I started these earrings with bronze discs that I etched in a unique pattern. I added sterling silver earwires, soldered onto the back. I then added delicate copper chain to balance these special beads. The beads are made of wood from the forests of Tasmania. I purchased these beads in an open air market in the city of Hobart in Tasmania, an island off the coast of Australia. I found it an enchanting place with an appreciation for the craftspeople who inhabit it.
These earrings are made to be a bit odd, mismatched, bold and dramatic.
Part of the EAD2015 jewelry challenge, these are 17 and 18 of 365 earrings I will make for this challenge.


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ASCL was asked to present evidence to MPs on two issues in January.
President Brian Lightman represented ASCL at the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee enquiry into assessment, giving evidence alongside NAHT, ATL and the GTC.
On virtually all the key issues there was clear agreement between the four bodies. MPs heard that the current testing system is unwieldy and not fit for purpose. Tests are being used for too many different purposes and are too narrow a reflection of the overall curriculum. League tables give a distorted view of schools and are misleading to parents.
The following week, ASCL was invited meet with the committee of MPs scrutinising the Education and Skills Bill. Brian and deputy general secretary Martin Ward had 40 minutes with the committee, which was the same amount of time allotted to the CBI and to the TUC.
ASCL took the opportunity to push for changes to the bill on several issues, including strengthening the duty on employers to work with education providers and simplifying the proposals for providing 'careers education' and 'guidance' which are treated separately in the bill.


Lexington Glassworks (81 South Lexington): Our top place to watch glassblowers at work is Downtown Asheville. Owners and glassblowers Billy and Geoff love to demonstration the entire process. They even have a special viewing area with benches and a bar with local beers on tap! The gallery is open every day with glassblowering each day except on Tuesdays. Admission is free. Their gallery is full of their gorgeous creations in all price ranges. They are open late on many weekends with live music the first Friday of each month, April-December. Read more about them.
Bender Gallery (29 Biltmore Ave): Don't miss this contemporary fine art gallery specializing in museum quality glass sculpture by U.S. and international artists. See work by some of today's leading glass artists including the world renowned Maestro Lino Tagliapietra, Davide Salvadore with sons Marco and Mattia, Hiroshi Yamano, and husband and wife team Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg. You will be inspired by their creativity and skill. Go to their Web site for more.
Momentum Gallery (24 North Lexington) features top contemporary artists from western NC and across the country. Read more.
Blue Spiral 1 (38 Biltmore Avenue) is the largest fine art gallery in downtown Asheville. See exceptional creations by 100+ artists on three floors.
North Carolina Glass Center (140 Roberts Street, Asheville): Located just a couple of miles from downtown and Biltmore is the River Arts District, home to this non-profit glass teaching center. Stop by to watch demonstrations and sign up for a class. Book a 30-minute hands-on glass experience ($50-$75/person) to work one-on-one with an instructor to create their your own piece of glass. What a souvenir! Many area glassblowers use their studio, and you'll find their work in the gallery open 7 days a week (no demos on Tuesday).
Jackson County Green Energy Park (50 miles southwest of Asheville): This fascinating arts complex in Dillsboro that is powered by methane gas captured from the old town landfill. The fuel provides heat for blacksmith forges, metal foundry, pottery kiln and glassblowing. Watch demonstrations most days and check out their gallery. Also, artsy downtown Dillsboro is nearby with many galleries!
Penland School of Crafts (50 miles northeast of Asheville) a famous center for craft education tucked away in the Blue Ridge Mountains with one to eight week workshops in a big variety of mediums, including glass. Their gallery of student work is very impressive, and you can explore the historic campus. Classrooms and most studios are closed to the public. Located near Spruce Pine.
Toe River Studio Tour includes 24 glass artists at studios and galleries in the Penland area. Read more.


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No breaking seal of confession for abusers, church insists
U.S. bishops hear pope on pro-life, transgender issues
'Marxist communism' returning to Spain, cardinal warns
Bishops urge Central African Republic leaders to face challenges in 2020
Comboni Sisters in West Bank build bridges amid walls
Church leaders in Sudan's Nuba Mountains say they support the people
A boy cares for cattle in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)
By Paul Jeffrey • Catholic News Service • Posted July 18, 2018
NUBA MOUNTAINS, Sudan (CNS) — Caught between a repressive government to the north and a civil war to the south, residents of the Nuba Mountains of Sudan face difficult choices as they ponder their future. What they can count on, Catholic leaders say, is that the church will continue to accompany them on whatever political path they choose.
"We live in the mountains because we fled from the Arabs who came here to make us their slaves. If the SPLA-North wasn't militarily strong, the Arabs would have entered here and raped all the women and girls, killed all the men, taken all the property, and enslaved anyone who survived," said Father Daniel Tutu Kuku, the parish priest in Heiban. He referred to the Sudan People's Liberation Army-North, a rebel group that controls much of the Nuba Mountains, a small enclave inside Sudan along its border with South Sudan.
"We won't be slaves. If Khartoum won't give us our freedom, we will continue fighting. By peaceful means when possible, because the gun can't win. It only destroys," he said. "But it is the means by which we protect ourselves. We prefer peaceful means, but when they force us to use the gun, we use it."
Despite decades of conflict, the future of the Nuba Mountains remains unclear. While the Nuba fought alongside other southerners against the North during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005), their fate was set aside by the 2005 peace treaty that placed what became South Sudan on the road to independence. Instead, war dragged on for the Nuba, with the government in the capital, Khartoum, sending Russian planes to regularly bomb agricultural land, chasing farmers into caves in the hillsides and leaving the population short on food. While Khartoum stopped the bombing in 2016 during a diplomatic offensive to convince the West to end sanctions, its military standoff with the liberated enclave has continued.
U.N. agencies refuse to enter the Nuba Mountains, unwilling to antagonize the Sudanese government. A handful of international aid groups, insisting on anonymity, provide some humanitarian assistance, but all have problems with access. For years the Catholic Church flew cargo planes of food and medical supplies into the region, but halted those after Khartoum started targeting the flights.
Talks to allow greater humanitarian access have gone nowhere, with Khartoum insisting that all aid be channeled through the North, and the SPLA-North demanding a humanitarian corridor from the border with neighboring South Sudan.
Dr. Tom Catena, a Catholic lay missionary from the United States, said any aid that comes from the North would automatically be suspect.
"When you've lived here during the attacks, you're not going to trust anything from Khartoum. You assume it's poisoned. You're going to assume that any vaccines they send are to sterilize the people. It's not something that's negotiable," said Catena, who directs the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel. "That's the position of the SPLA leadership, and most people agree. I wouldn't trust them, either. They've tried to kill us with bombs, so what's to stop them from killing us in other ways?"
Comboni Sister Angelina Nyakuru, a Ugandan who serves as head nurse in the hospital, said the people of the Nuba will never surrender. "They are fighting for their liberation. They've had it with the North and want to be free," she said. "They already have their own national anthem. And people in Gidel came to us sisters for cloth to make their own flag. We didn't have all the colors they needed, but we gave them what we had."
No one here proposes unifying with South Sudan, which has been plagued by civil war since 2013. With both merger and independence off the table, Catena said some sort of semi-autonomous status might work.
"We had high hopes for places like Kurdistan, but it's kind of collapsing. So I don't know how it would work. The Nuba is landlocked and poor. On the other hand, the people don't need much. They'll farm, and there's gold here and there. They'll find their way. But at the moment, I don't see any viable political solution," he said.
Catena said he urges his neighbors to think beyond war to achieve their ends.
"Fighting and killing Arabs isn't going to solve their problems," Catena said. "They should prepare themselves to be better than them. Get their revenge that way. Become so excellent in medical care that the Arabs will come here for medical care. Is an Arab guy going to think that he's better than you when he sees you standing over him with a knife about to operate?"
