Verses 10-14: "We have an altar": Does the author mean "we Christians" or "we Jews"? In light of the following verses, "we Jews" provides the clearer thought. The argument of (verse 11), is that there were times within the Jewish ritual when even the priests could not eat of the sacrifice (e.g., the Day of Atonement).
Rather, the flesh was taken outside the camp and burned (Lev. 16:27). So now also, as the believer's sin offering, Christ has been separated from the camp of Levitical worship. Those who have turned to Him for redemption must also join Him outside the camp. "For here have we no continuing city" may be a foreboding of Jerusalem's imminent destruction.
Even if there were no prophetic intent within the author's statement, God is about to remove the temptation for Jewish Christians to return to the sacrificial ritual of the Jerusalem temple. This occurred in A.D. 70 when Titus, the Roman, destroyed the temple and Jerusalem.
The writer presents an analogy for the believers' identification with Christ in His rejection by Jews. The bodies of animals offered on the Day of Atonement were not eaten but burned "outside the camp" (Lev. 4:22; 16:27). Jesus, who was the ultimate atoning sacrifice, was similarly crucified outside the gates of Jerusalem (John 19:17).
Figuratively, believers must join Him outside the camp of the world no longer being a part of its unholy systems and practices (2 Tim. 2:4). By extension, this would also depict the departure from the Levitical system. The uncommitted Hebrews needed to take the bold step of leaving that system and being outside the camp of Old Covenant Israel.
Hebrews 13:10 "We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle."
"An altar": The altar, the offerer, and the sacrifice are all closely related. Association with an altar identifies the offerer with the sacrifice. With certain offerings, the individual further identified himself with the altar and sacrifice by eating some of the sacrifice.
The Apostle Paul referred to this relationship to an altar when giving instruction to the Corinthians regarding eating meant offered to idols (1 Cor. 9:13), and regarding the observation of the Lord's Supper (1 Cor. 10:18). Here, the altar is equivalent to the sacrifice of Christ, especially as seen in the comparison to the Day of Atonement.
The Christian has an altar in Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Lamb of God. Only the believers in Christ partake of this sacrifice.
John 6:53 "Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you."
Jesus Christ is the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the earth. If you do not partake of Jesus, then you are not saved. We see in the next Scripture that the high priest and the priests ate the flesh of the sacrifice. This is their living.
1 Corinthians 9:13 "Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live [of the things] of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?"
We could go into detail here how the high priest in the tabernacle was a shadow of the true High Priest. The priests symbolize the believers of Christ. Those who serve the tabernacle are under the law and have no part in the perfect Lamb sacrifice (Jesus Christ).
Hebrews 13:11 "For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp."
Exodus 29:14 "But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it [is] a sin offering."
Leviticus 4:5-7 "And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:" "And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the veil of the sanctuary." "And the priest shall put [some] of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which [is] in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which [is at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation."
All of this is a type and shadow of the sacrifice that Jesus (the Lamb of God), will make for us. His blood will abolish the Christian's sin. The blood of this animal above just covers the sin for one year.
Hebrews 13:12 "Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate."
The Hebrews would not kill anyone within the city wall, so Jesus was crucified outside the city wall. They did not intentionally fulfill the practice of taking the sacrifice for sin without the camp. This is just what happened though. This burning of the flesh of the animal, was to show the terribleness of sin to the Father. Father God could not look upon sin, He would burn it up.
The blood of the animal that was carried into the most holy place was symbolic of the precious blood of the Lamb, which would be carried to the most Holy Place of all (the throne of God). Sanctify means to make holy and means set aside for a purpose.
John 17:19 "And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth."
Hebrews 13:13 "Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach."
We see in this Scripture above that we too must not look to this world for our salvation. We must go out to where Jesus is. We must not be ashamed of the cross. It is where we meet Jesus. We must even move out of religion to the true God. We must not have just a form of religion, but must depend upon the blood of the Lamb for our offering for sin.
It is important that we too go out of the city (world), and crucify our flesh that we might live in the spirit. The sin of this world and the call of the flesh cannot be part of our life, if we are a Christian. We must be willing to give up all for God.
2 Timothy 2:12 "If we suffer, we shall also reign with [him]: if we deny [him], he also will deny us:"
Hebrews 13:14 "For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come."
Abraham, the father of all who believe in Christ, was looking for a city whose maker is God. He dwelted in tents, waiting for the time he would find this city of God. Christians are just pilgrims passing through. We too are looking for the city of God (New Jerusalem).
2 Corinthians 5:1-8 "For we know that if our earthly house of [this] tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." "For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:" "If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked." "For we that are in [this] tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life." "Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing [is] God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit." "Therefore [we are] always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:" "(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)" "We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord."
This can all be summed up in the words of a song we Christians sing. This world is not my home, I am just passing through. Our home is in heaven somewhere beyond the blue.
Colossians 3:1-3 "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God." "Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth." "For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God."
Hebrews 13:15 "By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving thanks to his name."
"Praise … thanks": As seen throughout the book of Hebrews, sacrifices were extremely important under the Old Covenant. Under the New Covenant, God desires the praise and thanksgiving of His people rather than offerings of animals or grain.
Since New Testament believers are all priests (1 Pet. 2:5, 9), they have offerings of praise and thanks to God (Rom. 12:1). The "sacrifice of praise" or thanksgiving is also mentioned (in Lev. 7:12; Psalm 54:6).
The last 10 chapters of the book of Psalms are about praising God. If you want to feel the presence of God, you can, when you praise Him. God inhabits the praises of His people. We see in the next Scriptures what Christians should do.
Ephesians 5:19-20 "Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;" "Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;"
We cannot even praise God in our own name. We must do all things in the name of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 4:11 "If any man speak, [let him speak] as the oracles of God; if any man minister, [let him do it] as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen."
Hebrews 13:16 "But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased."
The sacrifices of praise coming from the lips of God's people please Him only when accompanied by loving action (Isa. 58:6-7; James 1:27; 1 John 3:18).
Just as we said above, everything we do is in the name of Jesus. We mentioned in a previous lesson that anything we do for others is as if we had done it for God.
Micah 6:7-8 "Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, [or] with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn [for] my transgression, the fruit of my body [for] the sin of my soul?" "He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?"
You cannot do anything directly for God. The way we show our love to Him is by doing good to those around us.
Luke 6:35-36 "But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and [to] the evil." "Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful."
I will give one more Scripture on how Christians should conduct their lives.
Galatians 6:10 "As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all [men], especially unto them who are of the household of faith."
1. Who is the Christian's altar in?
2. Who are the only ones who can partake of the sacrifice of Jesus?
3. Except ye eat the ______ of the Son of man, and drink his _____, ye have no life in you.
4. What did the priests and high priest live off?
5. The high priest of the tabernacle was a shadow of whom?
6. Who are the priests symbolic of?
7. What happened to the bodies of the beasts, whose blood was brought into the sanctuary?
8. Who brought the blood into the Holiest place?
9. How many times did he sprinkle the blood before the Lord?
10. Jesus' blood will ________ the sin of the Christian.
11. Where did Jesus suffer that he might sanctify the people?
12. What was the burning of the flesh of the animal for?
13. Where is the most holy place of all?
14. What 2 things does sanctify mean?
15. What message is intended for the Christian, when it says ( let us go forth without the camp)?
16. I am crucified with ______.
17. Nevertheless I live, yet not I, but ______ liveth in me.
18. We have no continuing city, but we seek what?
19. What was Abraham to the believers?
20. If our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have what?
21. While we are at home in the body we are _____ _____ ___.
22. What can this all be summed up in?
23. Where is Christ sitting?
24. Set your affection on things______.
25. What sacrifice should we offer to God continually?
26. What are the last 10 chapters of Psalms all about?
27. What are the Christians told to do in the 5th chapter of Ephesians?
28. If we speak, we should speak as what?
29. What sacrifices are pleasing to God in Hebrews 13:16?
30. How are we to treat our enemies?
31. Be ye ________ as your Father is _________.
32. We are to do good to all men, but especially to whom?


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'Francisco Mercadal Alabern (nascut el 17 de setembre de 1973) és un advocat i polític mallorquí, diputat al parlament de les Illes Balears en la VIII legislatura.

