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Deisim makes more sense then Christianity
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I affirm that Christianity is more rational than Deism.
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"Deism" = belief in the existence of a supreme creator being who does not intervene in the universe.
"Christianity" = a religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.
ConserativeDemocrat forfeited this round.
I will go ahead and present my case anyways.
== Negating Deism ==
The defining characteristic of deism is the belief that God is an impersonal being. This is patently false because God was almost certainly involved in the development of life on Earth,and more importantly, the creation of the human race. According to famous evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould, evolution is a radically contingent process [1]. In other words, any given evolutionary path is dependent on such a large number of random events (e.g. volcanic eruptions, continental drift, ice ages, asteroids, etc), that if someone were to "replay the tape" of Earth's evolutionary history, things would likely have turned out entirely differently. Consider the following:
"The formation of the Earth as a planet was a large stochastic process in which the rapid assembly of asteroidal-to-Mars-sized bodies was followed by a more extended period of growth through collisions of these objects, facilitated by the gravitational perturbations associated with Jupiter. The Earth's inventory of water and organic molecules may have come from diverse sources, not more than 10% roughly from comets, the rest from asteroidal precursors to chondritic bodies and possibly objects near Earth's orbit for which no representative class of meteorites exists today in laboratory collections. The final assembly of the Earth included a catastrophic impact with a Mars-sized body, ejecting mantle and crustal material to form the Moon, and also devolatilizing part of the Earth." [2]
Every single one of the aforementioned events had to occur in order for Earth to be suitable for the development of life. There are no specific numbers available on the individual probabilities of these events occurring, but it is safe to say that the combined probability of all of them happening "just by chance" is incredibly small. Even if the conditions on Earth were right for life, the probability of crude cells developing from organic compounds is still incredibly small. Sir Fred Hoyle calculated that probability to be about 1 in 10^40 [3]. As the source states, there are some problems with the assumptions involved in coming up with that number, but it is nonetheless safe to say that the actual probability is still extremely small.
All in all, the probability that intelligent life would have ever evolved in the context of deism (i.e. through purely naturalistic means without any divine intervention) is infinitesimal; on the other hand, under Christianity, the fact that humans evolved is completely unsurprising -- God would have set things the way they were with the specific intention of bringing about the creation of human beings. Christianity provides an infinitely more likely context for the evolution of the human species than deism does; thus, the rational choice is to reject the deistic conception of an impersonal God in favor of the personal, theistic conception.
== Affirming Christianity ==
Firstly, I would like to clarify that, contrary to Pro's opinion, Christianity does not necessarily include "all the stuff in the bible and places like hell." The Bible should *not* be regarded as the ultimate authority on Christian doctrine. Christianity is defined as revolving primarily around the figure and teachings of Jesus Christ, rather than the Bible. There is simply no reason to believe that the Bible was divinely inspired in any way; it is a collection of stories which were written independently of each other by various people during various eras and passed down throughout the course of Hebrew history. The compilation of all those stories into the Bible was not a project endorsed by Jesus or any other divine authority -- it was carried out centuries after Jesus died by a random priest [4].
At best, the Bible can only be considered as a source of historical information; of course, that does mean that the Gospels can be considered an acceptable source for learning about Jesus's teachings and actions, but that is the maximum extent to which the Bible can really be considered "Christianity's book". In other words, my BoP in this debate does not encompass the Bible. I only need to show that the most essential and universally-accepted tenets of the Christian faith are true. To me, it boils down to three: 1) a personal creator God exists, 2) humans are inherently sinful (original sin), and 3) Jesus was crucified and resurrected. If we accept these three premises to be true, then there is really no reason to doubt the standard Christian narrative as a whole (i.e. Jesus being the Son of God, dying for our sins, opening the path to salvation, etc), as it is the only narrative which accounts for and creates a coherent context for all three premises.
It has already been demonstrated that a personal creator God exists, so I'll start with proving the doctrine of original sin to be true. That humans are inherently sinful is obvious. We clearly do violate the commandments of God and the teachings of Jesus: every human regularly engages in numerous acts of impiety, selfishness, promiscuity many other actions explicitly condemned by Christian doctrine. Children do not grow up and learn sinful behaviors -- they have to be disciplined and taught by their parents NOT to engage in those types of behaviors from a very young age; without that discipline, such behaviors seem natural to them, which is why people who were neglected as children often end up engaging in criminal behavior as adults. With all this in mind, denying the doctrine of original sin becomes ridiculous.
Moving on to Jesus. The New Testament may have some contradictions between its various accounts of Jesus's life, but there is a majority consensus among historians that the books of the NT are generally reliable sources of historical information; they were all composed within several decades of Jesus's death by people who lived through the events being described, and many other historical documents from Greek and Roman times (which are readily accepted by secular historians as being mostly accurate) actually have less factors lending to their credibility than the NT does [5]. There could, of course, be some parts of it which are exaggerated, but unless given significant reason to believe otherwise, we should accept that the major events which all the NT accounts agree on probably did occur as stated -- such as the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.
Moreover, a miracle like the resurrection was *necessary* for Christianity to survive Jesus's death. Jesus had spent all his life claiming that he was the Messiah -- the divine savior the Jews had been awaiting for centuries. However, Jesus was brutally crucified before he could even begin to fulfill that role; this should have made it blatantly clear that Jesus was NOT divine certainly NOT the Messiah. No follower of Jesus could still reasonably believe that Jesus was anything more than a false prophet. Christianity should have died out, yet Christianity continues to thrive two milennia later. The only reasonable explanation for why Christianity was able to retain its followers is that something happened which caused them to believe that Jesus was indeed divine and still capable of fulfilling the role of the Messiah. The miracle of the resurrection certainly fits this bill -- he appeared to all his followers after death and promised them a second coming in which he would fulfill the prophecy, effectively convincing them to continue having faith. Thus, there is good reason to believe that the resurrection did occur, regardless of the historicity of the NT.
[1] http://www.philbio.org...
[2] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
[3] http://www.coppit.org...
[4] http://www.biblica.com...
[5] https://carm.org...
Also, I am sorry for failing to post before. My page 404ed so I couldn't post. Here is my first argument
Part A: Questinable rationallity and valid ness of Christanity
1) All the contradictions in the Bible
The bible has so many contradictions. Here are a few examples:
-God does and does not dwell in temples
-God dwells in light and darkness
-God is and is not all powerful
-Jesus is and is not equal with God
-God is just and impartial and he is injust and partial.
These are just 5 out of 100s of contradictions. This invalidates the Bible as evidence, as it has so many contradictions in it. When the religion's holy book is filled with flaws, it makes Christianity irrational and makes less sense.
