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text: What we'd heard is that witnessing a single paranormal event can change one's life. What we know now is that this is true and often it happens when you're least expecting it. It also doesn't matter if the experiencer receives validation from others of their encounter because they don't need anyone to tell them what they experienced. On the other hand, we'd all like to share our stories with like-minded individuals, partly to gain some comfort in thinking that we've not gone insane and also to learn more about what happened to us. In that regard, tonight, in the final installment of our series on the Sallie House, we'll hear from our last two interviewees. First, Dr. Sean Daley, a professor of anthropology who has done extensive paranormal investigations at the Sallie House will discuss the overwhelming evidence he and his team have collected there. Next, we'll also hear from Taylor Pickman, whose parents Tony and Debra were on the receiving end of the most intense activity while living there. It appears that the house isn't done with them yet. Our experience at the Sallie House has been a milestone for us on this podcast, and whatever your feelings about this story, we hope that you'll continue this journey of exploration and understanding with us, with minds a little more open to the possibility of the impossible. Visit our website for a lot more information on this episode: http://www.astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2018/11/18/ep-126-the-sallie-house-ghost-in-the-machine-part-4TweetPopout Listen on the new Podbay

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In an appearance Thursday on "Fox & Friends," Curt Schilling ripped his former employer ESPN for employing some of the "most racist people in sports."
Schilling, who called "SC6" host Jemele Hill a racist last week after she tweeted out that President Donald Trump is a "white supremacist," said ESPN and Disney are both working to push a "very intolerant" liberal agenda.
"Disney and ESPN have stopped giving all pretense of objectivity," Schilling said. "They support a very intolerant, exclusive, liberal, progressive agenda."
He continued, "I think some of the most racist people in sports are on the station there now and they have a voice — they've always had a voice."
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Leeds reportedly hold talks with PL club for impressive 19-year-old
Goal claim that the Whites have held talks with the 19-year-old's representatives about a potential loan move to Elland Road.
It is understood that Championship rivals Nottingham Forest have also held talks for the centre-back, who has the versatility to play as a defensive midfielder.
Arsenal have recommended a loan move for Bielik this season to aid his development, with Norwich and German club Eintracht Frankfurt showing interest earlier in the transfer window.
The Poland Under-19 international impressed last season on loan at Birmingham and is recognised for his commanding physical presence at the back and wide range of passing.
Leeds could do with one more centre-back in their squad to give it a great balance and compete alongside Pontus Jansson, Liam Cooper and Matthew Pennington.
Bielik is an upcoming talent that is highly rated at Arsenal and just needs more first-team experience to develop away from the Emirates Stadium.
The centre-back would be a great fit at Elland Road and his technical ability in possession would help him settle quickly.
He would be able to play out from the back for Thomas Christiansen's side and be another player that strengthens the squad.


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|By: Smithee
|H.B. No. 2083
|relating to the transfer of civil cases by the judicial panel on
|multidistrict litigation.
|SECTION 1. Section 74.162, Government Code, is amended to
|read as follows:
|Sec. 74.162. TRANSFER OF CASES BY PANEL. Subject to Section
|74.1625 and notwithstanding [
|transfer civil actions involving one or more common questions of
|fact pending in the same or different constitutional courts, county
|courts at law, probate courts, or district courts to any district
|court for consolidated or coordinated pretrial proceedings,
|including summary judgment or other dispositive motions, but not
|for trial on the merits. A transfer may be made by the judicial
|panel on multidistrict litigation on its determination that the
|transfer will:
|(1) be for the convenience of the parties and
|witnesses; and
|(2) promote the just and efficient conduct of the
|SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 74, Government Code, is
|amended by adding Section 74.1625 to read as follows:
|Sec. 74.1625. PROHIBITED TRANSFER OF CASES.
|(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the judicial panel on
|multidistrict litigation may not transfer:
|(1) an action brought under Subchapter E, Chapter 17,
|Business & Commerce Code, except an action specifically authorized
|by Section 17.50 of that code; or
|(2) an action brought under Chapter 36, Human
|Resources Code.
|(b) Notwithstanding Section 22.004, the supreme court may
|not amend or adopt rules in conflict with this section.
|SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to an
|action commenced on or after the effective date of this Act, or
|pending on that date, and for which the trial, or any new trial or
|retrial following a motion, appeal, or otherwise, begins on or
|after that date.
|SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
|a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
|provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
|Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
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October 30: A Film with a "Killer" Soundtrack
Recommended: Psycho
Another option: The Neon Demon
Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, scored by Bernard Hermann, is in a class of its own when it comes to film soundtracks of any genre. The film uses a strings-only orchestra to lend the score a sort of lonely spareness, as well as its well-known screeching and yowling during the notorious shower scene.
The Neon Demon, on the other hand, is a difficult film to easily classify. Viewers have accused it of being trashy, shallow and pretentious. Others have called it laughable and gross. And still others have pointed to it as an electrifying and mesmerizing feature, one that perfectly captures the vacuousness of the fashion industry. And the thing is...all of these descriptions are right.
One thing that most folks would agree on, however, is that the film has a kick-ass soundtrack. Scored by Cliff Martinez, who also did the soundtrack for Netflix hit "Stranger Things," much of the music for Neon Demon is spooky EDM laced with an aggressive hostility perfectly matched for the film's lead characters. These tracks alternate with others that evoke a broken down music box, creating a soundtrack that has incredible depth and texture.
"Let's Watch..." is a movie watching challenge for the month of October by Overthinking Horror Films. Each day a new theme is posted, with a couple of film suggestions to get you started. So check in daily!


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You should be able to demonstrate a proven track record in transport planning, be computer literate and have a good working knowledge of junction and/or network modelling software. You should be chartered/approaching chartered with substantial experience of working within a similar role and a degree or equivalent in transportation studies. Good analytical and report writing/data presentation skills are essential. Experience in use of some or all of the following software is desirable; ARCADY, PICADY, LINSIG, TRANSYT, SATURN, VISUM, TUBA, PARAMICS, VISSIM, TRICS, GIS, AutoCAD.
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Johnny Manziel wants to stay involved with sports
Johnny Manziel, in an interview with Outkick the Coverage's Clay Travis, mentioned he wants to have a career in sports in some form or another. If his playing days have truly come to an end, then he might even consider a career in coaching if it comes to it.
"I'd do something involved with sports. I can't get away from it," Manziel said. "I've had to ask myself that a little bit as of late over the past year, but at the same time I'd want to be involved in some way, whether it's coaching, whether it's doing something like that. So I think that'd be my route."
Manziel had a short, troubled time in the National Football League. After a fantastic college career, where he won the 2012 Heisman Trophy, Manziel was drafted in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft by the Browns. He started a total of eight games in two seasons before being released after the 2015 NFL season. Rumors and allegations of substance abuse, uncontrollable partying, and even domestic violence were filling the news waves.
