Today, we come to the concluding verses of this amazing letter. Here, Paul ends by giving thanks to the Lord for his provision and for the church's support. He highlights to the church, the importance of embracing an attitude of gratitude, contentment, generosity and giving. Paul points out that contentment is not dependant upon our circumstance but it stems from our relationship with Christ, which produces good fruit!
In today's passage, Paul addresses the Christian's thought life. In order to grow more and more in our Christ-likeness, we are called to have a renewed mind. Romans 12:2 tells us this - the renewal of our minds - is key to true transformation and the ability to discern the will of God. He calls us to think upon and consider those things that are admirable and to avoid that which is not. And then, we are to practice these things - to act - for that is where we find the God of Peace, and that is the place of true rest!
Have you ever experienced anxiety? God's word promises that in the life of every Christian there will be trials. When anxiety and stress threatens, Paul encourages us to take heart and rejoice in the Lord, and to replace anxiety with God's peace through the power of prayer. In the face of uncertainty and chaos, we are called to remember our joy in Christ can never be destroyed or revoked. He guarantees his loved ones that by prayer and supplication, his peace will truly be with us.
Who are the heroes you admire and follow? Paul cautions today that as Christ followers, we are called to pattern our lives after those who are godly, heavenly minded and Christ-centred. We are warned to avoid the earthly minded, deceivers and pretenders among us, and instead emulate those who pursue Christ and live lives that are devoted to and centred on Him. As we mature in faith, we will recognize the authentically broken men and women who know and follow hard after Jesus. Listen as Pastor Craig encourages us to live not as citizens of this world, but faithfully as Citizens of Heaven.
In today's message, we are told to honour those in our midst who are Christ-like examples to us. We do this so that they will be encouraged to continue! Paul calls us to recognize, thank and care for men and women who love Jesus, working humbly and sacrificially for the gospel. Let us today consider who among us we might choose to honour and bless!
Obedience is the manifestation of our faith. As we abide in Christ, he promises to abide in us. God takes great pleasure by working in and through us to produce fruit, and in turn we are blessed! What a comfort to know that we cannot work out our salvation by our own effort, but by God's enabling grace and power alone. He is our strength, our help and our salvation and will shine his light through those who trust and follow him with authentic and humble hearts.
Imitating Christ is one of several themes found in Philippians. Society often will lift up and celebrate individuals, praising them as the 'Greatest of all time' in their particular sport, profession or field. Though we may choose to emulate them as 'role models' , the only one we are called to imitate is Jesus Christ. Our King of kings who left his throne in glory and came down to walk this earth as a man, live a perfect life, humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death on a cross then was raised from the dead and is now highly exalted by the Father in glory! All because of His amazing love for us. What kind of king would do this? The one and only true King - Jesus Christ: the Greatest of All Time.
Did you know the word 'Joy' in some form or another, is mentioned 16 times in the book of Philippians? 'Christ' is mentioned 50 times! It is no surprise then that Paul tells us real, everlasting joy is found only in Christ. In response to all that Christ has done for us - how he loves us, how he purchased our salvation and established for us the promise of eternal life through his death and resurrection - we are now called to live our lives in pursuit of unity, humility and generosity. Join us today as we learn how to turn away from living a life of emptiness and begin living a life that is filled with joy!
In today's message, Paul exhorts the Philippians to stand together spiritually united in the face of opposition and hostility, and to live in a manner that is worthy of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Paul's message is equally applicable to the church today as then. Since we have been saved by grace, born again and adopted into the family of God through Christ, our response must be a life that reflects this truth. The authentic follower of Christ should not merely live the gospel with their lips, but more importantly, with their life . As we are reminded in Luke 12:48, to everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required. We are called to honour Him with the gifts He has graciously and freely given to us. A genuine understanding and gratefulness of our status in Jesus Christ will result in our service to him.


