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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE
SCOD 2018
Supt. Bruce N. G. Cromwell, Ph.D.
The 2015 FMC-USA General Conference directed the SCOD to research things that make for peace, the use of force or violence, and the concept of a just war. As I began to study this topic and research these issues,1 eventually resulting in a paper on capital punishment for the SCOD,2 it was suggested that the broader and yet more foundational issue which must be addressed is the relationship between the Church and the State. Such interchange is rife with challenges and opportunities. History has found the dizzying dance between the city of God and the city of humans to often have the respective partners switching the lead, or at least attempting to each guide the relationship. But the two-steps and dips and twirls and spins that Church-State relations seem to currently be engaged in have led to increased questions about what a Christian should do in our complicated and confusing political reality.
When looking at the issues facing our societies and the best ways for peoples and nations to address such societal concerns it is important to ask what the proper place and role of the Church is alongside of political entities. How much should one influence the other, or even relate to the other? The words "separation of Church and State" are frequently thrown about in such discussions, though they are often used in a manner not intended by Thomas Jefferson,
THE BIBLICAL STORY IS A MIGRATION STORY
Scripture is inspired for all people in all places in all times calling us to a higher response than this world even knows. Here Rev. Julia Matallana-Freedman, who in 2018 received her Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity and was ordained Elder in the Free Methodist Church in Southern California, provides a thoughtful guidance to which each of us are called by God to respond as the church – the called-out-ones.
Rev. Matallana-Freedman
So much about our faith as North American Christians is discursive. Ultimately the words we use and the interpretive choices we make matter because our actions unfurl alongside our discursive choices. The Christian ethicist, Stanley Hauerwas, frames it this way:
"The most creative social strategy we have to offer is the church. Here we show the world a manner of life the world can never achieve through social coercion or governmental action. We Serve the world by showing it something that it is not, namely, a place where God is forming a family out of strangers." (Resident Aliens, 39).
We know there are many FM leaders across the nation already actively involved in refugee ministries and initiatives. This post embodies our striving for the centering of this ongoing work and to lift up the stories of FM Churches on the borderlands and in the trenches of this ongoing moral corruption. This reflection is searching for the increase of unlikely voices coupled with divine creativity to do God's work faithfully.
THE LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
One of the most powerful statements on the church's responsibility to work for "justice for all" was written by a Baptist pastor named the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It happened in 1963.
In part he says:
"In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self purification; and direct action. We have gone through all these steps in Birmingham. There can be no gainsaying the fact that racial injustice engulfs this community. Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. Its ugly record of brutality is widely known. Negroes have experienced grossly unjust treatment in the courts. There have been more unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches in Birmingham than in any other city in the nation. These are the hard, brutal facts of the case. On the basis of these conditions, Negro leaders sought to negotiate with the city fathers. But the latter consistently refused to engage in good faith negotiation…
You may well ask: "Why direct action? Why sit ins, marches and so forth? Isn't negotiation a better path?" You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored.
IT'S A TINY PART OF WHO HE IS
By Denny Wayman
Rik Cryderman grew up in a Free Methodist parsonage. I first met him in seminary and enjoyed his intellect and depth of love. His journey of faith and life did not take the path he expected when as a seminarian he first recognized that he was gay. Now in his 60s his daughter, best selling author Kelle Hampton, blogged an interview with her father and asked him questions that help all of us. You can read it on her blog here if you want to explore both her journey and his.
I connected with Rik and asked if I could take some of his thoughts he expressed to his daughter and post them here. He graciously consented. I do so in hopes that as we discuss sexuality and same-sex attraction we do so not as an issue, but as persons, equally beloved of God. As I said here: "As Christians who have experienced God's compassionate love and who are committed to extend that love to our "neighbor", homosexuality is not an "issue" we discuss dispassionately, but rather we compassionately enter into the experience of those whose sexual orientation is not heterosexual."
I've only taken the part of the conversation between Kelle and Rik that I found most interesting. Kelle's words are in bold and Rik's are in italics:
What is your first memory of any attraction to men and when and how did you finally identify as being gay?
RACE RELATIONS IN THE CHURCH
Love L. Sechrest teaches at Fuller Seminary. In this article she writes on Race Relations in the Church.
In this article she makes this observation:
"Indeed more often these days I find that I want to challenge the whole category of "racial reconciliation," since I am now profoundly troubled by the phrase. As the earliest generation of evangelical activists articulated it, the concept was complex and nuanced and always included a focus on institutional racism in society along with the discussion of interpersonal relationships. However, recent evangelical discourse about racial reconciliation tends to diminish the notion by focusing only on overcoming personal prejudice while turning a sometimes deliberately blind eye to structural matters of inequality like poverty, education, health outcomes, criminal justice issues, and the like. I prefer to talk about "race relations in the church" as a category for this kind of work rather than to focus on "reconciliation" as an overarching theme. The former surely includes the latter and is broad enough to include a topic like restorative justice, a biblical concept that usually receives short shrift in evangelical discussions of race. In other words, the divisions we face today are not going to be healed by weeping for an hour followed by a hug."
THE CROSS AND THE LYNCHING TREE
The Cross and the Lynching Tree – by James H. Cone is a significant call on the church from a deeply connected theological truth. Here is part of the Introduction to his work and an explanation of how Dr. Cone serves the church as a theologian:
GENDER WAGE GAP
Due to our FMC value of treating men and women with equality, some of this generalized study of the pay gap may not apply. However, there is much that does. Here is the conclusion of the article:
"Finding church-wide solutions
In that vein, Simmons encourages churches to intentionally include women in those committees and councils and denominational efforts. "If they have a diaconate, another board, a finance board, board of elders—make sure that there are women who are part of the human resource effort," she says. "Make sure that there are women there who can make the case: not women who will agree with the men, but women who will make the case. . . . You don't see enough women in those positions that determine salaries and bonuses and work hours and how you get ordained. You don't see women in those positions. And until that changes, much of this will never change."
According to Simmons, another key step in the path to change concerns awareness and discussion among male clergy and staff—not just female. "You have to do both," she says. "You have to talk to women, but you certainly have to talk to men."
In her interactions with male pastors, Simmons has "help[ed] them understand what is just, what is fair, and—when their budget increases—who to take care of first, because these are the people who are doing the heavy lifting."
Ultimately, however, "until women are willing to join the fight for their own liberation and proper pay,
HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CHURCH HISTORIC (all)
HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CHURCH HISTORIC – Complete document
What Does the Tradition Component of the Quadrilateral Have to Say Regarding the LGBT Debate?
Free Methodist Study Commission on Doctrine, 2014 Dr. Bruce N. G. Cromwell
Philipp Melanchthon, the great German reformer and quite possibly the first systematic theologian of the Protestant movement, famously said, "In necessary things, unity. In doubtful things, liberty. In all things, charity."1 As debate surrounding the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered (LGBT) community grows and intensifies, such counsel is no doubt wise and necessary.
While in graduate school I read John Boswell's work, Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe.2 Boswell gained prominence in 1980 by receiving a National Book Award for his investigation into what he saw as a historically accurate overview of homosexuals, their challenges, and their freedoms up to the fourteenth century.3 Within Same-Sex Unions he tried to demonstrate that in the first millennium of the common era communities had, within the structures of Christianity, actually allowed same-sex couples to cohabitate and live functionally as married. Talking about the cultural ethos of the Greco- Roman world and the development of marriage rites and liturgical practices, Boswell attempted to demonstrate that examples of the recognition and blessing of same-sex unions are neither novel nor exceptional. Unfortunately, his argument lacks a smoking gun and conveys no conclusive proof. We all read from a particular bias, with particular cultural and religious assumptions. Boswell, who sadly died from AIDS- related complications shortly after the release of Same-Sex Unions,
US vs US – Andrew Marin
Us Versus Us: The Untold Story of Religion and the LGBT Community by Andrew Marin (Navpress, 2016). Waiting for permission to post digest. What follows is an abbreviated outline. You can purchase the book here.
Most LGBT people regularly attended a faith community for the majority of their youth.
Most left the church after they came out.
Most still believed in God and were interested in one day finding a faith community.
Most were less concerned with a church's theology of homosexuality than they were with how they were treated by individual Christians at church.
Chapter 1: There is No They – 86% of LGBTs were raised in a faith community from the ages of 0 to 18
Raised in a Religious Community:
75% General American Population
86% LGBT
Chapter 2: The Great Exodus: 54% of LGBT people leave their religious Community after the age of 18: "I left the church because I couldn't find one person who cared to listen to my story. I mean really"
Leaving A Religious Community after the age of 18:
Chapter 3: The New Prodigals
76% of LGBT people are open to returning to their religious community and it's practices: "I would come back if I had the strength to do so."
Open to Return
9% General American population
76% LGBT community: This total includes one-third of LBTs raised in theologically conservative faith communities.
RESOURCE ON SAME-SEX ATTRATION
12/2016 Dr. Denny Wayman
In answer to the request of our Free Methodist family, the Study Commission on Doctrine (SCOD) presents this resource for pastors, parents and parishioners. The list is certainly not exhaustive and we recognize there is a continuum of opinions and concerns among us as a family of God. It is not our intention by offering these resources to make them prescriptive, but rather to provide the best recent work so that every pastor, parent and parishioner can be well informed and respond with God's love rather than with fear or misinformation. In 2014 Dr. Denny Wayman created a resource in a digested form that, under God's leadership, provides the same counsel as the majority of authors: God's love and the guidance of the Holy Spirit are key. It is available at: http://fmcusa.org/files/2014/03/Gods-Love-Expressed-Offering-Pastoral-Care-to-LGB-Persons-and-Families.pdf.
In this resource we have explored seven books that present a variety of perspectives and experiences from Christians. All write from first-hand experience with some bringing their faith in Christ into their same-sex attraction while others bring their professional expertise either as psychologists, practitioners, or researchers.
We would recommend that these books be read in the following order, with the first four being foundational. However, there may be special interest that would cause a person to go to a specific book first. Because of this we have provided a comprehensive description of the content of each book. We thank Dr. Yarhouse and Dr.


