How does lead creation, association and push registration work?
The following scenarios assume that the push notification token is registered on login and unregistered on logout. Prior to the initial login and token registration, the device/lead will not be targetable.
If the token is registered on login but not unregistered on logout, there could be multiple tokens associated with that particular device. The system will suppress the older message and disable the tokens on the backend when the next push notification is received on the device. Under these conditions, the device will show only one notification which may contain tokens from a logged-out user. Therefore, it is recommended to always unregister the push token on logout.
How do I obtain the Marketo MME SDK?
Marketo's developer documentation provides step-by-step instructions on how to download and install the MME SDK for iOS, Android, and PhoneGap. For Android, the SDK is downloaded directly. For iOS and PhoneGap, the SDK/Plugin is downloaded indirectly using CocoaPods or Cordova CLI respectively.
How do I find out what has changed in the Marketo MME SDK?
Each time Marketo releases a new version of the Marketo MME SDK, we publish a README file along with the SDK on GitHub. The README describes the important changes made to the SDK: Android, iOS, PhoneGap.
How do I upgrade to the latest SDK?
The README files on GitHub contain instructions on how to upgrade your SDK.
Is there a demo app that I can use to try out the SDK installation?
At present, we do not have a demo app.
The Marketo MME SDK currently does not support the presentation of in-app messages on Apple Watch.
What versions of the Marketo MME SDK support push and in-app messages?
What push notification features does the Marketo MME SDK support?
Currently the Marketo MME SDK supports Messages and Sound. It does not support Badge, Silent Notification, Action Categories (e.g. Yes/No, Ignore/Respond), or Localization.
What in-app notification features does the SDK support?
Currently the Marketo MME SDK supports Full Screen and Popup notifications. It does not support Duration or Animation notifications.
Is Xamarin supported for hybrid apps?
Yes. There is a Xamarin plugin for Marketo MME SDK. This plugin acts like a bridge between native app to Xamarin.
Will a person who opted out of push receive in-app messages?
iOS7 users can only receive in-app messages if they are opted in to receive push messages.
iOS8 users will receive in-app messages even if opted out of push, except if they have disabled the Background App Refresh feature.
As a developer, you can allow your users to disable in-app messages if you would like to give users the choice.
How can I get support regarding Marketo MME mobile SDK?
Marketo support is available to you to help you troubleshoot your app-SDK integration. To begin the process, please enter a support case or send an email. In your support case or email, describe the issue in as much detail as possible and provide instructions on how to reproduce the issue. If you have isolated the code that is causing the issue, include the code snippet as well.


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You are what you tell yourself. Affirmations play an important role in shaping how we live life every day and who we will become. There is power in the mind and there is power in what you say. The truth is that, NO ONE can break you – unless you allow them to.
Other people's opinions of you do not count unless you want them to. What you tell that person in the mirror every morning when you wake up to brush your teeth is what counts.
Here are 10 things you should remind yourself of all the time.
People need to hear this all the time. There is nobody and nothing in the entire world that can complete you other than God. You have got to realize that all you ever need to overcome and to thrive…lies right in you. Don't go seeking for validation from elsewhere. Instead, look inside.
You are one-of-a-kind. No one can take your place, and you can't take anyone's place. Spend time watering your grass; no need to check whether your neighbor's grass is greener or not. The world today has so many copies, so many impersonators, and so many people getting up each day and putting on facades.
Social media makes it seem as if XYZ has it all good (i.e. look at the cars, look at their amazing families; they always go on fancy holidays to Monaco, Singapore etc…). But the truth is that, these material things do not bring satisfaction, they do not amount to happiness. They are just the results of success.
True happiness comes from knowing your place, knowing who God has called you to be. Each of us was made with unique abilities and the world needs that. The world needs your touch…so learn to embrace who you are. Embrace your uniqueness; it is your selling point.
3.) Do not settle for less.
You were born extraordinary (these are not just sweet words to make you feel good). It is the truth – but it will never become a reality in your life until you believe it to be so.
You should have standards. It is important you remind yourself everyday that "I'm not going settle for less than…I am going to keep working and stay focused until I reach my goal. Even then I'll keep working…because success is a journey, not a destination".
4.) You can do it!
Act like that, dress like that, think the part, and believe the part. Surround yourself with people who lift you up, who challenge you to be a better you each day. Do not give up! Keep striving even when you fail. Get back up, try harder.
Fall down seven times, get back on the eighth! There is absolutely nothing in this world you can't accomplish when set your mind to it and believe in yourself. It is one thing to try and it is another to remain dedicated, to remain committed against all odds.
Nothing can be compared to the spirit of gratitude. Often, the hustle and bustle of life can blind us to how blessed we are: that you have a roof over your head, family, and friends who love you, that you have the opportunity to read such content, for health and vitality.
6.) You will have bad days.
This point is gradually beginning to register in my head, slowly but surely. That is life – the high times and the low times. Some days are amazing – you get that call, you get that client or that promotion, you get a good grade or you pass a test, etc. Other days…nothing.
But what matters most, the most important thing, is your attitude during times like these. Do you choose to remain grateful or do you give in and complain? It is often during these times that true character is manifested. You have the choice of seeing the positive or negative in every situation. What do you choose to see?
So simple, so cliché, yet so true. Do what makes you happy. Trust that gut feeling. Follow your instincts no matter what the crowd is doing or what people are saying. There are so many voices around; so many opinions and background noise. Stay true to who you are.
This is such an important thing to remind yourself of all the time. We have our mentors, celebrities, rolemodels, so many people to emulate from – but they can never be you. NO ONE can be you.
True glory comes when you can just be yourself…you don't have to do what the Joneses are doing or buy what Mrs. So-and-So is buying just to follow the crowd. Stick to your values. Let people know the real you: you as a man or woman of integrity.
They might not tell you this, but they will respect you. Remember, you are always being watched.
9.) You are not like XYZ.
We often tend to compare ourselves to other people: compare our lives, experiences, material possessions (i.e. comparing our 'behind the scenes' with someone else's highlight reel). The truth is, no one has it all good. This is something I have been reminding myself of lately.
Everyone is going through their own 'hullaballoo.' Do not envy anyone, just appreciate your journey and trust the process.
10.) It is going to be okay.
Everything is going to work out well. The money will come, the job/business idea will come, your spouse will come, true friends will come…in its own season. Your current situation is only temporary.
