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Choctaw is an unincorporated community located in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. Choctaw is approximately  south of Shaw and approximately  east of Stringtown, served by Mississippi Highway 450.

It is named for the Choctaw, one of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Southeast, who were indigenous to this area at the time of European settlement. Most of the Choctaw were forced to remove to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River in the 1830s. The federally recognized Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is made up of descendants of those who remained in the territory and later state.

A post office operated under the name Choctaw from 1895 to 1920.

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Unincorporated communities in Bolivar County, Mississippi
Unincorporated communities in Mississippi
Mississippi placenames of Native American origin


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If you make it to the interview stage, you won't always get the luxury of having it face-to-face. While phone interviews aren't all that different from in-person ones in many respects, there are still some additional factors you should take into account. When you are applying for jobs in Greenville, here are some tips you should remember if you interview over the phone, courtesy of Andrew G. Rosen at U.S. News.
1.	Have your resume and some notes with you: having a physical copy of your resume in front of you during a phone interview allows you to reference it during the call (and whoever you're talking to will probably be looking at it too) and will keep you focused. Having some notes will also remind you of questions you want to ask or certain matters you want to talk about. Rosen recommends having physical copies of these things if you don't have access to a computer.


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Texas Minimum Data Set
The Minimum Data Set (MDS) is a standardized collection of demographic and clinical information that describes a person's overall condition. All licensed nursing facilities in Texas are required to submit MDS assessments for all residents admitted into their facility. The current version is MDS 3.0.
HHSC Publishes 2023 Criminal History Requirements Charts for Public Comment
Child Care Regulation has proposed updates to the Criminal History Requirements Charts. The proposed updates were published in the Texas Register and CCR is accepting public comments from Jan. 6–Feb. 5, 2023.
HHSC Adopts New Child Care Rules Regarding Protections for Children on the Grounds or Premises
Visit the Texas Register to review a summary of comments HHSC received during the formal public comment period and HHSC's response to the public comments, including whether HHSC made any changes to the rules.
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OFFICIAL REPORT
THIRD SESSION-NINETEENTH PARLIAMENT 6 GEORGE VI, 1942 VOLUME III, 1942 COMPRISING THE PERIOD PROM THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY, 1942, TO THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JUNE, 1942, INCLUSIVE BEING VOLUME CCXXXI FOR THE PERIOD 1875-1942 INDEX ISSUED IN A SEPARATE VOLUME OTTAWA EDMOND CLOUTIER PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY 1942 CANADA
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PRIVILEGE-MR. COLD WELL REFERENCE TO PRESS REPORT OF STATEMENT BY DOCTOR FRANZ KLEIN
Major James William Coldwell
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.)
Mr. M. J. COLDWELL (Rosetown-Biggar):
Mr. Speaker, I rise to a question of privilege and to keep the record straight. Doctor Franz Klein gave a statement to the press last night in which he said this-I am reading from the Ottawa Journal:
He claimed that any note of dissension in his writings was in relationship only to a difference between his views and those of another Austrian expatriate now in Toronto.
"Mr. Coldwell may regard him as an Austrian leader, since he boasts having been Schuschnigg's press chief. He was one of the junior officials in Colonel Adams', the press chief's bureau. Adams' whole staff was imprisoned by the German invader. Most of them are still in concentration camps. Mr. Coldwell's witness is the only one who owing to his friendship with Schuschnigg's Foreign Secretary Guido Schmidt, was released after a few weeks and allowed to leave Austria."
I wish to say that I do not know the gentleman to whom Doctor Klein refers. I have had no communication with anyone connected with the Austrian or Czech organizations in this city or in the dominion. The information I gave the other afternoon was obtained when I was in England, from the Free Austrian Committee there.
Topic: PRIVILEGE-MR. COLD WELL REFERENCE TO PRESS REPORT OF STATEMENT BY DOCTOR FRANZ KLEIN
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
Second report of standing committee on railways and shipping.-Mr. Howden.
RADIO BROADCASTING-CONCURRENCE IN FIRST REPORT
Mr. J. J. McCANN (Renfrew South) presented the first report of the special committee on radio broadcasting, and moved that the report be concurred in. Motion agreed to.
RAILWAYS AND SHIPPING
Right Hon. W. L. MACKENZIE KING (Prime Minister): Mr. Speaker, on behalf of Mr. Ilsley I beg to move: That estimate items Nos. 400, 401, 410 and 411, approved and reported upon by the standing committee on railways and shipping, owned, operated and controlled by the government, be referred to the committee of supply.
Richard Burpee Hanson (Leader of the Official Opposition)
Hon. R. B. HANSON (Leader of the Opposition):
The report of the committee
has not yet been concurred in. I know this is a pro forma motion, but it seems to me to be a little premature.
Topic: RAILWAYS AND SHIPPING
William Lyon Mackenzie King (Prime Minister; Secretary of State for External Affairs; President of the Privy Council)
Mr. MACKENZIE KING:
It can stand.
Georges Parent (Speaker of the Senate)
Mr. SPEAKER:
The motion refers to
items that were taken out of the estimates and referred to the standing committee on railways and shipping, the standing committee has approved the items, and they are now reported back to the house. The usual procedure is then to refer these items to the committee of supply to be dealt with in the usual manner.
Motion agreed to.
RADIO BROADCASTING-CHANGE IN PERSONNEL
Right Hon. W. L. MACKENZIE KING (Prime Minister) moved:
That the name of Mr. Hansell be substituted for that of Mr. Kuhl on the select committee on radio broadcasting.
Topic: RADIO BROADCASTING-CHANGE IN PERSONNEL


Stephen T. Holzer is the Chair of our Environmental Practice Group.
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Thank you for gateway update but there are other buildings in BPC. What is the update on those buildings ?
Messages to other managers have been left – will update when we receive. Gateway Manager was the first to contact.


