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The goal of the WaterART Certification programs is to provide the highest standard of theoretical, practical and leadership skills to become an excellent Instructor, Trainer, Specialist or Fitness Consultant. Certification Programs are divided into 2 categories:
1) Comprehensive Certification see link
2) Specialty Certification see link
Comprehensive Examination Certification requires that each candidate complete both a theory exam and a practical assessment to become fully Certified.
Specialty Examination Certification requires that candidates who are currently WaterART Certified, only need to complete the theory component of the exam process to renew and achieve another level of qualification. Any NEW candidate or Expired qualification's candidate will be required to complete boththe theory and practical assessment to become fully Certified. Note that if an Instructor is only Water Certified and wish to become Land Certified - they will be required to do complete a Land Practical Assessment. The same applies to Land Certified Instructors if they wish to become Water Certified will have to complete both parts of the exam process. If a candidate has multiple Certifications, all Certifications will have the same common renewal date (which is two years from the passing date of the newest exam). When successfully completing another level of Certification before the candidates expiration date, there will be no fee will be required and candidates will automatically be issued an electronic Certification Diplomas from the passing date of the newest qualification. If hard copies of the Certification Diploma are required (shipped) candidates will be charged shipping fees. See options. All candidates will need to maintain their own Emergency Safety Qualifications (such as either a current Life-guard Qualification or a valid CPR/FIRST AID/AED. This is written on the Certification Diploma that the qualification is only valid when Emergency Safety Qualifications are current (as dates typically do not coincide with your WaterART Certification).Completing 5 levels of WaterART Certification to be listed as a Gold Certified and have a website page. If you are a WP member, your discount will increase to 25% level.
How to Complete the Theory Exam Process:
Option 1) You may request a link from our office when you are ready to take this exam a week in advance oftaking the exam online at email@example.com. This option has 50 multiplechoice questions (for 100 marks) with a lesson plan upload (100 marks).Tocomplete online theory exam, please allow at 2 hours of uninterrupted time to complete and submit Prior to requesting link we recommend thatcandidates prepare a 45-60 minute lesson plan to be uploaded (PDF or word docx, doc file). Candidates will not be able to open and close the link norresubmit the exam with the same link. In other words, candidates will have only one time to submit the theory exam. Each exam will be a randomized block ofquestions, unique for each candidate.
Option 2) Should a candidatenot have internet or become very confused with multiple choice exams or technology,they may independently request our open-ended exam (which may bein your manual) in the certification chapter (if not request an exam viaopen book)
How to Complete the Practical Assessment:Option 1: Practical Onsite Assessment with a Certified Master Trainer: involves the candidatespreparing a 30 minute program. Organize a mutuallybeneficial time to show your practical assessment. Often there is a group. Eachcandidate will be teaching other instructors who are attending theassessment date or (if alone) teaching the Master Trainer. Onsite practical assessment should includes: a) answering a couple of oral safety questions prior to teaching your programb) Teaching a 5-10 minute warm up (specific to the topic and safety) c) Teaching a 3-5 minute Cardiovascular Set Teaching d) Teaching two 3-5 minute Strength sets (be sure to perform enoughsets & reps) with or without equipment.) or a functional fitnessset/segment. If candidate decides to utilize equipment, use ofequipment must meet safety and efficacy guidelines. e) a 5-10 minute Cool Down/Warm Down which includes Stretching,relaxation and positive affirmations or closure to the program.
Option 2: Request a link when you are ready to upload a lesson plan and video file(s) (in MOVor MP4 files). The practical video may be done via several file uploads; however, you will need to label each file in a proper order so thatthe assessor may easily follow your presentation. Please film your practicalvideo at the lowest or smallest quality file size (most compact file). You mayupload up to 5 sections of video at 1GB each. A video file larger than1GBwill not be accepted. You may NOT upload a .zip file (compressed file). Practical exams (video upload) willbe assessed AFTER theory exams are successful. The exception is when the candidate has prepared for an onsite practical assessment (reviewed the materials - video's, manual and study guide materials) with the Master Trainer, at the Master Trainer's discretion. All other candidates must submit the theory exam FIRST, and, when successful, complete the practical assessment. For those candidates who do not have computers or are technology challenged: you may request an open-book exam and submit your practical exam via video file on a USB stick at the same time as the written submission. Lesson plans (pdf or .docx files) should also be uploaded with the video submission. You may utilize the same or different lesson plan as the theory lesson planupload.
Assume different Master Trainers may mark teach part of the exam. The goal of the video upload is to film yourself (the instructor) so that we may both hear andsee you. You may film the program in your home (as if you are on deck) or teach from a pool, or a combination of the two. We recommend keeping your filming very simple, with just yourself in the video, pretending to be teachinga group exercise program. The goal is to mark the instructor, so we need to be able to see, hear and understand your exercise goals and coaching tips. There is a detailed marking system and exam study guide questions and answer in themanual so please review this prior to submission. Also review yoursubmission prior to upload so that you may see if you can follow the program.Remember, teaching is moving as an instructor, not just reading off a paper.You may utilize the lesson plan but should only briefly review when necessary. A good program will be a flowing variety of exercises that everyone may easily understand and follow. Please note we do not accept DropBox files, or other video streaming downloads due to virus, copyright and liability issues.
All candidates will have a formal report card and marking system (please check your manual) Candidates are evaluated based on 1) Understanding of the exercise objective.2) If presentation is easy to see, hear and follow. Did the Instructor monitor intensity and regulate intensity.3) Was the program safe and effective, and enjoyable. Was there both modifications and progressions. (Be sure to review your video and see marking templates in manual)
Exam DeadlinesAll Exams are required to be completed within 6 months from training or sooner. Should you not have access to a computer we can mail an exam to submit. Exams submitted after deadline, will be subject to a $35.00 late fee for each part of the exam (theory or practical). Please note that we do not accept exam submissions after 1 year from the training date. To fast track the examination process, we recommend that you order and review your course materials prior to the course. We do have video streaming if you are unable to view a DVD discs; however, you need to email us this request. Sharing of exams and materials is strictly prohibited for both liability and copyright reasons.
The Onsite Practical Assessment involves with Certified Master Trainer: teaching other instructors who attend the assessment session or the Master Trainer if this is an individual assessment. When there are several people in a group- the group acts as the class for the person being assessed (as they can learn from each others performances). The goal is to assess how each instructor completes the competencies required for the practical (see below). Each Instructor planning on-site assessment must attend the pre-arranged group session or work with the MT at a convenient time & location, once you are scheduled to do so. If you cannot attend you MUST give 24 hours notice and re-schedule. WaterART is Exercise with a Purpose - become Qualified & Competent!
Certification Report and Diploma: When all parts of the certification are completed (as specified above), report cards are written and emailed to you. Once you are successful - you will receive an official WaterART Certified Diploma, Certified status and an online profile.
In order to maintain the certified status see Re-Certification process CLICK HERE.All candidates must score a grade of 75% on all exams to become Certified & Qualified.All re-write of theory exams or re-takes of practical assessments are $35.00 / exam per attempt. Unlimited attempts available.After a year without completion you will be required to forfeit the program or exam and re-do the program.Note: Certified Instructors or Trainers are eligible for Liability Insurance coverage through OFC in Canada or Sport & Fitness USA.
How to Complete WaterART Certification Process
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Bryan Porter just wanted a wedding date he could remember. So he and Darlene Hielscher flew to Las Vegas to get married at a burger joint at the stroke of midnight on 11/12/13, one of the last remaining sequential dates this century.
The couple from Ormond Beach, Fla., married Tuesday at a Smashburger restaurant with a wedding "cake" made of -- yes -- a stack of burgers. And Elvis (a.k.a. Brendan Paul) officiated over the ceremony, according to a news release. But they aren't the only date-crazy newlyweds in Vegas.
"Anecdotally, we know every chapel/wedding location [in Las Vegas] is booked solid with weddings every 30 minutes," a Smashburger spokeswoman wrote in an email Monday. "The Marriage Bureau is open 24 hours, and it's packed too."
Indeed, about 3,000 weddings are expected to take place Tuesday, according to a survey by Pennsylvania-based bridal store chain David's Bridal.
"Iconic dates have become a trend in the United States, reaching new heights when over 65,000 couples tied the knot on 07/07/07," Brian Beitler, chief marketing officer for the company, said in a statement. "11/12/13 is a sequential pattern, and we have learned that couples love dates that have patterns."
But back to Porter and Hielscher. Aside from the date, they chose a burger-themed wedding because they had reconnected over burgers and beer years after a high school romance. That's what prompted them to enter the Smashburger contest about "why they loved burgers and one another." The wedding took place at the 5130 S. Fort Apache Road restaurant. (There are several Smashburgers in Vegas.)
Those who miss out on 11/12/13 have one more shot this century: 12/13/14. "It falls on a Saturday, so we predict this date could reach record-breaking numbers," Beitler said.
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Former Raiders center Barret Robbins, was released from a Florida prison Tuesday, where he had spent the past year and a half for an attack on three Miami Beach police officers in 2005, CBS4 in Miami reported.
The station said Robbins appeared unapologetic for his attack on three Miami Beach police officers in 2005. Interviewer Gary Nelson asked Robbins if he could overcome alcohol and drug problems that have plagued him.
"I'm not worried about that and that's not anybody's business but mine," Robbins replied. "That's something I'll deal with myself."
Robbins then broke off the interviewed and uttered an obscenity when asked if he owed the police officers an apology.


