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MAY 2017 MARKET UPDATE
Macro Overview – May 2017
Fiscal policy has taken center stage as President Trump's tax proposals will begin a drawn out process for legislative approval. Individuals, small businesses, and large corporations are expected to benefit from the various proposals.
Geopolitical risks weighed on global financial markets during early April as investors sought fixed income. Regardless, global equity markets achieved higher levels as confidence returned.
French voters are a focal point in the international markets as they decide the probable fate of the European Union (EU) and the euro's acceptance. A leading candidate, Marine Le Pen, is an advocate of France exiting the EU, which the British voted for last year.
Mexico and Canada breathed a sigh of relief as President Trump suggested that perhaps the U.S. could renegotiate NAFTA rather than abandoning it. Trade has been a leading agenda item for the President as suggestions to impose tariffs on imports has raised anger among U.S. trading partners.
Contrary to popular belief, the U.S. dollar has actually fallen after recent Fed rate hikes. Some economists see this as a signal that rates may actually stay close to where they are and not rise much until stronger economic numbers are in.
The Fed gave no indication of slowing tightening plans this year, even though U.S. economic growth slowed to 0.7% in the first quarter of 2017, the slowest quarter in three years. Consumer sentiment, though, remained at elevated levels in April as the University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment Index rose again. It is up 9% from April 2016 to April 2017.
The S&P 500 Index finished up 5.5% during President Trump's first 100 days in office. Timing has become a must when achieving an attractive first 100 days. Roosevelt began his term in the midst of the depression with a rebounding market from collapse in 1933, while Bush saw his first 100 days during the middle of the dot-com bust.
Sources: Eurostat, S&P, Bloomberg, Fed, Univ. of Michigan
Fixed Income Update – Global Bond Markets
Analysts believe that demographical factors are increasingly influencing the direction of fixed income markets. Even after the fed raised rates this past quarter, along with a series of rate increase expectations, bond yields have reversed and headed lower. The 10-year U.S. Treasury Bond yield fell in April to 2.29%, levels last reached in November 2016.
Volume of investment grade bonds has surpassed the volume of high yield bonds for the first time since 2008, suggesting that sentiment about risk factors in the bond markets may be changing.
An exit from any one of the EU member countries is expected to cause additional negative sentiment and market repercussions in European credit markets as the euro becomes that much more susceptible.
Government bonds from Venezuela reached yields in excess of 20%, as the country bristles with political and economic chaos. It is estimated that Venezuela has roughly $10 billion left in reserves, which is expected to be exhausted fairly soon.
Sources: Reuters, Bloomberg, U.S. Treasury
Equity Overview – Domestic Stock Markets
The three major equity indices all ended positive in April, with the technology heavy Nasdaq reaching a milestone. The Nasdaq Composite Index passed through 6000 in April, taking it 17 years to move from 5000 to 6000. The index has hit 25 new records so far in 2017, the most of any year since 1999.
Earnings remain upbeat for most sectors of the S&P 500 index, instilling confidence into markets. The technology sector excelled in April as improving earnings helped propel the sector. The recent drop in oil prices to below $50 affected the energy sector as tighter margins placed pressure on future earnings prospects.
Sources: S&P, Bloomberg
The French Vote & Consequences For the Euro & EU – International Update
A similar sentiment that encouraged British voters to exit the European Union (EU) is now influencing French voters to possibly do the same. A leading candidate, Marine Le Pen, is an advocate of France exiting the EU.
A growing concern in Europe is that a domino effect may take hold as the sentiment to exit the EU spreads to other countries. Upcoming elections in Lithuania, Austria, Netherlands, and Germany may yield additional candidates that also favor an EU exit. Of the 28 EU member countries, France currently has the third largest economy after Germany and the UK, which voted to leave the EU in 2016.
The challenge ever since the euro was introduced to the financial markets in 1999 has been how best to synergize the various cultures and languages entangled throughout the EU. In addition to cultural and social diversity, the EU imposes certain rules and laws on EU member countries and their citizens. The regulations have been considered intrusive and overbearing by several EU members. A current objectionable mandate by the EU on its members has been the acceptance of immigrants. For years, EU members have honored an open door policy to immigrants fleeing political persecution in their home countries, such as Syria, Afghanistan, and Albania.
With the onslaught of recent terrorist activity and attacks by identified immigrants throughout Europe, a growing anti-immigration sentiment has taken root. Among the countries with considerable inflow of immigrants has been France, whose recent terrorist attacks has influenced French voters to insist on new immigration policies.
Sources: Eurostat, Bloomberg, Reuters
A Brief History Of Tax Cuts – Historical Note
For nearly a hundred years, tax cuts have been a centerpiece of political strife among politicians, with both parties at times lobbying for lower tax rates.
An accepted belief has been that lower taxes widen the Federal deficit and provide no economic expansion. Contrary to this belief, prior tax cuts enacted by various presidential administrations actually yielded economic growth and higher revenues for the Federal Government.
During the 1920's, tax rates were lowered from over 70% to less than 25%, resulting in an increase in tax revenue from $719 million in 1921 to over $1.1 billion in 1928.
Following the dramatic tax increases during the 1930's imposed by President Hoover and President Roosevelt, Democratic President John F. Kennedy enacted across the board tax reductions. The reductions of the early 1960's brought top tax rates down from 90% to 70%, while simultaneously increasing tax revenue from $94 billion in 1961 to $153 billion in 1968.
The historic tax reform act of 1986, signed by President Reagan, reduced rates across all income levels and nearly doubled tax revenue by 99.4 % during the 1980's.
The top marginal Federal tax rate has fluctuated from a low of 7% in the early 1900's to 91% during the 1950's. Over the past 104 years, the average top marginal tax rate has been approximately 57.9%.
Sources: Heritage Foundation, IRS, Tax Policy Center
Where Trump Tax Cuts Will Help The Most – Fiscal Policy
President Trump's proposal to cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 15% could benefit various industries and sectors throughout the country. U.S. based businesses with a domestic focus would benefit the most including retailers, telecom companies, regional banks, restaurants and health insurers. Domestic based companies have about a 35% tax because they lack lower overseas operations taxation. Standard & Poor's estimates that highly taxed companies could see a 30% increase in after-tax earnings if the top corporate tax rate falls to 15%.
Not only may corporations attain higher profits, but consumers may also enjoy lower prices should some of that profitability be passed on to consumers.
The proposals also include a one-time amnesty rate of 10% for U.S. companies that have an estimated $2 trillion in profits trapped outside the United States. U.S. companies have been discouraged from bringing these profits back to the U.S. because of the current 35% tax rate. Proceeds from the repatriation of $2 trillion into the economy could result in job creation, manufacturing, and increased dividend payouts for shareholders.
Pass-through businesses stand to see a generous tax reduction under the proposals. Sole proprietorships, S corporations, limited liability companies (LLCs), and partnerships are considered pass-through businesses.
The proposal has become extremely popular with these entities because they currently employ more than 50 percent of the private sector work force and account for roughly a third of all private sector payroll.
Sources: The Tax Foundation, IRS
The Tax Benefits Of Homeownership May Change – Tax Planning
As President Trump's tax proposals are being unveiled, homeowners are carefully following the possible effects on home ownership. The current tax code provides a number of benefits for taxpayers that own their homes rather than rent. Homeowners have the ability to deduct both mortgage interest and property tax payments from their federal income tax. The possibility of eliminating the deduction of property tax payments may alter the benefits of home ownership for some.
The tax code also allows for the exclusion of capital gains on home sales. Currently the exclusion from taxable income on the appreciation of homes when sold is $250,000 for individuals and $500,000 for joint filers. In order for the exclusion to be effective, the homeowner must live in the home as their principal residence for two of the preceding five years. In addition, homeowners may not have claimed the capital gains exclusion for the sale of another home during the previous two years.
The benefit of property tax and mortgage interest deductions as well as capital gains exclusions tend to benefit higher income earners more. The deductions and exclusions available to all homeowners are essentially worth more to taxpayers in the higher income tax brackets than those in lower income tax brackets.
The difference results largely from various factors: compared with lower income homeowners, those with higher incomes face a higher marginal tax rate and typically pay more mortgage interest and property taxes. They are also more likely to itemize deductions on their tax returns rather than just taking the standard deduction.
Sources: Tax Policy Center, IRS
**Market Returns: All data is indicative of total return which includes capital gain/loss and reinvested dividends for noted period. Index data sources; MSCI, DJ-UBSCI, WTI, IDC, S&P. The information provided is believed to be reliable, but its accuracy or completeness is not warranted. This material is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any stock, bond, mutual fund, or any other financial instrument. The views and strategies discussed herein may not be appropriate and/or suitable for all investors. This material is meant solely for informational purposes, and is not intended to suffice as any type of accounting, legal, tax, or estate planning advice. Any and all forecasts mentioned are for illustrative purposes only and should not be interpreted as investment recommendations.


