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These are the performance standards we expect of employees at their classification level in all branches.
These expectations do not replace – but are aligned with – the APSC Work Level Standards and the National Archives Capability Framework.
Drive for results
Keeps track of how tasks are progressing and acts to address obstacles to delivering results.
Adheres to relevant quality standards in completion of work.
Manages their own time effectively to accomplish tasks.
Is open to new information and views from diverse standpoints.
Accepts new work, using skills to support the team.
Asks for assistance when needed.
Consults with their supervisor to clarify work goals.
Raises issues with their supervisor as soon as they arise.
Collaborative working
Shares all relevant or useful information.
Supports team decisions, is a valued team player, respects others, does their share of the work.
Supports effective stakeholder relationships.
Leadership capabilities
Strategic insight
Can identify the key people, processes and technologies that are essential for their role.
Has a basic understanding of the agency's role and functions.
Build organisational capability
Participates in the development of work area goals and objectives.
Upholds the APS Values, Code of Conduct and Employment Principles.
Lead people through change
Participates in the implementation of change.
Takes action that leads to the delivery of agreed performance targets, goals or service standards.
Shows determination to meet the objectives set by others.
Follows their supervisor's direction.
Is open to and aware of relevant technological changes.
Modifies their own thinking, and assumptions, to take account of new and diverse viewpoints.
Responds flexibly to changes in team plans and schedules.
Accepts new work, applying skills flexibly to meet demands.
Consults others when problems arise, seeking approval from their supervisor before implementing solutions.
Keeps other team members informed and up to date about what is happening in the group.
Supports and maintains effective stakeholder relationships.
Builds relationships within their team to work as a supportive and co-operative team member.
Understands how different areas within the agency are related and who the key people are.
Has a general understanding of the role and functions of the agency; is aware of issues that may impact on the delivery of allocated work tasks.
Contributes ideas to the development of work area goals and objectives.
Contributes ideas and participates in the implementation of change in the workplace.
Is constantly looking for ways to do things better.
Makes specific changes in their own work methods to improve performance.
Makes administrative and operational decisions relating to their area of responsibility and following established procedures and protocols.
Finds workable solutions to problems, seeking advice from supervisor on the best course of action.
Demonstrates a willingness to change ideas and perceptions based on new information.
Has a general understanding of technological changes.
Accepts new work, applying skills flexibly to meet a range of demands.
Seeks advice about where to find information required to complete tasks.
Draws on their own relevant experience.
Takes responsibility for seeing their own work tasks through to completion.
Works as directed to achieve outcomes, even in difficult circumstances.
Speaks of team members in positive terms, either to the team member directly or to a third party.
Cultivates effective stakeholder relationships.
Shares facts, knowledge and experience appropriately with others.
Understands what the role of the agency is, how it is organised and how it fits within the Australian Government sector.
Understands the role and functions of the agency, and is aware of issues that may impact on allocated work tasks.
Has responsibility for planning their own work goals and priorities that align with and achieve their own and team outcomes.
Maximises the benefits of change and contributes to improved service quality and efficiency.
Wants to do more than the minimum required, setting goals that are achievable but that challenge them to do better than before.
Takes actions that lead to quantifiable improvements in processes or systems.
Identifies barriers to completing their own work and comes up with solutions.
Makes decisions relating to their area of responsibility that impact on the work area or specific function.
Makes sense of disparate information; sees patterns and trends.
Identifies the implications and impacts of technology.
Informs their supervisor when work processes could be simplified and/or improved, sharing ideas about how this could be achieved.
Adjusts behaviour to suit new goals when team priorities change.
Knows where to find information required to complete tasks.
Sees themselves as a 'can do' person, and is positive about their own ability to succeed.
Demonstrates sound judgement, escalating issues appropriately.
Works productively to achieve goals, even in difficult circumstances.
Searches for solutions, experiments with different ways of doing things, and tries to work things out.
Cooperates with others to achieve objectives in the broader organisation.
Builds rapport and maintains stakeholder relationships.
Seeks input and keeps their supervisor informed about work progress.
Builds relationships with their team and other peers to work as a supportive and co-operative colleague.
Understands the impact of the work area on strategic, political or operational outcomes for the agency.
Has a sound general knowledge of the role and functions of the agency and an understanding of how these relate to a specific work area.
Recognises how tasks contribute to achieving team goals.
Provides suggestions and support focused on helping people handle certain situations.
Values specialist expertise and creates an environment which facilitates the sharing and effective use of professional knowledge and skills.
Contributes new ideas and maximises the benefits of change, including the identification of opportunities to improve the efficiency of business processes.
Sets up regular communications with the team (e.g. through team meetings) and makes sure the team is kept informed of what is happening.
Explains the reasons behind key decisions.
Overcomes obstacles to achieving goals and, when things don't go as expected, uses this as an opportunity to learn.
Makes decisions within defined parameters and sets new precedents based on sound subject knowledge and professional judgement.
Self-evaluates their own performance, benchmarking against feedback from their supervisor and relevant others.
Develops plans and objectives for short-term tasks of the work area and contributes to strategic planning for longer-term initiatives of the section.
Crystallises key points from a mass of disparate information and makes sense of complex situations.
Applies innovation to maximise the benefits of change and contributes to the improvement in service quality and efficiency, including the use of new technologies.
Remains open to new challenges, applying skills flexibly in a range of situations.
Is aware of the way things have been customarily done and uses this understanding to manage and pace change and to implement improvements to the way the agency operates.
Knows their own strengths, and development needs and is transparent about them when working with others.
Is able to absorb and deal constructively with criticism, seeking support as necessary.
Remains engaged and productive during challenging times.
Sets self and others stretching goals.
Displays willingness to learn from others, including subordinates and peers.
Solicits ideas and opinions to help form specific decisions or plans.
Develops and maintains internal and external relationships.
Uses communication channels effectively and appropriately.
Thinks of new ways to support current strategies, deploying existing resources and technologies to solve current issues.
Understands the organisation's strategy and the implications for various work areas.
Is aware of changes in the broader work environment that may impact on work objectives.
Understands the impact of the work area on longer-term strategic, political or operational outcomes for the agency.
Collaborates across teams to achieve improvements and greater economies of operation.
Develops and oversees the implementation of improvement and change initiatives.
Gathers and critically analyses information from diverse sources to explore ideas and complete tasks.
Facilitates the effectiveness of a group by obtaining and providing them with the right resource or information.
Recognises and acknowledges individuals when they are doing a good job and reinforces the significance or impact of what they do for the agency.
Applies innovation to maximise the benefits of change and contributes to the improvement in service quality and efficiency.
