The Christadelphian Church was begun by Dr. John Thomas who was born in London England and was raised in a Congregational Church. He had some Christianity in his background.
Thomas immigrated to the United States in 1832 with his father, who had associated with the Baptists. On the trip over, the ship on which he traveled went through several terrible storms that threatened his life. Thomas promised God that if he were spared, he would then devote his life to the study of religion. He made it to America and kept his promise.
When he arrived he associated himself with the Campbellite group who were then known as the Disciples. He joined and was baptized. Alexander Campbell, the leader of what became known as the Campbellites. He claimed at that time that Jesus Christ would return to earth in 1866. Thomas believed Campbell and also taught that the date 1866 was significant. When the American Civil War began, Thomas along with others believed that the war was the beginning of the Bible �Battle of Armageddon.� In 1834, Dr. Thomas launched a magazine called �The Apostolic Advocate.� This is where he really began to spread his teachings. As with many of this time, he was interested in prophecy and devoted his efforts to understanding prophecy. Thomas was on a search to discover the true meaning of the doctrines of the Bible.
Thomas then returned to England to speak on his new-found religion. While he was in England, he wrote the book called �Elpis Israel� which means �Hope of Israel.� It is a detailed work of his beliefs discussing creation, sin, death, God�s law, immortality, and the coming Kingdom, etc. He then returned to America.
In 1862, Thomas again returned to England and completed his book �Elpis Israel� birthed congregations that followed his teachings. He lectured extensively and Christadelphianism became popular in England. He returned to America again. In 1869, after writing his book �Eureka,� Thomas visited England, one more time and left an influence that is still felt today. Because of his efforts as England has the largest number of Christadelphians in the world.
In the 1890�s, controversy began between Roberts and J. J. Andrew on the issue of �resurrectional responsibility� (an important argument). This split the church into two factions called Amended and Unamended (those judged unworthy to receive immortality and life in the Kingdom will be annihilated). The majority accepted Robert�s position, and his position was amended.
Like others in the middle of the 1800�s, Thomas began a religious movement as an outgrowth of his own personal interpretations. Mormonism, Jehovah�s Witnesses, Christian Science, 7th Day Adventism, Spiritism and the Christadelphian�s were all products of a time of religious unrest. They all were trying to find truth by new revelation or combining some truth through their own opinions. Christadelphianism is non Trinitarian (much like Unitarianism) and is categorized as a non-Christian cult. They regard paid ministry as unscriptural. They have contempt for churches that pay their ministers, (like Mormons) and refer to them as �hirelings.� They do not vote or support a nation's war effort, even if it is in self defense (like Jehovah's Witnesses). Members are not to be part of politics, nor engage in any form of public service. They do not swear an oath in a court of law, but are prepared to serve on a jury. Women are not permitted to preach or pray in their meetings. Members are not permitted to take communion in any other church. Doing so means excommunication.
They believe that the Bible is the infallible and inerrant word of God. (The Christadelphians: What They Believe and Preach, p. 82). But it becomes their interpretation that guides their members for it is not a sound interpretation.
Like all cults, Christadelphianism denies numerous essential core teachings of Christianity: The Tri-unity, Jesus as God in the flesh, the physical resurrection, afterlife, and salvation by grace. They add a requirement for salvation: baptism. (Certainly from the early influence of the Cambellites).
Actually, it has been Christianity that has kept the Bible intact and preached the true salvation message. But most cults make merchandise of certain Scriptures, ignoring the fact that the Church was never to be overcome.
Who is the Jesus of Christadelphianism?
They believe Jesus had a sinful nature (The Christadelphians, What They Believe, by Harry Tennant, The Christadelphian, England, p. 74 - a Christadelphian book). �And it was for that very reason -- being a member of a sinful race -- that the Lord Jesus himself needed salvation.� (Answers, p. 24 -(Christadelphian Answers, ed. by Frank G. Jannaway, The Herald Press, p. 25 - another Christadelphian book).
�Therefore, we conclude that it is not only that Jesus was called a sinner at his trial by his enemies or that he was �numbered with the transgressors� when he was crucified between two thieves, but more particularly that he shared the very nature which had made a sinner out of every other man who had borne it� (The Christadelphians: What They Believe and Preach, by Harry Tennant page 74).
�He [Jesus] saved himself in order to save us� (Christadelphian Answers, Compiled by Frank G. Jannaway. A reproduction of an original edition by, The Herald Press, 4011 Bolivia, Houston, Texas, 77092, 1920 p.24).
Did Jesus need to be saved when only sinners need salvation.
Jn. 8:46, Jesus asks the people, �which of you convicts me of sin.� Obviously they could not accuse him of anything. Since sin is falling short of God's perfection, Jesus was never less than perfect at any time.
Heb 7:26 �For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens.� Heb 8:1 �Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.� It is this high priest, one born of a virgin, and who was without sin that is the mediator. If it is not this Jesus, then Jesus is not your mediator.
The Bible is clear, Jesus was without sin. 1 Pet. 1:18-19 �knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.� 1 Pet 2:21-22 �For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: �Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth� We don�t follow a sinners example, but the pure Son of God, �And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin� (I Jn. 3:5).
The Old Testament principle of the sacrifice in Lev.3: �offer it without blemish before the LORD.� Lev.1:3 �If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish.� Lev.6:25-29 tells us the sin offering is most holy before and after its death. A sacrifice was to be perfect and Holy throughout.
That Jesus' atonement was not substitutionary (Answers, p. 25; What They Believe, p. 71).
The second secret of the cross is that it is the source of the forgiveness of sins. It is not a debt settled by due payment. It is not a substitutionary offering whereby someone is paid a price so that others might then go free� (p. 71, The Christadelphians: What They Believe and Preach, by Harry Tennant).
�Therefore the wonderful work of baptism is essential to salvation� (The Christadelphians: What They Believe and Preach, by Harry Tennant page 210).
�A believing, repentant person receives forgiveness of sins by being baptized� (The Christadelphians: What They Believe and Preach, by Harry Tennant pages 207-8).
Titus 3:5 �Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us through the washing of regeneration, and the renewing of the Holy Spirit.� It is the Holy Spirits work not a physical work of baptism that saves us.
Hebrews 10:22 says, �Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our heart sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.� This is based on the previous chapter showing from where cleaning comes.
�In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.� (Eph. 1:7)�In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins� (Col.1:14).
Heb. 10:20, the veil was His flesh by which we now have access. The Old Testament sacrifice for sin shows it is always through the blood that gave us forgiveness- without water.
Rom. 5:1 says, �Therefore having been justified by faith.� �Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God.� (Rom. 3:24-25).
They teach there is only one God. (Isaiah 43-45) Christ is not God and neither is the Holy Spirit.
There is no Trinity - Scriptures that Christians use to support the trinity doctrine referring to Elohim are dismissed as only referring to angels. The angels they say did the work of creation, because it was beneath God to engage in such a work. Jesus is not God in flesh (Answers, p. 22).
As far as being a man, this is true, but not as being God.
�There is no hint in the Old Testament that the Son of God was already existent or in any way active at that time� (The Christadelphians: What They Believe and Preach, by Harry Tennant page 85). �We reject the doctrine of the Son of God was Co-eternal with the Father.� �We reject the gospel alone will save without the obedience of the commandments.� �Jesus Christ did not exist as a person from eternity as one of the triune Godhead. �He did not actually come into being until he was begotten of the Holy Spirit in Bethlehem� (Christadelphian messenger no.46, the word made flesh p.3).