#2: Evidence for claims we consider inpossible
The bible has many claims that we can't replicate today, like people walking on water, having a huge flood destroy Earth, and people raising from the dead. Since there is no proof that any of these existed, then they likely did not happen. If the holy book has no proof for its claims, it loses credibility even more, making Christanity make even less sense.
#3: The stories in the bible are inpossible
I will focus on Noah's Ark. The story is that God wanted to destroy sin on Earth, so he sent a flood to destroy the sinning humans. However, he had Noah and his family build an ark and take 7 of each animal, 7 males and 7 females, with him. However, this is impossible for the following reasons:
-Noah could not of fit millions of animals in his Ark; there would be to little space
-Noah could not of gathered all the animals he needed in his lifetime
-The Ark's occupants would of frozen and ran out of oxygen as they were higher then Mt. Everest
-The animals would not of been able to get to where they are now, due to there being huge oceans and all their food gone.
-The Great Pyramids were build about 100 years after the flood. Noah's family could not of made that many offspring that quicky, or build many cultures in 100 years
With all of this, it is irrational to believe in a religion if it's stories are impossible
#4: Morals and the Christan God's qualities
God is supposedly all powerful, all knowing, and all benevolent. However, this brings up something that questions these qualities. Let's say a 5 year old has cancer. We all know this is so sad, as the kid won't be able to enjoy life and will die in pain young. So why won't God help the kid? Either he is willing, but can't, or can but not willing. If he is willing, but can't help, then he isn't all powerful. If he can, but doesn't want to help, then he isn't all benovelent. This means one of the qualities about God is false. Therefore, the Christian God does not exist, as one of the required qualities is not a real quality. This shows that if the God is false, then it is irational to believe in the Christan God.
Part B: Why deisim is rational.
Personally, I would consider myself agnostic, but if I were to believe in a god, it would be a non current religious God. This God is rationale for this reason.
- The chances of the universe existing like this and sustaining life are astronomically small. This means that it is rational to believe in a God, but not a religious God for the reasons listed in part A.
In part one, you state that deism involves a God that does not intervene in the Universe. To you, that also means that the God in question did not create the human race. This could be true, but the God could of created the universe and fixed it so life would eventually occur over time. This way, those low odds for life occurring naturally would be at near 100% because of the God.
You also state that the bible should not be the prime thing used in Christanity. I agree with this, but Jesus taught we should follow the bible, so my points above are still valid. Even if you deny this, Jesus still taught things that we consider horrible today. For example, Jesus taught that we should kill children who curse their parents. If Christrianity teaches we should follow the teachings of Jesus, Christians should be killing their teens. However, we know this is irrational. You also state that because we do bad things, "sin" that prove the Christian God. How? I also question the validness of the bible considering all the contradictions. I wouldn't believe a book if on one page it says eating grapes are good but on the next chapter it says they can give you cancer. The resurrection point you made is good, but we seriously believe that since someone's body was missing from an unguarded tomb, he came back to life? You also state that there is no reason to believe that the bible was divinely inspired. But the bible states the word of your God, it states that God wrote it,and is also where you get your teachings of Jesus.
I am sorry if I missed anything, or misspelled anything, but I am on my phone.
My note. I am not insulting you, nor can I say for sure whether your God does or does not exist. I am not attacking your beliefs
I look foward to reading your first arguments. Good Luck!
However, what Pro is forgetting is that God is also omniscient -- he has infinitely greater knowledge of reality than we do. With our incredibly narrow perspectives, we might see X happen and believe it to be an 'evil' that should have been prevented, but God would be able to see the "bigger picture", in which X results in a greater good; this is especially true considering that as mortals, we have no insight whatsoever into what occurs during the afterlife (which would necessarily be part of the "bigger picture"). For us to claim that an omniscient God's actions are not omnibenevolent based on our woefully limited knowledge of reality is even more absurd than a highschool drop-out dismissing the academic research of a world-renowned scientist on the basis that he personally disagrees with the results. Pro's argument does not demonstrate that the Christian account of God is false.
== Negating Deism ==
It is true that God *could* have merely fine-tuned the universe during its creation in a way to ensure that life would have evolved on its own later on, but that makes very little sense -- why bother creating intelligent life just to leave it to its own devices and never interact with it? The characteristic which fundamentally distinguishes humans from everything else in existence is their capacity to explore and understand the universe, and more pertinently, their capacity to search for and understand God. Given that, it is thoroughly implausible for God to have created such beings for a purpose which does not involve some level of interaction with them.
Furthermore, I would like to introduce a second line of evidence in favor of a personal God -- billions of theists around the world have reported having "transcendental spiritual experiences" (i.e. direct interactions with the divine). Such instances of contact with God have been well-established throughout human history and continue to remain so in the present [1]. The sheer number of such reports makes it highly likely that many of them are legitimate, thus leading us to conclude that God does involve himself in human affairs.
== Affirming Christianity ==
Firstly, in order to address Pro's response to my justification of original sin, I refer him to the second paragraph of "Affirming Christianity" from last round, in which I explained my framework for this section. Aside from that, Pro only really contests the third premise, arguing that the contradictions between the Gospels invalidate them as reliable historical sources. However, as was mentioned in Source 5 from last round, discrepancies between independent accounts of the same event were quite common in historical documents from the Classical Era, so that alone is not sufficient reason to discard the historical accuracy of the Gospel accounts. In fact, the presence of contradictions actually lends historical credibility to the Gospels by debunking the hypothesis (put forth by some skeptics) that the writers of the Gospels collaborated to manufacture the story of the resurrection -- such a collaborative effort would likely have been internally consistent.
Aside from that, Pro says something about an empty tomb, but I never actually made any argument regarding one. More importantly, Pro neglects to respond to my argument that a miracle like the resurrection would have been *necessary* for Christianity to survive Jesus's death. Thus, we conclude that Jesus most likely *was* resurrected, and by extension, via my framework, Christianity is probably true.
[1] The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology ~ (Kindle Locations 13933-13940)
1) Christinaties literal teachings should define that religion. If you deny a story like Noah's ark, then the reserection makes zero sense either. People back then had very little idea about what was happening, so they believed in religious Gods. As for how Christianity grew, some people believed that Jesus was the savior. How do we know? Also, where is the proof for any of this. Jesus taught that the bible was the word of God, and we should listen to God. Therefore, if you believe we should follow the teachings of Jesus, then we should follow the bible.
The other point I would like to rebbut is the idea that the deistest's God not interacting with us is illogical. Well, you answered your own question. With my point about the little boy with cancer, you state that with our limited knowledge, we can not see why God did not save the child. That same point applies to my argument. With our limited knowledge, how could we understand why the God doesn't interact with us.
