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Servers are ready to go and some libraries have already used them to run their own reapings! We are happy to report that auto-scoring is now active! Here's how to use it! Please note that this scoring system is not essential for you to participate in the regional and international events on Saturday. It's a tool to help you manage your own reapings and choose your tributes.
How to use Scoring:
Start your Server from the GT Control Panel. (Don't have one? Let us know and we'll fix it! You can check http://gtsystem.org/IGD2015regions – if your library isn't listed, send us an email.)
Start Minecraft and log in using your Minecraft / Mojang accounts.
Choose Multiplayer > Add Server
Enter your server's address (the one that ends with gtcloud.net) and click done. This will add your server to the list so you can easily see the status.
Then have at least 2 tributes connect to your server. Once 2 are connected, the countdown will begin.
IMPORTANT! If you want scoring to be helpful, the kids need to set their nicknames *BEFORE THE MATCH BEGINS* like this: /nick eli-AADL
It would be *SUPER HELPFUL* if your players got in the habit now of setting their nick before they begin the match, and putting your site code at the end of their nick as in the example.
When there is only one survivor, the match will end and the server will reset.
Access your scoreboard from your library's gtsystem site, by clicking "GT Control Panel" in the left sidebar. Towards the bottom of your Minecraft Server control panel, you will see a "View Results" link. Click this, and after you've completed at least one match, you'll see an overall scoreboard at the top – this will give you totals for all matches played and will list the player, their overall score, their total number of wins, and their total number of kills. Beneath this, you'll see a match by match breakdown. After a match has completed, gtsystem will compile scores.
Results will show each match and the total Points, wins and kills (100 for a win, 10 for a kill) for each nickname. If players forget to set their nicknames before they start a match, that data won't be very helpful!
Alternately, you can also use pen and paper. Just have the kids play matches and write down the winner of each match. When your event is nearing it's end, have the top players fight each other for a final.
Tournament Times and What you need to do to participate on Saturday:
All you need to participate in your regional finals are two tributes to represent your district, 1 boy and 1 girl if possible, and a computer logged in to minecraft for each. Again, how you choose your tributes is entirely up to the societal norms of your district!
IMPORTANT: Please join us in the chat at http://gtsystem.org/chat no less than 30 minutes prior to the event start time. This is how instructions about the tournament will be relayed to you, including the server address of the regional and international finals! You'll want a computer nearby that is just for you to use to be in the chatroom so you'll know what's going on.
Australian finals: 21-11-2015 4 PM AEDT (Sydney Time)
European finals: 21-11-2015 16.00 CET (Berlin Time)
US/North American finals are simultaneous
US/North American finals: 11-21-2015 3 PM EST (New York Time)
US/North American finals: 11-21-2015 2 PM CST (Chicago Time)
US/North American finals: 11-21-2015 1 PM MST (Denver Time)
US/North American finals: 11-21-2015 12 NOON PST (California Time)
11-21-2015 4 PM EST (New York Time)
11-21-2015 1 PM PST (California Time)
21-11-2015 22.00 CET (Berlin Time)
22-11-2015 8 AM AEDT (Sydney Time)
During your match, you can also see what's going on using the map of your server at yourserver/map , for example, http://aadl.gtcloud.net/map . The map can be very, very slow to draw terrain, but it will show each player on the server and their health and relative position, so it's a good way to see what's going on. You may need to zoom in.
Any questions? Just email us at firstname.lastname@example.com .
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In every corner of the world, our schools nurture strong self-belief, inner resourcefulness and mental resilience. From the tots in our nurseries and kindergartens to the teens in our Sixth forms and IB diploma centres, Cognita schools are as individual and diverse as the students they teach.Discover our schools
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Unbelievably, the entertainment industry's dearth of ethnic diversity and surplus of stereotypical Latino portrayals have devolved into something unsettling. We've gone from seeing poor representation in films and TV shows to wanting that diverse characters be played by people of the same ethnicity.
My recent compulsion to do a name check on Hispanic characters and their actors did not, as it did for so many others, start with the 'Argo' controversy. I have no doubt the Academy Award-winning movie would have never made it onto the screen without Ben Affleck's Hollywood clout, and that alone made it seem like a fine trade-off that Affleck played CIA officer Tony Mendez.
Then it came out that the real Tony Mendez, on whom the 'Argo' hero was based, doesn't identify himself as Hispanic because his family has been in the U.S. so long that he considers himself just a regular all-American guy.
Unlike those who were bewildered that Mendez doesn't see himself on their terms, I don't believe we should allow a knee-jerk ethnic pride mindset to snub those who identify themselves as Americans first and foremost. That would be tantamount to expecting Affleck to take only roles reflecting his Scottish ancestry.
But look at the case of 'Olympus Has Fallen,' an action movie about a White House terrorist attack, in which the vice president, Charlie Rodriguez, is played by the Caucasian actor Phil Austin. When reached by an NBC Latino reporter, Austin said, 'I'm straight up Caucasian and there was no attempt to play any sort of ethnic spin. The script did say Charlie or Charles Rodriguez, but the fact I wasn't Hispanic was never discussed or brought up on set.'
That kind of stings. Hispanics, by virtue of their underdog status resulting from years of being painted as criminal immigrants by right-wing nativists, have become big-time parity scolds. Whereas not too long ago few complained about being absent in popular culture, today every little factual or fictional 'first' is celebrated well out of its deserved proportion.
The first 'Hispanic vice president in a movie' is seen by some as no less important a precursor to such a historic moment in real life than Morgan Freeman and Dennis Haysbert making the American public comfortable with the idea of a black president.
Worse than simply telegraphing laziness at getting casting choices right, such Hollywood oversights show a fundamental disregard for both Hispanic audiences -- the Motion Picture Association of America recently reported that Hispanics currently buy a quarter of all tickets sold in the U.S., continuing a strong upward trend -- and for the pool of talented Hispanic actors trying to find work.
Here's another one for you: In the recent movie 'Parker,' Jennifer Lopez played Leslie Rogers straight -- no hints of ethnicity, which I thought was great. However, her movie mother, Ascension, who seemed very Latina, was played by Patti LuPone. That confused me, too.
The miscasting phenomenon isn't limited to movies, of course. A few weeks ago, I settled on my sofa to finally treat myself to the new Kevin Spacey made-for-Netflix show 'House of Cards.' I loved it right away and even liked the fact that the creators of the show decided to make the president's White House chief of staff a Latina named Linda Vasquez.
But at the beginning of the second episode, I scanned the opening credits for the name of the actress so I could look up her bio and came up empty. It wasn't until I saw the character and actress's name in the closing credits that I realized that she is, in fact, the Indian-American Sakina Jaffrey.
She plays the role beautifully, so don't get me wrong here. But it seems unbelievable -- unfathomable, really -- that of all the Hispanic actresses out there, not a single one was up to the task of earning a role on 'House of Cards.' It's far more likely that when it came to casting, it just wasn't anyone's priority to ensure that enough high-quality Hispanic actors were given a shot at the role.
When will Hollywood finally wake up? Writing in Hispanic characters and casting them may be a challenge. But it's one that could be overcome with just a modicum of respect and consideration for a quarter of the total movie audience and about 48 million Hispanic television viewers.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading federation of Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans said on Wednesday that it is receiving premium payments from 80 to 85 percent of its new Obamacare health insurance customers.
The estimate, released by the Chicago-based Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, reflects enrollment activity among 35 Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in 47 of the 50 states, including plans sold by WellPoint Inc, from October 1 through February 1.
That data could help shed light on the integrity of administration figures that show 7.1 million people have signed up for private health insurance under President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare reform law.
Republicans and other critics of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act say the enrollment total, which surpassed most forecasts, could be inflated by people who signed up for coverage but never officially enrolled by making their first month's payment.
