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Pudlalik is one of the sons of noted sculptor Aqjangajuk Shaa. Pudlalik made his first carving when he was twelve and has been carving ever since. He learned by watching the generation of carvers who, like his father, used axes to work on their pieces. Pudlalik still uses an axe on occasion, though he also uses more modern tools. He has incorporated elements of the dynamic fluid line of his father's work into his own sculptures.
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The Tenaran Ice Cliffs were a geological feature on the Trill homeworld.
The Cliffs were renowned for their beauty and excellent hiking. When Jadzia Dax returned to Trill following complications with her symbiont she was upset that the illness would prevent her from taking Benjamin Sisko and Julian Bashir to see the cliffs in person. (DS9: "Equilibrium")
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Hawkinsmike necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 56 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
Alpha Beta Hammer
Right - we're an amateur team playing ultimate frisbee, which is a cross between football and netball, chasing a frisbee instead of a ball. The culture is all about cleverness and fun - visual puns, the naughty double entendre - they're all good.
Our team name is ABH which used to signify the names of two merged teams (Albatross and Bad Habits) but that was *yawn* boring. So, it now stands for Alpha Beta Hammer, which is a pun on the 1st three letters of the greek alphabet starting with alpha, beta, gamma. In our sport, "Hammers" are a funky type of upside down frisbee throw.
Audience: 18-30 year olds. Teams play purely for fun - and while train quite seriously and play hard, take neither themselves nor the sport very seriously. :)
Logo: Should be visually uncomplicated and easy to read from a few feet away. After all, when we score, we need the other team to know who we are ;)
One color would be best, as that keeps print costs down. Two if need be.
Here's a link to the sport:
And some fun logos we like:
Now, I'm a rubbish designer - but here's one idea I came up with:
But I'm sure you guys are far more talented - have fun, and look forward to seeing what you come up with!
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- Need vector-based CMYK format for printing to jerseys. If not vector, then 300 dpi, at 7 inches by 7 inches.
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Wabash College is definitely a shared experience. Check here to see how you can connect with other Wabash parents. Through the Wabash website, Wabash Magazine, and social media - you can better appreciate your son's experience.
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This Just In
As a journalist and generally curious, nosy, and inquisitive person, I constantly uncover new information. Well, at least, it's new to me. Much of the material is irrelevant, but occasionally it is useful or amusing, in which case, I will pass it on you via this section of our website.


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The Leak Detection Pump (LDP) - GaseousPosted in How To: Engine on June 25, 2014
If we had a dollar for every time someone told us their check engine light came on and the code was "Large EVAP Leak" caused by the gas cap, we'd be rich. If you live in a state where it is illegal to pump your own gas or you only use the full-serve lanes and can blame it on someone else, when you get an "EVAP Leak" code -- check your gas cap, whether it is "small," "large," "gross," or any other kind. If tightening the cap doesn't fix it, don't just run out and buy a new gas cap, new filler hoses, or charcoal canisters. Hoses and hose clamps can come loose or get pinched, and most often the leak is the cause of something coming loose -- not a part going bad.
The codes come up because newer Jeeps pre-pressurize the fuel system to test for leaks. This was a government-required test in an effort to keep gas fumes out of the atmosphere, but it has a side effect as well. It can help keep gas fumes out of your garage. Chasing these codes can be like wrestling a greased eel because many times the check engine light will show up only sporadically, making diagnosis difficult. It can be weather-associated, elevation-associated, or just crazy as the cat lady next door and show up with no discernible pattern at all.
Different years of Jeeps can kick different codes, but most code readers today will also tell you what the numbers mean, and that makes it easier. If you can still do the key trick on your Jeep, then you can search the Internet and learn what those numbers mean. That said, there are many places to check before just dropping your gas tank, spending a couple of hundred bucks for a smoke test at a local shop, or throwing new parts at the Jeep in hopes that something fixes it.
How It Works
The Leak Detection Pump (LDP) is present in all Jeeps capable of popping an EVAP check engine light. The earliest ones were engine-vacuum driven, but later ones had an electric vacuum pump built-into the charcoal canister. What it does is pressurize the fuel system to check for leaks. The whole thing is controlled by the PCM, and it pumps about only about 0.25 psi into the fuel system. If a leak is present, the PCM keeps pumping air into the system until it can figure out how big of a leak there is. After it figures that out, it pops the code that you get to see on your dash. It does this every time you start your Jeep.
Smoke Test
If none of the visual tests gave you anything, and you can't scan your system, you might want to try a smoke test before pulling parts. Basically it plugs into your fuel system and pressurizes it with air that has smoke in it to pinpoint where the leak is. When the smoke pours out from somewhere it shouldn't, then you've identified your leak. The smoke is often from mineral oil, but any kind of smoke can work as long as it doesn't leave deposits. Some parts stores sell smoke test kits for $20-$30. If that fails, there are shops around that can do a smoke test for you. However, if it is the purge valve, something internal in the charcoal canister, or other valves in the system, the smoke can come out of the intake or other odd places. But if it is something as simple as a hose, this is a great way to go.


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The build-up to "Lindsay" included a much-played clip in which Oprah Winfrey bluntly warns Lindsay Lohan to "cut the bull****." The show, which debuted Sunday on Winfrey's OWN channel, got off to a far milder start, with the daytime talk show legend telling the star-crossed former child star, "I want you to win."
Winfrey, the world's supportive TV friend, clearly cares about Lohan, whose interrelated problems with family, alcohol and the law have overshadowed her acting talent. But while anyone with a heart is rooting for Lohan to turn her life around, it's far from certain viewers will stick around to witness the BS that began to unfold during Sunday's initial installment.
Lohan says a lot of the right things to Winfrey and the cameras: She knows this is her "last shot." She "feels different." She's finding "inner peace."
Her words, in the context of the show, offer the disturbing suggestion that Lohan is linking her public struggle for stability to the resurrection of her career nearly a decade after her peak in "Mean Girls." It's difficult to watch "Lindsay" without thinking she might be better off if nobody was watching.
For all her talk about "inner peace," there are plenty of signs of outer chaos as Lohan uses the paparazzi as an excuse to miss an AA meeting. She makes her assistant move her heap of clothes and junk from one hotel room to another because she's feeling claustrophobic. She breaks down and walks off a shoot when she decides – not unreasonably – that a friend is taking advantage of her.
"Lindsay" is billed as an eight-part "docu-series" in an apparent bid to separate the program – and Winfrey – from the often-exploitative Reality TV genre. The show certainly isn't "Keeping up with the Lohans" – there aren't signs of staging the action or manufacturing conflict.
"Lindsay" is less Reality TV than reality check TV, even if most folks in recovery aren't fortunate enough to have a sobriety coach, drivers and assistants. Still, "Lindsay" succeeds in capturing the sadness, confusion and fragility of Lohan's post-rehab life. She's striving to emerge from the too-high pile of troubled former child stars – a mound of misery that includes Michael Jackson, the most talented and most tragic of them all.
Amanda Bynes, who experienced unfortunate public breakdown, recently tweeted to let her fans know she's okay and in school. Hopefully, that's last we'll hear from Bynes for a while as she gets her life together.
Lohan, who, like Bynes, is 27, can't keep away from the public eye: She's set to appear on "Two Broke Girls" April 14, and is slated to start filming a movie next month. On Thursday, she promoted "Lindsay" on "The Tonight Show," seeming in good spirits as she told Jimmy Fallon she takes comfort in knowing Winfrey is always just a call away. As for her many problems, Lohan told Fallon, "That's the past."
The past may not be as distant as Lohan would like. The cameras began following her just six months ago, days after she finished her latest rehab stint.
Previews suggest that Winfrey's tough talk comes in the next episode. But if Lohan's going to "win," she's needs to take control of her life – whether or not Oprah or the rest of us are watching.
Jere Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is also the author of "Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George and Ringo Helped us Come Together as a Family." Follow him on Twitter.


