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While climbing in the gym or even on the granite rock of Ireland, the skin on your hands (and everywhere else) gets tougher and tougher and develops specific callouses so as every time you touch a hold, your skin doesn't rip. And of course, the more you climb on that day, your hands do rip, and you develop "flappers" of skin, and you hands end up consisting more of tape than skin.
In France, in Fontainebleau, there's a difference. The rock is amazingly sculpted sandstone, all curves and pockets and soft. Soft rock leads to one very popular kind of hold though - slopers. Slopers are interesting. You put your hand on them, and you say (in your head or out loud); huh. There is a hold there, and you can see it is the only hold, but it's not the kind of hold you really want to trust. You end up squeezing the rock until you start to wonder will your fingers leave indents. You don't end up with flappers, you go raw. Looking at your finger tips, there are no cuts, but blood slightly weeps and you can't really touch anything. Returning to the tent, cans of tuna are opened with broken nails and more baguettes are consumed. You spent nine hours in the sun, nine hours of pushing yourself over and over and over again, scraping elbows and jamming knees into cracks to stabilise. The fact that there are no mirrors around becomes a blessing in disguise, and even though you are so exhilarated after spending the day falling off of pebbles so many times, you can't even muster the strength to talk about it once you all collapse into the car. Soothing music is played on the drive back, people and crashpads haphazardly stacked and leaning on each other. Waking up the next morning, when your fingers past the test of opening the zips and putting on clothes, it means they are well enough to abuse again, and more canned fish and pastries are eaten
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Toys "R" Us wants you for Christmas.
I remember reading an article about a very targeted plan by the toy giant to "invade the mall [during the] holiday season, opening 600 'Express' stores in malls and other shopping centers around the country, more than six times [the previous] year's count, and hiring 10,000 seasonal workers."
During a time of economic downturn, then-CEO Gerald Storch saw this as a necessary "aggressive action" plan.
The company indeed went into action and the question simply became, "How big can we make this?"
Which led me to wonder, how big can we make Christmas?
Or more specifically, Christmas Eve?
Evangelical churches of all kinds throughout the United States have seldom held services on Christmas Day when it has not fallen on a Sunday (a tradition that dates back to the Puritans). In fact, marking Christmas has never been tied to a Sunday-specific celebration (as with Easter).
If there is a day that has uniformly been seized by churches to celebrate the birth of Christ, it has been Christmas Eve. For many years, Christmas Eve has been the day of choice for the communal celebration among Christians of the birth of Christ.
Christmas Eve services are a last bastion against the rampant materialism and secularism that threatens to overwhelm the true meaning of the season, and serve to keep the birth of Christ in the center of our hearts and celebrations.
They are also one of the most strategic ways we can reach out to individuals for Christ so that one day they may celebrate His birth with us in the fullness of the new birth He will bring to their life. Christmas Eve really is one of the best times to reach out to the unchurched in a culture that, for now at least, still draws them to attend such services.
As a result, we need to ask ourselves – as Toys "R" Us did – "How big can we make this?"
And by how big can we make this, I mean:
How many people can we reach for Christ who wouldn't darken the doorstep of a church any other time of the year?
How can we most strategically remind them of the reason for the season in a way their latest trip to the mall did not?
If they naturally turn their thoughts to church and Jesus, how can we serve those inclinations and let this Christmas Eve mark the advent of Christ in their life?
Our Christmas Eve services are planned months in advance, staff is out in full force, we employ hundreds of volunteers, we give a present to all in attendance (usually a book to serve a spiritual search or journey), and we offer a treat (like cookies and hot cocoa) after the service.
This year we will offer 18 services over six days and four campuses. A lot of effort, I know. But the way we figure it, there was a lot of effort in the incarnation, and it was for more than a Christmas card.
It was, as the angel said, to bring "good news of great joy for all the people."
So how big are we going to make it?
As big as we can.
James Emery White
Mae Anderson, "Toys 'R' Us opening 600 holiday stores in malls, hiring 10,000," USA Today, September 9, 2010, read online.
Editor's Note
This blog was originally published in 2010. The Church & Culture Team brings this blog annually as church's prepare for their Christmas Eve services.

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Grows with your Child
A modular playground is so important because very child grows (mind, body, strength) at their own speed but most products are based on the 'average child'. So, for children who want to take their time or those that may move quickly, aren't truly taken into consideration. Unlike typical children's products made today, Little Climber 'actually grows' with your little one and it will support their abilities at the moment needed, in their stage of development.
It's 100% Natural
Once your child starts crawling, they are ready to climb. It's 100% natural and something humans are designed to do, even before we begin walking. Little Climber allows for both of your child's hands and feet to be active at all times, which makes the experience more organic. Children will just know what to do without prior introduction or practice.
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NSW Business and Skilled Migration team key achievements 2017–18
Business migration
In 2017–18, the NSW Department of Industry continued to actively promote NSW to high-calibre business and investor migrants as the preferred destination to live, do business and invest in Australia.
Building on the success of the previous roadshows, NSW again hit the road and embarked on a tour de force of China and Vietnam, presenting to over 2,000 prospective business and investor migrants over 60 events!
The roadshows were a great opportunity for the department to deepen existing relationships and established new connections that will continue to drive the growth of NSW migration programs. This was particularly evident in Vietnam, where the number of nominees increased by an impressive 27% in comparison to the previous year.
An inaugural ASEAN migration roadshow in August 2018 was also held in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore, with high participation across all events.
The results of the department's efforts are now been realised, with NSW officially overtaking Victoria as the leading state for Significant Investor Visa nominations!
As well as in-market roadshows, the department sought to maintain ongoing engagement with industry to promote business and investor migration to NSW and provide a high level of service to existing clients. In 2017–18, the NSW Business and Skilled Migration team attended over 45 personalised client engagement meetings to present on NSW migration programs, industry sector investment opportunities and answer questions on NSW's nomination procedures and policy.
The department is also committed to continuously improving and streamlining customer services. Average processing times have shortened and we have implemented clear service standards that lead competing states.
We welcome the opportunity to collaborate with our stakeholders further in 2018–19, both here in NSW and abroad, to present our business and investor migration program on a global scale.
Skilled migration
The department successfully delivered the selection-based skilled migration program to boost productivity and strengthen the NSW economy. In 2017–18, NSW nominated 5,226 skilled migrants to the federal government, including 1,440 skilled migrants nominating to live and work in regional NSW—a key focus for the department.
We are still awaiting our formal allocation from the Department of Home Affairs for 2018–19, but we anticipate a similar-sized program to be delivered. Excitingly, we have welcomed new areas of NSW into our regional nominated migration program, which have already been flooded with interest.
