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Clinical trials are studies that explore the impact of new or existing approaches to health care. Given the valuable insights that they offer, they are an important component of a 'self-improving healthcare system'.
The NSQHS Standards
National Safety and Quality Primary Health Care Standards
Clinical Care Standards
National Clinical Trials Governance Framework project
Clinical Trials aims
They generate evidence to inform best-practice ways of providing care or treatment to patients. The outcomes of clinical trials can provide evidence that leads to either:
The adoption or continuation of effective treatment and care, or
The cessation of ineffective interventions.
The Clinical Trials Governance Framework aims to make Australia a preferred location for trial sponsors by improving quality, efficiency and timeliness of clinical trials.
A self-improving healthcare system
Clinical Trials Governance Framework
The Commission is developing a national Clinical Trials Governance Framework as a first step towards nationally consistent accreditation of health services undertaking clinical trials in Australia.
The Commission has been engaged by the Australian Government Department of Health (the Department) on behalf of the states and territories to deliver the Clinical Trials Governance Framework by mid-2019.
The project stems from recognition by all Health Ministers that, while states and territories have worked to improve the environment for clinical trials, issues of fragmentation and inefficiency remain that impact on Australia's attractiveness as a preferred location for clinical trials.
The Clinical Trials Governance Framework aligns with the Commission's existing National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards (second edition) for hospital accreditation and the National Model Clinical Governance Framework
The actions within the National Clinical Trials Governance Framework align with the actions in Standards 1 and 2 of the NSQHS Standards which are already embedded in all public and private hospitals and day procedure services. Notably, more than half the actions within the NSQHS Standards 1 and 2 apply to clinical trial services.
Embedding clinical trial services into routine practices of health service organisations under the NSQHS Standards will deliver measurable operational efficiencies across multiple therapeutic areas delivering clinical trial services. These include optimising organisational strategic planning to deliver clinical trial services and more efficient trial operations such as:
Pre-trial assessment of a trial site (trial site selection, feasibility assessment)
Pre-recruitment activities (HREC submission to approval time frames, and local site specific assessment review time frames)
Recruitment activities and trial management
Workforce engagement
Trial related business and financial management.
This approach:
Strengthens governance arrangements for clinical trial services
Provides clarity to those responsible for delivering clinical trials, including governments, health services, hospital administrators, clinicians, trial sponsors and patients
Reduces duplication and increases efficiency, cohesion and productivity across the clinical trials sector.
Consultation on the National Clinical Trials Governance Framework
Throughout February and March 2019 national consultation on the draft National Clinical Trials Governance Framework was undertaken through a series of 12 workshops held in Sydney, Brisbane, Townsville, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth and, via video conference with participants in the Northern Territory. Written submissions were also invited and more than 41 written submissions were received.
The Commission is in the process of finalising the National Clinical Trials Governance Framework following consultation, and will progress the final version to the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council later this year. The Commission intends to pilot the National Clinical Trials Governance Framework in a number of hospitals/day procedure units throughout 2020 (an Expression of Interest will be circulated by the Commission regarding this in due course).
In-sights gained from the pilot will inform the approach to implementation of the National Clinical Trials Governance Framework in 2021.
The Commission will communicate these next steps to health service organisations in the coming months. The National Clinical Trials Governance Framework will be available before the end of the year.
Find out more about the National Clinical Trials Governance Framework development.
Economic evaluation of investigator-led clinical trials
In 2016, the Commission engaged the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance, in partnership with Quantium Health Outcomes, to evaluate the overall health and economic impact of investigator-initiated clinical trials conducted by networks.
Governments are increasingly looking to foster greater coordination and integration between safety and quality and research activities to build self-improving models of health care. As a result, there is a growing need to determine appropriate strategies to support high-quality public-good clinical trials as an integral part of the healthcare quality, safety and value agendas in Australia.
This project was intended to support evidence-based decision-making and is closely linked to the Commission's broader strategic priorities.
Economic evaluation of investigator-initiated clinical trials conducted by networks: Final Report
Publication, report or update
NSQHS Standards Advice Centre
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Crispin named assistant men's and women's basketball coach at Rowan
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Former Pitman High School and Penn State star guard Joe Crispin has been named an assistant coach for the Rowan University men's and women's basketball programs.
Crispin also played in the NBA with the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns.
"I'm thrilled on multiple levels," said Crispin. "It's the start of my coaching career after many years of focusing on playing. It's also my community. This is where I call home so I'm really excited to be here. I want to make both programs better and add to the positive culture of basketball. I want to be able to have success on the court and get the community excited about the game."
Crispin has been the owner and director of Crispin Basketball since 2008. The organization has conducted various camps, clinics and leagues for players in grades K-12. Crispin has also personally trained players from the elementary to collegiate levels. He previously enjoyed two stints on the staff of the Penn State Basketball Camp from 1999-2001 and 2010-13. Crispin has played professionally in numerous European countries including Ukraine, Italy, Turkey, Spain, Poland and Greece.


