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Organizations taking action against FLSA overtime change
Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2016
Companies and their human resources and benefits teams have to be on their toes at all times to maintain compliance. There are always new or amended regulations unveiled, and failing to adhere to those rules can result in costly consequences for businesses.
One of the most pressing pieces of legislation on executives' minds in the recent months has been the change to the Fair Labor Standards Act concerning overtime pay. Time Rack has a breakdown of the situation, including the most recent updates organizations should be aware of.
President Obama made updating the FLSA's overtime rules his mission.
A Presidential Memorandum
When the Fair Labor Standards Act went into effect in 1938, it gave the majority of U.S. workers the ability to earn minimum wage as well as time-and-a-half pay for operating more than 40 hours in a week. A certain number of employees were exempt from this rule due to their salaries and the duties associated with their position. The federal government soon learned the wage threshold they put into place was decimated by inflation annually. To make up for this, the law was updated in the 1970s and remained that way until 2004 – the last time the FLSA's overtime mandate was updated.
In 2004, the salary cap was set at $455 per week, or $23,660 per year, and only provided overtime pay to about seven percent of full-time salaried workers, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
It took 10 years, but President Obama signed a presidential memorandum for that purpose in 2014. After receiving over 270,000 comments in response to the proposed legislature and taking that feedback into great consideration, the federal agency agreed to a final rule.
"The Final Rule nearly doubles the former salary threshold."
The Final Rule
President Obama announced in May 2016 that the DOL had finalized their changes to the overtime guidelines. As a result, 4.2 million workers will be eligible for additional pay. The rule increases the salary threshold to $913 per week, or $47,476 per year.
To account for inflation, the DOL's final rule also included a provision which will update the wage cap every three years starting January 1, 2020. These amendments aim to raise the threshold to the 40th percentile of full-time salaried workers in the lowest-wage Census region. For 2020, the compensation cap is estimated to be $51,168.
This new regulation is scheduled to go into effect on December 1, 2016. There is a fair amount of push back against this deadline, however.
Suit aims to block new rule
On September 20, representatives from 21 states filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration is overstepping its boundaries and limitations to pass the law, according to The Washington Post. Why file in Texas, you ask? The district is known as a "rocket docket" court, meaning cases move through it much more quickly.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and more than 50 other business groups also took legal action against the mandate the very same day. The independent organizations fighting the change believe the amendment is not only being implemented too quickly, but also that the updated threshold is too much of an increase. As a result, the plaintiffs assert the FLSA's new rule will result in reduced hiring practices or businesses having to lay off employees.
U.S. House of Representatives steps in
Although the lawsuit hasn't reached its conclusion, the U.S. House of Representatives also got in on the action. On September 28, a GOP-backed bill – The Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools and Nonprofits Act – was passed by one-half of Congress to delay the overtime rule from going into effect in December, according to The Hill.
The goal of this legislation is to push the effective date back six months, meaning companies would have until June 1, 2017 to become compliant. President Obama, in a Statement of Administration Policy, has already threatened to veto the bill, which still has to go through the Senate and be signed by the President to go into effect.
Next steps for businesses
Since all of these actions are still in process and decisions remain up in the air, it's crucial for organizations and their leadership teams to prepare for a December 1 effective date. The President's opposition to the House-passed bill shows that even if the legislation makes it to his desk, he will most likely decline.
Failing to prepare appropriately could leave companies playing catch-up, resulting in hefty compliance penalties. HR teams should inform employees of their rights due to the new rule, and assess next steps to keep costs manageable. The Society for Human Resource Management suggested businesses analyze the difference in expenses related to reclassification of workers versus salary increases to make more workers exempt from overtime.
Planning ahead will ensure organizations, executives and employees are educated on important information and have implemented any necessary company changes ahead of the Dec. 1 deadline.
Time Rack offers businesses the time and attendance software they need to track and manage employees' hours and wages, especially as they relate to overtime compensation.
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The Turkish government on Monday cast suspicion on ISIS for Saturday's attack, but many are distrustful of the official line on the bombing, which follows another deadly bombing of pro-Kurdish activists in Suruc in July. Some are charging that the government is responsible—either directly or indirectly—through intelligence failures and its efforts to stir anti-Kurdish sentiment.
Thousands mobilized across Turkey over the weekend—including at funerals—to express their outrage at the government, with many carrying placards that read "killer state." Meanwhile, solidarity protests took place around the world, from Paris to London.
Meanwhile, the Turkish government has imposed media censorship on coverage of the attack, and many are reporting that their access to Facebook and Twitter has been blocked.
Saturday's mobilization was organized by the Turkish Medical Association, the country's two largest opposition unions (DİSK and KESK), the national Chamber of Architects and Engineers (TMMOB), and the 'June Movement,' which emerged from the 2013 Gezi Park protests. It was also coordinated by the opposition, pro-Kurdish HDP, which in June won parliamentary seats for the first time in a major blow to president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ruling AKP party's outright majority.
Protesters were demanding an immediate halt to state violence against Kurdish communities within and beyond Turkey, which escalated following the June election when the government abandoned its peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
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It is also alleged the terms of reference for the report did not entitle Mr [Sean GuerinGuerin to reach the conclusions he had. There was failure to consider all the relevant documents, including documents from Mr Shatter and the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission. It is alleged Mr Guerin regarded himself as bound by a fixed eight-week time limit and he should have, but failed, to take the additional time necessary for the report. It is alleged "indecent haste" in concluding the report led to errors, including alleged failure to fully engage with the process.
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Former Justice Minister Alan Shatter – love reading that.
I wonder does he think he can get his job back.
He's probably doing a bit of publicity for a new book.
In fairness the quality of his fiction writing has improved.
Now he has a bit of time on his hands he could volunteer to look after the owl.
Stop pointing out his double standards !


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Dracula ist eine US-amerikanisch-britische Fernsehserie mit Jonathan Rhys Meyers in der titelgebenden Hauptrolle. Die Fernsehserie wurde 2013 von Universal Television und Carnival Films für die Fernsehsender NBC und Sky Living produziert und besteht aus einer Staffel mit zehn Episoden. Sie handelt von Dracula, der nach London zurückkehrt, um sich an den Leuten zu rächen, die ihn Jahrhunderte früher verraten haben. Doch er verliebt sich in die Reinkarnation seiner verstorbenen Frau.

Als Vorlage zur Serie diente der 1897 veröffentlichte Roman Dracula von Bram Stoker. Die Erstausstrahlung in den Vereinigten Staaten erfolgte am 25. Oktober 2013 beim Sender NBC.

Handlung
Dracula kommt in den 1890er Jahren ins viktorianische London, als amerikanischer Unternehmer Alexander Grayson getarnt. Er behauptet, dass er die moderne Wissenschaft in die Gesellschaft bringen wolle. In Wirklichkeit will sich Dracula an all denen rächen, die ihn vor Jahrhunderten verraten haben. Gerade als Dracula seine Pläne verwirklichen will, begegnet er der Medizinstudentin Mina Murray, die er als Reinkarnation seiner verstorbenen Frau Ilona sieht. Er verliebt sich hoffnungslos in sie, obwohl sie mit dem Journalisten Jonathan Harker verlobt ist.

Dracula arbeitet mit Professor Abraham Van Helsing zusammen, um die geheime Organisation Der Orden des Drachen zu bekämpfen. Diese Organisation hat vor Jahren Dracula verflucht und ihn in einen Vampir verwandelt.

Produktion
Im Juli 2012 hat NBC bekannt gegeben, dass man eine Vampirserie über Dracula entwickelt. Das Serienprojekt soll von Tony Krantz und Colin Callender produziert werden. NBC beschrieb das Projekt als "Gefährliche Liebschaften' trifft Die Tudors". Am 24. Juli 2012 gab NBC die Produktion der Serie bekannt. Sie stellt dabei eine Gemeinschaftsproduktion von NBC und dem britischen Sender Sky Living dar. Am selben Tag gab man auch bekannt, dass der ehemalige Die Tudors-Star Jonathan Rhys Meyers die Hauptrolle des Dracula spielen wird. Ein halbes Jahr später wurden die restlichen Hauptrollen besetzt. So ging im Januar 2013 die weibliche Hauptrolle an Jessica De Gouw. Wenige Tage später wurden Katie McGrath und Nonso Anozie verpflichtet. Thomas Kretschmann konnte sich Mitte Februar 2013 die Rolle des Van Helsing sichern. Zur selben Zeit hat auch Oliver Jackson-Cohen eine der letzten Hauptrollen bekommen.

Die erste Staffel wurde zwischen dem 1. Februar und dem 1. August 2013 in Budapest gedreht. Ein erster Trailer wurde Mitte Mai 2013 veröffentlicht.

Im Mai 2014 gab NBC die Einstellung der Serie bekannt.

Besetzung
Die deutsche Synchronisation entstand unter der Dialogregie von Benedikt Rabanus durch die Synchronfirma Scalamedia GmbH in Berlin.

