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27 May 2004 -- Seremban, Malaysia - Urgent action is needed to prevent and reduce food-borne diseases in Asia and the Pacific, according to a regional conference on food safety attended by representatives of thirty-six countries and territories.Countries recognize the enormous gap between the scale and cost of food borne illnesses and their capacity to address them, the FAO/WHO regional food safety conference concluded. This gap has increased steadily in the region as a result of rapid population growth, urbanization, changing consumption patterns and expansion of trade. Substantial institutional reforms and financial resources are needed to enable developing countries in Asia-Pacific to fill this gap."Asia has become a major exporter of a large range of food products such as rice, poultry and fish. As such, it has to adhere to the increasingly stringent food safety standards of its trading partners, in addition to ensuring safe food for its own consumers. Poorer countries in the region still need assistance in this field", said Ezzeddine Boutrif, FAO senior food quality and standards officer, upon adoption of the report of the conference. "Food borne diseases remain a serious public health problem in the region and their death toll is unacceptable. For instance, food borne parasitic infections, a significant but often forgotten illness affecting this area in particular, account alone for more than 20 million cases in the region, that is 50 percent of the global burden of this disease", added Peter Ben Embarek, WHO food safety scientist. In order to reduce the human suffering from food borne diseases, the health costs attached to it, and the disruptions in agricultural trade, 230 participants and observers have recommended attaching top priority to key practical actions to ensure the safety of food.The key recommendations resulting from this meeting are: · to urgently mobilize adequate resources, skills and know-how to respond to the burden of illnesses caused by the consumption of unsafe food. In particular, governments must ensure that good practices – including in plant and animal production – which minimize the risk of contamination, are applied by producers, processors and consumers alike.· to establish or strengthen national food borne disease surveillance programmes in each country and facilitate timely inter-country exchange of relevant information, as an initial step towards the creation of regional networks. Such information is a pre-condition for efficient, well-targeted interventions. · national agriculture and public health authorities are urged – in close cooperation with other relevant departments – to adopt a well- coordinated, multi-sectorial approach to food safety risk analysis, including assessment, management and communication.· Awareness of food safety risks and opportunities to prevent or mitigate food safety hazards must be created throughout societies, from producers to consumers. Governments, as well as the private sector, should therefore engage in large-scale communication and education campaigns.· to regularly review and update national food safety policies and legislation, in line with international standards such as the Codex Alimentarius, and ensure law enforcement. The conference called upon FAO, WHO and other relevant organizations to support initiatives in addressing the food safety challenge; supported the proposed establishment by WHO of the International Network of Food Safety Authorities; and also witnessed the launch by FAO of the International Portal for Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health, located at http://www.ipfsaph.orgFAO/WHO 04/02More information at:http://www.ipfsaph.org
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Lots of dogs and babies appeared in commercial advertisements for Super Bowl XLVI, but game-day ads also increasingly are pointing to social media handles, such as Twitter and Facebook.
It's also the first year that many of the anticipated commercials were released early on YouTube.
"I feel like that took some of the 'special-ness,' if you will, off of seeing them for the first time. I saw probably six or seven of them before they aired, but at the same time, I think people are still glued to the television to catch the one they don't want to miss," said David Cordell, senior art director at Williams Randall Marketing's Indianapolis office.
And, as Super Bowl advertisements run around $3.5 million for a 30-second spot, getting more exposure is all the better. "It's a record price and every year it is getting more and more costly," said James J. Tanoos, assistant professor of marketing at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College and marketing instructor at Indiana State University.
Super Bowl advertisers also "lucked out due to the tight game in the fourth quarter and this game has a great chance of breaking a ratings record," Tanoos said.
Cordell said this year had a new surprise to him -- a resurgence of the auto industry and big manufacturing.
"There was Audi, Chevrolet, Hyundai, Volkswagen, Chrysler, Honda, [Toyota], Cadillac and Fiat," Cordell said. "Fiat, I thought, had a fantastic commercial. I honestly didn't know where they were going with that one," he said. That commercial shows an Italian woman romancing a guy, then her image fades, leaving a Fiat.
"I think sometimes with the Super Bowl you get spots that are over the top, just to be over the top, but when you can actually tie the emotion that you are trying to get for your brand, into the spot, I think they did a great job," Cordell said.
The other is Audi, where headlights are more like daylight. The result -- a party of vampires is turned into burning dust from the headlights. "I've been trying to kill vampires for years," Cordell chuckled. "My wife was bummed as she loved all the vampires," he said.
Volkswagen had an overweight dog that couldn't fit through the door and give chase to its favorite car, the VW bug. So, the dog trained by running on a treadmill and swimming in a pool. The commercial ends with a switch to last year, when VW had a boy dressed as Darth Vader. This time Vader appears in the famous cantina of Star Wars.
"For me, the commercial that stood out by far was for Chrysler," Cordell said. "I think when you can tie in the Super Bowl, when you can tie in the moment, which was halftime, and when you can tie in the pulse of the economy and what people are feeling. I saw that commercial and felt energized by it. I thought it was an emotional, well-down spot. It was really powerful," Cordell said.
Bob Rhodes, account executive at MillerWhite's Terre Haute office, said "lots of dogs and babies this year" along with monkeys, helped push products in the game-day ads. "Babies and animals are two of the biggest things that people can relate to in life," Rhodes said.
Skechers used a French bulldog wearing the brand's shoes to win at a dog track race.
Still, Super Bowl commercials, which over more than the past decade have become part of the game's entertainment value, now face a tougher task of getting creative, Rhodes said.
