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Ms Stokes is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and was most recently head of the Department's International Organisations and Legal Division. She has previously served as Australia's Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna, and as Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian Embassy in Tokyo.
Ms Stokes earlier held positions at the Australian Embassy in Yangon and with the United Nations Development Programme in New York. She has also held senior positions in AusAID.
Ms Stokes holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Adelaide and a Master of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge.
Australia has a long-term commitment to Papua New Guinea's development. Australia is Papua New Guinea's largest aid donor, providing $491.7 million in development assistance in 2012/13.
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Air quality in Beijing and other areas of northern China is reaching dangerous levels due to smog conditions and sandstorms. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
BEIJING — Beijing and other parts of northern China were stung by hazardous air pollution levels Thursday as strong winds blew a sandstorm through the region.
Air in the capital turned a yellowish hue as sand from China's arid northwest blew in, turning the sky into a noxious soup of smog and dust.
At 6 a.m. local time, the U.S. Embassy's air quality index showed a reading of 516 for particles less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter. Known as PM2.5, such particles are considered particularly dangerous because they can lodge deeply in the lungs. On the American air pollution index, the air at that time and throughout much of the morning was classified as "beyond index."
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A composite photograph shows Beijing's skyline during Thursday's sandstorm, top, and during good weather on Feb. 19.
The developers of the U.S Embassy's air monitoring station had planned for an index capped at 500. The World Health Organization suggests that 24-hour exposure to PM2.5 should be limited to levels of 25 on that scale.
Beijing's municipal government issued a yellow-haze warning late Wednesday while state media urged citizens to stay indoors or to take precautions such as donning face masks before venturing outside.
Across northern China in provinces including Hebei, Hubei, Jiangsu and Inner Mongolia, air monitoring stations recorded readings over 500, and visibility across the region was severely curtailed. In some places visibility was below 3,200 feet, leading to highway closures, suspension of high-speed train services and the cancellation of flights from Beijing International Airport.
By mid-afternoon, pollution levels had fallen and strong winds had pushed much of the remaining cloud cover from the capital.
Geographically close to the Gobi Desert, Beijing and other northern cities are particularly susceptible to sandstorms such as Thursday's. Sandstorms are prevalent in late winter and spring as melting frost frees sand and strong winds kick it up and push it eastward.
The start of 2013 has brought chronic bad air to much of China. In January, air pollution readings were so bad that they were compared to living in an airport smoking lounge. That comparison was underscored by record high levels of PM2.5 on Jan. 12, when readings topped out at 755 on the air quality index.
Frustration over China's continued pollution problems popped up across Chinese social media. But irritation over the long-brewing issue was perhaps best summed up by a viral photo originally posted on popular Web portal QQ.com of an unhappy looking Yao Ming, grimacing at the Beijing sky.
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People in Beijing endure a noxious and potentially dangerous mix of sand and fine particulate pollution on Thursday, after a sandstorm blew in from the Gobi Desert.
Yao, the former NBA All-Star and current member of a Communist Party advisory board known as the China People's Political Consultative Conference, is currently in Beijing in the lead-up to next month's National People's Congress.
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A running discussion on the Cincinnati Reds and everything else in the baseball universe.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
2009 Top 25 Reds Prospects and Review
Alonso didn't set the world on fire, but he did enough to justify the #1 slot. Soto struggled against more advanced competition in a tough park for hitters. Stubbs and Frazier continued their steady progression up the ladder, while injuries derailed Lotzkar, Thompson, and Buck.
Two personal favorites (Ravin and Oliveras) took the steps forward that I wanted to see, while two others (Dorn and Dickerson) didn't exactly live up to expectations. Chris Heisey enjoyed a breakout season, flashing a well-rounded game that could see emerge at the big league level as an every day player, rather than a mere 4th outfielder.
One of the uber-prospects signed during the international free agency period thrived, while the other struggled. And, in something of a make or break year, Travis Wood broke through in a big way.
Overall, it was a rather interesting year down on the farm, but there was a great deal of turnover resulting from trades, injuries, and promotions to the majors. So, the 2010 list will welcome a significant number of new prospects into the fold.
Anyway, here is one last look at the 2009 list before turning the page to 2010.
1. Yonder Alonso, 1b
2. Neftali Soto, inf
3. Todd Frazier, inf/of
4. Drew Stubbs, cf
5. Chris Valaika, inf
6. Chris Dickerson, cf
7. Devin Mesoraco, c
8. Danny Dorn, 1b/lf
9. Juan Francisco, 3b
10. Kyle Lotzkar, rhp
11. Daryl Thompson, rhp
12. Dallas Buck, rhp
13. Josh Roenicke, rhp
14. Matt Maloney, lhp
15. Zach Stewart, rhp
16. Alex Buchholz, inf
17. Yorman Rodriguez, of
18. Juan Duran, of
19. Travis Wood, lhp
20. Zach Cozart, ss
21. Pedro Viola, lhp
22. Carlos Fisher, rhp
23. Adam Rosales, inf
24. Josh Ravin, rhp
25. Alexis Oliveras, of
xx) Other Notables
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- AnonymousNovember 15, 2009 at 4:06 PM
so when are you going to start posting the 2010 prospects list?ReplyDelete
I've already started a couple write-ups, so it won't be long now. Barring something unforeseen, it'll be within the next week for sure. Thanks.ReplyDelete
YESSSSSS my fav posts of the year lolReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 30, 2009 at 12:28 AM
If you don't mind me asking where do you get these mini-scouting reports on the players? Or is it just your personal observations of said players? If accurate very good info to know. For example I wasn't real big on Wiley due to a lack of consistent pop (although always loved his discipline) but your report tends to give support to the idea he could still develop more power.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 30, 2009 at 12:30 AM
Also wanted to say nice blog, very informative.ReplyDelete
These write-ups are my evaluations of the players. I try to use as many different sources as a I can find (i.e. watching them play, video, scouting reports, statistical analysis, etc, etc) to arrive at an opinion on the players and their potential for the future. I try to take both production/results and process/mechanics into consideration.
Sometimes I'm on the money and sometimes I miss the mark. But, in part, that's the nature of scouting and player evaluation and part of what makes it fun. I'll be the first to admit that I'm far from infallible, but I try to learn from any mistakes to improve my analysis for the future. Hopefully, each successive wave of reports is better and more accurate than the one before it.
As for Wiley, I do think there is more power potential in him. He's got good athleticism and power is frequently the last tool to develop. He also has a strong build, which should only help. Also, I don't think it's a fluke when you hit 3 homers in a game. You've got me thinking more about that, so I'm going to check to see how many MLB players have hit 3 homers in a game over the past few years and how many of them are considered to have legitimate power. I'll check, but I don't think I'll find many punch-and-judy type hitters who have managed the feat. They may be able to hit a homer every now and then and even two in one game, but three?
The on-base skills were the first thing that caught my eye with Wiley, but I do think there's more there than just the ability to get on base. Whether there's enough for him to carve out an MLB career remains to be seen, but I like what I have seen so far.
Anyway, thanks for the comment!
Well, I finally got around to looking it up, so here is a quick list of guys who hit 3 homers in a game in 2009:ReplyDelete
Paul Konerko
Andre Ethier
Torii Hunter
And, guys who did it in 2008:
Evan Longoria
Alfonso Soriano
Mark Teixeira
Jayson Werth
Joey Votto
And, in 2007:
Frank Thomas
Justin Morneau
Brad Wilkerson
Alfonso Soriano
Carlos Lee
And, in 2006:
Cody Ross
Ryan Howard
Albert Pujols
Nick Markakis
Jose Reyes
Chipper Jones
Mark Teixeira
By and large, those are all guys who possess legitimate power. Obviously, those guys did it against major league caliber pitching, but I still think Wiley's 3 homer game is indicative of legitimate power potential. Maybe he benefited from facing younger competition, but regardless you still have to be able to drive the ball with authority.
It'll be interesting to see how Wiley develops, but I do believe he possesses some additional power projection.
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2009 at 2:59 PM
I am WillReplyDelete
Lark you missed one 3 HR guy, Jonny Gomes.
Doh!! How could I have forgotten the great Jonny Gomes?? Baseball Reference must not have had the game data for such recent games loaded. Either that or it was operator error. ;)
Even so, Gomes is another 3 homer guy with legitimate power. He certainly has his drawbacks, but power has never been one of them. You just don't see 3 homer games very often from guys without substantial power potential.
Anyway, good catch!!