Secures needed support or development for the benefit of both individuals and the team as a whole.
Encourages and supports others to find ways of improving working methods so as to improve how the agency operates.
Takes the necessary actions to meet goals; identifies and applies measures to track and quantify achievement.
Makes decisions using good judgement, expertise and knowledge, under limited guidance.
Generates innovative solutions to problems, producing a range of options for consideration.
Shows innovation in finding ways of developing improvements, including the use of new technologies.
Comes up with new ways of explaining something complex, or seeing beyond the obvious, so that others are able to understand it.
Proposes and facilitates innovation and contributes to business improvement strategies and changes in workplace practices.
Demonstrates a flexible approach to work, displaying willingness to explore opportunities as they arise.
Feels able to succeed and is prepared to stand up and be counted.
Has the confidence to involve others in support of a particular goal.
Shows initiative and judgment in the interpretation of policy and in applying practices and procedures.
Evaluates the effectiveness of risk management and risk assessment activities within their area of responsibility.
Understands their own strengths and development needs, and seeks opportunities for personal development and to address performance shortfalls appropriately.
Summarises progress, taking account of differing viewpoints, to clarify understanding and to establish common ground.
Develops and supports complex relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Selects and uses communication channels appropriately and effectively.
Collaborates effectively within team and with other work areas as required.
Recognises opportunities that have a significant impact on the agency or that affect multiple systems and/or business processes.
Understands organisational strategy as it relates to team and agency goals and adapts current strategy by anticipating changes based on an insightful understanding of the agency's operating context.
Understands the broader governance framework of the Australian Government sector and how it impacts on the operation of the agency.
Has an in-depth knowledge of the role and functions of the agency and an understanding of how these relate to a work area.
Builds team capacity through coaching, performance feedback; and encouraging career development.
Understands the longer term and contributes to ensure the sustainability of initiatives.
Builds corporate knowledge and expertise by guiding, coaching and mentoring others.
Gets input from others to promote the effectiveness of a team or process.
Acts to build team spirit to promote team effectiveness.
Contributes to managing change and uncertainty in the workplace.
Creates the conditions that enable a team to perform at its best (provides the right structure and gets the right people doing the right things).
Analyses on the basis of the outcomes and risks for the agency.
Takes responsibility for the achievements of their own and team outcomes, monitors progress and follows through to deliver quality outcomes.
Exercises sound judgement, making independent decisions.
Takes responsibility for timely delivery of individual and team outcomes.
Works through obstacles and is resourceful to get back on track.
Encourages others to be innovative, in finding ways of developing improvements, including the use of new technologies.
Provides a significant contribution to innovation and business improvement strategies.
Contributes to the development of an agile workforce by applying skills in a range of situations and coaching others to use skills flexibly.
Rises to, and relishes, a range of challenges.
Is prepared to actively support others who are acting consistently with the core values of the agency and the APS and challenge those who aren't.
Engages with risk, including the conduct of risk assessment and risk management activities for areas of responsibility.
Develops solutions with an orientation to the future, balancing immediate business needs with medium and long-term objectives.
Builds good morale or co-operation within the team, including creating symbols of group identity or other actions to build cohesiveness.
Encourages and empowers others and promotes co-operative work practices.
Develops and manages a range of stakeholder relationships and seeks input from team, colleagues and other stakeholders.
Is well aware of relevant interest groups and networks that influence key stakeholders and uses this understanding for the benefit of the agency.
Creates new strategies for the agency by applying insights from other organisations or practices and/or theories.
Coordinates and undertakes detailed or sensitive projects that impact on strategic, political or operational outcomes for the agency.
Considers and effectively manages competing priorities and strategic directions when achieving team planning and project outcomes in line with agency goals and objectives.
Undertakes work activities with an awareness of their possible impact on strategic, political or operational outcomes for the agency.
Successfully addresses people or process alignment problems between teams with peers and senior leaders.
Looks to the longer term and takes action to ensure the sustainability of initiatives.
Maintains a continuous improvement approach to individual and team work.
Upholds and models the APS Values, Code of Conduct and Employment Principles.
Gives people a sense that changes are achievable and that their contribution matters.
Explains the rationale for changes and key priorities.
Implements change and manages ambiguity in the workplace.
Supports others to maintain focus and productivity, encouraging them to embrace emerging opportunities.
Manages and implements cultural change.
Makes decisions, sets priorities, or sets goals on the basis of calculated inputs and outputs.
Commits themselves (in the face of uncertainty) to the pursuit of improved performance and the achievement of a challenging goal.
Identifies and leads innovative solutions and communicates the implications of decisions and actions on the agency's business objectives.
Makes high level decisions and uses sound judgement about priorities, balancing short, medium and long-term goals.
Demonstrates a flexible approach to work, displaying willingness to meet evolving organisational needs.
Leads the way in developing improvements, including the use of new technologies.
Promotes openness to new information, approaches and ideas.
Manages resource allocation responsively to ensure achievement of team and organisational objectives.
Takes on very stretching challenges that others may back away from.
May be a 'lone voice' challenging the status quo, but will always be able to back up their position with evidence that the action is aimed at achieving the goals of the agency.
Identifies, manages and evaluates risk in all decision making and delivery of outcomes.
Develops, understands and promotes organisational strategy as it relates to the achievement of team, agency and government objectives.
Responds flexibly to various stakeholder requirements and changing circumstances as they arise, varying deployment of resources within imposed constraints.
Develops and communicates the strategic direction and vision of the agency to stakeholders.
Initiates, establishes and maintains key strategic internal and external networks.
Demonstrates flexibility and sound judgement in use of communication channels to influence outcomes, deliver results and support organisational strategy.
Understands the strategic relationships with an organisation and applies and maintains an extensive understanding of the role and responsibilities of the agency.
Sets strategic direction, develops long-term plans and implements operational strategies aimed at achieving specific agency objectives.
Develops strategies that fundamentally change the way the agency operates and provides a strategic level of specialist, professional and/or technical expertise.
Maintains a comprehensive understanding of the agency's impact on the wider political and community context in which it operates.
Builds capability in a team environment through coaching others, providing performance feedback, conflict resolution and encouraging career development.
Delegates tasks appropriately to facilitate employee development and build team capability.
Leads and manages change, analyses performance and takes responsibility for continuous improvement processes.
Engages and manages stakeholders through change, resolving conflict and managing sensitivities.
Gets buy-in and commitment to the vision within the organisation and across government, involving a diverse range of stakeholders.
Inspires people to contribute to and lead change initiatives.
Provides leadership in implementing and promoting a climate of change and continuous improvement.
Takes responsibility for shaping organisational culture.
APS Code of Conduct


