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Kona 2019: new wave starts for IRONMAN World Championship
John Levison
The first major change in the swim start process for the IRONMAN World Championship for five years has been announced. Back in 2014, the Men's and Women's Age-Group starts were separated for the first time, with the Age-Group Men (6:50 am) starting ten minutes before the Age-Group Women at 07:00. They followed the Pro Men (06:25) and Pro Women (06:30).
Those start times have been tweaked by 5/10 minutes over the last few years, but the four starts has remained for the past five editions.
With increasing "density on the bike course" – i.e. drafting – becoming a continual source of frustration to many, including the organisers, a new approach will be introduced from 2019, which will see 11 different wave starts.
The Pro Men and Pro Women will still be separated by five minutes. The Pro Women will still be separated from the first Age-Group wave start by 25 minutes, at which point the remainder of the AG field (and Legacy slot athletes), will be set off in five minute intervals every five minutes from 6:55 through to 7:30.
Here's the full announcement from IRONMAN.
IRONMAN ANNOUNCES NEW SWIM START PROTOCOL FOR 2019 IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
IRONMAN to introduce new wave start aimed at reducing athlete density on bike course
IRONMAN, a Wanda Sports Group company, announced today a new swim start protocol that will be implemented for the 2019 IRONMAN® World Championship. For the first time, the world championship event will utilize a wave start that separates the field into 11 groups. Like in previous years, the professional men's field will start at 6:25 a.m., followed by the professional women's field at 6:30 a.m. The PC/Open Exhibition and Handcycle divisions will then begin their day at 6:35 a.m. The first age group wave will start at 6:55 a.m. and continue every 5 minutes until all athletes are in the water.
"The swim start change is a reflection of, and reaction to, the extraordinary ability of our IRONMAN World Championship athletes," said Andrew Messick, President & CEO of The IRONMAN Group. "While we appreciate the simplicity and iconic visual of the mass start, our primary responsibility is to create a fair race for all athletes. A single start each for age-group men and age-group women creates too much density on the bike course."
The decision to move to an extended wave start was made following a comprehensive analysis of athlete data with the goal of reducing peak athlete density flowing onto the bike course. The new start times will not change the existing cut off standards for the IRONMAN World Championship – 2:20 for the swim and 10:30 for the bike. Athletes will also still have to reach the finish line within 17 hours to be official finishers of the race.
"We are always looking for ways to improve the quality of our events in an effort to create a fair, safe and world-class experience for our competitors who work so hard to get to this start line," said Diana Bertsch, Senior Vice President of World Championship Events of The IRONMAN Group. "The IRONMAN World Championship is the pinnacle of endurance racing and our belief is that this change will allow for the highest competition to occur while enhancing the quality of the race."
Time of Day (Local time)
06:25 MPRO
06:30 FPRO
06:35 PC OPEN / HC
06:55 M18-39
07:10 M50+
07:15 F18-39
07:25 F55+
07:30 Legacy
The IRONMAN World Championship is the ultimate and most iconic one-day test of body, mind and spirit with over 90,000 athletes competing to qualify at more than 40 global IRONMAN events each year. Last year's record-breaking race welcomed approximately 2,500 registered athletes from 82 countries, regions and territories, marking the largest international field in race history.
The 2019 IRONMAN World Championship will enjoy 20 hours of comprehensive live race-day coverage globally via IRONMAN NOW™ on Facebook Watch (www.facebookwatch.com/IRONMANnow) and through regional television coverage, including NBC Sports in the United States. Last year's IRONMAN World Championship live coverage included everything from the early morning body marking to the final hour finish-line celebration and had nearly 20 million total views on Facebook Watch.
For more information about the event, please visit www.ironman.com/worldchampionship. For more information on the IRONMAN brand and global event series, visit www.ironman.com.
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package io.github.tailhq.dynaml.utils.sumac

/**
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 * - if a key or a value has to contain a comma or column, it needs to be provided between quotes. eg: foo:bar,"foo,key":bar,"bar:bar,key":"10,5"
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 * Date: 3/24/14
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object MapCombinatorParser extends BaseCombinatorParser[(String, String)] {

  override val extraForbiddenChars = ":"

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   * an entry is a key:value pair
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    case (key ~ ":" ~ value) => (key, value)
  }

  /**
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Richmond's public schools have a spectacular record of failure.
Before the new math tests in 2012 and the new English and science tests in 2013, the Richmond pass rates were merely awful. Since then, the rates have been perfectly appalling. Indeed, since the advent of the new tests, only Richmond's reading scores have improved vs. the state average but even the reading pass rates remain behind by 19.9%.
The history & social science scores have dropped, both before and after the new tests in the other subjects.
Our new Superintendent had a chance to shine in 2015: His predecessor had failed to align the curricula to the new tests. Simply by doing his basic job, Superintendent Dana Bedden had a chance for a bounce in the scores.
Bedden started here in January 2014, so we can look for the Bedden Bounce in the '14-15 numbers. The data above perhaps show a bounce in math that year, undone by a drop in 2016; otherwise no bounce. More details here.
Bedden points out that change is disruptive and, in the short term, the disruption will look like failure. For sure, the current numbers look like failure.
This year, Bedden suggested and our (soon to be former) School Board requested a "division-level review" by the Board of Education. That Board granted the request.
To place that request in context, we should notice that our Board of Education has a spectacular record of failure in achieving compliance with the Standards of Quality.
The paradigm is Peabody Middle School in Petersburg. Peabody has been failing since at least 2002; Petersburg has been operating under Memoranda of Understanding with the State Board since at least 2004 (video of 9/21/16 at 1:48:30). Peabody still is unaccredited.
The Board of Education has the authority to fire a superintendent for cause and to sue a school district for failure to meet the Standards of Quality. It has never done either, even in Petersburg.
We now know why. Consistent with their record of failure, they don't know how to fix broken schools (Sept. 21, 2016 video starting at 1:48). If they were to sue, they would have to tell the judge what the school division must do to meet the standards. Since they don't know, they wisely don't sue.
I. Richmond's schools improve and the division achieves accreditation. Bedden takes credit for getting needed help and fixing our broken schools. He demands a raise.
II. More likely, Richmond's schools continue to fail. Bedden points out that even the State can't fix our awful schools and he's done everything humanly possible. He demands a raise.


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Q&A: George Rislov On Common Core
"Common Core Assessments Q & A: Part 1 of 2" by Adrienne Albregts first appeared on the ComplassLearning Navigator blog.
Editor's note: CompassLearning curriculum expert and former educator, George Rislov, was recently interviewed by We Are Teachers for their webcast series. The topic of discussion: Common Core assessments.
Q: How do you think the Common Core is going to change assessment?
A: Great question. Before I attempt to answer that I'll issue a caveat that, apart from the sample items and task prototypes released by PARCC last month we haven't really seen the assessments yet, so a lot of what I'll say is speculation based on what we do know as well as some current best practices involving assessment.
