Sweet potatoes are one of the healthiest vegetables that you can eat and are loaded with vitamin C, fiber, carotenoids and potassium. You can find them in your grocery store any time of the year and it is not necessary to serve them mashed up with brown sugar in a casserole dish! That is the only way I ever had them growing up and I used to hate sweet potatoes because of it.
Now, my entire family loves them. Our favorite sweet potato recipe is so easy and makes a delicious side dish!
Dice 3-4 small to medium-sized potatoes. In a bowl, toss with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, kosher salt and pepper.
Spread an even layer onto a cookie sheet and bake for 25-30 minutes. Enjoy!
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I just found your blog from FB. That recipe for the sweet potatoes sounds so good. I'm going to have to give it a try. My boys love sweet potatoes. I usually just bake them like a regular potato. Thanks for the recipe!
I hope you enjoy it Tonya! None of us really liked sweet potatoes before, but now we eat them all of the time….and they are so easy to make!


Sarah Wolff has been employed at the Environmental Geography Group , Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, since May 2014 as a PhD researcher, focusing on the role of changing Ecosystem Service demands on global land change. Her work is part of the GLOLAND project (Integrating human agency in global land change models) under the supervision of Prof. Peter Verburg and Dr. Nynke Schulp. The objective of her PhD is to analyse the role of changing ecosystem service demands on land change and to develop methods for explicitly accounting for ecosystem service demand/supply relations in global scale integrated assessments.
Sarah holds a double degree Master of Science in Water and Coastal Management, and Environmental and Infrastructure Planning, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Human Geography. Having an interdisciplinary background, she has a strong interest in socio-ecological relationships, the role of urban areas in global change, coastal planning, and ecosystem services approaches.
Ecosystem Services, Spatial Planning, Policy Analysis, Urban Flood Management, Coastal Zone Management.
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"It was this almost surreal dynamic" that had Blankenship claiming that he had been railroaded into prison by anti-coal activists under President Obama, Gonzales said.
"There might be more media paying closer attention," Gonzales said by phone. "I wonder if we're uncovering those more often rather than there being more of them."
According to election documents filed May 18, Collin Richard Carlson of Marysville, 25, is running as a Democrat to represent the district that includes Bellingham, Mount Vernon and Everett.
Carlson pleaded guilty in November to attempted second-degree theft in connection with a false insurance claim after a car wreck last summer, according to Whatcom County Superior Court records and the state Insurance Commissioner's Office.
He received a 364-day sentence in Whatcom County Jail, with all but 15 days suspended, and a $700 fine. His jail time was converted to 120 hours of community service.
Court documents show that a felony charge of filing a false insurance claim was dropped in exchange for Carlson's guilty plea to a gross misdemeanor of attempted theft of up to $5,000.
"From my standpoint, it was a miscommunication that snowballed way beyond what it was intended to be," Carlson said this week.
According to court records, state Insurance Commission investigators found that Carlson bought insurance the day after a crash in a Bellingham parking lot that totaled his 2008 Ford Focus, then claimed the damage occurred the day after he bought the policy.
Investigators said Carlson told them that he must have been confused about the dates — after he was confronted with evidence supplied by a towing company and an insurance agent.
WWU spokesman Paul Cocke said Carlson is a 2015 graduate and is enrolled in a teaching certificate program through the university. Carlson said he is completing his public service and intends to teach elementary school.
He said his conviction should not disqualify him as a candidate for Congress.
Meanwhile, Larsen challenger Mike the Mover of Mill Creek has two convictions for operating an illegal business, according to news reports.
Mover, who changed his name from Patrick Shanks some 20 years ago, runs for various elected positions to draw attention to his Seattle-area moving company, according to The Seattle Times.
He's running as a moderate Republican.
Larsen, an Everett Democrat, has been elected nine times since 2000 in the heavily Democratic district. He defeated Republican Marc Hennemann by a vote of 64 percent to 36 percent in November 2016.
Three additional candidates for Larsen's seat are listed as Independent, Libertarian, and Green party members.
Under Washington state's primary election rules, the top two candidates advance to the Nov. 6 general election, no matter their party affiliation.


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Tuborgfonden (danska: Tuborgfondet) är en dansk stiftelse med ändamål att gagna danskt samhälls- och näringsliv. Fonden skapades 1931 av Tuborgs bryggerier
för att markera fyrtioårsminnet av A/S De forenede Bryggeriers grundande och ingår sedan 1991 i Carlsbergfonden. Tuborgfonden delar ut 40–60 miljoner danska kronor om året till olika ändamål inom det danska samhällslivet, från konst och kultur till sport och fritidsaktiviteter, föreningsverksamhet, utbildning och yrkesinriktad verksamhet.

Till fonden är också "Tuborgs Grønne Fond" knuten. Denna ger stöd till aktiviteter som gör Danmark vad man kallar "lite grönare".

Källor

Stiftelser i Danmark
Organisationer bildade 1931
Kulturorganisationer
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Major Sam Cochran
Major Sam Cochran (ret.) Co-Chairman CIT International Board of Directors
Communities large and small are seeking to discover better and more efficient crisis response services. When changes are mandated, community collaborations and partnerships are critical deployment ventures to ensure success. Advocates have long asserted law enforcement personnel often do not understand and sometimes do not receive adequate mental health training. Within the hearts of many are desires and passions to move away and forward to new layers of crisis services beyond traditional pathways of the past. CIT is the new awakening – More Than Just Training.
In 1988, Memphis introduced the first Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) as a result of community outcries from local NAMI members. NAMI voices challenged obvious unsuccessful mental illness crisis responses: "Can't we (community) do better?" After a 1987 law enforcement shooting event the Memphis community followed leadership to develop, expand, and implement a new beginning: CIT partnerships voyaging a community exploration. NAMI persisted in steering pathways that were uncompromising – mental illness is a brain illness and respect and dignity are necessary components within hope and recovery. From this "heart" CIT breathed a unique identity – CIT is more than just training. The CIT foundational pillars supported principles of human dignity, understanding, kindness, hope and dedication. Processing and understanding CIT requires visions beyond traditional limitations that suggest "more" of the same will somehow illuminate a new awakening – not so, says those who see and understand the vision of CIT as a new heart – a "specialist" response.
Major Sam Cochran (ret.) is nationally known for his work developing the CIT model. He was the Coordinator of the Memphis Police Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) which started in 1988 from an outpouring of community partnerships. He holds a masters degree in Political Science/Criminal Justice from the University of Southern Mississippi. He retired from the Memphis Police Department after 33 years of service which include numerous assignments including Coordinator of the Memphis Hostage Negotiation Team. Retiring in 2008, Major Cochran joined the University of Memphis as a CIT Project Grant Coordinator and as Coordinator of the CIT Center. Major Cochran is passionately engaged in many services promoting CIT as a community program – more than just training. In addition to receiving the City University of New York (CUNY) John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement News Person of the Year Award (2000), the National Alliance on Mental Illness named an annual law enforcement advocacy award after Major Cochran.
Major Cochran has presented the Crisis Intervention Team model to numerous organizations and communities, including presentations on national public radio stations, CBS Television 60 Minutes II and at the White House Conference on Mental Health. Major Cochran has also written or contributed to articles that have appeared in several publications: Responding to Youth with Mental Health Needs: A CIT for Youth Implementation Manual and The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Community Mental Health Report and Psychiatric Services and Address Discrimination and Stigma Center (ADS Center).
