Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall, and called Jesus, and said unto Him, Art Thou the King of the Jews?
Pilate answered – contemptuously – Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered Thee unto me: what hast Thou done?
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world; if My kingdom were of this world, then would My servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now is My kingdom not from hence.
Pilate therefore said unto Him in unbelief, Art Thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. And every one that is of the truth heareth My voice.
This is an incident of incredulity in the life of Pontius Pilate, the procurator of the Roman province of Judea. You would have to summon up in your mind what Jesus must have looked like when He stood there before the governor. He had been up all night long, the night before, in His trial before Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin [John 18:19-27].
And in that brutal confrontation, they had taken their fists and smote Him in the face [John 18:22]. His face must have been bruised. And the Book says that they plucked out His beard [Isaiah 50:6]. And there must have been a bloody mess when they pulled that beard from His face. The prophet Isaiah says that His visage was so marred – more than that of any other man [Isaiah 52:14]. And not only did He look bruised and bloody and disheveled but He apparently had the dress of a peasant.
And when Pilate asked Him, "Art Thou a king, You?" the Lord replied in the strongest affirmation that can be expressed in the Greek language – that is, by repeating what the interrogator said. And the Lord replied to Pontius Pilate, "Thou sayest I am a king" [John 18:37].
And that incredulity of the governor, as he looked at Jesus – "Art thou a king?" is the basis of this message this morning. King Jesus: how does He build His kingdom? How does He assemble His subjects? Who are the citizens of His kingdom? And when is His great coronation? And what is the extent of His dominion?
First then: how does He assemble His people, and how does He build His kingdom? He does it though the centuries and the centuries – quietly, unostentatiously, patiently, slowly, gradually. In the fourth chapter of the Book of Mark, our Lord said His kingdom grows like a seed – secretly, quietly [Mark 6:26-29]. And in that same section of parables, He said it's like a grain of the mustard seed, so small, but it grows and it grows and it grows [Mark 4:30-32]. That's the way King Jesus is building His kingdom.
I want to illustrate that in the life and work of our Lord. And when I do it in His life, I don't mean to be brazen or uncouth, but I don't know any other way to describe the incomparable miracle – I think, the greatest miracle in all creation. I am illustrating the fact that the kingdom of our Lord grows quietly, and softly, and secretly, and gradually, and patiently. And I want to illustrate it by His own life. When Jesus was incarnate, when the Lord God of heaven was incarnate, it was in the secret part of the womb of the virgin Mary [Matthew 2:20-25; Luke 1:30-35].
There were 23 chromosomes from her, a human virgin. And there were 23 chromosomes from deity, from the Lord in heaven. And they formed a first cell. And up and down those 46 chromosomes, all of those thousands of genes that are made into the unbelievable, miraculous birth of a child, and that one cell, by the process of mitosis, became two. And those two were four, and those four were eight, and those eight, 16, and those 16, 32, and those 32, 64, until finally the Son of God incarnate was born a babe [Luke 2:11-16].
And He grew as a child and became a youth. And the youth turned into a Man, the Son of God, Jesus the King. His work was just like that, slowly, gradually, unobtrusively. I don't know a better way to describe it than by contrast.
Think of the humble ministries of our Lord: calling Simon – whom He named a rock, Petros, Peter [John 1:42] – and calling the sons of Zebedee [Matthew 4:21-22], and calling a clerk in the tax office [Matthew 9:9] – just humble, unknown people, peasant people. And contrast that with the great headlines of the day. How unknown, how unobserved, how uninteresting, compared to the great imperial marches of the Roman legions, Cato and Scipio and Pompey and Caesar storming the ramparts of Carthage and Gaul and Parthia – and, this humble ministry in Galilee.
Or compare it again with the University of Athens, the famous Academy of Plato or the Lyceum of Aristotle or the Stoa of Zeno – and Jesus, so unknowing and so humble. That is the way God has chosen to build His kingdom: gradually, slowly, through the centuries and the years.
Second: who are the citizens of His kingdom? These who through those years have found refuge in Jesus, who have looked to Him in faith and who have accepted Him as their personal Savior. These are the citizens of the kingdom of heaven – our forefathers, and our fathers and mothers and finally we.
Do you ever think about when it was that your forefathers came to know Jesus as a Savior – some of you out of Germanic, Teutonic backgrounds; some of you out of Latin backgrounds; and some of us out of Anglo-Saxon backgrounds? Sometimes I think, "Where did my forefathers first accept Jesus as their Savior?" When we were in London a few days ago – I always, when I am there, look through the telephone directory to look at the Criswells. Some of them don't know how to spell their name. They spell it C-R-E-S. We need to teach those Britishers how to do over there. And some of them put two S's in it. Yeah, they need us to go over there, not you coming over here.
And I look and I think, "I wonder who, in the days and generations past, became a Christian in my family. Was it in the days of the missionary Augustine, who came to Canterbury in the 500s? Or was it Paulinus, who came to Northumbria, and won King Edward to the Lord in the 600s? Or was it Patrick, who won west England, and all of Ireland to the Lord in the 400s?" Isn't it a tragedy that someone stole our Saint Patrick. He was a Baptist preacher. Houston, did you know that? He was a Baptist preacher. He preached the gospel, and he baptized his converts, just as we do. Patrick did.
Was it in those days that my forefathers became a Christian? I could never know. I know this much. When I was a boy – see, I was born in 1909 – when I was a boy, I would see some of those old pioneer preachers out on the plains in the Western country where I grew up. And in those days, my father, who was a cowpoke – my father, when he was twenty-seven years of age, my father was won to the Lord out there by those old pioneer preachers. And then the day came, in my generation, when I heard the gospel preached. And on a weekday morning, in a revival meeting, I gave my heart to the Lord Jesus. These are the citizens of the kingdom of heaven – your forefathers, and your father, and your mother, and then finally, you.
Now next: when will He be crowned King of the universe? When will our Lord be received as the great God and Savior of all mankind? When is His great coronation day? The Bible tells us so explicitly. When is His great coronation day? It will be when the last Gentile comes down that aisle and accepts Jesus as Savior. In the eleventh chapter of the Book of Romans, verse 25: "When the fullness of the Gentiles be come in." "Fullness," pleroma, if I were to translate that literally: "When the last number, when the last one, of those who are to be saved among the Gentiles – when the last one comes down the aisle." That's the first one. When is Jesus going to be crowned King of the earth? First, when that one written in that Lamb's Book of Life, when that last one comes down the aisle, when that last one is saved [Romans 11:25].
Second, the next verse says when all Israel shall accept the Lord Messiah as their God and Savior [Romans 11:26], according to Isaiah [59:20-21], according to Isaiah [Isaiah 37:32], according to Zechariah, chapters 12 and 13, when the Lord Jesus is received by His people Israel as their Lord and Savior.
All right, when is Jesus' coronation date? According to 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, when the dead are raised from their graves, and when the generation that is alive at that time is raptured to meet the Lord in the air, and finally when the days of the tribulation are passed.
Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him, and they also who pierced Him: and the lost tribes and families and nations of the world shall wail because of Him. Even so, Amen.
When King Jesus comes to be crowned the Ruler and Sovereign and pantokrator, the Lord God omnipotent of all the universe, His coronation day.
