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All students are encouraged to achieve their highest potential by acquiring knowledge and developing skills that lead to success both in the classroom and in the workplace. Academic progress is measured by the students' mastery of the course as demonstrated by their ability to write clearly and accurately, discuss, compute, analyze, and draw logical conclusions among concepts. All students are expected to abide by the College Attendance Policy, complete all assignments and examinations thoroughly and on time, and participate thoughtfully and constructively in class discussions.
Certain terms are used in this document with specific meanings, as defined in this section.
Semester hours of credit are awarded by the "Carnegie Unit" method. A semester credit hour is normally granted for satisfactory completion of one 50- minute session of classroom instruction per week for a semester of not less than fifteen weeks. This basic measure may be adjusted proportionately to reflect modified academic calendars and formats of study. A semester credit hour is an academic unit earned for fifteen 50-minute sessions of classroom instruction or its equivalent with a normal expectation of two hours of outside study for each class session.
The semester GPA is determined as follows:
Allow 4 points for an A, 3.5 points for a B+, 3 points for a B, 2.5 points for a C+, 2 points for a C, 1.5 points for a D+, 1 point for a D, and 0 points for an F or Y, multiply the number of points equivalent to the letter grade received in each course by the number of credit hours for the course to obtain the quality points earned in each course.
Add the quality points obtained in all courses taken during the semester.
Calculate semester GPA's by dividing the sum of the quality points by the sum of the credit hours carried including grades of F and Y. The quotient represents the GPA for the semester.
The cumulative GPA is determined in the same manner as the semester grade GPA, except that all of the student's work at the College is taken into account. The only exception is in cases of course repetition, when only the more recent grade will be used.
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Letter grades based on student achievement will be assigned to students enrolled in individual degree-credit courses by the faculty member assigned responsibility for that course.
Final grade reports become part of the student's official transcript.
The assigning of the grades shall be in accordance with the College Grading Standards and the College Academic Record Designations.
Once a final grade for a course has been submitted to the Student Records Office, no grade change (other than from a temporary grade of I or R to the final grade) will be allowed after a time span of 120 days from the due date of the grade.
When a course is repeated, all grades will be recorded on the official academic transcript and the last grade of record will be used in the computation of the student's GPA.
Students who wish to repeat a course in which a grade of C or better has been earned must obtain approval from the Academic Vice President. When a student takes a course s/he has already earned credit, only one set of units will count towards graduation requirements.
Student achievement for a given semester is measured by the student's GPA. The quality of all work a student has done at the College through one or more semesters is indicated by the cumulative GPA.
Jefferson Community College grants credit for work completed through the College Level Examination Program (both General and Subject Examinations), the Advanced Placement Program, New York State College Proficiency Examinations, selected programs offered by non-collegiate organizations as recommended by the New York State Education Department, and educational experiences in the armed services as recommended by the American Council on Education. Credit accepted for any type of examination described here will be placed on the official transcript as transfer credit.
The College also offers departmental examinations for credit in courses offered at this College for which there are no proficiency, Advanced Placement Program nor College Level Examination Program examinations.
Such examinations are offered at the discretion of the department responsible for the course.
Students requesting to take such an examination must obtain prior approval from their academic advisor and the department responsible for the course.
Departmental examinations must be completed within one month of notification of approval.
Students may not take an examination at a lower level of proficiency in a subject in which the student has already earned credit. Students may not repeat examinations which they have failed.
Students may not take departmental examinations in courses which they have already failed at Jefferson Community College.
The Vice President for Academic Affairs is responsible for overseeing this policy.
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Incomplete — A temporary grade used at the discretion of the instructor when a student has not completed the course requirements for medical or personal reasons documented to the instructor's satisfaction. If the student fails to complete the requirements during the 60 calendar days following the due date of the grade, the incomplete is changed automatically to F. Extensions can be granted up to a period not to exceed one year from the original due date of the grade, with the permission of the instructor.
Passing — A grade used when a student successfully completes a course taken on a pass-fail basis. A student receives the designated credits for such a course, but the credits are not used in computing the student's GPA.
Failing — A grade used when a student does not successfully complete a course taken on a pass-fail basis. The grade will not be used in computing the student's GPA.
Satisfactory — A grade used when a student does successfully complete a non-credit course.
Unsatisfactory — A grade used when a student does not successfully complete a non- credit course.
Abandoned — A grade used in cases when a student fails to officially withdraw from a course. The grade will have the same effect as a grade of F in the computation of the student's GPA.
Administrative Withdrawal — A grade issued by the Academic Vice President.
Exam credit — A designation used when a student successfully completes a departmental examination for credit.
Audit — A designation used when a student enrolls in a course on a non-credit basis.
Registered — A designation used for in-progress coursework.
Transfer credit — A designation used when a student is awarded credit for a course based on prior experience or coursework completed at another institution.
Withdrawal without penalty — A designation used when a student initiates a withdrawal from a course within the withdrawal period for the course.
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PCAARRD helps restore coral reef
Posted on September 16, 2013 by rbvillar
by Ma. Catherine C. Arzobal
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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) showcased its project "Filipinnovation on Coral Reef Restoration," an initiative to restore broken and degraded coral reefs, during the three-day celebration of SyenSaya 2013 at the University of the Philippines Baños (UPLB) Copeland Gymnasium on July 31 – August 2, 2013.
Filipinnovation on Coral Reef Restoration is a project which started on June 2011 mainly funded by DOST. This innovation is a process of cultivating the tissues of corals through a special type of nursery installed on the surface of the sea with a width size of 3 meters x 1 meter and half meter in height. In the cultivation process, the corals are tied on the nursery to let it grow until it is ready for planting.
According to Mr. Eugene Afalla, Science Research Specialist from PCAARRD, it takes 2-3 months for the corals to restore their tissue and grow its branches. The divers who are trained and guided by PCAARRD determine if the corals are healthy and ready for planting. A special type of epoxy called 'marine epoxy' is used to permanently attach the broken fragments of corals to the hard substrates of the ocean. These substrates are reefs which are ridges of rocks in the sea. After some time, the coral naturally attaches itself to the substrate and eventually branch out again providing additional habitat for thousands of aquatic species.
Along the one-year run of the project, Mr. Afalla said that they find the epoxy costly and is only limited for certain areas. PCAARRD's team addressed this by using concrete nails to secure the broken coral fragments on the surface of the rocks by binding them on the nail using rubber or ordinary knot. This allows the corals to attach itself on the rocks after a period of time.
Using the coral nursery, degraded and broken fragments of coral reefs can now be retrieved instead of letting it die. PCAARRD tested and proved its effectivity to protect the shoreline and restore habitat for school of fish along the one-year run of the project. They are coordinating with local government units, local universities, hotel owners and divers as the project targets tourism hubs such as beaches in the country.
On May 2012, the project was piloted in various areas of the country. Among these are: Baler, Aurora; Bagac, Bataan; Laiya and Anilao in Batangas; Ticao, Masbate; Panglao, Bohol; Malay and Tangalan in Aklan; Sogod, Southern Leyte; and Tawi-Tawi.
Meanwhile, Mr. Afalla added that PCAARRD already has the technology package but the study is still ongoing. He also explained that the innovation has no particular limitation since the area of implementation is assessed before the installation.
Coral reef restoration will benefit the country by providing habitat, income, food, protection and even medicine as researches show that coral reefs can be a source of potential treatments for many of the world's serious illnesses. But further researches are still needed to prove this claim.
The installation of nurseries in certain areas is not purchased because it is a government project. PCAARRD wants the people to be aware of this project because they believe that people are capable of saving the coral reefs for a rich marine ecosystem.