Becoming the Christ at baptism was an early Church heresy by Paul of Samosata, a modalist who was the bishop of Antioch. He taught Jesus was a mere man begotten of the virgin Mary by the Holy Spirit. He became the Christ at his baptism and was adopted by the Father after His death (adoptionism).
Heb.1:8 The Father speaking to the Son, �But to the Son he (the Father) says �Your throne ,O� God is forever and ever.� V:10 The Father speaking of the Son, �And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning has laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of your hands...�If the Father says He (the Son) is God then one has an argument against God himself. �To God our Savior� (Jude 1:25).
The Bible also tells us that He was pre-existent. John 1:2-3 �He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.� In Jn.17 he states Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.� Gen.1 tells us the first thing created was the heavens and the earth. So, if he had glory with the Father before the world was, He pre-existed as God -- for only God existed at that time. The same argument can be used for all cults that deny the deity of Jesus Christ.
The Holy Spirit is not a person but a �...radiant visible power from the Father. It is an unseen power emanating from the Deity, filling all space, and by which God is everywhere present. It is the medium by which God created all things...� (Christadelphians by Lita Hutchins, page 7).
�The Spirit is not a 'separate' or 'other' person. It is God's own radiant power, ever out flowing from Him, by which His 'everywhereness' is achieved. The Spirit is personal in that it is of God Himself: it is not personal in the sense of being some other person within the Godhead� (The Christadelphians: What They Believe and Preach, by Harry Tennant page 115). Like Jehovah's Witnesses, they refer to the Holy Spirit as �it�. So they have no Holy Spirit to assist them in their study and interpretation of the Scriptures! Because the Bible teaches the Holy Spirit is personal, intelligent and can speak.
In Gen.1 we find that the Holy Spirit partook in the creation of the earth. Job 26:13 �By His Spirit He made the heavens.� (Job 33:4). If God created all things, then His Spirit is God as well. �Now the Lord (Yahweh) is that Spirit� (2 Cor.3:17).
In Jn.14:16-17 Jesus says, �And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.� The Holy Spirit is another of the same kind as Jesus. We find that the Scripture states the Spirit is eternal. The word allos �another� is used 34 times in John's Gospel, every time it is used of personal subjects. Paul uses the word Spirit as the masculine pronoun He, giving Him identity (John 14:16; 15:26; 16:8,13,14). The Holy Spirit is identified as a Person by John, using in the Greek the masculine ekeinos in Jn.16:13.
In Jn.4:24, �God is Spirit.� This is his nature. In Rev.14:13, the Spirit speaks from heaven saying �write.� �May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all� (2 Cor.13:14). You can�t have fellowship with only a power or force. He has a mind (Rom.8:26-27). He groans along with us, and He intercedes for the saints to the Father, (this gives Him personality and feelings). He has love (Gal.5:22; Rom.15:30), the Bible says God is love.
Jesus� own words teach that there is an existence of rest and reward for the faithful and certain types of punishment and torment for the evil. Death is not a cessation of existence for either the rich man or Lazarus. � The rich man also died and was buried; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torment . . . and cried . . . send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame.� (Luke 16:22-24). Luke 12:4-5 �And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will show you whom you should fear: fear him , who after he has killed , has power to cast into hell, yes, I say to you, fear Him!� Jesus is saying the death of the body is not the end of one's existence.
2 Cor. 5:1-8. V. 8 � we are always confident knowing that while we are home in the body we are absent from the Lord.� He goes on to say that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. This is impossible if there is no immaterial existence of the person after death (soul/spirit). When all our earthly tent is dissolved, we can be assured that we will be in the presence of the One we serve and we love here on earth. We will be further clothed. We are immediately ushered into our new home like moving from one city to the next. In 2 Peter 1:13, Peter talks about putting off his tabernacle, or tent, calling it a temporary dwelling place. 2 Cor.5:6-8 Paul affirms, �To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.� Obviously something survives that has life after the body dies. Heb.11 �has the hall of the faithful who died� and Heb 12:1 tells us we are surrounded by a great crowd of living witnesses. When Stephen was martyred he looked up to heaven, saying under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, �Lord Jesus receive my Spirit� He knew he was going to be immediately transferred into heaven where the Lord is located .
Overall Christadelphianism cannot be classified as Christian in any right sense. Though they use the Bible they have changed the core teachings to be mean something very different than what the Bible intended.


Gezu Belete Mekonen wins Tel Aviv marathon with impressive time of 2:12:12; some 17 required medical attention during run.
The Tel Aviv Marathon has come to an end Friday after 40,000 runners dashed across Israel's cultural capital, blocking traffic.
The race was won by Ethiopian runner Gezu Belete Mekonen with an impressive time of 2:12:12. Kenyan Argaret Njuguna was the best female runner, finishing with a time of 02:27:32 as part of the 45+ category.
While previous marathons were marred by heavy heat, causing some runners to suffer heat strokes, this year saw only 17 people require medical treatment, including a 45-year-old women who suffered a severe sun stroke.


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Trapt's Beef With Deep Ellum Venue Trees, Explained.
Garrett Gravley October 30, 2020
After A Beef With Power Trip Earlier This Year, The Band Is Now Bitching At Trees For Canceling A Gig And Threatening To Host A Show For Dallas Proud Boys.
Trapt is having yet another meltdown on social media — and, as with the California nu-metal band's past beef with Power Trip, this latest spat also involves our neck of the woods.
It all started when Trees issued a statement on October 28 announcing the cancellation of a Trapt show that had been set for November 21.
"Due to reasons beyond our knowledge, the Trapt show has been canceled," the release read. "All tickets will be refunded to the point of purchase. We apologize for any inconvenience."
Then, with the unparalleled grace of a swan, Trapt vocalist Chris Taylor Brown responded to Trees' statement on the band's Twitter account by announcing its intentions to throw a separate show in the area just for Proud Boys.
So @trees in Dallas caved to threats to employees by a few of the under 100 social justice warriors who bitched about trapt in Dallas & who are also absolute sheep brainwashed by mainstream media. What a shame. Next Dallas show for Dallas Proud Boys & LE! POYB! See you SJWs there https://t.co/a44Px6LSVX
— TRAPT (@TRAPTOFFICIAL) October 29, 2020
The Proud Boys are a Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate group. We assume "LE" stands for "law enforcement. We are certain that the "POYB" acronym Brown used is a reference to the song "Proud of Your Boy," which was written for the 1992 Disney film Aladdin — and that makes sense, because if there's one thing we know proud racists love, it's a movie that pays homage to Arabian folklore.
Anyway, things have only devolved from there.
Twitter users called Brown racist, to which he replied with threats of lawsuits — but the proof is in the Paula Deen pudding.
Earlier this year during another epic meltdown, the account told one commenter to "Get a real job and start contributing or I will deport you." And, according to an Instagram screenshot acquired by MetalSucks, Brown additionally let his Goebbels flag fly back in April by sending one user a direct message that read, "rich Jew trying to act tough! Fuck you. I have a fucking militia behind me." Anti-Semitism, of course, is nothing new for Trapt, which used its Twitter account in June to defend George Soros conspiracy theories while using the word "Jew" in a caustic manner.
