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How Are Theater Masks Used Today?
By Jonathan Becker on April 21, 2016 in Masks and Culture
Bambalua Teatro, Spain
There has been a recent resurgence of interest in theater masks and masking as well as the use of masks in today's theater practice. The importance of the mask throughout human history is significant and for our contemporary audiences it is a powerful tool in the telling of stories.
The theatre mask inspires through the provoking of mystique. In the hiding of the individual it reveals not only the actor's humanity but that of the audience. The mask at once provides distance to the event and requires of the viewer an intimate connection.
In the past two to three decades the theater mask has experienced resurgence both as a tool for the training of actors and as a driving force in story telling. This phenomenon exists because theater masks for the audience present a universal truth, express common experience and cross cultural boundaries.
Theater masks are widely used in the commercial theatre. On Broadway they are seen in shows such as The Lion King, Juan Darian and The Greenbird. Companies such as Cirque du Soleil also employ the use of Theater masks to create a world in which their performances can take place. Masks are used a lot in children's theatre to bring to life fantasy worlds. Excellent examples of this are plays produced by companies like Enchantment Theatre out of Philadelphia.
Enchantment Theater's Beauty and the Beast
Masks are widely used throughout Europe and Asia in theater and performance. Most European and Asian countries have had for centuries rich masked cultural traditions. Theater Joker in Norway, Bambalua Teatro in Spain are two excellent examples of companies using theatre masks to tell stories.
Productions of Greek Plays are still employing theater masks much as they were employed in the telling of these stories in ancient times. The worldwide impact of the teachings of Jaques Lecoq has created a global resurgence of the Commedia dell'Arte. Even film has integrated the use of mask in the creation of characters such as Darth Vader from Star Wars.
When one looks at theatre practice across the globe it seems as if the presence of the theater mask is as prevalent today as it has been throughout history.
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Jonathan Becker is a mask maker, teaching artist and performer. He began sculpting masks in 1986 while a student in Paris, France and founded Theater-Masks.com in 1990 upon his return to the United States. Jonathan has created over 10,000 masks for theatre companies, producing organizations, individual artists and training programs in over 40 countries. Learn more about Jonathan →
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2 Responses to How Are Theater Masks Used Today?
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The Unbearable Lightness of the Kilogram, Universes Next Door, and the Occupy Movement
November 29th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books, Chicago, Culture, Essays, Fringe, Journalism, News, Performance, Politics, Science, The Economy, Stupid, TV, Writing
Context: This essay was written for, and performed in, the November 19, 2011 edition of The Paper Machete, a weekly showcase for Chicago journalists, comedians, and other writers, hosted by Christopher Piatt. I'm just getting around to posting it now because, well, my own universe is fairly chaotic and other deadlines prevailed. You are encouraged to mentally translate references to "this week" as "a week or so ago."
For the past couple of weeks, I've found myself thinking a lot about a shiny hunk of metal in the shape of a cylinder. This particular cylinder is made of platinum and iridium, and it's kept under three different bell jars, locked away in a vault outside of Paris. It requires three different officials with three different keys to access it. Human hands are not allowed to touch it, except under special circumstances, on rare occasions.
It's even known by a special name: Le Grand K. Or Le Grand Kah, if you want to be very French about it, and since we're all grown-ups here I suppose we can.
What's so special about this particular metal cylinder? According to an article in the October 2011 issue of Wired magazine, Le Grand K is currently one of the loadbearing support beams of the metric system. The kilogram by definition is equal to the weight of the international prototype, which is the majestic cylindrical beast known as Le Grand K.
Once a year, the officials with the three keys sneak a look at Le Grand K to make sure it's safe and sound. And about every 40 years, Le Grand K is given a ceremonial weigh-in. Its weight is compared with that of a number of duplicate cylinders, including the ones used as the national standards for other countries, which have traveled all the way to France for the occasion. The cylinder for the US usually lives in an underground vault outside of Washington, D.C. Missing Paris in the springtime something fierce, no doubt.
So here's the beautiful part: For no good reason that anybody understands, since the 1940s, as compared to the duplicate cylinders, Le Grand K has been mysteriously losing weight.
Either that, or the entire universe has been getting fatter. Really, it amounts to the same thing —since the metric system is the unitary lingua franca of modern science, in some sense every measurement scientists make depends on it. So if something alters the mass of Le Grand K, then by definition, that changes the mass of everything in the universe.
By 1988, when the last official weigh-in was conducted, this discrepancy in mass had grown to be "as much as five hundredths of milligram," or as Wired puts it, "about the weight of a dust speck."
You might be thinking that's not too much to worry about. My own weight can easily vary a good five pounds between morning and evening, depending on the buoyancy of my mood and whether I've even thought about anything made from a potato. But for engineers working to, say, make smaller computer chips and expand the frontiers of nanotechnology, that dust speck is a pretty big pea under the mattress of science.
And so the caretakers of our system of weights and measures are, to use another French phrase, losing their merde about this.
Scientists are now working feverishly to redefine the mass of one perfect kilogram based on a constant of nature — a measurement that can't change, according to the laws of physics — rather than a physical object that might be secretly worrying about what its ass looks like in those jeans. One team of scientists in Germany is attempting to count the number of atoms in a perfect 1-kilogram sphere of silicon precisely enough that the kilogram can be defined as an exact number of silicon atoms. Another team in Maryland is working to redefine the kilogram in terms of the precise amount of electric voltage needed to lift Le Grand K into the air.
A third team, working out of my apartment, is attempting to define the kilogram in terms of the precise number of swear words needed to remove a kilogram of cat hair from the sofa using an ordinary sticky roller.
But talking about unchanging laws of nature leads us to another area of disturbing inconsistency that's keeping some scientists from sleeping peacefully. In the December issue of Harper's Magazine, there is an essay by Alan Lightman called "The Accidental Universe: Science's Crisis of Faith." (Online version is available only to subscribers, alas.) Alan Lightman is a physicist and a professor at MIT, but most people will know him as the author of a spiffy little book called Einstein's Dreams.
Lightman tells us that what we have thought of as universal laws of nature may be more like … local customs. He writes:
"Dramatic developments in cosmological findings and thought have led some of the world's premier physicists to propose that our universe is only one of an enormous number of universes with wildly varying properties, and that some of the most basic features of our particular universe are indeed mere accidents — a random throw of the cosmic dice. In which case, there is no hope of ever explaining our universe's features in terms of fundamental causes and principles."
