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The music industry is a significant influence in the US. Encompassing the whole spectrum of America: Culture, record companies, radio stations, orchestras, MTV and dedicated magazines like Rolling Stone and it also reflects the country's ethnic diversity.
The most important music genres were mostly created through multicultural outlets: hip-hop, blues, country, jazz, soul, rhythm and blues, pop, techno, and rock encompasses the social and cultural issues. American music addresses issue of race in "We can overcome", the protest anthem of the civil rights movement, as well as acknowledging its success in "Ivory and Ebony" : "together is perfect harmony".
America's immigrate culture has also helped its music grow: Europeans came with their own music and African slaves brought their musical traditions as well. The merging of white and black music has given American music a diversity and uniqueness that no other culture possesses.
In the 19th century, American citizens took an active part in shaping America's culture and society. The "Star-Spangled Banner", written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key, was a "protest song" about the burning of Washington, who's lyrics s were based on an English drinking song. That a song with such a common pedigree became the National Anthem reflects what the USA was all about, the ability of Americans to change their condition and perceptions to rise higher in stature.
Americans are great "borrowers". They adopt what they see in another cultures or individuals and make it part of their own. In 1957, Frank Sinatra made a hit with the song "Chicago", written and performed first in 1922. He did the same with "New York, New York", first performed by Liza Minnelli n 1977.
Many are frightened by change; but American culture seems to embrace it and make it part of what we are. And we're the better for doing it.
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It's always lovely to get feedback from a customer, but even more amazing when someone takes the time to write about their experience and share some pictures of their trip.
Naturally there is an Italian wine for everBeth Shapiro recently came to Italy, seeking culture, education, and a whole new experience. We spoke to her about her vacation to Italy and are delighted to share it with you now.
What Avventure Bellissime tour did you go on?
We came to Italy for a 14 day trip and toured Rome, Sorrento and Florence. Avventure Bellissime put together a semi-custom trip for us, which was great as it meant we could get exactly what we wanted.
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When we were in Rome, we had the lovely Francesca. Then Carmine in Pompeii; Katerina in Florence; and Eduardo in Tuscany.
Can you give us a quick summary of your trip and what you got up to?
Our journey started in Rome, where we stayed for four days. We spent two days with Francesca, visiting the Colosseum and surrounding antiquities, as well as a day in The Vatican.
After a few days in Rome, learning about the culture and history, we ventured on and took a train to Sorrento - with a stop-over tour of Pompeii with Carmine. We spent most of the time in Sorrento walking, shopping and eating.
Our next stop was Florence. After taking the train up, we spent four days there. Katerina took us to the Uffizzi Gallery and the Galleria dell'Accademia and we had a walking tour on our next day. Our final excursion was a full-day with Eduardo, visiting San Gimignano, Sienna and Monteriggioni.
What was your favourite place to visit?
Impossible to say! Sorrento took our hearts and Florence took our souls.
What is the best memory or story from your trip?
Again, impossible! Sorrento at sunset; the Roman fountains at night; walking anywhere at all in Florence; sitting in a cafè drinking a dark espresso! Oh, and the art!!!
What is the most memorable thing that your guide told you?
Our guides really personalized the trip for us. Francesca and Katerina have an extensive knowledge of history and art. They told us stories about every important artefact we saw. We loved the personal stories Francesca told us about Michelangelo, for instance, as well as the backstories about the churches of Florence that Katerina shared with us. Our heads are filled with wonderful stories that make up some of the history of Italy.
What would you say to someone about your experience with Avventure Bellissime?
Contact them and never look back! We would not change one single thing about this trip. Every guide, every hotel, every transfer, and tour was perfect.They truly arranged everything.The hotels they suggested were first class. It was a pleasure working with them.
We'd like to thank Beth for her kind words and we are delighted that she had such a fantastic time with Avventure Bellisime. If you would like to see what tours we could organise for you, then please just get in touch. We can't wait to show you the wonders of Italy for yourself!

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Snack Time: Savory Tea
A few weeks back, Bianca from Vegan Crunk had a post on a vegan savory tea she was digging. The teas looked amazing, and I thought the idea of savory tea was fantastic! Instead of ordering the tea she tried, which looked really good but was a little pricey, I snagged this sampler pack on Amazon for about 6 bucks. I have been sipping on them when my hunger flares up in the afternoon, and they have been really tasty!
The carrot curry is my absolute favorite. Most of the flavors are really light, and they're mixed with decaffeinated green or black tea.
The fennel spice bag was really great, too. I definitely like the green tea ones better than the black tea. I also found that I could sip on these really slowly, because drinking them too fast gave me a bit of a tummy ache.
If you're looking light afternoon snack, I would definitely give savory tea a try. I'm glad Bianca brought them to my attention, and I definitely need to try the Millie's Savory Tea as well.
** I have not been contacted by anyone to do this post. The opinions are my own.
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Military officials yesterday said that a series of celebrations will be held next year to mark the 90th anniversary of the 1924 establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy in Guandong Province, China, including the premiere of two movies featuring life in the Republic of China (ROC) military.
After the ROC government lost the Chinese civil war and retreated to Taiwan, the academy was relocated to Greater Kaohsiung in 1950 and renamed the ROC Military Academy.
The military is assisting with the filming by opening its bases and lending equipment to the production teams, among other things, Ministry of National Defense spokesman Major-General David Lo (羅紹和) said.
Lo added that the ministry will organize the premieres with the movie production companies and take the opportunity to promote all-out defense education and encourage more people to enlist in the military, since the nation is shifting from compulsory military service to an all-volunteer force.
Earlier this year, the ministry postponed the transition to an all-volunteer force to the end of 2016, mainly because it has been unable recruit enough people to meet its targets.
The movies will be released in the second half of next year, Political Warfare Bureau official Yu Tsung-chi (余宗基) said, although he was tight-lipped about the films' storylines.
The celebrations will also include three musicals to be presented by the military in the first half of next year in the north and south of the nation, Lo said.
Comics and books about significant battles in the nation's military history are to be published in an effort to increase the public's understanding of the relationship between the government and the military, the ministry said.


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The Man He Killed
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Foundry Bible Immersion 2016 Week 6 Review
By: Mikaila Rosengren
"He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, He has put eternity into man's heart, yet so he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end." ~ Ecclesiastes 3:11
Wow. I simply cannot believe it. Here we are, standing at the end of week number six. It hardly feels like a day has passed since we all met. We've grown so close as a family and we've been through so much together. Now we are already halfway done with the Bible.. Halfway done with the program.. Oh, how the time flies!
This week, we lost one of our Canadians, he got deported to Iceland for his mother's 60th birthday, (congratulations Mrs. Cameron!!) but he returned to us safely on Sunday! We also have an upcoming birthday on the 26th of October… (Priscilla will be 19!)