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The band's official Facebook page put out an incredibly sarcastic message in response.
Yep. We never thought it would be necessary either. But the Nirvana official Facebook page has had to confirm that Kurt Cobain is, in fact, still dead.
The confirmation comes following a recent story that claimed that not only was Mr. Cobain alive and well, he was actually living in Peru.
Apparently the Come As You Are singer has been residing in the South American country since faking his death in 1994 under the identity of local right-handed guitarist Ramiro Saavedra, who appeared on a local talent TV show. If this WAS Kurt, he was still looking like he did over 20 years ago - and was still wearing similar clothes.
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After the Daily Mail published details of this highly dubious conspiracy theory, the surviving members of Nirvana took to Facebook to quash the rumour. "It is true, Kurt is alive" the post sarcastically said. "He needed time to learn to play the guitar with his right hand. Finding left-handed guitars is not easy."
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Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) has perhaps more power than any single person in Congress to shape the direction health care reform will take. And though he tells his supporters in Montana that he "wants a public option," he's also been at the helm of negotiations over legislation that will almost certainly not include a public option.
By all accounts, Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) would support a health care bill with a public option--but he's not about to make a big fuss if the final legislation doesn't create one.
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), like his Delaware colleague, isn't a public option foe--but nor is he a particularly staunch ally. "I don't need it either way," Tester told the Associated Press today. "I could either support it or not support it. It's all in the design."
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) isn't particularly eager to see a public option--but like so many Senate centrists, he doesn't rule it out. However, Warner, like Tester, enjoyed a lot of electoral support from the progressive grassroots, and so tends to obscure the issue when asked whether he'd support a government run insurance plan.
Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) has a problem. Though a well known pol in Arkansas, she's up for re-election next year and, according to recent polls, she's running in a statistical dead heat with two relatively unknown Republicans. So though she's articulated an openness to a public option in the past, she's also suggested she might just vote against the whole package.
Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR), unlike his Arkansas colleague, is not up for re-election next year, and so says, "A public option plan is something that is still on the table and something [I] could support, but it should be designed in a way that increases and does not eliminate competition."
Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) hasn't said much about the public option lately. Several months ago he insisted he was "agnostic" about it. Progressives are concerned that he'll be influenced by his wife, who sits on the board of Wellpoint--one of the country's largest insurance companies.
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Nobody really knows where Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) will fall on the question of the public option. According to the website Open Left, he told them he's a maybe. But that's not good enough for the DNC's political arm Organizing for America, which recently held events outside his offices around the state of Florida.
Like the other Nelson, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) is an unknown quantity. He has voiced both opposition and support for the public option and has by and large avoided the question since the Senate Finance Commitee began moving away from endorsing one.
Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK): An unknown quantity who's been about as liberal as you can expect for a Democrat from Alaska.
Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) is like bad cop to Baucus' good cop. He refuses to announce a personal position on the public option because he views it as "moot"--a measure that doesn't stand a chance in the Senate. So though nobody knows for certain how he'd vote--procedurally or otherwise--on a bill or a conference report with a public option in it, he's been the loudest voice in the Senate in calling for a system of privately run, non-profit health care co-operatives--a compromise House progressives regard as a non-starter.
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On the day the country mourned the death of health reform giant Ted Kennedy, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) said that there are very few circumstances under which she could support a public option.
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A slogan reading in Arabic "Death to America" is painted on the ground in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on January 3, 2020, following news of the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guards top commander Qasem Soleimani in a US strike on his convoy at Baghdad international airport. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/Getty)
Global powers are warning that the world has become a more dangerous place after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the targeted killing of Iran's top general and are urging restraint on all sides.
China, Russia and France, all permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, took a dim view of the U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport early Friday that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
"We are waking up in a more dangerous world. Military escalation is always dangerous," France's deputy minister for foreign affairs, Amelie de Montchalin, said on RTL radio. "When such actions, such operations, take place, we see that escalation is underway."
Russia's Foreign Ministry, via an unnamed diplomat quoted by the state-run TASS news agency, condemned the killing as "an adventurist step that would lead to growing tensions throughout the entire region."
China described itself as "highly concerned."
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Montchalin, the French minister, indicated that urgent reconciliation efforts are being launched behind the scenes. French President Emmanuel Macron and his foreign minister were reaching out to "all the actors in the region," she said.
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By Cheang Kaiwen
Midway through summer, a weeklong trip to Hong Kong with a friend saw the two of us venturing into one of China's special administrative regions – Macau. What was initially a short day trip evolved into a two-day adventure.
A former Portuguese colony, Macau is home to numerous heritage sites. In 2005, the Historic Centre of Macau was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The stretch of UNESCO Heritage Sites include intricately built architecture, such as Senado Square, St Anthony's Church, and the Ruins of St. Paul's.
On impulse, we booked a hotel room in Ole London Hotel from www.asiarooms.com (really good deals there, by the way), at SGD$80 a night. Ole London was more than decent, and was located just a stone's throw away from the entire stretch of UNESCO Heritage sites. The innate adventurers in us planned to comb the entire stretch, and visit all twenty-odd sites. This was too lofty a task, as we realised on hindsight. That said, the places we visited awed us and left us wanting more.
Senado Square
A melting pot where history meets modernity, Senado Square (Largo do Senado) is one of the four biggest squares in Macau. As part of the list that makes up the Historic Centre of Macau inscribed by UNESCO in 2005, Senado Square is a popular backdrop for many television shows. The fountain that sits in the middle of the square transforms into magical riot of colours when night falls. The intricately tiled floor, and the never-ceasing bustle of life around Senado Square always amazed me. By some odd habit of mine, I never seemed to get bored pacing the pathways; each step aligned to the beautiful wavy tiled floors.
Ruins of St Paul's
Yet another must-see attraction on the UNESCO list, the Ruins of St. Paul's was originally a Catholic church. Ravaged by a fire and a typhoon in 1835, what is left of the church still stands tall at the top of a slight hill. The Southern wall, as depicted, contains intricately carved designs that survived both time and weathering. It was my second time visiting the ruins. Nonetheless, I left yearning for yet another chance to revisit the place. If you've got a soft spot for beautiful architecture laced with rich history and heritage, do reserve more time for touring these sites. Also, it felt strangely homely and familiar, as there were many Singaporeans with their unmistakable lahs and lors.
