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Loving - Transforming - Thriving - Always
At First Christian Church, we seek to live out on a daily basis the two greatest commandments given by our Lord Jesus Christ: Love God and Love People (Matthew 22:37-39).
Because loving God and loving others so often goes against the grain of our sinful nature, we depend upon the supernatural transformation of our hearts and lives made possible by the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 5:15-17). Through faith in Him as Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9-10), we die to our old selves and are raised up to new life in baptism (Romans 6:3-4). As we grow in our walk with Him, God continues to transform our lives more and more into the image of the One who saves us (1 John 2:5-6).
The greatest indicator of transformation is our love for others. The more we love others as Christ loves us the brighter His light shines in the darkness of this broken world. We want others to discover through what they see in us the difference Jesus can make in their lives (Philippians 2:15).
New life in Christ enables us to thrive in this world because, in Him, we find joy, peace, and purpose. His is the best life (John 10:10). We are not promised an easy life but we are not alone, He is with us (Matthew 28:20).
To discover more about loving – transforming – thriving – always, we would love to have you join us this Sunday - in person or online.
We are a body of believers that strives to be Loving to all people. Our goal is to be Transforming in our life, in our homes, in our community and in the world through the good news of Jesus Christ. Through loving always and transforming always we experience life that is Thriving always.
At First Christian Church the values we abide by to keep us Loving, Transforming, Thriving Always are:
* Trusting in Biblical Authority
* Valuing Every Person
* Being Involved in our Community
* Kingdom Minded
* Wise with our Resources
Who will God call?
Worship Minister
Youth Minister
Communications Director
Children's Ministry Director
Early Childhood Coordinator
Weekday Preschool Director
Facilities Manager
Administrative Assistant
Financial Officer
An elder must live a blameless life. He must be faithful to his wife, and his children must be believers who don't have a reputation for being wild or rebellious. A church leader is a manager of God's household, so he must live a blamelss life. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered; he must not be a heavy drinker, violent, or dishonest with money. Rather, he must enjoy having guests in his home, and he must love what is good. He must live wisely and be just. He must live a devout and disciplined life. He must have a strong belief in the trustworthy message he was taught; then he will be able to encourage others with wholesome teaching and show those who oppose it where they are wrong Titus 1:6-9
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.
Matthew 28:19-20


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Weaving Together The Neighborhood: How Progress Grows Through Regional Integration – Jean R. AbiNader
*King of Morocco building strong transactional network among West Africa partners*
Jean R. AbiNader, MATIC
March 15, 2014
There may be political issues on which political leaders disagree, but one common goal unites them – generating jobs, especially ones that change citizens from low wage earners to middle class workers. This is the revolution that is being projected for Africa, and one of its interlocutors may well be King Mohammed VI of Morocco.
On his recent visits to Mali, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, and Gabon, the King presided over the signing of more than 80 agreements. As details emerge, their specificity and substance deviates from the usual niceties of "will work towards" and "intend to" that characterize more diplomatic and non-impactful documents.
While the crucial next steps of financing and project management included in the agreements cannot be overlooked, it is also worthwhile to understand the strategic direction in which they will take Morocco and its partners in the coming decade. Setting aside the security and religious/cultural accords, there are discernible patterns in the agreements that make it clear why international donors should consider Morocco's expertise in the region when funding triangular aid projects.
In Mali, the first order of business was a series of agreements to strengthen the financial sector through advanced skills training, human resources, and enabling a more modern infrastructure. Mutual interests in commercial transactions, tax regulations, and investments were also addressed, as well as industrial cooperation in mining, and cooperative programs in health care. In all, 17 agreements were signed.
The same concentration on economic, social, and human development was evident in the 26 public-private partnerships signed in Cote d'Ivoire, which included government and private sector-funded initiatives. Of potentially great benefit to both countries are protocols affecting the fishing industry, including the joint construction of an unloading point in the town of Locodjoro, uniform clearance procedures between three Moroccan ports (Dakhla, Agadir, and Casablanca) and Abidjan, construction of a fish processing plant, and a joint committee to implement the agreement on sea fisheries and aquaculture. In terms of jobs and human development, there are agreements to build social housing units, tourism projects, a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, more scholarships for higher education in Morocco, greater scientific and research collaboration, and a series of government and bank-related accords focused on project funding, credit access for business, and tourism, export, and trade promotion.
In Guinea, 21 bilateral agreements were signed, and the pattern of building on Morocco's strengths to best serve regional economic integration continued. Several technical agreements were signed to facilitate trade and investment by eliminating double taxation and tax evasion. Once again, the fishing industry received special attention. Formal mechanisms were set up between the relevant ministries for cooperation and capacity building for staff in Guinea's Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture. The two allies also agreed on the construction of two developed landing points, cooperation of sea fisheries, the merchant navy, and maritime transport. The construction of 6,000 units of low-income housing was announced, as well as accords on technical training, support for small business development, and banking cooperation. Two special projects were highlighted: a state-of-the-art Moroccan military field hospital to provide surgical and advanced medical care for Guineans and a joint venture to build a flour mill near the capital to address local needs.
On the last leg of the king's trip, in Gabon, there was no let-down in the level of activity. The 24 agreements that were signed covered agriculture, health, housing, vocational training, finance and banking, transportation and tourism, and stronger legal cooperation. Some of the more prominent accords include cooperation on food safety standards, the merchant marine and maritime transport; long-term collaboration on tourism development; scientific and technical cooperation on mining; real estate development; social housing; a license to Maroc Telecom to operate a 3G/4G network; expanded scholarships for university students; and a tax and customs agreement.
A noteworthy project on the humanitarian front was the visit of the King and President Ali Bongo Ondimba to the Libreville Cancer Treatment Institute, a joint project with the Lalla Salma Foundation for Cancer Prevention and Treatment, headed by the King's wife. The two leaders also presided over a new strategic partnership, as Morocco and Gabon signed a $2.3 billion joint-venture fertilizer project that will promises to significantly increase agricultural output and improve food security in the region.
The bottom line is that these programs are driven by the need for results: to elevate the capacities of countries in the region to cooperate at a higher level on financial issues, transport and maritime concerns, human and social development, industrial and agro-industrial projects, trade and investment, and a range of educational and tourism efforts, among others. The King certainly recognizes that he has a key role to play , and that his leadership will be judged by his ability to set a clear direction for Morocco's growth and development. Through his continuing efforts to extend this vision through regional partnerships that support and benefit the African people, he is firmly committed to the future of Africa.
Jean R. AbiNader is Executive Director of the Moroccan American Trade and Investment Center.
Co-published with Fair Observer (http://www.fairobserver.com/).

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2020 Lamborghini Urus
Explore 2020 Lamborghini Urus, performance and technology features. We reviews the 2020 Lamborghini Urus Release where consumers can find detailed information on specs, fuel economy, transmission and safety.
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Use the Xbox 360 software for laptop
Edited by Jerry Rivers, Eng, VisiHow, DeleteQnA
Your Laptop has a high resolution (1280 X 800) screen for excellent graphics. It would be a wish come true, and a fun experience if you could just play games using your Xbox 360 console on it, right? Wouldn't it be great to have the best of both worlds? The only catch is that you must be willing to fork out a little money at your nearby electronics store. Expect to invest between $20 to $120 for a USB video capture card (VCC). The types of connections and cables are also important in deciding how you will hook up your Xbox 360 to your Laptop. They will be discussed here briefly so that you can decide what cable and connection is best for your gaming enjoyment. Then read on because you can connect your Xbox 360 games console to your Laptop in four easy steps.
There are three types of VCC connections, each connecting to your Laptop in its own way. They are the:
- 1The Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) connects to your computer motherboard. Most desktop computers have a slot for a capture card. However, you must check if your Laptop has a slot for one.PCIe.
- 2The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an external connection on nearly all laptops today. It is very convenient for a VCC connection.USB.
- 3This is much like the USB connection because it is an external connector. The difference is that it is specialized for custom made and Mac computers.Thunderbolt.
Do you want high definition or standard video resolution?
If you want high definition video resolution (HD), the cable must be different than for standard video (S). There are two types for each to choose from for your Xbox360:
High Definition
- Component (1080i)
- High Definition Multimedia Interface, HDMI (1080p)
Standard Definition
- Composite (480i and 576i)
- S-Video (480i and 576i)
Four easy steps for the VCC connection
- 1You must install the driver for it, which is offered by the installation CD that came with your video capture card. It will also be available at the manufacturer's website. There is a wide range of video capture cards, so ensure that you buy the right one from the electronics store. Many are external USB devices that conveniently plug into your Laptop.Connect the video capture card to your Laptop.
- 2It has the same color coded input jacks as on the back of your TV. There should be an audio right (red), audio left (white), and a video (yellow) cord from your games console to plug into the card. If your Laptop is compatible, you can use a high definition HDMI or Component cord.Connect the color coded audio-video (AV) cords from your Xbox 360 to your video capture card.
- 3If one did not come with your capture card, go online and download one of the free VCC programs.Once your Xbox 360 games console is connected, start your video capture card program from the installation CD.
- 4Once completed, your wish for games on the high-resolution Laptop screen has come true. Have fun!When you turn on the Xbox console, the 360 Xbox startup procedure will be presented on your Laptop screen.
Questions and Answers
How can I connect Xbox to laptop?
Can I connect Xbox to laptop with HDMI and use a video capture software to play games. I have tried: Connect Xbox to laptop with HDMI and turned it on. I think it was caused by: Don't know
You need a laptop with an HDMI input. You are probably trying to connect your Xbox to an HDMI output. From most recent laptops, there is a Alienware 18 Gaming Laptop that supports HDMI input.
If you cannot afford that, you may purchase a product like EasyCap, which has a USB connector for your laptop and an S-Video input with two audio inputs. This device will allow you to capture video and sound from your Xbox onto your laptop. You may also need an S-Video cable if you do not have one.
We want to play Xbox 360 games on PC?
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The Most Popular Cookbooks Around the Country
While the internet and e-readers have hurt some parts of the publishing industry, cookbooks are still going strong. Many people still value the authority that comes with a published book of recipes from their favorite cook, but the type of recipes they look for varies from state to state.
Furniture retailer Joybird recently broke down Barnes & Noble's 100 top-selling cookbooks from the past year by region. According search data from Google Trends, The Whole 30 Cookbook is most popular in western and Midwestern states, dominating searches in Nevada, New Mexico, and the Dakotas. Also popular in the West is Thug Kitchen, the preferred cookbook of Montana and Arizona.
In the South, the books Whiskey in a Teacup, Magnolia Table, The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook, Sweet Potato Soul, and 10 Day Green Smoothie Cleanse make up the top searches, and in the Northeast, the classic home cooking bible The Joy of Cooking comes out as the clear favorite.
Joybird also noted some general cookbook trends from the past year: Celebrities like Reese Witherspoon, Joanna Gaines, and Chrissy Teigen are some of the country's best-selling cookbook authors, accounting for 29 percent of the top-searched cookbooks. Health-conscious recipes also sell well, with the top-searched books in one third of all states focusing on cleaner eating.
Find the most popular cookbook in your state on Joybird's map.