In other words, physicists used to think that the basic laws that govern our universe would hold true for all of the other universes throughout the multiverse. Now they think that those laws might change from universe to universe, like the speed limit being different in Indiana than it is in Illinois. I'm not entirely sure from reading the essay what these differences might be, but I suppose that there may be universes where the speed of light is different, or water boils at a some other temperature, or where things you buy at the store come in packaging that can be opened without sharp objects and the risk of personal injury. Or where cerebral TV sitcoms can stay on the air for more than three seasons without being canceled. (So long, Community.) [Update: Since I wrote this, it's emerged that Community isn't officially cancelled yet, just on hiatus and fairly thin ice. But still.]
This is understandably disturbing for those who want the world to hew to a consistent set of rules. It's certainly easier to get around in Chicago, where the blocks are laid out on a consistent number grid, than in New York where you can walk one block east and find yourself apparently several blocks south of where you were, without even trying. And yet it appears that the multiverse may be laid out a little more like New York than Chicago. This is disorienting for scientists, who need consistency in order to do what they do — but then again, we might console them that perhaps this means the multiverse will have better pizza. Although the apartments will be smaller — unless they're on TV, in which case they will look bigger than most Midwestern houses.
I guess what I'm saying is, if the laws of the nature are less steadfast than we've been led to think, perhaps there's some hope in that. If we must enlarge the realm of the possible, perhaps that creates additional room in the multiverse —even within our own universe — for unexpected good things as well as bad.
As recently as three months ago, I would have told you that it was a settled law of the political universe that street protests can't change anything in the US. They're too easy for the media and politicians to ignore, I would have said. They do nothing but wear people out, and then people go home feeling like they've made their best effort without having accomplished anything. None of the hours I spent marching around chanting in my twenties and thirties ever seemed to make the universe any lighter or any heavier.
And now look at us. Well — I say us, I mean them. The people younger than me who haven't given up on street protest, in some cases because they hadn't gotten around to trying it yet. When I first heard about Occupy Wall Street, I thought it would be another exercise in futility. And yet — just to offer one possible measurement of its success at influencing the public mood — by the time Bank Transfer Day rolled around on November 5th, more than 650,000 customers had opened new accounts at credit unions, transferring as much as $4.5 billion away from big banks. And suddenly bankers, like the guardians of Le Grand K, are feeling a growing unease over the unexpected loss of weight in their own vaults.
This week on MSNBC, Chris Hayes reported on a memo from a prominent lobbying firm addressed to one of its Wall Street clients, worrying that US politicians may begin to embrace the Occupy Wall Street agenda, which could have "very long-lasting political, policy and financial impacts on the companies in the center of the bullseye."
I think about how suddenly the Berlin Wall fell when its time came, and I think of the Arab Spring, and the news story that Salman Rushdie tweeted this week, reporting that the government of Libya is now ceremonially unbanning books that had been blacklisted in the Gaddafi era — including those of Salman Rushdie. I watch the Occupy protesters on YouTube, taking batons to the stomach and pepper spray to the face, and although I've seen this kind of thing before, I no longer feel like what these particular protesters can accomplish is necessarily limited by constant and unchanging universal laws.
And I like to think that maybe, just maybe, the forbidding mass of political impossibility is getting lighter, leaking electrons away into the ether like Le Grand K.
Also: This morning I read that Netflix will be airing 10 brand-new episodes of Arrested Development beginning in early 2013. Which helps make up a little bit for the Community thing.
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Chris // Dec 5, 2011 at 10:03 am
Great piece, Dave! I read it to myself in your voice. :o)


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I am sometimes referred to as a last-minute person. Although, naturally, I prefer to think of myself as charmingly spontaneous.
But yes, I am the sort of person often to be found panic buying last-minute Mother's Day gifts.
Kids have it easy when it comes to Mother's Day, I reckon. For starters, most of them will have crafted something at school or cubs or church, which can be handed over with daffodils as required.
When I was little, I think virtually all my Mum's Mother's Day Gifts were a home-made card with some flowers – often cheekily picked myself from a family walk.
As I got older, I might venture into one of the high street stores for a basket of bath bubbles and Charlie perfume, which Mum would duly store in her cupboard until she got a chance to give them away. Not that my Mum is mean, but 9 year old me would invariably buy something that made her sneeze, or come out in a rash.
These days, Mum and I are both older and – here's the thing – both of us have most of the things we need. It's hard, isn't it? My Mum has a bookcase full of books, a wardrobe full of clothes, a fully stocked kitchen and garden shed. Basically, it's impossible to find her something that she'll actually find useful, and which will show her just how much she means to me. She's chronically gift-averse.
In recent years, then, I've tried to focus on giving Mum experiences – things like theatre or concert tickets, afternoon tea, spa days and pampering experiences. Last year at Christmas we bought her a session with a photographer and did a photo shoot with my parents and all their grandchildren. Because what I find my Mum really wants as she gets older is simply to spend time with her children and grandchildren.
This year, Tesco has actually created "Inspiration Stations" in 300 Tesco stores across the country this weekend, so you can buy an experience for YOUR Mum if you are also the charmingly spontaneous sort of gift buyer. Answer just a few questions, and the Tesco experts will come up with suggestions of the perfect gift for even the most gift-averse Mum.
There's a whole stack of experiences to choose from ranging from just a few pounds to really indulgent treats. Tesco has rather splendidly solved this year's gift crisis by treating me and my Mum to a spa afternoon, based on my quick survey. As presents go, this one is absolutely perfect. But if your Mum is more interested in museums or motor cars, there will likely be an experience gift to suit.
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Red Bull KTM announced today that Ryan Dungey sustained a cracked vertebrae after crashing in the second moto at Round 3 of Lucas Oil Pro Motocross at Thunder Valley on Saturday and will miss Round 4 at High Point and "several upcoming rounds." Dungey fought back from nineteenth to fourth in the moto. He finished second overall behind Ken Roczen.
Doctors confirmed this week that Dungey cracked his C6 vertebrae in the fall and requires a minimum of 6-8 weeks healing time.
Dungey has stayed relatively healthy since moving to the 450 class in 2010. You have to go all the way back to 2012, when Dungey missed five rounds Monster Energy Supercross due to a shoulder injury, to find the last time he missed multiple rounds in a season. Currently second in the 450MX championship, Dungey has never finished a 450 championship worse than third overall—a streak now in jeopardy after today's news.
Through three rounds of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship Dungey sits second in points, twelve behind Ken Roczen.


Airbus wings: made in Britain, but for how much longer?