Hauptbesetzung

Nebenbesetzung

Ausstrahlung
 Vereinigte Staaten
In den Vereinigten Staaten begann die Ausstrahlung der ersten Staffel am 25. Oktober 2013 auf dem Fernsehsender NBC. Das Staffelfinale lief am 24. Januar 2014.

 Deutschland
Die Ausstrahlungsrechte für Deutschland hat die Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland erworben. Die Serie ist seit dem 20. Oktober 2014 auf VOX zu sehen.

 International
International wird die Serie unter anderem im Vereinigten Königreich und in Australien gezeigt, wo die Ausstrahlung der Episoden 7 bis 10 vor der in den USA erfolgte.

Episodenliste

Weblinks

 Offizielle Website von NBC (englisch)

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Fernsehserie (Vereinigte Staaten)
Fernsehserie (Vereinigtes Königreich)
Fernsehserie der 2010er Jahre
Dracula
Fernsehserie (National Broadcasting Company)
Vampirserie
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In mathematics, a multibrot set is the set of values in the complex plane whose absolute value remains below some finite value throughout iterations by a member of the general monic univariate polynomial family of recursions. The name is a portmanteau of multiple and Mandelbrot set. The same can be applied to the Julia set, this being called Multi-Julia set.
where d ≥ 2. The exponent d may be further generalized to negative and fractional values.
Several graphics are available but, as far as can be verified, none of these have been taken a step further to display a 3-D stack of the various stages so that the evolution of the general shape can be seen from other than vertically above.
is the classic Mandelbrot set from which the name is derived.
The sets for other values of d also show fractal images when they are plotted on the complex plane.
Each of the examples of various powers d shown below is plotted to the same scale. Values of c belonging to the set are black. Values of c that have unbounded value under recursion, and thus do not belong in the set, are plotted in different colours, that show as contours, depending on the number of recursions that caused a value to exceed a fixed magnitude in the Escape Time algorithm.
The example d = 2 is the original Mandelbrot set. The examples for d > 2 are often called multibrot sets. These sets include the origin and have fractal perimeters, with (d − 1)-fold rotational symmetry.
When d is negative the set surrounds but does not include the origin. There is interesting complex behaviour in the contours between the set and the origin, in a star-shaped area with (1 − d)-fold rotational symmetry. The sets appear to have a circular perimeter, however this is just an artifact of the fixed maximum radius allowed by the Escape Time algorithm, and is not a limit of the sets that actually extend in all directions to infinity.
Multibrot rendered with exponent on vertical axis along a plane angled 45-degrees between the real and imaginary axes.
and if the exponent is negative the sequence is stable. The white pixels in the picture are the parameters c for which the exponent is positive aka unstable. The colours show the periods of the cycles which the orbits are attracted to. All points colored dark-blue (outside) are attracted by a fixed point, all points in the middle (lighter blue) are attracted by a period 2 cycle and so on.
Enlarged first quadrant of the multibrot set for the iteration z ↦ z−2 + c rendered with the Escape Time algorithm.
Enlarged first quadrant of the multibrot set for the iteration z ↦ z−2 + c rendered using the Lyapunov exponent of the sequence as a stability criterion rather than using the Escape Time algorithm. Periodicity checking was used to colour the set according to the period of the cycles of the orbits.
The complex value z has coordinates (x,y) on the complex plane and is raised to various powers inside the iteration loop by codes shown in this table. Powers not shown in the table can be obtained by concatenating the codes shown.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Multibrot sets.
^ "Definition of multibrots". Retrieved 2008-09-28.
^ "WolframAlpha Computation Knowledge Engine".
^ "Animated morph of multibrots d = −7 to 7". Retrieved 2008-09-28.
^ Fractal Generator, "Multibrot Slice"
^ Ken Shirriff (Sep 1993). "An Investigation of Fractals Generated by z → 1/zn + c". Computers & Graphics. 17 (5): 603–607. doi:10.1016/0097-8493(93)90012-x. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
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Congratulations to our Year 5 team who won the football tournament held at Riverside. We were incredibly proud of both teams and Mrs O'Sullivan could not wait to share the news with staff and pupils back at school.
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Just a reminder for parents that swimming lessons for our year 1 and year 2 children commence on Monday 10th September. Any children in years 3 - 6 who would benefit from lessons are also able to go in the autumn term. Please ask your class teacher for a letter and payment details.
Letters will be going out soon to children in KS2 interested in joining the York City Knights after-school Rugby club. This will start at 3.15pm on Tuesday 11th September. YCK do ask that payment is made on the first session. Thank you.
Best of luck at Dalby Forest today!
Our first football match of the season at St. Mary's, Askham Richard resulted in a 3 - 2 win for us. It was a brilliant match with superb skills and teamwork shown from both sides. The official match report is below.
Unfortunately, our match against Rufforth has been cancelled due to inclement weather and pitch conditions.
The year 3 and year 4 children had an excellent time at the Tadcaster cluster dance festival. They enjoyed performing our Jai Ho dance on the stage at Tadcaster Grammar School and made us incredibly proud. Children were mesmerized by the other performances; both from other primary schools and that of the Grammar students. The afternoon finished with all the pupils performing a dance. A huge thank you to our faithful followers for their support.
A huge congratulations to our pupils who took part in the Selby District Cross Country Race today. We were incredibly proud of their achievements. A special mention goes to Oliver in Borrowers who qualified to represent the District Team in the North Yorkshire Finals in March.


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The PAM127 is the most mythical PAM of the Richemont years. Also called "Fiddy », the model is the watch which will drive the first serious wedge into Bettarini Luminor design from the «Pre-Vendôme» years,with its 47 mm diameter. In 1936, the navy commissioned a steel, waterproof, mechanical wristwatch with a waterproof strap that needed to be highly readable in the dark — in essence, a modern Panerai. Rolex supplied the cases and most movements for the next twenty years, and with the exception of its recognizable crown guard and integrated lugs, the basic design hardly changed during that time. With few derivations, this Panerai 127 from 2002 — nicknamed the "Fiddy" for the "1950" on the dial — is faithful to those early, classic pieces.
Made in a limited edition of only 1950 pieces in 2002, the model is one of the most sough-after by Paneristi worldwide. The model is a fine, large, cushion-shaped, water resistant to 100 meters, stainless steel AISI 316L, 47 mm diameter, military-type diver's wristwatch with a stainless steel Officine Panerai buckle.
Water-resistant to 100 meters, the watch is composed of three-body, a polished and brushed cushion shaped case, a transparent screw-down numbered case back, protected winding crown with security lever, an inclined polished steel bezel with a large domed sapphire crystal.
Under the anti-reflective sapphire crystal, we find a matte black dial with recessed luminous Arabic numerals and baton indexes, with sandwich type construction, a subsidiary seconds dial at 9 with recessed quarters, and luminous gilt baton hands. Under the glazed screwed case back, a hand wound Cal. OP XI, 16 1/2 lines, certified chronometer, 21'600 alt/hour, rhodium-plated, special Panerai decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Glucydur balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, 56 hours power reserve. Dial, case and movement are signed.
Delivered in November 2002, The present watch is numbered 116 out of 1950 units. The model is described and illustrated in Panerai Laboratorio Di Idea, Special Editions 1997-2007, pages 72 & 73.
The PAM127, like many watches unpopular at the moment of their release, is now considered as the « must-have » of the Paneristi!
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Dimensions: 47 mm. diam. Thickness 17.80 mm.
Accessories: fitted presentation box and outer packaging, key for box, Specifications Panerai Luminor 1950 Certificate, Certificate For Specimen no 116/1950 dated November 2002, screwdriver, Special Editions booklet, Libretto Di Garanzia booklet, C.O.S.C certificate, International Guarantee certificate dated December 3rd 2002, original box sticker, copy of original invoice dated December 2nd 2002.