If the Blue Cross Blue Shield payment rates held true for enrollment across the board, between 5.7 million and 6 million of the 7.1 million would actually be enrolled in coverage.
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association did not say how many of those who have signed up for coverage under Obamacare are new customers.
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The Council decision giving Albania and Bosnia visa-free travel (8 November 2010)
On 8 November 2010, the Justice and Home Affairs Council unanimously adopted the Commission proposal of 27 May 2010 to abolish the visa restrictions for the citizens of Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina. This decision is likely to go into effect on 15 December, after it is officially signed and published in the Official Journal of the EU. It will mean that the citizens of all Western Balkan countries except Kosovo will be able to travel without a visa to 28 Schengen/associated Schengen countries.
In May 2010, the Commission had proposed to lift the visa restrictions if Bosnia and Albania meet a number of remaining open benchmarks. In September 2010, the Commission confirmed that all conditions had been reached.
Prior to the Council vote, the European Parliament had voted on 7 October 2010 in favour of abolishing the visa obligation for Albanians and Bosnians. Under the Lisbon Treaty, which went into effect on 1 December 2009, the European Parliament and the Council are co-decision makers on an equal footing.
The decision-making process for Albania and Bosnia was more difficult and drawn-out than that for Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia a year earlier. Despite a political declaration by the Council and the Parliament in November 2009 that they would treat the case of Albania and Bosnia "as a matter of urgency", it took another year until all the member states could agree that the two countries were ready. Until the last minute, there was reluctance. In September, France, the Netherlands and Denmark raised objections. ESI responded with a widely reported commentary, reminding in particular France that back-tracking on the promise of visa-free travel in return for far-reaching reforms would undermine the credibility of the EU in the Balkans. Just before the Council decision on 8 November, Germany, Denmark and Slovakia became hesitant. It took the Commission and supportive member states efforts to convince them to stay on board.
At France's insistence, the Commission committed itself at the JHA Council to establishing two mechanisms to prevent potential negative consequences of granting visa-free travel to the five Western Balkan countries: The Commission will monitor that the countries continue the reforms they had to undertake to qualify for visa-free travel. This will discussed in regular meetings that the Commission has with the authorities of these states, and it will be taken up in the annual progress reports that the Commission issues. In addition, the Commission will introduce emergency consultation arrangements so that EU member states, the Commission and the governments of the Western Balkan countries can quickly react to sudden increases in asylum requests and irregular migration. In this regard, the Commission will have the right to suggest suspending the visa-free travel. The background is that in 2010 there has been an increase in asylum requests from Serbian and Macedonian citizens in Sweden, Germany and Belgium.
Both Albania and Bosnia were also required to run public information campaigns explaining to their citizens that visa-free travel only entitles to a stay of a maximum of 3 months within a 6-month period in the Schengen area and is neither a work permit, nor a residence permit; that only holders of biometric passports can travel visa-free; and that the chances of asylum seekers from Albania and Bosnia to be granted protection in an EU country are minimal.
- Justice and Home Affairs Council, Brussels, 8-9 November 2010
- Legislative Act (Draft Regulation amending Council Regulation 539/2001)
- Analysis: Bosnian Visa Breakthrough. Detailed Scorecard of Bosnia and Herzegovina's results in meeting the EU Schengen White List Conditions (16 October 2009)


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Hidden away in one of the best locations in Dallas, Bluffview is an area where eclectic geographical accents and unusual natural terrain separates itself from other areas in the city. Once a 215-acre dairy farm, the land that is now Bluffview is punctuated by 50-foot bluffs than run along Bachman Creek. John P. Stevens, also responsible for Stevens Park in Oak Cliff, bought the farm in 1924 and divided the property into once-acre parcels. Significantly designed residences were built upon the distinctive environment with features formed from Bachman Creek's streams and tributaries. Bluffview's first residents hired highly acclaimed architects to design their homes and many have been meticulously restored and refurbished to accommodate today's lifestyle. The unique enclave of Bluffview offers all the conveniences of its central location; great shopping, stylish salons, popular restaurants, hotels and is minutes from Dallas' in-town airport, Love Field...
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Kelsey Grammer Takes Daughter Faith to a Soccer Game in L.A. (Photo)
The proud parents take their 10-day-old daughter out in Los Angeles
Just 10 days old, Faith Evangeline Elise Grammar is already a budding sports fan.
Proud parents Kelsey and Kayte Grammer took in a soccer game in Los Angeles this weekend with their newborn daughter – the first glimpse of the infant, who was born July 13.
Faith spent most of the time nestled snug under a blanket, although she did emerge to be transferred to and from her car seat, and to get a kiss on the head from Mom.
Faith is the first child together for Kelsey, 57, and Kayte, 31.
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SKF Life Cycle Management facilitates growth for customers in the marine industry
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SKF Life Cycle Management facilitates growth for customers in the marine industry
Gothenburg, Sweden, 25 June 2013: SKF secured more than SEK 30 million in new orders from the marine sector. The orders demonstrate the complete spectrum of services within SKF's life cycle management approach. The range of components that SKF manufactures for customers in the marine industry is diverse, drawing on knowledge across all five of its platforms – bearings, seals, lubrication systems, mechatronics, and services.
Vartan Vartanian, President, SKF Industrial Market, Regional Sales and Service, commented, "Our reputation as a reliable knowledge partner in the marine industry is growing stronger and stronger. We are now in a position where we can deliver value for our marine customers at every stage in the life cycle of their machinery from specification to design and development; manufacture and test; installation and commissioning; operation and monitoring; and maintenance and repair. We are building on our strengths to win more business opportunities and to deliver more services direct to end users in the industry."
One of the orders that SKF has just won is for bearings, together with a lubrication solution, for a specialist marine engineering company. At the specification and design stages of the asset life cycle, SKF is now providing a custom-designed slewing bearing to a customer in Singapore, which will substantially increase the mean time between bearing failures.
Once the machinery is up and running, SKF provides solutions to minimise downtime and maximise productivity. It achieves this in part by supplying condition monitoring products and services and has recently secured several orders for these solutions in the marine industry.
In addition to products and solutions, SKF also provides training programs. It has just won an order to provide a structured training programme to a major Portuguese shipyard in order to develop its maintenance staff's expertise in bearing technology.
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Fly High...
Sebastião "Sebas" Furtado flying high in the morning light at Leça da Palmeira the most beautiful land of Portugal.
The golden city of Marrakesh!!!
Where Is That Pot Of Gold At The End Of The Rainbow?
Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal; not only epic XXL waves but also classic 10 foot tubes.
A state in which weight is spread in such a way that something does not fall over
Tropical Rain...
I was photographing "Água de Meninos" marketplace in Brazil, Salvador da Bahia, when this girl came and asked me to photograph her. I was shooting some portraits, when started raining and she went dancing free.
Last Light.
João Guedes catching the last one at Super Tubos, Peniche, Portugal.
A Different Perspective.
Sometimes you need to look at life from a different perspective.
Old Golden Days.
Missing Those Good Old Golden Days, Pedro Maria Bettencourt going BIG at his Local Spot "Pico do Paredão", Leça da Palmeira, Portugal.
Better than Sex...
Some things are better than sex, and some things are worse, but there' s nothing exactly like it. -W. C. Fields...
João Guedes leaning toward the "better than" category.
Love..."Costa da Morte"!!!
Love Big and Hollow Waves but here I was too afraid to shoot.
Slab Hunter.
Eric Ribiere's death defying wave at "Costa da Morte" Coast of the Death, Galicia, Spain!!!
Farol da Nazaré B&W Edition.
The most famous lighthouse in surfing!!!
