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Simple steps to protect students' data and privacy today.
As teachers, we know student safety is one of our primary responsibilities. We practice emergency drills numerous times each year, we screen school visitors, and we put rules and norms in place to protect the kids under our charge.
But when it comes to keeping students and their personal information safe online, it can feel a little overwhelming. Many times we swing between two extremes: Either we turn a blind eye to the risks and put our faith in the school's internet filters, or we put away the devices altogether. Of course, neither of these options is best for our students.
So what can you do?
Fortunately, there are a few quick and easy ways to check the security of the websites you and your students are using in the classroom. These practices are terrific habits to model for your students as you help them build their media-literacy skills.
Tip 1: Look for the "s" in "https."
Look for the "s" in the URL whenever you use a website, especially when logging in. Do you see "https" or a lock symbol? That means the site is encrypted and probably a lot more secure.
Tip 2: Check out our list of secure websites.
Of course, websites can gather personal information from more than a login page. And clicking through every page of a website can be an impossible task. Good news! The Common Sense privacy team is running a thorough check of encryption on many popular educational websites. Take a look at our list of secure sites, or send us the URL of a site you'd like us to check.
Tip 3: Find the tool's privacy policy.
Privacy policies can be pretty overwhelming, and we often skip reading them because they aren't written in plain language. A privacy policy spells out what information a site collects and how it uses and shares it. As weird as this sounds, just make sure a privacy policy is there. You'd be surprised how many policies are really hard to find or don't even exist!
For a deeper assessment of a tool's privacy policy, rely on the experts. Common Sense Education conducts extensive privacy evaluations of popular tools. Basically, we read the policies and surface the need-to-know information.
Believe it or not, these simple habits are a terrific starting point for keeping students' data private. Model these for students and share them with your colleagues. Then use what you find to start a privacy conversation at your school.

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Ty Cobb is one of the three Detroit Tigers suffering from influenza. The Red Sox are 6-0 to start the season. The former head of the Secret Service, William J. Flynn, has started a column in the Washington Times, on the Imperial Government German Spies and Intrigues, including pictures of medals struck two days after the Lusitania was sunk.
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The program is a transformational week that aims to give you the first- hand insights into the inner workings of Silicon Valley, emerging technologies and disruptive trends that will disrupt the way we work and live. It will also shed light to the building blocks of innovation that ignite the infamous entrepreneurial spirit of Silicon Valley and bring to live its game- changing ideas. You will learn about:
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Silicon Valley companies compete on innovation. Have an eye-opening experience comparing what cutting edge start-ups do to win the innovation race vs. established companies with their unique challenges in maintaining the pace of innovation. Get involved in highly interactive workshops with active participation from the team. Hear our speakers share their personal stories of entrepreneurial success and Silicon Valley experience, which could be quite inspirational.
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Is the intervention of a lawyer always necessary in the face of a legal matter? No. But what about situations such as itchy divorces, violated agreements, property complications, adoptions, and even avoiding jail? That's when you need a lawyer the most and they must be good. There are many reasons and benefits of hiring a lawyer.
Here are 5 such reasons!
Their ability to assemble a complete court documents
As a general citizen, it could be your first time attending a court having no knowledge on the law. You lawyer will always advise you on what he needs and help you fill the necessary legal documents so that you won't do anything regrettable. Because, in situations where criminal law is on the spotlight, every move matters.
They know what you should sign and should not
If you ever thought that not all statements matter in a contract or an agreement, it will be the sole reason for your jeopardy in the future. Not understanding declarations on legal documents is normal but it's probably a great idea to talk to your lawyer before signing anything that you might find fishy.
They know the law
Their knowledge on the law is extremely extensive. After all, their lives depend on it. It could be a sore situation of a divorce where you necessary need divorce lawyers Sydney or a serious traffic offense that requires criminal defense lawyers, they separate will know what to be done and told on the court. After all, you can't go up there and represent yourself. Hence, you need someone who knows law good enough to get what's best for you.
The other party will be having one too
It goes without saying. If either you have done something wrong to a party or the other way around, none wants to serve in jail or indemnify. Although the government will appoint you one if you didn't have a lawyer in the first place, there's no guaranteeing in whether they'll give their best or not in the end of the day.
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Apart from the court cases, there are occasions where you must deal with real-estate and property. This is whereprofessional lease lawyer in Sydneycome into play. They will help you cut off deals, save immense losses and get you the properties and such. After all, it's what they do for living.You can hope for the best but having a great lawyer is the best way to gain the most competitive advantage. That's indeed what you need to do always.


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What is below was taken from LGBT POV
Longtime activist Andy Thayer is angry and he's taking his anger from Chicago to Washington. Thayer, you may remember, co-founded the effective online StopDrLaura campaign with fellow activist Robin Tyler, among other actions.I love what lonnie had to say,
Here's the press release he sent out this morning:
Pro-LGBT Picket of Obama This Saturday Moved from White House to HRC Gala
In reaction to the announcement yesterday that President Obama will address a black tie fundraising gala of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) on Saturday, October 10th, organizers of a pro-LGBT picket originally scheduled for that night at the White House have instead moved the picket to the site of the HRC gala. The picket will begin at 6 PM in front of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, on the northeast corner of Mt Vernon Place NW and 9th Street NW, Washington, DC.
While the picket organizers will be participating in the Sunday, Oct. 11th Equality March, they charge that the march organizers have been going easy on the Obama administration and the Democratic Party in general. Barack Obama was long on pro-gay promises during the campaign, they say, yet short on delivering on them once he took power in late January.
