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Сен-Марте́н-де-Беза́с () — колишній муніципалітет у Франції, у регіоні Нормандія, департамент Кальвадос. Населення —  осіб (2011).

Муніципалітет був розташований на відстані близько 240 км на захід від Парижа, 40 км на південний захід від Кана.

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До 2015 року муніципалітет перебував у складі регіону Нижня Нормандія. Від 1 січня 2016 року належав до нового об'єднаного регіону Нормандія.

1 січня 2016 року Сен-Мартен-де-Безас, Больє, Ле-Бені-Бокаж, Бюр-ле-Мон, Кампо, Карвіль, Етуві, Ла-Ферр'єр-Аран, Ла-Граврі, Маллуе, Монтамі, Мон-Бертран, Моншове, Ле-Рекюле, Сен-Дені-Мезонсель, Сент-Марі-Ломон, Сен-Мартен-Дон, Сент-Уан-де-Безас, Сен-П'єрр-Тарантен i Ле-Турнер було об'єднано в новий муніципалітет Сулевр-ан-Бокаж.

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Розподіл населення за віком та статтю (2006):

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У 2010 році в муніципалітеті числилось 493 оподатковані домогосподарства, у яких проживали 1089,0 особи, медіана доходів виносила  євро на одного особоспоживача

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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - Oct. 12, 2005) - Automodular Corporation (TSX:AM)("Automodular") reports that it has received a new contract to sub-assemble and sequence automotive modules for a North American Original Equipment Manufacturer ("OEM") commencing October, 2006. The contract will fill the remaining space in Automodular's new plant currently under construction in Oakville, Ontario, and will add approximately 80 new jobs to the plant which, in total, is expected to employ more than 400 personnel.
As part of its agreement with the OEM, Automodular has agreed to keep confidential the name and location of the OEM or the particulars of the work involved until such time as the OEM has announced the related program.
Separately, Automodular reports that Daniel Flood has resigned as a director of the Corporation effective October 1, 2005. The founder and former president of Tec-Mar Distribution Services, Inc., Mr. Flood joined the board in January 2003.


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NGC 5429 је двојна звезда у сазвежђу Девица која се налази на NGC листи објеката дубоког неба.

Деклинација објекта је - 6° 2' 16" а ректасцензија 14-{h}- 3-{m}- 33,3-{s}-. Привидна величина (магнитуда) објекта -{NGC}- 5429 износи 11,4.

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Revised New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue, Wolfgang Steinicke, 2012. Доступно у овом фајлу са објашњењем на овој страници
SIMBAD база података, Стразбуршки центар астрономских података (CDS), Стразбур

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Интерактивни каталог NGC, IC и Месјеових објеката
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SpaceX resupply launch delayed by malfunction on space station
by admin	| Posted on April 30, 2019 June 2, 2019
A portion of a solar array wing on the International Space Station is visible in this image. Credit: NASA
A SpaceX Dragon supply ship packed with nearly three tons of experiments, crew provisions and supplies will remain on the ground until at least Friday morning to allow more time for NASA flight controllers to troubleshoot a problem with an electrical distribution unit on the International Space Station.
Multiple sources said the commercial resupply launch, previously scheduled for Wednesday, will be pushed back at least two days to no earlier than Friday at 3:11 a.m. EDT (0711 GMT).
The delay will allow time for NASA flight controllers at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to continue troubleshooting an issue with a distribution box in the space station's electrical power system. Engineers detected an issue with the Main Bus Switching Unit on Monday morning, and ground teams may elect to replace the component later this week, ahead of the SpaceX cargo launch.
The unit is one of several that routes power from the space station's U.S. solar arrays to the research outpost's electrical channels. The suspect unit distributes power to two of the eight electrical channels on the station, including a power supply for the space station's robotic arm, which the station astronauts will use to capture the Dragon cargo craft as it approaches the complex.
While the robotic arm remains powered through a separate channel, NASA flight rules require redundant power supplies for the arm during critical operations, such as the grapple of a free-flying spacecraft.
Ground teams have replaced a failed Main Bus Switching Unit using the station's robotic arm before. The capability to robotically replace the power distribution box means astronauts may not have to conduct a spacewalk for the task.
The electrical system glitch does not pose any immediate concern to the station or its six-person crew, NASA said.
NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 (OCO-3) and the U.S. military's Space Test Program-Houston 6 (STP-H6) payloads are in view installed in the trunk of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft inside the SpaceX facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 23, 2019. Credit: NASA
"Monday morning, teams identified an issue with the International Space Station's electrical power system and are working to identify the root cause and restore full power to the system," the space agency said in an updated posted on its website.
In the update posted Monday afternoon, officials said engineers were examining an unspecified issue with a Main Bus Switching Unit.
"Flight controllers have been working to route power through the remaining six power channels," NASA said. "Electrical power generated by the station's solar arrays is fed to all station systems through these power channels."
NASA said Monday afternoon that managers were discussing how the power system problem might impact plans for the SpaceX resupply launch.
If the Dragon spacecraft had launched Wednesday, it was due to arrive at the station early Saturday. Assuming a launch from Cape Canaveral on Friday morning, the Dragon cargo freighter is scheduled to reach the complex early Sunday.
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This plenary reviews the CLIL approach and considers ten characteristics of it and how they can be applied.
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) describes an approach to teaching non-linguistic subjects, like Physics or History, through an additional language. Since the term was coined in the mid-1990s, it has been gaining popularity, mainly in Europe but also elsewhere. Thus, it is time to review CLIL and see what it has to offer.
First of all, although the term suggests there are two entities to be combined, this dichotomy of content and language has never in fact existed. There is no content without the language and no language without the content. Does this mean subject teachers should be allowed to teach through the language that is not native neither to them nor to their students? What are their credentials? And how is CLIL different from other forms of merging subjects with languages, such as English Medium Instruction?
Once these issues have been addressed, I look at ten characteristics of CLIL, arguing they should be adopted to any other situation where content and language are integrated, be it at primary, secondary or tertiary education level. The most important notion would be that every CLIL lesson should adequately 'tune in' the procedure through which the relevant content is offered to students. Ignoring it would mean the whole CLIL structure is lacking an indispensable element which, like a bridge, joins the language and the non-linguistic content.
Finally, you might be asking yourself: What is there for me, an EFL/ESL teacher? Why and how can I bring the real school curriculum to my classroom? Am I qualified to teach about gases, volcanoes or chemical bonds? With these questions in mind, come to my talk and I will try to convince you CLIL is here to stay and both you and your students can benefit from getting involved.
A well-organized, insightful talk which from minute 26 to the end dealt with aspects of food, clothing and waste as GLOBAL ISSUES to illustrate what teachers could be doing, part of what can be called a 'critical CLIL' Aleksandra is a trained & experienced geography teacher and this also was well reflected across her talk. She ended with an audience-presenter recitation of Alan Maley's prolog poem 'Teacher' from his 2017 book edited with Nik Peachey, p. i (http://goo.gl/CfgqzH). Excellent talk and very relevant to the concerns of GISIG and aspects of social justice pedagogy.