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The response to the MRRT was mostly divided into supporter and opposition groups consisting of Federal government and opposition parties, lobby groups and the various stakeholders.
The tax was received support from the Australian Council of Trade Unions, mining unions such as the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and conditional support from the Australian Greens. Unlike the RSPT, mining companies BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto Group have not publicly opposed the MRRT.
Those opposing the tax include the mining industry, resource and mining organisations such as Fortescue Metals Group, Xstrata and Hancock Prospecting, mining lobby groups and the federal opposition (Liberal Party and National Party).
Advertisements supporting or attacking the proposed tax ran on commercial television and in major newspapers. Funding for the mining lobby's advertisements came from the largest resource companies while funding for the Federal government's advertisements came from the consolidated revenue fund. Julia Gillard ceased the government's advertising after becoming prime minister and the mining lobby ended their ads shortly thereafter.
The tax was an issue in the Australian Labor Party leadership election of 2010, as a result of which Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was replaced by his deputy Julia Gillard. Soon after Gillard's appointment as Prime Minister, the Government reached an agreement with several of the largest mining firms on changes which were announced on July 2, 2010. Negotiations with smaller companies did not take place at this time.
The changes led to a reduction in the amount of revenue expected to be raised by the tax and offsetting reductions in the tax breaks the MRRT will fund, for example; the proposed company tax reduction was halved due to the reduction in revenue to be collected from the tax, along with reductions in other areas.
The proposed tax will be levied on 30% of MRRT assessable profit, where assessable profit is defined as assessable receipts minus deductible expenditure (including an MRRT allowance). The MRRT allowance is proposed to be set at the long term government bond rate plus 7% (700 basis points). Projects will also be eligible for a 25% extraction allowance, which reduces the effective statutory tax rate to 22.5%. State royalties will be deductible for MRRT purposes, and MRRT payments will be deductible for company income tax purposes.
Unlike the proposed RSPT system, the MRRT will not see the Commonwealth Government refund a portion of project losses.
With the support of The Greens and independent MP Andrew Wilkie, the bill was passed in the House of Representatives on November 23, 2011. The bill is slated to be debated at the Senate in 2012.
↑ 1.0 1.1 "Full statement and detail of new mining tax" (2 July 2010). Retrieved on 2 July 2010.
↑ 8.0 8.1 The Minerals Resource Rent Tax bill passed parliament just before 3am. The Australian (23 November 2011). Retrieved on 23 November 2011.
↑ Neil Sands (11 June 2010). "BHP calls for RSPT to be scrapped". Retrieved on 19 November 2011.
Wikipedia also has an article on Minerals Resource Rent Tax. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.
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Pelosi On Impeaching Trump: 'Not Someplace That I Think We Should Go'
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was asked whether or not Democrats will try to immediately impeach Trump if they win back the House in 2018.
3 years ago by Heather
With a growing number of Democrats in the House calling for it, along with millionaire Tom Steyer out there running ads demanding they promise to impeach Trump if they take back the House in 2018, Republicans like Lindsey Graham are already using the issue as a rallying cry for their voters to gin up turnout for the midterm elections (and scare his fellow Republicans into passing their tax cuts for the 1 percent).
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was asked this Sunday on CNN's State of the Union whether or not Democrats will try to immediately impeach Trump if they do manage to win back the House by host Jake Tapper.
Pelosi downplayed Graham's fearmongering, and did her best to dampen any expectations we'll be watching impeachment hearings any time soon:
TAPPER: Well, let's talk about that, because Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer recently launched a $10 million ad campaign calling for the impeachment of President Trump.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says that if you and the Democrats take the House back in 2018, the first thing you will do is impeach President Trump.
PELOSI: No.
I believe that, whatever we do, we have a responsibility, first and foremost, to unify the nation. Second of all, you can't go down any path without the facts and the law. If that's there, perhaps it will come out in these investigations.
I -- and the left of our party is still annoyed with me for not impeaching President Bush for going into Iraq. What could be worse than that?
But the fact is that we have got to really be saying what this election means to people in their lives. Somebody has some facts that come forth about President Trump, let the chips fall where they may. But it's not someplace that I think we should go.
TAPPER: Not a priority for you.
TAPPER: OK.
PELOSI: And, again, I don't want to dampen anybody's enthusiasm for what they believe, because a lot of people in our country think that the president should be impeached.
But that -- that's not a decision. That isn't what our election is about. Our election is about meeting the needs of the American people, stopping this tax bill right now, which is an insult to the intelligence of the American people, an assault on their financial security. That's what we should be talking about.
I'm sure Pelosi is trying not to give Republicans any more excuses to use her face as the Wicked Witch of the West in every other local campaign ad they run for the midterms. I don't expect it will stop them from doing it anyway.
If Trump's going to actually be removed from office, his own party is going to have to turn on him and help to vote him out. I see no signs that's going to happen any time in the near future, and I'm sure she doesn't either. Maybe that will change if enough of them finally land in prison, but who knows. I sure wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a single one of them to do the right thing.
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Pelosi: Impeaching Trump 'Not Someplace That I Think We Should Go'
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi responds to claims that Democrats will immediately try to impeach Trump if they win back the House in 2018.
Nancy Pelosi Slams Trump's Wiretapping Accusations: 'It's Called A Wrap-Up Smear'
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi slams Trump for his unsubstantiated accusations that the Obama administration ordered the phones to be tapped at Trump Towers on CNN's State of the Union.
Trump's latest accusation is another effort to deflect and distract from Russian influence on our country. Pelosi and other pro-American patriots are not going to back down.
By LeftOfCenter
Nancy Pelosi: 'Trump Gives Bread And Circuses, Without The Bread'
Nancy Pelosi laid the blame for the harm befalling the American people where it belongs: At the feet of Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell and the entire GOP.
By Red Painter
Rudy Giuliani Smears Cohen's Father-In-Law By Suggesting Ties To Organized Crime
Immediately after telling CNN's Jake Tapper that Paul Manafort sharing polling data with his Ukrainian associates wasn't criminal, Trump's lawyer did his best to smear Michael Cohen's father-in-law by suggesting he has mob [...]
Graham: Trump Firing Mueller Would Be 'The Beginning Of The End' Of His Presidency
Sen. Lindsey Graham tells CNN's Jake Tapper that Trump firing Mueller would be "the beginning of the end" of his presidency


