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HMS Queen Elizabeth seen in Cornwall as Royal Navy carrier takes on Merlin helicopters from RNAS Culdrose
HMS Queen Elizabeth is the navy's latest and biggest warship, with a crew of up to 700 sailors
Graeme Wilkinson
HMS Queen Elizabeth in Mount's Bay (Image: Greg Martin)
The massive bulk of Britain's newest warship HMS Queen Elizabeth was seen far out across Mount's Bay today.
She was joined by the Penlee RNLI lifeboat, which can be seen, in these pictures by our photographer Greg Martin, dwarfed by the enormous warship.
The huge aircraft carrier was stationed off St Michael's Mount while she loaded supplies and helicopters from RNAS Culdrose, at Helston.
She could easily be seen from Penzance and Newlyn. The ship is the Royal Navy's largest ever ship at 65,000 tons and a crew of up to 700 sailors.
The ship took on two of the grey Merlin helicopters of Culdrose's 820 Naval Air Squadron. Crews at the Cornish air station have been training for months in expectation for their role in protecting the new carrier from submarines and other threats.
The squadron's senior pilot, Lt Cdr Steve Moseley, said he was very much looking forward to getting onboard, and said: "For us as maritime helicopter pilots, it has been an amazing experience being the first to work with our new aircraft carrier from the beginning.
"We have been itching to get on the ship rather than operate with her from ashore. We all joined the Fleet Air Arm to operate aircraft at sea, and to be the first to do it on-board HMS Queen Elizabeth is very exciting."
The two 820 NAS aircraft were joined by two additional Merlins, from the Aircraft Test and Evaluation Centre at MOD Boscombe Down. They, along with two Chinook helicopters already on-board, will conduct flying trials to work out the operating parameters of the aircraft flying from and to the carrier at sea in a range of conditions.
HMS Queen Elizabeth was launched last year and commissioned in December.


