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Faith and Evolution Questions, Debates, and Resources
Is Darwinian Evolution Corrosive of Belief in God?
Theistic Evolution
Evolution & Science
Evolution & Religion
Evolution & Ethics
Evolution & Culture
Key Thinkers
From the start, Charles Darwin's theory of unguided evolution sparked debate among scientists, philosophers, clergy, and laypeople about whether evolution eroded belief in God. In the following essays, you can explore the debate over evolution's impact on theistic beliefs from the writings of leading supporters and critics of Darwin's theory.
The Improbability of God
Biologist Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, argues that Darwinian evolution makes belief in God highly improbable by refuting the idea that nature was intelligently designed.
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
In his book Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Tufts University philosopher Daniel Dennett praises Darwinian evolution as a "universal acid" that dissolves traditional religious and moral beliefs.
Daniel Dennett's Dangerous Idea
Phillip E. Johnson
Darwin's idea may well be dangerous, according to retired University of California (Berkeley) law professor Phillip Johnson, but the scientific evidence for Darwin's denial of design is far less persuasive than supporters of theory like Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins seem to think.
Something Darwin Didn't Know
Rick Weiss
Acknowledging that Darwin's theory "threatened some conventional religious beliefs," science journalist Rick Weiss argues that Darwin never conclusively ruled out the existence of God and that he "knew there is plenty of room for God at the top, upstream of the business of biology."
Does Charles Darwin Really Serve as a Positive Example that Repudiates the New Atheists?
Steven Schafersman
Geologist Steven Schafersman, head of Texas Citizens for Science, accuses journalist Rick Weiss of "trying to make Darwin into something he was not, and then using that misrepresentation to make a case against New Atheist activists." According to Schafersman, "Darwin… did not believe in a god, and most importantly, Darwin rejected the Christian God."
Nature's God and the Theology of Evolution
Larry Arnhart
Political theorist Larry Arnhart at the University of Northern Illinois argues that Darwinian evolution is compatible with Biblical theism, contending that "[t]he God of the Bible is not presented as concerned with designing everything down to the last detail."
Living with Darwin
Philip Kitcher
Agreeing that Darwinian evolution is incompatible with "supernaturalist" religion, Columbia University philosopher Philip Kitcher nonetheless argues that the tension between faith and Darwin can be reduced by convincing religious believers to replace their acceptance of supernaturalism with "spiritual religion."
The Tension between Darwinian Evolution and Traditional Theism
John G. West
John West, Asssociate Director of the Center for Science and Culture at Discovery Institute, argues that Darwinian evolution and traditional theism can be made compatible only by either redefining evolution or by watering down traditional theism.
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Dallas Conference on Science & Faith — 2021
The Center for Science and Culture
Irving Bible Church
Does our universe point to God? Do molecules show evidence of foresight? Were humans produced through an unguided evolutionary process or by intelligent design? Explore these questions and more at the third annual Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, sponsored by Discovery Institute on February 20, 2021.
The Return of the God Hypothesis
Weekend Seminar with Dr. Stephen Meyer
Discovery Institute
Join us at Biola University for a weekend seminar with Dr. Stephen Meyer, director of Discovery Institute's Center for Science & Culture. As you may well know, the scientific naturalist worldview still dominates the natural sciences, as well as philosophy and many other disciplines, in addition to other aspects of everyday life. However, several influential works have helped give rise to the credibility of intelligent design. In this course, Dr. Meyer will explore three of his important publications that argue not only against the scientific naturalist worldview, but also in favor of intelligent design. The course will draw upon his groundbreaking work in Signature in the Cell, Darwin's Doubt, and The Return of the God Hypothesis …
Grand Canyon University Conference on Faith and Science
Science Stewardship for the Glory of God
Attend the Conference on Faith and Science (COFAS 2020) at Grand Canyon University for a two-day exploration of science stewardship and how it glorifies God. Discover more about our Creator through the lens of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Among other sessions, Dr. Stephen Meyer will discuss Is God's Directing Hand Detectable in Nature? with Professor Jeff Hardin from BioLogos. Dr. Meyer will also be part of a keynote session with Professor Tom Buchanan from the University of Delaware and Professor Dan Churchwell from the Acton Institute. For a full conference schedule, or to register, visit the COFAS 2020 website. When Friday, February 21, 20207:00 – 9:30 PM (doors open at 6:00 PM) Saturday, February 22, 20209:00 AM – 1:00 PM(doors …
Dallas Conference on Science and Faith 2020
According to a nationwide survey, more than two-thirds of atheists and one-third of agnostics believe that "the findings of science make the existence of God less probable," while nearly half of self-identified theists believe "the findings of science are neutral with regard to the existence of God." But what if the discoveries of science actually lend support to belief in God? Tackle this question head-on at the Dallas Conference on Science and Faith.
Why Truth Still Matters
2019 SES National Conference on Christian Apologetics
Calvary Church
Stephen Meyer, Director of the Center for Science and Culture, is scheduled to speak at the upcoming National Conference on Christian Apologetics presented by Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, NC. The theme this year — Why Truth Still Matters — will feature a variety of sessions from scientists, philosophers, and theologians. Dr. Meyer's sessions are listed below, and a full line-up of speakers and sessions can be found at https://conference.ses.edu/. Darwin's Doubt Saturday, October 12 | 11:15 am – 12:10 pm In this presentation, Dr. Meyer tells the story of the mystery surrounding the "Cambrian explosion" of animal life in the fossil record — a mystery that has intensified, not only because the expected ancestors of these animals …
Martin Luther King's Powerful Critique of Scientific Racism, Scientific Materialism
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AUDIO: The Dark Darwinian History of Eugenics
VIDEO: Does Darwinism Devalue Human Life?
VIDEO: Benjamin Wiker and Jonathan Witt on How Science Points to a Meaningful World
AUDIO: Cesare Lombroso and the Rise of Darwinian Criminal Justice
AUDIO: Does Darwinism lead to moral relativism?
VIDEO: Expelled: The Complexity of the Cell
VIDEO: David Berlinski on Mathematical Challenges to Neo-Darwinism
VIDEO: The Cambrian Explosion
VIDEO: The Galapagos Finches
VIDEO: Antibiotic Resistance
VIDEO: Homology
AUDIO: Richard Dawkins' Information Challenge
AUDIO: Dawkins' Anti-Religious Crusade
AUDIO: A Review of Francis Collins
VIDEO: Stephen Meyer on the Definition of Intelligent Design
VIDEO: The Rhetoric of Charles Darwin
VIDEO: 200 Years After Darwin
VIDEO: Darwin Day and the Deification of Charles Darwin
AUDIO: Stephen Meyer Explains the Evidence for Intelligent Design
VIDEO: Stephen Meyer debates Peter Ward on Intelligent Design
VIDEO: Traipsing Into Evolution: An Analysis of the Kitzmiller v. Dover Case
VIDEO: Proselytizing for Darwin's God in the Classroom
AUDIO: How the New Atheists Refute Themselves
Did Darwinism influence the Nazis?
VIDEO: Darwinian Conservatives: Friends or Foes?
Was Darwin wrong?
Is there an "edge" to evolution?
Was Charles Darwin a "Social Darwinist"?
Does Darwinian Evolution support or undercut traditional morality?
Is Darwinian evolution compatible with free will and personal responsibility?
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Glacier – Neos [Monstercat]
by Landon Fleury
in Bass Music, Future Bass, House, Live, Music Video
In 2016, Monstercat picked up an insane amount of new artists. Newcomers like Notaker and soupandreas made their debuts, as well as some well-established names like Marshmello and Seven Lions. Out of the dozens of new recruits, the one I happened to glance over completely was a young Ohioan talent named Glacier.
Though I didn't think he and Q'AILA made a great pairing on his label debut "Dancing by Myself," Glacier's instrumental followup release is nothing but pure bliss. "Neos" uniquely combines future bass and jazz with a danceable beat, making for an undeniably catchy, yet creative work. Additionally, the song is riddled with varying instrumental solos, ranging from synths to straight-up flute.
To showcase his range of talents, Glacier has also released an accompanying music video for the song. In it, Glacier is shown playing out each part of the song on different instruments, edited to be showcased as – almost – a full band. At one point, even, there are six Glaciers on screen at the same time. The video is both captivating and amusing, I would highly suggest a watch. If you like it, support the artist with a buy below!
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Spencer Strasmore and his boys are back to "ball out" in a brand-new season of this HBO comedy series that digs into the extravagant, high-stakes world of football in Miami, FL. In Season 2, things are more competitive and complicated than ever. Retired football star turned financial manager Spencer is forced to face demons from his past as he goes head-to-head with the biggest shark in the business, Andre Allen. Meanwhile, Spencer's closest friends and clients struggle to find their footing in a world where it's "go big" or go home
Creator, Steve Levinson
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Average 80 murders, 91 rapes daily in 2018: NCRB data
Kidnapping and abduction cases showed a jump of 10.3% in 2018.
January 09, 2020 05:32 pm | Updated December 03, 2021 10:19 am IST - New Delhi
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An average of 80 murders, 289 kidnappings and 91 rapes were reported every single day across the country in 2018, according to the latest data by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
Altogether, 50,74,634 cognizable crimes comprising 31,32,954 Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes and 19,41,680 Special and Local Laws (SLL) crimes were registered in 2018, up from 50,07,044 in 2017, the data stated.
A cognizable offence or case is defined as the one which an officer incharge of a police station may investigate without the order of a magistrate and effect arrest without warrant.
