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Looking at many churches in the PCA it's fair to say that singing and preaching seem to be promoted above everything else, and I think that this is a potential problem. Maybe you are thinking "how are they promoted?" The answer is that we give the most time to the things we think are the most important, and in many churches the most time is connected to the sermon and the singing from the congregation.
Just consider the following break down of what I would consider the average PCA church (there was no formal study, I'm simply compiling the services I have seen on the last several years):
- 20 minutes of singing
- 30-45 minutes of preaching
- >5 minutes of Scripture reading
- 5 minutes of prayer
- 10 Minutes for communion (but in most churches only once a month.)
We also need to understand that most churches have a spoken or unspoken social contract regarding the length of the service. Don't believe me?, I dare you to decrease or increase the service by 30% and see what kind of responses you get. Either you'll hear jokes that the sermon prep must have been short this week, or you'll hear grumbling (from youth and adults alike) that the service seemed to drag on forever. Because of this loosely set length, there is only a certain amount of time that any element can receive.
Before making a decision about the value of this pattern, however, it might be good to examine some of the possible reasons that this happens.
First of all, much of the average church service is conducted by the pastor, and this means that he becomes the defacto time keeper. (While the pastor planed to only preach for 30 minutes, he included an extra illustration and all of a sudden the sermon is 35 minutes.)
Other times, pastors reemphasis the same idea several times, often in result of negative nonverbal feedback. This often causes us to stutter out toward the end of the sermon as we begin to hit deeper application. As a fellow pastor says we "had trouble landing the plane."
I need to be honest here, I am guilty of every one of the above habits, but it's something that I see as a major problem.
Secondly, I'd also wager that because the pastor is often the time keeper, when special elements arise (maybe a baptism, or a missionary giving a update), the sermon is the last thing to get trimmed down, and so while other elements shrink the sermon is still taking up 40-60% of the time.
When it comes to singing, it is often seen as the primary way that members of the congregation are actively participating in the worship. Because of this when a church is setting up their worship patterns, singing is given a lot of time, so that the people might have enough participation in the service.
So is this heavy emphasis on preaching and singing a bad thing? I'd say yes.
And it turns out so do the Westminster Divines. In fact, in the directory of worship in the section on public reading of Scripture they say the following about the importance of balancing of elements in a worship service:
"How large a portion shall be read at once is left to the discretion of every minister; and he may, when he thinks it expedient, expound any part of what is read; always having regard to the time, that neither reading, singing, praying, preaching, nor any other ordinance, be disproportionate the one to the other; nor the whole rendered too short, or too tedious."
While this part of the Directory of Worship is not binding in the PCA, it is still helpful and "is an approved guide and should be taken seriously as the mind of the Church agreeable to the Standards."- Preface to the Directory for Worship, Book of Church Order
I'd take from this statement the idea that when preparing a worship service, care should be taken to balance all of the elements of worship. Practically what this means is that, the sermon has to be tightened (not cut), and the singing reduced so that prayer, the reading of scripture, the giving of offerings, and the celebration of the sacraments can find their proper place in the church.
I must push a bit further here and say that if we truly take the above guidelines from the DOW to heart, many churches infrequent celebration of the Lord's supper would need to be reexamined. It is entirely fair to say that the average church only gives the Supper two minutes on any given Sunday (10 minutes once every 4 weeks, means 2.5 minutes per week).
I know that there are some questions that arise out of my line of thought and let me try to address some of them.
Whats wrong about having a high view of preaching (It sounds like you are talking about demoting preaching)?
Nothing is wrong with preaching being one of the ordinary ways that God blesses his churches. But I'd suggest that if we rightly connect singing as well to the ordinary means of the Word, than that one mean wrongly demotes the sacraments and prayer. My concern is no removing preaching from its proper place but putting prayer and the sacraments back where they belong. I also understand that some people might argue that in an age where preaching is seen as unimportant it's all the reason to spend more time emphasising it. To that I would argue that if you were sick from a lack of a vitamin C, the solution would not be to begin a vitamin C-only diet.
Whats wrong with a lot of singing?
While nothing is wrong with singing, I would argue that it is not the only way that members of the church should participate in the worship of God. There are other appropriate places where members of a congregation can participate, this includes both prayer and Scripture reading, the giving of offerings, and public professions of their faith.
Now I know that some readers might be offended by what I'm saying, while others are simply putting me into the "weak" camp in the PCA. Some of you are saying to yourself "my preaching takes as long as it takes."
Let me say: I absolutely believe that preaching is a vital part of the life of the church, and the call to preach is a fire in our gut, that makes us say, "Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!". But I wonder if we often defend our preaching for less noble reasons. Deep down sometimes we preach longer for the sake of being seen as wise, or authoritative. We preach longer to calm the imaginary objections to our ministry. Some times we preach long because we haven't been disciplined in the preparation or our text.
I'd also say that I doubt music leaders are guiltless when it comes to some of the less noble reasons why they increase their time in front of the congregation. We are all effected by sin.
When we elevate preaching and singing with tell our pastors that their sermons is the sum of their ministry, and we might even be subtly promoting the idea that bigger is better. It tends to reason that if a bigger church is preferred over a smaller one, and greater influence is preferred over lesser, then a long sermons is preferable to a short sermon, (After all are you gifted enough to preach for 45 minutes?). This puts damages pastoral ministry, It's like saying that we are in shape if we can bench press 200 lbs while at the same time we are not able to stand on our own strength.
From a congregational perspective, I'd go as far to say that when we only have members sing (and give offerings) we in effect rob them of their full participation in the worship of God.
One Possible Way Forward
Without trying to suggest that I've solved the problem, let me share how we ended up trying to bring together the idea of not having one element out way the other elements.Our elders made the decision to have members more actively participate in the different elements of worships. Rather than having one time of singing ,or one time of reading , we'd have a number of shorter times which each element. We decided that the service should be around an hour long, and that prayer, scripture reading and the sacraments should have a larger role. To start the sermons length was shortened by 15-20 minutes, to be around 20-25. We also capped the amount of singing to four songs (a fifth is sung during communion). This allowed more time for the other elements, like (which the congregation actively participates in). We also set the goal of having one Old Testament and one New Testament reading each week (and we have different members read these passages). Often each reading is at least 15 verses in length. Including the call to confession and promise of forgiveness, we have increased the amount of Scripture, to at least 10 minutes of reading. In addition we have the Lords supper on a weekly basis. This has given us, what I think is a more balanced time of worship.
Below is a outline of our order of worship at Grace & Peace Presbyterian Church, with notes on each part (to see a copy of one of our recent bulletins click here):
- Greeting (Read between the people and the leader)
- Call to Worship (Read between the people and the leader)
- Prayer of invocation (extemporaneous prayer by leader)
- Song (All)
- First Scripture Reading (Member of congregation)
- Song (All)
- Call to Confession (Introduced and read by the leader)
- Prayer of Confession (Read between the people and the leader)
- Silent Prayer (Hopefully all)
- Promise of Forgiveness(Read by leader)
- Song (All)
- Offerings, Greetings,and Petitions (People move around to greet each other and at the same time put offerings and prayer requests in a basket at the back of the space)
- Song (All)
- Second Scripture Reading (Read by a member of the congregation/or the pastor)
- Prayer of People/Pastoral Prayer (Prayers are read between the people and leader with pauses for silent prayer between each request. End with a short pastoral prayer that includes and public petitions from the congregation)
- Sermon (Pastor)
- Communion (Christians invited to come forward)
- Song (Sung as the people come forward for communion)
- Creedal Response (Read in unison)
- Doxology (Sung by all)
- Benediction (Explained and performed by Pastor)


