. Having done it, the panel lines are somewhat overstated. The decals were beautiful, with no silvering and invisible carrier film — why can't all decal manufacturers use this printer? Maybe it's very expensive — the decals cost a fortune (about £13 I think!). The instructions are not great: mis-numbered items and no info at all on what types of stencil should be used for the 'no step' markings (I used the 'foot' ones; I've no idea if that's correct or not). I miss-applied the tailcode on one side; I can't believe I still make errors like this…
All in all, a good build — certainly better than my last Tornado. The fit is better than a lot of people think, providing you dry-fit and try different construction sequences. Of course, there are further refinements I could have made (Eduard etch and Paragon wheels spring to mind), but the parts I used made a big difference for relatively little outlay. I look forward to getting around the Luftwaffe Tornado ECR I've got in the stash.
Year bought: 2001 (Antics, Guildford)
Year built: 2005 (St Ives, Cambridgeshire)


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Design professionals aren't one-dimensional beings. We're well-rounded individuals, with loads of disparate interests. The IA Conference (IAC) honors this fact with mixers and activities aimed at the more creative, social side of our attendees. And, to be honest, what better way is there to network than to just cut loose and have fun with 600 of your new best friends in a low-stress, low-pressure atmosphere?
If you've never been to the IAC before, we'll make it easy to make new friends and meet old timers who can show you the ropes. If you want to have your resume reviewed or get in a mentoring session from your peers, we've got that covered, too. You can also break a sweat or shake a leg with a fellow attendee, before or after the main conference program.
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IA Conference is renowned for opening its arms to first-timers. Whether you're an information architect, content strategist, UX designer, or any of the myriad other job titles that make up this large community, you can attend an orientation session before the welcome reception. Special first-timers video conference sessions, where you can meet fellow first-timers and experienced IAC attendees, are offered as well.
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Group Mentoring
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1-on-1 Career Advice at the Career Center
You can chat privately with an actual UX hiring manager or director to get some career advice, or ask for some feedback on your portfolio or résumé.
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Poster Night
Experience new ideas, methods, and research findings at Poster Night with practitioners and academics.
Social Activities
Acoustic Jam
Enjoy the hidden musical talents of some of our own. Bring your acoustic instrument of choice or just sing along! Want to lead a song or two? Be prepared to teach others chords and lyrics. Don't worry if you haven't tried something like this before—everyone's welcome, including non-musicians. We're all in this together!
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Polar Bear 5k Fun Run
Hosted by Peter Morville and Louis Rosenfeld.
We'll gather (via Zoom) to chat and take a "before photo." We'll then all run independently (with optional tweets and photo/video sharing during our runs or walks). And then we'll gather once again (via Zoom) to chat, celebrate, and take an "after photo" before returning to our couches for afternoon naps.
Polar Bear Yoga
You are welcome to join us for early morning yoga sessions designed to focus your mind and spirit. The sessions will be led by a local certified yoga instructor. Participants will receive complimentary yoga mats, and a light breakfast will be served.
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What should one make of the fact that in W. G. Sebald's fiction, all the characters seem indistinguishably Sebaldian:
melancholic, elegiacal, ill-starred? This is particularly apparent in his latest novel,
Austerlitz, about a Holocaust survivor's search for the identity of his parents,
a book in which the title character and the narrator are interchangeable in their tone,
prejudices and interests.
He is a trim, handsome, professorial man in his late 50's, speaking English
with the soft accent of southern Germany. Writing in German, he began aiming at a nonacademic readership
around a decade ago, as his scholarly forays became more fanciful and scattershot.
After the critical success of those two books, Mr. Sebald's first novel, Vertigo,
was translated into English. His latest, Austerlitz, is his most accessible yet, and the first to be issued
by a commercially powerful publisher. It was ranked by the editors of The New York Times Book Review as one
of the nine best books of 2001.
a cracked vitrine of butterflies, a football team, a graveyard. Mr. Sebald accumulates postcards from junk shops, maps from archives, passages from memoirs. He tears photos from magazines or snaps them himself with a little Canon. He uses these images as a research tool or an inspirational device. Why, though, does he then include them in the books?
It's one way of making obvious that you don't begin with a white page, he said. You do have sources,
you do have materials. If you create something that seems as if it proceeded seamlessly from your pen,
then you hide the material sources of your work.
In The Emigrants a character remarks that a photograph published in the Nazi press that showed a book burning in Würzburg in 1933 was fraudulent. Because the bonfire raged at night, the cameras failed to record it; so a plume of smoke and a nocturnal sky were added to a daytime shot of another gathering. The narrator says that he was skeptical of this report until he unearthed the photograph himself and observed the obvious falsification. And at this point in the text, Mr. Sebald includes the image.
I had that picture, he explained. I thought very consciously that this is a place to make a declaration.
It couldn't be more explicit. It acts as a paradigm for the whole enterprise.
The process of making a photographic image, which purports to be the real thing and isn't anything like,
has transformed our self-perception, our perception of each other, our notion of what is beautiful,
our notion of what will last and what won't.
After two years he moved to the French-speaking part of Switzerland for a final year at the University of Fribourg.
There he was braced by the old-style liberalism of the faculty and delighted to be in a foreign country.