We do know a good bit about the Common Core State Standards though, and one of the goals of the Common Core State Standards is for students to think more deeply than was perhaps previously expected. The Common Core State Standards requires a greater focus on higher-order thinking, questions, and skills. In the Common Core mathematics standards, procedural skill and mathematical understanding are equally important. English Language Arts is now explicitly tied to social studies, science and technical field content, which means that all of these content areas will require complex thinking and analysis as opposed to the knowledge level only. With the change in standards, how we assess students for the end-of-year tests that currently measure Adequate Yearly Progress is also undergoing big changes. But all that said I think it's important to remember that PARCC and Smarter Balanced (SBAC), as well as the other Common Core assessments, are summative assessments. That's good, because while states have struggled (and spent a lot of money) to develop good summative assessments, PARCC and SBAC should provide better, more consistent information for program improvement and accountability purposes. But the summative tests will not provide valid, reliable, and in‐depth instructionally actionable data. That's still the job of the teacher.
Q: How will advances in assessment technology affect the classroom?
A: In terms of computer-based assessments, advances in technology, together with innovative assessment task design and advanced psychometric and cognitive models, make it possible for us to be better informed about what students know and can do than ever before. PARCC and SBAC will be using new formats as well, so they bear watching as we see how well some of the new formats work. One quick example from PARCC is the use of technology to capture student comprehension of texts in authentic ways that in the past have been difficult to score by machine for large scale assessments. Examples include shade text, drag and drop, moving items to show relationships, cut and paste, just to name a few. As I mentioned, PARCC has released sample items and task prototypes in the last month, and SBAC is expected to have a release in early 2013.
Looking on the practical side, once the Common Core State Standards and assessments are in place, a number of problems will be solved. For example: substantially different standards across states. There have been significant differences in academic expectations set by states, which makes accountability and measurement across state lines problematic. Student mobility has exacerbated the problem of different standards in different states, and caused a lot of problems in meeting the needs of a highly mobile student population.
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One a side note, I have no "b" key. Which makes blogging about beer and breweries pretty tricky.
Finally, my writing here is all my own opinion and in no way reflects the opinions, stance, positions or opinions of my employer. So there.
Am enjoying your Reetgood beer blog, and wishing I had your youthful liver.
"the most interesting and diverse beers you can dream off"….please don't change it!
Hah, glad you like it. I'm dreadful at subbing my own work (comes from having other people do it for the day job!). Thanks for the feedback!
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This is a cute little cafe that serves a great breakfast and brunch menu as well as lunch items! They have plenty of salads on the menu as well as a variety of hamburgers too. There is also a full bar and seating outside for fun people watching. The service has always been good and in an excellent location right off Passeig San Joan.
An adorable cafe, comfortable atmosphere and well designed. The cafe goes back a bit so there is more seating in the back as well as a nice couch for lounging a little longer. Very cool vibe and nice staff.
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Harvard's History of Women
The Massachusetts Bay Colony founds a small college in Massachusetts.
Reverend John Harvard donates an estate, a generous amount of money, and a collection of 250 books to support the institution, and in his honor the school is renamed Harvard College.
The Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women is founded, with the aim of providing women with an education equal to that at Harvard. The first president is Elizabeth Cary Agassiz. To ensure that classes are of the highest caliber, all lectures are given by Harvard faculty. The school is quickly nicknamed "The Harvard Annex."
The Annex is chartered as Radcliffe College by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Society is renamed in honor of the first woman to donate money and establish a scholarship at Harvard College, Anne Radcliffe. Her personal coat of arms is adopted as the coat of arms for Radcliffe College.
During World War II, Harvard and Radcliffe reached a formal agreement, allowing Radcliffe students to enroll in all courses at Harvard College. Women students are allowed into Harvard classrooms for the first time.
The donation of Maud Wood Park's suffrage papers forms the nucleus of Radcliffe's Schlesinger Library, today the foremost library on the history of women in the United States.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, a professor of Astronomy, became the first female in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to be promoted to full-professor. She later became the first female to head a department at Harvard.
Radcliffe students are granted Harvard diplomas signed by both presidents upon completion of their required course of study. Radcliffe Graduate School is closed down and women are first accepted to Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Coeducation living begins as an experiment in the spring. The first joint Harvard and Radcliffe commencement is held in Harvard Yard.
All Harvard and Radcliffe houses become coed.
Harvard Yard is opened to female residents.
Limits on the number of women undergraduates are abolished.
Harvard and Radcliffe come to an agreement reaffirming the financial and corporate independence of Radcliffe College, but delegating to Harvard the responsibility for women's undergraduate education in return for all tuition and financial aid funds from Radcliffe students. Radcliffe students become Harvard students with all the rights, responsibilities and privileges thereof.
Dean Henry Rosovsky established the Committee on Women's Studies (CWS), in response to petitions by both students and faculty members. In 2003, CWS changed its name and mandate to become the current Committee on Degrees in the Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality (WGS).
On October 1, Radcliffe College and Harvard University officially merged, thereby establishing the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard.
In Fall 2006 Harvard opened a Women's Center, which aims to promote awareness of gender issues.
Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust was appointed as the first female president of Harvard University.
Claudine Gay was appointed as the first woman and first Black person to be dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University.


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Queensland welcomes arrival of wind turbine components
The Government of Queensland, Australia, has welcomed the rotor blades for the $373 million Kaban Green Power Hub at the Port of Cairns.
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The first massive wind turbine blades for the $373 million Kaban Green Power Hub have arrived at the Port of Cairns.
The 79-metre, 32-tonne blades are part of the wind farm construction that is supporting more than 250 jobs in far north Queensland and will deliver enough renewable energy to power 96,000 Queensland homes. Deputy Premier Steven Miles said the wind farm construction came on the back of a $40 million investment by Queensland's publicly-owned Powerlink to upgrade the transmission line between Cairns and Townsville from 132kV to 275kV. "This wind farm will help power the North and keep Queensland on track to meet our 50 per cent renewables target by 2030 as well as creating jobs for Queenslanders," Mr... ... More: Official Press Release Government of Queensland, Australia
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TPI Composites announced last week that it has extended its supply agreements with GE Renewable Energy through 2025 for rotor blades.
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The Akita Port Offshore Wind Farm is currently under commissioning work .
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Norwegian renewable energy company Aneo acquires two wind farms in Sweden from investment fund Marguerite. It's their first investment outside of Norway.


Laura Schälchi shows seasoned chefs how to use blood to enhance dishes and proves that you don't need any additives to make chocolate taste fantastic.
As a culinary specialist, Laura Schälchi is on a mission to seek out, celebrate and make good food. She and a few friends recently founded La Flor, a chocolate manufacturer based in Zurich. The food expert has come a long way since packing her bags and heading to New York to study design management as a wide-eyed 19-year-old.
Close to Zurich Binz station is a building that was once home to Buchmann bakery, where the air was always suffused with the scent of croissants turning golden in the oven. Now, however, the bakers have moved to a new location and there's nothing left to eat. Or is there? Two conches spin on their axes, turning cocoa beans into the finest quality chocolate. Laura Schälchi watches the mixture with an attentive eye. She's satisfied with how it looks – and with what she's doing with her life. The 36-year-old is working in a profession that she loves with the topic that is closest to her heart: food. And with no bosses to take orders from, she enjoys freedom wherever she can find it..