A total of 29,017 cases of murder were registered during 2018, showing an increase of 1.3% over 2017 (28,653 cases).
'Disputes' (9,623 cases) were the motive in highest number of murder cases during the year followed by 'personal vendetta or enmity' (3,875 cases) and 'gain' (2,995 cases), the data stated.
Kidnapping and abduction cases showed a jump of 10.3% in 2018 when 1,05,734 FIRs were registered. In 2017, 95,893 such cases were registered, while the number stood at 88,008 in 2016, the NCRB said.
A total of 1,05,536 (24,665 male and 80,871 female) persons were reported kidnapped or abducted, out of which 63,356 (15,250 male and 48,106 female) were children and 42,180 (9,415 male and 32,765 female) were adult during 2018, the data showed.
During 2018, a total of 92,137 kidnapped or abducted persons (22,755 male and 69,382 female) were recovered out of which 91,709 were recovered alive and 428 persons were dead, according to the NCRB.
The number of cases registered under the 'crime against women' category in 2018 was 3,78,277, up from 3,59,849 in 2017 and 3,38,954 in 2016. The number of rape cases, as defined in IPC section 376, were 33,356 in 2018.
In 2017, 32,559 rape cases were registered, while in 2016 the number stood at 38,947, the data stated.
According to the NCRB, though the overall crime numbers show an increase of 1.3% in registration of cases over 2017 (50,07,044 cases), crime rate per lakh population has come down from 388.6 in 2017 to 383.5 in 2018.
The NCRB, under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, is responsible for collecting and analysing crime data as defined by the Indian Penal Code and special and local laws in the country.
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If you discovered a formula that would increase the likelihood that your nonprofit association, charitable foundation, or trade society would grow, would you implement it? Of course, you would. You would at least give it some serious thought, probably. It might surprise you to learn that the AMC Institute commissioned a study that found that "On average, AMC-managed associations experience more than three times the growth in net assets and 31 percent more growth in net revenue regardless of size and tax status than those that do not use AMCs." In short, hiring an Association Management Company (AMC) can be good for your bottom line. "Whoa," you might be saying to yourself. What is an AMC anyway?
What is an Association Management Firm?
It is no secret that Association Management Companies grew up to serve an industry of associations looking to pool resources and benefit from economies of scale. An Association Management Firm provides an integrated headquarters and staff on behalf of an association. Often, an AMC will serve as headquarters for several organizations where all of the associations benefit from sharing overhead and a professional staff who conduct the day-to-day business for the organization. Alternately, associations can choose to simply outsource certain functions of their office, such as meeting administration, to an Association Management firm to fill in gaps without bringing on new staff.
An AMC can do it all which is called full-service association management or just the parts that are needed–strategic planning, membership development and administration, marketing and communications, education and programming, meetings and special events, executive administration, technology and website development, accounting and financial planning. An AMC can be short-term or long-term partner depending on your specific needs.
Continuity – Instead of the responsibilities of managing staff and dealing with the human resources issues that come with it, an AMC can provide continuity for an organization, especially during times of leadership turnover and change. This puts the AMC in charge of hiring rather than saddling a volunteer board with recruiting and training new staff over and over. In addition, an AMC will document the functional areas they manage so you will be able to keep the institutional knowledge of how your organization operates for the long-term. All the files, history, and staff reside in one place.
Top-Quality Expertise for Less – When associations pool their resources together, they share overhead and expert staff. This means that if they need an accountant to prepare the financial reports, they only pay for the hours they need that person's help. This goes for all of the functional areas that Association Management Companies can administer on behalf of an association – such as their membership recruitment, developing their annual conference, creating a distance education series, or preparing a newsletter to go out to the membership and more.
Latest Technology – Now more than ever consumers' expectations and demand for websites, social media, and other technology to receive the information and services they need are higher than ever. Technology can also help automate some of the backend functions of a society too. The reality is that most Associations may not have the funds to invest in the technology and equipment they need. Luckily, by partnering with an AMC, even the smallest associations can enjoy greater access to technology and the expertise to implement it at a lower cost point than if they purchased it separately.
Best Practices – Stay abreast of the latest best practices for administering associations by letting an AMC advise you about the best practices for operating your trade association or professional society. It's an additional benefit that AMCs will leverage what they learn from all of their clients to better help you with your association. If one marketing campaign netted increased sponsorship revenue for one client, you can bet that they will be looking hard at that strategy to benefit your association, too.
Buying Power – It goes without saying that partnering with an AMC can make it easier to leverage a larger organization's buying power with outside vendors. For example, if you need a conference program and several other association clients need printed materials, purchasing in bulk will make it more likely for quantity discounts.
All in all, partnering with an AMC can free up volunteer board members to focus on the strategy and direction to keep their association, professional society, or charitable foundation on the road to growth and vitality.
Need an Association Management Company as a Partner?
Are you looking for a trusted partner to help you with one part of or all of your association's management? Contact Ascent Management, a full-service AMC that would be happy to listen to your association's unique needs and partner with you to come up with solutions that will benefit your organization for the long run.
While change is the biggest certainty in life, it doesn't make it any easier. Add on newly elected leaders, economic worries, mobile devices constantly buzzing in our pockets and shortened news cycles can really stoke people's fears and hopes about the future. Luckily, associations, trade societies, and charitable foundations have been advocating for their members and creating a community for some time. Their focus on the greater good is an excellent opportunity to get things started this year. Here are 5 tips to position your association for success now and for years to come.
No matter what industry you represent, sharing optimism and hope regularly will take you far. Whether you're communicating to your membership via email, video, or giving an address at your group' annual convention, temper reality with optimism. By showing your organization's passion for helping your members in good and challenging times, you also show that you have each member's success at heart.
Associations came into being because people found it beneficial to band together for a common goal. Make sure your value proposition is crystal clear. Provide benefits and services that address your member's biggest challenges, fears, and anxieties. Find out what your members can't easily do themselves, such as salary surveys, benchmarking, training, research, and advocacy, and fill that gap.
Is your association a knowledge leader by setting best practices and offering certifications to identify proficiency and skills? Perhaps you fill education gaps by having multiple ways for your members to advance their career, volunteer, and connect with mentors. Training can be delivered in so many ways, including in-person at conferences and events, on-the-go with podcasts, live or on-demand webinars and video streaming to name a few. Think about what would help your membership be more successful as industries, technology, and economic conditions change. If you help them weather the changes, they'll reward you with their loyalty.
Technology can help you automate processes, like membership renewals and welcome messages to new members, finances, reporting, and other operational tasks. It can also help you engage with members across wide geographic distances using social media, webinars, podcasts, online forums, video, live streaming and more. Don't presume that your members can't learn "new" tricks or get used to new processes. You might be surprised that they can with the right mix of help and communication.
Shore up and streamline your communications strategy across your organization. If your organization conducts an annual member survey, it's the perfect time to assess all of your communication channels including social media. Keep in mind that members, who read emails, may miss your post on Facebook, so it pays to repeat messages in different formats. Can your e-newsletter be shortened and does it look good on a mobile device? Small tweaks can reap big rewards. Don't forget your paper strategy. Despite what one might hear, there is still room for direct mail in certain circumstances. Consider how valuable a handwritten thank you note for volunteering on a committee might mean to that new member who is just getting started.
Depending on your membership mix, consider how you may diversity and include members of different ages. What newer graduates are interested in will undoubtedly differ from the leadership challenge that a more experienced professional may be looking for. Think about how mentorship programs, volunteer opportunities, and networking events can help professionals get to know one another.
Steady progress and a commitment to your members' success will take you a long way. Don't get caught up in the chaos of the day-to-day, get to work delivering what your members most need day after day and the storm will pass. They always do.
Need a strategic, experienced partner on your side to help manage your Association? Look to the experts at Ascent Management, an association management company that provides full-service and outsourced solutions for associations of many sizes. Contact us to learn more about how we can help you automate operations and select strategies that will keep your organization thriving.


