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HomeSportsFootballFOOTBALL: Former BC Tight End CJ Parsons Pleads Not Guilty To Beating Homeless Man In January
FOOTBALL: Former BC Tight End CJ Parsons Pleads Not Guilty To Beating Homeless Man In January
April 23, 2014 Connor Mellas Football, Sports
Former Boston College tight end CJ Parsons, 22, and former Marist College quarterback Anthony Varrichione, 23, pleaded not guilty to charges of assault and battery causing serious bodily injury and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in connection with the alleged beating of a homeless man on Allston St. on Jan. 26, The Boston Globe reported Wednesday morning.
Parsons and Varrichione, both former players at Xaverian High School in Westwood, were arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court on Wednesday and released on personal recognizance.
The two men allegedly assaulted 50-year-old Michael Hudson past the point of consciousness after an argument broke out around 2 a.m., repeatedly slamming his head into the sidewalk until a woman threw herself onto Hudson's body.
Parsons, a senior scheduled to graduate from BC this spring, also pleaded not guilty to violating the witness intimidation statute for urging an unidentified individual not to identify him.
BC has taken action against Parsons: "'In light of these disturbing allegations, Craig Parsons has been issued a summary suspension from Boston College,'" University spokesman Jack Dunn told The Globe in an email. "'He will have no access to the campus until the matter is resolved.'"
In the 2013 football season, Parsons played in each of the Eagles' 13 games, recording nine catches for 116 yards and three touchdowns over the course of the season. BC Athletics confirmed that the 6-foot-6, 253-pound tight end had exhausted his eligibility and that his college football career was over before the alleged assault took place.
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Alex Parsons may refer to:

 Alex Parsons (American football) (born 1987), American football offensive guard
 Alex Parsons (footballer, born 1992), English footballer
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Q: Unnecessary indenting in bash I have been trying to paste text from one file to another in bash. I'm working in Putty.
To be more clear,
I have a file hotel.txt with some lines of text that are indented, thus have tabs and spaces.
When I paste a few of those indented lines into another file created using vi,
they are pasted with a tab extra each.
All my text is automatically indented with each line having an extra tab as soon as I paste using the right click mouse button.
Does anyone have any solution?
I've tried :set paste, but doesn't work with me apparently.

A: This happens because you're either not copying the indentation of the first line or because you're pasting on an already indented position.

A: Its not exactly an answer but you can remove the extra tab in the beginning this way
:%s/^^I//g

where ^I is the tab character and you can type it by pressing C-v and then tab.
(or type the following sequence
gg    "goto top
c-v   "visual selection
S-G   "goto end of file
<<    " indent visual selection one to the left.

)

A: While in vi, enter the escape mode using Esc.  Then say :set paste.
Now you should be able to paste text unmodified.
You can turn 'paste' off by saying :set nopaste.
In order to make the change permanent, you can add :set paste to your ${HOME}/.vimrc.

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Mel Gibson and Sean Penn star in the drama, which was part-filmed in Dublin on an eight-week shoot beginning in September 2016.
Gibson plays James Murray, who oversaw the compilation of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the 19th century. Throughout the compilation, Murray receives over 10,000 entries from Dr. William Chester Minor (Sean Penn), an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.
Directed by Farhad Safinia (Boss), 'The Professor and the Madman' is produced by Irish production company Fastnet Films and US-based Icon International. Fastnet Films recently oversaw production on 'Black 47', which was the top-grossing Irish film of 2018 and was the first Irish feature to break the €1 million mark at the Irish box office since 'The Young Offenders' in 2016.
Macdara Kelleher produced the project for Fastnet Films, with a script co-written by directr Safinia, Todd Komarnicki (Sully) and IFTA Lifetime recipient John Boorman (Queen & Country), based on a 1999 novel from Simon Winchester.
Irish talent involved in the project includes production designer Tom Conroy ('Mammal') and 'Love & Friendship' costume designer Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh. Several Irish actors also feature in the film including Kieran O'Reilly and David Crowley.
A release date for 'The Professor and The Madman' is yet to be announced.
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Hedge Funds Aren't Crazy About Arrow Electronics, Inc. (ARW) Anymore
Published on May 31, 2013 at 3:57 pm by Ronald Jay Sy in News
Is Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) an attractive stock to buy now? Investors who are in the know are taking a bearish view. The number of bullish hedge fund bets shrunk by 3 lately.
If you'd ask most market participants, hedge funds are perceived as unimportant, outdated financial vehicles of yesteryear. While there are greater than 8000 funds in operation today, we hone in on the top tier of this club, about 450 funds. It is estimated that this group controls the majority of the hedge fund industry's total capital, and by monitoring their top investments, we have determined a number of investment strategies that have historically outpaced the market. Our small-cap hedge fund strategy outstripped the S&P 500 index by 18 percentage points annually for a decade in our back tests, and since we've began to sharing our picks with our subscribers at the end of August 2012, we have outpaced the S&P 500 index by 23.3 percentage points in 8 months (explore the details and some picks here).
Equally as beneficial, positive insider trading sentiment is another way to break down the marketplace. There are a variety of incentives for an upper level exec to get rid of shares of his or her company, but just one, very obvious reason why they would buy. Several empirical studies have demonstrated the impressive potential of this tactic if piggybackers know what to do (learn more here).
Consequently, we're going to take a gander at the recent action regarding Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW).
Hedge fund activity in Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW)
Heading into Q2, a total of 17 of the hedge funds we track held long positions in this stock, a change of -15% from the first quarter. With hedgies' capital changing hands, there exists a select group of noteworthy hedge fund managers who were increasing their stakes considerably.
Of the funds we track, First Pacific Advisors LLC, managed by Robert Rodriguez and Steven Romick, holds the most valuable position in Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW). First Pacific Advisors LLC has a $174.7 million position in the stock, comprising 1.9% of its 13F portfolio. The second largest stake is held by Cliff Asness of AQR Capital Management, with a $32.5 million position; the fund has 0.1% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock. Other peers that are bullish include Ken Griffin's Citadel Investment Group, D. E. Shaw's D E Shaw and Dmitry Balyasny's Balyasny Asset Management.
Due to the fact that Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) has witnessed falling interest from the smart money, it's safe to say that there lies a certain "tier" of money managers who sold off their positions entirely in Q1. Interestingly, Gilchrist Berg's Water Street Capital cut the biggest stake of the 450+ funds we track, worth about $26 million in stock.. SAC Subsidiary's fund, Sigma Capital Management, also sold off its call options., about $11.4 million worth. These transactions are important to note, as total hedge fund interest dropped by 3 funds in Q1.
Insider trading activity in Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW)
Bullish insider trading is particularly usable when the company we're looking at has experienced transactions within the past six months. Over the latest half-year time frame, Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) has seen zero unique insiders buying, and 9 insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
Let's also review hedge fund and insider activity in other stocks similar to Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW). These stocks are VOXX International Corp (NASDAQ:VOXX), Anixter International Inc. (NYSE:AXE), Watsco Inc (NYSE:WSO), and Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT). This group of stocks belong to the electronics wholesale industry and their market caps resemble ARW's market cap.
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ONE of Halifax's most distinguished sons has been honoured with a blue plaque – more than 370 years after he died.
Nathaniel Waterhouse set up many local charities, including lifesaving facilities for poor people in Halifax and district, such as the the local workhouse, where residents who could not support themselves were housed and set to work and where Waterhouse served as master.
In his will of 1642 Waterhouse established almshouses for 12 poor widows and a school – named the Blue Coat School after the colour of its uniforms – for 20 poor boys and girls in Causeway and Upper Kirkgate, near Halifax Parish Church.
Mr Waterhouse, who became wealthy as a dealer in salt, oils and dyeing materials, left many other local legacies, including support for Halifax's Free Grammar School of Queen Elizabeth, better known as Heath Grammar, and money to maintain local roads.
In the 19th century the school and almshouses were relocated to Harrison Road, Halifax. The school closed in 1958 and the almshouses were rebuilt on the same site in 1967.
Now, to commemorate Nathaniel Waterhouse as one of Halifax's greatest benefactors, Halifax Civic Trust has installed its latest blue plaque at the now 50-year-old almshouses in Harrison Road.
The plaque was unveiled by the Deputy Mayor of Calderdale, Coun Jane Scullion, at a special ceremony during the Halifax Heritage Festival, organised with the trustees and managers of the Waterhouse Homes.
Coun Scullion told onlookers that Waterhouse's legacy arose from his vision of a community which included provision for education, housing and roads. His sense of responsibility amounted to "good old-fashioned stewardship", which was still important today.
The event, held in the community room at the Waterhouse Homes, also included the 4th Halifax Civic Trust Annual Lecture, given by Helen Caffrey, expert and author of books on almshouses, who gave an illustrated talk on "Halifax Almshouses in Context". She was introduced by trust chairman Dr John Hargreaves, who spoke about the life of Nathaniel Waterhouse. The clerk to the Waterhouse trustees, George Pickles, presided.
The Waterhouse plaque is the twelfth to be erected by Halifax Civic Trust. Previous citizens to have been commemorated include John Crossley, founder of the carpet-making firm John Crossley and Sons at Dean Clough, Halifax; John Mackintosh, the Halifax "toffee king"; stage and screen actor Eric Portman; cats eye inventor Percy Shaw and Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Oliver Smithies.
More recent plaques have honoured the Halifax sculptor Jocelyn Horner, historian E P Thompson and Halifax author and thespian Dr Phyllis Bentley. The trust also erected a blue plaque to commemorate the centenary of Halifax Town Football Club in 2011.