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Books I enjoyed in 2015
The Bible says that of "the making of many books there is no end and much study is a weariness of the flesh." (Ecclesiastes 12:12) In other words, there are many words not worth reading. Certainly the words of the wise and the Words of God are the guides of life and there are many books not worth the bits and bytes they are produced in. Yet there are some good ones to read. Here are a few of the books where I found some joy this past year.
I've been reading and teaching in a few main biblical texts in the most of 2015
The Sermon on the Mount - My favorite books on the Sermon were from DA Carson, John Stott and Davies and Allison Shorter Commentary on the book of Matthew.
The Book of Judges - My favorite books on Judges were Timothy Keller, Judges for You, Michael Wilcock. The Message of Judges and Dale Ralph Davis, Judges - Such a Great Salvation.
The Book of 1 Timothy - My favorites books here have been commentary by Donald Guthrie, Philip Towner, John Stott, NT Wright, and William Mounce.
My continued love of history and creative Non Fiction dominated my audiobook reading again this year and continues to be my favorite genre of music to listen to ;-). The following were fantastic reads in 2015. All my car, exercise and yard work time is occupied with these sorts of friends...and a few podcasts.
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson. Just love Larson. Another great telling of events that shaped the 20th century. Larson paints people and their times well. I recommend everything by him.
One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War by Michael Dobbs. This one got laborious as things went on but important events in the 20th century in some detail.
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick. The story of the whale ship essex and the survial of its crew after its encounter with a deadly sperm whale. (Didn't see the movie).
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough. Mr. McCullough at his best telling the story of the tinkering, bicycle mechanics who fell in love with flight.
Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader by Brent Schlender, Rick Tetzeli. I've read all the Jobs biographies - this one was excellent and more contoured than most.
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides. Amazing story of survival that is not well known.
A Spy Among Friends (Unabridged) by Ben McIntyre. Story of Kim Philby, perhaps the most infamous double agent of the cold war. This was one of my favorites of the year as it hit the very personal nature of the spy game. All of Ben McIntyre's works are wonderful looks into espionage but this was my favorite of his.
Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed by Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos. Perhaps my surprise read of the year. Fascinating stuff behind the engineering, politics and people that created some of 20th century's greatest advances in high tech aviation and weaponry.
Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts - one of the longer audiobooks of my life but a great read. If you have are unfamiliar with Napoleon this is a rather comprehensive read that is somewhat charitable to Monsieur Bonaparte.
Waterloo by Bernard Cornwell. Just the battle and its various phases and unfolding. Very good detail to add to the account in Roberts.
In terms of explicitly Christian market books I enjoyed the following...
The Imperfect Pastor by Zack Eswine
Leading on Empty by Wayne Cordeiro
The Emotionally Healthy Leader by Peter Scazzero
Fool's Talk - Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion by OS Guiness
Side by Side by Ed Welch
Repentance by C. John Miller
In History and Biography, Peripateō - My Walk, 1 Timothy
Disciple - Maturing in Faith with Timothy
Maturity. It's part of the natural process of being human. We grow, we grow up and we assume God-given responsibilities in life and mission. Yet in our day maturity has fallen on hard times. Sociologists today are writing about the phenomenon of the kidult, the ban (boy-man) and perpetual peter pans. There seems to be a desire in our day to delay responsibility, delay maturity and life being elongated seasons of goofing around. Yet the Scriptures bring us another view. In the Word of God we find a world where God desires the older to invest in the younger in order to help them assume a passionate mantle of leadership in the mission and Kingdom of Jesus.
In the ancient world one of the most influential leaders of the Christian Church invested his love, time and heart into a young leader in order to establish firm foundations for the gospel in and through local communities. The Apostle Paul's words to Timothy unfolded over time with his first canonical letter addressing important topics related to theology, family, mission, finances and our responsibilities as followers of Jesus together as his church. His concern was solid teaching leading to a life that honors the Lord that would bring health and flourishing to the community.
In our time we desire the courage and love to live for God's glory as servants of others, holding forth the good news of Jesus that saves. We desire to be disciples, who make disciples of Jesus, maturing in our faith and giving our lives together in the mission of our King.
The New Testament can be thought of as a small library of writings made up of various types of literature. It begins with the gospel narratives of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. It continues with the second part of Luke's writing, the book of Acts. This book lays out the early missionary efforts of Jesus' followers as they took the gospel of Jesus throughout the known world of their time. Much of the rest of the New Testament is comprised of instructional letters to various churches and Christians written by apostles and early church leaders who recorded the apostolic testimony. The most looming author of these letters is a man now known to us as the Apostle Paul.
Born Saul of Tarsus, this man was a prominent Jewish leader at the time of Jesus' resurrection. He was raised a devout Jew, as a citizen of Rome in a city rife with Greek culture and learning. His life was a confluence of cultural worlds and viewpoints. At the outset of the book of Acts we find this man a fervent persecutor of Jesus' followers seeking to put down what he felt was a heretic aberration on the Jewish faith. Then something happened; Jesus dropped some knowledge on Saul. Jesus radically changes Saul's life direction by encountering him on a road to Damascus, telling him that he would now serve Jesus and on a mission to bring good news (gospel) to the whole world. The Old Testament promises of God's salvation for the Gentiles would be fulfilled through Jesus' ministry through Saul (see Isaiah 42:1-9; Acts 13:47). This man would be known from that day forward as Paul the apostle, Jesus' messenger to the Gentile world. From the early days of the Christian movement, Paul worked as a missionary taking the good news of Jesus' death, burial and resurrection to people throughout the world. He would teach and preach the message of Jesus' Kingdom and sacrifice for sinners in various places, crossing vast geographies and cultures to do so.
Most of Paul's letters were written to instruct new churches or groups of new churches in certain areas of the ancient world. The letters usually dealt with theological and practical matters which emerged as people became followers of the new way in a city. The letters of 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus are slightly different nature in than most of Paul's letters in that they come to us as personal correspondence from Paul to his younger ministry delegates.[1] Paul's missionary work would move forward through community as their mission work was conducted in teams. In other words, Paul always had a crew with him as he worked in the mission of Jesus. Two of the most mentioned colleagues of Paul were the young brothers Timothy and Titus to whom the letters of 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus are addressed.
Up until the 18th century these letters were simply numbered among the Pauline corpus of literature and it was not until the works D.N. Berdot and P. Anton of Halle that they became known as "the Pastoral Epistles."[2] The question of the authorship of these letters has become an interesting field of scholarship in the last few centuries so we will spend a bit of time with this topic as we continue.
Authorship of the Letters to Timothy and Titus
In the 1800s several schools of biblical criticism arose through scholars on the European continent. Working under enlightenment assumptions, many began to question the teachings of the Bible and the teachings of Christianity. One of the past times of this flavor of scholarship has been to doubt the authorship of almost every New Testament book. Beginning with the works of German theologians F.C. Baur and Friedrich Schleiermacher, modernistic scholars did just this with the Pastoral Epistles. Paul's letters to Timothy and Titus were now imagined to be works of fiction authored by some unknown pen in the 2nd century. True story; men of Germany, living close to 1800 years after the fact, sought to figure it all out for us and set the record straight regarding the Pastoral Epistles. Since that time, a growing consensus of doubt has been arrayed against the long held tradition that the author of these works was "Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope," (1 Timothy 1:1). Though there is an impressive list of scholars who question this skeptical position,[7] it remains the critical view in our time.
John Stott, in a popular level commentary, summarizes the critical/skeptical position along historical, linguistic, theological and ethical lines.[8] First, the details of the pastorals are difficult to reconcile with the details we have of Paul's travels and imprisonments in the Book of Acts. Second, the vocabulary and style of these letters is divergent from other letters accepted as authentically Pauline. Third, the theology of these letters seems to be much more developed than the issues Paul is concerned with in earlier letters. Particularly of interest is the more developed view of the local church and church leadership. Finally, the letters seem to encourage ethical conformity and keeping a good image in the broader culture. Some have even gone as far to say that the pastorals present a bourgeois Christianity, seeking only a good face and comfort in the world rather than Christ centered mission.[9]
The actual text of the pastorals is quite personal and makes several open claims which must be counted as spurious if we reject Pauline authorship. First of all, here are the opening greetings of each letter.
Titus - 1:1 1Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began 3and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior; 4 To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Those closest to the persons and events of these letters were of one voice in their recognition of them being the work of the Apostle Paul. Passing down the teaching of Jesus and the apostles was of utmost importance to the early Christians. We see this in all the New Testament documents and we see this in the writings of church leaders. There was never any doubt to the church that the Pastorals were the work of Paul and that they were inspired Scripture revealing to us the Word of God. Furthermore, it was not until the 19th century that German scholars, working under dubious assumptions and modernist epistemologies, began to question the authorship of these letters.
Much can be said about the practice known as pseudonymity in the ancient world. While it may have been practiced in the ancient world, the more relevant question relates to its acceptance by the early Christian churches. Far from accepting this practice, the early church vociferously rejected it. Consider the following line of argument as laid out by Ben Witherington III.[13]
There is said to be another letter in Paul's name to the Laodiceans, and another to the Alexandrines, [both] forged in accordance with Marcion's heresy, and many others which cannot be received in to the catholic (universal) church, since it is not fitting that poison should be mixed with honey.[15]
So though pseudonymity may have been practiced by some authors in the ancient world it was never accepted to be anything but a farce and forgery by the early church.[16] The Pastoral Epistles were never thought to be anything but the work of Paul and the arguments for abandoning this view are far from conclusive.
First, it is quite possible to harmonize the historical details in these works with that of what we know from Paul's other writings in the Book of Acts.[17] Most would argue that the time frame of the pastorals requires Paul to be released from house arrest in Acts 28, travel perhaps briefly to Spain[18], then back through Crete and Macedonia where 1 Timothy and Titus were likely written in around AD 64-65. Finally, he would have been arrested and brought back to Rome as a prisoner under the persecution of Nero where he wrote his last letter 2 Timothy around AD 65-66. Tradition holds he was executed just after this, around AD 66-67, under the reign of Nero who died in AD 68.
Second, differences in theological focus make complete sense where the context demands it. Timothy and Titus were charged with establishing churches as the era of the apostles was closing. The mission of Jesus was continuing to move forward and the mission would need both sound teaching and leadership after the apostles died. What we see during this time frame is just that. Letters were written to churches instructing them in the faith. The teachings and gospel narratives about Jesus were written down by the evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The Pastoral Epistles provided clear instructions for selecting and empowering elder/overseers to pastor God's churches and deacons to serve the needs of new communities. Elders and deacons were already mentioned by Paul in his letter to the Philippian church in as early as AD 62 so it is no surprise to see these offices given further form in Paul's letters to young church leaders just a few years later. It makes sense that the task of ordering the early churches would have included some basic details about leadership, life as a community of faith and our relationship to the world. This is precisely what we find in the letters to Timothy and Titus.
Third, differences in style and language can be understood in several ways. The influence of occasion and genre greatly affects both style and vocabulary.[19] What person today would use the same vocabulary and style to structure a logical theology treatise (like the Book of Romans) and a letter to a dear friend while writing from death row? Furthermore, there is a great deal of language that is common to the pastorals which is found in Paul's other letters so the case is slanted in one direction by those arguing against the authorship of the apostle. When looking at the language and style of the pastorals one can see that the historical setting and subject matter demands different vocabulary to treat subjects relevant in the letters themselves.[20] Finally, in terms of the problem of style concerning the Greek of the pastorals, William D. Mounce makes a good observation:
While some scholars today question the authenticity of Paul as the author of 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus, we find good explanations for their objections. The historical, theological/ethical and linguistic issues are not insurmountable and we remain convinced, with the long line of teachers and scholars in church history, that the author of 1 Timothy was indeed "Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope," With that in mind, let us briefly comment on a few specific details regarding the book of 1 Timothy and what has come to be known as "The Timothy Correspondence."
Background on 1 Timothy
Timothy and the Church in Ephesus
One of the very first things we find in 1 Timothy is something about the young man and his relationship with Paul. He is called Paul's "dear son." There is an endearing nature to the correspondence of Paul and Timothy which is a great model for the mentoring relationships that are always so needed in Kingdom life and mission. Though there is conjecture that Timothy may have heard the gospel through Paul during his first missionary journey[24], we first meet Timothy in the biblical narrative in Acts 16:1-5. It is here where we read of his joining Paul in his work with Silas to plant the gospel and establish churches.
1Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. 2He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium. 3Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. 4As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. 5So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily.
What we learn of Timothy here is that his mother was Jewish and his father was a Greek gentile. This made him a man who straddled two religious and cultural worlds of his day. In light of this, he was raised on the teachings and stories of the Old Testament scriptures (see 2 Timothy 3:14-16) by faithful matriarchs who also had become followers of Jesus upon hearing the gospel (2 Timothy 1:3-5). His father's influence is evidenced by the fact that he was not circumcised as a baby in the Jewish way. This made part of his training for missionary service undergoing the knife as a young man for the sake of the gospel. Obviously, the apostle Paul did not think circumcision necessary for salvation for he says in Galatians 6:15 that circumcision or uncircumcision is not anything but what matters is that people are made new creations in Christ (see also 2 Corinthians 5:17). The apostle knew they were going to be preaching Jesus as the Messiah of the Jewish people and they did not want to see Timothy as standing apart from Israel. So he was circumcised in order to not hinder the reception of their message. I do wonder whether Paul put this on the job description beforehand or if he shared this news with him after the fact. Nonetheless we see Timothy as a faithful and sacrificial young leader whom God had raised up to bring the good news of Messiah to his world.
Timothy's role was unique in that he served in a time of transition from the time of the apostles to the establishment of local churches for the continued mission of Jesus.
Setting and Date
As mentioned above, the first letter to Timothy was likely written by Paul around AD 64-65 from Macedonia to Timothy who had been left as an apostolic delegate in Ephesus. Timothy had been given the assignment to combat false teaching in the Ephesian church and root the people in good teaching and living as Christians in a non-Christian world. From the wording of the letter it seems that Timothy's role was to refute false teaching that had arisen from within the community and was leading people astray. Gordon Fee notes that this reflects the precise problem Paul had warned about in Acts 20:30. People would arise from within the church itself and lead people away from Jesus.[25] Furthermore, Paul encouraged Timothy to help the people live as a family, care for one another and live with wisdom in a Greco Roman world.
Character of Timothy
Timothy's name in Greek, Timo-theos is a name that is a concatenation of two words. One for honor, the other for God. His very name means "one who honors God."[26] His home town was a place called Lystra which received the gospel early in history from the apostle Paul's preaching. He was a young man, likely in his thirties, who perhaps was given to some timidity, fear and a somewhat sickly constitution.[27] He wasn't some bold preacher or daring Daniel standing with courage amidst a den of lions. Rather he was a young man, trying to faithfully serving his Lord under the tutelage of his fatherly mentor and friend. By this time in his life Timothy was a well-seasoned man in the ministry having served Paul in several different cities and ministry contexts.[28] Through many assignments Timothy had been prepared for a tough and challenging task from his mentor. He had to set into order a church that was in turmoil due to her own leader's false teaching and poor example. From the words Paul wrote to him in both 1 and 2 Timothy he needed much encouragement in the task before him.
Cultural Issues of the Day
