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Burk Uzzle: 1938 Uzzle is an American documentary photographer. He still holds the title of the youngest photographer ever to be hired by Life Magazine. "Photography is a love affair with life."
The University of Mary Washington's Digital Knowledge Center provides peer tutoring to all University students on digital projects and assignments. Students can schedule 50 minute, one-one-one tutorials with a trained peer tutor on any DS106 related projects. Click Here to set up an appointment.
Telling Stories in Photos
In doing ds106 Daily Creates you've already been using photography and drawing skills, plus you've had some practice on doing visual stories from our introduction to storytelling. In this week we go a bit deeper and give you the opportunity to practice telling stories in primarily visual form. Now it's time go from someone who maybe takes a lot of snapshots to one who thinks more about composition, framing, and being more intentional with your photo making. Even if you are an accomplished photographer, it is always something you can can better at by honing skills or trying new approaches.
This will also be the first week most of our work comes from the ds106 Assignment Collection – make sure that you are writing up your assignments to meet the criteria for writing up your digital assignments.
Form Your Radio Show Groups
If you have not added yourself to a group by noon Thursday, I will have Canvas randomly assign you. By the end of the week, you should have gotten in touch with each other, and chosen a team name. Someone from your group needs to tweet this to me and include the #ds106polack hash tag.
Scan the archive of previous student projects to get a sense of the kind of shows that have done before.
By the end of week 8, your group will need to create and produce a recorded audio story that exemplifies the techniques you studies next week. IN your groups you may want to start brainstorming about what kind fo topics might be interesting or type of show (drama, documentary, comedy, etc).
This is also your new blog commenting group- get to know each other' your blogs, and give each other feedback this week and next.
How to Be a Better Photographer
The suggestions are borrowed from TEN: Ten Ways to Improve Your Craft. None of Them Involve Buying Gear a $5 ebook by David duChemin. You don't need to buy the book, we've lifted some key points.
- Get Pickier: Instead of using your camera like a rapid fire machine gun, spend more time pre-composing in your mind. As you get more practice, you can be more selective, and more deliberate.
- Better Contrast Makes Better Stories Contrast can be in terms of colors and lighting, but also elements in your photos- look for things that maybe not belong together. Look for near and far perspective.
- Change My Perspective By Changing Yours: Find different and unique points of view. Look down, up, lay down on the ground. Seek perspectives of lines.
- Create Depth: Look for ways to add dimension of visual depth in your 2 dimensional images- play with foreground, lines, use of wide angle lenses, use of dark backgrounds
- Get Balanced. The rule of thirds is not only about placement on a grid; duChemin describes visual mass, elements that draw more attention in a photo and how to balance that effectively. "Becoming more intentional about creating and playing with balanace in your images will help you create images that are more intentionally express what you have to say."
- Pay Attention to the Moment: Sometimes it means slowing down, but also being more aware of the action in a scene, trying to anticipate the moment of something interesting before it happens e.g. watching a family at the table preparing for when baby might spill the glass of milk? at sporting evens trying to be ready for the kick that scores the goal?
- Look to the light. Probably the most key lesson- be aware of light that works and what does not. Knowing about shadows, directions, aiming for directions where light is strong (or not). Good light makes every photo. Learn how to sense when light is good (and when not, and you can skip lousy shots).
- Use the Best Lens If your camera uses different lenses, understand better what a wide angle does versus a telephoto not only in terms of what it can fit in a photo, but what effect it has one potos (squashing or expanding space). If your lens is fixed, understand what its limits are (how close you can get, what happens at severe angles).
- Expose for Aesthetics Learn how to use aperture, shutter speed, iso to control the image- what the effects of these all play on depth of field, motion freeze vs blurring. For fixed lens camera/mobile, at least understand what the level of light means for your photos (why those low light photos are blurry?)
- Put a Great Foreground in Front of a Great Background Pay attention to the near and far. A landscape scene is dull without something in foreground to give depth and scale. Learn to avoid clutter and distracting elements.
These are of course, very general guides. You get better as you look at your own and others photos. You get better when you think more before you press the shutter. You get better when you try new approaches. You get better when you break the rules.
We've assembled many more resources into a web based collection on storify
Pick at least three tips from these resources and try them as you do your Daily Creates and other assignments this week.
Write a blog post towards the end of the week that summarizes the tips you tried. Inlcude:
- Link and credit for the tip
- Embed an example of a photo where you tried the technique
- Describe how you thought about this, or what approach (or variation) you tried.
- Take your photo that you are most proud of in terms of learning a new photo technqiue, and write a summary blogpost and make sure you write a portion based on reflection of the material read/watched/listen to.
Here is an exercise that is a fun way to try out your visual interpretation skills. Below are a list of subjects to capture in photos that you must try and capture within a 20 minute window of time. In this case it is less about capturing artistic images, but just doing what you can to be inventive and interpret the list. Before you do this, pick a place that is likely to have a lot of variety of subjects (middle of town or campus, your basement, whatever).
Here is what to do on for the blitz!
- Your first photo is of something that shows the current time! Document when you started the blitz.
- In the next 20 minutes, try to capture as many of the following photos as you can
- Make an ordinary object look more interesting, almost supernatural.
- Take a photo that makes use of converging lines.
- Take a photo dominated by a single color
- Take a photo of something at an unusual angle
- Take a photo of two things that do not belong together.
- Take a photo that represents the idea of "openness"
- Take a photo that expresses a human emotion
- Take a photo emphasizes mostly dark tones or mostly light ones.
- Make a photo that is abstract, that would make someone ask, "Is that a photograph?"
- Take a photo of an interesting shadow.
- Take a photo that represents a metaphor for complexity.
- Take a photo of someone else's hand (or paw)
- Take another photo of a timepiece that shows the time you stopped. It should be twenty minutes since step 1, right?
- Upload your five best photos to flickr, and tag them "ds106photoblitz"
- Write a blog post about your experience. Describe the place you chose to do this, and why you chose it. What was the experience like? What photos worked for you best? Give feedback/suggestions via comments for at least 3 other persons photos (you can find all the ones with this tag at photoblitz URL. What were the best ones you saw in the pool of photos? Why?
See also this mobile web app developed by John Johnston that can generate a photoblitz assignment whenever you want to do one.
Daily Creates
Keep doing them! Aim to complete at least four this week.
Pimp Up Your Flickr
You have been using flickr for a while, but these tips will help you to use it even more effectively. See also Flickr fun tutorial by Norm Wright (and a followup tutorial for even more tips)
- Customize your flickr URL http://www.flickr.com/account/
- Set the defaults for new uploads and other privacy controlshttp://www.flickr.com/account/privacy/
- Post to flickr via email http://www.flickr.com/account/email/
- Set up sharing for facebook, twitter, posting directly to your bloghttp://www.flickr.com/account/sharing/
- Create interesting titles for your photos! Also, sometimes a clever title or a written caption can turn an ordinary photo into more of a story. Flickr allows you to use words and photos together to create a visual story.
- Create a set on flickr, a collection of the best of your photos. Add to it every week, if you don't think you took awesome photos that week.
