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Pasay City Adventist Academy
By Joel L. Sarmiento
Joel L. Sarmiento is an ordained minister, and currently serves as the Communication and Hope Channel director of North Philippine Union Conference. He holds a M.Min. degree from the Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies (AIIAS) and is currently working on his Doctor of Ministry degree from AIIAS.
First Published: November 12, 2020
Authored By Joel L. Sarmiento From Southern Asia-Pacific Division Educational Institutions
Pasay City Academy (PCA) is a recognized junior high school of Central Luzon Conference under the North Philippine Union Conference in the territory of the Southern Asia Pacific Division. The school is in the heart of Metro Manila, currently situated in the compound of North Philippine Union Conference, Pasay City, Philippines.1 The campus of Pasay City Academy is shared with Pasay Adventist Elementary School, which is the church school of Pasay Adventist Church. Pasay City Academy has a four-story building featuring classrooms, library, a canteen, offices, and a multi-purpose hall. Its fourth floor is used by another Adventist Church, the Pasay Central Church.
Developments That Led to the Establishment of Pasay City Academy
Since the office of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the North Philippines is in Pasay City and Adventist Medical Center Manila is in the same location,2 many church members live in the vicinity. With the need for many children to have access to Adventist education, the church decided to start a school. This became a powerful avenue in outreach.
Pasay City Academy traces its beginnings as a church school in 1949 under Pasay Tagalog Church.3 The first teachers at the school were Ms. A. Ordonez and Ms. Lucia Ferrer. Its registered name in the ministry of education then was "Rizal City Adventist School." The school was housed in the same location as Pasay Tagalog Church, which sponsored it at D. Reyes Street along Libertad Street. Sometime in 1950-51, the school was transferred to a house owned by Mrs. Verzosa, at 217A San Juan Street. This place was later bought by Dr. Anastacio Tamayo who became the chair of the school board from 1958-62. The following were the early chairpersons of the school board, which was under the Central Luzon Mission Education department: Rafael Cruz, Sr. 1949-50; Dr. Isidro Talangbayan, 1950-51; Florentino Rosales, 1951-52; Loreto L. Villanueva, 1952-53.4
The Founding of Pasay City Academy
Pasay City Academy was founded as a multi-grade elementary school in 1952, jointly sponsored by the Pasay English Church and the Pasay Tagalog Church, after the school moved from San Juan Street to the "Quonset Hut" behind the Pasay English Church. About 1954 the school moved again to a newly constructed, two-story wooden structure where it stood for 22 years. During this time it was recognized as a junior academy, and was renamed Pasay City Seventh-day Adventist Elementary School.5
As Rizalina Tigno-Supit recalled, Pastor Edwin Gibb, then pastor of Pasay English Church, asked her to be the principal when the school moved to the new wooden building in 1954. Mrs. Supit started with three other teachers: Mrs. Gazan, wife of Mr. Gazan, a laboratory technician at Manila Sanitarium Hospital; Ms. Nicerita Tan, who became Mrs. Acang later; and Mrs. Lourdes Kim, wife of Stephen Kim. Later they were joined by more high school teachers: Ms. Rhody Santos, Mr. Napoles, Ms. Efren Carpio, Ms. Candelaria Pechanco, and more.6
Other teachers during the first decade of Pasay City Academy were: Aldine Jusay Escara, Rhody Santos Dalusong, Pastor Herminio L. Reyes, Romy Talento, Efren Carpio, Pastor Gil Fernandez, Ester Miguel Peralta, Pastor Leopoldo Baylon, Mario Napoles, Ester Myape, Mariano Timple, Lilia Arevalo, Luz T., Joshua Mendoza, Minarva Arit, Betty Diaz, D. A. Reyes, Edith Moscatel, Ester Salomon, Candelaria Pechanco Tornilla, Dr. Samuel Ladion, Macario Romanes, Maghirang, Abundio Maniacop, and Herminia Manalo.7
In 1958 the school was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Philippine government as Pasay City Academy. In May of the same year, it was recognized by the Department of Education, Culture, and Sports.8 In 1966 an auditorium was built, which caters to school activities like chapel convocations and school presentations. In 1974 Pasay City Academy became a member of the Association of Christian Schools, Colleges, and Universities.
The construction of a fifty-meter-wide highway in 1976, connecting Buendia Avenue to Roxas Boulevard, significantly reduced the size of the academy's property. The entire old building was demolished, and a new L-shape four-story concrete building was constructed through the joint efforts of members of Pasay Adventist Church and Pasay Central Church.9 These churches where both led by Pastor Alberto C. Regoso, who was the chair of the Pasay City Academy building committee at that time. Together with parents and teachers and supported by alumni and their friends, the new building was built phase by phase over several years.10
Currently, Pasay City Academy is at the corner of Gil Puyat Avenue and Donada Street in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, where the Pasay City Elementary School and the Pasay Central Church are also located. The North Philippine Union Conference office and the Pasay Adventist Church are just adjacent to the school. The school gained an initial accreditation by the Board of Regents (AAA) of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists in 1987.
Basing on the school records, here is the summary of the PCA enrollment.11
Number of Enrollees
2007 – 2008 232
2010- 2011 225
2014 -2015 216
Historic Role of Pasay City Academy
Many of the elected leaders of the church in Luzon either graduated from or were educated at the academy. One of its current staff serves as the barangay captain, the highest elected official in the local district. Community outreach conducted through the school and other entities has paved the way for Adventists to gain the favor of the people in the community and the city. Some members are working in the city government office occupying prominent positions.12
The Pasay City Academy Alumni Association is actively engaged in activities that support the school's vision. Former students of the academy based in the United States of America formed an alumni association in 2009.13 They met for planning and updating possible ways to endorse the activities of the school. They also created the eBlazoner, an electronic newsletter to provide updates of alumni and collaborate with various activities that support the school.14
Mission to be Fulfilled
The mission of the school is to "Push the boundaries to equip students with lifelong learning skills through intensive and intentional programs and activities that are harmonious with the Adventist international educational system."15 This can only be achieved through the combined effort of the conference leaders, school board, school administrators, and teachers supported by their students. It is the responsibility of the school to "maintain good relationship with the community and parents to attain our goal of quality education for all enrolled students."16
The school is situated along the major road in the city. For the safety and security of students, leaders envision constructing a new building, complying with government standards, in the rear portion of the North Philippine Union Conference lot, just a few meters behind the existing building.17 It has also been proposed to change the name of the school to include the word "Adventist," and thus adhere to the direction of the world church in branding.18
List of Principals
Rizalino Tigno Supit (1952-1962); Samuel Ladion (1962-1963, 1964-1965); Benjamin Salvador (1963-1964); Justiniano Tawataw (1966-1968); Benjamin Sanidad (1968-1969); Salvador Miraflores (1969-1971); Ruben Budayao (1971-1973); Rodolfo Evangelista (1973-1974); Espiritu Guadiz (1975-1976 2nd semester); Juanito Afenir II (1976-1980); Antonio Botabara (1980-1981, 1984-1990, 1991-1992, 2nd semester 2003); Ray Barizo (1981-1984); Juanito Afenir III (1990-1991, 1st semester 1992); Lily Faderogaya (2003-2006); Reily Leonardia (2006-2008); Luzviminda Saramosing (2008-2016); Caliph Mindalano Jr. (2016-2018); Ponciano Cudiamat (2018-2019); Dolores Malabad (2019-present)
Botobara, Antonio B. Administrators, Faculty and Staff Handbook, Pasay City Academy of the Seventh-day Adventist Institution, Revised 1997, Pasay City Philippines.
Bunyi, Merilyn Gonzales. A speech delivered during the 65th founding anniversary celebration of the Academy. History of Pasay City Academy. March 7, 2017.
Employees Handbook of North Philippine Union Conference, March 2020, Pasay City, Philippines.
Eblazoner: An Electronic Newsletter of the Alumni Association of Pasay City Academy. PCA 65th Anniversary Celebration. Accessed July 28, 2020, https://www.facebook.com/pg/officialpcaAlumni/posts/
Registrar's Record, Department of Education School Form 1 (SF1), Pasay City Academy, July 24, 2020.
"Pasay Adventist Academy." Accessed, June 20, 2020, https://www.pasaycityacademy.com/.
Rastrollo, Joseph. President's Message in the United to Serve Christ, Souvenir Program of the Ninth Convocation of the Alumni Association of Pasay City Academy in Azusa, California, October 5-7, 2018, Azusa, California.
Student Handbook, Pasay City Academy, Pasay City, Philippines, 2015.
Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook. https://www.adventistyearbook.org/.
United to Serve Christ, Souvenir Program of the Ninth Convocation of the Alumni Association of Pasay City Academy in Azusa, California, October 5-7, 2018, Azusa, California: Alumni Association of Pasay City Academy.
Employees Handbook of North Philippine Union Conference, March 2020, Pasay City, Philippines: North Philippine Union Conference, 7, 12.↩
"North Philippine Union Conference," Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook, 2020. Accessed, July 11, 2021, https://www.adventistyearbook.org/entity?EntityID=13431.↩
"Pasay Adventist Academy." Accessed, July 11, 2021, https://www.pasaycityacademy.com/.↩
Merilyn Gonzales Bunyi, "History of Pasay City Academy.". A speech delivered during the 65th anniversary celebration of the academy, March 7, 2017. Bunyi is a former treasurer of the Pasay City Academy alumni association.↩
"Pasay Adventist Academy." Accessed, July 11, 2021, https://www.pasaycityacademy.com↩
Merilyn Gonzales Bunyi, "History of Pasay City Academy."↩
Ibid.↩