As we are beginning to find out, companies and the government are stockpiling essential supplies like foods and medicines now. Testifying to the Brexit select committee on July 24, Dominic Raab, the hapless Brexit secretary, finally admitted that the government is taking steps to ensure that there are "adequate" food supplies for Britain to cover the eventuality of a no-deal departure - though, of course, it would be "wrong" to "describe it as the government doing the stockpiling". Yes, if you say so, Dominic. On the same day the new health secretary, Matt Hancock, perhaps not hearing what Raab had said, told MPs that the department of health and social care is working with industry to stockpile various drugs and medical devices. Naturally, Hancock was "confident" that a deal could be reached in time, but added that it was "responsible" to prepare for a range of outcomes. Reassured now?
In other words, contingency plans are being urgently drawn up by virtually every governmental department and agency. It is surely no accident that Theresa May declared on July 24 that from now on she is personally taking "control" of negotiations, with the Europe Unit led by senior civil servant Olly Robbins having "overall responsibility for the preparation and conduct" of EU talks - Raab has been sidelined before he even had the chance to get his feet warm under the table. The reckless David Cameron, of course, never drew up any contingency plans when prime minister, as it never occurred to him that the referendum could be lost - no wonder he has virtually disappeared from public life. Philip Hammond, the chancellor, has already set aside £3 billion for contingency planning - that sum is bound to go up, putting a hole in the budget.
Quite extraordinarily in some respects, though logically in other ways, the government is now openly talking about turning a 10-mile stretch of the M26 in Kent into a "lorry park" to help cope with tailbacks from Dover if customs checks have to implemented by the EU - up to 10,000 lorries a day pass 'frictionlessly' through the port. There have also been suggestions that the ministry of defence is looking into how the armed forces could be deployed to carry out various civil functions, including using RAF planes to transport food supplies across the country. Showing you the potential scale of the problem, the UK imports just over 50% of its food, mainly from the EU - with 90% of it going through Dover.3 Various EU countries are now actively planning to hire more customs officials to handle the anticipated post-Brexit backlog, the Financial Times estimating that the UK will need up to 5,000 new customs officials to cope with a no-deal scenario - on top of the extra 3,000 that are already been employed.
Adding to the tense atmosphere, Amazon's viciously anti-union and tax-dodging boss in the UK, Doug Gurr, has warned that Britain would face "civil unrest" within weeks of a no-deal Brexit - though obviously a huge degree of self-interest is served by issuing such dark prophecies. He does not want to see a dent in his profits. Nevertheless, it would be foolish to treat his comment as entirely fanciful - same goes for Tory MP Dominic Greave, the pro-EU rebel who never was, telling Sky News that a no-deal Brexit would leave the country in "a state of emergency", as basic services might no longer be available.
With perfect timing, Jacob-Rees Mogg - who heads the European Research Group of Brexit ultras - has confessed that we will not know the full economic consequences of Brexit "for a very long time". When repeatedly pressed on this point, Mogg said the "overwhelming opportunity" for Brexit will be "over the next 50 years" - not exactly a comforting thought for us mere mortals.4 A few months ago, Mogg warned about "perpetual purgatory" when May reluctantly signed up to the EU's 'backstop' plan to avoid a hard Irish border. Now, however, Mogg seems to be envisaging 50 years of "purgatory".
Clearly, the Brexit crisis is deepening and almost anything can happen when MPs return from their summer holidays in September - if not earlier. William Hill is giving 7/4 odds of a general election in the autumn and 9/4 odds for next year.5 There is near permanent talk of a leadership bid, as our readers know, but what that would achieve is hard to see, given that any new Tory leader would face exactly the same problem as Theresa May - a divided party, the same unfavourable parliamentary arithmetic and an EU playing hardball.
Having said that, there is no panic yet. May obviously has no interest in promoting Project Fear, which is essentially aimed at getting a second referendum - something that she has totally ruled out, and there is no special reason to believe that she is being duplicitous or dishonest. The prime minister is not trying to get us to go to the next People's Vote march or a sign a petition demanding another referendum. No, all this recent talk of contingency planning is intended to reassure business that 'measures are being taken'. Business, needless to say, wants the softest deal possible - preferably no Brexit at all. Thus it has become increasingly alarmed by the way things appear to be developing. Capital broadly welcomed May's Chequers plan and subsequent white paper for a "common rule book" with the EU, seeing it as an opening gambit in terms of negotiations. But there is always the possibility that the EU rejects the plan, or Theresa May refuses to compromise. Then talks break down - the nightmare scenario.
We are now not far away from the March deadline. But a last-minute deal, as happens so often with the EU, would be too late for business - at the very latest it needs need to know what is going on by December, or it will start to take emergency decisions (ie, relocate out of Britain). So far the government has drafted 70 "technical notices" that will be sent to companies and households over the summer to help them prepare for a no-deal. Remember - don't panic. When you consider May's wafer-thin majority in parliament, support for these "notices" is by no means guaranteed - quite unlikely actually. Then what the hell happens? No-one knows, but if you are a capitalist you need to know - or you will set up shop elsewhere if you can.
Interestingly, the EU has just signed a massive free-trade deal with Japan - you might have noticed how many Japanese firms there are in Britain making cars. Now, it might be that British car plants and their workers are so efficient - or the transport links are so brilliant - that these Japanese-owned companies can make cars cheaper in the UK than in Japan. But if not, they will simply close down your British operations and make them in Japan instead, then ship them over to Europe with no tariffs to pay - bit of a no-brainer really.
Meanwhile, the representatives of capital have had another get-together with the government on July 20 at Chevening House. Doubtlessly there are 'rogue' sections of the capitalist class - like Tim Wetherspoon and hedge-fund managers - who think that a hard Brexit would be marvellous. But those present at Chevening consider such an outcome as potentially catastrophic. The Confederation of British Industry, the Federation of Small Businesses, Institute of Directors, BMW Mini, Barclays, Santander, Shell UK, Amazon UK, US-owned Morrisons, Lloyds of London, National Grid, etc are all singing from the same hymn sheet - either the softest of softest Brexit or no Brexit. They want to remain within a customs union and single market.
This is why the likes of the FT have repeatedly pointed out the central contradiction now at play in the whole Brexit saga. Here you have the historic 'party of business', the Tories, which is no longer serving the interests of business. Yes, there are legal reasons for this - since 2000 a company wanting to make a donation to the Conservative Party would need the agreement of shareholders. But the central reason is that at least half of the FTSE 100 companies are owned abroad - ie, transnationals - and therefore do not have the same relationship to the Tories as Uk capital did in the 1950s and 60s.