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I additionally do not think of functional art as necessarily being ornamental. Tremendous art takes many formats including work, sculptures, drawings, prints and lithographs, images and installation artwork. Constantly, probably the most sought-after items in Decorative Artwork auctions appear to be jewellery and rare objects of Asian and Persian origin.
Positive vs ornamental – I might care less. This bowl is one in every of only two bowls of this design which are privately owned, the remaining eleven are in museum collections. Dictionary of the Ornamental Arts. One other difference is that advantageous artwork tends to be significantly more drawing-based, while decorative arts are typically extra method-primarily based.
At the very least one of those is now on display on the Renwick, a gallery that is devoted to craft and decorative arts. In 1995, the museum gained the so known as Karlštejn treasure – a collection of 387 precious objects dated to the era of Charles IV, discovered during repairs at Karlštejn within the 1880s.
It is a wonderful unique piece of fantastic art. A special place within the Gallery is held by stained-glass window elements from the Dominican Church in Krakow, the one assortment of medieval stained glass of this measurement preserved in Polish museums. My opinion has at all times been that for those who can take a look at a bit, and it seems to be ageless, (it attracts the viewer for some purpose) regardless of how long ago it was painted it is high-quality art".


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Both looking for their first points in the competition, Indonesia take on Brunei in the AFC U Qualifiers. The Group K battle brings both teams who have lost their first two matches. Indonesia heavily lost to Thailand and then suffered a heartbreaking .Selamat datang di live report Indonesia vs Brunei Darussalam. Duel di My Dinh Stadium itu akan kick off pukul . WIB..Country comparison, you can compare any two countries and see the data side by side. Here you have the comparison between Indonesia vs Brunei ..
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Stocks move lower as investors wait for trade updates
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks moved lower in early trading on Wall Street Tuesday as investors headed for more defensive holdings and watched for updates on trade negotiations between the U.S. and China.
Investors are also waiting for a speech by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell later Tuesday for any signal on the direction of interest rates.
Banks were among the biggest losers as bond prices rose and yields fell. Lower bond yields hurt a bank's ability to charge higher interest on loans. The higher bond prices are also a sign that investors remain concerned about a slowdown in economic growth and are favoring seemingly safer holdings.
Bank of America fell 1.3% and Wells Fargo fell 1.5%.
Communications and internet stocks also fell, along with industrial and technology companies.
A 27% surge from Botox maker Allergan held up health care stocks. The company is being bought by drug developer AbbVie. The sector was the clear winner in early trading. Real estate was also gaining.
Consumer product makers, normally considered a safe-play holding, swayed between small gains and losses.
KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 index fell 0.2% as of 10:05 a.m. Eastern time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 48 points, or 0.2%, to 26,681. The Nasdaq composite 0.3%.
WHERE WE STAND: Investors are essentially taking a step back after three weeks of gains while they wait for direction. Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will meet this week at the Group of 20 meeting of major economies in Japan. The world's two largest economies spent much of the current quarter escalating their trade war and giving Wall Street jitters over prospects for economic growth.
Wall Street is hoping for the U.S. and China to at least find a path toward an eventual resolution to the trade war.
Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve has been reassuring Wall Street that it is prepared to cut rates to help stabilize the U.S. economy the trade war crimps growth.
REVENUE INJECTION: AbbVie fell 14.6% after the drug developer said it will pay around $63 billion for Allergan and add the blockbuster Botox to its products.
Allergan surged 27%.
Botox brought in $868.4 million in revenue for Allergan during the first quarter. AbbVie currently makes the blockbuster immune disorder treatment Humira, but revenue is expected to decline in the coming years as Humira loses patent protection and faces competition.
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Lower mortgage rates have been helping potential home buyers overcome higher prices. But the picture is still mixed nationally. Existing home sales jumped 2.5% in May, but new home sales slumped 7.8%. Meanwhile, rates for the 30-year mortgage were averaging 3.84% last week, down sharply from 4.57% a year ago.
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Alexandra Clancy is one of the performers and choreographers whose work will be featured in this year's Dancing on the Edge, which runs July 4-13. (photo from DOTE)
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Dunbar makes movie
Left to right, Susan Skemp, Ken Charko and James E. Taylor are making a movie about Dunbar Theatre's history. (photo by 5U54N & J4M35 Productions)
To celebrate Dunbar Theatre's 80th anniversary, the theatre is making a short film about its history to enter into film festivals around the world and for film and music awards in Canada. One of the goals is to raise awareness of the theatre, one of the few independent theatres still around.
"Our short film will showcase all eight decades the theatre has been playing movies for the Dunbar community. With the use of old movie clips, newsreels, actors, models, music and their resident ghost, Delores, we intend on making a very entertaining film," said Susan Skemp (producer, writer and songwriter) in an email to the Independent.
The production team includes Skemp, Ken Charko (executive producer and owner of the Dunbar Theatre) and James E. Taylor (director, writer, editor). One of the many participants in putting together the film is Jewish community member Adam Abrams, who will voice one of the newsreels.
"I came up with the idea to make the film last December when Ken Charko and I were discussing what to do to celebrate the theatre's 80th," Skemp explained. She said she suggested making a movie about a movie theatre and Charko liked the idea; then Taylor joined the production team as director.
"We have assembled a wonderful group of people and I have likened us to Orson Welles and his Mercury Players group," said Skemp.
"My idea for the script really came from the theatre and the people from the community who have passed through its doors and the films that have played on the screen. Even though the film is a history of the theatre, our goal is to make it as entertaining as possible," she stressed. "The fact that the theatre has a ghost helps."
The crowdfunding goal to bring the film to fruition is $20,000. Contributions to the fundraiser at fundrazr.com/campaigns/fxGG2 come with different perks for each donation level: from a DVD and an invitation to a red-carpet screening ($25), to those items plus two tickets to any film at the Dunbar ($100), to a film credit as an associate producer ($500), to listing as a producer ($2,500).
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Penguins Thwart Rangers in OT, 5-4
Two old Rangers nemeses thwarted the Blueshirts again.
Sidney Crosby scored the game-tying goal with 0:56 to go in regulation, and Evgeny Malkin scored 58 seconds into OT, as the Penguins dealt the Rangers a soul-crushing 5-4 overtime loss Tuesday night at The Garden.
The Rangers have lost four straight, and fall to 1-5-1 on the season.
The late Pittsburgh heroics spoiled what had been the best, most complete performance by the Rangers so far this season. But, in the end, the team's struggles, and, no doubt, their frustrations, continued.
The Blueshirts' bad habit of giving up early 1st period goals continued Tuesday. They fell into a hole just 43 seconds into the game when Phil Kessel beat Henrik Lundqvist with a wrist shot off the crossbar, to make it 1-0 Penguins.
Former Ranger Carl Hagelin made it 2-0 later in the period, beating Lundqvist to the glove side at 13:30. It was Hagelin's 1st goal of the season.
The Rangers came alive in the 2nd period, playing some of their best hockey of the season, scoring three goals in a 2:30 span to take a 3-2 lead. David Desharnais scored his first goal as a Blueshirt 4:02 into the period, with a wrist shot from the left face-off circle past Matt Murray to make it 2-1.
Then, with Crosby in the penalty box on a double-minor for high-sticking, Pavel Buchnevich scored a power-play goal at 7:02 to tie the score, 2-2; it was his first goal of the season. Somehow, Buchnevich only saw 9:47 of ice time tonight.
One minute later, J.T. Miller gave the Rangers a 3-2 lead with a blistering slapshot past Murray at 8:02. The New York power play was 2-for-6 on the night.
Late in the 2nd, Patric Hornqvist tied the game with a power play goal at 18:02, off a pass from Kessel, to make it 3-3 heading into the 3rd period.
Early in the 3rd, New York nearly scored during a frantic sequence in front of the Pittsburgh net at the 5:43; Rick Nash's backhand shot, while falling down, deflected off Murray and then off the post. Mika Zibanejad tried to stuff the rebound past Murray but was pushed down by Kris Letang and then held in a chokehold [not called] by Jake Guenzel, all while Murray was scrambling to locate the loose puck in the crease, which was underneath him. At the same time, Crosby had Brady Skjei in a chokehold at the other side of the net [also not called], trying to keep Skjei from the puck.
The Rangers would regain the lead midway through the 3rd, when Michael Grabner completed a give-and-go with Desharnais, putting the puck past Murray at the 8:00 mark, for his first goal of the season and a 4-3 New York lead. The Blueshirts then essentially had 12 minutes to kill to go home with a win, and they nearly did it.
With Murray pulled for an extra attacker, Hornqvist knocked a loose puck down with his hand in front of the Rangers net. Crosby intentionally waited for Kevin Shattenkirk to touch the puck [because if Crosby touched it it would be whistled dead as a handpass], before Crosby gained control of the puck and backhanded it toward the crease; it deflected off Lundqvist and into the Rangers net for the game-tying goal at 19:04.