The Venetian Hotel
Apart from its rich heritage, Macau houses one of the most visited hotels around, The Venetian. While situated quite a distance from Macau's town centre, thousands flock to The Venetian to stroll along the Grand Canal Shoppes. Located at its basement, gondolas sail on the Grand Canal, complete with beautiful architecture and an artificial sky that will keep you spellbound. For a moment or two, it felt as though I was in another country altogether. A personal recommendation – visit Lord Stows' Bakery while you're there for its brilliant, freshly baked egg tarts.
Egg Tarts
On the topic of egg tarts, Macau is also famous for its Portuguese egg tarts. Most egg tarts have a buttery, flaky shell, with a rich egg filling. Numerous bakeries and cafes fight over boasting rights for the best egg tarts in Macau. The above mentioned Lord Stows' Bakery is one of them. A quick search online or a quick ask-around with the locals will surface two other bakeries – Margaret Café e Nata, and Kok Kei. Personally, I've never been to Margaret Café, but I did have a lot (and I really do mean, a lot) of egg tarts from Kok Kei. Kok Kei bakeries dot almost any tourist street you step on. A slightly less pricey option with a little more homely feel compared to Lord Stows', Kok Kei does offer great egg tarts at rather accessible locations. Whichever bakery you choose to go to, the baseline: try Macau's egg tarts. Period.
Streets of Macau
Another thing that made Macau magical for me was the fact that we did not have to visit a particular attraction to be awed by its architecture. The streets of Macau were in itself rich with heritage and beautiful architecture. It was fascinating to stumble on a street where its walls were covered with graffiti art. Or walking by an alleyway with brightly painted walls and windows – the not commonly featured "Lover's Street". Even taking a stroll through the old, worn-out streets and buildings and streets of Macau will leave you wondering what beauty lies hidden amongst the quietness.
With its great food, awe-inspiring architecture, and rich heritage nestled beneath the cover of bustling city life, Macau's magic has won me over.
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Shout Out: Griffin Minster, a member of the Deerfield High School Choir
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Griffin Minster (right) and Shane Miller, members of the Deerfield High School Choir, pose for a photo in Budapest during the choir's spring break trip to Europe. (Courtesy of Gabi Martinez)
Many students who belong to the Deerfield High School Choir recently spent their spring break performing in Europe.
Aside from participating in three formal concerts, 64 members of the choir hosted an informal performance, stopping in a town square while on their trip and singing for anyone who would listen.
Griffin Minster, a junior at Deerfield High School who has been a part of the choir since his freshman year, said choir students have the chance to go on a trip every four years.
Minster recently talked with Pioneer Press about the choir's trip to Budapest, Vienna and Prague and how the journey was about more than music.
Q: What was your reaction to Europe?
A: Europe was absolutely incredible. I had never been to Europe before this. So, the trip was an entirely new experience for me, as well as many other students. Being able to go to three different cities was interesting, as well. We were able to see the cultural differences not only between Europe and the United States, but also the differences between Prague, Vienna and Budapest. Each city had beautiful and unique architecture that was so unlike anything I've seen in the U.S. Being able to explore these cities with some of my best friends is something that I really will never forget.
Q: What was it like to stop in a public place and start singing in Vienna?
A: Singing an informal concert was one of my favorite experiences on this trip. The group stopped in a town outside of Vienna to walk around and get lunch, and we decided to sing a few songs on steps in the town square. … When we started singing, there were a few people walking through the square. But, by the time we ended, there was a large crowd that had gathered to watch us. The whole performance was very impromptu, but a lot of fun to be able to sing on the spot.
Q: What was it like for the choir to be on a formal European concert stage?
A: All of our concerts in Europe were so unique and unlike anything that we had ever done before. We performed in many different places and each had a considerably different atmosphere associated with it. The venues we sang in were all beautiful and most had acoustics that many people in the choir — myself included — were not used to. Being able to hear our sound bounce and echo in the space we were in after we stopped singing enhanced our sound and was a very emotional experience.
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iPrytaneum announced today that they have been chosen to join the Constant Contact, Inc. Small Business Innovation Program, a residency program supporting entrepreneurs and startups.
Cambridge, MA – August 31, 2015 (via PressReleaseNation.com) — iPrytaneum today announced that the company has been chosen by Constant Contact, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTCT) to join its Small Business Innovation Program, a four-month residency program designed to support entrepreneurs and startups as they solve problems for small businesses. iPrytaneum will join other startup class members in Constant Contact's Innovation Loft (InnoLoft), a 30,000 square foot office space at the company's Waltham, MA headquarters.
"iPrytaneum is announcing that we will be launching the first platform that will level the playing field and promote a nonprofit's voice by providing a space that brings together the public, brands and the nonprofits in a single space. This platform will empower them to launch, manage and measure viral campaigns and innovate as a group rather than individuals," said Joshua S. Raymond, Co-Founder & CEO. "Our organizations share an incredible passion for helping nonprofits succeed, so getting into the InnoLoft program is huge. Having the ability to work with some of the industry's best and brightest to help solve major problems that affect nonprofits in an environment that fosters innovation, creativity and amazing resources – absolute game changer."
The Small Business Innovation Program is a first-of-its-kind accelerator program, entirely hosted and run by Constant Contact. It's designed to support entrepreneurs who are passionate about helping small businesses, by building new products, features and services. Twice a year, small classes of startups take up residence in the InnoLoft: 30,000 square feet of lab, test kitchen, play room, business school, safe space, and launch pad for startups to work, dream, test, disrupt, strategize and plan.
iPrytaneum uses an integrated, multi-faceted approach, combining mobile and web applications and digital marketing expertise to create much higher exposure for nonprofit organizations, while helping them run highly engaging challenges and customized fundraising campaigns.
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"iPrytaneum's participation in the Innovation Program will be a big win for everyone involved," said Andy Miller, Chief Innovation Architect for Constant Contact. "iPrytaneum can leverage Constant Contact's resources and small business expertise; Constant Contact can continue to tap the startup ecosystem for inspiration; and, most importantly, nonprofits will have valuable solutions that provide a free, easy-to-use platform that fully facilitates the fundraising process to help them do more business."
iPrytaneum strives to create the platform that provides a rich multimedia experience. In addition to mobile apps, iPrytaneum will be launching a responsive web app that allows organizations as well as individuals to create challenges, upload and share videos and pictures, and participate in live events run by nonprofits.
More information about iPrytaneum can be found at the company's web site, http://www.iprytaneum.com
Members of the Innovation Program receive a number of benefits, including residence in the InnoLoft, $10,000 to spend on marketing activities, access to Constant Contact's official small business focus group Test Drive, and mentorship from the angel and venture communities. Additionally, two startups that show exceptional growth and success during their tenure will be invited to remain at the InnoLoft for two extra months to take further advantage of Constant Contact's resources.
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Q: {FieldError}Unsupported lookup 'time' for TimeField or join on the field not permitted I am trying to do a query using Django but it does not work.
Here is my query :
Mytable.objects.filter(hour__time__range=(begin.time(), end.time()))

