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Flexible Standards, V: How it Should Work
Replacing a debt-backed currency with an asset-backed currency and restoring an actual standard to the currency can be devastating, relatively painless, or positively beneficial. It all depends on how bad the situation is, and how it is done.
Rice currency in Japan, 1946.
The first method (the devastating) is the easiest . . . for those who have wealth and power, "wealth" meaning not money or currency, but assets that produce marketable goods and services. As long as such assets continue to produce, the value of the currency is, ultimately, meaningless. If the currency has a stable and uniform value, a producer will accept it for the goods and services he or she produces, and use it to exchange for goods and services that others produce. If the currency is inflating or is otherwise untrustworthy, a producer will refuse it (unless compelled by force of some kind), and accept something with recognized value. In Japan right after World War II, the actual currency was rice. In Germany, it was cigarettes.
Germany, 1923: Money to burn.
For the first method, then, those in power simply demonetize all the old currency and institute a new currency. Usually this is done by giving a period of time during which the old currency can be exchanged for the new currency, but in disaster situations that is often meaningless. When Hjalmar Schacht instituted his reforms in 1924 in Germany, the official rate of exchange for the old Reichsmark to the new was a trillion to one, and was pegged to 4.2 to the U.S. dollar. Since you could purchase anywhere from 16 to 24 trillion old Reichsmarks for $1 in U.S. money on the black market, it sounds as if smart operators could purchase black market old Reichsmarks valued at 4 to 6 times the official rate and exchange them for new Reichsmarks, making a 400-600% profit . . . right?
In theory, yes. However, picture what 24 trillion Reichsmarks looks like . . . and then tote up the cost of truck rental and labor required to haul massive amounts of paper down to the bank. A truckload of the old Reichsmarks was worth a little over 33¢ in U.S. money, but probably five or ten dollars as waste paper. Any takers?
The second method usually just drops zeros off the old currency, and the old coin and currency continues to circulate alongside the new. If that's all that's done, it usually doesn't take too long before the country has to do the same thing all over again, with no real benefit. It's just a way of maintaining the status quo.
An energy currency . . . is ALIVE!
We think that the only way to do it is to carry out a three-step program. 1) Peg the existing currency (assuming it still retains value) to something of value, and make certain it's convertible into that thing on demand. Traditionally this has been silver. More recently gold was the metal of choice. If you read yesterday's posting, we recommend energy — specifically, the Kilowatt Hour (Kwhr). You can't really convert your currency into energy, but you can convert it into a certificate or voucher to pay for your energy at the conversion rate (we went into all this yesterday). This gives you a de facto convertible currency.
Sir William Petty, velocity of money pioneer.
2) If at all possible, mandate that ALL (and we do mean all) new money is backed by the present value of existing and future marketable goods and services. We've described how to do this in many previous postings, but to summarize, bills of exchange represent the present value of future marketable goods and services, while mortgages represent the present value of existing marketable goods and services. New capital can be financed by discounting and rediscounting bills of exchange, thereby turning the future increases in production into current money to finance the capital that will produce the goods and services. Existing inventories can be cleared by selling securities backed by the mortgages, which are turned into current money through central bank open market operations, and redeemed when the inventories are sold. It is theoretically possible for the effective quantity of money in an economy to be exactly equal to the present value of all existing and future marketable goods and services in that economy. (We say "effective quantity" of money, because we have to factor in the "velocity" of money, or the average number of times each unit of currency is spent in a year. Otherwise the quantity theory of money equation would be "M = P x Q" instead of "M x V = P x Q.")
3) Create ALL new money (and, again, we do mean all) in ways that create new owners so that every single child, woman, and man can produce all that he or she consumes, either directly or by exchanging with others through money, by means of both capital and labor.
Yes, it really is that simple. Tomorrow we'll finish up by looking at some side issues that need to be raised, such as how the value of the currency would reflect reductions in the cost of energy.
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Celebrity News November 30, 2020
Jonathan Bennett Engaged to Jaymes Vaughan
"Mean Girls" actor Jonathan Bennett and his boyfriend Jaymes Vaughan are ready for the next big step in their relationship!
After three years of dating, Vaughan popped the question to Bennett in their backyard with an original song. Jaymes, the host of "Celebrity Page," told People magazine, "While he was in Canada filming 'The Christmas House' for Hallmark, I took a melody that up until now had only been accompanied by 'Chopsticks' on my voice notes, and got together with my friend Tanzer, who happens to be a really talented producer and my favorite person to write songs with, and said 'Let's make this magical for Jonathan.' From there, we got a guitar, plucked it out, and just kept building and building and building until we ended up with this huge song that I knew was the one."
Of the moments leading up to the proposal, Bennett shared, "My sister shouted for me to come outside 'real quick' and my F.O.M.O. kicked in so I ran outside. Then I looked over and saw Jaymes holding a sign that said, 'We never did find our song, so I wrote it for you.' That's when I knew I was getting proposed to, because it was the same type of sign he made when he told me he loved me for the first time. And then I began to ugly-cry the ugliest cry anyone has ever cried."
After seeing an emotional Jonathan in the yard, Jaymes' nerves "disappeared." He explained, "I just remember seeing him start to cry… I went into protector mode and just held him. I actually thought I was going to be the one who was a mess, but something about seeing him like that made a switch flip in me."
"I've been dreaming about proposing to Jonathan for a long time," Vaughan went on. "I wanted to make sure somebody was capturing it all so I could see his face in that moment over and over again."
Jaymes got down on one knee with a custom Kay Jewelers ring.
As for his reaction to Jaymes' proposal, Jonathan revealed, "When I saw Jaymes take a knee, I was so excited I just started hysterically screaming because I didn't know how to express myself properly. There was a moment when you feel like, 'Oh, this is forever, I understand it!' I screamed 'yes!' immediately. Actually ,it was, 'Yes! Of course!'"
What's their dream wedding? While Jaymes envisions a "classic, timeless" wedding, Jonathan wants "something between when Elphaba flies in the musical 'Wicked' and the finale number of 'The Greatest Showman.'"
Last month, Jonathan discussed the possibility of marriage to Jaymes. He told Us Weekly, "It's percolating. It's going to happen. I think at some point, when the time's right, you know. It's in the works."
The engagement comes just months after the couple bought their first home together in Palm Springs, California.
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Uncooperative patients – How medical providers can establish patient's capacity of making decisions?
Paramedics often see all sort of things. In particular, it is possible for a first responder to be dispatched on a car incident scenario.
What if a victim, who seems to be safe or lightly injured, refuses any evaluation or care?
The first responder tries to make some check on the patient, but he refuses, despite the evident traces of alcohol consumption. Maybe, he will let the paramedic to take a few vital signs, such as blood pressure and respiratory rate. But that's enough.
Can a patient refuse first responders care?
Can first responders take a patient to the hospital against his or her own will?
Having to deal with an uncooperative patient who's refusing care represents one of the most difficult situations medical providers have to face. Of course they must evaluate the condition of a patient but at the same time, they have to respect his or her will to refuse prehospital care, even if it is the wrong decision.
What legal rights say about this sort of situation?
Medical providers do what they can to persuade the patients in receving the correct care, but until they have the capacity to make decisions for themselves, providers cannot do anything. Police can arrest the victims if they do not cooperate, but they still have the right to refuse care.
So the main question that a paramedic has to make is: do patients have the capacity to make decisions for themselves or not?
In order to determine when a patient has capacity or not, providers have to make sure that the victim can communicate a choice, can understand relevant information, can appreciate the meaning of an information about themselves, and use reasoning to arrive at a specific choice.
Capacity is a clinical determination and it is a diagnosis that medical providers must do, if the situation requires. But, it will not be based on numbers – that is why a breathalyzer will not help understanding the level of capacity to make decisions -. Indeed, alcohol ingestion may not render a patient incompetent. It depends on the single patient, but it cannot be considered a way to determine capacity of will.
EMS providers must evaluate each situation individually to determine whether the patient is incapacitated by alcohol or not, then how to act.
Basically, patients have to understand the risks and benefits of their decisions. If they don't, it is medical providers to be responsible for their safety.
If the patient refuses medical care and has the capacity to understand the situation, first responders have the right to honor and to accept this choice even if they do not agree. Evaluate the patient's capacity is a big responsibility, but providers need to be skilled on it in ordet to make the right moves.