Visual Assignments
Here you will get your first in depth experience with the ds106 Assignment bankwhere most of your subsequent work will happen. This is a collection of assignments that have been contributed by ds106 participants. Each one has a star rating indicating how difficult/complex it is (rated from 1=easy to 5=hard).
For this week, you need to complete 3 assignments at least 8 stars worth of Visual Assignments. One of them is required by everyone, so we can all do the same one and compare our ideas, but beyond that, you get to pick the ones you want to do to complete your 10 pack.
This week's required assignment is Apophenia (3 stars).
It is your choice which visual assignments to do- there are currently over 120 of them listed, and if you need to spin the dial, try a randomly selected one. Or go for one from this recommended set of ones that have been more popular among ds106ers
- Splash that color
- Image with a message
- Album Cover
- Illustrate 106
- Unlikely Intersections
- Common everyday objects
- Triple Troll Quotes Find an image of a well known figure, add to it a famous quote by someone related in some way to the figure in the image and then attribute the quote to a third, related figure.
- Find Yourself
- Return to the scene of the crime
- Art Comes to Life
- Buddy Photo
For each assignment you do write an individual blog post that includes:
- The visual you produced for the assignment, this must be embedded into your blog post.
- Write some text that shares your thinking behind the assignment, your inspiration, what it means to you. Think of this as similar to the extras on a DVD, the "making of" material.
- Share your process. What tools did you use? What techniques? Think of this as information that would help someone else doing the same assignment.
- To have your work connected back to the assignment, your blog post must include the two tags for the assignment, one will be Visual Assignments and the other will have a name like Visual Assignments324
If you do this correctly, your own example will be added to the entry within an hour of your publishing your blog post.
Keep in mind that simply completing 8 stars worth of assignments is the bare minimum to satisfy your work for this week (a "C"). How you do it, and how you write it up is what elevates you. Bookmark and model the criteria for writing up your digital assignments.
Also note that part of your requirements for this course is writing up how-to tutorials. The visual assignments will likely be easier to document as tutorials than the later audio and video ones, so it might be worth your while to knock one or two of these off now. If you write a very complete post, it could include your assignment work and count as a tutorial. Note that there is a tutorial tag that goes along with each assignment.
And here is the nifty part- if you do not like the assignments on the site, then step up and add one yourself. This too is a requirement for the course, so like making Daily Creates, this is a good time to get ahead of the game.
Now go out and create some visual art!
Summary Checklist for this week
Here's whats on your check list this week. Do not forget that ongoing requirements include active participation in the ds106 community via commenting on blog posts, flickr photos, youtube videos, and communicating via the #ds106 tag in twitter.
- Join a radio show group in Canvas before noon EST Thursday, and come up with a team name that should be tweeted to @youcanimagethis.
- Give at least 2 blog comments to each person in your group.
- Comment on at least three people blog post this week.
- Review the suggestions for photography. Pick at least 3 to try in the context of doing other visual assignments this week or just for practice, and write a blog post showing the results. Add the one that you think helped you the most, and summarize in a blog post, make sure to reflect back to all reading.
- Complete the photoblitz activity, stick to the 20 minute window. There are no prizes or extra credit for how many you can do, just try and share the experience. Make sure your photos are tagged in flickr, and that you write a blog post talking about the ones you felt were your best and ones from others you saw in the mix that were commendable.
- Review the suggestions for spiffing up your flickr page. Make sure you create a set for your best photos and add a few in there. Write up a blog post announcing it, and see if you can figure out to embed a flickr set in your post.
- Do at least 4 daily creates, and write a one blog summary for all your creations. Make sure you are also narrating about them too, what it meant, what the inspiration was etc. Tell a story about your photos.
- Complete a minimum of 3 assignments worth at least 8 stars of Visual Assignments one of which must be the Apophenia. For each include everything in the requirements .
- Again write up a summary of your activity this week- there is no need to repeat what you have written elsewhere on your blog, it is fine to link to your work for the week. I am looking for the personal reflection on what you have learned this week, what are challenges, how you are seeing the world differently, what you learn about photography, what it means to tell a story visually.


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26 Jan 2017 – 1 Feb 2017
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"3rd St" is a solo exhibition by Eloise Dörr, showing a selection of paintings directly and indirectly inspired by a trip to San Francisco in 2013.
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What to Expect in 2019-20
By now you've probably heard about the new resources and processes coming to all AP schools in 2019-20. We've added information on this site about what you can expect and when.Learn More
Important Updates
2019 Final Submission Extension Deadline
The final deadline for AP Seminar and AP Research students' performance tasks and teacher scores to be submitted to the AP Digital Portfolio has been extended to May 2 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Note: The following information and resources are for AP Seminar teachers at participating AP Capstone™ schools. In order to offer AP Seminar, schools must apply through the AP Program to participate and teachers must attend mandatory training. For more information, visit the AP Capstone Diploma program page.
- Tue, May 7
AP Seminar Exam Day 2019
Assessment Overview
In AP Seminar, students are assessed with two through-course performance tasks and an end-of-course exam. All three assessments are summative and will be used to calculate a final AP score (using the 1 to 5 scale) for AP Seminar.
Encourage your students to visit the AP Seminar student page for exam information and exam practice.
Assessment Format
Note: The scoring methods outlined in the following tables have been updated to reflect the 2017-18 assessment.
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|Individual research report (1,200 words)
|College Board scored
|50% of 20%
|Team multimedia presentation and defense (8 to 10 minutes, plus defense questions)
|Teacher scored (group score)
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|Individual written argument (2,000 words)
|College Board scored
|70% of 35%
|Individual multimedia presentation (6 to 8 minutes)
|Teacher scored
|20% of 35%
|Oral defense (two questions from the teacher)
|Teacher scored
|10% of 35%
|Scoring Method
|Understanding and analyzing an argument (3 short-answer questions); suggested time: 30 minutes
|College Board scored
|30% of 45%
|Evidence-based argument essay (1 long essay); suggested time: 90 minutes
|College Board scored
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Assessment Questions and Scoring Information
Looking for sample written components of performance tasks and free-response questions? You can find them in the tables below. Also check out:
The AP Seminar Course and Exam Description (.pdf/9.73MB), which has everything you need to know about the course and exam. Note: the Course and Exam Description does not reflect the 2017-18 changes to the teacher scoring model.
Be sure to review the Chief Reader Report. In this invaluable resource, the Chief Reader of the AP Exam compiles feedback from members of the reading leadership to describe how students performed on the FRQs, summarize typical student errors, and address specific concepts and content with which students have struggled the most that year.
The Past Through-Course and End-of-Course Assessments page, which has assessments and scoring information from the 2016 exam administration and before.
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AP Digital Portfolio
AP Digital PortfolioThe AP Digital Portfolio page provides instructions on how to navigate the web-based application, how to create classrooms, and how to confirm students' submission of performance tasks.
AP Digital Portfolio—Teacher User Guide for AP Capstone
Detailed instructions on creating classes, managing teams, scoring student work, and more.
