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Preparing for College & Career Success: Focus on CTE Summer Scholars
What if the necessary work related skills of an internship were combined with a think tank to empower high school students to be ready to boldly take on the future? The Career & Technical Education (CTE) Summer Scholars program is doing just that.
With a broader focus on connecting individuals to meaningful employment, Bank of America has partnered with the Fund for Public Schools and NYC Department of Education since 2012 to help youth stay in school, graduate, and connect to post-secondary education, while also inspiring them to discover a fulfilling career pathway. With close to 100 students participating this summer, 490 alumni have now been through the program.
The seven-week CTE Summer Scholars program combines direct exposure to work, employment coaching to support students in their first work experience, and hands-on summer school opportunities that underscore the connections between the worlds of work and school. Students earn a working wage and the program is designed to provide a structured, positive work experience with academic support to help the scholars discover careers in sectors considered high value in the New York City economy. These include areas such as Design/Web Development, IT Services, Market Research, Marketing/Content Development, Media/Event Production, Database/General Office.
The bright and talented teens who earned this opportunity are junior and senior high school students who are enrolled in CTE programs at their respective high schools: Bronx Academy for Software Engineering, Manhattan Bridges High School, New Dorp High School in Staten Island, The Urban Assembly Maker Academy in Manhattan, Transit Tech High School in Brooklyn, and Information Technology High School in Queens. For the first time the CTE Summer Scholars program was in high schools in every borough.
As part of the program, students intern at a company or organization for three days a week and then participate in a Youth Think Tank with their classmates at their home schools the other two days. The program matches each school with a Client / Mentor – a non-profit organization working in youth employment to share a real-world problem of practice with the students.
Using a collaborative design thinking process, CTE teachers lead the students and their Client / Mentor to explore challenges such as how to increase the number of students who apply for internships on Staten Island, or increasing interest from high school students in cybersecurity degrees at a community college. Drawing on their academic skills, their technical skills in IT, programming, and graphics, and their own experience as first-time workers, students craft proposals to their Client / Mentor on ways to better serve their peers.
"CTE Summer Scholars provides a unique combination of work and school experience that give teachers a chance to offer what the research calls a 'deeper learning" experience," says Scott Mendelsohn, program director since 2013. "Bank of America's support allows us to provide curriculum and teaching tools that let teachers give students ownership of their own learning – application of academic skills to real world problems, question formulation techniques, professional project management techniques that support collaboration, research, communication and presentation opportunities that encourage students to incorporate their own experience. These are the skills that are in demand by employers, and over five years the program has allowed us to develop a process that helps students make visible progress in a very short time."
Students presented their learnings and recommendations to their host companies, community leaders, and industry partners at the Youth Think Tank on Youth Employment on August 18th, the culminating event of the CTE Summer Scholars program held at Bank of America's NYC headquarters at One Bryant Park. In one room, each CTE high school displayed their poster-presentation projects as interested onlookers circled the room and asked the summer scholars questions about their individual projects. In another room, the summer scholar groups rotated every 20 minutes to take turns formally introducing their project to a sit-down audience.
Once he finished presenting his project to a group of enthusiastic supporters, Victor, a senior at New Dorp High School in Staten Island, shared that the greatest gain from the program were the mentors that entered his life and how they impacted him. "They taught me so much," he said, while adjusting his presentation materials. "I got to see my boss use her connections to make Staten Island a better place and build a stronger community." He talked excitedly about how his internship organization will play a larger part in this immediate future. "My boss said that she loves me so much that she'd like to hire me to work during the fall."
Jason Hermita, a graduate of Queens Vocational High School, and a summer scholar alumnus, beamed with pride as he visited all six of the CTE high school poster-presentations. This marked the first time that CTE Summer Scholars alumni were invited to participate. When asked what was the greatest advantage he gained from the program, Hermita said "[it] helped me figure out what to do with my life. The job that I held wasn't exactly what I wanted to do but it helped me figure out how to get there. I learned how to work hard and make connections." Today, Hermita is enrolled at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Albany and majoring in Cybersecurity. This summer he worked at the Port Authority of New Jersey as a Cybersecurity Operator Consultant.
Jeff Barker, Bank of America's New York President, expressed pride in the impact Bank of America CTE Summer Scholars is having in helping youth across New York City become ready for careers: "Today's student presentations further validate how instrumental the Bank of America CTE Summer Scholars program is to helping youth gain invaluable skills and confidence in the workplace. To witness the growth in the students between the start of the summer and now is simply inspirational. We couldn't be more proud of our continued collaboration with the Fund for Public Schools and the NYC Department of Education."
Phil Weinberg, deputy chancellor at the NYC Department of Education for the Division of Teaching and Learning, echoed the importance of empowering youth to take on real challenges while gaining workforce ready skills. "One out of every 300 Americans goes to a NYC public school. The work that you're doing in this room exemplifies exactly what we want in this country. Working together to cross boundaries to make sure that we solve problems to make the lives of folks better."
If you agree Bank of America is getting it right by helping NYC public school students prepare the workforce, consider joining them and become a part of the work with the Fund for Public Schools today.


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It doesn't take newbie Shinigami Ichigo Kurosaki long to surmise that a Hollow must be involved-the strongest spirit he's faced to date.
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ROOKIE rowers are getting to grips with learning their new skills on the Mersey's dock system.
A squad of 30 was chosen from 250 who took part in tough physical auditions to join the ambitious rowing initiative fronted by Olympian Sir Steve Redgrave.
The five times gold medallist hopes under his guidance the Liverpool 8 will take part in this year's Henley Regatta.
The would-be oarsmen only have six months to prove themselves and are currently four weeks into a punishing training schedule to turn them from novices into a rowing squad.
Sir Steve, who visits the squad every week, has designed their training but the rowers work on a day-to-day basis at Liverpool Victoria Rowing Club in Wallasey.
Coach Paul Rafferty, from Northwich, said: "It's a combination of rowing technique, training programme and making sure their fitness programme is rowing-specific.
"I think they're doing extremely well although we're not there yet. And none of them had been in a boat before they started."
Former soldier Ryan Jones, 20, from Clubmoor, says he was put forward by his father without knowing.
He added: "I wasn't happy because it's not my sort of sport, and I didn't even like boats.
"But I really want to get to Henley now. That's my aim."
Michael Bomba, from West Derby, has put his job as an apprentice joiner on hold to take part.
The 19-year-old, a member of Liverpool Harriers athletics club, said: "I've messed around on a rowing machine in the gym but I'd never been in a boat."
The squad will take part in the indoor rowing championships on January 29. After that they will be whittled down to 20 rowers.