What's clear to church leaders is that they must prepare people for whatever political future emerges. One key element is education. Besides health care, a primary emphasis of Catholic work in the region has been opening and operating schools throughout the Nuba Mountains, as well as a teacher training institute in Kauda.
The schools have been largely financed by a Nairobi-based foundation run by Bishop Macram Max Gassis, the retired bishop of El Obeid. For years he has run church operations inside the Nuba Mountains on behalf of the Sudan-based diocese, whose current bishop is not allowed by Khartoum to enter the rebel enclave.
Yet runaway inflation — the Nuba use the troubled South Sudan pound as their currency — coupled with financial shortfalls in Nairobi have pushed several school directors in the Nuba Mountains to attempt to raise school fees this year, a move opposed by most parents. The church has now trained sufficient local teachers that there's almost no need to import costly foreign teachers from Kenya and Uganda, as has been the practice for years, but the schools still face difficult financial challenges.
"The church puts effort into education because the church looks ahead. It looks to the future," said Father Zacharia Osman, the parish priest in Lugi. "Without education, nothing good will happen. It's how we're creating our leaders for the future. The Arabs in the North educate themselves but don't care about the education of people here. So we need to do it ourselves."
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Commissioner King at a Dangerous Crossroad
By Jill Berkowicz and Ann Myers on October 15, 2013 6:31 AM | No comments
Carol Burris, Long Island's award winning principal has written a piece that captures the field response to the New York State Reform Agenda and the man who represents it, Commissioner John King. She argues that part of the problem is that he did not come up through the system where he would have learned to deal with "emotional and boisterous groups." She ends her piece saying:
In many ways, it is a sad tale. One might imagine that if John King had first been a principal of a New York City public school, or the superintendent of a district, he would have become skilled in dealing with emotional and boisterous groups. In doing small-scale reforms in a district, he could have practiced effective pacing. John King would know, as Sergiovanni taught, that the heart of good leadership is the development of followership. Without followership, no reform has a chance.
We don't agree that coming through the system necessarily prepares you for what he endured at his recent forums, but we do agree that pacing and followership is important... especially if you have time, the change required is small and you intend to lead rather than disrupt. Herein is where the questions about intention arise.
On Sunday, October 13th, we posted a piece about respect and civility based upon King's Poughkeepsie meeting. In it we considered questions about the behavior of the audience. Respect and civility are increasingly perceived to be signs of weakness in America. Public contempt for individuals with positional authority is blatant. At a moment when issues are exceedingly complex, we strive for simple answers. Is that possible?
Burris' account of the history of this implementation is accurate. It has been fast and laden with accountability for everyone in the system. The field believes King is unable or unwilling to listen. Burris reports that his responses were defensive, and as a the result, people felt they were told they were wrong or misinformed. King's unfortunate statements following the Poughkeepsie meeting regarding the audience being co-opted by special interest groups gave confirmation that he was discounting the audience.
We could not continue to fund a public system where so many children were not successful. If we can accept that as a starting point, perhaps dialogue can occur. In the midst of anger, frustration and fear, let's as leaders, be clear. The Reform agenda was launched by a Board of Regents, led by Chancellor Meryl Tisch, before John King became Commissioner. As with every board, the Regents looked to the CEO to carry out the agenda. With determination, he is. And, if being heard means hitting the pause button, taking a reflective break, or easing off any part of the reform or its speed, then he is not listening to the field.
In Poughkeepsie, a woman in the audience addressed the Commissioner with, "You are a Nazi" and held out the straight-arm salute, so offensive an expression it is now outlawed in Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic. Will that really help? Will it cause him to change his position? If anything, it contributed to his entrenchment in the belief that the audience was a host of interest groups concerned more with self-interest than with children. Are we are the stalemate where no reasonable people can enter with a thoughtful dialogue and make good decisions about the system, children and change? It depends. Does the field object too much to being pushed about by an intelligent, young black leader, with an ivy-league education and a charter school background, for him to accomplish anything? Or does his personality render him unable to captain the ship through this storm?
Let us stand as models and engage with our reformers with dignity while we protect the children from what we can. He, alone, cannot be blamed for making schools environments of stress for children; we are doing that with him. As parents and educators, protecting children from stress and danger is paramount. Teaching them how to work through it is our job. In most school districts, this imperfect reform agenda is being implemented with purposeful compliance. Leaders, teachers, parents and students are doing it as best they can. We are in this now. On the ground, in the field, we fight against the imperfect parts while keeping the school experience a healthy one for our students. In the rush forward, errors are being made and children are hurting. Teachers are too.
Former Commissioner Tom Sobol, in his book, My Life in School, described his own his experience of being derided first, for being chosen (albeit the second choice) as Commissioner. He had always worked in schools in wealthy communities and there were educators who thought he wouldn't be able to truly understand their needs and concerns. And then, as he ushered in the New Compact for Learning, and a valiant effort at creating an inclusive curriculum he reports,
Neither the Board of Regents nor I was riding on a long crescendo of acclaim during those years. From the time A Curriculum of Inclusion first appeared, much of the press and many people in public life and academia assaulted my motives, my plans, my intelligence, even my good faith. Time magazine wrote, "American kids are getting a new - and divisive--view of Thomas Jefferson, Thanksgiving, and the Fourth of July...The Wall Street Journal, in an article called 'Curriculum of Diversion,' opined that 'little is likely to be accomplished until educators stop chasing the latest fad and get back to basics (p. 117).
He too had to hunker down and endure the attacks. But in Sobol's case, he understood something else.
Our education reform plan had to build on what people wanted. We would have to do a lot of listening...The meetings (around the state) were open to everyone, but were attended mostly by parents, teachers, and administrators...After the hearings we would talk in the car, on the drive back, about what we had heard" (p.119).
If we are to influence changes to the process, how shall we proceed? One of our followers noted, "Respect and civility matter. However failure to listen and create understanding leads to (and is) disrespect." How insightful. The lack of listening is both. It is disrespectful and it generates disrespect in return. So, will the Commissioner continue to dig in his heels, batten down the hatches, and move forward? Will some among us rise, not in hostility or opposition, but with the wisdom of elders to guide and open a path? There are among us those who have suffered the joy and pain of our work, who have the experience of age and a dose of common sense to dispense. They are those who can see beyond the battlefield to the new land and who can guide the young warrior if he listens. We must try again, and again, in another way, in another forum, with our bridge builders at the helm. We think another man named King would agree.
Sobol, Tom (2013). My Life In School. Scarsdale, New York: Public Schools of Tomorrow
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Conserving the world's coral reefs
Alex Reid is interested in tropical ecosystems and found Wellington to be the best place to study a Master's focused on research in coral reefs.
Alex is a postgraduate student working towards a Master of Marine Conservation.
A passion for coral
Alex says he "thrives on coral reef research".
The 23-year-old science graduate moved from Dunedin to Wellington to pursue his interest in tropical ecosystems—coral in particular.
"When I was looking into doing a postgraduate degree I found Wellington had more coral reef researchers than other universities, and is ranked top in New Zealand for research quality."
Mixing things up
Alex enjoyed the "good mix" of research, coursework and applied science in his Master's degree, as well as the flexibility to pick up interesting courses outside his programme.
"There's such a wide range of options available—you can really find your niche and figure out where you want to end up. I have honestly loved every assignment.
"The lecturers are really great—always happy to help students—and the postgraduate facilities and laboratories are top quality."
Looking for dugongs
Alex travelled around New Zealand and abroad with his studies. The highlight was two weeks studying marine ecosystems in Queensland, Australia.
"It was one of the coolest experiences I've ever had. We spent a week at North Stradbroke Island looking at the management of mangrove and seagrass ecosystems, then a week at Heron Island studying the coral reef.
"We saw manta rays, heaps of sharks and a really diverse array of fish and corals—we looked for dugongs but didn't find any."
Smart career move
Alex says his studies have prepared him well for the workforce with the contacts and experience he needs for his career.
"For one course, people from different government and conservation organisations came to talk to us about what they do and what's topical in their area. Having contacts in these outside organisations is a huge advantage.