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John Hill was born on 10 Oct 1794 in Allegany County, Maryland. He died in 1845 in Indiana.
John married Florence Kirby in 1816 in Maryland. Florence was born in 1795 in Allegany County, Maryland. She died in 1871 in Indiana.
They had the following children:
Catherine Hill was born on 15 Jan 1818 in Maryland. She died in 1880 in Kentucky.
Joshua Hill was born on 28 Aug 1820 in Allegany County, Maryland.
Charles Hill was born on 16 Dec 1822 in Maryland. He died on 1 Oct 1893 in Kentucky.
Frances Hill was born circa 1826 in Allegany County, Maryland. She died in 1908 in Trigg County, Kentucky.
Joseph Hill was born during 1829 in Allegany County, Maryland. He died in 1873 in Kentucky.
Rachel Ada Hill was born in 1832 in Johnson County, Indiana. She died in 1890 in Kentucky.
Margaret C. Hill was born circa 1835 in Indiana. She died on 13 Oct 1913 in Estill County, Kentucky.
Elizabeth Hill was born in 1838 in Indiana. She died in 1914 in Illinois.
Rufus Hill was born in 1840 in Johnson County, Indiana.
Hannah Christina Hill was born in 1843 in Johnson County, Indiana. She died on 11 Sep 1913 in Kentucky.
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How To Use Cydia On iPod Touch
I bet you are saying to yourself "what just happened, and what do I do now?" If you take a look at your iPod Touch, you should see a new app called "Cydia". Tap it, and and let us walk you through this new app store. (If you don't see it, click here.) Click play to begin!
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First Time Use
Initializing Filesystem.
The first time you launch Cydia, you won't be able to access the complete app. Your new app store will instead display a gray screen with a loading wheel stating "Initializing Filesystem." Please wait while Cydia completes this process. When this is done, Cydia will quit automatically and restart your springboard.
Who are you?
When you open up Cydia, you will be asked to identify what kind of user you are. Unless you would classify yourself as an advanced user, select "User." This ensures that Cydia will only display basic apps. (Note: If you accidentally chose the wrong filter and want to change it, simply go to the Manage tab on the bottom, and hit "Settings" on the top left).
Upgrade Packages
Every once in awhile, including the first time you open Cydia, you may get a popup bubble asking you to "Upgrade Packages".
- Tap on "Complete Upgrade" to update some of Cydia's core components.
- On the next screen, tap "Confirm" on the top right to begin the update.
- Wait as Cydia downloads and installs the upgrades, then press the button "Restart Springboard"
- You're done! This will ensure you get the latest version of Cydia.
Make My Life Easier
The first time you launch Cydia, you may notice a button on the home screen titled "Make my life easier." Above it is a short description of what this does. Essentially, it allows Cydia to save "SHSH Blobs" from your device so that you will always be able to jailbreak again, even if you accidentally update your device or lose your current jailbreak.
Navigating Cydia
Cydia's home tab showcases some of the most prominent apps, tweaks, and themes from the Cydia store. It also has helpful links, tips, and guides regarding jailbreaking.
Cydia's "Sections" tab works much like the App Store's "Categories" tab by grouping like natured apps, tweaks, and themes together for easy access. If you are looking for a particular type of app or tweak but don't know of any, search in the sections tab.
Cydia's "Changes" tab displays the newest apps in a chronological list. If there are any available updates to any of your currently installed apps, they will be displayed here at the very top of the list.
The Manage tab displays 3 main buttons: Packages, Sources, and Storage.
- Packages: This will display all of your currently installed apps, and allow you to uninstall any unwanted apps. (Note: link to How to uninstall an app).
- Sources: Because of the open sourced nature of Cydia, the sources tab is where you can view and edit sources for all of your Cydia apps. To remove a source hit "edit" on the top right, and then press the red minus by the source you no longer want. To add a new source tap "Add" while still in edit mode, and enter the URL of the new source.
- Storage: This simply displays the available space on your device.
Type in the search box to quickly find an app you want to install. Simply enter the app name, and click on the desired app.


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Hidden from the every day the beautiful natural playground with stunning fig trees and 200 year old blue gums - is right beside the Logan River. The park is alive with birds, possums, koalas and gliders. Fish from the pontoon or burn energy on fitness equipment while the kids master the playground or throw a few hoops. The best way to enjoy this lush park is to follow the walking tracks and keep an eye out for wildlife.


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"Exploring Islam" is the theme of the 2011 Critical Issues Symposium at Hope College, which will begin with a keynote address Tuesday evening, Oct. 4, and continue throughout the day on Wednesday, Oct. 5, featuring a variety of presentations across campus.
The public is invited to all of the events. Admission is free.
"Delving into the multi-layered diversity of Islam's core beliefs and practices, 'Exploring Islam' will embody the college's commitment to open inquiry and civil discourse about differing beliefs and traditions," said Alfredo Gonzales, who is associate provost and dean for international and multicultural education, and is co-chair of the event's planning committee. "In 'Exploring Islam,' the Critical Issues Symposium Planning Committee seeks to enhance discernment, understanding and interfaith cooperation for all constituencies of Hope College about a topic of vital importance to our global society."
This year's symposium will feature two keynote addresses; two blocks of concurrent focus sessions; and several department-sponsored sessions before, during and following the symposium.
The symposium events open on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel with a keynote address by Reza Aslan, an internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of religions. In addition to being president and CEO of Aslan Media Inc, the Iranian-born Aslan now lives in Los Angeles, where he is associate professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities, and the Pacific Council on International Policy. Aslan serves on the national advisory board of the LevantineCulturalCenter, working to build bridges between Americans and the Arab/Muslim world. Aslan is the author of "No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam," which has been translated into 13 languages and named one of the 100 most important books of the last decade. A reception and book-signing will follow the address.
The symposium will continue on Wednesday, Oct. 5, beginning at 9 a.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel with a keynote address by Asma Barlas, professor of politics as well as the director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity at Ithaca College. Her research interests engage with the epistemologies and practices of violence; relationship between sexual/ textual/ religious violence; the violence against Muslim women that results from patriarchal readings of Islam's scripture, the Qur'an; and Western polemical and epistemic violence against Islam and Muslims. Her books include "Democracy, Nationalism and Communalism: The Colonial Legacy in South Asia," "'Believing Women' in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an," and "Islam, Muslims and the U.S."
The morning concurrent focus sessions on Wednesday, Oct. 5, will begin at 10:30 a.m. Topics will include "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Islam and Muslims But Were Afraid to Ask," by Reza Aslan; "Above the Fold and Beyond The Veil: Media Depictions of Muslim Women," by Nahed Eltantawy, assistant professor of journalism at High Point University; and "Islam and Christianity: Building Bridges of Understanding Through Learning About Each Other," by Imam Muaz Redzic of the Bosnian Cultural Center, with the Rev. David Baak.
There will be screenings of the documentary film "Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think" which focuses on the issues of gender justice, terrorism and democracy, on Wednesday, Oct. 6, at 11:30 a.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.
The afternoon concurrent focus sessions on Wednesday, Oct. 5, will begin at 1 p.m. Topics will include "Reading Scripture: Creating (Religious) Meaning," by Asma Barlas; "Above the Fold and Beyond The Veil: Media Depictions of Muslim Women," by Nahed Eltantawy; "Muslim Contributions to the American Dream: From Early Explorers to Present-Day Elected Officials," by Imam Muaz Redzic; and "Promoting Christian-Muslim Dialogue: Tools for Talking When the Stakes are High," by Nadyne Parr and Soraya Deen.
The department-sponsored sessions scheduled in conjunction with the symposium will allow speakers to focus on a more specific aream. Concurrent sessions will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 2:15 p.m, including sessions sponsored by nursing and pre-medical/pre-health professions, the Phelps Scholars Program, dance, social work and philosophy.
The college's Critical Issues Symposium, first held in 1980, was established to stimulate serious thinking about current issues, and to provide a forum in which the Holland community, students and faculty may all engage in discussion with experts. The college cancels classes for a day to provide an opportunity for the event.
Past topics have included "Genocide," "The Middle East," "World Hunger," "The Family," "Energy," "Civil Rights," "The Quest for Justice: Christian Voices," "Lifeboat Earth: Decisions for Tomorrow," "The Columbus Legacy, 1492-1992," "Race and Social Change in America," "What Future Is in our Genes: Freedom from Disease, Good Investment, Manufactured Humans?," "Sport and American Life," "Feminism and Faith: Implications for Life," "Gold Rush and Ghost Towns: Living with the Internet," "Earth Matters: Daily Decisions, Environmental Echoes," "Putting Science in Its Place: Discovery and Responsibility," "Race and Opportunity: Echoes of Brown v. Board of Education," "Immigration: Shaping and Reshaping America," "Global Health: From Catastrophe to Cure," "At Water's Edge: Complacency, Thirst, Action" and "Good Food for the Common Good."
Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., at College Avenue and 12th Street. Graves Hall is located at 263 College Ave., between 10th and 12th streets.
Additional information about the symposium, including locations and other details concerning the blocks of concurrent focus sessions and departmental sessions, will be available in the printed program distributed during the symposium, and may also be found through the college's website at www.hope.edu/cis.


