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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Consecutive losses to the Oakland Athletics have muted whatever momentum the AL-leading Astros built with their seven-game winning streak this week.
This one was a little more concerning to manager A.J. Hinch for a variety of reasons.
Houston's bullpen forced in five runs with bases-loaded walks and the team tied a franchise record with 13 free passes, costing the Astros in their second straight loss to the A's, 11-1 in a doubleheader opener Saturday.
"It wasn't a good game for us," Hinch said. "Certainly, it probably looks a lot worse than it was for most of the game. It wasn't our day. They beat us on all facets of the game this game."
Oakland led 3-1 before Tyler Clippard issued the first bases-loaded walk to Jed Lowrie in the sixth inning. Reymin Guduan brought in three more while allowing five straight walks on 28 pitches in the eighth. Infielder J.D. Davis relieved Guduan and struck out Marcus Semien and Khris Davis, but also allowed another run by walking Chad Pinder.
Houston tied the franchise mark for walks set on May 4, 1975 against the San Francisco Giants. The Astros entered the series with a seven-game winning streak, and their magic number remains at eight.
"It's coming down to it," losing pitcher Charlie Morton said. "I think we really just want to finish the year going in the playoffs on our own streak, get in a groove and continue on in October."
Morton (11-7) took the loss by allowing three runs in five innings.
Daniel Gossett (4-8) had a career-high seven strikeouts and allowed one run over six-plus innings for his first win since Aug. 2 and the A's third straight overall.
"Maybe not his best command at times, got behind some guys, but made some big pitches when he had to," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. "You looked up, there were a lot of 2-1, 2-0 counts, but he was able to recover."
Khris Davis hit a two-run single in the sixth to become the first Oakland player in nearly 15 years with 100 RBI or more in consecutive seasons. Davis has 101 RBI this season after he drove in 102 in 2016, the first A's player to have 100 or more in back-to-back seasons since Eric Chavez and Miguel Tejada in 2002-03.
Alex Bregman doubled in the Astros' run. It's only the second time in the past 20 games that Houston has been held under two runs.
Morton struck out three straight batters following a leadoff double in the first but allowed three runs in the second when the Astros made a pair of errors. Morton made one of them when he bobbled Semien's soft comebacker and was late throwing to the plate.
"That's not frustrating when errors happen ... it is when you make the error," Morton said. "It's frustrating when you can't make pitches."
J.D. Davis ran his fastball up to 93 mph, and even mixed in a changeup and breaking ball while striking out Khris Davis. It was the second pitching appearance this year for the Astros infielder, and he's struck out three of the seven batters he's faced. He also punched out Texas' Shin-Soo Choo in a game Aug. 29.
The second half of the doubleheader was a makeup for an April 16 game that was rained out -- the first at the Coliseum since 2014.
Astros: Catcher Juan Centeno was being examined for a concussion after being hit in the head by Lowrie's bat on a follow-through swing in the second inning. Max Stassi replaced Centeno. ... Evan Gattis was activated off the disabled list after being out due to soreness in his right wrist and is scheduled to DH on Sunday. The veteran catcher went on the DL five days after coming off it following a three-week stint due to a concussion.
LHP Dallas Keuchel (12-3, 2.88 ERA) pitches the finale for the Astros on Sunday while the A's counter with RHP Kendall Graveman (4-4, 4.70 ERA). Keuchel is 3-0 with a 0.83 ERA in three starts against Oakland this season.
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text: Hate dealing with bullying in the workplace? You don't even know the half of it A recent survey has found that almost 50 per cent of Canadians have felt bullied in the workplace but when less than half of those targeted will open up to HR, leaders are left wondering: what are we supposed to do? According to Melissa Fisher, HR manager at Petroleum Hughes, you need to get out of your office, get to know your staff and start mentoring your managers. "Your staff will only come to you if they feel like they have a relationship with you and they can trust you," says Fisher. "You can have an open door policy but if they don't feel comfortable coming forward, they won't." As the recent winner of HRD Magazine's "Best Employee Engagement Strategy", Fisher is well placed to offer her advice. She says that if you're not out there, you'll never really know your team and if you don't know your team you definitely won't know when something's bothering them. "It's two-fold," explains Fisher, "when you get to know them it makes them feel more comfortable coming to you but it also lets you know who they are as a person so that you can tell if there's a change in their behaviour." Unsurprisingly, the study revealed that bosses were most often the ones to blame but Fisher agreed that this is sometimes down to differing personality types and a disconnect in communication, rather than intentional malice. Fisher says managers who are unaccustomed to leading individuals with certain personality types may be inadvertently interpreted as bullies but there is a solution. "As HR professionals, we should be coaching and mentoring our managers on how to speak to their staff," says Fisher. That way, "you know what personality they are and how to coach them and when you put those two together, you don't have any problems with harassment or blame." Study results Conducted by Harris Poll, the study published the following statistics: 45 per cent of workers have felt bullied at their job 26 per cent of victims have left a job because of bullying 26 per cent of respondents said they feel bullied in their current position 49 per cent of victims said bosses were the perpetrators 44 per cent of victims reported the problem to HR 54 per cent of those victims said no action was taken to resolve the problem. Leave a comment SHARE


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2014 TEA/AECOM Theme Park Index Released
The Themed Entertainment Association and AECOM announced today that the 2014 TEA/AECOM Theme Index and Museum Index is available to download.
This definitive, global attendance study by the economics practice at AECOM identifies industry trends and calendar-year visitation numbers for theme parks, water parks, museums and the top theme park group operators. This year's full report (in PDF form) may be downloaded directly by clicking on this link.
This definitive, global attendance study by the economics practice at AECOM identifies industry trends and calendar-year visitation numbers for theme parks, water parks, museums and the top theme park group operators. This year's full report (in PDF form) may be downloaded directly by clicking on this link.
"We are pleased to collaborate with AECOM on the 9th annual TEA/AECOM Theme Index and Museum Index," said TEA president Steve Birket. "This annual study is an essential resource for identifying growth, increasing awareness, and celebrating excellence in the visitor attractions industry."
Worldwide growth:
4 percent for theme parks, 3 percent for waterparks, 2 percent for museums.
"The industry continued its post-recession attendance growth at a healthy rate of 4 percent for the top theme parks globally," said John Robinett, AECOM senior vice president, economics, Americas. "That growth reflects a post-recession rebound in all regions: Europe at 3 percent, the Americas at 2 percent and Asia at 5 percent."
Waterparks showed similar global growth of around 3 percent. "The waterparks sector continues to expand in Latin America and Asia, with great potential in the Middle East," said Robinett. "This year's study also includes European waterparks for the first time, revealing a significant market in Germany."
In theme parks and waterparks, worldwide trends to watch include Asia growth, Middle East resurgence, resort-style development, and the initiatives of the large, established operators. "Asia will keep growing and raising the bar for quality," said Robinett...
Attendance growth at the world's top museums in 2014 was considered a bit slow at under 2 percent, in comparison to the performance of parks and waterparks. "Museum attendance worldwide is very sensitive to the schedules of blockbuster traveling exhibitions," said Robinett.
The Americas:
Top operators stay on top, museums reinvest and reinvent.
"Growth at U.S. theme parks was concentrated in the top nine parks — all Disney and Universal properties — underscoring the growing dominance of the major operators," said Brian Sands, AECOM vice president, economics, Americas. With little fluctuation in ranking from the previous year, the top six North American parks are all Disney parks, with The Magic Kingdom at Disney Orlando Resort in the number one position. The 7th through 9th positions are held by Universal Studios parks.