In addition to only starting eight games in two years, Manziel's record as a starter was 2-6. According to Pro Football Reference, he had a career completion percentage of 57 percent, a 1:1 touchdown-to-interception ratio, and 6.5 yards per passing attempt.
When Travis asked Manziel about coaching, Manziel stated that he would probably coach in college, which is not much of a surprise. Manziel had great success throughout college, and that success just did not follow him to the NFL.
The interview, which was broadcast live on Twitter, is below:
The interview is an hour and a half, so have your phone charger ready. While it is long, there is some good information in there, so be sure to listen to it.
The former Browns quarterback may not want to be done playing in the NFL, but if teams are done with him, at least he has a plan. Whether or not he ends up as a coach is still unclear, so we will just have to wait and see.


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#AndarkiBaat - What Did We Learn?
By Harsh Chauhan:
As Ansuhka Sharma's character in NH10 sits down in a public restroom at a local dhabha, she notices the word "रंड़ी" written on the bathroom door. That particular moment, as insignificant as it may seem to many, sets the premise of what to expect from the movie.
As the narrative shifts from a city of high rises to the downtrodden outskirts where the unlawful rule, the scene attempts to depict the rampant misogyny and patriarchy prevalent in the area that would control the upcoming events.
Public toilets are private spaces, that provide the anonymity and audience that is unlikely to be found anywhere else in today's world. Researchers have been studying restroom graffiti for decades now to analyze and assess the thoughts expressed by men and women in these single-gender spaces.
Over the course of the short campaign of #AndarkiBaat, we received almost a dozen entries from India, as well as countries like Netherlands, USA, and France – with hundreds of people engaging with the initiative. A majority of the progressive and positive submissions came from foreign countries; while from India, apart from a few rare instances of voicing concerns about traditional power structures and gender roles, or the demand for a better society, the graffiti largely reflected conservative sex-role attitudes. 3 people also mentioned how they are now reluctant to, or have completely stopped using public restrooms, due to the lack of hygiene and presence of obscene and offensive messages/sketches.
Even as we saw expressions of sexual impulses in Indian restrooms, we also received an equal and opposite reaction from a number of people who engaged with the campaign - our own youth advocates told us that their colleges no longer have graffiti on the toilet walls. This was heartening to hear, until they added that the existing graffiti had disappeared under newly tiled walls - and since then, all bathroom scribblings have become temporary, since they can be cleaned off so easily!
Those who engaged with #AndarKiBaat agreed that the bullying, slut-shaming, and negative conversations around people's sexual proclivities and bodies has continued in the bathrooms and locker rooms of their educational institutions. It seems that these conversations are not going unnoticed by authorities; instead, they are being whitewashed and shut down by them. In discouraging these conversations, educational institutions seem to be ignoring these problems - that women continue to be shamed by publicly humiliating them for being sexually active (or by insinuating the same), while their male counterparts are generally bullied by questioning their masculinity.
While the voice for equality and sex-positiveness is stronger now than it has ever been, there is also an increasing level of opposition through misinformation. In today's day and age, where information is just a click away, it becomes difficult to separate truths from lies, and evidence based data from cooked up narratives. We need to have discussions around gender-identity, sex-positiveness, consent and freedom of choice, in safe spaces, to ensure that the voice of reason does not get drowned out by the noise of 'alternative facts'.
In order to have a more inclusive approach and critically think about these issues, Comprehensive Sexuality Education becomes imperative. CSE aims to provide people, especially young people, with fact-based information and knowledge to help them develop a positive view of their sexuality in context of their emotional and social development. The information is not specific to a particular target group but is rather inclusive of concepts important for every stage of life, and for all people.
In the long run, CSE can prove to be an effective tool to help fight the good fight – to ensure a more inclusive, positive, and progressive #AndarkiBaat.
Harsh Chauhan is an India Fellow alumnus and is currently interning at TYPF.


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WASHINGTON (CNS) — The fetal nervous system and brain structures that communicate pain are already in place by the 18th week of gestation, a neurobiologist from Utah told a congressional hearing May 23.
"There is universal agreement that pain is detected by the fetus in the first trimester," although if it is not known if that pain is experienced in quite the same way as it is in adults, said Maureen Condic, an associate professor of neurobiology and adjunct professor of pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City.
She also said that unborn babies are anesthetized when undergoing fetal surgery because, she explained, doctors have observed that fetuses do experience pain.
Condic was one of several witnesses testifying at the hearing sponsored by U.S. Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., as chair of the House Judiciary's Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Franks, with several co-sponsors has introduced the Pain Capable Unborn Protection Act to prohibit abortion nationwide after 20 weeks of gestation, approximately the stage at which scientists say unborn babies are capable of feeling pain.
Franks recently reintroduced a measure that would outlaw abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks, and he and a number of other members of Congress want to amend it to make it nationwide. Congress has legislative jurisdiction over the district.
Co-sponsors of the bill include Republican Reps. Michelle Bachman of Minnesota, Chris Smith of New Jersey and Louie Gohmert of Texas.
At a press conference a day before the hearing, Marilyn Musgrave, who is vice president for government affairs at the pro-life organization Susan B. Anthony List, said the measure is especially timely "as the nation grapples with the horrific details of the Kermit Gosnell trial as well as the continually emerging evidence of the utter brutality of late-term abortion."
"We must have a conversation about where we step in to protect the rights of the most vulnerable," said Musgrave, a former congresswoman.
"Today there is ample documentation that unborn children experience serious pain from at least the 20th week," said Smith, who also addressed the press conference. "No one wants to die a painful death. Unborn children deserve no less."
At the hearing witnesses included opponents of Franks' bill who said evidence of fetal pain is unfounded and argued that a woman should be able to choose to have an abortion at any stage of pregnancy, especially in cases of fetal deformities.
Christy Zink, a mother from the District of Columbia, testified against any prohibition on when a woman could get an abortion. She gave examples of cases, like her own, when a fetus is found to have anomalies after 20 weeks and continuing the pregnancy in her view would be cruel. In Zink's case her pregnancy was at 21 weeks when doctors told her and her husband her unborn baby, a boy, would missing a part of his brain if her pregnancy was brought to term. The central connecting structure of the two parts of his brain was missing.
Another witness, Dr. Anthony Levatino, an OB-GYN who used to perform late-term abortions, showed the instruments used in an abortion to extract an unborn baby from the mother.
He talked about the improbability of performing an abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy in a medical emergency to save the life of the mother.
"Before a suction D&E (dilation and evacuation) procedure can be performed, the cervix must first be sufficiently dilated," he said. "In the mid-second trimester, this requires approximately 36 hours to accomplish. In most such cases, any attempt to perform an abortion 'to save the mother's life' would entail undue and dangerous delay in providing appropriate, truly life-saving care."
Regarding abnormalities doctors discover a fetus to have, Levatino asked those in the hearing room if "children with Down syndrome are not entitled to a chance at life? Children with different types of brain injuries are not entitled at a chance to live? Is that what we're championing here?"