And I got this error :
{FieldError}Unsupported lookup 'time' for TimeField or join on the field not permitted.

where begin = 2020-11-20 08:00:00 and end = 2020-11-20 10:00:00
I precise hour = models.TimeField(default=None, blank=True)
Could you help me please ?
Thank you !

A: Should it be just hour__range perhaps?
Mytable.objects.filter(hour__range=(begin.time(), end.time()))

A: Since hour is, based on the error, a timefield, you can not make use of the __time lookup. You can simply work with a __range lookup [Django-doc] on the hour field:
Mytable.objects.filter(hour__range=(begin.time(), end.time()))
I would however strongly advise not to name a timefield hour, since it will only makes it more confusing. A field named hour suggest that this is an IntegerField. You can rename it for example to starttime, or eventtime.

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Submarine landslides in the Santa Barbara Channel as potential tsunami sources,
Recent investigations using the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institutes (MBARI) Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) "Ventana" and "Tiburon" and interpretation of MBARI's EM 300 30 kHz multibeam bathymetric data show that the northern flank of the Santa Barbara Basin has experienced massive slope failures. Of particular concern is the large (130 km2) Goleta landslide complex located off Coal Oil Point near the town of Goleta, that measures 14.6-km long extending from a depth of 90 m to nearly 574 m deep and is 10.5 km wide. We estimate that approximately 1.75 km3 has been displaced by this slide during the Holocene. This feature is a complex compound submarine landslide that contains both surfical slump blocks and mud flows in three distinct segments. Each segment is composed of a distinct head scarp, down-dropped head block and a slide debris lobe. The debris lobes exhibit hummocky topography in the central areas that appear to result from compression during down slope movement. The toes of the western and eastern lobes are well defined in the multibeam image, whereas the toe of the central lobe is less distinct. Continuous seismic reflection profiles show that many buried slide debris lobes exist and comparison of the deformed reflectors with ODP Drill Site 149, Hole 893 suggest that at least 200 000 years of failure have occurred in the area (Fisher et al., 2005a). Based on our interpretation of the multibeam bathymetry and seismic reflection profiles we modeled the potential tsunami that may have been produced from one of the three surfical lobes of the Goleta slide. This model shows that a 10 m high wave could have run ashore along the cliffs of the Goleta shoreline. Several other smaller (2 km2 and 4 km2) slides are located on the northern flank of the Santa Barbara Basin, both to the west and east of Goleta slide and on the Concepcion fan along the western flank of the basin. One slide, named the Gaviota slide, is 3.8 km2, 2.6 km long and 1.7 km wide. A distinct narrow scar extends from near the eastern head wall of this slide for over 2 km eastward toward the Goleta slide and may represent either an incipient failure or a remnant of a previous failure. Push cores collected within the main head scar of this slide consisted of hydrogen sulfide bearing mud, possibly suggesting active fluid seepage and a vibra-core penetrated ∼50 cm of recent sediment overlying colluvium or landslide debris confirming the age of ∼300 years as proposed by Lee et al. (2004). However, no seeps or indications of recent movement were observed during our ROV investigation within this narrow head scar indicating that seafloor in the scar is draped with mud. © 2006 Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License., Cited By (since 1996):19, Oceanography, , , Downloaded from: www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/6/63/2006/nhess-6-63-2006.pdf (16 June 2014).
Greene, Murai, Watts, Maher, Fisher, Paull, Eichhubl
Physiography of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and implications about continental margin development,
Combined EM-300 multibeam bathymetric data and satellite photography reveal the physiography of the continental margin between 35°50′ and 37°03′N and from the shoreline west of 122°40′ and 122°37′W, which includes Monterey Bay, in a previously unprecedented detail. Patterns in these images clearly reveal the processes that are actively influencing the current geomorphology of the Monterey Bay region, including the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS). Our data indicates that seafloor physiography within the MBNMS results from plate margin tectonic deformation, including uplift and erosion along structural lineaments, and from fluid flow. Mass wasting is the dominant process active within the Ascension-Monterey and Sur-Partington submarine canyon systems and along the lower slopes. Meanders, slump dams, and constricted channels within the submarine canyons, especially within Monterey Canyon, slow and interrupt down-canyon sediment transport. We have identified for the first time thin sediment flows, rotational slumps, rills, depressions that may be associated with pipes, and other fluid-induced features we call 'scallops' off the Ascension slope, and suggest that fluid flow has sculptured the seafloor morphologies here. These unusual seafloor morphologies are similar to morphologies found in terrestrial areas modified by groundwater flow. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved., Cited By (since 1996):57, CODEN: MAGEA, ,
Greene, Maher, Paull
Authigenic carbonate formation at hydrocarbon seeps in continental margin sediments,
Authigenic carbonates from five continental margin locations, the Eel River Basin, Monterey Bay, Santa Barbara Basin, the Sea of Okhotsk, and the North Sea, exhibit a wide range of mineralogical and stable isotopic compositions. These precipitates include aragonite, low- and high-Mg calcite, and dolomite. The carbon isotopic composition of carbonates varies widely, ranging from -60‰ to +26‰, indicating complex carbon sources that include 13C-depleted microbial and thermogenic methane and residual, 13C-enriched, bicarbonate. A similarly large variability of δ18O values (-5.5‰ to +8.9‰) demonstrates the geochemical complexity of these sites, with some samples pointing toward an 18O-enriched oxygen source possibly related to advection of 18O-enriched formation water or to the decomposition of gas hydrate. Samples depleted in 18O are consistent with formation deeper in the sediment or mixing of pore fluids with meteoric water during carbonate precipitation. A wide range of isotopic and mineralogical variation in authigenic carbonate composition within individual study areas but common trends across multiple geographic areas suggest that these parameters alone are not indicative for certain tectonic or geochemical settings. Rather, the observed variations probably reflect local controls on the flux of carbon and other reduced ions, such as faults, fluid conduits, the presence or absence of gas hydrate in the sediment, and the temporal evolution of the local carbon reservoir. Areas with seafloor carbonates that indicate formation at greater depth below the sediment-water interface must have undergone uplift and erosion in the past or are still being uplifted. Consequently, the occurrence of carbonate slabs on the seafloor in areas of active hydrocarbon seepage is commonly an indicator of exhumation following carbonate precipitation in the shallow subsurface. Therefore, careful petrographic and geochemical analyses are critical components necessary for the correct interpretation of processes related to hydrocarbon seepage in continental margin environments and elsewhere. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved., Cited By (since 1996):46, Rocks and Cores, CODEN: DSROE, ,
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Brian Wilson was one of over 150 people to attend this joint conference with Modern Church at the Hayes Centre, Swanwick, marking the 50th anniversary of John Robinson's book, Honest to God. This is his personal catalogue of 31 quotes he took away from the conference.
The conference was called Being Honest to God and each of the five speakers was given a different area to be honest about.
Michael Wright explains how the Christmas stories are still relevant to him, even though he no longer believes it happened like that.
We have long loved the Christmas stories – depicted in our carols and on our Christmas cards. They are lovely - childhood experiences that have entranced us for a life-time. What do we make of them today – for now we know that these romantic stories are beautiful fictions? They are not true stories: but many people believe they contain important truths.
Brian Wilson recommends four books for progressive Christians wanting to find new ways to present the person and teaching of Jesus.
William R. Hertzog II, Parables as Subversive Speech.