"Comparing attendance growth at U.S. theme parks and waterparks with that of Latin America shows a stable, mature market versus a dynamic, younger one," said Sands. The U.S. top 20 theme parks grew 2.2 percent from 2013 to 2014, while the top 20 waterparks came in at 1.6 percent. Latin America's top 10 theme parks, on the other hand, grew 5.1 percent — helped by double-digit increases at Beto Carrero World (Brazil; 10 percent) and Parque Mundo Aventura (Colombia; 23.5 percent). Even more dynamic was the nearly 6-percent growth of the top 10 Latin American waterparks; double-digit performers were Wet 'N Wild São Paolo (25.6 percent) and Rio Water Planet (14.3 percent).
Some key figures from the TEA/AECOM 2014 Theme Index & Museum Index:
- 392 million visits to attractions run by the top 10 global theme park groups, up 5.1 percent
- 223 million visits to the top 25 theme/amusement parks worldwide, up 4.1 percent
- 138 million visits to the top 20 North American theme/amusement parks, up 2.2 percent
- 123 million visits to the top 20 Asian theme/amusement parks, up 4.9 percent
- 107 million visits to the top 20 worldwide museums, up 1.6 percent
- 75 million visits to the top 20 EMEA museums, up 0.8 percent
- 60 million visits to the top 20 EMEA theme/amusement parks, up 3.0 percent
- 58 million visits to the top 20 Asian museums, up 9.1 percent
- 54 million visits to the top 20 North American museums, down 2.6 percent
- 28 million visits to the top 20 worldwide water parks, up 2.8 percent
The TEA/AECOM Theme Index and Museum Index is a collaboration of the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) and the economics practice at AECOM, a global provider of infrastructure and management-support services
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January 1, 2008
What started out as a spreadsheet on one NREL analyst's laptop has become one of the most credible models for projecting wind power capacities and energy deliveries for the future, and it has a name to match: the Wind Deployment System, or WinDS.
NREL's strategic energy analysis capability is one of the laboratory's core competencies and a must-have element of every technology development process. But because analyses are often only as good as the tools the analysts have to work with, key models need to be designed to produce reliable analyses that support NREL's research.
An analysis model starts with a software capability programmed to make use of various inputs to produce a variety of outputs. Although many good energy models exist, customized models are often required to meet individual researchers' needs. NREL discovered such a need while preparing to expand research in wind resources and to examine how to increase the amount of installed wind power capacity in the United States.
Applying the Technology
The WinDS concept became reality in 2001 when NREL's Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program requested an analysis of the feasibility of low-speed wind turbines in the United States by evaluating capacity and transmission requirements.
Walter Short, a group manager in NREL's Strategic Energy Analysis and Applications Center (SEAAC), started with a simple spreadsheet model that drew on the geographic information systems (GIS) expertise of NREL scientist Donna Heimiller.
Short then took the spreadsheet and spent countless hours, along with an intern from the Colorado School of Mines, to develop the first version of WinDS. The model was able to find the optimal value for wind power capacity based on the wind resource, the available transmission lines, and the electrical load requirements. Short was soon joined in the effort by NREL analyst Nate Blair, who provided his insights based on other analysis tools, while Heimiller helped beef up the geographic aspects of the model.
The result was a new model unique in its ability to "regionalize." WinDS divides the United States into 358 small regions, which helps analysts get a better picture of the actual transmission distances and the impact of spreading wind installations throughout the country rather than confining them to one area. WinDS provides a detailed analysis that goes far beyond more simplistic models, which consider only a few U.S. regions.
"The modeling capability provided by WinDS is unique in the field," says Bobi Garrett, NREL Associate Director for Strategic Development and Analysis. "The major national models cannot deal with the wide variation in regional energy resources, demand, policy, or physical infrastructure."
In developing WinDS, NREL sought input from wind industry professionals and researchers. Short took a direct approach, determining what characteristics would be important to capture—such as transmission access and wind resource variability.
Taking all these things into consideration, he applied them to all 358 regions designated in the model. The model estimates the market potential of wind energy in the United States for the next 20 to 50 years under different technology development and policy scenarios, and it has already yielded important insights. See the Addressing Specific Markets and Issues section of the "WinDS of Change" story.
After further testing and expansion, Short began demonstrating WinDS for other labs. As word got out, nonprofit groups and industry representatives alike became interested in applying the WinDS model to their analysis work. To read more about how the American Wind Energy Association, Bureau of Land Management, and other groups are using WinDS, access the full story in the Research Review.
Map of Projected Wind Power Capacity by State in 2030
Chart of Projected Wind Power Capacity by Wind Class
WinDS of the Future — Modeling the Wind, and More
Success increases demand, and many people are hoping that WinDS will be able to do even more modeling in the near future. NREL analysts are already working to apply WinDS' unique system to models for other technologies, such as concentrating solar power and hydrogen.
The Hydrogen Deployment System, or HyDS, model looks at U.S. market expansion of hydrogen production from wind energy and other sources over the next 50 years. WinDS can also measure the interaction between electric and transportation technologies, such as analyzing the benefits of plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles.
Although WinDS currently focuses on the electricity sector, future goals include looking at the effects of climate change, carbon taxes, reduced energy demand, less use of coal, and overall price.
NREL also hopes to use the model to analyze additional policy impacts. To meet that goal, WinDS also must be equipped to look at climate change, a full renewable portfolio standard, and the synergies among renewables.
SEAAC analysts also see a future for WinDS that includes further representation of renewable technologies (biomass, geothermal, and offshore wave power), and nonrenewable resources (e.g, coal and natural gas). Energy storage is also important, and HyDS could be used to model the potential to store energy in the form of hydrogen.
As this capability continues to grow, so does the Laboratory's reputation. "What started out as a single model for a single technology has grown into a suite of leading-edge models," Garrett says. "WinDS has taken NREL from a position of little recognition for its modeling ability to broad acknowledgment for a credible capability."
For a detailed model description and background on the data used in the analyses, access the WinDS site[BROKEN LINK].
To read more about other NREL research highlights, access the Research Review page.
— Michelle Kubik


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When your monthly bills are more than you can manage, bankruptcy may seem like your only way to get out of debt. But while bankruptcy can provide debt relief to consumers who can't pay their bills, it's a complex legal process that can seriously impact your credit for up to a decade. Before you decide to pursue bankruptcy, it's important to explore alternative solutions, and to understand the process and the potential ramifications of filing for bankruptcy.
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David Carradine was an American actor and martial artist. He is best known for his roles as a Shaolin peace-loving monk in the 1970s television series Kung Fu as well as for his title role in Kill Bill. He appeared in more than 100 films and was nominated four times for a Golden Globe. He was awarded a Golden Star on the Walk of Fame in 1997. Carradine died on June 3, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand at the age of 72.


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President Barack Obama has nominated former Kansas City, Kan., Police Chief Ronald Lee Miller to serve as U.S. marshal for Kansas.
The announcement was made Thursday in a news release from the White House.
Obama said Miller, who now serves as police chief in Topeka, has dedicated his career to protecting his fellow citizens. The president said Miller has displayed courage and persistence in the pursuit of justice.
Miller has led the Topeka Police Department since 2006. He joined the Kansas City, Kan., department in 1972 as a patrol officer and became chief in 2000.
Miller has also served as a consultant for the Police Foundation and the civil rights division of the U.S. Justice Department.