"My postgraduate degree will help me stand out when I'm applying for work. Between my courses and experience working on collaborative research projects with lecturers and PhD students, it will be clear I have a lot to offer."
Moving up North
"I love living in Wellington. Everything is really central and within walking distance. It's such a nice city to live in, particularly for a student. There are a lot of different things in a really small area," Alex says.
"At university I've felt more connected to the bioscience community. I have a strong postgraduate network of friends wider than just my Master's programme."
Know Your Mind
Alex didn't realise he didn't know his mind until he came to Victoria University of Wellington.
"Knowing my mind has given me direction and the incentive to keep on pursuing what I know is right for me."
See other students talk about their university experience and what Know Your Mind means to them.
Master of Marine Conservation


partnerships that work | Fulcrum ConsultingWorks Inc.
You know you need a partner. Learn how to select the one that's best for you. Contact Fulcrum for a free copy of our partnership worksheet.
Last week I described the trend toward developing supply chain partnerships. Let's look at three critical aspects of successful partnership: (1) selecting the right elements of your business to partner, (2) selecting the right partner, and (3) being a good partner.
When considering where a partnership may be preferable to a transaction-by-transaction based relationship, look in both directions. You can choose to partner with your customers as well as with your suppliers. But tread carefully. This is a long-term commitment, not unlike marriage, and not to be entered casually.
How-to: Partnering best applies to repetitive and continuous buying situations integral to your business. A company's one-time buy of office furniture doesn't really lend itself to effective partnering. After all, most businesses do not have an ongoing need for furniture, so the opportunity to develop a long-term mutually beneficial relationship is limited. Similarly, a partnership relationship is probably not viable in a market that rarely has need for your goods or services.
For a manufacturer, the supply of critical raw materials could provide a partnership opportunity. That same manufacturer may also look toward his customers for potential partners. He may see an opportunity with a distributor. Perhaps he sees great potential for the distributor to help position the manufacturer in new markets, and also sees potential for his company to help streamline the distributor's operations in serving existing markets. A potential win-win, and a potential supply chain partnership.
How-to: Don't assume that a long-standing association is a partnership. If you want the relationship to be a true supply chain partnership, state it clearly. Formal agreement ensures similar intent and can strengthen both companies. Remember that a current supplier or customer may logically seem a candidate for partnership, but problems may arise because you may not be willing or able to help each other excel. Choose carefully.
There are certainly other approaches to evaluating organizations, but it is important that you complete a rigorous examination before committing to a partnership.
Recently, I helped a company use the process just described to facilitate the assessment process of potential supplier partners for a critical family of raw materials. We identified the key aspects of a company that we believed would best support the client's long-term success. In this case, we created three categories: Business, Product Availability, and Operations.
Under Product Availability, characteristics were simply a list of all the materials in that category because having a full array of materials was important to the decision.
in-house capability of handling the materials.
We established weights for each of the three major categories, and then weights for each item within a category. After visiting each candidate, we assigned a score to each item in the evaluation. We then calculated an overall score for each potential partner. (downloadable spreadsheet available on-line).
We discovered that we would need to partner with two suppliers instead of the goal of one due to product availability issues. With my client and the two new partners working together, we have put in place new ordering systems, new payment systems, new material handling systems – all of which have served to reduce expenses at all three companies. In addition, the two supply partners enjoy increased business from my client, and have enhanced their ability to support other customers. My client enjoys reduced inventories, reduced variables, and streamlined ordering and material handling operations.
Whether you use that type of evaluation model or something else, do not skip performing a critical evaluation. If no organization comes out of your selection process with an acceptable evaluation, keep looking or decide that, for now, partnering in that specific arena is not going to work. Do not enter into a partnership out of desperation or exhaustion.
If a partnership is to be successful, you must be a good partner as well as have one. That means being willing to contribute resources to helping them.
You may want to create an assessment tool to evaluate your own readiness. Looking from the vantage point of the other company, what would they look for and how would you rate?
Successful experience in win-win negotiations, where the interests of all parties are considered and met, is valuable in being a good partner. In resolving problems, a good partner works with the other organization to find a way to meet the needs of both parties. The golden rule of supply-chain partnership: Work with others the way you want them to work with you.
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The Dutch provided sanctuary for the Jews in 1492 and the Jews have never forgiven us.
I notice a positive correlation with low intermarriage rate (Jews, Asian Indians, East Asians). I'm not trying to say anything, it's just a quick observation.
I also agree that the Dutch numbers are very surprising.
Odd. Some of the lower scoring groups-Dutch, German, and Danish are from the most economically advanced/high IQ countries. Greeks, Armenians, Sephardim-that whole cluster- earn a lot but the old country is a mess or at least worse off then countries farther north. Their performance on PISA/TIMSS(high g loading) also confirm lower intelligence too-plus the Spanish/Italian populated Argentina does poorly so its not just regional politics preventing development(imo). Supposedly Iranian Jews earn even more then the older generation American-Ashkenaz Jews! Does anyone have any theories?
You guys are probably thinking of income as a good proxy of what is conventionally thought of as social status. In fact I think it is a rather weak proxy. A lot of kids of affluent backgrounds are using social status and money to go and get multiple university degrees which will help them generate more ... social status. These groups may well be getting degrees in English, Queer Studies, Sociology, Peace Studies, etc., and deciding to let future income take care of itself.
Note that Euro-Americans are generally mongrels. (I am.) If someone is partly English and partly descended from other European countries, what are they going to answer on their survey forms? We can't say for sure, but I can sure as heck say that, other than the USA, the least popular "nation" on Earth in the eyes of all the leftists I've known is England (these are the types of folks who claim to know all about "British imperialism" but often can't correctly identify the actual name of the country they loathe so much).
Just a thought, I don't have any proof.
... Not to mention that France is pretty unpopular among a lot of American rightists.
Running a successful country takes a different skill set than succeeding in a successful county. Lots of Iranians and Armenians are hardworking an have strong family values, which allows them to thrive in the U.S. In their own homelands though, their high level of chronic dishonesty and poor civic behavior retard growth. The same can be said for Greeks and Italians.
up with Dutch West Indies (just an idea).
What does "actual income and education levels" have to do with the "prime movers in the exploitation of people of color?" Are you claiming that the most rich and educated are the same as the most exploitative? That's an odd view of the world.
"I thought elites kept brown people down."
"I thought Jesus lovers kept pagans in their place."
"I thought racist America doomed a man with black skin to the ghetto."
Don't be cute. You didn't think any of those things. You're just trying to straw man liberals.
Ron: "I thought racist America doomed a man with black skin to the ghetto."
JA: "Don't be cute. You didn't think any of those things. You're just trying to straw man liberals."
Right. Liberals don't attribute lower black incomes to racism.
"What does 'actual income and education levels' have to do with the 'prime movers in the exploitation of people of color?' Are you claiming that the most rich and educated are the same as the most exploitative? That's an odd view of the world."
Allow me to respond for the reader. You make a good point--why couldn't it be poor people who are the exploiters? They could be extraordinarily incompetent oppressors who are always taking resources from others, but the wealth magically disappears before they are able to use it. And the people they take it from get magically rich from the victimization.
Right. Liberals don't attribute lower black incomes to racism.Do they? Any more than conservatives do? I thought liberals attributed lower black incomes to lower opportunity and worse environments. Sure, we recognize that racism does exist and is a factor (for example, those studies that sent out identical resumes but for names that sounded either white or african-american and showed the whites were asked for interview more often) but I doubt many think it's the dominant factor. Don't judge all liberals by the dumbest liberal you know.
You make a good point--why couldn't it be poor people who are the exploiters? Are you being sarcastic? I don't get it. Obviously, it's easier to exploit if you're rich, but it doesn't follow that the richer you are the more exploitative you are. There are plenty of ways to earn honest and very large incomes. So your whole argument that the Jews and Asians etc are richer therefore WASPs can't be exploiters makes makes no sense.
