You're a Deacon. What's next?
Are you a new deacon in the Christian Reformed Church?
Being a deacon is an exciting opportunity to lead others in your church community to share Christ's love and mercy with others. Our goal as Diaconal Ministries Canada is to support you as you serve in your new role.
If you're just getting started, you probably have a lot of questions. Below are some of the most commonly asked questions about the role of a deacon. We've organized them into a variety of categories; just click on the question and the answer will appear below it. There is a lot of information here so we encourage you to bookmark this page and return to it as your progress through your term as a deacon.
Compassion – Deacons model and demonstrate compassion to those who are hurting; they provide hope and encouragement.
Community Ministry – Deacons model and encourage the congregation to be engaged in community ministry in their community.
Stewardship – Deacons encourage church members to be stewards of God's creation and to practice authentic stewardship with their time, gifts, and money.
Justice – Deacons model and encourage the congregation to be advocates for and with the marginalized and vulnerable people in their local community.
What exactly is my role as a Deacon?
In the Christian Reformed Church, the Form for the Ordination of Deacons outlines the role of the deacon, referencing the early church Apostles who designated special persons for the work of mercy. Today we call these people deacons. In both word and deed, deacons demonstrate the care of the Lord himself. Deacons serve by showing mercy to the church and all people.
Deacons are called to assess needs, promote stewardship and hospitality, collect and disburse resources for benevolence, and develop programs of assistance.
Deacons are also called to speak words of Christian encouragement.
Synod 2015 approved some important principles for diaconal ministry, including some amendments to the Ordination Form. For a helpful summary, click here.
How can a deacon make a difference?
With God's help, deacons can be effective. If a deacon is open to needs within and outside of the church, God will reveal the way a deacon may touch people's lives as His hands and feet.
When is a diaconate at its best?
When is a diaconal meeting at its best?
Meetings play a significant role in a diaconate. However, meetings ought not to replace or take over the time needed for a deacon to engage in ministry opportunities between meetings.
It is critical that diaconal ministry be committed to God in prayer. Devotions that have been thoughtfully prepared prior to the meeting can increase the resolve of the deacons to ensure that their ministry will reflect the love of Jesus and also can lead to meaningful discussions.
At each meeting, deacons should spend some time learning about diaconal ministry. This time of learning could include study of a particular topic, planning a new ministry or a focused conversation about a challenging ministry situation. For suggestions on how to grow as a community of deacons, click here.
Call the Diaconal Ministry Developer in your classis for more assistance in setting up an agenda, creating a workplan or enhancing the effectiveness of your meetings.
What provides a smooth transition of new deacons into the diaconate?
Newly elected deacons can best be supported by a mentor – an experienced deacon who will help them answer the practical questions that will come up in their work. A mentor is able to share his or her experiences and also accompany the new deacon on visits. New deacons who are connected to an experienced deacon are ready to do ministry much sooner than those who are left to discover the task on their own. DMC has written some helpful articles on mentoring and reverse mentoring.
Provide a written task description.
Explain how to respond to needs in the church and community.
Detail the activities in which the diaconate participates throughout the year.
Encourage ways to develop the particular gifts with which a deacon has been blessed.
What is the ideal number of deacons for a church?
The number of deacons required in a church depends upon the scope of the ministries that a diaconate has developed and leads. Each church needs to decide how many deacons are necessary. In order to help make that decision, a church may find it useful to review the role of the deacon as found in the Ordination Form for Elders & Deacons and to assign deacons according to needs.
What is a diaconal conference?
What is Diaconal Ministries Canada?
Diaconal Ministries Canada partners with churches to equip deacons, engage churches in community ministry and help them do justice in the local community. You can learn more about us here.
What is a Diaconal Ministry Developer?
Diaconal Ministry Developers are individuals with a passion for diaconal ministry. They serve the churches of their classis by visiting the diaconates to give support and encouragement, offering workshops, and giving support to their diaconal conference.
Who may deacons be required to visit?
someone confined to her home with crippling arthritis.
a church member who is not able to pay his bills.
an unemployed person in the neighbourhood.
a family struggling to pay Christian school tuition.
a person who feels lonely in the church.
an elderly person in the community whose children never visit.
a widow grieving the loss of her husband.
a senior on his eightieth birthday.
a person who has been abused.
a single parent facing a crisis pregnancy.
a couple who overspends and needs help with budgeting.
others in varying painful circumstances.
What is the nature of a meaningful diaconal visit?
wrapping a conversation in prayer. Deacons ought to pray prior to a conversation/visit, asking God to guide them. They might also pray during the visit, sharing their uncertainties with God.
listening! It is critical for deacons to listen to the person they are visiting. Listening is a gift that deacons may offer. It creates an atmosphere of trust and acceptance. This gift of listening empowers people to put their thoughts and feelings into words, which may be their first step towards helping themselves. Listening also helps people build relationships with each other and God. If we listen carefully, we can explore a variety of needs. And we will know what to pray when the time comes.
ensuring confidentiality. Deacons should assure the individual that it is safe to share with them.
pointing to God. Deacons may do this by offering words of encouragement, a brief word from Scripture, and prayer. They should be sensitive to the nudging of the Spirit!
offer options in response to a current difficulty only when this is requested. The chosen response to a difficult situation has to be determined and owned by the person in it.
How may prayer be an important part of a visit?
Visits need to be wrapped in prayer.
Prayer should be an integral part of a visit. This does happen when there is focus on listening; then specific needs may be brought before the Lord.
Since it is a common practice to close a visit with prayer, a deacon may consider occasionally praying with people at other times during the visit. Prayer is not a technique to close the visit. If prayer always closes a visit, the people being visited might come to look on the prayer as a way to say goodbye rather than a way to communicate with God. They may even feel disappointment when prayer is mentioned, because it signals the end of the visit. Prayer may happen at any time during a visit.
The appropriate moment to pray during each visit depends on the person's needs and when s/he is ready. This moment will be determined by careful listening. Prayer may be a natural part of the conversation. The entire visit is an opportunity to demonstrate Christ's love and concern.
What are some Scripture passages that may be helpful during a visit?
How does a church identify opportunities for ministry in the community?
If a church wants to be involved in the community, and is looking for opportunities to partner with other organizations, start new ministries, or make changes to existing programs, a church ought to consider conducting a Community Opportunity Scan (COS).
guides a church to see and hear what God is already doing in the community.
helps a church understand its community.
challenges a church to become involved in the community.
What are some of the steps involved with a Community Opportunity Scan?
Determine the commitment of the church to the community and review the purpose of a COS.
Assign a special task group made up of various ministry leaders and interested individuals.
Identify the scope of the scan i.e. the size and location of the community, estimated costs, and a timeframe.
Listen to community leaders, agencies, churches, service providers, and the local neighborhood.
Identify the gifts, passions and resources of the church for community ministry.
Pray and discern God's call for the church in response to needs and opportunities in the community.
Explore our Community Opportunity Scan page to learn more.
What are some ways in which deacons may lead the church to respond to needs in its community?
creating awareness: this helps church members become aware of the life experience of particular people in the community (to help them connect).
identifying service opportunities: this helps church members to become personally involved in service work and/or a one-to-one relationship (to help build relationships with people).
developing partnerships through which the church can work with other agencies/churches on a joint project (to help accomplish a task better).
Evaluating existing activities to consider how existing programs could be reshaped to provide better access, relevance and connection to the community.
Developing new ministry activities that respond to specific needs or opportunities (to develop an intentional Christian response).
Inviting a Community Ministry Developer to lead an Open Doorways workshop in your church.
Operation Manna is a program of Diaconal Ministries Canada (DMC) which provides funding and development services for community ministry based in local churches and non-profit Christian agencies across Canada. Funding is available for pilot projects, community opportunity scans, and new program initiatives. The staff of DMC provides partner organizations with the tools needed to develop effective community ministries. Recent partner projects include youth centres, adult literacy programs, job-readiness training, children's programs, community ministry coordinators, and support services for people with mental illness.
Is Operation Manna available throughout Canada?
Yes, Operation Manna provides funding and development services for community ministry based in local churches and non-profit Christian agencies throughout the entire country of Canada. New partnerships continue to be developed with church plants, established churches and Christian community organizations. DMC staff are available to meet with churches and organizations interested in learning more about Operation Manna.
How is the Operation Manna program funded?
Operation Manna is supported by the generous gifts of Christian Reformed Churches offered each spring on Operation Manna Sunday (frequently the first Sunday in May). This annual offering provides the funds required to provide grants to partner projects, and supports administration of the program.
How does a church/ministry apply for Operation Manna funding?
New applications are accepted in August each year. It is advisable to contact one of the three Community Ministry Developers to get an application form. You can find their contact information on our staff page.
How is a diaconate able to respond to the requests for assistance from its community?
A tool entitled "Guidelines for Benevolence" is available to help deacons decide whom they are best equipped to help. These guidelines will help the church family to know when to spend a significant amount of time with a need or when to refer a person to other community agencies.
It is important to be aware of attitudes and behaviours that guide your response to those in need.
The church is able to offer supportive relationships and programs that offer hope. Churches by nature have great potential to develop relationships with people in need. Emergency help may be appropriate, but unless it addresses the reason for the crisis, the crisis will likely be repeated. Church members can show Christ's love to others most authentically through relationships.
When is a congregation thriving in diaconal ministry?
The congregation is at its best when its neighbourhood recognizes its members as a people whose convictions are expressed with words and deeds of love and compassion. It is at its best when it cultivates and uses the gifts of its members. Ephesians 4: 12-13 states that the purpose of the various offices is "to prepare God's people for works of service." Deacons must coach members to be engaged in the care and community ministries around the church.
Congregation members are partners with deacons in diaconal ministry. Deacons need to communicate that members are valuable, essential and effective partners in the growth and life of the body of Christ. Then the involvement in the ministry of mercy and compassion is multiplied on a continual basis. Here are some examples that demonstrate how deacons can use the church members' gifts.
Deacons ask people who have the ability to lead small groups to organize a support group for single parents.
Food is supplied to an unemployed father and a willing, capable man is asked to develop a long-term relationship with him.
People with mechanical or construction skills are invited to help families experiencing car/home difficulties during crisis situations.
What are some guidelines for involving congregational members as partners in ministry?
Start small, but start. Build on the interests and skills of those who have indicated an interest and are willing to help.
Offer meaningful opportunities, not just "busy" work. The opportunity should include some responsibility.
Develop diaconal opportunities that challenge and fulfill people. Create opportunities for growth. Stretch people's ability.
Present clear and accurate information about needs, goals, and possible problems. Tell potential volunteers how much time commitment will be required and what roadblocks or challenges they might encounter.
What is the role of the deacon in the area of stewardship?
"Inspiring Faithful Stewardship" is a key part of the deacon's charge. Stewardship has to do with the special steward/manager relationship we have with God – the master Creator. It has to do with the use, care and giving of all the gifts that God has entrusted to us: our time, our talents (skill/abilities), our treasures (money/material wealth) and our trees (creation/environment).
Diaconal Ministries Canada (DMC) collaborates with Christian Stewardship Services (CSS) and with the Canadian Ministries Office – CRCNA. This collaborative network defines stewardship as a "journey in which congregations and individuals joyfully and obediently manage the talents, treasures, time and other resources that God has given them to be Christ's presence in our neighbourhoods and communities around the world." For more resources related to stewardship, click here.
How does a diaconate prepare an offering schedule?
Planning an offering schedule is a serious exercise intended to help those who come on Sunday to celebrate and worship their Lord in the cheerful presentation of their offerings. The offering schedule needs to reflect the vision and direction of the congregation in its ministry.
Read more about Guidelines for Preparing an Offering Schedule.
What does a diaconate do with the many, varied requests for financial support?
The deacons ought to obtain additional information if the request comes from a ministry/organization with a focus that seems to align with the congregation's ministry priorities. The mission statement, description of ministry, financial statements and number of people assisted each year ought to be requested.
It must be a registered charity.
It should be a Canadian charity.
Local/regional causes may have higher priority.
If a cause is not on the recommended denominational list, ask for an audited statement. This will automatically remove some requests. Another important consideration is to become informed about how much of the money received actually goes into the ministry.
Only consider causes that include an actual request for funds, not those that simply send information or brochures about their ministry.
Rotate causes, especially non-approved causes. Once on the list, these causes do not have to remain there forever. Circumstances for these ministries may also change.
Establish percentage guidelines (e.g. what percentage will go to approved, non-approved, local, non-local, etc. causes).
Have an offering from time to time for the local benevolent funds (deacons' fund: the needs within the church). From time to time, smaller donations from this fund can support ministries which respond to needs.
In selecting causes, deacons may decide on a specific area of ministry each year such as illiteracy, hunger, the handicapped, Christian literature/Bibles, or ministries to children, and select a mixture of causes in that area, perhaps at the local, regional, national and international levels. In this way, your congregation can become more informed about various opportunities of ministry related to a specific need.
How do deacons assist the church to "excel in this grace of giving" (II Corinthians 8:7)?
Giving financially is only a part of our stewardship before God. The offering of time and talents is a significant part of our gratitude for God's grace. To nurture this gratitude, deacons need to encourage an ongoing commitment to faithful stewardship. Then the joy of giving will be (re) discovered!
How do deacons face the problem of members who do not support the church financially?
Visitors should assume that the family or member they are visiting is committed to Christ and his church. A change in giving patterns does not necessarily imply spiritual problems (the family business may be on the verge of bankruptcy, for example). The visitors must approach the visit with a spirit of inquiry, not a spirit of judgment.
Visitors should also go in the spirit of helpfulness. The purpose of all visits, whether about financial or other responsibilities, is to build up the church member, and to help him or her grow in commitment to Jesus Christ. The visitor should try to help the member or family resolve whatever stands in the way of shouldering responsibility for the church ministries – be it financial difficulties, anger at the church, or sheer indifference to responsibilities.
All guidelines that apply for any visit to a church member should be followed. Visitors should ask if they are able to come, set a definite time, and stick to that schedule. They should agree beforehand on the purpose of their visit and not get distracted by small talk. Visitors should listen well, not avoiding sensitive issues but remembering that their role, at this point, is to understand the members.
Each church member also needs to experience the "joy" of giving.
A good approach is to ask the member what the church could do differently to help him or her be more willing to contribute more generously. Whatever the outcome, it is important that there is follow-up. If the member's giving pattern improves, that should be recognized with a phone call or another visit. Take time to praise and offer thanks. If the giving pattern is appropriate, given the circumstances, the deacons should follow up to show their concern about the member's financial needs. If it was believed that the member could and should be giving more but the pattern does not change, that may prompt the need for another visit.
As other parts of the deacon's role, this activity should be accompanied at all times with prayer so that the Lord may use it to build up the member, the church body, and God's kingdom.
How may the diaconate be involved in tuition assistance for Christian school attendance?
The family is responsible for the application of assistance at the school and at the church (including an annual review).
The diaconate is not responsible for ensuring that the school meets tuition needs.
The school board should not deal directly with the deacons.
The deacons should be involved with families having a general financial need, part of which may be due to tuition.
Deacons should issue diaconal assistance directly to the family and not through the church. The church treasurer should handle distribution of general school offerings.
Ministry shares – formerly known as quotas – are the financial contributions each adult member of the Christian Reformed Church is asked to make toward the shared ministries of our church. Churches have recognized that some of the ministries to which Christ calls us can best be implemented when we work together to gather the resources. The phrase "ministry shares" reflects the purposes for which these funds are used. The money is gathered by congregations through ministry-share offerings and remitted to the denomination.
This process allows our denomination to support a wide range of ministry programs.
How do deacons raise awareness and inspire action in the area of justice?
But what happens when we stop handing out fish or even teaching someone to fish? Shouldn't we also ask whether he/she owns a fishing rod, or whether they have legal access to the lake, or whether the water is too polluted for the fish to be safe to eat?
Seeking justice involves asking the deeper question about "why" some of our vulnerable neighbours suffer injustice, and then pursuing an answer which includes the structures (organizations, governments, etc) of society and how they too can perpetuate the injustice. As we begin to find answers, we create awareness of injustices and speak out for justice through advocacy.
When deacons are installed in the church they are called, in Christ's name, to both "relieve victims of injustice" and "be prophetic critics of the waste, injustice, and selfishness in our society." Since they often walk closely with those who experience injustices, deacons have a special opportunity and responsibility to, not only respond directly to immediate needs with compassion, but also to promote awareness of injustice and engage in advocacy for justice.
The resources on our website will help you understand some of the challenges that these people in your community might experience. There is background information, links to other resources, and ministry opportunities and advocacy opportunities for how your church might assist vulnerable people in your community meet their challenges.
in cooperation with the agencies and institutions of the CRC as they incorporate a justice witness, a value of the denomination, into their ministry.
to enable, organize, and respond to congregations, classis, regions and networks that advocate or wish to advocate for justice for the poor, the vulnerable, and the oppressed.
to represent the church cooperatively, ecumenically, and to partner with other bodies formed to work on issues of justice.
to advocate on behalf of the church in the public square when the church has broad agreement on the issue in question or when the integrity of CRC ministries is at stake.
to assist the church to pray, reflect, and discuss difficult issues of social justice that are critical to our kingdom witness but on which there is not broad agreement. It does so in a manner that honors differences and promotes unity.
All kinds of people are refugees. No one is a refugee by choice. Refugees are forced to flee out of fear for their lives and liberty. According to the United Nations Convention signed by Canada in 1969, a refugee is "a person who, because of well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his/her nationality and is unable or afraid to ask for protection in that country, or not having a country of nationality, is outside the country where he/she usually lived, and is unable or afraid to return to that country." (See http://www.worldrenew.net/refugeesponsorship).
Sponsorship is a three-way partnership between sponsors, the government of Canada and the refugees themselves. This partnership allows refugees with no other solutions to resettle here in Canada. Sponsorship requires groups of people to be committed to working alongside refugees in order to ensure that they have the necessary support to integrate into life in Canada.
Why should churches sponsor refugees?
Jesus clearly calls us to serve the least powerful and the poorest in our world. He also calls us to participate with God in bringing about new life. In doing so, we make full use of our abilities and resources, finding ourselves renewed and blessed by God's presence.
According to statistics from the past two decades, church-sponsored refugees integrate into Canadian society the quickest and most successfully.
Is assistance available for the sponsorship of a refugee family?
World Renew staff and DMC staff collaborate so that the plight of refugees may be lessened as more churches become involved in their sponsorship and support. It is our vision that Canadian communities become blessed by diversity and refugees experience respect and dignity.
World Renew staff are eager to assist deacons/congregations with every step leading up to the refugees' arrival, including the paper work and connecting with government officials to make the enquiries as needed.
World Renew is the relief, development and educational ministry of the Christian Reformed Church in North America.
World Renew partners with local agencies that understand and respond to local needs. Together World Renew and its partners find ways to provide lasting change for people in more than 30 countries around the world.
World Renew has bi-national offices in Burlington, Ontario and Grand Rapids, Michigan.
What is the relationship between the deacon and World Renew?
The deacons are the voice and advocate in the local church for the support of the ministry of World Renew.
What is the relationship between Diaconal Ministries Canada (DMC) and World Renew?
In 2004, a refugee program agreement was approved. This agreement outlines specific ways in which World Renew-Canada and DMC collaborate to promote the Refugee Sponsorship Program. The goal of this agreement is that the plight of refugees may be lessened as more churches become involved in refugee ministry in Canada.