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Chris Murphy and Chrisy Selder know many of the sordid details by memory.
Most Saturdays, they meet at their Hillcrest area office, brew strong cups of Peet's coffee and go to work investigating local assisted living homes.
From this tiny sunlit space above a garden, the two women are leading a small but hard-hitting campaign to draw attention to a side of long-term care in San Diego County that most people have never seen.
At their fingertips are electronic files chronicling the stories of seniors at area facilities who died or were injured under suspicious circumstance.
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"They began to tell me horror stories that I had no idea existed," said Paul Greenwood, the San Diego County deputy district attorney who prosecutes elder abuse.
Murphy, 67, of San Diego, and Selder, 34, of La Mesa, say they stepped up because they believe California is not protecting seniors in assisted living homes, which the state calls residential care facilities for the elderly, or RCFEs.
They founded a not-for-profit group, Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform, funded largely by Murphy and her husband.
Because the state does not post facility records online, the two made themselves regulars at the Mission Valley office of the state Department of Social Services, or DSS, which regulates assisted living homes.
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"We're doing what the state should be doing," Murphy said.
Some area facilities have cared for residents for years without running afoul of the state with citations or fines, according to reports on the website.
At other homes, residents have been subjected to suspicious deaths, rapes, physical and verbal abuse, theft, medication errors and life-threatening bedsores.
Startled that virtually no local homes have been charged with crimes, Murphy and Selder started mailing records last year to state and local prosecutors. To date, they've passed along records of 83 unusual events.
Just a decade ago, the two Chrises, as they're nicknamed, knew almost nothing about assisted living.
Murphy's first encounter came in 2003 when she walked into a facility recommended by a local nursing home. She was searching for a home for her mother, then 88, weakened by ovarian cancer and suffering early dementia.
"I made the mistake that many people do. I looked at the chandeliers instead of the care," she said. "I didn't notice the dirt – only the seeming elegance of the place."
Then her mother died. Murphy declined to provide details, following a legal settlement she reached with the home.
The experience, she said, convinced her to tell the public about the "chandelier effect," a term experts use to describe how people can be misled by the looks of some facilities, blinding them to potential health and safety flaws.
At the time, Murphy's résumé included two years of law school and 28 years as a defense industry contract administrator, but no background in long-term care.
So she enrolled in 2006 in a master's degree program in gerontology at San Diego State University. There, she and Selder met in a gerontology policy class.
Selder's first lessons in aging came from her grandmother, who lived independently until she died at 96. At first, she was a champion of assisted living and worked for an RCFE management company. She became concerned, she said, when she saw inside a few homes.
"There was a woman on oxygen, bedridden," she recalled. "She's lying on the bed naked right after a bath. The windows were all open. She sat there for over an hour. I went and got a blanket for her."
When Selder went to work for a local home, her cynicism grew.
"That's when I began cluing in on how false the claims could be," she said.
Today, Selder, who has three young daughters, is back in school, training to be a paralegal in consumer law. She remains CARR's principal investigator.
"There are weeks I feel like, oh my God, I'm pushing this rock up a sand hill," Murphy said. "Then Chrisy comes, and I say, 'It's OK, there are two of us.'"
The two Chrises often get asked for advice from families choosing among assisted living homes. Murphy said she recently talked to a woman in her 80s who was thinking of leaving her paid-for condominium for a facility that Murphy knew had a history.
"She said she was tired of taking care of herself," Murphy recalled. "I had to give her a dose-of-reality slap."
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As autumn sets in, Springfield audiences can rest assured the rich repertoire of local and regional musicians will temper the cooling weather. From Labor Day pops concerts (think baseball) to Christmas choruses, musicians in central Illinois offer their talents as the soundtracks to our seasonal experiences.
Illinois Symphony Orchestra
With the exit of its 11-year musical director, Karen Lynne Deal, the Illinois Symphony Orchestra's 2011-2012 season will be marked by variety. For each set of performances, a new guest conductor will lead about 60 musicians through a Friday concert in Bloomington and a Saturday concert in Springfield, where each show starts at 8 p.m. at Sangamon Auditorium.
To start the season, conductor Yaniv Segal will lead the Illinois Symphony Orchestra through a concert themed with the ultimate Americana – baseball. Moving the show outdoors, ISO will perform for free on Sunday, Sept. 4 at 6 p.m. on the grounds of the Old State Capitol.
Conductor Donato Cabrera will headline an Oct. 15 show dubbed "Tragedy & triumph," in which musicians will tug at the audience's emotions with the sounds of Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto, John Adams' Chairman Dances and Hector Berlioz's Romeo and Juliette. The evening will include a performance featuring world-renowned pianist Awadagin Pratt.
For a bit of a thrill, classical music enthusiasts can look forward to the "Fast & furious," as the Illinois Symphony Orchestra prepares three favorites for its Nov. 19 concert to be conducted by Alastair Willis. ISO plans to feature guest violinist Nicolas Kendall during Chris Brubeck's Spontaneous Combustion, which will complement the show's other two pieces, John Adams' Short Ride in a Fast Machine and Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.
And, of course, the first half of ISO's season wouldn't be complete without a Holiday Pops concert, to be conducted by Kenneth Kiesler on Dec. 17.
For more information, visit www.ilsymphony.org.
The Springfield Choral Society and Orchestra
The Springfield Choral Society, with Marion van der Loo as music director and conductor, presents Messiah Part I on Saturday, Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Tickets $12 (unreserved seating).
For more information, call 217-670-2052 or 217-787-4868.
Now in its 49th season, the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, led by music director and conductor Garrett Allman, promises that its 2011-2012 performances will make it "A season to celebrate." Held at Rammelkamp Chapel on the Illinois College campus, JSO's performances begin at 7:30 p.m. on Saturdays.
The season opener will be "A keyboard celebration" featuring pianist Stephen Beus, who'll make his third appearance with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra on Oct. 1 as area musicians perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3.
The following month, the orchestra will celebrate the nation and all those who've sacrificed for its benefit. "An American celebration" will take place on Nov. 12, when the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra will present "a richly varied program of Americana" to mark the anniversaries of three major American events – the 150th anniversary of the Civil War's start, the 70th anniversary of the United States' entrance into World War II and the 10th anniversary of the destruction of the World Trade Center buildings on Sept. 11, 2001.
On Dec. 3 at 3 p.m., the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra will celebrate Christmas with the help of the Symphony Chorale, the local High School Concert Choir and the Jacksonville Children's Choir. Among other Christmas favorites, the show will feature Antonio Vivaldi's Gloria.
For more information, visit www.jaxsym.com.
Millikin-Decatur Symphony
In the 1920s, the Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra made its success in bringing Millikin University students together with local musicians. By the mid-90s, however, the organization began to take a new direction, as Dr. Michael Luxner became MDSO's first full-time music director and conductor. Since then, MDSO has developed into a group marked by professional standards audiences can look forward to experiencing once again during the 2011-2012 season.
As summer comes to an end, MDSO will warm up for the season with its 15th annual Labor Day Pops concert, held Sept. 5 at 6 p.m. on the shores of Lake Decatur in Nelson Park. The one-hour event is ideal for families and free to all.
The official season opener starts at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1 at Millikin's Kirkland Fine Arts Center and will feature Thomas Pandolfi on piano. The concert will include performances of Gliere's Russian Sailors' Dance, Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat, Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde, and Ginastera's Dances from Estancia, Op. 8a.
On Oct. 29, MDSO will showcase its own Georgia Hornbacker on violin and Sharon Chung on viola as the group treats audiences to Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven all in one evening. Of Haydn: Overture to La Fedelta Premiata; Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat, K. 364; and Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93. The show begins at 7:30 at the Kirkland Fine Arts Center.
On Nov. 11, 12 and 13, MDSO will help bring to life The Sweet Smell of Success, a Marvin Hamlisch musical that explores the power of a New York gossip columnist. The Friday and Saturday performances begin at 7:30 p.m. and the Sunday performance at 2 p.m., all at Kirkland Fine Arts Center.
As the holidays approach, MDSO will perform during advent services at Central Christian Church on Dec. 11.
For more information, including times and locations as performance dates approach, visit www.millikin.edu/kirkland.
Springfield Classical Guitar Society
The upcoming season of the Springfield Classical Guitar Society will be one that fulfills one of the organization's primary missions – to promote young, rising stars in the classical guitar world. While most of the group's concerts will take place next year, the society will open its season this fall on Oct. 29, with an 8 p.m. performance from William Yelverton, who teaches his craft at Middle Tennessee State University. The society's founder, Russel Brazzel, says he's asked Yelverton to bring his lute, a pear-shaped instrument that offers a softer, more intimate sound than the guitar. The concert will be held at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in Springfield. Admission is $12 for adults and $9 for students and seniors.
For more information, call 217-726-8991.


