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Three Thoughts From Illinois’ Bubble-Saving Win Over Michigan State

Posted by Deepak Jayanti on March 2nd, 2017

A senior wing on a mission to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time in his career guarding a freshman wing determined to complete his comeback from an early injury was an appropriate ending to last night’s game between Illinois and Michigan State. The Illini’s Malcolm Hill has been on a complete tear lately, averaging approximately 20 points per game in leading his team to four straight wins to keep the team’s postseason hopes alive. The Spartans’ Miles Bridges did his part with 21 points and 10 rebounds, but the freshman could not close the deal in Champaign. Heading into the final weekend of the regular season, Illinois (18-12, 8-9 Big Ten) is clearly back on the bubble while Michigan State (18-12, 10-7 Big Ten) cannot afford to lose a pivotal road game against Maryland. Let’s review three key takeaways from the Illini’s 73-70 victory over the Spartans last night.

Malcolm Hill is Carrying the Illini on to the Bubble (USA Today Images)

  1. Malcolm Hill isn’t ready to finish his career without a trip to the NCAA Tournament. Illinois’ senior wing has played over 130 games for the Illini without a single minute in college basketball’s marquee event. As a freshman, Illinois didn’t have a point guard to support his offensive versatility. As a sophomore, a late season swoon cost the Illini a chance at an otherwise promising season. Last year, the team’s second-best offensive player wasn’t healthy. As a senior, Hill hasn’t had a consistent complementary player on the offensive end of the floor. Despite these many setbacks over his career, Hill has persevered. On Wednesday night, the senior contributed 22 points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals — including the game-winning free throws — as Illinois played itself back on to the NCAA Tournament bubble after appearing all but dead just a few short weeks ago. Read the rest of this entry »
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Illinois at Potential Turning Point of Its Season

Posted by Deepak Jayanti on January 28th, 2017

In a Big Ten full of inconsistent teams, Illinois has been one of the most inconsistent. Nice wins over VCU, NC State, Michigan and Ohio State have been mitigated by disappointing losses to Winthrop, Maryland (twice) and Indiana. At 13-8 overall (3-5 Big Ten) and with an RPI of #43 , the Illini currently sit on the dark side of the Big Ten bubble. Nevertheless, the season is far from complete and the Illini have a path to the postseason if they can shore up several of their lingering issues over the last five weeks. Without question, John Groce‘s team needs to protect home court, but the next three games in particular — at Penn State today; then, home against Wisconsin and Minnesota — are crucial. The following are three important factors which could determine Illinois’ fate over the next eight days.

With Greater Consistency, Illinois Can Still Make a Run to the Postseason (USA Today Images)

  1. Malcolm Hill needs to be more assertive. Hill’s generally passive nature results in too few shot attempts over the course of a game. While sharing the offensive load with Kendrick Nunn last season, he was averaging 12.9 attempts per game. He is down to only 12.3 attempts per game this season. As a high-usage, high-efficiency player (116.3 ORtg), his goal should be to take at least 15 quality shots every time out in the next three games. Better offensive assertiveness on his part will correspondingly also open up looks for teammates Michael Finke (41.4% 3FG) and Jalen Coleman-Lands (35.8% 3FG) from behind the arc. Read the rest of this entry »
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Evaluating Maryland’s Freshman Duo: Anthony Cowan & Justin Jackson

Posted by Deepak Jayanti on December 27th, 2016

Losing experienced seniors such as Jake Layman and Rasheed Sulaimon was a big concern for Maryland heading into this season. Without Layman’s energy and Sulaimon’s offensive versatility, the Terrapins needed the talented trio of Robert Carter, Diamond Stone and Melo Trimble to stick around campus. Trimble’s sole decision to return saved whatever was left of Mark Turgeon’s roster, but considering all the key personnel losses, Turgeon has to be pleased with a 12-1 record heading into today’s Big Ten opener against Illinois. The primary reason that the Terps have not dropped off the cliff has been the surprisingly consistent contributions from freshmen Anthony Cowan and Justin Jackson.

Anthony Cowan's emergence at the point guard position should help Melo Trimble's offensive production.

Anthony Cowan’s emergence at the point guard position should help Melo Trimble’s offensive production. (Getty)

Cowan’s reliability in handling the ball allows Trimble to roam around to find his shot. This dynamic was blatantly obvious in the second half against Charlotte last week when Trimble nailed multiple long-range shots that were assisted by the freshman. Cowan is averaging a team-high 3.7 assists per game, and while his 2.5 turnovers per contest is too many for a player getting over 70 percent of the available minutes at the position, he will improve as he gains more experience. During Maryland’s one-point wins over Georgetown and Oklahoma State, Cowan took some of the pressure off Trimble by averaging 11 points per contest. Another impressive aspect of the young point guard’s game is his ability to get to the free throw line — he attempted 23 total free throws against Georgetown, Charlotte and Oklahoma State, already showing his maturity in understanding there’s more to the game than long jump shots. Read the rest of this entry »

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Can Tracy Abrams Save Illinois?

Posted by Deepak Jayanti on November 25th, 2016

Despite the recent signing of five-star recruit Jeremiah Tilmon, Illinois head coach John Groce is past the point of selling the future to Illini fans. Rather, competing for a berth in this season’s NCAA Tournament is an absolute necessity. While senior Malcolm Hill is expected to be one of the top 10 players in the Big Ten this year, he needs help that could come from a forgotten name: point guard Tracy Abrams. The sixth-year senior not only went through the personal agony of redshirting the last two years because of injuries, but it was clear that the team missed his leadership and offensive capabilities as well. With Abrams now fully back in action, he may just be the spark plug that Groce needs to position Illinois as an at-large NCAA bid contender from the Big Ten.