Everything has a beginning and an end. I want you to know that everything going on in your life right now is for a purpose, nothing happens by chance. It is all working together for the greater good – all to shape you into the man or woman you were meant to be.
One last thing…you've got this!
What are the other things you remind yourself of daily? What affirmations work for you? Please SHARE! I would love to know, so please write your thoughts below in the comment section.


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Top Interior Designers – David Collins Part 1
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Top Interior Designers – David Collins
An Irish born, extremely talented interior designer with an architectural education – David Collins. Best recognised for his luxury restaurant and bar interiors that can be found all over London and in many places abroad. His sudden death in 2013 moved deeply fashion and design world everywhere. His work is continued now by the Collins Studio – interior design and decoration practice he established in 1985 in London.
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Over the course of the years, David assiduously gathered around him designers of diverse disciplines. Under his inspired guidance, the team have realised projects that redefine how we live in public and private. David's legacy is a subtle vision that pervades the contemporary aesthetic. Each David Collins studio project across hotels, restaurants, residential and retail, is a deeply textured interior that feels simultaneously contemporary and established, rooted in the life and traditions of its location and exemplifying the studio's extraordinary capacity to reinvent and reinterpret the past.
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David being a truly gifted and inspirational man has left us with some of the most remarkable and treasured interiors. In his honour David Collins studio have made a donation to Macmillan cancer support whose incredible team cannot be underestimated.
Take a look at some of the most inspiring interior design projects crated by David Collins, The Home of David Collins and Connaught Bar are two of the most recognized ones.
David Collins Contemporary apartment in London.
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8 House Flippers All DIY Fans Should Be Following on Social Media
Vision, sweat, and a passion for renovation make for compelling social posts. If you dream of overhauling a fixer-upper, you need to check out these DIYers and their incredible projects.
By Kat Hodgins | Published Sep 23, 2022 10:11 AM
Having trouble finding the motivation you need to start a home reno? Sounds like it's time to add some inspiring DIYers to your social feed. We combed the internet to find house flippers who are checking major projects off their to-do lists—and sharing their journeys on their social channels.
While some home flippers are in it for the thrill of transformation, others want financial gains, and some simply enjoy creating beautiful spaces on a budget. No matter which of these accounts you follow, you're bound to get some great tips, innovative ideas, and gorgeous photos to spruce up your feed.
1. Mid Century Modern Design
Photo: Instagram
MM Design Co is an investor and designer duo based in Washington, D.C. On TikTok, you see the work they've done on a few different homes, transforming both interiors and exteriors. In the videos, they undertake complete overhauls including custom concrete and footprint expansion, but also focus on small details, like finishes and tiles, to bring a look together. Expect to see a lot of mid-century modern style, architecture and design inspiration, and before-and-after photos with eye-popping transformations.
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2. Victorian Renovation
Photo: Instagram.com
Stephen and David, the husband-husband team behind the Renovation Husbands account, are sharing their journey fixing up an 1893 Victorian home. A big issue they address when it comes to renovating a heritage building is how the age and style of the building do not lend themselves to modern furnishings.
Follow along as this award-winning pair transform one room at a time in their old house. You'll get information on paint colors, finishes, and wallpaper, and have a few laughs at their renovation antics. And if that's not enough intrigue, these two are backyard beekeepers, too!
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3. Finances and Flipping
Unlike many other teams on our list who are spouses, the Austin Flippers are two college friends who renovate and flip houses in Texas. Lauren and Lincoln have been incredibly successful renovating various types of homes including split-level, craftsman, bungalows, and farmhouses. Each video shows a complete tour of a home—before and after—so you can see how their renovations, remodeling, and design concepts come together.
These house flippers share financial details with their audience, including purchase price, list price, selling price, closing costs, and overall profit. They share tips on what to look for in a fixer-upper, discuss the real estate market, and share information on where it makes sense to save costs during renovation.
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4. Fearless New Flippers
The DIY Designer Duo, Amber and Trey, approached their first flip house with a can-do attitude and willingness to learn. It's refreshing to see firsthand accounts from beginner house flippers and what can be learned through research, trying new things, and keeping it real.
Watch as this married couple transforms an old house with bite-size before and after videos. They'll show you what to look out for, including budgeting, product and material options, and fixing problems that arise. They also offer how tos, and provide insights into the sometimes unglamorous side of flipping houses. Along with their pearls of wisdom regarding DIY projects, you get a small glimpse into their personal life, which only makes them more likable.
5. Country Estate Restoration
Add some English charm to your feed by following My Tiny Estate, where engaged couple Dean and Borja work to restore an entire estate in the UK. Located in Warwickshire, this 2.5-acre estate has numerous buildings and gardens, including a caretaker's cottage, servants' quarters, the main Georgian residence, stables, gardener's cottage, and piggery.
Dean and Borja do essentially all the work themselves, keeping and enhancing all the character of the property, but adding a modern touch here and there.
This is an amazing account to follow if you love historic architecture and want to see how this couple maintains the integrity of the space while incorporating new features, such as an outdoor cinema, electric car plug-in spot, and gym space.
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6. Edwardian House Refresh
If you love older homes, 100 Years in the Making shares the updates Frances has done to her classic Edwardian home. Only the second owner, Frances bought the home with its original features as a summer project in 2017.
The work that's been done on the kitchen, bathroom, and garden is elegant and timeless. Frances shares an in-depth look at the new extension, making it fit the style of the home—built with big windows for lots of natural light. You'll see where she relocated the kitchen, and how she found a hidden utility room and hidden bomb shelter.
Clearly a family home full of love, this humongous project has modern touches fit to inspire any DIYer out there.
7. Flipping Furniture and DIY Decor
Flipping doesn't just apply to houses; it can also include the furniture inside them. Black Sheep House is an extraordinary furniture flipper, with a reputation for taking old or outdated pieces and breathing new life into them. When the furniture makeover is complete, she enjoys making the pieces look like they're straight out of a Pottery Barn catalog.
As satisfying as it is to see the dressers, tables, chairs, and bedframes transform, this account offers even more for a DIYer. Get tips, tricks, and tutorials to help you customize your own furniture on a budget. From choosing a color, creating a weathered raw wood finish, or restoring faux wood with paint, there's lots to learn here.