El 1997 es llicencià en dret a la Universitat de les Illes Balears i a la Universitat de Navarra, ha fet postgraus a l'IESE i a la Universitat de Cambridge. De 1995 a 2006 ha exercit com a advocat en diversos bufets fins a crear en 2009 el seu propi bufet. Militant del Partido Popular, de 2006 a 2011 ha estat Director gerent del Consorci per al foment de l'Esport a Marratxí i fou escolli diputat a les eleccions al Parlament de les Illes Balears de 2011. De 2011 a 2015 ha estat vicepresident de la Comissió d'Hisenda i Pressuposts del Parlament Balear.

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At some point in our lives, we've probably all discussed the objects we would save if our house was on fire. It makes us think about what things are important to us now, or when we're older.
In 2013, the novelist Penelope Lively published a memoir called Ammonites and Leaping Fish: a life in time. In the last chapter, she identifies six possessions which speak about who she is, and where's she been. These aren't the objects that are the most expensive or most beautiful. Indeed, Penelope Lively herself commented that they wouldn't necessary be bought by anyone in a car boot sale! Her objects were two duck kettle-holders from Maine, two ammonites from a Dorset beach, a fragment of pottery shaped like a leaping fish, a Jerusalem bible, an 18th century sampler used as a model for embroidery, and a porcelain cat.
Based on this book, The Lively Project came into being in 2016, thanks to a small grant from the Wellcome Trust. We are a truly interdisciplinary team based in Queen's University Belfast, comprising two gerontologists from the ARK Ageing Programme, one historian, an arts coordinator, and a visual artist. Our aim was to explore how material objects can reflect what it means to live a long life.
Six people aged 61 to 80 volunteered to participate in the project, and each took part an interview to talk about their six objects, and why they chose them. At an arts workshop, the participants worked with visual artist Gemma Hodge to interpret the meaning of their objects. It goes without saying that most objects brought back very personal memories – some happy, some sad. But some reflected the social and cultural changes that have happened throughout their lives. For example, a key for producing Morse code brings home how much communication technology has evolved since then. But this also shows how we learn from what goes before us – did you know that the famous Nokia SMS tone is actually the Morse code for the letters 'SMS'?
The culmination of the project was an inspiring exhibition called 'Something of who I am' at the Crescent Arts Centre in Belfast, based on the 36 objects, and quotes from participants and Penelope Lively. The exhibition was both lively and poignant, and challenged visitors to think about their future older selves. It made us think about how we got to this stage in our lives, either via the medical intervention of pills, or the freedom provided by a bicycle. The exhibition focused on longevity, and how a life can be well lived. Society may judge our participants on how they look today, without thinking about the adventures they had on a solo motorbike expedition around North Africa, or the hundreds of children they influenced during their teaching career, or the political statements they made with yarnbombing.
It's certainly made me reflect on my life so far, and what my six objects might be.


We are proud to announce that three key Global BioImaging events will take place in Sydney, Asutralia, from the 14th to the 21st of September 2018! All three events are co-hosted by our Australian partners AMMRF and NIF.
We will start on September 14th with the third "Exchange of Experience" (EoE) workshop, bringing together imaging infrastructure managers, directors, technical staff as well as scientists, opinion leaders, decision makers and funders to discuss about quality in imaging infrastructures and long-term sustainability of the GBI network.
The workshop will be followed back-to-back by two training courses for Core Facility Staff. The first course will focus on management and operation of biological and biomedical imaging facilities, while the second will approach the increasingly important topic of image data management and analysis.
We look forward to these exciting Sydney events!


Bob Kulhan is President, CEO, and Founder of Business Improv, an innovative consultancy that specializes in experiential learning and serves an international roster of blue-chip firms that range from the Fortune 500 (Fortune 100, Fortune 50, Fortune 10), to 5 of America's top 15 business schools, to government agencies and more. Bob is an Adjunct Professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School. A performer with over 21 years of stage credits, he trained with a long list of legendary talents, including Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. An actor and former core faculty member in Chicago's famed Second City and a member of the resident company at the iO Theater, Kulhan is a Co-Founder of the critically acclaimed Baby Wants Candy improv troupe. You can follow him @Kulhan.
"Bob Kulhan's skills as an improvisational teacher and player offer an insightful and energetic point of view to any group. I have thoroughly enjoyed playing with this dummy for almost twenty years now. And I look forward to many more."


Philly Shipyard, Inc. (PSI), the sole operating subsidiary of Philly Shipyard ASA (Oslo: PHLY), today delivered the American Endurance, the first of four next generation 50,000 dwt product tankers that it is building for American Petroleum Tankers (APT), a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan, Inc.
This delivery is the 25th vessel built by PSI (formerly known as Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc.). The next generation 50,000 dwt product tanker is based on a proven Hyundai Mipo Dockyards (HMD) design that also incorporates numerous fuel efficiency features, flexible cargo capability, and the latest regulatory requirements. The vessel has also received LNG Ready Level 1 approval from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). The 600-foot tanker has a carrying capacity of 14.5 million gallons of crude oil or refined products.
The shipyard has commenced construction of three other 50,000 dwt tankers for APT and two 3,600 TEU containerships for Matson Navigation Company, Inc. For more information on Philly Shipyard transactions and projects, please visit www.phillyshipyard.com.
Philly Shipyard is a leading U.S. commercial shipyard constructing vessels for operation in the Jones Act market. It possesses a state-of-the-art shipbuilding facility and has earned a reputation as the preferred provider of oceangoing merchant vessels with a track record of delivering quality ships. Philly Shipyard is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and is majority-owned by Aker Capital II, which in turn is majority-owned by Aker ASA. Aker is a Norwegian industrial investment company that creates value through active ownership. Aker's investment portfolio is concentrated on key Norwegian industries that are international in scope: oil and gas, fisheries and biotechnology, and marine assets. Aker's industrial holdings comprise ownership interests in Aker Solutions, Kvaerner, Det norske oljeselskap, Aker BioMarine, Ocean Yield, Havfisk and Akastor.


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School Violence: Not a Laughing Matter
May 2, 2019 — Superintendent Dr. William McKersie and Weston Middle School principal Daniel Doak advised parents this week of an incident that resulted in the removal of a student from school.
The student, who was not identified, reportedly threatened to "shoot up the school" in June and, some said, had a list of targets. A fellow student reported the remarks to a trusted adult, who relayed it to the school administration. The Weston Police were brought in.
Apparently, the comments were made to fellow students over the course of several weeks, but were dismissed as a joke.
Mr. Doak emphasized to the student body that threatening comments should never be taken as a joke and always communicated to a trusted adult. In his letter to parents, Mr. Doak said no students had actually seen the purported list of targets, that no physical evidence of it has been found, and that, if it existed "we would immediately notify all affected individuals."
Mr. Doak concluded his letter by assuring parents that neither the administration or law enforcement would "allow us to open the school if we believed that our students, staff and visitors were not safe."
According to the principal, the Weston Police have confirmed that the student involved does not have direct access to firearms and an investigation is underway.

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2. Robert Kennedy was the brother of the President, as well as the Attorney General. How do you think that affected his perspective?How do you think the story would be different if it were told by someone who wasn't as personally close to President Kennedy?
3. President Kennedy personally intervened with newspaper editors to suppress publication of stories about the missile crisis before he announced it in his speech to the nation. Do you think that could happen today? Should it? Does the press have an obligation to yield to the President on matters of national security, or is that a violation of free speech?
4. Recent events with North Korea have escalated current concerns about the possibility of a nuclear war.Compare and contrast the U. S. situation with North Korea today to that of the U. S. situation with the U. S. S. R. during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
5. Arthur Schlesinger writes in 1999 that information made available since 1967 serves to reinforce and support Robert Kennedy's account of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Other historians have disagreed, arguing that it shows President Kennedy and Ex Comm in a much less flattering light. Research some of the criticisms of President Kennedy's management of the Cuban Missile Crisis. What do the critics say?What evidence do they use for their assertions? Do you agree with them or Schlesinger?
6. Contrast life for the average American in 1962 with life today. How has daily life changed? How has the world changed? How do you think Americans would respond to a similar event today? If possible, interview someone who remembers the Cuban Missile Crisis.
7. Research the history of the Cold War from its beginnings after World War II to its end, with the collapse of the Soviet Union. In the context of the Cold War, was the Cuban Missile Crisis inevitable?Explore the impact of the Cold War on American culture during that time period.
8. The movie Thirteen Days, released in 2000, is based on White House tape recordings made during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Watch the movie. Compare and contrast how the missile crisis is depicted in the book with the way it is shown in the movie. Which version do you think is more accurate?