"It has gotten to a point where, as a viewer, your expectations are so high, it is hard to find out which commercials really cut through the clutter and stand out," Rhodes said.
"I think Hyundai had some really good commercials, as well as the commercials generated by consumers, such as for Doritos," Rhodes said.
The Doritos spot, a consumer ad made on a $20 budget by Kevin T. Wilson, a graphic artist and musician, featured a large Great Dane that casually buries the family cat, then bribes the owner to keep mum by supplying him with Doritos.
Rhodes said many commercials were clearly targeted at certain age groups, such as a Samsung commercial, with songs targeted at a younger group, while a Budweiser commercial that showed prohibition was targeted at an other viewing group.
The use of Twitter and Facebook is also a growing trend in advertising, Rhodes said, such as Bud Light using Facebook site for helping dogs, Rhodes said. The site was shown on the side of a cooler being pushed by a dog at the end of Bud Light's rescue dog commercial.
"There were more tweets, according to Ad Age [which supplies advertising agency and marketing industry news], concerning the Super Bowl commercials than there were the past Oscars. Commercials have become a show in their own right," Tanoos said.
Tanoos added that Super Bowl commercials are continuing a trend of mixing personalities, such as Jay Leno with Madonna in an elevator or a Pepsi commercial featuring X Factor winner Melanie Amaro dropping King Elton John into a dungeon.
"One interesting aspect, one of the most famous pitchman of the past 10 years, [Indianapolis Colts quarterback] Peyton Manning was conspicuous by his absence in both the game as well as [game-day] commercials," Tanoos said.
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Systems management - is it worth the candle?
Just spent some time talking to people whose job it is to sell and discuss systems management. No, really, it's more interesting than it sounds because it's actually not about technology at all.
What's going on in networking, operating systems, servers, storage and data centres?
Editor, journalist, analyst, presenter and blogger. As well as blogging and writing news & features here on ZDNet, I work as a cloud analyst with STL Partners, and write for a number of other news and feature sites. I also provide research and analysis services, video and audio production, white papers, event photography, voiceovers, event moderation, you name it... Back story An IT journalist for 25+ years, I worked for Ziff-Davis UK for almost 10 years on PC Magazine, reaching editor-in-chief. Before that, I worked for a number of other business & technology publications and was published in national and international titles.
Just spent some time talking to people whose job it is to sell and discuss systems management. No, really, it's more interesting than it sounds because it's actually not about technology at all.
Snake oil and deception are usually the first things that spring to mind when a company touts a new method of making files many times smaller that anyone else has ever managed. I've lost track over my years as an industry reporter of the number of companies that have promised massive compression ratios but who disappeared or failed to deliver.
There's something vaguely twee and more than a bit annoying about the folder on Windows computers called 'My Documents'.To start with, there's no reason for the 'My' prefix: they're documents, and of course they're mine, they're stored on my computer's hard disk.
A pair of security vendors, Palo Alto Networks and Sourcefire, debated the various merits of their approaches to unified security live on stage at NetEvents in Barcelona today.The spirited debate was moderated by Rick Moy, CEO of security testing company NSS Labs, and saw two fundamentally different approaches to securing the enterprise datacentre with next-generation firewalls compared.
Drobo launches its new 12-bay storage system today. Aimed at SMEs, it's an enterprise-level piece of kit at SME prices.
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) is here now - at last that's according to Intel, which has thrown its weight behind and released code for a new FCoE initiative.Called Open FcoE, the plan is to allow all Fibre Channel signals to traverse a single network, using a single adapter -- that'll be one of Intel's of course, specifically the X520.
With security and fears of data leaving the country at the top of IT managers' list of concerns about cloud computing, the announcement today by service provider Rackspace that it will locate its cloud infrastructure for UK customers in the UK will be noted by those looking for a large enterprise hosting provider. It means that Rackspace's data – sorry, I mean your data -- will be stored and processed without leaving the country.
This year, the growth in cloud computing is set to accelerate if you listen to the vendors of cloud computing services and software. But can it, when fundamental questions remain unanswered?
It's par for the course that, at the start of the year, there'll be loads of predictions -- mostly about the future....So how about some predictions of your own?
Looking back on the previous year's events is a time-honoured way to end the year -- but since this is also effectively the end of the naughties decade, I've decided to have a trawl through the last ten years.What's interesting is that the same discussions were going on 10 years ago that are happening today -- we're just calling them different things.


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I just left an entry on a SP member's blog about turning 40. I wrote how I remember all too well what is was like to turn 40 five years ago. I told the member that turning 40 is just a state of mind. I really believe that you really are as young as feel. I also wrote that turning 40 (or any age for that matter) is about reflecting on how far we have come and where we want to go. Most importantly, when I turned 40, I felt so empowered because I felt I no longer had the need to live according to other people terms. I felt free to be me without excuses or apologies. As far as my body image is concerned, I look the way I am because I want to look this way and not because I feel threatened by what the media says about how I should look. I am healthy and feel whole as person. Yes turning 40 was awesome. So please my 40 somethings and beyond, tell me is age just a number of years you were blessed to have on earth or does it define who you are, or maybe both?
As an educator and avid reader of inspirational/motivational books, I encourage others to take up reading as a hobby. Reading is not only informative,adventuresome, and fun; it can also be very therapeutic. I use reading as a way of de-stressing and renewing my mind after a long day. Accompany a good book with your favorite music and WoW, you will find yourself having your own personal spa time.