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Q: Calculating the row max and index of an array Suppose I have an array of dimension (i,j,k) and I want to loop through the dimension k and calculate for each matrix(i,j) the row max and the row indices. How could I avoid a double apply function. The problem of the double apply is that it is slow because it does not handle efficient the creation of the result matrices, for example:
    Array <- rnorm(10000000)
dim(Array) <- c(1, 10000000,1)
system.time(apply(Array, 3, function(x)apply(x,1,function(y)c(min(y), max(y), which.min(y), which.max(y)))))
system.time(apply(Array, 3, rowRanges))
system.time(apply(Array, 3, function(y)c(min(y), max(y), which.min(y), which.max(y))))

How could I avoid the double apply function, and is it possible to calculate the position of the min and max in a more efficient way? In this example the array is an vector but in real life it is a real array
The example was more to prove that the apply function causes overhead. The range function only calculates the min and the max and not the indices. Here the real example that I want to optimise(Notice that the first indices 10 in the example is in reallife around 1500 but then the array is around 16 gb)
Array <- rnorm(35000*36*10)
dim(Array) <- c(10, 35000,36)
test1 <- apply(Array, 3, function(x)apply(x,1,function(y)c(min(y), max(y), which.min(y), which.max(y))))
dim(test1) <- c(4, 10,36)
test2 <- apply(Array, 3, rowRanges)
dim(test2) <- c(10,2,36)
test2 <- aperm(test2, c(2,1,3))
sum(!test2 == test1[1:2,,])

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January 27, 2018 Linh PhamAudio Clips
Andrew: "Alright, guys. Calm down. I'm a human being too"
Andrew: "Because of that, I'm, like, laying down with my legs crossed; and, I just look like I'm just like… the coolest toad in the pond"
Andrew: "Do you miss illegal marijuana, by the way?"
Andrew: "I… Ah, God… I'm sorry, I'm… starting to already lose it"
Andrew: "Oh, no!"
Andrew: "Oh, that's the hardiest of the hardies"
Andrew: Quietly saying "Everything's better with the bell!"
Andrew: "Well, I don't wanna be the one to ruin good radio… even though… that is literally my job description these days"
Andrew: "Why should the Devil have all the good energy drinks?"
Andrew and Luke: "Is that something your Mom would say? Yes. I'm starting to recognize it"
Camaro Kev: Saying something gibberish
Camaro Kev and Andrew: Singing "Pass the dutchie on the left-hand side"
Camaro Kev and Luke: "Table full of Touchdowns (Yeah)"
Camaro Kev, Andrew and David Burbank: Laughing
David Burbank and Luke: "But, yeah. Six tacos, one or two Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers… a… fuck it, a large curly fry. Yeah? Oh, I see… it takes a Rockefeller to know one"
David Burbank and Luke: "Don't associate the Millennials with them. They, we… we do not accept… them as, as part of us. Not your President? No… Hashtag? They, they represent six and seven year olds"
David Burbank and Luke: "Look at the 'M' on the Monster Taco (It's the Hebrew letter… for diarrhea)"
David Burbank and Luke: "Think Linh is already here, actually… That's right. Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Linh Pham!"
David Burbank, Luke and Andrew: "Well, lucky you. That's why (If you had) you're the master broadcaster. Where has this (I don't even…) David been!? In the basement?"
Listener Linda: "Power out!"
Luke: "Again, I'm in a bit of a… glass Sprint van… on that one"
Luke: "And then, when we come back, we're talk… Jack In The Box ordering; and, really, just late-night food… including, by the way, my shameful… shameful large pizza order… the other night with you, Camaro"
Luke: "Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Linh Pham!"
Luke: "But, I just don't understand! The Millennials of America, with their Snapchat and their Power Gloves… they don't know that their heroes are super balding!?"
Luke: "Driver John and the Fried Gourd"
Luke: "From an area near Dream Land… this is… Dream Land"
Luke: "God! Haven't we been… on the air already for… seven hours, or so? Yes, we have; and, we're only a fraction of the way… there"
Luke: "Hey, bro"
Luke: "How often are you toweling that thing down?"
Luke: "I can't get this close to this oasis and not drink from it's cool waters"
Luke: "I had a wild thought, guys"
Luke: "I know that's a lotta B's, dude"
Luke: "I was like, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah… What's up with his hair!?'"
Luke: "I'm just sniffing it. I'm just… getting the bouquet"
Luke: "Lemme take everybody's temperature on this"
Luke: "Let me tell you this… Kevin… keeps the cleanest car. I know that's a lotta K's dude"
Luke: "Listen, there's no wrong way… to hurt your… arteries"
Luke: "Listen… I'm losing my hair… I've wearing an… [sic] ding-dang laser baldness helmet. I got nothing, I got nothing to brag about here. I'm also a forty-one year old man… no one's holding me up as a YouTube star"
Luke: "Not sleep deprivation… not… ill-advised, early caffeine consumption, nothing can stop the TBTL… 10th Vanniversary"
Luke: "Power out!"
Luke: Singing "Everything under the Sun except… Amos and Andy, and lollipops"
Luke: Singing "Gauze with gas [ph]"
Luke: Singing "He said, 'Baby, it's 3 A.M., I must be hungry'"
Luke: "We have a fan"
Luke: "Yes, but… young one"
Luke and Andrew: Having a good laugh
Luke and Andrew: "What time is it? It's about 4:20. Hey, what's up, guys? (Man!)"
Luke and Camaro Kev: "Oh, it's got the, it's got the hang-down… Oh, it does have a hang-down. Yeah"
Luke, Andrew and Camaro Kev: "What!!? (What!? / Whoa!)"
Luke, Camaro Kev and Andrew: "We were the only people in the dance club; which, was called, 'Spinnakers,' I believe. Spinnakers, yeah. And, so… That is not a good name for… That sounds like an elderly dance club!"
#2561, 10th Vaniversary, Andrew Walsh, Camaro Kev, David Burbank, Luke Burbank, TBTL 10th
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Die Reformierte Kirche in Lübeck wurde Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts im Stil des Klassizismus errichtet, 1826 erstmals in Nutzung genommen und ist der erste nachgotische Sakralbau im Weltkulturerbe der Lübecker Altstadt.

Vorgeschichte der Reformierten Kirchengemeinde Lübecks
Die Vorgeschichte der Reformierten Kirche in Lübeck geht auf das Jahr 1553 zurück. Etwa 200 Mitglieder der Londoner Fremdlingsgemeinde des Reformators  Johannes a Lasco, die zunächst unter in König Eduard VI. von England dort aufgenommen worden waren, mussten vor der katholischen Königin Maria I. fliehen und erreichten nach Abweisung in Kopenhagen im Herbst selbigen Jahres Travemünde. Der Lübecker Superintendent Valentin Curtius als ratsunmittelbarer, höchster Vertreter der Kirchenpolitik der Freien Stadt war von den Neuankömmlingen und ihrer Variante des evangelischen Glaubens nicht sehr angetan. Die Flüchtlinge blieben zunächst außerhalb der Mauern der Hansestadt, aufgenommen wurden sie schließlich in den Städten am Rhein.

Die eigentliche Begründung der Gemeinde erfolgte durch Niederländische Kaufleute, ausgelöst durch einen Handelsvertrag, den Lübeck unter seinem Bürgermeister Heinrich Brokes 1613 mit den Holländischen Generalstaaten abschloss. Das Geistliche Ministerium konnte sich in diesem Fall nicht gegen die erklärten Handelsinteressen der Stadt stellen. Die Anerkennung der Reformierten erfolgte, wenn auch nur mündlich, durch die Bürgermeister v. Höveln und v. Wickede im Jahr 1666. Noch im gleichen Jahr wurde am 26. August in dem Hause eines Gemeindemitglieds am Klingenberg der erste öffentliche reformierte Gottesdienst in Lübeck von dem ersten Pastor der Gemeinde, Wilhelm Momma, gefeiert. Gleichwohl war die Frühzeit der Gemeinde von Widerständen seitens des Rates der Stadt und des Geistlichen Ministeriums geprägt. Gottesdienste wurden im Sommerhaus des Ratsherrn Heinrich Kerkring vor dem Holstentor gehalten. Ein erstes Kirchengebäude konnte nur außerhalb der Stadtmauern und der Wallanlagen in St. Lorenz erworben werden, aber auch dort wurden Veranstaltungen der Gemeinde immer wieder durch Ratsdiener gesprengt. Fürsprache durch Hedwig Sophie, der Landgräfin von Hessen-Kassel oder der Druck ihres Bruders, des Großen Kurfürsten in Brandenburg bewirkten wenig. 1673 wurden reformierte Gottesdienste in Lübeck erneut verboten. Pastor Momma verließ die Stadt, und die fortbestehende Gemeinde musste längere Zeit ohne Pastor auskommen. Veränderung bewirkte die Aufhebung des Edikt von Nantes und die beginnende Verfolgung der Hugenotten in Frankreich, denen in Lübeck die reformierte Religionsausübung gestattet wurde, so dass eine niederländisch und eine französisch geprägte Gemeinde zunächst nebeneinander bestanden, bevor sie sich dann 1781 vereinigten. 1736 konnte ein Gebäude außerhalb des Walles der Stadt für Gottesdienste erworben werden, wo sie bis zur Einweihung der neuen Kirche 1826 in St. Lorenz, also vor dem Holstentor, stattfanden. Der Pastor Otto Friedrich Butendach trat 1762 von Berlin kommend, wo er sieben Jahre Inspektor am Joachimsthaler Gymnasium war, seinen Dienst als Pastor der Gemeinde an. Er gehörte zu den frühen aktiven Mitgliedern der aufklärerischen Gesellschaft zur Beförderung gemeinnütziger Tätigkeit und legte den Grundstein zur Verbindung der Gemeinde mit dem aufgeklärten Lübecker Bürgertum der Zeit. Seine der Reformierten Kirche vermachte Bibliothek, die nach ihm benannte Butendach-Bibliothek, erinnert noch heute an ihn.