In the earlier part of our century, in your lifetime, the Japanese army overran Korea – cruel and brutal. And in that nation of Korea at that time were about five thousand Baptists in forty little churches, presided over, pastored, shepherded by forty godly Baptist ministers.
The Japanese military became suspicious of their meetings. So they called in for minute interrogation the pastor of the Baptist church in Korea that was the elected president, the moderator, of the Baptist Association of Churches. And they grilled him hour after hour, and finally came to the second coming of our Lord. And the military interrogator said to that Baptist pastor in Korea, "When you say this Jesus was slain, crucified, and buried, and rose again, and when you say He went back to heaven, then what?"
And the pastor said, "He is coming again. He is coming again."
And the interrogator of the Japanese military said, "And then what?"
And the pastor said, "And when He comes, He will be crowned the King of all creation and the Lord of all humanity."
And the interrogator says, "What of our divine emperor in Japan?"
And the Baptist pastor said, "He will bow down before our Lord, for the Scripture said all shall bow down – 'Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that He is Lord, to the glory of God the Father'" [Philippians 2:10-11; Romans 14:11].
And the interrogator said, "Do you mean to say that that includes our divine emperor?"
And the Baptist pastor said, "It includes your emperor. 'Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord to the glory of God the Father.'"
And the interrogator said, "Do you believe this personally? Is this unique or peculiar to you, or do all of you believe that?"
And the [Korean] Baptist pastor said, "Sir, we all believe it."
And the Japanese military imprisoned all forty of those Baptist pastors. And they stayed there in cruel incarceration until the moderator died and his fellow ministers died. And it was only when American army came and liberated Korea that the remainder of them were given life and liberty.
Brother, we all believe it. We all believe it. Every one of us believes it. Jesus is coming again. And when He returns in triumph and in glory, it will be the great coronation of our Lord, attended by the hosts of angels, by all humanity, and by creation itself – Jesus, the King of forever!
Neither shall they say, Lo here! Or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is entos.
Now those are just common words: "The kingdom of God cometh not with parateresis" – with watching, with observation, outwardly. "Behold, the kingdom of God is entos." That is a Greek adverb: "inwardly." The kingdom of God is on the inside of you. It's in your soul. It's in your spirit. It's inward. Now there is no doubt about that! The Lord plainly says that, Jesus is the King of our hearts and of our souls, of our devotion, of our visions and dreams and prayers, He is the King of the inside of us.
Even Paul, the apostle, wrote in 1 Corinthians 15:50: Behold, the kingdom of God is not flesh and blood, for "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption." Now, I don't disavow that. That is the plain teaching of our Lord. The kingdom of our Lord is on the inside of us. He is the King of our hearts and of our spirits, of our love and devotion, of our prayers and hopes and visions. He is the King of our souls, of our spirit. But, I am avowing, according to the Word of the Lord, the kingdom is also spatial. It is material, it is physical, it is visible, it is actual, it is seeable and experiential. It is here in this creation of God. It's an actual kingdom in an actual spacious place.
For if I go away, I will receive you unto Myself, that where I am there may you be also.
I go to prepare a topos – t-o-p-o-s – I go to prepare a topos for you. And if I go and prepare a topos for you, I will come again and receive you unto Myself, that where I am there may you be also.
What is topos? What is topos: "I go to prepare a topos for you?" The King James Version translates it beautifully and perfectly and rightly and correctly. Topos is the common, ordinary Greek word for "place" – where you live, an area where you reside. Your house, your home, where you stay, that is a topos. It is a place. It is an actual spatial place.
A body has to have a place. Wherever you are, there has to be a place for you. Now, when we are given our new bodies, if it is a body, a body must have a place. When the Bible says He makes a new heaven, it is a new heaven, but it is a heaven – still a heaven. When the Bible says He creates a new earth, it is an earth. It may be a new one, a regenerated, a renovated one, but it is still an earth [Revelation 21:1-2]. And when the Bible says God is going to give us a new body, it is still and yet a body. It may be transfigured and transformed and immortalized, but it is still a body! [1 Corinthians 15:51-57].
, They were affrighted, and thought that they had seen a spirit, a ghost, a phantom.
And the Lord said, Do not be afraid – do not be afraid. I am not a ghost or a phantom or a spirit. Handle Me and see, for a spirit hath not flesh and bones such as you see Me have.
, Have you here anything to eat?
And they gave Him of a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And He, did eat before them.
To me, the greatest revelation of all time and eternity is this: the Lord God who sits on the throne of the universe is a man! He is a man. He is Jesus Christ, the incarnate Man!
And the Lord God must like matter. That's a Greek philosophical heresy – this dichotomy that matter is evil and only spirit is good; that's Greek heretical philosophy. According to the Word of God, all things that He made He looked upon it and said, "It is good – it is good." And then He finally said, "It is very good" [Genesis 1:3-31]. God likes matter. He created it. And the Lord God deity was incarnate, was incarnate in matter. He had a body [Matthew 2:20-25; Luke 2:10-16]. And when He was raised from the dead and glorified, He still had a body of flesh and bones [Acts 1:9-10].
And my brother, may I make a second avowal? Not only to me is the greatest mystery of the universe, the greatest miracle of all creation, that the Lord God Almighty, the God of the universe is a man, not only that, but to me the great affirmation of the Christian faith is this: that the same Lord God, in His power, shall raise us from the dead, and we shall have a resurrected, glorified body just like His! [1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15:51-57]. That's the great demonstration of the Christian faith: the resurrection from the dead.
May I say a corollary to that? The Lord God that would leave in the dust of the ground the least of His saints is not the Lord God of the New Testament. Not a one would be left behind. There will not a bone left for Satan to gloat over, not a relic for him to hold up in triumph, to say that, "He was able to raise these and these and these, but this one He wasn't able to raise; he belongs to me, the king of death and of corruption and of the grave." Every one of us shall be raised – every one of us. And we shall live in His sight. We shall have a body, and we shall live in an actual place.
I sometimes think of that when I read about Moses – Moses. And God took Moses to the top of Mt. Nebo and he looked over Jordan, and he saw the Promised Land. Jordan is, in our imagery, a sign, a symbol of death. And Moses looked over Jordan, and he saw God's Promised Land [Deuteronomy 34:1-4].
And I think of us, we, looking over Jordan – we are looking over the cemetery. And we are looking over the tombstones. And we are looking over the grave. And we are looking over the corruption of death. We are looking over age, and senility, and hurt, and pain, and sorrow, and tears, and separation, and death. We are looking over Jordan, and what do we see? What do we see? There is the new heaven, and there is the new earth, and there is the new city: the New Jerusalem, and there is our new home [Revelation 21:1-5]. There is the mansion He has gone to prepare for our coming [John 14:2-3]. And there is the fellowship with our Lord, and Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and they who have preceded us into the kingdom of Jesus. And there in the midst of the capital city is our Lord, our Savior [Revelation 1:3]. And we shall reign with Him forever and ever and ever [Revelation 22:3-5]. That's what God says, and that's enough.