I have alluded to George Soros and Jewish people? What?! He hates Jewish people… Hates Israel. Saying the word "Jew" is not racist, idiots! Also, talking about one of them being from a rich family is also not racist. If that is all you morons have, you have nothing.
— TRAPT (@TRAPTOFFICIAL) June 16, 2020
But, to be clear, absolutely anyone who doesn't agree with Trapt on its spat with Trees — or, well, probably anything — is subjected to being called names by its social media account. As you can see, Brown is a big fan of referring to dissenters of his beliefs as "cucks."
Oh no, we'll be coming right into the heart and there is nothing a cuck like you is going to do about it….
We played Ardmore and did over 250 and none of you cucks came to that one… plenty of venues between there and Dallas with bigger caps… See you there, cuck. You won't show though….
Honestly, there's a better than zero chance that Brown will even call me a cuck simply for writing this article.
If he doesn't resort to such an insult, he may instead accuse us of being influenced by a pro-Power Trip bias, to which we could only reply "Uh, yeah, no shit." It's not tactful in the slightest to beef with Power Trip fans in their hometown, especially after the devastating loss of vocalist Riley Gale.
But, alas, to no one's surprise, it's Power Trip that Trapt is accusing of derailing its now-canceled Trees show.
We now know who threatened the people at Trees in Dallas. It was the band @powertriptx and their fans… You threaten physical violence at trapt fans and workers at a venue for hosting another band you had issues with? Class act guys👌 Your fans are even classier… https://t.co/6VwYXXnsEM
So, what's really going on here? Is the one-hit-wonder band simply attempting to use social media disharmony as its last-ditched effort at relevancy?
Actually, yeah, that very much does seem to be the case. Being headstrong isn't always a good thing, turns out.
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Citizenship Education in Global Perspective: More Harm than Good?
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I could not be prouder of my brilliant and lovely Spring 2015 stand-up comedy course at Komedia Brighton fledgling comedians (above with Angela Barnes front left and Jill Edwards front centre and comedy giants scraping their heads on the dressing-room ceiling at the back!). They totally owned and lit-up the stage at Brighton's Komedia in their massively sold out "New Act Night" show last night!
My ace Komedia Brighton comedy course graduate Angela Barnes returned to MC again, celebrating six years since she was one of the fledgling comedians in my comedy class taking to the stage for the very first time in her New Act Night show. She's won awards and been all over our televisions since but she still remembers what it was like doing her first ever gig and she had some great tips for everyone who was about to go on stage hoping to follow in her footsteps. Angela was of course the perfect New Act Night MC and spoiled our lovely comedy fledglings with donuts and champagne (after the show!) as usual.
I took the photo (above) of the audience during the first interval in the show. I love that in this shot on the table front right are some of the comedy fledglings, now playing Comic Boom at Komedia and running their own local comedy venues, from my Spring 2014 comedy course New Act Night. Note - most are eating. Not something they were doing when they were about to go on stage at Komedia this time last year!
Our packed-in audience of three hundred was one of those perfect super supportive and very excited by it all audiences. The high energy atmosphere was electric. The newbie acts were all amazing. And the feedback from the show has been terrific. The applause at the end of the show was overwhelming. My Komedia Brighton stand-up comedy class of Spring 2015 left the venue on such a high. We all did!
I can't wait to do it all again but this time with my Autumn 2015 Stand-Up Comedy Course at Komedia Brighton and the one week intensive version in July my One Week Comedy Course Summer Holiday. Exciting times!


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VIRTUS protects youths and adults
George Goss | Catholic Herald Multimedia Journalist
When Father Michael J. Dobbins suggested that one of his parishioners take the VIRTUS training — which is required for all employees in the Diocese of Arlington, and 79 other dioceses, to help prevent, identify and act on abuse — he did not expect that it would have immediate results.
"I saw how effective it was, firsthand," said Father Dobbins, pastor of St. John Bosco Church in Woodstock.
VIRTUS takes its name from the Latin word for courage and was born amid the need to better safeguard youths in parish schools and churches.
The program, which is the brainchild of the National Catholic Risk Retention Group Inc., drills down on five key areas in protecting youths from sexual abusers: knowing the warning signs of abuse; limiting unsupervised access to children; reviewing programs involving children; noticing children's behavioral patterns and if there are dramatic shifts; as well as voicing concerns to others.
"I was serving at a parish in Northern Virginia at the time, and I had encouraged a mom there to take the VIRTUS class because she loved to volunteer, but still needed to take that training in order to do so in the church," said Father Dobbins.
As it turned out, the training she received alerted her to behavioral warning signs that indicated her daughter was being abused.
"After taking the course she went back home, sat her daughter down and asked, 'Has anybody been touching you in a way that is not normal, especially in your private area?' " said Father Dobbins. "And the daughter said, 'Yes.' "
According to Crispin Montelione, associate director of the VIRTUS programs, it is this kind of rapid reaction resulting from the training that survivors of abuse often wish they had.
"Survivors have said that they wish that their parents had been through training like this 20, 30, 40 or 50 years ago because it might have prevented their abuses from starting or continuing," said Montelione.
According to Chanel Marquis, a diocesan VIRTUS training facilitator and compliance officer for child and adult protection at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Triangle, providing that extra level of security is not just to protect youths, but adults as well.
"We are all vulnerable. A lot of people have the misconception that we are just looking out for kids and that nothing can happen to us adults or seniors, but the truth is that it can happen to any of us," said Marquis.
The key point that she emphasizes when teaching VIRTUS is the importance of talking about abuse.
"We all have to come together to talk about abuse. If we don't then we are just burying our heads in the sand and hoping that it will go away. We need to arm ourselves with the necessary information. You have to work at it every day, it doesn't stop," Marquis said.
Deacon Marques Silva, director of the diocesan Office of Child Protection and Safety, said that the discussion element is primary to the training portion as well. Throughout the diocese, all new hires need to set aside four hours for VIRTUS training: screening a video and then talking about it.
"We understand that for someone going through VIRTUS to process it and begin to enculturate and absorb the material you have to start talking about it," Silva said. "We know that the communities that start talking about sex abuse, the instances of it dramatically drop.
Although Montelione was unable to provide statistics on the effectiveness of VIRTUS at preventing abuse, Silva said that there are signs it is having a dramatic effect.
"One instance of abuse is one too many," he said. "What we do know from the information that the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown shows us, is that since the implementation of diocesan procedures and safe environment training, instances of abuse by clergy have significantly dropped. But we must remain vigilant."
For Father Dobbins, that one experience of his parishioner finding out her daughter was abused was enough to prove its value to him.
He recounted that when asked, the parishioner's daughter said that it was her own father committing the abuse, an allegation that was confirmed upon further questioning by the police.
"This program was able to stop that girl's nightmare, at least from the perspective of being victimized," said Father Dobbins. "We need this. We absolutely need this."


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Raiders playoff picture: How Las Vegas can make the NFL playoffs as AFC wild card
If the Raiders want to end their first season in Las Vegas with a playoff berth, they should know their work is cut out for them. At 7-6 going into Week 15's home game vs the Chargers, the Raiders are in the current No. 9 position in the AFC, a game behind the No. 7 Dolphins (8-5) and No. 8 Ravens (8-5).