What I have been putting off for about a year now, is now done. My Etsy store is up and running and my first pattern has been tested, tested and retested, made into a pdf, pictures done and it is now listed for sale. Yipee!!!! Why did I put this off so long?
I have a few dozen crochet patterns that I have designed and written, but that does not mean that they are done. That just means that I can use it.
2. Work on creating the item and write down the stitches and steps used.
3. Write, re-write and make changes to get it the way you envisioned it.
4. Make up a sample.
5. Get someone or a few people to test your pattern.
7. Type up your pattern in a professional manner using some type of desk top publishing program.
9. Place it for sale, cross your fingers that someone else will think your baby is as cute as you do.
I want to thank everyone who wrote to encourage me and all your kind words on the baby penny loafer pattern. Stay tuned, the best is yet to come.


The best and the brightest young people don�t end up in the big city necessarily.
Their stories aren�t typical � some, in fact, are extraordinary � but they are more typical than you might think.
Natives of Lenoir, Greene and Jones counties grow up here, get a good education here, go away to college and perhaps, after graduation, go farther away to try their wings, but � and here�s the part too often overlooked � they come back to this area to begin an adult life and carve out a career. The talents of this group are augmented by others their age who arrive here from somewhere else, settle down and become important additions to their business circle and their community.
In other words, the best and the brightest young people don�t end up in the big city necessarily. They live and work here among us and already make significant contributions in virtually all areas that community-minded people deem important. Those contributions, too, can be overlooked.
For the past five years, The Free Press has put the spotlight on young, up-and-coming leaders with the 20 Under 40 awards, singling out 20 young residents of Lenoir, Greene and Jones counties annually with the help of nominations from readers and a winnowing process conducted by a panel of judges. This year�s honorees, the 20 Under 40 Class of 2012, are profiled in a special section in today�s paper.
These are special people, though � as we have said � not as special as you might think. With this year�s group, The Free Press has honored 100 individuals under 40 years old. When we began, we wondered how long we could sustain this award process, how deep was the pool of prospective nominees. It turns out, we shouldn�t have worried. This year, we received more nominations than ever and this group of judges had very difficult time selecting the winners. Many worthy young people didn�t make the cut, and those who did should be considered extremely worthy.
Reading the section, you will understand that they are. The 20 Under 40 award recognizes high achievement in professional and personal endeavors. Not only are they accomplished individuals who have in a relatively short time distinguished themselves in business, in education and in public service; but they also display a deep commitment to community, as volunteers, as organizers and as leaders.
In short, they get things done. They see a need and they fill it. A place can�t have too many residents like that, regardless of age.
Small towns and rural areas have to be concerned about brain drain, about the lure of the bright lights of the big city, the promise of greater opportunity and a more exciting life. Population growth does center on urban areas and the attraction of young people accounts for much of that growth. That trend has taken a toll on our communities.
It has not, however, created a crisis. Of this year�s 20 Under 40 honorees, 75 percent now live in the towns where they were born and grew up. That�s not an unusually high number for 20 Under 40 classes, but it�s worth noting because it shows that, even with the drain, our area can retain. There are many more than 20 young people making a difference where we live this year. Appreciating that fact is the best way to honor, and assure, their presence.


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Youngsters really like being out doors (soon after they've gotten more than the initial shock of been plucked from their pc or their Tv screen) running about and playing in the fresh air. Nowadays I have some Valentine Food Ideas for Little ones that I'm confident you and the youngsters will enjoy! While talking to kids about the system, I was able to uncover that when they are capable to select, they grow to be a lot much more excited about eating the wholesome foods.
Treat the children to a selection of iced mini cakes or assorted cupcakes to finish the picnic in accurate fun kiddy style. But this approach involves a lot of adult supervision due to the fact they can speedily burn, plus the fact that little ones and campfire flames are also often a hazardous combination. The only issue final year some of the ladies took residence some of the lists they got a hold of. So I am trying to come up with new concepts. Valentine's Day gives you a scrumptious excuse to use your baking abilities and teach your kids a thing or two about unique occasion treats. I love your idea of fixing a lot of meals ahead of time and then pulling a single out, put it in the crockpot, and you have dinner when you get home. Dinner doesn't get any simpler than this simple tuna bowl, a great way to ease your youngsters into attempting fish for the very first time.
Wow, it really is difficult to come up with meal concepts that are kid-friendly, quick and simple and healthy! My little ones adore ordering breaded chicken tenders when we go out to eat, so I decided to make my own version so they could take pleasure in them at residence as effectively. Get the youngsters to leading them with colourful slices of peppers and other fresh veg to add to the vitamin count. All of the recipes have been served on our personal family dinner tables, we hope you enjoy them as significantly as we do. Give youngsters scraps of paper or magazines, scissors, glue sticks and a white piece of paper. This spicy, creamy, cheesy spaghetti dinner is a scrumptious and various weeknight meal. We certainly did when we pulled out all of these suggestions to use again this summer season.