I am reading (or plan to read) Think Yourself to Health, Wealth & Happiness: The Best of Joseph Murphy's Cosmic Wisdom, How to Let God Help You by Myrtle Filmore, and Education and the Significance of Life by J. Krishnamurti.
Live life without boundaries,
I decided to blog about this topic because so many of us who are married and/or have children seem to make other people's time and needs our priority over our own. Not taking time for yourself can be a healthy lifestyle sabotager.
There is saying in my house, if Mama ain't happy, no one will be.
I am very fortunate because my husband and children recognize how much better of a wife and mother I am when I spend time on myself doing things that empower me. I love my family and love giving them my all; but in no way am I any help to them, if I do not first tend to my core needs (physical, spiritual, emotional, and intellectual).
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Born in Namsos, Norway on October 19th 1976, he took up the guitar at the age of 9. After enrolling in the performing arts program at Nauma Highschool, he started studying jazz and classical guitar. In 1997 he moved to Kristiansand to attend Agder College of Music.
After two years he decided to move to the US to continue his studies at University of North Texas, under the guidance of Fred Hamilton and Lynn Seaton. In 2001 he moved to New York City to attend Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Chris Rosenberg, Dave Liebman, Garry Dial and Phil Markowtiz. He finished his Master's Degree in 2003 and has since the lived in New York, working as a professional musician, covering many styles of music He is the leader of the Jostein Gulbrandsen Quartet and is also a member of the Nate Smith Quartet, Randal and the Matt Grason project, and the Gulbrandsen/Yonezawa Duo, performing at venues like Smoke, Detour, B.B Kings Blues Bar, Kavehaz, Scandinavia House, Blues Alley and Hard Rock Cafe.He has performed for the norwegian Royal family and appeared both on national and public television both in Norway and America....
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Updates: Life continues apace for your favorite science fiction gaming columnist. The past few weeks have been busy ones for me, for a variety of reasons so busy, in fact, that I have still to get around to reviewing Dream Pod 9's Tribe 8 game (not to mention Taiga, which Burger Games kindly sent to me). I apologize most profusely for my lapse, especially to Philippe Boulle and the other swell guys at the Pod. In my defense, I can only say that I've been busy working on GURPS Traveller: Starports for Loren Wiseman at Steve Jackson Games. Despite my best efforts over the years to rid myself of Traveller, I have failed utterly, having been seduced by the siren song of fame and fortune. Besides, Traveller was my first SF RPG and, in some ways, still my favorite. That I would return to it eventually is not at all surprising.
I'm also hard at work on another top secret gaming project that developed from a column I wrote a little while ago. I can't go into details yet, because there's a possibility that it could fall through. Once everything is in place and contracts are signed, though, you can bet I'll make an announcement in this space. In the meantime, you can content yourself with the knowledge that your humble columnist has recently experienced success outside the gaming world (is there such a thing?). My first academic publication, "A Possibility Avicennian Precursor to Leibniz's Theory of Individuality" has been published in a collection of philosophy essays entitled Meeting of the Minds. And you wonder why I spend so much time in a fantasy world?
Finally, I've seen Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace three times already and love it more each time I see it. To think otherwise is utmost heresy in my view, so I'll have none of the foolish criticisms I've seen even on this very website. To the naysayers, I can counsel only this: put aside your expectations and the belief in your ability to out-Lucas Lucas. George didn't make a bad movie just because he made a movie that is different than the one a rabid Boba Fettishist would have made. Heck, in my opinion, that's why the man's making billions of dollars and we're just stuck here carping about it on the Net.
Time travel has been a staple of modern science fiction from the beginning. His classic, The Time Machine, was published in 1895, making it an established part of the genre for over a century now. Just a decade later, Albert Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity suggested that the flow of time was not uniform and thus was born a "scientific" basis for time travel that has been used and misused every since.
To be honest, I have only a minimal interest in time travel per se. Instead, I've always found the related idea of alternate universes much more fascinating. You know what I mean Rome never falls, the American Revolution fails, the Nazis succeed, etc. Not only do such scenarios appeal to my peculiar cast of mind, but they make bases for roleplaying games. What could be more compelling than playing in a world where some of the things you don't like about ours never happened?
Naturally enough, there have been a fair number of alternate history RPGs. One of my favorites was GDW's Space: 1889, which postulated a history in which 19th century physics was correct (with ether, etc.) and that Thomas Edison invented a craft capable of journeying to the (already-inhabited) worlds beyond Earth. It was a really inspired concept, melding the best of the pulp genre (John Carter of Mars, Professor Challenger, and so on) with the Age of Empires. You'd have to be a really boring type not to want to play a steadfast soldier of Her Imperial Majesty Victoria defending her Martian colonies against the machinations of evil servants of the Kaiser (not to mention those dastardly Belgians!). Space: 1889 was a really cool setting that was hampered by some of the worst rules GDW ever produced. Perhaps inevitably, it failed.
R. Talsorian's Castle Falkenstein is a more recent example of an alternate history RPG. It too is set in the 19th century and the great Age of Empires. Unlike 1889, its history diverged from our own far in the past. Magic exists, as do various magical creatures and items. Germany is still the Bad Guy, of course, but it is allied with the dark fairies of the Unseelie Court in its efforts to dominate Europe. I wanted to like Falkenstein, but couldn't. While its core idea is a good one, I think it was poorly executed and the game suffered for it.