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I'm almost caught up with reading my back issues of Shonen Jump. I started reading October last night. Both October issues of Shonen Jump and Shojo Beat had previews for new manga, and I thought I'd share my thoughts on them.
In Shonen Jump, the preview was for Nora: The Last Chronicle of Devildom. I wasn't sure what to make of this title when it was first announced, and when I started reading it, the first thing that came to mind was that it seemed like a cross between Inuyasha and Death Note. We have a demon who can take the shape of a dog (or hell hound) that needs to be controlled. He is sent to the human realm and put in the hands of human high school student who is successful at everything and bored. I was thinking the "demon animal under human control" was also a genre that was getting old. Inuyasha, Her Majesty's Dog, and Mugen Spiral (from Tokyopop), had all done it before, so I really wondered if this series could do anything better. By the end of the preview chapter, I was actually liking it! It doesn't do anything new. But for some reason, I found myself liking Nora and Kazuma, and their very antagonistic relationship. I'm going to read the first volume of this title for sure.
Shojo Beat previewed a new Matsuri Hino title, Captive Hearts. I had no hope whatsoever for this title. I haven't liked any of the other titles by her that I've read/previewed, so I didn't think this one would be any different. The whole premise of a boy being controlled by a girl because of a curse sent up all kinds of red flags, and I imagined the worst. But, when I started reading it, it turned out to be the complete opposite of what I had thought. What's more, I actually liked it! Megumi was very funny as he started to feel the effects of the curse, and Suzuka was just cute. The art is nice too. There are a lot of light moments that seem to set his manga up for some fun. I'd definitely consider buying this title.


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Rape victims who belong to economically poor sections may soon get financial assistance from government.
New Delhi: Rape victims who belong to economically poor sections may soon get financial assistance from government as the Planning Commission has given its nod to the proposal of the Women and Child Development Ministry.
While the WCD Ministry had proposed a scheme in which all rape victims would be provided this assistance from April this year, the Planning Commission was of the view that not everyone may need or want to accept this assistance.
"There is a provision currently under the Prevention of Atrocities on SC/STs Act under which victims of this crime (sexual exploitation) are given Rs 1.20 lakh as support. The Ministry had proposed that women belonging to other categories should be given similar assistance. The Planning Commission has approved the scheme for providing this assistance to those victims who belong to economically weaker sections," WCD secretary Prem Narain said.
Narain said there was a view in the Planning Commission that every family may not accept this assistance as some of them may be well-off while others may not accept it for social reasons.
"It is now being planned that women who belong to families which are below poverty line (BPL) or who are destitute would get support," Narain added.
The WCD secretary said he expected that all the details, mechanisms and approvals for the scheme would be completed by the end of March and hoped that it would be operational at the start of the new financial year.


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I am completely guilty of sewing things mostly for my kids. I mean, you use less fabric, you are done faster, and my kids love that I sew for them. I've made myself some dresses, scarves, and pj pants, among other things, but I've been craving a staple knit dress project.
I met Caroline in person at the Cricut event this year. She has the cute blog Sew Caroline and designs patterns for Art Gallery Fabrics. She was wearing a super stylish dress made with Heather Ross's fabric "briar rose" (see it here if you want a visual), so I had to go and tell her how fabulous it was. She told me that she made it and was just about to release a pattern. She offered to send me one, so here I am with her dress pattern on! I've been searching for a pattern like this for a while. You can buy the "Out and About" dress pattern here if you are already aching to get started on this dress!
Big thanks to Faith (8) for taking these pictures, hence there being no picture of the whole dress! I'll take what I can get for a 10 minute balcony portrait session, free of charge. Clearly, we do this all the time. haha.
This pattern was pretty easy to make. All of the edges matched up perfectly. The pockets are a great part of this pattern and came together nicely. I made my sleeves a tad shorter. Although, I think even shorter would have been better, now that I look at these pictures. I added a vintage lace collar that I found at a thrift store in Portland.
My troubles with this dress only came from my choice of fabric. Apparently, I chose a knit that is harder to work with. (womp womp). My knit sewing has usually been with smaller scarf level scales. The neckline is the only thing that really shows the mistakes I made because of the fabric, but I covered it with the collar. ha! The pockets didn't stretch properly…my fault again. You have to learn somehow, I guess. ;) The other thing I REALLY would have benefited from was a walking foot. I've been getting by for a few years without one and I know it's time to finally get one.
Can anyone recommend how to get one for my Elna?
Go here to download the "Out and About" dress pattern. Supporting hard-working small business owners is a great thing! You will spend time printing and piecing together this pattern and other indie pattern designs, but just remember you are keeping their costs down and allowing their business to grow!
Here's the rest of the pattern tour for lots on inspiration:
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|VOLUME XIX NUMBER 2 Winter 2004
Owl Notebook
Four Keene State Athletes Enter Ranks of All-Americas
Midfielder Ortisi (Allenstown, N.H.) capped her four-year career by being named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division III All-America Second Team. "I was very surprised," said Ortisi, a three-time LEC and regional all-star. "It's a nice way to end my career."
Ortisi led the Owls in scoring with 11 goals, four assists, and 26 points. She completes her career fourth on KSC's all-time scoring list, with 41 goals, 24 assists, and 106 points. Ortisi is the ninth women's soccer player at Keene State to earn All-America accolades.
Strong (Hatfield, Mass.) was selected to the womensfieldhockey.com All-America Second Team. The senior forward rewrote the Owl field hockey record book, chalking up 30 goals, 10 assists, and 70 points. She finished her career second on the KSC all-time scoring list, with 148 points. "It was a great season," said Strong, who is the eighth field hockey player at KSC to win All-America honors. "I couldn't have asked to go out in a better way."
Bridgewater and Ferenc raced to All-America honors at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships in Hanover, Indiana. Bridgewater (Unionville, Conn.), a junior, finished 23rd, with a time of 25:39 on the 8K course at the L.S. Ayers Athletic Complex, and Ferenc (Westmoreland, N.H.), a senior, came in 33rd, clocking in at 25:45.
"I was in a good position after 6K but didn't have a kick at the end," said Bridgewater. "But it's a nice feeling to earn All-America."
"This was my last chance to earn All-America in cross country, so I'm happy about that," added Ferenc.
It was the second All-America award for both runners, who respectively became the Owls' 37th and 38th cross country All-Americas.
Timson Joins the Thousand Point Club
Owls Defeat PSU at New Hampshire Hoops Classic
"This was a unique experience for our kids, getting to play in a large arena in a central location where alumni, friends, and family came to watch us play," said KSC coach Rob Colbert.
"It was awesome," senior guard Bennett Pawlusiak told the Union Leader. "From the moment we walked in here, it felt like we were playing at a big college, like North Carolina."
"It was first-class the whole time," added senior guard Alphonse Michalski, who contributed 16 points to KSC's victory under the bright lights.
At KST press time, the Owls were preparing for the NCAA Tournament. As always, go to www.keene.edu/athletics for the latest news.
New Swimming/Diving Records Set
Fall Recaps
Field Hockey
Strong was also named LEC Offensive Player of the Year and was joined by Nichole Dallas and Kate Barnowski on the All-LEC First Team. Kaitlin Henley, Carly Sweeney, and Michelle McInerney were All-LEC Second Team selections. For the third time in six years, Coach Amy Watson was named LEC Coach of the Year.
Men's Soccer
At the ECAC Tournament the Owls kicked their way to the finals with a 6-1 win over Worcester Polytechnic Institute, a team coached by KSC alum Malcolm McPherson '75, and a 3-2 overtime victory over Plymouth State. In the championship game the Owls came up short once again with a 1-0 loss to top seed Roger Williams University.
In addition to being named to the NSCAA All-Region First Team, junior forward Jason Lombardo was the LEC Offensive Player of the Year. Junior forward Casey Banks, senior back Steve Curry, junior midfielder Joey Amaio, and Lombardo were All-LEC First Team picks. Junior midfielder John Harke and senior midfielder Justin Hickman were named to the All-LEC Second Team.
Women's Soccer
With a win over Nichols College (5-1), the Owls advanced to the semifinals of the ECAC tournament, where they lost to Salem State (2-0).
Keene State was well represented in postseason honors: All-America senior Jennifer Ortisi joined junior back Beth Vachon and senior forward Erin Lester on the All-LEC First Team, and freshman midfielder Tara Wagner, senior midfielder Katie Parkinson, junior back Kerri Paquette, and junior goalkeeper Michelle Mason were named to the All-LEC Second Team.
Cross Country
The women's team finished second at the Dartmouth and Tufts meets and won their first ever KSC Invitational title. The Owls also outdistanced the field to win their fourth consecutive LEC/Alliance Championship. They finished a respectable eighth at the New England Regional meet, with senior Karen Jordan (16th place) qualifying for her second straight individual NCAA berth.


