Dear Local Church Member, What Can You Do To Support The Youth Ministry?
I was recently at a lunch with someone and he asked me a great question that not many people ask. "What can I do to support the youth ministry?" The interesting part was that this was not a youth parent who asked this question. This person was primarily asking as a church member on how to be a good fellow church member. Instead of asking him to volunteer, although we love volunteers, I gave him a quick two-fold answer that I will expand here. These answers are primarily a response to someone who would be a parent.
To be a church member who supports the youth ministry, teach your family to love Jesus.
This might sound obvious but I wonder if it is obvious to the people who are around us a lot. In other words, is Jesus our primary love? Yes, insert here all of our failures because we all mess up and we all ruin our witness at some point. Still, this should not deter us from pursuing this. If you want to support the youth ministry, love Jesus in such a way that people know this about you. Fire begets fire. Passion begets passion. Have you ever been around someone who cheered for a certain sports team too much that you were enticed to cheer for them too? Have you ever been tempted into peer pressure because someone tried passionately persuading you to do something with them? Peer pressure never works if the person "selling" the argument is boring or unpassionate. Eeyore would be a terrible "peer pressurer". If passion tends to entice and persuade people, how much more so would our youth be enticed to love Jesus if they see what Jesus means to you, how Jesus has changed you, and what hope Jesus gives you (1 Peter 3:15)? Why would anyone want to become a Christian if all they know are people who only like Jesus on Sunday morning? Without a love for Jesus, how can we expect to send students off to college who won't get sucked into the culture of binge drinking, constant sexual hook ups, temptations for unbelief amidst an atheistic world, and peer pressure for substance abuse? How can we really expect students to go to bed on a Saturday night to go to church Sunday morning if they don't love Jesus? How can we encourage someone to keep pursuing holiness if they don't love Jesus? We need to make sure we come back to the most basic of foundations. What our youth need now more than ever is not all the correct answers to every apologetic, philosophic, and theological questions they are asked (although we should keep pursuing these!). Rather, what they need is to be surrounding by a church who loves Jesus in such a way that they are wooed, enticed, and persuaded to love Jesus with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength. But, how can we expect our children to love Jesus if we look exactly like the culture? How can we expect our students to love Jesus if He isn't a significant presence in our lives? How can we expect our students to love Jesus as He deserves to be loved if we don't love Him the way He deserves? You fail. I fail. We all fail. I know that I have lived in such a way before where I was not the most attractive Christian and I made Jesus to look more ugly than more beautiful. We have all been like Peter before and epicly failed. But, here is the grace that Jesus gives us: He tells us to get back out there and keep pursuing Him and keep preaching Him. What a Savior! He isn't looking for the healthy but for the sick who know how to keep running back to the doctor. Jesus didn't call the rabbis and religious teachers of His day to follow Him. Jesus called the weirdos, the uneducated, and the ungifted. Jesus does not tell us to do this under our own strength but rather He empowers us to do this! If the almighty God empowers us to do this then why should we not pursue this? I briefly conclude with the first half of the answer by saying that if you want to support the youth ministry then love Jesus and teach your family to love Jesus. Without Him, there is no eternal life.
To be a church member who supports the youth ministry, teach your family to love the church.
One of the biggest growing statistics is that more and more students who grow up in the church are leaving the church when they go to college. Why do they leave the church? First, they leave the church because they don't see the importance of the church. The church, for them, is another party competing for their schedule. As long as the church is seen as just another thing to do, why should they go to church when they have homework, fraternity and sorority parties, dates, campus ministries, friends to hang out with, and class to go to? If the church is just another thing that their family did "just because" then how can we expect them to go to church when they become in charge of their own schedules? This is even seen already when students are in middle school and high school. For the most part, they don't show up on a regular basis to youth ministry because the church is not important to them. Besides, there are games, homework, practices, Netflix, projects, hobbies, friends to be with, video games to play, rest to catch up on, and even para-church ministries (as helpful as they can be!). Of course they won't show up when they don't think church is important because who wants to come listen to someone preach for 35 minutes, hang out with fellow believers, and support and be supported by others going through the same struggles as you? Sure, there is an argument that can be inserted about a past history with the church, bad relationships, bad youth workers, or because the preaching stinks. Nevertheless, this is the Bride of the Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. This is a community that is still learning to repent! But again, why would I want to come listen to someone talk to me about somebody name Jesus and about my soul for 35 minutes when I could be catching up on homework or staring at a screen playing Fortnite or watching another episode on Netflix if the church is not important and no one has shown me that the church is important? If my parents (or even other church members) don't act like the church is important, why should I act like it? Secondly, they leave the church because they don't have an accurate view of the church. The church is not important because they don't rightly and biblically understand the church. It's the same when students neglect youth ministry in their own local church. A lack of understanding of the what church really is shows in its being neglected. Parents, pastors, and youth workers should be teaching our children an accurate "ecclesiology" (the study of the church). You don't have to teach an exhaustive doctrine of the church but we should teach them a robust and healthy doctrine of the church. Only when our students see the beauty, majesty, plan, purpose, identity, mission, and the worthiness of the church will they then prioritize church. The only reason why a student in college goes to class is because her teacher told her that if she doesn't go to class then she will fail her class. In other words, the teacher showed her that there was a lot riding on her showing up to class. In much the same way, unless we show, teach, and remind (a good summary word for this is catechize which is a lost form of teaching in the Church today) our children and youth the importance and value of the church in this world, in our lives, and for the glory of God then they will not prioritize church. For the most part, our students will not go to church in college if they don't love Jesus and if they don't know the value of the church. The goal is not merely to go to church; the goal is to worship God in Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit as the Church which is expressed in the local church. In my own experience of being a college student and working for 5 years in youth ministry at some level, the children who grow up in a home that has not taught them the value of the church (no matter how many times they went to church or were apart of some ministry) are most likely not going to go to church when they go to college. This does not mean everyone who grows up in a family that undervalues church won't go to church in college but there is typically a pattern. There are also children who grow up in a home where church is valued and parents love Jesus and yet they still don't go to church. For the most part, this is my story and I am sensitive to the fact that this does happen. Nevertheless, when Proverbs 22:6 says, "Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it", it cannot mean anything less than these two answers. It certainly would imply more but it never implies less and never gets beyond this. Once again, Jesus is not calling the perfect parent who is also the perfect church member to produce the perfect child. Jesus is calling the repentant sinner who belongs to a community of worshippers of God to depend on the Spirit in order to faithfully raise up children to love Him and love His Bride. Jesus doesn't want perfect parents; He wants repentant parents and a repentant church. You and I might have failed our entire lives up to this point but as long as He has given us His Spirit we can get back up and pursue this by His power. Dear church member, if you want to support the youth ministry, love the church in such a way where others are attracted to the church.
