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In California, the law requires that traffic accidents on street, highway, or private property to be reported to the Department of Motor Vehicles within ten days of the accident if there was an injury, death, or property damage more than $1,000.00. Untimely reporting of the traffic accident to the Department of Motor Vehicles could result in the Department of Motor Vehicle suspending a driver license. California Vehicle Code § 1806 requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to record accident information regardless of fault and requires that the driver file an SR-1 form with the Department of Motor Vehicles regardless of whether they caused the collision.
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Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge Opens to Public
Posted by Benjamin Dona on Saturday, September 19th, 2009 at 10:48am.
Nature enthusiasts, paddlers, hikers, bird watchers and sightseers now will have a wonderful new opportunity to explore the Everglades via the Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge just east and south of Naples.
Starting today, a new trailhead and boardwalk at the 35,000 acre park will provide visitors access to hiking trails and a canoe and kayak launch allowing them to explore all the splendor the Ten Thousand Islands area has to offer. Young and old alike will have the opportunity to see sunning alligators, great blue herons, manatees, and all the beauty that Mother Nature provides at this easy to access nature preserve. Fishermen and hunters (with permits) will also be welcomed in the mangrove filled back country marsh.
According to refuge managers, the Grand Opening will be held on October 10 from 7AM to 1PM. Guided hiking and kayaking tours will be provided along with exhibits and demonstrations by the park staff. For more information, visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Website.
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7 Responses to "Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge Opens to Public"
I went to the keys on my 10th wedding anniversary, and as we were flying I was able to get a pretty good view of some of the everglades area. It's nice that it's open up to the public now, but you won't catch me anywhere near gator land! Great picture~ :)
Posted on Thursday, September 24th, 2009 at 7:15pm.
Gators won't bother you for the most part, except maybe the big fellas during mating season.
Now, if you wanna talk about salt water croc's, well that's a whole other ballgame!
Posted on Thursday, September 24th, 2009 at 7:39pm.
Actually, they are really cool to watch...
From a distance!
Posted on Saturday, September 26th, 2009 at 9:50am.
Seems to me like you would need lots of bug repellent out in that place.
Posted on Friday, October 9th, 2009 at 1:40pm.
We call it Swamp Spray down here. It makes the other repellants pale in comparison. It's thick, oily and smells really bad.
And, if you go in early summer when the fresh water misquotes hatch, you better be wearing web clothing from head to toe. Those suckers will carry you away!
Posted on Friday, October 9th, 2009 at 2:27pm.
Yes, the mosquitoes are a nuisance! Gators are really amazing animals to see though. Tthey always remind me of little dinosaurs, or as close as we will ever get. Just don't ever feed one...that means trouble!
Posted on Wednesday, May 4th, 2011 at 5:07pm.
Kayaking would be so much fun there! I'd definitely need a map though.
Posted on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 at 10:05pm.


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You would think ASCII text images would have died out by now, but they keep showing up on Facebook and social media in general. If you're going to do ASCII graphics, you might as well do it right. So here's an off-beat tutorial to using command line tools such as Figlet, Cowsay, Boxes, and other text toys to generate text art that will have your Facebook friends flabbergasted.
ASCII, ANSI, and Unicode art was all supposed to be ancient technology left over at the end of the BBS era. Not that ANSI art on Bulletin Board Systems was anything to sneeze at…
As the digital museum of BBS splash screens at TextFiles can tell you, text art of the late 1980s and early 1990s was its own kind of amazing, a folk art tradition that arose and died off before most people knew it existed. And now that we have this fancy WWW technology with streaming video everywhere, we keep expecting character text art to sigh its last.
Apparently, text art is the blue jeans of the Information Age; it never goes out of style."
Except, what do we see all over Facebook walls? What do we encounter in the comments section on YouTube? And when we slum into the likes of 4Chan, or even the cheeky comment on Slashdot or StackOverflow, what do we behold? Text art, text art everywhere! Little blocks of ASCII bunnies and puppies, or tiny squiggles of emojis writhing through our Twitter feed. Apparently, text art is the blue jeans of the Information Age; it never goes out of style.
Well, if text art is always going to have a foothold in our modern web, we might as well do it right. So here we're offering a little toolbox of text art toys and filters. These can be handy for both slinging cute signatures around on social media, or for app developers who want to add some formatting to their plain text documentation and code comments.
Figlet is typically the program responsible for every big ASCII font you see, such as that all over GameFAQs, which also has great examples of formatted text file documentation. Figlet is most comfortable running on a Unix platform, but it's been ported to almost any computer OS. You're out of luck trying to find it in app form for the mobile era, but if you happen to be running BeOS, NeXTStep, or an Amiga, they've got you covered. If you're currently running all three of those, you are obviously superhumanly cool and we want your number so we can hang out as soon as possible.
Here's the obligatory online Figlet server. Are we hipsters yet?
CowSay is the tiny ASCII art generator responsible for most of the ASCII art animals you've seen in your life. While, as the name indicates, it was originally just meant to generate ASCII cows and give them something to say, its library has expanded over the years to include everything from Tux the Linux penguin to Bart Simpson. Who is still on TV. Somehow. It even has text art for the Ghostbusters logo, which we also just re-encountered in a movie recently. Somebody break us out of this Groundhog Day loop.
CowSay is actually privileged enough to get its own Android app. It's also so embroiled in Unix culture that it's patched into the Linux kernel itself, with a man page and everything. If that isn't enough, there's always the online CowSay server. And here's a whole GitHub dump of CowSay files, where you'll note that it doesn't matter what kind of critter you're summoning, they're all cows as far as this program is concerned. You'll recognize many of these more compact critters from text sig and emoji culture.
For the practical developer who just wants some formatting for a long documentation file, Boxes has you covered. Easily generate a simple, but elegant banner frame for the name of your project, generate a little sub-heading banner for your file's sections, and add a classy little touch of panache to your sign-off. It's also great for adding chunks of comment formatting to your source code, in case anybody still documents in-code anymore. Yes, your programming class professor made us say that.
Boxes is the kind of program that wants to live compiled on a Linux/Unix-like command line while you ponder the GPL license over a cup of open-source Java. It can be compiled for Windows, if you're hard up. It's also apparently the only program of its kind, but then it's a pretty simple and basic function that isn't hard to replicate, perhaps better suited to a utility than its own stand-alone app.