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Linux, once viewed as an OS (operating system) only computer geeks could appreciate, is today a much more user-friendly software that companies and consumers can master almost as easily as Microsoft's Windows XP. That's the core finding of a study published by Relevantive, a Berlin-based company specialising in consulting firms on the usability of software and web services.
The Relevantive usability study comes as numerous government bodies and businesses in Germany's public and private sectors move to migrate their IT systems away from Windows to the Linux operating system, while others are still debating the pros and cons of such a move.
The independent study focuses on the use of Linux in companies. The researchers studied how easily two groups of users could perform tasks using the different operating systems.
One group consisted of 60 users between 25 and 55 with computer skills but no prior experience with Linux or Windows XP. They tested the preconfigured open-source software according to various criteria, such as the ease of creating and administrating new and existing files, copying CDs and performing some basic office tasks including sending an email.
The other group consisted of 20 users with the same qualifications who performed exactly the same tasks on Windows XP.
The study's findings suggest it is almost as easy to perform most major office tasks using Linux as it is with Windows, which has a long history in the consumer market.
Linux users, for example, needed 44.5 minutes to perform a set of tasks, compared to 41.2 minutes required by the XP users. Furthermore, 80 percent of the Linux users believed that they needed only one week to become as competent with the new system as with their existing one, compared to 85 percent of the XP users.
But when it comes to the design of the desktop interface and programs, Windows XP still has a strong edge: 83 percent of the Linux users said they liked the design of the desktop and the programs, compared to 100 percent of the Windows XP users.


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According to details, the law enforcement personnel as a part of their anti-terror drive in the city nabbed 20 suspects belonging to banned outfits and Lyari gang warfare.
Rangers spokesperson claimed that Rangers arrested 15 criminals during targeted operations in Kemari, Qasba Colony, Machar Colony and University Road. The arrested criminals include those belonging to Lyari gang war and banned outfit criminals.
Arshad Pappu men killed
Three gang war members were killed in an alleged Rangers encounter in Lyari's Chakiwara locality.
The dead criminals were identified as Jamal, Riaz and Basheer alias Bhagwan. All three belong to the 'Arshad Pappu' group of Lyari gang war.
Two more terrorists namely Qadeer and Shakeel were killed during a targeted operation in Jahanabad area.
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On the other hand, police personnel launched a search operation in Bihar Colony and Singo Lane localities of Lyari area and nabbed five criminals. Firearms, drugs and a large amount of gutka was recovered from their custody.
Rangers and police have intensified operation in Karachi arresting several target killers, extortionists, kidnappers along with other criminals.
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Jax to serve its Sea Dog and Salty Dog creations on Monday, September 7
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Sept. 4, 2015) –Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar will be open for regular hours on Labor Day, Sept. 7 and will serve Sea Dogs, the brainchild of Jax Director of Operations Adam Reed and Executive Chef Sheila Lucero.
The Sea Dog is a Jax original and product of a football tailgate crab boil six years ago. Reed and Lucero added natural casing hot dogs to their usual crab boil at the suggestion of some fellow tailgaters. Instead of dumping the crab boil onto a paper covered table as is normal, however, the pair came up with a hot dog gone coastal, with a hot dog placed in a bun, andouille sausage squeezed in on the sides and crab meat scattered on top. This creation will make an exclusive appearance on the Jax menu for the Labor Day holiday, alongside the Salty Dog, a cocktail crafted by Lead Bartender Kenny Cohrs to pair with the Sea Dog.
Sea Dog- House-made split-top bun, natural casing hot dog, Jax mustard sauce, andouille sausage, fresh pickled crab meat.
Salty Dog- Vodka, gin, grapefruit juice and orange juice shaken and served over ice in a half rim salted glass.
Jax is open from 4 to 10 p.m. on Labor Day and will feature its regular Mondays all-night happy hour everywhere in the restaurant.
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A Big Red F Restaurant Group restaurant, Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar brings the coasts to the coastless, serving up the finest and freshest the ocean has to offer. Sourcing dock-to-door, Executive Chef Sheila Lucero has built long-standing relationships with coastal fisherman to ship the highest quality seafood available daily, incorporating fresh ingredients into an innovative sea-to-table menu. Consistently voted to the "Best of" awards, Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar has five locations in Boulder, Denver, Fort Collins, Glendale, and Kansas City, each boasting unique menus. For more information, please visit www.jaxfishhouse.com.


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Colin Towns & NDR Big Band - album review
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- 18 September 2006
Colin Towns & NDR Big Band
Frank Zappa's Hot Licks (and Funny Smells) (Rent a Dog Records)
Recorded live at the Moers Jazz Festival and released simultaneously with Lend Me Your Ears, a fine studio album of Towns' own compositions also featuring the NDR Big Band, this exuberant disc celebrates Zappa's idiosyncratic music while retaining the stamp of Towns' own distinctive compositional and arranging style.
Towns directs the superb German band (with Stephan Diez prominently featured on guitar) rather than his own Mask Orchestra, and they produce sublime playing on an eclectic programme of classic Zappa compositions drawn from a range of albums, including Hot Rats, Uncle Meat, The Grand Wazoo and Jazz From Hell. Forget any preconceptions about big bands being old-fashioned ?" this is vibrant, contemporary music, and great fun into the bargain.


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The Charlotte Museum of History, an educational organization, captures and shares the stories of the Charlotte region from settlement forward through exhibits and programs. The museum collects, preserves, researches, and interprets regional artifacts, including the oldest surviving house in Mecklenburg County, the 1774 Hezekiah Alexander Homesite.
The Charlotte Museum of History and Hezekiah Alexander Homesite comprise multiple venues on an eight-acre wooded campus in east Charlotte.
The oldest structure, and the reason for the museum's location, is the Hezekiah Alexander House, a 5,000- square foot rock house. The Hezekiah Alexander House is the oldest surviving house in Mecklenburg County. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it was built circa 1774 and still stands on its original site. The house is accompanied by a reproduction log kitchen, barn, and reconstructed two-story springhouse.
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Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)
Thinking about a career in Chaplaincy and/or gaining valuable experience working with hospital patients, families and staff?
HealthCare Chaplaincy is one of the most experienced providers of clinical pastoral education.
Not only is Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) required to become a professional Board Certified Chaplain, it is invaluable training for working with people of all ages who are coping with a life-changing situation, particularly healthwise.
What CPE Is
Through hands-on practice, clinical supervision and academic study, CPE students are chaplain interns who learn how to listen and attend to patients more effectively. For instance – how to engage patients and their loved ones, establish rapport and maintain eye contact, pay attention and respond to both verbal and non-verbal communications, and better understand what they are observing during encounters.
One "unit" of CPE consists of 300 hours of clinical time where chaplain interns visit with patients, plus 100 hours of classroom and individual education. It's a mix of one-on-one supervision, group process work, instruction, and writing.
Some students decide to complete the four 400-hour units required to apply to become a Board Certified Chaplain.
CPE students also include seminarians who are required to take one unit of CPE as part of their degree program or who take more than one unit as their ministry internship. Our students also include clergy and non-certified chaplains who serve in congregations and other community settings and who want to improve their skills; as well as volunteers in hospitals, hospices, and rehabilitation and skilled nursing care facilities who provide emotional, spiritual and religious support and comfort to patients and families under the supervision of a professional chaplain.