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KL MRT warns against bribery
Written by Tris Thomas on 25/08/2011 in News
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Contractors bidding for the multi-billion ringgit My Rapid Transit (MRT) have been warned to stay clean, or risk actions from the law including de-registration of their companies and having their tenders terminated.
Contractors attending the MRT pre-tender briefing at Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (Prasarana) in Kuala Lumpur yesterday were told that the company would be firm against any efforts of bribery; and would be reporting to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in accordance to an unprecedented Integrity Pact agreement that it would enter with the contractors.
It was the first time in the history of Prasarana that a tender briefing for contractors was joined by the MACC; which reflected the company's firm commitment to keep the MRT project clean of bribery and corruption.
Addressing the contractors at the briefing, MACC Deputy Chief Commissioner (Prevention), Datuk Hajah Sutinah Sutan said Prasarana had already signed the IP with MRT Project Delivery Partner, MMC Gamuda KVMRT and would be signing similar pacts with the contractors.
"Both Prasarana and the contractors must adhere to conditions set upon by the Integrity Pact. Be warned that Prasarana is firmly committed to the IP and will report to us at MACC if there are any attempts of bribery by any of the contractors," she said, adding that the contractors should also report to the commission if there were cases of officials at Prasarana soliciting for bribes from the contractors.
Saying that the construction industry has been one of the biggest culprits in the subject of bribery and corruption, Sutinah said contractors would be making a criminal offence under the MACC Act to accept and to solicit for bribes in return for a favour; usage of false documents and misuse their positions for self-interest.
"It's also an offence for contractors to pay out their rivaling contractors to withdraw their bids to win contracts," she said, adding that offenders could fail jail sentence up to 10 years; or being fined of not less than five times value of their bribe; or fined RM10,000 whichever is higher; or both.
Twenty eight individual and JV companies qualified for 18 MRT elevated civil works, station and depot work packages where tenders would be called in stages from next month until December 2012. Of the 18, eight packages are for the elevated civil works; another eight for elevated station works and two packages for depo.
Prasarana's Head of MRT Procurement, Encik Abdul Malik Azman said that contractors bidding for tenders would need to sign the IP documents upon submission of tender applications to show their commitment to fight corruption; and that they would be signing the pacts again with Prasarana after they won their respective contracts.
The first of the 18 work packages to be called would be for Viaduct Package 5 for a stretch of 5.2kms between Taman Bukit Ria and Phoenix Plaza in Cheras; and for Viaduct Package 6 for a stretch of 5.4kms from Plaza Pheonix to Bandar Tun Hussein Onn. Tenders for the two works packages would be called next month, Malik said, adding that construction
works should begin in January or February next year.
For the underground packages, he said that the Government was still making its evaluation of companies that had submitted their Pre-Qualifications; and that a decision would be made on the qualified companies next month.
Hailed as the country's biggest infrastructure project as part of the Greater Klang Valley Master Plan, the MRT would provide the backbone service to the existing public transportation system and would be integrated with the existing LRT, KL Monorail and KTM services. To cut through the city centre from Sungai Buloh to Kajang, the new MRT will run for approximately 51kms including 9.5kms through tunnels and will be serviced by 27 elevated stations and seven stations underground; and depots at Sungai Buloh and Kajang.
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Hopping In For Dinner At Sauterelle
by Simon WittenbergPublished 10 November 2015 at 09:40
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Simon Wittenberg heads to the Royal Exchange in London to experience the ambiance and offerings at Sauterelle
Located in the heart of the City of London, Sauterelle, which comes from the French word for "grasshopper", is a smart fine dining restaurant which sits on the mezzanine level of the historic Royal Exchange between The Gallery and the Threadneedle Bar. It grants diners views of the hustle and bustle of the Grand Café and luxury boutiques below, and the magnificent architecture of the 16th century building up above.
Managed by D&D London, and recently refurbished by the Russell Sage Studio, Sauterelle is overseen by Executive Chef, Stefano Leone, and Head Chef, Piero Leone (they are not related), who have drawn inspiration from the flavours of Provence in France, and Liguria in Italy, to create today's "sophisticated" gastronomic offering. This venue seats 60 people at a time, and at the far end, the very cosy kitchen is open for diners to see the team meticulously preparing each of the dishes. The pace of the meal is leisurely, but it's perfectly justified, as each creation is what can only be described as a work of art, and is also, therefore a true feast for the eyes.
Featuring some new additions, the dinner menu is not long in length, but the choice is nonetheless more than adequate to get the mouth watering. Sauterelle's hosts (in our case, the very knowledgeable Alberto) are on-hand to offer some wise words and steer you in the right direction according to your culinary preferences. To set the tone of what was to come, my dining partner was treated to an 'amuse bouche' (a bite-sized hors d'œuvre) of light pea and mint soup decorated with fennel pollen, pea shoot herb and a bright yellow edible flower. I sampled Porchini mushrooms and braised lentils which formed a base for the cream potato foam which was garnished with crunchy fried lentils, shavings of white truffle and a sprinkling of dried tomato and black olive powder. Both were an excellent way to kick things off.
For the starters, after an assortment of fresh bread, namely olive, rosemary and potato, sesame and poppy seed, there is a selection of shellfish, vegetable and meat-based recipes, amongst others. I headed for the Buffalo mozzarella which was characterised by a beautifully presented floral shaped disc made from the residue water of the cheese, and decorated with sparkling balsamic vinegar pearls, sea fennel and Salty Fingers. It was a sumptuous explosion of flavours because underneath lay oozing soft cheese which sat on salty anchovy infused bread. My guest settled on a spiced Angus beef carpaccio which was equally as elegant, and came adorned with truffle shavings and dried black olive.
Come the main course, and there is once again an array of concoctions to pick from. With no hesitation, thanks to my long-standing penchant for fish, I tried the blackened cod with peas and lemon, which was married perfectly with the delicate flavour of the champagne sauce. This was joined by tasty side orders of sautéed heritage carrots with orange, dill and mustard, and poached Mayan gold potato with smoked black pepper and rosemary butter. My guest tried a duo of generously-sized steak fillets dressed in red wine sauce and sheltered by Alaska leaves and butterfly red sorrel. The accompanying horseradish and rose jelly was a little overpowering in flavour, but did not get in the way of what proved to be a fabulous recipe. On a separate note, the wine list at Sauterelle is comprehensive, and Alessandro, the in-house sommelier, is there throughout to recommend the ideal pairing according to what graces your plate. We opted for a small glass of nutty Friulano from the north-eastern region of Italy, which disappeared with ease.
For dessert, there is plenty to satisfy those with a sweet tooth, whilst for guests who prefer to finish on a savoury note, Sauterelle offers an array of Beillevaire French Cheeses. Before we tackled the final chapter, we were given a surprise taster served in glass Jing Tea cups. It turned out to be a very effective and well thought out mix of lemon granita, Limoncello liqueur and micro basil, with a hint of chilli powder just to give it that little extra kick. I then had the apple and calvados compote which was topped with a lavender crumble and viola ice cream, which certainly went well together, but was a bit too "floral" in flavour for my liking. My guest closed her meal with a refreshing and beautifully arranged fruit salad with thin flakes of meringue, and sorbet.
Sauterelle is not the quietest of eateries if you are after something that is intimate and romantic. However, for those who wish to impress colleagues, clients or friends with excellent service and exquisitely prepared and presented food with a Mediterranean twist, then this is certainly the place to head for when in the City.
Sauterelle – Where and How?
Sauterelle is located at the Royal Exchange, London EC3V 3LR, United Kingdom. For more information, or to make a reservation, visit www.royalexchange-grandcafe.co.uk/at/sauterelle-bank, or call +44(0)20 7618 2480.
Open Monday to Friday from 12pm to 2.15pm, and from 6pm to 11pm. It is closed Saturday and Sunday.
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It's okay if you like myself felt this incredible urge to grab a hairbrush and start singing along after that title. Hot Chelle Rae is one of the greatest rock/ pop rock bands that ever came onto the music scene. Yet, today, the spotlight gets a little brighter for the lead singer as he steps out as a solo artist with a brand new EP.
There's no denying a smile like that comes from finally finding the thing that clicks, the right groove, the right chord, the niche that floats your boat. Ryan Follese, oldest son of famed country songwriters Adrienne and Keith Follese, ("The Way You Love Me" by Faith Hill; "Something Like That" by Tim McGraw), Ryan recently figured out why he kept writing country songs despite being one-third of an American pop band). Being that he was born into it and raised in Nashville, he hit all the right notes right out the gate when he sat down to write this EP. Yet, that doesn't mean it was any less work than any other music project. He spent two years working on it with his family and various music geniuses at Big Machine Label Group. He was officially signed June 15, 2016. And I couldn't be happier that not only is Ryan making music but his heart is overjoyed and it definitely shows with this six-song EP baring his name.
"One Thing Right": The perfect song to come home to play on repeat after a long rough day at work. For me it's a song I dedicate to my dogs (cheesy I know) because it touches on that one person or people who make you want to become better, and also help you shrug off the mistakes you made yesterday. Definitely a Southern wedding song.
"Float Your Boat": I spent most of middle school to people asking me for life advice: "Whatever floats your banana boat" so this song speaks to me on a spiritual level. For my feature piece/ full review on this track, #ICYMI.
Overall, I see big things for the lead singer of my favorite band. I see someone who has the talent musically to go far as a solo artist and really come into who he was born to be all along. Whatever floats your boat, Ryan. I'm totally in support of.
I am so stoked that someone wrote a song entitled Float Your Boat because most of my life, you'd find me saying to most people "whatever floats your banana boat." A common American phrase, Urban Dictionary defines it as meaning "soothes your soul" or whatever "works best." It also can mean to excite someone or appeal to someone.
All these have come to manifestation in Hot Chelle Rae's frontman Ryan Follese's new single, Float Your Boat. Recently signed as a solo artist with Big Machine Records, Follese` is no longer just a pop vocalist but now a pop country force to be reckoned with.
Despite being a huge fan of Hot Chelle Rae and still awaiting music from them as a band, I'm glad to have something from one third of the band, a talented singer-songwriter with one heck of a vocal range. Digging the country vibes, Ryan. Can't wait for the album.


