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Sarah Dransfield, Oxfam Press Officer on +44 (0) 1865 472269,
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Rich Country Donors Still Well Off-Track on Their Aid Commitments
The 2009 overseas aid figures, released today, show that rich countries are failing to deliver on their promises to poorer countries.
LONDON - Today's figures, from the
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), show that
although there has been a fraction of an increase in total aid, from
$122 to $123 billion, the amount of aid has actually fallen by $3.5
billion when compared with last year's prices. This comes at a time when
the World Bank forecasts that 50,000 more children in Sub-Saharan
countries may have died this year because of the financial crisis.
Max Lawson of Oxfam said: "This lackluster performance from donors is
not close to meeting the needs of poor countries, who are suffering now
from the impact of the economic crisis. It is a scandal that more than
half of rich nations have cut their aid this year and are giving less of
their income than last year – just 31 cents in every hundred dollars."
Forty years ago* rich countries pledged to spend 0.7 per cent
of their annual national incomes in development aid. And so far, just
five nations, all European – Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Luxembourg and the
Netherlands – have actually reached the target.
Today's figures show that some donors have increased aid,
demonstrating that even in hard economic times this is possible where
there is political will to meet international commitments.
Lawson said, "Whilst some countries like the UK and Belgium have made
efforts to increase aid, others are really letting the side down.
Italy's aid spending has plunged by a massive 31 per cent, Ireland's by
18.9 per cent, Germany's by 12 per cent, Japan by 10.7 per cent and
Canada by 9.5 per cent."
"Its crunch time. More aid is vital now to reach the
Millennium Development Goals by 2015, and world leaders must rebuild
their credibility on the global stage before its too late. All rich
countries must commit to timetables to meet 0.7, backed by national
binding legislation, when they meet at the UN summit in September to
review their progress on MDGs."
Delivered well, aid saves lives. In Nepal
development aid has been pivotal in dramatically improving healthcare,
with a series of reforms including abolishing health fees. Since 2006
the under-five mortality rate has reduced by 22 per cent, neo-natal
mortality by 38 per cent and maternal mortality has fallen by 19 per
cent. In fact maternal mortality has now fallen by 58 per cent in the
country since 1996 - a towering success.
New research published on Monday** revealed that maternal deaths have
fallen worldwide, from over half a million a year in 1980 to less than
350,000 in 2008.
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"The heartening fall in global maternal mortality comes in large part
because of well-targeted aid spending. It is unconscionable for rich
countries to fail on aid promises when there are such rich rewards to be
won in the fight against poverty," said Lawson.
A new Oxfam report, "21st Century Aid," recognizing success and
tackling failure, to be published later this month, will call on donors
to meet their aid commitments, and do more to improve quality of aid.
Oxfam is calling for donors to commit to legally binding legislation and
national timetables to reach at least 0.7 per cent of their national
income in aid, and ensure all aid is aimed at meeting poverty reduction
Notes to editors
* In 1970 the UN General Assembly committed to
providing 0.7% of Gross national product in aid. This was
recommitted to by rich countries attending the 2002 Monterrey Consensus
on Financing for Development, and at the G8 meeting in Gleneagles in
2005 where European members of the G8 also recommitted to reaching the
0.7% target, by 2015.
**According to a study published in the Lancet.
- Aid levels from G8 member countries Canada and Japan
have dropped, by 10.2 per cent and 9.5 per cent respectively.
- Aid from the United States registered a small
increase from 0.19 to 0.20 per cent of GDP.
- The United Kingdom remains on target for its
aid commitments, reporting a jump from 0.43 per cent of GDP in 2008 to
0.52 per cent in 2009.
- France has increased its aid from 0.39 per cent
to 0.46 per cent of GDP.
After debt relief is deducted the increase in aid from 2008 to 2009
was better, but still way off track to meet promised increases.
European Union 15 Member States pledged to spend 0.7 per cent of their
GNI on aid by 2015. EU 12 Member States committed to spend 0.33% of
their GNI on aid by 2015. The collective EU target for next year is to
provide 0.56% of GNI in aid by 2010. The EU is off track to meet this
Some donors have increased the percentage of aid given, but are actually
spending less.
- Aid from the Netherlands rose slightly as a
percentage of the economy, but actual spend fell by nearly $600 million.
- Spain's aid rose from 0.45 to 0.46 as a
percentage of GDP but its actual spend fell by $200 million, a
disappointing record for the country holding the Presidency of the
European Union.
- Although both Sweden and Luxembourg gave
over 1% of GNI, the actual amount given was less than in 2008.
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Flutter Friday – 30/5/2014
This Friday sees a handful international friendlies being played across the world, which will give us a glimpse of some of the countries who will be travelling to Brazil in a few weeks time to participate in the World Cup. I strongly advise against betting on friendlies but since there is a lack of competitive football on show today, the only hope for you betting enthusiasts is to place money on the unpredictable. So let's see what there is to offer…
Spain vs Bolivia
The Spanish have seemed unsettled in their three most recent friendlies. Marginal wins against Equatorial Guinea and Italy sandwiched a 1-0 loss to 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa. Spain arguably played one of their strongest possible line-ups against Italy in March (only missing Xabi Alonso and Xavi as key players) and still seemed to under-perform, even though they boast a good defensive record. Opponents Bolivia won't find themselves at the World Cup tournament this year and thus have a lot less to risk in terms of injury to key players. The South Americans are composed of large majority of players from the regional league, with only main striker Marcelo Moreno making his club appearances outside the country, in Brazil for Cruziero. Bolivia had a rough time in the CONMEBOL qualification region and recorded their last competitive win in the shock 4-1 victory against Uruguay in 2012. Although Spain will undoubtedly win, expect Bolivia to play with more freedom and grab a goal or two against the reigning world champions.
Spain to win and Both Teams To Score – 11/5
Austria vs Iceland
Two teams in contrasting runs of form go head-to-head in a game that doesn't particularly matter for either of them. Austria are unbeaten in four of their last five matches, conceding only three during that time to Uruguay and Sweden respectively. On the other side of matters, Iceland have not won since October 2013 and have scored only one goal this year… against Wales. Both nations won't have an impact on the proceedings in Brazil, but Iceland came closest to qualifying, losing their play-off against Croatia 2-0. With Austria being a full 18 places ahead of their European counterparts in the world rankings, the safest bet would be to back the home side, but I doubt there will be many goals.
Austria to win – 8/13
England vs Peru
In the last fixture before Roy's lads attempt to take on the world with their new-found pessimism, Peru visit Wembley in what could prove to be a tricky encounter. England will be desperate for victory as a morale booster following disappointing showings in their last three friendlies. Despite winning against Denmark, the Three Lions were far from impressive and home defeats to Chile and Germany could be an indicator of how tough life will be in Brazil come June. Saying that, Peru have lost four of their last six games, but they have been against fairly strong opposition in the form of Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia and Venezuela. The Peruvians do like to score goals though, striking first in their last three matches. A player that might be familiar to the English audience is Claudio Pizarro; former Chelsea flop and current Bayern Munich striker, he is still going strong at the ripe old age of 35 (update: he has bizarrely been dropped in order to make way for younger players). With England inevitably going to make a cock-up somewhere along the line, put money on both teams to score.
Here's an interesting fact though. According to statistics recorded in 2001, there are around 4000 Peru-born citizens in the UK. Fancy that…
The treble will win you £64 with a £5 bet if you happen to bet with Coral. I suppose that isn't too bad…

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Even if you are unable to play, $5 of your buy-in goes to the Ronald McDonald House. So, yeah, it's OK to be dead money. No one will complain
So one last time, here's the details:
Date: June 16
Time: 9PM CDT (Same time as Mookie)
It will actually be running in place of the Mookie. BDR will be broadcasting it.
Charity: Ronald McDonald House
$5 + $5(Tournament, charity)
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Babson College is ranked No. 26 in Bloomberg Businessweek's 2014 Ranking of Best Undergraduate Business Schools released today. This is an improvement of 10 positions from last year's ranking.