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A dynamical systems analysis of adolescent substance abuse
Steven M. Boker, John Graham
Models from dynamical systems theory were fit to the intraindividual variability in adolescent self-reported cigarette and alcohol use. A dampened linear oscillator model (potentially like a pendulum with friction) and a nonlinear oscillator model with two attractors were compared. The nonlinear oscillator model and two coupled oscillators for cigarette and alcohol use were rejected Independent dampened linear oscillators for smoking and drinking provided high internal R2 but were unable to account for a substantial correlation between the acceleration in cigarette usage and alcohol usage; thus evidence was found for an intrinsic self-regulation mechanism in both smoking and drinking behavior, but the hypothesis was rejected that the intrinsic mechanism leading to increases in use in one substance directly predicted increased use in the other substance. Given the hypothesis of independent linear oscillators, the sign of the dampening parameter was found to be positive, indicating a system with dynamic instability; a self-regulation mechanism in which small changes in substance use lead to amplified changes after a short period of time.
Multivariate Behavioral Research
https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327906mbr3304_3
Substance-Related Disorders
Nonlinear Dynamics
Dynamical system
Nonlinear Oscillator
Drinking Behavior
Coupled Oscillators
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Boker, S. M., & Graham, J. (1998). A dynamical systems analysis of adolescent substance abuse. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 33(4), 479-507. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327906mbr3304_3
Boker, Steven M. ; Graham, John. / A dynamical systems analysis of adolescent substance abuse. In: Multivariate Behavioral Research. 1998 ; Vol. 33, No. 4. pp. 479-507.
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redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


If you're used to getting and setting your proxysettings with the proxycfg command, you'll find yourself at a loss in Vista.
import - Imports proxy setting from IE.
reset - Resets WinHTTP proxy setting to DIRECT.
set - Configures WinHTTP proxy setting.
show - Displays current WinHTTP proxy setting.
You can use "show" to view the current settings, "set" to set the proxy settings and "import" to import current user's Internet Explorer proxy settings. If you've used proxycfg.exe you will find that this context provides the same functionality. The only exception is "dump", which creates a Netsh script with the current settings and can be executed later (on the same machine or different one) to set those settings.
netsh winhttp set proxy-server="http=myproxy;https=sproxy:88" bypass-list= "*.foo.com"
Again, if you need to get a help on a command, just type it with question mark after it.
I guess the command is "netsh winhttp show proxy" rather than "netsh winhttp proxy show". For resetting it should be "netsh winhttp reset proxy" rather than "netsh winhttp proxy reset".
netsh winhttp set proxy proxy-server="http=myproxy;https=sproxy:88" bypass-list= "*.foo.com"


