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Pope brings peace message to Africa
Associated Press— December 2, 2015
By NICOLE WINFIELD and KRISTA LARSON
BANGUI, Central African Republic — Flanked by Vatican bodyguards in flak jackets and machine-gun-toting U.N. peacekeepers, Pope Francis plunged Sunday into conflict-wracked Central African Republic and urged the country's Christian and Muslim factions to lay down their weapons and instead arm themselves with peace and forgiveness.
Francis issued the appeal from the altar of Bangui's cathedral after arriving in the badly-divided capital on the final leg of his three-nation African tour.
Schoolgirls dressed in the yellow and white of the Holy See flag and women wearing traditional African fabric dresses emblazoned with the pope's face joined government and church authorities to welcome Francis at Bangui airport amid tight security.
Cheering crowds lined his motorcade route – about five kilometers (three miles) of it in his open-sided popemobile. The crowds swelled again at a displacement camp, where children sang him songs of welcome and held up hand-made signs saying "Peace," ''Love" and "Unity."
"My wish for you, and for all Central Africans, is peace," Francis told the nearly 4,000 residents in the St. Sauveur church camp. With the help of a Sango translator, he then led them in a chant: "We are all brothers. We are all brothers."
"And because we are brothers, we want peace," he said.
Sunday's visit was a rare moment of jubilation in Central African Republic, where Muslim rebels overthrew the Christian president in early 2013, ushering in a brutal reign that led to a swift and horrific backlash against Muslim civilians when the rebel leader left power the following year.
Throughout the early months of 2014, mobs attacked Muslims in the streets, even decapitating and dismembering them and setting their corpses ablaze. Tens of thousands of Muslim civilians fled for their lives to neighboring Chad and Cameroon. Today, the capital that once had 122,000 Muslims has only around 15,000, according to Human Rights Watch.
Overall, 1 million people in a country of 4.8 million have been forced from their homes.
While ecstatic crowds celebrated the pope's visit and message of reconciliation, thousands of Muslims remained essentially blockaded in their neighborhood of PK5, unable to leave because of the armed Christian militia fighters called the anti-Balaka who surround its perimeter.
Francis plans to enter this highly volatile neighborhood on Monday morning to meet with the local imam and Muslims in the mosque before returning to Rome.
In his inaugural Mass on Sunday night, Francis reminded the faithful that their primary vocation was to love their enemy and be courageous in forgiving and overcoming hatred, violence, persecution and injustice.
"To all those who unjustly use weapons in this world, I appeal: Put down your weapons of death; arm yourselves instead with justice, love, mercy and authentic guarantees of peace," he said to applause.
The precarious security in Bangui, which is awash in weapons, had raised the possibility in recent weeks that the pope could cancel his visit or at least trim it back. While sectarian clashes have left at least 100 people dead over the last two months, in recent days Bangui has been relatively free of gunfire.
Welcoming Francis at the presidential palace, President Catherine Samba-Panza thanked him for his "lesson in courage" in simply coming, saying his presence showed the "victory of faith over fear."
In a nod to Francis' appeal for personal soul-searching, she offered a public confession.
"In the name of the entire governing class of this country and also in the name of all those who have contributed in some way to its descent into hell, I confess all the evil that has been done here over history and ask forgiveness from the bottom of my heart," she said.
In response, Francis told her he was here as a "pilgrim of peace, an apostle of hope," and that he hoped elections scheduled for next month would enable the conflict-torn country to "serenely begin a new phase of its history."
But the security situation remains tense and fragile: Bangui's archbishop travels into the city's Muslim enclave under escort from armed peacekeepers. Bangui has long been under a nightly curfew of 8 p.m. as gunbattles have rung out after dark in the flashpoint neighborhoods.
Adding to the joy of Francis' arrival was that the curfew was extended to 10 p.m. to accommodate the prayer vigil Francis celebrated Sunday night at the cathedral.
Security, however, was understandably tight.
A U.N. helicopter hovered overhead at the airport and armed peacekeepers on foot stood about 20 feet (six meters) apart lining the road into the capital before the pope's arrival. Vatican gendarmes already on the ground when Francis arrived donned flak vests – an unusual if not unprecedented occurrence.
At the St. Sauveur church displacement camp where Francis visited, dozens of U.N. peacekeepers stood guard and security forces wielded portable metal detectors – a rare event in this largely anarchic country.
"It is a great joy and we are very touched that he is coming to visit," said Merline Bambou, 24, as she left Sunday Mass wearing a two-piece dress with Francis' face on it. "For two years we have been crying. We hope the visit of the pope will change things for the better."
Francis underscored the message of the need for forgiveness and mercy by hearing confessions from several young Catholics at a Sunday evening vigil.
He started the Mass with a ceremonial opening of the cathedral's Holy Door – officially launching his Jubilee Year of Mercy a week early in a bid to give Africa a special spiritual boost.
Brigitte Kanga, 50, among the thousands gathered on the lawn outside the cathedral for the Mass on Sunday, said she personally was ready to forgive but she knows not all those who suffered under the Muslim rebel regime are ready to do the same.
"Nothing is impossible but it will take time."
The Muslim community, as well, hopes the visit will improve the bleak condition they're living in. Imam Oumar Kobine Layama, presidennt of the Central African Islamic Community, said the country's Muslims want the pope to pray for them all.
"For the reconciliation of our hearts, the hearts of all the Central Africans, and be the door – our open door – because we don't have a voice now, we are really living in a precarious situation that doesn't have a name."
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Could There be More to the Proverb "The Way to a Persons Heart is Through Their Stomach"?
Cholesterol: The Good and Bad__ The trouble arises when the balance between the two cholesterol carriers gets out of whack. High LDL-cholesterol that result from poor diet, age or genetics may result in plaques in the arteries that can burst, leading to heart attack or stroke. Due to its connection with heart disease it's no wonder that LDL-cholesterol is referred to as "bad" cholesterol. Indeed, a 1% drop in LDL-cholesterol may reduce the risk of heart disease by up to 3%. The Way to Our Hearts Through Our Gut What is not necessarily obvious is the role our gut plays in cholesterol and heart health.
Scientists are now studying how the microbial communities in our gut (collectively known as our microbiome) interact with each other (http://www.economist.com/node/21560523). Interestingly, for metabolic diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease, the microbiome seems to play a vital role. Researchers now suggest that the types and levels of microbes in the gut may be used to predict a person's chance of having a heart attack (http://www.fasebj.org/content/26/4/1727.long).
Microbiome Plus+™ for Heart Health One strategy to shift the microbiome to health is through the ingestion of probiotics. But research also shows that probiotics are not "one size fits all". Two recent clinical studies showed that when patients with high cholesterol levels were given daily doses of the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus reuteri NCIMB 30242 (Microbiome Plus+™), their blood cholesterol levels dropped by 10-12% compared to patients that were given a placebo. (Link to website publication). Microbiome Plus+™ was selected and optimized for production of a key enzyme called bile salt hydrolase. Once ingested, Microbiome Plus+™ uses its potent enzymatic machinery to help modulate cholesterol levels and promote heart health. Microbiome Plus+™ for Inflammation In addition to keeping LDL-cholesterol in check, calming inflammation in the body may be just as important for preventing heart disease. Starting in 1997, Dr. Paul Ridker of Harvard Medical School began finding a relation between an inflammation compound called C-reactive protein (CRP) and heart disease (http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=712737). It was shown that elevated CRP levels almost tripled the risk for heart attack and doubled the risk for stroke. Indeed, Microbiome Plus+™ when given twice daily for 9 weeks, was shown to reduce CRP levels by a significant amount when compared to patients taking placebo. Microbiome Plus+™ also greatly reduced the number of subjects with CRP levels in the so-called "high-risk" group. With rapidly increasing rates of heart disease throughout the world, the development of Microbiome Plus+™ as a safe and effective probiotic is timely. When it comes to probiotics, the way to our hearts are indeed through our gut.
Sources and further reading The human microbiome: Me, myself, us. The Economist. August 2012.
http://www.economist.com/node/21560523 V. Lam et al. Intestinal microbiota determine severity of myocardial infarction in rats. The Journal of the Federation of American Socities for Experimental Biology. April 2012, pages 1727-35. http://www.fasebj.org/content/26/4/1727.long Paul M. Ridker. Evaluating novel cardiovascular risk factors: can we better predict heart attacks?. Annals of Internal Medicine. June 1999, pages 933-37. http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=712737

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In Common Water
The Rev. Jennifer Adams – March 19, 2017 – Lent 3, Year A: John 4:5-42
During my sermon prep this week, I came to the conclusion that there are no fewer than seventy-three sermons that could be preached on this gospel passage. Now there are Sundays when we're going through the readings and I wonder (usually to myself,) "What the heck are we going to do with that?" This isn't one of those.