After two long years, Tracy Abrams will finally be able spark the Illini offense. (Eric Gay/AP)

The Illini averaged an abysmal 0.97 points per possession last season because they didn’t have a reliable point guard to complement the skill sets of Hill and Kendrick Nunn on the wings. As a result, Jaylon Tate unexpectedly stepped into the point guard role, and while serviceable he wasn’t particularly effective. Nunn and Hill combined to take over 300 shots from beyond the arc, making a meager 35 percent of those attempts. Most of those shots came from plays in isolation because Tate didn’t have the ability to effectively set up his shooters. Tate’s strength is to push tempo on the fast break and find angles for penetration. He has no mid-range game nor a respectable shot from three-point range so defenders essentially give him several feel of space and dare him to shoot.

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Will Zak Irvin and Derrick Walton Lead Michigan Back?

Posted by Deepak Jayanti on November 8th, 2016

With the final member of the Fresh Five, Caris Levert, now gone from Ann Arbor, the burden shifts to seniors Zak Irvin and Derrick Walton to lead the Wolverines back to the top of the Big Ten. Since the 2012-13 season, there has been at least one Fresh Five player ready to position Michigan as a Big Ten contender. Mitch McGary and Spike Albrecht sparked a run to the National Title game in 2013 before handing the baton to Nik Stauskas and Glenn Robinson III, who then left the program for Levert the last two seasons. Irvin and Walton were supposed to be next in line to support his charge but their performances, regardless of Levert’s injuries, haven’t lived up to expectations. A mediocre 16-16 season was followed by a decent 23-13 campaign last year, but the Wolverines haven’t been in serious contention among the Big Ten elite since 2014. As Irvin and Walton enter their senior campaigns, the overriding question is whether the duo can lead Michigan back to prominence.

Zak Irvin and Derrick Walton will have one last shot to bring Michigan back into the Big Ten Elite.

Zak Irvin and Derrick Walton will have one last shot to push Michigan back into the Big Ten elite. (AP)

While Irvin’s strength is in his long-range jumper, he shot a terrible 29 percent from beyond the arc last year. Despite his quick release off the dribble, Big Ten opponents have figured out that he regularly looks to go right for a pull-up at the top of the key. His other primary scoring option is to run pick-and-roll action with Walton for a corner three off the pick-and-roll. Two years ago, Levert’s dribble-drive penetration freed Irvin in the corners but Walton hasn’t been as successful in creating those same opportunities. As a result, Irvin experienced a big dip in offensive production — from 14.8 PPG during his sophomore season to 11.3 PPG last year. Unless Irvin has spent the summer really improving his game off the dribble, he could continue to struggle in finding his spots on that end of the floor. Unlike Burke, who had the gifted offensive services of Mitch McGary and Robinson available, Walton has not had an effective pick-and-roll partner over the last two seasons. Sure, Mark Donnal can set good picks but he doesn’t have the offensive skill set to make a play when the ball comes his way. Duncan Robinson simply hasn’t proven that he is strong enough to execute the pick-and-roll either. Defenders tend to therefore stick with Walton, which is a good strategic bet.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Can Nigel Hayes Become the Face of Big Ten Basketball?

Posted by Deepak Jayanti on October 26th, 2016

As we look ahead to the upcoming season, an immediate question arises about the Big Ten conference: Is there a dynamic personality among the league’s players who can represent the conference as well as Michigan State’s Denzel Valentine did last year? Or how Ohio State’s D’Angelo Russell caught the league by surprise with his incredible poise and court vision two years ago? Who is that player this season? In several ways, Wisconsin’s Nigel Hayes seems to be the most legitimate candidate to represent the Big Ten in 2016-17. After three years in college with two Final Four appearances to his credit, Hayes’ game should be more mature than ever. His team, with Bronson Koenig and Ethan Happ as his sidekicks, also appears ready to make some national noise. And based on his recent showing at ESPN’s College Gameday, Hayes seems poised to make a splash beyond just joking around with the media.

Hayes’ junior year wasn’t as much of a breakout season that many had expected. While he led the Badgers in scoring (15.7 PPG) and was selected First Team All-Big Ten, he faltered in the NCAA Tournament and it was clear to observers that the emergence of Happ alongside him required an adjustment. In an effort to create space in new head coach Greg Gard’s system, Hayes had a tendency to shoot too many three-pointers, only 29.3 percent of which found the mark. With NPOY Frank Kaminsky manning the post two seasons ago, Hayes shot a sterling 39.6 percent from three-point range. Now that Hayes has had a full offseason to learn the subtleties of Gard’s offense, expect improvement in that area this season. His ability to play both inside and out is a matchup nightmare for opposing forwards generally uncomfortable with that level of offensive versatility.. Read the rest of this entry »

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Big Ten Key Offseason Questions: Part III

Posted by Deepak Jayanti on April 8th, 2016

We continue to address key questions for each Big Ten team as they head into the offseason. Today we will tackle Michigan, Iowa, Ohio State and Wisconsin. Parts I and II can be found here and here.

Michigan (23-13, 10-8 Big Ten)

John Beilein will need a dominant presence in the paint to compete for the Big Ten title. (Lon Horwedel/

John Beilein will need a dominant presence in the paint to compete for the Big Ten title. (Lon Horwedel/

Will the Wolverines have any presence at all in the paint?

With the unexpected departure of Ricky Doyle, John Beilein suddenly has a dearth of big men on his roster. The Wolverines ranked 12th in the Big Ten in offensive rebounding percentage and badly need a big man who can consistently hold his own on the defensive glass. Michigan returns a lineup of athletic wings with excellent range on their jumpers, but it won’t rise to the top of the Big Ten standings without better rebounding — particularly on the defensive end of the floor.

Iowa (22-11, 12-6 Big Ten)

Can the Hawkeyes fill the huge void left by their four well-traveled seniors?

