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Turnout among Boulder voters highlights wide participation gap in off-year elections
College students rallied for the 2020 presidential election. This year, most didn't vote, according to precinct-level voting data.
by John Herrick November 21, 2021 October 19, 2022
Rachel Friend, a member of the Boulder City Council, watched the election results come in at the Ash'Kara restaurant in downtown Boulder on Nov. 2, 2021. Credit: John Herrick
About 47% of the city of Boulder's 70,000 active registered voters cast their ballots in the 2021 election, according to an analysis of county data by the Boulder Reporting Lab.
That's relatively low voter participation for Boulder. But low turnout is typical in off-year elections, when the voting rate is generally about half that of a general election.
In some areas of the city, turnout was particularly low.
In one voting precinct on University Hill, a neighborhood populated by CU Boulder students, fewer than 5% of voters cast ballots. (That's similar to 2019, when turnout was 6% in this precinct of about 500 registered voters.)
Less than one mile away, student housing fades to single-family homes bordering open space. Here in the Chautauqua neighborhood, which is among the city's wealthiest, turnout was among the city's highest. About 63% of voters in this precinct cast their ballots.
The ten-fold difference in turnout between practically neighboring precincts highlights a disparity among Boulder voters that is particularly wide in off-year municipal elections. In the 2020 presidential election, the same University Hill precincts that turned out in the single-digits topped 70%. The county-wide turnout average that year was about 90%.
According to researchers, college student turnout is especially low in off-year municipal elections, in part due to less media and campaigning. Unlike presidential elections, some students don't believe they're affected by certain local issues, such as who sits on the county commission or school board, according to Douglas Spencer, a law professor at CU Boulder.
Students elsewhere in the country have rallied around the issue of housing occupancy limits, a policy that Question 300 on this year's ballot sought to change. Such occupancy ordinances, passed across the country in the 1960s, were partially designed to control how many students lived in certain neighborhoods.
The measure failed by fewer than 5 percentage points. Voters elected five people to the Boulder City Council, one incumbent and four new members. Three of the five join a majority on the nine-member governing body who have indicated they want some level of reform to the city's occupancy limits as soon as next year.
This year's gap in participation follows a presidential election in which national college student turnout broke records, according to a recent study by Tufts University. Turnout among college students in Boulder was particularly high last year, too, in part due to a University of Colorado outreach campaign encouraging students to vote.
"Voter mobilization efforts work," Spencer said. "This past election illustrates how the lack of a sustained effort by the university to encourage democratic participation leads to lower turnout."
Clarification: A sentence in this article was amended to make it clear that five new members were elected to the City Council this year, one incumbent and four new members.
Should Boulder switch to even-year elections? City Council is expected to put the decision to voters.
Boulder voters approve move to even-year city council elections. Here's what that means.
Map: How did your neighborhood vote for Boulder ballot measures in the 2022 election?
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Here's the scenario: you are soccer's original super fanboy (or girl!). The problem? Whenever you start talking 'football', your audience takes a moment or two to catch on.
You're waxing lyrical about "the beautiful game", soccer, governed by FIFA. Everyone else in the discussion is expecting to hear your thoughts on American Football. Frustrating, huh? We've all been there.
Let's try to clear up the confusion between soccer and 'gridiron' football once and for all. In an impartial manner, of course. Moreover, look at how you can provide hints that you're talking 'soccer', not mm, football. You can see the ambiguity already.
So, yes. You could carry around a soccer ball display case, showcasing the ball with which your favorite soccer team won the FA Cup back in the day. But that's a little impractical.
Where you are around the globe will determine what the word football means to you. In England, mention football and you're talking about soccer, the Football league. This comprises the Premiership, Championship and Leagues 1 and 2.
U.S. and Canadian athletes would refer to that sport as soccer. Their version of football has a few similarities. But in the main, it's a different animal altogether.
Take a trip to New Zealand, Australia and Ireland, they have their own variations of football that are neither nor. They play Australian rules football in the southern hemisphere and Gaelic football in Ireland.
Like gridiron, adoption of Australian rules and Gaelic football remains indigenous. Global take up is minimal, whereas soccer has a global governing body: FIFA.
Why aren't these variations played around the world?
From a spectator's perspective, these national sports are more like rugby football than soccer. It's perhaps this close resemblance to rugby that explains their containment.
Yet, each of these nations, they all play soccer, too.
Almost all developed countries have a national soccer league. In turn, all continents host a competition for its member states to compete against each other.
Each continent's competition is often hosted every four years, as is the World Cup. The latter is the most prized trophy in football and attracts the biggest global audience of any sport.
Why are there so many variations of 'football'?
To understand how football became the word to cover so many disciplines, we need to go back to the origins. This also explains why so many of the words themselves are interchangeable. But, depending upon the sport, their meanings are so different.
Princeton and Rutgers played the first game of American football in 1869. They used a mixture of rules akin to rugby and soccer.
It wasn't until 11 years later that the "Father of Football," Walter Camp, would set out rules for the new game. He instituted the 11 man teams, the snap and the concept of downs.
In comparison a version of soccer, called cuju, was first played as early as 206 BC, during the Han Dynasty. The cuju players could use any part of their body, except their hands to get the ball to the net.
The Romans played similar games, but were more violent. Their sport included wrestling and some aspects of volleyball. If you ever watch Australian rules or Gaelic football, you'll see elements of the Roman game still in play today.
In England, the history of football began around the 8th century AD. But it wasn't until 1848 that we saw the first formal rules, the Cambridge Rules. These were soon challenged. The Sheffield Football Club and John Charles Thring added and adopted changes.
It was only at the inauguration of the Football Association that soccer had its first defining set of rules. Many of these have changed over time; for better or worse remains a great debate.
Today, the rules of soccer are set by the International Football Association and FIFA.
The differences and similarities between soccer and gridiron
There are many differences in how you play the two sports. First, there's the shape of the ball. The ball used for soccer is a sphere, to enable it to roll for passing, kicking and heading. In American football, the ball has rounded, pointed ends, making it easier to throw, catch and travel through the air.
Both sports can only have 11 men on the field at one time. But in American-football there is an 11 man offensive team and an 11 man defensive team. For kicking plays, American Football also has a "special team."
In soccer, rules allow for 'substitutes'. This wasn't always the case; the 11 men you started with were all you had to play with.
Midway through the 20th century, the rules changed, allowing teams to play one 'sub' in case of injury. It wasn't until late in that century that teams could name a squad of subs for tactical purposes. Teams today can use up to three subs, as a tactic or injury replacement, during a game.
The point of it all
Both games involve moving the ball from one end of the field to the other and scoring a goal. More on point-scoring, below. But the way each sport defends their goal is quite different.
In soccer, one member of each 11 man team is the goalkeeper. He is the only player allowed to touch the ball with his hands or arms. He must be in his own 'penalty area' – the eighteen yard box – surrounding his team's goal when he handles it. Handling the ball beyond this zone often results in a red card, dismissing the goalkeeper from the game.
In American football, there is no one person guarding the goal. You have an 11-man defensive team defending their goal, or end zone. Opposing them is the other team's Offensive team, trying to score. When a team wins possession and brings the offense into play, they have four 'downs' to gain ten yards.
The quarterback is the leader of that offense. He informs his team of 'the play' – a rehearsed attacking maneuver – that they will use during that possession. He takes the snap and either hands off the ball to another player, throws it or runs with the ball.
The quarterback's job is to move the ball towards the opposing team's goal. If the defense tackles him while he still has the ball, usually it results in zero yards gained. If the team fails to gain those ten yards, possession switches to the opposing team.
Kitting out your superstars
Another difference between the two games is the protective gear worn by the players. A FIFA player only has their kit to protect them from the elements and the opposition.
A typical kit includes a shirt, shorts, socks, football boots (or trainers on sun-baked ground) and shin pads. In cold conditions (especially in Scotland) players can also wear undergarments. The colors of these extra layers must match the livery of the team's official kit.
In American football, the uniform does not only consist of a jersey, pants, and football cleats. It also includes a helmet, leg- and shoulder pads and a mouth guard.
There's a very real need for the difference in required attire. Soccer limits and restricts contact, moreso today than ever.
American football is a full contact sport. There are rules to protect players, but it's a physical game. It involves tackling opponents – often head-on to prevent them from progressing down the field.
Points: know the score
Each goal accumulates 1 point in soccer and reaching the goal is the only way to score.
In NFL football, you have three ways to score. There is the touchdown, where a player that is in possession of the ball crosses the goal line. This is worth 6 points.
You can also kick a field goal. This occurs when the kicker kicks the ball over the goal posts and is worth 3 points.
Then you have a safety, worth 2 points to the defense. This happens when they tackle an offensive player, he goes out-of-bounds or drops the ball in his own end zone.
Technology makes its way into the beautiful game
Each game has referees and/or officials placed are around the field of play. They signal that goals are good and watch for rule violations, including determining penalties.
Many of the top soccer leagues also now have 'goal line technology'. This is to clear up discrepancies about whether the full ball crossed the line to score a goal or not.
Two of the most controversial goals of all time have come in the World Cup between England and Germany.
The most notorious was in the 1966 World Cup final, when the Russian linesman awarded Geoff Hurst a goal. His shot cannoned down from the underside of the crossbar out of the referee's site. The argument still rages today whether it was a goal or not, although England ran out winners, 4-2.
The goal was part of Geoff Hurst's hat-trick, the first and only player to score three goals in a World Cup final. By tradition, any player who scores a hat-trick gets to keep the match ball.
But it took Geoff 30 years to get his hands on this one. Helmut Hammer, a German scorer on the day, made off with the ball after the final. Upon its return, the football, the only one used for the whole of the final, is now on display in the National Football Museum:
In the 2010 World Cup, history righted itself. With Germany leading 2-1, Frank Lampard hit a ferocious shot from outside the penalty box. It likewise cannoned off the underside of the bar behind the goalkeeper.
The difference in 2010 was the placement of TV cameras all around the ground. Although the referee disallowed the goal, replays showed the ball a full half a yard across the goal line.
The end result? Germany won 4-2, ending England's interest in that World Cup.
No cheer in soccer?
Keep in mind, that the play in each half in a game of soccer is continuous with no time outs. Neither does the play stop for commercials, as American football does.
Each half is 45 minutes, plus whatever the referee adds on for 'stoppage time'. In American football, each game comprises 4 x 15 minute quarters, with a 12-minute recess for half time.
The lack of breaks in soccer is one of the reasons that the teams do not have cheerleaders. They're a fan favorite entertainment of American football, even though not all teams have them.
There are many other differences between soccer and American football. One thing they do have in common is their popularity and loyal fans.
FIFA has a wide international audience, established over time. American football's international popularity has a lot of catching up to do to rival soccer's mass appeal. But it has increased with the growth of the NFL.
Gridiron is the most played sport among high school and college athletes in the United States.
Display your affinity with more than words
Whichever game you play, there's nothing like showcasing your love for the sport or your team. Either an American football case or a soccer ball display case will enshrine your memorabilia.
But, please: remember to be careful in your selection.
A display case for an American football will not fit a soccer ball. The former ball is longer and pointed, the latter a complete sphere. Likewise, a display case for your signed soccer ball will not accommodate an NFL football.
Remember: you are your team's original fanboy/girl! Be proud to showcase your passion. And if your guests don't cotton on when your display case is center stage? They'll never know the difference between Soccer and Football!
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Q: Allign button to the left in Kivy I need to make a couple of buttons to appear to the right of a current GridLayout when certain actions are performed.
I've tried a FloatLayout with the whole screen, but I can't get it to go to the left with a relative position (since I will be working with more than one screen resolution).
I don't have code, but I have to do it from the .py because it follows a certain logic to appear.
I've tried this in the .kv:
    FloatLayout:
    Button:
        size_hint: 0.4, 0.2
        pos: root.width, root.height / 2
    GridLayout:

changing the pos to pos_hint and halign: 'right' but has't worked either
in the .py code i've tried to add it to the on_touch_down method so a Button appears every time like boton = Button(text='caca', pos=self.width - root.x, root.height / 2)
 but it doesn't either
Any help is welcome!

A: Your math calculations are incorrect, you need to subtract the width of the button to the x position, and half the height of it to the y position.
pos: root.width-self.width, root.height / 2 - self.height / 2

Here is a full working example.
from kivy.app import App
from kivy.uix.floatlayout import FloatLayout
from kivy.lang import Builder

Builder.load_string('''
<Base>:
    FloatLayout:
        Button:
            size_hint: 0.4, 0.2
            pos: root.width-self.width, root.height / 2 - self.height / 2
            text: 'hola'
    GridLayout:
        cols: 2
        Label:
            text: 'A'
        Label:
            text: 'B'
''')

class Base(FloatLayout):
    pass

class BaseApp(App):
    def build(self):
        return Base()

BaseApp().run()

This is, however easier to achieve with pos_hint:
pos_hint: {'right': 1, 'center_y': .5}

So, like this:
from kivy.app import App
from kivy.uix.floatlayout import FloatLayout

from kivy.lang import Builder

Builder.load_string('''
<Base>:
    FloatLayout:
        Button:
            size_hint: 0.4, 0.2
            pos_hint: {'right': 1, 'center_y': .5}
            text: 'hola'
    GridLayout:
        cols: 2
        Label:
            text: 'A'
        Label:
            text: 'B'
''')

class Base(FloatLayout):
    pass

class BaseApp(App):
    def build(self):
        return Base()

BaseApp().run()