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Unearthly Powers
Religious and Political Change in World History
By Alan Strathern
Why was religion so important for rulers in the pre-modern world? And how did the world come to be dominated by just a handful of religious traditions, especially Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism? Drawing on sociology and anthropology, as well as a huge range of historical literature from all regions and periods of world history, Alan Strathern sets out a new way of thinking about transformations in the fundamental nature of religion and its interaction with political autho ... Why was religion so important for rulers in the pre-modern world? And how did the world come to be dominated by just a handful of religious traditions, especially Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism? Drawing on sociology and anthropology, as well as a huge range of historical literature from all regions and periods of world history, Alan Strathern sets out a new way of thinking about transformations in the fundamental nature of religion and its interaction with political authority. His analysis distinguishes between two quite different forms of religiosity - immanentism, which focused on worldly assistance, and transcendentalism, which centred on salvation from the human condition - and shows how their interaction shaped the course of history. Taking examples drawn from Ancient Rome to the Incas or nineteenth-century Tahiti, a host of phenomena, including sacred kingship, millenarianism, state-church struggles, reformations, iconoclasm, and, above all, conversion are revealed in a new light.
Using examples from Rome to Tahiti, Strathern sets out a new way of thinking about religion and its changing relationship with political authority throughout history. Exploring phenomena including sacred kingship, conversion, and the rise of the world religions, this is a major intervention in our understanding of the pre-modern world.
Why was religion so important for rulers in the pre-modern world? And how did the world come to be dominated by just a handful of religious traditions, especially Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism? Drawing on sociology and anthropology, as well as a huge range of historical literature from all regions and periods of world history, Alan Strathern sets out a new way of thinking about transformations in the fundamental nature of religion and its interaction with political authority. His analysis distinguishes between two quite different forms of religiosity - immanentism, which focused on worldly assistance, and transcendentalism, which centred on salvation from the human condition - and shows how their interaction shaped the course of history. Taking examples drawn from Ancient Rome to the Incas or nineteenth-century Tahiti, a host of phenomena, including sacred kingship, millenarianism, state-church struggles, reformations, iconoclasm, and, above all, conversion are revealed in a new light.
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Unfortunately, the answer to that question is no, they have not figured it out. They have skipped every step of Best Practice when introducing the new festivals license, ignored multiple requests for consultation from a number of industry bodies, and changed the rules and regulations on the fly to manage bad media headlines.
126,000 people have signed the Change.org petition, and over 10,000 signatures have been collected on the physical petition, which means Don't Kill Live Music has ensured that the petition can be published in the NSW Parliamentary Hansard and debated in the House. Further, the Ministers responsible for the subject areas of the DKLM petition will be required to respond to the issues DKLM raises within 35 days after the petition has been received.
On February 28th, at 6.40pm Gladys Berejiklian's Government finally released the regulations and guidelines for the music festival license, that came into effect from March 1st.
Over 10,000 music fans rallied in Hyde Park to stand up for music, multiple industry bodies including Live Performance Australia, Australian Festival Association, MusicNSW, and APRA AMCOS have repeatedly requested in-depth consultation with policy makers…. all voices have been ignored. The NSW Government has made it very clear they do not care what their constituents think or feel and have no respect for live music.
Our fight is still far from over. We cannot have a State Government that is willingly killing our access to music and culture. The Berejiklian Government have made it very clear they will do everything in their power to kill live music in NSW. DKLM & the music community have lost confidence in the Berejiklian LNP govt.
The biggest opportunity to make our voices heard now lies just ahead in the NSW State Election. Don't miss your chance to fight for the music we all love.
Talk to every NSW voter you know & tell them why you're voting to protect music in this state! Not just your family & friends, make sure you make your voice heard with those who may not already be supportive of our cause.
The petition is up to 126,000 – add your signature to demand the Berejiklian government stop killing live music HERE.