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Dinas View Constantine Bay, Padstow
5 minute walk
Dinas View is a stunning, contemporary holiday home set in sought after Constantine Bay, close to Padstow. The area has a plethora of beaches, in fact seven beautiful bays all close by, the sandy beach at Constantine Bay is a short stroll away and great for all the family, the beach is also well renowned within the surfing community.
This splendid, architect designed holiday house has a fabulous living area on the first floor with a vaulted ceiling and opens out on to a magnificent deck taking advantage of the amazing views out to sea and across to Booby's and Mother Ivy's Bay. During those cooler months curl up in front of the state of the art log burner, gazing at the ever changing view. The master bedroom can also be found on the first floor and has a king size bed and an en suite with a double shower cubicle.
The kitchen/dining area at Dinas View is open plan and leads through French doors to the garden with both a lawn and deck, perfect for a barbeque during those balmy evenings. The kitchen is thoughtfully equipped and there is a good size utility room in which to store your beach equipment.
The two further bedrooms are also on the ground floor, one with a super king bed and the third set up as a twin. Both of these beds can be rearranged as twins or super kings upon request. The family bathroom with a shower over the bath is on the ground floor.
The driveway has parking for one large, or two small cars and there is also free parking opposite the house, this extra parking is on a first come first served basis.
One well behaved dog is welcome at Dinas View and the beach at Constantine Bay is dog friendly. Located close to Trevose Golf Club, and just a short walk from the beaches at Constantine and Booby's, or across to Treyarnon Bay, this delightful Cornish holiday retreat is perfect at any time of year.
Child FriendlyCoastal propertiesCountryside RetreatsPets WelcomeSea View
Changeover day - Saturday
Parking - Yes - for 2 small or 1 large car
Distance to Pub - 5 minute walk
Bed Configuration - Super king, King, Twin beds (Twin can be made up as a Super King on request, when booking - Super King can be Twin)
Constantine Bay Beach
The Cornish Arms - Rick Stein
Walks near Padstow
Days out with the Kids Padstow
Property Reviews
The Property was very clean had lots of equipment provided for cooking and was homely. The location and views were amazing. Would definitely book with Pure Cornwall again.
Horner Family, July 18
Dinas view was well prepared,clean and had everything we needed. I would highly recommend this place for its comfort, views and location.
Knight Family - August 18

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Q: On a convex polytope Let $e_i$-s denote the standard unit vectors of $\mathbb{R}^n.$ Denote $$\mathcal{C}_k = \left\{ \sum_{i \in S}  \pm e_i \colon S \subseteq \{ 1,2,..., n\} \mbox{ and } |S| \leq k \right\}$$ the set of the $k$-termed sums. Let us form the convex hull of the points in $\mathcal{C}_k:$
 $$ \mathcal{K}_k := \mbox{conv } \mathcal{C}_k.$$
What is known about the polytope $\mathcal{K}_k?$ For instance, it is regular? What is the graph of $\mathcal{K}_k$? Every vertex has the same degree?

A: First of all, any point $\sum_{i \in S} \pm e_i$ with $|S|<k$ is in the convex hull of two points with the same entries for $i \in S$, and +1 or -1 respectively in some $k - |S|$ other entries. So you might as well restrict to sets with $|S| = k$.
Then, if $k = n$, you just have the $n$-cube.
If $k = 1$, you have the $n$-crosspolytope.
For other values of $k$, you get various truncations of the $n$-cube, or equivalently of the $n$-crosspolytope. Specifically, your $\mathcal{K}_k$ would be denoted $\mathrm{t}_{k-1}\{3,\dotsc,3,4\}$ in Coxeter's notation (where there are $n-2$ $3$'s), which means that the vertices of the $n$-crosspolytope are truncated to the $(k-1)$-face midpoints. Equivalently, it is $\mathrm{t}_{n-k}\{4,3,\dotsc,3\}$, truncating the $n$-cube to its $(n-k)$-face midpoints.
For $n = 3$ and $k = 2$, you get the cuboctahedron, which is the truncation of either the cube or the octahedron (the 3-crosspolytope) to their edge midpoints.
Some more examples:
With $n = 4$: $k = 2$ is the rectified 16-cell, which is actually a 24-cell.
$k = 3$ gives the rectified 4-cube.
With $n = 5$:
$k = 2$ is the Rectified 5-crosspolytope,
$k = 3$ is the Birectified 5-cube,
and $k = 4$ is the Rectified 5-cube.
In general, these are all uniform polytopes, which means that they are vertex transitive. In particular, all vertices are in the same number of edges.
Except for $k = 1$ and $k = n$, it is never a regular polytope, except in the special case $n = 4$ and $k = 2$.

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Is Sidney Crosby a greater player than Lebron James?
By Rob CressyMarch 12, 2013June 18th, 2018No Comments
Lebron James may be the greatest thing since the Red Zone Channel but he is not alone in the debate of greatest major professional sports player on the planet. Because Sidney Crosby plays hockey and the networks cover it as often as Kate Upton does her boobs he doesn't get the love he deserves. I'm going to break it down and see if Lebron is indeed in a galaxy of his own or if Sidney Crosby may actually be the greatest player on the planet.