Speaking of developers, we might as well toss in the two major ASCII-handling code libraries. AALib is the original portable ascii art GFX library, while LibCaca does most of the same with the addition of Unicode, advanced color handling, and canvas operations. Both are capable for rendering an image into ASCII text, although there's many online utilities that will do this already. They're also perfect for just-because-you-can geek street cred, like playing Unreal Tournament in ASCII…
If you're looking to create actual ANSI-art images the way the old BBS scene used to, your best answer after 23 years is still TheDraw. It's built to run on DOS, which means it's now something you need DOSBox to run. This is outdated beyond all antiquity now, but for the authentic IBM ASCII character experience, nothing else will do.
For a bonus buck, check out the ANSI & ASCII Art app for Android on Google Play, which contains a gallery of art from those old BBS systems of the late '80s and early '90s. We would say "kicking it old school," but this text art stuff just keeps hanging on for generations now.
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Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) Club
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Mercyhurst University National Security Club
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- Defense Intelligence Agency
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- National Drug Intelligence Center
- National Security Agency
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- Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
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- International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts
- Association of Former Intelligece Officers
- International Association for Intelligence Education
- International Association of Crime Analysts
- Naval Intelligence Professionals
- Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI
- Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit
- International Association of Counterterrorism and Security Professionals
- National Military Intelligence Association
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The Mercyhurst Institute for Intelligence Studies Press since then has developed several publications now available for purchase and is in the process of developing several more. Faculty and students from the Institute have collaborated to develop these specialized publications which will be useful to intelligence students, educators, and professionals.
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Written By: Kevin Flanagan, JoEllen Marsh, Kathleen Moore, Emily Walker, Kristan Wheaton, and Stephanie Williams, and JoEllen Marsh, Editors
The Analyst's Cookbook | Jan 30, 2006
Written By: Kristan Wheaton, a 164-page compilation of 16 analytic methods applicable to a variety of intelligence analysis taskings.
Structured Analysis of Competing Hypotheses | Jun 09, 2006 (Currently out of print)
Description: Analytic Methodologies Project 2006, an 80-page booklet explaining an analytic method developed at the MCIIS from the original Analysis of Competing Hypotheses originally developed by Richards Heuer.
The Analyst's Style Manual | Jan 01, 2008
Description: MCIIS, a 60-page manual to guide intelligence analysts in dealing with basic grammar, spelling and abbreviation rules, as well as basic writing principles.
Walking Through the Halls of Intelligence: A Second Look at Recent Graduate Research | Feb 01, 2009
Description: Mercyhurst University Intelligence Communications Class 2007-2008, a look at a dozen research theses authored by Mercyhurst College Intelligence Studies master's degree candidates since 2006.
Undergraduate Program
Can I transfer into the Undergraduate Program?
Yes, transfer students are permitted to apply and enroll on a rolling basis. All transfer applicants must submit: A completed undergraduate admissions application, official high school transcript or GED, official college transcript(s), ACT, SAT results (if taken). Learn more about the transfer process.
What housing options are there?
Learn more about campus housing.
What core courses are required?
Visit this page for a list of core courses required.
What types of subjects can I minor in?
Mercyhurst University offers a wide range of subjects in which to minor. The most common minors for the intelligence studies program are history, political science, criminal justice, computer science, and languages. For a complete list of minors see the course catalog.
What type of research projects do the students work on while in the program?
In many of the intelligence classes students are assigned a research project.
Do you offer an undergraduate certificate program in Intelligence Studies?
We do not offer an undergraduate certificate in this program at this time.
Do you offer an undergraduate online program in Intelligence Studies?
We do not offer an undergraduate online program in Intelligence Studies at this time.
Graduate Program
How can I apply for the Graduate Program? What are the requirements?
Please view this page on how to apply for the Graduate Program and all necessary requirements.
Do you offer a graduate certificate program in Applied Intelligence?
Yes, we do offer a graduate certificate in this program.
Is a security clearance required for admission into the Graduate Program?
No, a security clearance is not required.
Do I have to pass a language test in order to be admitted to the Graduate Program?
While some background in foreign languages is helpful for success in the program, study in this area is not required for admission.
When are applications accepted/due for the graduate program in Erie, PA?
Applications to the graduate degree in applied intelligence are accepted between Oct. 1 and April 30 of each year for the following fall term. The Graduate Student Admissions Committee will begin reviewing completed applications on January 15 for highly qualified candidates. Students admitted to this program may begin their studies in the fall term only. Only full-time enrollment is available.
How many graduate students does the Department of Intelligence Studies accept into the M.S. in Applied Intelligence Program in Erie, PA?
The Department of Intelligence Studies typically accepts a cohort of 25 students into the graduate program each fall term.
Does the graduate program run on a semester system?
Beginning in the fall of 2013, the Erie, PA graduate program will run on a semester system.
Do you offer a PhD program in intelligence studies?
We do not offer any PhD programs.
Do you offer online courses or distance learning?
We do offer an online MS in Applied Intelligence degree and online graduate certificates.
Who should apply for the online programs?
Preference in admissions for online programs will be given to working professionals who will benefit from further study in the application of intelligence analysis. Please note that those who are just completing their undergraduate studies and/or do not possess professional work experience should apply to the resident MS in Applied Intelligence degree program in Erie, PA.
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Does Mercyhurst offer assistantships for graduate students?
Yes. Please visit this page for assistantship information.
My employer will reimburse my tuition. Does Mercyhurst have a tuition deferment program?
Yes. Please contact Mercyhurst University for more information on tuition deferment.
Adult Students
Can I still apply to your undergraduate program if I have been out of high school for longer than four years?
Yes, you will be considered an adult undergraduate student and the tuition and fees are slightly different than a traditional undergraduate student. Please view this page for more details about adult students at Mercyhurst.
What is an adult applicant?
Applicants are eligible to be admitted as adults, and be eligible for the reduced tuition rates when 4 calendar years have passed since his/her high school graduation.
Exceptions may include an individual who:
- is married
- has a legal dependent other than a spouse
- is a graduate student
- is a ward of the court/parents are deceased/lives independently of parents
- is a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces
- has worked full time for at least 2 years and is independent
Are scholarships available to adult students?
Yes, Mercyhurst does have adult scholarships.
How big is Mercyhurst University?