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Is America Doomed? [Part III]
[EDITORS' NOTE: This article is the third installment in a three-part series based on the author's seminar and soon-to-be-released book—The Silencing of God: The Dismantling of America's Christian Heritage. Parts I and II appeared in the September and October issues. Part III follows below, and continues, without introductory comments, where the second article ended.]
...ACCORDING TO THE FOUNDERS?
The Founders knew these biblical facts—and anticipated that America could fall prey to the same sad situation. On March 11, 1792, the Father of our country made the following statement—one that is particularly chilling in view of the specter of terrorism that hangs over the nation:
I am sure there never was a people who had more reason to acknowledge a Divine interposition in their affairs than those of the United States; and I should be pained to believe that they have forgotten that Agency which was so often manifested during our revolution, or that they failed to consider the omnipotence of that God who is alone able to protect them (Washington, 1838, 10:222-223, emp. added).
Undoubtedly, America has the greatest, most technologically sophisticated military in human history. Yet, according to the first Commander-in-Chief of America's armed forces, God alone is able to protect the country. He was merely echoing Scripture. Read carefully the words of the psalmist:
No king is saved by the multitude of an army; a mighty man is not delivered by great strength. A horse is a vain hope for safety; neither shall it deliver any by its great strength. Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, on those who hope in His mercy, to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine (33:16-19, emp. added).
In the final analysis, all of the Apache attack helicopters, Tomahawk subsonic cruise missiles, nuclear warheads, and sophisticated military weaponry that American ingenuity has created, will not save America. Rather, only God can preserve us—and His protective care is extended only to those who fear Him. But should America make preparations for defense? Certainly. The Bible declares: "The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but deliverance is of the Lord" (Proverbs 21:31, emp. added). We should make preparations for the defense of the nation against outside forces; but we must keep ever before us the fact that deliverance from enemies comes ultimately from God—not man. And God extends His assistance to the virtuous and righteous—as noted by Patrick Henry:
Whether this will prove a blessing or a curse, will depend upon the use our people make of the blessings which a gracious God hath bestowed on us. If they are wise, they will be great and happy. If they are of a contrary character, they will be miserable. Righteousness alone can exalt them as a nation. Reader! Whoever thou art, remember this; and in thy sphere practice virtue thyself, and encourage it in others" (1891, 1:81-82, emp. added). "The great pillars of all government and of social life: I mean virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone, that renders us invincible" (1891, 2:592, emp. added).
John Witherspoon echoed precisely the same sentiment: "He who makes a people virtuous makes them invincible" (1815, 9:231).
Another uncanny, prophetic warning was issued by Jedidiah Morse, the "Father of American Geography" and father of Samuel Morse, the inventor of the Morse Code (see "Morse, Jedidiah," 2007). In an election sermon given at Charlestown, Massachusetts on April 25, 1799, this American patriot offered the following frightening warning—an observation not unlike those of many of the Founders:
The foundations which support the interest of Christianity, are also necessary to support a free and equal government like our own. In all those countries where there is little or no religion, or a very gross and corrupt one, as in Mahometan and Pagan countries, there you will find, with scarcely a single exception, arbitrary and tyrannical governments, gross ignorance and wickedness, and deplorable wretchedness among the people. To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil freedom, and political and social happiness which mankind now enjoy. In proportion as the genuine effects of Christianity are diminished in any nation, either through unbelief, or the corruption of its doctrines, or the neglect of its institutions; in the same proportion will the people of that nation recede from the blessings of genuine freedom, and approximate the miseries of complete despotism. I hold this to be a truth confirmed by experience. If so, it follows, that all efforts made to destroy the foundations of our holy religion, ultimately tend to the subversion also of our political freedom and happiness. Whenever the pillars of Christianity shall be overthrown, our present republican forms of government, and all the blessings which flow from them, must fall with them (1799, p. 9, emp. added).
Recall the somber warning of Declaration signer Charles Carroll of Carrollton, in a letter written to fellow Founder and signer of the federal Constitution, James McHenry, on November 4, 1800:
Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure... are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments (as quoted in Steiner, 1907, p. 475, emp. added).
Noah Webster sounded the same warning:
[T]he Christian religion, in its purity, is the basis, or rather the source of all genuine freedom in government.... [A]nd I am persuaded that no civil government of a republican form can exist and be durable in which the principles of that religion have not a controlling influence (as quoted in Snyder, 1990, p. 283, emp. added).
Elias Boudinot, president of the Continental Congress (1782-1783), articulated precisely the same point, when he expressed his "anxious desire" that:
our country should be preserved from the dreadful evil of becoming enemies to the religion of the Gospel, which I have no doubt, but would be introductive of the dissolution of government and the bonds of civil society (1801, p. xxii, emp. added).
Declaration signer and Connecticut governor, Samuel Huntington, agreed, as indicated by his remarks on January 9, 1788 at the state convention debating ratification of the federal Constitution:
While the great body of freeholders are acquainted with the duties which they owe to their God, to themselves, and to men, they will remain free. But if ignorance and depravity should prevail, they will inevitably lead to slavery and ruin (as quoted in Elliot, 1836, 2:200, emp. added).
Signer of the Constitution, Gouverneur Morris, insisted in a speech delivered September 4, 1816:
There must be religion. When that ligament is torn, society is disjointed and its members perish. The nation is exposed to foreign violence and domestic convulsion. Vicious rulers, chosen by vicious people, turn back the current of corruption to its source. Placed in a situation where they can exercise authority for their own emolument, they betray their trust. They take bribes. They sell statutes and decrees. They sell honor and office. They sell their conscience. They sell their country. By this vile traffic they become odious and contemptible.... But the most important of all lessons is the denunciation of ruin to every State that rejects the precepts of religion" (1821, pp. 32,34, emp. added).
Declaration signer and "The Father of the American Revolution," Samuel Adams, likewise issued a solemn warning in a letter to James Warren on February 12, 1779:
A general dissolution of the principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous, they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue, they will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader (1908, 4:124, emp. added).
In his inaugural address as the Governor of Massachusetts in 1780, Founder John Hancock insisted that both our freedom and our very existence as a Republic will be determined by public attachment to Christian morality:
Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend to you every measure for their support and encouragement.... Manners, by which not only the freedom, but the very existence of the republics, are greatly affected, depend much upon the public institutions of religion and the good education of youth (as quoted in Brown, 1898, p. 269, emp. added).
Revolutionary War soldier and "U.S. Federal judge appointed by President John Adams, Jeremiah Smith, declared in an oration on February 22, 1800:
[C]herish and promote the interest of knowledge, virtue and religion. They are indispensable to the support of any free government.... Let it never be forgotten that there can be no genuine freedom where there is no morality, and no sound morality where there is no religion" (as quoted in Atherton, 1800, p. 81, emp. added).
The words of Declaration signer John Witherspoon are frightening: "Nothing is more certain than that a general profligacy and corruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction" (1802, 3:41, emp. added).