Antonio B. Botobara, "Administrators, Faculty, and Staff Handbook." Pasay City Academy, Revised 1997, Pasay City Philippines, 3.↩
Pasay City Academy Registrar's Record School Form 1, 2020.↩
Dolores Malabad, Pasay City Academy principal and school librarian (2019- present), interview by the author at Pasay City Academy, May 9, 2019.↩
Joseph Rastrollo, President's Message in the United to Serve Christ, Souvenir Program of the Ninth Convocation of the Alumni Association of Pasay City Academy in Azusa, California, October 5-7, 2018, Azusa, California: Alumni Association of Pasay City Academy, 4.↩
Eblazoner: An electronic Newsletter of the Alumni Association of Pasay City Academy, Pasay City Academy 65th Anniversary Celebration. Accessed, July 28, 2020, https://www.facebook.com/officialpcaAlumni/.↩
Student Handbook, Pasay City Academy, Pasay City, Philippines, 2015, 2.↩
Ponciano Cudiamat, Pasay City Academy principal (2018-2019), interview by the author, the North Philippine Union Conference on April 11, 2019.↩
Sarmiento, Joel L. "Pasay City Adventist Academy." Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists. November 12, 2020. Accessed January 31, 2023. https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=CATU.
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The Shwedagon Pagoda has become more than just a landmark but a symbol of Myanmar. It is said to be the oldest Temple in the world which is about 2500 years old and is made of thousands and thousands of 18k genuine gold plates. The gold plates are cleaned every 5 years. The temple has four entrances. The North, West and South entrances use elevators while in the East entrance, an escalator is used. Entrance fee for foreigner is 5usd. I took the south gate. The elevator is about 5 story-high. The Swedagon Pagoda is elevated.
Sule Paya is a landmark in downtown Yangon. It is located near the City Hall. It is 2,200 years old. It is said that this temple enshrine Buddha's hair. The temple is octagonal in shape. Shops surround the temple.
Botatung Paya is located near the Yangon River. This temple was originally built some 2000 years ago but was completely destroyed during WWII. It was rebuilt using the same style as the original one. What is unique with this temple is that the stupas are hallow. The temple is nothing old nor grand but it is one of Yangon's 3 major temples.
Next to the City Hall is the Immigration Office Building made of yellow and red bricks. It is said that this building used to be the biggest and most fancy shopping mall in South East Asia. It is good to see that restoration is on-going in this building.
Chaukhtatyi Paya is the temple of a large reclining Buddha which is 72 meters long. It is the largest in Myanmar and one of the largest in the world. What is interesting in this temple is that, names of donors (maybe financial or something) are posted on the walls. Also interesting are the details of the 108 markings in Buddha's feet.
The Port Area/River Area is a nice place to view local life. The river is the country's premier port handling most of foreign trades. It is also a nice place to see old ships still used to transport goods and people.
An impressive 17th century Catholic Church made of red bricks. It was built during the British colonial time. The altar is made of wood. During my visit, renovation is on going in the main altar. The church is beautiful inside and out.
This building and the entire complex is no longer in use but restoration is underway. It is made of red bricks and the design is mainly of British influence. No one is allowed to enter the complex/building.
There is no direct flight from Manila to Yangon. I went to Kuala Lumpur first then took a flight to Yangon. Other option is via Bangkok and Singapore. All Filipinos are required to acquire Tourist Visa prior to arrival.
hi! thanks for the tips. do you have recommended accommodations? could you share your visa experience? would you consider it safe to visit yangon for a solo filipino traveller? thanks!!
thanks! i already posted the comment when i realized you had an entry about central yangon hotel. your pictures really tempt me to go to burma. among the countries you've visited, which are the ones that you consider as good value for money?
tempting! among the 5, i've only been to taipei and yes i did enjoy taipei. you went to india solo? i guess i'll check your india entries next but i'm so tempted to go to myanmar already.
if you don't mind, around how much did you spend all in all in burma?
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Pima County urges booster shots for all 'as soon as possible' as COVID-19 cases spike again
New infections increase 30% in last 30 days
Posted Nov 15, 2021, 4:47 pm
Everyone 18 years and older should get a COVID-19 booster "as soon as possible" as the rate of COVID-19 cases continues to increase, the Pima County Health Department said Monday.
Vaccination sites run by the county are making booster vaccinations available to everyone over 18, so long as it has been six months since their second dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, officials said. Those who received a single shot of the vaccine manufactured by Johnson and Johnson can receive a booster if it's been over two months since their shot.
For booster shots at pharmacies or other medical providers, people will need to have an underlying medical condition, or work or live in a high-risk setting, the county said. People seeking a booster will not have to provide documentation in most situations, the county said.
"We are seeing some of the highest COVID-19 infection rates and hospitalizations since the surge last winter," said Dr. Theresa Cullen, director of the Pima County Health Department. "It is likely that all residents in Pima County can be exposed to COVID-19 where they live or work, and that is why we urge 18 years and older to get their booster."
New reported cases of coronavirus here have increased by a third over the past month, officials said.
Boosters have already been available for adults 65 and older, or for those who have an underlying medical condition, or who live and work in high-risk settings, after the Centers for Disease Control cleared their way in late October. People can receive either the same vaccine that they received earlier, or they can shift to another vaccination in what some public health officials have called a "mix and match strategy."
As the CDC noted on Oct. 21, "There are now booster recommendations for all three available COVID-19 vaccines in the United States."
"Eligible individuals may choose which vaccine they receive as a booster dose. Some people may have a preference for the vaccine type that they originally received, and others may prefer to get a different booster. CDC's recommendations now allow for this type of mix and match dosing for booster shots," the CDC said.
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"These recommendations are another example of our fundamental commitment to protect as many people as possible from COVID-19," said Rochelle P. Walensky, director of the CDC. "The evidence shows that all three COVID-19 vaccines authorized in the United States are safe – as demonstrated by the over 400 million vaccine doses already given. And, they are all highly effective in reducing the risk of severe disease, hospitalization, and death, even in the midst of the widely circulating Delta variant."
A list of vaccine sites in Pima County is available at pima.gov/covid19vaccine, and the county asked for people to bring their vaccine cards when they get their booster.
County facing 'significant increase' in COVID-19 cases
Pima County is experiencing "a significant increase" and cases have spiked 30 percent over the last 30 days, health officials said. While Pima County has been in a state of high transmission since August, the county is now "experiencing additional acceleration of cases," with 305 cases per 100,000 residents by Thursday, Nov. 11. This puts Arizona among the top 10 states with COVID-19 infections.
Since July 1, the county has had 34,000 new cases of COVID-19, and there are fewer hospital beds available as COVID-19 patients swamp emergency rooms and hospitals. As of Nov. 12, there were 292 people hospitalized with COVID-19, and 95 percent of hospital beds in the county were filled.
At the same time, there are more new cases in K-12 schools, the county said. Schools here have reported over 4,600 cases since July 20, including 140 separate outbreaks.
This has required the closure of 90 classrooms, and in the largest event, the closure of an entire school.
Two weeks ago, the Tanque Verde School District shuttered Agua Caliente Elementary School after it was hit hard an outbreak, affecting at least 40 children. The school was slated to reopen on Monday, but will do so under a new mask mandate implemented by the district's governing board during a contentious 3-2 vote on Nov. 9.
Over the last two weeks, schools in Pima County reported 1,352 COVID-19 cases averaging about 108 new cases per day. And, cases increased nearly 20 percent one week to the next, indicating significant week to week shift.
The county said that last year, school cases were just 4 percent of the overall case-load, a figure tamped down by the large number of remote learning at schools across the county, but now that county schools are largely back to in-person classes, cases in schools account for about 15 percent of cases, the county said.
Since the pandemic began, there have been 150,056 cases of COVID-19 in Pima County, and 2,792 residents here have died.
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COVID-19 cases in Arizona show signs of "exponential" growth, according to a new report published by the Arizona Public Health Association, based on analysis by Dr. Joe Gerald, with the University of Arizona's Zuckerman College of Public Health who noted an "abrupt increase in transmission levels among all age groups starting in early October."
"Arizona continues to experience high levels of community transmission with case rates unexpectedly climbing 62 percent in the past 3 weeks," the group wrote. "Test positivity remains high, reminding us that test capacity, accessibility, and/or uptake is inadequate."
AZPHA said that increasing case rates among older, highly-vaccinated groups serves as a "warning" that major shifts in behavior, as well as waning immunity could result more cases and likely more hospitalizations. "As of Nov. 7, new cases were being diagnosed at a rate of 328 cases per 100K residents per week," the group said. "For most counties, current rates exceed those observed at the height of the summer 2020 wave."