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Collections Strategy Analyst
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- Job Function
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Collections Strategy Analyst
Milton Keynes
£50,000 + Competitive Benefits
A Credit Risk Analyst with experience working in Collections. You'll need to be used to working with data to drive insights and strategy changes in a big bank or challenger FS environment. You won't be held back by red tape as it's a flat, fluid structure with huge opportunity for advancement and a chance to own some of a renowned fin-tech.
One of the UK's most successful fin-techs with a top class analytics function. It's a relaxed, collaborative office filled with bright minds who'll encourage you to run with your own ideas and analysis, present to senior stakeholders and develop and optimise Collections strategies across an innovative suite of retail credit products.
- Collate, manipulate and analyse data to provide commercial insights
- Manage end-to-end strategic initiatives relating (Collections strategy)
- With managerial support, own major projects focusing on collections policies and control
- Work across prime and sub-prime portfolios in collections strategy development and testing
- Development of new reporting systems and system optimisation
- Numerate University degree from a Russell Group University
- Strategic thinker with a commercial mindset
- Strong coding experience, preferably in SAS but alternatively in SQL
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Enjoy sweeping views to the coast over protected land from the most desirable & one of the largest hilltop lots in the gated community of The Terraces at Robertson Ranch. Just 3 miles from the beach, this Spanish Colonial was meticulously crafted with every upgrade thoughtfully selected, displaying elegance and grandeur at every turn. Expansive vanishing doors, two large California Rooms, show stopping dream kitchen, Wolf and Sub Zero appliances, draught resistant landscaping & a large, private backyard., A 24-foot wall of glass doors open to invite indoor-outdoor living to the lavish great room, combing the ideal open floor plan and an additional 470 sq. ft. California room. The master bedroom also has the expansive glass doors, a 470 sq ft California room, upgraded fireplace and a show-stopping master bathroom with gorgeous tiled floors. At the entry on the first floor, you are immediately welcomed with a curved staircase with 20 ft ceilings in one direction and a guest suite wing to the other. A west facing courtyard separates the guest suite from the rest of the living space and opens with large stackable 12 ft doors to enjoy sunsets over the protected open space! Gourmet Dream Kitchen is conceived to entertain with an oversized island, a subzero fridge, three Wolf ovens and range, built-in Wolf cappuccino/espresso maker, and two dishwashers! Endless upgraded cabinetry, and counter space that continues to the enormous butler's walk-in pantry and plenty of space decorate your walls with your favorite bottles of wine on the elegant wine wracks. Every advantage was taken in the construction with the largest lot on the hilltop of the Terraces which allowed for the construction of 941 sq ft of California rooms adding additional square footage to the great room downstairs and master bedroom on the second level. The front and side yard have been landscaped with low-maintenance landscaping, draught resistant plants, and artificial turf! Having one of the largest, level back yards in the neighborhood, the options to work with landscape architects are endless. Surrounded by protected open space, Robertson Ranch is located in an excellent Carlsbad location less than 3 miles from the beach. In addition to the fabulous beaches, Carlsbad is home to Legoland, upscale shopping at The Forum, along with the well-known Carlsbad Premium Outlets. The famous Flower Fields and the scenic Agua Hedionda and Batiquitos Lagoons are also nearby. In addition, scenic and picturesque golf course, including The Crossing and Aviara are just minutes away. Carlsbad also offers a superb school district, an abundance of parks and open space, and easy access to major freeways, recreational, and entertainment centers.
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Liturgy of the Hours for today
Saint of the day: Albert the Great
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This is my first holiday by myself in a long time. Yes, I will see my kids later but the day is going to be spent doing nothing, which I guess is ok?! Is it weird that I'm watching Boondocks Saints on Thanksliving?
Anyway, I figured rather than sit around and mope, I figured I should try and create a new tradition. So I decided to make a pie. The other day I was at the grocery store and they had a sale on sweet potatoes. It was a huge bag but the deal was too good to pass up. They've been sitting for a couple days and I wanted to make sure they got used before going bad. So I hopped on Google and starting searching for a recipe.
I found one I liked but it was for Pumpkin Pie. I made a couple changes. Being that I was going to bring this to a dessert get together, I wanted to sweeten it up a bit. I also thought some minor tweaks would fit better with a sweet potato pie.
Here's how it went down and what you will need.
I used a frozen crust, there are vegan options that are easy to find.
3 cups roasted sweet potatoes
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup plain soy milk
4 teaspoons canola oil
2 teaspoons molasses
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon agar powder
Preheat over to 350°
I used about 5-6 decent sized sweet potatoes. After peeling them, cut them up into chunks and place on a strip of aluminum foil long enough to fold back over the potatoes, sprinkle some oil on so they don't stick, dust with cinnamon and a little bit of ginger then roast at 350° for 50-60 minutes.
Once they are soft enough add all ingredients to the blender and blend until smooth. Add to pie shell and cook for 60 minutes at 350°.


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Sorry I left writing the big letter to the last second and I have to right now! Really quickly this last week was just fine! We had a training meeting on Tuesday which lasted ALL day with all the leaders in the mission which is where I took most of the pics I sent. My companion and I bought matching ties because we are BFFLs. haha Tomorrow we have to do the same meeting but this time with all the missionaries in our zones. We are going to do it with 2 other zones so it should be fun! Also this week we are going to do some crazy divisions and I basically wont be with my companion the entire week! He is going to go to Celestun, this little pueblo on the beach with a missionary and I am going to stay with some other elders and work during the day with a couple of members and then he should get back on Thursday but only to go and do more divisions with some of our district leaders. This week is going to fly by!
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When Pope John Paul II presented his Theology of the Body and addressed artists directly, challenging them to portray the human figure 'naked without shame' and in such a way that the beauty of the human form would be revealed in an ordered way it caused quite a stir. Here was a Pope, now saint, it seemed, who was putting his intellectual weight behind the artistic tradition of painting the nude and not only excusing it, but promoting it. Finally Catholics who fancied themselves as arty and cultured could hold their heads up high at dinner parties amongst their sophisticated, non-Christian friends and happily say that although there were some puritanical elements in the Church, those who were uncomfortable with nudity were just narrow minded philistines who didn't really understand Catholic culture. It inaugurated the creation of a wave of contorted Theology-of-the-Body nudes that, the artists told us, communicated human sexuality 'as gift' by gesture.
I didn't get around to doing the paintings, but I did believe for a long time that JPII was a Catholic apologist for the Sixties, who could see the good at its heart and was able to distinguish, deftly, between those elements that were disordered or and those that reflected an ordered view of the human person. I also believed that the study of the nude was essential in the training of the human body.
Then I read the Theology of the Body and attended an atelier in Florence in which I did figure painting or drawing every afternoon. Now I am not so sure.
