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Editor's Note: Captive.com recently reached out to Zach Finn, clinical professor and director of the Davey Risk Management and Insurance Program at Butler University's Andre B. Lacy School of Business, for an update on the university's evolving student-led captive insurance company, which is currently entering its second phase. Mr. Finn also provided insights into the role of captive insurance as a "mainstream" risk management tool, changing attitudes in the insurance industry, and the university's response to industry changes and challenges.
Moreover, as its latest response to meeting the demands of a changing insurance industry, the university recently developed a new online master of science in risk and insurance (MSRI) program. Mr. Finn's colleagues, Craig Caldwell, associate dean of graduate and professional programs; Victor Puleo, chair of Davey Risk Management and Insurance; and J.J. DeBrosse, director of graduate and professional recruitment, provided us with information on how the MSRI curriculum was developed.
In October 2017, Captive.com ran an article titled Butler University Provides a Tailored "Captive" Talent Crisis Solution where Butler undergraduate Derek DeKoning (now graduated and working for M.J. Schuetz Insurance Services, Inc., in Indianapolis) spoke about experiential learning and Butler's student-led captive insurance company. He described the captive project as a work in motion that will be passed along from outgoing to incoming students. This creates a real-life aspect of positioning students to figure out what do with things that do not always present themselves as black and white.
Mr. DeKoning shared that while Butler's risk management program is extremely strong in the property-casualty (P&C) commercial space, Butler also has an actuarial program with a heavy life and health focus. The expectation is to broaden these out into an all-inclusive, all-eyes-on-approach offering. There is a real sense that this extraordinary student-driven endeavor will continue to evolve and grow into something even greater and more remarkable.
Building the momentum, in November 2017, the Captive Insurance Companies Association (CICA) and the Davey Risk Management and Insurance Program at Butler University announced that they would collaborate on a professional development partnership (read more in CICA and Butler University Partner To Support the Captive Industry). The CICA/Butler alliance aims to help students learn about the depth and variety of career opportunities in captive insurance while giving captive leaders insights on how to make captive careers appealing to young professionals.
As mentioned above, in the latest Butler development, the university's Andre B. Lacy School of Business has introduced an online MSRI program, which, according to Butler, is among the first of its kind in the nation and is set "to help address the gap between the risk and insurance industry's personnel needs and the limited talent pool that exists in today's job market." Applications opened on August 1, 2018, with the program set to begin in January 2019.
Having completed Phase 1 of the undergraduate student-run captive insurance program, which, among other things, we understand involved creating and updating insurance financial reports, captive feasibility, captive domicile selection, and underwriting fine arts, please catch Captive.com readers up on Phases 2 and 3 of the captive insurance program moving forward and how the captive will be integrated into the MSRI program.
Phase 2 of the captive will be undertaken by the first cohort of the MSRI program as their capstone course project. Their project will be to complete a feasibility study as to whether the MJ Student-Run Insurance Company should operate as Class II captive and sell insurance products to third-party entities and/or individuals. Many ideas are under consideration for the products we might develop and sell, including student accidental death and dismemberment coverage, live mascot animal mortality coverage for other universities, and student renters insurance, to name a few.
Phase 3 of the captive will consist of setting up the fronting arrangement and distribution systems necessary to bring the aforementioned products to market. Obviously, there is much to be learned as the students undertake this work, including but not limited to the following.
The MSRI curriculum includes the following core courses: Fundamentals of Risk and Insurance, Risk Control, Big Data and Analytics, Alternative Risk Financing, Leadership, Managerial Accounting, Financial Management, and Capstone with the Butler Captive Insurance Company. Explain how the curriculum was developed and narrowed down into this final offering of core courses.
The following answer was provided by Mr. Caldwell, Mr. Puleo, and Mr. DeBrosse.
The MSRI curriculum was developed based on two things: (1) an in-depth analysis of other master's level risk and insurance related programs, including masters of business administration (MBA) programs with an emphasis in risk and insurance, and (2) numerous focus group and interviews with industry personnel including representatives of P&C, healthcare representatives, brokers, underwriters, re-insurance professionals, and corporate risk managers.
One thing that became clear from the interviews was that the risk and insurance industry does not need us to replicate the highly technical and robust offerings of online insurance designation courses. Instead, what the industry requires is coverage of some general business concepts and more focused risk and insurance content that prepares an individual to manage risk and insurance firms and practices.
The concept here is that as employees move up in organizations, they reach a point where being a subject matter expert becomes less important, and being able to manage subject matter experts takes over. We are preparing people with the technical knowledge and soft skills they need to manage the business activity in the insurance industry.
In a recent story, Mr. Puleo, head of the MSRI program, said, "As one insurance executive said in our focus group: 'This degree is an automatic $10,000 raise for any employee who acquires it.'" What about the program fosters this potential immediate return on an MSRI graduate's investment?
The US economy is currently at better-than-full employment at a time when, demographically speaking, for each retiring baby boomer there is approximately half of a Generation X'er.
The insurance industry has historically been "older" than the rest of the working population, has a harder time conveying its career and value proposition, and has an almost nonexistent talent pool to draw from (comparatively speaking), such that our industry is going to feel this labor shortage pain first, worse, and longer than the rest of the economy.
While this labor shortage is impacting all business disciplines (insurance, finance, and accounting), unlike the insurance industry, there are around 750+ finance degree programs at US colleges and universities and nearly 2,000 accounting programs.1
There are only around 85 insurance and risk management degree programs generating about 5,000 bachelor of science (BS) graduates a year to fill approximately 500,000 job openings. Furthermore, traditional MBAs are receiving more training in finance, accounting, etc., but are given little to no insurance or risk management material.
In the past, retiring managers, directors, and C-level folks would be replaced with mid- or late-career professionals. However, demographically speaking, there aren't many midcareer professionals who aren't already in high demand. This forces "newbies" to be accelerated into these roles, and, in the case of accounting and finance, they have actual degrees in what they do.
A professional with our MSRI degree can close a big portion of that knowledge and soft skill gap, relative to mid- and late-career insurance professionals who earned that knowledge through direct experience. Both paths are important; however, the tight labor market is such that there is now a premium on the former because of a lack of the latter, demographically speaking.
A recent Captive.com article opened with the following statement, "Once just a speck on the commercial insurance market landscape, captive insurance companies have become a mainstream risk management tool." Similarly, we see that alternative risk financing is front and center to Butler's program, with a core course in alternative risk financing and capstone experience with Butler's student-run captive insurance company. What are your thoughts about the role of captive insurance as a "mainstream" risk management tool?
I believe the reason these products are not more "mainstream" is that very few people in society and business understand traditional insurance products, let alone alternative risk financing or captives. Indeed, having more BS and MSRI degrees in risk management and insurance at colleges and universities is sorely needed; however, imagine if we just had one or two insurance and risk management courses required of every undergraduate university business student in the same way that accounting, finance, marketing, economics, management information systems, etc. courses are required.
Captives would be much more mainstream. These are easy concepts to grasp and implement once one has been properly educated. For someone with a BS and master's degree in insurance and risk management, captives and alternative risk financing products are just one more tool in their tool belt. They are not that confusing or exotic, and for certain risks, typically those subject to the law of large numbers or high levels of severity and/or parameter uncertainty, they work much better than traditional insurance products.
When I graduated from Indiana State with a BS in risk management and insurance (RMI), there were only 15 university programs. Since then, I have regularly voiced to those in the insurance industry that there is a true benefit to formal insurance and risk management education.
Since most C-Level insurance company and broker executives are 20–30 years into their career, it means they came of professional age during a time when these degree programs largely did not exist. They advanced in their careers through a different path, and many may not recognize or fully appreciate that a different path into the industry is needed.
This is actually one of the primary reasons why we had 20- and 21-year-old students set up a captive insurance company—because it is possible. I wanted the industry to know that something it charges $30,000 to do (captive feasibility studies) can be done by "college kids" for free. This is how these products become mainstream.
