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Duke Energy is pressing federal regulators to issue a new hydroelectric license for the Catawba River that is now five years overdue and snarled in legal limbo.
The license gives Duke authority to operate its 13 dams on the Catawba in both Carolinas. The original 50-year license expired in 2008.
Environmentalists challenged the renewal terms, saying Duke's dams would hurt the recovery of endangered shortnose and Atlantic sturgeon. That issue appears to have been resolved last year when a federal agency agreed the dams wouldn't threaten the survival of the fish.
South Carolina has posed a thornier challenge. Duke can renew its federal license only after the state agrees that the dams won't hurt the Catawba's water quality.
South Carolina initially refused to make that finding amid the turmoil of a U.S. Supreme Court case, later settled, between the two states over rights to the river.
Now before South Carolina's Supreme Court is whether the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control suspended a 180-day deadline to act on the water-quality certification.
This week Duke asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to ignore the court case, saying it could take years to resolve. Duke asked FERC to rule that South Carolina has waived its right to grant or deny the water certification.
"The commission has a federal mandate to act now and it has everything it needs to do so," Duke wrote. "... Every licensee and every license application deserves due process and continued delays are not warranted for this project."
Approval will unleash millions of dollars in recreational improvements and land conservation Duke promised in negotiating the license terms.
Silence so far from FERC.
Friday, March 21, 2014
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Duke Energy is pressing federal regulators to issue a new hydroelectric license for the Catawba River that is now five years overdue and snarled in legal limbo.


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Three residents of an Arlington County, Va. apartment complex have woken to a strange man either staring at them or touching their arm, police said.
All three cases happened within the past two weeks at the Meridian at Courthouse Commons Apartments in the 1400 block of North Taft Street. The building is filled with young women in their 20s; residents refer to it as "the dorm."
Police have a very vague description of the suspect, but in each case, the female residents were sleeping when they woke up to the unknown man staring at them.
Heather, who asked to be identified only by her first name, said she woke up and realized a stranger was staring at her.
"It was terrifying.... I just screamed and screamed and hoped he would leave," she said. "He was blocking the entrance to my door so I couldn't leave my bed.... And so I was just happy that he eventually moved out of the doorway and out of my apartment."
Six days later, another victim woke up to see a man of a similar description rubbing her arm. He fled when he realized she was awake.
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Building management posted a notice in elevators Friday warning residents to lock their deadbolts and not allow anyone unknown to follow them into the building.


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- Donald Trump is brusque, aggressive, narcissistic and most likely, brutally honest.
- Known for his hard-line law-and-order views and brusque manner, he would set a very different tone than previous holders of the job.
- Trump has come across as brusque, almost bordering on being boorish, with no respect for the woman.
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We celebrated Memorial Day at the Fire Station, because Marcus had to work.
He brought his smoker up there and made brisket, ribs, and sausage. He also made sausage stuffed with cheese and jalepenos and wrapped it in bacon! I think he should name it the delicious heart attack. Marcus is a really good cook and hopefully one day he'll have his own restaurant. Of course, I would have to have a cute little store attached to it!
OK, I got off the subject. The guys set up an extra table since everyone invited their families. I had to get a picture of their fancy napkins:
They are dishtowels! I was just impressed that they set the table for us.
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During G-Star, Blizzard showed off impressive fan art at its booth's community zone. The Grand Theft Auto inspired World of Warcraft Cataclysm art is cool and all, but check out those mini-figures. Wow!
Also, on display were StarCraft paper...craft. Kotaku posted a gallery of these StarCraft II models back in May. They were awesome them. They are awesome now.
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Pueblo businesswoman and unaffiliated candidate Tisha Casida is focusing her attention on raising money now that she's made the ballot for the 3rd congressional district race.
"Fundraising is really number one," the 30-year-old said this week. "We really need to step it up."
The secretary of state's office on Monday said Casida had turned in a total of 921 eligible signatures – more than the 800 she needed to make the ballot. (Her original submission came up 127 signatures short, but Casida's campaign used the "cure" period to get the additional names).
She will face Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton of Cortez and state Rep. Sal Pace, D-Pueblo, to represent the district, which comprises 29 counties in southern and western Colorado.
Casida, whose views align closely with conservative Congressman Ron Paul, said she plans to participate in the next debate, scheduled for Sept. 8 at Club 20 in Grand Junction. She's also trying to hold some town hall-style meetings across the district. And she's hoping that anyone who was waiting to give money until they knew whether she was on the ballot will start supporting her now.
She has serious work to do. As of June 30, Casida had raised a total of about $26,000 and had about $7,700 cash on hand. Meanwhile, Tipton had raised about $1.6 million and had more than $1 million cash on hand, and Pace had raised about $1.18 million and had roughly $789,000 cash on hand.


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U.S. Adds 157,000 Jobs in January
WSJ's Sudeep Reddy and Phil Izzo join the News Hub to discuss the latest jobs report numbers and what they mean for the larger U.S. economy. Photo: AP Images.