9. Many Congressional leaders were privately very opposed to President Kennedy responding to the Soviet missile installation with a blockade instead of a military strike, but they did not criticize him publicly for the good of the nation.Do you think that would happen today? Do you think Congressional leaders should speak out if they disagree with the President on matters of national security?
10. Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense, advocated strongly and consistently in favor of a blockade and against military action throughout Cuban Missile Crisis. Later, he became one of the key architects of the American involvement in Vietnam. Research his career and explain the apparent contradiction between his stance during the missile crisis and his support of escalation in Vietnam.


This dispatch comes from FOI Alyson Carrel (Northwestern).
Last week, Robert DeNiro spoke at the NYU Tisch School of Arts graduation ceremony. After congratulating the students on their success, he paused, then added, " "and, you're f***ed." Everyone laughed because they understood the uncertainty these students face. Unlike their peers in accounting, law or medicine who have already found jobs that will lead to success and security, DeNiro said, students pursuing careers in the arts will likely struggle. But he joked that artists aren't jealous of those accountant jobs because he said, students who choose the arts, don't follow reason or logic when deciding what career to pursue, they follow their passion. He said, they may be f***ed, but it isn't a bad place to be. Because, he said, it is their passion that will make them successful.
ABC News lumped DeNiro's speech in a story about tough love messages found in this year's graduations. But I heard his message as uplifting and supportive. I heard hope and inspiration in the idea that passion trumps reason or that even if you struggle, you will know you will be following your dream.
The ABA's Dispute Resolution Magazine devoted an entire issue to the topic of ADR careers, exploring how career paths have evolved over the years, and what opportunities exist today. I want to thank the editorial board for dedicating so much space to this issue and allowing me to highlight the stories and experiences of individuals who followed their passions and chose to pursue a career in ADR early on instead of waiting to establish their career in another discipline and transitioning to ADR later.
I hope, at the very least, this issue of the magazine, can spark a renewed discussion about the choices and opportunities our students have. An early career in ADR is not for everyone, just like not everyone is cut out to be an artist. But for those students who are truly passionate about this work, we should stop setting up barriers and start finding ways to support and guide them beyond the classroom. I started a forum for an online discussion about the realities of ADR as an early career on the ADR as 1stCareer video blog site.
Alyson, you are a visionary! Your collaborative, creative, and rejuvenated approach is just what the field needs going forward. Your constant support of students and colleagues is much appreciated!
Thanks so much Susan! I just conducted another interview for the video blog this morning. He said the old narrative of having to wait 20 years before transitioning to ADR may be wise, but is not the only narrative available. I liked that a lot. I want to make sure folks know the other narratives out there and let them choose instead of just saying it isn't possible!
Alyson, you remind me of the beginning of the Langston Hughes poem, Dreams.
Keep helping folks find their wings!
Alyson is a former student of mine and I couldn't be prouder of her. She is creative and full of energy and good ideas.
After Art posted an item describing Alyson's blog in December, I talked with her about it. As she says in this post, law students should not be unduly dissuaded from pursuing ADR as a first career – and they should have realistic expectations about this career path.
In my 1L Lawyering course last fall, I told students that it is unlikely that they would get an "ADR job" right out of law school.
This assumes that an ADR job involves work as a neutral or assisting providing neutral services.
I believe – and argue passionately to my students – that lawyers acting as advocates serve important roles as DR professionals.
Perhaps my caution about getting "ADR jobs" right out of law school was overly cautious. Perhaps not.
To provide a nuanced message, I sent my students the following email referring to Alyson's blog. Other instructors might want to convey similar messages to their students.
Congratulations on finishing your first semester in law school. I hope you enjoyed it (though "enjoy" isn't the first word that comes to mind for many students) or at least found it valuable.
I want to elaborate on my comments that law graduates are not likely to get work as DR neutrals right out of law school.
One of my former students, Alyson Carrel ('04), who now teaches at Northwestern, has developed a website collecting stories of people whose first jobs were in ADR. The website is described at this blog post, which includes a link to the site. Some of the jobs were as neutrals directly providing DR services and others were in positions in DR organizations.
Alyson is trying to counter advice not to pursue an ADR career if that's where your heart is. I share that sentiment.
I also want students to have realistic expectations and not give up if at first they don't succeed.
In general, it really is hard to get ADR jobs and it usually takes a lot of preparation, patience, and perseverance.
Although some people get work in ADR in their first job, I think that for most people in the field, it develops later in their careers.
I want to reiterate that lawyers serving as advocates are important DR professionals in my view. Much of their work is negotiation of transactions and/or disputes. And they effectively serve as mediators between their clients and the other parties.
So you may be able satisfy some of the desire to promote constructive dispute resolution as an advocate, not only as a neutral.
Our Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution developed a useful website with lots of information about ADR careers.
If you are interested in DR as a career, you should take relevant courses as you continue through law school, network, and get involved in DR activities. I would be happy to meet with you if you would like to discuss what courses you might take next year.


The Confederation of Governance Assessment Institute (COGAI) has honoured financial analyst and Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central Constituency, Mr Isaac Adongo, for his hard work, fairness and balanced contribution to national development discourse.
At its 2018 Pan African Republic Honourary rewarded night in Accra, the institute awarded Mr Adongo as one of the top influential MPs for the 2017/2018 year.
A citation accompanying his prize said the award was to recognise the dedication, hard work, fairness and balanced discourse of the NDC MP in shaping public policy and improving governance.
In 2018, Mr Adongo was voted the Best Minority MP by indigenous research and investigation company, FAKS Investigation Services.
He added that the honour imposed on him expectations of higher standards and quality of work on national issues.
"My constituents now expect more from me in enhancing the image of the constituency," he added.
Mr Adongo has been one of the vocal voices of the minority NDC on the economy, often taking on the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and the Ministry of Finance on issues he disagrees with.
He mostly expresses his concerns through writings that are always titled: 'Isaac Adongo writes. Majority of them bother on current issues on the economy.
In one of those write-ups, he critiqued the government's handling of the special purpose vehicle, the Ghana Amalgamated Trust (GAT) that is used to recapitalise some five indigenous banks.
He said the SPV was poorly structured as a backdoor approach to selling the two state-owned lenders, the National Investment Bank (NIB) and the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), which he said do not require external support to recapitalise to GH¢400 million.
His latest piece is on the cedi depreciation in which he said that the BoG's measures to help douse the sentiments and arrest the rate of depreciation were not credible and would, therefore, not yield the necessary results.


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Scope 38 - Reflections from a founding Malaghan Institute scientist
17 April 2009, Cancer
Prof Mike Berridge is a household name in the New Zealand science arena. His contributions to the field of cancer research are recognised globally and he has played an active role in advising government on landmark policies such as the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification, stem cell research and cancer innovations.
A lesser known fact is that Prof Berridge was the second Malaghan Fellow and has been associated with the Institute since 1976, before its new premises opened. He describes his laboratory space at that time as "a small, drafty, leaky and dirty room on the roof of the old Wellington Hospital building. In bad weather the corridor outside became a river and in really good weather, the animal facility a couple of rooms away was a sensory offence!" While waiting for the Institute to have its own facility, Prof Berridge was also provided with laboratory space within the Biochemistry Department at Victoria University of Wellington.
Prof Berridge's early research was aimed at gaining a better understanding of blood stem cells, with the goal of improving bone marrow transplantation. His current research concerns the elusive cancer stem cell, a minor population of quiescent, drug-resistant cells that are thought to be responsible for the initiation of most cancers and their recurrence following treatment. When asked how scientific research compares today Prof Berridge said "being a researcher 33 years on involves some dramatic differences and new challenges, but some things haven't changed much. Not surprisingly, the most dramatic changes relate to the revolution in information technology involving wide use of powerful computers fuelled by search engines and electronic publication systems that have shifted the world of science literature and communication from libraries and the printed page to plastic office screens and electronic mail systems. The pace and scope of research has quickened but it still takes about the same time to fill an order."
From his quirky sense of humour to his unrivalled passion and drive for scientific endeavours, Prof Berridge has been a vital contributor to the success of the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research.
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Relics found on Hialeah grounds
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Tundra Swans Visit Busan
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Wild Boar Collisions
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Relics from the Chosun era have been found on the grounds of what used to be Camp Hialeah. Camp Hialeah served as the U.S. military base here in Busan until it closed down a few years ago. There are plans to renovate the area into a Citizen's Park, but as workers were investigating geological features of the site, they found about 100 broken pieces of ceramic from the Chosun era which lasted from the late 14th century until the end of the 19th century. Workers also found horseshoes, most likely from era of Japanese occupation when the area was used a horse race track. It is speculated that there might be more relics in the area dating back to the Three Kingdoms era of Korea. If that turns out to be the case, the schedule for renovation plans may need to be adjusted.
