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Global Perspectives of Family Life Education

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Sarah Almalki, Lawrence Ganong, Gladys Asiedu, Jaerim Lee, Seohee Son, Alan Taylor, Mihaela Robila, Susan Chuang, David Green, Jenny Glozman

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  • 140-01 - Family Life Education in Saudi Arabia
    By Sarah Almalki, Lawrence Ganong
  • 140-02 - Family Life Education in Ghana
    By Gladys Asiedu
  • 140-04 - Family Life Education in South Korea
  • By Jaerim Lee, Seohee Son
  • 140-05 - The Impact of Family Life Education Globally: What Might the Future Hold?
    By Alan Taylor, Mihaela Robila
  • 140-06 - Parenting Among Chinese Families: A Call to Action to Move Beyond Baumrind
    By Susan Chuang, David Green, Jenny Glozman

This symposium is designed to focus on family life education programs and activities from around the world.  Each presenter will provide various perspectives and insights as how family life education is being implemented within his or her country. Perspectives will come from the following countries: Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Australia and South Korea.  A concluding presentation will highlight the current impact family life education programming is making globally – beyond just the four highlighted diverse countries. In addition, it will address how political, economic and social realms greatly impact family life educators’ ability to successfully implement FLE programming internationally.

Attendees will gain an increase of knowledge of the family life education programming and activities within specific highlighted countries from around the world.Attendees will be better equipped of the social, political and/or economic changes that will likely need to take place in order to strengthen FLE in countries around the globe.Attendees will increase their understanding of the future directions of FLE globally, and more specifically, how communities can be strengthened with an increase FLE programming and offerings.

The immigration phenomenon has significantly transformed the ethnoprofiles of many countries, prompting researchers to pay closer attention to culture as their research samples have diversified. The goals of the paper are to: (1) critically explore how researchers have expanded current views of family theories on ethnic families, with particular focus on Chinese parenting, and (2) to stress the importance of how culture and its context will lead researchers to re-envision the current ways of knowledge formation. Our broad objective is a call to action to encourage innovative and creative ways of exploring Chinese parenting and its complexities in various societies.

1. To critically evaluate current research on Chinese parenting, focusing on the parenting constructs;2. Using Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model, encourage researchers to move beyond simplified constructs of parenting (e.g., Baumrind's authoritative, authoritarian styles) to better reflect current Chinese parents; and3. To demonstrate how researchers may unintentionally perpetuate stereotypes of parenting, not acknolwedging significant social, cultural, political, economic transformations in Chinese societies. In consequence, practitioners and social workers may ineffectively serve Chinese families, and ethnic families more broadly.

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Indian Navy's Largest-Ever Exercise vs 'Enemy Submarines' (Read China)

A Kolkata class guided missile destroyer fires an anti-ship BrahMos missile

New Delhi: The INS Chakra, the Indian Navy's nuclear attack submarine, is on the prowl 200 km off Goa's coast in the Indian Ocean, scouring the seas for the sound of "enemy submarines." One of the fastest and deepest diving submarines in the world, the Chakra, acquired on lease from Russia, has been specifically deployed to train for a new threat - Chinese nuclear submarines operating with increasing frequency in the Indian Ocean.

On this occasion, the Chakra's "targets" are the Indian Navy's own submarines simulating the movements of Chinese and Pakistani submarines.
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The Chakra is one of more than 60 Indian Navy and Coast Guard vessels participating in TROPEX 2017, the largest-ever Naval theatre-level exercises being conducted off the Western coast. The exercises are based around the premise that in the event of a conflict, the Indian Navy has to be ready for complex threats that could emerge simultaneously.

Unlike in the past, these exercises look beyond the threat posed by the Pakistan Air Force and Navy, with the China factor a key focus area, sources said. Over the last three years, China has deployed nuclear and conventional submarines, warships and fleet-replenishment ships in the Indian Ocean.
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Kamorta Class anti-submarine warfare frigate at TROPEX-2017

During TROPEX 2017, the Navy simulated a natural disaster on Agatti and Androth islands in the Lakshadweep chain and moved 100 civilians from the islands to the mainland.  Elsewhere, at the same time, MiG-29K fighters blasted off the deck of the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya to engage Indian Air Force Sukhoi-30 jets launched from the Lohegaon airbase in Pune. The Sukhois represented "enemy" aircraft which the MiGs had to "intercept" before they could get into a position to "launch" anti-ship missiles targeting the Indian fleet.
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An Indian Navy IL-38 SD aircraft with a Kh-35 anti-ship missile which hit its target today.

As part of the exercise, for the first time ever the Indian Navy fired a Russian Kh-35 anti-ship missile from an IL-38 SD maritime reconnaissance aircraft. The missile struck a target ship in the Arabian sea, sinking it.

Indian warships participating in the exercises also launched several missiles against simulated threats including made-in-India BrahMos anti-ship cruise missiles, the defining weapon system of several of the Navy's newest frigates and destroyers, which can sink an enemy ship nearly 300 km away.

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Indian Navy MiG-29K blasts of the deck of the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya

For the Indian Air Force, the opportunity to train in these exercises has been invaluable. Maritime attack Jaguar fighters, which now feature US made Harpoon anti-ship missiles, have mounted dozens of sorties. For the Jaguars, being in a position to simulate the launch of their weapons meant that they too had to evade the Navy's carrier borne MiG interceptors. Also participating are the Air Force's Il-78 air refuelling tankers, critical to sustain fighter operations as they operate non-stop over long ranges over the sea.

Last year, a Chinese "Shang" class nuclear attack submarine had docked at Karachi and embarked Pakistani sailors, a move the Indian Navy believes may be the first step to Islamabad leasing its own Chinese nuclear-powered attack submarine. Islamabad has already signed a contract to acquire eight Chinese conventional submarines in a deal worth $5 billion.

Bangladesh has recently acquired two refurbished Chinese submarines for $203 million dollars and just last month, Thailand decided to go ahead with a multi-billion dollar deal to acquire three new Chinese submarines.
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No More Champagne for FA Cup Winners

The Football Association (FA) will break with tradition and no longer hand out champagne to competition winners

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Champagne is off the menu for English soccer.

The FA Cup winners will no longer be handed bottles of bubbly to celebrate at Wembley Stadium. Instead, the English Football Association will provide a non-alcohol champagne imitation at its competitions.

The FA says "this is to ensure that we are as inclusive as possible to players and communities who may be prohibited from alcohol, as well as any players who are under 18."

The Premier League has already stopped handing out champagne to man of the match winners, having encountered situations were Muslim players were being presented with alcohol.

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Academic Affairs

Dennis Rome, Ph.D.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

The Provost is responsible for instruction, academic programs and academic support services. Academic programs are offered through the College of Arts and Sciences, Daniel L. Goodwin College of Education, College of Business and Management and the Graduate College. Instructional support services are provided by the Library. In addition, Academic Affairs is administratively responsible for the Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies, El Centro, The Center for Teaching and Learning, Center for Academic Writing, and for the Offices of Assessment, Institutional Research, Sponsored Programs and Weekend Institute.

Ann McNabb
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The Interim Chief Financial Officer holds fiduciary responsibility for annual operating and capital budget requests, as well as the University’s investments, financial reserves, and indebtedness. Finance and Administration oversees the daily operations of the University to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in a wide range of areas. Finance and Administration units are: Business Services including Student Payment Services, Controller, and Human Resources and Payroll; Budget Office; Technology Services including Applications, Networking, Operations, Enterprise Resource Planning, Systems Management, Telecommunications, and Media Services; Facilities Management including Physical Plant, Buildings and Grounds maintenance, Safety, and Planning and Construction; Procurement and Support Services including Purchasing, Risk Management, Mailing, Shipping, Receiving, Property Control, and Auxiliaries like Child Care Center, Motor Pool, and Parking.