JA: Please pay attention. It's not my argument; it's the readers.
Didn't you write the last paragraph? It's not blockquoted.


Today's Photo Friday post showcases a photo of one of the first meetinghouses ever built by the Brethren in Christ Church — a structure that emerged during a tense period of conflict and controversy in the church's history.
Faithful readers of The Search for Piety and Obedience will know that we've written frequently about the fact that for the first century of their existence, the Brethren in Christ did not build meetinghouses. Instead, members met and worshiped in one another's homes and barns, reflecting the family-like nature of the church in its earliest years.
But did you know that one of the church's mid-nineteenth-century schisms centered on the building of a meetinghouse, considered too "worldly" by church authorities of the day?
The immediate cause of the schism was the decision of Matthias Brinser and his Dauphin County followers to build a small meetinghouse near Middletown, Pennsylvania. An increasing Brethren membership in that locality was outgrowing the capacity of homes to accommodate the worship services. . . .
Simple as this meetinghouse was, it aroused a storm of opposition especially among the Lancaster County Brethren. . . .
Wittlinger also describes how, during one council meeting held on a stormy winter night, church members debated for hours over what to do about Brinser's planned violation of church custom. In the end, they prepared a sharply-worded admonition to Brinser, urging him not to continue his project. Nevertheless, the ambitious Brinser — a "colorful" bishop in the Dauphin County area, according to Wittlinger — moved ahead with his plans.
The result was that the meetinghouse controversy reached a climax in the summer of 1855 with the [Brethren in Christ] excommunication of Matthias Brinser and all of his supporters. . . . [The] excommunication seems to have fixed a point of no return for [Brinser's] group. Referring to that action, Brinser reportedly remarked: . . . 'They will sometime eat what they now vomit.' . . . He could not, of course, have foreseen how soon this prophecy would be fulfilled. Within the next decade . . . meetinghouses appeared at Woodbury, Pennsylvania, and near Canton, Ohio. Early in the 1870s the Franklin County Brethren began to build them, and they soon became commonplace even in Lancaster County.
The so-called "Brinserites" eventually formed their own separate denomination, the United Zion's Children (now United Zion Church). In later years, the Brethren in Christ and the United Zion explored the possibility of merger, although those plans were eventually scrapped.
Nevertheless, today's photo is a living testament to Brinser's provocative prophecy — and, perhaps, a cautionary tale about how to treat innovators in the life of the church.


The East Coast of the United States, known for its beauty as a scenic destination for residents, visitors, and wildlife alike, has emerged from the impacts of 2012's Hurricane Sandy with a new approach to tackling protection through resiliency. Devastating weather-related events like Sandy, along with the storms and hurricanes that have followed, have put a spotlight on our shorelines for opportunities to not only rebuild but to fortify our coasts through a holistic approach to better serve as our first line of a defense.
With Hurricane Season nearly upon us (extending from June 1 to November 30 for the Atlantic), it's a great opportunity to focus on ways we can reduce flood and storm impacts using nature-based solutions. For coastal engineers like me, it's also an opportune time to examine how emerging resiliency tactics like living shorelines are helping protect the East Coast from future weather-related events.
An aerial image of the Prime Hook Restoration Project, where beach/dune replenishment is helping restore this tidal marsh habitat.
My colleagues and I have collaborated with many local communities, as well as state and federal agencies, to implement uniquely selected resilient-design features in several projects along the coast. The mission: restore and reinforce our coastline using elements that will naturally complement and fortify the local environment.
_q_tweetable:The mission: restore and reinforce our coastline using elements that will naturally complement and fortify the local environment._q_Living shoreline approaches often include a hybrid of environmental and man-made features, including a variety of structural and natural materials such as wetland plants, submerged aquatic vegetation, shellfish reefs, coir fiber logs, sand fill, and stone. For example, an "ideal" living shoreline in many tidal areas contains a succession of natural features that would normally be found in undisturbed ecosystems.
Of course, these elements vary greatly based on the location and ecology of a specific shoreline. Even along the coast of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, we have utilized varying tactics when working with living shorelines for reinforcement.
The south shore of Staten Island has a long history of coastal erosion and was one of the hardest hit areas in the metro New York City when Hurricane Sandy came ashore.
As part of its New York Rising Plan, the state launched a series of storm recovery and resilience initiatives. One of these, the Tottenville Living Shoreline Protection Project calls for the design and construction of a multi-tiered living shoreline system to reduce wave impacts and coastal erosion along this residential and commercial neighborhood.
It's important to note that these tactics are designed as a risk-reduction strategy. This approach aims to reduce the impacts of coastal flooding and shoreline erosion, restore and enhance ecosystems, and increase social resilience by improving waterfront access.
Marsh creation and sidecast dredging activity at the Prime Hook Restoration Project in Delaware.
Further south, the restoration of the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge along Delaware Bay, one of the largest tidal marsh restoration projects in the eastern United States, has been recently completed.
Here, Hurricane Sandy opened a new breach in the barrier island and wreaked havoc on the 10,000-acre tidal marsh/barrier beach ecosystem. The storm destroyed this sensitive habitat for migratory birds, fish, and other wildlife, further degrading this already battered wetlands area.
By engineering in a way that complements—rather than opposes—nature, our team focused on reestablishing a critical habitat in a way that will support the ongoing rejuvenation of the wetlands ecosystem.
Our work on this project includes placing approximately 1.1 million cubic yards of sand from an offshore borrow area along the shoreline. We reconstructed a 40-foot-wide dune, 150-foot beach berm, and back-bay marsh platform.
The marsh restoration portion of the project included dredging 30 miles of conveyance channels and "thin layer" disposal of 600,000 cubic yards of sediment to help manage and restore the flow of tidal currents. Through our work in the refuge, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, we have helped establish ecosystems to give the habitat strength to endure, adapt, and thrive in the face of future storms.
A living shoreline was created along Phoenix Park and the Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority wastewater treatment facility in New Jersey to promote resiliency and improve water quality, among other benefits.
While many think of living shorelines as existing environments where damaged habitats are being restored, there is also great opportunity to introduce new natural features to heavily impacted areas of shoreline. Take our work in South Camden, New Jersey, as an example.
This project includes the creation of a living shoreline along Phoenix Park and the Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority wastewater treatment facility. The goal of the project is to develop an innovative living shoreline along the Delaware River that will achieve shore stabilization, create estuary habitat, introduce flora and fauna, promote resiliency, and improve water quality.
From New England to the Southeast, many communities are embracing nature-based solutions to work with natural ecosystems in protecting and strengthening our resiliency network of shorelines. As we prepare for this hurricane season, we look forward to studying how these strengthened shorelines will continue to naturally evolve and thrive.
As a coastal and civil engineer, Jeff Tabar brings forth creative solutions to complex engineering problems every day. Right now, Jeff is leading the largest post-Hurricane Sandy recovery and resiliency project to restore critical marsh and coastal property in the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge.


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Props to You: Hong Kong Teenager in the Running for Rugby Sevens Team
By crystal_wilde 19 March 2014
UPDATED: March 24th 2014
News just out that Raef Morrison will indeed be making his Hong Kong Sevens debut this year alongside Max Woodward. Rowan Varty will be play in the tournament for a record ninth time, joined by other local heroes including Jamie Hood, Lee Jones, Ben Rimine, Nick Hewson and the two McQueen brothers. Hong Kong policeman Tsang Hing Hung will also be returning to play, as will his counterpart from the Fire Services, Kwok Ka Chun. It has been confirmed that Raef will also be competing in the Junior World Trophy between April 7th and 19th as part of Hong Kong's Under 20s squad. Way to go Raef!