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Anniversary brew given sleek black container
To celebrate its 15th anniversary, Cooperstown, NY-based Brewery Ommegang packaged its 750ml bottles of Ommegang XV Reserve Ale in metal containers by Crown Speciality Packaging. The sleek, black cylindrical container mirrors the design of the bottle labels and provides in-store standout.
It was critical to Ommegang that the package communicated the exclusivity of the Belgian-Style Trappist Dark Ale ale, but also represented the quality of all the company's products. To make sure this vision was delivered, Ommegang turned to Crown, the company's existing provider of crown closures, for its expertise in packaging specialty products.
"While spirits and wines are commonly found in speciality packaging, it is the first time we tried something like this for a beer," said Ommegang's PR Larry Bennett. "The anniversary tins made sure that our brand stood out on the shelf with a clean and truly original look."
With a short lead-time to bring the project to fruition, Crown provided a series of samples, including tubular designs that demonstrated the different ways that Ommegang might approach the project. This enabled the brewer to make a selection that could incorporate the colors and finishes that best represented the brand's image.
Close collaboration on artwork was vital to the process. During the design process, multiple draw-downs were created, including variations in blacks, greys, golds and other metallic sheens. Overlays were then added to the mix to determine the most appealing combination. The development process then moved to the prototyping stage where, rather than relying solely on digital representations, Crown provided a series of designs and artwork samples printed on flat metal sheets so Ommegang could more accurately visualize – and interact with – the final product.
"Working with an existing customer on a completely new format for a beverage was a terrific experience as we were able to leverage our strong relationship while providing insight that Crown has developed over the years across a breadth of markets," said Sheila Heath, director of marketing, Crown Speciality Packaging North America. "The end result was a commemorative container that truly distinguishes Brewery Ommegang as a specialty brewer."
Crown produced 20,000 units for the one-off release, which was distributed throughout North America. Based on the success of the packaging in the marketplace, Brewery Ommegang is now hopeful it will offer, in the future, other limited edition beer in speciality packaging tins for beer connoisseurs.
13 March 2013 - Felicity Murray
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Caterina Scorsone 'Awestruck by the Love' from Her Daughters on First Mother's Day After Split
"In the midst of quarantine love is stronger than ever," Caterina Scorsone wrote of her three girls in a touching Instagram post
Jen Juneau is a digital news writer for PEOPLE since 2016.
Published on May 12, 2020 04:06 PM
Caterina Scorsone and daughter Pippa. Photo: Caterina Scorsone and daughter Pippa
Caterina Scorsone had her best gals by her side for Mother's Day — her three daughters!
In a Tuesday Instagram post, the Grey's Anatomy star gave a glimpse into life at home as of late, sharing three photos featuring sisters Eliza, 7½, Paloma "Pippa" Michaela, 3½, and Lucinda (a.k.a. Lucky), 4 months, playing and cuddling together.
The first snapshot sees Eliza lying down while holding baby Lucky, while in the second, Scorsone and Pippa make silly faces for the camera. In the third, Eliza seems to be "teaching" Pippa from a cookbook, which she is holding up while standing in front of a blanket fort.
"This Mother's Day I was gobsmacked and awestruck by the love that filled up our house. In the midst of quarantine love is stronger than ever. #goddesses #mamas #daughters #sisters #twinsies #trifecta ❤❤❤," Scorsone, 38, captioned her post.
Sunday marked the first Mother's Day the actress has celebrated since she split from her husband, Rob Giles, after more than 10 years of marriage.
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Caterina Scorsone's daughters Pippa (L) and Eliza. Caterina Scorsone/Instagram
Little Lucky! Caterina Scorsone Snuggles Up with Baby Daughter as She Reveals Sweet New Name
Scorsone and Giles' reps told PEOPLE in a joint statement on Friday that they "have separated," adding, "They remain friends and are committed to co-parenting their children in a spirit of love."
Just hours after PEOPLE confirmed the news of her split from Giles, the actress shared an uplifting message on her Instagram Story.
"Cling to joy. Bold audacious joy, that looks for Light in everything. Even when you're waiting," read the poem, written by Morgan Harper Nichols.
Scorsone, known for playing Amelia Shepherd on Grey's Anatomy, wed Giles, a musician, in 2009.
Rob Giles (left) and Caterina Scorsone. AFF-USA/Shutterstock
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Scorsone made her exciting pregnancy announcement alongside a photo of herself, her husband and their two older daughters dressed up as the Addams Family for Halloween.
Two months later, the actress announced the arrival of her third child with a sweet snapshot of big sister Eliza snuggling up to the newborn.
"Our family wishes you a happy new year, a happy new decade and a happy heart made new by love in every exquisite moment," Scorsone wrote in her post.
Caterina Scorsone and Her Daughter Celebrate World Down Syndrome Day: 'From Our Family to Yours!'
Maralee Nichols Celebrates First Mother's Day, Poses with Her and Tristan Thompson's Son Theo
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I don't know if they offer it as a kit, but buying each fairing piece individually will probably be between around $4,000.
Ugh. I can always have it painted.
You can get ABS tricolore fairings from China for $599 I believe. Not bad for street fairings that you can use and abuse.
Sometimes an extra bling is welcome... but then it would take the glory of models like the "tricolore", "R" and the special editions.
They are being loyal to the story that they have built along the years.
I like the simple yet sophisticated look. Not trying too hard like Gixxer, R1, and H2 graphics. The SL graphics are cool though.
I wish they offered the light gold or gunmetal color Marchesini wheels and the monoposto tails with white like the old 916/996/998.
They will bring another tricolore in the first modelyear of the completely new bike, see 1098 and panigale. I wonder if it will be called 1316 or just 1299 with a new italian sounding word going with it.
agree. maybe other bikes try to use graphic to cover up ugliness.


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A youth embarks on a journey to find his missing grandmother and prove that Santa Claus is real.
Actors: Christopher Gaze,
Christopher Gaze 12 May 1952, Surrey, England, UK
Pauline Newstone,
Pauline Newstone
Scott McNeil,
Scott McNeil 15 September 1962, Brisbane, Australia
Jim Fisher,
Jim Fisher
Drew Reichelt,
Drew Reichelt
Philip Maurice Hayes,
Alex Doduk,
Alex Doduk
Cam Clarke,
Cam Clarke 6 November 1957, Los Angeles, California, USA
Venus Terzo,
Venus Terzo 17 October 1967, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Elmo Shropshire,
Elmo Shropshire
Jim Staahl,
Jim Staahl
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Musical
Director: Phil Roman
Keywords: #Alex Doduk #Elmo Shropshire #Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer #Michele Lee #Phil Roman #Susan Blu
CREATORS OF "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"
Fred A. Rappoport
December 11, 1946 in New York City, New York, USA
ACTORS OF "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"
Christopher Gaze
12 May 1952, Surrey, England, UK
Scott McNeil
15 September 1962, Brisbane, Australia
Cam Clarke
6 November 1957, Los Angeles, California, USA
Venus Terzo
17 October 1967, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Kathleen Barr
6 April 1967, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Susan Blu
12 July 1948, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Maggie Blue O'Hara
16 March 1975, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Michele Lee
24 June 1942, Los Angeles, California, USA
GALLERY OF "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"


