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Boys' soccer
Athletes of the Year
Victor Ferreira
Division 1: New Bedford, Senior, Midfield
The captain led his team to an undefeated regular season and pushed his career totals to 58 goals and 51 assists. He was MVP of the Big 3 Conference and an All-State and All-New England selection the past two years. He also was named an NSCAA All-American this season.
Gareth Dudney
Division 2: North Andover, Senior, Midfield
The Cape Ann League MVP tallied 19 goals and 11 assists this season, and was an All-New England selection. He was an All-State selection the past two years, and was the EMass All-Star Game MVP last year. The senior is considering Villanova, Vermont, and UMass for college.
Jacob Rendon
Division 3: Harwich, Senior, Midfield
Rendon was Player of the Year in the South Shore League and was an All-New England and All-State selection. The senior captained his team to league titles the past two seasons. A National Honor Society student, Rendon will attend the US Coast Guard Academy next year.
Thomas Ballenthin
Lexington, Junior, Defense
The junior helped lead his team to a Division 1 EMass title, the Middlesex League title, and a 19-1-3 record this season. He scored 11 goals and added 11 assists and was an All-State selection. He is a three-year starter who also runs track during the winter and spring seasons.
Leon Brown
Roxbury Latin, Senior, Forward
The leading scorer in the ISL with 17 goals and six assists, he finishes his career with 55 goals and 23 assists, while garnering All-State and All New England honors this season. He has earned ISL honors in track and basketball and will play soccer at Notre Dame.
Brett Canepa
Hingham, Senior, Forward
Canepa tallied 21 goals and eight assists this season and earned a spot on the All-New England team. He was also named to the All-State team for the second consecutive year. The UMass-bound senior is an honor roll student and he finished his career with 54 goals and 23 assists.
Miguel Castro
Lynn Classical, Senior, Forward
The senior captain scored 30 goals and tallied 13 assists this season, earning the Northeastern Conference North MVP award. He was named to the All-State team and racked up 93 goals and 40 assists during his three-year career. He is considering Maryland, Santa Clara, and Boston University, among others.
Chris Ciampa
Danvers, Senior, Forward
The Northeastern Conference South MVP led EMass with 33 goals and added 14 assists this season. He was also named to the Coaches All-State team and is a three-time NEC All-Star. The honor student plans to study engineering in college.
Cole DeNormandie
Lincoln-Sudbury, Junior, Forward
The two-time All-Scholastic had 22 goals and six assists en route to his second Dual County League MVP award. The junior led his team to the Division 1 North final and earned spots on the All-American, All-New England, and All-State teams. He has 46 goals and 18 assists in his three seasons.
William Donovan
Catholic Memorial, Senior, Forward
The senior captain scored the decisive goal in his team's 1-0 victory in the state championship game against Ludlow. Donovan netted 18 goals and added 15 assists this season, earning him the Catholic Conference MVP award. He was named to the All-State team and is committed to Duke University.
Jeff Kilday
Marshfield, Senior, Defense
The senior center back was named to the All-New England, All-State, and Atlantic Coast League All-Star teams after leading the Rams to a 9-7-4 record. He also plays for the Crusaders United soccer team, and is a National Honor Society student.
Graham Knisley
St. George's, Senior, Defense
A powerful defender and scoring threat for the Dragons, Graham was a four-year starter and captain the last two years. The ISL defensive MVP for 2009 capped his career by being named first team All-ISL, a New England NEPSAC All-Star, and an All-New England/All-American candidate.
Jae Lee
Chapel Hill, Junior, Forward
Lee, who also plays lacrosse, was named the EIL's Player of the Year after leading the conference in scoring for the third straight year. With 16 goals and 5 assists this season, Lee was also named Chapel Hill's MVP for the third straight season.
Allan Parrelli
Reading, Senior, Forward
The Middlesex League MVP and All-New England selection racked up 17 goals and five assists this season, including three goals in the playoffs. He was named to the All-State and EMass All-Star teams and finished his career with 26 goals and nine assists.
Keith Rose
Dighton-Rehoboth, Senior, Forward
Rose holds school records for goals in a game (5), season (34), and career (89), and most points in a season (45) and career (111). He had 32 goals and five assists this season and was an All-New England and All-State selection. He also runs winter track and plays baseball.
Gustavo Santos
Framingham, Senior, Midfield
The Bay State League MVP scored 23 goals and added 10 assists this season and was selected for the All-New England and All-State teams. During his career he tallied 44 goals and 27 assists and the Flyers won two EMass Division 1 titles.
Eric Slingerland
Phillips Exeter, Senior
2009 was a year for the record books for Slingerland, who tied the school record for goals in a season (16) and broke the career record (44). Slingerland, who scored a goal in the East-West Senior All-Star game, will play lacrosse and perhaps soccer at Harvard next year.
Admilson Timas
Brockton, Senior, Forward
A member of the Coaches Division 1 All-State team, Timas led the Boxers to a 16-4-2 mark and the Division 1 South title game. With 13 goals and 14 assists, the team captain and Big Three All-Star was ranked second in the conference in scoring.
Nick Woolf
Winchester, Senior, Goalkeeper
Woolf had one of the best goalkeeping seasons in school history, winning 12 games, posting nine shutouts, and allowing 0.81 goals per game. The senior captain holds the school record with 30 career wins. He set a Middlesex League mark with 17 saves in a 1-1 tie against Lexington this season.
Coach of the Year
John Finn
Catholic Memorial, , Division 1
The Catholic Memorial alum led the Knights to their first state title in boys' soccer, finishing with an 18-3-3 record. He has a 51-30-17 in five seasons at CM. He also coaches track in the winter and spring seasons and is a former cross-country All-Scholastic.
Ted Tedeschi
Sandwich, , Division 2
Tedeschi led Sandwich to the first sectional title in school history when it won the Division 2 South championship. The team finished 18-2-3 and won its fourth straight Atlantic Coast League title. In 23 seasons he is 226-141-51. He also coaches boys' tennis.
Renato Capobianco
Weston, , Division 3
In his eighth year at the helm, he led his team to a 15-2-6 record, a Dual County League Small co-championship, and the Division 3 state title. A San Diego native, he said this year's squad "did a great job on working hard and focusing on one day at a time."