Oh, what a prospect it is. As Paul closed that glorious fourth chapter of 1 Thessalonians: "Wherefore comfort one another with these words" [1 Thessalonians 4:18]. Our great destiny is yet to unfold, "God having prepared some better thing for us" [1 Corinthians 2:9]. O Lord, how could we praise Thee enough and love Thee enough, exalt Thee enough, sing about Thee enough, preach about Thee enough? Lord, Lord, what a triumph You have won for us in Your love and grace! And that extends down to you. It's the Lord who through the years and centuries calling citizens to believe and trust in Him, and that call is to our hearts today, and now.
In a moment we'll sing our hymn of appeal, and while we sing it, a family you, a couple you, a one somebody you, "This is God's day for me, and I'm on the way." Down a stairwell if you're in the balcony, down one of these aisles if you're in the press of people on this lower floor, "Pastor, today, I'm accepting Jesus as my Savior. I'm opening my heart heavenward and God-ward and Christ-ward. I'm inviting Jesus to be my friend and Savior, to forgive me my sins, to stand by me in the day of death and the great judgment that's yet to come. I'm giving my heart in faith and life to the Lord Jesus." Or to put your life in the circumference and fellowship and communion of our wonderful church, "Pastor, this is my wife and these are my children. All of us are coming today." You and your husband, just the two, or you and a friend, the two, or just one you, "This is God's day for me, and I'm on the way." May angels attend you while you come. God bless you in that first step, and welcome, while we stand and while we sing.
II. How does He assemble His people and build His kingdom?
III. Who are the citizens of His kingdom?
IV. When is His coronation?
V. What is the extent of His dominion?


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Scott Palmer's search for another career-best at season opener goes up in smoke
POMONA, Calif. (Feb. 10) — After posting multiple career-best numbers in qualifying, Scott Palmer and his upstart Magic Dry Organic Absorbent Top Fuel team tried to go even quicker in Sunday's opening round of the 59th annual Lucas Oil Winternationals. But alas, they were a little too aggressive, smoking the tires of their 11,000-horsepower rail as soon as Palmer stepped on the gas.
"Like I said before the season started, we're done racing by hoping the other guy makes a mistake so we can win the round," Palmer said. "We're racing to win straight up. We may make a few mistakes but we are going to try to win rounds instead of hoping the other team we're racing messes up."
Today, Palmer was facing veteran Doug Kalitta, who had qualified one spot ahead of him on the ladder. Being friends with several members of Kalitta's team, Palmer knew what to expect and knew what he needed to do to have a chance at winning.
"We were basically trying to run a 3.68 or 3.69 and that's exactly what it would have taken to win that round," Palmer said. "They ran a 3.70 flat with a .053 light to my .072, so it was going to take a 3.68 for us to win. We went up there trying to run that number because we knew they'd be a .69 or .70. We had to swing harder than we should have.
"The cool thing is the guys on that team saw what we did in qualifying and they were like, 'Damn Palmer, we need to tune it up big time to beat you.' That was pretty cool to hear and I just wish we had given them a better race. At least we know they aren't taking us for granted any more. No one will."
Officially, Kalitta ran a 3.707 at 323.97 mph, his best pass of the weekend against Palmer, who drifted to an 8.545 at 93.47 mph. During qualifying, Palmer posted three passes better than his previous career best, the best of which was a 3.720 at 328.38 mph.
"If we had improved to a 3.70 we still would have lost so we had to go even harder," Palmer said. "It would have taken a career best by four hundredths to win that round. Well four hundredths when you're trying to improve on a 3.95 isn't as difficult to find as it is when you run a 3.72. It's such a fine line at these numbers and we are picking away at it.
"We took a swing and we will take the results because the car went down the track four times this weekend and it hauled ass so it did exactly what we wanted. This is how we wanted to start the year off, other than we wanted to win, so it's hard to be too upset."
Soon after Palmer's loss, rain returned to Pomona and ultimately pushed the rest of elimination racing to Monday morning. Up next for Palmer is the 35th annual Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals, February 20-22, at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park.


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1 Now after these things were done, the captains came to me and said, The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not kept themselves separate from the people of the lands, but have taken part in the disgusting ways of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
2 For they have taken their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the peoples of the lands; and in fact the captains and rulers have been the first to do this evil.
3 And hearing this, with signs of grief and pulling out the hair of my head and my chin, I took my seat on the earth deeply troubled.
4 Then everyone who went in fear of the words of the God of Israel, because of the sin of those who had come back, came together to me; and I kept where I was, overcome with grief, till the evening offering.
6 I said, O my God, shame keeps me from lifting up my face to you, my God: for our sins are increased higher than our heads and our evil-doing has come up to heaven.
7 From the days of our fathers till this day we have been great sinners; and for our sins, we and our kings and our priests have been given up into the hands of the kings of the lands, to the sword and to prison and to loss of goods and to shame of face, as it is this day.
8 And now for a little time grace has come to us from the Lord our God, to let a small band of us get free and to give us a nail in his holy place, so that our God may give light to our eyes and a measure of new life in our prison chains.
9 For we are servants; but our God has not been turned away from us in our prison, but has had mercy on us before the eyes of the kings of Persia, to give us new strength to put up again the house of our God and to make fair its waste places, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
11 Which you gave to your servants the prophets, saying, The land into which you are going, to take it for a heritage, is an unclean land, because of the evil lives of the peoples of the land and their disgusting ways, which have made the land unclean from end to end.
12 So now do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or do anything for their peace or well-being for ever; so that you may be strong, living on the good of the land, and handing it on to your children for a heritage for ever.
14 Are we again to go against your orders, taking wives from among the people who do these disgusting things? would you not be angry with us till our destruction was complete, till there was not one who got away safe?


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As UF maneuvers, white nationalists say they're coming to campus
White nationalist Richard Spencer, center, and his supporters clash with Virginia State Police in Lee Park after the "Unite the Right" rally was declared an unlawful gathering Aug. 12 in Charlottesville, Va. A woman was killed when a man described as a Nazi sympathizer drove his car into a crowd there, authorities said. Now the University of Florida is maneuvering for a possible legal fight with Spencer, who wants to speak at the Gainesville campus. [Getty Images]
By Claire McNeill
Published Sep. 2, 2017
A few days ago, University of Florida president Kent Fuchs made a vow to students. UF would "vigorously" defend its decision to reject white nationalist Richard Spencer from speaking on campus.
On Friday, the school made clear the denial was just for Spencer's preferred date, Sept. 12.
He is welcome to try again.
"It was never the intention of the University to permanently bar Mr. Spencer from speaking at an appropriate time and location," a letter to Spencer's attorney read. Instead, UF officials said, it just wasn't the right time.
Spencer's representatives are deciding what comes next. They may go through the motions of applying for a new speech date. They may just flock to campus and hold a public demonstration on their own terms on Sept. 12. Either way, they were pleased on Friday.
"We view this as a promising and hopeful development," Gainesville attorney Gary Edinger wrote in an email.
In Gainesville, UF grapples with the specter of its own brush with white nationalists (Aug. 14, 2017)
UF's move to deny white nationalist Richard Spencer a venue sets up a First Amendment court fight (Aug. 16, 2017)
Legal battle draws near as white nationalist sends ultimatum to UF (Sept. 1, 2017)
Last month the university rejected Spencer's application to rent space on campus, citing concerns about violence in the wake of Charlottesville, where white nationalists brawled with protestors and a woman was killed on Aug. 12. Fuchs emailed students about his decision, saying that though Spencer's rhetoric is "repugnant," the university ultimately made its decision based on "the likelihood of violence and potential injury — not the words or ideas."