Suleyma Perez, Ph.D.
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The Executive Director of Government Relations is the University’s designee for communicating with elected officials regarding the University's present and future institutional plans, activities, concerns, and positions pertaining to pending legislation, and also serves as the main point of contact for legislative interest in the University.

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Liesl V. Downey
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Executive Director of the Northeastern Illinois University Foundation
Institutional Advancement is responsible for strengthening and advancing Northeastern through strategic initiatives, programs and campaigns executed by the unit's Offices of Alumni Relations, Development and Public Relations; raising awareness for and building and enhancing the University’s reputation within the community, across the nation and around the world. Operations of the NEIU Foundation are directed by Institutional Advancement in collaboration with the Foundations' board of directors. Included in this area are the raising and provision of scholarships and other student aid processed through the Office of Financial Aid, as well as the building of a University endowment.

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The Office of the Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel is responsible for providing, managing, and coordinating all legal services to the University through its Board of Trustees, president, all levels of the administration and external entities in order to minimize the institution's legal risks and liability in a professional, cost-effective manner. Guided by the operating principles of high ethical standards, sound decision-making, consensus building, courtesy, and respect, the Office of the Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel is committed to act with integrity, knowledge of the law, and reason in support of the University's mission, vision, and values. Legal services provided by the Office of the Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel include assisting in the development of University policy and procedures, counsel regarding sensitive employment matters, reviewing contracts and other legal documents, securing and coordinating the services of outside legal counsel when necessary, and helping to resolve disputes and claims.

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The Division of Student Affairs at Northeastern Illinois University actively supports and engages its diverse community of learners through excellent programs and services that enhance students’ personal development, leadership skills, and intercultural competencies to engage in a dynamic global society. The Division will be a national leader in urban higher education and among Hispanic Serving Institutions through its promising practices to support student success. Student Affairs embraces the University’s core values and contributes to success through: holistic support, experiential learning, civic leadership, and social justice. The Division houses multiple departments devoted to student growth and success.


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LEAD Program Receives ISBE Approval

From 2010 to 2012, the faculty in Educational Leadership (LEAD) worked hard to revise the Educational Leadership Graduate Program. Spurred by major changes implemented by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), the Type 75 certificate endorsed in general administrative is being replaced by the principal endorsement on the Professional Educator License.
LEAD faculty spent a considerable amount of time revising all aspects of the program, and their hard work resulted in a favorable outcome as the new Educational Leadership Program was one of the first programs of its kind approved by the State. The new program of study was approved September, 2012.
The new principal endorsement has numerous, never-before mandatory prerequisites. Under the new law,
those individuals – including Type 73 school service personnel, counselors, social workers, psychologists and speech therapists – who have never taught on a valid teaching license, are not eligible for admission to a principal preparation program. In order to gain admission to the new program, prospective students must: 1) hold a valid/current Illinois teaching certificate; 2) be selected through an in-person interview with no fewer than two of the program’s full-time faculty; 3) have earned a passing score on the Test of Academic Proficiency – TAP (previously known as the Illinois Basic Skills Test); 4) have successfully completed an on-site written response to a scenario presented by the faculty; and, 5) explain the contents of their portfolio with professors during the interview.
To facilitate the principal preparation program admission process, LEAD faculty have decided to use the first graduate course, Introduction to Evaluation of Certified and Support Staff, as a pre-admission course to assist students with all matriculation requirements while concurrently learning credit towards graduation. The candidate admission process for the principal preparation program is multifaceted, but the LEAD program must also meet other requirements as stipulated by the ISBE.
Other ISBE requirements include developing new partnerships with K-12 school districts that are documented through partner agreements, ensuring the principal endorsement curriculum includes specific state standards and guidelines for student learning and school improvement, and incorporating sustained, continuous, structured and supervised internship experiences. Faculty in the LEAD program have responded to the new ISBE requirements in a way that best meets the needs of NEIU students and the schools with whom they work.
Students currently enrolled in the Type 75 program will have until August 31, 2014 to obtain and register their Type 75 certificate. For current administrators holding a Type 75 certificate, the state has indicated that they may continue to serve as before or they may transition to the new principal endorsement under certain circumstances. However, students who have recently matriculated into a principal endorsement program will follow a new set of standards and guidelines.

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Dr. Howard Bultinck (ELAD) published Educational Reform: What School Board members Need to Know in Illinois School Board Journal. In addition, he presented Superintendent Searches: What Boards Seek at the American Association of School Administrators’ annual convention.


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Nvidia 441.66 WHQL driver delivers MechWarrior 5 and Detroit: Become Human optimizations

Nvidia's driver team has pushed out a new version of the suite, GeForce Game Ready 441.66 WHQL driver, that carries optimizations for two newly arriving PC games plus G-Sync Compatible support for a couple of more monitors.

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries and Detroit: Become Human are the optimizations-receiving games in this release, and those who are picking either of the games are recommended to install this driver before playing. The MechWarrior title is releasing today while Detroit: Become Human lands on December 12, both exclusively on the Epic Games Store.

Meanwhile, the MSI MAG251RX and ViewSonic XG270 displays are now in the G-Sync Compatible Monitors list of Nvidia, bumping up the total number to over 60.

Here are the bug fixes Nvidia has included in this Game Ready driver.

  • [Resolve]: The application may crash during timeline playback when using Blackmagic RAW CODEC media. [2753421]
  • [Forza Motorsport 7]: Game starts to stutter after racing a few laps [2750611]
  • [Fallout 76][G-SYNC]: The game frame rate drops with G-SYNC enabled. [200466962]
  • [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti]: There is no 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound option in the Windows Sound Properties.[2752540]
  • [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB][NVIDIA Control Panel]:The NVIDIA Control Panel reports an incorrect GPU framebuffer size.

Known issues to keep an eye out for are there as well:

Windows 10 Issues

  • [Sniper Elite 4][Shadow of the Tomb Raider]: Frame rate is not capped at the display refresh rate with V-Sync enabled in DirectX 12 mode. [2719115]
  • [Grand Theft Auto V]: The game frequently crashes.
    • NVIDIA is working with the application developer to resolve the issue.

Windows 7 Issues

  • [World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth][DirectX 12]: The game crashes when switched from DirectX 11 to DirectX 12 mode. [200574934]

Additional Issues

  • Devil May Cry V/RESIDENT EVIL 2 / BIOHAZARD RE:2 may appear darker during gameplay[2739410][2739471]
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    • In the R440 branch, we fixed a bug that was incorrectly allowing NVIDIA Ultra Low Latency mode to be enabled for MSHybrid and SLI configurations. Even though the mode appeared to be enabled on these configurations, Ultra Low Latency mode was not actually engaged. R435 was considered a Beta and we apologize for any confusion this may have caused

The 441.66 WHQL-certified Game Ready driver's release notes are available here. It can be downloaded via the GeForce Experience app on Windows or the links down below.

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What Are Dental Implants - A Complete Guide

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Your smile is your ticket to the world. After all, it is the first thing people notice about you. However, if for any reason, you don’t have that perfect natural smile, you may look for ways to fix that imperfection.

Today, cosmetic dentistry has reached to such an extent that you can get the desired smile easily. In today’s post, we will shed light on what dental implants are, how they work and a few dental implant tips.

What are dental implants?

It is a type of cosmetic dentistry that is a prosthetic replacement for missing teeth. In layman’s term, it is a false tooth root that is implanted into your jaw to hold a replacement tooth. In short, the dental implant takes the place of missing teeth.

Usually, implants are composed of 3 parts:

Generally, it is made out of ceramic material and looks like a natural tooth.

Also known as an abutment, it is used to secure the crown to its base. You will often see it in an octagonal or hexagonal shape.

It is a titanium-made screw that is placed inside your natural bone so that implant has a safe and stable base.

Note: The crown is the only part you will see in the mouth.

Why do you need dental implants?

