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SHUMC LEADERSHIP
Rev. Deborah Lerner, pastordeborah@shepherdofthehills.org
Rev. Deborah Lerner is a graduate of the School of Theology at Claremont. She grew up on a ranch and in a small town in West Texas and spent her first career in the field of data processing as a Programmer /Analyst / Data Base Manager. She is the mother of three sons, Josh, Ben (married to Jenna), and Sam, and grandmother to Sarah and Hailey. As a late comer to ministry she is grateful to have finally settled in to the vocation God created her for. When she has time she loves to read and play the piano (not well). Pastor Deborah has served at Paradise Valley UMC, Trinity UMC, Spirit of Hope UMC, and most recently was senior pastor at First UMC of Gilbert. She has been at Shepherd of the Hills since July 1, 2018, and looks forward to all God has for us to do together.
Rev. Alma Aguirre-Olivares pastoralma@shepherdofthehills.org
I am serving as the Associate Pastor at Shepherd of the Hills since July 1, 2018. Before coming to Shepherd, I served as the co-pastor at Grace UMC in Mesa, AZ for two years. My roots in the Methodist Church date back to my teenage years in Northern Mexico. There, at a Methodist congregation in San Luis Rio Colorado, I received encouragement and support to develop various leadership skills. I became open to God's purpose for my life. Accepting God's call to ministry at 17, led me to the completion of a bachelor's degree in theological studies at Seminario Juan Wesley in Monterrey, Mexico. At 21, and full of excitement, I served in my first pastoral appointment in Tecate, Baja California. Several years later my husband and our 3 year old daughter moved to Phoenix. My journey has been blessed with amazing opportunities for ministry such as setting up a Satellite Immigration Office at a United Methodist Congregation, being a facilitator for the Hispanic Latino National Plan of the United Methodist Church, pulpit supply, and Pentecost Journey Facilitator for churches exploring Hispanic/Latino Ministry opportunities, among other things. God has walked with me every step of the way. In 2010, I completed an MDiv from Drew University in New Jersey. Currently, I am commissioned as an elder in our annual conference.
My closest family is Javier, my husband, our two children Natalia and Esteban ,as well as my father and three siblings. Contemplating nature, walking, creating beaded jewelry, reading, painting and making other art projects (when I am not too busy with ministry!) as well as having open and honest conversations with people and God are some of the things I enjoy doing. I now look forward to fully living into God's plan for our Church Family at Shepherd of the Hills. I know those plans include giving us a future of hope that we are already experiencing and sharing with the community around us.
Rev. Lee Bowman Hirt lmhirtiowa@gmail.com
Part-Time Associate Pastor of Outreach
My parents, John and Helene Hirt were very insightful parents. They did not want me to be known as a World War Two "war baby" so I was born 33 days before Pearl Harbor. I was raised in Monterey Park Calif. (a Los Angeles suburb). I was active in the Methodist Church there serving as an acolyte and officer in MYF. It was while attending a Church summer camp that I accepted a call to the ministry. Post high schooling included East Los Angeles Junior College, California Western University and my seminary degree from Boston University. I began my ministry in 1965 serving in a number of Churches in southern California including: inner-city, university, suburban, beach, mountain, high and low desert. Mary and I have been married for 29 wonderful years. Together we have five children living in five different states. We have 13 grandchildren and will be great grandparents for the first time in November. Upon retirement from full time ministry in 2000 we have moved around the country for various reasons. Our favorite places of retirement were Winterset, Iowa and Sun City West/Grand Arizona. This is our second round in Arizona. In 2001-2004 we lived here and I served this congregation as Minister of Evangelism. My "extra" interests include gardening, Senior softball, stamp collecting (albums for 116 countries), reading mostly fiction and watching my favorite sports teams on television. I also volunteer at our Sun City West Library one afternoon a week. I look forward to meeting and serving you, both old friends and neighbors.
Rev. Stephanie Soon pastorstephanie@shepherdofthehills.org
Assistant Minister of Care
Effective June 3, 2019, Rev. Stephanie Soon was appointed by Bishop Robert T. Hoshibata to serve as the Assistant Minister of Care at Shepherd of the Hills UMC.
Rev. Soon was a deacon in the Illinois Great Rivers Conference.
Mrs. Esther Vallet, RN parishnurse@shepherdofthehills.org
Parish Nurse Esther Vallet, R.N., has been the parish nurse at Shepherd of the Hills since April 1998 and since January 2009 has been employed directly by Shepherd of the Hills. Esther earned her bachelor's degree in nursing at Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, N.Y., and worked in public health, long-term care, and home health before coming to Shepherd of the Hills. She and her husband have three children and two grandchildren. Our parish nurse is an integral part of the Care Ministry Program, serving the congregation as a health educator, personal health counselor, group facilitator, and health-care advocate. Esther is a valuable source for information on congregational and community resources, and is available to offer spiritual care as a layperson. She also coordinates the Heartsaver Program in which volunteers are trained in CPR and the use of the Automated External Defibrillator and then attend SHUMC services and functions prepared to handle the critical first moments of a medical emergency. Esther has become a valued member of our leadership team.
Mr. Ken Goodenberger music@shepherdofthehills.org
Ken Goodenberger has been a prominent member of the music scene in greater Phoenix for more than 30 years. Ken joined the leadership team at Shepherd of the Hills on September 1, 2003. As part of his music ministry here, Ken leads the Chancel Choir, the Bell Choir, and the Band of Believers. He is active in the community as a conductor, choral clinician, voice teacher, actor and singer.
Ken is a Distinguished Member/Friend of the Arts of the Sigma Alpha Lota International Music Fraternity. An experienced theater-music official, he is artistic director of the West Valley Chorale and directs the Royal Renaissance Singers and OperAntics (formerly OperaTunity). The latter two groups perform as many as 100 times a year. Ken's operatic credits include performances as Don Ottavio in Mozart's Don Giovanni; the title role in Gounod's Faust; and as Cavaradossi in Tosca and Rodolfo in La Bohème, both by Puccini. Ken and his wife Brenda have nine children. More about the Goodenbergers can be found at www.goodenberger.com.