The good news in that for me is that I'm set for my entire preaching career on this one. The passage comes up twice in every three-year lectionary cycle and so I'm good to go. The good news for you is that, as far as this morning goes, I've narrowed it down from seventy-three to two and I kept these two because they're often set up as an either-or approach, and I think they belong together.
The story is this. A Samaritan woman went to the well for water. And at first glance there is nothing very uncommon about any of it at all. The well was where people went for water, where many people still go for water and often in this particular culture it was woman's work to do it. But then we hear that the woman went at noon which was strange. This means that she went at the hottest time of the day, highest sun rather than in the morning when others went. Which highlights the fact that this woman went to the well alone. So this was a woman who couldn't go when the other women were there, either because of her life-circumstances or history, or some other sort of societal estrangement. So for whatever reason, this woman was completely by herself.
Now Jesus met her there at the well and again, not such a big deal, right? Even Messiahs wanted a drink now and then. Except that culturally what happened there that day was unheard of. First, for a respectable, unaccompanied male to approach an unaccompanied female and enter into conversation was strictly against the rules. Remember that when the disciples came back they couldn't believe that Jesus was speaking to a woman? That was because it was an extreme breach of both societal and religious etiquette to do so.
Now just to make things even more extreme, on top of the woman being a woman, she was also a Samaritan and Jesus was a Jew. And as the gospel said so very clearly, "Jews did not share things in common with Samaritans." And that was putting it mildly. The two groups absolutely hated each other. And the hatred was deep, and it was fierce, and at times it was violent. The rift had to do with differences in religious-ethnic heritage and each group's interpretation of "true religion" including what constituted for each of them the "true Holy Sites of God," the places where God could be found.
So, by all accounts this was a conversation that should never have happened. "Jews did not share things in common with Samaritans." And at the same time, it was a conversation that desperately needed to happen. If there was ever to be reconciliation or anything remotely resembling peace among these peoples the conversation needed to happen. Which brings me to sermon number one. (That was all just background for both:-)
For our Lenten study this year, we're reading a book and learning a practice called "Fierce Conversations." The approach is incredibly simple and is built on the premise that our conversations are our relationships. Period. Our conversations are our relationships. Author Susan Scott teaches business people, teachers, civic and religious leaders, that relationships don't exist without the deeper connections that come with, very simply, yet counter-culturally being present to each other in genuine and truthful conversation. It's not rocket science really, but we as a people are losing the skill. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in his book The Dignity of Difference, a book which I'm re-reading because it ties into all of this so well goes so far as to say "The greatest single antidote to violence is conversation." Conversations not only bind us to each other they keep us from tearing each other down or more literally killing each other.
And so here we have what is actually the longest conversation between two people in all of the gospels. And it's a conversation that by all accounts should never have happened and yet by another account absolutely needed to.
It's a man and a woman. A Messiah and a marginal human being. A Jew and a Samaritan. And they talk first about the very human need for water. Easy opening line, right? (Sermon on Flint fits in here.) Then they talk about the ground on which they stand and what it means to each of them and their people. (Sermon about each of us and the places we've lived, the walks we we've walked, the sacred places and times we've known.) "Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain," the woman says to Jesus. In other words, "This place matters to me," she tells him.
Then they talk about personal history – "I have no husband," the woman said to which Jesus responded, "That's right, you have had five husbands and the one you have now is not your husband." And then rather than judgement, he simply commended her for telling the truth. He commended her for telling her truth. (Six sermons fit in here.)
She then shared some theological thoughts, "I know that the Messiah is coming," she said. And maybe that was as much a prayer as anything. To which Jesus then responded, "I am He, the one to which you are speaking." And so there she was at noon, as outcast as they come, probably as thirsty as they come, certainly as articulate as anyone we have yet to meet in this gospel, (right in there with Nicodemus last week and perhaps slightly ahead of the disciples who entered at this point without too much to add but at least knowing what questions not to ask.) There she was in the presence of God in ways that neither she nor anyone else would have ever expected possible.
The conversation itself was transformational on many levels and its effects far reaching in ways she could have never predicted when she got up that morning. So it goes. When the woman left the well she went back to her people and she talked to them, which given her status, took some courage. And they listened which, given her status, was a miracle in itself. And then they, 'Believed in him because of her testimony."
The Samaritans then in a move that shattered the limits of what any of them would have believed possible, invited Jesus to stay with them (remember Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans! Except apparently stories, meals, hopes, homes, and presumably prayers.) And he did. And by the end of the gospel passage the people said with gratitude to the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard and talked for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world."
Witness the power and hope and ripples of conversations at the well.
What Jesus offered the woman was first, basic acceptance as a human being, a child of God. It didn't matter that she was alone or a Samaritan or feisty enough to question him a bit when he first asked for water any of which could have brought this whole occasion to an abrubt end. Jesus simply met her. They received each other and their differences were acknowledged but didn't matter until they became the basis, the means for a deep and rich conversation and eventually what I think was likely a mutual transformation. Together these two broke down barriers that had been established for generations. "The test of faith," Rabbi Sacks writes, "is whether or not I can make space for difference. Can I recognize God's image in someone who is not in my image, whose language, faith, ideals, are different than mine?" which is what happened at the well that day. And which can happen in our world every day.
Which brings me to sermon number two (and don't worry it's not as long as sermon number one.) Those conversations aren't easy and they can at times be confusing, even exhausting. Those encounters take effort. Sometimes they even fail, or fall flat and most of the time the turnaround from initial encounter to warmly sharing meals together in one another's homes isn't as quick as this story's 42 verses.
These conversations (and according to Susan Scott, these relationships) take time and intentionality, and they also take something greater than ourselves to sustain and make happen. And so, "I offer you living water," Jesus said, "the kind of water that flows through you and others and this world because God made it… I offer you living water," Jesus said, "the kind that runs like a living stream, a spring of water gushing up to eternity".
And then he said a sort of amazing thing given the context, "It doesn't really matter where you worship. What matters is worshiping in spirit and in truth." Now that could easily lead me in to sermons three through seventy-three and I promised to hold back a bit, but what I want us to hear is that while we enter into the hard and vulnerable work, the ministry and desperately needed ministry of deep and genuine engagement and compassionate conversation, there is a well that will sustain us, guide us, heal us. There is a holy and eternal well whose water will flow through us and flow through others too coming at times from surprising places. This is the well whose hopeful stream and balm of reconciliation is woven into our and this world's very being. "The fields are ripe for harvesting," Jesus said which says that seeds of things like mercy and peace, compassion and forgiveness have already been planted. So go into God's world, into your lives, into our common life – let's help that harvest happen.
I encourage you to gather at the well on a regular basis. We need it, we all do. There is living water to be had and to be shared. In the morning, at noon, in the evening gather at the well. Be the Samaritan woman and the Body of Christ that we have been created and called to be. Receive the other as they are and be received as yourself. Stay for a couple of hours or days or weeks or years or decades. Through it all may we learn to speak and listen in ways that bring truth, healing and hope, remembering that there is something of salvation woven in, a stream of life flowing to eternity – through you, through me, through this world that God so loves.
Meet Me in the Dark
The Rev. Jennifer Adams – Lent 2, Year A: John 3:1-17
I came to love Nicodemus because of a song by Melissa Etheridge. Seriously. The odds of that might not seem very high, given who these two people are, Nicodemus and Melissa that is. They come from entirely different worlds, different times, different perspectives and backgrounds, not to mention entirely different belief systems. They would be considered about as far apart as two people can be on whatever spectrum you put in front of them. But I love them both. I probably even love myself and this world better because of them. So, let me tell you a little more about each.
First, Nicodemus who was just introduced to us in the reading from the gospel of John. He appears three times in this gospel and this was the first. Nicodemus was "a Pharisee, a leader of the Jews," the gospel tells us. Which means that Nicodemus' job was to know and uphold the religious law. It was his job to live it, to teach it, and to pass it on to his community of faith and the generations that would follow him.