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Instructors and students now have an easy way to track online quiz scores with the Norton Gradebook.
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Letter to the House of Representatives opposing funding for the District of Columbia's voucher program
June 24, 2008
Dear Representative:
On behalf of the National Education Association's (NEA) 3.2 million members, we urge you to reject any efforts to extend funding for the District of Columbia's so-called "Opportunity Scholarship Program." This program was created in 2004 as a five-year voucher experiment and is set to expire this September.
The DC voucher program has yielded no evidence of a positive impact on student achievement. The program is poorly administered and diverts $14 million from struggling public schools. A U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, issued in November 2007, found that administrative and accountability problems pervade the DC voucher program, undermining fiscal and operational integrity. GAO found, for example, that the program supports private schools that do not charge tuition and schools that use unqualified teachers - some do not have even bachelor's degrees. (The complete GAO report, District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program: Additional Policies and Procedures Would Improve Internal Controls and Program Operations, is available at http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d089.pdf.)
All DC children deserve to go to a great public school. Our nation's capital needs real education reform - not vouchers - to ensure that no child gets left behind. This reform requires meaningful resources, not a diversion of funding to vouchers. We urge you to let this program expire as scheduled, with no funding for fiscal year 2009.
Diane Shust, Director of Government Relations
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Rockefeller Center, some might say, is the hub of Manhattan. Home to the world's most famous Christmas Tree, NBC New York Studios, the often-filmed ice skating rink, the Associated Press, and the "30 Rock Building", this eclectic entertainment and business complex is a great place to spend some time when you visit NYC. Discover the ins and outs with a fantastic Rockefeller Center Tour!
John D. Rockefeller's vision was to build a cultural center in the heart of New York, inspired by and reflecting significant and historic works of art and architecture. Guided tours bring you through the center with your own personal closed-circuit headset, and lead you through Rockefeller Center's most poignant spots, including its gardens and various buildings.
Rockefeller Center is known as a "city within a city" for a reason. This cultural center comprises 19 commercial buildings spread out over a space of 89,000 square meters! Rockefeller Center has achieved National Landmark Status, and is recognized not only for its entertainment value and commercial use, but for its art-deco architecture and history as a Great-Depression era project taken on by Rockefeller himself, as a gift to his beloved Manhattan.
What's so great about Rockefeller Center? It houses the following:
- Comcast Building (30 Rockefeller Plaza), or "30 Rock" as it's affectionately known. It's the namesake of Tina Fey's hilarious sitcom, as well as home to NBC's New York Studios—where SNL and other awesome late night shows are filmed
- Radio City Music Hall: Home of the legendary Radio City Rockettes and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular
- The Associated Press Building, at 50 Rockefeller Plaza, a hub for much of the world's international news
- Recognizable works of art such as Paul Manship's gilded bronze sculpture of Prometheus giving the gift of fire to humankind; The AP's News by Isamu Noguchi; and American Progress, a huge fresco-style mural depicting the founding of America
- A World-famous, outdoor ice skating rink and Christmas tree (seasonally, of course!)
Bring your family to Rockefeller Center, one of New York's most-filmed and happening locations for some fun times and to really feel the buzz of the city! Tours of this awesome complex depart from 30 Rockefeller Plaza at the entrance to Top of the Rock.


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gripping and inspiring book, Civic Passions
examines innovative leadership in periods of crisis
in American history. Starting from the late nineteenth
century, when respected voices warned that America
was on the brink of collapse, Cecelia Tichi explores
the wisdom of practical visionaries who were confronted
with a series of social, political, and financial
upheavals that, in certain respects, seem eerily
similar to modern times. The United State—
then, as now—was riddled with political
corruption, financial panics, social disruption,
labor strife, and bourgeois inertia.
Drawing on a wealth of evocative personal accounts,
biographies, and archival material, Tichi brings
seven iconoclastic individuals from the Gilded
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theologian Walter Rauschenbusch, jurist Louis
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The Center for Technology in Education (CTE) strives to improve the quality of life of all children and youth through teaching, research and leadership in the uses of technology. Whether it is by creating leading-edge online tools, managing data or developing high quality professional development, CTE works in innovative ways to promote high quality teaching and learning. CTE represents a unique partnership that combines the research, teaching and technology resources of the Johns Hopkins University and the leadership and policy support of the Maryland State Department of Education.
Over the years, CTE has honed its expertise in six critical areas: data-informed decision-making for leaders; evidence-based instruction; assistive technology; leadership development; online learning and communities of practice; and emerging technologies and tool development. Today CTE applies its knowledge and skills in these areas in a wide array of programs, projects and research activities that increase the capabilities of teachers, parents, schools and school administrators, with the end result the improvement of education for all children.