Major Cochran continues in various training and consulting services: Shelby County Sheriff Training Academy Instructor, CIT Verbal De-escalation Trainer, assisting communities to visualize the "more" of CIT – beyond limitations of past experiments. His passion stems from tenacious efforts to reduce unnecessary incarcerations, injuries and deaths. CIT is not a panacea, but is a necessary start for our future – promoting excellent services with hope and dignity. CIT is the calling by which to embrace and capture a new "heart" – yes, CIT is "MORE" than just training.

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The Chakasshoku, that the dark brown tinged blackness rather, it is the color name common way to describe the tea system. In some cases, a dark navy blue Speaking of "Kasshoku", but because that brown fiber which I made with the stem of Ge and "Katsu", it is thought was a brown and brown the original. From the Warring States period, the bluish color "brown" was in vogue as a "win color" brown "brown" is now referred to as "Chakasshoku" due to the epidemic of tea ceremony.


Leaders become leaders because of their presence – that's what people are drawn to. The tools in this workshop provide a great way to start developing that.
Leaders face challenging situations every day. Teams don't function well, projects miss deadlines, circumstances change abruptly, meetings end in conflict. As a leader, you want to deliver excellent results despite these challenges. You may even know the best action to take in any given situation – but sometimes you find yourself falling into old patterns of unskillful actions despite your intentions.
This two-day workshop can help you bridge the gap that sometimes exists between what you know, and what you can actually do under pressure. Let's face it – when you're relaxed and comfortable reading a book or sitting in a training, it's easy to grasp effective leadership and communication skills. It's not always so easy to put those skills into practice when you're back in the office having a conversation with your most challenging team member, or presenting bad news to your boss. We all have physical and mental patterns of constriction that kick in when we're stressed or under pressure, and when we're stuck in those patterns it can be hard to act skillfully.
take clear and powerful stands without steamrolling or collapsing.
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respond creatively and non-reactively when the stress is high.
build an internal reference point from which you can act with confidence and grace under pressure.
Course activities provide a simulator in which you will discover your habitual patterns of reaction to challenging leadership situations, and explore how the practice of centering allows you to engage with those challenges in a more effective and creative way. The exercises are designed to create deep and lasting effects by repeatedly engaging you in the practice and experience of being centered under pressure.
learn the fundamental concepts and distinctions of Leadership Embodiment.
explore your body's patterns of reaction to the stress and pressure of common leadership scenarios.
become aware of your body's non-verbal messages and increase your ability to align those messages with what you say.
learn the fundamental tools for shifting from constriction to an open, centered presence, while under pressure.
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you will have the tools to communicate and influence effectively on the issues that matter most to you.
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Peel the squash and scrub the sweet potato and beetroot. Using a mandolin or food processor finely slice all the vegetables.
Place the vegetables in a bowl and add the olive oil and salt, rub the oil over the slices.
Lay as many slices as you can fit directly onto a baking tray or on parchment paper (do not use baking paper as they stick to that). Ensure that the slices do not overlap. I usually have 3 trays in the oven. The veg shrink in size after about 10 minutes so you can add the rest of the slices when there is space.
Bake in the oven at 100 degrees celsius for up to 3 hours - if you increase the temperature they will cook faster but you'll need to keep an eye that they don't burn.
Once the slices begin to curl, turn them over and continue baking.
Remove from the oven and leave to cool - they crisp up further when cool.


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I wanted to grow up & be a cashier.
I trekked around the Himalayas with my mother.
I do not know how to parallel park, whistle or keep a plant alive.
I have been sneezed on by a horse & an elephant, but only spit on by a camel.
I have camped in a tent at 16,000 feet, slept in a Maasi hut & napped in a Bedouin cave.
I have been threatened with getting shot by the Secret Service for trying to get too close to President Clinton.
I went to Russia as a 13 year old on a student exchange program right after the fall of the USSR. My favorite meal was at the first ever McDonald's in Moscow.
I started off as an Art Director in advertising before cleansing my soul & becoming a humanitarian photographer.
I founded KIOO Project to change gender dynamics in economically challenged communities by teaching photography to girls. The girls then teach the boys.


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Contact Darcy
317.741.9097 dmarlett@indianaspark.com
Darcy Marlett is the Communications Manager for the SPARK Learning Lab project. In this role, she is responsible for the overall internal and external communications and manages communication strategy, public relations, graphic design, website and social media management.
Prior to joining the TCG team Darcy served as the Director of Marketing and Communications for the National Chimney Sweep Guild, a national trade association focused on the chimney and hearth industry.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Indiana University with a concentration in public relations and advertising. While at IU she interned with a variety of non-profits including the American Red Cross and the Indianapolis Museum of Art and discovered a passion for helping organizations doing great work tell their stories.
A lifelong volunteer Darcy got her start volunteering with the Girl Scouts at a young age. Today she enjoys working with organizations that support the arts and the Indianapolis community. She currently volunteers at the Eiteljorg Museum and is a member of the Junior League of Indianapolis.
Fun Fact: While at Indiana University Darcy received a minor in Contemporary Dance. Favorite Food: Buffalo Wings Favorite Quote: "There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind." Mr. Rogers Community Involvement: Darcy is a member of Junior League of Indianapolis and the Speedway Run Club. She also volunteers at Eiteljorg Museum.


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Holidays in Merano and surroundings... an attractive town that boasts quality of life, elegance and a touch of nostalgia; nestled in the kind of beautiful countryside that attracts many people just like you. Thanks to the delightfully mild climate, you can enjoy beautiful greenery and an exotic array of plants all year round: a touch of Mediterranean flair!
Merano has also played a central role in the history of South Tirol: under the Dukes of Tirol, who had their main seat in the nearby Schloss Tirol, Merano was the capital of the Duchy of Tirol. During the 18th Century the town's reputation as a spa town grew thanks to its incredibly fresh air, and many notable figures spent time here, not least the famous Empress Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria.
Today, Merano still attracts many visitors with its impressive architecture, its unique location and its many international festivals (for example the Meraner Music Weeks) making it one of the most visited places in South Tirol.
In 857 Merano was first documented under the name Mairania.
In 1317 Merano was declared a city.
Merano was the capital of the Duchy of Tirol (which existed officially until 1848) until 1420, having been granted this status in the 13th Century by the Dukes of Tirol.
From 1420 under the rule of Friedrich "with the empty purse", the capital was moved to Innsbruck.
Under his descendant Siegmund "the rich in coin" came the transfer of the royal mint, to Hall in Tirol in 1484, weakening Merano's position.
In 1809 during the Tyrolean struggles for independence Merano once again came under the spotlight: at Segenbühel above Merano the Tiroleans fought and won against French and Bavarian troups under the leadership of Andreas Hofer, who hailed from the Passeier Valey.
In 1855 Merano became a spa town, popular with the aristocracy and the upper classes that came to the town in great numbers. In 1914 alone, 40,100 guests stayed here.
After World War I South Tirol, and Merano with it, fell to Italy.
During World War II Merano served as a hospital town. There is a monument in the courtyard of Otto-Huber-Straße 36A to the Jews who were taken from here to Germany 1943.
Merano has a long history as a spa town and a stopping off point for travellers. It became one of the first tourist towns of the Hapsburg empire with many famous guests from the worlds of culture and politics. Scientists and doctors rated the spa town very highly, largely thanks to its mild, Mediterranean climate and the pure clean air, which was particularly good at treating respiratory problems. The spa concert even formed part of the prescribed cure.
Since 1855 there was a small spa band, and later a spa orchestra, which would perform concerts twice daily during high season. The spa orchestra continued until 2005 and was one of the best known of the Hapsburg period. A tradition that continued well into the 9th decade of the 20th century.
After 1945 the aim was to recreate Merano's name as one of the most important tourist destinations in South Tirol.