Spencer, whose National Policy Institute advocates for a white "ethno-state," had successfully challenged Auburn University in April over a similar rejection. A federal judge said Spencer should be free to speak on First Amendment grounds.
So on Thursday, Edinger sent UF a letter on behalf of Spencer, warning that if the university did not let Spencer speak, they could expect to end up in federal court in a matter of days.
On Friday, UF responded with a concise letter, echoing concerns about violence but adding several key points that could help shield it from potential legal action.
Chief among those points was timing — an element UF had not underscored in previous statements.
The letter said that Fuchs decided that the "highly charged atmosphere" after Charlottesville posed serious risks "if the speech took place on University grounds in early September."
"It's a pretty artfully done email," said Peter Lake, an expert in higher education law at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport. "They played on the time factor. It wasn't a good time right then, but it might be a good time later."
The U.S. Supreme Court allows institutions to make reasonable restrictions on free speech when it comes to time, place and manner. In this light, Spencer's denial could be interpreted as more of a postponement.
Emphasizing the time restriction helps weaken arguments that UF illegally discriminated against Spencer based on his viewpoint, Lake said. Canceling an event simply because of potential violence could have been challenged as a "heckler's veto" — suppressing speech in anticipation of a hostile audience.
Should Spencer make another request, UF said it will try to accommodate him as it would any other speaker, with considerations for safety and security.
In other words, it's still no guarantee, but the door is open.
If Spencer and company take a different path and hold a public demonstration, Lake said, they could potentially be trespassed from campus for causing a disruption.
"They may want to go the civil disobedience route," Lake said. "Then they can say, 'We were martyred to the UF system,' and UF will have to defend its reasonable rules."
Event organizer Cameron Padgett had yet to speak with his attorney Friday afternoon when he vowed that the event would go on, potentially as a demonstration.
"We're going to show up Sept. 12 regardless, a million percent," Padgett said. "We're not going to disrupt the normal activities of the school, but the protesters might ... they would need to remove them, not us."
Organizers of a planned "No Nazis at UF" protest for Sept. 12 were keeping tabs on the developments on Friday. More than 2,200 people have said they will attend.
Spencer is described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as "a suit-and-tie version of the white supremacists of old, a kind of professional racist in khakis." In growing his following, he has focused heavily on college campuses.
Other universities have turned Spencer away in recent weeks, including the University of North Carolina and Penn State University, largely for fear of violence.
Spencer's was the first application UF officials can remember denying. Though the decision to reject him came after sustained public outcry, the university said the events in Charlottesville, and the potential for similar chaos at UF, were the determining factor.
In UF's letter, by interim vice president and general counsel Amy M. Hass, the university acknowledged the value of the free exchange of ideas but drew a line in the sand.
When university officials believe an event poses a risk to students, or interferes with its educational mission, Hass wrote, "we have the right and responsibility to take appropriate steps to mitigate that risk."
Contact Claire McNeill at (727) 893-8321 or cmcneill@tampabay.com.
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"The static URL changes when you make public pictures private. If it did not, your pictures would remain visible wherever people had posted them, despite your desire to make them private." - this is great, hope it's true.
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I Paid A Bribe | Extortion of money for a supposed to be free visa.
All ReportsI Paid A BribeExtortion of money for a supposed to be free visa.
I was on the line, when the immigration officer examined my return visa to Doha which is ready to print and said that it is illegal to stay in Colombo for such reason like Visa Break. I said regardless if its Visa Break or not, I am a traveller and chose to travel to Sri Lanka, and for whatever reasons, I think Immigration Officers shouldnt stop people from entering their country given that they have been travelling and have supporting documents to prove my 1 night stay. So he called someone on the phone all I can hear is "Filipini" and he let me go to the Via on Arrival and come back to him. I paid 40USD and I asked for a receipt, they didnt give me, So when I went back to that Immigration officer, he said in a low voice like whispering that what I am doing is not right and I have to pay him 20 USD for the special favor. At first I didnt agree but because I was tired and he has no plan on releasing me, I gave me. Imagine everyone on the line is finished and I was the only one left at the counter. He even told me I have to pay another 20 USD before my departure. I said I wont and this wont be unactioned because I will really do something as I am not in favor of corruption and extorting travelers who chose to visit their country. He stamped my passport with 2 days stay which I supposed, a free visa. What a shame.


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VIDEO: SpaceX's Falcon 9 Rocket Crash-Lands on Droneship
Even when you're Elon Musk, you can't always win.
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Elon Musk's ego took a very minor shot on Wednesday. His company, SpaceX, has had a run of striking success with its rocket launches and mind-boggling landings. But that run ended. After a successful Falcon 9 launch, which propelled SpaceX's second satellite into orbit, the team hoped to recover the rocket by landing it on its ocean droneship Of Course I Still Love You.
SpaceX just needed to throw the satellite on a course toward orbit, then redirect its Falcon 9 rocket. As a result of this relatively shallow launch, there were fewer re-entry burns to slow down the rocket. Without these re-entry burns, the rocket would combust as it traveled back down to earth. With fewer re-entry burns, it becomes that much more challenging to land the rocket on a droneship.
Musk explained the crash on Twitter this way: "Looks like early liquid oxygen depletion caused engine shutdown just above the deck."
He noted that the "rocket wasn't as fast as they thought but it was still hard enough to destroy the primary airframe and accordion the engines" and put the crash into perspective with this tweet: "As mentioned at the beginning of the year, I'm expecting ~70% success rate on landings for the year. 2016 is the year of experimentation."
Musk, jokester as he is, called the failure a "Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly" in the aftermath of the wreck on Wednesday. But, as the video shows, it wasn't as bad as previous RUDs. This rocket actually did land, but was very much on fire as it did so:
Still, all hope is not lost. As Kate Tice, a SpaceX process improvement engineer, reminded webcast viewers, the "important thing to keep in mind is that we did receive a lot of really good data from this. As always, these are experimental attempts, and, although we can say that Falcon 9 was lost in this attempt, we did get a lot of really valuable data from it." Next GTO mission, SpaceX will be armed with this data — and with more powerful landing engines.
In the meantime, Musk is probably thinking that someone just turned up the difficulty level on his video game of life.
SpaceX Successfully Lands the Falcon 9 Rocket on a Droneship
By Matt Kim
SpaceX's Falcon 9 Rocket Crashes on Third Attempt to Land on a Droneship
By Liz Tracy
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Lands on a Droneship in First Mission Since August
By Peter Hess


Allegheny Student Government held its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. ASG swore in class proxies and discussed the upcoming elections.
Allegheny Student Government swore in their new proxies and discussed their current finances, constitutions and diversity at their latest general assembly meeting in the Henderson Campus Center Tuesday, Sept. 11.
John Seiber was sworn in as a proxy for the class of 2019, and Zach Rohan was sworn in as a proxy for the class of 2020 (for the fall semester). The class of 2021 is still working on nominating its proxy.
"(At our class meeting) we will be discussing our multiple nominees for a proxy senator … and hopefully tonight we will be able to come to a verdict," said Emma Godel, class of 2021 president. The class of 2021 had its class meeting right after the general assembly meeting.