Jarrod Uthoff, Mike Gesell, Anthony Clemmons and Adam Woodbury were the foundation of a Hawkeyes’ squad that spent over a third of this season ranked among the top 10. Peter Jok will be the team’s primary offensive weapon next season, but the rest of the roster will be very inexperienced. Dom Uhl showed good range in shooting 45 percent from beyond the arc; he is in line for a big increase in minutes and production.

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Three Statistics That Favor Wisconsin Over Notre Dame

Posted by Deepak Jayanti on March 25th, 2016

January 12, 2016, was a low point for Wisconsin basketball. Not only did the Badgers lose to a sub-par Northwestern squad on the road, but they also appeared to have dug themselves into a dangerous and perhaps irrevocable hole with a 1-4 record in the Big Ten. Nobody then would have expected that team to have a legitimate chance of making the Elite Eight two months later. Ken Pomeroy’s model predicts a one-point win for the #7 seed in its regional semifinal versus #6 Notre Dame tonight. The oddsmakers in Vegas, however, originally pegged Notre Dame as a one-point favorite, although that appears to have moved toward Wisconsin as well since then. Here are three statistics that indicate that KenPom is accurate in considering Wisconsin tonight’s favorite.

Bronson Koenig should have plenty of good looks from beyond the arc against a porous Irish defense. (AP)

Bronson Koenig should have plenty of good looks from beyond the arc against a porous Irish defense. (AP)

  • Opponents shot 38.7 percent from three against the Irish during ACC conference play. Notre Dame ranked 12th of 15 ACC teams in this defensive category this season, so poor perimeter defense will be an issue against a hot Bronson Koenig, who went 6-of-12 from behind the arc against Xavier last weekend. As a team, the Badgers shot 38 percent from three-point range during conference play, and Koenig’s long-range efforts have been complemented effectively by Vitto Brown‘s 40 percent shooting. Demetrius Jackson and Steve Vasturia will have their hands full in keeping up with Wisconsin’s hot-shooting backcourt.

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Key Matchups Loom Large in UNC-Indiana Battle

Posted by Deepak Jayanti on March 25th, 2016

During a postgame interview after Indiana’s tough win over Kentucky, Indiana head coach Tom Crean said that he “didn’t want to stop coaching this team.” His sentiment makes sense. Crean has a fun and talented team, led by one of the best players in Hoosiers history. But while Yogi Ferrell played his heart out (18 points, five rebounds, four assists) against Tyler Ulis and the Wildcats, he can’t do it by himself against North Carolina. The Hoosiers should be in good shape on the offensive end, especially if freshman Thomas Bryant continues to stay out of foul trouble; however, expect Indiana to be challenged in different ways by the Tar Heels. For Crean to get his wish and continue coaching this team, the Hoosiers will have figure out the answers to tonight’s following matchups.

Tom Crean's defense will have its work cut out against Brice Johnson and Marcus Paige in the Sweet 16 round. (Getty)

Tom Crean’s defense will have its work cut out against Brice Johnson and Marcus Paige in the Sweet Sixteen. (Photo: Getty)

  • Brice Johnson vs. Troy Williams or Thomas Bryant. Johnson has been arguably the best forward in the country over the course of a season in which he averaged 16.8 PPG and 10.5 RPG. His athleticism around the rim will definitely demand double-teams from the Hoosiers’ defense. Indiana’s help defense against Kentucky’s big men was successful because neither Alex Poythress nor Marcus Lee are comfortable with their backs to the basket; Johnson, however, has the exact opposite skill set. Bryant has the weight to push Johnson away from the paint but the Tar Heels big man could run circles around him if he chooses to face the basket. Williams, on the other hand, has the wingspan to defend Johnson but will be susceptible to picking up easy fouls against him. Those would hurt the Hoosiers considerably on the other end of the floor. Even if they end up letting Johnson get his 20 points in the paint, protecting the defensive glass is paramount. It will not be a close contest if Johnson ends up with multiple second chances on the offensive end.

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Three Scenarios That Could Hurt Big Ten Teams This Weekend

Posted by Deepak Jayanti on March 16th, 2016

The spectacular odds of correctly predicting a perfect bracket during the NCAA Tournament has been well-documented over the years. Put simply, it is next to impossible. It is incredibly tough to predict the idiosyncrasies of 18-22 year olds during a 40-minute game multiplied 63 times, and any number of scenarios can tilt the game toward the underdog. In order to evaluate each Big Ten team’s chances of making it to the Final Four, it is crucial to understand what kinds of matchups can hurt them. Below, we examine scenarios that could be an Achilles Heel for Michigan State, Indiana and Purdue in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.

Michigan State will be in trouble if Bryn Forbes slumps from beyond the arc.

Michigan State will be in trouble if Bryn Forbes slumps from beyond the arc. (AP)

  • Cutting Bryn Forbes out of Michigan State’s offense. At this juncture of the season, it is safe to assume that Denzel Valentine cannot be stopped in the pick-and-roll. A defense has to cover him no matter where he roams, but it can choose where to focus its help defense. Either it lets Matt Costello cut through the paint for easy layups or it allows Bryn Forbes to nail daggers from beyond the arc. A hot Forbes — currently shooting a whopping 48 percent from three-point range — takes Michigan State’s offense to a different level and allows Valentine to save his offense for crunch time. Costello (10.4 PPG) isn’t used to high levels of production so it is better to force him to carry the burden.