On October 12th, seven year old Kang Hyeung Wook(강형욱), a 1st grader, was picking up trash in the school yard when he was accidentally struck by a car driven by the school's principal. Five days later, the child died in the hospital. This tragic incident has led to an uproar on a couple of fronts. Firstly, the school's insurance policy does not provide any compensation for the victim's family. The policy does not cover car accidents because it is assumed that drivers are covered by third party automobile insurance.
More significantly, there has been a call to prevent this from happening again by making sure that drivers do not need to pass through any area where children might be playing as they make there way into and out of school parking areas. According to the Education Board, in 60 out of 298 elementary schools in Busan, drivers have to pass through the playground in order to exit the school. Parents have formed an online movement to gather signatures supporting a law that would ensure that the necessary changes are made.
The X in KTX finally comes all the way to Busan.
Today marks the opening of the new section of KTX line from Busan to Daegu. KTX, Korea's high speed rail line opened in 2004 and cut the travel time from Busan to Seoul 'almost' in half, but things weren't really 'high speed' from Busan to Daegu because the new high speed lines for that portion of the trip had not been completed. . That all changes today as that portion of the KTX line opens, cutting travel time to Seoul from 2:40 to 2:18, saving travelers 22 minutes... well, at least three times a day. Many of the daily trains will still make stops between Busan and Daegu, pretty much nullifying any time savings. Still passengers will be paying more, regardless of how long it takes to get there as the fare from Busan to Seoul will increase W4,300 to W55,500. The stops along the newly opened section are Busan Station, Ulsan, Shin-Gyeongju, and DongDaegu. The old section, which will remain in use by some trains, stops in Busan-Gupo-Miryang and Dong DaeguThese kinds of high speed connections are expected to help the Southeast region of the peninsula develop economically and Busan city is expected to use this opportunity to promote other aspects of Busan Tourism including adding three more City Tour buses in 2011, a musical theater at Jagalchi market, and adding four more passenger waiting rooms and a transfer center at Busan Station.
There are some concerns that all this high speed transit may lead to 빨대 효과 or the straw effect. Basically, because it's now so fast and easy to get from these Southeast areas of the country to Seoul, that the high tech industries and cutting edge facilities near 'Capital City' will suck up talent from these smaller local economies.
Every fall, the Goni (or Tundra Swans - big pretty white birds) migrate through Busan on their way down from Siberia to their winter homes down south. This year they arrived a bit earlier than usual on October 29th. Last year, their numbers had fallen as there was a shortage of their primary food supply - 새섬매자기 Sae-som-mae-ja-gi. It's an annual plants native to the area. . This year however, food supplies appear to have returned to normal and their numbers are increasing once again.
That Nakdong Estuary is the largest habitat in this area where migratory birds stop by. Because of a dam that was built 20 years ago, several major highways in the area and nearby factories, the overall number of migratory birds that pass through this area has drastically fallen.
In Haeundae, a 19 year old woman who is HIV positive was arrested on a charge of knowingly having sexual relations with 20 men she met through an internet chat site. The court rejected the arrest warrant when it was revealed that she is mentally disabled and has the mental development of an eight year old. A prostitution victim protection organization "Sal-lim" and psychiatrist pointed out that in light of this level of development, it is not possible that can be held responsible for criminal action or for taking these actions on her own. When the arrest first took place, the woman's father had told the police that his daughter was forced to sell sex by someone else, but police officers chose to charge her with a crime.
She turned out to be HIV positive in March, not with AIDS so far. She saw a doctor and took medical checkup and then was told she is infected. Even after that she ran away from home frequently like she did before, and then she made money by selling sex. In August her father reported to the police saying "my daughter , HIV positive , seems to be forced to have sex relations by someone." Police is tracing the infection route and possible existence of pimp but the all efforts have been in vain. According to the police 3 men who had intercourse with her were HIV negative.
Last week, two Wild Boar-vehicle collisions occurred within 20 minutes of each other. Around 1am on October 29, along the Busan-Ulsan highway near Geumjeong mountain, a cargo truck hit a 60kg wild boar. 20 minutes later, along the same road another car hit another boar. In both cases, drivers received significant injury and the boars were killed. There are approximately 60 wild boar living in the Geumjeong Mountain area and their numbers are expected to continue increasing. Their search for food sometimes leads to roads and residential areas. In fact, recently, an 80kg boar was shot and killed when it made its way into a house in the vicinity.
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Tough month for famous Busan book stores.
Earlier this month, Dongbo book store in Seomyeon, the oldest and once largest book store in Busan shut its doors for good. Dongbo held a special place in the hearts of generations of Busan residents – many Busanites have memories of buying reference books there when they were students and it was a very common place for Busanites of all ages to meet up. It was quite often heard that "Let's meet at Dong-bo!"
Another iconic bookstore, Moon Woo Dang book store in Nampodong which has been around for more than 50years, will shut down on Oct 31 . Many Busan residents remember stopping by MoonWooDang after grabbing some tasty, cheap Deokbokgi at Meokjagolmok with their friends.
Water abstraction from Nakdong river is embroiled in controversy after mountains of industrial waste were found near the water intake point. Busan's tap water originates from filtration plant upstream along the Nakdong river in Gyeong-nam province. In recent years, 4,900,000t of garbage were unearthed during the construction of "4 River restoration project." Experts and activists are saying "the government should reevaluate the environmental impact of the project again."
Civic Groups held a meeting and declared that they intend hold a citizen vote once the new evaluation results are known.
Busan Bus fares will be increased to W1200 starting Nov 26. Civic groups are already protesting the fare increase, claiming that this will add a heavy financial burden for users of public transportation and that the Bus system should instead focus on how they can reduce operating costs so that fares can be reduced. They've also made suggestions that, like many other cities around the world, Busan city should consider time based passes – like weekly or monthly passes.
Following the major highrise fire in Haeundae's Marine City on Oct. 1st, fire officials inspected other high-ises in Haeundae. Unfortunately, 19 out of 26 high-rise buildings inspected were found to have violated building codes by illegally extending parts of the building or using parts of the building for purposes they were not intended for. Fines will be imposed, but of course a bigger concern is that these illegal alterations can have a tragic effect on fire safety.
Local governments might not be able to pay their public officials : Local self-governing bodies are suffering from shortage of revenue. Busan is divided into 15 gu's and 1 gun (for example, Hauendae-gu, Nam-gu, and Seo-gu). According to a local congressman, the local district governments expect big budget losses from the loss of tax revenue from real estate transactions. So 15 out 16 ward offices' have combined 2011 budget deficit of 77.1b krw. (that's almost 70million US$) If they can't raise that much cash soon, they have to postpone salary payments or borrow money from the bank.
Speaking of real estate transactions, it's getting harder and harder to find Medium-and-small-sized apartment for lease in the Busan metropolitan area. Jeonsae or Key money has risen so much that many apartment seekers are choosing to buy an apartment rather than lease.
For a bit of positive economic news, the price of Chinese Cabbage has finally stabilized. Following some bad weather in the region, prices had soared to over 15,000krw per head which threatened to wreak havoc in this Kimchi-loving land, but fortunately, they have now fallen back to a more normal 2,000krw per head.
Finally, Good-bye Jerry, hello YangSeungHo. Despite improved performance and enthusiastic attendance, Lotte's owners have decided not to renew the contract of manager Jerry Royster after the team fell in the playoff semifinals for the third straight year, They have replaced him with former Koryo University team manager, YangSeungHo. He's hasn't been received very warmly by Busan fans. He's a bit unknown and doesn't have any Busan connections, but he was quoted as saying, "Despite the fact the Busan fans don't like me, I will win them over with results". He also mentioned that compared to Jerry Royster, he plans to focus more on the minute details and fundamentals of the game.
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The Final Sunday Let's Talk Busan - Community Service & LTB Think Tank
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KOTESOL Post-show Roundtable Discussion
Post-show Roundtable KOTESOL Discussion
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Participants: Peadar Callaghan, Robert Capriles, Sara Davila, Matt Doyon, Doug Huffer, Aaron Jolly, Jeff Lebow, Stafford Lumsden, Bryan Stoakley
00:30 - Notification of Conference Session Acceptance or Rejection
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10:00 - Role of 1st VP
13:00 Korean Participation & Possibilities of a Korean Language Special Interest Group
22:30 - Openness, Transparency, Making Organization Information Public
27:10 - More Website Update Details, Mea Culpa, & Prospects for Professional Intervention
37:35 - National Budget
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ATEK Presidential Transition Webast
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Socrates Cafe - Blinded by culture?