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Digital I/O Signal Conditioning Boards
WinSystems today introduced two new isolated digital signal conditioning and termination boards for OEM embedded computer system designers. These small form factor boards are needed in applications requiring signal isolation between a computer and its monitoring/control points. The ISM-TRM-RELAY has 16 independent, Single Pole Double Throw (SPDT) relays. The ISM-TRM-COMBO provides a combination of 8 optically isolated inputs, 8 optically isolated outputs, and 8 Form C relays on one board. To insure reliable connection with easy removal and insertion with field wiring, industry-standard, 3.5 mm pluggable connectors are used. WinSystems' ISM-TRM-RELAY has 16 independent Form C relays on board.
There are two signal lines, Normally Open (NO) and Normally Closed (NC) plus a Common associated for each relay. The contacts can handle 6A @ 250VAC/24VDC for applications requiring medium current capacity plus isolation. WinSystems' ISM-TRM-COMBO offers three different signal conditioning circuits for maximum configuration flexibility. There are eight isolated inputs that have the capability to support either an active high or active low signal from 5 to 30 volts. Every input line is optically isolated from the others and from the computer interface circuits with an isolation voltage rating that exceeds 2500V. Then each input line is wired to a contact bounce eliminator to remove extraneous level changes that result when interfacing with mechanical contacts such as switches or relays.
There are eight isolated outputs for applications requiring medium current capacity. Each output has a NPN Darlington transistor pair with an integral clamp diode for switching inductive loads and transient suppression. The collector-emitter voltage can withstand up to 30 volts and each output is capable of sinking 500 mA of current. The isolation voltage rating exceeds 2500V. The ISM-TRM-COMBO also has eight independent SPDT Form C relays that can handle 6A @ 250VAC/24VDC for applications requiring medium current capacity plus isolation. These boards will work with small form factor embedded PC and I/O modules that use WinSystems' WS16C48-compatible digital I/O controller connector pinout. They will also work with other manufacturers' products. Both boards measure 3.6 x 3.8 inches (90 x 96mm) and have the same mounting hole pattern as PC/104 modules.
The ISM-TRM-RELAY and ISM-TRM-COMBO boards can be placed on the top or bottom of a PC/104 stack. These cards will also easily work with other computer form factors such as EPIC and EBX single board computers mounted on their PC/104 stack or as independent standalone signal conditioning modules for more versatility. Both ISM-TRM-RELAY and ISM-TRM-COMBO signal conditioning modules are RoHS-compliant and can operate over an industrial temperature range of -40° to +85°C.
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Disney to Cut Junk Food Ads on Kids' Television
CSPI Says Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network Should Follow Suit
Disney will no longer accept advertisements for many junk foods on its children's television and radio programming and web site, and will update the nutrition standards it applies when it considers licensing its characters and sponsorships on the Disney Channel.
"Disney's announcement is welcome news to parents and health experts concerned about childhood obesity and nutrition," said Center for Science in the Public Interest nutrition policy director Margo G. Wootan. "This puts Disney ahead of the pack of media outlets and should be a wake-up call to Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network to do the same. As a nation, all companies should be working toward promoting only healthy food through all forms of child-directed media."
Sixteen food and beverage companies have agreed to limit junk food marketing through the Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative. That program has led to a modest decrease in unhealthy food marketing to children. From 2003 to 2009, the percentage of ads aimed at kids that were for unhealthy food decreased from 94 percent to 86 percent. CSPI urges companies to strengthen their nutrition standards, and says more companies, especially media companies and restaurants, should join the industry's self-regulatory program.
Companies have lobbied aggressively against the efforts of an Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children, a collaboration among the Federal Trade Commission, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Food and Drug Administration. Those agencies were to finalize voluntary nutrition guidelines and definitions for food marketing to children, but Congress delayed the release. The industry self-regulatory program's marketing standards limit ads for the worst junk foods, but Popsicles, imitation fruit snacks, and sugary cereals such as Cocoa Puffs are considered healthy enough to market to kids.
Contact Jeff Cronin (jcronin[at]cspinet.org) or Ariana Stone (astone[at]cspinet.org).


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The tourism industry is complaining over lost profits caused by the government's misguided policies on regulating tourists from China, which overtook Japan as the country with the largest tourist presence in Taiwan last year.
The industry says its profit margins are being compressed because of Hong Kong investors monopolizing the sector, adding that despite the increased volume of Chinese tourists, the poor quality of tours and delayed payments by Chinese tourism firms have not given the sector the boost it needs.
Travel agencies say investors from Hong Kong are executing what is known in the tourism industry as "flush" monopolization and exerting control over tour agencies, hotels, restaurants, stores and tour bus agencies in Taiwan.
The stores in the "flush" exclusively sell products made in and imported from China. The stores are suspected of tax avoidance because thery often burn their receipts instead of filing them for taxation, the agencies said.
According to Lee Ming-huei (李銘輝) from the Taiwan Hospitality and Tourism College, Hong Kong tycoons own eight of the 10 travel agencies with the most Chinese customers in Taiwan.
The government should make an effort to promote local goods and increase the number of Chinese free independent travelers (FIT) instead of group tours because the profits made by Taiwanese operators under the current scenario are very small, travel agencies said.
However, Yang Yeong-sheng (楊永盛), the director of the Tourism Bureau's Planning and Research Division, said Taiwanese should not blame Hong Kong businesspeople for monopolizing the market.
"Flush" tactics are common practice in the industry, and Taiwanese businesspeople have been known to employ the same tactics in Japan to cater to Taiwanese tourists, Yang said.
Others within the industry also complained that the "flush" was degrading the quality of tourism in Taiwan because tour groups focused excessively on shopping instead of visiting scenic spots.
Minister of Transportation and Communications Mao Chi-kuo (毛治國) said that although group tours had given the tourism sector sufficient capital to finance day-to-day operations, the problem lies with the industry's inability to develop new tourist hotspots or upgrade infrastructure.
In an effort to address the issue, Mao said the bureau has met with industry figures and proposed implementing tour regulations such as prohibiting shopping mall visits that take up half of a tour's entire time, or placing a one-hour time limit on shopping during tours.
Travel agencies said the bureau was overstepping its authority and should only concern itself with devising policy to improve the quality of tourism in Taiwan, and leave tour decisions to the agencies. The agencies added that cutting out shopping from tours, or devoting less time to it would drastically raise tour group costs, which could hurt demand from Chinese tourists.
The government should instead continue to expand the list of cities in China from which Taiwan accepts applications for FIT to visit Taiwan, agencies said.
On the issue of how the Chinese agencies often defer payment by two or three months, the agencies said that even though this was the case, they had to keep accepting Chinese tour groups to drum up business.
The government refuses to approve applications for Chinese tour groups if travel agencies report that they have not received full payment from their Chinese counterparts, so agencies often falsify their reports to bring in business, even though they complain about the low profits generated by operating such tour groups.


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1) Depending on the product, you may have to select your Container Size and Variety. Some products only require you to select your Variety(Colour).
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3) Some products have multiple descriptions when you scroll down, you can navigate through these by clicking the tabs.
Once you finish your selection click add to cart
1) Select your Group in which the funds are going towards and where you will be picking it up at, from the dropdown
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3) Check off the box confirming that you filled in the fields correctly
Once you finish the above steps click checkout and then proceed through until you complete payment.
There are 3 more steps when you enter the Checkout
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2) Confirmation - you're almost there! just continue to payment method
3) Complete payment with credit card. You will receive a confirmation email of your order. The name of the drop off location and date of pick up is clearly stated on this email.
Your order is forwarded to your school or group and will be ready to pick up on the date specified.
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Company principals Sharon Esche and Alexander Irving are a high energy, hands-on team of beauty PR strategists that build editorial credibility-through-visibility for people, products, and companies. Over the past 30 + years, Esche & Alexander has skillfully guided beauty related companies, both 'Start-up' and Fortune 500, to stronger positions of positive public/industry perception through media influence. This strengthened 'perception of success' among target audiences translates directly to product and/or service sales.