Bau der heutigen Reformierten Kirche

Butendachs Nachfolger ab 1798, der Prediger Johannes Geibel, nutzte den Zeitgeist der Aufklärung und die für Lübeck revolutionäre Liberalität der Franzosenzeit, um den Bau eines Gotteshauses in der Lübecker Innenstadt vorzubereiten. Formale Voraussetzung war die wirkliche Anerkennung der Gemeinde, zunächst durch die Einführung des französischen Rechts 1811 und sodann durch die Deutsche Bundesakte, 1815. Im gleichen Jahr wurde mit dem Kaufmann Röttger Ganslandt das erste Mitglied der Gemeinde in den Lübecker Rat gewählt. Das Angebot, eine der mittelalterlichen Nebenkirchen der Stadt wie die Klosterkirche St. Katharinen in Benutzung zu nehmen, kam nicht in Frage, da diese von der Raumaufteilung dem Wunsch nach einer Predigtkirche nicht entsprachen.

Das heutige Grundstück in der Königstraße 18 überspannt drei Parzellen der mittelalterlichen Stadt, die an den erhaltenen Kellern aus der Zeit der Gotik noch ablesbar sind, und ist also außergewöhnlich breit im alten Lübecker Maßstab. Die rigide klassizistische Fassade ist denn auch die wuchtigste ihrer Art in der Stadt und sticht als einziges Beispiel ansatzweiser Revolutionsarchitektur im backsteingotisch bis biedermeierlichen Umfeld heraus. Eigentlich handelt es sich um ein dahinterstehendes Palais des Barock, das vom Stadtbaumeister Börm mit dieser Fassade verblendet wurde. Der politisch lang vorbereitete Umbau eines Innenstadtgebäudes in den Jahren 1824 bis 1826 führte zum ersten Lübecker Kirchenbau in nachgotischer Zeit. Er ist bis heute insoweit unübertroffen, als der Neubau der katholischen Propsteikirche an der Parade in der Nähe des Lübecker Doms sich mit der neugotischen Formsprache wieder dem Überkommenen stark annäherte.
Von der barocken Bebauung ist im Garten ein Seitenflügel im Stil des Rokoko erhalten. 1870 konnte rückwärtig an der Breiten Straße ein für die Gemeinde neues Pfarrhaus mit dem Kirchengrundstück verbunden werden.

Nutzung
Die hinter der klassizistischen Fassade eingebaute schlichte Saalkirche wurde schnell über die gottesdienstliche Nutzung hinaus ein beliebter Versammlungsraum in Lübeck. 1847 fand hier unter Leitung von Jakob Grimm der zweite deutsche Germanistentag statt, und die Rolle der Kirche in der Märzrevolution 1848 fand über Thomas Manns Buddenbrooks Eingang in die Weltliteratur.

In der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus wurden Pastoren der Bekennenden Kirche innerhalb der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche im Lübeckischen Staate am 1. Januar 1937 aus dem Staatsgebiet Lübecks ausgewiesen oder unter Hausarrest gestellt. Angehörige ihrer Gemeinden, die in Opposition zu den Deutschen Christen standen, erhielten Unterstützung von der Gemeinde der Reformierten Kirche. Deren Pastor Otto A. Bode ermöglichte ihnen einen Bekenntnisgottesdienst, an dem  am 5. Februar 1937 etwa 1.800 Gläubige der Evangelisch-lutherischen Landeskirche in und vor der Reformierten Kirche teilnahmen. Pastor Bode bereitete die betroffenen lutherischen Konfirmanden dieses Jahrgangs auch auf ihre Notkonfirmation in St. Nicolai in Mölln vor.

Orgel

Die erste Orgel brachte die Gemeinde aus dem Vorgängerbau mit. Dieses 1799 entstandene Instrument wurde 1858 durch den Orgelbauer Theodor Vogt umgebaut und erweitert.

1909 entschied man sich für einen kompletten Neubau durch die Ludwigsburger Orgelbaufirma Walcker (Werknummer 1490). Gebaut wurde eine in Spiel- und Registertraktur pneumatische Orgel mit zwei Manualen, Pedal und 18 Registern. 1939 erfolgte eine Erweiterung um ein Register im Pedal und geringfügige Änderung der Disposition im Sinne der Orgelbewegung. Insgesamt jedoch blieb der romantische Klangcharakter der Orgel erhalten. Sie gilt damit als die größte als Ganzes erhaltene Walcker-Orgel in Schleswig-Holstein. Nach langer Vernachlässigung wurde sie 1985/1986 durch  Orgelbaumeister G. Christian Lobback, Neuendeich b. Hamburg, restauriert. Mit Unterstützung durch den Orgelforscher Reinhard Jaehn (Eutin) konnte Lobback verhindern, dass ein Orgelsachverständiger seinen Plan für einen Orgelneubau durchsetzen konnte.

 Koppeln: II/I, I/P.
 Feste und freie Kombinationen.

Von 1846 bis zu seinem Tod 1872 war Konrad Geibel, Sohn des Pastors und Bruder von Emanuel Geibel, Organist. Im 20. Jahrhundert übte fast 75 Jahre Franziska Bräck (* 9. Dezember 1916; † 15. August 2012), eine Schülerin von Hugo Distler, das Amt aus.

Gemeinde heute
Die Gemeinde umfasst heute etwa 800 Gemeindeglieder. Sie wurde 1927 Mitglied der Evangelisch-reformierten Kirche in Nordwestdeutschland, heute ist dies die Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche, eine von 20 Landeskirchen innerhalb der EKD.

Butendach-Bibliothek
Pastor Butendach vermachte der Gemeinde seine in drei Jahrzehnten zusammengetragene Privatbibliothek von etwa 6.000 Titeln. Sie ist ein bedeutendes Beispiel einer Gelehrtenbibliothek des 18. Jahrhunderts. Der Schwerpunkt seiner Anschaffungen war Literatur der Aufklärungszeit, und dabei vor allem geisteswissenschaftliche Primär- und Sekundärliteratur.

Ein Teil der Bestände wurde während des Zweiten Weltkriegs – wie auch Bestände der Lübecker Stadtbibliothek – in Bergwerksstollen in Mitteldeutschland eingelagert und gelangten nach dem Krieg als Beutekunst in die Sowjetunion. Bisher sind nur aus einigen ehemaligen Teilrepubliken Rückgaben erfolgt, so etwas über 500 Bände aus Georgien. Heute umfasst die Bibliothek einen historischen Bestand von 2869 Titeln in ca. 7500 Bänden, darunter 637 Titel Kleinschrifttum.

Die dezimierte Bibliothek wird heute von der Gemeinde im Rokoko-Gartenflügel des Kirchenbaus verwahrt. Der erhaltene Bestand wurde von 1979 bis 1984 im Rahmen des Forschungsvorhabens der Joachim-Jungius-Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften "Sichten, Bewahren und Erschließen von historischen Privatbibliotheken im norddeutschen Raum" mit finanzieller Unterstützung der Stiftung Volkswagenwerk erschlossen.

Literatur
  Gesangbuch für die evangelisch-reformirte Gemeinde zu Lübeck. Borchers, Lübeck 1832.
 Digitalisat des Exemplars der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek
 Wilhelm Deiß: Geschichte der evangelisch-reformierten Gemeinde in Lübeck. 1866. (Digitalisat)
 Barbara Tiemann: Die Butendach-Bibliothek in der Reformierten Kirche zu Lübeck. Der Sammler und seine Sammlung. In: Zeitschrift des Vereins für Lübeckische Geschichte, 65, 1985, S. 143–221.