The Department of Industry thanks all stakeholders for their support in the last financial year and we look forward to another productive program year ahead where we will continue to build on our success and promote the message that NSW is 'open for business'.


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Schedule for Spring 2019 Entrance CeremoniesWed, Jul 11, 2018
The Spring 2019 entrance ceremonies will be held from April 1 to 3 (Monday through Wednesday), 2019. The following is the schedule of entranceceremonies for undergraduate, graduate and affiliated schools. Please take note that the entrance ceremonies will be held at the Waseda Arena located on Toyama Campus.
Entrance ceremonies for undergraduate schools on April 1 (Mon), Waseda Arena (Toyama Campus)
First session – 10:00 A.M
1) School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2) School of Law and 3) School of Political Science and Economics
Second session – 2:00 P.M
5) School of Education, 6) School of International Liberal Studies and 7) School of Sport Sciences
Entrance ceremonies for undergraduate schools on April 2 (Tue), Waseda Arena (Toyama Campus)
Third session – 10:00 A.M
8) School of Commerce, 9) School of Culture, Media and Society and 19)School of Social Sciences
Fourth session – 2:00 P.M
11) School of Advanced Science and Engineering, 12) School of Creative Science and Engineering, 13) School of Fundamental Science and Engineering and 14) School of Human Sciences (including E-school online degree program)
Entrance ceremonies for graduate school on April 3 (Wed), Waseda Arena (Toyama Campus)
Scheduled time: 10:00 A.M
All graduate schools except Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems. Students of Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems will attend their entrance ceremony at the Kitakyushu Science and Research Park.
Entrance ceremony for Art and Architecture School
Schedule awaiting confirmation.
To family members and guests
- Please note that there may be specific instructions from each school about the graduation ceremony. Check with your respective school when in doubt.
- Please also note that the entrance and exit for graduating students, parents and guardians are all different.
- Kindly follow the instructions of the staff in-charge at the entrance of Toyama campus.
- The Okuma Garden will be open to the public from 8:00 A.M to 5:00 P.M. In case of rain, the garden will be closed.
- The Waseda History For Tomorrow Museum and Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum will also be opened to the public.
Contact us
- If you have any questions about the entrance ceremony, please call the General Affairs Division at 03-3208-8521.
- Kindly check with your respective school for specific instructions they may have for you.


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Centurion PalaceVenice, Italy. Dorsoduro 173
Your Travel Guide
It felt too good to be true, dining in the restaurant terrace that overlooked the Grand Canal in Venice. It almost felt like they were floating and he wondered if it was the canal or the love making him feel that way. He had heard many great things about the Sina Centurion Palace, but the reality of this place took him by surprise. The hotel was beyond perfect with its blend of elegance and bold designs. The views of water had such a calming energy, the gondolas passing by made him feel like he was in a movie, especially seated next to his gorgeous companion. He handed her a rose he had bought for her--he knew how the little things made her feel special. Tonight was all about her and she deserved to be treated like a queen. The skies were getting darker and the city of Venice was lighting up. With champagne in one hand and her hand in his other one, he wanted this moment to last forever. Looking at her face, her effortless beauty, her genuine smile, he knew right then and there she was the one. He used to fear commitment, but in this moment he had no doubts. He slowly sat the champagne glass on the table, reached in his pocket and while looking in her beautiful eyes, got on one knee... The diamond shined brightly against the starry Venice sky, it was time to return to their hotel to continue engagement celebrations. The Sina Centurion Palace would be forever engraved in their memories as they continued their journey as one.Read More Read Less
Welcome to the SINA Centurion Palace, where nothing is as it seems. On one side the placid waters of the lagoon, and on the other the mysterious alleyways of Venice, leading to two of the city's most stunning modern museums, the Peggy Guggenheim and the new Punta della Dogana. A period palace with an elaborate Gothic façade, but when you step inside you find yourself projected into a future in which each item of the decor has been designed exclusively for your pleasure.
Business Center
Pets Allowed
Fitness Center
Meeting Rooms
Free Wifi
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- Room upgrade and Early Check-in/Late Check-out based on availability. Welcome bottle of Prosecco. Complimentary entrance to Punta della Dogana Contemporary Art Museum.


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There is nothing more magical than a book and here at Book People, we think books are always the perfect presents. Whoever you're buying for, the gift of reading is always something special. Whether they love exciting adventure stories, fascinating history books, fashion bibles, romantic reads, science encyclopedias or something else entirely we have lots of great books for everyone. There are loads of reasons why books make the perfect presents but we've narrowed it down to just 10 because, sadly, we do have to stop ourselves somewhere...
1. They are thoughtful presents
Getting someone a book suggests you have thought about their interests and searched for something that would suit them. Who doesn't want to look like a considerate gift-giver?
2. They are easy to wrap and portable
For the most practical amongst you, you might like to consider that books are very easy to wrap. And, they are easily portable so if you're packing up a bag of presents to share with the family at a Christmas reunion they won't take up much room in your car and they aren't easy to damage.
3. They can last a lifetime
Books are definitely gifts without expiry dates. Once you have gifted a book it can be read again and again and can even be passed on to others in the future.
4. They are quiet (and keep young bookworms quiet too)
Books barely make a sound and when they do it's the soft comforting sound of pages turning (all booklovers like this sound, right?). And, if you have little ones that have a tendency to be noisy, giving them an exciting adventure story to jump into can keep them quiet for a while too.
5. There is such a great variety of books, they'll be something for everyone - even people who aren't big readers
Buying books for people who love reading can be pretty easy since there are so many great books out there to be discovered, you're spoiled for choice! However, fun gift books can be great presents for non-readers as well. For those who like trying out new recipes, give a cookbook, for those that like travelling, give an atlas, the possibilities go on and on.
6. They are great for any age, gender, interest etc
Whoever you're buying for there's a book for them; from babies to the elderly. As there is a book for everyone you can buy lots of presents from one place at one time. We have books for every age, gender and interest in our range so if you've got a few to buy for then we've got you covered.
7. They don't need batteries or chargers
Put the chargers and batteries away - with a book you don't need them. Once you've got the book and wrapped it up your gift is good to go, you don't need to add anything to it or check if there are batteries included.
8. You can never have too many
No bookworm would ever say they have too many books. And, if they aren't a bookworm then they clearly don't have enough books yet. So, books are always a winner!