RELATED: How to Refinish a Wood Table
8. 1964 Fixer-Upper
Heather and Sean, the personalities behind the At Home with Bae account, record their DIY adventures—and sometimes DIY misadventures—while renovating their almost-60-year-old home. Their sense of humor and TikTok videos are really fun to watch, and viewers learn some budget-friendly DIYs, how tos, products, and tricks that help when renovating a fixer-upper.
Their project scope is an overhaul of the property, and each video is dedicated to a particular area. You'll see them revamp both indoor and outdoor spaces with short videos that are incredibly watchable. This fun-loving couple covers random projects, like their basement speakeasy and pet shower, but they also update the home with smart locks, showerheads, and shades.
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We must protect the people that protect our children. Cuts to children's service are unacceptable and we must make this a spending priority in the local council. By involving the local community we can prevent harm. We are failing our young people in terms of housing, education, and mental health at present and The Green Party want to ensure that young people are given the best possible start in life. We need to stop stereotyping our young people, and acknowledge their voice and their needs.
Southampton City Council and their social services have been criticised by Ofsted in the past two years following a series of Serious Case Reviews. Although the recent Ofsted report cited improvements there is still a long way to go to bring the services up to 'Outstanding', which is what the city of Southampton, its inhabitants and its young people deserve.
Much of these failures can be put down to successive council administrations and the way they have managed and paid the social worker teams. During 2011, industrial action was taken by social services staff in opposition to the Conservative plans to implement a 5.5% cut in wages. We must protect the people that protect our children.
There is a lack of suitable accommodation for vulnerable young people in Southampton. And where there is accommodation provided there is no security of tenure. The third sector do a fantastic job of supporting homeless young people but more needs to be done at a statutory level to prevent young people becoming homeless. Too many young people do not have the opportunity to fulfil their potential.
Oppose cuts to children's services and will increase funding to make the services one of the top spending priorities in the council.
Look to increase access to suitably managed accommodation for young people both through the council property portfolio and with enhanced co-operation with the third sector.
Provide greater provision for education, employment and training for young people in the city, particularly the most vulnerable, such as care leavers and prison leavers.
Encourage greater community involvement in supporting our young people to end the stereotypes that surround them. This will include awareness campaigns around the signs of abuse and signs of mental health problems.
Increase the Independent Visitor Volunteer Scheme as well as other volunteer opportunities in the city.
Strengthen the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) launched by the council in response to the Ofsted report.
Provide greater provision for children with mental health needs through improving the capacity of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in Southampton.


We had been having some issues with our roof since we bought the house last October (mostly due to the November Nor'easter). We decided to go ahead and get a new roof as it had been about 13 years since the house was built and the most cheap builders' grade materials were used.
We did our homework and called out to several contractors to get estimates and do interviews. The time was a little off because we were going on vacation the following week so some we had to postpone others just said they would call us back etc...We worked with Arnie, and while on vacation he came to our house, did the measurements, estimate, and even left a folder for us when we got back with their company info, references (extremely professional looking). Once we got back we sat down with Arnie and discussed pricing, which was the highest individual price for a contractor, however by very little, and that was mostly because of the warranty which very few contractors in this area can offer, small price for peace of mind. He was very low-pressure, and understood our situation with interviewing other contractors. The next day we decided to go with Jayhawk, and Arnie came out with colors and answered a few more of our questions. Within two days we received a called that the crew would be coming out on Monday (less than a week after initial meeting) to begin installing the new roof. The crew showed up around 7 in the morning, roaring to go. Your front and backyard will look like war zones when they take the old roof off, but their clean up efforts are unmatched. Over the course of the two day installation, Arnie was onsite for most of the installation and kept a very good eye on what was being done. They even took off the satellite dish that we didn't use (per our request). After about a day the installation was done, Arnie called to make sure we were happy with the roof. A rundown of what we got: Complete Roof Replacment (Around 2800 sq ft)30-year Architect Shingles System Plus Warranty (rated at 130 MPH) I have already referred a couple of friends to them, and overall I was extremely pleased and by far the best experience I have had with any contractor since becoming a homeowner.


"Life is a pursuance and care a quarrel", says Edna St. Vincent Millay, a writer and prototypal woman Pulizter Prize for Poetry victor. How honorable this can be! Love is a piece of land that can be visualized as fighting, war, or conflict; a menace geographic area that is to be avoided. Often times, a bond turns from a solace geographic area to a jeopardy geographic area where on earth battle and combat-ready seem to be to persist, and a peace is no where in peep. In a war when a armistice is called, opponents will either fix to negociate or get in a cease-fire.
Perhaps you are in a affinity where a treaty requests to be named. This could be a link that you have near a spouse, a world-shaking other, a relative, a child, an in-law, or perchance a assistant. You are in a war zone, not a worship geographical area.
Although liking is a short and sweet sweet 4 memorandum word, it comes with grave mental confusion. Love can distribute one into a homeland of high spirits or unspeakable mood but, for lots it can send disorder. Love is a cardinal component part of our lives and dealings. It is believed that a critical human call for is to be treasured.
You can have creed to alter mountains and you can feed the poor, but if you do not have love, you are zilch. It takings you zero to do great building complex in need respect. Some of the most historic characteristics one could possess are faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love (1Corinthians 13:13, KJV).
Although near are thousands of books, articles, and treasures on the argument of love, it static scum to be an section of brawl for many another. Why is that? Perhaps it is the absence of intelligence of what be passionate about scheme. A sincere leak of what "love" truly vehicle will motive you to have nothing to do with the field.
First, construe that care is not a response as masses have come in to admit. Love is a choice, a decision, and is categorically specified unheeding of how you cognizance. You are not always active to cognizance approaching enamored that mortal in your life, whether it is your husband, your child, or a comparative. They may do or say something that has really indignant you, and you might brainwave it complicated to grain be keen on towards them.
If you are in a human relationship near someone who substantially and showing emotion abuses you and you say, "But, I admire that person", that would not be sagacious. You may respect that person, but you do not have to be in that human relationship and allow them to go along pain you. That is not be keen on - that is lack of common sense.