In 1981 the chess world championship was battled out here between Karpov and Kortschnoi, only a short while after the qualifying match between Kortschnoi and Dr. Hübner which had also taken place in Merano.
The Merano Hippodrome - an oasis of green in the centre of the City, where the most important and exciting horse races of the Italian season take place. The venue was first opened in 1935.
The gardens of Trauttmansdorff Palace, awarded the most beautiful botanical gardens of Italy award in 2005. There is also a touriseum, a museum dedicated to the tourist history of South Tirol.
The area around Merano is also rich in natural and cultural attractions. The areas around the spa town and the nearby regional capital of Bolzano attract many visitors and guarantee pleasurable and rich cultural holidays.
Take a trip around the universe in the fascinating simulation room of the Planetarium right on the town square of the little town of Gummer.
At "Orchid World" you will discover something new and astonishing, whether you are an orchid fan or not: there's a network of lakes with waterfalls, hanging bridges, Koi Carp and water turtles, an adventure playground for children, bees in apiaries and of course a number of stations where you can playfully test and improve your knowledge of orchids, their growth and their reproduction.
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Lampros Koutas
Website: contest.civ.uth.gr
Lampros Koutas is an Assistant Professor at the Dept. of Civil Engineering of The University of Thessaly, and a member of the Concrete Technology and Reinforced Concrete Structures Lab at the same Department. He holds his current position since October 2018. His qualifications include a Diploma (MEng equivalent) in Civil Engineering (2008), an MSc in Seismic Design of Structures (2010) and a PhD in Civil Engineering (2015), from The University of Patras (Greece). In the past, he has worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Dept. of Civil and Structural Engineering of The University of Sheffield (2016-1017), and at the Dept. of Civil Engineering of The University of Nottingham (2014-2016). He has extensively worked in projects related to the use of composite materials (such as FRP, TRM) in retrofitting existing structures, and has built an expertise in the use of textile-fibre composites in structural and earthquake engineering applications. He is a member of the fib Task Group 5.1 "FRP Reinforcement for Concrete Structures", and a former member of the EU-funded COST Action TU1207 "Next Generation Guidelines for Composite Reinforcements".
Undergraduate Courses:
Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures I
Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures II
Prestressed Concrete Structures
Assessment and Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Structures
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Antonios Giannakopoulos
Elected Professor, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University, Athens, Greece.
Panagiotis Tsopelas
Elected Associate Professor, School of Applied Mathematics and Physical Science, National Technical University, Athens, Greece.
Michael Petrou
Elected Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering, University of Cyprus.
Panagiotis Papanikolaou
Elected Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University, Athens, Greece.
Achilleas Papadimitriou
Marina Moretti
Elected Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, National Technical University, Athens, Greece.
Spyros Kostopoulos
Resigned.
Pantelis Kopelias
Dr. Pantelis Kopelias is an Assistant Professor at School of Civil Engineering at University of Thessaly (city of Volos, Greece). He holds a Diploma in Civil Engineering (1997) and a PhD (2002) in Traffic Engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He teaches Traffic Engineering, Road Operations and Traffic management, Pavement Design and Management and ITS and Traffic Management Applications. He has participated in several EU and Greek Research and Development projects and Traffic studies in the area of Traffic Management, Road Safety and ITS. He is author or co-author in 20 scientific publications in journals and over 60 conferences papers with referees. He is member of the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers and also he is /was member of several organizations and scientific groups (TRB, IRF, IIAV). He has a significant - 20 years - professional experience as Civil and Traffic Engineer in areas of Traffic Operations, Traffic and Incident Management and Transportation studies.
Road Operation and Traffic Management
Pavement Desigh and Construction
Vasiliki Katsardi
Assistant Professor Katsardi is a Civil Engineering graduate of DUTH (2001) and holds a master's degree in Hydraulic Engineering form DUTH (2002). She completed her doctoral studies at Imperial College, London in 2007 in the field of Coastal and Ocean Engineering. She has been serving the University of Thessaly since 2012 and specializes in ocean and coastal engineering and the interaction of structures with the marine environment. She has collaborated with major companies of the oil and gas industry (Shell, BP, Statoil, Woodside, Total) and has participated or led research projects related to marine construction, offshore oil platforms and offshore wind energy. She has more than 30 publications in journals and international/national conferences related to the above subjects and has been teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the University of Thessaly since 2012.
Coastal Engineering – Coastal Protection Works
Wave mechanics and Offshore Structures
Maritime Hydraulics and Harbour Engineering
Αλληλεπίδραση ρευστών-κατασκευών – Υπεράκτιες Κατασκευές
Polyxeni Kallioglou
Polyxeni Kallioglou is a Lecturer at the Department of Civil Engineering of University of Thessaly, and member of Geotechnical and Geoenviromental Engineering Division. She is engaged in the Experimental Methods of Soil Mechanics. Her other research interests are: Soil Mechanics and Soil Dynamics, Geotechnical Investigation, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Dynamic Properties of Natural Soils, Mechanical Behaviour of Cemented Soils, Marly Soils, Organic Soils and Partially Saturated Soils, Soil Structure Effect on the Behaviour of Geomaterials and Soil Improvement Methods.
Soil Mechanics ΙΙ
Experimental Soil Mechanics
Special Topics of Soil Mechanics
Engineering & Marine Geology - Geotechnical Engineering
Thursday, 13:00 – 15:00
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George Efremidis is Assistant Professor in the Division of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering of the Civil Engineering Department with the subject "Rock Mechanics". His research interests include: Mechanical behavior of intact rock and rock masses (constitutive laws, gradient theories of elastoplasticity, scale / size effects, the effect of microstructure heterogeneity), geostatic stresses, underground constructions in rocks, stability of rock slopes, geological hazards. Mr. Efremidis teaches undergraduate courses: Geology for Engineers, Engineering Geology and Rock Mechanics, Deep Foundations and Retaining Diaphragms. He also teaches the postgraduate course: Engineering and Marine Geology ‐ Geotechnical Engineering. He has supervised 21 diploma theses and 6 postgraduate diploma theses and is an academic coordinator on 2 Erasmus + bilateral agreements with the Politecnico di Torino. He has published more than 30 articles in scientific journals and conferences.
Geology for Engineers
Engineering Geology and Rock Mechanics
Deep Foundations and Retaining Diaphragms
Christos Papakonstantinou
Theofanis Grammenos
Chrysi Laspidou
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Q: How are those 4 formulas determined in codechef prime pattern? In the codechef primepattern question how those four fornulas are obtained for range of values of X and y?
This problem
This is what I am talking about These:
if(x-y>0 && x+y<=1) // south
{
sum=(y-1)*(4*y+2)+2;
sum+=x-y;
}
else if(x+y>1 && x-y>=0) // east
{
sum=(4*x-6)*x+2;
sum+=2*x-1;
sum+=x+y-1;
}
else if(x-y<0 && x+y>=0) // north
{
sum=(4*y-6)*y+2;
sum+=(y-1)*4+2;
sum+=y-x;
}
else if(x+y<0 &&x-y<=0) // west
{
sum=(8*x+12)*x/2+2;
sum+=(-x-1)*6+4;
sum+=-x-y;
}
return sum;
}

In short how are we calculating box number from given coordinates?

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Tumbling between two countries
With the world championships just around the corner, most gymnasts and delegation have already arrived to Glasgow, ready to show us what they are capable of. Most of those athletes are there to represent the country where they have lived and trained for their whole lives, but there are also a few cases of gymnasts who will be competing under the flag of a different country than the one where they train. Most of them have dual sitizenship, while others have chosen to live abroad in order to have better training conditions and it will be interesting to take a look at some of them.