It's not a problem with the applicability and usefulness of the products per se. It's that we don't have adequate educational infrastructure to introduce the word "captive" to a future potential chief financial officer, let alone expect him or her to set one up or understand a broker's recommendation. More people don't use captives or alternative risk transfer because they're simply not part of their vocabulary.
What are the long-term goals for Butler's captive insurance company in relation to the MSRI program?
To integrate it into the program as an experiential learning tool that makes the corresponding course material "real"
To generate operating profits that can be reinvested into our academic programs
To avoid catastrophic risks and/or losses
As we see changes in the insurance industry and different attitudes of people within the industry, in your minds, what areas of change are most significant, and how will the MSRI program address changes the industry faces?
A hubris in the industry that it need only announce itself and proclaim a value proposition, and talent, customers, and clients will come running
Retiring baby boomer talent that cannot be adequately replaced by enough of Generation X
A panicked scrambling by industry executives to recruit new talent with gimmicks, like workplace rock climbing walls and free bacon every day, or corporate speak about "making meaning"
An influx of well-meaning InsurTech startups attempting to create new efficiencies, data-mine, and generally automate our way out of the current talent crisis through blockchain, the internet of things, telematics, etc.
The MSRI Program, and indeed all of our work with Gamma Iota Sigma, our undergraduate RMI degree, etc., are all to address the above challenges in the following ways.
The insurance industry has a great value proposition and talent. Customers and clients will come running once the industry does more to invest in the educational infrastructure needed for future talent, customers, and clients to properly understand our products and services.
Retiring baby boomer talent that cannot be replaced by enough of Generation X. A millennial with an MSRI degree may be as close as your firm ever gets to someone with the equivalent insurance experience and knowledge of a late-career professional. Most Generation X'ers are either spoken for or very expensive.
Millennials want to know the difference between commercial insurance versus personal insurance, life and health versus property-casualty, or being an underwriter versus a claims adjuster versus a broker versus a risk manager. They can actually get bacon at home. Get rid of the gimmicks, roll up your sleeves, and actually explain our industry, or donate to an RMI degree program and let us do it.
All of the InsurTech startups I've researched are too heavy on the Tech and too light on the Insure. Again, I believe this is a by-product of our lax educational system for insurance. Too many people are solving problems that don't exist or are not salient and missing the ones that are. If more InsurTechs aligned themselves with great RMI talent, then you would see the industry being disrupted a lot quicker and more effectively.
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Congratulations to the St.George Illawarra Dragons NRL team on a tremendous season so far. With the NRL grand final looming fast, it would be a fitting end to the season to see the mighty Dragons take out this years title. As keen followers of the National Rugby League, the staff here at the other big "V" (Valiant) wishes the boys the best of luck in their attempt to capture the first premiership as a joint venture club. After witnessing last week's triumphant victory over the Tigers first hand, it looks as though everything is now on track for a historic win. Thirty-one years is a long time between drinks, but this year could be our year.
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Here is a list of the interesting presentations I attended:
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What is your initial reaction when you're heading into a tough time? Do you call on your closest friends and rally support for yourself, or do you tend to close up and handle it alone?
No matter what your natural reaction is, being aware of what you do when triggered is a significant piece of the puzzle. If your tendencies are less than healthy, brainstorm what you can replace your unhealthy reactions with that can help move you forward in a healthy way.
Currently when I feel something ick coming my way or when it hits me hard I try to just accept it. I know that sounds weird and trust me it ain't easy and I ain't perfect at it. However, I have learned at least for me being angry only makes the healing slow down. I don't have to like what is happening but I can accept it so I can then deal with it. This has taken great practice and like I said I am not perfect at it. I also do everything I can to get out of the house. Working from home can sometimes feel smothering and the walls can make things worse. For me, the ocean has been my best friend lately. It listens well 🙂 without judgment and helps guide me to my own strength. When I have the opportunity to step away I seem to find a way to get back in line with what is really important.
Sometimes, in between the highs and lows, we can feel completely stuck on the tracks. Have you ever felt like you were in a lull, where you weren't moving forward or backward? That's completely normal, too. If you had to name something right now, what would you say helps end your lull, and puts you back on track? I'd love to hear, feel free to email me or hit reply.
Here are some resources that might help you if you are feeling stuck. Just remember every day, every moment is an opportunity to get unstuck.
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According to a new joint position paper by the Neurological Alliance Australia (NAA), the needs of people with progressive neurological disorders, such as dementia, are not being properly addressed by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
The NAA remains an advocate for the NDIS and acknowledges that many NDIS plans have had positive, life changing impacts.
However, it also recognises that many people, particularly those with progressive conditions, have experienced challenges accessing the NDIS, including insufficient plans that will adversely affect their quality-of-life and place some at risk of avoidable hospitalisation.
The Joint Position Paper, People with progressive neurodegenerative diseases in the NDIS, outlines four key recommendations to ensure the best outcomes for the 850,000 Australians living with progressive neurodegenerative diseases that have no known cause or cure, under the NDIS.
Dealing with progressive neurological or neuromuscular conditions comes at an annual cost of almost $30 billion to the Australian economy.
The NAA recommendations will not only improve NDIS plan outcomes for people with progressive neurological conditions but will also result in improved outcomes, including increased labour force participation of primary carers of people with disability and social participation of people with disability.
Dementia Australia is an NAA member, focused of advocating for people with younger onset dementia, who are trying to navigate the NDIS.
Dementia Australia's National Younger Onset Dementia Key Worker Program Manager Nigel McPaul was a key contributor, in consultation with our national policy team, to the position paper and its launch.
NAA Chair and CEO of MS Australia, Deidre Mackechnie said if people with progressive neurological diseases were to receive equitable and effective support within the NDIS it was imperative that the NDIA and government addressed these unmet needs.
"The impact of progressive neurological conditions on individuals and families can be significant both financially and emotionally and can have a huge impact on their ability to remain engaged in their community to maintain a life of meaning and purpose," Ms Mackechnie said.
"The recommendations outlined in the Position Paper will go a significant way to aligning the original intent of the NDIS with its practical application."
To ensure the best outcomes for people with progressive neurodegenerative diseases under the NDIS, the NAA recommends:
- Improved pre-planning support for people with a progressive neurodegenerative disease
- NDIS planning sessions that recognise the unique needs of people with a progressive neurodegenerative disease
- Mandatory inclusion of a Coordinator of Support in all NDIS plans for people living with a progressive neurodegenerative disease
- The needs of people with a progressive neurodegenerative disease be addressed in the Productivity Commission's upcoming Review of NDIS Costs
The NAA is an alliance of ten national peak not-for-profit health organisations, established in 2010, to promote improved quality-of-life, coordinated services and greater research investment for adults and children living with progressive neurological and neuromuscular diseases in Australia.
The NAA member organisations include: Dementia Australia, MS Australia, MND Australia, Parkinson's Australia, Brain Injury Australia, Huntington's Australia, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Muscular Dystrophy Australia, MJD Foundation and Muscular Dystrophy Foundation.
View the full position paper here.
Graeme Shears – CEO, Epilepsy Australia;
Phil Martin – CEO, Muscular Dystrophy Foundation Australia;
Robyn Kapp – Executive Officer, Huntington's NSW;
Carol Birks – CEO, MND Australia;
Julie Cini – CEO, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Australia;
Deidre Mackechnie, CEO MS Australia and Chair of the NAA;
Steve Sant – CEO Parkinson's Australia;
Laurie Stroud – MD Ambassador, Muscular Dystrophy Australia;
Ara Caswell – CEO, Carers Australia; and
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AFC Conservation Artist of the Month for June, 2009
Beside Ruaha National Park is a small community with few resources and few opportunities. Robert Glen and Sue Stolberger had dreamed of building a center that would benefit the Idodi community since their arrival in Ruaha in 1994. On October 27, 2007, thanks to the many donations of friends, that dream became a reality with the opening of the Idodi Environmental Center. The solar powered Center is comprised of a Library, a large hall for showing films and lectures, a display area focusing on the environment and a reception room for the headmaster and the teachers. The center has already become an indispensible asset to the community and for the school children, the library has become a world of discovery and growth.