9. They can be educational (and not just for children)
Books can be educational for everyone. For kids, books can improve their reading and language skills and for adults, novels can teach you new words and improve your empathy (that is a scientific fact!). Plus, we have loads of non-fiction books filled with fascinating facts and information on a huge variety of topics for those who don't read fiction.
10. They are cheap (especially with our prices!)
One of the best reasons that books make the perfect presents is that they are cheap. We have great books at discounted prices and we have frequent offers to help you get the best books without breaking the bank.
So, there you have it - books are thoughtful, quiet, educational, long-lasting, cheap and easy-to-wrap presents! You can't go wrong, so treat them to a book for their next birthday and spread the joy of reading...


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Florida Legal Gambling Options
Florida is no stranger to legalized gambling, having hosted different forms of betting since 1931.
Wagering in Florida all began with dog and horse racing, followed by jai alai, all in the 1930s. All three of these sports still operate today and allow betting onsite. In fact, all of the jai alai frontons also offer poker rooms and slots. Racinos, located within race tracks across the state, also offer these gambling amenities.
Tribal casinos came to Florida in the late '80s, offering table games and slot machines. There are currently 8 such casinos, along with a handful of casino cruise ships that linger offshore. Residents can also take advantage of independent card rooms, where poker is legal.
Online gaming has not yet come to Florida, although the possibility may be closer than we think. Residents can take advantage of social gaming, however, where they can play the slots or poker for fun instead of money.
Recent Florida legal gambling news
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Midterm Elections In Deep South Are A Mixed Bag For Gambling
Several Southern states including Arkansas, Louisiana and Florida voted on a variety of gambling initiatives in the November 2018 midterm elections.
Florida Amendment 3 Vote Could End Hopes Of Gambling Expansion
Next month, Florida gets to vote on changing the constitution as Amendment 3 hands over control of gambling to voters, killing any chance of sports betting.
Delaware North And Miomni Partner In Multi-State Sports Betting Deal
Delaware North has announced a partnership with Miomni Gaming to offer sports betting in all of its properties located where sports betting is legal.
2017 Was A Record Year For Commercial Casinos In The US, Report Says
With revenues of more than $40 billion and taxes paid in excess of $9 billion, 2017 was a record year for the commercial casino industry in the US.
Land-based slots environment
Florida has a long history with regard to gambling. Legal forms of wagering have existed in the state since 1931, when dog and horse racing were legalized.
Since that time, there has been an ebb-and-flow to the public's acceptance of gambling options and buildings. Ultimately, Florida has undoubtedly become a destination for more than just beaches and retirement facilities.
Florida first legalized slot machines and jai alai back in 1935. They quickly repealed the machines (but not the jai alai) two years later. Limited slots gaming was introduced in 1988 on tribal lands due to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. But it wasn't until 2004, 67 years after their repeal, that voters revived slot gaming and approved slot machines' introduction to the racetracks and jai alai facilities.
Tribal Casinos
The path that led Florida to become such a gambling-friendly state hinges on one major fact. Florida has a preponderance of Native American tribal lands within its borders.
Florida's interwoven relationship with several tribes – particularly the Seminole tribe – has allowed for the expansion of gaming in Florida. And, unlike other reservation lands, many tribal properties are near or inside major metropolitan areas in the state.
The Seminoles have operated some form of gambling in Florida since 1981, when they began offering bingo at their Tampa-area reservation (one of six reservations in the state). Today, the tribe owns and operates seven different casinos. These include two Seminole Hard Rock locations in Tampa and Hollywood.
In 2009, Governor Charlie Crist signed a bill into law that relaxed rules on much of gambling, particularly with regard to poker. Those seven Seminole casinos, one Miccosukee-run facility, and several casino cruise boats offer slot gamblers more than 25,000 machines and over 750 table games upon which to play.
Additionally, players can find over 800 poker tables in cardrooms and racinos throughout the state. Below is a listing of the properties.
Land-based slots options
|Number of Slots
|Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa
|Seminole Coconut Creek Casino
|Coconut Creek
|Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood
|Miccosukee Resort and Gaming Center
|Seminole Casino Immokalee
|Seminole Classic Casino
|Seminole Casino – Brighton
|Seminole Casino Big Cypress
Online gambling options
As of right now, Florida has no laws either for or against online gambling but has no regulated sites of its own to offer.
However, since the legislature has a budget shortfall and what seems to be a favorable opinion about gambling within the state, it would be no major surprise if Florida iGaming became a legal reality.
With so many land-based options and no major public backlash to be seen, Florida is definitely on the upswing with its gambling. So, those who prefer online games are likely to find options fairly soon.
Social casino site options
In Florida, the options for social gaming are similar to other states. Zynga, Slotomania, Big Fish, and the rest of the usual suspects are available to Florida residents and visitors.
Residents are typically too far away to take advantage of the MyVegas comps options. However, there are three exceptions: Resorts World Bimini, Royal Caribbean, and the Orlando offerings from Gray Line Tours.
Bimini is the closest Bahamian island to Florida. It's either a short boat or plane ride away from the eastern coast. Though RWB's casino is smallish, with only a few hundred slot machines and a smattering of table games, the property is well-furnished, and the comps offered through MyVegas include discounts on rooms, food, and other activities.
Another MyVegas option that Floridians can truly use is the site's partnership with Royal Caribbean cruises. Rewards offered through MyVegas include onboard credits and, most invitingly, actual cruise comps for interior staterooms on departures out of Fort Lauderdale. It's conceivable that free or nearly-free five-day vacations are convenient for most Floridians. (At least those willing to put in the time to get 750,000 loyalty points.)
The final option is to get comps for the Gray Line Tour options out of Orlando. The rewards offered are mostly companion tickets or discounts, but there are MyVegas options for trips to Miami, Clearwater Beach, St. Augustine, and the Kennedy Center. So, at the very least, if you were planning to go sightseeing in Florida anyway, you might be able to ease the burden on your wallet and do it in style.
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Miccosukee Resort and Gaming Center
With the Seminole tribe dominating so much of Florida's gaming scene, it's important to remember the other group that has a stake. The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida operates the Miccosukee Resort and Gaming Center. This is located on the corner of Krome Avenue and Tamiami Trail in the far western portion of Miami.
It's a 56,000-square-foot facility offering over 1,700 slot machines, poker, and bingo. They also have a 1,200-seat entertainment venue and three restaurant options.
The center is on 25 acres of Miccosukee reservation land. However, the Miccosukees (like their Seminole counterparts in Florida) have more than one discontiguous piece of reservation land throughout the state. In fact, the primary area is within the Everglades, where the tribe has resided for over 100 years. In fact, the Miccosukees are descended from a group of Creeks who eluded capture in the wetlands area.