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Germs, Gunk, Goo: Indoor Playground Health Hazards
An Arizona mother of four, Erin M. Carr-Jordan, has started a nonprofit group called Kids Play Safe whose mission is to call for stricter legislative regulations for indoor play areas including McDonald's PlayPlaces and the tube-slide, hanging-net-bridge play stuctures at Chuck E. Cheese. Carr-Jordan, a developmental psychology professor, has actually visited dozens of indoor playgrounds in 11 different states, taken samples and sent them to labs for microbial testing. Her findings? As the New York Times says:
…the widespread presence of an array of pathogens, from coliform bacteria to staphylococcus, at levels that experts said indicated that restaurants might not be disinfecting their playlands as diligently as they should.
One expert interviewed by the New York Times, Philip M. Tierno Jr., director of clinical microbiology and immunology at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York, said that he was not "shocked or blown out of the water" by what Carr-Jordan found. While noting that it is his business to study microbes, Tierno said that "There are very high counts, and that means these places are not cleaned properly or not cleaned at all."
On hearing of Carr-Jordan's concerns, McDonalds says that it has "stringent sanitizing procedures but had nonetheless assigned a team to review those procedures."
Carr-Jordan started her Kids Play Safe campaign in April after she went into a Phoenix-area PlayPlace with her kids.
What she saw was alarming.
"My kids were going, 'Yuck!' " she recalled of the scene, which she videotaped with her cellphone and posted on YouTube. "It was gross and sticky. There were curse words and gang graffiti. The windows were black. There was matted hair and an abandoned Band-Aid."
Despite complaints to the manager and several follow-up visits, the play area was not cleaned, she said.
I can attest to what Carr-Jordan found. Back in the days when my 14-year-old son Charlie wasn't 5′ 10″, we used to visit McDonalds PlayPlaces regularly as they offered a chance (especially when it was winter or the height of summer) for him to interact with other children. Charlie often needed some help to make his way through the maze-like PlayPlace — he's autistic, had some gross motor delays when he was younger and has always needed extra time to "process" and figure out what's going on around him — so I used to climb up into the PlayPlace with him. I'm not quite 5 feet tall, so it wasn't too much of a squeeze for me. But I can assure you that I saw everything Carr-Jordan describes along with wads of gum, gunk of various sorts, a French fry: You're not supposed to bring food into the play area but rarely did a PlayPlace we frequented have an employee reminding children and their parents about the rules.
While we of course saw employees cleaning tables and trays, we couldn't help but come to the same conclusion as Tierno that the PlayPlace was "not cleaned properly or not cleaned at all." Had we not found PlayPlaces a good setting for Charlie to meet other children when outdoor playgrounds were not an option, we would have stopped taking him to the PlayPlaces for good.
The New York Times says that, so far, Carr-Jordan's calls to local and national health officials have not resulted in any investigation:
A C.D.C. spokeswoman, Bernadette Burden, said the federal agency would get involved only if called in by state officials concerned about a major disease breakout. In Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, the Environmental Services Department considers play areas nonfood areas, and thus less of a priority during inspections than other parts of restaurants, said Johnny Diloné, a spokesman.
Carr-Jordan says she'll continue her campaign. There's a petition to help ensure children have clean and safe places to play. She has tested at least 50 indoor play areas so far and continues to do so. Out of all of those, she has only found one (at a Chick-fil-A restaurant near her home) that is free of pathogens.
Do we need local and/or national regulations about indoor playground cleanliness?
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FREE SPIRIT is a series of performance rituals that explore secrets from Hardy's past regarding religion, sexuality, and self-identity. Hardy uncovers and examines his past (represented by the jars/secrets) as an act of liberation––letting go of personal burdens and societal restrictions. These secrets haunt and shape the person the artist is and has yet to become.
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Terry S. Hardy is an Atlanta-based painter, sculpture, performance, and installation artist. His work deals with themes of human rights, sexuality, religion, and self-identity. He has participated in over eighty exhibitions internationally.hardyspace.com


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One of you is long and lean.
One of you is short and (more on the) squat side.
Both of you are brothers.
Both of you are so full of emotion that can only be expressed as physical exuberance.
One of you can't go through a day without at least 10 hugs.
One of you thinks that a body slam is an appropriate way to give a hug.
One of you likes to take care of the other.
Both of you surprise me with unexpected cuddles.
Both of you love singing and putting on concerts.
None of you sing in tune even though one of you tries really hard.
One of you loves eating fruits and vegetables
One of you refuses to eat real fruit. Dehydrated or pureed fruit – yes. Fresh fruit – no.
Both of you love ice cream but
None of you like pie.
Both of you have overflowing treasure boxes.
One of you hoards treasures – the smaller in size, the better – marbles, pennies, guitar picks, jewels, rocks, acorns.
One of you creates a mountain of drawings every day.
Both of you are stubborn.
Both of you think you're the boss but
One of you is the real boss.
Both of you embrace life.
Both of you love life.
Both of you love exploring together.
Both of you love each other.
The two of you are brothers.
{Linking up with Alison at Writing Wishing and Galit at These Little Waves for Memories Captured.}
This post was inspired by this post at Team Rasler and this post from Stasha at Northwest Mommy. Their posts are pretty brilliant.
Lastly, please go check out my guest post at Diets in Review – JCORE's 480 Minute Workout Improved a Busy Mom's Fitness.


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The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think-tank dedicated to analysis of the movement of people worldwide. Headquartered in Washington, DC and with offices in Manila, New York and Brussels, MPI provides analysis, development, and evaluation of migration and refugee policies at the local, national, and international levels. It aims to meet the rising demand for pragmatic and thoughtful responses to the challenges and opportunities that large-scale migration, whether voluntary or forced, presents to communities and institutions in an increasingly integrated world. MPI is guided by the philosophy that international migration needs active and intelligent management. When such policies are in place and are responsibly administered, they bring benefits to immigrants and their families, communities of origin and destination, and sending and receiving countries.
In January 2013, CFO and MPI signed a memorandum of agreement towards strengthening CFO's capability in the conduct of research and policy analysis on migration and development, while helping MPI establish its regional presence in Asia.