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Chef Andre Chiang Closes Restaurant Andre And "Returns" Michelin Stars
The two-star restaurant will shut down next February and chef Andre will be returning its Michelin stars. Want a farewell meal there? It'll cost you an eye-watering $800.
By Florence Fong
Updated 13 Oct 2017 17:58
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Taiwan-born chef Andre Chiang jolted the foodie world earlier this week by announcing that he will be closing Restaurant Andre after eight years of being in the business. The restaurant is at the apex of its popularity — some say it hasn't even reached its full potential yet. It won two stars in the inaugural edition of Singapore's Michelin guide in 2016 and retained them in this year's edition, which was published in June. It is also #2 on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2017 list.
There were murmurings among industry insiders about the notoriously perfectionist chef's discontent with getting anything less than three stars. "I don't know how to be better, but we'll keep doing what we can do," he had said to us after the inaugural awards ceremony back in 2016. He denies the rumours, though. "My decision to close Restaurant Andre is not related to any awards. I do not have to prove anything to anyone," he told CNN.
Still, in an official statement via email, he devotes an entire paragraph to the topic of the awards: "I'm a perfectionist and for the past 30 years of my career, I've been looking for that unrealistic "moment of perfection": Three Michelin stars, World's Top 50 restaurant... until now I realised, at this moment — it is perfect as it is."
He adds, "The moment I perfect a dish, is the moment I let go from my menu. I started to cook since I was 13, and this month will be the 30th year of my culinary journey. I want to go back to where I started, I want to go back to cooking, have a balanced life and cook happily."
So, in a move that echoes other celebrated chefs before him, most recently the lauded French chef Sébastien Bras, son of Michel Bras, who announced he wanted to "give back" the three Michelin stars he and his father have maintained for almost two decades at their restaurant Le Suquet à Laguiole, Andre is also, er, returning his two Michelin stars.
He pens: "I have decided to re-prioritise my professional life from early next year, and as such, I wish to kindly return my Michelin stars and also request to not be included in the 2018 edition of the Michelin Guide Singapore. Following Michelin Guide's expansion in Asia, I understand that Michelin will soon launch new editions in Bangkok and Taiwan (where my other restaurant RAW is located in Taipei). As my hope is that RAW will be the pure place where I can focus on educating, developing others, and cooking after my retirement from Restaurant Andre, I also request that RAW not be included in the Michelin Guide Taiwan (or Taipei)."
If you plan to make a final trip to his haute French eatery, bad news: the eight-course farewell Octaphilosophy menu now costs a whopping $800 per person, with wine pairing, up from about $200 for a five-course lunch and $350 for an eight-course dinner sans drinks in the past. But the Bukit Pasoh restaurant's last day of service is on 14 February, 2018, so maybe, just maybe, there's still time to save up.
The chef says that after its closure, he will be involved in "a few projects" and "returning to where I was born forty years ago... passing on everything I have to the next generation in Taiwan and China is my duty, and providing young chefs [with] a better education and culinary culture is an urgent priority for me. Although Restaurant Andre's legacy will soon become a fond memory to the world's gourmets, I have no regrets, as we have achieved all that we have wanted to for Singapore and for Asia. Now, it is time for me to go home."
The quaint shophouse in which Restaurant Andre is currently housed will reportedly be converted into a more casual eatery, which the chef will have a share in, along with stakes in other restaurants like the successful Burnt Ends, Meat Smith and Bincho. Goodbye Andre the chef, hello Andre the businessman?
Restaurant Andre is at 41 Bukit Pasoh Rd, S089855. Tel: 6534-8880.
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Bourne Westfield Primary Academy - Sports Hall Athletics Champions!
The very competitive Westfield team produced some excellent individual and team performances in track and field events. The team triumphed overall and were worthy winners of the whole competition against some strong opposition with Bourne Abbey CofE Primary Academy and Market Deeping Linchfield School come second and third respectively.
Bourne Westfield now goes on to represent South East Lincolnshire in the County Championships in Grantham on Friday 13th March.