"The time for talking is over," said Andy Thayer of the Chicago-based Gay Liberation Network (www.GayLiberation.net), one of the two organizations sponsoring the picket. "This President promised to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), he promised to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, he promised to pass the pro-LGBT Employment Non-Discrimination Act and a whole host of other things. Instead, he's delivered on nothing while embracing anti-gay bigots Rick Warren and Donnie McClurkin. The last thing we need is more flowery rhetoric in front of rich, self-effacing gays and lesbians dressed up like penguins."
The picket is cosponsored by the Dallas-based direct action group, Queer Liberaction (queerliberaction.moonfruit.com), a group which played a leading role in organizing an effective community response to the violent police raid on a Fort Worth bar. "The Obama administration has likened LGBT relationships to incest and bestiality," said Queer Liberaction co-founder Blake Wilkenson. "He cited his 'Christian beliefs' for the reason why he now opposes equal marriage rights for same-sex couples. He refuses issue a stop-loss order to prevent purges of lesbian and gay soldiers. If we are going to get real change out of this White House, we need to make demands of this President. As the great anti-slavery activist Frederick Douglass put it, 'Power concedes nothing without a demand.'"
For more information about the Saturday, October 10th pro-LGBT picket of President Obama, contact the Gay Liberation Network at firstname.lastname@example.com or 773.209.1187, or Queer Liberaction at firstname.lastname@example.com or 214.679.6321
More information can also be found at the Facebook event for the picket at the following URL:
Lonnie @ 2009-10-06 15:41
BULLSHIT. This EXACTLY the thing we need to do. Barack "I'm a lying homophobe" Obama deserves nothing but contempt from all self-respecting queers. Protest and organization have forced Obama to make this gesture of attending this fundraiser. Protest and organization forced Bill Clinton to come out in favor of gay marriage. Protest and organization has forced Congress to propose bills repealing DOMA and DADT one week before the march.
Lobbying and licking the Democratic Party's ass hasn't gotten us shit.
Barack Obama already has a press office. He doesn't need us to make apologies and excuses for him.


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Another raw weather day with rain, chilly temps
We can't seem to to get a spring weather break.
After a day of snow, we have another round of precipitation on Tuesday.
The National Weather Service says there will be increasing clouds this morning with rain developing through the day.
The best chance of rain is between 1 to 5 p.m., according to the hourly forecast.
"The precipitation may briefly begin as a light wintry mix across the interior, but will quickly change to plain rain. The rain should taper off tonight with just some lingering light rain or drizzle possible with areas of fog developing," the NWS says.
As a warm front moves in Wednesday, there's even a chance of thunderstorms between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Temperatures on Tuesday will continue to run about 10 degrees below normal, with highs in the low to mid 40s. Temperatures may remain steady this evening and then slowly rise overnight.
On Wednesday, daytime temperatures will near 60 degrees, but it will remain cloudy with a chance of showers.
A Gale Watch has also been issued for Long Island Sound from Wednesday evening through late Wednesdaynight. West winds between 15 to 25 knots are forecast with gusts up to 35 knots.
And in the days ahead, there's a a couple of chances of rain and ... snow.
The forecast
Today: Rain, mainly after 9 a.m. High near 41. Light southeast wind becoming east 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight: Rain likely before 9 p.m., then a chance of drizzle or light rain after 9 p.m. Patchy fog after 9 p.m. Otherwise, cloudy, with a temperature rising to around 46 by 5 a.m. East wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday: A chance of drizzle before 9 a.m., then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4 p.m. Areas of fog before 9 a.m. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 59. South wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 31. Wind chill values between 25 and 30. West wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 46. West wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35.
Friday: A chance of rain before 2 p.m., then a chance of showers after 2 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent.
Friday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers before midnight, then a chance of snow showers between midnight and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45.
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45.
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In case you have already been wagering on football games for a long time then you would probably understand the significance of reviewing handicapper picks prior to placing your bets. Whether you like to bet on college football, fantasy football or even nfl football, handicapping is an art which should be perfected for the purpose of large and steady winnings.
Even if you do not possess the proper handicapping abilities, it is vital that you continue to use the services of any expert handicapper in order to stay ahead while in the game and beat the experienced bookies. Just about all you need to do is to merely go to a handful of reputable websites on the internet that has knowledgeable handicappers who compile and put in all the required data into a computer system.
Any handicapping report hence created could come up with forecasts of winners during forthcoming matches. These types of picks happen to be produced soon after researching streaks, trends, accidental injuries, and so on. If you were to try to put together your own handicapper picks before each game, you'd probably have a difficult time accumulating all of the required facts to generate a precise report. It might be even more difficult if you love to bet on college football due to the large numbers of teams involved.
There are many sites which include web sites handled by way of bookmakers that provide excellent handicapper picks week after week. All you need to do will be to identify a website that has a pool of skilled handicappers made up of ex-football players as well as professional bettors that can help generate fairly accurate handicapper picks. You should also pay attention to other betting factors like checking the odds, betting for and against the spread and betting on the over-under.
Given that bookies have got diverse ideas upon each match, their odds differ and you should play only with all those bookies that offer greater odds. Additionally, remember to open accounts with several bookmakers so as to boost your own chances of winning.
Additionally it is vital that you rotate your money resourcefully between different bookmakers so that you don't entirely be depleted of funds whenever you urgently need to put any bet with a particular bookmaker. Select handicapper picks subsequent to doing a few computations of your own, in case you possibly can, so that you don't have a niggling question within your head.
If free handicapping picks may not be paying out returns then try out a number of premium picks that may just prove to be winners in case those picks happen to be created correctly. Handicapper picks simply provide you with a chance to increase your odds of winning and should you locate a site that offers specialist handicapper picks in that case stay with these over a longer period of time so that you try to win most of your bets.