Trying to match limited global resources against an ever increasing world population appears to be the crux of the matter. The spill out from this seemingly intractable problem has been the world wide rural urban drift that has invariably led to overcrowded and heavily populated cities with basic infrastructures and other social amenities being stretched almost to breaking point. Rising un-employment, high cost of living, high crime rate and the ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor are also spill-outs from the complex problem earlier mentioned. The disenchantment and disillusionment arising from the foregoing stressful conditions (especially among the poor) has been on the increase over the years (Brown, 1980).
Reliable scientific research efforts on stress and other related issues started to emerge around the middle of the 20th century (Luthan, 1989). The earliest scientists to conduct extensive research into the physiological, psychological (Luthan, 1989). The general adaptation syndrome (GAS) model development by Hans selys many years ago is still very relevant to present day research efforts on stress (narayanan et al, 1999).
Here in Nigeria, quite a number of empirical research studies and clinical experiments have been carried out on the incidence of stress at different levels and under different circumstances (Oloko 1977) Ovurie 1979; Obugbile 1982, Ebie 1983 and Akinnusi 1993. these studies have shown consistent high level of stress among Nigieran workers. Such stress in conjunction with other socio-political and economic factors has contributed to the declining performance and productivity of the Nigerian factors responsible for such stress were properly identified and evaluated. Attempting to address some of the basic issues relating to stress as it affects employees productivity in the service industry is my concern in this project.
According to Sely (1976) it is widely accepted that the development of stress reaction or symptoms is a functions of factors operating in the internal environment. The nature of the interaction between these variables will determine the prevalence, cause and consequences of stress relation.
There is stress associated with individual, group, organization and extra-organisational actors. On the individual factors, stress can be associated with personal characteristics and life career stages. On the group factors, these include lack of group cohesiveness, lack of social support, inter-personal and inter-group conflict. Thus the effectiveness of employees in any service industry is influenced by the nature of relations among groups. The organizational factor related to conflicting policies, ill-defined responsibilities and authorities, poor While the extra-organisational factors are associated with societal and technological changes, family situations, poor residential conditions etc. stress may have be neticial as well as adverse effects in the long run. The organism in individuals grows in adaptive capacity through its encounter with stress and faced with blend safe environment. Thus, we can see in every phase of the development of life, from infancy through adolescence, from the struggle to learn to work to earn one's living, we can attest to the fact that stress is involved in the development of all personal growth. Therefore, since stress has so much on the past of human life, we need to be able to adapt to it if we are to continue to function.
However, despite the draw back of stress, it is not altogether bad for individual employees or their overall organizational performance. Infact, it is generally recognized that at least low level of stress can enhance job performance. This low level of stress required is referred to as "eu-stress" (a Greek word meaning good) Selye (1976). There is therefore the need to understand the term "stress" through the knowledge of the subjects and the practical application of appropriate strategies as to how to either cope without manage stress. This forms the basis for this current study, as it will give the research the opportunity of sampling opinion of different personalities working with Shukura Hotel, Sokoto.
Stress as a concept has attracted a lot of attraction frommany diverse disciplines such as psychiatry, clinical and social psychology, sociology, organizational behaviours, cultural anthropology,medicine et cetera. This is not surprising because the causes and consequences of stress are multi-faceted and wide-ranging.
In the developing countries, the incidence of stress at homes, in the society and amongst employees of any service industry is also alarming owing to harsh economic realities, poor social relations, institutional delays and breakdowns, general pervasive feelings of precariousness of life. People encounter stress in their day to day activities, this study will focus on the effect of stress on employees' productivity in Shukura Hotel, Sokoto with a view to assessing the factor that contributes to stress in various employees.
These problems as mentioned above poses a three to the productivity of employees in service, industry because the work of one employee's work depends on the other since the execution of a task to achieve customers' satisfaction follow a hierarchy in terms of execution. Basically, these problems necessitate the need for assessing the effect of stress on employees productivity using Shukura Hotel, Sokoto as a case study with a view to identifying the factors that contribute to stress in the employees, and proffer possible ways to solving some of these problems.
In whatsoever situation, however capacity to withstand stress is a function of the individual, the situation and the social context. This form the basis of this current study.
1. to identify the causes of stress and human reaction to it.
2. to analyse the difference between functional and dystunctional stress among the employees.
3. to determine how stress on the job influences the behaviour of employees.
4. to identify factors that contribute to most employees stress and how the factors affect their family life as well as place of work.
5. to identify ways of preventing harmful stress among the employees as well as to highlight specific strategies of coping with or managing stress.
6. to also try to identify the overall effects of stress on employees productivity and how it affects the organization.
In view of the research problem this study intends to address, the following research hypothesis shall be proffered in order to provide direction in the course of data analysis, and to enable the researcher arrive at fundings and draw conclusions from them. The following are some basic hypothesis to be considered in the course of this research work.
1. Ho: that quantitiative and qualitiative overload do not contribute to stress.
Hi: that quantitative and qualitiative over load contribute to stress.
2. Ho: that level of job satisfaction and participation does not affect the intensity of stress among employees.
Hi : that level of job satisfaction and participation affects the intensity of stress among employees.
It has been observed that there is a shortage or inadequacy of literature relevant, specifically, to stress management in Nigeria business organizations. Therefore believe that this research report will be relevant to existing literature in such area.
Furthermore, it is also expected that the research report will be significant to the management and employees of Shukura Hotel, Sokoto and similar organization as a working material relevant to decisions on stress management and control. Arguments presented and analysis made will surely province useful aids to decisions-making on stress management in most service industries especially the hotels. Moreover, the above is the expectation that the research will be significant in sensitizing hotel executives on the importance of ensuring an efficient stress management strategy.
Conclusively, the significance of this research work in line with fulfilling an academic requirement, which is a pre-requisite for the award of a post graduate diploma (PGD) in management science cannot be overemphasized.
This research work is mainly concerned with the effect of stress on employees productivity in the service industry, laying more emphasis on a hotel setting like Shukura Hotel, Sokoto.
In this case, the researcher only based the research work on the scanty data which were supplied to him by the management of Shukura Hotel, Sokoto. Due to fear of competing firms and relinquishing vital data which could be within reach of their competitors.
The researcher was unable to lay hands on some recent publications on stress due to logistics and financial constraints. It has not been easy to always travel. These limitations were however minimized through the support of an insider.
Finally, efforts were made to reduce the effect of these limitations through quality and ardent supervision at various stages of this research work.
Sokoto town emerged from the reign of caliphate Mohammed Bell oater the jihad of Shehu Othman Danfodiyo in the year 1809. early settlers were attracted to the city because of economic prospects and security the town could offer.
Mohammed Bello's dynamic policies led sokoto to play a mjor role as an administrative cosmopolitian, commercial and religious learning centre. The movement of Shehu Othman Danfodiyo to Sokoto state in the year 1805 brought about the rapid growth of the town in population, commerce, religion and administration. The headquarters of the sokoto caliphate has today grown from being a provincial headquaters to a state headquarters of the North-western states, and now the headquarters of Sokoto state. There is now a federal University, University Teaching Hospital and an airport, among many modern facilities.
Shukura hotel, sokoto built by the sokoto state government is as a result of sudden upsurge of travelers to sokoto state and its environs during the political days of the second republic. Then, there was an excessive demand in hotel accommodation and the government of the day therefore considered it appropriate to build a modern hotel in the state capital to complement the existing servies in it already with the latest Japanese technology, in corporate the most modern facilities a five star hotel can provide anywhere in the world. The hotel has sixty (60) double rooms, and three (3) executive suites tastefully furnished and warmly decorated to give customers good comfort, the real home away from home".
Situated on Gusau road, it is within the proximity of the states banking institutions, airline booking offices and shopping centres. The hotel has a wide-spaced reception lobby for various kinds of information, and gift shop packed with exotic and assorted gifts.
MANAGEMENT: Shukura hotel, sokoto was eventually handed over to Arewa Hotels development limited, the leading hotel operators in the country for management in the early part of 1986. trial run period of the hotel commenced on the 7th June, 1986.
ROOMS: All the sixty (60) rooms are amply-sized and luxuriously furnished. Each of the rooms has a twin-bed, a private bath, individually controlled air-conditioner, and upholstered items. There is video system that provides four alternative channels for guests comfort. This is in addition to the telephone services, radio in-house light music for customer listening pleasure. The hotel offers high class services from well trained management and service staff.
The restaurant serves guests both Nigerian and International cuisines with very good varieties of a la carte menu.
BAR: Shukura cossy bar is designed specially to satisfy a high class service. The bar is to ensure that residential and non-residtinal guests enjoy a variety of cocktails and other chilled assorted drinks. Non-resident guests can also make use of the bar only when they are registered as members, charged a token fee and would be expected to operate within the rules and regulations of the club.
CONFERENCES: There is a high-class banquet hall which caters for all sorts of social functions, from launching of new products, conference, seminars, receiptions cocktail parties, etc with a standing and sitting capacity of over two hundred (200) guests. It is very much an ideal place for all kinds of banqueting functions. Secretarial services can also be provided for conference delegates and resident guests. There is also a parking space of over a hunded (100) cars within the hotel premises.
There are several places of interest in sokoto state among which are tomb of Shehu Othman Danfodiyo, the Sultan's palace, the leather tannery work, the sokoto cement factory etc.
1. STRESS: Stress can be defined as the "rate of all wear and caused by life" (selye, 1982).
2. EMPLOYEE: This is an individual whose serives are headed or are headed or are essential for the attainment of organizational goals and objectives. He/she puts both mental and physical efforts in order to achieve the set goals and or objectives of an organization.
3. PRODUCTIVITY: This refers to the output –input ratio within a time period with due consideration for quality.
4. SERVICE: This is defined as any effort geared towards creating a certain level of satisfaction to customers. Service come in different forms. They could either be in an abstract form e.g. Smila, or phsycial through after sales service.
5. SERVICE INDUSTRY: This is a combination of firms that engage in the provision of committed services to its clients e.g. a hotel, which is a firm, is one of the firms found among the service industry.


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Methodist Church Nigeria Bishop Appeals for Peaceful Elections
As Nigeria's Abia State prepared for Governorship and House of Assembly elections, the President of Vision Africa World-Wide and 2013 Global Peace Award Winner, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Sunday Ndukwo Onuoha, and the Abia State Commissioner of Police, CP Habila Joshak, appeared on a LIVE radio programme of Vision Africa Radio, 104.1FM Umuahia to make a final appeal for peaceful elections in Abia State.
According to the police, all areas likely to foment trouble during the polls had been identified in Abia State and the police are not leaving any stone unturned to ensure that such flash-points are effectively monitored and diffused.
In his contribution, Bishop Sunday Onuoha appealed to Abians on the need to be orderly and peaceful during the voting since violence is no alternative to peace. Bishop Onuoha appealed to the electorate to conduct themselves responsibly as they vote for candidates of their choice.
(submitted by 104.1 FM Vision Africa)
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I have watched Hood play a few times since my last post. I love what this kid brings to the table. He is a long, 6'8, has a nice mid range jumper, and can drive to the basket. His length will most definitely bother the opposition.
Yes, Ennis's half court shot to beat Pittsburgh was impressive. Also, lucky. I have moved Ennis up in the rankings due to the chance the Celtics could deal Rondo in the off-season. None of Ennis's stats will pop off the score book at you, but he is a solid young point guard who I could envision the Celtics building around.
I am praying Anderson slips to the Celtics for their second pick of the draft. I thought Rodney Hood has length. Anderson is much longer. He also can handle the ball like a point guard. He is averaging 14, 9, and 7. Those numbers are off the charts. He is a do it all swing man the Celtics need to put aside Rondo and Sullinger. I'd much rather have Kyle Anderson than Jeff Green in a rebuild.
Hairston is lighting up the D-League to the tune of 35 points a night. This opens up the question: Could the Florida Gators, Kansas Jayhawks, or Duke Blue Devils beat a D-League team?
No one has O' Bryant as high in a mock draft as I do. Some may even have him undrafted. I love he was able to go for 20 and 12 against the bigs of Kentucky. He is a solid big body. Serviceable big men do not grow on trees in the NBA.