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... I ... good morning welcome to the New Saab I'm Ralf Winkler The monthly jobs report is in just now ... the unemployment rate moves up slightly to seven point nine percent from seven point eight percent ... nonfarm payrolls increased well ... not really much to all two hundred fifty seven thousand from a hundred fifty five thousand last month ... Wall Street Journal economics reporter Sudeep Reddy with the right way Sudeep fast reaction or the number ... brought this is exactly in line with the trend of the last two years so it should really surprised nobody it's really still not good enough to ... it lor the plan areas are seeing with the jobless rate rising ... this will certainly ease any concerns ... from investors that the Fed ... is going to suddenly pull back on its bond buying because it's been it's not when you got its job growth is slow and the unemployment rate ... is high and rising right now ... okay now speaking of of the Fed eat potential easing up ... or not I mean talk about this in context of the GDP number we got ... a ... couple days ago in the and the reason I ask is because ... you know some people find him he was weak it was kinda contraction but they said you know what ... transitory not a big deal ... is this indicator is still slow growth ... a search or does the Fed did note that the GDP report I was tied to transitory factors that was one of the reasons for the slow ... growth in the fall but ... as as we've seen GDP growth has been around two percent ... payrolls have been rising somewhere between a hundred fifty thousand a hundred sixty thousand a month so that you know in the year ... and we're not breaking out of this cycle the one area of concern here is that why people than expected ... January payrolls to may be surprised to the upside to be perhaps higher than we anticipated because of the seasonal factors ... but says some people might be wondering whether they be able to fix the technical factors the coming January's report or there's been something else going on and maybe I will can actually go back into the same cycle we've seen the last two years where payroll start ... slowing even further as we get into the spring should we see have we seen the last couple years some boost from seasonal factors ... I we we Certusi indie in January technical factors of both seasonal factors and then you got the eye in this report the population controls ... a lot of things that statisticians will do ... for the January report to account for changes in the economy ... and that is why junior portends to be more confusing than I remember last January we saw a very strong a word for well over two thousand got a lot of people excited about the economy obviously a few months later we weren't back in the week perils of in and out with back into the cycle of despair that we've been so long I can remember off the top line and that that's what have you as a guest on the show thank you so I now eligible to Phil Izzo and or the real-time Economics won in the newsroom fill what's going on behind the headline figure bow on it that it's a pretty ... the mediocre report ... as we know it is only one fifty seven thousand the government ... continues to cut jobs and lost about nine thousand jobs this month ... aam did as he did mention there's a lot of tricky aspect to a January report one of them is the change in on the population controls which affects ... the unemployment rate so it's really hard to read too much into that ... one of that one tenth the percentage increase in the unemployment rate we saw a tick up a little bit but we can't really determine yet why because of these new population control facts they had it turns out they were more people in the U S last year than they thought so it that that seven point nine percent is not only comparable ... to the rate that we saw ... last month it's a it's not the easiest adjusted employ everyone up ... Esprit usual the jobs report comes in we really don't know what to make between every it still is very hard and one thousand dollars bill ... a labor force participation and change this month ... yet to import the station was changed again that's come from that same report we get unemployment rate number from so if it doesn't that we cannot compare to the next month we do know we can talk in historical terms though and in historical terms the in the labor force to space rate is very well the unemployment rate is still very elevated so forget about a month to month ... variations we take a step back and look this in the broader picture ... we know that they're still lot more that we need to do for the labor market ... ok and and fill what is the can it take to ... get an image that is turning six point five percent once again take to get us ... down to that level we can to get a job growth anyone Cookman job numbers we need to be creating two to really get us back to listen to happen before two thousand fifteen we needed to be for two one two thousand a month ... and was a number like twenty seven just isn't there again it's there ... the good news though is what some of the revisions we notice that ... the two thousand twelve job growth was the ... average was a little bit better than we originally thought it turns out that there were once more jobs added ... earlier in the year last year that we thought at first to the average for last year was a hundred eighty one thousand which makes that ... increase we saw last year made more sense than it raises the hopes that maybe going forward this year we can accelerate a little bit more to get the unemployment rate down with them or what ... okay Philip stay with us I wanna bring Sudeep back in quickly Sudeep ... you mention the fact ... that this number this report will ease concerns among investors ... that you know almost as good the bad news is good news or are not good news is ... good news in the sense that we are to come off the gas pedal when it comes to money printing ... exactly the Fed had to let some concerns with investors didn't minutes of its ... the prior reading from a few months ago ... that that maybe the economy was improving quickly enough ... but that that might be time to pull back I will see in a few weeks the of the minutes of this past week's I'm meeting whether there were any further indications of that there is certainly a concern that as we break into a high repair higher payroll range ... we might see that but right now we have actually more risk on the horizon ... the we have ... a lot of potential ... the government spending cutbacks second hurt the economy even more within the next month ... and all of that is going away on employers and is really good and provide these risks that are going to ... pull the economy back in is probably getting the Fed will stay on hold ... 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Yep, finally, my response to Priscilla Coleman's meta-analysis that claims there to be a causal link between having an abortion and suffering subsequent mental health problems is online at the British Journal of Psychiatry website. The response targets not only Coleman, but also a number of other contributors, who have all made simplistic claims about what practical conclusions to draw from Coleman's study.
I didn't make the selection of responses that are featured in the printed issue 1 of BjP for 2012, but then again I didn't expect to, since my contribution does not address the scientific quality of of Coleman's meta-analysis.
My earlier posts on Coleman's article and the debate it has inspired can be found here, here, here, here, here and here.
Thursday, 5 January 2012
My Response to Priscilla Coleman's Article on Abortion and Mental Health Now Online at the British Journal of Psychiatry
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By Conrad Richter, the International Tibet Network, UK
In response to: The Impact of the Resignations of Gyari & Gyaltsen — by the editorial board of The Tibetan Political Review
I find the following statement to be an overreach:
The resignations of the leading envoys and their reasons for their resignations are a serious blow for the future of the Middle Way. If His Holiness' leading representatives, who were deep in the trenches in dialogue with the Chinese, essentially no longer believe the Middle Way is feasible, then what (beyond inertia) is driving the TGIE's support for the Middle Way?
I do believe that the public resignations are intended to send a message. But I believe that the authors have divined the wrong message and the wrong intended target out of the envoys' words. To suggest that their resignations are somehow connected with a loss of faith in the middle way strikes me as an attempt to manufacture a premise for the article. The envoys' resignations could equally -- and much more simply -- be intended to send a message to the Chinese that they see no hope in continuing talks. In other words, the envoys simply could be telling the Chinese to reconsider their hard line negotiating stance or risk worsening conditions in Tibet.
I believe that the Middle Way still has a useful purpose. It serves as an alternative to whatever happens in Tibet: the Chinese can always look to it as an option if they find that they cannot control Tibet. To take the Middle Way off the table would be a mistake. (And would be a devastating repudiation of the Dalai Lama's policies which is why it is so hard for some to veer away from it.)
The Middle Way need not be the exclusive policy option. What is important now is for the Tibetan people to explore other policy options while taking great care to keep the Middle Way option alive. The Middle Way still has enormous strategic utility from a public relations point of view. If the Dalai Lama and the exile government have the Middle Way on the table then no matter what unrest and violence occurs in Tibet, the Chinese will fail in their attempts to paint the Tibetans as terrorists, as they have tried hard to do. But the Dalai Lama cannot lead the way into an exploration of new policy options. That has to come from others.


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What an awful Blog post title. My apologies.
The Decision of Madame Justice Pierce in 1188710 Ontario Ltd. v. Gartner, 2012 ONSC 6110 (CanLII) is a good reminder of how judges trying to do perceived justice between parties sometimes finds the law bent (or worse – disregarded) in favour of perceived justice.
The facts of the case aren't particularly remarkable – contractor does work, owner takes issue with various things and doesn't pay all invoices, contractor liens, lawsuit follows. Same old story. Sometimes the contractor comes out on top and sometimes it is the owner that prevails. In this case, Pierce J. interpreted the agreement between the contractor and the owners and the evidence that was presented at trial almost entirely in favour the contractor.
The two aspects of the Decision that prompted me to write this short post are:
- Pierce J. found a contractual entitlement to interest and awarded the contractor interest at 5.5% per annum; and
- Pierce J. declared that the contractor has a lien against the Defendants' property for an amount that includes the interest that she found to be owing.