Finally, I see no reason why God could not save a little boy. You state that God is omnipresent, so he has a reason not to heal them. But then why does he never help anyone? Also, if God is omnipresent, then he also could of seen that we were going to sin when he created the universe, but he still did not change anything. God also knew about 9/11, the holocaust, and world war 2 but did nothing about it. How can saving millions of lives be a bad thing?
>> Re: The Bible
Pro asserts that Christianity should conform to a literal interpretation of the Bible on the basis of (1) some random statement comparing the resurrection to the story of Noah's Ark, and (2) the claim that Jesus advocated a literal interpretation of the Bible. The first point is a blatant non-sequitur and thus should be dismissed; I have put forth an empirical justification for believing in the resurrection which has nothing to do with Noah's Ark. The second point is literally impossible because the Bible didn't exist until *400 YEARS* after Jesus died. Pro has no ground to stand on here -- Christian theology is not governed by the Bible. Prefer my framework for affirming Christianity.
>> Re: Limited Knowledge
Pro concedes my reasoning that our limited knowledge refutes the problem of evil (PoE). However he then attempts to turn this logic against me, saying that our limited knowledge would also invalidate my ability to make the rebuttal I made last round about how God probably wouldn't create us without some intent of interacting with us. However, what Pro fails to recognize is that in the case of PoE, we have plenty of reasons (provided by Christian theology) to believe that there is a larger-scale explanation of 'evil' which is beyond our comprehension. On the other hand, with the personal/impersonal issue, we have *zero* reasons to believe that God would bother creating us without any intent of interaction (Pro hasn't provided one, anyways). For that reason, my rebuttal does not fall into the same trap as the PoE. The wildly improbable existence of human beings serves as evidence for a theistic God far more than it does a deistic one.
>> Dropped Arguments
Pro never responds to my evidence regarding transcendental spiritual experiences, so regardless of whether or not you buy Pro's turn on the limited knowledge rebuttal, there is still ample reason to believe that God is a personal being. More importantly, Pro completely drops both my arguments supporting the resurrection, thereby conceding that the resurrection occurred. This serves as even more reason to believe that God is invested in human affairs-- coming back from the dead is a scientific impossibility, so some sort of supernatural force needed to have been actively involved to make it happen. It is clear that deism is false.
>> Conclusion
With deism soundly refuted, and all three fundamental premises of Christianity affirmed, we can conclude that Christianity is definitively more rational than deism.
Vote Con!
My opponent drops his entire case, instead just resorting to the claim that a literal interpretation of the Bible defines Christianity...
(1) Even if this is true, I still win the debate because Pro has dropped & conceded my refutation of deism, which essentially means that his BoP is completely unfulfilled (he can't possibly prove that deism is more rational than Christianity if deism is false). As long as I make some attempt at fulfilling my own BoP, which I have, I still come out ahead of him, and therefore I win.
(2) Pro's only justification for his claim is an ad populum fallacy, stating that because many Christians adhere to a literal biblical interpretation, Christianity as a whole should as well. However, the explanation I presented in Round 2 debunking the theological authority of the Bible is clearly superior to Pro's fallacious appeal, and therefore voters should prefer my framework for affirming Christianity.
(3) Just because I said Christians can get some historical information on the life and teachings of Jesus from the Bible doesn't mean in any way that I support a literal interpretation of the Bible... it just means that parts of the New Testament can be used for general religious guidance by Christians. That does not contradict anything I have said thus far.
== Conclusion ==
Pro basically concedes that Deism is false, and his only attempt at attacking Christianity fails because it is based on the mistaken belief that the literal Bible governs Christianity. Meanwhile, I have affirmed Christianity by proving all three of its fundamental premises (all of which were dropped & conceded by Pro).
This is a resounding Con win.
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Posted by ConserativeDemocrat 2 years ago
What exactly do you mean by "revolves", and what do you mean by "Christianity"?
I am a Christian, and
- I do not take a literal interpretation of the days of creation
- I do not take a global flood interpretation of the Genesis flood
One can be a Christian and not believe in some of the literal interpretations. Furthermore, historically, Christianity has not always taught the literal interpretations in the way it is often taught among fundamentalist Christians nowadays. In no way, does Christianity 'revolve' around these teachings.
Posted by ConserativeDemocrat 2 years ago
I assume they are referring to logical 'sense'. Its a poorly worded debate premise, but it can easily be reworded as "Deism is more rational than Christianity"
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The Candell family finds third-grader Atticus Candell's artwork on display at Draper Elementary's second annual art gala. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
Third-grader Atticus Candell pointed at a blue half-moon, orange half-sun stain glass display at Draper Elementary's second annual art gala to his mother, Brynn, and brothers, fifth-grader Asher and kindergartner Jude.
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Through the exhibit, signs explained the correlation of the subject matter to the students expressing it through artwork, such as second-graders learning about citizenship and geography. So, while taking a historic walking trip of Draper, they identified community and state symbols, which they later re-created with paper as quilt-block designs.
After learning about the community, fifth-graders used acrylic paint to create a mural featuring two hands with fingers forming the shape of a heart. Lone Peak Hospital displayed the mural to promote the messages of healing and health. And fourth-graders sketched landscapes while on a field trip to the wetlands, then highlighted it with watercolors.
Tying directly into their classroom learning about colors and shapes, first-graders used watercolors, tempura paint stamps and colored paper to create abstracts similar to those of Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky. Third-graders learned about warm and cool colors by showing how the changes of environment on living things could come to life through the use of colored tissue paper and markers.
Girl Scout leader Terri Francis invited her Brownie troop to attend the art show.
"There are wonderful examples of artwork in the gallery that use so many mediums like chalk, weaving, watercolors, clay, acrylic paint that it was a great opportunity for these Scouts to see as they are working on their painting badge," she said. "We plan to create our own stained glass at our next meeting."
Eight-year-old Chloe Francis said she likes doing art.
"I want to create a stained-glass castle with a dragon," she said. "It will take a while to design it, paint it and have it dry before, bam, being done."
Her dad, Jim, said the variety and presentation at the show was impressive.
"The level of art, its variety and quality is that of high-schoolers," he said.
Principal Piper Riddle said she's grateful the school has the Beverly Sorenson grant.
"This is a celebration of creativity that ties into our curriculum and through the Beverly Sorenson grant, it offers our students the value of an arts education," she said. "Draper Elementary has a legacy of valuing and appreciating the arts, both the visual and performing arts, from its art collection to the inspiration of these student artists."


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Scottish and Southern Energy is to increase gas and electricity prices from September – the third major supplier to do so.
Millions of Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) customers face higher power bills, after the group decided to increase gas prices by an average of 18 per cent and electricity prices by 11 per cent from September 14. The increase will mean a typical annual dual-fuel bill will rise from £1,094 at present to £1,265, an increase of £171.