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Recall our recent post, Why a Saviour Had to Suffer and Die? Martyrdom Beliefs in Pre-Christian Times. I have just come across a similar list making the same point: the blood of Jewish martyrs was believed to purify and cleanse the nation; the martyrs' blood led to God's forgiveness of the sins of the nation and the salvation of all.
Third, the martyrs suffered and died because of the nation's sin (2 Macc 7:18, 32; 12:39–42; 4 Macc 4:21; 17:21–22), just as the high priest offered the animal's blood for sin on Yom Kippur (Lev 1:1–7:6; 8:18–21; 16:3–24).
Fourth, the martyrs' blood was the required price for the nation's national purification, forgiveness, and salvation (2 Macc 7:32–38; 4 Macc 6:28–29; 7:8; 17:21–22), just as the animals' blood was the required price for Israel's forgiveness on Yom Kippur (Lev 16:30).
Fifth, the martyrs' deaths provided purification and cleansing for the nation (4 Macc 6:28–29; 17:22), just as the animals' blood provided purification and cleansing for Israel on Yom Kippur (Lev 16:16, 30).
Sixth, the martyrs' deaths ended God's wrath against the nation (1 Macc 1:1–64; 2 Macc 7:32–38; 8:5; 4 Macc 17:21–22), just as the animals' blood when appropriately offered at Yom Kippur placated God's wrath against the nation (Lev 9:1–16:30).
Seventh, the martyrs died as representatives of and vicariously for the nation (2 Macc 7:18, 32; 4 Macc 4:21; 17:21–22), just as the animals were representatives of and were substitutes for the sins of the nation on Yom Kippur (Lev 16:1–30).
Eighth, God judged sin and granted forgiveness through the martyrs' deaths in the narratives (2 Macc 6:12–7:38; 4 Macc 17:21–22), just as YHWH judged sin and granted forgiveness through the animals' deaths on Yom Kippur (Lev 16:1–30).
Wiley, Henrietta L.. Sacrifice, Cult, and Atonement in Early Judaism and Christianity: Constituents and Critique (Resources for Biblical Study Book 85) (Page 263). SBL Press. Kindle Edition.
It would seem to be the most natural thing in the world for the Judeans who could interpret their martyrs deaths in such a way to imagine a similar fate, at least equally beneficial, for a messiah. This, especially if any thought of earthly military victory was utterly out of the question.
Wiley, Henrietta L., and Christian A. Eberhart. 2017. Sacrifice, Cult, and Atonement in Early Judaism and Christianity: Constituents and Critique. Atlanta, GA: SBL Press.
Posted on 2019-01-15 21:29:25 GMT+0000 by Neil Godfrey.	This entry was posted in Martyrs and martyrdom and tagged Christian Origins, Martyrdom, Messiahs. Bookmark the permalink.
Yahweh has always been a death god.
Why do you say that date is "wishful thinking"?
Have you read scholars' explanations for the supposed dates of 2 Maccabees? It's standard Christian apologetics dating methods: the text is vivid therefore it's based on eyewitness testimony. These details supposedly "evince a knowledge of the age which is hardly likely to have produced by a Jewish writer after the second century BCE," whose "vivid touches … and independent notices which point upon the whole to the information of eyewitness and contemporaries behind some of Jason's narratives" (James Moffatt D.D., The Apocrypha of the Old Testament, Oxford 1913, pg. 128).


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Bruno Latour Mounts a Defense of Science
by Ahmed Kabil - Twitter: @ahmedkabil on June 8th, 02019
Earlier this year, The New York Times published a profile of philosopher Bruno Latour on the occasion of the publication of his new book, Down to Earth. "He spent decades deconstructing the ways that scientists claim their authority," Ava Kofman writes. "Can his ideas help them regain that authority today?"
What journalists, scientists and other experts fail to grasp, Latour argues, is that "facts remain robust only when they are supported by a common culture, by institutions that can be trusted, by a more or less decent public life, by more or less reliable media." With the rise of alternative facts, it has become clear that whether or not a statement is believed depends far less on its veracity than on the conditions of its "construction" — that is, who is making it, to whom it's being addressed and from which institutions it emerges and is made visible. A greater understanding of the circumstances out of which misinformation arises and the communities in which it takes root, Latour contends, will better equip us to combat it.
Via The New York Times.
Craig Venter "Joining 3.5 Billion Years of Microbial Invention"
Stewart Brand
Centre for the Study of Existential Risk needs researchers


I went to a downtown Christmas light display event. Everywhere you will look is gorgeous! I mentioned this in garden party & to random peeps. Spreading the Christmas cheer!! Here are the pictures I took!
These are awesome! So cool!
That is SO AWESOME!!! I always wanted to go to a light show… the one I tried to go to last year was a neighborhood that was KNOWN for its show, but when we got there, NO LIGHTS were on. BIggest fail ever… of course the year I go was the year they were not doing it (due to neighbors complaining).
This is beautiful! My town does a light show on the bluff during the winter months, but it is nowhere near as extravagant as this!


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Lesson learned, right? Maybe, but then again, not. This is, in the end, the other serious problem involving Amazon's control over content over the last 90 days; in April, "a glitch" within the company's salesranking feature led to the inadvertent deranking of countless lgbt books.
I can't mean to point out why these incidents are associated or that they are anything besides what Amazon claims these are: mistakes manufactured by an organization staking out the brave new world of electronic bookselling.
For advocates, it's really a buzzing hive of interactivity where the solitary seeker with a bricksandmortar bookstore is upgraded towards the collective mentality associated with an online "community." Nevertheless this community can't help but operate as outlined by its hierarchy a fact we confront anytime a book is deranked on websites or electronically deleted.
Moreover, the organization has branched out at night traditional role of retailer, producing a part of merchandise, the Kindle, that blurs the lines a little more forward, functioning as both an ebook reader plus a purchase portal for the store. Most of the discuss the digital future has to do with its inevitability, but though that could be true, it overlooks more subtle questions of engagement and control.
For Amazon, books really are a business, along with the more hegemony it exerts over the market, the higher off it really is. For the culture, though, books and data be the collective soul, a memory bank, something larger than mere commerce that must not be merely bought and sold.
For that reason, it isn't really the incidents themselves however their ramifications which might be disturbing, the idea that Amazon can effectively alter the collective memory as you desire.
Here is the trouble with the digitized canon and also the electronic frontier: It's mutable to the point of being vulnerable. We have been inspired to trust one another's goodwill, to imagine inside the commons, even though we realize people and institutions make an effort to rewrite history constantly.
Often there is a justification whether you choose a rights issue (mainly because it was with Orwell) or perhaps a programming error but it feels right the same.
I'm not a Luddite. I own a Kindle (although I still choose to continue reading paper), then when I aquired a music player Touch, I loaded it with books. Like all folks, Now i live on the intersection of technology and language, ideas, "content," that i see as a location of possibility, where we have profound new tools to move the saying forward.
Still, for all those that this excites me, something about its fluidity makes me wary, conscious such possibilities carry risks.


Artwork Review: The Naked Maja by Goya - Fine Art Blog - ArtRev.com - Your Ultimate Fine Art Source.
The identity of the woman who posed for this painting and its companion piece, The Clothed Maja, remains a mystery until today. Romantic gossip claims she was the Duchess of Alba, her features disguised to prevent recognition. Perhaps she was one of the mistresses of Manuel Godoy, Charles IV's prime minister, to whom the paintings belonged—and who would have been powerful enough to defy the Inquisition's ban on female nudes. When Godoy fell from power, Goya was questioned by the authorities but refused to divulge any information about the Majas.
Fluid paint, thinly applied and blended, gives the effect of pearly flesh, the subtlety of its tone enhanced by the contrast between the warm background and the coolness of the lace and satin bedding. Soft light illumines the figure evenly, modelling without strong contrasts of light and shadow its firm volumes and idealized perfection. The pose, which goes back to an ancient prototype, the reclining Maenad, was undoubtedly known to Goya from Titian's interpretation in his Bacchanal, one of the paintings in the royal collection in Madrid. Together with Velázquez's Rokeby Venus, and a very few others, this is one of the rare nudes in Spanish painting.


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Leasing is a great option for customers that are looking for lower payments and the ability to change up their ride from time to time. Leasing is a good arrangement for people who don't want to pay for the entire value of the car, but just the cost of depreciation. Drivers should consider leasing if they drive less than 15,000 miles a year, maintain their vehicles well, and like to have a new set of wheels every few years. The decision to lease or finance depends on many factors, but most customers make the decision based on monthly payments and how long they typically drive their vehicles. In general, customers who lease prefer to drive a new car every two to three years and appreciate making lower monthly payments. For certain business customers there may also be additional tax advantages with leasing. Once the term of your lease is up, usually a few years, you drive down to your Honda dealer, turn it in, and pick up a new Honda car.
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If you're looking to buy, you most likely see the purchase not just as a new set of wheels, but as an investment. When you own, the option to sell is always available to you. And when you own, you don't have to worry about paying costly fines for mileage or accidental damage as part of the lease agreement. In addition, owning your car gives you greater flexibility. If you want to sell it and buy a new car you can do that at any time. With a car lease, terminating a contract early will most likely result in penalty fees. For example, if you are thinking about starting a family or expanding your family in the next few years, it is better to buy a car now and then sell it or trade it in for a minivan if you will end up needing the extra space.
At our Olympia area Honda dealership it is easy to obtain financing whether you're buying or leasing. Our Finance Center has a great staff that will help you set up a comfortable monthly payment plan and answer any questions you may have. In just a few minutes, you can fill out our secure Finance Application online, before you come to our Honda dealership in Grays Harbor, WA. On our website there is a convenient Finance Calculator that will give you an estimation of what you would expect to pay. Our Finance Center will do its best to make sure you get the car that you need at the most comfortable financial arrangement for you.
Please contact Honda of Grays Harbor with any questions you might have about financing your next car. If you are more comfortable talking numbers face to face, we invite you to stop by our Washington Honda dealer. We have a central location right on 1720 Simpson Ave. Our Aberdeen Honda dealer is open Monday through Saturday. We look forward to seeing you soon!