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In 'Cloud Nine,' Artist Kate Durbin Asks Women 'What Have You Done For Money?'
By Katherine Brooks
Head over to the website for Los Angeles-based artist Kate Durbin's newest project, "Cloud Nine," and you'll be greeted by a few lustful mouths lined with dollar bills, flirtatiously positioned above a rather intrusive question: "What have you done for money?"
The question is aimed at female-identifying artists, all of whom are encouraged to submit their "confessions" anonymously to a designated email address. There, Durbin gives no hints as to what she'll do with said confessions, so The Huffington Post reached out to the artist to figure out exactly why she's soliciting women online, under the guise of a common cam girl name -- cloud9.
"The connection with the cam girl has to do with the fact that many artists I know do sex work in order to have enough time and money to be artists," Durbin explained. In an earlier interview with the pop culture blog Konbini, Durbin said that the responses she's received already have indeed ranged from sex work and sugar daddies to babysitting, PR jobs and parental and governmental assistance. She's heard about jobs from stints as assistants to pizza delivery, even reality television.
By prying into the lives of female artists, Durbin wants to highlight the difficulties creatives face -- particularly women -- in securing funds for their work, whether it's compensation for pieces made or financial support to travel and show their work. The fact that women artists earn less money than men is hardly a secret; for example, in 2012 alone, every artist in the top 100 auction sales was a man. Durbin digs deeper than that, though, confronting the fact that women outnumber men in art school (according to Gallery Tally expert Micol Hebron, women constitute between 65 and 75 percent of students in MFA programs), only to enter a world in which men make up 70 percent of gallery-represented artists.
Below, find out what Durbin had to say about art-school debt, her own financial history and exactly what she's doing with her collection of anonymous stories.
What was the inspiration for Cloud Nine?
I started noticing how often my artist girlfriends' conversations revolved around money and not what was inspiring us to make art.
I noticed how often they Skyped into conferences, because they had no institution or funding source to support their attendance. I noticed how often they didn't write because they had to work an 8-4 job just to pay rent and then work some more to pay off their student-loan debts. I noticed how often they defaulted on their loans because they didn't have money to pay them. I noticed how many of them had sugar daddies and felt like they had to hide it. I noticed how many of them had trust funds and felt like they had to hide it. I noticed all the adjuncts who were teaching six classes at three different schools and not making enough to live, and also not making art. I noticed all the paintings being flipped and selling for bank, and then I noticed my friends who were on food stamps and who couldn't afford dental work.
I started to notice everything in the world around me that had to do with art and money, and I paid attention to it, instead of ignoring it -- instead of believing in the fantasy that these were all "individual failings," that none of these people were "good enough" artists to make it. This is how "Cloud Nine" came to be.
How many stories have you gathered so far, and how did you go about reaching out to women?
I have 50-plus stories so far, and hope to gather more. The call is viral on Facebook, and Konbini's article helped. I've reached out to female-identifying artists who I know personally, and have asked them to share their stories and to spread the call. I'm specifically reaching into as many communities as I can, of varying socio-economic backgrounds. The project is DIY. I don't have a team reaching out for me. I'm doing this while simultaneously working other jobs.
What form will "Cloud Nine" take once you've compiled the stories?
I will be performing the piece live online via video stream on New Hive and also on one of the world's biggest sex camming sites simultaneously. I don't want to give the performance away, but I will be playing with the idea of "confession," performing as a cam girl/artist. The stories will be woven into the performance.
You mentioned to Konbini that talk of how artists make money was never discussed in school. Ideally, what would these discussions look like to you? Would you have benefited from a class geared toward the economics of being an artist?
The short answer is yes, but I think we have larger systemic problems that won't be alleviated by a class on the economics of being an artist (although that should just be mandatory within our current system). It should also be noted that not all artists create the type of work that can be bought and sold for money (take poets, for example), or want to work within the gallery system.
MFA programs themselves perpetuate debt, as well as credentialism: two economic disadvantages to artists. Yes, some programs pay full tuition, and those are the ones people should be attending. The fact that it's sort of a given for artists to get MFAs -- and, increasingly, PhDs -- is a sign of the bureaucratization of our era. And of course, many people get MFAs in order to go on to teach, yet most teaching work is now adjunct labor. Adjuncts are not paid a living wage and not given any job security. The majority of adjuncts are women. Can you see how the odds are stacking higher and higher against female-identifying artists (and, let's not forget, artists of color, queer artists, trans artists)? Can you see how increasingly it is only artists who had money to begin with who can succeed in such a system?
People have long said that artists should "know what they are getting into" when they become artists and suffer. Now people are starting to say that to college teachers. It's a way to shame people from speaking out against systemic abuse -- and neglect is a form of abuse. We exist currently in a system that does not support human beings with basic resources to use their gifts in this world. We exist within a system where art is not valued, which makes sense, because human beings are not valued in this system either. But is this the world we want? If not, we need to overcome our shame and fear and speak out about the realities of our lives as artists.
That is the first step. Then, to dream of something better. Yoko Ono says, "A dream you dream alone is just a dream, but a dream we dream together is reality." I personally would love to see something like universal basic income put into place as a step toward alleviating this problem. It also serves to alleviate the increasing income equality and unemployment that is resulting as technology and robots take over human jobs over the next few decades. So this is not just about artists -- artists here are the canaries in a coal mine, in a sense. Yet of course it would be beautiful to live in a world filled with art, instead of people producing things or doing jobs they don't care about just to eat and die.
Obvious question: what have you done for money?
What haven't I done?
I plan to share my full job history during the performance, but I will give you a partial rundown now of some of the jobs I've had. I started working when I was 12, running my own babysitting business in two neighborhoods. I worked almost every day -- my parents homeschooled me, and as a result I could work all the time. Through high school I worked in fast food, at Krispy Kreme, and in college at a Jamba Juice knock-off shop and then at a mom-and-pop health food store. After college I worked a series of miserable administrative jobs, from data entry to [being an] administrative assistant to writing the intros for religious radio shows.
For the past seven years, since I got out of grad school, I have worked as an adjunct professor both in person and online. I often worked more than full time but did not have health insurance or a living wage. Next year will be the first year I have a full-time teaching job. I love teaching, but it is very hard to make a living teaching college.
There is more to my economic history that is difficult for me to talk about, all of which I will confess during the performance.
Do you have anything else you want to add to people who either want to take part in the project or see it when it's completed?
I would love to hear your stories if you want to share them with me. All of your identifying information will be removed, so it's totally anonymous. Please send your story to cloudnineconfess@gmail.com.
Tune in to the "Cloud Nine" performance on May 28 on New Hive at 7 p.m. PST/10 p.m. EST. Images by Tien Tienngern.
Trans Artists Changing The Landscape
Katherine Brooks
Deputy Enterprise Editor, Culture, HuffPost
Arts Female Artists Women's News
Tona Brown
Brown is a mezzo soprano vocalist and violinist based in Baltimore, Maryland. Brown began playing the violin at the age of 10 years old and was partaking in competitions at 14. Brown, who referred to herself as an "androgynous" child, channels masculine and feminine qualities in her voice to give it its unique character. As Baltimore Vocal Arts Foundation founder Robyn Stevens said, "It's very powerful, with the cartilage and larynx of a man, but with a feminine quality. The timbre is unique."
 Brown became the first transgender person to perform for a living president when she sang the National Anthem to Barack Obama and is currently working to secure a $3,500 deposit to become the first trans woman to sing at Carnegie Hall during LGBT Pride Month. "I would want nothing more than to sing and or play on the greatest stages and concert halls around the world," she told The Huffington Post.


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Rambo è un videogioco d'azione prodotto dalla Pack-In-Video e pubblicato in America Settentrionale dalla Acclaim per Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) il 4 dicembre 1987 in Giappone, e nel maggio 1988 in America Settentrionale. È basato sul film Rambo 2 - La vendetta.

Modalità di gioco
Il videogioco inizia con il comandante Murdoch che chiede a Rambo se vuole o meno lasciare la prigione ed iniziare la missione. Il giocatore ha la possibilità di scegliere la risposta, ma il gioco non avanza fino a che non ha scelto la risposta "si".

Il giocatore controlla il personaggio di Rambo che avanza lungo la base e parla con altri personaggi, sino ad arrivare nuovamente a Murdoch, che spiega la missione. A quel punto Rambo viene trasportato in una foresta, in cui deve combattere contro ragni ed altre creature. I boss finali di questo livello sono un ragno gigante ed un elicottero.