Other news, this week we had the immense pleasure of having a Pastor at Immanuel Bible Church, Tom Joyce, teaching us about leadership and the qualities it takes to become a great leader.
Monday, October 17th ~
Monday morning we had devotions with David Jones, who is so so incredibly talented when it comes to worship! We got to talk a lot of worship in the Psalms (who would've guessed?). We started off in 1 Chronicles 13, talking about King David and Uzzah while the congregation of Israel was transporting the ark of the covenant. The story is that the oxen stumbled, so Uzzah tried to keep the ark from hitting the ground, but as soon as he made contact with God's holiness, he fell down dead. Now that freaked David out, so he didn't even continue talking the ark to Jerusalem, he sent it to the home of another man.
The first thing that we can draw from this is God's holiness. Most people read this story and think: "But Uzzah was just trying to protect the ark, he was trying to do the right thing, doesn't God understand that?" God doesn't need us to protect Him, or what He has chosen to be His! Uzzah was in the wrong. In the Old Testament, when something, anything, came into contact with something unclean, it was immediately defiled. When Uzzah touched the ark of the covenant, he was killed because the presence of God was upon the ark and God in all His perfect holiness, cannot be touched by unclean man, and Uzzah was indeed unclean.
After that, we had class with Pastor Tom Joyce. Our first class was an introduction to leadership. He told us many stories of his time serving, both in the Navy and in the mission field. He also explained that the Navy really taught him the concept of servant leadership, something we all definitely need to work on! The one thing that stuck out to me the most about this day was one of the things Pastor Joyce's son said to him right after 9/11: "Dad, God spared your life today. So what are you going to do with the rest of it?"
Then we did evangelism on the George Mason campus. Sometimes it's really easy to get discouraged when things don't go our way or we don't get to talk with people who are interested in the gospel, but we have to stop and think; what are we commanded to do? Go and share the good news! We aren't commanded to convert people, that's not our job. We are commanded and expected to tell people about God's saving grace and let Him do the rest. We are not the ones saving people! So even if we share the gospel with people and none of them are receptive to that, who knows whether or not God is going to work a miracle in their hearts further along the road?
"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven." Ecclesiastes 3:1
Tuesday, October 18th ~
Tuesday morning began with the Beatitudes. Pastor Ryan Francis has been slowly going over them with us. We covered Matthew 5:6,
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied."
We talked a lot about what it meant to hunger and thirst, especially for righteousness. Hunger and thirst are basic necessities, you cannot live without eating food and drinking water DAILY! In many passages of Scripture, Jesus is referred to as the bread of life. We are supposed to be hungry for the only one who can truly satisfy our hunger. Ryan also compared it to fast food. Alright, it's food, but if you eat it every single day and that is all you eat, if you feed yourself "bad food", then your immune system is going to be very weak to illnesses (temptations). But if you feed yourself good food, Jesus food, then when the sickness and temptations come, you will be able to withstand them through the power of Christ.
After that, we had class again! Pastor Tom Joyce touched on the Four Biggest Points of Being a Leader.
- Know the Word and live it out
- Where is the holy ground? (Where does God have you? What is your mission field?)
- Love with the compassion of Christ but the justice of the Lord
- Cast a huge shadow! (Who is following Christ as a result of your leadership?)
Then we proceeded to have dinner at the home of the amazing Horn family, both Greg and Jennis, and his parents Bill and Donna! It was such a blessing to be able to fellowship with these godly couples and seek wisdom from their experiences. Plus the food wasn't bad! (Jennis is a fantastic cook!)
"Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness." ~ Ecclesiastes 2:13
Wednesday, October 19th ~
Wednesday morning was actually really neat. We had our devotions with Alex Vocature, and he had us read through Proverbs 8, but what he did was he split it up in chunks of five or six verses each and had us spend five or six minutes studying and analyzing them. It was actually really nice to have the chance to share and see how other people view things differently! It's kinda crazy just how different God made each of us..
What we learned in class today: The discipleship part of leadership. We studied 2 Timothy 3:16-17, which says:
"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work."
First off, we talked about how the Word of God is good for 1. Teaching (you can't teach someone if you aren't learning anything), 2. Reproof (you have a responsibility to confront sin, whether in yourself or in a fellow Believer), 3. Correction (restoration and a 180* turn from sin), 4. Training in Righteousness (nonstop encouragement, are you constantly pouring Christ into someone's life?). Now I don't know about you, but I was personally very convicted by this lesson. In my life at home, I wasn't being the example or the mentor that my younger friends and siblings needed. I wasn't pouring Christ into their lives daily, and He truly showed me that through this class.
After class, we went to the Nova campus and shared the gospel with as many people as we could! The three of us girls all went in a group, so when two were talking with a person, the third would hang back and pray that the Holy Spirit would work a miracle through their lives and use their mouths to reach this lost girl. We actually had some pretty good conversations and got a few phone numbers, inviting the college kids to our college group on Thursday evenings. It was so encouraging!
This evening we had dinner with our very own Tom and Deshua Joyce! We had some really amazing conversations and Mexican food! One of the things that we did was instead of introducing ourselves, everyone at the table had to say one fact about us. I actually had never thought of this idea before, but it was absolutely incredible and really good for the six of us, (Ryle was in Iceland with his mom, but he's back safe now!). But it was really such a gift to be able to learn for these two incredibly wise people and to laugh together with them, we are so glad that they opened their home and their hearts up to us. Their knowledge and wisdom is just priceless.
"… a time to keep silence, and a time to speak." Ecclesiastes 3:7b
Thursday, October 20th ~
Thursday morning.. Was a hoot! We studied the book of Isaiah in a general overview with Alex Hairgrove. He told us the big themes of Isaiah (1. The Nature of God, 2. The Nature of Sin, 3. The Nature of Salvation, Servant vs. Rebellion, Messiah) and what to expect out of this incredible book of the Bible.
In the class-time, we talked about John 6 and more of the evangelism side of leadership, leading by example. First of all, if you are committed to Christ, then you will be sharing the gospel with people and pouring into them continuously. You will have an intense desire to please our Lord and Savior! Approved Workman Are Not Ashamed!! If we are Christ's workmanship, created in His image to do good works, then we should be actively thinking about sharing our faith in Him! We should be thinking, "Am I bringing glory to the one who deserves all the glory?"
After that, we had a bit of free time to catch up on our reading, (we are all the way up to Isaiah 34 now). Then we got to come together for the Foundry college group and worship our Lord and Savior communally through songs, lead by our very own Keanen Paylor, and through the preaching of the Word by Davide Standridge, who has been given such a great gift for teaching. As we were all singing together and listening to the sermon, I couldn't help but be grateful. In so many areas of the world, Christianity is banned and forbidden, but here we are, totally untouched by that reality. In some places there churches are only 25 people (like Davide's home church back in Italy). We have been so incredibly blessed not only with the gift of being able to praise our mighty God freely, but also to do so as a group with many other Believers, and so often we take that for granted.