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Philosophical Taoism
Philosophical Taoism, often represented by the yin-yang symbol, originated in China with the teacher Lao Tzu (604–517 BC ). Although we do not know much about his life, he left his teachings behind for posterity in a brief work called Tao …Read More
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Michael Gleghorn is research associate at Probe Ministries and is also a Bible teacher at Dallas Bible Church. He is pursuing a PhD at Dallas Theological Seminary in systematic and historical theology.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 599 diseños de 90 diseñadores freelance.
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2012 Eisner Award Nominees Announced
This year's Eisner Award nominees were announced Wednesday, and the comic book industry's "big two" — DC and Marvel — are tied for the most nominations among publishers, with each having 11 nominations and two shared.Marvel's Daredevil leads the pack, with six nominations total, the most of any single project. Archaia had a big year at the 2011 Eisners with Return of the Dapper Men, and have received similar attention this year for their hardcover original graphic novel Jim Henson's Tale of Sand, which netted five nominations. This year's awards panel added two categories — Best Publication for Early Readers and Best Educational/Academic Work — while dropping four: Best New Series, Best Adaptation from Another Medium, Best Writer/Artist-Nonfiction, and Best Painter/Multimedia Artist. The 2012 Eisner Awards are scheduled to take place Friday, July 13 as part of Comic-Con International in San Diego. The full list of nominees is below. Best Short Story
"A Brief History of the Art Form Known as Hortisculpture," by Adrian Tomine, in Optic Nerve #12 (Drawn & Quarterly)
"Harvest of Fear," by Jim Woodring, in The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror #17 (Bongo)
"The Phototaker," by Guy Davis, in Metal Hurlant vol. 2 (Humanoids)
"The Seventh," by Darwyn Cooke, in Richard Stark's Parker: The Martini Edition (IDW)
"The Speaker," by Brandon Graham, in Dark Horse Presents #7 (Dark Horse)Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
Daredevil #7, by Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera (Marvel)
Ganges #4, by Kevin Huizenga (Fantagraphics)
Locke & Key: Guide to the Known Keys, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
Princeless #3, by Jeremy Whitley and M. Goodwin (Action Lab)
The Unwritten #24: "Stairway to Heaven" by Mike Carey, Peter Gross, and Al Davison (Vertigo/DC)Best Continuing Series
Daredevil, by Mark Waid, Marcos Martin, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera (Marvel)
Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
Rachel Rising, by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli (Marvel)
Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai (Dark Horse)Best Limited Series
Atomic Robo and the Ghost of Station X, by Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener (Red 5)
Criminal: The Last of the Innocent, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Marvel Icon)
Flashpoint: Batman - Knight of Vengeance, by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso (Vertigo/DC)
The New York Five, by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly (Vertigo/DC)
Who Is Jake Ellis? by Nathan Edmondson & Tonci Zonjic (Image)Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 7)
Beauty and the Squat Bears, by Émile Bravo (Yen Press)
Benjamin Bear in Fuzzy Thinking, by Philippe Coudray (Candlewick/Toon Books)
Dragon Puncher Island, by James Kochalka (Top Shelf)
Nursery Rhyme Comics, edited by Chris Duffy (First Second)
Patrick in a Teddy Bear's Picnic, by Geoffrey Hayes (Candlewick/Toon Books)Best Publication for Kids (ages 8-12)
The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold, by Sholly Fisch, Rick Burchett, and Dan Davis (DC)
Amelia Rules: The Meaning of Life ... And Other Stuff, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum)
The Ferret's a Foot, by Colleen AF Venable and Stephanie Yue (Graphic Universe/Lerner)
Princeless, by Jeremy Whitley and M. Goodwin (Action Lab)
Snarked, by Roger Langridge (kaboom!)
Zita the Space Girl, by Ben Hatke (First Second)Best Publication for Young Adults (Ages 12-17)
Anya's Ghost, by Vera Brosgol (First Second)
Around the World, by Matt Phelan (Candlewick)
Level Up, by Gene Yang and Thien Pham (First Second)
Life with Archie, by Paul Kupperberg, Fernando Ruiz, Pat & Tim Kennedy, Norm Breyfogle et al. (Archie)
Mystic, by G. Willow Wilson and David Lopez (Marvel)Best Anthology
Dark Horse Presents, edited by Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)
Nelson, edited by Rob Davis and Woodrow Phoenix (Blank Slate)
Nursery Rhyme Comics, edited by Chris Duffy (First Second)
The Someday Funnies, edited by Michel Choquette (Abrams ComicArts)
Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land, edited by Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle (Abrams ComicArts)Best Humor Publication
The Art of Doug Sneyd: A Collection of Playboy Cartoons (Dark Horse Books)
Chimichanga, by Eric Powell (Dark Horse)
Coffee: It's What's for Dinner, by Dave Kellett (Small Fish)
Kinky & Cosy, by Nix (NBM)
Milk & Cheese: Dairy Products Gone Bad, by Evan Dorkin (Dark Horse Books)Best Digital Comic
Bahrain, by Josh Neufeld, www.cartoonmovement.com/comic/24
Battlepug, by Mike Norton, www.battlepug.com
Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant, by Tony Cliff, www.delilahdirk.com
Outfoxed, by Dylan Meconis, www.dylanmeconis.com/outfoxed
Sarah and the Seed, by Ryan Andrews, www.ryan-a.com/comics/sarahandtheseed01.htmBest Reality-Based Work
Around the World, by Matt Phelan (Candlewick)
Green River Killer: A True Detective Story, by Jeff Jensen and Jonathan Case (Dark Horse Books)
Marzi: A Memoir, by Marzena Sowa and Sylvain Savoia (Vertigo/DC)
Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths, by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
Vietnamerica, by GB Tran (Villard)Best Graphic Album - New
Bubbles & Gondola, by Renaud Dillies (NBM)
Freeway, by Mark Kalesniko (Fantagraphics)
Habibi, by Craig Thompson (Pantheon)
Ivy, by Sarah Olekysk (Oni)
Jim Henson's Tale of Sand, adapted by Ramón K. Pérez (Archaia)
One Soul, by Ray Fawkes (Oni)Best Graphic Album - Reprint
Big Questions, by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
The Death Ray, by Dan Clowes (Drawn & Quarterly)
Richard Stark's Parker: The Martini Edition, by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
WE3: The Deluxe Edition, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (Vertigo/DC)
Zahra's Paradise, by Amir and Khalil (First Second)Best Archival Collection/Project - Strips
Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim, by Alex Raymond and Don Moore, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW/Library of American Comics)
Forgotten Fantasy: Sunday Comics 1900-1915, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)
Prince Valiant vols. 3-4, by Hal Foster, edited by Kim Thompson (Fantagraphics)
Tarpé Mills's Miss Fury Sensational Sundays, 1944-1949, edited by Trina Robbins (IDW/Library of American Comics)
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse vols. 1-2, by Floyd Gottfredson, edited by David Gerstein and Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)Best Archival Collection/Project - Comic Books
Government Issue: Comics for the People: 1940s-2000s, edited by Richard L. Graham (Abrams ComicArts)
The MAD Fold-In Collection, by Al Jaffee (Chronicle)
PS Magazine: The Best of Preventive Maintenance Monthly, by Will Eisner (Abrams ComicArts)
The Sugar and Spike Archives, vol. 1, by Sheldon Mayer (DC)
Walt Simonson's The Mighty Thor Artist's Edition (IDW)Best U.S. Edition of International Material
Bubbles & Gondola, by Renaud Dillies (NBM)
Isle of 100,000 Graves, by Fabien Vehlmann and Jason (Fantagraphics)
Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot, by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Patrick Manchette (Fantagraphics)
The Manara Library, vol. 1: Indian Summer and Other Stories, by Milo Manara with Hugo Pratt (Dark Horse Books)
Night Animals: A Diptych About What Rushes Through the Bushes, by Brecht Evens (Top Shelf)Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia
A Bride's Story, by Kaoru Mori (Yen Press)
Drops of God, by Tadashi Agi and Shu Okimoto (Vertical)
Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths, by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
Saturn Apartments, vols. 3-4, by Hisae Iwaoka (VIZ Media)
Stargazing Dog, by Takashi Murakami (NBM)
Wandering Son, vol. 1, by Shimura Takako (Fantagraphics)Best Writer
Cullen Bunn, The Sixth Gun (Oni)
Mike Carey, The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC)
Jeff Jensen, Green River Killer: A True Detective Story (Dark Horse Books)
Jeff Lemire, Animal Man, Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. (DC); Sweet Tooth (Vertical/DC)
Mark Waid, Irredeemable, Incorruptible (BOOM!); Daredevil (Marvel)Best Writer/Artist
Rick Geary, The Lives of Sacco and Vanzetti (NBM)
Terry Moore, Rachel Rising (Abstract Studio)
Sarah Oleksyk, Ivy (Oni)
Craig Thompson, Habibi (Pantheon)
Jim Woodring, Congress of the Animals (Fantagraphics), "Harvest of Fear," in The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror #17 (Bongo)Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Michael Allred, iZombie (Vertigo/DC); Madman All-New Giant-Size Super-Ginchy Special (Image)
Ramón K. Pérez, Jim Henson's Tale of Sand (Archaia)
Chris Samnee, Captain America and Bucky, Ultimate Spider-Man #155 (Marvel)
Marcos Martin, Daredevil (Marvel)
Paolo Rivera/Joe Rivera, Daredevil (Marvel)Best Cover Artist
Michael Allred, iZombie (Vertigo/DC)
Francesco Francavilla, Black Panther (Marvel); Lone Ranger, Lone Ranger/Zorro, Dark Shadows, Warlord of Mars (Dynamite); Archie Meets Kiss (Archie)
Victor Kalvachev, Blue Estate (Image)
Marcos Martin, Daredevil, Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel)
Sean Phillips, Criminal: The Last of the Innocent (Marvel Icon)
Yuko Shimizu, The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC)Best Coloring
Laura Allred, iZombie (Vertigo/DC); Madman All-New Giant-Size Super-Ginchy Special (Image)
Bill Crabtree, The Sixth Gun (Oni)
Ian Herring and Ramón K. Pérez, Jim Henson's Tale of Sand (Archaia)
Victor Kalvachev, Blue Estate (Image)
Cris Peter, Casanova: Avaritia, Casanova: Gula (Marvel Icon)Best Lettering
Deron Bennett, Billy Fog, Jim Henson's Dark Crystal, Jim Henson's Tale of Sand, Mr. Murder Is Dead (Archaia); Helldorado, Puss N Boots, Richie Rich (APE Entertainment)
Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules! The Meaning of Life ... And Other Stuff (Atheneum)
Laura Lee Gulledge, Page by Paige (Amulet Books/Abrams)
Tom Orzechowski, Manara Library, with L. Lois Buholis(Dark Horse); Manga Man (Houghton Mifflin); Savage Dragon (Image)
Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse)Best Comics-Related Journalism
The AV Club Comics Panel, by Noel Murray, Oliver Sava et al., www.avclub.com/features/comics-panel/
The Beat, produced by Heidi MacDonald et al., www.comicsbeat.com
The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth, and The Comics Journal website, www.tcj.com, edited by Timothy Hodler and Dan Nadel (Fantagraphics)
The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon, www.comicsreporter.com
TwoMorrows Publications: Alter Ego edited by Roy Thomas, Back Issue edited by Michael Eury, Draw edited by Mike Manley, and Jack Kirby Collector edited by John MorrowBest Educational/Academic Work
Alan Moore: Conversations, ed. by Eric Berlatsky (University Press of Mississippi)
Cartooning: Philosophy & Practice, by Ivan Brunetti (Yale University Press)
Critical Approaches to Comics: Theories and Methods, edited by Matthew J. Smith and Randy Duncan (Routledge)
Hand of Fire: The Comics Art of Jack Kirby, by Charles Hatfield (University Press of Mississippi)
Projections: Comics and the History of 21st Century Storytelling, by Jared Gardner (Stanford University Press)Best Comics-Related Book
Archie: A Celebration of America's Favorite Teenagers, edited by Craig Yoe (IDW/Yoe Books)
Caniff: A Visual Biography, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW/Library of American Comics)
Drawing Power: A Compendium of Cartoon Advertising, edited by Rick Marschall and Warren Bernard (Fantagraphics/Marschall Books)
Genius Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth, designed by Dean Mullaney (IDW/Library of American Comics)
MetaMaus, by Art Spiegelman (Pantheon)Best Publication Design
Genius Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth, designed by Dean Mullaney (IDW/Library of American Comics)
Jim Henson's Tale of Sand, designed by Eric Skillman (Archaia)
The MAD Fold-In Collection, designed by Michael Morris (Chronicle)
Richard Stark's Parker: The Martini Edition, designed by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)Got a comment? There's lots of conversation on Newsarama's FACEBOOK and TWITTER!