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Sight Seeing is a band from Brooklyn, NY that uses elements of dreampop, shoegaze, and fuzz pop. The project started in the winter of 2010 as a home-recorded experiment inspired by the sounds and noises of bands like The Pale Saints, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and My Bloody Valentine. Several demos were released all throughout the web under the moniker Youth Castles throughout the spring and summer seasons of last year. In June 2011, the solo-project expanded into a full band five-piece. Now with a new project name and a fresh start, the band is currently working on recording/writin… read more
Sight Seeing is a band from Brooklyn, NY that uses elements of dreampop, shoegaze, and fuzz pop. The project started in the winter of 2010 as a home-recorded experiment inspired by the sounds and noises of bands like The Pale Saints, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and My Bloody Valentine. Several… read more
Sight Seeing is a band from Brooklyn, NY that uses elements of dreampop, shoegaze, and fuzz pop. The project started in the winter of 2010 as a home-recorded experiment inspired by the sounds and noises of bands like The Pale Saints, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and My Bloody Valentine. Several demos were released all throughout the web under the moniker Youth Cast… read more
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We think of design as a cultural act aimed at mankind and environment.
We privilege a minimalist architecture, expressing creativity in a simple and rational way.
In our research, we emphasize the verbal latency of materials and volumes, so as to narrate a gentle and familiar story.
We think of sustainability as the ability to modify territory in a balanced manner and, at the same time, to endorse an accurate management of the economical resources.
Born in Cagliari, Francesco graduates in Architecture at Facoltà di Architettura, Politecnico di Milano, in 2002, specializing in environment and infrastructures.
He continues his research as an 'expert on the subject' for the Architectural Design Laboratory and the Historical Building Preservation Laboratory at the School of Architecture and Society (Politecnico di Milano).
He starts his professional career at the Tito Canella Architects office as a project leader in requalification of residential buildings within historical sites and in new buildings in environmentally sensitive areas (Lago di Garda, United States, etc..).
In his work, he pays particular attention to the use of space. He thinks that quality architecture should be pursued through the single materials' power of expression and in the attention to details.
Born in Naples, Alessandra graduates in Architecture at Facoltà di Architettura, Politecnico di Milano, in 2001, after an internship at Paris Belleville Ecole d'Architecture. She gains her master degree in Management of Environment and Landscape from the Institute of Human Geography at Universita' degli Studi di Milano in 2002.
Her professional career starts with landscape design and the evaluation of the environmental impact caused by the infrastructures. She then moves to interior design, building design and developing and realizing events and exhibitions, in collaboration with other Architects offices and non-governmental organization.
She approaches every project with special attention to new ways of living, communicating and feeling the reality we live in.
Born in Maglie, Valentina graduates in Architecture at Facoltà di Architettura, Politecnico di Milano, in 2002.
In 2003 she attends graduate school with a research supervised by Professor Stefano Della Torre and Profesor Valeria Pracchi at Politecnico di Milano BEST department; in 2006 she completes her PhD in Planning, Maintenance, Requalification of Buildings and Urban Systems. Until 2010 she works on historical buildings preservation both as a freelancer and as adjunct professor at Politecnico di Milano's School of Architecture and Society.
Since 2010 she is Officer Architect at Ministry for Heritage and Cultural Activities - West Lombardy provinces' Architectural and Landscape Heritage Superintendence.