In its meeting of 21 April, the Commission of Fine Arts reviewed and approved the draft master plan for the Nebraska Avenue Complex at 3801 Nebraska Avenue, NW, for the Department of Homeland Security. The Commission supported further development of Alternative B, the project team's preferred alternative, with several recommendations for additional study.
In their discussion, the Commission members emphasized the general campus planning principle that the siting and design of buildings should support the clarity and strength of open spaces; they expressed concern that the design potential of the open spaces on this campus has not been fully realized. They commented that the proposed treatment of courtyards and building placements appears too haphazard, and recommended more careful consideration of the open spaces—particularly the potential to develop a more beautiful organizing spine for the campus. Questioning the sufficiency of the alternatives that were presented, such as the "signature" building proposed in preferred Alternative B, they recommended that additional master plan options be explored to ensure that new structures adjacent to Ward Circle and Glover-Archbold Park conform to the overall logic of the campus planning.
Recognizing the General Services Administration's goal of achieving a sustainable campus, the Commission members recommended that alternative energy sources be considered as an integral part of the master plan's vision for the campus. They also recommended that the experience of approaching and entering the campus be considered carefully for those arriving as pedestrians in addition to those arriving in vehicles.
The Commission looks forward to further review as the draft master plan is developed. As always, the staff is available to assist you with the next submission.


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Our final week of highlighting the Growing Room Festival features a visit from Onjana Yawnghe as they chat with Kevin Spenst and our new co host, Beni Xiao.
Indigenous Brilliance reading series co creator, Jonina Lynn Kirton along with Zofia Musiej joins us to talk about the Growing Room Festival and how the power of poetry helps heal past traumas.
Two poets performing/reading at the Growing Room Festival, Cicely Blain and Chantal Gibson join Kevin Spenst and RC Weslowski to talk about poetry, race, and pushing the boundaries of poetry.
2018 Vancouver Poetry Slam Team Member, Rabbit Richards visits with Kevin Spenst and RC Weslowski to share some poems and promote the Growing Room Festival.
Acclaimed poet and professor, Larissa Lai joins Kevin and RC ahead of their reading at UBC.
RC opens up the CD Tickle Trunk and talks to Vancouver Poetry Slam IWPS representative, Jenifer Williams.
Benjamin Hertwig joins Kevin Spenst and RC Weslowski to read poems details his experience as a veteran in Afghanistan and the impact that experience has had on him.
Our guest today is Laura Farina.
This week, David Ly joins us in studio to read some poems and talk about his new book, Stubble Burn.
Bonnie Nish and Jude Neale join RC Weslowski and Kevin Spenst to talk about the collaboration that created the new book Cantata in Two Voices on Ekstasis Editions.
Poet Aja Moore joins Lucia Misch and RC Weslowski to share some poems and discuss coping with existing in a capitalist society.
RC and Lucia share some work from the CD Tickle Trunk including Al Mader's holiday classic "Let's not bother with Christmas this year."
Elee Kraljii Gardiner joins RC Weslowski to read from her new book Trauma Head and to promote the book launch at Massy Books.
Rhea Tregebov joins Lucia Misch and RC Weslowski to share some new poems.
Acclaimed poet and songwriter, Rodney DeCroo joins Pam Bentley and RC Weslowski to talk about the Al Purdy 100th birthday tribute night and to share some of Purdy's poems. This was also the last show for Pam Bentley as co host.
Lucia Misch and RC Weslowski share some prerecorded poems from around the world including Halifax with former Poet Laureate of that city, El Jones.
Local multi media artist/poet, Siling Zhang joins RC Weslowski and Lucia Misch to share some of their poems and talk about absurdist ways of living in the world.
Pam and RC dig into their bag of spooky poems and pull out some cool stuff by Johnny Cash, Ronnie Dean Harris and others.
Kim Trainor joins Pamela Bantley and RC Weslowski to talk about Kim's new book, Ledi from Bookhug publishing.
Poet Jennifer Zilm joins co-hosts Kevin Spenst and Pamela Bentley to read from her new book The Missing Field (Guernica Editions 2018), and talk about favourite words, poetic structures, tattoos, etymology, ephemera, texting, feelings in poems, and the meaning of "missing field."
One of our terrific co-hosts, Kevin Spenst is also our guest today as Kevin reads from their new book Upend.
Performance Poet, Rob Gee, was in town performing at the Vancouver Fringe Festival and joined us to talk about his show, Forget Me Not.
Charlie Petch was in town to promote their Vancouver Fringe Festival Show, Mel Malarkey Gets the Bums Rush.
Acclaimed writer, Michael Turner joins us to talk about his new book 9x11 and his book launch on September 11th.


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Karen Alexa Grasso Montes (Guadalajara, Jalisco, México; 9 de agosto de 1993) es una peleadora mexicana de artes marciales mixtas que actualmente compite en la categoría de peso mosca en Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Grasso es la actual Campeona de Peso Mosca de UFC.Actualmente se encuentra en la posición numero #2 en el ranking oficial de las mejores peleadoras femeninas libra-por-libra de la UFC.

Carrera en artes marciales mixtas

Inicios
Alexa Grasso hizo su debut profesional en las Artes Marciales Mixtas en diciembre de 2012. Durante los primeros dieciocho meses de su carrera, acumuló un récord invicto de 5 victorias (3 por TKO, 2 por decisión) y 0 derrotas.

Invicta Fighting Championships
Después de tomar un año lejos del deporte, Grasso hizo su debut de Invicta Fighting Championships el 6 de septiembre de 2014 contra Ashley Cummins en Invicta FC 8. Ella ganó la pelea por decisión unánime.

En su segunda pelea por la promoción, Grasso enfrentó a Alida Gray el 5 de diciembre de 2014 en Invicta FC 10. Ganó la pelea por nocaut en la primera ronda.

Grasso enfrentó a Mizuki Inoue el 27 de febrero de 2015 en el evento co-principal de Invicta FC 11. Ganó la pelea por decisión unánime y le hizo ser acreedora de su primer premio a la Pelea de la Noche.

En Invicta FC 14 el 12 de septiembre de 2015 se esperaba que Grasso desafiara a Livia Renata Souza por el Invicta Strawweight Title pero debido a una lesión se vio obligada a retirarse.

Ultimate Fighting Championship
El 11 de agosto de 2016, se anunció que Grasso había firmado con la Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Ella se enfrentó a Heather Jo Clark el 5 de noviembre de 2016 en The Ultimate Fighter América Latina 3 Finales: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson en la Ciudad de México. Ganó la pelea por decisión unánime.

En su siguiente pelea Grasso enfrentó a Felice Herrig el 4 de febrero de 2017 en la UFC Fight Night 104. Perdió la pelea por decisión unánime.

El 5 de agosto de 2017 Alexa enfrentó a Randa Markos en UFC Fight Night 114. Grasso no dio el peso y el combate se llevó en un peso acordad (119 lbs), venció a Markos por decisión dividida.

El 19 de mayo de 2018, enfrentó a Tatiana Suárez en UFC Fight Night 129, en Santiago, Chile. Suárez sometió a Grasso con una guillotina en la primera ronda.

Grasso enfrentó a Karolina Kowalkiewicz el 8 de junio del 2019 en UFC 238. Alexa ganó la pelea por decisión unánime.

Alexa peleó contra Carla Esparza el 21 de septiembre del 2019 en UFC on ESPN+ 17. Grasso perdió la pelea por decisión mayoritaria, pero se llevó el bono por Pelea de la Noche.

Grasso estuvo programada para enfrentar a Claudia Gadelha en UFC 246. Sin embargo, el día del pesaje oficial, Alexa marcó 121.5 libras en la báscula, 5.5 libras por encima del límite de la división paja para peleas sin campeonato de por medio. La Comisión Atlética del Estado de Nevada decidió cancelar la pelea pues ningún peleador que exceda el peso límite por más de tres libras tiene autorización para combatir. Horas después de lo sucedido, Alexa se disculparía por no dar el peso y anunciaría su migración a peso mosca.

Alexa debutó en peso mosca enfrentando a Ji Yeon Kim el 29 de agosto del 2020 en UFC Fight Night 175. Grasso se llevó la victoria por la vía de la decisión unánime.

Grasso enfrentó a Maycee Barber el 13 de febrero del 2021 en UFC 258. Alexa se quedó con el triunfo por la vía de la decisión unánime.

Grasso enfrentó a Joanne Wood el 26 de marzo de 2022 en UFC Fight Night 205. Alexa ganó la pelea por sumisión en el primer asalto.

Grasso se enfrentó a Valentina Shevchenko el 4 de marzo de 2023 por el Campeonato de peso mosca femenino de UFC en UFC 285. Ganó la pelea por Rear Naked Choke en la cuarta ronda para llevarse el campeonato contra todo pronóstico, ya que las apuestas iban contra ella 6 a 1. Con este resultado, se convirtió en la primera peleadora mexicana en ganar un título de la promoción. La victoria le valió a Grasso su primer premio de bonificación a la Actuación de la Noche.