Today, more than 600 tribal members live in the area. They are direct descendants of that group of Creeks, who spoke Mikasuki – hence the new tribal name. The tribe is federally recognized by the United States government and maintains roughly 75,000 acres of reservation land in total (plus a perpetual lease for another 189,000 acres).
State legal environment
|Notes & Restrictions
|Land-Based Gambling
|Restricted to tribal lands and cruises
|Online Gambling
|Expected to be offered soon – favorable legislative environment
|State lottery, Mega Millions and Powerball offered
|Charitable or House-Based Gambling
|Bingo only
|Minimum Gambling Age
|21 for casinos; 18 for lottery, horse racing, bingo, and poker rooms


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14th Sun Life Stanley Dragon Boat Warm Up Races
- Date: 4th May, 2019 (Saturday)
- Time: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Venue: Stanley Main Beach
- Race Course: 250 meters
- Application starts: 11th January, 2019 (Friday)
- Application deadline: 18th April, 2019 (Thursday)
Application Form and Liability Wavier
There will be NO Team Manager Meeting before the Warm Up Races. For rules and regulations, please refer to the Team Briefing Notes.
Standard Boat:
Small Boat:
**This is the tentative marquee allocation. The finalized one will be uploaded on 3rd May around 5 p.m. on Facebook and here
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- Training and Race venues are both located at Stanley Dragon Boat Association in Stanley Main Beach (Next to Hong Kong Sea School). Participants may take bus no. 6、 6X、63、65、73、260、973 or 14 to Stanley Bus Terminus and then take 2 minutes 'walk to Stanley Police Station. Another alternative would be taking minibus no. 40、52 and 16 and then drop off at Hoi Fung Path with 1 minute walk to the venue.
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We had such an amazing week during Spring Break with ENGAGEYYC!
It is truly amazing what Jesus can do when you just ask Him to use you. The week was spent challenging the members of our church to engage with their communities in different ways.
We had such an amazing week during Spring Break with ENGAGEYYC!
It is truly amazing what Jesus can do when you just ask Him to use you. The week was spent challenging the members of our church to engage with their communities in different ways.
Take the time to check out the update we have received from our mission partners in Romania and their time they have here in North America.
Brentview is hiring!
Do you love kids? Do you love Jesus? Do you have a desire to impact a new generation? Would you like to help us create a safe and effective environment for kids to grow as disciples? Would you like to work for a church that is committed to see Jesus change our city? Interested? Keep reading.
One of the major themes that we as a church have been looking at since September is being more for our city through our #FORYYC movement. We've talked about how we can be For the City, For our Enemies, For our Family, For our Global Community and For our Neighbours. We want our city to know that we want to do our part in creating strong and healthy communities. So we decided to take a week where we could invite the local community into our space, spend some time out in the community and provide some equipping sessions for the Brentview Baptist Community.
On February 11th we came together as a congregation to celebrate the life within Brentview Baptist. This past Life Sunday we welcomed 9 new members, dedicated 3 children and celebrated the baptism of 2 students. Make sure you check out the powerful testimony videos of the students who were baptized.
Take some time to read this note from Pastor Dave about fasting.
Chances are that you are in the majority of Christians who rarely or never fast. It's not because you haven't read it in scripture or want to do it. But, it is because you never got around to trying it.
Fasting is the voluntary giving up of food or something else you regularly enjoy for the sake of a spiritual purpose...
Well, here we are! As we start to write this, the team is sitting down for supper at our hotel in Budapest. It's finally starting to sink in that our time in Szentkiraly is over, so in order to postpone that feeling, we'll reflect on our last three days...
We concluded our VBS week in Nadasd on Thursday and Friday, a village whose population has a high percentage of gypsies. We were blessed to have over 90 children attend VBS and learn about the Love of God. It was fun and chaotic at the same time! As this was our second village for VBS, we had developed a bit of a routine and were a little more confident in our roles. As the children were dismissed on Friday, our team was excited to hand out the teddy bears lovingly made by the church in Olds...
In the past few days we have had a real sense of what our time here in Romania will look like. As of today the weather has cooled down significantly, which has been much appreciated. However, it is supposed to warm up come next week.
On Monday we got to be guinea pigs for a brand new team-building activity. Paul and Tanya informed us of our goal: to traverse the village, interpret clues, complete challenges, and eventually make our way back to the church...
Greetings (salām) from Greece!
Our team of 11 from Calgary, Toronto, Florida and South Carolina arrived safely on Saturday and Sunday, and quickly settled into our apartments in the hub of Athens. We're across from the metro and a hop from the local partnering office, and making sure we're getting lots of sunscreen with temperatures between 30-40°C.
Each day it's been heart-breaking stepping into the stories of refugee families—families who have been persecuted, arriving on Greek shores with nothing, and live in constant fear about their future, and where they'll receive their next meal.
Thank you for your prayers, and here is a brief recap of our last few days...
Hello friends and family,
We have officially arrived to Szentkiraly, our home for the next ten days. We spent nearly 20 hours in airports and on planes until we arrived in Budapest where Paul and Tanya were standing outside of arrivals waiting to greet us. It was great to see their friendly faces and know that we had almost made it to our final destination.
After dropping off our luggage at the hotel, we went for dinner along the river and then took a bit of a walk to tour around the parliament and St. Stephen's cathedral. The team did their best to stay awake until a decent hour in efforts to win the fight against jet leg...
As most of you who have spent time around Brentview are aware, our vision is Every Person Making Disciples. This is a big, life-long vision for our Church, and so in order to help us focus our attention in the shorter term, the leadership team has been working to define the specific mission and focus areas for the next few years that will move us closer to the ultimate goal. We believe that over the next little while,
Our Holy Spirit-led mission is to transform and present Brentview as an essential part of the community of Calgary. We accomplish this by living out discipleship practices, developing a Christ-like welcoming spirit, and calling people to take the next steps in their faith journey.
We've identified two areas in which to focus our strategic planning. The first, Equipping Disciples, is at the heart of many of the changes we have seen over the past year in small groups and the next steps processes that have been rolling out this fall. The second focus area, Transforming our Community, is about equipped disciples engaging in God's mission in the world. As this is a newer focus area for us, the specific strategies are still in development, and will likely evolve over the coming months, but I'm here today to tell you about one opportunity you have to be a part of Transforming our Community right now.