Now given his position, Nicodemus was one of the most powerful people in his community. He likely had considerable wealth, and status and power. His wardrobe consisted of nice, expensive liturgical robes (not that there's anything wrong with that.) Nicodemus stood in a solid position of leadership and respect. He was visible, central and highly regarded. One would have said that Nicodemus had it all, and that that "all" was held together very well. Given his position and his status, one would of thought that Nicodemus had nothing to fear.
Yet apparently he did, because Nicodemus of all people came to Jesus by night. That's how this passage opened and it's where they stayed throughout. The entire conversation that Nicodemus had with Jesus happened in the dark.
And honestly, this used to frustrate me to no end. I thought that Nicodemus was sort of sneaky in his approach. I wanted him to stand out in the daylight with the other searchers and seekers and shout out his questions just like all the rest of them. Nicodemus was one of the most powerful people in this gospel. And yet he came to Jesus by night.
And because there is grace, the light of the world met him there.
OK, hold that image, because now I want you to meet Melissa, in case you haven't already. Born in 1961, Melissa is a jean jacket wearing, electric guitar playing, initially underground singer song-writer, and gay rights activist who came on the music scene in the late-1980's. She's won Grammies and an Academy Award, and Melissa comes from of all places, the deeply Mid-Western state of Kansas. Melissa's edgy, pretty sure she owns no liturgical garments, and at the beginning of her career she was, and at various points throughout remained quite marginal. Melissa was Janis Joplin meets 80's pop and while she started out with virtually no authority in this world, she played with passion from the margins, and she gave words and strength and hope to many who needed those kinds of mercy-filled things.
And so mid-career, Melissa wrote a song called "Meet me in the Dark." Here are some of her words:
"Meet me in the dark," she wrote, presumably to someone she loved.
"Meet me in the shadows,
past the old graveyard, down Eisenhower Road.
Meet me where the storms blow out on their own, dear,
meet me in the dark and never let me go."
And Nicodemus could have sung this song too. And I think that matters. These two share a song.
"I know everyone has their unspoken fear," she sang,
"It eats away their senses and their humanity.
They carry all their secrets every night down to the river,
and they try so hard to drown them, but they won't do that to me."
Because I'm working hard, saving all my money" Melissa sings,
the tips in this jar, buy brand new set of wings for my mercury until then please,
Meet me in the dark, meet me in the shadows
past the old grave yard, down Eisenhower Road."
"And then finally in her last stanza. "I could never hide, this little light of mine, but for now,
Nicodemus and Melissa share a song and there is something profoundly beautiful about that. They were essentially praying the same prayers – asking for paths forward, for safety, for courage, for light. Now odds are good that Nicodemus and Melissa would never have hung out together. An absolutely stereotypic, vested and invested religious leader and an absolutely stereotypic liberation fighting, pop- rocking, gay American whose paths may never have crossed.
Except there's this thing about darkness and light that they share and that so many in our world share too. On some level we all do. Nicodemus needed the darkness for cover because he had questions, questions about faith and growth and he was a Pharisee for heavens sakes and so really, he wasn't supposed to be uncertain at all. But he was. Nicodemus had a lot to lose. Even one meeting with Jesus put his entire career as a Pharisee at risk. And so Nicodemus used the cover of darkness and because there is grace, the light of the world met him there.
Melissa had a lot to lose too – in some ways less in some ways more but I think comparisons at that level don't really mean much at all. Melissa's love put her at risk and so, for a while, she used the cover of darkness too.
But there is grace and something happened to both of them – from the darkness Melissa sang about light and wind and wings – and eventually they came to her. And in the darkness, Nicodemus was offered them too.
"The wind blows where it chooses," Jesus told Nicodemus. "You hear the sound of it. But you don't always know where it comes from or where it goes. "So it is," Jesus said with everyone who is born of the Spirit."
And maybe being born again feels like all of that. It starts in a dark place, because this world is full of those kinds of places, our lives are full of them too and then something of light is discovered, or finds us and something like wind fills us and guides us. And those who lean toward the Nicodemus end of things and those who lean toward the Melissa end of things discover (in her words but not far from the gospel) "their own humanity" and something of God and others too.
"God so loved the world," the gospel says. "That he sent his only Son, not to condemn the world but so that it could be saved"…over and over again.
We'll hear from Nicodemus again, so stay tuned. A few chapters on in this very gospel it will be Nicodemus who raises his voice among his brother Pharisees when they shout to crucify Jesus. It will be Nicodemus who in broad daylight uses his voice in an act of love, sacrificial love and tells them to stop. (Hear – I could never hide this little light of mine.) And then at the end of the gospel it is Nicodemus who carries Jesus body to the tomb, meeting his friend in the darkness, Nicodemus carries him forward into a rebirth that becomes eternal life and light for us all.
And maybe this is what being born again, and again and again looks like. There is darkness in this world so many kinds of darkness – the darkness that is uncertainty, the darkness that is poverty, the darkness that is having so much you really believe that you have everything to lose at every turn, the darkness of being "other," undocumented or "refugee."
But we as Body of Christ can meet in the dark, in the shadows of this world. Because the light of the world is there too. There is wind. There is Spirit. There is song. And maybe that's what being reborn is all about.
God so loved the world, the story says. God so loved Nicodemus and Melissa and you and me. All of it – and never letting go. God came not to condemn but in order that the world might be saved. And so we are. Over and over again.
How Will They Know?
The Rev. Jennifer L. Adams – Ash Wednesday 2017: Isaiah 58:1-12, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-2
Many of you know that I was raised in the Episcopal Church. I grew up outside of Detroit, my family attended church just about every week and a significant part of my high school church experience involved participating in our parish youth group. Now before we go too far I don't want to paint a false picture, which can happen when you get used to seeing someone vested in white robes and know them to be constantly immersed in all things church. To clarify, I didn't necessarily hop in the car willingly every Sunday, all dressed up, having read through the lectionary texts on Saturday night so as to be prepared for worship and youth group the next morning. My attendance was forced on many occasions. It often took parental threats to simply get me in the car. But threaten they did, and in retrospect I am only grateful. (So side note for those of you parents out there who wonder if it matters, if the struggles are worth it? – they are. I'm not going to travel down that road in this sermon, but am happy to at another time. Attendance wasn't a practice I willingly adopted but being present in that Episcopal church community was integral to the faith and the at least semblance of spiritual grounding I have today.)
So part of what we did in youth group was sing. Some good tunes. Some pretty bad tunes with good intent behind them. Those of you who grew up in youth group circles know the scene. Now given that my context at the time was 1980's high church Episcopalian, these songs were different than what we were experiencing on Sunday mornings. And one of the songs that found its way into our youth circles was the song "They'll know we are Christians by our love." It's probably familiar perhaps even still haunting to some of you.
The hymn was written by a man named Peter Scholtes while he was serving as a parish priest on the South Side of Chicago in the 1960's. "At the time, he was leading a youth choir which met in the parish basement. He was looking for an appropriately simple song for a series of ecumenical and interracial events and when he couldn't find such a song, Scholtes wrote this now-famous hymn in a single day. His experiences with that congregation and in the Chicago Civil Rights movement influenced him and his work for the rest of his life."
Now I found the song itself a little sappy and even today I realize it's not the most sophisticated of hymns, but it's stuck with me. And it speaks to what this season is all about.
We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord,
We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord
(in case you didn't catch that the first time.)
And we pray that all unity may one day be restored.
And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love;
They will know we are Christians by our love.
We will work with each other, we will work side by side.
And we'll guard each one's dignity and save each one's pride.
And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love.
We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand.
And together we'll spread the news that God is in our land.
And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love
By our love, by our love
So could it really be that simple? I think it hits at the question of the season. As we work to be Lentenly attentive to our faith, as we are called to be very intentionally faithful this season, how will we and they know when we are the Christians we have been called to be?
In the gospel passage today, Jesus goes through a list of what people of faith typically hold up as signs of "what it means to be faithful" and he sort of tears them down. "Don't sound a trumpet before you when you give," he said. "Don't look dismal when you fast so that others know you're doing it. Don't even pray in public just to be seen," Jesus told them. Because that's not what being faithful looks like. Not to mention that it's not how witness works. Pray and fast and give, but not as proof or show. Do those things to strengthen, and renew, and relieve. God will see you and God will help you which is what matters.
Isaiah was on it too going right at similar patterns and traps. "Why you we fast but you do not see?" the people were asking of God. "Why humble ourselves but you, do not notice?" they wondered aloud. In other words, "We're doing everything we're supposed to be doing as good religious folks, and God, you don't seem to be responding to us."