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Apr.11, 2009 - OGJ by Uchenna Izundu - LONDON, Eni SPA has agreed to sell a 20% stake in JSC Gazprom Neft, the Russian oil company, to OAO Gazprom for $4.2 billion under a cooperation agreement signed in Moscow on Apr. 7. The deal means that Gazprom's share in the company will rise to 95.68%. Gazprom Neft, Gazprom's oil subsidiary, is viewed as an asset Russia was reluctant to relinquish. Paolo Scaroni, chief executive of Eni, said to reporters in Moscow: "We purchased these shares at an auction for $3.7 billion. We had to repay a loan for 2 years at 9.4%/annum and pay dividends." He added that the $4.2 billion spent on the asset is the same sum paid by Gazprom to repurchase the 20% stake. Gazprom said it would finance the purchase through loans from a number of Russian banks, but analysts expressed surprise at the timing of the deal when companies are looking to slash spending amid the global recession. Gazprom is struggling with the fall in gas demand in Europe—it expects exports to drop by 22% this year to 140 billion cu m this year. In 2009 gas will be sold at a projected price of $260/thousand cu m (Mcm) compared with an earlier forecast of $280/Mcm: Europe accounts for 60% of the company's revenues. Eni bought the interest in Gazprom Neft at auction in 2007 after Yukos, which had owned the asset, was broken up. Eni will use the funds raised from the deal to reduce its debt and has denied being squeezed out of Russia, focusing instead on other cooperation agreements signed with Russian energy companies. Eni and Gazprom also signed other cooperation agreements; both have committed to jointly develop energy projects in and outside of Russia. Eni said the partnership would conform with the principle of reciprocity, in line with Russia's new energy policy. Gazprom has also acquired extra time to implement its option to buy by May 30, a 51% stake in SeverEnergy, a consortium of Enel and Eni. SeverEnergy was formerly known as EniNeftegaz. Gazprom said that during the meeting, the companies focused on the preinvestment stage of the South Stream project and to the development of interaction through joint gas and power energy projects in Italy, Russia, and third countries. The pipeline is expected to deliver 30 billion cu m/year of Russian gas to the European Union via the Black Sea. Eni has forged ties with other Russian energy companies that will enhance Europe's energy security: electricity supplier Inter Rao UES OJSC, Rosneft, OAO Transneft, and Stroytransgas. Enipower and Inter Rao UES signed an agreement to evaluate joint projects in Russia and abroad. Eni and Rosneft will cooperate on upstream and refining activities in Russia and abroad under a protocol. Italy is the third largest importer of Russian gas in Europe. In 2008, Gazprom exported more than 22 billion cu m of gas to Italy. By 2010, Italy expects to import 3 billion cu m/year.

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With the wealth of code available for Emacs and the ease of customization it provides, you're certain to find a task management tool that fits the way you think. Over the next few days, I'll provide a quick run-through of the methods I've tried out.

The simplest way to get started with Emacs for task management is to keep your TODOs in a plain text file, like ~/TODO. You can keep this text file in any format you want. To make it easier for you to see what you need to do, you can keep active TODOs near the top and completed tasks near the bottom.

If you load your TODO file every time you start up Emacs, then you'll be sure to check it every day. Put the following line in your ~/.emacs to have it automatically loaded when you start:

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You'll also want to make it easy to open during an Emacs session. If your TODO file is just a keyboard shortcut away, you'll find it easier to keep all of your reminders in the file. Here's a snippet that shows the TODO file in the current window.

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See? Emacs is fun and easy to configure. You can store your tasks in a plain text file and then add keyboard shortcuts to make your tasks easier to manage.

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It can be interesting to think about what a religious historian one hundred years from now might write about our own time. What would the perspective of history say about the trends of today? What follows is a small attempt to capture a bit of that future history. It has not yet been written, but perhaps someday it could be. So use your imagination when you read what follows.

An excerpt from John Arthur Hargerston, History of the North American Church in the Early 21st Century (Nashville: Century 22 Publishing, 2134), s.v. “Easter People.”

The Easter People. “Easter People” has been used to describe one of three influential orientations common among evangelicals in the early 21st century. The other two are “Power People” and “Fortress People.”

Power People. The “Power People” movement developed among evangelicals who were determined to oppose erosion of what they believed was a cultural consensus from the 19th century that incorporated Christian moral principles. Power People understood themselves as an embattled minority fighting to preserve decency, family values, and godly government. They worked to mobilize public outrage, lobby politicians, and pass new laws. Many took on roles as political activists and power brokers. The Power People movement ultimately failed as the surrounding culture counter-moblized, bringing to bear on the issues greater social leverage than the Christian minority could muster. A secondary factor in the movement’s failure was that growing numbers of evangelicals became disillusioned with political battles as a strategy for carrying out the mission of the church. Over time the Power People communities withered as members departed to merge either into the secular culture where power-oriented strategies were more accepted or into one of the other main evangelical movements of the time.

Fortress People. A second group of evangelicals are now referred to as the “Fortress People.” The Fortress People, deeply concerned about what they saw as an endemic decline of moral standards, retreated from the larger culture, attempting to “wall off” their church communities from unhealthy outside influences. Most historians today consider the Fortress People orientation to be a significant cause of the tragic retreat from external Christian mission that developed in those years. The fortress communities discovered thata within the context of a heavily networked communications society it was impossible to construct the necessary social firewalls. John R. W. Stott, an evangelical of considerable stature during that era, observed that throughout the history of the church an active orientation to evangelism was always a key factor in “fanning the flames of Christian growth.” Consequently, the Fortress People’s retreat from evangelistic engagement lead also to a steadily declining commitment to spiritual development. In the end the surrounding culture’s ills invaded the Fortress People’s lifestyles with virtually equal effect as in the broader society. Fortress People communities were marginalized, isolated, and today remain only as isolated enclaves sometimes visited for their quaint cultural practices that provide a glimpse into life in the last century.

Easter People. The more effective evangelical movements of the early 21st century are today often named after a phrase spoken by Pope John Paul II in the closing years of the 20th century. “Do not abandon yourselves to despair,” he told a group in 1979, “for we are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.” The Easter People were not less concerned about the moral decline they saw all around them, but they adopted a different attitude toward it. Easter People believed that the cultural situation constituted a unique and divinely appointed moment of opportunity, and they developed confidence in skill in reaching out to the surrounding culture. This “Easter Orientation” was rooted in a deep faith in the power of God and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Easter perspective stimulated a faith orientation that ruled out the drive toward power of the Power People and overcame the fears of the Fortress People. As a result Easter People adopted an unusually bold confidence in the power of God to transform individuals and even entire communities.