First, I no longer believe that the study of the nude is necessary in an artist's training. The method I studied relied on training the eye, not anatomy. In fact we were told not to think deeply about the structure of what we were observing. Moreover, there have been great naturalistic artists who were masters of the academic method and did not train with the nude, such as Velazquez and his contemporaries in the Spanish school of baroque naturalism. I understand that even today, the Russian school of academic art in Florence, Italy does teaches today to the highest level without painting the nude.
Also, my understanding of JPII's writing has changed. What I see now in his writings about art and nudity, which include the ToB, is someone who understands the differing traditions in art very deeply and who is conservative by nature. In fact he was strongly against the portrayal of the nude in naturalistic styles that must, by virtue of their naturalism, portray Historical Man that is, man after the fall (those painting or sculpting in the style of the 19th century atelier take note).
Furthermore, he said that only when the body is shining with the 'light that comes from God' can it have dignity when naked. This is a reference to what in the context of the icon is called the 'uncreated light'. He is proposing therefore that only highly idealised representations of the human form are appropriate such as we might see in the iconographic form. In common with other Christian commentators he also sees great dignity in the nudes of ancient Greece. It is the correspondence to this idealised form, and not its naturalism, I suggest that causes him to appreciate the work of Michelangelo so highly, especially his frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. He sees each as a way of portraying the glory that was present in man before the Fall. After the Fall, dignity of Historical Man was restored by putting clothes on, not by taking them off.
We must also consider not only the effect of the image on the observer, but also how the process of creating the image affects both the model and artist. It is often stated that the etiquette of the studio, in which the model disrobes behind a screen and no one other than the studio master speaks to him or her when nude, protects the dignity of the model. In fact, if it does to some degree remove the general indignity of baring all in front of others and the erotic charge that is present when the model is attractive (and I am skeptical about that) then it does so by objectifying the person. That is, it creates a situation in which we no longer view the model as a person, but impersonally as a flesh shape, a nude. This is therefore participating, albeit in a different way, in the problem of today's understanding of the human person that the Pope is trying to remedy - it removes the dignity of the person so that they are just forms of flesh to be used.
Only the person bathed in the uncreated light of God and those artistic styles developed to portray him are appropriate for nudity, says John Paul II, for, 'If it is removed from this dimension, it becomes in some way an object which depreciates very easily, since only before the eyes of God can the human body remain naked and unclothed, and keep its splendor and its beauty intact.'
I have not formed a definitive view on this matter. But at the moment my own position is that even if it was possible in the past, in this present age when the dignity of the human person is under attack, we must be more conservative rather than less, and put some clothes on our models.
I am open to arguments that reinforce the place of the naturalistically portrayed nude in the canon of Christian art and in the training of the artist.
This is a very short summary of a much longer article (10,000 words) that appears in The Beauty of God's House: Essays in Honor of Stratford Caldecott published by Cascade Books. I would love to hear readers' comments on this, but I ask that if you have strong views on the matter you read the full reasoning in the article above before doing so. Just in case you are wondering, I get no royalties for this. I am asking this in order that you might understand fully why I have reached these conclusions before writing.
Above and below, legitimate nudes: all the paintings above show the figure in highly stylized form and therefore come under the criteria approved by JPII, or else as a baby. The nudity of babies does not offend ever I suggest (I explore the reasons why in my article).


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Most of us have made a new year's resolution in the past, with varying levels of success. Let's take a look at the 5 most common ones, and discuss tips and tricks for making them stick.
1) Stay fit and healthy
2) Lose weight
3) Enjoy life to the fullest
4) Spend less and save more
5) Spend more time with family and friends
You could argue that if you managed your time better, you could achieve all of these at the same time. Often the path to success is described as developing a sound work-life balance, which is often interpreted as- 'I need to work less'.
I am one of those people that made this resolution 1 year ago. And where did it get me? I work at least 50 hours per week, I often get compliments about my dedication to my job, but I also receive comments like- 'you need to live a little' 'you don't have much life in your work life balance'. Despite what others may perceive, I still feel like I have made progress on achieving a work life balance that suits me, and here's why.
Imagine your week as a pie chart (yes, I love numbers and charts). One week has 168 hours. Most people spend less than 25% of that time working, based on a 40 hour work week. If you don't enjoy your work, you need to weigh up the pros and cons of spending 25% of your life doing it. For me, work provides me with growth opportunities, a purpose, and stability. I thrive on these things and they make me feel fulfilled, so I am happy spending 30% of my time doing it. If you get 8 hours sleep a night, that's 35% of your week. An hour to get ready for work, an hour for the commute each day, an hour for dinner and an hour to get ready for bed accounts for a further 17%. This leaves 38 hours per week to work out, run errands, or for recreation. You can allocate the SAME AMOUNT OF TIME to work as you allocate to things you CHOOSE to do. Based on this, 'I don't have time' is very rarely a valid excuse. If it is important to you, you will make time for it.
In order to make the most of this time, you need to prioritize. You could spend 5 hours watching Netflix, or you could spend that 5 hours working out. You could spend 2 hours browsing in shops, or 2 hours having meaningful conversation with a close friend. It is what we choose do with this time that defines how happy and fulfilled we feel, and how we perceive our work life balance. You can often get more value from these choices if we prioritize foundation habits, ones that will have a positive impact on other aspects of your life. For example prioritizing fitness can also have a follow on effect to improve your nutrition, sleep and mental focus. Foundation habits are a great place to start if you are considering making significant lifestyle changes.
In order to embed these priorities in your life, you need to schedule them in. This may seem like a very basic concept to point out, but YOU get to DESIGN your schedule, with all your FAVOURITE things in it. Define exactly what these things are, and be specific. What exactly are you going to do, how much time are you going to allocate to it? For example, if your goal is to improve your fitness, you could allocate 3 hours per week for the gym. Once you have specific actions to work with, put them in your schedule. Your schedule should include all the things you want to do, including a means to earn the finances you need to support it. If there is something in there that you don't enjoy, ask yourself why you put it in your schedule!
With a little bit of thought, you can design your resolution to be realistic and effective. Decide that 2017 is going to be an incredible year, and create a schedule you love.
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The killing of a senior policeman in Hela Province last Thursday has Provincial Administrator William Bando and Tari Pori MP James Marape calling for police back up in the province to assist in maintaining law and order in the province.
The slain officer Sergeant Philip Hewali was the officer in charge of Highway Patrol at the time of his death.
It is believed he was driving through Tigibi village in Komo-Margarima District when he came across a road block. In the company of another officer, he got off the vehicle to remove the road block made of branches and stones when armed men came out of the surrounding bushes.
The accompanying officer has confirmed that Sgt Hewali was shot at close range when he refused to surrender his firearm.
While confirming the killing, Mr Marape has appealed to the tribal warriors living along the corridors of the public roads to respect the traveling public including the few public servants and police personnel who choose to remain and serve Hela, despite hard working conditions in Hela Province.
Sgt Hewali was from Buli Village, South Koroba, and was well respected by the people before his death.