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What is the AI art thing?
What is AI Art? AI art refers to art generated with the assistance of artificial intelligence. AI is a field of computer science that focuses on building machines that mimic human intelligence or even simulate the human brain through a set of algorithms.
What is the AI art thing everyone is using?
What is this AI drawing thing?
What is AI art called?
What is the AI art generator called?
Is DALL-E free to use?
Is Dall-E 2 free to use?
Why is AI art controversial?
What is the AI painter from TikTok?
Is AI art going to replace artists?
Can I sell my AI art?
Who owns AI art?
How to do the AI trend on TikTok?
How do I access Dall-E 2?
What is the AI app everyone is using on TikTok?
It's called "generative adversarial networks", or GANs. And people are using it to create all kinds of things, like fake celebrity faces and convincing fake images of cities that don't exist.
GANs are a kind of artificial intelligence algorithm that can learn to generate new data that looks like it came from a real-world source. So, for example, you could use a GAN to generate fake images of faces that look like they could be real people.
This is a drawing AI.
AI art is called generative art.
The AI art generator is called GAN.
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AI art is a type of art that is created with the help of artificial intelligence.
Yes, DALL-E is free to use. It was created by OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research laboratory.
Yes, Dall-E 2 is free to use.
Some people believe that AI art is not really art because it is created by a machine and not a human. Other people believe that AI art is valid because it is created through a process of creativity and imagination, just like any other art form.
The AI painter on TikTok is a computer-generated artist that creates images based on the input it receives. It can create images from scratch or it can be given an image to start with and then edit it.
No, AI is not going to replace artists. While AI can create art, it is not going to replace the role of artists. Artists bring their own unique perspective and creativity to their work, which cannot be replicated by machines.
Yes, you can sell your AI art.
The artist who creates AI art owns the art.
To do the AI trend on TikTok, you need to find a video with someone doing the trend and use the TikTok app to record yourself doing it. After you have recorded yourself, you can add filters and effects to make your video look more like the original.
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Assuming you would like to learn how to access the Dall-E application:
Dall-E is an AI program that creates images from textual descriptions, revealed by OpenAI on January 5, 2021. It uses a 12-billion parameter training version of the GPT-3 transformer model to interpret the natural language inputs and generate corresponding images.
At the time of writing, the Dall-Edemo is invite-only. You can however sign-up for the waitlist to be alerted when it opens to the public.
The AI app that is used on TikTok is called Reface. It allows users to create videos with their face superimposed on another person's body.
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Calvary Baptist Church: 1975 Highway 82, Statham. First Friday singing at 7 p.m. March 1 featuring Threads of Hope, The Matt Dibler Family and the Calvary Baptist Church choir. A love offering will be collected to benefit Hope Christian Academy in Winder. (770) 876-7426.
Church Women United: will meet at 9:30 a.m. March 1 at Ebenezer Baptist Church, West, 205 N. Chase St. (706) 549-5622.
New Shiloh Baptist Church: 2235 Commerce Road. Musical benefit in honor of Mother Patricia Ann Hawes at 5 p.m. March 2. Men and women's day at 2:30 p.m. March 17. Pastor Obie Bradford and the Great Life Ministries family will be the guests. Dinner will follow the program. Spring revival at 7 p.m. March 20-22.
Circuit Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses: Conyers Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 125 Glenn Road NE, Conyers. The Circuit Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 2-3. The program is designed to help people analyze their thoughts and make them more pleasurable to God. No collections will be taken. Open to the public. (770) 761-1500 or (706) 769-5361 or (706) 540-6170.
Calvary Bible Church: 2026 S. Milledge Ave. Community carnival from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 2. Athens Pregnancy Center, Mercy Health Center and Project Safe will participate in the carnival. Games, inflatables, face painting and food. Free and open to the public. (706) 372-1479.
New Springhill Baptist Church: 2491 Crawfordville Road, Philomath. Men's conference at 9 a.m. March 2. Speakers will be Pastor Paul Hull, Takaiyous Antoine Allen and Minister Susie Johnson. Continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m. and lunch at the conclusion of the conference March 2. Men's day program at 2:30 p.m. March 3. Dinner will be served at 1:30 p.m. March 3. The Rev. Ben Willis and the Billups Grove Baptist Church family will be the guests. (706) 274-3638.
Arnold Grove Baptist Church: 625 Wolfskin Road, Arnoldsville, will celebrate its deacon's board anniversary at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The Rev. Torrenza Gilliam will be the guest speaker. (770) 906-5310 or (706) 742-8483.
Athens Christian Women's Connection: will meet for brunch and its annual accessory swap at 9:15 a.m. Thursday at Girasoles, 24 Greensboro Highway in Watkinsville. Guests are asked to bring five new or gently-used accessories. Speaker and singer Joy Earle will share how her greatest investment is pouring her life into others. Tickets are $15.50 at the door. Reservations required by Monday by calling (706) 769-6909 or emailing to information@athenschristianwomen.org.
Billups Grove Baptist Church: 5720 Lexington Road. Fourth annual "R.U.T.H." women's conference titled "Reaching You Through Holiness" at 1 p.m. Saturday. Prophetess Anita Gresham will be the guest speaker. Old-fashioned day attire and a heritage dinner at 10:45 a.m. Sunday. (706) 353-6508.
Christus Victor Lutheran Church and Student Center: 1010 S. Lumpkin St. Ash Wednesday service at 7 p.m. each Wednesday through March 20. Open to the public. Children and adult Sunday morning education hour at 9:15 a.m. Sunday, followed by a combined worship service at 10:30 a.m. Bible study at 7 p.m. Thursday. (706) 543-3801.
The Church at College Station: 1225 College Station Road. A day long seminar from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday covering the topics "Are all religions the same?," "Are people born gay?," and "Science or Religion - Do I have to choose?" led by Dr. Joe Davis, professor of philosophy and apologetics at Southeastern University. The day will end with a session titled "Doubt Night" that includes a no-holds-barred Q&A segment for guests. Free and open to the public. (706) 765-7149 or www.churchatcs.com.
Faith Temple Church of God in Christ: 1500 Hwy. 29 N. Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. Sunday. The Rev. Archibald Killian will be the speaker at 11 a.m. Sunday for Black History Month. There will be a Black History program at 6 p.m. Sunday. Youth enrichment at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Prayer and Bible study at 7 p.m. Wednesday. (706) 353-8778.
First A.M.E. Church: 521 N. Hull St. Bettye Stroud will read her children's books from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bible study at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Food Bank from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. each Thursday. (706) 548-1454.
First Baptist Church Athens: 355 Pulaski St. A study on "The Sermon on the Mount" will begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday through March 20 led by Paul Baxley, senior pastor. www.firstbaptistathens.org.
Full Gospel Church of Comer: 118 Vine St., Comer will have a singing at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. (706) 783-5669.
Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church: 140 Rose St. Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bible study at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Revival at 7 tonight. The Rev. Mark Pierson of Bethel A.ME. Church will be the guest speaker. (706) 548-0853 or (706) 548-0014.
Great Life Ministries: 107 Main St., Bogart, "Somebody Got Saved on Friday" service at 7:30 tonight. Minister Betty Booker will be the guest speaker. (706) 424-4641.
Jones Chapel UMC: 5601 Highway 29 N., Danielsville. Sunday school at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. Sunday. The Rev. Richard Huycke will continue the Lenten sermon series Sunday from Matthew 7:1-5 titled "I Spy." Nursery provided. Children and youth programs at 5 p.m. (706) 795-3734 or www.joneschapelumc.net.
Macedonia Baptist Church: 287 East Carver Drive, will host the United in Christ fellowship at 10 a.m. Saturday. Melissa McLeroy will be the guest minister. Open to the public. (706) 353-02078 or (706) 743-5745.
New Bethel Worship Center: 145 Ruth Drive, will have a shoe rally at 5 p.m. Sunday. Pastor Mary Towns will be the guest speaker. Refreshments. (706) 296-4568.
New Bethlehem Baptist Church: 1108 Lexington-Canton Road, Canton. Black History program at 11 a.m. Sunday. Dress in "old fashion" attire. Pastor S.A. Bishop will deliver the message and the youth department will present a Black History program. An old fashion dinner will follow the service and there will be a classic car showcase on the grounds. Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. Sunday, except for the fifth Sunday of the month. Bible study at 7 p.m. Thursday. (706) 743-3864.
New Faith Tabernacle Church: 198 S. Peter St. Sunday school at 10 a.m. The youth department will present a Black History program during the 11 a.m. worship service on Sunday. (706) 316-9007.
New Grove Baptist Church: Jefferson. Usher anniversary at 2 p.m. Sunday. Refreshments. Email spressley@oahcs.com.
Oconee Heights Baptist Church: 4180 Jefferson Road. Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. for all ages and worship at 11 a.m. Sunday. The Wednesday meal is served at 6 p.m. Meal reservation must be made by noon Monday. Adult meals are $6. Children ages 8 and younger eat for $3. A new class for anyone interested in learning to speak English will begin at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Prayer meeting and devotion and youth and Team Kids meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. (706) 548-4600.
Oconee Street UMC: 717 Oconee St., will have a spaghetti dinner and silent auction fundraiser at 6 p.m. Saturday. All donations will benefit Athens Nurses Clinic and other local charities. www.oconeestreetumc.org.
Springfield Baptist Church: 550 Fourth St. Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. The Rev. Melvin Adams of Augusta will be the guest minister Sunday. Pastor Brenda Burton will present a series titled "One Body in Love" at 6 p.m. each Wednesday in February. (706) 549-2686.
Tuckston UMC: 4175 Lexington Road. Worship at 8:20, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday. Beth Moore study, "James Mercy Triumphs," a DVD study on the book of James, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. March 5 through April 23. Optional study manuals available for $18. Register by Sunday by calling (706) 549-8531 or email b.cornelius@charter.net. Wednesday night supper at 5:30 p.m. Cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children ages 3-12. Children ages 3 and younger eat free. College students eat free. (706) 353-1311 or www.tuckston.org.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens: 780 Timothy Road. Linda Gilbert, retired Director of Learning Technology at Georgia Gwinnett College, will discuss Basic Program Evaluation during the forum at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. The 11 a.m. service is titled "A Page from Purim." Children's religious education classes and nursery available during the 11 a.m. service. (706) 546-7914 or email uuathensga.org.
Unity Center for Spiritual Growth: 1435 Oglethorpe Ave. Pre-service meditation from 9:40-10:25 a.m. Sunday in the lobby with prayer, meditation and music. The Rev. Bronte's message at 11 a.m. Sunday is titled "All You Need Is Love." Athens singer songwriter Stephanie Furness will perform. New members also will be welcomed into the Unity Athens family Sunday. Sunday school and youth programs held during the 11 a.m. service. Learn about Unity's co-founders, from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. Sunday. Think Tank session at 12:45 p.m. at Buffalo's Cafe on Alps Road to discuss new ideas and programs for Unity Athens. Open to the public. A Course in Miracles" class from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Class is held on a love offering basis.
Briarwood Baptist Church: 1900 Robinhood Road, Watkinsville. Contemporary worship service titled "The Bridge" at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. Bible fellowship at 9:45 a.m. Sunday for all ages. Traditional worship at 11 a.m. Sunday. Nursery during the worship service. (706) 769-7660 or www.briarwoodbaptist.net.
East Athens Baptist Church: 4325 Lexington Road. Contemporary worship at 8:30 a.m., Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and traditional worship at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday. Family dinner from 5-5:45 p.m. Wednesday. Cost for a meal is $2-$3 per person, depending on age, or $12 per family. AWANA for all potty-trained children through grade 5 Wednesday. Children will not be released without a parent or guardian with them. Youth Invasion from 6-7:45 p.m. Wednesday for grades 6 through high school. Adults can attend prayer meeting while children in classes on Wednesday. Ladies Zumba at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Cost is $5. Nursery available for $2 per child with a max of $5 per family. (706) 543-2393 or eastathensbaptist.org.
Princeton UMC: 2390 S. Lumpkin St. Sunday school for all ages at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. Sunday. Nursery provided. Wednesday night out supper at 5:45 p.m. The cost is $6.25 for adults and $3 for children ages 12 and younger. College students eat free. Cost is $16 per family. Reservations are required by email to princetonumc@bellsouth.net. Cool Kids meets at 6:20 p.m. Wednesday. (706) 353-1123 or www.princetonumcathensga.org.