In addition, Babson received the following rankings:
- A+ in Teaching
- No. 17 in the Employer Survey
Babson is ranked in the top 20 among private business schools.
Bloomberg Businessweek Methodology
To rank the 132 programs that are included on its 2014 list, Bloomberg Businessweek used a methodology that has not changed much since its first ranking of undergrad programs in 2006. The ranking algorithm included five components:
- Student assessment (30 percent of total score)
- Academic quality (30 percent of total score)
- Employer opinion (20 percent of total score)
- Median salary (10 percent of total score)
- MBA feeder school (10 percent of total score)
About Babson College
Babson College is the educator, convener, and thought leader for Entrepreneurship of All Kinds®. The College is a dynamic living and learning laboratory, where students, faculty, and staff work together to address the real-world problems of business and society—while at the same time evolving our methods and advancing our programs. We shape the leaders our world needs most: those with strong functional knowledge and the skills and vision to navigate change, accommodate ambiguity, surmount complexity, and motivate teams in a common purpose to create economic and social value. As we have for nearly a half-century, Babson continues to advance Entrepreneurial Thought and Action® as the most positive force on the planet for generating sustainable economic and social value.


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Warfarin use may be associated with a significant increase in the risk of death after traumatic injuries, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the May print issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
"The prevalence of warfarin use in the United States is unknown, but the Food and Drug Administration estimates that more than 31 million prescriptions for warfarin were written in 2004," according to background information in the article. "Warfarin is a commonly used anticoagulant [prevents the formation of blood clots] for the long-term management and prevention of thromboembolic (blood clot formed in one vessel carried by the blood stream to occlude another vessel) events associated with atrial fibrillation (abnormal heart rhythm), mechanical heart valves, deep venous thrombosis (clot formed in a vein deep in the body), pulmonary embolism (clot that causes blockage of a blood vessel in the lung), the antiphospholipid syndrome (condition that increases the risk of blood clot formation) and occasionally, myocardial infarction (heart attack)."
Using the National Trauma Databank, Lesly A. Dossett, M.D., M.P.H., of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn., and colleagues, studied data from more than 1.2 million individuals admitted to eligible trauma centers between 2002 and 2007. Of these, 36,270 patients (3 percent) and 26,841 patients older than 65 (9 percent) were classified as warfarin users. The total proportion of warfarin users increased from 2.3 percent in 2002 to 4 percent in 2006, and in those age 65 and older, from 7.3 percent in 2002 to 12.8 percent in 2006.
Overall, warfarin users were also more likely to die from their injuries compared to non-users (9.3 percent vs. 4.8 percent). Warfarin users were also more likely to have blunt mechanism injuries (87 percent vs. 96 percent), were more likely to sustain their injuries in the home or residential institutions and as a group, experienced more severe injuries. Warfarin users were also more likely to be admitted with intracranial hemorrhage (bleeding within the brain). Among all individuals admitted with intracranial hemorrhage, warfarin users had a significantly increased risk of death than non-users (22 percent vs. 18 percent); however, among those 65 and older, there was no difference in risk of death between the two groups.
"The most profound impact is among younger patients with head injuries," the authors write. "While older patients with severe head injuries have high mortality rates whether or not they are warfarin users, warfarin use increases the mortality from severe head injuries by 50 percent in patients younger than 65 years."
"These data support other reports that suggest that patients who undergo pre-injury anticoagulation with warfarin are at increased risk of death after trauma," the authors conclude. "Warfarin prescribers should consider these data in the overall risk-benefit analysis when opting to prescribe warfarin, and these data provide further rationale for discontinuing warfarin when the clinical evidence no longer supports its use."
Arch Surg. Published online January 17, 2011. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2010.313.


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For the third year in a row coach Jon Ireland's Lady Bisons finished the season with four victories. They closed out the regular season with a 2-1 loss to Tennessee Tech at the water-soaked Lipscomb Soccer Complex.
"We didn't play well enough to win," said Ireland. "We made two freshmen mistakes and kind of reverted back to what we had done earlier in the year. Two really stupid mistakes cost us the game.
"We gave up some cheap goals and had trouble finishing our plays. That sums up the year."
Freshman forward Ally Marler, who made the switch from goalkeeper five games ago, scored the only goal for the Lady Bisons at the 50:36 mark of the second half. It was also Marler's first goal of the season.
"Ally is big and strong and one of our more athletic players," said Ireland. "She will get better and better."
Tennessee Tech, 5-11-3, struck first at 41:43 of the first half when Andrea Meloff scored. Meloff would add what would prove to be the game-winning goal at 63:18 of the second half.
The Lady Bisons were out-shot 8-2 in the first half, but came back and held a 12-4 edge in shots in the second half. The Lady Bisons had eight shots on goal. Tennessee Tech was credited with five attempts.
"The girls really fought back hard in the second half," said Ireland. "It was a big turnaround in the second half, but I told our girls it was too little, too late.
"We didn't start off the first half like we needed to do. They kind of outplayed us. In the second half I thought we outplayed them a lot. We are not good enough to come out and mess around. We have to play with a lot of energy and intensity and be very focused for us to have a chance."
Tennessee Tech goalkeeper Kaitlyn Thacker made seven saves.
Erin Zerio started in goal and turned back three shots.
The conditions of the field prompted Ireland to tell his players not to pass the ball.
"You couldn't kick it on the ground," said Ireland. "The ball would just stop.
"It is unfortunate that the field conditions were so bad. In the last 15 minutes we played with four forwards. We really put a lot of pressure on them and created a couple of dangerous chances."
Forward-midfielder Brandi Besheres was honored on "Senior" Night as she played her last collegiate game.
It was also the last game for assistant coach Babak Abouzar who is leaving the program to start a women's soccer team at Lubbock Christian University.
The Lady Bisons ended the season with a 4-14-0 record overall.


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Sung Yoo Bin's band BOB4 (Band of Boys 4) releases their MV teaser for their upcoming track "Mystery Girl." The release date is June 15th. It features actor 이태성 (Lee Tae Sung), Sung Yoo Bin's older brother.
The band has a concert coming up on the 21st of June.
The song sounds so good so far! It has such a catching vibe to it, don't you think?? Looking forward to the full release!


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So about twelve years ago I had a cute idea: Why not take a stab at writing a screenplay for an updated version of "Space:1999"?
The first significant change I'd have to make would be to post-date the premise. Just as the future overtook us before we were blessed with flying cars, personal jetpacks, or underwater domed cities, 1999 dawned and departed without Luna being settled, much less wrested from orbit by some scientifically implausible catastrophe. So I decided to set the action in 2112, a nicely palindromic date with a certain resonance for libertarian classic rock fans.
My original story treatment, which was composed in early 1999, was called "Nemesis." Three years later, that title was slapped onto a particularly wretched piece of cinematic pseudo-Trek. Numerous other story elements -- such as the concept of "zero point" energy, and the discovery of the wreckage of an ancient spacecraft on the Moon -- have since found their way into prominent films, at least one of which has yet to be released.
By mid-2004, I had a finished version of a screenplay. It found its way into the hands of a fellow libertarian who was a film producer by profession. He had read the story treatment, and had a reader on his staff review the finished script.
"She really liked it," he told me. "I'm eager to read it myself, as soon as I finish my current project."
He finished the film, which was very successful. Then he died. I hadn't even known he was sick. Although we spoke on the phone on numerous occasions, I never got to meet him.
Anyhow, I've been sitting on this whimsical little screenplay for years now. Since then, other people have attempted to revive 1999 in some fashion -- either as a made-for-the-Web fan series (ala Star Trek: Phase II), or by digitally tweaking the original episodes. Gerry Anderson, for some reason, doesn't display any interest in revisiting his most successful series, in spite of the fact that there seems to be great interest in updating old series for cable or the big screen -- from Battlestar Galactica to Land of the Lost to The Green Hornet.
