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Japanese, as it well known, like to sleep right in the subway trains. And Russians sleep right in their cars, especially when they drive in Latvia. But not only in Latvia. 🙂
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Japanese, as it well known, like to sleep right in the subway trains. And Russians sleep right in their cars, especially when they drive in Latvia. But not only in Latvia. 🙂
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lol nice plates of this police car on the second last photo. and nice police car also.
or he's probably just drunk.
Bro, "the wolf from Tombov is your comrade" they used to say in the ol' good Soviet Union.
Whats that supposed to mean?
"comrade" after 1917 Communist "revolution" begun to be closely associated with the Communist regime. So, if someone addressed you as "comrade" you could reply with the aforementioned saying, displaying your negative attitude to the Communist system. This would mean that dislike being called Comrade and are not really any kind of "comrade" to the person who has spoken to you this way.
Tombov is a place in Russia, a town. Sometimes it is referenced to as a synonym for a remote location.
O ok.
Hey, Little Buddy, wanna be my first mate and live on a deserted island?
Heh, heh, heh…
I want a friggin BMW 6 series too!
He's got to be the russian version of Tony Soprano 🙂
LOL. He just might be.
Are you hitting on him?
Are you hitting on me now?
Does thinking like that make you feel better?
You are a bit edgy today. What's the matter?
Makes me feel uncomfortable.
Why so? Because he has a good car?
And gold bracelet and gator shoes. This guy just looks gangsta.
Don't think so really. Gangsta would not wear jeans and simple jacket. Though I find the bracelet funny too. But that is a matter of taste. Those are not gator shoes by the way. Perforated summer shoes look to me.
Are you a gangsta expert? Tell me, what do they wear, and what do they drive?
You have such an interest in gangstas. Do you want to be gansta when you grow up?
All russian businessmen are gangstas. So yeah, I guess its in my blood, but this guy got me beat, the beamer, the bracelet, the gators. When I grow up, I'll have it all too.
LOL – hilarious!
So Mike, how do gangsters like you dress then? Do they wear wear Black Armani suits when they go jogging? Or pehaps black Armani suits are now all the rage on Bermuda's beautiful beaches?
Common, enlighten us. You are obviously an expert..
Nothing is "up", Mike. I just find you comical 🙂
Actualy this dude is latvian.
But, no odds…
i'm pretty sure he's not Latvian – just look at him or the wheels on the BMW.. has to be a Russian
Nop, latvian
Right. The guy on video is speaking Latvian.
He is obviously drunk but tries to convince policemen that it wasn't him who was driving and he frankly does not know what happened, someone else should have done that.
I just find it curious how patient the cops are. Looking slightly amused – see also image 4. 🙂
last photo – european number plate.
and.. http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/5730/bmw006xl0.jpg
yes it is.
so what?
The cop car is a Vulva S80, big deal
I think it's photoshop.
That pictures are fake!
he probably drank too much aftershave [the strongest of Russian drinks] [te govt puts limits on how strong can be sold as beverage, explainging why you can find really expensive 98% alcohol "aftershave" in russian pharmacies]
Why did the car get towed!??
in Latvia, if they catch you driving drunk they take your car away. actually there was intention to confiscate cars, i don't know really how far that has been implemented. but for now I guess they are just towed to the police parking lot and you have to come later and pay to get them out. the fines have become very harsh. seldom now people dare to drink and drive. too much trouble if caught.
That is clearly not a russian BMW. On the last picture you see the LV sign on the plate, and on the first you can notice the +371 .. phone number, where +371 is the calling code of Latvia.
Sorry, no russians this time.
I guess everyone should be sure about it. It also says in Latvian "POLICIJA" in large letters on a police car.
Still this site is also about Russians outside of Russia, and Latvia has a lot of Russian speaking people who arrived from USSR after the WWII.
tough guy
tough gay
the guy is latvian.
was speakin clear latvian, did not even used russian swearwords.
probably one of many real eastate buy cheap-sell with 200% profit'ers 😀
used a word Parpali ( "a" as aaa )
par – over
pali – drunk (very)
but not, he didnt do that…. he said so 😀
and antispamword was vodka 😀
Go have some sleep.
How can you mount such ugly rims on such a car ? oO
I suggest to take a nap first before driving if you feel like you need one. It will save us from any kind of accident and harmful stuff. Don't push yourself too much for something that you can't.
By the way that's a nice car, how sad you just scratched it.
Let's always be responsible for all our actions!
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Meridith Henshaw B: c1806 D: 1883 M: Margaret Etheridge ├── Jane C. Henshaw (1828-1912) 1,2,3 ├── Sarah Jane Henshaw (1829-1908) 2,4 ├── William Carroll Henshaw (1830-1891) 1,3,5,6 ├── Albert Henshaw (c1833-?) 1,3 ├── Seany Elizabeth Henshaw (c1836-?) 1,3,7 ├── Malinda Henshaw (1839-1902) 1,3,5 ├── Lucinda Henshaw (c1841-?) 1,3 └── John T. Henshaw (1845-1915) 1,3,5,8,9
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Born about 1806, North Carolina.1 Meredith was shown born about 1805 per the 1850 census, about 1807 per the 1860 census, and about 1806 per his obituary. He was shown born before 1800 in the 1840 census.
He married Margaret Etheridge.1,10 Margaret was born about 1802, North Carolina.3,8 Margaret was shown born about 1801 per the 1850 census, and about 1803 per the 1860 census.
Meredith and family were shown in the 1830 census, Lincoln County, Tennessee:11
Meredith served in the Lincoln County, Tennessee Volunteer Regiment.12
Meridith Henshaw was shown in the 1839 tax roll of Dyer County, Tennessee.13
Meredith Henshaw was shown in the 1840 census, DeSoto County, Mississippi:12,14
Meredith and family were again shown in the 1850 census, DeSoto (now Tate) County, Mississippi:3
Meredith and family were shown in the 1860 census, Senatobia, DeSoto (now Tate) County, Mississippi:8
Meredith was shown in the 1870 census (Jul 27 1870), living with his widowed daughter Malinda in Arkabutla, DeSoto (now Tate) County, Mississippi:20
Widower Meredith was shown in the 1880 census, again living with his daughter Malinda (then remarried) in Senatobia, Tate County, Mississippi:23
But Meredith was doubly-enumerated in the 1880 census, also being shown in the household of daughter Seany in Tate County, Mississippi:24
Meridith Henshaw died Aug 28 1883, Senatobia, Tate County, Mississippi.25 Meredith's obituary appeared in a newspaper as follows:25
Mr. M. Henshaw died at his home near Senatobia, on Tuesday night, Aug 28th, 1883 aged 77 years.