While we celebrate Robert Glen's role this month the honour belongs to both Robert and Sue, however Sue was our conservation artist of the month some time ago in recognition of her work in raising awareness of the water situation in Ruaha National Park.Robert and Sue not only inspire each other's artwork but they also inspire their respective interests in natural history. Not long after their arrival Sue noticed that the local Red-billed Hornbills looked a bit different from the ones they had encountered elsewhere. A specimen was taken and it was found that the hornbill (Tockus ruahae) was a new species to science. Since this discovery Sue and Rob have discovered a new Chat that is currently being described. During Rob's early years collecting specimens for American and European Museums, he discovered several new species of bats as well. All of these discoveries have greatly advanced the undestanding of African ecology and the conservation of its rich habitats.
Robert Glen was born in Kenya in 1940 and his interest in art and natural history formed at an early age. A fascination with birds and all living things led him to the Nairobi Museum of Natural History. It was at the museum where he met the curator of ornithology, John Williams and quickly established a long and enduring friendship that greatly influenced his life's work.At the age of 14, Glen was invited to serve as an expedition assistant to Mr. Williams, collecting research specimens of birds for European museums. Two years later, he was accepted to serve a three-year apprenticeship in the renowned taxidermy studio of Coloman Jonas in Denver, Colorado. It was here that his interest in sculpture and design took hold. Returning home, Robert began a transition from taxidermy to sculpting animals in the European tradition of Animaliers, working in various media before casting his first bronze in 1970.Rob's work has met with great success worldwide and is represented in many private collections, including her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, His Highness the Aga Khan and the late Kenyan President Jomo Kenyatta. He has had many solo exhibits all over the world. Glen's public commissions include one of Texas' proudest monuments and one of the largest equestrian sculptures in the world, the Mustangs of Las Colinas in Irving, Texas. In 1990, Glen completed another commision for the city of San Jose, California depicting Thomas Fallon raising of the first American flag over California.Robert's true love of the African bush led him to Tanzania's Ruaha National Park where he continues to sculpt and sketch in close proximity to some of Africa's most engaging wildlife.Today, Rob continues to work out of his simple camp studio, where he has lived for the past ten years with his partner, the accomplished painter Sue Stolberger. Together Sue and Robert inspire each other's work as well as their passion for natural history, ecology and conservation.
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Transit Police has launched a public awareness campaign and are working with SkyTrain attendants to identify potential sex offenders in a bid to reduce the number of sexual assaults on public transit.
Chief Doug LePard said 60 per cent of sex offenders on transit are not known to police and they are likely taking advantage of crowded conditions to make their assaults.
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"These aren't people making a trip from A to B, they're there for the purpose of offending," he told the TransLink board. "They are low-level sexual assaults. Because of the large number of people and in spaces, it's easy for them."
The number of assaults has more than doubled since 2011, from 157 to 342 last year. But LePard said the increase is not necessarily a result of more incidents but because more victims are coming forward.
The public campaign, which is being done in conjunction with TransLink, is aimed at encouraging more people to report assaults, while deferring potential offenders. Good data on where and when crimes are happening, he said, will help the Transit Police tackle the issues through a series of different measures, either publicly or covertly. He noted one of the measures the police have taken is to build confidence with the public so they will text information when they see an assault happening.
Traditionally, only 10 to 20 per cent of victims report their assaults, LePard. However, about 70 per cent of SMS text conversations with Transit police in 2015 resulted in the creation of police files, according to the TransLink annual report, while LePard said the police have a high success rate of catching offenders.
"We take these incidents very seriously," he said.
TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond said he's concerned the number of assaults have gone up, but noted he's confident the Transit Police "have our hands on it."


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Dogs are amazing dancers. You may not know it yet because you haven't found your dog's beat yet, but this guy sure did.
It turns out Ziggy Trixx is crazy about the drums. There's something in that beat that just makes him wanna bust a move and he can't help it. In fact he can be on the other side of the yard, when his dad starts playing, Ziggy starts dancing.
In fact, when this video started I thought it's just about drumming, there wasn't a dog in sight. But then here comes this adorable pooch and starts dancing immediately. I think Ziggy has amazing moves and even his name suits a rock star doggo like himself.
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"Modern Family's" Julie Bowen And Husband To Divorce After 13 Years Of Marriage
February 7, 2018
Julie Bowen and her husband, real estate investor Scott Phillips, are calling it quits after 13 years of marriage. This news comes on the heels of the couple announcing their separation just a few days ago, after marrying in September 2004. The couple has three boys together, Oliver, 10, and twins John and Gustav, 8. The couple was last photographed with their kids attending a Harlem Globetrotters game in February 2017, and last walked a red carpet together in September 2016 at the Los Angeles LGBT Center 47th Anniversary Gala Vanguard Awards. Neither has publicly commented on the matter. Bowen stars as Claire Dunphy on the popular ABC comedy Modern Family. Via People


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The memory of buying my first Leatherman is unusually clear in my head. I was 16, broke, and incredibly passionate about backpacking in the mountains. That year, Leatherman announced a new multitool called the Wave, and the big deal feature was that some folks could open it with one hand, a trick I thought would impress my outdoorsy friends. So I saved up dishwashing money, scoured the dial-up internet, and scored a used one on eBay. I loved that Leatherman Wave for over a decade. Never could open it one-handed very well. Read More >>
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Boring old men like us need not miss out on the extremely small thrill that is opening a cardboard window every morning to signal the slow coming of the festive reaper to scythe another year off our time remaining, with Lidl revealing it's to stock an advent calendar full of the components of a socket set to gradually build and complete. Read More >>
Let's say there is a fifty-pound note wedged behind a bookshelf just beyond your reach, and beside the shelf is a Meccano set. Even a toddler could probably snap together a few of the pieces to fish the note out. But what about an animal? One especially smart crow species seems to have figured out this problem on its own. Read More >>
Two years ago Dyson used its expertise in pushing air to create a premium hair dryer that was absurdly expensive, but, in our testing at the time, surprisingly worth the investment. Today the company is announcing its first follow-up to the Supersonic: a new styling tool called the Airwrap that replaces the skin-searing metal surfaces of a curling iron with hot air moving through brushes and other attachments that are much safer to use. Read More >>
As Halloween draws near, it's time to start thinking about macabre ways to prank your friends. The ol' "fake knife with a notch" is a classic way to make it look like you've almost sliced off a finger, but in Japan, one such novelty prop kit was reportedly packaged with real, razor-sharp hobby knives instead of the fake ones. Read More >>
If you find yourself living in a small flat without a dishwasher, live alone, or have a flatmate that's as lazy as you when it comes to kitchen cleanup, there's finally a better solution that doesn't involve just tossing all your fine china once it gets dirty. This handheld motorised scrubbing brush does all the hard work for you, keeping your hands away from filthy sink water. Read More >>
How many times have you accidentally given yourself a papercut after excitedly tearing open a delivery from Amazon? As Japan's most resourceful knife maker demonstrates, those papercuts could be a lot worse if you spend hours painstakingly turning those cardboard boxes into a razor-sharp chef's knife. Read More >>
It feels like the window of opportunity for modular smartphones has come and gone. Google's Project Ara is dead, and LG gave up almost immediately after the release of the G5. But then, off in its own little corner and now three generations deep, Motorola and the new Moto Z3 Play haven't given up yet. Read More >>
Joerg Sprave has finally built an elastic-powered weapon that even the burly slingshot master can barely handle when the trigger's pulled. It's a handheld trebuchet (a type of catapult) that flings circular saw blades for hundreds of feet, and it looks almost as terrifying to yield as it is to be in the weapon's crosshairs. Read More >>
After forging impressively sharp blades from random materials like clingfilm, chocolate, pasta, and even a dead fish, Japan's most resourceful knife maker has created what could be the perfect disposable cutlery: a chef's knife made from ice that simply melts away when dinner's done. Read More >>
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"Pearl Harbor" Metal Tribute Sign...Here's a unique piece of 12" by 15" metal wall art for our fans of U.S. military history and students of WWII. A beautiful tribute to the heroes of Pearl Harbor.