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The problem is that "public performance" is not at all well-defined. And while the bill does require that the effort be done as a commercial enterprise to be criminally liable, the fact that pretty much anyone can have AdSense or simple ads on their website makes nearly any website a commercial operation these days. And, yes, there have been cases where people have used simple ads, even if they make a few dollars total, as evidence of a "commercial" operation.
And that's a huge problem, because this bill, if it becomes law creates a massive liability for pretty much anyone who embeds or streams anything. The backers of the bill claim it's clearly not intended for the FBI to go bust down the door of someone singing along with their favorite song in a video... but it's entirely possible that the law could be used that way, and that's why people should be concerned about it. We've seen time and time again that federal prosecutors will toss in charges on questionable laws like these when they're going after people for something else and don't have enough evidence. The risk that this law will be abused is quite high.
Thankfully, more and more people are recognizing this. Dennis S. was a first of a bunch of you to note that the video gamers have jumped onto this cause in a big bad way, starting with a great overview of the problems with S.978 for video gamers who show footage from video games, and also points us to a YouTube video of a gamer explaining why people should be worried. That video doesn't quite have all the legal details straight (which is too bad), but it is generating attention, with over 400,000 plays start to finish (for a 17 minute video). Hopefully many of the gamers are making their voices heard among politicians.
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Jun 14, 2010 - Command Sgt.Maj. Yehoshua (Shuki) Sofer 39, of Beersheba was killed and three policemen wounded when Palestinian terrorists opened fire on their vehicle at Al Fawar Junction south of Hebron on route 60.
The policemen were driving from Beersheba to the Hebron police station at around 7:20 a.m. when their van was attacked as it drove eastbound on Route 60 in the Hebron Hills region. One or more gunmen, apparently standing at the side of the road, opened fire at close range. Two of the policemen were shot in the chest and stomach. Shuki Sofer was critically injured and died of his wounds after reaching the hospital. Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad praised the attack.
Shuki had served in the Hebron police sub-district for 14 years. Yosef, his father, said, "He was a kind man, with a big soul, who always helped his friends and family. He was an excellent cop who really loved the police, it was in his soul. It never worried him. We were the ones who were worried and afraid."
Shuki Sofer and Einav Blum had nearly completed all the final details for the wedding, which was to take place on September 20. Their wedding was meant to be the start of a new life for the two in a new, large apartment. "He was going to get married and all the arrangements were made," Shuki''s father said. "He waited a long time to find somebody. He was excited and happy about the wedding." On Monday, Einav was called to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, where she received the bitter news of her fiancé''s death. Sofer''s parents, Dalia and Yosef, escorted Einav back to the family''s home in Beersheba.
Yehushua Sofer was buried in the military section of Beersheba's old cemetery. He is survived by his parents, three sisters, one of them his twin, and a brother.


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"Always" Next wrote:did it bother anybody else or just me that as soon as Montas shot bounced off the rim for the 35th and final time that he had a huge smile on his face and instantly ran over and started huggin on his opponents? I hate that sh*t! There is too much cameraderie in the NBA among opponents.
lol I totally agree with this. The Warriors need a LaGarrette Blount or Bill Laimbeer. I know Kobe needs to get his jaw busted
Seriously, the way the Lakers were knocking around Steph and Monta we could have used an enforcer.