What do I mean? For me, the key to a good alternate history is that, whatever its point of divergence, it follow through on the logic of that divergence. That is, things should unfold genuinely differently. I mean, Edison inventing a spaceship in the 1840's would make the world a very different place. That's why Space: 1889 was a good alternate history RPG in my view. Its world was different from our own; history unfolded to take the divergence into account. Moreover, because GDW placed the divergence so recently in the setting's past, it allowed them to use most of our real-world history and change only the latest turns of events. Castle Falkenstein, on the other hand, diverged far enough back for Aristotle to have written a treatise on magic. If that were true, wouldn't its version of the 19th century be very different from ours. Well, I didn't find it so. The nations, the cultures, the politics are almost all the same as our own world's but with magic. That didn't do it for me. It showed a lack of imagination that I found disappointing. Too bad too, since the game system was quite unusual.
Pinnacle's Deadlands seems to have learned this lesson well. Their version of the 19th century (funny how everyone keeps returning to that era) is indeed different from our own. The Civil War rages on after more than ten years. Most of the western part of North America remains wild and unclaimed (by humans anyway). California has fallen into the Pacific Ocean and evil lurks around every corner. This is how alternate histories should be done. At the same time, I'm not very impressed with Deadlands: Hell on Earth, the sequel game that advances the alternate timeline two centuries into the future or so. Maybe my disdain for apocalyptic games got the better of me, but I don't think so. One of the reasons I don't care much Hell on Earth is that it's now too far removed from the things I liked about Deadlands. I mean, what's the point in playing in this setting, really? It's some bizarre, techno-horror western monstrosity that just doesn't have a coherent feel. Deadlands took the very cool Western aesthetic (an atavistic appeal to most red-blooded Americans, even Philosophy students) and mated it with brooding Lovecraftian horror. Well done.
A similarly appealing use of alternate history is FASA's aerial combat game Crimson Skies. Set in a world where "the planes are faster, the engines are bigger, the guns are more powerful, and the women more beautiful," Crimson Skies provides a wonderfully pulpy backdrop. In its version of 1937, there are giant aircraft-carrier zeppelins and a fractured United States. While the game isn't completely serious (the Nation of Hollywood?), its designers knew well enough to set its fantastical dogfights in alternate timeline. To do otherwise would have shown them completely unaware of the benefits to be gained by doing so.
For alternate histories to work, they've got to pack some emotional punch for their players. That may be why the 19th century is a popular time period for these RPGs: 20th century folks have a better sense of how things did unfold then than they might for say, the 6th century B.C. Consequently, there's greater interest in seeing a cowboy face down Venusians than there might be in seeing Socrates debate Venusians not merely because it's more exciting (well, for most people anyway), but because we have a better sense of how things should be for a cowboy in a way that we don't for Socrates. Alternate histories are about juxtaposing our sense of how things should be with how things are in this revised timeline. For games to work properly in this sub-genre, I think they've got to do that to some degree or face the curse of Castle Falkenstein.
A related problem is what I call "wannabe alternate histories." These crop up in games that use settings that, strictly speaking, aren't alternate histories. They're "distant cousin" settings that use a thinly-disguised version of our world instead of our own. Sometimes, I really wonder why this is done, as it makes very little sense. The recent release of AEG's Seventh Sea is a perfect example of this. Seventh Sea, as you probably know by now, is set on the world of Th�ah, a world not at all unlike our own. In fact, Th�ah is so much like our own that I wonder why its creators didn't simply use an alternate Earth. I think the game would ultimately have been more satisfying if it had been set in an alternate 17th century, one with magic and horror lurking at its edges. On my first viewing of the game, I don't see much to be gained by using a "fictitious" world like Th�ah. Perhaps that will change with future releases of the game. If it doesn't, AEG will have wasted a good opportunity to have used an alternate history.
Similarly, game designers shouldn't recoil from alternate histories in the belief that using a variation on the real world binds their hands creatively speaking. That's just nonsense. Space: 1889 benefited greatly from riffing off of real world history, but, because it was set in a world with ether and Martians, there was no reason for GDW to feel bound by it. I sometimes hear the argument that "using the real world constrains the development of a setting." Hogwash. Why would an alternate setting have to unfold the same way as did our world? Until the point of divergence, sure, they're the same. After that, all bets are off. Who can say what effects magic or Lunarians or air pirates would have on history?
Some games, like Twilight: 2000 or 2300 AD, among a host of others, may not explicitly be alternate history games in their conception, but their timelines are now so outpaced by real history that there's no other way to use them. That's one of the reason why I can't play 2300 AD in any form anymore. I like the setting a great deal, but its history depends on too many highly implausible elements. On the other hand, Star Trek clearly exists in an alternate universe and I don't find that as bothersome. Unless I was really lost to the world, I didn't notice the seizure of Earth's governments by genetically-engineered supermen during the '90's. Perhaps it's because there's no pretense about Star Trek's being an attempt at genuine prognostication. Star Trek is (in theory) about timeless qualities and virtues. That its history is thus implausible bears little impact on my ability to enjoy it.
In the end, I'm still a very big fan of alternate universe games. I'd like to see more of them done well. Like everything, though, doing them well requires forethought and hard work, something not always in evidence in the gaming industry. Maybe I should try my hand at it someday . . .
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The mission of the Medical Clinic at ICC is to provide high quality free Health Care in a compassionate environment to the uninsured and medically under-served patients of the Bay Area. The 1200 sq. ft. clinic has 3 exam rooms, and are open 2 days a week with the help of the volunteer Physicians. The Clinic will offer acute care for minor medical illness and ongoing care for some chronic illness.