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Revelations by former US National Security Agency (NSA) employee Edward Snowden about the NSA's clandestine surveillance have stirred up heated discussion in the US. The government in Washington is now reviewing the program.
Interestingly, US liberals have not subjected the government to heavy criticism over the affair. This is partly because they want to shield US President Barack Obama's shortcomings and also because, while Snowden has caused the US a great deal of embarrassment, he has not said anything new. Meanwhile, the conservative camp is divided over Snowden's revelations, wavering between the issues of national security and individual privacy.
What Snowden's actions highlight are the loopholes in US government departments. Considering his academic and work background, it is hard to imagine how Snowden was assigned information with national security implications and how he could download the data so easily. That is what mainstream opinion in the US is really concerned about.
Reactions to the Snowden affair in Taiwan are quite odd. It is fair enough if critics pillory the US government from an idealist standpoint for using technology to delve into the lives of its citizens. However, some people have been aligning themselves with China's viewpoint by mocking the US, while ignoring China's construction of a new iron curtain to control the Internet and spy on dissidents. Such an attitude is confused in the extreme.
Before people criticize the NSA's program based on surface values, they should be asking what attitude the Taiwanese government has toward network security and online freedom.
Netizens recently got upset over a government proposal to make local Internet service providers block overseas Web sites infringing copyrights. These planned amendments to the Radio and Television Act (廣播電視法) would immediately reveal sensitive data about Taiwan's telecommunications infrastructure, throwing the door to the nation's network security wide open. Not surprisingly, officials think it is a bad idea.
At the same time, the law in its proposed new form would impact on freedom of speech, since it would authorize government departments to obtain user information from service providers without recourse to legal procedures. Bureaucrats could make their own subjective judgements on whether online content was harmful to society and then remove or block it accordingly. That power, and the threat posed to Internet users, is many times greater than that of the NSA, which is strictly limited to combating terrorism. It amounts to a revival of the Taiwan Garrison Command that operated during the Martial Law era. How is this any different from the control that China's public security apparatus wields over the Internet?
Taiwan has a Personal Information Protection Act (個人資料保護法) whose protections go too far, perhaps, with a bunch of untrustworthy people handling sensitive information. Part of the problem is it is out of the hands of commercial providers. Moreover, a crowd of conceited and frivolous personnel are endowed with the right to spy on, record and track anybody, from the president down to ordinary citizens, and over whom the public has no control.
Should Taiwanese rejoice that everyone is treated equally in the fight against crime, or should they worry that one day Taiwan will have its own Snowden who, tormented by the imbalance between his own powers and duties, runs off clutching a record of the president's communications and connections, accusing Taiwan of being a police state?


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Yesterday, Jacob and I were eating lunch and listening to one of my favorite newer NPR shows, which featured an Earth Week segment on greener parties and celebrations for kids. You can listen to the segment and read the comment thread that inspired this post here.
Just a note on the idea of being "crafty": I have never really thought of myself as crafty in the hipster sense, or even the Girl Scout arts-and-crafts sense. Maybe it's because I've never been much of a visual artist. I don't do any knitting to speak of (yet) and I don't own a hot glue gun (yet). I do have a haphazardly-thrown-together craft box, containing seemingly useless bits of metal and plastic and fabric and cardboard. For the most part, I'm interested in crafts, as long as either a) I can make something useful instead of buying it or b) I can make something out of material that otherwise would have been thrown away, or both.
During the past year or so, I've tried to embrace crafting from this perspective; I wanted to give Khymi a bathrobe for Chanukah, but I was sorely disappointed by the fact that cotton terry seems available only for babies and hotel guests. So I used a newly-acquired sewing machine to make her one out of old towels.
Or there was the maddening situation with the cats. They happily scratch the couch or the rug, but not the carpeted scratching post, which I bought at PetSmart a couple years ago and which remains largely untouched. One evening, after another discouraging walk through the cat aisle looking at overpriced cardboard scratchers, I took a utility knife to a few of the cardboard boxes that cover our basement floor, and inspired by this post over at The Good Human, Jacob and I made a small scratching pad in a couple of hours. Lila took to it instantly (an unprecedented behavior). Free!
So I suppose I've been driven to craftiness out of necessity. But I don't think crafting should be overlooked as a frivolous or decorative pasttime. Check out the etymology of the word:
Old English cræft "power, strength, might," from Proto-Germanic *krab-/*kraf-. Sense shifted to "skill, art" (via a notion of "mental power"), which led to the n. meaning of "trade."Indeed, in modern German, Kraft still means "power". Many crafts--woodworking, ceramics, sewing, fiber arts, cooking, gardening--have become nothing but quaint upper-middle-class hobbies during this time when goods are cheaply and easily made and shipped far and wide.
But on this Earth Day, I ask you to hold on to your crafts, my friends. Cultivate and maintain them as well as you can. Learn to create and repair objects of lasting function; with your head and hands, give them real use, and with your heart, give them beauty. Don't just think of craft as a way to pass the time or a neat thing to do, although it may well be; don't even just think of it as a way to save money, although it may well have to be; think of it as power. The power to produce rather than consume, to process rather than discard, to sustain rather than deplete. The power to put as much art into your craft as you desire--to make a four-tone Fair Isle sweater, or simply to darn a pair of black socks to save them from the rag pile.
The Western world is beginning to take an interest (see my mom's course offerings for next year if you want proof)--let's hope it lasts. On Earth Day, we hear a lot about saving the Earth. Let's make one thing very clear: no matter what happens, the Earth will be fine. What we're really worried about is saving ourselves, our world as we know it. Which aspects of humanity should we be saving? Which ones are worth letting go? Read more...


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Elton John AIDS Foundation Applauds California Governor Jerry Brown For Signing SB
Elton John and the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) applauds California Governor Jerry Brown for signing Senate Bill 239 into law.This landmark piece of legislation reforms laws that unfairly criminalized people living with HIV and therefore made at-risk individuals less willing to be tested for HIV and receive lifesaving treatment that also prevents the further spread of the disease. The new legislation also serves as a model for other states to likewise revise their unjust laws regarding people living with HIV/AIDS.The Foundation is especially proud of the bill's co-sponsors, including EJAF grantees Equality California Institute, Lambda Legal, and Positive Women's Network USA, as well as APLA Health, Black AIDS Institute, and ACLU, and all of the organizations supporting the coalition Californians for HIV Criminalization Reform."This coalition educated lawmakers, LGBT communities, progressive allies, and the public about the need to change punitive California state laws regarding people living with HIV," said EJAF Executive Director Scott Campbell. "We are committed to working with other organizations across the U.S. to continue educating about the need to modernize state and local laws that unjustly penalize people living with HIV/AIDS."Most laws criminalizing HIV-positive people were passed in the 1980s when there was still limited medical knowledge about HIV, no effective treatments, and tremendous fear surrounding the disease and people perceived to be infected or at risk. Stigmatizing people living with the disease quickly became politically expedient. Since that time, our understanding of the disease has greatly advanced, effective treatments not only extensively improve and prolong the lives of people living with HIV, but also nearly eliminate the possibility of transmitting the disease when used correctly. In addition, HIV-negative people have access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a one-pill-per-day medication that prevents HIV infection. It is past time that federal, state, and local laws were modernized to reflect today's scientific realities.


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For the past eighteen years, Claude Van Rooten has led the Belgian Road Research Centre (BRRC) with conviction, drive and personal commitment. As from 1st May 2018, Annick De Swaef will succeed him officially as Director General.
However, Claude Van Rooten does not yet bid farewell to the road branch. As director International Relations he will focus on international contacts, which is fully in line with his position of President of the World Road Association (PIARC).
In the coming years, Annick De Swaef will lead BRRC enthusiastically and resolutely towards the future so that more than ever the Centre may contribute to tomorrow's roads. A civil engineer by training, she also relies on twenty years of experience in various fields such as strategic partnerships and general management.
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Turning your Bible to Matthew 28. This test is common to us, familiar to us as "The Great Commission". Matthew 28:16-20 and I want us to revisit it. Perhaps view it with a fresh look.