Along with the proxy discussion, ASG also discussed the first constitution they received from the Allegheny Women's Club Soccer team. The team was represented by Hannah Kitchen, '20, at the meeting. The members of ASG could ask any questions they had.
Noah Dawgiello, '19, asked whether an investment into cleats would be necessary.
"You can play in your tennis shoes, so now you have no excuse not to come," Kitchen answered.
Responding to an email sent to all Allegheny students about a bias incident that occured on campus, ASG's diversity and inclusion committee gave a report on how they hope to be a part of the solution.
First-year senate elections were discussed due to them coming up at the end of the week. The running first-year students gave speeches at Grounds For Change at 5 p.m. on Wednesday and elections were held Thursday, Sept. 13, and Friday, Sept. 14.
It was also mentioned that David Roach, '21, who updated ASG's new website will also be helping create a new website for GFC.
Associate Dean for Wellness and ASG adviser Gretchen Beck ended the meeting with a small report on the upcoming Title IX listening circles.
"I forgot the flyer, but Title IX will be doing listening circles, and they're putting flyers and things up … and we will get that information out to you," Beck said.
ASG holds its general assembly meetings at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays in Campus Center room 301/302 and its meetings are open to the public. The ASG first year elections are all day Thursday Sept. 13, and Friday Sept. 14. Students can vote on WebAdvisor or are also allowed to vote in the Campus Center at designated tables and laptops. Students were also invited to hear the first year senators speak at 5 p.m. in GFC last Wednesday.


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because stable is invoked from the /pony-bar/bar folder, the ../pony-foo path refers to /pony-bar/pony-foo, which doesn't exist. As of 0.2.0, will refer to /pony-foo. This is a breaking change where someone might have been relying on the previous behavior. However, the previous behavior was unintentional and was considered to be a bug.
Fix a bug where running stable env ponyc in a project that contains cyclic dependencies creates a process that never finishes, consuming more and more memory until it's killed.


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Fun with Nazis
Before Hogan's Heroes started up its run of several years airing weekly on a TV network, a pre-debut radio ad for the show was heard widely - and quoted in Newsweek:
Question: "What are some of the amusing ingredients?" Answer: "German police dogs, machine guns, the Gestapo… shall we say, 'If you liked World War II, you'll love Hogan's Heroes'"
The second voice was that of Bob Crane, the actor who played Hogan.
(The Newsweek piece was called "Fun with the Nazis." The show ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to March 28, 1971, on the CBS network)
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THE (ANTI)MODERN PRESIDENT. After looking at an abstract mural at the U.N. then President-elect Eisenhower said, "To be modern you don't have to be nuts."
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I make customs and have a list of premades!


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Zaheer: 'We can still make the play-offs'
Mathematically, Delhi Daredevils still has a slim chance of progressing in the competition provided it wins its remaining three games.
New Delhi 07 May, 2017 12:26 IST
Delhi Daredevils skipper Zaheer Khan shakes hands with his Mumbai Indians counterpart Rohit Sharma. - Sandeep Saxena
Delhi Daredevils skipper Zaheer Khan insists his team can still make the play-offs despite the drubbing it received at the hands of table-topper Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League.
Mathematically, Delhi still has a slim chance of progressing in the competition provided it wins its remaining three games.
After Saturday's 146-run loss, Delhi is sixth in the points table with four wins and seven losses.
"We still have a chance. We need to win. You can always talk about the points table but the first thing is that we need to win. We need to regroup as quickly as possible, we got a three day break coming up, that will help us regroup and come back stronger," said Zaheer after his team was bowled out for 66, its lowest total this season.
The heavy loss had come after back-to-back successful chases at the Feroz Shah Kotla, raising hopes of revival for the Daredevils.
"Nine days back nobody was giving us a chance (in the tournament). Today you are talking about play offs. Surely, it is going to go down to the wire. We need to stay positive, the mindset is critical. We will be doing the same things that we have done in the past," said the former India pacer.
It was the second time this season that Delhi was bowled out for a sub-70 total but Zaheer defended his batsmen.
"It was a good Delhi wicket to bat on. Basically, when you are chasing 200 plus, you have to go for it from ball one."
"As a batting unit you have to do things which have been working for you. I don't think there was anything wrong in terms of approach. It was one of those days we couldn't get going," said the captain referring to team's chases of 208 and 185 in the previous two games.
Delhi has not reached the play-offs since 2012 and was amongst the laggards the last four editions. However, Zaheer thinks the team is improving.
"It is about building a squad and that has been going well for us. You can see that with the kind of atmosphere in the dressing room, the energy on the field. We are consciously working on it," he said.
"T20 format is such that you have to get the momentum and stay on top. If you look at the team graph, it has been going upwards in the last three four years. It is just the little things need work and it will happen in due course."
For Mumbai Indians, the stars of the night were the West Indian duo of Kieron Pollard and Lendl Simmons, who delivered in his very first match of the season with a 43-ball 66.
Simmons, who replaced Jos Buttler at the top of the order, admitted it was frustrating to sit on the sidelines.
"I wouldn't say pressure but it was frustrating not to play. So I was just preparing to be ready whenever the opportunity comes. I enjoy batting in India, the wickets are really good for batting," said Simmons.
He also credited the Mumbai Indians support staff for the improvement in his batting.
"One thing I must say is that even if I am not playing, I get to bat a lot at the nets. The supporting staff has been good, Robin Singh especially gives me lot of advice. Back home we don't have good wickets like we have them in India, so that also makes a difference."
On the big win against Delhi, Simmons added: "First of all, we did not think we would bat first. They had chased 200 twice in the previous games. We took early wickets in the chase and it worked for us. That is why we were able to finish early."
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Bad Levels in Gaming History - Volume Five
Good/bad level design, like many things in life, can be a very subjective thing. However, I am pretty sure that my picks for this fifth volume of Bad Levels in Gaming History can be considered by most to be pretty bad, whether it's in its design, its repetitiveness, and so forth. Games on this volume include The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Sonic Adventure 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Donkey Kong 64, and Darksiders.
If you've missed a previous volume of Bad Levels in Gaming History, check them out with these links!
The Temple of the Ocean King - The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)
Dungeons are generally a fantastic part of The Legend of Zelda line of games. I'd even go so far to say that they're my favorite part of each game. Big thing to say, right? Phil sarcastically asked. Anyway, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass had some interesting dungeons in it, but it also bestowed onto players one of the most aggravating and tedious dungeons in series history, The Temple of the Ocean King.
The main issue with the Temple of the Ocean King is just how it is set up. It is essentially a timed stealth dungeon, requiring you to avoid Phantoms that will chase after you if they notice your presence. The titular Phantom Hourglass pours sand from its top to its bottom. If the sand empties from the top and fully fills the bottom, it's game over. The aforementioned Phantoms take away thirty seconds of time if they catch you.
What makes matters worse is that you are returning to the Temple of the Ocean King basically after every dungeon. This means you will have to AT LEAST go through the dungeon six times or more, and that's not including failed runs. Each visit allows you to venture further down the dungeon's thirteen total floors. Don't like repeating puzzles for no reason but to pad the gameplay experience? That's unfortunately too bad. That's exactly what you have to do in this dungeon.