Excitement is already building about the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens. But as the rest of us get giddy over costumes and the carnival atmosphere, one Hong Kong teenager has butterflies in his belly for an entirely different reason. We talk to Raef Morrison, the 18-year-old who might just be scrumming down with the big boys this year! Born and raised in Hong Kong, Raef only started playing rugby as a young boy because his best friend decided to switch from soccer. By the time he was 13 people were starting to notice his "good game", and now at 18 he trains as a prop with Hong Kong Football Club's first 7s and 15s teams. Although he's up against some stiff competition - with at least three players vying for each position and 19-year-old Chris Maize back from injury - Raef and his family have their fingers crossed he'll be lining up on the pitch alongside Varty, Hewson and the McQueen brothers on March 28-30th. Raef has being attending the Sevens since he was two and has played in the tournament before with the mini rugby teams. He's recently even enjoyed a brief taste of the international limelight after HSBC flew him to South Africa to take part in the bank's official 2014 Hong Kong Sevens video, which is not actually filmed in Hong Kong (fun fact!). He insists however that nothing can prepare him for the pride he'd feel being part of the Hong Kong Sevens team. "I'm lost for words now and it's only a possibility," Raef told Localiiz. "It's something I've always wanted to do. I get goose bumps just thinking about running out on the pitch in front of my friends and family." Despite being a burly 6'1'', Raef is one of the smallest on the team. And his secret for holding his own in the scrum? "I can't wrestle them, so I just throw myself at their ankles and pray," he laughs. Not surprisingly, Raef's parents are proud as punch. His mum avidly scrapbooks any mention of him in the media (Hi, Mrs Morrison!), and they've even given him permission to put off university while he pursues his rugby career. "I'm taking it step by step, but for now I really want to focus on making the Sevens, said Raef. "That's my dream, so at the moment that's all that matters." Good luck Raef. We're rooting for you!
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Wildcats Make Splash at Conference Meet
Sam Thomas '20
Senior Sports Writer
Thatcher Scanell '22 competes in the 1650 Freestyle, on his way to a fourth place performance.
Davidson's Swimming & Diving teams competed at the Atlantic 10 Championships this past weekend at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. The men finished fourth out of eight teams and the women finished eighth out of eleven teams. Both team performances were highlighted by a myriad of strong individual performances and multiple school records set by Sarah Helen Shepherd '21 across the four day competition.
Records set by Shepherd included the women's 400 Individual Medley, which she set both in the preliminary and final rounds. Her times were 4:22 and 4:17 respectively which put her eight seconds clear of the second best performance in school history. The performance earned her third place overall. Shepherd also set the school record in the 200 IM with a time of 2:01 in both the preliminary and final rounds. That performance was good for fourth in the competition. Beyond the Individual Medley, Shepherd also tied Kate Morton's '16 school record in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:01.
Other strong performances included sophomore Mitchell Stanek's 2:00 mark in the 200 breaststroke. The mark was good for second best in program history and was part of a two second and six place improvement from a season ago. Alex Strasser '20 also moved up to second in program history with his performance in the 100 butterfly in a time of 48.59 seconds. The mark tied Will Fox '14's best mark and placed him eighth in the competition. Furthermore, Thatcher Scannell '22 placed fourth in the 1650 freestyle in 15:42. The mark comes on the heels of his school record performance in that event at US Junior Nationals last fall in a time of 15:36.
On the women's side, the 400 freestyle relay placed fifth with a time of 3:25. The team, made up of Frances Resweber '20, Maggie Farrell '19, Siena Senn '22, and Shepherd, averaged a 100 time of 51.3. That average time would be good for eighth in the program's history, showing the excellence of that mark. Resweber, Farrell, and Senn also moved up on the program's performance lists in their individual freestyle performances. Resweber moved to fifth in program history in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:51, Farrell moved to sixth in the 100 freestyle with a performance of 51.22, and Senn moved to second in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:55.
George Washington won the Men's swim meet, and Duquesne took home first place in the women's meet. George Washington, like the Davidson men from a season ago, rely on their senior class for a large bulk of their points. Both Duquesne and George Washington won the meet a season ago as well.
Both of the programs put together very solid performances. They both graduated strong senior classes last year and have maintained pace with their performances at previous conference championships. Both the men and women return a strong core next season and look to keep making a splash in the A-10 and beyond.
Next season, the Women's team will return 20 out of 24 team members, and the Men's team will return 24 out of 27 team members. Hopefully, the small loss of only seven seniors between the two team will culminate in an even more successful season than this historic one.
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Real & Artifical Blue Blood
I don't know how we got onto the topic at lunch today, but I do recall Jack saying: "Remember back when Pierre Trudeau was escorting all kinds of good-looking women after he and Margaret broke up?"
I said I did -- "Margot Kidder, Barbara Streisand ...."
Jack said: "I think Streisand was asked by some journalist how she'd like to be the Prime Minister's wife. She answered that she'd love to be Canada's First Lady. I'm glad nobody pointed out to her that she was wrong. Apparently the lady has a short fuse and a long temper. It could have been a major international incident."
I wasn't quite sure where Jack was heading with this and so I didn't say anything. Besides, I was having trouble keeping my big leafy salad on the small plastic plate.
Jack continued "I guess she wasn't quite aware of the protocol. The Queen is our First Lady. I think Jeanne Sauvé was Governor-General at the time, so she would have been the Second Lady, which she would have been even had she been the Governor-General's wife. I'm not sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if Ontario's Lieutenant-Governor's wife outranks the Prime Minister's wife. In any event, Barbara at best would have been Third Lady, and more probably Fourth Lady. That wouldn't have gone over well with her, I don't think."
I said "Jack, you may be right. But it's all water under the bridge."
Jack said "You know, Americans have a real thing about royalty. So, come to think of it, do the French. It's interesting that they both got rid of their King and royalty, but, apart from the UK, I don't think the Queen is received anywhere more enthusiastically than in the US and France. Why do you think that is?"
"For one thing," I said, "maybe both countries feel guilty about having got rid of their royalty. For another, Americans love celebrities, and you can't get celebrities with more of the trappings and hoopla than royalty."
"You may be right," said Jack. "In Europe most of the PEOPLE-type magazines are full of what the various European royals are up to -- the Scandinavian, British, Dutch, Spanish, Monagasque royal houses, and all the pretenders to the French throne, and minor bluebloods from Germany and Eastern Europe."
I said "Royalty, movie stars and pop singers -- that's the life the ordinary citizen lives vicariously. There must be a real need for that kind of thing; just look at the magazine rack at the check-out counter of any supermarket."
Jack said: "It's funny how many American musicians have taken titles from the nobility -- Duke Ellington, Earl Bostic, Count Basie, and "The King of Swing" -- Benny Goodman. More recently there's Prince. And, of course, there's Elvis, "the King." I can't recall any other nation where musicians have taken royal titles. No one has ever called Elvis the President of Pop, even though it alliterates."
I said: "And then again, I don't know any European nation that has given royal names to bed sizes -- King and Queen. Of course in Canada we have to follow the American usage. Funny, no one has come up with an Emperor size, at least not yet. Or President or Vice-President size for that matter. And speaking of King and Queen, there's Burger King and Dairy Queen. And the Princess phone, remember? Americans sure seem fascinated by royalty."
"Yes," said Jack, "in fact, I think they're trying to establish their own kind of royalty -- financial or industrial royalty."
"How so?" I asked.
"Think of all the rich Americans who don't write 'junior' after their names any more, but use Roman numerals instead: there's the golfer Davis Love III, for instance, and John Rockefeller III, Henry Ford III, and Robert Kennedy III. I can't think of any others at the moment, but they're out there, generating more little Americans with even bigger Roman numerals. Why don't they use the more democratic Arabic numerals, instead of the Regal Roman ones? I tell you, if a nation doesn't have real royalty, it will make its own fake one."
Jack took a look at my empty plate and at his full one, and took another tack. "What about you? Do you have any royal blood?"
I said "Jack, the way the old royalty dispersed its seed, I don't think there's anyone anywhere who doesn't have at least one drop of blue blood in him. About the only thing I know is that for more than twenty generations the eldest male in the family on the spear side has had the name of Joseph. I think my father said I was the 26th generation."