1999 was an odd mixture of high concept, high-end production values, and dismal science. It was also one of the first large-budget hour-long programs to be broadcast in first-run syndication. A modest hit in the U.S., 1999 was very popular overseas. For obvious reasons, it's significant that George Lucas was a fan of the program, a fact that was apparent to me as a young teenager seeing Star Wars at a small theater in Ontario, Oregon.
The first season was uneven but occasionally very compelling. Its disastrous second season was produced by Fred Frieberger -- the Dr. Kevorkian of sci-fi television, who seemed to have a calling for shepherding television shows into oblivion: As executive producer, Frieberger euthanized Trek, The Wild, Wild, West, and The Six Million Dollar Man, in addition to Space:1999.
For some reason, Frieberger decided to "Americanize" 1999 by taking a trippy, spooky, British sci-fi program and turn it into a kid's show that would have struck Sid and Marty Kroft as a bit too puerile. In its first season (or "series," to use the British convention), 1999 was often a peer competitor to Trek. The second season rarely made it into "Far Out Space Nuts" territory.
Were this a world in which Reason still occupied her throne and virtue found immediate reward, Paramount would buy my script and assign J.J. Abrams to direct it. Alas, that world eludes us, so I'm just gonna serialize the damn thing here on my blog.
… to focus on an Eagle emblem. SLOW PULL-BACK reveals that it is embossed on the side of what appears to be an odd aircraft; as the PULL-BACK continues we see that it is in fact a roughly saucer-shaped spacecraft -- somewhat like Nikola Tesla's theoretical craft -- somewhere in the vicinity of the Moon.
Lunar Farside
September 13, 1943
Camera slowly pans in to the spacecraft's cockpit; through the window we see the pilot, JACOB BERGMAN, clad in a primitive pressure suit, busily working at his console. After pausing, he pulls out a small pouch, extracts a small leather-bound book and places it in mid-air in front of him.
Lunar Farside
September 13, 1943
Camera slowly pans in to the spacecraft's cockpit; through the window we see the pilot, JACOB BERGMAN, clad in a primitive pressure suit, busily working at his console. After pausing, he pulls out a small pouch, extracts a small leather-bound book and places it in mid-air in front of him.
|A mock-up of Tesla's flying saucer.
Camera angle shifts to POV behind the pilot as we see him don a yarmulke and prayer shawl. Reverently, he recites the "Shema" from his small Torah.
BERGMAN [In Hebrew]
"Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God – the Lord is One."
"Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God – the Lord is One."
A red light suddenly begins to blink insistently, joined by the urgent wail of an alarm. The ship starts to weave erratically as BERGMAN wrestles with the controls. Through the cockpit's windshield we now see the grim surface of the moon, approaching at a terrifying rate. It's clear that the astronaut is doomed.
We see BERGMAN's saucer-craft plummet and crash into the Moon's surface.
We see BERGMAN's saucer-craft plummet and crash into the Moon's surface.
Lunar Farside
January 10, 2110
Two spacesuited figures NORDSTROM and STEINER, cross the darkened surface in a Moonbuggy.
Lunar Farside
January 10, 2110
Two spacesuited figures NORDSTROM and STEINER, cross the darkened surface in a Moonbuggy.
ISA Control, Nordstrom here. We've located the suspected lithicite deposit.
[Filtered] Copy that, Nordstrom. Proceed with caution.
Right.[To Steiner]How far away are we now?
About half a click [gestures] - that way.
CROSS-FADE to the two astronauts as they bound over to a curious rock formation - a small crater partially occluded by a rocky overhang. Camera pans back - to show that the formation is actually the crash site of BERGMAN's saucer.
Steiner, have I lost my mind?
I seem to have misplaced mine, too.
Camera focuses on the same Eagle symbol, in a SLOW PAN that shows a Nazi swastika as well. SLOW PULL-BACK to depict the entire unlikely tableau … then the entire darkened half of the Moon … then the Earth-Moon system …
POV from high above the plane of the Milky Way galaxy. We zoom in to an outlying arm, to the distant outskirts of a young solar system.
POV shot zooms past Saturn, Jupiter, Mars - closing in on a warm, glowing body.
Shot changes to show a large planetoid arcing toward the primordial earth. The two bodies collide, causing an unfathomably huge detonation, and rupturing earth. A stream of planetary material flows outward, coalescing into a spherical body in near-earth orbit: The newly formed Moon.
Astrophysicists have long believed that our sun has a companion called "Nemesis."
CHANGE OF PERSPECTIVE reveals that we have been watching a holographic simulation. Camera pulls back to reveal BERGMAN, late 40s, trim, casually dressed; he could be a rock-climber in his spare time.
ON-SCREEN GRAPHIC identifies the scene as
Hayek University
Vienna, Austria
March 15, 2112
Addressing a class in a futuristic college auditorium, BERGMAN continues.
"Nemesis" is means "destroyer" - and the occasional near approach of our sun's unseen companion has been linked with episodes of violent destruction in our solar system.
The holographic program continues, illustrating BERGMAN's lecture. Among his students is SANDRA BENES – a pretty Asian girl, obviously younger than her classmates.
Nemesis is believed to have caused a collision between earth and a large planetoid, resulting in the creation of our Moon. This in turn caused tidal effects that aided the emergence of life.
The simulation ends. BERGMAN descends from the dais with a distant look on his face.
CHANGE OF POV shows TED SIMMONDS enter the classroom. BERGMAN notices, but continues his lecture.
Is Nemesis a bane, or a benefactor? Will it someday make another appearance and annihilate us? Is humanity itself merely an odd biochemical fluke - or are we somehow the point of these apparently random developments?
JARED [young student]
Professor Bergman, could this new planet you helped discover - Meta - somehow be connected to Nemesis?
A tremor of concern and disapproval ripples through the classroom.
It seems to be very earth-like, in spite of its distance from the sun, and some people on the nets claim that it's emitting signals that can't be of natural origin….
Now, Jared, haven't I told the class not to rely on GlobeNet gossip as research? [A beat as the tension in the class subsides; Jared grins somewhat sheepishly.] My best guess - and it's conjecture at this point - [casts a glance at a disapproving Simmonds] is that Meta is somehow connected to Nemesis.
|Ricky Gervais as Simmonds (yes, really).
[Huffily] Assuming, of course, that Nemesis, unlike Father Christmas, really exists.
BERGMAN's eyebrows momentarily knot in annoyance before he continues with an
air of mock geniality.
Ah - yes, my friends, you may have noticed the august presence in our classroom of Commissioner Ted Simmonds of the International Space Authority. Dr. Simmonds is much better informed than I about such things as Nemesis.
SIMMONDS looks warily at BERGMAN as the professor continues.
After all, the ancient Greeks taught that Nemesis was the punishment for hubris – the overbearing pride that goes before a fall.
SIMMONDS does a slow burn as the bell rings.
I will be in my office tomorrow morning prior to leaving for Moonbase Alpha, and once I'm there you will be able to text-message me.
The class breaks up; SANDRA and SIMMONDS approach BERGMAN from different angles. SANDRA reaches him first and casts SIMMONDS a slightly reproachful look.
Victor, that was a most entertaining lecture … even if it was a bit speculative, even by your standards.
BERGMAN gives a look that says, "Whatever."
It does seem somewhat - um, ill-advised - to fuel adolescent curiosity about Meta…. How long do you think it will be before this Jared kid hits the nets to tell the entire cyber-community that the Nobel laureate who helped discover Meta has linked it with this Nemesis idea?
Oh, I'm pretty sure it's all over the nets already. Jared has a cerebral implant, so my comments were probably uploaded to GlobeNet in real time.
SIMMONDS' slow burn worsens as BERGMAN continues.
Besides, how are we supposed to learn anything if we can only ask approved questions?