Consequently, we get a lot of contradictory rhetoric from those saying we cannot just close the doors - hence we need an 'open and controlled' system of immigration. But how can it be 'open' and 'controlled' at the same time? Yet the immigration system has to have the "trust" of the British people - in other words, come out with some flowery phrases that satisfy - or hoodwink - them. Anything to get a very soft Brexit that still serves the interests of business (even if it is not as good as the status quo).
Last week, upping the stakes, we saw the latest move from 'Project delegitimise the June 23 referendum'. Vote Leave, the official Brexit campaign fronted by Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, was fined £61,000 after an electoral commission probe said it broke electoral law - exceeding its £7 million spending limit by funnelling £675,315 through the pro-Brexit youth group, BeLeave. As for the founder of BeLeave, Darren Grimes, he has been fined £20,000 and referred to the police, along with another Vote Leave official, David Halsall. MPs from all parties were especially outraged when Vote Leave's director, Dominic Cummings, refused to appear before the digital culture media and sports committee - saying lawyers had told him to "keep my trap shut" until the EC completes its investigation into Vote Leave this summer.
What was noticeable about the scandal was the extremely well-coordinated nature of the attacks on Cummings/Vote Leave. This reminded me of the 'anti-Semitism' slander campaign against the Labour Party and Jeremy Corbyn - one story after another hitting the headlines almost like clockwork. Last week, we also had John Major doing his bit for 'Project Delegitimisation', arguing that there was a "moral case" for another referendum - Vince Cable joined in as well, naturally enough. Furthermore, some within Labour and the Tory Party have been calling for a government of 'national unity' - or at least raised the prospect, perhaps to see how much support it gets.


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Brussels sprouts, what a misunderstood vegetable that's finally getting the recognition it deserves. I really didn't give them much attention until they started showing up in our CSA, complete with their stalks. For freshness, it's hard to beat any vegetable that comes to you nearly in its in-the-ground state.
Roast the sprouts and integrate all ingredients.
Prep the greens by pulling the leafs from the rib section, rinse thoroughly and tear into pieces. Hand wash each of the sprouts, getting all dirt out from the base and between the leaves. Remove any loose leaves.
Cook the bacon over medium-high until nice and crispy and set aside on a few towels. Pour out all but about 1 tablespoon of the bacon fat.
With the pan still warm, add the white wine and use a soft spatula to deglaze the pan and pull up the tasty bits stuck to the surface. After you have everything pulled up, pour in the stock and add the cold butter. Reduce this down by half to thicken and integrate the flavors and then pour back into your measuring cup.
Place the greens in the pan, still at medium high, and sautee until they soften. You don't want them completely shriveled up, just 3-4 minutes to soften the texture. Add a little bit of the broth as necessary. Remove to a separate bowl when cooked.
Toss the Brussels Sprouts with some of the broth and place them in the pan. Pour in enough of the broth to cover the bottom of the pan. Total roasting time is 30-40 minutes depending on the size. About halfway through, stir them around in the and add more broth (as needed).
Just before removing them from the oven, crumble and add the bacon as well as the greens. Finish with a little more broth for moisture and you're all set.
I just tried brussel sprouts a few days ago for the first time and I loved them. Yes, I am one who had this vegetable misunderstood.
I usually just toss mine in chopped pancetta bacon, pepper, kosher salt and minced garlic and roast them in the oven…I can't wait to try your take on them. Sounds good.
Thanks for sharing. Like what I am finding here.


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Miaphysitism (sometimes called henophysitism) is the Christology of the Oriental Orthodox Churches and part of the Christology of the various churches adhering to the "Seven Ecumenical Councils" (as found in the Second Council of Constantinople). Miaphysitism holds that in the one person of Jesus Christ, Divinity and Humanity are united in one "nature" ("physis"), the two being united without separation, without confusion, and without alteration.
Historically, Miaphysitism has been considered by Chalcedonian Christians to be capable of orthodox understanding, while still perceiving that of the Non-Chalcedonians to be a form of Monophysitism. The Oriental Orthodox Churches themselves reject this characterization.[1]
The term "miaphysitism" arose as a response to Nestorianism. As Nestorianism had its roots in the Antiochene tradition and was opposed by the Alexandrian tradition, Christians in Syria and Egypt who wanted to distance themselves from the extremes of Nestorianism and wished to uphold the integrity of their theological position adopted this term to express their position.
The theology of miaphysitism is based on an understanding of the nature (Greek φύσις physis) of Christ: divine and human. After steering between the doctrines of docetism (that Christ only appeared to be human) and adoptionism (that Christ was a man chosen by God), the Church began to explore the mystery of Christ's nature further. Two positions in particular caused controversy:
Nestorianism stressed the distinction between the divine and the human in Christ to such an extent that it appeared that two persons were living in the same body. The view was condemned at the Council of Ephesus.
Eutychianism stressed the unity of Christ's nature to such an extent that Christ's divinity consumed his humanity as the ocean consumes a drop of vinegar. The view was condemned at the Council of Chalcedon.
In response to Eutychianism, the latter Council adopted dyophysitism, which clearly distinguished between person and nature, stating that Christ is one person in two natures, but emphasizes that the natures are "without confusion, without change, without division, without separation".
The Miaphysites rejected this definition as verging on Nestorianism and instead adhered to a wording of Cyril of Alexandria, the chief opponent of Nestorianism, who had spoken of the "one (mia) nature of the Word of God incarnate" (μία φύσις τοῦ θεοῦ λόγου σεσαρκωμένη mia physis tou theou logou sesarkōmenē)[2] The distinction of this stance was that the incarnate Christ has one nature, but that nature is still of both a divine character and a human character, and retains all the characteristics of both. Though the Miaphysites condemned Eutychianism, the two groups were both viewed as monophysites by their opponents.
The Council of Chalcedon (451) was often seen as a watershed for Christology among the Chalcedonians as it adopted dyophysitism. However, as portions of the Church, especially the Copts in Egypt, who held to Miaphysitism, rejected the decision, the controversy became a major socio-political problem for the Byzantine Empire. There were numerous attempts at reunion between the two camps (including the Henoticon in 482), and the balance of power shifted several times. However, the decision at Chalcedon remains the official teaching of the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church and traditional Protestants. The non-Chalcedonian Orthodox Churches are usually grouped together as Oriental Orthodox. Over recent decades, leaders of the various branches of the Church have spoken about the differences between their respective christologies as not being as extreme as was traditionally held.