I should explain here that Sjef is the short form of Joseph in Flemish, much as Ted is the short form of Edward in English.
"That would make you Joseph Frenken XXVI," said Jack. "You're way ahead of Davis Love! Why don't you add those numerals to your business card?"
I said "For one thing, I don't have a business card; for another, I think it would be more than a bit pretentious."
"You're being too modest," said Jack.
I said "I have lots to be modest about."
Since Jack didn't feel the need to dispute that, he turned his attention to his lunch.
I didn't blame him.
Sjef Frenken is a renaissance man: thinker, writer, translator and composer of much music. A main interest, he has many, is setting to music the poetry, written for children, during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Nimble of mind, Sjef is a youthful retiree and a great-grandfather. Mostly he's a content man, which facilitates his relentless multi-media creativity.
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Canada: From Climate Pariah to Climate Champion?
by Antonio Antonopoulos
Antonio is an internationally experienced renewable energy professional from Toronto, Canada. Even though he really does not enjoy cold Canadian winters, he is nonetheless passionate about mitigating climate change. Read more about him here.
I'm typically writing from a more global perspective, but there's palpable excitement in the air in Canada to report on.
But wait — didn't I write last year about Canada's pathetic lack of almost any presence at the UN Sustainable Energy for All conference?
For the past 10 years, the people had to endure a government that saw Canada's economic future as simply "North Saudia Arabia", that negated Canada's agreed-upon climate obligations, that obstructed global climate change negotiations, and that was taking no initiatives on renewable energy.
But the recently-elected government of new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is giving Canada an energy and climate makeover.
[Yes, that is the same Prime Minister that got kudos around the world for his gender-balanced cabinet ("because its 2015"), as well as the one that gets written up in Vogue as one of the sexiest men alive.]
I held off commenting on the new government's energy and climate policy, despite promises in the electoral platform, because electoral rhetoric is one thing, and actually taking action is another. The Ministry of the Environment was renamed "Environment and Climate Change", which was a good step, but I wanted to see the meat (I'm known to be a bit pessimistic sometimes on politics…).
Well, the government is starting to walk the walk.
Last week, the Prime Minister and the provinces agreed to a climate change action plan, entitled the Vancouver Declaration on Clean Growth and Climate Change. The aim is to have some sort of price on carbon across the country. Feel free to read about it, but truth be told the plans are a bit vague. What is very promising though is that the federal government has stated that if the provinces cannot get their act together in short order, they will just impose a carbon price from above. Which is putting their money where their mouth is.
So it's exciting!
So many things to wish for… While I intend to write more articles on progress here, let me start with the first wish-list item: bringing back RETScreen to its former glory.
RETscreen is a renewable energy project financial software, developed by the Ministry of Natural Resources 20 years ago, was the world's go-to renewable energy software. I learned to use it in my Masters in Germany over 10 years ago (and also had no idea at the time that Canada had even developed it). Everyone praised Canada for having developed it, and I was pretty proud about it. But fast forward 10 years with little interest from the previous government in advancing it, it no longer even have its own website anymore! It's on some lame government back page now. Compare this to success of software like HOMER spun-off from the US government's Natural Renewable Energy Laboratory.
The RETScreen sad irrelevance is emblematic of everything that was wrong with the government for the last decade. And it also serves as an important reminder though: when you are "out of it" for too long, the world advances way past you. That's where Canada is now. It has a lot of catching up to do on climate and energy, as other countries have taken up the torch and moved along (e.g. Germany, among many others). To actually become a leader is going to take a lot of work.
So is this the beginning of the sea-change we've been waiting for in Canada? I really do hope so, and I'm quite optimistic for the first time. A supportive federal government can enable a whole lot more renewable energy development in this country. Let's keep moving forward!
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Oleg says:
Welcome back to the blogosphere – good to have you back and focused on relevant issues…
Justin's initial round of actions yields optimism, I'd agree. He seems to have also figured out that 'pretty boy' beats 'old geezer' for a public face.
BUT, hope is not a strategy! So far, Canadians have done little to 'skate to where the puck is going'. And, it remains unclear what it will take to achieve broader public buy-in..Maybe Canada can follow the model of other countries and implement proven, yet aggressive policies? Clearly, a progressive climate change action plan must also catalyze the economy…
This is serious stuff, as we all know. It requires bold moves, starting with an urgent transition from political rhetoric to strong public policy…Hope you'll find the time to cover the progress!
Antonio Antonopoulos says:
Thanks Oleg! I completely concur. Unfortunately politicians often fail to transition from "political rhetoric to strong public policy", but I'm keeping optimistic for now!
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By Carson Frame • Jul 10, 2019
A thousand National Guard troops from Texas will try to address one of the unintended results of President Trump's immigration crackdown -- traffic jams that are slowing international commerce.
A New Report Says The Pentagon Isn't Doing Enough To Protect Military Bases From Sea Level Rise
The Government Accountability Office says the military isn't doing enough to deal with the effects of climate change, after more than $9 billion in hurricane and flood-related damage to three bases in less than a year.
The VA Is Using Video Games To Help Disabled Vets Recover And Reconnect
By editor • Jun 19, 2019
Some VA medical centers have realized that helping vets get back in the game can also help with their recovery.
For Troops At The Border, Encounters With Migrants Are Rare
By Steve Walsh • Jun 14, 2019
During the eight months they've been deployed at the U.S.-Mexico border, military personnel have had little direct contact with the people at the center of the mission.
Scientists Are Trying To Measure The Value Of Outdoor Service Work For Transitioning Veterans
Congress is considering legislation to encourage "outdoor therapy" for veterans with injuries or post-traumatic stress. Volunteer groups are already running similar programs in national parks.
At 98, This D-Day Survivor Has Written A Book And Is Making One Last Trip To Normandy
By Jay Price • May 31, 2019
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As he takes part in the 75th anniversary commemoration of the Normandy invasion, Ray Lambert of Moore County, N.C. worries that his generation's values have eroded.
The USS North Carolina Is Battling A New Enemy: Climate Change
By Jay Price • Mar 31, 2019
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"Vulnerable" seems like the last word to describe a 70 million-pound armored ship that can fire shells weighing as much as a car. But now the USS North Carolina, one of the state's most iconic tourist attractions, has a new enemy … and a new battle plan.
The Pentagon Has Settled A Lawsuit Over Allegedly Defective Earplugs. Now Veterans Are Suing, Too.
Shantelle Campbell / U.S. Army
The settlement with earplug manufacturer 3M has focused attention on service-related hearing loss, one of the most common health problems among veterans.
Unable To Recruit Enough Techies, The Military Is Partnering With Universities and Start-Ups
By Jay Price • Feb 25, 2019
To keep up with potential adversaries such as China, the Pentagon is teaming with civilian technological innovators and trying to adopt some of the practices of the private sector.
An Oral History Boom: Hundreds of Groups Are Recording Veterans' Stories
By editor • Feb 20, 2019
Encouraged by a Library of Congress initiative, volunteers and non-profit groups around the country are recording and preserving veterans' voices.
To Help Veterans In Crisis, VA Counselors Are Riding Along With Police
By Libby Denkmann • Feb 1, 2019
In a first of its kind program, the VA in Long Beach, Cal. is partnering with law enforcement to proactively reach military veterans with mental health issues.
Supreme Court Order Leads To More Uncertainty For Transgender Troops And Recruits
By editor • Jan 23, 2019
President Trump's restrictions on transgender troops moved a step closer to taking effect, even as several lawsuits challenging the policy remain unresolved.
9 Years After A Deadly Deployment, A Ft. Bragg Unit Will Reunite For Mental Health Treatment
By Jay Price • Jan 4, 2019
Christine Jones / U.S. Army
Jay Price reports on a program by the VA and a Charlotte group that's trying a new way to deliver mental health care to veterans by reuniting an entire Fort Bragg unit for treatment.