There were many ways the gospel community differed from the world around them in Ephesus. Sexual morals of the Christian community were vastly different than the world of the Roman Empire. Jesus had taught and given a view of men and women that was profoundly unique challenging the view of households and religious assemblies of their time. Furthermore, the gospel had elevated the view of the weak, oppressed and the downcast such that the Christian community contained both slaves/servants and their masters as brothers and sisters in the Lord. In our own day similar cultural issues have come back around where societal views of sex and gender are once more in stark contrast with that of Jesus and his people. The inspired Scriptures once again challenge us to understand ourselves differently than the surrounding world and to care for one another and live together under the Lordship of Jesus in our time. This leads us to conclude with the major themes which we hope impacts our lives together in this season at Jacob's Well.
Main Themes for Jacob's Well
Though there are many themes and subjects we will travel in together as we traverse the first letter to Timothy, I want to highlight a few for our consideration as we being the journey. These are not exhaustive but rather to focus our hearts and expectations as we come to the inspired biblical text.
Maturing and Mentoring
Implicit in the responsibility Paul gave to Timothy was to teach the church to grow up in the Lord. To align their lives to the gospel and live with one another in a way that is congruent with the truth of Jesus. Furthermore, the letter itself is a letter of guidance from a teacher to a disciple. The practice of teaching, mentoring, training and encouraging another in life and ministry is essential to the church and the mission of Jesus. In the letter itself we find an example of encouragement and guidance we need to live our lives for Jesus.
Life and Doctrine
It seems that as people we tend to bifurcate what we believe and how we live. It is far too easy to have ideas or concepts you hold to but far more difficult to discipline ourselves and live out our convictions. One of the things we see in the life of Jesus and his apostles is that life and teaching, our living and beliefs are to be held in unity. We find Paul teaching Timothy that BOTH his life and his doctrine/teaching matter immensely. Basing our lives on falsehood will destroy both soul and body. Not trusting God's Spirit to empower us to live in ways that Jesus calls us is a fool's errand that betrays unbelief. Though both life and doctrine are always a work in progress, we should keep watch over them, desiring to align ourselves to the truth in word and deed.
Gender and Glory
The Bible begins with God creating all things good and this included the crown of creation in the fashioning of human beings.
26Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
Upon the fall of our first parents, what God designed in unity has been fractured and broken. The battle of the sexes, oppression of women, denial of our uniqueness and a confusion in gender roles has long been present under the sun. Jesus challenged the gender paradigms of his day and the teaching of the Scriptures will both correct and expose error in each generation regarding our views of men and women.
Past generations had different struggles related to being men and being women and our generation has its own set of difficulties. The letter of 1 Timothy addresses a context where men and women were learning who they were as disciples and how to live well in families and the household of God. Paul exhorts Timothy to specifically address the ladies and the men. It's going to get interesting as we look at some of these exhortations together.
Leadership and Character
Elders and Deacons, Pastors and Servants are just Christians. There are no supermen or women in the church. Just humans. To serve, shepherd and lead Christ's church is a noble task and leadership is not tested on talents, gifts and being a rock star. Character comes first and is central to all who would care for and serve the church family. In the Scriptures you find churches made up of members of the body of Christ all gifted to do their part in the ministry of the gospel. Some will be called to specific roles of pastoring and serving in various capacities and 1 Timothy lays out the basic character aspects of such men and women. In our membership classes at Jacob's Well we talk about elders who serve by leading and deacons who lead by serving. 1 Timothy will give us some clarity on elders and deacons who give themselves to love the body of Christ.
Family and Care
In the Christian community we are called to help one another in practical ways and in times of need. We are to relate to one another as family and to extend honor, courtesy and love to one another in practical and helpful ways. Furthermore, we are to care for our own families and lean on one another when we are in difficult circumstances and dire straits. 1 Timothy will show us that we are to both take care of our own business and be willing to share with others. We will see that it is a blessing to receive and give within the family of faith. Humility and generosity should be our path not letting the love of money turn ourselves away from loving our neighbors as ourselves.
Gospel Clarity and Mission
Finally, and most importantly, 1 Timothy will teach us about our God and Savior Jesus Christ. There is such resounding clarity in this book that teaches us who we are, who Jesus is and all that we receive in the gospel of grace. The most important truths we can know are on full display in this letter: the nature of God, the person and work of Jesus, our need and the great benefits of the gospel will be our north start as we mature and move forward as a church in central New Jersey.
We are going to take it slow through the first Letter to Timothy to soak in the gospel sun and feel the warmth of God's truth. We are going to examine false teaching to hold fast to the truth. We are going to look at our masculinity and femininity as great gifts from God. We will embrace our responsibilities and relationships with one another and fight the good fight of faith in our day. My hope is that as we head towards Easter 2016 we will be full of life and zeal to "guard the deposit entrusted" (1 Timothy 6:20) to us to hold forth the gospel in our time and generation. To do this we will need to be ever aware of our need for "Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. (1 Timothy 1:2)
As we prepare our hearts to be "Disciples" who mature in our faith along with Timothy let us be reminded by the great words of the classic benediction from 1 Timothy 1:17:
[17] To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Yours before his Throne,
Akin, Daniel L., David Platt, and Tony Merida. Exalting Jesus in 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus. Christ-Centered Exposition. Nashville, Tennessee: Holman Reference, 2013.
Liefeld, Walter L. 1 and 2 Timothy/Titus : The Niv Application Commentary from Biblical Text--to Contemporary Life. The Niv Application Commentary Series. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1999.
Stott, John R. W. Guard the Truth : The Message of 1 Timothy and Titus : Includes Study Guide for Groups or Individuals. The Bible Speaks Today. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1996.
Witherington, Ben. A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Titus, 1-2 Timothy and 1-3 John. Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians. Nottingham, England, Downers Grove, Ill.: Apollos ; IVP Academic, 2006.
[3] The Muratorian Fragment or Canon is a description of the books accepted as authoritative Scripture around the close of the 2nd century AD. The relevant section to the pastorals reads "Moreover [Paul writes] one [letter] to Philemon, one to Titus and two to Timothy in love and affection; but they have been hallowed for the honour of the catholic [means universal] church in the regulation of ecclesiastical discipline. For a discussion of the Muratorian Canon see the excellent F. F. Bruce, The Canon of Scripture (Downers Grove, Ill.: Inter-Varsity Press, 1988), 158-69.
[7] Alfred Plummer, B. Weiss, Adolf Von Schlatter, Wilhelm Michaelis, Joachim Jermias, Ceslas Spicq, Gordon D. Fee, Donald Guthrie, Luke Timothy Johnson, J.N.D. Kelly, George W. Knight, William D. Mounce, Thomas C. Oden and Philip H. Towner and Ben Witherington III are among those who hold that Paul or one of his contemporaries serving as a scribe authored the Pastorals. List in Witherington, A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Titus, 1-2 Timothy and 1-3 John, 51. I have concatenated Witherington's name to his own list.
[10] For more on the modern objections to Pauline authorship see Towner, The Letters to Timothy and Titus, 15-26. And for even more detailed discussion see the introduction in William D. Mounce, Pastoral Epistles (Nashville: T. Nelson, 2000), lxxxiii-cxxix.
[11] Stott, Guard the Truth : The Message of 1 Timothy and Titus : Includes Study Guide for Groups or Individuals, 22.
[13] Witherington, A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Titus, 1-2 Timothy and 1-3 John, 62-64.
[15] Bruce, The Canon of Scripture, 160.
[16] Köstenberger, Kellum, and Quarles, The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown : An Introduction to the New Testament, 640. An interesting story recounted by Tertullian (160-225) records a presbyter (elder) of a church in Asia being removed from office for trying to pass of a forged letter in Paul's name.
[18] Paul states his desire to go to Spain in Romans 15 and a westward trip is referenced, but in no way historically certain, in the late first century letter of 1 Clement. Towner, The Letters to Timothy and Titus, 11.
[20] See excellent discussion of the literary issues involved with the pastorals in Mounce, Pastoral Epistles, xcix - cxviii.
[23] See Mounce, Pastoral Epistles, cxxvii - cxxix.and Witherington, A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Titus, 1-2 Timothy and 1-3 John, 57-62.
[24] Walter L. Liefeld, 1 and 2 Timothy/Titus : The Niv Application Commentary from Biblical Text--to Contemporary Life, The Niv Application Commentary Series (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1999), 20.
[25] Quoted in Witherington, A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Titus, 1-2 Timothy and 1-3 John, 170.
[26] Ibid., 181.
[27] Stott, Guard the Truth : The Message of 1 Timothy and Titus : Includes Study Guide for Groups or Individuals, 37-38.
[28] Daniel L. Akin, David Platt, and Tony Merida, Exalting Jesus in 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus, Christ-Centered Exposition (Nashville, Tennessee: Holman Reference, 2013), 3.
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The undervalued of potential of the peripathetic feature of festivals. A look at the FISahara Film Festival
di Simona Patrizi
Rubrica: After
Parole chiave: eventi culturali, festival, film festival
Looking at festivals in terms of social events, Alessandro Falassi wrote an interesting essay entitled "Festival: definition and morphology"(1987). The definition that he quotes states as follows:
As for the social sciences, the definition that can be inferred from the works of scholars who have dealt with festival while studying social ritual events from the viewpoint of various disciplines such as comparative religion, anthropology, social psychology, folklore, and sociology indicates that festival commonly means a periodically recurrent, social occasion in which, through a multiplicity of forms and a series of coordinated events, participate directly or indirectly and to various degrees all members of a whole community. (Falassi, 1987:1-10)
In his analysis Alessandro Falassi continues by pointing towards ritual acts, 'rites', as units giving value to festivals in terms of events happening in a specific time and a specific place. It is ultimately through this process of 'valorisation', that festival's space and time is transformed. In particular, the formula outlined by Falassi in order to describe the festival experience is: "time out of time"; that is to say, a special temporal dimension in which imagination and the deleuzian practice of "fabulation" and "deterritorialisation" become possible. (Falassi, 1987:1-10). In this first instance "fabulation" for Deleuze and Guattari is a process proper to Art. Gilles Deleuze himself states, in his book Cinema 2: The Image Time (1985):
Art, and especially cinematographic art, must take part in this task: not that of addressing a people, which is presupposed already there, but of contributing to the invention of a people. (Deleuze, 1985:209).
The intensity provided by artistic force of fabulation generates an electrification of the social realm, in which the power to emotionally affect and be affected is the main force.
In addition to that, in A Thousands of Pleatus (1980) and Anti-Oedipus (1972) Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari discuss the transformative process of bordering, in which order and disorder are constantly re-invented. In particular they describe the process of deterritorialisation as a process of escaping from institutions, opening the way to a multiplicity of possibilities and connections.
The practice of deterritorialisation has always been followed by a definition of new, alternative and inventing forms of bordering. It makes us potential nomads, inventing and reinventing space through people's practices and tactics, such as the gathering for a documentary screening and any other elements part of the social event.
Following this line, the festival's community, in particular film festivals, is a special genre of "imagined community", borrowing from the famous book written by Benedict Anderson on the birth of nation as forms of narrations and cultural artefacts. On one hand, it is imagined through the medium of the movie screened, and on the other, it is also a factual one, since the social nature of these events attracts a diverse range of people gathered together in the name of the same cause.
Dina Iordanova, in her introductive essay to the Film Festival Yearbook 2 – 'Film Festivals and Imagined Communities' (2010) – explores the definition of film festival in relation to imagined communities by saying that:
Festivals (…) are "live" events that convene only in one place at a time, usually at regular intervals as yearly events. For the festival to happen, organizers and audiences must come face to face in exactly the same place at exactly the same time" (…). In the "live" space of the festival, organizers and audiences form a community, an actual one, that congregates face to face for the purpose of fostering an "imagined community" that comes alive in the act of watching a film and imagining distant human beings becoming part of the one's experiences". (Iordanova, 2010:13)
In relation to the practice of deterritorilisaton, The FISahara film festival, coming to its 6th edition is one of the most atypical activist film festivals, which takes place in a refugee camp in the middle of the Algerian desert, where the Saharawi population live in exile, separated from their homeland. The festival run by the director Javier Corcuera is:
An extraordinary example of an "imagined community" in which hundreds of participants from around the world and thousands of Saharawi refugees live together for a week under the same roofs, eating the same food, watching the same films and participating in workshops and other cultural and educational events, temporarily sharing a land that ultimately belongs to none of them, and to which none of them belongs (Stefan Simanowitz and Isabel Santaolalla, 2012:122).
Therefore, using Deleuze and Guattari's theoretical framework, one can expand the concept of deterriotorialisation to the gathering of film festivals. In fact, if the nomadic structure is a feature proper to almost all festivals, FISahara is a special case. It is a non -competitive peripatetic festival that each year moves to a different camp of the Saharawi refugee camp. The festival becomes a cultural and educational event in which "through artistic and political camaraderie FISahara creates a platform for powerful intercultural exchange between the Saharawi and the external participants." (2012:131). This is done with the purpose of increasing awareness and support of the struggle of the Saharawi conflict. Hence, festivals become a space that is constantly created anew through the experience and interactions of people that gather at a specific time in a specific place.
The Italian cultural scope is particularly fertile for what concerns peripathetic festivals. The multifaceted and heterogeneous feature characterising the Italian landscape identity has often been considered one of the main factors responsible for making this country difficult to govern, manage, and preserve. However, more than struggling to find solutions aimed to change the diverse Italian cultural morphology, one should challenge this reality and, to some extent, transform it into a resource.
Should we not start to pay more attention to the itinerant feature proper to festivals and develop it more extensively within our territory as a winning business/social model?
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We sailed into Rhodes after yoga and breakfast, feeling ever-so-slightly minute against the huge cruise ships spewing their passengers into the blue harbour, locals rushing to meet them with outstretched hands laden with goodies to sell.
We were swallowed up in the mass as we stepped off the boat. Through the castle walls we went, still rocking back and forth with the motions of the waves.
Eventually; Ben, Nik, Ramona and I ducked away from the crowds and found ourselves in the back streets. Here it was cooler, the back of the buildings significantly older than those facing the central tourist hub. Here they were crumbling and paint stained with wood cracked by the heat of the day.
Eventually, our feet had taken us far enough and it was time for a snack. We stopped at a little place called Nimmos for some Moussaka and ice cream. Just the break we needed to refresh and rehydrate.
When we felt a little better, we carried on walking through the beautiful streets. Nothing but cats patrolled them, with the occasional moped zooming down, bouncing off the polished cobbles as it went.
Stepping back into the streets, we were overwhelmed by people calling out to us to 'come for a drink' the heat of the unshaded walkways sizzled our skin and people squeezed past looking left and right for refreshments. We made it back to the boat, the safety of which we had come to rely on. It felt like home and that was our sanctuary.
Before long, we were all gathered at the boat ready for the next part of our adventure. The only traditional Turkish Hammam on the island had randomly decided to close that day, so Ali and Cindy managed to talk their way into a hotel spa for us. Ben and I last tried a Hammam in Marrakech, so we were looking forward to seeing how a Turkish Hammam would differ.
But obviously not before the boys stomachs were filled.
Ipiros did the trick. The Gentleman was happy as soon as he saw the chickens lined up in the rotisserie. The food spoke for itself. I had pork belly which was deliciously salty and rich meat filled with juices and spices. My mouth is even watering again as I type!
It wasn't the best idea to eat a stomach-groaningly good meal just before we all popped back into our swimsuits for the Hammam. The Hammam in Morocco had been private, this one was communal – a beautiful tiled room with a huge slab of marble in the middle that was heated. Marble beds surrounded the sides along with rose gold pales for the water to collect in. It really was an Instagram lovers' dream that I didn't capture. Ali ran us through the process and we were each handed our soap bars and scrubbing gloves to get started.
We split into our pairs and each helped scrub the other, until the dead skin had been washed away and we were feeling like newly polished china. We had tried to book for massages afterwards, but they were full that afternoon so we squeezed back into our dry clothes and back out into the heat of the day to enjoy the last of the sun with a drink in hand in the harbour.
That evening we went, as a group, to a local Greek bar and drank cocktails. Reminiscing on the incredible trip that we had all shared and the memories that we would take away.