"Unvaccinated Arizonans will not be able to avoid infection by 'free riding' on high levels of community immunity," said Gerald. "The decision to remain unvaccinated carries a much greater risk than getting vaccinated does."
"Arizona continues to experience a persistently high number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths," he added. "With waning vaccine efficacy and a potentially short duration of acquired immunity, herd immunity is not achievable."
"At this time vaccine mandates for adults are warranted for their protection as well as the community's," wrote the Arizona Public Health Association.
'Pandemic isn't done with us'
In Arizona, only around 64 percent of those eligible have been fully vaccinated, covering about 3.8 million people. Another half-a-million have received at least one dose of the vaccine, according to figures from the Arizona Department of Health Services.
This puts Arizona far behind Connecticut, where 82 percent of the population is fully vaccinated. Among western states, Arizona is behind California, New Mexico, and Colorado, but is running just slightly ahead of Nevada. And, West Virginia has the worst vaccination rate in the nation, with just 41.2 percent of the total population vaccinated. By shear numbers, California leads the nation, having vaccinated 24 million people, followed by Texas which has vaccinated 15.6 million people.
"After nearly two years, I don't blame anyone for feeling done with the COVID-19 pandemic. The unfortunate truth, however, is the pandemic isn't done with us," wrote Don Herrington, the interim director of ADHS in a recent blog post.
"Recent case numbers bear this out," he wrote, adding that after coming down steadily after a peak in mid-August, cases statewide increased throughout October. "That isn't the case in every county, but it is in Maricopa and Pima counties, the state's largest, along with several rural counties."
It isn't clear why this is happening, though the timing coincides with the start of cooler temperatures, fall break for schools, and the continued dominance of the highly contagious Delta variant," he said. "What is clear is the things everyone can do about it," Herrington wrote, adding that people should continue wearing masks indoors and follow other mitigation efforts.
In a public health advisory published Monday, the Pima County Health Department made similar recommendations, including urging parents to vaccinate children 5 years or older with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The Health Department also "strongly recommends" that all teachers, staff, students and visitors to K-12 schools "always" wear masks indoors during school "regardless of vaccination status."
The order also expands to anyone in a congregate living situation, and covers both vaccinated and unvaccinated residents. The county also pushed for masks inside correctional facilities and homeless shelters, and said that people traveling on planes, buses, trains, and other forms of public transportation should wear masks. This includes people traveling into or out of the U.S., and the county asked for people to wear masks in airports, bus and train stations.
Both Herrington and Cullen noted the chance of "breakthrough" cases, or cases in which people get sick even after they are fully vaccinated.
The county has seen about 7,600 COVID-19 breakthrough cases from February to October, and the total breakthrough case rate is about 1.2 percent. As Herrington wrote breakthrough COVID-19 cases "are rare among those who are fully vaccinated."
Moreover, such cases are "normally much milder, and vaccinated individuals are far less likely to be hospitalized or die from COVID-19," he wrote. "But your goal should be avoiding any potential breakthrough case – and the potential that you will spread COVID-19 – by following mitigation strategies like masking up and maintaining physical distance."
"The boosters will keep your immunity up, which, in turn, offers great protection against hospitalization and cuts down on the transmissiblity of the disease," Cullen said.
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Vaccination sites run by the county are making booster vaccinations available to everyone over 18, so long as it has been six months since their second dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, officials said.
The county website doesn't reflect this, and a phone call reveals they're not doing so. Yet. But probably soon.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Jack Graham, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, issued a statement May 11 about a proposed resolution on public education being promoted for consideration during the June 15-16 SBC annual meeting in Indianapolis.
Graham, pastor of the Dallas-area Prestonwood Baptist Church, said, "Our 2004 Resolutions Committee has been receiving a wide range of proposed resolutions.
"I have great confidence in both our Resolutions Committee and the process. This committee will prayerfully consider each proposed resolution and will then recommend those resolutions that best reflect the heart of Southern Baptists."
Graham issued his statement in response to media attention to a proposed resolution that calls Southern Baptists to "remove their children from ... government schools." T.C. Pinckney of Virginia and Bruce N. Shortt of Houston are circulating the initiative. Pickney is a retired Air Force general, former SBC second vice president and editor of the Baptist Banner newsletter. Shortt is a Houston attorney and Texas coordinator for Exodus Mandate, an organization that describes itself as advancing "the proposition that private, Christian and home-school education can successfully replace public education."
An SBC Executive Committee staff member said in a statement issued May 7, that normative committee procedures will be followed in processing the resolution submitted by Pickney and Shortt.
John Revell, the Executive Committee's staff liaison to the SBC Resolutions Committee, said, "Each year the president of the Southern Baptist Convention appoints a 10-member Resolutions Committee to offer resolutions for consideration at the annual convention. That committee receives proposed resolutions for consideration prior to the convention.
"The Southern Baptist Convention has more than 43,000 churches with more than 16.3 million members," Revell continued. "Any -- or all -- of those members could hypothetically submit a proposed resolution on any subject matter they choose. The Resolutions Committee prayerfully and carefully evaluates each proposal to determine if it is suitable for submission to the Southern Baptist Convention.
"Dr. Jack Graham, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, and pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church near Dallas, Texas, has assembled a committee of members who are godly, wise, mature and balanced," Revell said. "I have every confidence they will present resolutions that properly reflect the consensus of opinions and convictions among Southern Baptists."
Messengers wishing to propose resolutions must submit them at least 15 days prior to the annual meeting, giving the Resolutions Committee a two-week period in which to consider them. Detailed guidelines on submitting resolutions are available on the Internet at www.sbcannualmeeting.net.
The resolution being promoted by Pinckney and Shortt contains 20 "Whereas" clauses and three "Be it resolved" clauses, spanning 910 words.
The initial "Be it resolved" clause proposes that messengers to the June 15-16 SBC annual meeting declare that the Southern Baptist Convention "encourages all officers and members of the Southern Baptist Convention and the churches associated with it to remove their children from the government schools and see to it that they receive a thoroughly Christian education, for the glory of God, the good of Christ's church, and the strength of their own commitment to Jesus...."
The Southern Baptist Convention adopted resolutions on education in 1999, 1997 and 1996.
In the '99 resolution, messengers made an appeal "to all Southern Baptist churches to consider carefully ... supporting educational programs that follow biblical principles, whether they are implemented in Christian, private, public, or home schools...."
In the '97 resolution, messengers affirmed "the right of all parents ... to teach their children at home," while also affirming "the godly teachers in public schools who stand on the front lines to teach and train children who cannot be, or whose parents choose not to home-school."
In the '96 resolution, messengers affirmed "the thousands of excellent Southern Baptist public, private and home-oriented educators," while encouraging legislators in all levels of government "to develop the means and methods of returning education and funding choices to parents."
Also, the SBC in 1997 assigned LifeWay Christian Resources with a responsibility for relating to and supporting homeschooling and Christian schools.
Graham, in his inaugural address to the SBC Executive Committee after his election as SBC president in 2002, noted his support for creating more Christian schools.
"I think it's time that Southern Baptist churches and associations and groups of churches look more seriously at establishing Kingdom schools, Christian schools," Graham said as part of an address on the SBC's Empowering Kingdom Growth initiative. "I think it's time we look at not only ... equipping young leaders at seminaries and colleges, but we look more seriously at starting at the earliest years, developing disciples and empowering kingdom growth through education."
Prestonwood Christian Academy, sponsored by Graham's church, provides a Christ-centered education for more than 1,000 students in lower and upper schools.
In The Washington Times May 12, an official with the SBC's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, stated that Southern Baptists have "never said public education is incompatible with Christian life."
Barrett Duke, ERLC vice president for public policy, told the newspaper, "We have suggested parents make sure their children are receiving appropriate instruction in public schools and that they remain engaged with all of their children's education.
"We are also concerned about what happens in public schools, some of which is contrary to Southern Baptist faith and sensitivities," Duke said.
The Resolutions Committee will meet in Indianapolis prior to the SBC annual meeting. They will consider submitted proposals and determine what resolutions will be submitted to the Convention for consideration.