To which Isaiah responded: "The fast that God chooses is to loose the bonds of injustice, undo the thongs of the yoke, let the oppressed go free, break every yoke, share bread, clothe the naked, and bring the homeless poor into our homes."
And so, it is the love and care you offer your neighbor and the most hurting in this world that reveals faith – to others and to yourself too. They'll know we are Christians by acts of mercy and compassion and basic human care.
Now the good news is that this Lent, we aren't lacking for opportunities to do those kinds of things. The world is as blatantly and obviously broken as it ever has been and the needs abound. There is ample opportunity every day for us to grow in faith, and in so doing, to show the world something of Christ.
And so we gather in this room to pray – where as the gospel says, "God sees and listens and knows." We give and we fast in order to cleanse and in order to have more to share. We come together in order to set ourselves and others free.
"If you remove the yoke from among you," Isaiah said, "then your light shall rise in the darkness and your gloom be like the noonday. Your ruins [of which there are many] shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to live in."
The promise of this season as we walk with Christ through death and into resurrection is that unity will one day be restored. The kind of unity that is genuine reconciliation, wholeness, the peace that is Shalom. And we have a vital role to play in helping that happen.
And so for Lent let's work with each other, let's work side by side.
May we guard each one's dignity and save each one's pride.
Let's walk with each other, walk hand in hand.
And together we'll spread the news that God is in all lands?
And they'll know – we'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love. They will know we are Christians by our love.
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Police: Terrain hid body of motorist missing for two years
News News | Sep 29, 2004
Terry Johnson's body decomposed for two years near the top of Independence Pass as thousands of motorists drove by just a few hundred yards away.Then Gerald Bennett, a hunter from Granby scouting the area out, found Johnson's jaw bone. Bennett called the sheriff's office in Leadville, and the mystery of Johnson, a Boulder man who disappeared in late September 2002, began to unravel.According to the investigation report, Lake County Sheriff Ed Holte and two deputies hiked into the scene on Sept. 20 and found more of Johnson's remains, his mangled Mazda Miata and a fanny pack with his driver's license. They also found bone fragments, a belt buckle and remnants of his clothing.The report indicates Johnson was traveling too fast to negotiate the final hairpin turn at the top of the east side of the pass. After losing control, he careened off the shoulder and over a cliff. The car continued down the mountainside until it hit a tree.Diana Holte, dispatch supervisor for the Lake County Sheriff's Department, said Johnson and his car remained out of sight for so long because the forest and the geography conspired to hide the accident scene from everyone but the hunter.The thick stand of trees that checked Johnson's fall kept his body and car hidden from drivers on the switchback below. And the cliff that Johnson and his Mazda Miata went over kept him from the sight of motorists coming down from the pass summit.In the week after Johnson's body was found, the accident scene was secured and police brought in a dog trained to find people or body parts. "We found everything possible [of Johnson's remains]," Diana Holte said.On Sunday, the car was hauled back up the cliff it carried Johnson over.The investigation report indicates Johnson was traveling faster than the 30-mph speed limit when he lost control on that final turn. Signs leading up to the turn clearly indicate that it is extremely sharp and requires drivers to slow to 10 mph."If you don't do what the speed limit sign says, nine times out of 10 you're going to lose," Diana Holte said.Johnson's jaw was sent to a lab in Jefferson County to confirm his identification with dental records.


Sunrise renters insurance is a way to protect your personal belongings if you are renting a house, apartment, townhouse, condominium or any other type of dwelling. Essentially, rental coverage works in the same way home coverage works but for those who do not own the home. Although the landlord will be responsible for paying for any damages to the home, such as a broken window from a theft or floor replacement due to a faulty plumbing system, your contents are not covered through your landlords' insurance. It is your responsibility to insure your personal belongings under a Sunrise renters insurance plan.
Surprisingly enough, out of the over 80 million Americans that rent, only about one third actually have renters insurance. If you are one of the households in Sunrise that is currently without Florida renters insurance, then now is the time to do something about it.
Florida is the 14th most expensive state for renters insurance with an average policy costing renters $201 annually . But what is included in this price and policy? Below is a breakdown of Sunrise rental coverage.
Personal property coverage - this type of coverage will protect your belongings from a number of disasters. If your contents have been destroyed or damaged, personal property coverage will pay to have them replaced. This includes things like furniture, televisions and computers as well as rugs, CD's, photos, jewelry and toys. The amount of coverage you receive will depend on the limit you choose. Most Sunrise residents will opt for a plan that comes with a $20,000 to $30,000 limit.
Weather damage - this is included in your personal property coverage. Your property will be protected from any wear and tear due to snow, ice, sleet, hail or any other weather conditions.
Natural disaster protection - again, personal property coverage protects your contents from disasters such lightning, windstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Damage from others - this includes damage or destruction caused by vandalism, theft, riots or other civil commotion. It also includes any damage you have incurred if your neighbor accidentally overflows the bathroom, burns down his apartment or does anything else that can negatively impact your rental property and its contents.
Personal liability protection - this is a great optional extra for those with small children or for those who do a lot of entertaining. Personal liability protection will pay for any medical expenses or legal expenses if someone gets seriously injured or killed in your home.
Loss of use coverage - this takes care of any expenses incurred if you need to relocate to a new house or apartment during a natural disaster.
Despite the name, it's not always sunny in Sunrise and residents are all too familiar with the fickle weather present in this normally peaceful town. This is one of the main reasons to insure your contents with Sunrise renters insurance. The last thing you want to worry about during a hailstorm, a fire or any other natural disaster is how you will pay to replace your furniture or where you will find the extra cash to front a hotel for your family if your condo becomes unlivable. Sunrise renters insurance will cover these expenses so you can concentrate on more important matters.
When you are comparing the different coverage policies, do not simply go for the cheapest premium available. Read the policies, check the pricing and the limits to be sure that you are insuring for your lifestyle. A renters home insurance policy that only covers one third of the cost of your belongings will not be too useful if your entire loft and its contents are destroyed in a fire.
Furthermore, paying for a $30,000 limit on goods that only equate to $5,000 will also not do you any good. It is important to find the perfect balance between cost and quality on your Sunrise renters insurance.
One of the best and easiest ways to find the right policy for your needs is to do a quick comparison online of different companies that offer Sunrise renters insurance. Fill in your details and you will instantly be connected to a number of reputable coverage carriers across Florida. You can click, compare and purchase Sunrise renters insurance in the comfort of your own home.
Although Sunrise rental insurance is not required by law, anyone, from a student to a senior citizen and especially families with small children or expensive belongings, can benefit from the added level of security Sunrise renters insurance promises.


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There is something about soaking in a bath tub to melt away stress. One question when remodeling built-in or freestanding? Bath tubs come in many beautiful designs and materials and become a focal point of your bathroom. Bath tubs are not limited by the need to fit between walls or into tile so renovators are able to be creative with the shape and placement. Some things to consider when installing a bathtub are the dimensions of the bathroom. There are standard bath sizes for straight and corner baths. We can also add a beautiful step or luxury taps to make your bath.
When we renovate your bathroom, we can provide a total solution. You may provide your own builder and tiler or just ask us and we will provide all the skills for you. We also provide only quality fixtures and sanitaryware. We supply all bathroom and kitchen fittings, including baths, basins, taps & mixers, spas, toilets, geberit, bidets, urinals, bathroom accessories, solar geysers, and kitchen mixers & sinks.
You could stop bathing altogether or you could call us to help you install the latest water saving devices and systems. From water saving shower heads to low volume toilet flushing. We can supply you with tap aeration fittings that allow you to wash your hands with less water but still feel like a full stream of water. We also install grey water systems and Jojo and Nel rain water tanks.
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Give Them Care
Starting in 2000, PAWS provided medical services to sick
and injured animals, treating animals in parking lots and
later in a government-provided office, and hosted
spay/neuter clinics twice a year, bringing in
off-island veterinarians.
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PAWS's goal is to provide veterinary services in Palau by opening an independent, low-cost vet clinic. PAWS is drawing on community and international support…
PAWS focuses its effort on making lifetime, lasting relationships between animals and people. We encourage adoptions that fit the lifestyle of the adopter…
Help PAWS achieve its goal to open a low-cost vet clinic that will provide quality veterinary care and spay/neuter services to all domestic animals in Palau.
About PAWS
The Palau Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) is a non-profit corporation founded in 2000 by a small group of animal lovers to promote the health and well-being of domestic animals in Palau. PAWS promotes population control through spay/neuter clinics and public education, and is actively engaged in teaching the community about animal welfare. PAWS is currently in the process of developing its own low-cost veterinary clinic in Palau.