Much has been said about the difficulties in understanding the Greek technical terms used in these controversies. The main words are ousia (οὐσία, 'substance'), physis (φύσις, 'nature'), hypostasis (ὑπόστασις) and prosopon (πρόσωπον, 'person'). Even in Greek, their meanings can overlap somewhat. These difficulties became even more exaggerated when these technical terms were translated into other languages. In Syriac, physis was translated as kyānâ (ܟܝܢܐ) and hypostasis was qnômâ (ܩܢܘܡܐ). However, in the Persian Church, or the East Syriac tradition, qnoma was taken to mean nature, thereby confounding the issue furthermore. The shades of meaning are even more blurred between these words, and they could not be used in such a philosophical way as their Greek counterparts. Hence, some have suggested that the popularity of miaphysitism was due to a grounding of language in the fact that someone's person and nature are a verisimilitude.
Miaphysite churches
The Oriental Orthodox Churches include the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Syrian Orthodox Church, the Indian Orthodox Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church (including the British Orthodox Church which is under the Patriarch of Alexandria), the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ('tewahido' is a Ge'ez word meaning 'being made one') and the newly autocephalous Eritrean Orthodox Church.
One or more of the Independent Catholic Churches, while not being in full communion with the above Churches for various reasons, also embrace this Christology. These include the Antiochian Catholic Church in America. In recent theological discourses, some Eastern Orthodox, Old-Catholic and Anglican theologians have begun to embrace this Christology as being consistent with, though different from, the Chalcedon formulation.
Just as the Second Council of Constantinople (known as the "Fifth Ecumenical Council") condemned a certain understanding of the Dyophysite formula introduced at the Council of Chalcedon, it likewise condemned a certain understanding of the Miaphysite terminology of Cyril of Alexandria introduced at the Council of Ephesus, thus leaving room for other orthodox understandings for both Dyophysitism and Miaphysitism. A certain understanding of Miaphysitism thus was affirmed as acceptable doctrine among the Chalcedonians.
↑ Nine Saints Ethiopian Orthodox Monastery: Monophysitism and Dyophysitism
↑ John McGuckin (2004), Saint Cyril of Alexandria and the Christological Controversy, ISBN 0-88141-259-7 p140 et al
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About The Crucible
Reverend Hale
Arthur Miller Biography
Arthur Miller's Narrative Technique in The Crucible
Historical Period: Puritans in Salem
Full Glossary for The Crucible
Character Analysis John Proctor
John Proctor is a tormented individual. He believes his affair with Abigail irreparably damaged him in the eyes of God, his wife Elizabeth, and himself. True, Proctor did succumb to sin and commit adultery; however, he lacks the capacity to forgive himself. Unsurprisingly, his relationship with Elizabeth remains strained throughout the majority of the play. He resents Elizabeth because she cannot forgive him and trust him again, but he is guilty of the same thing. In fact, his own inability to forgive himself merely intensifies his reaction to Elizabeth's lack of forgiveness.
In addition to struggling with the weight of his sin, the fact that he must reveal his transgression torments Proctor. His best possession is his good name and the respect and integrity associated with it. Once he acknowledges his affair with Abigail, Proctor effectively brands himself an adulterer and loses his good name. He dreads revealing his sin because guilt and regret already overwhelm him. Proctor believes a public display of his wrongdoing only intensifies the extent of his sin, thereby multiplying his guilt.
Proctor's decision to tell the court about his affair ironically demonstrates his goodness. He willingly sacrifices his good name in order to protect his wife. Only through his public acknowledgment of the affair does Proctor regain his wife's trust. At the end of the play, Proctor refuses to slander himself by allowing the court to nail his false confession to the church door. This action further exemplifies Proctor's integrity. Proctor knows that he will damn himself, yet again, if he agrees to confess. Although he wants to live, escaping death is not worth basing the remainder of his life on a lie. This realization, along with Elizabeth's forgiveness, enables Proctor to forgive himself and finally regain his good name and self-respect. As the court officials lead him to the gallows, he finds peace for the first time in the play.
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Clark Family Donation Benefits Cattle Research Facility at UTM
By Editor | January 21, 2021 | 1
The Clark family is featured in their home on Silver Gate Farms in the New Salem community between Dresden and Sharon. Pictured seated are (L to R) John Clark, Frances Speight Clark, Janie Clark and Mason Clark. Standing are Codie Clark, Emersyn Clark and Codie Clark.
BY SARAH KNAPP
UTM University Relations
MARTIN (January 14) – The University of Tennessee at Martin has received a $150,000 pledge by John Clark, a 1975 UT Martin alumnus and the interim director of the UT Martin Horace and Sara Dunagan Chair of Excellence in Banking, and his wife, Janie, to support the new Beef Cattle Research Facility.
The state-of-the-art Beef Cattle Research Facility will be the first of its kind in Tennessee and will provide hands-on teaching experiences for students preparing for careers in agriculture, animal reproduction, nutrition, genetics and health. Located on 80 acres of the UT Martin Teaching Farm Complex, the facility will house a classroom, laboratory, a large, covered barn with a complete cattle-working system and a meats lab to provide enhanced teaching resources and research opportunities.
"The facility will support our animal science and veterinary science and technology programs from a teaching standpoint, providing another classroom at the farm for these growing programs, as well as a much-needed teaching lab for laboratories associated with nutrition and reproduction," said Dr. Todd Winters, dean of the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences.
"Artificial insemination classes, heifer development programs (and) beef cattle quality assurance certifications are some of the proposed outreach uses, supporting and having a positive economic impact on the beef cattle industry in West Tennessee."
The Beef Cattle Research facility will also be used by the Weakley County Schools' agricultural program to provide hands-on learning opportunities for high school students.
The Clarks value the university's dedication to providing a high-quality education in agriculture and wanted to support the future generations of Skyhawks who will learn in the Beef Cattle Research Facility.
John and Janie have lived on his family's farm, Silver Gate Farms, located in the New Salem community between Dresden and Sharon, since 1976. The farm was originally purchased in 1849 by John's ancestors and has predominantly produced row crops and beef cattle since its inception. As the farm has grown through each generation, John and Janie have expanded the operation to include Clark Cattle Company, which they now run with their son, Codie.
"I am very familiar with UTM, and throughout my 40-year banking career, we were able to live on our family's farm. Beef cattle have been in that farm's history ever since it became a farm …," John explained. "UT Martin is a quality institution, and it's a good resource for our area. I just wanted to support it in ways that made sense for us," he added.
The donation is given in honor of John's grandparents, Carman and Ruth Speight; his parents, J.C. Clark and Frances Speight Clark; as well the eight generations of John and Jane Clark's family, including his three children, who have resided on Silver Gates Farms. Frances celebrated her 100th birthday on the farm last November.