Campeonatos y logros
 Ultimate Fighting Championship
Campeona de Peso Mosca de UFC (1 vez, actual)
 Actuación de la Noche (una vez)
 Pelea de la Noche (una vez)
La segunda mayor cantidad de golpes significativos lanzados en una pelea (369)vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz

 Invicta Fighting Championships
 Pelea de la Noche (una vez)
 Actuación de la Noche (una vez)
 MMAJunkie.com
 Pelea del mes (febrero de 2015) vs. Mizuki Inoue

Récord en artes marciales mixtas

Referencias

Practicantes de artes marciales mixtas de México
Nacidos en Guadalajara (México)
Campeones de UFC
Deportistas ganadores de campeonato mundial de México


Jeffs L, Abramovich IA, Hayes C, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22:923-930.
This qualitative study identified key elements of successful local safety interventions. One prominent strategy was stakeholder ownership of a patient safety issue in a supportive interprofessional learning community.
The second in a series, this documentary focuses on learning from other high-risk industries and engaging hospital leadership to drive improvement in patient safety.
Close collaboration between resident physicians and hospital leadership led to significant improvements in patient safety in areas ranging from patient flow to faculty supervision.


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Speeding vehicle crushes 4-year-old boy to death
Team MP29 March 2019 5:57 PM GMT
New Delhi: A 4-year-old boy was crushed to death by a speeding vehicle in South Delhi's Men Sarai. The deceased has been identified as Ajam Ansari, a resident of Sangam Vihar. The offending vehicle has been seized and the driver of the car arrested.
The incident was reported on March 29 at 3:07 pm from Neb Sarai police station. The caller told police regarding the accident and a boy seriously injured in front of Kausar Masjid, Sangam Vihar, Delhi.
When the police team reached the spot one boy whose name and address was found to be Ajam Ansari (4), from Sangam Vihar, Delhi, was found lying on the road with severe head injury. He was shifted to AIIMS hospital where doctor declared the injured brought dead. The body has been preserved in AIIMS mortuary for postmortem.
"The offending vehicle Maruti Ecco-White Colour has been seized and offending driver Sushant Kumar Majumdar, a resident of Sabda, Nangloi, Delhi has been arrested. Accordingly a case under sections 279/304A IPC has been registered and investigation of the case is in progress," said a senior police officer.


It can be difficult to talk about the problems with obesity. Despite its increase in the population and significant dangers, it's easy to 'trigger' people who think the subject is sensitive and/or offensive. The very idea that someone might be obese due to their own choices scares people. Why, some people are just naturally big!
But that's not true. There are genetic markers for obesity. I have a few of them myself. However, it's long been established that genetics only play a minor role in weight management. As a study published in The BMJ notes, "genetic predisposition is no barrier to successful weight management and no excuse for weak health and policy responses."
In fact, that very same study found that healthy diets such as the 2010 Alternative Healthy Eating Index (AHEI-2010) and DASH have a bigger effect on those with genetic predispositions than those without. Meaning those who have genetic markers that have a correlation with a higher risk of obesity will lose more weight on a healthy diet than those without. However, this effect was not seen in the Alternative Mediterranean Diet (AMED).
Personally, I wouldn't recommend any of these diets (AHEI-2010, DASH, or AMED) because of the high levels of grains and low levels of fat. I'm not a doctor but the supporters of these diets (USDA and other government organizations) have a very poor history of diet recommendations that have led directly to national health crises. The lack of differentiation between LDL and HDL, as well as recommending a low-fat, high-carb intake leads to very dangerous results. But that's an aside.
The point is, genetics do not play a major role on weight management. However, as people gain weight, it does become increasingly difficult to lose weight.
A study by the University of Exeter found that the fat cells in obese people become distressed, scarred and inflamed. And this is what makes weight loss become difficult.
As those cells become too large, the inflammation spreads into the arteries and effects blood circulation. This can also cause damage to vital organs and a number of diseases. Including arteriosclerosis, high-blood pressure, heart diseases, strokes, fatty-liver disease, and cardiovascular disease.
In fact, for some people fat is not stored under the skin as much. Meaning, they may appear thin but have fat stored around vital organs and arteries. Which causes the same inflammation and health issues as those with obesity.
Researchers of the Exeter study note that the evidence shows that once the fat tissue is scarred, it does not recover. Even after someone has lost a lot of weight, it remains difficult to keep that weight off.
To add on top of that, another study found that the effects of a poor diet tend to linger around long after people have switched to a healthy diet.
This study published in Cell, found that the immune system reacts to a fast-food diet as a bacterial infection. This, in turn, spreads inflammation through the body. After being fed a fast-food diet, mice who switched to a healthy diet experienced increased immune system activity for four weeks. This happens due to the fact that the immune system has a system of memory. This memory is how vaccinations can protect us from diseases. However, an overactive immune system can lead to numerous inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and type-1 diabetes.
These inflammatory responses can, in turn, accelerate the development of vascular diseases or type 2 diabetes. In arteriosclerosis, for example, the typical vascular deposits, the plaques, consist largely of lipids and immune cells. The inflammatory reaction contributes directly to their growth because newly activated immune cells constantly migrate into the altered vessel walls. When the plaques grow too large, they can burst, leading to blood clotting and are carried away by the bloodstream and can clog vessels. Possible consequences: Stroke or heart attack.
All of these studies stress the fact that no one should use their current weight or health as an excuse to remain unhealthy. Losing weight and staying healthy does have varied levels of difficulty for different people. However, it is the very act of making excuses and not making the right decisions that make things harder. Not only psychologically, but on a physical level.


Jay joined Rayonier in October 2010 as Vice President Human Resources and was named Senior Vice President Human Resources in March 2013. Following the separation, he was appointed as Senior Vice President Human Resources for Rayonier Advanced Materials. Jay's experience includes strategic HR initiatives, talent management, labor relations, learning and development, compensation and benefits, organizational effectiveness, leadership alignment, health and welfare programs, and HRIS.
Prior to Rayonier, Jay was with Albemarle Corporation, a manufacturer of polymers and fine chemicals, where he served as global director, human resources for more than eight years.
Jay earned a BS in management from Western Kentucky University.


What an amazing summer we are having, the weather here in Missisippi has been absolutely amazing. I have been so inspired by nature lately, i'm working on a series of paintings inspired by the great outdoors.
So lets get to the illustration above. I saw this beautiful baby on instagram and I just had to illustrate her she looks amazing in this head wrap and she made for the perfect illustration. I have in progress shots of the creation process and if that is something that you guys would be interested in seeing please let me know. I used watercolor, colored pencil, and ink on this beauty and she turned out better than I expected. I am really into children's illustration and fashion so I am also working on new projects which will feature fashionable children. I hope you guys are enjoying your summer. Please comment and let me know what you think of this illustration.


Kumar Surendra&BhasinArushi (2012). "An Innovative Critical Approach towards Ethical Branding & Corporate Reputation in Business World", published in International Journalof Research In Commerce & Management (e-journal: ISSN 0976-2183). March 2012, 3 (3): pp 45-48.


Our neighbors got us tickets to a Red Wing's baseball game for the Fourth of July.
What is more American than baseball?
The baseball watching is fun but really isn't it all about the food?
My mom noticed right away that one of the Red Wing players is Korean. He was suddenly her favorite. He did do pretty well actually.
The coolest thing was after the game was over there were fireworks. We could see not only the stadium fireworks but the ones the City put off too.
In case you think all I ate today was bad food, here are the sausage and veggie kebabs Aaron cooked on the grill.
And I made a giant veggie dipping selection. Healthy choices on Independence Day!


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DOE Rolls Out Program to Promote Electric Vehicles
DOE is taking new steps to speed up the deployment of electric vehicles (EV), it announced on April 19. These efforts include making available $5 million in new funding for community-based efforts to deploy EV infrastructure and charging stations. DOE is also forming a partnership with Google Inc. and more than 80 EV stakeholders to help consumers find charging stations nationwide. The goal is to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, saving consumers money and helping meet the administration's goal of 1 million advanced technology vehicles on the road by 2015.
Local governments and private companies will partner to apply for the $5 million in funding to help accelerate installation of EV charging stations. Communities will work to develop plans and strategies for EV deployment, update their EV permitting processes, develop incentive programs, or launch other initiatives. See the Funding Opportunity Announcement on FedConnect. Applications are due June 13.
In a related effort, DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is joining with Google Inc. and various industry leaders to provide consumers with consistent, up-to-date information about EV charging stations in communities nationwide. Using Google Maps, this new collaboration between NREL and partners will coordinate an online network of all U.S. charging stations and will serve as the primary data source for GPS and mapping services tracking electric vehicle charging locations. These efforts are supported by the Clean Cities program, a public-private partnership that brings together federal, state, and local governments, the auto industry, private sector fleet operators, and community leaders to help communities make their vehicle fleets more energy efficient. See the Clean Cities website.


School Vision / Ethos : This excellent school was established in 1990 (school year 1990-91) and today has approximately 650 students, aged 3 to 18, from 25 different countries.
minded. It is located in the nicest part of Porto very close to the coast. Facilities are excellent including auditoriums, Multimedia laboratories, Amphitheatre, Tennis courts, Wall climbing and Athletics track.
Requirements : The school are looking for teachers with an EU Passport and UK curriculum experience to deliver excellent education to its students.
You should have 3 years post qualifying experience to A level. The Principal is looking for an excellent teacher with a positive attitude and vibrant personality who will in still confidence in their students.
Package : Generous Salary up to 3000 Euros per month (there is a 7 step structure). In Portugal salaries are paid 14 times and not 12 as per the UK, so salaries are divided into 14 and an extra months payment is made in June and December.
You will receive flights at the beginning and end of contract. Housing is provided by the school (shared or single depending upon availability).
Medical cover and free weekday lunches.