Comments A flawless fully natural Hessonite Garnet with eye clean clarity, and the most desirable and preferred Deep Burnt Imperial Cinnamon color from Ratnapura Sri Lanka! This Hessonite also has the most brilliant Scintillation and lustre! Gomedh or as Hessonite is also known, is one of the most fast acting gemstone for the North Node – Rahu! A Jyotish talisman of great powers!
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Pratt Institute, Film and Video Department
Film and Video has become important graduate and undergraduate programs at the Pratt Institute with a growing student body but, until recently, working out of make shift spaces in the basement of the school's gym. Competing with other well-known institutions in the New York area for the best and the brightest in students and faculty, Pratt realized that its instructional and production facilities had to be commensurate with its ambition and, without a doubt, state-of-the-art. Based on the unqualified success of its recently completed Myrtle Hall project, Pratt turned again to think! to create the new best-in-class facility on a highly expedited schedule and challenging budget.
The space available for the new facility was a pre-engineered shed building with 15,000 square feet of column free space and previously the home of the Pratt Store. think! conceived of the space as not only an up-to-the-minute, high tech facility, but more importantly as a place of learning where opportunities could be created outside the classroom for student/faculty and student/student interaction, innovation and creativity. The facility was designed as a series of freestanding objects – two sound stages, post-production suites, sound recording and screening room – allowing for a variety of interstitial spaces for informal meeting and collaboration.
The new Film/Video Department sits at the northeast corner of the Pratt campus where it fronts both the school on one side and the busy community shopping street, Myrtle Avenue on the other. This fortuitous siting creates a perfect meeting place where school and community can mix using film and video as a forum for social, academic and intellectual interaction, activities very important to the school's mission.
think! had the rewarding opportunity to collaborate on this project with Pratt architecture professor Haresh Lalvani, on a series of elegant perforated, sculptural metal panels wrapping the entrance lobby and cladding a number of the free standing rooms.
The project has allowed Pratt to double its enrollment in the Film and Video Department and advance its reputation within the industry.
Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) – NYC Chapter
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THIS WAS JUNE 29, 2015.
"McKenzie couldn't help but celebrate the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter,"explains photographer Mark Marquette. "It was breathtaking."
Anyone can have a similar experience in the nights ahead. Just step outside after sunset and face west. Venus and Jupiter are less than a degree apart. Don't wait until the sky fades to black. A tight conjunction of Venus and Jupiter framed by twilight blue has a special beauty that you won't want to miss.
The night of closest approach is June 30th, when Venus and Jupiter will be only 1/3rd of a degree apart. If you have binoculars or a small telescope, point them at the planets. Both will fit in the same field of view, allowing you to see the fat crescent phase of Venus and the moons of Jupiter simultaneously. It's a great way to end the day.
ON any night in June, 2015, look for the queen and king of planets – dazzling Venus and bold Jupiter – as these two worlds appear in your western sky first thing every nightfall. They'll appear in your evening sky throughout June 2015, and they'll be drawing closer together each evening!
Venus will pass Jupiter in late June/early July, 2015. At that time – especially on the nights of June 30 and July 1 – you can witness the closest Venus-Jupiter conjunction until August 27, 2016.
These very bright worlds will be hard to miss (unless it's cloudy!) because Venus and Jupiter rank as the third-brightest and fourth-brightest celestial bodies, respectively, after the sun and moon.
As dusk turns into darkness, note the star Regulus above Jupiter, on line with Venus and Jupiter. Day by day, watch as Venus and Jupiter race toward Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation Leo the Lion. In fact, you can use these three luminaries – Regulus, Jupiter and Venus – to imagine the ecliptic crossing the sky with your mind's-eye. The ecliptic is the Earth's orbital plane projected onto the sky's dome. Because the planets orbit the sun on nearly the same plane that Earth does, the solar system planets are always found on or near the ecliptic.
At present, the planets Venus and Jupiter are both heading eastward (upward) along the ecliptic, toward the star Regulus. You might think Jupiter should get to Regulus first, since the king planet lodges so much closer to Regulus, the only 1st-magnitude star to sit almost squarely on the ecliptic. However, the closer that a planet resides to the sun, the faster that the planet travels in its smaller orbit. Venus, the second planet outward from the sun, races along at 35 kilometers per second whereas Jupiter, the fifth planet outward, plods along at 13 kilometers per second.
But that's not all. Jupiter's orbital path is a solid seven times longer than that traveled by Venus. For that reason, Venus will zoom toward Regulus day by day, whereas Jupiter will travel at a snail's pace.
Be sure to circle July 18, 2015 on your calendar as well. Venus will be almost in conjunction with Regulus, a slight bit ahead of Jupiter in the great race to the constellation Leo's brightest star. On July 18, the crescent moon, Venus and Jupiter will all fit within a circle sporting a diameter of less than four degrees. (Four degrees of sky approximates two finger-widths at an arms length.) Don't miss out on this close-knit celestial grouping on July 18, featuring the moon, Venus and Jupiter – the brightest, second-brightest and third-brightest orbs of nighttime, respectively.
12-15-98 - When I went to bed last night and turned off the bedroom light, I noticed a bright light shining on my pillow right where I was going to lay my head. I must have seen this light hundreds of times before, because it was the light from the yard across the street on a tall pole. We have one of those big blue lights too, perched high on the house that comes on automatically when it gets dark outside and shines in every direction to provide us all with a sense of safety. Our light shines into our neighbor's yards like our neighbor's light shines into ours. during the night, our outside world is bathed in a blue glow from those lights. Our other nieghhbors, in turn, also have these large blue lights. Our world is never dark.
When I closed my eyes after my head lay gently on my pillow, I immediately saw a web page titled, "The Christmas Light."
The house and trees in our neighborhood these days are also aglow with multiple white and colored lights festooned everywhere and people drive around to see each other's Christmas lights.
But the original Christmas had it's own blue light...The Star of Bethlehem.
The web page I was seeing in my mind's eye then showed me a photograph of a Hindu man, holding in his arms...a baby...not the baby Jesus, but a seven-headed being with a skinny body. It was most grotesque to see. I wondered what that had to do with the Christmas light. I came to find that there indeed was a seven headed being responsible for our creation, and without it this world would have no Christmas light. I present these so-called myths and stories below.
The Biblical account of this story is brief, unclear, and subject to multiple interpretations. So meager is the independent historical confirmation that it's hard to defend the view that the Christmas star is anything more than a fictional or metaphorical fable invented well after the time of the alleged events. Certainly every physical explanation has serious difficulties. Such speculations have negligible scientific or historical value.
'Bethlehem in the land of Judah, you are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you shall come a ruler to be the shepherd of my people Israel.'"
Then Herod summoned the astrologers to meet him secretly, and ascertained from them the exact time when the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and make a careful search for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, so that I may go myself and pay him homage."
After hearing what the king had to say they set out; there before them was the star they had seen rising, and it went ahead of them until it stopped above the place where the child lay. They were overjoyed at the sight of it and, entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother and bowed low in homage to him; they opened their treasure chests and presented gifts to him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Then they returned to their own country by another route, for they had been warmed in a dream not to go back to Herod.
Uncertainties in the times of Herod's orders to kill all boys under two years of age, the Holy Family's stay in Egypt, the death of Herod and for which census Joseph went to Bethlehem make it difficult to fix the date of the birth of Christ.
Who were these Magi? Where did they come from? Magi is the plural of Magus, the root of our word magic; "court astrologer" is probably the right translation. "Wise men" is also a good term, descriptive of the esteem in which they were widely held. The group of Magi in question (it is the Christmas carol, not Matthew, that refers to three of them) came "from the east." They might have been Zoroastrians, Medes, Persians, Arabs, or even Jews. They served as court advisors, making forecasts and predictions for their royal patrons based on their study of the stars, about which they were quite knowledgeable. Magi often wandered from court to court, and it was not unusual for them to cover great distances in order to attend the birth or crowning of a king, paying their respects and gifts. It is not surprising, therefore, that Matthew would mention them as validation of Jesus' kingship, or that Herod would regard their arrival as a very serious matter.
A major key to the chronology is the date of the death of Herod, who figures prominently in our story. Herod was alive when the Star of Bethlehem appeared and the commonly quoted date for his death is 4 B.C.(4) Thus dates of 7 B.C through 4 B.C. are often given for the birth of Jesus. The political events of this period are best known from the writings of Josephus Flavius, the Jewish historian who lived from 37 A.D. to about 95 A.D. His testimony has always been considered vital in determining these dates. But the accounts of Josephus and the entire history of this period have been reassessed recently, with important new results, by Ernest Martin, whose book, _The Star that Astonished the World_, has become the authoritative source on the subject.