Weblinks

 Evangelisch-Reformierte Gemeinde in Lübeck
 Eintrag zur Butendach-Bibliothek im Handbuch der historischen Buchbestände

Einzelnachweise

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When Johnny Met Manny ……………….
Posted on January 24, 2011 by tophatal ...........
Well holy Moses the impossible has happened and the Tampa Bay Rays are now able to make lemonade out of rat's pi_s . How else can you explain the idiocy of many of the statements coming from GM Andrew Friedman senior managing partner Stuart Sternberg Granted we know that the organization and team have been beset with financial problems ever since they came into existence and it has been that way ever since . Friedman and Sternberg have continued to berate the fans but have little willingness to spend money but at the same time they're looking to have a new stadium built at the taxpayers' expense . And at no time have they actually shown a commitment that they're prepared to step up to the plate and contribute in part to the building of the supposed new venue. Some solace for the fans eh _____ from two rather conniving individuals who have continued to talk out of both sides of their mouths.
Slide show for your perusal.
Sternberg having made his fortune in the commodities' market and on Wall St much like any other millionaire owner in the league has a bauble (Rays) that he can parade as his own personal jewel in his crown. And given the success that the organization has had in recent years having twice won the AL East divisional crown . Now having failed to make their presence felt in the MLB playoffs where they would succumb to the Texas Rangers the Tampa Bay Rays in the offseason essentially had themselves a fire sale gutting the team in order to stave off financial ruin. To make matters worse their most storied and beloved player Carl Crawford was signed by the Boston Red Sox and several other players have followed in tow.
Now Friedman and Sternberg are trying to allay the fans' fears that the team is heading in the right direction even with the moves that have been made. Simply put you can't dress a sow up as a pig and call it a pig . Neither can you say that the Rays will be able to contend within the AL East especially when the likes of the Red Sox , New York Yankees , Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays will have improved. It's easy to understand the reason why the division has always been considered to be most competitive in all of baseball . It's not liable to change at all this upcoming season and it remains to be seen whether or not the coaching staff of the Rays can still have this team playing competitively this upcoming season even with the changes made.
For the fans in attendance at Tropicana Field St Petersburg , Florida this could be a season where that venue will come to be even more so as an elephant's graveyard where the attendance will if anything border on being bare to say the very least . Instead of that hardcore 15,000 that the organization has come to rely on we could very well see that figure drop below 10,000 . It gives even greater credence to the fact that baseball just doesn't work in the city of Tampa and it never will. Spin it anyway you want but there comes a time when the fans and in particular Sternberg and Friedman will have to accept the fact that they're fighting a losing battle. And it certainly hasn't helped with the continued buffoonery being shown by MLB Commissioner Bud Selig , his office and his idiotic impact of the stadium issue for the Tampa Bay Rays . Rather being of assistance to the organization's plans Selig has been nothing but a hindrance with his nonsensical edicts and public statements on the issue. Telling the team that the only way that they can ever host an All Star Game is to have a purpose built new stadium is asinine, as it was to suggest that he was completely unaware of the whole steroid issue that has been simply rife within the game under his tenure as commissioner !
Now if to create something of a furor and perhaps lure fans into the belief that the good time are here again with them having signed both Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez to one year contracts . As to whether not both of these players who are shall we say are past their prime can prove to be productive remains to be seen. But it's clear that if anything in terms of character they'll be bringing a great deal with them if not much in terms overall productivity to the Rays.
The two players had unprecedented success as players on the Boston Red Sox having won two World Series and then essentially were either ran out of town or left of their own volition from the organization. Since their departure let's just say that the fortunes for the Red Sox where GM Theo Epstein and team President Larry Lucchino rule the roost at the behest of principal managing partner John Henry . Can both players contribute to the Rays and make them a competitor within the AL East and throughout baseball will be of interest to the vast majority of fans the print media and broadcast networks who cover the game.
From my own perspective this may well be nothing more than a face saving publicity gimmick but at the same time with both players set to earn in excess of $7.5 million for their effort we could very well see them showing us that they're not completely past their prime. I do believe however that this team will struggle to be competitive merely because from the standpoint that a great deal will be asked of Evan Longoria and David Price as they try to keep in tact that the momentum that had been created under Joe Maddon's coaching philosophy. I've heard it said that the youth movement on this team will bode well for the Tampa Bay Rays but really given what's happened in terms of the roster upheavals does anyone truly believe that to be the case ? The Rays may well have been tested over the last few seasons as they saw their glare shine brightly in the public's presence and perception . But this is a whole new ball of wax and if the truth be told this is liable to be a season where we will see the fortunes of the organization and the team simply falter once again not only from a competitive standpoint but also from a financial one as well.
This upcoming season the team will be on a thread bare budget in terms of salary and once again they will be back in the bottom half of the league in terms of that very aspect. Suffice to say this is one more symbolic point that's a sad indictment of what's completely wrong with the game of baseball from an economic and business standpoint as it continues to be about the haves and have nots !
What thoughts if any do you have on both Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez joining the Tampa Bay Rays ? And do you see the team being competitive this season not only within the AL East but across the entire baseball landscape ? Simply chime in with a comment on this topic and what you you envisage this season within baseball.
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(1) This file photo taken Sept. 6, 2010, shows Chicago White Sox's Manny Ramirez during a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Detroit. A person familiar with negotiations tells The Associated Press that Ramirez and Detroit Tigers' Johnny Damon have agreed to one-year contracts with the Tampa Bay Rays. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Friday, Jan. 21, 2011, because the agreements had not been announced. Getty Images / Drew Bishop ……….
(2) In this file photo taken Aug. 24, 2010, Detroit Tigers' Johnny Damon watches from the dugout in the first inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals in Detroit. A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez have agreed to one-year contracts with the Tampa Bay Rays. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Friday, Jan. 21, 2011, because the agreements had not been announced. AP Photo/Paul Sancya ………..
(3) In this Oct. 9, 2010, file photo, Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Rafael Soriano delivers the ball to the Texas Rangers during Game 3 of the American League Division Series baseball game in Arlington, Texas. A person familiar with negotiations tells The Associated Press that the New York Yankees have reached a three-year agreement with Soriano, last years AL saves leader. AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez ……….
(4)Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon talks with pitcher Andy Sonnanstine (21) as catcher Gregg Zaub, left, third baseman Evan Longoria and first baseman Willy Aybar, right, look on during the third inning of the second game of a baseball doubleheader against the New York Yankees on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009 at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Yankees won 11-1. AP Photo/Bill Kostroun ……….
(5) Evan Longoria of the Tampa Bay Rays of the New York Yankees during the game on April 15, 2008 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Photo by J. Meric/Getty Images ………
(6) Seen here in a role as a relief pitcher David Price (14) of the Tampa Bay Rays delivers a pitch against the Boston Red Sox in game seven of the American League Championship Series during the 2008 MLB playoffs on October 19, 2008 at Tropicana Field in St Petersburg, Florida. The Rays defeated the Red Sox 3-1 to win the series 4-3 . Getty Images North America / Doug Pensinger ………….
(7) Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg, left, talks to left fielder Carl Crawford during baseball practice Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Rays host the Texas Rangers in Game 1 of the American League Division Series on Wednesday. AP Photo/Chris O'Meara ………..
[8] Matthew Silverman, tram President (left), GM Andrew Friedman (center) and principal managing partner Stuart Sternberg (right) are overhauling the Devil Rays. photo appears courtesy of New York Times/ Phillip Diedrich ………………
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Spend Big Live Big And You Too Can Be Successful …Well That's The Credo Lived By In Baseball ………………..
Posted on December 31, 2008 January 5, 2009 by tophatal
This cannot be the time for fans of baseball to think that the game is back to where it ought to be. With the New York Yankees simply announcing that they're able to go out and spend in excess of $420m on three players. The world is of the belief that all is right within the game. Nothing now could be further from the truth.
A J Burnett and newly acquired teammate C C Sabathia smile for the press after the announcement is made by GM Brian Cashman as to their acquisition by the franchise .................
A J Burnett and newly acquired teammate C C Sabathia smile for the cameras after their acquisition by the Yankees was announced to the press by Yankees' GM Brian Cashman. picture appears courtesy of ap/photo/Matthew C Cushman ………………………
Whilst no one can complain of this latest development it has to be said that the teams within the AL East may well be looking at this with some trepidation. Well perhaps not the Boston Red Sox. But most certainly the Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles have to be thinking to themselves what is it that they have to do in order to become competitive with the likes of high flying and big spending Yankees. Neither of the teams in question possesses the sort of financial acumen that the likes of the New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox have within their means.
At some time in the foreseeable future the commissioner's office will have to contemplate whether or not it is feasible to consider a salary cap within the game. Albeit that this will present a dilemma for a number of teams. Especially those with the financial wherewithal of the Red Sox and Yankees. Big market teams being what they are can afford to spend lavishly on players whom they feel with be of benefit to their teams. Unfortunately this is not the case for the majority of the teams within major league baseball. And it is something that Bud Selig and the team owners certainly have to face, despite their passionate belief that the game is in a healthy state.
With revenues in excess of $6.5bn a year it can be said that the game still isn't where it ought to be when it comes to complete transparency and accountability by the league and the franchises themselves. And although it is a private entity the hierarchy of the game itself relies heavily on the goodwill of the public and the communities within which it has a presence. But if this policy is to be accepted by all of the teams within the major leagues. Then it has to be done in such a way whereby it is equitable for all. It's something that not even the owners can agree to let alone the commissioner's office. For much of his tenure Allan 'Bud' Selig has been nothing more than a mouth piece for the owners and when needed most to be assertive. He was almost as docile as a church mouse. So why would we expect him now to be assertive ? He had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the twenty first century when addressing the steroid issue as he himself appeared to be oblivious as to what was happening around him. It was patently obvious what was happening but he and his minions chose to ignore it .
Angels' first baseman Mark Teixeira fields a ball during the ALDS game played between the Los Angeles Angels and the Boston Red Sox . Teixiera was recently acquired by the New York Yankees and was signed to an eight year $180m contract.
Angels' first baseman Mark Teixeira fields a ball during the ALDS game between the Los Angeles Angels and Boston Red Sox. Teixeira was acquired by the New York Yankees and signed to an eight years $180m contract. With the acquisition the team now possesesses four of the 5 highest salaried players in Major League Basbeball. picture appears courtesy of ap/photo/ Mark Tannenbaum …………….
He may well feel that when a team like the New York Yankees can go out openly and spend a quarter of a billion dollars much like a family spends on an entertaining evening out. We may well think of it as an evening's entertainment for the family. But for the Yankees it's merely nothing more than a day at the office. With the sort of financial acumen that's within the realms of the Yankees and Red Sox is now placing an even greater obstacle on the majority of the teams within the game. They in no way can match these teams for their financial muscle or success. Between the two they've won six of the last eleven World Series . And as much as many will say that there's a balance within the game more so than any of the other major team sports. One would also say that when it comes to the financial viability of their teams. Those within the game of baseball are in even more of precarious position than that of their counterparts in basketball, football and perhaps hockey. The latter we know are still trying to create a sound business structure under which they can operate with some semblance of normalcy and success. There's something that baseball can learn from the pratfalls made by the
NHL.
With these uncertain economic times it'll now be very interesting to see how many of the teams operate. A number of the game's major corporate sponsors are already cutting back on their expenditure and exposure within the game. And it's going to become all too apparent as to how it'll end up affecting many of the teams within the game. And with that'll come the uncertainty of the fans themselves and how they choose to spend their discretionary dollars. If it comes to choosing to feeding their families and going to a game ?. Then the family will win hands down each and every time. Again that is something that the league will most definitely have to think about for the foreseeable future.
The signing of CC Sabathia , AJ Burnett may well have made everyone sit up and take note as to how serious the New York Yankees are about reacquiring their position at the top of the food chain. But it also sets about a dangerous precedence about the haves and have-nots within the game. Their signing of Mark Texieira sets about an even bigger indication as to the direction that some are able to afford themselves whilst others are not. They say "'all is fair in love and war ………" But it'd appear that when it comes to the game of professional baseball all semblance of common sense on the part of the owners as well as the league and players themselves are falling on deaf ears. What they perceive as sound economic sense and a guarantee as to the aspirations of success is merely nothing more than a bold face charade to lure the fans through the turnstiles. In order that their coffers are filled and at the same time the cycle of greed and avarice on both sides continues amongst the players and league alike. Whilst the fans and consumers alike are thrown up a diluted and often mediocre product on the field of play.
tophatal ……………………………………….