Contractual Interest
If Pierce J. had just addressed the issue of interest as one of damages (the contractor's losses based on interest the contractor had to pay on its line of credit or to its own suppliers) rather than as interest and if the contractor had presented better evidence on this point, I don't think there would be an issue. However, because Pierce J. expressly found that there was no agreement as to interest (see paras 37 & 40), I think she should have been foreclosed from awarding contractual interest. Nonetheless, she (wrongly in my view) reasoned that a contractual obligation to pay invoices within a specified time implied an agreement to pay interest if payment was not made within that time (see para 44). If Pierce J. were right on this, it would effectively mean that every contract that obliges a party to pay contains an implied agreement to pay interest if payment isn't made. I don't think that this is the law and I don't think this accords with longstanding jurisprudence that parties should, as a general rule, be held to their bargains – if the contractor had wanted to negotiate a contractual entitlement and rate of interest, he could easily have done so.
The next part is that there seemed to be some very loose (it seems to have been given just in oral testimony at trial) evidence that the contractor had suffered some sort of losses based on having to dip into his line of credit and charges from his own suppliers as a result of the owner not paying all of his invoices (see para 100, for example). It was this evidence that Pierce J. used to determine the rate of "interest" that the contractor should be entitled to (5 browse around here.5% was the contractor's rate on his line of credit…so Pierce J. somehow made that the contractual rate of interest "agreed to" between the contractor and the owner). I wouldn't be so offended by this had Pierce J. just characterised the amount payable as damages rather than interest. However, even then, the problem would be that she found as a fact that, "Unfortunately, there is no evidence about how much [the contractor] had to draw on his line of credit for this project, or how much interest he paid." In effect, she awarded damages in the absence of any evidence of the proven quantum of those damages.
I think that there should have been found to be no agreement as to interest and so only pre-judgment interest payable to the contractor pursuant to the Courts of Justice Act. Further, should Pierce J. have been inclined to find a breach of an obligation to pay on the part of the owner, she could have still found damages to have resulted from the breach but she should have then found (on the evidence described by the Decision) that the contractor did not adduce sufficient evidence to support his claim and then awarded no damages on the basis that quantum had not been proven. Instead we are left with, in my view, a bad Decision (on this point) that could come back to haunt other litigants arguing this sort of contractual interest dispute.
Lien for Interest
On the second point, section 14(2) of the Construction Lien Act expressly says that, "No person is entitled to a lien for any interest on the amount owed to the person in respect of the services or materials that have been supplied by the person, but nothing in this subsection affects any right that the person may otherwise have to recover that interest." As such, Pierce J. erred in law by including the interest she awarded the contractor in the declared amount of the lien she declared the contractor to have over the owner's lands. The interest should have been included in the money judgment but should not have been included in the value of the lien.


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1. Move! I love crafts and activities that incorporate recycled materials, so when we wanted to create a Green Eggs and Ham-inspired movement activity, I pulled out the green and white buttons we used at Christmas for our button Christmas trees and some empty spice containers, and we created shakers. This activity was absolutely perfect for Caterpillar - 18 months -- though it did require me to be right there on hand to keep him from putting the buttons in his mouth. The boys both definitely got moving with their shakers, and my next plan is to have them shake them while we listen to some songs from Seussical the Musical!
2. Eat! We did a couple of food-related activities, including, of course, making actual green eggs and ham, which Wild Thing kept begging to do -- he took it very literally, so I let him get busy in the kitchen with the green food coloring. Despite my misgivings about it, he ate every bite -- though not without reciting at least half the book with me and refusing to eat them at first. It was too cute.
We also had some cookie decorating fun with sugar cookies and three green topics: green sprinkles, green cream cheese frosting and pistachios.
4. Learn! Finally, Wild Thing is in an early reading phase and very interested in sounding simple words out and pointing out starting letter sounds, so I try to encourage and reinforce this with the books we read through simple sight word activities and/or activities that reinforce basic phonetic concepts. Of course, Dr. Seuss books are perfect for this becaues of all of the words that rhyme, so I wrote out rhyming words on coffee filters so that he could connect that the words sound the same except for the beginning letters. On some, I also drew pictures, on others I did not. Words that rhymed were on the same coffee filter, but different sides of it, so he flipped it over to find the rhyme. He turned it into a matching game as well, which was another great idea for word learning and play.
|The flip side of the Rain card, says Train and of Boat says Goat.
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New campus notification system enhances emergency preparedness
Members of the University community can now quickly receive news and instructions during campus emergencies, thanks to a new notification system recently implemented by Princeton officials.
Through the Connect-ED service, campus leaders can send simultaneous alerts to individuals in a matter of minutes through landline phones, cellular phones, text messaging and e-mail. The system augments the communication tools the University already has in place to respond to a variety of crises, ranging from weather-related closings to unique emergency situations where time is of the essence.
"The recent events at Virginia Tech have shown that it's especially important to have this type of mass, emergency notification system that is capable of reaching our community members using several methodologies," Director of Public Safety Steven Healy said.
The University purchased the Connect-ED system in early April, days before the Virginia Tech shootings, after an extensive review of various emergency notification services.
Connect-ED can be used, for instance, to send targeted messages to certain individuals, such as people in a specific building or department, for alerts that do not concern the entire campus.
Messages are relayed through Connect-ED using the contact information provided by faculty, staff and students. Undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to update their contact information through the Student Course Online Registration Engine (SCORE) to ensure they receive critical information in an emergency. Faculty and staff should update their contact information through the Office of Human Resources self service website. All such information is secure and will remain private.
Garth Walters, head of the Emergency Preparedness Task Force and director of environmental health and safety, said the new system is a great addition to the notification methods already employed by Princeton. He said the University will continue to relay critical information through various means including: Web announcements, e-mail, an automated message line, the new Tiger TV emergency alert system and local radio stations.
However, Walters noted that Connect-ED is only as useful as the contact information people provide. He said it's especially important to register cell phone numbers so officials can reach faculty, staff and students wherever they may be located.
"The advantage of this system is that we can contact individuals directly rather than relying on people to check their e-mail or visit a website to view an announcement," Walters said. "With multiple points of contact, people can rest assured they will still be reached with important information even if they are not on campus or tuned into the local news."
The Connect-ED system allows individuals to register up to six phone numbers, in addition to e-mail and text messaging information. Students, faculty and staff should list their text message e-mail address as an alternate e-mail address on the SCORE and human resources websites. The text message e-mail address depends on the cell phone service provider, and several template addresses are listed below:
Alltel: firstname.lastname@example.com (example: If your cell phone number is (609) 123-4567, your text message e-mail address would be email@example.com)
AT&T Wireless: email@example.com
Cingular: firstname.lastname@example.com
Metrocall: email@example.com
Nextel: firstname.lastname@example.com
Sprint PCS: firstname.lastname@example.com
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In a phone interview this morning, A.J. Jenkins' agent said he heard a "ton" of pre-draft buzz about his client and knew the 49ers "fell in love" with the Illinois wide receiver.
Still, he remained cautiously optimistic. He even advised Jenkins to not obsess about watching the first round of the draft Thursday night from his family's home in Jacksonville, Fla.