Early in the overtime, McDonagh made a horrible pass from right behind the New York net. Kessel stole the pass and passed the puck to Malkin, who scored the game-winner at 0:58. McDonagh, who led all Rangers with 26:55 of ice time, had six giveaways in the game.
Malkin finished with a goal and 3 assists. Kessel had a goal and two assists. For the Blueshirts, Miller has a goal and two assists, and Desharnais had one goal and one assist.
Murray and Lundqvist each made 28 saves.
The Rangers are back in action Thursday at The Garden against the Islanders.
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Worship Leader Sean Feucht Claims Publisher Canceled His Book over His Political Views
Jan 13, 2022 | Humanity
Worship leader Sean Feucht took to social media this week claiming that his publisher, Harper Collins, canceled his book because of his political views.
@HarperCollins and they are canceling my book because of my political views. This is nuts!!!"
Just got a call from my book publisher @HarperCollins and they are canceling my book because of my political views.
This is nuts!!! 🤯
— Sean Feucht (@seanfeucht) January 10, 2022
In a subsequent tweet, Feucht argued that "Harper Collins views your faith the same way they view the Cuomo brothers scandals, whose book deals they also recently terminated. …"
Harper Collins views your faith the same way they view the Cuomo brothers scandals, whose book deals they also recently terminated…
Feucht further explained the situation in an Instagram video, claiming that he had signed a book contract and had been working on his book with the publishing house for several months before they decided to cancel it.
"[I've] been working on this book, [I] signed an agreement with, really the second-largest publisher in the world, HarperCollins. We've been working on it for three months together. [I] have an agreement, had it signed, pretty far into this process, and was just notified today. They're canceling it," Feucht said.
In a statement provided to Christian Headlines, a HarperCollins Christian Publishing spokesperson asserted that the company "did not have a signed contract."
Vice President of Corporate Communications and External Partner Relations for HarperCollins Christian Publishing Casey Harrell also clarified with Christian Headlines that Feucht's book was not being considered by HarperCollins Publishers but by Thomas Nelson, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing.
Feucht, a worship leader at Bethel Church, ran for Congress as a Republican in 2020, but lost. After losing the election, Feucht launched his "Let Us Worship" tour that saw massive crowds of worshippers gathering at different venues across the U.S. in defiance of COVID-19 mandates that led to the closures of churches nationwide.
In the book, Feucht said, he reflects on the nationwide tour and discusses the importance of being bold and courageous in one's faith.
"Why is there so much resistance to this message," Feucht questioned in his Instagram video. "… The premise of the book is about boldness and courage, and I'm kind of sharing about our journey in the last couple of years, and how the Lord forged this thing in us through many different layers of resistance. So I just thought it was so ironic that, that they would cancel a book on boldness and courage because they didn't have the boldness and courage to publish it," Feucht said. "The irony is so rich here."
In a statement to The Christian Post, Feucht maintained that he had signed a deal with HarperCollins.
"The reality is that we had a signed Deal Memo with Harper Collins. The book had gone to auction, and there were six different offers. I accepted the offer from HarperCollins. The signed Deal Memo includes an agreement on terms such as the advance, royalties, discount rates, subsidiary rights, and book buybacks," he said. "Just within the last several days, we were working with them on the title, book cover and manuscript development."
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Kayla Koslosky has been the Editor of ChristianHeadlines.com since 2018. She has B.A. degrees in English and History and previously wrote for and was the managing editor of the Yellow Jacket newspaper. She has written on her blog since 2012 and has also contributed to IBelieve.com and Crosswalk.com.
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Is KeyCorp (KEY) Giving A Buy Signal?
Shares of KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) recorded -0.23% loss during trading session on March 15th, 2019. The script traded as low as $17.33 and last traded at $17.38. 30.66 million shares changed exchanged hands during trading, a drop of -153.14% from the 30-day average session volume of 12.11M shares. The firm had previously closed at $17.42. The company has $1.01B outstanding shares, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.21, price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.60and a beta of 1.20. The company has a RSI of 56.01, ATR of 0.34 and a volatility of 1.51% this week. KEY has a 52 week low price of $13.65 and a 52 week high price of $21.91.
Investors have identified the tech company KeyCorp as an interesting stock but before investments are made there, an in-depth look at its trading activities will have to be conducted. The share is trading with a market value of around 17.57B, the company now has both obstacles and catalysts that affect them and they came from their mode of operations. With the company affected by events currently, it is a perfect time to analyze the numbers behind the firm in order to come up with a rather realistic picture of what this stock is.
KeyCorp (KEY) Fundamentals that are to be considered.
When analyzing a stock, the first fundamental thing to take into account is the balance sheet. How healthy the balance sheet of a company is will determine if the company will be able to carry out all its financial and non-financial obligations and also keep the faith of its investors. For KEY, the company has in raw cash 31.8 billion on their books with 0 currently as liabilities. How the trend is over time is what investors should be concerned about. The company has a healthy balance sheet as their debt profile has been on an incline. In terms of their assets, the company currently has 14.76 billion total, with 0 as their total liabilities. This figure have given the company a good sense of viability under numerous contexts.
KEY were able to record 2.41 billion as free cash flow during the recently reported quarter of the year, this saw their quarterly net cash flow reduce by 7 million. In cash movements, the company had a total of 2.51 billion as operating cash flow.
In order to determine the future investment potential for this stock, we will have to analyze key trends that affect it. During the third quarter of the year, KeyCorp recorded a total of 1.3 billion in revenue. This figure implies that they witnessed a quarterly year/year change in their earnings with 0.14% coming in sequential stages and their sales for the third quarter increasing by 0.04%.
What matters though is how it ends. When the core data for the company is broken down, then the stock sounds interesting. The company spent 297 million trying to sell their products during the last quarter, with the result yielding a gross income of 1000 million. This allows shareholders to hold on to 1.01B with the revenue now reading 450 cents per share. This is a figure that is close to analyst's prediction for their fourth quarter (0.45 cents a share).
Is the stock of KEY attractive?
Having a look at the company's valuation, the company is expected to record 2.01 total earnings per share during the next fiscal year. It is very important though to remember that the importance of trend far outweighs that of outlook. This analysis has been great and getting further updates on KEY sounds very interesting.
In related news, Co-Head Corporate Bank Mago Angela G sold 4,162 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that recorded on March 13th, 2019. The sale was performed at an average price of 17.33, for a total value of 72,127. As the sale deal closes, the Dir. of Qual. & Prod. Mgmt. Mago Angela G now sold 31,166 shares of the company's stock, valued at 541,353. Also, Chf. Finance Off. & Vice Chair KIMBLE DONALD R bought 5,000 shares of the company's stock in a deal that was recorded on November 2nd, 2019. The shares were bought at an average price of 18.55 per share, with a total market value of 253,847. Following this completion of acquisition, the Director now holds 6,963 shares of the company's stock, valued at 127,910. In the last 6 months, insiders have changed their ownership in shares of company stock by 0.40%.
8 out of 24 analysts covering the stock have rated it a Buy, while 7 have maintained a Hold recommendation on KeyCorp stock. 0 analysts has assigned a Sell rating on the KEY stock. The 12-month mean consensus price target for the company's shares has been set at $19.34.
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When Myrna suggested a "Spam" week, I thought "I don't think so", but then I remembered this recipe which I used to make regularly when we had a kid at home. It came with a set of the cards from the 1971 Betty Crocker Recipe Card Library. You bought the box and a few sets of the recipe cards and then additional cards were sent every month or so. Of course, most of the recipes used a variety of convenience foods, really beginning to be popular in the early '70's. I picked them up cheaply at a yard sale a year or two after they came out and this was one of the few recipes I kept and used. I also make it with ham instead. Serve it with a green vegetable or salad and fruit for dessert.
I made it in my favorite 1970's casserole dish, a covered French Arcopal (the European "Pyrex") casserole I bought from my German landlady's kitchenware shop and brought back with us to the states. I use it often and would hate to have anything happen to it.
Cook macaroni; drain. Cook onion and green pepper in butter until tender. (This can be done in the same pan). Stir in remaining ingredients; pour into an ungreased 1 1/2 quart casserole, bake, COVERED, 30 minutes at 400°.
My Mom would make this while we were growing up in Queens NY in the 70' s and 80's. This was a favorite in our home. I can't wait to make this for my family! I have been looking for this recipe for years. Thanks so much for posting this!
OH BOY, I've found this recipe again. I had this Betty Crocker collection back then when my wife was an AWFUL cook. She finally mastered this one. Thank God for Spam and, as I remember, spiral macaroni. Our four children loved is also and will prepare for their kids as soon as I get this to them.