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There was a time, while I was in junior high school, that I rode my horse on the road. Lots of us did, living on mostly small acreage, just past the city limit. I rode down to the grade school where we raced sometimes. Or over at the holly farm, up and down the rows. It was almost like a maze.
When I was younger I was fearless because nothing bad had happened. Yet.
There were pastures we'd walk by and if the horses ran up to the fence, my horse got jittery. He'd bounce around on the pavement tossing his head. This might be when I stopped breathing. A hoof would slide out and I'd freeze to a dead pull. The more I wanted him to stand still, the more he was afraid. Or I was, it was hard to tell who started it. I thought if I could keep him from seeing the horses running up, we'd be fine. I kept a tight straight-ahead hold on the reins, and when his neck got stiff, I thought that was good. He couldn't see them that way.
I don't consider this a high point in equine understanding.
Now is a good time to state for the record that horse's range of vision is a large arc covering both flanks, almost a full circle. It's simpler to state what they can't see: Directly in front of their forehead and directly behind their tail. In other words, he saw the horses coming toward his side from a great distance. I was the one with bad peripheral vision, but I did have the big shank bit that came with him and an old saddle.
So, that's when he started bolting.
I was a kid who loved my horse and was scared half to death most of the time. The disagreement had to do with me thinking he should pay attention to me. Just me. And him constantly ignoring me. Sure, his excuse was that he needed awareness of his surroundings, being a prey animal, whether I was on his back or not. He claimed it was a matter of life and death. I thought he should just trust me.
In hindsight, I was being quite mature. Meaning lots of adults think a horse should pay attention to them on general principle. Perhaps because we think we're the master species. Perhaps because that's what happens most days when we put the key in the truck ignition. The world is a very logical place, but human logic and horse logic are two very different things. This is the place things start to come apart.
No. It's impossible for your horse to be distracted. He lives in the world of his immediate senses. His keen eyesight, his acute hearing ability, and his perceptive sense of smell; each of his senses is unimaginably better than ours. Humans use intellectual thoughts replace physical awareness. It's why we get along so well with cell phones but it makes us tenderfoots in the real world. The disconnect doesn't mean your horse is ignoring you. Your horse is the opposite of distracted. He's hyper-focused.
Should your horse to totally focus on you?
Not fair to ask. First, as flight animals, they must always be aware of their surroundings. Instinct does tell them it's life or death. There are brief exceptions, like if you can manage to keep your horse more frightened of you than the natural world through intimidation, then they will focus on you. But not in a good way.
Sometimes when we want a horse to focus, we scare them when we don't know it. If the desire to hold their attention comes packaged in anxiety, if it comes with fear or anger or any other negative thought, our body screams anxiety directly to the horse, even if our mind thinks it's giving a different cue. Our core tightens and our legs grab on. We brace our arms and grab the reins and worst of all, it all happens as quickly as a flinch. Our brain might think we gave a halt cue, but our body gave the OMG-we're-all-gonna-die cue. Your horse picks the loudest cue.
A huge part of the problem we have around horses is a lack of awareness of our own physical reality. Can you feel what your left hand is doing? Can you tell if your calf muscles are tense? Have your lips pulled into a straight hard-line like your mother's used to? Has either of you taken a breath lately?
Your focus has switched from your ride to your impending doom.
About now the idea of leadership enters the scene. As the leader, you might feel your horse doesn't respect your cues. For example, shouldn't he release to the death grip you have on his rein? (No really, it's a death grip, you just haven't noticed.) Your anxiety goes up more, he isn't listening. Your horse's anxiety goes up more, it's metal-on-bone pain. You think you have no control, right before the bolting starts. Your horse thinks he'll die from your heart-stopping control.
"NO!" isn't actually a cue your horse can take.
Just stop. I wouldn't mind if you dismounted right about here. If you're digging a hole with your horse, at this point, it would be a win to just stop digging. Become aware for a moment, beyond your anxiety. Are you frustrated? Are your feelings hurt, for all the love you have for this horse, that he doesn't listen to you? Why does he blow you off? The more you ask, the worse he is. Have you taken a breath yet?
He absolutely listened to you.
About now, it dawns on you that it's true. He did take every lousy cue you gave him. It's amazing the enlightenment that comes with breathing. Last week, I wrote about a bubble. It's a safe place for you and your horse where breathing happens with a life-affirming regularity. It's a place where leadership means safety and peace, where we abide in the present moment. The next series of blogs will be an experiential guide to building a bubble for you and your horse.
Now for the fun part; we'll build the bubble by pretending to be horses.
You have such a talent for pointing out our personal human short-comings without triggering our very human internal defense mechanisms. You get my brain to accept, apply to myself and then search inside for improvement without the roadblock that justification & guilt create. The resulting clarity is humbling.
Sue Ann, I've been there. It's easy to remember… and we can do better once we understand. Thanks.
Love this. Our horses know how to be horses, it's us who have the issues!
Yup, but we are capable of change! Thanks, Nicola.
One more little thing. You said you wrote about the bubble last week. I did not see that but I do look forward to more.
Thanks from the horses, too.
Thank you, it's a labor of love but that doesn't mean it would be the same without readers. Thanks for doing your part, too. (If you click on the word Bubble it's linked, or it's last friday's blog, Reframing Competition as Relationship) Thanks again.
Thank you, Anna, This is excellent! It's so hard to go from understanding it intellectually to applying it when adrenalin is pumping and fear has become a monster. I am better, though, at getting off when there's life threatening trouble. That's when I remember to breath, when I'm standing on the ground feeling a bit safer! Looking forward to your blog series.
Oh amen. Everything about this is counter intuitive! Thanks, Melinda.
Will these bogs become a book?
Yes, I have one out there now, and another one by the end of the year, hopefully! thanks for asking.
This whole post takes me back! The chances I took with my life AND my old mare's life when I was a kid? Thinking back – it boggles the mind. How I never got hurt AND did not have a clue that this was a possibility – makes me thankful someone was watching over me! No helmet – galloping down the street in the small town where I lived – going up thru the woods & over hills with no one knowing where we were.
Amazing that I lived thru it and even more that my mare did.
Had a much safer experience in my 50s when I got back into horses. Have to say though, just as much enjoyment. Thinking back, its a miracle I made it to 80!
Surviving is a miracle, alright. Glad you did. Thanks, Maggie.
Love the article; looking forward to your process!
Oh, this was so perfectly worded and described! I didn't get my first horse until I was 53; now, almost 73, I have started learning to relax. My horse likes it!
Great job. Not everyone is as fast as you are!! Thanks, Barb.
Thank you once again for another great blog! I am looking forward to pretending to be a horse with you and your readers.
Omg. You must have had a video camera on me! I cant wait for your next post!!!
I remember reading about Sheila Varian years ago – she was showing in an open cutting horse class with one of her Arabians, I believe the ONLY Arabian in the class. I have no idea if there was a video at that time – did see a picture. Her horse went down on his knees while turning the cow, jumped back up & WON the class! This picture was in one of the older horse magazines.
Watching the video of the stallion was impressive. The other videos made of Sheila Varian's clinics only a few years before she died were as impressive.
Actually, not an open cutting horse class – but much more impressive! She was one of a kind.
She trained and rode Ronteza (*Witez II x Ronna, by Faronek), her second Arabian mare, to the 1961 Reined Cow Horse Championship at San Francisco's Cow Palace – defeating 50 other horses, of breeds more familiar to the working western scene. Varian was the first amateur, the first woman, and Ronteza the first Arabian, to accomplish a feat that not only demanded considerable skill, but had been the unchallenged province of cowboys and their Quarter Horses.
Now my old boy will follow me anywhere. Walk through and around and over anything I ask. I know that when the "trainer" at my barn watches he and I, she's jealous of the relationship I have with my horse. But it was 14 years in the making. I listened. I took long breathes on those long walks. He listened, he took long breathes as well. We trust each other.
Now I am looking at a paint that was just moved into the barn. He's a "rescue" of unknown origin. He's thin. He's low man in the herd of 3 he is part of. But he's smart. I can see that he WANTS someone to guide him. Someone to trust again. So I am trying to decide if I can do that for him. Be that person for him. Breathe with him. In the end, if I move forward with him now… he will be what helps me keep breathing when my OTTBs time with me here is through. So maybe it'll be another case of saving each other.
Old friends are the best. So, I'll say this, not that it's any of my business. You are your old boys legacy. You are what he has to pass on, so yes. Think about paying it forward to, oh, I don't know, some stray paint maybe. Wonderful comment, thank you.
This comment moved me to tears! "You are your old boys legacy." Wow. Aren't we each, as keepers of the hearts and trust of the horse partners? Lovely lovely notion.
Thanks, Dodie. It's the reason I write, too.
As usual Anna you've made a bullseye. I'm getting better and better at reading horse cues, but I'm afraid I need a "Human Cues for Dummies" course for myself. On the rare occasion when I realize that I have ceased to draw breath, and make adjustments accordingly, we both return to a partnership based focus more quickly. I'm just a glutton for punishment in that the pursuits I love most take a lifetime of learning.
Thanks Laurie. I can't think of a thing I value that came easily.
I have learned to pay attention when a horse is paying attention, even if I cannot immediately see why. My daughter and I rescued a beagle who's chain was wrapped around a tree in a small forest. We had been working with one of our horses who would stop and stare. We initially could see nothing. But finally could recognize a tail tip waving against the wind. They see everything, notice everything. Silly horses!
This morning walking to the barn, I glanced down the hill only to see what I thought was a person. Instant fear freeze. We live in a remote area, extra people are not just around. And then I realized "New bluebird house on pole" not person. I relaxed, but thought that must be what it is like for a horse, that flash of terror, the freeze before flight. It is a wonder they ever listen to us.
They might multi-task better than we think. I love the description of seeing the birdhouse. Yes, I think that's it, and a breath from us would make a huge difference in that visual flinch. Thanks Sandra.
DEAREST Anna, It was my pleasure to have met you and learned from all your wisdom…YOUR compassion for me AT THE TIME OF MY MELTDOWN, will never be forgotten. I hold you in my heart and looking so forward for our paths to CROSS AGAIN…..WHAT I took away from all the you taught me was WAIT……and WAIT….and whisper…and so much more my dear friend !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lyn, the pleasure was all mine. Your mare is amazing and I do know we'll meet again. Thank you so much.