From burgers to bangers, steaks to seafood, when the sun decides to put its hat on we love nothing more than to fire up the BBQ. In honour of National BBQ week, well be sharing our top hints and tips when it comes to preparing to wow your friends and family with an amazing, affordable BBQ all week at Keelham Kitchen. Well also be running competitions to design a burger and come up with a special sausage flavour for the Tour De France and launching a new range of luscious BBQ-friendly products (more on this later). And as everyone knows, a burger without a bun is like fish without chips, which is why well be offering a free packet of Marshalls Tea Cakes with every BBQ pack sold.


Dying of fabrics may not be a new thing as researchers have found traces of indigo on a piece of fabric dated 6,200 years ago.
The 6,200-year-old indigo-blue fabric was found from Huaca, Peru by researchers at George Washington University and the finding makes the fabric one of the oldest-known cotton textiles ever to have been dyed with indigo blue. The finding, according to Jeffrey Splitstoser, who is the lead author of a paper describing the discovery, is indicative of how well the textile technology may have developed thousands of years ago.
While most of the technological advancements have been made in the last couple of hundred years, there are instances wherein we are now finding that some of the advances were even made thousands of years ago.
The fabric in question was discovered nearly seven years ago during a 2009 excavation at Huaca Prieta. The site, according to experts, was most likely a religious place – most probably a temple – where a variety of textiles and other offerings were placed, possibly as part of a ritual. The well-preserved artifacts give a glimpse into ancient civilization and lifestyle and offer an unexpected connection to the 21st century.
The development of indigo dye was critical for future trends in fashion, fabrics and textile arts, Splitstoser said.


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Lietuvos Energija becomes Ignitis Group
2019 m. september 9 d. 13:15
Foto: DELFI / Domantas Pipas
Lithuania state-run energy group Lietuvos Energija (Lithaunian Energy) has changed its name and brand to Ignitis Group, having set its eyes on international expansion. Subsequently, all major companies that are part of the group have also been renamed.
"A new stage in our history is starting (…). We are celebrating certain rebirth. We are being reborn as an international energy company this time but with very clear goals, and we will continue what our pioneers started during interwar," Darius Maikstenas, the group's CEO, told a Monday event to present the changes.
The group said the change was determined by its goal to use funds more effectively and consolidate more than 14 brands and names into one brand which is easily understandable in Lithuania and abroad.
According to Maikstenas, the group operates in various foreign markets and plans to have almost half of its activity abroad in the upcoming 12 years.
European Commission opens in-depth investigation on Lithuania's support for energy company
Geton Energy joined Nasdaq Commodities OMX in Scandinavia
Be&Do was picked as the group's brand creation partner in 2018 and it was paid 3,000 euros for the logo.
The Ignitis Group operates in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Finland, and its investment into innovative projects reach the United Kingdom, Norway and France.
The State of Lithuania owns 100 percent of the group and the shares are managed by the Ministry of Finance held on a fiduciary basis.