crisp, chilly and the light was delicious.
what more can i say–other than this lovely family was so fun to be around. look at all of the smiles!
photography never seems like work to me.
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Hall of Shame? Or Hall of Shem?
My apologies to my readers for such a long absence. I've recently started a freelance researcher position and the simple fact of the matter is that by the end of the day, I'm usually all written out. What writing energy I do have left has been going to a book tentatively titled The End of the Curse. I'll finish writing on the impact of the cross in the not-too-distant future, since that is one of the subjects of the book.
Naturally, me being me, it was the possibility of a debate that drew me out.
Over on the Word of His Grace blog, I apparently top the list of Peter Ditzel's "Hall of Shame" based on some stuff I wrote for HebrewRoot back in the day. As I've noted before, I'm no longer associated with that site, I'm rather surprised that my writings there have never been taken down, and as Peter notes, the site is so neglected that it is apparently infected with malware again. (Which is why I won't link to it.) While I'm not ashamed of anything published there, and have in fact reproduced a lot of it on this blog, my theology has of course continued to evolve and grow in the more than a decade that has passed since I wrote those articles.
This is all to say that while Peter isn't attacking a straw man, he's not working off of my best material either. Actually, while I top his list, he doesn't actually reference any of my material, which is admittedly a bit frustrating.
So with that in mind, I'll briefly address some of Peter's comments insofar as they apply to my theology then or now. That means I'll be skipping the whole section on Two House Theology, since I've never subscribed to any form of it (though I have friends who do). That pretty much leaves his contentions on the Sabbath and kashrut.
First, even if that were true–and it's not–given that the first 3/4 of Scripture emphasizes the Sabbath over and over again, why would we need it to be repeated to understand that it's still important? Scripture repeatedly states that the Sabbath is to be kept as long as Israel exists (Exo. 20:8-11, 31:13), states that violating it is one of the reasons that God punished Israel (Lev. 26:35; Jer. 17:27; Amos 8:5ff), and offers a blessing even to the Gentiles who do keep it (Isa. 58:6-7).
Given all of that, isn't the burden of proof on the traditional Christian side?
Now to clarify: I'm not saying that Gentile Christians have the same obligation to the Sabbath that Jews do. The UMJC recognizes that Isaiah 58 contains a Divine invitation for the "son of the foreigner" to participate in the Sabbath, not a command. As Toby Janicki points out in The God-Fearers (pp. 76-77), Deuteronomy 5:15 says that those whose ancestors were redeemed from Egypt have the obligation to keep or guard (shamar) the Sabbath. Those who worship the Eternal Creator, and to whom therefore the Sabbath is a memorial of creation and a way to emulate their Creator–i.e., Gentile Christians–have only the injunction to remember (zakhar) the Sabbath (Exo. 20:8, 11).
Even so, as Janecki points out (p. 82), the evidence "from Josephus and other classical writers" (e.g., Against Apion, 2.40) is that Christians in the 1st century did in fact observe the Sabbath, though they did not, perhaps "keep" it as strictly as their Jewish brethren. This fact has been recognized even outside of the Messianic and Hebrew Roots movements by authors such as Samuele Bacchiocchi (From Sabbath to Sunday: A Historical Investigation of the Rise of Sunday Observance in Early Christianity, pp. 74-131) and J. Hugh Michael ("The Jewish Sabbath in the Latin Classical Writers," The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literature 40 no. 2 (January 1924), pp. 117-124). As I've pointed out in Judenrein Christianity, the move from Sabbath to Sunday was primarily motivated by the desire of the Church to distance itself from the synagogue, and even its own Jewish members!
For if Joshua [Yeshua] had given them rest, he would not have spoken of another day [of rest] after that [in Psalm 95:7-11]. So there remains a Sabbath to keep (lit. 'Sabbath-keeping') for the people of God, for the one who has entered into [Messiah's] rest also rests (aorist tense) from his works as God did from his (Heb. 4:8-10) . . . For he has said elsewhere concerning the seventh [day], "And God rested on the seventh day from all of his works" (v. 4, quoting Gen. 2:2) . . . Therefore let us be diligent to enter that [Sabbath] rest [of the seventh day], so that no one will fall through the same example of disobedience" (Heb. 4:11).
Now note that the above passage was written to the Hebrews (it's right there on the title of the book), the early Messianic Jews, not to the Gentile part of the church, so the point that there is a Divine invitation, not a command, to the Gentiles to keep the Sabbath remains.
That's completely incorrect. As James Dunn notes in The New Perspective on Paul (pp. 122-132), the three things that everyone in the Roman empire knew about the Jews is that they rested on the seventh day, that they wouldn't eat certain foods (especially pork), and that they circumcised their children. Moreover, Peter forgets that the Gentiles to whom Paul wrote were all in close, personal contact with the Jewish believers. Paul would not waste time writing on what they already knew correctly; he only wrote to correct misconceptions or to give rulings in borderline cases. And despite the early believers observing the Sabbath (see above), Paul never writes to correct this practice!
Peter doesn't provide a link, and while I can assume, I don't actually know what his full argument here is, so I'll just be brief: Saying that Acts 15 forbade the Gentiles from observing the Sabbath is like saying that it commanded them to steal–neither the Sabbath nor theft is mentioned in the final ruling, so obviously, both must be the opposite of what is commanded in the Torah, right? Secondly, Peter realizes that the Acts 15 council was dealing with Gentile believers, but as is the case for most Christians forgets that even if we grant his argument, the fact is that Jewish believers would still keep the Sabbath, and did, along with the rest of the Torah. Thirdly, there's a clear expectation that the Gentiles would continue to attend the synagogues with their Jewish brethren wherever possible in verse 21.
Why Does Peter Pass Judgment On His Brother?
I actually did answer this on Hebrew Root, and since Peter claims to have read it enough to put me on his "wall of shame," he really doesn't have an excuse here. To sum up, Paul does not call the one who "esteems one day above another" weak, nor does Paul tell them to cut it out. Paul is simply advising a "live and let live" approach between Jews, who have an obligation to keep the holy days God set, and Gentiles, who have an invitation to participate and an obligation to remember, but no more than that. After all, Paul himself continued to keep the Sabbath and the feasts (Acts 16:13, 20:16) and enjoined the Corinthians to keep the Passover (1Co. 5:7-8), so he could hardly be forbidding others to do the same without being a hypocrite.
A Reality Without a Shadow?
It says that they are shadows, true–but not that they are only shadows. That's another mistranslation. What Paul is doing here is invoking the Plato's "Allegory of the Cave," which posits that the ideal "heavenly" realities are reflected as "shadows" in the lesser, physical world. But here's the key: In Plato's allegory, the shadows all come from that which is real. Ergo, for those who have not yet been permitted to turn around and see the reality behind them, the shadow is what lets them glimpse into that reality.
And this is why Peter's insistence that "there is absolutely no reason for us to keep these defunct days, even merely as a homeschool unit study," is so judgmental and foolish. Even if they are shadows, they still serve a purpose in edifying and educating the body. If Peter doesn't wish to accept the Divine invitation, that's fine–he's doing so out of his own convictions of what it means to trust and be faithful to Christ. He's therefore still in the Lord and still my brother. But his objection to anyone else enjoying them comes off as more than a little hysterical and certainly a bit hypocritical: He quotes Romans 14:5-6, but then isn't content to let others be fully convinced in their own minds that certain days are to be kept holy to the Lord. He cites Colossians 2:16-17, but then passes judgment on others on the basis of observing the day.
False Gods Gave the Sabbath?
As I've already pointed out, Paul himself kept the Sabbath and the feasts and enjoined the Corinthians to keep Passover at the least. Moreover–and here's the shocker–Paul and the other early Messianic Jews continued to do things like take Nazrite vows (Acts 18:18) make sacrifices in the temple (Acts 21:20-26, 24:17)! Ergo, Peter's interpretation of Galatians 4, as common as it is in the Church, makes absolutely no sense.
So what did Paul mean? Well, let's back up a couple of verses and look at the context: "Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?" (Gal. 4:8-9) So when we read in the next verse, "You observe days and months and seasons and years!" what does that mean?
So what is Paul talking about here? Simple: astrology. The word translated "elements" or "elementary principles" (stoicheia) actually refers to "elemental spirits," as in the "gods" of earth, wind, and sea, but also refers to astral beings, aka the stars and constellations (Michael Heiser, The Unseen Realm, p. 322).
Peter mostly strings together several verses in his response here, so there's not much to directly quote. Sadly, as do most Christians who oppose the Messianic movement, Peter seems to think that we've never read the NT before and haven't considered these verses. Quite obviously, we have, and to not even attempt to find out what our response is and answer that instead of a straw man is fairly disingenuous.