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Chocolate is one of the basic food groups. For me, rich, dark chocolate goes well with many fruits, coffee, cinnamon, even just a touch of chili. I'll join you at the table with a bar of Lindt "Intense Orange", which also includes bits of almond and pineapple. (Anyone care for a piece?)
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(That's a fairly common sentiment... though I knew a guy in college who simply didn't like chocolate!)
And thanks, I'll gladly have some of that green tea, as well.
Chocolate is awesome! :)
Had a piece of French silk pie at Village Inn last night. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. What can I say? It simply melts in your mouth and slides down your throat. It is so rich I can never eat it all and get to take it home in a carry out for later. (Breakfast. {Shhhhh}) I like all kinds of chocolate except for dark chocolate cake with dark chocolate icing. It is way too much chocolate even for me.
Nice to have you on the site Bergen! It's really nice here. : )
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Much like Ruth, I enjoy a good cup of tea, although I don't drink green tea specifically. My favorite is Yerba Matte, but a close second is French Vanilla Black Tea. I like all sorts of food, but I am a vegetarian so NO MEAT!
This is a really interesting group. I am glad I joined it. :) And I hope everyone is having is a wonderful and beautiful day.
If I could somehow drink forever without getting full or too drunk, I'd be perpetually sipping a strawberry margarita through a straw, pausing only long enough to munch from a slice of hometown pizza.
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The dog-eat-dog turf of Detroit's classic coneys
World-renowned chef, author and Emmy-winning television personality Anthony Bourdain visits Detroit, Michigan in the episode of "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown," which aired, Sunday, November 10, at 9 p.m. ET. with a live broadcast from Las Vegas immediately after.
Man cannot live on hot dogs alone – and in Detroit, he doesn't have to. There's always chili, onions and a few key elements that meld together to form the city's signature coney: a specially selected hot dog that is grilled, put into a steamed bun, then covered by an all-meat beanless chili, two strips of yellow mustard and chopped sweet onions.
During Anthony Bourdain's recent trip to Detroit for Parts Unknown, he sought the counsel of locals to find the whys and whereabouts of the best chili-topped tube steak, amidst hundreds of choices.
Bourdain tried his luck at Duly's Place (a.k.a. Duly's Coney Island, located at 5458 West Vernor Highway), which has been serving up coneys around the clock – to people in varying states of sobriety – since it opened in 1921.
"You tell people you're going to Detroit, and chances are somebody from the home team is gonna say, 'Be sure to get a Coney.' I never really understood that, I mean I'm like 30 minutes from a place called Coney Island where presumably, they know something about freakin' hot dogs, right? Maybe the early Greeks or Macedonians who first experienced that golden land by the shore then took what they saw with them to Florida, Michigan and beyond. Maybe they knew something.
They've been doing Coneys at Duly's for over 90 years. That's almost as long as the hot dog's been around. And I can't tell you how deep this creation runs here. Deep dish in Chicago, cheesesteak in Philadelphia, you'll find some ambivalence. Not here.
It seems like a simple thing. Hot dog, chili, raw onion, mustard, steamed bun. But the delicate interplay between these ingredients when done right is symphonic."
He ordered up a second dog and deemed this the best of his three coney experiences – but he didn't stop there.
Bourdain also visited a pop-up barbecue joint called "Greedy Greg's."