You've made no secret of your disdain for established channels, Victor. But you seem to keep your scruples in check when you need ISA's help – the occasional grant, perhaps, or an all-expenses trip to Moonbase Alpha...?
Well, it's not as if I haven't paid my share of taxes. And it's not as if consulting on the Meta probe was my idea, as you well know.
SIMMONDS is about to blow when SANDRA interjects.
Professor, I would like you to reconsider taking me along.
Ah, Commissioner Simmonds – Miss Sandra Benes.
[curtly] How do you do? [To Bergman] Now, Victor –
[interrupting]Sandra's father was Captain Samuel Benes.
[Silence for a beat]Oh… [extending his hand] Forgive me. Your father was a courageous man. I never had the pleasure of meeting him; his - the Argosy mission took place before my term. I consider myself honored to know his daughter.
Thank you, Commissioner. The pleasure is mine. [To Victor, using his given name, quietly] Victor, you know I could help you on Alpha. Why won't you let me go along?
[Hesitantly] Sandra, there are some things about this mission that might be difficult for you….
[Butting in]Miss Benes, what the professor hasn't told you is that Alpha will shortly be under a new Commander - John KOENIG.
SANDRA is momentarily nonplussed - for reasons we
will learn later.
As SANDRA reacts –
An ISA courier Eagle spacecraft, a vessel that looks a little like a hybrid of the space shuttle and the lunar lander is making its transit to the Moon.
We focus on John KOENIG, early 40s, athletic, a little grim; he's reviewing a sheaf of "flimsies" with briefing materials.
COCKPIT VOICE [filtered]
Commander Koenig, we have an incoming message from Alpha.
On screen.
The face of Alan CARTER - Australian, late 20s - materializes on the screen in front of KOENIG.
Commander - it's good to see you.
Alan, it's been too long. Are we on schedule?
[Ambivalently] That's … a complicated question, sir. The training is on schedule, and I'm told that the Meta probeship is ready for our launch window, and we're waiting for Dr Bergman to give us the updated flight data.
Right behind me, Alan. He took a later flight.
What is it, Alan?
Sir, why all the secrecy? We need some time in the actual bird. You're a pilot, sir; you understand.
KOENIG stews for a bit; he's obviously chewing over the possibility of sharing something with CARTER, but he thinks better of it.
Alan, I'll bring you up to date as soon as I'm moonside. There is no way I'll allow you to take off for a mission in deep space without giving you adequate hands-on time in the probeship.
CARTER's skepticism mellows into the most guarded of optimism.
Very good, commander. I'll see you on Alpha.
|Moonbase Alpha, located in the crater Plato.
The screen goes blank, leaving KOENIG with a pensive look.
Commander – orbital meterology just informed us of an aberrant solar flare – it registers about a Force Eight in magnitude.
That strong ... it could cause some trouble for navigation, but we should be all right. When will it hit?
It should hit Lunar Farside in about ... ten minutes.
HARD-CUT to
Camera pans over a grim, airless vista cloaked in shadow as a moonbuggy crawls across the surface.
Lunar Farside
Nuclear Waste Disposal Area 2
Two spacesuited figures - MATT HENSON and TOM SKINNER – ride the buggy to the edge of a large complex of domed buildings guarded by a laser field. HENSON operates a comlock control to lower the laser curtain; once inside the buggy proceeds, and the curtain is raised again.
Lunar Farside
Nuclear Waste Disposal Area 2
Two spacesuited figures - MATT HENSON and TOM SKINNER – ride the buggy to the edge of a large complex of domed buildings guarded by a laser field. HENSON operates a comlock control to lower the laser curtain; once inside the buggy proceeds, and the curtain is raised again.
So how did they get you to pull this shift?
Same as you, I suppose – Our kind friends at Burtonhallow offered me triple scale. [He works a small sensor apparatus] I don't know what this theta-wave radiation business is all about, but we shouldn't be exposed to it long enough to do any harm.
Yeah, we all know how valuable we are to the human resource department. [He works his own apparatus] And we know that our beloved employer knows how to make a nickel scream –
Just then, SKINNER's apparatus registers a spike of some kind.
Hey, whoa - there are your theta waves. [A beat] So - what are they, a new energy source? Did we just hit a lunar gusher?
HENSON is distracted; a close-up shows him suddenly transfixed in horror.
I've got to get out of here.
Yeah, bud, I hear you. Just let me wrap up my readings here and we'll head back. I'll even buy you a pint.
[Frantically] No, no, no - I'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE!
Suddenly frenzied, HENSON knocks SKINNER to the ground and begins bounding toward the laser barricade. Close-up on SKINNER's comlock (a small remote control-type device) as it falls from his toolbelt.
[Horrified] Hey, Henson, what are you doing? Stop – you'll kill yourself! [Adjusting a communications control] Farside Central Command -- Skinner at Disposal Area Two. My partner's in trouble.[SKINNER struggles to his feet, desperately trying to reach HENSON. He doesn't realize that his comlock is missing.]
[Filtered] Say again, Area Two?
[Desperately] Matt, stop!
HENSON, heedless, continues his frantic dash toward the barrier.
Matt, use your comlock!
SKINNER reaches for his own comlock, only to realize that it isn't there. He looks up, horrified -
-- to see HENSON collide with the laser barrier. He is cast through the void head-over-heels, landing awkwardly in the dust. His faceplate strikes a jagged moonrock, creating a pebble-sized hole from which radiates a spiderweb fracture.
From HENSON's POV we see a network of fissures slowly spreading across the faceplate, as a hiss of escaping air grows to a crescendo. In a moment of sudden lucidity, the doomed astronaut - knowing what will shortly befall him - breathes heavily, then shuts his eyes and instant before -
HENSON's faceplate violently erupts, spewing his suit's atmosphere - along with a pink, bloody mist - into the pitiless vacuum.
SKINNER arrives an instant later; through his faceplate we see his horrified expression as Central Command's Comm officer's filtered voice is heard in the background.
CENTRAL COMMAND [filtered]
Area Two, repeat your message - what's your status? Area Two, respond….
HARD-CUT to
INT. MOONBASE ALPHA emergency medical receiving area. Several ER medics hustle about as casualties begin to arrive. Some of them are deranged, others are clearly fatalities. A few are seriously burned.
Into this chaotic scene strides Dr. HELENA RUSSELL, an attractive but somewhat arid woman in her mid-40s. She at once visibly horrified and flawlessly professional. She is issuing instructions to Dr. BENJAMIN MATTHIAS.
Ben, you're in charge of triage. The radiation victims are top priority. Most of the vacuum exposure cases are DOAs.
RUSSELL's comlock buzzes.
VOICE [filtered]
Dr. Russell, there's another wave arriving.
How many more?
We're estimating between 40 and 50.
That would bring our total up to around seventy or so.
[Prayerfully] Dear God. What happened out there? Was there a guidance system breakdown in the eagle fleet? A construction accident?
No, doctor. They were all part of some project involving the farside disposal areas.
[Livid] Why wasn't I informed?
Nobody can answer her question. She grabs a nearby orderly.
I've got my hands full here. Get commander GORSKI – NOW!
Yes, doctor.
RUSSELL turns back to her grim work.
EXT. LANDING PAD as KOENIG's eagle touches down. A docking tube connects to the eagle.
Commander PIOTR GORSKI, a muscular, bearded Russian in his late 50s is awaiting KOENIG's arrival.
Commander Koenig. Zhdraswitye -- welcome. [He hands KOENIG a comlock].
Piotr Ivanovich. [In Russian] It's good to see you again, old friend.
Thank you, Commander - or should I say, Ivan Ivanovich. [They both smile] Please, this way… [he conducts Koenig to a nearby travel tube; they board and begin the trip to Main Mission].
Nasty business going on in the Persian Gulf…
[Resigned] There's been nasty business going on there for centuries. [A beat] Are they really going to war over this?
Hmmm…. As one of your American philosophers said so long ago – "Peace sells, but who's buying?"