"Child psychologists confirm that every youngster has convinced uncomplicated thrilling wishes that essential be met if he is to be emotionally permanent. Among those stormy needs, no is more underlying than the condition for liking and affection, the involve to gift that he or she belongs and is needed. With an equal to give of affection, the shaver will expected improve into a obligated full-size. Without love, he or she will be showing emotion simple-minded....inside all youngster is an hysterical reservoir waiting to be chock-a-block near friendliness. Much of wrongdoing in children is actuated by the cravings of an clear "love armored vehicle."
It is no guess offspring weave gangs in numbers. They are superficial for mortal to respect them, something to belong to. If they are not effort warmth at home, they will countenance for it in all the faulty places. The be keen on armoured combat vehicle that children have is no varied than the be keen on container that adults have. It necessarily to be filled and follows the kid within your rights into independence relationships, thereby providing an opening for a new field to settlement near. It is undemanding to adulation our other half or decisive another in the establishment of the empathy. However, as conflicts develop and cynical lines are exchanged, the nitty-gritty of rancour begins to push in one another's hearts, production walk-to in esteem a disobey.
For several couples, it is noticeably easier to end the similarity than to tough grind finished the fires. For some friendships, it is simpler to equivocate one different and let a arctic war set off than to drudgery out the differences. This is supreme popular with amongst couples. Dr. Laura Berman, PhD, says that couples must "fight to love, not to win and that their association is not a front line but a sheltered shelter."
Make be passionate about a pronouncement. Walk in be mad about and not in a contest. Don't let your associations to be a battlefield, but a sanctuary, a situation of country. A establish wherever respect never fails!


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package fi.metropolia.yellow_spaceship.androidadvproject.api.deserializers;

import android.util.Log;

import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;

import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import fi.metropolia.yellow_spaceship.androidadvproject.models.DAMSound;
import fi.metropolia.yellow_spaceship.androidadvproject.models.SoundCategory;
import fi.metropolia.yellow_spaceship.androidadvproject.models.SoundType;

/**
 * Deserialize DAMSounds from JSON
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public class DAMSoundDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<DAMSound> {
    @Override
    public DAMSound deserialize(JsonElement jsonElement, Type type, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException {
        DAMSound sound = new DAMSound();
        JsonObject json = (JsonObject) jsonElement;

        Set<Map.Entry<String, JsonElement>> entrySet = json.entrySet();
        for (Map.Entry<String, JsonElement> entry : entrySet) {
            JsonElement val = entry.getValue();
            switch (entry.getKey()) {
                case "Title":
                    sound.setTitle(val.getAsString());
                    break;
                case "Description":
                    sound.setDescription(val.getAsString());
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                    sound.setOriginalFilename(val.getAsString());
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                case "Category":
                    sound.setCategory((new SoundCategoryDeserializer())
                                    .deserialize(val.getAsJsonPrimitive(),
                                            SoundCategory.class, context
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                    );
                    break;
                case "Sound Type":
                    sound.setSoundType((new SoundTypeDeserializer())
                                    .deserialize(val.getAsJsonPrimitive(),
                                            SoundType.class, context
                                    )
                    );
                    break;
                case "Length (sec)":
                    if (!"".equals(val.getAsString())) {
                        sound.setLengthSec(val.getAsInt());
                    }
                    break;
                case "Creation date":
                    sound.setCreationDate((new DateDeserializer())
                                    .deserialize(val.getAsJsonPrimitive(),
                                            Date.class, context
                                    )
                    );
                    break;
                case "File extension":
                    sound.setFileExtension(val.getAsString());
                    break;
                case "File size(KB)":
                    if (!"".equals(val.getAsString())) {
                        sound.setFileSizeKB(val.getAsFloat());
                    }
                    break;
                case "Created by":
                    sound.setCreatedBy(val.getAsString());
                    break;
                case "Collection name":
                    sound.setCollectionName(val.getAsString());
                    break;
                case "Collection ID":
                    if (!"".equals(val.getAsString())) {
                        sound.setCollectionID(val.getAsInt());
                    }
                    break;
                case "Download link":
                    sound.setDownloadLink(val.getAsString());
                    break;
                default:
                    break;
            }
        }

        return sound;
    }
}

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F D Maurice and the Crisis of Christian Authority
Christian Theology In Context
Introduction: The End of the Old Order
1 The Demise of the Confessional State
2 The Emergence of the Maurician Synthesis: A Coleridgean in Theology
3 The Catholicity of Protestantism: Redescribing the Church
4 Church and Nation
5 The Church in Society
6 The Crisis of Belief
(p.1) Introduction: The End of the Old Order
Frederick Denison Maurice (1805–1872) was one of the foremost theologians of the modern Church of England. Through a series of bruising encounters with contemporary theologians, he pioneered a creative response to the critical challenges of modernity, seeking to defend traditional Christian belief by a searching re-examination of biblical theology, and by a profound conviction of the integrity of Christian life and faith in time. The main focus of this book is Maurice's ecclesiology. In his attention to the doctrine of the Church, Maurice enunciated a series of critical principles that remain central to Anglican reflection in particular. He has been claimed as the theoretician of comprehensiveness, the inspiration for the Church of England's social witness, the founder of Christian Socialism, and the exponent of an ecumenical methodology which has encouraged rapprochement between Catholicism and Protestantism. He produced, albeit sketchily, a representative theory of ministry, in contrast to the hierarchical model supported by the Tractarians. He anticipated the baptismal ecclesiology.
Keywords: Frederick Denison Maurice, Church of England, Christian Socialism, ecclesiology, theology, Christian belief, Catholicism, Protestantism, ministry


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Society Vietnam to again try colonel convicted of helping corrupt brother flee
Vietnam to again try colonel convicted of helping corrupt brother flee
Thanh Nien News
Hai Phong - Saturday, August 23, 2014 18:22 Email Print
Duong Tu Trong (3, L) stands trial for helping his corrupt brother flee Vietnam. Photo: Ha An
Jail sentence reduced for ex-colonel who helped corrupt brother flee
Investigation halted as Vietnam bigwig accused of bribery in major corruption case dies
This month, a court in northern Vietnam will try a senior police official serving a 16 year sentence for helping his brother flee prosecutors.
The Hai Phong City People's Court said they will once again charge 53-year-old Duong Tu Trong, former deputy director of Hai Phong Police Department for "abuse of power."
The trial is scheduled to begin on August 28, according to the court's vice head judge Pham Duc Tuyen.