Your plan for writing is wonderful. So happy your family accepted it so you can create.
Teaching our children handwriting is like unlocking another aspect of their personality. You might be thinking their writing will be lovely like yours-or ugly, if you feel that way about it. But you never know-in the end it may look just like Dad's or Grandma's! You are simply giving them a tool for expressing themselves. "Enjoy the process," as my husband likes to say. You're on the verge of discovery!


Telemedicine provider Teladoc has reported reaching a new benchmark: completing more than 3,000 e-visits in a single day.
According to the company, 3,000 e-visits in one day breaks down to approximately one patient call every 10 seconds during peak time, and physician contact within an average of seven to 10 minutes.
"To put this into perspective, 3,000 e-visits is the equivalent of all ambulatory care patient visits in a typical day at a major U.S. medical center, or the total number of patients seen in one day by the country's five largest hospital emergency departments combined," wrote Jason Gorevic, CEO of Teladoc, on a post announcing the milestone. "It's a lot of visits."
Additionally, Teladoc compared single day accomplishment of 3,000 visits to where the company stood five years ago, when it completed 3,000 visits per month.


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wednesday comix: AMERICAN VAMPIRE vol. 1
When American Vampire showed up at my door and asked to come in, I reluctantly opened the door. Effing vampires are everywhere these days, you know? They're on the got-danged see-doubleyuh! All those moony-eyed Twilight types stare out at me from bedsheets and towels in Target's domestics department! I considered myself officially vampired-out, but this is comics, a medium around which I manage very little self-control. I figured I'd give American Vampire a chance since it arrived all bedecked in a hardcover and all co-written by Stephen King. Yes- in the interests of Final Girl I cracked it open...
...and man oh man did I fall for it in Necco Conversation Heart-"American Vampire, can I hold your hand?"-style. I guess that's what happens when I encounter a horror comic book with gorgeous art, terrific dialogue, tons of blood, and vampires that are monstrous. That last, you see, is the key that sets American Vampire apart from most every other bloodsucker who's sparkling around town these days. The book, published by Vertigo, is vicious and violent. In his introduction to this edition (which collects Cycle 1, the first 5 issues of the ongoing series), Stephen King says:
...it's all about giving back the teeth that the current "sweetie-vamp" craze has, by and large, stolen from the bloodsuckers. It's about making them scary again.
King and Scott Snyder, the writer behind the series' concept, succeed in giving vampires...well, by giving them their bite back.
Wow, that's bad. Sorry.
There are two storylines at work in the book. One, written by Snyder, is the tale of Pearl Jones, a hardworking wannabe starlet scraping by in 1920s Los Angeles. King relates the origin of Skinner Sweet, a mean ol' outlaw turned vampire- America's first- in 1880. As the two stories intertwine, blood and bullets fly. It's European ideals versus the western frontier as somehow Snyder and King manage to give a fresh take on the vampire mythos. Most importantly, however, the two have created characters you want to learn about, characters you invest in and root for and root against. I kind of fell in love with everybody, and I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.
I can't say enough good things about Rafael Albuquerque's art, either- I wanted to eat this book. From the crispness of Pearl's story to the lush washes of Skinner's, Albuquerque and coloist Dave McCaig have created a harsh, rugged world inhabited by distinctive characters.
The next cycle of American Vampire heads to Las Vegas in the 1930s, and there's more to come after that. I thought I was completely tired of the genre, but this book seriously bowled me over and I honestly can't wait for the next. For me, this is definitely a "hit the comic shop on Wednesday" series. Fans of horror, fans of bloodsuckers, fans of comics, fans of King- there's a lot to love here.
The bee-you-teous collected edition features all 5 issues of the first cycle as well as a cover gallery (including variants by the likes of Jim Lee and Paul Pope), a foreword by Stephen King and an afterword by Scott Snyder. Super wicked highly recommended, the hardcover hits comic stores on September 29th and bookstores everywhere on October 5th. Yeah comics!
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StuartOhQueue said...
I think you've earned your punslinger star for that "bite back" comment.
Stacie Ponder said...
It's sooooooo cheesy but I couldn't resist!
Scare Sarah said...
Gnash gnash. I've not been in to comics for a while but the art here looks amazing. Love the cover (which it is judged by) LOL
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A tasty meal can be amazing for your mood, and it's even better when it is delivered straight to your house!
This is why, when a restaurant worker went above and beyond what would be expected, they managed to vastly improve someone's wellbeing! So much so that the person's son felt compelled to thank the employee personally.
Credit: Kips Flamin' Burgers
Rick, who currently lives in Michigan, USA, was devastated after discovering that his 86 year old father all the way in Ontario, Canada, was craving some heartier food.
His father, Dale, had been battling pancreatic cancer for some time, and is living temporarily at an assisted living home. Whilst on a phone call, Dale mentioned to his son that he missed eating his favourite food, especially cheeseburgers and fries! Sadly, due to his health, he was unable to leave the facility, leaving him stuck dreaming of the delicious foods of his younger days.
Credit: Schweid & Sons
With hopes that a tasty meal would cheer up his dad, Rick contacted every single burger restaurant in Pickering, Ontario, asking if they would deliver for a local senior citizen. Over a dozen restaurants told Rick they were unable to.
Eventually, the owner of Kips Flamin' Burgers, Carmen Kolandjian, answered the plea of the desperate son!
Although she hesitated at first as they don't usually do delivery, and she could name to take the time out of her day to do the delivery, she soon changed her mind once Rick explained the dilemma.
Credit: Living In This Season
"After I explained the circumstances of my father's failing health, and concerns of his recent eating habits, she took it upon herself to extend her compassion and heart to help the son of a man whom she never met before. She finished her shift at work and drove the food to the local assisted living home, asking for nothing in return," Rhoads told The Star newspaper.
She stayed true to her word, Kolandjian hand-delivered a burger, french fries, and a side of gravy to the care home with a note reading:
"Hi Dale, this is from your amazing son, Rick. Enjoy your meal."
"It just tugged at my heart strings when he told me about his dad," said Kolandjian. "I always try to do a good deed. I have a soft spot for the elderly."
This kindness did not go unacknowledged by Rick! He traveled all the way from Michigan to Pickering to visit his father and make a stop by the burger joint to give Kolandjian a personal thank you for their kind gesture.
Talking to The Star, he said "people like that need to be recognized."
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Ptolémée (en latin Ptolomeus ou Ptolomaeus) est le  évêque de Lyon. Il succède à Jules dans la seconde moitié du .