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You'd be hard pressed to argue that the OnePlus 6T and the iPhone XS Max weren't two of the best smartphones of 2018 (and they're both going strong in 2019) – but which is the best of the two? And which should you be picking first for your next mobile upgrade?
Here we're going to put the two handsets head to head in all the areas that matter: the design of the phones, the internal specs, the features they bring along with them, the software on board, and more. If you're choosing between them, make an informed choice.
How do you like your notch? The iPhone XS Max has a rectangular one very reminiscent of the iPhone X, whereas the OnePlus 6T goes with a smaller teardrop-style variation. In terms of dimensions, there's not much in it: 6.41 inches for the OnePlus 6T and 6.5 inches for the iPhone XS Max. Both phones use OLED screens.
Otherwise these are two fantastic-looking phones. They're both glass front and back, though the iPhone XS Max goes with a stainless steel frame, while the OnePlus 6T is rounded with aluminium. You can pick up the OnePlus 6T in what OnePlus calls Thunder Purple as well as two variations of black, while the iPhone XS Max is on sale in space grey, silver or gold.
But which one has the best design? That, dear reader, is down to you. What we can say is they're both very appealing aesthetically, and you won't be embarrassed to take these out in front of friends and family. Neither phone has a fingerprint sensor on the rear – it's in the display on the OnePlus 6T, while the iPhone XS Max uses Face ID instead.
Comparing specs between phones can be tricky, because manufacturers apply a whole host of tweaks and optimisations on top of the components they've picked, so what you see on paper may not be what you actually get. These are two of the most powerful phones on the market at the moment, though Apple probably just has the edge thanks to that lightning-fast A12 Bionic processor.
The OnePlus 6T brings with it the Snapdragon 845 processor, top of the line for Android flagships in 2018, and 6GB or 8GB of RAM. That's coupled with 128GB or 256GB of internal storage. The 6.41-inch display we've already mentioned runs at a resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels – it's not quite as sharp as the one on the iPhone XS Max, but it's unlikely that your eyes will be able to tell the difference.
The 6.5-inch screen on the iPhone XS Max runs at a resolution of 1242 x 2688 pixels. As we've mentioned, you've got the Apple A12 Bionic processor on board, and that's coupled with 4GB of RAM. Your internal storage options are 64GB, 256GB and 512GB, so you can get more storage than you can on the OnePlus 6T. Neither phone has a memory card slot.
Let's talk about cameras: the OnePlus 6T has a dual-lens 16MP+20MP rear-facing camera, whereas the iPhone XS Max has a dual-lens 12MP+12MP camera on the back. While OnePlus wins in terms of megapixels, the general consensus seems to be that the iPhone takes better photos more consistently – though both cameras are very good in a variety of scenarios, including low lighting.
The iPhone XS Max offers wireless charging and full IP68 waterproofing, neither of which the OnePlus 6T can offer, so two more points to Apple there. Neither phone has a headphone jack – the OnePlus 6T uses the now ubiquitous USB-C for its sole connection port, while the iPhone XS Max uses the Lightning connector that Apple favours.
Perhaps most importantly, the OnePlus 6T runs the latest version of Android (with some OnePlus tweaks on top) whereas the iPhone XS Max runs the latest version of iOS from Apple. It's the differences between Android and iOS in terms of customisation, slickness and privacy that may well be the real dealbreakers here. If you've got used to one way of working, you might not want to swap.
Considering these phones both look great and bring with them a lot of power, it may well be that point that we just mentioned that helps you choose between them – Android vs iOS. If you're used to iPhones, or you've got a lot of Apple kit at home already, then it makes sense to go with an iPhone for your choice of handset. For everyone else, Android has a lot going for it too.
We haven't mentioned price yet: check the widgets on this page for the latest deals, but you're going to be spending a lot more to get your hands on an iPhone XS Max than you are to pick up a OnePlus 6T. That might make the OnePlus 6T better value for you, even if you don't get all the bells and whistles like full waterproofing and wireless charging.
Really though, there's not much to choose between these two stand-out phones of 2018, and they're both going to last you a lot of years if you look after them. We'd be happy to use either as our handset of choice, so you can't really go wrong no matter which one you pick... just make sure you know whether Android or iOS is going to suit you better.