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Eletrobras is de grootste producent van elektriciteit in Brazilië. Het werd in 1962 als staatsbedrijf opgericht en de meerderheid van de aandelen zijn nog steeds in handen van de overheid.

Activiteiten
In 1954 deed President Getúlio Vargas het voorstel om Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras (Eletrobras) op te richten. Het voorstel stuitte op weerstand van de oppositiepartijen en pas na zeven jaar werd het voorstel goedgekeurd. Op 11 juni 1962 werd het bedrijf daadwerkelijk opgericht. Eletrobras kreeg tot taken de ontwikkeling en bouwen van elektriciteitscentrales en de aanleg van een nationaal transmissienetwerk om het land van energie te voorzien.

Eletrobras is in het hele land actief en had per jaareinde 2019 een totaal opgesteld vermogen van 51.143 megawatt (MW), dit is inclusief het aandeel van 50% in de Itaipu waterkrachtcentrale. Dit is zo'n 35% van het totaal opgesteld vermogen in het land. Er wordt, ook met partners, gewerkt aan diverse nieuwe projecten waarmee de capaciteit zal toenemen met zo'n 1745 MW in 2026. Het allergrootste project was de Belo Monte-waterkrachtcentrale, met ruim 11.000 MW aan capaciteit in de deelstaat Pará. In 2016 had het ook nog 115 thermische centrales, maar dit is gedaald naar zeven stuks in 2019. In 2019 had de elektriciteitsproductie een aandeel van 70% in de totale omzet.

Het transmissienetwerk is noodzakelijk om de elektriciteit van de centrales naar de afnemers te brengen. Het hoogspanningsnet van Electrobras heeft een totale lengte van 70.000 kilometer. Deze activiteit zorgt voor de overige 30% van de omzet.

Eletrobras had ook diverse distributiebedrijven in de meer geïsoleerde regio's van het land. Hier leverde het stroom direct aan de eindgebruiker. In 2016 viel het besluit deze activiteiten te verkopen en dit proces werd in 2019 afgerond.

De belangrijkste bedrijfsonderdelen zijn: Eletrobras Chesf, Eletrobras Furnas, Eletrobras Eletrosul, Eletrobras Eletronorte, Eletrobras CGTEE en Eletrobras Eletronuclear. De Staat heeft een belang van 50% in de Itaipu centrale op de grens met Paraguay, maar deze wordt beheerd door Eletrobras.

Per ultimo 2019 had Eletrobras 35 waterkrachtcentrales volledig in handen en daarnaast nog diverse minderheidsbelangen in andere Braziliaanse centrales. De Itaipu waterkrachtcentrale is de allergrootste met een opgesteld vermogen van 14.000 MW, gevolgd door de Tucuruidam met 8535 MW. Verder beschikt het bedrijf over zeven kleine centrales die vooral gestookt worden op olie met een totale capaciteit van 1770 MW. Eletrobras Eletronuclear is de eigenaar van twee kernreactoren in Angra dos Reis. Angra I heeft een capaciteit van 640 MW en Angra II van 1350 MW. Angra I kwam in 1985 in gebruik en Angra II volgde op 1 september 2000.

In 2019 produceerde het bedrijf 145 tWh aan elektriciteit. Hiervan werd 80% opgewekt door middel van waterkrachtcentrales, 11% kwam van de twee kernenergiecentrales en de rest uit centrales gestookt met fossiele brandstoffen.

De meeste elektriciteit wordt verkocht aan de nutsbedrijven die het distributienetwerk in handen heeft. Deze hebben ook eigen centrales, maar kopen ook zeer veel stroom van Eletrobras. Eletrobras kan ook direct aan klanten leveren, maar alleen aan bedrijven die grootverbruikers zijn.

Resultaten

Aandeelhouders
De Staat is nog steeds de grootste aandeelhouder met 44% van de aandelen en aan de overheid gelieerde instellingen houden een belang van 23%. De rest, ongeveer een derde van het totaal, zit bij andere aandeelhouders.