Friday, October 21st ~
Friday morning we didn't have devotionals, Jordan decided to give us a little extra reading time. We did end up going to a lunch with the seniors of the church, we all played Bible Family Feud. It was.. Quite the game to say the least! We had a great time getting to interact with the older people at Immanuel, they were very open and friendly to us, and they had a lot of wisdom and knowledge to share!
Then came our last class with Pastor Tom Joyce. His lesson for the day was "How do we die well?" More like how do we finish the race well! How you start the race influences how you finish. Paul understood this. He knew that he wasn't going to live forever. We read through 2 Timothy 4, and found some practical ways that we can finish well:
- Committing to a lifelong spiritual fitness program – meaning we must be the Word daily, pray, and constantly praise Him
- Find your best event – know what spiritual gifts you have been blessed with
- Run with a partner – you need a wingman to keep you accountable, we all have blind spots
- Keep your eyes on the goal – don't lose focus of what God has for you, if your eyes come off the finish line then you will fall behind
- There are no shortcuts – God has an incredible plan for our lives whereas our plans always fail. He uses our pain for our good and for His glory
- Break the tape – don't give up just short of the finish line, don't slow down, cross the finish line in a full out sprint
When Paul was writing this letter to Timothy, he was in jail. He was going to be executed. He knew what was coming yet he was totally at peace with what God had in store for his life. I admire that unwavering faith. I pray for a faith like Paul's. I pray that no matter what may come my way, I will be able to endure it through the power of Christ in me and finish the race He has set before me well.
We also then had dinner with Buzz and DeeDee Collins. It was create your own taco night at the Collins! We had some really awesome conversations with this inspiring couple. They have been through so much together and I praise God for what He has done and what He is currently doing in their lives.
"What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun." ~ Ecclesiastes 1:9
Saturday, October 22nd ~
Our Saturday was a bit different. This past Saturday, our group ventured up to Columbia, Maryland for the GAMA conference on holiness. We got there at 8am and left just after 5pm. I think that the thing that stuck out the most for me was the fact that if we are in Christ, then we are His chosen and elect. We have been predestined to be holy, saved to be holy in fact. I had a lot of misconceptions about the theology behind predestination and election and the chosen children of God before I can into this program, but now, six weeks in, I am just beginning to understand the huge vastness of this concept and it still blows my mind that God, in all perfectness, would predestine.. Elect.. Chose me? The perfect example of how broken and chaotic the fallen man is? Not only did He predestine to adopt me, He loved me enough to send His only Son to the most painful death imaginable so that I could be with Him for all eternity. He chose me to be one of the few to accept this free gift. He let me see the error of my ways and let me see that the end of it was death. He provided a way of escape by means of His Son's death and resurrection. Now THAT is crazy love! What a glorious God and Father we have in Christ!!
On our way home that evening, we stopped by the National Harbor and did a little bit of sightseeing. We also rode on the heated ferris wheel. It was a blast to be able to spend time with the group, especially on that drive. The Magnificent Seven definitely have a God-given "talent" for the musical arts!
Sunday, October 23rd ~
Sunday we attended Jesse Johnson's 8am sermon on Revelation 14:1-7. Then we went to a class on Effective Evangelism taught by Sunny Parks, followed a sermon by Davide in the Foundry. Shortly after, we joined Justin and Jennifer Edwards for lunch with their three children. And we got our Ryle back, so that made lunch all the more special! I think that one of the things that I love the most about this Bible Immersion program is getting to see all the incredible, amazing, God-fearing couples that we have dinner with on a regular basis! We get to fellowship with these strong brothers and sisters in Christ and seek to learn from them.
Evening service with Jesse was fantastic, He covered 1 Kings 4, and the importance of the listing of names of all in Solomon's courts. The differences between Solomon's kingdom and David's kingdom.
After that, the young adults of Immanuel gathered for a few friendly games of basketball and soccer. They didn't stay friendly for long! Praise God, no one was seriously injured!
Overall, this week has definitely one to remember! If I was to narrow it down, I think that the two most important things that stuck out to me are the importance of prayer, and learning when to stay silent.
Prayer is us communicating with God. I had it explained to me this way: "You have a relationship with God. if you are married to someone, you don't just ignore them all day! You wake up, you say 'goodmorning', you talk with one another, and you grow your relationship!" I realized that my prayers had been very one sided, that I had simply been talking AT God as opposed to WITH God, and that was really convicting for me this week. In joint with talking AT God, I was also praying out of my own selfish gain. I was starting every prayer out with a request instead of a praise or instead of thanking God for His goodness, His grace and mercy, His love and for His chosen people.. Listen to this: "Imagine if you had a child and the only time the two of you talked to each other was when that child wanted something or when they were complaining about a choice or decision you made. Imagine that. Now what kind of relationship would that be?"
When I'm talking with my Father, which I should be doing every minute of every day, I should be praising Him and singing thanksgiving. Because He is worthy of that praise. Then, after I have thanked Him and reminded myself of His goodness and grace, and of the truth, I rarely have anything left to pray for! Once I remind myself of the truth and that He is sovereign King in my life, what more do I have to worry over or pray for? My God is in control of the stars in the sky, I have no need for worry or words.
"Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few." ~ Ecclesiastes 5:2
Your Sister in Christ,
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The week with Tom Joyce was one of my favorite!!!!


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Experience deep relaxation, energy balancing, and gentle guidance for personal growth and transformation.
March 11, 2011
What I Like to Listen To
My Self - The more I follow my own voices, the easier everything seems.
Music - radio, stereo, singing in the car, shower or while doing housekeeping. Sometimes while working, it is pleasing to have the companionship of human voices in my rather solitary environment.
My Clients - I love their stories. I never get bored. I love listening to their struggles and ultimately their solutions.
Nature - the sound of sea lions and the fog horn through the window at night, the splatter of rain on the windows, the soothing hum of tires on asphalt.
My heart - When I go deep and do my 3, 2, 1 meditation, I really listen to my heart and all it has to say in each of it's four chambers, what it has to tell me right now.
My body - The pulse in my feet, the creak in my knees, the crack in my shoulders as I twist for relief. Each twinge and ache a message, a chance to respond, to take care of my self.
My cat's purr - 'nuff said.
What do you like to listen to?


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Revelation is the only book of the Bible that specifically mentions a period of one thousand years, or millennium, in connection with the end of time. It is first mentioned in Chapter 20-
Rev 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Rev 20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Rev 20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
So at the very beginning of the 1000 years Satan will be restrained, or bound, unable to deceive anyone for the entire period.
