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ForMIn Aurescu participates in the informal meeting of the ministers of foreign affairs of the EU member states
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bogdan Aurescu on Thursday will participate in the informal meeting of the ministers of foreign affairs of the EU member states, which will take place as a videoconference.
According to a press release sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) to AGERPRES, at the meeting, in the current affairs sections, the European ministers and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, will have an exchange of views on current issues: the result of the US presidential election, the situation in Belarus, Nagorno-Karabakh, the result of the presidential elections in the Republic of Moldova (point introduced at the initiative of Romania) and the local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the situation in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, recent developments in the Eastern Mediterranean and Libya.
The agenda for the meeting includes a debate on multilateralism, as well as a videoconference discussion with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyadh of Malki.
At the point dedicated to current affairs, Minister Bogdan Aurescu will express his support for strengthening the partnership between the European Union and the United States of America, given that only by strengthening the Transatlantic relation can the current and future global challenges be managed effectively. He will also recall Romania's constant position on the importance of strengthening the Transatlantic relation, given that the EU and the US are part of the same community of values and security.
The Romanian Minister will present to his counterparts in the member states a stage evaluation of the results of the presidential elections in the Republic of Moldova, focusing on the significance of the victory of the pro-European candidate Maia Sandu and the implications this result will have on strengthening the EU-Moldova relationship. In addition, the Romanian official will emphasize the importance of continuing and further strengthening EU support for the European and democratic future for which the citizens of the Republic of Moldova voted.
Regarding the situation in Belarus, the Romanian official will point out that it is necessary to strengthen EU measures against the Minsk regime, given that the internal situation continues to worsen in this country. He will welcome the rapid entry into force of the second package of restrictive measures against the Belarusian authorities and will express his support for the start of the procedures for the adoption of a third package of measures, the MAE emphasizes.
Bogdan Aurescu will also refer to the recent developments in Nagorno-Karabakh and will mention the need for the parties to continue to comply with the ceasefire, mediated by the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group. It will reiterate, in this context, Romania's proposal, put forward by Minister Bogdan Aurescu at the previous CAE meeting, to have an in-depth discussion at a future meeting of European foreign ministers on EU's role in resolving all frozen conflicts in the Eastern Neighbourhood.
During the debate on supporting multilateralism, Minister Bogdan Aurescu will highlight the fact that effective multilateralism is based on respect for international law and democratic values, as well as the importance of cooperating with states with the same international visions and strengthening the Transatlantic relation.
European Foreign Ministers will hold an exchange of views with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyadh of Malki. On this occasion, Minister Aurescu will underscore the need to strengthen the bilateral relationship between the EU and Palestine in order to contribute to the institutional construction and development of Palestine.
Aurescu will underscore the need for the EU to act as an honest mediator between Israel and Palestine, in close cooperation with the US and relevant regional actors, with the main objective of unblocking the Middle East Peace Process by resuming direct negotiations between the parties, which Romania supports. At the same time, it reiterates Romania's support for a just and lasting settlement of the Middle East Peace Process, based on the two-state solution – this being the only solution that meets the needs of both parties, as states coexisting in peace and security, on the occasion of the recent visit of the Prime Minister of Romania to Israel and Palestine, at the beginning of November, as well as during the visit at the level of Foreign Minister in the two states at the beginning of September.
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Joint Romanian-American military exercise Rapid Falcon at the Mihail Kogalniceanu Airport. US Ambassador Zuckerman : Romania is the first NATO ally to install its own HIMARS defence system
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A bill that would have established a Low Carbon Fuel Standard in New Mexico failed to pass the Legislature before lawmakers adjourned for the year last week. The measure (S.B. 11) would have required a 10% reduction in transportation-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from 2018 levels by 2030 and a 28% reduction by 2040. The measure was approved by the state Senate in a 25-14 vote on March 11, with all but two Democrats voting in favor, but failed to get a vote in the House of Representatives, where Democrats hold a 45-24 majority. The bill, which was sponsored by Democratic Sen. Mimi Stewart, was supported by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who is also a Democrat.


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Friday 24 February 1664/65
Up, and to my office, where all the morning upon advising again with some fishermen and the water bayliffe of the City, by Mr. Coventry's direction, touching the protections which are desired for the fishermen upon the River, and I am glad of the occasion to make me understand something of it. At noon home to dinner, and all the afternoon till 9 at night in my chamber, and Mr. Hater with me (to prevent being disturbed at the office), to perfect my contract book, which, for want of time, hath a long time lain without being entered in as I used to do from month to month.
Then to my office, where till almost 12, and so home to bed.
Thu 23 Feb 1664/65
Sat 25 Feb 1664/65
Terry Foreman on 24 Feb 2008 • Link
H.R.H. Charles II's attention to matters in Morocco logged in the Carte Calendar
Instructions, by the King, for ... John, Lord Bellasis, Captain-General & Commander-in-Chief of our Forces in Africa & Governor of Tangier
Written from: Whitehall
Shelfmark: MS. Carte 34, fol(s). 67-69
Document type: Copy
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/projects/c…
Pedro on 24 Feb 2008 • Link
De Ruyter has sailed for the Antilles and on this day crosses "The Line".
Also on this day...
Allin is somewhere around Giraltar…
On the previous day he reported that Captain Hosier had been aboard other ships in the morning and dead before 3 o'clock. On this day…
"I sent our surgeon with 4 more of the fleet to visit Hosier's corpse, who opened his body and found his liver and lungs consumed and his heart like a bladder, all his bowels out of order, and found those obstructions carried him out of this world. He was buried about 4 o'clock."
(Information from The Jornals of Sir Thomas Allin edited by Anderson)
Margaret on 24 Feb 2008 • Link
"...where till almost 12, and so home to bed"
He's been working until midnight a lot lately. What does this mean for the servants? Does someone have to stay up to let him in?
And does Elizabeth wake up when he climbs in bed?
I admire his work ethic, but it must be hard on the rest of his household.
Australian Susan on 25 Feb 2008 • Link
"....and all the afternoon till 9 at night in my chamber, and Mr. Hater with me (to prevent being disturbed at the office),...."
Oh, doesn't that ring true! It's harder nowadays with email and mobile phones, but busy people still crave solid uninterrupted worktime. This links in with our discussions on privacy earlier this month. Sam has no compunction about 'bringing work home' and obviously expects his chamber to be sacrosanct - a private space entirely. But, people need to be invited into this space: Hater comes to work with him, but from the context, no other clerk from the office would presume to step across the courtyard and interrupt Sam with the kind of demands with which they were, presumably, allowed to step into his closet "private" office at work for, which has a different degree of privacy from the (bed)chamber at home.