How we picked the team
The All-Scholastic boys' soccer team was selected by the Boston Globe's school sports staff. Selection is limited to MIAA schools that compete in EMass leagues. Text by Evan MacDonald.
Atlantic Coast
Dennis-Yarmouth: Robbie Nelson. Falmouth: Charlie Breslin, Matt Flynn, Tyler Singer-Clark. Marshfield: Wade Jastremski, Jeff Kilday, Andrew Sheridan. Nauset: Ben Altneu, Logan Brown, Garrett McEnaney, Tyler Savoner. Plymouth North: Jon Landers, Brian Mason. Plymouth South: Devin Sullivan. Sandwich: Peter Alverenga, Nick Cotter, Dallas Donovan, Adam Scholi, Kyle Van Cleef.
Bay State
Braintree: Kyle Garvan, Craig Shadduck. Brookline: Matt Daugherty, Cole McCracken, Minjae Song. Dedham: Jeffrey Farrell. Framingham: Keith Danley, Matheus Goncalves, Marlon Ramalho, Gustavo Santos. Milton: Stephen Farmer, Stefan Pouliot. Natick: Rei Mitsuyama, Andrew Murphy. Needham: Ryan Hagen, Eli Teplin. Newton North: Gianluca Viscomi. Norwood: Dan Cubelli. Walpole: JP Lawton. Wellesley: Jeremy Luck, Kevin O'Brien. Weymouth: Mike Dias, Robbie Lynch, Zak Stuart.
Big Three
Brockton: Moises Alves, Junior DePina, Daniel Famosi, Admilson Timas. Durfee: Tercio Cardeiro, Michael Sousa, Romeo Tamba. New Bedford: Fernando Baptista, Tiago Dourado, Kyle Duarte, Victor Ferreira, John Macaroco, Alex Machado.
Boston City
Boston English: Yayha Jama, Hermon Woldeghiorgis. Boston International: Jose Barros, Wuilito Fernandes. Brighton: Douglas Inacio, Ibrahim Tiene. Burke: Jose Borges, Jovan Scott. Charlestown: Brenton Beaufils, Jonathan Delgado. Dorchester: Montfort Bembeleza, Quesi James. East Boston: Kelvin Martinez, Carlos Ruiz. Hyde Park: Amer Fadelelsaid, Vladimir Mead. Latin Academy: Luis Marin, Nikiander Pelari. O'Bryant: Deinam Dikibo, Ronald Ilia. Snowden: Maksim Neganov, Miguel Rosado. South Boston: Anh Huynh, Man Pham. West Roxbury: James Germain, Alteus Judelin.
Cape Ann
Georgetown: Bryant Yavorski. Hamilton-Wenham: Matt Herrick. Ipswich: Robbie Dick. Lynnfield: Brendan Colby. Masconomet: Kevin McAllister, John Miller. Newburyport: Marc Bajko. North Andover: Gareth Dudney, Ross Marchand. North Reading: Steven Dixon. Pentucket: Taylor Beaton. Rockport: Andrew Burnham, Keady Segel. Triton: Collin Smith. Wilmington: Caleb Rogers, Tossapol Saenchandi.
Catholic Central
Archbishop Williams: Matt Forbes, Ray Gafney, Kevin Jaogo. Arlington Catholic: Agostinho Lam, Steve MacDonald. Austin Prep: Mark Kalaris, Shawn Leahy, Matt Moran, Vin Visconti. Bishop Fenwick: Fransisco Anzoatequi, Brandon Ballard, Doug Garabedian, Connor McCormack, Artie Newman. Cardinal Spellman: JJ Battaglia, Tony Bolduc, Michael Kearney, Ryan Narciso, Paul Pits. Cathedral: Jelani Connell. Lowell Catholic: Matt Cavanaugh, David Haley, Andrew Larmand, Eric Savard, Jason Savard, Kyle Thomas. Marian: Tim Lang, Tim Walsh. Matignon: Hieu Nguyen, Charlie Rinaldo, J.B. Thompson, Jae Won Choi, Seaong Wook Moon. North Cambridge Catholic: Stephen Lopez, Kevin Martinez. Pope John: Cesar Caniuff, Nick Kelley, Jerry Matouv. St. Mary�s: Alex Glover, Rob Gogain, Julian Yourawksi. Trinity Catholic: Gyeongmin King, Dave Oreste, Nicola Scarrone, Daryl Thomas.
Catholic Conference
BC High: Nick Alberti, Rob Bergquist, Phil Ditullio, Andrew Morgan, Ronan O'Callahan. Catholic Memorial: Conner Askins, Hamadi Cantave, William Donovan, Alex Flores. Malden Catholic: Nick Annesse, Steve Salazar. St. John's Prep: Dan O'Conner, Jim O'Leary, Steve Pasinski. Xaverian: Ben Widenaar.
Chelsea: Ricardo Amaya, Yanquel Da Silva, Elvin Merino, Diego Reyes, Norlin Torres. Fellowship Christian: Joe Ertsos, Trevor Glines. Greater Lawrence: Edward Boateng, Matt Jasinski, Chris Suarez. Greater Lowell: Kevin Borba, C.J. Monoxelos, Chris Morlock. Lynn Tech: Klaus Alexis, Pedro Blas, Orlin Escalante, Richard Jones-Alas, Gustavo Rodriguez. Minuteman: Arnon Albuquerque, Jose Cuadro, Dan Maloney, Ken March. North Shore: Jeremy Caira, Derrick Frazier, Tim Gil, Gary Polsonetti, Pete Randazzo. Northeast: Gustavo Araujo, Camilo Flores, Daniel Jaramillo, Christian Mukala, Douglas Silveira. Shawsheen: Rich Madigan, Mike O'Connell, Mark Sarro. Whittier: Jacob Bradwell, Matt Capprini, Peter Desmarais, Traeger Domoretsky, Jake Greene.