The 2016 Mission Project Fund is a one-month capital campaign that is intended to finance five projects that will share the transformative love of Christ in Our World, Our City, and on the doorsteps of Our Church. Starting today, we are inviting you to give to this fund, which will support three specific projects at C-Quest in Mexico, HATS in Haiti, and New Beginnings in Mexico, provide for the ongoing support of the Syrian refugee family sponsored by a number of families in our Church, and raise seed capital for future ministries of Brentview to the community just outside our doors. Complete details on all of these initiatives are available in a handout that Marc Sardachuk will be distributing at the missions fair following the service. This information will also be shared on The City, and will be available from the Church office starting tomorrow.
We believe that there is a role for everyone in the transformation of Our World, Our City, and Our Church, so we are asking you to prayerfully consider your involvement. If you are able to make space in your finances to give, over and above your usual generosity, to the Mission Project Fund, this campaign will be running from today until Sunday, November 20th. You can designate your donation by writing Mission Project Fund on one of the envelopes in the pews, or by selecting the Mission option online or in the Pushpay app. In addition to the financial piece, prayerfully consider what part God may be calling you to play in the transformation of our community. If you have questions, comments, or suggestions, please speak to someone on the elders' board, the pastoral staff, or the missions lead team. Thank you.
Still looking for a way to volunteer at Brentview? We have lots of spaces in our Children's Ministry available. If you're interested or would like more information, please email Carleen at email@example.com.
Our 5th annual Engage Missions Conference will be taking place on October 17-23.
We are really looking forward to another great week! We will have 12 or our strategic partners joining us this year and some will be with us for the first time.
Our strategic partners will be a part of many of our regular events throughout the week and as a new item this year, we will be hosting a mini conference from October 21-22. We will be looking at how we can do international missions, right here in Calgary as well as how we do international missions well around the world. The mini conference is open to all ABA churches and we are excited to celebrate together what God is doing around the world.
For more details on the various events happening throughout the week, please see the schedule below. Please register for the seminar sessions and the banquet, no later than Oct. 17. Please contact Sara-May if you have any questions: email@example.com."
Monday, Oct. 17
White Cross Work Day from 10am-2pm. Ladies, come out and help us make bandages that will be sent to our NAB hospitals in Cameroon! If you've been interested in coming the past but haven't been able to, this is the perfect opportunity.
Tuesday, Oct. 18
Women Together (9-11am) with Karen Huxter with HATS Haiti as our guest speaker. Karen will be sharing some of her journey into missions and giving us an update on how her ministry is doing.
Host a Mission Partner for Dinner! We are looking for small groups or groups of friends that would be interested in hosting one of our strategic partners for dinner. For many of our partners this has been one of the highlights of their week! If you would be interested in hosting, please contact Sara- May at the church office.
Wednesday, Oct. 19
Encore Luncheon with guest speaker Monique Smith (Athletes in Action). Tickets for the luncheon will be on sale in the foyer.
Friday, Oct. 21
Volunteer Opportunity! Help us to provide a meal for FOCUS. We will need help preparing, cooking and serving a meal to the FOCUS students. Volunteer sign-up is available in the foyer or on The City.
Weekend Conference kick-off event starting at 7:30pm Our theme for the conference this year is how we can do international missions well but we don't want to overlook the fact that we have the opportunity to do international ministry right here in Calgary! We will be celebrating the diversity of cultures that are represented in our Brentview community with music and stories.
Saturday, Oct. 22
Seminar Sessions starting at 9:15am In addition to celebrating stories of missions, this year we wanted to provide some opportunities to learn and engage in conversation around some mission themed topics. For details about each session, click on the conference seminars button at the bottom of the post. Please register by clicking the button at the bottom of the post.
Conference Banquet starting at 6:00pm We will be highlighting some of the international ministries that the NAB is involved in. Tickets are $20. Please register by clicking the Banquet Registration button at the end of this post.
Sunday, Oct. 23
Regular Sunday services with guest speaker Jeff Kilmartin. We will also be hosting a missions fair in the gym between the services where many of our partner organizations and other organizations will have information on how you can get involved.
Have questions about purpose, eternity and love? Alpha is a series of interactive sessions to explore those questions.
October 4 - December 13. Tuesdays at 7pm Brentview Baptist Church
Coffee, dessert, and a safe place to talk about your questions. No charge.
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I know y'all are worn out by all my takes on the Catholic abuse scandal, but if you can stand it, Megan McArdle's column on it is worth reading. This graf jumped out at me:
There are plenty of tales to tell about how church reality came to resemble a dime novel, yet most are essentially stories of individual malfeasance, of depraved molesters seeking the camouflage of priestly celibacy. That doesn't explain the bureaucratization of evil. For what is striking about the grand jury's findings is that this was not simply a matter of a few bad individuals, or even many of them; what impresses and appalls is how routine it all was — that the church had, as the report says, "a playbook for concealing the truth."
"The bureaucratization of evil" is a way of saying "the banality of evil," which was Hannah Arendt's term in Eichmann In Jerusalem, her famous account of the trial of the Nazi functionary. Arendt discussed how the evil that Eichmann did had become disguised by embedding it in bureaucratic procedures. Eichmann's evil became banal through bureaucratization, which rendered it abstract. She wrote:
The essence of totalitarian government, and perhaps the nature of every bureaucracy, is to make functionaries and mere cogs in the administrative machinery out of men, and thus to dehumanize them.
A good example of this in the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report (pp. 285-90) is the way Bishop James Timlin of Scranton handled the case of Father Thomas Skotek, who impregnated a 16-year-old girl, then procured for her an abortion. Look at the anesthetizing language the bishop uses in writing to Skotek, who had done something truly monstrous. Notice the tender solicitude the bishop uses in addressing this moral reprobate ("This is a very difficult time in your life, and I realize how upset you are. I too share your grief. I wish it were not necessary to take this step."). Any normal human being would have raged at this criminal, and jumped through hoops to defrock him. Not the Bishop of Scranton:
Here are screen shots of the letter Timlin wrote to Rome three years later, seeking to get the Vatican's stamp of approval on returning this sex criminal and abortion-procurer to active ministry:
The priest, Skotek, raped a minor and helped her kill the unborn child resulting from that rape. This letter documents Skotek's processing through the system — first the psychological evaluation, then the monastery, and voilà, he's ready to help those "who need the gifts he shares in priestly ministry."
The language here abstracts into nothingness the girl he statutorily raped, and the unborn child whose life he helped end. Justice for them does not figure into the bishop's deliberations, for they are not real; only the priest is real. The bureaucratic language and concepts dehumanizes all but the priest. The only other apparent concern for Bishop Timlin is that somebody might find out what Father Skotek did.