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U.S. rule highlights Catholic tensions over contraception
New rules requiring free access to prescription birth control for women with health insurance have gone into effect but controversy lingers at some Catholic institutions struggling to balance the requirement with their opposition to contraception.
At Georgetown University, the nation's oldest Catholic university, students and administration officials are still wrestling with the requirement to cover contraceptives as part of larger effort to expand no-cost preventive care for women.
The requirement exempts churches and gives religious groups a one-year reprieve. Georgetown leaders, now preparing for returning students, have said they will not allow student health plans to include birth control this year.
Other religious groups are pushing back further by filing lawsuits or dropping health insurance coverage altogether.
President Barack Obama's 2010 health care overhaul also calls for more no-cost screenings, check-ups and other services starting in 2014. The services are aimed at holding down spiralling health care costs by catching illnesses early, curbing complications or preventing unwanted pregnancies.
Catholic Church officials, Republicans and other conservatives have blasted the inclusion of artificial birth control, which is against church doctrine. Opponents said the rule, as it stands, does not go far enough to allow an opt-out for religious-affiliated groups such as charities or schools.
Obama, a Democrat, has softened the rule to allow more time for a compromise with religious groups over how to implement it without trampling their beliefs, but also without denying contraception to those with different views.
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Critically Speaking: Michael W. Smith & Ryan Smith
- Friday, August 22, 2008
Michael: Not interested in the fluff. I think these guys write stuff that requires you to make a decision. I think the two shorts really make you think.
Ryan: They're not really "Christian" films. You could watch either of these shorts at any film festival and not automatically think, "Oh, a Christian must have made that."
It's not that we're trying to be something we're not. It's just about telling a good story, and if in the midst of that you find out that you actually have something to say in the story, then that's great. But if you're starting with, "I'm gonna' get this message across" then it's just an advertisement.
CMP: Do you think as Christians study the C2 curriculum the films might encourage some to go watch movies they may not have otherwise because of content or rating?
Michael: I hope and think that they would.
Ryan: Somebody recently asked me, "What would you tell somebody who objected to seeing a movie because of content?" The best answer I can give is, "Everybody is different." Certain things affect people in different ways. You have to decide for yourself where that line is.
A lot of people have made the mistake of assuming that because we are trying to encourage people to "take their Christian worldview to the movies" that means it's about a content thing. That's just not it. We're not trying to teach you what not to watch. We're not saying, "go see everything" either. It's a broader thing. Artistically, what are you looking for when you go to the movies?
The Bible itself is full of sex and incest and crazy violence. It's definitely an R-rated book. So if you want to tap into the human condition at all, glossing over the messier stuff is, I think, an untrue view of reality. It's not that you have to have a lot of objectionable stuff in [the movie], but others tend to kind of sugarcoat things. It's very black and white, "This is bad. This is right." There's no middle ground, no gray zone.
CMP: What kind of impact would you like to see from the C2 studies?
Ryan: We're not real thrilled with how Christian film has turned out over the past few years. It blows me away that people go see some of this stuff, and they think it's great. Christians especially have this habit of thinking if the message is good they can overlook the fact the movie looks terrible, the acting is horrible and the script is awful.
We hope that people would develop a better appreciation for art and film specifically.
Michael: And then go make good art.
Ryan: At least be able to learn to recognize it.
Michael: Historically, everybody looked to the Church for great art. Now it's swapped. It's actually pretty sad. We, as believers, should be on the cutting edge of making the best art ever, but we've wanted to follow instead of lead. We'd love to see that change.
CMP: What is your working relationship like, the dynamic as father and son?
Michael: I'm the cheerleader. C2 went pretty smoothly because we got a partner in Randall House. But now we are trying to start on the first feature film, and my role is to use my influence and contacts to get people interested, introduce them to Ryan and invest in the film—get everybody's enthusiasm up.
Ryan's been out to Ed Harris' film company, which has been a good contact. I became friends with "Buster" from Arrested Development—what's his name?
Ryan: Tony Hale.
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Tel: (408)513-2500
Grades: K - 12 | 2292 students
Valley Christian Schools, in San Jose, California, was founded in 1960 and has grown into one of the largest independent K-12 Christian school systems in the United States.
Accredited by both ACSI and WASC, Valley Christian takes pride in its top-notch facilities that are among the finest in California—two campuses, an extensive sports complex, and the new 46,000 square foot Conservatory of the Arts (music, theatre, dance and visual arts) & Student Life Center. Its unique Conservatory of the Arts opportunities for students passionate about music, theatre, dance, visual arts (painting and photography, and cinematography to work closely with top faculty to reach great heights of success. Our music groups are known throughout the U.S.
for their excellence, our marching band was invited to march in the prestigious Rose Parade in January, 2013, and our theatre awards caused Stage Direction Magazine to say Valley Christian High School is "one of the 6 best high school theatre programs in the United States." The Applied Math, Science and Engineering Institute [AMSE] allows students of high ability to enjoy unique challenges. An example of such an opportunity is the International Space Station project, in which Valley Christian students pioneered the first-ever high school Cube Lab™ experiment place aboard the Space Station in January, 2011, with four more experiments in 2012. With a newly built satellite tracking station on its campus, VCHS plans to be the first high school in the world to design and send up its own satellite in 2013. Valley Christian Junior High was just awarded in 2011 as an Intel School of Distinction and Intell Star Innovator for its math education. Valley Christian High School is a U.S.