Alaina Kwan and Kylie Dickson, Belarus
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Alaina Kwan and Kylie Dickson were two of the most discussed athletes during the last month. However, they didn't gain that attention with their skill level or their results in the sport. The two new elites, who train at the All Olympia Gymnastics Academy with coaches Artur Akopyan and Galina Marinova, decided to represent Belarus at the upcoming gymnastics world championships. This is a rather controversial decision because the only connection those two athletes have with that country, is the fact that their coaches have connections with Nellie Kim and the Belorussian gymnastics committee. Alaina and Kylie are not from Belarus. They probably had never heard of Belarus before this opportunity arose and I doubt that they could even find it in a map. They also never went through an official selection progress. They got their dual citizenship, they got their passports and they suddenly were in the country's world team, over Belorussian athletes who have actually been representing their country during the entire year. I obviously don't blame the gymnasts themselves, because if I were in their position, I would have grabbed that opportunity without a second thought. However, I am definitely not in favor of this situation. I'm not going to talk more about this issue, because I'm not going to say more about this issue, because thegymter.net has already put my thought into worlds better than I possibly could. However, one can't deny that there's something wrong with an athlete who is simply not good enough to make the worlds team in their own country to randomly pick an other country to represent. Kylie shows good potential on bars, where she's capable of an endo 1/2, a chow and a tkatcev while her floor routine includes a front tuck + double pike combination and her beam set includes a front tuck, a front aerial, a switch half and 2.5 twists as the dismount. On vault, she is capable of a yurchenko double twist and she has actually be training amanars. Alaina performs a jaeger and a tkatcev on bars, a full twisting yurchenko on vault and a double pike on floor. Her best event is the balance beam, where she has a respectable 5.7 start value since she's capable of a double turn, a sissone into a side aerial, a switch half and a double tuck dismount. They are both artistic, flexible and talented gymnasts, but that doesn't change the fact that they are not Belorussian.
Danusia Francis, Jamaica
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The fabulous Danusia Francis, who is determined to become Jamaica's first gymnast to qualify into the Olympics, is set to return to the world championships for the first time since 2011. Back then, she represented Great Britain at Tokyo, helping the team achieve a historic fifth place finish during team finals. Now, four years later, she comes back under the Jamaican flag. At the age of 9, Danusia moved away from home so she could continue training and she has represented Great Britain at multiple international competitions in the past, including the world and the European championships. After being named a reserve for the 2012 Olympic team, Francis entered a new chapter in her career and moved all the way to Los Angeles, to compete for UCLA. Understandably, that was a hard transition for her and she felt homesick lots of times, but at the end it definitely paid of, as she is one of the most loved and popular college gymnasts currently competing. In order to qualify to the Rio Olympics, Danusia needs to win an individual medal at worlds or to compete All Around at next year's test Event. Since the first scenario is rather unlikely, she had to start training on vault again for the first time in about three years and she showed a beautiful full twisting yurchenko at the recent British team championships. At the same competition, she performed a side somi, a side aerial and a y turn on balance beam, a maloney + bail combination and a jaeger on the uneven bars and a double tuck, a memmel turn and a ferrari on floor exercise. Danucia, who trained at the Houston Gymnastics Club before heading to Glasgow, doesn't have the highest start values out there, but her unique silivas mount on beam, her incredible flexibility and her fantastic choreography on floor will make her stand out among the other competitors. She has also been training an original side somi into a scale, which would look absolutely stunning. If she hits all her routines during qualifications, the All Around finals is not out of the question for her. Her road to Glasgow has not been easy since she's suffering from a broken rib but this is not going to stop her from chasing her dream.
You can read more about Danusia here
Houry Gebeshian, Armenia
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Houry Gebeshian, who was born in Massachusetts, started gymnastics for the same reasons most gymnasts do. She was a very energetic kid, who was encouraged to go to the gym in order to use all that energy and fell in love with the sport. Her passion and talent got her in the NCAA level and she competed for the University of Iowa for four years, which she considers the best of her life. As Houry said to the triple twist gym blog, a family friend who works in Armenia's Olympic committee gave her the opportunity to compete for her parent's country and she grabbed it with both hands. She represented Armenia at the 2011 gymnastics world championships and she became the third reserve for the London Olympics. Houry was proud of that achievement, but she was also disappointed to be so close to achieving her dream and the fact that she didn't manage to perform at her best due to injuries frustrated her even more. So, after taking a three years break from gymnastics, she decided to come back and chase her Olympic Dream for the second time. She returned to competition at the 2015 European championships, where she wrote history by becoming Armenia's first European finalist in women's gymnastics and she placed 19th in the All Around. Now, she has set yer eyes to Glasgow. Some of her most notable skills are her jaeger and full in on bars, her side aerial and double tuck dismount on beam, her full twisting yurchenko on vault and her double tuck and double pike on floor.
You can read more about Houry here
Kaylee Shae Cole, Bolivia
Kaylee is a level 10 gymnast who trains at Texas Dreams with former world champion Kim Zemskal and her husband, Chris Burdette. She has won multiple medals at level 10 Invitationals in the United States and she recently competed at the Pan-american Games, representing Bolivia. She was still coming back from an injury, and was able to only compete on bars and beam. She showed a nice front aerial on beam and a gienger and a beautiful double arabian dismount on bars. In the past, she has competed a 2.5 + front tuck and a 1.5 + front full on floor and a double twisting yurchenko on vault.
Tori Ann Williams, Jamaica
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Tori-Ann Williams, who competes for the University of California-Berkeley, is no stranger to the international scene since she has already represented Jamaica twice at the sports biggest stage. More specifically, she has competed at the 2011 and the 2013 world championships. She was born in Baltimore from Jamaican parents and as she said, competing for Jamaica has helped her connect with her Jamaican heritage even more. She is hoping that her and her teammates' performance will help promote Jamaican gymnastics and encourage little girls from the country to get involved with the sport. Just like every other athlete, she has sustained injuries during her career, like torn muscles, broken toes and ankle injuries, but she kept going. As a college gymnast, Tori-Ann trains 20 hours a week and she performs a powerful double layout and a sky high double pike on floor and a gorgeous full twisting yurchenko on vault
Thema Williams, Trinidad and Tobago
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Thema Williams, who used to train at Tots & Tumblers, wrote history for Trinidad and Tobago when she became their first athlete to compete at the world championships in 2011. She didn't have the best competition of her career, but being in the same arena with the very best gymnasts in the world motivated to work even harder. In order to reach her full potential, Thema lived a host family in the United States so she can have the opportunity to train at Twistar's, under the coaching of John and Catherine Geddert. She has plenty of international experience, since she has competed at major competitions like, the Osijek world cup, the Pan-American championships and of course, the world championships. Her ultimate goal is to earn a spot for the Rio. If she manages to do that, she will be the first ever gymnast of her country to ever compete at the Olympic Games. She is a powerful and flexible athlete, capable of impressive skills, like a double arabian and a 2.5 twist + front tuck combination on floor, a tkatcev on bars and a full twisting yurchenko on vault. In the gym, she has trained difficult elements and combinations, like a double layout, a yurchenko double full, a switch ring and a front aerial + side aerial + switch leap + front tuck combination on balance beam.