Dual County
Acton-Boxborough: Nolan Condron, Oliver Davis, Dillon Meagher. Arlington: Simon Ginet, Miles Powell. Bedford: Alex Kovacs, Mike Thorsen, Nevin Whalley. Boston Latin: Aiden Browne, Ignacio Farias. Concord-Carlisle: Cam McGrory, Aaron Nickelseberg, Alex Puchrick, Drew Vanasse. Lincoln-Sudbury: Brendan Caslin, Cole DeNormandie, Chris Kafina, Forest Sisk. Newton South: Mark Garrity. Tyngsborough: Derek Diaz, John Frazier. Waltham: Eric Garcia, Kleymar Garcia. Wayland: Seth Harper, Nico Pascual-Leone, Michael Trueblood. Westford: Brian Hennessey, Cody Heusmann, Ian Hunter. Weston: Derek Kachadurian, David Nahigian, Eben Timko, Peter Wynant.
Eastern Athletic
Bishop Feehan: Oliver Baublis, Ricky Blythe, Anthony Cichetti, Devin Devoy, Donovan Driscoll. Bishop Stang: Neil Canha, Ethan Grillo, Asa Mills. Coyle & Cassidy: Tim Hamelin, Keith Perry. Martha's Vineyard: Leandre Andrade, Felipe Freitas. Somerset: Josh Davies, Cam Whitford.
Eastern Independent
Bancroft: David Stillman. Beaver Country Day: Oliver Hunt, Henry Moorhead. Berwick: Ethan Hawes. Chapel Hill: Jae Lee, Matt Perry. Concord Academy: Danny Kliger, Alex Milona. Landmark: Thaoi Kline. Lexington Christian: Ethan Hawes, Geoff Kishbaugh, Michael Oliver, Tim Patrie, Kjell Pu. Pingree: Andrew Faulkner, Nick Gram, Peter Siegel, Patrick Williamson. Portsmouth Abbey: Ethan DaPonte, Chris Larson, Owen Rischmann.
Canton: Ramon Ambrosio, David Corcoran, Matt Heagney, Chris Murray, Igor Perun, Luke Shapiro. Foxborough: Dan Adair. Franklin: Jarret Sassaman, Greg Schmauder. King Philip: Matt Keys, Tyler Marra, Mike Perry. Mansfield: Max Miller. North Attleborough: Toby Berkowitz, Alex Ventola. Oliver Ames: Pietro Galeno, Dylan Hawkins, Conner McCormick. Sharon: Alex Sands. Stoughton: Scott Mitchell.
Belmont Hill: Robert Cahill. Brooks: Andres Burbank-Crump, Nick Vozella. BB&N: Kaeghan Kelly, Jay Messenger, Adam Morollo, Ciaran Nugent. Groton: Will Stankiewicz. Middlesex: Pat Barry, Mike Miele. Nobles: Chris Pratt. Rivers: Jon Garcia. Roxbury Latin: Leon Brown, Kyle Kadlick, Joey Russo. St. George's: Michael Casey, Graham Knisley. St. Mark's: Kyle Volpe. St. Paul's: Charles Rice, Luke Sisler. St. Sebastian's: Peirce Daly, Zane Stanton. Thayer: Zack Grady, Alex Issa.
Avon: Keith Berry, Zach Berry, Evan Stimpson. Bishop Connolly: David Barbosa, Peter Lee, Issac Massa. Blue Hills: James Cahill, Matt Keenan, Derek Walker. Bristol-Plymouth: Mark Casses, Tyler Daniel, Nate Pereira, Cassio Viera. Chatham: Cameron Blanco, David Coy, Jack Geiger, Matt Lucas, Peter Sheppard. Holbrook: Tyler Hughes, Ryan Ring. Old Colony: Andrew Cordiero, Mike Delgado, Zach Horn, Brett Tchorz. Sacred Heart: John Ladas, Chris Markon, Francais Mulkern, Simon Ostrowski, Garret Seibert. Tri-County: Nick Crowley, Taylor Crowley, Drew Flamenco, Chase Mechlinski. West Bridgewater: Taylor Bradford, Chris Cosgrove, Joe Meltzer, Andrew Nersessian. Westport: Alex Ferreira, Nick Friar, Chris Hartnett, Justin Kochman, Zach Lebreux, Chris Rosa, Brandon Torres.
Mass. Bay Independent
Boston Trinity: Alex Egilman, Daniel Kim, Ian Mulholland. BU Academy: Danny Housley, Andy Yu. Brimmer & May: Matt Lebowitz, Stephen Mulloy, Patrick Pierre-Victor. Cambridge Weston: Zach Hamilton, Franklin Stubbs. Commonwealth: Jackson Elliot, Michael Nalipinski. Gann Academy: Benjamin Bernays, Noah Davis, Sam Kusinitz. Greater Boston Academy: Rodney Durand, Jerry Phanor. Learning Center: Ben Letandre. Newman Prep: Xiong Hao, Kofi Kyeremateng, Botian Liu. Waldorf: Jackson Cohen. Waring: Tim Allen, Nate Dimauro, Peter Howes, Reeve Moire.
Merrimack Valley
Andover: Kaelan Crawford, Randy Sartor. Billerica: Tim Canniff, Steve Hunter, Ryan Nickerson. Central Catholic: Dan Caruso, Josh Voto. Chelmsford: Dave DiPanfilo. Dracut: Kyle Adie, Aaron Barbosa. Haverhill: Jared Lewis. Lawrence: Francisco Cuesta, Edgar Escalante. Lowell: Felipe Fagundes. Tewksbury: Jon DiGiorgio, Christopher Santos.
Belmont: Ben Levy, Shuntaro Shirota. Burlington: Juan Aguilar, Costa Vakorlfotis. Lexington: Thomas Ballenthin, Kristian Driscoll, Alex Lukez, Jordan Mizerak, Kyle Petersson, Jordan Vanderhooft. Melrose: Zach Bachiri. Reading: Peter Finigan, Graham Flynn, Josh Gosselin, Ryan Nelson, Allan Parrelli. Stoneham: Eric Trant, Jeff Yerxa. Wakefield: Ryan DiBenedetto. Watertown: Erik Yakuze. Winchester: Ben Bratt, Dean Constant, Kevin DeSa, Ephesian Simpson, Nick Woolf. Woburn: Carlos Cabral, Eric DeSantis, Valerio Silva, Paul Tague.