Speculation is that Meredith may have also been the father of Nancy Catherine Henshaw.12
Note that Jane Hinshaw #2610 was also born in North Carolina and also settled near Senatobia, DeSoto (now Tate) County, Mississippi. It is possible that Meridith and Jane might have been closely related (perhaps siblings, first cousins etc.).26 Note also that Jane's brother William was the progenitor of the line of Hinshaws/Henshaws/Hanshaws of Jackson County, Alabama. Both Jane and her brother William were known to have migrated through Franklin County, Tennessee.
Note also that Jane's nephew, Eli Hinshaw, settled in Panola County, Mississippi,12,27,28 which is also where Jane's husband died.
Because of his connections to North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama, it is likely that Merideth descended from the Hinshaws of North Carolina.29
There is a record in the LDS International Genealogical Index (IGI) which claims Meredith was the son of Jesse Hinshaw & Eunice Gifford.30 The IGI record came from a member submission, so no corroborating source information is indicated. While Meredith's approximate birth date and place would be consistent with this claim, there is no other known evidence connecting him with that family (and there were many other Hinshaw families in North Carolina at the time which could be equally likely).
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The Housing Partnership serves as New York City's primary nonprofit intermediary for the development and preservation of affordable workforce housing, assisting in the development, promotion, and revitalization of affordable rental housing and homeownership through an array of specialized programs and services. For almost four decades, the Housing Partnership has been the facilitator of dynamic partnerships between the City, State, and private sectors to build affordable homes which stimulate economic growth and revitalize neighborhoods throughout New York City's five boroughs, New York State, and New Jersey.
Often referred to as the "one stop shop" for affordable housing, the Housing Partnership works closely with our partners every step of the way to ensure that quality housing is built, financing is secured, and whether it is for low- to moderate-income renters or homeowners, that the residents are in safe and comfortable homes in neighborhoods throughout our service areas. The Housing Partnership has been achieving its goal to create and preserve at least 5,000 units of housing each year through an array of affordable housing programs.
Through our work with government agencies and private sector partners, the Housing Partnership homes bring substantial private investment and economic development into New York City neighborhoods where the need for affordable homeownership housing is great, where housing costs are soaring while incomes remain stagnant, and where thousands of working New Yorkers are shut out of the traditional housing market. In our more than 35-year history, the Housing Partnership has assisted in the development of more than 60,000 affordable home ownership and rental units throughout the five boroughs and leveraged over $7 billion in private sector financing. As a non-profit facilitator of private development initiatives that serve a public purpose, the Housing Partnership has evolved and expanded its skills and to help make program executives and affordable housing developers more efficient and successful in serving the homeownership and rental needs of New York families.
Our affiliate, the NYC Partnership Housing Development Fund Corporation, is a non-profit 501c3 Housing Development Fund Company (HDFC) which assists in making affordable housing preservation and development financially feasible by enabling a project to become tax exempt, in exchange for a regulatory agreement that commits the property to affordability restrictions for a defined period of time.
As a city-authorized Administrative Agent, the Housing Partnership has a dedicated marketing team that conducts HPD housing lotteries for affordable projects, interviews potential residents, and monitors projects for compliance for the duration of their affordability cycle. The Housing Partnership provides leasing and sales services for affordable housing units and has extensive experience with 421a tax abatements and Inclusionary Housing units in large and small projects.
Through another nonprofit affiliate, the Community Partnership Development Corporation, the Housing Partnership has a CDFI fund that can lend money for predevelopment during the earliest period of the life cycle of an affordable development project. The Housing Partnership also has a longstanding relationship with the NYS Affordable Housing Corporation, and has an extensive track record of obtaining subsidies to assist in the development of affordable housing. In addition, the Housing Partnership is a U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development approved Housing Counseling Agency, and offers homeownership counseling and education programs to provide all the necessary information, knowledge and tools for prospective homebuyers and tenants to make smart, informed decisions about leasing and home buying.


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Selected Publications on De- and Re-segregation
Students of the Dream: Resegregation in a Southern City (Harvard UP, 2017) developed from my research on historical desegregation, contemporary resegregation, and the future of integrated schooling in Marietta, Georgia. The dissertation manuscript was the sole runner up for the 2014 Ralph Henry Gabriel Dissertation Prize.
"Shadowed Places and Stadium Lights: An Oral History of Integration and Black Student Protest in Marietta, Georgia," Oral History Review (Winter/Spring 2015) 42 (1) 70-95. This oral history of school desegregation in Marietta, Georgia, focuses on football culture as a stage for racial reconciliation and rupture. The state championship that Marietta High's first integrated team won in 1967 functions as the foundational event in Marietta's narrative of racial harmony. This discussion explores how that racial harmony narrative obscured black student activism, particularly the homecoming protests of 1969. The oral history and analysis here make a case both for the importance of excavating suppressed histories of activism, as well as for identifying the processes that obscured those events. Such narratives of student protest are, I argue, critical to how contemporary school communities can formulate a politics of racial justice in place of a narrative of racial harmony.
"It's Being Black and Poor: Race, Class and Desegregation at Pebblebrook High," Southern Spaces, February 20, 2012. This piece draws primarily on an oral history with Virginia Ward, the first black student at metro Atlanta's Pebblebrook High School. Through Ward's narrative, I explored class dynamics in Southern desegregation processes, especially in those instances in which a working class black student, like Ward, entered all white environments as the sole desegregator and navigated that lonely, unfamiliar terrain alone.


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Thursday, September 23, 2010
No one touches the Bah..
Joking of course.... it's probably time.
Then he's galloping over to the Mojo Monday challenge. The challenge there is a sketch challenge. Those are just the first two. I am sure I will find more but for now, he's heading in the mail to Texas.
Almost forgot to mention.. that string in the middle of the button is from my Grandma's tin. So how cool is that? He's getting a card with thread sewed by his great, great Grandma??
Thanks for looking!
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8 comments:
- jimlynn said...
I think this will put a smile on my face for the rest of the week!!!! SO CUTE! Love it.
- September 23, 2010 at 12:42 PM
- Elaine L. said...
This is just adorable! I love the sentiment and that beautiful button. Thanks for joining the fun in Mo's Challenge this week.
- September 23, 2010 at 2:19 PM
- Lynn McAuley said...
How precious is that!! I love this little cowpoke and his double-bottle holster!! Sensational work, Dana!!