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Join us for the Holiday Party festivities next month!
November 2019 News & Updates
Annual Holiday Party
Join us for the annual Preservation Dallas holiday party
at the festively decorated Wilson House!
This year we will present an exhibit of the work of William James Thompson's Depression era architectural drawings of downtown Dallas. Who is William James Thompson? Thompson worked for Texas Power and Light and would spend his breaks drawings the hustle and bustle of downtown around him. He was never commissioned, but his eye for detail and passion for Texas history led to a collection of beautiful vignettes from a long time ago, some of which are now long gone.
The Wilson House and our tree will be decked out in its finest and there will be goodies to nibble. We are also bringing back the wine pull this year as well.
Have a friend interested in preservation?
Friends of Preservation Dallas members get a special discount for joining at the party!
We are looking forward to a wonderful evening with old friends and new!
DISD Plan to Replace
Numerous Historic Schools is Moved Up
Last year DISD released a Strategic Facilities Plan calling for the demolition and replacement of seventeen schools with decisions to be made about the fate of an additional six. The schools were selected for the list based on age, facility condition, and enrollment. The plan is an effort to reduce the average of schools in Dallas from 51.7 years to 46 years to get more in line with the national average of 44 years. The majority of the schools proposed for demolition are historic and range in style from revivalist to mid-century, with many designed by significant Dallas architects, including Mark Lemmon and C.D. Hill.
The massive plan would require voters to pass a multi-billion dollar bond to make the project happen. DISD had originally planned for a 2021 vote on the bond and have recently moved up that schedule to go out for a bond vote in November of 2020. With that, the threat for the schools on the list grows more prevalent. Beginning next year there will be a series of public meetings on the issue and regarding the schools to be demolished and replaced.
To read more about this issue and to find out which schools are on the list click on this link to an article in Columns magazine written by the Preservation Dallas Executive Director.
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Although their showroom in Dallas's Design District might be new, their history in Texas is not! If you look up to see a historical structure with a tile roof, there's a good chance it's Ludowici. Their list of recognizable landmarks ranges across the board to cover projects like The Degloyer Mansion at the Dallas Arboretum, Dallas Theological Seminary, the Federal Reserve Bank in Houston, Tower Life Building in San Antonio, Bexar County Court House, and the Historic Brownsville Museum – to name a few. Currently, Ludowici is helping re-roof the Fort Worth Stockyard Exchange Building and providing add-ons to Highland Park Village – both having used their original tile.
Their campus footprint stretches the state – covering dozens of colleges like SMU, TCU, Texas Tech, and The University of Texas Austin. Specific to Dallas you may look up to see Ludowici across many historic neighborhoods such as Lakewood, Park Cities, Swiss Avenue, and Oak Cliff. Neighborhoods, museums, courthouses, train depots, city halls, fire stations, post offices, hotels, hospitals, parks, educational facilities, military facilities, country clubs, ranches, cathedrals and churches – there is nothing they won't tile!
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Office Hours during Thanksgiving week
The Preservation Dallas office will be open Monday, November 25th from 8:30-4 p.m. and will be closed beginning Tuesday, November 26th, reopening on Monday, December 2nd. If you have any questions during this time, please email us and we will get back with you as soon as we return to the office. We hope you enjoy the holiday with your family and friends. Happy Thanksgiving!
Cabana Motor Hotel - Last week, the City Council approved $15.5 million in TIF funding for the redevelopment of the Cabana Motor Hotel, which opened in 1963 on Highway 35 across from downtown. The developers of the property are the same as The Statler and they plan to return the building back to its glory as a hotel. The last use of the building was as a minimum security jail after Dallas County purchased it in 1984 and converted the building. The Cabana has a fascinating history with the original developer going on to develop Caesars Palace and Circus Circus in Las Vegas, Doris Day investing in the project, Raquel Welch working as a cocktail waitress there and famous guests staying there including the Beatles, Jimmy Hendrix, and Led Zeppelin. To read more about the incredible history of the hotel clic k here .
Changes to Landmarking Procedures for Initiation, Designation and Appeals – The proposed changes to the ordinance allowing the landmarking of properties was briefed to the Economic Development Council Committee earlier this month. They did not have any issues with the changes and it will go to City Council in January or February for approval. To view the PowerPoint presentation given at the Committee meeting on the changes go here .
Kalita Humphreys Theater – The Steering Committee for the Master Plan update for the theater has been meeting, with Katherine Seale serving as the representative for Preservation Dallas. The Dallas Theater Center (DTC) has put together an RFPQ for professional services to update the plan and has sent it to select architectural firms. Proposals are due back by November 29. The Steering Committee will then work to select finalists in December and hold interviews in January and then decide on a firm to complete the project. The firm will start engaging the public in February with the update to be completed by the end of 2020.
DART D2 - Last week DART held the latest meeting regarding plans for the D2 line through downtown. They presented routing information for the line and proposed locations for the portals where the subway line will go underground and come up along with the station locations along the line. To view the PowerPoint presentation given at the meeting go here .
Proposition No. 5 – This month Texas voters passed Proposition No. 5 which called for a constitutional amendment that would automatically direct all revenue from the current sales tax on sporting goods to be spent on parks and historic sites across the state. The new law will go into effect in 2021 and will provide an estimated $183 million in funding for parks and historic sites according to the Texas Conservation Alliance. No new taxes will be required to do this as the sales tax on sporting goods is already in place with 40% going to parks and historic sites. This amendment makes sure that the rest of the sales tax money also goes there instead of the balance going into the general fund.
Next week will all be celebrating Thanksgiving and this year I wanted to use my letter to thank two very important individuals for their service to historic preservation within the City of Dallas. Both are incredible people that have done so much to advance historic preservation in this city.
The first is Willis Winters, FAIA who just retired as the Director of the Dallas Park and Recreation Department. Even though he held that title since 2013, he was with the Department since 1993. One might think why would a park guy be recognized for preservation? Well, because Willis has been a tremendous supporter of all things preservation inside and outside of City Hall for many years. While at the City he worked on countless historic preservation projects within the parks scattered across the city saving incredible historic buildings relating to our parks and of course the crown jewel of Dallas, Fair Park. In fact, the Park and Recreation Department has won more Preservation Dallas awards than any other organization in Dallas. Every year they get another one for a project!
Willis' passion for historic preservation runs deep and we were so lucky to have had someone like him at City Hall working to restore and rehabilitate so many incredible historic structures in our parks. Willis has also been a tremendous supporter of Preservation Dallas having served on our board and has continued year after year to teach our Residential Architecture and Architects of Dallas session during the Historic House Specialist class. Willis also won the Dorothy Savage Award from us in 2001 and was the Awards Honoree in 2010. He is also the author of six books, including Fair Park (2010) and Dealey Plaza (2013). Willis will be terribly missed at City Hall by Preservation Dallas! The one good thing about his retirement is now he will have more time to finish his book on Charles Dilbeck, which he has been working on for a while now and which we are all eagerly anticipating!
The other person I would like to recognize is Katherine Seale. Of course everyone knows Katherine as the former director of Preservation Dallas before I got here, but it is her more recent role as Chair of the Landmark Commission for which I would like to recognize her. She just rolled off the Commission after serving six years leading the Commission every first Monday of the month making sure the meeting was running smoothly and the cases were addressed.
Katherine also worked with City staff and elected officials in her role which helped to improve the standing of preservation at City Hall. After the unfortunate surprise downtown demolitions in 2014 she was appointed by the Mayor and CM Kingston to serve as Chair of the newly established Downtown Historic Preservation Task Force. For months she worked on that leading the committee meetings and coming up with nine recommendations for the city to implement. Several have been accomplished like adding more preservation staff at the City, establishing the Demolition Delay ordinance, and planning for a new historic resources survey for downtown. Katherine also served as the Chair of the committee which looked at revisions to the preservation ordinance regarding landmarking initiation and the appeals process.
Katherine took her great passion and dedication to preservation from Preservation Dallas to the City in her role as Landmark Commission Chair and we thank her for her hard work and dedication to improving the standing of historic preservation at the City. And don't worry she will still be involved in preservation as we aren't going to let her get away! As for her replacement on the Landmark Commission, Mayor Johnson has appointed Emily Williams who has served on the commission for several years. She is a landscape architect by training and a passionate advocate for historic landscapes and buildings. I look forward to working with Emily in the future in her new role.
I hope that everyone has a most enjoyable and wonderful Thanksgiving holiday this year with family and friends! I will be spending Thanksgiving with my sister and her family down in Austin and with my parents who have just moved down to Dripping Springs. And don't forget to put the Holiday Party on your calendar for December 6th as it will come up superfast after we return from the Thanksgiving break!
The Buildings of Texas
Lecture and Book Signing
Fair Park: Hall of State
The Society of Architectural Historians has just released T he Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and Wes t, which is part of their Buildings of the United States series and the second volume for Texas. We are so big we need two to cover the state!
Join us as we hear from the contributors about their work and the important architecture of North Texas chosen for the book. A reception will be held in the Hall of State at 6:00 with the book lecture at 6:30. Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event. This event is hosted by AD EX, Dallas Architecture Forum, Dallas Historical Society and Preservation Dallas.
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List of heads of government of Andorra
Prime Minister of the
Cap de Govern del Principat d'Andorra
Coat of arms of Andorra
Xavier Espot Zamora
since 16 May 2019
Appointer
General Council of Andorra
Four years,
Òscar Ribas Reig
€71,000 annually [1]
www.govern.ad
Politics of Andorra
Co-Princes (list)
represented by Patrick Strzoda
Joan Enric Vives Sicília
represented by Josep Maria Mauri
Executive Council of Andorra
General Syndic
Roser Suñé Pascuet
Recent elections
Parliamentary: 2011
Ministry of External Affairs
Minister: Maria Ubach i Font
Diplomatic missions of / in Andorra
Nationality law
Andorraportal
The head of government of the Principality of Andorra (Catalan : Cap de Govern del Principat d'Andorra), alternatively known as the prime minister of Andorra, is the chief executive of the government of Andorra. They are appointed by the General Council. The position was created in 1982 after constitutional reforms separated the executive and legislative powers. Òscar Ribas Reig was elected as the country's first prime minister on 4 January 1982. [2] The current prime minister is Xavier Espot Zamora, who has been in office since 16 May 2019. [3]
Prime ministers of Andorra (1982–present)
(Born-Died)
Took office
Left office
Time in office
(1936–2020) 1981 8 January 1982 21 May 1984 2 years, 134 days Independent
Josep Pintat-Solans
(1925–2007) 1985 21 May 1984 12 January 1990 5 years, 236 days Independent
(1936–2020) 1989
1993 12 January 1990 7 December 1994 4 years, 326 days National Democratic Group
Marc Forné Molné
(born 1946) 1997
2001 7 December 1994 27 May 2005 10 years, 174 days Liberal Party
Albert Pintat
(born 1943) 2005 27 May 2005 5 June 2009 4 years, 9 days Liberal Party
Jaume Bartumeu
(born 1954) 2009 5 June 2009 28 April 2011 1 year, 327 days Social Democratic Party
Pere López Agràs
(born 1971)
Acting — 28 April 2011 12 May 2011 14 days Social Democratic Party
Antoni Martí
(born 1963) 2011 12 May 2011 23 March 2015 3 years, 315 days Democrats for Andorra
Gilbert Saboya Sunyé
Acting — 23 March 2015 1 April 2015 9 days Democrats for Andorra
(born 1963) 2015 1 April 2015 16 May 2019 4 years, 45 days Democrats for Andorra
(born 1979) 2019 16 May 2019 Incumbent 3 years, 234 days Democrats for Andorra
Andorra portal
List of co-princes of Andorra
Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is a sovereign landlocked microstate on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees, bordered by France to the north and Spain to the south. Believed to have been created by Charlemagne, Andorra was ruled by the count of Urgell until 988, when it was transferred to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Urgell. The present principality was formed by a charter in 1278. It is headed by two co-princes: the bishop of Urgell in Catalonia, Spain and the president of France. Its capital and largest city is Andorra la Vella.
The General Council is the unicameral parliament of Andorra. It is sometimes referred to as the General Council of the Valleys because it was the historical name and to distinguish it from similarly named bodies in the Val d'Aran and in France.
Òscar Ribas Reig was an Andorran politician, lawyer, and businessman who became the prime minister of Andorra in 1982. He twice served as head of government, first from 8 January 1982 to 21 May 1984 and again from 12 January 1990 to 7 December 1994.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the Andorran government ministry which oversees the foreign relations of Andorra.
Antoni Martí Petit is an Andorran architect and politician who served as the prime minister of Andorra from May 2011 to 16 May 2019, when he was elected on the ticket of the Democrats for Andorra. He was re-elected in the 2015 parliamentary election.
The Executive Council of Andorra is the chief executive body of Andorra.
Sílvia Riva González is an Andorran politician and notary.
The Ministry of Social Affairs, Justice and Interior of Andorra is responsible for social care and protection, employment and work. The ministry aims to guarantee the internal security of citizens and their assets, civil status, the regulation of migration and integration policy to guarantee social cohesion, the fight against crime, international collaboration in matters judicial and police, and protecting the population from any natural risk or catastrophe.
Sílvia Calvó i Armengol is an Andorran environmental engineer, current Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Sustainability of Andorra, since 1 April 2015.
Parliamentary elections were held in Andorra on 7 April 2019, electing all 28 seats of the General Council. Although they remained the largest party, the Democrats for Andorra lost their parliamentary majority after losing four seats. The Social Democratic Party gained four seats, becoming the second-largest party.
Xavier Espot Zamora is an Andorran judge and politician. He is a former minister of justice and the current prime minister of Andorra since 16 May 2019.
Maria Ubach i Font is an Andorran diplomat, serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs since 17 June 2017 under the governments of Prime Minister Antoni Martí and the current Head Xavier Espot.
Verònica Canals i Riba is an Andorran business manager and politician who served as Minister of Tourism since 21 May 2019 under the Premiership of Xavier Espot.
Ester Vilarrubla Escales, is an Andorran politician and educator, who as served as Minister of Education and Higher Education in the government of Xavier Espot since 22 May 2019.
Judith Pallarés i Cortés, is an Andorran politician, since 22 May 2019 Minister of Civil Service and Reform of the Administration in the government of Xavier Espot.
Events in the year 2020 in the Principality of Andorra.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Andorra is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Andorra on 2 March 2020, when a 20-year-old man returned to the country from Milan, Italy. With a total population of 77,543, on 7 December 2020, the infection rate was 1 case per 11 inhabitants, and the death rate was 1 case per 994 inhabitants.
Events in the year 2022 in Andorra.
Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Andorra by April 2023.
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↑ Nohlen D & Stöver P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p160 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ "Xavier Espot jura el càrrec de cap de Govern". www.govern.ad (in Catalan). Retrieved 19 May 2019.
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Nothing much has happened today. The ship remains at anchor, so we spent the day relaxing. Our current estimated time of arrival in Freeport is some time tomorrow morning. With the engine shut down and a lack of moment on the ship, the crew are busier than ever performing tasks that can only be done with the main engine down or during calm seas. The deck crew have been sanding down rust spots in the deck and repairing them. This has meant that our regular walks around the deck have been curtailed to allow them room to work.
Much of the equipment on board is familiar to us from smaller boats, only the scale is much larger. The lines are the diameter of an arm, and it took us a few moments when we first arrived to recognize the waist-high cylinders were cleats. The anchor cable is similarly outsized, with each link larger than our heads.
The officers on board the ship are mostly from Germany, including all the engineering officers; however, of the four deck officers, two are not. The Second Mate is from the Philippines and the Third Mate from Poland. The crew is mostly from the Philippines. The approach to ethic relations seems to be different than we have experienced in Canada – and one that we believe is healthier. In our upbringing, we were taught that the appropriate behavior was to be "color blind"; that is, to not recognize that people are different. In some anti-racism training that Becky took through church, she was told that this is not a good approach, rather that differences should be recognized. She never really grasped what that meant, but we can see something similar in the healthy relations on the boat. The captain is proud of the Filipino crew and ensures that items in his slopchest (canteen) reflect their needs in addition to the needs of the predominately German officers. There is no tension between the deck officers of different backgrounds. They do speak of the different cultures, but it is in a straight forward factual manner, which feels like it honours the differences rather than criticizing them. Everyone appears to be relatively happy on board – they work hard and are proud of the work they do.
So far on the journey, the food on board has been excellent and plentiful. There are three fixed meals a day and two coffee breaks. Lunch and supper are both full meals, both being similar to what we would call supper at home. After several days, we are noticing that most meals involve a savory sauce. It is starting to get a little bit too rich, and we may need to ask for meals without the sauce. We are also planning to ask about eating some of the food that is served to the crew. It is more in an Asian style, where the officers' food involves mostly German recipes.
On this ship, the officers mess (where meals are taken) has fixed seating. We sit with the other passenger (David). The engineering officers sit together with the third mate, and the captain and chief mate sit together. I believe the second mate would also sit at the captain's table; however, he does not appear to take meals in the officers mess. The British couple on board do not take meals in the officers mess, rather they eat in their cabin. Meal time seems to be focused on eating and not on visiting. The officers often come in, eat, and leave. They do not spend time lingering over conversation. We on the other hand, often linger until the steward comes and tries to clear the tables and we find ourselves in the way!
We did attempt to send one email from the ship. There is no Internet on board, and email is sent from a global "ship" account that uses a satellite uplink. The captain sends the email and a printed copy is kept in the ships records – so there is no privacy in what you are sending. The cost of sending an email is about 40 Euro cents per page. We do not plan to use the ships email to update the blog, rather, we will compose messages while at sea and post them when we get to port if time and Internet access permit.
We noticeed that smoking seems to be permitted anywhere within the superstructure. The officers do smoke on the bridge but they do not smoke in the officers mess which is nice. We also find that the ventilation in the cabins is really good, such that we do not notice the Chief Mate chain smoking in his cabin next to us. The only sign of his bad habit is the occasional smell in the hallway.
As of this morning, our estimated time of arrival in Freeport is 1000 (10:00 am) on Wednesday, but our experience so far leads us to expect that to change.