Bridgton Academy: Rob Palumbo, Steve Palumbo. Cushing: Brian Troy. Holderness: Francis Ahia. Kimball Union: Luke Han, Pascal Mensah. New Hampton: Dillon Harrington. Phillips Andover: Mike DiFronzo, Garnet Hathaway. Phillips Exeter: Will Bunker, Eric Slingerland. Tabor: Timothy Shea. Tilton: Andy Dustin, Morgan Weireter. Winchendon: Cleiton Coppola, Jeremy Nash. Worcester Academy: Jamie Doherty, Tucker Myhre.
Beverly: Jake Petronzio, Ethan Trowt, Rodrigo Valdez. Danvers: Chris Ciampa, Thomas Conway, Dylan Davis, Thomas Hurley, Eric Martin, Andrew Mikulski, Aaron Tye. Gloucester: Ignacio Farjas, Chase Kelly, Anthony LaRocca, Chris Peritore. Lynn Classical: Abdoulaye Bah, Miguel Castro, Danny Dada, Cristian Lopez, Greg Rybak. Lynn English: Daniel Cordoba, Jefferson Fobellah, Alex Mulbah. Marblehead: Matt Frankel, Mark Imber, Dillon Irving, Max Sherman, Ellory Smith, Sam Terrill, Billy Wyman. Peabody: Corey Cronin, Lucas DeOliveira, Luke Finkelstein, Kyle McGlone, Matt Rodgers, Jason Ryan. Revere: Jensi Guzman, Andres Herrera, Max Ochoa, Franco Tartaglia. Salem: Edwin DeMoya, Brion Likaj, Nuur Mahamed, Mike Shea. Saugus: Carmen Bordanaro, K.J. Mills, Albert Ung. Swampscott: Niclas Biersen, D.J. Marquis, Rockey Nenshati, Kyle Taylor. Winthrop: Dan Sena.
Old Colony
Attleboro: Jake Keefer, Justin Keefer, Dominik Machado, Evan Silvia, Thomas Wampler. Barnstable: Gabe DeSouza, Ken Kelly, Caio Mitre. Bridgewater-Raynham: Joe Esposito, Tom Mullen, Skylor Nelson, Jeff Sherman. Dartmouth: Sondre Brandso, Sammy Martins, Torrey Medeiros. Taunton: Danny Belair, Richard Carter, Brandon Locke.
Duxbury: Steve Blout, Max Cote, Tom Drummy, Morgan Dwinnell, David Hemingway, Jim Landry, Dan Sangster. Hanover: Andrew Bishop, Justin Gardner, Dylan Griffin, James Oliver, Dan Riley, Colin Shea, Jon Spitz. Hingham: Jake Awtry, Brian Blanchard, Andrew Blomberg, Brett Canepa, Ryan King, Terence Morrissey, Jake Spedden, Daniel Stoddard. Middleborough: David Card, Michael Lees, Sean Spillane, Jonathan Wylie. North Quincy: Nick Carbone, Ryan Louis, Kevin Therrien. Pembroke: Tim Cullity, Jared Drennan, Ryan Kulik, Chris Savoia. Quincy: Chris Clayton, Cedric Dybaud, John-Lewis Sherkel. Randolph: Linus Lindberg, Godfred Mbengam, Bryce Menard, Ashton Waters. Rockland: Ryan Boughter, Nick Catania, Bruno Da Silva, Dan Kimball, Steve MacAbby, Cory Mitchell. Scituate: Cooper Davis, Dave Mariano, Peter Martin, Max Pettinelli. Silver Lake: Kevin Ballerini, Doug Hunt, Nate Petrou, Sean Walsh, Robbie Wells. Whitman-Hanson: Greg Brawders, Tom Malloy, Pat Phillips, Nicholas Rothwell, Jason Vancura, Tyler Warsheski, Aaron Wiltshire.
South Coast
Dighton-Rehoboth: Keith Rose.
South Shore
Abington: Joe Lawrence. Carver: Pat McLaughlin. Cohasset: Jack Murphy, Will Wise. East Bridgewater: Corey McKeever. Harwich: Zach Jamous, Jacob Rendon, DJ Robinson, Alex Votteler, Chris Votteler. Hull: Nick Borretti, Andrei Nogueira, Calvin Servaes. Mashpee: Scott Ficher, Dan Finn, Connor Tremarche. Norwell: Patrick Collins, Phil Johnson, Curtis Webb.
Ashland: Justin Davis. Bellingham: Isaiah Cerutti, Nick Tavares. Dover-Sherborn: Cam Bielski, Jake Jordan, Ben Newbert. Holliston: Luke Spina, Chris Venesian. Hopkinton: Malcolm Cheney, Wesley Ericksen, Jack Hilger, Zach Hutchinson. Medfield: Keith Bennett, Aidan Harrison, Jake Sino. Medway: Grey Benjamin, Ryan McHale, Derek Phillips, Max Roche. Norton: Keegan Campbell, Ben Donovan, Chris Lenihan. Westwood: Paul Massad.


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Also, evolution hasn't been Darwin's theory for quite some time. It's been added to and amended over the years as more and more data is acquired.
Originally posted by randyvs
reply to post by hippomchippo
There was a time when the Bible was the only source for science Pal.
Man just followed the Bibles lead.
Did you know that there are a Great many "Scientifically Prophetic" Bible passeges?
Many Scientists,Evolutionists, Astronomers, Athiests will often try to," lend a boot"
to Chritianity or the Bible by using science.
What I would like to show those that are interested.