Biographie

On ne sait rien de lui et de sa vie, seul son nom nous est connu d'après les différentes listes des premiers archevêques de Lyon et les chroniques de l'histoire de l'Église de Lyon. Il est cité dans un catalogue de l'abbaye de l'île Barbe. Il est également le dernier évêque de Lyon à posséder un nom grec comme cela fut le cas des quatre premiers évêques, la communauté chrétienne primitive de Lyon ayant à l'origine de forts liens avec l'Asie mineure qui disparaissent peu à peu avec l'enracinement du christianisme en Gaule.

Il est probablement un descendant de Zénobie.

Il à aussi peu être pour fils Tetradius, évêque de Lyon en 330.

Bibliographie

Notes et références

Évêque du IIIe siècle
Évêque de Lyon
Date de décès non renseignée (IIIe siècle)

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My next question posed, if that was removed, who are you, really?
The responses vary... as we look outside of ourselves to identify with who we are, our inner self beckons attention, this becomes the driving force to our addictions.
Without the titles, addictions and mass collections of thoughts and things we identify with... who are you, really?


Something that freaked some of my Yr 4 students out recently was the use of Google Docs with my iPad and the class interactive whiteboard.
We don't have Apple TV in classes yet (working on that!) Our work laptops have docks and it is a bit tricky to run a class/large group discussion on the IWB. My handwriting looks atrocious because the projector doesn't quite line up consistently. Character recognition on SmartBoard works well but the process of using it to change written text to typed text is cumbersome and disrupts the flow of discussion.
I had an ah-ha moment where I decided to set up a document on Google Docs to hyperlink in a Smart Notebook slide. Once I have it on the IWB, I open the same document on my iPad (using the Google Doc app) and as we have a discussion I (or a student) can type the discussion points on the iPad 'et voila' it appears on the white board.
The Yr 4 group I teach is the kind of active group who struggle to maintain any length of concentration so this helps to just keep the discussion flowing quicker and gives them something to watch on the screen. It certainly catches their attention!
It has proven to be a good tool to use in staff meetings (again no Apple TV yet) where I can type up discussion points and people can see it in real time, make suggestions and point out corrections.
What next? It would be great to enable the students to access Google Docs and use it as a collaborative tool on the student laptops and iPads. And then…go global!


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Humanities › Geography
Generational Names in the United States
Traditionalists, Gen Zs, and Everything in Between
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M.A., Geography, California State University - Northridge
B.A., Geography, University of California - Davis
Matt Rosenberg is an award-winning geographer and the author of "The Handy Geography Answer Book" and "The Geography Bee Complete Preparation Handbook."
Updated on February 12, 2020
Generations in the United States are defined as social groups of people born within a defined time period that share similar cultural traits, values, and preferences. In the United States today, most people identify as Millennials, Xers, or Boomers. While generational names have existed for years, their regular use is a fairly recent cultural phenomenon.
A Brief History of Naming Generations
Historians generally agree that generational naming began in the 20th century. It was deceased American writer Gertrude Stein who coined the term "Lost Generation" in her work. She bestowed this title on those born around the turn of the 20th century who devoted their lives to service during World War I. In the epigram to Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises," published in 1926, Stein famously wrote, "You are all a lost generation."
As for the rest of the generations? Generational theorists Neil Howe and William Strauss are usually credited with identifying and naming U.S. 20th-century generations in their 1991 book titled "Generations." Most of these labels stuck, though the dates that define them are somewhat flexible. In this study, the two historians identified the generation that fought World War II as the G.I. (short for "Government Issue") Generation, but this name would soon be replaced. Less than a decade later, Tom Brokaw published "The Greatest Generation," a best-selling cultural history of the Great Depression and World War II, and that namesake is still used today.
Canadian author Douglas Coupland, born in 1961 at the tail end of the Baby Boom, was responsible for naming the generation that followed his own. Coupland's 1991 book "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture" and later works chronicled the lives of 20-somethings and came to be seen as an accurate representation of that era's youth. Without knowing it, Coupland permanently named Gen X.
Generational theorists Neil Howe and William Strauss suggested the name Thirteeners (for the 13th generation born since the American Revolution) for Generation X, but the term never caught on.
Most Recent Generations
The origins of generations following Generation X are much less clear. In the early 1990s, the children born post-Gen X were often referred to as Generation Y by media outlets like Advertising Age, which is recognized as being the first to use the term in 1993. But by the mid-90s, amidst commotion about the turn of the 21st century, this generation was more often referred to as Millennials, a term Howe and Strauss first used in their book. There is now a Generation X and a Millenial generation.
The name for the most recent generation is even more variable. Some prefer Generation Z, continuing the alphabetical trend begun with Generation X, while others prefer buzzier titles like Centennials or the iGeneration. What will come in the future is anyone's guess and with each new generation comes more disagreement.
Generation Names and Dates
Some generations such as Baby Boomers are known by one name only, but other generations have many titles to choose from and these cause no small amount of dispute among experts. Read a few alternative systems of categorizing and naming generations below.
Howe and Strauss
Neil Howe and William Strauss define generational cohorts in the U.S. from 1900 on as follows.
2000–: New Silent Generation or Generation Z
1980 to 2000: Millennials or Generation Y
1965 to 1979: Thirteeners or Generation X
1946 to 1964: Baby Boomers
1925 to 1945: the Silent Generation
1900 to 1924: the G.I. Generation
The Population Reference Bureau provides an alternate listing and dates of generation names, showing that the lines that separate each generation are not necessarily concrete.
1997 to 2012: Generation Z
1981 to 1996: Millennials
1965 to 1980: Generation X
Center for Generational Kinetics
The Center for Generational Kinetics lists the following five generations who are currently active in America's economy and workforce. They use trends of parenting, technology, and economics to determine the dates of each generation.
1996–: Gen Z, iGen, or Centennials
1977 to 1995: Millennials or Gen Y
1945 and before: Traditionalists or the Silent Generation
What About the Youngest Generation?
Australian researcher Mark McCrindle can claim the credit for naming the youngest cohort, which other platforms leave out and have failed to update: he called those born from 2010–2024 Generation Alpha.
In his book "The ABC of XYZ: Understanding the Global Generations," McCrindle nods to theories presented in Howe and Strauss' research by referring to the children of millennials as "alpha" on the basis that this generation will most likely grow up in a period of rebirth and recovery. Generation Alpha, the first generation born entirely in the 21st century, marks a fresh start for the economy, political climate, environment, and more.
Generational Naming Outside of the United States
While the concept of social generations is a largely Western notion, generational naming is not unique to this region. Other nations name their generations too, though these are most often influenced by local or regional events and less by unofficial social and cultural zeitgeists. In South Africa, for example, people born after the end of apartheid in 1994 are referred to as the Born-Free Generation. Romanians born after the collapse of communism in 1989 are sometimes called the Revolution Generation.
Brokaw, Tom. The Greatest Generation. Random House, 2005.
Coupland, Douglas. Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. 1st ed., St. Martins Griffin, 1991.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Sun Also Rises. Hemingway Library Edition, Reprint Edition, Scribner, July 25, 2002.
Howe, Neil. Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069. William Strauss, Paperback, Reprint edition, Quill, September 30, 1992.
McCrindle, Mark, et al. The ABC of XYZ: Understanding the Global Generations. UNSW Press, 2009.
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Dimock, Michael. "Defining Generations: Where Millennials End and Generation Z Begins." Pew Research Center, 17 Jan. 2019.
"Generational Breakdown: Info About All of the Generations." The Center for Generational Kinetics.
Rosenberg, Matt. "Generational Names in the United States." ThoughtCo, Aug. 27, 2020, thoughtco.com/names-of-generations-1435472. Rosenberg, Matt. (2020, August 27). Generational Names in the United States. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/names-of-generations-1435472 Rosenberg, Matt. "Generational Names in the United States." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/names-of-generations-1435472 (accessed January 20, 2022).
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Jake David, Simon Craig and Jackson Novoi.
RSE Kiwifruit Workers Supporting Sandalwood Venture Back Home
Ni Vanuatu workers Jackson Novoi and Jake David have spent the past five months picking, packing and now pruning kiwifruit on a South Auckland orchard. Some of the money they're earning is helping them develop a potentially high value sandalwood plantation back home on the island of Erromango.
They've been coming to New Zealand under the RSE (Recognised Seasonal Employment) scheme for four years and when they leave they fill a shipping container with chainsaws, solar panels, water tanks and building materials. They'll also take home the experience of growing crops and working hard.
Jake says when he arrived in New Zealand he didn't really know how to work "because back at home I spent a lot of time doing nothing. But it improved me to do work back home now. I have experience." He returns home brimming with enthusiasm to prune and protect his sandalwood trees which, without constant attention, would be swallowed up by jungle.
The Sandalwood trees are part of a joint venture set up by two New Zealanders nearly a decade ago. Thirty thousand trees were planted then and will be harvested for their valuable heartwood and oil, which is used as a "carrier" in high end perfumes, in about eleven years.
Historically, Erronmango was known as The Sandalwood Island, but the resource has been progressively depleted. The joint venture aims to turn an impoverished mountainous island with three thousand people into one which will be financially self- sufficient for years to come.
At harvest sandalwood trees can be worth $500 to $5,000 a tree based on the current market price for heartwood. Wood prices depend on the oil price and volume of oil-bearing heartwood per tree.
Jackson says the current plan is to get more financial backing so they can plant 100,000 trees.
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The Expansion of Christianity, by Ted Olsen and Timothy Yates
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The Expansion of Christianity - Christianity and the Celts, by Ted Olsen and Timothy Yates. This is an accessible two-part introduction to Christianity's expansion. The Expansion of Christianity Christianity developed from its beginnings as a persecuted sect in an outpost of the Roman empire to become the largest religion on earth. This narrative focuses on missionary pioneers, and also examines individual continents to assess how Christian mission has moved forward despite many periods of retreat. Timothy Yates's account provides a rich and enlightening introduction to the development of this major worldwide faith. Christianity and the Celts In recent years the term 'Celt' has become synonymous with mystery and the 'other-worldly'. Ted Olsen digs beneath the layers of romanticization to introduce readers to the world of the Celts and its key figures. The author focuses on the principal characters from Ireland and beyond, highlighting their missionary fervour and monastic ideals. In bringing a distant period of history vividly to life, this account is an engaging portrait of men and women whose ability to intrigue and fascinate is as strong as it ever was. Format: Paperback. Dimensions: 276 pages: 140 x 216 mm.