Just over a year ago, she founded the chocolate manufacturing company La Flor AG together with three friends – Heini Schwarzenbach of the renowned Schwarzenbach café and colonial goods shop in Niederdorf, restaurant owner Ivo Müller and graphic designer Zelia Zadra. Production started in spring 2018. La Flor has opted to cut out the middleman, sourcing its fermented cocoa beans directly from Venezuela, Ecuador and Brazil. The manufacturer makes sure to remain in close personal contact with the cocoa farmers and their cooperatives.
'I think there's something truly magical about cocoa. A single bean contains up to 600 unique aromatic notes,' says Laura, before popping a cocoa bean into her mouth. Her main aim was to produce chocolate that embodies these exact flavours and aromas, which differ depending on the type of bean and which country they come from. And she's managed to do it. One type has a hint of cinnamon; another is rather zesty on the tongue; yet another has a delicate nutty taste.
She enlisted the aid of Finn Ramseier, a food technology expert and authority on chocolate who understands what truly matters when it comes to chocolate production. In a room not much larger than a domestic kitchen, Finn roasts and grinds the beans before running the cocoa mixture through the conches and wrapping the finished chocolate by hand. He does not use any additives, relying solely on beet sugar, cocoa butter and powdered milk for the milk chocolate varieties.
The manufacturer makes sure to remain in close personal contact with the cocoa farmers and their cooperatives.
When she was younger, Laura never dreamed that she would one day carve out a niche in the food industry, let alone become the owner of a chocolate company. At the tender age of 19, she left Zurich and headed for New York to study design management. She ended up staying there for an entire decade. She found it difficult to scratch out a living as a design manager, however, and ended up working in restaurants at weekends. 'It was in their kitchens that I discovered my love of food,' says Laura. Her new-found passion subsequently led her to the Italian town of Bra, where she completed a Master's in Food Culture and Communications at the University of Gastronomic Sciences.
With her degree in hand, she found it hard to adapt to life in Switzerland again. As a 29-year-old graduate, the only job she was able to find was as a waitress at Rosso, the well-known Zurich pizzeria. 'As well as being new to the city, I was knocked back by the fact that I had to work in a pizzeria despite having a master's. Looking back, though, it was the best thing that could have happened to me.' Knuckling down to her work, she soon realised that the chefs at Rosso were committed to using organic produce. It was the spark that started the fire. She spent three years at Rosso, ultimately taking over as manager of Rössli, a lunch counter adjoining the pizzeria. She then turned self-employed and founded Sobre Mesa.
One type has a hint of cinnamon; another is rather zesty on the tongue; yet another has a delicate nutty taste.
The chocolate produced by La Flor is available to buy at Bachsermärt Kalkbreite and Edition Populaire in Zurich. Other stockists are listed here.


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It's gonna be another close one. The presidential election, I mean. In just a couple of weeks, career federal managers will know if things are going to change somewhat come Jan. 20 or change a lot. But change will occur.
GCN doesn't endorse candidates. But we do try to divine how governmental IT and policy might fare under the competing visions of the two major candidates.
You've read here and elsewhere that the e-government movement is a kind of juggernaut that would roll on regardless of which party is managing the government. Republican and Democratic administrations have successively instituted reforms to offer more services to citizens and produce a government that works better and costs less.
But there are important differences. President Bush's ambitious management agenda is flavored strongly with outsourcing, consolidation of services and applications, and a command-and-control oriented Office of Management and Budget.
Clinton's reforms were weighted toward discretion in procurement, do-your-own-thing and agency entrepreneurship.
Gigantic questions loom in this election, and the relatively arcane topic of e-government has never been a key stump issue.
With a Bush re-election, surely the staffing of the appointee ranks would change, but you could expect the policy framework to continue.
Kerry's campaign literature describes a national wireless network for public safety, digital military divisions equipped with advanced communications, application of technology to border control and container screening, and greater spending on scientific research. Less clear is the policy and management environment Kerry would initiate to achieve these objectives.
Clinton and Bush each pursued the right strategy for their times: the near-universal spread of the Internet, and then the need to regain control when, for example, a single department discovered it was fielding 50,000 Web sites.
The next administration will face new challenges including cybersecurity and privacy, consolidating systems, integrating databases and electronic records management. The question is whether you put your faith in Bush's top-down strategy or in what is likely to be Kerry's bottom-up approach.


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27 Oct BLOOD LINES BY ANGELA MARSONS BLOG TOUR
D Day is finally here! Angela Marsons' BRILLIANT new book is out! MASSIVE HAPPY PUB DAY to amazing Angela and hope she celebrates big time! On this special day of her publication I share my review of this gripping, dark, unputdownable thriller and I hope I managed to do it justice. I know the books we love the most are the hardest to review and I had a really hard time putting all my thoughts and feels in a coherent way. But screw coherent now, JUST READ THE BOOK! As always, big big thanks to the wonderful Bookouture team, especially Kim and lovely Angela for the chance to be part of the blog tour (and my stop coinciding on the pub day!) and for the review copy.
Blood Lines by Angela Marsons
Series:D. I. Kim Stone #5
Also in this series:Play Dead
Published byBookouture
Published on 4.11.2016
Genres:thriller, crime
How do you catch a killer who leaves no trace?
A victim killed with a single, precise stab to the heart appears at first glance to be a robbery gone wrong. A caring, upstanding social worker lost to a senseless act of violence. But for Detective Kim Stone, something doesn't add up.
When a local drug addict is found murdered with an identical wound, Kim knows instinctively that she is dealing with the same killer. But with nothing to link the two victims except the cold, calculated nature of their death, this could be her most difficult case yet.
Desperate to catch the twisted individual, Kim's focus on the case is threatened when she receives a chilling letter from Dr Alex Thorne, the sociopath who Kim put behind bars. And this time, Alex is determined to hit where it hurts most, bringing Kim face-to-face with the woman responsible for the death of Kim's little brother – her own mother.
As the body count increases, Kim and her team unravel a web of dark secrets, bringing them closer to the killer. But one of their own could be in mortal danger. Only this time, Kim might not be strong enough to save them…
A totally gripping thriller that will have you hooked from the very first page to the final, dramatic twist.
Why are the books we love the most hardest to review? I guess I feel sort of a responsibility to put my feels for this book into most appropriate words. If my review could be summed up in just one sentence it would be 'BLOODY BRILLIANT!' But I know you want to hear more and I do owe that to the world.
I assume you've already heard of the genius mind that is Angela Marsons. If you haven't, have you been living under a rock all this time? Sorry, I don't mean to insult anyone but if you haven't heard of Kim Stone series, that can easily be fixed. Just head to amazon right away and download a copy. Start with 'Silent Scream' of course, the first one in the series introducing one of the most kick ass thriller heroines the world of literature has seen. 'Blood Lines' is the fifth installment in the DI Kim Stone series, but is some what connected to the second part, 'Evil Games'. You can definitely read the parts as stand alones, but if you want to get a better feel of the antagonist, Dr Alexandra Thorne, it's best if you read Evil Games first. Or just start at #1 in the series and move on, I can promise you you'll be able to finish all 5 books in just few days.