Beginning in verse 16 of Matthew 28, "But the eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee to the mountain which Jesus had designated. And when they saw Him they worshiped Him but some were doubtful. And Jesus came up to them and spoke to them saying all authority has been given to Me in Heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And lo I am with you always even till the end of the age." That amazing and clear and familiar portion of Scripture reaffirms to us the primary responsibility of Christians in the world.
I know we enjoy Christian fellowship and it is rich and rewarding but it is not our primary responsibility. I know that we are called to praise and worship and that too is rich and enriching but that is not our primary responsibility. I know we are called to learn the Word of God, to teach, that we might understand better the Scripture but that, as good as it is, as vital as it is, is not our primary responsibility. Our primary responsibility is summed up in one verb here in this passage in verse 19, "make disciples" and then the breadth of it, "of all the nations." That is the primary reason the church is here.
If we were saved for fellowship then we would be taken to Heaven where fellowship is perfect. If we were saved for praise and worship we would be taken to Heaven where praise and worship is unhindered and perfect. If we were saved for the sake of teaching and training and knowledge and wisdom we should be taken to Heaven where knowledge is perfect. The reason we are left here is in order that we might make disciples of all the nations. That is our God given priority as a church. Jesus came, the Bible says, to seek and save the lost and we have the same task to seek and bring salvation to the lost. This is what it means to make disciples. The verb is mathe tusatav. It simply means to make a disciple. To make a learner. To make a follower of Jesus Christ. That's what we are
The Bible indicated that we are commanded to do it. This is one of those commands. The Bible also commands in 1 Acts 8 that we are equipped to do it. After the Holy Spirit you shall be witnesses. Having received the spirit at conversion we therefore have the resource for witnessing. Teaching and ministry and fellowship and worship and all of that is important but the primary goal is not to do something with the saints but to do something for the lost. That is everyone's task. And we understand that and we know that but it's easy to lost sight of that. We get too enamored and so involved in spiritual ministry and in Christian fellowship and Christian relationships and so busy in church activities and service that we lose touch with the needs of lost people. Sometimes even our theology accommodates us a little bit and we assume that the elect are the elect and then the Lord will never close the kingdom down on earth until the elect are all in. That we have less responsibility to be faithful to this commission. All of these things must be set aside. We must find ourselves obedient to this command.
Now, the question that I simply direct to you this morning and believe this text answers is this question, what is necessary to make me effective in reaching the world? What is necessary to make me effective in making disciples of all nations? What are the ingredients? What are the qualifications? What are the motivation forces? What are the dynamics in my life that will cause me to fulfill the Lord's command? There are five of them in this text. And I believe in great measure they sum up all of the necessary ingredients and qualifications for effective evangelism. In the text they are explicit and implicit. One way or another it seems to me that they appear here and for our instruction.
Five keys to making disciples. Five keys that we must have if we are to fulfill this priority. Number one, let's write down the word availability. Availability. I think everything starts at this particular point. And this is somewhat implicit if you'll note in verse 16. "But the eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee to the mountain which Jesus has designated." Now at this point it doesn't take somebody who's necessarily deep in the Greek language to understand that when Jesus said meet Me in a mountain in Galilee some people showed up. It also seems to me that that's where any kind of effective ministry starts. It starts with showing up. It starts with being initially available. Somebody said the greatest ability it availability. There is a sense in which that is true because no matter what other ability you might have if you're not available the other ability is not of any consequence. Everything starts with being there. Everything starts with showing up. Now we don't know specifically where this was. There was no geographical identification of this particular mountain other than it was a mountain which Jesus had prior designated as a meeting place. We don't really know even the time that this occurred. It obviously was after the resurrection which of course has already occurred. It was also after several post-resurrection appearances of our Lord. Recorded in Luke 24 you remember particularly the one on the road to Emmaus. It is also after the meeting eight days after His resurrection which is recorded for us in John 20 and surely it is after the meeting with the seven that occurred and was recorded in John 21 which meeting caught them in the midst of fishing. They had gone back to their old profession.
So some time after the resurrection, after the eight day appearance of the resurrection, after appearing to the seven who must have had time enough to go back to Galilee and set up their fishing business. Some time after all of this, some where between three and four weeks, no doubt, after the resurrection, and you remember the Lord ascended after 40 days so it would have been before that. Somewhere between three or four weeks, probably, after the resurrection Jesus meets with his disciples. Now it does not say that it was exclusively the disciples and I am convinced, and I am not going to go into all of the detail at this point, but I am convinced this is most likely the meeting that is indicated in 1 Corinthians 15:6-7 as a meeting in which Jesus appeared to 500 at one time. It is very likely that not only that the disciples were here but approximately 500 others were here. May well have included the women who have been noted already in the chapter who were believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. Galilee, of course, was where most of the believers were. When you remember the believers in Jerusalem gathered in the upper room for the coming of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost there were only 120 of them. It seems reasonable that this appearance that involved 500 then would have happened in Galilee where the preponderance of believers lived.
So somewhere on a hillside in Galilee, a hillside unknown to us, a large crowd of disciples gathered together with the 11 who are no longer the 12 because the defection of Judas to be meeting with the Lord at a prescribed time and place designated by Him. The crowd was believers with all their weaknesses, with all their questions, with all their confusion, with all their fear, with all their bewilderment about how it was Jesus wound up dying on a cross and now they are ready to have their first sight of Christ. Apart from the women and the disciples those in Galilee very likely had no occasion to have seen him before this. And so some of their confusion and questioning will they pray and hope will be resolved in this meeting. Remember again it is not the elite, not many noble, not many mighty is the poor and the common, the ignoble and those who put their faith in Christ taken from the masses of the people. In some open field in some secluded place far from the crowds of Jerusalem and the threat they gathered together to meet with the Risen Christ.
And let me just draw out of that the very obvious reality that nothing happens except to those who are available to have it happen. When Isaiah 6:8, "Here am I. Send me," he was reiterating the point of availability which is the starting point of any effective service to Christ. They were there. They wanted to see the living Christ. There was enough desire in their hearts to follow Him to bring them there. Because they were there they were privileged with His presence, His promise and His great commission. They were little people and they submitted themselves to this designated time and place with the desire to be with Christ. There are some big people, you know, who think they're big with their own puny plans and their own agendas who never bother to show up with the redeemed and consequently they miss the momentous events and settle for the trivia of human life.
I suppose at some point it is fair to say that fulfilling the mission duty of your life to make disciples of other people begins with meeting the Lord at the appointed place, in the Word, in prayer and in the assembly of the redeemed. Not forsaking the assembly of yourselves together as some do and much the more as you see the day approaching. You're never going to have any kind of impact on the world unless you are willing to set aside that designated time and place to be in the presence of the living Christ, with His people, in His Word, in communing prayer with Him.
I tend to think that many people never bother to go to the lost because they can't even bother to get together with the saved. They never have much to say to those who are without Christ because they have very little to say to Christ Himself. You have to ask yourself about your availability because I am convinced that those people who are most effective in making disciples are doing that because there is an overflow of privileged communion with the living Christ. They choose to be in the Word, they choose to be in prayer, they choose to be in the assembly of the redeemed and out of that kind of fellowship with the presence of the living Christ comes impoticeto carry out His cause.
There is a second feature that I think flows out of this text, verses 17 and 18. Let's say the second word here that gives us a quality, a necessary ingredient for effective disciple making is the word worship. Worship. It says in verse 17, "And when they saw Him they worshiped," proscuneto. It means they prostrated themselves in adoring worship. They worshiped Him. That is the right response and I am sure if you had been there or if I had been there that day seeing the resurrected Christ would have been such an overwhelming experience that we also would have fallen on our faces, prostrate, in adoring wonder as we saw the vision of the resurrected Lord. They worshiped Him. They were in awe of Him. They already loved Him. They already trusted Him. They had already affirmed their praise to Him. And now it was consummate as they saw Him in His resurrected, glorified form.