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Prayers of my Mother: Tiny Pieces of Faith to Help You Believe He is There for You by Carolyn L Austin is a collection of beautiful prayers, meditations, and anecdotes that celebrate the author's experience of faith, transmitted through her anointed mother. The texts are well-composed and they feature powerful biblical references. In this book, readers will discover the real reason for their faith, find courage to hold onto it even in the midst of harrowing tribulations, and learn to listen to the voice of God that speaks to them through the Scriptures and directly to their hearts.
This book is beautifully written. Divided into five different parts, it traces the author's spiritual path and creates one that readers can use to travel to God. Readers will learn the different ways of deepening their relationship with God, growing in trust, and increasing their faith. The author's voice comes across powerfully. It is clear and confident and when she talks about God, the reader is left in no doubt that she is speaking from a place within her heart where she has been touched by the Divine Flame and where she feels unconditionally loved. This book will definitely lead every reader seeking God to arrive at that point of maturity in faith and in the quest for ultimate union with their creator. Carolyn L Austin's writing is simple and very accessible and I enjoyed the conversational style the author adopts. Prayers of my Mother will transform the way you think about God and yourself, the way you pray, and the way you relate with others. It's a gift to receive with gratitude, and then pass on."
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wow. Work at Ketchum PR has kept me busy (and away from this blog) but I wanted to share a micro volunteering site I just discovered called Sparked.com. It allows you to providing all sorts of advice (including non profit advice) to non-profits that really need your help. If you have a few minutes, hop on the site and help out.
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Quote from: JesseVader08 on November 20, 2004, 11:00 PMI have that same Vader thing, the ceramic one on the bottom right, but mine doesn't have a lightsaber. There doesn't seem to be a hole in his hand or anything like that, but it's exactly the same Vader, just no saber. Of course, I got mine in an ebay vintage lot a few years ago, so I'm not sure exactly what it's supposed to be... did it come with that saber?
...I implore you though, free the figures from their plastic/cardboard coffins!!!
Hmmm, I didn't even realize it lit up until you just said that. Mine doens't light up at all
Wow, that's an awesome collection there Jesse! Very well rounded with so many different sublines represented. Most jealous I am!I have to concur on that Vader sculpture there. Very unique conversation piece, and an excellent addition to the collection. Congrats.
Am I wrong in the assesment that Luke was NOT there in that photo yesterday? Kevin
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Christians Must Be Agnostic
Over at Sophies Ladder, Jeff says
"Reliability, on the other hand, I take to mean "can be dependably used" and so, obviously, reliability relates to the purposes intended."
Reliability is not an IDQ dimension, however it clearly is important. But the use of the information does not determine its quality. Poor quality data can be used to make a living with. Its called Fraud. Information can be presented in such a way as to be persuasive whether it accurately represents real world states or not.
Blaming The Victim
Is the Bible reliable – not as a history or science book – but as a conveyor of information regarding the transcendental, spiritual realm? How can one ever know? There is nothing to compare it to, nothing to triangulate (aka cross-check) it with. That is really the point of all my IDQ articles. Using the information in the Bible, the Christian remains agnostic about God whether they realize it or not. For example Jeff brings up Jesus' encounter with Nicodemus.
"How can an old man go back into his mother's womb and be born again?" he asks. Jesus chastises him for not knowing any better than to be so literal. "You're a master of Israel and you don't know these things?"
This is completely ambiguous and, additionally, lacks nurturing. Can anyone be blamed if they don't understand something that is presented ambiguously? Generally, teachers are held accountable if the students don't comprehend the information. In a small percentage of cases, the student has some individual difficulty that prevents them from grasping the information whether its ambiguous or not. When that is the case, the student is not chastised. In all cases, principle dictates that more attention is given to the student, until the student can comprehend the information. From the text it doesn't seem likely that Nicodemus was being deliberately difficult, it seems that the material was exceptionally difficult for Nicodemus, and, as we can see, it is of poor quality because it demonstrates the IDQ flaws of Incomplete Representation and Ambiguous Representation. Simply stated, Jesus did not explain himself clearly. Simply stated Nicodemus is being blamed for not understanding. Is the material impossible to convey in words? Considering how common the phrase "Born Again" is, when clearly explained, it can be "understood" by some. But Jeff says
In the case of the Bible, it is likely that it's not possible to speak plainly, given the subject matter.
If God Engineered Us, And If We Don't Get It, It's Not Our Fault
Alright, I'll stipulate that "it is not possible to speak plainly given the subject matter" for the sake of argument and I'll point out that if the material necessary to be comprehended to obtain salvation is too complicated for our minds, then, since God supposedly engineered us, he is solely responsible. But he has another option. Being all powerful and the creator of all things gives him the option of implanting the knowledge directly in the brain. There's no excuse for the material to be unobtainable, incomprehensible unless it was of poor quality.
Getting Burned is All You Need To Know About Fire
At this point Jeff tries to build the case that
There is something very small about a concept if it can be contained in words alone.
additionally he goes off down a slippery slope. He asks
Why do we shout for joy or turn to music to express ourselves, if words alone can suffice?
but he seems to ignore the fact that plenty of understanding goes on without shouting for joy or turning to music. The theory of General Relativity and String Theory can be explained in words alone, it takes a long time, and a lot of words, but it can be done. I know because I understand them and can explain them. I can also explain how schizophrenia is produced by a genetic mutation, and how human behavior is affected by that. I can also explain the History of the concept of the Soul starting with Orpheus. In my opinion someone who says that a thing is indescribable doesn't understand it well enough to talk about it.
Data Abstraction
Jeff goes on to reference John 21:25 where Jesus says that the world cannot contain the books necessary to express the Logos. That's fine, but using data abstraction, I don't need to know how fire works or how my computer works, or how the elements in my steak marinade combine for me to benefit from them. Likewise I didn't need to know how the Logos worked for more than thirty five years as a Christian to appreciate it. When I realized that the Jihadists were right when they said that it looked like their prayers were answered and Allah guided those planes into the towers and that, to me, it looked like God was ignoring the prayers of those people jumping out of the towers I decided to stop using a double standard for my religion. I started to "cross-check" Christianity.
Circular Reasoning And Shooting Yourself In The Foot
Jeff's reasoning is circular. There is nothing to Triangulate his data except with such things as the Bible, his personal experience, the personal experience of other Christians, the personal experience of non-christians and Science. Unfortunately the more data we accumulate to triangulate with, the weaker Jeffs case gets. While Jeff continues to minimize the importance of the text of the Bible and emphasize the importance of the inner dwelling of the Spirit, he keeps using Biblical texts to support his case. The problem is that he is weakening his own case by minimizing the information in the Bible.
Christians Must Be Agnostic About The Things They Do Not Agree On
Unless Christianity can value each others information equally, they must remain agnostic on the topics they do not agree on. The topics they do not agree on get to the fundamental tenets of Christianity. Since that is the case, Christians must necessarily be agnostic about a large percentage of the things they think they know. They must be Agnostic.
Christianity is a disorganized mess and it has all the symptoms of an organization that needs their data cleaned up using the principles of IDQ.
But I think that would be its undoing, and I think that Christians know that intuitively, and that the biological algorithms for comfort and self-preservation kick in to preclude them from committing to the inference from the Data.
With help from John, Prup, an Ed Babinski article, and Sconnor, here are a list of some disputed topics within Christianity.
And following that, I listed the staggering number of Christian Denominations.
- Evolution or creationism?
- Being Born Again?
- Trinity or no?
- Arianism
- The disputes that drove the creation of Protestants.
- Denominations of Protestants
- Denominations of Catholics
- War between Catholics and protestants
- Holy Spirit male or female?
- Holy Spirit is a person or not?
- Salvation, faith or works
- Baptism
- Infant Baptism
- Hell is real and fiery or not?
- Purgatory
- Snake handling
- Once saved always saved?
- Where do Suicides go?
- Speaking in tongues
- Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit
- New covenant theology
- The 'two natures' in Christ.
- The Ordination of Women
- The attitude towards gays
- The various parts of the Bible that seem to be later additions, such as the 'story of the woman taken in adultery' and the 'Great Commission' that ends Matthew, etc.
- The Rapture
- Slavery
- Biblical inerrancy
- Christendom
- Papal Infallibility
- Double Predestination
- Just War Theory
- Penal Substitution
- God as a Male
- Sin
- Unforgivable Sin
- Second coming has already happened
- The point in time that the holy spirit indwells and fills you
- Gifts of the spirit given to everyone or different people at different times
- 'pre-Nicean' controversies
List of Christian Denominations from Wikipedia
1 Catholicism
1.1 The Catholic Church: Churches in communion with the Bishop of Rome
1.2 Other Churches that are Catholic, But Who Are Not In Communion With Rome
2 Eastern Churches
2.1 The (Eastern) Orthodox Church
2.2 Western-Rite Orthodox Churches
2.3 Other Eastern Orthodox Churches
2.3.1 Assyrian Church of the East
2.4 Oriental Orthodoxy
2.4.1 Oriental Orthodox Communion
3 Anglicanism
3.1 Anglican Communion (in communion with the Church of England)
3.2 Independent Anglican and Continuing Anglican Movement Churches
4 Protestant
4.1 Pre-Lutheran Protestants
4.2 Lutheranism
4.3.1 Presbyterianism
4.3.2 Congregationalist Churches
4.4 Anabaptists
4.5 Methodists
4.6 Pietists and Holiness Churches
4.7 Baptists
4.7.1 Spiritual Baptists
4.9 Apostolic Churches - Irvingites
4.10 Pentecostalism
4.11 Oneness Pentecostalism
4.12 Charismatics
4.12.1 Neo-Charismatic Churches
4.13 African Initiated Churches
4.14 United and uniting churches
4.15 Other Protestant Denominations
4.16 Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
5 Messianic Judaism
6 Restorationism
6.1 Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement
6.2 Southcottites
6.3 Millerites and Comparable groups
6.3.1 Sabbath Keeping Churches, Adventist
6.3.2 Sabbath-Keeping Churches, Non-Adventist in north Pennsylvania
6.3.3 Sunday Adventists
6.3.4 Sacred Name Groups
6.3.5 Other Adventists
6.3.6 Bible Student Groups
6.4 Anglo-Israelism
7 Nontrinitarian Groups
7.1 Unitarianism and Universalism
8 Religious movements related to Christianity
8.1 Manichaeism
8.2 The New Church also called Swedenborgianism
8.2.1 Episcopal
8.2.2 Congregational
8.3 New Thought
8.4 Christian mystery movements
9 Ethnic or syncretic religions incorporating elements of Christianity
10 Christianism
Information and Data Quality (IDQ)
* Journey to Data Quality, from Amazon
* Data Quality Assessment
* Beyond Accuracy: What Data Quality Means To Consumers
* Anchoring Data Quality Dimensions in Ontological Foundations
IDQ Applied To The Bible
1. How Accurate is the Bible?
2. Applying Data and Information Quality Principles To The Bible
3. Applying IDQ Principles of Research To The Bible
4. Overview of IDQ Deficiencies Which Are Evident In Scripture
5. Jesus As God From IDQ Design Deficincies
6. "Son of Man" As Jesus From IDQ Deficiencies
7. IDQ Flaw of Meaningless Representation In The Bible
* "Triangulation", University of California, San Francisco, Global health Sciences
* "Triangulation", Wikipedia
IDQ Applied
* National Transportation Safety Board information quality standards
* Thank Sully!
* IDQ Flaws Relevant To The Holy Spirit
* Cooking The Books To Avoid IDQ Principles
* Accuracy In Detecting The Spiritual Realm Using "Triangulation"