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Country Estate Garden - Sevenoaks
Design Brief
A large country estate in Sevenoaks offered wonderful countryside views with the potential for a classically elegant garden to complement the property.
After long, careful discussions with the client the garden was designed, built and planted to include several water features, one of which cascades beneath a grand terrace.
Wide open lawns lead to the woodland beyond, whilst low maintenance planting ensured the garden provides colour, character and form throughout the year. For clients with a busy lifestyle, golf greens and a tennis court offer the opportunity for relaxing with the family.
Before construction began...
After we finished...
Sample Plants
Hebe pagei, Lavandula 'Hidcote', Perovskia 'Blue Spire', Phormium tenax 'Variegatum', Spiraea 'Goldflame', Iris 'Black Knight', Kniphofia 'Percy's Pride', Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant', Sisyrinchium striatum, Tellima grandiflora, Stipa arundinacea, Stipa gigantea, Betula 'Grayswood Hill, Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata'
Natural Indian sandstone, Chilstone balustrading, Iota stainless steel features, unique water features, Balau decking.


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Display parking lane markings on bird's-eye plot
Since R2021b
displays parking lane marking vertices
plmv and parking lane marking
plmf on a bird's-eye plot. The lane marking plotter
lmPlotter is associated with a
birdsEyePlot object and configures the display of the specified lane
To remove all lane markings associated with the lane marking plotter
lmPlotter, use the
function and specify
lmPlotter as the input argument.
Generate Detections of Cars in Parking Lot
Generate detections of cars parked in a parking lot, and plot the detections on a bird's-eye plot.
Create a driving scenario containing a road and parking lot.
scenario = drivingScenario; roadcenters = [10 40; 10 -40]; road(scenario,roadcenters); vertices = [0 20; 20 20; 20 -20; 0 -20]; parkingLot(scenario,vertices,ParkingSpace=parkingSpace);
Add an ego vehicle and specify a trajectory in which the vehicle drives through the parking lot.
ego = vehicle(scenario);
waypoints = [10 35 0; 10 10 0];
speed = 5; % m/s
Create parked cars in several parking spaces. Plot the scenario.
parkedCar1 = vehicle(scenario,Position=[15.8 12.4 0]); parkedCar2 = vehicle(scenario,Position=[15.8 -12.4 0]); parkedCar3 = vehicle(scenario,Position=[2 -9.7 0]); parkedCar4 = vehicle(scenario,Position=[2 9.7 0]); plot(scenario)
Create a vision sensor for generating the detections. By default, the sensor is mounted to the front bumper of the ego vehicle.
sensor = visionDetectionGenerator;
Create a bird's-eye plot and plotters for visualizing the target outlines, road boundaries, parking lane markings, sensor coverage area, and detections. Then, simulate the scenario and generate the detections.
bep = birdsEyePlot(XLim=[-40 40],YLim=[-30 30]); olPlotter = outlinePlotter(bep); lbPlotter = laneBoundaryPlotter(bep); lmPlotter = laneMarkingPlotter(bep,DisplayName="Parking lanes"); caPlotter = coverageAreaPlotter(bep,DisplayName="Coverage area"); detPlotter = detectionPlotter(bep,DisplayName="Detections"); while advance(scenario) % Plot target outlines. [position,yaw,length,width,originOffset,color] = targetOutlines(ego); plotOutline(olPlotter,position,yaw,length,width) % Plot lane boundaries of ego vehicle. rbEgo = roadBoundaries(ego); plotLaneBoundary(lbPlotter,rbEgo) % Plot parking lane markings. [plmv,plmf] = parkingLaneMarkingVertices(ego); plotParkingLaneMarking(lmPlotter,plmv,plmf) % Plot sensor coverage area. mountPosition = sensor.SensorLocation; range = sensor.MaxRange; orientation = sensor.Yaw; fieldOfView = sensor.FieldOfView(1); plotCoverageArea(caPlotter,mountPosition,range,orientation,fieldOfView) % Generate and plot detections. actors = targetPoses(ego); time = scenario.SimulationTime; [dets,isValidTime] = sensor(actors,time); if isValidTime positions = cell2mat(cellfun(@(x)([x.Measurement(1) x.Measurement(2)]), ... dets,UniformOutput=false)); plotDetection(detPlotter,positions) end end
Input Arguments
lmPlotter — Lane marking plotter
LaneMarkingPlotter object
Lane marking plotter, specified as a
LaneMarkingPlotter object.
This object is stored in the
Plotters property of a
birdsEyePlot object and configures the display of the specified parking lane
markings in the bird's-eye plot. To create this object, use the
laneMarkingPlotter function.
plmv — Parking lane marking vertices
V-by-3 real-valued matrix
Parking lane marking vertices, specified as a V-by-3 real-valued
matrix. Each row of
plmv represents the x,
y, and z coordinates of one vertex in the lane
marking. The plotter uses only the x and y
coordinates. V is the number of vertices in the marking.
To obtain vertices and faces from parking lane markings in a driving scenario, use
parkingLaneMarkingVertices function.
plmf — Parking lane marking faces
matrix of integers
Parking lane marking faces, specified as a matrix of integers. Each row of
plmf is a face that defines the connection between vertices for
one parking lane marking. For more details, see Faces.
To obtain vertices and faces from parking lane markings in a driving scenario, use
parkingLaneMarkingVertices function.
Version History
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Travion Brooks
2019-20 MBK Fellow
Ithaca High School
If you could use 2-3 words to describe MBK, what would they be?
Brotherhood, love, and support.
How has being involved in MBK impacted you?
MBK has impacted me in becoming a leader for my peers, bettering myself, allowing me to meet new people with similar mindsets as me and allowing me to meet successful Black men.
What do you look forward to most as a 2019-20 MBK Fellow?
What I look forward to the most about MBK in 2019-20 as a Fellow, is to get more active in MBK, learn more about MBK, and take my leadership skills to the next level. Hopefully the sessions and being a Fellow can help me run our Boyz2Men group in our high school and be a mentor to the kids in the school. I want to be able to support or just talk to kids that struggle in high school, because I needed that when I was a freshman, sophomore and even a junior. It's good to hear from parents and your elders but hearing from your peers and kids that are around your age that you look up to is even better. So for me, I want to become a overall better leader and someone people can talk to.