Severely Broken Tooth:

We may encounter tooth misfortune at any age and there could be plenty of reasons for the same, such as gum ailment, sports-related dental injury, poor oral hygiene, etc.

If your broken tooth can’t be secured without restorative dentistry techniques, your dentist may suggest you go for the dental implant.

Loose-Fitting Partials:

If you have got sick of wearing a loose-fitting denture, maybe it is the time to get dental implants. It is really annoying to deal with imperfect denture fittings.

Dental implants can be a good option to replace your denture or partials. Moreover, unlike dentures, they will never fall out in public.

Bone Loss:

Most people are not aware that dental implants help in the prevention of bone loss in your jaw. When you choose a fixed bridge over dental implants, you jawbone starts deteriorating beneath the missing tooth. It happens because, without a tooth, you don’t get enough stimulation to the bone.

On the other hand, with the dental implants, you have an artificial tooth root (made of titanium) that stimulates jaw bone just like the original tooth.

Preserve Facial Appearance:

You might have noticed most of the people who wear denture on a regular basis have sunken-in face appearance. It happens because jawbone is starting to deteriorate for missing teeth (as we mentioned above). It may make you look older than you are. The dental implant can solve this problem to a great extent.

Types of Dental Implants

Dental implants procedure may involve one or more surgical procedures as per the condition of a patient. Since these implants come in distinct heights and types, a dental surgeon will determine which is the best option for you.

Speaking of types of dental implants, there are two main types:

Endosteal is the most common dental implant type. Crafted with titanium and shaped like screws, these dental implants are placed in the jawbone.

Unlike endosteal, these implants are planted under the gum but above the jawbone. Usually, this type of surgery is used for patients who don’t have a healthy natural jawbone and can’t undergo augmentation procedure to reconstruct them.

In case your jawbone is not in the state to support dental implants, there are several ways to rebuild your natural jawline so that a strong foundation can be created for your implanted teeth. Some of the ideal ways to do that are:

Bone Augmentation

Bone augmentation procedure involves regenerating and restoring of bone in your jaw by grafting bone or bone-like material to jaw so that it can support implants.

Ridge Expansion

This procedure is usually picked when your jaw is not broad enough to hold dental implants. A surgeon may add a bone graft material on the top of your jaw in this procedure.

How Long Does a Dental Implant Procedure Take?

Well, it depends on the severity of your dental problem. In addition to this, there could be various other factors that may impact the length of time it will take to finish your procedure. For example, if you need to undergo bone grafting procedure, it may take a considerably longer time as, after bone grafting, recovery (healing) may take from 2 weeks to 3 months.

Dental Implants Preparation:

Bone grafting is not the only preparatory treatment. In case, if you’re suffering from a periodontal disease, the dental surgeon will need to restore the health of your gum that may delay the procedure for several months.

Dental Implant Placement:

Once your bones and gums are healthy enough to support dental implants, your surgeon will proceed with the first phase. In this stage, the dental implant will be surgically infused into your jawbone. This procedure may take about 30 minutes to 1 hour. However, if you need to undergo multiple implants, surgery time may be extended.

Note- Dental implants take about 4 to 6 months to heal depending on how quickly your body heals. Bones will get combined with the implants during this period, usually called the osseointegration process.

Abutment and Prosthetic Tooth Placement:

Once osseointegration is over, it is time for the final stage of the dental implant procedure. In this stage, an abutment (titanium rod) is attached to the dental implant, which will connect your implant to your prosthetic tooth.

How Painful Is a Dental Implant?

Many people avoid dental implants just because they think that treatment is painful. However, it is just a misconception. On the contrary, it is quite a straightforward procedure even than extracting a diseased tooth. Since anaesthesia is given before placing the dental implant, the patient does not feel any pain.

Downsides of Dental Implants:

Though dental implant is a pretty safe, yet like any other surgery, it may have some health risks. Side effects of the dental implant are rare and can be easily treated. Some of the side effects are:

● Infection near the implant site.

● Risk of injury to enclosing structures.

● Risk of nerve damage that may cause pain or tingle in your natural teeth.

● Sinus infection. Usually, it happens when the dental implant is placed in the upper jaw extending into your sinus cavities.

Alternatives to Dental Implants:

For many people, dental implants are a good choice when it comes to tooth replacement. And why not? They look and function exactly like natural teeth and prevent jaw bone loss as well. But as everyone's situation is different, for some patients it may not be a good choice.

If you’re in a situation when you need a tooth replacement, it is vital that you look for the best option available for you. Here, we have put together a few alternatives to dental implants.

Full Mouth Dentures:

If all of your teeth are missing, you may consider this option.

Partial Dentures:

It is a good choice when you have some healthy teeth as well.

Fixed Bridges:

Unlike above-mentioned alternatives, fixed bridges are fixed in place using a special kind of bonding material.

Final Words:

Over the last 30 years, modern dental implants have developed to a great extent. Today, it is considered one of the safest procedures to restore the function of a missing tooth. Only in the United States, more than 3 million people undergo dental implant surgery every year. Hopefully, our post eliminates the misconceptions about dental implants that you might have.

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Brain computer interfaces (BCIs) offer little direct benefit to patients with hemispheric stroke because current platforms rely on signals derived from the contralateral motor cortex (the same region injured by the stroke). For BCIs to assist hemiparetic patients, the implant must use unaffected cortex ipsilateral to the affected limb. This requires the identification of distinct electrophysiological features from the motor cortex associated with ipsilateral hand movements.

In this study we studied 6 patients undergoing temporary placement of intracranial electrode arrays. Electrocorticographic (ECoG) signals were recorded while the subjects engaged in specific ipsilateral or contralateral hand motor tasks. Spectral changes were identified with regards to frequency, location, and timing.

Ipsilateral hand movements were associated with electrophysiological changes that occur in lower frequency spectra, at distinct anatomic locations, and earlier than changes associated with contralateral hand movements. In a subset of 3 patients, features specific to ipsilateral and contralateral hand movements were used to control a cursor on a screen in real time. In ipsilateral derived control this was optimal with lower frequency spectra.

There are distinctive cortical electrophysiological features associated with ipsilateral movements which can be used for device control. These findings have implications for patients with hemispheric stroke because they offer a potential methodology for which a single hemisphere can be used to enhance the function of a stroke induced hemiparesis.

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Love is the Fulfilling of the Law

My Soul has Purpose, Power and Will; these three are needed on the Way of Liberation.

My Soul must foster Love among the sons of men; this is its major purpose.

I, therefore, will to love and tread the Way of Love. All that hinders and obstructs the showing of the Light must disappear before the purposes of the Soul.

My will is one with the great Will of God;. that Holy Will requires that all men serve. And unto the purposes of the Plan I lend my little will.

In the last post we went a bit deeper into the understanding of serve as it is used by the Master as a thing that we must do in our relationship with the world and as a part of the Love that must cover ALL that we do as men in form. As we noted, the definitions of this are not given clearly in the Christian commentaries and dictionaries that we generally use; these are of the normal understanding of serve and they do not adequately cover the spiritual use of this idea especially as it is framed by the Master. We also equated this idea of serving as it is presented for us in the affirmation above, that it is required by the Holy Will, as an interchangeable idea with our understanding of the very nature of the Will as it affects a man as a Soul and especially as a Soul working through his form. We should take away from this that it IS His Will that we serve and that it is in the serving that we express the works given freely in Love to ALL. Most all of what the Master did in His time with us in form can be seen in this way and we need only to tie together the sayings and the doings as they are recorded in the gospels. He tells us that “the works which the Father hath given me to finish , the same works that I do” (John 5:36) and no matter how one wants to portray the Life of Jesus, it is near impossible to deny that it is in service to humanity and this from His birth as the Son of God to His Willing death on the Cross.