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Time Dependent Simulations
Both Huybrechts and Ritz run their models over 400,000 years encompassing the last four glacial-interglacial cycles. The forcing in each case consists of time-series of air temperature change and eustatic sea-level variation. Both studies use temperature records derived from the 8D (deuterium) signal of the Vostok ice core. In each case accumulation is based on the present day pattern with the magnitude of variation calculated as a function of air temperature by the method described in Lorius et al. (1985). Huybrechts uses the SPECMAP reconstruction of sea-level change while Ritz et al. prefer that of Bassinot et al. (1994); the two records have some differences but sensitivity studies by Ritz et al. suggest that this does not affect their model results.
Overall the two reconstructions agree on several important aspects of Quaternary Antarctic evolution:
• The present day ice sheet is slightly larger than the minimum reached during the last interglacial. Ritz suggests that this is because the present ice sheet is still in decline, while Huybrechts determines that the ice-sheet retreat from the Weddell Sea was more advanced during the last interglacial.
• General responses that dominate during a glacial period are grounding line advance and interior ice growth in West Antarctica with surface lowering and little margin advance in East Antarctica.
• Eustatic sea-level variation is the forcing factor driving change in the position of the ice sheet grounding line while changes in temperature (and consequently rate of accumulation) have the largest effect on surface altitude in the interior of East Antarctica.
• Grounding line advance occurs more readily in the Weddell Sea embayment than in the Ross Sea. Both models cite the differences in bed topography - the depth of the Ross Sea increases more rapidly with distance from the present coastline - as the cause of this asymmetry.
• The patterns of ice flow and positions of the ice domes in East Antarctica are not significantly changed from their present configuration at the LGM. Ice flow in West Antarctica would have been very different due to the advanced margins and thicker inland ice.
There are several points at which results from the two models diverge. Huybrechts (2002) puts the timing of the LGM in Antarctica at 15 ka BP when the ice sheets would have contained 19.2m sea level equivalent greater mass than at present, equivalent to an increase of 5 m sea level equivalent on the sea level contribution predicted with the same model in an earlier study (Huybrechts, 1991). Ritz et al. (2001) place the LGM at around 18 ka BP and find a difference in mass of just 5.9 m sea level equivalent from today. The Ritz model generally has a lower surface slope around the margins due to its inclusion of a grounded 'dragging shelf' transition zone between inland and ice shelf flow intended to represent ice streaming. This factor is probably responsible for the majority of the differences between the two models, with the Ritz model placing thinner ice over much of West Antarctica at the
LGM, especially in the Ross Sea and also notably in the present day area of Prydz Bay in East Antarctica (c.f. Fig. 12.8C and D).
Interestingly, the reconstruction of Ritz et al. (2001) fails to predict any significant expansion of ice covering the Antarctic Peninsula except in the very southern part where it joins the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (Fig. 12.8D). This is in contrast to the results consistently obtained with Huybrechts model, which in agreement with geological evidence outlined earlier predicts an expansion of the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet to the edge of the continental shelf under LGM conditions (Fig. 12.8C).
12.4.4. Ice-Sheet Sensitivity
Both Huybrechts and Ritz analysed the sensitivity of their respective models to variations in climatic forcing and to uncertainty of the parameter values by repeating the time dependent simulations described above and comparing snapshots of the ice-sheet at fixed time-slices. These experiments dealt with aspects of the ice-sheet dynamics including bedrock adjustment, thermo-dynamic coupling, basal sliding and the response of ice shelves to ocean warming as well as to variations in air temperature and accumulation forcing. The elements of sensitivity common to both models include:
• The ice-sheet volume is relatively sensitive to changes in LGM snow accumulation. Ritz et al. found that reducing glacial accumulation values to 40% of present day (c.f. 50% for the standard simulation) decreased the area of the LGM ice-sheet by 18% and the volume by 43%.
• Grounding line advance during glaciations is sensitive to the way ice shelves respond to temperature change. Not allowing the ice temperature (which controls viscosity) to cool and hence stiffen the ice or preventing the basal melt rate from decreasing significantly reduces the advancement of the grounding line during the LGM especially in West Antarctica. Sea level lowering appears to be necessary for grounding line advance but so does a decrease in surface temperature.
• The rate of crustal response appears to have an intricate relationship with the amount of grounding line retreat occurring at the glacial-interglacial transition. A more rapid isostatic response leads to earlier re-grounding of a retreating ice shelf in either the Ross or Weddell Sea embayments thereby reducing the total retreat.
• Finally, a lower value for the geothermal heat flux reduces the temperature of basal ice and limits the area of the base reaching the pressure melting point. The colder ice flows more slowly and the result is to increase ice-sheet thicknesses at the LGM.