Blood Lines is so awesome, so amazing and gripping it totally exceeded all my expectations. And this says a lot, because as a huge fan of Ms Marsons' I have really REALLY high expectations. As in all her books, things happen fast, there's lots of suspense, twists you won't expect and characters you will love or hate from the bottom of your heart.
Kim thought she's past the whole situation with Dr Alex Thorne, the manipulative sociopath responsible for loads of crimes in the past. Alex is in prison where she belongs and can no longer harm anyone. But is it really that way? Kim works on a case, a 47 year old woman, Deanna Brightman is murdered and Kim and her team are asking everyone around looking for suspects. The murder seems rather 'clean', there's only one wound, very precise and sharp in the victim's abdomen. Seems the killer was detached completely, there aren't any evidence of hesitation in the form of small cuts. As they question Deanna's husband, sister and members of household, Kim can't help but feel that Deanna must have known the killer. And then another murder happens. Maxine Wakeman, a 22 year old woman with a drug addiction is found dead. One wound in the abdomen. Could it be that these are a work of the same killer? How are these women connected? There are no obvious signs of any connection, except the same, clean, single stab wound on their abdomens.
Blood Lines is a book that may result in heavy heart pounding, biting nails and adrenaline rush as you try to find the killer, the pattern of the murders, not to mention the depth of the 'bond' between Kim and her nemesis, Dr Alex. There were so many characters, so many things happening at once, new crimes, mentioning of old crimes, deep wounds come to surface…a lot to take in but a truly rewarding feeling. So when you close the book you can't help but send a signal to the universe to bring you #6 in the series as soon as possible. Honestly, this series is so addictive! But what's slightly different about Blood Lines is that Ms Marsons goes deeper and deeper in analyzing the human psyche, the dark and spooky parts, the strong emotions of grief and hate. She puts her characters in all sorts of situations, confronting them with their worst fears and their ugly pasts. I'm in awe of how well the author handles these situations, all her characters seem so believable and …well, real!
What truly fascinated me was the contrast between Alex and Kim. Alex is one hell of a bitch, so manipulative and revenge driven. But despite being so evil, she's a character you'll be hooked on. She's the darkness to Kim's light and their 'bond' is really the driving force behind Blood Lines.
I have to say a part of me wanted Kim to make amends with her past and her mother, but I'm also aware her mother did a horrible thing in the past (murder of Kim's brother). And this also adds to the pace. Will she or won't she forgive her mum? After 2 decades of being in an institution, has her mother finally realized what she's done? Has she felt the deep remorse, has she changed? What would we do if we were in Kim's shoes? Could any of us forgive someone for such a horrible crime? Got me thinking, a lot. But still, I couldn't find an answer and I surely didn't judge Kim for her choices. But I felt more connected to Kim (which surprised me, as I thought I already knew what she's capable of). I also feel with each new book the reader is peeling a layer after layer, revealing more and more sides to her.
I could go and on about this book but I'm sure you get the point – JUST READ THE BOOK! As I've heard there'll be a total of 16 books in this series which is a truly daunting number as I've never followed a character in so many books. But when it comes to this series, I have no doubts Ms Marsons can keep us entertained and interested in her books for a very very long time. So 16 books? I say 160. Who counts when you enjoy something so so profoundly? Blood Lines is definitely one hell of a roller coaster and a book not to be missed! Grab a copy as soon as you can!


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An Update from the CEO: Our Future
Published May 14, 2014	Aquatic Life , Conservation , National Aquarium , News 5 Comments
Tags: BLUEprint, BLUEprint update, Conservation, John Racanelli, National Aquarium CEO, national aquarium experts, studio gang architects
As part of our supportive online community, I want you to be among the first to hear about an ambitious and far-reaching project now underway here called BLUEprint, which we have undertaken to design a robust future for the National Aquarium.
As you know, we are at our core a conservation organization that operates one of the nation's leading aquariums in pursuit of our mission to inspire conservation of the world's aquatic treasures. This mission drives the work of our Board, staff, and volunteers, yet we know we must evolve to remain relevant. Through BLUEprint, we are probing the foundation of what it means to be a world-class aquarium, both now and in the decades to come.
We have partnered in this effort with exceptionally talented professionals, led by MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang and her world-renowned design and architecture studio, Studio Gang Architects. In addition to creating transformative architecture, Studio Gang employs the tools, methods, and visionary capability of design to catalyze positive change through public engagement and advocacy. We believe their emphasis on work informed by cultural and environmental trends syncs precisely with our design and planning needs.
Here's a brief overview of the four pillars we are currently exploring in this groundbreaking effort:
I. The future of aquariums worldwide
In the 33 years since the era of modern aquariums began here in Baltimore, we have made quantum leaps in terms of the care we offer our animals, the science that informs our work, and the evolving role of aquariums in the nation and world. We have touched the lives of 50 million guests, many of them students who have grown up with this valuable community resource.
We have also experienced a significant evolution in the audience we serve: it has become younger, more concerned about the health of our planet, and less willing to simply accept the same way of doing things. Our audience of the next 33 years recognizes the urgent need to protect the health of oceans and aquatic habitats worldwide, and we believe we have an obligation to help them learn how they can be a part of the solution.
This has, in part, driven our transformation from an aquarium attraction with a nascent conservation program to a nationally recognized conservation organization that operates a world-class aquarium to carry out its mission. A key part of the BLUEprint inquiry is to identify the core elements of this desired future state and map out the steps it will take to attain it.
II. Reimagining the National Aquarium experience
When it opened, the National Aquarium set a new standard for aquariums, telling a compelling story through its exhibits, creating drama, and evoking powerful messages about the world of water. As it has evolved, the facility has become more diffuse, with three very different exhibit experiences: Australia: Wild Extremes in the Glass Pavilion, the dolphin amphitheater on Pier 4, and the original exhibits on Pier 3. Separated by water and differing exhibit approaches, these experiences have been challenging to unify. This is the central work of the BLUEprint: to weave these exciting but disparate parts together to tell a powerful story of aquatic conservation.
Some of the ideas now in the concept stage include:
A "perched wetland" in the slip between our piers to depict the Chesapeake Bay watershed's quintessential habitats while demonstrating what a healthy, thriving urban waterfront might be
A new gallery of exhibits focused on the nation's 13 marine sanctuaries, which range from Massachusetts to American Samoa in the mid-Pacific
A more cohesive visitor pathway
Public access to back-of-house zones traditionally off-exhibit, such as our animal care center, marine animal rescue facilities, veterinary lab, and food preparation space
A fresh approach that could make the bridge between our piers an exhibit experience unto itself.
Among others, these concepts are now being tested in the marketplace by our predictive analytics firm IMPACTS for efficacy and feasibility. Our objective is to reimagine the National Aquarium experience and implement those changes over the next 10 years.
III. Designing a new role in the nation's capital
As you may know, we operated the original National Aquarium in the Department of Commerce Building in Washington, DC, from 2003 until last fall, when it was closed to make way for the U.S. General Services Administration's $1 billion renovation of its 1930s-era building. At that time, we pledged to find a way to continue the National Aquarium's presence in the capital, and since then, two compelling ideas have emerged.