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Grant Barlow (born 28 March 1980) is an Australian movement coach and former soccer player.

Loaned to Clementi Khalsa in June 2001, Barlow kept a clean sheet as Clementi Khalsa drew 0–0 with Tampines Rovers and was named man-of-the-match for his unblemished performances in the game. He has over 15 years of experience as a personal trainer and movement coach.

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It is one of the hottest brands on the planet and with 97% awareness, the world's most recognised game. Now Rovio Entertainment, maker of Angry Birds, plans to leverage the IP to create a new generation of location-based entertainment experiences.
With the first Angry Birds World open in Qatar and the Finnish game developer seeking new partners around the globe, we look at the continued growth of the brand.
"Angry Birds is a rare breed," says Joe Lawson, Senior Vice-President of Content Licensing and Brand Development at Rovio. Indeed. You won't see these feathered creatures in any bird-spotting book. But you will find them in a few brand case studies.
Rovio started life as an in-house games company, called Relude at that time, developing games for Nokia phones, another major Finnish brand. As a studio, they developed 51 games that never quite made it. Then they hit gold in 2009 with game number 52: Angry Birds. The timing just happened to be right as the iPhone came out and touchscreen technology was taking off and Angry Birds was the first game at the time that was able to utilise the use of entire big touchscreen in a way no-one else was. Slingshot was a genre Rovio introduced to the mobile gaming world.
Angry Birds became the de facto game that you had to have. The original game has been downloaded more than 1.2B times to date. The initial, extraordinary sales surge is unlikely ever to be repeated. However, thanks to the release of many new Angry Birds titles, like Angry Birds 2 in 2015, sequel to the original Angry Birds, Rovio's Angry Birds game downloads have now multiplied.
A soaraway success, Angry Birds famously became one of the most downloaded games of all time. Rovio's Angry Birds games have over 4 billion downloads and counting. A decade on from the original Angry Birds game's launch in 2009, Rovio remains as active and successful as ever.
"We are definitely on the road to building an evergreen brand," says Lawson. He joined Rovio five years ago to work on The Angry Birds Movie. Working out of LA, he previously served in a variety of marketing and promotional roles with DreamWorks Animation and 20th Century Fox. The sustainability of the Angry Birds brand, he believes, is due to the fact that it has diversified beyond gaming.
Outside of Rovio's core gaming business, the most significant development was The Angry Birds Movie, a huge hit worldwide. Released in 2016, the animated film grossed over $352 million at the box office. A sequel is now in production, set for an August 2019 release by Sony Pictures.
Rovio's first foray into the attractions business, or location-based entertainment (LBE), was with a handful of Angry Birds Activity Parks. Introduced at a variety of venues in Europe and Asia from 2012 onwards, they brought the birds out of the screen and into real life.
A handful of these themed outdoor playgrounds, developed with Finnish manufacturer Lappset, are still in operation globally. There are also five indoor Angry Birds Activity Parks featuring various games and activities in St Petersburg, Russia, and Johor Bahru, Malaysia. In Canary Island there is Angry Birds Outdoor activity park at Holiday Club Puerto Rico, Spain.
At Finland's Särkänniemi amusement park in the city of Tampere, Angry Birds Land – pictured above – has been entertaining guests for the past seven seasons. It comprises an Angry Birds Adventure Course from Lappset, a number of Zamperla rides, midway games, food & beverage and merchandise opportunities.
At Thorpe Park near London, Merlin Entertainments has operated Angry Birds Land since 2014. In addition to the Angry Birds 4D Experience, ae film distributed by SimEx-Iwerks, the area features King Ping's Wild Dodgems and the Detonator: Bombs Away drop tower.
"And now we have Angry Birds World, the brand's largest location-based experience to date", says Ilari Laitinen, Rovio's Key Account Manager and Head of Design for Location Based Entertainment. The 17,000 square metre (183,000 sq ft) offering debuted at the Doha Festival City mall in Qatar in June. By the time it is all open, visitor will be able to interact with the birds in over 20 rides, attractions and activities. Inspired by mobile gameplay, and with a keen focus on 'edutainment', the air-conditioned entertainment centre is pitched at all ages.
Highlights include an eye-catching interactive Big Tree, the 'Blast Bomb' Drop 'n' Twist Tower and Red Alert ride – as pictured above. Several larger outdoor attractions are on the way.
The new outlet is in fact one of four family entertainment offerings developed at Doha Festival City by the operator Trimoo. For the company's CEO and co-founder Riad Makdessi, the Angry Birds brand was a no-brainer.
So as well as games, movie, live shows and hours of online content, Angry Birds brand extensions continue. There have been recent partnerships with the NFL, Chicago Bulls, Iron Maiden and Imagine Dragons. In the US, there's even an Angry Birds game show in development with MGM Television.
Last month, Rovio launched a highly praised virtual/mixed reality game called Angry Birds First Person Slingshot for the Magic Leap Creator One, which is available now. And next summer, tied to The Angry Birds Movie 2 release, Rovio has partnered with Hologate and Sony Pictures to bring a Virtual Reality experience that will allow guests to step inside the world of the new movie as birds battling the pigs in VR.
With the second Angry Birds movie approaching, Rovio is a taking a very strategic approach to growing and maintaining the brand. That includes a more focused effort on developing its LBE business.
With its mix of indoor and outdoor attractions, comprising both rides and active attractions, Angry Birds World in Qatar is the most diverse location-based experience Rovio has licensed the brand to yet.
Spread over four levels at Doha Festival City, Angry Birds World features 14 attractions. As well as the aforementioned Red Alert and Blast Bomb, these include a Bouncing Blues ride. In addition to some bumper cars, there is an Angry Birds go-kart track.
Further attractions include the Angry Birds Hatchlings play area, Trampoline Universe, Epic Battle laser tag, a celebration lounge, "bird day" room, arcade and redemption area, plus the South Beach Café.
Standing proud over all four floors of Angry Birds World is Big Tree – pictured below – a 55ft (16.7m) structure that offers a variety of interactive workshops where both adults and children can learn the basics of science, improve their musical ability and develop their creative skills.
For the more adventure visitor, the tree also houses Own the Sky, a roller glider from Walltopia that spirals around the outside of the structure.
Planned attractions in the outdoor area will include the world's biggest slingshot/reverse bungee (60m/196ft tall) from Funtime, a Zamperla Disk'O Coaster and interactive boat ride from Mack Rides. The latter will feature magic wands by Lagotronics Projects that passengers can use to trigger special effects both outside and in a dark ride section.
Angry Birds World appears at Doha Festival City alongside three other location-based experiences from Trimoo. These are the Virtuocity gaming arena, Juniverse edutainment centre and Snow Dunes, a -4°C snow park themed around a fantastical Arabian town.
With offices in Qatar and the Netherlands, Trimoo was deeply involved in the development of Angry Birds World. This included design and attraction selection. "We have developed a lot of know-how around the design, construction and operation of the park," says Makdessi.
Särkänniemi is about to sign another contract extension with Rovio. Seppälä believes there is still scope to develop the experience at Angry Birds Land.
Both projects should be open before the end of 2019. In addition, Rovio is planning a handful of touring Angry Birds stage shows. Scripted projects are being developed in China, Europe, Latin America and the USA. There's also an arena ice show set for Eastern Europe, "and we are anticipating it will be truly spectacular".
But first brace yourself for The Angry Birds Movie 2. "The first movie introduced us to the Hatchlings. This provided a deeper emotional connection. It explains why the birds must protect their eggs at all costs," says Joe Lawson at Rovio.