"You can't always believe everything you hear, especially in this business," Jonathan Perzley said. "But we knew he wasn't going out of the top 40. It wasn't possible. Not with the teams that need good, solid receivers. And with the character of this guy, and his production, and all his measurables, you can't let a guy like that slide."
As it turns out, obviously, some of that pre-draft chatter was legitimate.
The 49ers clearly fell head over heels for Jenkins, who they selected 30th overall, and they apparently weren't alone.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, citing league sources, reported the Rams coveted Jenkins and had given him a similar grade to Oklahoma State wideout Justin Blackmon, who went fifth overall to Jacksonville. Sports Illustrated's Peter King reported one "club official" said his team had Jenkins rated ahead of Notre Dame wideout Michael Floyd, who was selected with the No. 13 pick by Arizona.
"He didn't have a good quarterback to get him the ball, and he's raw," King's source said. "But he's fast. We liked him a lot.'"
The other interest surrounding Jenkins helps explain why the 49ers passed on a potential trade with the Vikings to move back five spots from No. 30 to No. 35. The Rams, after all, have pick No. 33, the first in today's second round.
"I think if you follow this story a little longer and over the course of the next few days, you're going to find that there were a lot more people that liked A.J. than just the San Francisco 49ers," 49ers general manager Trent Baalke said Thursday night. "He would have gone a lot sooner tomorrow than a lot of people may think. I'll let you dig and find that information, but we're very confident in the pick and very glad to have A.J. on board."
It looks like Baalke was right.
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Wickus wrote:The mid term review is not the main focus point of this theory, but the AoD in the midst of the 7 year timeframe. Just hang on to the 20/21st. From that date we have 1260 days to 31 Dec 2013. After that there is just not enough time left for this theory to survive.
Hi Wickus, and I just thought about this.......
Actually, this (July 20th) would be the "midst" in which the "daily sacrifices" should come to a stop. Accordingly, the AOD tied in with the cessation of "daily sacrifices" should be 1,290 days - which would bring in August 19th, 2010. (Daniel 12:11) The events on July 20th, (cessation of sacrifices) could possibly go virtually unnoticed; in that the manner in which they come to a "stop" or "cessation" would not be recognized by the populace in general - to include fellow Watchers.
**Note: Jesus mentions the AOD , and refers to the Prophet Daniel, and NOT the "midst" or "cessation of sacrifice being stopped" - let the reader understand. (Matthew 24:15)
Now, I want to state without fear of contradiction....I am certainly not adding days - It's just my interpretation that Daniel 9:27 occurs in the "midst" of the 7 year time period, and if this is July 20th; being on day 1,260 - then day 1,290 would be August 19th, 2010 for the AOD, and the cessation of sacrifices - to have occurred. (Again Daniel 12:11)
Another thing to consider, is that "IF" July 20th IS DAY #1 of the 1,260 remaining days, or 3.5 years (this is still within the 7 year established time frame of the ENP(I) theory; or middle) then a 30 day time period would still exist - which would have the AOD occurring on January 30th, 2011.
Remember that Scripture states gives us the "midst" or "middle" of the 7 year period that the sacrifices would come to a stop. However, it then states that from the time that the sacrifices have been stopped AND the AOD, it will be 1,290 days. So if July 20th, 2010 is the "midst"; and is considered day #1 of the final 1,260 days then we would be looking to see the AOD on day 1,290 - which would be January 30th, 2011.
I would also like to add that there has always been an assumption that the Great Tribulation begins the 1,260 day period. I actually "think" this could be wrong, so to make a point, I will beg to differ. Jesus states that after the AOD that there will be "great tribulation" or "a great tribulation" in some translations - in contrast to "The Great Tribulation" actually beginning.
My point is, that if July 20th, 2010 begins day 1 of the 1,260 days left to "end" of the requirements set forth in Daniel 9:24; then day 1,290 should be January 30th, 2011 - in which the AOD should occur. Great Tribulation starts; and lasts for 45 days, bringing the total days to day 1,335. (Daniel 12:11-13) Not only does this meet the requirements of Scripture, it also could explain why Jesus mentions that those days are cut short; the time period in which the Beast is given power to continue;(So Javier Solana could still very well be in the picture); the timing in which the Jews flee to the wilderness; and the reward for those who actually survive and make it to Day 1,335.
In closing, I am certainly open to discuss this - of course all within the "framework" of the ENP(I), as this section allows, and I could certainly be wrong.
24"Seventy (A)weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to (B)make atonement for iniquity, to bring in (C)everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place.
eschologizer wrote:In my opinion, it cannot be the case that the 70 weeks to end while the beast has authority over Jerusalem, or the Gentiles are trampling the city, or the Jews are hiding in the desert, two witnesses preaching, etc, because all of the criteria for the end of the 70 weeks listed above in the verse would not be met.
Mr Baldy wrote:I welcome any comments, critique, criticism, and/or additional advise.
Wickus wrote:Mr Baldy, it is the first time that I have seen an explanation like this. As much as I want to cling to the ENP theory I will have to say that I still think something must happen on the 20th to keep this alive.
James1:12 wrote:ENP is so hard to rule out particularly now as the EU has its coveted place closer to the inner circle of the UN.
Has the mid-term review happened yet?
Wickus wrote:David, the problem I have with this view is that Christ's covenant is eternal and not for 7 years. The moment someone can explain out of Scripture why His eternal covenant has been reduced to 7 years, I will look into it.
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Explainer: Games that make the most of the iPad
Once you start playing games on an iPad you may never want to go back to playing games on your iPhone or iPod Touch. That's because the iPad's gorgeous, spacious screen finally gives many games the room they've been begging for. And yet, I'm still waiting to be truly wowed by an iPad game. After all, the vast majority of iPad games are simply larger, prettier iPhone games with heftier price tags.
Of course, the iPad has only been around for two months and wowing seems like something that's sure to start happening after developers have had more time to wrap their heads around this, er, magical machine.
Until then, here's a look at some of the games that are making the most of the iPad's unique features.
Tell us:Has iPad gaming wowed you?
Scrabble for iPad - $9.99
Yeah, it's priced at $9.99, but "Scrabble" fans will find a lot to love about the iPad version of this famed word game. Sure, you can play it on your iPhone for a third of the price, but the iPad is where this crossword puzzle is most at home with the HD game board sprawling across the bright, spacious screen.
There are several play modes, giving you the opportunity to pit your wordsmithery against either friends or the computer. But the mode that most impressed us was Party Play. You and up to three friends can all share one iPad in this mode. Simply download the free "Scrabble Tile Rack" app from the App Store to your iPhone or iPod Touch. Then use your phone or pod to manage your own private tile rack while sharing the game on the iPad.