When he was 21 he went to England for a year as a lecturer at the University of Manchester.
After a year back in Switzerland, he returned to England, this time to Norwich, with his wife,
Ute, an Austrian he met when they were students in Freiburg. (They have a daughter, Anna,
who teaches in primary school nearby.) They didn't plan on staying.
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Purpose Statement
It is the purpose of Native American College (NABC) to equip Christians, through collegiate education in a Pentecostal environment to be effective in ministry to God, the Church, and the world. NABC shall remain loyal to the teachings of the Assemblies of God as set forth in the Sixteen Fundamental Truths.
Location and Campus Housing
Native American Bible College offers a unique setting for study: the College is located in the traditional homeland of the Lumbee Indian tribe, in Shannon, North Carolina, 25 miles south of Fayetteville. It is situated between the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains and the Atlantic Coast. Students have opportunity for multicultural experiences in the classroom as well as in the local churches.
Housing for single students, ages 18-25, is available in the guys and girls dormitories on campus.
Programs of Study
Native American Bible College offers the following degree programs:
Bachelor of Religious Education
Associate of Religious Education
The student will choose one of the three dual majors available:
Bible and Christian Education
Bible and Ministerial Studies
Bible and Missions
Students also have the option to pursue a three-year diploma program with a concentration in one of the following areas: Bible, Christian Education, or Ministerial Studies.
Upon graduation from Native American Bible College the student will:
Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of and deep appreciation for the Bible as the infallible and inspired Word of God, affirming the Bible as the only infallible guide for Christian faith and practice, possessing habits of devotional Bible reading and private prayer, and be able to share God's Word to both the saved and unsaved.
Embrace a Christian worldview predicated on a working knowledge of contrasting philosophical and religious views and become a mature, informed, and effective Christian leader in a complex and diverse society, which will provide for an effective ministry.
Identify and understand personal spiritual gifts and use his or her gifts effectively in the ministry, developing ministry skills and determining personal ministry strengths and gifts, and giving evidence of skills for effective spiritual leadership.
Exhibit a commitment to Holy living under-girded by an understanding of Pentecostal theology, producing one who is a committed Christian; growing in Godly character, personal discipline, and spiritual discernment, obedient to the Word of God, and driven by a passionate heart to serve God in life and ministry.
Possess career goals in accord with one's life calling with special attention given to credentialed and lay ministers, demonstrating a commitment to ministering to the spiritual, physical, and social needs of others, in a way that leads to the betterment of humanity.
Exhibit skills and knowledge necessary for lifelong learning in all fields of thought, both secular and religious, having a foundation in general education, Bible, and theology in order to serve in a diverse religious and ethnic culture.
Philosophy of Education
Native American Bible College holds the concept of education as cultivating growth spiritually, intellectually, socially, and physically. Every effort and objective of NABC focuses on the Christian philosophy of learning. We believe that all wisdom and knowledge comes from God and that His Spirit is ever present to reveal this wisdom and knowledge to man. The Word of God is the final authority in all courses and programs at NABC.
Both written records and personal recollections affirm that the original desire to establish a Bible college to meet the spiritual needs of the Indian population in Southeastern North Carolina was planted by God in many hearts. Originally known as Eastern Indian Bible Institute, Native American Bible College was founded in Fayetteville, North Carolina in January 1968, approved and supported by Assemblies of God US Missions. For over nine years, night classes were held in three churches in the Section: Fayetteville Assembly of God, Faith Assembly of God in St. Pauls, and Shannon Assembly of God.
In 1975, one hundred acres of land, located in Shannon, North Carolina, was purchased for a campus site. In 1978, a multipurpose building was constructed, containing classrooms, offices, library, and chapel. In 1990, the Charles Cookman Residence Hall was completed. In 1993, the College moved from a North Carolina District sponsored school to a regional school, sponsored by five Southeastern Districts of the Assemblies of God. In 1994, the Board of Directors changed the name of the school from Eastern Indian Bible Institute to Native American Bible College. The same year, a cafeteria was added to the campus. In 1998, a classroom building with a seating capacity of 150 students was completed, and the original multipurpose building was remodeled. In 2000, the multipurpose building was enlarged to accommodate the expanding library. In 2001, a chapel (later named Peter Knutsen Chapel) was erected. In 2006, a second dormitory, including a student center, was completed.
Beginning with night classes, NABC instituted a three-year diploma day program in 1977. In the Fall semester 2001, the College began offering an Associate of Religious Education degree, and in the Fall semester 2004, the College began offering a four-year Bachelor of Religious Education degree. NABC had its first Bachelor of Religious Education degree graduates in Spring 2005.
The following leaders have served as President of Native American Bible College:
Reverend Charles Hadden January 1968 – June 1977
Reverend Rodger Cree July 1977 – June 1982
Reverend Roy Clark July 1982 – July 1984
Reverend Hollis Stanford July 1984 – June 1986
Reverend Charles Cookman July 1986 – December 1990
Reverend David Dalton January 1991 – December 1992
Reverend James Kelly January 1993 – December 2005
Reverend Paul Kaminer January 2006 – July 2007
Reverend Gilbert Walker September 2007 – December 2009
Reverend James Kelly December 2009 – May 2010
Reverend James Keys June 2010 – Present


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