La sequenza finale mostra il personaggio lanciare un gigantesco carattere kanji (怒, Ikari) verso Murdoch, appena ritornato alla base, che inspiegabilmente trasforma Murdoch in una rana.

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Scheda di Rambo sul sito MobyGames

Videogiochi di Rambo

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The Renewanation Review
The Missing Curriculum
By Dr. Christian Overman
Many things have changed since 1721. Some things, like men's white powdered wigs and women's corsets, we can live without. But some things have gone out of fashion that we really need to recover.
1721 was the year Jonathan Edwards was graduated from the Collegiate School at New Haven, known today as Yale University. [1] But before Edwards and his classmates could exit Yale, whether to work as pastors or merchants, they were all tested in a particular field of study that has since disappeared from virtually every school in America: the practical art of God-centered work.
This specific subject has not only disappeared from our schools, but from most of our churches and homes as well.
The course of study that Jonathan Edwards and his fellow Puritans completed had a name: technologia, a Latin term. It was a curriculum complete with textbooks. Technologia was not just a course on vocations or aptitudes. It was a holistic curriculum that helped people to approach work in the broader context of a Christian worldview. It was the biblical worldview that gave work—all kinds of legitimate work—remarkable purpose and meaning for Jonathan Edwards and his peers, whether they were missionaries, bankers or homemakers.
Dr. David Scott, professor of history at Southern Evangelical Seminary, discovered the technologia curriculum while doing eight years of Ph. D. research on Jonathan Edwards and the Puritans. "The Puritan curriculum of technologia," writes Dr. Scott, "taught Edwards a God-centered view of all reality. He grew up in a church that believed it had an obligation to teach what it meant to live a God-filled life in everything we do. That is why the textbooks of technologia began with the being of God and traced His truth through creation all the way to how it is lived out as a farmer, shoemaker, or merchant." [2]
But today, there is little formal curricula available that combines an understanding of biblical worldview with a God-centered work life. This is what I call, "The Missing Curriculum."
How many texts are available today that specifically focus on the theology of work, or help students comprehend how the biblical worldview relates to things like repairing automobiles, designing software or running any legitimate business?
Off The Radar
I was the principal of a Christian school for 14 years. During those years, it never occurred to me that my school should provide specific instruction for students in the art of God-centered work. Frankly, I did not know there was such a thing as "theology of work," or anything close to it, that would make up a full curriculum on the topic, as it did in the days of Jonathan Edwards.
For many years, I, like many others, thought only pastors and missionaries did "God-centered work." I failed to make any connection between selling shoes (which I did part-time while a college student) and the Kingdom of God.
So what does selling shoes have to do with the Kingdom of God? If we separate the two, we will never understand what the one has to do with the other. But as the English Puritan Pastor George Swinnock put it, "The pious tradesman will know that his shop as well as his chapel is holy ground."
This is a teaching that we do not often hear today. When was the last time you heard a sermon along the lines that "your shop as well as your chapel is holy ground?" But as we know from Genesis 1:26-28, God created humans in His likeness and image with one functional purpose in mind: to rule over the earth and all that it contains. And this raison d'être necessitates all kinds of work! Furthermore, it makes all legitimate work on planet Earth a response to God Himself! If this isn't "holy ground," my friend, I don't know what is.
The First Commission
Work, at its core, is an act of governance. Governance over wood, metal, cows, cotton and carrots. Governance over sound waves, electrical currents and wind. Governance over computer keyboards, fiber optics and digital images. Governance over people. Governance over things. Governance over ideas.
"Then God said, 'Let us make man in our likeness an image, and let them rule…over all the earth.'" This profoundly important piece of information is often called, "The Cultural Mandate," or, "The Dominion Mandate." But I prefer to call it simply, "The First Commission."
And what a commission it is! Here we have a commission to rule over the entire globe!
Chuck Colson summed it up this way: "On the sixth day, God created human beings—and ordered them to pick up where He left off!"
Randy Kilgore, a leader in the current "faith-at-work" movement, says: "God created a world that functions on order, and requires labor for its tending. He created you and me to be a part of that order, to do that labor. Even when our acts at work don't seem to have eternal significance, their very rendering fulfills His original commission to humans to tend His creation."
God's Vice-Regents
"Creation-tending" is a very big job! Ruling over all the earth entails a responsibility as broad as the world is wide, and requires many varied occupations, including carpentry, civil service, high-tech work and homemaking. It involves physical work (as with Adam the landscaper, tending and keeping the Garden), and mental work (as with Adam the zoologist, naming the animals).
Both kinds of work occurred before the Fall. Work is not a curse! It is our great and awesome responsibility as vice-regents over this remarkable planet. And we were made in the image of God so that we could carry out this function well. The curse just made our work more difficult.
Some people think that when Adam and Eve sinned, they forfeited their role as governors over all the Earth. Like ambassadors caught in an act of treason, Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden and removed from their positions as God's vice-regents over all the Earth. In this scenario, "earth-tending" could no longer the job description of human beings.
If this is the case, then we are prisoners on a cursed planet, sent out to wander, spending our days toiling for food. Our work, then, is no longer a way of fulfilling the role that God had in mind for us when He created Adam and Eve: "Let Us make man…and let them rule…over all the earth." Beyond providing for our own subsistence, work, then, could no longer have any significant purpose.
No Secular World
If we embrace the notion that our original job description (The First Commission of Genesis 1:26-28) was rescinded at the Fall, then we will have a very difficult time seeing how one's shop as well as one's chapel can be "holy ground."
But what the Puritans seemed to understand so well, is that because "the earth is the Lord's and all it contains, the world and those who dwell therein" (Ps. 24:1), God is still the owner of every pair of shoes in every shoe store in the world, and He claims rights to every customer who walks through the front door.
Because they saw Jesus as "Lord of all" (including all shoes and the selling thereof), they did not divide the world into "sacred" and "secular" compartments. They did not see some work as "secular," and other work as "sacred." For them, there was no "secular" world.
No, in Edwards day, the merchant was doing "the Lord's work" as much as the pastor.
If I Could Do It Over Again
If I could do it over again, I would have all my high school students complete a course on "the art and science of God-centered shoe-selling." I would call it, "More Than A Paycheck." As a matter of fact, I recently wrote such a curriculum, and I have called it just that!
I'd like the next generation to know that no matter which career paths they might take, whether it be in business, the arts, or homemaking, they will always be working in the Lord's field. This is because there is no other place to work! It is all His turf! From the plastic of our computer keyboards, to the rubber tires on our automobiles, it all belongs to Him, and He is "head over all" (I Chronicles 29:11).
I'd like to further impress upon them that no matter where we work, our ultimate authority is Christ. We might work in places that ignore the Lordship of Christ, and in some places that actively deny it, but we will never work in any place that is exempt from it.
Is there any place that lies outside the realm of God's affairs? Is there any sphere of life's activity that exists independently of God, on its own, in a vacuum, somehow separated from His ownership, interest and involvement? Hardly! I would teach my students that they will never have a "secular" job, because there truly is no "secular" world.
