NOV. 18 – 25: OPENS DROP-OFF SITES FOR INTERNATIONAL CHRISTMAS PROJECT
Local Families Make Global Impact Through Operation Christmas Child
Farr West, Utah, Nov. 07, 2019—This month, sites in the Farr West area will be among 5,000 U.S. drop-off locations collecting shoebox gifts for children overseas during Operation Christmas Child's National Collection Week, Nov. 18-25.
Farr West families, churches and groups are busy transforming empty shoeboxes into fun gifts filled with toys, school supplies and hygiene items. The Samaritan's Purse project partners with local churches across the globe to deliver these tangible expressions of God's love to children affected by war, disease, disaster, poverty and famine. For many of these children, it will be the first gift they have ever received.
This year, Farr West-area residents hope to collect more than 4500 gifts to contribute to the 2019 global goal of reaching 11 million children.
"I love seeing the local community rally together for a global impact," said Regional Director Paul Fischbach. "We see all ages getting involved –and more and more every year."
Area Collection Sites:
Ogden, UT - Community United Methodist Church
163 W 4800 S
Ogden UT 84405-6133
Mon, Nov. 18: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tue, Nov. 19: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wed, Nov. 20: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Nov. 21: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Fri, Nov. 22: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Nov. 23: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Sun, Nov. 24: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Mon, Nov. 25: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Bountiful, UT - Good Shepherd Fellowship
696 N 400 E
Bountiful UT 84010-4612
Mon, Nov. 18: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Tue, Nov. 19: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Wed, Nov. 20: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Thu, Nov. 21: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Fri, Nov. 22: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Sat, Nov. 23: 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Sun, Nov. 24: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Mon, Nov. 25: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Farr West, UT - Living Faith Church
985 N 1200 W
Ogden UT 84409-1132
Mon, Nov. 18: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Tue, Nov. 19: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Wed, Nov. 20: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Thu, Nov. 21: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Fri, Nov. 22: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Sat, Nov. 23: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sun, Nov. 24: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Mon, Nov. 25: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Hyrum, UT - Emmanuel Baptist Church
310 N 810 E
Hyrum UT 84319-0316
Mon, Nov. 18: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Tue, Nov. 19: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Wed, Nov. 20: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Thu, Nov. 21: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Fri, Nov. 22: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Sat, Nov. 23: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Sun, Nov. 24: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Mon, Nov. 25: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
For additional drop-off locations visit our drop-off locator online.
For more information on how to participate in Operation Christmas Child, call (303) 745 - 9179, or visit samaritanspurse.org/occ. Participants can donate $9 per shoebox gift online through "Follow Your Box" and receive a tracking label to discover its destination. Those who prefer the convenience of online shopping can browse samaritanspurse.org/buildonline to select gifts matched to a child's specific age and gender, then finish packing the virtual shoebox by adding a photo and personal note of encouragement.
Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan's Purse, an international Christian relief and evangelism organization headed by Franklin Graham. The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God's love in a tangible way to children in need around the world and, together with the local church worldwide, to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has collected and delivered more than 168 million gift-filled shoeboxes to children in more than 160 countries and territories.
MEDIA NOTE: For complete media materials and high-resolution, downloadable photos, visit samaritanspurse.org/occnewsroom.
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Mauritius by Theresa Rebeck, directed by Jared Larkin. Running January 2 - 4, 10 - 11, 17 - 18, 2020 at 7:30PM with a 2PM matinee on January 18.
Stamp collecting is far more risky than you think. After their mother’s death, two estranged half-sisters discover a book of rare stamps that may include the crown jewel for collectors.
One sister tries to collect on the windfall, while the other resists for sentimental reasons. In this gripping tale, a seemingly simple sale becomes dangerous when three seedy, high-stakes collectors enter the sisters’ world, willing to do anything to claim the rare find as their own.
Children are more connected than ever before. They have access to tablets and smartphones before they learn to walk and talk. A new OECD report, Educating 21st Century Children: Emotional Well-Being in the Digital Age, examines modern childhood and looks specifically at the intersection between emotional well-being and new technologies.