You can view the most current campus statistics here, in addition to a profile of the campus here.
How can I plan a visit to see your university campus?
If you are considering the undergraduate program, call the undergraduate admissions office at 1-800-825-1926, ext. 2202, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to schedule a tour and an appointment with a faculty member. Locally, call 824-2202.
If you are considering the graduate program, call the graduate admissions office at 1-800-825-1926, ext. 2297, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to schedule a tour and an appointment with a faculty member. Locally, call 824-2297.
How can I obtain a copy of the university brochure?
Use the Request Information Form to request one.
Do you offer online courses or distance learning?
We do offer an online MS in Applied Intelligence degree and online graduate certificates.
Who should apply for the online programs?
Preference in admissions for online programs will be given to working professionals who will benefit from further study in the application of intelligence analysis. Please note that those who are just completing their undergraduate studies and/or do not possess professional work experience should apply to the resident MS in Applied Intelligence degree program in Erie, PA.
What types of organizations are likely to hire me after I complete the program?
Graduates of the program have been hired by a whole range of government and non-government organizations.
Where can I find the complete curriculum and course descriptions for the program?
A complete curriculum of the university can be found in the undergraduate course catalog or the graduate course catalog.
Where can I find information on the academic calendar?
Information for when the program begins, and other academic dates is available on the academic calendar.
Do you accept international students?
We do accept international students. For more information please check our international students informational page.
With whom is Mercyhurst University accredited?
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
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Phone: (215)662-5606
Visit the page on the MSCHE site.
Veteran Services
Am I entitled to benefits if I have served/am serving in the military?
If you have served our country in the active duty military, the reserves or the National Guard you may be eligible for education benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill.
Tuition and Fees
How much does the program cost?
Information on undergraduate tuition and fees for traditional students is available on this page. Information on tuition and fees for undergraduate adult students is available on this page. Information on graduate tuition and fees is available on this page.
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Saskatchewan in Motion - Kamsack Community Profile
The following community profile identifies the many assets the Town of Kamsack has to offer and the opportunities that exist to make a real difference for children and youth in the community, schools and families. It is intended to help lay the foundation for community leaders to develop, implement and evaluate an Action Plan to help achieve the Saskatchewan in motion: Active Saskatchewan 2020 goal to get more kids, more active, more often in Kamsack.
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Click the buttons at top right, or at the bottom of every page, to visit these pages.
Thanks to our funding providers for their fantastic support to those clubs and community groups in Kamsack.
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Any organization requesting funding for a community event, program or project is required to submit an application for council's consideration at one of their regular council meetings. Council requires funding applications on an individualized basis. Following is the downloadable application form and the required follow up report for your convenience.
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AA meeting
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Mom and Tots Group
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As I said above, prior to the credit crunch we had basically "easy money" whereby the Mentone banks were encouraged to lend to pretty much anyone in California with a pulse. As the economy tanked and their Mentone debts mounted, a large portion of these people who got easy credit are now looking for Mentone credit consolidation programs. These Mentone loans can be obtained but they are just like any other Mentone loan. Your California credit rating, your ability to repay the Mentone loan, an availability of collateral to secure the loan and the current Mentone bank policies on California lending will determine if you get a Mentone consolidation loan or not.
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5 Things To Remember When Team Teaching
Recently my wife, Rene Clark, and I did some team teaching at Parkview Christian Church. Parkview is a multi-site church of 9,000 weekend attenders in the Chicagoland area where I am stoked to be a teaching pastor.
We have spent time teaching together in the past, but I have never shared any of our rhythm for preparing, praying and presenting as a team. So … here you go, friends:
Our message on LEVITICUS / "Take Me To The Cleaners" and 5 things to think about when team teaching:
1. Know your subject more than you know your notes.
I believe Carey Nuiewhof is the first person I heard talk about how a communicator should know their subject not just their notes.
This becomes even more true in team teaching because you must bounce off each other, and you alone do not have control of the flow at all times. There are times you must build a bridge in team teaching and insert something you know about the subject that appears nowhere in your notes!
2. Transitions matter.
It is much more difficult to team teach than teach alone, in my opinion. But team teaching also adds an element that a solo person teaching can rarely achieve. That being said, when you are teaching with another person you must take time to think through transitions.
You will each have different …
- voice
- inflections
- intensity
- content
And as much as possible these things need to match up when you make the hand off. This is not always easy to do as you will see in our message on Leviticus. We still have some work to do in transitions.
But we do work hard and spend much time talking through transitions so we can keep things as congruent as possible for the congregation.
3. Create space for each person to prepare on their own.
No two people prepare themselves or their message in the same way.
You should take time to prepare your sections of the message on your own … but also spend time during the preparation process bouncing ideas, intros, endings and illustrations off of each other. This is the genius of team teaching.
In addition, when it's an hour before go time … each person prepares their heart, mind and soul in different ways.
Allow time to speak through the message together 2-3 hours before the message arrives so that when you are 30-60 minutes out, each person can come to God and prepare their heart, mind and soul in their own unique way.
4. Do a walk through.
When you are on stage by yourself … you are by yourself.
When you add another person to the often small stage space, it can make even little movements awkward. As you will see in our Leviticus "Take Me To The Cleaners" message, we had to make sure we were not stepping in front of or behind each other at odd times. This is super distracting for the congregation.
As you will see our movements were pretty choreographed as we spent time on the stage before the message actually "blocking out" our movements like a theater or dance production.
5. Know who you are talking to.
There will be three potential audiences for your message in most churches these days.
You will be talking to …
- Each other
- The congregation that is in the room
- Those who are watching at a multi-site campus or online
Therefore, it is important to makes notes concerning who you are talking to during each sentence or section.
Most of the time you will be talking to those in the room or the camera that is capturing the video for the sites and online audiences. This requires that you not regularly look at or bounce off the person who is standing just a few feet from you on stage.
Then there are certainly times when teaching as a team that you want to interact mainly with the person you are teaching alongside.
This is part of the special sauce of team teaching.
Interacting with each other adds intimacy; often humor and spontaneity will make teaching as a team powerful and meaningful in ways that teaching alone can rarely match.
How We Unintentionally Make The Devil Our Mentor
For nearly 15 years I think I made the devil my mentor.
Here is how it happened.
