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Saturday, March 6, 2010
Homework blues3/06/2010 Posted by danette
Labels: homework, meltdowns, school
But that is nothing, NOTHING compared to Bitty's response to homework.
What homework, you ask? After all, he is only four years old. How much difficult homework could they be giving him to do?
Well, thankfully, it's rare. As in, maybe once every couple of months or so. No big deal, right? And, it's easy stuff. Perfectly appropriate for a 4-yr-old. They send home a short book to read with his family, and a coloring / activity page that goes with it. That's it.
That's IT.
He brought home such an assignment a couple of weeks ago. The book was "The Mitten," by Jan Brett. He was ok with reading the book (only minimal whining). But you would have thought we were asking for a dissertation when it came time to do the coloring page. All he had to do was color a picture of a mitten.
He doesn't really do "coloring" so we would have been fine with just a few scribbles of an attempt to color the mitten.
That's it. That's all he had to do.
After much wailing in protest, he finally did it. I thought he did pretty good:
So, end of story. Right? Ha! I wish.
Oh no, he was just getting started. So upset was he that he had to color the mitten in the first place, that he wanted to erase it.
Well, you can't erase crayon and I knew he'd rip the page up trying, so I said no.
He grabbed his paper and headed to the sink, attempting to erase it with a sponge.
Lucky for me, the sponge was dry.
I took the paper from him, put it away so it would still be intact to send his teacher the next day, and tried to redirect him to something else.
Hahaha. This is Stubborn-and-Persistent-to-the-point-of-Obsession Bitty we're talking about here. There was no redirecting him. The screaming commenced when I refused to hand over his paper for erasement (is that a word?). I put it on top of the fridge, he started climbing up on the counter to reach it. I put it up on the top shelf of the closet, he pulled a chair over and tried to get it down (but couldn't reach). Exasperated, I carried him (kicking and screaming) upstairs hoping the paper would be "out of sight, out of mind."
Hahaha. I did mention, Stubborn-and-Persistent-to-the-point-of-Obsession, right?
It was an all-out meltdown. Screaming at the top of his lungs, tears of anguish running down his cheeks. "Aw duh-wi-da up?" he pleaded. (all done with the up, meaning can his paper come down now). Afraid that he would tear it up and not wanting to send in his homework in shreds, I held my ground. "Sorry, Baby, but no." More screaming and thrashing. This went on for over an hour, until he finally wore himself out and fell asleep.
Seriously, all this over an easy, five-minute assignment.
I am so NOT looking forward to when he starts getting regular homework assignments. :/
Although, now that I'm thinking about it, last time he had homework the meltdown was over reading the book, and this time he at least did that part. So... that's improvement. Maybe there's hope after all ;).
In hindsight, maybe I should have just taken my chances and given him the paper. Would it be the end of the world if he tore it up? No, but we've been through this enough times to know that it wouldn't stop there. And even though his teacher would not have minded if he didn't turn it in (I think technically these are optional assignments at this age), learning to do homework is important so when he starts getting assignments that are not optional he'll already understand what is expected and have a "routine" established for what to do when he has homework (preferably, a routine that does NOT involve a meltdown).
Update: for what it's worth, this was written (just not posted) a few weeks ago, and since then he had another assignment which he did without going ballistic. So maybe we can chalk one up for Mama and Dada in this case. Or maybe we just got lucky that time... time will tell ;).
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5 comments:
- Rebecca on March 7, 2010 at 1:30 AM said...
Food for thought (feel free to ignore me) - Bug would have never colored the mitten. If I had made him he too would have had a meltdown. For Bug the reason would be found in the story... The mitten was white.
I gave him a snowflake to color after a science lesson about snow. He refused. Snow is white.
Ya gotta love our kids, ya know? ;-)
- danette on March 7, 2010 at 2:49 AM said...
Rebecca - this wasn't the first time he had a blowout over being asked to do a seemingly small assignment (in fairness, I'm sure they don't seem small to him), but I think you may be on to something! That didn't occur to me, but it totally makes sense though :)
- Elizabeth Channel on March 7, 2010 at 11:00 AM said...
Hey--he used two colors! Neither of my boys would have ever used multiple colors, much less colored the whole mitten. We also "don't do coloring..."
- MommyToTwoBoys on March 8, 2010 at 4:47 PM said...
You are NOT alone. You could have easily just described a scene at our house any day of the week!
I just wish I could throw a tantrum over my responsibilities like paying bills every now and then. Wouldn't it be fun to just let loose and let everyone know how you really feel about doing something you don't want to do???
But seriously, I am glad that it ended well and that there have been no incidents since.
- Anonymous said...
Oh, I can so relate to the wanting to erase the crayon and all the fuss that followed. UGH!!


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Peerless Battle Spirit - Chapter 310
Chapter 310 - The Selection Begins
For the remaining time, Qin Nan tried to communicate with the divine Battle Spirit. Although he did not find out what the thing that the divine Battle Spirit required to level up was, he could feel the bond between himself and the divine Battle Spirit to be stronger, as if he had now completely merged with the Martial Spirit.
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Time gradually passed;a month was gone in the blink of an eye.
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"My Inner Core, possesses all my will.
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"My Inner Core is extraordinary compared to others. Last time, the Tribulation only occurred during the grand occasion with the help of great geniuses and the people of the top four sects being the spectators. If I want to level up to the Martial Emperor Realm, I'm afraid a grand occasion is essential!"
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The Inner Core possessed some sort of intelligence. If it happened to be extraordinary, in order to complete the process, it must be revered by a crowd like the ascension of an emperor.
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At that instant, the copper mirror in Qin Nan's divine Sense suddenly spoke with a cold voice, "Now that you have Chaos Qi inside your body, why aren't you merging it with your Inner Core?"
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Qin Nan's eyes glistened with excitement, as he immediately controlled a stream of Chaos Qi and merged it with his Inner Core.
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Previously, after merging the will of the left eye of the divine God of Battle with his Inner Core, the Tribulation of the Martial Emperor Realm had grown to six hundred feet wide.
How crazy would the Tribulation of the Martial Emperor Realm be after the Chaos Qi is merged with the Inner Core?
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"Wowowow, I'm going to the selection too, to torture all the little brats!" The Longhu Ancestor Beast let out a cry.