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Many people especially here in Arizona know who the Arizona Diamondbacks are and where they play. The Chase Field is one of the most unique baseball stadiums and most recognizable landmarks here in the United States, because of its amazing technological aspects and its retractable roof that's able to open and close depending of the weather. Like anything else, Chase Field has history, bet further yet the land in which it stands on has interesting history that isn't thought much about or isn't known of. Back in the 1800s the land where Chase Field stands on today used to be a for-site of a Chinatown and it remained so for many years. Back in the nineteenth century Chinese immigrants were a big problem to society of other ethnic groups, and a lot of prejudice and racism developed against Chinese immigrants. Rhonda Tintle (2004) mentioned that in "1882 America passed a federal act excluding Chinese immigrants and remained in effect from 1882 until 1943". Even though the year 1943 was a while ago, it still seems like all of this was still going on fairly recently and that a Chinatown was still present exactly where Chase Field is at today. Years passed by and slowly Chinatown started depolarizing and started becoming more popularized, with construction taking place and other cultures and ethnic groups coming along as well. Located on Jefferson Street, it is also bounded by Seventh Street, Fourth Street and now also railroad tracks. Bank One ballpark which is now Chase Field was built in 1898, with the purpose of it being the biggest baseball stadiums and attraction site in Arizona. It was designed by Ellerbe Becket and is currently owned by Maricopa County. Sara Gilbert (2007), did mention that "The mission of the Maricopa County Stadium District is to provide fiscal resources and asset management for the community and visitors to Maricopa County so they can attend Major League Baseball games and other entertainment events in state-of-the-art, well-maintained facilities". "The stadiums name was changed to Chase Field from the previous bank one ballpark after the merger between Chase and Bank One". With Chase Field being one of the most unique baseball stadiums like stated before, many people profit from it and from its use during baseball season with Diamondback games going on and also at times throughout the year with other events that take place in the stadium other than baseball. Richard B. Chase (1999), states that "The state of Arizona of course also profits from Chase Field and its use year round". With events taking place in this stadium a lot of money definitely comes in, in which becomes a government issue when it comes to all of the money coming in. The chase field not only benefits Arizona economically, but it also benefits it by making it a state with a unique aspect, by having an amazing baseball stadium like Chase Field and making Arizona more familiarized within other states.
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Gilbert, Sara. (2007). The Story of the Arizona Diamondbacks. pp. 1-49
Richard, B., Chase. (1980). A classification and evaluation of research in operations
management. Journal of Operations Management, 1. p. 9. doi: 10.1016/0272-6963
Tintle, Rhonda, (2004). A history of Chinese immigration into Arizona territory: A frontier
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The Capitol Hill Republican establishment has once again shown that it is indistinguishable from the progressive far-Left by backing a "Sense of the Senate" amendment offered by Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy that grants Muslims an absolute right to immigrate to the United States.
If American sovereignty and American exceptionalism based on Judeo-Christian culture are to be preserved from the existential threat of Islamic supremacy this language must never be allowed to become law.
Leahy's amendment was offered in the Senate Judiciary Committee, and passed, as part of the mark-up of S. 1318, a nuclear security bill.
The amendment expresses Congress' sense that "the United States must not bar individuals from entering into the United States based on their religion, as such action would be contrary to the fundamental principles on which this Nation was founded."
The legislation is a direct amendment to current U.S. laws already on the books that give preference to oppressed minorities and that was used by President Ronald Reagan to alleviate the plight of Soviet Jews and other religious minorities. Please join us in demanding an end to this dangerous folly by signing our open letter to House and Senate Republican leaders.
Conservatives warn that the amendment would facilitate an unprecedented right to immigration that has never existed under U.S. law.
Our friends at The Washington Free Beacon reported that "This amendment will establish the progressive goal of creating a right to global migration, their solution to global income inequality," according to one Capitol Hill source.
"This is not simply a slippery slope. This is ripping open Pandora's box. If you can establish that we have no right to consider religious beliefs, then you could help establish we have no right to consider a candidate's age, skill, income, or country of origin."
If passed, the new rule would burden the U.S. immigration system and prevent authorities from normal background checks meant to ensure individuals are not tied to terrorists or other type of criminal enterprises, the Capitol Hill source told the Free Beacon.
"It would could lead to rules saying you can't discriminate against foreign single mothers, or unemployed elderly seniors, or members of religious cults. And if religion cannot be considered, then of course you cannot favor say Australian immigration over Middle East immigration since religion is, of course, a factor in that decision," the congressional source explained. "It would mean you could not favor a Christian Syrian priest over a fundamentalist Muslim cleric, and that if you denied the cleric you'd be paving the road to them having standing to sue for entry from a foreign country."
Only four Republicans: Senators Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ted Cruz (R-TX), David Vitter (R-LA) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) opposed the Leahy amendment.
Astonishingly, Leahy's outrageous attack on the sovereignty of his own country received an "AYE" vote from Republican Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), John Cornyn (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT), Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and David Perdue (R-GA).
In response to what Conservative Review senior editor Daniel Horowitz called Senator Leahy's speech "full of outrageous sanctimony and moral dyslexia, distorting our values, history, and Constitution" Senator Jeff Sessions issued clarion call for Americans to defend their sovereignty and maintain an immigration system that serves the interests of the United States and its citizens.
Please join us in demanding an end to this dangerous folly by signing our open letter to House and Senate Republican leaders.
Senator Sessions' must-read remarks are reproduced here in their entirety (with thanks to Daniel Horowitz and Conservative Review):
"With regards it immigration, it is the job of Congress to defend the rights and well-being of American citizens. That means we must look at how immigration is impacting Americans in their wages, in their salaries, in their national security.
It was five months ago that Kate Steinle died in her father's arms on a pier in San Francisco because a repeatedly deported criminal alien was set free. What about the American workers at Disney forced to train their guest worker replacements? They claim they were discriminated against because they were Americans. Where is the bill for them?
We have these fights over and over but we never seem to advance a bill or proposal that actually results in more protections for American citizens.
So that is the context today in which we consider this unprecedented effort to extend American's constitutional rights and protections to foreign citizens living in foreign countries.
The adoption of Leahy Amendment would constitute a transformation of our immigration system. In effect, it is a move toward the ratification of the idea that global migration is a "human right", and a civil right, and that these so-called "immigrants' rights" must be supreme to the rights of sovereign nations to determine who can and cannot enter their borders.
Fundamentally, foreign nationals living in foreign countries have no constitutional right to enter the United States. If they did, any alien denied entry could file suit to demand entry and claim damages for lost employment, lost welfare benefits, lost income.