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What is a School Leadership Team?
School Leadership Teams (SLTs) are school-based organizations composed of an equal number of parents and staff. They meet at once a month, and determine the structure for school-based planning and shared decision-making.
SLT Members:
SLTs must include as mandatory members: the school principal, the PA/PTA president (or designated co-president), the UFT chapter leader, and an equal number of parents and staff. High school teams must also include at least two students. SLTs may elect to include representatives from community-based organizations.
SLT's Role in Schools:
The core responsibility of each SLT is to develop the school's Comprehensive Educational Plan (CEP) that is aligned with the school-based budget. SLTs are strongly encouraged to solicit input from various school community constituencies in order to ensure that all voices are heard regarding the needs of students. Functioning in a collaborative manner, SLTs also help to evaluate the effectiveness of the school's educational programs and their impact on student achievement. SLTs receive support and guidance as needed from their District Leadership Teams.
Our SLT works extensively on Grant Writing to augment our budget and allow for extra-curricula activities and special events.
How do I join my school's SLT?
Parent members of an SLT are nominated by the school's PA/PTA. Members are required to serve a 2 year term under the bylaws of the SLT.
Relevant Legislation:
Under State Education Law, Section 2590, all New York City public schools are required to establish School Leadership Teams. SLTs must comply with the current Chancellor's Regulation A–655.
SLT Members For 2019-2020:
Ursula Annio, Principal
Siobhan Lorina, UFT
Kathy Cheregotis, teacher
Rosemarie DiVirgilio, teacher
Lisa Domingo, teacher
Lucia Finizio, PTA president
Annapurna Sinha, parent
Heloise Traynor, parent
Sheriban Demiri, parent
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America's Maximalist Phase is Over. There May Not Be Another One
Afghanistan has dealt a fatal blow to our entire way of thinking about the world.
Published on: Sep 3, 2021 |
"Why do you think there has been such a furious focus on the pullout from Afghanistan?" a friend asked me the other day. "Yes, the images were horrific, the withdrawal has been ham-fisted, and the rhetoric has been callous. But all of this has been a long time coming."
It's a good and important question. Partly, I think, is that the botched withdrawal felt very personal. Beyond the usual feeding frenzy that an event like this occasions, coverage was driven by the legitimate panic and anguish many journalists and foreign policy specialists felt at abandoning and betraying Afghans they had worked with in the past. Twenty years is a long time, and a lot of people covering the story had built relationships with people in and outside Kabul who were now sending desperate pleas for help as America hastily packed up. On a purely human level, we were doing a shitty thing. And unlike most shitty things that countries regularly do in the pursuit of foreign policy, this hit home in ways it usually doesn't for many in the imperial capital. That fed into shaping the frenzied tone with which the story was covered.
But I think something else is also at play. I think we are seeing the simultaneous unraveling of two organizing concepts for American foreign policy happen in real time. Both the belief in the hopeful narrative that liberal democracy was to be inevitably triumphant across the globe, and the fear-driven narrative that emerged after 9/11 for American engagement in the so-called Global War on Terror, have come apart. And I'm not sure it will be possible to put them together again.
Rhetoric about "freedom" and "democracy" have always guided and grounded American policymakers, either as foundational principles that must be upheld for moral reasons, or as a general means of mustering domestic support for various policies in a raucous, freewheeling republic. When such crusading rhetoric was soldered on to calls for countering a perceived existential threat, America could be roused to overwhelming activism abroad. Steve Sestanovich's magisterial book Maximalist traces this tendency throughout the Cold War. The Truman, Kennedy, and Reagan presidencies represent high-points of this kind of thinking. The debacles in Korea and Vietnam provided brutal reality checks on unbridled American ambition, and the presidencies that followed tried to figure out how to, as Sestanovich puts it, "do less . . . not more. Think harder, not bigger. Hit the brakes, not the gas."
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The Jonas Brothers - Kevin, Joe and Nick - were expected to arrive at Huntington's Oheka Castle Friday in preparation for Kevin's wedding to Danille Deleasa this weekend, RadarOnline.com reports.
The family has rented out the whole second floor of the former estate of financier Otto Kahn, according to the site. The wedding party will be staying overnight in what was once the second largest private home in the United States.
The ballroom, where the rehearsal dinner and a skating party is reportedly being held Friday night, is decorated with Chinese lamps inscribed with the couple's names. Radar reports that the wedding tent will be similarly decked out, in case anyone forgets that it's Kevin and Danille who are getting married.
About 45 people are expected for the rehearsal dinner and party. It's not known how many will attend the wedding, but the tent reportedly can accommodate up to 300.
Reports: Kevin Jonas to wed on LI this weekendRumors are swirling that Kevin Jonas and fiancee Danielle Deleasa will tie the knot Saturday, possibly at Oheka Castle in Huntington.


How much does Central Ohio Primary Care pay in Columbus, OH?
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if your locale settings point to 'de' or 'de_DE' . Otherwise fortune (6) is called with the default database. By using -x option you can enforce German cookies independent from the locale settings.
spruch was written by Andreas Tille <[email protected]>.


Planning to give yourself a Christmas present in the form of our own smart home? Our you want to give one of the UniPi programmable logic controllers as a gift to someone else? In both cases, you have the excellent opportunity as the UniPi team prepared a special Black Friday discount.
From Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th November, you can purchase either UniPi 1.1/1.1 Lite or any model of the UniPi Neuron product line with a 15% discount.
Whether you prefer the simplicity of the UniPi 1.1 or the flexibility and a wide range of models of the Neuron product line, enjoy the discount and enter the world of IoT now!
Note: The discount applies for controllers only, eg. if purchased as part of a set, the price of accessories remains unchanged. The discount cannot be combined with any other specials or discounts.


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Q: iOS 11 issues with navigationBar prefersLargeTitles Xcode 9 beta 6 iOS 11
I have a storyboard for a viewController, the background ImageView, tableView and the searchFooter view are the subViews of the view.The structure is as follows:

In the AppDelegate class,I set
UINavigationBar.appearance().prefersLargeTitles = true
and
UINavigationBar.appearance().setBackgroundImage(UIImage(),for: .default)

UINavigationBar.appearance().shadowImage = UIImage()

In the viewControllerclass,I set  navigationItem.searchController = searchController and navigationItem.hidesSearchBarWhenScrolling = true

When I run the application, I found that the shadowImage of the
  navigationBar was still exist.
  The navigationBar wouldn't become normal(not the prefersLargeTitles
  mode ) automatically(the left gif) when I scrolled the tableView.I hope the navigationBar can work just like the system
  app(the right gif).

A weird behavior: When I remove the background imageView, it can work as well as
  the system app on the simulator.

I don't know why it happened,I wonder how to solve it? Thanks.

A: I've made a small application for your issue. You can reach the project on Github.
Transparent NavigationBar for iOS11
Note: You must use a color for UINavigationBar when scrolling up.

A: The account has been deleted by Stack overflow team. So I use my another ID to comment here.
I have reported the issue to Apple,they asked me to provide a project and I did, but no more further comment from Apple.

A: Make your TableView Top constraint right under NavigationController's NavigationsBar, not ViewControllers Top. It should work

A: You should add below line in viewDidLoad()
self.navigationController?.navigationBar.prefersLargeTitles = true
navigationItem.hidesSearchBarWhenScrolling = false

OR YOU CAN implement viewForHeaderInSection method of UITableViewDataSource
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, viewForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> UIView?
    {
            let search = UISearchController(searchResultsController: nil)
            search.searchResultsUpdater = self
            return search.searchBar
    }

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Flensborg Fjord is a beautiful and ideal place to goo kayaking. We have some fantastic nature and the two islands, Okseøerne, situated not far from Rønshoved Højskole. We will visit these islands. The fjord offers bays and other places that gives shelter from the wind to tired kayakers and it is also possible to cross the Danish-German border to go to the cliff of Holnæs in Southern Slesvig.
In this class you will learn different techniques concerning safety and manoeuvres, which might be necessary in difficult weather conditions.
When there is a rough sea with big waves it is the most fun, but on a quiet day it can also be beautiful and breathtaking. The kayaking season is from April to October.
You have to be able to swim to join this class and we will make a swimming test before getting started.


The apartment homeowners are a couple that likes to read comics and have a huge collection of it. Their first request to designers of was: "Please help us find a way to hide Comics!" Designers proposed to homeowners surprising solution.
According to the Ganna Design as comics are primary to the life of the couple therefore in the center of the home, it is most appropriate possession of comics are in the library!