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Bonnie Lombardo's PMC
2019 Committed
My dearest family, friends and colleagues,
After two years from experiencing the PMC weekend in full, I've committed to ride in this amazing event again in 2019. This will be the sixth ride for me with a goal of raising $7,000 toward lung cancer research at DFCI.
For those of you who don't know why I started riding the PMC, I ride in honor of my husband, Jim. Jim was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer in September 2010. A born fighter, he faced the challenge of treatment with determination and strength in his "it's not about the size of the dog in the fight, it's about the size of the fight in the dog" way. But ultimately, the radiation and chemotherapy treatments diminished his strength and weren't enough to save his life.
I joined TeamLungstrong in 2012 to do something, anything to fight back and contribute to find a way to give others like Jim more of a fighting chance. Every dollar of the $30,000 I've raised to date has gone to the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology research at Dana Farber. The incredible research conducted at the Lowe Center is paving new paths to fighting this most lethal form of cancer, like immunotherapy, which was not available 8 years ago. It's breakthroughs like these that motivate me and thousands of cyclists to ride 192 miles from Sturbridge to Provincetown over 2 days in August. Although physically and mentally challenging, it is no comparison to the strength that Jim and so many other cancer patients must face each and every day.
In the 8 years since his he's been gone, Angela and I have met many of life's milestones and thought of Jim at every one. I've watched my daughter graduate from high school, undergrad, and this spring earn her masters in social work from Boston College. She plans to work in a healthcare setting to counsel patients through their healing journeys. Yes, she was inspired by her father's experience.
For me after 20+ years, I changed jobs a few years ago and am fortunate to be on a team of incredibly talented professionals who are engaged in our work and committed to the organization's mission. It's a company I'm certain Jim would be proud to know I'm a part of, feeling fufilled with work once more.
The toll cancer takes is immeasurable and each patient's story unique. One commonality, cancer is relentless. I must keep supporting this worthy cause, to somehow find a way of providing treatments for cancer and a future with a cure.
Thank you for reading my 2019 PMC story and for your consideration in supporting my ride. I couldn't do this without your support as we get closer by the mile.
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Slam Bolt Scrappers Release Date Announced
After much anticipation Slam Bolt Scrappers now has an official release date. This unique puzzler/building/tower defense/beat-em-up will be hitting the PlayStation Store on March 15th. In Slam Bolt Scrappers players control these heroes that kind of fly around and defeat enemies to get blocks to build with. Once you stack these blocks into squares you get weapons that will attack the other tower, think opposite of Tetris. You'll use these weapons to take out the enemy's tower. To go along with a co-op campaign, Slam Bolt Scrappers features some exciting multiplayer action and it can get a bit chaotic, in a good way.Check out this developer walkthrough of the title to learn more about the upcoming game.
As you can see Slam Bolt Scrappers is built for multiplayer action and Fire Hose Games promises a ton of unique levels that gamers can enjoy even if they aren't playing with others. I first saw this game last year at PAX East and it was a huge hit there. The multiplayer modes are just so imaginative that people couldn't help but crowd around and watch the 2v2 matches. It is good to see that not only did Fire Hose Games find a home for the title but now they have an official release date.
To learn more about the title you can head over to the Fire Hose Games homepage and be sure to check back with us closer to launch for a more in-depth look at Slam Bolt Scrappers and the many features of the game.
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EPA agrees to review regulations on oil and gas waste
Environmental group lawsuit reaches settlement
By Jonathan Romeo County & environment reporter
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 3:58 PM
Updated: Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 11:07 PM
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The Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with several environmental groups that will require the agency to review its regulations on the disposal of waste from oil and natural gas drilling. This 60-acre site southwest of Aztec contains piles of gas- and oil-contaminated soil.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to review its regulations on how companies should dispose of oil and gas waste, a result of a lawsuit brought on by several environmental groups in May.
"Safeguards to protect our scarce water resources in the San Juan Basin, home to 40,000 wells, have been ignored for far too long," said Dan Olson, executive director of San Juan Citizens Alliance. "Updating rules for oil and gas waste, deemed inadequate 30 years ago, is critical for this region."
In May, a coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the EPA, claiming the agency has failed to meet its own expectations set in the 1980s to review oil and gas regulations, as well as guidelines for states, every three years.
"Since that time, nearly nine successive three-year deadlines have passed with no further review," according to a notice of intent filed in August 2015. "(Current regulations) do not specifically address issues relevant to the modern oil and gas industry."
EPA did not immediately respond to requests seeking comment.
On Dec. 28, the EPA and environmental groups reached a settlement: The EPA will review its regulations on oil and gas waste, and if the agency deems it "necessary," make revisions to the guidelines.
The EPA has until March 15, 2019, to determine whether or not changes are warranted for "wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy."
According to the court document, the EPA must make a formal announcement either way, and then provide a decision of notice to the environmental groups within seven days.
"The EPA itself deemed current regulations inadequate nearly 30 years ago," said Erika Brown, with the San Juan Citizens Alliance. "The consent decree is a big step forward for holding the EPA accountable to regulate oil and gas waste in ways that protect human and environmental health."
The settlement also includes a clause in the case president-elect Donald Trump makes good on his promise to defund the EPA.
"(Environmental groups) and EPA recognize that the possibility exists that a lapse in appropriations by Congress resulting in government shutdown could delay EPA's performance of obligations contained in this Consent Decree," the court document says.
"In the event of a government shutdown affecting EPA that occurs within 120 days prior to a deadline … deadline shall be extended automatically one day for each day of the shutdown."
Other plaintiffs in the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, include the Environmental Integrity Project, Natural Resources Defense Council, Earthworks, Responsible Drilling Alliance, West Virginia Surface Owners' Rights Organization, and the Center for Health, Environment and Justice.
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Environmental groups sue EPA over oil, gas waste rules