Scottish Power and British Gas have already announced price hikes, and like its rivals SSE - which owns Southern Electric, Swalec and Scottish Hydro - said its decision reflected higher wholesale gas prices, a higher cost of using energy networks and the cost of social and environmental schemes.
SSE, which has 5.2 million household electricity customers and 3.6 million household gas users, added it will not raise prices again for households until August 1, 2012.
SSE chief executive Ian Marchant said: "I am sorry that we have had to announce an increase in household energy prices at a time when many people's budgets are under strain, but the upward pressures on prices have become too great."
Since its last gas price increase, in December, wholesale costs of electricity and gas have risen by 23 per cent and 40 per cent respectively, he said. Consumption had also fallen sharply since April 1 due to the mild weather, with households using 2.9 per cent less electricity and 5.8 per cent less gas.
Profits for the first half of the year will be below the comparable periods in both 2009 and 2010, though SSE said this will have no implications for the full financial year. The firm added that it is "on course to deliver a dividend increase of at least 2 per cent more than RPI inflation in respect of 2011/12".
"As in each of the last three financial years, SSE will invest more than it will make in adjusted profit before tax in 2011/12," Marchant said.
Watchdog Consumer Focus's chief executive Mike O'Connor said: "Knowing another price rise was round the corner will not soften its impact for customers. This increase heaps more pressure on to already cash-strapped consumers and will tip many thousands more people into fuel poverty." He added that there was a lack of trust in energy firms because consumers are unable to tell whether the increases are justified.
O'Connor said: "Suppliers point to rising wholesale costs. Yet although wholesale prices have risen recently, they remain around a third lower than their 2008 peak.
"Ofgem must get to the heart of whether prices are fair. If the regulator can't do that it must refer the market to the Competition Commission. The commission is not there to punish companies but to use its forensic skills and experience to find remedies for complex markets which are not serving consumers well. We are pleased that Ofgem has said it is prepared to refer the energy market if necessary, but it must be prepared to act."
Norman Kerr, director of fuel poverty charity Energy Action Scotland, said: "One of the main reasons given for the latest rise is the cost of providing measures to make homes more energy efficient.
"All customers are paying for these schemes through levies on their bills regardless of ability to pay or level of usage. We believe a fairer way to do so would be through the tax system."


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Re: Jesse Agee Mystery
Hi Verl,
I gave your message some thought, though I don't belive this is the Jesse Agee I'm looking for as the J.A. I am Looking for was in Christian Co. Ill. in 1850 and your's was in Carroll Co. Mo.in 1850.So here'swhat I did I went to KY. on the net.and found that there were Addison's in several counties in 1840 KY.
Heres what you can do, go to Census Online click on ky. then on the left of your screen you will see states scroll down to 1840 census click on. A list of every KY.CO. with 1840 census will come up. then go through each county searching for Agee's and Addison's in same county. You may not find an exact match but you can get a clue or two or more. Hope this help's in the meantime I'll keep on the watch for you in my searches. If you have any trouble just send me a personal E-Mail
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Nurses slam Mariah Carey's new video
Mariah Carey may be a talented pop singer, but The Truth About Nursing is not impressed with her latest video.
"Up Out My Face" features Carey and collaborator Nicki Manaj in skimpy, skin-tight white nursing uniforms. Click on the video below to see what the fuss is all about.
The video, which was released in January 2010, is an affront to nurses, says Sandy Summers, executive director of The Truth About Nursing, a Baltimore-based advocacy group. "These images associate nursing with female sexuality, undermining our claims to adequate resources," Summers says. The Truth About Nursing has mounted a letter writing campaign, asking Ms. Carey to withdraw the video and to refrain from using the "naughty nurse" image in future videos and shows.
But the general public — including some nurses — doesn't understand what the fuss is all about. Internet reactions to the protest so far have been strongly against The Truth About Nursing, with many commenters suggesting that the video is simply a harmless piece of fantasy.
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Mariah is a fantastic singer but I love the older songs better especially The Rain.


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You've toiled hard for years to maintain that brilliant academic record. You've chosen a research topic that you're passionate about and worked your way through the grind and overcome innumerable hurdles to land that coveted PhD degree. You'd think it's time to rejoice and conquer the world. Hold your breath and the celebrations! Sadly enough, many PhD students are not aware of what's in store for their career until it's too late.
Bruce Alberts, Editor-in-Chief of Science, remarked in a 2013 Science article that "The declining opportunities for research funding have made survival for some of the most able researchers resemble a lottery—or perhaps Russian roulette is a better analogy." Research funding has only worsened in the past two years. So, the postdoc dream too isn't going to be any easier.
Dream of a tenure track position? More disappointment awaits you. Nature reports that, " Whereas about 65% of US PhD-holders continue into a postdoc, only 15–20% of those move into tenure-track academic posts. The European situation is even more competitive — in the United Kingdom, for example, about 3.5% of science doctorates become permanent research staff at universities." Postdocs used to last a year or two, but now, scientists toil away for six, seven, even 10 years.
You focus your attention towards options in the industry only to realize that the odds are stacked up against you. In academia, you spend your years going deeper and deeper in a topic. You end up knowing a lot about a very little thing. And "because of your age you are a bit expensive". A young Masters student might be seen more favorably in the industry. Ironically, in a world of increasing specialization, it turns out that a PhD degree can, at times, hurt your job prospects!
So, what options are PhDs and postdocs left with? There are hundreds and thousands of small and medium businesses out there who are looking for skilled researchers with expertise in niche subject areas for one-off projects. Many principal investigators are looking out for help in an interdisciplinary field or want to get a quick data analysis or statistical review done. In most such cases, help is not readily available, and innovation suffers as a result. The sad part is that this phenomenon continues to occur despite many talented but underpaid doctorates and postdocs waiting in the wings to change the pace of innovation worldwide.
Effective collaboration can help end this drought on both ends of the spectrum. Businesses and research labs need to open up to tap into this huge talent base and accelerate the pace of innovation. Kolabtree is one small step towards making PhD-qualified subject matter expertise readily available to businesses and academia.
I'd like to invite comments from PhDs and Postdocs on how they can contribute to innovation in the industry and from business heads/executives on the avenues where scientific collaboration can help them take the innovation leap.


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Pride of Oklahoma Golf Tournament — June 18
The Second Annual Pride of Oklahoma Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held at the OU Jimmie Austin Golf Club on Thursday, June 18.
This event provides Pride staff and students the opportunity to interact with band alumni, supporters, and friends, all while raising funds for the band scholarship endowment. A wide array of participation and sponsorship opportunities are available to fit virtually everyone's interest and availability.
Space is limited so act now to ensure you have a spot for this terrific event. We hope to see you there. Boomer Sooner!