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Sometimes I feel like a butterfly flitting from flower to flower. I had a doctors appointment and the office was close to UNIONDALE CEMETERY. This cemetery was on my list of places to go. My husbands paternal grandmother, MARY STEPHENS, had two relatives; who were Civil War Veterans who were buried there.
Joe would go there every Memorial Day to put flowers on the graves. I had never been there and neither had my husband.
There we found Robert in the Grand Army of the Republic section, all the graves were decorated with flags.
Then we looked for John, the office staff had given us directions and a list of who was in the plot. In the plot were listed Rachel A Stephens, David J Stephens, Daniel Stephens, John Stephens, Mary Stephens, Mary Jane Axton and Irene Axton. This is indeed the Civil War Veteran, but where is the Family plot located?
In the plot that we had the information contained the Stephenson family, not the Stevens. We were hungry and wanted to go to lunch after searching for John Stephens for about one hour.
Mary Stephens had told the tal of her family being English and Scotch-Irish. With the help of Ancestry.com I found listings for the Stephens Family. The family was Welsh. The owner of the lot was the veteran John Stephens born October 1834 and died 27 April 1912. His wife Mary born February 1840 and died 26 October 1915.
Who were the others ??? With a little investigation I found that Rachel A Stephens born 1844 and died 16 January 1875 and David J Stephens born 1883 and died 30 January 1883. They were John and Mary' children.
Daniel Stephens was born 1826 and died 21 March 1900. In the census records it lists him as married with a wife Jeanette (born 1829) Jeanette was not buried there. Daniel and Jeanette were listed in the 1870 an 1880 census. Son Morgan born 1859, daughter Gwenllian (born 1883) and a adopted son, John Robert age 14. Was John Robert a nephew???
Mary Jane Axton was the daughter of John and Mary Stephens who was born 1866, married 1890 and widowed sometimes before 1900. Mary Jane died 5 June 1945.
Irene Axton was Mary Janes' daughter born 1890 and died 1 July 1908.
Chuck had found a listing of those two uncles in his fathers wallet, I will have him find that list and see exactly where they are.
MY THEORY is John, Robert and Daniel Stephens were brothers.
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I was talking to Roxeanne DeLuca yesterday about the Pope's resignation and the discussion turned to what the ex-pope's title would be.
on ETWN it was suggested he might be called Bishop Emeritus of Rome as he would be the retired Bishop of Rome but it occurs to me there is a better title that should be used" the Holy Grandfather.
It sounds like something silly but when you think about it that's the perfect title for the retired Pope.
First of all he was still the Pope so Holiness would be a proper honorarium.
Plus consider what a grandfather is.
A Grandfather supplements a father. He is a figure of kindness wisdom and authority, a retired person of age with the knowledge and experience that comes with it. A person who loves both the father and the child with all his heart who both the child and the father will occasionally go to for advice and wise counsel.
But while the Grandfather has status he doesn't have authority over the father who still makes the decisions. He doesn't usurp the father, he knows that's not his place, but he complements the father and aids him when it's needed.
Consider what I've just said and look at Pope Benedict again. He's simply radiates that Grandfather meme.
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Yappy Treats Cart is a new food cart for dogs in New York City. They serve up a variety of pooch-friendly ice cream flavors, including tuna-carrot and peanut-butter-banana-carob. The cups are even designed to be perfect for dog tongues. They can thank Rachael Ray for paving the road with her pup-up food truck last year, and they can thank Weird Al for the name.