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From the CDB user webinar Q&A:
Q: Not all TIFF libraries support TIFF images with channels with different data types. Has this been considered with the new Elevation Datasets?
A: The TIFF format supports different data types per channel. Where we recognize that this type of TIFF file may not be supported by all libraries, the benefits of having all the data in a single file is significant. Using the same data type for all channels was considered but not suitable for the mix of data to represent (Elevation, mesh type and offsets) and the file size would have been impacted significantly. Users are encouraged to use CDB API to leverage the required level of TIFF support.
I can see why you want to use different channels with different bit depths, it preserves the same raster height and width. I wish it could have been as multiple images within a single TIFF file so it wouldn't break libraries like libtiff.
Onto a question, since we have to change our tiff library for 3.2, can the Raster Material dataset be changed in a future spec version to combine the material index and mixture layers together? That would almost halve the number of files we need to read in this dataset.
Hi Ryan,
You have a good point on the Raster Material dataset which would also benefit from a multi-channel tiff file. This is an additional improvement in the spec that would improve client performance.
Do you have suggestion on the best way to implement this in the spec while preserving backward compatibility with 3.0 (i.e. a 3.0 client still has access to material data).
I'm not sure what you mean by preserving backwards compatibility. In my opinion, there are several things in CDB 3.2 that are not backwards compatible with current runtime publishers, and require changes to support the new specification. For example, the multiple bands added to elevation TIFF files, or the suggested location of attributes in feature shapefiles.
One easy way to detect the new format would be if all the mixture layers were missing, they must be in the material index TIFF files (just look to see if mixture layer 0 is missing, if more than one material raster exists). That wouldn't be too different than detecting the mixture raster element (float in CDB 3.0, float or 8-bit binary in CDB 3.2)
Hi Ryan,
You are correct in saying that there are some changes in spec 3.2 which a 3.0 client would need code changes to support the 3.0 subset of a 3.2 database. This should remain minimal changes in the case of the spec changes in 3.2.
One option to limit the impact on 3.0 clients is to generate a CDB 3.2 in a "maximize 3.0 compatibility mode". In such a mode, decisions to leverage 3.2 constructs can be made to maximize compatibility. Shapefile attributes are a good example where spec 3.2 gives flexibility on the level of the attribute (class, instance, extended). A content tool publishing a 3.2 CDB can select the attributes levels as per 3.0 to limit the impact. Same goes for deprecated attributes which remains "legal" in 3.2 even if 3.2 client should not rely on them.
This mechanism can facilitate support for mixed runtime components (3.0 and 3.2) but is only delaying a proper support for CDB 3.2 in a client.
The primary objective remains to allow 3.2 client to load 3.0 databases in order to re-use existing database assets. The 3.0 client loading 3.2 assets is beneficial for a smoother migration but not an end goal.


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A Group of the Prisoners of Iran-Iraq War visited Abadan Refinery Installations
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Abadan Refinery (Public Relations): The refinery visit was followed by holding the Meeting of Mousel No. 6 Nursing Home Veterans in Naft Cinema on December 16th.
During the meeting, the veterans and war prisoners reunited and visited Fav Operations District, Shalamcheh and Jame Mosque of Khoramshahr.


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Futuristic UI breakdown
By popular request, here's a breakdown of the Futuristic UI I posted earlier. This includes a complete look at the script that updates the texts and all the animation and material tricks I used.
I also updated the blendfile to also include the video sequencer scene that was missing before.
Creating terrains just got a lot easier.
Mirage lets you create terrains and populate them with a simple UI and powerful features in realtime.
Start creating your world today!


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Two firefighters donned their full gear Tuesday and walked 110 floors on fitness machines at a Georgia Planet Fitness in honor of the men and women who died responding to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attack on the World Trade Center.
The pair was spotted Tuesday morning at the gym in Warner Robbins, according to Chelsea Farmer, who shared footage of the firefighters' tribute in a Facebook post that has since gone viral.
"They started at 8:46 a.m.," she wrote. "Seventeen years ago, American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m.
"Two firefighters at my gym walking all 110 stories of the World Trade Center and back down in remembrance of 9/11 and to honor all the fallen heroes," she wrote.
Farmer identified the pair to WMAZ as Houston County firefighters Timothy Soler and Alex Liczewsky. The fire department confirmed in a Facebook post that some of its volunteers and recruits took part in the tribute.
"On this day 17 years ago, many brave men and women climbed up to the 110 floor of the World Trade Centers to rescue anyone they could from a terrible fate," fire officials said. "Many of these men and women never returned from that building."
Farmer told WMAZ the firefighters finished their trip in less than an hour.
"It was a very special moment I will never forget and I'm so glad I got to witness it," she told the news station. "It makes me proud to be an American."
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Joshua 14
Wycliffe Bible
14 This is the possession that the sons of Israel wielded in the land of Canaan, which land(s) Eleazar the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the princes of the families of the lineages of Israel gave to them, (These be the possessions which the Israelites took in the land of Canaan, which lands Eleazar the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the leaders of the families of the tribes of Israel gave to them,)
2 and these (men) parted all things by lot, as the Lord commanded in the hand of Moses (as the Lord commanded by Moses), to the nine lineages, and to the half lineage.
3 For Moses had given to the two lineages and to the half lineage (their) possession(s) over (the) Jordan; without the Levites, that took nothing of the land among their brethren; (For Moses had already given the two tribes and the half tribe on the eastern side of the Jordan River their possessions; and without the Levites, who took nothing of the land among their kinsmen;)
4 but the sons of Joseph were parted into two lineages, (that) of Manasseh, and (that) of Ephraim, and were heirs into the place of them. And the Levites took none other part in the land, no but cities to dwell in, and the suburbs of those to their work beasts and their sheep to be fed in. (for Joseph's sons were divided into two tribes, that of Manasseh, which itself was divided into two parts, and that of Ephraim, and they were heirs in their places. And the Levites took no portion of the land, but only some cities to live in, and their suburbs for their work beasts and their sheep to be fed in.)
5 As the Lord commanded to Moses, so the sons of Israel did, and they parted the land. (As the Lord commanded to Moses, so the Israelites did, and they divided up the land.)
6 And so the sons of Judah went to Joshua in Gilgal; and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, of Kenaz, spake to him, (and said,) Thou knowest, what the Lord spake to Moses, the man of God, of me and of thee in Kadeshbarnea (Thou knowest, what the Lord said to Moses, the man of God, about you and me at Kadeshbarnea).
7 I was of forty years (I was forty years old), when Moses, the servant of the Lord, sent me from Kadeshbarnea, that I should behold the land, and I told to him that, that seemed sooth to me.
8 And my brethren, that went up with me, discomforted the heart(s) of the people, and nevertheless I followed my Lord God. (And my kinsmen, who went up with me, discomforted the hearts of the people, but nevertheless, I followed the Lord my God.)
9 And Moses swore in that day, and said, The land, that thy foot hath trodden, shall be thy possession, and (that) of thy sons (into) without end; for thou followedest thy Lord God.
10 Soothly the Lord granted life to me, as he promised, till into present day. Forty years and five be, since the Lord spake this word to Moses, when Israel went through wilderness. Today I am of fourscore years and five, (And the Lord granted life to me, as he promised, unto this present day. Forty-five years be, since the Lord said this word to Moses, when Israel went through the wilderness. And today I am eighty five years old,)
11 and I am as mighty (now), as I was mighty in that time, when I was sent (out) to espy; the strength of that time dwelleth stably in me till to this day, as well to fight, as to go (yea, the strength of that time remaineth in me unto this day, to fight, as well as to go about my daily life).
12 Therefore give thou to me this hill, which the Lord promised to me, while also thou heardest, in which hill be Anakim, and great cities, and strengthened; if in hap the Lord is with me, and I may do them away, as he promised to me. (And so give thou to me this hill, which the Lord promised me, while also thou heardest it, on which hill be the Anakim, that is, the giants, and great and strengthened cities; and if the Lord be with me, then I shall be able to do them away, as he promised me.)
13 And Joshua blessed Caleb, and he gave to him Hebron into (a) possession. (And Joshua blessed Caleb, and he gave Hebron to him for a possession.)
14 And from that time Hebron was of Caleb (And from that time Hebron belonged to Caleb), the son of Jephunneh, of Kenaz, unto this present day; for he followed the Lord God of Israel.
15 The name of Hebron was called before Kiriatharba. Arba, the greatest (man), was set there in the land of Anakim; and the land ceased from battles. (Hebron was called Kiriatharba before. And Arba had been the greatest man there in the land of the Anakim, or of the giants. And so the land ceased from battles.)


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As for a reference in the equatorial regions and referring to a local Indonesian saying that any months ending in 'er' i.e.: Septemb-er, Octob-er, Novemb-er, Decemb-er, is referring to the Indonesian word for bucket = Amb- 'er'; so in the village you get your buckets ready, these months are the rainy ones!
In general, these tropical rains brought about by the North-West Monsoon are a pleasant change from the dry season, rains are usually in the evening early morning or late afternoon, and these NW monsoons bring the perfect offshore winds for the Point in Sorake.
On the equator, the months of January February March are hot and humid, evaporation of the tropical rain soaked into the soil makes it humid and hot, these times you can literally see the bamboo grow!
March onwards the weather becomes dryer, with rain usually during the evening. Winds can be calm and steady, dictated by the intensity of the prevailing La-Nina to El-Nino and Indian Ocean Dipole of water temperature in the mass of the Indian Ocean. Nias can in times be effected by the South-East Trades moving up onto the equator, (influenced by strong El-Nino) Or the familiar equatorial glassy calms with mornings of steady land drafts breeze from the summer weather patterns of the Northern Hemisphere.