This is one of those areas in which the Hebrew Roots movements and mainline Messianic Judaism tend to part ways. I would disagree with Craig Whatley that kashrut is a universal commandment. As I wrote a some years ago (though I honestly don't remember if this was in my original HebrewRoot article), I believe that God very specifically exempted Gentile believers from being required to keep kosher—however, I don't go to the New Covenant Scriptures for such a view. I base it on two passages from the Torah: The first is Genesis 9:3, in which the Holy One tells Noah, "Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you." Note that he does not say, "Every clean animal," which he very well could have, since Noah knew the difference between clean and unclean (Gen. 7:2ff)! Since Noah was the father of all mankind after the Flood, Jew and Gentile alike, this suggests that God did not make kashrut mandatory for all people.
I personally believe that God did not make kashrut a universal commandment out of mercy. There are many places in the world where, for example, pork and even dog are the primary meats available. God did not burden these people with the food laws.
So on the one hand, I would take Peter's side against Craig where Gentiles are concerned: They can eat pork, shellfish, catfish, etc. or not as they choose.
There are three problems with that in regards to the food laws. First, that's not what "fulfill" means. To "fulfill" in that context, as in Galatians 6:2, does not mean to "abolish by fulfilling." If it does, I can bear my brother's burdens just once, and then I'm free to ignore anyone's needs from then on. No, it means to demonstrate what something means fully.
Second, Mark 7 takes place a year or so before the Cross, so even if we accepted the standard Christian premise that the Cross ended the law, if Jesus abolished the food laws before the Cross, then Jesus did not fulfill the law and in fact sinned against the law of God before his sacrifice. For that matter, how could Jesus in one breath admonish the Pharisees for "rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition" (Mark 7:9) and in the very next breath do exactly the same thing?
Third, they're not even talking about clean versus unclean animals! They're talking about whether ritually washing one's hands before a meal is mandatory, as Mark makes clear in verses 3-5. If you're interested in understanding the theology of the Pharisees in regards to having multiple levels of uncleanness, look here. It's not that relevant. The real point is that when Christians cite Mark 7 or Acts 10 to attempt to prove that kosher is done away with, they violate their own stated principles of interpreting the Scriptures in context!
And unnecessarily at that, because as we've already shown, Christians can argue from the Torah itself that kosher is not mandatory for the Gentiles.
We have already demonstrated that our laws have been such as have always inspired admiration and imitation into all other men. Nay the earliest Grecian philosophers, though in appearance they observed the laws of their own countries, yet did they, in their actions, and their philosophick doctrines, follow our legislator; and instructed men to live sparingly, and to have friendly communication one with another. Nay farther, the multitude of mankind it self have had a great inclination of a long time to follow our religious observances. For there is not any city of the Grecians, nor any of the barbarians, nor any nation whatsoever, whither our custom of resting on the seventh day hath not come, and by which our fasts, and lighting up lamps, and many of our prohibitions as to our food, are not observed. They also endeavour to imitate our mutual concord with one another; and the charitable distribution of our goods; and our diligence in our trades; and our fortitude in undergoing the distresses we are in, on account of our laws.
So who exactly are all of these Greeks who had adopted "many" of the Jewish food laws? Based on the Didache and common sense, we can safely say that they were the Gentile Christians who, after all, were sharing a common table with their Jewish brethren.
And so it is in our Messianic fellowships today, Jew and Gentile eating together, each respecting the other's boundaries (in exact accordance with Romans 14) and loving each other as the Lord loves us.
Under the Law or Keeping the Commandments?
Peter, Jews who do not believe in Yeshua read the Torah with a veil over their hearts, yes. Those of us who do believe in Yeshua read the Torah with the veil lifted (2Co. 3:16). And you apparently don't read it at all, nor are you willing to partake of the Jewish advantage in understanding a Jewish book. As Paul writes, "Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? Much in every way! To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God" (Rom. 3:1-2). And Yeshua said, "Therefore every scribe"–in modern terms, read that "rabbi"–"who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old" (Mat. 13:52).
Sadly, Peter's vision of the Church is one of Judenrein Christianity. He would refuse Jews admission into his fellowship–only ex-Jews, in his view, are allowed. He believes the anti-Semitic absurdity that God sent the King of the Jews to the Jewish people after prophesying about him through Jewish prophets in the Jewish language and the Jewish culture for thousands of years; a Jewish King who chose Jewish disciples and taught them as a Jewish rabbi and sent them first to the Jews, and only then to the Gentiles . . . to tell Jews to stop being Jewish.
Now I don't think Peter Ditzel is personally anti-Semitic. In fact, I suspect the mere thought of the accusation will horrify and offend him. However, he is stubbornly clinging to a theology developed in undeniably anti-Semitic times for the express purpose of excluding Jews from the Church, even when it contradicts Scripture or even itself.
Hopefully, he'll be interested in engaging and we can hammer some of this out as brothers in the Lord.
One question, what exactly is a gentile believer? I was under the impression that everyone who believes in the Messiah will be grafted into Israel and will be obligated to keep their part of the new covenant.
I do not have all the answers, but I'm on a quest for truth, so articles such as this one, is really helpful.
Well, look at it this way: Paul was born a Jew, but was also a Roman citizen with all of its rights and privileges, right? Did the latter mean that he was no longer a Jew? Of course not. In the same way, being grafted in doesn't mean that you cease to be, if I'm reading your email address correctly, South African, but it does mean that like Paul, you have full citizenship in Israel as well. You've been adopted into the family, but like my youngest brother, still have another family as well.
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Ant-Man (Theatrical)
byPaul Rudd
Format: Prime VideoChange
Jason Matthew
4.0 out of 5 starsAnt-Man is a surprising success
When I originally saw the first footage for Marvel's Ant-Man, I have to admit I wasn't exactly hyped to see the film on opening night. I always thought that Paul Rudd was a perfect casting choice to bring the larger than life character to the big screen, but the first few trailers just didn't grab my attention and it seemed like the movie was having trouble finding its tone. Was this going to be an all-out comedy, or balance things out with a healthy dose of action and drama à la last year's Guardians of the Galaxy? Thankfully, the finished product turned out to be one of Marvel's most entertaining and original films to date, wrapping up Phase 2 nicely.
Paul Rudd knocks it out of the park in this immensely enjoyable action/comedy superhero film from Marvel Studios. Scott Lang (Rudd), a master thief with a heart of gold, teams up with Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) to stop a powerful weapon from getting into the hands of the malevolent Darren Cross (Corey Stoll), Pym's former protege. Armed with the amazing shrinking and strength-boosting abilities of Pym's Ant-Man suit, Lang aims to right the wrongs of his past and become a hero in the eyes of his daughter. If he can succeed, The Avengers might just have a spot open for him on their team.
It's obvious from the outset of the film why Paul Rudd was chosen for the role – he's one of few very actors who could make a criminal charming, and his spot-on comedic timing and chemistry with Michael Pena provide some of Ant-Man's most memorable moments. Evangeline Lilly plays the part of Pym's estranged daughter Hope quite well, offering up a few moments of badassery as she teaches Scott how to fight and use his newfound abilities. Michael Douglas plays the part of Dr. Hank Pym beautifully – you could feel the character's sense of despair and regret about the events that caused both Hope and Darren Cross to distance themselves from him. And Corey Stoll plays Darren Cross with an intensity that really sells the character's descent into madness, as he stops at nothing to recreate the Ant-Man technology just to sell it on the black market. The character may be a bit one-dimensional, but Stoll makes Cross both memorable and intimidating.
The first thing that caught my attention with Ant-Man were the impressive visual effects. The shrinking abilities of Ant-Man are well portrayed, allowing the audience to suspend disbelief long enough to become invested in Scott's story. Aspects such as the digitally recreated bathroom where Scott first utilizes his shrinking powers are overflowing with detail, right down to the texture on the tiles, the grimy grout, and spiderwebs between the floorboards. It really helps sell the illusion, as you never feel as though Rudd is running in front of a green screen (although that's obviously what happened).
Perhaps the most effective and remarkable use of CGI in Ant-Man is the de-aging effect used for Michael Douglas in flashback scenes – he looks just how you'd remember him from 80s films like Wall Street. A kickass battle against Falcon at Avengers HQ manages to effectively showcase Ant-Man's abilities and paint him as a formidable fighter that could stand beside Captain America and Thor on the team. I should also mention that once again Marvel Studios' costume designers are amazing; the Ant-Man suit from the original comics is difficult to translate to the big screen, but they absolutely nailed it, and the Yellowjacket suit may be even cooler.