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Be Intentional
- Realize that everyday activities such as mealtimes, getting dressed, bath time, and playtime are all opportunities for talking, teaching, and providing quality language exposure. Be intentional about ongoing verbal interactions about things, routines and events in your child's life.
- Arrange for varied opportunities for your child to have diverse contexts for engaging in the minority language such as book sharing and reading experiences, singing, educational videos, children's shows, play groups, family visits and trips. It is important for your child to have access to other speakers of the minority language as much as possible.
- When your child uses incorrect words or grammar, simply model the correct vocabulary and/or sentence structure in response to the child's utterance.
- When appropriate, expand your child's utterances by first affirming what he/she said and then by adding to what was said if the vocabulary or grammar usage was lacking.
- Even if your child is tending to speak more in the majority language, continue speaking to him/her in the minority language. When appropriate, recast the utterance, or present it in a different or changed structure while maintaining its meaning. For example, if your child utters a phrase or sentence partly or entirely in the majority language, recast the utterance in the minority language, modeling correct usage where any vocabulary or grammatical gaps were noted.
- Instill in your child a sense of pride and "need" for the minority language by keeping it relevant and constant in his/her everyday life. Children will inevitably discard a language they do not feel they need.
- Consider teaching your child to read and write in the minority language. The more competencies your child develops in the minority language, the more internally relevant and important that language will become.
Be Consistent
- If you are the primary source of language input for your child in the minority language, consistently speak to your child in that language whether at home or out in the community.
- Though code mixing, or alternating between two languages while speaking, is completely normal and appropriate for bilinguals, in order to clearly draw a line between the two languages in your child's linguistic environment, limit code mixing as much as possible at least at the beginning stages.
Be Persistent
- Don't lose heart or give up even if your child's language proficiency or skills seem to fluctuate over time in his/her two languages. Some fluctuation is normal as children learn to navigate between both languages.
- Don't allow for interruptions or long periods of little or no exposure to the minority language.
- When it seems hard and laborious, remember the long-term benefits and rewards you are bestowing upon your child by raising him/her to be bilingual.
- Relatives, friends, and community members may misunderstand or even disagree with your decision to raise your child bilingually for various reasons. If you can, kindly educate them about your decision, but if not, politely stand your ground based on what's best for your child. Your dedication, consistency and persistence will pay off in the end!
"The bilingualism of children should be a source of joy, both for parents and children, even if there are occasional moments of difficulties." — François Grosjean
Ana Paula G. Mumy is a mother of two bilingual children and a trilingual speech-language pathologist, the author of various multilingual leveled storybooks and instructional therapy materials for speech/language intervention, as well as the co-author of her latest eSongbook which features children's songs for speech, language and hearing goals. She has provided school-based and pediatric home health care services for nearly 12 years and thoroughly enjoys providing resources for SLPs, educators and parents on her website The Speech Stop.
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Charlize Theron left LA yesterday to make the morning show rounds in New York today. Snow White And The Huntsman opens on Friday. My review will be posted later this week.
I saw the movie a few weeks ago in England while on the junket. We were about 90 minutes outside of London, a small town called Arundel, where stands an old castle that they used as the backdrop for the interviews. All of us were nervous for Charlize. The same way you'd be nervous, ironically, for Julia Roberts. It's the reputation, you know?
I wouldn't say that Charlize is warm and sweet. Right away you know what she can be. You can feel it simmering down below inside of her. The difference between her bitch and Julia's though is that Julia's is out to put you in your place. With Charlize, it's not as personal. She just doesn't give a sh-t. And she'll eat you alive if she sees any weakness.
Having said that, during our interview, while we were not exactly best friends, she was in the mood to play. We talked about her incredible costumes in the film, we talked about how Chris Hemsworth is a lying Australian because he told me she's the foulest mouthed person he's ever met, and she laughed a lot, a throaty, bawdy laugh that belongs in a smoky bar with beer all over the floor that sticks to your boots. Remember Uma Thurman in Beautiful Girls? That's Charlize for real.
Charlize had her mother and her son with her that day. I watched them walking from her makeup trailer to the interview area. She was finishing up whatever she was eating and after she'd brushed off her hands, she reached for Jackson and carried him the rest of the way, cooing at him the whole time. She happened to be wearing flat riding boots that morning. But this was right after those shots of her in heels coming off the private plane were released - click here to see. Someone ended up asking her about how awesome it was that she was able to manage her baby on stilettos and I heard she was a little defensive about that. Like it was no problem for her because she lives in high shoes like other people walk around in flipflop. But how much would you love it if Charlize Theron went off on one of those judgy mommy forums?


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The code example above generates a random number between 1 and 9. Again, with 1 being our minimum, & 9 being our maximum.


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Have you registered for the BEEF Quality Summit yet? Presented by BEEF Magazine, this year's summit is focused around the issue of, "Quality--A solution to rising costs." Now doesn't that sound beneficial for the struggling cattlemen during these challenging financial times?
I have traveled to numerous conferences and conventions over the years, but I have never seen a conference more geared towards helping producers to increase their profitability potential. Hot topics of the conference this year include: the long-effects of rising costs on beef quality, demand and profit, positioning quality U.S. beef in the global marketplace, making COOL work for you, managing costs and product quality for profit, looking at what consumers want (balancing beef quality and price in the retail case), what the 2008 election results will mean for cattle producers and the benefits and acceptance of pharmeceutical technologies in beef production.
Wow, they are sure going to cover a hefty amount of hot topics over the course of two days! You read the news and you have attended conferences, hearing the same tiresome lectures over and over again, but this summit is uniquely designed to help successful cattlemen market their products into a new generation of the beef cattle industry. The event will be held Nov. 6-7, 2008 in Colorado Springs, CO. Link here to view the registration forms and event itinerary.
And remember, the best way to stay in business is a proactive approach. Don't wait for your neighbor to start implementing new management and marketing practices. Pave the way for your own success, and be the first to share with your friends what you learned to stay profitable in the current state of the industry.
If you attended this conference last year, leave your comments and tell everyone what you enjoyed the most from the event. I want to know your favorite parts of the BEEF Quality Summit!


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I'm now told by Panasonic that its something that must be *IN* a divx file and if absent the file will not stream over DLNA.
"On checking with the engineer it appears that this inability to stream DivX content is related to content protection, specifically the DTCP-IP content protection system which is the type of content protection used when streaming content via DLNA.
In order for the product to gain DLNA certification, we have to adhere to certain rules, in this particular case, if DivX format content does not contain DTCP-IP, then that content cannot be streamed (this is why you can play the same file from USB, but not stream it).'
That sounds to me more the case when a digital video is recorded Off-Air, but the dixv files I have are not and mostly stream just fine (and onto Panasonic devices). They just would not stream to a particular model BluRay (BDT-110), (although .mkv or .mp4 files on the same LAN and in the same folder would, just not divx or avi).
Panasonic Tech support go on to say-
"To be perfectly frank, I am as surprised and as disappointed as you are, but the reality of the situation is that DivX files specifically cannot be streamed, they can only played back via USB, as much as I would like to, I can't change this situation. I agree that it seems absurd that a DivX format file can be played via USB but not via DLNA, but it is what it is."
Reading the promo blurb in the Panasonic website (DM-BDT320) you're told -
Enjoy multi content on your PC in a separate room.Using DLNA technology, Blu-ray Disc™ players and home cinema systems can access files on a DLNA server-compliant PC* or high definition recorders (DIGA)**. By simply connecting to a home network (LAN), you can enjoy AVCHD, WMV, DivX, JPEG, MP3 and WMA on your PC
Isn't that false advertising ? How can they say it will, if it wont, and why give excuses for it not working when it (mostly) does ?
Any DLNA users got any thoughts? I'm tearing my hair out - and thought I was (slightly) tech-savvy!