In the meantime, word arrived from Rome that Herod had the Emperor's permission to execute his rebellious son Antipater, and he promptly complied. Five days later he died, but not before decreeing that his was to be the biggest funeral ever held in the history of the world. His body was embalmed. The army was assembled to carry his body in the funeral procession to a burial site some 25 miles away. The soldiers walked in bare feet, as was required when in mourning, traveling one mile a day. A legate from Rome, where word of Herod's death had been received, arrived to protect the royal treasury. Finally, Herod's son Archelaus was crowned king and had time to issue a few decrees prior to the celebration of Passover.
The 29 days between the eclipse of 4 B.C. and the following Passover simply do not allow enough time for all of this to have happened. A minimum of ten weeks would have been required. But on January 10, 1 B.C., there was a total lunar eclipse visible in Palestine, and it occurred twelve and a half weeks, before Passover. As Martin points out, there are other compelling reasons to regard I B.C. as the true date of Herod's death. For example, the War of Varus, known to have followed Herod's death, can be redated to 1 B.C., where it fits the other known facts perfectly.
In those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled....And all went to be enrolled, each to his own city.
This enrollment, described in the Gospel of Luke, which brought Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem, always has been a mystery since no regular taxation census occurred at this time. But the "pater patriae" enrollment fits perfectly.
To track heavenly events at the time of Jesus Christ, we first have to estimate when the baby Jesus was born. December 25 was chosen by Christians who didn't celebrate the birth of Christ until 350 years after it happened.
In the year AD 274, when the winter solstice fell on December 25, the pagan Roman emperor Aurelian proclaimed December 25 as Natalis Solis Invicti, the festival of the birth of the invincible sun. In AD 354, Philocalus wrote a Christian martyrology that dates the nativity of Jesus Christ on December 25, and cites an earlier work as backup. From this we can deduce that Christmas was celebrated on the present date as early as AD 335 in Rome. It may be that Christmas was set on this day to supplant the pagan feast, or it may simply be a coincidence. Hippolytus and Tertullian, two early church fathers who lived before the Nicene Council set up our present method of determining the date of Easter, used March 25 as the date of Easter. If this is also the origin of considering March 25 to be the date of His conception, then it is possible that December 25 was calculated from March 25 (instead of the other way around) so that Christmas might be older than the Natilis Solis Invicti. However, there is no evidence dating earlier than AD 335 that Christmas was even celebrated, let alone on December 25. Other reasons are perhaps because of its closeness to the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, and the Roman feast of Saturnalia.
There have been several attempts to date the events in Christ's life by reference to astronomical phenomena. Since he was certainly born before the death of Herod the Great, much has been made of Josephus' statement that Herod died shortly after an eclipse of the moon visible from Jericho. Most chronologists, following the lead of the great Johann Kepler, have assumed that the relevant eclipse was that of March 13, of the year 4 B.C. Yet it has been known for centuries that there were several other eclipses, one as late as January 10 of 1 B.C., that could also qualify (Mosley 1987 and Sinnott 1986). Regrettably, it must be concluded that the astronomical evidence on this point is inconclusive and that we must rely on other indications for the date of Herod's death.
And unfortunately, there is a substantial difference of opinion on this point (Martin 1978).
A somewhat similar situation exists concerning the date of the crucifixion. While the correlation between date of the month and day of the week offers only two prime candidates (April 7 of A D. 30 and April 3 of A.D. 33),the latter has been considered preferable because of a possible connection with a lunar eclipse supposedly seen from Jerusalem on that date. But Ruggles (1990) has recently shown that there is actually no astronomical reason to choose between two dates. And, in any case, there is some uncertainty as to Christ's age at his death.
Another astronomical approach to the problem has been to attempt to determine the nature and hopefully the time of appearance of the "Christmas Star," the sight of which inspired the wise men's visit to Israel (Hughes 1979). In this connection it is well to refer to Matthew's exact words concerning this phenomenon. I quote from the 1961 New English Bible: "After his birth astrologers from the east arrived in Jerusalem, asking, `Where is the child who is born to be king of the Jews? We observed the rising of his star, and we have come to pay him homage.'" And again: "They set out at the king's bidding; and the star which they had seen at its rising went ahead of them until it stopped above the place where the child lay. At the sight of the star they were overjoyed."
There are at least two important points raised by this account. First, the "star" apparently had meaning only for the astrologers; no one else is reported to have seen it. And second, it is implied that the astrologers had lost sight of the "star" during their trip from their homeland (Babylon? Persia?) to Jerusalem, but that they then saw t again on their way to Bethlehem.
The fact that the "star" was not generally seen gives considerable credence to the idea that what the astrologers observed was not a conventional star like a nova or a supernova but rather what may be called a "sign in the heavens" such as a conjunction, or close approach, of two or more planets. And if indeed, a planetary conjunction was meant, it appears that the same planets were involved in two conjunctions, occurring several months apart.
Now the idea that planetary conjunctions are involved in the "Christmas Star Problem" has ancient roots: Kepler, while believing that the "star" was a newly-appeared celestial object, nevertheless thought that its coming was associated with several planetary conjunctions involving Jupiter, Saturn and Mars (Burke-Gaffney 1937). Some two hundred years later the idea that planetary conjunctions alone were involved became popular through the work of Ideler. One of the more noteworthy suggestions was that of Stockwell (1892) (actually of the writer's own institution!) that the "star" was a moderately close approach of Venus and Jupiter on May 8 of the year 6 B.C. Stockwell believed the death of Herod to have occurred in 4 B.C. and also considered only morning conjunctions. His suggestion was roundly criticized on several grounds by Swift (1893) who, interestingly enough, noted that Stockwell's conjunction could not have accounted for the astrologers' second sighting. The solution to the problem came, in the writer's view, from the discovery by Sinnott (1968) of two notable conjunctions of Venus and Jupiter revealed in the extensive planetary tables of Tuckerman (1962). Both occurred in Leo. The first of these was a close morning conjunction on August 12 of 3 B.C. which Mosley (1987) has shown to have been only about 4.3 arcminutes in separation, while the second was an extremely close (0.5 arcminutes) evening conjunction on June 17 of 2 B.C. Sinnott and others have assumed that it was the second conjunction that led to the astrologers' trip to Jerusalem, but the writer prefers the scenario envisaged by Federer (1968), the longtime editor of Sky and Telescope magazine, who equated the ten-months interval between the sightings with the travel time from the astrologers' homeland to Jerusalem.
If one accepts Federer's interpretation, then the date of the astrologers' visit to Bethlehem can be precisely stated to have been June 17 of the year 2 B.C. This can be true, of course, only if a later date for the death of Herod can be shown to be valid. But even if this is so, are we now much closer to the date of Christ's birth?
Unfortunately we are given no definite information on the age of the "child" when the astrologers arrived. It may be inferred, however, from Luke's account of the parents' visit to Jerusalem to present the child to the Lord, which could not have occurred until at least 40 days after his birth, that this visit must have been made before the arrival of the astrologers, since the Holy Family apparently left for Egypt very soon after that time.
Consequently a reasonably accurate estimate of the time of the birth of Christ would be in March or April of the year 2 B.C., perhapspure speculationaround the time of the Lyrid meteor shower. It is difficult to put the birth much earlier in the year in view of Luke's testimony concerning the shepherds in the fields, which seems to imply that Christ was not born in the winter. It may be suggested, then, that the bimillenary birth date might be, say, April 1 of the year 1999.
Two closing comments: (l) the writer has recently shown (Observatory 111, 121) that pairs of morning and evening conjunctions such as those described by Sinnott are actually very common. In fact whenever a Venus-Jupiter morning conjunction of more than 19· elongation occurs, it is followed about ten months later by a similar evening one. Unknown both to Stockwell and to Swift, an evening conjunction occurred on March 9 of 5 B.C. While it would be attractive to those preferring an earlier death date of Herod to assume that the 6 and 5 B.C. conjunctions were involved in the astrologers' visit rather than the later ones, this would put the birth of Christ rather early in the year; also it is unlikely that Herod would have been at his palace in Jerusalem in early March rather than in his usual winter quarters in Jericho.
And (2) it appears probable to the writer that the reason that Luke's narrative of the Christmas story differs so significantly from Matthew's (in not mentioning the astrologers, the "star," or the flight to Egypt) may simply be that Luke was anxious to disassociate astrology completely from his account of the origin of Christianity, whereas Matthew was not so sensitive on that point. This question can best be left to the theologians!
To further complicate matters, our system of numbering years isn't totally accurate due to an error by a monk named Dionysius Exiguus. In 525 AD, Exiguus devised the system of numbering years since the birth of Christ. (AD emerged from the Latin "anno Domini," which means "since the birth of Christ"; BC means "before Christ").
When the monk was counting back through history, he left out four years during the rule of Octavian. He also left out the year "0". Octavian, Julius Caesar's stepson, was the Roman leader from 27 BC to AD 14. Without the four years Exiguus omitted, Jesus' actual birth date would be around 4 BC.
A variety of supporting evidence (such as the reign of Herod, who died in 4 BC and details of Roman censuses) indicates that between 5 and 7 BC is considered to be the most likely time for Christ's birth.
In 5 BC, Chinese sky watchers saw a "broom-star," a comet with a tail that seemed to sweep the sky. Colin Humphreys, a researcher at the University of Cambridge in England, thinks it was this celestial fireball, which probably looked much like Comet Hyakutake, that guided the three wise men on their journey. The Chinese observers saw the comet for 70 days, plenty of time for the wise men to reach Jerusalem from their homes in Persia, Humphreys claims.