He felt incredibly unbalanced now. This asshole Qin Nan is getting stronger and more terrifying;even Princess Miao Miao has reached the half-Martial Dominator Realm. It seems like I'm the most useless one among the trio, and can only be treated as cannon fodder at crucial times. Therefore, I must regain my confidence by defeating all the geniuses during the selection!
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As for the Six-Eared divine Being and the Saintess of the Trading Alliance, they did not show up at the party, mainly because after the Emperor Weapons and Dominator Weapons exploded, not only had it resulted in a severe loss, many cultivators lost their trust in the capabilities of the Trading Alliance and decided not to partner with them anymore. As a result, the loss suffered by the Trading Alliance was even greater than expected.
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Man, I have been absolutely terrible about posting to this blog and sadly I have been even worse about working towards my goal of fierceness. I am anything but. I am tired and look like crap. I have been eating cookies and processed foods and drinking coffee and not exercising at all. Before I moved back home I was playing tennis three times a week and nearly everything I ate was homemade– overseas living made that so easy with a live-in cook and $10/hr for private lessons. But back in the US and having to rely on myself and my own motivation I have slid back into my old habits; old habits from two years ago. And the results of this new way of living is I feel disgusting. As I type this I can feel the fat on my stomach and thighs bulging. It's really gross. I have clearly put on weight in the past three months. I am also a lot less patient with my child and at work. I have cried or lashed out when stressed and I know a lot of it has to do with eating junk, not working out and trying to manage my monumental stress alone. My family has tried to offer their support financially and through conversation and that has helped but I know the onus is on me to get it together. I have started praying and meditating with more regularity and I have started to go to church. I found a tenant for my basement apartment so I have more money coming in, but I need to do so much more! I need to create an actual budget and stick to it. I need to make meal plans and stick to them. I need to set my alarm earlier and do some exercise. I need to be better with my time and spend less time on Facebook and playing Works with Friends. I need to say no when someone offers me a donut! Most of this is my fault and I have no one to blame but myself. Yes, moving overseas creates stress; yes, saying no to junk food takes willpower; yes, getting up early to work out bites; yes, sticking to a budget is no fun; yes, single parenting is hard; yes, being the sole breadwinner is scary… All of these things are true but I have to figure out how to get to my goal without using them as an excuse.
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So since I haven't filmed a video in over two months, I took the first chance that I got this week (in reality the only time i have to film now is tuesdays and thursdays in the morning, and fridays) and i filmed my summer empties, which is products that I have used up during the summer months, since i didn't have chance to do monthly empties during the summer months do to me not being able to film. But i hope you like this video! stay tuned for more videos weekly, whether it be weekly vlogs (which im now committed to…) and other videos during the week as well!
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Human Face
However, fortunately it was patchy; here on the east coast we were protected from much of it since it seemed to be the tail end of the 'snow bomb on the other side of the Atlantic and friends coming from north of Aberdeen were totally unaffected. Some brave souls even came across from snowy Glasgow and it was a good crowd.
It was lovely to have Marianne among the guests – photos above – and honestly, I hadn't been celebrating until I was totally blotto. I swear it was merely due to my unfortunate habit of shutting my eyes when someone's taking a picture.
When, after writing nine books in the DI Marjory Fleming series I decided to write something different I felt a bit like Jim Hacker being warned by the immortal Sir Humphrey Appleby, 'That's a very courageous decision, Prime Minister.'
I got an email from a reader who, when told, emailed back anxiously, 'Oh please promise you won't do anything horrible to Marjory!' So I promise, I won't – I have another Galloway book at the back of my mind.
But the decision to amalgamate all the individual constabularies (police districts) in to one Police Scotland gave me an idea I wanted to explore. It was meant to save money, and it occurred to me that keeping a fully-fledged CID in a rural area where there was rarely any serious crime must be an expensive business. A Serious Rural Crime Squad, peopled by experienced officers seconded from the cities and brought in as needed with appropriate back-up would be more cost effective.
I needed a detective and as I said in my last post I had this picture of a young man who had not only lost his wife and unborn child in a traffic accident but actually had to sign the form to shut down their life support. From this came DI Kelso Strang.
He is a graduate and an ex-soldier, a former sniper. After his adored Alexa's death he finds working in his old team very hard, seeing his colleagues go home to their families when he has an empty house. His DCS thinks that the pilot investigation on the beautiful Isle of Skye might give him a chance to come to terms with his loss: it doesn't look as if it's anything very serious and he might even take in a bit of restorative hill-walking.
Human Face is a charity for supporting vulnerable children in Africa, run by Adam Carnegie and funded by Beatrice Lacey. She's fat and plain but adores Adam and believes that one day he will marry her, even it it's for her trust fund rather than for love. She finds it hard to deal with the foreign 'housekeepers' who come and go and when one disappears, she's quite pleased – if it wasn't that she feels just a little uneasy. The woman had been seen packing her bags, though, and she'd told someone she was planning to leave. The local police believe it is just another case of a woman who wanted to go without anyone knowing where she is.
But when a directive comes that it's to be further investigated, Kelso Strang finds out that there's more to it – much, much more – than meets the eye.
Stepping out of my comfort zone has been a good experience. It's let me get to know, not just another detective, but another part of beautiful Scotland. In my talk last week, I did say that one of the perks of setting my books in some of the loveliest rural areas was the tax-allowable holidays. At the end, a lady who came up to have a book signed said she'd been very interested to hear me say that because, 'I'm a tax inspector.' Oops.
She did say kindly that there was nothing that said you couldn't enjoy yourself at the same time as doing legitimate research. And I've more places lined up: Caithness, next time.
7 comments:
- Sybil Johnson said...
Congrats on the new book! Looks like you had a good turnout.
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- Aline Templeton said...
Thanks, Sybil. It was a good party anyway!
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Aline, a big thank you for inviting me to the launch of Human Face. I love going to events by authors I admire and yours was no exception :) It was so interesting to hear you discuss your writing and in many ways reassuring to know we struggle with similar issues – such as not following a rigid plan! I'm gripped hook, line and sinker by Human Face and enjoying getting to know DI Kelso Strang. Thanks again for a lovely, fun evening and for another great story.
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Thanks for coming, Marianne. It's always good to have another author there Who understands the problems!
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21 March 2017, 14:36 | Updated: 6 November 2017, 09:40
We finally got a real answer.