The two exchange wry, resigned smiles. KOENIG changes the subject.
[Tentatively] Piotr... there are some ramifications of this new propulsion system that leave me ... uneasy.
Me too, tovarich. [Confidentially] After what humanity's been through for the last thirty years, many of my colleagues are ... unsettled by a power source with such dangerous implications. It's devoted entirely to peaceful purposes ... but that's what was said two about two centuries ago about atomic energy. And didn't one of your American presidents once refer to nuclear missiles as ... "peacekeepers"?
[Ironically] "Peacekeepers"... [a beat as KOENIG notices a change in GORSKI's demeanor] Piotr, what is it?
[Quietly urgent] Vanyka, I've learned some things that I can't talk about here. Once you get access to the voiceprint-restricted Command database, you'll be able to find it....
Commander Gorski.
We have a medical emergency. Doctor Russell needs to speak with you immediately.
At the mention of RUSSELL, KOENIG reacts. These two have a history of some kind.
Put her through.
[Harried] Commander, we just received 68 casualties, including 45 dead on arrival.
[Horrified; curses, in Russian] What happened?
[Ignoring the question] Half a dozen or so just might pull through, so I'm too busy right now to get all the details, but I need to know: Just who the hell authorized a mission to the farside disposal areas without running it by me?
Doctor Russell, that mission was arranged through the office of the ISA Commissioner.
[Very sarcastically]I wasn't aware that Commissioner Simmonds was an MD. What's gotten into him? He's not the type I'd expect to run needless risks of this sort. I'd expect that kind of thing from the thrill-addicted rocket jockey Simmonds appointed to succeed you –
GORSKI shoots an anxious look at KOENIG, who leans toward GORSKI's open comlock.
Speaking on behalf of the rocket jockey community, Dr. Russell, let me say that we prefer to risk our own lives, not those of others.
[Embarrassed beat] John - Commander Koenig.... I'm needed in surgery. I will contact you again shortly.
The comlock goes dark. KOENIG and GORSKI exchange a grim look.
Piotr, how can I help?
Vanyka, you don't formally assume command for another [checks his
wrist chronometer] sixteen hours. It's my mess, John. [Raises his
hand as Koenig starts to object] No, tovarich - you get settled
in, get up to date on the Meta probe. This mess goes on my
record, not yours.
This should go on Simmonds' record. Bureaucrats always excel at shifting blame and hoarding credit, don't they?
[Smiling] Vanyka -- are you sure you're an American? You not only speak Russian, you talk like a Russian.
KOENIG gives his old friend a rueful smile as we --
Another eagle shuttle docks at a large facility
Another eagle shuttle docks at a large facility
ON-SCREEN GRAPHIC identifies this as
ISA Archeological Site
Lunar Farside
A portal opens in the docking area to admit Dr. BERGMAN and SANDRA. BERGMAN looks around as if expecting a reception. As they walk to the security checkpoint, BERGMAN is intercepted by a technician.
ISA Archeological Site
Lunar Farside
A portal opens in the docking area to admit Dr. BERGMAN and SANDRA. BERGMAN looks around as if expecting a reception. As they walk to the security checkpoint, BERGMAN is intercepted by a technician.
Sam, it's good to see you. Why are we so short-handed?
Dr. Bergman - there's been a horrible accident. Dozens of men - we don't know what's happened, but we may have lost dozens of men at the disposal areas.
Disposal areas?…. [Thinks for an instant, and then understands - and is angry] Sam, were they sent to look for theta waves? Sam?
I - I don't know, doctor. All I know is that the ISA field office authorized some special tests, there was some kind of radiation spike, and the next thing we know the emergency channel is overloaded with casualty reports.
[To Sandra] Radiation spike...?
Maybe this could this be some more of the renowned Koenig luck.
BERGMAN shoots SANDRA a disapproving look and strides off. After a moment, SANDRA - mildly ashamed, joins him.
INT. MOONBASE – GYNASIUM, NIGHT. The modest-sized room has a wrestling/tumbling mat. An oval window in the distance displays the moonscape, with a view of the earth.
INT. MOONBASE – GYNASIUM, NIGHT. The modest-sized room has a wrestling/tumbling mat. An oval window in the distance displays the moonscape, with a view of the earth.
In a SERIES OF SHOTS we see CARTER, a stocky man built like a gymnast, wearing workout clothes, and doing calisthenics. We see him performing "dive-bomber" pushups, handstand pushups, jumping squats, and falling backward into a bridge. At the end of the montage, the door opens and KOENIG, dressed like CARTER, walks in.
Commander, care to join me in some PT?
[Stretching] I'm sure I won't be able to keep up. [Falls to the mat and begins cranking out pushups at a jackhammer tempo]
[Spoken as he's doing a wrestler's bridge]You're not fooling me, Commander. You don't look like you've put on more than five or ten pounds since your days as the fleet grappling champ.
[Grunting] Yeah, back when you were in diapers. [He flips to his back and mimics Carter's perfect bridging form; at this point they are lying in parallel; they crane their heads to look at each other].
Not bad for someone who's outlived his warranty, Commander.
CARTER sags of his bridge, curls his legs to his stomach, rolls back and explodes to his feet in a perfectly executed "nip-up."
Would you care to spar a couple of falls?
KOENIG sags out of his bridge, and shakes his head wearily as if to say, "I'm getting too old for this" - only to shoot Carter a "Why not?" look.
Well … don't expect too much, Alan.
The two move to the center of the mat and clinch in a head-and-arm tie-up. They briefly pummel. CARTER snaps KOENIG's head down; when KOENIG straightens up a bit too high, CARTER shoots around the Commander's leading left leg for a low single-leg takedown. CARTER establishes side control and begins driving KOENIG over on his back. CARTER slips a little too far forward, permitting the Commander to propel himself from underneath, sit out, and escape. The two circle each other again, both of them breathing heavily and wearing smiles.
You're a slippery one, Commander.
And you're stronger than I expected. What have you been doing – taking hormone boosters?
[Circling] Nah, just doing bodyweight calisthenics – although I do fiddle with the artificial gravity sometimes; working out in a multiple-G environment gives me a bit of an edge.
The smiles evaporate as they tie up again; now they're serious. This time KOENIG takes the initiative, lowering his level quickly and smoothly pulling CARTER into a fireman's carry. As they hit the mat, CARTER is clearly surprised - his facial expression says, "Huh?" as he finds himself on his side, writhing desperately to avoid a near-fall. He finds the right leverage, arches his back,and reverses KOENIG - only to find himself trapped in a crooked head scissors. With a frustrated grin he slaps the mat to concede. The men disengage, resting on the mats, breathing heavily.
First fall to you, Commander. Want to go two more?
I don't think I have another left in me, Alan. It's been too long.
Yeah, sure. Now that you've knocked the rust off you'd probably be even slicker. [Reaches out his hand] Thanks, Commander.
[Shaking CARTER's hand] My pleasure - although my back might not agree tomorrow morning.
After getting up, the two wander over to a bench and rest, swigging from plastic water bottles.
So, Commander, what's the big secret? We've been training for the Meta shot in the holo-simulator for over six months, but they've not let us anywhere near the ship.
The orders dictate that only Commissioner Simmonds can authorize a release of the mission specs. But we don't have time to wait until everything's been worked out in triplicate.
[A beat]
Alan, what do you know about the artifact discovered on Farside about two years ago?
They clamped down on that pretty quickly, Commander. [A puzzled beat] Did this artifact have something to do with Meta? Is that why the ISA has placed such a high priority on a manned mission?
No; we have no reason to believe that the artifact has anything to do with Meta - or with any other extraterrestrial source.
By this time CARTER is very puzzled and a little frustrated.
Commander, I don't understand. You're saying that the artifact is of human origin - meaning that some major earth power made an unrecorded moon mission?
KOENIG [Nodding]
Yes. World War II Germany.
[A long beat as Carter sits nonplussed].