BIG Monday. B&W Edition.
The iconic photo of Garrett McNamara at Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal taking on likely the world biggest wave ever surfed. The 100 foot Wave!!!
BIG Monday.
Can you feel the land shaking!!! B&W Edition.
"This is a perfect example of how close you get to the action in Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal." Garrett McNamara
Can you feel the land shaking!!!
The Fisherman and his Soul.
A local Fisherman tells the tales from the Sea... I just love the people who are a part of this community "The Sea Community".
Solitário Surfista
Gabriel o Pensador, a surfer himself, giving great rap show after a day of surfing in Cortegaça the Surf Village.
Go Big or go Home!!!
Carlos Burle saves Maya Gabeira's Life and Surfs one of the Biggest Waves Ever.
Go Big or go Home!!! B&W Edition.
Mr. Sun - Experimental Jelly!!!
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earthmaiden wrote:How come the mixed veg stir fry was so many cals? I have been using quite a bit from various stores recently as I find it really handy and quite filling. Yesterday it was a largish pack from Morrisons which said that 1/4 pack was 22 cals so the whole pack should only have been 88 cals. I sweat it in a non-stick pan and use water rather than oil to sort of steam it if I want to cook it more so there are no added cals there. 158 cals sounds a lot.
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Above the Ashes — Student work from ArtLAB. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through April 15.
The Art of Spring. Boulder Arts and Crafts Gallery, 1421 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-443-3683. Opening reception 6 p.m. April 6.
Black and White — Juried exhibit. Center for Fine Art Photography, 400 North College Ave., Fort Collins, 970-224-1010. Through May 19.
CC Barton. SmithKlein Gallery, 1116 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-7200.
John Perreault and Mark Van Wagner's Drawings from Sand. Naropa University, Lincoln Gallery, 2130 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-875-6879. Through May 15.
Julia Lunk, Judith Trager. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-497-2408. Through May 31.
EcoCreations — An exhibit of art from recycled materials. The Muse Gallery, 356 Main St., Longmont, 303- 678-7869. Through April 21.
Leon Loughridge. Mary Williams Fine Arts, 5311 Western Ave., Unit 112, Boulder, 303-938-1588. Through April 30.
Viviane Le Courtois' Edible? and Jason Rogenes' Sp4c3cr4ft. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through June 17.


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Black Grapes: Beyond the Basics
You may just think of grapes as simply green or red, but don't forget about the beautiful black grape, the most richly pigmented of all the types. Similar in flavor and color to a plum, the flesh on the inside is lightly colored and the flavor is mildly sweet.
How they're grown:
- Black grapes are thought to originate from ancient Persia, primarily for use in fine wines. Today, they may be bred together with other varieties to increase their sweetness and overall flavor profile.
- Grapes grow on long, winding vines, which are often supported by trellises or other structures. Typically, wine grapes are grown outdoors, while "dessert" grapes are grown in a greenhouse environment.
- Grapes need lots of sunlight to ripen properly and need to be watered only in times of prolonged drought.
- Most U.S.-grown grapes are harvested in late summer, from August through October. In the southern hemisphere, harvesting occurs from February through April.
How to shop for them:
- Choose grapes that look plump and firm, not wrinkled.
- Grapes should be firmly attached to their stems, which should be firm and pliable.
How to store them:
- Store grapes in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for up to one week.
- Make sure air can circulate freely around the grapes to extend shelf life.
- Avoid storing them near foods with strong odors, like onion and garlic.
How to prepare them:
- Wash grapes in a colander under cold running water right before eating.
Ways to eat them:
- Make a cheese and grape plate that resembles a sunflower. Place long, thin triangles of cheese around a pile of black grapes.
- Try a new take on dessert by making grape poppers. Stick a toothpick in the top of each grape, dip in melted white chocolate and coat with chopped nuts.
- Make a "black and blue" smoothie with ¼ cup blueberries, ¼ cup black grapes, 1 banana and ½ cup vanilla yogurt.
- Add halved black grapes to chicken salad for an extra serving of fruit.
- Shake up your typical corn and black bean salad with the addition of a spicy and sweet combo: minced jalapenos and halved black grapes.
- Use alongside blackberries to make a black sangria.
Nutritional highlights:
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Let Your Patients Fill Forms before Appointment
Richard Lango October 1st, 2010
While the use of forms in medical practice is not new, you do not have to use the forms in the same old way. Use this tried and tested method in a new way to serve your patients even better, which is what will bring the desired revenue. You should not wait until a patient has booked an appointment for you to use a form to collect necessary data. Let the patients fill the forms before coming for appointment by integrating the forms into your online medical scheduler.
The forms that you integrate into your medical appointment scheduling program will give you several advantages. They are easy to customize to suit the types of services you are offering. This means that the patients will fill forms that are specifically targeted to their needs. The forms will ask questions that are directly related to the type of appointment they want to make, and all they have to do is fill in the necessary details.
You will thus have pertinent information about the patients before they come for appointment, putting you in a better position to serve them more effectively. In addition, you will save time, as you will not try to get the details during the appointment. Appointment scheduling software that uses customizable forms will therefore help you to 'kill two birds with the same stone', as it were. You will use less time while you serve more patients better.
Such an online scheduler will help you to get more accurate information. The patients will take time to fill the necessary details, so you will not need to rush to take notes by hand, which is prone to errors. The electronic forms will also remove the need for paper forms, something that will not only help your medical practice but the world at large. You will play an important part in placing less demand for resources and helping to have a cleaner environment at the same time.
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In This Issue:
Christian Zionism: Israel's Best Weapon? |
What About the Palestinians? |
Israel has Lowest Percentage Working Force in Western World |
A Palestinian Martyr for Yeshua
By Daniel PipesFounder Middle East Forum, Philadelphia
Can you imagine the bewilderment of Middle Easterners in early 1994 when some leading American politicians, including Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) and Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), forwarded more assertive, tougher positions vis-à-vis the Palestinians than did the government of Israel. They were, for example, more reluctant than Jerusalem to let U.S. funds go to the PLO and they displayed more eagerness to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
One Arabic newspaper, Ash-Sharq al-Awsat, captured the general bafflement when it observed that Likud, Israel's more nationalist party, had "lost in Israel but still rules supreme in Washington."
The same pattern is, again, visible these days, as Christian leaders such as Gary Bauer, Jerry Falwell and Richard Land more vocally oppose the "road map" for Palestinian-Israeli diplomacy than nearly all their Jewish counterparts. But this bold Christian solidarity with Israel should not be surprising, as it manifests a Christian form of Zionism that is nearly two centuries old.
Christian support for the creation of a Jewish state originated in England, becoming a significant movement in the Victorian period. In 1840, the British foreign secretary, Lord Palmerston, "strongly" recommended that the Ottoman government, then ruling Palestine, "hold out every just encouragement to the Jews of Europe to return to Palestine." Lord Shaftesbury, in 1853, coined the phrase, "A land without a people for a people without a land."
George Eliot put these ideas in novel form with Daniel Deronda in 1876. In 1891, Sir George Adam Smith wrote in his authoritative Historical Geography of the Holy Land, that the Ottomans had to be pushed out of Palestine and replaced by the Jews, "who have given to Palestine everything it has ever had of value to the world."
That same year, 1891, saw perhaps the greatest early Christian support in the United States for a Jewish state the "Blackstone Memorial," a petition that carried the signatures of 413 prominent Americans, including the chief justice of the Supreme Court, the speaker of the House, the greatest industrialists of the age (Rockefeller, Morgan, McCormick), famous clergymen, writers and journalists.