Earlier this week, we reported that YouTube had attempted some form of apology regarding the Restricted Mode feature on their website. Whilst it was intended to stop children from seeing mature content, the algorithm inadvertently was blocking educational LGBTQ+ content which had the community in uproar.
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A message to our community ... pic.twitter.com/oHNiiI7CVs— YouTube Creators (@YTCreators) March 20, 2017
Thankfully, YouTube have now issued a sincere apology that lasts a hell of a lot longer than just one paragraph. In it, the company seem to accept full responsibility for "confusing and upsetting" their community, in addition to leaving their "content being unfairly impacted". Thankfully, creators now have the answer they're looking for: "The bottom line is that this feature isn't working the way it should. We're sorry and we're going to fix it".
In the paragraph below, YouTube go out of their way to spotlight some of the people their Restricted Mode unfairly censored.
The feature, which was set up back in 2010, was designed around "institutions like schools" to allow children to access YouTube whilst content such as "mature topics", "videos that contain profanity" and the "discussion of certain diseases like addictions and eating disorders" would not be viewed. Unfortunately, this algorithm seems to have incorrectly censored most videos that reflected any form of sexuality.
By manually fixing the four video examples above, YouTube will be working harder to "train [their] system" into recognising what content should and should not be censored using the Restricted Mode feature. At the end, they do ask for patience from their creators whilst they solve the problems raised: " It will take time to fully audit our technology and roll out new changes, so please bear with us".
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I'm so happy with this response from YouTube. To everyone who shared their passionate opinions on problems with Restricted Mode, thank you! https://t.co/d5tRoJIgyg— Riyadh Khalaf (@RiyadhK) March 21, 2017
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So let's say I want to send a bunch of emails or recreate sitemap or whatever every 4 hours, how would I do that in Phoenix or just with Elixir?
There is a simple alternative that does not require any external dependencies:
defmodule MyApp.Periodically do
use GenServer
def start_link do
GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, %{})
def init(state) do
schedule_work() # Schedule work to be performed at some point
{:ok, state}
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# Do the work you desire here
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159It's impossible not to love this language :) – NoDisplayName Aug 19 '15 at 15:46
3Where should I put this file? Under lib/ directory of Phoenix project? Where do the test go, to test/periodically/*? – EugZol Nov 21 '15 at 18:59
9In lib because it is a long running process. You can put the test whatever makes sense, maybe "test/my_app/periodically_test.exs". – José Valim Nov 28 '15 at 11:14
2Any particular reason to not move
Process.send_afterinto its own function so that the function can be called from both
handle_info? – Ryan Bigg Jan 11 '16 at 20:11
:timer.send_intervalis fine but keep in mind that the intervals will constant. So imagine you want to do something every minute and, in the future, the work itself takes more than a minute. In such cases, you'd be working all the time and your message queue would grow unbounded. The solution above will always wait the given period after the work is done. – José Valim Jul 1 '16 at 9:26
Quantum lets you create, find and delete jobs at runtime.
Furthermore, you can pass arguments to the task function when creating a cronjob, and even modify the timezone if you're not happy with UTC.
If your app is running as multiple isolated instances (e.g. Heroku), there are job processors backed by Redis, that also support task scheduling:
Exq: https://github.com/akira/exq
Toniq: https://github.com/joakimk/toniq
1I think it will be an overkill for a lot of simple tasks that don't require it but thank you for the answer anyway. – NoDisplayName Aug 4 '16 at 22:04
Having a list of libraries available was helpful for me. – sheldonkreger Sep 3 '16 at 4:59
You can use erlcron for that. You use it like
job = {{:weekly, :thu, {2, :am}},
{:io, :fwrite, ["It's 2 Thursday morning~n"]}}
job is a 2-element tuple. The first element is a tuple that represents the schedule for the job and the second element is the function or an MFA(Module, Function, Arity). In the above example, we run
:io.fwrite("It's 2 Thursday morning") every 2am of Thursday.
Hope that helps!
Yeah it's better than nothing, thank you. I will leave the question unanswered for a while, maybe there will be other suggestions – NoDisplayName Aug 19 '15 at 10:27
4You're welcome! There's also github.com/c-rack/quantum-elixir which is an elixir lib, if you prefer – Gjaldon Aug 19 '15 at 10:47
I used Quantum library Quantum- Elixir.
Follow below instructions.
defp deps do
[{:quantum, ">= 1.9.1"},
#rest code
def application do
[mod: {AppName, []},
applications: [:quantum,
#rest code
config :quantum, :your_app, cron: [
# Every minute
"* * * * *": fn -> IO.puts("Hello QUANTUM!") end
All set. Start the server by running below command.
iex -S mix phoenix.server
Besides to use
Process.send_after, you can also use :timer.apply_interval.
Quantum is great, we use it at work as a cron replacement with a phoenix front-end and we also add jobs in real-time which is very neat.


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Question about Whirlpool ED2FHEXN Side by Side Refrigerator
Reading your reply to another question can you offer help here please? My Whirlpool was baught as refurbished and has never made ice. I do get the repeatedy flashjing light on the infrared reciever during the optics test but I'm concerned the main water line is dry. Is this more likely to be a problem with the motor in the base of the unit than the icemaker itself? You advice would be very welcome, also is there nay way to test this?
Many thanks, Steve
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First, thanks for replying. When I test the optics with door open, flap held back and the door light on I still get the 2 flashes repeatedly. I know I should have a solid light at this point but sadly no.
As to the water line, it's dry all the way from the water inlet solenoid (after the filter as I guess you know) up the back of freezer to the ice unit.
From the r92, 66 and 84 manuals I think i have understood (since posting the first question) that the solenoind will not open to allow water flow if not called to 'switch' by the ice unit. As my ice maker is parked at 2.00pm looking from freezer to fridge as mounted I guess it must be the sender/reciver combination that is at fault. Would this be your call with the additional info?