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Socrates Cafe Discussion
Topic: How does our own culutre blind us to understanding others?
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There's a lot of talk today about Quora. It's Robert Scoble's fault, really. He had an opinion, changed it, and then it was up to the Internet to tell him he was wrong. Just a normal day around these parts.
Personally, I don't care how Robert Scoble uses Quora. I don't really care how Robert Scoble does anything. Because he's not a "normal" user – he's an early adopter who uses things with the intent to break them, like the kid who asks for a toaster just so he can take it apart. It's cute, really, but it's not my intention. It's probably not yours either. You don't want to tinker. You just want the toast.
If you're not familiar with Quora – congratulations on avoiding the hype in favor of a life. At its core, Quora is a question and answer site not too much different from the likes of LinkedIn Answers. What makes Quora interesting for Scoble and the social geek squad is (a) the exclusivity it garnered as a closed beta and (b) how it's turned being helpful into a competition and a quest for social capital. That's great for the ego-obsessed, but what about just for you and me?
How can you use Quora as a business owner? What can it provide you with in terms of research, competitive intelligence and helping you to connect with a larger audience? Well, a few things.
If you're reading this blog, there's a good chance you're involved in marketing, social media or tech, in some way. And, well, hot damn, if those aren't three of the top user profiles using Quora right now. Following important subject area topics (like SEO or Web Marketing, perhaps), industry leaders, your competitors or even the people your competitors are following can prove to be highly informative, giving you access to questions, information or intel you can use later. If your competitor down the street is commenting on a thread and slipping hints about a project he may be working on or something he's getting ready to release, wouldn't you want to know that? If people are asking for a certain tool or expressing a common need, wouldn't you want to know that, as well? It's amazing what you can hear simply by keeping your eyes open.
If you need help vetting social media, SEO or analytic tools, Quora may be an outlet to help you do that. Because answer quality is so high (and props to Quora for taking steps to make sure it remains that way), Quora has established itself a pretty solid resource for business owners of all sizes. I can't tell you how many times I've seen people asking specific questions about a tool, service, etc, only to have the correct representative from that organization chime in to answer. You can't get much better than that. It's like Twitter, but without that pesky character count.
The conversation happening on Quora is a lot smarter than what's taking place on other question and answer sites and that's 100 percent the work of the Quora staff. Not only have they done a good job killing spam, they actually require users to go through a quick tutorial before they're allowed to ask a question (blog owners everywhere wish they had this functionality). It trains them on how to use the site and has helped keep the quality up. What that means is that if you ask a smart question (especially if it's tech-related), you'll get a smart answer back without the required "your mom" joke from the Internet.
On the flip-side, if you see a smart question and you have a smart answer, sharing it with the group is a good way to not only increase your social capital, but your reputation as an expert in your field. It's what these Q&A sites are based on.
Sabre often jokes with me that I see the world in blog topics and blog titles. And I do. It's an occupational hazard that hit me years ago. But if you're someone who is always on the hunt for something new to write about and to cover, then scouring your important subject areas on Quora can help you come up with a breadth of ideas. Take a look at the type of questions people are asking. What are the common themes? What are they struggling with? What tools or workarounds are they looking for? What has them riled up? It's a constant content source.
Call it online reputation management or simply paying attention, but Quora gives you an opportunity to highlight conversations about your brand, your company and your executives and to get involved in them. A few quick OSM-related searches on Quora brings up users naming Outspoken Media as a top social media blog, a top copywriting blog, myself and Rhea as top female SEO professionals, and lots of other brand mentions. How did I first alert myself to these mentions? Through my Google Alerts. Which means, hi, these questions are already being given the authority they need to rank. In fact, they're ranking pretty darn competitively. So maybe you should look for brand mentions and get in some of these conversations.
To make it even easier, if your brand gets a lot of mentions, it may already have its own Quora category. If so, simply follow it to be updated every time you get a new hit. Fancy.
Will Quora survive in the face of LinkedIn Answers, Yahoo Answers and the bad people (read: SEOs and marketers) who will ultimately try and turn it into a haven for spam, SEO whoring and self-promotion? Well, we'll see. But let the pundits worry about all that and whether Quora deserves its social media crown. For business owners, Quora is another place where your customers are asking questions. The questions to ask yourself is: Are you smart enough to pay attention to answer them? Are you keeping your finger on what's going on and recognizing these new platforms, are you still waiting for people to check out your site's FAQ page?
Quora and sites like it represent a new era of users seeking out brand- and topic-specific information. That's what matters. Not what the social media hipsters have to say about it.
What are your thoughts on Quora? Using it? Ignoring it? Never heard of it?


Skylark Motel, after restoration. St. Clair, Missouri.
The Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program provides cost-share grant assistance to support the preservation of the most significant and representative historic Route 66 buildings, structures, road segments, and cultural landscapes in the eight states through which the route passes. Assistance is also provided to support research, planning, oral history, and educational outreach projects related to the preservation of Route 66.
Program cost-share grant funds are provided through congressional appropriations, which are determined each new fiscal year. Project eligibility criteria requires a minimum 50% (1:1) cost-share match provided by the applicant. All preservation, restoration, and rehabilitation projects are required to conform to the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
Applications are now being accepted for the 2019 cost-share grant cycle. The deadline for application submissions is Friday April 12, 2019. Applications must be received by the program office on or before this date. Applications received after this date will not be accepted. Complete details can be found in the 2019 Cost-Share Grant Application Guidelines and Forms (Word) (pdf). The announcement can also be found on Grants.gov, Funding Opportunity No. NPSNOFOP19AS00029.


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The 40 Year-Old-Critic: This Is 40 (2012)
In The 40-Year-Old Critic, Venganza Media creator and host Arnie Carvalho recalls a memorable film for each year of his life. This series appears daily on the Venganza Media Gazette.
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Have you ever wanted to see a movie and yet been afraid to watch it?
It's an interesting feeling — the allure of a film that should be very good and entertaining, but the anticipation is tainted by fear that I may have an uncomfortable experience. Not that I feel the movie may be bad, but that it could be so good that it makes you a different person after watching it.
As a child I held this fear about many horror movies. From A Nightmare on Elm Street to Hellraiser II, I was scared of what the movie might contain. But as I grew up it wasn't horror movies that scared me; it was stories about people, and movies that may hold up a mirror and force me to look deep inside myself.
In 2012 the film I feared watching most was This Is 40.
On the surface that may seem absolutely silly. After all, what is there to fear about a comedy, especially a spin off to the easy, breezy stoner sex romp Knocked Up?
The problem lies entirely in coincidence. This is 40 was released in the holiday season of 2012, a time in which those numbers — 4 – 0 — loomed large in my future. This entire review series is a retrospective of my 40 years of watching films, but it ends with me being forced to say, "So… this is 40."
More, this movie was written and directed by Judd Apatow, best known for his 2005 comedy, The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Though I had watched a few episodes of his TV series Freaks and Geeks, it was through Virgin that I became aware of Apatow's work.
Clearly he was a funny writer; The 40-Year-Old Virgin had me laughing out loud throughout. But despite being funny and raunchy, there was something about the film that felt real and true. Andy, the sexually-challenged obsessive toy collector played by Steve Carrell, may have been a caricature, but he was also sweet and earnest. By the end of the film he'd gone from wanting sex to wanting true love, and the audience rooted for him. More, his friends all seemed to have more realistic problems; one constantly cheats on his girlfriend, another is obsessed with his ex.
This combination of heart and humor became Apatow's trademark, and while I didn't feel his follow-up films Knocked Up and Funny People reached the heights of The 40-Year-Old Virgin, they both were films with a human story surrounded by comedy. Even the films Apatow produced, but didn't direct or write, often followed that pattern, with Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Wanderlust, and The Five-Year Engagement all being character studies as well as comedies.
It was specifically Funny People that made me fear This is 40 the most. That film featured Adam Sandler as a comedian dying of leukemia. While the movie pulled several punches and most of the jokes didn't hit (like any 21st Century Sandler film), it showed a dramatic weight and had several moments that tugged at the heartstrings and made me contemplate my own death — what would I do if I became terminally ill at a still relatively young age?
Bathroom humor… literally.
Now Apatow was going to set his sights squarely on middle-aged suburbanites. As an Apatow fan I wanted to see the film, but as a man about to turn 40 I feared what I would see.