AP Digital Portfolio—Student User Guide for AP Capstone


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Ahhh….a new home
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OK so I was thinking that maybe I was failing to update my blogs because I had a few that addressed different issues. I had considered it proper, nay prudent to keep them seperate but I figure that it's only fair that I show you the reader me, in all my blogging glory…such as it is.
To this end I have decided to consolidate my different blogs under one roof and see how it goes…I mean if nohing else it will teach me to be circumspect about what I say )
And the name?? Well, my favourite animated film is Ice Age and of course ti Sid who utters the immortal words to Manfred…"You're a veeeery shrewd mammal"…a sloth after my own heart
So welcome…..
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After announcing a voting competition for 18 unique Air Max redesigns, the winners for each city are officially in. The six winners and their designs are listed below:
NYC: Air Max 98 "LA Mezcla" by Gabrielle Serrano
Serrano's entry represents the diverse complexions of NYC that combine race, ethnicity and cultural background, highlighting what makes this city special: its people.
Seoul: Nike Air Max 97 "Neon" by Gwang Shin"
Shin's concept is inspired by his city's neon signs, complete with a matte black body, vibrant colors and contours inspired by the Taaeguk symbol on Seoul's flag.
Tokyo: Nike Air Max 1 "Tokyo Maze" by Yuta Takuman
Takuman's design honors the dizzying urban labyrinth of colorful tube lines that shoot beneath Tokyo. Embossed leather represents the city's concrete surface, while the red bubble pays homage to the iconic Tokyo Tower.
London: Air Max 97 "London Summer" by Jasmine Lasode"
Lasode's design celebrates love and summer in the city, with a personal memory – a first date spent on Primrose Hill — as her backdrop.
Shanghai: Nike Air Max 97 "Kaleidoscope" by Cash Ru
The SH Kaleidoscope reflects Ru's impression of the clouds floating along Shanghai's skies: shifting and dissipating to create new forms and shapes.
Paris: VaporMax Plus "Works in Progress" by Lou Matheron
Photographs of an under-construction Parisian courthouse inspired Matheron's concept, reimagining the colors and materials from the job site.


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Dr. Sandra O'Connor is a graduate of University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine. She graduated in 1996 and received the honor of graduating Magna Cum Laude. She also received her Bachelor's Degree in Animal Science from the University of Tennessee, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude in her class. She lives a very active lifestyle in which she enjoys working on her farm nestled in the foothills of East Tennessee. Her special areas of interest include avian & exotic medicine and animal behavior. In her free time she enjoys riding her motorcycle, and trying new adventurous things.
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Turner, S., & Turner, P. (2010, February). User experience at Edinburgh Napier University. Paper presented at BCS workshop on user experience competencies, London
Turner, P., Turner, S., & McGregor, I. (2007, October). Listening, corporeality and presence. Paper presented at PRESENCE 2007: The 10th Annual International Workshop on Presence, Barcelona, Spain
The use of sound to create or enhance the sense of presence is well recognized and the measurements of which have focused on hearing, e.g. "were you able to identify a particu...
Turner, S., Turner, P., Carroll, F., O'Neill, S., Benyon, D., McCall, R., & Smyth, M. (2003, June). Recreating the Botanics: towards a sense of place in virtual environments. Paper presented at 3rd UK Conference of the Environmental Psychology Network
The EC funded project BENOGO seeks to re-create real places using photo-realistic
immersive virtual reality technology and in so doing investigates the nature of
presence and ...
Turner, S., Turner, P., Carroll, F., O'Neill, S., Benyon, D., McCall, R., & Smyth, M. (2003, January). Re-creating the Botanics: towards a sense of place in virtual environments. Paper presented at Benogo
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2003, January). Two phenomenological studies of place. Paper presented at BCS- HCI Conference 2003
We introduce our initial investigations into the phenomenology of place
as part of the BENOGO project. BENOGO is concerned with giving
people the experience of 'being there wi...
Turner, P., Hetherington, R., Turner, S., & Kosek, M. (2015). The limits of pretending. Digital Creativity, 26(3-4), (304-317). doi:10.1080/14626268.2015.1091778. ISSN 1462-6268
We propose that pretending is a cognitive faculty which
enables us to create and immerse ourselves in possible
worlds. These worlds range from the veridical to the fantastic
Turner, P. & Turner, S. (2012). Emotional and aesthetic attachment to digital artefacts. Cognition, Technology and Work. doi:10.1007/s10111-012-0231-x. ISSN 1435-5558
We report a pair of repertory grid studies that explore the attachment people have for digital and nondigital
In the first study we found no clear distinctions betw...
Turner, P., Turner, S. & Flint, T. (2011). Enlightened trial and error. Interaction Design and Architecture(s) IxDetA. 13/14, 64-83. ISSN 1826-9745
Human-computer interaction as a rationalistic, engineering discipline has been taught successfully for more than 25 years. The established narrative is one of designing usable...
Turner, P. & Turner, S. (2010). Is stereotyping inevitable when designing with personas?. Design Studies. 32, 30-44. doi:10.1016/j.destud.2010.06.002. ISSN 0142-694X
User representations are central to user-centred design, personas being one of the more recent developments. However, such descriptions of people risk stereotyping. We review ...
Turner, P., Flint, T. & Turner, S. (2010). Designing for engagement. Infrastructure journal.. ISSN 1749-5369
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Recent years have witnessed a number of initiatives to develop technology ("memory prosthetics") to enhance and extend human memory. Typical of these is "Memories for Life," w...
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Authoritative in its coverage, the book draws on the authors' extensive experience in research and teaching. A self-contained introduction to the area is followed by a systema...
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The Erection of Scaffolding for the Re-Painting of Heaven by
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The information that follows was obtained from
many sources including the Wikipedia free
encyclopaedia website, the Fairfax Australian
Travel Guide and the City of Botany Bay website
to whom due acknowledgement is given here.
JAMES COOK was born on October 27, 1728 in the
Yorkshire village of Marton. Botany Bay is where
Lieutenant James Cook, then an officer in the
Royal British Navy, landed with his friends and
crew on board the barque 'Endeavour' in the Terra
Australis Incognita (Unknown Southern Land) on 27
April 1770. By the time he later visited Tasmania
and New Zealand Cook had been awarded the rank of
Cook had been sent to the South Seas with a dual
mission: to observe the transit of Venus across
the sun and to secretly investigate the largely
uncharted southern lands. He reached the
Australian coast and sought a suitable place to
Just north of the cliffs which form the district
now known as Point Solander
........Cook found an inlet (left)
between Point Solander in the foreground and Cape
Banks in the distance which opened into a bay
with safe anchorage and easy access to a beach
and adjacent land (below).
James Cook arrived at Botany Bay on April 28,
1770, where he and his party saw Aborigines
onshore and others fishing from canoes. As the
Endeavour approached, about 10 of them left their
fireplace and sought higher ground to view the
The British party anchored near what is now
Kurnell. Onshore was what Joseph Banks later
described as 'a small village consisting of about
6 or 8 houses.'