Rather than stumbling about in the field in total darkness, let select football handicapper picks spread the light in the direction of higher and consistent winnings. Choose your own handicappers meticulously and also let them guide you towards the winning teams. This will assist you to gather much more profits or even just enable you to limit your own losses if the bet spins away from you. Good football handicapper picks are tough to come by and should you locate them then you can produce repetitive touchdowns as well as fill your gambling bank to the brim.


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Eighteen years ago, when I first began my journey in the spa world, I recognized the power of touch. It's not just about the physical component of touching others, there is an energy that is exchanged between each other. By touch in a gentle, non-invasive way, the nervous system is stimulated to relax and work with the connective tissue while energy is being passed to relax all aspects of our own energy field. Whether it's through a massage, facial, manicure/pedicure, Reiki or Chakra balancing, it is possible to have such an experience.
During your treatment you receive all of my attention and I use only the best natural products and refuse to cut corners in any way. I have been know to be a perfectionist... especially when it comes to making sure you are receiving the treatment you would expect. From the perfect eyebrow shape and clear beautiful skin to helping with possible sciatica pain, be assured that I will discuss your areas of concern and address the solution.
I look forward to making a difference in your life.
Spa Packages available
Spa Packages available
Whether you are looking for clear skin with a healthy glow or to moisturize dry skin and soften lines, there's a treatment here to suit you. Not sure what kind of TLC your face needs? I will be happy to advise you on which facials are best suited for your age and skin type.
Every waxing treatment is customized for you. Regular waxing promotes lighter hair growth and soft, smooth skin. I use an anti-inflammatory zinc wax for the face and delicate areas, to minimize breakouts and skin irritation.
Keep your hands and feet looking great and feeling relaxed and softened. Invigorate your hands and feet with natural earth friendly products, including a 100% biodegradable, non-toxic, and acetone-free, polish remover.
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Each massage is uniquely customized to your specific needs. A combination of swedish, deep tissue, sports, and tui na modalities are used in each massage. All massage treatments use warm towels, essential oils, a warm eye pillow and warm neck wrap.
CHAKRA BALANCING supports your body to return to a natural state of balance and joy using knowledge of the energetic system. A treatment could include: gentle touch, guided visualization, reiki, chakra specific aromatherapy, crystals, and tuning forks.
Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.


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Lung Cancer Home > Small Cell Lung Cancer
Physical Exam and History
A physical exam consists of an exam of the body to check general signs of health, including checking for signs of disease, such as lumps or anything else that seems unusual. A history of the person's health habits and past illnesses and treatments will also be taken.
Sputum Cytology
A microscope is used to check for cancer cells in the sputum (mucus coughed up from the lungs).
Laboratory Tests
Laboratory tests are medical procedures that test samples of tissue, blood, urine, or other substances in the body. These tests help to diagnose disease, plan and check treatment, or monitor the disease over time.
Bronchoscopy is a procedure performed to look inside the trachea and large airways in the lung for abnormal areas. A bronchoscope (a thin, lighted tube) is inserted through the nose or mouth into the trachea and lungs. Tissue samples may be taken for biopsy.
Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy
The removal of part of a lump, suspicious tissue, or fluid using a thin needle is called a fine needle aspiration biopsy. A pathologist views the tissue or fluid under a microscope to look for cancer cells. This procedure is also called a needle biopsy.
The removal of fluid from the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and chest wall) through a needle inserted between the ribs is called thoracentesis.


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Novel Knowledge 2018-19 Book List
Novel Knowledge is a Reading Enrichment Program that challenges students in grades 4-6 across VUSD's ten elementary schools to read and reread eight pre-selected titles. Students collaborate and complete a series of written questions from each title over several days at their school sites in teams of three or four. The #1 team from each site is invited to the District Championship each year in early May.
See the flyer and other forms in the locker at left.
The list of books for 2018-2019 competition:
- Ban this Book by Alan Gratz
- Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrope
- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
- Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, One Dead Spy by Nathan Hale
- Save me a Seat by Sarah Weeks
- Schooled by Gordon Korman
- Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan
- The Witches by Roald Dahl


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Q: I would like to buy a home right now. This seems like a really basic question, but I'm not sure whether it's better to wait and save the 20 percent down or to just buy with the minimum 3.5 percent downpayment? I feel like if I save the 20 percent downpayment, it won't be a buyer's market by the time I have the money.
A: The decision as to when to buy (or sell, for that matter) to best take advantage of market dynamics faces every real estate consumer.
I generally advise buyers and sellers to make their real estate moves at the time that makes the most sense for their lives, rather than trying to time the market at all.


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Our team went out to Salt Lake City to the annual conference of AAOSH, the American Academy for Oral Systemic Health. We love saving smiles; we love saving lives even more!
This year's AAOSH conference was a real eye opener from moment one.
We learned that we cannot treat our way out of cancer. The only solution to this problem is prevention!
Did you know that:
- 15-20% of all tumors begin with an infection?
- Periodontal disease affects 47% of people under 30 and a whopping 70% of people over 65?
- There is a link between periodontal disease and oral, esophageal, lung , stomach, and pancreatic cancers
While the scientific community is not ready to say it yet, I am 100% certain that we will soon learn that uncontrolled bacteria in your mouth will, over time, lead to some very serious medical conditions.
Prevention is the key to wellness
Regular dental visits can detect early dental infections and conditions before they can hurt you. A good dental hygienist can coach you on how to take great care of your teeth on a daily basis- it's not difficult and sometimes a little bit of coaching can make a huge difference. We can even test the DNA in your saliva if conventional techniques don't work.
Bottom Line: Your dentist and dental hygienist offer you huge opportunities to reduce the risk of illnesses that can kill, disfigure, and bankrupt you. We can help you save your life.
If it's healthy, it also looks good!
And the added dividend of a healthy mouth is a better looking smile, which is always a huge asset.