As the Affordable Care Act drives health care services into the community, it is imperative that faith communities be engaged by local health care providers. Former U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, has stated, "Faith leaders are trusted partners in local communities. [They] have a unique ability to reach people, especially the most vulnerable, with the tools and information they need to get healthy, stay well, and thrive." HealthCare Chaplaincy Network's CPE programs recruit and train local faith leaders for leadership in the integration of spirituality and health care.
HealthCare Chaplaincy offers you the opportunity to work with diverse populations at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Here's what students and alumni have to say about the value of their Clinical Pastoral Education experience at HealthCare Chaplaincy:
"HCC's CPE program was one of the best educational experiences I've ever had. I went into the program thinking it was primarily about learning how to minister to people in a hospital setting. I did learn about ministry in hospitals, but more importantly, I came away personally transformed. CPE was about who I am. A great combination of theory and hands-on training along with personal supervision and group work. It helped me identify and build on my strengths while also challenging and helping me grow in my weaknesses. I am better equipped for ministry because of CPE". – Christine Lee
"HCC's CPE program offered me critical skills in learning how to relate to patients, to other clergy, and to myself. I have never experienced such a rich, reflective and intense process as the CPE program. Now as a rabbi, I use the lessons I learned in CPE every day as I connect to students and fellow worshipers." – Rabbi Eli Kaunfer
"After working in the field of religious education with a focus on sacred music for a number of years, I decided to explore my longstanding interest in the chaplaincy. I was privileged to take three units with HealthCare Chaplaincy, and it is not overstating it to say that they were transformative for me – these courses are what ignited my passion for chaplaincy and provided a sound professional foundation which I continuously draw upon. The quality of the instruction and supervision were outstanding." – Margo Heda
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The application process involves submitting an application and interviewing with a CPE Supervisor/Educator. Since each CPE unit is unique and space is limited, applications should be submitted at least three months before the start date.


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Supplies: Worsted weight yarn in 4 colors. Stitch marker.
Finished Size: Regular Version: (unstretched) Around edge = 20 inches. From edge to center of top = 7 inches.
Extra long Version: (unstretched) Around edge = 20 inches. From edge to center of top = 9 inches. Both versions have a lot of stretch!
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Stitches & Techniques used: single crochet, double crochet, puff, cluster. This pattern uses basic crochet stitches and techniques as well as two special stitches. Instructions for the special stitches are given in the pattern.
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Obulis is IonFx's new Puzzle/Action game for Windows PCs. Based on our award-winning mobile games of the same name, Obulis takes things to the next level by fusing highly compelling gameplay with outstanding graphics, music and state of the art physics effects.
The goal of Obulis is to drop all of the colored spheres into their like-colored pots. Spheres are connected to the playfield using chains and ropes and the player must cut these constraints to put the spheres in motion. The controls are extremely simple and intuitive. Obulis can literally be learned in seconds, but the puzzles will keep you thinking for hours.
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Proverbs 31 Ministries is a non-denominational, non-profit Christian ministry that seeks to lead women into a personal relationship with Christ. With Proverbs 31:10-31 as a guide, Proverbs 31 Ministries reaches women right in the middle of their busy day through free daily devotions, radio program, speaking events, conferences, monthly magazine, resources, online communities, and Gather and Grow groups. We are real women offering real-life solutions to women who are striving to maintain life's balance, in spite of today's hectic pace and cultural pull away from godly principles. Wherever a woman may be on her spiritual journey, Proverbs 31 Ministries exists to be a trusted friend who takes her by the hand and walks by her side, leading her one step closer to the heart of God.
July 14, 2008
An Unhurried Life
"Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, 'Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!' The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, 'Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!' Jesus stopped and called them. 'What do you want me to do for you?' he asked." Matthew 20:30-32 (NIV)
I am drawn to un-hurried people. I'm pretty sure it's because I'm the opposite - and wish I was more like them.
Unhurried moms take the time to explain to their kids where they are going. Hurried moms tell their children to get in the car and they'll find out soon. I think the children of the unhurried mom learned a bit more about their city, streets and addresses.
Unhurried women take time to chat with a tired sales clerk, and brighten her day. Hurried women rush in and out, glancing at their watches, and tapping their nails on the counter if there's a delay. I think the sales clerk got a touch of Jesus from that unhurried woman.
Unhurried women think about how to show love to others - whether it's picking out the right gift, a hand-written note of encouragement, or a phone call. Hurried women wish they had picked out the right gift, written a note, or made that phone call.
Although Jesus was busy, the Bible never mentions Him being in a hurry. Others around Jesus tried to hurry Him up, but Jesus refused to be rushed. He always made time to hold a child, touch a sick man or talk to a woman whose wrong choices ostracized her from others. Jesus could have hurried – He had more to accomplish in three years than we can imagine accomplishing in a lifetime. But He chose to put people over His schedule.
The solutions to a hurried life are simple, yet difficult to incorporate into a life that is addicted to rushing. For those of us who hurry out of habit, we must choose to slow down. We might choose to speak slowly, to walk slowly, or to eat slowly. We might get up 30 minutes earlier so that we aren't rushing our kids in the morning. We might have dinner in the crockpot so we can sit and read a book with a child, or chat with our husbands on the patio. We might not schedule business appointments so close together that we don't have time to ask a co-worker how his or her family is doing.
Some of us must address the issue of hurry if we are to live the grace-filled lives Jesus calls us to live. So take a deep breath, let it out slowly, pause to pray, and enjoy an un-hurried day.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for taking the time to show Your love for me today. Thank You for giving us Jesus – who modeled a life of love and patience. Help me to address the issue of hurry in my life, and choose to take the time for things that are important to You. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Related Resources:
10 Minute Time Outs for Busy Women by Grace Fox
Breathe by Kari Wyatt Kent
30 Days to Taming Your Stress by Deborah Smith Pegues
Application Steps:
Identify the most rushed part of your day. Brainstorm one or two changes you can make that will ease the stress, and allow you to slow down.
Why is it difficult to love others when we are in a hurry?
What are some causes for a life that is chronically hurried?
What are the benefits to yourself and others if you cultivate an unhurried life?
Power Verses:
John 14:27, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."(NIV)
Mark 10:13-14, "People were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the
Ephesians 4:2, "Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love." (NIV)
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(Originally posted on Quixtar Cult Intervention on February 22, 2009)
...by QCI contributing guide to the Amway Labyrinth, David Brear:
'If you tell a big enough lie and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.
Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945)
When I first began to examine the disturbing, ritual images (clean-cut, heterosexual couples with perfect smiles and perfect children, posing beside their shiny new 'Dream': cars, houses, pools, boats, etc.), which have been used to keep the vulnerable and unwary swallowing the 'Amway' myth, I was struck by the frightening similarity between this kitsch, Utopian propaganda and the sugary pictures once used to coat another poisonous lie. According to the 'Amway' myth: everyone, no matter what their class, profession or property can become the owner of an 'Independent Business' which (only through effort and unquestioning belief) has been proven to bring 'Total Financial Freedom in 2-5 years.' On closer inspection, this ambiguous fairytale turns out to have been adapted from a very specific, and revealing, pattern. In unambiguous terms, according to the same closed-logic of the movement's controlling scenario: everyone who fails to achieve economic redemption in 'Amway', has only himself/herself to blame. Unfortunately (over a period spanning 6 decades), a veritable mountain of quantifiable evidence has proved the so-called 'Amway Business Opportunity' to be nothing more than a premeditated, closed-market swindle shielded by (effectively) unsaleable products and mystifying mathematics. The plain truth of the matter is that, behind all the reality-inverting 'Amway' propaganda, lurks a self-perpetuating, self-gratifying and progressively-more-expensive-to-play game of make-believe which has been rigged so that no one can win, except the sanctimonious little gang of charlatans who set it up. However, this soul-destroying, totalitarian racket is neither original nor unique. Therefore, it cannot be fully-understood in isolation.