Nice to hang this metal sign up in a Veterans Post or in a classroom or in your favorite room at home. This metal sign shows a collection of images from Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. A special look at this historic event that lead America into WWII.


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It is commonplace these days for visitors to be swept away by the breathtaking energy and dazzling high-rise vistas of Shanghai and Beijing. Even for Sinophiles like myself, who have been watching China for decades, the amazing development of this erstwhile People's Republic can have an intoxicating way of obscuring the contradictions beneath. China's progress also makes us forget that China did, in fact, undergo a "socialist revolution," a protracted period of brutalizing class warfare that now can all too easily seem like an irrelevant prelude to a new and invincible future.
It is, of course, naïve to imagine that a nation can escape the gravity of its history. John Pomfret's "Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China" arrives as a timely antidote to this tempting form of amnesia. Why, Pomfret asks, have so "many in China, including some of my classmates, believed that not looking back was good for the country?"
Having entered into the drama of China in 1980 as an exchange student at Nanjing University, then moving on to become a correspondent for The Associated Press and finally the Beijing bureau chief for The Washington Post, Pomfret is in a good position to tackle this question. For during the two decades he spent observing China, he witnessed one of the great political and social upheavals of our time.
"Chinese Lessons," which follows the lives of a group of Pomfret's former classmates, is a highly personal, honest, funny and well-informed account of China's hyperactive effort to forget its past and reinvent its future. What makes this book particularly rewarding is that Pomfret not only describes China today, he also reminds us what came before, thereby posing the important question: Is it possible for China to avoid reckoning with its past and still become a responsible, possibly great, nation?
"If my parents had been murdered by the state, I would have devoted my life to vengeance, to political activity or at least to unearthing the evidence," Pomfret reflects, as he hears endless tales of abuse. "Why did so many stories in China always seem to end with the bad guys getting away, literally, with murder?"
His answer is simple: Party leaders have prohibited ways of redressing grievances and controlled honest historical research, discussion and reflection. Memory has been punished, repression rewarded. In few countries is there more unfinished business than in China. "Survival was the key," one pragmatic acquaintance observes.
Pomfret graphically highlights the cognitive dissonance in China's mind-bending transmigration from class revolution to consumerism through the story of Old Xu. This classmate transformed a once "somnolent party History Office" in the provinces into the market-driven "Good Times Advertisement Agency."
Paradoxically, Pomfret does not see these changes as subversive to the Leninist system. "Instead of being denigrated by the party as 'capitalist exploiters,' " he explains, "private industry was now a bottomless A.T.M. for the party machine." Nonetheless, one classmate-turned-party-official can still lament that "People need something to believe in!"
What this crisis of belief means for the future is one of the deeper questions Pomfret raises. With so many cancellations of old values systems and identities over the past century, China has been in a constant state of self-repudiation and self-reinvention. After reformers of the Qing Dynasty first began to question Confucian values during the early years of the 20th century, China was swept by a cascade of revolutions.
In the 1920's, the May Fourth Movement turned intellectuals against tradition and toward Western science, democracy and then socialism. In the 1930's Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists attempted to create a new East/West syncretism. With Mao Zedong's victory in 1949, China was plunged into revolutionary "totalism." Finally, in the 1980's the pragmatism of Deng Xiaoping brought authoritarian capitalism. All these tectonic reversals of identity have left China culturally deracinated and disoriented.
"China has had a great run since the Tiananmen Square crackdown," Pomfret notes. But it has destroyed its traditions, and "the current vacuum in everyday morality hampers everything." And as he walks down a newly developed commercial street with a classmate turned mall mogul, he wonders, "What could fill China's spiritual void?"
Then, like a Zen satori, it hits him: "Shopping. . . . Hunan Road, with its memorial arch and electric-gas spouting dragon, was a temple. Not to Marx. Not to Buddha. But to money."
The discontinuity between China's "socialist" past and "capitalist" present perplexes Pomfret. But it is the unfathomable depth of unexpiated guilt for the brutalization the Chinese heaped on one another under Mao that leaves him most mystified. Since there is little likelihood of public reckoning with the barbarity of the Cultural Revolution as long as the Communist Party rules unilaterally, he sees a basic blockage at the moral heart of China's spectacular rise. It's something that makes him very tentative about the future.
So we are left to wonder: Does it matter that there has never been a full public apology for the nightmare of the Communist revolution, that no Chinese leader has ever symbolically knelt down as a form of national penance for the party's crimes against its people, much as the German Chancellor Willy Brandt did in the Warsaw Ghetto for crimes against the Jews of Europe? Indeed, if the watchword in Germany is now "Never forget," in China it is "Never remember."
In 1945, the German philosopher Karl Jaspers gave a series of unflinching lectures at the University of Heidelberg on "The Question of German Guilt," saying that the nation needed a psychological "purification." "The temptation to evade this question is obvious," he acknowledged. "We live in distress — large parts of our population are in so great and such acute distress that they seem to have become insensitive to discussions."
Jaspers then entreated his countrymen to understand that their distress could only be relieved by "truthfulness toward ourselves." As he put it, "the guilt question is more than a question put to us by others, it is one we put to ourselves. The way we answer it will be decisive for our present approach to the world and ourselves."
No philosopher or public figure in China has been permitted to give the kind of open acknowledgment that Jaspers, and many other Germans, did. And, because Chinese media outlets remain tightly controlled, no such ceremonial moment of honest re-evaluation, much less national catharsis, seems likely any time soon.
The issue of whether China ultimately chooses to confront its past or continues "hiding behind history" will almost certainly end up being as important to its future as all the foreign investment, technology transfers, I.P.O.'s and high-rise buildings that now so impress visitors and eclipse the past. As one former classmate, a Red Guard who beat and tortured supposed "class enemies" during the Cultural Revolution, candidly asks Pomfret: "How do you think a society where that type of behavior was condoned, no, not condoned, mandated, can heal itself? Do you think it ever can?"
It is a question that the Chinese Communist Party has not yet asked, much less answered.


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Set & Forget enhances the usability of the automed system.
The newly released Set & Forget feature allows automed users to set-up the system through the automed App, then disconnect from the App, while leaving the App behind to deliver livestock treatments. After dosing is complete, the user can then reconnect to the app to synchronize all of the data. It is available for both the Android and iOS apps.
"The new Set & Forget feature reduces complexity and enhances the ease of use of the automed system," comments David Edwards, CEO, automed. "We have taken on board customer feedback and focussed on enhancing the way users implement the automed system."
This new feature will provide a great benefit to the livestock industry, including swine producers who are unable to take mobile devices into sites (buildings) for biosecurity purposes.
Once the automed adapter has been configured and the dose has been set, the App can be disconnected from the device, and dosing continues seamlessly. All of the tamper-proof medication records, including RFID tags, are stored on the device and can be synchronized using the app after the dosing session is complete.
The Set & Forget platform makes setting up and using the automed system easy and simple while maintaining the benefits of ergonomic dosing and tamper-proof treatment records.
"It is vital for us to continually improve and enhance the automed system for our users," adds Edwards. "This new feature enables users to access the system through the automed App, then administer livestock medication without using the App."
Key benefits of the new Set & Forget feature:
- Allows for use of the automed system with no cell or data service
- Allows for use of the automed system in facilities without using the App
- Reconnect to the App after dosing to sync data
- Utilize the App to run updates and reconfigure the system
To learn more about the new automed Set & Forget feature – contact automed.