Our immigration system derives exclusively from Article I, section 8, clause 4 of the United States Constitution, which vests the exclusive power in the Congress to establish a uniform system of immigration. Through acts of Congress, the United States can – and does – exclude aliens from entry into the United States for any reason provided by Congress.
The rules governing the selection of immigrants are, by definition, opposite the rules governing the treatment of citizens living or naturalized in the United States. There are 7 billion people in the world. Choosing who can immigrate into the United States is, by definition, an exclusionary process. The goal is to select immigrants for admission based on the benefits they provide to society based on skills, ages, values, philosophy, incomes, etc. Our goal is to choose for admission those likeliest to succeed and flourish and, crucially, to support our Constitutional system of government and our values of pluralism and republican governance.
So whereas we consider it improper to deny employment to a U.S. citizen based on, say, their age, we consider it necessary and important to consider immigrants according to their age and whether they will be able to contribute productive years of work to American society.
As stated by the United States Supreme Court, "Whatever the procedure authorized by Congress is, it is due process as far as an alien denied entry is concerned."
What this amendment would do would be to turn this fundamental principle on its head, and to apply some of our core domestic legal and constitutional protections to foreign nationals with no tie to the United States. The natural extension of this concept would fundamentally undermine entire provisions of immigration law, and the results quickly become radical.
In the United States, we have protections against discrimination by religion, age, disability, country of origin, etc. We have freedom of association. Rights of due process.
Now imagine extending these as part of our immigration system. The logical extension of this concept results in a legal regime in which the United States cannot deny an alien admission to the United States based upon age, health, skill, family criminal history, country of origin, and so forth. If an elderly alien needing 24-hour medical care applied for entry and was denied, under this scheme of immigrant rights, they could file lawsuit, demand entry, and taxpayer-funding.
But let's consider the question of religion more carefully. If we say it is improper to consider religion, then that means it is improper for a consular official to even ask about a candidate's religious beliefs when trying to screen an applicant for entry.
It would mean that even asking questions of a fiancé seeking a visa about his or her views on any religious matter – say on the idea of pluralism vs. religious supremacy – would be improper, because if it is improper to favor or disfavor a religion, it is improper to favor or disfavor any interpretation of a religion. Even if it is a perversion of a religion, it is still a religion to that person.
Are we really prepared to disallow, in the consideration of tens of millions of applications for entry to the United States, any questions about religious views and attitudes?
This amendment would mean, for instance, that the United States could not favor for entry the moderate Muslim cleric over the radical Muslim cleric. We have huge unrest in the Middle East. An argument has been made by some that we should prioritize resettling Muslim immigrants in the region and prioritizing the entry of persecuted Christians; this measure would forbid such considerations. Keep in mind, current refugee law requires us to consider persecution on account of an individual's religion; this would ask us to discard, or undermine, that longstanding practice.
A U.S.-born citizen who subscribes to theocratic Islam has a freedom of speech that allows them to give a sermon denouncing the U.S. constitution or demanding it be changed. But, under this amendment, a foreign religious leader living overseas could demand a tourist visa to deliver that same sermon and claim religious discrimination if it is not approved. I think it is a dangerous step.
The next step, of course, if we say religion cannot be considered in any way is to say we cannot consider history, or geography, or culture.
We need to make a holistic decision about applicants.
We cannot labor under the illusion that these are simple binary decisions. It is not as though every applicant is either clearly tied to terrorists on the one hand, or is absolutely safe on the other. Many people are radicalized after they enter. How do we screen for that possibility, if we cannot even ask about an applicant's views on religion? Would we forbid questions about politics? Or theology?
Furthermore, some of the same supporters of this very Amendment supported the 'Lautenberg Amendment' that gave special preferences for admission under our refugee program to Jews, Evangelical Christians, Orthodox Christians, Baha'is, and religious minorities – all to the exclusion of others. The import of this is that hundreds of thousands of individuals have been admitted to the United States based exclusively on their religion.
The rights that have been neglected by this Congress are the rights of the American people. The rhetoric today would have you believe we have been operating some kind of closed-door immigration policy. The opposite is true. No nation on earth has ever let in more people over a shorter period of time. We have admitted 59 million immigrants since 1965. We have admitted 1.5 million immigrants from Muslim countries since 9/11. We have the largest foreign-born population in our history as a raw number, and soon the largest percentage of non-native-born in the history of the Republic. As a share of population, it will soon eclipse every historical record. Meanwhile, large companies are exploiting programs to replace American workers and undermine their wages. Poor screening has resulted in thousands of crimes against Americans. Our entitlement programs are stretched. Wages have been flattened for decades. Every year, we admit another 1 million permanent immigrants, nearly 100,000 refugees and asylees, and 700,000 foreign guest workers.
Though it appears that day will not be today, perhaps we should have a conversation soon about how to help the tens of millions of Americans who are only just barely scraping by."
"Senator Leahy presents us a bold, dramatic Sense of the Senate resolution that strikes at our hearts and pulls at our values because we favor free exercise of religion. A serious discussion, colleagues, I believe, is needed before we take this step. Certainly, the point is pressed as a result of political statements, and I have tried to avoid commenting on those statements because I don't know how to firmly answer it. I don't know what the right response is, frankly. We need to be careful how we think about this. Certainly Jefferson and Madison spent years of contemplation and work on their founding of America's philosophies.
We celebrate America's commitment to the free exercise of religion.
The question of religion and the violence religious disagreements engendered in Europe prior to our founding were well known to the Founding Fathers. Jefferson and Madison had the answer they felt in the Virginia Statutes of Religious Freedom. Gary Wills writes insightfully about it in his book, 'Head and Heart'. We do not allow a religious test for holding office, we allow the free exercise of religion, and we ban the establishment of a State-sponsored church. It's in the Constitution explicitly.
Encompassed in the right of free exercise of religion is the duty to permit others to exercise their own religion, freely, and not in some diminished state. But, as with all rights, none can be absolute. I remember Federal Judge Virgil Pittman in Mobile agreeing to hear the petition of a prisoner who declared he was a Bishop in the Church of the New Song and that its doctrines called for steak and wine every Friday night and he demanded the federal prison provide it. After hearing his case, the Judge found his demands were not justified. Nor can a person declare their religion allows the use of illegal drugs. Nor use violence to enforce its doctrines, nor physically abuse women, nor marry underage children – no matter how deeply held those views may be.
But, that's not the question here.
It is well settled that applicants don't have the constitutional right or civil right to demand entry to the United States. In fact, the INA has this provision: 'whenever the president finds that the entry of any aliens or any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interest of the United States, he may by proclamation and for such period as he shall deem necessary suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or non-immigrants or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he deems appropriate'. I assume similar provisions abound in most countries the world over. We accept those who we believe will advance the nation's interests. That's what secular states do – and we are a secular government.