I have a good life. I love my wife, I have a steady job, we have a nice house, and we travel a lot. Through my podcasts I get to touch the lives of hundreds of thousands of people all over the world, and some of the doors opened by those shows allow me to have experiences many only dream of. I am not unhappy in my life, but any major milestone is a time for reflection. Should I have chased my dreams harder than I did? Should I have become comfortable in my job? Did I compromise too much?
It's hard to start living a life where you see the clock start ticking the other way, and life starts being gauged by the things you'll never do instead of the things you'll do someday. That is being 40 — and I wasn't sure I wanted to see a movie that would epitomize that experience.
The trailers showed a couple seemingly at a crossroads. The opening scene showed Paul Rudd's character, Pete, chatting with a friend, Barry (Robert Smigel), confiding that he sometimes fantasizes about his wife's death and the second wife he may find after.
"God, I can't wait to meet my second wife," Pete tells Barry. "I hope she likes me better than this one."
Yes, it was somewhat amusing but it also was about death. I know too many remarried widows and widowers, and the thought of losing Marjorie was uncomfortable.
Lines then floated from the screen, such as, "I have responsibilities, I can't afford to sit in my apartment getting baked," and, "It doesn't seem like our lives should be this much work."
Another line that resonated with me; "We're gonna blink and be 90. We have to make a choice to make things different."
It then ends with a turnaround, showing Pete's wife Debbie (Leslie Mann) admitting she also fantasizes about his death.
While the parenting situations portrayed were not ones to which I could relate, these messages of reflection on aging mirrored my inner thoughts to a frightening degree. If I was already undergoing extreme neurotic self-examination, what would I see in the mirror held up by This is 40?
I didn't see the film in theaters. I eventually rented it on iTunes during a trip; the 30-day rental expired with me never having pushed "play." Then I set up my Tivo to record it, where it sat for months.
Can this couple stay together? Do we want them to?
Finally, one night at 3 a.m., I found myself restless and unable to sleep. Though it was a weeknight and I had to work in a few hours, I got up and went into the home theater. It was time to face my fear and watch This is 40, though it was a path I chose to walk alone, intentionally watching when Marjorie was sound asleep.
What did I find in that film? Was it an honest portrayal of 21st century middle-age? Was it a scathing look at modern marriages? Was it going to try to sell me on the trite message that children are the only thing worth living for; a path I intentionally never took?
Nope. All my fear was for nothing — all I got was an incredibly unfunny and poorly written movie.
Despite the title, Apatow didn't focus on the issues of an aging Generation X. This was not our mid-life crisis version of The Breakfast Club; a cultural touchstone that we could all look at while sadly remembering days gone by. No, This Is 40 is not even attempting to speak to a generation; it is simply a situation comedy with a broad title.
That is fine, and actually I was relieved to not have an uncomfortable movie experience. My dislike of this film is not because it wasn't what I expected; my dislike is that this is an ugly portrayal of unlikable people in which none of the jokes work.
Pete and Debbie are a married couple who seem to genuinely dislike each other. The death fantasies were not wanderlust; they were manifestations of extreme aggravation. And, honestly, both are right to sometimes hate the other.
Apatow films often feature a man-child in the lead role, and here that character is Pete, a man who keeps chasing his dreams, though he's about to turn 40. That, in itself, isn't so bad. Some of his behaviors were even slightly amusing. He sneaks food like a child. He hides out in the bathroom to play on his iPad versus talk to his family. But in this type of character there is a line where you cross from funny into pathological, and Pete crosses that line. He lies to his wife about money, taking their life savings and giving it in chunks to his deadbeat father Larry (Albert Brooks). He also hides his business troubles.
His wife Debbie is no better. If the Apatow male is irresponsible, the counter is the Apatow female — the shrew. Apatow's real-life wife Mann is often cast in that role, and here she's the most extreme and horrible version of that character. Vain and neurotic, she leaves her husband to his own devices while she goes out trying to recapture her youth, partying with her young employee Desi (Megan Fox). She flirts with other guys, and there's a fine line between wanting to feel validated and cheating on your husband; Debbie skirts that line. Most, Debbie discovers she's pregnant and hides that from Pete.
Looking at these two characters that do whatever they can to not spend time together, who lie to each other versus having hard conversations, I hoped this film ended in divorce. This was not a couple I wanted to see work it out, not even for the children.
And Melissa McCarthy's in this movie… doing that thing she does in every movie.
Apatow includes scenes of the two working in unison, such as when they have to visit the school principal about an incident with another parent (played by the always one-note Melissa McCarthy). I think the director intended to show that while the couple may fight and struggle, together they are strong. Instead of that, I took away that they are lying, manipulative characters who treat the rest of the world as badly as they treat each other.
It seemed an ugly portrayal — a marriage of convenience and obligation versus love.
Still, I'm not sure this movie had a "plot" so much as it was a loose stringing together of subplots. For instance, Debbie has an employee stealing from her business. It's a mystery at first, but eventually revealed to be Desi, who is stealing to finance a drug habit. This is supposed to be a revelation that makes Debbie realize young, sexy Desi isn't perfect and that she should no longer yearn to be in her 20s, but that character turn doesn't make sense. It really just shows that Debbie is a poor judge of character. More, Desi's troubles are never examined, and she is cast aside in the film.
Another subplot involves Debbie attempting to reconnect with her wealthy physician father, Oliver (John Lithgow). I thought that subplot was there to provide an "out" for the various financial issues the couple put themselves in, but no, the film offers that solution and then refuses it.
When credits rolled I was relieved that I no longer had to spend any more time with Pete, Debbie, and their dysfunctional family and friends, and I'd have been hard-pressed to tell you the point of the film.
This is 40 is clearly Apatow's worst directorial effort to date, on par with some of his worst-produced films, notably Wanderlust and The Five-Year Engagement. The jokes fall flat, focusing on such inane topics as an obsession with the TV show Lost. More, the story is non-existent. That could all work if I liked the characters, but the script makes that impossible. Even Rudd, who has oozed charisma in every role I've seen, stumbles badly. Usually his charm can make him stand out even when he's working with sub-par material, but here the most extreme version of his lovable, immature routine comes across as whiny and spoiled.
The worst part of 40 is the length. Perhaps I made a mistake watching the even longer unrated cut, but in a movie where most of the jokes die and the characters have no appreciable arcs, the goal should be to cut as much as possible. Instead Apatow became as self-indulgent as his characters and the film ballooned to more than two hours and fifteen minutes.
I guess I was right for fearing This is 40, but for all the wrong reasons. In the end, I just spent nearly two-and-a-half hours of my last year in my 30s watching a pathetic, unfunny, and unoriginal film.
Now just days away from that milestone birthday, I've gotten past my fear — not only of this movie but of that age. The amount of thought given, both through this review series, watching This is 40, and private reflection has shown me that 40 may not be so bad after all. My beard may have a few gray hairs, but I have used this time to build a terrific life.
Being 40 isn't so bad at all, but This is 40 is miserable.
Tomorrow — 2013 — the final review!
Arnie is a movie critic for Now Playing Podcast, a book reviewer for the Books & Nachos podcast, and co-host of the collecting podcasts Star Wars Action News and Marvelicious Toys. You can follow him on Twitter @thearniec
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Postwar Campus
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University of East Anglia, Denys Lasdun
By zren2
The Beginning of the new university
I am going to talk about the University of East Anglia today, which Denys Lasdun had participated in and contributed from 1962 to1968. The University of East Anglia could be called as 'new universities' in 1960s, because it provides higher education for all the people, as a symbol of the Welfare State. Different from the universities locating in the city, the University of East Anglia locates on the Southwest of the Norwich (fig. 1), lying on a south facing slope, rising seventy feet from the River Yare, about two miles from the center of Norwich city. At the beginning of the project, some architects like Bernard Feilden had opposed to the site where the university was decided to built.[1] They tried to integrate the university with Norwich more closely by built the university in the city, as they believed that the site in the old Norwich center is better than the site at the edge of the city. Yet these architects were defeated, and it was mainly for the political reasons. The site of the new university was finally located where it is now. The local people in Norwich had expected a university for decades of years. As early as 1918, the Norwich people had written to the local newspapers and expressed their need for a new university.[2] It is not until 1960 Norwich got their new university. The Norwich provided 200 acres and a big amount money for the university, which was planned for 6000 undergraduate students. The university was finally constructed with vast green lands and the areas for future development of new buildings on the periphery of the site.