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You've had a few days off or maybe more, and getting back into your regular work routine may be challenging. You may forget passwords, feel like another coffee break, a longer lunch with friends. The sudden change of pace from lounging and flexibility to rigorous 9-to-5 schedule after the holidays, is the reality. But you can come back energetically and happily. Here are suggestions to get back to business:
1. Clear your calendar for the first day back
There are dozens of emails to read and reply to, projects to resume, and colleagues to check with. To plan for this scene, block off catch-up time in your calendar. To give yourself breathing room, let supervisors, co-workers, and clients know that you are back and will be available after your catch-up date.
2. Break down larger projects into actionable tasks
Segue back into work by completing specific tasks rather than big abstract projects. Outline a "to-do" list with specific actionable tasks (10 or less). Use verbs such as "write" "study" or "buy."
Setting daily goals and splitting up large and daunting tasks into smaller ones works hand-in-hand with good planning. Assign yourself one daily goal related to a core work priority. Setting a key goal for each day enables you to focus on the goal.
Another benefit of breaking up a larger task into smaller ones, makes the larger task seem more conquerable — like taking small steps up the side of a huge mountain. Each small step, taken on its own, seems doable, while trying to summit the peak can seem incredibly daunting. Breaking up a larger task into smaller tasks also gives you a sense of micro-accomplishment as you cross things off your list. Don't discount the motivating power of these small victories.
Don't let your inbox tell you what to do. Prioritize your goals over others' requests.
3. Manage time wisely
Because time is limitless and highly personal, we can go within to establish a comfortable range of rhythms and balance. An ancient Chinese Taoist philosophy, described in The Tao of Time: A Revolutionary Philosophy and Guide for Personal Time Management, offers ideas that are consistent with current scientific views.
Taoism emphasizes the now. Living in the present helps eliminate clock-induced stress because we practice mindfulness, focus on present tasks. Four interrelated Taoist principles form the underpinnings of this way of looking at time:
2. Individual power enables us to assert our right to control our time.
Trusting our intuition enables us to remove extraneous details that cloud our vision. We enhance clarity, confidence and efficiency. A challenging situation now seems effortless.
3. Balance suggests attending to our intuition help us live in the moment and balance activities.
4. Harmony. This concept suggests synchronized our environments. Centered, we don't feel guilty about past actions or fear future choices.
As we become comfortable with the foregoing concepts and rediscover our natural rhythms, clocks and schedules can be used as tools rather than absolutes.
Can you find a balance between the holistic and linear ways of perceiving time? How can you integrate these concepts into your management of time?
4. Set a proper auto-reply message
When you're away from usual lines of communication for an extended period, like the holidays, set a proper auto-reply system. A good message strikes a nice tone, informs callers or emailers the dates you will be unavailable, when they can expect to hear back from you, and a contact person to reach for immediate assistance in your absence.
5. Stay ahead of the game
Keeping on top of your work is critical, but preparing for uncertainties is also important. Look for new job opportunities with your current employer, a similar organization, a different industry, or consider taking a course to upgrade your current job skill set or prepare for another job, industry, or self employment. Continue to update your resume as you gain new experiences and learn about new developments in your current or desired fields.
Develop a different resume for each job target. Make certain that your resume reflects a clear job objective, summary statement, and focuses on your accomplishments -- what you achieved in previous positions that made a difference.
In addition, develop a career portfolio that demonstrates what you can offer a potential employer, business investor, or new client. Portfolios provide considerably more information than a cover letter and resume alone. Career portfolios use words and pictures, as well as an array of multi-media formats. A portfolio is limited only by one's imagination.
A portfolio includes work samples that show your qualifications and skills as well as relevant education and volunteer activities. It documents the scope and quality of your experience and training. Your portfolio demonstrates what you've accomplished and can offer the employer. Take your portfolio to job interviews to show what you can contribute to the prospective position.
- Enhance your network. Keep abreast of new developments in your field, and add to your list of colleagues and acquaintances by joining professional, trade or civic groups.
- Take charge. Start the year strong and take advantage of new opportunities that present themselves. If you want a new job, don't passively answer help-wanted advertisements or send out resumes to personnel departments. Find out who the hiring managers are in the departments at companies you' like to work to determine jobs available and skills required. Then, if appropriate, revise your resume to fit their skill sets. Request interviews, Follow-up communications.
Make 2019 your best year ever!


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Welcome to Positive Thinking Guide
Carnegie Power Of Positive Thinking Article
For a permanent link to this article, or to bookmark it for further reading, click here.
Different Kinds Of Positive Thinking MP3sfrom: Motivated Lifestyle - Archive Material
History has shown to humanity the true power of positive thinking. We have observed just how much a man can accomplish with the help of the right attitude. We have chronicled how people can do amazing things with the right outlook in life.
The reality of life lies in the fact that we define it. Everything depends on the perception of a person. We make reality into what we perceive it to be. This is the reason why belief is so important to human existence. When you think about it, no person can truly be taught about the world by another person. None of us can truly say that we know how another being perceives the world. Our attitude and perception defines our actions. Each decision we make does matter and changes our lives in a variety of ways.
Ever since they discovered that their perception defines their lives, people have been looking for ways to improve their outlook. We have been searching for ways on how to think positively. Positive thinking is seen as an untapped power. People see it as the key to defeating the greatest hindrance to progress, which is self-doubt.
The positive thinking MP3 is one of the tools that people use in order to adjust their perception of life. Positive thinking MP3s are used by people to introduce auditory stimuli to their systems. They listen to these CD's to gain a whole new outlook in life, or at least make them more perceptive to this new outlook.
There are three types of positive thinking MP3s
1) Self-hypnosis - This is a type of positive thinking MP3 which repeats a phrase over and over again, encouraging a person to do the same. This type of positive thinking MP3 helps a person believe that he or she is capable of anything. There are two general categories of this type of positive thinking MP3s
a) Conscious - This positive thinking MP3 is played when a person is awake. This helps a person gain a positive outlook by letting him or her actively participate in an oral exercise.
b) Subconscious - This positive thinking MP3 is played when a person is asleep. It is expected to touch a person's mind through the subconscious.
2) Therapeutic - This type of positive thinking MP3 attempts to improve a person's outlook in life through music. It is said that music can touch the soul of a person. Through this type of positive thinking MP3, people can gain a better outlook in life by letting the music touch their emotions. This positive thinking MP3 may consist of background music designed to uplift the spirit or some songs that hold a positive message for the listener.
3) Audio book - This positive thinking MP3 can help a person get a better outlook on life by attempting to convince him or her consciously. There are a number of self-help books today that focus on the power of positive thinking. However, not all people have the time, ability or patience to read a book. Audio MP3s narrate the contents of a book in an attempt to make it easier for the person to absorb the information. Because of this type of positive thinking MP3, people have been able to realize their problem of negativity and have turned their lives around by simply changing perceptions.