The take-away is to visit a good dentist. Get screened for gum disease, oral infections and decay which may not hurt until the problems are severe. Most importantly, THERE IS NO SHAME if you don't know how or are unable to take great care of your teeth at home. Ask your dentist or dental hygienist to coach you on how you can be a little bit better at home oral care. You'll feel so much better and you'll live much healthier.


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Since I didn't cook dinner this marvelous meat in a tandoor oven, it's not truly tandoori lamb, which will save some of you the time letting me know all the other methods it isn't the real deal. Eat a variety of totally different complete meals instead of eating processed foods. 10 Whole foods supply a stability of wholesome carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and other nutrients. Beer and wine have natural antioxidants called phenols, which help defend in opposition to coronary heart illness and decrease the risk of hypertension.
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she would know where he was. He could read and write in Polish and as the alphabet was the same he learned English faster than she did. Jim Runner was their first Indian visitor. He would bring fish and beaded moccasins to trade for bread, eggs and other food.
Danvers, Manitoba
23rd March, 1902
Re File No. 354073, NW 11416-18-18 West To the Secretary,
Department of the Interior
Ottawa, Ontario
Dear Sirs; - Could I get the above quarter section as a homestead? In this connection I beg to explain as follows:
According to an old record I have kept ever since I left Norway for this country on the 28th day of April, 1886, with the interest of taking up land in Manitoba, I was delayed on the voyage two or three times for several days at a time; the first time being at Liverpool waiting for the old "Beaver" liner which was to take us across the pond. Then in the middle of the ocean when something went wrong with the machinery which kept her for forty-eight hours drifting on the Atlantic and at last the fogs under Newfoundland kept us back a considerable time. Finally, there was a wreckage on the C.P.R. at Pembrover, Ontario. However, I arrived at Winnipeg on Thursday, 14th of June, left for Minnedosa next day, and went out to locate a homestead on the following day, came back and made entry for the S.W. 114 16-18-18W, on the 19th of June 1886 according to the certificate of entry, which I still have. From this it will be seen that there was no delay on my part in finding a homestead, and that it is very reasonable to suppose that had the chances of journeying been more favourable I would in all probability have made the entry on or before the second day of June, 1886.
I resided upon the land for two years, subsequent to the entry, and in fact during this time I completed all the necessary improvements, built a house 16X20 feet, another small building, 12X12 feet, and a fine log stable 32X46 (the latter was burnt down two years later), broke ten acres the first year and cleared and broke three acres respectively during each of the following two years, put up fences, etc. But when my parents then took up a homestead I went to live with them, though I always kept working my own place during that time. Accordingly it appears that I had practically completed my duties within the proper limit of time, all with the exception of the last six months residence, which I did not fulfill till sometime afterwards, having lived with my parents and worked my own place in the meantime. Lastly, I beg to point out that so many of the older settlers have had second homesteads and even pre-emptions as well and myself having been a continuous resident of this part and contributed my share towards maintaining roads and public institutions as well as they, am now hampered and debarred from these
privileges, practically speaking, only on account of an unfortunate delay on the voyage coming out to this country. This again is particularly more unfortunate, as Government Lands cannot now even be bought for money and a poor man is thus shut off from the last chance of securing a place suitable for pasture at a moderate cost, especially as I have lately bought a few high-class Shorthorn cattle at a great sacrifice, is this situation simply a hardship. I beg to refer you to Messieurs Meyers and Thompson of Minnedosa as to my character and reliability, and would consider it a great favour if you would kindly bring this letter to the per sonal notice of the chief of your department, the honourable Mr. Sifton.
Thanking you in anticipation I am Yours respectfully, Olaf Stone
P .S. For the privilege of some other quarter section if the one in question cannot be had.
Editor's Note: The above letter from the Manitoba Archives indicates one settler's problem in receiving title to his land.
by C.M. Gronlund
Port Coquitlam, B. C. in 1969
It was on July the 8th, 1914, a very hot dry day. The sun was beating down and there was not a breeze to be felt, but towards evening it started to cloud up in the far horizon in the west. It was fifty-five years ago, but I can still remember that day as plain as if it had happened yesterday--that hair-rising experience which took place about seven o'clock that same evening.
My father had bought the farm the year before and he and my uncle, Mr. Holm had been working up the place. The house was finished and they were working on the barn that day in the sweltering heat. My dad was anxious to get the buildings finished because he was to move the family over the very next week from the old homestead, about seven miles to the east of this new farm. I was helping the men off and on with the building but my main job was to cook their meals.
Around five o'clock my Dad asked me to go in and prepare supper. After I got the food prepared and got it perking on the stove, I went out to the woodpile to split some more wood as it looked like it might rain later in the evening and I wanted lots of dry wood and kindling in the house. I had a little golden-haired spaniel of my own and I had her trained to do almost everything but talk. I had trained her to carry the wood into the house, but since she was unable to put in into the high woodbox, she brought it in and piled it behind the kitchen stove. Of course as a fourteen year old boy, I was quite proud that I had my dog so well-trained that I didn't have to bring in the


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In a recent article we reported how Singapore is implementing blockchain across their different industries beyond the cryptocurrency exchange.
Here we have a list of top startups which are making the most innovative use of blockchain in the Southeast Asian region:
In March, a Singapore-based startup by the name of Electrify managed to raise US$30 million in under 10 days via a token sale. Its aim? To replace its current operational model with a similar one powered by blockchain.
Founded in 2017 by Julius Tan and Martin Lim, Electrify is declaring a crusade on the regulated energy Asian markets and proposing a completely liberalised model instead. According to Tan and Lim, regulated electricity markets lack of transparency, are a barrier to clean energy and put consumers' credit at risk.