Figure 1: The university site located two miles from Norwich city center (Official architecture and planning, 513).
The imagination from Denys Lasdun
Denys Lasdun participated in the project of the University of East Anglia in 1962. He has said that 'The brief from the academics rightly posed the question: how should young people live in a new university? The design directive was inspired by this brief.'[3] We Could see it clearly that the sharp focus of his design is the young people in the university. The single group of young people comprised the majority of the university. Denys would focus his efforts on the living, learning and socializing experience of the main users, the students in the university. That might also explain why the site of the university was chosen in a land away from the city. In the imagination of Denys, the experience of students should abound big green lands, beautiful trees and hills full of vigor, rather than the old city life with busy traffic and cars. The university should be an independent new world other than the mundane one. In order to create such a new world, Denys designed the new university as a whole. To build a break with the past habits of the university design, he deliberately designed to blur the boundary of the individual departments, organizing different departments in an unprecedented manner. The idea of the whole and new university might has also interested Denys and contributed to the design of the university plan. Now, we could see it clearly from the bird eye view of the university that the buildings of the university locate at the center of the grass land, the main building on the campus looks like a wall, and a cluster of ziggurat buildings are constructed beside the wall (fig. 2). Amid the ziggurat buildings and the wall shape buildings is a line of walkway.
Figure 2: Bird eye view of the university (The postwar university: Utopianist campus and college, 147).
Three editions of the design
In 1962, Denys had drawn several early sketches on 8, 10 and 11 October 1962 (fig. 3). In these sketches, his idea was formed by several compact groups of buildings, which were organized in the spiral form and linked with each other by pedestrian routes. We could speculate from the sketches that Denys had tried to concentrate the university as compact groups from the onset of the design. In the mind of Denys, the groups of buildings might be viewed as villages or hills located on the grass land, which could be seen as a small world, representing the romantic or poetic life of the young students. But he might have not determined what kind of building should be hills or what forms the buildings should be designed. The idea of small buildings clustered along the spiral line had appeared, yet uncertain. Curtis had said that 'The university was to allow for growth, but in such a way that balance would be retained at any future stage.'[4] The continuous routes of pedestrian and building had potential to be used for the future development.
Figure 3: Denys had drawn several early sketches on 8, 10 and 11 October 1962 (W. Curtis, Denys Lasdun, 88)
The first draft of the university was designed in 1962 before the appointment of academic staff. In this edition of plan, the university was located at the center of the land with big meadows or grassland on the south and north side of the campus (fig. 4). At this time, Denys had already found out the design language of the university and the main organization way had been clear. At the north side, the building looked like a curved line with some ramifications, which followed the contour of the land. All the small residential buildings were located on the south side of the campus, with enough sunlight, facing the beautiful river view. The residential buildings were connected with the line on the north side, which could also be called as the 'spine' or wall of buildings, through these building ramifications. The layout of line was used by the architect to design a compact university, where most of teaching, learning and living activities were concentrated as a whole, then the the rest of the lands could serve as the green spaces around the buildings.
Figure 4: The first draft of design (Official architecture and planning, 514).
In 1963, not very long after Denys came up with his first edition, he devised the second draft of the new university, in which he kept the main principles of his former design, such as the compact building layout on vast green spaces (fig. 5). These main principles were continuous and served as key elements, and the concept that the whole campus should be designed as a complete world was reinforced. To get that result, Denys made some changes to the spine of the campus and the connection way between spine and small buildings. Finally, the difference between the first and the second edition focused on how to organize the residential buildings with the teaching building. In the second edition, the ramifications on the main line of buildings at the north side were canceled. The main line, which incorporated all the teaching and research departments, was organized in a single line form and directly connected to the small residential buildings.
Figure 5: The second draft of design (Official architecture and planning, 514).
After two edition of drafts, the fundamental skeleton of his design had been developed, including the compact layout of the campus, single linear building incorporated all departments, peripheral small residential buildings, and pedestrian linkage between buildings. Denys managed to create a poetic world for the young students, where the university was surrounded by meadows, rivers and trees, being an impressive landscape in the Norwich. Maybe because of the distinct character of his design, Denys called the design as 'an anatomy of ideas' during his press conference in Norwich on 25 April 1963.
The third edition of the design was finished in 1967, Denys kept his main ideas, and the main difference between the third edition and the former was the layout of the student housings, which was reorganized from the linear to clusters on the plan (fig. 6). Maybe he had learned that the true hills were not formed in a linear style. After three editions of development, the design of the University of East Anglia was finally formed by lines of student dormitories at the front part of the university in the appearance of pyramid, a building wall at the rear part, which contains further teaching, biology department, math/ physics department, chemistry department, and arts department. In the center of the university was the library, hard surfaced play areas and restaurants. The whole university was also linked by walkways in the air and driving way on the ground as a whole. The walkway system had become a necessary measure to support the completeness of the new university.
Figure 6: The third Draft of design (Official architecture and planning, 514).
The main contribution by Denys
The peculiar appearance of the student housing buildings should be the most distinguish character of the university, which looked like pyramids in a form of ziggurat, rather than a straight linear layout (fig. 7). The reason for the ziggurat form might be the contour of the land. Denys deliberately designed the residential building to follow the contour of the land, which could be seen as a nature part of the land. Such respect to land might based on the imagination of Denys, who tried to make the university as landscape as possible. He also presented the high design skill by creating beautiful appearance of the residential building, even though the residential buildings were constructed by precast concrete (fig 8). Traditionally, the building constructed by precast concrete were not beautiful. It was the excellent design skill of Denys that gave the residential building a good proportion. Denys organized twelve study bedrooms around a breakfast room and stepped each floor a little back to create balconies, following the tilt of the grass slope (fig. 9). He used big panel of glass on the south window of the residential building, creating positive interaction between the landscape and the building.
Figure 7: Denys Lasdun's spectacular zigzag of student residences are visually (and perhaps functionally) the most successful part of his original plan (Adventures in architecture, 222).
Figure 8: The residents building were being constructed by pre-cast concrete (W. Curtis, Denys Lasdun, 96).
Figure 9: Plan of the ziggurat student residences (The postwar university: Utopianist campus and college, 148).
In 1962, the Vice Chancellor had sent a message to the Academic Planning Board to discuss the residential buildings of the new university. Traditionally, the student housing was separated from the libraries and dining buildings. Yet the modern students might not like that kind of organizations of the the living, eating and learning. A new type of residential building was needed, which might partly combine the function of living, eating and learning. For that reason, Denys designed the modulus of residential buildings that organized the bedrooms and a kitchen around a staircase. Moreover, the fees for maintenance in UEA did not cover the meal, which only covered the room rent. As a result, the students needed to cook by themselves or pay cash in the restaurant. The kitchen became a necessity and was always overloaded after the construction (fig. 10). With the help of kitchen, students could eat and live in the campus without going outside or to Norwich. The completeness of the university and the life of young student was reinforced once more.
Figure 10: The kitchen became a necessity and was always overloaded after the construction (Case study: university of East Anglia, 1326).
To connect the building and the beautiful nature land, Denys used stepped form in the design of residences buildings. The stepped form of the residences gives each room of the residential buildings their own daylight, and relaxing balcony. Students could even bask on the stepped balcony with the view of beautiful landscape on the south side of the building (fig. 11). The daylighting balcony outside every dormitory room is impossible in most of the universities right now. Denys had talked about his excellent design work in 1966 as 'Here we are concerned with making virtually an outcrop of stone on the side of a hill leading down to a river … an assembly of built forms with a diversity of spaces, each one intimately attached to the particular piece of landscape in which it finds itself.'[5]
Figure 11: Students could even bask on the stepped balcony with the view of beautiful landscape on the south side of the building (Denys Lasdun, 95).
Another important design measure followed the principle of the completeness world is the walkway system. Denys designed the upper –level streets for circulation, which makes the pedestrian and driving traffic could work simultaneously without interrupting each other (fig. 12). The walkway in the air might be affected by the Bethnal Green clusters. The walkway started from the west end of the campus, in a form of rectangular square, then straight narrow walkway went onwards to the northeast through the campus. The west part of the walkway went along both the north and south side of the middle space between the north single wall of building and the student residential buildings. On the north side, it was in straight form, yet in the south side it fitted the shape of the residential building. In the middle part of the walkway, both south and north side converged together and formed a horizontal straight line of walkway, linking the west and the east part of the campus. At the east part of campus, the walkway diverges into two directions of northeast and southeast, one is perpendicular to another. By linking the residential buildings and the wall shape buildings, the walkway gave freedom connection and walking experience to students, as a result, the walkway system encouraged brisk walking and encounters between students (fig. 13). 'It links with upper forums and gathering places and enters the teaching wall at right angles. But the primary meaning of this 'street-in-air' is social: it encourages chance encounters and embodies the link between the private and the public worlds.'[6] The walkway system represent the efforts that Denys had made for the living, learning and socializing experience of young students, to create a complete new world.