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In August, a group calling themselves The Shadow Brokers publicly released a cache of NSA hacking tools, and promised to sell more. After a failed crowd-funding and auction attempt, the group now appears to be offering a wealth of trojans, exploits, and implants directly to potential customers. Since August, Motherboard has attempted to contact The Shadow Brokers through various different channels. On Thursday, the group replied.
A U.S. citizen living in Moscow was arrested Wednesday after he flew to the United States to surrender to face charges he stole contact information for over 100 million customers of U.S. financial institutions, brokerage firms and financial news publishers, authorities said.
Max Smeets' take on the cost of cyber weapons is a thoughtful piece about the economics of cyber warfare, and the article is a useful point of departure on this topic. However, a few additional points not discussed by Smeets are worth considering, and they all point in the direction of higher costs that his piece might predict.
The Shadow Brokers—a hacker or group of hackers that stole computer exploits from the National Security Agency—has been quiet for some time. After their auction and crowd-funded approach for selling the exploits met a lukewarm reception, the group seemingly stopped posting new messages in October. But a newly uncovered website, which includes a file apparently signed with The Shadow Brokers' cryptographic key, suggests the group is trying to sell hacking tools directly to buyers one by one, and a cache of files appears to include more information on specific exploits.
Visit CSO Online for information about cybersecurity events in 2017.
Targeted attacks are typically carried out against individuals to obtain intellectual property and other valuable data from target organizations. These individuals are either directly in possession of the targeted information or are able to connect to networks where the information resides. Microsoft researchers have encountered twin threat activity groups that appear to target individuals for reasons that are quite uncommon.
In what is likely the largest data breach ever, Yahoo is reporting that data associated with more than 1 billion user accounts was stolen in August 2013.The incident is separate from a breach Yahoo reported in September involving at least 500 million users that originally occurred in late 2014 and shook public trust in the company.


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This Thursday-Sunday Theatrikos Theatre Company is presenting a 1940's radio play version of the classic "It's a Wonderful Life", a tale of losing hope and finding joy in life's true purpose. All proceeds from Thursday's performance are to be donated to the family of former box office manager Ginger Haviland, who was killed in a recent house fire. Even if you're not the 'theater' type, please consider going and donating on Thursday to help the Havilands in this difficult time! Find tickets at Theatrikos.
Join Mayor Coral Evans tomorrow at City Hall to celebrate Jewish heritage by lighting a Menorah! The event features music by Mother Road Trio, hot latkes and doughnuts, holiday crafts, and much more! Visit AZ Daily Sun for details.
Held at the DoubleTree of Flagstaff Hotel, the festival features traditional music and dance performances, over 40 Native American artists, and more. Click here for details.
Get out your ice skates for the Flagstaff Visitor Center's FREE ice skating rink at the downtown Train Station. There will also be chances to see Santa and holiday toy drives. Learn more at Skate at the Station.
This Sunday the Flagstaff Community Band is hosting a Grinchy holiday concert featuring favorite holiday tunes, sing-alongs, and a post-concert showing of Dr. Seuss's, How The Grinch Stole Christmas! There will also be a food drive benefitting Full Circle Charities People's Pantry; admission is free with 2 non-perishable food items. Click here for details.
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Save the date this Friday for the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra's Masterworks II concert! Featuring Witch's Ride from Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck), Night on Bald Mountain (Mussorgsky) and Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov), this concert promises to be an enchanting evening! Audience members of all ages are encouraged to come in costumes.
Join Boys and Girls Club of Flagstaff on October 30th for a fun party with a haunted bus, spooky arts and crafts, costume contest, prizes, and yummy treats! Visit Flagstaff 365 for details.
Get daring and visit Run Flagstaff's Walk if You Dare or Run for Your Life haunted trail! This spooky event takes place out in the woods of Fort Tuthill, with unexpected dangers coming at you from all directions as you follow a trail (just over a mile long). Tickets and details are at the link above.
Running October 26-30, this event lets visitors make their way through a deserted city filled with spooky robots, ghosts, and fog. Admission costs can include 1-2 rounds of laser tag. Learn more at Cabin Fever Play.
The Arboretum at Flagstaff has a festival that is perfect for the whole family! Come out this Saturdy to enjoy a pumpkin walk, hay rides, hot cider, and a spooky storytime. The day before, there will be a pumpkin carving party at Lumberyard Brewery—come to this event and get free activity vouchers for the next day's pumpkin walk! Learn more at thearb.org.
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This Saturday and Sunday Museum of Northern Arizona is hosting the 14th Annual Celebraciones de la Gente festival. Come celebrate Mexico's Day of the Dead with dancing, live music, food, handmade ofrendas (alters) and craft activities. Learn more at the link above.
Come hear Orchestra Northern Arizona's season premier concert held this Saturday. Featuring all local musicians from the Flagstaff community, the orchestra will be performing Tchaikovsky's Fantasy-Overture from Romeo and Juliet, Barber's Adagio for Strings, and Wagner's Die Meistersinger. Special guest artist Alex Burdiss will play Ferdinand David's Concertino for Trombone and Orchestra.
On Friday the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra is performing their Masterworks II concert, featuring Humperdinck's Witch's Ride from Hansel and Gretel, Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, and Rimsky-Korsakov's famous Scheherazade, among others. Visit FSO.org for tickets.
This Saturday Warner's Nursery and Landscape Co. has a festival that is fun for the whole family! Come enjoy horseback rides, arts and crafts, a pumpkin patch, and more. Details are at Flagstaff 365.
Get daring and attend Weatherford Hotel's Murder Mystery Dinner Theater event, where murder takes place and all present are suspect . . . who knows if you're dining next to the killer? Learn more at the link above.
Enjoy this spooky and beautiful weekend! And as always, contact us with any questions you have about buying or selling a home at bestflagstaffhomes.com.