Addressed to the president of the United States, Benjamin Harrison, and the Secretary of State, James G. Blaine, the memorial asked them to "use their good offices and influence . . . to secure the holding at an early date of an international conference to consider the condition of the Israelites and their claims to Palestine as their ancient home." According to one historian, Paul Charles Merkley, the Blackstone Memorial had the affect of "firmly planting in many minds" the "notion of American sponsorship of a Jewish return to Palestine."
The Balfour Declaration of November 1917, whereby the British government announced that it favored "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people," was perhaps the single most important act premised in Christian Zionism. Harry S. Truman's recognition of Israel, against the nearly total opposition of his administration, was probably second. His biographer, Michael T. Benson, finds that Truman's pro-Israel outlook" was based primarily on humanitarian, moral, and sentimental grounds, many of which were an outgrowth of the president's religious upbringing and his familiarity with the Bible." (Truman's just discovered diary, with its petulant remarks about Jews, makes his Zionist stance the more noteworthy.)
The media has recently focused on Christian Zionism as though it were something new ("How Israel Became a Favorite Cause of the Conservative Christian Right" runs a typical title, this one a front page article in The Wall Street Journal). The real story is how Christian Zionists are increasingly the bedrock of Israel's support in the United States, more solidly pro-Israel and more robustly Zionist than many in the Jewish community.
To those who wonder why Washington's policies are so different from the European states, a large part of the answer these days has to do with the clout of Christian Zionists, who are especially powerful when a conservative Republican like George W. Bush is president. (In contrast, Christian Zionism has nearly died out in Great Britain.)
One anti-Israel writer, Grace Halsell, recognizes this fact and deems Christian Zionists a "more dangerous" influence in Washington than are the Jewish Zionists. Put positively: other than the Israel Defense Forces, America's Christian Zionists may be the Jewish state's ultimate strategic asset.
Printed in the New York Post July 15, 2003Reprinted with permission
President Bush named Daniel Pipes to the U.S. Institute of Peace on April 14. Congress had established the institute in 1984 "to promote the prevention, management, and peaceful resolution of international conflicts." Its 15 board members, Democrats and Republicans, serve without pay.
Senators opposing President Bush's nomination of Daniel Pipes' have refused to ratify the appointment and the liberal press has sited him as a person who has long been regarded by Muslims "as a destroyer of bridges between Islam and the West." (Washington Post, April 19, 2003) Pipes has keen insight to every part of the Middle East conflict and sees militant Islam as a major danger. Ed.
A growing number of Christian leaders are speaking out strongly for continued American support for the nation of Israel. Christian Zionists always base their beliefs first of all on the word of God. Dr. Hutchens, a retired Brigadier General, confronts the Palestinian claims to the land of Israel.
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By Dr. James M. Hutchens
As we proceed down the so-called "Road Map to Peace," there are some issues Christians need to deal with. One of the most prominent of those issues is the Palestinians. Those Christians who support the State of Israel as the national, ancestral, covenantal homeland of the Jewish people, are often charged with being calloused and totally insensitive to the needs and aspirations of the Palestinians. Is that a fair charge?
First, let us clarify who the "Palestinians" really are. The notion of a distinct "Palestinian people" with a language, culture and religion of its own, is a creation of Yasser Arafat and nurtured by the surrounding Arab nations, after their ignominious defeat in the 1967 war with Israel. The so-called "Palestinian people" are, in reality, Arabs whose mother tongue is Arabic, whose religion is Islam, and whose culture is shared by most of the 22 surrounding Arab countries. There simply is no distinct Palestinian entity. Second, the name "Palestine" is the Romanized version of the word "Philistine," which name was assigned to the land of Israel by the Romans in the first century A.D. It was a derogatory and humiliating term imposed by the Romans on the Jews, who constituted the vast majority of the people who lived there. Rome forced, on the Jews and their land, the name of an archenemy of the Jews, the Philistines. The name Palestine remained until the end of the British Mandate period in 1947. However, Jews have always considered the land their homeland and Jerusalem its capital. In addition, the land was never without a Jewish presence, but always included as many Jews as the governing power would allow.
But what about the Christian's attitude toward the Palestinians? Some Christians note what God says about the "ger," that is, the "alien" and the "stranger," and say that should apply to the Palestinians today. One of the most comprehensive passages regarding the "ger," i.e. the "alien," is found in Ezekiel 47:21-23. "'You are to distribute this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel. You are to allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the aliens who have settled among you and who have children. You are to consider them as native-born Israelites; along with you they are to be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. In whatever tribe the alien settles, there you are to give him his inheritance,' declares the Sovereign LORD." The question is, are these, and similar passages, relevant to Israel's treatment of the "Palestinians" today? The answer is clearly, No!
This passage assumes God's everlasting covenant promise to the Jewish people of the land of Israel as an everlasting possession (cf. Genesis 17:7-8). The passage referred to above is speaking of those non-Jews who desire to have a protected citizenship under Israel's sovereignty. They are not seeking a sovereignty of their own that replaces Israel. They are willing subjects to the laws and governance of Israel. As a matter of fact, the scriptures require that they worship and follow the decrees of the God of Israel.
Modern Israel has made a provision for such people. There are Arab Israelis who have the full rights and privileges, including voting, of Israeli citizenship. There are duly elected Arab Israelis in the Israeli Parliament that represent their Arab constituencies.
In a word, the Palestinians do not qualify for the protections to be given to those under Israel's God-ordained governance. The so-called "Palestinians" under the leadership of Yasser Arafat, are loath to have Israel as their sovereign authority. The Palestinian, as well as the Arab, goal of peace envisions the total elimination of Israel as a nation and a people. The Palestinian flag portrays the current boundaries of Israel as being the boundaries of a future Palestine.
As Christians consider the "Road Map to Peace," we do well to keep in mind that God's sovereign decrees and covenants will not be thwarted. If a Palestinian state emerges within the boundaries given by God to Israel, it will be short-lived and interim. But even more sobering is the fact that those who promote a Palestinian state have placed themselves in alliance against God. (Psalm 83:5).
Dr. James HutchensChaplain (Brigadier General) US Army (Ret.)President, Christians for Israel USAThe Jerusalem Connection
By Ari & Shira Sorko-Ram
A few nights ago, we sat in the living room with our elders and a well-known Messianic leader who has recently immigrated to Israel. The discussion turned to the obstacles we, as leaders of a Messianic Jewish Congregation in Tel Aviv, face as we reach out with the Gospel to our Israeli people.
Our conversation went something like this: Many people in the West believe that the worst thing Israelis have to face is terrorism. As bad as that is, the nation as a whole has learned to cope with this terrible evil, going about their daily affairs as much as possible.
But an even weightier oppression, if that were possible, is the economic crisis that goes on and on and on.
Polls here show that almost 50% of the population live in fear of being fired from their jobs. There are multitudes of Israelis who desire to work and simply can't find jobs - especially in the many developing towns around the country.
The latest crisis has arisen because the government is simply no longer able to pay welfare to 11% of Israel's citizens who should be working but who cannot find jobs. Added to that are the large Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) families who average around eight children and who refuse to work as they consider it far more desirable to study in their Rabbinical yeshivas (learning centers). They depend almost totally on government welfare and charity.
These 80,000 yeshiva men are not included in unemployment data, which only counts those who are actively seeking employment but cannot find a job. According to the study, Israel has the lowest rate of work force participation in the developed world. (The Jewish News of Greater Phoenix, March 19, 1999) Year by year, this figure only increases.
"None of the yeshiva students I know work," says Yishayahu, the father of two, sporting an other-worldly smile behind his reddish beard and sidelocks. "Making money in this world just isn't important to us. It's the world-to-come that really counts." But since it is important to feed their kids, they look to the state and to charity to meet their worldly needs. "The state," of course, means the pockets of the weary, overloaded tax-paying Israelis, including all the Messianic Jews. According to one study, it was determined that the population of Israel's fervently Orthodox community will double every 17 years." (Ibid.)