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HIPAD > The Project > Work Package 7
Work Package 7:
- Provide analytes of interest (primarily of immune origin) and demonstrate the power of using an integrated peptide microarray, label-free detection and bioinformatics approach to analyze their specificities.
- Provide target proteins for the development of peptide microarray-based approach to the identification of peptide probes
Recombinant human MHC class I and II molecules, will be generated and offered to peptide microarrays where binding kinetics will be examined (e.g. using SPRi). For MHC class I molecules that prefer peptides with free amino and carboxy terminals, the peptides will be tethered in situ to the peptide support using an internal amino acid leaving the desired free terminals.
A vey ambitious (high-risk) goal will be to get a T cell receptor to bind to peptide microarray-MHC complexes. T cell receptors from a single clone will be oligomerised and offered to peptide microarrays that have been pre-coated with the relevant MHC restrictions element.
Various antibody preparations (monoclonal, polyclonal) directed against linear or discontinuous protein epitopes will be prepared and offered to peptide microarrays. The peptide microarrays will express various representations of target antigens (from exhaustive truncation analysis of known epitopes over amino acids scanning to ab initio approaches using large random libraries and systematic analysis of leads here from).
We have access to a large repository (https://www.cpr.ku.dk/protein_resource/) of purified recombinant proteins, which we will use to test the hypothesis that peptides can be used as probes. High-density highly diverse peptide microarrays will be used to search for leads, which will be expanded to identify specific high-affinity peptide probes. In all cases, bioinformatics will be used to analyze the data and design new peptide microarrays aimed at expanding the fine specificity mapping. In an attempt to detect cross-reacting self-epitopes for antibodies (as well as T cell receptors) we will use bioinformatics predictors to predict potential auto-epitopes from the entire proteome.
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- P2 generates peptide microarrays
- P3 performs MALDI IMS analysis
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This talk "What Athens Has Got To Do With Jerusalem" narrows in on parsing the Nag Hammadi Library's gnostic gospel 'The Apocryphon of John', unpacking its contents and revealing it as an elaborate fusion of Greco-philosophical thought and Judaic prophetic tradition. Here we travel back to the beginning of the universe to watch an alternate narrative of creation unravel where the Demiurge YHWH is actually the bad guy and Eden's serpent is really a manifestation of Christ.
This lecture "Coincidentia Oppositorum: Exploring the dialogue in the Recent Historical Literature of Alchemy" is an attempt to briefly summarize all the recent historical literature (i.e. not occult literature) vis-a-vis alchemy, chrysopoeia, iatrochemistry, 'chymystry', etc.; In good alchemical fashion, I try to reconcile or collapse a number of false dualisms which have arisen throughout alchemy's history, and give something of a clear picture of what historical alchemy actually looked like. If you're looking for a talk on spiritual self-transformational alchemy as espoused by 19th century occultists, I suggest looking elsewhere on YouTube as there are countless excellent (and not-so-excellent) videos on that subject.
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In this lecture "…Et Lux in Tenebris Lucet: The Intellectual Development of St. Augustine as described in the Confessions", I describe the life-long philosophical journey undertaken by the great philosopher and Church Father, St. Augustine of Hippo. A Manichaean dualist in his late youth and a Platonist throughout his adulthood, Augustine passed through a number of different schools of thought on his way to becoming the patron saint of philosophy itself.


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Today's Topics, 12/14/16
Message from the Principal
Parents/Guardians of MRHS Students:
I want to share with you an article, Warning Sounded On Tech Disrupting Sleep, that appeared in the November 29, 2016 issue of "Education Week". It talks about the research surrounding the "blue light" emitted from devices and how that "blue light" could be disrupting student sleep. I share it because I am always concerned about the safety and welfare of our students and know that many of them probably have their cellphone or device with them at their bedside.
The article suggests a family charging station away from sleeping areas and shares the amount of sleep that is recommended for students. It is a quick article that opens your mind to the idea that sleep quality could impact their ability to perform their best at school.
If our paths don't cross before winter break, enjoy some time with family and friends. I look forward to a fantastic 2017 with your children.
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I hear the movie did not get good reviews, but I thought it was fantastic and the Clive Owen eye-candy was really nice too! : ) You can watch the Elizabeth trailer on the website.
We had a "girl's night" and seven of us went to dinner and to see the movie. Everyone liked it and we all went home with a new crush on Clive Owen… who new that Sir Walter Raleigh was so sexy? I grew up learning Virginia history, and I have no recollection of Raleigh as a "sexy" figure in history!
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- The Road Back to Higher Education
- 10 Books to Push Your Thinking about Learning Design
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It's been ages since I've done one of these posts, and I've got some brarmers in store! "how fast can graduates go on the dole" – and who said ambition was dead? "law actually blo" – I don't think I'm comfortable with it being referred to as a 'blo'. It makes me feel kind of cheap. "stinky line of people" – just head down to your nearest railway station. "baywatch shauni monobrow" – I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed it. "court stenographer+darts" – What's this – some kind of party game for law students where you draw straws for being the dart board? "pupillage HOW TO CHEAT" – wow… you can really sense the desperation there. "i am doing llb law at bpp in Manchester" – good for you. "brothels in looe" – People come to Cornwall for all kinds of reasons – brothels shouldn't be one of them!! "seat belt law cpntributory negligence" – everything that's wrong with the world… when it's easier to leave typo and let google make thoughtful suggestions as to what it thinks you meant… "is it illegal for insurance firms to look at your facebook" – nope.. and it's too late to delete your 'crash for cash' boasts to your friends. "human rights act family life ivf" – oh do you yourself (and the rest of us) a favour and don't bother. We've a large enough population on our hands and if you can't have them naturally, maybe you weren't meant to. "wins solciters calculater" – asked the dyslexic to Google "get real pupillage" – ah an interesting play on words… "can you miss classes on bpp fast track lpc" – what the frick do you think? the words 'fast track' and 'lpc' should tell you all you need to know. "most commonest bird in road accident" – a drunk one. "what can you do with solicitors that have been posted on the solicitors from hell web site" – you can pay Rick Kordowski some money so he removes it (or is he too busy dealing with litigation being brought against him now?) "pupillage applications tiring" – Diddums. "can you charge someone with murder with no head uk" – Well, think about it… who would the officer charging the defendant address when he's reading the criminal charges? I guess he could talk to their shoulders… 😉 (Or check this).
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Whitfield's good intentions off-target this time
TUCSON, Ariz. - Six-term United States Congressman Ed Whitfield is a pure Kentucky-bred. He grew up where beautiful racehorses and the lush fields they live in can make a man an idealist for life.
Whitfield also is a lawyer who attended American University's Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, an interesting and probably valuable combination in a city where wolves far outnumber horses. Idealists have been known to be eaten alive there, but Whitfield obviously knows how to survive. He is a rarity, a U.S. congressman who knows and loves horse racing, as does his lawyer wife, Connie Harriman Whitfield, vice chair of the Kentucky Racing Commission.