His death brings to three officers from Hela who had been killed since last year. Post Courier/ONE PNG
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No matter which sector you are working in, what matters is how your customers look at you. Having a dress code or uniform can change the way your customers perceive your brand and the products and services that you offer. It is important that you have a uniform for your employees to increase the standards of your company and beat the competition in the market.
What are the Benefits of Wearing Uniforms to the Workers?
It has been observed that the landscapers, plumbers or gardeners, who wear uniforms sign more contracts and get better rewards, as compared to those who do not. If you are wearing a work t-shirt with your company's logo embroidered on it, it will enhance your appearance. Hence, these reasons must be sufficient to convince you to wear uniforms.
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You could speak about the culture of your organization and communicate fairly with the customers. Uniforms are the symbol of pride and honour.
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Many employers have slight variations in their hospitality uniforms for different departments like maintenance department or the landscaping crew and so on. This generates a healthy sense of competition among different sectors. Many government agencies might hire your employees to do different jobs. They need employees, who are easily identifiable on the government property.
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To handle the Venezuelan crisis, Donald Trump has painted in the medium of sanction. The cost, according to a new study, has been colossal.
The media and Donald Trump: Bad for our mental health?
It's not just the government shutdown, or the wall, or Venezuela. Donald Trump is the issue, but we're not getting the full story.
Ivanka: Who really wrote the op-ed about dad
Direct from the White House, Ivanka explains the extreme measures being taken to help the public understand her dad.
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Well, it's certainly been a week. We lost Burt Reynolds, we gained more of ScoMo and another Scot had a duckin' good time.
Omarosa's America: The subtle rebirth of the "N-word"
The Trump administration's recent handling of the Omarosa situation shows that modern racism is far more than just the 'n-word'.
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In her latest exclusive communiqué, Ivanka details the unfortunate G20 wrap-up meeting she held with her Dad. Exclusive. Sort of.
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In a particularly visceral week for the Trump Administration, a twice-fired aide has completely lost the plot on CNN, claiming that Donald's goose is cooked.
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Oh, the week that was. The Trump Government decided to down tools, death threats were sent to an MP who wanted to change the date, and one Wallaby decided to drive to work.
No Moore, no problem: Why the Democrats barely dinted the Republican party in Alabama
The Democrats stunning win in Alabama might be historic, but it certainly does not represent any sort of blow to the Republicans, or a turning of the tide.
Ivanka: Some countries are born great, but one has had Trump thrust upon it
Ivanka has just sent in this exclusive personal account of last week's White House meeting of the President's inner circle.
The mainstream media has no business bitching about conspiracy theories
Conspiracy theories exist largely because of mainstream media's lies. So when that same media admonishes the theorists, it's a case of the pot calling the kettle suspect.
While you were asleep: Impeachment put forward, Chelsea Manning freed, ant becomes dinosaur
The first steps of impeachment were walked by a soul singer, the first steps of Manning's freedom by Converse and a red ant became a black sheep. Go back to sleep, trust me.
Media enabling Trump's biggest industry – His own funeral
Those pushing for impeachment or the decapitation of the Trump administration should be careful what they wish for, as history is a fairly brutal barometer in that regard.
Six reasons why the Deep State wants Trump gone
Yesterday's backlash to Trump releasing info to the Russians is the latest spat in the ugly divorce between him and his Intelligence Community. So why does the Deep State have an axe to grind?
While you were asleep: Trump comes clean, Australia's mortal wounding, Avril's Beatle cover
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The full moon has crested over the Trump administration, Alan Joyce will press charges against pie tit and Linkin Park has torn down their legacy. And yes, you should call in sick.
From the desk of Ivanka: Taking care of Dad's business
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Trump: Rome's most accomplished centurion
We've survived the first 100 days of Trump, amid much criticism. So, have they been 100 failures, or 100 small victories in the name of the greater good?
When Batman met Nazis: America's insipid culture war
I think it's safe to say that the costumed, albeit violent Berkeley protest represents the culture war in the US. Confused, shallow and vain.
Trump bombs Syria, alt-right rises to condemn
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Local musician John 'Hambone' Bailey spent 25 years roaming the country, and lived to tell about it
Oh, the things he's seen and the stories he tells.
John Bailey was never big on planning his future, but this much he always knew for sure:
He wanted to live like hell and die young.
Growing up hard by the tracks in Hamburg, he'd hear hobos spinning their tales before his parents even sent him off to school.
His mother would invite them in for coffee or a sandwich, and they captured his imagination.
The seed was planted early: wanderlust.
At age 11, he hopped his first boxcar and started down the tracks, but got scared and hopped back off before the train gathered steam.
At 12, he did it again, only he rode a little farther this time, then turned back for home.
On foot he'd roam, first to nearby towns: Port Clinton, Shartlesville or Shoey.
And that feeling of being gone? It gripped him and wouldn't let go.
"Gotta leave; can't sit here," he'd say.
Before long he was thumbing rides to more distant cities: Reading or Pottsville or New York.
"My poor mother and father, I would never tell them," he said. "I would just leave."
"Just call when you get there," they'd plead, time after time.
Finally, he'd call.
He wasn't a rebel. He loved them dearly.
He was just being himself.
John Bailey: the hitchhiker.
Living in the moment.
This photo from Sept. 3, 1976, shows John Bailey outside his parents' house in Hamburg as he was about to depart for one of his favorite destinations, Alamosa, Colo.
A tinkerer by day and musician by night, "Hambone" Bailey has seen more in his 66 years than most people could ever dream of.
He's lived life on his own terms, and looking back now from the comfort of his Centre Township home, long after he thought he'd be gone, he can't imagine having done it any other way.
There was never anything normal about the jaggedy path he chose to follow, that's for sure.
A wanderer — that's what he was. Or was he a runaway?
Either way, for as long as he can remember, he was teeming with so much energy he didn't know how to harness it, so he wouldn't. He'd just let it all out.
He'd eye the mountains and wonder what lay beyond. And from the other side, he'd spy the horizon — that ever-moving target — and strive to arrive by night.
He was 15 the first time he up and left for real.
It was Christmas break, and he decided Florida was where he should be.
"It would just hit me to just go," he said.
He'd hit the interstate, dressed nice in his father's peacoat and carrying a handmade sign — "Merrry Xmas" — and families would stop and pick him up.
He made that trek three years running, and by the time he graduated from Hamburg High School, there was no way he was going to follow the same road the other kids would.
They were planning for college or jobs or families, but none of that interested him.
He tried a few jobs, but they never stuck. He didn't take kindly to being told what to do.
"My way or the highway?"
He'd choose the highway every time.
When he was 18, he made his first cross-country trek.
He was California-bound. Black's Beach. Nudists.
He left with seven bucks in his pocket and arrived seven days later with eight.
He just had a knack.
Hand to mouth, with his right thumb out — that was his way.
He learned how to take care of himself.
Maybe not even learned. He just knew.
Some people are born that way.
He always figured everybody was, but later on he came to realize that he wasn't normal.