We have seen that Elizabeth comes across to the office toi talk to Sam in his "private" office at work, but she seems to have left Sam entirely alone in his bedchamber at home.
CGS on 25 Feb 2008 • Link
"The Line".Is this the line for Portuguese , Spain etal., that divvies up the areas of influence for the ships of peace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line-crossing_ceremo…
Terry your date line equator line was a later evolution I dothe think, The Line in Pepys time I believe had something to doe with the Spanish/?Portuguese agreement for "who got got wot " and who did not get the rights to land and jewels..
CGS,you mean the Line established by the Treaty of Tordesillas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tordesillas
It seems that either Line might be crossed by a ship sailing for the Antilles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilles We shall have to ask Pedro.
Crossing the Line for De Ruyter.
My annotation implying that De Ruyter is sailing direct from Guinea to the Antilles and crossing the line, would lead CGS and myself to site the Line established by the Treaty of Tordesillas. But re-reading the account from The Life of Admiral De Ruyter by Blok, the sequence of events shows that it may be as Terry suggests the Equator.
This was the first time that De Ruyter, unlike Holmes, has sailed down the West Coast of Africa. Near Morocco he asked if anyone in the fleet had ever been to Goree, and it appeared that only one quarter-master and a few boatswains had done so. The journey was therefore hazardous.
Blok says that after the business in West Africa De Ruyter sailed for the Antilles, but owing to the prevailing winds on the Guinea coast, he first sailed a SE and S direction, and afterwards to the NW in the direction of the Antilles. On the 6th March (Dutch time) he crossed the line, and afterwards passed St. Thomas (I take this as São Tomé) and Annobon.
The ships were continually scattering and on the 17th De Ruyter called a council of war and demanded the captains justify their conduct. After following the Equator more or less for some way, he turned N and passed St. Iago one of the Cape Verde Islands. He was then able to take a direct course towards Barbados, being difficult to make a dead reckoning as the sun was directly above him, and sailing was done by the stars.
JWB on 25 Feb 2008 • Link
"...being difficult to make a dead reckoning as the sun was directly above him, and sailing was done by the stars."
Dead reckoning is just vector addition. It does not involve site reduction from Sun, Moon, planets or stars. It is resorted to in lieu (good navy term) of star citing and to serve as a confirmation of calculations when reductions made.
"Dead reckoning is just vector addition. It does not involve site reduction from Sun, Moon, planets or stars."
Here are the exact words used by Blok…
"Then, at last, it (the fleet) was able to take a direct course towards Barbados. It was difficult to make a dead reckoning, "because the sun was straight above us," says the Journal, so that sailing was done by the stars."
Thanks Terry , the map be wonderful,
The trade winds in their cyclic movements made it rather difficult to cross, west or eastbound along the equator but one needs a Yachtsman, one that traveled the seven seas to see if it be a north south line or an east west line.
"Line" such a luverly word , one could write a book on the shades of meaning.
To line, the verb was used before, with his lap dog if I remember correctly..
Line, n.1
a sample other meanings.
1. = FLAX. a. The fibre of flax.
2. Flax spun or woven; linen thread or cloth
I. Cord or string (and derived senses).
1. a. A rope, cord, string; a leash for dogs or for hawks. Chiefly Naut. or as short for clothes-line, etc. Also applied with words prefixed to particular 'makes' of rope, e.g. cod-line, house-line, whale-line. spec. as used by climbers
another :
6. hard lines: ill luck, bad fortune. (Prob. nautical in origin; now often associated with 4c.) hard line money (Naut.): extra pay in consideration of special hardships.
re dead reckoning, so interesting to see word meanings take on new lines.
Ralph Berry on 25 Feb 2008 • Link
"...to perfect my contract book..."
It sounds like Sam had a book in which he recorded all of his contracts. This might well explain why he recorded little information in his diary about his business dealings as he was recording them sererately in the contract book. I had wondered if he was not recording them at all and relied on memory in case a written record might give evidence that could backfire on him but this is obviously not the case. Does anyone know if any of these contract books has survived?
re Navigation. Dead reckoning is really just plotting on a map where you think your boat is taking into account estimated distance travelled, direction and tidal drift. My understanding is that navigation relied substantially on dead reckoning until the invention of an accurate time piece. It would be possible in Sam's time to work out how far North or South a boat was from the angle of the sun at midday or the angle of the Polar Star (in the Northern Hemisphere) at night. It was not possible to work out how far East or West a ship was until an accurate time piece allowed a sailor to know the time of midday at a given start point, subsequently established as Greenwhich, and compare it with midday at the ships position as established by the time the sun was at its highest point in the sky.
Now days sailors and airman rely almost entirely on GPS (Satnavs) and I sometimes wonder if any of them have the old navigation skills to cope if the satellites are switched off.
"Does anyone know if any of these contract books has survived?"
Thomas Hayter seems to have a history of being there when the contracts are being recorded, or, as it was 16 April 1662: "all the afternoon, Mr. Hater to that end coming to me, he and I did go about my abstracting all the contracts made in the office since we came into it."
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1662/04/16/
To this L&M noted that the whereabouts of the abstract they compiled then and at other times are unknown; moreover the eight official contract books that cover 1660-1686, while listed in the catalog of the British Library, are, like Bob Dylan in the 2007 biopic, not there.
Thanks Terry, pity, they would be mighty interesting.
re Navigation, of course any celestial navigation depended on being able to see the sun and stars. In periods of cloudy weather it was back to the old dead reckoning, the cause of many a ship wreck.
Dead reckoning and time. For an interesting, popular read (it was also made into a film by the BBC with Michael Gambon and Jeremy Irons - wonderful acting) see Longitude by D. Sobel. Amazon ref:
http://www.amazon.com/Longitude-Genius-Greatest-S…
The author writes intelligently and does not confuse reasonable ignorance on the part of his readers with stupidity.
dirk on 26 Feb 2008 • Link
John Evelyn's diary for today:
"Dr. Fell, Canon of Christ Church, preach'd before the King on 15 ch. Romans, v. 2, a very formal discourse, and in blank verse, according to his manner; however he is a good man.
"Mr. Philips, preceptor to my sonn, went to be with the Earle of Pembroke's sonn, my Lord Herbert."
According to the King James Bible, Romans, ch.15 v.2:
"Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification."
Al Day on 26 Feb 2008 • Link
Susan, as an item of interest, Dava Sobel is a woman. She has written for the New York Post, several magazines and several books. I found her book Galileo's Daughter to be very interesting. She states that the daughters remains were secretly interred with Galieo in Florence.
djc on 26 Feb 2008 • Link
A fine work on Navigation is
D W Waters The Art of Navigation in Elizabethan and Early Stuart Times. London 1958.
