The Aevia Group and Ascension University are organizing Curricular Focus Teams in an ongoing effort to insure the essential curriculum is always given the proper attention in course development. A Ministry of Mercy (MOM), is one such curriculum management component and the team will operate as part of the School for Service to All.
The philosophical and spiritual overtones focus specifically on the meaning and value of Merciful Ministry as characterized by Sympathetic Understanding, Enveloping Tenderness , and Inspiring Beauty.
The managerial and scientific focus is concentrated on facts concerning the nurturing role of mothers and others engaged in the role of child rearing.
In November of 2008, the Lead Trustee for the soon to be established Aevia Charitable Trust (The ACT), gave a talk describing the importance of forgiveness. And, how if we were to condition our forgiveness on another’s repentance, we would find ourselves judging someone, their sincerity, or the quality of their repentance. The talk included the following statement:

“Consider also, the example Jesus gave about the man who steals your coat. By the Master’s admonition, in our time we would likely give the thief a set of matching gloves and perhaps even a scarf for a dash of color. Now would we do this simply to keep from getting shot or is there a larger principle involved? I believe our act of kindness in the face of such evil is the peacemaker’s equivalent of shock and awe. It would serve to challenge the righteousness of the self-centered thief. And even though it may not spur in him an instant conversion to altruistic hero, it also won’t support his notion that everyone’s in it for themselves. He has, at least, one unsettling example of a fellow human being acting unselfishly. Until he grows to understand your motivation, the unusual experience will be hard to reconcile in his mind.”

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A Ministry of Mercy

 
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The Aevia Group and Ascension University are organizing Curricular Focus Teams in an ongoing effort to insure the essential curriculum is always given the proper attention in course development. The Master Experience Key (MEK), is one such curriculum management component and the team will operate as part of the Aevia Institutes of Management.
The philosophical and spiritual overtones focus specifically on the meaning and value of Forgiving Tolerance as characterized by Balanced Perspective. Resourceful Accuracy, and Resilient Structuring.
The managerial and scientific focus is concentrated on facts concerning the arts and sciences of human endeavor with special emphasis on the building of indexes, cross references and thesauruses.
In November of 2008, the Lead Trustee for the soon to be established Aevia Charitable Trust (The ACT), gave a talk describing how the question of net-neutrality will be pivotal to future societal evolution. The talk included the following statement:

“Suppose someone posted an article on the Life of Jesus. The relevance rankings would determine your ability to find it using a search service. These rankings are conditioned by the search algorithms, some group’s doctrine concerning reliable sources and of course the quality of the subject article. If, for example, George Costanza is the relevance guy at VeryBigSearchEngine.com, a search on major celebrations during December would likely place Festivus at the top of the results page and Christmas might not place at all. This could be simply because the editor placed the birth of Jesus in August and ignored the tradition of celebrating in December. The essay titled Birth of Jesus may not even be indexed depending on the attitude towards religion or the editorial policies of the search service provider.

When we move beyond individual or institutional attitudes, beyond vestings and bias factors, we also encounter maintenance issues. A large thesaurus contains tens of thousands of synonyms and hundreds of thousands of cross references. It is just one part of the server-side system that produces search results based on input. On the client-side we have the person authoring, packaging and submitting the article. While the content of the article itself should be the primary relevance factor; naming, tagging and formatting also affect placement in search results to varying degrees.”

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The Master Experience Key

 
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© 2011 The Aevia Charitable Trust — Robert H. Kalk – Lead Trustee

The Aevia Group and Ascension University are organizing Curricular Focus Teams in an ongoing effort to insure the essential curriculum is always given the proper attention in course development. Deep Abiding Devotion (DAD), is one such curriculum management component and the team and will operate as part of the School for Service to All.
The philosophical and spiritual overtones focus specifically on the meaning and value of Unselfish Devotion as characterized by Divine Guidance, Patient Foresight, and Supportive Encouragement.
The managerial and scientific focus is concentrated on facts concerning the nurturing role of fathers and others engaged in the role of child rearing.
In November of 2008, the Lead Trustee for the soon to be established Aevia Charitable Trust (The ACT), gave a talk on the importance of remaining teachable. The talk included the following statement:

Appreciation must be carefully cultivated. A deep abiding devotion is patient. And those who lovingly nurture and teach wait for the teachable moment. When we arrive at that place where echoes shine and reflections ring, then we will know something about the path to enlightenment.

Winning souls cleanly is what counts. It is accomplished without coercion, compulsion or deception. We enter the Kingdom through faith. Fear is an unworthy motivator for no Heavenly covenant is secured under duress. Whether we win or lose in such cases is entirely dependent on the free will of the person that would be re-born. But it is also mightily influenced by our clear intent, our true motivation and our willingness to go the extra mile in the spiritual equivalent of neonatal care. Just how intensive such care should be is always a matter for extensive prayer.

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Deep Abiding Devotion

 
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© 2011 The Aevia Charitable Trust — Robert H. Kalk – Lead Trustee

The Aevia Group and Ascension University are organizing Curricular Focus Teams in an ongoing effort to insure the essential curriculum is always given the proper attention in course development. The Advanced Necessities Guide (ANG), is one such curriculum management component and the team and will operate as part of the School for Service to All.
The philosophical and spiritual overtones focus specifically on the meaning and value of Unfailing Goodness as characterized by Thoughtful Preparedness, Resourceful Adaptability, and Industrious Tenacity.
The managerial and scientific focus is concentrated on facts promoting personal health and welfare for a great humanity.
In November of 2008, the Lead Trustee for the soon to be established Aevia Charitable Trust (The ACT), gave a talk on the importance of work if one is to maintain a faith that is vibrantly alive. The talk included the following statement:

“The necessities of life work to keep us reality centered. And challenges are an important part of our discipleship. Just as actual experience is the master of all teachers, the Spirit of Truth will guide us through those experiences that are the most meaningful. And, throughout our efforts to apply the most appropriate levers of social uplift, this very same spiritual helper will be the power multiplying fulcrum.