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Did Sidney Crosby injure his right wrist during his fight with Brandon Dubinsky? "It wasn't really much of a fight," Dubinsky said to Shawn Mitchell of the Columbus-Dispatch. "At the end he just kind of pulled me down. He just said his wrist hurt and he was tired. That was about the extent of our conversation." Crosby dealt with a right wrist injury during the end of last season and into the summer.


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Chronic wounds are a significant health problem, and affect an increasingly large number of people. In the US, for example, chronic wounds are reported to affect 6.5 million patients with more than $25 billion each year spent by the healthcare system on treating wound-related complications. Diabetes is a disease that is becoming more common, and many of those so afflicted will develop chronic wounds, with studies revealing approximately 25% of diabetics experiencing an ulcer at some time in their life.
Unfortunately, chronic wounds are an underappreciated health problem. Often, they will be disguised as a secondary condition, and associated with some other disease like diabetes, arterial disease, or heart disease. Chronic wounds represent a silent epidemic that affects a large fraction of the world population. It is estimated that 1 to 2 % of the population will experience a chronic wound during their lifetime (in developed countries).
What exactly is a chronic wound? It is defined as one that has failed to proceed through an orderly and timely reparative process, to produce an intact, functional skin layer, within a period of 3 months. The reasons for a delay or interruption of the healing process can vary tremendously, often with multiple factors contributing. Statistically, the most common type of chronic wound in our culture is due to vein problems in the lower leg. Yet chronic venous disease is often overlooked by primary care and cardiovascular care providers, who underestimate its magnitude and impact.
Chronic venous insufficiency is the general term used to describe this problem, whereby the veins in the legs are incapable of properly transporting blood upward, from the feet and legs. This in turn causes an increase in pressure in the venous system of the legs, leading to various pathologies that involve pain, swelling, and various skin changes, including thickening, irregularities in the surface, and discoloration.
Without altering the process in some way, venous disease will often result in small holes in the skin, with leaking of fluid. Eventually, large, ugly sores develop which can come to cover large areas of the lower leg. These are termed venous stasis ulcers. An estimated 1% of the U.S. population suffers from venous stasis ulcers, making it one of the most common types. These changes are due to a gradual poisoning of the skin of the lower leg, in which a component of blood is being deposited in the skin. This substance, hemosiderin, performs a critical function when part of the blood, where it is supposed to be. When it builds up in the skin, this substance has a variety of deleterious effects.
Untreated venous insufficiency results not only in a gradual loss of the normal cosmetic appearance, but also in a variety of complications, the major ones being persistent pain and discomfort, bleeding, superficial inflammation of blood vessels, and progressive skin changes that ultimately lead to ulceration. Because the root of problem is one that generally has existed for years, the treatment program can be lengthy and difficult.
But who develops venous disease? The root cause is multifactorial. Occupations involving working long periods of time standing may produce a chronic enlargement of the veins, with incompetence of the valves developing over the time. It is these valves, found inside the deeper veins, which function to keep blood from flowing backwards, as gravity would tend to force it. In women, vein walls and valves are affected by cyclical changes in hormone levels. These changes are worsened during pregnancy when the return of blood to the heart is restricted by the growing fetus. Advancing age also plays a part, with degenerative changes of the smooth muscle in the vein wall resulting in a greater susceptibility to enlargement of the vein. As with many problems, there also seems to be a hereditary component.
Treatment for this type of ulcer usually is based on the need to aid in the return of blood out of the legs, up into the largest veins, travelling towards the heart. This is best achieved with compression therapy, of which there are many forms. Most individuals suffering from recognized venous disease, where treatment has been prescribed, are familiar with compression stockings. Many have had these garments prescribed, yet few use them consistently. Although available for many years, they can be extremely difficult to put on, and tend to be very uncomfortable when worn.
Some of the standard options for care of chronic wounds remain appropriate, including local wound care and debridement, dressings, antibiotics when infection is present, adjunctive therapies, and even surgery when it is an option. Health care providers need to be able to recognize the early manifestations of venous disease, and then choose specific treatments based on the severity of the disease, and some of the many other considerations. Wound care clinicians should be able to individualize therapy as appropriate to manage signs and symptoms of chronic venous insufficiency.
Recently, a new compression system was developed to address the compromised small vein disease which is the hallmark of venous insufficiency. Pneumatic Medicine is the term used to describe this technique. Simply defined, this is the use of external compression, via an electric air pump system, which can help to recreate the body's own natural pumping system. This concept, the use of an electrical pumping device, has been available for years, but the newest systems are far superior to those previously available. It can be used to treat a wide array of peripheral vascular diseases including venous insufficiency, lymphedema and chronic wounds. It is considered an important adjunct to other treatment options, including surgery, compression stockings and medications.
Whatever methods of treatment are used, it is an unfortunate hallmark of this disease that no real cure exists. Once vein disease has developed, it is a life-long condition. The consequences of CVI, specifically the skin changes, can be resolved (due to skin's healing abilities, and its rapid rate of cell turnover), if an effective treatment regimen is instituted, and consistently utilized. But the success rate of valve repair surgery is not good, and many are forced to utilize compressive therapies on a permanent basis.
As a wound care specialist, I sometimes struggle to heal patient's wounds that have stubbornly persisted for months, sometimes even years. The patient may have seen little real improvement, and at times the wounds may have actually worsened, despite the intervention of various healthcare practitioners and the time-consuming treatments utilized. I admit to great satisfaction when I have played a part in the healing of a patient's longstanding wound, where multiple physicians may have attempted treatment. This is trivial, of course, when compared to their improved quality of life. If you know someone suffering from a wound that isn't healing, recommend immediate care. The longer a wound goes untreated, the more likely it will become a chronic, non-healing wound. These can alter, perhaps forever, that person's life, and thus, their quality of life.


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Thierachern – gmina (niem. Einwohnergemeinde) w Szwajcarii, w kantonie Berno, w regionie administracyjnym Oberland, w okręgu Thun.

Demografia
W Thierachern mieszkają 2 514 osoby. W 2020 roku 4,9% populacji gminy stanowiły osoby urodzone poza Szwajcarią.

Współpraca
Miejscowość partnerska:
  Sezimovo Ústí, Czechy

Transport
Przez teren gminy przebiega droga główna nr 221.