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Disney Plus preorder starts ahead of November launch of Disney streaming service
BURBANK, Calif. -- Disney superfans can get one step closer to the company's upcoming Disney+ streaming service, which is now available for public preorder.
Customers who sign up for the service on DisneyPlus.com have the option of purchasing monthly and annual subscriptions, priced respectively at $6.99 and $69.99, with a seven-day free trial beginning Nov. 12.
In the United States, the company will also offer a bundle that includes Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu with ads for $12.99 per month. The bundle offer is not included in the preorder and must be purchased at launch on Nov. 12.
Disney+ includes original series and films as well as access to Disney's vast library of content from Walt Disney Studios, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Pixar and National Geographic. Disney+ will release more than 25 original series and ten original films within the first year of launch; click here to learn more about the original streaming content on Disney's slate.
Subscribers will be able to stream Disney+ on mobile and connected TV devices at launch, including gaming consoles, streaming media players and smart televisions. Subscribers will enjoy commercial-free viewing, up to four concurrent streams, unlimited downloads, personalized recommendations and the ability to set up to seven different profiles, including the ability for parents to set Kids Profiles that have an easy-to-navigate, child-friendly interface to access age-appropriate content.
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ASSISTED DYING: Woman with Spinal Muscular Atrophy and rights watchdog launch legal challenge for right to die with dignity
New assisted dying law unconstitutional, says rights watchdog
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VANCOUVER, B.C. – Today, the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and Julia Lamb, a 25-year old woman from Chilliwack, B.C., who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a progressive neurodegenerative disease, launched a legal challenge to the new assisted dying legislation.
The lawsuit challenges the new assisted dying law which restricts medical assistance in dying to Canadians with terminal illness. The law does not permit assistance in dying for those who are suffering with no immediate end in sight.
Canadians with diseases like spinal muscular atrophy, multiple sclerosis, spinal stenosis, locked-in syndrome, traumatic spinal injury, Parkinson's disease and Huntingdon's disease are not eligible for medical assistance in dying under the new law.
The Supreme Court of Canada directed that medical assistance in dying should be available to clearly consenting, competent adults with "grievous and irremediable" medical conditions which cause enduring, intolerable suffering. The BCCLA was the rights watchdog responsible for the case.
Ms. Lamb's disease causes weakness and wasting of the voluntary muscles. Ms. Lamb relies on care aides for assistance with all her daily living activities. At any point, Ms. Lamb's disease could progress to the point that she is subjected to constant severe pain in which she would lose the ability to use her hands or arms, would require a ventilator for assistance with breathing, and would no longer be able to speak, write or use her computer, and requires constant care, thereby losing her independence. Ms. Lamb could find herself trapped in a state of intolerable physical and mental suffering for years and even decades.
Ms. Lamb, stated: "This is about agency, choice and compassion. This is about the most fundamental values that define being Canadian. Respecting each other's choices, even when those choices are different from one another. What I am asking for is essential to my wellbeing and autonomy. I am forced to suffer with this disease without a choice, a disease that inherently limits my opportunities for choice. If my suffering becomes intolerable, I would like to be able to make a final choice about how much suffering to endure."
Grace Pastine, litigation director for the BCCLA stated, "This legislation is clearly unconstitutional. It deliberately excludes a class of Canadians – those who are suffering with no immediate end in sight. How can we turn away and ignore their pleas?"
Josh Paterson, executive director for the BCCLA stated, "The government's bill will trap patients in intolerable suffering and takes away their hard-won charter right to choose assistance in dying. The new law is unconstitutional because it denies individuals the right to have control over choices that are fundamental to their lives and prevent unnecessary suffering."
Grace Pastine, stated: "The new legislation will have the perverse effect of forcing seriously ill Canadians to resort to violent methods or the 'back alley.' People will find ways to end lives that have become unbearable, even if that means choosing a violent, risky death. No one should be forced to make that cruel choice."
Under current laws, it is legal to commit suicide. Patients also have a right to accept or refuse medical treatment – for example, a patient can refuse kidney dialysis, or mechanical ventilation, even if that choice leads to death.
The BCCLA and Ms. Lamb are represented by Joseph Arvay, Q.C and Alison Latimer of Farris, Vaughn, Wills & Murphy LLP and Sheila Tucker of Shapray Cramer Fitterman Lamer LLP.
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Riding the Rails
Published on: September 30, 2021 by Jim Luckey Category:Stories
Riding The Rails – Franklin Interurban Train
The subject of building more commuter trains has bee in the in the last few year, but in 1904 there actually was an electric rail service in Franklin that began in the St. Martins area. St. Matins became a hub for travelers from Mukwonago, East Troy and other communities traveling to Milwaukee.
By definition the "interurban was a speedy, over weight, oversized cousin of the streetcar that would often share the same right of way. The train car measured 53 ft. x 90 ft. long with large windows and wood paneling that covered the interior walls.
The Milwaukee Light, Heat & Traction Co. (MLH&T) completed an electric railway into Hales Corners by 1903 and later the same yearthe company signed an agreement with the Franklin Town Hall Board to extend the line to St. Martins. When completed the train stopped at the St. Martins Junction depot on 116th and Swiss St. and would continue to make stops in the area until 1939.
At St. Martins Junction the line branched in 2 directions: one branch tracked through Muskego and Big Bend to East Troy: the other branch, completed in 1909, traveled through Wind Lake and ended in Burlington.
The East Troy line, which had stops at Waterford Rd. (North Cape Rd.), and Town Line Rd. passed through Hales Corners and Mukwonago on its way to East Troy. Franklin stops on the Burlington line were at St. Martins Rd. and Ferndale (the Andrew Koelsch farm at 8945 St. 116th St.) Koelsch shipped milk from his farm from that stop. The train then continued to Durham Hill and then to the west side of Wind Lake on its way to Burlington.
The original contract for the Interurban provided transportation for passengers, mail and express only. In 1930 the agreement was amended to include freight. A stub track on the west side of 116th St. in St. Martins was used for the freight service.
This stub track was used by Ed Griesemer, a cattle dealer who had a small stock pen on the west side of the track that could hold 30-40 cattle. Other merchants who used the freight service were : John Herda Co. and
R.A .Mayer Co. for farm machinery, Schmidt Bros. for sugar and Andrew Koelsch for fertilizer. The fertilizer was shipped under the Koelsch's name,
but it was actually a group of farmers and Koelsch who were shipping.
The St. Martins depot itself was a 2-story structure that had the electrical equipment on the top floor. Tickets were not sold at the depot but were instead sold by the train conductor who issued them and collected the fees.
In the depot on the firs floor there was a sales counter that sold candy, gum, magazines and newspapers. The newspapers were brought to St. Martins on the Interurban. According to Franklin old tamers, it was a Mrs. Haig who sold the items at the counter and who would also use a two-wheeled cart to deliver packages to village merchants.
In 1936 Rural Co-op Service was organized. Members bought shares in the company and would share int the profits at the end of the year. Rural Co-0p handled fertilizer, fuel oil, seed, gasoline and coal. They had storage tanks in the area of 116th St, near the stub track for unloading the freight, but when the Interurban left St. Martins the Co-op moved to Hales Corners.
Although the electric train was a cheap way to travel in the early part of the
20th Century, the increasing use of the automobile and the Great Depression of the 1930's led to its ultimate doom. Due to a loss in profits the Burlington
Line was shut down in May 1938 and the East Troy line was discontinued by August1939. St. Martins Junction was forced to close that same year.
By the 1940's all electric rail systems traveling to East Troy, Muskego,
Burlington, Hales Corners and St. Martins were shut down and tracks removed . Traces of where tracks once were can still be seen along several
bicycle paths that exist today. When the railway system was gone it ended
Another chapter of local Franklin history.
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The increase in the volume and variety of data has increased the reliance of data scientists on shared computational resources, either in-house or obtained via cloud providers, to execute machine learning and artificial intelligence programs. This, in turn, has created challenges of exploiting available resources to execute such "cognitive workloads" quickly and effectively to gather the needed knowledge and data insight. A common challenge in machine learning is knowing when to stop model building. This is often exacerbated in the presence of big data as a trade off between the cost of producing the model (time, volume of training data, resources utilised) and its general performance. Whilst there are many tools and application stacks available to train models over distributed resources, the challenge of knowing when a model is "good enough" or no longer worth pursuing persists. In this paper, we propose a framework for the evaluating the models produced by distributed machine learning algorithms during the training process. This framework integrates with the cluster job scheduler so as to finalise model training under constraints of resource availability or time, or simply because model performance is asymptotic with further training. We present a prototype implementation of this framework using Apache Spark and YARN, and demonstrate the benefits of this approach using sample applications with both supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms.