Many thanks again. Steve
Hi Steve, sounds like you have a indoor ice maker that's cycling but you are not getting any water to fill. Your ice ejector blades should be parked the the 2:00 position. Your beam should flash 2 times with a pause repeatedly. When you hold the left side lever in the light should be on steady. You want to make sure that the inlet tube that feeds the water to the ice maker is not frozen over. You can disconnect the line in the back and blow through it to see if it's clear. Or, you can take a small baster and run hot water up the inlet tube. If that's clear, the ice maker is parked right, but still no water during a cycle then I would look at the valve. If you want you can take a cheater cord and apply 120 volts directly to the valve to see if it will fill the ice maker. Be careful when doing this because you will be working with live juice here. You don't want to light up the world. Best to get a cord and put some alligator clips on it. It it doesn't fill, then there is your problem. Let me know if I can be any more help, Catriver
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Timothy W. Martin of the Wall Street Journal reports, Giant California Teachers Pension, Calstrs, Posts Worst Result Since 2008 Crisis:
The nation's second-largest public pension posted its slimmest returns since the 2008-2009 financial crisis because of heavy losses in stocks.
The California State Teachers' Retirement System, or Calstrs, earned 1.4% for the fiscal year ended June 30, according to a Tuesday news release. The result is the lowest since a 25% loss in fiscal 2009 and well below Calstrs' long-term investment target of 7.5%. Calstrs oversees retirement benefits for 896,000 teachers.
The soft returns by Calstrs, which manages $189 billion, foreshadow tough times for other U.S. pension plans as they grapple with mounting retirement obligations and years of low interest rates. On Monday the largest U.S. pension, the California Public Employees' Retirement System, said it earned 0.6% on its investments. Other large plans are posting returns in the low single-digits.
Calstrs did report big gains in real estate and fixed income. But its holdings of U.S. and global stocks—which represent more than half of its assets—declined by 2.3%.
The fund earned 2.9% on its private-equity investments, falling short of its internal benchmark by 1.7 percentage points. Real estate rose 11.1% but lagged behind the internal target.
Calstrs investment chief Christopher Ailman said the fund's portfolio "is designed for the long haul and "we look at performance in terms of decades, not years."
Over the past five years, Calstrs has posted returns of 7.7%. But the gain drops to 5.6% over 10 years and 7.1% over 20 years.
John Gittelsohn of Bloomberg also reports, Calstrs Investments Gain 1.4% as Pension Fund Misses Goal:
The California State Teachers' Retirement System, the second-largest U.S. public pension fund, earned 1.4 percent in the 12 months through June, missing its return target for the second straight year.
Calstrs seeks to earn 7.5 percent on average over time to avoid falling further behind in its obligations to 896,000 current and retired teachers and their families. The fund, which had $188.7 billion in assets as of June 30, averaged returns of 7.8 percent over the last three years, 7.7 percent over five years, 5.6 percent over 10 years and 7 percent over 20 years.
"The Calstrs portfolio is designed for the long haul," Chief Investment Officer Christopher Ailman said Tuesday in a statement. "We look at performance in terms of decades, not years. The decade of the 2010s has so far been a good performer, averaging 10.3 percent net."
U.S. pension funds have struggled to meet investing goals amid stock volatility, shrinking bond returns and slowing emerging-market growth at a time when retirees are living longer and health-care costs are rising. Long-term unfunded liabilities may ultimately need to be closed by higher employee withholding rates, reduced benefits or bigger taxpayer contributions.
The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the nation's largest pension fund with $302 billion in assets, earned 0.6 percent for the latest fiscal year, according to figures released Monday. Calpers trails its assumed annualized 7.5 percent rate of return for the past three-, five-, 10-, 15- and 20-year periods.
Calstrs and Calpers are bellwethers for public pension funds because of their size and investment approach. Both have pressured money managers to reduce fees while also using their influence as shareholders to lobby for environmental, social and corporate-governance reforms.
Calstrs returned 4.8 percent in the previous fiscal year after gaining 19 percent in 2014. Over the last decade, the teacher system's returns ranged from a 23 percent gain in 2011 to a 25 percent loss in 2009.
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The fund's investments in stocks fell 2.3 percent last year, while fixed income and real estate both rose 11 percent and private equity increased 2.9 percent. As of June 30, Calstrs had about 55 percent of its assets in global stocks, 17 percent in fixed-income, 14 percent in real estate, 8.7 percent in private equity with the balance in cash and other financial instruments.
While Calstrs outperformed its benchmark index for equities by 0.2 percent last year, its returns trailed in every other category.
Since 2014, Calstrs's unfunded liability has grown an estimated 27 percent to $69.2 billion while Calpers's gap has increased 59 percent to $149 billion, according to Joe Nation, a professor of the practice of public policy at Stanford University. Both retirement systems' assumptions of 7.5 percent returns are based on wishful thinking, he said.
"The assumption is we're going to have a period like the 1990s again," Nation said. "And there are very few people who believe that you'll get the equity returns over the next five or 10 years that we saw in the 1990s."
Of course, professor Nation is right, CalPERS, CalSTRS and pretty much all other delusional US public pensions clinging to some pension-rate-of-return fantasy are going to have to lower their investment assumptions going forward. The same goes for all pensions.
In fact, as I write my comment, Krishen Rangasamy, senior economist at the National Bank of Canada sent me his Hot Chart on US long-term inflation expectations (click on image):
While U.S. financial conditions and economic data have improved lately with consensus-topping June figures for employment, industrial output and retail spending, that's not to say the Fed is ready to resume rate hikes. Brexit has raised downside risks to global economic growth and the FOMC will appreciate the potential spillover effects to the U.S. economy. But perhaps more concerning to the Fed is that its persistent failures to hit its inflation target ─ for four consecutive years now, the annual core PCE deflator has been stuck well below the Fed's 2% target ─ is starting to disanchor inflation expectations.
As today's Hot Charts show, both survey-based and market-based measures are showing sharp declines in inflation expectations. The University of Michigan survey even shows the lowest ever quarterly average for long-term inflation expectations. So, while markets are now pricing in a decent probability of a Fed interest rate hike later this year, we remain of the view that the FOMC should refrain from tightening monetary policy until at least 2017.
I agree, the Fed would be nuts to raise rates as long as global deflation remains the chief threat but some think it needs to raise rates a bit in case it needs to lower them again in the future (either way, I remain long the USD in the second half of the year).
The point I'm trying to make is with US inflation expectations falling and the 10-year Treasury note yield hovering around 1.58%, all pensions will be lucky to return 5% annualized over the next ten years, never mind 7.5%, that is a pipe dream unless of course they crank up the risk exposing their funds to significant downside risks.