The project also has a very aggressive, tight schedule, which made things even more complex. "The only way we could complete the schedule was by building all the components at once," he says, adding that the entire plant is built around the HRSG, its single largest component.
ConstructionManager Steven Thompson notes that the HRSG operates in the exact same function as a boiler andthe power is generated by two electric generators driven by a combustion turbine and a steam turbine.
The HSRG runs on the waste heat of the combustion turbine instead of burning its own fuel. It then uses that heat to produce the steam to drive the steam turbine. "It's recycling the waste heat and using it to produce more power," he says.
The Sewaren plant will plug into the HRSG, which will provide it with efficiencies when it opens this summer.
For example, thanks to the generator, emissions are reduced substantially, compared to those emitted by "an equivalent, conventional power plant," Paul Thompson says. In addition to the environmental benefits in reducing the emission of greenhouse gases, the plant is much more thermally efficient than the plant it is replacing, resulting in less fuel being needed to generate the same MW, leading to a lower cost/MW.
The process of transporting the HRSG took Durr Mechanical one-and-a-half days, but the company spent eight months planning and preparing for the move. This included winning approval from the United States Coast Guard and the US Army Corps of Engineers.
Durr Mechanical also hired "a permitting consultant who was essentially the conductor for the permitting process," Steven Thompson recalls, noting that the path to permits can be quite involved.
The company also prepared for the journey by taking into account wind and wave forces, as well as possible obstructions during the voyage. Through a study, Durr Mechanical learned that the middle of the Mid-Hudson Bridge provided a low point on the Hudson River, with less than nine feet of clearance. "We built the HRSG just low enough to pass under [it]," Steven Thompson says.
In August 2017, the contractor moved the HRSG with self-propelled modular transporters (SPMT's) similar to those used by NASA to move the Space Shuttle. "[We also] designed a substructure to the HRSG that would allow these transports to drive under it," Thompson describes.
The SPMT's slowly and carefully rolled over a ramp onto a barge as they carried the HRSG. "Once it was on the barge, we raised a sigh of relief," Paul Thompson recalls.
But Durr Mechanical's careful work did not end there. Instead, the company had to make sure it was placed exactly where it needed to be on the barge, and was tied down and secured in the correct way.
After it was finished, the barge, which was pulled by three tugboats, transported the HRSG to the Sewaren site, This process earned Durr attention from news outlets as well as The Wall Street Journaland USA TODAY.
When Durr Mechanical arrived at the project site, it had to complete more complex work, which essentially required it to "do the loading process in reverse," Thompson recalls. The company first had to re-ballast the barge and install new bridge ramps to get the HRSG onshore.
Durr Mechanical then drove the generator across the project site slowly to the anchor bolts and lowered it down. However, "There was very little room for error when placing the things on the anchor bolts at Sewaren," he recalls, noting that the company only had an eighth of an inch in tolerance.
After bolting and welding the HRSG in place, the piping and electrical power and controlsremained to be connected. "It's a pretty involved process," he says, noting that process lasted two months.
Based in New York City, Durr Mechanical has established itself as one of the leading mechanical contractors in the Northeast area. Founder Bob Durr Sr. started the company in 1985, with a focus on quality and integrity.
Since then, Durr Mechanical says it has dedicated itself to excellent workmanship, on-time completion, budget delivery and high safety standards. "Our customers know that when you need a job done right, you come to Durr Mechanical Construction," it says.
He predicts more work ahead for Durr Mechanical at the Coeymans site. "We're in the process of developing a couple very similar projects that we will build in the same location," he says.
Durr Mechanical Construction Inc. has made worker safety of paramount importance. "We are committed to providing a secure work environment at all times, and employ strict standards, rigorous employee training and regular review of safety procedures to protect our employees," it says.
The company's site management and field supervisors plan safety into all of its tasks. "No details is left to chance, particularly with the heavy lift operations required to set turbine equipment, generators, HRSG modules, and many other types of power and process equipment," it says.
This constant vigilance, Durr Mechanical notes, safeguards workers from injuries and promotes higher productivity and makes it more competitive. "In fact, we routinely consult our insurance company's safety engineer or an industry professional tor review our methods and make safety recommendations," it says.