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New rule meant to prevent 'birth tourism' goes into effect
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First look: The London Project
Time Out Dubai goes behind the scenes at the brand-new restaurant on Bluewaters Island
The buzz around the brand-new Bluewaters Island is rapidly picking up pace – and Time Out Dubai's been along to visit one of the new restaurants set to open soon in the area.
The London Project, billed as "an immersive dining destination and social movement" is due to open later this year on Bluewaters Dubai – the site across from JBR that houses Ain Dubai.
The restaurant will sit "at the foot" of the world's largest ferris wheel, in prime position on the island. And as you can tell from these pictures, diners will have a pretty good view.
The new project is set to be a restaurant, bar and social space, and has "urban chic décor" from designer Julian Peter Floyd. And each of the spaces within The London Project has its own focal point. "The Living Ground Floor Dining Bar is inspired by the form of a living tree", he said, while there's a juniper garden inspired by "a wild, enchanted English country garden".
And they're really going all out with the green theme, too, as you can see.
The restaurant promises a mish-mash of global cultures, celebrating London's affinity with art, music and fashioning. So far, so interesting.
The food will take a starring role, too, although no clues have yet been given to dishes, except that flavours will be "pulled from a truly cosmopolitan spice rack". It will be sharing dishes, though, and expect to see an open kitchen, too.
And it's not the only thing opening on the island. World-famous hotel brand Caesers Palace is setting up there too, and will have a hotel, resort and beach club.
The two hotels will mark the first international branches of Caesars, and promise a range of "innovative entertainment experiences" as part of the grand opening of the hotel chain.
Famous in Las Vegas for its show-stopping performers, world-class live music and the biggest theatrical venue in North America, Caesars will have two distinct venues at the Bluewaters site: Caesars Palace Bluewaters Dubai and Caesars Bluewaters Dubai.
The US$2.17 billion (Dhs7.97 billion) Bluewaters Island Project developed by Meraas is in its final stages of completion, with the man-made island also featuring apartment buildings, gyms, swimming pools, landscaped gardens, basketball courts and children's play areas.
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PULSE Contemporary Art Fair is the leading US art fair dedicated solely to contemporary art. Through its annual editions in New York, Los Angeles and Miami, PULSE provides a unique platform for diverse galleries to present a progressive blend of renowned and pioneering contemporary artists, alongside an evolving series of original programming. The fair's distinctive commitment to the art community and visitor experience makes PULSE unique among art fairs and creates an art market experience that is both dynamic and inviting.
In addition, PULSE develops original cultural programming with a series of large-scale installations, its PULSE Play> video lounge, the PULSE Performance events, and the recently launched PULSE Profiles series of artists and curators talks. The PULSE Prize is awarded in New York and in Miami to one of the artists presented in the IMPULSE section. PULSE supports numerous nonprofit art organizations and schools.
PULSE Los Angeles will take place in the Event Deck at the L.A. LIVE complex in downtown Los Angeles – the heart of the vibrant and burgeoning downtown Los Angeles community. As such, the fair will be easily accessed by car or public transportation, and is extremely convenient to the numerous hotels (The Standard Downtown, Ritz-Carlton, Marriot, Figueroa) and venues (MoCA/Los Angeles, Disney Concert Hall, Staples Center, LA Convention Center) of the area.