Taking more risk when your unfunded liabilities are growing by 27 percent (CalSTRS) or 59 percent (CalPERS) is not a given because if markets crash, those unfunded liabilities will soar past the point of no return (think Illinois Teachers pensions).
Anyways, let's get back to covering CalSTRS's fiscal year results. CalSTRS put out a press release announcing its fiscal 2015-16 results:
The California State Teachers' Retirement System remains on track for full funding by the year 2046 after announcing today that it ended the 2015-16 fiscal year on June 30, 2016 with a 1.4 percent net return. The three-year net return is 7.8 percent, and over five years, 7.7 percent net.
The overall health and stability of the fund depends on maintaining adequate contributions and achieving long-term investment goals. The CalSTRS funding plan, which was put in place in June 2014 with the passage of Assembly Bill 1469 (Bonta), remains on track to fully fund the system by 2046.
CalSTRS investment returns for the 2015-16 fiscal year came in at 1.4 percent net of fees. However, the three-and-five year performance for the defined benefit fund still surpass the 7.5 percent average return required to reach its funding goals over the next 30 years. Volatility in the equity markets and the recent June 23 U.K. referendum to exit the European Union, also known as Brexit, left CalSTRS' $188.7 billion fund about where it started the fiscal year in July 2015.
"We expect the contribution rates enacted in AB 1469 and our long-term investment performance to keep us on course for full funding," said CalSTRS Chief Executive Officer Jack Ehnes. "We review the fund's progress every year through the valuation and make necessary adjustments along the way. Every five years we'll report our progress to the Legislature, a transparency feature valuable for any such plan."
The 2015-16 fiscal year's investment portfolio performance marks the second consecutive year of returns below the actuarially assumed 7.5 percent. Nonetheless, CalSTRS reinforces that it is long-term performance which will make the most significant impact on the system's funding, not short-term peaks and valleys.
CalSTRS continues to underscore and emphasize the long-term nature of pension funding as it pertains to investment performance and the need to look beyond the immediate impacts of any single year's returns. And although meeting investment assumptions is very important to the overall funding picture, it is just one factor in keeping the plan on track. Factors such as member earnings and longevity also play important roles.
"Single-year performance and short-term shocks, such as Brexit, may catch headlines but the CalSTRS portfolio is designed for the long haul. We look at performance in terms of decades, not years," said CalSTRS Chief Investment Officer Christopher J. Ailman. "The decade of the 2010s has so far been a good performer, averaging 10.3 percent net."
CalSTRS' net returns reflect the following longer-term performance:
- 7.8 percent over three years
- 7.7 percent over five years
- 5.6 percent over 10 years
- 7.1 percent over 20 years
Fiscal Year 2015–16 Returns (Net of Fees) and Performance by Asset Class (click on image):
As of June 30, 2016, the CalSTRS investment portfolio holdings were 54.8 percent in U.S. and non-U.S. stocks, or global equity; 16.9 percent in fixed income; 8.7 percent in private equity; 13.9 percent in real estate; 2.8 percent in inflation sensitive and absolute return assets; and 2.9 percent in cash.
About CalSTRS
The California State Teachers' Retirement System, with a portfolio valued at $188.7 billion as of June 30, 2016, is the largest educator-only pension fund in the world. CalSTRS administers a hybrid retirement system, consisting of traditional defined benefit, cash balance and voluntary defined contribution plans. CalSTRS also provides disability and survivor benefits. CalSTRS serves California's 896,000 public school educators and their families from the state's 1,700 school districts, county offices of education and community college districts.
A few brief remarks on the results below:
- Just like CalPERS and other large public pensions with a large asset allocation to global equities, CalSTRS has a lot of beta in its portfolio. This means when global stocks take a beating or slump, their Fund will underperform pensions with less beta in their portfolio (like CPPIB, PSP, Ontario Teachers, etc.). Conversely, when global stocks soar, they will outperform these pensions. But when stocks get hit, all pensions suffer in terms of performance (some a lot more than others).
- Also similar to CalPERS, Private Equity had meager returns of 2.9%, underperforming its benchmark which returned 4.6%. CalPERS's PE portfolio returned less (1.7%) but outperformed its benchmark by 253 basis points which signals "benchmark gaming" to me. You should all read Yves Smith's comment, CalPERS Reported That It Made Less in Private Equity Than Its General Partners Did (Updated: As Did CalSTRS), to get more background and understand the key differences. One thing is for sure, my comment earlier in November 2015 on a bad omen for private equity was timely and warned all you the good days for PE are over.
- CalSTRS's performance in Real Estate (11.1%) significantly outperformed that of CalPERS (7.1%) but it under-performed its benchmark which returned 12.6%. Note that CalPERS realized losses on the final disposition of legacy assets in the Opportunistic program which explains this relative underperformance.
- More interesting, however, is how both CalPERS and CalSTRS use a real estate benchmark which reflects the opportunity cost, illiquidity and risk of the underlying investments. I'm mentioning this because private market assets at CalPERS and CalSTRS are valued as of the end of March, just like PSP and CPPIB. But you'll recall I questioned the benchmark PSP uses to value its RE portfolio when I went over its fiscal 2016 results and this just makes my point. Again, this doesn't take away from PSP's outstanding results in Real Estate (14.4%) as they beat the RE benchmark CalPERS and CalSTRS use, just not by such a wide margin.
- Fixed Income returned less at CalSTRS (5.7%) than at CalPERS (9.3%) but it uses a custom benchmark which is different from that of the latter. Still, with 17% allocated to Fixed Income, bonds helped CalSTRS buffer the hit from global equities.
- Inflation Sensitive Assets returned 4.2% but CalSTRS doesn't break it down to Infrastructure, Natural Resources, etc. so I can't compare it to CalPERS's results.
- Absolute Return returned a pitiful 0.2%, underperforming its benchmark by 100 basis points (that benchmark is low; should be T-bills + 500 or 300 basis points). Ed Mendell wrote a comment, As CalPERS Exits Hedge Funds, CalSTRS Adds More, explaining some of the differences in their approach on hedge funds. CalSTRS basically just started investing in large global macro and quant funds and squeezes them hard on fees. The party in Hedge Fundistan is definitely over and while many investors are running for the exits, most stay loyal to them, paying outrageous fees for mediocre returns.