Last season, the Raiders were still alive in the AFC wild-card race until Week 17, but their 7-9 final record wasn't good enough to get the second wild card. Now that the NFL has expanded to a seventh team in each conference, they have extra life.
With only three games left, here's a look at the Raiders' three different, narrow paths to the playoffs behind the AFC West champion Chiefs:
Raiders go 3-0 to finish 10-6
Jon Gruden's team needs to do this to feel just OK about its chances. The Raiders are favored against the Chargers and will be slight favorites in the final division game at the Broncos in Week 17. In between is a home date with the Dolphins.
Beating Miami would certainly take care of one team ahead of Las Vegas. But Las Vegas is two games behind No. 5 Indianapolis (9-4), to whom it lost in Week 14.
The teams to think about jumping here, beyond Miami, would be Cleveland and Baltimore. The No. 4 Browns (9-4) are also two games ahead of the Raiders, but the Raiders beat them. The team just ahead of them, the Ravens, is favored to win out against the Jaguars, Giants and Bengals.
The most reasonable scenario is the Ravens winning out to get to 11-5 and Raiders winning out to isolate themselves in a head-to-head tie with the Browns at 10-6. The Browns are favored against the Giants and Jets the next two weeks but play at the Steelers in Week 17.
If the Browns go 1-2 while both the Raiders and Ravens win out — while assuming no free fall from either the Colts or AFC South-leading Titans (9-4) — the Raiders would get in as the No. 7 ahead of the Browns and Dolphins.at 10-6 because of beating both teams.
Say the Browns go 2-1 to finish 11-5, however. Then the Raiders, winning out, would focus on the Ravens. They didn't play each other. The Raiders at 10-6 would need the Ravens to go 2-1 to also be 10-6. That would give the Raiders 8-4 conference record vs. either a 7-5 or 6-6 mark for the Ravens. The Dolphins, if they go 2-1 and lose to the Raiders to also finish 10-6, would max out with a 7-5 conference record, too.
Jumping one team is tough enough. The Raiders needing to jump two gives them almost no margin for error and they would still need outside help to get in.
Raiders go 2-1 to finish 9-7
The key here is making sure one of those wins is the Dolphins. So similar to going 3-0, the Raiders would hope for a three-way tie with the Ravens and Dolphins at 9-7, meaning the Raiders would still have the conference-record tiebreaker over both teams to take No. 7. With the Jets on the schedule, the Browns won't be finishing lower than 10-6. Neither the Colts nor the Titans will lose out, either.
Even if that one win is over Miami, this won't help unless the Ravens somehow go 0-3 with their easy schedule and the Dolphins still lose their other two games, too. However you slice it, the odds are heavily stacked against the Raiders making the playoffs even in the best-case scenario. Anything less than winning out makes it more of a miracle to work than a long shot.
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Volkswagen expanding electric vehicle production in US
Volkswagen is making Tennessee its North American base for electric vehicle production, breaking ground on an $800 million (727 million euro) expansion at its plant in Chattanooga.
Engineers invent smartphone device that detects harmful algae in 15 minutes
A team of engineers from NUS has developed a highly sensitive system that uses a smartphone to rapidly detect the presence of toxin-producing algae in water within 15 minutes. This invention can generate test results on-site, ...
Low-tech, affordable solutions to improve water quality
Clever, fundamental engineering could go a long way toward preventing waterborne illness and exposure to carcinogenic substances in water.
Semipermeable membrane plays role in drug-sniffing system
A drug -sniffing car kitted out with advanced sensors that can pick up suspicious chemicals has made the news rounds this month; it can smell drugs a quarter of a mile away, said Discovery News.
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Water quality is the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of water. It is most frequently used by reference to a set of standards against which compliance can be assessed. The most common standards used to assess water quality relate to drinking water, safety of human contact, and for health of ecosystems.
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For those (probably many) of you who don't really know what QR codes are, look at the upper right of this post to see an example: they're a two-dimensional barcode of sorts, typically consisting of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. QR codes can encode all sorts of information: text, a URL, or other data, and they are typically read/decoded by smartphone applications that are readily and freely available on most mobile platforms.
QR code enthusiasts envision people walking up (for example) to the door of a restaurant, using their smartphone to scan the code displayed in the window, and, well, getting any number of potential outcomes on their screen: a menu, a coupon, a URL, a pointer to a video about the place's history, etc. In fact, in some countries like Japan, QR codes are everywhere, used for these and many other business situations.
From a technical point of view, it's indeed really cool that this Rorschach-worthy splotch can be instantly converted to text or other information. Depending on the specific format (yes, there are several divergent standards) and on the nature of the content, as many as 4,296 alphanumeric characters can be contained in one of those splotches. That corresponds to roughly 700 words, or almost three typical pages of ordinary text. That's a lot of information available at a smartphone glance, so to speak.
So sure, QR codes are "really cool" technologically. But are the business use cases really there? Will customers, in numbers, actually go the extra mile of seeing that splotch and feeling motivated enough to pull out their phone and scan it? Personally, I'm an early adopter of and avid experimenter with new technologies (especially when they're free and widely hyped, as is the case here), but I have scanned fewer than ten QR codes ever. For many advocates, I fear that the coolness (and granted, the potential) of the technology is making them overestimate the probable acceptance of that technology by the masses.
The surveys themselves, and the reports based on data taken from those surveys, are visibly flawed.
If you dig into these posts and reports, it turns out nearly all the data cited stems from a mere handful of companies (ScanLife, JumpScan, and Mobio Technologies, Inc.), all of whom, wait for it, just happen to market QR-code related products! Can you say "conflict of interest"?
There's seldom an attempt made to take into account one key factor in the increase in barcode scanning: the meteoric rise in smartphone penetration overall. A rising tide lifts all boats, and even if we're seeing an increase in QR code scanning, that needs to be taken in the context of millions more smartphones being sold per month.
Finally, in a particularly delicious example that Darrell Huff would be amused by, ScanLife shows a graph comparing 1D (conventional) barcode scans with 2D (QR code) scans, favorably to QR codes, of course. Well, read the fine print under that graph: "Note: 2D traffic includes 3rd party apps while 1D traffic is only sourced from the ScanLife app". Apples are being compared to oranges here, in other words. Vested interest. When data is presented in so obviously skewed a fashion, by people with a clear commercial agenda, one has to wonder whether it's really all part of a sales job.
And the reports also don't even begin to address a potential major factor when examining such data at this stage: what percentage of people scanning QR codes are doing so right now simply out of the sheer novelty of it all? As Steve Smith observed, "we are still in the gee-whiz stage of 2D codes". Will this phenomenon have legs, so to speak?
Even relatively widespread adoption (which QR codes have yet to see, of course) of a great new technology by technophiles doesn't guarantee eventual deep penetration to the mass market. That should be obvious to anyone who isn't running a Linux box for their desktop.
Will a critical mass of non-technical people (say, those who couldn't manage to set the time on their VCRs back in the 80s and 90s) really tend to whip out their smartphone and scan QR codes in profusion? Maybe, but right now it's just a matter of opinion.