As leaders we are to seek the advancement of the Public Interest. While billions of immigrants may benefit by moving to this country, this nation state has only one responsibility. We must decide if such an admission complies with our law and serves our national interest.
Now, religion is highly respected in America. Jefferson and Madison believed one's relationship to God was a matter between the believer and God. It was not a matter to be dictated by the state. Jefferson's words, chiseled in his monument, reflect this unique American view: 'I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.'
So, we must respect our brothers and sisters across this globe who have different views about God, faith, and religion, even as we may disagree. In America, we even value free discussion as a method of reaching higher truth – even changing our minds or another's mind in the course. Wills says – as I remember, Washington, and others at the time, used the phrase 'toleration' of other religious views. But, he says, Jefferson and Madison went further, giving more respect to dissenting views than mere toleration.
Based on Supreme Court interpretations of the Constitution, we can say with confidence that the establishment of an immigration policy has been given to the Congress. Congress has not given rights to foreigners to go to court to demand entry into the United States. Neither does the Constitution. That is plain fact.
Senator Leahy's resolution doesn't explicitly assert that his demands are required by the law or the Constitution, but on America's founding principles. He insists we must all agree that it is 'un-American' to deny entry into America on account of one's religion. Un-American is a strong word. Liberals have never liked it used against their world visions. The Communists certainly didn't like it used. To affirm such a resolution would mean that religion can never be taken into account to determine admissibility – throughout all the ages this great Republic might exist.
I think we must apply a prudent cast of mind to our analysis. If there are circumstances we can foresee that would cause open-minded, logical, fair persons acting in the national interest to decide to act contrary to this resolution, and to be morally and legally justified in so doing, then it must not pass. We have conducted no analysis of this prospect. Unless we are sure, we cannot pass such a broad resolution.
Most religions focus on one's relationship with God. But, many religions are much broader, covering all aspects of life – including government, public policy, and law. Religions today too often are under appreciated for the good they do. In marriage, in divorce, in birth, in death, in sickness, in health, in poverty, and in wealth, religious faith, in millions, in billions of daily actions, is a force for good. Reality would be denied, however, if we do not recognize that dangerous and damaging religions and sects have arisen. At least at some points in history, most religions or segments of them, have sought to overcome human laws and rules and impose doctrinal ideas that are contrary to good common sense and good policy, even seek to destroy established governments because they perceive that god has ordered them to do so. We may say this is not religion. But, the adherents would say its religion indeed. They say they are adhering to their text, their leader, or their revelation. Didn't the people of Jonestown believe theirs was a religion, even as they took their own lives? Don't suicide bombers think they are religiously faithful? There are countless other examples that need not be listed.
What if a strong and growing religion believes that their leader directly talks to God, believes that existing world governments are satanic and corrupt and must be violently overthrown? They insist that the divine solution is a theocracy where God alone rules and rules justly. And now the time has come to move to challenge America to carry out their evangelization?
Secretary Carter says ISIS is growing. What if it expands ever more rapidly and decides to focus its believers on a long term effort to change the corrupt America? And their doctrines justify force, do they not? Can we say that ISIS's form of religion is not a religion just because it is not consistent with classical Islam? Why could they not demand as strong a right to enter as a peaceful meditating Buddhist? Is it in the national interest to admit the ISIS member equally with the Buddhist? Is it wrong to say that immigration must serve the legitimate interests of America and that others are more likely than those committed to violent ideologies? After all, we can't admit everybody.
Is it better to admit those who admire America, affirm its constitutional order, than those who would be unhappy and unfulfilled until their vision for the country more closely parallels their religious vision – a government faithful to their theology? A theocracy?
Again, sometimes religions believe that their goals go beyond personal salvation. They believe they are commanded to control the government and their doctrines must dominate over other religions, denying them freedom. Such religious people would have an unhappy time in the United States.
Maybe Senator Leahy's resolution is correct. Maybe the common sense interests of our nation must fall to this rather extreme vision. But, I do not think so. This is a dangerous injunction, colleagues. It goes beyond being unwise. It is reckless. It is absolute and without qualification. It could have pernicious impacts for decades, even centuries to come. It may be even a step from the concept of the nation-state to the idea of "global citizenship."
Such understandings have never been part of our immigration law. The resolution lacks limits. Let's not act quickly, let's think this through. In a time of intense political debate, we do not need to be reacting to make political points. Let's think deeply about what this means and what the ramifications of it might be. I urge a no vote on the Leahy resolution."
As we have made the case in many articles on the threat Islam poses to constitutional liberty, it is that political goal of imposing an anti-constitutional system of government through political subversion and terrorism that requires a forceful government response: "We Can – And Should – Ban Most Muslim Immigration To America," "Still No Religious Test For Immigration Mr. Speaker?" "It Only Takes One: Why We Must Stop Importing Jihad Through Muslim Immigration." "Homegrown Muslim Terrorism Fueled By Obama – Bush Immigration System," "America's Suicidal Muslim Immigration Policies," "Importing Jihad" and "Why Do We Let These Vipers Into America?"
We are in a war of ideas, not just with radical Islamists, but with concepts deeply embedded in Muslim culture. And as long as mass legal (and illegal) immigration from Muslim countries continues unabated we are losing that war.
Senator Leahy's language granting Muslims a right to immigrate to the United States is the greatest and most devious threat to American national security since the height of Communist infiltration of American culture and government.
We have 1 day to stop the funding of Obama's priorities and this devious attack on American sovereignty; it is time to tell Republicans in Congress that we demand an end to the "show votes" and that instead of giving Obama a blank check for the final year of his administration they exercise the power the Constitution gave them to stand as a check against Obama's dangerous policies and unconstitutional actions.
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As the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley Home Sales slowed last season potential buyers and sellers began to take a closer look at what services realtors offered their clients. As a home buyer / seller having had both positive and negative experiences I can appreciate first hand how the little considerations, services and attention to detail influenced the overall process.
To name a few, some realtors vying for listings commonly offered hockey tickets, balloon rides, or even a barbque. I found a few realtors who even offered free moving boxes as part of their listing service, this got us thinking.
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(NaturalNews) After an intense workout, instead of downing a commercial sports drink loaded with artificial colors and sugar, you'd be better off just having a glass of chocolate milk. That's the conclusion of two studies presented at the recent American College of Sports Medicine's 57th Annual Meeting held in Baltimore. It turns out that chocolate milk offers a distinct recovery advantage to help repair and rebuild muscles when compared to widely hyped commercial carbohydrate sports drinks.