- September 23, 2010 at 9:36 PM
- Elizabeth (Beth) Moore said...
This is a totally precious card and you just rocked the color techniques too...wow! fabulous! We'd love it if you considered entering some of your pretty projects in our challenges at Papercraft Star and there is still time to get in on our $25.00 gift certificate too! http://papercraftstar.blogspot.com/2010/09/lets-celebrate-early-enter-our-2500.html
- September 24, 2010 at 6:53 AM
- paola said...
Great take on this weeks bling challenge,an adorable card, well contucted and carried out, thanks for joining us at Mo's
- September 25, 2010 at 3:45 AM
- Dawn B. said...
Dana this is so sweet.. My son used to call it that too.. Great job.. Thanks for joining us at Mo's this week.
- September 28, 2010 at 9:20 PM
- The Wired Angel said...
How darling is this little cowboy! Lovely job. Thanks for joining us in the bling challenge this week at Mo's! Peggy x
- September 29, 2010 at 10:12 PM
- Brenda said...
Dana, I love this card. just adorable. I love that you have buttons from your grammas tin!!
- February 17, 2011 at 9:45 AM


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2010-05 Canada
Friday, May 28, 2010, His Highness the Aga Khan will participate in the Foundation Ceremony with several members of his family: Prince Amyn, Prince Rahim, Prince Husayn, Princess Khaliya, to mark the beginning of the development of the Ismaili Centre, the first-ever Aga Khan Museum for Islamic Art and Culture, and their Park, in Toronto's Don Mills area
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Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat: Album
"The Delegation will serve a representational role for the Imamat and its non-denominational, philanthropic and development agencies which constitute the Aga Khan Development Network – the AKDN. An open, secular facility, the Delegation will be a sanctuary for peaceful, quiet diplomacy, informed by the Imamat's outlook of global convergence and the development of civil society.
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2008-12-06 Canada Delegation
Exclusive Photos of the Opening of the delegation building
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2005-05-(18-21) Ottawa
2004, May 21: He didn't attract as much attention as the Dalai Lama. He rarely does. But by the time he had slipped in and out of Ottawa on his private jet, the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world's 15 million Imami Ismaili Muslims, had given the city, and the country, a major gift. The Geneva-born imam, who is now based just outside Paris, has announced the creation of the Global Centre for Pluralism, which will be based in Ottawa.
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Hazar Imam grants interview with Peter Mansbridge of CBC Canada
Hazar Imam speaking with Peter Mansbridge in an interview 2014-02-28
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Global Centre for Pluralism Announces the 2019 Global Pluralism Award Winners 2019-10-15Posted October 15th, 2019 by librarian-hd
Deborah Ahenkorah (Ghana), the Center for Social Integrity (Myanmar) and 'Learning History That Is Not Yet History' (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia) recognized as outstanding leaders promoting inclusion worldwide
OTTAWA, Oct. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - Today, the Global Centre for Pluralism announced the three winners of the 2019
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We must recognize and honour the teachers who shape a new generation of thoughtful young people 2019-10-15Posted October 15th, 2019 by librarian-hd
Teachers have one of the hardest jobs on the planet. In a world where social media echo chambers reverberate with hyper-partisan rhetoric and sensational voices, teachers are up against an overwhelming tsunami of information – drowning out time for deliberation and discussion to find the middle ground among widely different viewpoints.
Teachers have an opportunity to equip our students – our next wave of humanity – with the empathetic, critical and forward thinking needed to solve today's local problems with a global mindset.
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H.H. The Aga Khan with Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada 2014-04-29
Aga Khan at Child Care Summit in Toronto, Canada meets with Prime Minister Stephen Harper 28 May 2014
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Hazar Imam is to be invested with the Honorary Companion of the order of Canada
His Highness the Aga Khan is appointed as Honorary Companion of the Order of Canada 2005-02-08
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Hazar Imam awarded LL.D. (honoris causa) University of Ottawa, Canada (2012)
His Highness the Aga Khan at the University of Ottawa where he was conferred the honorary degree Doctor of the University, 13 January 2012.
AKDN / Zahur Ramji
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Statement by the Prime Minister on the birthday of His Highness the Aga Khan 2018-12-13Posted December 20th, 2018 by librarian-hd
Statement by the Prime Minister on the birthday of His Highness the Aga Khan
Ottawa, Ontario - December 13, 2018
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement marking the birthday of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan:
"Today, we join Shia Ismaili Muslims across Canada and around the world to celebrate the 82nd birthday of their spiritual leader, His Highness the Aga Khan.
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Prime Minister of Canada sends Imamat Day greetings 2018-07-11Posted July 15th, 2018 by librarian-hd
The Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada issued the following statement:
on Imamat Day:
"Today Ismaili Muslims across Canada and around the world celebrate the anniversary of the ascension of His Highness The Aga Khan IV to the Throne of Imamat.
I wish all Ismaili Canadians celebrating Imamat Day a heartfelt Khushiali Mubarak.
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His Highness The Aga Khan with Prime Minister Stephen Harper
H.H. The Aga Khan receives Honorary Citizenship Award from Canada 2010-05-28
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The Aga Khan: 60 years of remarkable service to the world 2018-05-11Posted May 11th, 2018 by librarian-hd
Who is His Highness, the Aga Khan, a man who is celebrating 60 years of service to his community and the world?
He is the spiritual leader of 15 million Ismaili Muslims, a significant number of whom call Canada home. He is a diplomat, social innovator, global humanitarian and someone with an unshakable belief in the values of pluralism, diversity and equality.
The Aga Khan was appointed as the 49th hereditary Imam of the world's Shia Ismaili community upon his grandfather's death in 1957, when he was just a 20-year-old and studying at Harvard.
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Hazar Imam at Rideau Hall, Ottawa
His Highness the Aga Khan meets Canada's Governor-General Payette at Rideau Hall, Ottawa 2018-05-02
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A "beacon of light": Mawlana Hazar Imam hosted at Rideau Hall during his Diamond Jubilee visiPosted May 3rd, 2018 by librarian-hd
Earlier this evening, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, hosted a dinner at Rideau Hall in honour of Mawlana Hazar Imam's Diamond Jubilee.
Guests included Princess Zahra Aga Khan, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, past Prime Ministers Jean Chrétien and Joe Clark, and past Governors General David Johnston and Adrienne Clarkson, as well as Jamati and AKDN leaders.