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For 11 members of MIT's African drumming ensemble, "Rambax," the West African nation of Senegal was more than a vacation destination. This past spring, the MIT student musicians spent three weeks playing, studying and absorbing Senegalese culture during the group's first summer study tour.
On Sept. 14, Rambax co-founder and director Patricia Tang and some of the group members spoke about their extraordinary trip during the first Arts Colloquium of the semester. The presentation, attended by faculty, students, members of the Council for the Arts and Council Scholars in the Arts, was hosted by Associate Provost for the Arts Alan Brody.
Tang organized and led the trip to give the group a chance to study and perform the traditional art of sabar drumming within its cultural context -- among and for the Wolof people of Senegal.
"We did not want to arrive there with this idea that we would show the Senegalese how to play their own music," said Tang, associate professor in the Music and Theater Arts Section and a specialist in Senegalese music. "We wanted to show them that we cared so much for Senegalese culture that we wanted to learn their art."
Students lived and practiced with the family of Lamine Tour̩, co-founder of Rambax and a native traditional Senegalese drummer. Tour̩ is an MIT lecturer in music and theater arts.
Sabar drummers use one hand and one stick to create either a dance rhythm or a "bakk," a musical phrase that is composed by musicians, "griots," and is passed down through the generations. "Mbalax" is the basic accompaniment beat played on the smallest drum, and "tulli" and "talmbat" are the two bass drum accompaniments. Together they create the basis by which the lead drummer carries the main beat.
There is no sheet music and the resulting sound is a chaotic, frenzied beat that starts at your foot and works its way up to your bobbing head until you cannot help but dance. It is beautiful and wild and harmonic at the same time.
The students not only strengthened their drumming abilities, but also held a poster exhibit and social hour with students from Universit̩ Cheikh Anta Diop in Senegal. Students from both continents shared ideas and scientific, mathematic and musical projects.
Students also performed. One night they set up two street festivals, one for children and one for adults. The next night they performed at the Soiree Senegalese, a nightclub that features pop music along with traditional drumming.
"We got a great reception from the people there," said Sasha Devore, a graduate student at the Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology, who has been drumming for four years. "It was absolutely amazing. We did so much and everyone was so excited to show us their culture and their way of drumming and to learn our way and to really share in the experience. I would definitely go back."
Rambax was created in 2001 after Tang had spent several years studying Senegalese music. She lived in Dakar, Senegal, from 1997 to 1998, and the experience was unforgettable, she said. She felt her students needed context to fully understand the art of sabar drumming.
"We used to say, 'wouldn't it be fun to go to Senegal,'" said Tang. "But within the last year, we realized that we had several of our students graduating, and that it was now or never. Students even went so far as to buy their plane tickets before we had received funding from the school for the trip."
Prior to traveling, Tang put her students through a cultural orientation. Students were taught the importance of eating with their right hands and sharing a communal food bowl as they do in Senegal. Although there were many health and cultural concerns, the students were more than prepared upon arrival and even learned enough of the Wolof language to offer thanks and compliments to their hosts and townspeople.
"We showed the people of Senegal how culturally diverse our MIT group was," said Tang. "We have students from Brazilian, Vietnamese, Hispanic backgrounds ��� all different nationalities who come together for the love of drumming."
At the presentation, Tang showed videos of Rambax's performances in Senegal. In each video, the drummers smiled with exuberance as they felt the rush of what Devore called, "losing themselves inside the music while remaining focused on your surroundings."
"Our drumming has changed since we came back," said Devore. "We learned the cultural rhythm. We have context now. When we play, we can feel the ocean; we can smell the smells and feel the dust. We drummed ourselves to exhaustion and simply lost ourselves in the music. Our drumming has definitely changed since our trip."
The tour was funded in part by the Council for the Arts at MIT, the offices of the Chancellor, Dean for Undergraduate Education and Dean for Graduate Students, and the Music and Theater Arts Section.
For more information on Rambax, visit their web site at web.mit.edu/Rambax.
A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on October 5, 2005 (download PDF).


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Two Songs from: Z Berg
Z Berg (JJAMZ, The Like) has kicked off her solo career with some acoustic tunes. There are four altogether, all quite good. The acoustic format showcases both her voice – sunny with a touch of smoke, delicate, sweet but not cloyingly so – and the glimmering sharpness of the lyrics.
These two are the ones I particularly like.
First up: Charades, which I have a feeling is the one I will be humming while walking barefoot in summer rainstorms from now on:
Charades by Z Berg
And second: I Fall For the Same Face, which is for anyone who has ever, like me, looked at the rogue's gallery of their objets d'affection and muttered I have a type and a problem with rueful amusement.
I Fall For the Same Face by Z Berg
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Description of Kay
Ms. Kay Perkins became a good friend right upon meeting her. She had a fabulous sense of humor along with a great fashion sense in hats. I was intrigued and challenged by capturing the dotted sunlight across her face as it came through the weave of the brim.


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Shot in Berlin in 1992-93 after reunification, Former East/Former West is an essay about national identity in post-Cold War Germany. Hundreds of street interviews, conducted throughout the city, document how the people of Berlin view their lives, their city, their nation — three years after the fall of the Wall and two years after the reunification of East and West. For forty-five years, residents of the divided city lived radically different lives, both in terms of ideology and everyday experience. Silver questions the very notion of a shared language, focusing on changing definitions of words for political and economic systems — democracy, freedom, capitalism, socialism — and words used to describe nations and identity — nationality, Germany, history, foreigners, home. Uncovering personal and ideological concepts of boundaries and German identity (who belongs and who doesn't), Silver explores the meanings and uses of national identity.
Directed, filmed and edited by Shelley Silver. Assistant Director: Annette Maechtel. Editors: Jeff Stabenaux, Konrad Roman.


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Historic Home Renovation Grapevine
This house is just off Main Street in Grapevine, Texas historic district. It has been a home, and most recently was a Tea room and restaurant. When the Minteer Real Estate team bought the building, they had the amazing vision to transform it into their amazing modern office space, while preserving and enhancing the historic craftsman features. The interior was completely reconfigured, with a huge addition to the back of the building. (Gary Stotnicki, Architect). I worked with the owner to configure the interior, kitchen and restrooms; the goal being to create a wonderful place to work and gather. We selected light and bright finishes, with pops of color to compliment their branding.


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The Communications Workers of America (CWA) is working to isolate the 1,400 striking telecommunication workers at Frontier in West Virginia and parts of Virginia. The strike, which began on Sunday, March 4, is nearing the end of its second week.
Workers are fighting for their jobs and against further attacks on health care and pension benefits. Frontier, which has already cut 500 jobs in the past few years, is planning to eliminate another 500 jobs. Many workers with 14, 15 and 16 years of experience with the company would be cut.
The company is making it clear it wants to break the strike, refusing to bargain and is bringing in contractors, management and personnel from other parts of its region to keep operations going. The company has also shifted work to Frontier call centers in Florida, according to a worker, a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), who posted a comment on a CWA social media page.
In the face of this strikebreaking assault, the CWA and other unions are doing everything to prevent the mobilization of other workers both Frontier locations in other states, let alone other telecom workers at Verizon and AT&T who are also battling to save their jobs.
The strike takes place as Verizon, which is raking in $3 billion to $4 billion in tax cuts this year due to President Trump, is closing six call centers across the country—one-third of its total—and wiping out 3,000 customer service jobs.
Frontier is the fourth largest provider of telecommunication services in the US. It provides landline, TV and Internet services in mostly rural areas of 29 states throughout the country but also includes several large metropolitan areas.
While the company dates back to the 1930s it became a major provider of telecom services only in the last two decades after the deregulation of the industry by then president Bill Clinton. The telecom bill passed by both Democrats and Republicans allowed the former Bell System companies to get out of providing service in less populated areas of the country and concentrate on the highly profitable, more densely populated areas.
Much of Frontier's territory consists of former GTE operations, which it purchased from Verizon in 2010. Verizon itself was the result of a merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE in 2000. Frontier also acquired many areas from AT&T, primarily the former Southern New England Telephone company in Connecticut.
The area in West Virginia and Virginia where the current strike is taking place was also acquired from Verizon as part of the 2010 deal but was not former GTE territory. It had been the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia, once a part of the Bell system and one of the companies that made up Bell Atlantic.
This reorganization benefited the wealthy stockholders of all of three companies at the expense of both the workers and the customers. Verizon and AT&T have pushed up revenues by building out their broadband networks while no longer having to shoulder the added costs of providing service in rural areas. Frontier was now freed to raise prices and cut maintenance to its customers citing the added cost of reaching rural populations as justification.
Frontier is renowned for its particularly generous dividend payments to shareholders. In 2008, for example, its dividend-to-net-income ratio was 175 percent, meaning it paid out to shareholders nearly double the total income earned by the company that year. These payouts have been financed by taking on more and more debt, which now totals close to $18 billion. While squeezing workers, the company has paid billions to its main lenders include JP Morgan, Citibank, Bank of America, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.
Since the 2008 recession, both Verizon and AT&T stock have remained basically the same, while Frontier stock has fallen from a high of over $235 per share in March 2007 to less than $8.00 per share today. The company has responded to its stagnating or tanking stock through a savage cost-cutting campaign, affecting both workers and customers.
CWA President Chris Shelton postures as an opponent of Wall Street and was a backer of Bernie Sanders and his campaign for the presidential nomination by the Democratic Party, before the CWA backed Hillary Clinton, a shill for Wall Street. Shelton and the CWA combine phony denunciations of social inequality with a deliberate policy of suppressing opposition by telecom workers, and betraying strikes when they occur.
This included the sellout of the 45-day strike by 40,000 Verizon workers on the US east coast, and brief strikes by AT&T workers on the west coast. The deals the CWA signed, which they claimed would "save jobs," have been followed by job cuts by both Verizon and AT&T.
In the past two decades Verizon has cut nearly 100,000 jobs and AT&T has cut an even larger number of workers. Healthcare and retirement benefits have been cut or eliminated. Frontier has been cutting workers, reducing service and increasing rates.
The Frontier strike erupted as 30,000 West Virginia teachers and other school employees were waging a nine-day strike, in defiance of the state's anti-strike laws and the sabotage of the teacher unions. With the corporations making billions in profits and raking in billions more in tax cuts, telecom workers are determined to recoup the years of concessions handed over by the CWA.
On April 14, the contract expires for 10,000 AT&T Midwest workers in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin and Illinois. The only way Frontier workers can win their struggle is to elect rank-and-file strike committees, controlled by workers themselves and free from the control of the CWA, to break the isolation of their strike and mobilize the broadest support among telecom workers and every section of the working class for their battle.