Przypisy

Miejscowości w Szwajcarii
Gminy w kantonie Berno
Okręg Thun

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Жагуарипи () — муниципалитет в Бразилии, входит в штат Баия. Составная часть мезорегиона Агломерация Салвадор. Входит в экономико-статистический микрорегион Санту-Антониу-ди-Жезус. Население составляет 13 371 человек на 2006 год. Занимает площадь 891,345 км². Плотность населения — 15,0 чел./км².

Статистика
 Валовой внутренний продукт на 2003 составляет 28.468.367,00 реалов (данные: Бразильский институт географии и статистики).
 Валовой внутренний продукт на душу населения на 2003 составляет 2.634,01 реалов (данные: Бразильский институт географии и статистики).
 Индекс развития человеческого потенциала на 2000 составляет 0,604 (данные: Программа развития ООН).

Муниципалитеты штата Баия


2019 ICC Cricket World Cup is just around the corner, and aren't we all excited for the same? Yes, of course, the most awaited ODI cricket tournament of the year is here.
This 12th edition of the Cricket World Cup series will be hosted by England and Wales, notably for the fifth time. It is scheduled to commence from 30 May 2019, and will go on till 14 July 2019. The first match of the series will be played at the Oval, while the tournament will culminate with the final match at the Lord's.
Meanwhile, the participating teams are absolutely getting ready to beat their opponents in the battleground. The tournament will include a single group of ten teams, and each team will be competing with nine other teams consequently. In the end, the top four teams will emerge to compete at the knockout stage of the semi-finals. The winners will then compete for the top honour at the famous Lord's cricket grounds.
You will be happy to know that five selectors have already picked out a squad of 15 men for the world cup series. These cricketers will be taking charge to represent India at the international level. The names of these 15 players were announced on Monday, 15 April 2019. Leading from the front will be Virat Kohli, along with Rohit Sharma as his deputy. Along with them, selectors have shown their faith and trust in Vijay Shankar and Dinesh Karthik (with Ambati Rayudu and Rishabh Pant the most notable absentees). For this season, specialist opener KL Rahul is also included as a backup opener to Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma.
The confirmed names for the selected team are: Virat Kohli (Capt), Rohit Sharma (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, MSD (WK), Vijay Shankar, Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya.
As per the tournament guidelines, the teams are free to change their squads without permission from the ICC till May 22. After that, changes have to be cleared by the ICC.
As BCCI has named Rishabh Pant, Ambati Rayudu and Navdeep Saini as standby players, the chance of inclusion in the final team is still open for these players.
Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan and Deepak Chahar have been taken in as net bowlers. They will be traveling with the team during the World Cup for providing net practice to the team batsmen, and a little relief to the team bowlers from excessive workload.
Although the tournament is still a month away, all the teams have already started plotting their winning strategies. So, cricket fans what are waiting for? Make sure you do not miss out on your favourite series of the year. Our players are about to hit centuries and fifties. Make sure you are there to lend excitement and support!
2019 ICC Cricket World Cup is just around the corner, and aren't we all excited for the same? Yes, of course, the most awaited ODI cricket tournament is here.


There is something so sweet and so joyful about a Fresh 48 Session. This miracle, for so long unseen, is finally here. I was able to meet Baby O just a few short hours after his long awaited arrival, and photograph this special time for his parents and family to hold onto, even as he grows into the person he'll become. Congratulations, Donna and Will. Baby O is perfect.


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Phnom Penh Post - Govt warns public to guard against dengue
Govt warns public to guard against dengue
Khoun Leakhana | Publication date 27 May 2010 | 08:01 ICT
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AUTHORITIES are warning the public to take extra precautions against dengue fever as the Kingdom heads into the rainy season – when the risk of contracting the potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease is at its highest.
Ngan Chantha, director of the National Anti-Dengue Programme at the Ministry of Health, said officials launched a campaign on Tuesday to raise public awareness of dengue fever.
"We want to remind people throughout the country to prevent dengue fever, even though the number of cases this year has not been high," he said.
There have been 731 individual cases through May 17, marking a drop from the more than 1,000 cases recorded during the same period last year, Ngan Chantha said. Four deaths have been recorded this year.
However, the country records the vast majority of its yearly dengue cases and fatalities during the rainy months, when dengue-carrying mosquitoes have plenty of opportunity to breed in water.
Last year, authorities said 11,625 children under 15, the group most affected by the disease, contracted dengue. Of those, 36 died.
Officials plan to distribute 102 tonnes of Abate, a mosquito larvicide, in concert with the campaign, Ngan Chantha said.
Phnom Penh residents will be reminded to sleep under mosquito nets, wear long shirts and destroy mosquito habitats around their homes, said Sok Sokun, director of the municipal health department.
Health Minister Mam Bunheng also urged the public to be cautious.
"I want to suggest to all people to protect themselves, especially their children, from dengue fever," he said, and warned that dengue cases could rise if prevention measures are not implemented.
"Clean the house. Kill mosquitoes. Sleep under mosquito nets and wear long shirts," he said.
Contact author: Khoun Leakhana

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Christina Applegate to star in upcoming Netflix series
July 12, 2018 by shameen
Washington: Hollywood actress Christina Applegate is set to star in an upcoming Netflix dark comedy series.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, 'Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy' actor will star in dark comedy series 'Dead to Me'.
This is a 10-episode series, with each episode to run for half an hour.
The story revolves around a powerful friendship that blooms between a widow, Jen (Applegate), and a free spirit with a dangerous secret.
Applegate's character is that of a poised woman with a dark sense of humour and anger management issues, which she doesn't want to deal with every time.
She's been struggling to keep it together in the months since her husband was killed in a hit-and-run accident.
Written by Liz Feldman, 'Dead to Me' will see Will Ferrel, Adam McKay reunite with Applegate as the executive producers for this series.
Filming of the series will start in Los Angeles this autumn season.
In the work front, the actress was recently seen in the 'Bad Moms' sequel movie- 'Bad Moms Christmas'.
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After 12 days of intensive testing at the Jerez and Barcelona circuits, the start of the new season beckons: on the weekend of 15th – 17th March, the 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship gets under way at Melbourne's Albert Park with the Australian Grand Prix. The Sauber F1 Team will embark on its 21st season with a new driver pairing: Nico Hülkenberg and Esteban Gutiérrez will be behind the wheel of the Sauber C32-Ferrari. Building on the strong foundation laid down last year, the team now aims to make further advances.
Nico Hülkenberg: "Finally the start of the season is coming closer. I left Europe yesterday. I'm really looking forward to this race, as Australia is always one of my favorite Grands Prix, and Melbourne has a very special atmosphere, so I'm keen to be there. I also like the track which is not a permanent circuit. We are driving around a lake in a park and, especially during the drivers' parade, you feel very close to the fans.
Esteban Gutiérrez: "Now we have finalised the pre-season testing, I feel very grateful for the work of every team member and the opportunity to get up to speed with the basics of F1. Melbourne will be my first race in F1 and I'm sure it will be very special. It's a track that I don't know, but I'm confident I will be able to learn it quickly in the free practice sessions.
"Competing in a Formula One race is the next step in my career, and that's what I need to focus on. One of the things that I need to do is feel natural and relaxed in my surroundings so I can focus on the most important elements during the weekend. I feel I have a good base for the start of the season, but, of course, I will keep on working as I have areas were I can improve. My goal is to exploit the car's potential and finish consistently within the points."
Tom McCullough, Head of Track Engineering: "We have had a very productive pre-season test programme completing 5,308 km, which is a credit to all those involved with the design, manufacture and operation. Nico and Esteban have quickly settled into their new working environment and have already established strong working relationships within the team, which is very important. You never know exactly where you sit compared to the other teams during winter testing, but importantly the C32 has performed as expected which is encouraging.