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His Highness The Aga Khan arrives at Rideau Hall, Ottawa
Hazar Imam welcomed at Rideau Hall, Ottawa for dinner hosted by Governor-General Julie Payette and attended by Princess Zahra and other former Prime Ministers of Canada
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Aga Khan Arrives in Canada for Official Diamond Jubilee Visit 2018-05-01Posted May 1st, 2018 by librarian-hd
OTTAWA, May 1, 2018 /CNW/ - His Highness the Aga Khan arrived in Ottawa today as part of an international celebration of his Diamond Jubilee, marking 60 years as spiritual leader of the global Shia Ismaili Muslim community. The visit takes place at the invitation of the Government of Canada and includes an official dinner at Rideau Hall on May 2, hosted by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, the Governor General of Canada, meetings of the Global Centre for Pluralism; and community gatherings in Vancouver and Calgary.
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PM Trudeau to attend dinner for Aga Khan in Ottawa 2018-05-1Posted May 1st, 2018 by librarian-hd
OTTAWA – The Aga Khan is in Ottawa this week and is expected to share a meal with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during his visit.
The Aga Khan is in town over the next four days to celebrate his Diamond Jubilee, according to Global Affairs Canada. On Wednesday, the Aga Khan will attend a dinner at the Governor General's residence, Rideau Hall, and Trudeau will be in attendance, the Prime Minister's Office has confirmed.
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Subjects: Folk Islam, Spiritual Warfare
Dr. Cashin is professor of intercultural studies at Columbia Biblical Seminary and School of Missions. Dr. Cashin obtained his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Indology from Stockholm University, Sweden. For nine years Dr. Cashin served in Bangladesh with SIM International. Dr. Cashin is the author of several books and has published numerous articles on Islam and other subjects.
Subjects: Tools for Language Learning
Leslie, originally from the USA but now living in New Zealand, spent eight years in Indonesia and Singapore teaching linguistics and English as a second or foreign language in two Indonesian universities, Kartidaya and Asia SIL. Since April 1999, Leslie has been a trainer for Wycliffe Bible Translators New Zealand where she has been teaching language learning and linguistics in New Zealand and around the Asia-Pacific area.
Subjects: Development, Social Work
Mick was converted out of the drug culture and eastern mysticism in his early twenties. He and his family lived with and served the poor in the slums of Manila (the Philippines) for nine years. Michael has also pastored churches in urban settings: Dunedin, Melbourne (Australia) and Auckland. He has done study in theology, ethics and development studies at Oxford University (England) and has written two books: Move Out (1985) and Costly Mission (1996). For his M.Theol. He completed a critical study on the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Ruby, his wife, works with the poor of Auckland and they have three children. Michael enjoys Beethoven, the beach, and books.
Subjects: The Letter to the Romans
Russell is the NZ Missions Director for Global Connections in Mission. Russell grew up in PNG and has been involved in teaching and administration in Bible Colleges in PNG and NZ. Russell's role is helping churches be more strategic in mission, having been involved in a variety of local and overseas mission initiatives. Russell and Pearl who manages Olive Shoots Early Childhood Centre at Laidlaw College, have four children and live in Auckland. Russell's interests include fitness activities, reading, boating and spending time with family and friends.
Subjects: Children and Youth at Risk/in Crisis (Modules 1-3)
Becky enjoyed teaching secondary English, German and Study of Society before responding to God's call in 1978 to train and serve with WEC. After French study, she taught in the Isiro Bible Institute in Zaire until evacuation in 1991. There followed 10 years on the Faculty of Worldview Centre for Intercultural Studies and one year as Candidate Director in NZ before she married Graham in 2002. Currently Becky facilitates intensive courses - Children in Crisis, SYIS (sharpening your interpersonal skills), Cultural Anthropology, Member Care and ESOL in various parts of the world.
Subjects: Cultural Anthropology
Chris' experience of the world of missions began as the age of 8, when his family went to south India. Eight formative years there shaped his awareness of the scope of God's work in the world. In 2003, while teaching English in Japan, Chris and his wife Lee sensed that God had other purposes for them in Japan. That required further training, so back in New Zealand Chris began an MTh exploring Christian rituals as culturally relevant modes of discipleship for Japanese Christians. Between 2007-2011 Chris and Lee spent 3 ½ years working in a small Japanese-led international church. Now Chris is the at-home-parent for his family of two girls and a baby boy. Chris enjoys writing poetry and theologically-themed garden landscaping projects at home.
Subjects: Church Planting Across Cultures
Ron and his wife Amy served for 20 years church planting in Japan where they were missionaries with TEAM. They also served as permanent staff at Eastwest College for four years 2012-2015. They now teach in the Philippines at a Christian ministry traing college in Manila and remain members of TEAM.
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So far for E3 2013, we know that Sony's press conference is scheduled for June 10th, with Shahid Ahmad saying that "nobody has forgotten about the Vita" and "I'm sure you will enjoy the show."
Those two pieces of information come direct from Sony and a Sony employee, but Andrew Reiner, Executive Editor at Game Informer, recently tweeted that it "sounds like Vita might have a surprisingly big show at E3." He then added that what he meant by "big" was "a fair number of games that I want to check out" and that he is "really looking forward to playing [Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate] on it." Game Informer is well known for its unusually close relationship with publishers, and often works as a PR-device of sorts teasing games.
PSLS will be out in full force (with possibly a special edition of Morning Wood) at E3 2013, so if the PlayStation Vita does have a big showing, you can expect us to cover everything.
What do you think would make a big showing for the PlayStation Vita at E3? Let us know in the comments below.


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Letters to the Editor
Disastrous outcome
Government officials call for boycotts, and upstarts running for political office incite hatred and division. While being filled with pride and hatred, those who adhere are led in blind obedience by these masters of deception.
The lesson being taught is there's more than one way to wreak havoc in cities and ultimately the country. The first and most effective is by the judgment of God; the other is through "preference."
Many assume freedom gives license to do whatever feels good, and to them is expedient, but the outcome is disaster.
For example, Noah's flood showed disobedience with a nasty end. Despite that cage rattle, it seems man is again attempting to re-create and practice the events that brought about Noah's flood and Sodom and Gomorrah — not to mention the Tower of Babel. Or is it because people now fail to heed the same warning found in the Epistle of Paul to the Romans in the Bible?
Could man be a creature and not a creator and be doomed by his arrogance and deception to repeat his errors? Man has been given 70 years of life to achieve; anything beyond that is because of God's grace and mercy. The question remains: Will he, given his past and present approach?