Wow, this might well have been on my books of the year list except I got it on New Years Eve and have only just read it. I'll definately be reading it over and over again in little bits. It's a copy of Josh Cotter's sketchbook I guess, or it's made to look like that anyhow. A moleskin type sketchbook with rounded corners and inside covers and that. There's several pages of dense tiny text that doesn't make much sense but it's lovely words and makes a kind of poem, and as you read the book it seems to fit with it and make some sense of what's going on.
The main character is a rabbit and he keeps appearing and then disintegrating into beautiful abstract scribbly things. This sort of stuff is really hard to do well, but this book pulls it off and you never think he's just making marks for the sake of it, there is some sort of story and purpose to the whole thing though I'm not sure what it is... it's very satisfying. Maybe it's about the rabbits mental health problems, but nothing too obvious and simple. Very highly recommended.


This film comes at a major crossroads in the Catholic Church, and the nuns are everything that's right with the institution. They stand with the marginalized, and won't be bullied by the hierarchy. I feel a deep connection to the women featured in Radical Grace.
Exhilarating...among the year's best films... Radical Grace moved me to tears with its portrayal of good people putting their beliefs into action in ways that transcend all ideological boundaries.
When the Vatican reprimands U.S. nuns — citing their "radical feminism" — three fearless nuns risk their place in the Church to follow another higher calling: social justice.
One sister takes on Church patriarchy, another finds hope in the former prisoners she counsels, and the third launches a cross-country Nuns on the Bus tour, leveraging her newfound fame to spotlight social needs. These sisters "bring humor and down-to-earth grit to an epic battle for justice, equality and the dignity of women" (Gene Siskel Film Center).
Following their struggles through the election of Pope Francis, Radical Grace captures a period of dramatic transformation as the Catholic Church grapples with the modern word.


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Year 13 Computer Science students from Brooke Weston Academy and Corby Technical School had an insight into a leading web design company when they visited MMT Digital.
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Year 7 student Wiktoria Malaga from Brooke Weston Academy met the Polish president and toured the presidential palace after he made a surprise visit to her town's fire station.
Year 7 student competes in Young Chef of the Year competition
Well done to George Salaman, from Year 7 at Brooke Weston Academy, who took part in the first heats of the Young Chef of the Year competition run by University College, Birmingham.
Former colleague visits BWA's restaurant
Former BWT senior leader John Henrys, who is now CEO of the Learning Without Limits Academy Trust, recently visited our restaurant with three of his Principals to see the lunchtime provision we offer.


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(The First 50 Years – 1908-1968)
This history was written by Mrs. Pauline Ferguson, Church Clerk and daughter of the founders, Bonder and Amanda Johnson for the Fiftieth Anniversary Souvenir Journal in 1968.
In 1908, at the residence of Mrs. Amanda Johnson, Nauck Heights, now 22ndand South Monroe Streets, a few Christian people held prayer meetings regularly from 1908 until 1911. The group which was composed of Bonder and Amanda Johnson, Gus Mitchell, Ella Mitchell, Josephine Bankhead, Reverend Hugh Bankhead, Matilda Grayson, Edward Walker, Robert Commodore, Sr., Bennie West and Levi Green, decided to organize a church.
They purchased a lot and erected a small building which was set aside in 1911 by Reverend Frank Graham of Mt. Zion Baptist Church and Reverend Brass Clark of Alexandria, Virginia, as the Macedonia Baptist Church. Reverend John Gilliam was called as the first Pastor.
In 1912, Reverend Gilliam held the first baptizing in Four Mile Run with the following candidates: Martha Mitchell, Samuel Johnson, Clara Green, Effie Commodore, Robert Commodore, Viola Mitchell, Beatrice Johnson, Naomi Johnson and David Johnson. The Church then elected the following officers: Bonder Johnson, Chairman of the Deacon Board, Edward Walker, Chairman of the Trustee Board, David Johnson, Church Clerk. Reverend Gilliam was called to a larger church and was replaced by Reverend Bernard Botts.
The Macedonia Baptist Church was founded in a very humble way, yet with the highest ideals for which the Church stands today. Once a week services were held in the little Church until the membership felt the need to expand. They then purchased the old Peyton Hall at Nauck Station, the site of the present Church during the time of Reverend Botts' pastorship.
Reverend Pinkney, Reverend Botts successor carried the Church on. Using his wonderful teaching ability, he aroused great interest in the Sunday School and increased its membership. He was then called to another Church.
Reverend Richardson then accepted the pastorship for a short time. It seemed that the Church was having a hard time to survive with the steady stream of pastors. While searching for a successor to Reverend Richardson, Reverend Carter Taylor came to their rescue and served as pastor until they made a decision. With his spiritual help and guidance, the church decided to call Reverend Owen Hawkins, who led the Church until 1925. Reverend Sherman W. Phillips of Falls Church, Virginia was then called. Under his spiritual and helpful supervision, the Church prospered and continued to grow.
The officers at that time were Deacon Ralph D. Collins, Sr., Chairman of the Deacon Board, Brother Archie Turner, Chairman of the Trustee Board, Sister Naomi Bias, Church Clerk and Brother John Stewart, Superintendent of Sunday School.
Soon after Reverend Phillips came in 1925, a joint revival was carried on by Reverend Phillips and Reverend Claggett Ward. This increased the membership of the Church.
On September 18, 1927, the cornerstone was laid and the old Church was erected. In the ensuing years the Church has carried on many successful activities. Revivals, raffles, concerts and programs have been held in the interest of furthering Christian Fellowship.
During this time Deacon Ralph D. Collins, Sr. was Chairman of the Deacon Board who was succeeded by Deacon Oliver McQuinn and then the mantle fell on the shoulders of Deacon Lawrence Johnson, Sr., the present chairman. The Trustee Board has prospered and carried on its duties under the chairmanship of Brother Gus Mitchell, Brother Archie Turner and Brother Samuel Scott, the present chairman.
The following persons have served as Church Treasurer: Brother Archie Turner, Brother Frank Lee, Brother Alfred Taylor, Sr. and Deacon Costello Harris, the present chairman. The Church Clerks through the years have been Brother David Johnson, Sister Naomi Johnson Bias, Sister Verna Taylor Dean and Sister Pauline Johnson Ferguson, the present clerk.
The Sunday School has steadily marched forward and greatly increased in membership under the leadership of Brother Bonder Johnson, Brother John Stewart, Sister Callie Johnson, Brother Edgar Bass, Brother Pete Hackett, Sister Florence Terry and the present superintendent for the past 22 years, Miss Valois V. Gaines.
The Senior Choir has been ably assisted through the years by the following pianists: Brother Frye, Sister Ethel Johnson, Sister Suzanne Walker, Sister Doris Harris and Sister Lottie Bellamy. The Choir has been under the leadership of Sister Mary Ellis Williams, Deacon Henry Dean and now is led by Brother Arthur Henderson.
A Junior Choir was organized under the sponsorship of Sister Beatrice Smith with Sister Audrey Taylor Coachman as pianist.
The following singing units have been added to our Church in recent years. The Men's Chorus, was organized by Deacon Robert Commodore, who served as President. He was succeeded by Brother Dowdell Tillman and then Deacon Henry Dean, the present leader. The Gospel Chorus was organized by Sister Beatrice Smith and Sister Mattie Dunn as pianist and Brother Alfred Taylor, Jr., as President. She was succeeded by Sister Betty B. Green as pianist. Sister Florence Terry was the organizer and directress of the Bells of Joy with Sister Yvonne Lowe Smith as the pianist.
The Church has done well in furthering God's Kingdom. It has sent out five sons: Reverend Edgar Bass, Reverend C. I. Rogers, Reverend Herman Williams, Reverend Spicer Peterson and Reverend Albert Norris. Another son, Reverend George O. A. Lowe, Jr., is now serving in the armed forces of our country.
From its humble beginnings the Church has marched steadily on. Various clubs have been organized to help keep spiritual interests and activities at a high level. These clubs are: The Willing Workers, Mrs. Mary T. Taylor, President, The Never Idle Club, Mrs. Pauline Ferguson, President; The Nurses Unit, Mrs. Mabel Commodore, President, The Senior Usher Board, Mr. Edgar R. Cowan, President, Usher Board No. 2, the presidents being Brother Isaac Brooks, Sister Mary Smith and the present President, Brother James Duson. There was also the Deacon's Club, led by Deacon Beret White. The Deaconess Board's officers have been Sister Viola Johnson and Sister Ruby L. Taylor, the present Chairman.
The clubs recently added to the Church include: The Harmony Club, Sister Gertrude Williams, President; The Ever Ready Club, Sister Isabelle Butler, President; The New Members Club, Deacon Costello Harris, President; The Flower Club, Sister Elnora Roberts, President; The Pastor's Aid Club, Sister Beatrice Smith, President and the Junior Ushers, organized by Brother Isaac Brooks with Sister Gracie Chambers as President.
Some of the older members who have continued faithful through the years to the present time are: Sisters Aggie Thornton, Ruth Turley, Lucinda Lowe, Nora Taylor, Luvinia Green, Emma Moore and Worthy Arnold.
The Church has prospered under the leadership of Reverend Phillips, that since 1946, $36,000 has been spent on remodeling and improvements, in addition to the current expenses. With our annual rally in 1952, the Church cleared its mortgage and is now free of debt.
On June 1, 1968, after 43 years of faithful ministerial service, Reverend Phillips was called to eternal rest.