During my 11 years as an assignment editor at The Star, I was involved in only one hire. The actual hiring was done at the managing editor level, which I never reached. I was just an assignment editor, working with reporters on the development and polishing of stories.
But not long after I first became an editor and took charge of the Wyandotte County bureau in 1995 (the day after Carol Marinovich was elected mayor), the bureau was expanding its coverage into Leavenworth County, and we needed someone to cover Leavenworth. Randy Smith, then assistant managing editor for Metro, asked me for recommendations and to screen candidates.
We had two candidates. One was an outsider, the other was a young man who worked in the mental health field and wanted to get into newspaper reporting. His name was Mark Wiebe. I had gotten to know Mark very well in short order when he was writing freelance stories for the Wyandotte bureau.
He was an obvious choice for the Leavenworth job, and he had my strong backing from the outset. I did all I could to convince Randy — now a business journalism professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia — that Mark was a perfect fit.
But Randy, who never showed his cards and survived a long time as metro editor partly by being careful, didn't seem convinced. He had me interview the other candidate, a fine person but with nowhere near the writing and people skills that Mark had. Randy also interviewed the other candidate, and, finally, after days of letting me hang in the breeze, he agreed to hire Mark.
As I expected, Mark was great from the get-go. He did a fantastic job covering Leavenworth, and several years later he moved over to cover the Unified Government of Wyandotte County.
Again, he did a great job, recognizing potential stories quickly and rooting them out through the many contacts and sources he had developed.
During our time together in the Wyandotte bureau, I had the opportunity to meet his father, David Wiebe, a leading mental health advocate in Kansas and long-time executive director of the Johnson County Mental Health Center. As I recall, I first met David at a public tennis center southwest of Shawnee Mission East, where he and Mark played frequently. They were both good players and competed fiercely, but always in a very friendly way. They both had even temperaments and good perspective, and they understood that, in the end, it was just a game.
I went on to do stints in the Johnson County and Independence bureaus, while Mark stayed in the Wyandotte bureau, which he loved. I retired in 2006, a little more than two years after leaving the Wyandotte bureau. A few years later, when The Star's local bureau system was crumbling because of the downturn in newspaper-industry fortunes, Mark resigned and went to work in communications with Wyandot Center, Wyandotte County's community mental health center.
Mark and I have gotten together for breakfast or lunch a few times, and one time I ran into him and his father at the Midtown Costco. David had undergone leg surgery and Mark was pushing him around in a wheelchair. As usual, David was warm and engaging.
Today, I went to David's "celebration of life" at the Rainbow Mennonite Church on Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City, KS.
David got a great send-off, with family members and former colleagues talking about his many qualities, including his kindness, his even temperament and his relentless advocacy for those suffering from mental illness.
Mark didn't speak…but he had the last word. In a poem that was read aloud at the service and printed on the back of the program, Mark paid tribute to one of his father's most memorable features, his smile.
not even you had dominion over your smile.
the pleasures of life, large and small.
your smile at pleasure, your smile through pain.
not even death, can steal you from our lives.
Dang it, so hard to read through tears. No wonder Mark did not speak.
A beautiful tribute to father, and son.
As touching a comment as I've ever had, Gayle. Thank you.
Fitz, it is amazing how many friends…yes friends, you have made and kept over the years of your career. Nicely written emotional piece.
That is a beautiful tribute and shows why I am proud to be able to call Mark Wiebe my friend. And I'm glad that you pushed for his hiring. Without you, Mark never would have been seriously considered by the The Star's upper management. They made it so hard for people who went through non-traditional ways of achieving journalism credentials to get their foot in the door at 1729 Grand. And the few who did, like Mark and I, were never made to feel like valued employees.
Thanks, Mike. And you're absolutely right about the under-appreciation of people who emerged from "non-traditional" paths. It was very curious. Once people proved themselves by the quality of their reporting and writing, the doors to more prestigious positions should have opened automatically. I never understood why Wiebe wasn't offered a job out of the downtown office after he had proved himself in Wyandotte.
I learned of this after reading two separate tributes to Mr. Wiebe written by Anne Hodgdon on her Facebook page. At the time I didn't make the connection, but he clearly made an impact on those he worked with for her to write not one, but two lengthy and very emotional obits for him after having served on the JOCO mental health board with him.
Fitz, you may remember Roy Teicher, the editor of The Kansan before Marinovich destroyed it. Roy left there and became an editor down in Joplin where he was tasked with assembling an investigative team. Roy was known at the Kansan for giving a reporter a lot of freedom to write about what they saw in front of him and I thought Mark would have the potential to do a great job doing investigative work for Roy and recommended him.
Unfortunately, Mark told me that he wanted to stay in KC to be around family. I can't help but wonder what would have happened if Mark had taken the opportunity you mention to advance to a position where he had a little more creative freedom.
And I agree that some of the best reporters I've seen since being in Kansas were not journalism grads. One thinks of Dave Raney and Scott Rothschild as examples.
Thank you for sharing, Fitz, and thanks to all who submitted comments here. I feel inspired! Everybody have a good week.
Mark was always cool-headed on deadlines and yes, had a wonderful smile, too. What a beautiful poem he penned for his father.
Thanks for writing, Lee. Good to hear from you.
To Fitz, and all my former colleagues, I'm touched by your kind words (even as I'm blushing). It might go without saying, but I'll say it anyway: I owe the 14 years I spent at The Star to Fitz–years that introduced me to a whole new way of seeing the world. Fitz stood up for me, and for that I will always be grateful. Thank you for sharing your memories of Dad.
You're welcome, Mark. Best to you and Anne, Noah and Quinn and the rest of your family.


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Article: 149 Directions to Provinces in certain cases
149. Directions to Provinces in certain cases.—(1) The executive authority of every Province shall be so exercised as not to impede or prejudice the exercise of the executive authority of the Federation, and the executive authority of the Federation shall extend to the giving of such directions to a Province as may appear to the Federal Government to be necessary for that purpose.
1[(2)] Omitted.
(3) The executive authority of the Federation shall also extend to the giving of directions to a Province as to the construction and maintenance of means of communication declared in the direction to be of national or strategic importance.
(4) The executive authority of the Federation shall also extend to the giving of directions to a Province as to the manner in which the executive authority thereof is to be exercised for the purpose of preventing any grave menace to the peace or tranquillity or economic life of Pakistan or any part thereof.
1. Section 53 of the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), omitted clause (2) of Art. 149, (w.e.f. April 19, 2010). The deleted clause (2) of Art. 149, as adopted in 1973, that read :
(2) The executive authority of the Federation shall also extend to the giving of directions to a Province as to the carrying into execution therein of any Federal law which relates to a matter specified in the Concurrent Legislative List and authorises the giving of such directions.
FAROUGH AHMED SIDDIQI THE PROVINCE OF SINDH AND OTHERS
THE PROVINCE OF SINDH AND OTHERS "
Mohtarma BENAZIR BHUTTO AND ANOTHER
PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN AND OTHERS