Will there ever be enough "bang for the buck" with QR codes (i.e., investment of time/money versus benefit obtained from using them)? Even as an early adopter, I've scanned fewer than 10 QR codes ever, because there was never sufficient payback for my effort. And for the retailer or marketer: will QR codes really pull more people in the door, or is it just another gimmick? Where's the data? (the real data, that is). Even in museums (one plausible use case mentioned for QR codes), I can envision only the highly motivated museum-goer as likely to indulge in QR code scanning. It's technology for a very narrow slice of the audience. It may be worth doing for that slice, sure, but let's not go overboard in our excitement or our investment.
Back in the late 90s, several companies invested millions of dollars promoting what amounts to an earlier version of this scheme: specialized barcodes published in magazine ads, designed to be read by a "CueCat" scanner which they distributed broadly, for free, to people like Radio Shack customers and Wired magazine subscribers. It failed miserably. In December 2009, the popular gadget blog Gizmodo even voted the CueCat the #1 worst invention of the "2000s" decade. Yes, now we have smartphones and don't need to obtain special equipment, so that gives QR codes an advantage that CueCat didn't have. But still, it gives me pause that QR codes are being promoted with much the same zeal, and perhaps with similar blinders as to the true practicality of the technology. It's déjà vu all over again: endless hype, plus technology pursued without solid practical reasons to do so: these are, and deserve to be, twin bugaboos for any technology executive.
And that's why I express skepticism about QR codes on Twitter.
I am wondering the same thing about Near Field communication. My phone has NFC capability – certainly not why I bought it! In my reading on the technology, it doesn't appear much different than QR codes except you don't have to scan anything. It is a proximity technology.
Bottom line – is it giving me anything useful? I haven't seen it yet.
Interesting perspective — NFC is one of those "chicken and egg" things too, where there's little point in business entities supporting it if few devices are out there. As the owner of a car with keyless access and ignition, though, I feel it's a potential game-changer in terms of convenience. We'll see how the hype cycle goes for it — my objection to QR, as should be clear to anyone who reads my post, is that the hype far outshines the reality, and that that's a classic pitfall for technologists to fall into.
First I don't really get how this post has to do anything with CIO perspective. Its normal technology cycle (now in hype phase) everyone around technology should be aware of.
Secondly, QR codes are really poorly equipped for the advertised job, but I've seen them used with moderate success for mobile airport check-ins and print-at-home concert/train/etc tickets. Notice the role reversal – it's not user who scans the code! But I can imagine NFC taking over in the near future. It's just that QR codes currently better fit into existing infrastructure.
Personally I am a big believer in QR Codes and I should mention that I am associated with a company that offers such services to agencies and businesses, however, the latter is a reflection on my passion for mobile technologies and not vice versa; I co-founded the company.
I understand your skepticism for QR Codes and I too, have a dislike for shoe-horning technologies where they don't belong for the "cool" factor. But as you mentioned, it's still too early, at least as far as the North American market is concerned, to really know the long term benefits or even longevity of QR Codes. Companies like ScanBuy and the other front runners are all venture backed with huge financial incentives to hype and misrepresent the data they have aggregated. This has led to a wave of novelty driven, poorly executed campaigns which would explain why you have barely scanned a handful of these codes. Noteworthy QR Code campaigns that offer real value to consumers have been far and few in between which also means it is too premature to measure the potential return on investment this technology can offer.
However, looking at the data that we have collected and a cross section of the data presented by companies like ScanBuy without any bias, it's not hard to see that adoption is most certainly on the rise with nearly 1000% growth year over year. That may not mean much now given the small size of the market, but it's a promising indicator; five years ago Twitter was a joke. Naturally with any technology, most early adopters will be the technophiles as they are usually ones to envision, implement and push such endeavors but comparing QR Codes to Linux is most certainly an apples-to-oranges comparison as is comparing the "non-technical people" today to those of the VCR era. We live in a world where my parents are on Facebook, own an iPhone, an iPad and send me emails and text messages. These are the same non-technical people that I had to educate on turning their personal computers on and off, let alone set the time on their VCR! In today's technology savvy age and companies like Apple leading the way with good design and intuitive software, this is a non-issue.
I have firsthand witnessed what a difference – both for the consumer and the business – a well-executed QR Code campaign can make. As the technology garners more interest with better defined guidelines and best practices, I foresee larger organizations and agencies embracing it in useful and innovative ways, making the real benefits more clear and effectively putting all the skepticism to rest. From a technology standpoint, QR Codes offer an abundance of value to just be a fad. I should also note that even though NFC seems like the natural progression of QR Codes, they each provide value that the other does not and can most certainly co-exist.
Thanks for commenting, MaR. The main point of my post was actually not so much to tear down the idea of QR codes (which do have their place) as it was to talk about WHY I had, as a technology executive, such a strong reaction. So that's how the post had to do with CIO Perspective: my beef is with technology for technology's sake, coupled with excessive hype around that technology. As I say at the end, those should be twin bugaboos for any tech exec. So agreed: everyone in technology should be aware of and watchful for just those aspects, because they're what give technology professionals a bad reputation. In this case, of course, we have technology hype AND marketing hype, so it's the worst of both worlds.
Agreed, Tiam, it's probably premature to judge. That's why it's especially rankling when supposed reports on QR code penetration use words like "gone ballistic" about what we're seeing today. Agreed also: without bang-for-the-buck (what I called a "payback" for the scanning user) for QR codes, they won't go anywhere. But you and I differ, I think, on how likely it is that the industry can achieve that bang for the buck. Again, I'd love to see (real) data on this, such as from the "well-executed QR Code campaign" you mentioned. What difference did it make? How did you measure? Are the results published and observable as to methodology and approach? Those would be my standard questions when evaluating the potential of any new technology.
An interesting note, about four weeks after this article was posted: I've had a grand total of THREE people scan the QR code I supplied, while hundreds of people have read the post. Granted, there was no "call to action," but still, I think that's indicative of the low likelihood that a given QR code will get any real use.


The Stevens laser bra is the by product of a breast reduction technique developed by Dr. Grant Stevens, a Los Angeles cosmetic plastic surgeon. It is primarily created by using aesthetic laser technology similar to what is used on various cosmetic processes to tighten the skin to extend the procedure backwash. The procedure was actually to answer the growing demand for breast reduction with a smaller recovery time. Thus, the operating and recovery time is actually halved compared to the traditional breast reduction surgery.
The laser breast reduction is done using a traditional CO2 laser to prep skin as well as the tissue which will be removed during the procedure. After placing the patient to sleep by using general anesthesia, a small horizontal and vertical incision is then made to create an opening for liposuction similar to a traditional reduction technique. The extracted tissue is later sent to the pathology lab for biopsy.
They then fabricate it by using the same type of laser used previously to tighten and strengthen the tissue in such a way that the patient will have tauter and more perky breasts. The finished product, called 'laser bra', works like an internal bra and is sent back to the operating room wherein it is reinserted into the chest and sutured internally into the patient's peritoneum to lift the breast. The lesions are dressed regularly and if the procedure requires the use of drains; they are emptied promptly to maintain a sterile operation.
The laser bra cannot be seen or felt since it uses the patient's own tissue. Additionally, since there are no foreign pathogens inserted inside the body, there is no chance of rejection and little chance of infection, meaning there are minimal cases wherein bruises, bleeding and swelling is sustained.