One Unspayed Female Dog
Will Result In:
128 Dogs
2,048 Dogs
12,288 Dogs
One Unspayed Female Cat
376 Cats
2,107 Cats
11,801 Cats
Animal Welfare in Palauan Culture
Long ago in Palau there was a childless widow who wanted children of her own. One day her wish was granted, but she gave birth to a banded sea snake. Rather than becoming scared, she loved her snake son like a human child and cared for him until he became too big to live in the house. The mother was getting old and because of this she could no longer go fishing for her family. So the snake took over this responsibility. He would trap the fish with his long slender body. The snake, still a young boy wanted to play with other children, but the boys from the village were scared of him. He told his mother of his sadness so his mother wished for another child to become his playmate. Nine months later she gave birth to a cat. Despite the two being very different creatures the cat sister and snake brother got along very well. The snake kept fishing and the cat kept the rats away. They loved playing together at the beach by the house. Sadly, the village started talking about how unusual the family was, the stories reached the widow's ears and she cried quietly about how she wished to have a family that was accepted. The snake heard this and told his sister. Deeply saddened by their situation the siblings rant away to sea. The cat jumped on her brother's back as he swam out with the tide. A few days later they landed at Ngeluul in Yap. There the snake trapped fish on this sister rested in the shade. A man gathering coconuts saw them the trapped fish and ran to catch some. He was surprised to find a giant snake feeding fish to a cat.
Frightened, he turned to run way, but the snake called out to him: "Come have some fish and give us some coconut water, we are thirsty."
The man was surprised. "Don't be scared, we will not harm you." the snake urged.
The man thanked the for sharing fish and gave them coconuts to drink and eat. They conversed for some time and finally the man asked the snake if he could stay and fish for his village. The snake declined but offered to teach the man how to fish with a beng (a circle trap for fish). The man lamented about rats chewing holes in his fish traps and eating all of his bananas. Hearing this, the cat offered her expert rat hunting services if he would over her a home. The man liked this idea, even though he had never seen a cat before. The snake, who was sad to see his sister go, spoke with her privately before leaving.
"You are a creature of land and I am of the sea. This is your new home, but don't forget me! Befriend the people of his house but act as a reflection of their love and kindness. If they are kind and treat you will, be kind and treat them well."
As they parted ways the snake called out to the man: "Please don't feed her any bananas, it is forbidden where we come from, give her plenty of fish and lots of affection and love and she will be loyal and chase rats away from your home."
– Story adapted from: Temegil, J.E. (2004). A collection of Palauan legends. Belau National Museum, Koror, Palau.
– Painting by John Swords


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Topic: svmanager test not working--HELP!
I've run the svmanager test program. Basic and File work fine, but upload it not working. I contacted the host, they confirmed all permissions are set according to http://www.simpleviewer.net/svmanager/server_test.html.
They cannot offer further support. Any ideas how to proceed?
Re: svmanager test not working--HELP!
Can someone give me an idea of how to proceed with this? Moving hosts is not an option, and I wish I were tech savvy enough to troubleshoot all of this on my own. I appreciate any help or advice. Thanks.
FYI, I tried to get the test to work on a Mac and PC, and neither worked. Thanks!
Mmm, not much to go on here is there? I ran it from my Mac and no error messages but no files showing as uploaded either. It must be something server-side but I'm not sure what.
Do you have access to the server log files? I mean the long detailed log that lists every request to the server, not just the error log. Try an upload in svmTest, note the time and look at the log entry for that time. Any errors or warnings?
And here's some background information that might help. Files are initially uploaded to a temp directory and then copied to svmtest/uploads. It could be that the upload is going fine and then the copy is failing.


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Kick-off Weekend Orientation
Children's Learning & Care Center
DeWitt Student Center
Student Activities and Organizations
Northwest hosts multiple New Student Registration events prior to the commencement of the fall semester. Students take placement tests, meet with advisors, register for classes, get information about academic planning, and much more.
Visit the New Student Registration page of the NWC website for more information.
Northwest's student orientation is a popular, four-day event called Kick-off Weekend. Students have the opportunity to make new friends, become acquainted with faculty and staff, and learn college survival skills prior to starting classes.
Visit the Kick-off Weekend section of the NWC website for more information.
Northwest's Residential Life Program is an important part of students' total collegiate experience at Northwest College. Our campus has five residence halls and two apartment complexes that can house nearly 900 students and family members.
Visit the Housing & Dining Services section of the NWC website for more information.
On-Campus Living Requirements
Students enrolled in nine or more credit hours are required to live in college residence halls their first two semesters. Exceptions are freshmen age 21 or over; freshmen who are married or are single parents with custody of child(ren); students who have completed two semesters of full-time credit at Northwest College or another college/university; and freshmen who are living at home with parents or legal guardians full time. Exemptions must be applied for and approved by the Housing Office. Students enrolled in less than nine credit hours are eligible to live in campus housing if space is available. Students who have children or minors living with them should explore housing options at Trapper Village West.
Residence Hall Facilities
Residence halls are furnished and provide lounges, laundry facilities, computer labs, in-room wireless Internet, free parking, and expanded basic cable TV. Each hall is managed by a Resident Director with help from student Resident Assistants. Programs through the Residence Life Office promote student development as well as safety and security awareness.
Ashley Hall-148-bed coed hall
Cody Hall-180-bed coed hall
Colter Hall-88-bed coed hall
Lewis and Clark Hall-146-bed coed hall
Simpson Hall-154-bed coed hall (all female wings available)
Visit the Residence Halls section of the NWC website for more information.
Apartment Facilities
Northwest offers apartments in two campus locations. They are managed by residential apartment staff.
Trapper Village Main
Trapper Village Main has five apartment buildings containing one- and two-bedroom apartments (Single Students Only). Contact the Housing Office for eligibility guidelines.
Trapper Village West
Trapper Village West has 61 studio, two-, three-, and four-bedroom apartments.
Trapper Village West Eligibility Requirements
Eligible students are:
married students, and
single parents.
be documented as degree-seeking at Northwest College and
be enrolled in at least six Northwest College credit hours.
There is a four-year (eight-semester) limit on eligibility to live in college apartments.
Visit the Apartments section of the NWC website for more information.
Students residing in the residence halls must participate in one of the three flexible meal plan choices (see eligibility in the Housing License Agreement and Contract). Apartment residents may participate in any of the meal plans but are not required. The three block meal plans offer "all you care to eat" meals with a variety of entrees, specialty stations and a huge salad bar in the Dewitt Student Center. All three plans also feature additional Flex Bucks that can be used in the Grill Nation, Einstein Bros. Bagels, or the Dining Hall.
Visit the Meal Plans page of the NWC website for more information.
Housing Contracts
Using your MyNwc portal login, applicants can sign up for housing and pay their deposit online.
Visit the How to apply page of the NWC housing section of the website for more information or instructions.
Housing Deposit / Deposit Refund
Northwest College requires a $125 housing deposit and a $25 nonrefundable processing fee to reserve a space in the residence halls. Apartment deposits range from $300 to $800. Upon check-in, the deposit serves as a damage/contract breakage deposit.
The housing damage deposit will be refunded under the following conditions:
Cancellation of housing contract or application prior to July 1 (residence halls), August 1 (apartments) for fall semester, and December 1 (apartments) or December 15 (residence halls) for spring semester. All cancellations must be in writing and addressed to Northwest College, Housing Coordinator, 231 W 6TH ST BLDG 8, Powell, WY 82435-1890.
If a student is denied admission by the college.
When a student officially checks out of campus housing and completes the check-out paperwork with residence life staff and is withdrawing from Northwest College because of academic suspension. The deposit, less any charges assessed for loss, damage, or outstanding debts owed to the college, will be refunded to the student.
The deposit will be refunded by mail within 60 days after fulfillment of the above conditions.
Room and Board Refund
Students who check out of the residence halls or Trapper Village apartments before the end of the contract period will forfeit the deposit and will not receive a room, board, or rent refund. Students completely withdrawing from the college will be refunded based upon the institutional Refund Policy .
There are no room, board, or rent deposit refunds for students dismissed from the residence halls or Trapper Village Apartments. See the Housing or Apartment License Agreement/Contract for more details.