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Partners is a play about two New York brothers as they grow old and face the cold realities involved in keeping their father's business alive. The neighborhood is changing, or they are; their suppliers are abandoning them, and real life interferes with their best-laid plans. The brothers must work as Partners to decide the future of the business - even though they've grown apart. The past is no haven as each remembers their father differently... how they reconcile these life-altering differences is what made the Baltimore Playwright's Festival select Partners their performance selection for 2004.
The Playwright
|Paul Arthur Bogas, playwright of Partners, was born in New York City and is a graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton, and the Yale Law School. He currently serves as a United States Administrative Law Judge. Before becoming a judge, he worked as an attorney at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia. He is a recepient of a 2003 Maryland State Arts Council individual artist grant in playwriting. In addition to writing plays, he is a musician, a songwriter, and a published poet. A long-time resident of Silver Spring, Maryland, he relocated to North Carolina in April, 2004 with his wife Susan (a radio producer), and their children Bella and Milo.


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The 45-year-old Scream star and his wife of over a year took to their social media accounts to share the exciting news, giving their two-year-old son Charlie a starring role in the adorable announcement.
David - who also has 12-year-old daughter Coco with ex-wife Courteney Cox - uploaded a sweet video of Charlie holding a picture of the baby scan.
He captioned the clip: 'So incredibly blessed and honored that my wife @christinaarquette is pregnant with a baby boy!
'Thank you Christina and humbled gratitude to G-D for this tremendous gift! Charlie and Coco are so excited and I am over the moon!!!'
Christina later shared her husband's Instagram post to her own account, and the messages of congratulations from fans have been flooding in for the pair since.
One user wrote: '@davidarquette congrats again, Big Daddy! Enjoy it all and be strong for them. You're a great Father', and another added: '😍😍😍 sooo exciting... Charlie will be the best big brother!'
David and Christina began dating in 2011, but had an on-off relationship until Christina fell pregnant with Charlie in 2013. The couple got engaged three months after welcoming their son, and were married less than a year later on 12 April 2015 in Los Angeles.
Courteney Cox with the couple's 12-year-old daughter, Coco Riley Arquette
The news comes shortly after David tragically lost his sister Alexis Arquette, who'd been battling HIV for 29 years, just last month. He took to Twitter on 16th September to share a message about his sister, posting a photo of Alexis next to lyrics from the Rolling Stone's song, She's a Rainbow.
'She's like a rainbow,' he wrote in his tweet, followed by lyrics that read: 'She comes in colors. Everywhere she combs her hair. She's like a rainbow.'
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Thank you all for your love and kind words about Alexis. My hero for eternity pic.twitter.com/Z18xLtYTBv— David Arquette (@DavidArquette) September 11, 2016
On the day of his sister's death, David also shared a photo of her with the caption: 'Thank you all for your love and kind words about Alexis. My hero for eternity.'


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Nature and culture
The landscape here is constantly changing, pushing out the coastline in places by up to 5 metres a year while plucking the dune edge away elsewhere. Because Tentsmuir is continually evolving, you can see the ongoing battle between habitats as they change from bare sand to heather covered dune heaths, grazed by sturdy Limousin cattle.
On the sands common and grey seals regularly haul out and bask in the sunshine here. In the winter there are eider duck and the mudflats provide rich pickings for birds like the elegant bar tailed godwit. There's a dazzling floral mix in the slacks with the birdsfoot trefoil, grass of parnassus and northern marsh orchid.
The nearby icehouse was built by local fishermen for storing hauls of salmon in the 19th century. Further inland the moorland is steeped in history.
Morton Lochs, is a mosaic of open water, fringing fen vegetation and woodland. Winter visitors include small teal and whooper swans, whilst in the summer look out for the distinctive burnet moth.
Setting the scene
At the very tip of Fife the three areas of the reserve are rich in wildlife and history.
Tentsmuir grows on you
An ever changing landscape Tentsmuir moves with tides and time.
The point of life
Tentsmuir supports a rich diversity of birds and plants along providing a safe haven for seals.
Loch bonuses
Created in the early 1950s Morton Lochs is a hidden gem rich in wildlife.
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Print advertisement created by Le Shou, Netherlands for Jeep, within the category: Automotive.
Creative Directors: F. Shoudesh, G. Leendert
Art Directors / Copywriters: Marlon von Franquemont, Reinier Gorissen
so the jeep is able to conquer perfectly flat somewhat damp sand that apparently (judging from the tire tracks) a bunch of other people have conquered as well?!....amazing
You probably need to own, or at least have driven a Jeep offroad to understand the simbolism of this ad, and the feeling one gets after getting to the end of the trail.
It IS amazing.
I like this idea: Road like mountain. Moinid of the week
The idea is (besides from the tire tracks) is really really good! tight.
Well i like, forget comment above. Love the emotion of the conquering man on top of the road. **********
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan recently wrapped up the 12th West Asia Baseball Cup with a perfect record and a title. It was Pakistan's third straight title winning both the 10th and 11th edition of the biannual tournament.
Iran finished with the silver medal losing only to tournament champion Pakistan. Unranked India wound up with the bronze medal after defeating Iraq 20-0.
12th West Asia Baseball Cup Schedule:
Monday February 23rd
Pakistan 20, Iraq 0
Tuesday February 24th
Iran 15, India 0
Wednesday February 25th
India vs. Iraq – postponed due to rain
Thursday February 26th
India 20, Iraq 0
Pakistan 12, Iran 0
Friday February 27th
Iran 18, Iraq 4
Pakistan 11, India 0
12th West Asia Baseball Cup Standings:
1. Pakistan 3-0
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3. India 1-2
3. Iraq 0-3
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Greg Bachar (students) is the author of many stories and poems (click links to read) published in 3rd Bed, Conduit, Quick Fiction, and other places; all his things can be found here.
What differences were there between teaching "you are a little bit happier than i am" and "cognitive-behavioral therapy"?I taught one book in one class and one book in another class. The first book is easier, I think, and maybe more "fun." The second book requires the reader to do some work to figure out what you're trying to say, if you're trying to say anything at all. In both classes, some students seemed worried about you or said they think you're crazy. A few in each class seem to "get" you right away and laugh a lot while reading and talking about your work. A lot of students seemed to want to "psychoanalyze" you as a person before getting into an analysis of your work. A lot of them think you are anti-social and withdrawn from society, living in a state of isolation. So I asked: if he's isolated, why does he have a blog and a Myspace profile? Why are there clips of him on Youtube walking down the street in New York? Why is he laughing? Why does it look like he has friends hanging out with him and having a good time? Why does he do readings? Why does he answer e-mails? I try to get them to think about your ideas instead of worrying about you as a person, your poems instead of your personality.
Have you know anyone who really lives in isolation, like doesn't see anyone in person, but maybe still uses the internet a lot; or maybe doesn't use the internet and also doesn't leave the house, or does leave the house but doesn't have friends or acquaintances?Emily Dickinson would have loved the internet. I lived near her house in Amherst when I was in grad school and heard that although she was a known recluse, she sometimes lowered baked goods in a basket to the neighborhood kids from a second floor window. A second Emily Dickinson memory, unrelated to your question, took place in a graduate level literature course. One day the instructor had us arrange our chairs around an empty chair in the middle of the circle. He told us to imagine Emily Dickinson was sitting there and to ask her questions about her poetry. All questions were answered with silence. The professor began to weep and said how beautiful the moment was. The thing about being any kind of recluse is that you have to become KNOWN as a recluse, which means you have to publicize the fact in public or appear infrequently but consistently enough for people to think you must be a recluse. I don't know anyone who doesn't leave the house and doesn't use the internet. Maybe I walk by them in the grocery store, but they aren't wearing a t-shirt announcing the fact. Perhaps a RECLUSE t-shirt would be a good idea. I bought a baseball cap at Walgreen's a few months ago that says "Leave Me Alone" but I never wear it because I bet people will read the hat and do exactly the opposite. I don't know anyone who does leave the house but doesn't have friends or acquaintances, although I once had a neighbor that might have been someone like this. He didn't acknowledge anyone in the hall and always left at night with a heavy-looking leather bag we assumed was filled with tools. I like to think he was working on bank heist tunnel jobs. My favorite bank heist tunnel job story occurred in Paris in the 1970s. A group of robbers tunneled into a vault and made off with millions of dollars. As far as I know they were never caught. The best part of the story is this: not only did they get away with the heist, but they brought china, silverware, bottles of wine, chairs and a table INTO the vault with them and cooked and ate a five course meal before making their getaway. I thought that was a nice touch. Perhaps the best criminals live like people you describe in your question. I watch Masterminds and it seems like the thing that trips up every mastermind of every great heist is either a need to talk about it, telling a friend or girlfriend who then feels a need to talk about it, or drawing attention to themselves by spending a lot of the stolen money on things like cars and partying and women. In the criminal world, the contradiction between the need for secrecy and the desire to be recognized for one's criminal work must be powerful. The real masterminds are the ones who don't care about publicity, who pull of the big heist and are never heard from again. I know a lot of people who use the internet a lot and perhaps live in "isolation," but are they really "isolated" if they use the internet a lot? Many writers and artists seem to live and work in isolation, maybe caring that their work gets attention but not themselves. Many other writers and artists appear to be very social and seem to enjoy having as much attention paid to themselves as to their work. Most of the people who appear on the cover of Poets & Writers seem to fall into the latter category, but how would one know for sure? The interesting thing about the internet age is that one can be both a recluse AND a "celebrity." I wonder if Emily Dickinson would have a blog, though. Maybe she would be an internet recluse in addition to being a social recluse.
Did anyone say anything about the dog in the author photo on the back of "cognitive-behavioral therapy"?No. I think they noticed it subliminally. Maybe they were looking at the author in the dog photo...
Do students ever google you and read your writing and then "use that against you" in class sometimes?No. Sometimes one or two students a quarter says something like "I Googled you." To which I usually say: "Oh yeah? Let's take a look at today's reading assignment."
If you had a lot of money would you still teach or would you focus on writing, or something else?I used to have a better plan for what I would do with my life if I won the lottery than I had for living my everyday life. When I hear of someone hitting the jackpot and then saying they're not going to quit their job, I feel sorry for them. There are so many things one could do with a lot of money, like start a publishing company, buy an apartment in Paris, or a small house on George Clooney's lake in Italy. I would first pay off my student loans. Maybe I would keep teaching. I like teaching. But between running a publishing company in Paris and working on my own writing, I don't know if I would have time to teach. I don't know if I would write more or less, hopefully more. I don't think money has much to do with writing. One needs things to do in one's life. I need to leave the house every day and feel like I'm a part of humanity, and I need to read and write and buy used books. I would definitely buy more used books if I had a lot of money, maybe some rare editions too. I would probably throw a party for my friends like they had at Jay Gatsby's house. How much money are we talking about here, anyway? It seems like the times I was broke were the times I lived the best, like when I was doing temp work and had twenty bucks to last until Friday and it was still only Monday. You have to get imaginative when you only have a little money to last you for a while. I imagine having a lot of money would require a lot of imagination too if one wanted to do it up right.