You can read more about Thema here
Marisa Dick, Trinidad and Tobago
courtesy of Guardian Media, Trinidad & Tobago
Thema's teammate, Marisa Dick was born in Canada and she has lived all her life there. She trains at Ortona Gymnastics Club and she has been competing for Trinidad and Tobago, which is her mother's country, since 2012. In 2013, she participated in the 2013 world championships in Antwerp, where she finished 50th in the All Around and 30th on vault. In 2014, she earned her country's first international medal in gymnastics, when she placed second on beam and third on vault at the Commonwealth Invitational in Scotland. This year, we saw her competing at the Pan-american Games, where she achieved an impressive 16th place finish in the All Around and had the 30th highest score on balance beam. Her best event is the balance beam. Her routine includes a beautiful split mount, a double turn, a switch leap into a side aerial, a split jump into a side somi and a double full dismount while she's capable of full twisting yurchenko on vault and a double tuck, a double L turn and 2.5 twists on floor exercise, where she has a dramatic routine to Requiem for a dream. She downgraded her difficulty on this event at the Pan-american Games but hopefully, she will be ready for Glasgow. On bars, she performs a jaeger, a pak salto and an unusual toe on tucked half out dismount.
Alma Kuc, Poland
Alma Kuc is a graceful young gymnast, who trains at the All Olympia Gymnastics Academy and represents Poland in international competitions. At the age of 17, she has already lived in four different countries and she speaks three different languages. Her father's job requires lots of travelling around the world, and Alma, who was born in Toronto, Canada, has also lived in Argentina and Brazil before moving to the United States of America. She also has polish roots, and she can speak Spanish, English, Polish and a bit of Portuguese. She had a succesful level 10 career, winning medals in several competitions and she qualified for the Nastia Liukin Cup in 2013. As an elite athlete, she has represented Poland at the European and the world championships of 2014. She had some disappointing routines at Nanning, but she helped Poland qualify a full team to this year's worlds and she will hopefully get her redemption at Glasgow. She has had the time to recover from the surgery she had last October, in order to reconstruct two ligaments on her foot and she is now ready for her second world championships. Some of her most notable skills are her full twisting yurchenko on vault, her gienger, her inbar stalder + pak salto combination and her full in dismount on bars and her triple twist on floor.
Read more about Alma here and here
Ava Verdeflor, Philippines
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Ava Verdeflor, who was born in Philippines but has lived her entire life in the United States of America, is a first year senior who trains at the legendary WOGA with Laurent Landi and Natasha Boyarskaya. Since both her parents are from the Philippines, Ava always knew that competing for this country was a possibility and it all became official when she won the All Around gold at the Philippine National Games in 2013 and made the national team. She visits the Philippines every year, she competes at the National Games and she has bonded with her teammates, with whom she keeps in touch through social media. One of her main goal is to promote gymnastics in her country and inspire young gymnasts join the sport and despite her young age, she is already doing that. She finished fifth at the Nadia Comaneci Invitational and 12th at the Junior Asian Championships, where she qualified for the Youth Olympic Games. There, she did an excellent job, finishing 11th in the All Around and qualifying into the uneven bars finals. Ava made her senior debut at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, where she helped her team win a bronze medal, finished fourth in the All Around and won the silver medal on the uneven bars. She has gorgeous swing and execution on the uneven bars, where she performs a high jaeger and a perfect bail to handstand and she's capable of a double pike on floor, a side aerial and a front aerial + split jump on beam and a full twisting yurchenko on vault.
You can ready more about Ava here and here
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Sometimes a bit of advice is all we need when we mostly know what we're doing. However, when we're really stuck, mere advice is the last thing we need.
"You should have removed the widget first."
"Yes, I can see that, but it's too late because now I've broken the whole thing!"
"You need to take a firm control of this situation."
"That's what I've been trying to do all along! Do you think I messed this up deliberately?"
When we're really making a mess of something then we don't just need someone to tell us what to do, we need someone to get down into the mess we've made, to come alongside us to help us, or perhaps to fix the problem for us.
That's what Jesus was doing when he came to us. We had God's instructions, but we didn't and couldn't keep them. We already had a good idea what wise living would look like, but we were incapable of breaking out of our foolishness. We knew what kind of behaviour threatened the peace of our family, village and nation but we had no power to change.
And so Jesus, God's eternal Son, came to us in our mess. If you don't accept that Jesus is God's Son let me gently ask whether you have read one of the Gospel eye-witness accounts recently? How else do you account for Jesus' extraordinary life and the unparalleled influence he has across the world?
Jesus did not come to show us up (though it's true that our self-absorbed ways don't look good against his selflessness). Jesus did not come merely to instruct us (although there would be much to learn from him if we were able to take it in). Jesus became one of us – he shared in our weakness, he submitted himself to the treachery of his own people and the cruelty of Roman execution – to save us from a messy end.
He joined us in our mess, not to tell us to sort it out but to generously do that for us. Now he calls us to simply trust him as he invites us to join his mess-free family with Jesus as our brother, his Father as our father and his Spirit to live in us.
That's Christmas Joy!
A problem shared ...
November 2021, to the people of Holme
You will have received with this Parish Newsletter a Tower Appeal leaflet which explains the extensive repair work that needs to be done at Holy Trinity church. Stonework needs repointing to keep the rain out and rotten floors must be replaced throughout the full height of the tower. The leaflet gives much more detail on all that needs to be done.
Some people have been working hard for over 18 months to reach this point. Thorough investigations have taken place to find the cause of the pervasive damp in the tower and to discover the extent of damage to wooden joists and floorboards. We have worked with historic building and church clock specialists, our church architect and a structural engineer to draw up a specification for the work that needs to be done and we have obtained the necessary permission for the restoration to take place. Contractors have been invited to tender for the work and by the time this goes to print we should know who we intend to appoint to carry out the project. The congregation have been invited to give towards the repairs (and a few others have become aware of the need) and I am pleased to say that more than £18,000 has already been given or pledged. That is amazing – thank you!
But now it is time to ask everyone in the village and others with links to Holme to consider supporting this work if you can. Holme Church, like all churches, is not funded from government taxes or central Church of England finances but primarily by the generous giving of local people. The giving of the congregation pays the day-to-day bills and the costs of ministry and for routine maintenance but a large project like this is beyond our means. And yet we know that many who live here value the presence of this building built in the heart of the village for the public worship of the Lord Jesus Christ. Many want it to be safeguarded for the future and kept in good repair. If you can help in any way we would be very grateful.
You can find more information on the repair work and how you can give:
· In the Church Tower Appeal leaflet
· At our Open Afternoon on Sunday 21st November
· On our church website at www.burtonandholmechurches.org/tower-repairs
· On the Burton and Holme Churches YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/R-jzuQil3DE
Rafters and Rainwater
November 2021, to the people of Burton
Thank you to everyone who came to our Autumn Fair. I think we've really missed such events of late! Thank you too for your generosity, £1003.95 was raised from takings and donations and will go towards the repairs needed to keep St James Church open for the public worship of the Lord Jesus Christ. Here's an update on the work that is in progress or planned:
In April 2021, as we were investigating rainwater leaks into the Atkinson Room (south-east corner of the church), we discovered significant problems with the 16th Century oak beam roof structure which required urgent attention. The Atkinson Room is used for children's work, group meetings and for serving refreshments. We quickly installed scaffolding to support the roof and to give access for investigation and expert advice. Seven months later we are drawing to the close of a project to replace rotten oak purlins and rafters before replastering sections of the ceiling with traditional lath and plaster. This work has cost thousands and leaves the church with very little money in the bank for future building works.
You may have seen that we have been digging shallow trenches in the churchyard. We have been finding out where the blocked storm-water drains go to – the answer … nowhere! Over time this will undermine the foundations of the church so as soon as we can raise sufficient funds we plan to lay new pipes from all the gullies to proper soakaways within the churchyard.