While Heaven may be the place we go to when we die, Christ instructs His followers to "occupy" planet Earth until He comes again. This act of occupation takes place in every legitimate field of human endeavor. It takes place as followers of Christ observe all that He commanded within the realms of business, government, the arts, media, education, and every sphere of legitimate work on this planet.
Opting Out?
The degree of corruption we sometimes find in these "earth-tending" spheres may be because Christ-followers have either opted out of them, or we have never realized that we are supposed to observe all that Christ commanded within the context of those kinds of jobs in the first place.
Jonathan Edwards and his peers would have understood that it is in the workplaces of the world where we have a prime opportunity to "observe all that Christ commanded," which is the thrust of the Great Commission of Matthew 28:18-20.
It was the so-called "Protestant Work Ethic" that fashioned America into the land of opportunity it quickly became. Yet, today's "sacred-secular split" has led many Christians to leave their Christianity outside the workplace door. As a consequence, people cannot always distinguish Christians from non-Christians in the work-world, and our economy has suffered greatly. I want to encourage the next generation to change this. Will you join me?
The commitment to intentionally and systematically train young people in the "art of God-centered work" has largely disappeared from education. The custom of teaching students how to make connections between the biblical worldview and all forms of legitimate labor is no longer customary. It has gone the way of men's powdered wigs.
But it can be restored. I believe we can once again train our young people to see "their shop as well as their chapel as holy ground." This is why I wrote the "More Than A Paycheck" curriculum, and why I hope it will be widely used among educators. And that is why I am excited about the work and vision of RENEWANATION.
The white powdered wigs can go. But to equip our sons and daughters with the ability to engage in their everyday work "as the work of God," is long overdue for a comeback.
Editors Note: The curriculum written by Dr Overman comes in two simply-written books, titled, God's Pleasure At Work, and The Difference One Life Can Make. Each book comes with a DVD containing short video clips that augment and supplement the text. The aim is to reach not only high school students (using the curriculum as a unit of study in sophomore or junior Bible classes, or as part of career-path classes), but to reach parents as well. The curriculum is appropriate for use by adults in small groups. These groups may be formed on a temporary basis through the school for the purpose of the course, or by parents in church small groups they already attend. (For more information, call 877.624.0230.)
[1] Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) entered Yale just prior to his thirteenth birthday and graduated at the top of his class four years later. He became an outstanding theologian who served as a pastor, missionary to Native Americans, and the third President of Princeton University. He and his wife, Sarah, parented eight children. Among their progeny are scores of pastors and missionaries, 120 college professors, 110 attorneys, 60 authors, 30 judges, 13 college or university presidents, three congressmen, and one Vice President of the United States.
[2] David Scott, ""A Church Without A View: Jonathan Edwards and our Current Lifeview Discipleship Crisis," Christian Apologetics Journal, 7:2, Fall 2008.
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steel AIMING TO REGAIN TITLE
European Cross Country champion Gemma Steel (coach: John Nuttall) has set her sights on making it back-to-back wins at the Great Edinburgh XCountry when she lines up for GB & NI at Holyrood Park tomorrow.
Steel was a convincing winner last year finishing ahead of Fionnuala Britton and is expecting another tussle with the Irish athlete, who lines up for the European team tomorrow.
The Charnwood AC athlete said: "I'm gunning for that title because I love to win. Fionnuala (Britton) is a big rival of mine, so we will be rekindling that and it could be a one-on-one race tomorrow without (Sophie) Duarte running. She could be my main challenge but also Emelia Gorecka, who gave me a good race last year stepping into the senior ranks."
The 29 year old has enjoyed a successful start to the year and admits that her form at the tail end of the year has gone someway to making up for a few disappointments in 2014.
"It started on the right foot winning this race last year and then it went a little bit downhill. I managed to salvage the back end of the year going out to America and smashing my 10k PB out there. The Great North Run was another great milestone for me running the third fastest (British half marathon runner) of all time, so I'm just ticking them off one by one at the moment. Winning the Europeans made up for all the things I'd learnt along the way.
"It was a big learning curve for me this year that despite my successes I've learnt from my mistakes and tactical errors. I've looked at the bigger picture and come out a stronger, wiser athlete."
While Steel is hoping for a repeat of her nine second victory 12 months ago, she believes that she can edge a close battle if needed after a gutsy display saw her pip teammate Kate Avery to the European crown in Bulgaria last month.
"I don't like to leave it that late, it's always nice to get a bit of a lead but I know if it comes to the crunch, I've been there and can draw on my experiences to get me through it."
Gorecka (Mick Woods) meanwhile is excited by the proposition of returning to compete in a GB & NI vest and while her performance in Bulgaria didn't go quite to plan, she's looking to produce the form that saw her finish third behind Britton and Steel a year ago.
"I think I've learnt in my first year as a senior that there are so many ups and downs along the way and Bulgaria was one of the days where I didn't feel that good. The main aim was to refocus really quickly and I can't think of a better place than here representing my country again," said the 20 year old.
"The step up has been a lot bigger than I thought it would be and I think that was always going to be the case. Going into the race there are so many girls to think about but I'm not focusing on one person because it's going to be quite an open race. Also the course is churning up quite a bit, so it will be interesting how we all run on that. I'm hoping to be there with a lap to go and we'll see from there I guess."
Home favourite Callum Hawkins (Robert Hawkins) will draw on the support of his family and friends at Holyrood Park tomorrow and is hoping to make it into the top five after a sixth place finish last time around.
"I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. Training is going well, I'm feeling fit and hopefully I can improve on last year's performance and be competitive.
"I'm disappointed (by his performance in Bulgaria) – I went there to get a medal and it didn't quite come off. However, it's made me more determined to do better at that level. I've got my family, friends coming to watch me tomorrow and I've been doing this race since I was 12 years old, so it's a special place to run and it's good to see it getting so big as well.
The Great Edinburgh XCountry is free to spectate and will be shown live on BBC One and BBC One HD from 13:00 to 14:35. It is part of a New Year festival of running for all abilities, in the iconic Holyrood Park in Edinburgh. 3,000 people will be starting the New Year on the right foot when they take on the popular Great Winter Run, held on a scenic 5k course that loops around Arthur's Seat, before watching the world's best test themselves in the international cross country races.
You can also follow live updates on Twitter tomorrow here
GB & NI team for the Great Edinburgh Cross Country on Saturday 10 January 2015:
Andrew Butchart (Derek Easton)
Luke Caldwell (Nic Bideau)
Michael Callegari (Craig Winrow)
Jonathan Davies (U23) (Rob McKim)
Will Gray (U23) (Bud Baldaro)
Callum Hawkins (Robert Hawkins)
Jonny Hay (Mick Woods)
Andrew Heyes (Keith Whitelam)
Adam Hickey (Eamonn Martin)
Charlie Hulson (U23) (Paul Roden)
Jonathan Taylor (Gordon Surtees)
Tom Wade (Geoff Watkin)
Georgie Bruinvels (Mick Woods)
Emma Clayton (Andrew Henderson)
Lauren Deadman (Bill Foster)
Alyson Dixon (self-coached)
Emelia Gorecka (Mick Woods)
Maryse Haynes (Bud Baldaro)
Katie Holt (Alan Morris)
Rebecca Murray (Alex Stanton)
Lily Partridge (Mick Woods)
Rosie Smith (Brian Mackay)
Gemma Steel (John Nuttall)
Euan Gillham (Robert Hawkins)
Jack Crabtree (Norman Poole)
Oliver Fox (Richard Llewellyn Eaton)
Jonathan Glen (Mark Pollard)
James Hall (Mick Woods)
Jac Hopkins (Kevin Tobin)
Grace Baker (Mick Woods)
Amy Griffiths (Mick Woods)
Harriet Knowles-Jones (Russell Tart)
Phoebe Law (Richard Holt)
Sabrina Sinha (Mark Newell/Peter Mullervy)
Lydia Turner (Thomas Millmore)