Each year two professors from Beloit College come out with the Mindset List. It's a compilation of values that shape the worldview or mindset of those entering college. With a mixture of insight and humor, many of the items highlight how the younger generation may look at words differently than the older generation, like the professors. For example, one item was "a tablet is no longer something you take in the morning." To the younger generation, a tablet is no longer a pill you take but a screen you watch.
However on the Mindset List that came out in 2012, one item would've raised our eyebrows in concern. It said that for incoming college freshman "the Biblical sources of terms such as 'Forbidden Fruit,' 'The writing on the wall,' 'Good Samaritan,' and 'The Promised Land" are unknown to most of them.' Years ago even many unchurched and unbelievers knew those things came from the Bible. They might have even been able to tell part of the Bible stories, since so many people a smattering of Sunday school as a kid or heard it from friends. But our country is becoming more and more biblically illiterate. What a need for them to hear about Jesus!
The Apostle Paul faced as a similar audience when he spoke before the Areopagus in Athens, Greece. These were smart people, experts in the intellectual thoughts of their day. But why would they have known anything about the writings of Hebrew prophets from centuries ago? Why would they care? That weren't Jewish.
So Paul starts where they're at in order to bring them to where God wants them to be. He doesn't talk about how God prepared the people of Israel so that the Messiah would come through the family line of David. He doesn't quote Old Testament prophecies and show how Jesus of Nazareth truly fulfilled them despite so many in Jerusalem rejecting him. That's what he preached on his missionary journeys when he began his work at the synagogues in the cities he visited. That audience knew the Old Testament. But these people of Athens didn't care about those things. So Paul starts at where they're at to bring them to where God wants them to be. For God wants all people, even the unchurched or those who have no Bible background—he wants all to know him. That's the theme, dear friends. He wants all to know him as the Lord of creation, as the Giver of all that's good, and especially as the Savior-judge.
The people of Athens were concerned about religious stuff. They had many statues and temples, shrines and altars. They worshiped Zeus and Athena, Poseidon and Hades, and all the other gods of Mt. Olympus. They honored fabled heroes like Hercules. They wanted all their bases covered. They even had an altar to the unknown god.
But did they still feel some fear and guilt? Could all this religiousness really make things right? Maybe they had missed some god. Or maybe there had to be some other god who was above all those gods that their myths and stories talked about. For these men knew that those myths weren't real. Yet there had to be something behind it all.
"This is what I am going to proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else." (Acts 17:23-25 NIV11). Yes, there is a god, the one, true God, who created all, who rules over all. He is the Lord of creation.
Although today people have tried to reason away the Creator by hiding behind evolution, those men in Athens knew there had to be a beginning and someone had to start it. Things just don't pop into existence. If even something like a house needs a builder, how much more the complexity of a living organism, like your body! If something even as small as a watch has a maker, how much more so something as immense as the galaxy!
But what about the age of things that science determines? Doesn't that prove evolution? But look at what the Bible says. The six days of creation were regular days marked off by the evening and the morning. But God did create Adam and Eve as adults, even though they were only a day old. When he created the stars, he created the light between the stars and the earth so that they were visible instantly. Trees were full grown, just as the animals. The chicken did indeed come before the egg. So also couldn't the rocks and coal and strata and whatever else they dig up have been created as if it had been there a very long time? God is the Lord of creation.
And that means you and I are accountable to him. A strong appeal of evolution is that it appears to make us our own boss. But no! We are the creatures. God sets the standards; we don't. But how can we measure up? He doesn't need anything from us. All that we have came from him in the first place, even our very life and breath. We have nothing to bargain with. What hope is there for guilty sinners like us?
But as Paul continues, he makes it clear that the Lord of Creation is also the Giver of all that's good. Look at how he provides and takes care of everything. "From one man he made all nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands" (Acts 17:26 NIV11).
Everything is in his hands. From the beginning throughout all of history, he marked off the appointed times and places where we live, the rise and fall of nations. He is in control. What's more, he wants us to find him. He wants us reach out and know him. Because of our inborn sin, reaching out for him is like groping in the dark, blindly grasping at what we unable to find. But our inability does not nullify God's earnest desire for us to find him. In fact, since he has all things planned out, might he not have planned some way to bring us to himself? For in him we live and move and have our being. It all depends on him. We are his offspring. Would he abandon us?
You, dear Christians, already know the answer to those questions. Paul's heathen listeners, though, were still searching. He was leading them to listen intently in order to find this God. Yet even though we know the answer, do we completely trust him as the giver of that's good? How often we worry! We fear some misfortune that might happen. But dear Christian, your God is in control. If he can plot out the course of history, he certainly can guard and protect you. And yet we worry.
Even worse, rather than trusting the Giver of all that's good, how often don't we first of all trust in what human design and skill can do? Our objects of worship might not look like images made out of gold, silver, or stone. But how often do we run after things made of plastic, silicon, aluminum, and steal, things powered by oil, gas, and electricity. Do we trust the advancements of technology to make us happy and secure more than we trust the Giver of all that's good? How much do we turn to medicine and doctors to find some sort of cure for what ails us? "My life would be so much better if only the doctors could cure …" How much do pay checks and bank balances drive our priorities? And when these fail (and they all will fail), worry and fear rattle us because we were trusting them more than the Giver of all that's good.
And he will judge this world. That's the last point we hear Paul making. "He has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed" (Act 17:31 NIV11). So repent before it's too late. Turn from evil. Turn to the Lord. For that day is coming. God has already appointed the man who will do this judging in complete righteousness and justice. In fact he has raised this man from the dead.
Who is this man? How will we stand in his judgment? Does he give us any hope? Those are the questions that should have been burning in the hearts of those first hearers. But instead when they hear of the resurrection, they cut Paul off. How might he have finished that sermon before the Areopagus?
This man is Jesus. He is the eternal Son of God in whom all the fullness of the deity lives in bodily form. For God sent his Son born of a woman to redeem us from our sins. Although God over all, he humbled himself and became obedient to death, even death on a cross. By his death he reconciled the world to God. His resurrection from the dead proves that God declared guilty sinners forgiven. This risen Jesus has ascended to heaven and reigns over all for the good of his people. He will return on the Last Day to judge the living and the dead. He is the Savior-judge. Believe in him.
So, dear friends, with your hearts set on him, look forward to that day. Lift up your heads for the one who will judge is the one who died for you and rose. Rejoice, for your Savior, your own dear Savior, is the Judge. What a God for us and all people to know! Amen.


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Jessica Simpson on Her Soon-to-Launch Denim Line: "A Girl's Booty Needs To Look Good"
By StyleWatch
Updated January 20, 2010 04:58 PM
Courtesy Camuto Group
In addition to her successful collections of shoes and handbags (not to mention jewelry, coats, swimwear, dresses, luggage and fragrances!), Jessica Simpson announces that she is expanding her fashion empire to include jeans. Set to hit roughly 1,000 department stores and jessicasimpsoncollection.com in July, the Jessica Simpson Jeanswear line will include denim jeans, jackets and skirts, reports WWD. According to the 29-year-old star, jeans were a natural progression: "Because I live in denim, the fit was the most important," Simpson tells the publication. "A girl's booty needs to look good. I was inspired to create a great denim line that complements the entire Jessica Simpson lifestyle brand –- a jean that becomes a girl's best friend, that everyday go-to pair." This latest addition to the Jessica Simpson Collection will be produced by the Camuto Group, who is also responsible for the preexisting licensed products that bear her name, in partnership with Jones Apparel Group, Inc, the company behind such brands as DKNY Jeans. But what about the jeans themselves? The new line will include everything from basic boot-cuts to flares, straight- and skinny-leg and more trendy legging styles. To cap off the range, Simpson has also created a collection of separates, like lace-trimmed blouses, oversized cardigans, boyfriend blazers and fake fur vests. Tops and jackets will retail between $29 and $79, while jeans will start at $49. Check back for more details. Tell us: Will you buy Jessica Simpson's jeans?–Andrea DeSimone


The U.S. economy may have performed reasonably well in the first quarter but recovery will remain choppy, disappointing and "pretty miserable" for years to come, says Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator at The Financial Times.
Massive headwinds face the U.S. and other developed economies in the form of too much debt and too little growth.
"My view throughout has been that we were going to have a very weak, very uncertain, very inconsistent recovery in all the developed countries," Wolf tells Yahoo's The Daily Ticker.
"The U.S. can continue to grow, but it's going to be disappointing growth. I've always thought [the recovery] would be a 7-10 year process from the start."
The United States and other economies shouldn't embrace austerity too much, as cutting spending and debt can hamper growth, Wolf adds.
The eurozone won't avoid falling into a recession, and while the U.S. will continue growing, don't expect things to look like they did before the downturn.
"If you look at the underlying dynamics of the economy — consumption, investment, exports, government spending — they are going to be weak and uncertain," Wolf says. "I expect the U.S. to have a pretty miserable few years, and I think that will be true for whoever wins" in November.
The U.S. economy remains stuck in the doldrums and unemployment high.
While unemployment figures surprised on the upside in January and February likely due to unseasonably warm weather, they took a turn for the worse in March, when the economy picked up a net 120,000 jobs, way below expectations.
The headline unemployment rate stands at 8.2 percent, well above pre-crisis levels, yet a CNNMoney survey of economists sees the rate not improving much at all and finishing the year at 8 percent.
It's like "running in place," says Lynn Reaser, chief economist at Point Loma Nazarene University, CNNMoney adds.