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California Assault & Battery Attorney
Many people believe that "assault and battery" are the same thing, but actually they are two separate crimes. An assault (Penal Code sections 240-241) is an attempt to violently injure another person. A battery (Penal Code sections 242-243) is the unlawful use of force or violence upon another person. An assault doesn't require any physical contact, but a battery requires some type of physical contact.
Another way of distinguishing an assault and battery is to think of an assault as an attempted battery. And a battery is a completed assault. If you were to punch someone in the face – when your punch is still in the air – that's an assault. When your punch actually lands on someone – that's a battery.
Assault and battery are both "general intent crimes". This means that it doesn't matter if you intended to scare or hurt the other person; all that matters is whether you acted on purpose.
Assault and Battery Sentencing
Normally an assault or battery is a misdemeanor with a maximum punishment of six months in jail. However, there are certain circumstances that can increase the penalties and/or allow for these crimes to be charged as felonies. Some of these circumstances include:
(a) special victims, i.e. police officers, firefighters, paramedics, etc.
(b) romantic relationship with the victim or domestic violence
(c) special locations, i.e. schools, hospitals, etc.
(d) use of weapons, especially assault with a deadly weapon
(e) extent of the injuries, especially great bodily injury
(f) sexual battery
Elements of Assault or Battery
In order for the District Attorney to prove that a defendant committed an assault, they would have to prove the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt :
1. The defendant did an act that resulted in the application of force;
2. The defendant did that act willfully;
3. The defendant was aware that the act would result in the application of force;
4. The defendant had the present ability to apply force;
5. The defendant was not acting in self-defense or defense of another.
In order for the District Attorney to prove that a defendant committed battery, they would have to prove each of the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
1. The defendant willfully and unlawfully touched someone in a harmful or offensive manner;
2. The defendant did not act in self-defense or defense of another or was not disciplining a child.
Assault and Battery Defenses
The three most common defenses to assault and battery are:
1. Self-defense. This is the most common defense to these charges. However, a person can't claim self-defense if the reaction is far more violent than the attack. For example, if the victim slaps the defendant and the defendant responds by shooting the victim, then the defendant's claim of self-defense won't apply because his reaction was far more excessive than the initial attack.
2. Lack of intent. Although assault is a general intent crime,
Other Consequences
Not only can an assault or battery conviction lead to criminal penalties, but it can also have drastic employment, licensing and immigration consequences. Assault and battery crimes are crimes of violence. Having an assault or battery conviction can prevent a person from finding a job or lead to a person being fired from their current job. Furthermore, many professions that require licensing from a state board, such as doctors, pharmacists, nurses, lawyers, accountants, contractors, teachers, real estate agents and stock brokers, all require background checks. A professional who has an assault or battery conviction on their record risks losing their professional license, or never acquiring it in the first place. Perhaps the most severe impact of an assault or battery conviction involves immigration consequences. Under certain circumstances, non-citizens who are permanent residents (green card holders), or temporary visitors, with a visa, can be denied admission or naturalization or even deported, with assault or battery conviction on their record.
What Not to Say
Some attorneys just do not understand the law regarding assault and battery. For instance, some attorneys will argue that you did not have the specific intent to hurt someone. That's irrelevant. Assault and battery are general intent crimes, which means that you don't have to intend to hurt someone in order to be found guilty. Your attorney might argue that you were drunk and therefore not responsible. However, voluntary intoxication is not a defense to either assault or battery. Your attorney might argue that you the victim insulted you which justified your actions. However, insulting words are not a legal justification for assault or battery. You don't want an attorney who looks incompetent in front of the DA or judge. Hiring the wrong lawyer will lead to the wrong result.
The Right Lawyer
Choosing the right criminal defense attorney will be the most important decision someone can make when facing criminal assault or battery charges. Many people who face the charge of assault or battery are good people who made a mistake or exercised poor judgment. There are also some people who have been wrongfully accused of assault or battery, based on a misunderstanding or false evidence. You need an attorney who will listen to your side of the story carefully, who will evaluate the evidence thoroughly, who will negotiate with the judge and the District Attorney's office skillfully, and who will fight in trial aggressively. You need an attorney like Fred Thiagarajah.
As a former Deputy District Attorney, Fred Thiagarajah has the negotiating skills and trial experience necessary to get the best results for his clients. Fred Thiagarajah has actually gone to trial on these types of cases as a prosecutor and as a defense attorney – and he has won on whichever side he was on. For an example of his work, please see his case results and read his client testimonials. With offices in Newport Beach, Beverly Hills and Riverside, Fred Thiagarajah has criminal defense experience in Orange, Los Angeles and Riverside Counties.
Fred Thiagarajah – The Right Lawyer. The Right Result. The Right Choice.