In these two letters, you can see how true evil becomes bureaucratized and banalized. The Pennsylvania grand jury report is full of this. When you read the responses of those like Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who was Bishop of Pittsburgh for 18 years, and whose name is all over the grand jury report, you see the same language and mentality at work. My guess is that being embedded in the Catholic episcopal bureaucracy forms one's mind such that it is next to impossible to think and speak otherwise.
The poet Joseph Brodsky wrote:
No matter how daring or cautious you may choose to be, in the course of your life you are bound to come into direct physical contact with what's known as Evil. I mean here not a property of the gothic novel but, to say the least, a palpable social reality that you in no way can control. No amount of good nature or cunning calculations will prevent this encounter. In fact, the more calculating, the more cautious you are, the greater is the likelihood of this rendezvous, the harder its impact. Such is the structure of life that what we regard as Evil is capable of a fairly ubiquitous presence if only because it tends to appear in the guise of good. You never see it crossing your threshold announcing itself: "Hi, I'm Evil!" That, of course, indicates its secondary nature, but the comfort one may derive from this observation gets dulled by its frequency.
And there you have the Catholic bishops. Under the guise of good, they incarnated evil — protected it, made excuses for it, attacked those outside the church (especially its victims) seeking to combat it. As shocking as the evil deeds of corrupt Catholic priests are, they aren't the most shocking thing here. The most shocking thing is that bishops — men who were not, presumably, driven by sexual demons, or caught up in psychological compulsions — had the power to deal firmly with these manifestations of evil, but in many cases did not.
Megan McArdle writes:
If Jesus were here today, would He not be running through American cathedrals, knocking over tables as He did with the money changers in the Temple? "According to scripture," He said in the Gospel of Matthew, "my house will be called a house of prayer; but you are turning it into a bandits' den." The words are a fitting indictment of the men who are accused of committing a moral theft of unimaginable wickedness — in their thoughts and in their words, in what they did and in what they failed to do.
The innocence of children was stolen, as was the church's sanctity and the faith of congregants, many of whom are today asking how they can possibly continue to believe that this is the one true church that Christ founded through Peter. They do not expect the church to be perfect; even St. Peter, after all, denied Christ three times. But they do expect to find the reflection of Christ there.
Yes. Christ, not Eichmann. Watch some of this video tribute Marywood University made to Bishop Timlin in 2012, and listen to him talk. He sounds about as evil as a cup of milky tea, and just as banal. But real wickedness hid behind that dull, folksy façade, as the grand jury report reveals. Thing is, it no doubt hid itself from Bishop Timlin too.
UPDATE: Reader CatherineNY comments:
I went and googled to find out more about Bishop Timlin, and found various stories about him objecting to being at events with Tip O'Neill, Chris Matthews and others because of their views on abortion. Because, presumably, the Bishop believes that life begins at conception and abortion is the taking of human life. How he could then justify his handling of the case of Father Thomas Skotek, the priest who had impregnated a 16 year old girl and procured an abortion for her, is beyond me. According to the PA grand jury report, "Diocesan records obtained by the Grand Jury showed that Bishop James C.Timlin
was fully aware of the conduct by October,
1986." That includes the procuring of the abortion. It was in 1985 that the Bishop objected to the awarding of an honorary degree to Tip O'Neill (https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/14/us/catholic-bishop-won-t-join-scranton-honors-for-o-neill.html) and in 2003 that he refused to attend the University of Scranton graduation at which Chris Matthews was to be honored. As far as we know, Tip O'Neill and Chris Matthews never actually arranged an abortion, unlike Father Skotec, for whom Bishop Timlin had so much sympathy, and whom he tried so hard to return to ministry (successfully, according to the bio of Father Skotek, who was not removed from ministry until 2002). How is any lay Catholic supposed to listen to these guys on any matters of sexual morality after this? Or on anything?


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Kanye West's team knows how to keep a secret.
Earlier tonight (May 17), Mr. West kicked off the first screening of his new video, "New Slaves," from his forthcoming album. While keeping things totally under wraps up until minutes before the first screening started in Brooklyn, Yeezy opted to debut the visuals against a wall of a random building in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.
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Every 51 minutes, choice person dies in an alcohol-related traffic collision. In 2012 alone, more than 10,000 people were killed in drunk driving accidents, accounting for nearly one-third of every fatalities.
You can find more drunk driving statistics upon the Mothers adjoining Drunk Driving (MADD) website here.
Drunk Driving Prevention In America
In the slant of these staggering numbers, what are governmental agencies and private campaigns decree to educate American drivers more or less drunk driving? This article will present a survey of the most widely-publicized anti-impaired driving campaigns, and an analysis of their real-world effects.
Buzzed Driving
In the last few years, weve seen numerous ad campaigns, initiated both by state-funded organizations and private inclusion groups, advocating for widespread nod of something called buzzed driving. therefore what is it?
Buzzed driving is a totally simple concept. After ingestion, alcohol is absorbed quickly by the bloodstream and common tests, bearing in mind a breathalyzer, can perform the amount of alcohol in your blood reliably and quickly. Driving once a Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) of 0.08 or well ahead is illegal in all state. At that concentration, drivers almost invariably experience sedation and slower confession times. In new words, its understandably risky to drive subsequent to that much alcohol in your system.
Buzzed driving is conveniently having a BAC subjugate than 0.08% but innovative than 0.00%.
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And significant studies have found that less is no better. One bill from UC San Diego that evaluated crash reports found that buzzed drivers, those with a BAC of 0.01 percent are 46 percent more likely to be officially and solely to blame than moderate drivers. The fact is that driving even slightly buzzed is dangerous, far away more dangerous than driving sober.
The real trouble is that American piece of legislation and public policy tend to see upon 0.08% as a definitive, meaningful boundary. under that parentage and youre relatively safe, above it youre dangerous. But the researchers at UC San Diego found that the chances of causing a crash increases steadily and adroitly from BAC 0.01 to 0.24 percent, meaning that there is no brusque transition subsequent to comparing a buzzed driver to a drunk driver. It turns out that 0.08% is not a definitive boundary, and that no amount of alcohol is secure in the unqualified analysis.
The tally from UC San Diego was published in the British medical journal slight Prevention. You can read a summary here.
The Worlds Stance on Drunk Driving
Much of the world has even more rigorous limits.
China has a authenticated limit of 0.02%
Japan uses 0.03%
Frances legal limit is 0.05%
Germanys is 0.05%
Sweden uses 0.02%
Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bangladesh, and Saudi Arabia all have zero-tolerance policies; any BAC above 0.00% and youll lose your license, be penalized behind aggressive fines, and your car can be impounded.