It's the end of the year and you know what that brings: lots of predictions and reports about IT trends, usually with some data thrown in. How are CSOs stopping cyberattacks? How are teams dealing with Shadow IT challenges? You know the drill.
Our opinion at Quorum: there isn't always a whole lot of useful information about backup and data recovery solutions in these reports. So we decided to do our part and conduct up a thorough survey at the real struggles and solutions happening today. The result: our State of Disaster Recovery Report 2016.
We conducted this survey because we want to know how the face of BDR is changing for organizations of all sizes. There are so many articles these days focusing on different facets of cloud migration, DRaaS, ransomware, RTOs, compliance, and vendor management. But these dialogues don't always add up to a comprehensive picture of the day-to-day BDR experience.
For the survey, we talked to C-suite leaders, vice presidents and IT directors. These are the people fighting the good fight with threats and disasters every day. They are all responsible on some level for delivering constant uptime and recovering from painful crises. We found that specific BDR issues aren't just enterprise challenges or small business struggles – every organization facing the possibility (or the reality) of a natural disaster or cyberattack must find ways to achieve business continuity and secure backups. Uptime isn't the only goal these days; savvy teams want performance and scalability and cost savings too.
• 75% of you are using cloud-based disaster recovery solutions. 36% opt for a hybrid on premise and cloud model, and 39% use DraaS only. • You're juggling multiple BDR solutions in your quest for peace of mind. 64% of you use using more than 3 different disaster recovery solutions while 26% use more than 5. • You know you need faster recovery but many of you just aren't there yet: more than a quarter say of you say it would take you hours to recover from server failure. • Security is at the top of your mind, with more than half of you worried more about security threats than hardware failure or backup disk corruption – and more than 77% of you have relied on your disaster recovery solutions after a security threat event.
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The Offspring (sometimes referred to simply as Offspring) are a popular and influential[8] American punk rock band from Garden Grove, California formed in 1984. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Dexter Holland (lead vocals, guitar), Noodles (lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals) and Greg K. (bass, backing vocals). Their current drummer is Pete Parada, formerly of Face to Face and Saves the Day, who has been with the band since 2007.
Since the release of their 1994 album Smash, which is the best-selling independent label album of all time,[9] The Offspring have achieved commercial success over five albums, with singles such as "Come Out and Play", and "Self Esteem". The band's next three albums, Ixnay on the Hombre, Americana and Conspiracy of One, were also successful, reaching platinum certification and gold status respectively.[10][11] Longtime drummer Ron Welty left The Offspring in early 2003, and was replaced by Atom Willard. Later that year, the band released their next album, Splinter, to moderate sales and fairly warm reviews. In 2005, The Offspring released a greatest hits album and toured in support of the compilation. Their next album, titled Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, will be released on June 16, 2008 in Europe and a day later in the United States [12]; it can be streamed for free online, as well.[13]
To date, The Offspring have released eight studio albums, one compilation, four EPs and three DVD's[14], selling over 38 million albums worldwide[9], making them one of the best-selling punk acts of all time.[15] The band is credited, along with fellow California punk bands Green Day and Rancid, with reviving popular interest in punk rock in the United States during the mid-1990s.[16]
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Ilá Ṭughāt al-'Ālam, también conocido como Ela Toghat Al Alaam, (árabe: الى طغاة العالم), en español, A los tiranos del mundo, es un poema escrito por el poeta tunecino Aboul-Qacem Echebbi bajo el protectorado francés de Túnez, a principios del siglo XX.

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Chebbi compuso el poema en abril de 1934 en Tozeur, su ciudad natal, estando muy enfermo y meses antes del final de su vida. Denunciaba los crímenes del colonialismo francés sin, sin embargo, mencionarlo abiertamente, pero refiriéndose a él como el "tirano opresivo", amenazando a los ocupantes y pronosticando una revuelta contra el sistema. En 2002, cuando la segunda intifada surgió el Medio Oriente, la cantante Latifa Arfaoui decidió poner música al poema, haciendo una clara alusión al conflicto árabe-israelí en su video, y destinándolo a Ariel Sharón y a George W. Bush. En 2011, el poema se convirtió en un eslogan popular en el contexto de la revolución tunecina y luego egipcia.