Ant-Man's Digital HD copy features extras like a gag reel, deleted scenes, and featurettes on the creation of the CGI sequences. There's also a bit of backstory on the comic character's origins and some commentary on the deleted scenes from the director and Paul Rudd. One of the deleted scenes, in which Scott Lang cases Pym's house as a cable guy, was truly great and had me wondering why it was left on the cutting room floor.
Overall, Ant-Man is a surprising success – after the first trailer was met with a tepid reaction from fans, Marvel and director Peyton Reed managed to turn the tide and give us one of the most memorable and creative films in their lineup (and one of my new personal favorites). I'm thrilled to see lesser-known and more "out-there" characters like Ant-Man and Guardians of the Galaxy not only making their way to the silver screen, but finding great critical acclaim and financial success. As a longtime comic fan, I can't wait to see Scott Lang teaming up alongside the Avengers (and Spider-Man!) in Captain America: Civil War – it's one of those things I thought would never actually happen, and the kid in me couldn't be more ecstatic.
1.0 out of 5 starsGood movie but disappointed
When I received my package, I knew this movie was going to be good. I had already seen it in theaters. It was a really good role for Paul Rudd. When I opened the case, I found a slip inside that says "Get a reward now. Enter your action code at MarvelsAntManOffers.com" which prompts me to enter a redemption code. When I enter the code it says "Invalid Code". Suffice to say that I do not own this movie on Blu-ray & Digital like had hoped. I only own the blu-ray version which means I have to have the disc with me to watch it or put the disc in to watch it. This has been the most ridiculous experience I've ever had with an Amazon blu-ray purchase and I can't honestly tell if it's a Amazon issue or a Marvel Studios issue.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Good movie but disappointed
Format: Blu-rayVerified Purchase
1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible time streaming
Format: Prime VideoVerified Purchase
Tried watching this and couldn't even get through 30 minutes without it stopping completely or just pausing.
When I called customer service his solution was to refund me in credit so I could try again. I thought that was a little riesince I hadn't paid with credit I'd paid with money.
When we started again we had the same problem.
We eventually got through the movie but it took almost double the time.
Margaret M Ewan
1.0 out of 5 stars quality
I am currently binge watching the Marvel series and this is the most ridiculous concept so far and all things considered that is saying a lot. I love Paul Rudd but this is seriously silly.
Christopher Hausmann
1.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious and fun
Had to have it in my collection! The main reason for the star subtraction is for Amazon not the movie!!!I just wish that Amazine would let me custom arrange my Video Library instead of only offering by date purchased or alphabetical order. I would prefer to arrange by genre, episode, number in franchise so that I could group my movies together instead of having a hodge podge to sort through!
1.0 out of 5 stars Ripoff
I am shocked and embarrassed. This was a gift. How AWFUL was it to open the 3D box and find it practically empty. No 3D, no digital, nothing but as catchy 2d copy. Utter and complete rip off. Shame on this company. It deserves a negative star review.
It is being resent . Hopefully this time around we find what was originally supposed to be in the package.
1.0 out of 5 stars Feel ripped off...
Thought I was buying an actual dvd, not a digital copy. Haven't watched it, don't want it. Told it couldn't be returned for a refund. Feel I've been ripped off. If I can't easily determine this in the future, I won't be ordering any more.
JustAReview
1.0 out of 5 stars I enjoyed the movie, but the DVD was unplayable
Format: DVDVerified Purchase
I really enjoyed this movie in the theater, but the DVD snagged at chapter 7 and was unwatchable. I tried to contact the publisher's customer service to get a replacement, but got no response.
1.0 out of 5 stars Defective disc
It stopped completely at least four times and would not allow us to re-start at the same place--ensuring we missed at least 10+ minutes of the movie in addition to the frustration.
1.0 out of 5 stars Don't bother
My kids love all movies and they hated this one. It was so stupid, don't even bother.
1.0 out of 5 stars Would not load, kept buffering
My husband and I wanted to watch a movie but it took one hour to watch the first half an hour . This movie just won't load. I can't watch this movie I paid for but I can totally watch a free movie. This sucks.
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Civil Rights activist, scholar, and singer Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon once said that the reason "This Little Light of Mine" is such a powerful song in the Black Church tradition is because it is a statement of commitment and recommitment to following Jesus. She called it an "I" song, a song that serves as a declaration of intent to remain dedicated to a cause. Claiming the song means that I am going to walk in hope and justice, loving all whom God loves (which includes everyone). It means that I am going to offer my energy, my well-being, and maybe even my life to do what is right. It means that I will not hide my light in order to get by under the status quo.
In Charlottesville, Virginia, this past Saturday, when a diverse group of preachers, rabbis, imams, and everyday folks - some were religious, while others claimed no faith tradition at all - wanted to stand up to a group of armed white supremacists, they linked arms and sang "This Little Light of Mine." They sang their commitment aloud and put their bodies on the line to demonstrate that commitment. Their light would not be overshadowed as it courageously challenged racism, white supremacy, and hate.
If you are reading this letter, there is a strong chance that you are wondering how to help shine God's light more brightly into this world, which continues to be shaped by racism and white supremacy. In times like these, it is good to remember that we are a community of faith. We can serve together, bolstering and supporting one another.
This little light of ours, we're going to let it shine.
Pray. Pray for yourself and everyone who wants to dismantle racism. Pray for our churches, as we communally discern how to faithfully respond. Pray for those who are racist, that they will be liberated from this sin by God's loving touch. Pray and listen.
Denounce white supremacy as a sin that is contrary to the Gospel. Do so from your pulpits, via your social media platforms, in conversation with your neighbors. Make it clear: White supremacy is contrary to the teachings of Christ.
Call on your community leaders to do the same. Ask your pastors to speak out, and then offer support and encouragement as they do so. Call upon your town council members, mayors, representatives, and your governor to be just as clear as you are. Write letters to the editor and to elected officials. Advocate for policies that address systemic racism. White supremacy has been a part of our state's history for far too long. It should no longer be welcome.
If you are white, take some time to research what it means to live as a person of color or a religious minority in our state.
○ The blog " Black Girl In Maine " ( http://blackgirlinmaine.com/ ) is a good place to start.
○ If you live near Portland, consider attending the panel discussion " Life As A Muslim Girl In Maine " at the SPACE Gallery on September 7.
Educate yourself and others. Attend a training that will help you to not only practice talking about race with other people, but also work to disentangle your daily life from the racism that is endemic to American history and culture. Workshops and other training events are periodically offered by the Maine Conference, UCC, as well as by community organizations like Maine Wabanaki REACH (http://www.mainewabanakireach.org/).
Think about your sphere of influence: your neighborhood, your school, your senior center, your church, your workplace. How can you bring light into your circles of influence through conversations and actions that promote transformation, insight, and change?
We live in challenging times - and these are precisely the days when voices of morality and love must speak out. There is no place for white supremacy, anti-Semitism, prejudice, and hatred in Maine, in our nation, or in our world.
As the Anti-Racism Resource Team that serves United Church of Christ congregations in Maine, we call on every heart, soul, mind, and body to speak out and work for change.
There is work to be done in our state when youth of color face unfair and disproportionate contact with the criminal justice system.
There is work to be done in our state when the KKK is bold enough to distribute flyers in Augusta, Boothbay, Freeport, Gardiner, Hallowell, Skowhegan, Topsham, and Waterville.
There is work to be done in our state when new Mainers face structural discrimination and words of prejudice from both our Governor and President.
There is work to be done in our families, schools, faith communities, towns, and cities.Will you help us do it? Your light, with its strength and brightness, is needed. No individual light is too small for the important work that lies ahead of us.
Across our nation, in Charlottesville, and in Maine, people have been shining their light. People have been praying for those who grieve, putting their bodies on the line to stand up for love and justice, speaking out with conviction, and reaching out in love. May we - as individuals and communities - faithfully join them in their ministry.
We are putting the status quo on notice. May we be empowered to go out into our communities and bring God's illuminating love into the world.
This little light of God, we're going to let it shine!