In fact, North America (including Canada and Mexico) is one of the worlds isolated regions to use 0.08% BAC as its legal limit.
Has The mix up Worked?
The Ad Council, Americas largest non-profit producer of public service announcements, spearheaded the Buzzed Driving vigilance campaign. upon their website, they checking account that their ads reached approximately one half of all American adults more than the age of 21. And that there was a significant lump in the proportion of men age 21 35 who called themselves extremely concerned roughly the matter of drunk driving, from 22 percent in 2005 to 27 percent in 2011.
And even if public preparedness is certainly important, Americas legislators have still to reply to our extra accord of buzzed driving. In fact, bearing in mind most come clean governments speak to to zero tolerance, they either limit this prohibition to drivers under 21 or plan clearly that they wont tolerate any driver when a BAC over 0.08%.
Only period will say whether or not let pass governments follow through upon the current research. encourage in 2013, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended lowering Americas genuine limit to 0.05%, but no make a clean breast has still to direct this stricter limit.
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Another reply has been to contextualize drunk driving, to clarify it in terms of marginal tragic condition. As the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) states: drunk driving is often a symptom of a larger problem: alcohol mistreatment and abuse. The underlying premise to this disturb is that some drunk drivers undertaking vehicles though impaired because (in hence many words) they cant incite it. And if you get substance dependent persons treatment, you might give a positive response some impaired drivers off the road in the similar gesture.
Also telling is that the NHTSA refers to impaired driving, rather than drunk driving. In extraction bearing in mind recent developments in addiction studies, the NHTSA has adopted the scientific convention that finds more report than contrast amongst alcohol abuse and drug addiction in general.
This stock of reasoning seems bolstered by statistical evidence. In a examination released by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, researchers found that almost half of all drivers who were killed in crashes and tested positive for drugs with had alcohol in their system. In many cases, then, the burden is mixed. And the answer might be, too.
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We don't really know much about the human brain
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Cycling magazine
Holding yourself back in the workplace
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Cycling Mag
Self Destruction
LCR magazine - titled 'Blue Notes'. It's about the surprising science behind tone deafness and how we hear music.
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I am not going to dispute any claims about the anthropological aspect of global warming or climate change. I'm going to play the game by their rules and and use their numbers and try and provide an accurate analysis of the impact a Tesla car has over an average gasoline vehicle. The reason why I'm doing this is because there is a lot of sleight of hand done with the statistics by most studies looking to promote the car as being "green" and green energy as being the way of the future. Make no mistake about it, our society, ever since it first climbed out of the caves became a society dependant on energy generation. From slave powered pumps and mills to electric turbines society has always required energy to function. Today there seems to be some sort of equivalency between energy and electricity (most likely has to do with conservation of energy and this being the most efficient form of transport for energy) and if we are to find our path into future horizons, we will require a cost-effective, environmentally friendly way of generating electricity. But in this need of ours, we must remain skeptical and look at the data over the propaganda. Why? Because the entire weight of the propaganda apparatchik of the USSR couldn't feed even one starving citizen and the whole show came crumbling down because of it. Tesla hails itself as either more cost-effective, either more environmentally friendly than the average cars so it's warranted to take a deeper look at what the numbers actually say.
First a look at the claims (from [1]):
The most fuel efficient, non-hybrid car of 2016 (a comparable sedan class vehicle) versus the best Tesla Model S in terms of fuel efficiency. Look at those numbers, 101 vs 32… You'd say the battle is over before it even began, but this is what I was talking about with the statistical sleight of hand. We're interested in looking at the overall environmental impact and the truth is that the Tesla Model S has a much larger environmental footprint up front than a regular gasoline car. This is because of the different components that go into the production of the battery and the power conversion systems. Luckily there's a very favourable study that came out in 2015 from the Union of Concerned Scientists that is looking to address this point [2]. The study findings are that there is a 53% reduction of emissions over the lifetime of a Tesla (BEV) when compared to a regular full-size car over its lifetime even after accounting for the increased emissions during the manufacturing process.
Case closed, right? Well, wrong. Because there is some more sleight of hand done even in this study because they get to define the lifetime and operating parameters of both vehicles over that lifetime and this directly affects the length of the grey bar. But this study is an excellent starting point because it brings enough raw data to the party to get us started. The essential of which are the difference in emissions which can be found on page 21:
Now they are also pointing us to which state in the US is the most favourable for Tesla due to the mixture of energy sources and that is California (page 23).
This gives us the challenge to figure out the emissions generated in the production of the energy needed to power the Tesla battery. In order to do that we need to find the breakup of sources for energy generation in California and the corresponding emission quantities which we then combine according to the power mix ratio and we have the average emission per kWh of energy. Below is the calculation snapshot and underneath will follow the sources for those emission numbers:
The sources for percentages are taken from Wikipedia [3].
The emissions for carbon are converted into grams from pounds [4] by selecting the cleanest type of coal. The same applies for natural gas.
The emissions for biomass are taken after processing the numbers in the slideshow of the presentation done in 2010 at UC Berkely [5] about biomass energy generation in California.
Ton to grammes and MegaWatt to kiloWatt transformations are applied to get the number from above.
For the unspecified others, this is untraceable energy, most likely imported from Mexico. Since it's impossible to determine emissions for this type of energy, I have decided to arbitrarily assign an emissions percentage somewhere in between the cleanest fossil fuel (natural gas) and the second cleanest (coal) at 700 grams per kWh. If this energy is really coming from Mexico then, in all likelihood, this energy is much dirtier to generate, but we'll live with this figure. If we look back to Figure 1 we're going to discover that the Tesla is expending 33 kWh/100 miles therefore we can calculate the equivalent emissions in California for the power expenditure at 14226.92898 grams of carbon from CO2 emissions per 100 miles.
Let's find out the corresponding emissions for the same distance of the Mazda. In order to do that we look up the emissions guidelines from the EPA [6].