Assessment of the Easter People Movement. Although it took almost 75 years, the effectiveness of the Easter People strategy was eventually rewarded when in 2076 massive waves of spiritual renewal and social transformation spread outward from the boldly witnessing Easter People communities. What is today called “The Easter Orientation” eventually swept across great swaths of society in the North American democracies. Elsewhere in the world it worked with astonishing power to transform the great mega-societies that emerged in Asia and the global south. The spiritual vitality of the worldwide Christian church today clearly owes an enormous debt to the faith of the Easter People of the early 21st century who pressed ahead confidently during those otherwise spiritually bleak years.

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    I was going to correctly cite your Easter people quote 🙂
    It was Blessed John Paul II

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The First Sunday in Lent [Year B] - February 22, 2015 (Genesis 9:8-17)

Who doesn’t like a clear, undeniable sign? I think it’s a universal fact that when people want to be told something, they’d want to be told in a straightforward, unmistakable, and preferably timely way.

You know who gets that? Andy Jenks gets that. He’s the Director of Public Relations and Communications for Henrico County Public Schools, which means he’s the one who has been in charge of announcing school delays and closings for the Richmond Metro area. And, as you may have guessed, those whose lives are affected by the public school schedule have heard a lot of him this week. Maybe it’s his past career as a local news reporter, but he seems to understand that when the weather gets bad, people are hanging on his every word. I don’t know how it is in Chesterfield or Hanover County, but in this neck of the woods we follow Mr. Jenks on Twitter, we check our email, we wait for his robocall...whatever we can do to get that undeniable sign that once again (ahem) the children of the earth in Henrico County and every living creature that is with them shall be cut off from another school-day because of 1 inch of snow. In an age when digital signs and symbols are the name of the game Mr. Jenks knows how to play.

This guy (me) is still learning.

You know who else is into clear, undeniable signs, don’t you? Noah’s God. Can’t you see Noah there, finally on solid ground after forty days and forty nights of rain, constantly updating his Twitter feed, wanting to know what God is going to do next? And then comes the sign: a bow in the clouds, rays of divine light bouncing off dark, foreboding clouds. It’s a sign, says God, of the covenant that I am establishing between you and every living creature that is with you that never again will you be cut off by the waters of a flood. God is an excellent Director of Public Relations and Communications! God is establishing a new covenant with the people he has saved through the flood and is announcing it with an enormous, undeniable Tweet of a million colors.

Early peoples must have been amazed by rainbows, if you think about it. They had no scientific understanding of things like light waves and refraction and dispersion of water droplets. To them, dark clouds were primarily scary things that threatened destruction with their thunder and lightning, but that every once in a while could also hold a thing so wondrous and ephemeral and harmless as rainbow. For Noah and Noah’s God, this was the perfect sign that the flood’s cleansing was over. The sin that had scarred the earth and all its human relationships had been washed away.

On its own, the story of Noah and the rainbow is intriguing enough because it reassures us of a God who values setting things straight with his creation, but set against the backdrop of other ancient cultures, the sign that God gives Noah is even more surprising and unique. In the Hebrew language of the Old Testament, the word used here is actually “bow,” which referred, of course, not only to the arc shape of the rainbow, but also to the bow that was used as a weapon. In every other ancient civilization that we know about that the Hebrews had to live among and sometimes share stories with—people like those of Mesopotamia, Babylon and Ugarit—a bow in the sky, often in star constellations, was always a sign from the gods that symbolized warfare and hostility. Noah’s God, by contrasts, boldly turns this symbol of violence into something good and hopeful, a sign of reconciliation. Rather than a re-establishment of God’s power and force, which is so easily what it could have been, for Noah and his people it’s a sign of a fresh, new beginning.

Who knows how much they actually pay attention to it. But, still, God’s sign in the heavens was clear and undeniable, and for the millennia that followed, God’s people could look up after a storm and be reminded of God’s goodness, hope.

Yet as true and as good as that is, notice that the rainbow was never really intended to be a sign to Noah or God’s people, The sign of the rainbow was a sign for God to remember God’s covenant. This undeniable symbol of new beginnings was a reminder for God to heed God’s word. So here in this colorful, peaceful ending to the flood we find something important for Noah and all of Noah’s descendants to understand about the God with whom they are dealing, the God who created them. That is, we see that a central piece of God’s identity is that God is going to remember the covenant God makes with them. There is nothing in this covenant-relationship about Noah needing to do anything in order to validate this arrangement of grace and hope. The responsibility of salvation—the hard work of redemption—is going to fall to God, not on Noah or anyone else. When it comes to making good on this promise, God is the one whose name is on the line.

"Noah's Thankoffering" (Joseph Anton Koch 1806)
And our part? What must we do to make this covenant count? Nothing. Like Noah, we just get to receive it, look at it, give thanks for it, and live into it. A clear, new beginning. This is grace. Interestingly enough, spelled backwards in Hebrew, the letters for “Noah” spell “grace.”

Of course, God’s people eventually come by a different way to spell grace: “J-E-S-U-S.” As the waters subside at Jordan one day, the skies are torn open, like after a storm, and God’s people realize they realize the journey out of sinfulness is finally over and that they’re waking up to another fresh new beginning that God has freely given. Interestingly enough, God had promised Noah many, many years before that there never would again be a flood to destroy the earth…but, as it turns out, God does send another flood. In the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, God, out of God’s own desire and will, floods the earth with mercy, forgiveness and grace so that our lives may begin again. And the sign of the bow in the sky given to Noah becomes a foreshadowing of God’s ability to take a symbol of oppression and violence and turn use it as a sign for hope and goodness.