Ed Whitfield is a man of worthy causes, deeply intent on seeing them accomplished. A year or so ago, he worked long and arduously to save horses from the slaughterhouses of Texas and Illinois. Like many others who love horses, he found the idea of commercial killing repugnant, and it appeared he won his battle when his congressional colleagues agreed. The Department of Agriculture disagreed, and the slaughterhouses remain open.
Congressman Whitfield next was moved by the plight of jockeys.
He was unhappy when state legislators in Kentucky said no to the idea of paying for jockeys' accident insurance by raising takeout. The Kentucky legislators regarded jocks as independent contractors, not employees of trainers or owners. The jockeys long espoused that idea themselves, before their treasury was raped and ransacked by bad decisions of their own making.
Whitfield and a colleague, Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan, decided a good way to correct this would be to legislate insurance coverage for jockeys, by reopening and amending the Interstate Horse Racing Act of 1978 to provide insurance through proceeds from simulcasting. If funding from the betting public is distasteful, as Kentucky state legislators decided, then take it from owners, trainers, and track operators, despite their virtually total opposition.
Last week national racing organizations representing those owners, trainers, and racetracks rose in unified protest, not against jockeys and their cause, but against tinkering with the Interstate Horse Racing Act. It is one thing to expose it to the beneficent ideas of congressmen Whitfield and Stupak. But doing that could lead into very dark and unfriendly woods.
Whitfield, chairman of the powerful House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation, invited leaders of the Jockeys' Guild to testify before his committee. John Velazquez responded, a good and logical choice, the most successful of his profession. There was irony, however, for when Velazquez, whose mounts have won more than $172 million, was injured in a spill at Keeneland, it was a million-dollar track insurance policy that paid his medical bills. No federal intervention was needed then, and none is needed now. More tracks may need to step up, but that is a problem for racing to resolve, and a goal for racing to achieve.
Racing in America in the modern era has successfully resisted federal control. It accepts state control, and has not shirked self-control, and that process has led it through the evolutionary, testing times of simulcasting and gaming. It still struggles with those sea changes, and with the pressing problem of illegal chemistry, but it is striving to solve and survive those issues and others, including protecting jockeys, on its own, without opening the Pandora's box of federal intervention.
A lot of very dedicated and knowledgeable racing people worked assiduously, in Washington and elsewhere, to craft the Interstate Horse Racing Act 28 years ago. Some who were there and worked on that bill still are in racing, and they know just how carefully and skillfully that legislation was crafted, and how well it has worked. So did the late racing sage, editor, and attorney Kent Hollingsworth, who called the act, reached after 33 1/2 months of very tough haggling, "a masterpiece of negotiation."
That masterpiece is not something that should be opened and messed with at a critical time in Washington.
The Interstate Horse Racing Act currently protects racing's rights to use the Internet in those states where it is legal to do so. Dedicated work by the American Horse Council helped get that protection six years ago, and again now, written into H.R. 4777, the Goodlatte bill, being considered this week by the House Judiciary Committee. The committee is considering action that could affect, and indeed nullify, racing's ability to be competitive in a world of fast-changing technology, and racing's protection is tenuous and by no means assured.
Rep. Whitfield, who knows and likes horse racing, should listen to the voices of the industry, and realize his current quest for jockeys is not in the best or wider interests of the sport.


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Ripples are being sent through the shoe industry with word that Trail Blazers star CJ McCollum is on the verge of leaving Nike to sign a deal with the Chinese company Li-Ning.
McCollum, who wore a pair of Li-Ning shoes in the Blazers' preseason game against Phoenix on Tuesday, was asked after the game if he was switching sponsorships.
"In negotiations,'' McCollum said with a big smile as he left the locker room.
One person who helped McCollum with those negotiations? Teammate Evan Turner, who has been a Li-Ning client since 2010.
Turner this summer spent 12 days in China on a Li-Ning shoe tour, during which he often had Face Time chats with McCollum.
"I told (Li-Ning) if you want to talk to him, I wouldn't come to him with a BS offer the first time around and close his ears off,'' Turner said on Wednesday.
Hearing Turner talk, it appears a deal has been reached.
"I guess they got the situation right, the money right, and I think CJ will be a great person for the brand,'' Turner said Wednesday. "He's a talented individual on and off the court, so I think he will help the brand a lot.''
On Thursday morning, however, McCollum said no deal has been reached.
"There is mutual interest,'' McCollum said. "Still in negotiations ... but my contract with Nike is up.''
McCollum would be among the higher profile athletes to sign with the Beijing company, which is founded by legendary Chinese gymnast Li-Ning.
In 2012, megastar Dwyane Wade signed with the company, which came after Shaquille O'Neal inked a deal in 2006. Other NBA players who wear Li-Ning include Turner, Jose Calderon and Glenn Robinson III.
"It's getting better every single year,'' Turner said of Li-Ning. "It has a big presence in the Chinese market, which is huge for a player and your own personal branding because you can multiply that more so than in America. With a kid like CJ, and the talent he has, he will be able to do that worldwide.''
McCollum, who is the first year of a four-year, $106 million contract with the Blazers, is coming off a career-year in which he averaged 23.0 points, 3.6 assists and 3.6 rebounds while shooting 42.1 percent from three-point range and an NBA-best 91.2 percent from the free-throw line.
Today's Blazers' links:
Jamie Hudson of NBC Sports Northwest reminds us that Damian Lillard has some big off the court news on Friday.
Dwight Jaynes of NBC Sports Northwest writes that Terry Stotts has some tough decsions ahead.
Mike Richman writes about Evan Turner and his surprise at initiating offense on Tuesday.
Casey Holdahl of trailblazers.com writes about Jusuf Nurkic's weight loss.


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As I noted about the problem of social spending in the poorer areas of Belfast, now is probably not the time to slash long-standing social budgets (in the way some department officials would clearly like)… But the Republic faces a bigger problem, as Michael Casey eloquently notes in the Irish Times today..
As Colm McCarthys report pointed out, expenditure on social welfare has reached 22 billion a year, or 38 per cent of total spending of 58 billion. It is simply too big to ignore. Social welfare spending tripled between 1996 and 2007. This rapid rate of increase is very difficult to explain, given that the period was characterised by full employment. There is little doubt that a foolhardy populism underlay this meteoric increase in social welfare. Childrens allowances, for example, quadrupled over a six-year period. Many of these payments are received by people who are far from needy.