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How to apply for research ethics review at BSMS
BSMS > Research > Support and governance > Governance and ethics > How to apply for research ethics review at BSMS
On this page you will find information on preparing an application and how to apply online, the standard risk review and how to book a review slot for your application.
Further advice and support is available from Caroline Brooks, BSMS Research Integrity Ethics and Governance Administrator (rgec@bsms.ac.uk).
Preparing an application
If you are a BSMS researcher or working with human subjects elsewhere in our partner universities – and if you think your research would be best assessed by the Research Governance and Ethics Committee – please contact Caroline Brooks, BSMS Research Integrity, Ethics and Governance Administrator, to discuss your study before submitting an application: C.E.Brooks@bsms.ac.uk.
For general enquires, information on meeting dates and submission deadlines – as well as to book a slot for the review of your project at a meeting – please contact the RGEC on rgec@bsms.ac.uk.
Download the checklist tool for applicants here >
Booking a review slot for your application
A review slot at a scheduled committee meeting must still be booked in for applications for ethical and governance review submitted via the online system.
The committee receives a high volume of applications from faculty and students and it is essential to book your application in for review before a meeting submission date.
Please contact RGEC at rgec@bsms.ac.uk to book a slot for the review of your application at a meeting.
Your application to RGEC should be timed well in advance of the proposed start date of your project. Committee meetings are held on a quarterly basis and project proposals should be submitted by the deadline date (please see tables below).
BSMS Research Governance and Ethics Committee and Sub-Panel meetings 2020/21
13 August 2020 Committee 3 September 2020
24 September 2020 Sub-Panel 15 October 2020
22 October 2020 Committee 12 November 2020
19 November 2020 Sub-Panel
4 January 2021 Sub-Panel 21 January 2021
21 January 2021 Sub-Panel 11 February 2021
18 February 2021 Committee 11 March 2021
25 March 2021 Sub-Panel 15 April 2021
21 April 2021 Committee 12 May 2021
27 May 2021 Sub-Panel 17 June 2021
24 June 2021 Sub-Panel 15 July 2021
22 July 2021 Sub-Panel 12 August 2021
Additional documents to be uploaded online
BSMS RGEC Checklist For Applicants >
BSMS RGEC Participant Consent Form Template >
BSMS RGEC Participant Information Sheet Template >
BSMS RGEC Recruitment Poster for Imaging Studies Template >
An online application form for research projects seeking ethical and governance approval via the BSMS Research Governance and Ethics Committee (RGEC) was launched on 11 May 2017 and is accessible via Sussex Direct here.
The online system is now the sole method of applying to the committee. Applicants will need to log in to Sussex Direct then select the Research tab followed by Ethical Reviews. A comprehensive User Guide is included with the online form (and below) to assist applicants. Please see Frequently Asked Questions, which offers answers to common queries. Further advice and support is also available from Caroline Brooks, BSMS Research Integrity, Ethics and Governance Administrator.
Please note: BSMS RGEC is a University of Sussex research ethics committee which solely reviews ethics applications proposed by BSMS staff and students, and does not have the jurisdiction to review external studies falling outside its remit. Studies must therefore be submitted by a member of BSMS staff or a student. Researchers should contact Caroline Brooks, Research Integrity, Ethics and Governance Administrator, if they have any questions: c.e.brooks@bsms.ac.uk
Download user guide >
Download FAQs document >
A Word version of the online application form for applying to RGEC can also be downloaded. It provides a template for Staff and Postgraduate Research students preparing an application which they may wish to share with their collaborators, research team, or Doctoral Supervisors, in advance of submission.
Download Word version >
Templates for Preparing an Information Sheet and Consent Form
Templates which you can adapt for use with your research ethics application.
Participant Information Sheet Template >
Consent Form Template >
Interview Consent Form Template >
Verbal Consent Template >
Applicants should note that standard written consent is not always appropriate. Researchers need to be aware that consent should be appropriate to the project and the participants and seek guidance and further advice as required.
All requests for amendments to committee-approved projects (excluding clinical studies with university sponsorship) are now submitted via the online system. This includes minor and substantial amendments as well as amendments to studies approved prior to the introduction of the online application form. The User Guide offers clear guidance on this process.
Download the amendment form >
Standard risk review
Following extensive development and user testing, the online ethics application system in Sussex Direct for applying to the BSMS Research Governance and Ethics Committee, has been adapted to include a separate review pathway for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Taught student research projects judged as posing minimal risks.
BSMS's new standard risk pathway will launch in Sussex Direct on 6 July, bringing the Medical School in line with all Cross-School Research Ethics Committees operating across the University of Sussex.
The ethics application system, within Sussex Direct, will now identify Undergraduate and Postgraduate Taught student projects which are deemed standard risk, using an in-built risk assessment checklist. It has been deliberately designed to introduce quicker turnaround of ethical review for student projects presenting fewer risks to participants.
Expedited review for these projects will occur via the School Research Ethics Officers (SREOs), a new role at BSMS which is jointly fulfilled by Dr Trevor Welland and Ceri Butler in the Department of Medical Education.
In parallel, the applicant's Supervisor will become an integral part of the reviewing process, first confirming online endorsement for their student's application prior to submission to the SREO for ethical review. The system will generate emails to alert staff that an application requires their review.
Professor Val Jenkins, Chair of the BSMS Research Governance and Ethics Committee commented: "This has been an extensive undertaking for BSMS RGEC, but one which we trust will make the process for applicable projects a lot swifter and also more efficient for students and their supervisors. A special thanks goes to Caroline Brooks for her indefatigable efforts to see this to fruition."
It's hoped that the new process will be viewed as a positive development for the Medical School. Professor Malcolm Reed, Dean of BSMS, added: "The new process not only aligns BSMS with the University of Sussex's Cross-School Research Ethics Committees, but with many other universities by implementing stratified ethical review and more user friendly processes for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Taught student research, whilst ensuring our students learn about the importance of ethics and ethical principles in research. I am very grateful to Professor Jenkins and the team for implementing this change under challenging circumstances and also to the ethics committee as a whole for all the work they do to ensure that our research is undertaken under the highest ethical standards appropriate for each individual project."
All ethics applications (Staff, Postgraduate Research Student, Postgraduate Taught Student and Undergraduate Student) should continue to be made using the online ethics application system in Sussex Direct, which is available here.
The review pathway for Staff, Postgraduate Research and Postgraduate Taught projects conducted overseas remains unchanged and via the Research Governance and Ethics Committee.
Applicant guidance is included with the online form and will be available on the BSMS website's Governance and Ethics pages, but further advice and support is available from Caroline Brooks, BSMS Research Integrity Ethics and Governance Administrator (rgec@bsms.ac.uk).
Download the Standard Operating Procedures guide here >
Download the Risk Rating Filter Checklist here >
A Word version of the Standard Risk online application form for applying for SREO review can be downloaded. It provides a template for Undergraduate IRP and Postgraduate taught students preparing an application which they may wish to share with their Supervisors, in advance of submission in Sussex Direct.
Download the Word version here >
A note to Supervisors
Supervisors of UG IRP students and PGT dissertation students will need to be aware of the new process, since it directly applies to students under their supervision. Key points to highlight:
Supervisors will become fully integrated into the ethics review process for their student's project.
In practical terms, while the student's application will continue to be submitted for ethics review via the online system in Sussex Direct, it will first be submitted to their Supervisor for initial review and authorisation (which will also occur in Sussex Direct). Once the Supervisor has authorised the application, it is then transferred by the Supervisor to a School Research Ethics Officer for secondary review, decision and sign-off.
For UG IRP students, BSMS expect the student to submit the ethics application. Previously, some IRP Supervisors have submitted an ethics application on behalf of a student(s), usually well in advance of a student being allocated to the project, and before the student's identity is known. However, with the introduction of the standard risk process, the responsibility for submitting the ethics application lies with the student and becomes an essential part of a student's training in research.
Supervisors need to ensure that they have arranged access to the online ethics review application system in Sussex Direct, in advance of their student's ethics submission. Access requires a University of Sussex ITS account linked to a BSMS email address. For BSMS faculty Supervisors this will already be in place. However, clinical supervisors of UG IRP projects will need to arrange access well in advance (it's anticipated that they will first require an Honorary contract in order to be entitled to a BSMS email address), or, alternatively, will need to ensure that a member of BSMS faculty can act as second Supervisor for the purposes of ethics review.
A suite of support materials is available – notably this includes a new Applicant Checklist, which covers the supplementary documents required for different types of study, as well as tips for submitting a robust application. Also a Supervisors Checklist, to support Supervisors with reviewing and confidently authorising their student's application.
Students and their Supervisors can expect a quicker turnaround of an ethics review decision. From a students' perspective, although the application process itself will be much the same, (it continues to be via Sussex Direct and the same documentation is required) the process of review has become more responsive. UG IRP and PGT students will no longer need to book their application in for review at a scheduled RGEC meeting. (Once their Supervisor has authorised their application in Sussex Direct, the School Research Ethics Officer aims to turn around an ethics decision within 10 working days).
Download the checklist tool for supervisors here >