It is indeed important to keep in mind that for a sailing ship the fastest route is dictated by prevailing wind and tide. The distance sailed is irrelevant, sailing does not use more fuel, or the boat wear out faster going the long way round, but supplies are finite, time matters.
Thus the crossing from N. Europe to the N.America and back again is was usually an anticlockwise circuit: first south to the Canaries, then W, then NNE.
The day in the year and your shadow of your nose be under thy feet would indicate thy latitude, which would change from Tropic of Capricorn to the Tropic of Cancer lines via the Equator.
The Equator lies between the Mouth of the Amazon [ approx] and Libreville Africa.
So between March 21/22 December 22 one would be on the Antarctic side of the equatorial divide.
that be my best guess.
Terry Foreman on 14 Aug 2015 • Link
The Illustrated Longitude: The True Story of the Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel.
http://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Longitude-Great…
"advising again with some fishermen and the water bayliffe of the City, by Mr. Coventry's direction, touching the protections which are desired for the fishermen upon the River..."
The Board had consulted the city corporation to make sure that London's supplies of fish would not be dangerously reduced if some of the Barking and Greenwich fishermen were pressed into the Navy: see http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1665/03/03/ Coventry's letter to Pepys is in Rawl. A 174, f. 464r. The water-bailiff was the official who executed the corporation's rights and duties in the river. Thomas Malyn now held the office. (Per L&M footnote)
Sasha Clarkson on 24 Feb 2018 • Link
Re Dirk's annotation re Evelyn's mentionof the preaching of Dr Fell:
This must surely be *the* Dr John Fell, Dean Of Christ Church, immortalised by Tom Brown's epigram:
"I do not like thee, Doctor Fell,
The reason why – I cannot tell;
But this I know, and know full well,
I do not like thee, Doctor Fell"
(sometimes "like" is replaced by love")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_do_not_like_thee,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Brown_(satirist)
According to Wikipedia, Evelyn found Fell's sermons "dull".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fell_(bishop)
"Thomas Hayter seems to have a history of being there when the contracts are being recorded"
Despite being a "conventicler" (a religious dissenter), Hayter was Pepys' chief clerk and trusted protegé.
Nate Lockwood on 25 Feb 2018 • Link
Re: Navigation. Estimating the ship's latitude by the altitude of the sun at local apparent noon (LAN) or at twilight by Polaris would have been a welcome factor in dead reckoning especially if the desired course should along a meridian or parallel. It's really hard to take a good sight when the ship is in tropical waters.
Using the sun one takes a sight around 9 am and another at LAN, say 3 and half hours later and 'advances' the 9 o'clock line along the track by the distance that they reckon the ship traveled in that time using their best guess for speed (dead reckoning). The Captain now has the important noon position (more or less)j.
BTW 20 years ago, around 1988, I discovered that the California Maritime Academy was no longer teaching celestial navigation. At some point neither was the Annapolis Naval Academy but I've heard that they have recently reinstated the course.
RSGII on 25 Feb 2018 • Link
As the Navigator of a Destroyer in the 1960's, I used both dead reckoning and celestial navigation. DR is simply laying out on a chart (in pencil so the chart can be reused) your ships track using your starting point, course, speed and elapsed time to establish your current position. You do not attempt to correct it for tides or currents. And yet it can be remarkably effective and is still used today as a check on electronic charts.
Celestial navigation tries to give you a fix of your current position at the time of measurement, but it requires you to be able to see both the stars and the horizon during a brief period at sunrise and sunset. It is difficult or impossible in cloudy conditions, which are frequent in the tropics. At best you have a probable error of 5 to 10 miles. A noon sun line gives you only your latitude, but in the old days was a useful way to travel East or West along a known latitude.
Gerald Berg on 25 Feb 2018 • Link
Joshua Slocum's 1895 solo circumnavigation of the world has to be the greatest feat of dead reckoning ever. The apex being his 2000 miles crossing of the Pacific with only 1 lunar sighting and (as I recall) being less than 50 miles off on arrival. A very fine read for anyone interested is his account of the adventure: Sailing Alone Around the World.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Slocum
All diary entries from February 1665


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A church's name is meaningful because it conveys important information. From its name, we learn about the identity of believers and how they express their relationship to the divine. A name can also tell us how a church distinguishes itself from other similar faiths. In 1830, as Joseph Smith's revelations became scriptures and people warmed to this new testament, it became clear that his fledgling faith community needed a name. Joseph and early Church leaders looked to the Book of Mormon for guidance.
For devout Mormons, the name of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints results from divine revelation, from the Word of God as communicated to his chosen prophet, Joseph Smith. The name reinforces the unique and instrumental role Latter-day Saints play in the restoration of the church: "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the Lord's kingdom once again established on the earth, preparatory to the Second Coming of the Messiah."
For members, the Church's name signifies the community's special responsibility, and it designates the crucial role every member, or saint, has in bringing about God's kingdom. Name alterations occurring in its early years indicate Church leaders' inspired efforts to transmit the intentions of God in human language.
Working with the contemporary primary sources, historians have noted a lack of clarity concerning the reason for these name changes. There is also scant reliable information documenting the decision-making processes followed by early Church leaders. One fact that appears indisputable is that name changes resulted from human, not divine, intervention. For critics, these alterations are from the acts and intentions of humans motivated by perhaps social, political, and economic objectives.
"Introduction," Book of Mormon. Link is here.
We, as Latter-day Saints, often cite the name of the church as an indication that the LDS Church is truly God's one, true church. We often say things like the Lutheran Church can't be God's church because it is named after a man, Martin Luther. The word 'Catholic' just means universal. Baptists are said to be named after John the Baptist. The true church must be named after Christ, thus the official name "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints". The Latter-day part added to show that it is not the original church that Christ established around 30 AD, but rather Christ's restored church in this dispensation.
The LDS Church did not always have the name "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints".
On April 6, 1830, LDS church leaders met together presumably to fulfill the requirements of the laws of the land, and they named their church consistent with the admonition of the Book of Mormon, "The Church of Christ."
On May 3, 1834, Joseph Smith, as moderator, made a motion to change the name of the church to, "The Church of the Latter Day Saints," which was adopted by unanimous vote (The Evening and Morning Star, vol. 2, no. 20, p. 160, May 1834; History of the Church 2:62). He took CHRIST right out of the name!
Four years later, on April 26, 1838, it was again changed to "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" and has remained thus since. (The hyphen in 'Latter-day' was add about a century or so later to be grammatically correct).