The biblical Matthew's description of the star of Bethlehem, "lo, the star, which they had seen in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was," could easily describe a moving comet. It is too ambiguous to make possible a definitive identification with known astronomical phenomena of that era.
However the wise men were astrologers. Rather than comets, they would be probably be much more interested in the movements of planets and what those movements meant to humans. In 7 BC, a planetary dance occurred that would capture the interest of any astrologer.
Astronomers have proposed conjunctions of some of the planets as a likely explanation of the 'star.' Once every 139 years, Jupiter and Saturn share the same small patch of space when viewed from Earth. In 7 BC, Jupiter and Saturn could be seen rising together at the instant the sun set. Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars in 6 BC; and Jupiter and Venus in 3 BC. Other possibilities are appearances of comets in 5 BC and 4 BC, and a nova (exploding star) in 5 BC.
In 3 B.C. and 2 B.C., when there was a series of close conjunctions involving Jupiter, the planet that represented kingship, coronations, and the birth of kings. In Hebrew, Jupiter was known as "Sedeq" or "Righteousness", a term also used for the Messiah.
September 11, 3 B.C., is perhaps the most interesting date of all. Not only was Jupiter very close to Regulus in the first of their conjunctions, but the sun was in the constellation of Virgo (of obvious symbolism), together with the new moon, in a configuration that fits a plausible interpretation of a passage in the Book of Revelation describing the birth of a male child who is to be the ruler of the universe. Significantly, September 11, 3 B.C., also marked the beginning of the Jewish New Year, traditionally regarded as the anniversary of Noah's landing after the Great Flood.
The answer is yes. The word "stop" was used for what we now call a planet's "stationary point." A planet normally moves eastward through the stars from night to night and month to month, but regularly exhibits a "retrograde loop." As it approaches the opposite point in the sky from the sun, it appears to slow, come to a full stop, and move backward (westward) through the sky for some weeks. Again it slows, stops, and resumes its eastward course. It seems plausible that the Magi were "overjoyed" at again seeing before them, as they traveled southward, the star, Jupiter, which at its stationary point was standing still over Bethlehem. We do know for certain that Jupiter performed a retrograde loop in 2 B.C. and that it was stationary on December 25, interestingly enough, during Hanukkah, the season for giving presents.
Alternatively, there may have been a sighting of the then unknown planet Uranus, which, though faintly visible to the naked eye, was not discovered until AD 1781. lf the appearance of the 'star' was a miracle or a myth, astronomical explanations are unnecessary and invalid.
David Hughes, a researcher at the University of Sheffield in England, said the simultaneous rising of Saturn and Jupiter against a backdrop of the constellation Pisces would have special meaning for the wise men. Pisces was the zodiac sign representing the Jews, Jupiter was the king of the gods, and Saturn symbolized both justice and the land of Palestine. Hughes wrote that this meeting of planets within a constellation was "obviously a sign associated with the coming of a Jewish Messiah."
But Matthew mentions a star in the Bible, not planets. Henbest suggests Matthew could have made up the tale of the star to enliven the story. Or maybe the guiding star was a miracle, the result of divine intervention.
In our calendar we count years from an assumed year of the birth of Christ, as determined by Dionysius Exiguus (circa AD 530) from a study of historical records. Dionysius was commissioned by Pope John I to calculate dates of Easter for future observances. Rather than dating these from the first year of the reign of Diocletian, as was the custom of the time, he chose to 'number years from the Incarnation of Our Lord Jesus Christ.' However, several centuries elapsed before this practice was commonly used in Europe. Use of the Christian Era was popularized by the writings of the Venerable Bede, the English historian and saint of the eighth century, though Bede questioned the accuracy of Dionysius' dating.
Celebrations of the birth of Christ date back at least to the third century AD. Until the fifth century, however, December 25 was not commonly accepted as the date for the celebration. This date follows closely the winter solstice, when the Sun reaches its most southerly point in the sky and begins to head north. It was a time of celebration for pre-Christian societies in the northern hemisphere. By adopting December 25 the Church successfully amalgamated ancient tradition with new religious practices.
a) It was a star which had newly appeared. However, the Matthew not remark that it was unusually bright. Although it was significant for the Magi, Herod did not mention seeing it.
b) The star was referred to as a single object.
d) The star "stood over" Bethlehem.
e) How about the time of the year? The best clue is a passage in the Book of Luke: And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.
If the reference to "fields" is accurate - not pastures or holding pens - we might guess at a date in late summer or early fall, for it was customary for farmers to allow sheep and cattle to graze the stubble in the fields following the harvest. This clue is suggestive, but hardly definitive.
It is important to consider several other pieces of background information.
The Magi: The Magi are thought to be a priestly group in the Persia-Babylon region who became associated with astronomy and astrology. There was a strong Jewish colony in Babylon which was familiar with Biblical prophecies. The Magi probably knew of theprophecy of a Messiah. The journey time from this area to Jerusalem is thought to be 1 - 2 months.
Theory 1: A nova in March-April of 5 BC. A nova is a white dwarf (an old, shrunken star which has used up its nuclear fuel) which is in a close, mutual orbit with a larger star. The white dwarf pulls material off from its partner star. From time to time, enough material accretes to provide sufficient pressure for a thermonuclear explosion, causing an increase in brightness of the white dwarf by up to a factor of 50000. Chinese astronomers recorded a new star in Capricorn in March-April of 5 BC which was visible for over 70 days. This object would have appeared in the east several hours before sunrise. It is unclear whether this was a comet or a nova. No motion was recorded. A rayed appearance could have arisen from distortions within the human eye for a sufficiently bright object. There is no record of the brightness of the star, but a typical nova which is visible to the naked eye could be seen for as long as seventy days, about the journey time of the Magi. Capricorn is in the direction of very few stars in our Galaxy, so the probability of a nova in that direction is low. The astronomer Foucquet in 1729 proposed that the star was a nova, although there is evidence that the German astronomer Kepler first suggested the idea in 1614. The hypothesis is still under debate today.
Theory 2: A comet in March-April of 5 BC. Comets in antiguity were regarded as heralding important events. The Chinese called comets "broom stars" on the account of their tails, and thus they have been associated with "sweeping away the old order of things." The same "new star" described by the Chinese astronomers in 5 BC might not have been a nova, but instead could have been a comet. Such an object could travel slowly against the background stars, and also be visible for up to several months. It is suggested that the Magi originally saw the object in the east in the morning sky. A month or two later, when the Magi went from Jerusalem to Bethlehem, they then would have seen the star ahead of them (to the south). It is quite possible for a comet to travel 1 - 2 degrees per day in order to swing 90 degrees from east to south during the journey of the Magi. Halley's comet made an appearance in 12 BC but this is outside the range of probable dates for the birth of Christ. The first recorded connection of the star with a comet is from the monk Origen c. AD 248, and the theory is still open to debate.
Theory 3: A planetary cause. The Magi would have predicted the triple conjunction of 7 BC and realised its significance. During the first encounter of the triple conjunction in late May of 7 BC, when Jupiter and Saturn were two Moon widths apart, the Magi could have set out upon their journey. The second encounter of the triple conjunction in late September would have appeared as they reached Jerusalem. The third encounter, in early December after a presumed audience with Herod, would have appeared in the south towards Bethlehem. However, in this conjunction Jupiter and Saturn were never close enough together to be confused as a single object. The Jewish astrologer Masha'allah c. AD 800 proposed the star to be associated with the conjunction, and today there is still active debate on the subject.
A variation of this theory proposed in 1992 by the British academic Bulmer-Thomas is that the star simply was the planet Jupiter passing through a stationary point as viewed from Earth. This arises from Earth catching up with and then overtaking Jupiter, as Earth travels more quickly in a smaller orbit around the Sun than does Jupiter. The giant planet would appear to stop, move backwards for a time, stop again, and then move forward in its usual direction. The stationary points appear to last for about a week as judged by the human eye. There is abundant evidence from hundreds of cuneiform texts that such motions were of keep interest to Babylonian astronomers of the time. The Magi in their journey from the east to Jerusalem and Bethlehem were simply observing the motion of the planet, and were at Bethlehem when Jupiter arrived at a stationary point. To strengthen the case for the star being Jupiter, the Greeks and Romans both used the word "Saviour" in reference to Jupiter. The Greek word for "above" used in St Matthew's Gospel is a very general term, and could just mean that the star was somewhere in the sky above Bethlehem. The triple conjunction of 7 BC and the grouping of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in 6 BC would have alerted the Magi to look for a further sign in the sky. If they were to follow Jupiter from the time it emerged from behind the sun in May of 5 BC, four months later (consistent with their journey time) they would have seen it pass through a stationary point. The date would be consistent with other biblical information.
The ambiguity of the ancient astronomical descriptions and the uncertainty in the date of Christ's birth make it difficult to judge the true nature of the Star of Bethlehem. I would consider the nova in 5 BC theory somewhat unlikely considering that its location in Capricorn is some 40 degrees from the plane of the Milky Way, which is where most novae are observed. Such an object also would not move with respect to the stars, although in the Gospel it is unclear whether the star actually did move. The comet theory allows for movement, but the Chinese did not record any such motion for the new star of 5 BC. It is difficult to ascribe the star to the conjuction of Jupiter and Saturn as they were never close enough to be seen as a single object, while the Gospel never mentioned any multiple nature for the star. The hypothesis that it was Jupiter passing through a stationary point has difficulty in explaining that it was a new star -- rather, Jupiter was well known. However, St Matthew wrote that Herod asked the Magi "when the new star appeared" (Mt 2:7). This could have been simply in reference to Jupiter's arising from behind the Sun. This would make Jupiter the most straightforward explanation for the event, especially in light of its astrological significance.