William Lunn, Ph.D., worked on both research projects, which were conducted in the lab of University of Connecticut nutrition scientist Nancy Rodriguez, Ph.D. The first study involved eight male runners in relatively good training shape who completed two runs over the course of two week. Each run lasted 45 minutes and involved running at 65 percent of the men's maximum levels. During this research period, the runners ate a balanced diet that had been matched to their individual needs.
…chocolate milk was found to be superior to the sports drink in helping to replenish glycogen stores in muscles.
The second study involved the same eight male runners who were tested 30 minutes and 60 minutes after drinking either the fat-free chocolate milk or the sports drink-type beverage. Again, chocolate milk was found to be superior to the sports drink in helping to replenish glycogen stores in muscles — and glycogen stores are a source of fuel during intense or prolonged exercise.
"It's always helpful for exercisers to learn of additional options for recovery drinks," Dr. Lunn said in a statement to the media. "Chocolate milk can be relatively inexpensive compared to commercially available recovery drinks and is easy to make at home, making it a viable and palatable option for many people."
As NaturalNews has previously reported, researchers are finding that chocolate has a host of health benefits, including lowering blood pressure and slashing the risk for heart disease (more here…). So is it possible that chocolate could be the primary reason chocolate milk is beneficial to athletes? And, if so, could versions of vegan chocolate milk such as rice milk or almond milk also beat sports drinks in helping with post-exercise recovery?
That may be a possibility. However, Dr. Lunn's studies do not address these questions and, it is important to note, his research was funded by the National Dairy Council and the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board.
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I didn't realize until after getting hired by E&S Orthodontics just how much dental offices needed to market. I mean, they are constantly pushing out new collateral, promotions, and ads. It's insane! Anyway, we developed this cartoon set of characters to create some continuity between marketing material. The work I do at E&S is very quick on turnarounds. While I'm given pretty free rein on projects, there's usually a lot of back-and-forth between marketing directors and doctors. So, if anything, I've learned here how to be efficient more than anything else.
Dental Ed Handout
Dentists, like the rest of us, go to conferences and continue their education. E&S regularly hosts these things, and I designed a handout to give the other doctors.
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Braces are complicated, so we made a handy handout for kids to consult.
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Orthodontists, like many dental specialists, make lots of visits to general offices to talk about what their practices do and recommend themselves for referrals. E&S in particular likes to make customized tags on gift baskets.
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The needs of the office were very diverse, and gave me a lot of fun opportunities to try lots of different things in many different formats.


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Aside from harvesting, washing, packing, weeding, seeding, transplanting and all the other normal late-summer activities, we have also been trying to chip away at some larger infrastructure projects. I have mentioned the greenhouse project, and that is going well. This past week, however, the Bartons, who did the excavation work for the new greenhouse and high tunnel came over for another earth-moving project.
The weather this summer showed us the limits of our irrigation pond and our irrigation system in general. Our pond was only four feet deep, and though it held quite a bit of water, it was not really sufficient for the 2-2.5 acres we need it to cover. NOW the pond is more like fourteen feet deep, with substantially more volume - see below!
Next year we hope to catch a lot more snow melt and spring runoff so that the pond will allow us to irrigate that whole field amply.
New this week we are starting to bring leeks and some of the storage potatoes. Blue Gold (above) is the first variety we have in addition to the new potatoes we have been bringing (Red Gold and Yukon Gem). Blue Gold is an excellent all-purpose potato. Starchy enough to mash, but not so starchy that it disintegrates if you pan-fry or roast it.
Fingerlings are not far off - I know we have quite a few fingerling fans out there. The Elba potatoes - big, gold mashing potatoes that were a big hit last year - are still growing! We will let them grow a bit longer, then let them cure in the soil for several days depending on the weather, which helps their skin set and thicken.
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For the past few weeks many Barbadians would have compiled and used grocery and gift lists to make their shopping easier.
Much of the resulting purchases of ham, turkey, various alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, chocolates, cakes and bread have been consumed by now.
The perfumes, watches, books, games, toys, clothing and an assortment of other presents were wrapped and unwrapped, giving pleasure to those who gave and received.
For others, the new curtains were ironed and hung and the variety of Christmas trees decorated and adorned with twinkling lights.
External and internal walls received new coats of paint and church pews were filled with worshipers celebrating one of the most important days and seasons on the Christian calendar.
But with a mere three days left in the year, we cannot help but observe that in several major instances Government, and by extension the country's, to-do list has largely remained the same since when last the lyrics of Auld Lang Syne were sung.
It is especially so for at least three of them which stand out prominently: the CLICO debacle, the administration of the Alexandra School, and the money owed to contractor Al Barrack.
After a year of assurances, promises, and appeals for patience these problems are still waiting to be solved as 2013 beckons.
There are members of the current Administration, and perhaps Prime Minister Freundel Stuart himself, who would swiftly seek to remind us and Barbadians generally, that they inherited these mammoth challenges.
We certainly agree that the challenges related to the management of Alexandra preceded this Government.
Likewise, the tens of millions of dollars owed to Barrack for work done on the Warrens Office Complex was also an unwelcome inheritance.
One would even concede that it was unlikely that the problems associated with CLICO suddenly started after 2008.
Be that as it may, it is no consolation for Barrack, the more than 30,000 policyholders in CLICO International Life Insurance, and the students, teachers, principal, parents, unions, old scholars and anyone associated with Alexandra that, contrary to promises that each of these matters would be resolved this year, they still are not.
In each instance the issues to be resolved are not straightforward, and in the case of Barrack and CLICO the challenge is made harder by the fact that both require substantial funds in a time of recession and fiscal crisis for Government.
CLICO's impact is the most far reaching of the three, considering the vast number of Barbadians it has already hurt and will continue to do so until resolved. For the St. Peter learning institution money is less of a concern, but the continued negative fallout for the people involved, especially young children has been devastating.
As it currently stands, and given all that has to take place in terms of funding and administration, it is hardly likely that either CLICO or Alexandra will be totally resolved in 2012.
The Al Barrack matter, we submit, stands a better chance of success, but is also unlikely at this stage.
So what does 2013 hold for this troublesome trio, which has been a handful for the Stuart Administration over the past few years.
Government has clearly not won the public relations and communications battle in any of these matters.
Managing and concluding each of them would have been hampered by things outside of the Administration's control, including the still worrying global economic environment.
By any fair assessment, however, government would also have to acknowledge that its public statements, or lack thereof, made uncertain situations even more so.
When there wasn't uneasy silence there were unrealistic promises, including having major aspects of the CLICO matter resolved by June this year, having a swift resolution to the Alexandra matter when the new school year started in September, and the several pledges of "soon" and "shortly" related to the Barrack payment.