In yesterday’s post we looked at John Gill’s ideas on those verses that for us should be the epitome of the way of service for the disciple and the aspirant; here, Gill restricts the sense of the Master’s idea of how to serve by calling it only due to the saints only, the children of God, and household of faith8 and we must recognize that this is not the case and that this limitation of this virtue of serving is contrary to the Truth that the Master sought to instill in us ALL. As we have discussed in previous posts the idea of Love and brotherhood are ofttimes treated the same way thus limiting the effectiveness of the Master’s teachings which should always be viewed in the widest possible way so as to include ALL in our Love and our sense of brotherhood and our works as acts of service for ALL of God’s children. Let us look here as some of the Master’s words on serving as this is a very important component of one’s True journey toward God and especially those who would think that they are His disciples.

  • Behold my servant, whom I have chosen ; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased : I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles” (Matthew 12:18). These are Matthew’s words reflecting on a saying by the Prophet Esaias which, for Christians, are understood to be the words of God through the prophet. Calling the Son of God a servant can put no higher calling on this idea of service. This is a role, servant, that the Master acknowledges for Himself as we shall see in the next point and again farther on.
  • “….but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant” (Matthew 20:27); “But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant” (Matthew 23:11). These are the first of the balance of our sayings by the Master on this idea of servant and service. In both of these sayings we should get the idea that we become great in service and not in leadership and we should understand here that the role of the leader is seen in his degree of service. The Master, because of the importance of this point, repeats it twice; once in regard to the competition between the Apostles James and John as they seek to be better than the rest and again in a general teaching following upon His telling them that they should not be called masters. We should remember here that he words translated as servant and as minister have interchangeable meanings as both words translated as minister here are translated as to serve and servant elsewhere. Can we see here the idea that a Christian spiritual leader, a minister, or any leader for that matter, must be as well a servant?
  • And he sat down , and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all” (Mark 9:35); “And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all” (Mark 10:44). These are similar to those directly above and again we have the Master saying these things twice; the first in response to the quibbling among His disciples as to who would be the greatest and the second in response to the same relative anger at James and John by the rest of the disciples because of their desire for preferential treatment. Much of this is related also to the sense of being humble and this is True but the emphasis here is on serving for while we should not believe ourselves better than any or chief or first, if we are in that position we should ever see that it is Truly a position of service.
  • Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing” (Matthew 24:46). This saying is a part of the Parable of the Faithful Servant (In the Words of Jesus part 103) and in this we should see the reality of being ready. While the parable is about servants and the lesson is to be ready, we should see in this also the reality of the Master’s thoughts on the role of the servant or rather the “faithful and wise servant” (Matthew 24:45). The uncaring servant, the servant of the world, will not be ready and will not be spending his time in doing the will of his master but the “faithful and wise servant”  will be ready and will be steady in his role despite the absence of his master.
  • And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes” (Luke 12:47). This is the converse of the above and from the same Parable of the Faithful Servant as recorded by the Apostle Luke. Here we find the confirmation that the servantknew his lord’s will” but in his lord’s absence did not comply with it and upon the surprise return of the master is caught unprepared. In this parable the Master is drawing an analogy between these men who are workers in this household and the disciple and the aspirant who is a worker in the world; the emphasis is on the service that one should do as a “faithful and wise servant” and this regardless of when the Master is to return. Our conclusion here is that if it is the Will of God that a man serve, then he should serve at ALL times without any thought for the return of the Master; he should not be ‘caught’ doing things that are outside of His will. As we discussed in this parable itself in part 103, the coming of the Master can occur in several ways including His return, the end of the Age and one’s own death in form and each of these should find us ready and in service to ALL.
  • No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon” (Luke 16:13). We cover this saying frequently and we interpret it as saying clearly that we can not serve both “God and mammon“. Jesus tells us what will happen when we try but the more important part here is that we can not do both. Here the ideas of service are real insofar as this is not a parable and it is a direct saying that tells us that we are serving even when we may not think that we are. Here we should bring in the combination of thoughts that we previously used that tie the idea of to serve with the Will of God as it is given us in our affirmation above. Serving here is a matter of focus and this is a great help in our understanding of the Master’s teaching; we have used this saying in the last two posts to show our understanding of intentional focused attention as it relates to our ideas of service. The Master here calls ALL men servants insofar as they are either serving God or the world of things; the entirety of this saying is one of the more profound teachings of the Master.
  • Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not. So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do” (Luke 17:9-10). Here we see that in the spectrum of service there is never enough; it is our duty to serve as we see in the saying of that Holy Will requires that all men serve and the gist and the tone of the Master’s words here should suffice to tell us that there is never enough done and this just as we should understand that we can never Love enough either until we can see ourselves as perfect.
  • Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you , Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin” (John 8:34). This saying is another confirmation of the idea that ALL men are seen by the Master as servants. There is the “faithful and wise servant” of whom we speak above who we can see as the man that is serving God and there is the “servant of sin“, the servant of the world of things. According to our understanding of the Master’s teaching there are only these two choices.
  • If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am , there shall also my servant be : if any man serve me, him will my Father honour” (John 12:26). Here again is confirmation that if we follow Him we serve Him and in this, if we follow Him and serve Him, we will always be with Him. Can we see in this the idea that if a man is a disciple or an aspirant that He is following and serving the Master and this at ALL times. This is the very nature of discipleship, that a disciple is ever with the Master and ever in service to Him which we know as service to our fellowman.
  • Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you” (John 15:15). This is thought by many to say that the disciples are no longer servants but friends but this is not what this says; this tells us that they will not be called servants any longer but friends. In this we should see that they are still servants as this is a integral part of discipleship but are called, considered, as friends. We can contrast this to the worldly state of being employed by an employer who becomes a friend; the employer – employee relationship remains the same but they are also friends. This we should add to the idea of discipleship; that when we take on that True role we take it on as a friend and not just a servant. We do not just our duty but we do ever so much more.
  • For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat , or he that serveth ? is not he that sitteth at meat ? but I am among you as he that serveth”  (Luke 22:27). Here again, as we saw above in the idea of minister, the Master acknowledges His own role as a servant and this He was and serve is what He did; His whole Life on this Earth was done as a SERVICE to the world.

Our objective today was to show the reality of the Master’s teaching on the way of the servant, that we are ALL servants and that it is our duty and our privilege to serve unceasingly. As we have seen also there is a direct relationship between our service and the Will of God and we will explore the Will part of this in the next post.

Note on the Quote of the Day

This daily blog also has a Quote of the Day which may not be in any way related to the essay. Many of these will be from the Bible and some just prayers or meditations that may have an influence on you and are in line with the subject matter of this blog. As the quote will change daily and will not store with the post, it is repeated in this section with the book reference and comment.

Keeping the Lord’s Prayer as our Quote of the Day we should continue a bit with the idea of the Will of God. We can have glimpses of His will form our last several posts to the point where we can relate it directly to service and to this we should add the ideas of Love and righteousness. We should see that in His Will is Service through Love and in Righteousness and that the reality of discipleship is found in making this our Will also. Service is not easily defined except to say that it is evidenced in one’s works which are evidenced in ALL that one does.

The next part of this Great Prayer is “Give us this day our daily bread” and in this we commonly see the idea of our daily needs as men in flesh. However, if we look at this prayer as a spiritual effort we should be able to see more than just our daily needs for sustenance in these words. The Master tell His tempter “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4) which is otherwise said as “man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God” (Luke 4:4), and it is more along these lines of the “word of God” that we should be attendant insofar as this saying from the Lord’s prayer is intended. This is the natural following to the previous thoughts that the Will of God be done in Earth as it is in the spiritual realms and this is accomplished through man’s Life in His word.

We will  continue with our thoughts in the next post.

Our Father, which art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done,
in earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
[For thine is the kingdom,
the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever.]