Immediately after usurping absolute power in Germany, Adolf Hitler declared that 'May 1st 1933' would be the first 'National Labour Day.' Since the end of the 19th century, May Day had been the workers' festival in Germany and many other European countries. Although the event was traditionally marked with mass-parades of trade-unionists, Socialists and Communists, Hitler now made a typically ambiguous promise - 'National Labour Day would be celebrated as never before.' During the final days of April 1933, the leaders of Germany's trade-unions (agricultural and industrial), along with large delegations of workers, were summoned to Berlin. To give them the illusion that they were making a free-choice, many were offered airline, and train, tickets and accommodation, whilst (for the benefit of the totally positive 'Nazi' news-reels) a select few were welcomed at the Chancellery by a smiling 'Führer' with beer and sausages. On May 1st, Hitler gave one of his mesmerizing performances in front of an audience of over 100 000 cheering workers at Berlin's Tempelhof airfield. His reality-inverting script was entitled: 'Honour Work and Respect the Worker.' The following morning, every German trade-union office was overrun by hordes of heavily armed 'Nazi' agents. At a stroke, all unions were demolished to make way for Hitler's 'National Socialist' Utopia. Union funds were seized and democratically-elected union leaders captured en-mass, beaten-up and packed-off to 'concentration camps.' Hitler's main partner in setting this treacherous trap was one of his most-obsequious acolytes, Dr. Robert Ley (1890-1945). Ironically, in German, Ley is pronounced 'Lie'.
Robert Ley was born in rural Westphalia. He was the 7th child of 11 children in a family of poor peasant farmers. As a youth, he had escaped his humble origins and attended the Universities of Jena and Bonn to study chemistry. At the outbreak of WWI, Ley (aged 24) was one of the first to volunteer to go to the Western Front. After 2 years in the artillery, he then volunteered to become a pilot, but in the summer of 1917 he was shot down and taken prisoner. It is generally believed that Ley (who returned home with an incurable speech impediment) suffered brain damage when his aeroplane crashed. Despite gaining a shameful reputation as an overbearing, and vindictive, lecher, drunkard and bully, in 1920, Ley received a Doctorate in chemistry from the University of Westphalia. He went on to work as a food chemist for an arm of the I. G. Farben Chemical company in Leverkusen in the Ruhr. However, he couldn't live with the fact that the Treaty of Versailles had awarded this region to the French. Thus, in 1924, Ley turned to extreme nationalism. When he lost his job (because of his drinking), he became a full-time 'Nazi' proselytizer. With his respectable academic title, Ley was welcomed into the fledgling movement with open arms. He immediately found himself in a position of power in a organization presented externally as a 'political party', but which internally was totalitarian (i.e. it was centrally-controlled and required of its core-adherents an absolute subservience to the group and its patriarchal leadership above all other persons). 'Nazi' recruiters generally targeted alienated veterans. They could be more-easily persuaded to buy into the self-gratifying delusion that Germany and Austria hadn't lost WWI militarily…. The 'Aryan race' had been betrayed and forced to surrender in 1918, by industrial strikes which crippled arms production and supply…. These strikes were instigated by trade union leaders who were the agents of an evil international Communist/Freemasonic conspiracy controlled by sub-human Jews. In 1925, Hitler appointed Robert Ley 'Gauleiter of the Southern Rhineland.' He was subsequently appointed 'Reichsorganizationsleiter' ('party organization chief') and elected to the Reichstag. The celebrated American journalist and author, William L. Shirer (1904-1993), who met Ley on numerous occasions, described him as:
'repulsive… tough, excitable, vulgar - a brawling roughneck. He seemed to me to have the instability, the sense of insecurity, that was common to most of the men around Hitler.'
Before the end of 1934 (as part of Hitler's secret plan to tear up the Treaty of Versailles to reignite, and win, WWI), the defunct German unions were replaced by a single corporate structure. This was headed by Ley (who could not be held to account by his membership), presented externally as a non- profit-making association protecting the rights of all workers and arbitrarily defined by the 'Nazi' leadership as the 'Deutsche Arbeitfront' or 'German Labour Front' ('DAF'). Over 25 millions workers, business owners and professionals were effectively forced to join - no one could legally work in the 'Nazi' Utopia without a 'DAF Work Book.' In reality, this document was part of a vast intelligence-gathering operation. At the same time, 'Nazi' labour-laws took away workers' rights and reduced them to the position of serfs in a latter-day feudal system. As German employers were given the right to retain 'DAF Work Books,' employees were (effectively) barred from changing jobs. Collective bargaining was ended and strikes were outlawed. Powerless German workers could now be allotted an increasingly smaller share of the national income (i.e. the cost of living increased, but wages were frozen). Eventually, most were obliged to live at little better than subsistence level. By 1939, the total annual figure being systematically extracted from 'DAF' members in 'dues' has been estimated to have exceeded 1 billion Reichsmarks (about $200 millions). The 'DAF' had 7000 employees, but it relied on 135 000 'volunteers.' In this way, the 'Nazi' leadership eventually acquired absolute control over a capital sum estimated at 5 billions Reichsmarks (about $1 billion).
In order to distract the population from reality, the 'Nazi' leadership created a parallel corporate structure, 'Kraft durch Freude' ('Strength Through Joy' ) or 'KdF' — a non-profit-making association providing a range of benefits and amenities for the German working-classes and their families. In 1937, this organization received 29 millions Reichsmarks from the 'DAF.' Obviously, this was mostly the workers' own money. An avalanche of thought-stopping words and images was used to maintain the illusion that redemption was on hand. Concerts, operas, art exhibitions, etc. were organized. Many workers were given 'free' gymnastics and football training, whilst others received access to previously exclusive sports (golf, tennis, sailing, etc.). A number of gigantic 'classless holiday-camps,' etc., were also constructed. These gained prizes in international, architectural competitions. Hundreds of beach, lake and ski resorts were requisitioned along with ten ocean liners to take German workers on Atlantic, Baltic and Mediterranean cruises. The 'Nazi' Propaganda Minister, Joseph Goebbels, focused everyone's attention on what were described as 'the world's first, purpose-built, classless cruise-liners,' the 'Wilhelm Gustloff' and the 'Robert Ley.' The launch of the 25 000 ton 'Wilhelm Gustloff'
in Hamburg on May 5th 1937, was an international event attended by tens of thousands of bedazzled believers along with a flock of bleating propagandists. 'Nazi' news-reels, newspapers, brochures, magazines, posters, etc., all reflected the same ritual images of prosperous workers and their happy families enjoying the pure air and freedom of the high seas onboard their dream boats. For a short period, 'KdF' was the largest travel agency in the world. The holidays it supplied, although Spartan and tightly regimented, were amazingly cheap. Meanwhile, the 'Nazi' leadership was free to embezzle huge amounts of workers' cash from the 'DAF.' Robert Ley gave himself an enormous salary. As well as private railway carriage, a fleet of luxury cars and villas in a number of cities, Ley bought himself a country estate near to Cologne and began hoarding art and antiques. His drinking, womanizing and boasting now knew no bounds.