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How do you make it to Carnegie Hall? Go to the Rochester Academy of Music & Arts!
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Photo: Stephanie, Rochester Academy of Music and Arts fan
Yesterday when cycling on the canal path near Brighton Town Park, I wandered across a couple of hundred people playing music, badminton, volleyball and even throwing coconuts up in the air. The Rochester Academy of Music & Arts in Brighton was having its annual family picnic.
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You first met the Academy when Shadi reported on its Third Annual Dogs Rock Concert in Letting dogs and humans step to the music which they hear at the Dog Rock Concert for Nuts for Muts.
Brigid with student
Inside and outside the lodge, students from age four to adult performed at the event, while their friends and family enjoyed an array of classic picnic foods. Several hundred local residents were in attendance.
Setting up the coconut toss. Photo provided by Brigid
As explained by Assistant Director Brigid Harrigan, not content to simply have a fun day in the park, the Academy also used the event as an outlet for creativity.
Documentarian filmmaker Sean Donnelly was present to film students for an upcoming music video. The video coincides with the release of "Big Coconut," a song written by Academy owner Brannon Hungness. "Big Coconut," a rousing anthem for positivity, is set to be released September 19th as a charity single to benefit Earthworks. During the filming, the kids — feeling like celebrities — excitedly tossed dried coconuts into the air.
These bubble blowing boys joined the fun from the nearby Islamic Center
And the exciting news is that "Big Coconut" will make its live debut September 24 when students and teachers perform it onstage at Carnegie Hall. 45 of the Academy's 450 students will be making the trip to Manhattan to perform on the world-famous stage. All through practice, practice, practice at Rochester Academy of Music & Arts.
There is always something new at Brighton Town Park.
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Fire Flowers and the War in Japan
Europa Editions are a reliable source of translated fiction, but more recently they have also started publishing a small number of books written in English. One of these books is Ben Byrne's debut novel Fire Flowers, set in the apocalyptic landscape of post-war Japan.
The story is told from alternating points of view of the four main characters. Satsuko Takara is a good girl, devoted daughter and sister, who believes her family was killed in the incendiary bombing of their neighbourhood of Asakusa in Tokyo. Her brother Hiroshi, badly scarred by fire, is likewise convinced his sister died. Her boyfriend Osamu dreamt of becoming the Japanese Tolstoy or Oriental Zola, but was forced to go and fight in New Guinea and was presumed dead. Finally, American bomber pilot turned photographer, Hal Lynch, is wracked with guilt at the part he played in the war.
In the rubble, despair and confusion that is defeated Japan, it all becomes a story of survival. The author does not spare us the details of ruins, famine, smallpox, the taking of Philopon (the so-called 'courage pills', formerly used by kamikaze pilots, now used to make up for lack of food and hope). Hiroshima is described as a pulverised wasteland, a vast expanse of reddish-brown dust. One little girl survives the atomic bomb and comes all the way to Tokyo by herself, joining Hiroshi's little band of children.
Satsuko is forced into prostitution 'for the sake of her country' at the so-called comfort stations provided for the American occupying forces. Hiroshi heads a gang of street children and goes underground, living off petty theft and hustling. Osamu tries to recreate his dream of a writer's life, even though at present he is pandering to the public's need for comfort, titillation and pornography. Finally, Hal Lynch uncovers information about the long-term consequences of radiation sickness in Hiroshima, things which are covered up by the American military and politicians.
Two thirds of the way through the book, Hal and Satsuko finally meet – you just knew it was going to be a love story, at least partially. Brother and sister also finally reunite, but there is no traditional happy ending. There are hints of the Cold War already starting.
There is much to like in this book: it is well researched, atmospheric, and very ambitious. Perhaps it tries to pack too much in (a common enough failing in a debut novel). It seeks to provide a fresco of a whole country through the fate of these four people – and for the most part, it succeeds, although not always in a very smooth and uplifting way. There are several excellent passages and scenes, which just about manage to steer clear of sentimentality. One of my favourites is the scene of carol singing with a group of elegant old ladies in kimonos – Japanese Christians who are now for the first time allowed to celebrate Christmas.
And then this bold young man and these delightful, wrinkled women whose country I'd helped raze to the ground, well, we all stood there outside of a ruined train station as flakes of DDT floated down from the sky like snow, and then, God help me, we began to sing 'Silent Night.'
The book provides an interesting alternative view of Japan after the war, something that has not been as widely portrayed in literature as post-war Germany, for instance.
In memory of my long-defunct BA thesis on reflections of the war in Japanese literature, here are some Japanese modern classics on the same topic. (I've followed the Japanese convention of surnames first, followed by first names for the authors)
Dazai Osamu: Setting Sun
One of my favourite Japanese writers – or writers of any culture, full stop. The story has a similar premise to Fire Flowers: it's the story of a small, formerly aristocratic family – sister, brother who has been away fighting in the Pacific, and their mother. They are forced to move to the countryside, work the fields, figure out a new place for themselves in a society they no longer understand or want. It is such a subtle and painful reading experience, so rich in symbolism and steeped in uncertainty and regret. What Ben Byrne spells out loud and clear, this book implies, alludes to, conceals. Fire is a powerful image in this book as well, but it's not just destructive – it has a multitude of meanings.
Ooka Shohei: Fires on the Plain
This book reminded me of The Heart of Darkness. It is less about life in Japan and more about the life of a Japanese soldier who deserts the military and attempts to survive in the jungle in the Philippines. It's a powerful indictment of the idiocy and pointlessness of war.
Noma Hiroshi: Zone of Emptiness
Another story told from the point of view of a sensitive young soldier caught up in Japan's relentless war machine. Soda is a slightly naive and idealistic soldier who is trying to rehabilitate his friend Kitani's name. Kitani has spent two years in a military prison for a petty theft which he did not commit. The book is a wholesale denunciation of the brutality, corruption and narrow-mindedness of the military regime in Japan at the time, but it also raises important questions about what in the Japanese psyche is so attracted to this ideology of strength through cruelty.
Masuji Ibuse: Black Rain
This depiction of immediate and long-term consequences of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima made a profound impression on me, especially since I read this around the time I visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. The novel was written in the mid-60s, quite some time after the bombing, and focuses once again on a family and their attempts to marry off a daughter that no one seems to want, because they believe she suffers from radiation sickness and is infertile. The way the author blends in the personal with the general (based on eyewitness accounts and surviving diaries) is exemplary – and heartrending.
Takeyama Michio: The Burmese Harp
I'll end with a slightly less gruelling read, as its intended audience is children or YA. Told once again from the point of view of a Japanese soldier who gradually realises he is fighting a stupid, cruel war, this time in Burma. Ironically, knowing that history has not been kind since to Burma, the author describes the beautiful serenity and spirituality of Burma and its people, the peacefulness and love of music, which contrasts sharply with aggression and obstinacy of the Japanese occupiers. The story is ironic too, since it takes place at the end of the war, when Japan has officially surrendered, but isolated troops of Japanese soldiers, stranded in different Asian locations, refuse to follow suit. The book has been adapted (twice) by film director Ichikawa Kon, although with some noteable differences.
Posted on April 29, 2015 April 29, 2015 Categories UncategorizedTags Ben Byrne, Black Rain, Dazai Osamu, Fire Flowers, Fires on the Plain, Japan, Japanese literature, Masuji Ibuse, Noma Hiroshi, Ooka Shohei, postwar landscape, Setting Sun, Takeyama Michio, The Burmese Harp, WW2 in Japan, Zone of Emptiness17 Comments on Fire Flowers and the War in Japan


What an awesome book. While listening to this book my library time ran out and had to wait for to become available again, when it did I decided to start at the beginning. WOW, what a book. Over 17k reviews at amazon 15k at goodreads.
I'd read this book over and over again it was that good.