Sadly he comes into judgment and execution of that judgment. Humans struggle without answers and they take comfort in their folly because there is a way that seems right, but the end result is utter failure.
John Deacon, West Decatur


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Hey guys. I'm going to start doing a new thing where every so often–I haven't decided how often yet–I'm going to write up a spotlight post on an author I've had the pleasure of working for in hopes to spread a little bit of their awesomeness. For my first post in this lovely spotlight series, […]Read more


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BOVA Student Council
Initiation of establishment of BOVA Student Council was started in spring 2010. Students' representatives from BOVA member institutions occasionally taking part in one or another BOVA event.
Representatives of Student Unions' in BOVA member institutions have established good contacts with NOVA Student Council and in January 2010 have hosted NSC meeting in LLU, Jelgava, Latvia.
By the end of 2010, on December 28 by the decision of BOVA Rectors' Board was established the BOVA Student Council.
BOVA Student Council have called their first meeting on March 23-24, 2011 in Jelgava where students representatives of all 4 member institution will come together to discuss and agree on the working plan , aims and tasks of BSC and other important items.
The main objectives of BCS:
- to be a forum for discussions of BOVA matters among students;
- bringing the students perspective into the BOVA cooperation and development;
- marketing BOVA among the students;
- keeping and developing contacts with NOVA Student Board.
BOVA Student Council president was elected
In the third BOVA Student Council (SC) meeting council members elected the first president of BOVA SC – student from Latvia University of Agriculture Ilvija Gaidukovica – and other responsible students for BOVA SC work.
At this meeting BOVA SC structure was made and there were students from each university elected who will be responsible of new BOVA SC structure's positions:
- Viceprezident from Estonian University of Life Sciences – Gerlina Jarvela;
- Viceprezident from Aleksandras Stulginskis University – Viktorija Balciute;
- Viceprezident from Lithuanian University of Health Sciences - Veterinary Academy – Vilius Dovydauskas;
- Viceprezident Latvia University of Agriculture – Mikelis Kaneps;
- BOVA SC secretary – Indre Gavenaite (Aleksandras Stulginskis University);
- NOVA coordinator – Karolis Sakenas (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences - Veterinary Academy);
- Responsible for making BOVA representative materials – Andre Purett (Estonian University of Life Sciences).
"I was very interested in BOVA SC activities since the first council meeting in Latvia University of Agriculture at 2011. BOVA SC is new organization and we have a lot of things to start with. In my opinion, these elections were important step forward," says I.Gaidukovica.
She notifies that in meeting BOVA SC members discussed about renewal of BOVA statutes and about making BOVA SC statutes. Members also decided to give ideas to Andre Purett for information that should be included in new BOVA booklet. Next BOVA SC meeting is planned to be organized in autumn.
BOVA SC meeting took part during Aleksandras Stulginskis University Students representation organized conference "International academic training" on May 26-27, 2012, which was also inspired by cooperation of students from BOVA universities.


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'Locker' brings you into war's addiction
This and that from the culture beat:
Defying the conventional wisdom that small/serious films in Fresno wither in the hot summer months for one or (at the most) two weeks before flitting off to greener pastures, "The Hurt Locker" is holding strong at Regal Manchester.
I raved about this film when it opened July 31 in Fresno, calling it "one of the best war movies I've seen." (I've reposted a link to my review of the film on fresnobeehive.com.)
Friends and family who have seen the film, which follows three U.S. Army bomb defusers through a tour of duty in Baghdad, have been stunned. I got into an amazing extended discussion about it the other night. For me, what makes the film so powerful is the way it gets you into the actual head space of combat.
Such hyper-realistic war films as "Saving Private Ryan" broke new ground in depicting the grisly details of battle. But with that film's noble, historical story line, I still felt separated in the role of observer. In "The Hurt Locker," I actually felt the euphoria, adrenaline, tedium and downright fear of the characters.
War has been right alongside humanity for every step of our species' development, and the film is tantalizing in the way that it delves into the primal urges that led author Chris Hedges to declare that "war is a drug." (Hedges is honored with the film's introductory quote.)
Is the film a pleasant, relaxing diversion?
No. Of course not. And I realize that many people are looking for that kindof experience at the movies. I don't begrudge them that. Heck, there are lots of times I feel that way, too.
But there's a difference between the stylized, glossy violence that permeates so much of our cinema — the type that allows us to get cheap thrills without experiencing true anguish — and the brutal way that "The Hurt Locker" immerses us in what some consider a universal human condition.
I love it when films challenge me — even taunt me — by taking me places that I could never have gone otherwise.
A lot of times people demand to know who's starring in a movie before agreeing to see it. That's why movie stars get paid so much.
I certainly don't hold to that mindset for local theater — there are lots of good unknown actors out there — but I do admit sometimes I'll take a look at a cast list and get excited when I see a strong combination of local veteran actors.
Those were my thoughts for not one but two new shows that I haven't yet seen: "Lost in Yonkers," which opened Thursday at the 2nd Space Theatre; and "Noises Off," which opens Wednesday at the Dan Pessano Theater at Clovis North High School.
The "Lost in Yonkers" cast includes Peter Allwine, Danielle Jorn, Max Debbas and Patricia Hoffman. "Noises Off" boasts a strong cast as well, including Andrew Cardillo, Hayley Galbraith, Paul Henry, Brent Moser, Jeff White and Randy Stump.
No guarantees, of course. But quality ingredients are important for any recipe.
In other theater news: I can't even imagine how frantic things must be this month at Children's Musical Theaterworks, which is staging two shows back-to-back. Having just closed "Evita," its show for 15-20-year-old performers, the company turns around on Friday and opens "High School Musical 2," its 11-14-year-old show. I bet there are some sleep deprived production folks staggering around CMT this week at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium.
The columnist can be reached at dmunro@fresno bee.com or (559) 441-6373. Read his blog at fresnobee hive.com/author/donald_munro.


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Foundry training returns to new manufacturing centre
Training in casting and foundry related processes returned to a dedicated £4 million foundry training centre in the UK for the first time in over a quarter of a century recently.
The Institute of Cast Metals Engineers (ICME) hosted a large UK automotive Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) at the University of Wolverhampton's new National Foundry Training Centre (NFTC) in Dudley Port, West Midlands.
The National Foundry Training Centre is part of the Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills (ECMS) Hub which represents an investment of £12.6m in skills development in the Casting and Metalforming industries, with the creation of three bespoke training centres around the Black Country. The National Foundry Training Centre will have design, moulding and melting facilities to enable practical as well as foundry training at all levels.