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13th SC(E) Change of Command and Uncasing Ceremony
Story and Photos by Sgt. Joel F. Gibson
13th SC(E) Public Affairs Office
FORT HOOD, Texas — The 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) conducted a change of command and uncasing ceremony at Sadowski Field here 9:30 A.M., Friday.
Col. Paul L. Wentz took command of the 13thSC(E) from Brig. Gen. Michael J. Terry during the ceremony.
Wentz joins the 13th SC(E) after serving as the Executive Officer to the Commanding General, Army Materiel Command.
Following his assignment with the 13th, Terry will move on to be the commanding general of the United States Army Security Assistance Command in Fort Belvoir, Va.
Terry highlighted the high level of deployment within the 13th SC(E), "This is the most deployed unit on Fort Hood, at any given time one third of our formation is deployed."
Maj. Gen. Jeffery W. Hammond, senior mission commader, III Corps and Fort Hood and Commanding General, 4th Infantry Division expressed similar sentiments, "Throughout [Terry's] command, they continuously trained and deployed multiple logistics units in combat operations throughout Iraq and Afghanistan."
During Terry's command, the 13th SC(E) Headquarters deployed to New Orleans in support of relief operations in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom 06-08.
The 13th SC(E) cased its colors July 12, 2006, prior to its deployment to Iraq.
While deployed to Iraq, the Sustainment Command had command and control of seven subordinate brigades, spanning the entire theater.
During the deployment, the SC(E) and its subordinate units provided 584 million gallons of fuel, more than one million cases of meals-ready-to-eat, and more than 28 million cases of bottled water to combat and support units across theater.
The extensive distribution network the command sustained was accomplished via synchronization of more than 35,000 combat logistics patrols and maximizing air assets to keep more than 36,000 ground vehicles off the roads.
The 13th SC(E) oversaw the receipt, sorting, storage and distribution of humanitarian assistance supplies from the non-governmental organization Operation Iraqi Children and private donations from tenant units and individuals on LSA Anaconda, in the U.S. and Germany.
More than 20,000 school kits were distributed to five Multi-National Divisions throughout Iraq, directly impacting more than 50,000 children.
The 13th SC(E) supervised the construction of water purification and bottling plants on key operating bases, further reducing the number of combat logistics patrols and Soldiers needed on the roads.
Wentz said during the ceremony, "The road ahead will not be easy, but we have the finest army in the world filled with the brightest men and women I have seen during 27 years of service."
During Friday's ceremony, the 49th Transportation Battalion, Special Troops Battalion, 4th Corps Materiel Management Center and the 13th SC(E) Headquarters uncased their colors and added the Operation Iraqi Freedom campaign streamer.


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Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo to solve cryptograms
A while back I came across a fascinating article by the great Persi Diaconis, called The Markov Chain Monte Carlo Revolution, wherein he describes several applications of MCMC. One of these was the use of Markov Chain Monte Carlo to solve cryptograms (simple substitution ciphers). I implemented this approach in a Python program, which is now on GitHub.
Using the magic of asciinema you can see my Python program in action below. The ciphertext is the famous cryptogram from Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Gold-Bug". The program uses a training text to learn a "transition matrix", which tells how likely a given letter is to follow another in typical English text. Here I am using Tolstoy's "War and Peace" as the training text.
Of course there are many improvements that could be made to this program. For example:
- Currently the program reads command line arguments using the
optparselibrary, which has been deprecated in favor of
argparsesince Python 2.7.
- As it is, you have to know (or guess) whether the plaintext uses an alphabet with or without spaces. Of course, you could just run the program with both
alphabetWithSpace.txtand see which one works. But it might be possible to improve the method so that it considers both of these possibilities and automatically detects which is more plausible.
- You will notice in the recording above that the program does not quite get all of the letters right. For example, what should be decoded as a 'G' is decoded instead as a 'C'. It still gives you enough to read the plaintext, but it's annoying. It should be possible to bias the decryption process in favor of known words based on an input dictionary file. Eventually one might even read in dictionaries from several different languages and automatically choose which one is more likely.


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Take Cover: Taylor Swift's 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together'
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You had me at "hello," Vamps. From the opening phrase of their version, with singer Bradley Will Simpson's unblunted Birmingham accent giving Swift's lyrics a whole new charm, accompanied by a couple sparse guitar strikes and then a rich three-part harmony on "said you needed space, 'what?'", the U.K. trio nails it on all levels. Modestly presented to highlight their genuine musicality, the clip offers an appealing introduction to the acoustic-guitar-strumming teen moppets. If you like it, check out a video a fan made of them playing an original song on the street outside Sony's UK offices on a day One Direction were there visiting.
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Spring Spring
April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks Go. ~Christopher Morley, John Mistletoe
This is one of the few times during the year that I love living in Texas. Despite the wind, Spring is fabulous here and I am in love with all the green finally emerging. This is a great time for Jude as he is almost a pro at the whole walking thing and really (really, really) likes being outside. The kiddie pool (cheap, plastic, and awesome) is already full of grass clipping and crazy, makeshift toys afloat.
We have worked super hard to get something of a vegetable and herb garden started and I vow…. do you hear me?….I VOW to really put an effort into maintaining our beautiful organic veg and herbs this year. The last few years have really been a wash <insert excuses excuses excuses>. I am still determined to do buckets, containers, and raised beds since dirt here doesn't exist. Honestly, I was shoveling up some dirt on the side of the house and came up with fully formed clay pots. It is not good dirt.
So forgive the absence as we were really enjoying the sunshine.
p.s. The above photo was taken at my parents West Texas farm. My sweet baby cherry tree was in full bloom. It was a root transplant I took from my grandmother's cherry tree and is 3 years old. It makes my heart sing to see it thriving.
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On the Saturday evening before Mother's Day, Los Altos United Methodist Church will offer a Women's Service of Loss. This is a service for all those who have suffered the loss of a pregnancy or a child of any age. The death of a child, whether held by our bodies, in our arms, or already grown, is a loss that we forever carry. No matter the age or how recent the death, it may be healing and helpful to have a space to name and honor that loss among other women who are sisters in loss.
You are invited on Saturday, May 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary for an hour of holding our hearts gently as we acknowledge and honor this experience of motherhood. The Rev. Cate Noellert will lead the service. The church is located at 655 Magdalena Ave (cross street is Foothill Expressway; go here for maps and directions). For more information, call the church office at 650-948-1083.