Even if you don't buy the arguments of market purists like Guido (in an excellent piece which, IMHO, shows his true qualities) about the dangers of embracing reflationary policies, the bumping up of benefits in a time of plenty looks like utter rashness now revenues are disappearing faster than government seems able to respond (McCarthy's rather generous scope for cuts may all be needed by the time the December budget comes round).
The intractability of the trap is plain:
Some weeks ago a young woman called a phone-in radio programme and said that she had been offered a job at 330 a week. Since her social welfare payments came to approximately the same amount (there were a couple of children involved) she had no option but to turn down the job. By the time she paid bus fares etc, she would be taking home less money than she was receiving on the dole.
Many people called the show and some accused the woman of being a sponger. Of course she is nothing of the sort. She is reacting in a perfectly rational way to the perverse incentives created by government. This situation is inimical to economic growth and job creation.
And a context in which bank shareholders look like being protected at a considerable cost to taxpayers makes cutting benefits an even more upopular move than it would otherwise be:
Although most welfare recipients do not pay taxes, any reduction in their benefits could be seen as a contribution to the coffers of banks. A PR genius could not spin this any other way. It comes across as obscene: the poor subsidising the rich. It must be the worst nightmare of spindoctors. To make matters worse, one bank, Irish Life and Permanent (ILP), has been allowed to increase its mortgage rate by a half percentage point even though this is in direct opposition to monetary policy as formulated by the ECB.
Instead of cutting its margins like every other firm in the country is having to do, ILP are increasing their margins by using their dominant market position. Having caused unprecedented damage to the country, banks like ILP are not showing any remorse but are ready and willing to exploit their customers all over again. And there is a deafening silence from the Central Bank and the consumer side of the Financial Regulator.
McCarthy seems to be about right in his estimate of the cuts needed. But there is a wide body of opinion which will not accept this, especially in the light of the banking system bailout. The implications for civil unrest should not be discounted. At some stage the economic merits will have to be balanced against the wider social costs.
That comes down to the capacity of one party or another grasp a pretty nasty political nettle. Mack's calculation that rival economists are playing with calculations that suit their own ideological bents is probably correct. But it is not the economic experts that will steer the country out of this prolonged crisis, but the filling of the currently empty suits on all sides of Leinster House…
Mick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty


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Our design team has successfully completed several major exhibition projects for the Royal Armouries. These include the complete redevelopment of Fort Nelson, Hampshire, and three exhibitions within the iconic White Tower, Tower of London – Powerhouse, Storehouse and Armoury in Action.
Working within highly sensitive historic environments was a key consideration for each project, finding appropriate yet impactful design solutions to engage the Armouries' diverse audience profiles.
As landmark historical sites, Fort Nelson and the Tower of London attract significant numbers of visitors each year. Devising effective design strategies to manage visitor flow, whilst providing an outstanding experience has been forefront in our creative approach, along with injecting frequent 'photo' moments, such as the ever popular 'Keeper' the bejewelled dragon who welcomes visitors to the Powerhouse exhibition.


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Artists' Books and More
Special New Additions to the Sloane Art Library's Collections
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Sloane Art Library, 102 Hanes Art Center
5:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public
Information: Liza Terll, Friends of the Library, (919) 548-1203
Books that challenge traditional publishing models and formats will be on view April 16 at the Sloane Art Library as part of a new acquisitions evening.
The free public event will begin at 5:30 p.m. Visitors will have the opportunity to interact with books that are new to the library's collection, with an emphasis on artists' books and photobooks.
Heather Gendron, head of the Sloane Art Library at UNC, will provide context by discussing trends in art book collecting and the types of research that make use of the collection. Art Library staff will also serve as guides to the books on view and share their own insights into what makes these books unique and interesting.
Among the books on view will be:
- The Japan Project – one of only 10 copies of Brad Freeman's two-book set featuring photographs and other imagery inspired by the artist's travels in Japan.
- Carpoolers – a photobook by Alejandro Cartagena, who photographed traffic on a major Mexican highway, looking down from a pedestrian bridge. His photographs, many reminiscent of a still life, show supplies and exhausted laborers in transit to distant, dangerous work sites.
- Working on My Novel – Cory Arcangel's conceptual book featuring tweets that contain the phrase "working on my novel." NPR's All Things Considered featured the project last year.
Books by local and UNC artists will be among those on view, including Team Evil; High Anxiety by Bill Fick, a Durham printmaker, and two books by photographers in UNC's Master of Fine Arts program: Basement Sanctuaries by Gesche Würfel and Soak: Anything that Ails You by Eric Pickersgill.
Many of the books that will be on view were purchased thanks to private gifts through the Library's gift and endowment funds.
For more information about the Sloane Art Library and ways to support it, contact Heather Gendron at (919) 962-2397 or email@example.com.


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- 04 Wed Jul 2018
Independence Day Fireworks
Waters surrounding the Florida Keys sparkle and pop during the annual Independence Day celebrations along the chain of islands as families gather for beachside barbecues, parades and on-the-water fun that coincide with spectacular fireworks shows.
Since 1976, the Key West Rotary Club has spearheaded fundraising efforts to present its annual fireworks show, a community celebration of freedom. Staged adjacent to Higgs Beach at White Street Pier, at the intersection of White Street and Atlantic Avenue, the fireworks display is scheduled to start at approximately 9 p.m. Keys radio station Island 106.9 airs live patriotic music that is synchronized with the pyrotechnics.
During the afternoon revelers can purchase food, drinks, burgers and hot dogs from the Rotary Club's booth across the street from the pier. Proceeds benefit the club's scholarship funds. Visit www.keywestrotary.com.


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10 Reasons Why I love the Beach Life
Updated – 20th July 2017
I have always been a true blue beach bum by heart (Okay I absolutely love the Jungles too). But, to stay on topic – I love the beach. Period.
Give me a sun bed, a beer and a book – I can just lay there like a crocodile all day long – I am not kidding! Okay, well, maybe a couple of beers – Burp!
Now, why do I love being close to water so much, you might wonder? Well, here's my personal view and top 10 reasons why I head to the beach every chance I get.
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10 Reasons Why I love the beach
Living on a tropical island with palm fringed trees is everyone's dream, isn't it? However, I love the beach because of how it makes me feel, rather than the aesthetic factor (though it adds to that wonderful feeling). I have no idea why do people like the beach, I am sure everyone has their own reasons but for me, here's what matters –
Water sports/activities
Being close to the sea means you can enjoy an array of water sports and activities like – surfing, jet ski, kayaking, boat trips, snorkeling, deep sea diving and so much more. These activities not just keep you fit but form a major part of your vacation.
Chilling Factor
Beer on the beach , chill music at the shacks , sound of waves – all adds to the chilling factor of a beach destination.
Beach Parties
Beach parties are my favorite – I would rather shake a leg on a beach than in a club (Well, a club close to the beach works well for me too – lol). Places like Krabi, Boracay, Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Ibiza, Koh Rong – all make for excellent beach party locales.