Jesus of Nazareth, God’s Beloved Son on the cross, is God’s final and full sign—undeniable and clear—that God loves us and wants to continue a relationship with us. Our life in Christ begins in the flood of these waters. And, in a way, we’re like Noah all over again. In faith, we learn to look to the cross and see that there is nothing we do or can do at all to receive God’s love. God is going to do the hard work of redemption. With the company of others on this journey, we trust that we can look into the darkest of the darkest clouds and still expect to find a token of God’s presence, a sign that God is there, recalling his covenant of life. And with the guidance of God’s Holy Spirit, we learn that the wilderness is a place where, despite the temptations of life, Jesus shows up to walk with us.

That’s why we Lutherans like sacraments so much. They are clear, undeniable signs of God’s grace to us. In fact, Martin Luther liked to point out that the best response to the powers of darkness and doubt that can overwhelm is to shout, “But I am baptized!” not “I was” but I am baptized. That is, this is not just one event along our life’s path, but a status we live in. It’s not just a certificate we receive, but an identity that is formed by an ongoing relationship with J-E-S-U-S. As God’s people, as descendants of Noah, we are baptized. Henceforth we pray that Kaito here will always feel the wet fingers of Pastor Joseph Bolick on his forehead. He has been claimed in Christ because God loves him, and there is nothing he will ever have to do to deserve it.

Every now and then I come across blog posts by other pastors and church leaders who talk about reasons why people don’t attend worship or take part in congregational ministry. Just this week Gallup released some statistics about church attendance, broken down by state.

Virginia’s weekly attendance rate is around 35%. I don’t know if I think that’s high or low, but I know that those who do think it’s low blame it, at least in part, on the prevalence of other Sunday morning distractions, like sports, in our culture. Quite frankly, a lot of people have to work on Sundays now.

To be honest, though, I often wonder how many stay away because they don’t feel worthy enough to attend church.  Maybe it’s that they feel they can’t hang with a group of people who seem on the surface to be holy, or be with people who talk about a God who seems distant and disinterested. I know I’ve heard that at some places folks feel more welcome in the Twelve-Step programs that meet during the week than they do on Sunday morning.

If that’s the case, and there’s probably some ways that it is, perhaps it’s time to consider the job we’re doing as Public Relations and Communications agents for God. Perhaps it’s time remember that we’re all born again in these waters. In fact, it is time—it’s always time—it’s good to begin our worship, our life, with a the reminder that God’s flood of grace has claimed us here, that no matter where we are in life and no matter how unlovable we are, no matter the power of temptations we struggle against, the skies have parted again and God has given us a fresh new beginning.

We are baptized people. Every day, every week, every month…we are baptized.

The sign is there. It is in the sky, up there, at the top of Golgotha, and we can trust it. God has washed us and set us free to go, once again, on dry ground. Thank heavens, this is undeniable.

Tweet it.

Tell it.

Live it.

Paint it in a million beautiful colors.

We have been saved.

Thanks be to God!

The Reverend Phillip W. Martin, Jr.

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Motivated by Céleres report

Colombia is in the process of ending a civil war and is taking steps towards social stabilization after many decades of violence. Along with this, changes within the agricultural sector have led to important socio-economic development throughout the country.

Current state of agriculture

The majority of Colombia’s farmland is still used as permanent pastures (92%). While only 4% of the nation’s agricultural land is actually used for permanent crops, the major crops being coffee, corn, rice, sugar cane and bananas. According to the latest agricultural census, 70% of total farmland is less than 12 acres in size and 83.6% of farmers don’t have any machinery.

Graph 7. Distribution (%) of UPA in the dispersed rural area census with machinery possession Image sourced and translated from: DANE-CNA 2014.

Like many other traditional farming nations, Colombia faces the dilemma of urban migration within the millennial generation. Currently, only 23.6% of the population reside in rural areas. With the youth choosing not to dwell in farming communities, the countryside’s ageing and declining farming population have led Colombian authorities to consider what they could do to increase agricultural productivity. Against this backdrop, they have turned to technology, specifically, GM crops to resolve their concerns of a declining agriculture sector.

Céleres Findings

Since 2003, Colombia has utilized agricultural biotechnology through genetically modified (GM) cash crops. With the introduction of this technology and the accompanying cropping practices, there have been economic and socio-environmental benefit gains. The Brazilian agribusiness consulting firm, Céleres, in fact, has analyzed Colombia’s GM crop benefits between 2003 and 2015 and its findings are shared in this post.

GM Crop Benefits

GM CottonColombia's GM cotton economic benefits from 2003 to 2015

Genetically modified cotton was introduced during the 2003/04 crop season. By the end of the 2014/15 season, the aggregated economic benefit of GM cotton totalled $134.1 million USD. Of this, 63% (US$84 million) went to Colombian producers in the form of cost reductions (US$12 million) and productivity increases (US$72 million). The remaining 37% accrued to the gene developer, or US$49 million.

Furthermore, GM cotton has:

  • Reduced water consumption by 119 million litres, or enough for 2.7 million people over that same 12 year period.
  • Reduced diesel use by 1.8 million litres, or equal to taking 735 trucks off the road over that same period.
  • The reduction of diesel has resulted in 4.7 million fewer tonnes of carbon emissions, equivalent to preserving 34,500 trees.
  • It also resulted in 66 fewer tonnes of agrochemicals used since 2003.
Colombia's GM cotton and corn economic benefits from 2003 to 2015GM Corn

During the 2007/08 crop season Colombia first adopted GM corn, and over the course of 8 years has generated US$78 million in producer gains and US$26 million for the gene developers. In addition to financial gains, two fewer agrochemical applications are required in production, thus saving 240 litres of water per hectare each year.

The total economic benefits of Colombian’s adopting GM cotton and corn up to 2015 has been US$238 million. Two-thirds of these benefits have gone to the farmers adopting the technology.