Is how the Christian Bible is actually
centuries ahead of science with out beiTime had a beginning - 2 Timothy 1:9, Titus 1:2, 1 Corinthians 2:72
The universe had a beginning - Genesis 1:1, 2:4, Isaiah 42:5, etc.3
The universe was created from the invisible(atoms) - Hebrews 11:34
The dimensions of the universe were created - Romans 8:38-395
The universe is expanding - 44:24Job 9:8, Psalm 104:2, Isaiah 40:22, Isaiah 42:5,
Isaiah 45:12, Isaiah 48:13, Isaiah 51:13, Jeremiah 10:12, Jeremiah 51:15, Zechariah 12:16
Creation of matter and energy has ended in the universe (refutes steady-state theory)
- Genesis 2:3-47
The universe is winding down and will "wear out" (second law of thermodynamics ensures
that the universe will run down due to "heat death"-maximum entropy) - Psalm 102:25-278
Describes the correct order of creation - Genesis 1 (Day-Age Genesis One Interpretation)
Number of stars exceeds a billion - Genesis 22:17, Jeremiah 33:229(Also I think that this
one predicts that man will also exceed the billions)
Every star is different - 1 Corinthians 15:4110
Pleiades and Orion as gravitationally bound star groups - Job 38:3111
Light is in motion - Job 38:19-2012
The earth is controlled by the heavens - Job 38:331
Earth is a sphere - Isaiah 40:2213 Job 26:1014
At any time, there is day and night on the Earth - Luke 17:34-3515
Earth is suspended in space - Job 26:716
Earth began as a waterworld. Formation of continents by tectonic activity described -
Genesis 1:2-9, Psalm 104:6-9, Proverbs 3:19, Proverbs 8:27-29, Job 38:4-8, 2 Peter 3:517
Water cycle described - Ecclesiastes 1:7; Isaiah 55:10, Job 36:27-2818
Valleys exist on the bottom of the sea - 2 Samuel 22:1619
Vents exist on the bottom of the sea - Job 38:1620
Ocean currents in the sea - Psalm 8:821
Air has weight - Job 28:2522
Winds blow in circular paths - Ecclesiastes 1:623
The chemical nature of human life - Genesis 2:7, 3:1924
Life of creatures are in the blood - Leviticus 17:1125
The nature of infectious diseases - Leviticus 13:4626
Importance of sanitation to health - Numbers 19, Deuteronomy 23:12-13, Leviticus 7-927
credit agree to disagree
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Originally posted by Tyler 720
Fundamentaly, Religion and science CANNOT dissagree because they are FUNDAMENTALY the search for truth.
If you find an area where science and religion dissagree, YOU ARE INTERPRETING ONE OR THE OTHER OR BOTH WRONG.
Sorry for trolling or spaming or whatever you whipersnappers call it.
Originally posted by hippomchippo
Originally posted by Tyler 720
Fundamentaly, Religion and science CANNOT dissagree because they are FUNDAMENTALY the search for truth.
If you find an area where science and religion dissagree, YOU ARE INTERPRETING ONE OR THE OTHER OR BOTH WRONG.
Sorry for trolling or spaming or whatever you whipersnappers call it.
Yes, they both search for the truth
But they use entirely different methods for searching, one works, the other doesnt.
Originally posted by Xcalibur254
reply to post by SpartanKingLeonidas
Don't you think people used to think the belief that we could fly was illogical or that we could leave the planet was illogical, yet science has achieved both of these. Science has never been in the business of following what is "logical." Just look at quantum mechanics for example. Everything about it is illogical, yet it solves many problems that classical physics doesn't answer.
Originally posted by Xcalibur254
reply to post by SpartanKingLeonidas
It is absolutely impossible to make those claims. You know how you would act based on the knowledge you have now, but considering you find the theory of evolution to be propaganda, would you not respond the same way to Kepler's theory of heliocentrism?


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23 Snaps' Head of Operations and Marketing, Meaghan Fitzgerald, spoke at the App Promotion Summit in London this year on key performance indicators and data. Founded in 2012, 23 Snaps allows users to create and share memory books containing videos and photos of their friends and families.
23 Snaps' Meaghan Fitzgerald talks key performance indicators
Meaghan started the presentation by breaking down user acquisition into three ideas: channel, cost and demographic. She stated the importance of knowing where users come from, as well as knowing the demographic they belong to. User engagement and retention was broken down into the following sectors: events, retention and virality. The message here for app marketers was that they should be asking themselves if their users are doing what they want them to do. Meaghan split lifetime value (LTV) into two distinct elements: the total revenue gained and the demographics of the users generating that revenue. Meaghan advised app marketers to work out who was making them money and to focus on them. She listed a number of data tracking tools, including Google Analytics and Flurry, and gave pros and cons for each of them. The presentation was concluded with a section on what to do with the data once it's been acquired, such as marketing to existing users, attracting more of the best users and improving the overall product.
23 Snaps' Key Performance Indicators and Data Presentation
You can check out 23 Snaps' presentation and slides below:
The Twitter Reaction
Here's a few tweets from the App Promotion Summit on the presentation.
One of the most informative & pragmatic sessions today – I look forward to connecting with @MegFitz later #APS2014
— peggy anne salz (@peggyanne) July 10, 2014
Our CMO @MegFitz talking about data at #APS2014pic.twitter.com/HZvLurDl9j
— 23Snaps (@23Snaps) July 10, 2014
Meaghan was also able to share the news they'd been featured by Apple that day on the App Store – so her approach clearly does work!
Great day at #APS2014. And the best ending to a day of mobile? @23Snaps on the US App Store homepage 🙂 pic.twitter.com/mJI3lfYtAY — Meaghan Fitzgerald (@MegFitz) July 11, 2014
Thanks to Meaghan and 23 Snaps for giving such an interesting talk. You can find more coverage of App Promotion Summit London 2014 here and we'll be releasing the video and audio recordings of the event soon.


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Paper explores oxygen-rich carbon oxides
March 3rd, 2009 | by Malamalama Staff | Published in Research News
In traditional chemistry, two forms of carbon oxide are considered stable—carbon dioxide (CO2) and carbon monoxide (CO).
CO2 is a gas on Earth. It is a major component of the atmospheres of Mars and Venus. It also exists as solid ices in the polar regions of Mars and has been detected in the interstellar medium.
CO is common in the outer solar system, such as on objects orbiting in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune.
Chemists have turned their attention to more complex carbon oxides, CO3, CO4, CO5 and even CO6, which are highly unstable at room temperature but can be detected in low-temperature ices.
In a Frontiers Article in the Nov. 3, 2008 Chemical Physics Letters, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa astrochemist Ralf Kaiser and Florida International University colleague Alexander Mebel present experimental and theoretical studies on the more exotic molecules and suggest directions for further research.
The answers are important not only for understanding solar system chemistry, but in explaining 18O heavy oxygen isotope enrichment in carbon dioxide, a crucial greenhouse gas.
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Even as a hardened skeptic of the microblogging service Twitter, I cannot deny that it has built up a passionate if not mainstream userbase.