Let's back up a little and see what immediately precedes the millennium-
Rev 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Rev 19:12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
Rev 19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
Rev 19:14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
Rev 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Rev 19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
This is an unmistakable description of the second coming of Jesus Christ as the KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. Look what is described as happening at the second coming-
Rev 19:17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
Rev 19:18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Rev 19:19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
Rev 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Rev 19:21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
This describes all the wicked of the earth being slain at the second coming, and the destruction of the beast and false prophet. This event is also mentioned elsewhere in scripture as follows-
2 Th 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
(This was the beast of Rev 19:20)
2 Th 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
(This was the false prophet of Rev 19:20)
2 Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2 Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2 Th 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
(This was the rest of the wicked, who loved not the truth, the remnant of Rev 19:21)
Psa 37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
Psa 46:6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Psa 46:7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Psa 46:8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
Psa 110:5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Psa 110:6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
Isa 13:6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Isa 13:7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:
Isa 13:8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
Isa 13:9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
Isa 24:1 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
Isa 24:2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
Isa 24:3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
Isa 24:4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
Isa 24:5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
Isa 24:6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
Isa 66:15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Isa 66:16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
Jer 4:23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Jer 4:24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
Jer 4:25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
Jer 4:26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
Jer 4:27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
Jer 25:33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.
Zep 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
Mal 4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Mal 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
Mal 4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
Mat 13:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
Mat 13:48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
Mat 13:49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
Mat 13:50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Luke 17:29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Luke 17:30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
So at the second coming, all the wicked living at the time will be slain. This is why Satan is restrained or bound for the 1000 years. He will have no one to deceive! The world will not have a living person left on it! This was also illustrated in the sanctuary service with the scapegoat-
Lev 16:21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
Lev 16:22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
The scapegoat represented Satan, put into an uninhabited land, bearing all the sins of the world, which he is responsible for.
So, if the wicked are all dead, the earth barren but for Satan and his angels, then what of the righteous?
1 Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1 Th 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
First the righteous dead from all time will be raised from the grave, then the righteous living will be changed, and together all the righteous from all time with join with Jesus in the air. This is the rapture you hear so much about. Please note that no one living is left on earth to wonder what just happened. The wicked are all dead, and the righteous have met the Lord Jesus Christ in the air. What happens next? Let's return to Rev 20 for the answer-
Rev 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
The righteous will live and reign with Jesus in heaven for the period of 1000 years, and judge the wicked. How do I know this happens in heaven and not on earth? Good question-
John 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
John 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
At the second coming Jesus returns to earth to gather the righteous, that they may return with him to live in heaven in the mansions He has made for us.
So for the 1000 years, the books of all the wicked dead are open and available to the righteous, that they may be reviewed and judged. Now back to Rev 20-
Rev 20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Clearly there are two resurrections. The first happened at the second coming and consisted of the righteous from all time, and they live with God in heaven for 1000 years. These people are immune from the second death, the fate of the wicked.
At the close of the 1000 years, Jesus and all the saints return in the New Jerusalem to earth-
Jude 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
Jude 1:15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Zec 14:4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
Rev 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
How is Satan loosed at the end of the 1000 years? There is the second resurrection at the end of the of the 1000 years of all the wicked of the world, to ultimately face the execution of judgment, and perish in the second death. Satan again has wicked people to deceive! And what does Satan do when he is loosed?-
(The New Jerusalem [Rev 3:12] with all the saints inside, will have come to rest in the newly formed valley caused by the splitting of the mount of Olives.)
Rev 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
Rev 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Rev 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Satan will lead the wicked in assaulting the New Jerusalem, in the final battle of Armageddon, but he will not succeed in taking the city.
Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Rev 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell (the grave) delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
Notice that the dead are being judged by their works? This is speaking of the spiritually dead, being judged by their works, since they lacked a saving faith in Jesus Christ.
Rom 14:11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
Rom 14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
At this time even the wicked will acknowledge the righteousness of God's judgment regarding them and confess him as God. With the conclusion of the "Great White throne judgment of the wicked" the sentence of the second death is carried out upon the wicked-
Rev 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Rev 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Rev 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
After Satan is cast into the lake of fire, he will exist no more.
After death is cast into the lake of fire, it will exist no more.
After hell (the grave) is cast into the lake of fire, it will exist no more.
After the wicked are cast into the lake of fire, they will exist no more.
That is the second death. Non-existance, or obliteration.
Oh, but you say, verse 10 says torment for ever and ever not obliteration. The word translated as forever in this verse is listed in Strong's as follows-
65. aion, ahee-ohn'; from the same as G104; prop. an age; by extens. perpetuity (also past); by impl. the world; spec. (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future):--age, course, eternal, (for) ever (-more), [n-]ever, (beginning of the, while the) world (began, without end). Comp. G5550.
We get the word eon from it. Eon is used in geology to specify an indeterminate period of time, an age, but an eon does have a beginning and an end. It is not necessarily the eternity that Rev 20:10 would seem to indicate. Need more proof? Note the following passage in Ezekiel, where Satan's fate is quite clear-
Ezek 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Ezek 28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Ezek 28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
Ezek 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Ezek 28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
Ezek 28:18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
Ezek 28:19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
This passage relates the fate of Satan, to be consumed by fire and reduced to ashes, and he shall never be any more. This happens in the lake of fire of Revelation 20. So clearly, Hell as taught by the Roman Catholic Church, and most of Christianity does not exist. Satan will not rule in a place called Hell, he will be destroyed by God and so will all the wicked!
And then what?
Rev 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
Rev 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Rev 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Rev 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Rev 21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
The earth made new will be the dwelling place of God and His people for eternity!
So, as a result of this study, it should be clear that anyone who advocates that Jesus will reign on this earth for the millennium, and that the rapture will leave living people on the earth to endure seven years of tribulation / antichrist, have no case. Scripture clearly describes a barren desolate planet after the rapture of the church, where the wicked dead are left unburied and Satan is left to contemplate his rebellion against God for 1000 years. That IS the Biblical truth about the millennium that so very few churches teach today.


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Teriyaki and Apricot Pork Chops in the Slow Cooker by A Year of Slow Cooking
- 4 pork chops
- 2/3 cup apricot preserves
- 1/4 cup teriyaki sauce
- 1 teaspoon dried ginger
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- Use a 4-quart slow cooker. If you only have a super large cooker, that's okay; you can put an oven-safe dish into your cooker (Pyrex, corningware, baking pan) to create a smaller cooking vessel— then load the porkchops into it.
- Put the chops into your slow cooker. In a small bowl mix together the sauce ingredients and then pour evenly over the top of the chops.
- Cover and cook on low for about 6 hours. Your chops are done when they have reached desired tenderness. Serve with rice and sauce spooned over the top.


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Friday, July 25, 2014
What is it?
The U.S. Army Installation Management Command partnered with the American Art Therapy Association (AATA) and Family and Morale Welfare Recreation Arts & Crafts staff to develop the Resiliency through Art initiative. These are conducted art engagement sessions that help active duty Soldiers deal with stressors associated with reintegration upon returning from war.