If you want a less-expensive and yet still absorbing Scrabble-like gaming experience, don't miss "Words With Friends HD." For a mere $2.99, this fabulous version of the crossword game will let you connect with friends or random players online and play each other at your turn-based leisure.
Flight Control HD - $4.99
Thanks to the sprawling iPad screen, this uber addictive iPhone game can finally stretch its gorgeous wings. The basics are this: You're an air traffic controller and you have to guide incoming aircraft to their landing strips without letting them crash into one another. You do this by drawing a guidance line for each aircraft to follow using the touch screen.
The iPad version of the game delivers the same increasingly frenetic gameplay but with a pretty hefty package of additions. There are updated graphics and new airfields to conquer. Meanwhile, you can share your iPad with a friend and play the game together either cooperatively or competitively. You can also play a networked game with friends via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth — connecting your iPad to another iPad or even to an iPhone or iPod Touch.
Plants vs. Zombies HD - $9.99
Zombies are shlumping their way toward your home and the only way to survive is to strategically deploy a yard full of undead-battling flora. This award-winning game came to life on the PC and Mac then shuffled its way onto the iPhone and iPod Touch. But it really sinks its teeth into our collective gaming brains on the iPad.
The spacious screen and multi-touch controls really feel like the very best way to play "Plants vs. Zombies." In addition to the gorgeous HD graphics, the iPad version also offers the exclusive "Buttered Popcorn" mini-game and it includes Survival Mode (which you won't find on the iPhone version though you will find it on the PC/Mac version). Be prepared...this game will eat you alive.
Angry Birds HD - $4.99
"Angry Birds" is a study in slingshot physics — that is, you're tasked with using said slingshot to fling a flock of vengeful avian at the pigs who have wronged them, trying to knock the squealers down from their various fortifications.
This super cute, super polished game of demolition has received a lovely high-def update for the iPad. The twisted yet adorable graphics have been prettied up and the game has the room it needs to breathe on the big screen. That said, if you already own the iPhone/iPod Touch version of the game, you may not feel the need to buy the iPad version since nothing but the graphics have been updated. However, if you've never purchased this game before — this one is a must buy and the iPad version is worth all 499 pennies.
Zen Bound 2 - $7.99
"Zen Bound" was a deliciously original puzzle game when it arrived on the iPhone, winning all sorts of accolades for being a truly unique blend of art and gaming. The game's goal was deceptively simple: Wrap rope around various wooden figures by using the multi-touch screen and tilt sensitivity. As you wrapped the rope around the wood, the wood it touched was then splashed in paint. The goal was to cover as much of the object in paint as possible.
With "Zen Bound 2," this oddly absorbing gameplay mechanic returns and remains the same, but this time around the beautiful wooden artwork gets the show it really deserves. As you twist and turn these objects, the beauty of the imagery suckers you in just as the rope puzzles twist your brain in knots. All the original levels are here plus many more and a new "paint bomb" mode adds an interesting twist. Meanwhile a new soundtrack from Ghost Monkey makes this game a treat for the ears as well as the eyes.
Charadium for iPad - $4.99
"Charadium" is basically "Pictionary"…with total strangers, which is a whole lot more fun than it may sound. A fast-paced online word guessing game, it works like this: You're given a word and a time limit and by drawing pictures on the touch screen you must do your doodly best to clue in a virtual room full of people as to what that word is. When you're not drawing, you're trying to guess what words other players are drawing.
"Charadium" will quickly match you up with other random online players or you can create an online game of your own and invite friends to join. Though there is a version for the iPhone, the drawing mechanic is best suited to the iPad's spacious touch screen. After all, you're going to need all the room you can get to try and draw a picture that describes the word "wilderness."
1112 Episode 02 HD - $7.99
The atmospheric adventure game known as "1112" gets a second installment both on the iPhone and the iPad. But the place to truly enjoy the game's lovely hand-drawn art and moody environments is on the iPad.
"Lost" fans looking to fill the void in their life will find a strange and twisty tale to wrap their heads around here. "1112 Episode 02" follows the story of Louis Everett, an antiques dealer who suffers from bad headaches and strange dreams and has suddenly found himself in a strange hotel room. The iPad is the perfect place to delve into this game, with its mix of "point and click" adventuring, hidden object sleuthing and puzzle gaming.
Mirror's Edge for iPad - $12.99
"Mirror's Edge" was well received when it got its start as a full blown first-person action adventure game on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. And this 2D, side-scrolling version of the game for the iPad is really hitting its paces too.
Players control Faith Connors, an outlaw "runner" in a not-so-perfect future society. With swipes and flicks of your finger on the touch screen, you'll send her running, jumping, climbing, sliding and rolling her way across the rooftops of a gleaming metropolis. The parkour-based gameplay flows so smoothly it sucks you right in. Meanwhile, the iPad's sharp HD graphics are simply dazzling. And the iPad's spacious screen offers room enough for head-to-head multiplayer matches with two players each using half the screen as they try to outrun and outmaneuver each other.
Certainly there's lots of great gameplay to be had here. Of course, there better be: Coming in at $12.99, "Mirror's Edge for iPad" is one of the most expensive iPad games you'll find in the App Store.
GodFinger HD - Free
For those of you who've depleted your bank accounts buying your iPad, there are a number of enjoyable games out there for the low-low price of free. "GodFinger HD" is one of them.
In this simulation game you play...why god, of course. And you use your almighty finger to interact with your very own planet that you shape and tend to. Your finger will bring sunshine and rain to grow things, it will work miracles to awe little mortals into following you, and it will push your converted followers to do your bidding.
The art and graphics are bright and adorable and the iPad's generous screen real-estate makes managing your entire planet feel comfortable rather than cramped. Something to note: This game is a "freemium" game, which means that you don't have to pay a dime ... unless you want to buy little extras to make yourself more powerful more quickly. And yes, more power is oh-so-tempting.
Also read: Is iPad gaming living up to the hype?
Tell us:Has iPad gaming wowed you?
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XtremeData volunteers to serve as Intel's FPGA busboy
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IDF Co-processor specialist XtremeData has revealed a first quarter ship date for a new FPGA that will tap into the front side bus of Intel's Xeon chips.
XtremeData stands as one of the initial companies to take Intel up on its open FSB offer. Intel first discussed plans to bring partners to the FSB last year. The chipmaker tapped FPGA makers Xilinx and Altera as its partners in this effort to build co-processor accelerators.
XtremeData – which uses FPGAs from Altera – has been selling a co-processor that plugs directly into Opteron sockets for some time. The company, along with fellow start-up DRC, hopes to see software developers move certain high performance computing routines onto its products. The co-processors can provide dramatic speed-ups for some workloads while consuming far less energy than a standard x86 processor.
XtremeData is demonstrating the XD2000i – based on the Altera's Stratix III FPGA - here at the Intel Developer Forum with the product connecting into a 1066MHz FSB while sitting in a Xeon socket.