Incidentally, Rabbi Yehiel Eckstein, the Rabbi who collects many millions of dollars from U.S. Christians to distribute to Israel's welfare institutions, explained in an article in the Jerusalem Post that his organization had given $500,000 to the ultra-Orthodox mayor of Jerusalem, Uri Lupolianski, in June to distribute to welfare organizations there. However, the Jerusalem mayor so far has refused the funds because of the fact that it came from Christians. Eighty other mayors have received Eckstein's gifts. Jerusalem and Tel Aviv (B'nei Brak) have the largest religious populations in the country. (July 31, 2003)
Today, with the world recession and the three-year intifada which frightened tourists and scared capital investment, the government of Israel has simply run out of money. It cannot continue to pay out to the unemployed and the unemployable and is in the process of drastically cutting payments across the board. The newspapers report a growing number of Israeli suicides because breadwinners cannot find a way to get out of debt.
The goal of Maoz' benevolent fund for Israeli Messianic believers, istandwithisrael.com is to help the oppressed among the Messianic believers, and to bless victims of terror.
We can think of no greater act of compassion towards the Israeli Body of Messiah, than to bless them financially in this great time of need.
"For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints to Jerusalem. Yes, they were please to do so, and they are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are indebted to minister to them also in material things. Romans 15:26-27
From every dollar you give to Maoz' benevolence fund for Messianic believers, istandwithisrael.com, we give 10% to Israeli victims of terrorism. However, this month, one of our gifts of $1000 will go to the family of a murdered Palestinian whom we shall call Mark, a Muslim who became a Christian.
He was very active in evangelizing in the West Bank, and on one of his trips in evangelism, he was murdered and cut into four pieces by a radical Islamic gang a few days ago. The murder took place in Ramallah, the city where Arafat and his associates are holed up. Although Mark was a Palestinian, this murder was a vicious act of terrorism by Muslim fanaticism. We cannot say more about him because his wife and children could suffer the consequences. Money had to be borrowed even to bury him.
The minister who wrote us had this to say about Mark: "This handsome and brave young man's image is always before my eyes. He and his wonderful family were the last believers I saw before we left the land last year."
September 2003
Dear Maoz Partner,
Poverty has spread its dark covering over this land. As new people receive the gift of salvation in our congregation, they come weighted down with dreadful debt, and with seemingly no way to escape what has become a lifelong oppression to a large percentage of the Israeli people.
Three of our finest men with strong calls on their lives have been strangled by debt for eight solid years - unable to have a bank account, start a business or work at a reasonable job without running afoul of the law. These believers are representative of the Israeli population as a whole which is in great economic distress.
Another young couple with two children - believers for a year and a half - who are serving the Lord with all their hearts, have had their phone cut off, and been warned that soon their electricity will be turned off. They haven't paid their rent for six months nor their city taxes.
They haven't paid the local grocery store for several months which gave them food on credit, etc., etc. And they owe friends and family money. Yet they are bringing a constant inflow of relatives and friends into the kingdom of God.
We, together with our leadership team, are teaching our congregation to stand in faith to see God work the impossible in their lives. We are teaching them the principles of tithing and giving that God has faithfully promised to bless. But the Bible makes it clear that we, the Body of the Messiah do have a responsibility to help: If some says, "Go in peace, be warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?" (James 2:16)
In joyful obedience, through your giving to istandwithisrael.com, we have been able to substantially help individuals and families who are solidly and publicly in the faith, serving God with all their hearts and are acting responsibly with what they do have. To some of these needy believers you have actually given them a brand new lease on life.
As the poverty deepens, more and more Christian organizations are sending help to national institutions. And Israelis are watching with wonder as the funds pour in. But virtually none of these gifts touch the lives of the Messianic Jews living and struggling in the land. As we distribute these funds sent by you among the poor believers throughout Israel, you cannot imagine the relief and release these Israelis are experiencing because of your help. Consider this letter from Jerusalem:
Dear People at Maoz,
Thank you so very much for your generous gift during this challenging period of unemployment. These past two long years of intensified Palestinian terrorism against Israel have caused many Israelis to lose their jobs and without the prayers and financial support of organizations such as yours life here would be even more difficult. So thank you. Thank you that you are standing along side us during this time. Thank you for your gracious hearts that help to support and sustain us that we might maintain our presence here in the land.
At the same time, our most important task is to preach the Gospel and bring the hope of eternal life to our people. God is in the "business" of not just changing conditions, but OF CHANGING LIVES.
Because of the awful economic conditions in Israel, it is often every man for himself. One women recently launched a protest movement here in Israel by marching 200 kilometers to Jerusalem because she as a single mother could not feed her child who is confined to a wheelchair.
She told the newspapers that she steals food from the local supermarket and is not at all ashamed of what she is doing. To survive, people often feel they must cheat on their income tax and just about any other way possible. Tax laws are written under the assumption that the normal Israeli is defrauding the government.
Many people accept welfare through deception. Borrowing money and not repaying is another curse on our people. Lying has become a way of life for far too many Israelis.
As these precious people come to faith, many of them undergo a complete revolution in their thinking and behavior. What sweeter blessing could there be than to see the lives of our Israeli people, turned upside down and inside out - revolutionized by the love and power of God!
Let us put it very clearly: Your financial backing and prayers have had an enormous impact on our ability to build a life-giving congregation in Tel Aviv.
We are growing by the week and so are the expenses to run the congregation. With the current economic conditions as they are, our members are only able to cover a small percentage of what it costs to rent space and serve the needs of a congregation in downtown Tel Aviv.
Because you have supported this ministry, you have made great things possible, things that surely must make the angels in heaven rejoice.
Your continued help will bring continued results because we say with in all earnestness, TODAY IS HARVEST TIME IN ISRAEL.
Your fellow-laborers, Ari & Shira Sorko-Ram
P.S. We will send you our new 16 month Jewish Calendar for your gift of $25.00 or more! (if you are donating online just ask for the calendar in the "comments box")
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I just finished a run through of 1.21 and after the guy saves you its on the ground outside the cell for me. The only other place I know if I am remembering correctly is in the base behind the magic force field off the lake area near where you save Shany. But you have to go through several Yslide to get to it in a chest. And it should be the last area you visit to end the game. So it will be the tuffest area yet for you.
Try loading a previous save and getting to the dungeon again. The armor should be there after you are saved and talk to the guy. Hope this helps!


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My Grandma's of New England® started an industry in 1990 with their
original Cinnamon Walnut Coffee Cake - and with good reason. These decadent,
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The moistness and flavor of the cake are unmatched. All cakes are handmade
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And there really was a Grandma! My Grandma's of New England ® started baking coffee cakes in a
modest 250 square foot bakery in a remote section of Newton, Massachusetts. Baking her famous Cinnamon
Walnut coffee cake in her kitchen, Grandma's business grew steadily by word of mouth. Soon, customers were driving from locations
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your family to enjoy, you had to place your order at least one week in advance.
One year after purchasing the company, Bob Katz (seen above) moved us into a small former muffin bakery in Dedham.
With leased equipment and a revolving oven that could bake 42 cakes in an hour, we started promoting our company nationally,
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Bob's dad joined us full time, as our VP of Finance, in 1994.
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We launched our first My Grandma's Website in early 1998.
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Legislation would implement a variable tax credit beginning July 1 and extend the alternative fuel station tax credit.
Source: National Corn Growers Association news release
WASHINGTON (June 13, 2011) -- Today, the National Corn Growers Association thanked Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) for introducing the Ethanol Reform and Deficit Reduction Act.