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EC serves showcause notice to AAP over donation discrepancies, party alleges 'bias' of central agencies
EC serves showcause notice to AAP over donation discrepancies, party alleges 'bias' of central agencies
Earlier this year, the CBDT had flagged an alleged mismatch in AAP's actual and reported donations to the EC, pointing out that it was in violation of the Representation of the People Act.
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 11, 2018 9:33:32 pm
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia. (Express photo by Anil Sharma)
The Election Commission on Tuesday served a show-cause notice to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in connection with the alleged discrepancies in donations received by the party during the 2014-15 financial year.
Issuing the notice, the EC asked the Arvind Kejriwal-led party to show cause as to why action should not be taken against AAP for "failure to follow its lawful directions and instructions".
Citing a report by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the poll watchdog pointed out that the bank account of the AAP has recorded total credits of Rs 67.67 crores from donations in excess of Rs 20,000. However, the party has disclosed total income of Rs 54.15 crores from donations in its audited accounts for the year, it said.
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The AAP, however, dubbed the EC notice as "poor interpretation" of basic accounting practices and alleged "bias" of central agencies against it. The party also expressed fear of possible "harassment" by agencies over the issue.
"This notice is based on poor interpretation of basic accounting practices by the Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT)," party treasurer and Rajya Sabha MP ND Gupta said in a statement.
He said Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) had filed contribution report for the financial year 2014-15 with the Election Commission (EC) for Rs 37,60,62,631 from various donors.
Earlier this year, the CBDT had flagged an alleged mismatch in AAP's actual and reported donations to the EC, pointing out that it was in violation of the Representation of the People Act. On January 3, CBDT chairman Sushil Chandra wrote to the then Chief Election Commissioner A K Joti, informing him of the adverse assessment order on AAP's finances for the financial year 2014-15 (assessment year 2015-16). The missive states that the party contravened provisions of Section 29(C) of the RP Act.
ALSO READ | CBDT red-flags mismatch in AAP donations to Election Commission
On November 27 last year, the AAP was slapped with a notice by the income tax department. The party responded by claiming that the order was an attempt by the Centre to "crush the Opposition".
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It is with profound sorrow that we acknowledge the passing of Peter Robinson. The University of Massachusetts Department of Geosciences' note follows: "We are deeply grieved to bid farewell to Emeritus Professor Peter Robinson, who passed away earlier this week in Trondheim, Norway, his home for the past 2 decades. Over his 50+ year career, Pete advised dozens of students, compiled, and personally performed bedrock geologic mapping of over a 3rd of the state of Massachusetts. He was an influential force in the study of the tectonics and metamorphism of the Northern Appalachians and Caledonides, and a beloved character both in the department and New England geological community. His legacy is one of impeccable and detailed field observation combined with nuanced structural, stratigraphic, mineralogical, and petrological analysis, innumerable alumni spread across several continents, and a library of data on the bedrock geology of New England. He was also a former president of the Mineralogical Society of America."
On a personal note, when I first met Pete (and Oystein Nordgulen) at the Norwegian survey after my first field season in the Uppermost Allocthon, his encouragement and enthusiasm were infectious! He was truly a "Trans-Atlantic" geologist with a passion for the New England Appalachians and Norwegian Caledonides. He will be sorely missed!


Suzuki, Kawasaki and Ducati have all contributed to the three wins, six pole positions and nine podiums achieved on Bridgestone rubber so far this season with Ducati's Loris Capirossi staking his claim to the trio of wins, including Bridgestone's debut victories on European soil at Jerez and Brno, as well as a dominant win at the corporation's home race in Motegi, Japan last month.
Suzuki's pairing of John Hopkins and Chris Vermeulen have scored their debut pole positions on Bridgestone qualifiers with an incredible three poles between them. Hopkins took the honours in Assen and rookie Vermeulen led the field in the wet at Turkey and in the scorching heat of Laguna Seca. Vermeulen also scored his debut MotoGP podium in his home race at Phillip Island with a sensational second place.
Kawasaki's Shinya Nakano has enjoyed four front row starts so far in 2006, one of which he was able to convert brilliantly into a runner-up podium position in Assen.
Sete Gibernau - who is unable to participate in his final race for Ducati in Valencia after requiring further treatment to a collarbone injury aggravated by a crash in the Portuguese GP - also has three front row starts and five top five race results to his credit in 2006, including a spectacular pole in Mugello.
At just 4km in length, Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia is one of the shortest laps of the season with a combination of nine left-hand corners and just five right-handers.
The circuit is also run in an anti-clockwise formation and comprises thirty laps over a total distance of 120.15km, making it one of the longest race distances of the year after Donington and Mugello. The thirty-lap Valencia GP will bring the season-long combined race distance to a staggering 1,990km.
"Valencia is a short track, but also a demanding one with its asymmetrical layout and composition of slower corners which place a premium on edge grip. We have nine left-hand corners and five right-handers over 30 laps, so performance and durability on the left-hand side of tyre will be important, especially through the final corner. Of the 17 venues on the calendar, Valencia is one of five that is run in an anticlockwise direction which inevitably adds to the disparity between left and right- handers."
"We have enjoyed a competitive season with some excellent race results on Bridgestone rubber including those three victories with Ducati and Loris. However, all three of our teams have demonstrated their potential with highlights for Ducati, Kawasaki and Suzuki throughout the season. We are putting our full resource and efforts into this weekend's race, as we do at every event, to support our teams in the best way possible. We are sorry that Sete is not able to race due to his ongoing injuries, but we wish him a quick and full recovery."
"All eyes will be on our rivals as the championship reaches its thrilling culmination, but we hope to see Bridgestone-shod riders in the hunt for some good results this weekend. We started the season with a victory in Spain, our first on European ground, so we will also be targeting a strong Spanish result to cap off our most successful MotoGP season to date."


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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday night signed into law a bill that adds e-cigarettes to the Clean Indoor Air Act, banning their use in bars, restaurants and other indoor and some outdoor areas.
The bill was one of 83 that Cuomo has until the end of the day to act on.
Under the new law, vaping will be banned in, among other areas, the workplace, on public transportation, indoors at all public and private colleges, and in outdoor areas where smoking is otherwise banned. The new proscriptions will go into effect in 30 days.
Vaping still will be allowed in any private home, hotel rooms and outdoor dining areas that do not have a roof or ceiling enclosure, among other areas.
Cuomo initially proposed such a ban in his executive budget this year.
"These products are marketed as a healthier alternative to cigarettes but the reality is they also carry long-term risks to the health of users and those around them," the governor said in a statement. "This measure closes another dangerous loophole in the law, creating a stronger, healthier New York for all."
Those who oppose restrictions have pointed to vaping as an aid for those who are trying to quit smoking.
Cuomo signed another bill over the summer to ban the use of e-cigarettes on school grounds. Under the revisions to the Clean Indoor Air Act, vaping will be banned within 100 feet of the entrances, exits or outdoor areas of any public or private school.
Among the other bills awaiting action by Cuomo on Monday is legislation to decriminalize certain types of knives that often are used as work tools while keeping in place a ban on gravity knives and switchblades. Cuomo vetoed similar legislation last year.
The governor has signed a few bills from the latest batch in recent days. On Sunday, he signed legislation that extends health care benefits to volunteer firefighters who develop certain types of cancer during their time in service.
The new law, which goes into effect beginning in 2019, will provide benefits to volunteers who develop lung, prostate, breast, lymphatic, hematological, digestive, urinary, neurological, reproductive system or melanoma cancer. Firefighters would have to prove that their entry physical exam did not show evidence of cancers covered under the law, they have at least five years of interior firefighting service and they are current active or were active within the last five years.