After earning his bachelor's degree in 1973 from UT Knoxville, where his parents J.C. and Frances met, John returned home to Northwest Tennessee to complete his master's degree from UT Martin in 1975. He worked in the banking industry for 40 years before retiring, during which he successfully established a one-bank holding company, Sharon Bancshares, that grew to include four banks: The Bank of Sharon, City State Bank, Weakley County Bank and First State Bank. John and Jane met in Knoxville, were married in 1974 and are thankful for the University of Tennessee bringing their families together.
Since funds for the Beef Cattle Research Facility are still being raised, the building's blueprints are not yet finalized.
For more information about the Beef Cattle Research Facility, contact Jeanna Curtis-Swafford, associate vice chancellor for development, at 731-881-7629.
Martha Edinger on January 24, 2021 at 12:54 pm
It is fabulous to see people giving back to their university and community.


Degenerative disease of knee joint that affects the articular cartilage of knee joint leading to varying level of pain, stiffness and functional difficulties.
generally, it occurs in elderly people but now, it is not uncommon in the younger population.
Pain in the knee joint and lower thigh is the commonest feature.
Variable degree of swelling in and around knee joint may be present.
Stiffness and pain in knee joint before starting an activity after period of rest or in the morning.
Later, due to the damaged joint cartilage, pain occurs more severely after an activity like stair climbing, or running/ standing for longer duration.
Further, it may leads to completely extend (straighten) the knee joint.
Crepitus or creaking sound on moving the knee joint may be present.
Any pain of sudden/ or slow onset in and around knee joint without any recent history of trauma.
Pain and stiffness in knee while getting up from the bed.
Pain in knee while sitting cross- legged, climbing stair or walking/ standing for long duration.
Felt creaking sound/ crepitus in knee joint while moving the knee joint.
Physician/ or orthopedician has confirmed the diagnosis of osteoarthritis of knee joint.


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Wow! Comey Refuses to Testify and McCabe Pleads The Fifth...Somebody's Lying
By Patty McMurray | Jun 18, 2018
The gang of anti-Trump conspirators got cold feet and refused to testify before the House Intel Committee…Comey, McCabe and Loretta Lynch were no-shows. Comey refused to show and McCabe took the fifth after he was refused immunity. McCabe's lawyer Michael Bromwich sent a letter asking for immunity and threatened to take the fifth if he didn't get it:
For these reasons, we urge this Committee to apply for a Court order compelling Mr. McCabe's testimony and granting him use immunity. If this Committee is unwilling or unable to obtain such an order, then Mr. McCabe will have no choice but to invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.
Committee Chairman Grassley ripped into Comey whose lawyer said he was out of the country: "He has time for book tours and television interview, but apparently no time to assist this committee." Grassley also noted he say Comey over the weekend in Iowa…OUT OF THE COUNTRY? Maybe he's in Iran with his buddies.
The men have given conflicting information in testimony so one of them is lying.
McCabe says Comey knew he was giving info to the press… Comey disagrees.
During today's hearing with IG Horowitz and FBI Director Wray, Sen. Ted Cruz got down to business when he said: "One or the other is not telling the truth. I don't know which one"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBnXhONo8cU
Who is it? They need to be called on the carpet for this but the current FBI director can't out the liar because it involves a current investigation. Yada, yada, yada…
The American people are still waiting for these people to be punished for their crimes…waiting.


The full 10-year budget consists of three volumes.
Part 1 provides an overview of our plans, strategies and budgets for the next 10 years.
Part 2 contains our prospective financial statements for 2015-2025 and other key financial information.
Part 3 is the appendices, including a glossary of terms, key word index and information on the council, its structure and people. This part also contains information on how to contact us, along with the Mayor and Chief Executive's message.
Part 1 provides a strategic overview, including Auckland's 30-year Infrastructure Strategy and our financial strategy.
Part 2 covers the activities and services of council.
Part 3 contains our policies and other information, including the Revenue and Financing policy and Housing for Older People Partnering Policy.
Part 4 contains information on our council-controlled organisations (CCOs).
Part 5 is the appendices, including a glossary of terms and key word index.
Part 1 provides information on local boards, the development of local board plans and agreements and a summary of planned local board expenditure for 2015-2025.
Part 2 contains specific information for each of the 21 local boards, including a local board agreement (outlining local activity initiatives and budgets for 2015/2016), and an introductory section that provides context for the agreement.
Part 3 is the appendices, including a glossary of terms, key word index.
The Long-term Plan 2015-2025 was amended and adopted in July 2016.
The amendment follows an Auckland Council decision to include a Housing for Older People Partnering Policy to enable it to enter into an agreement with a third-party social housing provider to manage the council's 1412 units.
The Housing for Older People Partnering Policy amends the content of the original long-term plan.


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HSE - Sherry Finish «Fino & Oloroso» Extra Vieux
SHERRY FINISH FINO & OLOROSO - AGED IN SHERRY BARRELS
After 8 years aging in oak barrels in the great tradition of aged HSE rhum, this special vintage has spent an additional 6 months maturing in Sherry Fino & Oloroso barrels.
The Sherry Finish instils the aged HSE agricole rhum with finesse, distinction and exoticism. The initial and incredibly elegant bouquet has hints of a cigar box lifted by delicately maderised notes of roasted hazelnuts and raisins. The rounded and balanced taste melts into a harmony of precious wood, prunes and spiced flavours veiled in sweet Sherry notes.
COUNTRY Martinique
AGEING 8 years in Oak barrel + 6 months in Fino & Oloroso
VOLUME 500ml
ALCOHOL CONTENT 45%
ONE OF THE MOST CREATIVE MARTINICAN SIGNATURES
Cultivate the difference....and set off to explore one of the most beautiful brands of Rhums from Martinique. Habitation Saint Etienne produces unique Rhums with an ancestral knowledge 150 years ago. HSE was modelled after "La Maugée", a sugar refinery covering over 400 hectares from Gros Morne to Saint Joseph in the early 19th century. The architectural structure, including the master's house, overlooking the distillery and the old workers' huts, reflect a typical farm in Martinique.
Martinique's rhum agricole's is granted a protected designation of origin. (A.O.C.) since 1996, Martinique is the only rum-producing region in the world to have this status. The A.O.C. label certifies the quality, character and authenticity of Martinique's rums. HSE has built its reputation thanks to its creativity, in particular in terms of aging and finish. The famous signature has the widest variety of barrels, whether in terms of size, the origin of wood or types of heaters.
HSE also has a dozen cellars where more than 6,000 barrels age. It is also distinguished by the very light filtration practiced before bottling: a bias which allows it to preserve all the aromatic profile and the richness of its rums.