The legislation, which is co-sponsored by a bipartisan group of 13 senators, would transition the ethanol industry into a variable tax incentive and create additional market access for ethanol by removing existing barriers of consumer choice. Other co-sponsors include Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Mike Johanns (R-Neb.), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Richard Lugar (R-Ind), John Hoeven (R-N.D.) Tim Johnson (D-S.D.), Jerry Moran(R-Kan.), Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.).
"NCGA greatly appreciates the work Senators Thune and Klobuchar have done to craft this importance piece of legislation," NCGA President Bart Schott, a grower from Kulm, N.D., said. "This legislation will help provide certainty for the future and strengthen the ethanol industry over the next several years. During a time of economic uncertainty and record-high gas prices, this legislation will also protect thousands of jobs, which is of great importance to rural America."
Specifically, this legislation would implement a variable tax credit beginning July 1, with the rate to be based on the price of oil, to expire at the end of 2014. The bill would extend the alternative fuel station tax credit, which would allow for more consumer freedom to purchase higher concentration of ethanol, and would extend the small producer ethanol credit through 2014.Of the $2.5 billion in revenues this would make available to the Federal Treasury, $1 billion would be earmarked for deficit reduction.
In May, Senator Grassley introduced a bill to phase out the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit after its scheduled expiration at the end of this year. However, due to increasing budget concerns, the ethanol industry and this bipartisan group of senators felt the need to review potential savings of moving towards reform immediately.
"The Ethanol Reform and Deficit Reduction Act comes at a time when we are proactively trying to reform the ethanol industry, unlike the oil and gas industry," Schott said. "NCGA supports this legislation and will continue to look for ways to reform. We look forward to working with our Allies in the Senate to ensure passage."
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A powerful, visual illusion in the palm of your hand!
Steve Fearson's New Zenith uses modern technology to recreate a classic and fantastic effect with a BRAND NEW METHOD!
An ordinary Sharpie marker laid across your palm suddenly begins to RISE! It slowly rises up, up, until it's standing straight up on it's end... right in the center of your outstretched hand! This looks FREAKY!
It stands there for a moment and then begins to slowly DESCEND, back down until it is again laying on your palm.
You immediately hand the Sharpie out for use... it looks and writes like a normal Sharpie!
Perform this ANYTIME, ANYWHERE in ANY LIGHT! And you can do it FULLY SURROUNDED! This may be the ultimate close up trick. It's practical, visual and surprising. In fact, it may be the most practical levitation / suspension effect you can perform and it's EASY TO DO!
The effect also lends itself to some risque' humor should you decide to go that route. Use it as a lie detector. Or a hottie detector. With a little imagination you can get a lot of milage out of this nifty prop.
Fearson's New Zenith can be combined with G-Sharp, the Balancing Sharpie to create a truly baffling routine.
Important points to consider about Fearson's New Zenith:
- New Zenith can be perfomed with a borrowed pen. The Sharpie is absolutely ordinary and can be examined.
- New Zenith can be repeated again and again. This makes it the perfect trick for walk around or street magic.
- New Zenith uses a new method for a rising pen. This is NOT your grandfather's rising pencil!
You receive the Sharpie marker, access to the video tutorial and the New Zenith Gimmicks.
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Close-Up Fellowship (I-E-1504)
The Close Up Fellowship program pays for economically disadvantaged, middle and secondary school teachers and students whose family has moved to the United States within the last five year to spend one week in Washington,D.C. attending seminars on government and current events and meeting with leaders from the three branches of the federal government. The program also supports professional development related to civic education for teachers of participating students.
How It Works
The Close Up Fellowship program provides a noncompetitive grant to the Close Up Foundation, based in Washington, D.C. Funding is available in three areas: (1) fellowships for economically disadvantaged middle and secondary school students, with special consideration given to students with disabilities, ethnic minority students, and students with migrant parents; (2) the foundation's professional development programs for middle and secondary school teachers and its programs to increase civic responsibility and understanding among the teachers' students; and (3) fellowships for the New Americans Program, which serves economically disadvantaged students whose families have immigrated to the United States within the past five years.
Key Requirements
The Close Up Foundation is required to evaluate the extent to which the program provides students with an increased understanding of the federal government; heightens their sense of civic responsibility; and enhances the skills of teachers in teaching about civic responsibility, the federal government, and responsible citizenship. In addition, new targeting provisions have been added to ensure the participation of students from rural areas, small towns, and urban areas, as well as students with migrant parents.
How Performance Is Measured
The Close Up Foundation is required to develop procedures for measuring program effectiveness.


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Group Intervals: Weekly Class Every Friday
Pre-Toddlers (23 months and younger), Siblings Welcome
Gather around as we sing, read, explore the galleries and play! Come every week to make new friends and introduce your little one to new sights, sounds and materials. Bring your stroller or front pack carrier.
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As of March 1st 2010, any adult (18-24) applying for their TX drivers license MUST take a state approved 6 hour course if they have not completed drivers education.
Our course is provided by I Drive Safely. This course is an online Adult Driver Education Course approved by the TEA.


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There are some new kids on the block out on the African Savannah with Giraffe males, Njanu and Kindu, joining our resident bachelor boys, Mbala and Alonge.The new males have come from the main Giraffe exhibit at the Zoo and have been very curious about their new surroundings ever since they were let out on to the savannah. The new males have been exploring and constantly moving about the exhibit checking out new scents and sights while stripping the bark of the trees they can reach.Mbala and Alonge were extremely interested in the newly-arrived males and were following them like shadows! They are all settling in well together and developing bonds with each other. Mbala and Njanu are particularly good buddies and have a pretty tight relationship, so tight that Mbala doesn't like the others getting too close to Njanu.The four boys are all very attentive though and love the keeper truck or to them 'meals on wheels on the savannah' and are always trying to check out what goodies us keepers have on the truck for them. If they are sneaky they will try and steal leaves or a mouthful of the Eland's food when we are not looking.Working with these Giraffes makes it hard to believe these amazing creatures are hunted for bush meat. Numbers of this iconic species are declining with 40% drop in the wild due to poaching and habitat encroachment by farmers. You can help the Giraffe by supporting programs such as Beads for Wildlife. Proceeds from our visitors buying the colourful beadwork jewellery made by Kenyan women provides other income so their farmer husbands don't have to graze stock where giraffes live. Less livestock means less pressure on water and food for wildlife such as the Giraffe. By Keeper, Carolene Magner


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We have a diverse collection of people who are Trustees. All of them have had wide ranging experiences, but above all they all agree with the Pestalozzi ethos, which is helping to produce talented young people.
Dan Bennett
I have been involved with Pestalozzi since 2010 when I first led a joint project between Pestalozzi and the University of Brighton that focused on developing Pestalozzi's marketing and alumni relationship strategy. I have been a Council Member since 2012 and am delighted to be a Trustee and vice-chair. I am currently a Principal Lecturer in marketing and public relations at the University of Brighton and have a keen interest in working with the non-profit sector. For the last two years, I have been mentoring student groups who undertake PR project work for Pestalozzi and continue to advise on, and help develop, Pestalozzi's marketing strategy. I am a firm believer that education goes beyond the individual and has a broader role to play in an increasingly globalised society. Pestalozzi offers life changing opportunities to students who demonstrate the potential to make a difference and I am committed to increasing access to education as a solution to a number of the global, economic and social challenges that we face in the world today.