We will leave this prayer for a few days and try to get a better understanding of it and then move on to The Great Invocation which is, as we are told, given to us by the Christ as well. More than 2000 years separate the receipt of these invocations by the world of men and their language and tenor reflect the changes in the nature of man and his societies over this course of time. The Lord’s Prayer and a brief interpretation are included in the Prayers and Meditations section of the front page of this Blog.

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Beyond a lifetime: the gift of education

Dr Beryl Collier

Unleashing new with a scholarship can transform the lives of others in a phenomenal way. A single idea, belief or value is often all it takes. That is what happened in the case of Dr Beryl Collier, who understood that opportunity is hard to come by without education or support.

Following a successful career as an obstetrician and gynaecologist, Dr Beryl Collier became acutely aware of the barriers Indigenous people faced in accessing tertiary education.

A bequest from Dr Collier's estate established the Dr Collier Indigenous Scholarship to help students from the University of Newcastle's Central Coast campus access higer education and achieve their goals.

"Not in my wildest dreams did I imagine I'd go to University one day," says Joni, who left school in Year 7 and spent several years as a street kid in Sydney before making a decision to turn her life around.

With two daughters, one with cystic fibrosis, trying to work and study full time was very difficult. Joni says being awarded the scholarship changed her life on many levels, eased the financial burden and helped her remain committed to her studies.

"Being awarded the scholarship was a huge confidence boost. Knowing that other people could see my potential - even if I was still discovering that for myself - made all the difference.

"While I wasn't able to personally thank Dr Collier, hopefully one day I'll be able to provide the same support for someone else and truly fulfil Dr Collier's dream to give back.

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AGL briefing brings over 250 Industry Attendees to Campus

Wednesday, 11 December 2019

On Friday 29 November AGL presented an Industry Briefing Session on the construction of the proposed Newcastle Power Station to local business at The University of Newcastle's Callaghan Campus.

An auditorium full of people with a presentation being shown

The event was an initiative of Industry Capability Network (ICN) in conjuction with HunterNet, AI Group and Hunter Business Chamber.

NI's relationship with ICN and local industry bodies made The University of Newcastle an ideal venue for the briefing, with an expected response of 100 attendees. The final number of registrations climbed to over expected 250 guests (thankfully NI had booked the Richardson Wing lecture theatre which holds up to 440). As you will see in the image above, the lecture theatre was basically filled to capacity with final numbers close to 300!

NI capitalised on the opportunity of such a large industry cohort on campus and organised for a laboratory tour to be held after the AGL briefing. The lab tour was of The University of Newcastle's Global Innovative Centre for Advanced Nonomaterials hosted by Center Chair Professor Ajayan Vinu. The tour attracted 35 attendees from industy and government.

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Reforms not outdated, Mr PM?

Published: 09th October 2012 11:10 PM  |   Last Updated: 21st January 2014 03:10 PM   |  A+A-

The UPA’s high decibel cry of ‘reforms’ echoed by the euphoric pink media has deprived the nation of the critically needed debate about what constitutes economic ‘reform’, particularly after the 2008 global meltdown. Even as the economic theories that the West trusted till the crisis in 2008 are being re-written by it, the current Indian ‘reforms’ are based on the obsolete economic ideas of the pre-crisis West. Tectonic changes have taken place in the economic thinking of West, including the United States, since the US-led global meltdown in 2008. Here are a few examples. Big banks, once seen as the cynosure, are now feared as ‘too big to fail’ and ‘too big to save’; financial instruments like derivatives, then viewed as advanced, are now seen as destructive; the consumption-driven economic model celebrated prior to 2008 is now viewed as unsustainable; in the G20 meet in April 2010, France and Germany castigated the equity-driven free market financial model of the US as ‘Anglo-Saxon’ and threatened to walk out the meet if the US did not agree to rule-changes. The Economist confessed in June 2010 that much of the macro economic theories developed in the last 30 years ‘are useless at best or positively harmful at worst’. Look at what these ‘useless’ to ‘harmful’ macro economic theories have done to the US and to the world at large.

These theories drove the US to pursue ‘market-based’ — read stock-market driven — financial model as more efficient, in place of a ‘bank-based’ financial model even though neutral studies showed that a bank-based model was not less successful. The market-based idea postulated that stock market, not banks, could efficiently allocate finance. What then would banks do? Even big banks would cease to be lenders and become brokers and intermediaries earning fees. See how the theory worked in the United States. Policies were devised to cut interest rates to move people away from banks and into stocks. In 1990, the US interest rates were 9 per cent and only a quarter of US families had held stocks; in 2001 the US interest rate was cut to one per cent, forcing more than half US households move to stocks. With their interest rated incomes crashing, pension, retirement and insurance funds shifted their huge investments from banks to stocks. According to America’s Investment Company Institute (ICI) Fact Book, in 1990, the tax-exempted retirement funds held 42 per cent of their funds in bank deposits, which came down to 7 per cent in 2007; correspondingly, the share of stocks and mutual funds rose from 22 per cent to 48 per cent. As pension and retirement funds ploughed huge sums into stocks, the US stock indices roared, which, in turn, attracted more and more pension and retirement funds into stocks. Thus pension funds and stock indices acted as escalator for each other. According to ICI, the US pension and retirement funds exploded from $3.9 trillion in 1990 to $17.8 trillion in 2007; of which almost $6 trillion flooded the mutual funds. Out of it, a tsunami of $2.7 trillion money hit the stock market. The result: the US market capitalisation in 1990 which was $3 trillion, rose up by five times to over $15 trillion in 2008.

This caused huge, unsustainable rise in stock prices generating ‘asset appreciation’ or ‘paper wealth’. The artificial asset appreciation was certified as bankable equity to extend easy credit to consumers. Americans were encouraged to buy lavishly even as the US ran huge trade deficits with China. The high stock prices, which classical economists would have dreaded as an asset bubble, was regarded as real wealth effect by modern economists. Modern economists rightly saw commodity price rise as inflation and therefore wrong, but they celebrated asset price rise as wealth and prosperity! At least twice — once in 1987 and later in 2000 — huge asset bubbles nearly exploded the US stock markets. On both occasions, interest rates were cut, more credit was infused into markets to lift market sentiments. The strategy succeeded. The US Federal Reserve head, Alan Greenspan, who turned the market on both occasions, was regarded as the ‘God of Money’! He taught that producing paper money and making credit available to all by securitising it was at the core of economic policy. For that, he said, managing investor sentiments in the market — which produces monies out of thin air, namely, asset prices rise — was critical. The world mesmerised by him woke up in the 2008 crisis that showed that the ‘God of Money’ was without clothes after all! Greenspan himself admitted to the US Congress on October 23, 2008 that “the whole intellectual edifice” (of market-based economics) “has collapsed”. However, he had already bankrupted US families. Just months before, in his book The Age of Turbulence (p385) he had brushed aside family savings as the virtue of underdeveloped and insecure people. The developed US people, he said, are a confident lot; therefore, they borrow beyond their income and spend. The Americans did it and did in the US first and later, the world itself. The US could do it for two reasons. One, their local currency, the US dollar, was also the global currency; so the United States could limitlessly borrow to fund its current deficit of $10 trillion so far and continue to borrow. Two, the US had become the unipolar power. Yet, the 2008 crisis has shown that the US (Anglo-Saxon) financial capitalism is failing in the US itself. Yet the ‘bank-based’ India still looks at the ‘market-based’ US only for its ‘reform’ agenda.