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arXiv:2208.03284v1 (hep-ex)
[Submitted on 5 Aug 2022 (this version), latest version 6 Sep 2022 (v3)]
Title:Interpretable Uncertainty Quantification in AI for HEP
Authors:Thomas Y. Chen, Biprateep Dey, Aishik Ghosh, Michael Kagan, Brian Nord, Nesar Ramachandra
Abstract: Estimating uncertainty is at the core of performing scientific measurements in HEP: a measurement is not useful without an estimate of its uncertainty. The goal of uncertainty quantification (UQ) is inextricably linked to the question, "how do we physically and statistically interpret these uncertainties?" The answer to this question depends not only on the computational task we aim to undertake, but also on the methods we use for that task. For artificial intelligence (AI) applications in HEP, there are several areas where interpretable methods for UQ are essential, including inference, simulation, and control/decision-making. There exist some methods for each of these areas, but they have not yet been demonstrated to be as trustworthy as more traditional approaches currently employed in physics (e.g., non-AI frequentist and Bayesian methods).
Shedding light on the questions above requires additional understanding of the interplay of AI systems and uncertainty quantification. We briefly discuss the existing methods in each area and relate them to tasks across HEP. We then discuss recommendations for avenues to pursue to develop the necessary techniques for reliable widespread usage of AI with UQ over the next decade.
Comments: Submitted to the Proceedings of the US Community Study on the Future of Particle Physics (Snowmass 2021)
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex); Machine Learning (cs.LG); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Machine Learning (stat.ML)
Cite as: arXiv:2208.03284 [hep-ex]
(or arXiv:2208.03284v1 [hep-ex] for this version)
From: Biprateep Dey [view email]
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Following into the footsteps of the ADI-642 and ADI-6432, RME presents a device that takes the best of both units: channel-wise routing and multiple AES3-MADI conversion capabilities. Apart from optical, coaxial and twisted pair MADI connections, the AES3 Router provides four D-sub 25-pin ports, carrying 32 audio channels both in and out of the device. However, the ports can be configured to be send-only or receive-only ports, resulting in 64 audio channel outputs or 64 audio channel inputs.


Property Rights Alliance, Americans for Tax Reform, and Digital Liberty, along with more than 60 bi-partisan state and national organizations have co-authored an open coalition letter to members of the 116th Congress with guidelines for intellectual property rights.
The organizations represent millions of Americans through both state and national advocacy and conduct rigorous research on intellectual property rights while educating the general public on the benefits of intellectual property to the prosperity and wellbeing of society.
The letter pointedly describes the foundation for intellectual property rights in the United States.
Far too many foreign governments look the other way when it comes to the theft of IP. State-sanctioned IP theft from other countries costs the U.S. economy more than $320 billion annually.
IP rights protect consumers by enabling them to make educated choices about the safety, reliability, and effectiveness of their purchases. In 2017, consumer electronics and parts represented 12 percent of total counterfeit goods seized, presenting a dangerous risk to American consumers if those products malfunction.
Illegal intangible goods are also dangerous. One-third of websites offering stolen movies and television shows were found to contain malware, putting consumers at risk of identity theft, credit card fraud, and more.
The ease of doing business online has also led to an increase in the number of sites selling illegal products. In 2017, the U.S. coordinated actions with 26 other countries to take down a record 1.21 million domain names and shutdown 2.2 million links to online marketplaces that sold counterfeit and copyright infringing products.
The protection of IP rights is also vital to national security to prevent counterfeit parts, which compromise the reliability of weapons systems and the safety of military personnel, from entering the defense supply chain. A May 21, 2012 Senate Armed Services Committee report revealed 1,800 cases of counterfeiting, involving more than 1 million parts.
Intellectual property protection has historically been a bipartisan concern in America, and the Constitution made it clear from the beginning that these protections are paramount to a strong, healthy, and free economy. That is because inventors need full freedom to speak, create and innovate. While consumers need confidence in the quality and safety of the products and services that they rely on, made possible largely to due to a competitive IP marketplace. The continued diligence in protecting intellectual property rights provides those assurances. The new Congress must take these guidelines into consideration in all of their future deliberations regarding intellectual property.


The tips from this article give you a great start to buying furniture. No matter the reason for buying furniture, everything you learned here will give you a tremendous boost when looking to save money on good pieces of furniture. Slow down and take it all in, so you can transform your home into something that is comfortable and inviting to live in.


FORT KENT, Maine (AP) — A 67-year-old man has become the first to paddle his kayak without assistance 740 miles over the Northern Forest Canoe Trail from New York to Maine.
It took Gil Whitney 57 days to complete the journey from Old Forge, N.Y., to Fort Kent, Maine. The retired tractor-trailer driver from Lakeville, Maine, shed 30 pounds and survived nine days of rain, a spill in Class IV whitewater and a close encounter with a swimming black bear.
Whitney's wife, Kathy, reported his arrival in Fort Kent on Saturday on a blog.
Northern Forest Canoe Trail officials say there have been solo canoeists, but Whitney is the first solo kayaker. The trail follows historic American Indian paddling routes through northern New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and part of southern Quebec.


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This Gaza-Based Designer Is Creating Suiting With A Personal History
By Liana Satenstein 16 October 2020
In an apartment in Gaza, a model with a septum piercing wears Meera Adnan's '80s-style looks: an oversized jacket with puffy sleeves and extreme high-waist trousers with shell buttons. The Gaza-based designer typically favours easy suiting pieces that come in voluminous silhouettes with a playful retro vibe, usually mixing in modern styling effects, such as a Fendi bag and a Prada bucket hat. In the 27-year-old's current look book, she captured the model with an almost on-the-go flair, with her Palestinian-Gaza passport in her hand and a bottle of Jasmine hair oil on her mantle. Here, looks are casual, like an asymmetrical cream dress with bishop sleeves and a large olive blazer that looks plucked from a man's closet. "If you want to dress it up or want to dress it down, you just can mix it with anything," she says. "For example, if you are hijabi or if you're not a hijabi, you still can pull it off."
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Adnan's collection is deeply personal. The clothes skew oversized, a feature that stemmed from Adnan's smaller frame. "I was always underweight as a kid, and even as an adult, I used to get a lot of comments about the fact that most women in my society are curvy," she says. "According to the standards of society, my body looked like a child's body. I felt like I didn't look like a woman. For some time when I was in college, I used to dress in oversized clothing because it gave me that freedom of, in a way, hiding my body from people's expectations, so they wouldn't know what size I am and then they wouldn't have a reason to make comments."