In February 1933, whilst attending the Berlin Motor Show,
Hitler had made another ambiguous promise: Only 1 in 50 men owned an automobile in Germany, compared with 1 in 5 in America.… every German would, therefore, be given the opportunity to own a car… these would be sold for less than 1000 Reichsmarks (the cost of a motorcycle at that time) and make no profits. Although most free-thinking observers recognised this as being impossible (the cheapest, German-produced car on the open-market was 1 500 Reichsmarks), over the next few years 'Nazi' propagandists elaborated the 'Volkswagen' or 'People's Car' lie until the truth became almost unthinkable. Obviously, many oppressed workers needed to believe in the 'People's Car,' and the concept had existed prior to the Hitler usurping power. As early as 1927, the renowned Austrian automotive engineer, Dr. Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1951),
published a series of sketches of a proposed, lightweight, low-maintenance, rear-engine, family vehicle, capable of 100 kph. By the early 1930s, some prototypes had been built to his designs; first by Zündapp (whose directors withdrew because of problems with the 3 cylinder water-cooled engine), then by NSU (whose engineers introduced a revolutionary torsion suspension and a flat 4 cylinder, air-cooled engine, but whose directors withdrew because of the depressed economic climate). At this time, Ferdinand Porsche seems to have been deliberately targeted by the 'Nazi' leadership. All alone and with his design company on the verge of liquidation, he was encouraged to request a meeting with the 'Führer' himself. Porsche was easily seduced. In 1934, he signed a government contract containing the following terms:
1). 3 prototype cars had to be available within 10 months.
2). They had to have a carrying capacity of 4 adults, or 2 adults and 3 children,
or 3 soldiers and a machine gun.
3). They had to be able to cruise at 100 kph.
4). Average fuel consumption had to be no more than 8 litres per 100 km.
5). The engine had to be air-cooled.
6). The retail price had to be less than 1000 Reichmarks.
Hitler was completely unqualified to design a car. He couldn't even drive, but, for obvious reasons, Porsche felt obliged to play along with the story that the 'People's Car' was originally the Führer's own concept. At the same time, the 'Nazi' regime massively expanded the construction of the high-speed, Autobahn, road system. Again, this project (although touted as the part of the 'Führer's great vision to free the masses and unify the Reich'), had existed (albeit in a reduced form) prior to Hitler usurping power.
Predictably, Porsche's design company, in reluctant partnership with the 'German Auto Manufacturers Association' (RDA), found it (effectively) impossible to remain within the 1000 Reichsmarks price limit. The 3 prototypes didn't appear until 1936; thus, missing the 10 month deadline. The Porsche company and the RDA were in breach of contract, so the project could be conveniently restructured under the banner of a further off-shoot of the 'DAF', 'Gesellschaft Zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagen' or 'German People's Car Planning Group Inc.' ('GeZuVor. GmbH.'). The 'Nazi' propaganda machine went into overdrive - 300 millions marks of accumulated 'DAF' funds would be committed to building the 'Largest Automobile Factory in the World', it would employ 70 000 people and be capable of producing '1.5 millions vehicles a year; Greater Capacity than Ford.' Daimler-Benz was subcontracted to build 30 test-vehicles. In 1937, the Stuttgart coachbuilders, Reutter, delivered 30 exhibition prototypes in the form of saloons, drop-head coupés and open-tourers. Meanwhile, the workers' 'DAF' money financed a team of architects and engineers (some of whom had been recruited from Ford in the USA) to plan the construction of a vast Utopian factory/metropolis. On May 26th 1938, Hitler laid the cornerstone at the little town of Fallersberlen (birthplace of Heinrich Hoffman, the composer of 'Deutschland uber Alles'). A flock of around 150 'Nazi' propagandists were in attendance along with a claimed 70 000 people. A smiling 'Führer' was filmed in the passenger seat of an open-tourer mobbed by his deluded admirers.
To wild cheering and thunderous applause, Hitler proudly declared that his new car would be called the 'KdF-Wagen,' and his new factory/metropolis, 'KdF-Stadt.'
In reality, this carefully stage-managed event was just a cruel charade, because (whilst it remained in 'Nazi' hands) the 'People's Car' was the bait in one of the most-devious advance-fee frauds in history. The switch soon appeared — a counterfeit direct sales scheme or 'savings plan' instigated and controlled by the 'Nazi' leadership. At this time, there were about 75 exhibition prototypes in existence and they were constantly being shipped around to fairs and festivals all over Germany. Millions of convincing brochures and magazines were circulated. These featured strangely-familiar, ritual images of prosperous workers and their smiling families enjoying the pure air and freedom of the open road in their dream cars. Similar posters appeared in factories and public places.
'Strength Through Joy announcement (August 2nd. 1938)'
1. 'Each German, no matter what their class, profession or property can become the buyer of a People's Car'.
2. 'The minimum weekly payment, including insurance, will be 5 marks. Regular payment of this sum will guarantee, after a period which is yet to be determined, the acquisition of a People's Car'.
3. 'Application for the People's Car savings plan can be made at any DAF or KdF office, where further details can also be obtained. Factories and shops can submit collective orders'.
'A People's Car for every German — let that be our goal. That is what we want to achieve. Will all of you help in that; it shall be our way of saying thank-you to the Führer';
During the latter months of 1938, masses of Germans felt obliged to apply for the 'savings plan;'
no one was refused. The propaganda steadfastly pretended that 10 millions Germans would have a car by 1948. The authenticity of this fairytale could not be challenged in the totally positive world according to Hitler. However, the same fiction was widely-reported as fact internationally which, sadly, made it appear even more convincing. In this way, the 'Nazi Propaganda Minister' easily maintained an absolute monopoly of information. In reality, many Germans never actually began to pay for their 'KdF Wagens' whilst a huge percentage soon dropped-out, simply because the average worker had barely enough money to survive. It was then announced that, after 3 years, 'regular savers' would receive a 'priority contract' guaranteeing a 'KdF-Wagen (subject to availability)'… production would 'begin in September 1939.' In the spring of 1939, Robert Ley gave a typically sanctimonious speech:
"Our God is the wonderful Law of Creation whose amazing unity of all things shows itself in wonderful flowers, in growing trees, in new born children, in the secrets of a mother, in the growth of our people, in work and accomplishment and creation, in life itself. It is joy we have in everything. How beautiful everything is. Do you feel the same way? I am so happy to be alive. A priest recently asked me: 'but what about eternity?' I replied: 'A day in National Socialist Germany is better for me than all your Heaven."
At the start of September 1939, less than 350 000 unquestioning Germans were actually still struggling to make their payments, convinced that in 2 more years they would be driving down an Autobahn in a shiny new 'KdF' dream car. The propaganda soon claimed that 50 'KdF Wagens' had already been delivered (albeit to 'special customers'). Even if these had been available to regular 'contract holders,' then the odds against getting one would have been almost 7000/1. In reality, Hitler was busy ensuring that the fulfilment of his 'KdF' fantasies would be postponed indefinitely, because, at precisely this moment, his long-planned invasion of Poland (facilitated by the Autobahn system) forced the leaders of Britain and France to declare war on the 'Third Reich.' The 'Nazi' leadership immediately posed as innocent victims – the Fatherland was being attacked by the agents of an 'evil international Jewish/Freemasonic conspiracy'…. To save the 'Aryan race,' 'KdF-Stadt' would have to be turned-over to armaments manufacture…. The classless cruise ships, 'Robert Ley' and the 'Wilhelm Gustloff' (which had already been requisitioned to bring 'Nazi' volunteers home from the Spanish Civil War), would have to turned-over to the navy. In this way, not one of Hitler's 'KdF' offers was honoured and not one cent was refunded. The majority of victims couldn't face the ego-destroying reality that their admired and respected 'Führer' had deliberately cheated them. Those who could were obliged to remain silent. All free-thinking individuals challenging the authenticity of the closed-logic 'Nazi' myth risked systematic categorization, exclusion and destruction as 'Traitors.'