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The western media is enthralled by Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi but they have no time for the tragedies encountered by her fellow Palestinians from the West Bank to Gaza.
By Yvonne Ridley
I am delighted that legendary Spanish football club Real Madrid rolled out the red carpet for heroic Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi following her release from prison after serving eight months for slapping a couple of Israeli soldiers twice her size. The diminutive 17-yearold captured the imagination of many around the world.
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There was no headline news or broadcast as they were buried the day after after being shot dead by Israeli forces during the regular Friday Palestinian protests demanding their legitimate right to return to their land usurped decades ago by the state of Israel.
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Teenager Ahed cuts a striking figure with her wild mane of hair as she rages against the brutal occupation of her Palestinian lands. She is an incredible force of defiance and courage and therefore the good news is she's very hard to ignore, especially now that she is on a tour across Europe.
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Had this happened in Europe or America there would have been headline news and we'd still be analysing and disseminating the information in our newspapers today.
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Despite the horrific toll on Friday, Gaza's Great March of Return protests look set to continue with or without the fickle media in attendance. The peaceful protests were launched on 30 March, when thousands of ordinary people in Gaza headed for the nominal border with the Zionist State to demand their right of return as refugees.
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Books > Hindu > Vishnu > Kapila: Founder of Samkhya and Avatara of Visnu
Kapila: Founder of Samkhya and Avatara of Visnu
by Knut A. Jacobsen
Knut A Jacobsen is Professor in the History of Religions at the University of Bergen, Norway, and author or editor of fifteen books and more than sixty articles in journals and edited volumes on various aspects on religions in South Asia and in the South Asian diasporas. He is the author of Prakrti in Samkhya-Yoga: Material Principle, Religious Experience. Ethical Implications (1999; Indian edition, 2002). Recent publications include the edited volumes, South Asians in the Diaspora: Histories and Religious Traditions (2004) (with P. Pratap Kumar); Theory and Practice of Yoga: Essays in Honour of Gerald James Larson (2005); and South Asian Religions on Display: Religious Processions in South Asia and in the Diaspora (2008).
In the Hindu tradition Kapila is admired and worshipped as a philosopher, a divinity, an avatara of Visnu and as a powerful ascetic. This book is the first monographic study of this important figure. The book deals with Kapila in the Veda, the Sramana traditions, the Epics and the Puranas, in the Samkhya system of religious thought and in the ritual traditions of many contemporary Hindu traditions. Kapila is an important figure in the sacred geography of India and the study of the rituals and narrative traditions of the firthas of Kapila is an important contribution of this book. The book also contains a translation into English of the text Kapilasurisamvada, Kapila's teaching of Asuri, found in a few manuscripts of the Southern recension of the Mahabharata.
Kapila refers to a pluralistic phenomenon. The Kapilas in the Hindu tradition can't be reduced to a single figure. In general, pluralism characterizes the religious traditions and religious life in South Asia, ancient, medieval, modern as well as contemporary. Openness for the greatest possible plurality is therefore often a good way to approach religion in South Asia. This is the case also with the study of Kapila. The approach of the book therefore is pluralistic.
Knut A. Jacobsen is Professor in the History of Religions at the University of Bergen, Norway, and author or editor of fifteen books and more than sixty articles in journals and edited volumes on various aspects on religions in South Asia and in the South Asian diasporas. He is the author of Prakrti in Samkhya-Yoga: Material Principle, Religious Experience. Ethical Implications (1999; Indian edition, 2002). Recent publications include the edited volumes, South Asians in the Diaspora: Histories and Religious Traditions (2004) (with P. Pratap Kumar); Theory and Practice of Yoga: Essays in Honour of Gerald James Larson (2005); and South Asian Religions on Display: Religious Processions in South Asia and in the Diaspora (2008).
In the Hindu tradition Kapila is admired and worshipped as a philosopher, a divinity, an avatara of Visnu and as a powerful ascetic. This book is the first monographic study of this important figure. The book deals with Kapila in the Veda, the Sramana traditions, the Epics and the Puranas, in the Samkhya system of religious thought and in the ritual traditions of many contemporary Hindu traditions. Kapila is an important figure in the sacred geography of India and the study of the rituals and narrative traditions of the tirthas of Kapila is an important contribution of this book. The book also contains a translation into English of the text Kapilasuri-samvada, Kapila's teaching of Asuri, found in a few manuscripts of the Southern recension of the Mahabharata.
Kapila refers to a pluralistic phenomenon. The Kapilas in the Hindu tradition cannot be reduced to a single figure. In general, pluralism characterizes the religious traditions and religious life in South Asia, ancient, medieval, modern as well as contemporary. Openness for the greatest possible plurality is therefore often a good way to approach religion in South Asia. This is the case also with the study of Kapila. The approach of the book therefore is pluralistic.
Pluralism characterizes the religious traditions and religious life in South Asia, ancient, medieval, modern as well as contemporary. Openness for the greatest possible plurality is therefore often a good way to approach religion in South Asia. This is the case also with individual religious phenomena. A risk is there that the intellectual search for order and coherence might result in a disregard for this plurality and a projection of unity on a material that is not there. The modern concept of Hinduism was in itself a result of such a search for order and coherence.
The book is about Kapila, a significant figure in the Hindu traditions. The word Kapila here refers to a pluralistic phenomenon. There are many Kapilas and several Kapila traditions. In this book I have used the pluralistic approach to the history of the Kapila traditions in India. To search for a single coherent Kapila tradition would mean to misunderstand the plurality of the phenomena classified under the label Hinduism. The pluralism of the situation makes it impossible to construct a single Kapila figure on the basis of the literature. The words "Kapila" and "him" in this book could at many places instead have been written "Kapilas" and "them" to emphasize the pluralism of Kapila figures.
Every research project is a collective undertaking. Many persons have shared their knowledge of Indian cultures, religions and languages with me and added pieces to the puzzle of Kapila. I am thankful to all them: in Santa Barbara, California, Gerald James Larson; in Varanasi, Mark S.G. Dyczkowski, Sri Narayan Mishra, K.N.P. Shashi, and Rana P. B. Singh; in Madhupur, Swami Bhaskara Aranya, and Adinath Chatterjee; in Kolkata, Amitav Das; and in Oslo, Lars Martin Fosse and Georg von Simson. Thanks also to priests, ascetics, and pilgrims in Amarakantaka, Bhanwargarh, Ganga Sagara, Gaya, Hardwar, Kampil, Kapileswar, Kolayat, Kolyad, Madhupur, Prayaga, Sidhpur, Tirumala, Tirupati, and Varanasi.