What would you notice please this is really consistent with Matthew's emphasis if you go back to the very beginning at the first chapter or two of Matthew's Gospel as he introduces the coming of Christ and His birth he is very careful to point out that wise men came and worshiped Him. And here as he consummates his Gospel he is very concerned to point up again that He was worshiped. Back in chapter 28:9 he talks about the fact that even before this there were those who expressed worship to Him as they took hold of his feet. The one who came to be worshiped is worshiped. He was to be worshiped; he was worshiped when he accomplished redemption by the sacrifice of himself and appeared to His people.
Would you notice please, however that at the end of verse 17 that some were doubtful. Some doubted. Now somebody might say why did they add that? Why does Matthew say that? You don't have to say that. doesn't that plant the seed in somebody's mind who is skeptical of Scripture, that says I don't know if I can really believe that and if you think that's strange for me then realize that there were some people there that day who saw Christ supposedly after His resurrection and they doubted too. Doesn't it seem an unnecessary addendum that might give some justification for someone's unbelief today? Why does that have to be said? The answer is very simply because it was true. The Bible always has transparent honesty. The biblical writer is never caught up in some human effort to convince people of the resurrection by contrived and selective reporting. The biblical writer is not into selective evidence gathering. They just record the fact, the truth and the truth is some were doubtful. Not surprising. Not surprising. They weren't used to seeing resurrected beings. They had their doubts because that's part of fallenness, that's part of human sinful nature and they had not hereto foreseen the resurrected Christ. They had heard that He had risen.
Furthermore, and this might seem a rather crass thing to say but it is true, I would dare say I might be a little more than a fog this morning for many of you if you didn't have glasses. Have you ever thought about that? Have you ever thought that up until the invention of glasses a great mass of the population saw a fuzzy world? And here you have probably 500 people on a hillside, maybe the sun was bright, it usually is in that part of the world, Jesus was a little far off and I'm not going to describe His glorified form to you but it must have had some kind of presence that was to one degree or another a bit unrealistic or unlike what they had been familiar with. And here they are trying to focus their unaided eyes on this somewhat distant figure and try to focus their weak faith on the reality of the risen Christ. I don't believe it was wicked doubt which chooses to reject evidence. I don't believe it was foolish doubt which chooses not to consider evidence. I believe it was virtuous doubt that just needs more evidence.
And Jesus did and interesting thing, verse 18, it says, "And Jesus approaching spoke with them." Isn't that interesting? Why do you think He did that? I think it was to give them more evidence. What did he say to Thomas in the upper room? Do you want to know who I am, do what? See My scars. That's plenty of evidence. Jesus approaching them the Greek text says. They just weren't sure it was really the Lord because they hadn't seen him before; only the 11 and the women had. This is the first time for them. And this is not something that happens every day. So Jesus came nearer and nearer to erase the doubt. Whatever it was about His resurrection glory it didn't change the fact that He could be recognized by those who had seen Him before His death. And so they saw His beauty, that unfading beauty, that appearance, so mild and yet so almighty. So entirely human and yet divine. So mild and yet so powerful the lion of the tribe of Judah, the conqueror of death and hell and yet the Lamb of God with the marks of the slaughter upon Him. They saw Him and I'm sure that after He came near they found themselves ashamed and joined those who worshiped.
To worship it to acknowledge deity, to acknowledge majesty, to acknowledge sovereignty, to acknowledge glory. That is essential, I believe, in the life of one who would be a disciple maker. Because I am convinced that it is only when you are consumed with love and adoring praise to Christ that you are literally controlled by that. You do not evangelize in a vacuum. It comes out of a worshiping heart. If I really love the Lord Jesus Christ with all my heart, soul, mind and strength then his cause is my passion, right? What I love consumes me but there are those people who are not worshiping as they should. Their worship is thin and shallow. Their worship is infrequent, sporadic. They say they love Christ but it is not a cultivated, deep, intimate, communing love that elicits an ongoing, unending praise and worship from their heart. And as a result motivating them to do His work and to champion His cause and to preach His message is well nay impossible because the truth of the matter is they are rather occupied with their own agenda. To the one, who like John the Baptist, says he must increase and I must decrease making disciples becomes the priority in life.
Where's your heart? If your heart is set on Christ then Christ is all, His kingdom is all, His cause is all, His purpose is all you live for. In order to make disciples then you have to start with availability and you have to proceed to worship. There's a third word, let's write this one down, it falls out of the text, submission. Submission. We could even use the word participation. Verse 18, "When He did finally get next to them He said all authority has been given to Me in Heaven and on earth." This is a far reaching statement. This staggers my thoughts. Reaches beyond my ability to conceive. But let me at least get in touch with it. When Matthew began this gospel he introduced Jesus as king. He gave His royal lineage and had a group of Oriental king makers acknowledge Him as king. He began with the fact that he was king and king means sovereign. And now as he ends his gospel it's the same thing, "All authority has been given to Me in Heaven and Earth," which is another way to say he is king. King over all kings. Sovereign over all sovereigns. He is in charge. Absolutely in charge. So we then are called to submit and to participate in His kingdom.
Look at the work authority for just a moment. Exusia. It could be translated permission, it is sometimes translated privileged, sometimes right, sometimes power, sometimes here authority. But I think the simplest definition is this, complete freedom of action. Complete freedom of action. Now think about that. Think about that long enough you'll see that that's a rather comprehensive definition. Nothing causes His action. He is completely free to cause it Himself. Nothing hinders His action. It is complete freedom of action. Nothing contributes to His action. It is complete freedom of action. That is authority. You act independently of any other person or influence.
Now this particular authority is not authority like a great conqueror gets when he conquers a nation and on the basis of what he has done he is the authority. This is authority based innately on who He is not on what He has done in the truest, purest sense. He is God. And it is the authority that innately belongs to deity. But it is authority innately belonging to deity which has been reaffirmed by what He has accomplished on the cross and through the resurrection. Thus as one who is the conquering hero and one who is innately God He has complete freedom of action. He has freedom to do exactly what He wants when He wants, how He wants with what He wants to whomever He wants. Would you please notice if that is not enough it says all authority. All authority. No exceptions. Total sovereign right to rule. It has been given to Him by God. It says has been given to Me. Ephesians 1, Philippians 2, Collations1 are just samples of Scriptures which indicate that God has given authority to Christ.
The statement then is intended to establish who is in charge. He is king, He is authority, we submit to that authority, we participate in the unfolding of his kingly purpose. He is Lord. He is sovereign authority over Heaven and earth and that means all of us.
what are the necessary ingredients for effective evangelism? First of all to be available, to be present. Secondly, to be filled with awe and wonder and a heart of worshiping love. thirdly, to be submissive and be eager to participate in the purposes of the great king of all kings.
It has to be that I live with an attitude that says the king to whom I submit it my Christ and no other but Him. now there are many people who will admit to Christ as their Savior to deliver them from hell. There are many who would admit to Christ as their advocate to plead their case before God. Seems to me there are fewer who would acknowledge Him as their sovereign to rule over them in whose kingdom they have the privilege of participatory submission. Those are His terms. And that's where you begin.
As I said earlier, you don't evangelize the world in a vacuum. You don't make disciples on a whim. It is the overflow of these three great spiritual attitudes: availability, worship and submission. Show me a willing, worshiping, humble heart I'll show you and instrument God will use.
So many of us are caught in the inane, trivia of the world, spending our time, life, talent, energy, money ,resources on stuff that will burn and wondering why God doesn't use us to make disciples. We have to back up and start with these attitudes. The first place to go for corrective is to your heart and check it out. Do you have a willing heart? Are you available? Are you there listening to the voice of God? Communing with Him? hearing Him speak through the Spirit? Do you have a worshiping heart? Do you have a humble heart submitting to the privilege of sharing in His kingdom?