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lmp wrote: To live connected to God means to surrender oneself completely.
Indeed. Which means that one has no identity.
Disagree. God, Source, The Infinite, Whatever, is not exclusive but fully inclusive. Self awareness has value and is Loved unconditionally - and is therefore preserved - even in surrender - an act of unconditional love.
Earth life is a necessary requirement of all human spirits and souls' educational program. To help you become aware that each one of you is an individual being, every lifetime in physicality provides you with a new physical body of your own. Every one of them is another step forwards on your journey into discovering your individuality. The downside of this is that with the passing of time this has created the illusion that you are separate and detached from each other and from the rest of life, when nothing could be further from the truth. Underneath – that is on the inner level – you always remained one with each other and also with Me. Therefore, the impression of separateness exists on the Earth plane only and yet another one of your false convictions can be shed.
As young Gods in the making, because of life's oneness on the inner level, growth by any one of you can only be achieved through constant interaction with the rest of life. The Cosmic law of evolution decrees that no individual soul shall grow and evolve in isolation, and that every part of life forever shall depend upon all others for its survival and wellbeing, or otherwise. Although superficially you may like to think of yourself as an independent being, you are still reliant upon millions of others on the highest and lowest levels of life, who are constantly influencing you in everything you say and do. Evolution's ultimate purpose is to bring all aspects of life into co-operation by harmonising and co-ordinating them in one gigantic expression of Universal love.
For all of you there eventually comes the moment when your small earthly self is ready to surrender itself to Me, your Highest or Christ Self. Let no-one run away with the idea that this means sinking into a vast ocean of spirit and dissolving into nothingness. If anything, quite the opposite is true. Your individuality will never be absorbed into anything, but before it can freely and willingly be submitted to Me, it has to expand and grow. This continues until finally, instead of merely being a small earthly creature, you will be like Me, one who is consciously aware once again of their oneness with all life and Me. You will always be you and you will never fade into nothingness, and you will constantly move upwards and onwards in keeping with the evolutionary cycles of life until you have reached the awareness and consciousness of the Great Whole, known to you as God – Me.
Webwanderer wrote: God, Source, The Infinite, Whatever, is not exclusive but fully inclusive. Self awareness has value and is Loved unconditionally - and is therefore preserved - even in surrender - an act of unconditional love.
Maybe we interpret 'complete' differently?
I was coming from the perspective of no-thingness, no-self. I understand the perspective you're coming from. Neither are wrong and neither are right, both are equally valid. Everything and Nothing are one, not two after all.
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I have a different perspective on why we are here and it aligns very much so with this blog piece I found from Julia Assante who is a spiritual medium which I will post below. I think we're creators and there is nothing to learn and we simply come here to explore and create based on a desire that we so choose.
I've been gaining an incredible amount of insight from Abraham Hicks of late, and I think we're all confused and mis-understand why we are here. I've been questioning a lot in my life as my health has taken a tough road lately and it's really made me reach deep within and call out for help in wondering what all of this means. Maybe you have some insight of your own into that. Yet, I feel that it is simply in our nature to create and create and create infinitely. And everything on this physical plane is simply based in contrast where contrast is the platform of palate to create our art work through vibration.
All of these fear based notions of having to work our way back to God are just that.....fear based human interpretations if you ask me. The work of people like Bruce Lipton have inspired me greatly into realizing that we create our own realities and continue to do so even in our own bodies. It's remarkable and exciting for me.
Check out this article and let me know whatcha think.
I believe the training ground idea, so often used to support the notion of the of the need for the soul to develop and somehow become more than it is already, is quite erroneous. Like various types of teaching on the idea of karma, it emerges from the old paradigm that time is happening linearly. The ideas of balancing karma/ energy and developing the soul become increasingly difficult to integrate when it is accepted that all time is actually happening in the moment of now.
Another version of that idea is that since our lives are all happening at once, we may be negatively affected by the way other of those lives are unfolding. I would go no further than to say we should only choose to access information from those other lives if we see it as helpful to expand and enhance our current life. Why connect and contend with negative energies? Simply intend that nothing that is not for your highest good shall enter your domain and it will be so. The interesting thing about any idea that promotes the idea of incompleteness/separation/ less than, is that you can have experiences that reflect these ideas back to you by believing them to be true, both here and in the non-physical. If you believe you need to return to earth to work off karma, you are free to come back and do so. I would even go so far as to say your appointed guides may be of a similar view. It goes to the notion that all experiences chosen are valid from the point of view of "All that is". Your own truth is respected and reflected. (I should copy write that one!) They are all just stories and we get to experience the ones we attach to.
My understanding is that 'All that is' is choosing to experience the eternal now moment through as many perspectives and experiences as possible. One of which is by allowing individualised expressions of itself (us) to temporarily, with our consent, experience ourselves as separate and apart from 'All that is'. When we cross back over we quickly remember who we are in essence, collectively and individually. We ARE the one. The all that is. Even so, the story we have just vacated may still be something we wish to continue exploring. We may choose to continue exploring the story on the other side by recreating earth like scenarios and collective social settings to further work through the life theme recently vacated. We may also do this to create continuity for those who soon arrive from the earth plane and need support to re-assimilate. Or we may quickly allow the story to dissolve and pursue a new type of experience altogether. Further still, we may choose to remerge with the loving, blissful consciousness at the centre of all that is and forgo the experience of exploring thought altogether for a time.
The 'story' that we have created for ourselves in this human life is a version of reality that is individual to ourselves, even though it is played out through a collective agreement involving countless others. I believe the non-physical is also in essence just another type of story we each continue on with. We are each multidimensional, and that has huge implications for how we interact with each other in the playing out of the infinite numbers of stories that are always happening in the now moment. In our individual stories (linear human lives now) we meet up with various versions of others that essentially reflect the experiences we have chosen to explore back to us. In that sense our story is completely about us, as theirs is completely about them because we serve the same function for them. The others in our lives do of course exist but in our stories we are are interacting with multidimensional versions of them that best dovetail with our own unfolding story. I would put forward that it's not only the earth experience that can be considered a dream. The afterlife is made of the same stuff. Whether we are incarnate or not, the experiences and stories continue whilst ever we wish them to because they, like the " All that is" are both infinite and infinitely available to explore.
To summarise, At our very core I believe we are already complete and perfect in every sense. There is nothing to learn because all is already available to be remembered. Every thing that ever will exist already exists within us. To the degree that we attach to our stories we minimise the full experience of who we really are, both here and when not incarnate. Finally, every thing is unfolding perfectly. Exactly as All that is intends. This is a hard saying for those of us, myself included, who have suffered much in various ways through out our lives. All I would say to that is- change what you can to your own favour and seek diligently for help when you need it, but beyond that, know that at a much higher level of your multidimensional self, you have planned your life to unfold exactly as it does. Soon enough you will find your way home.
Hi e2b hope you are feeling better, I don't feel people are promoting the idea of achieving this this or this to realize God, it's more of a letting go of this this and this. Realizing how this creation comes into existence, seeing it's fleeting nature and how identifying with it is suffering. Through this direct experience a letting go can begin and the clarity of God shines through.
I couldn't agree more. It's a letting go of the drives and urges of lower earthly nature and instead bringing forth the highest and best that is within us, our very own Christ nature - being true to our real nature. It goes without saying, but I'll say it nonetheless, we all have a different approach to and understanding of these things. In my view, one is as right as the other. Everything depends on the evolutionary level we have reached at any given moment.
Thank you Fore for the well wishes. I was more referencing the new age community in general. As I've been a part of many face book groups which I have now left which cling very strongly to very fear based notions of karma and reincarnation and most of all, purpose of physical incarnation, both ideas that I have vastly changed my perspective on over the last several months.
Again, I would only suggest that this is a limited belief that Earth represents some lowly area that we have to transcend and reinforced in many philosophies and religions. Or perhaps you are saying the same thing, but in different words. I choose to view it as a process of unraveling of beliefs about who we THINK we are, a as a process of unbecoming all we believe into seeing what we are, were all along, and only CAN be, which is perfection and Love and we've never been anything other than that, other than through our belief systems which have made us believe otherwise. Ironically enough, you are never BECOMING anything more than you already are. You are actually UNbecoming all that you believe you are. That's why the notion of spiritual advancement is non-sensical. We are here as creators and the belief systems we take on, in the process of contrast are well known in advance as they are the tools we use to paint with.
But, even so, there is no evolutionary status (in a hierarchical way). Instead, All That Is is always expanding infinitely, and we, as creators are part of that expansion. Expansion is why we are here I would suggest. You expand when align with your nature as Joy and you create from there.
The points in the article represented above from Julia Assante, are the points I very much agree with and no reason for me to delve further into it. Here's another article that I highly resonate with.
I believe that God's great plan of life is evolution and the purpose of every aspect of life is that it should at all times expand in size and consciousness. This is how over long periods of time – in earthly terms – everything becomes ever more beautiful and sophisticated. Naturally, this also applies to our race. For this purpose all human spirits and their souls, without exception, have to spend many lifetimes on the Earth plane. Each one of us can only evolve through their own experiences of studying and exploring their own nature, each other's and that of our world, which has been given to us for this purpose. Through this process our individual and collective consciousness slowly expands and our souls grow in wisdom and understanding.
This is how life is constantly moving forwards and upwards on the evolutionary spiral. Its intention is to gradually take us – each on their own and all together – into experiencing ever higher levels of existence. And each time one of us learns something and through this grows and evolves, not only our whole world does the same, but also the whole of Creation. God is life and life is God, and life will forever be humankind's teacher. At any given time our daily lives provide all of us with sufficient opportunities for gathering ever more knowledge about ourselves and our world. In this natural process each one of us eventually develops into an enlightened being, i.e. one who is fully and consciously aware of God's true nature and their own.
We are the pioneers of a New Age and in this capacity many experiences are waiting for us that have never been tried before on the material plane of life. One of them is androgyny. Although this is a state we never lost on the inner spiritual levels of life, on the outer it presents us with totally new experiences and challenges of quite a different kind. One of the most important features of us and our world is that we all contain many puzzling dualities and polarities, and that our world is one of paradoxes. For example, we all contain feminine and masculine energies. This is because as sparks of the Divine everything that is in God is also in us. Therefore, each one of us is woman and man at the same time. Although for a very long time we have looked towards others to make us whole, it is now coming clear that each one of us is already complete within themselves. The recognition of this is the first vital step that takes us back into the wholeness we once possessed.
The perfection we have been placed on the Earth plane to seek in truth means wholeness, i.e. the integration of all the qualities and characteristics that are in our Creator Father/Mother into our own. As above, so below. Created in the image of God, the earthly microcosm is a reflection and a manifestation of the macrocosm. By bringing the Divine qualities forth from deep within ourselves we become whole and holy as well as healed. Entering into this state is every soul's final goal and destiny. Our first requirement in this process is taking possession of our other part, the inner man in woman and the inner woman in man. When that has finally been achieved, we shall once again be like the Angels and God in whom the feminine and masculine energies are in perfect balance and harmony with each other.
Like God and the Angels, we too are first and foremost spirit. The only difference between them and us is that we are temporarily encased in matter. Thus on the one hand, we belong to the world of matter and on the other one we are part of their world of spirit and light. For as long as we remain clothed in our physical bodies we belong to the Earth plane. This however is only half the story, and by far the most vital part of us is our spirit and soul and our true home is the world of spirit. Each time we leave one of our earthly garments behind, we return to this world to rest and recover from the stresses and strains of going to school on planet Earth. Through its lessons the earthly self's character qualities begin to develop. The more it learns the further it evolves and its consciousness expands.
Whenever our spirit and soul return to the world of spirit, we – together with the wise ones in charge of us – assess the progress we have made, not only during the lifetime just completed, but all of them. The soul acts like a memory bank of all the learning our earthly personality ever gathers, throughout the long course of its evolution. Programmed into every soul is a deep and powerful longing and craving for peace and love that harks back to its oldest memories of the times – bear in mind that time does not exist on the spiritual level of life – when it still lived in a constant state of peace and was at one with God.
The memory of this condition has always remained alive in every soul's consciousness and also in that of the soul of our whole world. It is that which in the end guides each one of us back into that same peaceful union. Although after many lifetimes on the Earth the small earthly self has long forgotten about this, no soul ever does. It is well aware that all life, including every God's human children of the Earth, has come from love and is destined to return to it, as soon as it has become sufficiently evolved and its vibrations have become refined enough to be able to do so.
The earthly self is extremely fearful of the future and the unknown. That is why, for as long as it fails to comprehend the true reason for its being on this plane of life, it shies away from and struggles mightily against any messages its unfortunate and suffering soul is constantly trying to give it. Somehow the personality knows that it needs to move forward into life, but it has even forgotten why it is behaving this way, namely so that it may grow through the learning it gathers from all its experiences. The soul's task consists of guiding its earthly personality safely back into the full consciousness of its true nature and home, into the memory of what it once really was, namely love. As the soul knows nothing of this world and does not understand it, it suffers mightily – and that in turn helps it to grow. Wanting to put an end to all its suffering, it is trying to gain the attention of its earthly self by tugging away at it and making every effort to get its attention.
Naturally, this also applies to our race. For this purpose all human spirits and their souls, without exception, have to spend many lifetimes on the Earth plane. Each one of us can only evolve through their own experiences of studying and exploring their own nature, each other's and that of our world, which has been given to us for this purpose.
I'm sure you're far from alone with this way of thinking. The way I see it is that everything is imagination. Meaning, you are free to believe whatever you would like to believe because all potential is possible within the infinite mind of imagination.
I feel like that's what us humans love to do. We complicate the whole spirituality process because ironically enough, our egos cannot accept how simplistic life really is and Abraham Hicks really go into this.
If you notice something about near death experiences, many of them vary greatly. Why is that? It's because the individual mind still takes with it, its human interpretation and experience into the afterlife. Some of the more profound NDE's are the ones that have (in my estimation) the least amount of human interpretation/bias. Any experience, channeler, medium or whatever that claims we HAVE to do anything including a cycle of reincarnation is already putting their own human bias on top of it and people don't realize they are doing this. They replace religion with more beliefs but, in a 'spiritual context".
Spirituality is about empowering to realize that WE control our reality by the vibrations we put out there and we are the creators of our reality because we ARE God. There is no God in the sky separate from us, forcing us to go through a cycle of reincarnation against our will, forcing us to come back to the same place of incarnation over and over again to get things "right" when Earth is merely a speck on the scope of potential incarnation. Reincarnation does not only happen on Earth. There is a vast multi-verse to incarnate into for the opportunities of exploration.
Examining our beliefs are a huge step into aligning with what we truly want.
Yes, dear Friend, let's agree to disagree.Shake hands and remain friends.
joe wrote: Hi everybody. I figured I wouldn't get a useful or objective response if I posted this question on a Christian site, as most Christians seem to not really understand Eastern religion/spirituality. I was raised, like most of us, in a Christian culture and that is the organized religion I am most comfortable with. However, for a long time I have wondered as to why there is narrative involved, I've been bothered by it as a "belief system" and something that seems mind-made, and it doesn't resonate for me the way Eastern spirituality (which also includes Tolle) does. I don't understand the need for a belief system when it seems the real stuff is the stuff I can directly experience. Learning about Buddhism for example, has made me wonder about the whole Father and Son story and why we have all these personages in Christianity. Why is there a story you have to believe in? Why does one need to pray to someone out there? This implies an individual that hears you as opposed to meditation which is about connecting to the ground of being in life/reality in general. Can anyone speak to this? I know I'm not articulating this well.
Belief systems are chains for human consciousness. They are also source of suffering in the world. The belief system of the society that I live in is completely out of alignment with anything good/benefical for humanity and the world. It is amazing to see how countless of people are following such dark ideas and beliefs that only bring them more and more suffering.
That's why Eckhart and other spiritual teachers and traditions that teaches people to become free from the chains of the belief systems are doing a great job. Although very tiny minorty of people are following these masters and traditions correctly, its still a great thing to see that some people are liberating their soul from the darkness of human madness. All beliefs, religious, cultural and everykind of belief that comes from mainly collective human thinking are source of suffering and obstacles for true spiritual development in the human world.