Why did Joseph change the Name of the Church after God already told him 4 years before what to name it? "In June, 1829, the Lord gave us the name by which we must call the church, being the same as He gave the Nephites. We obeyed His commandment, and called it The Church of Christ until 1834, when, through the influence of Sydney Rigdon, the name of the church was changed to The Church of the Latter Day Saints, dropping out the name of Christ entirely..." (An Address to All Believers In Christ Whitmer, p. 73). Now to be called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS).
The following photograph of the Kirtland temple still bears the name 'The Church of the Latter Day Saints'.
If we are to use the rule found in Third Nephi 27, are we then to assume that the church the Apostle Paul addresses in 1 Thessalonians 1:1 was in a state of apostasy? After all, Paul refers to it as "the church of the Thessalonians"! Consider also that Paul refers to the body of believers in Corinth as "the church of God which is at Corinth" (See 1 Corinthians 1:2).
We regret that we could not find this issue discussed comprehensively in any church publication or website. However we found several responses from LDS apologists and LDS leaders which we cite below.
Richard Lloyd Anderson, a professor of religion and history at Brigham Young University , attempted to explain the 1834 change. He says, "This alteration was not seen as a de-emphasis of Christ; on the contrary, it was done in hopes that the name of the Church would more clearly reflect the fact that Christ was at its head" (A Sure Foundation, pg. 195).
"In June, 1829, the Lord gave us the name by which we must call the church, being the same as he gave the Nephites. We obeyed His commandment, and called it the Church of Christ until 1834, when, through the influence of Sydney Rigdon, the name of the church was changed to `The Church of the Latter Day Saints,' dropping out the name of Christ entirely, that name which we were strictly commanded to call the church by, and which Christ by His own lips makes so plain" (Address to All Believers in Christ, pg. 73).
It would be easier for Anderson to admit that the LDS Church spent much of its first decade without having the name of Jesus in its title. Does this make it an apostate church? If the Mormon answers "no," then the argument made today based upon 3 Nephi 27:8 is moot.
This name, Anderson adds, is "descriptive of divine restoration" indicating "Jesus is at its head." With obvious pride, Anderson believes that "...the full title, `The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,' is striking by comparison to the names of the scores of churches that obscure their Christianity under the label of their founders or of some characteristic belief or aspect of church organization" (A Sure Foundation, pg. 196).
It is hypocritical of Mormons who condemn Christian churches for not having the name of Christ in their official title when their church has not always had that distinction.
Also, many other churches use Christ in their name so the LDS Church is hardly unique in that regard including several churches known as the 'Church of Christ' which had that name long before the LDS church was first named in 1830.
Much is made of the name of the Church by its missionaries, who claim that there was no church on the face of the earth called "The Church of Jesus Christ" when the "church" was restored in 1830.What is the explanation for the fact that the Church changed its name twice in the first eight years of its existence?According to The Book of Mormon (3 Nephi 27:7-8) it was to be called after Christ's name; and for the first four years, it was called "Church of Christ."In 1834 the name was changed to "Church of the Latter-day Saints."Finally, in 1838, it became "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints."Wouldn't one think that there is a serious problem of contradiction here, because Jesus made a point to instruct the Nephites on what the Church should be named, and one should reasonably assume that Christ would have informed Joseph in 1830 exactly what he wanted the Church to be called, yet He didn't speak to the point until 1838--after two different names had been used already?
The "Church of Christ" was incorporated in New York State in 1830, and employed that name for the first several years of its existence. A letter of the First Presidency of the Church, dated 22 January 1834, noted "the organization of the Church of Christ, or the Church of the Latter-day Saints, on the 6th of April, 1830" (History of the Church 2:22). The following month, we read the "Minutes of the Organization of the High Council of the Church of Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kirtland, February 17, 1834" (History of the Church 2:28), employing a name nearly identical to the one used today. On 3 May 1834, Kirtland was the scene of "a Conference of the Elders of the Church of Christ" at which "a motion was made by Sidney Rigdon, and seconded by Newel K. Whitney, that this Church be known hereafter by the name of 'The Church of the Latter-day Saints.' Remarks were made by the members, after which the motion passed by unanimous vote" (History of the Church 2:62-63). This name change did not come as a result of revelation, but by vote. Significantly, when the Lord finally did speak in 1838, it was the name he gave the church that became official and has remained so ever since. "For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" (D&C 115:4).
The question itself distorts what the Book of Mormon says, by leaving out the context of 3 Nephi 27:7-8. Reading from the beginning of the chapter, we note that the Nephite disciples had already been traveling about, preaching and baptizing, and that when they "were gathered together and were united in mighty prayer and fasting" (vs. 1), Jesus came to them and they asked him "Lord, we will that thou wouldst tell us the name whereby we shall call this church; for there are disputations among the people concerning this matter" (vs. 3). From this, it is clear that Christ did not name the Church he established among the Nephites until after the Church had already begun growing in numbers. This is parallel to what happened in the latter-day Church, when different names were applied until the Lord himself revealed precisely how the Church should be named. In the case of both the Nephite and latter-day Churches, the question of the name was not settled until Christ revealed his will.
1) Even before the Nephite disciples prayed to know how they should call the Church, "they who were baptized in the name of Jesus were called the church of Christ" (3 Nephi 26:21). For some reason, there were disagreements about the precise name that should be used.
2) Latter-day Saints look to the scriptures, not to missionaries, as the final source of truth. Moreover, the name of the Church, while important, is not what makes the Church true or false. When answering the Nephite disciples' questions about the name of the Church, Christ said, "but if it be called in my name then it is my church, if it so be that they are built upon my gospel" (3 Nephi 27:8). Being built on the gospel of Christ and having authority from him is far more important than the name of the Church.
Is it reasonable to assume that God would periodically change the name of his church?If Jesus Christ is the central character of God's religion on earth and all things are to be done in his name, is it reasonable to assume that God would instruct his church leaders to entirely leave out the name of Christ from the period of May 3, 1834 to April 26, 1838?
If Jesus is really the head of the LDS Church then what possible reason could there be for the name changes? Why would Jesus instruct Joseph as to the name in 1830 then change it in 1834 and then change it again in 1838? Why wouldn't Jesus get it right the first time? We can't understand why he would take the name of Christ completely out of the name of the church for four whole years.
One possible reason is that the Church is really run entirely by men without any real instruction or revelation from God. If they couldn't even get the name right for eight years then what else might be wrong?
If we take David Whitmer's assertion that Sidney Rigdon helped influence Joseph to change the name of the church, then that causes additional questions to be asked.
Why would the prophet of the church, who had formed and already served as president of the church for four years, agree to changing the name merely by having one of his counselors suggest it?
This may support some critic's assertions that Sidney Rigdon was a much bigger influence in creating the church than commonly taught.