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Received Wisdom: Monroe Kaufman
Received Wisdom is intended to capture the thoughts and experiences of older people in the belief that a lifetime of struggle, survival and joy – in other words, living – has endowed them with special insights and knowledge worth sharing.
"I would think the favorite time of life is always – always – the present. There's no reason to believe that beautiful events that occurred in the past do not continue to occur now and in the future."
Monroe Kaufman is the father of one of my best friends from high school. This interview took place at his home in New Rochelle, N.Y., in April 2012, a day before a joyful celebration in honor of his 90th birthday. He was born on April 18, 1922, in the Bronx, N.Y. During the Depression, he said, young people who couldn't afford to go out on dates met in friends' houses for "gatherings," casual social affairs. It was at one such gathering, when he was 15 and she was 13, where he met his wife-to-be, Charlotte. "It must have worked because we've been married for 68 years."
What was life like as a youngster?
I don't have much of a recollection of the years prior to the Great Depression. I went to school and was interested in the usual sports, principally baseball. All the kids played baseball. We also played stickball, until the police came along and chased us away. You could play it in different ways. On the street the sewer covers were your bases. In addition there were many unfinished apartment buildings, because it was the Depression and there was no more money to complete the buildings. So we used the buildings as playgrounds. You could play stickball against the bare wall and hit it out across the street and onto a lot.
Were you a Giants fan?
I was a Dodgers fan. When the Dodgers moved out of Ebbets Field I moved with them in my respect and hopes. I'm still a Dodger fan.
You met Charlotte when she was 13?
Yes. At that time there wasn't enough money to go out to movies or a date or dinner. We would meet in someone's house, usually a girl's house, and have what we called "gatherings." A gathering just meant lot of young people getting together to talk, to sing, to dance, and have an opportunity to socialize. In that way I was drawn into one of the gatherings and I met my wife. We were very young. I was 15 or 16, she may have been 13 or 14. That was the first time we ever met each other. It must have worked because we've been married for 68 years!
We got married in 1943. I was in the Army and got a three-day pass to go home. We were married in a little shul on the Mosholu section in the Bronx. Our honeymoon consisted of going up to the Catskills. There were many hotels up there. We stayed at the Laurels Country Club, just for a couple of nights.
And when I came back I reported to my station, of course. I was in the Signal Corps at the time. At one point I had a wonderful assignment in the Presidio, San Francisco, which was known as the Country Club of the U.S. Army. It overlooked the San Francisco Bay Bridge.
From there I was assigned to go overseas into the Pacific Theater. But my brother [Roland] died. He was in the U.S. Navy and was serving on the USS Warrington. [The Warrington went down in an Atlantic hurricane about September 13, 1944. Two hundred and forty-eight of the ship's 321 sailors died.] As a result I was excused from having to go overseas and remained stationed with the Signal Corps. Charlotte, who had been with me, went home to console my parents. [She also reported that she advocated fiercely to get Monroe out of overseas duty due to the family tragedy.] I got an emergency furlough and went home also. I was then assigned to Fort Dix as I recall and within a year I was discharged from the Army, at which time Charlotte was pregnant with Alan. We were very fortunate to get an apartment. It was a one-bedroom with a small kitchen. That was it. If you had anybody over to the house, they sat in the kitchen with you. When you went to the bed, the baby and the parents went to bed in the same room. Our daughter, Eileen, was born in January 1948.
Before I went into the Army I worked as a file clerk with an insurance company, Public Service Mutual Insurance. I went to college at night for a year or two. When I got out of the Army I rejoined the company. This time they trained me to be an insurance adjuster. By the time I retired, 50 years later, I was a vice president of the company.
You were with the same company your whole career?
Same one. It's a small company, predominantly in the Northeast, and at the time it was one of the largest carriers (I think it still is) of hotels and apartment houses in the City of New York. They wrote business in New Jersey, Connecticut and New York.
I started as an adjuster, then I became a vice president of claims. I really wasn't ready at the age of 65 to retire. But the work ethic had changed by that time, and I just could not get along with it. The work ethic was not the same as when I was brought up. That's the way it goes. And I didn't want any more of it and I retired.
You mean people didn't want to work as hard?
That's right. People took too many breaks during the day, they did not really apply themselves to get a day's work for a day's pay. That may have just been my attitude, but many other people felt the same way.
What were the important lessons you'd want to pass along?
One of the things I realized, much later on, was that I should have applied myself to a greater extent when I got out of the Army. We had the GI Bill of Rights, which helped servicemen go back to college and get their degree. The government paid for it. In my case, I had a family, I had to work to support us, and I did not take advantage of that. Later on I felt that I could have become an effective lawyer. [In my job] I was in a position to be right next to the law. As an adjuster you're determining liability of a loss, an accident, and determining whether you want to defend the action or settle the action. I think it would have helped a great deal if I had become a lawyer in the negligence field.
It didn't seem to impede your career at all.
No. But I think being independent, being your own boss, making your own decisions, that's not the same thing as doing these things for a company. And many people availed themselves of the opportunity to go back to college and get their degree and move on from there.
In any event, we grew up with our family. I played a lot of tennis, which I always managed to get in by wheeling the baby or babies to the tennis courts, left them in the carriage when they were sleeping, and I'd go onto the courts and be able to play a little bit. [Laughs.]
Of course at this time Charlotte and I were very much involved in bringing up the children. You didn't go out for dinner, you didn't go to shows. You did not make much of a salary at the time; it was enough to maintain you, provided you did not spend your money on things that got much, much more popular later on.
We moved to New Rochelle when Alan was about eight and Eileen was about six. And within three or four years we decided we were going to take our first long vacation together as a family. I managed to get six weeks from the company, and we were going to go to the national parks out west. But unlike most people today, we drove from New York out west. When we got as far as the George Washington Bridge the kids said, "Are we there yet?"
We made a wonderful excursion of the parks, as far north as Jasper and as far south as Yellowstone and other parks. Just before we drove home, we took some horseback lessons. You go out with a leader and he will take you on certain trails and paths that you otherwise might not see.
Some time before that, maybe two or three months before, Charlotte regretfully had her first experience with cancer, a melanoma on the leg. It had to excised with radical surgery to make sure it didn't spread. And we were as frightened as anyone else would have been at that time. But we had the most wonderful doctor, who said, after she had had her surgery and treatments: "You go out there, that will be the best medicine for Charlotte."
She enjoyed the trip as much as we did. And even though she was limited, her enthusiasm was just as great as the kids and myself. We were all very proud of the way she responded to it.
Did you enjoy family life, bringing up children?
Very much so. We came up here to New Rochelle just a year or two before the problem of segregation of schools broke. [In January 1961 the New Rochelle Board of Education, through its neighborhood school policy, was found to be engaging in "de facto" segregation and ordered to desegregate. It was the first case of court-ordered desegregation in the north.] There is a school district in New Rochelle called the Lincoln School district, and all of the black people went to that school, and none of the other six or seven elementary schools in New Rochelle. The lawsuit was started to compel New Rochelle to integrate their schools, which the City resisted. The City lost its case on the trial and appeal levels and was almost ready to go up to the Supreme Court when people said, "Look, you've taken two losses already. Don't nail it shut by going up to the Supreme Court." And from then on, New Rochelle integrated, and that integration spread throughout the entire country. It was the first instance of busing, because buses were necessary to take the students to various other schools, not necessarily in their area.
Both our kids went to Mayflower, the local grade school, then Albert Leonard Junior High and New Rochelle High School. Subsequently they both went on to college; Alan to Lehigh and Eileen to Skidmore.
It was at this point, when the kids were off to college, when Charlotte and I had the opportunity to travel. We have done so a great many times since then. And I think it's one of the great joys in life, to witness what goes on in other countries, get a little bit of a feeling of how other countries survive and what their standards are compared to our own.
Alan and Eileen both went on to law school and became lawyers. Eileen had one girl, Kim, and Alan had three girls. When Eileen's daughter and Alan's oldest daughter Allison were in their teens we took them, two or three times, on trips to Europe. And it was a joy to see them take in the sights.
One story stands out in my mind. I thought it would be a good idea to take them to Oxford, England, to let them see what the school looked like. They thought it was full of church buildings. And if you remember your history, most of the schools there originally were started by different religions on campus.
What else has given you great joy like that?
When we were 45 or so, Charlotte and I took up skiing. The kids, who were teenagers then, did too. And we spent many a holiday skiing together. I was extremely frustrated to see how quickly the kids took to it, and I never got out of what I called the "outhouse crouch." But it's a great sport. The kids are still skiing today. I just stopped about three years ago.
Then we got to the point where we were active grandparents, and now we are very active great-grandparents! We are fortunate to have six wonderful great-grandchildren. It's marvelous to see how the generations grow and develop. Today the youngsters are so smart that it looks as if they are sponges, and they absorb all the knowledge so quickly and forget very little.
What are your views on death and dying?
At this point, I'm age 90. And of course we are all mortal. And I understand that I will face the end at some time. I've rationalized it to myself that I have had a wonderful life, a wonderful wife and children, and of course, grandchildren and great-grandchildren whom I've enjoyed tremendously. And that I think helps you to understand that you have done and accomplished enough to face the end, hopefully, without too much trepidation.
Charlotte and I have agreed that the end for us should be cremation. I do not believe that there is anything to be gained by retaining a gravesite. We'll have our ashes distributed at significant places to us. For myself, it will be on the tennis court and ski slope, and for Charlotte, who loves the New York Botanical Garden, there is a bench that is endowed by us in her honor. And her ashes will be distributed there.
Do you believe in an afterlife?
No. Not at all.
How about God? Do you believe in God?
We are Jewish, but I do not necessarily believe in the religion as a crutch to help you out of some dark places. I enjoy the religion for its history and its background and for most of the beliefs that Judaism has for myself. But I do not believe that you have to prove your love of the religion by necessarily attending services at the temple. I respect people who do. But it's just not for me. We belong to a synagogue, Temple Israel, because I want to support it, it does a good job. It's just not relevant for me to attend services.
I do not believe in a God, but I respect people who get a great deal of relief when necessary by prayer and reading sections of the Bible that help them understand why they may be sad, at that moment, say for when they have lost a dear one. I respect them for their beliefs. But it is just not for me. And a lot of people get satisfaction using the temple as a place for their social life. They get a great deal of joy out of sharing the experiences of temple with their neighbors and one another. And that's fine, that's fine. I've just never been involved with that. I suppose my parents were never very interested in that very much.
How then do you account for the miracles of life – bringing children into the world, the development of man from lower animals?