Organizations are accumulating large and ever-growing repositories of unstructured data. Business and regulatory requirements mandate that such data remain accessible and protected from damage, loss or change (compliance). Storage replication and archiving strategies have replaced traditional primary copy + backup solutions as the norm. Too often, this data remains at risk from negligence, malicious action or natural disaster. Fortunately there is a new class of 'cold cloud storage' offered by major cloud storage vendors that can be used to maintain an offsite, online and secure copy of such data at an aggressive price point of $0.01/GB/month.
"Storage replication and archiving strategies have replaced traditional primary copy + backup solutions as the norm"
Within healthcare, "Covered Entities" and "Business Associates" are subject to severe non-compliance penalties for failing to conform to the Backup and DR requirements specified in the HIPAA HITECH Security Rule. The author has encountered many entities within and outside Healthcare whose Backup/DR strategies are sub-optimal at best and non-conformant at worst. With reimbursements falling and budgets fixed, storage infrastructure being kept in service longer and the risk of data loss increases. Such organizations are in dire need of a solution that will leverage their existing storage investments AND provide a graceful mechanism to leverage advances in storage technology.
Other industries have comparable requirements for compliance and data protection. In some environments there is a specific requirement to maintain a copy on a dissimilar storage technology – explicitly ruling out a replication-only approach between similar devices.
Fortunately, a compelling new form of cost-compelling storage has emerged-'cold' cloud object storage from Google and Amazon. Both based on the S3 RESTful object interface, these offerings are branded as Google Cloud Storage Nearline and Amazon S3 Standard- Infrequent Access. This storage is priced like Amazon's Glacier at $0.01 /GB/month, but is NOT hamstrung by glacial 3-5 hour retrieval times.
On quick review (contact vendors for exact pricing and SLA's), cold cloud storage appears ideally suited for Disaster Recovery and perhaps even deep Archival storage that is infrequently accessed. For "copy 2" or "copy 3" data that is written once and retrieved rarely and hopefully never, 100 TB could be stored offsite for a whopping $12-15K/year. Retrievals are priced at roughly $0.01/ GB retrieved. In the event of a disaster, a one-time retrieval cost for all 100 TB would cost <= $12,000 – a bargain relative to other post-disaster recovery costs.
For Healthcare, both Google and Amazon are willing to sign the requisite Business Associate Agreements required under HIPAA HITECH Act.
But here is the critical question-how does one transparently add a tier of cold cloud storage to an existing environment that is using a large unstructured data archive to run the business?
The bulk of unstructured data is acquired and stored by business applications such as medical imaging, document management systems, document imaging systems, call recording applications, etc. Most existing applications use a "Least Common Denominator" file level protocol such as SMB or NFS to provide compatibility with the largest number of storage devices. Such applications rarely provide robust storage management features. Instead, they rely on an implementation of one or more technologies to provide storage management services such as replication, backup, DR, multi-tiering, data migration, device failover, encryption, file-to-cloud gateways, etc.
A common approach is to rely solely on proprietary storage replication features for data protection between two similar storage devices. An obvious concern is having both copies in the same data center or geographic disaster zone. Another concern is that accidental or malicious changes to the primary device will be faithfully replicated to the secondary. Snapshots may improve recovery from detected one-time events but are far less useful when undetected damage occurs gradually over time. Fail-over/fail-back between primary and secondary replicas requires manual intervention, as will recovery of lost/damaged data from a surviving replica.
Application vendors and organizations may alsorely on storage virtualization gateways, hierarchical storage managers, cloud storage gateways and the like. These products provide storage management capabilities that the application or storage vendors are unable to provide. Such technologies can be used to manage multiple tiers of existing, similar or dissimilar storage and may even be able to migrate data between existing and new tiers of storage (e.g. a new tier of cold cloud storage, replacement storage technologies, etc.).
1) Consider a typical archival application that only supports a single tier of NAS storage. Adding a DR tier of cold cloud storage isn't possible– without help.
2) Consider an archival application that supports multiple tiers of NAS and S3 cloud storage and a mechanism for duplicating existing NAS storage to a cloud tier. Such a solution would be simple, but unfortunately, such applications are rare as hen's teeth, and application vendors are slow to add such features.
3) Consider an archival application that supports multiple tiers of NAS storage. This is somewhat more common, and the app 'only' needs help from a minimal single-tier NAS-S3 Cloud Gateway plus a NAS-NAS data migration to onboard existing data.
4) Finally, consider an archival application that supports a single tier of NAS storage that is used in conjunction with multi-tiered Storage Gateway that can be used to manage existing NAS storage, a tier of S3 Cloud storage, and that includes the ability to migrate data from tier to tier as organizational requirements evolve.
Regardless of the means used to achieve the end, organizations managing large unstructured data archives no longer have an excuse for sub-optimal or non-compliant DR plans. It is often not a matter of whether, but when the unexpected happens. A failure to prepare can be the same as preparing to fail.
Fortunately, a new generation of offsite, online, available, durable and cost-compelling cold cloud storage has emerged from Google and Amazon to fill the gap. As storage technologies continue to evolve, we can safely assume that additional vendors will come to market with similar or even more compelling offerings.