Discussion in 'Breaking and Major News about Scientology' started by vumba, Jan 3, 2019.
So very sad to read that a Scientology employee was stabbed to death by a 16 year old teenager outside the Org in Sydney after he was asked to leave, and another person was injured. "Inspector Jones said both men were employees of the church and were trying to establish why the teen was asked to leave". "He had a lawful reason to be here originally and they've asked him to leave for various reasons, which we still need to get to the bottom of and speak to staff here on premises", he said.
Member of the teen's family had been at the church today.
I think this is the fourth thread about this incident. Maybe the mods can combine them?


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Leading with Vive Audio speakers & 8FL
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One of the best cinematic experiences in the world – in both sound and vision – is offered by Bulgaria's Kino Arena; Christie's Vive Audio system delivers finely tuned sound and volume to each seat and audiences see an amazing 8 foot lamberts brightness for 3D on screen. But how did they achieve it? The story involves the vision of Kino Arena's owner, Stefan Minchev, the perfectionism of Kino Arena's CTO, Ivan Melikov, and months of collaboration with Christie's cinema technical advisor, Francis, whose expertise in optics and cinema stretches from Canada to Cannes Film Festival.
Kino Arena is the leading exhibitor in Bulgaria and the first to introduce the digital cinema format, live satellite transmissions and 3D Digital technology in Bulgaria. Owned by Stefan Minchev, his personal vision drives the success of the chain: "My philosophy behind Arena cinemas is to provide audiences with the ultimate cinematic experience. To achieve this goal we are selecting the latest and most advanced cinema equipment technology from leading international providers. By doing so our auditoriums encompass the best picture and sound, in order to satisfy the whim of every movie-goer and let audiences enjoy movies like never before," explains Stefan.
At his side, choosing and implementing these technologies has been engineer Ivan Melikov. "As far as we are concerned, choice educates. People can see and hear the difference. We were determined our premium screens would offer better colour, brightness and sharpness and that the sound will be the best they have heard too." To this end, the Kino Arena multiplexes offer a range of standard to premium screens. The premium screens in Sofia, Varna and Pleven all have Christie Vive Audio speakers with Christie projectors.
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"We chose Christie Vive Audio as our speaker system. It's not just about buying a few speakers but understanding the results you want, your auditorium requirements and you must then decide which amplifier, then the right position. In terms of engineering a solution, Francis (a long-standing technical consultant from Christie) helped with everything. He would advise 'try this, do this, get this.' We spoke frequently," he explains.
It is perhaps the precision of Ivan's engineering mind. Asked why he chose Christie Vive Audio, he came back immediately with, "I can say there are four subjects here."
"Firstly, marketing. Vive Audio is new technology and for premium cinema experiences you want superb sound. This is important because cinema is a high tech business and we want to be on top," said Ivan. Indeed, walk into each stand-alone Kino Arena complex in Sofia and you will see Vive Audio branded through the entrances.
"Secondly," – Ivan continued without pause – "Vive Audio really are very good speakers and use a different technology with ribbon drivers. They work very well with Dolby Atmos and because Vive has a very special speaker design and shape, namely curved not square to direct the sound evenly, you can achieve the perfect sound pressure levels in any auditorium. This especially applies to the ceiling speakers which are specially shaped and can be placed correctly. Vive Audio gives the widest separation of sound level – this is pure, immersive sound technology."
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Stefan – himself a keen audiophile - adds to this, "We chose Christie Vive Audio because is one of the best audio solutions on the market thanks to its ribbon driver technology being incredibly complementary with the Dolby Atmos sound format which is a distinguishing technical characteristic of our PLF auditoriums and our guests recognize and prefer seeing movies in this sound format." The result of Vive Audio's line array design and shaped ceiling speakers is to distribute sound evenly across the seats while the 6-inch ribbon drivers reproduce sounds with almost no distortion plus allow you to hear high frequency sounds lost in old-fashioned speaker design.
Getting 8 Foot Lamberts brightness in 3D
Many months were also spent on the projection. "Normal screens are 4.5 FL on 3D but our premium screens offer viewers 8FL," announces Stefan. "Because they are big screens and you need powerful projectors. Christie Solara offers brighter images compared to other digital cinema projector systems and its support of 4K and HFR, makes it future proofed for upcoming cinema content in the years to come. Our Solaria CP4230's are all licensed to play HFR as well. We wanted the top HFRs and they work with a Real D 3D system."
But what are the considerations you need to get the most out of your projection? Ivan is characteristically precise. "Success is a mix of projection and optics. In short, you need best brightness, best screen (with a gain of 2.4) and the position of the projector to the screen matters. You must choose it carefully to get the ideal results. In our case projection was from two Solaria CP4230 projectors. As for understanding the geometry of the image yet again Francis helped in creating optimum conditions in each of our three different premium screens."
"The first question Francis helped us resolve was to get the correct geometry of the screen itself because our screen was curved so we needed the calculations for its exact size to be engineered. This isn't something you just find easily on a chart or table – because it takes into account the geometry of the whole auditorium, the projection and the screen design. Getting this right was crucial to our end result. Secondly was choosing the projection placement and set up, namely either side by side or stacked had different engineering appeals and consequences."
Six Premium auditoriums are now in operation. When preparing for the grand opening of the first Premium auditorium, at the Kino Arena Mladost site in Sofia, Ivan was still in the projection booth when most people in Bulgaria had gone to bed. But he was not alone. Francis, from rural Ireland, was on text and email through most of the night. "The funny thing was," mused Ivan, "that, although Francis and I exchanged a lot of emails, even at three a.m. in the morning Stephan and Richard Nye (Christie's Director of Cinema for EMEA) were also still awake joining in the email trail."
Optimum projection position – stacked or side by side?
This experience of working on the first auditorium was a lesson going forward. "We wanted the two Solaria projectors side by side and Francis said 'No, you will get columns on the screen'. We went ahead with the plan anyway and we got it wrong. So in the two other premium auditoria that followed we stacked the projectors instead and got a better result." As you may expect from the perfectionist Arena Cinema Group, nothing but the best would do. "We have gone back and made a new window in the first auditorium and stacked the projectors there too. It shows how important it is to take technical advice from Christie. It is not only a great collaboration but there is a really good relationship between the two companies."
Audiences have, as predicted, noticed the difference and appreciate the premium experience. Stefan plans to stay at the forefront of industry. "Christie is a valued and longtime partner of Arena Cinemas and thanks to this fruitful partnership we are able to bring the best cinematic experience on the market," he concludes. "We are committed in working with Christie for our ongoing and future projects, since they understand and share our vision of going BIG, and settle for nothing but the best! We are excited to further develop our business relationship and reach new horizons in the cinema industry."