The "ocean embassy" idea envisions a program spearheaded by the National Aquarium to bring together ocean advocates, aquarium leaders, and policymakers to perform for the ocean what embassies do for nations: debate issues, promote mutual welfare, negotiate disputes, and represent the interests of their constituents. As a matter of fact, the open ocean comprises 43 percent of the planet, yet it is ungoverned. We believe that such critical ecosystems need an embassy, and our partners at Studio Gang are investigating possible approaches for the idea.
We are also exploring potential collaborations with our colleagues at the Smithsonian Institution; discussions continue and we are optimistic about future partnerships.
IV. The future of dolphins at the National Aquarium
As we develop, evaluate, and refine our plans, our highest priority is to ensure the health and well-being of the animals in our care.
To that end, with a heightened understanding of the emerging science and an intimate knowledge of the eight dolphins in our care, we are studying and evaluating all possible options for providing them with the best possible living environment in the years ahead.
In fact, we began this evolution two years ago with the introduction of Dolphin Discovery, a new interpretive approach to exhibiting our dolphin colony. There are no longer scheduled shows, and guests can come and go from the amphitheater as they please. Now, guests are invited to engage in one-on-one conversations with the biologists who care for the animals, and interaction sessions focus on natural behaviors as an analog for the dolphins' lives in the wild. These efforts have already garnered us recognition as an innovative leader among aquariums worldwide.
Our next step is to evaluate the most beneficial options for our aging animals, like 42-year-old Nani, who has been with us since the opening of our current dolphin pavilion. There are many issues to consider when planning for the future of these social, cognitively advanced mammals.
Later this month, we will host a summit to convene animal care experts, veterinarians, and biologists to determine the feasibility of a variety of potential solutions, including designing and building a dolphin sanctuary in an ocean-side setting and exploring in detail the requirements for operating such a facility. We will pursue our exploration and address this need with our highest priority in clear view: to ensure the continued health and well-being of our dolphin colony.
Though we have achieved much over our first decades, we are not resting on our laurels. To the contrary, we are embracing these changes enthusiastically as we design a future that will ensure we remain relevant to audiences of tomorrow.
We are pleased to report that even at this early phase of our work, we have caught the attention of The New Yorker magazine, whose May 19 "Innovators Issue" features a story on Jeanne Gang and highlights our BLUEprint project.
Since its beginnings, the National Aquarium has been a proud partner in Baltimore's renaissance and the Inner Harbor's rebirth. The reputation we have worked hard to build over these years has earned us the distinction of being one of Maryland's leading attractions, with a well-documented, positive economic impact on the city and the state.
We take this role seriously. We know it is only possible thanks to the dedication and generosity of our family of supporters, and we thank you for your commitment to our work. We plan to continue to share this journey with you and invite your feedback as our plans evolve.
To sign up for email updates on BLUEprint and to offer feedback and questions, please visit aqua.org/future.
Together, we will attain our vision to change the way humanity views and cares for the ocean. After all, it's what gives us life.
A Blue View: Getting to Know Bob Talbot
Published April 30, 2014	Aquatic Life , Conservation , Lectures , National Aquarium , News Leave a Comment
Tags: bob talbot, environmental films, filmmaking, John Racanelli, lectures, National Aquarium CEO, national aquarium experts, national public radio, NPR, photography, podcast, science podcast, wildlife photography, WYPR
A Blue View is a weekly perspective on the life aquatic, hosted by National Aquarium CEO John Racanelli.
From the smallest plants and animals invisible to the human eye to entire ecosystems, every living thing depends on and is intricately linked by water.
Tune in to 88.1 WYPR every Tuesday at 5:45 p.m. as John brings to the surface important issues and fascinating discoveries making waves in the world today.
April 30, 2014: Getting to Know Bob Talbot
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Talbot's incredible film/photography work!
Whether you realize it or not, you've probably seen Bob Talbot's work. The photographer, filmmaker and environmental advocate has filmed wildlife sequences for everything from "Free Willy" to "Flipper," and his stunning photographs of whales and dolphins have been reproduced into millions of lithographs and distributed worldwide. (In fact, they're still considered the most popular series of marine mammal posters on the planet.)
His compelling storytelling technique, combined with the stunning way he captures underwater life through a lens, gives Talbot the opportunity to do what our ocean-dwelling friends cannot: provide a voice that moves people to action. Presented with the Environmental Hero Award, the Ark Trust Genesis Award and the prestigious SeaKeeper Award, he's dedicated his life to promoting awareness of ocean issues and encouraging conservation of Earth's resources.
We had the honor of hosting Talbot this past Earth Day (April 22) at the Aquarium, as part of our Marjorie Lynn Bank lecture series, where he shared his experiences photographing and filming some of the world's most incredible marine animals. Miss Talbot's lecture? Don't panic…we recorded it for you!
Don't forget to mark your calendars for our upcoming lecture with humpback whale rescuer Ed Lyman on May 7th!
A Blue View: Bringing Back Atlantic White Cedars
Published April 23, 2014	Conservation , National Aquarium , News Leave a Comment
Tags: atlantic white cedars, Conservation, John Racanelli, lectures, National Aquarium CEO, national aquarium experts, national public radio, nature conservancy, NPR, podcast, science podcast, WYPR
April 23, 2014: Bringing Back Atlantic White Cedars
Click here to listen to John and Aquarium Conservation
Project Manager, Charmaine Dahlenburg, discuss our
efforts to restore Atlantic white cedar forests!
Historically, Atlantic white cedar forests were common to Maryland's Eastern Shore. Over time, these trees were harvested, and the swampy areas they depend on for survival were drained and replanted with fast-growing loblollies as part of the forest industry to produce lumber and paper pulp.
Excessive logging wasn't the only reason for the drastic decline of Atlantic white cedars. These trees require low, wet land, like swamps, to thrive, and many of these wetlands have been drained after too many ditches have been put in and caused these areas to dry up.
Now, the Atlantic white cedar is a rare, uncommon tree that has actually landed itself on the Maryland Department of Natural Resource's watchlist.
Atlantic white cedars are considered a highly-ecologically beneficial plant species. They provide habitat to a diverse array of wildlife, protect our watershed and act as a "sponge" to prevent flooding.
The National Aquarium, in partnership with the Nature Conservancy, is trying to bring these unique native Atlantic white cedar forests back to the Eastern Shore.
Click here to learn more about how you can get involved!
A Blue View: Floating Forests
Published April 16, 2014	Aquatic Life , Conservation , National Aquarium , News , Plants Leave a Comment
Tags: floating forests, floating wetlands, John Racanelli, lectures, mangroves, National Aquarium CEO, national aquarium experts, national public radio, NPR, podcast, science podcast, WYPR
April 16, 2014: Floating Forests
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the important role mangrove forests
play in the health of our oceans!
Gardeners in Maryland know that most trees in our temperate climate don't like having wet feet. And water that's salty? Forget about it. Around here, having tree roots submerged in saltwater is guaranteed to kill off your landscaping.
But far south of the Chesapeake, fringing tropical and subtropical coastlines, there exist floating forests of mangroves, whose roots grow in a luxuriant tangle at the ocean's edge. And there, they thrive.