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There's a World Shortage of Pilots – Would You Feel Safe With Just One?
The Telegraph – Despite the glittering appeal and many perks of being a pilot, the industry has been facing a global drought of them in recent years, unhelped by an ever-growing number of passengers eager to travel the world.
One potential solution? Reduce the number of pilots needed in the cockpit to one (or possibly none). Even the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has looked at the possibilities around reduced crew operation on flights in previous years (more on that later).
But is this ultimately safe and realistic for commercial travel? Here we unpack the realities of single-pilot operation and the future of automated planes.
Why do commercial aircraft require two pilots?
"Under European rules passenger aircraft have to be multi-crew operations, which means having two pilots. Two pilot operations allow one pilot to actually fly the aircraft and the other pilot to monitor their actions and assist," a spokesperson for the CAA told Telegraph Travel.
"Aircraft with more than 20 seats approved under the Commercial Air Transport category [of the EASA] are required to operate with two pilots at all times in the cockpit," Captain Tilmann Gabriel, executive chairman/president of the International Pilot Training Association (IPTA), confirmed.
These cockpits are designed to serve two pilots, meaning the aircraft can be flown from both seats, in an organised manner through a regimented series of SOPs (standard operating procedures), he explains.
How are single pilot aircraft currently used?
Most are either small leisure planes or business jets, as well as utility planes for parcels and passengers – the Cesssna Caravan, for example.
"All these aircraft are equipped to suit a single pilot operation, meaning all instruments and controls are on one side of the cockpit," Captain Tilmann Gabriel, aviation expert and executive chairman/president of the International Pilot Training Association (IPTA), told Telegraph Travel.
How safe are they?
There is a higher accident rate among private aircraft and business jets, with several incidents having occured in recent months in which private aircraft have crashed on highways, houses and golf courses – most probably down to a lack of monitoring, Mr. Gabriel explains.
Half of the single pilot accidents were fatal, while 45 percent of the accidents on two-pilot operated planes were fatal. However, there was a higher death toll among two-pilot than on single-pilot plane operations (in this study, nearly double the amount at 58 vs. 102 fatalities).
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North Carolina Comicon!
We're just a couple weekends away from North Carolina Comicon, and I'm thrilled to announce I will be attending and signing books!
I'll have plenty of copies of Sidekick for those of you who haven't gotten your copy yet, as well as a slew of my other stuff. I'll be happy to chat, answer questions, pose for pictures, and so on.
As a special treat for readers of the blog, the first several (depending upon how many copies I can burn before then) people who tell me "Bobby sent me" will be surreptitiously slipped a copy of the Sidekick Soundtrack. And if you're really nice, I might let you read the first couple chapters from Crush Story.
I'm not going to be the easiest person to find at Comicon; I'm stuck way in the very back of the very back of the venue. I will be in Hall "A," the smaller of the two exhibition halls, at table A4 as indicated in the picture to your right. I will try to make it worth the trip. Promise.
As for signings, here's my basic policy. If I wrote it (or part of it, if the paperback edition of Very Superstitious is available in time), I will sign it. You do not have to have bought it from me. You do not need to buy it at the table. I will sign it. If I did not write it, I will not sign it.
I'm looking forward to this visit! Please come on out and see me.
Division by Zero
In 1993 I had an amazing opportunity. I connected online with another area writer named John Passarella to develop an idea of mine for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Working through his agent at the time, we submitted our spec script and were invited in to pitch to then-story editor Robert Hewitt Wolf.
We never did manage to sell a pitch to DS9 (although one of our "B" plots eventually formed the basis for the seventh season story Take Me Out to the Holosuite) but we were both given an open-ended invitation to pitch to both DS9 and Voyager, which was in development at the time. (I'll talk about my Voyager experiences later on, if you ask really nicely.)
Although I've held on to the second (and I think better) spec script that we collaborated on, as well as a copy of John's own solo spec script for DS9, I had thought that the script that had gotten us through the door was forever lost.
Until I started trying to recover some of my old floppies this week.
At the time I was actually still writing on an Atari 130XE. My PC days were months away, and I went through hell trying to convert files back and forth between Atari's own proprietary data format and something readable by Jack's PC. To facilitate the conversion process, I dumped the script as a generic text file onto a PC-formatted floppy disc using a kludge program to let Atari users read and write DOS floppies. I forgot about that backup copy, and ended up dumping it into a box with other floppies that I never bothered to look at.
Today, I found it.
The date on the disc is August 21, 1993, and while the label says "Acts 1-4," it also included a copy of the full merged script, revised on August 27, 1993. I can't remember which one of us did the last revision: Jack or I. In any case, I'm reasonably sure that was the version that we submitted, and since neither of us can profit off of it, I've decided to put it out into the wilds for those who might be curious.
I had the story concept in the early days of DS9's first season, and Jack and I wrote it during the closing days of that season before we even had a chance to look at the series bible. A lot of things we touched on were eventually negated, retconned, or even ignored as the series continued. (The main story comes from facts about Trill physiology from TNG.) We got the news that our script had been formally rejected but we had been invited to pitch, oddly enough, a week before one of the episodes doing those retcons actually aired.
So if you can ignore the fact that this was written before most of what we now know about the characters of DS9 was firmly established, and that we wanted a chance to do some of that character development, go ahead and read it. But don't be surprised if it doesn't feel like the DS9 you remember; you probably aren't thinking about what the first season felt like.
You can read the script by clicking here.
Once again, people don't learn.
Another school shooting brings out the same old tired mantras. "Motive unclear." "Heroic blah blah." "Crazed gunman."
For those of us who actually give a shit, there was no mystery about the case of Sparks Middle School. Just as there was no mystery about Lanier High or Carver High or Taft Union. Or Paducah, or Jonesboro, or (despite the best efforts of historical revisionists to change the narrative) Columbine.
Eventually, the truth will out. And it finally has once again in the case of Sparks Middle School. It was a bullying victim who felt no other option but to take matters into his own hands.
The problem with school shootings, at heart, is one of denial. As I wrote in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Columbine:
"By all rights, Columbine should have gotten the message across loud and clear to kids across the country: don't fuck with the wrong people or you will end up dead. It didn't, though, and neither did the killings that came later, because people love victims. Because a couple of kids who were sick of being kicked around killed their oppressors, they wound up making themselves into the bad guys, and made the bad guys into victims in everyone's eyes. People were too overcome with grief over the senseless bloodshed to think about what had driven the two shooters to do what they did. And for those jocks, having their blood spilled wound up washing away their sins as far as everyone was concerned. Don't think about what they were really like, turn them into perfect little angels in everyone's eyes. And, personally, I am not really in favor of giving the world of jocks any new martyrs."
In Americans' minds, being shot makes you the victim. Never the oppressor. No parent wants to consider that their kid brought on their own demise through their actions. No one wants to say, in effect, that they got what they deserved. We're too busy grieving and wringing our hands to actually think about what happened.
We keep having school shootings simply because we don't make a real effort to stop them. We add security checkpoints and metal detectors and spot inspections but we never address the underlying cause.
I've said before that if I'd had easy access to a gun when I was in High School, I would have wound up like one of these shooters. I was a victim of bullying just like so many others. I carry the scars to this day, even as some of the people who bullied me now try to pretend that they're my friends.
Are we finally going to get serious about ending school shootings? If so, we need to get down to the root cause of so many of them: bullying. And I mean a real effort, not the eyewash that we're trying to pass off as an effort now. Here's a start.
END "ZERO TOLERANCE" AS WE NOW KNOW IT.
Our current "zero tolerance" policies only aggravate the problem. If a kid tries to defend himself against a physical attack, he gets suspended or expelled. If a kid complains about bullying to administrators, their hands are tied because it becomes a "your word against mine" situation so the bully gets away with it.
We need to change zero tolerance so there's zero tolerance against the aggressors only. We need to start suspending and expelling bullies, not their victims. We need to have administrators respond when complaints about bullying are made, not brush them off.
We need to show kids that their problems can be solved another way, through a system that works.
Because if we don't, more and more kids are going to feel they have no other option to end their suffering than to kill their oppressors and then themselves.
…Only to Find Gideon's Bible
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I will never forget the look on the first guy to realize what a mistake had been made. And when I say "never," I really mean never. When you have all of eternity to look forward to, you don't throw words like that around lightly.
"But I don't understand," he sputtered in disbelief, "we cured death!"
I was running intake that day at the Gates. In the early days, the traffic was light enough that one guy alone could do the job, so Peter took it upon himself to greet every newcomer. But the humans felt the need to take "be fruitful and multiply" a bit too literally, so we ended up needing a team to process everyone who had shuffled off their mortal coil so to speak. That day it was my job to oversee the operation, and within seconds of starting this one's entrance interview, I knew we were in for big trouble.
"You can't cure death," I explained with a sigh. "Everything dies. It's the nature of being."
"Yeah, but our scientists took care of that. Backup and restore, you know? Retire the body, and restore the mind from its backup."
I vaguely remembered seeing a memo about this. "The Bitchun Society," the humans called it. It seemed that over the previous few decades they'd been busy dirtside. They'd discovered the secrets of free energy (or at least something they called that). They'd managed to do away with scarcity. They'd replaced money with some abstract concept they called "Whuffie" which no one up here had managed to figure out; heck, most of us had barely come to understand money! Finally some particularly bright human had come up with the idea of copying all the data stored in a human brain into electronic data, then implanting it into another brain.
"The cure for death" they called it. They were so, so wrong.
"Let me see if I can explain." I motioned to a chair. I didn't really need to sit, since I don't get tired, and neither do the spirits of dead humans for that matter. Still, we had been told that it was a good idea to get them to sit when we delivered bad news, since it tended to make them calm. "Your scientists really didn't understand the true nature of human life. You were concentrating on the biotech side and didn't think much about the supernatural side, so to speak."
The guy looked back at me like I'd told him that he was secretly born a giraffe. I knew I would have to take a different tack. "I'm sorry," I said in an attempt to rewind the conversation, "what did you say your name was?"
"Gideon."
"Nice name." I didn't tell him it was mine, too. Didn't want to get too connected to the clients. "What was it you did while you were alive?"
"I was a computer engineer."
Perfect. I had just the metaphor I needed. "Then you know how a computer is really the sum of a number of component parts. Hardware, firmware, software?"
"That's a little simplistic isn't it?"
"Oh, what I'm comparing computers to is even more complicated, but it's still the best way for you to see where I'm coming from. Stay with me now."
"Now let's say that a human being is like a computer. Humans have hardware, which they call bodies, and they have software, which they call the mind. Do you understand so far?"
"I think so."
"Good. What you call the 'cure for death' is roughly equivalent to backing up all of the software from one computer, and installing it onto a different computer."
"But the same computer! An identical one! And we dispose of the old computer afterward."
"That doesn't matter. The two aren't completely identical. Your motherboard, processor, all that sort of thing, are they going to have the same serial numbers?"
"Of course not. How else are we going to tell parts apart?"
"Precisely. Every piece of computer hardware has a Globally Unique Identifier, or GUID. Correct?"
"Well, so do humans."
The giraffe look came back so I tried to sum up. "What do you know about the soul?"
"You mean like Stevie Wonder?"
I shook my head. What were they teaching these creatures dirtside? "No. Every human being has a unique bit of firmware, I guess you would call it. This is that human's soul. It's eternal, indestructible, and sorry to say non-transferrable. When you copy a person's mind into a force-grown clone, what you are doing is creating a brand-new human being with their own individual soul. You are giving that new person all the memories and personality of the first person, so they think that they're the same, but they're not. The soul is different. And when the old body is 'retired,' its soul is released and comes here."
"So, I'm dead, and there's a new guy down on Earth who thinks he's me?"
"As far as everyone on Earth is concerned, he is you. Up here, however, it's a different story."
Gideon still didn't seem to have a handle on the matter, so I kept trying to find some metaphor that would make sense to him. I had no idea how long I'd actually been trying to shed light on the subject until I heard a knock on the door.
"Uh, boss?" One of the lesser angels was standing there with a look I hadn't seen since shortly after the Crusades. "I think you'd better take a look at this."
He gestured behind him and opened the doorway wide enough for another dead human to enter.
It was Gideon. Or, at least, another Gideon. They looked nearly identical both in body and in spirit. It was a toss-up as to which of them had a goofier look on their face upon learning their fate.
"I was out skydiving. Celebrating my recovery from my first death, and…." The newcomer Gideon looked at the first Gideon.
"Who am I? Who are you?"
"Or should I say 'who am me?"'"
"I am me, and you are me, and we are me."
"And we are all together," I sighed. "Goo goo ga joob."
Things did not get much better over the next few years. More and more people showing up at the entrance were so confused at the thought that they had actually died that we had to triple our intake staff to handle the processing delays caused by talks like I'd suffered through with Gideon.
Eventually, someone came up with the idea of creating a new orientation film of sorts, which would be presented to new arrivals from the Bitchun Society, outlining their misconceptions and how things really worked. I tried to get the Gideons (there were twelve of him by that point) to help me put one together, but it proved to be more trouble than it was worth.
"I don't understand why we have to show it to everyone," one of the Gideons said. "We could flash-bake this whole thing as they come through the doors, and…."
"Wait," another one piped up, "'flash-bake?' What are you talking about?"
"You know," a third offered, "direct mental implantation of memories and experiences."
"Never heard of it."
"Come on," yelled a fourth. "Iwe invented flash-baking when iwe worked at Disneyland Beijing!"
"I've never been to Beijing!" protested a fifth.
"Yes, iwe have!"
I was truly frightened by this point. It had gotten so bad that they were inventing their own grammar. I quietly snuck out while they were arguing about which of he had done what and decided to offer the task to a half-dozen author who might do a better job of getting the idea across.
Before long, the situation had gotten completely out of control. The overcrowding situation on this plane of existence was threatening to become as dire as it had been dirtside. Eventually it would probably be worse since the birth rate on Earth had slowed to a trickle, but the manufacture of unique souls through the restore-from-backup process was actually accelerating as humans became more and more irresponsible as death became little more than an inconvenience as far as they were concerned.
Before long, we had to expand our operation. We briefly considered a merger with Hell, but it turned out that conditions were even worse for them. We tried to purchase room from a number of different planes that hadn't seen as much of an increase in traffic as we had (practically no one had gone to Valhalla or Hades for centuries, for example). Finally, after a land-for-peace swap with the Islamic Paradise and a hostile takeover of the Planet Kolob, we managed to stabilize our expansion at a sustainable rate.
I breathed a sigh of relief as room was finally located for the last of our overcrowded souls and space was anticipated for what had become the new normal arrival rate. I had hoped to settle down for a couple of centuries, maybe enjoy a cup of tea or two, when a new knock came at the door.
"A new problem, Boss," the minor angel moaned as he came in. He was holding an object in his hand which he laid on my deak. It resembled an old computer floppy disk.
"Deleted backups have started to arrive."
I folded my head into my wings. The heat death of the Universe couldn't come soon enough.