Putting aside the reasons why I personally think Twitter is a waste of time, the real problem for the site is that it doesn't yet have a business model.
Twitter founder Biz Stone is on record as stating that looking for a business model might be a "distraction" for his company, but in an economic environment where the future is uncertain and suddenly-cautious investors have rediscovered the importance of revenue, this attitude could eventually prove to be very problematic for obvious reasons.
Last week, Bernard Lund of ReadWriteWeb called on his readers to "Help Twitter Find a Revenue Model." After all, he noted:
"Twitter won't survive if it doesn't find a great revenue model."
I read Lund's post with interest and followed the responses with interest. I've decided to address the issue here because I think Twitter actually makes for an interesting case study that can benefit many internet entrepreneurs.
Let's go through some of the more common suggestions for Twitter's business model and then let's take a look at what we can learn from the way Twitter has approached developing one.
Is there money in advertising for Twitter? Sure. The question is - how much? In my estimation, it's probably not enough to sustain the type of business that Twitter is and the type of business its investors hope it will become.
As we have seen with Facebook and MySpace, one of the great challenges in monetizing "social media" properties is that the users are far too busy "socializing" to pay attention to advertising.
I don't think Twitter is different from Facebook and MySpace in this respect, and given Twitter's tech-savvy audience, I suspect that the problem of advertising blindness will be an even bigger factor with Twitter.
Some tout more "innovative" advertising models that emphasize "user engagement" as a solution to Twitter's monetization troubles but I'm skeptical.
After all, nobody has truly convinced brands that they've discovered a way to turn "user engagement" into ROI. Further, brands that want to leverage Twitter as an engagement tool can do so by simply setting up a free account.
While it's conceivable that Twitter could offer special features with a "brand account" (much like Facebook and MySpace charge brands for "pages"), whether or not this can be turned into a significant business is questionable in my opinion.
Given inevitable cuts to advertising budgets in any economy like this, I think that an advertising business model, no matter how "innovative," is not going to be a panacea for Twitter. It could be a part of a business model but it isn't a complete business model in and of itself.
Data mining and brand monitoring
A lot of people believe that Twitter is in a perfect position to collect data and mine it for the benefit of brands. Is it?
The market for brand monitoring services is growing but but data mining is a complicated business and turning large amounts of raw data into large amounts of valuable, actionable analysis is a huge challenge.
While there's no doubt that Twitter collects a lot of "data," I question whether Twitter has enough of true value to be of real use to brands.
Quite honestly, I doubt that Twitter's data is going to be of a sample size that is meaningful to major brands. Most people who argue for data mining services on consumer internet properties really don't understand the scale at which major brands operate and what is truly of value to them.
Knowing that 500 people on Twitter are criticizing you or that 5000 tweets have mentioned your newest product is probably of very little use to most major brands.
As such, I think it's unlikely that Twitter is going to develop an attractive business as a data miner and overestimating the potential for data mining would be a genuine "distraction" for Twitter.
Some have suggested that there's a demand within organizations for Twitter-like tools and that Twitter should license its platform. Others have suggested that Twitter's platform could become the backbone for a microblogging infrastructure that Twitter could charge for access to.
The challenge with the various licensing/platform revenue models that have been floated is that the Twitter platform itself is hardly defensible. A Twitter clone won TechCrunch50 and there is a decent open-source alternative in Laconica.
And while Twitter seems to have improved on its reliability, given all the problems experienced, I'd argue that the most serious individuals and companies would think twice before trusting Twitter at this stage of the game. Even one of Twitter's investors recently asked, "Will recent reliability success continue? Can Twitter's architecture scale now?"
At the end of the day, I believe a licensing/platform business model is incompatible with Twitter's direction at the current time and that trying to make this work would be risky.
Paid services
As much as I found no value in my little experiment with Twitter, the bottom line is that many of Twitter's users find it hard to live without. And some have stated that they'd be willing to pay to help the company thrive.
I'm a big fan of online premium service businesses because there's usually no business model more elegant (and simple) than selling a product or service that people want. In fact, as I have pointed out, these types of businesses (in theory) usually have a much better correlation between costs and revenues.
Given the anecdotal evidence that many of Twitter's most passionate users are willing to pay for the service, I see no reason for Twitter to shun such a revenue model.
Of course, given that Twitter already offers its service free of charge, it's not going to be able to successfully implement a model that is 100% paid. It will need to adopt a freemium model in which some of its features remain free and more advanced features (existing or new) are available to only those who pay.
Getting the mix right so that paying users can subsidize the non-paying ones while still making a profit can often be tricky but it's not impossible, especially when ancillary revenue streams like advertising contribute to the bottom line in some fashion.
The big problem for Twitter is that its refusal to charge for anything has already provided opportunity for other businesses that have been built around the Twitter "ecosystem." Twitterific, a MAC Twitter client, for instance is sold for $14.95. And when Twitter cut off SMS support in some countries outside of the United States, nimble entrepreneurs came in to fill the void.
That said, I do believe that paid services represent the best opportunity for Twitter to turn its user growth into revenue growth. Whether or not it can generate enough revenue from paid services to live up to the expectations investors who have invested in it at exorbitant valuations is unknown.
What can we learn?
So what does Twitter's business model dilemma teach us? Two things in particular:
Finding a scalable business model isn't always easy. Oftentimes, business models that are in vogue aren't as viable as many would like to believe.
- It's important to look at a business model as soon as possible. The longer you go without one, the greater the risk that your options will "decay" in some form or another.
In all of this, it's worth considering that Twitter is a unique case. Most entrepreneurs start businesses to make money (not to build something "cool") and most entrepreneurs don't have the luxury of getting tens of millions from investors who are content to wait on a business model.
Twitter's investors have been content to wait and in the process, Twitter has already forfeited a number of potentially important revenue streams. While it may not be impossible for Twitter to recapture them in some fashion (and to create new ones), it has made its job more difficult and that's never a good thing for a startup business that is reliant on investors to keep the lights (and servers) on.
The reality is that we have seen no shortage of consumer internet startups (many without outside funding) over the past several years that either overestimated the ease with which a business model could be developed and executed or that put off the development of a business model for a rainy day.
Now that the rainy day is here, it's going to be very interesting to watch well-capitalized startups like Twitter try to make the transition from cool to cashflow positive.