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300 US troops in Ukraine to train Ukrainian forces: Army 17 апреля 2015, 15:12
About 300 US paratroopers arrived this week in Ukraine to train the Ukrainian National Guard which is fighting pro-Russian rebels in the east.
300 US troops in Ukraine to train Ukrainian forces: Army
About 300 US paratroopers arrived this week in Ukraine to train the Ukrainian National Guard which is fighting pro-Russian rebels in the east, the US Army said in a statement, AFP reports.
The troops from the 173rd Airborne Brigade arrived on Tuesday and Wednesday in Yavoriv, western Ukraine, to spend six months training three battalions of Ukrainian troops, said the statement dated Thursday.
The move is likely to anger Russia, which accuses the United States of backing the protests that brought down the pro-Russian president Victor Yanukovych last year, sparking conflict between those loyal to Kiev and Moscow.
The West accuses Russia of arming the separatists who have taken control of some areas in eastern Ukraine, a charge that Moscow denies.
Fighting between the separatists and Ukrainian troops is rumbling on in the east despite a February ceasefire agreement.
The conflict has so far claimed more than 6,000 lives, according to the United Nations.
The US troops will train the National Guard of Ukraine (NGU), a reservist force reformed in 2014 to bring volunteers and militia under government control.
"We will be conducting classes on war-fighting functions, as well as training to sustain and increase the professionalism and proficiency of military staffs," Major Jose Mendez, operations officer for the brigade, which is based in Italy, said in the statement.


Last August I went on vacation with BF's whole family. I am talking parents, siblings, siblings significant others, aunt/uncle/cousin and Grandma and Grandpa. It was the trial by fire approach. We had so much fun and I absolutely adore his family. Mom lives with me so BF met her around May after he and I had been dating for a couple months. He spends so much time at our house he and my mom have a great relationship. On the same vacation where i met his whole family he met my Dad and my Dad's whole family in Michigan. Hey, if I had to meet his whole fam all at once I figured turn about was fair play. The last family members to meet (besides my East coast family of course…) was my brother and sis in law (Claudia and Luc too). In all fairness, they "met" over video chat a couple months ago. BF and I flew to Denver a couple weekends ago for a long weekend.
They had mini-bikes- way fun to ride… 🙂 and a super fast spiral slide inside the brewery- fun! BF and I want to get jobs working at New Belgium… it's an adult playground!
Built Legos with Luc- BF is a big Lego fan and he helped Luc build some small star wars and a big T-Rex Lego. Luc was way impressed. He gives BF the Luc stamp of approval!
Visited with a friend from high school who I hadn't seen in almost 13 years. Was great to catch up.
It was sunny! This was a shock for BF and I, as Seattle is virtually sun-free from October through to June. We enjoyed sunshine and were happy to be able to use our sunglasses.
I finished BF's yummy Alpaca scarf. We decided he looks like a rockstar in it- might just call it his rockstar scarf. It is super soft and I don't think he's been without it in the weeks since we got back.
The adults tried to play 1980s trivial pursuit. I say tried cause those questions are super hard! It also wasn't fair 'cause BF was born in 1981! I won by default- I was the only one to answer a question correctly or something like that.
BF and I cooked for the family. It was so much fun! Pete and Sarah have a large kitchen with lots of prep space. BF and I are always bumping into each other at his place and even a bit at my place. I will post the recipe we made below. it was yum!
Pete is home brewing and his beer is quite good. We enjoyed it a lot- for Christmas my friend H bought me a Mr Beer kit– which is how Pete got started- so we're encouraged that we too can progress to brewing equally good beer.
No real proportions. Cook bacon in stock pot, add onion and saute in bacon grease (yum!), add mushrooms saute. Add greenbeans and a small amount of water- (if needed) cover and steam for 5-10 minutes. Mix well and serve.
From my ipod touch application dinner spinner. Time: 1 hr 5 minutes. makes 8 sevings- 463 calories per serving.
Dredge chicken lightly in flour. Heat oil over med high heat. Fry chicken pieces briefly, turning to brown evenly. Add onion and celery; cook 1-2 minutes. Stir in wine and chopped tomatoes. Season with oregano, salt, and ground pepper to taste. Cover, reduce heat and simmer gently for 30 minutes, turning pieces often. Pour in Balsamic vinegar and mushrooms and cook another 5-10 minutes.


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The Middelburg Altar
Rogier van der Weydenaround 1450
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The central panel shows the birth of Christ with the donor worshipping the child, who is lying on the floor of the stable, with a bright light around him. The Romanesque architectural forms of the building make it clear that the appearance of Christ brought a new era. Joseph is protecting the candle-flame to show that all earthly light is outshone by the divine child. On the right-hand panel the Three Magi are kneeling before the divine child. The left-hand panel shows Emperor Augustus, the ruler of the Western world, accompanied by a prophetess, kneeling to the vision of the Madonna. The triptych thus encompasses the whole world in that the rulers of the East and the West submit to the infant Christ, the King of Kings.
Title: The Middelburg Altar
Creator: Rogier van der Weyden
Date Created: around 1450
Physical Dimensions: w89 cm (centre) / 40 cm (wings) x h91 cm (centre) / 91 cm (wings)
Medium: Oil on oak wood
Style: Netherlandish
Copyright Text: Text: © http://www.prestel.com, Prestel Verlag / Rainald Grosshans // Photo: © http://www.bpk-images.de, b p k - Photo Agency / Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Collection: Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Artist information: Rogier van der Weyden was an early Netherlandish painter and a student of Robert Campin. He gained the title of master on 1 August 1432. Between 1436 and 1437 he was awarded the post of official city painter of Brussels. Van der Weyden exerted considerable influence on European painting, not only in France and Germany but as far away as Italy and Spain, due to his vigorous, subtle, expressive painting and popular religious conceptions. The detail in his work is painted in a stunningly realistic and affectionate way. His most famous paintings were four large panels representing the Justice of Trajan and Justice of Herkenbald. These panels were commissioned by the city of Brussels for the golden chamber of the Brussels town hall.
Artist Place of Death: Brussels, Belgium
Artist Place of Birth: Tournai, France
Artist Gender: male
Artist Dates: 1399/1464
The Altar of St. John
The Madonna in the Church
From related movement
The Altar of Our Lady (Miraflores Altar)
By same artist
The Adoration of the Kings (Monforte Altar)
Altarpiece with crucifixion from Soest
The Adoration of the Shepherds
The Twelve-Year-Old Jesus Teaching in the Temple
Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting


The Appeals Body (Division Two), Peter N. Reynolds (in the Chair), Mrs. J.O. Onions and Sean Barry met at the Stewards Room, Punchestown Racecourse, Co. Kildare on Wednesday, 26th April 2017 to consider the appeal of Roger Loughran, (Rider) against the decision of the Stewards at Wexford on 7th April 2017. On the day, following the running of the Wexford-Slaney Estuary Handicap Hurdle, he was suspended for three racedays as the Stewards were of the opinion he was in breach of Rule 214, in that he rode carelessly. In the race three horses fell or were brought down as a result of the incident involving All In The Head ridden by Roger Loughran.
His grounds of appeal were that are that he did not ride carelessly and in all the circumstances the stewards erred in their decision.
Evidence was heard from Roger Loughran. The Appeals Body also reviewed film of the race and a transcript of the original enquiry.
In his evidence, Roger Loughran said he held his horse's line down the hill and while he heard a number of shouts, he didn't think the shouting was at him. He said he only crossed over to the rail when it was safe to do so. He denied that there was any contact between his horse and other horses and that he was to blame for what occurred.
During cross examination from Paul Murtagh, Roger Loughran denied he contributed in any way to the fall and that what occurred was caused by him rolling in. He accepted he had come from four wide on the second last turn to one off the rails where the incident occurred. However he reiterated that this was not the cause of the fall.
Having considered the evidence, the Appeals Body dismissed the appeal and ordered Roger Loughran to forfeit his deposit. As a result the original suspension of three race days (April 28th, 29th and 1st May 2017) stands.
The case was presented by Cliodhna Guy, solicitor and Paul Murtagh, Head of Raceday Operations. Roger Loughran was represented by Andrew Coonan, solicitor, Coonan Cawley, Solicitors, Naas, Co. Kildare.