Whether one chooses to call it Government inaction or the "system" working as it usually does, the most important thing, and unfortunately so for all of the individuals affected, is that such important matters remain; "things to do".
We are sure that with a general election looming there will be a massive, some would say last-ditched, effort to remedy these affairs. For the beneficiaries it wouldn't be a moment too soon.
But, as William Smokey Burke sang at Crop-Over last year, "de damage already done".


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NMT helps FOX roll out HD coverage of 2004 NFL season
A view from inside the control room of one of NMT's newest HD units: HD8.
National Mobile Television supplied FOX Sports with two of its newest HD trucks for the kickoff 2004 NFL season.
NMT supplied HD units, HD7 and HD8, to FOX Sports as part of their agreement to provide HD facilities for the 2004 NFL season. HD7 was used for the Atlanta Falcons vs. San Francisco 49ers game from the Bay Area, and HD8 was used for the production of the New York Giants vs. Eagles game from Philadelphia.
Both trucks are identical in every respect, but are outfitted slightly differently at the request of FOX. Both are capable of providing 24 HD cameras along with 24 channels of tape or disc recording and replay.
Both rely on Solid State Logic MT+digital audio consoles, Thomson Grass Valley brand Kalypso HD switchers with Accom Dveous MX DVE and RTS ADAM communications. The routers used on both units are 160x128 HD and 256x256 SD digital Thomson Grass Valley Trinix systems.
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I am having a great discussion with one of you on a previous post.
That discussion brings up this question? I really think you do understand me. But, this question applies to conversation in general in America today.
Can you understand me?
Which would lead to many other questions.
Do you want to
Do you care
If you understand me, will you change to what I believe?
But, I think where this matters is the huge shift in higher education in America. I was there. I got multiple degrees at multiple institutions.
And I had a lot of professors who disagreed with me, and they did not care if they understood my point of view. Yes, some cared. But, for many educators today, education is not about the exchange of thought processing, it is about rote memorization. In other words, if you disagree, you better remember my correct answer on the test, or you will fail.
I used different terms on an answer, I placed the professors words into my words. I failed. I went to the professor. He had difficulty understanding that what I said was the same thing he had said. And it was the same meaning as his expected answer.
HOW can we progress much further if we can only have rote memorization? How do I as a student choose a program where I know the professors will attack me personally, because I believe differently?
My first choice for Seminary was Claremont Graduate School. The leader of Feminist Theology in America. Sadly, I could not afford $50,000 a year.
I noticed quickly that I was asked to 'change' so I would not be 'attacked' while walking across campus. Because someone might be offended by my cowboy boots.
That is California. California will accept you if you are weird, anti-American, hateful, or even murderous. But, do not be a different they equate with something they hate ….
So, why is it so difficult in America to be understood?
I live in the Former Soviet Union – Ukraine.
I get more disagreement here than I did in Graduate School, or California.
No one has threatened me here – threats do get old. That just should not be a part of America.
But, I get genuine disagreement, and genuine interest in what I think.
"Wow? Americans really think that way? So, why don't you think the way they think? You are an American."
This discussion often happens when we discuss family. The Ukrainians really have a difficulty understanding American Family and the quick demise of our families. Sadly, I think their families are about 15 years behind American families. And they cannot afford it like we have afforded it.
But, I get genuine disagreement and interest.
Why isn't America like that anymore?
My best friends growing up were Catholic and I was Baptist. Many best friends have been Atheists, and I am a Christian. Many were not engineers, or scientists, and I am definitely logical and an engineer.
So, why the disparity? This is not what America was built upon. And I do not think we can sustain the new society for much longer. Discord is very expensive. AND, this style of discord has targeted many of the American Values which made America great and wealthy.
What do you think?
Are we intentionally choosing to misunderstand people? Is it accidental? Or, are we becoming dumber?


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SHAH ALAM, Malaysia — An Indonesian woman who was on trial in the 2017 airport killing of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was freed on Monday after more than two years in custody.
The defendant, Siti Aisyah, 27, will be allowed to leave Malaysia and return to Indonesia after prosecutors in the case withdrew the murder charge against her without explanation.
"I am surprised and very happy," Ms. Siti told reporters as she left the courthouse.
According to Ms. Siti's attorney, Gooi Soon Seng, Ms. Siti departed later on Monday for Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, on a private jet with Rusdi Kirana, Indonesia's ambassador to Malaysia and a co-founder of the Indonesian budget airline Lion Air. They landed in the late afternoon.
The fate of a second suspect in the case, Doan Thi Huang, 30, of Vietnam, remained uncertain. She had been scheduled to begin testifying on Monday for the first time. But after the dismissal of the case against Ms. Siti, the trial was put on hold so that the defense could seek dismissal of the charges against Ms. Doan. The court is scheduled to reconvene on Thursday.
The two women were accused of killing Mr. Kim by smearing VX nerve agent on his face at Kuala Lumpur International Airport as he prepared to leave the country in February 2017.
After their arrest, they said that they were duped into committing the killing and thought they were participating in a harmless prank for a reality television show. Both women potentially faced the death penalty.
Kim Jong-un was widely believed to have ordered the assassination of his elder half brother. At least seven North Korean operatives accused of recruiting the women and setting up the killing left Malaysia without facing charges.
The lead prosecutor, Muhammad Iskandar Ahmad, declined to say why the charge against Ms. Siti had been dropped. He told reporters that the decision had been made by Malaysia's attorney general, Tommy Thomas.
"There are many reasons, which I think are not proper for me to disclose," the prosecutor said.
The Indonesian Embassy released a statement saying that the Indonesian government had been working for many months to free Ms. Siti. President Joko Widodo raised the issue personally with Malaysia's prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, when the two met in Indonesia in June, the statement said.
"This issue was brought up at every bilateral meeting at every level from the president down to the ministerial level," the embassy statement said.
Mr. Widodo faces re-election next month and securing Ms. Siti's release could improve his standing.
Ms. Doan, surrounded by heavily armed guards and wearing a scarf pulled down over her face, was taken back to jail after the hearing.
Her lawyer, Hisyam Teh, said that she was distressed by the decision to free only Ms. Siti and not her, too. "Doan is traumatized that there was no fairness shown to her," he said.
Mr. Teh said the prosecutor did not discuss the basis for the decision in court.
"We don't know why the charge was withdrawn," he said. "No reason was advanced."
He said he would apply to Mr. Thomas to dismiss the charge against Ms. Doan on the grounds that the two women should be treated equally.
"We hope the attorney general will exercise fairness," he said. "There must not be justice just for one and not the other."