Auna was trained to the priesthood by his father, a Raiatean chief, and that as a youth he became a well-known priest, warrior and member of the Arioi Society. Like many others from the Leeward Islands he joined Pomare's forces during the latter's exile on Moorea, fighting in the Tahitian campaigns of 1812 and at the battle of Feipi in 1815.
After Pomare's successful reconquest of Tahiti Auna, by now a professing Christian, returned to Moorea and attended the school at Papetoai. In 1818 he accompanied the European missionaries to Huahine, the first mission station to be established in the Leewards; baptized a year later, he became one of the first four deacons of the Huahine church.
Archaeologists and historians describe the inhabiting of the Hawaiian Islands in the context of settlement which resulted from canoe voyages across the open ocean. Some believe the first Polynesians to arrive at Hawai'i came ashore at Kahikinui, Maui.
They have proposed that early Polynesian settlement happened with voyages between Kahiki (Tahiti – the ancestral homelands of the Hawaiian gods and people) and Hawai'i, with long distance voyages occurring fairly regularly through at least the thirteenth century.
Kealaikahiki channel is the channel between Lānaʻi and Kahoʻolawe. It literally means "the road to Tahiti;" if one takes a bearing in the channel off of Kealaikahiki Point on Kahoʻolawe and heads in that direction, you arrive, more or less, in Tahiti.
Lae O Kealaikahiki, the western-most point of Kahoʻolawe, is located on the Kealaikahiki Channel. Just above the high water mark, inland from Lae O Kealaikahiki, is a traditional compass site comprised of four large boulders. The lines formed by the placement of the stones are paved with coral and mark true north, south, east and west.
The Tahitian connection to the Islands is not just associated with the early migration of Polynesians to Hawai'i. Several Tahitians collaborated with the American Protestant missionaries at the early part of the 1800s.
Toketa, a Tahitian, arrived in Hawaiʻi in 1818; he probably landed on the island of Hawaiʻi. He was a member of the household of the chief (Governor) John Adams Kuakini, at that time a prominent figure in the court of Kamehameha I in Kailua, Kona.
Kuakini's interest in learning to read had not stopped, and he continued to study under Toketa. Kuakini later requested that the missionaries send him more books and teachers. In response, Elisha Loomis was sent to Kailua-Kona in mid-October to organize a school.
On April 16, 1822, the schooner Mermaid, arrived at Honolulu from Tahiti; on board were William Ellis and other English missionaries and Auna and Matatore, Tahitian chiefs and teachers. After providing support for a few months to the American missionaries in the Islands, they returned to Tahiti.
William Ellis of the London Missionary Society returned on February 4, 1823, travelled from Tahiti to Hawai'i, bringing his wife with him as well as Tahitian teachers, including Tauʻā.
"(They would) translate from the original Hebrew the Old Testament, and from the original Greek the New Testament, into the Hawaiian language." (Judd; Bible Society Record, October 17, 1889) Instrumental in that process were Ellis and the Tahitian converts to Christianity that came to the Islands.
Captain James Cook made three Pacific voyages, which, with those of Byron and Wallis, covered a continuous period of British exploration in the south Pacific from 1764 to 1780.
Cook's first expedition (1768-1771) was under the auspices of the British Admiralty and the Royal Society, primarily to observe the transit of Venus from the newly found island of Tahiti. Cook was given command of the bark Endeavour.
Cook's second voyage (1772-1775) was for the purpose of searching for the south continent. He had two ships, the Resolution, and the Adventure. The ships the Antarctic between the meridians of the Cape of Good Hope and New Zealand. On this trip, Omai, a Tahitian, was taken on board the Adventure and sailed with Cook back to Britain.
Cook's third voyage (1776-1780) was for the purposes of returning Omai to his home in the Society Islands and seeking a northern passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic. The Resolution was refitted for her second voyage and the Discovery, under Captain Clerke, was added to the expedition. At the end of Cook's last voyage, nearly all the important islands in Polynesia had been found.
The Pacific made a particular impression on the British imagination. The revelation of the Polynesian culture, entirely cut off from any exterior force of civilization, touched a chord with Cook's compatriots.
Britain's new fascination with the Polynesians was fueled by the arrival in London of a Polynesian – Omai. Joseph Banks, botanist on Cook's ship the Endeavour, dressed Omai in tailor-made suits, the portraitist Joshua Reynolds painted him.
Cook's Pacific finds later led to questions for the Evangelicals. Why did British Christianity, with the means at hand, lack a missionary history? When had there last been a serious missionary movement among Christians anywhere?
The empire was in place to trade. In 1793 an India Bill went before parliament which renewed the royal license of the East India Company. There was a call for an amendment allowing Christian missions and native schools to be opened in India, but the bid was resisted.
On August 9, 1796, a service was held for the inaugural mission at Surrey Chapel. Just four of the chosen thirty were ordained ministers. All four were in their late twenties: it was vital that they should be young and healthy.
The other, non-ordained missionaries had been chosen for their skills as much as their conviction; among them were six carpenters, two bricklayers, two tailors, two shoemakers, a gardener, a surgeon and a harness maker.
They sailed at six the next morning, on August 10, 1796. Nearly seven months later they anchored off the island of Tahiti, after a voyage via Gibraltar and Cape Horn. Seventeen missionaries were to disembark here, including all those who were married.
The missionaries soon saw an unforeseen problem. Since Cook's voyages, other ships of exploration and whaling (Russian, French, British and American) had paid visits to the islands. Rum and firearms were now a part of life, as were disagreements and occasional violence between crews and islanders. Over the years, more London missionaries were sent.
Ellis and the others who joined him from the London Missionary Society (including Tahitians who came with them) worked well with the American Protestant missionaries who arrived in Hawaii in 1820.
British mission activity started in the South Seas, with the first overseas mission to Tahiti in 1796. British missionary work expanded into North America and South Africa. Early mission activities also centered in areas of eastern and southern Europe including Russia, Greece and Malta.
Because of the positive role of the London Missionary Society in assisting the Hawaiian mission, any descendant of a person sent by the London Missionary Society who served the Sandwich Island Mission in Hawaii is eligible to be an Enrolled Member in the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society.


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Petitioners who forced a special election that would alter the way city council members are elected got their supporters to the polls Tuesday and passed two of three referendums.
The results face an almost certain challenge in the courts, and create uncertainty in a municipal election year in which the mayor, two at-large council representatives and two ward representatives are scheduled to run.
Citizens were asked to vote yes or no on three separate but related changes to the city's charter:
Referendum No. 1 proposed setting the terms of office for all city council members at two years. That measure passed by 54 votes, with 796 votes for the change and 742 against. Currently, only the two at-large candidates run every two years; terms of the five ward seats last four years.
Referendum No. 2 proposed reducing the number of council seats from seven to five. The measure failed by 29 votes, with 755 votes in favor and 784 votes rejecting the change.
Referendum No. 3 proposed eliminating the current ward system to elect all council members at-large. That measure passed by 95 votes, with 811 votes in favor and 716 against.
All reported totals are unofficial until the official canvass on Friday. The results include absentee ballots, but not curbside or provisional votes.
Ruth Huneycutt, county director of elections, said there were no transfer votes in Tuesday's election, and she estimated only eight or nine provisional votes. Based on the margin of each decision, no change in the outcome is expected during the final tally.
Prior to the election, Huneycutt had predicted a low turnout, saying, "Anytime these phones don't ring in this office two weeks ahead of time, then you're going to have a low turnout."
Of Thomasville's nearly 15,000 voters, just a fraction more than 10 percent, 1,548, cast votes, and the result is that about 800 ardent voters have changed the structure of council governance.
The total margin of victory in the two referendums that passed was relatively small - 52 to 48 percent for the referendum on term length and 53 to 47 percent on the question of wards, and in the proposal that failed it was even closer at 49 to 51 percent. But the voting was not close across the eight precincts where votes were cast.
Three precincts, Thomasville 7, 9 and 10 voted overwhelmingly - as much as 90 percent - in favor of all the changes, while at Thomasville precincts 1-5, all three measures failed by similar margins.
The heavily populated precincts that voted for the changes were in the Pilot, East Davidson and Fairgrove areas, where recently annexed citizens reside. Barney W. Hill, who led the effort to get the changes on a ballot, is a Fairgrove resident.
In February, the Thomasville City Council voted to redraw its five ward boundaries to encompass recently annexed Fairgrove residents into Wards 4 and 5. The city had also retained two at-large seats.
Hill, who was jubilant after the results, said he thought some voters did not fully understand the rationale for reducing the size of the council. He said his proposals were designed to restore the method the city used in 1929.
Mayor Hubert Leonard and five of the seven members of the council had publicly opposed the referendums. The Thomasville Area Chamber of Commerce had urged its members to vote no, as had the Thomasville chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and Ministers United for Christ of Thomasville and Vicinity.
The ward system was established in 1987 by a federal court order after the NAACP filed a lawsuit charging that at-large elections made it impossible to elect a black representative. Since then, black council members have been elected to both minority and at-large seats.
The NAACP vowed before the election to file an injunction followed by another lawsuit if any of the referendums passed. It is unclear whether removal of the ward system as the result of a referendum might trigger an automatic review by the federal court or would require another party to initiate action. Attorneys for the NAACP and the City of Thomasville could not be reached for comment this morning.
Hill insists the 1987 court order was limited to that election.
"I don't think there is any basis for a new lawsuit," Hill said. "What I'm going to tell the council is, the voters have spoken. They should take heed and put the new system in place not later than 90 days prior to the November election."
With filing for the municipal races opening on July 4, any court action would likely mean that the 2003 election will proceed under the current format.
Eric Frazier can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 226, or at eric.frazier@the-dispatch.com.