Over the course of three days, Andrew Turner FICME, Business Development Manager for ICME and Richard Heath Prof MICME, hosted a group of twelve Costing and Purchasing Engineers from Jaguar Land Rover to present a foundation course in high pressure diecasting.
The course included an overview of the range of casting processes as well as visits to two local foundries, Sarginsons Industries Ltd in Coventry and Amtek Aluminium in Kidderminster.
This was the first group of people to be trained in the new NFTC and the first of several courses agreed with Jaguar Land Rover as they seek to improve the knowledge of their employees in foundry processes.
Ian Fitzpatrick, Chief Executive at the ECMS, said: "We are able to arrange bespoke training courses on a range of foundry, castings and Metalforming related subjects for any type of business, including foundries, engineering companies' suppliers and customers in addition to the regular apprenticeship courses that are on offer."
ECMS is a collaboration between the Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership, University of Wolverhampton, Dudley College, Cast Metals Federation, Confederation of British Metalforming and the Institute of Cast Metals Engineers.
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When Grandpa gets a new iPad
The funniest video I've found so far this year!
Daughter: So…Daddy, I haven't even asked you, how do you get along with the new Ipad, which we gave you to your birthday?
Father: Good!
Daughter: and you can figure it out with those apps?
Father: which apps? could you move alittle?
Father: .. what?
Governmental Cattle "rustling"
A cowboy named Bud was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture in California when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced toward him out of a cloud of dust.
The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, RayBan sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window and asked the cowboy, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?"
Bud looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, why not?"
The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it to his Cingular RAZR V9 cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo.
The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg , Germany .
Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses an MS-SQL database through an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, receives a response.
Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet printer, turns to the cowboy and says, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves."
"That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves," says Bud. He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on with amusement as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car.
Then Bud says to the young man, "I'll bet your BMW that I can tell you exactly what your business is…"
The young man thinks about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?"
"You're a Congressman for the U.S. Government", says Bud.
"Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"
"No guessing required," answered the cowboy. "You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You used millions of dollars worth of equipment trying to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing about how working people make a living – or about cows, for that matter.
This is a herd of sheep. Now give me the keys to my new car so I can let my dog out of the trunk…"


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I wanted to prove the following statement: in case of a polynomial of an even degree, there exists some $y\in\mathbb{R}$ for which there is NO $x\in\mathbb{R}$ such that $f(x)=y$.
The proof I initially came up with was as following. I thought of splitting the proof into two cases: with positive and negative leading coefficient. Then, we can can prove that the polynomial with a positive leading coefficient attains a global minimum, and hence our statement follows for every $y<y_{\min}$. Similarly, we can prove that each polynomial with a negative leading coefficient attains a global maximum, and hence the statement follows for every $y>y_{\max}$.
However, is there an alternative (or perhaps a simpler) way to prove this statement?


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About a year ago we looked at the Olympus LS-10 digital recorder, a sort of super Dictaphone that, with its advanced built-in stereo microphones and 24-bit/96KHz sampling rates was ideal for budding podcasters, sound recordists and amateur musicians in need of a quick and dirty way to record rehearsals and live gigs. Today's subject, the Zoom H4N, can be seen as a larger, but more advanced version; a little more difficult to use, but packing in a range of features that will be handy for the same kinds of user but practically essential for musicians.
We described the LS-10 as the audio equivalent of a bridge camera, offering a higher level of sound capture than the average Dictaphone or voice recorder, but retaining a compact shape and some 'point and shoot' ease of use. With the Zoom H4N we're treading more into digital SLR territory. The Zoom can do a lot more than the LS-10, but it takes a bit more time and practice to get your head around, and it's more bulky and not always so practical to boot.
Whereas the LS-10 felt like a scaled up Dictaphone, and could just about be crammed into a pocket, you'd need some extra-large combat trousers to pack the Zoom in. Roughly six inches long, three inches wide and over an inch thick (70 x 156 x 35mm in more accurate, metric terms), it weighs a hefty 280g without the two AA batteries installed. The microphones sit at the top, but whereas the LS-10 placed its stereo condenser mics in a sort of Y formation, the H4N uses what Zoom calls an X/Y formation, with the two microphones crossing over to capture a stereo signal in a 90 degree arc. The LS-10 had a function that enabled you to focus or spread the angle of capture, but the H4N takes a more physical approach. By rotating the two microphones you can spread the arc outwards from 90 degrees all the way up to 120 degrees, making it easy to capture multiple voices in a meeting or a wider range of sound if you're, for instance, recording birdsong, a band on a larger stage or an orchestra.
While the LS-10 had 2GB of internal memory which you could then supplement with SD/SDHC cards, the H4N has no internal memory and so records onto SD/SDHC cards only. Luckily, a 1GB card is included in the box, and let's not forget that even large capacity SDHC cards are pretty cheap these days. You'll need one if you want to record in the H4N's top-end 24-bit/96KHz linear PCM WAV format, as 1GB will only hold about 28 minutes, but if you're willing to accept a small hit in audio quality you can step down through CD quality 16-bit/48KHz to 16-bit/44.1KHz in WAV format, or 48 to 320Kbps MP3. As 320Kbps will get you nearly seven hours of recording on a 1GB card, this gives you a decent range of very workable options.
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In the book 'The Empty Pot,' the art of trying and failing honestly is a valuable lesson
"The groundwork does not show til one day."
Famed artist Corita Kent's serigraph with the skeletal outline of a tree at the end of winter sits above our piano. It reminds us that trying to do our best, even in the dark of winter, will one day yield results.
Corita's student at Immaculate Heart College, Demi, has written and illustrated more than 300 children's books. My wife, Liz, introduced me to Demi's The Empty Pot in 1990. Former First Lady Barbara Bush picked it to read on ABC Radio's "Mrs. Bush's Story Time." The National Education Association (NEA) named The Empty Pot as one of the 100 best children's books.
It's the story of Ping, a young boy in ancient China with a magic touch for growing flowers. When the flower-loving Emperor calls all the children to the palace and gives a seed to each, he proclaims:
"Whoever can show me their best in a year's time will succeed me to the throne."
At the end of the year, Ping is distraught. His father consoles him, saying, "You did your best, and your best is good enough to present to the Emperor."
As the children line up at the Imperial Palace with beautiful plants, Ping must show the Emperor an empty pot.