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As Government Moots Closure of Restaurants, Pubs, and Bars, Hospitality Waits for the Science
It's increasingly clear that the "it's not happening in hospitality" line isn't going to work
by James Hansen@jameskhansen Oct 8, 2020, 12:03pm BST
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A new tier system could see restaurants shut down for several weeks
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Here it goes again, again. As U.K. coronavirus cases continue to rise, new government COVID-19 restrictions could shut down hospitality businesses for "a few weeks" in the areas of the country currently worst-affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic. In another of its signature "leak the plan to test the water" moves, the government appears to have briefed the BBC's Laura Keunssberg on "tighter national rules" that could — emphasis on could — be announced in the next week. Eater has approached the Cabinet Office for comment on the plans.
If this sounds familiar, it's because it's exactly what the government did before introducing the 10 p.m. curfew on restaurants, pubs, and bars. That curfew, and its deleterious impact on revenue, has become a serious problem for the government in recent days. Restaurants and pubs, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, Labour leader Keir Starmer, and even Conservative MPs have urged Boris Johnson and health secretary Matt Hancock to prove that they are basing the curfew on epidemiological evidence. It has now been in place for two weeks, with any impact likely to lag at least a week more, but the contention is that there was never science behind it in the first place. On Thursday 8 October, communities secretary Robert Jenrick claimed that it was "commonsensical" that transmission would occur in hospitality venues, echoing anecdotal justifications from Hancock and Johnson and being unclear on whether government planned to publish evidence of this transmission.
Multiple reports last week suggested that the curfew was designed as a "symbolic act," and the attendant lack of evidence is what is making it a problem for the government. This makes it an effective attack line for restaurants, pubs, bars, and industry bodies lobbying the government to support the industry. The attendant attack line, "it's not happening in hospitality," is harder to sustain. Often-cited Public Health England data that puts hospitality in single-digit transmission is a false read of the situation; PHE tracing data puts eating out as the second-most-cited activity after shopping; and suggesting that people "in" hospitality are safer because of social distancing and sanitisation doesn't account for the fact that going out to eat or drink is an animating factor in engaging in epidemiologically riskier behaviour than staying at home that restaurants cannot control.
But the conclusion of all that, in the absence of a fully effective contact tracing system, is that nobody really knows where transmission is happening outside of households and the only conclusion that can be drawn is that people experiencing transmission outside the home have ... Gone outside the home. This enhances the arbitrariness of the curfew — in which people in previously managed environments spill out into unmanaged environments, in volume and simultaneously — which is straightforwardly counterintuitive to risk management and has therefore been such an effective attack line. The reality is that no government is going to close supermarkets or schools before it closes restaurants and pubs. That needle is not going to move. But governments might withdraw a widely unpopular, unsubstantiated policy that indiscriminately targets one sector without proof of efficacy.
London Restaurants React to New Coronavirus Restrictions
Government Did Not Assess Cost to Hospitality When Introducing Coronavirus Curfew
As bad as the curfew has been, reopening, closing, and reopening again would be an altogether different proposition. The significant investment required to make a restaurant COVID-secure, plus the financial strain of not taking revenue for several months, is something many restaurants can just about withstand and something many more could not. The financial strain of making a restaurant COVID-secure, not taking revenue for several months, and then not taking revenue again — even for several weeks — could be terminal.
And any temporary closures would also have to consider the following reopening. The timeline mooted by the BBC would take restaurants into late October and early November, just a week before the furlough scheme is set to expire and just a week after new job support measures based on "viable jobs" — in which people can work one-third of their hours — come in. Asking restaurants to then reopen, in the state which those that have reopened are in now, with job support measures that rest on viability, would also likely be terminal — especially if the curfew is still in place.
The lease forfeiture moratorium extension to the end of 2020 at least buys some time on rent. It also doesn't change the eventual rent bill, unless restaurants are able to reach deals with their landlords. And finally, the hospitality sector as a whole was hit hardest economically by the pandemic. New restrictions that centre on it would only exacerbate this. Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UK Hospitality, is pushing for a return to a full furlough scheme and additional financial support in the event of any new hospitality lockdown.
Currently, London is not as badly hit as northern regions of England, and would likely not fall under the level of transmission set for enforcing hospitality closures. But with the curfew still in place and uncertainty about what these new measures will look like, hospitality businesses are still being asked to curtail revenue and hours without scientific reason why.
Keir Starmer Presses Boris Johnson on Curfew Science at Prime Minister's Questions


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The Mellon Pathways Program is a new partnership between John Tyler Community College (Tyler), J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College (Reynolds), and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). The program offers pathways, resources, and support for students who are completing their associate degree at Tyler or Reynolds and planning to transfer to VCU to complete their bachelor's degree in the arts or humanities.
Students participating in the Mellon Pathways Program also have the opportunity to apply to become a Mellon Research Fellow, where they will receive a stipend to support conducting a research project with a faculty member and presenting their work at a year-end colloquium.
Being a part of the Mellon Pathways Program provides students with access to resources and a support system to enhance their academic success. It also gives them an opportunity to save money on tuition by taking classes at the community college that count: count towards their degree, count in their future, and count for transfer.
Log in to your VCCS email and fill out our online declaration form; for priority consideration, apply by August 1.
Mellon Pathways Program
The Mellon Pathways Program offers pathways, resources, and support for students who are completing an associate degree at JTCC and planning to transfer to VCU to complete their bachelor's degree in the arts or humanities.
Q: What are the eligibility requirements to participate in Mellon Pathways?
A: We encourage applications from students who plan to complete their associate degree at Tyler and then transfer to VCU for a bachelor's degree and:
are planning to major in Anthropology, Art History, English, Foreign Language, History, International Studies, Music, Philosophy, Religious Studies, or Theater or are undecided and planning to major in a Humanities or Arts field
have completed 15 or fewer credits*
are able to attend half-day orientation at the Midlothian campus on August 22 from 1–4 p.m. or September 10 from 3–6 p.m.
Q: What are the benefits of being in this program?
A: Students will receive enhanced advising about course selection, transfer logistics, and financial aid, along with major and career exploration, and additional support through and after the transfer process. In addition, as part of the Pathways Program, students will:
Participate in free activities, events, and workshops at VCU, at Tyler, and around Richmond.
Become acquainted with VCU before transfer and be part of a supportive community of students and faculty.
Have additional internship opportunities and preparation for career and graduate school goals.
Have the chance to become a Mellon Research Fellow and receive a $5000 stipend.
Q: What majors are included in Mellon Pathways?
A: This program is open to students who plan to study Anthropology, Art History, English, Foreign Language, History, International Studies, Music, Philosophy, Religious Studies, or Theater, or who are interested in majoring in an area in the arts or humanities, but are not sure which.
Q: What is expected of program participants?
A: Each semester, each student will choose three Pathways Program social gatherings, workshops, campus tours, cultural outings, online modules or other events and have two advising sessions with their Transfer Coach and/or Transfer Coordinator. Continuation in the program requires:
Maintaining a 2.50 GPA and completing at least 6 degree-applicable credits with a C or better each fall and spring semester.
Completing ENG 111 and the first college-level MTH course in the semester immediately following completion of any MTE or ENF courses (excluding summer), and completion of ENG 111 and ENG 112 and the first college-level MTH course with a C or better in the first 30 credits.
Q: Can a student apply to the program if he or she is planning to start at Tyler next semester?
A: Yes! This program is open to all incoming, returning, and current students with 15 or fewer credits.
Q: What if a student has more than 15 academic credits, but wants to be part of the program?
A: If a student has more than 15 academic credits, but has at least three semesters left at Tyler and would like to participate in the program, please contact your Tyler transfer coach, Kirstin Pantazis or the Program Director, Dr. Micol Hutchison to discuss and determine possible eligibility.
Q: How do I apply?
A: Log in to your VCCS/Tyler email account and fill in the online declaration form to be considered for Mellon Pathways. Priority deadlines are August 1 for fall semester and December 1 for spring semester. Declarations will be accepted year-round, but to be fully part of the program in a given semester, please apply by the priority deadline.
Mellon Research Fellows are motivated Mellon Pathways Program students who will:
work with a faculty member on a research project
present at end-of-year colloquium
participate in at least one Mellon Program cultural activity or workshop per semester
Mellon Research Fellows receive:
preparation for upper-level university work
enhanced mentorship and advising
a $5000 stipend for the school year for use towards tuition, books, school supplies and equipment, professional development and student activities
Up to eight Mellon Research Fellows will be accepted into this program each year. If you are interested in becoming a Mellon Research Fellow, please contact your transfer coach, Kirstin Pantazis. Selection of the Mellon Research Fellows will be based on application essay, GPA and other evidence of commitment to obtaining a bachelor's degree.
Kirstin Pantazis, Tyler Transfer Coach, at kpantazis@jtcc.edu or 804-594-1564
Ian Coyle, VCU Transfer Coordinator, at coylei@vcu.edu or 804-827-8216
Micol Hutchison, Program Director, at mhutchison@vccs.edu or 804-819-4978
Current Pathways Program Participant Resources
Folio Cafe Schedule
e-Portfolio Login
(Please remember that your Login is your vccs email address without the @email.vccs.edu part).
Kirstin Pantazis
Tyler Transfer Coach
kpantazis@jtcc.edu