The NWC Children's Learning and Care Center provides a warm, loving environment where toilet-trained children ages 2-12 are offered diverse opportunities for growth and development. The individuality, uniqueness, and creativity of each child are respected and encouraged. Parent participation in the Center is welcome.
This well-equipped and staffed on-campus facility accepts children of students, faculty, and staff.
Visit the Children's Learning & Care Center section of the NWC website for more information.
Northwest's DeWitt Student Center houses a 500-seat dining hall, 7th Street Grill, Einstein Bros. Bagels, a bookstore, and a formal meeting room. Offices located in the center include Residence Life, Food Services, Bookstore, Student Activities and Intramurals, and Campus Security.
Students have many opportunities to become involved with campus activities and organizations.
Students participate in annual activities such as hypnotist shows, dances, karaoke contests, talent shows, and comedy presentations as well as a variety of travel programs. Through the NWC Student Activities Office, students may attend baseball, hockey, and theater programs in Wyoming and southern Montana. These programs are free or offered at economical prices.
Visit the Activities and Recreation section of the NWC website for more information.
Students enrolled in six or more credit hours are automatically members of the Associated Students of Northwest College. The governing body of ASNWC is the Student Senate, which is composed of six officers and five general representatives elected in the spring semester and seven additional general representatives elected in the fall. Through appointment or election by the Senate, students are represented on many college committees that assist in governance of the institution.
Visit the Student Senate section of the NWC website for more information.
More than 50 clubs and organizations are available to students. Some are associated with academic disciplines (e.g., Phi Theta Kappa, Block & Bridle, Enactus, and Nursing Club), others with special interests (e.g., International Club and Trapper ACES). Get more information at the Student Activities and Intramurals Office, the Residence Life Office, or online.
Visit the Clubs & Organizations section of the NWC website for more information.
The Northwest College athletics program is dedicated to the pursuit of athletic excellence within the framework of an academic community committed to the institution's educational objectives.
Our programs are committed to helping students achieve intellectual, physical, and interpersonal growth while competing at the highest level of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I and the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA).
By providing our programs with superior financial and physical resources and highly-qualified professionals, Northwest College fosters in its participants a desire for excellence, respect for colleagues, fair play, teamwork, leadership, perseverance, and integrity.
Visit the Trapper Athletics section of the NWC website for more information.
Intramural Sports and Recreation
The intramural program offers the men and women of the campus community a structured, recreational schedule in numerous activities organized on both a team and individual basis. The entire program is voluntary and free. Informal recreation offers an outlet to individuals who desire a less structured, non-tournament form of sport recreation.
Visit the Intramural Sports page of the NWC website for more information.
The Johnson Fitness Center
The Johnson Fitness Center is a facility dedicated to promoting lifelong physical fitness, health, and wellness. The center provides equipment and programs to help individuals attain goals in the areas of health, fitness, physical conditioning, athletic training, weight control, stress management, and personal enrichment.
Visit the Johnson Fitness Center page of the NWC website for more information.
In addition to traditional sports activities, Northwest offers a broad variety of outdoor recreation opportunities. Organized courses in rock and ice climbing, backpacking, spelunking, Nordic and alpine skiing, kayaking, bicycling, and winter outdoor survival are offered throughout the school year. Trips and outings are also sponsored through various student organizations on campus.
Visit the Outdoor Education website for more information.
Recreation Equipment Co-Op
The Co-Op provides most of the equipment necessary to take advantage of both on-campus and off-campus recreational activities. Current students, faculty, and staff may check out equipment at no cost.
Visit the Recreation Equipment CO-OP page of the NWC website for more information.


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After the students logged in to Google Drive, they generated poems with the website below. They copied and pasted the text into a document and changed the font and format of the poem.


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Jehovah's Witnesses final weekend of virtual convention focuses on women of faith
This weekend will be the final portion of the virtual 2021 "Powerful by Faith!" Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Throughout the months of July and August, there were virtual presentations highlighting various topics.
This weekend will be an eight-part symposium about the lives of faithful women in the Bible and other women who are modern examples of strong faith called "Women of Faith – What can we Learn from Them."
"The accounts of these women bring dignity to the essence of a woman's life and demonstrate God's love for each individual, no matter her background, station in life, or circumstance," said Dallas resident Jerelyn Schaefer, who has attended conventions of Jehovah's Witnesses for many years. "I'm looking forward to the discussion of these ancient and modern women and am hoping to apply their expressions of faith in my own daily life."
The "Powerful by Faith!" Convention is offered in 500 languages to people in 240 countries this summer.
While in-person conventions were planned for 2021, the continued risk from the COVID-19 virus caused the world's largest convention organization to cancel nearly 6,000 in-person events around the world.
Since 1897, Jehovah's Witnesses have gathered by the thousands for these conventions, however, due to COVID-19, the 2020 and 2021 conventions have been on virtual platforms.
Enthusiasm for the convention is not curbed, they say, as they expect to have 15-20 million people virtually attend events around the world.
"Faith has helped our global brotherhood to continue to thrive even during a pandemic," said Robert Hendriks, U.S. spokesman for Jehovah's Witnesses. "Our faith will continue to unite us in worship — even virtually — as millions gather in private homes around the world to enjoy a powerful and inspiring spiritual program."
People of any faith are invited to attend the free event by going to jw.org on the web or JW Broadcasting on the free JW Library iOS or Android App, or on streaming platforms like Roku TV, Apple TV, and others.
The program is free and accessible to all. Previous portions of the convention are recorded and can be viewed at any time.


The industry employs scientists, engineers, technicians, production workers, and administrative and support activities personnel.
Production workers include working supervisors and all non supervisory workers engaged in fabricating, processing, assembling, inspection, receiving, storage, handling, packing, warehousing, shipping, maintenance, repair, janitorial and guard services, product development, auxiliary production for a plant's own use, and record keeping and other services closely associated with the above operations. The chief categories of plant occupations are sheet metal work, "other" metal work, machinery and tool fabrication, assembly and installation, inspecting and testing (quality control), flight check-out, materials handling, maintenance, and protective custodial.
A little more than half of all aircraft manufacturing workers are production workers ("blue collar" occupations). These workers fabricate, assemble, install, test and inspect the many parts which make up a modern airplane. Other plant workers handle material and provide maintenance and custodial services. These occupations range from highly skilled to semi-skilled jobs.
Production workers work in departments such as riveting, metal-processing, and welding which are noisy areas of work. Some jobs generate fumes and odors. Some employees, especially assemblers, work in hard-to-reach cramped spaces requiring much stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling to perform their tasks. Many operations, such as assembly, welding, molding, mechanic and machine shop jobs require frequent lifting or carrying of heavy (up to 50 pounds) and medium (up to 25 pounds) loads. Although some hazards are associated with the aircraft industry, aviation plants are safe working places -- with an injury-frequency rate averaging less than that for the manufacturing industry as a whole.
Shift work (with three in operation) is normally required for production workers. An increase in salary is generally paid to workers on the second and third shifts.
Training requirements for plant jobs vary from a few days of on-the-job instruction for semi-skilled workers, such as material handlers and guards, to several years of formal apprenticeship for craftworkers such as machinists, tool and die makers, aircraft mechanics, sheet metal workers, pattern-makers, and electricians. Many levels of skill are required for many plant jobs. Workers with little or no previous training or experience may be hired for the less skilled assembly jobs. Skilled assemblers may need two to four years of plant experience. Generally speaking, starting workers with little experience serve as helpers or assistants and develop their skills on the job and through plant training courses.
A high school graduate or the equivalent is generally required. An individual may increase chances of being hired by acquiring skills through vocational or technical school attendance.
Salaries for employees in this industry are generally higher than those for similar work in most other industries. Wages vary according to workers' skills and experience and they differ from plant to plant, depending upon the type of plant and the locality. The following fringe benefits are common in this industry and are comparable with those in other industries: two weeks of paid vacation after employment of one to two years, and three weeks, after ten or twelve years; six to eight paid holidays per year; one week of paid sick leave; insurance covering life, medical, surgical, hospital and accident and health; and retirement pensions.
Shift work (with three in operation) is normally required for production workers. An increase in salary is generally paid workers on the second and third shifts.
Aircraft manufacturing jobs exist in almost every state. The largest concentration is in California. Other states with large numbers of jobs include New York, Washington, Connecticut, Texas, Florida, Ohio, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Kansas, Alabama, Maryland, New Jersey and Georgia. Aerospace employment is highest in the Pacific region, where more than 40 percent of all aerospace employees work. Another 14 percent live and work in New England, while ten percent are in the Middle Atlantic states. The remaining 36 percent are scattered throughout the central and southern United States.