He was good with his hands — thick, rugged, workingman's hands, with dirt under the nails.
He could take things apart and put 'em back together good as new.
And he could strum that six-string he slung to his back and hum a tune at the same time.
He'd pick up odd jobs along the road, like that time picking lettuce with the migrants down around Taos, N.M. — the hardest labor he's ever known.
The guitar helped him get rides.
He'd hit up honky-tonks and play for food or shelter or booze.
Money was an afterthought.
He was a barterer. A swapper. A little of this for a little of that.
A song for a beer.
A song about you for a shot and a beer.
" 'A song about you and your gal,' you say?" Just keep 'em coming.
He had a talent for making up songs right on the spot, like that time he ran off to Mississippi in search of the place bluesman Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil.
"I wrote a song, 'Kicking Dead Armadillos Down the Road,' because there were dead armadillos everywhere," he said, "and I had never seen an armadillo."
He never saved a dime, and lived out of his parents' basement.
Not that he was ever there.
The road was his home, and strangers were his friends.
The stranger the better, like that Hare Krishna he met down around Joshua Tree in California who gave him food and taught him to chant.
He'd go wherever the spirit moved him.
And boy would it move him.
From Canada to the Keys.
To Nashville for the music.
To Alamosa, Colo., for the beauty.
And to D.C. for the protests.
"Everybody's equal" — that's what his parents taught him, and that's what he believed.
It didn't all go off without a hitch. There were close calls here and there, some not fit for print.
"I must've had a guardian angel working overtime," he said. "The places I went. The things I saw."
He gravitated toward poor neighborhoods, where the people seemed to understand him better. They were his own kind.
He'd hit up churches for food vouchers, and offer handyman services in return.
The nickname? He picked that up down in the Keys, at a joint called Flora-Bama, which straddles the line between two states.
Performing there with a band out of Nashville, he met Texas troubadour Billy Joe Shaver, who asked him to sit in on guitar.
Shaver couldn't remember John's name, so he gave him a new one: Hambone.
It stuck.
When Billy Joe gives you a nickname, you keep it.
Not that John was ever impressed with the famous people he met along the way.
Not Shaver, not Super Bowl quarterback Kenny Stabler, not Linda Ronstadt, not then-breakout star Alan Jackson and not Tracy Lawrence, who could bend elbows with the best of them, including Hambone.
"It's funny, the people I've met," he said, "but I'm just not starstruck by anybody."
The cover photo from a solo album John Bailey released about 1996 called "Rumor Has It."
As middle age set in, Hambone began to face reality.
He was 40 and still living out of his parents' basement.
Sober started feeling strange.
He knew it was time to face reality.
During a stint with Pat Garrett's band, he wrote a song called "Whiskey & Pills."
Performing it at Godfrey Daniels one night, a couple of Broadway types heard it and wanted to make it into a play.
But it just didn't feel right. Not anymore.
"Nobody loves a 40-year-old drunk," he said. "You go from being in your 30s and having a good time to being a pariah."
He settled down.
Got married, even.
He'd never imagined that.
He built a house in the country with his own two hands and invited his father and Donna's parents to join them. The parents are all gone now, which makes him sad. The house feels too big.
He's left these days with plenty of time to reflect, and the memories are vivid.
"I've lived a thousand lives," he said. "I've done so many different things."
Several years ago he started posting accounts of his adventures on his Hambone Facebook page.
People gobbled them up.
He's thought about writing a coffeetable book or finding someone to shoot a short documentary, but he's never been good at commitment. He's better at just waking up to play the day by ear.
But there is one goal for 2019, and it's a big one: He wants to attend the 50th anniversary Woodstock concert, and maybe even perform — again.
He was there for the 25th. Not at the main venue in Saugerties, but at the site of the 1969 festival, Yasgur's Farm, which was sort of the side stage in '94. He lucked into performing as the opening act on opening day, in the slot just before Melanie, and he would love to do that again.
"My whole life I've just sort of flubbed into things," he said. "I'm going for the 50th, if I get to play or not."
Give him an opening slot and he'll give it all he's got.
That's always been his way.
His Berks County band, Pa. Crude, opened for all the big Southern rock bands when they passed through: .38 Special, Molly Hatchett, you name it. They even opened for Warren Zevon.
"My whole life, I've always been the warm-up band," he said.
For him, music has never been about money or fame. It's been about having fun, even if some of the notes come out wrong.
John Bailey performs at Pappy T's during a recent open mic.
"I'm not that great a player," he said. "I've gotten a chance to play with some really good musicians in my life. I don't know how it happens. I mean, I'm enthusiastic, let's put it like that. I play OK."
Every Thursday night, you can find him out at Pappy T's performing with the open mic house band — a group he calls "some of the greatest musicians in the world."
Playing a guitar he made himself through an amp he made himself, he'll go on first and bask in the beauty of each moment, just as he always has and always will.
Ask him what tomorrow holds and he just shrugs.
He's never planned for the future. Not a day in his life. He never expected there'd be one.
"I'm still here," he said, "and it amazes me. Twenty five years ago I didn't think I would be here anymore. But the old coot don't die."
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Adventures from the road
In 2013, John Bailey started posting some of his hitchhiking adventures on his "Hambone" Facebook page. Here are some of his antics:
Skinny-dipping in the Mississippi River while in New Orleans.
Getting a chill down his spine when seeking the place down in Mississippi where blues legend Robert Johnson was said to have sold his soul to the devil.
Sharing a bed with a ventriloquist's dummy (nothing happened) after a night of drinking in Alamosa, Colo.
Struggling for three days to catch a ride out of Joshua Tree National Park because his traveling buddy was a Hare Krishna.
Completing the Hamburg trifecta: Hamburg, Pa., to Hamburg, N.Y., to Hamburg, Iowa.
Meeting Billy Joe Shaver and Kenny Stabler at Flora-Bama, a bar in the Florida Keys. Shaver gave him his nickname: "Hambone."
Meeting Linda Ronstadt, and not realizing it, at a bar in Alamosa, Colo.


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An international fact-finding mission has found cases of false charges, harassment, and even torture and killings against farmers and indigenous peoples, under continued Martial Law in Mindanao island in southern Philippines.
Another bout of protests marked the inauguration of the re-elected Juan Orlando Hernández, after last year's election-related protests in Honduras faced police repression.
IBON International announced that its Board of Trustees has recently appointed Amy Padilla as Director.
The 11th Ministerial Conference (MC11) of the WTO ended yesterday without the adoption of a Ministerial Declaration document, which would detail the agenda agreed upon in the trade talks.
The WTO and the Argentine government cannot keep the people out of MC11, where people's lives, livelihoods, resources and rights are being negotiated to benefit big business.
On International Human Rights Day, let us take a look at some of those who continue to join the calls to sound the alarm on the deteriorating situation of human and people's rights in the Philippines.
Members of a new Board of Trustees were elected at the second General Assembly (GA) of the IBON International Foundation, coming from various organisations that forward people's rights.