The Resiliency through Art initiative supports the Army's Comprehensive Soldier & Family Fitness program's goals by providing Soldiers a calming, stress-free activity that they can enjoy on their own or with their families. According to the AATA, families who participate in art activities together often strengthen their relationships through shared enjoyment and the discovery of new strengths.
Why is this important to the Army?
The Army is committed to supporting new alternatives to help Soldiers adjust to the transition from the combat environment to garrison life. The skills gained from the program help Soldiers and their families strengthen their relationships, better cope with adversity and become more resilient.
What has the Army done?
IMCOM, with support from the Army's Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program and the AATA, worked with licensed art therapists to develop the Resiliency through Art train-the-trainer curriculum, which helps to address the issue of increased combat related disorders in Soldiers returning from deployment.
Since August 2012, fifty-five MWR Arts & Crafts managers and program partners were trained by AATA to facilitate Resiliency through Art activities Army-wide. The three-day training course was taught at selected garrison pilot sites. Eight Resiliency through Art programs have been developed Army-wide with hundreds of Soldiers and their families.
What efforts does the Army plan to continue in the future?
IMCOM will continue to encourage Arts & Crafts program managers to collaborate with community partners as a way to sustain and expand the garrison Resiliency through Art programs. The goal is for MWR to provide a relaxing, safe environment that fosters resiliency through a creative, unstructured environment. IMCOM will continue to work with garrison Arts & Crafts staff to increase awareness, solicit command support and provide follow-up training.
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Quote for the Day
If they don't abate sequestration in some way the Army will go to 420,000 people - 20,000 to 30,000 less than chief has said is essential to meet the obligations of the national military strategy. We don't want to see sequestration continue to take its hold, and we hope Congress offers us some relief from it.
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We are pleased to announce that entry is now open for the 30th Hoy Half Marathon on 12 June 2016. The number of entrants is limited to 180 and we expect places to fill up very quickly, so please act quickly to secure your place.
If you do not wish to enter online, you will need to request an entry form and then complete and post it back, with a cheque – as a place cannot be reserved until we have received payment, we would urge you to use the online system if you can to be sure of getting a place.
We will have a waiting list for the event, so if you register and then find out you will not be able to take up your place, please let us know.
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Conductor Julia Tai offers a telling anecdote that indicates how much her business—and the classical-music world as a whole—has changed over the decades since it was, relatively, a growth industry: Reflecting on his long career, Jorge Mester, her former teacher, now 78, admitted to Tai, "I never applied for a single job in my life."
It's a little trickier these days to piece together a conducting career than it was when Mester was gifted a post straight out of Juilliard. So how has Tai, 33, managed to become the busiest conductor of her generation in the area? A musical background as wide as possible definitely helped. "I was immersed in music," Tai says of her upbringing by music-loving parents in Taipei; "it became my first language." She entered the conservatory there at age 9, studying violin with a minor in piano. With her mother a church music director, she was drawn to singing as well, and first went to USC, with its large and active opera program, to study voice. A side gig as a choral conductor awoke her ambition: She not only persuaded Mester to take her as a student for three years, but became his assistant at the Pasadena Symphony. That education was enhanced by time with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and opportunities to work under the L.A. Philharmonic's Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Tai next came to the University of Washington for graduate work with Peter Eros, whom she reveres: "Very few [teachers] talk about music—how to use your imagination, how to pace it." Plus, a smaller conducting program meant she'd get more time on the podium, and Eros assigned her to lead performances of operas by Weill and Mozart, where her experiences both as a vocalist and an instrumentalist came in handy. "I know what they have to think about—costumes, staging," she says of opera singers—and remembers what it's like below stage, too: "All the instruments in the pit don't see the singers. They're hanging onto you."
But after academia, what next? Newly minted conductors today, rarely as lucky as Mester, have to make their own opportunities. "Classical music really has to look to the start-up model," Tai asserts. "Most of the conductors I know started a group." Knowing a strong network of UW composers and freelance players, Tai in 2010 teamed with fellow student Jeremy Jolley to launch the Seattle Modern Orchestra. They present three concerts a season of the most uncompromising new music: Lachenmann, Xenakis, and Gubaidulina, for example, on their February 20–21 concerts with guest cellist Severine Ballon.
The SMO has boosted her career not only in terms of experience and visibility; running your own ensemble forces you to learn all the things they don't teach you at a conservatory. For instance, "Jeremy and I had to figure out all the copyright laws," Tai says. And this "start-up" strengthened her application for a more traditional job: taking over Philharmonia Northwest after conductor Roupen Shakarian retired from the ensemble in 2011 after 26 years. What you do on the podium is only half a music director's job, Tai points out: "Orchestras always ask about funding, audience development, grants."
"I wouldn't be happy doing just one," Tai says of her complementary posts, performing avant-garde music with intrepid young musicians and standard repertory with an established community orchestra. Well, not entirely standard—Shakarian was a fan of music by local composers (this author, among others) and obscure 19th-century ones, and Tai has continued the tradition of stretching her players: After she was hired, she examined the past quarter-century of Philharmonia Northwest programs and built her first season entirely out of works they'd never played.
On the agenda for Tai's rehearsal last week for Philharmonia Northwest's February 16 concert is Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto. Romantic concertos like this one are a major challenge for a conductor: Mercurial tempo fluctuations, written and unwritten, subtle or sudden, are part of the style; communicating them all to the players demands the utmost responsiveness and focus and a clearly readable baton technique; and on top of that is the necessity of coordinating everything with the whims of the soloist, who naturally has ideas of his or her own. Luckily, Sunday's soloist is Seattle Symphony cellist Walter Gray, with whom Tai collaborates smoothly, deferring to him for suggestions on various matters concerning this piece he's played for years.
"To develop rehearsal technique is to study psychology," Tai says, and she leads the three dozen musicians efficiently, giving them what they need to play well but no more. She stops not for every tiny mishap, trusting the players to note and clean these up themselves on subsequent passes, which they do, but only to explain larger points—like how she'll subdivide (indicate rhythms in increments smaller than a beat) in a certain bar. She dissects a complicated transition, pointing out who should cut off with whom; asks for longer phrases, for "more passion in the sound"; and concentrates on bringing the concerto the right sense of forward motion, urging sweep and lilt in passages that tend to bog down. Tai tidies up, but does not obsess over, details. As she puts it, "I'd rather have a more passionate performance than a perfect performance."
She's just as skilled at dealing with audiences, which she sees as a vital part of her mission. Again invoking Seattle's tech innovations, she says "Everything is more interactive now"—and especially with the SMO's arcane repertory, she and Jolley make a point of providing a bit of explication, lecture-recital style, of the works they play. With Philharmonia Northwest, too, she's launched a series of pre-concert talks; Gray will offer his insights into the Elgar concerto at 2 p.m. this Sunday.