Earlier this year Heathrow gave passengers the chance to take iPad art lessons while waiting for flights with artist Andy Maitland. We caught up with Andy to find out more about this innovative art, see some of his pics, and what inspired him at Heathrow. Enjoy!
What gave you the idea to use your iPad to create your images?
Although I paint exclusivity on the iPad, this is a recent venture for me.I went to art school and I have a background in graphics. I bought my first iPad in the early days of its arrival on the market. In late 2011 I began painting on my iPad following a short break to Florence in Italy (the scenery was stunning). Hockney, the renowned English artist inspired me to get back to art with his recent landscape pictures. My late father was also a huge inspiration and I regularly emailed him with my latest iPad pictures for his critique.
I'm also drawn (excuse the pun) to this new medium because finally there is a tool that moves at the speed of my imagination.
What attracts you to paint on the iPad?
Along with the immediacy, I like the inclusivity of painting on the iPad. The iPad has brought the ability for everyone, both young and old, to make art. I believe the iPad has opened up the possibility of creativity and the expression of the imagination to more people than traditional paint tools. Indeed, passengers of all ages enjoyed experimenting with iPad painting at my recent visit to Heathrow.
As an artist, what images inspired you at Heathrow?
Broadly speaking I'm a landscape artist so I'm only just getting acquainted with Heathrow.
Rather like people, each place has a character of its own. Capturing something of the particular character of a space, like an airport, takes time and involves curiosity. I really enjoyed my visits to Heathrow, observing the different terminals and, in particular, the architecture in T5.
Aircraft are of course a uniquely distinguishing aspect of an airport and it was my first time at sketching these. I was visually inspired by the views of the aircraft through the large windows at each gate.
What techniques do you use to create the sketches on an iPad?
I'm still learning to develop my own techniques on this new medium. Generally I start by trying to imagine what I think my finished sketch might look like before I start the practical process.
I'm not interested in a perfect snapshot – I'm aiming to capture something of the character as I see it. Using my aircraft sketches as an example, I start drawing the background first, and then work towards the foreground.
Are there any Apps you could recommend?
There are lots of good iPad art apps to experiment with; finding one that suits you should be fairly simple. I mainly use Procreate but I also use the Brushes App too.
A Kuwait Airways aircraft captured by Andy from T4. Source: Andy Maitland.
What is your favourite image that you've created while at Heathrow?
I like this aircraft picture from Terminal 4 (see above), which was painted over a few hours from around 4pm – 7pm. The video of the painting process shows me trying to respond to the changing environment and it's a glimpse into the life of Terminal 4 at Heathrow during the time I was there.
I'm also pleased with the 747 jumbo and the shadow cast across the ground at the window location near the Espresso bar, Gate 10, in Terminal 5.
I have a new e-book published on the Apple iBookstore which I am excited about. In August Bank holiday weekend I have a pop-up exhibition opening in my local park in Reigate showing recent works. Around these events and exhibitions I'm drawing and painting day to day.
I also hope to be back in the terminals over the summer so keep an eye out on Heathrow's social channels for updates. Happy painting!


I've commited to check the backseat every time i get in and out of my car.
Last year, 43 children died of heatstroke after being left in a car.
Do you think you could ever forget your kid in the car?
Like you, 83% of parents do not think it can happen to them.
Turns out we put too much faith in our own brains, which, like our other organs, are prone to failure. It has nothing to do with how much you love your child. If you can forget to pick up a bottle of milk on the way home from work, your brain can "forget" your kid is in the car.
During a routine drive, your brain operates on autopilot.
It's this part of the brain that gets you home from work without concentrating on the drive.
But what happens when there's a change in routine? The proactive part of your brain, your prospective memory system, needs to kick in to override your routine.
Throw in a dose of exhaustion.
A sleeping baby tucked away out of sight in the back seat.
This combination triggers your brain's autopilot to take control, stifling the prospective memory system.
Without an active reminder, you can easily fall right into your usual routine. And if that routine doesn't involve baby, that combination can be fatal.
Lyn was dropping her husband off on the way to work. He usually took Bryce, now strapped in directly behind Lyn, instead of the more visible passenger side. His diaper bag was in the back instead of on the seat beside her. Bryce himself, usually talkative, was lethargic due to a cold. Lyn was sleep deprived and distracted by an urgent work issue.
After stopping at her husband's office, Lyn continued the drive to work as usual, driving right past the turn for Bryce's daycare with no recollection of him in the car.
Dr. David Diamond, a professor of psychology with an emphasis on neurobiology of memory, has done extensive research on the phenomenon of babies forgotten in cars. His conclusion? Any person is capable of forgetting a child.
One simple precaution can save your child's life.
I will leave my phone, shoe or purse in the backseat with my baby.
I will ask my child-care provider to call me anytime my baby is not dropped off as usual.
Having a daycare check-in policy is one of the easiest systems you can set in place to protect your child.
I will get in the habit of checking the backseat every time I get out of the car.
Look before you lock. Make it a regular habit and it can go from a catchphrase to a lifesaver.
I will download an app to alert me every time I get out of the car.
An app like the Kars4Kids Safety App harnesses technology to back up our vulnerable human minds.
Copyright © Kars4Kids 2019. All Rights Reserved. The Kars4Kids Safety app and safety initiative is a project of Kars4Kids, a national 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that funds educational and youth programs through its car donation program. Learn more about Kars4Kids' charity programs at www.kars4kidsprograms.org.