As the curtains go down on COP 23, the world sees more of the same, with governments locked in negotiations, cooking up 'solutions' that prop up the dominant systems of economy and politics that has brought the world to its current state of multiple crises.
While the overall picture is far from ideal, there have been some signals that allow for a bit of optimism, especially as there is a need for urgent and immediate measures to ease the burden of climate impacts.


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In the face of declining organic reach across all social media platforms, brands have begun to divert their investments to video. Image and text are still the predominant types of content posted on platforms, but that could change as video grows in popularity and value. Facebook video posts grew by the double digits year-over-year while the number of video posts on Instagram tripled. Video posts drive more organic views than other posts: The 87% of fashion brands that posted video in Q4 2015 garnered transaction rates of 1.6x or higher for video than the average post in the same period. Similarly, 73% of brands posted video on Instagram and those posts garnered 1.2x the interaction rate of the average brand post.
However, brands are still putting money behind these posts, especially those with high visibility. Eighty-six percent of Index brands utilize YouTube's "TrueView" advertising, and in Q4 2015, the top ten videos by fashion brands (excluding fragrance content) derived 95% of their views from paid media.
Surprisingly, while the majority of brands are willing to invest in their videos to be viewed, few are willing to take the next step to encourage conversion. Ninety-five percent of brands create videos that live on their site, but just 16% produce shoppable video or shoppable content related to the video. Belstaff's Adventures blog and Kate Spade's #MissAdventure series represent best uses of video to push shoppers further down the purchase funnel, in addition to generating brand awareness.
There's no telling whether the scarcity of these types of video stems from lack of knowledge, or aversion to using branded content to directly funnel sales. It could be the former, as three-quarters of luxury brands consider awareness more critical than conversion. Yet it's important to note that 76% of luxury purchases happen during a shopper's initial consideration set, which means brands must capitalize on every digital touchpoint available.


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Presenting of Cheque to Bishop Marcus/
Friday the 11th May 4 St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College students set off to represent the college at Leeds Cathedral. Here they were going to present a cheque for £1797.04 to Bishop Marcus for the Good Shepherd Fund. It was a very special morning. There were lots of schools there from our Diocese most were primary children so we felt very proud to represent SBSJ. Bishop Marcus informed us that we had presented the biggest cheque.
Catholic Care spoke about all the work that they carry out with this money and we heard an emotional speech from a young mother who had been helped by Catholic Care. Two primary schools provided entertainment during the presentations of the cheque's, which was very moving. The children had written poems and sang songs based on the work of Catholic Care.
Olivia, Evie, Charlie and Bobby were perfect ambassadors for the school and I felt very honoured and proud to be the form tutor of 7H
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Melbourne's first lady of soul and ARIA Hall of Fame inductee brings her dynamite live show to the Caravan. With a recording career spanning 30 years, RENEE GEYER is one of the few musicians in Australia to have released music in each decade from the 1970s to now. Special Guest ZOE K
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Daniel & Coreen Esplin
Indian Bible College
Flagstaff, AZ 86003
Indian Bible College exists to disciple and educate Indigenous Native Christians for lifetimes of biblical ministry and spiritual leadership to their people and the world. The Esplins serve as Director of Admissions and Dean of Women. Coreen spends most of her time mentoring, counseling, and investing in the lives of the women. Daniel's primary role is recruitment but he also leads a mentoring group with first-year men and teaches a class called the Native Masculinity Collaborative.
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Lisa Malmin, Area Coordinator
Mesa, AZ
YoungLives serves teen moms in Mesa, Chandler, Queen Creek, Gilbert and Apache Junction through living intentionally alongside them, mentoring them and encouraging them to make healthy life choices for themselves and their babies. YoungLives also serves as the hands and feet of Jesus through one-on-one relationships with moms, watching them grow into their own relationship with Jesus, thereby changing not one, but two generations.
Gordon & Becki West
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Mesa, AZ
KidZ at Heart International is an independent missions agency that trains leaders to facilitate spiritual formation for children within their own culture. It has over 25 staff members serving in seven states and six countries. The ministry also partners with the government of South Africa and accredited universities in California, El Salvador and Uganda to provide advanced degrees in children's ministry.
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Belgian Evangelical Mission
The BEM (Belgian Evangelical Mission) is a team of missionaries committed to building Christ's church in Belgium with the desire that each inhabitant of Belgium will have a personal encounter with Christ. Jon & Stephanie, along with their four teenagers, Claire, Anna, Sam and Abby, join the team. They will partner with L'Autre Rive, a local congregation, to help them learn how the Lord is moving and building the Belgian church in a post-Christian society. Jon will be mentored by Pastor Luc Salsac as the entire family integrates into the community with the purpose of being salt and light. Or, as Abby likes to say, "Salty and lit"!
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Colorado Springs, CO
Eagle Lake Camps partners with local churches around the United States to spread the Gospel to kids from different backgrounds through traveling day camps. Lindsey is the administrator for her leadership team and also mentors girls through leading a weekly Bible study.
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Hyderabad, India
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Edgars and Anete are JV country leaders. They became followers of Jesus Christ through the efforts of North American churches short-term mission teams and have a deep appreciation of teams that serve in Latvia. They met in 2009, became a family in 2013 and they have two daughters, Dārta (2014) and Grēta (2017). They have a huge passion for the local church and together with the JV Latvia team they are praying and hoping to double the country team to 50 people in the next five years and to be represented in all five regions in Latvia (Vision 5-50-5).
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Riga, Latvia
Josiah Venture wants to facilitate a movement of God among the youth of Central and Eastern Europe that finds its home in the local church and transforms society. Shelby works alongside local churches to reach the young people by creating a community for university students where they can be poured into and strengthened in their faith during this time of their lives.
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Josiah Venture
Riga, Latvia
Raimonds' main and only focus is to make disciples who will make disciples. He serves as a pastor/deacon in a local church and loves to preach on youth nights. The church just started a sports program for youth as part of the mission to reach young boys and girls for Christ. He also serves on the Josiah Venture Latvia Board. Marta is a real hero… a huge support for her husband and a full-time mom.
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World Venture
Kampala, Uganda
The primary focus of Anne's ministry is providing trauma care training. She provides training to ministry leaders, pastors, students and young adults so they can help other individuals heal from their own physical, emotional and spiritual wounds and, in turn, respond to others in a more compassionate way. She also facilitates Bible studies for women and serves as a mentor.
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University Community Fellowship
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Micah is the founder and lead pastor of a church called University Community Fellowship. Being next door to one of the largest universities in Sub-Sahara Africa (over 30,000 students), the church primarily focuses on preaching the gospel to the demographic of college students and emerging professionals. We've have been in partnership with Micah and his wife Grace since 1999.


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The San Francisco 49ers kick off their organized team activities (OTAs) on Monday with the media getting its first look at the players on Tuesday. While they won't be in pads, participants will be taking part in 11-on-11 drills for the first time this offseason.