The sad fact is that the Temple of the Ocean King isn't a poorly designed dungeon per se. It just requires the player to retread the same ground, solving the same slow puzzles over and over again, and it forces you to do so more times than should be allowed. Just half of the visits to the Temple of the Ocean King would have worked better than what the final product in the game was.
Crazy Gadget - Sonic Adventure 2 (DC)
Let's face what I perceive to be facts, shall we? Early 3D Sonics were hard enough to contend with due to their poor cameras, sloppy controls, and frustrating bugs and glitches. Factoring gravity shift mechanics into things makes for one mess of a level. That level is Sonic's penultimate stage in the Hero Story of Sonic Adventure 2, Crazy Gadget.
Crazy Gadget is devised of various gravity switches that change the flow of gravity, pulleys that rappel Sonic up large shafts, and of course, everyone's favorite enemy in the game, Artificial Chaos. These blue blob boobs can attack Sonic from afar with their huge extending reach via a pair of thin blue tentacles.
The problem with these obnoxious beings is that the lock-on mechanic to homing attack these enemies doesn't always work. Sometimes you homing attack them and their tentacles somehow wrap around and take you out. Then there's those Chaos that explode into dozens upon dozens of little Chaos orbs, which the player can only take out by slamming on the homing attack button, praying that the game actually locks onto each foe instead of sending Sonic straight, prone to injury and a resulting loss of all of his rings. Bye-bye, A rank!
Crazy Gadget exemplifies the early 3D Sonic series's grandest control and camera problems, making for a mighty frustrating level that was hard to love when I had more patience as a young high school student, and is now impossible to love now that I have less patience for wonky design.
Killer Croc's Lair - Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3, 360, PC)
Batman: Arkham Asylum is a roller coaster ride from the very beginning of the game up to close to the end. Then the ride screeches to a halt when Batman enters Killer Croc's lair, a section of the game where slow and steady wins the race for survival, but loses in the contest for fun. The lair itself is a long, pitiful, repetitive sewer maze (even the combination of words to describe the place evokes feelings of tedium) where Batman must tiptoe his way across floating wooden planks.
Meanwhile, Killer Croc leaps out of the water so many times in attempt to scare you that it quickly becomes "the Croc That Cried Wolf." It stops being alarming or intense after about the fifth jump-scare out of around thirty or so. Each time Croc leaps out of the water, a simple throw of an automatically-targeted Batarang knocks old ugly back into the murky drink. Killer Croc's lair is a blight on what is otherwise a near-perfect action game.
Crystal Caves - Donkey Kong 64 (N64)
Donkey Kong 64 is arguably an immensely and overly bloated collect-a-thon that took the amount of objects and trinkets to gather that Banjo-Tooie had and ratcheted that number exponentially. That's a big part of why the game is so understandably overwhelming to many players. Another part of that is definitely the level design. While most of the levels are indeed large, they're at least designed well. Crystal Caves, one of the last areas of Donkey Kong 64, does not follow such a trend.
The problem with Crystal Caves is that so many areas look so similar to one another, and this is thanks to the abundance of brown and blue walls that fill the cavernous complex. It makes trying to navigate yourself around the level a chore. That's not to mention gigantic stalactites falling from the ceiling intermittently, though this is only upon the Kongs' first visit to the level. Not only all of this, but Crystal Caves easily has some of the most arduous and, dare I say, unfair challenges for Golden Bananas within the entire game. This all adds up to one very annoying and irritating level that despite its awesomely chill tune is anything but enjoyable.
The Black Throne - Darksiders (PS3, 360, PC)
It stands to reason that one of the most difficult dungeons in an action-adventure game like Darksiders would be near the end of the game. That is remarkably and definitely true for Darksiders' Black Throne dungeon.
The dungeon's aim is to use the area's special item to redirect a trio of beams of light in the dungeon's central chamber. This can have you gnashing your teeth, pulling your hair out, and smashing your controller against your knee (perhaps that's just me) as you try to wrap your head around the convoluted portal puzzles being presented to you. Don't feel bad if you need to consult a guide or walkthrough just to make it through these puzzles.
Even then, a guide will only help with the puzzling aspects of the Black Throne. There's still plenty of ridiculously powerful foes to contend with, a lack of health pick-ups to nab, and an unrelenting amount of checkpoints. There's a point in a level where its challenge goes from fair and difficult to cheap and agonizing. The Black Throne goes beyond the point of being the former and dives directly into the latter.
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Introduction to Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (成都大熊猫繁育研究基地)
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is the primary tourist destination to see giant pandas in Chengdu. It is a non-profit research and breeding facility for giant pandas and other rare animals. The panda base is located at Futuoshan Mountain in northern suburbs of Chengdu with only about 10 kilometers from downtown Chengdu, and can be reached within 35 minutes by taxi.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is also known as Chengdu Panda Base. It is founded in 1987 for the purpose to protect the endangered pandas and some other rare species including giant pandas, lesser pandas, black-necked cranes, and white storks. In order to create the best natural environment for the rearing and breeding of giant pandas, verdant bamboo and other plants have been cultivated to provide diet and habitat for pandas. Also necessary facilities are constructed in the base.
Integrated scientific research and breeding of giant pandas, conservation education, tourism education, and panda cultural events, Chengdu Panda Base have made a lot for the education and scientific research of pandas. The Giant Panda Museum inside the panda base which was opened in 1993 was built to improve the scientific research and public awareness of the protection of wild animals. It is the only museum that theme in rare and endangered animals in the world. At the museum there are collections and exhibitions of pictures and materials that educates characteristics and habitat of giant pandas, and also efforts the base haven made. Also collections of specimens, fossils, and models of giant pandas are gathered in the museum.
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1. Take buses 87, 198, 198A or 867 getting off at the Panda Base stop.
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2. All activities that involve direct contact with pandas have been suspended. The date of when these activities will resume is till to be confirmed.
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Fishing will run from 6:30am to 7:00pm on Saturday, October 15 and again from 6:30am to 12:00pm on Sunday, October 16.
There will be an Anglers' Meeting at The Boatworks (formerly Wilson Cove Marina) in Norwalk, CT for all anglers who can make it on Friday, October 14 from 5:00 to 8:00pm ET to discuss rules, drink beer and eat pizza. Anglers' Bags and other items will be handed out at this time as well, and we will go through the Tournament App that will be used to submit fish in this year's tournament.
Fishing is limited to the western Long Island Sound. The western boundary remains the Throgs Neck Bridge, while the Eastern Boundary has been extended eastward to the cable crossing area extending from just east of Mount Sinai Harbor to Branford. This cable crossing area should show on most GPS / Nav charts, and will hopefully ensure access to albies during the event. Please see Map below.
Entry Format
Anglers will compete both individually and as a member of their team (boat). Each team can have up to four anglers (there is no requirement to fill all four spots), who must be declared prior to the start of the tournament.To the extent possible and where space is available, we can work to pair individual anglers with teams looking for additional members and have a number of guides available as well.
Target Species / Competition Categories
There are nine categories in which anglers will compete. Three individual species categories (striped bass, bluefish and hard tails - false albacore, bonito or spanish mackerel) for both fly and spin fishing, a 'slam' category, which combines the largest fish of each species, and a team category, which combines the two largest fish of each species caught by the team.