The companies involved claim that the accelerator can speed up software anywhere between 10X and 100X. "It is the ideal solution for accelerating applications such as mapping the human genome or data analytics for the financial market applications," we're told.
"The XD2000i is pin-compatible with and plugs directly into the processor socket of dual- or quad-socket servers. It was designed to stay within Intel's defined keep-out area, so customers can now integrate these in-socket accelerators in their Intel Xeon DP rack-mount servers, blade systems and ATCA platforms."
SGI also gave its vote of confidence to the XtremeData product, billing it as an option for Altix XE and ICE systems.
Altera has pledged to support Intel's upcoming QuickPath interconnect technology – a rival to AMD's Hypertransport that will replace the FSB. ®
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Advertisers, Mark Zuckerberg's bank manager and the US security services all agree: Facebook is a wonderful thing.
But what if, as Robert Kilroy Silk might put it, you're not there to share, but to shaft? How would you behave if you came to Facebook not to enjoy it, but to destroy it? We think you'd act rather like this.
1. Spoil TV shows
It's the show everyone is talking about. It doesn't hit Netflix for another nine hours. You torrented the US broadcast at 2am and now you'll make damn sure that all your friends wake up to discover that, OMG, Skyler cooked Walt in a pot, ate his brains and stole all his drugs. [No, that isn't really how it ends. What kind of people do you think we are?]
2. Circulating the crazy
Coke is made of rats' wee! Facebook wants to ban pictures of nativity scenes! Bulgarians are kidnapping our cats! Don't let "facts" and "science" and "the Daily Mail made it up" get in the way of your scaremongering: just chuck any old garbage into your news feed, use the most inflammatory language imaginable and refuse to listen to reason.
3. Inspiring everyone
A News Feed isn't a News Feed if it doesn't contain at least 300 trite bumper-sticker quotes rendered in horrible fonts over pictures of sunsets, clouds and angels. The less sense they make, the better: why not put "My favourite colour is October" over a picture of an angry monkey?
4. Liveblogging your kids
There's nothing more fascinating than other people's kids - so why not post real-time updates of every single unremarkable thing your offspring does? No detail is too small to share, and of course one day, when he or she is all grown up, there won't be any embarrassment, fury or vows to put you in a home at the first sign of drooling.


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Digital Power Supply Design Workshop
CERES holographic digital windscreen cluster demo
Single-supply, low-side, unidirectional current-sensing circuit
How to Solve for V-2-X
Connect: Car Access Demo
How to enable thermal safety for automotive infotainment and cluster systems
Automotive kick-to-open using TI mmWave sensors
Automotive transients introduction
This video presents a short overview of automotive frond-end and the transients tackled by the frond-end power conversion stage connected to an automotive battery rail.
Automotive transients explained
This section presents a high level overview of automotive board net and the describes the conditions that the the tests simulate. These include:
- Reverse polarity
- Jump start
- Load sump
- Starting profile
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Architecting the dc-dc stage for automotive transients
This section presents an approach to architecting the dc-dc conversion stage to handle the transients on automotive battery rail. Following topologies are covered:
- Buck-boost
- Always-on boost + buck
- On-demand boost + buck
- Buck + post boost
Pro/cons of the different approaches are also discussed.
Reverse battery protection
This section presents the different methods of protecting the electronic loads connected to the automotive battery rail in the event of accidental reverse battery connection. The methods covered include:
- Schottky diode
- PFET + discretes
- Smart diode + NFET
Riding out automotive transients using buck-boost dc-dc stage
This section presents the buck-boost dc-dc converter as an effective and efficient solution for the wide vin automotive battery rail. The advantages compared to pre-boost and two stage solutions are presented. Also contains an overview of buck-boost converter and controller offerings convering various current and power levels.
Challenges in today's Body Control Module (BCM) design
This module discusses discrete implementation typically seen inside automotive body control module to monitor external switches. Common implementation methodology is reviewed in this section, and some of the challenges using discrete implementation is discussed in detail.
How MSDI helps solve system-level challenges in BCM design
In this section, the MSDI concept is introduced and how the MSDI helps solve system challenges is discussed in details
Advanced features of the MSDI
This module discusses some of the advanced features offered by the MSDI, and how a system designer can take advantage of these features to improve their system performance.
Using MSDI in the industrial space
This module discusses how the MSDI device can be used in an industrial data acquisition system in details.
Conclusion and More Information
This module concluds this traning session with highlights of the MSDI value propositions, as well as collaterals available to obtain more information about this MSDI device from Texas Instruments.
DS90UB953/954 System Design & Operation: Overview
This introduction video will give the background on FPD-Link III devices, such as the DS90UB953-Q1/ DS90UB954-Q1; the device's role within Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS) in the automotive industry; and explain their broad appeal to engineers of all experience levels. This is fundamental to diving deeper into a 953/954 system, as well as, the links within the system.
DS90UB953/954 System Design & Operation: Typical Customer Issues
This section frames the design and operation video series by showing why it is important to contextualize customer problems in terms of the links between the devices.
Specifically, this section will discuss: issues with initializing the camera and issues with reading the incorrect serializer ID from the deserializer.
DS90UB953/954 System Design & Operation: Basic Design Rules
Understanding what hardware and software settings are important is critical to establishing a foundation for the 953/954 system. These settings can occur during or after power up and may need to be changed via software. As a result, these settings are routinely checked and verified before checking any of the other links in the system.
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Facebook is testing a number of new revenue-generating features. It recently dabbled with gifting, paid messaging, and now it's diving into ticketing.
Users in the Netherlands and Israel are seeing a "buy tickets" button on event pages and in their news feeds. Hosts have the option to charge event-goers a set amount per ticket. Currently, Facebook is sending attendees to third-party sites (Ticketmaster and Eventim) to complete transactions. All Facebook was first to report the ticketing feature, and The Next Web confirmed it.
Facebook's "Buy Tickets" feature sounds a lot like Eventbrite, a company that's worth a few hundred million dollars. Eventbrite lets anyone create an event and collect RSVPs or money from attendees, whether they're throwing a New Years bash for friends or hosting a major business conference.
Here's what users are seeing in their feeds and on event pages. Here's a link to one of the events in Israel where a "Buy Tickets" button has been implemented. The testing could be more widespread than just those two countries, but other tests haven't been confirmed.


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A Technical Assistance project about empowering local and regional actors to work more effectively with rural communities in order to revitalise these areas.
Projects & Practice
A project to allow small businesses in the agricultural and forestry sectors to incorporate innovation more efficiently.
The knowledge generated in research and innovation projects is hard to access, thus it is vital to create networks for knowledge transfer between production and research.
The future-proof peat meadow polder 'Lange Weide', is unique bottom-up initiative and the largest submerged drainage project in the Netherlands.