How is that possible?
They really did it. But as to why … Alan, this is where it gets really strange.
[KOENIG stands and strides over to the oval observation window, looking at the waning crescent earth]
For the past two generations, humanity has been doing its level best to destroy itself in pointless wars. And before that, hundreds of millions of people were killed through war and genocide….[Looking again at the earth] It sometimes seems as if every advance in human knowledge merely increases our ability to slaughter each other.
KOENIG goes back to sit next to Carter on the bench.
[Coming to a decision] Look, why don't you join me for an off-the-record trip of our own to Farside.
To be continued....
Once we're there things will become clearer - sort of….


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MIDDLEBURY — Vermont Gas Systems will hold an informational meeting on Monday, April 1, in the Middlebury Municipal Gym, from 7-9 p.m. to discuss potential pipeline routes for its proposed natural gas pipeline.
VGS in its Addison Natural Gas Project plans to build a pipeline from Colchester to Middlebury (Phase I) and then in Phase II extend it through Middlebury, Cornwall and Shoreham and on to the International Paper Co. mill in Ticonderoga, N.Y. In a letter to Middlebury residents last week, VGS project manager Steve Wark said company representatives will present a preliminary route for the Phase II pipeline through Middlebury, and they are interested in hearing feedback from the public.
For those who may not be able to make this meeting, a second and similar meeting is scheduled for April 15, again at the municipal gym, from 7-9 p.m.


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So often in the tech industry, industry pundits make predictions and get things dead wrong. But Nat Burgess, president of Seattle area M&A shop Corum Group, certainly was on the right track earlier this year when he went on CNBC and suggested that Microsoft should consider buying Barnes & Noble.
"Just a thought. But if Microsoft came in and picked up Barnes & Noble … they would have instant retail presence in all of the major malls in America," said Burgess at the time. "They would have a rapid base of readers. They could put Windows 8 in the next-generation Nook…. You asked me to talk about the deals I want to see. Not the ones that are the most likely. But that could be a very interesting one."
Not too shabby of a prediction considering that Microsoft on Monday announced a $300 million investment in Barnes & Noble's Nook unit, part of a strategy to give the company's upcoming Windows 8 operating system a jumpstart in the tablet market. Microsoft is not investing in the physical retail portion of the bookseller, but the new investment values the digital book unit at a whopping $1.7 billion.
Here's what we wrote after hearing Burgess' remarks earlier this year.
Now, that could get really interesting if Microsoft jumped into the e-reader business as a direct rival to Seattle's Amazon.com. It would also be an interesting way to avoid the Android litigation. Stranger things have happened.
Maybe someone in Redmond was listening.
Here's the CNBC video where Burgess first tossed out the idea of a Microsoft-Barnes & Noble alliance:


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Frequently Asked Questions
What Does "Athenaeum" Mean and How Is It Pronounced?
"Athenaeum" was a name in ancient Rome for a place of learning. It is derived from Athena, the goddess of wisdom. It was the name given to the school of higher learning created by Cincinnati's first prelate, Bishop Edward D. Fenwick who founded it in 1829. It included St. Francis Xavier Seminary which later was renamed Mount St. Mary's of the West. The present-day Athenaeum continues the tradition. Athenaeum can be pronounced one of two ways: Athen-EEE-um (Greek), or Athen-AY-um (Latin).
Does the Athenaeum Form Priests?
Yes. The Athenaeum's seminary division - Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West - prepares men for ordination to the Roman Catholic priesthood to serve in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and other dioceses. In addition to the Archdiocese, current seminary enrollment represents the dioceses of Toledo, Ohio; Youngstown, Ohio; Louisville, Kentucky; Tulsa, Oklahoma; the Fathers of Mercy, Auburn, Kentucky; and the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, Cincinnati.
Does the Athenaeum Form Anyone Besides Priests?
Yes. The Athenaeum also has two other divisions - the Lay Pastoral Ministry Program (LPMP) and the Special Studies Division. Graduate programs of study lead to master's degrees in biblical study, theology, pastoral counseling, and pastoral ministry. The institution also offers a two-year certificate in lay ministry and a pastoral administration program as well as non-degree enrichment studies for those serving in ministry or those who seek to develop their own spirituality. The diaconate formation program (see below) is a part of the Special Studies Division.
How Many Students Study At the Athenaeum?
Current enrollment is 67 seminarians, 23 deacon candidates, and 110 lay students.
Can Anyone Take A Class At the Athenaeum?
Qualified students are invited to enroll in most Athenaeum courses, on an audit or for-credit basis, without having been admitted to a degree program. Such students must give evidence they possess competence to pursue the level of course work required. In the case of graduate courses, this ordinarily means the enrollee must have earned a bachelor's degree. Any prerequisites must be fulfilled for any given course. Persons interested in enrolling in any Athenaeum course(s) should contact the registrar's office at 513-231-2223.
Is the Athenaeum Building and Campus Grounds Open To the Public?
Visitors are welcome to visit the Athenaeum's chapel and library. The library is open to the public during scheduled hours. Visitors should call before arriving. Groups may schedule tours or individuals may visit by calling 513-231-2223. The public also is invited and encouraged to attend scheduled events, such as Athenaeum Chorale performances and public lectures. Other visitors should report to the business office on the first floor before proceeding through the building or onto the grounds.
What Is the Permanent Diaconate Program?
The permanent diaconate is a program for men, to become ordained deacons and serve special functions of ministry. A complete description of the ministry and its requirements can be found on the Athenaeum website's deacon formation page.
Are Athenaeum Faculty Members Available As Speakers?
Many Athenaeum full time and adjunct faculty members and professional staff members belong to the Athenaeum Speakers' Bureau and are listed on the website. They are often requested for lectures and parish talks. The Athenaeum events calendar, found on the website, includes lectures sometimes presented by faculty members. For more information about scheduling a speaker, please call the business office at 513-231-2223.
Is There A Sunday Mass I Can Attend At the Athenaeum?
On Sundays, most of the resident priests of the Athenaeum assist in local parishes. There is no Sunday Mass for the public to attend.
Is the Athenaeum Available For Weddings and Receptions?
No, the Athenaeum's facilities are unavailable for weddings. Wedding pictures may be taken on the grounds with prior permission. Please call the business office at 513-231-2223 to schedule as time for pictures.
How Is the Athenaeum Supported Financially?
The Athenaeum receives funding primarily through the annual appeal from the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, tuition and fees, and the generosity of hundreds of benefactors, For information about the Athenaeum's annual fund and other ways you can help support the Athenaeum mission, please consult the "Support Us" section of the website.


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P/HD Club is looking for passionate and committed students who would like to apply to be officers next academic year 2014-2015!! All positions are open, and we will be voting at our next meeting, April 7th at 4pm.
Also, if you are still interested in joining the club research team, please contact Katy Doll at email@example.com. The team meets every other Wednesday in MAC 301 (Vista Room) from 11-12. Topic of interest is connection and engagement within the Psychology Department and the student population.
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- Next meeting is MONDAY, APRIL 7 at 4pm in the Gathering Room (MAC 201). We will be having elections for next year's officers. Send a description about yourself to Taylor Saari (firstname.lastname@example.com) if interested in running.
- Collaborating with NAMI to have a movie presentation THURSDAY APRIL 17th at 6pm in MAC 204. Movie is Call Me Crazy and is a Lifetime Movie about living with mental illnesses in a modern society.
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A new book by Dr. Lynn Japinga of the Hope College religion faculty examines the way that the Reformed Church in America (RCA) has handled conflict and resolution within living memory.
Japinga's book "Loyalty and Loss: The Reformed Church in America, 1945-1994" was published earlier this month by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. of Grand Rapids and Cambridge, United Kingdom in the Historical Series of the Reformed Church in America.