In the United States, the phrase "Drill, baby, drill" recently became popularized by one of the presidential campaigns. Hopefully here in internet land we'll hear more chants of "Charge, baby, charge." Maybe Twitter can lead the way.
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something simple they could do to make a bit of money is include ads in their 'single tweet' pages. every tweet is given its own page right now. here's an example:
regular users never ever look at these pages, but there are millions of them ranking in search for weird & wonderful terms.
it feels a bit spammy (like the agoga.com anysearchterm.cm thing), but sticking ads into those pages (adsense, contextual display ads, etc) would show them to the searching masses, while avoiding annoying regular twitterers.
The issue of revenue generation is likely to remain a problem for social platforms for a while to come. In my opinion, the most viable solution for micro blogging sites such as Twitter stems from the possibilities afforded by the add on services that result. Either Twitter could license their data to the third party developers that use the information to provide a service, or Twitter could create its own applications offered under a premium account.
I am a big Twitter users but I struggle to see what could be paid for. Advertising is declining in popularity as a valid model to pay for social media, due to poor results elsewhere and marketing cutbacks. There could be money in data mining, but this is really just Social Media Monitoring and anyone paying for this would want to be able to do it across all social media, not just Twitter.
I have long thought subscription is the best route forward for social media/networking companies: if they are offering something valuable then people will pay. The problem there for Twitter is that in spite of it being free it has only got 3 million of so users, few of which are hardcore. Adding a fee isn't going to make it ubiquitous.
I actually like Twitter and a lot of the principle of micro-blogging, like we also now see on LinkedIn and Facebook with their status updates, we incorporated into WeCanDo.BIZ. But on our site, we use it to connect people with business needs to other members who can supply a solution. It's a sales leads system and 30% of our users exploit it, even though many won't know of Twitter. Further, they've indicated they'd pay for it too.
Twitter is a neat concept -- it just needs to find its home.
Ian Hendry
CEO, WeCanDo.BIZ
Some really interesting points there, i really hope they do make money as its the only way it will survive
unless google buys it :)
Really interesting points to note down...
However I think, as author has pointed out- an "user engagement" model like squidoo.com will benifit Twitter to grow more over time, whilst engaging some contextual ads.
Some really interesting points there, i really hope they do make money as its the only way it will survive
unless google buys it :)
Twitter must come up with ways how to make money enough not only to survive but to keep its site for a long long time. A lot of businesses are generating revenues using Twitter, so it is just fair for Twitter to have a cut. I admit, there are tons of micro-businesses benefiting from Twitter, but if you add them all up, it will be huge money for twitter.
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Interesting points. I wouldn't be surprised if Twitter will come up with more ways they can generate income to secure their business. If they do so, I would like those big companies benefiting from using the twitter to have the bigger share of Twitter's income.


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Walking the City
The fate of Chiang-Kai-Shek airport, and indeed the legacy of the man himself, was tied up with the convoluted politics of that island. I had time enough to ponder such matters in the days to come, but for now my thoughts were broken off by the arrival of our guides: Michael and Yu-Yeh. He felt rather important, having been delegated to chaperone an overseas 'professor' – a title that stuck no matter how much I tried to disabuse him of the moniker. Yu-Yeh had far greater depth, preferring to stick to her Chinese name.
We buzzed off on the freeway to Chung-Li while I got my bearings. Freeways are not among the most beautiful of human creations, easily run down, full of heavy metal pollution, scars on the landscape. But the trucks belching along beside us were battered, the articulated buses tipped up in the middle, and the air was a permanent soup. It was obvious that this part of what is really a beautiful island was the dumping ground for filthy American-style industry. Thankfully we slipped down to Chung-Li soon enough, but not before I had asked about their names.
'How come you are Michael?' I said. 'And you are Yu-Yeh? One in English; one in Chinese'.
'Huilin is my Chinese name', said Michael-Huilin.
'And Lisa is my English name', said Yu-Yeh Lisa. 'But I don't use my English name much'.
'How does that work', I asked. 'Do you get two names at birth or do you choose a name that means the same in English? I remember a girl of five who moved to Montreal a few years ago. Her name was unpronounceable for English speakers – Xi Xun I think. In a week or so she became Michele'.
They both laughed. 'No, we simply choose an English name that we like, or perhaps that has a meaning we like'.
'So you are like a parent choosing a name for its child', I said. 'Except that parent and child is the same person – you – choosing a name for yourself at your own birth!'.
They dropped me at the university rooms where we were to stay for the night. Simple rooms, firm beds, disposable indoor slippers (which I still love to get), a fistful of travellers' toothbrushes and small tubes of toothpaste.
But we were to go to a Hakka restaurant, deep within Chung-Li. The sun had set and we had to walk the city to get there. Anyone who has threaded his or her way through an Asian city will tell you about the new and battered motor-scooters, with parts and people hanging off them at curious angles, billowing smoke and pushing through the smallest opening, brushing pedestrians and cars on their way through, or about the bicycles themselves, ancient, bearing loads of every conceivable and even inconceivable item, or about those who choose to ride with face masks at silent protest against the poor air quality, or about the people weaving and winding their way through the organised chaos, dodging puddles and cars and motor scooters and bicycles and piles of vegetables and fruit and tables with goods.
But what intrigued me about Chung-Li (and, I was to find later, Chinese cities in general) is the organisation of space. It is though it is organised to ensure the immediate presence of human breath: shops much smaller, often mere alcoves with a pot and a few plates, signs impossibly large and bright in the night sky and of course tumbling over one another. In any other culture it would be would call a crowd, crammed, claustrophobically suffocating, but not here. It is perfectly possible to find a quiet spot of one's own – a table in a corner where two or three could sit quietly and talk, a chair in a place not stepped in as often, a chance in the to and fro of people to reflect quietly, oblivious to the world a hand's breadth away.
Visitors from Taiwan to my town – Newcastle – comment on how few people there are on the streets – and this during the busier times of the day. To me, of course, the streets seem full enough here, while those in China are at first overwhelmingly dense.