There are no miracles, you know that. I respect the way life has originated in this world. And there is Darwin to explain it. I do not accept miracles. I think the explanation of animal development that occurred millions of years ago biologically can explain the development of man.
Do you think people are better off today, or years ago, say half a century ago?
There have been so many wonderful discoveries in the last 40 or 50 years, it is difficult to imagine how people were able to deal with business before that time. As an example, when you go into a bank today to make a deposit or withdrawal, everything is handled by that teller, so there is no back room work that follows. Charlotte worked in a bank when she was a youngster, in fact she was the head teller, and she describes the equipment that they had. Certainly there were no computers. If you had an adding machine you were lucky. And you had to square out your balance at the end of the day. If it didn't square, you had to stay around until you could prove the balance was equal. Only then could you go home. The improvements made electronically have provided for an economy that certainly moves much faster and probably is much more helpful to consumers.
Of course there have been many opportunities for criminal conduct of operating these hedge funds etc. that make life difficult also. Like Madoff.
What about ethics? Spirituality? Do you think we've gone forward or backward?
Every generation has its own problems, and how do you measure that compared to the next generation? The Walker days, when he was mayor of the City of New York [1926-1932] and the shenanigans that were going on at that time – how do you measure that? Every generation produces its own dishonest problems. It's not unusual. Now I think there's great emphasis on that because the rewards are up in the millions and billions of dollars. So obviously there's a greater effort made to try to get a piece of it, legally or not.
What's a great day for you now?
[Laughs.] As I mentioned skiing and tennis are out. I've substituted swimming and treadmill for those activities. I try to do them as many days of the week as I can.
You married young. You have a wonderful marriage, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Do you feel especially blessed?
Very much so. Very much so. Life has had its problems, but all in all, if people could enjoy many of the simple things in life, such as family, love, activities, theater, concerts, plays, lectures. There is no end to things out there to keep you involved and content. And I participate in a great deal of that. Not as much as before but whatever I can.
What kinds of books do you read?
The books that I enjoy the most are historical biographies. And even if you select two different biographies of the same person there is always more to be absorbed.
Which historical figures do you admire?
Well, for one, Alexander Hamilton. If you read his biography you will see what a young man born a bastard of a white and black couple could do with his life. He was born on one of the Caribbean islands, and got a job in a shipping office. By the age of 16 he was running the office and was responsible for the movements of the ships in his control. If he had been born in the United States, he would have been one of our earliest great presidents. He recognized that without a military background he would not be able to achieve any high political office in our government. He became the aide de camp to George Washington and within a year or two of the revolution, asked Washington to relieve him, so he could get out in the battlefield himself.
It's a fascinating story.
I love to read biographies. There've been so many. Jefferson and Adams and Washington himself. They're all wonderful, really.
How about 20th Century figures?
Roosevelt obviously. Churchill. Ever been up to Hyde Park, to Roosevelt's home? Churchill came over to the United States to have meetings with Roosevelt. And they were having a dinner meeting at Roosevelt's house where Churchill was a guest. They discussed the issues and they reached a point when Churchill said: "Good night everybody, I'm going upstairs." Roosevelt remembered he had something to tell Churchill, and he went to Churchill's bedroom, knocked on the door, and Churchill said, "Come in." Churchill had just gotten out of a bath and he was naked. And he said, "You see, Mr. President, we English have nothing to hide!"
Did you lose any of your family in the concentration camps?
No, I don't think so. We had very distant family, whom we only heard about, but we didn't know them.
Do you find it fathomable how so much evil could have been inflicted?
It is almost impossible to imagine how the Nazis could have gained so much power and at the same time want to destroy another significant member of the human race – the Jews. It is impossible to believe. Do you know how important Jews were to Germany in their development of science, writing, and music? God almighty for Hitler to have turned his back on that.
What was your favorite time of life?
[Laughs.] I would think the favorite time of life is always, always, the present. There's no reason to believe that beautiful events that occurred in the past do not continue to occur now and in the future. Bringing up our children was a wonderful part of our life. But it was just as wonderful and maybe more wonderful to see the grandchildren develop, and to see the great-grandchildren develop. So that each time you feel you're enjoying something there can be something tomorrow and there is usually something tomorrow just as if not more enjoyable.
What are some of the advantages of getting older?
Having a greater choice of plays, lectures, concerts – so many that you have to be selective, because you cannot attend as many as you would like.
Do you have any bitterness at all about the limitations of aging?
Not bitterness. But like everybody else I'm a little bit sad to see some of the enjoyable activities that I've mentioned that you cannot handle anymore.
What events in life most surprised you?
I'm not sure it surprised me, but what provided the greatest enjoyment was that Charlotte could go on that trip that I mentioned before, out west, to the national parks, just after she finished with her cancer treatments. And you know what the sad part is? Her surgeon was a beautiful man, a beautiful man. And I don't mean handsome or anything like that. He was your ideal of what a doctor should be like. He cared for his patients, and when his patients had to go in for X-ray treatments after the surgery, he went there, and he pointed out exactly where he wanted to X-ray to be beamed and he stayed there while this was all going on. And the sad part is that he got cancer of the throat and he died when he was age 50. He was such a man, Dr. Brassfield.
Don't you think it's astonishing the role luck plays in life?
You can say that again. I had a cousin, Frances, we all called her Frankie. She was a physician, a GP. Don't ask me how it happened but one year before Charlotte had her episode with this melanoma, she [Frankie] had the exact same condition. Exact same condition in the exact same part of the leg that required excavation and treatment afterwards. And she found this Dr. Brassfield. And he cured her. She practiced into her 70s. And that's how we got to him. And both women were there as testimony to the wonderful science of this surgeon, really. It was incredible.
What have you learned about making relationships work? You've had a long marriage, business relationships, children, grandchildren…
Close relations can be established with others if you ignore certain aspects of another person and just concentrate on their qualities as a friend. Then it works fairly well.
So you have to turn a blind eye to some aspects of their personality?
Absolutely. Because we all have something that someone doesn't like. But it doesn't have to stop a friendship.
Other regrets, aside from not utilizing the GI Bill to go to college?
I wish I had been more aggressive in pursuing opportunities to advance my business career. I feel when I look around and see how other people have developed with the same limitations and hesitations that I had, but pursued them and succeeded, I get a little bit frustrated myself that I did not do more.
But you did succeed though.
We all have different definitions of success, right? And people who manage to succeed on their own…when you're working for a company, yes, you're a success for the company, it's not the same thing as your success. It's the company's success. Not the same thing.
Still, to be at one company for 50 years, starting at the bottom…
Yeah [somewhat heatedly], but was it because I was too lazy to take the knowledge that I gathered from that position and shop around with other companies? There were many people who knew what they were doing and could develop their own departments for other companies. I didn't do it, I was too lazy.
Or maybe you just content with what you had?
I don't know. But you never know until you try. And I never did try.
Did you like work? Did you like going to work?
I did like the work because in my position I was responsible for very substantial decisions, such as when to try a case, when to settle a case, and to make the best decision under the conditions that prevailed. It was very difficult for me to live with that day after day after day. But I certainly wasn't bored!
So there was a lot of pressure?
Self-pressure. I had my own standards and I tried to live up to them.
Were you ever tempted to compromise your standards – make it easier on yourself?
No, no. I did not.
Why do you think you were that way?
People in the Depression understood – I think more so than today – the value of a dollar. And it sometimes takes that sort of pressure of leading a frugal life that may prevent you from trying to achieve very high goals. And I find that among my friends too, who are the same age as I am and all went through the same things. We all recognized the value of a dollar. It's not that way with the present generation coming up. And I don't blame them! They are so well-educated, so well-trained. They have such great hopes for the future, and they know they're going to make it, that they have a different perspective than my generation.
You think they're more willing to take risks?
Yes absolutely.
And your generation – or at any rate you – were more risk-averse.
Very much so. Many of the people of my age, when they got ready to go to work, if they could find a civil service job, that was heaven. And just like myself, they stayed with it the rest of their life. They might have gone out and done better than that. But it's always very nice to have a civil service job where you're guaranteed your benefits and salary and retirement and all of that.
Kids today might say they have it a lot worse, because they don't have those guarantees.
I don't know.
[At this point we talk about Alan.]
…He exchanges stories with me about certain [sports] games we went to together, and I have absolutely no idea how he recollects certain events and stories. One of the things that comes along with aging is the difficulty remembering dates and names, even among friends I've known for many years. That should be the worst of it.
I do remember one story. I used to be a football Giants fan, and I went to the Polo Grounds, that's where they played their games. And during one game an announcement came over the loudspeaker, saying, "Would Col. Bill Donovan call his office?" That was the end of it, we watched the game. When we came out of the Polo Grounds, there were these tabloids: "Pearl Harbor Bombed!" People looked at each other and said, "Where the hell is Pearl Harbor?"
Raising the kids, were there any special trials and tribulations?
No. Charlotte and I always felt very lucky that our kids never tried drugs. We escaped that. Many parents had that problem and had to deal with it, and that was tough. We had friends here in New Rochelle who as far as I'm concerned were just as caring and loving seeing their children develop and working with them on their homework and everything else – who were just not lucky. Don't ask me why one family was lucky and another wasn't. They put in as much effort with their children as we did. One family we knew – to see their kid get involved [with drugs] that way was crushing.
[At this point the tape runs out. But my notes indicate we talked about Monroe's volunteer work in retirement. He said for a time he helped kids with their homework at the New Rochelle library. He was the first volunteer and when he left there were five. Later the College of New Rochelle took over the program and students did it for college credit. He also joined CASA – Court Appointed Special Advocate – providing assistance to the courts when they took custody of a neglected or abused child, or whose parents were on drugs.]
I just resigned last month. I was the only male advocate out of 75 people. Most of the others were former teachers, social workers and the like. I was the only non-professional involved.
We'd work with the parents, the county, therapists, teachers. Cases would sometimes take as long as four-and-a-half years. There was one boy, when I began with him, he wouldn't start a conversation. "No." "Yes." That was it. When I left he was in the last year of middle school. His personality, his character, his friendliness were marvelous to behold. You couldn't stop him from talking. His parents were on drugs. We gave them two choices: give up custody or go to trial. They gave up custody. His aunt said she would adopt him. Our goal, when the parents weren't fit to be with the child, was to find someone capable of adopting. So seeing that gave us a tremendous sense of accomplishment.
Note: Monroe passed away Sept. 13, 2016, at the age of 94, a few days after his 73rd wedding anniversary. He was surrounded by his loving family.