These points pretty much cover my thoughts on CalSTRS's fiscal 2015-16 results. As always, you need to dig beneath the surface to understand results especially when comparing them to other pension funds.
You can read more CalSTRS press releases here including one that covers research from University of California, Berkeley which shows that for the vast majority of teachers, the California State Teachers' Retirement System Defined Benefit pension provides a higher, more secure retirement income compared to a 401(k)-style plan. (I don't need convincing of that but they need to significantly improve the funded status to make these pensions sustainable over the long run).


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President Barack Obama may take another swipe at Russia before leaving office, adding fuel to the smoldering wreckage of Washington-Moscow relations. So says Russian news. Is it real? Is it fake? Or is this just lost in translation?
RIA Novosti newswire reported on Wednesday that White House spokesman Josh Earnest said that new sanctions against Russia because of the situation in Syria are possible. "There are a number of things that are to be considered, including some of the financial sanctions that the United States can administer in coordination with our allies. I would definitely not rule that out." This is not the first time that RIA Novosti, now known as Sputnik International, has put out stories of Earnest warning of sanctions. The most recent one came on Oct. 6.
But during Earnest's press briefing on Monday, the word 'sanctions' in relation to Russia never came up. Russia was mentioned a total of 8 times, all in relation to its air raids against anti-Assad forces in Aleppo.
Here are his quotes about Russia.
With regard to what will happen to anti-Assad forces if they do not leave Aleppo.
What I can say about this is that we know that it has been the strategy of the Syrian government, backed by the Russians and the Iranians, to bomb innocent civilians into submission. And the focal point of much of that bombing campaign has been eastern Aleppo. It's a bloody tactic. It's disgraceful... But there hasn't been a willingness on the part of either the Syrians, the Russians or the Iranians to engage in that process particularly constructively, and at least in a way that would yield a sustainable outcome. Hopefully, that will change. Hopefully, there's more progress that we can make. And hopefully the Russians will show some renewed interest in this. And we would welcome that change. But far too many lives have been lost and, yes, it's true that even more are at risk because of the deplorable tactics that are used regularly by the Syrians with the support of the Russians and Iranians."
With regards to Washington's concern for terrorist groups like Al-Nusra Front taking hold in Aleppo.
...It is a reflection of the willingness of the Russian government and the Iranians to risk deepening involvement in a quagmire to accomplish a goal of trying to shore up their influence in the region. And it raises profound moral concerns. It also serves to isolate Syria, Russia and Iran from basically the rest of the world, who's deeply concerned with the violence that they see continuing to be perpetuated in that war-torn country."
With regards to Washington's actions against Russia because of Syria.
The U.S. efforts underway right now are diplomatic in nature. And we have said from the beginning of this conflict that a military solution is not available. The only available solution is a diplomatic one. And for a time, the United States, through the historic and tenacious efforts of Secretary of State Kerry, were focused on trying to reach a bilateral negotiated agreement with the Russians. But again, despite his tenacious efforts, that kind of solution was not to be found. But Secretary of State Kerry has remained undeterred and has continued to pursue a multilateral negotiated agreement to try to bring the violence to an end, or at least reduce the violence and not allow so many innocent Syrians to be in harm's way of a bloody bombing campaign."
On Tuesday, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said talks between Russia and the U.S. on Syria are on going but did not mention sanctions. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed doubts yet again in the local press regarding the success of the negotiations, since the United States continues to support anti-Assad forces that remain enmeshed with jihadis in war torn cities like Aleppo.
Authorities in Germany, France, Italy, Canada and the UK have also declared their readiness to impose sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Assad's allies. In other words: Russia and Iran.
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to do what Obama promised in his first year in office, restore relations with Moscow. U.S. relations with Russia cooled around 2013 when staunch anti-Russia Republicans like John McCain helped pass the so-called Magnitsky Act. The act led to sanctions against dozens of individual Russians, including elected officials, banning them from traveling to the U.S. or having assets in American owned banks. The act was named after a Russian lawyer named Sergei Magnitsky who died in a Russian prison. He was the auditor for American-run hedge fund Hermitage Capital, owned by investor Bill Browder who now resides in London. The Magnitsky Act led to retaliatory sanctions, with Russia banning travel of American politicians it deemed "war criminals" for their Iraq War policies based on the dubious claims that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.
Russia and the U.S. relations cooled further when Moscow annexed Crimea, a formerly autonomous region in Ukraine located on the Black Sea and home to Russia's only warm water Naval port. Washington sanctioned Russian finance and energy companies in the summer of 2014. Sanctions have remained in place ever since.


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Great Resources to learn what's up in Munich
5 great resources where you can learn about the events in Munich.
5 great resources where you can learn about the events in Munich.
If you are a working woman or if you care about gender equality at work, there is an important event coming up in Munich that you shouldn't miss.
A great social project that will also help you learn German: Das Hallo Projekt
The summer festivals continue with new additions.
I interviewed Dana Newman of YouTube Channel Wanted Adventure to learn about how she moved to Munich and her experiences in Munich now.
One festival goes, three festivals come. This is Munich!
Wetter is not very motivating to do something this weekend. But still, there are various nice events this weekend:
This weekend is... OMG!
Bike Night this weekend!
Summer Tollwood has started!


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Berean Studies / Ber03 - Knowledge
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1. What is the importance of knowledge?
2. In what four ways may knowledge be obtained?
3. In which of these ways did Adam possess a knowledge of evil before he sinned?
4. Where is the source of all true knowledge?
(Joh 17:17) Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
(Pro 2:6) For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
(Joh 6:45) It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
The Father himself, the great Jehovah, is not only the great law-giver but also the Great Teacher of his own law. His own great plan for human salvation will yet be seen by all of his intelligent sons to contain the grandest possible exemplifications of Justice, Love and Wisdom in combination, and yet each perfect, inviolate.