Lastly, it is possible that the star grew out of legend. No king of any note in that time was born without some celestial manifestation. St Matthew, writing for a Jewish audience, may have felt that a star was necessary to fulfill a prophecy from the Old Testament (Numbers 24:17). He did not add the typical phrase "that it might be fulfilled" in reference to the star, which weakens its case as a historical fact.
Whatever the explanation for the Star of Bethlehem, or whether it even existed or not, it does not take away from the theological mystery of the Christmas story. Little did St Matthew know that his description of the star would keep astronomers and historians busy for 2000 years.
On 7-25-2001, I was walking around the house, doing laundry, making dinner early before the heat of the day started to raise too uncomfortably to cook and put the food in the refrigerator to keep cool. I went to the bathroom and before I even did anything, a booming voice came into my head with the words: SOL INVICTUS.
In the Roman world, December 25 was considered the Birthday of the Unconquerable Sun, the Natalis Solis Invicti. Each year a feast took place just after the winter solstice of the Julian calendar, in honor of the Sun God, Mithras. By the year A.D. 274, Mithras had become so popular that the cult of Sol Invictus was proclaimed the Roman Empire's official state religion....Meanwhile, other pagan forces were at work in Rome. From December 17 to 23, Romans celebrated the ancient feast of the Saturnalia, a time of jubilation. The period commemorated the golden Age of Saturn, the pagan god of sowing and husbandry.
It was the name of the Sun-god, Sol Invictus, that appeared on one side of the coins Constantine minted. On the other side appeared the name of Christ. Just as Constantine's coins intermingled paganism with the name of Christ, so also many of the feasts and rituals of paganism were intermingled with Christian, or pseudo-Christian, terminology. Such was the origin of Christmas.
The emperor Constantine, contrary to tradition, was not a Christian but an advocate of the cult of Sol Invictus. More for political expediency than for religious reasons, Constantine tolerated Jesus as an earthly manifestation of Sol Invictus, the son god. Since Christian doctrine was being promulgated by Rome, compromises were being made between Christianity, Sol Invictus and Mithraism. Constantine saw this as a way of maintaining harmony. An edict by Constantine in 321 CE ordered the courts to be closed on the "venerable day of the sun" and Sunday was chosen as the day of observance rather than the traditional Saturday Sabbath.
In Prague, in 1603, shortly before Christmas, the astronomer and mathematician, Johannes Kepler, was making observations of the stars through his rudimentary telescope. He was observing the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in the constellation of Pisces. The two planets had converged to look like one larger and new "star." Kepler later remembered something he had read by the Rabbinical writer, Abravanel (1437-1508). Jewish astrologers maintained that when there was a conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Pisces, the Messiah would come. In ancient Jewish astrology, the constellation of Pisces was known as the House of Israel, the sign of the Messiah. Jupiter was the royal star of the house of David and Saturn was the protecting star of Israel, the Messiah's Star Since the constellation of Pisces was the point in the heavens where the sun ended it's old course and began its new, it is understandable why this conjunction would be viewed as a portent of the Messiah.
Kepler concluded that he had found the "star of Bethlehem" but his hypothesis was rejected. It was not until 1925 that the hypothesis was re-examined when references to this conjunction were found in the cuneiform inscriptions of the astrological archives of the ancient School of Astrology at Sippar in Babylonia. Sippar was an ancient Sumerian city lying on a canal which linked the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. It was a very important commercial and religious center. Excavations at the site of Abu-Habbah during the latter part of the 19th century unearthed the remains of a temple and ziggurat dedicated to Shamash and the ancient scribal School of Astrology. The most important discovery were tens of thousands of clay tablets from the school archives that dated from the Old Babylonian and Neo-Babylonian periods. In 1925, the German Scholar P. Schnabel found, among the endless cuneiform records of dates and observations, a note on a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in the constellation of Pisces. The position of Jupiter and Saturn, converged in Pisces, had been recorded over a period of five months in 7 B.C.E!! Calculations show that the conjunction was observable three times over the course of the year, May 29, October 3, and December 4.
EN TH ANATOLH "in the east" from the original wording which means idiomatically, "the first light of dawn" (which comes from the east) when the conjunction is visible. The correlation of this celestial event with the first visit of Quirinius and a preliminary registration in Syria is too much of a coincidence for this layman to ignore. This makes the Gospel account accurate.
Accepting the Star of Bethlehem as an historical fact, detective work gives us three possible dates for the birth of Jesus, May 29, October 3, and December 4 in the year 7 BCE. We must rule out May 29 as too early. scholars also contend that the Gospel account of the three "Wise Men" is another of those theologoumenon white lies. If one were to accept the story of the three magi (astrologers), or at least three visitors who came to Judea based on the astrological omen, as containing an element of fact, May 29 is too early. Why would "wise men," astrologers/magi in Babylon care about a celestial event predicting the Jewish Messiah? Christians are normally unaware that Babylon was as important a center for Judaism as Jerusalem in the ancient world. It is the center for the predominating Babylonian Talmud. It is very likely that the "wise men" were scholars of the School of Astrology in Sippar and likely of Jewish ancestry dating to the mass deportations of Jews to Babylon in the 7th century BCE. Steeped in their Jewish messianic hopes and in astrology, these men would have been convinced that the birth of the Messiah was imminent. Given their background, an expedition to the Homeland would seem the most likely course of action for validation of both their scholarly, astrological and religious prognostication. These astrologers would have observed the first conjunction on May 29 and then made preparations to travel to Judea, arriving for the time of a predicted second conjunction. October 3 intrigues me because it is within days of the time of other recorded Roman censuses. Including the one in 6 CE. December 4 would be too late for Shepherds to be tending their flocks. These were usually brought in around the first of November. With all respect to the New Testament scholars, this historical story, correlating the Gospel accounts of the registration with the celestial phenomenon, Saturday, 10 Tishri, 3755 (October 3, 7 BCE.) is the date of the birth of Jesus. Interestingly, that day was a Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
The two stars, Zeta 1 and Zeta 2, are located in the southern constellation of Reticulum (the net) and are thus never visible to most of the northern hemisphere .
HERCOLUBUS - Dreams of the Great Earth Changes - PLANET X?
The five-pointed star is the signet of Vishnu, in India. .... Revelation 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him ..
www.greatdreams.com/walkin.htm - Similarto WHAT IS A WALK-IN AND WHAT DO THEY DO?
Either we present the factual evidence that gravity is inexorably pulling this dwarf startoward our Sun, or else the public will remain in unknowing peril.
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If by some misfortune you were only allowed to visit one region of Slovenia, there is no doubt that Gorenjska would be a good choice. There, for example, you can enjoy views of wonderful Lake Bled and Lake Bohinj and the peaks of the Julian Alps and the Kamnik-Savinja Alps, a wide range of outdoor activities in the resort town of Kranjska Gora, and strolls through the beautifully preserved centres of old towns such as Kranj and Škofja Loka. But of course Gorenjska also offers many other pleasures.
Triglav, Slovenia's highest mountain, lies at the heart of the Triglav National Park, an area of high, rocky mountains and deep river gorges, karst chasms and sunny Alpine pastures which offers protection to many endemic animal and plant species and the traditions of the former way of life of rugged mountain-dwellers and Alpine dairy farmers.
On the northern side of the kingdom of Triglav is the Upper Sava Valley. In summer, the popular tourist resort of Kranjska Gora offers a wealth of outdoor recreational activities and sports (hiking, climbing, cycling, horse riding, skydiving, fishing), while in winter it has excellent facilities for various forms of skiing and other winter pleasures (dog sledding, night tobogganing, snowmobile rides). Visitors to Kranjska Gora can also enjoy a casino and a range of wellness programmes, while children will have fun in the land of the fictional hero Kekec. In nearby Planica, in the shelter of two-thousand-metre peaks, the world's best ski jumpers come to compete every year.
The area of the Julian Alps is enclosed by two beautiful lakes. The resort town of Bled, with its legendary island in the middle of the lake and its clifftop castle, its hot springs and its pleasant climate, has been attracting cosmopolitan visitors for centuries. Bathing establishments, hotels with swimming pools, footpaths, tennis courts, golf courses, a casino, the sports airfield in Lesce and nearby sights of natural and cultural interest provide plenty more reasons for a visit. Not far from the lake is Blejski Vintgar, the remarkable natural gorge of the river Radovna.
Bohinj, with its unspoilt Alpine lake, is popular with visitors not only for its beautiful natural setting and the ski centres of Vogel, Kobla and Soriška Planina, but also for its rich local cultural traditions and numerous cultural and religious monuments. Nearby Pokljuka is a paradise for hikers and mushroom pickers and a venue for important international biathlon competitions.
The most important river in this area is the Sava. At the point where the river begins to be invigorated by tributaries from left and right, the valley gradually widens. Cities and towns with venerable traditions, together with the villages scattered across the high Alps and softly rounded hills, create a land of new experiences not far from the national capital.