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How I saved my children from the killer gang
NEWSOP/ED
By admin On Jul 6, 2014
Mrs Jane Njeri Kang'ethe, 41, a mother of six, Sunday narrated how a peaceful evening at Kibiboni village in Hindi Division turned tragic following the attack that claimed the life of her husband and left her son badly wounded.
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Her husband, Stephen Kang'ethe, 51, died while undergoing treatment at the Lamu General Hospital while the couple's second-born son Samuel Kimani, 24, has been airlifted to Kenyatta National Hospital and is currently receiving treatment at the hospital.
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The family had just had supper and was preparing to go to bed when hell broke loose in their homestead.
"I had taken my five-year-old grand daughter out for a short call. All of a sudden, I heard gunshots. From what has been happening recently, I did not need to be told what it meant. I dashed into the bush with my grand daughter," said Mrs Kang'ethe.
While hiding in the bush, she heard her four-year-old son, whom she had left in the house sleeping, crying.
"I told the child I was hiding with not to cry and that I was going to bring her siblings. I ran back to the house, picked up the crying child and together with my husband, we ran for the bushes where I had left the other child," she added.
A tearful Mrs Kang'ethe recalled how, after running for sometime, she saw her husband fall in front of her.
"I saw my husband lying down but I ran past him with the child in my arms. My plan was to deliver the child to safety and then come and help my husband. All this time, the sound of gunfire filled the air," she said.
From where she was, Mrs Kang'ethe heard her husband's phone ringing in the house. That is when she remembered that her 20-year old physically disabled son was still in the house.
Switched on phone
"There was no way I was going to let these hooligans kill my husband and my son. I had to do something. I told the two children not to make a sound. I ran back to the house, switched off my husband's phone that was at the time ringing loudly. I then hid my son in the store before running to where my husband lay," she added.
She shook him several times but only got a short, muffled moan. "He was lying in a pool of blood and I could also see he had been shot from behind just above the waist. He was in pain," said Mrs Kang'ethe.
After the attackers left, she switched on her husband's phone and called her sister-in-law in Hindi town, instructing her to send them a motorcycle which was later used to carry him to Mokowe jetty.
From there, he was rushed to the Lamu District hospital where he died as he waited to be airlifted to Nairobi.
It was at the Lamu hospital that she found one of her sons, Mr Samuel Kimani, being attended to. He too had been shot.
"When we came in with my husband, I kept wondering where Daniel and his brother Samuel were. Can you imagine my shock when I discovered that Samuel had also been shot in the stomach and was being attended to at the same hospital," said the distraught mother.
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Various truth squads have identified at least two dozen factual misstatements by Mitt Romney in 38 minutes of debate time on Wednesday night. Several involved energy policy, and two of these were particularly outrageous.
First, Mr. Romney asserted that President Obama had "provided $90 billion in breaks to the green energy world." This was a piece of masterful spin, though not an outright falsehood. As part of the $800 billion 2009 stimulus package, the administration provided about $90 billion in green energy programs that went well beyond tax breaks for the wind and solar ventures that Mr. Romney finds so objectionable – a broad array of grants, loans and demonstration projects aimed at everything from updating the energy grid to improving mass transit to encouraging cleaner cars to weatherizing older buildings to constructing power plants capable of capturing and storing greenhouse gases.
The second and more objectionable whopper was Mr. Romney's assertion that "half" of the companies funded by the green energy portion of the stimulus have gone out of business. His campaign later said he meant to refer only to the Energy Department's $40 billion loan guarantee program, but even here he was not even within hailing distance of the truth. The program has produced one notable casualty which Republicans cannot stop harping on — a solar panel company called Solyndra, whose bankruptcy cost taxpayers $535 million, as well as two smaller companies. But the bottom line, so far, is that only three of the 33 companies that received loans have failed, representing less than 2 percent of money budgeted.
The jury is still out on some of the green energy programs underwritten by the stimulus bill –mass transit projects, for instance, and the home weatherization program. But as Daniel J. Weiss of the Center for American Progress observed Thursday, the wind and solar energy industries have grown rapidly, while costs have fallen, due in no small part to the stimulus. Mr. Obama has a good story to tell, and perhaps in the next debate he will do so – instead of allowing Mr. Romney to roll him with misinformation.
Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this post contained an inaccurate transcription of a quote from Mr. Romney.


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History UK
by Ben Johnson
John Bull is an imaginary figure who is a personification of England, similar to the American 'Uncle Sam'. He is shown in cartoons and caricatures as a prosperous farmer of the 18th century.
John Bull first appears as a character in a series of political satires by John Arbuthnot (1667-1735). Arbuthnot was a Scottish scientist, doctor and political satirist. His series of John Bull pamphlets, 'The History of John Bull', introduced John Bull as the typical Englishman: "an honest plain-dealing fellow, choleric, bold, and of a very inconstant temper" (from Law is a Bottomless Pit).
By 1762 James Gillray and other caricature engravers had incorporated John Bull into their work, and he appeared as a cartoon by Sir John Tenniel in Punch magazine.
Bull is usually pictured as a stout man in a tailcoat with breeches and a Union Flag waistcoat, dressed in the fashion of the Regency period. He also wears a low topper (sometimes called a John Bull topper) on his head and is often accompanied by a bulldog. His size and apparent gluttony represented prosperity in an age where rosy cheeks and plump faces were a sign of good health.
The John Bull character was that of a drinking man, hard-headed, down-to-earth, averse to intellectualism, fond of dogs, horses, ale, and country sports.
John Bull's surname is reminiscent of the alleged fondness of the English for beef, reflected in the French nickname for English people les rosbifs (the "Roast Beefs").
During the Napoleonic Wars, John Bull became the national symbol of freedom, of loyalty to king and country, and of resistance to French aggression. He was the ordinary man in the street, who would fight Napoleon with his bare hands if necessary.
By the 1800s he was seen as a more assertive figure in domestic politics as well, prepared to criticise the royal family and the government, giving those outside the traditional political process a voice.
John Bull became so familiar that his name frequently appeared in books, plays, periodical titles, and as a brand name or trademark. Although frequently used through World War II, John Bull has been seen less often since the 1950s.
John Bull is still looked upon with affection by many English people. As Uncle Sam is the iconic representation of the United States, so John Bull is the personification of the character of the English: honest, generous, straightforward, with a zest for life and ready to stand up and fight for what he believes in.
There was a John Bull in real life, one of the most distinguished English keyboard players of his time. John Bull (1562 – 1628) was in the service of Queen Elizabeth I before taking refuge in the Netherlands to avoid various charges, including adultery, levelled at him in England. He was known as an organist and a virginalist.*
Bull wrote keyboard compositions, the best known of which is The King's Hunt. He is also regarded as the composer of 'God Save the King' – the melody is supposed to have been found amongst his papers after he died.
*Virginal – a form of keyboard instrument with a mechanism for plucking rather than hammering the strings.
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Greatest Hits -  Le cose non vanno mai come credi è un album raccolta pubblicato nel 2002 dalla cantautrice Giorgia.