In January, Trong was sentenced to 18 years in jail by a court in Hanoi for masterminding a plan to send his brother Duong Chi Dung, 56, former chairman of the state-owned shipping giant Vinalines, abroad in May 2012.
In May of the following year, an appeal's court reduced his jail term to 16 years.
The coming trial is scheduled to consider new charges against Trong but will touch on the crime he's already been convicted for.
According to investigators, Trong asked Ho Chi Minh City customs official Dong Xuan Phong to help him smuggle his brother abroad.
Phong had himself dodged an arrest warrant issued in 2009 for smuggling and Trong, an acquaintance, chose not to arrest Phong after learning that he was in Hai Phong in 2011.
On May 17, 2012, Trong asked Phong to help get his brother abroad, which is considered an abuse of power under Vietnamese law.
Phong was sentenced to seven years in jail in January; the court also handed down jail terms from 5-13 years to five other suspects.
According to an official indictment, Trong's brother Dung was tipped off that a warrant had been issued for his arrest for his role in a dock purchase scam at Vinalines.
He then called Trong, who sent other defendants to take Dung to the northern province of Quang Ninh, then Ho Chi Minh City, and finally the southern province of Tay Ninh.
From Tay Ninh, he was driven to Cambodia where he flew to Singapore and applied for a visa to the US.
His application was rejected, forcing Dung to return to Cambodia where he was arrested on September 4, 2012 by a joint police task force.
Trong was arrested and stripped of his title at the Vietnam Maritime Association in February of 2013.
Dung and his subordinate Mai Van Phuc, Vinalines' former general director were convicted of directing eight others, mostly executives and employees at Vinalines, to purchase an unusable floating dock in Russia in 2008 for $9 million.
Repairing the dock cost the state another $10.5 million.
Dung and Phuc have had their death sentences upheld for embezzling $474,000 each.
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Sarah Polley, who has adapted Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace for television, succinctly described the throughline between this Atwood adaptation and that other one that made a splash on Hulu last spring: The Handmaid's Tale looks to a future where women's rights have been stripped away, and Alias Grace takes place before those rights ever existed. Indeed, as it unspools its central mystery, Alias Grace paints a harrowing picture of patriarchal control and violence. Despite being set in the mid-19th Century, as with the near-future setting of The Handmaid's Tale, the near-past of Alias Grace is unsettlingly relevant in the present.
An ornate work of historical fiction, Alias Grace takes the true-crime story of a young Irish maid named Grace Marks—who, along with James McDermott, murdered her employer Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery—and spins it into a larger study of humanity, power, trauma, and perception. The first episode sets up the miniseries' narrative structure: Starting 15 years since the murders, much of the story is told in flashback as Grace provides her own account of events to Dr. Simon Jordan, a young, American doctor of the mind. As she quite literally weaves an elaborate quilt, she also weaves the tale of her own life, a pattern of trauma, abuse, and survival emerging as she starts with the death of her mother on their way to Canada from Northern Ireland.
Director Mary Harron crafts a visually and sonically immersive quilt, patchworking together Grace's past and her present. Violent flashbacks to seeing Nancy's body thrown down a cellar interrupt the narrative. The episode's dynamics lend to its sense of suspense, quiet, almost mystical scenes mixed in with louder, violent, more urgent bursts. The depiction of Grace and her family's eight weeks in the belly of a ship as they journeyed to Canada is nothing short of a horror show: squeaking rats, moaning men, gushing water, and vomit all swirling together in the dark, rocking boat. The quick glimpses of Grace's time in an asylum following the murders are similarly haunting.
Alias Grace no doubt is woven with similar themes as The Handmaid's Tale, but it already shows more nuance and restraint than the latter. The Handmaid's Tale is very direct, occasionally garish in its depiction of patriarchal violence. Alias Grace, so far, has more subtlety in its thematic underpinnings. Violent men exert their power over Grace, starting with her father, and then continued by the men at the asylum and the guards of the penitentiary. In the governor's home, where she's allowed to work once a week, she's ogled as an object of curiosity.
As Grace, Sarah Gadon is perfectly ambiguous. The first scene, a simple close-up of Grace as she tells us all the assumptions people have made of her in voiceover, suggests that no one knows who Grace really is, why she did what she did (if she really did do it, which is something that thus far remains uncertain). There's no way to know for sure how accurate her retelling for Dr. Jordan really is. In fact, we catch her in little lies along the way: When Dr. Jordan asks her what an apple and a beet remind her of, her real thoughts play out on screen as her words say something else entirely. For the past 15 years, people have projected onto Grace, and Gadon plays the character in a way that easily allows for projection. Which isn't to say that her performance is vague; it's just not easily defined. She tells her own story with a sense of removal, even though her sudden fear about the asylum and general distrust of Dr. Jordan make it clear that these past events aren't all that distant. Specific personality traits sneak their way in, like the little smile that spread across her face when Dr. Jordan has to open a window to get some air after she recounts the hellish time on the ship.
Suspense seeps into every tendril of the pilot. Even the lighter parts are ominous. Grace skips ahead to, as she puts it, a happy part of the story, introducing Mary Whitney, a fellow servant and her roommate. As Mary, Rebecca Liddiard is warm and bouncy, and Mary and Grace's scenes together effectively convey their closeness. But even these lighter scenes spell doom, for Grace reveals early on in the present that Mary will die. The entire episode feels like an uncanny nightmare. Alias Grace has the built-in hook of a murder mystery, but it already appears to be much more than that.
Welcome to episodic coverage of Alias Grace! If you have read the book or if you are Canadian and have already seen the series when it originally aired, please make sure to provide spoiler warnings where necessary in the comments.
Reviews will be published daily for the full six-episode run.
I felt seasick just watching those scenes on the ship. Talk about immersive storytelling!
Grace's comparison of quilts to flags hung out by an army at war is great.
A few references to the politics of the time come up in the episode, including Mary's explanation of the rebellions to Grace.


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The Trump administration is reportedly seeking to slash contributions to the United Nations by hundreds of millions of dollars — pulling out a whopping billion dollars from U.N. peacekeeping alone. That $54 billion in added defense spending has to come from somewhere, and the U.N. has long been a tempting target for budget hawks in Washington. Not least, its assemblies and councils often support ridiculous resolutions that make good fodder for bad press coverage. Remember the International Year of Quinoa?