Susan Walton
Trustee and Company Secretary
Sue was appointed as Pestalozzi International Village Trust's CEO in July 2011. Prior to joining PIVT Sue had a 25-year career in investment banking where she specialised in aviation finance, latterly becoming Head of Structured Finance for Rolls-Royce Capital Limited and Chairman of the British Exporters Association. Sue then turned to the third sector taking on both executive and non-executive roles. Sue retired as Pestalozzi's CEO at the end of August 2019 and was subsequently appointed to the Board of Trustees. She is also the Company Secretary of the Pestalozzi International Foundation and its trading arm. Sue is an Independent Director of Fly Leasing Limited, a NYSE-quoted company, and chairs their Nominations and Corporate Governance Committee. She is a Trustee of the Sussex East Area Meeting of Quakers, a Trustee of Raystede Animal Sanctuary and a member of the Finance Committee of the East Sussex College Group. She enjoys scuba diving and photography, often combining the two pursuits!
Martyn Forster
Martyn has been a Trustee of Pestalozzi International Village Trust from 2009 to the present day. A science teacher and Trustee of St Mary's Wrestwood Trust, Bexhill, Martyn retired from teaching in 2007. He was elected County Councillor for Bexhill East in 2005, and a District Councillor for St Michael's ward in Rother in 2007. Although he has now retired from politics Martyn maintains a keen interest in education.
Aaron Eckhoff
Aaron was elected to the Board of Trustees in July 2019. He came to the UK in 2006 as qualified teacher in the US as well as New Zealand. He has a BA in Mathematics Education with a minor in Physics from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota.
Aaron has been Director of Sixth Form at Claremont since 2016, overseeing its development and taking it from a traditional model to one that is hugely diverse in terms of the academic offering with a comprehensive enrichment programme centred on developing students personally, academically, and professionally. This is very much in line with the Pestalozzi ethos and provided an environment where Pestalozzi students were able to thrive. He also served as Head of Mathematics from 2013 – 2018 at the school.
Alexandra de Meyrick
Alexandra was elected to the Board of Trustees in October 2019. Alexandra came to the UK in 2000 from Australia. Seeing the great opportunities that exist in the UK and in Europe for, among other things, education, career, travel and culture, she decided to make her life here. Alexandra studied law at King's College London and qualified as a Solicitor. As a Solicitor, Alexandra has worked in the UK, Germany and in the United States of America, both in private practice and in-house and advises in relation to debt finance, equity finance and commercial law matters. Alexandra is passionate about education and in facilitating access to high quality education for all children. She believes that education is fundamental in building a fairer, more prosperous and more progressive society, and in creating opportunities for all.
David Little
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I was impressed by the enthusiasm, commitment and sense of social
responsibility of the students and when their base moved to Atlantic College I
was pleased to continue to play a part in their journey as a trustee. My
background is in science and education. After postgraduate research in
biochemistry at Southampton University and postdoctoral work at University
College Swansea I worked as head of the chemistry department in a sixth form
college in Essex where I live. Since retiring in 2012 I have continued to
work as a chemistry tutor and also as an A-level examiner for one of the
national exam boards. I am also a volunteer classroom assistant at my
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I gained my English degree and Master's degree late in life, as due to financial pressures I left school at sixteen.
Education has been the springboard for wonderful opportunities in my life and I'm passionate that everyone should have access to good education.
I believe that in supporting Pestalozzi I can help to create a fairer world for all.
Carol Hodgson
I was elected to the Board of Trustees in October 2019. My association with Pestalozzi started back in 1976 as a pupil at Claverham Community College where I met and became friends with 2 Thai girls in my form. This was the beginning of my journey with the Pestalozzi community, many of whom I remain in contact with today and to them I owe a debt of gratitude for giving me my community ethos, teaching me to be compassionate to those less fortunate and to always be open-minded.
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TAHOE CITY, Calif. – The Tahoe City Public Utility District was recently awarded $344,263 from the California Natural Resource Agency for the Truckee River Restoration and Access Project, an official said last week.
The project was one of 33 projects statewide selected by the California Natural Resource Agency for a total of $34 million in funding through its California River Parkways Grant Program, which awards funds to public agencies and nonprofits to develop river parkways.
"Our river parkway grants help communities connect children with nature, promote public health by providing families with greater outdoor recreational opportunities, and protect the rivers that provide us with clean water," said John Laird, secretary for the California Natural Resource Agency, in a press release. "The river parkways program is a great example of local agencies working together with the state to create increasingly sustainable communities in California."
The Truckee River Restoration and Access Project aims to provide safer, environmentally friendly access to the Truckee River in three designated locations along Highway 89; habitat restoration in the areas impacted by current informal access; and the construction of "staging areas" for safe entrance and exit for river users, according to the press release.
The project is a partnership among Placer County, Truckee River Watershed Council, TCPUD, Caltrans and the U.S. Forest Service.


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text: With so many great fictional scientists on TV and in the movies, it's hard to pick the best. But we did it anyway. Read More: Op-Ed: What Scientists Under Pressure Can Learn From SpockThere is a great argument to be made for Star Trek's Spock, as a real-life scientist eloquently does in an op-ed today for our From the Fields series. But he got us thinking about all the other smart, scary, sexy, silly and sinister scientists we love to watch, so we've compiled a list (in no particular order) of our favorites. As always, we trust you'll let us know where we went wrong and whose absence offended you most. Above: C. A. Rotwang, Metropolis The original big-screen mad scientist, Rotwang was the diabolical genius in Fritz Lang's classic 1927 science fiction film Metropolis. Working in an underground lab festooned with Tesla coils, Rotwang creates a C3PO-like fembot in the image of his dead wife. The android goes on to pose as the leader of the city's oppressed working class, and incites a riot that plunges the future-city of Metropolis into darkness and chaos. During a rooftop struggle with the film's protagonist, Rotwang (spoiler warning) falls to his doom in the third act. But elements of his style -- wild shock of hair, insane scheming, black-gloved prosthetic hand -- live on in every pop culture mad scientist from Doc Brown to Dr. Strangelove. --Kevin PoulsenWalter White, Breaking Bad No one has completely upended every stereotype of the quirky, soft-spoken high school chemistry teacher quite like Walter White. On AMC's Breaking Bad the majorly conflicted White (played by Bryan Cranston) makes the leap from educator to meth-cooking drug dealer with aplomb. Every time he decides his criminal enterprise is justified because he has cancer and needs to provide for his family, and whenever he uses basic science to get out of a sticky situation, you can see his analytical brain working just as fast as his teacher's instinct to nurture. But yet every time he seems to be enjoying the meth game too much -- note the pride he takes in cooking the perfect batch of meth -- you can also see the glimmer of a one-time nerd satisfied that he's outsmarted his nemesis, whether it's a fellow drug kingpin or the DEA. Cook on, Walt. Cook on. -- Angela Watercutter Photo: Courtesy AMCDr. Bunsen Honeydew, The Muppets I cannot imagine a world without edible paperclips. Nor can I fathom how we ever got along without All-Purpose Tenderizer, or where we might be without the ability to turn gold into cottage cheese. And don't even get me started on the beauty of the banana sharpener. Miracles, one and all. And no, I do not think that is too strong a word for them. How else could you possibly describe a robotic automatic wastebasket? It's genius, pure and simple. DARPA, Xerox PARC and Willy Wonka in his factory at One Infinite Loop could only dream of such inventions, all of which came from the brilliant mind of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew. The good doctor, with help from his hapless assistant Beaker, explored the frontiers of science at Muppet Labs, where the future is being made today. To be fair, not everything worked. The big drawback to the nuclear shaver was the lead helmet you had to wear in order to use it. Fireproof