Lebron James and Sidney Crosby have countless things in common. Both were anointed the chosen one before playing a single professional minute and both delivered on those high expectations. Both make their teammates significantly better and have the vision to see them open when no one else does. Both have the same amount of titles (1) and both are currently playing at the highest levels of their career.
In order to really compare the two I'm going to have to dig deep and get to the core of what really matters.
First off, save me on all the advance metrics stuff. I know that there is a player efficiency ranking for the NBA and a point share ranking for the NHL but I'm not going to nerd this out too bad so I'll leave that stuff out.
How much better are they compared to the next best player?
Late last week Mariano Rivera announced that this would be his last season. The discussion that ensued was not "is Mariano Rivera the greatest closer ever", because he unquestionably is, but instead at what level of greatness is he at for the entire game of baseball? Just like Jerry Rice is widely accepted as the greatest wide receiver ever, both Lebron and Crosby are without question the best in their sport. Where Crosby has an advantage on Lebron is in comparison to who is second best.
For the longest time it was "Is Crosby or Ovechkin the best player in the NHL?" Ovie fans wanted to make an argument for him based on scoring (valid) but when it came down to it Crosby's teams always beat Ovechkin's when it mattered most (the playoffs and Olympics).Include me in the camp as someone who believes that winning matters.
Recently Ovechkin has been a shell of his former self and is no longer in the picture for the best in the NHL. The closest competition for Crosby would then likely be Steven Stamkos or his teammate Evgeni Malkin. Stamkos is a scoring machine but talk to me when he gets on a team that consistently wins and performs in the playoffs. Geno can make some plays that absolutely makes your jaw drop but Penguins fans all know that Crosby is better. It is everything about how he sees the ice, makes teammates better, and does the little things that people don't often notice that separates him.
For Lebron James he's got Kevin Durant nipping at his heels. Dude wins scoring titles like Tom Emanski wins back to back to back AAU championships. The biggest hurdle right now for Durant is the Thunder haven't won a title. You need to win one to get taken to the next level. Otherwise you are Karl Malone (who doesn't deliver on Sundays).
What really separates Lebron from Durant, and Crosby for that matter, is his physical size. He is so big and so quick that he can do whatever he wants on the court all against the biggest and strongest guys in the NBA. If he wants to drive to the hole no one is going to stop him. If he wants to bust 30 footers in your face he'll do that too.
To give some love to Nick Bakay, "Advantage….push". I just don't see a huge difference between a healthy Malkin and Durant.
How quickly did they become great?
In his first season in the NHL, at the age of 18, Sidney Crosby finished sixth in the league in scoring. He followed that up the next season by leading the league in points, the youngest player to ever do so, as well as winning the NHL MVP award. There is contact in basketball but it is not even in the same ballpark in terms of physicality as hockey. That's what makes this so impressive for such a young player.
When Lebron entered the NBA at age 19 he threw down a 20.9 ppg, 5.5 boards, 5.9 assists season. That was good enough for the eighth most points scored of any player. He followed that up by dropping a crazy 27.2 ppg, 7.4 boards, 7.2 assists season. That was the third highest points per game average in the NBA. Talk about making your presence known.
While both players entered their leagues at a ripe age and became great pretty much instantly Crosby earned the hardware of "best in the league" first. Because we are talking about the best of the best every part of their career matters. Advantage Crosby.
In terms of awards Lebron has more hardware than Home Depot. He's got three MVP's, a Finals MVP, a ROY trophy, and has led the NBA in scoring once. Crosby has a scoring title, a regular season MVP, and led the NHL in assists once. Big advantage to Lebron James on this.
Which player makes his teammates better?
There's no doubt that Lebron James is selfless and makes his teammates better. The dude could take ever single shot in the game and his team would still be the one seed in the East. He's averaged almost 7 dimes a season for his career which pretty much means that he's in the top 15 of assists every year.
The question then is how much does Lebron make his teammates better? Lebron assists on 34% of made baskets by his teammates. If you want to put that into perspective Larry Bird averaged just over 6 assists per game but only had a career assist percentage of 24.7. Sure they scored more back then but still. Lebron is getting people involved.
If you play on the ice with Sidney Crosby you get catapulted to a whole new level (just ask Chris Kunitz who is having a career season). Crosby has been in the top eight in assists every full season that he's played in the NHL. He has 33 assists on the 97 goals that the Penguins have scored this year which is 34% of the time. Since it's not possible for Crosby to get an assist on a goal that he scores I need to deduct the 12 goals from the team total. That would mean that when Crosby isn't scoring a goal he is assisting on a goal 38.8% of the time. Advantage Crosby.
Blemish on their Career
No one other than Mr. Perfect and the 72′ Dolphins were actually perfect. Both Lebron and Crosby definitely have black marks on their careers. For Lebron you only need to say two words "The Decision", and yes, how they deal with the media matters because everything matters.
I can't think of a non-crime committing athlete that has seen as much backlash from the media for something as Lebron did with "The Decision". You would have thought that he used PED's with Pedro Gomez watching for as much coverage as it got.
At the same time, it sure says something about Lebron's career that the worst thing that happened didn't occur on the court. Speaking of that, everyone has bad games and I'm not buying the Lebron quit in Game 5 of the Boston series stuff. That's overreaction theatre.
I also won't buy the "Lebron had to team up with D Wade and Bosh to win in Miami" talk. Winning is winning (though from a fan perception standpoint I might be in the slight minority on this issue so it could matter to you). In order to be great you have to win. Lebron accomplished this by going to Miami, case closed.