We have been working towards the next major project – to repair the vestry, which was built in 1872 on the north side of the church. This small but important room is used to prepare for services, to store church records and to house our lovely 1850 pipe organ. Falling internal plaster has been a sure sign of rain-water ingress which has now been thoroughly investigated. The repair and restoration work – outside and inside – has been costed at £55,000. Thank you very much to all those who have already given money towards this project – as I write £25,837 has already been given, nearly half of the total. Thank you very much!
More information on the repair work is available:
· At our Open Afternoon on 31st October
· On our church website at www.burtonandholmechurches.org/vestryrepairs
· On the Burton and Holme Churches YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/TC8OIVaZLyo
Why would people bring apples, beans, tinned meat, potatoes, or packets of noodles into church, of all places? Not to feed the vicar. And certainly not to feed God who needs nothing from us – he is the one who has generously given us food, life and everything else. People in our village have done this for years and years, piling up produce on windowsills and along pews and steps as a tangible thank-you to God for his kindness. We have food to eat because God keeps his promise to maintain the seasons and because the risen Lord Jesus continues to sustain everything, every moment of every day, by his powerful command. (Genesis 8:22, Hebrews 1:3) And so every year we have Harvest Thanksgiving.
Fruit and veg also remind us, Jesus says, that who we are, deep down, will determine what grows in our life. Oranges don't grow on apple trees. If our hearts are far from our loving Creator and we are pursuing our own agenda then that will show. "Each tree is recognised by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thorn-bushes, or grapes from briers." (Luke 6:44)
Jesus and his apostles also tell us that he has the power to so deeply transform us that, miraculously, we do begin to produce a different kind of fruit: "Now the works of the flesh are evident … But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control." (Galatians 5:19-22) What a glorious fruit-laden tree that is!!
And, finally, Jesus says that God has given us harvest time so that we never forget his judgment. Just as every good farmer must separate wheat from weeds or good apples from bad apples, so Jesus must one day separate us from others according to our response to him. Jesus says, "at harvest time I will tell the reapers, 'Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'" (Matthew 13:30)
Our Harvest Thanksgiving this year is on Sunday 3rd October, and you are very welcome to join us. Produce to decorate the church can be brought to the church on Saturday 2nd October between 10am and 11am. After Harvest we will send non-perishables to the King's Food Bank in Kendal and we will find a good home for the fresh food.
The other side of the wall
Where is God when skies are darkening, relationships are not working, family members are not thriving, businesses are failing, illness is not retreating and help is not arriving?
Is he far away? No. "He is not far from each one of us. `For in him we live and move and have our being.'" (Acts 17:27-28)
Is he uninterested in us? Nope. "The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made." (Psalm 145:9)
Is he powerless to help us? Na. "I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?" (Jeremiah 32:27)
Is he unkind or cruel? No way. "I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth" (Jeremiah 9:24)
So where is he then?
Some people were recently reminded that people they have never met live within a few feet of them. They were near enough to someone the other side of the wall, in the next-door flat, with Coronavirus, for the NHS app to 'ping' them. It is possible to live close to someone but not to know them at all because you are separated from them by a wall.
God is also the other side of a wall. He is not unable or unwilling to rescue us but our rebellious disobedience towards him is a wall that makes him seem like a distant stranger: "Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God" (Isaiah 59:1-2)
That's it. God is not far away, but there is a wall of our own making. This barrier was represented in the Jerusalem temple by a huge curtain (reckoned to be 60 feet high and 4 inches thick!) that kept people out of God's presence. As Jesus died on the cross, carrying the sin of the world, "the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split." (Matthew 27:51) The invitation was clear: put all your trust in Jesus Christ and the wall comes down, there is a way back to the one who made you.
"A meticulous, soaring and beautifully written account of an extraordinary life." That's from the blurb on the book I've just been reading, 'Unbroken' by Laura Hillenbrand. The book was every bit as good as the blurb suggests. Published in 2010 (and since made into a film directed by Angelina Jolie) it tells the true story of Italian American Louie Zamperini, a runner at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, as he becomes a bombardier with the Army Air Forces during World War II. When his plane crashes into the Pacific Ocean in 1943 he drifts on a life raft for 47 days before being captured by the Japanese. Cruelly tortured, starved and beaten for more than 2 years until the war ends, he remains unbroken. But when Louie finally returns home it is his constant nightmares and out-of-control anger and drinking that nearly destroys him and those he loves.
The book details the shockingly cruel treatment of Prisoners of War by many, though not all, of their Japanese captors. By contrast the treatment of PoWs by the Americans led one Japanese veteran to refer to his experience as 'lucky prison life'. When this man returned home to Japan and learned what his Allied counterparts had endured in a camp in his own village, he was horrified.
What accounts for the difference in behaviour between these two peoples? Certainly not an inherent moral distinction – what a terrible thought – but, I suggest, the fact that one culture had been deeply influenced over centuries by the account of an extraordinary man who attacked and denounced evil while longing for people to turn away from their wrong and to be made new; a man who could accept terrible suffering while praying for his tormentors, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." (Luke 23:34)
The message of forgiveness through Christ is one that many Japanese have come to accept, not least because men like Louie Zamperini later went back to Japan to offer his own forgiveness and the forgiveness of Christ. And, sadly, it's a message that many Americans (and Brits) have now come to see as something alien and unnecessary. Laura Hillenbrand has written the kind of startling book that might wake us up to what we have lost.
Those whom God has joined together …
One of the saddest consequences of the Coronavirus restrictions has been the disruption to so many weddings. Cancellations, postponements or agonising decisions about who to dis-invite have all marred what should be a day of serious joy. We're not yet back to how it was but I'm delighted that, God willing, the first weddings in a long time will soon be celebrated in our churches.
The church wedding diary has lots of space – it may even be easier than trying to book a haircut.
Although most of us have heard the same vows made many times it would be hard to deny that something very significant is happening as bride and groom face each other and speak those gripping words of commitment. We are witnessing the beginning of true love, not the first feelings of attraction and desire but the public commitment to love, to do good to another person. We hear them promise that they will maintain this true love not until the sparkle appears to have gone out of the relationship but all the way to their dying breath.
But the church marriage service says something about the bride and groom that may seem puzzling: "It is God's purpose that they shall be united in that love as Christ is united with his Church." What does that mean? It means that God himself designed human marriage to be a miniature reflection of the big event that lies at the centre of our world's story, a marriage to eclipse all marriages, the forming of a deep eternal bond between the perfect groom, God's Royal Son Jesus, and all those called together by God to collectively form his Son's bride.
Imagine the delight that a young child feels at the GP surgery when she sees that something like the toy medical kit that she plays with at home actually exists in the real world too – there really are stethoscopes and thermometers and syringes! In the same way our weddings are small-scale copies – the real thing exists too, there is a dream wedding and for all who trust in Christ it's our big day!
A new beginning for Britain. We're not there yet but there's hope for a summer of renewing contact with people we've missed, enjoying normal activities away from our homes and rebuilding businesses or finding new jobs after the "worst economic slump since 1706". The Governor of the Bank of England said he was "positive but with large doses of cautionary realism". For some, the effects of the last year are not going to be easily shrugged off. We are still going to need to offer support and help to each other.
A new beginning for Jesus. Some say that Easter Sunday is a celebration based on a ridiculous claim – that a man who had been flogged and executed by professional soldiers and then left in a rock tomb for two nights could somehow return to life on the third day; but that's only the half of it! Christians also believe that Jesus received the upgrade, the renewed version of his human body that would never again be subject to suffering or exhaustion or death. His post-Easter body was so much more solid and more real than the bodies we have that it appears Jesus could pass through the physical objects of our world, like locked doors, as if they were merely a mist. Christians also believe that the abundant evidence for all this – in the eye-witness accounts, in the sudden extraordinary courage of Jesus' timid followers, and in the transformation of the world over the last 2000 years – is enough to make trusting in Christ the opposite of a leap in the dark.