This means the Mazda emissions for 100 miles traveled at a fuel efficiency rating of 3.1 gallons per 100 miles (Figure 1) is 27549.7 grams of carbon from CO2. Now let's take this a little further and include in the analysis "the average 2016 gasoline sedan" which has a fuel efficiency of 4 gallons per 100 miles (also Figure 1, 25MPG ). This type of vehicle would emit emissions of 35548 grams of carbon from CO2. In continuing this analysis we will pit the Tesla against this generic car model in order to better account for the distribution of purchasing (nobody's forced to buy a Mazda 6, right?). The difference in emissions is a simple calculation which we will normalise to KG/100 miles for ease of reference. This difference is 21.321 KGs of carbon per 100 miles. This means that the Tesla will break even after (accounting for the difference "at birth" of 6 tons – 6000 KGs) after 281.412 100 miles cycles. For an easier reference this translates linearly into 45279.151 kms. Look at that number again. It's not huge, but it is significant. It's also never brought up in any discussion about the Tesla. But the question becomes, after this break even point, just how much pollution are you "sparing" the earth by driving a Tesla over the average 2016 car? We already answered that, in Kgs/100 miles, but let's normalise it for 1000 Kms. The answer is that a Tesla will be responsible for 132.511 (one hundred and thirty two point five-one-one) Kgs of carbon less per 1000 Kms traveled than the average 2016 model.
That seems like something really significant, until we put a price on it. For that we'll just pick up the info from New Zealand emissions trading scheme and their unit prices [7] and being generous we'll pick up a price of 20 New Zealand Dollars for a ton of carbon.
I'd have taken the unit price from the US but I just couldn't find it so instead I converted the 20 NZD to 16.62 USD. This results in an value of the economy Tesla generates per 1000 Kms of 2 dollars and 20 cents. And this only happens after you drove it for over 45000 kilometres to achieve parity with gasoline burning cars. Whoopdy doooooo….
Sadly, this isn't the end of it. Because after looking at the Tesla site I realised that there's another dimension to all of this. We ran the numbers for the consumed power that a Tesla expends over the course of 100 miles, but the truth is that there is a difference in efficiency between the power that is dispensed by a rechargeable battery and the power that is expended to attain that charge. Let me put it in simpler terms, the power the Tesla charger consumes to generate a battery charge of 33kWh is larger than 33kWh. How much larger, depends on the power source, as evidenced on the Tesla site [8] – these numbers are given helpfully in miles generated per hour of charge:
Now, in order to calculate the amount of kWh necessary for a charge that would sustain 100 miles we do some simple arithmetics and come up with the following highlighted results:
Upon plugging these new kiloWattHour consumptions per 100 miles the numbers determined above change as follows:
And continued over the calculations from above:
This means that if you charge your Tesla from an RV camper charger it'll take you over 46000 kilometres to offset the initial extra pollution and then your carbon offset will be valued at 2.14 USD per 1000 kilometres. If you charge your Tesla from a newer style wall socket it'll take you over 59000 kilometres to offset the initial extra pollution and then your carbon offset will be valued at 1.67 USD per 1000 kilometres. And ultimately, if you charge your tesla from the current standard power outlet in the USA the numbers will be over 62000 kilometres and 1.59 USD per 1000 kilometres. And this is for California, the cleanest energy generating state in the entire USA. These numbers are raw numbers, they are not dependant on a certain amount of miles per car lifetime, but rather calculated from the start. The assumptions that have been made were in favour of the Tesla (no battery ageing and loss of efficiency upon charging, the cleanest coal and the cleanest biofuel taken into generating the electricity, a median – between coal and natural gas – assignation of emissions to the unspecified component, one of the highest unit prices for coal emissions trading of the past 6 years, comparison of best Tesla model against average gas model), but the result is showing that there's a lot of hype and very little substance when it comes to the actual reduction of carbon footprint and the value saved in the emission reduction trading schemes implemented under the Kyoto accord.
But this is the US. Their energy system is a dinosaur. The technology is antiquated, surely, in Europe the emissions situation is better. Take a country like Denmark, for instance, a media darling in recent times for their usage of renewable energy. Surely, the numbers for Tesla would look different in a country like Denmark!
So, we go hunting for the energy generation sources for Denmark and we find them at Mecometer
based on data collected by the Worldbank: World Development Indicators [9]
What's missing from here is biomass which is included in renewables, but after a search on Wikipedia [10] we find out that
which translated with the algorithm determined above for converting Biomass to energy and taken out of the total amount of energy generated (shown by Mercom [9] to be ) we find the proportion of 6.9% generated from biomass. We use the best oil in terms of emissions from Table 2 and the breakdown for Denmark energy looks like this:
If you think that there's a problem because the result for California was 432 grams, yes, you're right. Turns out energy generation in pristine Denmark is "dirtier" than in California. But, let's do the numbers anyway and check the damage.
The good news is that the European standard outlet power is as effective at charging as the US RV camper chargers, but because the power is dirtier it takes 53760 Kilometres for the Tesla to break even against the same average 25MPG sedan model from above and the money saved after that in Carbon Emissions per 1000 Kilometres are 1.86 USD.
So what's the conclusion? Is the Tesla easier on the environment than the average gas guzzler produced in 2016? Only after a significant amount of kilometres of driving it around, and even then only by a marginal amount. Tesla is riding a popularity wave of "green energy" and "green technology" and even though they're not making any unsupported claims themselves about the carbon emissions impact of their cars, there are plenty of "scientists" and statisticians out there that fudge the numbers to present Tesla in a much more favourable light that it should be. All this is done in the name of fighting "climate change". Is it really a good thing that we're lying to ourselves with regards to the effectiveness with which we ARE actually fighting? I wonder…
[1] – http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=35982&id=36126
[2] – http://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2015/11/Cleaner-Cars-from-Cradle-to-Grave-full-report.pdf
[3] – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_California
[4] – http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=74&t=11
[5] – http://ucanr.edu/sites/WoodyBiomass/files/79012.pdf
[6] – https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-02/documents/420f14040a.pdf
[7] – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emissions_trading
[8] – https://www.tesla.com/models-charging?redirect=no#/outlet
[9] – http://mecometer.com/whats/denmark/electricity-production-by-source/
[10] – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Denmark#Biomass


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The entire Thanksgiving holiday is centered around food—so it follows naturally that our best Thanksgiving décor ideas revolve around setting a beautiful, festive table. There's nothing worse than centerpieces that block conversation or place cards that lead to confusion. We've gathered our favorite Thanksgiving decorations to make your holiday prep a cinch. Once you have your occasion-worthy Thanksgiving menu and your splurge-worthy desserts set, plan a spectacular Thanksgiving table to coordinate with your fabulous menu. From creative centerpieces to perfect final touches, this collection of Thanksgiving decoration ideas is guaranteed to inspire your home this holiday. From functional kids' tables to swanky sophisticated settings, these Thanksgiving decoration ideas are the best of the best. The only thing more impressive than your home décor will be your smoky, flavorful turkey.
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Adding the napkin to the stack of plates adds another level of detail and intricacy to this swanky setting.
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