But when it comes to many of the things the U.N. actually does — things like peacekeeping, nuclear inspections and vaccinating children — the organization can achieve things the U.S. never could alone. And it does so at a fraction of the cost of unilateral U.S. efforts to stop wars, reduce proliferation or save lives. Defunding the body would be self-defeating.
In the U.S., the United Nations is subject of fear and derision from isolationists, frustration and antagonism from the foreign policy establishment and bemused indifference from almost everyone else. Its reputation is not improved by the endless debating in New York or the resolutions filled with turgid prose. More substantively, there is widespread agreement that parts of the U.N. family are in dire need of accountability and reform. A U.K. review of funding a few years ago led to Britain slashing support to the International Labor Organization and UNESCO (the arm of the U.N. in charge of education), for example. And the U.N. itself has weathered a number of damning scandals: overseeing a corrupt oil for food program in Iraq when it was under international sanctions, looking the other way at human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere, U.N. peacekeepers spreading cholera in Haiti and engaging in sexual abuse of children, and failing to keep the peace and protect civilians in conflicts including the former Yugoslavia and South Sudan.
All that said, the United Nations remains a powerful, irreplaceable tool of U.S. foreign policy. Start with the peacekeepers: Some operations fail, but on average they still dramatically reduce casualties and the risk of war. Virginia Fortna of Columbia University suggests that U.N. peacekeeping operations reduce the risk of civil war reigniting by nearly 70 percent. And in Africa, the presence of a large U.N. peacekeeping force reduces civilian deaths by over 98 percent, compared to conflicts where there is no U.N. presence, according to Jacob Kathman of SUNY Buffalo and his colleagues.
At a cost to the U.S. of $2.5 billion a year — or about one-one-thousandth of the cost to the U.S. of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq — the U.N. runs peacekeeping operations in 16 countries from Liberia to India. It does so involving just 72 American troops out of a total global deployment of over 100,000. For an administration keen that other countries pull their weight when it comes to defense, U.N. peacekeeping should be seen as a very good deal.
And as the examples of Afghanistan and Iraq demonstrate, going it (more or less) alone not only costs immensely more in both blood and treasure, but it doesn't guarantee better outcomes, or the avoidance of human rights abuses. And the United Nations is the only international body that can give credibility to military engagements — and so evade the immense diplomatic and reputational costs the U.S. incurs when it operates without the U.N. imprimatur.
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And the U.N. family of agencies and organizations supports international cooperation and agreement, in areas from transport to fishing, that saves lives, protects global commons and fosters commerce in ways that the U.S. wouldn't want to or simply couldn't do by itself. The United Nations Children's Fund supplies vaccines reaching more than a third of the world's children. U.N. agencies are leading the effort to stave off famine in East Africa and are providing assistance to 5 million refugees from the conflict in Syria (compare that to the 12,587 who came to the U.S. in 2016). The World Health Organization sets global standards around pandemic preparedness. The International Civil Aviation Organization regulates global air transport, helping ensure planes don't crash into each other, while the International Maritime Organization does the same for ships at sea. The World Intellectual Property Organization protects U.S. patents and copyrights planetwide, and the Universal Postal Union helps ensure your holiday postcards get to their destination. To tackle global challenges and to regulate global networks, there is little choice but to turn to global institutions.
The U.N. is bureaucratic, dysfunctional and in constant and chronic need of reform. It is also vital, irreplaceable and an incredibly cost-effective tool of U.S. foreign policy. The Trump administration doesn't want to bear the financial burden of acting like the sole global superpower but constantly highlights that threats abroad can become threats at home. And that means the only choice is to embrace multilateral solutions to those threats — which means embracing the United Nations.
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Meeting someone at the airport gate in the US?
As of quite awhile back you're not able to meet people at the gate of the arriving flight.
However, I've come across certain sites like Churchill Executive Cars, which offers a concierge service that supposedly allows an agent of the company to meet the client at the gate or even on the tarmac and help them through the Immigration and Customs this one specifically in JFK but they offer similar service in other major New York Area airports.
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Additionally, we have tarmac service available that would allow a passenger to de-board the plane directly onto the tarmac where their luggage will be loaded into a private car, taken to a private immigration area, and then dropped with a Churchill Executive Cars driver outside the terminal to take them to their final destination.
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On arrivals, we will have a Churchill Executive Cars Agent meet the passengers at the gate when they de-board the airplane. The agent will have a sign with the passenger's name and Churchill logo and have a baggage porter ready to carry their carry-on bags. The agent will then whisk them through fast-track immigration and customs, and pass the passengers along to the Churchill Executive Cars driver to be taken to their final destination.
Now if this is true there is a way for someone to have clearance to go airside to meet a person but I was unable to find any references on how such a clearance can be attained.
So is this real? And can this be done by an Average Joe?
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You can still meet people at the gate in Australia, and probably other countries as well. But as pnuts notes, these are almost certainly concessionaires who are contrated to offer the service, not too different from the Starbucks or the shoe shiner on the other side of the gate. – choster Feb 3 '15 at 19:10
If you're dropping off someone like an unaccompanied minor, or who needs wheelchair assistance, or possibly someone with a language issue, ask at the front desk for a pass. Escorting to the gate is easier because you're with someone who has a boarding pass. I'm not sure it would work for meeting someone. – mkennedy Feb 3 '15 at 19:15
@pnuts If this is not an employee of the company then who is doing the meeting? And yes they should have been vetted and blah blah blah, so is this an airport/TSA employee? Neither one advertise or mention that these services exist. – Karlson Feb 3 '15 at 19:24
@mkennedy Unaccompanied minor is usually taken by an airline employee who has ability to take the person through security. Similar issue is with wheelchair. The situation I describe has nothing to do with it. – Karlson Feb 3 '15 at 19:26
@choster I realised this on Monday and confirmed yesterday (flying to Melbourne and back from Sydney) - there's no check on tickets, you just go through security - anyone can do it! – Mark Mayo♦ Feb 4 '15 at 0:27
Yes, it's still possible, but it's at the airline's discretion.