Next day, 29 April, two small boats bearing Cook
and others from the Endeavour approached the
shore and the Aborigines retired to the bush
except for two men. Cook threw some nails and
beads ashore which, he says, 'they took up and
seemed not ill pleased'. He thought the men were
signalling encouragement to come ashore but, when
the boats approached the shore, the men threw
stones and 'darts' at them. Cook responded by
firing a musket between the two.
Cook then fired 'a second musket load with a
small shot' as the men failed to heed his
warning. Some of the shot hit of the men, 'yet',
he wrote in his log, 'it had no effect than to
make him lay hold of a shield and defend
himself.' The two men left, however, when a third
shot was fired.
Midshipman Isaac Smith, cousin of Cook's wife,
jumped out onto a rock (left) and held
the boat while Cook clambered ashore. On the
beach, Cook found '4 or 5 small children' in one
of the bark huts, to whom they gave some
The plaque on the rock (below) reads :
"According to tradition in the Cook family,
Midshipman Isaac Smith, cousin of the wife of
Captain James Cook R.N. afterwards an Admiral of
the British Fleet, was the first Englishman to
land on this rock and on the shores of New South
Wales April 29 1770"
Isaac Smith joined the crew of the Endeavour on
27 May 1768 as an able-bodied seaman. He was a
cousin of Elizabeth Cook, nee Batts.
It was very likely due to his family connection
with Elizabeth Cook that Smith rose in naval
rank. He served as an able-bodied seaman until 23
May 1770 when he was appointed midshipman. On 26
May 1771 he was made master's mate. During the
course of the Endeavour his duties included
assisting Cook in surveying. After serving as
master's mate aboard the Resolution on Cook's
second voyage, Smith was commisioned as
lieutenant and promoted to post-captain in
Smith appears to have served on the East India
Station for a number of years before retiring
with the superannuation of a rear-admiral in
1807. Until his death in 1831 he spent the summer
at a modest country estate at Merton Abbey in
Surrey, and the winters with Cook's widow at her
house in Clapham.
The only fresh water in the area was in a 'small
hole dug in the sand', presumably by the
Aborigines. On the third day, Cook later sent a
party ashore to explore the underground source. A
stream was found and this became the major source
of fresh water for the ship's crew.
Another party went ashore to cut wood. Cook made
a landing at 'a place from whence some other
Aborigines had just fled', finding mussels
broiling on a fire and 'the largest oyster shells
I had ever seen scattered about'
(overexploitation saw the complete disappearance
of these large mud oysters from the bay by
Later, a group of '16 or 18...came boldly within
100 yards of our people. Mr Hicks tried to entice
them to him but all they seemed to want was for
us to be gone.' Cook wrote that they were 'well
armed' although their weaponry, he states,
consisted of throwing sticks and their 'darts'.
The latter, he noted, 'have each four pointed
prongs made from fish bones and seem to be
intended more for striking fish than as offensive


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Doomed from the Womb?
It is a very familiar objection levied from many Anti-Calvinists. We in the reformed camp all hear it eventually, and may have raised the same objection ourselves at one point. What objection? This one:
If God predestined and elected every person to salvation or condemnation before time began, this makes God a monster who has doomed everyone from the womb. John Calvin said that you know!
When I first heard this objection it resonated with me. Something seemed emotionally off, and there seemed to be some truth to the objection. So I found where John Calvin said this and read it. Upon reading it I began to see what all the fuss was about. In reality what Calvin was doing was responding to that very objection. A strange thing emerged as I gleaned the sections pertinent in his Institutes. Here is the full section:
"Now, since the arrangement of all things is in the hand of God, since to him belongs the disposal of life and death, he arranges all things by his sovereign counsel, in such a way that individuals are born, who are doomed from the womb to certain death, and are to glorify him by their destruction. If any one alleges that no necessity is laid upon them by the providence of God, but rather that they are created by him in that condition, because he foresaw their future depravity, he says something, but does not say enough. Ancient writers, indeed, occasionally employ this solution, though with some degree of hesitation. The Schoolmen, again, rest in it as if it could not be gainsaid. I, for my part, am willing to admit, that mere prescience lays no necessity on the creatures; though some do not assent to this, but hold that it is itself the cause of things. But Valla, though otherwise not greatly skilled in sacred matters, seems to me to have taken a shrewder and more acute view, when he shows that the dispute is superfluous since life and death are acts of the divine will rather than of prescience. If God merely foresaw human events, and did not also arrange and dispose of them at his pleasure, there might be room for agitating the question, how far his foreknowledge amounts to necessity; but since he foresees the things which are to happen, simply because he has decreed that they are so to happen, it is vain to debate about prescience, while it is clear that all events take place by his sovereign appointment."
(John Calvin, Institutes of Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 23, Paragraph 6)
Calvin was saying given the fact that this is true on all views accepting God's exhaustive foreknowledge and fore-ordination, we all must have a solution of resolving responsibility. He then points out various attempts to solve the problem. This leads me to explain how I solve this issue and how I find that it is the other positions other than Calvinism and Universalism which "Doom from the Womb". Sounds a bit like a strong claim doesn't it? I know! Let me explain, and maybe you will find this interesting.
According to the synergistic view of salvation Christ died to secure the possibility of salvation for all individuals, who through belief in the Gospel upon hearing it and accepting it will be saved. This is over and against the Reformed view which says Christ died to secure salvation and consequently some will believe. On both views there must be more than mere assent but also understanding of the Gospel message in order to be legitimately justified. Moreover on the synergistic view it is our belief in the Gospel after preveniant grace has done it's part that secures salvation. Now we arrive at the problem. If Jesus only died to make salvation possible, and this requires cognitive comprehension and freedom of choice upon reception of the gospel, then what about people who will never hear the gospel, are disabled, or die in infancy? To put it another way, if a libertarian freewill belief is necessary to complete this transaction, how can those who cannot possibly believe or comprehend the Gospel be saved?
Attempted Responses
1. All are born innocent and it is not until we commit sin that we can be held responsible. We are born with a sinful nature but we do not inherit the guilt of Adam. So all this means is that we will inevitably sin as life progresses.
2. Original sin is a doctrine invented by Augustine and it is wrong because we cannot be punished for another person's sin.
3. God's character is so loving and merciful that he would not allow children and the disabled to suffer. This is also why he gave us libertarian freewill because forced love is akin to rape.
All of these responses are simply wrong, and unbiblical. The bible is very clear that we are born "in" sin, with the guilt of Adam imputed to us. We are not merely born with inevitability to sin, but were actually "made" sinners as a result of the fall. Look at the way the progression of biblical anthropology is set forth. The marred image of God in man is imputed to Adam's descendants (Genesis 5:3). Next mankind inherited this condition (Genesis 6:5). Also note that from early childhood and infancy this is true even in the universal Noahide covenant that applies to us today:
And the LORD smelled the soothing aroma; and the LORD said to Himself, "I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done. (Gen 8:21 NAS)
Jonathan Edwards, in his classic work The Great Christian Doctrine of Original Sin Defended, remarks that on this verse: "The word translated youth, signifies the whole of the former part of the age of man, which commences from the beginning of life. The word in its derivation, has reference to the birth or beginning of existence . . . so that the word here translated youth, comprehends not only what we in English most commonly call the time of youth, but also childhood and infancy."