Tai's also a believer in the movement to bring classical performances into non-traditional spaces. Though Philharmonia Northwest has been comfortable for several seasons at Laurelhurst's St. Stephen's Episcopal (consistency is also a way of making yourself accessible to audiences), the SMO plays all over the place; for its potentially forbidding programs, Tai seeks "less intimidating environments"—anywhere the atmosphere doesn't throw up a barrier to what's important: "The music is something we want to present to [listeners], she says. "The form doesn't matter so much."
PHILHARMONIA NORTHWEST St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 4805 N.E. 45th St., philharmonianw.org. $15–$20. 2:30 p.m. Sun., Feb. 16.
SEATTLE MODERN ORCHESTRA At PONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish College of the Arts, 710 E. Roy St., 8 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 20; and Chapel Performance Space, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., 8 p.m. Fri., Feb. 21. $10–$20. seattlemodernorchestra.org.


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First, a bit of support for "one of us"... Dr. Lillian Schapiro published her first novel, Tick Tock (the link takes you to an eBook version of the novel) . Lillian had a septate uterus (a layer of tissue going through the uterus) and endometriosis. She discovered she was infertile while working as an obstetrician and treating other women with similar problems. I have not yet had the opportunity to read her book, but it would be interesting to hear the story from the perspective of a woman who understands exactly what's going on from the very beginning (we all, pretty much, become experts as time goes by). Here's a link to the book on Amazon.
On Sunday, I read an interesting article in the New York Times about couples with a history of cancer that is known to be of genetic origin in their families, and their use of PGD - preimplantation genetic diagnosis - to avoid having babies who are carrying these genes. I found the article to be well-balanced - while stating the obvious advantage of knowing your child will not develop a specific type of cancer, it also discussed ethical issues, such as "playing God" and the fact that PGD is only available to people who can finance it.
Connections between drugs and infertility are a frequent question that I find in my inbox. This article discusses marijuana use by women (OK, female mice) and the findings that it can cause early pregnancy failure. Another thing to definitely stay away from.
I'm currently working my way through an article on IMSI - intracytoplasmic morphologically selected sperm injection - published in Fertility Weekly. The method uses sperm that are selected in real time and dramatically improves the take-home baby rate. I hope to have a review of the article up in the next few days... stay tuned.
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Achievement and Success Through Continuing Education
Graduate Story: Nicole Hornett (2013), Farm Safety Coordinator, Government of Alberta
What initially drew me to UVic's EOH program was that it was offered 100% online; as a full-time working parent I felt that it would be my best option for completing a certificate without committing my evenings and weekends to a classroom. UVIC also came highly recommended by my Dad (MEd, 1980) and many of my friends who graduated from UVic degree programs. The program was well designed and I always felt that the instructors truly cared about the course material, our learning experience and success. Even though the courses were online, I never felt disconnected from my classmates. I met a few of them at the graduation ceremony and now we keep in touch.
I was relatively new to my role as a Farm Safety Coordinator when I started the EOH program and I felt it really helped me gain confidence, align my thinking and further explore agricultural health and safety. The courses were often flexible enough to allow me to explore work-related examples or apply the concepts to agricultural safety issues. The program provided me with an open and receptive environment to learn about occupational health and safety in other industries as well as from the experienced professionals instructing the courses and my fellow classmates. One of the most influential concepts I learned was to consider how people perceive risks and ways to effectively communicate those risks and subsequent safety practices.
Program News
New Elective Course-Safety Program Management.
We are pleased to introduce a new elective course in the Certificate Program in Environmental and Occupational Health this Fall titled Safety Program Management.
This course is designed to give students an overall understanding of the fundamental parts of an effective Health and Safety Program from start to finish. Depending on the industry, the safety program will have different needs that will include written policies, training, and a communication plan. Students will identify the short comings of a health and safety program by evaluating injury statistics and then create programs to address the high injury areas. The course will discuss more recent issues in the health and safety field such as violence in the workplace and mental health. Course instructor is Steve Fletcher.
The next course offering for Safety Program Management is scheduled for May 2017.
Interview with Steven Fletcher
The instructor for Safety Program Management
What profession would you have chosen, if not environmental and occupational health? Why?
I would have gone into law, and I haven't ruled that out yet.
My proudest professional moment is …
Earning my professional designations, which gave me confidence when applying for any job.
What type of industry experience do you have that brought you into the teaching environment?
I have been in auto manufacturing, healthcare, education, and municipal government.
What do you like the most about teaching?
The best part is seeing the students engaged in the program, there is a big diference between going through the motions and being "into it".
What career advice would you give to learners who are entering or advancing in environmental and occupational health?
Never stop going to school, even if you take something unrelated. School and networking go hand in hand, the people you meet open doors that you never knew existed.
After a long day working, how do you unwind?
I take my dog for a walk, she is a Dalmation/Border Collie mix and loves to get outside.
Which famous person (dead or alive) would you like to have dinner with?
John Lennon would have interesting to have dinner with, I am a big music fan.
What's your guilty pleasure food?
I'm a big pizza lover, I could eat a whole one myself but I'm usually pretty discipline and just eat a slice.
Your main go-to is: desktop, tablet or phone?
Your dream vacation destination is?
A cruise around the world.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
I try not to use the typical business world phrases of the month but I do seem to stick with the term "what do we need to do to get this done".
Which talents would you most like to have?
I play the piano…..very poorly. I would love to be able to play much better.
2017 Program Schedule is now available
Please note: all courses are subject to availability and the schedule is subject to change. Early registration is recommended as courses fill up quickly.
Convocation news
Congratulations to the twenty EOH graduates who celebrated completion of the program in June 2016!
Mike L. Allegretto, Cobble Hill BC
Rachel Elizabeth Bentley, Campbell River BC
Regina Celia Oliveira Bueno Renke, Langley BC
Jennifer Caffrey, Rosedale BC
Jennifer Amalia Carreira, Edmonton AB
Catherine Elizabeth Connauton, Edmonton AB
Claudia M. Connolly, Kamloops BC
Alison Blair Cooper, North Vancouver BC
Christine M. Deneschuk, Calgary BC
Tamara L. Featherstone, Saanichton BC
Lawrence Douglas Fenton, Celista BC
Nina Lori Hansen, Maple Ridge BC
Barry D. Manes, Dundas ON
Miles Martyniuk, Richmond BC
Greg Mercer, Grand Falls-Windsor NL
Hamunawenyu Zanele Mutepfa, Calgary AB
Luz del Carmen Salas Perez, Port Moody BC
Andrew Keith Sibley, Vancouver BC
Kevin Roy Wood, Parksville BC
Trevor Yatlo, Coquitlam BC
The next convocation ceremony will take place November 2016. All coursework must have been completed by August 31, 2016 for students to be eligible to participate. More information on convocation is available from the Ceremonies and Events Office.
Awards and Bursaries
Division of Continuing Studies Bursary
Each term the Division of Continuing Studies offers bursaries to assist learners in furthering their education. Bursaries are awarded to learners who can display evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning and who can demonstrate financial need. Application deadlines are January 15 and August 31. Applications are available online on our Info for Students page.