After her release, Ms. Siti appeared at a brief news conference at the Indonesian Embassy in nearby Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital, where she said she was surprised to have been freed.
She thanked Mr. Joko and other Indonesian and Malaysian officials for her release.
The embassy released an undated letter to Mr. Thomas from Indonesia's minister of law and human rights, Yasonna H. Laoly, citing grounds for dismissing the case.
He said Ms. Siti believed she was part of a reality show and had no intention to kill Mr. Kim. She was deceived and used by North Korean intelligence, he said, and did not benefit in any way from her actions.
In a separate statement, Mr. Yasonna said that he had also met with Mr. Mahathir last year to plead for Ms. Siti's freedom.
"Siti Aisyah's release reflects President Joko Widodo's commitment to protect and help any Indonesians who face a problem abroad," he said.


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I tried another route today, one that I always used to run. It's the park by the lake at Lakeside. I always thought the distance was about 5 kilometres, but I guess I was wrong.
Here's the route and analysis of my run today. I doubt the thing is accurate as the start and stop points are different, but I knew I started and ended at the exact same location. So maybe there was about 200 metres more, making my run about 4.7km. It would make my average speed about 9.9kmh. It would be an improvement over the last run, and I know I ran a little faster.
Well, since I know the distance of the route, I guess I am in better position to know how many laps to achieve the desired effect!


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You probably cherish your right to believe whatever you wish to believe. So does almost everyone else. By exercising this right, earth's six billion inhabitants have produced an amazing diversity of beliefs. Like the variations in color, shape, texture, taste, smell, and sound that we find in creation, differing beliefs often add interest, excitement, and enjoyment to life. Such variety can, indeed, be the spice of life.—Psalm 104:24.
BUT there is a need for caution. Some beliefs are not only different but also dangerous. Early in the 20th century, for example, some people came to believe that Jews and Freemasons had plans to "disrupt Christian civilization and erect a world state under their joint rule." One source of this belief was an anti-Semitic tract entitled Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. The tract alleged that the plans included advocating excessive taxation, promoting armament production, encouraging giant monopolies so that 'Gentile wealth could be destroyed in one blow.' Allegations also included manipulating the education system so as to 'turn Gentiles into unthinking beasts,' and even constructing underground railways to join capital cities so that the Jewish elders could 'quell any opposers by blowing them sky-high.'
These, of course, were lies—designed to inflame anti-Semitic feelings. 'This preposterous fiction,' says Mark Jones of the British Museum, 'spread abroad from Russia,' where it first appeared in a newspaper article in 1903. It reached The Times of London on May 8, 1920. More than a year later, The Times exposed the document as a fake. In the meantime, the damage had been done. 'Lies like these,' says Jones, 'are hard to suppress.' Once people accept them, they produce some very jaundiced, poisonous, and dangerous beliefs—often with disastrous consequences, as the history of the 20th century has shown.—Proverbs 6:16-19.
Belief Versus Truth
Of course, it does not take deliberate lies to develop mistaken beliefs. At times, we just misread things. How many people have met untimely deaths doing something they believed was right? Then again, often we believe a thing simply because we want to believe it. One professor says that even scientists "often fall in love with their own constructions." Their beliefs becloud their critical judgment. Then they may spend a lifetime in vain trying to shore up mistaken beliefs.—Jeremiah 17:9.
Similar things have happened with religious beliefs—where immense contradictions exist. (1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Timothy 4:3, 4) One man has deep faith in God. Another says that the man is only "weaving faith out of moonshine." One maintains that you have an immortal soul that survives death. Another believes that when you die you cease to exist, totally and completely. Obviously, conflicting beliefs like these cannot all be true. Is it not the course of wisdom, then, to make sure that what you believe actually is true and not simply what you want to believe? (Proverbs 1:5) How can you do that? The following article will examine this subject.
Why Do You Believe What You Believe?
To believe has been defined as "to accept as true, genuine, or real." The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights enshrines every person's "right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion." This right includes the freedom "to change his religion or belief" if he wants to do so.
WHY, though, would anyone want to change his religion or belief? "I have my own beliefs, and I am happy with them," is the commonly expressed view. Many feel that even mistaken beliefs cause little harm to anyone. Someone who believes that the earth is flat, for example, is not likely to hurt himself or anyone else. "We should just agree to differ," some say. Is that always wise? Would a doctor simply agree to differ if one of his colleagues continued to believe he could go straight from handling dead bodies in a morgue to examining sick patients in a hospital ward?
When it comes to religion, mistaken beliefs have historically caused great harm. Think of the horrors that resulted when religious leaders "inspired Christian zealots to pitiless violence" during the so-called Holy Crusades of the Middle Ages. Or think of the modern-day "Christian" gunmen in a recent civil war who, "just like medieval warriors who had saints' names on their sword hilts, taped pictures of the Virgin to their rifle butts." All these zealots believed that they were right. Yet, obviously in these and other religious struggles and fights, something was terribly wrong.
Why is there so much confusion and conflict? The Bible's answer is that Satan the Devil is "misleading the entire inhabited earth." (Revelation 12:9; 2 Corinthians 4:4; 11:3) The apostle Paul warned that many religious people would, sadly, be "doomed to perish" because they would be deceived by Satan, who would "produce miracles and wonders calculated to deceive." Such ones, said Paul, would "shut their minds to the love of truth which could have saved them" and would thus be 'deluded into believing what is a lie.' (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12, The New Testament, by William Barclay) How can you minimize the possibility of believing a lie? Why, in fact, do you believe the way you do?
Brought Up to Believe It?
Perhaps you have been brought up in the beliefs of your family. That may well be a good thing. God wants parents to teach their children. (Deuteronomy 6:4-9; 11:18-21) The young man Timothy, for example, benefited greatly from listening to his mother and grandmother. (2 Timothy 1:5; 3:14, 15) The Scriptures encourage respect for what parents believe. (Proverbs 1:8; Ephesians 6:1) But did your Creator mean for you to believe things simply because your parents believe them? Unthinking adherence to what previous generations believed and did can, in fact, be dangerous.—Psalm 78:8; Amos 2:4.
A Samaritan woman who met Jesus Christ had been brought up to believe in her Samaritan religion. (John 4:20) Jesus respected her freedom to choose what she wanted to believe, but he also pointed out to her: "You worship what you do not know." Many of her religious beliefs were, in fact, mistaken, and he told her that she would have to make changes in her beliefs if she was going to worship God acceptably—"with spirit and truth." Rather than cling to what were no doubt cherished beliefs, she and others like her would, in time, have to become "obedient to the faith" revealed through Jesus Christ.—John 4:21-24, 39-41; Acts 6:7.