Our Lord Jesus was and still is the Great Teacher of men by the appointment of the Heavenly Father, the great Master Teacher above all. And this is precisely what our dear Redeemer claimed and taught. Did he not publicly declare that his teachings were of things he had already learned of the Father? saying, "I speak that which I have seen with my Father." "My doctrine [teaching] is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. ...He that seeketh the glory of him that sent him the same is true." "The word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me." "I have given them thy word." "They have kept thy word." "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth." John 7:16-18; 8:38; 14:24; 17:6,14,17
Likewise our Lord appointed special teachers under him, the Apostles; and still others in the church to be teachers and under-shepherds of the Lord's flock, instructing them, "Feed my sheep"; "feed my lambs." "Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, over which the holy Spirit hath made you overseers, to feed the Church of God which he hath purchased with blood of his own [Beloved Son]." (Acts 20:28) Yet none of these teachers were to teach doctrines of their own, which could be only "wisdom of this world." The people of God were to be all taught of Jehovah, and none can be true teachers save as they present to men the words and plan and character of Jehovah as the standards of truth and excellence. In doing this they necessarily call attention to "the doctrines of Christ" and "the Apostle's doctrines," all of which were but expressions and inculcations of the Father's grand and eternal law.
5. How is knowledge 'God's first gift to man'?
"Who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, [justification],and sanctification, and redemption [deliverance]."1 Cor. 1:30".
Since God's dealings with his creatures recognize their wills, the first step in his dealings with them, therefore, is to give them knowledge, or "wisdom," as it is translated in the above Scripture. It is for this reason that preaching was the first command of the Gospel age. To the worldly minded the preaching of forgiveness on account of faith in the crucified Jesus did not seem the wise course. To them it would have seemed better for God to have commanded something to be done by them. But, as Paul says-- "It pleased God to save those who believe by [knowledge imparted through what the worldly consider] the foolishness of this preaching."--`1 Cor. 1:21`.
The first gift of God to our redeemed race, therefore, was knowledge.
(1) Knowledge of the greatness and absolute justice of the God with whom we have to do. This knowledge was prepared for by the Mosaic Law, which was a "schoolmaster," or pedagogue, to lead men to Christ. And Christ, by his obedience to that law, magnified the Law and showed its honorableness, its worthiness; and thus honored God, the author of that Law, and showed his character.
(2) Knowledge of his own weakness, of his fallen, sinful and helpless condition, was also needful to man, that he might appreciate his need of a Savior such as God's plan had provided for him.
(3) Knowledge of how the entire race of Adam fell from divine favor and from mental, moral and physical perfection, through him, was also necessary. Without this knowledge we could not have seen how God could be just in accepting the one life, of Christ, as the ransom price for the life of the whole world.
(4) Without knowledge as to what is the penalty for sin--that "the wages of sin is death"--we never should have been able to understand how the death of our Redeemer paid the penalty against Adam and all in him.
(5) Knowledge, in these various respects, was, therefore, absolutely necessary to us, as without it we could have had no proper faith, and could not have availed ourselves of God's provision of justification, sanctification and deliverance through Christ.
Most heartily, therefore, we thank God for knowledge or wisdom concerning his plan. And we see that this wisdom came to us through Christ; because, had it not been for the plan of salvation of which he and his cross are the center, it would have been useless to give the knowledge, useless to preach, because there would have been no salvation to offer.
That Christ is made unto us righteousness or justification implies,--
(1) That we are unjust, or unrighteous in the sight of God, and unworthy of his favor.
(2) That, in view of our unworthiness, God had in some manner arranged that Christ's righteousness should stand good for "us," and thus give "us" a standing before God which we could not otherwise have because of our imperfections--our unrighteousness.
(3) This scripture does not imply that Christ's righteousness covers every sinner, so that God now views every sinner as though he were righteous, and treats all as his children. No, it refers merely to a special class of sinners--sinners who, having come to a knowledge of sin and righteousness, and having learned the undesirableness of sin, have repented of sin, and sought to flee from it and to come into harmony with God. This is the particular class referred to in this scripture--"who of God is made unto us justification," or righteousness.
(4) How God has arranged or caused Christ to be our "righteousness," or justification, is not here explained; but what we know of divine law and character assures us that the principle of Justice, the very foundation of divine government, must somehow have been fully satisfied in all of its claims. And other scriptures fully substantiate this conclusion. They assert that God so arranged as to have the price of man's sin paid for him; and that the price paid was an exact equivalent, a ransom or corresponding price, offsetting in every particular the original sin and just penalty, death, as it came upon the original sinner and through him by heredity upon all men. (`Rom. 5:12,18-20`.) He tells us that this plan of salvation was adopted because by it "God might be [or continue] just, and [yet be] the justifier of him [any sinner] that believeth in Jesus"--that comes unto God under the terms of the New Covenant, of which Christ Jesus is the mediator, having sealed it, or made it a covenant, by his own precious blood.--`Heb. 13:20,21`; `10:29`.
(5) While the benefits of this gracious arrangement are only for "us," for "believers," for those who come unto God by Christ--under the provisions of the New Covenant--these benefits are, nevertheless, made applicable to all; for God's special provision for the whole world of sinners is that all shall "come to a knowledge of the truth," that they may, if then they will accept the conditions of God's covenant, be everlastingly saved. A knowledge and a rejection of error--of false doctrines which misrepresent the divine character even though they be mixed with a little misconstrued truth--will not constitute grounds for condemnation; but a knowledge of the truth and a rejection of it will bring condemnation to the Second Death. The Greek text states this much more emphatically than our common English translation. It says, "come to an accurate knowledge of the truth."-- `1 Tim. 2:4`.
(6) The provision made was sufficient for all men. Our Lord gave himself [in death] a ransom--a corresponding price--for all; he was a "propitiation [or sufficient satisfaction] for the sins of the whole world." (`1 John 2:2`.) As a consequence, he is both able and willing "to save unto the uttermost [i.e., to save from sin, and from divine disfavor, and from death, and all these everlastingly] all that come unto God by him." (`Heb. 7:25`.) And inasmuch as God's provision is so broad, that all shall come to an exact knowledge of the truth respecting these provisions of divine mercy under the terms of the New Covenant;--inasmuch as the provision is that all the sin and prejudice-blinded eyes shall be opened, and that the devil, who for long centuries has deceived men with his misrepresentations of the truth, is to be bound for a thousand years, so that he can deceive the nations no more; and that then a highway of holiness shall be cast up in which the most stupid cannot err or be deceived; and in view of all this provision God declares that all men will be saved from the guilt and penalty incurred through Adam's sentence. Because, when all of these blessed arrangements have been carried into effect, there will be no reason for a solitary member of the human family remaining a stranger and alien from God's family except by his own choice or preference for unrighteousness, and that with an accurate knowledge that all unrighteousness is sin. Such as, of their own preference, knowingly choose sin, when the way and means of becoming servants of God are clearly understood by them, are wilful sinners on their own account, and will receive the Second-Death sentence as the wages of their own opposition to God's righteous arrangements.