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Electronic Butterfly in a Jar
Butterfly in a jar - you can't fly so far.
- Looks like a real butterfly flittering around in a jar.
- Choice of a few different butterflies.
- Will not die (just might need new batteries from time to time).
When we were kids, we liked putting butterflies in jars so we could keep them forever and ever. But sometimes they always died. It was sad - extra sad because butterflies (in our opinion) are like rainbows and unicorns: unadulterated creations of magic and beauty. That's why we got so excited when we saw this Electronic Butterfly in a Jar. Read on, and find out why you need one very badly.
Each Electronic Butterfly in a Jar is a jar with a wire in it. The wire has a fake butterfly on the end. Somehow, when you tap the top or make a loud sound, the electronics in the cap make the wire wiggle. This creates the very realistic illusion of the butterfly flittering around your jar. It even just stays on the glass and flexes its wings sometimes. There is absolutely no way you can look at a Electronic Butterfly in a Jar and not smile. It is like having a piece of magic nature on your desk that defies death. Pick your favorite butterfly flavor (or collect the whole team) and get ready to feel good when you marvel at your Electronic Butterfly in a Jar.
Note: Cats are insanely attracted to this toy. To ensure the safety of your four-legged friends, please ensure this glass jar is in a location where they can't knock it around and break it.
Electronic Butterfly in a Jar
- Looks just like a real butterfly in a jar.
- Responds to taps on the jar and sound.
- Different flavors to chose from: Blue Morpho, Yellow Swallowtail, and Monarch.
- One butterfly per jar - butterflies cannot be combined into one jar.
- Batteries: 3 AAA (included).
- Dimensions: 3.5" x 3.5" x 7.5"


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Plants, trees, and flowers seem to have their own biographical histories at times, which humanize and personify them. Trees can be symbols of generation, and many cultures draw analogies between human bodies and trees. For example, in modern-day Nusa Penida, an island southeast of Bali, the coconut is thought to have "five recognized stages of growth and maturation that closely parallel the stages of human development," and coconut trees live approximately as long as human beings—sixty to sixty-five years. Plants such as tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum), sacred fig trees (Ficus) and the urd bean (Vigna mungo) in India, mandrakes (Mandragora) in medieval and early modern Europe, and fava beans (Vicia faba) in the writings of Pythagoras (c. 570 BC-c. 495 BC) all have aspects of life, death, and resurrection associated with their humanized histories.
The mandrake resembled a human body, and according to the medicinal writings of medieval nun and mystic Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), certain parts of the mandrake could be cut off and eaten depending on the area in which one experienced pain. If one experienced head pain, he or she would eat from the mandrake's head. Other popular, non-Christian myths about the mandrake involve the idea that it supposedly grew near gallows, fertilized by the droppings of recently hanged men—showing a rebirth from corruption and decay, as the mandrake with curative and aphrodisiacal properties ultimately came from a locale of criminality and death. Additionally, in fifteenth-century Slavic countries, as well as in France and Germany, mandrakes were kept in miniature coffins and were believed to produce wealth for their owner—if one put a coin in the mandrake's coffin as it slept, it would generate more coins for its owner.
Pythagoras forbade the consumption of fava beans because he believed in the transmigration of souls, the idea that humans could be reincarnated as other life forms, such as animals, stones, or in this case, beans. Pythagoras also associated beans with human conception and reproduction, because beans smelled like semen, resembled uteri, and even contained the heads of children. Beans were therefore thought to be souls only partially reincarnated and caught in transit. Aristotle added that in Pythagorean thought, beans also resembled testicles and therefore had aphrodisiac properties; they also represented the gates of Hades because their hollow stems served as a direct conduit to Earth from the underworld, and should be prohibited as a dietary staple because they resembled the universe in their basic form.
Plant explorer E.H. Wilson (1876-1930) sometimes described trees using human terms; he published books entitled Aristocrats of the Garden, or Aristocrats of the Trees, for example. A photograph labeled M-7 in E.H. Wilson's North American collection (taken on October 28, 1923) depicts an excellent example of a plant that seems to have a legendary lifecycle of sorts, with a birth, life, death, and even a "resurrection." It is called a Pinus rigida, or pitch pine, and it is from Wareham, Massachusetts, the "gateway to Cape Cod." Cape Cod and Long Island, where these trees still flourish, were once pitch pine forests. The P. rigida has leaves that grow in threes, the cones are sharp and rigid, and the bark is rough and sometimes quite black, which is why it is also called "black pine." The P. rigida is also called a "pitch pine" because it was an important source of pitch, tar, rosin, and turpentine in Colonial periods. In Wilson's photograph, the pine is situated near a house on the outskirts of a fence in a peaceful country landscape. Wilson favored symmetrical compositions, with a centrally-placed tree. The overall impression is stable, calm, and perhaps even civilized because of the appearance of the house in the background. The tree seems as if it is part of a domestic landscape.
However, the Pinus rigida often had a more rugged, difficult life than E.H. Wilson's photo suggests. It is a tree known for being uneven, asymmetrical, and irregular in shape, even unattractive and unsuitable for garden or domestic landscapes. E.H. Wilson and George Emerson (1797-1881) both felt that it was an unattractive tree because it was asymmetrical, and Wilson even called it an "unlovely tree" with "little garden value." Virginia Barlow writes in Northern Woodlands that its "survival mechanisms take a toll on appearance," and that many of these trees have "irregular profiles," which "include heavy, lopsided lower branches, and many years' worth of aged cones blacken the crown." It was also considered to be a phoenix-like tree that could withstand human abuses and the harsh elements of wind, salt water, and even fire.
In addition to being able to endure elemental abuse, the P. rigida could supposedly even resurrect itself after being chopped down. Emerson and Wilson both noted that the tree could withstand the elements of wind and rain when "lashed by the sea." Emerson said that for this reason it thrives on Cape Cod. In her study about the nature of Cape Cod, Beth Schwarzman mentions that pitch pines are flammable, but especially well-adapted to surviving and regrowing after fire, and that their serotinous cones actually don't open until they are heated by fire. Wilson mentions "green sprouts that grow on its trunk," by which he means that the stump of this tree sprouts when it is cut down. The sprouts do not grow to be very tall, but they flourish. This trait is evidently unique, and this is the only variety of pine tree that has these resurrective properties. This photo of a Pinus rigida by E.H. Wilson is proof that appearances can be deceptive, but also shows that each tree has its own interesting story to tell, and possibly a biography.
Barlow, Virginia. "Pitch Pine," Northern Woodlands, March 1, 2010. [ link ] Emerson, George. Trees and Shrubs of Massachusetts (Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1887).
Hildegard von Bingen (trans. Priscilla Throop). Physica (Rochester, VT: Healing Arts Press, 1998).
Rival, Laura (ed.). The Social Life of Trees (NY: Berg, 1998).
Schwarzman, Beth. The Nature of Cape Cod (Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England, 2002).
Simoons, Frederick J. Plants of Life, Plants of Death (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1998).
Wilson, E.H. Aristocrats of the Garden (NY: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1916). [ link ] Wilson, E.H. Aristocrats of the Trees (Boston: The Stratford Company, 1930).
— Miranda Mollendorf, Library Intern