In 2012, German neuroscientist Manfred Spitzer coined the term- digital dementia, to describe how overuse of digital technology is resulting in the breakdown of cognitive abilities in a way that is more commonly seen in people who have suffered a head injury or psychiatric illness (source: http://www.alzheimers.net/2013-11-12/overuse-of-technology-can-lead-to-digital-dementia/).
Dr. Gary Small recently explained his views on digital dementia and brain aging at the "A Smart Way to Healthy Aging: A Talk by Gary Small, M.D."
Dr. Gary Small, however, stresses that digital dementia is different from the old age dementia. Digital dementia he says, refers to the moments of forgetfulness that is usually experienced by people who use digital devices a lot. It can be not remember where the car key is, or what errands to do.
During the talk, Dr. Small stresses that aside from digital dementia, there are other health and nutrition related issues associated with sedentary lifestyles.
Herbalife, a global nutrition company has release their research findings that sedentary lifestyles can also lead to obesity and other related illnesses.
"With a majority of Philippines' workplace leading largely sedentary lifestyles, our mission as a global nutrition company is to help people in the Philippines take practical steps towards leading healthy, active lives. By inculcating positive nutrition and active lifestyle habits to people in the Philippines, we hope that this will, over time, help reduce obesity risks and lead to positive improvements to the well-being of our people," said Mr. Rosalio Valenzuela, GM of Herbalife Philippines.