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Mariel Margaret Hamm-Garciaparra (rođena 17. ožujka 1972.) američka je umirovljena profesionalna nogometašica, dvostruka osvajačica zlatnih olimpijskih medalja i dvostruka prvakinja svjetskog prvenstva. Hvaljena kao ikona nogometa, igrala je kao napadačica za žensku nogometnu reprezentaciju SAD-a od 1987. do 2004. Hamm je bila zaštitno lice Ženske udružene nogometne asocijacije (WUSA), prve profesionalne ženske nogometne lige u Sjedinjenim Državama, gdje je igrala za Washington Freedom od 2001. do 2003. godine. Igrala je fakultetski nogomet za North Carolina Tar Heels i pomogla je ekipi četiri uzastopne godine osvojiti NCAA Division I žensko nogometno prvenstvo.

Tijekom svog mandata s nacionalnom ekipom Hamm se natjecala na četiri FIFA-ina turnira: nastup 1991. u Kini, 1995. u Švedskoj, 1999. i 2003. u Sjedinjenim Državama. Predvodila je ekipu na tri olimpijske igre, uključujući: 1996. u Atlanti (prvi put igrao se ženski nogomet), 2000. u Sydneyu i 2004. u Ateni. Završila je međunarodnu karijeru odigravši 42 utakmice i postigavši 14 golova na ovih sedam međunarodnih turnira.

Hamm je do 2013. godine držala rekord u postignutim međunarodnim golovima – i za žene i za muškarca
e – i danas je na trećem mjestu iza bivše suigračice Abby Wambach i kanadske napadačice Christine Sinclair od 2017. Trenutačno je na trećem mjestu u povijesti američke reprezentacije za međunarodne kape (276) i prvo za asistencije u karijeri (144). Dvaput proglašena FIFA-inom svjetskom igračicom godine 2001. i 2002. godine, Hamm i njezina suigračica Michelle Akers Pelé su pozvali kao dva od 125 najvećih FIFA-inih živućih igrača kad ih je uključio u FIFA 100 na proslavu stote godišnjice organizacije. Hamm je pet godina zaredom proglašena američkom sportašicom godine u nogometu i osvojila je tri ESPY nagrade, uključujući nogometašicu godine i sportašicu godine. Zaklada za sport žena proglasila ju je sportašicom godine 1997. i 1999. godine. Primljena je u Nacionalnu nogometnu kuću slavnih, Alabaminu sportsku kuću slavnih, Teksašku sportsku kuću slavnih, Sjevernu Karolinu, nogometnu kuću slavnih, i bila je prva žena primljena u Svjetsku nogometnu kuću slavnih.

Suvlasnica Los Angeles FC-a, Hamm je također globalna ambasadorica FC Barcelone i članica upravnog odbora Serie A kluba AS Roma. Autorica knjige Go for the Goal: Champion's Guide za pobjedu u nogometu i životu, Hamm je prikazana u nekoliko filmova i televizijskih emisija, uključujući HBO-ov dokumentarac Dare to Dream: Priča američkog ženskog nogometnog tima.

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Fadi: Six Palestinians were killed in that massacre, and then a seventh died yesterday.
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Ahmed Bhamji: And not only them. There are some businesses houses, also, who are around… Zionist business houses that are behind him, and definitely… And I think when the investigations come through, we need to… The investigations need to look at that angle. Where did he get the money to buy all those guns?
Ahmed Bhamji: Where did he get the money to be here for two years? This is a side that we need to have a look at.