On the other hand, a liberalised electricity market, as Electrify sees it, would put an end to the power generation and distribution monopoly, giving consumers much more competitive quotes. It could even make possible for home-based producers to deal directly with businesses (consumer-to-business) and make easier the access to clean and renewable energies.
Singapore's government decision to deregulate its electricity market earlier in the year was obviously highly welcomed by the startup. In fact, it described it as "an excellent test bed for our solutions".
Electrify's current operations are based around a web application called 'Energy Marketplace', which produces retail electricity contracts. The way it works is quite straightforward: the client provides their consumption details and registers with an Electrify account, then chooses an energy plan, uploads some documents and pays a security deposit. Basically, it allows consumers to make the best option for their energy needs.
So where does blockchain play a role in all this? At the moment the company is looking to develop its current 'Energy Marketplace' model into what will be called 'Marketplace 2.0' - a web and mobile platform that will allow consumers to buy energy from electricity retailers or directly from their peers (P2P) with smart contracts and blockchain.
The introduction of the digital ledger will eliminate any middlemen fees, reduced the transaction costs and allow an automatic execution of the contracts - pure and simply blockchain. All energy data will be logged into the blockchain through 'PowerPods'.
The beta launch of Electrify's Marketplace 2.0 is expected for the quarter three of this year and by quarter four they predict to expand their operations to Japan - another energy market in the process of full liberalisation. On their white paper they have projected to introduce their operations into the Philippines and Australia by 2019.
Electrify's venture into the electricity market is already shaking the grounds of the energy market in Southeast Asia. The introduction of blockchain technology into its system is set to transform the way in which consumers and suppliers will deal with energy in the near future.
LaLa World
LaLa World was established with a very ambitious vision in mind: "banking the unbanked".
The startup's product is a one-stop wallet based on ethereum and hyperledger blockchains which allow investors to capitalise on the rise of blockchain as well as introduce the underbanked into the financial system.
With a LaLa ID, the "global wallet for everyone" lets users transfer money domestically and across borders, buy products and pay bills in 180 countries.
By bridging the gap between cash and the digital world, LaLa World's ecosystem wants to support the inclusion of the unbanked, undocumented, micro-entrepreneurs, students and all those who are usually excluded from the finance world.
According to the World Bank's Global Findex Database 2017, 1.7 billion adults around the world are unbanked, i.e. they do not hold a bank account. Not only that, more than 20% of unbanked adults receive wages or government transfers in cash, and many people in developing countries pay bills and school fees in cash.
LaLa World is determined to put an end to this situation and allow everyone with a smartphone or access to the internet to easily receive and send money or pay their bills. It's mean to have a bigger impact on migrant communities and underdeveloped countries where producing identification papers and opening bank accounts is not always an easy option.
"It's about bringing them into the society, not only including them financially but also creating a whole ecosystem for them," says Sankalp Shangari, LaLa World's founder and CEO. "We have already built a proof of concept on ethereum and hyperledger blockchains, which we will be properly putting into place, starting with Malaysia, Bangladesh, UEA and India and rolling out into different countries."
On top of the obstacles faced at the time of presenting valid documentation to open bank accounts, underbanked individuals usually pay the highest charges and sometimes don't have the facilities to settle their utility bills, having to take time off work to do simple admin which in the developed could be done instantly through an online banking app.
Prakash Somosundram, "the man behind all the strategy and corporate development of LaLa World" says that the blockchain platform aims to "bring fintech to the unbanked population" as currently they "are not getting enough access to financial products which are readily available for us in developed nations".
Founded in 2016, LaLaWorld now has offices in Singapore, Malaysia, India, Dubai and UK. Their goal is to reach a global audience of 100 million by 2020 and presence in at least 50 countries.
If you thought Bananaman was cool, wait until you hear about a new type of cryptocurrency based on what's arguably the world's favourite fruit: Bananacoin.
Cofounded by entrepreneurs Oleg Dobrovolsky and Alexander Bychkov, Bananacoin is a utility token based on ethereum and pegged to the export price of 1kg of bananas.
This means that the price of each Bananacoin token is protected by the cost of 1kg of the fruit.
Their mission is to grow an organic and healthy variety of bananas known as "Lady Finger" in their environmentally friendly plantation in Laos and to export them to China, where demand is greater than supply.
Lady Finger, albeit being the most expensive variety of banana, is also the most popular in the Chinese market. Despite an increase in consumption, the deficit of banana export to China is estimated at 30,000 hectares.
Although they have been doing business in Laos for 15 years, Bananacoin's founders began their adventure into the agro-industrial business (the cultivation and export of bananas) only three years ago.
Their plantation is eco-friendly, doesn't use pesticides and counts with the support of the governor of the Vientiane province, where the plantation is located.
The startup has a strong commitment to transparency: every person participating in the enterprise has the right to personally visit the plantation and see the work being done by themselves.
How do you know if a luxury product is real if even authenticity certificates can be forged?
The team behind LuxTag, a Malaysia-based startup, has the answer to it - and their answer includes blockchain.
Using the digital ledger technology, LuxTag creates tamper-proof certificates of authenticity, adding another layer of security on top of certificates and serial numbers to luxury items such as watches or handbags.
LuxTag's system can also tag items as stolen or lost: If the item is missing, users can also embed tracking details such as contact mobile numbers in case the object is found. This not only helps reunite owners with their lost items but also helps clamping down on fraudulent insurance claims as in the case the insurance on the product is claimed, the ownership ID and item will go to the insurer instead.
With blockchain the information about the product is stored and distributed in the shared ledger and each time a change is made it has to be verified by the other servers before it's accepted into the ledger, making tampering virtually impossible: again, basic blockchain mechanism.