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Walter Kohl Sudduth (* 8. August 1974 in Granada Hills, Kalifornien) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

Kohl Sudduth wuchs in Circleville, Ohio auf. Er ist der Bruder des Schauspielers Skipp Sudduth.

Sudduth wirkte in vielen Theaterstücken auf der Highschool mit, bevor er an der Universität von Ohio die Musik für sich entdeckte. Er war Gitarrist und Sänger in der dort ansässigen Punkband Edison, in der außerdem Stephen Duirk (Bassgitarre) und Mike Thorne (Gitarre) spielten. Er schloss die Universität mit einem Bachelor of Art in Englisch ab und ging mit 21 Jahren nach New York City, um dort eine Schauspielkarriere zu beginnen. Zunächst arbeitete er im Red Room, einem Improvisations-/ Sketch-/ Comedy-Theater.

Kohl Sudduth spielt Bass in der Band Minus Ted seines Bruders Skipp. Er interessiert sich für Bergklettern und spielt Basketball. Seine Freizeit verbringt er in New York City wie auch in Los Angeles.

Filmografie
 1998: Dating Games
 1998: Illuminata
 1998: Studio 54 (54)
 1998: Rounders
 1999: Bowfingers große Nummer (Bowfinger)
 2000: The Last Supper
 2000: Table One
 2000: Road Trip
 2000: Starlets (Grosse Pointe)
 2000: Cora Unashamed
 2002: Groupies Forever (The Banger Sisters)
 2005: Jesse Stone: Eiskalt (Stone Cold)
 2005: The Notorious Bettie Page
 2006: Jesse Stone: Knallhart (Jesse Stone: Night Passage)
 2006: Jesse Stone: Totgeschwiegen (Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise)
 2006: Criminal Intent – Verbrechen im Visier (Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Fernsehserie, Folge 6x07 Country Crossover)
 2007: Jesse Stone: Alte Wunden (Jesse Stone: Sea Change)
 2009: Jesse Stone: Dünnes Eis (Jesse Stone: Thin Ice)
 2010: Jesse Stone: Ohne Reue (Jesse Stone: No Remorse)
 2011: Jesse Stone: Verlorene Unschuld (Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost)
 2012: Jesse Stone: Im Zweifel für den Angeklagten (Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt)
 2015: Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise

Gastauftritte
1998: Sex and the City als Jon, Folge 1.04
1999: Law & Order: New York (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) als Riley Couger, Folge 1.06

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Future-Focused History Teaching: Restoring the Power of Historical Learning, by Mike Maxwell
This book might be somewhat unusual in the field of history eduction in that it takes a holistic view of historical learning as opposed to treating the subject as a stand-alone topic. Such an approach may yield insights not apparent when looking at history schooling in isolation.
Future-Focused History Teaching considers history education not in terms of the preferences of history professionals, but in terms of the needs of society. It compares history education to other school subjects that remain central to the educational enterprise. It evaluates history schooling in the context of findings from cognitive science about the nature of effective instruction.
In all three respects, history education performs poorly, which does much to explain why the fortunes of history education have been undergoing a consistent and marked decline in the nation's schools and colleges for more than half a century.
If these are the problems, what are possible solutions?
Future-Focused History Teaching identifies:
– Five commonsense principles of history education that include a coherent and useful purpose to guide instruction: Fostering judgment in human affairs.
– Four kinds of historical knowledge suitable for educational purposes, the foremost of which is general principles of historical knowledge. The other three are foundational concepts of history and geography, events with continuing effect, and a big picture of human development through time.
– Four criteria for weighing the importance of historical events.
– Four essential cognitive learning strategies.
Reaction to Future-Focused History Teaching:
"The tragedy of typical history instruction is not just that we forget it, but that it is so forgettable. Mike Maxwell's thoughtful prescription: Principles drawn from history that speak to today and tomorrow."
-David Perkins, Professor Emeritus, Harvard Graduate School of Education
"Mike Maxwell's book contains copious wisdom and provides food for thought for history teachers everywhere. It is impossible not to be stimulated by its provocative insights about how the history classroom can prepare us for the future. You may not agree with everything in this book. But one thing's for sure: You will not be bored by it."
-Sam Wineburg, Director of the History Education Group, Stanford Graduate School of Education
"As someone who has spent over forty years teaching history and training history teachers, I have read much on the topic of history education, and Maxwell's book is one of the best. Maxwell wants to identify what makes history a useful subject and discuss the urgent need to teach it well. History teachers searching for a higher purpose for all their hard work should take a look at Maxwell's book; I give it the highest recommendation."
-Jim Smith, author of Ideas That Shape a Nation and former New Mexico Teacher of the Year.
"Not for nothing are we known as the United States of Amnesia. This book makes a great case for bringing the study of history back to the center of our educational system–and offers valuable suggestions on how best to teach history's lessons.
-Stephen Kinzer, former foreign correspondent for the New York Times, author of histories including Overthrow, All the Shah's Men, and The Brothers
"It has been several years since I picked up a book on history education and was struck by something new, something that forced me to consider my beliefs about what constitutes effective history teaching and learning. Mike Maxwell's Future-Focused History Teaching is just that book."
-Bruce Lesh, author of Why Won't You Just Tell Us the Answer?, formerly named precollegiate Teacher of the Year by the Organization of American Historians.
To learn more, or to purchase the book, visit Amazon.com.
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Future-Focused History Teaching is available from Amazon and other booksellers.


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Tonight on AC360: Anderson Cooper interviews Beyoncé about World Humanitarian Day
Anderson Cooper sat down with Beyoncé hours before the star took the stage on August 10 at the United Nations General Assembly Hall to sing for an audience that included a mix of celebrities and other invited guests.
The crowd watched her perform "I Was Here" from her album "4," released in 2011. The lyrics express a desire to make an impact in the lives of others: "The hearts I have touched will be the proof that I leave, that I made a difference and this world will see, I was here."
Anderson asked Beyoncé about the song, which she is dedicating to the recognition of World Humanitarian Day. "It says, 'I want to leave my footprints in the sands of time' and it basically is all of our dreams, I think. And that's leaving our mark on the world. I feel like we all want to know that our life meant something," she explained. It's a message she hopes will resonate and inspire acts of kindness around the world.
The show will be used as a music video released on August 19 to mark World Humanitarian Day. The U.N.'s website for the campaign is asking people to add their voice as part of a social media effort to raise awareness. There are also suggestions of how to "do something good somewhere for someone else."
"We all have our purpose, and we all have our strengths...it feels so wonderful to do something for someone else. And I think for the U.N. to want to include the whole world was something important, and I feel like that's what I represent," Beyoncé told Anderson.
During the interview, Anderson also spoke with U.N. under-secretary-general and emergency relief coordinator Valerie Amos about their goal of reaching one billion people, and partnering with Beyoncé. "This is really about saying to everyone out there that this is a day that's both a commemoration because there are a lot of people who lose their lives trying to help people. But it's also a celebration of the things that people do," Amos said.
Watch a preview of their conversation to find out why Beyoncé was attracted to the project, and see the full interview tonight at 8 and 10 p.m. ET on CNN.
Update: Watch the entire interview below.
Post by: Ella Chick
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Family owned farms, ranches and timberland present a unique set of considerations in the estate planning process. Typically the homestead and land will represent a high value asset that can be somewhat illiquid and often represents, at least in part, a source for retirement funding for the parents. While operations conducted on the land can provide for the production of income, it is often highly cyclical.
To further complicate matters, seldom do all of the children remain active in operations, which presents the parents with a difficult question of whether equal is truly equitable. Finally, it is not unusual for all members of the family to maintain an emotional tie to the land to some extent.
If one of more of the children are active in the operation and have proven themselves capable of successfully managing the operations, a combination of estate planning techniques can be utilized to provide for the needs of the parents during their lifetime, accommodate the transfer of the land and operations across one or more generations, minimize the estate tax consequences of the estate transfer, and provide for the financing of any estate tax that is due upon the parents' death.
If none of the children are active in the operations, but there is an emotional based desire to retain the land for the enjoyment of future generations, a different set of considerations are presented and a different set of estate planning techniques are available to accomplish this objective.
The estate planning process for farms, ranches, and timberland is emotionally difficult, requires a significant amount of time to work through the decision making process and requires yet more time for implementation. However, if the family embraces the process and diligently pursues its conclusion, the results can be impressive and often preserve order within the family and a significant portion of the parents' estate from taxation.
If you have an interest in exploring the estate planning process for your farm, ranch or timberland, we would appreciate the opportunity to meet with you and discuss your concerns and the considerations you confront as you search for the combination of techniques that provide for your lifetime needs, maintain harmony in your family and provides for the transfer of your estate from one generation to another.