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Beijing, April 9 (IANS) The first batch of 866 people stranded in virus-hit Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, has arrived in Beijing by a train after Wuhan lifted its outbound travel restrictions on the same day.
Beijing residents who were stranded in Wuhan are required to apply for a return through a mini-program on instant messaging app WeChat. Statistics showed that more than 11,000 people asked for a return to the national capital, said Chen Bei, deputy secretary-general of the Beijing municipal government, at a press conference on Wednesday, reported Xinhua news agency.
Starting Wednesday, around 1,000 stranded people are expected to return to Beijing from Wuhan each day via train or car. They should undergo nucleic acid testing (NAT) in Wuhan within seven days before departure, Chen said.
The transport of the people will be carried out in a well-organized and spot-to-spot way, and all returned personnel will be brought under closed-loop management, with a two-week mandatory quarantine, either at home or at a designated venue. Another round of NAT is required after the quarantine, Chen noted.
More than 61,000 people who work or live in Beijing have returned from Hubei Province since March 25.
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So for these few weeks I have been trying out two products from Biore's new range, featuring their Baking Soda Cleansing Scrub and their Baking Soda Pore Cleanser. I was excited to take them on a road test to really see what it could do for my skin. See my thoughts below.
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Adolf Brosch von Wyhl (nach 1945: Dolf von Wyhl; * 5. Februar 1903 als Adolf Julius Brosch in Biebrich am Rhein; † 13. September 1982 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Bühnen- und Filmschauspieler.