Figure 12: Denys designed the upper –level streets for circulation, which makes the pedestrian and driving traffic could work simultaneously without interrupting each other (The postwar university: Utopianist campus and college, 144).
Figure 13: The walkway system encouraged brisk walking and encounters between students (The postwar university: Utopianist campus and college, 146).
The new era of the university
Denys Lasdun left the project at the end of the 1968, after that, Norwich practitioner Bernard Feilden took over his position. Bernard and his partner, especially David Luckhurst, continued the main idea of Denys' design. They organized the library, teaching building in a line as what Denys designed. Yet Bernard also designed in his own way. Denys designed the walkway just as circulation path, which could be interpret as 'Walking briskly', yet Bernard widened part of the walkway and created resting and and meeting spaces to encourage the social activities (fig. 14).
Figure 14: Bernard widened part of the walkway and created resting and and meeting spaces to encourage the social activities (Case study: university of East Anglia, 1331).
Official architecture and planning 4-1968, pp.513-15,
Aldous, 'Adventures in architecture. The new universities', Country Life 29-1-1976, pp.222-4,
Curtis, Denys Lasdun, London, 1994
Stefan Muthesius, The Postwar University: Utopianist Campus and College, London: Yale University Press, c2000.
Sheila Upjohn and A. F. Crawshaw, 'Case Study: University of East Anglia', AJ 14-6-1972, pp1322-38
[1] Sheila Upjohn and A. F. Crawshaw, 'Case Study: University of East Anglia', AJ 14-6-1972, pp1324
[2] Ibit, pp1322
[4] W. Curtis, Denys Lasdun, London, 1994, pp92-93.
[5] W. Curtis, Denys Lasdun, London, 1994, pp96.
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Heading into Saturday afternoon's battle between No. 13 Miami (Fla.) and Florida State, the Hurricanes hadn't managed to topple their Sunshine State rivals since 2009. It was tied for the longest win streak by either team during the rivalry, dating back to 1955.
And after a 20-yard touchdown pass from James Blackman to Auden Tate with just 1:04 left to play to put the Seminoles up 20-17, Florida State had a chance to tie the 62-game series at 31 wins apiece with an eighth straight win over the Hurricanes.
What a way to end a drought!
Yep, you saw that right.
Malik Rosier, who finished the evening with 254 passing yards and three touchdowns, threw an absolute perfect pass to Darrell Langham from 23 yards out with just six seconds to play.
Rosier piloted the Seminoles down the field on a nine-play, 75-yard drive in just 1:18 for a game-winning touchdown. Talk about drama.
It took all 60 minutes, but the Hurricanes now move to a still-perfect 4-0, while the Seminoles fall to 1-3 on the season.


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No, Poltergeist III doesn't make any sense, but it reaps the rewards left by the legacy-dashing second film's sins.
Never has the "enemy of my enemy is my friend" principle played more prominent a role in my reaction to an obviously mediocre movie than it did and continues to with Poltergeist III. The enemy in this case being the notion that Poltergeist II: The Other Side isn't a wretched, insulting cash-in that distorted and desecrated everything that entranced every kid who still can't look at clown dolls without giving them the major side-eye. There are no arguments to be had that the third movie in the series is worth anything other than a late-night cable-TV viewing to either cure insomnia or revel in nostalgia for a highly representative entry from the height of VHS-era horror. But I'm glad it exists if only to bend the curve that much further toward the unimpeachable original.
In 1982, Steven Spielberg, who authored the original film's screenplay, was many years in his career away from embracing the ethical, moral, and narrative complexities that have fueled one of the most rewarding third acts in American filmmaking. When he went on the record in calling the second of Poltergeist's two climaxes his least favorite part of the movie, the reasons were no doubt a reflection on the tension between his and director Tobe Hooper's conflicting sensibilities, not because he felt the return of Cuesta Verde's vengeful dead (even after Tangina's earlier seal of approval) didn't make sense. The spectacle of skeletons erupting from the floors and pools was simply a better forum for Hooper's flea-ridden gifts, and perhaps Spielberg realized he'd let the journeyman waltz away with his movie's big exclamation point.
Spielberg should've been content that the movie had one. The 1986 sequel amounted to a series of ellipses, inadvertently validating Tangina's claim in the original film that "there is no death." There are only inevitable rehashes. The hauntings of the first film were explicitly pinned on the fact that the final resting places of a great many forgotten souls were desecrated by callous American sprawl. So why are the Freelings bedeviled in Arizona, where they've relocated and now live with Diane Freeling's mother, Jess (Geraldine Fitzgerald, a year or two removed from wrapping her lips around Harvey Wallbanger in a very special suicide episode of The Golden Girls)? Because, as Margaret White once said, "sin never dies." The Light, in the original film, was a resolutely agnostic approximation of Heaven. The retrograde second film retreats from the first movie's spiritual boldness (Tangina to Diane: "Will you do everything I tell you, even if it comes contrary to your beliefs as a human being and a Christian?") and anchors itself around the malevolent presence of Kane (Julian Beck), a demon who resided underneath the Freelings' plot and now seeks Carol Anne while posing as a reverend.
Best I can tell, it's the late Beck's toothsome presence in the film, saddling up next to Carol Anne and leering at her like an Afterschool Special child molester, that's responsible for any cachet the movie has among those who ought to see how far the franchise had fallen. (Even the work of composer Jerry Goldsmith, one of the only non-actor holdovers from the first film, pales in comparison to his alternately brutal and ethereal themes from the original.) His death in 1987—another check mark in the escalating rumors of a "Poltergeist curse" even before O'Rourke's sad, untimely death at 12 to septic shock—didn't deter the suits that green-lit Poltergeist III from retaining Kane in an obvious attempt to render unto their franchise an evil avatar, an un-killable monster on the order of Freddy, Jason, and Michael. Poor Nathan Davis was made to look the part, but wasn't given any opportunity to tap into Beck's pervvy moxie.
Poltergeist III, under the helm of director Gary Sherman (Raw Meat, Vice Squad), once again relocates beleaguered Carol Anne, now approaching preteen-dom, to the glass-and-steel jungle of Chicago. Steve and Diane, busy not being involved in Poltergeist III, have sent their daughter to live with Diane's sister, Pat (Nancy Allen), and her husband, Bruce (Tom Skerritt), in a posh high-rise with more mirrors per square inch than Studio 54. Carol Anne attends a school for "gifted" but "troubled" children, all of whom are reminded that most of mankind's creative geniuses were also cuckoo. The school's priggish psychological counselor, Dr. Seaton (Richard Fire), is convinced that Carol Anne isn't actually the repeated target of malevolent preachers, but rather has a talent for mass hypnosis. (Apparently, she hypnotized a 2,200-square-foot house to swallow itself up whole six years prior.) Meanwhile, Tangina spills some tea in California and instantly realizes her flaxen-haired charge is yet again in The Beast's sights.
It turns out that Seaton's barrage of hypnosis therapy has allowed Kane to home in on Carol Anne's wavelengths and follow her to Chicago. He reveals himself to be quite the magician and pulls a lot of "now you see me, now you don't" trickery with those omnipresent mirrors before grabbing Carol Anne and pulling her to the other side, a place she really ought to know how to get out of on her own by now. It's up to her aunt and uncle to convince the functionally orphaned Carol Anne that they love her, and that she should return to them on the boring side.
No, Poltergeist III doesn't make any sense either, but it reaps the rewards left by the legacy-dashing second film's sins, and runs with them in what I guess would constitute a dazzling display of dream logic if you'd never seen a single Nightmare on Elm Street. Sherman's sensible approach to the material was to eschew the ILM overload that marked the series up to that point and opt for (much cheaper) in-camera optical effects and low-tech illusionry. At its best, Poltergeist III recalls that surreal mix of DIY ingenuity and narrative ineptitude that mark some of Lucio Fulci's lesser efforts. At its worst, well, it's just another soulless, hacky-tacky horror sequel. Sherman called it his least favorite of all his films, but I have to assume he never saw Poltergeist II: The Other Side.
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