Descrizione
Contiene le più grandi hit (tra cui Di sole e d'azzurro, Girasole, E poi, Come saprei, Un'ora sola ti vorrei) più tre inediti: Vivi davvero, Marzo e una nuova versione di E poi.

È stato uno straordinario successo discografico del 2002/03: l'album ha venduto molto in Italia (oltre 700 000 copie solo nel primo anno dalla pubblicazione e più di 1.000.000 copie totali), la canzone Vivi davvero è stata suonatissima nelle radio e il tour che ne è conseguito (Le cose non vanno mai come credi tour) ha segnato il tutto esaurito in tutta l'Italia. Tra tutti i cd usciti in Italia nel 2002, il greatest hits di Giorgia è al 2º posto tra i più venduti di quell'anno dietro alla raccolta di Laura Pausini (ad oggi tutte e due le raccolte hanno venduto poco più di 1.000.000 di copie).

Questo album è dedicato al cantante Alex Baroni, suo compagno morto in un incidente di moto il 13 aprile dello stesso 2002: nel booklet illustrativo, infatti, si legge: Ad Alessandro, con tutto l'amore che c'è stato e che per sempre resterà. B.d.r. Nel 2010 il disco risulta ancora e costantemente in classifica, fino ad oggi l'album ha venduto oltre 1 milione di copie.

Ancora nel 2012 l'album, costantemente presente nella classifica dei più venduti, vende altre 30.000 copie e riesce ad aggiudicarsi un disco d'oro dopo 10 anni esatti dalla pubblicazione. Nel gennaio 2014 l'album rientra nuovamente, per otto settimane consecutive, nella Top 100 della Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana tra gli album più venduti in Italia. Il 20 febbraio 2015 l'album riceve una nuova certificazione FIMI, disco di platino, per aver venduto altre 50.000 copie.

Questo album stampato anche per altri paesi nella versione stampata per l'America del nord contiene una variazione della tracklist dove mancano la versione originale di E poi che rimarrà solo nella nuova versione e manca anche Tradirefare; in sostituzione sono stati aggiunti With You (versione inglese di Di sole e d'azzurro), Treasure in your heart (versione inglese di Qualcosa cambierà) e una versione solo in inglese di Save the world.

Tracce

 Tracce 1, 16 e 17 inedite
 Traccia 2 proveniente dall'album Giorgia (1994)
 Tracce 3-4 proveniente dall'album Come Thelma & Louise (1995)
 Traccia 5 proveniente dall'album Strano il mio destino (Live & studio 95/96) (1996)
 Tracce 6-9 provenienti dall'album Mangio troppa cioccolata (1997)
 Tracce 10-12 provenienti dall'album Girasole (1999)
 Tracce 13-15 provenienti dall'album Senza ali (2001)

Successo commerciale

Greatest Hits - Le cose non vanno mai come credi è rimasto per due settimane alla prima posizione della classifica italiana FIMI degli album più venduti del 2002, per sei settimane alle seconda posizione, e per due settimane alla terza, restando nella Top 3 della classifica per dieci settimane consecutive, e nella Top 20 per ben cinquantatré settimane, tra 2002 e 2003. L'album è rimasto anche quindici settimane nella classifica svizzera degli album più venduti.

L'album continua a tornare in classifica negli anni in posizioni sempre alte mentre addirittura nel 2012 ottiene un ulteriore certificazione come disco d'oro per aver venduto altre 30.000 copie mentre nel 2014 ottiene un ulteriore disco di platino per altre 50.000 copie

Il disco viene venduto fisicamente anche in Inghilterra e Canada dove vende circa 40.000 copie fino al 2014.

Classifiche

Posizioni massime

Classifiche di fine anno

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Album al numero uno in Italia

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History faces tough competition on the Net: when was the last time you shared a website timeline? Before we talk about the details of General Electric's timeline, let's note that not only were we intrigued enough to look through each of the 12 pages of the timeline (starting with 1878), but we spotted two items so irresistible that one of our writers shared them on Facebook.
What makes General Electric's web timeline so great? Let's look at it in terms of the questions and guidelines in our first post on this topic.
1. Audience(s). The timeline is focused on GE's spectacular achievements across a wide range of fields, over more than a century. There's no mention of mergers and acquisitions, but after reading a few pages, we were sorry we hadn't invested in its stock a century or so ago.
2-3. Major events and structure. If you want a quick overview of the company history, the leading paragraphs of the 12 segments combine to form a coherent story. The breaks in the timeline are irregular (1878-1904, 1905-1912, etc.) – presumably so that major events can be featured in the segment's leading paragraph.
For those who want more information, the second section — below the leading paragraph on each page — offers a series of 8 or more major events in a slideshow of a very superior sort. Each major event has a well-chosen photo and a brief description of the event and its importance. (See #4 below.) The navigation bar beneath each event (with simple, obvious left and right arrows) summarizes this major event in a few words, and states how many events are in this particular sequence. Someone at GE knows how to work with short attention spans!
5. Images. The leading paragraph on every page has an image, and so does every single major event. The images are large enough to see, but small enough to flip through easily: a tricky balance to achieve.
6-7. Layout and navigation. The three-part layout for each page of the timeline is easy to grasp: leading paragraph, series of major events, sample GE advertisements.
The layout is the sole point where the GE website timeline has a flaw. The header image is a photo of Thomas Edison, with links to his bio, GE's research, and GE's past leaders. On a laptop, this header is so large that it takes up all the above-the-fold screen real estate. We assumed this was due to the fact that the page was designed to be mobile-friendly … but then we discovered that on a smartphone, too, the header image is so large that the tabs and leading paragraph are pushed to the next screen.
This would barely matter, if it didn't discourage visitors from finding the excellent content below the header image. Fortunately there's an easy fix: make the header shorter top to bottom (much wider than its height).
But that's a minor quibble. Overall, GE provides a great example of a website timeline done right.


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Iowa: Liquidation could affect CO-OP tax credit access
by Allison Bell
CoOportunity Health — a troubled CO-OP health insurer that has about 96,000 enrollees in Iowa and Nebraska — is still paying claims, but its operations may change significantly.
Regulators have said there's a possibility that the CO-OP could lose its ability to provide coverage that offers enrollees access to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) premium subsidy tax credits.
A state court in Iowa has given Nick Gerhart, the Iowa insurance commissioner, authority to put CoOportunity in rehabilitation. CoOportunity has said that claims proved to be higher than expected, and that it now believes that collecting cash from the risk-management programs created by PPACA may take longer than it had hoped.
The drafters of PPACA set up the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) program in an effort to increase the level of competition in the health insurance market. A CO-OP must be a nonprofit entity that's owned by its enrollees. A CO-OP can get a limited amount of support from the federal government. A CO-OP cannot get support from an existing for-profit or nonprofit health insurers, and the enrollee owners cannot sell a CO-OP.
CoOportunity was a major player in the Iowa and Nebraska individual and Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) exchange qualified health plan (QHP) markets.
CoOportunity has stopped selling new health coverage, and it has stopped letting workers at employers with SHOP plans enroll in the plans, officials say in a notice. The CO-OP has also suspended making agent and broker commission payments.
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"Pharmacy prescriptions will be filled for 31 day periods going forward," officials say. "Claim payments to providers are being processed as usual, but payments will not be made as promptly as they have been previously."
In a separate notice aimed at producers, officials say individuals should continue to pay premiums for any individual CoOportunity coverage they have. Enrollees can change plans until the end of the open enrollment period, on Feb. 15, but changing plans could require a consumer to start a new deductible period with the new carrier.
Employers can move to another carrier "off renewal" without providing 30 days' notice, but CoOportunity will not provide deductible credit reports for groups that move off-renewal, officials say. "If the new carrier honors deductible credit, employees will need to provide [explanations of benefits] to determine the applicable deductible credit."
"If CoOportunity Health cannot put forward a plan to remain viable, the rehabilitator will have to move for an order to liquidate the company," officials say. "If that occurs, individual plans will remain in effect, but subject to the state guaranty fund limitation of coverage ($500,000 per individual). If the plan is no longer a qualified health plan, the plan may not be eligible for tax credit subsidies."
If CoOportunity loses access to the PPACA tax credit program, the enrollees would have to find other QHP coverage to keep access to the tax credits, officials say.
See also: Agent says carrier blocked him from joining CO-OP's board.