Braziliaans staatsbedrijf
Energiebedrijf
Bedrijf genoteerd aan de New York Stock Exchange
Energie in Brazilië

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After Cannabis, Canadian Government Won't Decriminalize Any Other Drugs
In terms of legalization and decriminalization, the Canadian government is drawing the line at marijuana.
byA.J. Herrington
User: Mitch M./ Shutterstock
Despite the legalization of cannabis currently underway in Canada, the country will not be decriminalizing any other drugs, according to a government official. Thierry Belair, a spokesman for Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, told the CBC that the federal government has no plans for further decriminalization. The government announcement comes amid calls from major Canadian cities to remove criminal penalties for the consumption and possession of small amounts of drugs.
Civic officials and public health advocates in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal have called on the federal government to enact such changes. Fardous Hosseiny is the national director of research and public policy at the Canadian Mental Health Association, a group that supports the decriminalization of drugs. He said that criminalizing drug use prevents people from getting the help they need and that it is time to try a new strategy.
"Given the scale of the opioid crisis in Canada, we know that we need to take bold action," Hosseiny said. "We know that evidence tells us that the war on drugs hasn't worked, so criminalization really stigmatizes people and creates barriers for them accessing treatment and accessing help when they need it."
Health Canada reported last month that in 2017, almost 4,000 Canadians had died of an apparent opioid overdose.
Cities Call For Change
Earlier this month, Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto's Medical Officer of Health, said that the stigma of criminalization perpetuates the addiction crisis.
"It forces people into unsafe drug use practices and creates barriers to seeking help," Dr. de Villa said. "While considerable work has been done, the situation remains urgent and too many people are still dying. This is why I am calling on the federal government to take urgent action," she added.
Dr. de Villa also said continued criminalization magnifies the negative effects of drug use and addiction.
"Those potential harms are always exacerbated or made worse when people are forced to consume, or produce, or obtain those drugs in the realm of the illegal," she said. "What we need to do is take a more public health-focused approach, treating drug use as a social issue rather than a criminal issue which our current regime does."
In Montreal last week, Dr. Mylène Drouin, the city's public health director, echoed those sentiments, saying decriminalization of drug offenses is "one of the measures to consider in the public health response to a problem without precedence in numerous Canadian cities."
And in Vancouver last March, Mary Clare Zak, the managing director of social policy, said that other nations that have tried decriminalization have seen public health successes.
"What we've learned from countries, for example like Portugal, is that when you decriminalize then people are feeling like they're actually safe enough to ask for treatment," she said. "People who are dying are more likely to be indoors and struggle with accessing help or assistance because of their illicit drug use."
Federal Government Responds
Spokesman Belair said that the federal government acknowledges the consequences of stigmatization and has taken measures to address the issue. He cited simplifying access to non-opioid therapies and the approval of 25 supervised injection sites as examples of the government's action.
A.J. Herrington
A.J. Herrington is a San Diego-based writer and photographer covering cannabis and the environment.
How Long Do Edibles Last?
byCallie Barrons
Philadelphia University Launches 'Shark Tank'-Style Competition for Weed Start-Ups
byAdam Drury
A newly published study supports the idea that cannabis may help some people in their goal of alcohol cessation.
Senator C. Scott Grow is seeking to amend the state's constitution to prevent cannabis reform.
On Trump's final day of being President of the United States, he granted clemency to a handful of people serving absurd sentences for cannabis offenses.
byMaureen Meehan
Michigan Dispensary Gives Cannabis for COVID Vaccinations
The 'Pot for Shots' initiative was launched to encourage Michiganders to get vaccinated.