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Gateway Navigation
Consultants - Specializing in accessible audio-based navigation solutions
The Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB) is a membership-based not-for-profit organization that brings together Canadians who are blind, deaf-blind or living with vision loss through chapters within their own local communities to share common interests and social activities.
CCB works to improve the quality of life for persons with vision loss through awareness, peer mentoring, socializing, sports, advocacy, health promotion and illness prevention.
Members participate as volunteers in the peer support, sports and recreation, book clubs, awareness, and educational activities of the CCB. Members manage the affairs of their own local chapters consistent with the National Canadian Council of the Blind and may be elected to executive functions locally, provincially and/or nationally. They serve on various committees at these levels as well as participating in many other community groups.
CCB chapter members may involve themselves at their own comfort level and may choose to learn new skills or sports, become involved in accessibility awareness, and educational activities or simply enjoy the company of others.
Membership provides inclusion, purpose, fellowship and social interaction with peers who understand and support each person's unique strengths and abilities.
The CCB was founded in 1944 by blind Canadian war veterans and schools of the blind. The national office is located in Ottawa with over 70 chapters across Canada. The CCB is the largest membership based organization for the blind in Canada and is known as the Voice of the Blind™.
The CCB's offers programs to assist people living with vision loss, increase accessibility in all areas of life and bring awareness of vision issues to the public and government.
Gateway Navigation's mission is grounded in two fundamental social objectives:
make the world more accessible and inclusive for everyone
accomplish our first objective by engaging and employing people with disabilities
Following these two social objectives. We are committed to enhancing independence for people with disabilities in the areas of accessibility, inclusion and employment.
Audio based Navigation ABN is a rapidly emerging technology with the potential to revolutionize the way in which people who are blind, deaf-blind and visually impaird navigate unfamiliar or complex interior spaces. Just as adoption of GPS-based navigation apps as the default tool for exterior navigation, we believe provides insight into how indoor navigation can be used to create equal access of interior spaces for the over one and half million Canadians who are blind, deaf-blind or visually impaired.
Gateway Navigation CCC Limited is an unique social enterprise bringing together social innovation and for-profit sustainability. Founded in 2017 by individuals and organizations that share a lived-experience in disability and a passion to make a difference in their community. Our social and business objective is to create a more accessible and inclusive world through applying human centred design in the use of accessible ABN networks in interior and exterior spaces.
We apply a human centred approach in designing audio based navigation network solutions for people with disabilities. Living the principle nothing about us, without us.
Corry Stuive
Member and former Executive Director, Canadian Council of the Blind - CCB; member Alliance for the Equality of Blind Canadians - AEBC. An extensive media and audio production background, including being the proprietor of Majestic Sound Studio and former Bureau Manager with Accessible Media Inc. - AMI.
Albert Ruel
Coordinator Canadian Council of the Blind CCB, Getting Together with Technology GTT Program. Educating people who are blind, deaf-blind or visually impaired on the independence available through assistive technology. Albert has also worked as District Manager with the CNIB and served as National Equality Director with the Alliance for the Equality of Blind Canadians.
Jim Taggart
Editor Sustainable Architecture and Building Magazine www.sabmagazine.com; instructor of the Bachelor of Architectural Science Program at British Columbia Institute of Technology, BCIT; award winning author of several books on architecture; and international speaker leading professional development seminars for architects and designers.
Tammy Berry
Director, Compliance & Training Armour Group Inc // Premium Services Group Ontario, Canada. Senior Leader with a wealth of experience in Financial Services Compliance and Risk Management. Including 10-years with JP Morgan Chase as Vice President Operational Risk Management in Canada and 21-years with Sears Canada Financial as Manager Call Centre Operations across Canada. Tammy has a long history of working with the blind including her brother-in-law, David Brun Founder Gateway Navigation.
Sheila Evani
Sheila is a business and real estate lawyer, who helps her clients make pragmatic legal decisions that align with their personal and organizational values. Her core practice areas include commercial transactions, real estate and secured lending, and corporate structuring. In addition, Sheila advises a broad range of social enterprises, non-profits, and registered charities in respect of their social ventures and community economic development projects.
David LePage
Co-founder, Director and Managing Partner of Buy Social Canada www.buysocialcanada.com. Founding partner Social Enterprise Institute, SEI. www.socialenterpriseinstitute.ca; Chair of the Social Enterprise Council of Canada; and on the board of the Social Enterprise World Forum. Program Adjunct and an Instructor for the Sandermoen School of Business MBA in Social Enterprise Leadership.
David Brun
Founder Gateway Navigation CCC Ltd. Specialist designing indoor and outdoor audio based navigation networks. Drawing on my past experience as a small business owner, twenty-years with TD Canada Trust in the Branch Network and Pacific Regional Office and my authentic experience as a blind person both as an advocate and not-for-profit board member.. Provided me with the perspective, passion and resources to work with a dynamic team of like-minded colleagues and partners to enhance mobility, employment and social independence for blind and disabled persons. Join us in creating real change for all Canadians.
Community Contribution Company CCC Social Purpose Annual Report
July 14, 2017 to July 13, 2018
Our social objectives are to accelerate the adoption of accessible audio based navigation ABN networks for interior spaces. While promoting training and employment opportunities for people with disabilities in this rapidly developing technology sector.
To meet these objectives, the following steps have been taken:
Incorporated in the Province of British Columbia as a Community. Contribution Company with equal emphasis on financial sustainability and social objectives
The CCC incorporation structure require:
minimum of 60% of profits to be reinvested in the company's social objective or a CRA qualifying charity.
minimum of three Directors on Board of Directors.
disclosure in the annual CCC report of any employee receiving an income in excess of $70,000 annually.
A memorandum of understanding agreement outlining the relationship between Gateway Navigation CCC Ltd and its equity partner the Canadian Council of the Blind CCB
Two of the three Directors appointed are blind or visually impaired.
Two advisors appointed to the Board of Directors from the CCB.
Creation of a domain gnc3.com and website to act as a resource for accessible audio based navigation technology and to provide information on the company's social objectives.
Hosting two Presentations and interactive experiences. Promoting understanding and discussion with stakeholders on the benefits and challenges related to accessible audio based navigation networks. Summary: The above efforts would not have been possible without the volunteerism, financial support and commitment of the advisors, directors, partners and supporters of Gateway Navigation's vision of accessibility, inclusion and employment.
Create spaces welcoming the over 1,500,000 Canadians who are blind, deaf blind or visually impaired. Click here to get started
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Please be patient. I am technically minded, but I have not been into this before and it seems fun and exciting and I have free power so why not?
I have built computers before, but never a mining machine. Here is what I have coming in the mail.
Custom open air wood frame.
MB - MSI Z87 MPOWER - It has 3 PCIE 16X slots Probably overkill, but why not?
HD - 3 TB - Overkill, but useful for other things. I'll probably partition off 50 GB for the OS.
I can probably get Windows 7 for free and will use that for the OS.
My initial questions would be about hardware configurations. I will need risers. With this board, I believe just 3 16x risers is all I need, but they seem to also make 16x risers with optional (or required if wired with it?) power cable so it isn't powered from the mother board.
What is the best option here? 1 16x riser and 2 16x risers with power alternative? Got to get those ordered.
Then I'm not sure if the 3 video cards will need dummy plugs made since nothing will be plugged into them. If I am using my TV (HDMI) as the interface, will that mean 3 plugs if they are needed since the TV won't always be plugged into it.
I think that is all the hardware I will need help with other than any straps, plugs, toggle switch stuff, etc.
If you are familiar with these products or how to wire it up, please teach this noob what I will need to know. It is a fun and possibly expensive learning experience.
Then, assuming I get it all up and running, does this mother board have the option to be able to hoop up one or two more video cards? It just has the 3 slots so I'm not sure how else to add more.
If you can add more, it seems logical to put as many as I can run with the power supply or possibly add a 2nd power supply if it is needed. I got the 270x's for efficiency and price per hash. I read that 5 is possible (maybe just other mother boards), but 6 is not really recommended as it gets too complicated most of the time.
Software and configuring all this is coming up once I get everything ordered.
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Your house is like your life which includes a collection of evolutions and unique moments. Decorating a house is not a struggle, and with just a little ingenuity and effort, it is also possible to be a dream designer. Your house is a reflection of your personality, and you have to keep this in mind before choosing the furniture, the curtains, or even the smallest accessories. If you would like an organized home and need a small assistance, a checklist would be an excellent place to begin.
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