In a new interview with CMRubinWorld, Tracey Burns, OECD analyst and author of the report, notes, “While some governments and parents respond by restricting access, these strategies can come at the cost of digital opportunity and skill development.” Burns says that digital citizenship is not just about building skills, it’s also about “actively and responsibly participating in the online world.” She emphasizes that parents and school communities need to adapt with technology as their children do, and also stay on top of the fast-moving technological advances. There is no going back given that children have access to technology before they learn to walk and talk. “Empowering our children to be active and empowered (digital) citizens is not an option: it is necessary to keep our children happy and healthy, both on and off line.”
Read the full article here
Tracey Burns is a Senior Analyst in the OECD’s Center for Education Research and Innovation. After graduating from British Columbia with her doctorate, Dr. Burns has been involved in multiple projects like 21st Century Children, Trends Shaping Education, and more. She is also an award-winning lecturer on infant and child development.
CMRubinWorld’s award-winning series, The Global Search for Education, brings together distinguished thought leaders in education and innovation from around the world to explore the key learning issues faced by most nations. The series has become a highly visible platform for global discourse on 21st century learning, offering a diverse range of innovative ideas which are presented by the series founder, C. M. Rubin, together with the world’s leading thinkers.
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Steven Sabel, Director of Public Relations
publicity@shakespeareoxfordfellowship.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New book explores
early doubts about Shakespeare
Professor James Shapiro challenged on his intellectual integrity
NATION – For decades, orthodox teachers and professors have outwardly declared that there Is no evidence to support anyone ever pointed to the name, Shakespeare, as a pseudonym used to conceal the Identity of a hidden author. Now a new book by Bryan H. Wildenthal, a widely published law professor and legal historian whose work has been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court, demonstrates that questions about the true identity behind the name of Shakespeare date back to time of publication of works with the name of Shake-Speare printed upon them.
"Early Shakespeare Authorship Doubts" refutes the commonly heard Stratfordian claim that nobody entertained any doubts about authorship until hundreds of years after the death of Shakspeare of Stratford (1564-1616), the actor and businessman incorrectly identified as the author in the 17th century.
Wildenthal’s book explores dozens of expressions of doubt going back decades before 1616. Perhaps most strikingly, he shows that the early expressions of doubt include at least five separate items independently indicating that the true author died many years before 1616.
Several early publications suggest the authorial name was a pseudonym. Some also suggest an aristocratic writer, and a few hint specifically that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford was the true author. Wildenthal concedes that this rich mass of evidence calls for much more study and debate, but his book amply demonstrates that authorship doubts were an authentic and integral part of the very time and culture that gave rise to the works of Shakespeare.
Wildenthal’s book builds upon the work of dozens of other scholars, including Diana Price, Roger Stritmatter, Katherine Chiljan, Alexander Waugh, and others. The book contains a preface discussing the previous research conducted, and 26 pages of bibliography.
“I felt for many years there were very serious doubts about who this author really was, and that the case for Oxford looked surprisingly strong. What started to dawn on me, the more I read, was how many doubts were expressed way before 1616, back to the 1590s at least,” said Wildenthal.
“It didn’t seem like anybody had systematically assembled and discussed them all in one place. I thought, well, if nobody else has done it, maybe I should try to summarize and pull together what all these other scholars have written about, scattered in various books and articles,” Wildenthal said.
Wildenthal’s book aims to bring lively humor and fresh insights to the Shakespeare Authorship Question, as well as rigorously impartial scholarship. His book is hailed as “a major breakthrough” by Alexander Waugh, acclaimed British author of “Time, God, The House of Wittgenstein,” and “Fathers and Sons,” a memoir of Waugh’s literary family including his grandfather, Evelyn Waugh, author of “Brideshead Revisited” and other classics.
Published by Zindabad Press, "Early Shakespeare Authorship Doubts" is available in both hardcover and paperback editions through Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, and other book retailers.
Intellectual Integrity
Wildenthal’s final inspiration to complete "Early Shakespeare Authorship Doubts" came from an unlikely source.
“The last straw for me was listening to Columbia University Professor James Shapiro - considered one of the top four or five Shakespeare experts in the world - being interviewed on the radio in December 2016,” said Wildenthal.