Although the LDS Church's official name is not Mormon and the leadership has done its best to have the world refer to it by the current official name or the name 'Church of Christ', the vast majority of the world still only knows the LDS Church as the 'Mormon Church'.
We can't help but wonder if it is really all part of Heavenly Father's divine plan to have his Son's church be known by a nickname?
"The Seventeen Straw Men," #2 - The True Church Must Bear the Name of Jesus Christ." Link is here.
Forty Years in the Mormon Church (page 81) written by former apostle and member of the First presidency of the RLDS Church (now called Community of Christ) Richard C. Evans.


It would be cool to see how the San Antonio skyline has changed over the years. The only spot I can think of where lots of people have taken the exact same picture is from the Tower of the Americas. Please post yours here with the date it was taken. Hi res pictures are OK because it will make for a nice animated GIF later on. I don't have one of my own handy, but the one in the next post is from circa 2010. The older (the more rare) the better.
This is such a beautiful picture! Add in the Canopy and the Frost, by 2019, this view is going to be incredible. The Canopy is really going to stand out in this view. It's really exciting. hopefully the JMJ tower will be included - we can only hope.
Please go up the Tower of the Americas somewhat often in the near future. Frost is already almost topped out, but there are others that are just getting started, and there may soon be more. It would be awesome to build a collective photo documentary of the changes coming to San Antonio. You can take turns where somebody different goes up every month. That way if there are 12 of you (and me whenever I visit my mom), the commitment will be light.
This picture looks like it was taken in the late morning, based on where the sunlight is. Maybe lunch time or on a weekend.
If they all kinda match lighting-wise, they'd flow together well video or gif style.
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Ashtan Davis, a familiar face at the Projects Abroad Surfing Project in South Africa, has made surfing history as one of the first people to take part in the country's first Adaptive Surfing Championships, and being selected for the 2016 Stance World Adaptive Surfing Champs.
Projects Abroad has launched a new initiative in Ghana, 'Soccer Pitch Reading', to help teach children to read and continue developing their reading ability in a fun and interactive environment.
Projects Abroad Nutrition interns have begun making an impact by promoting healthier lifestyles in disadvantaged townships in Cape Town, South Africa.
Projects Abroad Disaster Relief volunteers have started working on the sixth school building, Yashaswi Gurukul English Secondary School, in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.
Projects Abroad staff and volunteers at the Tropical Dry Forest Conservation Project in Costa Rica recently took part in the annual Meso-American Bat Survey held across Central America, including Barra Honda National Park.
Students attending Yelebe Fana and Berhane Zare, two schools in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, will start 2016 with access to 250 new books, thanks to a donation by Projects Abroad Ethiopia volunteers and staff in November 2015.


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Q: SQL Server job step retry attempts SQL server job steps have a setting for 'retry attempts'; if a job fails for some reason, depending on the setting, SQL server tries to restart the SQL job.
We have this setting (5 attempts) for our replication agents which run continuously.
I need to know, how many counts I have exhausted so far. For e.g. If the if a agent has already failed 4 times, I'd rather stop and start the agent which will reset the counter, than wait for it to fail during off hours.
Is there a way to get how many tries have been already done?

A: View the job history. Open the current execution. It should contain a column named Retries Attempted. You might have to scroll to the right a bit, it's one of the last columns.


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FINANCE: Young widows get help raising children
By ROWENA PLETT
Tragedy can strike without warning. The loss of the family wage earner can be devastating both emotionally and financially. Social Security helps by providing income for the families of workers who die.
When Barbara Alleven's husband, Gary, was killed in a vehicle accident in April 2014, she was left with three boys aged 15 to 10 to raise by herself.
"I was dealing with a lot of stuff," she said, "and somebody told me right away about survivor benefits available for my children."
She worked as a cosmetologist in Wichita. Working with the Emporia Social Security office, which serviced the Marion area, she arranged for each of her sons to get benefits based on Gary's income.
"It was extremely beneficial because I lost our second income and the health insurance Gary's job provided."
When son Garrett graduated from Marion High School three years later, his benefit stopped.
"I wish it could have continued a while to help with college," Alleven said. "I had to buy our own health insurance."
Some of the benefit Garrett had received was split between the younger sons. Cade is a junior, and Will is a sophomore.
"I find it interesting that I have to keep track of where I spend their money, although I understand why," Alleven said. "I used to be required to send a report every year on how much I spent on them. I don't have to do that anymore."
She was advised to put any extra money in a special fund for the boys.
"Extra?" she said. "Are you kidding? There is no extra."
When she reaches full retirement age, which is 67, Alleven will get full benefits. She can get reduced benefits at age 60. She also will get some of her husband's benefit.
She was unequivocal about the help that survivor benefits provide.
"I couldn't have raised my boys without it," she said. "It would be nice to be able to get some for college."
Kim Shields of rural Lincolnville was left with five minor children to raise when her husband, Carroll, died from a farm accident in August 2003. They ranged in age from 15 to 5.
She was overwhelmed with grief and could hardly function for a month. She bought convenience food for her two older sons to feed their three younger sisters.
Because Shields had younger children, she got a Social Security check along with each of the children.
"It was a huge benefit for buying groceries and clothes," she said.
She continues to do substitute teaching and umpiring summer softball and baseball. She also gets a share of the profits from the family farm.
She echoed Alleven's thoughts about saving extra money for college.
"Really?" she thought. "After buying food, clothes, and shoes, there's nothing left."
Her own payments stopped in 2016 when her youngest child turned 15. She said it seemed odd. She had to cut back her spending and sometimes used credit cards.
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"The money helps," she said, "especially considering the situation agriculture is in right now."
Sandy Carlson and her husband, Glenn, of rural Burdick were both 70 years old when he died in August 2017, so both were receiving Social Security.
"I got a little more after he died," Carlson said. "It was somewhat of a benefit but not enough to live on, with health insurance and other costs."
She farms and raises cattle with her son, Andy.
"Working with cattle is my favorite thing," she said. "I try to help when I can. I like to work ground."
She has two daughters and another son.
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PHUKET: -- Phase two of the project to remove the unsightly cables that have been obscuring the classic Sino-Portuguese shopfronts along the streets of Old Phuket Town for decades continues this Saturday when workers will pull down the power poles along Deebuk Road.
The removal of the power poles on Deebuk Road this Saturday follows the removal of overhead power cables and the corresponding power poles on Krabi Road last weekend.
The Phuket Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) completed phase one of the project along Thalang Road in late 2010 and planned to start phase two in March 2011.
Although the project suffered delays, the PEA has now finished laying underground cables along Krabi and Deebuk Roads, and has since started partial work on the section of Thepkrasattri Road that passes through the area.