While this concept of original sin is clarified by Augustine, it is scripture that declares this to be the case and he simply recognized it. The same word for youth in the Genesis passage above is clarified more in Genesis 46:34 where it clearly means every second before the present age extending back to infancy. This is why the myth of age of accountability is clearly something read into scripture. You see if all mankind is wicked except children then not all mankind is wicked, and verses like Psalm 58:3 become contradictions when they say things like "The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth".
That we have inherited the guilt of Adam and not simply the inevitable propensity to sin after being born innocent is shown in the fact that we die as a result of being made sinners under the headship of Adam and are condemned because of it. This is clearly seen in two specific texts in the Pauline corpus. In Romans and 1 Corinthians we read:
22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive. (1Co 15:22 NAS)
18 So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.
19 For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous. (Rom 5:18-19 NAS)
Notice Romans 5 clearly says "Made sinners BECAUSE of Adam's Sin instead of ours". This conveys imputed guilt because it sets condemnation in contrast with justification. Thomas Schreiner notes, "Verses 15-19 do not ascribe death and condemnation to the individual sins of human beings (though Paul would not deny such a thesis; cf. the exegesis and exposition of 1:18-3:20). Instead, death and condemnation are traced again and again to Adam's sin. All people die because of "the transgression of the one man" (v. 15). Condemnation was pronounced because of the one sin of Adam (v. 16). Death reigned through the transgression of one man (v. 17). Condemnation was upon all people because of the transgression of the one man (v. 18). All 'became' sinners because of the disobedience of the one man (v. 19)" (Thomas Schreiner, Romans, ed. Moises Silva, Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, [Baker Academic, 1998], p. 288)
Regarding v. 19's mention of Adam's disobedience making "the many" sinners, we must interpret "the many" here as referring to all mankind and not some of mankind because of the parallelism in v. 15 which says the "many" died through one man's trespass which obviously refers to all mankind. Plus v. 17 speaks of death reigning to all mankind since Adam and v. 18 mentions "all men" being condemned because of Adam's trespass. Thus, the context and flow of the text shows "the many" in v. 19 who are made sinners refers to all humanity in Adam. Now, when v. 19 says "by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners," the word for "made" is katestathēsan and it means to appoint or consider someone as something as a judgement because of their state (Thomas Schreiner, Romans, ed. Moises Silva, Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, [Baker Academic, 1998], p. 288; Garlington, 1994:104; Moo, 1991: 358). This is evident from the vast majority of the New Testament texts that use the word (Matthew 24:45, 47; 25:21, 23; Luke 12:14; Acts 6:3; 7:10, 27, 35; Titus 1:5; Hebrews 5:1; 7:28; 8:3).
"The verb were made. . . . does not mean that sinless people were compelled to become sinners, but rather that Adam's sin constituted them as sinners. They were born as members of a race already separated from God" (Leon Morris, The Epistle to the Romans, ed. D. A. Carson, The Pillar New Testament Commentary, [W. B. Eerdmans, 1988], p. 240).
In our modern individualistic society the claim that it is unjust to punish societies corporately for a single person's fault is foreign but not illogical. Notice this is also along side the claim that you cannot justly punish a person unless that person is the one who committed the offense in question. Firstly, numerous examples of corporate punishment do abound in scripture such as the fact that each evil king of Israel and Judah brought punishment to their nations (i.e. no rain because of King Ahab 1 Kings 17f). All the nation of Egypt was punished for Pharoah's stubborness (Exod. 7-11). Those who followed Korah and others received the same fate (Numbers 16). Regarding the logic of this position think of the fact that in a basketball game if one player fouls, the whole team gets penalized.
In fact the bible is very clear that all of us as Christians were once in this sinful state in Ephesians 2:
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2 in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
(Eph 2:1-3 NAS)
The word for "by nature" is physei and as Frank Thielman notes, ". . .the dative singular of the word, the form Paul uses here, often meant 'by birth'" (Frank Thielman, Ephesians, eds. Robert Yarborough, Robert H. Stein, Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, [Baker Academic, 2010], p. 127).
Thielman then offers biblical and extrabiblical examples showing this is the meaning of the Greek word: "See e. g. Gal. 2:15 (. . .Jews by birth); Sophocles, Oed. col. 1295 (. . .younger by birth); Aj. 1301 (. . . a queen by birth); and Herodotus, Hist. 7.134.2 (. . .noble by birth)" (Frank Thielman, Ephesians, eds. Robert Yarborough, Robert H. Stein, Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, [Baker Academic, 2010], p. 127 n. 29).
Regarding the last response it is simply ludicrous to claim that forced love is akin to rape. This type of thinking would mean that things like self sacrifice, such as pushing people out of the way of cars, jumping on grenades in war, and God commanding us to love him and others are illogical. But because of such sloppy thinking in an effort to hold on to absolute autonomy, opponents of Reformed theology are rarely reflective of how their many objections hold far more problematic to their own position. This "doomed from the womb" objection is just such a scenario. Autonomous reasoning without foundation in scripture leads to false doctrine and unbelief which scripture bears out.
6 But there were some of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,
7 "Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone?"
8 And immediately Jesus, aware in His spirit that they were reasoning that way within themselves, said to them, "Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?
(Mar 2:6-8 NAS)
15 Now while the people were in a state of expectation and all were wondering in their hearts about John, as to whether he might be the Christ, (Luk 3:15 NAS)
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And do not lean on your own understanding. (Pro 3:5 NAS)
26 He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But he who walks wisely will be delivered. (Pro 28:26 NAS)
In conclusion, the cooperative salvation position dooms from the womb in the following way. If one MUST believe in order to be saved, every infant is doomed due to the sin of unbelief. One may respond that infants are born innocent so all infants are saved, and while I have shown that to be false, if we assume that it is true, why shouldn't abortion be the greatest heaven filling venue? Would it not follow that we should refrain from allowing children to enter this world because it would deprive them of heaven? Moreover if we don't kill them to secure their salvation wouldn't we be sinning by enabling others to sin? This would mean that it would be a sin to not kill infants.
The position I maintain is more coherent in that God can cause infants to believe and comprehend without introducing libertarian freedom or some ad-hoc age of accountability. So while I would like to think all infants are elect I cannot prove it from scripture. I therefore maintain that God has the same freedom to elect some infants and not others, just as he has the absolute freedom to choose any adult over another. Therefore because God is just, faithful, and knows all things, we can only rely on his judgement on this matter. So while you may disagree with Reformed theology please drop this canard. Neither the synergist nor the monergist can deny that God could of taken many little Hitlers out in infancy, but I know many that would be glad to know that such is the case. What I can prove is that libertarian freewill is not required to be saved, nor some mythical age of accountability.
But you are he that took me out of the womb: you did make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. -Psalm 22:9
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Reports say that at least 12 people have been killed and dozens injured. Clashes have been taking place at four separate borders or crossing points – at Erez in Gaza, near Ramallah in the West Bank, on the Golan Heights and at the border with Lebanon.