During the early 1940s, some 65 000 all-terrain and amphibious, 'type 82',
'type 128' and type '166' military vehicles (converted from Porsche's designs) were supplied to the German army. There was also a 'type 87' military saloon car for high-ranking 'Nazi' officers. By 1943, 'KdF Stadt' was principally fulfilling the secret military objective for which it had always been intended - an aircraft repair factory, safe from attack because it did not feature on most RAF maps. However, during 1945, production of the notorious 'V1' flying-bomb began at 'KdF Stadt.' More than 3500 of these hit London, and the factory became a priority target for the RAF and USAF. After the War, the remains of 'KdF-Stadt' and the 'People's Car' project were discovered by a British army officer, Major Ivan Hirst.
He was looking for ideas to rebuild the German economy, but which wouldn't threaten British jobs. Although several people, including Robert Ley and Ferdinand Porsche, were arrested as a war criminals (12 000 – 20 000 POWs had been forced to work as slaves at 'KdF-Stadt' and many deaths had resulted) the 'Volkswagen Beetle' eventually became a world-beating product. Porsche was held without indictment for 20 months in Dijon, whilst Ley hanged himself in Nuremberg before his trial. 'KdF-Stadt' was renamed Wolfsburg.
In 1961, after a protracted lawsuit, the surviving victims of the 'People's Car' swindle were offered the choice of a cheque for 100 Deutche marks or a discount of 600 Deutche marks on a new 'VW Beetle.' Also in 1961, Volkswagen paid the Ringhoffer-Tatra group of Czechoslovakia 3 millions Deutsch marks. In the face of overwhelming evidence, members of the Porsche family accepted that a significant amount of the original 'People's Car' design (particularly, the body styling, torsion suspension and rear-mounted air-cooled engine) was, in fact, copied by Ferdinand Porsche from the revolutionary designs of Professor Hans Ledwinka. These had been patented by Tatra in the early 1930s, and had featured on the 'T97 Tatra', first produced in 1936. Prior to WWII, although faced with a mystifying labyrinth of corporate structures which was deliberately designed to isolate the 'Nazi' leaders from liability, the directors of the Tatra company had filed a lawsuit against 'KdF,' but this automatically disappeared when Hitler's forces rolled down his nice new Autobahns into Czechoslovakia.
In 1998, to avoid several immense lawsuits filed in the USA, Volkswagen set up a $12 millions private relief-fund to compensate the slaves whose misery had helped establish the corporation in world markets during the 'Nazi'-era. Conveniently, by this time, only a few former-slaves remained alive.
As for Joseph Goebbels: In the spring of 1945 (as the Red Army approached Berlin), along with his wife, Magda, and 6 children,
he withdrew into the 'Führerbunker.' When Hitler shot himself on April 30th 1945, Goebbels was named as 'Reich Chancellor' in the 'Führer's' will. The following day, Goebbels ordered an SS doctor, Helmut Kunz, to inject his 6 children with morphine and then break an ampoule of cyanide in each of their mouths. Kunz later claimed that Hitler's own doctor and the children's mother had actually administered the poison. About 15 minutes afterwards, Goebbels (probably) shot himself whilst his wife (probably) took cyanide. Their bodies (which were only partially burned due to a lack of petrol), were later identified by Vice Admiral Hans-Erich Voss.
Copyright David Brear 2008
'If you tell a big enough lie and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.'
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Built before World War I, the Pathe Palace staged various kinds of shows and also cinema use. It was re-named Cameo in 1925 and became a full time cinema, with seating for 600. On 19th October 1928, the first sound film "l;eua de Nil" was screened at the Cameo, using the Gaumont Cinephone process.
The Cameo was bought by UGC in the 1970's and was made into 4-screens. Two screens were in made out of the fomer Cameo, and another two small screens were made out of an adjacent restaurant. The UGC Opera was renovated in 1991 and the four screens were given a modern black and grey decoration. Seating in the largest screen is provided for 320, while the other screens seat 180, 80 and 80. The UGC Opera tends to play first run films, dubbed into French.
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Predestined For Glory
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye shouldgo and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. John 15
I believe in calling an apple an apple, but while the world is so wrapped up in the demonic Twilight Saga at the theatres, and in the private lives of so-called celebrities, God continues to send warnings to which most of us continue to ignore. As I write this, Hurricane Alex is wreaking havoc in the coastal south, further impacting lives already affected by the oil spill. Not only that, but the jobless rate continues to rise, wars continue to rage, the economic situation still looms large like an immense dark cloud over-shadowing not only the poor, but the rich as well. The Government seems to be letting down the common person at every turn, lately refusing to extend unemployment benefits which I heard will affect over a million people.
But against the backdrop of all this calamity, The Lord Jesus is still extending His hands to the world. He's still throwing out the lifeline to a drowning society, saying to us "Grab hold, and I'll pull you in." He's still saying "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life" John 14:6. He's still reminding us that He came to give us the Abundant Life, while the devil, idolized in films, music and literature comes to kill, steal and destroy. John 10:10. However we, as mankind would rather believe in man's empty promises, and feeble attempts to rectify the world's ills, than God's truth. The answer for the world's problems lie not in politicians, but in the Son of the Living God. In the words to the song of the great gospel singer Andrae Crouch, Jesus is the Answer for the world today.
.Now to the subject at hand:
There is a line from a song, "I have decided to make Jesus my choice," also, I have seen bumper stickers with the words "Try Jesus." This contradicts the above passage from the Book of John. The fact is, we do not choose Jesus, and you don't try on the Lord like some suit and if it doesn't fit, put it back on the rack, or test-drive a car, but instead he chooses us. He calls us out of the world and places us in God's Kingdom. This brings up the subject of predestination.
The truth is that God had us in mind before we were born. Refer to this passage from the Book of Jeremiah:
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Jeremiah 1.
Since man was created for God, The Father had plan for each of us a destiny. We don't know it, but by submitting ourselves to His care, He will guide us on it. This is not to say that our lives would not be without pitfalls and obstacles, however, He will lead us safely through life's mine fields.
There is also a danger of taking God's salvation lightly -- even for us Christians.Much blood had been shed, beginning with Christ, and with the martyrs of history to bring us where we are today. God has chosen us to be a strange and unique people to the world at large. Not in the way Hollywood depict Christians, with services led by slick-haired, gap-tooth preachers, dumpy, ill-dressed deacons, and acrobatics during praise and worship, blurring the line between what a true Christian is verses the worldly, fictitious version. Our lives are to be a reflection of Christ --of his love to the sick and dying, and his unselfish service and sacrifice, not only to the.
Family of God, but to the world, just as Jesus' life while on earth reflected the Father's. But more and more as the time of the Lord's arrival draws closer, some churches have taken on the persona of the world in intermingling worldly practices with Christian living, and in some instances, the world could teach some Christians about charity. In Jesus' words:
20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5.
Jesus gave everything he had within himself to promote the Father. He has chosen us out of the world to do the same through him, for he lives in us. Let us continue to submit ourselves to the Father's will, and let Him guide us through our destiny, toward the glory we will share with him.