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Three More Things to do in (Southern) Seoul, Korea (Near Express Bus Terminal) (pt.2)
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Seoul is the city I currently live in, so naturally, I have a lot of great things to say about it. Here are three more things to do in Southern Seoul using the Express Bus Terminal Subway Exit as a reference point. I am using that station as a starting point because it is a good central location in the South side of Seoul, and a likely location for visitors who take the long distance buses to locations outside of Seoul to places like Yeoju (King Sejong's Tomb). However, you can of course see these any time you are in southern Seoul. This is essentially a "part 3" post, so in case you missed the first two articles, they are here, and here.
1) Bongeunsa Temple and Temple Stay
Bongeunsa is always decorated with lanterns. (credit wikipedia)
This is the main Buddha statue in the temple (credit: Wikipedia)
While it feels calm inside, you are still in the heart of the city. The sky scrappers of Seoul are clearly visible. (credit: Wikipedia)
Many temples in Korea have stone pagodas in the front. This temple has been around for hundreds of years. (credit: Seoulistic.com)
While this is a different temple, the picture is meant to show a temple stay experience. Here, the monks are doing their afternoon prayers in Haeinsa Temple.
Bongeunsa is one of the largest Buddhist temples in Seoul. Despite what websites like tripadvisor might tell you, it is actually quite easy to find a Buddhist temple in Seoul. However, just like you wouldn't tour just any regular church, most Buddhist temples are meant for meditating or praying, not tourism. This one however is quite impressive for its size and history given that it is in the heart of Seoul. Most of the other important temples in Korea, such as Haeinsa Temple near Daegu (article coming soon) or Bulguksa Temple near Gyeongju (also coming soon) are quite far from the city and are deserving of a trip in their own right. Bongeunsa however, is perfect for people on a "time budget" who don't have an extra day to visit far away temples.
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Three More Things to do in Venice, Italy (pt.2)
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Three things were not enough, so here are three more things you can do in Venice. Why didn't I just make a list of 6 things to do in Venice? Well, it is easier for me to handle three at a time, and I think it's easier for you, the reader, to get bite sized information than an overwhelming list. I digress:
1) Visit Murano or Burano
The islands of Murano and Burano are islets near Venice. They are part of the municipality that governs Venice but maintains a unique, less crowded culture. Murano is known for its production of glass.
I must admit that I was not originally impressed with Murano. It was sold to me as a better version of Venice. In fact, it is like Venice, but smaller, who would want that? Now that I think of it though, maybe some people would (after visiting Venice enough time). Murano is famous for its continuing tradition as a glass producer. There are still plenty of shops who offer tours for 5 Euro and produce some of the finest glass in Italy. While I didn't personally have time to visit Burano, I have been assured that it is similar, which is why I clumped them into a single entry.
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This post is a bit of a cheat since I am going to suggest some things technically included in the Venice UNESCO World Heritage inscription. However, these three things are to fill up your itinerary once you are already in Venice. While some are obvious, others you might not have considered.
1) Stroll Around at Night Time
The views at night are as good as in the daytime, but with less people.
The first thing you will notice in Italy is The Grand Canal. What is the second thing you ask? The CROWDS! I didn't try to look very hard, but I didn't notice much of a "night scene" in Venice besides a few scattered restaurants that were open. Furthermore, from my personal observation, the majority of the crowds came from cruise ships and were much older than me (20's). Maybe it was a combination of these three things that makes Venice quiet at night, which is a good thing! The canals, and the city in general is as aesthetically pleasing at night as it is in the day.
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Venice and It's Lagoon
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Location: Venice, Italy
Visited: August 13-17, 2012
Background and Opinion:
If you have the dream of a quiet, romantic getaway taking a gondola with a native Venetian singing Solemio, about 200 million tourists thought of it first. Is that to say that Venice is not worth going to, not in the least! Everyone should go at least once! However, Venice gets 20 million visitors a year, which adds up to around 70,000 a day during high season in a city that is not very big to begin with. The crowds are something to consider since during peak season, some streets are bursting at the seems with people, especially those traveling in huge groups by cruise ship.
Venice is one of the most unique places I have ever visited. It is composed of over 100 islands linked together by bridges. Even with a map, it is quite the labyrinth. Probably the most refreshing thing about Venice is not seeing a single car (if you stay away from the bus station that connects to the rest of Italy) in the entire city. The whole transportation system is water based, with boat cops, firefighters, trash collectors, taxis, buses, etc. To truly appreciate Venice, try walking around in the middle of the night when it is finally quiet. Of course, very few places will be open, but the canals will finally settle, and you can even see the tide go up if you look at the steps that lead to the boats (you'll know what I'm talking about when you get there).
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty
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Location: Yeoju, Gyeonggi-do Province, South Korea
Visited: October 3, 2011
Opinion and Background:
This was definitely more interesting to me than it would be to the average person who doesn't really know Korean history (or lived in Korea for that matter). I must note that this is a bit of a cheat. The UNESCO inscription includes all 40 tombs of the Joseon Dynasty, scattered all over Korea in 18 different sites. While I have visited other Joseon tombs, I decided to review only this site that includes three tombs because:
a) It contains the most important king in Korean history (Sejong the Great).
b) It is easier to give an assessment about something that is in a single location.
c) It is the best of the Joseon Tombs that I have visited.
The tombs are very well kept and the entrance is full of replicas of accomplishments by King Sejong. However, most of the things displayed are not originals, as they have been lost by repeated Japanese invasions. In addition, considering that King Sejong is THE most important historical figure in Korean history, I expected this site would have more, grandeur.
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Family ties: "Christianity had to start within Judaism"
by John M. Buchanan
I am probably not the only preacher who cringes every Good Friday as I read John's passion narrative, with its relentless negative references to "the Jews." As I read those passages I think of my friends Joe and Tony, Jews who are married to Presbyterians and are sitting in the pews. I want to interrupt the reading and say, "This doesn't really refer to all Jews. And we know it was the Romans who crucified Jesus, not his own people."
Despite Christians' increasing awareness of the anti-Judaic elements of the New Testament, Amy-Jill Levine is right, I think, to say that Christian preachers tend to use Judaism as a negative foil (see "Misusing Jesus"). She identifies one of the standard homiletical devices many of us preachers use: we characterize the Jesus of the New Testament not as the Jew he clearly was, but as an anti-Jew. It's satisfying to rip into the Pharisees as an example of a rigid, moralistic religion and to present Jesus primarily as a critic of his own religion—to present him, in fact, as a liberal mainline Protestant.
John M. Buchanan is a retired Presbyterian minister and the former editor and publisher of the Century.
Dec 26, 2006 issue
Levine's commentary on the story of the hemorrhaging woman who touches Jesus' cloak demolishes many of the assumptions we make when we cite that text. According to Levine, the woman is not the marginal and unclean figure in Jewish life that Christian preachers make her out to be as they stress the theme of Jesus' inclusivity.
Levine's article reminded me of a collection of essays that I find myself returning to regularly: For the Sake of Heaven and Earth: The New Encounter Between Judaism and Christianity, by Irving Greenberg. Greenberg is an Orthodox rabbi who has served as chair of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. His friendship with Christian scholars—Roy and Alice Eckhart and Paul van Buren among them—inspired Greenberg to think in new ways about the relationship between Judaism and Christianity. Of Christians he says: "The group that would bring the message of . . . redemption to the rest of the nations had to grow out of the family and covenanted community of Israel." But, Greenberg says, the Christian community "was not intended to be a replacement. The new avant-garde was to secede and connect to new masses of people. This new religion should not be too Jewish. Christianity had to start within Judaism, but it had to grow into its own autonomous existence." The book includes reflections by Christian scholars and a study guide and is available from the Jewish Publication Society. It is an invaluable resource for thinking in new ways about Jewish-Christian relationships..
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by J.P. Green, May 2nd, 2016 4:00 AM EST
If you are concerned about voter suppression in the upcomming election, consider joining "Video the Vote," a national coalition of citizens who are committed to using their cell phone video camera widget to make sure abuses of voting rights they witness are documented and posted on the internet. Here's a video introduction to the project (and more print background on the project right here):
At The Plum Line Greg Sargent reveals Trump's "glass jaw" — his tendency to conflate the voters he is talking to in the primaries with those in the general election.
Wow: "In losing disastrously, Trump probably would create down-ballot carnage sufficient to end even Republican control of the House. Ticket splitting is becoming rare in polarized America: In 2012, only 5.7 percent of voters supported a presidential candidate and a congressional candidate of opposite parties…Were he to be nominated, conservatives would have two tasks. One would be to help him lose 50 states — condign punishment for his comprehensive disdain for conservative essentials, including the manners and grace that should lubricate the nation's civic life. Second, conservatives can try to save from the anti-Trump undertow as many senators, representatives, governors and state legislators as possible.' — from influential conservative columnist George F. Will.
Alex Roarty's "EMILY's List Strategy Questioned After Big Losses" at Roll Call probes the reasons why EMILY's List-endorsed candidates lost 4 of 5 key races. Although Kate McGinty won the Democratic U.S. Senate primary in PA, List endorsee Donna Edwards lost the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in MD, as did two other congressional candidates for MD 4 and 8, and a candidate for the PA-8 congressional district. Roarty discusses speculation that Emily's List contributions were provided too early in the Edwards-Van Hollen race, and perhaps there was too much spending on other safely-Democratic seats.
Salon.com Dave Masciotra explains why "We must shame dumb Trump fans: The white working class are not victims: It's not smug liberalism to point out Trump backers are low-educated. What's dangerous is to sympathize with them." Wiser, I would say, to save the ridicule for candidates, instead of voters.
Andrew Ross Sorkin's "President Obama Weighs His Economic Legacy" in The New York Times Magazine provides plenty of statistics, talking points and soundbites Democratic candidates and campaigns will find useful, not only in defending the Obama Administration's record, but also for promoting progressive values as cost-effective in the real world. Here's one of many revealing quotes and insights from the President during his interview with the author: "If you ask the average person on the streets, 'Have deficits gone down or up under Obama?' probably 70 percent would say they've gone up," Obama said, with some justifiable exasperation — the deficit has in fact declined (by roughly three-quarters) since he took office, and polls do show that a large majority of Americans believe the opposite."
At The Daily Beast, Will Marshall notes "A new PPI poll provides fresh evidence that the pragmatic center's demise has been greatly exaggerated. Swing voters still exist, and they likely will play a decisive role in determining which party wins control of the White House and Senate in November…The PPI survey examined four presidential battleground states that also feature competitive Senate and House races this year: Florida, Ohio, Colorado, and Nevada. We found that just over 20 percent of electorate in these swing states is made up of voters who lend their support equally to Democrats and Republicans, do not strongly identify with either party, and did not vote for the same party in the last two elections." Marshall argues further that a more centrist mix of economic policies is the key to winning these voters, even if it means alienating voters with more strongly-held populist beliefs.
Kyle Kondik presents a stunning chart in his Crystal Ball post, "Incumbency Still Powerful in Primaries," indicating that, since 1946, only 1.6 percent of House of Reps members lost their battles for renomination.
Paul Waldman has a perceptive American Prospect post on "The real Stakes in the Veeptakes," noting that "…the choice of a running mate matters very little for the final tally on Election Day, but can be critical to the administration's success." Waldman makes a strong case that Biden has been one of the most impressive Vice Presidents in U.S. history, and he offers some insights about the current names being bandied about as possible Democratic running mates. He also shares some funny quotes about the Vice Presidency, including "Daniel Webster would turn down the office by saying, "I do not propose to be buried until I am really dead."