The book describes and analyzes the major events, issues and conflicts that occurred in the RCA between 1945 and 1994, including issues such as denominational mergers, biblical interpretation, church growth, the Vietnam War, women's ordination, abortion and homosexuality. It considers the church's struggle in the last half of the 20th century to reconcile a variety of perspectives, all often existing within the denomination simultaneously.
The first part of the title "Loyalty and Loss" reflects the intense loyalty felt toward the denomination by many members—a sense of family that has kept the RCA together despite the differences. The latter part reflects the reality of loss--the loss of members, the loss of that sense of family and the loss of the way that the church used to be.
The book has received praise not only as a history of the RCA, but for providing insight into the experience of mainline Protestantism in general.
"Quite apart from the many insights here that will be of value to people inside the Reformed Church, Lynn Japinga's 'Loyalty and Loss' stands as a model for the writing of any denomination's history," said Dr. John Coakley, who is the L. Russell Feakes Memorial Professor of Church History at New Brunswick Theological Seminary. "Relying heavily on interviews and other first-person sources and focusing on points of tension, she develops an organic and nuanced picture of this denomination that does not ignore its place within the broader currents of late twentieth-century American religion."
Japinga's research included reviewing all the minutes of the RCA's annual General Synod during the 50 years she explored, reading every volume of the "Church Herald" denominational magazine published during the same period, reviewing personal and institutional papers at denominational archives, and dozens of interviews with clergy, missionaries and laypeople. Along the way, she co-organized a 2004 conference held at New Brunswick Theological Seminary that reflected on the General Synod of 1969, which she noted "was a very conflicted synod where synod entertained a motion for an orderly dissolution of the RCA."
The RCA traces its roots to the formation of a Dutch Reformed congregation in 1628 on Manhattan Island in what was then the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam. Primarily located in the Northeast for the next 200 years, the denomination grew substantially in the mid-1800s with the arrival of the immigrants from the Netherlands who established communities such as Holland in Michigan and Pella in Iowa and subsequently joined the RCA. The denomination's membership is currently approximately 170,000 confessing members.
Hope College, Central College in Pella and Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa are all affiliated with the RCA. The denomination has two seminaries: New Brunswick Theological Seminary in New Jersey, and Western Theological Seminary in Holland.
Japinga, a professor of religion, has taught at Hope since 1992. She is an ordained pastor in the RCA, of which she is a life-long member, and has served as an interim preaching pastor at Hope Church in Holland. She is a specialist in the history of American religion and feminist theology, and her previous scholarly work includes the 1999 book "Feminism and Christianity: An Essential Guide" and a chapter in the 2006 book "Feminist and Womanist Essays in Reformed Dogmatics."
She graduated from Hope in 1981, completed a Master of Divinity degree at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1984 and completed her doctorate at Union Theological Seminary in 1992.


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What does it mean to live a good life? What matters most in life? What are the things that are essential to life that we find that can create an impact on us? What is my purpose as a human being? Such questions soar through my head daily.
I'm just an ordinary person living the life of an average person. Not everyone is the same. While I am misunderstood sometimes because of my way of thinking on what matters to me, it seems like others find them meaningfulness. What matters to me is living the good life. If my smile can change someone's frown upside down, then that simple random act of kindness makes me day even brighter. Living the good life means to dig down within myself to find what motivates me to continue on to pursuing my goals. Appreciating the simple the things in life -and what I have and don't have- are important to me.
Being an altruistic person matters to me; it's a unique personality trait that I can see shining within me. Altruism exists when someone does a favor for someone they do not expect anything to be given back to them as appreciation. I look at this as a random act of kindness; expecting the unexpected. Isn't that we are suppose to be towards each other? We do a favor for someone and don't really expect for it to be returned but yet they will give us something in return. It is called doing the right thing. Yet some people do wrong, but as long as I'm doing right and setting an example, it matters. It's the thought that counts. I find quite a few things (music, books, quotes, movies) along with family and friends that keep me motivated and inspire to find my purpose and to allow myself to continue staying positive.
They say the grass is greener on the other side. Some people have worse days than I do. I don't think a person can live a perfect life, but life is what we make it, and like the cliché goes "life isn't fair." Sometimes my goals and things I hope to accomplish are bigger than the shoes I can fill. Because the dreamer I am, some goals and things I want to do is simply wishful thinking and a plenty of daydreaming.
There is this show on MTV called The Buried Life that deals with four friends traveling across North America on their purple bus named Penelope while they complete their 100 list of "things to do before you die." In each show they complete an item off their life list and even help a stranger to go after their dream or something they always wanted to do. One simple question can leave an impression about the show: "What do you want to do before you die?" MTV might not be for everyone, but I find this show to be worth watching. It inspires me to want to achieve my goals and dreams before I die whether they are silly, serious, something simple, and or just a random thought. If I could help a stranger out with the resources that I have then I know that I'm living the good life because I'm giving back to make a difference in someone's life and perhaps this is apart of my purpose.
In a sense, if the guys in the television show can go complete things off their list and help a stranger out in each episode, then I'm sure I can accomplish the goal of becoming a teacher. Perhaps at this point this is what I'm questioning myself about whether I want to continue to be a teacher or not. Since the third grade, I've said that I wanted to be an English teacher. Throughout my years in school, I have had the privilege to be taught by teachers that have really cared about educating me and hundreds of other students to come to class and learn; to be a productive citizen of this country. They all have been encouraging educators.
In my family and some of my friendships, I'm known as the one that will become the teacher or the college professor of English. Past experiences in high school deepened my interest in teaching; however, I usually have second thoughts about being a teacher. I'm not sure if I want to teach public schools or venture into writing or a career in some other career. But I can't imagine myself not teaching something. Never the less, I want to be like the teacher, Erin Gruwell in Freedom Writers. She was brave enough to teach those inner-city students who came from different ethic background and knew nothing when they stepped into her classroom. No matter what happened to her and the students, through all obstacles, she never gave up with giving them a well rounded education. That ambition inspire me to become a teacher because there are students that are needing to be taught and school systems are lacking teachers since not many people want to join the teaching field. But someone has to do it. To change the way students are taught and making a difference in someone's life matters.
What I've said so far matters to me. It's a side where you have to get to know me because I don't reveal or talk about myself much. I totally don't care if I get the look or that doubt that I can't be a person that can help change the world. I shouldn't care but I do. And I don't know why I care so much, but I do. I may feel like I'm in a world of my own with dreams of wanting to be a person of change, an educator, a person who wants to leave in a society where people can just live without no worries or problems, people should live in the country where the laws are to help and not to bring people down. I daydream a lot, and I think of big dreams. Sometimes I feel like they are dreams bigger than my shoe size. I want to change the way people may look at me, not that what they think matters, but I want them to think of me as I want them to be. I want to make friends that will always be my friends. People change and so do their agendas. It appears that nothing stays the change. Just maybe we just drifted off into our own lives and never thought about one another and checking in to them to see how they are doing in life. Sometimes meeting strangers and having conversations with them can lead to new friendships. I don't want any more people I know becoming people I knew.
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
-- Robert Frost
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Wellness Wednesdays
October 31, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
An event every week that begins at 9:00am on Wednesday, repeating until December 12, 2018
Enjoy a mid-day, mid-week pause…
To support your intentions for a healthier "workstyle", we are bringing you a day of wellness coworking, community connection and yoga, every Wednesday this summer, 9am to 5pm.
9am – Start your day with complimentary tea and coffee
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10:30am, Pause and enjoy Authenticity Flow Yoga w/ Brooke Binstock (special rate of only $10)
Noon – Serendipity Lunch Social in the Gallery with Soma Vida Members & Guests – it's a spontaneous meetup, so invite someone to lunch or grab a seat at a community table!
*Bring your own lunch or grab a taco from The Vegan Nom.
Enjoy the rest of your productive, balanced coworking day until 5pm!
Everyone is welcome! Enjoy a mid-week pause and return to your work refreshed and rejuvenated.