The centre of Gorenjska is Kranj, with its surprising industrial, commercial and cultural traditions. The architect Jože Plečnik had a profound impact on the appearance of Kranj's old town centre. Two of the most important cultural venues in the town are the Prešeren Theatre and Khislstein Castle, the latter of which is home to Gorenjska Museum.
Škofja Loka has the most beautifully preserved medieval town centre in Slovenia. The rooms of Loka Castle contain various museum collections, while the former castle garden has become an open-air museum.
Below Blegoš, the highest peak of the Škofja Loka Hills, the countless beauties of Škofja Loka combine with the many local cultural and craft traditions of the Poljanska Dolinav and *Selška Dolina valleys. Železniki, a former ironworking centre, conserves the lacemaking tradition, while Dražgoše is famed for its gingerbread. The Škofja Loka Hills are full of pleasant paths and trails for hikers and cyclists. Škofja Loka and the surrounding area also offer a number of themed routes and restaurants offering traditional cuisine.
To the north, near the border with Austria, is Jezersko, an attractive area with its own autochthonous breed of sheep, Planšarsko Jezero (a man-made lake), Čedca Waterfall (the highest in Slovenia), ancient farmhouses and granaries, and unspoilt mountain scenery. Not far from Tržič, a town with a long shoemaking tradition, is the world-famous Dovžan Gorge, where several interesting geological phenomena may be observed. The Kamnik-Savinja Alps also contain one of the most popular ski resorts in Slovenia: Krvavec.
Lovers of cultural heritage can also enjoy a tour of Radovljica's ancient town centre, a walk along the cultural heritage trail in Žirovnica and a visit to the house in Vrba where Slovenia's greatest poet, France Prešeren, was born.
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- Feb. 23, 2020 07:20 PM EST
TEANECK, N.J. (AP) — Jahlil Jenkins had 20 points as Fairleigh Dickinson edged past Robert Morris 75-70 on Sunday.
Elyjah Williams had 17 points and seven rebounds for Fairleigh Dickinson (9-18, 7-9 Northeast Conference). Brandon Powell added 15 points and six rebounds and Xzavier Malone-Key scored 12.
Dante Treacy scored a career-high 23 points for the Colonials (16-14, 12-5) and Josh Williams and Jalen Hawkins 10 points apiece.
Treacy's 3-pointer with 12 second to go brought the Colonials to within 73-70. Treacy then fouled Jenkins who sealed the win with a pair of free throws. Robert Morris led 34-24 at halftime before the Knights used a 19-8 run to start the second half and they led for the remainder after Jenkins made two foul shots with 13:04 left. He finished 7 of 8 from the foul line.
The Knights swept the season series against Robert Morris.
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In Next Year's Biggest Senate Primary, It's AOC Vs. the Kennedys
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Last December, during one of her busy trips down to Washington to prepare for her congressional swearing-in, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez grabbed lunch with Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.). The 29-year-old congresswoman-elect wanted to discuss potential opportunities to collaborate with the 72-year-old political veteran who, in 2009, had authored an ambitious climate bill that passed the House and failed in the Senate—something he and others blamed on the lack of a strong grassroots effort to bolster it.
Ocasio-Cortez could solve that problem. She had been ushered into office on a wave of progressive activism that put the climate emergency at the top of its to-do list, and had been working closely with the Sunrise Movement, the youth-led group of climate activists who a month earlier had captured national attention when Ocasio-Cortez joined them at a sit-in at Nancy Pelosi's office. The group had identified Markey as a likely champion, given his disappointment over how his House-led climate efforts failed a decade ago.
Two months later, Markey, still sporting the same neo-Beatle haircut he entered Congress with 42 years ago, stood alongside AOC and a handful of Sunrise Movement youth to introduce the Green New Deal resolution, which Markey heralded as a "generational commitment to end climate change."
Markey will soon need to rely on the connections he's developed among the insurgent, younger Democrats if he wants to maintain his spot in Congress. On Saturday, Massachusetts Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III made official what many have long speculated: The four-term Massachusetts congressman will mount a challenge against Markey in next fall's primary. When news of Kennedy's plans broke, the Boston Globe declared it "the starting gun of a generational showdown" between two candidates "separated more by age than ideology." In his own announcement on Facebook, Kennedy declared he was in it for "the fight of my generation."
But ever since rumors of 38-year-old Kennedy's likely challenge began to swirl over the summer, the Millennial Left's heroes have rushed support to Markey. The Sunrise Movement endorsed Markey in August. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), a leading House progressive, followed suit in September. And, of course, Markey's cosponsor on the Green New Deal has had his back and worked to quash Kennedy's main narrative. "Sen. Markey is the generational change we need," Ocasio-Cortez told reporters last week. "Generational change doesn't mean 'elect whoever is younger.'"
The progressive insurgency's rush to boost Markey clarifies precisely the sort of change these activists are fighting for. "The progressive left cares about policy and ideology more than other things like age, or even issues of identity," Waleed Shahid, the communications director for Justice Democrats, the left-wing political organization that recruited and backed Ocasio-Cortez, tells me.
In this race, it's hard to measure "establishment" without a scorecard. Markey has been an elected member of the Massachusetts congressional delegation since the Bicentennial. Kennedy, a grandson of Robert F, has a last name that's practically synonymous with "establishment." A member of his not-so-extended family has served in Congress or the White House for all but two of the last 72 years.
"The progressive left cares about policy and ideology more than other things like age, or even issues of identity."
At the same time, both have hewed to the bleeding edge of progressive politics. In addition to his longstanding role as a leader when it comes to pushing climate change legislation, Markey was at the forefront on issues such as net neutrality and denuclearization during his 13 terms in the House. And Kennedy has spent his scant time in Congress staking out a progressive record. Earlier this month, Kennedy, who backed the Green New Deal in December, wrote about the need to "end the filibuster, eliminate the electoral college and put in term limits for Supreme Court justices" on his Facebook page. Both have cosponsored their chambers' respective Medicare for All bills and endorsed fellow Bay Stater Elizabeth Warren's run for president.
But that's not the right yardstick, Stephen O'Hanlon, a spokesperson for the Sunrise Movement, tells me. "Joe Kennedy got on board with the Green New Deal, but Ed Markey was there on day one." O'Hanlon also pointed to reporting from Real Sludge that showed Kennedy had $1.75 million invested in fossil fuel interests via inherited family trusts, assets that have been a source of scorn among progressives who have demanded that campaigns and politicians divest their fossil fuel interests.
Since the 2018 midterms, progressive insurgents have had a reputation for being anti-establishment and uncompromising, a reputation they earned by unseating long-serving Democratic members of Congress. The youthfulness of those at the forefront of the leftward push—the under-30 Ocasio-Cortez and the Sunrise Movement's teenage activists, for example—have often been held up as the movement's key trait. Identity, too, has played a role. Squad member Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), a black woman who had served on Boston's city council, unseated Mike Capuano, a similarly staunch liberal lawmaker, last fall.
But that's just one piece of it, Shahid tells me, explaining it in terms of a Maslow's hierarchy of needs for the progressive set. There are the Overton window-movers like the squad, who represent the purest form of the left's political and policy vision. But there's also people like Markey, "Democrats who have powerful roles in the party but see the winds changing" and choose to lead on progressive issues. Markey, Shahid explains, can "shift the center of gravity in Washington," channeling the energy of the activist left to ensure their demands are represented at the negotiating table.
Part of that can be traced back to Markey's own unlikely entrance into politics. Like AOC, he won his first House seat at 29. Unlike AOC, he didn't unseat an incumbent—but he did succeed a Harvard-educated lawyer who had been President John F. Kennedy's college roommate after a hard-fought primary battle. "Ed Markey is a young politician who came from nowhere in the polls to win one of the most confusing and hard-fought Democratic primary battles for a Congressional seat in Massachusetts history," a 1976 Harvard Crimson profile of Markey said. "He showed that, in Massachusetts at least, you don't have to enter a campaign with a large electoral base or ties to a powerful political machine…to win." In 1982, he championed the "Nuclear Freeze" resolution, a bold plan to end the stockpiling of nuclear weapons that, much like the Green New Deal, was similarly decried as delusionally earnest in its day.
It's hard to say whether that aspect of Markey's brand or his support from national progressive figures will have any sway among Massachusetts voters. A poll conducted earlier this month put Kennedy 14 point ahead of Markey in a potential primary matchup. And while the Commonwealth is best known these days as the political birthplace of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, its statewide voting base is not quite the activist left. Voters have chosen a fair number of moderate Democrats to represent them in Congress, including House Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal, whose reluctance to sign onto progressive priorities has drawn a Justice Democrats-backed primary challenger. Five of its past six governors—including current Gov. Charlie Baker—have been Republicans.
Would progressives feel differently if, say, someone like Pressley chose to run? "Of course," says Sean McElwee, the founder of the influential leftist think tank Data for Progress. "If Markey is going be replaced in the Senate, it should be by a progressive woman of color. But right now, Joe Kennedy is trying to take one of my only seven senators who gives a shit."
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We dedicated WE to the empowerment of many given to us by the Internet. We got our first idea about 'we-magazine' in February 2008 at the DIY (do it yourself) Video Summit in Los Angeles. During those two eventful days it gradually dawned on us what enormous power the Internet has for shaping our understanding of "we" and of just what "we" are capable of moving and shaking in the age of the World Wide Web – a range of huge opportunities comes into sight only matched in scale by the challenges they bring with them! This is a magazine with cutting edge authors and articles about our new "WEs".