More bugs from the property!
Just before Christmas, 2015, the property was hit by bushfire. Since then, I've been documenting the recovery and how the environment is responding.
This post shows what the property looked like the week following the fire. It was quite confronting. The cars we had all learned to drive in were burned. The shed and gazebo where we sat on many winter nights were flattened. There were some animal carcasses. There was no life, no greenery. Until we got to one of the neighbours, whose fields were still green.
During this visit, I tried to take more creative photos to show the destruction. We did see an echidna and kangaroo, which was reassuring.
A week after the previous visit. I was surprised to still find skinks.
We found a healthy ant nest near the dam – so naturally I took a lot of photos. This was the main nest we saw.
This was taken a couple of weeks later. Ants were starting to return and I saw a decent amount of birdlife. I didn't see as many birds for quite some time.
I may have done the same title twice! Things were starting to get exciting. We saw trees starting to get regrowth in places, especially around the dam. Insects were starting to return. We also got a new fence thanks to Blaze Aid which did so much for morale.
We were getting more and more regrowth. It was growing about a foot out from the trees in some places and in others, growing independent of any trees.
This visit, I showed the regrowth in a winder context. You can see the green up to the top of some trees and we were starting to be able to tell which trees had definitely died.
I didn't have the change to return here for a couple of months. The absence meant that there was a significant contrast between visits. My parents had cleaned up the wreckage from the shed. There was a lot of groundcover returning and a couple of specimens of fungi.
After 6 long months we were finally starting to see groundcover returning. Grass and sundew were popping up in their previous haunts. There was alsoan increase in bird activity; especially the first sighting of a wedgie!
May was unseasonably warm. As the cooler weather hit, we noticed a lot more fungi around. We've been making an effort to document this, although I'm struggling with ID'ing.
We finally got someone in to help with the cleanup. It was a bit of a shock seeing it compared to what it was like before. The tractor knocked over some of the fungi. It forced us to look harder to find interesting specimens and we found some new types.