For Crosby the blemish on his career was the year and a half that he missed because of a concussion (and this is a big blemish). Lebron James has not had a significant injury so the fact that he has hasn't missed time means his greatness has been felt for longer. Crosby pretty much writes the book on how to be perfect in the media but that can't help make up for his time away from the ice. Big advantage to Lebron on this.
Hatred Level
One thing in sports that is very big is hating someone for no good reason other than the fact that they are awesome and not on your team. The gold standard for this is Tom Brady. Titles, bombshell wife, dreamy as hell, no doubt the most disliked player by non-Patriot fans.
Lebron in his being hated on prime (which was after "The Decision") didn't have nearly the level of hate that Crosby has received from the second he skated on the ice. The only people who were pissed about Lebron for doing "The Decision" were people from Cleveland (rightfully so). Why would someone who's a Bucks or Warriors fan really care that much about it? They don't.
Every opposing hockey arena that Sidney Crosby shows up at he is booed constantly (except for when Penguins fans, who travel well, outnumber the home crowd and drown out the cheers). Crosby could score a hat trick, dish out two assists, and score the game winning goal in overtime and it wouldn't sway Joe hockey fan even the slightest on their hatred for Crosby. They'd still think Cindy sucks. Naturally if you were to ask every one of those people if they'd want Crosby on their team they'd say yes in a heartbeat.
With Lebron he can perform to such a level that it breaks through the hatred and everyone just appreciates his greatness for what it is. I think that says more about the game of basketball and basketball fans in general. We are enamored with highlights and dunks like a large mouth bass is with a shiny Rapala lure.
With hockey there's a "if you aren't with us you are against us" feel but in a good way. No player gets fans blood boiling more than Crosby and that is worth something. I will get people who hate the fact that I am writing an article that involves Sidney Crosby without even knowing what it's about. That's awesome. Like intangibles on the court stuff like this matters when talking about the greatest of the great. Advantage Crosby.
Signature Moment
Both Lebron James and Sidney Crosby have each won Olympic gold medals. Crosby just so happened to do it in the most dramatic and "of course he's the one who scored" moment possible by scoring the game winning goal in overtime to win it for Team Canada. That's pretty much a walk-off.
For Lebron his signature moment was probably when he scored 48 points including the Cavaliers last 25 and 29 of their final 30 in double overtime of Game 5 of the NBA playoffs against the Detroit Pistons.
It's not often that sort of performance isn't enough but I have to give this one to Crosby. With the majority of North America (yes the continent) absolutely glued to the TV and everyone beaming with national pride he delivered when it mattered most for his team. Advantage Crosby.
There you have it, four for Crosby and two big ones for Lebron (which probably count for at least two each). I know that many of you are thinking that I'm crazy and that Lebron James is the winner hands down but hopefully this showed you how close the two of them actually are. In order to judge the greatness of a player you need to look at their full body of work and both players aren't even close to being done. I'm looking forward to seeing what spectacular things these two do in the rest of their careers.
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Mark Boucher appointed new South Africa head coach
Enoch Nkwe will assist Boucher as they prepare for the forthcoming Test series against England.
Last updated: 14 December 2019 - 1.46pm
South Africa have appointed Mark Boucher as their new head coach.
Enoch Nkwe will assist Boucher as they prepare for the forthcoming Test series against England that begins on Boxing Day at SuperSport Park in Centurion.
Faf Du Plessis was also confirmed as the Proteas' Test captain.
Acting director of cricket Graeme Smith believes Boucher's experience will be key for taking South Africa forward.
Graeme Smith unveiled mark Boucher as the new South Africa coach (PA)
Former Proteas wicketkeeper Boucher, 43, played 147 Tests and 295 one-day internationals before retiring in 2012 due to an eye injury.
Boucher was struck in the left eye by a flying bail during a tour match against Somerset while standing up to the stumps to Imran Tahir and after undergoing surgery – immediately after the incident – brought the curtain down on his career.
Ex-South Africa skipper Smith said: "I have brought Boucher on board because I feel he will bring the toughness to turn a young and inexperienced Proteas squad into a battle-ready outfit.
"With his experience of a long career as an international cricketer, he has first-hand experience of what it takes to succeed in the Test arena.
"I have the highest regard for Enoch as well and I want to create a clear path for him to grow into a top international coach.
"At the same time there is a clear need to maintain continuity and stability in the Proteas management team and we will be retaining the technical support staff along with Volvo Masubelele continuing as team manager and Justin Ontong as fielding coach.
"I will be appointing batting and bowling consultants, and these will be announced in the next couple of days.
"As far as my vision for the future is concerned, we need to rewind to performance excellence and that will be the focus going forward. Our public want and demand a world-class Proteas side and we must deliver on that."
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James Noir's Hollywood Crimes 3D (preowned)
James Noir's Hollywood Crimes for Nintendo 3DS makes you the main character in a mind-twisting puzzle adventure in an interactive 3D world! Live the thrill of mastering tailor-made mind games as you solve over 140 intriguing puzzles to solve a deadly mystery.
The game takes place inside a TV game show, where you are a participant. As you play, you discover a series of murders and a diabolical criminal mastermind that is manipulating and defying you at every turn. Everyone on the set of the show is in danger - especially you! Solving the puzzles left by the killer at every crime scene is the only way to clear your name and to uncover his identity before it's too late.
The criminal master mind provokes you by using your own private details.
The crime-scene clues and the storyline are strangely familiar.
Appealing and trend worthy art direction that puts you back in the best of the 60's - luxurious settings and a dashing crime-busting partner
The game alternates between the 60's TV game show setting & the mystery investigation.
Puzzles cover a range of classic types: Images, Wordplay, Numbers, Drawing, Shapes and Colors, Tiling Puzzles, Grids, Problem solving, Labyrinth, Physics.
Use the accelerometer through actions and puzzles
Make your selection of puzzles to craft the difficulty level to your own pace.