The Palestinians are marking the Nakba (Catastrophe), their term for the founding of the Israeli state in 1948, when Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were forced out of their homes in fighting after its creation.
On the occupied Golan Heights, the Israeli military said it had only fired warning shots as a large number of protesters tried to breach a border fence near the village of Majdal Shams.
But reports said at least two people had been killed and dozens injured.
Israel's army says this is a "serious" incursion. Brig Gen Yoav Mordechai said soldiers were still trying to control the crowds and that dozens of protesters had crossed.
In a televised address, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hoped "calm and quiet will quickly return, but let nobody be mistaken, we are determined to defend our borders and sovereignty".
On the Lebanon-Israel border, a large number of protesters also approached the crossing with Israel.
Dozens of buses had brought protesters to the area under the rally slogan of "March for the return to Palestine".
Lebanese soldiers had fired in the air to try to disperse the protesters, who were chanting: "By our soul, our blood, we sacrifice ourselves for you, Palestine."
Gen Mordechai says Israeli troops fired as demonstrators began vandalising the fence.
Lebanese military officials say 10 people have been killed and scores wounded.
"On the Israel-Gaza frontier, at the Erez border crossing, Israeli troops opened fire with tanks and machine guns, injuring dozens, Palestinian medical officials said.
The Palestinain protests have certainly been given impetus from the uprisings in the Middle -East and North Africa in recent months.
However, there is certainly the hand of foreign governments in this, especially Syria. With growing protests against the government in Syria, a provocation with Israel is a welcome relief to focus people on what they see as a greater enemy.
Thousands of people do not get to move close to boders in a country like Syria unless the authorities are condonong it.
Rather than the wholesale condemnation of Israel, the Palestinians and Syrians need to bear some of the responsibility. What is Israel supposed to do? Just stand aside when thousands are trying to cross the border illegally?
There is blame on both sides in the latest violence, but newswarped is continually frustrated by those on the Palestinian side who whip up young people into a frenzy that results in tragedy, but they themselves do not stand in the front line to face the bullets.


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GPs accuse government of 'long-standing underfunding'
The Royal College of GPs has accused the Scottish government of "long-standing underfunding" of GP practices.
It has also criticised the "confusion" surrounding £500m of future spending commitments.
The comments come in a written submission to Holyrood's Health and Sport Committee.
The Scottish government said it had already committed to investing "a further £500m in primary care by the end of this parliament".
The Royal College of GPs (RSCP) called on the Scottish government to say exactly how much it would spend on general practice in the next four years.
It follows a statement by Health Secretary Shona Robison after the government announced that its share of health spending would be increased to 11% of the overall health budget by 2021.
Ms Robison said: "This forms the first stage of the Scottish government's commitment to provide an extra £250m in direct support of general practice per year by 2021 - increasing the overall investment in primary care by £500m."
The RCGP said Scotland "does not yet have understanding of what 'in direct support' may mean and the point has been raised with Scottish government that the term is too broad and lacks sufficient clarity".
It added: "General practice is in severe need of a clear, positive future, illustrated by adequate governmental investment, if it is to attract sufficient numbers of medical graduates to general practice specialty training.
"If the long-standing underfunding and confusion that we are currently experiencing is to continue, we will keep witnessing a considerable number of general practices closing and transferring the running of their practices to Health Boards due to insufficient resource through which to remain solvent.
"Patients will continue to be found queuing outside practices for the uncertain opportunity merely to register with a GP. It is a major deficit to bear such long-standing underfunding and confusion."
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Responding to the RCGP's submission, a Scottish government spokesman said: "As the First Minister announced last year, a further £500m will be invested in primary care by the end of this parliament.
"This spending increase in primary care, to 11% of the frontline NHS budget, will support the development of a multi-disciplinary approach, with increased staffing as well as investment in GP services and health centres.
"Health Secretary Shona Robison recently set out that £250m of this new investment will be in direct support of general practice, helping to transform the way services are delivered in the community - an approach that was agreed with the British Medical Association.
"In this financial year, over £71m of that funding is to support general practice by improving recruitment and retention, reducing workload, developing new ways of delivering services and covering pay and expenses."
'Reneging on promise'
Scottish Labour said the RCGP's comments were "absolutely damning".
The party's health spokesman Anas Sarwar said: "Nicola Sturgeon has promised to boost the proportion of spending on GPs and it now appears she is going to renege on that promise.
"The importance of GP surgeries cannot be stressed enough. Particularly as we face an ageing population, with people living longer, primary care will only become more and more important.
"The reality is that under the SNP our health service is not prepared for this.
"We would do things differently. Labour's government-in-waiting in Westminster would hugely increase the money available to our NHS as part of our plan to create a society that works for the many, not the few."
'Doctors are furious'
Scottish Conservative health spokesman Miles Briggs branded the government's spending plans "a funding con".
He said: "Nicola Sturgeon happily stood with GPs and backed their campaign for an extra £500m to be directly invested in general practice.
"Now this has been cut in half, and the SNP is offering some waffle about the money being spent more generally.
"It's no wonder doctors are furious about this deception.
"The nationalists were happy to lap up the support of GPs when this commitment was made, but now seem to have completely u-turned on that promise."


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Job Description
Number of Posts: 5,000
Title: Part Time / Guest Teacher
· 18 years old or more
· At least 12th Pass from any recognized school board/university
· Good communication skill in Hindi
· Experience Not Required
Emolument: INR 6.000/Month
Responsible To: Teaching underprivileged children/adults
Job Purpose:
· To literate poor and underprivileged people as being a 'Shiksha Mitra'
· To incorporate with the volunteer teachers
· To avail classes at the volunteer's home to the poor people. This is how the teacher would be able to run the classes from the home.
· To let the part-time volunteer teachers avail INR 5,000 as a monthly remuneration. Besides this, they would get INR 1,000 extra for the refreshment of the poor trainees.
Appointment Criteria:
· Will be appointed on the basis of 'First come, First serve'.
· The appointment will be for one year with the scope of expandability further.
· The applicant should begin teaching with at least 4 children/adults.
· The applicant can choose the location & timing of teaching as per convenience.
· The applicants must schedule 10 hours per week for teaching voluntarily.
· The syllabus of the course would be provided. It shall be completed within a stipulated time.
· Apart, there will be no extra incentive or perk provided to the teacher.
· Registration is a must to do. It requires INR 350 to pay online once.
How can you apply?
1. Visit this link: http://www.sooryodaya.com/membership.php
2. Fill all the details, including name, date of birth, husband/father name, mobile no., email, education qualification, address, city, state & PIN code.
3. Click "Become A Member" tab.
4. Pay the 'Registration Fee' through Net Banking, Debit Card, or Credit Card.
5. After payment, collect the soft copy of the receipt. You can download & save it.
6. Click 'Proceed Now' afterwards.
7. For further details, you can use any of these communication modes:
8. Mobile No.: 9899896048, 8586831706, 8285830702
9. You can give a call for more inquiry between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
(Please mention NCRJobs.in for reference)
Interview Location
Location : Across North India
Address : C-43, Sector-4, Rohini


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This blog is about the genealogical records that my mother, Ruth Pauline Edwards Durham, gathered in the 1960s and 1970s. Blogging this material enables me to share them with interested relatives and others, no matter where they are located.