Write down a fourth word. This too an essential element. The word is obedience. The word is obedience. Big word. Comprehensive word which we will give a very brief treatment of. Verse 19, "Go therefore," therefore, it's a good place for that transition, very good. It's saying this, if you're available and if you're worshipful and if you're submissive therefore go. And here we come directly in contact with obedience. We have a command in this verse. The command is make disciples. The word go is not in the imperative. It is a participle. There are three participles here: going, baptizing and then one in verse 20, teaching. Participles modify the main verb. How do you make disciples? By going, baptizing, teaching. That's a simple structure. Going, he says, that's very obvious. I mean how are you gonna make disciples of all nations unless you are going. The assumption is they're not coming you're going. Those three participles put us in touch with a very simple command to make disciples of all the nations and describe how it is to be done.
It is interesting to compare this with Mark 16 where Mark records Jesus, "go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation." And also with Luke 24:47, "that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name to all nation." So it says make disciples, that involves going, that involves preaching the gospel which involves the forgiveness of sins followed by baptism, followed by teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I've commanded you. there you have the sum of it all. But it starts with going or literally having gone. The assumption that you're not going to do this until you've gone somewhere it needs to be done, right. it all starts with going.
But I wanna focus on that second thought of baptizing. For you by the way going may be across the campus, across the street, across the state, across the country or across the ocean. But let's talk about that baptizing term. In Mark's gospel it says preach the gospel. In Luke's gospel it says preach forgiveness of sins. Here all it says is make disciples by going and baptizing. You say where's the gospel here? Well the assumption here is that you know that word baptizing is loaded with gospel preaching because to be baptized is to be visibly carrying out a symbol which illustrates the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Baptism was simple a public sign, a public confession that a person had identified himself in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It assumes then the preaching of the gospel; the death of Christ, the resurrection of Christ and all that was involved in its significance. Is it inherent in the very visual drama of baptism?
That important ordinance of immersing a person in water, dunking them in water, is a way for a person who put their faith in Christ, the way to demonstrate their faith and their union in Christ. Peter preached it in 11 Acts he said repent and be baptized. Paul in writing Ephesians says one Lord, one Faith, on Baptism. He's talking about water baptism. Baptism became an inseparable reality from salvation. If a person was converted to Jesus Christ they were baptized. And if a person wasn't willing to be baptized there was reason to assume that their conversion was not genuine. Every believer is to be baptized. And every believer is to call others to be baptized. That seems to be to be a missing ingredient in our evangelism today. It seems to be that many people are going but not all who are going are baptizing. You say well it's only important that you believe for salvation. Yes. Salvation is a matter of faith not water baptism but water baptism is the sign of true faith because faith without works is what? Dead. And the very first work that is visible in public is that of baptism.
Baptism became so inseparable from leading people to the knowledge of Jesus Christ that when you said baptism you were referring to conversion. When he says baptizing them he means leading them to the knowledge of Jesus Christ or the preaching of the gospel so that they identify with Christ in His death, burial and resurrection and commit themselves to confess Him as Lord. That's all inherent in baptizing. It became synonymous with salvation and utterly inseparable. And sad to say we don't emphasize that as we ought to. Calling people to salvation is calling them to baptism in water. That's why we do that every Sunday night. That's why you need to be baptized. If you are claiming to be a Christian and have never been baptized there is reason to be suspicious of the reality of your claim unless you have never heard this before. When we go out to preach Christ we should call people to be baptized, to make that public identification of their union with Christ, confessing Jesus as Lord with their mouth and identifying with Him outwardly. They're unwilling to take that stand and to pay that price there's reason to assume theirs is less than a saving faith. One who refuses baptism is likely not exercising true faith.
Calling people to salvation is the issue baptism is identifying mark. Somebody might say well, I might get embarrassed if I were baptized. Well if your personal embarrassment stands between you and baptism then you've got a problem. I don't know what level of faith we could assign that to. I'm not saying that if you have not been baptized you're not a Christian. I'm saying there is reason to suspect that. What's holding you back? Some people say well it's difficult.
Let me read you a letter I got this week. Do you remember I told you about a young boy named Mark in Australia? Mark is a quadriplegic who lives in a ward in a hospital and will live there the rest of his life and is hooked to a respirator. He is also blind. He is 17 and somebody gave him some of my tapes and he started listening to the tapes and he wrote me a letter. And he said I heard your tapes and I know that if I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ my sins will be forgiven but I don't know what it means to believe. Remember that letter? And so I preached one Sunday morning a sermon on what it means to believe and then I got the tape and I sent it to him and he wrote me back and said, "Having heard your tape I now know what it is to believe and I believe and I'm saved." And I shared that with you and I got another letter from the pastor from a local church that's been ministering to him and this letter is very interesting. It goes like this:
"A few weeks ago now Mark volunteered to me that he was thinking about asking for baptism. He admitted that he still had some doubts but queried, 'Is it all right to be baptized if you just want to be obedient to the Lord?' That desire to be obedient to the Lord became a deep conviction. In checking with the doctor about the possibilities the doctor observed that Mark could not be dunked without some risk. His connection to his breathing machine is made through a sleeve that fits a little loosely in his throat through his Adam's apple. Mark balked at first but as he prayed he decided that he would accept the risk if he could be baptized in the normal way. (I had explained Plan B to him which would have been the old Mennonite way of pouring. I have never done it this way but would have if there was no other way.) on the day we met at the hospital swimming pool with three others who wanted to be baptized and most of the folk from our church, Mark's family who don't attend services anywhere were also there. because Mark can't speak very loudly and not at all without the breathing machine one of the fellows from the church brought a PA system along.
"We took Mark's testimony from his wheelchair. It was very simple but sweet. He thanked the Lord for forgiving him of his sins and declared that he wants to follow the Lord so that he can serve him with his life. The actual baptism was quite an ordeal. The doctor, a Roman Catholic, suggested we let Mark into the water on a sheet. Because of Mark's long term illness his bones are very brittle. One of his legs fractured earlier this year when he was simply lifted into his bath. The fellows who visit him and one of the elders Mark admires were in the water to help him. The doctor and Mark's father lifted Mark out of his chair and laid him at the water's edge. Then the doctor unhooked Mark's breathing machine. Two of the fellows in the water gripped one side of the sheet and the doctor and Mark's dad handed the other side of the sheet to the two others who helped. In the water I had to use one hand to block off the open air tube in his throat and use the other to hold his nose and push him under. With some quick and considerable efforts, because his limp body floats naturally we got him under. Then we reversed the process and the doctor quickly hooked up the machine again. It made none of its warning signals; if water had gotten into his lungs it would sensed it immediately and Mark would have been hustled off for medical emergency. We all breathed a sigh of relief and thanks.
"The whole procedure reminded us of the paralytic who was lowered to the hole in the roof on a blanket. This time however the man on the sheet didn't have to rely on the faith of his friends; he had his own testimony to give.
"It was amazing that the hospital was so cooperative. They could have been very difficult if they had wanted to be but the day I went to see them about it I was referred to a deputy instead of the head man. This deputy just happened to be a Baptist. He has Baptist in very strategic places. And we received the help we had hoped for.
"Thanks so much for your support letters, prayers and encouragement. Mark continues to listen to stacks of your tapes and sharing them with others in the fellowship. This has proven to be very beneficial to everyone. Just one more thing, Mark wanted me to share these thins with you. he is personally very grateful for your service to him through the tapes and the books. Next year he will begin to study theology by correspondence and hopes to add more and more to his faith."
Wonderful story about wanting to be baptized so much that you'd risk your life to be baptized. That's the evidence that we should show in our own faith. We have been called by God to make disciples. It involves going, it involves baptizing. We need to be baptized or we can't proclaim it and we need to call others to be baptized. In fact our elders had a discussion this week and in that discussion they said is baptism a command. Yes. If you aren't baptized have you disobeyed it? Yes. Then can an unbaptized believer take communion? What's the obvious answer? Any known disobedience stands between you and the Lord.
Next Sunday morning we will have communion. And I can only trust that your heart is right before God if you come to take it and that you have been baptized or have expressed your willingness and eagerness immediately, as soon as possible to be baptized. That's where you make your public confession of Christ. Visible through that symbol.