A new beginning for you? This same Jesus made clear that his own upgraded human life was the prototype for many others. In his agonizing Good Friday suffering he was paying for an Easter Sunday for all those who are joined to him by trusting completely in him. "If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection." (Romans 6:5)
May God make this a happy Easter for you!
A megaphone to rouse a deaf world
"God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world" (from 'The Problem of Pain' by C S Lewis, author of The Narnia Chronicles).
Over the past year you may feel that God has been using his megaphone more often than usual through the pain of illness, bereavement, loneliness, fear, dashed hopes, shredded plans and trashed finances.
To say that God sometimes shouts at us is likely to make us think that God loses it with us, he rants at us. More volume equals more anger. But that is not what Lewis means at all. Most of us who are parents will have shouted at our children like that, with exasperation, even though we know that it was not the right thing to do – we may have got our way but it did not lead to the change of heart in our children that was really needed.
But there is another kind of parental shouting – very loud but without anger. It is the shout when our child is close to noisy traffic, or a long way from us, or oblivious to the danger they are in, or daydreaming or when they have loud music playing in their ear-buds. It is a shout to warn of danger, to attract their attention or to make sure they don't miss the delicious meal on the kitchen table. It is loud because the message is important, their deafness is great, their understanding of what is truly good is limited and we love them very much. More volume equals more love.
C S Lewis explains that God's love is nothing like our 'kindness'. "Kindness cares not whether its object becomes good or bad, provided only that it escapes suffering". True love, God's love, would rather see loved ones suffer than be content with a fragile happiness that cannot last and which masks how estranged we are from our loving Creator, who is the true source of the one and only river of deep and everlasting happiness.
If he has been using his megaphone a lot this past year then perhaps we should ask ourselves what our loving Creator and Lord might be wanting to say to us all.


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Lloyd Bridges as Col. Floyd Graham (Pilot)
Osa Massen as Dr. Lisa Van Horn (Ph.D. in Chemistry)
John Emery as Dr. Karl Eckstrom (RX-M designer)
Noah Beery, Jr. as Maj. William Corrigan (flight engineer)
Hugh O'Brian as Harry Chamberlain (astronomer and navigator)
Morris Ankrum as Dr. Ralph Fleming (Project Director)
Rocketship X-M (also known as Expedition Moon and originally as Rocketship Expedition Moon) is a 1950 American black-and-white science fiction film from Lippert Pictures, the first outer space adventure of the post-World War II era. The film was produced and directed by Kurt Neumann, and stars Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen, John Emery, Noah Beery, Jr., Hugh O'Brian and Morris Ankrum.
Rocketship X-M tells the story of a Moon expedition that through a series of unforeseen events winds up traveling instead to distant Mars. Once on the Red Planet, its crew discovers the remnants of a Martian civilization destroyed long ago by atomic war and now reverted to barbarism.
Four men and a woman blast into outer space from the White Sands Proving Ground aboard the RX-M (Rocketship Expedition-Moon) on humanity's first expedition to Luna. Halfway to their destination, the RX-M's engines shut down; the problem is resolved by recalculating the fuel mixture ratios and then moving around some of the propellent tanks and their connecting hoses.
When the engines are reignited, the RX-M rapidly careens out-of-control, accidentally setting the spaceship on a runaway course heading beyond the Moon and into deep space. During this burst of rapid acceleration, the crew, one by one, becomes unconscious due to a drop in oxygen pressure. The engines are shut off just in time.
At some later time, perhaps many days, they slowly come around. The revived crew soon discovers the RX-M has traveled some 50,000,000 miles while they were unconscious. Against all odds, this surprising sequence of events has put them on a direct course heading toward Mars. They also notice the RX-M's speed is still increasing, this time due to gravitational attraction: the Red Planet is drawing them in. They quickly calculate they are only 50,000 miles away. This forces Dr. Karl Eckstrom (John Emery) to "pause and observe respectfully while something infinitely greater assumes control."
The RX-M passes through the Martian atmosphere and begins its landing, eventually setting down just as a rain storm begins. The next morning the scientists, clad in aviation oxygen masks due to the low atmospheric pressure, begin exploring the desolate surface of Mars, eventually coming across physical evidence of a now dead advanced civilization: a partially buried-in-the-sand, stylized, Art Deco- or Tiki culture-like metal face sculpture, and in the distance Moderne architecture-like ruins. Their Geiger counter registers a dangerous radiation count in that direction, however, keeping them well away; from the levels of radiation in this "city," it is clear that a long time ago there had been an atomic war on Mars.
After the explorers find refuge for the night in a canyon cave, they notice in the distance the primitive descendants of that civilization emerging from behind boulders and creeping toward them. Amazed, Dr. Eckstrom comments "From Atomic Age to Stone Age." Soon after leaving the cave, two of the explorers have an encounter with a dark-haired woman who has lost her footing and rolled down a hill toward them; she is blind, with thick, milky cataracts on both eyes. She screams in terror at the sound of their oxygen mask muffled voices.
They quickly retreat, and she is just as quickly led away by two bald tribesmen with severe radiation burns on their backs. The primitives then attack, throwing large rocks and stone axes. Armed with only a bolt-action 30-30 rifle and .38 caliber revolver, the explorers defend themselves by purposely missing their pursuers. Two are killed during the ensuing pursuit, including Dr. Eckstrom, felled by a stone axe; one more is badly injured by a large thrown rock. The three survivors eventually make their way back to the safety of the RX-M.
The return voyage proves disastrous. The RX-M manages to make it back to Earth, but the survivors calculate they have inadequate fuel remaining for a safe landing. Col. Graham contacts their White Sands base by radio and reports their dire status to Dr. Fleming (Morris Ankrum), who listens intently and wordlessly over his headphones. Col. Graham's report is not heard, but Fleming's subtle reactions tells of the crew's odyssey, their discovery on Mars of a once advanced civilization destroyed long ago by atomic war, and of the crew fatalities at the hands of its descendants reverted to barbarism.
The RX-M begins its uncontrolled descent and Col. Graham and Dr. Van Horn embrace while consoling one another in the remaining moments left to them. Through the crew cabin's large porthole, they bravely watch their very rapid descent as the RX-M crashes into the mountains of Nova Scotia. The press is later informed by a shaken Dr. Fleming that the entire crew has perished. When asked if their mission was a failure, he responds with confidence and conviction in his voice, stating that all theories about manned spaceflight and exploration have now been proven. He continues, underscoring the point that a dire warning has been received that could very well mean the salvation of humanity, "A new spaceship, the RX-M-2, begins construction tomorrow." The pioneering exploration begun by the first RX-M's heroic crew will continue; this is only the beginning.
The soundtrack is by American composer Ferde Grofé. Grofé uses a Theremin in the score, the first use of this electronic instrument in a science fiction film; it would later become strongly identified with the genre in the years to come. Grofé's score, running 37.16 minutes, was first released on LP from Starlog Records in 1977 (SR-1000) and contained a bonus track not in the film.