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Stitch Meet and Greet. You can find this ornery alien at the Characterpalooza at Disney's Hollywood Studios, or in Magic Kingdom often by the flagpole. If you book a breakfast at 'Ohana, at Disney's Polynesian Resort, you are guaranteed to see him! His orneriness, cute alien face, and mischievous ways make him a super fun meet and greet for boys!
Chip and Dale Meet and Greet. These fun chipmunks are in several locations! First, you can find them in Epcot, in Future World They are usually outside The Land Pavilion, ready to meet guests. Another great place to find them is at the Garden Grill character dining experience, also in Epcot. These guys actually are in all four parks, so you are bound to run into them! They are also found in Rafiki's Planet Watch at Animal Kingdom, Tomorrowland in Magic Kingdom, and near Center Stage at Disney's Hollywood Studios. They like to play hide and seek, tease each other….and your kids….while taking photos, just be silly in general.
Buzz Lightyear Meet and Greet. What boy doesn't want to see the galactic superhero, Buzz Lightyear himself at Walt Disney World? You can find this super awesome hero at both Disney's Hollywood Studios and Magic Kingdom. Where? Outside the Toy Story themed rides~Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin and Toy Story Midway Mania. Keep in mind he doesnt' write….because he's a toy. So he will stamp your autograph book instead!
Goofy Meet and Greet. We have to get one of the Fab Five on the list, right? And I think Goofy is a great one for boys! He is everywhere at Walt Disney World. You can find him in all four parks, as well as at several character dining locations. He's a fisherman at Animal Kingdom, a circus star in Storybook Circus at Magic Kingdom, in his 1940s finest at Hollywood Studios, and his "normal" Goofy self at Epcot in the Character Spot. Plus you will be able to meet him at Tusker House, Chef Mickey's, Cape May Cafe, and Mickey's Backyard BBQ. He's literally everywhere!
The Mad Hatter. I know, he may not be at the top of the list for meet and greets for boys. But let me tell you. When we had breakfast at 1900 Park Fare with the Mad Hatter and his friends, my teenage boys laughed and giggled out loud when he came to our table. They thought he was hilarious! You can find him at breakfast at 1900 Park Fare, as well as at Magic Kingdom during Mickey's Not so Scary Halloween Party.
What character meet and greets do you think are great for boys? Disney isn't just about princesses and Minnie Mouse! There are so many more great meet and greets for boys, and everyone in your family at Walt Disney World!


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In 1933 at the height of the Great Depression, madman film producer/explorer Meriam C. Cooper pulled out all the stops to take viewers to an uncharted isle where the most monstrous of beasts was revealed to be the most tragically human creature of them all. King Kong was the greatest escape of its day. In 2009, while the world still tries to recover from the greatest economic downslide since the Great Depression, madman technological wizard/director James Cameron pulls out all the stops to take viewers to an alien world where the most monstrous of humans is revealed to be the most tragically alien creature of them all. Avatar is yet another in a long line of escapist fantasies bankrolled by Hollywood.
There have been those heaping rapturous praise on Avatar, likening the experience of watching it to something spiritual and claiming Cameron has crafted a tone poem. I fear they overestimate the film's potential, yet one would be a fool to ignore the effect it has had on many. Those on the flip side claiming the film is sunk because of its cliched story, however, grossly underestimate the film's power to entertain. The visuals never reach the transcendent level of a Kubrick or Malick film. This is no 2001. But the story-line, which is a clumsily strange mix-up of Pocahontas, Dances with Wolves and The Matrix, as well as the dialogue, aren't nearly as lame as they could've been given Cameron's track-record in this regard.
What Cameron has done is put Robert Zemeckis and his previous "motion-capture 3D" experiments to shame and crafted the most immersive and impressive 3D tableu yet to be experienced. The combination of live-action and computer-animation is seamless and allows for a wild, child-like imagination to run free as the viewer explores the insanely detailed and rich topography, fauna and wildlife of Pandora with a type of wanton abandon never before achieved in the movie theater. Given the time-consuming and money-sucking nature of the technology, I imagine in the future it will not be commonplace and hopefully utilized only for that once-every-few-years epic sci-fic extravaganza that would be only green-lit by a studio with the likes of a Spielberg (though he seems to shy away from this type of spectacle in his older age), a Peter Jackson or maybe a Guillermo Del Toro attached. The idea of someone like a Michael Bay or Roland Emmerich getting their hands on this technology makes my head want to explode. What hell hath Cameron potentially wrought we may not know for some time.
I also think those working themselves up into a tizzy over the ham-fisted political/religious/environmental pretexts in the film are wasting their time. If you're too worried about what Cameron is saying about current geo-politics instead of focusing on the ten-foot tall, bare-breasted, blue cat-woman ridding a dragon through floating mountains, then you aren't watching the movie! I could care less about what Cameron is saying in these regards. All I care about is how he is using the technology at hand to wow us visually.
Though it becomes somewhat tiresome to watch in the second act, and the third act is a bit anti-climactic given the build-up, Avatar soars on the imagination of those willingly going along for the ride through Pandora. It's easily the best overblown, mega-budget special effects film since Peter Jackson's 2005 remake of King Kong, but in the amazing year that has been 2009, I'm not even sure it would make my top ten. I didn't enjoy it as much as I did District 9, which was mercifully shorter, funnier, cheaper and more sharply focused, though thanks to the originality of its concept and execution, it easily outranks the shiny-happy-emo reboot of Star Trek.
Bottom-line: See Avatar in 3D for the visual experience, but don't expect any grand insight into the human condition. If it teaches us anything, it's that human beings will go to any lengths and spare no cost when it comes to finding new ways to escape their own reality. Take it for what it is and enjoy.
Be sure to read Sam Juliano's infectiously enthusiastic review at Wonders in the Dark.
For a different perspective, check out this Bollywood inspired spin on Cameron's accomplishment over at the Talking Talkies site.
James Cameron tells Pixar, Disney and Robert Zemeckis to ANIMATE THIS!
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Nice review, David. I think you hit it on the head, although I have to say that I think "Star Trek" is better.
"Avatar" is an incredible visual experience, but special effects have become so good that I always gravitate to story over effects and — as entertaining as it is — "Avatar" doesn't have a lot going on in the story department.
Well, I certainly do not agree remotely with Forest Hartman that "AVATAR does not have a lot going in the story department" and neither does so many of our most discerning critics, including Manohla Dargis of the NEW YORK TIMES and the New York On Line Critics Association who two weeks ago named AVATAR as Best Film of the year, a position seconded last week by the even fussier anti-populist London Film Critics.
The "story" here was as compelling and imaginitively fascinating as any science-fiction film we've ever had, but we'll leave that judgement to personal taste and perception. There's no "right" answer. I also stronly disagree with the assertion that "there's little in the 'humanity' department" as that may be the film's most extraordinary underpinning. But I've made my case in my own review, which you've graciously acknowledged and issued some most flattering hyperbole for, so I'll leave it at that. To come here like a bully and attempt to strong arm you with critics is admittedly a very bad tactice, especially since i was on the other side with UP IN THE AIR, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, THE ROAD and numerous others.
You've made your case eloquently, and I've made mine. Neither one of us could do any better.
P.S. I did like DISTRICT 9 and STAR TREK quite a bit as you know.
Sam, I would say I "saw the magic" in the visuals and that alone made AVATAR a most interesting experience for me.
I saw a preview for POLICE ADJECTIVE in front of BLt:POCNO and based on your recommendation here I will be sure to check it out now! I look forward to your year end top ten list…my annual Davies Awards will have to wait until I get to view THE WHITE RIBBON, UP IN THE AIR, and CRAZY HEART as they appear to hold the most potential of the lot I have yet to see from 2009.
Awesome review! I did overlook the underlying themes– it was too cliche for me. But the visual effects were out of this world. Literally.
Thanks for the comments. I think my biggest problem with the storytelling in "Avatar" was that most of the characters felt like stereotypes to me. The bad guys were all bad and the good guys (with the exception of our main hero) were all good. I think that's why some people are knocking it on a "human" level.
Despite the acclaim from noteworthy critics, there have been equally credible people who gave it a thumbs down. The Associated Press comes to mind.
But, as you mentioned, these things are subjective, and I found it to be an extremely entertaining film despite what I saw as flaws. Here's hoping you have an outstanding holiday!
I completely agree with your perspective that Avatar is an escapist fantasy. In-fact, I was in splits when I read the title of your review: "The Great Escape Part Two".
Also, happened to read a couple of your other posts and am in awe of your writing David. You'll find me dropping by your site more often now.
Forest, the reviews for AVATAR have been overwhelmingly positive. Every film releases always has a few negative reviews, but I fully understand what you are saying and always greatest respect your views. That we can both look at the same film and come up with different perceptions just shows you how a work can inspire different judgement. I saw a wealth of humanity and profundity in the story, by and large you and David did not, though we all agree the visuals were astounding.
Hi again David and Sam.
It's interesting that the two of you didn't much like "Titanic." The funny thing is, I remember some of the criticisms of "Titanic" being similar to my problems with "Avatar," but I thoroughly enjoyed the movie … even if Billy Zane chasing Leo through the sinking ship with a gun was completely over the top.
I guess this just reinforces what Sam wrote about differing perceptions of the same film. I certainly respect both of your views, so its interesting to see how far apart we are on that one.
I wish you both a great new year!