I actually discovered A Month in the Country in a really shallow way. I was browsing around the internet for pretty books and discovered the Penguin Essentials collection, and decided that I needed all of them. I wrote down a few of the prettiest looking ones (not knowing what most of them were about) and asked for them for Christmas in 2014. This is one of the books I received, and I don't regret it all because LOOK HOW PRETTY.
Well, I'd had it for over a year and I thought dang, it's probably about time I read that. Also it's nice and short and I wanted to ease myself in to the classics challenge this year.
I honestly think the fact that it was nominated for the Booker prize and won the Guardian Fiction prize in 1980 speaks for the merit and value of the book whilst the fact that it was chosen for the Penguin Essentials collection in 2014 speaks for it's endurability.
I was so pleasantly surprised by this lovely little classic. I really didn't know what to think going into the book as I didn't really know what it was about from reading the blurb, but what I found was a nostalgic look at post-WW1 rural England and a wry, slightly haunting commentary on the human condition.
A Month in the Country is a mix between a character study, a rural idyll and an examination of life after war. For such a short book it's surprisingly complex without ever being tiring or boring. It's definitely character-driven rather than plot-driven and I sometimes find that quite refreshing. It's nice to slow down and be thoughtful sometimes rather than rushing through a fast-paced thrilling plot.
As a born and bred countryside girl, I always appreciate rural settings in novels, and A Month in the Country, with it's beautiful rural Yorkshire backdrop, doesn't disappoint. The descriptions of the landscape are atmospheric and nostalgic and evoke a sense of calm and contentment. This evocation is made even more powerful by the brief, contrasting references to life during the war; references to trenches, battles and shell-shock. As the narrator, Tom, says: 'there might be something to be said for seasons in hell because, when we'd dragged ourselves back from the bloodiness, life had seemed brighter than we'd remembered it'.
The narrator, Tom Birkin, is a Londoner, and it is therefore interesting and often humorous to observe this rural community from an 'outsider's perspective. He notices all the quirks of the characters, the etiquette, the routines and the traditions and comments on them with a distinct dry humour and sharp wit.
A Month in the Country is ultimately a reflection on life, the meaning of it and the pointlessness of war. It is a celebration of the small things, a reminder to appreciate these golden years and to seek beauty in all things.
As long as it remains in print (particularly in beautiful editions like this one) I can imagine it will continue to be picked up, read, and enjoyed by many generations. I think that despite it's definitive period setting, it has something to offer to every reader.
Fans of the rural idyll, people who enjoy thoughtful character-driven stories, anyone looking for a short but lovely classic.
The 2016 Classics Challenge is hosted by the lovely Stacey of Pretty Books and you can find out more about it here.
Will you be joining in with the 2016 Classics Challenge?


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Simple problem, simple solution is all.
And a number of ways to solve it. I was really surprised that it was so difficult to find an amperage draw for a typical HEI. The MSD 6A will run on the feedback from the idiot light circuit. Were this my car I would do things different, but a low mile first year Malibu makes me give pause to clipping wires and disturbing the ignition switch. This car doesn't even have a single blemish in the factory bench seat.
So take the two wires from the column and starter and hook to a relay and done. No cutting and easy to reverse if you want to.
I would tap into the ignition directly to power the choke and the distributor.
That way you will have a full 13.5 volts when running. the choke is the issue so I would fuse that but if you must fuse the ignition I would use at least a 40-50 amp fuse as the HEI coils draw a lot of juice and some coils I have seen draw 20 + amps.
HEI systems surge upon first power up, some as much as 25+ amperes.
HEI ignition systems should NEVER be fused. A larger wire gage really isn't needed to supply the HEI with adequate amperes to operate way past 8,500 rpms, after initial power up. 14 gage is just fine for that, but it is the power up current draw that requires the larger gage fed wire size.
HEI draw at idle, depending on the coil used, runs about 3.5 to 4.0 amps average at idle speeds, lowers considerably as the engine rpms rise. As the amount of charge time between firing intervals of the coil decrease, the loading also decreases. At idle, there is a large amount of charge time, so the ampere draw is higher, as rpms increase, time between charge intervals decreases, so does the amperage draw.
I have seen as low as 1.8 amps charge draw in a good HEI at above 9,000 rpms.
There are a few diversions to all this, dirty/corroded connections, too large a spark plug gap for the compression resistance, plug wires that have too much resistance, too low an input.
Where have you seen HEI coils that draw all this amperage? I don't claim to know all but I don't remember seeing any HEI coils that draw 20+ amps anytime other than during the initial startup surge.
Woof? We gonna start mooing next?
What had happened to this place?
GM HEI module does NOT surge to 25 amps on start up. In the link I posted earlier in this thread is the complete cct diagram of the HEI. It uses the MJ10012 Darlington Pair [ not a gay couple from South Carolina ] in the output stage to pass the coil current of approx 5.5 amps. The MJ10012 is rated at 10 amps.
I think some are confusing surge with the surge of current when an incandescent lamp is switched on. When cold, the lamp filament has very low resistance, so a large current flows, as the filament heats up, resistance increases, current drops.
The coil is an inductor & when voltage is applied to it, current starts at zero & increases to the max current; & it is not instantaneous as in a surge, it takes finite time.
From GMs info on HEI: " A current limiting cct was added to the HEI module to limit primary current to 5.5 amperes rather than using resistance."
From my POV, Circlotron, Geoff2, Tuner, In-Tech (and some I forget) know their stuff with regard to ignition systems. They are the ones I'd take a class with.
I'm going to assume you say "column", you mean steering column. On a 1964 Malibu, the only wire in the steering column is for the horn. The only wires at the starter other than the main battery cable are the purple wire at the start terminal and a black wire with a purple stripe that connects to the coil for a full 12 volts when the solenoid is energized.
I once traced the resistor wire back till I got 12 volts then ran a 10 gauge wire to the HEI.This worked fine for a while,till I was going about 130 mph and it melted the unchanged wire back to the fuse box.I repaired it as F-bird 88 has suggested.
Refer to the instructions for MSD CD systems regarding the use of a diode in the wire from the ignition switch to the voltage regulator, so the alternator regulator circuit does not back feed to the ignition switch and so the the ignition. The little diode is included in the bag of miscellaneous parts that comes in the box with MSD 6 etc.
Yep, I had that problem once. Putting a diode in line with the alternator light was the suggested fix. I never ended up doing that because I discovered that the engine would stop when you pulled the handbrake on. Probably the brake warning light on the dashboard was enough to shut it down.
That was my first guess, but I wasn't sure if there could be enough power through the resistor wire to keep a relay closed. I would guess this tells me there is a relay in an MSD 6AL, and thus the reason for the diode.
It is because the relay or the MSD box require so little amperage to activate. The resistor has so little current flow to resist the voltage drop is not much. Ohms law. Resistors resist amperage, not voltage. Voltage drops on the downstream side of resistance because amperage is reduced by resistance.