Department of Education Blue Ribbon "No Child Left Behind" school and was just voted "Best High School" in the 2011 annual survey of parents by Bay Area Parents magazine. In addition, 54 sports teams allow students to compete and develop character at the highest levels of high school athletics. Daily Bible classes, weekly chapel services and many community service events give students a loving environment in which to learn more about the Christian faith, and to become excited about the eternal perspective Jesus Christ brings to their lives.
School Overview
|School Membership(s)School Assoc.
|Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
Western States Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)
|Religious Affiliation
|Grades Offered
|Grades Kindergarten - 12
|Learning Programs Supported
|Mild Learning Differences
|Year Founded
|Blue Ribbon School - Selected in 2013
Student Body
|Total Students
|2292 students
|Student Body Type
|% Students of Color
State avg.: 41%
|Students by Grade
Academics and Faculty
|Total Classroom Teachers
|145 teachers
|Student : Teacher Ratio
National avg.: 13:1
|% Faculty w/Advanced Degree
|Average Class Size
|24 students
|Number of AP Courses
|22 courses
|List of Courses Offered
|Link to List of Courses
|Advanced Courses
|AP Calculus BC, AP Comparative Government, AP English Literature, AP European History, AP Human Geography, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Spanish, AP Statistics, AP US Government, AP US History, AP Calculus AB, AP Art 2-D Design, AP Art History, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Computer Science, AP English Language, AP Environmental Science, AP Music Theory, AP Physics C and E/M, AP Studio Art - Drawing,
|Average SAT score
|Matriculation DataMatric. Data
|Link to Matriculation Data
|Classroom Dress Code
(dress code varies by campus)
Finances and Admission
|Admission Deadline
|None / Rolling
|Tuition Notes
|tuition varies by campus: elementary, junior high, high school
|% on Financial Aid
|Admissions Director
|Scott Wessling
|Admissions Associate
|HS Admissions, Alana James
|Total Sports Offered
|20 sports
|Baseball, Basketball, Cheering, Cross Country, Dance, Diving, Drill Team, Flag Football, Football, Golf, Ice Hockey, Rugby, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball, Water Polo, WrestlingBaseball, Basketball,
Cheering, Cross Country,
Dance, Diving,
Drill Team, Flag Football,
Football, Golf,
Ice Hockey, Rugby,
Soccer, Softball,
Swimming, Tennis,
Track and Field, Volleyball,
Water Polo, Wrestling,
|Total ExtracurricularsTotal Extra-curric.
|28 extracurriculars
|Abolitionists Club, American Cancer Society, Career Club, Cartooning/Animation Club, Chess Club, Chinese Language Club, Christian Club, Christian Club, Comedy Sports Club, Emergy Club, Go Green Club, Hockey Club, Ignite Club, Jazz Club, Latin Club, Math Club, Mock Trial, NAHS (Art Club), Nu Delta Alpha (Dance) Club, Pay It Forward Club, Photography Club, Rugby Club, Save The African Kids Club, Spanish Club, Speech & Debate, Stiches Knitting Club, Table Tennis Club, Young Political Leaders Club Career Club, Chess Club, Christian Club, Christian Club, Emergy Club, Go Green Club, Hockey Club, Ignite Club, Jazz Club, Latin Club, Math Club, Mock Trial, Rugby Club, Spanish Club, Abolitionists Club,
American Cancer Society,
Cartooning/Animation Club,
Chinese Language Club,
Comedy Sports Club,
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Pay It Forward Club,
Photography Club,
Save The African Kids Club,
Speech & Debate,
Stiches Knitting Club,
Table Tennis Club,
Young Political Leaders Club,
School Notes:
- What is the VCS Difference? Valley Christian Elementary School:
- The entire Kindergarten – 12th grade VCS journey starts on the elementary campus!
- Parents and students experience genuine Christian community and care.
- Students foster their spiritual life through Christian educators, daily Bible instruction, weekly chapel, community service and more.
- Students test above grade level on achievement test scores.
- A range of services exists to support students who will benefit with individualized levels of learning in specialized one-on-one programs.
- There are robust pull-out program opportunities in Hands On Science, Spanish, library, computers, art, music, band, piano, orchestra, and P.E.
- The unique "Kidservatory" also includes after-school offerings, such as Junior Theatre, Dance, Art, Drums, Harp, Guitar, Keyboard and Private Lessons.
- The exciting "Little Warriors" athletic program pairs elementary students with Valley Christian High School players and coaches for great training and mentoring opportunities.
- Students naturally move up to Valley Christian Junior High following 5th grade and then on to Valley Christian High School, among the finest Christian schools in the nation.
- Valley Christian Junior High:
- Life-changing values and spiritual life growth occur through daily Bible education, weekly chapel, community service opportunities and leadership development.
- Personal interest and involvement of the faculty creates a sense of "family" on campus where each student feels valued.
- VCJH received the 2011 Intel School of Distinction and Intel Star Innovator awards.
- Students take grade level and Honors-level classes in English, math and science available (including Geometry and high school-level biology)
- Students identified as needing academic accommodations to achieve their true school potential receive help and encouragement through the Student Support Services program.
- Project Lead The Way brings our engineering program into the junior high level.
- The unique Junior Conservatory provides extensive offerings in music, theatre, dance, and the visual arts with participation in a variety of performances, festivals, competitions and recitals.
- There is a fully developed, competitive robotics program, award-winning math and science clubs, and the annual all-school Rube Goldberg Contest.
- Our extensive electives excite students and then feed naturally into elite high school programs. These electives include state-of-the-art video editing, TV broadcasting, 3D animation and game design, Hands On Science, and foreign language.
- 22 sports teams over five different seasons benefit from state-of-the-art athletic facilities and compete in one of the largest public school leagues in the area.