The second phase of the project will cost about 39 million baht in total, with PEA putting up 26mn baht and Phuket City Municipality allotting another 13mn baht to see the project finished.
"After the PEA removes all of the power poles, Phuket City Municipality will take care of the road. We will repair the road surface back to normal as soon as possible," said Phuket City Municipality Public Works Division director Kraingsak Chuchartphong told the Phuket Gazette.
"The PEA informed us that they will come to remove the power poles on Deebuk road this coming Saturday [May 12]. As soon as the PEA have done with their part, we will go to take care of ours," he said.
Despite nearly everything going to plan so far, the underground section along Thepkrasattri Road has been put on hold while an unforeseen problem is resolved.
The problem lies with the concentration of existing telephone cables in that area that feed into the main telephone exchange nearby.
"Work on installing the cables underground from the Tua Poh furniture store at the Thaew Nam Intersection to Aram Bridge on Phuket Road is still underway," said Mr Kraingsak.
"It will take a while before we can proceed with installing the electrical cables in that area underground, so to prevent traffic congestion in the meantime we have filled in the road excavation to allow traffic to pass until the telephone cable issue is sorted out," he said.
Reaction to the completion of phase one was generally positive, but locals reported the traffic congestion as "terrible" while the work was underway.
Great to see; when are the rest of Thailand's towns and cities going to get the same treatment?
Billions of years is a bit harsh. Really it's a good and bad thing. Do you think the quality of the casing of the cable is good enough to stand the test of time? Do you think that they won't want to dig it up and change the cables quickly? Hopefully there is some sort of plan that will slowly gain momentum. You know how down south get "less of the pie" than central Thailand and that they are still developing infrastructure that, if not for tourism, would be even more derelict than it is right now.
They could go a long way by just tidying up all the telephone & cable TV cables. The overhead power cables look absolutely beautiful compared to those.
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There is an understandable tendency to focus on the practical and logistical aspects of managing complex change.
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Although the experience is a personal one, the ideas I discuss have a much wider application and can assist leaders and managers in the workplace who face the prospect of managing complex change.
Emotional regulation is critical to all kinds of high performance and success. But when complex change is involved it becomes harder for all of us to regulate our emotions given the inherent uncertainties, and ambiguities in the circumstances and anxieties that result.
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Q: Javascript Collision Detection and Removal from Array I'm writing a version of space invaders in HTML, the collision detection between lasers and enemies does not work. I am not seeing any errors in the developer console.
// Returns whether or not an object is empty, i.e., does not exist.
function isEmpty(obj) {
    for(var key in obj) {
        if(obj.hasOwnProperty(key))
            return false;
    }
    return true;
}

function laserCollision() {
    for(var i = enemyArray.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
        for(var j = playerLaserBeamsArray.length-1; j >= 0; j--) {
            // make sure not to access an object which does not exist.
            if(isEmpty(playerLaserBeamsArray[j])) break;
            if(isEmpty(enemyArray[i])) break;
            // check if laser beam is at correct y coordinate
            if(playerLaserBeamsArray[j].getTopY() >= enemyArray[i].getBottomY() && playerLaserBeamsArray[j].getBottomY() <= enemyArray[i].getTopY()) {
                // check if laser beam is between the enemy's furthermost left and right x-coordinates
                if(playerLaserBeamsArray[j].getLeftX() <= enemyArray[i].getLeftX() && playerLaserBeamsArray[j].getRightX() <= enemyArray[i].getRightX()){
                    score ++;
                    enemyArray.splice(i, 1);
                }
            }

        }
    }
}

The enemyArray is an array of enemy objects, and the playerLaserBeamArray is an array of laserbeam objects. Enemies are triangles and laserBeams are rectangles.
 Both objects have getLeft() and getRight() methods which return the left and right corners, and getTopY() and getBottomY() which return the furthermost y coordinates.
The github repo is:
https://github.com/Ruben-Krueger/Interstellar-Invaders
And can be played at:
https://ruben-krueger.github.io/Interstellar-Invaders/


Can "PR in a Box" Replace Public Relations Firms?
Does your company NEED a PR firm? Doing a simple Google search brings up numerous articles on both sides of the question. And even we agree that sometimes the answer is "no." Don't get me wrong; public relations is essential to the growth of a business and, at RH, we believe in it wholeheartedly. But the stage of your business will determine the level of PR you need. For a two-person startup freshly injected with Series A funding, a PR firm may not be the best use of capital.
I recently read about a new software program, "PR in a box." Essentially, businesses pay a per-use fee and in return can use a pitch development tool to draft an email and get a list of addresses pulled from a media database. If you are pushing out a press release on your latest investor, this approach will work with a small budget, give you a record of the announcement, and spread the news far and wide. All you need is a writer to draft the release. However, there are a lot of innovative companies out there competing for journalists' attention. To get more than just a mention of your company's latest capital injection takes a bit more work and strategic thinking, which an algorithm just can't provide.
In a previous RH blog post we discussed the idea of a 'mail merge pitch' which "provides the essential toolset for maximum audience reach with minimal input. But with this ease comes major drawbacks." Reporters want to know that you read their content, that what you are sending them is thoughtful and, most importantly, relevant to what they cover. This type of insight cannot be guaranteed when using a pitch wizard tool. Reporters are constantly changing beats, outlets and roles. A software tool is going to have a hard time evaluating the full scope of a reporter's recent coverage and tell you if they have moved on from healthcare to cover the latest in cyber security. This is where a PR firm comes in handy.
Once a business has moved on from solely pushing out press releases to establishing its position and voice in the industry, a PR firm is worth the investment. The value a firm brings lays in the unique talents of its people: a social media guru, someone who shines in content development, and a strategic thinker with endless good ideas. This team can be the sounding board when testing your corporate messaging, the voice of reason when your IT guy urges management to push out a press release for each weekly software update, and the glue behind your coordinated product launch comprising of media briefings, road-tour stops, press release distribution and momentary losses of sanity.
So when you are contemplating your communications strategy, be sure to know what stage your company is in and what your PR goals are. It's ok to go with PR-in-a-box, but know that when it comes to gaining real traction and building a voice in the marketplace, there is something to be said about a human touch.
What is your experience with PR-in-a-box software? Leave a comment below, or tweet us at @RHStrategic with the hashtag #RHetoricBlog. We'd love to hear from fellow PR professionals and journalists alike.


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As a worship artist, there is simply nothing more important in my life than the project I am currently working on. The artist in me knows that an interruption at a crucial time in a highly artistic thought process could be devastating to the potential creativity of the finished product.