When I was in college I had a weekend youth ministry in Kansas City. Each Friday after finishing my classes in Manhattan, Kansas (the little apple) I would drive to KC to spend the weekend leading junior high and high school students. It was an amazing, challenging, rewarding and exhausting season.
I can remember one Sunday evening standing in the little church kitchen and considering my drive back to school. It was 9pm, and I still had 2-3 hours of homework to complete when I got back to school for Monday classes. I also had several days of travel with the soccer team that coming week. I was feeling overwhelmed.
As I looked around the kitchen for some food to take back to college I can remember saying out loud, "I don't think I can do this anymore!"
How could I keep giving everything to …
- My studies
- These students in Kansas City
- My soccer team / scholarship requirements
- My fiancé (that's another story)
How could I continue living this life of zero margin where I lived in the future and skimmed in the now?
As I was considering these things my senior pastor entered the kitchen and leaned up against the old pea soup green refrigerator. He asked how I was doing, and I let the dam burst. I told him everything that was on my mind and how I felt I was spreading myself thin and giving no one the best version of myself.
And I can remember exactly what he said …
"Well Todd, the devil never takes a break."
And I lived with that mantra of never taking a break in my mind for the next 15 years.
And you may be reading this right now saying, "Hello! I agree! That is true. Buck up, Todd. The devil never does take a break, so we can never take a break."
And what is strange is, I agree.
The devil never seems to take a break.
The only problem with aligning our life with that truth is …
It makes the devil your mentor.
Listen friends, if you never say no to anyone and you try to care for everything, you will soon find you don't care for anything.
We all know that we must steward our energy, time and even finances …
But did you realize you must even steward your compassion? I know that sounds so strange and almost anti-biblical. Don't we have unlimited amounts of compassion? Doesn't God give us energizer bunny amounts so that we can indeed never take a break in ministry?
The answer is no.
You do not have an unlimited capacity to care.
Even Jesus did not have unlimited capacity to care. Even Jesus had to steward his compassion right along with his energy and his time.
One of the strangest things I have learned in 25 years of ministry is that you must actually reserve some care and compassion for the people and things you love most.
If you make the devil your mentor you will justify "never stopping," but you will end up "quitting."
Knowing when to stop and rest and replenish your reserves is actually the very thing that will keep you from quitting.
Stopping something is not the same as quitting something.
So leaders, if you have spent the last few years living at peace with a completely out of balance life and saying in some form or another, "Hey, the devil never takes a break."
If you have used that sentence as justification for almost any situation … my advice would be to realize what I realized.
It is true that the devil never takes a break.
But patterning your life after that truth makes the devil your mentor.
Parents, 3 Ways To "Instagram" In The New Year With Your Kids
Ok, let's keep this simple.
Most parents and grandparents want to create some cool memories this New Year with their kids …
Most kids want to be on their phones in this New Year …
So, let's combine those things!
- Call a family meeting.
- Tell everyone to get out their phones.
- Open Instagram.
Then …
Give Thanks – Ask everyone to look back over the year and find one picture they are thankful for, ask them to read the caption and explain why they are thankful.
- The only pushback here is going to be your kids saying, "Just one picture?"
Offer Prayer – Look back over the year in pictures and find one person or family that your family can pray for as this New Year begins.
Send Encouragement – Find a person in your past year's photos that you can send a text of encouragement to today.
- Maybe send them the picture, too, and let them know you are thinking about them!
To create your own 2016 Best Nine (like the photo at the top of this post) go to www.2016bestnine.com
When To Poke The Bear
Bear: A person from your past who might harm your future.
I was recently made aware of a bear who had spoken some harmful and untrue words about me to a another person, and those words negatively affected my future. It's important to note that even the person to whom the bear spoke, didn't believe the bear, but I was still concerned …
- Had the bear done this to me before, and I was unaware of it?
- Would the bear do this again?
I went to bed that night planning to poke the bear the next day. In fact, I had already spent much time and energy preparing my arsenal to unload on the bear. This bear didn't stand a chance.
However, when I woke up the next day I felt different. A good night's sleep had recalibrated my confidence and refreshed my perspective.
I decided not to poke the bear.
Here's why …
What Happens When Your Passions & God's Purposes Collide?
Shout out to @DCCowan and The Crossing Church in Las Vegas for this high definition description of what can happen when your passions and God's purposes collide.
I have a passion for global missions, children who are hungry and photography.
And when you combine those passions with my entrepreneurial tendencies and God's purposes … you get Eat Art!
Together we sent hope and over 30,000 meals to hungry kids through the Eat Art Show at The Crossing Church on one single weekend!
If you would like to host an Eat Art Show at your church or business and begin artfully ending hunger, we would love to partner with you.
You get the art, and the kids get to eat.
At The Crossing Church we sold out of all the images we sent for the Sunday art show!
Here are a few of the images people purchased that sent thousands of meals to hungry kids.
One big lesson from the first Presidential Debate
As I watch the debate tonight I see a difference that I have not seen in other debates leading up the Presidential election this year. Continue reading "One big lesson from the first Presidential Debate"
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Title : Get Squirrely
Director : Ross Venokur
Writer : Lenore Venokur
Release : 2015-03-01
Language : English
Runtime : 85 min
Genre : Family, Animation, Comedy.
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'Get Squirrely' is a movie genre Family, was released in March 1, 2015. Ross Venokur was directed this movie and starring by Victoria Justice. This movie tell story about After breaking out of a rehabilitation zoo, Frankie, a squirrel with all the angles, returns to his forest. He learns from his dim-witted best friend, Cody, a porcupine and street-con, that while he was in lock-up, the entire forest was picked clean by The A.C.O.R.N.S. Institute (Alternative Cosmetic Oils for Regenerative Natural Skin-care). No acorn was left behind. With winter just around the corner, it's a potentially devastating blow to all forest critters. So, Frankie has no choice but to bust into the brand new, state-of-the-art, rodent-proof A.C.O.R.N.S. Processing Plant and take back all of the acorns! Though a seemingly impossible heist, success would not only save the lives of his forest friends, but it would also give Frankie a chance to win back the love of his life, Lola, a local "show squirrel." Sadly, Lola has been burnt by too many of Frankie's false promises in the past.