Take Japan, Germany, France and other Continental European nations. The GME Consulting study on the saving behaviour of West, citing researches on ‘market-based’ and ‘bank-based’ economies, says, ‘one of the fundamental differences’ continues to be ‘the traditional division between the Anglo-Saxon ‘market-based’ economies and the Continental ‘bank-based’ model. Germany and other southern European countries remain heavily dominated by their banking sector”. It also shows that the savings rate in bank-based economies is higher. According to Business Week (September 30, 2010), in the end of 2009, stocks constituted just 3.9 per cent of German household financial assets; life insurance 28 per cent and cash and bank deposits 38 per cent. Japan is identical. In a paper presented to the Bank of International Settlements in May 2009, Bank of Japan officials point out that ‘Japanese households prefer bank deposits over risky financial assets when all the financial instruments are so well-developed and heavily traded in Japan unlike in other Asian markets’. The ‘bank-based’ Japan and Germany are as efficient as the ‘market-based’ US, if not more.

Indian households too prefer bank deposits, insurance and similar instruments. The bank deposits to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio in India in 1991 was 34 per cent; it has almost doubled to 67 per cent in 2011, according to the Economic Survey 2012 (p94). So, like in Japan and Germany, savers in India overwhelmingly prefer banks. Only some 5 per cent of Indian savings gets into stocks (Hindu Business Line, November 9, 2011). So India, with its overwhelmingly ‘bank-based’ economic model, is closer to the ‘bank-based’ Japan and Germany, and other Continental European nations. It is nowhere near the Anglo-Saxon United States. Yet the economic reforms of ‘bank-based’ India tend to follow the ‘market-based’ US economic theories, especially when the very theories threaten to become outdated in the US itself. Look at how things have changed even in India. In his previous tenure as Union finance minister P Chidambaram dreamt of ‘reforming’ the banking sector by creating four or five large banks for India by merging all medium sized banks. Would he now repeat that idea when the West is itself afraid of big banks? Never. The prime minister told the Indian savers not to go to banks but to Dalal Street in Mumbai and buy stocks instead. The people of India, however, did not oblige him. The government can’t reform culturally defined financial habits of the people.

The West is rethinking and seriously introspecting about its economics that we tend to follow. On May 24-25, a continuing project titled ‘Responder’ initiated by the Research Institute for Managing Sustainability (RIMAS), Vienna University of Economics and Business, had organised a global meet on ‘The Role of Household Savings and Debt in a Sustainable Economy’. Its declared intent was to review the savings-drying and consumption-driven economic model of the West that was, till the 2008 meltdown, considered as the fast track growth model. Till 2008 all countries tended to adopt the United States model — not thereafter. That is why the World Bank in its newsletter for May 2008 confessed that there is no economic or financial model that fits all and each country has to choose the model that suits its specifics. No nation can copy another nation.

QED: Indian ‘reform’ process has to be endogenous. Not exogenous. Yet, Indian ‘reformers’ are habituated to search the waste paper baskets of the ‘market-based’ US for its outdated ideas to ‘reform’ the Indian economy. Are the ‘reformers’ listening?

S Gurumurthy is a well-known commentator on political and economic issues.

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THE uncertainty of Eels winger Semi Radradra’s playing future remains, with another twist occurring in the 24-year-old’s tale. 26, 20167:32pm

Radradra’s return has been delayed.Source:Getty Images

THE saga that is Semi Radradra’s playing future has taken another turn, with the Parramatta winger failing to return to Sydney on Sunday as expected.

Radradra flew to Fiji — the country of his birth — last weekend, and early reports suggested he had walked out on the Eels, despite being contracted to them until the end of 2017. The Eels refuted this claim, saying they had granted him personal leave to spend time with his family as the club had a bye this weekend.

Parramatta also said it expected the 24-year-old to return in time to start the week at training in preparation for the western Sydney club’s clash with Cronulla in Round 17.

However, according to Nine News, the club has reportedly extended his leave and is now not expecting him back at training until Wednesday.

This latest development comes on the back of reports he was seeking his family’s advice on whether to stay in the NRL with the under-siege club, or pursue the option of playing rugby overseas.

French rugby union club Bordeaux was allegedly offering him more than $800,000 a season to come and play for them.

There were early suggestions Parramatta would allow Radradra to play the 15-a-side game overseas from August until April in return for securing a three-year commitment from him upon his return. However, it appears those reports were off the mark.

“The Parramatta Eels can confirm that Semi Radradra has been granted permission to return to Fiji for a short family visit during the bye round,” the Eels said in a statement last weekend.

“Semi Radradra is contracted to play for the Parramatta Eels until the end of the 2017 season, and has given no indication that the contract will not be honoured.”

The Eels expect him to see out the remainder of his contract, and they would be crazy to let him do otherwise. The 2015 Dally M Winger of the Year is a cult hero among fans, and is arguably the face of the club.

Eels fans are anxious to see Radradra back on the paddock.

Eels fans are anxious to see Radradra back on the paddock.Source:News Corp Australia

The blue and golds have had enough troubles this year and can’t afford to lose him. They were fined $1 million and docked 12 competition points for rorting the salary cap, while they also had to offload hooker Nathan Peats to the Gold Coast, representative forward Anthony Watmough retired, Joseph Paulo now plays for Canberra and star recruit Kieran Foran spent time in a rehab facility before suffering a serious injury.

Personal troubles off the field are believed to be playing a part in Radradra taking time off to reassess his career.

“It’s very troubling of course, the club seems to lurch from one crisis to another unfortunately and this is the end of a litany of things that have happened this year,” Eels legend Peter Sterling said last week.

“The one thing I am hearing is that Semi off the field — some things have changed there and he’s lost some discipline away from the playing paddock.

“How that’s playing with his head I don’t know.”

Although he was upset he was ineligible to represent his adopted home state of NSW in a State of Origin series — given he lived in Fiji for the first 19 years of his life — Radradra was still eligible to make his Australian debut in the Anzac Test against New Zealand earlier this year, which the Kangaroos won 16-0.


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BLOODSHOT International Trailer Shows Off New Footage

Credit: Sony Pictures

Updated October 24: Valiant Entertainment is promoting the new official international trailer for February's Bloodshot which includes new footage not seen in the domestic version released earlier this week.

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Original story published October 21: The first trailer for Sony's Bloodshot has been released.

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Mixing the original Valiant Entertainment source material with a hint of Universal Soldier and Memento (and actually co-starring Memento's Guy Pearce), Bloodshot is the first entry in a planned Valiant cinematic universe franchise at Sony.

Bloodshot is scheduled to open in theaters February 21, 2020.

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Journalist Who Offered Bill Clinton Oral Sex Decries Mrs. Trump’s Degrading High Heels

A journalist who famously offered Bill Clinton oral sex as a thank you for keeping abortion legal is now decrying the Trump women for encouraging sexism by wearing high heels. Writing for Newsweek on Friday, Nina Burleigh seethed, “Six months in, and the Trump women are well on their way to normalizing the footwear of the beauty pageant.”

Burleigh quoted a British psychologist to decry Ivana, Ivanka and Melania for playing into male stereotypes:

“In terms of the human example, we tend to find the defining characteristics of the opposite sex attractive,” [Paul] Morris wrote. “High heels function in a similar way. Males respond to the characteristic way a woman walks, i.e., the movement of the female pelvis: High heels just exaggerate the femaleness of the walk. So to deconstruct why Trump women wear high heels: They are just buying into traditional binary views of male and female.”

The headline screamed:

In another outburst, the journalist whined about the “rare political mountain goats.”

So sure are they of their footing that the Trump women, rare political mountain goats, never even look down for obstacles that might break up their gait or send them sprawling. Toes pointed like ballerinas in them, they stroll from the tarmac to the Wailing Wall, cross the spongy White House lawn to Marine One, click around the halls of Congress and ascend rickety risers at “MAGA” rallies in Youngstown.

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This is the same woman who, in July of 1998, offered to give Bill Clinton oral sex, cheering that women should get out their “presidential kneepads.”

I'd be happy to give him [oral sex] just to thank him for keeping abortion legal," she said.

I think American women should be lining up with their Presidential kneepads on to show their gratitude for keeping the theocracy off our backs.”