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The Case for Divesting from Fossil Fuels in Canada
11 May 2017 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
67 Erb St W
Waterloo, ON N2L 6C2
Laura Hamilton
Divest Waterloo
Divest Waterloo is partnering with CIGI to host an evening with Jeff Rubin, a world-leading energy expert and former chief economist at CIBC World Markets. As a senior fellow CIGI, Jeff has written extensively on the future of the Canadian oil sands and the financial imperative to shift our economy away from fossil fuel dependence. Jeff will be speaking at CIGI to address pension fund managers, members of the finance and insurance industries, and the general public about the financial case for divesting from fuels.
The call for divestment from fossil fuels has traditionally been pitched to protect the future wealth of pensioners and other long-term investors. But the time frames for action have shifted markedly over the last two years, with the collapse in coal, oil and natural gas prices already triggering a massive decline in the equity valuations of fossil fuel producers.
Join us for a public lecture on divestment from fossil fuels by Jeff Rubin, CIGI senior fellow, former chief economist at CIBC World Markets, and thought leader on the economics of energy sources. Jeff will speak about the research presented in his CIGI paper on divestment, as well the recent spate of major international investors who have pulled up stakes from the Canadian oil sands. A question period will follow.
The Case for Divesting from Fossil Fuels in Canada | Centre for International Governance Innovation
Author: KWPeace
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Review: Dinner For Schmucks
The Pitch: Of Mice And Anchormen.
The Review: The two most prominent comedy schools of the twenty-first century have been the Adam McKay-Will Ferrell type movies with mainly madness and shouting, and the Judd Apatow, more observational style, although the two have shared common acting talent. Paul Rudd and Steve Carell have appeared together in one of each (Anchorman and The 40 Year Old Virgin), and now align themselves with director Jay Roach, who himself has spawned two key comedy franchises in the Austin Powers and Fockers sagas. Quite a wide variety of styles, but Dinner For Schmucks attempts to mine yet further comedic deposits, including the discomfort-style comedy of Carell's own The Office remake, but the predominant tone here is altogether more screwball.
This is, of course, a remake of the Nineties French movie Le diner de cons, with two major structural differences – that movie didn't actually have the dinner at its conclusion, whereas here the conclusion is the dinner itself (don't worry, that's not a significant spoiler), but also that there was nothing but entertainment as a motive for the original's dinner, whereas Schmucks raises the stakes for Paul Rudd's Tim so that he must be successful at the dinner and also in his other endeavours. Crucial to this is finding the right schmuck, and Tim quite literally runs into Steve Carell's Barry, a kind hearted simpleton who produces dioramas from roadkill mice. So we have some stakes, and they are raised as soon as Barry comes into Tim's life with the complications that Barry immediately and inadvertently causes for Tim's love life.
Your tolerance for what follows will depend entirely on the good will you have for Messrs. Carell and Rudd. For the first hour of the movie has the occasional chuckle, is sporadically funny, but is also packed full of set pieces that lead you to question what kind of comedy you're actually watching. Dinner For Schmucks is described in the opening titles as "inspired by", but in the process the writers appear to have taken too many of the direct elements from their original and nothing really gels together. Or indeed, is actually anything other than toe-curlingly embarrassing at some points, most notably a subplot featuring Lucy Punch as a clingy former one-night stand. There's also jeopardy on the love interest angle – Jermaine Clement plays the weirdo artist with a commendable straight face, but there's very little to offer of interest in that story early on.
Then something happens as we get closer to the dinner itself – Barry's nemesis at work, Therman (Zack Galifianakis) comes into the story, and suddenly Barry's tale takes on a huge amount of pathos and you find yourself rooting for him, despite yourself and despite the fact that at times he's taken decisions which seem purely driven to be annoying, rather than true to the character. But the final dinner arrives, all of the characters, including David Walliams' bizarre Swiss moneyman and the other schmucks, come together in what turns out to be a very funny and well constructed conclusion, as the respective idiocies all have a bearing on the final outcome in the manner of a classic farce. If you can last until the final third, the dinner is worth the wait and elevates the whole enterprise by several degrees, but if you're not big Carell / Rudd fans, you may struggle to last that long.
Why see it at the cinema: To take in the full intricate and poignant details of Barry's mouse dioramas in their wonderful detail. There's a mouse Jesus! What more could you want?
This entry was posted in Reviews and tagged Bruce Greenwood, comedy, David Walliams, French remake, Jay Roach, mice, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell.
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Design plans and engineering specifications continue to progress on the "Segment C" portion of the LA1 elevated highway project south of Golden Meadow.
This segment of the improvement project will consist of an elevated roadway from just inside the Golden Meadow corporate limits going south and connecting with the Leeville overpass.
In order to make the project more feasible, this work will be constructed in three portions, beginning with phase 2C, which will run for about a mile from Golden Meadow south, paralleling the current Louisiana Highway 1.
The final plans are approximately 60 percent complete, with finalized permits expected near the end of July and a contract let date scheduled for October of this year.
The cost estimate for this segment stands at $46 million, with the state expected to place some $25 million for the project in the capital outlay bill during the current legislative session.
According to Henri Boulet, the executive director of the LA1 Coalition, the group spearheading the highway upgrades, the preliminary design and plans for phase 2A are complete. This elevated roadway segment will run from the current Leeville overpass north for about a mile with a projected price tag of a little over $43 million.
The largest segment, 2B, will run for six miles between the first two segments and will consist of another overpass crossing the Bollinger Canal. Preliminary design plans for this largest segment are complete and the cost estimate stands now at $230 million.