3 Tips For Transitioning Pastors
In the past few months both Peyton Manning and Kobe Bryant have announced their retirements. Peyton Manning, in his press conference, referred to the number 18 he has worn on his back for the past 18 seasons. "There's something about 18 years – 18 is a good number," said Manning. He also uttered the words that everyone already knew …
"You don't have to wonder if I'll miss it. Absolutely I will."
Today I spend much of my time coaching pastors in transition / succession seasons of life in ministry. It is a tough season indeed, and eyes often get wet like Peyton's did as he talked about stepping away from pro football.
Several pastors who have been at a church for 25-35 years have asked how I can possibly understand what they are going through. I then share with them my story of launching, leading and then handing off Discovery Church in Simi Valley, California.
Four years ago I transitioned away from a church that I had launched and led for ten years. It was one of the most difficult decisions of my life.
I often ask pastors … "Is it easier to hand off a 10 year old kid or a 35 year old kid?" Continue reading "3 Tips For Transitioning Pastors"
What's Next For The Clark Crew?
It is with much sadness but extreme peace that I share with you that God is calling the Clark family to transition away from Christ's Church of the Valley. It has been an adventurous season of life as we wrap up 3 1/2 years of ministry at Christ's Church of the Valley in Phoenix, Arizona.
CCV has been an amazing experience for our family as we have watched God work in supernatural ways.
Thank you for accepting and loving our family.
We are thankful for the time God has let us share together.
We have been inspired, stretched and made better by so many of you!
It has been a true honor to be part of the executive team, leading, preaching and serving God's Church.
This June we will be moving to Huntington Beach, California.
Ruby will be attending Hope International University. She will place herself in an environment where God can grow her heart for people and challenge her comfort zones.
Cole will be attending Huntington Beach High School. There he will be able to attend an amazing public high school and also an arts school where he can learn music, theater and journalism.
Rene will be taking care of all of us. She will also be launching a new blog and taking her "Bible Boot Camp" to the beach!
I will continue to serve God's Church and people in a curious way. I have always been a bit of a divergent personality … even before the movie. (You can read more about that in this blog post from a few months ago.)
In this next season of life, instead of putting all my eggs in one basket, I plan to put eggs into three different baskets. These areas of service are all very important to me, and they all leverage my one and only life to grow God's Kingdom and Church!
Here are the three baskets that I will be putting my eggs into over the coming months …
The Preaching Basket.
I will no longer be preaching at CCV, but I will continue to consult and preach on a regular basis at many amazing churches. You can see a list of those churches on the Speaking tab of this blog site.
In addition, in this new season of life, my wife Rene and I really desire to do more ministry together.
We will be seeking opportunities where we can speak, write and serve God and His Church as a team!
The Leadership Basket.
I will be leveraging my previous 25 years of church experience to serve the Church in the future. I will be doing this primarily through the Slingshot Group. I am leading the senior division in coaching and staffing with teaching pastors and lead pastors.
This gives me the opportunity to be a "strategic confidant" to pastors and coach Next Level Leaders and place them with Next Level Churches.
If you are not familiar with Slingshot Group, you can learn more about this amazing organization here.
The Art Basket.
I launched Eat Art roughly 5 years ago, and it is never far from my heart. Eat Art is a non profit organization that is committed to Artfully Ending Hunger. Over the past 5 years we have been able to send hope and over 300,000 meals to hungry kids through the sale of photography.
I believe with everything in me that we can send 1,000,000 meals a year to hungry kids!
In Huntington Beach there is an art fair on Friday nights on the pier. We will be seeking to secure an opportunity in that environment where people can purchase art and partner with Eat Art.
You get the art and the kids get to eat!
Friends at CCV … we love you!
May you continue to live a curious life for Jesus.
A life that stands out and points people to HIM.
3 Things That Could Sabotage Your Future Self
You are the most important and difficult person you lead every single day.
That being the case, here are three ways you can completely sabotage your future self.
1.Caring too much about what others think about you.
If you are doing big, adventurous, faith-filled and curious things, there will always be people who feel small around you. Your desire to live a curious life that is full of faith will illuminate some people's desire to live a life characterized by safety. And they will belittle you as a result of their own insecurities.
Do not take this personally. This is often more about them than it is about you.
Not everyone has the same level of risk tolerance, and not everyone is at the same place in their faith.
Take careful inventory of your words.
Ask God to protect your heart and continue to bring clarity to you as you lead and leverage your one and only life.
2. Caring too little about what God thinks about you.
From heaven's perspective you are a magnificent creation of the most high God. And there is no doubt that God has woven abilities, talents and gifts into your life that you have not even come to realize yet!
Little stuff that other people never even notice are things that God notices because He made you on purpose.
God recognizes and keeps track of every detail of your life.
One of my favorite stories to illustrate this truth is of the Statue of Liberty.
Oscar Hammerstein had seen a picture, a photograph of the top of the Statue of Liberty from a helicopter. And he said, "This picture reveals the intricate detail that has been sculpted on Lady Liberty's head, her hair and her crown and all of those things at that angle which no one could ever see," and he said, "I got to thinking that sculptor must have realized that never will anyone see the top of the Statue of Liberty's head, since there were no airplanes or helicopters when the statue was set in place. But he spent the same kind of detail and care and painstaking craftsmanship on the top of Lady Liberty's head as he did down at the feet and everywhere else that would be seen by everyone."
God has carved things into you that only He can see.
You were created by the oldest, most famous, skilled, loving Creator in the history of the world.
Believe what God says about you and don't get fearful and fail to fulfill the purpose and plan for which you were created.
Ephesians 2:10 – For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
3. Living in the future and neglecting the now.
Leaders are built for the future.
But our faith, friendships and family are all requesting that we live in the now.
I can tell you from personal experience that one of the quickest ways to sabotage your future self is to live constantly in the future.
I would say to leaders that instead of "living" in the future you should be content to "visit" the future … but continue to live in the now.


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AGU is only days away and I have only 1 left before I must print my poster. It's slowly coming together. We have one more figure on the poster! Today there should be huge steps to finishing it.
AGU has it's first session starting in about 14 days and 2 hours, not that I'm counting or anything. However, I have less time than that to finish what will be my most wonderful, beautiful, scientifically interesting poster. It's about half way done. But since I'm giving a poster this year, I have to make sure it's printed before I take off on the plane. That means it needs to be done in 11 days at the latest fingers crossed that I can still print it on campus then. I suppose really worse case scenario is that I have to print it in San Fransisco. In that case, I have 14 days and 10 hours (need it Tuesday morning to hang up. It's poster SM23B-4206 on Tuesday afternoon). But since that would be really expensive I'll try to get it done in the next week. I'll post a picture of the finished product in all it's glory, but in the mean time I need to get back to work! No time to waste!