Observe: According to the Framers and Founders, the American republic cannot last any length of time when Christian morals do not characterize the people; no civil government of a republic can exist and last without the controlling influence of Christian principles; the government and civility in society will dissolve if the citizens become enemies of Christianity; ignorance of one's duty to God and depravity will lead to slavery and ruin; without religion, foreign violence, domestic convulsion and ruin result; abandoning Christian virtue will result in submission to invaders; there can be no genuine freedom where religion and morality are lost; and we will then be ripe for destruction. There is no doubt that the Founders were single-minded in their recognition of the same fact: if Christianity, Christian morality, and devotion to the God of the Bible dissipate in America, we cannot perpetuate our national existence—and the nation is doomed.
In a speech delivered on February 23, 1852, second generation American, Daniel Webster, likewise warned what would happen to America if she ever displaced God from His rightful position over the nation. His words are eerily prophetic in that they now describe America "to a T":
[I]f we and our posterity reject religious instruction and authority, violate the rules of eternal justice, trifle with the injunctions of morality, and recklessly destroy the political constitution which holds us together, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us that shall bury all our glory in profound obscurity (1903, 13:492-493, emp. added).
Ask yourself four questions—#1: Are Americans—on a widespread scale—rejecting Christian instruction and authority? The polls show that fewer and fewer attend church service or follow the Bible. #2: Are Americans violating the rules of eternal justice? Look at the unprecedented numbers of lawbreakers occupying overcrowded prisons, and the shift in the justice system that commenced in the 1960s favoring the "rights" of the criminal. #3: Are Americans trifling with the injunctions of morality? Unbelievably, we are actually having a national discussion (battle) on how to define marriage! #4: Are Americans recklessly destroying the Constitution? Liberal Supreme Court justices reject strict constructionist interpretation and insist on looking to the courts of the world for their opinions, while federal judges legislate from the bench—even overriding majority votes of the people. The haunting answer to these four questions is a resounding "Yes!" How, then, can we as a nation possibly escape catastrophe? We cannot. We will not.
If this pattern of eventual divine retribution has repeated itself many times over throughout world history, and if God is immutable, i.e., He does not change (Numbers 23:19; Malachi 3:6), and if "God still rules in the kingdoms of men" (Daniel 4:17), will He not respond to America's iniquity in the same fashion? Yes, He will. We ought to expect God to react to America's degradation in two ways: (1) unleash upon, or at least refrain from protecting, the country (or specific localities within the country) natural disasters (read the Old Testament book of Joel); or (2) allow hostile enemies to inflict casualties and suffering upon us (read Habakkuk). It is interesting that the Founding Fathers recognized this eternal principle as having been posited in the fabric of the Universe by the Creator. They understood that while God will judge each individual human being at the Judgment when Christ returns (e.g., 2 Corinthians 5:10), He judges nations in history, in time, by bringing destruction upon them when their iniquity is "full" (Genesis 15:16; cf. Miller, 2005). That is why Luther Martin, a delegate to the federal Constitutional Convention, stated in 1788: "It was said, it ought to be considered, that national crimes can only be, and frequently are, punished in this world by national punishments" (as quoted in Elliot, 1836, 1:374, emp. added). As the Father of the Bill of Rights, George Mason, affirmed to his fellow delegates to the Constitutional Convention on August 22, 1787: "As nations cannot be rewarded or punished in the next world, so they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes and effects, Providence punishes national sins by national calamities" (as quoted in Madison, 1840, 3:1391, emp. added). The "Father of the American Revolution" and signer of the Declaration of Independence, Samuel Adams, explained: "Revelation assures us that 'Righteousness exalteth a nation.' Communities are dealt with in this world by the wise and just Ruler of the Universe. He rewards or punishes them according to their general character" (1907, 3:286, emp. added). Thomas Jefferson likewise warned: "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that His justice cannot sleep forever" (1781, Query 18, p. 237, emp. added). Indeed, it is just a matter of time. Since America is committing national suicide by its morally insane behavior, turning its back on God, disaster is the inevitable result.
Observe carefully how the words of Judges 2:10 so aptly describe the cataclysmic shift that has taken place in America between the World War II generation—considered by some "the greatest generation any society has ever produced" ("Tom Brokaw...")—and the three that have come after: "When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the Lord nor the work which He had done for Israel." Since World War II, succeeding generations of Americans no longer acknowledge God and Christ, and they are woefully ignorant of what God has done for America. The Founders would have had a hard time imagining that such could ever happen here, as George Washington expressed on June 29, 1788:
No country upon earth ever had it more in its power to attain these blessings than United America. Wondrously strange, then, and much to be regretted indeed would it be, were we to neglect the means and to depart from the road which Providence has pointed us to so plainly; I cannot believe it will ever come to pass (Series 2, Letterbook 15, Image 172, emp. added).
A similar, striking resemblance may be seen in the warning God issued to Solomon and the nation over which he served as king:
[I]f My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place.... But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them, then I will uproot them from My land which I have given them; and this house which I have sanctified for My name I will cast out of My sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.... [E]veryone who passes by it will be astonished and say, "Why has the Lord done thus to this land and this house?" Then they will answer, "Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers... and embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore He has brought all this calamity on them (2 Chronicles 7:14-22, emp. added; cf. Deuteronomy 29:19-28).
After recounting the blessings that God bestowed upon them by giving them a bountiful land, prosperity, comfort, and wealth, God issued a warning to the Israelites. Although spoken 3,500 years ago, these words sound remarkably descriptive of America:
Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today, lest—when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them; and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God... and follow other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish. As the nations which the LORD destroys before you, so you shall perish, because you would not be obedient to the voice of the LORD your God (Deuteronomy 8:11-14,19-20, emp. added).
Sadly, it happened. Years later, Nehemiah (9:23-31) recounted their disobedience and rebellion in which they "cast [God's] law behind their backs" (vs. 26), and "shrugged their shoulders, stiffened their necks, and would not hear" God's words (vs. 29). Consequently, God "delivered [them] into the hand of their enemies" (vss. 27,28,30).
As the population of America continues its progressive entrenchment against God, the outcome is inevitable: "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all nations that forget God" (Psalm 9:17, emp. added). Indeed, as Americans turn their back on the God of their fathers, so God will cease to bestow His protection and blessings. "'Shall I not punish them for these things?' says the Lord. 'Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?'" (Jeremiah 5:9,29; 9:9).
The only hope for America is to experience a nationwide spiritual awakening by returning to God and begging His forgiveness. "'Return to Me, and I will return to you,' says the Lord of hosts" (Malachi 3:7). Our only hope is for a sizeable percentage of Americans to rise up and act upon the factuality of the psalmist's words: "Let all the earth fear the Lord; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.... Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord" (33:8,12). God help us. If it be His will, may God save the United States of America.
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It seems like every day there's another catastrophe. Another massacre, beheading, tornado or capsized ferry. With instant news and constant repetition, we're hit in the heart with shocking events and bad news. But the God of the universe is good . . . all the time! He hasn't lost His way. He hasn't gone bad….
Psalm 139 is intriguing. David says things like "You hem me in – before and behind," and "Where can I flee from your presence?" and "Before a word is on my tongue, you know it completely." It's like he's trapped by God . . . but he loves it! There's a smile on David's face….