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Know Your Roots
The cultural advantages of root cause analysis
by David Kachoui
Solving root cause problems is a vital component of continual improvement,1 but it's a weakness for most organizations because their employees lack expertise in root cause analysis. Cultivating this ability in your staff can give your organization long-term, competitive advantages. To do this, root cause analysis must be a priority and deliberately practiced in your organization.
Managers who overrate their root cause abilities are not compelled to learn and improve. Anyone can ask the five whys, find a clever insight, feel proud and stop there. But remember, just because auditors and clients accept your root causes doesn't prove your organization has the appropriate expertise. Did your external auditors delve deeply into issues and challenge your root causes? Did your clients know what a true root cause was?
There are two root cause categories in management—the process and group dynamic2—and four defining criteria:
- It's a specific underlying cause.
- It can reasonably be identified.
- Management has control to fix it.
- Effective recommendations for preventing recurrences can be generated.3
Challenge the process
W. Edwards Deming proposed improving your processes because 94% of the time, the system is at fault.4 When people assume the process is "the rule," they don't question it. Instead, they provide red herrings (misleading or distracting clues), blame, excuses and solutions that masquerade as root causes. For example, consider this hypothetical five whys:
Q: Why were the parts wrong?
A: Because we had no time to get them right. (Red herring.)
Q: Why didn't you have time?
A: Because there's too much work. (Excuse.)
Q: Why is there too much work?
A: Because we only have five people. (Solution.)
Q: Why do you only have five people?
A: Because they won't approve hiring. (Solution, blame.)
Q: Why won't they hire?
A: Because they only care about money. (Blame.)
In this case, the interviewer didn't start with the right question. Asking, "What in our process allowed this to happen?" makes people think on a deeper level, yielding more fruitful insights.
The group dynamic
Nothing ruins a group dynamic like complaining and blaming. They're infectious habits that managers must identify as red flags.
I met a manager who believed his job was to complain about the top problems so people would be motivated to fix them. His team adopted his behavior, and people lined up outside his office every day to voice complaints. What did the manager do about all the complaining? He complained.
Blaming is a cousin to complaining. Saying, "It's your fault," wastes time and energy, and management must take ownership of problems rather than assume people don't care enough. Foster a productive group dynamic by taking co-ownership and saying, "OK, let's figure out what in our system allowed this to happen." The underlying message is, "We got into this together, and we'll figure it out together."
Continuous improvement depends on staff development with support from leadership.5 The long-term goal of each root cause analysis is to enhance that skill in the organization.
The organization's culture must be changed by working with employees to understand and solve problems. Managers should be the lead detectives who train other root cause detectives and foster a culture of true problem solving.
- Jeffrey K. Liker and James K. Franz, The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement, McGraw-Hill Education, 2011, p. 427.
- Ralph Biggadike, "Top Management Process," course at Columbia Business School, 2010.
- James J. Rooney and Lee N. Vanden Heuvel, "Root Cause Analysis for Beginners," Quality Progress, July 2004, pp. 45-53.
- W. Edwards Deming, The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education, MIT Press, 1994, p. 33.
- Jeffrey K. Liker and James K. Franz, The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement, see reference 1.
David Kachoui is the director of business development for Natech Plastics Inc. in Ronkonkoma, NY. He holds an MBA from Columbia University in New York City. Kachoui is an ASQ member and a Project Management Institute-certified project management professional.
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8 IPS officers transferred in Haryana
Chandigarh The Haryana government on Thursday issued transfer and posting orders of eight IPS officers and one HPS officer with immediate effect, according to an official release.
Naazneen Bhasin, the superintendent of police (SP) of Special Task Force in Gurugram has been posted as SP Rewari. Rahul Sharma, the SP of Rewari, has been posted as Rohtak SP.
Abhishek Jorwal, the SP of Chief Minister's Flying Squad (CID) in Panchkula, has been posted as Ambala SP, the release stated. Jashandeep Singh Randhawa, the SP of Rohtak, has been posted as the SP of Special Task Force in Gurugram.
Waseem Akram, the SP of Kaithal, has been posted as Commandant of 3rdIndian Reserve Battalion in Sunaria. Mohit Handa, the SP of Ambala, has been posted as Dadri SP.
Virender Kumar, the SP of Hansi, has been posted as Kaithal SP. Smiti Chaudhary, the SP of Dadri, has been posted as the SP of Chief Minister's Flying Squad (CID)in Panchkula. Among HPS officers, Virender Singh Sanwan, the additional superintendent of police, crime, has been posted as the SP of Hansi, the release stated.


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November 2018
Ever since the FAA changed air traffic routes near LAX resulting in a significant increase in airplane noise in our neighborhood, ECSWANDC has been active in representing our neighborhood on this issue. We formed an ad hoc committee in 2017 and held a Town Hall November 2017. One stakeholder brought greens that she was growing in her yard for her family to consume to show that they were covered with black residue from the airplanes, further calling into question air quality in the Southwest community. Another stakeholder said the airplanes were flying so low, they could read the numbers on the planes.
After the Town Hall, Southwest voted at our March 2018 meeting and sent Council Member Marqueece Harris-Dawson a letter requesting passage of a Resolution in support of HR 598, the Airplane Impacts Mitigation Act of 2017. HR 598 requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to commission a study of health impacts of airplane flights below 10,000 feet in certain metropolitan areas having an international airport using the NextGen RNAV program. The Resolution calls for Los Angeles to be added to the list of cities to be studied.
We are pleased to bring you an update on this issue: ECSWANDC Chairman Brent Page reports that in his follow up with LA World Airport executives, he learned that LAWA CEO Deborah Flint heard us loud and clear and wrote a letter on our behalf on October 24, 2018.


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From award-winning dance companies to a world premiere about living with autism by the symphony orchestra, celebrate love for the arts with your choice of 10 amazing performances at the Nazareth College Arts Center this month, many of which are free.
Dance takes center stage in Callahan Theater this month, presenting two New York Dance and Performance (Bessie) Award winning dance companies. Buy both shows and save 10 percent with promo code DANCE10.
"The work of these two companies is stunningly beautiful and innovative, said Arts Center Executive Director Rita Mannelli. "It's a joy to present world-class dance in Callahan Theater."
Dance meets film meets virtual reality with Bridgman|Packer on Saturday, February 9 at 8 p.m. in Callahan Theater. Using cinematic projections as interactive set pieces, Bridgman|Packer's mesmerizing performances blur the boundaries between reality and the imagined. Their innovative work developing "Video Partnering"-the integration of live performance and video technology-has been acclaimed for its highly visual blending of the live and the virtual.
With the paintings of Edward Hopper as a point of departure, Bridgman|Packer performs Voyeur, a 2017 New York Dance and Performance (Bessie) Award-winner that bears witness to fragmented moments of private lives. Tickets $25-$50.
In advance of their show, Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer will present an Interactive Talk explaining their choreographic process and its integration with video technology on Thursday, February 7 at 7 p.m. in Callahan Theater. The talk will be followed by a short demonstration of live camera work with participation by audience members. This event is free and open to the public, pre-registration is required at go.naz.edu/BPdance.
Two weeks later, David Dorfman's energetic dance ensemble will warm up a winter's night with a work that is as colorful as it is thought-provoking on Thursday, February 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Callahan Theater.
Winner of eight New York Dance and Performance (Bessie) Awards, David Dorfman Dance creates hyper-athletic works that are innovative, inclusive, and radically humanistic.
Combining energetic movement, live music, and dancers performing monologues, David Dorfman Dance will perform Aroundtown, a 2017 work that explores the meaning of love in times of violence and strife. Tickets $25-$50.
What's it like to live with autism? The Nazareth College Symphony Orchestra will present the world premiere of Mitchell's Wild Ride, written by Nazareth professor and orchestra director Nancy Strelau and double bassist Mitchell Law, as part of the Rising Stars concert on Saturday, February 16 at 4 p.m. in Beston Hall. Law, a high school student who lives in the Buffalo area, has played double bass since the fourth grade. He also lives with autism, and is hearing impaired and partially blind.