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Third-cycle (doctoral) programme in computer and information science
Curious to do research in the subject of computer and information science? We offer opportunities for research for both doctoral students and industrial doctoral students.
What is a third-cycle programme?
The word research usually means systematically studying something partially unknown, with accuracy and theoretical awareness. A third-cycle, or postgraduate, education programme aims at educating researchers, that is, it's mainly about learning methodology.
This is done by working in a research project with practical research and then writing a thesis on the project. The work is largely independent and you work at your own dissertation under the guidance of a supervisor. Part of the education period is devoted to courses, mostly within your own research domain but also general courses on research methodology and academic writing.
However, it is important to realize that being a scientist not only involves doing research in a particular domain. There are many other important skills as well, such as applying for research funding, project management and presentation techniques. A third-cycle programme in Sweden usually involves four years of full-time studies in order to obtain a doctoral degree, or two years of full-time studies to obtain a licentiate degree.
What are the prerequisites?
In order to become a doctoral student in the subject, you must have at least a Master Degree, i.e. four years of study (240 higher education credits) with at least one year (60 credits) at second-cycle, in a relevant domain.
A doctoral student is normally employed by the university in the form of a doctoral studentship. A doctoral studentship is an employment where 80-100 % of the working hours is devoted to own research studies. The remaining 0-20 per cent may be used for other assignments at the university, most often taking part in the first-cycle education.
There is also an opportunity to become a so-called industrial doctoral student. An industrial doctoral student is normally employed by a company that has decided to have a strong link to research and thus invests in educating an employee at the third-cycle level. The most common form of agreement for an industrial doctoral student implies that the student dedicates him- or herself to 80 % own research studies, usually at the university, while spending the remaining 20 per cent working at the company with some type of project.
A third possibility is to become a so-called self-funded doctoral student. Such a doctoral student is normally not employed by the university but has his or her own resources for carrying out the studies (through an own company, for example). However, a self-funded doctoral student must prove that he/she has the same qualifications as an employed doctoral student or an industrial doctoral student.
What does the third-cycle subject area computer and information science comprise?
The third-cycle subject area has three specialisations:
Media technology
Within the subject of computer science, concepts, languages, programs, methods and tools are developed and analyzed for both effective, large-scale software development and other computer science issues in specific application areas, both theoretically and practically. Areas of application include Internet of Things, IT security, software and information quality, information visualization, self-adaptive systems, parallel calculations, and more.
Common for the research in the field of informatics are studies of IT usage from a design perspective, that is, how systems and usage can be developed to, in turn, develop and improve operations. Interplay between people, technology and organization is essential. Relationships between people and information technology change as a consequence of technology development, which also affects the organizing of work processes and people's daily lives. New methods are developed in the field of informatics research and are used to study these new phenomena. Postgraduate studies in informatics includes both empirical and theoretical studies in areas such as digital business, e-health, information security, digital learning, etc.
The subject of media technology encompasses a wide range of areas – design and development of interactive systems, web and mobile development and advanced HCI technologies, to name a few. The subject develops and analyzes methods, tools and various technical solutions for both effective development, implementation and evaluation of media technology systems. The focus is also on current issues in specific areas of application, from a theoretical as well as a practical perspective.
How do I become a doctoral student in computer and information science?
When the subject has the possibility to admit a doctoral student, the post is announced at the web and in papers. Normally there is a specific project that the prospective doctoral student will work with, as well as appointed supervisors.
Read more about entry requirements, content and objectives of the programme in the study plan below
General information about third-cycle studies at Linnaeus University
The university library's subject guide for computer science and media technology and informatics
Read more about our research at the respective subject at the research page of the Faculty of Technology
Vacancies at Linnaeus University
Curriculum for third-cycle studies in computer and information science
Computer and information science.pdf
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Louisiana State Employees posts 15.8% fiscal-year return
Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System, Baton Rouge, returned a gross 15.8% in the fiscal year ended June 30, said Alisa Lacombe, manager of investment operations, in an email.
The $11 billion pension fund's best-performing asset class during the period was emerging markets equity, which returned a gross 26.3% (above its 24.2% benchmark), followed by international small-cap equity at 22.1% (21.7%), domestic equity at 19.1% (19%), international large-cap equity at 19% (20.1%), and high yield at 12.8% (13%).
Other asset class returns were: Alternatives, which does not have a benchmark, at 9.7%; emerging markets debt at 7.2% (above its 6.4% benchmark); global multisector strategies at 4.1% (5.2%); and investment-grade fixed income at 2.2% (-0.3%).
The overall fund does not have a primary benchmark, Ms. Lacombe said. She did not provide net returns. The pension fund returned an annualized gross 4.7%, 9% and 5.6%, respectively, in the three, five and 10 years ended June 30, respectively.
In the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016, the pension fund returned a gross -2.4%.
As of June 30, the actual asset allocation was 15.7% international large-cap equity, 14% domestic large-cap equity, 13% private equity, 12.9% emerging markets equity, 8% absolute return, 6.9% domestic small-cap equity, 6.7% risk parity, 5.4% international small-cap equity, 4% domestic midcap equity, 3.9% high-yield fixed income, 3.8% global multisector strategies, 3.7% core fixed income, 1.5% emerging markets debt and 0.5% cash equivalents.
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War (Part 2)
By koolaid-dragonwarrior GOLD, Los Angeles, California
koolaid-dragonwarrior GOLD, Los Angeles, California
"Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils"
- Louis Hector Berlioz
General Herst swung his two muscular arms and slammed his two enormous fists onto his flimsy cast-iron desk, which trembled under the force of his physical outburst.
"You've FAILED?!!" he roared at the top of his lungs.
My legs felt like wet noodles. "Yes, sir," I answered.
He stood up and paced across the room. When he stopped, his face was only inches from mine. His breath smelled like stale cigars, and he needed a shower. "How did it happen?" he asked, slightly calmer than before, but he was still breathing heavily. "We were ambushed by a big tank, followed by big men with very big guns," I said stiffly, "We are lucky to even be alive." "How about Tyson?" Herst asked, eyeing me dubiously. "Karma," answered Brian, who sat nonchalantly with Brett and John along the back wall of the general's office, "He harassed me since I joined the army." Realizing what he just said, he shifted his eyes to the carpet beneath him in hidden shame. "Too bad he died, though," he said quietly.
General Herst turned his glare back to me. "I want that terrorist fort in our control, do you un-der-stand? Now get outta my sight."
Theodore was waiting outside for me, twiddling his thumbs in boredom. I ignored him and walked past him, extremely mad. He jumped up and followed me, perplexed. "What happened?" he asked. "I'm going to go back and destroy that city fort. This time, I'm taking the biggest tank I can find in the vehicle storage. He gave me another one of his smiles, "Make that the TWO biggest tanks WE can find. Let's waste these crazy *female dogs*"
Here we go again. As we traveled to the abandoned city, I felt pangs of guilt poking at me every minute. Had I brought Theo into this? This was my decision, and I don't think Theo had to become involved. I was in deep thought when Theodore said something over the radio as if he read my mind. "Hey, I don't care what kind of stupid crud you want to get into. I'm in this with you, man." I felt like crying, but instead, I laughed to myself. "I'll race you to the city fort," I said over the radio
"A tank race?" he said quizzically.
© Lindsey S., Phoenix,AZ
Read Part 1 folks. Enjoy folks. Thank you, folks.
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Bossier City, Louisiana
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Stars at Summer Show – 'Included'
Posted: 20th June 2022
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Performing Arts students earnt a standing ovation and rave reviews for a Summer Show attended by a packed out audience of families, friends and VIPs including television professionals.
Students showcased 'Included' – a performance about the importance of inclusivity and diversity.
Guests at the show included actor Sam Retford, who has starred in Waterloo Road and Coronation Street. We were also joined by Hollyoaks writer Jayshree Patel and Hollyoaks series producer Philip Dodds.
Students wowed the audience with the show which blended joyous song and dance with a vitally important message.
Our talented Performing Arts students acted, sang and danced scenes depicting the importance of acceptance and kindness towards everyone, regardless of gender, identity, race, religion or disability.
The show highlighted Pride Month, a celebration of the LGBTQ+ community. Students also clearly demonstrated that disability is not a barrier to achieving ambitions.
Television and film professionals Sam, Phil and Jayshree came backstage after the show.
Television stars backstage
Actor Sam Retford and Hollyoaks' Jayshree Pate and Philip Dodds joined students backstage after the show. They praised the students for the inspirational performance. Also, commending them on their commitment, passion and talent. Jayshree said:
"After a performance like that, we will definitely be talking about how Hollyoaks can continue to represent as diverse and inclusive audience as possible. We look forward to the possibility of working with Derwen College students in the future."
Performing Arts pathway lead, Jessie Vaughan, said: "It was a tough build-up with lots of commotions. But as always it all came together.
"The students were amazing, their resilience, patience and hard work paid off. The quality of their performances would not have been made possible without the hard work and dedication of students and staff. Now, bring on the Christmas show!"
Derwen College Principal & CEO Meryl Green said: "What another fantastic production!
"The team didn't shy away from some hard-hitting themes. To me, this was absolutely right for our college and our young adults.
"I enjoyed all the different 'scenes' and thought that they were linked very cleverly with strong, relevant messages. The quality of dance and singing was also amazing. Thank you Performing Arts for doing Derwen College proud!"
See a selection of photos from the show in our Facebook album.