When the Emperor questions him, Ping starts to cry. "I planted the seed you gave me, and I watered it every day, but it didn't sprout. I put it in a better pot with better soil, but still it didn't sprout! I tended it all year long, but nothing grew. So today I had to bring an empty pot without a flower. It was the best I could do."
The Emperor, smiling, put his arm around Ping. "I have found him! I have found the one person worthy of being Emperor!"
The Emperor turned to the other children. "Where you got your seeds from, I do not know. For the seeds I gave you have been cooked. So, it was impossible for them to grow."
Ping's courage in bring "the empty truth" won the day!
The Chinese morality tale struck a chord with me. In complex times, it's important to do one's best, and if your efforts fail, acknowledge the empty truth of that approach, and discern another path.
In 2001, I spoke at Cal Poly's spring commencement in honor of the university s centennial. Poly was close to being shut down at three points in its history. Campus leaders had to do their best and find new paths to the future. I told the story of Demi's hero, Ping, as an example of dealing honestly with clear failure.
Demi's sequel to The Empty Pot, The Greatest Power, speaks to how Emperor Ping seeks to bring the harmony of the heavens to his Kingdom.
For 51 years, Liz has been giving me great children's books. Some are just fun.
Many hold profound wisdom. You can fulfill your heart's desire of both children's and adult books among the carefully organized books at the Friends of the SLO Library's mammoth book sale. It's March 1-3 at the Veterans Hall on Grand Ave. on from 6-9 p.m. Thursday (members only, with memberships sold at the door), 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday.
Ping's honesty and loyalty in The Empty Pot are characteristic of many people born in the Year of the Dog. You can join Cal Poly's Chinese Students Association at its 61st Chinese New Year Banquet on March 3 at Chumash Auditorium from 6-9pm.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and food is served at 6:30. There will be traditional food, the Lion Dance, Martial Arts, Wushu Taichi and the play, "The Great Dog Detective." Open to the public, it's ideal for children. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under. Reservations are essential. Call Juliana Yee at 805-229-1983 or email email@example.com for reservations.
This column is by Liz and Dan Krieger. Liz is a retired children's librarian, and Dan is Professor of History, Emeritus at Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo. He is past President of the California Mission Studies Association, now part of the California Missions Foundation. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Monday morning July 25
Opening response
Lord, open our lips
and our mouth will proclaim your praise.
Prayer of thanksgiving
Blessed are you, Sovereign God, creator of all,
to you be glory and praise forever.
You founded the earth in the beginning
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
In the fullness of time you made us in your image,
and in these last days you have spoken to us
in your Son Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh.
As we rejoice in the gift of your presence among us
let the light of your love always shine in our hearts,
your Spirit ever renew our lives
and your praises ever be on our lips.
Blessed be God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Blessed be God forever.
Captain of Israel's Host
Charles Wesley
Captain of Israel's host, and guide
Of all who seek the land above,
Beneath thy shadow we abide,
The cloud of thy protecting love;
Our strength, thy grace; our rule, thy word;
Our end, the glory of the Lord.
By thine unerring Spirit led,
We shall not in the desert stray;
We shall not full direction need
Nor miss our providential way;
As far from danger as from fear,
While love, almighty love, is near.
Confession of sin
Come, Holy Spirit of God,
and search our hearts with the light of Christ.
Our Lord Jesus Christ said:
The first commandment is this:
'Israel, listen! Our God is the one Lord,
and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your being, with all your mind,
and with all your strength.'
The second is this: 'You must love your neighbor as yourself.'
No other commandment is greater than these.
All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commandments.
Amen. Lord, have mercy.
After a period of reflection
Come, let us return to the Lord and say:
Lord our God,
in our sin we have avoided your call.
Our love for you is like a morning cloud,
like the dew that goes away early.
Have mercy on us;
deliver us from judgment;
bind up our wounds and revive us;
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
cf Hosea 6
May almighty God,
who sent his Son into the world to save sinners,
bring us his pardon and peace, now and forever.
The Word of God
Psalm 7
God is my shield.
I take refuge in you, Lord, my God.
Save me from all who chase me!
Rescue me!
Otherwise, they will rip me apart,
dragging me off with no chance of rescue.
Lord, my God, if I have done this—
if my hands have done anything wrong,
if I have repaid a friend with evil
or oppressed a foe for no reason—
then let my enemy
not only chase but catch me,
trampling my life into the ground,
laying my reputation in the dirt.
Get up, Lord; get angry!
Stand up against the fury of my foes!
Wake up, my God;
you command that justice be done!
Let the assembled peoples surround you.
Rule them from on high!
The Lord will judge the peoples.
Establish justice for me, Lord,
according to my righteousness
and according to my integrity.
Please let the evil of the wicked be over,
but set the righteous firmly in place
because you, the righteous God,
are the one who examines hearts and minds.
God is my shield;
he saves those whose heart is right.
God is a righteous judge,
a God who is angry at evil every single day.
If someone doesn't change their ways,
God will sharpen his sword,
will bend his bow,
will string an arrow.
God has deadly weapons in store
for those who won't change;
he gets his flaming arrows ready!
But look how the wicked hatch evil,
conceive trouble, give birth to lies!
They make a pit, dig it all out,
and then fall right into the hole that they've made!
The trouble they cause
will come back on their own heads;
the violence they commit
will come down on their own skulls.
But I will thank the Lord
for his righteousness;
I will sing praises
to the name of the Lord Most High.
Glory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and will be forever. Amen.
God is my shield.
Psalm prayer
Lord, your justice turns evil on itself:
move us to examine our hearts
and repent of all duplicity;
for the sake of Jesus Christ,
our Judge and righteous Savior.
Psalm 29
Let the Lord bless his people with peace!
You, divine beings! Give to the Lord—
give to the Lord glory and power!
Give to the Lord the glory due his name!
Bow down to the Lord in holy splendor!
The Lord's voice is over the waters;
the glorious God thunders;
the Lord is over the mighty waters.
The Lord's voice is strong;
the Lord's voice is majestic.
The Lord's voice breaks cedar trees—
yes, the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
He makes Lebanon jump around like a young bull,
makes Sirion jump around like a young wild ox.
The Lord's voice unleashes fiery flames;
the Lord's voice shakes the wilderness—
yes, the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
The Lord's voice convulses the oaks,
strips the forests bare,
but in his temple everyone shouts, "Glory!"
The Lord sits enthroned over the floodwaters;
the Lord sits enthroned—king forever!
Let the Lord give strength to his people!
Let the Lord bless his people with peace!
Glory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and will be forever. Amen.
Let the Lord bless his people with peace!