Leben und Wirken
Adolf Brosch von Wyhl wurde als Kind für die Schauspielerei entdeckt. Er gab seinen Bühneneinstand in der Posse Der Raub der Sabinerinnen und beim Film 1919 in einer Inszenierung des wie Wyhl aus Biebrich stammenden, nur unwesentlich älteren Teenagers Edy Dengel. Später verließ Wyhl den Wiesbadener Raum und begann in der deutschen Provinz Theater zu spielen. Überwiegend mit Wanderbühnen unterwegs, erhielt von Wyhl bis 1945 auch das eine oder andere Festengagement wie etwa an die Stadttheater von Potsdam, Braunau am Inn und Aschaffenburg. An der letztgenannten Bühnenstation ließ man ihn während des Zweiten Weltkriegs auch Stücke inszenieren.

Auch in der frühen Nachkriegszeit trat von Wyhl, der nunmehr seinen durch Hitler kontaminierten Vornamen Adolf kurzerhand um den Anfangsbuchstaben verkürzte und sich fortan Dolf von Wyhl nannte, als Theaterregisseur (etwa in Wiesbaden) in Erscheinung, blieb aber in erster Linie Schauspieler. Zum Film kehrte Wyhl erst nach einem Vierteljahrhundert Abwesenheit zurück und übernahm in den 1950er Jahren kleinere Rollen in drei DEFA-Produktionen. Zuletzt war er 1967 als künstlerischer Berater bei der Berliner "Komödie" engagiert. Adolf von Wyhl starb 1982 in seiner Wohnung in Berlin-Wilmersdorf.

Filmografie
 1919: Das Schloß des Schreckens
 1920: Der Mann mit der Todesmaske
 1925: Patsy ist jung verheiratet (Kurzfilm)
 1925: Patsy ist arbeitslos (Kurzfilm)
 1950: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
 1955: Star mit fremden Federn
 1956: Der Richter von Zalamea
 1966: Unser Pauker (Episode: Das Pflegekind)
 1967: Die Mission

Literatur
 Kurt Mühsam / Egon Jacobsohn: Lexikon des Films. Verlag der Lichtbildbühne, Berlin 1926, S. 30.