Mild themes and coarse language More information
Platform Nintendo 3DS Developer Ubisoft Genre Puzzle Category Video Games Sku153289


MUMBAI: The landmark verdict in the RIL-RNRL case once again exposed the vulnerability of small investors in the market. The big fishes in Dalal Street would crack jokes when asked what should retail investors do after the judgment.
"Retail investors always reach when the party is over. Most big players have already taken a position in anticipation of the verdict. In fact, most of them formulated the strategy ages ago," said a seasoned player in the stock market. "The problem with the retail segment is that they don't have the kind of resources or inside knowledge of the market to act at the right time," he added. His point: small investors shouldn't invest in stocks directly because they can be outwitted by big players in the market on such big-bang events. But is it really so?
Mukesh Dedhia, director, Ghalla & Bhansali Securities, also says such big events necessarily don't have a long-term impact on the fortunes of the stock. He offers the eg. of RIL, which most analysts predicted won't be affected significantly by the verdict — even if it went against the company.
"It could be true that the informed investor might have already taken a decision, but then experts don't always get it right in the market either. So, the basic argument that small investors shouldn't hold stocks directly doesn't hold water," he says. "Having said that, if it is for a small sum, it won't be worth it for the investor to spend time on researching or reading balance sheet or following news about the company. The investor would be better-off with a MF where his money would be managed by a professional," he adds.
Experts believe that it would be better for a person to concentrate on earning money and hand over the investment part to a professional to manage it for a fee. "It is simply not possible for an average person to keep track of his investment 24/7. Why not give the money to someone who earns a living by tracking the market every minute," says a senior MF manager.


Get your calendar out (and for the love of gravy, keep that gym membership), you have a lot of indulging to do.
Thanks to our terrifyingly good internet stalking skills, we've dug up a lot of delicious dirt on what you can expect to be doing over the next few months.
What's cooking good looking? Hello Gorgeous is taking over Chester Street Bakery's spot, opening late January! Plenty of cocktails and local drops will be ready to enjoy in a vibrant, open space, with enough oysters and stuffed chilli crab to have you sitting pretty.
The Terrace at e'cco is bringing affordable (yet bougie) lunches to a whole new level. Between 12pm-3pm on any day from Tuesday to Saturday, $20 will land you one starter and one main off the special menu! Now that's living large on Macklemore's thrift shop budget.
Fish Lane is making way for Maeve, its latest resident wine bar by the brains behind Hello Please. Aiming to open in March, you can expect the European-style wine bar to offer exceptional wine (shocker?), paired perfectly with an array of smaller bites or substantial dishes to enjoy either by the bar or in the dining room.
Feelin' hot hot hot? Menulog is teaming up with Baskin Robbins to cool you tf down. Starting Wednesday January 15 and running 'til the end of the week, you'll want to get your sweaty hands on that Menulog app to get free ice cream delivered from the Baskin Robbins West End store (fingers crossed you're within range!). Cutely crafted freebies include unicorn, monster and mermaid creations, ready for chomping (and your Instagram feed).
If you don't know, now you know! Magnum Vegan is swooping into Aussie supermarkets from January 28, making for some very happy plant-based people (especially the ones in this office). Classic bois and almond ice creams will stick it to your expectations and then some, making for the perfect end to your summer! Guess Christmas came a little later this time round.
More. Mex! La Casita will be a chip off the old block (known as Fleet) come January 24. Residing in Brunswick Heads, locals and guests alike will be treated to authentic Mexican fair with fresh Australian ingredients.
Pipit is gonna get IT. A new solo project by Chef Ben Devlin (most recently of Halcyon House at Paper Daisy, with experience at Noma), will see his love of local seafood and foraged, native ingredients hit the plate at his very own restaurant. This a pleasant step forward in further developing the Northern Rivers region as a premium foodie hotspot, and we can't wait for its opening (which is yet to be determined).
Heck, The Deck sounds pretty alright! West Village is teaming up with The Garden Pantry to bring you a series of mouth-watering events, with the first being a Lunar New Year party with a roaming three-course banquet from Mr. Bunz. Embrace the Year of the Pig and pig out, whilst enjoying a space decorated to the days with barrels of fortune cookies, draped lanterns and Chinese dragons. Drink in the rest of the detes (including free drinks with each meal!), and get tickets here.
Get ready to #sendnoods to all your Instagram buds, because the Sunshine Coast Asian Food Festival will be one deliciously photographic festival. From 1pm-6pm on February 16, your day will consist of Asian street food, cocktails, cooking demonstrations, live entertainment and more! You better like it spicy, because Spicers Tamarind Retreat will host the festival, with plenty of packages to suit your desires on the day. Find out more and get tickets here.
Gorgeous is just the beginning.


Malaysian Girls Whatsapp Numbers Today we want to share beautiful Malaysian girls Whatsapp Numbers with you to chat and communicate with. Malaysian girls are those ladies with a "wow" factory. They are seriously hot and beautiful.
Malaysia is a great place for a single guy to wander around in and be bumping into these gorgeous ladies all looking for a man like you. Yes, you! Malaysia girls want a man who is caring, kind and honest. A man who will cherish, love and respect them.
If you find yourself fantasizing about a possible relationship with a Malaysian ladies? Then, this is your opportunity to meet your dream Malaysian girl and start a new friendship.
We are dropping contacts of beautiful Malay girls Whatsapp number to chat with. We plead that you should be friendly with these girls, no insults and no use of a naughty word.
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In researching For Sale By Owners, I found on the National Association of Realtors site some interesting statistics that I'd like to share.
Did you know?. . . the typical FSBO home sold for $187,200 compared to $247,000 for agent-assisted home sales.
I think that this would be good information to show FSBO's. I am going to make a book just for the FSBO's that I am marketing to, with their name on it, that includes statistics and tips on selling their home, so that when I go look at their house for "potential buyers", they will feel like I prepared the book just for them..... kind of like a marketing book! Thanks.