But our group threaded its way without wavering to the restaurant, where we were treated to a magnificent array of food, from succulent and mouth-watering vegetables, through glorious fish dishes and those that used parts of animal and plant I had never imagined possible for food, to a final triumph: a vast bowl of soup with every conceivable and inconceivable ingredient. From this we poured out helpings into our small bowls and sipped from the bowls themselves.
Not only was it a celebration of simplicity and the sheer pleasure of eating, but it also began to explain why Chinese toilets smell the way they do (the habit of throwing the toilet paper in a large bin, emptied every hour by some poor soul, only enhanced the aroma). After a few days of eating such food, my turds too began to have that distinctive, rich and earthy smell that only Chinese food can produce. The subtle transformation of the interlaced tastes of the food into the pungent and aromatic smell of what comes out the other end is impossible to describe, but it is certainly not the dull and cloying smell of a Western 'poo bat'.
With a camel hump of a stomach and more Chinese beers than I care to remember, it was time to leave. But not before we had said our profuse thanks to the proprietor and cook. The reverential passing over of business cards – with two hands, a bow and an admiring study of the card (and its frequent spelling errors) – along with the introductions in strict order of rank were all done with comments about how the proprietor was a very good friend of our host, whose wife also is Hakka.
Our group was a grand mix: Kenpa, the impossibly young professor who seems to found the elixir of youth, Philip, the academic entrepreneur who kept talking of settling down quietly and writing but enjoyed the hurly-burly of deals and travel and opportunities, and Gan, the old Chinese theologian who wrote in German, for Germany provided one strong model of the intellectual life even here (that his wife was German no doubt strengthened the links for him).
In fact, it was during his presentation later on that I felt as though I had suddenly joined the United Nations. Gan had handed out a thick wad of notes for his lecture, all of it written in pompous German; he delivered his talk in Chinese; but we had a translator working away simultaneously, whispering English into one ear while the Chinese seduced the other ear.
Here too the question of status returned with a vengeance. Too used to the intellectual flexing and subtle competition between silverbacks that characterises intellectual life in the USA, here there was no question about one's status: prominent place markers indicated that the professors should sit in the first row (partners were given the status of professor to ensure their place in the first row), the slightly less important guests should sit in the second row, and the unidentified riff-raff was permitted to sit in the outer row. No contest, no need to put on a posing routine, no worries.
But it did mean that a faux pas was all too easy to make. The keynote speaker, who had already horrified people by blowing loudly into his handkerchief at dinner in the midst of a swine flu epidemic, decided to stand rather than sit during his talk. He felt more comfortable standing, he said. So when my turn came to speak, I turned to my colleague and said,
'Should I stand too?
'Oh no', he said, 'That's only for the president (of the university)'. At the brief opening ceremony and opening of the gathering, the president had stood while every one else sat. Even in his absence we were to show our respect by remaining seated.
The catch is that I am not one for such genuflection to external marks of status and privilege, preferring the first name basis of comrade for any transactions. So I found greater pleaser in our student guides, Michael and Yu-Yeh – especially the quiet and profound Yu-Yeh. They took us to museums and local eateries, but the crowning moment was a tea shop (minus Michael).
Yu-Yeh and two student friends ensured that status and respect was thrown out the window, for one a butch lesbian and the other a Marxist radical who could tell what side of the mountain the tea came from and how it was cut. The three of them led us through the rituals of the tea shop – the serving board with pot and small cups, the way to pour the hot water over the leaves and into the pot, how long to wait, how to pour and drink, and what was best eaten with the different teas. The English might pretend that they know what tea is, the Indians or Sri Lankans might proclaim that tea is their natural drink and flog it off to the world, but the Chinese know that tea is theirs by origin, that the skill of growing, drying and drinking is not learned in a lifetime or even in a century or two, but that it can become part of cultural wisdom only after the odd millennium or three.
Over tea politics was never far away, especially with a theologian, a lesbian and a Marxist. The first thing I learned, to my surprise, is that Marxism is a vibrant topic of inquiry and debate. But I should have known, given the mainland's proximity, and yet I had assumed that Taiwan's resistance to the mainland, US military protection and economic favouritism of that tiny island would have ruled Marxism out of court. Not at all: the proximity of the mainland and the fact that Taiwan has for too long been the dumping ground for the fag-end of filthy capitalist industries means that Marxism is a lively option indeed.
But the overwhelming political filter through which so much passes is the relation to the mainland: to cooperate or not to do so – on that question hung so much. With a surging economic superpower across the Formosan straight, isolation and belligerent talk meant economic exclusion. Cooperation, on the other hand, may mean jobs but it also raises fears that China would act on its long-standing policy of reintegrating Taiwan within its borders. As I was there, the ruling political party was distinctly on the nose and soon to be ousted, not least because of its isolationist stance. With the change of government that followed and the abandoning of the old Chiang-Kai-Shek polemic, direct flights and even passage by ship had been opened up once again. Above all the flow of goods and human interaction has sped up, revealing once again that a soft takeover is far more effective and subtle.


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Sierra Nevada is not only snow but also offers great dining and entertainment in an extraordinary setting.
After a long and active day outdoors and in the snow, when it gets dark we surely have enough appetite for tapas and a drink or go to dinner afterwards. And during the day? Sierra Nevada in Granada has a large gastronomic offer in the eleven restaurants right next to the slopes spread throughout the ski station. Most are situated in Borreguiles, for those who prefer something to eat near the lifts. There are restaurants and kiosks as well as sandwich-shops; you can enjoy next to the slopes national and international cuisine and of course the traditional tapas of Granada.
But the skier does not live on food only. In Sierra Nevada there is not only is a great cuisine, but also bars, pubs and nightclubs. After spending the day in the snow, many visitors of Sierra Nevada enjoy relaxing nights or good music and great atmosphere. Here again the entertainment offer is very varied, for those seeking a quiet night to share a drink, to the more eager ones for concerts and disco.
For those who choose to relax, there are Spas in Sierra Nevada, spaces designed for recreation of the senses, purification of the body and mind balance; facials, massages and hydrothermal applications are some of the activities that you can enjoy in a Spa.
If you haven´t brought the appropriate clothing for the cold, in Sierra Nevada you may also renew your clothes and go to fashion, with the latest winter trends.
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Music fans who like Volkswagen Beetles can rejoice as the German car maker has created a special edition which combines both of their passions.
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