To produce an authentic book on this topic would take the input of many professional people from a variety of backgrounds. That is exactly what the author has chosen to do. For the latest, most scientific and 'wholistic' approach, the author has invited contributors who can explain the most effective ways of caring for your skin, and slowing the aging process. Some of the writers are: a Scientist, a Dermatologist, a Cosmetic Physician, a Laser specialist, an exercise physiologist and a specialist in women's hormones. Together with information on nutrition and general health, this is indeed a very comprehensive look at skin care.
Looking after your skin is really just part of general health maintenance. The team suggests that skin care needs a slow approach. Something that is Sustainable, Local, Organic and Whole (not processed). These strategies are discussed under headings such as LONG TERM AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS. They look at Cosmetic Medicine and Integrity, which can physically change the skin to make it look more youthful. The layers of skin are explained, and the components of these layers make sense of what care we give the skin.
The next chapter looks at the damaging effect that sunlight can have on the skin. It explains when to use sunscreens, which type to use, and how to apply them. Smoke and pollution are also examined, both causing a breaking down of connective tissue which is inefficiently repaired. Weather can also be a factor in skin aging. Low humidity, swimming in chlorinated pools and gravity all succeed in having a detrimental effect on our hole epidermis. Stress, lack of exercise, and a poor diet will also contribute to skin damage.
The following chapters look at caring for the skin. Cleansing, moisturizing, topical anti-oxidants, retinoids, proteins and peptides are explained and discussed. For example, we are told that cleansing agents are either water based, alcohol based, or oil based. Surprisingly some soaps are now acceptable for skin cleansing. When the skin is cleaned, we remove oils so moisturizing is an important step to follow. Also exfoliation and its benefits are explained in detail.
Section 7 looks at injectable skin treatments, such as Botulinum Neurotoxin Anti-wrinkle injections, fillers and volumisers, and Platelet -Rich Plasma. "To correct the loss of tissue, and prevent it sagging, we can inject substances into or under our skin." Anti-Wrinkle injections work by relaxing the muscle around the area so the overlying skin smooths out.
There is a huge amount of information in this book. It is so well set out that you can simply choose the information you are seeking and focus on that section. The technical procedures and concepts have been explained well, so that the reader has a clear understanding of what is needed and why. This would be a great investment for any woman looking to maintain a healthy skin, and wishing to look her best.
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Centre for Effective Living (CEL) is an organisation that is passionate about promoting a holistic approach to balanced and integrated living. We provide customised and innovative solutions to living effectively and believe that with support, anyone can maximise and attain their potential. Founded in 1988, our team has partnered with numerous local and multinational organisations in identifying and maximising the potential of individuals and teams, and in promoting and maintaining psychological well-being and growth.
CEL has a well-established presence, and enjoy close partnerships with global providers. Our directors are founders of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy & Wellness Clinics which comprises The Psychiatric and Behavioural Medicine Clinic and Living Effectively Clinic for Psychotherapy (A Psychological Medicine Clinic).
Vision: Promoting a holistic approach to balanced and integrated living.
Mission: Helping people to enhance and attain their potential and to live more effectively.
The CEL team comprises mental health professionals adept at supporting and promoting mental wellness, organisational development and change, and conducting psychological testing and evaluation. All our consultants possess credentials and qualifications from accredited programmes and professional awarding bodies from various countries. Clinical supervision and professional development courses keep our consultants abreast of current research and advancements in the mental health field.
CEL is a listed consultant & service provider of Singapore Health Promotion Board's (HPB) Workplace Health Promotion Initiative, the WHP Programme.
CEL is committed to promoting psychological wellness of individuals and optimising organisational performance.
With our expertise in psychology, consultation, and professional development, we are well-versed in providing a wide range of services to empower individuals, enhance personal well-being, and attain organisational effectiveness.
Our clinical services include provision of psychological intervention in a range of therapeutic approaches.
If you are interested in our intervention services, please contact us to discuss this further so we can develop the most appropriate therapeutic approach that responds flexibly to your psychological and emotional needs.
Please contact us to discuss how the psychological assessments will be conducted, and what they entail.
All our programmes are tailor-made to meet the specific needs of your organisation. Following the initial enquiry, we are likely to arrange a meeting with your team or organisation to perform a diagnostic event. This provides us with a wealth of information that allows us to develop a package for your organisation that best meets your employees' needs.
If you or your organisation have an enquiry about our services, please contact us.
Our areas of expertise include stress management, conflict management, employee development, organisational change & facilitating transitions and team building.
Provision of on-site consultation clinics can be arranged.
We believe that psychological well-being is incredibly important for the workplace, the functioning of individuals, teams and organisations. If you or your organisation have an enquiry about our services, please contact us.
CEL provides critical incident stress management, on-site support and psychological debriefing to individuals and groups affected by incidents occurring in or out of the workplace. CISM was developed to mitigate the impact of a traumatic event, facilitate normal recovery processes and aid in the restoration of adaptive functioning.
We offer a range of half and full-day workshops on popular psychological topics. All our workshops aim to introduce a topic of psychology with wide applications to everyday life, consider how it might apply to participants' current situation, and teach practical skills that enhance daily living.
Our workshops are constantly evolving and employ a range of training modalities, including didactic teaching, use of media, and experiential learning to enhance participant engagement and understanding.
If you are interested in finding out more about our professional development workshops, please contact us.
To book an appointment, please call us at 6338 3383 during office hours. Our business hours are from Mondays to Fridays, 9am to 5pm and on Saturdays, 9am to 1pm. We are closed on Sundays and public holidays.
Sessions with our consultants are strictly by appointment. We advise that you schedule an appointment with our consultants to avoid disappointment and inconvenience.
Each session will be from 45 minutes to 60 minutes.
Do I get to choose my consultants?
We do our best to match clients with our consultants depending on the client's presenting challenges. This ensures a good fit between the client and the consultant who is best equipped to provide support and guidance.
Yes, everything you talk about is confidential. The only exceptions to confidentiality are events of court subpoena, and if your consultant assesses that you pose a risk to yourself or others. In such instances, your consultant will contact other professionals involved in your care, and loved ones who will be able to provide you with additional support during challenging periods. This will always be discussed with you first.
During the first appointment, a comprehensive intake assessment of your current difficulties will be conducted. Having a detailed personal history allows your consultant to understand the context of your early experiences. This allows your consultant to develop a psychological formulation of your presenting concerns. The intake assessment generally requires one to two appointments, after which your consultant will recommend the appropriate therapeutic approach to suit your needs.
Based on the information provided to us during the intake assessment, we might recommend that you see our consultant psychiatrist to complement the psychological assessment.
Depending on the nature and severity of your difficulties you might need to see a psychologist, a psychiatrist, or both. Psychologists are experts in the delivery of a range of intervention and therapies, whereas psychiatrists predominantly have expertise in the management of mental disorders through medication. If you are unsure about who you need to book an appointment with, we can discuss different options with you and provide you with more information about what might be the best fit for your current needs.
Can I contact my therapist in an emergency?
If you are having suicidal thoughts that you may act upon, please call 999 or go to the A&E of any restructured hospital.
I'm not sure if therapy is for me, should I come?
Having an initial assessment will give you a sense as to whether therapy is for you. You are not committed to any further sessions after the first appointment. Our consultants often advise clients to consider if they are ready to embark on their therapeutic journey after the initial session.
Appointments can be cancelled with 24 hours' notice. However, if you cancel an appointment with less than 24 hours' notice, a fee will be incurred, or one session will be deducted from your EAP allowance.
How is CEL different from the rest of the EAP providers?
Founded in 1988, we have worked closely with many local and multinational organisations in identifying and maximising the potential of individuals and teams, and in promoting and maintaining psychological well-being and growth.
Our directors are founders of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy & Wellness Clinics which comprises The Psychiatric and Behavioural Medicine Clinic and The Psychotherapy Clinic for Adults and Children.
We have been partners of many major clients across different industries for over 20 years in Singapore and Malaysia. Additionally, CEL is well-placed to provide services for clients across and beyond Asia because of our collaborative partnerships and affiliates globally.
We are well-versed to provide a wide range of services to empower individuals, enhance personal well-being and attain organisational effectiveness. Besides providing EAP services, our core businesses include crisis management, clinical therapies and assessments, management consulting, and training.
The Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) is designed to assist organisations in improving productivity and enhancing performance of employees and teams.
It is a short-term, solution focused, confidential intervention provided to employees and their eligible family members to help meet the challenges of life.
The EAP is a benefit that provides resources and solutions for the problems you encounter. Just as health insurance is designed to address your physical health, your EAP benefit is designed to assist your emotional and mental well-being.
The entitlements vary among organisations. Please check with your company's Human Resource Department or call us for clarification of your entitlements.
What are some common issues addressed by CEL EAP?
You can call 6338 3383 during office hours or email us to schedule a face-to-face appointment or a phone consultation.
We also operate an emergency helpline that offers you 24/7 access to EAP.
You will need to identify yourself as an EAP member and indicate the name of your employer.
During the initial call, you can request information, discuss a personal problem, or request a referral to an appropriate consultant for a face-to-face or phone assessment. If you are in crisis, a consultant will call you back as soon as possible.
Otherwise, our client services team will schedule a phone or face-to-face consultation at the earliest possible date. You will then have a set number of sessions with our consultants to address your concerns.
On the first face-to-face appointment, please bring along your staff pass for verification purposes.
Is EAP provided free of charge?
EAP is a free service provided by the organisation to all employees and eligible dependents.
If you are referred for other services, there may be a cost. Our consultants will work with you to find the most affordable method to cover the cost of additional services.
Enjoying the EAP benefits is voluntary; most of our clients are self-referrals. Employees call when they have seen our brochures, posters, newsletters, or other promotional materials. Co-workers also encourage their colleagues to use the EAP when they have had a positive experience with the service.
However, in cases where managers determine that their staff might benefit from the EAP, managers can either encourage their employees to seek support from the EAP, or make a formal referral. Use of the EAP is not a substitute for progressive discipline or mediation. It can help improve performance by addressing personal issues that may be preventing employees from being their best at work.
All EAP information is confidential. Reports made by the EAP service provider to employers contain statistical data only, no names or specific details. Your organisation will not be informed that you have utilised the EAP unless you decide to share this information with them.
If you have been referred by your manager due to emotional or behavioural concerns, we will ask if you would like to sign consent for a release of information so that we can let your manager know whether you attended EAP sessions and followed through with recommendations.
The only exceptions to confidentiality are events of court subpoena, and if your consultant assesses that you pose a risk to yourself or others (acutely suicidal, homicidal, child abuse or elder abuse).