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Q: Finding the smallest integer based on input I have an assignment to find the minimum, maximum, and average of numbers that a user inputs. Basically, they type in positive integers, seperated by a space and Java scrolls through them and adds them up. I'm able to find the sum, the average, and the largest integers, however, I am unable to find the smallest. I thought the best way to figure this out would be to set the variable representing the smallest int equal to the variable representing the largest int outside of the loop. Then, within the loop, do something like this:
        if(getInt < min)
        {
            min = getInt;
        }

Where getInt is the user-inputted value and min is the minimum integer value. Every time I run this, though, min returns as 0.
Here is my full code:
import java.util.Scanner;

public class exc5
{
    public static void main (String[] args)
    {
        System.out.println("Write a list of nonnegative integers, each seperated by a space. To signal the end of the list, write a negative integer. The negative integer will not be counted");
        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner (System.in);
        keyboard.useDelimiter(" |\n");

        int count = 0;
        int sum = 0;
        int max = 0;
        int min = max;
        double average = 0;

        boolean notNull = true;

        while(notNull == true)
        {
            int getInt = keyboard.nextInt();

            if(getInt < 0)
            {
                notNull = false;
            }
            else
            {
                if(getInt > max)
                {
                    max = getInt;
                }

                if(getInt < min)
                {
                    min = getInt;
                }

                sum += getInt;
                count++;
                average = (sum)/(count);
            }
        }

        System.out.println("Sum = " + sum);
        System.out.println("Average = " + average);
        System.out.println("Max = " + max);
        System.out.println("Minimum = " + min);
    }

}

Any help is appreciated!