“Shapiro repeated this false meme that we hear so commonly, that doubts are just a modern fad, and they didn’t arise until around the 1850s, hundreds of years after Shakespeare’s time,” Wildenthal said.
“Then, adding insult to falsehood, Shapiro boasted that he would flunk any student of his who dared to persist in raising authorship questions. I’ve been a teacher my entire career, and this just outraged every fiber of my being - the idea of ridiculing and shutting down students for daring to raise totally legitimate questions about one of the greatest mysteries of world literature,” said Wildenthal.
“What Shapiro said on that radio show was psychological bullying, pure and simple. It just seemed to me like the worst kind of anti-intellectualism. And he’s ignoring documented historical facts. These early doubts are spread all over the published historical record. Does Shapiro actually not know about them? I knew right then, in December 2016, that I simply had to write this book,” Wildenthal said.
Wildenthal is a member of the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship, an organization that has been dedicated to researching the Shakespeare Authorship Question for more than 60 years. He has served on the SOF Board of Trustees since 2016, and currently serves as First Vice-President.
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Governor Gary R. Herbert's Schedule
November 11, 2019 - November 15, 2019
**The Governor’s schedule is subject to frequent change**
Monday, November 11
Veterans Day
11:30 a.m. Speak at Utah Valley University’s Woodbury School of Business Groundbreaking
Location: Utah Valley University
Media Access
6:00 p.m. Meet with Consul General of India, Sanjay Panda
Location: Governor’s Mansion
6:30 p.m. Host Diwali Celebration
Location: Governor’s Mansion
Tuesday, November 12
Travel to New York
Wednesday, November 13
Attend Economic Development Meetings in New York— All Day
Thursday, November 14
Attend Economic Development Meetings in New York
Travel to Salt Lake City
Friday, November 15
No Public Events
Lt. Governor Spencer J. Cox's Schedule
November 11, 2019 - November 15, 2019
**The Lt. Governor’s schedule is subject to frequent change**
Monday, November 11
Veterans Day
6:00 p.m. American Legion Post 61 Veterans Day Dinner
Location: Fillmore
Tuesday, November 12
8:30 a.m. Traverse Ridge Center III Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Location: Lehi
Media Access
2:00 p.m. Point of the Mountain State Land Authority Board Meeting
Location: Draper
Wednesday, November 13
9:15 a.m. Utah County Business Summit
Location: Lehi
Media Access
10:30 a.m. LendingClub Site Visit
Location: Lehi
2:00 p.m. State Homeless Coordinating Committee Meeting
Location: State Capitol Complex
4:00 p.m. Shelter the Homeless Meeting
Location: Salt Lake City
Thursday, November 14
11:00 a.m. Utah System of Higher Education K-20 Summit
Location: Utah Valley University
Media Access
1:30 p.m. Meet with Chief of Staff
Location: Lt. Governor’s Formal Office
2:00 p.m. Elections Review with Staff
Location: Lt. Governor’s Formal Office
Friday, November 15
12:00 p.m. Utah Association of Counties Convention
Location: St. George
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Dear Editor:
Please consider this Armistice/Veterans Day piece from conflict scholar Dr. Wim Laven. For PeaceVoice, thank you.
Tom Hastings
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Serve with honor, honor those who serve; or support Trump?
by Wim Laven
849 words
Starting as Armistice Day, celebrated for the first time November 11, 1919--the first anniversary of the end of World War I in 1918—what we now call Veterans Day is the observance of thanks to those who have served military duty. It acknowledges the living and the dead for honorably representing the country during peacetime and war. This year it is imperative that people understand that honor and the name Donald Trump cannot fit in the same sentence. His dishonor to the service and sacrifice of American service members in Syria and to our Kurdish allies is the epitome of disgraceful.
This was the offense too much for General James Mattis to stomach, the reason he resigned from his position as Secretary of Defense, because nothing is more dishonorable than betraying and turning your back on those who sacrificed right next to you. Mattis could not countenance the resultant resurgence of ISIS in the region, and the escape of the ISIS soldiers during predictable episodes of Turkish violence. It is the neglect of honor—the abdication of core values—that makes working with and for a grifting narcissist like Trump nauseating.