The worship leader in me almost feels as though souls may be at stake in the song I have chosen for such a high moment in the upcoming service. And then it comes, often through the door of my office: the interruption that seemingly ruins my whole day!
The actions of the disciples in this scripture serve as a humbling reminder that following Jesus often means immediately stopping whatever I am doing, so that the greater work of the kingdom may be accomplished. Whether it's visiting a choir member in the hospital, an unexpected opportunity to serve, or just a time for holy conversation with a church member who needs some encouragement, it's important to remember that Jesus calls in many different ways when we are truly listening.
May each of us be willing to immediately leave our nets and follow the one who calls us.
Lord Jesus, just as we heard your voice calling us to our current vocation, so may we hear your voice anew in the people we encounter each day. Grant us hearts and hands that serve you. Amen.


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Saikat Guha, Director, NSF Center for Quantum Networks, Associate Professor of Optical Sciences, UofArizona, Has Agreed to Speak at IQT Europe on "Evolution of the Quantum Internet" at 1:15, Oct 29
Home » News » Saikat Guha, Director, NSF Center for Quantum Networks, Associate Professor of Optical Sciences, UofArizona, Has Agreed to Speak at IQT Europe on "Evolution of the Quantum Internet" at 1:15, Oct 29
(IQT.Europe) Saikat Guha, Director, NSF Center for Quantum Networks Associate Professor of Optical Sciences, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona, has agreed to speak on the panel: "Evolution of the Quantum Internet" at IQT Europe online at 1:15 October 29.
Saikat Guha is an Associate Professor at the University of Arizona, James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences, starting July 2017, and the director of the NSF Center for Quantum Networks (CQN). Saikat received his Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1998, and his S.M. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2004 and 2008, respectively. From 2008 to 2017, he worked for Raytheon BBN Technologies, where in his most recent role as Lead Scientist, he led various sponsored projects funded by DARPA, ONR, NSF, DoE, and ARL, in topics surrounding quantum enhanced photonic information processing. He was one of the founding members of the Quantum Information Processing group at BBN, formed in 2009.
Saikat's research interests are in the quantum limits of optical communications and quantum-secured communications (rate) and optical sensing (resolution)—both in the evaluations of these fundamental limits using tools from quantum information and estimation theory, as well as in the associated circuit synthesis problem, that of trying to piece together familiar classical and non-classical optical building blocks to realize transmitters and receivers needed to attain those limits. He is interested in the design of quantum repeaters for long-distance entanglement distribution. He has also been lately interested in continuous variable photonic quantum computing, and quantum networks.
Saikat received the Raytheon 2011 Excellence in Engineering and Technology Award, Raytheon's highest technical honor, for work his team did on the DARPA-funded Information in a Photon program. He was a co-recipient of an honorable mention in NSA's 2016 Cybersecurity Best Paper Award for a paper on Quantum-Secure Covert Communication on Bosonic Channels, which he supervised. He was a recipient of Anita Jones Entrepreneurial Award 2013 from BBN Technologies, a co-recipient of a NASA Tech Brief Award for his work on Phase-conjugate receiver for Gaussian-state quantum illumination, and received the Raymie Stata Award for outstanding performance as Teaching Assistant for Signals and Systems, Fall 2005, from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT. Saikat was a member of India's first team to the International Physics Olympiad at Reykjavik in 1998, where he received an Honorable Mention and the European Physical Society (EPS) Award for the experimental component. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE. Prof. Guha also has appointments with the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Program in Applied Mathematics at the University of Arizona. In 2020, Saikat and his team were awarded an NSF Engineering Research Center. The center focus is on Quantum Networks (CQN).
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About IQT EUROPE:
This is Inside Quantum Technology's fourth conference on the commercialization of quantum technology. Quantum technology has come a long way since we held the first ever quantum technology conference almost two years ago in Boston and our first European quantum technology conference in The Hague:
This conference is a continuation of IQT's European shows and, as always, we are running it in conjunction with our partner, QuTech (founded by the Technical University Delft and the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research). The European orientation of this conference is reflected in many of our speakers who will come from both the leading European multinationals as well as European based quantum startups. There will also be speakers from both the EU and individual European governments.
Inside Quantum Technology Europe will be focused on the practicalities of implementing quantum technology in the real world. We will hear from end-user firms, technology firms and policy makers on making quantum technology a reality.
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Derbyshire police are again urging people to abide by speed limits and drive to the weather conditions after two motorists were fined.
Alan Parker was recorded driving a grey BMW 520 at 80mph in a 50mph variable speed zone on the M1 on May 2.
Parker, of Ingleby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees, was travelling on the southbound carriageway near Tibshelf when the variable speed limit was in operation due to a queue ahead.
He admitted speeding and was sentenced last Thursday, receiving a fine of £1,490 which totalled more than £1,720 including additional costs.
He was also disqualified from driving for 56 days.
On February 2, Nigel Hurley was driving a black BMW 740 on the northbound carriageway near Duckmanton when a 50mph variable speed limit was in place due to a lane closure.
Hurley, of Holymoorside, near Chesterfield, was captured on camera travelling at 59mph.
He received a fine of £1,730 with additional costs taking the total payable to more than £1,900.
He also received nine points on his licence.
Sergeant Scott Jeffreys, from the Casualty Reduction Enforcement Support Team (CREST) said: "Speed limits exist for a reason - for the safety of all road users.
"As the nights draw in and the weather gets colder it's crucial to drive not only at the speed limit but to the weather conditions too.
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Director of the School of Social Work, Full Professor
University of Minnesota - College of Education and Human Development
Minnesota, United States
Faculty Positions, Professional Fields, Social Work & Human Services, Administrative, Academic Affairs, Academic Administration
Position Overview:
The School of Social Work in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities seeks to fill the Director of the School of Social Work position at the rank of Full Professor. The Director provides leadership as an active scholar and by supporting research and innovative learning in the School. In addition, the Director provides academic leadership to the School of Social Work in consultation with the CEHD Dean and Associate Deans, and has general administrative authority over the School, including the budget. The Director represents the School of Social Work in College-wide administrative planning and is a member of the CEHD Academic Leadership Team.
This is a 12-month, full-time administrative appointment with a target start date of August 2022.