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Q: How to group an array by Month and Year React Native i have an json response like this :
{
    "result": [
        {
            "id": 2984,
            "amount": 5000000,
            "account": "money",
            "trade_no": "2121683414670617655",
            "type": 0,
            "for_id": 0,
            "created_at": "2021-02-16 20:50:14",
            "payment_method": 0,
            "status": 1
        },
        {
            "id": 2999,
            "amount": -450000,
            "account": "money",
            "trade_no": "212173166272246C118",
            "type": 5,
            "for_id": "2021021760479",
            "created_at": "2021-01-17 10:14:22",
            "payment_method": "0",
            "status": 1
        },

    ],
    "code": 200,
    "description": "OK"
}

and then i want grouping the api by month and year look like this :

please help me to solve this

A: You can use groupBy method from lodash.
var grouped = _.groupBy(result, function(item) {
    return item.created_at.substring(0,7);
});

This will give you data in below format:
{
    "2021-02": [
        {
            "id": 2984,
            "amount": 5000000,
            "account": "money",
            "trade_no": "2121683414670617655",
            "type": 0,
            "for_id": 0,
            "created_at": "2021-02-16 20:50:14",
            "payment_method": 0,
            "status": 1
        }
    ],
    "2021-01": [
        {
            "id": 2999,
            "amount": -450000,
            "account": "money",
            "trade_no": "212173166272246C118",
            "type": 5,
            "for_id": "2021021760479",
            "created_at": "2021-01-17 10:14:22",
            "payment_method": "0",
            "status": 1
        }
    ]
}

When rendering the data, you can format your Year-Month key to string using moment like this,
moment('2021-01', 'YYYY-MM').format('MMMM YYYY');