"I met Mitchell a couple of years ago and heard that he writes music for double bass," said Nazareth professor and orchestra director Nancy Strelau. "He has had a piece in his head for quite a while now called Mitchell's Mind, and I wove the three parts of that piece detailing Mitchell's view of his own autism into new, uplifting themes. My piece, Mitchell's Wild Ride, refers to his journey with all of his teachers who have supported him musically."
The program also includes solo performances by 2018-2019 concerto/aria competition winners, and works by Beethoven and Brahms. This event is free and open to the public.
The Music Department will also several bring renowned guest artists to campus this month.
The Eastern Standard Trio will perform in Beston Hall on Sunday, February 3 at 3 p.m. The trio includes Nazareth faculty member Jacob Ertl and and Indiana University of Pennsylvania faculty members Heidi Lucas and Zach Collins. The program includes the world premiere of What a Circus! by Nazareth faculty member Octavio Vazquez. This event is free and open to the public.
On Friday, February 15 at 7:30 p.m., Russian pianist Asiya Korepanova will perform a solo recital featuring the complete etudes of Franz Liszt in Beston Hall. She is currently the only pianist to perform all of the Liszt etudes in one concert, a courageous feat of dazzling virtuosity and musicality. This event is free and open to the public.
Saturday, February 2 at 8 p.m. in Callahan Theater, tickets $25-$50
Trey McLaughlin & The Sounds of Zamar
Georgia gospel sensations deliver powerhouse vocals and intricate arrangements of contemporary gospel, pop, and musical theater hits.
Saturday, February 2 at 3 p.m. in Beston Hall, free
A Festival of Trombones
The Nazareth College Trombone Choir, in collaboration with the Rochester Trombone Society, performs a program featuring music by Bach, Handel, Saint-Saëns, Gabrieli, Corea, and Ewazen.
Sunday, February 3 at 3 p.m.in Beston Hall, free
Eastern Standard Trio
Heidi Lucas, horn • Zach Collins, tuba • Jacob Ertl, piano
Eastern Standard Trio, comprised of Nazareth faculty member Jacob Ertl and Indiana University of Pennsylvania faculty members Heidi Lucas and Zach Collins, kicks off their spring concert tour performing new works commissioned by and written for the ensemble.
Saturday, February 9 at 8 p.m. in Callahan Theater, tickets $25-$50
Bridgman| Packer Dance
Using cinematic projections as interactive set pieces, Bridgman|Packer's mesmerizing dance performances blur the boundaries between reality and the imagined. Free interactive talk with the artists' on Thursday, February 9. Details at go.naz.edu/BPdance. Bridgman|Packer Dance is funded through the Mid Atlantic Tours program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts
Sunday, February 10 at 3 p.m.in Beston Hall, free
Winter Blossoms
Nazareth College Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band
Jared Chase, conductor • Steven Zugelder, conductor
Featuring a variety of music for the winter season, including a premiere of Winter Blossom by Xi Wang, Hindemith's Symphony in B-flat, and Ticheli's Angels in the Architecture.
Friday, February 15 at 7:30 p.m.in Beston Hall, free
The Piano at Its Summit: The Complete Etudes of Franz Liszt
Asiya Korepanova, guest piano
Russian pianist Asiya Korepanova, performs the complete etudes of Franz Liszt, including the 12 Transcendental Etudes, the 5 Concert Etudes, and the 6 Paganini Etudes.
February 15,16, 22, 23 at 7:30 p.m.
February 17, 24 at 2 p.m.
Vinegar Tom
$12, $10 senior, Studio Theater A48
Set in 17th-century England, Obie Award-winning author Caryl Churchill examines the oppressive marginalization of women in a story of witch hunts, injustice, and patriarchy. Alice, her mother Joan, and other women in the neighborhood are not fitting the societal norms-sparking an investigation by doctors and witch hunters. Directed by Lindsay Reading Korth. Vinegar Tom is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
Saturday, February 16 at 4 p.m. in Beston Hall, free
Rising Stars
Nazareth College Symphony Orchestra • Nancy Strelau, director
Featuring the 2018-2019 concerto/aria competition winners. The Symphony Orchestra will also perform Beethoven's Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Brahms' Academic Festival Overture, and the world premiere of Mitchell's Wild Ride by Nancy Strelau and Mitchell Law.
Sunday, February 17 at 3 p.m.in Wilmot Recital Hall, free
All That Jazz
Brad Batz, woodwinds • Steve Greene, guitar • Paul McArdle, guitar • Kyle Vock, bass • Kristen Shiner McGuire, marimba and percussion
A jazz assortment of solo, duo, trio, and quartet pieces, highlighting Nazareth faculty.
Thursday, February 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Callahan Theater, tickets $25-$50
David Dorfman Dance
Winner of eight New York Dance and Performance (Bessie) Awards, David Dorfman and his energetic ensemble explore self and society through movement, music, and monologues. Sponsored by Susan & Steven Eisinger and Paul & Helga Morgan.
Ticket prices for individual shows are noted above and are available online at artscenter.naz.edu, by phone at (585) 389-2170, or in person at the Nazareth College Arts Center Box Office at 4245 East Avenue, Rochester, N.Y. 14618. Free events do not require advance tickets or reservations.
Regular box office hours are Monday-Friday, 11 a m.- 5 p.m. and 11 a.m. until curtain time on performance days.
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Nazareth College's academic strengths cross an unusually broad spectrum of 60 majors, including education, health and human services, management, the fine arts, music, theater, math and science, foreign languages, and the liberal arts. The coeducational, religiously independent, classic campus in a charming suburb of Rochester, N.Y., challenges and supports 2,300 undergrads and 700 graduate students. Nazareth is recognized nationally for its Fulbright global student scholars and commitment to civic engagement. Rigorous programs, an uncommon arts and sciences core, experiential learning, career skills, and a global focus prepare graduates for not just one job, but for their life's work.
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- Ingredients
- 2/3 cup kosher salt
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 6 slices fresh ginger, thick
- 2 bay leaves
- 6 whole cloves
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns, crushed (in mortar or spice mill)
- 2 teaspoons allspice berries, crushed (in mortar or spice mill)
- 8 cups unsweetened apple cider (or juice)
- 1 fresh or thawed turkey (10-25 pounds)
- 2 oranges, quartered
- 2 turkey size oven cooking bags (Reynold's preferred)
- Directions 1. In a 3-4 quart saucepan, combine cider with salt, sugar, ginger, bay leaves, cloves, peppercorns, and allspice; stir to dissolve salt. 2. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook 3-4 minutes; remove from heat, add 4 cups of ice water and set aside to cool. 3. Line a heavy roasting pan with turkey-sized oven cooking bags (which should be double-layered). 4. Remove the turkey from it's wrapping, remove neck and giblets (store separately), and rinse and prepare bird. 5. Stuff cavity with orange quarters. 6. Make a collar of the top of cooking bags (helps keep bags open), and slip bird inside, stand it upright (legs pointing up), and unfold the top of the bag. 7. Pour the brine over the bird, and add an additional 2 cups of water. 8. Draw up the first inner bag, squeezing out as much air as possible, and secure with a twist-tie; do the same for the outer bag. 9. Place the turkey, breast side down, in the roasting pan and refrigerate for 12-24 hours, turning 3-4 times while brining. 10. Just prior to roasting, remove the turkey from the brine; discard the bags, brine, and all cured herbs, spices, and oranges remaining in the bird. 11. Rinse the turkey under cold water and pat dry with paper toweling. 12. Air-dry turkey under refrigeration for 4-6 hours (before cooking) for a crispier crust when roasting. 13. The turkey is now ready to be roasted.