Prizes will be awarded to the top anglers in each individual species category, top three anglers in each slam categories (assuming more than one species is caught) as well as to the top team.
For the individual striped bass and bluefish categories, anglers will combine the length of their two largest fish in each species.
The individual hard tail category will be determined by the number of false albacore, bonito or spanish mackerel landed by each individual - the length of false albacore & bonito does count for slam categories, so measuring large ones is needed.
For the slam category, anglers will measure the sum of the length of their single largest fish in each species category. For both the individual and team slam categories, if all four species are caught, the largest of each can be added to your total (striped bass, bluefish, false albacore, bonito and spanish mackerel).
For the team competition, anglers will measure the sum of the length of the two largest fish landed by any member of the team in each species category. If no teams land a fish from each category (blue, bass, hard tail), the team with the largest combined length for the two categories that were landed will be named champion. For both the individual and team slam categories, if all four species are caught, the largest of each can be added to your total (striped bass, bluefish, false albacore, bonito and spanish mackerel).
Please note that there are NOT separate fly and conventional categories for the team competition. Any fish boated by any member of a team, regardless of whether it was on conventional or fly gear, can count towards the team's total.
Individual anglers are allowed to compete in both conventional and fly-fishing categories.
Minimum Fish Sizes
Both striped bass and bluefish must measure at least 19.5 inches to qualify for any categories, so please do not submit any striped bass or bluefish that are shorter than that length. There is no minimum size for false albacore, bonito or spanish mackerel.
The Tightlined Slam is artificial only. Live or dead bait may NOT be used in any way and is prohibited from being on the boat. This includes chumming or teasing fish to the surface. Any evidence of bait being used will result in submitted fish being disqualified. If a bunker/menhaden is accidentally snagged or hooked, release it immediately and do not use it to attract or chum fish to the surface.
If fly or spin fishing, trolling a lure or fly behind a moving water craft is NOT permitted.
If fly-fishing, IGFA regulations are in place as follows. Casting and retrieving must be carried out in accordance with normal customs and generally accepted practices. The major criterion in casting is that the weight of the line must carry the fly rather than the weight of the fly carrying the line. The maximum amount of line that can be stripped off the reel is 120 feet (36.57 meters) from the fly. The fish must be hooked on the fly in use, if a small fish takes the fly and a larger fish swallows the smaller fish, the catch will be disallowed. Leader class tippet cannot exceed 20lb test and the leader shall be limited to 15 feet (4.57 meters).
Catch and Release Practices
Science shows that even small changes in how an angler catches, handles and releases a fish can have positive outcomes once that fish swims away. Not only does using best practices increase survival rates of fish, but it helps fish return to their normal behavior as quickly as possible after release. Using best practices for catch-and-release fishing is a quick and effective way to put conservation into practice. As a catch-and-release only tournament promoting the importance of conservation, proper handling of fish is paramount to the survival of those that we are all fortunate enough to catch. We are excited to help promote these best practices to help ensure that released fish during the Tightlined Slam survive.
We are going to use the Tightlined Tournaments app again, and will have a step-by-step instruction to review in advance of this year's tournament.


The Beatitudes from Our Lord's Sermon on the Mount is a very well-known piece of Scripture, but many people still wonder about that first beatitude and how it can be obtained. What does it mean to be poor in spirit?
"We have this in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew's Gospel. In the Sermon on the Plain, which is akin to it in Luke's Gospel, it just said, 'Blessed are the poor.' In Matthew's Gospel it said, 'Blessed are the poor in spirit.' I'm sure the Lord said it both ways at different times," explained Msgr. Stuart Swetland, host of Go Ask Your FatherTM on Relevant Radio®.
"But what it means to be poor in spirit is not necessarily that we physically don't own things, but we recognize that everything is a gift. That if we actually own anything, it's just we're stewards of it. That all of it is meant to build up God's kingdom, and that everything we've received—our time, our talent, our treasure, everything else—is a gift from God to be used to build up the kingdom. So poverty in spirit means you recognize your total dependence on God for everything," said Msgr. Swetland.


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Record gender pay gap a concern for the community sector, new data shows
March 4, 2015 Remuneration, Workplace Diversity
You might have heard that the gender pay gap in Australia reached a record level last week, with women now being paid on average 19 percent less than men. And the gap is even bigger for women in management positions.
Data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has found that women in management positions are paid up to 29 percent less than men across the economy – and up to 25 percent less in the female-dominated health and social services sector, where most not-for-profit organisations work.
Given that women make up over 80 percent of health and social services workers, failing to provide equal opportunities – and pay – for women means organisations are missing the opportunity to develop and recruit talented future leaders.
Women are paid less for equal work – the facts
According to the latest data collected by the WGEA, the average pay difference between men and women in management roles ranges from 23 percent at lower levels up to 29 percent for key management personnel (senior managers with input into the organisation's direction).
Why? Helen Conway, WGEA Director, says the discrepancy remains because of ongoing issues around unconscious bias, a lack of workplace flexibility and how women – and the work they do – are valued:
"The data clearly shows women in management aren't accessing the same earning opportunities as men. This is partly due to the fact that women gravitate to roles the market typically assesses as being of lower value. For example, we know female key management personnel are more likely to be in support roles such as human resources than line roles such as heads of finance."
The data from the report is calculated based on employees' total remuneration rather than their base pay. According to Conway, this suggests that not only are women in management positions paid less, but they're also less likely to receive discretionary payments like bonuses.
Gender pay gap concerning for health and social services managers
While you may think that an inclusive, female-friendly sector like health and social services would have less to worry about, the chart below shows that the gender pay gap is significant. In fact, the gap for key management personnel in the health and social services sector, for example, is the fifth largest out of the 19 industries studied.
Gender pay gap across management positions in the Health and Social Assistance sector
But, it's not just a gap in pay that's an issue, it's also the under-representation of women in top positions.
Despite 80 percent of the health and social services workforce being women, this number shrinks significantly the higher up the management chain you go.
Here's a breakdown of the representation of women in management positions in the health and social services sector:
As you can see, women are represented proportionately in the lower levels of management (76 percent of "Other Managers" are female). However this number decreases rapidly the higher you go, with only 36 percent of CEO positions being held by women.
Where does the gap come from?
The WGEA is clear in its report that the power to address pay inequality in the workplace lies – ironically – with the organisation's management itself:
"Employers who are committed to creating equal access to opportunities for women and men need to work harder to remove barriers that inhibit women from entering these higher paying roles. A lack of quality flexible work, the legacy of workplace cultures built on the male breadwinner model and gender bias are likely to be among the barriers that need to be tackled."
While research shows that a significant barrier for women in attaining pay equity is that they don't ask for more money, Conway points out the difficulty with this:
"Research shows women face a double bind when negotiating pay whereby attempts to assertively argue their value are viewed more harshly than when a man exhibits the same behaviour, which results in women being less likely to put forward their case for higher pay."
The WGEA has a number of tools that HR directors and NFP leaders can access for free including their pay gap calculator that you can access via their website.
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The project began in November of 2016 when our program received the salvaged aircraft from the Civil Air Patrol. Students worked during class and outside school hours to completely remove all the mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic components of the airplane. To prepare the fuselage for installation of the Redbird TD2, students also made repairs to the aircraft and put their skills in sheet metal fabrication to the test. Redbird followed our progress and provided technical support as we completed the custom design.