paper wasn't. And did anyone ever figure out exactly what Bunsonium does? But even Apple saw its fair share of screw-ups before taking over the world. Yeah, the iPhone is cool and all, but I'd rather have sharpened bananas. You're lying if you say you wouldn't too. -- Chuck Squatriglia Image: WiredEleanor Arroway, Contact Along with being a gifted scientist, Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway, from the book and movie Contact, has one of the world's coolest jobs: working for the Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). Based on real life astronomer Jill Tarter -- the director of SETI -- Arroway struggles against the derision of other researchers who scoff at her work. In the movie version, Arroway (played by Jodie Foster) not only gets to listen to mankind's first signal from an alien civilization, but she also travels the 26 light-years between Earth and Vega via wormhole. In Carl Sagan's book, she also makes a startling simultaneous discovery: a signature from the alien architects of the universe hidden in the digits of pi. If that doesn't earn her a Nobel Prize, nothing will. -- Adam MannBruce Banner, The Incredible Hulk Marvel Comics character Bruce Banner is better known as his raging alter ego, the Hulk. But at the end of the Hulk's inevitable debris trail lurks an eternally questing nuclear scientist with a penchant for self-sacrifice. In stark contrast to the Hulk's smashing tendencies, Banner's willingness to help others started at the beginning: The scientist's initial transformation into a violent gray goliath followed a heroic move that saved a teenager from the effects of an experimental bomb, as seen in the first issue of The Incredible Hulk comic book in 1962. The gamma radiation that altered Banner's body chemistry later caused him to transform into the not-so-jolly green giant seen in '70s TV show The Incredible Hulk (Bruce Bixby played Banner and Lou Ferrigno played the title role). Many shredded shirts later, Banner has been portrayed in movies by several actors (Eric Bana in 2003's Hulk, Edward Norton in 2008's The Incredible Hulk and Mark Ruffalo in this year's upcoming superhero team-up flick The Avengers). Throughout, Banner has conducted a constant search to find a scientific solution that will keep him from hulking out. A misunderstood loner eternally chased by the authorities, he's understandably moody and inevitably frazzled, making him one of the more complex and satisfying scientific characters we've encountered. -- Lewis WallaceDr. Emmett Brown, Back to the Future Doc Brown figured out time travel. That alone qualifies him for this list, but he managed to do it in one of the sweetest cars ever made -- a DeLorean DMC-12 -- all while powering the dimension-bending ride with fuel sources of lightning bolts, plutonium and banana peels. His flux capacitor, perhaps the greatest faux-invention of all time, demanded a "Great Scott"-inducing 1.21 gigawatts of electricity to jettison him and assistant-turned-hero Marty McFly to various key points in American history, in order to correct complications that the invention's existence (and jilted Libyan soldiers) had caused in the first place. As a side note to his impressive resume, Brown managed to do a lot of his work while wearing glasses that appeared to be made of solid silver. -- Caleb Garling Illustration: Jon Snyder/Wired.comWalter Bishop, Fringe We'll say this about Walter Bishop — he's not afraid of taking risks. As a lead scientist for the military in the 70s, Dr. Bishop (played by John Noble) conducted extensive and controversial experiments in the fringe sciences, including reanimating the brains of the dead, creating subterranean torpedoes that could be sent through the Earth's core, invisibility via electro-magnetic energy, and developing the perfect sandwich for clarity of thought (it's avocado, cucumber and cheese). His most notable creation was the development and implementation of a portal to a parallel universe that he and his partner, Dr. William Bell (played by Leonard Nimoy), discovered while ingesting large doses of LSD. Bishop and Bell would later develop the technology to not only see into that universe, but travel there as well. Walter's certainly had his failures as well, including responsibility for the death of his lab assistant. Walter was declared mentally unfit for trial, and thus spent the next 17 years in a mental institution. But on the bright side, they probably served avocado, cucumber and cheese sandwiches. -- Tim Leong Photo: Courtesy Liane Hentscher/FOXHubert J. Farnsworth, Futurama Good news, everyone. Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth has made the list. Senile and somewhat deranged, Futurama's Farnsworth is a true mad scientist, perhaps most exemplified in his fondness for building doomsday devices. Among Farnsworth's greatest inventions are the Smell-O-Scope, Electronium Hat, Fing-longer, F-ray Flashlight, a basketball-playing race of atomic supermen, a cardboard box containing a parallel universe, and the Planet Express ship. When not sending delivery crews to their death, he teaches a course at Mars University on the 'Mathematics of Quantum Neutrino Fields' (a title he made intentionally difficult so that no student would dare take it.) Farnsworth gets extra credit for being based on not one but two real-life intellectuals. His surname is a nod to Philo Farnsworth, inventor of the cathode ray tube television, while his first name and some of his mannerisms were inspired by philosopher Hubert Dreyfus of the University of California, Berkeley. -- Adam MannAgent Dana Scully, The X-Files If ever there was a set up on television of the clash between science and faith, it was The X-Files. Agent Fox Mulder was driven by his unflappable faith that extraterrestrials were real, and his sister was abducted by aliens -- and all of this was covered up by the government. He was a rogue agent who didn't need any scientific proof to follow his mission. Agent Dana Scully, on the other hand, was assigned to be Mulder's partner to debunk his paranormal work in The X-Files. She was a scientist and was always looking for the facts of a situation and the most logical, scientific explanation -- and not jumping on the first crackpot theory that Mulder or his buddies, the Lone Gunmen would expound. However, what made Scully so interesting as a scientist was her ability to keep her mind open to possibilities that were in direct conflict with conventional science, something that all scientists should always do. She would not buy into Fox's arguments without the burden of proof, but when it was there, when she could see the evidence, she did not allow preconceived notions to cloud her judgment. Sure, after awhile the series was derailed into Jesus imagery and nonsense, but during the early run of The X-Files, Scully was science personified (with a handgun). -- Erik KlemettiVictor Frankenstein, Frankenstein The Swiss scientist Victor Frankenstein is the poster boy for scientists meddling in forces that shouldn't be toyed with. He succeeds where many others have failed, creating life in the form of a horrible monster. Many movie adaptations have Frankenstein acting like an archetypal mad scientist, but Mary Shelley's original novel represents him as a tragic, if selfish, figure. Like with any good tragic character, Frankenstein's invention ends up being his undoing. His monster doggedly pursues his family, murdering his brother and his young wife. Eventually, Frankenstein is driven to the North Pole, where he falls into freezing water and contracts deadly pneumonia. Fatal outcome aside, Frankenstein's monstrous invention is a pretty remarkable achievement and, though often portrayed as a dumb brute, he is actually a smart cookie. He not only teaches himself to read, but manages to get through and comprehend John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost," an achievement that most college students struggle with. -- Adam MannEllie Sattler, Jurassic Park Paleobotanist Ellie Sattler (played by Laura Dern) is summoned to a Costa Rican island to assist in determining whether a dinosaur theme park is viable and safe. (Spoiler alert: It isn't.) Her character lends just a hint of sweetness and effortless sex appeal, but more important than that she's a total badass. Ellie's first big moment arrives when she reaches elbow deep into a mountain of dinosaur droppings to help diagnose a sick Triceratops. Later, after restoring power to the park (and inadvertently zapping the park owner's grandson Tim with the electric fence), she squares off solo with a Velociraptor and lives to tell about it. Other scientist characters worth mentioning are paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill), mathematician Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), head computer programmer and meddlesome idiot Dennis Nedry (Wayne Knight), as well as head technician Ray Arnold (Samuel L. "Hold On to Your Butts" Jackson). -- Amy ZimmermanThe Professor, Gilligan's Island Clearly Roy Hinkley (played by Russell Johnson) was not Nobel Prize material (he wrote Rust, the Real Red Menace) or very observant (Ginger and Mary Ann were his for the taking). Nonetheless, the man was an outstanding scientist. Cars and generators made of bamboo and coconuts are impressive, but those feats pale in comparison to his battery-life management. If the Professor could make a portable radio run for three years, imagine what he could do with an iPhone. -- Marty Cortinas