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How to Become an Ordained Reverend Online
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If you want to officiate at the wedding or funeral of a friend or loved one, online ordination can be a quick, easy and inexpensive way to get the credentials you need. Some organisations ordain anyone, regardless of belief or lifestyle; others require a signed statement of faith.
Once ordained, you are legally entitled to include "reverend" or another religious title as part of your name. People interested in ordination within a particular denomination may have the option of attending seminary online. This is a more traditional route to ordination and the requirements vary from denomination to denomination. The best point of reference if you want to pursue this is the pastor of your church.
Become a non-denominational minister by completing degree requirements at an online seminary that is not affiliated with a particular branch of Christianity. Choose from certificate programs that require a minimum investment of time, complete bachelor's or master's degree programs or modified doctoral programs that require only a dissertation in some cases.
Speak to your pastor directly if you want to become ordained in your denomination. Different denominations have different educational requirements for their ministers. A four-year degree may be required before you are eligible to attend seminary. You can pursue a bachelor's degree online and then attend an online seminary sponsored by your particular church body, if one is available.
Check the school's accreditation before you pay your tuition. Typically independent schools are accredited by a state or regional body. Not all schools have accreditation, particularly seminaries not affiliated with an established denomination. If you plan to transfer your coursework to another college, attend an accredited college.
Navigate to the Universal Life Church or the Spiritual Humanism Church. These, and other similar sites, offer ordination to anyone regardless of gender, belief, sexual orientation or religious affiliation.
Read the information about ordination very carefully. There may be a charge for the ordination. Some ordinations require yearly renewal, others are for life.
Check the laws in your state that pertain to clergy and ordination. Some states do not permit people with online ordinations to perform weddings. The Universal Life Church Monastery has an excellent marriage law page to use as a reference.
Select which church is the best match for you. Navigate to that website and click the button that says "become ordained." Several websites offering online ordination have complete ordination kits that include your ordination, baptismal paperwork for your congregants, funeral placards for your car and other items you may need in your duties as a reverend.
Complete the information as requested. This may include your given name, birth date, postal address and e-mail address. You may be asked to indicate that you are over 13 years old.
Print out the certificate of ordination that was sent to your e-mail address. You may be able to purchase a nicer ordination certificate that will be sent through the mail. Some groups offer ordination cards for your wallet, religious apparel, such as clerical collars, and other supplies.
Seek additional training. Take advantage of any online courses offered by the organisation that issued your ordination. Classes may include how to perform a wedding or funeral, counselling, spirituality and exorcism.
- Don't feel compelled to order an ordination kit. You can often get the baptismal certificates and other supplies less expensively if you buy them separately from another church supply shop.
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The Sounds of Brahms & Mahler will fill the Weill Center in an unforgettable evening of classical favorites as the Sheboygan Symphony closes its 2017-2018 season with a program called "Romantic." Two great composers, Johannes Brahms and Gustav Mahler will be featured.
Dr. Kevin R. McMahon directs the Sheboygan Symphony and Fabian Qamar prepares the Sheboygan Symphony Chorus.
McMahon stated, "The Sheboygan Symphony Chorus will join the Symphony for a presentation of two of the finest choral and orchestra works that Brahms wrote. The concert will open with Nänie (Dirge), which is a setting of Friedrich Schiller's work of the same name; assuredly Brahms at his best and most beautiful. The choir and orchestra will continue with Brahms' Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny). This work of hope and nostalgia, is based on the writing of Friedrich Hölderlin's Hyperion's Song of Destiny."
"The second half of the program features the Symphony Orchestra in Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1, known as "Titan," continued McMahon. "This work, like the others on the program, was inspired from a novel by Jean Paul. The symphony season ends with music portraying paradise."
Though ancillary to the concert, there will be some surprises regarding the orchestra's upcoming 100th anniversary season as the excitement is ramping up for the Centennial Celebration next year.
Eighth Notes
1. The concert is Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 7:30 pm at the Stefanie H. Weill Center for the Performing Arts.
2. Tickets are available for the May 12th concert. Ticket prices are $39, $35, $30 and $15 for students. Please call the Weill Center Office at (920) 208-3243. Tickets are also available in the box office two hours prior to concert.
3. The Interludes Pre-Concert talk begins at 6:30 pm. It is a free event for concert
ticket holders. Space is limited, and an R.S.V.P is required. For more information
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(A Random Post)
Gettin' Reprieve From The Heat In The Frozen Food Section
The Weight – The Band
Regarding this week's soundtrack, I thought for years that the main line in the chorus was this:
Take a load off Manny, take a load for free
But it's actually:
Take a load off Annie, take a load for free
This changes everything.
So it was my second day of work today (Food Basics, 14th and Markham for anyone who doesn't know) and it was a lot easier than the first day. Monday I had to remove all this stuff from the frozen food section so that they could check for a leak, then put it all back. Whoopee! Today, I was still in frozen food, but at least now I was handling bags of milk and ice cream so it was a lot easier. My back felt soooo much better today. Some random notes:
* Haven't really befriended any of my coworkers yet. Of course, all us Chinese guys help each other out but we haven't gotten to the point of small talk yet. No one is laughing at my toilet cleaning jokes. Fuckers.
* There's this one white guy who I thought was a decent fellow. I didn't talk to him at all, but I liked the cut of his gib. I thought he would make a perfect addition to my entourage of Caucasian Bullet Shields (hi Lee, Dan and Tom!), but then I saw him in his regular clothes as he was leaving. Total whigger.
* It's really lax around there. They tell you to do something and then they just leave you to it. I could slack off for half an hour and no one would ever know. Not that I would. I'm just saying.
* No hot chicks yet. Co-worker or customer.
Oh yeah, I spent yesterday with Natasha. We watched The Terminal. It was pretty good. It was distracting watching it with her because she talks a lot (ugh) and she's super affectionate (nice). Then she drove me home and I played guitar for her for an hour. I screwed up, like, every song but she thinks I'm amazing. Ha ha, I sure am.
One last thing. Since I had to use my adjustable knife (they gave me a freakin' knife!) a lot today, this line kept popping into my head:
"The frost. Sometimes it makes the blade stick."


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Holy Family
The Holy Family is the name given by Incarnandists to the nuclear family comprised of the Incarnandina, her husband, and their children. The Incarnandina has expressed several times that she prefers the expression 'First Incarnandist Mission' to be used instead of Holy Family which is regarded as pretentious and irreverent.
The Holy Family is served by the Quiernite Order that diligently tracks the lineage of the Incarnandinas from Holy Mother Shaqtirah and is equally mindful of sons and daughters of the Incarnandina, awaiting the day when they shall announce the birth of the promised Incarnandus. The nuns of the Ithiraz'ite Order protect the person of the Incarnandina and the Holy Family.
Since the Eleventh Isbajath, the Holy Family has officially taken residence in Oliblish. In the late twenty fourth century, the Holy Family took residence in what has become a small palace outside of the Eremitic Refuge of the Holy Pinnacle. The residence is officially called the House of the Incarnandina. Another residence for the Holy Family exists in a wing of the king's palace in Tahkhnúsh. As the residence of the figurehead and spiritual leader of the worldwide Incarnandist religion, the House of the Incarnandina is an important pilgrimage site and Incarnandists in good standing are permitted to visit the court of the Incarnandina to receive a blessing, usually in family groups.
The eldest son of the Holy Family is sometimes called the 'Incarnandiole' which is a translation of the Khahonri Language for 'God's Uncle.' The Incarnandinas have often voiced dismay over the use of this expression as well as the use of the expression 'Holy Family' so they are rarely used in the presence of the Holy Family.
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From 2016/17 onwards, HMRC has the power to make a 'simple assessment' of the taxpayer's income tax and / or capital gains tax liability outside of the Self Assessment system.
This has been introduced to support the Making Tax Digital agenda. As HMRC already receives significant amounts of information on the income received and tax paid by taxpayers via existing data-gathering channels, including the information provided by employers under real time information (RTI), it should make better use of this to make it easier for individuals with straightforward tax affairs to comply with their obligations.