If you are going to AGU this fall stop by and say Hi. See you in San Fran!
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AMON AMARTH Guitarist OLAVI MIKKONEN On New Album's Lyrical Themes - "Not Everything Is About Myths And Viking Related Stuff" (Video)
April 24, 2019, a year ago
On May 3rd, Amon Amarth will release their 11th full-length album, Berserker, via Metal Blade Records (North America) / Sony Music (International). Guitarist Olavi Mikkonen recently spoke with Duke TV about their new expectations while recording the album, the story behind the Berserker, their next live production, his love for video games and living a dream with the band.
Pre-order here, and watch the video for new single, "Crack The Sky", below.
Directed by Roboshobo, "Crack The Sky" is the second of a trilogy of music videos from Berserker (the first clip being "Raven's Flight"), each one increasingly epic in its scope, further immersing the viewer in the world of Amon Amarth. Much like the songs on Berserker, the videos present Amon Amarth to their fullest. The cast features Josh Barnett as "the Berserker" and Erick Rowan as "Thor", Tess Kielhammer as "Demon Boss", Shanie Rusth as "Shield Maiden", Erik Arevalo, Victor Henry, and Canadian WWE legend Viktor as "Demon Henchman", and many more.
Comprising 12 monstrous heavy metal anthems that burst with melodic hooks, thrilling savagery, and spine-tingling drama, Berserker is the result of a huge surge of creativity and a collective desire to keep moving forward without compromise. From the explosive riffing of opener "Fafner's Gold" and the brutish simplicity of the rampaging "Crack The Sky" to the epic fury of "Raven's Flight" and the gritty storytelling of "Ironside" and "Skoll and Hati", Berserker is an album full of trademark Amon Amarth bluster and bite but with every aspect of the band's sound refined, sonically enhanced, and more potent - both in terms of metal oomph and emotional power. Capturing the spirit behind these new songs is the album's semi-title track, "The Berserker At Stamford Bridge": a visceral, vivid historical tale, recounting the Vikings last stand against the English army in 1066 and the mind-bending heroics of one axe-wielding warrior.
Showcasing an undeniable upgrade for every aspect of Amon Amarth's iconic sound, Berserker was recorded in Los Angeles with renowned studio guru Jay Ruston (Anthrax/Stone Sour) manning the controls. After recording several rounds of professional demos for the new songs (initially with fellow Swedish metal icon Peter Tägtgren and then later with Ruston himself) the band crossed the Atlantic to make final the recordings in LA, eager to take a fresh approach to the album-making process.
"For me, this is Amon Amarth 2.0," vocalist Johan Hegg declares. "I think what we've done here is give ourselves the space to explore other parts of our musicality and who we are as a band. If you're content with where you're at, what's the point of continuing? We always want to come up with new ideas and find new ways of doing things and to create bigger and better shows and really try to improve every aspect of what the band is. We want to try to keep growing and to do this for as long as we have the possibility to do so, because this is the best fucking job in the world."
"Fafner's Gold"
"Crack The Sky"
"Mjolner, Hammer Of Thor"
"Shield Wall"
"Raven's Flight"
"The Berserker At Stamford Bridge"
"We Can Set Our Sails"
"When Once Again"
"Wings Of Eagles"
"Into The Dark"
"Raven's Flight" video:
Amon Amarth will head out on the road with Slayer, Lamb Of God, and Cannibal Corpse in North America, starting May 2. Formerly Bloodstock Open Air headliners, Amon Amarth return to the UK to play Download Festival in June, performing on the main stage on Sunday.
"Berserkers! We're raiding North America this September & October with our friends Arch Enemy, At The Gates and Grand Magus," states a message from Amon Amarth. "Come fight and feast with us and earn your seat in the great golden hall. Pre-sale & VIP Bundles are available. Tickets on-sale Friday, April 19 here."
26 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SODO
27 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
28 - Vancouver, BC - PNE Forum
30 - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Convention Centre
1 - Calgary, AB - Grey Eagle
3 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
4 - Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium
6 - Minneapolis, MN - Skyway Theater
7 - Chicago, IL - The Riviera Theater
9 - Toronto, ON - Rebel
10 - Montreal, QC - M Telus
12 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
13 - Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore
15 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore
16 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
18 - New Orleans, LA - The Fillmore
19 - Houston, TX - House Of Blues
20 - San Antonio, TX - The Aztec Theatre
22 - Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren
23 - Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues
25 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
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As an adult, I still like to play with paper dolls so here's me cutting out outfits from fashion magazines and pretending like I'm 7 years old again. It's my Throwback Thursday Thing.
As an adult, I still like to play with paper dolls so here's me cutting out outfits from fashion magazines and pretending like I'm 7 years old again. It's my Throwback Thursday Thing.
The article from ChristianityToday continues, "Following Jesus, we have been baptized into his death and resurrection. Whether we are called to martyrdom, or to prophetic witness, or simply to faithful living in the joys and sorrows of our daily lives, we live all of our days in the knowledge of our dignity, redeemed through Christ and united to God. We are part of the strange society of people whose world has been turned upside down, and we go out to witness to this topsy-turvy truth: "The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us…"
New Years Day is Day 7 of the 12 days of Christmas.
At our church's New Years's Eve service, we were told what the word of 2015 would be. It was announced that the word was B-O-L-D Bold. The content of the sermon included the two sides of God-the Lion and the Lamb and that the Lion side of His nature would appear more in the New Year. What a surprise then, or was it, to wake up on New Year's Day with the front page of our local newspaper with this article about Pope Francis being the person of the year. The word BOLD was prominently displayed in the title of the article.
I got to thinking about what that word BOLD means to me. I pondered how sometimes people like to take each letter of a word and make additional meaning to it and came up with this expanded meaning for me.
The word inspired me to start to take action to get things done on the dreams that I have desired for a long time. The desires that He put in me. After spending 2014 doing some major inner healing work, being very quiet and often times alone among the sheep, this new word encourages the Lion in me to step out in the accompaniment of our Lord and get things done. There's all those dreams that have been brewing and all those items yet to be realized. It's time now to do them. To roar, to stand up, to fight if needed to be all that the Lion and Lamb has promised all of us to be.