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Businesses and organisations from virtually any industry can now add a unique dimension to their brand by creating their own KODAK Custom Single Use Camera adorned with customised artwork such as a company logo, event image, or a sales convention theme. While KODAK Cameras have always been used to create memories via the images they capture, the camera now becomes part of the memory with this new service. Kodak's custom cameras have already been very well received by businesses and organisations such as NASCAR, Disney, the U.K.'s Natural History Museum and the Rochester Rhinos soccer team who all tested the concept last year.
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The Chief of the Ashville Police Department is in charge of Law Enforcement services for the village. The Chief of Police serves as a liaison to other law enforcement agencies.
The Chief and Police Department report directly to the Mayor.
Douglas E. Clark was sworn in as Chief of Police, on Monday, July 19th. He will move into the position on August 1st. He was appointed by Mayor Wise with unanimous approval by a vote of council.
Clark served as police chief for Ashville for about a year in 1981 and was most recently hired by prior Chief Palmentera as sergeant in September 2008 and promoted on December 21, 2009 to Lieutenant. He also served 16 years on the Harrison Township Fire Department, retiring as a lieutenant in 2000. He was reelected in 2009 for a second term as trustee of Harrison Township.
Mayor Wise stated, "We're going to continue on doing what we're doing and building on what Denny Palmentera built while he was here," Chief Clark said. "We're going to continue to get rid of drug people and criminals, so we're not giving up. Nothing's going to change." Council members offered Clark their congratulations following his swearing-in, all voicing confidence in their new chief. "I'm excited, not only that we have someone local, but because you've done a fantastic job as officer in charge," said a councilmember. "We wish you the best of luck."
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U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SLCA) announced today that the Company has entered into an agreement with Union Pacific Railroad (UP) to build a new, unit train capable silica sand storage facility in Odessa, Texas. In addition, the Company has completed modifications to its resin-coated sand facility in Rochelle, Illinois. These changes now enable the plant to ship raw sand to multiple destinations across the country. The plant will continue to produce resin coated sand for the oil and gas and foundry industries.
U.S. Silica and Union Pacific Distribution Services, a subsidiary of Union Pacific Railroad, plan to develop a 20,000-ton frac sand storage facility, which is expected to be operational by the end of 2014. U.S. Silica's investment in this state-of-the-art, world class loading facility is approximately $12 million.
Bryan Shinn, U.S. Silica president and chief executive officer said the Company is "very excited to have the opportunity to work closely with Union Pacific to bolster our transload network and get our customers even closer to the wellhead in the Permian, which is one of the fastest growing shale basins in the country."
Brad Thrasher, VP and General Manager of Industrial Products at Union Pacific said, "We are excited at the potential opportunities that will arise from the Odessa Transload facility. This will serve as a great outlet for continued growth in the Permian Basin."
The modifications simply enable the facility to function, in part, as a transload as well as being unit train capable. The first unit train was shipped from Rochelle last month. Mike Winkler, U.S. Silica vice president and chief operating officer said, "Rochelle gives us a tremendous amount of flexibility to move material cost effectively to all of the major shale basins in the country while at the same time optimizing the utilization of this very important asset."


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TELL CITY – The Perry County Learning Academy announced Taylor Schoettlin has completed the requirements for a high-school diploma and is a graduate of the Class of 2015.
PCLA is open to all current and former students who would like to pursue a diploma or credit recovery. If interested, call (812) 547-6942.
TELL CITY – Tell City Junior Senior High School will hold its annual honors program for students in grades seven through at 7 p.m. Monday, May 18, in the school auditorium.
EVANSVILLE – Seth Bolin, a junior at Heritage Hills High School in Lincoln City, recently earned the honor of being named a Gold Star Student by the Evansville Courier & Press.
The annual awards highlight area students who excel academically and in extra-curricular activities.
Award recipients were featured in a special section of the May 3 edition of the Courier & Press.
TELL CITY – The Tell City Renaissance Leadership class hosted its eighth-annual Lip Sync Competition April 18.
The event was hosted by Dan Lacy and judged by Alan Malone, Tony Hollinden, John Hayes and Darla Doem. Fourteen students performed both solo and group acts.
TELL CITY – The Tell City Junior Senior High School's Renaissance class will present their annual academic pep rally at 8:15 a.m. Friday, May 15, in the auditorium.
The theme for this year's pep rally is "The Wizard of Oz" and the slogan is "There's no grade like A."
Everyone is welcome to attend, but all guests will need to check in at the office before heading to the auditorium for the show.
*Breakfasts served with juice and milk, lunches served with milk.
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches will be offered as third choice. Salads on Monday, Wednesday; subs on Tuesday, Thursday.
Monday: BREAKFAST - Sausage bagel LUNCH - Hot dog on a bun, chili sauce, mixed vegetables and apple crisp.
Tuesday: BREAKFAST - Blueberry muffin LUNCH - Salisbury steak, gravy, hot roll, mashed potatoes, green beans and peaches.
TELL CITY – Tell City Junior-Senior High School will celebrate its graduates during the senior awards program at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 17, in the auditorium.
Seniors, their families and the community are invited to attend. Scholarships and many other prestigious awards will be announced. Contact Lisa Noble by email at firstname.lastname@example.com with questions.
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Senator Nozzolio Secures $50,000 For Local Fire Departments
Citing the importance of assisting local fire departments in their efforts to protect the community, State Senator Michael F. Nozzolio (R-Fayette) today announced that he has secured $50,000 in State grants for area fire departments- $15,000 for the Varick Fire Department, $20,000 for the Marbletown Volunteer Fire Department in Lyons, and $15,000 for the Wallington Fire Department in Sodus.
"Our brave firefighters represent the very best of our communities and the very best of New York State," said Senator Nozzolio. "Local fire departments provide critical lifesaving services every day and I commend our firefighters for the selfless and heroic duties they perform. Their service reminds us of the importance of having well-trained and fully equipped firefighters ready to save lives and protect our citizens, families and communities."
The Marbletown Volunteer Fire Department will use the $20,000 State grant for the purchase of a new Emergency Utility Vehicle equipped with siren and fire extinguisher.
Marbletown Fire Chief Kenneth Boyd said, "Senator Nozzolio's efforts in securing this funding will allow us to obtain this much needed response vehicle. We greatly appreciate Senator Nozzolio's efforts to secure this State grant to support the Marbletown Volunteer Fire Department."
Separate $15,000 State grants were also secured for the Varick Fire Department and the Wallington Fire Department to assist in purchasing and upgrading emergency equipment.
Varick Fire Chief Mike Neilsen said, "We appreciate all that Senator Nozzolio has done for us in the past and this grant today will help the Varick Volunteer Fire Department immensely in purchasing new fire fighting equipment."
Wallington Fire Chief Randy Crandell said, "On behalf of the entire fire department, I would like to thank Senator Nozzolio for deliver this state funding. The whole community will benefit from the funding that will allow us to purchase new lifesaving equipment."
"It was a pleasure for me to secure this grant to support our local fire departments and I commend all of the firefighters for their continued commitment to public service," Nozzolio concluded.


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Chris Manzo and his brother Albie are expanding their business once again. The Manzo boys' partnership with restaurateurs Michael Sinensky and Sean McGarr of Funbars.com must be doing well with Little Town New Jersey because they are set to work with them on a new venture: the Victory Sports Bar and Club.
Chris and Albie's new bar will be a "Vegas style" sports bar at Meadowlands Racing and Entertainment, according to Us Weekly. The Victory bar is set to open in just a few weeks and then in April they plan to open a rooftop space, "Victory Terrace", which will have views of the city and table service. It's no bikini car wash, but it sounds like a winner.


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Rio Claro is a small rainforest nature reserve 3 hours from Medellin, 5 hours from Bogota (it's on the road between the two). This video doesn't really do the destination justice - the river is usually much more crystalline - but this is the best we could find.
Activities and tours at Rio Claro include canopy zipline tours, fishing, caving, hiking, birdwatching, rafting and kayaking.