I have two online sources for this:
Family Going on a Trip? You Can Walk them All the Way to the Boarding Gate if You Ask
Airlines allow for "companions" to acquire what's called a "gate pass," which allows you to walk your traveling loved ones all the way to the final gate. To get one, just speak with the airline rep at the ticket desk, and try to have the actual ticket-holders with you at the time. The catch is that you'll need to present a valid reason for wanting to be there, since those gates are crowded enough as it is
Gate passes for non-ticketed passengers - a quote from Northwest Airlines:
Gate passes are provided free of charge at the airport and issued under certain circumstances noted below. You will need to speak to an airport check-in agent for assistance in obtaining a gate pass. This policy is applicable to flights departing the U.S. only. Due to immigration requirements gate passes are not issued by non-U.S. airports or when an international flight is arriving in the U.S.
The following situations are eligible for the issuance of a gate pass:
Parent/Guardian of minors under 18 traveling alone, or children that will be met at a connecting city and picked up by a parent or guardian. Note: Children do not have to participate in the Unaccompanied Minor Program for a parent or guardian to be issued a gate pass. Please see additional information about unaccompanied minors.
Escort for elderly passengers or passengers with disabilities needing assistance. This may include someone who will push the wheelchair, provide transfer assistance in/out of the seat, provide extensive personal assistance not provided by airline personnel such as feeding/within lavatory or a sign language interpreter. Note: The adult does not need to participate in the Adult Assistance program for the person assisting them to be issued a gate pass. Please see additional information about the Adult Assistance Program.
Oxygen providers. This may be an employee from a medical oxygen company who the customer has contracted with to provide oxygen on the ground or a friend or family member who will bring the oxygen to/from the gate area.
Military families. Families of military service personnel are permitted through the screening checkpoint with a gate pass for both departing and arriving military family members.
So in conclusion, yes, there are some situations where you, as a non-passenger can reach the gate to see off / greet passengers, but you have to get a gate pass, and it's not a right, it's a privilege.
This is only for the outbound flights. The quotes I mentioned are for the arrivals. – Karlson Feb 4 '15 at 0:22
@Karlson - from the parent/guardian paragraph, the oxygen one AND the military one - they all mention to/from gates (ie departing and arriving). The elderly one implies it but doesn't state it specifically, I'll admit, but I suspect it's permitted too, under some situations (ie not internationally arriving flights). – Mark Mayo♦ Feb 4 '15 at 0:25
I tried to get a gate pass when my mother broke her ankle while away and was coming back with a wheelchair. No dice - this was at YYZ and under no circumstances would they let me come through and meet her. So don't assume this is something that can be done. – Kate Gregory Feb 4 '15 at 0:27
@KateGregory that was also in Canada, while this is US, but yeah, as I said it's not a right, it's still up to the airline :( – Mark Mayo♦ Feb 4 '15 at 0:28
In the US, I've had a gate pass to drop off unaccompanied minors, but I couldn't get one to pick them up. We had to send in a copy of our driving licences a few days beforehand. – Jeremy Miles Feb 25 '15 at 1:16
Domestic departures and arrivals are not separated in the USA so your task is to get inside security. That's easy! Buy a refundable ticket for a flight say 6-8 hours later than your meeting, walk through security and the moment you have crossed security, cancel your ticket for a full refund. Of course you want to check the fine print before you do this but the worst I can remember is the cancel deadline being two hours, sometimes it's an even shorter period.
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The link I provided claims both. – Karlson Feb 24 '15 at 22:45
haha - This is a creative solution that should theoretically work. I'm not sure if any contracts of carriage have anything in them about buying the tickets in good faith, but I kind of doubt that they do. I would, however, probably not do this with an airline whose frequent flier program you value or that you don't want to be banned from flying on in the future. Should they find out that you never actually intended to take the flight - especially if you do this repeatedly - I wouldn't be surprised if you got a nastygram from the airline and/or they kicked you out of their loyalty program. – reirab Aug 13 '15 at 21:57
Also, do refundable fares still allow you to refund even after you've checked in? If not, this wouldn't work, as you must have checked in and have a valid boarding pass to get through security. I suppose this could also potentially get you a nastygram from TSA, as they would have records of you being issued a boarding pass and passing through the checkpoint, but then of your boarding document being cancelled. If done repeatedly, this might be enough to raise some eyebrows with the good folks at DHS. – reirab Aug 13 '15 at 21:58
help.jetblue.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/… "Blue Flex No charge to change or cancel your reservation prior to departure, difference in fare only." says nothing about check in. – chx Aug 15 '15 at 12:21
Companies like the mentioned limousine service, as well as some big tour operators like cruise lines, bus tours, etc sometimes have licensed meet & greet staff. These staff have had to undergo security clearance and are issued airport ids that allow them access to gate areas.
It is possible to be issued a temporary gate pass when sending off and meeting small children and elderly parents. But these privileges are limited and at the discretion of the airline or airport staff.
However getting access to the gate area for meeting friends and such won't happen unless there is some extraordinary circumstance.
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Browning, James
Position: Assistant Research Professor
Email: jvb@rutgers.edu
Office: Wright Labs Room 250C
Research Interests: Stratigraphy, Sedimentology
1996 Ph.D., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Thesis: Eocene Sequences and Benthic Foraminiferal Biofacies on the New Jersey Coastal Plain: Implications for Global Sea-Level Change - K.G. Miller, advisor.
1983 M.S. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Thesis: Paleoecology and Paleoenvironments of the Jalama Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Western Santa Ynez Mountains, California - D.J. Bottjer, advisor.
1980 B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio.
Undergraduate: Planet Earth; Historical Geology
Gradute: Facies Models
Sequence stratigraphy of the New Jersey Coastal Plain
History of sea level
Benthic foraminiferal biofacies on the Atlantic Margin
Miller, K.G., Lombardi, C., Browning, J.V., Schmelz, W.J., Gallegos, G., Mountain, G.S., and Baldwin, K.E., 2018, Back to basics of sequence stratigraphy: Early Miocene and Mid Cretaceous examples from the New Jersey paleoshelf: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 88, p. 148-176, dx.doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2017.73.
Kominz, M.A., Miller, K.G., Browning, J.V., Katz, M.E., and Mountain, G.S., 2016, Miocene relative sea level on the New Jersey shallow continental shelf and coastal plain derived from one-dimensional backstripping analysis: A case for both eustasy and epeirogeny: Geosphere, v. 12, p. 1437-1456, doi:10.1130/GES01340.1
Miller, K.G., Browning, J.V., Mountain, G.S., Sheridan, R.E., Sugarman, P.J., Glenn, S., and Christensen, B.A., 2014, History of continental shelf and slope sedimentation on the U.S. Middle Atlantic margin, in Chiocci, F.L. and Chivas, A.R., eds., Continental Shelves of the World: Their Evolution During the Last Glacio-Eustatic Cycle: Geological Society, London, Special Publication 41, p. 21-34. doi: 10.1144/M41.3.