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La República de Lucca, antic Estat del centre d'Itàlia. La República de Lucca s'estenia més enllà de la pròpia ciutat de Lucca per la zona agrària que envoltava a la ciutat, en la part nord-occidental de l'actual Regió de Toscana, en els límits amb l'Emília Romanya i la Ligúria.

Va sorgir a principis del  i va romandre independent fins al 1799 (excepte en breus períodes d'ocupació florentina o pisana al segle XIV). Després es va reconstruir l'Estat novament però depenent de facto d'alguna de les grans potències, primer de la França napoleònica (com a "república germana") i després de l'Àustria dels Habsburg, que van transformar la República en un ducat. No obstant això, la vida del Ducat de Lucca va ser breu, ja que va passar a formar part el 4 d'octubre de 1847 del Gran Ducat de Toscana, (data anterior al moviment d'unificació d'Itàlia).

Història
Existeixen testimoniatges de l'existència a Lucca, d'una comuna lliure, des del 1119. La Divina Comèdia de Dante inclou moltes referències a les grans famílies feudals que hi tenien jurisdiccions amb drets administratius i judicials. Dante va passar part del seu exili a Lucca. Del 1300 al 1371 la família Nuccorini formava part de l'òrgan de govern "Supremo Magistrato dell'Anzianato".

Durant el segle XV la importància d'aquesta república va ser menor que la de les dues grans repúbliques de Florència i Siena. En les primeres dècades d'aquest segle, Lucca va ser dominada per la família Guinigi. El 1408, Lucca va ser la seu de la convocatòria per posar fi al cisma d'Avinyó. Posteriorment - juntament amb Venècia i Gènova -, Lucca va aconseguir mantenir la seva independència, en un primer moment com una democràcia, i després de 1628 com una oligarquia. Fins a la Revolució Francesa del 1789, va tenir pintada la paraula Libertas a la seva bandera.

Vegeu també
 Lucca
 Principat de Lucca i Piombino
 Ducat de Lucca

Referències

Bibliografia
 AA. VV., Repubblica, Principato e Ducato di Lucca, Franco Maria Ricci, Milano 1995.
 Francesco Giovannini, Storia dello Stato di Lucca, Maria Pacini Fazzi, Lucca 2003.
 Raoul Manselli, La Repubblica di Lucca, UTET, Torino 1986.

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HARRISBURG (Nov. 22, 2006) — Harrisburg lawyer Steve Turner has received the 2006 Government Lawyer of the Year Award from the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Government Lawyers' Committee. The award honors a government lawyer who has made a significant singular contribution or has dedicated his or her career to outstanding service to the profession for the benefit of the public or a government entity.
Turner is chief counsel for the Pennsylvania Office of Inspector General. His previous professional experience includes service within the Pennsylvania Crime Commission and Office of General Counsel. He also has more than 10 years of experience in private practice.
Turner has provided pro bono representation for many women and children in protection from abuse (PFA) cases and has coordinated educational sessions between the PBA and the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence to encourage other lawyers to take on similar cases. He is co-founder of the Men Against Domestic Violence program at the YWCA of Greater Harrisburg and teaches municipal police officers about the legal issues surrounding domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse.
Frequently involved in community projects, Turner has volunteered at Penn State Children's Hospital and the Ronald McDonald House, both in Hershey.
Turner is active in PBA committees and received a 2002 PBA Pro Bono Award for his ongoing commitment to public service.


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Lactarius borzianus é um fungo que pertence ao gênero de cogumelos Lactarius na ordem Russulales. Foi descrito cientificamente pela primeira vez em 1900, quando foi batizado de Arcangeliella borziana por Cavara. Em 2004, a micologista Annemieke Verbeken e o cientista Nuytinck deram a espécie seu nome atual, transferindo-a ao gênero Lactarius.