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3 Cucumbers, 2 tomatoes, 1 onion, and a couple other ingredients and you have yourself a delicious summertime salad. I can't wait to make this with my fresh produce…once my garden starts producing!!!
This is one of my Hubs favorites. It is also a salad that I deliver to the field often. It has a nice creamy sauce topping the refreshing veggies and accompanies most meals.


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Charles Geyer
Charles Geyer is a director, producer, composer, playwright, actor, singer, and freelance writer based in New York City. He directed the Evelyn La Quaif Norma for Verismo Opera Association of New Jersey, and the New York premiere of Ray Bradbury's opera adaptation of Fahrenheit 451. His cabaret musical on the life of silent screen siren Louise Brooks played to acclaim in L.A. He has appeared on Broadway, off-Broadway and regionally. He is an alum of the Commercial Theatre Institute and was on the board of the American National Theatre. He is a graduate of Yale University and attended Harvard's Institute for Advanced Theatre Training. He can be contacted here.
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Looking Up column: Double Cluster, an easy catch
Peter Becker
The Double Cluster is a must for a late autumn evening sweep of the night sky, with even a small pair of binoculars. You can catch this spectacular star cluster pair with just your eyes on a dark night.
The pair is easy to find. Just look for the "Big M" - the five stars of Cassiopeia, nearly overhead in the northeastern sky at about 8 p.m. in early December. The bottom two stars of the "M" outline forms a nearly right triangle with the Double Cluster, situated to the right.
The Double Cluster is actually within the constellation Perseus, the Champion.
To the naked eyes on a dark night, the Double Cluster appears as a twin, fuzzy patch. They lay in front of the dim Milky Way Band, which passes through Cassiopeia. This is a wonderland of faint stars and star clusters within reach of binoculars and is especially rich in a telescope's eyepiece.
The Double Cluster is also referred to separately as NGC 869 and NGC 884. The clusters are about 7,500 light-years from us. Each cluster has approximately 300 stars. The clusters are only a few hundred light-years apart; imagine the night sky from a planet orbiting any star nearby!
Binoculars begin to resolve the Double Cluster into their true nature, a whole lot of faint stars jammed near each other! Open star clusters are numerous across the heavens; each one is uniquely laid out and a delight to examine. The Pleiades is easily the most famous, a bright, compact, glittering patch of stars to behold with eyes alone.
The Double Cluster, however, is just that - two open star clusters of comparable size, richness and brightness, situated in close proximity in the sky.
The view in even a small telescope can be breathtaking. Take note of the little patterns the cluster stars make, the abundance of white and bluish-white stars and even a few dim, red stars sprinkled for good measure. You'll find a red star smack dab between the two clusters.
Use a low-power eyepiece to give a wider field of view. That way you are more likely to see both clusters at the same time. Then exchange the eyepiece for a higher magnification and slowly scan around this area, comparing the clusters.
Then you may like to slowly venture in the sky right around the Double Cluster, using a small telescope and low power. I like to drop in on another interesting star arrangement close by, which to my imagination resembles a fish outline, but a fish sporting two whip antennae. As far as I know, this is not a true star cluster, but a chance arrangement of stars. See what you find.
I say "open star cluster" because there are also "globular star clusters," hundreds of thousands of stars packed tight together in a ball, fraying at the edges, resembling what I get when I take a snowball at night and smash in against a dry sidewalk or asphalt road (doesn't everyone do that?).
Perseus is an easily seen constellation, located between Cassiopeia and the Pleiades star cluster. In early evening, look up (of course; looking down the only celestial object you will see is planet Earth under your feet), in the east-northeast. Cassiopeia is on the left, high in the northeast; the Pleiades will be fairly high in the east.
At this time, the Perseus star pattern places his (Perseus') head to the left, and stars marking his feet to the right.
The Pleiades cluster is just off the lower "foot" of Perseus.
One of the brighter and most well-known stars of Perseus is Algol, an eclipsing binary star that varies in brightness every 2 days, 20 hours and 48 minutes. Usually, the star is at maximum light, magnitude +2.3. There is a dimmer, close companion star orbiting Algol which regularly partly eclipses it, dropping its magnitude to +3.5. It stays at minimum light for only 20 minutes. It takes 4 1/2 hours for Algol to drop in brightness and another 4 1/2 to recover.
Many stars are like this, but Algol is one of the easiest to see and follow with eyes alone.
Take a look fairly low in the southwestern sky during evening twilight for Saturn and Jupiter. The two planets are getting closer and closer to each other, as seen from Earth. The apparent distance between them will shrink through Dec. 21, when the pair will look like a "double planet" - a spectacular and rare conjunction. This weekend they are about 1.8 degrees apart (about the width of three "full moons"). On Dec. 21 they will be just a tenth of a degree apart, about one-fifth the apparent width of the moon.
Jupiter is the brighter planet, to the lower right of Saturn.
Mars, dimming but still bright, is high in the south at around 8 p.m.
Venus is the bright "Morning Star" seen low in the eastern sky before dawn. Mercury is also there, but very low and not as bright.
Last quarter moon is on Tuesday, Dec. 8.
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My wife, Angela, and I paid our $45 each and, ever mindful that descriptions like "extravaganza" have been bleached into meaningless beige by today's craving for the spectacular in everything, boarded the 'bus' in Capel, for the comfortable haul south. At 7.30am the morning was chilly and heavily grey, hardly a good look for a day promising experiences and delights of gargantuan proportion. There were more than 30 people on board already and as we walked along the aisle to a gauntlet of smiling faces, cheery 'good mornings'…we embarked on one of the very best 45 dollars worth of 'day trip in a bus' one could ever wish for.
Now Margaret River is already world-renowned for the pleasures of its 'grape in a bottle', but could 10 hours of swooning among its viny fields, farmers' markets, luncheon hot-spots and raptors' park really deliver the extravaganza-some day we were expecting? As I mentioned, 'extravaganza', like other superlatives has been bleached away by over usage so my expectations settled more into the realm of 'comforting', 'reassuring', even 'quite a nice day out'. That was my first mistake as a 'becoming-slightly-cynical' senior.
As we eased our way south to Margaret River, calmly looked after by our organiser and guide, Donna, I was instantly aware that all 37 fellow, day-trippers were contentedly engaged in scenery watching, happily chatting, occasionally laughing and new-people-meeting so that the atmosphere in the coach was lively, upbeat and…yes, comforting. Soon a bus crowded with strangers became a bus of companions and even friends.
"Eagles Heritage", the biggest collection, rehabilitation centre and free flight presentation of raptors, birds of prey, in all of Australia. We got in close, real close up, even as close as having a Barn Owl perched on our gloved wrist, and witnessing Black Kites swooping down a couple of metres in front of us, taking, with raptor ease, food morsels thrown into the air. It was humbling to be in their noble presence.
Now, I am rifling through my mental dictionary to source a brand new and more appropriate adjective than 'extravaganza' to describe the 'day trip, suitable for seniors', that we had just completed. 'Comforting' or 'reassuring' just won't do it…Still rifling…still. Ok! An extravaganza it was! Thanks to all who made it possible, including the Shire of Capel and the Department of Local Government, Sport & Cultural Industries for sponsoring this outing.