Having a tamper-proof certificate of authenticity means that the luxury goods can have a better second-hand value, as interested buyers can verify the product's history. In addition to this, only the genuine owner will be able to hand over the ownership ID.
"This is very important for pawnshops and secondhand shops," said Rene Bernard, LuxTag's CEO, as "they can check the database and see if there's a mismatch (which indicates the bag is fake or stolen)".
Serey is a Cambodian social media platform which supports community building and rewards social interaction between readers and writers through the use of blockchain technology. It follows the Steem model but it has been adjusted to suit the needs of the Cambodian public.
Its mission: "Encouraging and rewarding self-expression and creativity through technology".
The founders are Chhay Lin Lim and Chhay Lem Lim, two Dutch Cambodian brothers heavily influenced by the philosophy of libertarian and free market thinkers like Murray Newton Rothbard and John Perry Barlow.
According to the team behind Serey, what it makes it different from other social media platforms such as Facebook or Twitter is the decentralisation of the created content value. Instead of channeling value to a small group of shareholders, the users of Serey are rewarded for their writing and proofreading skills with a cryptocurrency, also called Serey.
Serey, the native cryptocurrency of the platform, is a utility token and is distributed according to a set of rules determined by the Serey blockchain. As soon as someone joins the platform they are given a small amount of the digital currency "which gives your voice weight in determining what content should be rewarded."
The platform's philosophy is not a light one. In their 16-page white paper Serey states that "every Cambodian individual knows just a fraction of what is collectively known. Believing that the nature of our collective knowledge is therefore inherently decentralised, we [at Serey] would like to encourage sharing of the unique information that individuals possess through the Serey platform.
Understanding that we ourselves don't know everything is an epistemologically modest position that we hold in every decision we take in building Serey". Take that, Mark Zuckerberg!
The main feature of Serey is that all of the platform's written content is stored on the Serey blockchain. Since it cannot be modified the owners and administrators of the platform can't censor or remove the content.
Definitely not your usual social media platform!
Another innovative use of blockchain comes from Tripio, the first travel booking marketplace based on the digital ledger technology to connect global customer with services providers.
Established in early 2018, the startup aims to use its travel services platform to restructure hotel booking protocol with blockchain technology and thus solving problems of high commission, inaccurate updates on room status or fake reviews.
On its white paper, Tripio describes the platform as a product based on ethereum's smart contracts: "By leveraging the full-fledged and Turing-complete programming language built into the ethereum blockchain, Tripio redefines transaction models and state transition function rules, and hence construct various smart contracts to power travel services in new and innovative ways."
Tripio uses the ethereum distributed ledger to construct the credit system. It lets all participants
in the system accrue credit based on 'good' behaviour: everyone can view a person's public records and determine whether they are credible.
The company claims that their credit system is global, transparent, automatic and decentralised, working in tandem with Tripio's other decentralised systems.
Every time a transaction, compensation request, dispute or audit happens, smart contracts update the credit ratings for all participants involved based on their behaviour. The service provider and customer reputation score is also updated taking into account the service quality and results.
On the Tripio platform, there is no middleman fee if the transaction is completed using TRIO tokens. If a different payment method is used, Tripio charges a currency conversion fee. However, by eliminating the middleman layers, transactional overhead is greatly reduced.


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Jacky Chan Image Design Studio (Academy), a professional makeup and beauty school based in Ipoh Garden South, Ipoh, held a very interesting show recently at De Garden. Five lovely models showcased the five elements of feng shui, Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, through colours in a creative style.
Earth was represented with brown, Wood with green, Fire with red, Water with blue and Metal with gold. Jacky Chan, the principal of Jacky Chan Image Design Studio (Academy), personally gave tips on choosing the right element to wear, and how to complement various colours to enhance our luck, especially during Chinese New Year.
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Is Pastor Appreciation Month a real thing?
Yes. Now I know there are a lot of really random and meaningless "days" and "months". Recently it was National Coffee Day. I heard there's a bacon day (finally something I can get behind). But October, at some point was dubbed Pastor Appreciation Month. I know, I know, my calling attention to this may seem a bit self serving, but hear me out. This post is not about me.
There are pastors all around the world who aren't on staff. They are not in front. They are bi-vocational, in the background, fighting in prayer for the lost, laboring in care for the church, holding up the arms of lead pastors and staff pastors. They live, setting an example to the church, equipping them for the works of ministry. Churches don't survive without them. Their lives are full and hard. And they often labor for years without being properly honored for their sacrifice.
There are three such men that I want to honor. Men whose lives and friendships have been absolutely key in God's plan for me in the last 9 years. Pastors who have shepherded me, and who have sacrificed so much of their lives for the Love of God and the good of his church. I will post them over the coming days and weeks in the order in which I met them.
David J. Ainsworth
First up, Dave Ainsworth. I met Dave and Maggie Ainsworth in my first semester at seminary. God arranged for us to live in the same apartment complex, go the the same school and join the same church. He was very obviously smarter than me, and (because he's not a morning person, and we carpooled in the morning to school) I assumed he was always a little grumpy. All that to say, we weren't immediately friends. Over the following months and years, we joined the same small group, Then, we launched a small group together, through which Dave and Maggie poured into Joy and I to send us to start our own small group. They were (and are) friends that we desperately needed. In them, God cared for us, trained us and encouraged us. And when we began working toward planting a church in Pearland, Texas, Dave quit school. He left the comfortable and familiar world of academia and gave his life to begin pastoring a church that didn't yet exist alongside me. We worked for nearly 5 years together in planting Covenant Community Church and his voice is now permanently in my head.
His gift to hear and deliver wisdom to others, his discernment into the motives of my heart have been prophetic. By that, I mean, that very often, God used this brother to speak directly to me the words I needed to hear.