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Jason Aldean is nominated for six awards, including his second consecutive nods for Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year. He is nominated for Album of the Year for My Kinda Party, and has two nominations for Single Record of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year for "Don't You Wanna Stay," featuring Kelly Clarkson. He is nominated for Video of the Year for "Tattoos On This Town."


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Kitchen cabinets are an important item that we have to pay attention to the functioning and appearance of the maximum to the kitchen. One important part of the cabinet to consider is hardware. Hardware for kitchen cabinets comes with a wide selection of designs, styles, sizes, materials, and finishes that we can get by considering the tastes and needs of each.
(1) The budget – kitchen cabinets hardware are available in a choice of materials with a wide variety of prices ranging from cheap to high end. A selection of materials ranging from plastic to solid metal can be achieved by considering the abilities and needs of each.
Standard kitchen cabinets will require a number of knobs that are varying from 20 up to 40 we will need to facilitate access to and enhance the appearance. Getting the hardware of the highest quality will be a worthwhile investment where we can rely on the hardware in a longer period of time. Many homeowners are opting to get the hardware at a low price is often found in the market.
Yeah, this was not hurt, especially when we have a limited budget, but we must also be prepared with the consequence that we will get in the future – do the replacement in the short term, over and over again. It is certainly not something we want, is not it?!. Apart from having to make a replacement within a relatively short time, we will also be disappointed with the designs offered because it tends not to lift the overall look of the kitchen.
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Natural Allies
Proposed Canon
Natural allies (or non-capital sides) are sides in Erfworld that have no capital, no cities, and no royals of their own.Erf-b1-p079a They can form long semi-permanent alliances, or they can sustain themselves via mining, farming, hunting, and such. Rather than using cities, they can pop more units for their side via Moneymancy WoT-6051503.
Natural Allies such as Hobgobwins have their own languages, and only some units in a tribe speak Language.
Tribes of Natural Allies have a Chief or Chiefs, roughly equivalent to Rulers and Warlords.
Natural Allies know the will of their tribe's Chief or Chiefs by Natural Thinkamancy, even from other hexes. This explains how, when the Western Giants changed their loyalty from Jitterati to Faq, they all changed their loyalty simultaneously.
Tribes have no purse and keep no Shmuckers. When they are in an alliance, their allied side pops rations for them from its treasury. But a feral tribe must hunt or gather or farm or mine.LIAB Text 4
If they are given Shmuckers, the tribe must convert it all to new or promoted units or popped rations or equipment on the next turn.
Rulers do not have natural Thinkamancy to know where their Natural Allies are located.
If the side they are allied with falls on its own turn, the turn will continue to belong to their natural allies.
Despite being listed as such in Parson's Sub sandwichErf-b1-p086, Barbarian units are not natural allies in the above sense as they have upkeep, a purse, and have not shown the power to produce their own units.
Known sides (non-Elf)
- Hobgobwins (formerly Gobwin Knob, now Charlescomm)
- Gobwins (formerly Gobwin Knob, now Charlescomm)
- Marbits (Jetstone)
- Witches (Dagwood)
- Daemons
- Western Giants (formerly Jitterati, now Faq)
Known sides (Elf)
- Woodsy Elves (formerly Royal Crown Coalition)
- Shady Elves (formerly Royal Crown Coalition)
- Luckless Elves (formerly Royal Crown Coalition)
- Eager Elves (formerly Royal Crown Coalition)
- Schlemiel Elves (formerly Royal Crown Coalition)
- Altruist elves (formerly Royal Crown Coalition)
- Lofty elves (formerly Royal Crown Coalition)
- Superfluous Elves(formerly Royal Crown Coalition)
- Tardy Elves(formerly Royal Crown Coalition)
- Bawdy Elves IPTSF Text 5
- High Elves (Haffaton, then Charlescomm) IPTSF Text 27
- Juggle Elves (Gobwin Knob)
- Scene ElvesHvs.tCF 83
- Navy ElvesHvs.tCF 83
- Trashy ElvesHvs.tCF 83
- Boring ElvesHvs.tCF 83
- Hardcore ElvesHvs.tCF 83
- Jam ElvesHvs.tCF 83
- High ElvesHvs.tCF 83
- Hoe ElvesHvs.tCF 83
- Hungry ElvesHvs.tCF 83
- Junk ElvesHvs.tCF 83
- Mosh ElvesHvs.tCF 83
Since natural allies can break alliance (such as between Jitterati and Faq or the gobwins betrayal of King Saline IV), there must be additional benefits to having natural allies (as opposed to using ones own units). Otherwise, their less-than-perfect reliability becomes a major liability. Such benefits might include:
- Access to natural moneymancy. Since natural allies pop via moneymancy instead of requiring a city's production, a side can convert smuckers directly into units without a Moneymancer. Stanley did this when he repopulated the hobgobwins from Vurp alone. This is useful both for sides that need units NOW and for those seeking to spend excess smuckers.
- Access to special unit abilities. Since it is known that not all cities can pop all unit types (and it is utterly unknown how those units are determined or how they can be changed), natural allies may be the only way for certain sides to have access to units with particular abilities such as tunnel-fighting (Gobwins and marbits for Gobwin Knob and Jetstone respectively), mountain-capability (Western Giants for Jitterati/Faq), or various flavors of natural casting abilities (Presumably witches and some forms of elf.)
- Improved stats. It is possible that most natural allies are innately superior fighters than men at similar costs.
- Reduced upkeep. While an allied side must pay upkeep for its natural allies, it is possible that they cost less than similar units of men.
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Some allies do not ally with a side at the same time as other allies; though it is unspecified if this means that they are unwilling to do so, or if they are incapable of doing so.
For instance; Elves and Marbits will not ally with a side that has Gobwin, Hobgobwin, Witch, or Daemon allies.LIAB Prologue 24
If this is a matter of incapability, a side with a strong Carnymancer might be able to throw around unexpected natural ally combinations.


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6 songs that remind me of summer!
Summer means beach, holiday and good times with friends. We all love travelling and those travels are more enjoyable with good music for sure. Before summer time, I will be sure about 2 things; cheap holidays and good music. I always book my tickets online and make sure I use coupons, and make a list of a summer song as following;
1. Mi Chico Latino by Geri Halliwell
Take me back to my sweet la vida…
Find my love, my dolce vita…
Geri Halliwell is my second favorite Spice Girl and the album Schizophonic didn't disappoint! Mi Chico Latino is the song in the record that serves as a tribute to her Spanish roots. I was twelve years old when the video for the song came out and I was determined to have such body when I turn 18. Well, I think I kind of did when I reached that stage Don't ask me now 😛


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Hey guys. I was looking for a little something to spruce up my engine bay. I am running a red and black theme throughout my car, would it hurt to paint the black caps and covers and what not red? I have a can of red rustoleum paint that i was going to use. I'm not planning on painting anything important, just various caps and the big black thing in the middle that says cam on it. (excuse my lack of terms). Just wondering if anyone did anything like this and if it will work. Thanks!
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Hey all! I've been thinking about how to continue promoting my blog and how to win friends and influence people (wink). I really enjoy connecting with people and it can really make my day when I've talked to no one but my husband!
|I love how the clouds peek through!
So this post, on The Real Jenty, has finally convinced me that I needed to have a new gadget for my page: Facebook "likes" and Twitter "retweets." I hope people will start using these when they read or see something they like! You can find the buttons on the bar on the left.
|Sunset on the slopes of Devil's Peak.
Along with this, I've also decided to start Facebook and Twitter accounts for this blog!
So here they are: Lovely Light on Facebook and Lovely Light1 on Twitter. You can also find these buttons on the bar on the left.
|Devil's Peak.
I'm a newbie at HTML code, widgets, and Twitter, so if anyone has tips or links to share, I'd be much obliged!
|Table Mountain and Devil's Peak.
And if you want me to follow you on Facebook or Twitter, let me know!
Peace out!
Song of the day: Rapture by Lio.