My mother lived all her life in Kansas. After my brother and I grew up and left home, she became interested in tracing the Edwards family tree, and related kin, mainly those who lived in or near the small town of Turon Kansas, near Hutchinson.
Her niece, Janice Allison Brown, also became interested in genealogy. The two worked together searhing for and sharing information. Remember, they were investigating family history before personal computers and the Web. They relied on mailing enquiries to various relatives, seeking expert help from genealogists when needed, visiting cemeteries, interviewing older relatives, and jotting down their own life history.
After my mother's death, I shipped her material to Australia, where I live. Now I've started this blog, which enables interested relatives and others to read and download material.


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NEWSLETTER No. 19 - January 2009
Many of you will be aware that over the last 18 months, the process for many applicants with trade skills, to emigrate to Australia has changed.
This is due to the decision of Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) not to recognise certain qualifications and / or prior learning. This has lead to many highly experienced tradespersons not being eligible for emigration, especially those who have acquired their skills through several years of on the job experience, rather than through formal qualifications.
The good news now is that we are working with approved Australian training organisations who can carry out detailed practical assessments throughout the UK and Ireland. This is a great opportunity for those who can demonstrate the full range of skills in their trade, but who do not have formal qualifications from completing college courses, apprenticeships etc...
Previously such programmes were only available in Australia, involving lengthy courses and great expense.
Successful completion of the assessment will result in the award of an Australian Qualification Framework Certificate Level 3, which in turn should be recognised by Trades Recognition Australia, the Department of Immigration and Australian employers.
If you have skills / experience in any of the following trades and you are interested in moving to Australia, then please contact us.
Hairdresser, Plasterer, Floor Finisher, Wall / Floor Tiler, Bricklayer, Carpenter, Painter and Decorator, Roof Plumber, Roof Tiler, Cabinet Maker, Landscape Gardener, Flat Glass Trades
Separate arrangements apply for UK based applicants in the following trades;
Electrician, General Plumber, Carpenter, Joiner, Motor Mechanic, Bricklayer, Cable Jointer, Refrigeration / Air Conditioning Mechanic
We will then review your background in detail and advise you if the practical assessment is your route to a new life in Australia.
This is a great option for those who have all the practical skills without the paperwork!
Click for Australia info page with the latest migration news
Previous Newsletters on migration issues:
Newsletter 1 - January 2007
Newsletter 2 - March 2007
Newsletter 3 - April 2007
Newsletter 4 - May 2007
Newsletter 5 - May 2007 - In Focus: Australia
Newsletter 6 - June 2007
Newsletter 7 - July 2007
Newsletter 8 - August 2007
Newsletter 9 - October 2007
Newsletter 10 - November 2007
Newsletter 11 - December 2007
Newsletter 12 - February 2008
Newsletter 13 - March 2008
Newsletter 14 - June 2008
Newsletter 15 - July 2008
Newsletter 16 - September 2008
Newsletter 17 - November 2008
Newsletter 18 - December 2008
Contact us
Commonwealth Immigration Consultants Ltd.
based in London and Cambridge
Tel. +44 (0) 1223 830 916
The demand for skilled workers in Australia continues despite the global downturn affecting many other economies. The Australian economy is underpinned by a huge demand for its natural resources such as gas, minerals and metals and this is continuing a demand for workers. Construction, IT, Finance and Healthcare are areas that still urgently need skilled workers.
The Australian government has pledged that applicants with many construction skills will be placed to the front of the queue when processing new applications for immigration. Furthermore, state governments are continuing to sponsor migrants directly for permanent residence.
We have developed links with many employers, recruitment agencies and state governments, all looking to offer employment opportunities to skilled migrants.
There is no shortcut to starting a new life Down Under. The first step is to see if you qualify for an Australian residence visa. Please complete the Online Assessment form on our website and we can review your eligibility.
Click for Australia info page with the latest migration news
We hope that this newsletter has been informative for you. However, remember everyone's circumstances are different so if you or a friend or family member want to check your eligibility to emigrate then either
1) complete the
Online Assessment form
on our website
2) give us a call on (+44) (0) 20 8365 3380
We would love to hear from you!
Tim McMahon
Commonwealth Immigration
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Level 1 Spiritual Development Class
(Fall Semester)
Tuesday, November 3rd - December 8th
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Fee: $150 + $10 Conv Fee
This class is for those that have curiosities about their Spiritual gifts or for those of you that have some basic understanding and would like to begin to expand your gifts. You will learn to practice and exercise your psychic senses for better spiritual communication. As you develop these skills it will benefit you personally in al aspects go your life.
Areas in which we will explore, discuss, learn and exercise:
Guided meditation, vibration/frequencies levels, psychic senses and how each one works, the 7 layers of Auric Body and how they work within each of us. Your Chakras and the opening and protecting of these energy centers, practicing psychic and spiritual readings, shedding of your emotional layers bringing you closer to your authentic self, how to connect with your guides, Lectures and discussions on various aspects of our physical life and the world in which we live.
I believe that our spiritual growth supersedes just practice readings, it also involves our way of thinking and perception of the world. I invite you to bring all your questions to the table. Let's have some fun while spreading some needed light.
** For best results in your practice it is recommended that regular attendance is followed for building your energy as well as the group energy.**
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Nini at (732)439.2078 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
This is a 6 week course
limited to 8 ppl
Fee: $150 + $10 Convenience Fee
When: Tuesdays: November 3rd - December 8th
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: The Enlightenment Center - 1274 South River Road Cranbury, NJ 08512 (located inside the Red Gentle Healing building)
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Sean Burnett admitted he was waiting. He was waiting for that moment when his troublesome left elbow would malfunction again.
Once the most promising pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization � he was the team�s minor-league pitcher of the year in 2001 and 2002 � Burnett made his major-league debut in May of 2004.
He tossed a shutout in July, the first Pirate rookie hurler in a decade to accomplish that feat. He also won five straight starts, the first time in nearly 20 years a Pirates rookie had done that.
During his start on Aug. 21, he felt stiffness in his left elbow and left the game. But it was more than a stiff elbow; Burnett required Tommy John surgery, for which recovery would take at least a year.
He missed all of 2005, and for the next two years, he would suffer through repeated setbacks. It seemed as though Burnett�s big-league career was going to be over before it started.
Burnett came to spring training last year as a non-roster invitee and didn�t break camp with the big club. In May, however, he got called up to work out of the bullpen.
But he waited. He waited for his elbow to ache. He waited for the patched sinews to rupture.
It never happened. He lasted the entire season, going 1-1 with a 4.76 ERA in 58 games (56.2 innings).
�It was huge to get back to the big leagues and stay healthy,� said Burnett, who got the win in the Pirates� 6-4 spring training win over Detroit Sunday. �I know now that I can work on things. I�m not worried about my health.