The VA and a Charlotte-based non-profit have teamed up to try a new approach to mental health treatment for veterans. They're reuniting entire units for therapy in a pilot program called Operation Resiliency.
Medical Foster Homes Can Be An Option For Elderly Veterans, But The VA Won't Pay For Them
By Carson Frame • Dec 11, 2018
For thousands of elderly veterans, long term care means living in a nursing home or institutional care setting. But some have found a much homier option.
In An Outdoor Recreation Program, Veterans Find Healing and Friendship
By editor • Dec 7, 2018
At "recreational therapy" camps, outdoor activities and mindfulness help veterans with PTSD, sexual trauma, and other issues.
Some Local Residents Welcome Troops At The U.S./Mexican Border; Others Are Afraid
By editor • Nov 16, 2018
Active-duty troops are now at the U.S. border with Mexico, two weeks after President Trump ordered the deployment in response to a large group of migrants headed north from Central America.
The VA Has Reduced Wait Times For Medical Equipment, But Many Veterans Still Wait Weeks
By Carson Frame • Oct 23, 2018
The VA says 8500 requests for wheelchairs, artificial limbs, and other equipment have waited more than 30 days. That's down from 64,000 requests last year.
Nobody Knows How Many Mexican-Americans Served In Vietnam. A New Play Tells Their Story
By Libby Denkmann • Oct 8, 2018
"Ring of Red: A Barrio Story" relies on oral histories to tell the rarely heard stories of Mexican-American veterans.
A Challenge For Military Moms: Breastfeeding And Pumping On Duty
By Carson Frame • Oct 2, 2018
Inflexible work schedules and lack of support can make it tough for new mothers in the military to keep breastfeeding their children.
Fort Bragg At 100: A Live Storytelling Event
Elizabeth Friend / WUNC
As part of Fort Bragg's 100 anniversary commemoration, WUNC hosted an hour of storytelling about life on and around the nation's largest Army base.
VA Opens Temporary Clinics To Help Hundreds Of Hurricane Victims
By Jay Price • Sep 27, 2018
Madeline Gray / For WUNC
The VA is trying to take care of hundreds of thousands of veterans in hurricane-damaged Eastern North Carolina. Some have medical problems that could be worsened by the storm; others have housing needs.
Jay Price reports on the VA's efforts to help hundreds of Hurricane Florence victims at temporary clinics.
The VA Hopes To Make It Easier For Veterans To Join Cancer Trials
By Libby Denkmann • Sep 26, 2018
An agency pilot program aims to bypass regulations that can make it hard for veterans to get cutting-edge medical treatment.
For Rural Veterans, Accessing VA Care Can Mean Hours In The Car
By Sarah Harris • Sep 25, 2018
Approximately 5 million veterans live in rural America, and almost sixty percent of them rely on VA healthcare. But accessing that care can be a challenge.
In The Jim Crow Era, 'After-The-Fact Lynchings' Spread Racial Terror In Durham And Elsewhere
Not all racially-motivated killings in the Jim Crow-era were classified as "lynchings." Activists are trying to document the rest.
A Shocking Discovery About Lynchings: Military Veterans Often Were Targets
As they returned home from war, proud of their service, black veterans in the south often encountered suspicion, resentment, and - in some cases - brutal violence.
As More Veterans Start Businesses, States And Universities Lend A Hand
By Bobbie O'Brien • Sep 20, 2018
Around the country, state governments and other agencies are trying to promote entrepreneurship among military veterans.
Advocates Say A VA Suicide-Reduction Program Isn't Reaching Veterans In Need
By Steve Walsh • Sep 13, 2018
Last year, the VA began offering mental health treatment to vets who don't normally qualify for V-A care. Since then, fewer than 200 people have used the program.
As America's Veterans Grow Older, The VA Faces A Long-Term Care Crisis
By Libby Denkmann • Aug 29, 2018
The number of veterans in the VA healthcare system who are 70 or older is expected to grow 30 percent in the next eight years.
Dozens Of Veterans Are Running For Congress. But Does Military Service Prepare Them For Politics?
By Carson Frame & Bobbie O'Brien • Aug 27, 2018
Veterans now make up less than 20 percent of Congress, compared with about 75 percent in the 1960s. Some high-profile candidates are trying to reverse that trend.
After Generations Of Grief And Frustration, Families Of Korean War MIAs Are More Optimistic
By Jay Price • Aug 27, 2018
David Marshall / U.S. Army
Families hope advances in DNA technology and thawing U.S./North Korean relations will help the government recover and identify long-missing remains of service members.


Within the immense framework that is GDPR, there is one clause that invokes a topic in the security community that is particularly interesting, though not very much fun: audit logging. When you read Article 30 that covers "Records of Processing" you see that data processors and controllers need to be able to show how and when data was processed and be able to prove it. Typically this comes in the form of some type of application or security log that provides an audit trail of the actions taken against data from the time of its creation to its erasure.
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The GDPR requirements prompting the critical need for audit logging has had a broad impact on the future security posture of organizations. A brief read through the various articles of GDPR, and one can quickly see that audit logging can have a major impact on an organization's data protection implementation (Article 25), the presence and effectiveness of security controls (Article 32), breach notification and communication (Articles 33 and 34), erasure (Article 17), and the visibility of the overall data attack surface.
Article 25 (Data Protection by Design and Default)—A data protection implementation must have the ability to prove manageability and traceability of actions taken against data in the processing environment. These audit logs must track the actions of end users as well as privileged or administrative users.
Article 32 (Security of Processing)—To prove that security controls exist within the data processing environment, audit logs can provide documentation that those controls are in place and functioning properly.
Article 33 (Data Breach Notification)—Organizations need to be able to capture security events in the form of audit logs to be able to confirm if a breach has taken place, and if so, how to measure the impact of that breach and determine what needs to be reported to the DPA and, ultimately, the affected data subjects.
Article 17 (Right to Erasure)—When a data subject requests that their information be purged, the same type of visibility that detects a data breach can also be used to validate that this has been done and communicate this to the requestor.
With the GDPR compliance timeline fast approaching, audit logs give organizations critical insight into the security controls that protect their overall data attack surface as well as information processing activities. Both of these are mandatory in order to comply with GDPR and be able to demonstrate the proper handling of personal data from creation to deletion.


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'Shazam! Fury of The Gods' Adds 'West Side Story' Actress Rachel Zegler In Key Role
Warner Bros. and New Line's upcoming Shazam! sequel, Shazam: Fury of the Gods, has added a major cast member in a "key role" in the form of up-and-coming West Side Story actress Rachel Zegler.
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Posted on: February 26, 2021 Last updated on: June 15, 2021 Written by: Kenneth Yambo
"Shazam! 2" Won't Face Any More Delays; Shooting for 2022 Release
Zachary Levi will reprise his role in the Shazam! sequel which is slated for November 2022 and likely won't face any more delays.
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Posted on: August 13, 2020 Last updated on: June 15, 2021 Written by: Josh Matthews
10 "Shazam!" Facts David F. Sandberg Shared During Quarantine Watch Party
Like many other filmmakers in quarantine, David F. Sandberg, director of Shazam! (2019), did a watch party and director's commentary for his film on Twitter.
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SYNOPSIS: With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a handwritten letter, an elderly man with dementia seeks to right the wrongs of the past. Zev (Christopher Plummer) and his best friend Max (Martin Landau) make a pact to dedicate their remaining days to resolving unfinished business: tracking down and exacting revenge on the Nazi commandant responsible for killing their families during the war. As Zev is losing his memory to Alzheimer's and Max is too frail to leave the nursing home, Zev must embark upon the journey to find their former tormentor before it's too late. The shocking truth that awaits Zev when he finally comes face-to-face with the old Nazi will turn his life upside-down.