- Students gain perspective from special travel opportunities, such as to Southern California with the band, or the 8th grade trip to Washington D.C.
- Valley Christian High School:
- Spiritual growth occurs through a wide array of exciting Bible course offerings, weekly chapel services, extensive community service opportunities, and biblical leadership development.
- Graduates overwhelmingly point to significant mentoring relationships with teachers and coaches as a real help to wisely navigate their teenage years.
- Students benefit from U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon School academics, including over 35 honors and Advanced Placement courses.
- At least 99% of graduates go on to college, assisted by our academic counseling department.
- The Dual Credit program allows students to achieve both high school and college credit while on our campus.
- Students identified as needing academic accommodations to achieve their true school potential receive help and encouragement through the Student Support Services program.
- The unique Applied Math, Science, and Engineering (AMSE) Institute offers students unprecedented opportunities, including the International Space Station project, VCHS Satellite Tracking station, and a nationally-awarded robotics program.
- The Biological Research and Development Lab allows for specialized student research normally seen only at the college level and supports their entry into national science fair competitions.
- The lauded Conservatory of the Arts program offers concentrated majors and minors in music, theatre, dance, visual arts or cinematic arts, with student ability levels and college portfolios enhanced through extensive performances, recitals, and competitions.
- VC Warrior athletics is known throughout California for its 55 sports teams, frequent state and national rankings, and athletic scholarship opportunities to Division 1 and 2 colleges and universities. The teaching of character and integrity are integral in training our athletes.
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- October 10, 2014 - I have been at Valley Christian since sixth grade, so this year is currently my sixth year at Valley. Valley Christian has been an awesome experience for me to grow as an individual by meeting new people and being able to strengthen my faith. The campus is breathtaking and every year truly has something new to offer, whether that being technologically, artistically, athletically, or academically. The people are overall excepting of new people but this really depends on who you are as your own self and how willing you are to interact with new people. We have chapel every Wednesday, and although they may seem boring at times, it is truly a blessing to be able to worship our Creator in such a free way. No, you do not have to be a Christian to attend, and even if you aren''t, Valley Christian is still a wonderful school to be opened up to new opportunities and form relationships with teachers/peers. Every school has it''s pros and cons, and obviously no school is perfect, but the pros at Valley definitely overweigh the cons. - Posted by Student/Alumni
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Covert CIA ops officer Vanessa Pierson is finally close to capturing the worlds most dangerous international nuclear arms dealer: Bhoot, alias the ghost. One of her assets has information about Bhoots upcoming visit to a secret underground nuclear weapons facility in Iran—in only a few days. But just as Piersons informant is about to give her the location, theyre ambushed by an expert sniper. Pierson narrowly escapes. Her asset: dead.
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This is a beautiful little video of Taichung and surrounding areas, well worth watching.
This is a beautiful little video of Taichung and surrounding areas, well worth watching.
It's a beautiful morning. Still warm, but comfortable now. The sun is shining through the banana tree leaves, and the clouds are fluffy and gorgeous.
As we were driving home the other day through similar lovely weather, Dan mentioned that he had an idea for his Chinese name. We have a friend who chose a name which translates to Handsome Dragon Dragon. It raises some eyebrows, but he figures it's his choice and that's who he wants to be.
Dan wants his Chinese name to be Little Bunny Foo Foo.
(All together now…Little bunny foo foo, hopping through the forest…)
Typhoon Matmo is headed straight for us. While that sounds dire, Taichung is actually pretty well protected. Most typhoons sweep in from the Pacific Ocean and hit the east coast and mountains in the center of Taiwan before eventually dumping rain on Taichung. Even so, we are looking forward to the Taichung equivalent of a snow day. The big billboards around town are furled in readiness for the storm.
It gives quite a different look to the place.
A few weeks ago the parent association at school treated the teachers to a traditional tea ceremony and accompanying traditional Chinese music. It was beautiful and relaxing.
Simo was so taken with the music that he hired the musician for his 60th birthday party. We gathered at the traditional farmhouse restaurant near our apartment. I'm told the name of the restaurant is actually something that translates roughly to "good old neighbor." That's an appropriate name. This restaurant feels like a comforting friend. We sat outside on a beautiful evening and listened to lovely music. A fitting birthday for Simo.
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When I was a kid I loved Ellery Queen and tried to figure out who did it, and of course I love romance. So it's the best mix for me.
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The lala trend and world domination.
In Malaysia, there are a handful of chinese people that succumbs to other culture such as Japanese or other crazy stuff, just to be unique, to stand out, to attract attention. Most of us label them, Lalas. This is not racism, but one might go as far to say, defending our nation (Malaysia) pride and integrity.
What's the best way to conquer a country? Warfare? Or just pouring loads of money into the country until it's economy depends on that entity? If you've watched inception, IDEA is the most contagious and most effective. For instance, the way people in societies which are rich in culture dress up. For instance, Asian countries , before the Industrial Revolution, they're wearing traditional clothing and speaking their native tongue. But as times have change, we've learned to accept that there's a need to have a language that's spoken worldwide and clothing that's acceptable by all cultures and so happen, the Europeans dominate the whole world. From an Asian's perspective. Hence, their culture has becomed part of our culture as evident by the ability of you to read this sentence.
The issue now is, we already have a language that's spoken by billions and clothing that's acceptable by everyone, and a rich cultural background. We DO NOT need anymore change in culture. This brings about the worrying situation of lalaism (to be a lala) We should practice our cultures and respect out mother tongue as well as play our part to be a global citizen. This issue is becoming even more serious by the day. You walk around your nearest shopping mall in Malaysia and you're bound to see people dressed up as walking barbie dolls, hair that glow in the dark, and even shoes that emits light.