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When we think about preventing water contamination, the first thing that comes to mind is boiling water to destroy microbes. Avoiding microbial contamination is the reason we avoid water from roadside eateries as well. But contamination is a more complex issue, and the type of contaminant and its health effects vary depending on our water source. The health impacts of water contamination can vary anywhere from a bout of stomach infection to terminal illnesses like cancer. The methods of water purification to ensure safe water depend on the specific contaminants in each person's water source.
Standards for potable water
So what exactly are the different types of contaminants in water, and what water is potable? In India, potable water is that which meets standards set by the BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards). Drinking water standard was first published in India in 1983, and revised in 1991. This was again revised in 2012 to upgrade it in line with global specifications like that of WHO and EU. Thus the latest version is BIS 10500 : 2012, which sets physical, chemical and bacteriological parameters to ensure potability of water.
Physical parameters are the most obvious aspects that we can perceive directly. These are colour, odour, taste, pH, turbidity and Total Dissolved Solids (TDS). Turbidity is the haziness of water due to suspended particles in it, which you can see if you hold a glass of water against light. Municipal water supply agencies usually use sand filters to remove suspended particles. TDS is the measure of total solids dissolved in the water.
Next come chemical parameters. If your residence receives municipal water supply in Bangalore, which comes from the river Cauvery (surface water), the chances of chemical contamination are low because the water is treated at the source before it is piped. Chemical contaminants are most likely to occur in groundwater, i.e., the water in wells and borewells. Groundwater is basically water that has percolated down the earth through layers of rocks and soil, and has accumulated underground. In the course of percolation, the water comes in contact with various salts and minerals, which can cause chemical contamination. These contaminants get dissolved in water, and hence are not directly visible.
Dissolved salts like nitrate and fluoride are included under the chemical parameters in the BIS. These types of salts vary across areas, depending on both geological factors and human activities. High levels of nitrate is linked with Blue Baby Syndrome, an oxygen deprivation disorder among babies, that could be fatal. Nitrate contamination of groundwater is quite common in Bangalore due to untreated sewage and high use of fertilisers in the city's peripheries.
In some parts of India, fluorosis, a condition that causes discolouration of teeth and sometimes skeletal changes, is quite common. It is caused by fluoride contamination of water, mostly attributed to geological factors. TDS, one of the physical parameters mentioned earlier, is in fact an aggregate measure of all these dissolved salts.
Chemical parameters also include toxic contaminants – heavy metals like lead, pesticides, and compounds like cyanide. Radioactive substances are also included. These contaminants can occur both in surface water and groundwater, though these are usually only found in water sources located close to industries, mines, landfills or in areas of high radioactivity. In general, pesticides now occur more commonly in water. Toxic contaminants can accumulate in the body upon long term exposure, and cause cancer, liver damage etc. While most toxic contaminants are the result of human activity, some like arsenic exist naturally too. Arsenic, a carcinogen, is found naturally in the groundwater in Gangetic Plain.
As urban residents increasingly use groundwater – whether from open wells, borewells or tanker supply – concerns about water contamination have also increased, as have the popularity and use of Reverse Osmosis (RO) purifiers. RO systems are highly energy-intensive water purifiers that can remove most chemical contamination and microorganisms in one go. It concentrates contaminants in one part of the water, and cleans the rest. The water that is rejected from the system is more harmful than the original source, and should be disposed off carefully.
Bacteriological parameters are set by the BIS appear only for bacteria – faecal coliform and total coliform. The standards state that these bacteria should not exist in potable water at all. Faecal coliform, which mostly comes from the faecal matter of humans or animals, is quite common in water sources in India. Household treatment systems, simple filters with chlorine tablets, more sophisticated UV filtration systems – all remove faecal and total coliform.
To remove bacterial contamination, municipal water supply agencies chlorinate water. After chlorination, the treated water would have 'residual, free chlorine', which is usually 2 ppm, or 2 mg of chlorine per litre of water. This ensures that new microbes that may enter water later also get killed. However, even in the case of municipal water supply, we may use filtration systems to remove bacteria, as water can become contaminated while moving along supply lines or while in municipal water tanks.
The safety of drinking water depends not only on water quality, but also on our bodies' immunity. It is best to get our regular water source tested at a local water testing lab at least once a year. You can use this information to select the appropriate treatment system instead of using a random purifier.
Ultimately, it is important to remember that the contaminants in our water come from us–all forms of waste, solid and liquid, industrial, agricultural etc. are released into the environment because of human activity. These are the wastes that find their way back to us through our water. This makes it it all more important to protect our water sources.
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LankaWeb – DailyFT – Be Empowered | What muck they carry to be empowered !
DailyFT – Be Empowered | What muck they carry to be empowered !
The link is to say, The quoted part is a true copy from the interview young Chatura Senaratne gave DailyFT and is published today.
It's in no way to bother you with stupid ego claims, full of contradictions and utter lies.
This dumb journo Chamodi Gunawardne simply gulps it. In 1986, how old was this stupid who wasn't even knee high to Vijaya?
And this too. "As a teenager I took to the streets with former President Mahinda Rajapaksa in 1992 against the Premadasa regime". Yes. 13 is a "teen". To be 13 in 1992, he should be born in 1979. When was this "born a liar" actually born? The DailyFT journo has no sense a fifth grader would have.
Check with this. "I have been waiting for this opportunity for about 30 years." To have thought of contesting elections, he had to be at least 18 years. But to give him a fair chance as he comes from a political family, let's say he was thinking of becoming a MP from a tender age of 12 years, then 30 yrs ago means, he is now 42 years. Then his birth year is 1973. Wonder where his father was then?
This is his beginning. If he graduates to be a politician from this school of lies and utter lies, he would have no competitors, for sure.
My issue is with DailyFT and these dumb Journos who have no sense in what they write for the Reader. Readers should not be insulted this way.
Q: To begin, how did you get involved in politics and where do you get your inspiration from?
A: I would like to say that I am not a beginner. I started my political journey in 1986 with the late Vijaya Kumaratunga. He took me into his campaigns and I learnt politics from him. As a teenager I took to the streets with former President Mahinda Rajapaksa in 1992 against the Premadasa regime.