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Build with Beaches Habitat! Whether you are an experienced carpenter or have never touched a hammer, we will find a place for you on our construction site! Though we are a Christian ministry, we welcome volunteers and supporters from all backgrounds to be a part of our organization.
If you are completing community service to fulfill a legal requirement (probation, pre-trial, etc.), need your hours verified or are younger than 18 years of age, please contact us before scheduling hours.
Requirements and Recommendations for Construction Volunteers
It is required that construction volunteers:
- Be at least 16 years of age;
- Register with the program - online or over the phone. Our sites have a maximum capacity for your safety, so we need to know that you're coming;
- Complete a Release and Waiver of Liability before volunteering and at least once every year after. (18 & older release form | Younger than 18 release form) Please have your parents or legal guardian complete the Release form if you're younger than 18;
- Dress appropriately for construction work - please wear sturdy shoes that cover your whole foot (preferably work boots, but sneakers are okay);
- Are ready to get dirty! This is a "real" construction site and you'll be doing hard work. Don't worry if you don't have experience - our staff will teach you what you need to know.
Is it recommended that construction volunteers:
- Complete the "Volunteering On A Habitat for Humanity Job Site" safety training available through our partner, Lockton Affinity. You will need the Employee Access Code "W8NAEBTG" to enter the site;
- View our Construction Volunteer Policies;
- Have a moderate level of physical fitness;
- Have the ability to perform moderately strenuous bending and reaching activities;
- Are able to safely balance on stairs and uneven surfaces;
- Can work in a dusty and active environment without climate control of any sort;
- Are able to meet other moderate physical demands associated with the day's activities.
- If you have any concerns about your ability to meet these recommendations or need special accommodations, please contact us so we can do our best to work with you!
A Vounteer FAQ is available to help answer many common questions. The address of the meeting location and a link to our construction guidelines are available on the volunteer calendar and will also be emailed to you in your confirmation.
Contact our Community Outreach Director, Sarah Jared, with any questions or to register for volunteer opportunities by calling (904) 595-5793 or by sending an email to email@example.com.
Construction Volunteer Policies
Beaches Habitat strives to make volunteering safe, productive and fun. Because of the inherent risks associated with construction activities, we ask that all volunteers abide by the following guidelines. Thank you for your cooperation.
What to Expect
- Bad weather? Beaches Habitat builds rain or shine. If it looks like conditions are too dangerous to safely work on site, we'll announce schedule changes on our "volunteer hotline" at least 1 hour prior to the start time. Volunteers can call in if there's a question about build day status - (904) 595-5810.
- Please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes early. It may take some time to get from the parking location to the construction site. Upon arrival, make your way to the registration table where we will have your sign in sheet, extra copies of paperwork and tape to make name tags.
- As a Christian ministry, we begin our day with prayer. Everyone is welcome, regardless of your faith. If you prefer not to participate, please join in after the prayer for safety information. Sites and/or tasks are assigned after the safety overview.
- If you're unable to stay for your full volunteer shift, please let us know as soon as possible!
- The construction staff appreciates when volunteers assist in cleaning up the site.
- If you are uncomfortable with a task or need more information to complete it, please talk to your leader. They will teach you how to safely and effectively complete a task or help you find an alternative task. Your safety is our first priority!
What to Wear
- Thick soled shoes that cover your entire foot are required on the construction site, preferably steel toe boots or athletic shoes. Absolutely no sandals or open-toe shoes are allowed.
- Most work is outside – please dress appropriately for the weather. We encourage pants to protect your legs from scrapes and scratches, but shorts are acceptable.
- Clothes that can get dirty are strongly encouraged – rips, stains, and drips are common on the construction site.
- Out of respect for our diverse population of volunteers, we request that all volunteers wear modest attire and refrain from wearing clothing with suggestive and/or profane designs.
- Hard hats are required on most sites. They are used by many volunteers, so you may want to bring a handkerchief or scarf to cover your head under the hard hat. Headbands for volunteers are available on construction sites.
- For your safety, please be sure to follow the construction team's instructions for proper use of hard hats.
What to Bring
- Water is provided on site. Please bring a water bottle and feel free to refill from our coolers.
- When volunteering for a full day, please bring a bagged lunch or plan to purchase lunch near the site.
- Snacks are provided for break. If you have allergies or restrictions, feel free to bring a snack with you.
- Tools will be provided on site. You're welcome to bring your own tool belt and small hand tools. Please do not bring power tools, such as saws, nail guns, etc. Be sure personal tools are labeled with your name. Beaches Habitat is not responsible for lost or damaged personal items.
- It is preferred that you use the hard hats provided on site. Hard hats expire! We monitor our hard hats for wear and to be sure they are used within the lifespan recommended by the manufacturer.
- There is no safe place to store valuables. Please leave valuables at home or locked in your vehicle.
- Please do not bring pets or children younger than 16.
Age Restrictions for Youth
- All volunteers must be age 16 or older to assist on a Beaches Habitat construction site. Opportunities may occasionally become available for 14 or 15 year old volunteers. Please contact our Community Outreach Director at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
- A parent or legal guardian's signature is required for all volunteers younger than 18 years of age.
- For their safety and to ensure compliance with age restrictions, all volunteers under 18 years of age will be given a colored wrist band or name tag during volunteer check-in to identify them as minors.
- When volunteering as a group, one adult supervisor (age 25 or older) should accompany every four youth volunteers. Adults are responsible for assuring all applicable Beaches Habitat construction site and age restriction policies are followed.
- Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age to work on a ladder, roof or scaffolding, or use power tools. A full copy of Beaches Habitat's Youth Policy is available upon request.
Other Information
- There is no smoking or vaping on the construction site. Designated smoking areas are available.
- Please silence cell phones for safety purposes and step away from the construction site for any calls, texts, etc. When possible, wait for scheduled breaks to use cell phones.
There should be no head phones or ear buds on the construction sites to ensure that volunteers can hear directions, announcements and safety warnings. When it is appropriate, leaders may play music appropriate for a Christian ministry.
- Volunteers are welcome to take photographs. Please try to minimize disruption to construction activities while doing so.
- Construction locations, workdays and assignments are subject to change due to the unpredictable nature of volunteer construction work. Your patience and cooperation is appreciated so that we can ensure a safe and enjoyable environment for all.
Construction Site Safety
- We need your help to keep our construction sites safe! If you see anything that appears unsafe, please correct it if possible or notify your leader. No task is more important than keeping yourself and your fellow workers safe.
- Notify a leader of any injuries. First aid kits are available and emergency care will be contacted when necessary.
- Free online safety training is available for all Beaches Habitat volunteers. The access code for courses is: W8NAEBTG. You may take any course available on the site and we highly recommend the following:
- You are Exposed: General Affiliate Safety
- Fall Safety
- Volunteering on a Habitat for Humanity Job Site
Volunteer Code of Conduct
Becoming a Habitat volunteer comes with great rewards and responsibilities. Volunteers like you are representatives of Habitat for Humanity and its ministry. When you accept a volunteer role with Habitat for Humanity, you are committing to act in a way that promotes Habitat's mission, respects the local community, and ensures the safety of all participants. In addition to complying with all laws, regulations, and Habitat for Humanity policies, all volunteers are expected to follow the volunteer code of conduct outlined below.
- Promote a respectful community: Treat all volunteers, employees and community members with respect, courtesy, and dignity. This includes avoiding the use of humiliating, demeaning, offensive, or otherwise insensitive language that fails to respect the dignity of the person. Volunteers are also expected to refrain from engaging in intimidation, physical, sexual, and/or emotional violence toward others. Help promote a welcoming, respectful environment by making efforts to understand and honor the local culture and by following all rules and policies set forth by a Habitat program staff member or supervising volunteer. Use of social media should be governed by the principles of respecting and protecting vulnerable populations while preserving their dignity and privacy. You are discouraged from posting anything on social media that permits beneficiaries from being identified and/or traced.
- Respect the human rights of all people and protect beneficiaries and community members from exploitation and abuse. All Habitat volunteers must model behavior consistent with the Habitat for Humanity International Safeguarding Policy which protects staff, beneficiaries, and community members (especially vulnerable adults and children) from exploitation and abuse. Inappropriate physical or sexual relationships with other volunteers is prohibited. Under no circumstances, may volunteers engage in sexual activity with a child (a person under the age of 18, regardless of the legal age of consent and local laws), any Habitat staff or beneficiaries, or any community members. This includes not procuring commercial sex acts, even where such activities are permitted by local laws.
- Prioritize site safety: Safety rules and guidelines on the volunteer site have been created to keep you and others safe as you volunteer and must be followed. Activities that pose a safety risk to yourself or others should be avoided. Report any unsafe working conditions to the onsite supervisor.
- Uphold a zero-tolerance policy for alcohol, drugs and weapons: The purchase or possession of drugs or weapons is strictly prohibited on Habitat for Humanity property and volunteer sites. The purchase or possession of alcohol is also strictly prohibited on Habitat for Humanity volunteer sites, even if permitted by local laws or by the laws of the volunteer's home country.
- Follow the gift giving policy: To avoid potential misunderstandings, embarrassment, injured feelings or jealousy, volunteers are asked not to exchange gifts with Habitat beneficiaries, staff members or community members without consulting Habitat staff. Volunteers may speak with a staff member about appropriate ways to exchange gifts and our staff is happy to suggest gifts that will benefit the entire community.
- Protect ministry assets: Use reasonable care to protect all Habitat for Humanity resources. Stealing, misappropriation or diversion of Habitat for Humanity funds, property, or other assets for personal benefit is not permitted, nor is otherwise engaging in fraudulent activity regarding Habitat for Humanity's assets, operations, or beneficiaries.
- Maintain confidentiality: Build trust with other volunteers and Habitat for Humanity by respecting the confidentiality of volunteers, staff, Habitat beneficiaries, and community members. Unless you receive prior written approval from HFHI, you will not disclose confidential HFHI information or confidential information given to you by others.
- Speak up!: Habitat for Humanity embraces a "see something, say something" culture. If you become aware of potential misconduct, help reinforce our culture of courage and accountability by sharing your concerns with an appropriate Habitat staff or supervising volunteer. You can also anonymously report potential misconduct through MySafeWorkplace.com.
Volunteer on Your Own
Anyone, age 16 or older, can sign up to help with home construction. Please review our guidelines and Volunteer FAQs if you'd like more information about volunteering on the construction site.
Opportunities are typically available 5 days each week. Volunteers will be paired with a staff member or Crew Leader who will teach you what you need to know to have a safe and productive day. We provide all of the tools and equipment - you just need to dress for the weather, wear sturdy shoes that cover your entire foot, and come ready to work!
Visit our volunteer calendar to see locations, times, and availability. Please be sure to register so we know you're coming!
Volunteer with a Group
Whether you are looking for an opportunity for your company, church group, family, or more, we welcome groups to reserve a day to build on our construction sites. Group scheduling is a popular team-building activity, so opportunities are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Group opportunities are available on Thursday and Friday from 8am to 12pm and every other Saturday from 8:30am to 12:30pm.
To get the process started, complete the group request form or contact Sarah Jared, Community Outreach Director, at (904) 595-5793 or email@example.com. Once your group is scheduled, you will receive more information to help you prepare for your day on site.
Construction Crew Leadership
Crew Leaders lead small groups of volunteers in construction tasks. They are skilled volunteers who have made an ongoing commitment to work with Beaches Habitat. Many begin as individual volunteers who develop their construction and leadership skills through continued participation in the building program.
Crew Leader responsibilities include:
- Arriving on site 20 minutes prior to the start of construction to help with set up and to review task goals for the day.
- Teaching other volunteers appropriate construction methods and techniques and overseeing their work.
- Providing safety equipment necessary for the tasks and ensuring that it is used consistently and correctly.
- Ensuring that volunteers are working in a safe and fun environment and are enjoying their experience.
- Assisting volunteers in meeting the task goals for the day.
- Following the guidance of the House Captain to ensure appropriate construction and safety standards are maintained.
To qualify to be a Crew Leader, volunteers should:
- Be at least 18 years of age.
- Volunteer consistently with Beaches Habitat for Humanity on site, at least twice per month for 4 to 6 months.
- Have a recommendation from a member of the construction staff and receive approval from the construction department.
- Priority scheduling
- Beaches Habitat construction manual
- Beaches Habitat "Crew Leader" hard hat
Court Ordered Volunteers
Beaches Habitat for Humanity allows some volunteers to complete mandated hours on our construction site. However, we do have limitations, based on the charge or reason for your required hours. Please be sure to review our full policy. If your charge fits within our guidelines, please complete the form and submit your final judgment or other official document noting the charge for approval. A member of our staff will review your request and let you know if you qualify. Please do not register to volunteer until you have received approval.
Women Build
To encourage and empower more female construction volunteers, Beaches Habitat selects one home each year to be our Women Build.
All are welcome, regardless of your skills or construction experience. Our knowledgeable staff and volunteer leaders will teach and guide you. It's a fun, friendly, mostly female environment.
Whether you want to learn new skills or meet new people, Women Build is a rewarding experience.
Join our Women Build email list to stay up to date on Women Build opportunities.
Interfaith Build
What better way to put God's love into action than by helping your neighbors to build a home they can afford?
Each year, Beaches Habitat partners with faith communities to support a home build. Your congregation can be involved in a number of ways that include:
- Service;
- Prayer;
- Giving
Use the link below to request information about the Interfaith Build via email.