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…Says Joe Nassise, an international best selling author in the horror genre with numerous other writing accolades, writing for Genreality Blog. Joe has an excellent outlook on why writers should diversify and use every available media to propagate their work:
I've long been a proponent of diversification when it comes to my writing career. I've written original novels for major US publishers. I've written original novels for major foreign publishers. I've dabbled in writing comics, written role-playing game supplements and rulebooks, and have ghost-written for a major on-going series. I've even put together a project strictly for the mobile phone market. The more irons I have in the fire, the more successful I will be, has always been my thought process.
Which is why over the last week I made the decision to jump into the digital realm with both feet. Noting the success that fellow writers such as Joe Konrath and Lee Goldberg have had with selling their back list on Amazon.com, I followed suit and created Kindle editions of several works, including my debut novel Riverwatch, a novella, More Than Life Itself, that was previously only available in the UK market, and all three books in the Templar Chronicles series – The Heretic, A Scream of Angels, and A Tear in the Sky.
To help them stand out from the crowd, I commissioned new cover art, something eye-catching and provocative. Along with adapting them for the Kindle, I also used Smashwords to create editions in other formats, most notably for the Sony Reader and the various Palm devices.
I must admit I hemmed and hawed over putting up the Templar books. The first, The Heretic, is the only one that has seen publication in English. (Editorial changes at my publisher prevented the next two books from seeing the light of day, despite the fact that the series hit the bestseller lists in Germany, was optioned for film production, sold to three different books clubs, and was adapted into a comic book series.) I was concerned that making them available in digital editions would prevent them from selling elsewhere, but when it came right down to it, I finally decided that I really didn't have a lot to worry about in that regard. And more importantly, I wanted the fans of the series to finally be able to have their questions about the fate of certain characters answered for them.
Next week, I'll also be serializing Riverwatch for free on my website and the first of several different iPhone apps of my works should be available on iTunes.
The point of all this is to try and reach readers that I might not have reached otherwise through more traditional means. Do I know what is going to work and what is not? Of course not – but that's the point of diversifying like this in the first place, to test the waters and see where they take me.
So tell me – what new mediums/formats/platforms are you most interested in?


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Posted on February 25, 2012
Type the details of your news item here...WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration has rejected three prescription diet pills in the last three years, raising questions of whether any weight loss drug can win approval in the U.S. The agency has not approved a new prescription weight loss drug in 13 years. Historically, medications that attempt to burn fat or suppress appetite have been plagued by safety issues.
Despite the latest rejections, all three drugmakers are resubmitting their products for a second review. Here's a look at the contenders and where they are in the review process:
– Qnexa is a combination of two older drugs: the amphetamine phentermine, which is approved for short-term weight loss, and topiramate, an anti-convulsant drug sold by Johnson & Johnson as Topamax. Phentermine helps suppress appetite, while topiramate is believed to make patients feel more satiated
Many experts view the combination pill as the most promising of the new weight loss drugs, due to studies showing most patients lost nearly 10 percent of their weight – the highest reduction reported with any recent diet pill. But the FDA rejected the drug in October 2010, raising a number of safety concerns, including higher heart rate and birth defects in women who become pregnant.
This week a panel of advisers to the FDA overwhelmingly recommended approval for Qnexa, on the condition Vivus Inc. conduct a follow-up study to make sure the drug doesn't cause heart problems. The FDA is expected to make its second ruling on the drug by April 17.
– Orexigen Therapeutics Inc.'s Contrave is another combination pill aimed at curbing appetite, mixing the antidepressant ingredient in Wellbutrin with the anti-smoking drug bupropion. The company's results have been lackluster, with about 40 percent of patients taking Contrave losing 5 percent of their body weight. Those figures narrowly achieved FDA's minimum requirements for an effective weight loss pill. But Contrave has also been plagued by the heart safety concerns associated with past diet pills. The FDA is requiring the company to conduct a 10,000-patient study of cardiovascular health. That study is slated for completion by 2014.
– Arena Pharmaceutical Inc.'s lorcaserin is the only first-of-a-kind diet drug currently before the FDA. It uses a new type of ingredient to stimulate serotonin receptors in the brain linked with feelings of satiety. But lorcaserin has faced the most severe safety questions from FDA, which rejected the drug in 2010 after raising concerns about cancerous tumors seen in rats who received the drug.
Early this year Arena submitted new information evaluating the link between its drug and cancer. The FDA is scheduled to make a new ruling on the drug by June 27.
(USA TODAY © 2012 with The Associated Press)


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Perez is famous because during the 80s he painted New York City red, white, yellow, green and all other colors as graffiti artist Tatu. He and his crew, the X Men graffiti crew, immortalized themselves on the streets and even on the Empire State Building, where they dared to place their signature sticker, later used Marvel Comic books.
He's notorious because the police could never figure out who was responsible. And he managed to never get arrested. But Perez has reformed from the vandal lifestyle. Now, he still practices graffiti art but in a safer place, a place where he can get paid for it.
It is this path that he teaches, along with his partner Tynneal "Tyrox-Xmen" Grant, to young kids who have been arrested for vandalism.
Perez and Grant founded Xmental Inc. in 2008 to recognize and preserve the hip-hop culture; a culture vital to the worlds of art, music and life.
And through the Paint Straight program, a restorative justice program for youth convicted as vandals, he and Grant teach kids how to turn their vandalism into something positive, something that could even help them earn some dollars.
The 10-week program is run in conjunction with the New York Department of Probation. It is a rehabilitation program that aims to educate the youth on the history of graffiti - from aboriginal groups who drew on walls to present-day taggers - while teaching them laws on vandalism and the repercussions.
"We show them how it all comes back to them and how their parents' tax dollars end up paying for it," said the Brooklyn-born and bred Perez.
The Brooklyn Vandal Squad of the NYPD addresses the kids, and the program also offers sessions that "takes art to another level."
Perez has managed to get big-name graffiti artists like David Vallorente, also known as "Chino," and clothing and footwear designers to talk to the kids to open them up to opportunities. The kids also learn how to use a brush and other more artistic forms of graffiti art that go beyond tagging and bombing.
"Out of 60 kids, only one was rearrested," Perez said. It's something he's proud of since the program started one year ago.
"Me and my partner, whatever we're doing we're doing it right," he added. "Most of these kids are just doing it to be heard or seen or recognized so we give them a positive platform."
The current 10-week cycle ends soon. And on June 29, the current kids will get a chance to showcase their work at the Shop Talk & Art Gallery at 35 Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn.
Xmental Inc. was recently incorporated and is now in the process of becoming a 501(C) 3 nonprofit organization. Perez hopes to develop their current raw space at 622 Classon Avenue into a space where not only kids who were arrested will attend, but anyone interested.
"We are building it out slowly, but funds are low and we have been doing this out our own pockets, so little by little we have been trying to build our dream," he said.
In the new space, he plans to teach other elements of hip-hop culture, such as DJing and breakdancing, along with life skills, spirituality and mentorship.
"You can try to reach all, but if you reach one you've accomplished something," he said. "We've reached 59, so we've accomplished a whole lot."
To find out more about Xmental Inc. visit their website.