I always wanted to see a change in the way we did politics in our country, so I followed my own political agenda which was often very different from my father's political agenda. I believed that the Sri Lankan political system needed a big clean up so that the people could trust and respect the politicians once again like in the '50s and '60s.
I sacrificed a medical career to get involved in politics full time. Looking back now I am very happy that I was able to give my fullest support to the civil movement which propelled President Maithripala Sirisena into power on 8 January.
Q: Are you happy with the progress made?
A: The Sirisena-Ranil Government worked tirelessly to pass the 19th Amendment and they succeeded. Therefore there is now hope for better governance and sustainable democracy.
Q: Are you contesting this time?
A: I could have contested the general elections before, however I decided to wait for the best time. I believe that 'the best time' has come. I have been waiting for this opportunity for about 30 years.
Q: Why did you challenge former President Mahinda Rajapaksa?
A: We took to the streets against late President Ranasinghe Premadasa with former President Rajapaksa in the '80s against his authoritarian rule; Rajapaksa would have never thought that someday the same people would rise against him after 22 years. We had no choice. Rajapaksa was going the same way with even more vigour. Very few people had the courage to challenge him. My father tried many times to advise him, he too failed. Therefore, we were left with no choice but to use our civil movement to mobilise mass support to bring about this regime change.
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Background Scientific practice guidelines (CPGs) recommend pharmacologic treatments for scientific conditions, and drug organised product labels (SPLs) summarize accepted treatment indications. pediatric sufferers, pregnant or breastfeeding females, Ambrisentan or for medical diagnoses not really meeting inclusion requirements. A vocabulary of medication terms was produced from five medical taxonomies. We utilized named entity reputation, in conjunction with dictionary-based and ontology-based strategies, to identify medication term occurrences in the written text corpus and build drug-disease organizations. The ATC (Anatomical Healing Chemical substance Classification) was useful Ambrisentan to perform medication name and medication class Rabbit Polyclonal to Connexin 43 matching to create the drug-disease organizations from CPGs. We after that obtained drug-disease organizations from SPLs using circumstances mentioned within their Signs section in SIDER. The principal outcomes had been the regularity of drug-disease organizations in CPGs and SPLs, as well as the regularity of overlap between your two models of drug-disease organizations, with and without needing taxonomic details from ATC. Outcomes Without taxonomic details, we recognized 1444 drug-disease organizations across CPGs and SPLs for 15 common chronic circumstances. Of the, 195 drug-disease organizations overlapped between CPGs and SPLs, 917 organizations happened in CPGs just and 332 organizations happened in SPLs just. With taxonomic info, 859 exclusive drug-disease associations had been identified, which 152 of the drug-disease organizations overlapped between CPGs and SPLs, 541 organizations happened in CPGs just, and 166 organizations happened in SPLs just. Conclusions Our outcomes claim that CPG-recommended pharmacologic therapies and SPL signs usually do not overlap regularly when determining drug-disease organizations using called entity acknowledgement, although incorporating taxonomic associations between medication names and medication classes in to the strategy enhances the overlap. It has essential implications used because conflicting or inconsistent proof may complicate medical decision producing and execution or dimension of guidelines. inside a CPG drug-disease association also needs to match an identical drug-disease association in SPLs, such as for example is thought as the event of the medication name Ambrisentan mention one or more Ambrisentan times in a recommendations recommendations. A is usually thought as the event of the chronic condition point out one or more times within the Signs portion of a SPL. Data resources We utilized data and assets from multiple publicly obtainable data resources: (1) guide summaries from your Country wide Guide Clearinghouse, (2) medication item label and indicator data from SIDER, (3) persistent disease data meanings from your Medicare Chronic Circumstances Data Warehouse, and (4) disease and medication ontologies from your Country wide Middle for Biomedical Ontology and ABER-Owl Repository . Country wide guide clearinghouse The Country wide Guide Clearinghouse (NGC), 1st created in 1997, recognizes released CPGs that fulfill inclusion requirements and summarizes their shows across 54 guide attributes, such as for example Guideline Title, Main Recommendations, and Focus on Populace [13, 14]. For every guide, the Major Suggestions section contains summarized key suggestions as indexed from the Country wide Guide Clearinghouse. Each guide summary can be tagged with Unified Medical Vocabulary Program (UMLS) Metathesaurus ideas, identifying major regions of medical medicine or healthcare addressed within the guide . The NGC after that indexes the guide summaries on the publicly available website for retrieval in multiple platforms, including XML and HTML. In June 2014, the NGC applied a new group of addition criteria for suggestions contained in the NGC repository . By Sept 2015, the NGC highlighted a lot more than 2400 guide summaries. NGC guide summaries, in conjunction with a comprehensive medication vocabulary constructed within this research, were the foundation of within this research. Medicare chronic circumstances data warehouse The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Providers provides a analysis data source, the Chronic Circumstances Data Warehouse (CCW), of Medicare beneficiaries persistent disease caution. Chronic circumstances are described by ICD-9 rules within the CCW Ambrisentan data dictionary obtainable since 2010 . BioPortal The Country wide Middle for Biomedical Ontology (NCBO) , structured at Stanford College or university, provides online equipment for being able to access and integrating ontological assets, including BioPortal, a repository of biomedical ontologies. BioPortal included a lot more than 460 biomedical ontologies by Sept 2015. ATC (Anatomical Healing Chemical substance Classification) was included and extracted from Bioportal because this ontology includes high-level medication classes in addition to related medication formulations and substances. For similar factors, NDF-RT was also included, and was attained straight from the Country wide Library of Medication. In NDF-RT, specific mother or father classes and their kids were included, particularly, Chemical/Ingredient, Exterior Pharmacologic Course, VA Product, System of Actions, and Therapeutic Classes. Aber-OWL repository Aber-OWL is really a framework that includes an ontology repository, in addition to web providers that enable ontology-based semantic usage of biomedical understanding . Specifically, extra ontologies and their semantic understanding were extracted from Aber-OWL, including MESH (Medical Subject matter Headings), NCIT (Country wide Cancers Institute Thesaurus), and CHEBI (Chemical substance Entities of Biological Curiosity Ontology), to be able to additional expand the medication vocabulary. Just subsets of the ontologies had been retrieved. For example, we limited the group of MESH conditions to subclasses of organic chemical substances, chemical actions.
This entry was posted in Default and tagged Ambrisentan, Rabbit Polyclonal to Connexin 43 on August 14, 2018 by Terry Evans.