Botanists call the 50 species of mangroves halophylic, or "salt loving." Mangroves have adapted to putting down roots where other plants can't: in areas inundated daily by the tide; in thin, nutrient-poor, low-oxygen soils; and in water that varies from fresh to brackish to salty. Just how much salt can mangroves tolerate? Well, typical seawater has a salinity of 35 parts per thousand; in other words, about 35 grams of salt for every liter of sea water. Some species of mangroves can survive in salinities of more than 90 parts per thousand!
To thrive in this salty abundance, these plants need strategies to clear the excess salt. Some species excrete it through glands in their leaves. Others use their roots.
The weird, knobby roots of mangroves actually make traveling to paradise for a tropical vacation possible—tough, woody evergreen mangroves stabilize the soil and prevent many islands from simply washing away.
Thank the mangroves, too, for the colorful diversity of fish and invertebrates you see on your next coral reef dive. Many oceanic and coral reef fish—including snapper, tarpon and lobster—spawn in the nursery provided by the mangrove's submerged tangle of roots. A mangrove forest is a rich hub of biodiversity, supporting a unique ecosystem of bacteria, plants, mammals, amphibians, invertebrates and birds—some found nowhere else.
Earth's largest mangrove forest—the Sunderbans of India and Bangladesh—is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, home to at least 250 species of birds, endangered estuarine crocodiles and even Bengal tigers!
In North America, mangrove swamps are found throughout the Gulf Coast, from Florida to Texas. The largest mangrove forest in the United States is in Florida's aptly named Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge. This special place is home to many endangered species, including West Indian Manatees, and clouds of scarlet ibis and white pelicans.
The scarlet ibis typically inhabits mangrove swamps ranging from northern South America southward along the coast of Brazil, occasionally making visits in Florida.
Although mangrove forests host so-called "charismatic megafauna" like manatees and tigers, truly their greatest treasure may be the thick mud of mangrove leaf litter—fertile with bacteria and fungi—that accumulates in the water below the trees. There, detritivores, like crabs and other animals, feed on decaying leaf litter and contribute to a complex food web that begins, literally, in the mud.
Other microfauna encrust the mangrove's submerged roots, including a profusion of filter feeding mussels and barnacles. Like Chesapeake's oysters, mangrove barnacles efficiently filter pollutants from the water.
These crustaceans and mollusks in turn support populations of shrimp and fish that are economically important to Gulf of Mexico fisheries. So, the next time you're dining on sustainably-caught shrimp, take a moment to thank a mangrove for your meal.
A Blue View: Clownfish
Published April 9, 2014	Aquatic Life , Conservation , National Aquarium , News Leave a Comment
Tags: clownfish, coral reefs, finding nemo, John Racanelli, lectures, National Aquarium CEO, national aquarium experts, national public radio, NPR, podcast, science podcast, WYPR
April 9, 2014: Clownfish
clownfish and the important role
they play in the health of coral reefs!
Parents of young children know a thing or two about clownfish. These adorable orange and white fish rocketed to stardom in the animated classic Finding Nemo, which featured an adventurous clownfish hero.
Clownfish popularity, however, extends far beyond the preschool set. The movie led to an upswing in their demand within the exotic pet trade – they are now one of the most popular saltwater aquarium fish.
That was the downside of the Nemo-effect. The upside? More people became interested in coral reef conservation. It is an ecosystem of tremendous importance, fragility and interdependence, and clownfish are an indicator species for reef health.
Further, they are truly fascinating creatures. When Nemo's dad, Marlin, names all of the eggs Marlin Junior, the moviemakers got the science right: all clown fish are born male. Many fish species are able to change sex, almost always from female to male. But the clownfish is different, changing gender only to become the dominant female of the group, and that change is irreversible. In a clownfish group living in an anemone the largest fish is female, the second largest a male. They are the mating pair.
But the adventure story of Nemo's dad traveling far and wide to find his son? Unscientific. In the wild, clownfish never venture far from their anemone. It's home…and pantry. It's this interdependence that has earned the fish their full name: the anemone clownfish.
The relationship between anemones and anemone clownfish is a classic oceanic partnership of mutualism.
In science, mutualism is defined as a relationship between two species in which both benefit from the association. In fact, clownfish and anemones probably couldn't live without each other, which qualifies them as "obligate symbionts."
They couldn't be more different, yet they need each other to survive. The clownfish is a vertebrate, while a sea anemone is an invertebrate, closely related to corals and jellyfish. And like them, its sting is deadly to most other creatures.
So how does the clownfish manage to live among the anemone's lethal tentacles? Well, very cautiously. As the clownfish gets to know its anemone, it does an elaborate ballet of tentative darting movements, touching the anemone's stinging tentacles gently, working up immunity and a protective layer of mucus.
Once they've acclimated to each other, they eat each other's food scraps. The anemone's tentacles provide the clownfish with protection from predators. The clownfish protects the anemone from predators like the butterfly fish and nibbles the anemone free of parasites. Cozy, right?
But scientists have recently discovered that there is additional complexity to the relationship.
The anemone benefits from the clownfish's ammonia-rich waste. It's like anemone fertilizer: it helps the animal grow.
After all, a bigger anemone is better for both; its larger tentacles can snare larger, more nutritious prey and the clownfish gets better leftovers and more spacious living quarters.
There's also a fascinating nocturnal half to the anemone-clownfish routine. Scientists used to think that at night the clownfish snuggled quietly inside the anemone. But Dr. Nanette Chadwick and her team at Auburn University recently discovered that the clownfish moves around more than was suspected, reminiscent of a dog trying to get comfortable on its dog bed.
The clownfish's movements oxygenate the water deep within the anemone's tangle of tentacles. In effect, the clownfish helps the anemone breathe.
Clownfish and anemones literally cannot live without one another. In the sea, as in Hollywood, they call that chemistry!
A Blue View: A Free Spring Chorus, Courtesy of Frogs
Published April 2, 2014	Amphibians , Aquatic Life , National Aquarium , News Leave a Comment
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April 2, 2014: The Sounds of Spring Peepers & Wood Frogs
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chorus of sounds produced by frogs to
attract mates during the breeding season!
Through the winter, woodlands and meadows are mostly quiet at night. But with the arrival of spring rains and warming temperatures, that silence is broken by loud choruses of wood frogs and spring peepers. These are the first frog species to come out of hibernation and begin the year's amphibian breeding season.
Spring peepers are small, just one inch in length, but you wouldn't know it from their sound. Each peeper can produce a call as loud as 90 decibels. Multiply that by the number of frogs in a wetland habitat, and you have a sound that can rival that of a rock concert.
Photo of spring peeper via Wiki Commons.
Why so noisy? That's how the male spring peepers attract females from the surrounding woodlands. As the females come out of hibernation, they are carrying between 200 and 1,000 eggs, and the females are outnumbered by the males at about 9 to 1. Competition is intense, and females choose males based on the quality of his song.
Because of this competition, males wrestle for the best spots at the chorusing site. Interestingly, Dr. Don Forester and David Lykens of Towson University discovered that some spring peeper males were successful in breeding with females through a very deceptive strategy. Because calling requires a huge amount of energy, some spring peeper males, known as satellite males, don't call at all.