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Not to overdo the hyperbole or anything, but has there ever been a supercross season like this one?
The San Diego event was round seven in the series, the race saw the fourth different winner of the season, and reigning champion Ryan Dungey still isn't among their number.
With heavy rain making conditions treacherous, Australian Chad Reed led them away from the gate in the 450 main, ahead of last week's winner Trey Canard, Andrew Short, Ryan Dungey and James Stewart - series leader Ryan Villopoto, however, went down hard in turn one and took some time to get going.
Once running, he put on his normal searing pace, but by then he was a long way back and it was all about damage limitation.
Clearly keen to maintain his momentum, Canard pressed Reed early and made his way by for the lead a couple of laps in, then began to edge away only to crash after five laps, handing the Thunder from Down Under the number one spot and falling back to third - Stewart had by this time made his way into second, and Canard remounted just in front of Dungey in fourth, the three of them circulating together as Reed edged away up front.
Stewart stalled in the mud 14 laps in and a lot of the fight seemed to leave the Floridian, whilst the feisty Canard would crash a lap later, promoting Dungey to second dropping himself to fourth, just ahead of a lively four-way battle between Davi Millsaps, Andrew Short, Brett Metcalfe and a fast-moving Ryan Villopoto.
Reed would cruise home five seconds to the good ahead of Dungey, with a dispirited Stewart way back in third just a couple of seconds ahead of Canard and the brawl behind him, eight seconds covering third through to eighth - Villopoto's seventh was scant reward for a hard night's work, but it keeps him at the head of the championship, three points ahead of Stewart, whilst Reed and Canard are now tied for third thirteen points behind Stewart, with Dungey a further seven points in arrears.
It's been a tumultuous start to the year for Reed - going into the season, the two-time Supercross champion didn't even have a team, and decided to build his own.
The pace has been there from the start of the year but fortune has been against him - San Diego has shown, however, that as long as he can get a decent start and stay on the bike, he can run with anyone out there.
If there was any doubt before, put it aside - Speedy Reedy is in the championship hunt right now. Eli Tomac was just untouchable in the 250 class.
The eighteen-year-old got the holeshot and fought off the early attentions of series leader Josh Hansen before Hansen - racing with a broken hand - understandably began to fall off the pace, yielding second to first Jimmy Decotis, then the battling trio of Tyla Rattray, Broc Tickle and Cole Seeley.
Decotis would drop to fifth within the space of a lap as the others bustled by - they would remain nose-to-tail throughout the duration of the race, but without anyone ever having enough available to make a move on the others.
The race would thus finish with Tomac leading Rattray, Tickle and Seeley, with Decotis a fine fifth and the gutsy Hansen clinging on for sixth to maintain a three point lead heading into a two month break for the West Coast 250 riders.
Seventh went to Ken Roczen - the speedy German was looking good in practice, but a first-turn crash rather dented his hopes.


Drive 2 hours overland (88km) to the foothills of Mt. Kinabalu. The Mountain Garden, an excellent 5-acre specimen of entire Kinabalu Park area gives a wonderful sneak preview of the place. At the Exhibition Hall, a very informative video presentation is shown every afternoon. Evenings and early morning at the park are perfect for bird watching with over 300 species known to inhabit the area. Kinabalu Park received the greatest recognition of its biological contribution when it was declared Malaysia's first World Heritage in 2000. From the cool temperatures at the Kinabalu Park, down to the warm baths at Poring, the usual swing-by for climbers seeking to rejuvenate trail-weary bodies. Poring is also for those in search of rare orchids and unusual plants such as the world's largest flower, the Rafflesia. The canopy walkway at 41m upwards brings you eye level with the treetop.
Pick up from your hotel in Kota Kinabalu and transfer to Poring Hot Springs.
Upon arrival at Poring, proceed to the canopy walkway through nature trails of the lowland forest.
Observe wildlife and the tropical rain forest from the canopy.
You may be able to see birds & butterfly that fly below you.
After lunch, depart Poring for Kinabalu National Park.
Guided walk to the mountain garden to see rare collection of mountain plants and flowers.
Return to Kota Kinabalu and transfer back to your hotel by 1800 hrs.
Please bring: Rain Coat (during rainy season), Insect Repellent, Hat, Use Good Walking Shoes. Comfortable Cotton T-Shirt. Either Long Or Short Pant recommended.


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Richard Deacon: Flat Earth
17 March – 29 April 2016
Installation view,
"Changing materials from one work to the next is a way of beginning again each time (and thus of finishing what had gone before)". Richard Deacon, The Size of It, 2008.
Richard Deacon's first exhibition with Lisson Gallery Milan brings together floor-hugging ceramic and modestly scaled but totemic wooden works: flat earth and standing trees.
Deacon has been at the helm of British sculpture for almost four decades, in this time moving voraciously between an extraordinary diversity of media – wood, stainless steel, corrugated iron, polycarbonate, marble, clay, vinyl, foam and leather. His sculptures call attention to their making and invite a bodily response from the viewer, while their vernacular titles create a tension between the visual and the poetic.
Ceramics have been an important area of Deacon's practice since the mid-90s. He uses clay to form sculptures that are variously organic or geometric, monolithic or assembled out of numerous components – all of which push the material to its limit. The ceramics in 'Flat Earth' represent a new departure. Each work presents a flat surface of clay, a horizontal support that bears exquisite glazes. In a letter to a friend, Deacon wrote that the works were an "accidental result of trying to make some bases and then thinking that they looked stupid with sculpture on top. I was left with this interesting, flat surface to deal with – one of the first fired badly, so we ground it down, suddenly becoming like a terrazzo floor, and I had an 'aha moment'. Some of the colour was applied as paint, the rest as powder."
The mineral-rich colours are unpredictable in nature and evoke shifting topographies, constellations and biological formations. "Clouds, swirls of water, shapes in the fire, strains, vomit, pebbles, smoke and various random devices", Deacon states, "that have all been both instruments and agents to artists" (In Praise Of Television, 1998. Association des Amis du Musée Départemental de Rochechouart). The works' abstract compositions relate to painting, yet their three-dimensional forms are read, map-like, from above and resemble aerial views of the earth, with their irregular shapes suggestive of a cluster of islands.
Accompanying the ceramics are new wooden works, their sinewy forms the result of an intricate process whereby the wood, a bundle of twenty-five wooden sticks, is first steamed and twisted, then elements of the bundle are selectively removed and the remainder fixed together. The resulting series of twisting profiles are satisfyingly simple and complex.
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Dr. Glennon received her Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy from Quinnipiac College in 1985. During the first five years of practice, she obtained certification in the administration and interpretation of the Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests (SIPT Certification). She began as adjunct faculty in Quinnipiac University's Occupational Therapy department in September of 1990 and, after completing her Master's degree in school psychology in 1993, she accepted a full time teaching position as an Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy. Dr. Glennon completed her Doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology in September 2001. Since that time, she has been awarded tenure and has risen to the rank of full professor.
Tara has dedicated a good portion of her time and energy educating the community and other professionals on the benefits of occupational therapy for children. She has a long standing history of delivering local, state, and national conference presentations on the development of fine motor skills, sensory processing, and the role of the occupational therapist within the educational and medical systems. In 1997, Tara began teaching SIPT certification tract courses. Additionally, she has authored over 50 publications related to service delivery within the pediatric domain, has received grant funding for a pilot program in handwriting intervention, and is co-author of the Sensory Processing Measure and the Sensory Processing Measure – Preschool, school-based assessment tools.
Dr. Glennon's national recognitions include:
2017 Virginia Scardina Award of Excellence by the American Occupational Therapy Foundation.
2011 Jeanette Bair Writers Award by the American Occupational Therapy Association.
2009 Award of Merit from the Connecticut Occupational Therapy Association.
2008 Recognition of Achievement Award from the American Occupational Therapy Association for the Sensory Processing Measure: Facilitating School-Based Team Collaboration.
2002 recognition as a Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association (FAOTA) for her Commitment to Professional and Community Education in Pediatrics.
1993 Board Certification in Pediatrics (BCP), a specialty certification in pediatric occupational therapy intervention from the American Occupational Therapy Association. Tara was one of the first four occupational therapists in the state of CT to obtain this certification.
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