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I wish to count the number of unique ITEM occurances, but only add if Quantity of the item is greater than 0.
So in this case, the formula should return B, C and D = 3
In another example, the quantity of B was changed, but the result should still be 3, as I wish to sum only unique values from column "Item".

I am trying to fiddle with this formula, but couldn't figure how to add the "Quantity>0" condition:
=SUMPRODUCT((A1:A7<>"")/COUNTIF(A1:A7;A1:A7&""))

This returns the number of unique values without considering quantity.
Is my goal even possible without VBA?
NOTE:
Table has blank and text values in some Quantity cells. These lines should be ignored by formula.

A: =SUM(IF(FREQUENCY(IF(LEN(IF(IF(ISNUMBER(Quantity),Quantity,0)>0,Item,""))>0,MATCH(Item,Item,0)),
IF(LEN(IF(IF(ISNUMBER(Quantity),Quantity,0)>0,Item,""))>0,MATCH(Item,Item,0),""))>0,1))

This is an array formula so should be confirmed by holding down Ctrl + Shift while hitting Enter
Should handle blanks and text in column B.

A: This formula should work, even with text or blanks in the Quantity column
=SUM(IF(FREQUENCY(IF(ISNUMBER(Quantity)*(Quantity>0),MATCH(Item,Item,0)),ROW(Item)-MIN(ROW(Item))+1),1))
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Home/AOSSM Early Sport Specialization Consensus Statement
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Background: Early sport specialization is not a requirement for success at the highest levels of competition and is believed to be unhealthy physically and mentally for young athletes. It also discourages unstructured free play, which has many benefits.
Purpose: To review the available evidence on early sports specialization and identify areas where scientific data are lacking. Study Design: Think tank, roundtable discussion.
Results: The primary outcome of this think tank was that there is no evidence that young children will benefit from early sport specialization in the majority of sports. They are subject to overuse injury and burnout from concentrated activity. Early multisport participation will not deter young athletes from long-term competitive athletic success.
Conclusion: Youth advocates, parents, clinicians, and coaches need to work together with the sport governing bodies to ensure healthy environments for play and competition that do not create long-term health issues yet support athletic competition at the highest level desired.


I think before even the venerable Steve Jobs (Hail Steve Jobs!), or the highly regarded Filipino businessman Manny V. Pangilinan became famous or infamous for their memorable (Jobs) or forgettable/plagiarized (MVP) graduation speeches, there was Guy Kawasaki's take on "Hindsights that I've accumulated in the 20 years from where you are to where I am" - a top 10 list he gave graduating students at the Palo Alto High School in 1995. Probably came across that speech way back in 1998, but it's still going around even now in endless succession of email forwarding and social networking. Read it!
And if you're starting your own company, you have to have plenty of ammunition to get you through the challenges ahead. The Art of the Start is an important book to read as it contains a great deal of simple, valuable real-world advice for you - the entrepreneur. Being honed in the Silicon Valley, Kawasaki's insights are pretty-much borne of his Silicon Valley experience. If you're dreaming of pitching your own Google or Facebook to Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists (VCs) for some kaching-kaching dollar-infusion, The Art of the Start may well be the How-To in making that happen. His insights are as true in Silicon Valley, as much as in... Marikina Valley.
I have shared the book (among many other books) to all of my business partners so that I don't have to explain to them what it says (hehe), and so that we can all proceed with our business coming from the framework that Kawasaki's book prescribes. In fact, we used it as basis when we were crafting our goals for our companies.
What is your company's reason for being?
What wrong does it want to make right?
What difficulty in the world does it want to make easy?
What does it want to do to make the world a better place?
As I had also said in another post, it is really about the kind of value that one adds to other people's lives, to the world! It is not about crafting the most impressive Mission-Vision statements. Kawasaki actually wants us to do away with that because after all, he says, Who even remembers their company's Mission-Vision statements? "Making Meaning" and encapsulating it in a simple Mantra, is about being able to know by heart what ones reason for being is as a company. Simple - so that it is easily understood, better remembered, and easier realized; Close to the heart - so that it fires one up when the times get tough.
Think about it: What meaning does your company want to bring into the world?
by far my most favorite entry. tama, know the m-v by heart. and for me, no need to hang your m-v on reception area wall when everyone in that office can't understand the heavy words you've written there.
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You can read their reasoning. You can comment. But really, the Missouri Valley Conference with four teams and Oregon gets left out?
Wahine drop to #7 in the poll.
Thanks YDD. poll final up.
as for the PSU coach, this is the guy who said Hewitt was a senior. Shoji is watching film of them as we speak, said he thought they were a good team.
And what did he mean by she's punchy ? That one has me stumped.
aggressive, impact type of player….?
Another interesting comment from the Portland State coach on Hawai`i… They're very much like us.
Despite having had only one Top 50 win in their entire season (at home against Washington), Oregon kept being voted into the AVCA Top 25. In this one case, the committee saw more clearly than the AVCA poll voters.
Perhaps. They fell out of the poll today. At No. 26.
The Utah State coach said he spoke to Shoji after the WAC tournament, Shoji told him, "you just ticked off some bubble team." could have been Oregon.
That's the way it goes. You win some,and you loose some.Main thing the Wahine's are in there, and hope that they can do some damage along the way.Any sign of tv coverage on the wahine's?
I'm expecting a lot of coverage will be like last year with free on-line video coverage.
Heard on Hawaii News Now that KFVE will be broadcasting the UH-Portland State game, as well as the Washington-Michigan game. They didn't say what time it was though.
The bracket has Hawai'i playing 8 PM ET against Portland State and the second round match is 10:30 PM ET.
second round match is 5:30 p.m. HST.
Bummers. Got to work. Oh, well, I guess they will replay it later.


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Crefovi's founding and managing partner, Annabelle Gauberti, was interviewed by the BBC World Service on Nike's Converse lawsuits filed against 31 of its competitors on 14 October 2014.
Watch the interview, by the BBC World Service, here, to learn more about trademark, trade dress and copyright infringement, under US law.
Can Converse and Nike successfully enforce their intellectual property rights and ownership rights on the look and form of the "Chuck Taylor" shoe?
How can they prove that these design and look belong to them and are not "generic"?
Do they have a fair probability of success, at these trials?
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Indeed, Crefovi's lawyers are very well connected in the world of the creative industries, attending, and participating to discussion panels at, on a regular basis, each session of the professional trade shows such as CES, Web Summit, DLD & Slush, Midem, as well as the Cannes film festival and EFM and the Berlinale.
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A study published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS) finds that obesity patients are in higher risk of getting surgical complications.
However, the study also argues that orthopaedic procedures can help reduce the pain and improve bone and joint function. The study is entitled "Obesity, Orthopaedics, and Outcomes" led by orthopaedic surgeon William M. Mihalko, MD, PhD, of Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics in Memphis, Tennessee and his co-authors.