The third term and the last one is teaching. In verse 20 making disciples involves teaching them to observe all that I commanded you. making a disciple doesn't end when they believe; it doesn't even end when they are baptized. It ends at the end. You've got a task at hand and that is to teach them to observe all thing I have commanded you. they are to be instructed.
Now listen to this, making disciples involves going, preaching the gospel including the forgiveness of sin, calling for saving faith, baptism and then it involves instructing them to a lifelong obedience. How people can extract that out of the ministry of the church and the ministry of evangelization I do not know. we are calling people to an overt, public identification with Jesus Christ and a lifelong obedience to His commands. That is what we are calling them to. Why else would you become a mafaytaste, a learner of Christy if it were not to learn His commands that you might apply them to your life? There's no discipleship apart from personal faith. There is no discipleship apart from a willingness to be taught the commandments of Christ in order that you might obey His Lordship in your life.
That's how we are to evangelize and we are obedient to this pattern. We are to go to those who do not know. we are to call them to public confession with their mouth that Jesus is Lord and identification with Jesus Christ in His death, _____ and resurrection and we are to call them that in coming to Christ they are submitting to a lifelong obedience to His commands.
Let's not cheat on what is the message we are obediently to proclaim. We start with availability, worship, submission and obedience. We make disciples the way the Lord said to do it.
Fifthly and finally, the last word, write down the word power. Power. Such a noble responsibility, such an eternal task, demands something beyond our own resources. And so at the end of verse 20 this great promise, "And lo behold! I am with you always even to the end of the age," or better not to the termination of something but to the consummation of everything. I am with you till the second coming is what he has in mind. That's the power, that's the power. Sublime encouragement. You shall receive power after the Holy Spirit has come upon you. he is with you always in the form of His indwelling Holy Spirit. What a great truth.
Yes, the child born was Emanuel, God with us, and He is with us. it is not by human might and not by human strength but by My spirit says the Lord and until the consummation not just the cessation of something but the ultimate consummation of everything, until Jesus comes He is our power, He is our resource. Those are the words, beloved, that lie behind the life of effective evangelization. Availability, worship, submission, obedience and power. And when those are part and parcel of your life you will be effective for God. David said to the people in 1 Chronicles 29:5 he said, "Who is willing to consecrate his service this day to the Lord?" That's the question. Who is willing to consecrate his service this day to the Lord? Who is willing to be available to the Lord's presence? To worship the Lord's person? To submit to the Lord's authority? To obey the Lord's plan? To be empowered by the Lord's might and resource? Are you? it means stripping your life down to the priorities.
Years ago I read a story by S.D. Gordonwho was describing a group of men who were preparing to climb Mt. Blanc in the Swiss Alps. The evening before the climb a French guide outlined the prerequisite for success. He said you will only reach the top by setting aside all the unnecessary accessories and carrying only bare essentials. Well the next day when they started off for the climb a young Englishman, you might know it, disagreed and proceeded along the following morning not only with climbing equipment but a brightly colored blanket, large pieces of cheese, a bottle of wine, bars of chocolate and a bunch of camera equipment. Under the direction of the guide the group set off behind the Englishman. And along the way the group found first his bright blanket, then his cameras, then his cheese, then his wine and that finally last what was most precious to him his chocolate. Some of you can identify with that. finally they discovered him at the top with nothing.
And S.D. Gordonmade the application to the Christian life. There are people who on the way to the top drop the nonessentials. There are other people who when they find they can't make it to the top without their stuff pitch their tent in the plain and let the top go. And then S.D. Gordonsaid and the plain is very full of tents. That's true. The church is a plain full of tents. People who have decided to keep the stuff and park a long way from the top.
Let's bow in prayer. Lord it would be a great testimony for us if people who were following us found the trail to the top strewn with all the stuff that we had gladly dropped in wanting to fulfill this high calling. Don't let us pitch our tent in the plain, be content to live with the stuff, never reach the top. Help us to drop the stuff. may the people who know us see a trail of it as we pursue the great priority of making disciples. Going to the people we can go to and equipping others to go. Preaching the gospel to the people we can preach it to and equipping others to preach it. calling to baptism those who believe and calling others to do the same and then teaching and teaching them to observe all things that you've commanded. We want to fulfill the reason for our existence here by making disciples. Lord, give us that opportunity because we're available, 'cause we're here, because we're submissive as well as being worshipful. It isn't just that we're in awe of You and so we praise it is that we are in awe of You and so we submit. And then help us to be obedient to the plan as You've outlined it for proclamation and trust in Your power to bring it to pass.
We know that we can only reach the world one at a time. Bring us one this week that we can reach. For the sake of Your dear Son we pray all these things.
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Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
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New Brunswick, NJ 08903-2681
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Having smoked up to a pack of cigarettes a day for 45 years, Karen Kuhl felt she tried everything under the sun to quit the habit. It wasn't until she sought out resources from the Tobacco Dependence Program, supported by Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Rutgers School of Public Health, that she began a successful journey and is now one-year tobacco free.
Kuhl's story may seem typical. But smoking was not something that made her feel good or took the edge off of a stressful day in a good way. If anything, she was repulsed by the smell and felt smoking repressed her emotions, not allowing her to express her true feelings and handle relationships with loved ones in a clear manner. And with many of her five children and six grandchildren having asthma, she always felt compelled to stop. She felt she had a true addiction to nicotine. So, when a cousin tried the Tobacco Dependence Program a year and a half earlier with great success after smoking up to three packs a day, Kuhl didn't think it would hurt to give a call. She was finally emotionally and mentally ready.
Kuhl is definitely not alone. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 17 percent of New Jerseyans 18 and older smoke. A significant proportion of them have challenges including financial difficulties, behavioral or mental health conditions, other substance use, and other health issues.
The Tobacco Dependence Program provides evidence-based treatment services that have been proven to be most effective for tobacco cessation. While telephone quit lines and Internet-based programs also play an important role in this process, there are very few programs across the state and region like the Tobacco Dependence Program that offer a combination of one-on-one counseling, group support, physician consultation and prescriptions for quit aids. All services are free, and some cessation medications may be free to those who qualify.
A short time prior to making that first contact with the Tobacco Dependence Program, Kuhl had just moved from Sayreville, New Jersey to Staten Island, New York. She was incredibly surprised that she could not find a one-stop shopping resource in her area to help meet her needs. Some programs offered free nicotine patches, but only for a brief trial period. A group program close to her new home turned out not to meet regularly. So despite a hefty toll to pay in crossing into New Jersey each week, Kuhl found value in the program. Like all new clients who come to the program, she underwent a one-hour, one-on-one assessment, discussing her history of tobacco use, as well as triggers and withdrawal symptoms. It was determined that Kuhl would benefit from a combination of medication and behavioral support.
The first time she ever tried varenicline (brand name Chantix®— a drug that blocks the effect of nicotine on the brain) seven years ago, she felt nauseated, thus discontinued its use. In between she tried patches, gums, acupuncture, and even a laser treatment touted to her as "breaking up the nicotine" built up in her body. None of it worked. After understanding the comprehensive nature of the Tobacco Dependence Program, she worked with its director Michael Steinberg, MD, MPH, to find the right quit aids for her. She started with the patch again, coupled with lozenges, nasal spray and gum to start. She also added a nicotine inhaler and started to see success. But the one thing Kuhl says really helped make a difference was the weekly support group offered. Ironically, the day she first came to the program and was placed on the patch, there happened to be a support group meeting that night…and she made sure she attended. She knew if she didn't, she would regret it.
Donna Richardson, MSW, LCSW, LCADC, CTTS, facilitates the weekly group that meets at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey and is the clinical coordinator of the program. Attendees share how their week was—how they fought urges to light up. Sometimes they share their failures—how they slipped and had a smoke because of stress at work, a family problem, or other event. No matter what the circumstance, Richardson is there to provide support—to help those on their journey figure it out. Was it an emotional trigger? A stress trigger? Something else? Sharing the latest research and evidence available on the subject, Richardson helps participants recognize what prompted them to light up and what might help them better manage their daily stressors. In developing a personal plan for the coming week, group members may commit to coming to the next group session, getting back on one of the many quit aids, or working on staying away from smokers at the office. Richardson also helps to debunk myths such as difficulty in quitting is not simply due to a "lack of willpower."