In total, this stage of the project lasted 18 months and demonstrated the students' proficiency in mechanical and sheet metal work, welding, simulator component installation, and interior design. It also challenged them with soft-skill centric tasks such as partnership creation and funding acquisition. As the project progressed, we were able to form a number of valued partnerships with organizations across campus and in the local community. Even the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force donated to the project.
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The results of the build have been fantastic. In June of 2018, our students entered the completed simulator in the San Diego County Fair Student Showcase and earned First Place and Best in Class awards. More importantly, though, the collaborative, project-based approach to learning has led to a better understanding of classroom instruction and has helped the performance of underprivileged, special education, and at-risk students. As a result of the project, our students have been able to improve their science, math, and reading abilities as well as expand their knowledge of military, civilian, and aviation careers.
Today, our students operate the simulator as part of the aviation courses offered at our school. As of fall 2018, Vista High School offers "Introduction to Aviation and Small Unmanned Aerial Systems" as a course option. It's essentially ground school for airplanes and drones. The course accommodates both Career Technical Education (CTE) and Air Force JROTC students and has been approved for credit by higher learning institutions. At Palomar College, the course counts for 3 credits and the University of California system has approved the course as a "G elective."
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This summer, our program will graduate 15 students, our largest class to date. This will be the first class to graduate with Part 107 Commercial Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) Certificates. One of our students, Cadet Jacob Birst, also has been selected by the Air Force for the Chief of Staff of the Air Flight Academy Scholarship program this summer. He is one of only 150 cadets selected for this prestigious program.
The capstone event for our students is a one-hour flight in a Civil Air Patrol Cessna 182. So far, 72 cadets have taken flight. Prior to the flight, cadets are able to flight plan and fly their mission in the simulator. Suffice it to say, they've all been very well prepared.
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Toronto Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf summed up his team's latest loss in one word: "unacceptable."
The Maple Leafs were handed their second ugly loss in as many games, suffering a 9-2 beating at the hands of the Nashville Predators at Toronto's Air Canada Centre.
"When you get beat like that in professional sports, it's embarrassing," said Phaneuf. "To get beat like that in front of your home fans compounds the issue."
Coming off a 6-2 defeat to the lowly Buffalo Sabres on Saturday, Toronto (9-7-2) was flat from the get-go against the Predators and couldn't play itself back into the game.


The efficient use of resources is one of the greatest challenges facing our generation.
Climate protection, in particular the continuous reduction of greenhouse emissions, a crucial task for the future.
The careful management of water consumption, purification and storage as well as wastewater treatment is essential.
The rapid economic ascent of the emerging countries necessitates enormous investments in energy, transportation, water and health care.


Success in business today is achieved through positive, productive relationship. The Women's Council of Realtors provides an environment of collaboration in which members can form, build and maximize relationships for business and personal success. When members share their time, talent and experience the industry is advanced.
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Every member has something to contribute and something she can learn from every other member. Membership in Women's Council of REALTORS is a sign of professionalism and helps you build your professional credibility. Women's Council members share a set of values in how they run their businesses-integrity, collaboration and a commitment to excellence and continuous development.


It's easy for today's business managers to lose sight of the basics as they focus their attention on a host of other reasons why their margins may be shrinking. You read and hear a lot about the threats of offshore outsourcing. You worry about falling behind in your use of new communications tools and in making the most of the Internet. These threats are certainly real, but you'll never have to deal with them if a more basic problem undermines your company.
In the U.S. Army, young recruits are taught this life-or-death lesson during combat field training. The recruits are alerted that three snipers (played by other soldiers) are crawling through the grass toward them. As they wait for the aggressors to advance, suddenly, across the field, a figure pops up, and the recruits begin firing (using blanks). A little closer in, another figure pops up, and again the recruits direct their fire to that target. Two seconds later, the platoon is "annihilated" by hand grenades tossed by the third aggressor, who has managed to sneak up right next to the platoon while they fired at distant targets. The platoon was "wiped out" because it failed to act against the closest, and therefore the most serious, threat.
As a business manager or owner, the biggest threat you face is losing sight of your most important target— your customer. He is the one who can blow up your business simply by going elsewhere. You may play golf with him, bend over backward to rush a delivery to him, and even consider him a friend. But you can lose him to a competitor if you lose sight of your competitive advantage.
Competitive advantage is what separates you from the rest of the herd. It's what keeps your business alive and growing. In short, it's the reason you are in business. Yet the biggest marketing flaw in most companies is their failure to fully reap the benefits of their competitive advantages. Either they think they have a competitive advantage but don't. Or they have one and don't even realize it. Or they know they have a strong competitive advantage but fail to promote it adequately to their customers and prospects.
Your eventual goal should be to come up with a hard list of competitive advantages that you can use to increase profits at your company. So get out pen and paper, or spark up your laptop, and write down the answers to the questions below. Let your imagination go. Bounce your answers off colleagues, if you like, just as I ask people to do in my workshops. In fact, it is better if you involve your top staff as well as others from different departments. The more ideas, the better.
At this point, you want a long laundry list of possible competitive advantages, which you will refine, winnow, reject, and rethink as you progress through the book. Note: You might settle on a single, clear competitive advantage with which to go to war. Or you might have five to ten or more competitive advantages with which to arm your sales staff. Sometimes a single shot will level your enemy; sometimes it takes a machine gun.
Competitive advantage is objective, not subjective. How many times do we hear a company say, "You should do business with us because we deliver good quality and great customer service"? Well, your idea of quality and my idea of quality may be galaxies apart. This kind of boast is subjective and tells us nothing. In fact, words like quality, reputation, and trust, when used to describe competitive advantage, are so hackneyed we tune them out.
It is quantifiable, not arbitrary. Which statement is more compelling: "We have great customer service" or "Ninety-five percent of our business comes from referrals"? When you make objective, quantifiable statements such as these, the customer is more likely to believe your claims. Your company may be trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, rave, clean, and reverent. And your customers may appreciate those traits. But they don't buy from you for your Boy Scout traits. In fact, in today's marketplace, they have come to expect them as givens.
It isn't claimed by the competition. If your sales force goes out with a list of attributes that your competitors can match or exceed, you are courting disaster. (In fact, that is the principal reason so many sales calls don't result in closings or why salespeople resort to price as a tiebreaker.) Find out exactly what you provide that the other guy doesn't and harp on it. Explore what that advantage means to the customer. If it can save him money—and it often can—make sure you stress that. Better yet, tell the customer how much he saves by using you. Even if your goods or services are more expensive than those of the competition, you can still save your customers money because of fewer breakdowns, guaranteed on-time delivery, training assistance, better payment terms, and so on.
It is not a cliché. Don't tell me that you "exceed your customer's expectations." How do you know what their expectations are? Your customers expect good service. How do they define good service, and how do you? I bet those definitions are not the same. After all, who would admit to providing bad service? Again, be specific. If you provide service twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week—and the others guys don't—say so.
Copyright © 2006 by Jaynie Smith. From the book Creating Competitive Advantage by Jaynie Smith, published by Currency Books/Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc. Reprinted with permission.