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with Brad Wilcox | October 9, 2014
What factors contribute to a child's success or failure? Brad Wilcox, the Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, talks about the impact that single parents are having on our communities. Raised by a single mother, Brad doesn't believe the parents of the 50's and 60's got it all right, since human sin existed then just as it does now, but he does believe that communities pay a price when we don't have a strong marriage culture.
With Brad Wilcox
Bob: The incidence of divorce in our culture is sometimes overstated. For example, you've probably heard the statistic that half of all marriages end in divorce. That's just not the case; but researcher, Brad Wilcox, says the trajectory we're on, as a culture, is not a healthy trajectory.
Brad: We've never had the level of divorce like we've had today. We've never had the level of single parenthood like we have today. And we're also very affluent country. In some ways, we can afford—we can afford all that—but one of the things we have to recognize is that kids and communities pay a price when we don't have a strong marriage culture.
Bob: This is FamilyLife Today for Thursday, October 9th. Our host is the President of FamilyLife®, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. We'll hear today what the stats have to say about the state of marriage and family in the United States. Stay tuned.
And welcome to FamilyLife Today.
Thanks for joining us. I feel a little like I'm back in school today with a professor here.
Dennis: We do. I wish our listeners could see all the awards / academic achievements of our guest, Dr. Brad Wilcox. Brad—thanks for being on the broadcast.
Brad: Dennis, it's great to be here today.
Dennis: Brad got his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia, got his PhD from Princeton, has worked in the area of marriage and family studies for almost two decades, and is currently the Director of the National Marriage Project at UVA. He is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia, visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and a senior fellow at the Institute for Family Studies. Brad has been married to Danielle, his wife, since 1995, and he has a large family. He is also the editor of a book called Gender and Parenthood, along with Dr. Kathleen Kovner Kline.
Brad, you've been in the area of marriage and family research now, as I mentioned, for two decades. You've been watching people struggle with achieving the American dream. You think there is something that is screaming out of our culture as to why that's becoming unachievable.
Brad: What we've seen in the research on this question—there is a major new study done by Raj Chetty at Harvard University. He and his team looked at the predictors, at the community level, basically, of what predicts the odds that a child who is born poor will, over the course of his life, move into the top fifth—to become wealthy, basically, as an adult. So, it's one way of sort of tapping the extent to which the American dream is still alive, here in America.
He looked at hundreds of communities across the United States, and he looked at questions like school quality. They found that, not surprisingly, poor kids living in places with high school-quality were more likely to live the American dream—to move up into that top fifth quintile.
But they also found that the most important factor—beyond school-quality, beyond racial segregation, beyond the income inequality in a community—was the share of single mothers in a community. When kids were living in communities with lots of two- parent families, poor kids were much more likely to move up the income ladder to realize the American dream.
Kids, by contrast, living in communities with lots of single moms were much more likely not to move up the income ladder and not to realize the American dream. So, that was the most powerful predictor in their model of what sort of predicts the American dream, at the community level, here in the United States today.
Bob: And this is not because single moms are doing a bad job or aren't working hard. It's because they start off with a deficit; don't they?
Brad: Yes, I mean, I was raised by a single mom. I think there are many adults, out there today, who have flourished in the context of a single-mother household.
But I'm also a sociologist, and I would say to that, "Look, on average"—let's be honest here—"it's harder for single moms to raise their kids on their own.
And communities with lots of single moms are less likely to flourish because they don't have that father in the picture—who is helping kind of shepherd the neighborhood—basically, have a presence in the community that's helpful and likely to work to the benefit of the kids in that community as well."
Dennis: We are for single parents here. We love them. We care about them. We want to help them. We have a ton of them who listen to our broadcast, and we want to equip them to do the very best job they can in raising the next generation. And yet, we are in the midst of what some would refer to as a crisis.
Go back to the 1960s, Brad, and paint the picture of what this family formation looked like back then. Were there a lot of single parents back then?
Brad: No, there weren't. I mean, the vast majority of kids were raised by their own married parents. Divorce was about 20 percent, depending on what kind of study you looked at, and non-marital childbearing was a relatively rare undertaking.
So, things were very different in the United States in the 1960s compared to where they are at today.
Dennis: Statistically, about—what is it?—six/seven percent of all live births occurred to single parent moms back then?
Brad: That's about right. Yes.
Dennis: And today?
Brad: Forty-one percent.
Dennis: Forty-one percent.
Brad: Almost one in two babies is born outside of marriage.
Dennis: I want our listeners to hear that.
Brad: Right.
Dennis: That's in your community—that's not in somebody else's.
Brad: Right. What is interesting is that we've seen some work—that we've been doing at the National Marriage Project—is looking at how what we call "the retreat from marriage"—the fact that fewer Americans are getting and staying married—has really been concentrated among Americans who don't have college degrees.
So, among folks who do have college degrees—vast, vast majority of those kids are born in marriage. Divorce has actually come down in that community since 1980. Among well-educated Americans, there has been a kind of learning about the importance of marriage / the importance of stability and sort of a distaste for divorce.
Unfortunately, that kind of marital ethic is less and less found among Americans who don't have that college degree—they make about two-thirds of the adult population, here in the U.S. So, not just inner cities—but in small towns, in rural communities, and in the outer suburbs of America—we are seeing fewer and fewer Americans getting married—more Americans cohabiting and having their kids in cohabiting relationships. That is—that's a new thing.
Bob: A lot of people will hear Dennis talk about "What was it like, back in the '50s and the '60s, as compared to today?" They get the idea that we think that the '50s and the '60s were the Golden Age of marriage and family formation. The truth is—human sin existed in the '50s and the '60s, just like it exists today. So, however that sin was being expressed then, as compared to now—we were still sinful people back then.
Dennis: There was dysfunction back then.
Bob: Sure there was.
Dennis: No doubt about it. I'm not suggesting a return to the '50s and '60s and all of its dysfunction. What I want us to just understand is—what's happening, today, in our country—
—is unprecedented—
Brad: Sure.
Dennis: —in our country.
Brad: That's right. We've never had non-marital child bearing like we have today. We never had the level of single parenthood like we have today, and we're also a very affluent country. In some ways, we can afford all that—but what I think we have to recognize is—that kids in communities pay a price when we don't have a strong marriage culture.
Dennis: Let's talk about that price for a moment. What is the impact—and again, you grew up in a single-parent home—what's the impact upon a child's life? What—single parent moms, who are raising their kids today, listening right now—what should they be aware of and where they may be—well, they may be setting their children up to struggle, going forward?
Brad: Right. I think it's important to start, once again, with sort of a word of hope here—and that is that most kids, who are raised by single moms, turn out okay—but it is the case—it is more difficult. Single moms tend to be a bit more stressed. They tend to be more financially strapped.
They tend to have less time to spend with their kids and to be less affectionate, on average, with their kids.
One of the things we see, for instance, in the research is that single mothers are more likely to engage in something that is called parentification—where they treat their child as kind of an adult peer and as almost even a co-parent, in a sense, in certain contexts. Often, it's the oldest child or the oldest daughter in the home. They tell them about their fears / their vulnerabilities—maybe their relationship activities. That's a big burden for a kid to carry.
So, these are the kinds of things to be sensitive to—instead of like seeking counsel from or support / emotional support from your child—sort of seek that out from your friends, from your family members, or from people in your community.
Dennis: It points out the need for them to have relationships outside that home that are healthy peer relationships. And the church ought to be the place where you could have those relationships.
Brad: That's right. And I think, even today, particularly with social media and with TV, there is a kind of temptation just to kind of live in your own little world and not to really engage friends, family members, a local church community, for instance. Yet, we know from literally tons of research—not to mention, Aristotle, way back in the day—that people who have those strong, social relationships—who are embedded in real communities that are meaningful / require sacrifices of them but are also there for them—are much more likely to flourish than people who are kind of doing it on their own or in their own little, privatized leisure world.
Bob: When you and I have talked to single parents—whether it is single moms or single dads—a lot of them have expressed to us this idea that you really have to lower your parenting objectives down to the core issues / the survival issues and set some things, that you'd like to do, aside just because there is no capacity to do them or no opportunity to do them.
Then, they've also talked about how important it is to have, not only relationships for themselves outside of the family,—
—but also for their kids to be exposed to other adults outside the family.
Dennis: Yes, and I'm thinking of a single parent mom who, fortunately, had parents who were engaged in her life as she was raising her kids. For instance, one of the grandparents said, "I'll take your daughter through Passport2Purity® and go on the weekend with her and walk her through that. We'll share some of the burden and the load around some of these core life issues."
And you know, Bob, Passport2Purity is a weekend getaway where the same-sex parent—or in this case, a grandparent—takes the child away and they have the talk around the birds-and-the-bees, around peer pressure, around all the temptations of adolescence that will come their way around the age of 10, 11, 12, 13—somewhere in there—so that you can prepare the child for what they are going to face in adolescence.
And it seems to me, Brad, that's part of the danger that a single parent ought to be aware of—that if they don't take the time to do the proper preparation—
—their children are going to be more susceptible to temptations in the culture.