Adnan also took much of her inspiration from family photo albums from the '70s and '80s, when the men wore pink, blue, and green trousers and the women experimented with their hairstyles. "No one looked like the other, in terms of style," she says. "This is something that I want to recreate."
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By Susan Devaney
Adnan grew up in Saudi Arabia and then moved back to Gaza when she was 12. (Adnan's grandparents aren't originally from Gaza but from the town Lod, located in Israel next to Midreshet Ben-Gurion. Both of her parents were born in refugee camps.) In Gaza, Adnan, who is considered a refugee under United Nations law, met people also from displaced backgrounds with their own diverse histories. Like her, they weren't originally from Gaza but had come from various parts of Palestine after they had been displaced. "There are small differences you can find between different people in Gaza coming from different backgrounds," she says. "Everyone has their personal traditions when it comes to small things, like food, social life, all these things."
She didn't initially pursue design – she saw herself as a "tomboy" – and instead went to university in Gaza to study accounting. Slowly, she began to view clothing in a new light. "I felt like fashion and expressing myself through garments allowed me to express my thoughts and feelings without having to have a conversation," she says. "It was a bit freeing and liberating for me because I always hated how much society places you in a certain box as a woman, or as a man even." Eventually, she enrolled in school for fashion merchandising in Munich but couldn't attend due to border closures. Instead, she took an internship at a fashion-marketing firm in Hamburg, Germany. During this time, after working under someone, she realised that she wanted to start her own label. "I entered college and felt like I could use fashion to express myself differently in a place where I didn't know many people, and that would be their first intro to who I am – through clothes and style," she says. "It really helped me regain my confidence slowly after losing it in my adulthood."
While her background in fashion and supplies are international, Adnan designs all of her pieces in Gaza. "I wanted my brand to have a very strong identity of where I come from," she says. Here, there is a deeper layer, and Adnan hopes to shed light on a different perspective from where she is from. "I feel like coming from a place like Gaza, people cannot see you as more than a victim or sometimes maybe just a human shield for some political party, in a way. I felt like people need to understand that people in Gaza have their own set of beliefs, and they're very diverse. When you look at the new generation that is younger, I can see my friends and colleagues and men and women with very different diverse mentalities, doing very different things."
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At the moment, Adnan gets all of her fabrics and materials abroad. It is currently almost impossible to receive and send out items in Gaza due to border closures. "Simple postal packages are very hard to get into Gaza," she later writes. In order to deal with this, she has to physically bring fabric samples back home. "I wanted to show that we have a rich history, and we have creativity," she says. "It's nice to be able to explore that while I'm in Gaza, although currently residing in Gaza has its own disadvantages, especially because of the freedom of movement. I still wanted to create a platform for Palestinian creativity."
This article was originally published on Vogue.com.
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After a few days of getting to know our ministry partners, worshipping with them in both Durres and nearby Sukth, and making our final preparations and plans, we finally had our first day of the children's camp today. This also happened to be the first day ever of children's camp at the relatively new Durres Evangelical Church. We were thrilled to welcome almost 25 children, ages 5-11, to the camp which is very similar to what we would call Vacation Bible School. We divided the children into four groups each led by a leader from the Durres church (Kujtim, Rudi, Manjola, Miriam) and a couple of people from our team with each group.
Patty and Anna taught the lesson today about God as our Creator, an important place to start as many of the children have little or no knowledge about the God of the Bible. After originally praying for God to bring children to the camp, we are now praying that He would bring children to faith in Christ through the teaching of His Word and that He would produce future church leaders from amongst this group of youngsters.
After a day of Bible teaching, crafts, singing (in English and Albanian), games, and even a swim in the Adriatic Sea, the children were tired, but happy. (The adults were exhausted, but happy!) As I type this, the call to prayer from the local mosque is being broadcast across the city of Durres. For those reading this blog, we call you to pray for the children who will learn about the God of the Bible as the week progresses. They will hear that God is their provider, protector, Savior, and treasure. Please pray that God would work through his Word to produce faith and bring new life.
God is definitely at work in Durres and we feel privileged to be a small part of that.
Mike, thank you so much for this report. It's a breath of fresh air to hear of you friends over there, ministering to the kids.
I pray that each will hear the inward call to prayer from the Lord Jesus. HE alone is great!
What an answer to prayer to see 25 kids there! Praise God! So thankful they are hearing about the one true God. Praying our Lord gives them understanding and faith, and that He continues to give all of you strength and wisdom as you teach them!
So excited for you all…we are praying!
A wonderful update to read. Prayers continue! How great that there are 25 children in the church.


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Sony Xperia Z4v (Verizon Wireless) Specs
By Alexander Maxham June 16, 2015, 6:37am
This morning, Sony and Verizon announced the Xperia Z4v that will be making its way to Big Red's network later this summer. The specs are slightly changed from the Xperia Z4 and the Xperia Z3+ that were announced earlier this year. With the main changes being Qi Wireless charging, and QHD. But here are the complete specs for the Xperia Z4v.
The Xperia Z4v is running on Android 5.0.2 Lollipop. It's also sporting a 5.2-inch IPS 2560x1440 resolution sRGB 130& Triluminos display. It's powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor (MSM8994), paired with 3GB of RAM. There's also 32GB of internal storage and a microSD card slot on board. Sony has opted to keep the 20.7MP camera on the back, which has ISO up to 12800, and does do 4K video. The front-facing camera is a 5MP camera which is 25mm with steady shot.
Another feature that Sony has kept around for the next generation of the Xperia Z line is the front-facing speakers. We have front-facing stereo speakers here with ClearAudio+ and auto headset compensation. The front-facing speakers won't be as good as HTC's Boomsound, but they are much better than having rear-facing speakers.
As far as the dimensions go, it's 144.4 x 72.3 x 8.6mm, and weighs in at about 160g. That's 5.64 ounces for us Americans. There's a 3,000mAh battery inside to keep you going all day long, paired with Sony's Battery Stamina features. There's also Qualcomm QuickCharge 2.0, as well as wireless charging for both PMA and Qi. Which is a nice change. Connectivity includes NFC and MHL. It also uses a nano SIM, as most phones do these days.
Verizon will only be offering the Xperia Z4v in black and white, similar to the Xperia Z3v last year. Unfortunately we won't get all the other colors Sony typically launches, including copper and purple. Sony's Xperia Z4v should be hitting Verizon shelves later this summer. Although a specific date still has not been announced, other than "later this summer". So we'll keep you up to date as to when it finally launches.
Source: Verizon
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