There is a long string of such disgrace. He offers no empathy to prisoners of war; he likes it better when they avoid capture. Instead of reflecting on the trauma of those who were led to participate in the crimes against humanity in Vietnam and Cambodia, he said avoiding STDs was his own personal Vietnam—he partied after his fake bone spur exemption while others were drafted and died. It happens when he calls Purple Heart recipients disloyal, or dual loyal, because the only service he cares about is blind loyalty to him. Lt. Col. Vindman is just one in an incredibly long string to receive Trump treatment for simply speaking the truth. Gold Star families, relatives of those who paid the ultimate price defending the U.S., deserve no esteem from Trump, and are disrespected by him again and again. He really does not care about anyone but himself, careers of dedicated service be damned!
As one who carries these convictions, I know that one can be anti-war, pro-peace, and honor veterans. These are not mutually exclusive beliefs or feelings, and they represent long thought, listening, and learning.
Twenty years ago I used to listen to unimaginable stories. A regular customer at the pizza place I worked at told me I reminded him of a guy he shared a foxhole with. I just listened. He never recovered from Vietnam—he self-medicated with alcohol—and he just needed someone to listen. I’ve heard hundreds, maybe thousands, of stories from people deployed all over the planet, students, friends, strangers… Empathy and compassion are the first step toward honoring those tortured souls.
It is not enough to look to the bully-in-charge. Maybe he’ll manage to avoid tossing out insults for a half-dozen tweets, maybe he will not. Trump is a coward and a bully, and he is unlikely to change--at this point he is a bitter lost cause. The real point is to look to all those supporting, promoting, or enabling his reprehensible behavior and ask them to re-evaluate.
A deep appreciation for honoring Veterans must go deeper. Defending them against those who insult, defame, and betray their service only scratches the surface. We need to stop electing the kinds of representatives who use them as pawns serving political purposes instead of simply defending the country. No civil society should write blank checks for military force while leaving more than 40,000 veterans homeless and hundreds of thousands more to live with food insecurity and poverty. We must stop electing representatives who believe these people are disposable.
The deepest commitment is a patriotic commitment to the protection of the fundamental principles of our constitutional democracy. The fascist and authoritarian tendencies of this White House and those who cling to their loyalty to Donald Trump are the greatest dishonor to those who swore oaths to protect this country from enemies “foreign and domestic.” Want to honor veterans? Get out in the streets—protest for an end of the tenure of the criminal in the White House. Veterans have not fought to remove dictators in other countries to see a President ignoring checks and balances while insisting that he is above the law in their home country.
On November 11th, Donald Trump will share his usual lies. Just remember this is the man who avoided a Republican debate in 2016 so that he could purportedly raise money for veterans. Remember that he held onto millions of dollars raised for veterans—instead of sending it to where it was needed. The Trump Foundation was no charity at all, its primary purpose, “little more than a [personal] checkbook […]to pay off the legal obligations of entities he controlled.” Then find the protest nearest you, #OutNow is one source of information, because the disgrace in the White House is not going to resign on his own, and everyone deserves better than this, especially those who risk death for what they believe is defending our country.
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Wim Laven, Ph.D., syndicated by PeaceVoice, teaches courses in political science and conflict resolution.
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With about 45 percent of all U.S. adults being single and the average date costing over $100, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2019’s Best & Worst Cities for Singles as well as accompanying videos.
Some singles are closer to a happily ever after than they think, but it depends on where they live. To determine where singles have the highest chance of finding love, WalletHub compared more than 180 U.S. cities across 35 key indicators of dating-friendliness. The data set ranges from share of single population to number of online dating opportunities to nightlife options per capita.
Best Cities for Singles
Worst Cities for Singles
1. Atlanta, GA
173. Hialeah, FL
2. Denver, CO
174. Shreveport, LA
3. San Francisco, CA
175. Winston-Salem, NC
4. San Diego, CA
176. Yonkers, NY
5. Portland, OR
177. Columbia, MD
6. Chicago, IL
178. South Burlington, VT
7. Los Angeles, CA
179. Brownsville, TX
8. Madison, WI
180. Glendale, CA
9. Seattle, WA
181. Pembroke Pines, FL
10. Portland, ME
182. Pearl City, HI
Best vs. Worst
To view the full report and your city’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-cities-for-singles/9015/