Growth through modern agriculture

Colombian farmers perceive both direct and indirect, economic and environmental advantages from the use of GM crops. Farmers have also recognized the capacity of this technology to generate benefits throughout the value chains of cotton and corn. The adoption of GM crops such as cotton and corn are the tipping point of accepting modern farming practices and open up the opportunity for industrial involvement to build Colombia’s agricultural value chains. To do so the Colombian authorities will need to continue to provide ag-biotech with favourable institutional and regulatory conditions for the investment and R&D of new technologies tailored to Colombia to exist. The existence of these favourable conditions is essential so that the rate of investment continues to increase and satisfy the expectations and needs of Colombian farmers.

State of agriculture biotech in Colombia

According to Céleres Colombian farmers are satisfied with the use of agricultural biotechnology, both from GM cotton and corn. These Farmers consider access to these agricultural technology provides agronomic advantages, despite the need to adjust crop management practices to accommodate the new technology. Colombian farmers continued to use GM technology as it not only reduced both costs and labour intensity, it offered a greater yield guarantee that was worth the investment in the technology. Most importantly, Colombian farmers feel that the country possesses the necessary conditions to expand agricultural production through the adoption and use of technology to gain domestic and foreign opportunities.

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BASED ON BASS - S.P.A.C.E (2001)

Hypersound Productions

Produced and Arranged by Humphrey Robertson (FRESH COLOR!!!) for Hypersound Productions

01 Electronic Power (4:48)
02 Bass To Bass (5:30)
03 Rofo's Theme (7:58)
04 Mission In Space (4:29)
05 Visitors (Radio Version) (4:06)
06 Danger Level (5:31)
07 Wargame's In Space (6:20)
08 Galaxy Dreams (Remix) (5:02)
09 Aliens (Album Version) (4:55)
10 Space Adventure (5:27)
11 Global Attack (5:14)

Links to download: part 1. part 2.

Humphrey Robertson

In 1984 Humphrey Robertson published his first record (in Italo Disco style) as "Fresh Color". Then he went on tour with Italo Disco stars (in example with Valerie Dore, Miko Mission, Fancy and C.C. Catch). Next great step in his career was a work for italian disco labels (Baby Records and Magic Records). Then he moved to USA and had begun to work for Arista studios (as an assistant, at first). In 1991 he met Erik van Vliet (Laserdance member) at Annual Cannes Music Festival. Erik has asked him to make synthdance music for his Hotsound record label. This was a birth of "Daylight" project.
Humphrey Robertson has published several records those times either for Hotsound or for other labels like Rona and ZYX Music. He also took over two old italian projects: Hypnosis and Cyber People (see also Ciber People). This was a time when his unique style had developed. The evolution of what we called now "Robertson's style" is clearly visible when somebody is listening to his records in chronological order.
Thanks to the success of Daylight project, Humphrey Robertson has decide to establish his own record label.
Hypersound Productions first releases were Daylight "Dance" and "Megamix Non Stop" albums together with "Fantasy" single.
Around 1998, with the expansion of internet, some new synthdance artists have emerged
(Anders Lundqvist and mindXpander). Humphrey has then decided to initiate a series of successful compilations, called "Synthesizer Dance". This step has allowed to present music from new synthdance producers to a wider audience. As a logical consequence of featuring new artists on Synthesizer Dance compilations, Hypersound has started to publish full lenght albums from various new synthdance producers. This step has resulted in albums from mindXpander, Protonic Storm, Anders Lundqvist and Macrocosm.
Some other synthdance projects made by Humphrey Robertson (Futurespace, Based on Bass) were also published by Hypersound lately. The existance of synthdance music would be very uncertain without Hypersound. Every synthesizer dance fan should be gratefull to Humphrey Robertson for his job at Hypersound. It is for sure, that he has saved the whole synthdance genre from extinction. With many new releases from Hypersound and a project with Michiel van der Kuy recently announced, the future of synthdance is bright now, thanks to Humphrey Robertson.

"Humphrey Robertson" Featured in Releases
Various Artists "Hypersound Megamix Volume 2" (2003, Hypersound Productions) (CD)
Various Artists "Synthesizer Dance Volume 1" (1999, Hypersound Productions) (CD)
Various Artists "Synthesizer Dance Volume 2" (2000, Hypersound Productions) (CD)
Various Artists "Synthesizer Dance Volume 3" (2001, Hypersound Productions) (CD)
Various Artists "Synthesizer Dance Volume 4" (2002, Hypersound Productions) (CD)
Various Artists "Synthesizer Dance Volume 5" (2003, Hypersound Productions) (CD)
Releases By "Humphrey Robertson"
Humphrey Robertson "Synthesizer Dance Christmas Edition" (2005, Hypersound Productions) (CD)

"This project made by Humphrey Robertson has something really special and a unique spacy sound that i have never experienced before.
Electronic Power: Nice synth track with great space effects and vocoder voices.
Bass To Bass: Great song this one. Strong lead synthsound along with the koto style bassline.
Rofo's Theme: at first i was sceptic if you can do this Classic song, but i was wrong again a perfect cover version of this classic hit, some crazy space effects on this and very well performed.
Mission in Space: nice tune with some rocking synth riffs, and some great melodies. Again lots of space effects.
Visitors: well this would be maybe the minus part of the album the song is great as an original, humphrey has managed to perform this song in his own style matches perfectly to the other track's on the album but the Koto original is just to perfect to copy.
Danger Level: wonderfull track here you can here the class of this producer it's a simple song but very effective space-synth, effects and vocoder speaking is cool, some wicked sequencer lines round off this track.
Wargames in Space: great song (I think that humphrey would be a good movie composer) this track has so much space feeling inside, i just love that lead piano melodie.
Galaxy Dreams (REMIX): this is spacesynth dance, nice tune with again brilliant melodies, space effects are of course again very present. Great bassline rocking away in the background. This track was originaly released on Synthesizer Dance vol.1 but this version rocks much more.
Aliens: very simple spacedance track but with that typical Daylight style like on the Man Machine album, very nice track, great sound, the synth riffs really rock.
Space Adventure: Good space dance again, great basslines on this one, if you listen closely you.ll here the "Star Trek- beam me up Scotty" sound.
Global Attack: Nice track, again with this very usual piano sound melodie again great effects. A good real spacsynth track.
It's very intresting how this album has been made in koto style but still it's has Humphrey's mark. Very strong are the melodies (where does this producers get all these melodies).
On this project you'll feel different beat as usualy used for spacesynth music, but wisely they have been mixed that it still sounds very spacey and not Hard like on dance productions.
Overall this album is from song 1-11 space dance pure wonderfull effects and good sound and very varied melodies, this album belong's in every spacesynth collection.(Review by M-Freak)