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The Oral Character of the King James Bible
The year 2011 constituted the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. Originally created by England's Anglican Church, it became widely used by all Protestant denominations in America until the twentieth century, as both a pulpit and a personal Bible.
Despite the increasingly old-fashioned character of its language, it was not until the 1950s that a second translation, the Revised Standard Version, gained a foothold in American Protestantism.
Today, the King James Bible, also known as the KJB or KJV (the "V" is for "Version"), still has a revered place among Evangelical Protestantism. The Scofield Reference Bible, widely used among Evangelicals, relies upon it. And although the New International Version has recently gained popularity as a personal Bible, the KJB remains the pulpit Bible for many churches.
Of course, the Gideons continue to place a copy of the KJB in every hotel room in the United States. They believe that an individual alone can read the Bible and by themselves gain an understanding of God.
This attitude derives from the sixteenth-century declaration by the Reformer Martin Luther that the authority for true Christianity rested on "Scripture alone." Since that time, Protestantism has envisioned each individual believer knowing the Bible. The ideal Christian became someone who read and studied their Bible extensively. Today, most devout Christians own a personal Bible, which they read regularly by themselves.
The achievement of this ideal within modern Evangelicalism has made us forget that for most of Christianity's history, this ideal was impossible for all but a few. During 95% of its history, the overwhelming majority of Christians could not read.
Until the twentieth century, near universal literacy existed nowhere on earth. Only then, in Europe, did 90% of adults acquire the ability to read. In 1675, 64 years after the KJV's publication, only about 45% of adult males in England could sign their name at their marriage; for women the percentage was significantly lower. Even in 1850, the best estimates put adult literacy in Europe at no more than 50%. American literacy rates were similar.During most of its history, then, the KJV functioned quite differently from the personal, private use so widespread today. When it was published, it was intended to be read aloud, and that was its primary use until the end of the nineteenth century.
People who can read the Bible gain a sense of its organization as a text and of its character as a physical object. They know how large it is, whether considered in number of words (lots), number of books (66), or just its size (fat). Those who become familiar with it learn the order of its books and develop a sense of the total amount of stories, moral tales, parables, law codes, admonitions and prophecies the book contains.
Those who only hear the Bible read and cannot read it for themselves learn about much of it contents, but they never gain a sense of the book as a written text. Because they are always dependent on a reader, they never acquire any direct access to the text itself.
They know its contents as the material is read to them over the years, in whatever order it is read and whatever passages are selected. They may develop a sense of organization from some of its longer stories, but most oral readings present shorter passages. Just reading a few chapters out loud can take nearly an hour. Hearers will not gain understanding of the Bible's structure; it will seem an unorganized collection to them.
Moreover, hearers will rarely gain a sense that they know everything in the Bible. They can always be surprised by some passage they have not heard before. Although many churches have a liturgical calendar that guides regular scripture reading, such calendars present selected readings rather than the entire Bible.
Furthermore, liturgical calendars often feature different readings from different places in Scripture together. The Anglican approach for each Sunday includes an Old Testament passage, a reading from the New Testament letters, and a selection from the Gospels.
So until the twentieth century, the success of the King James Bible came much more from its use for oral presentation of Scripture than from its use as a personal Bible. This is not surprising, for the poetic beauty of much of its language was intended to be heard. The oral hearing of the Bible gave Christians a different sense of Scripture from individual private reading. It is only by the mid-twentieth century, when most Christians can read the Bible by themselves, that a translation whose language is more up-to-date can make headway against the long-standing popularity of the KJB.
Paul V.M. Flesher, Ph.D. is the Director of the Religious Studies Program at the University of Wyoming. The Manifold Greatness traveling exhibition is on view at UW from October 7-31, 2012.


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This is one of the many reasons Art-el Gallery is delighted to have our new gallery space @ The College, surrounded by so many inspiring creatives. The breathtaking work of Kathy Hinde.
Using her work as starting point, Kathy explores the connections between music and nature as well as collaborative online music generation based around bird-watching!


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A selection of my clients
Involved in the launch of several ecommerce startups as a backend developer. Development on the custom e-commerce plattform which served as a core for new ventures (rewritten payment implementation from scratch, shop2shop stock sync, job queue, recommendation engine) Involved in the development and architecture of a new campaign management tool
Development of an innovative api-based advertising tool for handling the creation and billing of localized social media ads for larger scale customers with multiple point of sales.
Architecture and development for a relaunch of a web application using symfony stack, redis, MySQL, nodejs services, realtime communication via socket.io and an AngularJS frontend. Implemented a REST API in collaboration with the development team of the native mobile app. Induction and supervising of new employee.
Refactoring and development of new features for a adult content related website using react+flux, nodejs, Socket.io, Red5, Symfony2, Redis, MySQL
Started as a local social network in the days before Facebook and StudiVZ (it's german clone), it was a quite successful community with round about 100.000 registered members and more than 30M PI's/Month at its peak. I was completely responsible for the technical part, starting from the server setup to the development with a php backend and even the design part. As we struggled with very low hardware due to nearly no budget at the start, i've learned a lot about caching and performance optimization with given resources :)
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