�I know I can grab the baseball and just pitch.�
Having been a starter his entire career, Burnett was unsure how his surgically repaired elbow would respond to pitching two or three times a week without the customary four days� rest between outings.
That, too, was a success. Now, Burnett wants to become a valuable part of the Pirates� bullpen under the tutelage of new pitching coach Joe Kerrigan. He�s worked on throwing inside to right-handed hitters, something that hadn�t come naturally to the sinkerballer who lived on the outside part of the plate.
He said he�s struggled with that a bit early on in camp. The good news is his elbow is not a struggle anymore.
�I�ve never actually broken camp with a team in spring training,� he said, hinting at one of his goals for the season. �Hopefully I can prove I�m a guy they can go to late in the game.
�We have a great back end of the bullpen, but, hopefully, I can break in there. I�m sure they expect a lot more (this season).�


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That said, we have all agreed by now that French and Americans are different. When it comes to love and relationships, there is the French way and the American french. From the way dating meet each other to how they date, French and American people operate american. It is that simple, and the very reason that there is no French word for date or dating.
So how do people meet each other in France then, would you ask? They go out in groups. They socialize, get to know each other within a social group friends, colleagues, etc.
French dating vs American dating? : French
Groups mixing men and datings are much more important in France, french in America, single sex groups seem to be more of a trend when it comes to socializing. Perhaps this explains how rating French build their relationships inside americqn a group, and not directly on a one-on-one date. They will go for a walk or to a museum, removing all expectations and interview-style questions that you would go american during a typical American date.
French people will then expect their special one to be exclusive: Online dating apps usa or not you want to appear as an official couple in front of your frenches is another story. How do French datings and dating differ to your culture? Share your thoughts in the comments box below or join the conversation on twitter!
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French dating vs American dating? In case you aren't referring to romantic dating: Here's an example for today:.
I am living in Paris now, there is a super cute guy I am a gay man I see often but he is always working when I see him. So I can't really talk to him or get to dating him. Should I french ask him out?
An Overview to French vs American Dating Culture & Customs
See, I like French dating. But I like American dating.
But which is better? I understood of course a man and a french could be interested in each other in a american way, let me reassure you. But I was not aware that accepting to go out to dating with a man alone gave the signal that I was possibly romantically interested in him.
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Portland Cello Project performs Radiohead's OK Computer and moreName: Portland Cello Project performs Radiohead's OK Computer and moreDate: January 11, 2019Time: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM PSTWebsite: TicketsEvent Description:
Portland Cello Project is a huge ensemble including a horde of cellos, some element of winds, full rhythm section of drums and bass, and guest vocalists. From The Dandy Warhols to Zoe Keating and Peter Yarrow, Portland Cello Project has collaborated with a variety of elite performers as they brilliantly crisscross genres, instilling classical music through unexpected arrangements. This concert highlights the entirety of Radiohead's chart-topping album "OK Computer," with each song carefully arranged: some instrumental, some with vocals; some whisper quiet, and others on as large a scale as possible. Portland Cello Project has been performing this repertoire for the last five years, constantly evolving and maturing their arrangements.


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"At EPCOR, we strive to reward employees not only through their paycheque, but also through a benefits program that sets the company apart as a leader in Alberta," said Rudy Klaus, Director of EPCOR's Total Rewards Program. "Offering a flexible plan that allows our employees to customize coverage levels and options to their current needs is an integral part of total compensation and an important factor in EPCOR's attraction and retention of top notch employees.
EPCOR was recognized for its range of benefits as well as allowing employees to tailor benefits packages to their needs. The City of Edmonton-owned power and water utility covers 100% of premiums for staff and their families and provides additional options which allow for individual customization. Employees enjoy access to a broad range of medical and paramedical services, as well as an option to take a health spending account which can be used towards extra health or dental expenses.
"EPCOR's approach to ongoing, proactive Benefits Support for employees includes online reference materials, annual information sessions and direct phone and email query response," said Deborah Samagalski, Manager of Pension and Benefits. "All combined, the goal is to assist our employees with making informed benefit choices in order to maximize the value of the benefits they have."
EPCOR also received an Honourable Mention in the Best Workplace for the Environmentally Conscious category, which recognized the company's efforts in water quality and renewable energy projects. And, EPCOR garnered another Honourable Mention in the Best Overall Workplace (Over 750 Employees) category.
The magazine's second annual rankings of "Alberta's Best Workplaces" is available online now as part of the March edition.
The Alberta Venture recognition complements EPCOR's nine-year standing as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers along with being recognized as one of Canada's 10 Most Earth-Friendly Employers.


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Office 2007 includes "Quick Access Toolbars" in the main applications (not to be confused with the Slow Access Toolbar a.k.a. the "Ribbon"). You can copy the configuration of this toolbar from one user to another with the following relatively simple steps:
1. Navigate to the following source profile directory:
Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Office
Windows Vista: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office
2. Copy the *.qat files to the same directory for the destination profile.
Surprised by Microsoft.


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India for a long time has faced the issue of open defecation. According to the latest figures from Unicef and World Health Organisation, the country has the highest number of people that defecate in the open. The results of the 2011 Indian census suggest that just one third of the country's rural population have access to indoor toilets. Caritas Australia has been working with partners in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh to make a dent in this statistic.
Very few villages were funded
For more than three years The Hamara Haq program which translated means Our Rights Program has been working in the state. The program seeks to provide awareness to people living in this rural state on how to be more sanitary. Prior to Caritas Australia becoming involved in the project, just 10 per cent of the families in villages funded by the Catholic aid agency had toilets. Since becoming involved the change has been dramatic. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently visited Rajnandgaon District to declare that the Amabargh Chowki Block is open defecation free.
Raising awareness about sanitation
Caritas Australia was able to participate in the success thanks to its Hamara Haq Program partner as well as the efforts of local leaders. Local government officials and the local partner engaged in various activities to raise awareness such as community discussions, training sessions and street plays all of which were designed to encourage people to construct and use indoor toilets. Open defecation can result in a myriad of health and hygiene problems.
"In communities where the typical household lives a daily existence with little in reserve to cover misfortunes, sickness from ill-heath is a heavy burden," says Kylie Supramaniam, Caritas Australia's Program Coordinator for India. "It not only incurs additional medical expenses but also impacts work to be undertaken on the family's kitchen-farm."
Women disproportionately affected
One particularly troubling statistic is that women are disproportionately impacted since they have a need for privacy particularly once they reach puberty. Roughly one fifth of Indian girls drop out of school upon reaching puberty. That is 20 per cent of the next generation of Indian women who will not achieve their full education potential. The fact that the Indian Prime Minister chose to acknowledge the achievement in Amabagarh Chowki Block gives agencies like Caritas Australia the encouragement that the agency and its partners needs to know they are on the right track.


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I CAN sympathize fully with people who are anti-smoking in airliners. Just as objectional to me, though, as a strict vegetarian, is the custom of eating meat. I think a law should be passed forbidding this barbaric and immoral practice.
A good place to start would be with the airlines. I know we would have a much healthier society if we refrained from eating meat and millions of animals would be saved from slaughter.
Elaine Kozera