Do your buyer a favor. Close the deal!


This lesson, similar to our Morphs lesson, is designed for children to examine the visual quality of movement in Haring's work, emphasizing sequence and time.
Along with defining Keith's goals and strategies for his life as an artist, children will consider their own aspirations and strategies necessary to attain their goals.
Long Island high school students explore a painting project inspired by Scholastic Magazine's November 2007 feature on Keith Haring's work.
Students work together to make a quilt inspired by the life and vision of Keith Haring.
A lesson that focuses on pattern and design through line and color. The teacher, a fellow Haring fan, used many of the images on our site to inspire her students. The finished products were photographed and made into a book.
A lesson that allows students to design a symbol and challenges them to transform their designs into sculpture & wearable art.
Using the process of paper marbling, this teacher has found a way to help students deconstruct and compose their own abstract compositions.
Inspired by both Haring's line and the artwork of the indigenous people of Australia, Aborigines, the students from this school in Texas created distinctly patterned portraits using markers and paint.
A fun and informative introduction to the art of Keith Haring, and an opportunity for students to design and build their own paper figure sculptures and envision them anywhere they want!


Our Team Has Some New Players!!!
Over the past 9 months, some great new people have been added to our team in different capacities and today, we want to introduce them to you!
Amongst other things, Jordan is responsible for creating a unique and positive experience for our clients on our web platform. He also consults and manages clients with their marketing strategies and develops sustainable solutions tailored to their needs. With 5+ years in the industry, Jordan brings fresh, creative ideas to the table that put our clients ahead of the game. He has experience in social media, marketing strategy and an undeniable passion for customer service. In his free time Jordan enjoys surfing the great lakes (yes, it's possible), playing volleyball and helping out in his community.
Bob joined the team in November of 2013 and brings a wealth of experience in a number of different organizations. He enjoys long walks on the beach, serving at polling stations at election times, and interviewing major musical acts - no really, you can check out his work here. Further to that, Bob has sat on both Juno and Polaris award juries and remains involved with the board of the London, Ontario, Home County Folk Festival. Bob's area of responsibility with us is to serve and support the clients who use our web platform. You'll catch his influence working behind the scenes in developing help documentation and strategies to serve our customers better.
More recently, we've also had the exciting opportunity to bring Jeremy Ward on as an intern. Jeremy will be working with us over the summer to learn about, and contribute to, our content marketing efforts along with our online advertising work for our own brands and those of our clients. He comes to us armed with an MBA from the University of Victoria and valuable experience with a number of organizations such as: Info-Tech, Level Ground Trading, and Canada's Next Top Ad Exec.


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Lack of rear visibility. Poor front- and rear-end protection. Such is the price of beauty.


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Is Anti-Intellectualism Ever Good for Democracy?
Today's backlash against intellectual life cannot simply be written off as a popular celebration of mindlessness.
Adam Waters and E.J. Dionne Jr. ▪ Winter 2019
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Rexford Tugwell (right) championed populist demands as a member of Roosevelt's "brain trust." (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.)
Donald Trump campaigned for the presidency and continues to govern as a man who is anti-intellectual, as well as anti-fact and anti-truth. "The experts are terrible," Trump said while discussing foreign policy during the 2016 campaign. "Look at the mess we're in with all these experts that we have."
But Trump belongs to a long U.S. tradition of skepticism about the role and motivations of intellectuals in political life. And his particularly toxic version of this tradition raises provocative and difficult questions: Are there occasions when anti-intellectualism is defensible or justified? Should we always dismiss charges that intellectuals are out of touch or too protective of established ways of thinking?
In 1963 the historian Richard Hofstadter published Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, in which he traced a recurring mode of thought prevalent, as he saw it, in U.S. religion, business, education, and politics. "There has always been in our national experience a type of mind which elevates hatred to a kind of creed," he wrote. "[F]or this mind, group hatreds take a place in politics similar to the class struggle in some other modern societies." On the list of widely hated groups were Masons, abolitionists, Catholics, Mormons, Jews, black Americans, immigrants, international bankers—and intellectuals.
Hofstadter's skepticism of mass opinion—on both the left and the right—came through quite clearly. "[T]he heartland of America," he wrote, "filled with people who are often fundamentalist in religion, nativist in prejudice, isolationist in foreign policy, and conservative in economics, has constantly rumbled with an underground revolt against all these tormenting manifestations of our modern predicament." It is not an accident that these words sound familiar in the Trump era. A liberalism that viewed the heartland with skepticism was bound to encourage the heartland to return the favor.
For Christopher Lasch, a Hofstadter student and a gifted political and cultural historian, the problem with liberal intellectuals like his mentor was precisely that they were too willing to defend the status quo, too eager to stand with "the elite against the mob." American intellectuals, Lasch wrote, increasingly saw themselves as "members of a beleaguered minority" and had developed their own sense of "class consciousness." He went on to criticize the "anti-intellectualism of the intellectuals," with their devotion to "the cult of the hard-boiled" and their embrace of the image of themselves put forward by their critics.
Hofstadter was responding to McCarthyism and the defeat of his political hero Adlai Stevenson in the 1950s. The younger Lasch was reacting against elite intellectuals whom he saw as the architects of Cold War policies that led inexorably to the Vietnam War. Hofstadter counted on intellectuals to save the nation from irrationality. Lasch saw intellectuals as rationalizing abhorrent policies.
But both historians, in their own ways, miss something important. Different forms of anti-intellectualism have different purposes and different roots, and there is a danger in mistaking genuinely democratic impulses for wholesale assaults on the life of the mind. There are times when intellectuals are elitist in their disdain for those outside their class, and when the intellectual style can be mobilized in opposition to genuine expressions of democratic values.