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Etelis radiosus és una espècie de peix de la família dels lutjànids i de l'ordre dels perciformes.

Morfologia
 Els mascles poden assolir 80 cm de longitud total.

Alimentació
Menja principalment peixos.

Hàbitat
És un peix marí de clima tropical que viu entre 90-360 m de fondària.

Distribució geogràfica
Es troba des de Sri Lanka fins a Samoa, les Illes Ryukyu i Austràlia.

Ús comercial
Es comercialitza fresc.

Referències

Bibliografia
 Allen, G.R., 1985. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p.
 Allen, G.R., 1995. Lutjanidae. Pargos. p. 1231-1244. A W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter i V. Niem (eds.) Guía FAO para Identificación de Especies para los Fines de la Pesca. Pacífico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Roma, Itàlia.
 Anderson, W. D., Jr., 1981: A new species of Indo-West Pacific Etelis (Pisces: Lutjanidae), with comments on other species of the genus. Copeia 1981 (núm. 4): 820-825.
 Anderson, W.D. Jr., 2002. Lutjanidae. Snappers. p. 1479-1504. A K.E. Carpenter (ed.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 3: Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae), sea turtles and marine mammals.
 Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba i K.E. Carpenter, 1994 SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User's manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). Núm. 9. Roma, Itàlia, FAO. 103 p.

 Leis, J. M. i K. Lee, 1994: Larval development in the lutjanid subfamily Etelinae (Pisces): the genera Aphareus, Aprion, Etelis and Pristipomoides. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 55 (núm. 1): 46-125.
 Lloris, D. i J. Rucabado, 1990. Lutjanidae. p. 773-779. A J. C. Quéro, J. C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A Post i L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisboa, Portugal; SEI, París; i UNESCO, París, França. Vol. 2.

 Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea i W.B. Scott, 1991. World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p.
 Vaillant, L. L., 1873: Remarques sur le genre Etelis. Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (6th Série) v. 10: 67-72.

Enllaços externs

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Frisilia melanardis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Borneo.

The wingspan is . The forewings are ochreous yellow with some scattered dark fuscous specks. The discal stigmata are round, dot like and blackish. In males, there is an oval glandular swelling between the dorsum and subdorsal groove in the middle. There is a suffused dark fuscous line along the upper part of the termen. The hindwings are grey, in males with a large and long expansible pencil of brownish hairs from the base of the costa lying beneath the forewings.

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Moths described in 1910
Frisilia


Winter means getting sick for many of us. Whether you're battling an illness or trying to prevent it, here are a few things you can do to get through it like a champ.
If you feel an illness coming on, knowing what it is can help you treat it best. Usually, it's pretty easy to tell the difference between a cold, allergies and the flu: The flu is usually more severe than a cold, with a higher fever soreness, and exhaustion. Allergies often come with itchy eyes, mouth, and throat in addition to the normal coughing and congestion you see in a cold. If you aren't sure (or you think it's something else), a doctor may be able to help you better diagnose your illness. Once you know what it is, you can tackle it more effectively.
If you need to go to the doctor, make sure you aren't wasting lot of time in the office by being prepared to get through the appointment as efficiently as possible. Don't take this time to ask your doctor about every other malady you've experienced in the past year and make sure you know when the illness started, how long it's been going on, whether it comes and goes and if anything makes it better or worse. Lastly, make your appointment at the optimal time to avoid a long wait.
If you're just feeling a little stuffy, you might be fine to go to work, but you're better off not infecting everyone else — and if you have something more serious, you should definitely stay home. Try not to overwork yourself, and get others to cover your work so you don't fall behind (and stress out about it). And remember: if this is the first break you've had in months, you probably need to slow down!
Stressing yourself out — mentally and physically — can make it harder to recover from an illness (not to mention it might be what got you sick in the first place). So once you've got your sick day lined up, do whatever it takes to relax and recover. Turn off your phone, do some yoga, or take a long hot shower — whatever helps.
Exercising will not only help you accomplish #5, it can even help alleviate your symptoms — in some cases. Experts recommend the "neck test" to see if exercise is OK: if your symptoms are only above the neck (as with a head cold), you're fine to exercise. Below-the-neck symptoms, like chest congestion, nausea or a fever, mean you should probably stay in bed. Above all else, if your body tells you it's too tired to do something, don't do it. Check out this list of good exercises when you're sick to see what helps (and what doesn't). And stay away from the gym, please — you don't want to get everyone else sick!
The first thing most of us do when we have a cold is load up on meds from the chemist. Some are good, and some are just a waste of money. Home remedies like gargling salt water or using a neti pot are great ways to alleviate your symptoms, while a lot of "alternative remedies" like vitamin C and echinacea haven't been shown to be very effective. (Zinc is a possible exception, though — it may be able to shorten the duration and severity of a cold, but it's still being researched). Never underestimate the benefits of a nice, steamy shower.
Suppressing your symptoms with medication may not always be the best way to get through an illness. If you have a dry, hacking cough, for example, suppressing it can help — but if it's a productive cough with lots of mucus, it's better to keep coughing it up than suppress it. Similarly, if you have a low fever, you might want to let it run its course — after all, you're staying home, right?
Among the other home remedies, your regular meals and drinks can help you ride out an illness, if you pick the right things. Chicken soup, for example, really is good to eat when you're sick — the broth keeps you hydrated, the heat opens up your nasal passages, and the chicken contains cysteine, which helps thin mucus. Tea is a great drink for when you're sick, too. Check out the best foods and drinks for when you're sick for more info and eat up!
It may be too late for you, but if you have a family, roommates or others in your living space, you can avoid spreading it to them. Make sure you clean these overlooked places in your home and disinfect anything you share with them — especially your computer, tablet or phone. Beyond that, do the obvious: wash your hands often, cover your nose and mouth with your elbow when you cough or sneeze, and stay out of everyone's way.
Prevention is the best medicine, and the battle doesn't stop once your illness is gone. If you want to prevent sickness in the future, you need to ensure that you get enough sleep every night, wash your hands, and generally take care of yourself (so avoid smoking or drinking too much). And, just like when you have the cold, avoid the stuff that doesn't work, like megadosing on vitamin C and echinacea. Check out our No-BS guide to boosting your immunity for more info, and stay healthy out there!
This article originally appeared in February 2014. It has been updated since its first publication.
"Get through the doctors office quickly" hahaha.
Here's a tip for the die-hards who feel that they can't possibly stay away from work: If you're sufficiently important, you should be able to work from home. If you're not, then there won't be any impact from you taking a sick day anyway.
What about jobs that require your physical presence to get work done (eg retail)? If you're sufficiently important, you should have trained up a junior who can cover your work for a couple of days. If not, then it won't matter if you take a sick day.
Or you can just say that under Australian workplace laws you are entitled to a sick day and denying you one or taking any action against you for LEGITIMATELY taking one would result in legal action against the employer.
If you can't take more than 2 days off without a doctors certificate, you need to choose between going to work and infecting everyone, or dragging yourself to the doctor - infecting every surface in the waiting room in the process.
Neti pots are awesome. Mine looks dodgy though.
If I feel a cold, or hay fever coming on the pot comes out.
"avoid the stuff that doesn't work, like megadosing on vitamin C and echinacea." This type of unproven claim merely discredits the rest of the article.
These aren't "unproven" Echinacea, for example, has one German study that showed slight support for its effectiveness, and several other, larger, more recent trials that didn't find it any better than a placebo. That's close enough to proof that you're wasting your money on these pills.