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Einzelnachweise

Filmschauspieler
Stummfilmschauspieler
Theaterschauspieler
Deutscher
Geboren 1903
Gestorben 1982
Mann

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Frame the Game – it's Never the Same!
The Rational Think Tank - Behavioural Insights for the Legal Profession / June 11, 2017
Although the Framing Effect is widely known in modern medicine, it likewise has a great impact on the legal profession. Research shows that the human mind is prone to errors in connection with different ways of framing choices. By reading this article you will discover how different ways of presenting options affect the decision-maker. You might be surprised that the Framing Effect is strongly connected to age – and that in your case it can only get worse.
Kahneman/Tversky discovered in 1981 that different phasing affected their participants' responses to a hypothetical life and death situation (Tversky, Amos; Kahneman, Daniel (1981). "The Framing of decisions and the psychology of choice". Science. 211 (4481): 453–458). In the experiment participants have the choice between two different medical treatments for 600 affected individuals. In this hypothetical situation these individuals are suffering from a fatal condition. Whereas Treatment A would result in 400 deaths, Treatment B was given a 33% chance that no one would die, but a 66% chance that all individuals affected would die.
The participants have the choice between these different treatments which are presented either with positive or with negative framing. Treatment A "Saves 200 lives" (positive) and "400 people will die" (negative); Treatment B "a 33% chance of saving all 600 people, 66% possibility of saving no one" (positive) and "a 33% chance that no people will die, 66% probability that all 600 will die."
The positive presentation of Treatment A was chosen by 72% of the participants but dropped to 22% when presented negatively. Surprisingly, humans are risk-averse when the risk is presented positively but change to be venturesome when the option is presented in a negative way.
Framing effects can be discovered in other contexts as well. Gächter et al. (2009) discovered, that 93% of PhD students registered in time when a penalty fee was emphasized, while only 67% registered on time when earlier registration was awarded with a discount. Plous (1993) cites Rugg, who discovered only 45% of people agreeing to the statement "forbid public condemnation of democracy". In contrast, 62% disagreed with allowing "public condemnation of democracy".
The strong evidence that the Framing Effect exerts influence on our life should make us wonder whether this effect has an equally significant impact on the Legal Profession. Quite obviously, the evidence presented above goes contrary to the rationality promoted by most of my fellow rationalists and I.
Age as a Catalyst
Surprisingly, the vulnerability for this bias increases with increasing age. While pre-school children are more of a quantitative-reasoning type, elementary school children and adolescents learn to trade quantitative properties for risky options in a loss frame scenario, with no regard to probabilities. Surprisingly the susceptibility to framing effects is not as strong in adolescents as in adults.
According to research, students are more likely to prefer the positively framed options. Older adults are most susceptible to framing effects. This may be linked to an enhanced negativity bias, though the increase of negativity bias with increasing age is deputed in cognitive science. Other opinions posit that adults have less cognitive resources to defeat the bias. Although adults make decisions more quickly than younger participants, they are more vulnerable to biases, as research has shown.
Debiasing the Framing Effect
Rationalists are developing and learning methods to fight their biases and to defeat their mistakes in decision-making: This is called "debiasing". Two strategies have been proven effective to fight the Framing Effect.
The impact of the Framing Effect seems to disappear, when communicating in a second language:
Would you make the same decisions in a foreign language as you would in your native tongue? It may be intuitive that people would make the same choices regardless of the language they are using or that the difficulty of using a foreign language would make decisions less systematic.
We discovered, however, that the opposite is true: Using a foreign language reduces decision-making biases. Four experiments show that the framing effect disappears when choices are presented in a foreign tongue. Whereas people were risk averse for gains and risk seeking for losses when choices were presented in their native tongue, they were not influenced by this framing manipulation in a foreign language. Two additional experiments show that using a foreign language reduces loss aversion, increasing the acceptance of both hypothetical and real bets with positive expected value. We propose that these effects arise because a foreign language provides greater cognitive and emotional distance than a native tongue does.
– Keysar/Hayakawa/An
(Keysar, Boaz; Hayakawa, Sayuri; An, Sun Gyu. "The Foreign-Language Effect : Thinking in a Foreign Tongue Reduces Decision Biases")
Further, older adults were successful in reducing the impact on their decision-making when encouraged to reevaluate and overthink their decision analytically (Thomas, A. K.; Millar, P. R. (2011). "Reducing the Framing Effect in Older and Younger Adults by Encouraging Analytic Processing". The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 67B (2): 139). As always, knowing your biases is the first important step – and you achieved it by reading up to this point. Time to turn to the impacts and the benefits of your knowledge in the Legal Profession.
Legal Profession's Opportunities and Risks
Bibas (2004) argued that whether or not an accused criminal spent time in jail prior to the trial, could have influence on his willingness to accept a plea bargain. A plea bargain would be viewed as way to get an earlier release in contrast to a cause for imprisonment.
Overall, in aspect of the Framing Effects, legal professionals have a considerable advantage over their native-speaker opponent when consulting or negotiating in a second language.
The Framing Effect can have negative effects wherever you or your client are confronted with two decisions. In negotiation you might identify the opposite side trying to frame your client. You might then quickly reframe the choices to at least balance the effect. This is, as described above, not needed as much if you are communicating in a second language of the framing target.
One can think of the Framing Effect as a useful tool to nudge your client into decisions you want him to make. Despite ethical doubts please keep the "automatically second language debiasing" in mind.
When it comes to civil tort claims be aware of framing in legal documents. The court might evaluate the options the respondent had differently based on presentation. It is easy to frame the judge in believing that the decision made was the right or the wrong by presenting it the right way.
PHILIP HATTEMER
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Q: Remainder of $3^7/8$ I read here that the remainder of $\frac{ab}{c}$ is equal to the remainder of $\frac{a}{c}\frac{b}{c}$ implying that the remainder of $\frac{a^b}{c}$ is equal to the remainder of $[\frac{a}{c}]^b$. However, when I apply this here, I would get remainder of $[\frac{3}{8}]^7=3^7$ (while the correct answer is $3$). What am I doing wrong here? And if this method is not valid, are there other quick and simple methods of finding remainders like this?

A: You may use congruences:
$$3^2=9\equiv1\pmod{8}$$
So
$$3^7=(3^2)^3\times 3\equiv 1\times 3\equiv3\pmod{8}$$
Remember that $a\equiv b\pmod{m}$ means that $a$ and $b$ have same remainder when divided by $m$. It's also equivalent to $m|a-b$ (you read it $m$ divides $a-b$).
And with congruences you can write that if $a\equiv b \pmod{m}$ and $c\equiv d \pmod{m}$, then, among others:
$$ac\equiv bd \pmod{m}$$
$$a+c\equiv b+d \pmod{m}$$

A: Remainder of $ \frac {ab}{c}$ = remainder of $ \frac {a}{c} $ $\times$ remainder of $ \frac {b}{c} $ is FALSE in most cases.
When remainder of $ \frac {a}{c} $ $\times$ remainder of $ \frac {b}{c} \lt c$, only then it is valid.
However when remainder of $ \frac {a}{c} $ $\times$ remainder of $ \frac {b}{c} \ge c$, then
Remainder of $ \frac {ab}{c}$ = Remainder of $ \frac {remainder  of  \frac {a}{c} \times remainder of  \frac {b}{c} }{c}$
Since as you wrote: remainder of $ \frac {a}{c} $ $\times$ remainder of $ \frac {b}{c} = 3^7$ and dividing $ 3^7 $ by $8$ is the very problem we started at,
To apply the rule in this case, you could make use of the fact that:
$$ 3^7 = 3^4 \times 3^ 3$$
So assume $a$ to be $3^4$ and $b$ to be $3^3$.
Now, it's quite easy to calculate that $3^4 = 81 $ and $3^3 = 27 $
Remainder of $ \frac {3^7}{8} $ = Remainder of $ \frac {3^4 \times 3^3}{8}$ = Remainder of $ \frac {81 \times 27}{8} $
By the rule, Remainder of $ \frac {81 \times 27}{8} $ = Remainder of $ \frac {81}{8} $ $ \times $ Remainder of $\frac {27}{8} $ = $1 \times 3 $ = $3$
Since $ 3 \lt 8$, this is indeed our answer.