However, since the surgery is includes considerable amount of work, the recovery time is about 5 – 7 days and patients are advised to return to their normal activities by 3 weeks. Also, depending on the client's profession, the physician will provide a guide to follow to reduce the risks of complications such as no exercise and lifting of more than 10lbs or more; failure to comply to these restrictions often result to bleeding and excessive scarring.
Another note to share when considering this type of breast reduction is the price of the procedure. Aside from the usual side issue of downtime, clients must also analyze the amount of money they need to pay since they will be paying for the anesthesia, facility (laboratory) and surgeon fees. Given the additional fact that there is no norm in estimating the cost of the procedure yet because the price varies from patient to patient, you may consult the average surgeon fees of your chosen clinic and discuss goals and options with your health provider.
With 15 years of success under its belt, the laser bra has certainly come a long way despite its shortcomings. Many testify that the technique improved their quality of living by not only reducing the size of their chest due to age and child birth, but also giving their breast a natural shape and silhouette.


Recruiting leaders at WhitePages were buried with open positions and needed support. Having just 120 staff supporting over 50M users per month – the environment is one of heavy competition for top talent. Skeptical of contract recruiters, but concerned there was not enough volume to keep a full-time employee busy; they were needing an effective way to deal with the ebb and flow of demand on their small team while maintaining a very high bar.
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"Recruiting Bandwidth is doing so much to take stress off of our team. Not only are they sourcing great talent, but they are excellent project managers, and just nice people to work with," continued Jenny.
WhitePages has been able to scale up and down support with Recruiting Bandwidth; hiring great people and helping to support critical recruiting initiatives like their University Graduate Recruiting program.
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Most Wanted on VTi Blog Lately
Every now and then, I scan my memory banks to identify the incontrovertibly best and worst moments of the last month or so. Then, when confronted with the sum total of human ecstasy and misery, I write about Fallout gaming instead.. ;) I'm bringing you some of the most wanted articles lately, in case you've missed something. Enjoy!
Wasteland 2 - The Apocalypse Is Now
26 years is a hell of a long time to wait for a sequel, though it's arguable that Wasteland 2 is as much an alternate Fallout 3 as it is the continuation of the original post-apocalyptic role-playing game. I can hardly believe that it has been two and half years since the Wasteland 2 Campaign started by Brian Fargo. Developed by inXile and funded by the fans, on March 13, 2012, first Kickstarter Update showed a great start, and now more than two years later, Wasteland 2 is finally out! It is already reviewed by most of the gaming sites, with high reviewing points, and you can read the Eurogamer's review here, where he got 8/10..
Fallout 3 - Top Unmarked Locations
Unmarked locations are the ones which do not appear on the map on your Pip-Boy. There are about 80+ unmarked locations in Fallout 3, but I'm bringing you the ones that are somehow interesting... 5. Calverton - The church is easily spotted from the southwest. To the right of the church is a small graveyard fenced off by a broken white picket fence. In the church entrance is a trip wire, which triggers a shotgun trap, and in the back is a grenade trap triggered by a pressure plate. There is also a podium, some barrels, and a few beds. There is a captive to the left of the bed.
Experience Vault Escape in Real Life!
I don't even know where to begin.. You are sending us so much incredible things that you've done lately, projects, cosplay that you've did, mods that you've created.. And you might think that you've seen it all, but then again, every now and then I got some incredible, awesome, no - epic thing in my inbox. This one is sent by Dmitry Medvedenko..
After War: Nevada is a complete overhaul for Fallout: New Vegas and is a summary of 2 years of hard work by Jodwig himself. It's enormous mod, which aim was to change and re balance every single aspect of the game. See detailed description bellow, along with the video review by Caedo Genesis.
Fallout: Diaspora, Fan Based Movie Series (by VTi Crew)
The year is 2296. Vault 101 has been forcibly opened, the reactor rapidly failing. The Vault Dwellers have just couple of months to find a new home before the Vault's core becomes unstable and explodes. Vault 101 was never meant to be opened, and thus it does not contain the all-important G.E.C.K.. The few inhabitants capable of surviving outside are sent into the wasteland to learn all they can, and a place to settle. The events that follow will change the Capital Wasteland forever..
Let's Talk About Fallout: Van Buren (by Henry Lombardi)
So by now I assume you're familiar with the story of Fallout: Van Buren. After the critical success of 2, Black Isle Studios wasted no time crafting a sequel. It was given a codename: Van Buren (This being an Interplay thing of coding projects as the names of USA Presidents.), and fans were led to believe this was going to be the best Fallout yet. Now of course the idea of making a sequel better than Fallout 2 is daunting, but that's not what ended up happening..
New Features compared to original J3XDrivableMotorcycle: tilt animation while turning, more realistic driving experience (rotatign wheels and engine smoke), companion riding and double riding, turret with elevation-angle tracking (original one in FO3 only with horizontally tracking), new realistic turning model, using the equation F=m.V^2/R (the faster you drive the harder you turn), Motorcycle caller, teleporting your bike anywhere anytime, Motorcycle storage, fixing 1st-person animation bug, optimized controllability, configurable driving speed, speed blur, and run-over function..
Fallout: Origins, Comic Series (by Wasteland Angel)
This comic is a prequel to a Fallout game series and it will show (through historical facts) how first dwellers from the Vault 15 have managed to form, through the years, such a big faction as it is the New California Republic. My choice was Fallout: New Vegas as a base for this project. It has more original setting for a prequel than Fallout 3. Next thing was to mod the game. I searched through Nexus and found that one crucial mod that will make all of the boundaries on the map to disappear. OWNB - Open World mod, a mod that unlocked a whole new and empty world for this project..
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Fallout: Nuka Break - Fan Film & Series
Fallout: Nuka Break - Red Star (Fan Film)
Fallout: Nuka Break is a non-profit fan film created by Wayside Creations . It takes place somewhere in the NCR. The film centers around three protagonists: Twig (Zack Finfrock), Ben (Aaron Giles), and Scarlett (Tybee Diskin). Fallout: Nuka Break also made into a web series by Wayside Creations.
As the Ranger makes his way through the wasteland, his purposely solitary life is interrupted when he is faced with an important choice: remain safely anonymous or become known as a hero? Set between the time periods of the original fan film and season one of Fallout: Nuka Break, Red Star provides a dark look into the makings of a legend.
Fallout: Nuka Break - Complete Seasons series 1 and 2
The online web series version of Nuka Break picks up where the film left off. The trio continue to do their best to survive in the wasteland with little food and no money. Ben's appearence has been remodeled to look more like a Fallout ghoul, and Scarlett has been given a new outfit.
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Monumental | Monumental Money Message!
We're honoring the sacrifice of our country's many veterans this week, and diving into how their great selflessness and diligence is a model for how we can approach living today.
Monumental | 15th Anniversary Celebration!
Celebrate 15 incredible years of walking in The Father's promise! Hear amazing stories of lives changed by the love of Christ, as we take a journey through the history of our church and give Him glory for all that He has done, sometimes in spite of us!
This week we're breaking down how you can use your business or job for Christ's purpose. Hear from C12 Leadership & Business Coach Doug Poll and others as we dissect what it means to live for Christ at work.
We're diving into the topic of marriage this week. Pastor Steve breaks it down: how can you make your marriage 'Monumental'? It's simpler than you might think!