Brad: There's no question about it. Kids are much more likely to navigate the culture successfully when their parents or grandparents are in their corner—watching TV shows with them / sort of setting some frameworks for both TV, and internet, smartphones with them—than kids who don't have that engaged parent—not just setting rules for them—but really engaging them over the questions that they are thinking about when it comes to consumption of, not just TV, but also what's on social media and the like today.
Dennis: I want to talk about something that is pretty hard stuff—and this could offend some of our listeners, at this point—but I've found in the research that I've looked at—and I know you've seen it—that some of the consequences of being raised in a single- parent home are pretty serious.
Go over some of those consequences, if you would, because these are real. Frankly, in an interesting way, these are an apologetic for marriage and family.
Brad: We know, for instance, that boys—who are raised outside of an intact married home by their single mothers—are twice as likely to end up in prison or jail by the time they turn 30, compared to their peers who are raised with both their married parents. And that's controlling for things like income, and education, and race, and ethnicity. This is a pretty strong association in the research.
We know that the delinquency is remarkably higher among adolescents who have been raised in a single-parent home compared to a two-parent home. We know that dropping out of high school—about the same story. There is kind of this common pattern of risk when it comes to things like delinquency, dropping out of school, using drugs, being pregnant, as a teenager.
The other interesting piece here is—there is a question—there actually is also a really important point for single parents—around issues of family instability; okay?
So, what we are seeing more and more in the research is that kids—who are exposed to kind of a family or relationship carousel, where there are people coming in and out of the household or they are forming a tie with someone as a social father, for instance, and then he leaves and then a new guy comes in and he leaves—that's much more traumatic for a child than when a—like say a mother is a stable single mother, without a series of men coming through the household.
So, part of the story here is—you have to protect your kids from adults who don't have their best interests at heart or who aren't invested in them. That's one, I think, positive thing that a single parent can do—is be careful about his or her approach to relationships, for instance, in terms of how the kids are exposed to people.
Bob: You are basically saying that: "Because I'm a single parent, my kids are going to be drug users, they're going to be delinquents, they're going to be in trouble with the law,—
—and they are going to go on to form unstable family relationships. I might as well throw in the towel now." What do you say to them?
Brad: It's important to realize, here, that we are talking about—number one, based upon some research that a colleague of mine at UVA did in psychology—what she found was that basically—was about 10 percent of kids from intact married families, with both parents there, had some serious problems. About 25-30 percent of single mothers had some kids with some serious problems. The point is that, in both cases, the clear majority of kids from both those kinds of homes did fine; but there is a greater risk.
I think—if you have a couple of kids, as we do, for instance—realize some of my kids are pretty darn resilient. You throw anything at them, and they are just going to kind of bounce back. Others of my kids are not that resilient—they are pretty sensitive. There is a certain kind of fragility there—for those kids, something like a divorce would be devastating. You have to recognize that kids are different.
In some cases, kids are going to be pretty resilient, in the face of divorce or single parenthood; but in other cases, they are not.
But the other piece that I'm trying to add here is that we are seeing, in the United States, especially, the kind of—what my colleague, Andrew Cherlin, has called the "marriage-go-round." It's actually the relationship-go-round, where people are having multiple relationships, with kids in the household. That's really the most dangerous thing we see in the US today.
Dennis: So, would you advise a single-parent mom, who is raising a bunch of kids—would you advise her to begin thinking about forming a permanent relationship called marriage? You grew up in a home—you said—did your mom ever remarry?
Brad: No, she did not. Yes.
Dennis: Do you wish she would have?
Brad: Given what I know now about stepfamilies and a sense of sort of the family instability piece, I'm not sure about that. I'm glad that she was actually pretty careful about all that. We didn't have a series of men coming through the household when I was growing up, and I'm grateful.
The way I'd answer your question is this:
I think that—and as in many things, adults need to decide about sort of how they are going to approach their relationships with other adults, especially in view of their kids. I'm not saying that a single mother shouldn't get married, but she should be prudent—she should be careful in how she approaches getting to know someone, and how she introduces him to her kids, and make an effort to do that slowly and be discerning about his character. The same thing is true for a single father—doing the same thing with a woman that he is dating.
Dennis: Right. You may have a dating relationship for a while, but the idea of sliding into a relationship where you cohabit is not a good idea—that marriage and a family are established by a commitment and a decision. That commitment is what forges the most secure relationship that children need today.
Brad: That's right. We find, in a study that I'm doing with Scott Stanley and Galena Rhoades at the University of Denver—
—we find, basically, that people who are kind of deliberate about their sequencing / their relationship, prior to getting married, are much more likely to report high quality marriages; whereas, folks, who live together without any kind of commitment of marriage / without engagement, are much more likely to report lower quality marriages.
It goes right to your point about—it's important here, as you think about something like entering into a serious romantic relationship, that you do so deliberately and you seek to kind of establish a common ground / a common friendship as you go forward.
Bob: We haven't really talked about the spiritual dimension of life and whether that's a factor in all of this, but I have to believe that someone's faith in God—their participation in a local church, their prayer life, their time in the Bible—is having an impact. Single parents /intact families—this has got to be making a difference; isn't it?
Brad: John Bartkowski has found that religion is, on average, a force for good for kids in a variety of contexts—
—but the key caveat there is that—for instance, for married folks—that they are on the same page, religiously, basically. Not, obviously, in every—but they are both attending church together.
What we have found in our own research, at the National Marriage Project, is that one of the best predictors of a high-quality marriage is that, when both spouses have the sense that God is present in their marriage—that's more important than attending church together—you know, beyond just sort of the Sunday routine, there is a way in which people have a relationship with God—that perception is linked to some pretty strong marital outcomes—good ones.
Bob: Can you tell our listeners what the National Marriage Project is? The University of Virginia is sanctioning this—they are behind it; right?
Brad: There are many research projects / there are many initiatives—there are many groups at UVA—and I happen to be one of them—the National Marriage Project. What we do is—we look at marriage trends in America.
We look at—how the culture, how the economy, how the civil society—are affecting marriage and family life for kids. We try to be a voice to/for the notion that marriage is the ideal context for the rearing of kids.
Bob: You know, 50 years ago, that would have been mainstream. Today, it's counter-cultural.
Brad: Yes, I mean, things have obviously changed a great deal when it comes to all of this. I don't think anyone really knows where we're headed on this question of marriage and family in the United States; but what's also, I think, interesting is that—whether you look at things like child abuse, whether you look at things like graduating from college, whether you look at things like depression—what you find is that kids, who are raised in intact married families are much more likely to be flourishing. Despite all of the changes that we see in the country, it's still the case that this sort of model of married family life tends to do the best for our kids.
Dennis: Your research really—it doesn't confirm that the Bible is true, but it reflects the reality that what the Bible represents really is true—whether people's opinion in the culture embrace the Bible or not. In Genesis 2—this is God speaking—He said, "Therefore, a man shall leave his father and mother…shall hold fast to his wife…and they shall become one flesh."
There is a progression there—leaving the family you've come from / cleaving—that is a commitment to stick like glue for a lifetime. That's a decision we make to form a covenant with the person that we're marrying—and then, become one—spend a lifetime, not just becoming one flesh through intercourse, but becoming one as we, spiritually,—back to the point you made, Bob—as we pursue God together.
I personally have been encouraged by your research.
I am really glad, Brad, you joined us here on today's broadcast. I've been looking forward to getting you here on the program for a number of years. You really are in a key spot for those of us who are advocates on behalf of marriage and family. And I just appreciate you joining us.
Brad: Dennis, it's my pleasure to be here today.
Bob: Well, and I should also, probably, let listeners know about the research that you've done. It's available in a booklet called "Why Marriage Matters: Thirty Conclusions from the Social Sciences." This is the Third Edition of that document, and we have it in our FamilyLife Today Resource Center. Go, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com. There is more information there about the "Why Marriage Matters" booklet that Brad has contributed to. Again, our website is FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call if you have questions at 1-800- "F" as in family, "L" as in life, and then, the word, "TODAY."
Now, I keep thinking about our mission, here at FamilyLife, as we've talked with Brad today about what's going on in the culture, related to marriage and family.
We are committed, as a ministry, to effectively developing godly families.
I had somebody ask me recently, "So, how do you measure godliness in a family?" I thought, "Well, I don't know if I have a tool to calibrate how it's doing; but I do know that the criteria includes things like love, and joy, and peace, and patience, and kindness, and goodness, and faithfulness, and self-control." I mean—the fruit of the Spirit in a marriage and a family really is evidence of whether we have a godly family or not.
Our goal, here at FamilyLife, is to do all we can do to help cultivate that kind of a dynamic in every family in the world. Of course, that begins with a fundamental, spiritual change in the lives of people who are in rebellion against God. And we are so grateful for those of you who partner with us in seeing this mission accomplished—
—those of you who share our passion to want to see marriages and families strengthened and growing in godliness. We appreciate our Legacy Partners, who make donations each month, and those of you who are contributing occasionally. We are grateful for your financial support.