On the Fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
On the Voice website (crivoice.org) the author of the Twelve Days of Christmas article, Dennis Bratcher, correlates the twelve days of Christmas song to biblical references. On the fourth day of Christmas he states that the four calling birds are the "four gospels 1) Matthew , 2) Mark, 3)Luke, 4) John, which proclaim the Good News God's reconciliation of the world to Himself in Jesus Christ."
It seems the twelve days of Christmas song and celebration has references suggesting it was a secret way for children to learn the "tenets of their faith". That myth has mostly been debunked but it appears the idea is still going strong even while the idea has been unfounded.
For Catholics, today is the day to celebrate Pope Sylvester 1. It appears that there is not that much information about him other than that he was a Bishop in Rome in 314.
The idea of what it means to be a saint has been on my mind lately.
I think traditionally what comes to mind when someone references a saint is the image of someone like Saint Sylvester who worked in the church in a high position and has since passed away.
But if you consider Jesus who walked the earth and was God himself and offered himself to us as a sacrifice so that we might know eternal life, maybe this verse reference may be one meaning that more closely fits,
"To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours" 1 Corinthians 1:2
May you call on our Lord Jesus Christ today and every day of the New Year and be like the saints.
My internet search for the meaning behind a lot of the 12 days of Christmas after the Holy Innocents and up to the day of Epiphany seems to get blurry at best with different ideas and a lot of Catholic references that I don't follow. So, I'm falling back on the Christmas Carol for inspiration.
On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
In the carol, the Five golden rings verse has a long pause once you get to the next days of the song. Perhaps then, this is an important pause in the celebration.
Previously I had read somewhere that the biblical meaning behind the number 5 was Grace and Gold seems to get a lot of references in the bible. Part of Revelation 21:21 states that …"the street of the city was pure gold, transparent as glass." In Genesis 2:12 it says, "And the gold of that land is good…"Finally, the bible references the signet ring often in scripture. According to bible-history.com,
"The "signet ring," also known as a "seal" comes from the Hebrew word "hotam" and the Greek word "sphragis" and was used universally in the ancient world. It was a portable instrument used much like we use a signature today, but much more important. They would seal or stamp a document, or the door of a house, or a tomb, etc. It was also an emblem of authority."
So the three together could possibly be a very basic snapshot of what it means to follow Christ–He provides the grace for us to understand His promises, like streets of gold, and He even signs his promises with a signature.
Much to pause, and ponder about.
Continuing the celebration of day three of the twelve days of Christmas, I spent a lovely lunch at Brothers Provisions with a college friend and her family. Seeing her daughter hold her present really highlighted the day's focus on celebrating the innocents. As Christianity Today states, "On December 28, we celebrate the feast of the Holy Innocents, the children murdered by Herod…They died unjustly before they had a chance to know or to will—but they died for Christ nonetheless. In them we see the long agony of those who suffer and die through human injustice, never knowing that they have been redeemed. If Christ did not come for them too, then surely Christ came in vain. In celebrating the Holy Innocents, we remember the victims of abortion, of war, of abuse. We renew our faith that the coming of Christ brings hope to the most hopeless. And, in the most radical way possible, we confess that like the murdered children we are saved by the sheer mercy of Christ, not by our own doing or knowing."
According to Christianitytoday.com, "St. John the Evangelist, commemorated on December 27, is traditionally the only one of the twelve disciples who did not die a martyr. Rather, John witnessed to the Incarnation through his words, turning Greek philosophy on its head with his affirmation, "The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us" (John 1:14, KJV).
Yesterday was day two of celebrating the twelve days of Christmas. For me, it was a day to think about what it means to live a life focused on love. One of the most often quoted gospel verses is John 3:16, "For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life."
I thought about how it's really difficult to love those who hurt us, whether intentionally or not. I also considered the idea that to be able to fully love others, we must embrace our own love and beauty for ourselves. That statement could sound self-centered but I don't believe it is. If we haven't learned to really appreciate who we are, I don't think it's easy to appreciate or love others.
So, day two for me was a celebration of sending out New Years cards and gifts to my treasured business clients and then spending the rest of the day enjoying the town I live in and seeing it in a new perspective.
With a brand new loaner car while mine was in the shop, my first destination was to the Inn at Rancho Santa Fe where they had set up an ice skating rink on their front lawn for the holiday season. Since it was midday, no one was skating at the time I visited. I stepped into their reception area and found this massive Christmas tree in the center.
From there, I headed toward Del Mar and made a decision to stop at the Candle Shop. For all the years I've lived near there, I had never gone in. They make beeswax candles on the property and said they had been there for 85 years. My purchase, a Jane Austen inspired candle with scents of gardenia, tuberose and jasmine-some of my favorite smells.
I had brought a manuscript I have been working on with me on the journey and decided to head to one of my favorite destinations to write–The Grand Del Mar. The Grand is a five star hotel and could very well be Cinderella's castle. I'm lucky to live nearby. There's a coffee shop that overlooks their beautiful saline pool. They had an almost to the ceiling tree in the entryway and many people sat around tables in the dining area enjoying afternoon tea.
My final destination was to view Candy Cane Lane in Rancho Penasquitos. And lo and behold what should appear, not St. Nick but Cinderella, her prince and fairy Godmothers there.
Overall, a love-ly day.
I'm finding that one of the beautiful things about the Christmas season is continuing the celebration after Christmas Day. I've never formally celebrated twelve Days of Christmas but I think this year I'm going to try. To get started, I need to understand what the 12 Days of Christmas actually mean.
So, a Bing search came up with some interesting results. One "Best Answer" on Yahoo answers came up with this response from Susan, (partial quote here) …"Contrary to much popular belief, these are not the twelve days before Christmas, but in most of the Western Church are the twelve days from Christmas until the beginning of Epiphany (January 6th; the 12 days count from December 25th until January 5th). In some traditions, the first day of Christmas begins on the evening of December 25th but the following day is considered the First Day of Christmas (December 26th)…Perhaps more important is that Christians can celebrate their rich heritage, and God's grace, through one more avenue this Christmas. Now, when they hear what they once thought was a secular "nonsense song," they will be reminded in one more way of the grace of God working in transforming ways in their lives and in our world. After all, is that not the meaning of Christmas anyway?"