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Category: People
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To celebrate National Volunteer Week (13-19 May), CFA is saying "thanks a million" to its volunteers, families and employers for everything they do. This week we will feature a series of profile stories to highlight the great work and diversity of our volunteer members.
David Dean is one of thousands of CFA volunteers who give hours of his time to help others.
However, Mr Dean acknowledges his commitment to CFA would not be possible without the support of management and his colleagues at Portland Aluminium.
"I've been working at Portland Aluminium for 11 years and they are always willing to let me go when I've been paged to a job," he said.
"And it's not just the management team, other employees step up and fill the void when the volunteers go."
Of the 44 members with Cashmore brigade, more than 15 work at Portland Aluminium in various roles from operators and engineers to senior management. There are many more from other brigades that work there too.
Portland Aluminium Production Manager Peter Chellis said volunteering was a vital part of the community.
"At Portland Aluminium we encourage our employees to make their corner of the world a better place," he said.
"We foster a unique corporate culture of service, where each and every employee is encouraged, supported and recognised for the active role they play in making our community a safer, stronger and more innovative place to live and work."
Mr Dean has been a member at Cashmore for 23 years and in June last year became captain of the brigade.
In that time he has been away to fight fires in New South Wales and Kangaroo Island and in Victoria at the Kinglake fires in 2009, and at Mt Beauty.
This fire season, the Cashmore brigade had volunteers deployed to the Kentbruck fire. When fire encroached on brigade members' doorsteps in the town, their employer was only too happy for them to assist.
"At least six members of the brigade live in that area and had fire just on their back doorstep. Like any other fire, whether we were fighting it on our days off and it ran into a rostered day or we had to leave work, they let us go and shuffle work around to allow us to do our job as brigade members," Mr Dean said.
"That was a pretty scary time and Portland Aluminium supported local CFA members extremely well, I am sure they will continue to do so into the future."
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Gov. Jan Brewer acted on about two dozen bills on May 10, signing most of them into law.
Brewer approved H2282, sponsored by Litchfield Republican Rep. Steve Montenegro, which requires local governments, beginning in January 2013, to establish and maintain websites that would show a comprehensive report of all revenues and expenditures over $5,000.
She also signed H2246, which allows for the sale and use of small fireworks, such as sparklers. The bill also requires the State Fire Marshal to adopt rules about the sale of consumer fireworks, allowing a civil penalty for the use of prohibited fireworks.
The bill was sponsored by Rep. Andy Biggs, a Republican from Gilbert.
Brewer also approved a proposal that spells out the rights of parents over their kids' health care, education, and upbringing.
The measure, S1309, was authored by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Gray.
Here's the complete list of bills that Brewer signed:
H2127: JTED; centralized campus; funding
H2246: regulation of fireworks
H2260: regulatory rule making
H2282: political subdivisions; government transparency
H2370: research development; production; incentive program
H2586: agency rule making; fees; commission
H2625: STAN subaccount; city reimbursement
H2663: STOs; corporate tax credit requirements
H2664: STOs; tax credit requirements
H2700: solar energy tax incentives; extension
H2729: election equipment certification committee; membership
H2732: schools; third grade retention
S1040: teacher and principal evaluations
S1083: improvement districts; financing
S1087: behavior analyst; exemption from licensure
S1141: CAGRD revenue bonding; sustainability policies
S1187: school facilities board; vacant land
S1189: admissibility of expert opinion testimony
S1201: renewable energy tax incentive revisions
S1232: civil rights; discrimination; employment
S1282: affiliated charter schools
S1284: school finance revisions
S1309: parents; rights
S1366: eminent domain; relocation assistance
S1422: petitions; post office box addresses
H2300: driving on highways; lane regulations
H2432: fire districts; boundaries; merger; consolidation


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How will existing synagogues and emerging sacred communities adapt to the changing landscape of Jewish communal life?
Historical Case Study: the "Havurization" of Synagogues
[The havurization of the synagoge] ... "can help the psychological Jew meet his genuine needs for autonomy and help overcome his depersonalization by providing a way towards authentic community" (Schulweis, 19).
Synagogues Acknowledge Need for Change
USCJ Strategic Plan:
"The change in language from "synagogue" or "congregation" to "kehilla" is more than semantic. It reflects two concepts: First, it focuses on the raison d'être of a congregation or synagogue, i.e., that it is a sacred community. Second, it signals a welcome to those kehillot that are not formal synagogues – such as chavurot and independent minyanim."
Our collective vision for change
Four Areas of Change
What are Emergent Spiritual Communities?
Independent minyanim
Rabbi-led emergents
Alternative emergents
Explosion in popularity:
2000 - less than 10 in US and Canada
2007 - More than 80 in US and Canada
Mostly in urban areas with large Jewish communities
Not as common in suburbs or rural areas
Where are Emergent Spiritual Communities?
Why are Emergent Spiritual Communities so popular?
Decline of Synagogue Membership and Attendance
Few young adults are members of
Reform and Conservative Synagogues
Conservative & Reform Congregations in the United States Today: Findings from the FACT-Synagogue 3000 Survey of 2010.
Over the last nine years, USCJ has lost about 6 percent of its congregations and about 14 percent of its membership.
The largest declines in membership units, 30 percent, have been in the Northeast.
The 36 largest congregations have declined the most, both in number of congregations (33%) and in membership units (38%).
VeAsu Li Mikdash: A Strategic Plan for the
New United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, 2011
Declining Membership in Conservative Synagogues
Pew Report: 31% of Jewish adults say they personally belong to a synagogue, temple or other congregation.
Saturday morning services in Conservative synagogues drew an average of 24 worshipers for every 100-member families.
Friday evening services at Reform temples drew an average of 17 worshipers for every 100 families.
Lackluster Attendance
S3K Report, 2012
By 1981, havurot existed in at least 1/4 of synagogues in America.
The Landscape of Spiritual Communities
If emergent communities are mostly
developing in urban areas among Jewishly educated young adults, will a gap develop between the organizational structures of spiritual life in urban centers, compared to suburban areas? How will spiritual life be organized?
Growth of emergent communities will have a greater impact in urban areas, where young adults tend to live.
In the next few years, these changes will be most evidence in urban areas and particularly in the Northeast.
As young adults marry, have children and move into the suburbs, they will "disrupt" the traditional synagogues in suburban areas.
Synagogues will evolve into centers that house and attract multiple niche communities.
What would happen to Jewish supplementary
education, as synagogues transform and emergent communities develop? How could emergent communities serve as entry points or engagement vehicles for the unengaged? How can synagogues engage young adults?
Education and Engagement
Networked communities that offer a variety of entry points and niche communities will attract young adults
Emergent communities and synagogues can provide diverse educational opportunities if they act as an ecosystem, instead of in siloes
Denominational Affiliation, Membership/Loyalty
Parallels between emergent communities and the broader trend in American society of not affiliating with institutions ("free-agents")
Increase in transparency of operational costs
Diversifying methods of contribution
Greater emphasis on volunteerism
Less loyalty for individual communities, and the use of a Yelp-like model for emergent communities
If the majority of emergent communities are non-denominational, will the current denominational labels and movements lose relevance and authority? How will membership and synagogue loyalty be affected by these changes?
How will the professional rabbinate be affected
by these changes in emergent communities and synagogues?
What new roles could rabbis step in to?
The Role of the Rabbinate
The demise of the "pulpit rabbi" - rabbis will be seen as community resources in advisory and educator roles
Rabbinical schools will need to train rabbis to be community organizers of decentralized communities, and to empower others to take on leadership roles
Yael Mendelson
Ora Niknamfard
Appeals to socially progressive constituency
Alternative emergents with social justice focus
Opportunities for serious and engaged prayer
Filling a gap left by other institutions
"They aren't choosing between [independent] minyanim and synagogues. They are choosing between [independent] minyanim and nothing" (Kaunfer)
Emergent Spiritual Communities:
Who, What, Where, Why?
Emergent Jewish Communities and Their Practices, 2007
Emergent Jewish Communities and Their Practices, 2007
Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us About Building Vibrant Jewish Communities, 2010
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