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Environmentby Mark Reutter7:06 amApr 5, 20110
City puts brakes on bikeshare program, citing costs
A 250-bike network will cost more "upfront" than anticipated, so Baltimore may delay implementation for a year.
Above: A couple considers renting a bike at a "B-station" in downtown Washington.
A plan to establish a network of 250 bicycles available to the public – described last month as being in the final stages of development – is being reconsidered and may be delayed for a year, the Baltimore Department of Transportation said yesterday.
While stressing that no final decision has been made, DOT spokesperson Kathy Chopper said the city is leaning toward rebidding the project "sometime within the next year" in order "to encourage a more competitive bidding process which may allow for lower program costs to the city."
Baltimore officials have been negotiating with two private vendors to operate a fleet of 250 bikes stationed at 25 kiosks where riders could swipe a card to pick up a bike and then drop it off at any station in the network.
The snag is that the two bids "require more upfront capital investment than the city had anticipated," Chopper said yesterday. She could not immediately say what public investment might be required, but said the city is looking for additional funding sources.
(UPDATED: Chopper phoned this morning to say that officials at the Bureau of Purchasing told her she should not release a figure for upfront capital costs or details on what an upfront investment would cover because they are still reviewing the two proposals submitted. "The people at the Bureau of Purchasing were a little bit nervous of me releasing that information," she said. "If it were delayed and we had to re-bid it, having that information out there might interfere with the bidding process.")
Baltimore's "bike czar," Nate Evans, also confirmed that the program is in jeopardy. Evans could not be reached by phone, but acknowledged in an e-mail that "it does not seem likely that a vendor will be selected in the near future."
He added, "With the current economic state, it would not be feasible to implement a bikeshare system at this time."
Letdown to Potential Riders
News that the program is likely to be delayed will disappoint bike advocates, who have expressed enthusiasm for the program after The Brew detailed the city's plans for a public bike network stretching from Federal Hill on the south to Canton on the southeast, Charles Village on the north and Camden Yards on the west.
"Can't wait to see this happen," commented one reader, saying that he looked forward to riding one-way to a transit station, rather than worrying about locking up his bike for an extended period.
In its Request for Proposals, the city asked private companies to compete for the right to establish a bikeshare program for five years.
The vendors would be responsible for furnishing the bikes as well as establishing and maintaining "B-stations" equipped with Wi-Fi and solar power equipment for easy bike access for city residents and tourists.
Proposed locations of downtown "B-stations" in relation to existing bike lanes and transit stations. (Baltimore DOT)
"The initial phase of the bikesharing network will focus on transit connectivity and downtown destinations to provide a transportation option while reducing traffic congestion," the RFP stated.
The bikes would include a GPS tracking device, theft-resistant lock, front and rear lights, and a cargo rack for carrying briefcases, book bags or other items.
Start-Up Funds Required Elsewhere
Evans told The Brew last month that the program would be privately financed and the city was hoping for a sponsorship by a corporation or nonprofit to pay for start-up costs.
Other bike systems have required such support. Denver's "B-cycle" program, for example, started with a $450,000 grant from Kaiser Permanente, while KLM-Air France donated a fleet of 200 beach-cruiser-style bicycles for Miami Beach's program.
The 1,100-bike Capital Bikeshare network in Washington, D.C., and Arlington County, Va., is a publicly supported program. The cost of planning, implementing and administering the network has totaled $5 million, with the first-year operating cost of $2.3 million for 100 bike stations.
The Washington portion of the network is being funded by a $6 million CMAQ (Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Montreal, Toronto, New York, Philadelphia and even Fairbanks, Alaska, have opened – or are in the final stages of opening – bike sharing systems. New York is preparing for 10,000 bikes at 600 stations.
Downtown Safety an Issue
Baltimore's plan for 250 bikes was one of the smaller programs on the drawing board. The proposal comes at a time when Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has been under political fire for a 2012 budget that boosts downtown tourist and promotional activities while cutting neighborhood services.
In addition to the perception that bikesharing is not an essential program in difficult economic times, there has been some worry that Baltimore does not have enough bike lanes to make public biking safe.
Evans said that the city has opened 70 miles of bike lanes across the city, but many are located in outer city neighborhoods. Biking on downtown streets can be hazardous, in part, because bicycles do not have clear and consistent lanes that separate them from cars, buses and trucks.
Cycling advocates also point to the need to cultivate a bike culture in Baltimore, saying that more cyclists on the road and more motorists willing to share the road with them, will go a long way toward promoting safety.
For more on how bikesharing works, see "Sharing bikes to curb cars."
TransportationSep 30, 2022
Harford Road Bridge to open tomorrow after a raft of cost overruns – and more to come
Finally finished, the bridge is an object lesson on how not to handle a large construction project.
TransportationDec 2, 2021
173 mph on the JFX? DOT claims it happened around 5 p.m. on a calm winter day
We tracked down the actual study Baltimore is citing to justify the installation of six speed cameras on I-83 and road-tested the data.


Police and ambulance services are on the scene as a multi-vehicle car crash causes delays and disruption on the M4.
Highways England reported the crash just before 9:30pm on Monday (April 8), which took place on the M4 westbound between junction 15 for Swindon East and junction 16 for Swindon West.
Traffic officers, police and ambulance are dealing with the incident, Highways England said.
Lanes one and two of the motorway are currently closed, while the incident is being dealt wiith.
Drivers have been advised to 'be careful on approach'.
Do you have photos or information which could help us keep other drivers up to date? Get in touch, if it's safe and legal to do so, by emailing eddie.bingham@reachplc.com, tweeting @eddiejb123 or calling 0 7825385768.
Please check the SomersetLive page for more updates on the incident tomorrow morning.
We will be in contact with police and ambulance services regarding the condition of the drivers and the cause of the incident.
In their initial post, Highways England said that the incident was between J15 Swindon East and J17 Chippenham.
Since then, it has been confirmed that the incident is between J15 Swindon East and J16 Swindon West.
Travel Somerset have described the incident as being 'medium impact' and have advised that the scene is not expected to be fully clear until between 23:45 on April 8 and 00:00 on April 9.


Sunday 22nd October 2017 we attended the Tranam open day to preview the new products arriving for the 2018 season.
There are some stunning new helmets from Scorpion to look out for including the ADX-1 adveture helmet in camo called the Battleflage. Some new graphics in the popular EXO 510 range. A white EXO combat helmet which looks like a storm trooper.
My personal favourite is the EXO 1400 air in the new Black Spell graphic which is stunning. Paul went for the carbon version.
Also new is the Fixnzip which allows you to fix a broken zip rather than replace it and from Storm the Tear aid fabric repair system to repair your textile jackets.


The Samsung Food ShowCase refrigerator provides easy access to on-the-go items. The exterior showcase gives you instant access to drinks and condiments, while the InnerCase lets you store large, fresh food items. Perfect for frequently used items, this refrigerator lets you easily organize your food by type or family member.
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Leigh Aberdeen is one of the top players on her Alberta hockey team, the Falcons. But as a Métis and the only girl on the team she's different--and not everyone is happy about that.
To top it off, she doesn't think her mother wants her to play hockey, so Leigh hasn't told her about the Falcons. Soon she's getting threatening messages on the phone, the Falcons'captain tries to get her kicked off the team, and her mother wants Leigh to go to a dance recital on the same night as the finals. When the pressure becomes too intense, Leigh has to face some hard decisions.
Hat Trick is a suspenseful, action-packed story about a young woman who learns the price of living a double life--the hard way. [Fry Reading Level - 4.2
Hat Trick certainly covers many of the problems and challenges of being a young teen in Canada today: separated parents, conflicting cultural traditions, and trying to follow her own love of hockey in a world where boys are accepted, and girls are not. The theme explores the familiar struggle for a young girl to find identity and confirmation... the uphill struggle for self-confidence, self-knowledge, and acceptance of her skills and limitations are well described.Recommended - ***/4
- Wendy Williams CM: Canadian Review of Materials
JACQUELINE GUEST is a Metis writer who lives in Bragg Creek, Alberta. She is the author of 10 previous Lorimer novels, including Hat Trick, Free Throw, Rookie Season, and A Goal in Sight, which are Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice selections, and the SideStreets novels Lightening Rider, Racing Fear and At Risk. A Goal in Sight was also nominated for a Golden Eagle Award.
Publication Date: 15th September 2010
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