Adjustments to water management and remedial measures help to preserve protected areas and conserve the landscape of the Western Langstraat.
Ensuring the preservation and restoration of species and habitats in Saxony, by offering free advice and relevant qualifications to land users.
A land consolidation project helped restore the functionality of vineyard terraces and thus maintained a landscape which is a habitat of rare species.
An educational institution for farmers in Austria used RDP support to develop a training programme using digital, web-based technologies and applications.
Sweden's National Rural Network has set up thematic working groups to improve and encourage the role of rural stakeholders in the delivery of rural development activity.
An initiative to promote young farmers participation entrepreneurship and innovation
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Kids Kicking Cancer recently launched their revolutionary website, PowerPeacePurpose.com, which links adults overcoming the stressors of life with children fighting the pain of disease in a circle of mutual support. Kids Kicking Cancer children inspire and instruct the world how to use life- saving breath work and meditations. Every click on the website shows up in front of the children as a bigger and bigger number proving to our students that they have great purpose in their lives, no matter what! Fight the stress of the holiday season by making a visit to PowerPeacePurpose.com!
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Count that. A hundred pesos for nine people. And that's for lunch and dinner! So while there are millions of people spending millions on diet pills because they eat too much, I had to make do with very little to feed a lot! Of course this was when a kilo of chicken cost P35 (yes, I am that old).
- Cook vegetable soups. If you must have meat, veggies with just 1/4 kilo of pork can go a long way!
- Ask for the pork fat. The butchers usually trim these and throw them away so you can get them for free. Put the fat in the skillet and voila--instant cooking oil and chicharon!
- Tofu is an excellent meat extender.
- Make everything extra spicy. Or salty. I know, I know. But when food is heavily seasoned, you eat more rice and less ulam!
- If all else fails, make lugaw. Just throw rice in a large cauldron of water, together with garlic, onions and ginger. Season with salt and pepper and you have a satisfying meal.
|This guy sells fish so fresh, he made salmon sashimi. Yum!
|That's yellow fin tuna.
|The chicken is so fresh. Yes, freshly killed. See guy at right.
|A kilo is just P50. Throw into a pot with garlic, onions, tomatoes and ginger.
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Dr. Rodriguez taught church history at the seminary for 15 years before attaining emeritus status in 2003. He succeeds Dr. Luis Rivera, who is now serving a five-year term as Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs.
A graduate of the National University of Mexico, Mexico City, where he received a Ph.D. in History and Latin American Studies, Rodriguez taught church history for 13 years at the International Institute of Higher Studies in Mexico City. He continued with a series of teaching engagements at Colgate Rochester Divinity School, Wesley Theological Seminary and Baptist Seminary of Mexico in the 1980s and worked extensively with the United Methodist Church on anti-racism training and building awareness of United States foreign policy in Latin America.
Rodriguez's published work includes Breaking Down Walls, Building Bridges: Education Against Racism and the co-edited volumes Hidden Stories: Unveiling the History of the Latino Church with David Cortés-Fuentes and Desde el Reverso: Materiales para la Historia de la Iglesia with Justo L. González.
Under Rodriguez's leadership, the Center for the Study of Latin@ Theology and Ministry is co-hosting a series of events in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month with Catholic Theological Union and the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Entitled, Doing Theology Latinamente: Dialogues with Popular Culture, the series brings to the seminary Latin@ theologians and local artists in a multimedia conversation about contemporary life.


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Trying to stay active and healthy as a retired distance runner and a current cancer patient
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Western States Lottery
On Saturday, December 1st, with only a 16% chance of being picked, my name was drawn and I'm one of 350+ people entered in the race. The race will start June 28th at Squaw Valley Ski Resort in CA.
I first heard of this race when I saw a TV broadcast about it back in 1986 or 1987. I've been interested in it ever since. In 2001, I paced a friend over the last 38 miles in his first finish at the race. For 2002, I was selected in the lottery, but tore my ACL during ski season and never made it to the starting line. For 2003, I wasn't in the lottery. For 2004, I lost the lottery.
For 2005, I was selected and I made it to the starting line. But, due to a dumb mistake in training, racing a tough 50 miler three weeks before the race, I fell apart in the later miles of the race, and I was pulled from the race at mile 93.5. That one still haunts me, even though I know I gave everything I had that day.
For 2006, I wasn't in the lottery. For 2007, I lost in the lottery.
In 2008, I plan to finally finish this race.
3 comments:
- Andy B. said...
I just ran across your blog from a Google alert on "ultrarunning," and read your piece on lifting - good stuff. I don't do a lot of lifting myself, just a little dumbell work for my upper body, but it makes me feel better and I think it has made me stronger and a better runner.
That is quite a history with WS you have there. I wish you the best in 2008 and will be rooting for you to finish. Good luck.
- December 7, 2007 at 12:22 AM
- Damon said...
Thanks for the support. I am so happy to be back in the race, and I'm looking forward to doing everything I can to be truly ready on race day.
- December 11, 2007 at 9:44 AM
I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.
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Accounting Research
Issued by the Committee on Accounting Procedure American Institute of Certified Public Accountants 270 Madison Avenue, New York 16, N. Y.
April, 1958 No. 49
Earnings per Share
1. Statistical presentations of periodic net income (or loss) in terms of earnings per share1 are commonly used in prospectuses, proxy material, and annual reports to shareholders, and in the com-pilation of business earnings statistics for the press, statistical services, and other publications. This bulletin deals with a number of prob-lems arising in the computation and presentation of such statistics.
2. The committee has previously considered certain aspects of this matter2 and now reaffirms its earlier conclusions that:
(a) It is, in many cases, undesirable to give major prominence to a single figure of earnings per share;
(b) Any computation of earnings per share for a given period should be related to the amount designated in the income statement as net income for such period; and
(c) Where material extraordinary charges or credits have been excluded from the determination of net income, the per-share amount of such charges and credits should be reported separately and simultaneously.
3. Not only does the use of a single figure for earnings per share involve the same limitations of usefulness as does a single figure
1 As used herein, the term earnings per share connotes either earnings or losses per share.
2 Accounting Research Bulletin No. 43, Restatement and Revision of Accounting Research letins (1953), Chapter 8. par, 14. Also see Chapter 2(b), par. 4,


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A holiday tradition at Balboa Park for 30 years
Easter Sunrise Service
When: Today, 6:30 a.m.
Where: Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park
Balboa Park's Easter sunrise service is a model of consistency. For 30 years, it's been organized by Cindy Peterson. For 30 years, worshippers have sung "Christ the Lord is Risen Today." For 30 years, the collection has benefited homeless services in San Diego. And while a rotating band of churches have taken turns leading the nondenominational service, the theme remains constant.
"It's always been a message of Christ rising and hope for peace in the world and for his love," Peterson said. "People come to this service for the traditional Easter service."