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Inspirational End to AQA Unlocking Potential Rounds Off Fifth Year
Young people, athletes, teachers and AQA volunteers all came together for a fantastic close to the AQA Unlocking Potential 2016 programme in London.
Excitement and pride was high as the 72 students who successfully passed through the transformational programme looked back at the year and were recognised for their commitment, progress and achievements.
Two teenage students braved the audience of around 100 people to share their remarkable and unique journeys while on the programme. Archie, 18 from Bexley Grammar school spoke about how AQA Unlocking Potential and his relationship with GB Taekwondo player and athlete mentor Romaine Bailey helped boost his confidence.
Archie said: "Before AQA Unlocking Potential I used to hide behind others and lacked belief in myself. The programme has given me so much confidence and helped me to come out of my shell."
Josh, 18 also from the school in Bexley shared how the overall experience has helped him to become more focused and determined to make something of himself. Before the programme, Josh describes himself as a naughty kid with no attention span. Thanking his teacher Steph and Romaine for not giving up on him, Josh recalls there was a point he thought he would be expelled.
Josh said: "I used to be a naughty boy but now I'm a senior prefect which I never thought I'd be and other students look up to me as a model student. AQA Unlocking Potential has been the key to the door of my success"
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There was also the return of Class of 2015 Graduate Sophie Godden who found her happiness and confidence restored as a a result of AQA Unlocking Potential and meeting her athlete mentor.
After struggling to come to terms with the death of her mother and 'best friend' Sophie, then 14, found it difficult to open up and communicate with others, finding herself regressing and losing touch with the world around her. From her first mentoring session with Triple jumper Michelle Griffith Robinson, Sophie felt like she had found her 'ray of sunshine' and a strong role model to help her through her dark days.
Sophie received a huge round of applause when she shared how she's since become a peer mentor and now gives back to other young people in her school.
Our Head of Athlete Programmes and retired Commonwealth medallist swimmer Adam Whitehead hosted the event which celebrated the success of the students and the programme. Each student was invited to the stage to collect a certificate and Amazon gift voucher and enjoyed getting to meet the athletes, other students and the rest of the Trust team.
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H is for... How Great Thou Art
"How Great Thou Art" is possibly one of my most favorite hymns of all-time, not just for the lyrics, but for the powerful melody as well.
"How Great Thou Art" is based on a Swedish traditional melody and poem written by Carl Gustav Boberg in Sweden in 1885. It was translated into German and then into Russian and became a hymn. It was translated into English from the Russian by British missionary Stuart K. Hine, who also added two original verses of his own. The composition was set to the Russian melody. It was popularized by George Beverly Shea and Cliff Barrows during the Billy Graham crusades. It was voted the United Kingdom's favourite hymn by BBC's Songs of Praise. "How Great Thou Art" was ranked second (after "Amazing Grace") on a list of the favorite hymns of all time in a survey by Today's Christian magazine in 2001. Notably all English versions (a Johnny Cash live performance excluded) are made in a slow, partly almost reciting way, totally different from the uptempo in the Swedish original.
The inspiration for the poem came when Boberg was walking home from church near Kronobäck, Sweden, and listening to church bells. A sudden awe-inspiring storm gripped Boberg's attention, and then just as suddenly as it had made its violent entrance, it subsided to a peaceful calm which Boberg observed over Mönsterås Bay.
The author, Carl Boberg himself gave the following information about the inspiration behind his poem:
"It was that time of year when everything seemed to be in its richest colouring; the birds were singing in trees and everywhere. It was very warm; a thunderstorm appeared on the horizon and soon thunder and lightning. We had to hurry to shelter. But the storm was soon over and the clear sky appeared.
"When I came home I opened my window toward the sea. There evidently had been a funeral and the bells were playing the tune of 'When eternity's clock calling my saved soul to its Sabbath rest.' That evening, I wrote the song, 'O Store Gud.'"
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Don't leave 9th NASS leadership to chance, ex lawmakers tell APC
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NEWS DIGEST–A forum of former members of House of Representatives under the All Progressives Congress says the party leadership cannot afford to leave to chance leadership positions in the 9th National Assembly.
The forum stated this on Friday in Abuja at a news conference, adding that leaving such to chance could bring a repeat of what happened in the 8th National Assembly in 2015.
Mr. Idris Yakubu, who spoke on behalf of the forum, recalled that in 2015, the APC made the mistake of not giving enough attention to the election of the leadership of the National Assembly, saying that the party paid dearly for that.
This, he said, is especially so because the party had to constantly battle with "a hostile legislature" since its leaders were not products of its internal democratic arrangement.
Yakubu stressed that the APC as the ruling party with the majority cannot afford to make such mistake again.
"It is our strong view that the party must step forward to provide political direction to the elected members at the National Assembly by zoning all leadership positions to specific areas and where possible states.
"This we believe will douse the unnecessary tension being generated in the bid by individual members from the different geopolitical divides of the country to aspire to those positions," he said.
He added that such step would avoid further digging of trenches which the party could not afford to allow at this stage.
Yakubu further added that it is high time the party take a decision on this to make its stand known to the elected lawmakers on time.
This, he said, is critical to prevent a repeat of the 2015 scenario where it was unable to stop vested interests which have gone far in their campaigns by the time the party decided to step in.
He noted that if the varied interests are not streamlined on time and individuals are allowed to take hard line positions, it would be difficult to make them reverse their stance without causing further frictions.
He added that the forum is however, ready to support the party in ways that could be considered fair and just by all within its fold.
"As a way of guiding the party to toe the line of equity and fairness, we suggest that consideration be given to cognate experience, party loyalty and acceptability among colleagues.
"But most importantly, consideration should be given to zones where the party performed well and where it is strategically important for the growth of the party.
"In taking a decision, the party must also take note that the North-West and the South-West already have the President and the Vice President respectively," he said.
Yakubu said there is need to give the other zones sense of belonging to deepen the faith and commitment of members of the zones to the party.
He added that following the party's decision to zone the President of the Senate to the North-East, the party should go the whole hog by doing same in respect of other leadership positions in the National Assembly.
"Our considered opinion is that the Deputy Senate President be zoned to the South-East, South-South, the Speaker to the North Central and the Deputy speakership to the South-South, South-West," he said.
He added that members elect must be ready to see the intervention of the party as necessary, whether it agrees with their aspirations or not because the party is supreme.
Yakubu further added that major stakeholders in the party should also be prepared to guide their people on the principle of party supremacy and internal party democracy.
"That way the APC will succeed in laying the foundation for a better Nigeria through the instrument of a well structured party that has the interest of its people at heart," he said.
He congratulated the APC for winning the presidential election and majority seats at the National Assembly at the just concluded general election.
He said for a party that is barely five years, its electoral victory showed that it has managed its success well and that its leaders and elected representatives have further endeared themselves to the Nigerian masses.
He added that by voting for candidates of the APC, Nigerians have sent a strong word that they wanted the party to continue to deliver the dividends of democracy to them.
He, however, added that as the APC tries to consolidate on its recent successes, the party must not lose focus.
He maintained that the party's leadership most do all it could to stay on track by putting in place a structure that would support its programmes for improving on the lot of the people.
This, he said, is especially because the eyes of the public and the international community is on Nigeria and the party to see if it can translate its electoral victory into something tangible for the entire nation.