"We get to practice against each other and kind of start the process," defensive lineman Arik Armstead said last week. "We've been working out really hard this offseason, but now we get to actually play some football. We'll get out there, no pads or anything yet, but it's still 11-on-11, and we get to have some competition. I'm excited for that, and I'm sure the rest of my team is too."
The 49ers are a hot pick to be much improved in 2018. They do, however, have some question marks and interesting stories heading into OTAs.
I'll refrain from adding Reuben Foster as a question mark until his future with the 49ers becomes clear. A judge will decide on Wednesday if his case, which involved three felony charges, will go to trial.
Also not on the list is Richard Sherman, who is still recovering from the ruptured Achilles he sustained in November. While he won't be participating in OTAs, he is expected to fill one of the two starting outside cornerback roles on defense.
How has Jimmy Garoppolo's learning process progressed?
Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo was traded to the 49ers on October 30 and saw his first start with his new team on December 3. Between that time, he was working hard to learn the playbook. Garoppolo's new teammates had an entire offseason and then 11 games to do what he spent just under five weeks doing. It wasn't a recipe for success. How could he possibly make a difference given that timetable?
Garoppolo led the 49ers to two wins against the Chicago Bears and then the Houston Texans before knocking off three playoff teams to end the 2017 season. He did it after a crash course in Shanahan's highly-regarded offense and increased his record as a starter to 7-0.
This offseason is Garoppolo's first within Kyle Shanahan's offense. He'll finally be able to learn the playbook at a more reasonable pace.
Shanahan is excited to see what the new face of the 49ers can do with a bigger sample size of games. Garoppolo has not yet faced much adversity on the football field.
"I'm looking forward to watching him play through a season," Shanahan said in April. "I know he's going to have some highs and I know he's going to have some lows and I want to see how he responds to it, how his teammates respond to it. Playing quarterback in this league isn't just about how talented you are and how good you are, it's how you can respond to all this pressure that really not many people can relate to except probably an NFL quarterback can."
A look at the reworked offensive line
Gone is right tackle Trent Brown, who was sent to the New England Patriots during the draft. Gone is longtime starting center Daniel Kilgore, who was traded to the Miami Dolphins for practically nothing. The 49ers' offensive line has seen an overhaul this offseason as the team worked to protect its $137.5 million investment in Garoppolo.
Veteran Joe Staley remains at left tackle with rookie Mike McGlinchey set to anchor the right side. Free agent acquisition Weston Richburg will replace Kilgore at center. Offseason competition will clear up who starts at the two guard spots.
The 49ers released veteran guard Zane Beadles, leaving them with Laken Tomlinson, Joshua Garnett, Erik Magnuson, and the recently acquired Jonathan Cooper fighting for the two starting jobs.
Garnett, a 2016 first-round draft pick, is the wildcard here.
"We challenged Josh," Shanahan said in March. "We wanted him to take the year to get his body in the best shape possible. Seeing him at the end of the year in December, it looked like he took advantage of his time off. He got his body fat down and his weight down. I think he's in the best shape of his life, and he's given himself a chance to help us this year."
What's the plan to generate a pass rush?
The 49ers did not address the pass rush this offseason – at least they didn't sufficiently do so in the eyes of fans. Elvis Dumervil, who led the team in sacks last year, is no longer with the team. During the offseason, the 49ers re-signed Cassius Marsh and added former Los Angeles Chargers edge defender Jeremiah Attaochu.
Many believed the 49ers would add a pass rusher during the draft. However, each round passed without the 49ers selecting an impact player who could contribute in 2018.
Marsh and Attaochu will battle Eli Harold and second-year player Pita Taumoepenu for playing time as the 49ers desperately look to improve a defense that tied for 26th in sacks (SF and Miami with 30) last year. Even Arik Armstead, whose fifth-year option was picked up this offseason, is still in the discussion.
Shanahan explained the team's reseasoning for failing to address the pass rush during the draft.
"You've got to be pretty good to beat out [Cassius Marsh]," he said. "You've got to be pretty good to beat out [Arik Armstead]. You don't just get guys. If you get them, someone else has got to get cut, and we've got a pretty good group. We're going to look to improve at every position all the time, but people don't realize that it's not just stockpiling people, and hey, we've got 20 pass rushers, let's see which one turns up.
"You only get a few, and in order to bring one in, who are they replacing? We don't have guys that are just easy to replace. We've got a bunch of good players, and again, it's a good problem, but we'll always look for better, but that's not an easy thing to do."
Garoppolo will have veteran Pierre Garçon as a target
Veteran wide receiver Pierre Garçon, who was on pace for his third career 1,000-yard season last year before sustaining a neck injury during Week 8, was officially placed on injured reserve five days after the 49ers traded for Garoppolo. The quarterback never got to work with Garçon in a game or on the practice field.
"Pierre is healing up," Shanahan said in January. "He's going to be good to go, and I'm pumped to get him back for OTAs."
Marquise Goodwin benefited from the injured receiver's absence, reaching career-highs in receptions (56) and receiving yards (962).
Garoppolo will have both Garçon and Goodwin at his disposal in 2018. The two receivers have 15 years of NFL experience between them, and the 49ers added Dante Pettis in the second round of last month's draft. Trent Taylor, who became a reliable target for Garoppolo as a rookie last season, figures to remain a factor in the passing game.
"That was a big loss when we lost Pierre and put a lot of pressure on other guys," Shanahan said. "It didn't happen right away, but throughout that time Pierre was gone, Marquise took it to another level, (Kendrick) Bourne ended up helping us out. Trent Taylor started playing at a higher level. (George) Kittle came back, finished strong. (Garrett) Celek, to me, played at a higher level. A lot of guys really stepped up to that challenge."
Jerick McKinnon's role in Kyle Shanahan's offense
The 49ers were so smitten with Jerick McKinnon that they got into a bit of a bidding war with teams like the New York Jets and made the running back the fourth-highest-paid player at his position. The versatile McKinnon will replace Carlos Hyde as the team's featured back and likely share snaps with second-year running back Matt Breida.
Speed is a theme among the 49ers' group of running backs. McKinnon, who recorded a 4.41-second pre-draft 40-yard dash in 2014, isn't even the fastest player within the group.
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"Even though [McKinnon is] smaller in stature, the one thing that we grew comfortable with is that he plays bigger than that," general manager John Lynch said earlier this month. "He's a real strong back. While his stature is not the biggest guy in the world, he plays big. And the one thing that's undeniable – he can roll. He's fast.
"It's fun to look at our halfback room, and I think the slowest guy out of the five we have right now runs a 4.49. These guys can all fly. Jerick is one of those guys. Not only can he fly, he's a matchup nightmare. He can run these choice routes where, 'Ok, you want to guard me on the inside? We'll go out. You want to guard me on the outside? We'll go in.'
"I think Kyle (Shanahan) will do a tremendous job of exploiting him on linebackers and such. We're really excited to see Jerick as part of our offense."


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