As my pastor, he loved my family, played with my kids, and cleaned up my mess. He asked the questions I would have skipped, and thought of the people I may have forgotten. He made me a better pastor. By the grace of God, he made me a better man.
Let it also be known: Dave and Maggie throw the best parties and they dance a mean electric slide.
I would be remiss if I didn't point out directly how much of his usefulness in God's kingdom has been buttressed by the love and support of his wife. Being a pastor's wife is a strange job indeed, but God has shone his glory through his daughter for the good of Dave, his son. The lives they have blessed by their friendship and care is a long list.
The San Francisco Project
He and Maggie are now planting a new church in San Francisco. They are on a new leg of the epic journey toward glory and they need you. Write to them. Comment on this post. Hit up their Facebook. But most of all, pray for them. The road is long and hard. Pray that God would sustain them. Pray that God would use him mightily for his kingdom. Pray that they would find rest and comfort in his care. Thankfully, even pastors have a Pastor; the great shepherd who lays his life down for the sheep.
I have been loved and pastored well by this man. Covenant Community Church bears the marks of his care. I appreciate him and his family more than I can say, and I'd invite you all to do the same. It is October after all.


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Welcome to How to B Podcast with Brittany Reid
Episode 4: Dani Driusso
Daniele Driusso is a Leadership Coach, Voice Specialist, Writer, Podcast Host and Mentor for elite entrepreneurs online. She has helped countless women around the world find their passion and turn it into their full time income online. Dani believes that connection, presence, and play are the cornerstones to a successful business, her mission is to empower women to step into their true potential as a leader, while they become fully fulfilled in their life and business.
Daniele specializes in helping purpose-driven business owners find their voice in the world, truly ignite their influence online, and expand their vision of what is possible. In a world of insta-likes and facebook fads, Daniele is committed to bringing back connection and purpose to the online space.
While combining creativity, passion and purpose, Daniele teaches you how to take your dreams and make them reality -- on your own terms. She is incredibly passionate about teaching women how to create their own schedule, and build a career that can feed their soul.
From broke post-grad/Artist struggling to build her life as an Actor to building the life of her dreams building her empire online filled with creatives first & entrepreneurs second. The broke 'artist' mindset is coming to an end and it's Dani's mission to get creative entrepreneurs and heart-based business owners to turn the volume UP on their business, brand, AND income. Dani infuses everything she does with fun, freedom, and 'f-yes!'.
She is am here to help you ground your feet in the dirt, light up a room, grab that microphone and speak your work into the world, write the damn book, hold the damn retreat, change lives, and continue to create an income that supports your dream life — while still being able to live that dream life.
Presence in everything. Presence online. Presence in life. Presence in your business.
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When we hear or see the word "election", we are so accustomed to thinking of dirty politics, mudslinging, and voting corrupt people out of office . But I want to talk to you about an election that is completely perfect in every way and free of politics. It's the most important election ever and it has eternal outcomes, which impact you and me in a very personal way.
Let's take a look at the topic of election and predestination and see what God's Word has to say about it.
Election is based on God's gracious choice
The apostle Paul wrote to the Romans, "In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God's gracious choice. But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace. What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened." (Rom 11:5-7)
When Paul wrote here about those who were chosen, he used the Greek word εκλογή - ekloge - ek-log-ay', meaning (divine) selection (abstractly or concretely): - chosen, election. When we elect someone, we have a choice. Otherwise, it would not be considered an election if we only had one option. Likewise, God had a choice, and he chose a remnant.
A remnant is a small portion of the whole. When we have a remnant of a piece of carpet, it's a small piece. Likewise, there is a remnant chosen by God's grace. Not all Jews and not all who call themselves Christians are chosen. Some people who seek God's righteousness are seeking it by works, and they don't obtain it. Then there are those who were not seeking it, and they obtain it. Those who obtained it without seeking it are the chosen ones.
Paul also wrote: "And not only this, but there was Rebekah also, when she had conceived twins by one man, our father Isaac; for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God's purpose according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls, it was said to her, "The older will serve the younger." Just as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated." (Rom 9:10-13)
Normally in Jewish tradition, the younger children serve the one who was born first. This is even true of twins, since one is born before the other. It's amazing how God made His choice of Jacob while he was still in the womb, before either he or his twin brother had ever done anything good or bad. God had already decided that even though Jacob would be born second, his older brother Esau would serve him.
It's difficult for us to fathom this with our finite minds. Maybe to us it seems like God is unfair to do this. But Paul anticipated this when he wrote: "What shall we say then? There is no injustice with God, is there? May it never be! For He says to Moses, 'I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.' So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy." (Rom 9:14-16)
God's choice is always perfect. It's always wise. It's always just.
It's extremely important to understand that when God chose the elect, it was based entirely on His grace. Grace is unmerited favor, which means you cannot earn it.
Paul wrote to Timothy saying that God "has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity." (2Ti 1:9). He taught that God did not save us because He knew in advance the good works we would do. Do you see that? God did not choose us based on our works. He saved us and chose us from all eternity, before the beginning of time, according to His grace. This way we cannot get the glory. All the glory belongs to the Lord.
The elect were known beforehand
The apostle Paul said, "For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified." (Rom 8:29-30)
This word "foreknew" comes from the Greek word προγινώσκω – proginosko- prog-in-oce'-ko - to know beforehand, that is, foresee: - foreknow (ordain), know (before).