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October 3, 2012 11:36 pm \ by Tina
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Divergent # 2
HarperTeen, 525 pages
One choice can transform you–or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves–and herself–while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.
Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable–and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.
I didn't really love Divergent when I first read it, but I liked it well enough to get the second book in the series. I must admit that I'm really more into it because of the covers because it would look nice on my shelf, but as for knowing what happens next, I wasn't in a hurry to read it anytime. Call me ambivalent, I guess. That, and I may be one of the few readers who don't have a fictional crush on Four.
But anyway, Insurgent is the second book in the latest dystopian YA series taking readers by a storm. This book picks up immediately from where the first book ended, so I had to check the last parts of the first book before reading through this one to remember how things ended. The action was there at the start, and I was really interested in knowing what would happen to Tris and Four and the rest.Thing was, I actually forgot who the other characters were, so I kind of groped in the dark as I read on.
I think my favorite part of Insurgent is really getting to know the other factions more. I liked their "field trips" between Amity, Candor, Erudite and even the Factionless. I liked seeing how the other factions worked, and how they supported how their world lives. My issues at how the world like this can exist that I mentioned in the first book still remain, but I guess I'm more forgiving this time around because I was curious about how their world operated. We see more of the villain and how cunning she is…but also, she didn't give much dangerous vibes than I expected. She's just…smart, but dangerous? Nope, didn't feel like it. There were a lot of betrayals in this book though, and it was hard to know who to really believe in as the story unfolds.
My main issue with Insurgent is really its length. It felt so long, but there were too little things happening! Divergent had me glued to the pages with all the exciting things, but the sequel kind of fell flat with that. I felt that it went on too long when some scenes could have been cut, or shortened. Perhaps it was written that way to show more of the world that Tris lives in, or fine, to give way to introduce the factions more, but I think it could have been made shorter. I remember coming to a point where I was almost skimming the pages because I wanted to get to the exciting parts. While I did like knowing more about the factions, I can't help but wish it hurried with the action scenes in the end. Case in point: this was my favorite part in the book, but see that it happens in p. 440, where one would normally expect more exciting things to be happening in a 500+ page book:
Of course, this lukewarm reaction could be because I was reading an equally long book while I was reading this one, so I could be just in the middle of a slump and I was feeling impatient.
I did like Insurgent's ending though, and it had that second-book-in-trilogy-cliffhanger ending that I kind of expected, like how Mira Grant did it with Deadline. The ending feels like a game-changer and I am curious with how Veronica Roth will run away with this one. Overall, I liked Insurgent but not as much as I enjoyed the first book. I will still read the last book, just to satisfy my curiosity…but I think I'll just borrow the next book instead of just buying one for my own. Unless of course the cover convinces me otherwise, that is.
My copy: hardcover, bought from Fully Booked
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Tin (of Rabbitin) on October 8, 2012 at 9:25 am said:
I wasn't really into Divergent as well, so I was never compelled to read Insurgent. I filed the latter into "will read if someone gives or lends it to me." My other dystopian YA read, Matched, also did not do it for me. Maybe because I keep looking for something of The Hunger Games and Chaos Walking level, which seems impossible. :D
April Books & Wine on October 9, 2012 at 4:11 am said:
Aww, too bad you did not love Insurgent. I was a fan, but I also really liked Divergent. You've got a good point about the action though.
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Aside from purchasing an existing piece of real estate, building one from the ground up or making considerable alterations or additions to one are some of the single biggest investments an individual will ever make. Unfortunately, the building process is too-often characterized by conflict between the client and the contractor. This conflict is usually the result of extra costs, payments, time delays or poor-quality workmanship.
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This problem is not uncommon, and most people tend to take the lower quote because they do not know what else to do. More often than not this results in the builder requesting more money, an unfinished project and potentially a claim made against the builder which may lead to litigation. By going through a thorough project analysis clients will be confident they choose the right builder at the right contract price.
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at first i thought that it looks a bit weird, then i realized (and on my way home looked at the clouds with "different eyes") that it does look like that.
i kind of like both, but the second one is more the classical one and i like it best. what do you think?
i'm looking forward to the first twitter pilgrimage which is at the same time my first pilgrimage on foot (last year's pilgrimage was by bus, which somehow gives it a different twist, i think). @abtmartin is apparently still in the "geheimprojekt" stage of the #twallfahrt, as he is not really forthcoming with any information about what's planned.
we get to pfäffikon on time, cross through the station tunnel and see the #twilgrims gathered — a bit short of the maximum number of 8000 mentioned on @pixelfreund's blog (about 7969 short, in fact) bit still a sizable group. as various #twilgrims let us know via twitter, that they are still on their way, it's a bit past 10:00 that we start on our way from pfäffikon up to etzel pass (where we'll have a lunch break) and then on to einsiedeln to the benedictine monastery there.
the weather, fortunately, is cool, a bit humid, but not too bad, and the hike up "1000 steps" to etzel pass is easy to walk. the clouds are just fantastic (as a subscribed member of the cloud appreciation society i find blue sky days boring) — just past the autobahn we stop for our first #twallfahrt station: @abtmartin tells us a bit about the area (and the history of the monastery of einsiedeln), but the main focus is on two short canons (both in twitter length) that we even manage to render in a half decent way (no trees falling down, no birds falling from the sky). up and up it goes with the next stations at restaurant luegeten and at the fork in the road where the road from schindeleggi-feusisberg joins. around noon we are (as planned) on the etzel pass where a #twallfahrt group pictures are taken, we have a our lunch break, the sf drs tv team does the interviews with @abtmartin and we relax in the sun.
at 13:00 the #twallfahrt re-commences and via teufelsbrück and galgenenhügel we get closer and closer to our destination: the monastery of einsiedeln (interrupted by a short break to give the sf drs tv team a better take on us walking down to einsiedeln). the last station on our pilgrimage is at the gangulf chapel where we meet up with those #twitterati that couldn't make it for the whole #twallfahrt, practice our twitter-length canons once more and then fight our way through the chilbi crowds to the klosterplatz — where we are greeted by a flag bearer and a cross bearer who lead the way, with the bells of the monastery ringing for our #twallfahrt, through the main entrance into the monastery church!
as we are a bit behind schedule, we #enjoy an even more twitterish worship service than planned — the highlight certainly being the twitterific organ piece (which @boumi manage to capture)!
an apero in the southern court yard concludes this unique #twallfahrt pilgrimage!
all in all: a very interesting and stimulating experience, meeting very different folks and with a couple of good spiritual impulses.
my grandfather was a sea-faring man, and, what is more, he helped create an island… an island that is still visible today.
he was employed by the North German Lloyd aka Norddeutscher Lloyd as an officer, his last ship was the steamship goslar. shortly before the outbreak of world war II the goslar was on its way back to germany and had just passed the panama canal when adolf the terrible declared war on poland. to avoid being captured by the british marine (who was patrolling the atlantic) and also avoid US ports (and the US coast guard) the crew of the goslar had disguised the ship as at first a russian merchant ship and later apparently even sailed under american flag and where slowly making their way along the north-east south american coast until they reached suriname, then a dutch colony, where they anchored during the night of september 5, 1939, and applied for asylum.
at first things seemed to have been fairly relaxed, with the officers of the goslar even being invited by the citizens of paramaribo, that, however, changed on may 10, 1940, when germany invaded holland. the captain of the goslar had the ship moved into the middle of the river suriname and instructed the crew to scuttle the ship in the middle of the river — there are different reports regarding the reasons, and unfortantely, my grandfather has long since died otherwise i could have asked him. one version of the story is that the goslar was sunk to prevent it from falling into allied hands, another version, reported in the june 27, 1943, edition of the st petersburg times, is that the goslar was sunk in the hopes of blocking the harbour and bringing the bauxite export to a standstill (or at least slowing it down). there is even an implied link to an attempted coup to overthrow the government of the dutch colony, as reported in the december 1, 1941 edition of the pittsburgh press according to which the goslar was scuttled as part of the attempted coup. perhaps all stories are just different sides of the same coin.
the crew of the goslar along with my grandfather was then interned in suriname as prisoners of war. apparently there were a couple attempts of escaping from the internment camp, but none of them successful.
the goslar was never raised. according to the report in the st peterburg times it actually helped improve the harbour and bits and pieces of it were re-cycled by the US troops then stationed in suriname. if you look at google maps, you can still see the goslar today!
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When trying to make an AoB for this game I can only find points for dll's. When I try to use those for the AoB the game just crashes. Anyone have an idea of how to make it work?
PS the game values are all in Double.
Are you just creating AOBs for finding memory location or doing aobscan injection?
If yes, check the jmp instruction size. Is it 5-bytes or 14-bytes?
If 14-bytes, then you'll have to modify nops after jmp newmem instruction. And also need to include more instruction after code: label.
Upon looking more at them it turns out each of the functions point to hundreds of other values. Not sure about the other stuff you said, will have to look (still new to AoB).
post screenshots of function code where you are injecting and your aob script.
Did a scan for the Reserve Ammo in my Sniper.
As you can see each one accesses A LOT of offsets.
EDIT: Added the AoB scripts for them (unedited).
Don't inject there. It's not game code. It's lua51.dll(library used by game).
'Second' aob injection is better place.
1. right click on pointer that you've found and do browse this memory region.
2. in memory view. select those 4 bytes, right click then do break on read.
then keep pressing F8 till you return from the function(ret instruction), keep returning from methods till you get in game code.
4. Once you get in game code. try to inject before the lua method call.
Sorry for the late reply, I fell asleep lol. Anyways, that doesn't work on this game because as soon as you do the Break on Access it freezes the game.
It freezes the game because execution stops at instruction which tries to access the data. If the game access the data non stop then game will remain froze till you delete the break point and press F9 to resume execution.
Look in the Memory View window in CE and debug the code. After you are done debugging delete the break point(press ctrl+B and delete all) and press F9 to resume execution.