This week we're diving into a new series: Monumental. We're discovering how all of us leave a legacy, a monument of sorts, and our families are just one of the things that can be our legacy.


Here is a story that lies deep in the Taiwanese clay that makes me.
Long ago, two suns ruled the sky. There was no alternation of night and day, and the earth was scorched. The grass withered, the flowers faded, the rivers too were parched. The people of the land convened to speak, and determined that one of the suns had to be shot down.
Three noble warriors volunteered themselves. Each packed his own provisions and carried also a young child on his back, for the journey to the sun was very long. Along the way, they planted seeds. Year by year, month by month, they pressed on. The men grew old and and died.
The children they had carried were grown now. They continued on to the place of the suns to shoot one down. On their journey back they were nourished by the fruit of the trees planted by their fathers.
"The obligation of anyone who thinks of himself as responsible is to examine society and try to change it and to fight it—at no matter what risk" said James Baldwin in his "A Talk to Teachers."
Sometimes we plant for the seasons and sometimes we must plant trees. We who labor to change the field(s), must take the children and seeds along.


"We gather for the purpose of listening and sharing with one another as we walk together along our life paths as women-loving-women.
Welcome to the website of the Coming Out Women Support Group of Tacoma, WA. Coming Out Women is a confidential support group for women, mostly in their mid- to late-adulthood, who are dealing with coming out issues. We are diverse in many ways from our ages to living situations to degree of out-ness. Yet together we embrace one important gift: we are women-loving-women. Now is the time to be truly ourselves:AUTHENTIC, WHOLE, and EMPOWERED.
COWomen meets 6:30-9:00 1st + 3rd Wed. each month in a private room at the University Place Library located at 3609 Market Pl W, University Place, WA. Once you enter the library, head to the far right back corner to find the meeting room. This is a confidential support + networking (not therapy, but therapeutic!) group for women mostly in mid- to late-adulthood. This group is absolutely free of charge. We welcome you!
Coming Out Women strives to make itself available to everyone interested in participating. For some women, and for various reasons, meeting in person is not always an option. In the past, we have arranged to include women in the meeting through FaceTime or another computer connection, or via phone.
We are women-loving-women. Each of us finds that our primary attractions and most beautiful, meaningful relationships are with women.
Some of us are coming only now coming out to ourselves.
Some of us are coming out to friends, family, and co-workers for the first time.
Some of us have been out for years, but continue to struggle with coming out challenges, especially as we age.
Some of us currently share such a relationship with a partner.
Some have recently broken up.
Some have never been with a woman, yet we know that our hearts, spirits, and passions dwell within a relationship with a woman.
Many of us are (or have been) married to men--as we tried diligently to fulfill society's (family, church, work) demand that we mold to fit into the heterosexual box.
Most of us  have lived to please others/tried to meet their needs for many decades.
Coming Out Women is Sponsored by TLC, Tacoma Lesbian Concern and and by PS OLOC, the Puget Sound chapter the national organization, Old Lesbians Organizing for Change. It has also been recognized as a resource for our community by the Tacoma Chapter or PFLAG.


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Being a 2003 model, buying this vehicle at only 78,000 miles was a miraculous deal. The RS model of this vehicle has a unique "bug-eye" headlight system, which really makes it stand out. I liked that the previous owner had put a custom exhaust kit on it and was impressed at how well the interior and under the hood looked. The previous owner had all repairs and maintenance documented, which is important to me. The tires when I purchased it, were only at minimal wear. The all-black exterior of the Subaru as well as the custom blackening of the wheel rims really makes it look sleek and stylish. The interior, although small, is still a comfy and pleasurable ride with no cosmetic imperfections inside of the vehicle.
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Grammy-Award Winning Duo David Alan Miller and John Corigliano Nominated For 2017 International Classical Music Award.
Albany Symphony Music Director, David Alan Miller and Grammy-Award winning composer John Corigliano have once again earned international acclaim after being nominated for a 2017 International Classical Music Award (ICMA).
Released in July of 2016 by Naxos USA, Symphony No. 1 is the third recording completed by Miller and Corigliano and the second recording to receive international acclaim. In 2014, John Corigliano and David Alan Miller received a Grammy® award for Best Instrumental Solo for their recording of Conjurer with percussionist Evelyn Glennie and the Albany Symphony.
Corigliano's Symphony No. 1 is an evocative musical portrait inspired by loved ones lost to the AIDS epidemic of the 80's and 90's as well as the "cumulative effect" of those losses. Miller's deeply emotional recording of Symphony No. 1 is the third recording of this work, but the first ever Naxos recording for the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, which is composed of elite conservatory students from across the United States and David Alan Miller's 5th recording released on the Naxos Label.
On Saturday, January 7th at 7:30PM David Alan Miller will present John Corigliano's Symphony No. 1 with the Albany Symphony at the Palace Theatre. Recognized as a leading voice in new American orchestral music, David Alan Miller is a driving force behind the Albany Symphony's commitment to giving voice to new works by living American composers.
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Dnipro: New Synagogue Inaugurated in Memory of Unforgettable Chief Rabbi
A new synagogue in memory of the city's famous Chief Rabbi between 1926-1939, rabbi and kabbalist Levi Yitzchak Schneerson OBM, was recently inaugurated in Dnipro, the central Ukrainian city previously named Yekaterinoslav. The event was honored by hundreds of community members, dignitaries, rabbis, and guests together with the sponsors and patrons of the new institution • Full Story, Photos
Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS
A new synagogue in memory of the city's famous Chief Rabbi between 1926-1939, rabbi and kabbalist Levi Yitzchak Schneerson OBM, was recently inaugurated in Dnipro, the central Ukrainian city previously named Yekaterinoslav. The event was honored by hundreds of community members, dignitaries, rabbis, and guests together with the sponsors and patrons of the new institution.
The new 'Levi Yitzchak' synagogue, located on Lazaryana Street, will also serve as a Jewish Community Center and a Chabad House dedicated to spreading Judaism. Rabbi Schneerson OBM was famous for his fierce objection to the communist regime and as the father of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
The opening of the event honored the community's partners and supporters, and friends. As customary, before entering the building, a red ribbon was cut by the event's special guests: the current Chief Rabbi of Dnipro and the surrounding region, Rabbi Shmuel Kaminetsky, and the members of the Council of the Jewish community of Dnipro, Mr. Levi Sharinov, Mr. Yitzchak Dveris, and Mr. Alexander Petrovsky. Rabbi Israel Gurevich, the synagogue's new rabbi was honored with affixing the main mezuzah.
The festive event continued with the inauguration of a new Torah scroll donated by Mr. Nathan Zolotarevsky, President of the Torah Lubavitch Foundation, followed by joyous dancing and a festive meal as customary.
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June 2, 2010 by suzingreen
This week's reading from the Tao Te Ching strikes me as a kind of zen riddle in the way it shakes up notions we tend to associate with "positive" ways of being. See what it does to your mind:
When the great Tao is forgotten,
goodness and piety appear.
When the body's intelligence declines,
cleverness and knowledge step forth.
When there is no peace in the family,
filial piety begins.
When the country falls into chaos,
patriotism is born.