Some part of the book have previously been published in journals and as chapters of books. I thank the publishers for permission to reprint. Some parts of chapter Two were previously published in "Kapila in the Mahabharata" in The Mahabharata: What is not here is nowhere else, edited by T.S. Rukmani (New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 2005), pp. 35-48. Some parts of chapters Two and three were previously published in "Kapila: Founder of Samkhya and Avatara of Visnu," in Orientalia Suecana, vol. 47 (1998), pp. 69-85. Some parts of chapter Five were previously published in "What Similes in Samkhya do: A Comparison of the Similes in the Samkhya texts of the Mahabharata, the Samkhyakarika and the Samkhyasutra," in Journal of Indian Philosophy 34 (2006): 587-605. Some parts of chapter Six were previously published in "The Sacred Geography of Kapila: The Kapilasrama of Sidhpur," in Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, vol. 18: Ritualistics (2003), pp. 82-91, and the "The Tirtha of Sage Kapila," in Manushi, no. 150 (2005): pp. 26-29.
Illustrations vii
Preface xi
Kapila in the Hindu Tradition 1
Kapila in the Veda, the Sramana-tradition, and the Mahabharata 9
Kapila in Samkhya and Samkhya-Yoga 31
Kapila in the Puranas: The Visnu Avatara 57
Kapilasurisamvada: Sanskrit Text and Translation 71
The Sacred Geography of Kapila 149
Worship of Kapila: Sanskrit Hymns 189
Competing Interpretations of Kapila in the Hindu Tradition 213
Verse Lines in the Kapilasurisamvada 299
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9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering
Arnolfini is pleased to present the first complete screening in the UK of 9 Evenings….
In 1966 ten artists, including John Cage, Öyvind Fahlström, and Yvonne Rainer, produced 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering – a series of innovative dance, music and theatre performances, developed in collaboration with engineers and scientists from Bell Telephone Laboratories. The legendary events, held at 69th Regiment Armory, New York City, in October 1966, were the culmination of extraordinary activity in art, dance and music in New York in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The films – produced by Billy Klüver and Julie Martin for E.A.T. and edited by Barbro Schultz Lundestam – present rarely seen archival materials and reconstruct the artist's original work to illuminate the artistic, technical and historical aspects of the work.
Öyvind Fahlström: Kisses Sweeter Than Wine, 71mins
Kisses Sweeter than Wine was a theatre performance that combined live actors, slides, audio recordings, film and TV projection. Featuring an extraordinary mix of images – amongst them Idiot Savant Jedediah Buxton, a remote-controlled Mylar inflated missile and a girl in a swimming pool of Jell-O – Kisses Sweeter than Wine's mesh of mediums explored technology's ramifications on society and theatrical form.
Steve Paxton: Physical Things, 45mins
Physical Things was a performance piece and sculpture: participants moved within a 20,000 square feet network of inflatable polythene tunnels that housed installations and dance pieces. This traversable performance space made common cause with two major currents of the 1960s, the "happening" and "expanded cinema", and served as a participatory experiment, investigating how technology alters our perceptual habits.
These films will be introduced and discussed by director Barbro Schultz Lundestam, exhibiting artist Olivia Plender and other guests.
John Cage: Variations VII, 41mins
Variations VII is a seminal example of Cage's experiments in musical indeterminacy. Applying the principle of randomness to select acoustic materials, Cage intercepted sound phenomena and manipulated technologies to create live audio feeds: for example, he prepared telephone lines and intercepted radio waves, as well as converting biological data – a collaborator's brain waves – into sound.
Lucinda Childs: Vehicle, 38 mins
Vehicle reduced choreographic score to simple repetitive actions like swinging buckets and moving around a hanging Plexiglas cube. A "Ground Effect Machine" (G.E.M.) which rose several inches above the floor on an air cushion was also integrated into the sequences, as was a sonar beam, that cut in on all of the movements, without distinguishing between objects and performers. Childs sought to disrupt the conventions of contemporary dance, and like her contemporaries blurred the stark line separating dancers from non-dancers.
Deborah Hay: Solo, 45mins
Combining human and mechanical movement, Solo's dance sequences were interwoven with the movement of the carts, steered by the drivers by means of remote-control devices. A member of the Judson Dance Theater, Deborah Hay questioned conventional ideas about dance, exploring the proposition: Dance is movement, so all movement can be choreographed.
Alex Hay: Grass Field, 40mins
In Grass Field, Alex Hay amplified his own physiological phenomena: wearing a backpack of specially designed amplifiers he picked up and amplified brain waves, muscle activity and eye movement from electrodes placed on his head and body. This piece contextualises Hay within a tradition of art research that expanded in the early 1960s, developed as a response to the medical research being conducted on the brain.
Yvonne Rainer: Carriage Discreteness, 40 mins
In Carriage Discreteness, Rainer guided dancers and non-dancers through generic tasks of walking and carrying stage props from one point to another. Inspired by John Cage's indeterminacy notions, Rainer integrated everyday gestures into dance vocabulary. Technological components were also used to cue movement: a ball and solenoid moved on wires stretching across the stage, and films were projected onto screens cued to fall at the performance's end.
Robert Rauschenberg: Open Score, 32mins
Open Score was a movement piece that suggested the idea of a dance improvised in accordance with specific rules: as tennis players volleyed, the contact of ball to raquet triggered a mechanism that shut off the 36 lights on the Armory one by one. In the second part of the piece, a crowd assembled on stage in complete darkness, filmed by infrared cameras. After his participation in 9 evenings, Rauschenberg co-founded Experiments in Art and Technology, (E.A.T.)
David Tudor: Bandoneon! (a combine), 41mins
In Bandoneon! (a combine), Tudor put a traditional instrument, the bandoneon, on a circuit with an array of technological components, frequency modulators and amplifiers. The tones of the bandoneon were converted into electronic signals that generated sounds and graphics. Tudor's work, alongside John Cage and other composers, developed musical notation methods based on indeterminacy and an atypical use of instruments.
Robert Whitman: Two Holes of Water-3, Length TBC
In Two Holes of Water -3, Whitman wanted to show that the film records traces of events, while TV makes its content appear and disappear in real time. The stage evoked drive-in movie theatres and cars were used as projection booths. Engaging in live montage during performance, Whitman used feeds of TV cameras on stage, and then projected the resulting image tracks side by side with excerpts of 16-mm films.
9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering – Weekly Wednesday Screenings from 25 July 2012 all at 6.30pm. £3.00/£2.00 Concs / £10.00/£8.00 Concs for all films
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Possible changes to The Wave lottery?