Once you know how to identify a handmade rug, identifying the type of rug you are dealing with is the next step. The following steps will help you to tell if a Persian rug is authentic, for a more in depth guide see our post on How to Identify an Authentic Oriental Rug.
One of the best ways to tell if a rug is handmade when you are starting out is to have an example of a rug you already know is authentic. Whether you already own one, have a friend or relative who owns one, borrow a rug book from a library, or have example photos online it helps to know what you're looking for in the piece in question. Ideally a rug you can refer to in person is better than photos online.
Look at the weave on the backside of the rug. Is the fringe attached to the rug, or is it sewn on? Some real rugs do have fake fringe, but most will have the foundation threads still visible on the back.
Still looking at the backside, you should be able to see the individual knots in a hand-knotted piece. These knots may vary in size depending on the origin of the rug.
The design on the backside should be close in resemblance to the design on the top of the rug. In machine-made rugs the design on the back will be cloudier and muddled. A machine made rug may also feel like it has a hard plastic backing.
Hand-knotted rugs are woven with natural materials like cotton and wool. Many machine made carpets are made with nylon or polyester.
Note the varying thickness of weft threads in the Persian Lilihan rug weave pictured above. Also, not every knot is uniform, these are imperfections that only occur in handmade pieces. The finer the quality of the hand-knotted carpet the less likely you are to notice these imperfections.
Once you're sure you have a hand-knotted rug, the next step is determining it's origin. This step is much more difficult and even seasoned experts are stumped from time to time.
Right now we will focus on Persian rug identification. Persian rugs are very diverse in design, from curvilinear floral patterns to nomadic tribal pieces. They were and still are woven in Iran. See for example the two rugs pictured above. Both were hand woven in Iran but at different times and by different people.
Most Persian rugs are named after their origin or for the nomadic group who wove the rug, for example, a Hamedan rug would come from Hamedan. We have a list of many Persian rug types along with photos. Although there are many different designs for each individual sub-type it is a good place to start. If you are really stumped, you can always send us an email with pictures, or post your photos in this forum where rug experts may be able to help you. Most people who identify different rug types have many years of experience under there belts so don't be afraid to ask the experts, it's one of the best ways to learn! This page is a great guide of which pictures to send when you are looking for an ID.
We have many different types of Oriental rugs for sale on our site and our inventory is constantly changing. If you are on the hunt for a specific rug, drop us a line and we can keep your requirements on file.


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Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture™ has been awarded funding from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities opportunity with an approximate funding ceiling of $70 million. The organization will work closely with USDA in the coming weeks to finalize the grant's overall scope.
Field to Market's project centers around the Climate-Smart Agriculture Innovative Finance Initiative (the Initiative), which will use innovative finance mechanisms to accelerate climate-smart practice uptake by farmers, leveraging private sector demand to strengthen markets for climate-smart commodities.
The Initiative builds upon the work of Field to Market's Innovative Finance Committee, which published the report Financial Innovations to Accelerate Sustainable Agriculture: Blueprints for the Value Chain earlier this year.
"The transition to climate-smart agricultural practices is a journey that many farmers cannot undertake alone," said Field to Market President Scott Herndon. "We are incredibly grateful to be selected as a recipient of this funding, as it allows us to increase the availability of innovative strategies that reduce the financial and agronomic risks for farmers in adopting climate-smart practices."
With its funding proposal, Field to Market received 72 letters of support from organizations across the agricultural value chain and from each of Field to Market's membership sectors, with project partners committing to contribute up to $137 million in matching funds. These partnerships will provide technical assistance and additional financial incentives to participating producers, tying climate-smart practices to commodity purchases, and creating a scalable model for private sector investment.
"Field to Market continues to serve as the leading organization uniting the entire agricultural value chain around sustainability. This grant will supercharge our ability to support farmers and increase the adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices on millions of acres," said Herndon.
"The many partners in this initiative are committed to deploying innovative financial solutions by bringing together the agriculture value chain and finance sector, generating lasting benefits for the climate and farmer livelihoods," said Maggie Monast, co-chair of the Innovative Finance Committee and Senior Director of Climate-Smart Agriculture at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).
A portion of the awarded funds will specifically support Black and Native producers, assisting historically underserved producers in adopting climate-smart practices through key partnerships with the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund, the Intertribal Agriculture Council and Akiptan.
Other major project partners include PepsiCo, Farmers Business Network, EDF, Archer Daniels Midland, the Illinois Corn Growers Association, Precision Conservation Management, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Growers Edge, Mondelēz, Michigan State University, Coop Elevator and the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability.
"By pairing innovative finance incentives with comprehensive technical assistance, The Initiative will unite the agriculture value chain and drive monumental change in the production and marketing of climate-smart commodities," said Field to Market Board Chair Brandon Hunnicutt. "We're grateful that the USDA has selected our Initiative for this enormous opportunity and we look forward to working with our partners to accelerate change within our sector."
Field to Market was named in five additional projects selected for the first round of funding and looks forward to further enhancing climate-smart agriculture through these partnerships:
Strengthening Grassroots Leadership and Capacity to Scale Climate-Smart Production Systems and Facilitate Underserved Producers' Access to Markets, led by the National Association of Conservation Districts;
ADM and Partners' Climate-Smart Solutions, led by Archer-Daniels-Midland Company;
Rice Stewardship Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities, led by the USA Rice Federation;
National Sorghum Producers Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Project, led by the National Sorghum Producers Association; and
Alliance to Catalyze Transition Incentives through Open Networks for Climate-Smart Agriculture, led by The Wolfe's Neck Farm Foundation, Inc.
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