Some might say this is a question of personal preference, but I beg to differ because they're showing that they're culturally rich and sophisticated. But in reality is, they're just PLAGIARIZING FOOLS. They should be sod to Hades.
Fellow followers, we're currently being invaded but this seemingly tame assault. These "lalas" are erasing our own culture and replacing it with and idea that they've created themselves. (Unless you're Japanese, DON'T dye your hair pink)
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Home builder stocks have had their ups and downs over the last few months. But on Thursday, the sector collapsed like a faulty roof.
Investors were already skittish in the face of rising mortgage rates. But stocks are plunging across the board in response to disappointing financial reports released today by PulteGroup (PHM) and D.R. Horton (DHI).
D.R. Horton missed on revenue, while Pulte missed both top- and bottom-line estimates.
Pulte plunged $1.77, or 9.6% to $16.68, followed by DR. Horton, which dropped $1.77, or 8.5% to $19.45.
And the rest of the sector sold-off to lesser degrees, sending the iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction ETF (ITB) falling $4.3%.
"Home builder stocks are getting schmeissed today, and I continue to suggest selling the group," wrote hedge fund manager Doug Kass, president of Seabreeze Partners Management.
Looking to appease investors, Pulte announced it is starting a quarterly dividend and increasing its share buyback effort to $250 million. It didn't see to help much.
Barrons.com has been cautious on the home builder sector for some time. Last month, we suggested avoiding the entire sector ( see Barron's Take, "Don't Bet the House on Home Builders," June 25), arguing that the second half of 2013 could be difficult.
Borrowing costs have surged on expectations that the Federal Reserve will scale back bond purchases. The 30-year average fixed mortgage rate was 4.31% in the week ended today, up from a near-record low of 3.35% in May, according to Freddie Mac.
Homebuyers are rattled, contributing to a rise in cancellations and a drop off in traffic.
Pulte said second-quarter orders fell 12%. D.R. Horton said orders rose 12%, which was below the expectations.
Other home builders, meanwhile, shared the pain today.
KB Homes (KBH) dropped $1 or 5.5% to $17.02. Lennar (LEN) fell $1.68, or almost 5% to $32.25. Beazer Homes (BZH) fell 85 cents, or 4.7% to $17. And Toll Brothers (TOL) fell 65 cents, or 2% to $31.66.
Home prices rose for the fourth straight month in July, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller index released today. It was just one more piece of evidence that the housing sector is on the rebound. But investors don't seem to need the reminder — they've been bidding up homebuilder stocks for months in anticipation.
In fact, some stocks in the sector may be getting ahead of themselves, writes Barclays analyst Stephen Kim.
"It appears that we have reached that point in the rally when investors are pricing in a 'best case' scenario — and even then it is difficult to justify much higher valuations for the strongest homebuilders," Kim writes.
Kim thinks that concerns about excess inventory in recent years will give way to "a surprising shortage of quality housing supply," which should push prices higher.
"Despite robust demand, supply constraints will likely keep housing starts from growing more than 25% per year through 2015. Meanwhile, inventories of non-distressed homes for sale are at their lowest level since 1992," Kim predicts. "This scarcity of quality homes to buy could drive prices up 5.0%-7.5% per year through 2015, causing nominal prices in 2015 to exceed levels reached during the housing bubble."
But isn't that good for homebuilders? Yes, says Kim. In fact, he raised his price targets on stocks in the sector.
And yet, the gains from this scenario are already priced into the stocks. Investors have piled into homebuillders in part because there aren't very many other ways to play the housing rebound using traditional investments. "[A]n absence of large-cap ways to invest in the housing theme has driven valuations in the sector to uncomfortable levels."
Kim lowered his rating on DR Horton (DHI), Lennar (LEN), and Toll Brothers (TOL) to Equal Weight from Overweight. Instead he recommends "swapping into the higher-beta names KB Home (KBH) and Pulte Group (PHM)."
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VIDEO: Romeo Beckham Makes Modeling Debut For Burberry
Romeo Beckham, son of soccer star, David Beckham, and former Spice Girl, Victoria Beckham aka Posh, is making his modeling debut with Burberry.
Burberry announced back in December that Beckham would become the face of the children's clothing line for their Spring 2013 campaign. He was singled out for the spot by Burberry's chief creative officer, Christopher Bailey, who has had nothing but kind words to say about the youngster, admitting that he "stole the show" during the shoot, according to the Daily Mail.
In the commercial spot released Thursday, Beckham steals the spotlight from the other British models. From posing in a dark gray suit to leaping about in a purple trenchcoat, the 10-year-old shows he can make a mark in the fashion industry like his mother with the swagger of his father.
The other models in the shoot posing in the background as Beckham hams it up for the cameras are Edie Campbell and Charlie France. Both models have appeared in numerous high-profile ads and runway shows.
Watch Romeo Beckham's Burberry ad here:
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Down Time At Work — What Do You Do?
ScuttleMonkey posted more than 6 years ago | from the read-more-slashdot dept.319
An anonymous reader writes "I work in IT and find fairly often that I have 'down time.' I'll usually browse the web (Slashdot) or try to find something informative or educating to read. Sometimes, I even get caught up working on my personal webpage or other project that isn't exactly work related. What does everyone else do during these times, and how much time do they spend on non-work related things while at work?"