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There are a few things common to every church body. One of which is the calling of a dynamic, anointed man of God that has the God given ability to decipher scriptural truth and also can attract people with a similar call. People who are uniquely equipped to aid in that man's mission. The other thing common to any ministry is simply strife. Strife follows wherever people congregate and organize. Humans can be a sorry lot, if you have any doubts ask a divorce attorney. Strife within a body of believers can be as equally as ugly as a divorce.
If in fact you are truly led to a body of believers then leaving is very much akin to divorce. The call and drawing ourselves to a church or mission is very similar to a call to a love in a marriage sense, and is spoken of as good and blessed of God. But in that same spirit we must realize that separation is spoken of as being bad and not of God. If it is a true call then that call will be unmistakable, and never to be ignored. If it was a false call you will be plagued by doubt. The enemy will see he can sift you, and use you in your double-mindedness to distract and dissuade God's man. In God's providence he will draw those of ill and misplaced intentions out, in the meantime here are five things to watch for in every body of believers, least it soon come into tribulation and strife.
Here are Five areas that are relentlessly exploited by the churches spiritual enemy, the devil.
Our churches are steeped in this sin. Men and woman in the church love to read the Bible and feign perfect doctrinal knowledge. People are eager to in-fight over every little thing in scripture. Salvation, heaven, sin, grace, histories, genealogies, prophecy, end-times, everybody has a theory and theirs is worth fighting for if challenged. The Pharisees suffered heavily from the pride of right doctrine. They literally missed their Messiah and crucified Him because they didn't see Jesus fitting into their interpretation of prophecy. It doesn't get any worse than that, yet Christians all over America are about their pet doctrines more so than preaching Christ.
Pro-Tip: If it is not a salvation issue then it isn't worth fighting over ever. Those that are antagonistic in their "truth" reveal them to be sufferers of the sin of Right Doctrine. You often encounter people like this that are obsessed with prophecy, and denominational fissures in scripture. Beware.
Attacking someone while their back is turned is thought of as cowardly, and un-gentlemanly. Meeting and conversing with people that are always finding fault and criticism of the Pastor, the church, the people is not healthy and should be chastised as such. Negativism is a blight on the church body, if you think you can correct a man of God and the direction of a God called ministry by whining and complaining you are fool. God established that ministry, God has purposed that ministry towards a mission and God will determine how to shape, guide and direct the men he called, equipped and led to be there. If correction is in order than God will correct in His own way and His own time. Always remember, these type of people that get caught up in gossip are the type of people that have given Christianity a bad name. The hypocrisy they find is nauseating, and it drives the lost away from the church by the droves.
Pro-tip: Nullify Gossip, and Back Biting at its inception and watch out for anyone who traffics in information and negativity. They do not have the best interest of the ministry in mind, nor do they have other believers best interest in mind seeing they obsessively drag people into conversations of little truth or import.
It amazes me how people obsess over prophecy, end-times and current events. What people don't know is the endless speculation that goes on by people over these issues is generated for profit and nothing more. Everything about Israel and prophecy has a profit motive attached to it. If we are talking about prophecy, everybody has a book, a video, a DVD, telling you how the world is going to end. Then with Israel, by being friends of Israel you get to cozy up with the rich influential lobbies and Christian Zionists that populate the halls of power.
Pro-Tip: If there are wars, and rumors of wars then it is because Israel and the United States has stirred it up. There is nothing holy or worthy of support in either of these two countries. Jesus said only God will know the time or date of His return. I have not read a book or seen a DVD yet that says written and produced by God. Until then all of these would be charlatans will keep talking you out of your money and most often your sanity.
Whether it is a false doctrine of obsessing over prophecy and seeking spiritual signs, or doctrines that rationalize sinful, entertainment driven activity in the church, it all is infinitely contrary to anything you find recommended in scripture. To be caught up in these things is to be caught up in untruths and error. Errors that often time become disrupting to a church body and mission because they steal the focus away from teaching applicable truth and the Gospel. No body of believers should be united in cause, because of the worship team, or united in cause over agreement on when the tribulation will be. These are all secondary often wholly speculative side issues, they are not binding and often time very divisive issues that put people at odds. The things that need to be preached are scriptures that emphasize, Christ, and the scriptures that pertain to right living within all of the spheres of life, like the family, church, society and government.
Pro-Tip: The best thing you can do is develop an aversion to all things speculative, worldly, and overly spiritualized.
The thing to note here is to remember that God calls people to church bodies. To leave a ministry or church body must be taken very seriously. To say you have been called to a church body, by God, and then decide later that it is not for you puts your faith, your calling, your ability to discern God's will, your spiritual maturity, and your spiritual steadfastness all into question. Your leaving, and any contention you bring upon your exit speaks more about you, and your lack of faith than it ever does of the church or the man of God presiding over the church. The Pastor can only trust that you came for the right reasons. And when he is not there to refute mistrust and disunity within the congregation he can only pray that the congregates are contending for the church, and the mission, and for the man of God. He puts it all out there every Sunday for the betterment of the congregation and furtherance of the Gospel, that alone demands the utmost respect.
Pro-Tip: So many people aren't truly called, they bounce around from church to church looking for something that fits them, or their families need. Very rarely will you find people that are convinced that they have been called to a ministry, and on top of that actively begin to serve and minister without expectation of gain. The best way to determine who is what is to watch peoples conversation and see how they serve.
People who engage in these behaviors are often in the middle of some perceived power-struggles with in a church body. They see themselves as being superior to the Pastor, the church leadership, and even with God seeing they disagree with whom God called to start that ministry and how that person sees fit to run that ministry. People who are filled up with Doctrinal Pride, and pet theories are never good on a body of believers. As long as you are not addressing their pet issues, or preaching their exact teaching on any given subject you can mark it down everyone they know will hear about it. While the preacher is preaching they are busy mis-aligning and undergirding the authority and leadership of any given church body. These people that struggle for power will never be a submissive, servant-oriented congregate. They are only trouble.
Pro-Tip: If someone is bidding for more influence, power or control then they have questionable motives to say the least. There are appropriate ways to express your perspectives and opinions, and then there are highly inappropriate ways, mainly creating public spectacles and division inside the church. The people who do these kind of things are no different than a gay couple forcing a baker to make a cake they don't want to. Same goes for a Pastor being targeted and told they must do something different and to capitulate to people in the congregation. The Pastor has no such obligation, if they don't like the Pastor or ministry then they can take their money and support elsewhere, but they have no right to try to destroy His ministry. Really who are you to pass judgment on another man's work to the point of harm?
People that engage in these activities are poison to a church body. When it becomes clear that their demands will not be met or their pet doctrines will not be entertained by the Pastor they start to invent all sorts of outrageous lies in a desperate bid to destroy that Pastor and that ministry. If they say the Pastor isn't a pastor, then you better have evidence he has failed to teach the word in truth and power every Sunday. If they say he is a cult leader and people worship him, then you better have evidence that he asked to sire your children, and require you to sell all your possessions for the ministry. That is the kind of stuff cult leaders do, and to say this without that kind of evidence then that makes you a liar. All and all these malcontented types only want to ruin that body of believers worship experience. They make it about everything other than the mission of that Pastor and that Church. Instead work to identify these people, point their murmuring out to the Pastor and make every effort to encourage them to leave. If they don't leave then it is time to ask them to leave and never come back. Their inability to control themselves, discipline their tongues and check their behavior marks them as an agent of the enemy in that body of believers. Rest assured those loyal to the fellowship body, know what is being said by who, the truth always gets out no matter how lies get spun. Just know to engage in these activities labels you as someone who will never be trusted again by the loyal few. Please Like us on Facebook and also sign up for the weekly Newsletter.


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Wakefield Signs Professional Contract
Charlie Wakefield is the latest youngster from the academy to be handed a professional contract.
The versatile 17-year-old, who can play in defence or midfield, is delighted to have been given the opportunity to turn professional."It feels great to have signed," he said after penning a two-year deal.
"It's a dream come true as I've always wanted to get a professional contract, but it's only the start and I've got to keep working hard to impress in pre-season."
Academy manager Mark Smith said: "Charlie is a tenacious player who has a lot of potential. He's far from the finished article but he's shown enough to earn a contract.
"This shows once again how much the academy is being supported by the club, which is great to see. It makes my job easier when it comes to attracting youngsters to Chesterfield as the players and their parents can see how many academy graduates have been given contracts."
Wakefield made his debut as a substitute in the game at Scunthorpe United towards the end of the season.