This reading inspired a conversation/contemplation about what happens when we lose touch with the pure ground of Self, and in that process get caught in the up/down, in/out, good/bad, right/wrong dance of dualistic thinking. This story, paraphrased from Baba Muktananda's Where Are You Going? offers a lovely teaching on this theme:
In the state of Rajastan, in ancient India, lived a cobbler named Ravidas. Many people used to go to him and in his company, experienced great peace. One day the prime minister went, and returning to the palace, told the king, "There is a great saint living in the city. He will be able to give you some peace."
The king was very unhappy. He had a great deal of wealth, power, and all the other things that make a person agitated. He had nothing that gave him peace. But when the prime minister suggested he go to Ravidas, he said, "He is a cobbler. How can a king ask for instructions from a cobbler?" But the prime minister persisted and the king finally agreed to go. Disguising himself he walked into Ravidas's shop and said, "I am very unhappy and I lack peace. Please give me something that will bring peace to my heart."
Ravidas kept a stone pot full of water into which he dipped pieces of leather before he worked on them. He poured some of this water into a glass and gave it to the king, saying,. "Drink this."
The king was revolted by this water which was dark red and smelled like leather. Pretending to drink, he poured it down his shirt, bowed to the saint, and left. Returning to the palace, he saw his shirt was badly stained so called the royal washerman to clean it. Surprised to see the royal shirt in such condition, the washerman made some inquiries and learned what had happened. Giving the shirt to his daughter, he explained what the king had done, and told her to wash it very well. The daughter, who was very intelligent and pure, knew Ravidas's power. So she took the shirt and sucked out all the stains. Then she washed it and gave it back to her father to return to the king.
From that day on, the girl had very deep meditations. After a few years, she had attained such a state that people began to feel the same joy in her presence they felt in the company of Ravidas. Many went to receive her blessings, among the, the prime minister. After he had seen her, he went to the king and said, "O Your Majesty, you are still so unhappy and agitated. Why don't you go to that ecstatic girl and see if she can give you some peace?" The king was reluctant – after all, she was the daughter of a washerman – but in desperation, went to her room. Standing before her he said, "I am very unhappy. Please give me your blessing so that I can attain peace."
The girl looked at him with great wonderment. "O Your Majesty," she said. "Everything I have, I received from what you threw away. Everything I have, I obtained by sucking Ravidas's water out of the shirt you gave my father to wash!"
Contemplating duality, I was moved to give Mary Oliver the final word. I took a book of her poems down from the shelf and let it open randomly. Having been out in the garden that morning cutting vase-fulls of peonies, that this was the poem that came… it was one of those perfect wonder moments. A lovely reminder of the oneness beneath duality, always there, holding us in its luminous, if not always visible, embrace…
-Mary Oliver
This morning the green fists of the peonies are getting ready
to break my heart
as the sun rises,
as the sun strokes them with his old, buttery fingers
and they open –
pools of lace,
white and pink—
and all day the black ants climb over them.
boring their deep and mysterious holes
into curls,
craving the sweet sap,
taking it away
to their dark, underground cities—
and all day
under the shifty wind,
as in a dance to the great wedding,
the flowers bend their bright bodies,
and tip their fragrance to the air,
and rise, their stems holding
all that dampness and recklessness
gladly and lightly,
and there it is again –
beauty the brave, the exemplary.
blazing open.
Do you love this world?
Do you cherish your humble and silky life?
Do you adore the green grass, with its terror beneath?
Do you also hurry, half-dressed and barefoot, into the garden
and softly,
and exclaiming of their dearness,
fill your arms with the white and pink flowers,
with their honeyed heaviness, their lush trembling,
their eagerness
to be wild and perfect for a moment, before they are
nothing, forever?
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SG | June 5, 2010 at 6:57 pm
Several days after class, Ali emailed the following. The blog was not yet live so I saved it to include here as a comment. From here on my dear ones, comments are all for you!
I'm reading Mitch Albom's "Have a Little Faith". He retells the Buddhist parable below. I'm sure you've heard it before — it struck me as a simple example of duality for your new students.
This is about a farmer who wakes up to find that his horse has run off.
The neighbors come by and say, "Too bad. Such awful luck."
The farmer says, "Maybe."
The next day, the horse returns with a few other horses. The neighbors congratulate the farmer on his reversal of fortune.
"Maybe," the farmer says.
When his son tries to ride one of the new horses, he breaks his leg, and the neighbors offer condolences.
And the next day, when army officials come to draft the son- and don't take him because of his broken leg-everyone is happy.
'Maybe," the farmer says.
Lucy Pollard-Gott | July 19, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Although it was almost a month ago, this section of the Tao Te Ching has continued to percolate, so perhaps I will finally share what it seemed to speak to me. Each pairing in the verse suggested that when the natural, spontaneous, harmonious expression of that thing (the Tao, wisdom, family relations, society) falls away, we begin to substitute forms in an attempt to mirror the lost memory of that natural truth of being, which yoga calls the Self. Rules are adopted to make up for the lack of spontaneous inner knowing. When the Tao is forgotten, we set up norms of goodness and rules for pious behavior. When natural wisdom declines, we codify knowledge into systems and display our cleverness in debating them. When the family cannot be in spontaneous loving harmony, we at least set up rules of respect and filial piety–and penalties for breaking them–to prevent family chaos. And when the country is in chaos, rules of the good loyal citizen must substitute for altruism. Perhaps this is all too literal a reading. But to me, it leads to the question, are the forms useful? The Tao Te Ching seems to say that the way back to the spontaneous, natural Truth of all the Tao, the Self in action (or no action) is to let go of the forms and just be. I could stop here, and just say–that's it! But I still wonder. Is the good or pious man or woman erring in choosing this means of 'becoming' along the way? Does a family that chooses to treat each other respectfully perhaps learn the kindness hidden under respect? Can we stumble upon wisdom (like the Tao Te Ching!) in our pursuit of knowledge? I think one thing that makes me wonder this, is a new feeling for the beauty of certain regular religious forms such as chanting the Psalms each day, or morning and evening prayer rituals. The Tao is so compassionate, so loving, that even in our rule-bound, hide-bound, stumbling way, the Truth can sometimes mercifully break in and take hold of us.


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43% to spend less on gifts this year due to pandemic, according to research by Bonkers.ie
Updated / Tuesday, 17 Nov 2020 13:24
Just over two in five say they will be spending less on gifts this year due to the pandemic
33% say Covid-19 has had little or no impact on their personal finances, according to research carried out by comparison and switching website bonkers.ie and RED C.
The research which was carried out in mid-October, surveyed just over 1,000 adults in the Republic of Ireland.
36% say the pandemic has had a moderate to severe financial impact on them.
Meanwhile over half of Irish people say Christmas this year won't be as enjoyable as it was in previous years, while just over two in five say they will be spending less on gifts this year due to the pandemic.
33% say they will have the same Christmas they always have, regardless of what restrictions might be in place.
Speaking about the results from the research, Daragh Cassidy, Head of Communications at bonkers.ie said it gives some insight into the financial impact of Covid-19 on people's finances.
"It's clear that a big percentage of the population have not been financially impacted by Covid, which is encouraging, although one would wonder if this can hold up the longer the pandemic goes on.
"However there is a significant minority of people who are clearly struggling and the return to level 5 lockdown in mid-October is unlikely to have helped.
"The large majority of people who plan to spend Christmas as normal this year, regardless of restrictions, will no doubt worry NPHET," he said.
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