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November 14th 2016 – By: William Larsen – Civilians News – "News For All Views" – "Milgrim And The Minimum Wage" –
What if YOU… worked at a fast food restaurant, earning $10.10 an hour?
An average 9 to 5, minimum wage employee, currently earns around $400 dollars / per week. Furthermore, after taxation, that same employee earns closer to $350 dollars / per week, rounding out to 1300$, or 1400$, dollars / per month.
This level of income, does not afford an automobile, often forcing this type of employee, to walk to work. To be more precise, this financial situation forces the employee to choose between; paying rent for an apartment, paying for a car, or saving very little…..
This is an incredibly difficult set of circumstances….
I've personally written several editorials on this topic, both from my own perspective and the experiences of those around me. See my prior article on minimum wage increases here; http://civiliansnews.com/civilians-news/why-increasing-the-minimum-wage-is-not-the-answer-to-inequality/.
With that being said:
I oppose increasing the minimum wage and here's why.
I've personally disagreed with raising the minimum wage several times, for a variety of reasons. To be clear, I believe that bolstering the economy through minimum wage, is like a band aid, for a gun shot wound. This type of legislation is demeaning to currency and can often fertilize future wealth gaps, that then grow to exceed current disparities, over time. (Minimum wage goes up…. but then so does; rent, food, gas and everything else.)
With that being said, I would ask that conservatives in office view minimum wage in terms of, "systems of thought." To be specific, I view minimum wage in accordance with, "Stanley Milgrim's: Stanford Prison Guard Experiments."
In my experiences, as a minimum wage employee, often times managers do not wish to promote minimum wage employees. This is how the lower class most often functions. Most of us have experienced it, sub managers don't want new managers, they want a revolving door of minimum wage employees. Worse yet, this style of business is incredibly common in the United States today.
In my opinion, this situation leaves employees and employers, trapped in a system, nearly congruent with Milgrim's classic experimentation, with prisoners and prison guards. In that social experiment, notably carried out by Stanford University, people were asked to carry out inhumane orders, on other civilians, deemed as, "prisoners." Often times neither the prisoners nor prison guards, were actually guilty of any crimes, or even worked at the prison, making the variable in the experiment, simply the concept of, "power."
This experiment was done to essentially determine the liability of subordinates, who committed crimes under orders. This experiment was run several times, by various groups, in order to properly assess blame for acts committed under orders. Nevertheless, in each trial, people were most often proven to be willing to torture, "their prisoners," regardless of whether they were even truly criminals. These results were discovered on multiple occasions. This occurred, whereby subordinates were almost always willing to inflict serious levels of pain, on people under their control, "when ordered to do so." To be clear, "the guards in the experiment," often hurt people, simply because they were told to do so, by a superior, or boss. Now, with that being said, in many ways, I find these results nearly congruent to minimum wage employment today.
It's the classic situation where people are willing to carry out orders, even when the orders are cruel, or inhumane (like cutting someone's hours). In this case, I see this occurring, in terms of lower class power structures.
So this begs the question; When are we as a nation, as a planet, as a global economy, going to look at this issue and say, "well the jobs issue is fixed, we're no longer going to have a problem with un-employment, or employment itself, anymore?"
Never? Will we ever change that conversation to something more advanced? Or is this, "political rhetoric," never ending….. in terms of jobs and job creation?
I don't believe raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, is the worst idea…. but this must be considered normalcy with caution, because it can trigger inflation, in turn raising the cost of living and making income disparity even worse.
I often hear, "sometimes that's life," but according to who?
The fact of the matter is that minimum wage employment can be improved, without raising the minimum wage….. and should be improved.
For example, I beg the question; "what should the best fast food cashier in the country earn per hour?" What about the world?
How would you even know, if you were the best pizza delivery man on Earth? Or the best hair cutter in America? How would you even know?
In turn, I find that in lower class employment, many companies take advantage of employees, in this way. For this reason, often times highly skilled employees, don't even know how good they truly are. In many ways, this fallacy of modern day lower class employment, is largely due to society's interpretation of employee's fields and not the employees themselves.
Burn Out
"Burn out," is a major problem today, in the US economy and abroad. Furthermore, often times I see people who are skilled employees, run into the ground by corporate America, simply for working what older American's consider, "less enviable positions." It's almost as though you can't be successful at all anymore, in lower class jobs. I believe this is because of society's predisposition towards some, "types of employment," and work settings.
To shed some light from my personal experiences; I've worked at 5 pizza places, since I was in high school. Recently, I was fired from one pizza place, despite having 3-4 years of experience and a college degree….. Most ironically, I was fired after not saying anything at all, for the entire first month I worked there.
Potential Solutions
So what I seek to reform is attention to detail….. and pay grades that take into account, exemplary employees, even if said employee, specializes at the register, or drive through window.
In many instances, this could be as simple as asking management to pay more attention to detail. This could be done through new corporate policies, which underline the issues themselves and set forth increased awareness, particularly in terms of Milgrim's psychological case study. In particular, I'd like to see management that does not hesitate to promote lower class workers, regardless of whether those employees work at an unenviable position.
Maybe this type of thinking…. sounds excessively ideal? Maybe it doesn't? Regardless, I simply desire that the best employees in the world, are paid accordingly. Furthermore, I desire objectivity towards these types of workers, to occur at every level of the corporate chain. This is occurring, due to what I regard as a human tendency, to biasedly look down upon lower class employees, in accordance with Milgrim's psychological case studies. Worse yet, I find these types of attitudes, most often occur in lower class employment and most often because of the work an employee does, and not the skill of that labor, and it's time for people to begin changing that line of thinking.
-William Larsen, Civilians News Founder


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Ohh I've had fun this weekend. I've been to Sheena and Donna's workshop. We made some brilliant projects.
Here's what we made
As you can see we made 3 cards, a canvas and flowers.
Here's for the closer images of the canvas
I really enjoyed making this and can't wait to make some more!!!
Next the cards
We used Sheena's Eye stamp and made two very different cards.
I've got to admit the second one is my favourite.
The final Card using the rock band stamp.
And finally the flowers
Hope you like.
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At Natures Wonder Dispensary, we strive to become an integral part of our community in which we operate. Ongoing Natures Wonder's efforts include working with local neighborhood associations, volunteering at charity events and local food banks/drives and getting out to meet the community.
Thank you for your continued support to the Head Start Association in Apache Junction !
Head Start is a comprehensive, quality and unique program designed for eligible 0-5 year old children and their families. They meet the needs of children and families through the content areas of: Early Childhood Development, and Health Services, Family and Community Partnerships, Program Design and Management.
Thank you for your support providing food, toys, treats and training equipment to our furry friends at Paws 4 Life!
Paws 4 Life is a non-profit organization serving the community through pets, service dogs, and volunteers working together to bring affordable training and unique services to the East Valley. They also offer training to out of state dogs and handlers for informational purposes through videos on their web site.
Thank you for helping Natures Wonder support Project Help with our donations of Backpacks, Notebooks, Pencils, Paper, Markers, Colored Pencils, Crayons, Glue Sticks, Highlighters, Erasers, Dividers, and Folders!
Project Help provides support to the Apache Junction community by doing collections for the town thru the Apache Junction School District.
In December Natures Wonder purchased and donated over 100 toys to contribute to the Phoenix Children's Hospital Toy Drive. This program provides toys to patients and families served by Phoenix Children's Hospital, helping to make their day a little brighter.
In November Natures Wonder supported the Genesis Project's food drive. This program provides food to those in need around the local area.