Psalm prayer
Open our ears, glorious Lord Christ,
to hear the music of your voice
above the chaos of this world;
open our eyes to see the vision of your glory,
for you are our King, now and forever.
Psalm 117
Praise the Lord, all you nations!
Worship him, all you peoples!
Because God's faithful love toward us is strong,
the Lord's faithfulness lasts forever!
Praise the Lord!
Glory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and will be forever. Amen.
Psalm prayer
Gracious God,
we praise you for your faithfulness
and pray that every nation may find your blessing
in the face of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Old Testament reading
2 Kings 1:9-15
So Ahaziah sent out a commander with fifty soldiers. The commander met up with Elijah while he was sitting on a hilltop. The commander said, "Man of God, the king says, 'Come down!'"
Elijah replied to the commander of the fifty soldiers, "If I really am a man of God, may fire come down from the sky and burn up you and your fifty soldiers." Then fire came down from the sky and burned up the commander and his fifty soldiers.
Ahaziah then sent another commander with fifty soldiers. The commander said to Elijah, "Man of God, this is what the king says: 'Hurry and come down!'"
Elijah said to them, "If I really am a man of God, may fire come down from the sky and burn up you and your fifty soldiers." Then God's fire came down from the sky and burned up the commander and his fifty soldiers.
For a third time Ahaziah sent a commander with fifty soldiers. So the third commander arrived. He kneeled before Elijah and begged him, "Man of God! Please have some regard for my life and the lives of these fifty soldiers who are your servants. Look, fire came from the sky and burned up the two earlier commanders and their troops of fifty soldiers. Please have regard for my life."
Then the Lord's messenger said to Elijah, "Go down with him. Don't be afraid of him." So Elijah set out to go with him to the king.
Silence may be kept.
New Testament reading
Luke 9:46-56
An argument arose among the disciples about which of them was the greatest. Aware of their deepest thoughts, Jesus took a little child and had the child stand beside him. Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me. Whoever welcomes me, welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever is least among you all is the greatest."
John replied, "Master, we saw someone throwing demons out in your name, and we tried to stop him because he isn't in our group of followers."
But Jesus replied, "Don't stop him, because whoever isn't against you is for you."
As the time approached when Jesus was to be taken up into heaven, he determined to go to Jerusalem. He sent messengers on ahead of him. Along the way, they entered a Samaritan village to prepare for his arrival, but the Samaritan villagers refused to welcome him because he was determined to go to Jerusalem. When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to consume them?" But Jesus turned and spoke sternly to them, and they went on to another village.
Silence may be kept.
Gospel canticle
The Benedictus (The Song of Zechariah)
Lord, you have raised up a mighty savior for us in your servant David's house.
Bless the Lord God of Israel
because he has come to help and has delivered his people.
He has raised up a mighty savior for us in his servant David's house,
just as he said through the mouths of his holy prophets long ago.
He has brought salvation from our enemies
and from the power of all those who hate us.
He has shown the mercy promised to our ancestors,
and remembered his holy covenant,
the solemn pledge he made to our ancestor Abraham.
He has granted that we would be rescued
from the power of our enemies
so that we could serve him without fear,
in holiness and righteousness in God's eyes,
for as long as we live.
You, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High,
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way.
You will tell his people how to be saved
through the forgiveness of their sins.
Because of our God's deep compassion,
the dawn from heaven will break upon us,
to give light to those who are sitting in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide us on the path of peace."
Luke 1:68-79
Glory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and will be forever. Amen.
Lord, you have raised up a mighty savior for us in your servant David's house.
Brief silence.
The Apostle's Creed
Let us unite in this historic confession of the Christian faith:
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
Intercession and thanksgiving
Prayers are offered
for the day and its tasks
for the world and its needs
for the Church and her life
Lord, in your mercy
hear our prayer.
Silence may be kept.
Collect of the day
Almighty God,
who sent your Holy Spirit
to be the life and light of your Church:
open our hearts to the riches of your grace,
that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit
in love and joy and peace;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
The Lord's Prayer
As our Savior taught us, so we pray
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours
now and forever.
The Lord bless us, and preserve us from all evil, and keep us in eternal life.


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The Sigma Chi fraternity was born out of a matter of principle. The first brothers who had created Sigma Chi were initially brothers of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity's chapter at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. In autumn of 1854, after a disagreement over whether or not one of their brothers should be elected to the office of "poet" for a literary society on campus, the DKE chapter was split into half; six brothers believed that the brother in question should be elected based on merit solely, while the remaining six believed the bond of brotherhood should be a sufficient criterion to vote for him.
It follows that this dissention had caused a great schism in DKE. Chapter meetings, activities and relationships between the opposing groups had proven to be too problematic. The six brothers who valued merit sought to repair this rift among the brothers with a friendly dinner between both groups. Expectant of the other six who prized loyalty over merit, DKE brothers James Caldwell, Isaac Jordan, Ben Runkle, Frank Scobey, Tom Bell and Dan Cooper were dismayed when only one of the opposing brothers, Whitelaw Reid had shown. He was not alone, however.
A DKE alumnus Minor Millikin accompanied Reid to the dinner. Staying true to his persona of "a man of few words", Millikin denounced the six brothers and described them as rebellious. He desired to have them cast out of the chapter. To this day still a historic moment, Runkle tore off his DKE badge, slammed it on the table, and shouted "I didn't join this fraternity to be anyone's tool. And that, sir, is my answer!" And at that, the six brothers left the dinner.
And so since the dinner had been a failure, Reid attempted to expel the brothers from the fraternity by majority vote. However, since brothers from each side were in equal number, there could be no majority. Eventually after extensive correspondence with DKE's parent chapter at Yale, the "recalcitrant" brothers were expelled from the fraternity. The six had not lost face, however, for the former brothers already had in mind the prospect of forming a new organization based on fairness and honesty. At that, justice became one of the central ideas in the formation of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
The six had later associated themselves with William Lewis Lockwood who, while not in DKE, proved to be an invaluable component to the organization of the new fraternity. Later that year, Runkle and Caldwell had been living in a room in Oxford. This became the prime congregation room for many of Sigma Chi's initial meetings. It was here that Runkle and Lockwood created the badge and White Cross. Lockwood served as an asset in the founding of the fraternity and formation of its constitution because he maintained views which differed from that of DKE, given that he was never a brother there.
When the formal plans had been completed, the Seven Founders of the Fraternity announced its establishment. The Seven Founders wore their badges in public on Commencement Day at Miami University, June 28, 1855.


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