The Populist movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is a noteworthy example of how an anti-intellectual backlash could be put to positive use. The Populists were widely dismissed by the genteel intellectuals of the Northeast as backward and dangerous, and indeed some of their attitudes were far from laudable by the standards of both their day and ours. Yet many of the reforms they advanced were later embraced and defended by the intellectuals who championed the New Deal and played a key role (through Roosevelt's "brain trust" and in the universities) in formulating its politics. Populists made important contributions to the democratization of American politics—something that made many in the intellectual class decidedly uncomfortable.
Different forms of anti-intellectualism have different purposes and different roots, and there is a danger in mistaking genuinely democratic impulses for wholesale assaults on the life of the mind.
Defending the legitimate claims of intellectual life requires accepting that the backlash against it in our time cannot simply be written off as a popular celebration of mindlessness. It is of a piece with a more general frustration with elites following decades of globalization, deindustrialization, and rising inequality. The policies that produced these outcomes, advanced by technocrats, think tanks, and politicians in both parties, damaged communities around the country—particularly in the Midwest states critical to the outcome of the 2016 election, but also in parts of solidly blue America—while often failing to deliver their promised benefits.
Whatever one thinks about free trade policies, it is hard to deny that, in combination with technological change, they have imposed substantial and unequally shared costs. The costs have been borne disproportionately by those, in inner cities no less than in Midwestern towns, shut out of a decision-making process largely confined to the wealthy, powerful corporations, and intellectual elites, especially economists.
Current expressions of anti-intellectualism are in part a response to this frustration, and they contain the possibility, at least, of making democratic politics more responsive to those left behind. Impatience with intellectuals thus needs to be distinguished from outright opposition to the intellectual project. The former can advance liberal and social democracy. The latter is a threat to both. Attacks on free expression are fundamentally different from a healthy skepticism of intellectuals (on all sides of politics) who distance themselves from the struggles of their societies and from the insights of popular culture and popular religion. Intellectuals as a class are no more immune from criticism in a free society than any other class.
The recent focus on issues of speech and political bias on college campuses heightens the importance of getting these issues right. There are reasons to critique the Ivory Tower mentality that exists in some colleges, shielding academics from having to engage with anyone outside their professional class. Student activists in the 1960s and 1970s targeted this intellectual isolation by making campuses more accessible to individuals from traditionally marginalized communities and creating new fields of study, like African-American studies, to consider histories and perspectives most academics previously ignored. Contemporary efforts to break down the walls separating academia from the outside world help to ensure that intellectualism promotes the values of equality and inclusion, which are fundamental to a well-functioning democracy.
Drawing distinctions among the types and purposes of anti-intellectualism will, paradoxically, strengthen rather than weaken the case for free inquiry, legitimate expertise, and the use of scientific data. For the greatest threat to all three is not from some inchoate reaction among the masses rooted in religious fundamentalism (a major target of Hofstadter's) or in some blind hatred of the learned. It is from interests threatened by legitimate expertise and actual facts—the oil and gas industries that want to deny climate change; those who make unsupportable claims for the social benefits of tax cuts; and opponents of consumer, environmental, health, and safety regulations who want to deny the provable harms and costs of behaviors that regulators seek to curb.
In our era, it is to a large extent not "the people" who lead the battle against intellectuals and the expertise they proffer. It is those who fear that their profits might be reduced or that their freedom of action might be curbed, even if the actions they contemplate have antisocial consequences.
The danger of our current political moment is not anti-intellectualism arising from the poor or the working and middle classes, but something more pernicious: the way outright lies and a denial of basic facts have permeated our national dialogue—beginning at the very top of the political system. This flight from truth has been encouraged by significant parts of the conservative political and economic elite and by a president committed to an ideological project that itself damages the interests of working Americans.
This is where another critique of intellectuals, offered by Irving Kristol, the father of neoconservatism, is instructive. Writing in the 1970s, Kristol saw the potential of defending one elite, the leaders of corporate capitalism, by rallying opposition to another elite that he labeled "the new class." It was a rather sprawling category. "We are talking," he wrote, "about scientists, teachers and educational administrators, journalists and others in the communications industries, psychologists, social workers, those lawyers and doctors who make their careers in the expanding public sector, city planners, the staffs of the larger foundations, the upper levels of the government bureaucracy, and so on." So on indeed!
What did the new class seek? Kristol was clear: "They are not much interested in money but are keenly interested in power. . . . the power to shape our civilization—a power which, in a capitalist system, is supposed to reside in the free market. The 'new class' wants to see much of this power redistributed to government. . . ."
Ultimately, in this moment of lies and anti-intellectualism, what must be defended is the life of the mind, not any particular class that might be labeled "intellectual.
Kristol opened the way for the corporate anti-intellectualism that is now so important in our politics. Progressives and intellectuals should pay attention. To the extent that intellectuals defend themselves as a class, an interest group, or a guild entitled to special protection, they are confirming arguments like Kristol's that their main preoccupation is with their own power, influence, and status. Intellectuals are not entitled to special privileges, and "intellectualism" should not be seen as a superior way of life. But the intellectual project, involving the search for truth and understanding with some independence from the pressures of both the state and the market, must be defended. And it is a project that citizens who do not have any formal status in the academy or think tanks can join.
Intellectuals are integral to the battle against falsehood, but they need to work as part of a broad democratic enterprise involving citizens of every background who are concerned about what Trump and his cronies' systematic denigration of facts means for the vitality of our democracy. There is no magical political strategy for building this coalition, and in the range of priorities for progressives, this would not rank as a central cause.
But anti-intellectualism is often a symptom of a larger problem: many of those engaged in academic and policy work have lost a sense of obligation to connect what they do to the daily struggles of ordinary people.
There was once a rich and interactive relationship between intellectuals and unions, which ran robust education and discussion programs with workers. New Deal cultural programs involving writers, artists, and playwrights were closely linked to local communities and reflected a deep respect for U.S. workers. The National Portrait Gallery's recent exhibit The Sweat of Their Face: Portraying American Workers reflected this concept.