No. Title Length
1. "Main Title" 1:21
2. "Good Luck" 1:53
3. "Stand by to Turn" 0:50
4. "The Motors Conk Out" 2:55
5. "Palomar Observatory" 1:11
6. "Floyd Whispers" 1:57
7. "Floyd and Lisa at Window" 2:56
8. "We See Mars" 2:06
9. "The Landing on Mars" 3:17
10. "The Ruins" 3:10
11. "I Saw the Martians" 1:02
12. "The Atomic Age to Stone Age" / "The Chase" 4:59
13. "The Tanks Are Empty" 3:37
14. "The Crash" 3:22
15. "End Title" 0:59
16. "Noodling on the Theremin" (bonus track) 1:35
The soundtrack was re-released in 2012 on CD from Monstrous Movie Music (MMM-1965) in an edition of 1000 copies; it came with an 16-page booklet of film score liner notes, illustrated with copies of Grofé's original written score pages.
Because production issues had delayed the release of George Pal's high-profile Destination Moon, Rocketship X-M was quickly shot in just 18 days on a $94,000 budget; it was then rushed into movie theaters 25 days before the Pal film, while taking full advantage of Destination Moon 's high-profile national publicity.
Given the film's minimal special effects budget and limited shooting days, the surface of Mars was much easier to simulate using remote Southern California locations than creating the airless and cratered surface of the Moon.
The film's original 1950 theatrical release prints had all Mars scenes tinted a pinkish-red color.
The RX-M's design was taken from rocket illustrations that appeared in an article in the January 17, 1949 issue of Life magazine. The interior structure of the spaceship's larger second stage is shown as having a long ladder that the crew must climb; it runs "up" through the RX-M's fuel compartment, which has on all sides a series of narrow fuel tanks filled with various propulsion chemicals. By selecting and mixing them together in various proportions, different levels of thrust are attainable from the RX-M's engines. The crew ladder ends at a round pressure hatch in the middle of a floor bulkhead that leads to the crew's upper living and control compartment.
Instruments and technical equipment were supplied by Allied Aircraft Company of North Hollywood.
The five Mars explorers wear U. S. military surplus clothing, including overalls and aviator's leather jackets.[1] It has been noted in other film reviews that the explorers are wearing gas masks, but gas masks would include goggles to protect the eyes. Due to the thin Martian atmosphere, the explorers are actually wearing military "Oxygen Breathing Apparatuses" (OBA) like those used by military firefighters.[3]
Various scientific curiosities and errors are seen during the film:
With less than 15 minutes to go until launch, the RX-M's crew are still in the midst of a leisurely press conference being held at a base building. From its launch pad, the RX-M blasts straight up, and once it leaves the Earth's atmosphere, the ship makes a hard 90-degree turn to place the RX-M into Earth orbit. Simultaneously with that turn, the crew cabin rotates within the RX-M's hull, around its lateral axis, so the ship's cabin deck is always "down"; the crew cabin's orientation is always shown like that of an aircraft. Though objects are purposely shown to float free to demonstrate a lack of gravity, none of the five crew members float, apparently unaffected by weightlessness.
The RX-M's jettisoned first stage, with its engine still firing, and a later meteoroid storm (inaccurately referred to in dialog as meteorites) both make audible roaring sounds in the soundless vacuum of space that can be heard inside the crew compartment. The clusters of those fast moving meteoroids appear identical in shape and detail (actually, the same prop meteoroids were shot from different angles and positions, then optically printed in tandem, at different sizes, on the film's master negative).
A point is made in dialog that the RX-M is carrying more than "double" the amount of rocket fuel and oxygen needed to make a successful round trip and landing on the Moon; while impractical for various reasons, this detail becomes a convenient, then necessary plot device in making the later Mars storyline more believable.
Several scenes in Rocketship X-M involving the interaction between the RX-M's sole female crew member, scientist Dr. Lisa Van Horn, her male crew, the launch site staff, and the press corps provide cultural insights into early 1950s sexist attitudes toward women. One notable scene involves Van Horn and expedition leader (and fellow scientist) Dr. Karl Eckstrom rushing to recalculate fuel mixtures after their initial propulsion problems. When they come up with different figures, expedition leader Eckstrom insists they must proceed using his numbers. Van Horn objects to this arbitrary decision, but submits, and Eckstrom forgives her for "momentarily being a woman." Subsequent events prove Eckstrom's "arbitrary decision" to be wrong, placing them all in jeopardy.
Lippert's feature was the first film drama to explore the dangers of nuclear warfare and atomic radiation through the lens of science fiction; these became recurrent themes in many 1950s science fiction films that followed.
Rocketship X-M was one of many B-movies later mocked in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
New footage added
Rocketship X-M was rushed to market to be in theaters before the more lavishly produced but delayed Destination Moon that was finally released 25 days later. A lack of both time and budget forced RX-M 's producers to omit special effects scenes and substitute stock footage of V-2 rocket launches and flight to complete some sequences that otherwise would have been made using the Rocketship X-M special effects miniature. The V-2 inserts created very noticeable continuity issues.
In the 1970s, the rights to Rocketship X-M were acquired by Kansas City film exhibitor (later movie theater owner and video distributor) Wade Williams (Wade Williams Productions/Englewood Video/Wade Williams Collection), who set about re-shooting some of RX-M 's special effects scenes in order to improve the film's overall continuity. The VHS tape, LaserDisc and DVD releases incorporate this re-shot footage
Rocketship X-M was a favorite of young Williams, who as an adult acquired the rights to this and many other 1950s science fiction features he enjoyed. He funded the production of new RX-M footage to replace the stock V-2 shots and missing scenes.
The new footage was produced for Wade Williams Productions by Bob Burns III, his wife Kathy, former Disney designer/artist Tom Scherman, Academy Award winner Dennis Muren, Emmy Award nominee Michael Minor, and Academy Award winner Robert Skotak. Costumes were re-made that closely replicated those worn by the film's explorers, and a new, screen accurate Rocketship X-M effects miniature was built.
The new replacement shots consist of the RX-M flying through space; it landing tail first on the Red Planet; a different shot of the crew heading away from the RX-M to explore the stark Martian surface; the surviving explorers quickly returning to their nearby spaceship; and the RX-M later blasting off from Mars into space.
These six replacement shots were filmed near Los Angeles in color, then converted to black-and-white and re-tinted where necessary to match the original film footage. (Unlike the DVD release, the earlier laser disc of Rocketship X-M contains extra bonus material documenting the making of the film and the creation of this new footage.)
The film's production and the making of these new scenes were also presented in RX-M feature articles in both Starlog magazine and later expanded in the first issue (1979) of Starlog 's spin-off magazine CineMagic. .
Prints of the original theatrical release version of RX-M are still stored in Williams' Kansas City film vaults. They have not been converted to a home video format.
Rocketship X-M is available on-line at both YouTube and at the Internet Moving Image Archive. This later print contains a mixture of both original Lippert footage ("lab splices" made for movie theater 35mm reel change cues and V-2 stock footage can be seen), as well as all six of Williams' new scenes. This version also retains Lippert's original pinkish-red tinting. The LaserDisc and DVD releases from Image Entertainment have a brighter red tinting.
Image's 50th Anniversary DVD release (2000), under license from Williams, is oddly missing two of his re-filmed Mars scenes:
Lippert's original matte painting scene, which has tiny matted-in figures leaving an obviously painted RX-M, is retained instead of the Williams' re-shot replacement scene that has the five explorers heading away from a convincing RX-M effects miniature standing on a barren Martian plain. A new bridging scene, set at the end of the Mars sequence, showing the surviving explorers hurriedly returning to the RX-M, is also missing from Image's DVD.
Retro Hugo Award: Rocketship X-M was nominated in 2001 for the 1951 Retro Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, being one of the science fiction films eligible during calendar year 1950, exactly 50 years after the film's first release. (50 years, 75 years, or 100 years prior is the eligibility requirement governing the awarding of Retro Hugos.)