Review by Andrew L. Urban:
Long, slow fuse movie that keeps us guessing till the end, with a memorable performance from Christopher Plummer as Zev, escaping from his retirement home to track down a Nazi with Auschwitz blood on his hands. It's a remote controlled mission operated by Martin Landau as Max, the wheelchair bound Max with a meticulous plan, all written down for Zev ina letter he must refer to in order to side step the problems of dementia.
The screenplay takes a couple of liberties and in retrospect it has a few holes of logic, but not enough to notice without the benefit of hindsight. Besides, it's a hum dinger of a revenge thriller for old men. Some may feel it's all a sleight of hand, but there are compensations.
Atom Egoyan's direction is masterful and the two veteran stars show why they are stars; and they still have IT. As taut as a gripping short story and as calibrated as a ruler, the film takes us through several emotional tangents before delivering a twist that makes all the anticipation worthwhile.
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Favourable: 1
Unfavourable: 0
Mixed: 0
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CAST: Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, J�rgen Prochnow, Dean Norris, Bruno Ganz, Henry Czerny
PRODUCER: Robert Lantos, Ari Lantos
DIRECTOR: Atom Egoyan
SCRIPT: Benjamin August
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Paul Sarossy
EDITOR: Christopher Donaldson
MUSIC: Mychael Danna
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Matthew Davies
AUSTRALIAN DISTRIBUTOR: Umbrella
AUSTRALIAN RELEASE: May 12, 2016
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We had a completely jaw-dropping service at church on Sun. It blew me out of the water & Jesus was probably the only one happier than me. I had the privilege of speaking about the Holy Spirit – the 3rd member of the Trinity that can sometimes be overlooked. When i began looking at the Holy Spirit, it quickly became apparent to me that as a human there are 3 things I'm not supposed to do, as i relate to the HOly Spirit. I'm planning to briefly talk about these 3 things & would be interested to get your feedback as to what we should do instead.
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I would never want blasphemy to be the reason that I am not alligned with God. I think we should protect it, as always, and remember what the spirit does in our lives. Thats the one thing that Jesus called "the Comforter" which Jesus said "would teach us all things,and bring things to our memory". WOW. To me, thats some pretty powerful stuff. I am a Katrina survivor from New Orleans, and I went thru the hurricane heavily depending on the holy spirit to comfort me. How could one defame and injure the very thing that is to comfort us, and also never be forgiven for it?
Hi! We received a referral for a little girl last week who was in an orphanage in Gonder the same time you were there. I was wondering if you saw her? Maybe you gave her a hug!


Horror stories have always been one of my favorite genres, however with the busyness of our lives sometimes it can be tough to sit down with a paperback and delve into a story. With Sanity Drain I plan on writing at least one short story every week about anything supernatural, creepy, and things that just make our skin crawl. With Sanity Drain, getting that horror fix should be a bit easier in our daily lives. Taking down a short story is much easier than finishing a novel. Now, I can't promise that every story is going to make the hairs stand up on your neck. Some stories may even be a bit comedic, but expect to see at least something related to the supernatural, or some horror elements in each story. Stay tuned every week to keep your sanity in check.
The best way to get in contact with me would be by email. Email me at sanitydrainblog@gmail.com for anything, or just say hi and I'll try to get back to you as soon as possible.


Global Ambassador Luz María de la Mora, PhD.
Mentee Daise Rosas da Natividade and her mentor Catherine J. Morgan continue to bond during a bus trip.
Global Ambassadors Luz María de la Mora and Rena M. De Sisto share a laugh.
Global Ambassador program participants in Brazil 2013 gather for a group photo.
This 5-day program brought together thought leaders in the public, private and NGO sectors in São Paulo to discuss the opportunities and barriers facing women in Brazil. Emerging women leaders from across the country paired with established mentors from North and South America to exchange ideas and build upon skills and tools needed to build businesses and social enterprise and more effectively contribute to their communities.
During a public forum, panel discussions covered themes ranging from Women in the Workforce: A Driving Force for Business and Growth; Enabling Growth: Addressing Barriers Faced by Women-Owned SMES; Accelerating Procurement: Integrating Women-Owned Businesses into Global Value Chains; to Building Connections: Strengthening Networks Among Women in Brazil.


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3 children killed at school bus stop in Indiana
Posted on: October 30th, 2018	by ABC News	No Comments
WLS(ROCHESTER, Ind.) — Three children were killed and another was seriously injured Tuesday morning when they were struck by a vehicle as they were about to board a school bus, police said.
The incident occurred around 7:30 a.m. in Rochester, a city near Fort Wayne, according to the Indiana State Police.
ISP is investigating a fatal crash in Fulton County. Preliminary info is three children were struck & killed at a school bus stop near 4600 N State Road 25. @ISPPeru PIO Sgt. Tony Slocum is at the scene. Updated and confirmed info will be sent via news release later today.
— Indiana State Police (@IndStatePolice) October 30, 2018
The injured child was taken to a Fort Wayne hospital by helicopter.
The incident happened on State Road 25 in a rural area, officials said.
Aerial photos from ABC affiliate WLS-TV in Chicago showed a pickup truck with heavy front-end damage at the scene.
The Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation posted a statement on Facebook after the incident.
"Our school corporation has suffered a tragedy this morning. We have learned of three student fatalities and one student seriously injured and airlifted to a Fort Wayne hospital as they were hit by a vehicle while boarding their bus. We have deployed all school counselors to meet the emotional needs of our staff, students and parents," the school wrote on Facebook. "We are awaiting to learn more confirmed details but wish to ask the community to come together to pray for the families, our students and our staff."
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Finding easily understood online fitness information is not that easy. The sheer volume of available information can overwhelm you, and leave you wondering if you will ever get around to actually exercising. Fortunately, this article contains some of the most effective guidelines available.
Laying out a specific fitness goal can really jump-start your motivation. You will want to continue reaching your goals and not think about how hard it is. In addition, it helps prevent you from giving up because you are forced to consider your fitness regimen as a continuing process.
Push-ups are an oldie-but-goodie for getting the jiggle out of your triceps. Only instead of doing a normal-style push-up, you can directly target the triceps by turning your hands in 45 degrees, until your fingertips are facing each other. This technique targets and tones your hard-to-work triceps unlike any other exercise.
To help protect your knees, you need to work towards strong thighs. Tearing a ligament in back of the kneecap is a sports injury that occurs quite frequently. Make sure to exercise hamstrings and quads to make your knees safer. Leg curls and leg extensions represent good examples of such exercises.
To increase muscle mass lift heavier weights and do fewer repetitions. Start off by choosing a muscle group like the chest. Before getting into the main workout, warm up with light weights. Do 15-20 repetitions to warm your muscles up. The second set should be 6 to 8 reps at a heavier weight. Add five pounds of weight each time.
Always wear appropriate gear on your feet when you work out. When you don't wear shoes specifically designed for the activity you are doing, you are risking injuring your legs and feet. In addition, it will make you feel uncomfortable when you're done, which can make you not want to exercise as much.
When using a workout machine, always begin by testing the pads by pressing onto the seat or back cushion. If the wood is easily felt below the padding, you need to choose a different machine. A bench with stingy padding will not give you correct support, leading to possible bruising or even worse injuries.
Because exercising will only burn so many calories, some people will go too far with their exercise routines. Doing this comes with a host of risks, including cardiovascular problems, muscle damage and dehydration. Also, if you exercise for too long, fat won't be burned, anyway.
You can get stronger faster by doing the same amount of exercising in ten percent less time. This helps your muscles getting a better workout in, while also helping to improve your stamina. For instance, if you do a 30 minute workout one day, workout for about 27 minutes when you next exercise.
Exercise daily, even on the weekends. Many people tend to think of the weekends as a time to kick back and not worry about the stressors of the week. You should be thinking about weight loss every day. Facing Monday and a new beginning can be tough after a weekend of splurging.
Before you begin to work out clean any machines or equipment you use. Other users may have left germs on the equipment. Remember why you actually went to the gym; to feel better, not worse.