Where they hold political power, progressives should use offices dedicated to the arts, culture, and the humanities to demystify the work of intellectuals and encourage broad participation in cultural production. The point, of course, is not to revive a socialist realist attitude toward culture. But neither can progressives ignore the right's attempts to use social and cultural issues as a way to pit working people and intellectuals against each other. In 2015 the National Endowment for the Humanities launched an initiative called "The Common Good: The Humanities in the Public Square," which funded academic work with special relevance to the wider public. Policies like this can help Americans of all backgrounds feel connected to and invested in the intellectual project.
Members of the intellectual class also must do more to bridge the divide between academia and the wider world. Many universities have recently begun to experiment with free, online courses, ensuring that the dialogue taking place on campus is accessible to a wider audience. But too often, programs of this kind hinge on a unidirectional model in which academic scholarship is repackaged for the outside world, as well as problematic assumptions about the availability of internet access in low-income and working-class communities. It is necessary for the intellectual process itself to be transformed through genuine cross-class alliances.
The current revitalization of progressive social movements presents an opportunity to advance this goal. As teachers go on strike for better wages, as black Americans protest police violence and mass incarceration, and as young people lead a renewed call for reform to gun laws, sympathetic intellectuals have a responsibility not only to study these movements but also to be engaged in them as participants. They must demonstrate that they care about injustice as a lived reality as well as a subject for intellectual inquiry.
Ultimately in this moment of lies and anti-intellectualism, what must be defended is the life of the mind, not any particular class that might be labeled "intellectual." What must be preserved is the right to dissent, not any subset of dissenters who happen to have advanced degrees. What must be nurtured is a public debate rooted in respect for racial and religious minorities, women, LGBTQ people, low-income and working-class people, and Americans of all backgrounds deprived of opportunity and power. What must be fostered is the exchange of ideas, whether inside the academy or outside its walls.
Of course, intellectuals are essential to this work, and their engagement with it might at times make them unpopular. But intellectuals will better protect their claims in solidarity with their fellow citizens who have an equal right to express their views. This is true even of citizens who are not particularly fond of intellectuals.
Adam Waters is a PhD student in the history department at Yale University.
E.J. Dionne Jr. is a university professor at Georgetown University, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a columnist for the Washington Post.
Parts of this article are drawn, with substantial revisions, from a lecture Dionne gave in March 2018 at the Cosmos Club in Washington D.C.


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Virginia student threatened after criticizing 'too many white people' at multicultural center
By Marina Pitofsky - 02/19/20 05:39 PM EST
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A student at the University of Virginia has faced threats after a now-viral video appeared to show her telling fellow students that there were "too many" white people in a multicultural space on campus.
University of Virginia President Jim Ryan wrote in The Cavalier Daily, the university's student newspaper, that the student in the video has faced "vitriol" and "physical threats" since appearing in the video, in addition to "racist comments toward the student involved and students of color generally."
In the video, she is seen standing in the school's newly expanded Multicultural Student Center on campus, according to The Cavalier Daily.
"If y'all didn't know, this is the MSC, and frankly there's just too many white people in here, and this is a space for people of color. So just be really cognizant of the space that you're taking up because it does make some of us POC uncomfortable when we see too many white people in here. It's only been open for four days, and frankly, there's the whole university for a lot of y'all to be at, and there's very few spaces for us, so keep that in mind. Thank you," the student says in the video posted by the conservative organization Young America's Foundation last week.
Leftists at the University of Virginia are dictating who is and who isn't allowed in the new Multicultural Student Center.
"Frankly there is just too many white people in here, and this is a space for people of color."
This kind of racist intolerance is NOT multicultural. pic.twitter.com/XkefKqfqLA
— YAF (@yaf) February 12, 2020
Student are heard applauding the student at the end of the clip.
Ryan wrote in the essay released Wednesday that the video "sparked a firestorm on social media," and people reached out to this office demanding "some sort of punishment." However, some also supported the student and said the university should endorse her statement.
"On the surface, this is straightforward. The Multicultural Student Center is, will and should remain open to all students. It is meant to be a place where students from different backgrounds come together. To suggest that some students should be excluded on the basis of their race or any other aspect of their identity is, to me, inconsistent with the very purpose of having the center. More generally, and to be plain about it, no student should be denied access to a University program or space because of race," Ryan wrote.
However, he called the threats against the student "reprehensible" and called for the university of community to "allow for the expression of all ideas, including those that make some uncomfortable and those that offend."
"The harder part is to put this statement in context and to think more broadly about diversity and inclusion today. The Multicultural Student Center at U.Va., similar to such centers at other universities, has traditionally been a place where students of color, more so than white students, gather and find community," Ryan wrote.
"In a university that was exclusively white for a very long time and remains predominantly white today, the MSC has been a welcoming place for students of color. I cannot put myself in someone else's shoes, but the comment about white students at the newly renovated MSC, in this context, is to me a statement of concern that one of the few places traditionally 'for' students of color would turn into a place dominated by white students," he continued.
African American students made up less than 7 percent of the University of Virginia's student body in 2018, according to the school's website. White students made up nearly 57 percent of undergraduate students.
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As it stands at the moment, UK law limits the backdating of holiday claims to two years, and within that period if there is a break of 3 months or more between any period of holiday taken (4 weeks per year as provided in the Working Time Directive) the series is broken and it is only possible to backdate the claim in respect of the unbroken period.
On the basis of this decision, it now appears that there may be a further argument that the 3 month break is unlawful for the purpose of calculating a series of deductions in respect of holiday pay, and that the limit of two years for backdating such claims is also unlawful. That said, the decision in King only relates to the situation where a worker did not take holiday because they believed it would be unpaid – so it is likely that we will see further litigation on these points.
The potential implication of this decision that employees and workers might be able to backdate holiday pay claims to 1998. This raises the stakes in the current gig economy / worker litigation considerably.
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