The July 7,1998 CyberAlert recounted Burleigh’s excitement over being ogled by Clinton:

The President's foot lightly, and presumably accidentally, brushed mine once under the table. His hand touched my wrist while he was dealing the cards. When I got up and shook his hand at the end of the game, his eyes wandered over to my bike-wrecked, naked legs. And slowly it dawned on me as I walked away: He found me attractive.

"No doubt the President's lawyers and spin doctors would say I wishfully imagined that long, appreciative look, just as all those other women have fantasized their more explicitly sexual encounters with Clinton. But we all know when we're being ogled. The weird thing was that I didn't mind.

Perhaps, just perhaps, Burleigh isn’t the best judge of what’s degrading to women.

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School Libraries Cutting Librarian Jobs

By Newsgroup Usenet June 24th, 2010

After summer is over, many students across the country may have a hard time to find help at their libraries. Based on a survey this past spring, the American Association of School Administrators project that 19% of all of the nation school districts will have fewer librarians next school year.

As many states face severe budget cuts, the loss of librarian jobs are on the chopping block for some in order to save on costs.  Administrators across the country have viewed libraries as luxuries rather than a haven for those to read, learn and research. Since only a few states have any laws to mandate libraries or librarians, layoffs seem as a minor inconvenience to some observers. Those that share this view neglect the importance and significance they are in fundamental learning and technology.

Unlike the overflowing bookshelves of wealthier families, 61 percent of low-income families own no age-appropriate books, according to a 2009 study commissioned by Jumpstart on “America’s Early Childhood Literacy Gap.”

Recently, the FCC promoted and had begun to deliver free broadband to libraries to help. Since early last year, Newsgroups began and continues to provide free Usenet access to librarians and libraries as well to help.

Unfortunately, some jobs will be lost and although the total damage seems small, it has been a slow trickling down process that further negatively impacts these great learning centers.

Dedicated newsgroups to libraries and librarians have long been a discussion forum for library enthusiasts who’ve shared concern of the impact this will make. “Information literacy is just so important for kids to be more successful in college,” said Livingston, 66, who worked in the Sammamish High School library for about a decade. “The kids are being hurt.”

New US Broadband Advisory Group Introduced

By Newsgroup Usenet June 9th, 2010

Major players in the Internet and telecommunication industries, including Google, AT&T and Verizon, are forming an advisory group on network management practices for  online services.

The forum will be overseen by Dale Hatfield, a well-respected former FCC Chief Technologist and current director of the Silicon Flatirons Center at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Government staffers are welcome to observe the group’s works.

The Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group intend to study and educate lawmakers on broadband network management practices and could help the industry form a consensus on these network management practices as the FCC examines net neutrality regulations that could affect network operators’ ability to control Web-based applications and content running on their networks. That’s a fancy way of saying that the forum allows engineers to seek consensus on proper network management practices in a less adversarial forum than FCC rulemaking. The Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG) is still in its infancy and an organizational structure will be announced in the coming weeks.

The new group would work to “inform federal agencies in their industry oversight functions.” This after many complaints about Comcast’s ISP side blocking and throttling of certain ports and services. The worry now is whether BITAG is an attempt to undermine the FCC and replace “public interest” regulation with corporate-focused rules. The Advisory Group is still incubating. Operational and organizational structure is under development, as are specific functions such as outreach, identification of best practices safe harbor issues online. You can also check out more about this and more on a variety to technical and online newsgroups that are following and discussing the story.

US Oblivious To USENET Broadband Speed

By Newsgroup Usenet June 2nd, 2010

A new survey indicates that most Americans are pretty clueless when it comes to the speed of their Internet subscription. Four out of five have absolutely no idea what it is.

The survey comes after separate findings by the agency that the actual speeds experienced by consumers are as low as half of what providers advertised. Those results, from a ComScore survey early this year, were announced by the FCC’s task force assigned to create its national broadband plan. In an effort to keep broadband providers honest, the agency through its broadband speed initiative plans to compare the speeds consumers get against what broadband providers actually advertise.

But apparently this did not stop that same vast majority of consumers who answered the agency’s questionnaire from reporting that they were either “very satisfied” (50 percent) or “somewhat satisfied” (41 percent) with their connections. Despite the fact that they couldn’t even disclose the speed of that very or somewhat satisfying link, 71 percent assured the government that their connection is “as fast as the provider promises at least most of the time.

These reported plateaus of technological savvy seem to cross all demographic boundaries. Seventy-one percent of men did not know their advertised speed, the FCC says; neither did 90 percent of women. Seventy-three percent of 18-29 year olds were in the dark regarding this matter; so were 88 percent of those 65 years and older. Same for the 79 percent of whites and 87 percent of African Americans. Income had little effect on the numbers.

After ranking third in the world a decade ago, the U.S. has dropped to 15th in the proportion of citizens receiving fast Web service, or broadband, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. South Korea, Iceland and Germany are among the countries that ranked higher in 2009, the Paris-based group says. Connections were both faster and cheaper in 12 countries, including Hungary and Denmark.

Countries that rank higher than the U.S. tend to be densely populated, use subsidies, and promote computer use, said Robert D. Atkinson, president of the Washington-based Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, which studies innovation policy. “The U.S. is behind because we’re a big, spread-out country with lots of people who don’t own computers,” Atkinson said in an interview.

The FCC has been stepping up its efforts in the regulation and understanding of data connection and communication usage in the US. It recently launched a new initiative to get mobile service providers to provide more info to customers that are in danger of receiving huge cell phone bills. In March, the FCC unveiled an Internet speed test tool at for consumers to clock the speed of their connection.

This study will become the foundation for the FCC’s “State of Broadband” report later this year.

ATT Offers Free Online Access In Times Square

By Newsgroup Usenet May 25th, 2010

Good news for AT&T and Usenet newsgroup subscribers who hang around Times Square often, as the carrier has confirmed that it would be launching its first-ever outdoor Wi-Fi hotspot in Times Square. The hotspot will give anybody with an iPhone or AT&T smartphone unlimited online use as part of this pilot project.

Instead of thousands and thousands of people simultaneously accessing the gigs of data on Usenet over AT&T’s bruised, congested cellular network, they can use free Wi-Fi, offloading traffic and reducing the strain on the network thousands of other people are trying to make phone calls over. The company acknowledged that the network was primarily there to offset the burden on AT&T’s 3G service in New York City, which even after a deliberate upgrade plan has been oversaturated primarily by the sheer amount of use from iPhone owners. Key cities such as San Francisco have also been overwhelmed by usage to this day and, while slightly improved, may be prime candidates for the next stages of the pilot.

“With this pilot AT&T Wi-Fi hotzone, we’re examining new ways to combine our Wi-Fi and 3G networks to help ensure that AT&T customers in Times Square always have a fast mobile broadband connection to do what matters most to them,” said John Donovan, AT&T chief technology officer, in a statement.

AT&T currently offers Wi-Fi at over 20,000 locations and reports 53.1 million Wi-Fi connections on its network in the first quarter alone.

NBC Replaces Heroes With Other Caped Crusader

By Newsgroup Usenet May 17th, 2010

TV series HEROES has been grounded from all future time travel after its 4th final season. As reported on comic book and television related newsgroups, the cause lies in dismal ratings after a confusing HEROES Season 3 and 4 that lost most everyone along the way.

Not even all the heroes powers combined could save the cheerleader or the network from the inevitable.

After the first season hooked the world into wanting to save a cheerleader and launched comic book heroe style culture into primetime, the show shimmered with hope and promise. Unfortunately, the shine wore off as Heroes went backwards with both its storyline and following as the numbers of viewing fans have slowly abandoned the series every season since. Many Usenet newsgroup subscribers wonder: Is it any surprise that the network would pull it from finishing the season?

NBC had a lot initially riding on this show – investing heavily in both the marketing and production of the show – which could explain the track it took. Heavy pressure to gain viewers, the storyline ironically attempted to capture more viewers, but lost more instead.