In fact, if you can help with a donation today, we'd like to say, "Thank you," in a tangible way. We'd like to send you a new resource that Barbara Rainey and her team have put together for your home. It's a chalkboard in the shape of a house. At the top, it says, "In this home we give thanks." There is a place for you to write on the chalkboard the things you are thankful for. This is our thank-you gift to you when you support the ministry of FamilyLife Today with a donation.
You can go to FamilyLifeToday.com and click on the button that says, "I Care," in the upper right-hand corner of the page—you make your donation online and request the chalkboard when you do that. Or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to make a donation over the phone. Again, ask for the chalkboard.
Or you can request the chalkboard and mail a donation to FamilyLife Today at P O Box 7111, Little Rock, AR. And our zip code is 72223.
Now, tomorrow, we are going to do a little different kind of diagnostic. We're going to talk about why being a pastor is a dangerous calling. We're going to draw some attention to pastors since this is Pastor Appreciation Month. Hope you can join us back as we talk to Paul David Tripp tomorrow.
I want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, and our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. We will see you back next time for another edition of FamilyLife Today.
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Kristin Cavallari and Her Family Are Leaving Chicago After Husband Jay Cutler Is Cut by NFL Team
By Olivia Rowe - November 8, 2017 03:46 pm EST
(Photo: Twitter / @usweekly)
It's a sad day for Chicagoans and fans of the Chicago Bears!
Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler are saying goodbye to Chicago. The Bears quarterback has been released from the NFL team after eight years, the Chicago Sun Times reports.
Cutler and his wife, former reality television star Kristin Cavallari, both spoke out about the bittersweet news and the impact the city has left on their little family.
Click through for their heartfelt words and fans' reactions to the loss.
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So we're moving from Chicago soon and I gotta say, I'm really gonna miss this place. Not only we're all 3 of my babies born here, it's where it all began with jay, it brought me closer to my mom who has become my best friend, I've made some amazing girlfriends, and I've really enjoyed being back here (a lot of people don't know I lived here when I was younger). Thanks for all the good times, Chicago. This will always be a special place for us ❤
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The Hills star announced in an Instagram post on Monday that she and her family will be leaving Chi Town in the very near future.
"So we're moving from Chicago soon and I gotta say, I'm really gonna miss this place," she wrote. "Not only we're all 3 of my babies born here, it's where it all began with jay, it brought me closer to my mom who has become my best friend, I've made some amazing girlfriends, and I've really enjoyed being back here (a lot of people don't know I lived here when I was younger).
"Thanks for the good times, Chicago. This will always be a special place for us," she concluded alongside a heart emoji.
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Cutler was cut by the Chicago Bears in March after eight seasons after being plagued by injuries. As a free agent, any NFL team could potentially sign him.
Cutler released a sweet statement of his own on Thursday, that was published in the Chicago Sun-Times.
"I would like to first thank the city of Chicago and its passionate fans for a memorable eight years," he began. "I grew up in Indiana rooting for the Bears as a kid, so it was an honor to wear the Bears uniform and play quarterback at Soldier Field for my favorite childhood team."
"Chicago is the city where I met my wonderful wife Kristin. I have been fortunate to have three beautiful children here," Cutler continued. "Our family will leave Chicago with great memories and relationships on and off the field. We look forward to the next chapter in our lives and wish the best to Bears fans everywhere."
Can't believe the Bears released the best QB is franchise history. #Payton/Cutler @KristinCav pic.twitter.com/5Qw5jMODAw
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@KristinCav literally I'm so sad KC. Huge Cutler guy. https://t.co/Xmm6YutnpH
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Aaron Costain has been writing and drawing comics for three and a half years. He is also part of a Toronto jam comics collective called Team Society League. His longest self-published work, Entropy, is a re-working of a variety of creation myths, both modern and ancient. It has been published as a serial narrative on his website, aaroncostain.com. The latest installment can be found in the new graphic fiction section of carte blanche. Aaron intends to collect this serial as a book upon completion, with each issue forming one chapter.
Aaron is an art-school dropout, and has degrees in art history, environmental design, and architecture. He works as an architect and lives in Toronto's Kensington Market with his wife and cat. He was born in Victoria, British Columbia, and has lived in Halifax, Chicago, and Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
carte blanche's Matthew Forsythe interviewed Aaron by email in May 2009.
cb: What are you reading these days?
Costain: I read loads of old newspaper strips: Little Orphan Annie, Popeye, Gasoline Alley, Moomin, and really anything else I can get my hands on. I feel privileged to live in a golden age of classic cartooning reprints. I was sad to recently read the last volume of the collected Terry and the Pirates, by Milton Caniff—but I'm about to jump into his follow-up strip, Steve Canyon. In terms of new stuff, I've recently finished two great Bildungsroman-style comics: Yoshihiro Tatsumi's incredible autobiography, A Drifting Life, and Jeffrey Brown's similarly-themed Funny, Misshapen Body. Both books are about the author's development as a cartoonist. Collodi's [The Adventures of] Pinocchio was the last prose book I read.
What are some of the things that influence Entropy?
Pinocchio is a huge influence, both the original book and the sanitized Disney version. I am fascinated with the idea of the golem, and I see the Pinocchio story as a variation on this theme (with a happier ending, though). I cannot overstate the influence of Murakami's odder books, like Kafka on the Shoreor Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. They ponder many of the same oblique existential issues I am interested in. Anders Nilsen's graphic novel Dogs and Water and his ongoing series Big Questions both deal with the solitary figure contemplating existential issues in a way that parallels my own predilections. I am also extremely interested in myth and fable and how they intersect with religion. Milton's Paradise Lost is one of these intersections, or Bill Reid's incredible Haida sculptures and writings. Comics that deal with these same issues include Tom Nealy's The Blot, Cyril Pederosa's Three Shadows, and any given short story by Eleanor Davis.
There's something hilarious and profound about this comic—there are also a lot of religious allusions. How does religion play into your life?
I am not religious at all. I was raised with a perfunctory couple years going to an Anglican church, but I just never got it. However, I have always been fascinated by the commonalities between different religions and, as I mentioned previously, their connection with myths and fables. I was privileged to do a degree in art history at the University of Victoria, where I was able to study art from all over the world rather than the Eurocentric view that you find at most Canadian universities (I focused on art of the Islamic world and of Southeast Asia.) Culture, history, and religion are a big part of art historical studies, and I was fascinated by the bleeding of cultures from one region to another. No one area is immune from cross-cultural pollination, no matter how remote. I find this fascinating, and I feel I just have to write about it. I mean, look at Indian Buddha sculptures from two thousand years ago and you can see the influence of the Greeks, or the direct inspiration the Egyptians had on early Christian iconography. It's amazing. I think I digressed there a bit.
I know you're also an architect—do you think that your job influences your approach to comics at all, even in a complementary way?
I learned a few things from architecture that have affected my cartooning in a direct way, mostly to do with matters of presentation and draftsmanship. However, architecture has influenced my cartooning in more abstract ways as well, most notably instilling in me two of the most important virtues for a cartoonist: patience and precision.
Architectural drawings typically work in a specific way that guides your understanding of a building in a sequential fashion, from the big picture on in to the smaller details. Cartooning typically works in a similar way (at least, cartooning as I practice it) that allows you to follow a narrative through a series of sequentially ordered panels to tell a story. I am currently trying to adapt the architectural sequence of drawings into a narrative structure in a way that Chris Ware and John Pham have not already tried. I don't know how successful I'll be, but it's an interesting challenge.
When you release narratives serially, they become a strange, living thing. How long do you see the final Entropy being? Do you have a vision for where this is going? Does it matter to you?
I was originally aiming for a hundred pages. I am at about 75 pages now, and the end keeps getting pushed back farther and farther. I have a hunch that the end product will be around 150 pages, but that is a moving target. There are a certain number of plot points that I want to hit, but I am not sure if I will be able to get to them all in the allotted amount of space if I stick to a predetermined page count.
Cartooning usually takes up more pages than you anticipate; it's easy to write something in the script that takes up a single line, but ends up consuming four pages of art to convey properly. Right now I don't really care how long Entropy eventually becomes, since I am having so much fun drawing it. There is an ending in sight. I'm just not sure how long the journey will be to get there.
What are you going to work on next?
I usually work on Entropy with a "breather" comic in between each issue, but I feel like I'm on a roll right now and want to jump right into the next chapter. That being said, I'm kind of excited about this formal exercise I mentioned previously, where I want to bring methods of reading architectural drawings into comics.
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Entropy Aaron Costain
The Day I Washed Her Hair Andrea Dyck
Straight Down the Hall and to Your Left Lindsey Emes
The Three Stages of Boiling Sarah Gilbert
A Single Life Katharine O'Flynn
The Birth of a Grandmother Marianne Ackerman
Buddy Death Michael K. Gause
Arctic Journal Guido Romeo
Pedalling Forward Shayne Woodsmith
Foggy Day Jim Royal
I Remember Patrice Desbiens, translated by Alison Newall
For Emile Nelligan Kelly Norah Drukker
Granite Music Kiril Kadiiski, translated by Ann Diamond
Changing Winter Tires Julie Mahfood
Emasculation Julie Mahfood
Heart of Split Branka Petrovic
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Square Enix and United Front Games released a new video today highlighting the features found within the PC Version of Sleeping dogs.
Among some of the most noticeable upgrades are customizable DX11 features, a downloadable HD textures pack, and a sweet cross promotion with steam in which you can receive Team fortress 2 attire for your character.
For a detailed list of all these features and more, you can visit the official blog post right HERE.
Sleeping Dogs releases on August 14th (in North America) and August 17th (in Europe) for the Xbox 360, PC and Playstation 3.


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