You are invited to attend a meeting to discuss possible changes to the Paria Canyon - Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Special Management Area permit system. The most significant change could be converting the "walk-in" lottery for North Coyote Buttes to a "72 hour" online lottery, similar to what Zion National Park has done for the Narrows. The motivation for the change is to improve customer service and safety for our visitors.
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Tift County, Georgia Genealogy
Tift County
Guide to Tift County, Georgia ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
County seat: Tifton
Organized: August 17, 1905
Parent County(s): Berrien, Irwin, Worth[1]
Berrien • Colquitt • Cook • Irwin • Turner • Worth
1.3 Tift County, Georgia Record Dates
The County was named for Nelson Tift. The County is located in the south central area of the state. [2]
Tift County Courthouse
225 N Tift Avenue
Tift County Website
Probate Court has marriage and probate records.
Tift County, Georgia Record Dates[edit | edit source]
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.[5]
1905 Tift County was created 17 August 1905 from Berrien, Irwin and Worth Counties.
County seat: Tifton[6]
Organization of Tift County, Georgia:
The Creek Indians in 1814 and 1818 ceded their lands in the Southern portion of what is now the State of Georgia to the United States government. This extended the boundaries of the State of Georgia to the Chattahoochee River on the West and to what is now the State of Florida in the South.
This land was originally divided into three counties:" Early in the West; Irwin in the middle; and Appling in the East. In 1818, 1819, and 1820 survey parties were sent into these counties. There was a land lottery held in 1820. The lands of Early, Irwin, and Appling then became available to be purchased for a small fee by those eligible. These three counties then began to be settled.
As the population of original Irwin County began to increase other counties were formed. There are currently all or part of seventeen counties within original Irwin. Tift County on Aug. 17, 1905 was chartered from parts of Irwin, Worth, and Berrien Counties. (Worth became a county in 1853 and Berrien in 1856.) All of Tift County is in the 6th Land District of original Irwin except for four land lots West of Ty Ty which are in the 7th Land District. These land lots are number 207, 208, 253, and 254. When Tift County was formed the residents of these four desired to be a part of Tift and their wish was granted.
The land surveyed in 1818, 1819, and 1820 which became Irwin County was organized into land lots. A land lot is 490 acres. When the lottery was held in 1820, those who were fortunate to have their number drawn had the opportunity to purchase the designated land lot for $18. There were sixteen Land Districts in original Irwin County. A full size land district is 20 miles and 660 feet squared. Land lots make up a Land District.
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[7]\
Cemeteries of Tift, Georgia online and in print
The following web site may have additional information on Tift County cemeteries.
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Local histories are available for Tift County, Georgia Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Georgia Local Histories.
Williams, Ida Belle. History of Tift County. Macon, Ga.: Printed by the J.W. Burke Co., c1948. Digital version at Ancestry ($)
Tift County GAGenWeb
1699-1944 Georgia Marriages 1699-1944 at Ancestry — index ($)
Listed below are archives in Tift County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Georgia Archives and Libraries.
Tifton Georgia Family History Center
Listed below are libraries in Tift County. For state-wide library facilities, see Georgia Archives and Libraries.
Listed below are societies in Tift County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Georgia Societies.
Southwest Georgia Genealogical Society
Tift County, GA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
USGenWeb project May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
Tift County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Tift County, Georgia" in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tift_County,_Georgia accessed 6 Nov 2018
↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tift County, Georgia. Page 151-163 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 155-160.
↑ Paul K. Graham, Georgia Courthouse Disasters (Decatur, Georgia: Genealogy Co., 2013), 53. At various libraries (WorldCat).
↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Tift_County,_Georgia," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tift_County,_Georgia#Cities_and_communities, accessed 1 August 2016.
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Galileo Faces the Inquisition for Heresy
You're grounded, Mister! Photo by the New Yorker
In April of 1633, the renowned scientist Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome. But this was no pleasure trip. Pope Urban VIII was miffed and summoned him to stand before the Inquisition.
Galileo's sin was heresy, based on his acceptance of Copernican theory, which purported that the planets, including the earth, revolved around the sun. Unfortunately for Galileo, this did not mesh with Christian religious beliefs.
During this time, the accepted scientific theory was that the sun, planets, and stars all orbited around a stationary earth, which was the center of the universe. This theory originated with Aristotle and Ptolemy. This theory was (supposedly) upheld by the Bible, and the Church wasn't happy that Galileo was rocking the theological boat.
Lookin' good lady in Apartment 2A Photo by Biography
But Galileo wasn't just guessing. He invented the refractor telescope, which enabled him to discover Jupiter's four largest moons and the existence of sunspots. He also could prove conclusively that Copernicus had been correct.
Galileo was already in hot water for stating in a 1613 letter that Scripture should not be taken literally, but rather figuratively. In 1616, the Church demanded that Galileo renounce his opinions about the order of the universe, and, probably figuring you can't fight city hall (or the Vatican), he agreed to the Church's demands.
For a few years, Galileo kept a low profile while working on a book he called "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems." In it, he explored both the Copernican and Catholic theories of the universe. Our pal Gal couldn't resist poking the papal bear by broadly hinting that Copernicus was in the right.
When the book was published in 1632, it was well-received by the general public, but the Copernican bias was not lost on the powers-that-be in the Church. The Inquisition accused Galileo of violating the 1616 injunction that September and ordered him to face trial in Rome.
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Aw, c'mon it was inevitable.
When he stood before ten Cardinals in April of 1633, the 69-year-old Galileo agreed to abandon his views in the hopes of a lighter sentence. He really, really meant it this time. The Cardinals reached their verdict in June of 1633:
"We pronounce, judge, and declare, that you, the said Galileo . . . have rendered yourself vehemently suspected by this Holy Office of heresy, that is, of having believed and held the doctrine (which is false and contrary to the Holy and Divine Scriptures) that the sun is the center of the world, and that it does not move from east to west, and that the earth does move, and is not the center of the world."
Galileo's book was banned, and he was placed under house arrest. Not great, but better than burning at the stake. He remained at his villa near Florence for the rest of his life, where he died on January 8, 1642.