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Teamwork in "Big Brother" Season 5 Episode 6
Pictured: LL COOL J (Special Agent Sam Hanna) and Chris O'Donnell (Special Agent G. Callen). Callen goes undercover at a prestigious high school after a 15-year-old hacker compromises terrorist missions, on NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Tuesday, Oct. 29 (9:00-10:01 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Robert Voets/CBS ©2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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Vote to adopt an amendment to S Amdt 3739 to S 3217 that establishes the Division for Consumer Financial Protection within the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to regulate consumer financial products and services and enforce consumer protection statutes.
- Repeals Title X of S Amdt 3739, which establishes a Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection within the Federal Reserve System, and replaces it with the provisions of this amendment.
- Establishes the objectives of the Division as ensuring that, with respect to consumer financial products and services (Sec. 1021):
- Consumers are provided with information to make decisions regarding financial transactions;
- Consumers are protected from deception;
- "Burdensome" regulations are identified and addressed to reduce "unwarranted regulatory burdens"; and
- Enumerated consumer protection statutes are enforced consistently to ensure uniform consumer protection.
- Establishes the primary functions of the Division as (Sec. 1021):
- Implementing the enumerated consumer protection statutes;
- Collecting, investigating, and responding to consumer complaints;
- Identifying risks to consumers by studying and publishing information relevant to the functioning of markets;
- Supervising nondepository covered persons (certain mortgage loan originators and persons that exhibit a "pattern" of violations of consumer protection statutes) for compliance with the enumerated consumer protection statutes; and
- Conducting financial education programs.
- Prohibits rules or regulations of the Division of Consumer Financial Protection from taking effect without approval by a majority vote of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Sec. 1022).
- Transfers all of the consumer financial protection functions of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Trade Commission to the Division of Consumer Financial Protection (Sec. 1041).
Amendment - Introduced (Senate) - May 5, 2010
Title: Consumer Financial Protection Division Within The FDIC
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Our Sue Marquette Poremba got quite a bit of feedback on her blog post about layered security to protect PCs -- so much so that we decided to package up her list of eight must-have preventative measures into this quick slideshow. Her advice ranges from using the latest version of your favorite browser to ensuring that your network has monitoring tools in place that send up red flags when they see unusual behaviors.
As Roger Thompson, chief security officer with AVG Technologies told Sue:
The single most important thing to understand is that 99 percent of all attacks now originate from the Web. When you start a Web browser, it starts from a trusted place, inside the firewall, so that creates a trusted tunnel thru the firewall, and if a victim visits a Web site of hostile intent, the attack code is able to go right through the firewall, and has a chance of executing on the PC.
Also be sure to check out some of the great reader comments, including the post from Heunemann. who notes:
The bad guys test their malware against antivirus engines to ensure they can penetrate their signature and behavioral defenses. Then they feed their code onto software that generates variants. The timeframe between capture analysis and signature release is at best hours. In many cases it's days before the AV companies are able to respond. Av-test.org data shows that the number of unique malware samples has risen from about 3,000 per month in 2006 to 20,000 per month in 2009. Multiply these numbers by the number of variants, and it's no wonder that the most popular AV products have an 80 percent miss rate.
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"M" Protein in multiple myeloma
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
I am currently in remission after a stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma. My M protein is 0.34. At what point would I need to start treatment again? The M protein was 6 at the time of diagnosis. I have not been on any maintenance therapy. Thank you.
Selina M. Luger, MD, Director of the Leukemia Program and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, responds:
Without knowing the particulars of your case, it is difficult to comment. However, in general, it is usually the trend of the protein and not the absolute number that matters. For example, is the number going up or is it stable? Also we don't only look at the protein level but also other information, like the bones, the other blood tests and sometimes the bone marrow.


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Fast ForWord Language was found to have potentially positive effects on English language development and no discernible effects on the reading achievement of elementary school English language learners.
A summary of the effectiveness of an intervention in an outcome domain, based on the quality of research, the statistical significance of findings, the magnitude of findings, and the consistency of findings across studies.
Positive: strong evidence that intervention had a positive effect on outcomes.
Potentially Positive: evidence that intervention had a positive effect on outcomes with no overriding contrary evidence.
Mixed: evidence that intervention's effect on outcomes is inconsistent.
No Discernible: no evidence that intervention had an effect on outcomes.
Potentially Negative: evidence that intervention had a negative effect on outcomes with no overriding contrary evidence.
Negative: strong evidence that intervention had a negative effect on outcomes.
For more, please see the WWC Glossary entry for rating of effectiveness.
An indicator of the size of the effect from using the intervention. It is the expected change in percentile rank for an average comparison group student if the student had received the intervention, ranging from -50 to +50. At the domain level, the improvement index is only shown if the effectiveness rating is positive, potentially positive, potentially negative, or negative; dashes are displayed for mixed or no discernible effects. At the study level, the improvement index is only shown if the findings are characterized as statistically significant or substantively important (greater than +10 or less than -10); dashes are displayed for an indeterminate effect.
For more, please see the WWC Glossary entry for improvement index.
The percent of each characteristic is based on the sample size of all studies meeting standards that reported data on the characteristic.
Percentages below may not add to 100 percent.
|Outcome Domain
|Effectiveness Rating
|Improvement Index
|English language development
|Reading achievement
Last Updated: September 2006
|Not Hispanic
English Learners
Delivery Method
This intervention report was prepared for the WWC by American Institutes for Research under contract ED-02-CO-0022.


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Florida isn't like other places. In fact, in some ways, Florida isn't even like Florida. For centuries, from the time the 16th-century Spanish explorer Ponce de León first landed in Florida on his (perhaps apocryphal) search for the Fountain of Youth right up to the present day, people from the world over have looked to that large, water-logged peninsula jutting toward the Caribbean as a kind of fathomless fantasy land. Or, as photographer David Walter Banks nicely phrases it below, as "an epicenter of escapism." Of course, no state as large and as diverse as Florida (or, for that matter, as small and as seemingly homogeneous as, say, Delaware) is ever just one thing. But again, as Banks suggests, the myth of Florida — the Florida of our tacitly agreed-upon collective imaginings — endures not because of, but despite, the state's colossally variegated landscapes, cultures, communities and attractions. In his at-once fond and forthright portraits, Banks manages to illustrate much of the Floridian myth, while deepening the mystery of the Sunshine State's singularly odd appeal.
A long-standing interest in escapism and seeking the surreal in the every day led me to train my lens on the manifestations of those ideas in American society. Eventually and inevitably, this practice led me to Florida, an epitome and epicenter of escapism in the United States.
In 2012, 1 in 4 Americans, or 89.3 million people visited the state of Florida, bringing in over $71.8 billion in tourism spending to an industry that directly employs well over one million individuals. Even after the economy crashed in 2008, Florida's tourism numbers continued to climb in what is estimated as the most popular tourist destination in the world.
I am interested in the people who comprise these statistics, the environments in which they immerse themselves and the altered realities both the people and places project. I seek not to make a critique, nor to create a comprehensive factual documentation. I aim to create a vicarious experience--that of a tourist seeking fantasy.
My fascination with Florida started at a young age. Like so many Americans, my family would load up our wood-paneled Chevrolet station wagon every year and head down the highway toward the 'Sunshine State' for our annual Summer vacation. We would stay in a stereotypical stucco condo building on the beach called the Summerhouse. It was there that I produced some of my fondest childhood memories. It was there that I built sandcastles with my mom and dug giant holes with my dad for no apparent reason. It was there that I first met an older girl and hitchhiked to a club before I was laughed away at the door for my prepubescent appearance – I was 12, after all. It was there that I snuck off to smoke cigarettes stolen from a friend's parents during my height of preteen angst.
These family trips were something that I looked forward to every year. I eagerly awaited the escape from our everyday life, even if only for a brief while. It is the memories of this escape that keep luring me back.
The theory of collective memory refers to the shared pool of information amongst a group of people. As Americans, our collective memory of Florida has become almost as much of a folk tale as it is based on reality. My recollections from childhood and adolescence are not necessarily how it actually looked and felt, but instead the world that I constructed from those fragmented memories. Such is our collective idea of the state, which has been fed and fueled by the masterminds of advertising and marketing.
Reality, on the other hand, is a different matter all together. Perhaps our fantasized version of Florida does exist, but if so, it is masked under layers of lines and litter, overpriced tourist traps and drunk teens who would steal the shirt off your back – This literally happened to me while photographing Spring Break. If anything is my charge while on the road for this project, it is peeling back these layers.
David Walter Banks is a conceptually based documentary and portrait photographer living in Atlanta. Follow him on Twitter @dwbanksphoto.


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