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Clement Okusi
Partner, Parent, Pastor and Preacher's Perspective.
8 Principles for Churches That Want to Grow, by Mark Driscoll
When it comes to numbers, churches tend to err in one of two ways: They either discount them as unimportant, or they put too much emphasis on them. The reality is numbers are important, and though they aren't the only sign of a healthy church, they are an important measure.
For Mars Hill, numbers are a key measure of our health. For us, it's all about the numbers, if by "numbers" you mean the number of people getting their sins forgiven, getting their lives changed by Jesus and going to heaven instead of hell. We'd like that number to go up. We're all for that.
When numbers are viewed from this perspective, they are a good thing to desire to see grow. This is why I commend pastors who desire to see the church they pastor grow for the right reasons.
23 Reasons for Rapid Church Growth
10 Enemies to Church Growth
Overcome the 5 Barriers to Church Growth
4 Factors of Fast-Church Growth
In my conversations with pastors around the world, many have questions on church growth. So, I thought I'd share eight principles I've learned about church growth.
1. Begin with the end in mind and know how large you want to be.
The following is a rough breakdown of reported (which may not be entirely accurate) church attendance. Admittedly, these numbers are a few years old, but, as a general rule, they do give you a rough idea of church-size barriers.
Churches with 45 people or fewer = 100,000 churches or 25% of all churches
Churches with 150 people or fewer = 300,000 churches or 75% of all churches
Churches with 800 people or more = 8,000 churches or 2% of all churches
Churches with 2,000 people or more = 870 churches or 0.22% of all churches
Lyle Schaller, considered one of the best church consultants in the world, states in his book, The Very Large Church, that the two most comfortable church sizes are under 45 people and under 150 people, likely making them two of the hardest thresholds to pass through, in addition to the 800 mark.
In The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell states 150 is also the maximum number of people someone can purposefully connect with, which explains why some people do not like bigger churches. It may also explain why John Wesley divided people into groups of about 150, the average hunter-gatherer village is about 150 people, most military units are under 200 and the Hutterites allow their communities to grow no larger than 150.
Understanding group dynamics like this is important in understanding there are significant challenges that come with each phase of church size, and being aware of where you want your church to grow allows you to begin preparing for those growth phases more effectively.
2. The larger the church, the more different it is from other churches of the same theology and tradition.
As a church grows, while the theology remains the same, the organization complexity doesn't, often requiring new methods of ministry.
Size affects the number of lines of communication, how an organization stacks or does not stack leadership, access to the senior leader and family, etc.
Simply put, church size does matter for how a church is run. Much like a married couple, who some years later find themselves with a dozen children, cannot simply organize their life as they did with their first child—everything must change.
For those wanting to learn more about the dynamics of church size, Tim Keller has a helpful paper, and Larry Osborne has a helpful book called Sticky Teams.
3. Change is inevitable.
You either move forward or backward.
A living church changes differently than a dying church does, but all churches change.
For a church to grow, it must change. It does not need to change in theology, but it will need to change in methodology.
If a church is unwilling to change their methodology to reach and care for more people, then it is guilty of method-idolatry, which is where we confuse unchanging biblical principles with what are supposed to be changing cultural methods.
4. Don't assign moral judgments to size and change.
People tend to wrongly attach a moral value to church size, which is unholy, unhealthy and unhelpful. This explains why big churches are accused of being uncaring and small churches are accused of not reaching people or being well led or organized.
I pastored Mars Hill when it was small and saw a lot of people saved by Jesus. And, now that Mars Hill is large, I'm certain we take far better care of our people with far better community than we did when we were small.
Many smaller church pastors, especially those who value theology well above ministry philosophy and size, tend to completely overlook or even deny the importance of church size. They will accuse those who care about numbers to be simply pragmatic, as if wanting more people to meet Jesus and grow in grace were a bad thing.
The reality is Jesus works through churches of all sizes, and if he should see fit to bless a church to grow bigger, that is not a bad thing but a good thing.
5. If you want to grow, you need to prepare for common changes now.
Here are few of the changes you'll face as you grow:
You move from managing workers, to leading managers, to leading leaders.
Focus shifts from a survival-in-the-present mode to a success-in-the-future mode.
Expectations move from informal to formal (elders, deacons and members).
You have to grow from making decisions by general consensus to a handful of people making decisions.
Communications becomes formal and written rather than informal and oral.
People's roles move from general responsibility to specialized responsibility.
The church moves from being one community to being many communities (e.g., multiple services, community groups, etc.).
The senior leaders shift their focus from being primarily caregivers to making sure people are being cared for by raising up leaders.
The senior leader shifts from working in the organization to working on the organization.
The members move from being connected to the pastor to being connected to other leaders.
Focus shifts from drawing people through relationship to drawing them through events and dynamic Sunday services.
6. Be humble as a leader to seek the counsel of pastors ahead of you and receive their counsel.
Over the years, I've reached out to many godly pastors who oversee larger churches for advice and counsel as Mars Hill has grown.
Their friendship, advice, prayer and service to our church have been much appreciated and priceless. No man is an island, and it's crucial to seek godly counsel and humbly receive it.
7. Discern between guilt and conviction in seasons of transition.
Developing this discernment is key, as you cannot do what everyone wants you to do and also do exactly what God calls you to do.
As the old adage goes, if you try to please everyone, you please no one.
Proverbs 29:25 says fear of man is a "trap" or a "snare," depending upon your translation. Fear of man causes us to live for the approval of our tribe and to fear criticism or ostracism from our tribe. Fear of man is a form of idolatry—living to please someone other than Jesus Christ.
Ultimately, when you get to heaven, you'll give account to Jesus for your decisions and actions as a pastor. Strive to be faithful to Jesus, not to the demands of people.
8. Pray and plan for people to meet Jesus.
As you often get what you pray for, you need to prepare for it.
Mars Hill has been blessed by God to see a great harvest over the years. Like any large harvest, there is much work to do and it is tiring.
As you pray for many people to meet Jesus, also prepare in faithful expectation for the work that will come if Jesus answers your prayer.
The good news is seeing many people meet Jesus, while demanding work, is the best kind of work there is.
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Stats show only 'tiny' proportion of UK is gay, lesbian or bisexual
The Office for National Statistics questioned hundreds of thousands of people in the research.
One in 66 Britons is gay or bisexual – NOT one in ten, as previously thought (dailymail.co.uk, 29 September 2012)
Rupert Everett opposes gay marriage, gets death threats (02 October 2012)
Opposition to redefining marriage tops MPs' postbags (01 October 2012)
Ousted: Christian councillor gets boot over gay marriage (20 September 2012)
Call for Equalities Minister to think again about gay marriage (19 September 2012)
Only 1.5 per cent of people in the UK are gay, lesbian or bisexual according to new official statistics – not the 6 per cent figure the Government usually claims.
The figure comes from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) which questioned hundreds of thousands of people in the research.
The ONS found 1.1 per cent said they were gay or lesbian, after speaking to around 545,000 adults.
Staggering
And after quizzing around 220,000 adults, the ONS found 0.4 per cent who said they were bisexual.
According to the study, 2.4 per cent of adults who live in London said they were gay, lesbian or bisexual.
Responding to the figures, and speaking in light of the Government's plans to bring in same-sex marriage, Mike Judge of The Christian Institute said: "It is staggering that such a monumental change is being carried out on behalf of a tiny proportion of society."
Commenting on the new figures, Ben Summerskill of homosexual lobby group Stonewall, commented: "We reckon 6 per cent, the figure the Treasury has used for some time, is a sensible estimate."
In 2003 the former Labour Government endorsed figures from Stonewall which claimed that between five and seven per cent of the population were homosexuals.
The coalition Government is pushing ahead with its plans to redefine marriage despite much opposition.
A number of Government ministers and MPs want to keep marriage as it is and a nationwide petition against homosexual marriage – organised by the Coalition for Marriage – has been signed by over 600,000 people.
Academic study of homosexuality and parenting.
Christianity Today, October, 2012
The CT Interview
The Regnerus Affair
The embattled sociologist talks to CT about the controversy over his study of homosexuality and parenting.
Interview by Katelyn Beaty [ posted 9/28/2012 ]