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April 12, 2017 10.01 am This story is over
Grimsby Town name Russell Slade as new manager
Grimsby Town have appointed Russell Slade as their new manager, with the 56-year-old returning to Blundell Park for a second spell as Mariners' boss. Slade, who managed Grimsby from 2004 to 2006, was named as the new manager at a press conference on Wednesday, April 12. His previous spell saw him lead Grimsby to the…
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Grimsby Town have appointed Russell Slade as manager. Photo: John Candy
Grimsby Town have appointed Russell Slade as their new manager, with the 56-year-old returning to Blundell Park for a second spell as Mariners' boss.
Slade, who managed Grimsby from 2004 to 2006, was named as the new manager at a press conference on Wednesday, April 12.
His previous spell saw him lead Grimsby to the League Two playoff final in May 2006, before losing to Cheltenham Town 1-0.
Slade replaces Marcus Bignot, whose sacking earlier this week caused much discussion and confusion amongst fans.
This is Slade's third managerial position in the current season, having already been the manager of Charlton Athletic between June and November last year.
He also was in charge of Coventry City for 11 weeks from December 2016 to March 2017 in which he won three games in 16 matches.
The vastly experienced manager has been in charge of the likes of Cardiff, Scarborough, Sheffield United, Notts County, Leyton Orient and Brighton during his career.
He has five games left in charge of the club this season.
Grimsby currently lie 14th in League Two, seven points of the playoffs.
The Mariners play Cambridge United at home on Friday, April 14.
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The sun will probably kill us.
That's what scientists tell us. The large warmth-giving star our earth orbits around will continue to heat up until it burns all its nuclear fuel. Feeding its insatiable hunger for energy, it will grow into what experts call a "Red Giant." In its hot wrath this giant will gobble up all life on earth and burp out a silent planet.
That's how the curtain closes in one storyline at least. And that's the outlook many embrace today. The plot begins in a murky prebiotic ocean and ends in the heat death of all of civilization. And if that's where life came from and where history is headed, there's not much we can do about it. After all, wishful thinking has never slain a giant.
Not every story has a happy ending. When I was a child I thought like a child. Perhaps it's time to put away childish things.
But we're all suckers for a good story. That's why we squirm a bit at gloomy projections for the human race. We want a comedy even though our meteorological forecast forces us into a tragedy. I think deep down we're all holding out hope for a David-figure to step in with a humble sling and defend us from the cosmic foe threatening our existence. We simply want a better ending.
Every perspective of reality contains an inherent narrative. Every worldview is a novel. Each has an author, a beginning, and an end. The task for thinking people is to consider not which story is most interesting, but which one is actually true. In the end we may find a story compelling and true in which we can lose ourselves. Better yet, we may discover a story in which we can find ourselves. That would be novel indeed.
As a boy I enjoyed reading the Choose Your Own Adventure books. At the end of each chapter you'd be asked a question about the plot and then be directed to a specific page to continue the story, depending on your answer. While every decision along the way would influence the outcome, none was more important than the first. Your response to the first question would determine the scope of all of your future options.
Reality works a lot like this. We all have to make fundamental assumptions about the nature of the universe. The first chapter of the human narrative presents the question about origins. The options are (a) nature contains the answer to this question or (b) something outside nature contains the answers. The decisions that follow are important, but this first choice determines the possibilities—the parameters—of the rest of the plot.
This first choice, what we presuppose about reality, sets the stage for the story of our lives. That's because where we begin determines where we'll finish. Every intellectual path leads to an inevitable destination.
This also illustrates why conversations from differing starting points—different presuppositions—tend to be loaded with obstacles and limitations. In my experience, conversations with skeptic friends have dramatized how our contrasting starting points control where we end up. It's like we're on open escalators going in opposite directions. We can talk to each other up to a point and appeal to each other to come along with us. But we're up against the reality that we've taken our stances on different starting points leading to different places.
If Sagan is right, that means the atheistic story begins in chance, is governed by nothing, and is heading nowhere. And there are many public intellectuals (think Richard Dawkins and Alex Rosenberg) who are willing to admit that the atheistic starting point leads to a loss of personhood, intrinsic worth, moral distinctions, and any concept of justice. Surprisingly, while many admit the consequences of their worldview, they aren't ready to concede that what's really lost in the pages of the godless bestsellers is our very humanity.
But just the opposite is true in Christianity. The Christian story affords the human experience with a sturdy foundation. The gospel sheds light on what it means to be human. We feel a certain way about moral categories, for example, because these things are real. We long to know God, and in the gospel we find God has taken on flesh to make this possible. We hope for a better future and find that Jesus offers us even more.
That's because nothing is wasted in the gospel story. There, all is redeemed and eventually set right by the one who created all things. History is marching to the cadence of the Creator's providence, for the purpose of his glory. Our lives blossom in this stream. It's the source of living water. But apart from the gospel, humanity withers and perishes.
The human experience is either the greatest hoax or a powerful clue to the nature of reality. Either all our deepest hopes converge into one powerful explanation that only the gospel is vast enough to channel, or they dissipate like a mist beneath the rising sun. But if—in our striving and suffering, our loving and longing—we'll just tune in, then we'll hear nature's primitive call, the echo of Eden, bidding us to come and drink at the fountain of living water.
That's why we need to choose our story wisely. Or, better yet, we may find in the end it's really our story that chooses us.
Editors' note: This is an adapted excerpt from Dan DeWitt's Christ or Chaos (Crossway, 2016). Also consider his recent volume in The Owlings series.
Dan DeWitt (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate professor of applied theology and apologetics and the director the Center for Biblical Apologetics and Public Christianity at Cedarville University. He is the author of Jesus or Nothing (Crossway, 2014), Christ or Chaos (Crossway, 2016), Life in the Wild: Fighting for Faith in a Fallen World (The Good Book Company, 2018), and The Friend Who Forgives (The Good Book Company, 2018). He posts regularly on his blog, and you can follow him on Twitter.


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