This does not mean that NBC has lost interest into the comic book genre though. In its place, a new comic book drama, “The Cape” is looking to replace and is rumored to debut during the would-be Heroes’ season 5 premiere. A mixture between Batman, The Punisher and Westley from the Princess Bride, “The Cape” keeps in the tradition of the dark tragic hero storyline.  Trailer below:

Space Newsgroups Report Mysterious Messages From Space

By Newsgroup Usenet May 13th, 2010

Touring the outer reaches of our galaxy the Voyager 2 spacecraft has begun sending back messages to Earth that even scientists cannot interpret. Some experts online and on newsgroups believe it may be the work of aliens.

Voyager 2 and its twin, Voyager 1, were launched in 1977 to explore Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Three decades on, they are the most distant human-made objects in outer space. Voyager 2 holds various information about the human species, including sound recordings of children singing, waves crashing on the ocean, babies crying and the signatures of the President of the United States and UN Secretary General.

Voyager 1 is currently more than 8.5 billion miles from Earth. It will soon travel beyond the heliosphere – a bubble the sun creates around the solar system – into interstellar space, scientists say.

Both probes were installed with a Golden Record. Simultaneously a greeting card, map and time capsule, these devices contained images and sounds from Planet Earth and voice greetings in more than 50 languages. The records’ content describing our home was selected and assembled by the late USENET subscriber Carl Sagan, just in case someone out there might be listening as the Voyagers passed through.

Space related newsgroups report that while it tries to work out what’s going on, NASA has instructed the spacecraft to only send data on its own status, but says the problem can probably be fixed with a simple software patch. All NASA has said of the glitch is that Voyager 2 suddenly began transmitting data in a completely different format.

Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are investigating the cause of the change. The probe is 8.6 billion miles from earth and will eventually leave the solar system. NASA equipped the probe with music and multilingual greetings for any intelligent life it encounters.

Many on newsgroups believe it’s just a matter of the fact that after 33 years in the cold dark vacuum of space, the antiquated hardware may simply be malfunctioning. NASA scientists have, not surprisingly, not weighed in on the matter of aliens having hacked our space probe, choosing to keep collective nose to the grindstone in determining cause and solution.

FCC Attempts Third Way To Regulate ISPs

By Newsgroup Usenet May 10th, 2010

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced his third attempt at gaining acceptance for online neutrality last week, sparking yet another furor over the issue as it could affect USENET newsgroup access. This time, he’s proposing a narrower approach toward reclassifying broadband access services as telecommunications services, in the hope that this might win over the industry.

The move comes in the wake a federal appeals court ruling that concluded the FCC overstepped its authority in attempting to prevent Comcast’s Internet throttling, an action that has thrown into disarray the commission’s plans to codify net neutrality regulations.

The basis of the FCC’s general broadband plan is to provide broadband Internet access to more Americans, in part by limiting the ability of ISPs to restrict the amount of bandwidth users consume, and by barring them from showing preference to their own traffic or to traffic generated by users who pay a premium for bandwidth.

Grouping ISPs with telephone companies would give the FCC the authority to impose so-called net neutrality—prohibiting an ISP from slowing or denying user access to an application or service–a say-so it sought but was denied in the Comcast ruling.  Currently, companies like Comcast have no restriction on bandwidth throttling, which can result in drastic reductions in speed and access time.

The opposition consisting of most ISPS minus Sprint, has been lining up to criticize the proposal, arguing that any type of regulation will stifle investment because complying with the regulation is expensive and onerous.

Carriers don’t like FCC chairman Julius Genachowski’s “Third Way” proposal for net neutrality because it would bring them under increased regulation by classifying broadband as a “telecommunications service.” Public interest groups generally maintain Gonachowski’s approach would lead to delivery of faster broadband services to more Americans including many who have been shortchanged in rural areas.

“We believe this is without legal basis. Make no mistake—when it regulates the networks that comprise the Internet, the FCC is in fact, and for the first time, regulating the Internet itself… We feel confident that if the FCC proceeds down this path, the federal courts will ultimately reach the same conclusion.” – from ATT

Many newsgroup subscribers say that they didn’t trust the notion that the FCC would take only a limited approach to the new regulations, and that the “Trojan Horse” of this good intention is to choke ISPs on other issues and matters down the line.

Duke University Usenet Newsgroup Server Decommission Discount

By Newsgroup Usenet May 5th, 2010

After thirty years of providing Usenet access, Duke University has recently announced they may have to decommission the newsgroup servers on campus. As a special discount to Duke University students, Newsgroups is offering a 40% discount on any of our monthly plans.

Dubbed by many as the original “Home of Usenet” since its inception in 1979, The Duke University servers have long provided students and faculty free access to Usenet newsgroups. Bridged between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University, grad students Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis conceived the oldest and most widely used online communications systems that are still actively used today. Predating the World Wide Web, USENET newsgroups are responsible for creating the architecture in which social networks, forums and blogs are based upon today.

For all Duke University students that are looking to continue their subscription to USENET newsgroups, simply provide your duke issued email address at checkout to automatically discount 40% off your monthly subscription membership on any of our plans.

The cost and resources to continue free USENET newsgroups access has been increasingly difficult for schools to provide on campus. With rising costs and maintenance to be provided for the expanding world of USENET has left many to consider alternatives. As a root to the heart of USENET and the campus, some are questioning the plans on cutting off access at Duke. NewsgroupReviews has provided information to ask the school to reconsider.

We continue here at Newsgroups to provide a resource and alternative to Duke and other Colleges and Universities with our Free Usenet Access Program. For more than a year, the charity has and continues to provide Free Usenet newsgroup access to faculty and staff and also provides 25% off discounts to all students on any of our monthly newsgroup subscriptions. Increasing the offer, we now offer a whopping 40% off for students with a duke email address.

Usenet Reports: Adobe CS5 Released

By Newsgroup Usenet April 30th, 2010

Adobe announced that its anticipated Creative Suite 5 product family is now available for shipping or immediate download, with more than 250 new features and, for the first time ever, native 64-bit support for Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.

Adobe CS 5 comes 18 months after CS4 was released and brings 250 new features among all the products included. Enhancements and improvements should be noticeable across the board and go beyond the few features that have been touted so far, like the impressive Content Aware fill in Photoshop CS5.

Adobe sells these programs alone or packages them up into suites tailored for various market segments. At the very top end is the $2,599 Master Collection, which includes everything. The designer-oriented Design Standard costs $1,299.

For Mac users, the CS5 will require an Intel-based Mac running the latest versions of Mac OS 10.5 or Mac OS X 10.6. Some applications, such as Photoshop, Premiere, and After Effects are 64-bit native.

Newsgroups related to Adobe products, such as adobe.acrobat.newsgroups and adobe.photoshop.newsgroups will expectedly provide reviews and tricks from the subscriber community. Newsgroup Members Receive NewsBin Pro Discount

By Newsgroup Usenet April 25th, 2010 Newsgroups is now offering all existing and new customers a $10.00 discount to the popular newsreader program NewsBin.

Any customer or member of Newsgroups qualifies for the discount to the registered version of NewsBin Pro. Newsbin Pro is an award winning newsreader with a host of features that are popular with the Usenet community. Newbin Pro Newsreader is compatible with most current windows based operating systems.

Any new customer who registers or those who have recently joined automatically qualify for the discount. To receive the discount, simply download the preconfigured newsreader from the Newsgroups members area. The program comes with a 10 day free trial. The full lifetime license will automatically discount $10.00 from the final price for Newsgroup members once the trial has expired. Newsgroups is proud to be able to offer additional features and benefits to our users. The NewsBin Pro Lifetime Subscription Newsreader Discount and our continuously growing binary retention which is shadowing 600 days is part of our overall commitment to constantly deliver premium USENET newsgroup features to all of our customers.