The Director will have the following job responsibilities:
Serve as the School's chief administrative officer, with authority and responsibility for programs and resources, personnel, budget development and oversight, development and fundraising, and administrative planning
Promote excellence in interdisciplinary research, teaching, and community engagement that is consistent with the mission and goals of the School of Social Work and CEHD
Fulfill teaching and research duties as a faculty member, including staying current with new developments in the candidate's field of scholarship and those represented in the School
Maintain involvement with professional organizations
Espouse and practice principles of affirmative action and equal opportunity, and promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the student body and workforce
Promote professional commitments to social justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracist practices in the School's policies and procedures
Provide leadership in faculty and staff development: orient new faculty members, conduct annual reviews, manage the tenure and promotion process consistent with CEHD and University policies, nurture the professional development of faculty and staff toward excellence and national distinction in research, teaching, and community engagement
Establish, communicate, administer and interpret the School's fiscal, programmatic, and personnel policies
Doctoral-level degree in a field represented within the School
Candidate must be qualified for hire as a tenured Full Professor
Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
Evidence of a well-established national or international reputation for productivity in one or more areas of academic scholarship within the School
Administrative experience in positions such as director or department chair/head, program coordinator, or director of graduate studies
Evidence of effectiveness in teaching, advising, and outreach/service with a demonstrated commitment to the profession of social work
Successful administrative experience in a research university
Demonstrated skills in interpersonal communication, administrative leadership, supervision, and team building
Strong writing skills, including the preparation of planning and evaluation reports, project proposals for outside funding, and scholarly publications
Effective communication skills with constituents and stakeholders
Demonstrated success in procuring external funding for research and programmatic initiatives
Demonstrated success in mentoring and developing faculty and staff
About the School of Social Work:
Founded in 1917 on Dakota homeland, the School of Social Work at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities is part of a public, research-intensive university and one of seven administrative units in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD). The School offers several graduate and undergraduate educational programs including: a PhD in Social Work; a Master of Social Work; a Master of Education in Youth Development Leadership; a Bachelor of Science in Youth Studies, and undergraduate minors in Family Violence Prevention, Social Justice, and Youth Studies. Underlying all these multidisciplinary programs is a social justice value base and a commitment to the most vulnerable and marginalized populations in our society. Faculty are encouraged to collaborate with and participate in any or all of the School's degree programs. School of Social Work scholars and educators actively engage the community, from local to global, and conduct research addressing a range of issues affecting diverse populations. A sample of current projects include: working to improve African immigrant patient experience with virtual health platforms, addressing relational well-being for siblings in foster care, a SAMHSA-funded initiative titled The Collaborative for Resilient Kids and Families in Minnesota, and Back to Indigenous Futures, a publicly engaged project to revitalize Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge. The curricula of our educational programs, and faculty research and engagement, intentionally seek to emphasize and expand anti-racist perspectives, social, economic and racial justice, and decolonization. The School is the home to a variety of labs and centers that actively involve our students, staff, faculty, and community partners, e.g., the Youth Work Learning Lab, the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare, the Center for Practice Transformation, and the Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy, an innovative partnership with the Minnesota Department of Human Services that is funded by the state legislature to further develop equitable child welfare practices.
About the College of Education and Human Development:
The College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) is a world leader in discovering, creating, sharing, and applying principles and practices of justice-oriented, multicultural, and multidisciplinary scholarship to advance teaching and learning and to enhance the cognitive, psychological, physical, cultural, political and social development of children, youth, and adults across the lifespan in families, organizations, and communities. CEHD is the third largest college at the University of Minnesota, houses seven departments with ten undergraduate majors, over 30 graduate degree programs, and 25 centers and institutes. We are committed to diversity in our students, faculty and staff; 40% of our new first year students are students of color and more than 250 of our international students represent over 50 different countries. For further information: http://www.cehd.umn.edu/about/default.html
At CEHD, equity, justice, and inclusion are necessary to doing our best work and fostering our humanity. The CEHD community is collectively dedicated to cultivating an inclusive and equitable environment. We strive to weave these core values into the work of each department and all of our programs. We are deeply engaged with our surrounding community, and our students, staff, and faculty are encouraged and empowered to enhance equity, inspire change, learn and grow personally, and prepare professionally to encounter and engage in systemic transformation. For more information, visit https://www.cehd.umn.edu/diversity/
CEHD and the University of Minnesota provides equal access to and opportunity in its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression.
Applications must be submitted online. To be considered for this position, please click the Apply button and follow the instructions at https://hr.myu.umn.edu/psc/hrprd/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&SiteId=1&FOCUS=Applicant&JobOpeningId=344043&PostingSeq=1. You will have the opportunity to complete an online application for the position and attach a cover letter and resume.
Additional documents may be attached after application by accessing your "My Job Applications" page and uploading documents in the "My Cover Letters and Attachments" section.
This position requires that you attach the following 3 documents as PDFs:
Cover letter that details how your credentials and professional experience meet the responsibilities and qualifications outlined above
Names and contact information of three references
The initial screening of applications will begin on October 29, 2021. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
To request an accommodation during the application process, please e-mail employ@umn.edu or call (612) 624-UOHR (8647).
The University recognizes and values the importance of diversity and inclusion in enriching the employment experience of its employees and in supporting the academic mission. The University is committed to attracting and retaining employees with varying identities and backgrounds.
The University of Minnesota provides equal access to and opportunity in its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. To learn more about diversity at the U: http://diversity.umn.edu.
Background Check Information
Any offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. Our presumption is that prospective employees are eligible to work here. Criminal convictions do not automatically disqualify finalists from employment.
About the U of M
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMTC)
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMTC), is among the largest public research universities in the country, offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional students a multitude of opportunities for study and research. Located at the heart of one of the nation's most vibrant, diverse metropolitan communities, students on the campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul benefit from extensive partnerships with world-renowned health centers, international corporations, government agencies, and arts, nonprofit, and public service organizations.


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Home Entertainment Usher Secretly Weds His Manager, Grace Miguel
Usher Secretly Weds His Manager, Grace Miguel
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Veteran R&B singer, Usher has allegedly secretly tied the knot with his manager and fiance, Grace Miguel in a private ceremony.
Reports say that the pair's secret wedding came to light after Miguel posted a picture of herself and Usher, who was wearing a gold wedding band.
The couple eloped earlier this month, and managed to keep the nuptials a secret for more than two weeks.
It's not clear where the private wedding took place, but the newlyweds jetted off on a honeymoon to Cuba afterward, reports say.
The couple announced their engagement in January after dating for several years.
"I have an incredible partner and manager. She has helped me through some of the hardest times in my life and my career,"Usher praised Miguel in a Billboard cover story a year ago."She's someone who has been able to support and understand all of who I am. Not just as a dancer or as a performer or as a singer, but as a humanitarian and a businessman and as a person," he added
Usher was previously married to reality star Tameka Foster, they have two children together, 7-year-old Usher Raymond and 6-year-old Naviyd.
They had a contentious divorce in 2009, and a highly-publicized custody battle in 2012 and the singer ultimately retained sole custody.
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