Instead, these satellite males save energy by positioning themselves near the top singers. They then intercept females moving toward the calling males. Satellite males are smaller than calling males and would probably be at a disadvantage in trying to attract females with a less impressive voice.
Though the spring peeper is often considered the first frog to emerge from hibernation and therefore an early sign that winter is indeed over, the wood frog is usually ahead of the peeper. In fact, in mild winters, wood frogs have been observed arriving in woodland pools as early as February.
Photo of a wood frog via Wiki Commons.
Wood frogs are often referred to as "explosive breeders" because they arrive in large numbers and have a short breeding season, usually only lasting the first few weeks of late winter or early spring. Wood frogs almost exclusively lay their eggs in vernal pools, which are small temporary bodies of water that form in depressions.
Because these pools dry over the summer, wood frogs must lay their eggs, the eggs must hatch, and tadpoles must fully develop and metamorphose before the pools dry. The wood frog's strategy is to arrive first and maximize the time needed to make it the entire way through the process. Wood frog tadpoles often dine on the newly laid eggs of later arriving frog species.
Even as these frogs perpetuate their life cycle, they do face challenges. Their well-being is intricately linked to the survival of their woodland home and their vernal pools. Be considerate of these habitats in your neighborhood by preventing trash and other pollution from traveling through your waterways. Slow down while driving on warm spring nights, allowing amphibians to migrate safely across roadways. And when you pay these amazing creatures a visit in their natural habitat, observe but don't disturb.
Want to buff up a bit more on your amphibian knowledge? Check out our latest infographic on all things frog!
A Blue View: Why Turtle Rescue is Important
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March 26, 2014: Why Turtle Rescue is Important
Click here to listen to John and Jenn Dittmar
discuss her team's important work to
support the conservation of sea turtles!
Did you know that every species of sea turtle in US waters is endangered?
Preserving these amazing and essential sea creatures is of the utmost importance. Every year, our Manager of Animal Rescue, Jenn Dittmar, and her team respond, rehabilitate and release numerous sea turtles found stranded along the East Coast.
This year has been another busy season for our Animal Rescue team, with 19 turtles currently being rehabilitated in our facility! Over the last three months, many of our patients have been treated for critical conditions, including: fungal and bacterial pneumonias, infections in their flipper joints and severe shell lesions.
Eleven turtles are now ready for release back into the wild. Aquarium staff is now working with our partners at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and the state of Florida to schedule a release date.
Get the full story of Chipper, Goose, and Jester, and learn more about their upcoming journey back home.
Want to learn more about what's threatening sea turtles and what you can do to help? Listen to this week's interview!


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Doctrine Faith History
Jesusism-Paulism, Part II: Caiaphas and Diocletian Did Know Better
July 10, 2005 September 19, 2020
Why was Jesus crucified? Why were the Christians thrown to the lions? Douglas Adams began his epic Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by saying people didn't want to be kind
And then, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change…
While Juanna Hates sees something in the Christian message that the Temple found obnoxious
Surely it was because of these outrageous claims that the leaders of the Jewish community succeeded in having Jesus killed. His real claims struck at the heart of their religion, the identity of their nation.
Both these answers are too easy. They make people feel good about themselves, knowing how foolish and short-sighted their opponents were. But Caiaphas was wise and far-sighted. Diocletian was one of the greatest Emperors in history. Why did they make their decisions?
Joseph Caiaphas, Hellenized Jew, Roman political appointee, and High Priest of the Temple for 18 years, agitated against Jesus to his fellow priests.
Then one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up, "You know nothing at all! You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish."
Joseph Caiaphas ruled as high priest for nearly two decades, and other family members would reign for most of the century. He was a smart man. He wanted Jesus dead.
Centuries later, Emperor Diocletian banned Christianity
"It was the nineteenth year of Diocletian's reign [AD 303] and the month Dystrus, called March by the Romans, and the festival of the Saviour's Passion was approaching, when an imperial decree was published everywhere, ordering the churches to be razed to the ground and the Scriptures destroyed by fire, and giving notice that those in places of honour would lose their places, and domestic staff, if they continued to profess Christianity, would be deprived of their liberty. Such was the first edict against us. Soon afterward other decrees arrived in rapid succession, ordering that the presidents of the churches in every place should all be first committed to prison and then coerced by every possible means into offering sacrifice
But Diocletian was not a cruel man. He was an autodidact, a world-system thinker, and a genius. He separated the Roman foreign policy system into what we would call a "Department of Defense" and a "Department of State. He further subdivided DOD into an "Army" and "National Guard." He defined a system of executive political appointees that would allow for the Constitutional succession of Emperors for the first time in history. When his economic reforms caused rapid inflation, he changed them so they wouldn't. Diocletian was a very intelligent man able to learn from mistakes. Diocletian was a smart man. He wanted Christians dead.
These men may not have "known" why, but Caiaphas and Diocletian had a fingerspitzengefühl — a gut feeling — that something was wrong with Christianity. Interrogating witnesses who had heard Christ, Joseph Caiaphas saw a threat that could destroy his nation. Emperor Diocletian saw a force that could destroy his Empire.
The Empire believed in a steep vertical world. Romans believed that the State ruled men, that men ruled their families, and that this relationship was decided by virtue. Women, children, and slaves were without virtue. They were naturally property of the pater familias — the father of the family — to do with as he pleased. And just as the pater familias has life-and-death power over his dependents, the State had life and death power of its citizens. Socrates' execution of Athens was seen to prove Socrates' virtue, because he submitted to an unjust execution.
Visually,
State has life-and-death power over Citizens
Citizen-Fathers have life-and-death power over Women, Children, and Slaves
Another way to see this is that the Romans believed that religions should be state cults. Want to found temples to some crazy god? No problem — as long as you worship the Emperor too. Jews were granted a special exemption because of the personal friendship of Julius Caesar and Herod the Great, but even then the Jerusalem Temple worked closely with Roman authorities.
Roman Religions are State-Cults
Judaism, while having extraordinary privileges, is still under Roman guidance
Because religions were state Churches, power flowed from the churches to the State, while authority flowed from the State to the churches
Power Diagram, Showing Rome investing power into,
and harvesting power out of, the State-Cults
Christians did not accept that Christianity should be under Roman control. Christians did not believe the Church was under the State. As The Apostle wrote
And [God] made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.
Paul (Ephesians 1:10)
Or more clearly, in a different translation
letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in [Christ], everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth.
The Christian world would be worse than inverted: not only did Christians want their faith to guide the State
The Christian Goal of Subverting the State-Network to Christian Ends
Romans 13:1 "…there is no authority except that which God has established…"
Romans 13:4 "[The Ruler] is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer…"
They also lumped the State into a "Mystical Body of Christ" with all other things, flattening the world and making the State only a subset of Christ's mystical body
Christ, Head and Body
Note that the State, and the Church, are merely subsets of the Mystical Body
As a 4GW religion — a netfaith — Christianity empowers individuals and weakens other bonds
And compound it by stating that women and slaves should obey the pater familias, and that subjects should obey the State, because of the authority of God, not the authority of the State
And, to that, the Christians believed that women, children, and slaves were just as important to God — had just as much virtue — as free men
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Paul (Galatians 3:28)
To the Romans, this was a nightmare. Christianity was a giant moral isolation attack against the Roman elite, making their women, children, and slaves see themselves as Christians first, dependents second.