Educated to Believe It?
Many teachers and authorities in specialized fields of knowledge deserve great respect. Yet, history is littered with examples of renowned teachers who were absolutely wrong. For example, regarding two books on scientific matters written by Greek philosopher Aristotle, historian Bertrand Russell stated that "hardly a sentence in either can be accepted in the light of modern science." Even modern-day authorities often get things drastically wrong. "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible," was the confident assertion of British scientist Lord Kelvin in 1895. A wise person, therefore, does not blindly believe that something is true simply because some authoritative teacher says it is.—Psalm 146:3.
The same caution is needed when it comes to religious education. The apostle Paul was well-educated by his religious teachers and was extremely "zealous for the traditions of [his] fathers." His zeal for the traditional beliefs of his ancestors, however, actually created problems for him. It led to his "persecuting the congregation of God and devastating it." (Galatians 1:13, 14; John 16:2, 3) Worse still, for a long time, Paul kept "kicking against the goads," resisting the influences that should have led him to believe in Jesus Christ. It required a dramatic intervention by Jesus himself to move Paul to adjust his beliefs.—Acts 9:1-6; 26:14.
Influenced by the Media?
Maybe the media have greatly influenced your beliefs. Most people are glad that there is freedom of speech in the media, giving them access to information that can be useful. However, there are powerful forces that can and frequently do manipulate the media. What is often presented is biased information that can insidiously affect your thinking.
In addition, to appeal to or to attract a larger audience, the media tend to give publicity to what is sensational and unconventional. What could hardly be said or printed for public consumption just a few years ago has become commonplace today. Slowly but surely, established standards of behavior are attacked and whittled away. People's thinking is gradually becoming distorted. They begin to believe that "good is bad and bad is good."—Isaiah 5:20; 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10.
Finding a Sound Basis for Belief
Building on the ideas and philosophies of men is like building on sand. (Matthew 7:26; 1 Corinthians 1:19, 20) On what, then, can you confidently base your beliefs? Since God has given you intellectual capacity to investigate the world around you and to ask questions concerning spiritual matters, does it not make sense that he would also provide the means to get accurate answers to your questions? (1 John 5:20) Yes, of course he would! How, though, can you establish what is true, genuine, or real in matters of worship? We have no hesitation in saying that God's Word, the Bible, provides the only basis for doing this.—John 17:17; 2 Timothy 3:16, 17.
"But wait," someone will say, "is it not the very ones who have the Bible who have caused the most conflict and confusion in world affairs?" Well, it is true that religious leaders who claim to follow the Bible have produced many confusing and conflicting ideas. This is because they have not, in fact, based their beliefs on the Bible. The apostle Peter describes them as "false prophets" and "false teachers" who would create "destructive sects." As a consequence of their activities, says Peter, "the way of the truth will be spoken of abusively." (2 Peter 2:1, 2) Still, writes Peter, "we have the prophetic word made more sure; and you are doing well in paying attention to it as to a lamp shining in a dark place."—2 Peter 1:19; Psalm 119:105.
The Bible encourages us to check our beliefs against what it teaches. (1 John 4:1) Millions of readers of this magazine can testify that doing so has added purpose and stability to their lives. So be like the noble-minded Beroeans. 'Carefully examine the Scriptures daily' before you decide what to believe. (Acts 17:11) Jehovah's Witnesses will be happy to help you to do this. Of course, it is your decision as to what you want to believe. However, it is the course of wisdom to make sure that your beliefs are shaped, not by human wisdom and desires, but, rather, by God's revealed Word of truth.—1 Thessalonians 2:13; 5:21.
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What barely bothers me (to each his own), is how the "Mason" personalities on this site get dodgy, defensive, sarcastic and pretty much just steer away from legit questions whatever they maybe.
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Without female companionship within any sect, there is no spiriutal wholeness to adapt and develop from. Men cannot spiritually advance and develop without women, that is truth, as they must learn from eachother to learn wholeness and gradually develop and mature from both aides.
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BUT I'm a girl, so I can't be a mason, so I will never be able to confirm this (hint hint, masons, hint hint, get with the times).
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Without female companionship within any sect, there is no spiriutal wholeness to adapt and develop from. Men cannot spiritually advance and develop without women, that is truth, as they must learn from eachother to learn wholeness and gradually develop and mature from both aides.
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what makes your morning wake up routine different than the OTO?
We are a group of men who try to make themselves and their communities better. We don't try to advertise what we do and we don't tell anyone else how or what to do. And much like the OTO, our rituals are meant to be viewed and understood by the initiates and the adepts. It's that way so that good men who were curious would ask and then find the way to our door.
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Many individuals go through life stages without a sense of passion. Without passion, there is nothing to look forward to, accomplishments are scarce, and a purpose for keeping a smile is lost.
The absence of passion is an immediate red flag. To leave all judgements to the side, we must realize that individuals lean towards "getting into trouble" with negative life decisions because they do not have passion for a positive life outlet.
A common mistake is for parents and individuals of authority to assume that children, teenagers, and young adults (truthfully - people of all ages) will automatically behave and follow rules at all times. People should indeed behave and follow rules, but this is not done automatically.
Deciding between right and wrong is a characteristic that must be learned and skateboarding is capable of teaching it. Too many people expect their son or daughter to sit idle and be content with watching the time go by, or nagging their son or daughter through ineffective verbal communication "to do something", but not legitimately providing "that something." Sitting idle is against human instinct and eventually a child will look to the nearest behavior, commonly negative, to simply interpret their own fun. There is a grey area that exists when individuals are looked down upon for their negative behaviour but are never given an actual positive item or idea to pursue.
Keeping busy and having healthy hobbies are the secret to avoiding negative behavior which would otherwise act as excitement when other options for entertainment are unavailable. Skateboarding represents both the positive item and positive idea to fulfill human needs of entertainment and belonging. Replacing negative behaviour with skateboarding ensures that individuals do not need excitement through violence, vandalism, and substance abuse to pass the time.
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The teenage years are an important time when individuals are searching for their identities. Skateboarding allows individuals to be out laughing and conversing with others to connect to a sense of community larger than themselves. The self-confidence of an identity and an association with skateboarding propels the well-being of an individual upward.
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A respected sales and marketing veteran of the international tree nut industry, Dale founded Summit Almonds based on his core beliefs in excellence and valued relationships. Through his vision, "Summit Almonds" was born in 2008. Summit has expanded its product line offering a full line of premium tree nuts: almonds, walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts, and pistachios to 70 countries worldwide. Summit Almonds is now known as "Summit Premium Tree Nuts."
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