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U.S. Supreme Court declines Seattle 'democracy vouchers' case
Program was challenged by 2 property owners
By GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press
Published: March 30, 2020, 6:59pm
SEATTLE — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to Seattle's first-in-the-nation "democracy voucher" program for public financing of political campaigns.
The high court issued its denial Monday in a challenge brought by two local property owners who said the program forces them — through their tax dollars — to support candidates they don't like, in violation of the First Amendment.
Seattle voters decided in 2015 to tax themselves $3 million a year; in exchange, each receives four $25 vouchers that they can donate to participating candidates in city elections. Supporters say it has boosted participation in city politics, especially among lower-income residents who previously were less likely to donate to campaigns.
"Seattle's innovative program loosens the stranglehold that large donors have had over the terms of political debate by giving a more diverse pool of people an opportunity to have their voices heard in politics," said Paul Smith, vice president at the Washington, D.C.-based Campaign Legal Center, which supports the city's program. "Our victory in this case protects campaign finance reform efforts around the country and helps uphold the constitutional principle of self-governance."
During last year's city council races, voters gave more than 98,000 vouchers totaling $2.5 million to candidates. However, fearing they would be rapidly outspent, many candidates asked to be excused from the program's spending limits after Amazon dropped $1.5 million to back a slate of candidates it saw as business-friendly.
The state Supreme Court unanimously upheld the voucher program last year.
Further review possible
The U.S. Supreme Court has generally upheld the public financing of campaigns, within the limits of the First Amendment, saying that "public financing as a means of eliminating the improper influence of large private contributions furthers a significant governmental interest" — helping to eliminate corruption.
"Public access to elections matters, and Democracy Vouchers help give voice to those who might otherwise go unheard," Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes said in an emailed statement.
Ethan Blevins, an attorney with the libertarian-leaning Pacific Legal Foundation, which challenged the program, said he did not believe the U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to review the Seattle case would be the final word on the subject. The justices are likely to have further opportunities to review such programs as other cities experiment with them, he said.
"We don't see this as a sign that the court is uninterested in the issues raised," Blevins said.
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NBA trade deadline recap
21 Feb 2020 hamptonscript
Justin Norris | Staff Writer
Although no stars were moved during the NBA's trade deadline, plenty of teams made moves they think will upgrade their roster.
Some teams, such as the Houston Rockets, Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Clippers, made moves that further emphasized their win-now attitudes in a championship race that is more open than it has been in at least five years. The Los Angeles Lakers were the most notable team to stand pat at the deadline.
The Houston Rockets doubled down on their small-ball philosophy by trading away starting center Clint Capela, their 2020 first-round pick and Gerald Green for Robert Covington and a future second round pick. Trading Capela means that PJ Tucker will play center full time for the Rockets in a lineup where no player will be taller than Covington, who is 6-foot-7. The move will create more driving lanes for James Harden and Russell Westbrook while enabling Houston to play a five-out offense for virtually the entire game to maximize 3-point attempts and shots at the rim, while allowing them to switch anything defensively without putting any player at a major size advantage defensively.
Ever since GM Daryl Morey acquired Harden from Oklahoma City in one of the most lopsided trades of all time, he has been determined to maximize Houston's championship window, which is directly tied to Harden's shelf life as a superstar.
With the Golden State Warriors out of the championship picture this year, it was assumed Morey would make a win-now move to take advantage of the abdicated Western Conference throne. Morey even admitted in an interview with ESPN in 2017 that last year that he was "obsessed" with beating Golden State because he knew that the road to the NBA Finals ran through Golden State.
The Miami Heat sent Justise Winslow, James Johnson and Dion Waiters to the Memphis Grizzlies for Andre Iguodala, Jae Crowder and Solomon Hill. Iguodala was one of the most coveted names on the market for his playmaking acumen, defensive chops and championship experience, and Crowder and Hill are wings capable of making open 3-pointers and holding their own defensively.
Additionally, Miami was able to rid itself of Waiters, who had fallen out of favor with coach Erik Spoelstra after having multiple detrimental conduct issues with the team. Jimmy Butler's arrival in Miami this past summer made Winslow's presence somewhat redundant as a defensive-minded playmaking wing with a questionable jump shot.
Nazim Trammell-Wells, a Hampton University senior journalism major from Philadelphia, really liked the Heat's deadline acquisitions.
"The move to get Iggy and Crowder definitely shifts us into a win now mentality," he said. "Pat Riley is a great GM, and he is constantly finding pieces to have us in the conversation to both make a deep run, while also acquiring talent."
This trade deepens Miami's rotation, gives Spoelstra even more lineup flexibility and firmly puts the Heat into the tier of Eastern Conference contenders below Milwaukee, which includes Philadelphia, Boston and Toronto.
The Los Angeles Clippers acquired coveted forward Marcus Morris from the New York Knicks. Morris had been linked to both Los Angeles teams before the deadline, and he and Iguodala were two of the most highly sought after players on the market. While Morris represents another viable 3-and-D and scoring option for the already loaded Clippers, perhaps the biggest boon of this transaction is that the Clippers kept him away from their locker room roommates, the Los Angeles Lakers. Morris is averaging almost 20 points per game on 44 percent shooting from 3-point range. He is another wing defender who can at least hope to match up with LeBron James in a potential playoff series, if for no other reason than to keep Kawhi Leonard and Paul George fresh.
The Lakers chose to value team continuity and chemistry over perceived marginal upgrades at the trade deadline. The death of Kobe Bryant might have played a factor, as this team rallied and became closer than most in the weeks leading up to the deadline. Forward Kyle Kuzma's name was circulating in trade rumors leading up to the deadline, but the Lakers decided to keep their streaky third-year scorer. In fact, Kuzma was rumored to be in discussions with the Knicks for Morris, but the Lakers must have decided that the price to acquire Morris was too steep. However, they are expected to be active in the buyout market, especially since free-agent guard and California native Darren Collison recently announced he will remain retired, to the chagrin of Lakers fans.
John T. Harvey IV, a fourth-year in HU's 5-year MBA program who is from Washington, D.C., laments the Lakers' passiveness at the deadline.
"When you look at the Clippers, they are deep at every position and have already beaten the Lakers twice this season," he said. "I was hoping that they would acquire Morris to even the scales, but it is unacceptable to allow him to go to our biggest competition. His shooting and defense would have made him a great fit on any team, but especially next to LeBron and AD."
As with every season, time will tell if teams such as the Rockets and Heat did enough to vault themselves into true championship contention, and if the Clippers did enough to topple the Lakers in a playoff matchup. But all eyes will be on the Lakers and whether or not they were prudent in their refusal to trade Kuzma and disrupt their chemistry like they did at last season's deadline.
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<?php

use Symfony\Component\Console\Tester\CommandTester;
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Console\Application;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArrayInput;
use Heri\Bundle\WebServiceBundle\Command\SyncCommand;
use Heri\Bundle\WebServiceBundle\Entity\Sample;

require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../../../../../app/bootstrap.php.cache';
require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../../../../../app/AppKernel.php';

class ClientTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    protected
        $application,
        $em,
        $kernel;

    public function __construct()
    {
        $kernel = new AppKernel('test', true);
        $kernel->boot();

        $this->em = $kernel->getContainer()->get('doctrine.orm.entity_manager');
        $this->kernel = $kernel;
    }

    public function testInsert()
    {
        $em = $this->em;

        $sample = new Sample();
        $sample->setLabel('heristop');
        $em->persist($sample);
        $em->flush();

        $this->assertEquals($this->countRecordToUpdate(), 1);
    }

    public function testWsConnection()
    {
        $application = new Application($this->kernel);
        $application->setAutoExit(false);

        // register the command to test
        $application->add(new SyncCommand());

        $command = $application->find('webservice:load');
        $commandTester = new CommandTester($command);
        $commandTester->execute(array(
            'command'  => $command->getName(),
            'service'  => 'Sample',
            '--list'   => true
        ));

        $this->assertRegExp('/addSample/', $commandTester->getDisplay());
    }

    public function testWsSynchronization()
    {
        $application = new Application($this->kernel);
        $application->setAutoExit(false);

        // register the command to test
        $application->add(new SyncCommand());

        $command = $application->find('webservice:load');
        $commandTester = new CommandTester($command);
        $commandTester->execute(array(
            'command'  => $command->getName(),
            'service'  => 'Sample',
            '--record' => 1
        ));

        $this->assertRegExp('/Time execution in seconds:/', $commandTester->getDisplay());
    }

    public function testPostSynchronization()
    {
        $this->assertEquals($this->countRecordToUpdate(), 0);
    }

    protected function countRecordToUpdate()
    {
        $query = $this->em->createQuery("
            SELECT COUNT(s.id) FROM Heri\Bundle\WebServiceBundle\Entity\Sample s
            WHERE s.toUpdate = 1
        "
        );

        return $query->getSingleScalarResult();
    }
}

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Addressing Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding, while Involving Local Citizens
by Quinty de Nobel
Intern at The Hague Academy for Local Governance
Engaging in conflict resolution while ensuring citizen participation at the same time is not easy to do. Nevertheless, this is what the participants of our 2017 'Conflict, Rule of Law and Local Security' course worked on during the past two weeks. The Hague Academy provided a comprehensive training on these themes, combining sessions on conflict analysis, rule of law concepts, countering violent extremism and community empowerment.
Brenda Odiemo, course participant and lawyer with the Office of the Attorney General in Kenya.
The participants learned how to map root causes of conflict and the actors involved, which was subsequently translated to the international level of conflict in a session by Dr. Lyal Sunga on the international law approach to conflicts. Participants got the opportunity to see international law in practice at the International Criminal Court, leading to interesting discussions about the role of the international community in local conflicts.
"Security isn't just about authority, it is about community involvement. The community should play a larger role in addressing security issues."
The "human" dimension of conflict plays a big role in The Hague Academy's course, which has been translated into the course programme as the emphasis was placed on bottom-up approaches. Questions such as "how to empower local communities?", "how to use decentralisation as a tool to mitigate conflict" and "how to apply community security programming?" are questions that were widely addressed.
"This course will help me to better handle the human dynamics and the source of the problems behind conflict and local security, said Michael Nabugere, a Settlement Commander working with refugees in Uganda. "Security isn't just about authority, it is about community involvement. The community should play a larger role in addressing security issues."
A participant from Iraqi Kurdistan explaining the developments in his home region during a conflict analysis exercise.
Participants let themselves be inspired by speakers such as long-time peace activist Dion van den Berg, who familiarised them with instances when citizens brought about lasting change. "It amazed me that in many countries the will of the people was capable to change the way things were", said a participant in reaction to Mr. Van den Berg's presentation.
On the final day, the participants focused on how to apply everything they had learned in their jobs. They drew up concrete action plans to implement at home. The facilitation team thanks the participants for their fruitful contributions and wish them success in implementing their Back Home Action Plans.
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