If you want to know how University of Texas sociologist Mark Regnerus's summer has gone, look no further than The Weekly Standard. On the cover of the conservative magazine's July 30 issue are two hooded henchmen impishly turning the gears on a medieval torture wheel holding Regnerus, sweating beads as he tries to stay in one piece. The cover copy—"Revenge of the Sociologists: The perils of politically incorrect academic research"—hints at the situation sparked by the publication of Regnerus's newest research as well as the broader political discourse over same-sex marriage.
The survey, known as the New Family Structures Study (NFSS), is remarkable in its scope. It's a random national sample, considered "the gold standard" of social science surveys. NFSS measures the economic, relational, political, and psychological effects on adults ages 18 to 39 who grew up in families where the father or mother engaged in homosexual behavior. Despite Regnerus's repeated caution that the NFSS does not account for stable same-sex marriages (since same-sex marriage as such didn't exist when the survey participants were children), he has undergone professional censure. Social Science Research conducted an internal audit on the peer-review process of the NFSS, and the University of Texas at Austin investigated Regnerus following allegations of "scientific misconduct." (The school has since cleared Regnerus of the allegations.) Regnerus agreed to an e-mail interview with Christianity Today associate editor Katelyn Beaty to set the record straight on the NFSS and its many discontents.
Other studies have been done on the well-being of children raised by same-sex couples, with many sociologists concluding there's no real difference between children raised by same-sex couples and those raised by heterosexual couples. Why was the NFSS needed at this time?
Most family scholars had, until recently, consistently affirmed the elevated stability and advantages [for children] of the married, heterosexual, biological, two-parent household, when contrasted with all other family "makes and models." Other types of family arrangements were perceived to fall short—even if not far short—in a variety of developmental domains such as educational achievement, behavior problems, and emotional well-being.
For the children of gay and lesbian Americans, however, social scientists have largely shifted their sentiment. Since 2001, and picking up steam more recently, scholars have been increasingly quick to declare "no differences," and some have even moved to suggest that same-sex parents may be more competent than a man and woman in a traditional family arrangement. Ten years is pretty speedy to overthrow a long-stable paradigm, and frankly, some of us found it a bit suspicious, so we decided to look into it ourselves.
I don't think there is a time-sensitive component to this study, other than it was time to evaluate what had become a rapidly-shifting consensus on the subject.
How does your methodology compare with those used in previous surveys on this topic?
This is the key area of distinction between my study and most others. Almost all studies that came before this one were small and "nonrandom." That is, we have no idea how similar most other studies' research participants are to the general population they seek to study. And with many previous studies, I think it's fair to be skeptical. For example, if you know you're participating in a small study on gay parenting and that it'll make the news and perhaps have political ramifications, I think it's fair for scholars to wonder whether such a study will yield valid, reliable data.
'Ten years is pretty speedy to overthrow a long-stable paradigm, and frankly, some of us found it a bit suspicious, so we decided to look into it ourselves.' - Mark Regnerus
The NFSS, on the other hand, is much larger than most others, and is a random sample of the population of American adults ages 18–39. I focused not on their parents' sexual orientation—after all, it was a quite different era back then—but on their parents' relationship behavior. So I compared how young adults whose mothers or fathers had a same-sex relationship fared when analyzed alongside other types of arrangements, including the traditional, biologically intact married mother and father.
Explain briefly how you identified "lesbian mothers" and "gay fathers" in the study. These are not established same-sex couples who together chose to adopt or use IVF, correct?
If by "established" you mean stable couples present for their child's entire growing-up years: The data allowed for stably-coupled gay or lesbian parents to emerge, but at least in the era I am assessing, it was uncommon. Moreover, so was surrogacy and assisted reproductive technology (ART). These are all pretty expensive, even today. Another scholar writing on this subject notes that "the literature on same-sex-couple parenting has tended to feature studies of the kind of women who can afford ART: white, upper-middle-class women." But that is the media stereotype of gay and lesbian parents, even though data from the National Study of Family Growth reveal that they're less apt to want children than nonwhite gay and lesbian parents. So the types of couples you are referring to could be in the data, although I did not ask the respondents about the circumstances of their own birth.
From other questions—such as whether your biological mother and father were ever married—I can discern an educated guess about their origins. A majority of such respondents were the product of a heterosexual union that eventually disintegrated. Some suggest these were "mixed orientation marriages," but I wouldn't be so quick to presume that. While the etiology of homosexuality is not under study here, questions about my categorizations seem tacitly to raise the subject of who counts as a lesbian mother or gay father, to say nothing of bisexuality. The study is, however, about what its title states: the adult children of parents who have, or have had, same-sex relationships. In hindsight, I wish I would have been even more vigilant than I was in making sure readers always understood this.
What would you say to religious and political groups that promote traditional marriage and want to use the NFSS results to "prove" that parenting by same-sex couples is damaging to children?
I am neither a theologian nor politically oriented, so I wouldn't presume to tell anyone else how to do their jobs. While social science cannot "prove" things, it can describe social reality. What the NFSS does describe is that the young-adult children of men and women who have had same-sex relationships appear more likely to have experienced problems, and in some cases continue to struggle, than those whose biological parents were and are still married. Why exactly this is the case is an important question that should continue to be explored and debated.
What problems in particular do young-adult children of parents who have had same-sex relationships encounter? Emotional, financial, spiritual?
They report a variety of challenges, especially if they witnessed elevated instability in their household. Most of them have seen some [non-parent adults] coming and going. Among other things, they are more apt to report financial and employment difficulties, to finish less schooling, feel more ambivalence about their family experiences while growing up, smoke more, have more run-ins with the law, and report more sexual partners and greater victimization than those children from biologically intact, stable marriages. I didn't include religion or spirituality in the published study.
'The study itself was neither intended to undermine nor to affirm any legal rights about same-sex marriage.' - Mark Regnerus
What are your personal convictions about marriage structures? Do those convictions introduce a bias into your research, as critics of late have charged?
Every researcher has biases. This is why good survey projects assure participants' anonymity and don't hint to their participants how they ought to answer. This helps allow social science to rise above the personal biases of researchers.
You note that every researcher has biases. How are biases informing the internal audit of your research currently being conducted by Social Science Research, specifically the person conducting the audit, sociologist Darren Sherkat? Didn't Sherkat, who supports gay marriage, publicly criticize your research before the start of the audit?
Yes. I won't fight fire with fire here, but that is true. And yet the audit concluded that the publication process for the study was not compromised. Scholars criticize each other all the time, but it seems to be more personal in this territory.
Does your study have anything to contribute to contemporary debates about the legalization and cultural acceptance of same-sex marriage—especially since the NFSS was retrospective?
The study itself was neither intended to undermine nor to affirm any legal rights about same-sex marriage. That said, the NFSS and other solid studies out there are a good source of information for orienting citizens, regardless of their own personal perspectives.
Looking back, do you think it was responsible as a researcher to receive funding for NFSS from the Witherspoon Institute and the National Organization for Marriage (nom)—two groups known for strong stances on traditional marriage?
No funding came from the National Organization for Marriage, but rather from the Witherspoon Institute and the Bradley Foundation. [Editor's note: Critics of the NFSS have linked Witherspoon and Bradley to nom because Robert P. George, nom's chairman emeritus, has strong ties to the two institutions that helped fund Regnerus's study.] As I've noted in the text of the study and elsewhere, I have always operated without strings from either organization. No funding agency representatives were consulted about research design, survey contents, analyses, or conclusions. Any allegations that the funders might have improperly influenced me are simply false.
How do you understand your calling as a sociologist? What does sociology offer to a broader society that other professions can't?
Among other things, good sociology investigates what culture is, how social structures work, how certain ways of thinking and acting become "normal," how institutions shape our lives, and how social change happens. This may sound abstract and dull, but it's really a fascinating and important way of seeing and thinking about the world and our own lives. Those who apply themselves to wrestling with these kinds of issues often discover how interesting and important sociological analysis can be. And in the process, they often come to understand much more fully their own personal life experiences.
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