This is why Christianity had to wait until the Empire was weak to become the State Religion. Christianity would never oppose the state — that much is clear from its strategy of co-option. But Christianity could only become an energizing force for the State if the State recognized the intrinsic value of every human life.
That is what Caiaphas and Diocletian saw. If Christianity would spread, a peaceful society built on some humans being morally worthless would be impossible. The only proven method of social peace would have to be abandoned.
Caiaphas and Diocletian weighed the value of social peace on one hand with the lives of a carpenter and a few thousand fanatics on the other. They understood that violence is distasteful but sometimes necessary. They chose what they saw as the greater good. As, or Priest Joseph Caiaphas put it
"You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish!"
It would centuries before Muslims found the secret to deforming Christianity and nearly eliminating it as a threat. But that is a post for another time…
Jesusism-Paulism, a series in six parts
1. Love Your Enemy As You Would Have Him Love You
2. Caiaphas and Diocletian Did Know Better
3. Every Man a Panzer, Every Woman a Soldat
4. The Fall of Rome
5. The People of the Book
6. Embrace and Extend
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"Diocletian was not a cruel man…"
Hello-o! He commissioned the religious genocide of thousands, tens of thousands of Christians across the known world in cruel and unusual ways. How was this not cruel? Sure, it may have been a part of what you claim as his "political genius", but surely a real genius could have conceived a subtle way of destroying his enemy, rather than wholesale slaughter! (Which by the way strengthened and spread Christianity even further anyway, as persecution tends to do.)
Kalitor-mensa says:
Designer villains
"Ishmael will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren." —Genesis 16:11
"Islam did not arise in a backwater from some obscure Judaic-Christian sect, but arose in the full stream of religious life in Asia."—R. Bell, Origins of Islam in Christian Environment, London: Macmillan & Co., 1926
It's not very widely known how deeply rooted in Roman Catholicism is the religion of Islam. Recognizing the nature of this relationship will help considerably in understanding America's religious wars in the middle east.
When Mohammad (c570-632) founded Islam, Christianity ruled an evildoing world under full authority of the mark of Cain, the double-cross now separated into sword and +.
It was the Emperor Constantine (c 285-337) who had given the mark to the Christian bishops, and Augustine of Hippo (354-420) who developed the theological system under which the mark would be enforced by the masters of the Roman Church until today and perhaps beyond.
During the lives of the apostles and for several generations afterward, the Christian churches had lived and preached straight from the original Greek Scriptures the gospel of a loving and accessible God, all in a joyous spirit of reconciliation and intellectual freedom.
http://www.tuppersaussy.com/html/writings/religiouswar/godlessintro.html
Catholicgauze says:
"When Mohammad (c570-632) founded Islam, Christianity ruled an evildoing world"
If by world you mean the Mediterranean region and nothing much else. And there wasn't one strong authority. The Patriarchs disagreed amongst themselves, the Popes and Constantinople had long running disagreements, and the Egyptian Copts went their own way.
"of the mark of Cain, the double-cross"
I don't believe the Bible states what the mark of Cain was. The mark was there to protect Cain from others not from the Garden of Eden.
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Deliverable 9 requires completing at least one worksheet planning for the pitch.
This is the Deliverable 9.
I'll take some time to read it and review it.
to see how well the pitch communicates the core information.
But by previewing it, I can get an idea what the learner would like to accomplish.
Then I'll watch Deliverable 10, The Pitch.
I'll watch it the first time, just to get the main idea, and the first impression.
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>> Next I'll get my reviewer worksheet and start to take notes.
I added my first impressions at the bottom.
you to take notes, the learner is not going to see this.
in the peer review, so don't worry about making your comments sound just right.
her facial expressions, and her voice.
It was lively and it kept me engaged.
I also liked the stories she told.
On the other hand this was just too long.
Right? It was like two and half minutes long.
Too long for a pitch.
I also think she could try harder to give the pitch, instead of reading the pitch.
It would sound more natural.
Next, I'll listen to it again with just one focus in this case content.
The question she opened with was a great hook and the story kept me interested.
I do think the story went on a little long.
And that might be a place where she can kind of make her pitch more concise.
she didn't really clarify for me.
which kept me engaged, but that could be strengthened through the writing.
I thought the clear call for action, though, was very clear.
The next section focuses on overall impression.
tone, length, and I'll also look at the slide.
it looks like the slide works well for the pitch.
It supports the anecdote and gives us a visual of the founder.
So after a final listen to the pitch I made some more notes on the worksheet.
friendly which helped keep me interested in what she had to say.
such as one that waved in front of the camera.
But that could be just because she was in front of a camera.
Hand gestures like that might work fine if she's standing at the front of a room.
even though she tried to sound as if she wasn't.
that she's less dependent on a script.
And I'll make a note that it's just too long for a pitch.
So let me go over the review.
Did the learner use and upload at least one elevator pitch worksheet?
you can find that on the CEO Deliverables 9 and 10 peer review.
Good luck and remember helpful feedback is priceless.


Three Massachusetts nonprofits each recently were awarded $500,000 from The Kresge Foundation to advance innovative services to help low-income people gain social and economic mobility, and participate in a two-year leadership program.
The three organizations were among an inaugural cohort of 13 path-breaking human services organizations nationally in Kresge's Human Services Program.
Grants were awarded to: Economic Mobility Pathways (EMPath), in Boston, which works with governments, nonprofit organizations, and policy makers approach to help low-income families achieve economic independence.
UTEC, Inc., in Lowell, which works to help young people from Lowell and Lawrence move away from violence and poverty to social and economic success.
More Than Words, in Waltham, which works to empower disadvantaged youth to take charge of their lives by getting involved in running a business. During the two-year program, leaders from EMPath, UTEC, and More Than Words will participate in a learning and collaboration network to grow as leaders, who will then apply what they learn to the wider human services field.
EMPath received the grant, in part, to support Economic Mobility Exchange, its rapidly-growing network of governments, non-profits, and human service providers. UTEC and More Than Words are members of the exchange.
UTEC's model combines paid job training in its social enterprises with onsite education and intensive support services. In 2017, it opened an onsite early childhood education center, the 2Gen Center @ UTEC, since more than a third of the agency's young adults are also young parents.
"More Than Words is proud to stand with the Kresge Foundation, EMPath, and UTEC to demonstrate that we achieve measurable results when we empower our youth as part of their own solution," said Jodi Rosenbaum, founder and CEO of More Than Words. "At More Than Words, we do this with a paying job in a vibrant business and with a culture of high expectations and trusting relationships. This model works, and this generous support from the Kresge Foundation comes at a critical time as we launch expansion plans to serve more youth." This grant will support More Than Words as it prepares to double the size of its South End location to a two-floor hub of social enterprise, growing youth served by 60% and earned revenue by 75% by 2020.


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