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Reviewing Philosophical issues in Psychiatry III: Nature and Sources of Historical Changes

This is the third book in the series, started in 2008 and then the second volume in 2012. All three volumes have been edited by Kenneth Kendler and Joseph Parnas, bringing together contributions from psychiatrists, philosophers of psychiatry and historians of psychiatry. Each volume takes the same format, an overall introduction by one of the editors and then individual papers grouped by themes. Each paper is fronted by a brief introductory article by one author, then the main article by another author and then a commentary by a third author. This means each book contains an immense number of articles (43 in the case of this volume) despite only being 380 pages long. The introductions and commentaries are almost always worth reading, often making significant points in their own right which are not present in the main article they are discussing. This makes the book an excellent source for a multiplicity of viewpoints and, since sometimes the introductions and commentaries disagree with the main article, diverging points of view. If you wish to find an academic expressing a philosophical viewpoint on psychiatry, or multiple academics expressing contrary viewpoints, then turning to one of these volumes is a good idea.

Of the three volumes, this one is the most diverse in approach, mainly because it closely integrates philosophy and history. It has three sections. The first discusses ontological, epistemic and methodological issues relating to changes in psychiatry, relating to issues like why does psychiatry keep changing, are these changes for the better, what sort of changes should we aim for, etc. Secondly, what specific broad changes have occurred in psychiatry, such as development and decline of psychoanalysis, operationalism and genetic explanations. Thirdly, philosophically informed histories of specific diagnosis, such as schizophrenia, depression and autism. All three sections are worth reading, though how much you will get out of each section will likely vary considerably on your specific interests. As someone interested in questions of belief in psychiatric classifications, I primarily found the first section useful. I think psychiatric diagnosis can potentially merit belief even if there is not one fixed, eternal true set of psychiatric diagnosis – the causes of mental illness change, mental illnesses manifest differently as social settings change and our values which we use to interpret mental illness change. Though not all articles in this section addressed these specific issues, I found they gave much to think about on such question and offered some novel approaches and novel possible solutions to such issues.

Though I could comment on many articles (and may do so in future blog posts), the one which most interested me is by German Berrios. This articles challenges a long standing approach in philosophy of psychiatry. Generally, most mental illnesses are seen as separate from their environment. Internal biological and psychological causes (potentially set off by environmental causes) produce symptoms which express themselves in a social context. So on this model, the social context is not itself a cause of the symptoms but is a cause of how the symptoms are expressed, i.e. the symptoms interact with a social environment. However, Berrios challenges this, arguing the social context is itself part of the symptom, the social context cannot be separated out as something the symptoms interact with but are themselves part of the causal process. This makes causation in psychiatry much more complicated but I think much more realistic. It makes mental illness less static, less fixed, more embedded within the environment, rather than viewing mental illnesses as fixed and static yet malleable in how they are expressed. At a minimum, it raises important questions about how we should think about causation in psychiatry, where we should put the boundaries between things, their causes, and the environment in which they causally manifest in. At minimum, Berrios shows an alternative way of parsing up that equation and argument is needed to take the symptom manifesting in social context approach as superior to social context as part of symptoms.


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Court rules the eviction of Bianca Jagger was proper
By Jef Feeley and Phil Milford - Bloomberg News

Bianca Jagger, the human rights activist who once was married to rocker Mick Jagger and has fought for refugees in Darfur and Iraq among other places, is homeless herself — in a way. A New York appeals court ruled last week that she was properly evicted from a rent-stabilized $4,600-a-month apartment at 530 Park Avenue based on her tourist-visa status.

The owners of the posh Upper East Side Manhattan building had the right to oust Jagger after 20 years since she was in the U.S. on a so-called B-2 visa and couldn't show the apartment was her “primary residence,” the New York Court of Appeals decided. “We conclude that, absent some unusual circumstance, a primary residence in New York and a B-2 visa are logically incompatible,” Judge Robert S. Smith wrote in a four-page decision released Oct. 23.

Jagger, also the mother of interior designer Jade Jagger, has been an advocate for human rights in world hotspots. She moved out of the apartment temporarily several years ago, saying it had mold, and withheld the monthly rent payments, according to court records. Jagger sued building owner Katz Park Ave. Corp., claiming the apartment was uninhabitable. Katz later rented the apartment to a new tenant.

Roger D. Olson, a lawyer for the Nicaraguan-born British citizen, told the appeals court Sept. 3 that his client was the equivalent of a “snowbird,” a New York City resident who spends the winter elsewhere and returns in the spring. Such residents still qualify to participate in the rent-control program, he argued.

Magda Cruz, a lawyer for Katz, argued that New York's rent-stabilization laws were set up “to provide affordable housing for New York residents,” and that federal immigration law bars visitors on tourist visas from claiming they have their primary residence in the U.S.

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Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

Paula Wagner to Producer 2013 Governors Awards

Paula Wagner will produce the 5th Annual Governors Awards for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced today. The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and three Honorary Awards will be presented to Angelina Jolie, Angela Lansbury, Steve Martin and Piero Tosi, respectively, on Saturday, November 16, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center®.

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