Workers may advance to positions requiring higher skills and experience such as foremen, inspectors and supervisors. Educational opportunities are available to advance to semi-professional positions. A possible advancement program in engineering might be from Assembler to Quality Control (testing) to Engineering Technician to Junior Engineer and finally to Engineer. Union contracts normally require advancement of semi-skilled workers to be based upon seniority of qualified individuals. By participating in courses conducted by the company or by vocational or technical schools in the local community, semi-skilled workers may prepare themselves for a skilled job, such as blueprint reading, welding or mechanic.
Employment in the aerospace industry is expected to rise above recent levels in the next few years. Thousands of jobs will open each year because of the growth expected in the industry, and to replace workers who retire, die or transfer to jobs in other industries. Job opportunities should be most favorable for highly trained workers such as scientists, engineers, and technicians. Less skilled and unskilled workers will also be needed to fill entry level production positions.
Growing demands for civilian aircraft products is an important element underlying the expected increase in aviation employment. The increasing mobility of the population should encourage expanded use of large wide-bodied commercial aircraft and development of rapid air taxi operations between major urban centers. Increased business flying, expanded use of helicopters for such tasks as medical evacuation and traffic reporting, and exports of aircraft to foreign nations are some of the other major factors influencing the growth of civilian aircraft manufacturing.
A portion of the production of the aviation industry is devoted to national defense. Therefore, the industry's future depends on the level of federal expenditures. Changes in these expenditures usually have been accompanied by sharp fluctuations in employment.
Sales in the aerospace industry reached $137 billion, up about $5 billion. Among the three major areas of aerospace activity, the largest increment of gain was in commercial sales, but sales to the Department of Defense also increased substantially. NASA sales remained relatively constant. Sales of commercial transports are expected to remain strong with an increase of more than $4 billion over the current year's level.
Aerospace industry employment climbed to 1,032,000. Employment is expected to exceed 1,100,000 -- an increase of 23 percent in 24 months. The projected dramatic increase in employment is primarily due to civil aircraft production, especially commercial transport aircraft. In this category alone, the employment level is expected to reach 81,000 -- an increase of 80 percent over the low employment levels 44,700.
Military aircraft manufacturing is expected to reverse recent trends and show a modest six percent gain in employment.
Helicopter manufacturing employment will increase by 8.6 percent, continuing the gradual growth pattern of the 1990's.
The category of "other related products" -- avionics, basic research, and non-aerospace products and services -- continues strong and reached an employment level of 263,000, an increase of about 42,000 employees. It is expected that an additional 22,000 people will be employed for such programs, reaching an estimated 285,000.
Because workers who are highly trained and are aware of new developments are needed in the industry, the majority of aircraft plants support some kind of formal worker training program. Most of the plants conduct training classes themselves, others pay tuition and related costs for outside courses taken by their employees at vocational or technical or adult education programs offered by the local community, and some plants do both. Some classes are held during working hours, with the trainee being paid for class time. Other classes are held after working hours. Courses are available for practically every occupational group and cover many skills and areas of knowledge.
Many aircraft plants provide their employees with financial aid for college enrollment. This aid is furnished either as direct grants or in the form of scholarships and it is possible for an employee to work and to continue his or her education at the same time. These opportunities help workers advance more rapidly to higher skills and to better paid jobs.
The further one goes in school, the greater are the opportunities for employment. The best jobs go to those with the most education. At least a high school education is practically mandatory for any worker in the aircraft industry. Post-secondary school training is vitally important and such training may be obtained from: area vocational-technical schools, technical institutes, junior or community colleges, or four-year colleges or universities.


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NJ wrestling: Five finalists from the Shore for the big show
The Shore Conference will have five finalists in the NJSIAA Individual Wrestling Champioships on Saturday at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City
NJ wrestling: Five finalists from the Shore for the big show The Shore Conference will have five finalists in the NJSIAA Individual Wrestling Champioships on Saturday at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City Check out this story on app.com: https://www.app.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2019/03/01/nj-wrestling-shore-conference-wrestling-round-of-semifinals-and-quarterfinals/3026547002/
Steven Falk, Asbury Park Press Published 4:10 p.m. ET March 1, 2019 | Updated 9:22 a.m. ET March 2, 2019
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NJSIAA wrestling state semifinals take place at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Middletown North's Tyler Klinsky defeats Shore Regional's Jack Maida. Atlantic City, NJ Friday, March 1, 2019 Doug Hood
NJSIAA wrestling state semifinals take place at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Southern Regional's Nicholas O'Connell defeats Phillipsburg's Cody Harrison. Atlantic City, NJ Friday, March 1, 2019 Doug Hood
NJSIAA wrestling state semifinals take place at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Wall's Robert Kanniard defeats Manalapan's Matt Benedetti. Atlantic City, NJ Friday, March 1, 2019 Doug Hood
NJSIAA wrestling state semifinals take place at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. St. John Vianney's Dean Peterson defeats Delbarton's Nicholas Nardone. Atlantic City, NJ Friday, March 1, 2019 Doug Hood
NJSIAA wrestling state semifinals take place at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Howell's Shane Reitsma defeats Delbarton's AJ Lonski. Atlantic City, NJ Friday, March 1, 2019 Doug Hood
NJSIAA wrestling state semifinals take place at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Rumon-Fair Haven's Nick Addison falls to Colonia's John Poznanski. Atlantic City, NJ Friday, March 1, 2019 Doug Hood
NJSIAA wrestling state semifinals take place at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Middletown North's Jacob Anderson falls to Kyle Jacob of Paramus. Atlantic City, NJ Friday, March 1, 2019 Doug Hood
Shore Regional's Jack Maida vs Pope John XXIII's Shane Percelay in their 106 lbs bout. NJSIAA State Wrestling Quarterfinal matches on Friday March 1, 2019 in Atlantic City. Peter Ackerman
Howell's Shane Reitsma vs Northern Burlington's Anthony Giampietro in their 170 lbs. bout. NJSIAA State Wrestling Quarterfinal matches on Friday March 1, 2019 in Atlantic City. Peter Ackerman
Freehold Borough's Nico Messina vs. Pope John XXIII's Eddie Ventresca in their 120 bs. bout. NJSIAA State Wrestling Quarterfinal matches on Friday March 1, 2019 in Atlantic City. Peter Ackerman
Howell's Rob Kanniard defeats Paramus' Tony Asatrian in their 160 lbs. bout. NJSIAA State Wrestling Quarterfinal matches on Friday March 1, 2019 in Atlantic City. Peter Ackerman
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Southern Regional's Nicholas O'Connell vs West Morris Central's Justin LeMay in their 152 lbs. bout. NJSIAA State Wrestling Quarterfinal matches on Friday March 1, 2019 in Atlantic City. Peter Ackerman
NJSIAA State Wrestling Quarterfinal matches on Friday March 1, 2019 in Atlantic City. Peter Ackerman
ATLANTIC CITY - What Robert Kanniard has been thinking about since he walked off the mat at Boardwalk Hall on March 4, 2018 is now only one win away.
Kanniard, a senior at Wall High School, advanced to the 160-pound championship match of the NJSIAA Individual Wrestling Championships Friday night with a 16-6 major decision win over Manalapan's Matt Benedetti.
NJ wrestling: Robert Kanniard of Wall is ready for final shot at a state championship Peter Ackerman, Asbury Park Press
Last year, Kanniard was defeated 6-1 by Bergen Catholic's three-time state champion Shane Griffith in the 160-pound final.
"This year, there is definitely more pressure on me to get to the finals,'' Kanniard said. "There is a relief for that pressure, but overall, I'm just going out there and wrestling for myself.''
Wall senior 160-pounder Robert Kanniard talks with assistant coach Drew Reca while Crimson Knights' head coach Brian Fischer sits in the chair before his semifinal match with Manalapan's Matt Benedetti. (Photo: Doug Hood )
Kanniard will wrestle his future Rutgers University teammate Connor O'Neil of DePaul in the final and will try and become Wall's first state champion since Nick Roy won his second state championship in 2002.
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Middletown North's Tyler Klinsky celebrates after he pinned Shore's Jack Maida in the 106-pound semifinals of the NJSIAA Individual Wrestling Championships Friday night. (Photo: Doug Hood )
He is one of five finalists from the Shore Conference.