Catch of the day
I am a big foodie so being close to the sea means one thing – SEAFOOD! Enjoy fresh seafood at the beach shacks and don't miss the "Catch of the Day".
Calming effect
Walking on sand & watching the waves has an extremely calming effect on me and surely one of the top reasons I love beach life. In that very moment, just looking over the waves, I seldom forget everything and just savor the moment. Sunsets – Ahhh the amazing sunsets at the beach. Just watching the sun go down over the sea is simply breathtaking. It is also a great time for self refection and introspection.
Stunning views
I am a sucker for palm trees dotting the horizon – That's the view I want to wake up to everyday.
Beach Umbrellas
Oh the colorful beach umbrellas are super adorable. Give me a chance and I will probably work under a beach umbrella at my home – But then, I would rather blog from a beach paradise instead. I love beaches and anything to do with them as you can see.
Beach, sea, waves, palm trees, sunsets – all make for excellent back drops for your awesome photos. It's no wonder that my camera is out of my bag as soon as I hit the beach.
Laid back vibe
Bike around small beach towns and enjoy their ever calm and laid back lifestyle. Coming from a big metropolitan city, I crave for this peace and tranquility without any pressure to win the rat race. It's just the entire aura which makes you let go and relax.
Friendly people
Now if you have ever been to a beach town Vs a big metro city, you would know exactly what I am talking about. People living in/around the sea are much more friendly and I know why – if you have 10 reasons to love where you live, you would be smiling too – I know I would.
So, now you have 10 reasons why I love the beach but are you a beach bum like me too? Do you like the beach as much as yours truly? Say yay and state your reasons in comments below.


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Investors cheer AMP bumper profit
Shareholders have given AMP the thumbs-up after the life insurer and wealth manager reported a bumper profit of $1.04 billion for 2017 on the back of strong performances in its banking and funds management divisions.
That was more than double last year's $486 million - beating analysts' expectations of about $1 billion.
AMP shares were up 3.28 per cent to $5.20 from $5.04 in mid-afternoon trading on Thursday and closed at $5.21.
Its struggling life insurance business also improved but chief executive Craig Meller said on Thursday that AMP was "reviewing" the division and would update shareholders "at or around the time" of the company's annual general meeting in May.
David Ellis, head of Australian banking research at Morningstar, said it was a solid result and the outcome of the review could be good for shareholders.
"If sales of the businesses were to occur that would release more capital and the company would be looking at capital returns or special dividends," he said.
"That's a positive, and I think the market likes that," Mr Ellis said.
"The company is on the right track for growth."
The profit result reflects a turnaround in its life insurance business and strong performances in its banking and funds management divisions.
AMP Bank's earnings rose 16.7 per cent to $156 million and the earnings of AMP Capital, the funds management arm, rose by 8.3 per cent to $140 million.
"We've driven double-digit growth in AMP Bank's operating earnings while responding to tightening market regulation. We remain on track to double the value of the bank by full-year 2021," Mr Meller said.
He said AMP had met its targets on reducing costs in its life insurance business, Australian Wealth Protection, whose earnings were $110 million from a loss of $415 million in 2016, reflecting steps taken to stabilise the business.
"As always with AMP, the results are mixed bag," said Hugh Dive, the chief investment officer at Atlas Funds Management.
Mr Dive said the good performance of its life insurance division was a "fairly easy gain" given the massive write-downs for the division during 2016.
In October 2016, AMP announced a $668 million write-down of its life insurance business.
Financial services companies like NAB, Suncorp and ANZ have either sold, part-sold or looking to sell their life insurance businesses as the companies struggle to achieve the same rates of return on insurance that they achieve on their banking businesses.
Last year, AMP implemented a reinsurance program for its life insurance division, which allows AMP to pass on most of the risks of a spike in claims.
There are costs for AMP, as it has to pay the reinsurers to cover those risks, but it also frees-up capital, which was to fund a $500 million share buyback.
However, most of the buyback was suspended indefinitely in August last year. Mr Dive said he was disappointed there was no update of what was happening with the buyback.
"We would like to know what they intend to do with money," he said.
"Lots of questions at the presentation on where AMP is taking the business were defected," Mr Dive said.
Mr Meller said it was too early to give any guidance on what the outcome of the life insurance might be - whether a sale or a continuation of the reinsurance strategy. He said there was interest from foreign buyers in Australian life insurance businesses.
Though operating earnings for its Australian Wealth Management division were 2.5 per cent lower, at $391 million, there was strong growth in net cashflows and 10 per cent growth in other revenue from advice and its SMSF business which, Mr Meller said, demonstrated the "underlying growth trajectory" of the business.
There was a spike in superannuation contributions in the lead-up to the lowering of non-concessional contribution caps that took effect mid-last year, and stronger inflows into AMP's corporate super platforms, Mr Meller said.
However, the division was hit with lower margins due to regulatory changes, such as MySuper, for example, under which financial advisers can no longer earn commissions.
AMP will pay a final dividend 14.5 cents a share, franked at 90 per cent to take the dividend for 2017 to 29 cents; 1 cent higher than 2016.
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Read this tip to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Strength Training and other Exercise topics.
Does the thought of incorporating strength training into your exercise routine intimidate you? Have no fear!
All you really need to get started on a weight training program are some dumbbells and possibly some leg weights. Then, find at least one strength training exercise for each of the major muscle groups. These include the biceps, triceps, shoulders, chest, abdominalS, back (upper and lower), glutes (buttocks), hamstrings, quadriceps, calves, and shins. (Some exercises work more than one muscle group.)
Remember, KISS: Keep it simple, silly. Keep the exercises basic and perform two to three sets of each strength training exercise two to three days per week. Beginners can benefit from only one set per exercise.
In brief: As one with 30 years experience as a
univ. degree fitness and strength training
specialist, I know the reality(and ultimate frustration)of beginners following strenth training
"tips" without supervision of experienced strength
coach or at least experienced(and patient)
w/t individual. Typically, do it yourself info.
often leaves out crucial fundamentals necessary
for truly effective and safe strength development
ie. individual assessment(current strength level,
current health incl.any medical/structural
limitations,scheduling to assure compliance etc.-
yeah, most non supervised beginners drop out from
various frustrations or minor injuries[the do-or
die types]Unfortunately,as strength training is
so much in vogue now with demand here very high,
too much overly simplified,incomplete and
downright "mickey mouse" info.,is commonplace.
Common sense decrees that all beginners(even
athletic types)get at least some formal small group or one-to-one guidance AND supervision from
a strength training specialist[univ.,college or
other top certification]
yours truly, Robert Congrave
I FULLY agree. :)
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