Dick Martin Scholarship Award
The Canadian Centre for Health and Safety (CCOHS) is now accepting entries for the 2017 Dick Martin Scholarship Award. Awarded annually, this $3,000 national scholarship is available to any student enrolled, either full-time or part-time, in an occupational health and safety related course or program leading to an occupational health and safety certificate, diploma or degree at an accredited college or university in Canada. Application deadline is January 31. Application details are available online here
BCRSP Scholarship Award
Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSP) annually awards two $4,000 national scholarships to students enrolled, either full-time or part-time, in a two, three or four year occupational health and safety related program leading to an occupational health and safety certificate, diploma or degree at the undergraduate level. Application deadline is March 31.
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Cross-cultural partnerships, blended and blurred ethnicities, iconic symbols and associations, storytelling and traditions passed down through the generations provide our unique IDENTITY and individuality. It's a sense of belonging, of place and heritage. Home.
Inspired by the lands where we craft our designs – the people and sun baked red earth of Madagascar, the rainforests and craftsmanship of Ecuador to the vibrant textures of Sri Lanka – we braid together references like a cultural bower-bird. Macramé with a fashion-forward twist, heritage techniques updated with the sensibilities of today, influences of nature reworked and refined through design. Its taking these pieces with you but also letting go a little part of yourself. The fluid state of IDENTITY.
Modern day global nomadic lifestyles are spent exploring, traveling, discovering, working and residing in multiple cities, countries and continents. All of these experiences shape who we are, the vision of our self and the course of our lives. Show us your style IDENTITY @helen_kaminski
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"A huge leap forward for Halifax and a real potential magnet for visitors and further investment."
That was the verdict of regional MEP Amjad Bashir after he was given a tour of the refurbished Piece Hall, the neighbouring Square Chapel arts centre and the new Halifax Central Library which opens next month.
A series of multi-million pound investments co-ordinated by Calderdale Council and the Square Chapel Trust has transformed the Piece Hall Quarter into a spectacular series of inter-linked spaces for exhibitions, public events, culture, research and heritage.
Centrepiece is the dramatically-upgraded Piece Hall which re-opened on August 1 after a lengthy closure and £18 million redevelopment.
Mr Bashir, MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber, said: "I missed the re-opening so I was delighted to be offered a personal tour. I was hugely impressed and I want to congratulate everyone involved.
"It really puts the town on the map.
"The new space in the Piece Hall quadrangle is stunning and I was delighted to see it so busy, even on a midweek afternoon. As Conservative spokesman on small business in the European Parliament, I was struck by the originality and quality of the retail outlets. They are superb and as more traders take up space it will become an even bigger draw.
"The way the different attractions now interlink great, and their offerings complement one another perfectly. This deserves to attract people not just from around West Yorkshire but from the whole of the North and beyond"


text: During my time as an on-staff designer for Viral Events, we often came across the need to work with third party registration software platforms. These platforms cut down on profitability and also added some frustrations for the users, as they were charged an additional few dollars as a service fee. I was asked to design a new platform that we could program ourselves and which our users would access when registering for our events. These mockups present a variety of schemes and patterns for use in this platform.


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EDUCATING the average drinker on the qualities of firewater, and how to best enjoy it, has been one of the central credos of the new generation of mixologists. "Knowledge!" they cry, as they throw back shots of Fernet-Branca.
But some booze-addled misconceptions continue to cling to the lizard brain of the American tippler. An army of bartenders can protest that a wetter martini is both more delectable and historically accurate, but certain committed fanciers of the cocktail, channeling their inner Gray Flannel Suit, will still maintain the drink attains perfection only at its driest, when vermouth is banished from the barroom.
Such antiquated contentions are like "nails on a chalkboard," said Eric Alperin, an owner of the Varnish in Los Angeles. "I think the reason people stand by those myths is because it is a sound bite they've acquired, and a bar is a place to feel confident with yourself and exude a little know-how."
Many reinforce a drinker's virility, particularly with regard to the most manly of spirits — whiskey.
Some of those idées fixes:
OLDER IS BETTER "It's absolute nonsense," said Ronnie Cox, director of the Glenrothes, a Speyside Scotch. "It's not about oldness, it's about maturity. Age doesn't mean anything other than that whiskey's been in that cask for that amount of time." Making whiskey requires finding the right balance among myriad elements. A few whiskeys prosper with advanced age, but many fall off a cliff into sensory disharmony at a certain point. Rittenhouse Rye 100, from Kentucky, takes only four years to reach the chewy, spicy sweet spot bartenders swear by. But the Old Pulteney 21-year-old Scotch probably needed to attain drinking age to hit its briny perfection.
Tonia Guffey, a bartender at Dram in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, offered an anthropomorphic analogy. "Not every human hits their peak of beauty at the same age," she said, "and neither does every spirit."
WATER IS AN ABOMINATION John McCarthy, head bartender at the Lower East Side bar Mary Queen of Scots, thinks the aversion to diluting whiskey is a matter of machismo. "We're American men," Mr. McCarthy said, "and if it doesn't hurt, it's not good!" But softening the blow, said Franky Marshall, a bartender at the Monkey Bar, is far from a bad thing. "Adding a little water to whiskey serves to 'open up' the spirit, releasing an array of subtler flavors. It can truly show you a completely different profile of a whiskey." It's also what most Scots do, and they ought to know. Alla Lapushchik, owner of Post Office, a Williamsburg bar with a vast whiskey list, offers water even when customers don't ask for it. "You don't put water in beer or wine, so it doesn't occur to people to do it with whiskey," Ms. Lapushchik said. "I've had people order Booker's 127 proof neat."
SWEET IS SILLY Another fallacy that hurts the pride of many a modern mixologist is the widely held belief that sweet cocktails are inherently insipid. "I think expectations are still informed by the cocktails of the pre-craft era, when people added sour mix and cranberry cocktail," said Tom Chadwick, owner of Dram, who insists that all his cocktails, even the sweet ones — like the bar's current Loose Noose, a mix of bourbon, sweet vermouth, amontillado sherry, and touches of cinnamon syrup and allspice dram — are balanced, with the spirit, citrus, sweetener and other elements cohabiting in the glass. "It's a way of communicating that you're sophisticated — 'I don't want a Mudslide. I want something complicated.' "
GIVE THEM THEIR PROPS The reputation and quality of tequilas and mezcals has risen recently. But drinkers fall back on frat-boy practices, like asking for a lime and salt, a ritual that dates to the days of lousy tequilas. "I say, 'Whatever spirit I serve you is good, " said Ivy Mix, a bartender at the Clover Club in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, "and you don't need to cover it up.' " Then there's the worm in the mezcal bottle. "It was created by Gusano Rojo in the 1950s," said Steve Olson, an owner of the Lower East Side tequila and mezcal bar Viktor & Spoils, of the widely sold mezcal brand, "when the tequila market had boomed and left mezcal far behind, as an enterprising marketing attempt to get mezcal away from its image as moonshine."