The others are Middletown North junior Tyler Klinsky (106), St. John Vianney sophomore Dean Peterson (113), Southern senior Nicholas O'Connell (152) and Howell junior Shane Reitsma (170).
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Klinsky is Middletown North's first state finalist since 1974, when Ken Hopfsensperger became the school's only state champion by winning the 115-pound championship and Bill Albert was second at 101 pounds. The school was called Middletown High School then.
Peterson, who was the state runner-up at 106 last year, will try and become St. John Vianney's first state wrestling champion.
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O'Connell will attempt to become Southern's first state champion since Glenn Carson won at 215 in 2009 and is the Rams' first state finalist since the late Kyle Casaletto in 2011.
Reitsma will try and become Howell's second state champion in the last three years. It is the third straight year Howell has had at least one state finalist.
Sixteen wrestlers from the Shore Conference have clinched a top eight finish in their weight class and a state medal.
Kanniard (45-0 and 164-10) for his career was his usual dominant self on his feet as he recorded eight takedowns in his semifinal bout.
"I treat every match, like it's going to be my last,'' Kanniard said. "I'm just going to go out there all cylinders going, firing with everything I've got in me.''
Kanniard, who is the Shore Conference's all-time winningest wrestler, has bettered his performance in the state tournament each year through the first three years of his scholastic career.
He won two bouts in the state tournament as a freshman. He was fourth at 152 as a sophomore behind three state champions and second last year.
"This is going to be my last match in high school for wrestling with a Wall singlet so I'm really grateful for that,'' Kanniard said. "I'm happy it's going to be in the finals. I've worked my rear end off. I definitely deserve this. Hopefully, I'll get it done (Saturday).''
Klinsky pinned Shore's Jack Maida with 32 seconds left in the third period to clinch his spot in the final.
"I really excited for it (to wrestle in the final). I've been looking forward to it all year. I'll finally get the chance to do it.''
Klinsky (43-0), who had not been scored upon all year except for escapes going into Friday, had to come from behind in both his bouts Friday after his opponent got the first takedown.
Maida (41-3), who has been pinned twice by Klinsky and lost 6-0 to Kilinsky's opponent in the final - unbeaten top seed Brett Ungar of Hunterdon Central - 6-0 in the Region V final, not only scored the first takedown against Klinsky but rode Klinsky a good part of the opening period.
However, Klinsky took the lead for good with three takedowns in the second period, including one in the final seconds. He then added two more takedowns before recording the fall.
"I knew I was better conditioning-wise than him. He broke after the second time I took him down.
Klinsky and Ungar (41-0), who was sixth at this weight last year, have been on a collision course all season.
There was thought the two would meet in the Middletown North-Hunterdon Central dual-meet on Dec. 22, but it did not come off.
"I think we (he and Ungar) wrestle very similar,'' Klinsky said. "I've got to keep doing what I'm doing , and I'll be able to hopefully, pull it out.''
St. John Vianney's Dean Peterson (front) defeated Delbarton's Nicholas Nardone 7-2 in the 113-pound semifinal Friday night. (Photo: Doug Hood )
Peterson (34-0), who clinched his 7-2 win over Delbarton's Nicholas Nardone with a four-point move in the final seconds, was close to becoming St. John Vianney's first state champion last year before he was defeated 6-3 by Hanover Park's Joey Olivieri in the final.
"I'm not content where I am right now,'' Peterson said. "The dream is a title. To be St. John Vianney's first (state champion) would be amazing. I just want to do it for the team and for the coaches.''
Peterson, who has outscored his four state tournament opponents by a combined 37-4, said he will be aggressive in the state final
"I can't wrestle conservative,'' Peterson said.
Peterson will meet Emerson-Park Ridge's Nick Babin in the final. Babin defeated Brick Memorial's Vincent Santaniello 3-2 in the semifinal.
Southern's Nicholas O'Connell jumps in the arms of Rams' assistant coach Dan Roy after he defeated Phillipsburg's Cody Harrison in the 152-pound semifinal Friday night. (Photo: Doug Hood )
O'Connell (40-0) defeated Phillipsburg's Cody Harrison 4-3 with a takedown late in the second period.
"Tomorrow, it will be one mat with 10,000 people watching. It doesn't get any better than that,'' O'Connell said.
O'Connell will wrestle Pope John's Robert Garcia (22-0). Garcia, the No. 4 seed, has pinned all four of his opponents in the tournament.
Howell junior 170-pounder Shane Reitsma jumps into the arms of Rebels' assistant coach Pete Reilly after he defeated Delbarton's A.J. Lonski in the 170-pound semifinal Friday night. (Photo: Doug Hood )
Reitsma defeated Delbarton's A.J. Lonski 5-2. He got a takedown in the final seconds to pull away.
"I feel calmer,'' Reitsma said. "It's my third time down here (he was sixth in the state at 170 last year). I know what it takes in order to win.''
Reitsma (42-1), the No. 1 seed, will wrestle No. 2 seed Brandon Green of Paulsboro in the final.
It is a rematch of the Region VII final that Reitsma won 6-4 on a late takedown.
"I've wrestled him a million times over the summer. I have a lot of respect for him,'' Reitsma said. I'm looking forward to another rematch.''
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Americans are often more likely to view behaviors as morally wrong than they are to advocate that these behaviors be made illegal. This underscores a general tendency for Americans to hesitate before deciding that banning an action is appropriate. As a result, one can come away with a somewhat different impression from looking at Americans' views of the morality of a behavior versus looking at their views of whether the behavior involved should be made illegal.
We recently looked at several moral issues for which we have both the public's views of the moral acceptability of the issue and their views on making it illegal.
We combined data from the 2013-2017 surveys and found that almost half of Americans see abortion as morally wrong, with only 20% saying it should be totally illegal.
That means that almost three in 10 Americans have the combination of attitudes that is our primary focus: viewing abortion as morally wrong but at the same time believing it should remain legal (at least in some circumstances).
The other group holding contradictory attitudes -- that abortion is morally acceptable but should be illegal -- is very small (about 2%). Apparently, once Americans have decided that abortion is morally OK, there is little question in their minds that it should be legal. About four in 10 Americans hold the consistent beliefs that abortion is morally acceptable and should be legal. Almost two in 10 Americans are consistent in the other direction -- saying that abortion is morally wrong and should be illegal.
We know that conservatives are most negative among ideological groups on the issue of abortion. Over two-thirds of conservatives in fact think abortion is morally wrong, but the majority of that group still says it should be legal, at least in some circumstances. Specifically, 41% of conservatives are in the "morally wrong but legal" category, well above the average of 29% among all Americans. Another 28% of conservatives are in the "morally wrong and illegal" category. Just over one in five say abortion is OK morally and should be legal. It appears difficult for individuals to say that something like abortion should be totally banned, even if they are morally or personally opposed to it.
Relatively few liberals or Democrats are in the "morally wrong but legal" category, primarily because so many in these groups see abortion as morally acceptable and believe it should be legal.
These findings certainly appear to relate to the strategy employed by U.S. groups that are opposed to abortion. More than four in 10 conservatives who don't like abortion still are not inclined to advocate that it be totally banned, underscoring the challenges for pro-life groups who focus just on a constitutional amendment or a Supreme Court decision to make abortion illegal. Many of those sympathetic to an anti-abortion position are demonstrably not sympathetic to a "total ban" type of strategy. But presumably this group would be more sympathetic to efforts to place restrictions on abortion rather than just advocating that it be banned -- which in many ways embodies the strategy groups opposing abortion have taken.
On the other hand, groups sympathetic to a legal right to abortion face the same challenge to the degree that they want to move beyond their core constituency of liberals and Democrats. They are on fairly firm ground in pushing not to ban abortion totally, but have to reckon with those who are sympathetic to various restrictions on abortion (but not a total ban) consistent with their moral antipathy to the practice.
We also looked at the same combination of views (moral acceptability versus legality) for two other issues Gallup has measured over the years: doctor-assisted suicide and gay and lesbian relations. The percentage in the "morally wrong but legal" category for doctor-assisted suicide is smaller than for abortion. This is largely because there are more people in the two consistent categories who see it as morally OK and want it to be legal, or who see doctor-assisted suicide as morally wrong and want it to be illegal. There are fewer still in the "morally wrong but legal" category for gay and lesbian relations, because the percentage who see that practice as morally acceptable is significantly higher than for the other two issues. Still, a not insignificant number of Americans see both doctor-assisted suicide and gay and lesbian relations as morally wrong, but hesitate when it comes to advocating that they be made illegal.


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