He added that the world is watching if the party would be able to put its acts together to create the enabling environment.
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2012 YEAR END REPORT
4 Contracts Signed 12/24/2012-12/30/2012
Four contracts were signed last week, bringing the total for 2012 to 807 contracts at $4 million and above, representing $6.6 billion in sales. It was the strongest year in the luxury market, with 7% more contracts signed than the 2007 peak and a 20% increase over 2011.
Streeteasy.com is reporting that to date 721 recorded sales have closed at $4 million and above. That number represents 427 condos, 228 co-ops, and 66 townhouses. Also, according to Streeteasy.com, there were 129 sales that closed at $10 million and above, while 4 closed north of $50 million. This included the all-time record holder: The penthouse at 15 Central Park West, an $88 million condo that went to contract in 2011 but closed in February. The No.2 spot was the 30th and 31st floor condo at 50 Central Park South, which closed for $70 million in June.
As for the last week of 2012, the No.1 contract was Apartment 8W at 135 East 79 th Street, asking $10,195,000. This 4-bedroom, 3.5-bath is a new condo that started on the market in September, and by November, the developer raised the asking price by $645,000. The unit has 3,287 square feet with a study, a 31-foot living room, and a large eat-in kitchen by Christopher Peacock loaded with high end appliances.
Contracts Signed as Reported by Olshan Realty
January 1- December 30, 2012 on Asking Prices $4 million and Above
# of Sales
Avg. Price/Sq.ft
Avg. Size
Condo Sales
$2,476/sq.ft.
Co-op Sales
Condop Sales
3,497 sq,ft
Townhouse Sales
Total Volume of 2012 Contracts Signed at $4 million and above: $6,629,532,414
Average Price of All Properties: $8,034,877
Median: $6,254,490
Average discount before property went into contract: 6%
Average Days on Market Before Contract Was Signed: 248
Recorded Closed Sales as Reported by Streeteasy.com
January 1-December 30, 2012: $4 million and Above
January 1-December 30, 2012: $10 million and Above
Avg. Price: $2,295 sq.ft.
Avg. Size : 2,966 sq.ft.
Avg. Price: $1,750/sq.ft.
Avg. Size: 3,200 sq.ft.
Total Weekly Asking Price Sales Volume: $26,020,000
Average Discount from Original Ask to Last Asking Price: 0%
4 Closed Sales in 2012 North of $50 million:
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by Joe Mandese @mp_joemandese, April 14, 2022
It's one of the most fundamental principles of computer programming and data science, but based on some descriptions for the "test and learn" marketplace onboarding multiple, "alternative" currencies that advertising deals will be based on in the 2022-23 upfront marketplace, I think it is probably a good principle to keep …
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Ed Papazian from Media Dynamics Inc, April 14, 2022 at 2:50 p.m.
Interesting perspective, Joe. As you know I came from the era when the major ad agencies were right on top of methodological questions and were pushing ,first for viewing not set usage data and later for demos and product usage information for national TV shows. In fact, I was one of the pioneers in that movement along with some fine colleagues. All of us were primarily "we" oriented, meaning that we wanted the best measures for our industry, not just one agency trying to look good at the expsnse of its rivals.
While we made lots of progress on the magazine, radio and local TV fronts, we were stymied when it came to network TV buys as the buyers and sellers rejected virtually all efforts to employ more brand-relevant metrics and as the upfront process became entrenched, the buyers more or less went their separate way, agreeing with the sellers on a single, broad based "demo" as the currency for each upfront corporate negotiation. So that's where adults 18-49 and women 25-54 came from with many clients thinking that the use of such "curriencies" was a big improvement over household ratings---which it was---but why stop there?Yet this is exactly what happened and even now, in 2022, we are still using the same currencies as if they meant something.
To be fair to the "demand side" we should note that it's thinking is focused primarily on how the ad dollars are split between various sellers---and at what CPM--- not whether the audience surveys are right or wrong. In other words, even if we don't really know who is watching, so long as the research we use isn't greatly misleading us as regards share of audience, then we are making valid buys. If and when it can be demonstrated that national TV's rating currency is greatly distorted regarding how the aidience pie ---whatever it may be ---is split up differently than we have been led to believe, that's quite a different matter.
So far, none of the various competitors to Nielsen's national TV rating service over the years ----Arbitron, Burke, Audits & Surveys, R.D. Percy, AGB, SMART, etc.--- have been able to show that its share of auidience split is far off the mark. In fact, none of them even tried to make this critical point---so they all failed to win support.
John Grono from GAP Research, April 14, 2022 at 6:48 p.m.
Bravo Joe, and plus one Ed.
I've worked on multiple JICs in AU and I agree that "we" is the stongest requirement and most needed component.
I've had to push the media owners to invest in new methodologies, new data sources, new technology etc. (which all comes at a cost) because if they don't the media agencies would probably drop the research expensecompletely.
I've also had to reel in the media agencies/marketers expectations to be more realistic about ther outcomes they want .. unless they want to pay a ship-load of money towards the research via the advertising rates.
It feels like we're heading to a "tell me the answer you want, and I can get the research to show that". (Yes, that was the first research thing I learned at university on how you could produce a pre-ordained answer. We had to statistically prove that every husband is, or has been, a wife basher - which clearly is not true - but yes we could get a 100% wife-basher resukt by the way we wrote the questionnaire.).
We call that the Hot Chocolate approach when there is no currency ... Every One's A Winner, Baby ... but unfortunately it's not the truth.
Jack Wakshlag from Media Strategy, Research & Analytics, April 15, 2022 at 12:49 p.m.
Once again, Joe has the best 20-20 vision and insight. I was wondering when someone was going to remember when the presence of even two measurement companies drove Poltrack to observe that "one of them is right, or the other one is right, but they can't both be right!" It will indeed be an interesting time.
Jack, the only real comparisone between rival TV rating services occured at the local market level between Arbitron and Nielsen. Here we had very small samples and a mixture of methodologies---diaries only in most markets plus meters and diaries in some of the larger cities. While individual stations lived or died based on misicule rating differences between the two services, most of these---especially for independent stations---- were noted in markets where one service used meters plus diaries---the latter for viewer-per-set projections---- while the other used diaries entirely. So they weren't employing the same methodology and that plus the small sample sizes explained the differences.
However, in most cases where both services measured audiences in an identical manner the results were very similar---a few exceptions notwithstanding. So Dave was right---- under comparable circumstances they were both "right". Which is why one of them eventually lost out. There was no need for two services supplying essentially the same information. If they had produced really significant differences---that would have been a different matter---but it never got to that point.
Jack Wakshlag from Media Strategy, Research & Analytics replied, April 15, 2022 at 2:37 p.m.
Having been on the sales side, the differences even where methods were quite similar, would be troublesome enough to be vexing. Plus, agencies and advertisers declared themselves to be Arbitron or Nielsen "shops" so sellers had to keep two sets of books. It was hard enough when two suppliers had similar but not the same numbers. This time it's going to be more challenging. Way more.
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Joe Mandese is the Editor in Chief of MediaPost. You can reach Joe at joe@mediapost.com.


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List Rules Only movies that would work as musicals.
A list of movies that should be adapted for the Broadway stage. Each year, at least one or two popular Broadway shows are turned into films. 2012 alone saw the release of a film based on the stage show "Rock of Ages," along with plans to turn the "Wizard of Oz" prequel "Wicked" into a movie. But another trend has been also been kickstarted - adapting popular films into Broadway shows. Disney has been doing this for years with the successful runs of "The Lion King" and "Beauty and the Beast" on stage, and other recent Broadway hits such as "The Producers," "Spamalot" (adapted from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"), "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" and "Shrek" have bolstered the idea that audiences want to see popular characters from other media turned into stage spectacles. ("The Producers" was even turned BACK into a new film after having tremendous success as a play.)
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