Also part of this tradition: An eclectic congregation, a mixture of local residents, out-of-towners and homeless folks; rich and poor; black, brown and white; and a kennel or two of dogs. In this outdoor urban setting, there have been mornings when Easter's message of hope and renewal, of faith triumphing over death, has had an immediate resonance.
Walking to the service in Balboa Park's pre-dawn darkness four years ago, Peterson was stopped by a police officer.
"Ma'am," he said, "you really shouldn't be here. There's been a knifing in the park."
Scuffling over a blanket, one homeless man had stabbed another. The news shook Peterson, but when the 6:30 a.m. service started she had recovered her poise — and her focus. She told the congregation about the tragedy, then issued an appeal.
"Two people were so desperate for warmth," she said, "they fought over a blanket. Today, you are allowed to help these people."
Raise your joys …
A Tennessee native who grew up in Berkeley, Peterson moved here in 1957. She's led a busy life — first grade teacher, reserve police officer, church deacon, mother of four sons — and this soprano is in her 51st year with La Jolla Presbyterian Church's choir. She recently turned 82, but her schedule would tax most 28-year-olds.
"She is remarkable," said the Rev. Paul Cunningham, La Jolla Presbyterian's pastor. "We have a committee for the sunrise service, but she carries the torch for it, organizes it, holds it all together."
She also has a large and varied circle of friends. In 1983, one of those friends asked her advice. Leon Drew, San Diego Civic Light Opera's executive director, oversaw the musicals playing in Balboa Park's Starlight Bowl every summer. The rest of the year, though, the outdoor stage was rarely used. Couldn't other groups, with other missions, use this space?
The Starlight Bowl reminded Peterson of the Hollywood Bowl, and that Los Angeles venue hosts an Easter service. She mentioned this to Drew, who asked her to organize a similar event here.
The sunrise service enjoyed a five-year run at Starlight, concluding when Drew left his position there and new management had other plans for the venue. In 1988, the service moved to the Spreckels Organ Pavilion. Besides its central location in Balboa Park, this spot had an obvious advantage over the Starlight Bowl.
"The organ," Peterson said, "has been the big attraction."
The service may seem almost identical, year after year, but a lot of planning precedes each Easter morning. Participating churches — the current group includes Faith Presbyterian, La Jolla Presbyterian, Mount Sinai Baptist, St. Stephen's Church of God in Christ and the Ecumenical Council of San Diego — send representatives to committee meetings chaired by Peterson. The lead church — this year, that's Mt. Sinai — maps out the program, including the music and the message.
"The whole bottom line is to reach souls for Christ," said the Rev. Cedric J. Collins Sr., Mount Sinai's pastor. "This may be someone's first time to hear the message of the Gospel, the resurrection of Jesus. We go with that in our minds and hearts."
They also check the weather forecast and dress accordingly.
"It's going to be pretty cold from what I hear," Pastor Collins said, adding that he's not a fan of preaching in the rain. "But God will prevail."
… and triumphs high, Alleluia!
As the organizer, Peterson usually arrives at the park around 4:30 Easter morning. She loves the pre-dawn stillness, lights tracing the organ pavilion's outline as the eastern horizon brightens from black to violet to pink. At that hour she often sees the huddled shapes of slumbering men and women, the park's unofficial residents. While she's lived in tony La Jolla for decades, Peterson has always insisted that this service's collection go to nonprofits helping the homeless.
"I thought that God has been so good to all of us," she said. "We needed to do something for people of San Diego, for the people I could see were homeless."
Last year, the service raised $10,050 for the San Diego Rescue Mission. That organization will receive this year's collection, too.
Good works. Good message. And good music. This year the park's organ will be played by Jared Jacobsen, director of music at First Lutheran Church of San Diego and a regular performer on the Spreckels Organ. He'll be supported by Mount Sinai's pianist Julian Thomas, percussionist Ernest Harrell and MarShell Rivers directing the church's traveling "praise team."
"That's about five people," Collins said, "with the strongest voices."
You need strong pipes to rouse a congregation still rubbing the sleep from their eyes. Easter after Easter, one of the seats furthest from the organ is usually occupied by a man accompanied by a large black dog.
"It's kind of funny about this service," he told Peterson last year. "When the choir is singing, (the dog) is sitting there with his ears perked up. And then when the minister speaks, he falls asleep — just like in church!"


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The MIT men's track and field team staged a late rally in the final two relay events of the day but were unable to catch Williams College, as Tech finished second at the New England Division III Championship on Saturday evening at the Steinbrenner Track. The meet went well into the evening, after being delay twice due to lightning, before the Ephs were able to secure the team title with a 151-147 advantage over the Cardinal and Gray.
The Engineers needed to make up a 15-point gap over the final two relays and would need some help from Williams' competition. Josh Duncavage, Tyler Singer-Clark, Daniel Ronde and Patrick Marx got things started off well by winning the 4x400 relay in a time of 3:19.42 and adding 10 points. Williams took sixth in the event meaning it would need just a seventh-place finish in the 4x800 relay to guarantee at least a share of the title.
Despite an impressive performance by Jared Forman, Justin Bullock, Logan Daum and Kyle Hannon, who came through in 7:45.70 to win the event, Williams cruised to a third-place showing and their 19th New England championship.
Nick Leonard, who ran a leg of the first-place 4x100 relay, along with Duncavage, Singer-Clark and Nathan Peterson, got the weekend started for MIT in the Decathlon on Thursday and Friday afternoon. Leonard took first in the 100, second in the 100 hurdles, third in the 400m and fourth in the pole vault for a third-place result in the Decathlon with a total of 5507 points.
Cyrus Vafadari gave Tech a huge lift in the pole vault with a surprise victory. Vafadari was the only vaulter to clear the bar at 15-11.00 feet, ten inches better than his previous best and moving him up five places from his seed. Peterson backed him up with a sixth-place finish.
Vladimir Sobes won the javelin by a huge margin with a 214-05 foot effort, an NCAA automatic mark and the fourth best in Division III on the year.
Matt Falk also outperformed his seed in the high jump, getting over the bar at 6-4.00 feet to place third overall. Falk was projected to finish seventh in the event.
Paul Welle, Stephen Serene and Richard Prevost earned crucial points for MIT in the 3000-meter steeplechase, as Welle took second place with a time of 9:17.07. Serene finished in 9:22.77, good for fourth place, as both he and Welle came in under the NCAA provisional standard. Prevost was fifth with a time of 9:25.25.
Singer-Clark and Duncavage finished their busy weekend with a third and fourth-place result, respectively, in the 200 meters. Singer-Clark came through in 22.18 with Duncavage not far behind at 22.24.
The Engineers will continue competition in the regional championships, moving on to the All-New England meet next weekend. MIT will square off with teams from across Divisions I, II and III at Southern Connecticut State, beginning on Friday, May 13.


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