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08/07/2017: HMAS Canberra conducts air operations with International Navies during Exercise Talisman Saber 17.
The Talisman Saber series of exercises is the principal Australian and United States Military Training activity focused on the planning and conduct of mid-intensity 'high end' war fighting.
Exercise Talisman Saber is the largest combined, joint military exercise undertaken by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and provides invaluable experience to ADF personnel to improve combat training, readiness and interoperability, exposing participants to a wide spectrum of military capabilities and training experiences.
The biennial exercise was conducted for the seventh time in 2017, involving more than 30,000 US and Australian participants, operating in the maritime, land and air environments.
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The Pirates will try to continue their recent trend of brilliant baseball as they complete their series in sweltering St. Louis Sunday afternoon (2:15).
The Bucs finished the month of June with a 17-10 record. That included consecutive victories against the Cardinals on Friday and Saturday, with the Pirates piling up 14 runs in the first game and winning 7-3 on Saturday thanks in part to a Pedro Alvarez grand slam. They'll hunt for a sweep on Sunday.
On Sunday, Erik Bedard faces Jake Westbrook. The matchup looks somewhat favorable to the Cardinals, given that Bedard has faded since a brilliant April (with a 2.48 ERA that month, versus 6.58 in June). Westbrook, meanwhile, has pitched fairly well recently, picking up a quality start in his last outing, against Miami, and pitching a complete game against the Tigers right before that. But with the way the Pirates' offense has played recently, one never knows.
Bedard has 998 career strikeouts, so there's a strong chance he'll record his 1,000th career strikeout Sunday.
For more on the Pirates, be sure to check out Bucs Dugout. For more on the Cardinals, there's Viva El Birdos.