Only God can grow us and only God can heal us. But we can set the stage for, and promote the growth and healing of, individuals and nations. We can teach the art and science of advancing individuals and civilization away from darkness and death towards the Source of higher values and an era of light and life. To do this we must renew our focus on subjecting the animal nature to the mastery of the Spirit. And we must move away from unbridled profiteering to higher types of incentive and motivation.”

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Seed Bearing Fruit – The Original Food Drop

 
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© 2011 The Aevia Charitable Trust — Robert H. Kalk – Lead Trustee

We describe Ascension University as a place where your career comes to light and our curricular focus is informed by the critical path to enlightenment. The universe is clearly illuminated by three kinds of light: material light, intellectual insight, and spirit luminosity. This  luminosity we speak of is made manifest through spiritual growth to the point where it becomes increasingly discernible by our peers. When those around us first take notice of this Divine enlightenment, or a glowing countenance, it is often referred to as a New Luminosity.
Within the Aevia Group, we use the acronym “AEVIA” to promote a culture based upon our Appreciation for the Enduring Value of Individual Advancement. Likewise, the Ascension University curriculum places great emphasis on being learner centric and facilitating the personal ascension experience. We maintain this focus because we believe the hope of a better nation — or that of a better world — is centered in the progress and enlightenment of the individual.
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Light field cameras will unleash capabilities that were never before possible with conventional 2D digital cameras. Focusing a picture after it’s taken, re-orienting the scene by shifting the perspective view, and even switching between 2D and 3D views are all made possible through light field technology.
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Over the past 150 years, at least one Russian czar and several American entrepreneurs have devised plans for linking the continents.  William Gilpin (1813-1893), first Governor of the Territory of Colorado, proposed a rail link as early as 1849. Gilpin’s Isothermal Axis Theory is still used in the study of geopolitics. The idea at that time was to link the rail networks of the Americas, Asia and Europe.
In the late 1890s, E.H. Harriman of the Union Pacific Railroad envisaged a similar concept. The Trans-Siberian Railroad had recently been completed (c. 1900; 1903). Harriman’s vision included an 800-mile rail corridor from Alaska’s Cook Inlet to Cape Prince of Wales, where a rail-ferry crossing was also planned. “The Harriman Plan” was shelved due to the advent of the Russo-Japan War of 1904-05.
In 1942, the Bering crossing was resurrected as the ‘Delano initiative’ to provide matèrial to the USA’s then allies – the Russians. A rail corridor was surveyed (not for the first time) by the Army Corps of Engineers all the way along the Rocky Mountains trench as far as the Bering Strait region.
An intermodal East-West trade corridor evolved in the interim. The rail networks of North America and Siberia are now effectively linked by the shipping lanes between Seattle and Vladivostock.
In 1992, The Interhemispheric Bering Strait Tunnel & Railroad Group (IBSTRG) was formed to revisit the notion of a fixed transport link across the strait.
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In the past year or so, there have been some important developments that have dramatically changed the startup landscape.
First, entrepreneurs involved with startups have grown more sophisticated, experienced and creative about how they start, operate and finance a new business.
These are people who have been earning their stripes and valuable experience working for startups without the benefit of growth capital. As a result, they have learned to be flexible and creative.
Just as important, they have a keen appreciation for how to squeeze as much as they can from every dollar they spend. It means that with even a small amount of financing, they can go a long way and get a lot done.
Second, there has been a healthy expansion in the amount of seed and startup capital available from venture capitalists and angels. Given how lean and mean startups can operate, investors can inject $250,000 to $500,000 into a startup to support major growth in the product or service plus sales and marketing activities.
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The National Science Foundation wants to take researchers’ big ideas from the laboratory to marketplace through a new program called Innovation Corps.
The public-private partnership between NSF, the Kauffman Foundation, and the Deshpande Foundation will provide $50,000 grants to help scientists turn research into viable products, says NSF program manager Errol Arkilic. The grants are limited to researchers who have already been funded by NSF. They’re intended to support the projects for up to six months while the teams research how their technology could benefit society.
The program will use the curriculum of Stanford University’s Lean Launchpad, a class developed by serial tech entrepreneur Steve Blank to teach entrepreneurship to engineers, scientists, and other professionals. Blank will also be an I-Corps instructor. He says the main goal of his course is to get students out of their labs to see if what they have to offer is what a customer really needs.
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Spanish debt has again been in the firing line on financial markets after a review for possible downgrade from credit rating agency Moody’s on Friday. It cited weak growth and hefty regional spending as key challenges for the euro zone’s fourth largest economy.
Spain’s prime minister called early elections on Friday, gambling that a summer jobs boom may allow his Socialists to snatch victory despite economic stagnation that has contributed to the euro zone’s debt crisis. Although polls suggest the conservative opposition will easily win the Nov. 20 vote, Socialists have narrowed the gap in recent months as the economy begins to show faint signs of recovery.
Most economists expect strong employment figures during the tourism season, a key driver of the Spanish economy.
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