As was expected when simple assessments were introduced, HMRC announced in September 2017 that it would begin moving the following groups out of the Self Assessment regime and will issue simple assessments instead:
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Last season the Carolina Panthers were the worst team in football, but they looked far from that in a 30 to 23 loss against the defending champs. Cam Newton followed up his stellar NFL debut with an outstanding effort against the Green Bay Packers, a game in which the Panthers held 13 to 0 lead.
After the Panthers built a 10 nothing lead, Newton, who threw for 432 yards in the game, led Carolina to the Packers three yard line on a beautiful pass to the tight end Greg Olsen on the right sideline. But to the chagrin of the Carolina faithful, the Packers stood up when it counted the most, as most champions do, holding the Panthers to a field goal and preventing a 17 point deficit.
From that point the Packers rattled off 23 unanswered points, and were able to prevent the Panthers from tying with six minutes left in the fourth quarter. The Packers defense caused turnovers in key situations, and the offense was able to do enough to prevent disaster. Aaron Rodgers had a big day passing for 308 yards and 2 touchdowns.
It has become evident after the first two games of the season, that Cam Newton is going to be a player in this league. It did not appear that Green Bay expected such a strong effort out of him early in this game, but they were able to rein him late and cause him to make several key mistakes leading to points for the Packers. One piece of bad news that game out of this game is that Green Bay lost their ball hawking safety Nick Collins for the season.
The Packers travel to Chicago next week in what should be an excellent matchup in the NFC North Division.
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Mysterious Ways... (Brag on God Friday)
When we think we are in control... but we're not
The twins are home! (or I finally get to hold my books!)
LOVE FLOURISHES-- Lynn Spangler
Along the Way Home-- Christi Corbett
Your Homemaking Binder~ Magazine clippings
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Random Wonderings of a Writer (plus NYT Bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken and an awesome giveaway)
I wish...
How I Find Time to Write by Zanna Mackenzie (author of How Do You Spell Love?)
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BESSIE, Simon was born on January 23, 1916 in New York, United States. Son of Abraham Bessie and Ella (nee Brainin) Bessie.
BESSIE, Simon was born on January 23, 1916 in New York, United States. Son of Abraham Bessie and Ella (nee Brainin) Bessie.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1936.
Reporter Newark Star Eagle, 1936. With research department Radio-Keith-Orpheum-Radio Pictures, 1936-1938. Editor Market Research Monthly, 1938.
Free-lance writer Europe, Africa, 1938-1939. Associate editor, war editor, war correspondent Look magazine, 1940-1942. Editor Harper & Brothers, 1946-1952, general editor, 1952-1959.
Co-founder Atheneum Publications, 1959, president, 1963-1975. Senior vice president Harper & Row, New York City, 1975-1981, vice president, 1988-1991. President Joshuatown Public Associates, Lyme, Connecticut, 1981—2008.
Co-public Cornelia and Michael Bessie Books, 1981—2008. Consultant editor Counterpoint Press, 1995-2002, Perseus Books Group, 1999-2002. Lecturer English, Columbia University, 1953-1959.
Director novel workshop New School, 1959-1963, director Franklin book programs, 1963-1972. Chairman visiting committee Harvard University Press, 1972-1978, board directors, 1980-1991. Board directors American Book Publications Council, 1964-1969, Center for Communications, 1981-2008.
Chairman trade book division Association American Publications, 1970-1972, board directors, 1972-1976, chairman, 1974-1975, chairman freedom to read committee, 1975-1978, international freedom to public committee, 1975. Board directors Harper & Row, 1975-1987. Member executive committee Center for Book, Library. of Congress, chairman.
Author: Jazz Journalism, 1938. Contributor numerous articles to magazines.
Board overseers visiting committee department history Harvard University, 1964-1977. Chairman literature panel National Arts Council, 1971-1974, chairman special projects panel, 1974-1981. Chairman board advisors Station W National Educational Television, 1979-1983, trustee, 1983-1996, life trustee, 1997—2008.
Chairman book committee Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1986-1991, member technical book committee, 1992-2001. Served as chief news bureau psychological warfare branch, 1943-1944, Algiers, Sicily, Italy. Chief psychological warfare combat team 1944, Southern France.
Deputy director United States Information Service, 1944-1946, France. Member Council Foreign Relations, Association Harvard Alumni (director 1974-1977), Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Century Association (New York City), Harvard (New York City).
Federal City (Washington).
Married Constance Ernst, September 12, 1945. Children: Nicholas, Katherine. Married Cornelia Schaeffer, December 21, 1968.


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Maisie was no exception to this rule – no, she was such a little actress.You know the type I mean; always over-the-top, always affected, similar to a younger Anne Hathaway, forever eager to impress and prove to the world that she was unique.He knew she had more than likely just shaved, and the thought of that hairless, fresh little plump cunt underneath created a pleasant tingling sensation that washed warmly over his cock and balls. " Maisie asked sweetly in that accent of hers, and Tom looked up from her fat young pussy to her mouth, taking note of the most perfect little pair of pouty, kissable, and let's be honest, fuckable, lips painted a deep shade of crimson red.He had never seen her wear such a color before, as she seemed to always prefer the more modest look in the past. "I won't lie, baby, it makes me want to fuck that slutty little teenage mouth of yours" Tom was getting worked up just staring at her pale, nubile body.Once again, time on the clock was ticking away and Maisie Williams was taking an eternity to get herself ready.
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Gathering my things together, I headed quickly towards one of the exits and practically jogged towards the station to catch the tube back to Hyde Park Corner. My head still felt fuzzy from the wine and I jostled through the late night shoppers to reach the entrance to Oxford Circus before cantering down the steps into the ticket hall. I walked the escalator, something I never do as always have this fear of tripping and falling to the bottom, and somehow managed to accomplish it without breaking my neck despite the booze-filled haze in which I was in. By the time I reached the platform, a train was already there and the sharp beeping noise told me it was about to leave and I pushed myself through the closing doors, throwing myself down onto the nearest seat with both a sigh of relief and a cry of help from my lungs.
Closing my eyes, I felt a woozy infusion creeping across my temples and into my shoulder blades and for a moment I confused the sensation with the effects of the wine. It was only when I realised my skin was prickling with alarm did my eyes open wide and I felt my heart beating with a fear I hadn't felt in over three months. The carriage was quite busy in the way that the central London tubes were always busy and I swept my eyes along the rows of people. It wasn't long before I saw her.
Sitting just on the other side of the main door on the opposite side of the carriage was a young vampire girl. She couldn't have been more than about eighteen in human years although who knows how old she actually was. The girl had straggly, dark bobbed hair and wore skinny jeans, a black t-shirt that was clearly crumpled and her white lace-up pumps were smudged with dirt. She was thin, noticeably too thin and her pallor was pale and washed-out. Your average vampire could err on the slightly pale side, but they were never as deathly white as the stories would make us believe. They aren't the undead. They live and breath just as you or I but their heart rate is slower and their body and skin temperature just peaks below our average. These slight differences were embellished by myth-makers and story tellers until we reached the twisted vampire depiction that we know today; the undead monster, the white-skinned night creature, the coffin-dweller. But actually, it is the fact these differences between human and vampire are so slight that they are able to mix and live amongst us with relative ease and without fear of detection. For the most part, it is only sensors like myself who can pick one out from the crowd.
And it was I that picked this vampire out from the crowded carriage and being the lucky soul that I am, she had already picked me out too. Her eyes look feverishly hungry and one hand gripped the rail near her until her knuckles seemed like they might burst through the thin skin that covered them. She was sitting bolt upright in her seat, perched almost on the edge as if she were getting ready to depart the train. Only I knew she didn't have any intention of leaving now she had seen me.
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Limestone is a sedimentary rock used in the agricultural industry as a soil amendment for raising soil pH.
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