6. What is the relation between knowledge and faith?
7. Who only are counted 'worthy' to know 'the deep things of God'?
8. Is knowledge necessary to salvation ?
9. What is the difference between knowing about God and knowing God ?
10. Does knowledge increase responsibility?
(Luk 12:47) And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
(Luk 12:48) But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Doubtless this was one reason why the Lord instructed us to "judge nothing before the time." Eventually the judgment will be in our hands--as it is written, "Know ye not that the saints shall judge the world?"--our Lord Jesus being the chief of these judges. The Lord's declaration is that he who knew his Master's will and did it not shall be beaten with many stripes, while he who knew not and did things worthy of stripes shall be beaten with few stripes. (Luke 12:47,48) This indicates to us that the guilt of wilful sin is to be measured largely by our knowledge of the Lord and of his will. Hence the Church, and those who have during this Gospel age come under the light and influence of the Church, will be held responsible in a larger degree than others. Nero, although not of the Church, not begotten of the Spirit, and therefore, less responsible proportionately than the Church, had, nevertheless, considerable contact with the children of the light; and hence, we may presume, had a large measure of responsibility in connection with his crimes.
And while the Bible is thus opening up from this standpoint, and disclosing wondrous things (Psa. 119:18), the light of the present day upon the various creeds and traditions of men is affecting them in an opposite manner. They are being recognized even by their worshipers as imperfect and deformed, and hence they are being measurably ignored; and though still subscribed to, they are seldom elaborated, for very shame. And the shame attaching to these human creeds and traditions is spreading to the Bible, which is supposed to uphold these deformities of thought as of divine origin. Hence the freedom with which the various advanced thinkers, so-called, are beginning to deny various parts of the Bible not congenial to their views. How striking, then, the providence of God, which at this very time opens before his children this truly glorious and harmonious plan--a plan that rejects not one, but harmonizes every part and item of his Word. Truth, when due, becomes meat for the household of faith, that they may grow thereby. (Matt. 24:45) Whoever comes in contact with truth, realizing its character, has thereby a responsibility with reference to it. It must be either received and acted upon, or rejected and despised. To ignore it does not release from responsibility. If we accept it ourselves, we have a responsibility TOWARD IT also, because it is for ALL the household of faith; and each one receiving it becomes its debtor, and, if a faithful steward, must dispense it to the other members of the family of God. Let your light shine! If it again becomes darkness, how great will be the darkness. Lift up the light! Lift up a standard for the people!
11. What is our duty toward building up each other in knowledge?
12. How do we know we are accepted as probationary members of the body of Christ?
13. What is our present inheritance through obedience to our knowledge of God's will?
14. What effect does the knowledge of the truth have upon superstitious fears?
15. How do we ' grow in knowledge'?
16. What is the significance of 'the helmet of salvation,' and is it more important now than in the past?
17. Can we give too much attention to acquiring knowledge?
18. What is the relation between knowledge and love ?
19. What is the difference between the knowledge which precedes justifying faith, and the knowledge...
20. How are 'grace and peace multiplied' unto us through knowledge?
21. What is the relation between knowledge and prayer ?
22. Do all kinds of knowledge profit us?
23. How can we explain the Apostle's statement, 'Ye know all things,' and 'need not that any man teach you'?
24. Explain Isa 53:11.
25. Should we expect to have any knowledge of the future?
26. What evidences have we that Da 12:4 is being fulfilled?
27. When will 'the knowledge of the Lord fill the earth as the waters cover the sea,' and...
28. What will be the relation between knowledge and faith in the Millennial Age ?


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Monthly Archives: March 2010
How to avoid losing your voice
By Andrew | Published: March 16, 2010
Last week I was teaching a four day technical course to a group of software engineers. The biggest challenge when teaching a long course is maintaining your voice. You have to project your voice to fill the room, which means you lose much more moisture through your mouth. After about ten minutes my mouth was [...]
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Writing for stand up part 1: What is a joke?
By Andrew | Published: March 12, 2010
Jokes subvert assumptions. Consider this joke from Jimmy Carr: My girlfriend said she wanted me to tease her. I said "alright, fatty". Carr creates an assumption (that his girlfriend wants to be teased playfully) then subverts it (by teasing her maliciously). It's a classic setup/punch joke; the first sentence (setup) leads us in one direction, [...]
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Microphone Technique
By Andrew | Published: March 4, 2010
Last Monday was week five of my stand up comedy course (read about week 1, 3 and 4). For the first time I used a microphone during my set. I'll be honest, using a microphone is fairly trivial. Just point it towards your mouth and speak. But my instructor, Joe Charles, explained a few finer [...]
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Former Volvo Car Corp. styling chief Peter Horbury is going to help develop China's future car designers as part of his new job as Geely Group's senior vice president of design.
Horbury will help establish a creative and design center at Hainan University Sanya College, in Sanya, southern China, a Geely Group spokesman said in an e-mail reply to questions. The independent college with a 20,000-student population is sponsored by Geely Group Chairman Li Shufu, who is also chairman at Geely's sister brand Volvo.
"He will do car designs there and help train students," the spokesman said in the e-mail. "The center will also help train and cultivate car design talents in China as we need high-level design talents for further growth of car industry in China."
The spokesman was not sure when Horbury would start his new position: "He will visit the school to find out the efforts needed to set up this center before he decides the exact on-board time."
A decision on who will succeed Horbury as Volvo head of design has not been made, said a Volvo spokesman. He added that the design departments at the two automakers are run independently.
Horbury, 61, is credited with moving Volvo away from its boxy roots to the leaner, sleeker models found in the automaker's current lineup. He began his career with the Swedish automaker in 1991 as head of design, helping to create new models including the XC90 crossover before he moved in 2002 to Ford's Premier Automotive Group. There, the British national oversaw design at all four PAG brands: Aston Martin, Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo.
Two years later, Horbury moved to Detroit to become executive director of design at Ford, before returning to Volvo in 2009 to assume the role of vice president design. In 2010, China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group bought Volvo from Ford for about $1.5 billion. Ford sold all four brands that made up the PAG group between 2007 and 2010.