A: You need to start with a large min, not 0 (only negative numbers are less then 0). Try this:
int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE;

This is a fairly standard pattern. Also, to be "correct", your code should also include:
int max = Integer.MIN_VALUE;

Then the full range of integer input, positive and negative, is handled.
Edit:
Another, more "classic" approach would be to use an object reference, rather than a primitive (which always has a value), so the initial state can be easily distinguished as null. In this case, using Integer, rather than int for the values would allow testing for null. If I were a university professor marking such work, I would rather see the object approach - using min/max values for primitives will work, but it's a bit of a "trick".
The code wold look like this:
Integer min;

while (...) {

    if (min == null || getInt < min) {
        min = getInt;
    }
}

And similar for max.

A: This:
        int max = 0;
        int min = max;

initializes min to zero. (After all, max hasn't become the largest integer yet.) So this:
                if(getInt < min)

will never be true. Try changing this:
        int min = max;

to this:
        int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE; // largest possible Java `int`

A: You should initially set min to Integer.MAX_VALUE, and max to Integer.MIN_VALUE.

A: That's because you're assigning min = 0, so obviously unless you input a number lower than 0, the minimum is 0. You should initialize min to Integer.MAX_VALUE
int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE;

(
or also:
int min = 0xFFFFFFFF;

Just for hacking around :P. Use the first one! :)
)

A: You are setting min to zero, so (since the inputs are positive) none of the inputs are less than min.
The normal way to do this is to set the initial value of max to Integer.MIN_VALUE, and the initial value of min to Integer.MAX_VALUE.
This ensures that any input value will affect at least one of min and max - usually both!

A: You initialize min with 0. Try to initialize with Integer.MAX_VALUE, i.e. it would be best to do:
int max = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE;

Otherwise, your check:
if(getInt < 0)

will break out of the loop and you will never go over 0.

A: Fully working and "cleaned" version of your program:
import java.util.Scanner;

public class exc5
{
    public static void main ( String [] args )
    {
        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner( System.in );
        int count = 0;
        int sum = 0;
        int max = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
        int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
        double average = 0;
        boolean notNull = true;

        while ( notNull == true )
        {
            int getInt = keyboard.nextInt();

            if ( getInt < 0 )
                notNull = false;
            else
            {
                if ( getInt > max )
                    max = getInt;

                if ( getInt <= min )
                    min = getInt;

                sum += getInt;
                count++;
            }
        }

        average = ( sum ) / ( count );

        System.out.println( "Sum = " + sum );
        System.out.println( "Average = " + average );
        System.out.println( "Max = " + max );
        System.out.println( "Minimum = " + min );
    }

}

A: you have min set as 0 to start with so getInt will never be less. You should set min at the beginning of the loop and that will solve your issue.


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Tall ships ahoy!
Words by Liz Barnwell
Gloucester Tall Ships
The majestic craft will once more be making their way along the Gloucester-Sharpness Canal this month for the 2013 Tall Ships Festival
The award-winning Gloucester Tall Ships Festival, which is organised by Marketing Gloucester, has firmly established itself as a leading festival in the south west and a must-see event in the Cotswolds calendar. This year's event, which takes place over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend from Friday, May 24 to Monday, May 27, 2013, will see a flotilla of sailing vessels make a grand entrance into the UK's most inland port via the Gloucester Sharpness Canal at around 12 noon on Friday, May 24.
It seems fitting that a Tall Ships Festival should take place against the stunning backdrop of Gloucester's Historic Docks with its rich heritage. The aesthetic appeal of cities built next to water is easy to understand in Gloucester's case. The perfectly restored lofty warehouses which line the waterfront provide an evocative picture of how Gloucester Docks would have looked in Victorian times.
When the 16-mile Gloucester Sharpness Canal was opened on April 26, 1827, a huge crowd gathered to watch the first two vessels enter the Main Basin of the Docks to the sounds of guns firing and church bells ringing. People's natural fascination with water and boats is an enduring one and the 80,000 visitors who came to the Tall Ships Festival in 2011 are a testament to this.
What many people might not realise is that the first Tall Ships Festival came about as a result of the devastating floods which hit Gloucestershire in 2007. The inaugural Gloucester Tall Ships Festival was organised by Gloucester City Council and Gloucester Heritage Urban Regeneration Company to lift the spirits of local residents following the crippling floods which hit the city and the county in July of that year. A Flood Recovery Grant was made to the city which helped fund the first festival in October 2007, which was organised and delivered in just 6 weeks! The 2007 event was a two-day affair which attracted around 30,000 people including artists and photographers all keen to capture the magnificent ships in the historic setting of the Docks. The organisers were overwhelmed by the numerous letters of support which they received after the event and the decision was made that the Tall Ships Festival must happen again.
The 2009 Tall Ships Festival took place over an exceptionally hot May Bank Holiday weekend and included more attractions and a circus stage in addition to the tall ships. Visitor numbers grew to 50,000 as more people heard about this unique festival in The Cotswolds. The next Festival in 2011 attracted record visitor numbers and saw the introduction of wristbands which enabled visitors to board all the Tall Ships and see the Docks from the perspective of a mariner.
Ships confirmed for this year's Festival include the magnificent brigantine, Phoenix, with its square-rigged foremast; Amazon, which took part in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant last year; Ruth, a gaff-rigged sailing ship, Matthew and the traditional rigged French ship, La Belle Angèle. Visitors to this year's Tall Ships Festival may also catch a glimpse of the mighty Kaskelot: a ship which featured in the 2009 Tall Ships Festival and which is currently undergoing a re-fit at T. Nielsen's boatyard in Gloucester Docks before she embarks on a round the world voyage.
The Tall Ships Festival in May is FREE to attend and appeals to visitors of all ages. Besides the tall ships, there will be plenty to see and do including Steam Traction Engines, on-water Viking battles, live entertainment, family activities, a wide variety of arts, crafts and food stalls plus Captain Jack Sparrow and his band of pirates!
Visitors to the Festival on Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26 will be able to purchase a wristband for £5 which, besides allowing access onto the tall ships, will also provide admission into both the Gloucester Waterways and Soldiers of Gloucestershire museums. n
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