"Every day I planned to quit smoking…until I had that first cup of coffee. It was some of the habits that are associated with smoking that are tough to break. Through the group, I learned about such things so that I could make this work," notes Kuhl. One reason she says she failed in the past is that she gained weight when she tried to stop smoking. But thanks to the group setting, Kuhl says she was prepared to combat any extra pounds. Through tips from other group members, she learned about making better food choices and the benefits of exercise. She joined a gym and began walking outdoors…enjoying the fresh air.
Other habits were tough to break too. "I didn't know what to do with my hands," Kuhl said. Through the program, she was prescribed a nicotine inhaler that includes a plastic cigar-like filter tip. She calls it the 'puff puff.' After a few tries Kuhl didn't like the nicotine, but from time to time would just pull out the plastic tip to place in her mouth. Having a supportive family, she notes that on one occasion, her young granddaughters threw the 'puff puff' in the fish tank, saying "Grandma doesn't need this anymore."
Richardson notes the habits associated with lighting up are half the battle for many. And some who are trying to quit smoking are afraid to ask others for support. In Kuhl's case, she took charge. When she decided she smoked her last cigarette, she threw out all of her ashtrays and got new air filters for her air conditioner for her home and car. And she asked co-workers, family and friends not to smoke around her anymore, noting it was both a feeling of pleasure and empowerment in making each improvement.
But some of that empowerment and success may not have come if it weren't for Dr. Steinberg, Richardson, and the group, Kuhl says. Kuhl's son, a four-tour Iraq war veteran, lost his home, car, medals and other possessions during Superstorm Sandy in October 2012 and had to move in with her. Shortly after, around the holidays, Kuhl wanted to reduce the level of the nicotine patch. Despite Kuhl's progress up to that point, Richardson urged against the change. Her 30-plus years experience in addiction treatment, with the last 13 focused on tobacco dependence, told her that the holidays and life events like a child moving back home add extra stress and can easily trigger a relapse. Group members shared with Kuhl other warning signs. Kuhl decided to wait before reducing the dosage. She is glad she did.
Evidence shows the benefits of "staying quit" are enormous. One day after quitting, carbon monoxide levels and blood pressure drops. Within two weeks, one's risk of pulmonary infection decreases. Improvement in lung function is seen after one month, and a chance of suffering a heart attack is cut in half one year after stopping. Five to ten years after, the risk of heart attack and stroke is the same as one who never smoked. Ten years after stopping, one's risk of developing lung cancer is cut in half. So, as Steinberg and Richardson encourage, "it's never too early or too late to quit." Kuhl was more than happy to heed that advice, admitting it was unnerving to wait for results from x-rays and other scans to see if she would "escape lung cancer one more time."
By not smoking, Kuhl is saving roughly $288 a month. As a smoke-free reward after her first month, she treated herself to a new winter coat and by six months bought new summer clothes, ridding herself of the nicotine odor that lived within those garments and freeing herself of some of those last bonds to lighting up.
"To see the transformation is fantastic," Kuhl says. "My family has been so supportive and they're so proud of what I have accomplished. It is a relief not to be a slave to the stick any more. It is definitely a tremendous feeling of freedom." Now that she's reached her one-year milestone of not smoking, Kuhl will start to attend the group meeting every other week, relying on all she has learned during the last 52. ■


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A New Jersey man has filed what may be the first class-action lawsuit over "Pokemon Go," claiming the companies behind the Pikachu fervor created a public nuisance and caused people to trespass on private property.
Jeffrey Marder, of West Orange, says in the complaint filed Friday in California that Pokemon Go players have been hanging out near his property since the virtual phenomenon launched last month. At least five knocked on his door to ask if they could catch a Pokemon that was in his backyard, the suit says.
Users playing Pokemon Go roam the physical world searching for virtual Pokemon creatures. The game also allows players to attract other users to physical locations using so-called "lures."
In the lawsuit, Marder argues the companies behind the game — developer Niantic Inc. and Nintendo, which gave input — established Pokestops on or near private property without any approval from the property owners. The complaint references Pokestops positioned in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., and in cemeteries. In New Jersey, one woman recently got stuck in a tree when she was looking to capture a creature.
The suit looks to certify a class of all real estate owners in the United States whose property is near or on Pokestops and to compel the companies that created the game to change it, according to Law.com. It points out that Pokemon Go has been downloaded more than 30 million times as of July 23, generating $35 million in revenue for Niantic Inc., Nintendo Co. Ltd and The Pokemon Co.
Niantic did not respond to requests for comment from Law.com or Bloomberg. A Nintendo spokeswoman declined comment.


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A look at a few new innovations coming into the marine market. Who would expect self-docking yachts in the near future?
It's been a long time coming but we now see tangible progress emerging to reduce our dependence on fossil fuel. If the U.S. Navy can prove that it works, isn't it about time the concept of the modern cruising boat includes hybrid forms of propulsion?
The end of the year is time to renew subscriptions and replace older apps with new ones. New technology and improved functionality promise a safer, faster, and easier user experience. In this case it is from Navionics, a Garmin Company. And General Motors.
The fear and mystery about sea monsters and rogue waves goes back to the early seafarers. With much improved technology, computers, and satellites, we know much more about this phenomemun today…and they are much more common than previously believed.
Susie Goodall had a really close call, but she is safe after losing her Rustler 36 in the Southern Ocean. The 29-year-old was knocked unconscious when her boat pitchpoled end over end in rough seas and high winds.
She was eventually picked up by a cargo ship on its way to Argentina.
If you are an "experienced" cruiser (aka old person) you probably remember the days of Selective Availability (SA) and intentionally reduced GPS accuracy. The military only let us know our location within 100 meters. This continued for years, despite ongoing pleas from the FAA and USCG to provide everyone with the accuracy available from the GPS satellite system.
It took a jetliner being shot down to turn off this reduced-accuracy SA.
Today we could not live without accurate GPS information. At home, on the road, and on the water.


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Northern Route stage 14: Santander - Santillana del Mar
Colegiata de Santillana del Mar
This stage passes through...
Santander, Santa Cruz de Bezana, Boo de Pielagos, Arce, Oruña, Mogro, Miengo, Cudón, Requejada, Barreda, Queveda, Santillana del Mar
Outstanding destinations
Turismo de Cantabria
- Route belonging to:
- The Way of Saint James
- Name of route:
- Northern Route
- Distance:
- 33,00 km
- Mode of transport
- 8,00. Horseback
- 4.00. Bicycle
- 5.00. Walking
- Main difficulties
- In Lluja, in order to not to go too far off the route, it is advisable to seek out a low tunnel under the S-20 road.
- Flora, fauna and crops
- he local vegetation features particularly holm oaks, strawberry trees (Arbutus unedo), laurel, buckthorn, juniper, chestnut, ash, oak, hazel, heather, thrift, meadow species, rock samphire. The fauna includes crustaceans (species of crab, barnacles), octopus, eels, small squid, sea bass, conger eel, gilthead sea bream, pollack, pouting, wrasse; and birds: thrush, magpies, wood pigeon, common sparrows, starling, common swift, swallows, tits, kestrels, buzzards, peregrine falcon, owls, barn owls, oystercatcher, yellow-legged seagull, European shag, sanderling. Fox, weasel, water rats, hedgehogs, badgers, moles and bats, toads, frogs, lizards, newts, and vipers.
- Craft products
- Leather, wood and ceramics.
- Gastronomic products, cakes and pastries
- Fish, shellfish and dairy products.


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Happy the man,and happy he alone, He,who can call today his own; He who,secure within,can say, Tomorrow do thy worst,for I have lived today.
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Dad is gone & I have no one to talk to. My blog is my only solace.
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