Browning, J.V., Miller, K.G., Sugarman, P.J., Barron, J., McCarthy, F.M.G., Kulhanek, D.K., Katz, M.E., and Feigenson, M.D., 2013, Chronology of Eocene-Miocene sequences on the New Jersey shallow shelf: Implications for regional, interregional, and global correlations: Geosphere, v. 9, p. 1434-1456, doi: 10.1130/GES00857.1.
Miller, K.G., Browning, J.V., Mountain, G.S., Bassetti, M.A., Monteverde, D., Katz, M.E., Inwood, J., Lofi, J., and Proust, J.-N., 2013, Sequence boundaries are impedance contrasts: Core-seismic-log integration of Oligocene-Miocene sequences, New Jersey shallow shelf: Geosphere, v. 9, p. 1257-1285, doi:10.1130/GES00858.1
Miller, K.G., Mountain, G.S., Browning, J.V., Katz, M.E., Monteverde, D.H., Sugarman, P.J., Ando, H., Bassetti, M.A., Bjerrum, C.J., Hodgson, D., Hesselbo, S., Karakaya, S., Proust, J.-N., Rabineau, M., 2013, Testing sequence stratigraphic models by drilling Miocene foresets on the New Jersey shallow shelf: Geosphere, v. 9, p. 1236-1256, doi: 10.1130/GES00884.1
Miller, K.G., Kopp, R.E., Horton, B.P., Browning, J.V., Kemp, A.C., 2013, A geological perspective on sea-level rise and impacts along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast: Earth's Future, v. 1, p. 3-18.
Katz, M.E., Browning, J.V., Miller, K.G., Monteverde, D., Mountain, G.S., and Williams, R.H., 2013, Paleobathymetry and sequence stratigraphic interpretations 1 from benthic foraminifera: Insights on New Jersey shelf architecture, IODP Expedition 313: Geosphere, v. 9, p. 1488-1513, doi: 10.1130/GES00872.1.
Miller, K.G., Sugarman, P.J., Browning, J.V., Sheridan, R.E., Kulhanek, D.K., Monteverde, D., Wehmiller, J.F., Lombardi, C., and Feigenson, M.D., 2012, Pleistocene sequence stratigraphy of the shallow continental shelf, offshore New Jersey: Constraints of Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Leg 313 core holes: Geosphere, v. 9, p. 1-22.
Miller, K.G., Wright, J.D., Browning, J.V., Kulpecz, A.A., Kominz, M.A., Naish, T.R., Cramer, B.S., Rosenthal, Y., Peltier, R.W., and Sosdian, S., 2012, The high tide of the warm Pliocene: Implications of global sea level for Antarctic deglaciation: Geology, v. 40, p. 407-410.
Miller, K.G., Mountain, G.S., Wright, J.D., and Browning, J.V., 2011, A 180-million-year record of sea level and ice volume variations from continental margin and deep-sea isotopic records: Oceanography, v. 24, p. 40-53.
Miller, K.G., Sugarman, P.J., Browning, J.V., Horton, B.J., Stanley, A., Kahn, A., Uptegrove, J., and Aucott, M., 2009, Sea-level rise in New Jersey over the past 5000 years: Implications to anthropogenic changes: Global and Planetary Change, v. 66, p. 10-18.
Browning, J.V., Miller, K.G., Sugarman, P.J., Kominz, M.A., McLaughlin, P.P., and Kulpecz, A.A., 2008, 100 Myr record of sequences, sedimentary facies and sea-level change from Ocean Drilling Program onshore coreholes, U.S. Mid-Atlantic coastal plain: Basin Research, v. 20, p. 227-248, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2008.00360.
Browning, J.V., Miller, K.G., McLaughlin, P.P., Edwards, L.E., Powars, D.S., Kulpecz, A.A., Wade, B.S., Feigenson, M.D., and Wright, J.D., 2009, Integrated sequence stratigraphy of the post-impact sediments from the Eyreville coreholes, Chesapeake Bay impact structure inner basin: Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, GSA Special Paper 458, p. 775-810.
Browning, J.V., Miller, K.G., McLaughlin, P.P., Kominz, M.A., Sugarman, P.J., Monteverde, D., Feigenson, M.D., and Hernàndez, J.C., 2006, Quantification of the effects of eustasy, subsidence, and sediment supply on Miocene sequences, Mid-Atlantic margin of the United States: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 118, p. 567-588.
Kulpecz, A.A., Miller, K.G., Sr., Browning, J.V., Edwards, L.E., Powars, D.S., McLaughlin, P.P., Harris, A.D., and Feigenson, M.D., in press, Post-impact deposition in the Chesapeake Bay impact structure: variations in eustasy, compaction, sediment supply, and passive-aggressive tectonism: Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, GSA Special Paper 458.
Miller, K.G., Browning, J.V., Aubry, M.-P., Wade, B.S., Katz, M.E., Kulpecz, A.A., Wright, J.D., 2008, Eocene-Oligocene global climate and sea-level changes: St. Stephens Quarry, Alabama: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 120, p. 34-53 doi: 10.1130/B26105.1.
Miller, K.G., Wright, J.D., Katz, M.E., Browning, J.V., Cramer, B.S., Wade, B.S., and Mizintseva, S.F., 2008, A view of Antarctic ice-sheet evolution from sea-level and deep-sea isotope changes during the Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic, in Cooper, A.K., Barrett, P.J., Stagg, H., Storey, B., Stump, E., Wise, W., and the 10th ISAES editorial team, eds., Antarctica: A keystone in a changing world: Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Washington, DC, The National Academies Press, p. 55-70.
Katz, M.E., Miller, K.G., Wright, J.D., Wade, B.S., Browning, J.V., Cramer, B.S., and Rosenthal, Y., 2008, Stepwise transition from the Eocene greenhouse to the Oligocene icehouse: Nature Geoscience, v. 1, p. 329-334, doi:10.1038/ngeo1.
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