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Ella Papanek '21 (left) and Alex Yu compete in the qualifier tournament.
Photography by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer
Players bring their best moves to Smith Center tournament
By Stephanie Mitchell Harvard Staff Photographer
Date October 2, 2018 July 25, 2019
"No two games of chess are alike," Jason Yoo '21 muses. "It's always different. I like to see it as drawing or painting with a stranger that you just met."
Yoo was one of dozens of chess lovers who bonded and competed over the 14 new tables lining the plaza of the redesigned Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center in a recent weekend tournament.
Community Chess Weekend, organized by Harvard University's Common Spaces Program in partnership with the Harvard Chess Club, featured open play, exhibition matches against a grandmaster, and a qualifier tournament, all building up to the Collins Cup Invitational Blitz Championship from which Harvard Chess Club's own Varun Krishnan '19 emerged victorious.
"It brings together people of all ages," says Holger Droessler, Ph.D. '15, from Germany. "If you play football, you can't do that when you're 80. Chess you can still play when you're older, and you can start when you're very young. … It's ageless."
Nicholas Mastromarion (center) from Chelsea, shares his most memorable moment playing in Harvard Square. "My first win against a master. I remember that moment vividly. It was a very empowering feeling. Yeah, that was a good day."
Andrew Huang (left) and Jason Yoo, both '21, study the board. "When you look around it seems like there are always people waiting to play, which is really exciting to see because there is no idle chitchat or whatnot," Yoo says. "It's just getting down to business. … Making beautiful pieces of art on this board is very exciting. It's really interesting. It's always fun to see what different things you can make with different people."
"Fierce" is how Matthew Casso '19 describes the Harvard Square chess community. "You get into games where it's very precarious. Just one wrong move and the entire house of cards crumbles on either side. It's exciting to see a game go down to only a few pieces left, and it still being very close." Martin van Dommelen and his 18-month-old daughter, Maud, of the Netherlands, watch a match. "Chess is universal," van Dommelen says. "Go to parks and squares, the rules are the same everywhere. It's a part of home. It's familiar."
Three-time U.S. Champion Larry Christiansen (pictured upper right table), the grandmaster, moves from table to table defeating all but two of the approximately 30 challengers.
Holger Droessler, Ph.D. '15, makes his best move against grandmaster Larry Christiansen. "I should have studied his moves before playing. He's an attacking player. That's what one of the organizers told me before, and he showed that. It's the grandmasters. They're relentless." Francisco Vetcher, 7, tries a wall of defense against the grandmaster.
"As Rodney Dangerfield would say, 'We have a tough crowd here,'" Larry Christiansen says after two hours of play. "They did not make it easy." Daniel Sutton responds to a move by the grandmaster.
One of these players "can neither confirm nor deny" a victory against grandmaster Larry Christiansen.
Players compete to advance to the championship match.
Michael Isakov '22 and Carissa Yip vie for the Collins Cup.
Deliberations are intense during the championship. Gaven, 8, and his mother, Dabney Hailey, watch the Collins Cup contest. Varun Krishnan '19, in the foreground, goes on to win.
After vanquishing his opponent, MIT student Alexander Katz (center) observes other games. Visitors line up to record the final matches of the championship.
Billy Collins (center) celebrates after drawing with Harvard Chess Club team member Bryan Hu '19. The championship tournament was named after Collins, a fixture in the Harvard Square chess scene, according to Massachusetts Chess Association President Nathan Smolensky, in honor of Collins' 64th birthday. Why 64? There are 64 squares on a chess board.
Paul Barreira (left) and Barbara Lewis in the Counseling and Mental Health Services' newly expanded and renovated space on the fourth floor of the Smith Campus Center.
Rose Lincoln/Harvard Staff Photographer


text:
Бандо:
 Бандо — бирманское боевое искусство.
 Бандо — город в префектуре Ибараки, Япония.
 Бандо — разновидность женского нижнего белья.
 Бандо — жёсткая нетканая основа с равномерным нанесением термоплавкого клея.
 Бандо — женский головной убор или украшение в виде повязки, носимой на лбу.
 Бандо — повязка из лент в женских нарядах (шляпках, платьях. и т. д.)

Персоналии
 Бандо, Цумасабуро (1901—1953) — японский киноактёр.
 Бандо, Серж Нганбе (род. 1988) — французский футболист камерунского происхождения.
 Бандо Тамасабуро — «именная династия» актёров кабуки.
 Бандо Тамасабуро V (род. 1950) — актёр и режиссёр кабуки, классического театра и кино, современный носитель этого имени, самый известный современный оннагата (кабуки-исполнитель женских ролей), обладатель статуса «Живого национального сокровища» Японии.
 Бандо, Рюдзи (род. 1979) — японский футболист, нападающий.


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