Over at achievebalance.com, an article describes the 12 Days of Christmas song this way, "The singer of the carol is the ordinary person who believes in Christ, and his 'true love' is God the Father. The accumulative pattern of going back each time through all the verses teaches the ongoing and abundant blessings of a loving God. We repeat to help us not forget what we have received. The whole song is a joyful celebration of what God has done for us."
An article about the 12 Days of Christmas on Christianitytoday.com suggests that the traditional Christian celebration of Christmas is exactly the opposite of how the world generally celebrates Christmas, starting after November in getting ready for it and then culminating in the celebration on the 25th.
The article goes on to say, "The "real" twelve days of Christmas are important not just as a way of thumbing our noses at secular ideas of the "Christmas season." They are important because they give us a way of reflecting on what the Incarnation means in our lives. Christmas commemorates the most momentous event in human history—the entry of God into the world He made, in the form of a baby. The Logos through whom the worlds were made took up His dwelling among us in a tabernacle of flesh."
It goes on to say that December 26 "is the feast of St. Stephen—a traditional day for giving leftovers to the poor (as described in the carol "Good King Wenceslas"). As one of the first deacons, Stephen was the forerunner of all those who show forth the love of Christ by their generosity to the needy. But more than this, he was the first martyr of the New Covenant, witnessing to Christ by the ultimate gift of his own life."
OK, so my plan for today was initially to bring these Capezzanna Olive Oil tea cakes I made yesterday to my volleyball group I'm playing with this afternoon, but I'm adding one more task: Find a homeless person to give one to. Wish me luck.
This year my church has decided to celebrate all the Jewish Festivals and today is the Feast of Tabernacles. Our pastor has studied the different signs of the times and found the recent red moons (two in 2014 and two in 2015) fall on significant Jewish festivals like today's Feast of Tabernacles. This morning you could see a red moon at 3:30 a.m. on the Pacific Coast. There is so much significance to these signs that pastor Ray has written a whole book about it called the Holy Land Keys.
The Hebrew name for the Feast of Tabernacles is Sukkot. According to the website hebrew4christians.com, the event is to celebrate the time Israel lived in huts while living in the desert for 40 years after leaving Egypt. It goes on to say that after Israel moved into the promised land Sukkot was like a Fall Festival. It is a time to celebrate and rejoice in God's blessings and provisions for our lives.
It is also a time for restoration, according to ucg.org. The site maintains that "The Feast of Tabernacles symbolizes the restoration process, which will start with the return of Jesus Christ, pictured by the Feast of Trumpets, and the banishment of Satan, depicted by the Day of Atonement. Once these events have taken place, as represented by the previous Holy Days, the foundation is in place for the restoration of the creation to peace and harmony with God."
I have found it interesting that as our church body celebrates these events my own walk has aligned with them. Last Saturday on Yom Kippur I naturally rested all day only realizing later that it was meant to be a day of rest. Then, today I changed my internet service provider and had them install a wireless device someone had given me which was aptly named Paradise. I kept the name. It seems like just the right fit to start celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles. Now, whenever I choose my wireless service I can remember that God does promise us Paradise.
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The Manutius in Manchester team were delighted to join the gathering of Aldo-philes in Venice to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Aldo's death and share the latest research on Aldus and his critical fortuna through the ages. The conference was part of a whole series of events being organised this year by the Biblioteca Marciana and the University of Ca' Foscari. Appropriately, two of the three days were held in the Aula Magna of Ca' Dolfin and the middle day at the lovely Sala Sansovino at the Marciana. Scholars, collectors, curators, and conservators drawn from Italy, Cyprus, Crete, Greece, France, Germany, UK, Australia, Ireland, Canada and America heard some two dozen papers on all aspects of the Aldine workshop, from the origins of the press and the relation between Aldus and the Torresani family, to the examination of Aldus' three wills. Sessions focused upon Aldus and his relation with the Greek diaspora community, with Erasmus, and with the Barbarigo family. On the Friday afternoon a session was wholly given over to the examination of bindings, design, and type in a session in memory of Anthony Hobson, whilst Saturday's papers focused entirely on Aldus's reception from the collection of Jean Grolier to AldusPageMaker, the precursor of Adobe Reader.
Our own contribution was a paper on how the Rylands' impressive body of over 2,000 Aldines found its way to the industrial heartlands of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Manchester: an object lesson in cultural translation and a vital chapter in the history of knowledge transfer and 'bibliomania'. In addition to examining the provenance of specific Aldine collections, like those of George John 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834) and the political economist Richard Copley Christie (1830-1901), we also looked at the accession of individual volumes like those found in the bequests of the gynaecologist David Lloyd Roberts (1835-1920) and in the library of the Northern Congregational College. In addition, we showcased the trajectory of specific volumes, such as those owned by Pietro Bembo, Jean Grolier, Henri II and Agostino Barbarigo, all woven into a consideration of the nexus of social, political, and educational relationships which saw cultural and financial capital exchanged by Manchester's merchant princes. It was gratifying to hear and see other scholars drawing on the Manchester collection in their work. After a very full three days of listening, learning, and discussion it was sadly time to leave behind the dolphins and weigh anchor and head for home.


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A welcome corrective to the widely held notion that being middle aged is ghastly - India Knight, "Sunday Times" David Bainbridge is the best kind of writer on this subject; reassuring without being woolly and articulate without being incomprehensible. You won't get any less middle-aged reading this book, but you'll feel better about it - David Quantick Bainbridge's zoological examination of the human animal results in a study that is full of surprises... Heartening - James McConnachie, "Sunday Times" Thought-provoking. [It] should certainly shed some new light on one's own potbellied or menopausal mid-life crisis... Fascinating - Katie Law, "Evening Standard" There's lots of good news for the middle aged... A very jolly book with clear scientific explanations - William Leith, "Telegraph" Looking beyond the cliches, veterinary surgeon and reproductive biologist David Bainbridge, who teaches at Cambridge, sets out to discover "what middle age is and what it is for." Most of us could have a pretty good stab at the first question, but the latter is where Middle Age gets interesting.. Bainbridge's answer lies in the size of the brain and our need for food and ideas with which to feed it ... a fascinating idea - Carl Wilkinson, " Financial Times" "Rese�a del editor:
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