MISCELLANEOUS MYTHS Despite the avalanche of articles after absinthe's reintroduction to the United States a few years ago, some ideas about it remain rooted in the 1890s. Customers "really hope they'll hallucinate," said Maxwell Britten, beverage director at Maison Premiere, a Williamsburg bar well stocked with absinthe. "I tell them, 'If you drink enough alcohol of any category, I guarantee you will hallucinate.' " Karin Stanley, a bartender at Dutch Kills, in Long Island City, Queens, rattled off her litany of ripostes: " 'No, you aren't going to see anything'; 'no, you aren't going to cut your ear off'; and 'yes, it is supposed to taste like that.' "
Other delusions as tough as jerky: that vodka has no calories and is better for you, Ms. Stanley said; that "Jägermeister is made with deer's blood," offered St. John Frizell, owner of Fort Defiance in Red Hook, Brooklyn; and that Irish whiskey brands are Catholic or Protestant, depending on where they're made. "If you look into the ownership, it's all international corporations," Mr. Frizell said. "I don't think the Irish even care."
Odds are, many misconceptions will survive. The bar has ever been a greenhouse of hyperbole, folklore and rumor. "I'd say a good 30 percent of what's said over the mahogany is generally baloney," said Derek Brown, owner of the Passenger and Columbia Room in Washington. "Why wouldn't that apply to myths about alcohol, too?"


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Despite the relatively straightforward progression of most of the big names in the first two rounds of this year's Championships, David Ferrer is one of a significant handful of seeded players booking his flight home earlier than expected. An expected quarter-final opponent for defending champion Andy Murray, the Spaniard suffered his earliest loss in a Grand Slam since Australia 2010.
Monday will see Andy Murray return to Centre Court at Wimbledon in a bid to repeat his historic success from last year. Here I run the rule over the potential contenders for the third Grand Slam event of the year, and it looks as if it could be one of the most unpredictable major events in recent years, following this morning's draw.
The grass court swing got underway last weekend with two very popular minor tournaments in London and Halle. Federer, Nadal, Murray, Raonic, Berdych and Wawrinka were all in action as all of the players ramped up their preparations for Wimbledon.
Here are the biggest winners and losers from the first week of grass court play in 2014:
Rafael Nadal became the first man to win the same Grand Slam event nine times with a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 win over Novak Djokovic in today's final.
It looked a near certainty even before the first balls were hit in Paris two weeks ago that we'd witness another final between Djokovic and Nadal on Philippe Chatrier. For the first time in years, the bookmakers' had Rafa down as the underdog, and Novak seemed to justify his billing as narrow favourite by taking the opening set. What followed was an intriguing clash which perhaps lacked the quality of many of their 41 previous meetings, but what will fittingly go down as one of 2014's most attritious tennis matches:


text: BUSINESS Promoters put great stock in Bond 4:00 AM PST 11/17/2006 by Gail Schiller , AP FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Empty Bond is back. And so are many of the brands that have been featured in previous James Bond features, some going as far back as the first film, 1962's "Dr. No." Along with their prominent placement in "Casino Royale," six brands -- Heineken, Ford, Smirnoff Vodka, Sony Electronics, Sony Ericsson and Omega watches -- have spent more than $100 million on media and other promotional support for the movie, which opens today with British actor Daniel Craig in his maiden voyage as agent 007. "Because we're a family business and because we treat everyone like family, we don't like to switch partners," said Keith Snelgrove, senior vp global business strategy of EON Prods., which is owned by the Broccoli family and has produced all 21 Bond films. "We don't like one-time product placement deals. Our partnerships are very successful and our partners always come back." Bond is one of the rare film franchises that began integrating brands long before the practice became a hot trend in Hollywood.Criticized in the past for partnering with too many advertisers on Bond fare, EON's Snelgrove said the company made a "conscious decision" to have fewer bigger partners this time around. The six tie-in partners on "Royale" are reportedly spending about the same as 10 brands did on "Die Another Day" in 2002.Snelgrove said EON accepts "very, very little straight cash" for integrating brands into Bond films. "Our real goal is to ensure we have a huge opening weekend so we're looking for cross-promotional advertising dollars," he said. Of course, brands like Ford and Sony are also providing a tremendous cost savings to the filmmakers by supplying the production with high-ticket items at no cost. Ford supplied the production with about 125 vehicles, including Bond's pricey Aston Martin DBS, while transporting cars to the Bahamas, the Czech Republic, Italy and England.Heineken, which is back as Bond's beer of choice for the fourth consecutive film since first appearing in 1997's "Tomorrow Never Dies," is the first promotional partner ever on a Bond film to shoot its commercial on the set of the movie and is the only partner on "Casino Royale" to feature a lead actor in its ad campaign. French actress Eva Green appears in character as Vesper Lynd in the Heineken spot, which also features the original Bond theme song. "This campaign is truly original due to our partnership with Eon and Columbia Pictures, commitment of James Bond talent and the on-location filming," said Christopher Carroll, Heineken's global marketing manager.Ford, whose vehicles first appeared in "Goldfinger" in 1964 and in 17 other Bond films since, is back with Bond behind the wheel of the new Aston Martin DBS, which makes its debut in "Royale." The automaker's new 2007 Ford Mondeo, the first car Bond is seen driving in "Royale," also makes its first appearance in the movie. Ford built several of the new DBS and Mondeo models especially for the film since they were not yet even in production. "We want to have cool stuff in our film that's not readily available," Snelgrove said. "Bond needs to be driving the greatest and the newest cars." Ford's promotion is limited to Europe, where the Mondeo will be sold.Smirnoff Vodka, which debuted as Bond's vodka of choice in "Dr. No" and appeared in every Bond flick except "Die Another Day" in 2002, is back with a full scale global promotion. Omega, which has been Bond's watch choice since "GoldenEye" in 1995, is selling two new Seamaster 007 limited edition watches as part of its promotion.Sony Electronics, whose products first appeared in "Die Another Day" in 2002, is offering Bond fans an exclusive collection featuring limited-edition 007 branded models of VAIO TX and UX series ultra-portable PCs, Cyber-shot digital cameras and Micro-Vault media storage devices as part of its promotion. Sony Ericsson, whose Bond debut dates back to "Tomorrow Never Dies" in 1997, is selling special versions of the K800 and K790 Cyber-shot camera phones. It is the first time the Sony companies, whose association with Bond predates Sony Pictures' first-time involvement with the franchise, are selling licensed product based on an entertainment property.One new brand integration partner to "Royale" is Virgin Atlantic Airways, whose chairman Richard Branson makes a cameo appearance in the film. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Gail Schiller firstname.lastname@example.com @thr AP email@example.com @thr


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