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The H-GAC 2035 Regional Transportation Plan (H-GAC 2035 RTP) is the long range transportation plan for the Houston-Galveston Area and serves as blueprint for further planning to be undertaken in the region over the next 30 years. The plan which was developed in a joint cooperation with Cities, Counties, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and METRO. The RTP combines research, plans and programs by various organizations into one comprehensive plan which is updated every four years. The RTP's main aim is to identify long-range transportation needs, prioritize programs and projects and to provide a forum for dialogue and regional problem solving.

The Houston-Galveston Area is one of the fastest growing metropolitan area in the United States, with a projected rise in the region's population by 3 million and the creation of 1.5 million new jobs. It is estimated that this growth will create a demand for 1.7 million new homes in the region. The rapid expansion of the region will lead to a heavy drain on the current infrastructure and adequate planning must be undertaken to ensure safe and attractive communities, good schools and a transportation system that provides easy access for residents across the region.

Envision Houston Region
The RTP began as a public outreach program called Envision Houston Region (EHR). The program was an outreach initiative which brought together hundreds of residents, elected officials, developers and other participants of various workshops.

The outcome of the program was a clear need for jobs closer to homes, more travel options and environmental concerns. The 2035 RTP uses these needs as guiding principles for the development of transportation infrastructure.

2035 RTP Goals
The Following have been outlined as goals for the 2035 RTP to accomplish:

 Improve Mobility, Reduce Congestion
 Improve Access to Jobs, Homes & Services
 Increase Transit Options
 Coordinate Transportation and Land Use Plans
 Create a Healthier Environment

Meeting RTP Goals

System Expansion
The 2035 RTP plans to expand the current transportation system in order to meet the growing demand. The system will expand selected roads, bus & transit services and bicycle and pedestrian facilities.

Roadway System
The RTP will add 6,100 new arterials and 1,420 tollway lane miles to the current system. The following are some of the Major projects that will be undertaken:
SH 99 (Grand Parkway)
Construction of toll lanes and interchanges
US 290
Widen Main Lanes
Construct Commuter rail between Downtown and SH 99
Construct Managed lanes along Hempstead Highway.
I-45
Reconstruct and add Managed Lanes
Construct a Light Rail From US 59 to Intercontinental Airport
Widen main lanes
 Construct managed lanes
 Construct Commuter Rail along SH 3 from Galveston to Downtown
SH 35
Construct Tollway
US 59 (south)
 Widen main lanes
SH 146
Widen main lanes
Construct managed Lanes
SH 249
 Construct toll lanes
US 90A
Construct commuter rail line from I-610 Loop to Rosenberg

Transit System
The RTP also plans close to $18 billion in capital investments for transit systems across the region. The key projects are:
Downtown Intermodal Terminal
81 miles of Lightrail
84 miles of Commuter Rail Transit
40 miles of signature Bus Service
10 New Transit Facilities

Demand Management
The 2035 RTP will try to alleviate future pressure on the system by reducing demand on the current infrastructure. Demand management will be an important tool to reduce congestion by encouraging other modes of transport, non-peak travel and alternate routing. The following strategies are recommended in the 2035 plan:

Commute Solutions
Commute solutions will promote transit, vanpools, carpools, telework and other transport options:
$7 Million annually for vanpools/carpools
$500 Million to support teleworking and Transportation Management Organizations

Operations Management
The 2035 plan will try to maximize the efficiency of the current infrastructure using low-cost techniques such as traffic signal synchronization, incident management and traveler information systems.

Smart Streets
Smart Streets consist of traffic light synchronization, deployment of medians, construction and extension of turn bays, consolidation of redundant driveways, and placement of appropriate grade separations

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
Houston's ITS is one of the more advanced ITS systems in the nation. The RTP designates $600 million for Houston TranStar to develop the Houston ITS system further.

Safety Program
The RTP will allot $347 Million to safety procedures and will:
Improve at-grade railroad Crossings
Add shoulders to Highways
Install Roadway lighting and Signage

Security & Evacuation
The Regional Evacuation plan will ensure the following in the event of a catastrophic event:
Designated fuel stops
State directed fuel resources
Pre-positioned tow trucks
Buses at pre-designated locations
Pre-arranged destinations and lodging

Livable Centers
The 2035 Plan presents a 3C's approach to development strategy: Centers, Connects and Context. This Strategy encourages transit, pedestrian and bicycle options. The RTP will allot:
$68 Million for livable centers projects between 2008 and 2011
$20 million for additional support for long-range livable centers projects
$274 million in bicycle and pedestrian improvements

Protecting the Environment
Participants for Envision Houston Region showed an overwhelming concern for the environment and protection of greenspaces and natural resources. The 2035 RTP not only identifies sensitive environmental areas such as wetlands, prairies, forests and bayous but also takes initiative to cut vehicle emissions.
Clean Air Action - $1 million annually for vehicle emission reduction programs
Clean Vehicles/Clean Cities - $460 million to replace aging diesel engines and support clean technologies

Funding
The 2035 RTP is estimated to cost about $128 billion and will be financed from a combination of Federal, State and Local sources. It is projected that approximately 73% of total revenue will be generated from local sources with less than 20% coming from Federal sources. Tollway revenues are expected to make up to 17% of the total RTP revenues.

The RTP will spend $66 billion (51%) on maintenance, rehabilitation and operations of the region's infrastructure. $47 billion (36%) will be used to expand highways, transit and local routes in the Houston-Galveston Area.

The RTP program is facing a 70 billion dollar short fall as projected by TxDOT. This means that the projected 2035 plan will have to be amended unless revenue can be generated to pay for the shortfall.  Fee increases, consumption tax increases and a proposed mileage tax for the greater Houston/Galveston area are being looked at to shore up the gap.  At the time of this writing government officials were surveying and accepting public comment to gauge public response to the revenue plan.

See also
Regional Transportation Plan
Houston-Galveston Area Council
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas
Texas Department of Transportation

References

External links
Houston-Galveston Area Council
METRO
H-GAC 2035 Regional Transportation Plan
Texas Department of Transportation

Transportation in Houston
Transportation in Galveston, Texas
Transportation in Galveston County, Texas

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