The Lord knew the elect beforehand. This is an amazing aspect about our relationship with the Lord that He actually knew us beforehand. Even our own parents didn't know us until we were born. So we often think that God only began to know us once we were born. But as He said to Jeremiah the prophet: "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations." (Jer 1:5)
According to God's Word, this is true of all those who are chosen. The apostle Peter puts it like this: "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure." (1Pe 1:1-2)
That word foreknowledge comes from the Greek word πρόγνωσις – prognosis - prog'-no-sis, which means forethought or foreknowledge. This is where we get our English word prognosis, which is a forecast or prediction. We say, "There is a gloomy prognosis for economic recovery." Or we may ask the doctor, "What is your prognosis for this patient?" Yet even our human predictions about the economy or about a patient's health are only educated guesses. That's all we can offer, since we as humans don't know the future. But God actually knows in advance. This is His foreknowledge.
The psalmist said, "Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O LORD, You know it all." (Psa 139:4). The Lord is so amazingly wonderful that He even knows what we are going to say before we say it.
Another example of something that happened according to God's foreknowledge was the death of His own Son on the cross. The apostle Peter proclaimed on the day of Pentecost: "Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know-- this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death." (Act 2:22-23)
So the point here is as the Jamieson, Fausset and Brown Commentary states: "The Church existed in the mind of God eternally, before it existed in creation." That's right. Before there was even one Christian alive on earth, God had already made His choice. He already had in mind those whom He had chosen.
The elect were destined beforehand
Now that we understand that God foreknew the elect, let's see what else he did beforehand. The apostle Paul stated: "For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified." (Rom 8:29-30)
Again, as with Jeremiah, the Lord not only knows the elect beforehand, but He predestines us. The word predestined comes from the Greek word προορίζω – proorizo - pro-or-id'-zo - to limit in advance, that is, (figuratively) predetermine: - determine before, ordain, predestinate. That means the Lord has already ordained or determined the purpose for our lives before we are born.
The psalmist speaks of the Lord's plan for his life while he was still in the womb. He says, "Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them." (Psa 139:16). The prophet Jeremiah is another example. In his case, the Lord told him that He appointed him a prophet to the nations before he was even conceived in His mother's womb. That was his destiny!
God had a purpose in choosing the elect
Paul wrote to the Ephesians, "We have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will." (Eph 1:11)
We have clearly been predestined according to God's purpose. When God predestined the elect, He had a definite goal or intention. So what was God's purpose? We'll look at that next.
God's purpose was that the elect go and bear fruit that would remain
Jesus said to the disciples, "You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you. (Joh 15:16)
As the disciples saw it, Jesus had approached them one day and said, "Come follow Me." From their limited, human perspective, they chose Jesus. But He made it clear to them that it was He who chose them before they ever met Him.
Jesus explained that the reason He chose the disciples was that they would go and bear fruit that would remain. His purpose was that the Father would give them whatever they ask in Jesus' Name. And this is His purpose for all those He has chosen.
God's purpose was that the elect be conformed to the image of His Son
If you have ever seen a professional sculptor at work, it's amazing to watch. While looking at his subject, he conforms the clay material with his hands into something that closely resembles his subject. Paul wrote to the Romans, "For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified." (Rom 8:29-30)
The Lord has a definite purpose in His calling us to Himself, and that means we were predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son. The word conformed comes from the Greek word συμμορφός - summorphos - soom-mor-fos'. It means conformed to, or fashioned like unto. This means God's plan and purpose has always been that we be fashioned like unto Jesus Christ. God is fashioning the heart and character of His chosen ones to be like His Son Jesus, similar to the way a sculptor fashions the clay to resemble his subject.
In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul wrote: "He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will." (Eph 1:5). So again, when the Lord predestined the elect, the kind intention of His will was to adopt us as sons through Jesus Christ.
Conversely the vessels of wrath were not chosen
When we consider the election of God, we also need to understand that just as He chose beforehand those on whom He would have mercy, those who were not chosen were created for a specific purpose also.
If God made His choice before creating us, then when He created people who were not chosen, for what purpose did He create them?
Pharaoh is a great example to help us understand this. As Paul wrote: "For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, 'For this very purpose I raise you up, to demonstrate my power in you, and that My Name might be proclaimed throughout the whole earth.' So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires. (Rom 9:17-18)
You see what this is saying? It's saying that God raised up Pharaoh to demonstrate His divine power in him. How did God demonstrate His divine power in Pharaoh? He did it by giving Pharaoh over to the hardness of his own heart, by enduring him with much patience, and by eventually pouring out wrath and judgment on him.
Paul goes on to write about this further, saying: "What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles." (Rom 9:22-24)
So we can see God had at least a two-fold purpose for those whom He did not choose – Paul calls them vessels of wrath prepared for destruction. Another term would be objects of wrath. He created these objects of wrath to make His divine power known, and also to make known the riches of His glory upon the objects of His mercy.
Few are chosen
Jesus taught about God's choice in election also. In order to illustrate the kingdom of heaven, He told a parable about a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. The king called for everyone to attend the wedding. But very few came. In the end, when he did hold the wedding feast, he spotted someone who was not wearing the wedding garment, and that person was thrown out.
He said, "For many are called, but few are chosen." (Mat 22:14). There are two key words we need to pay attention to here. The first one is "called". It comes from the Greek word κλητός - kletos - klay-tos', meaning invited, that is, appointed, or (specifically) called. The second word is "chosen". It comes from the Greek word εκλεκτός – eklektos - ek-lek-tos', meaning select; by implication favorite: - chosen, elect.
If you've ever planned a wedding reception, you know that you cannot invite everyone, unless you have an unlimited budget. Usually the size of the room where the wedding reception is held and the cost of food and beverages is a limiting factor that determines how many people you can invite.
Of course, the king who held a wedding feast in this parable had vast riches and gave a large feast. So he invited many people, but most did not come. This represents how many people hear the gospel and receive an invitation to give their lives to Jesus. But most do not accept the invitation. And in the parable, even those who came to the wedding feast needed to be dressed in the proper wedding garment. Being dressed in the proper wedding garment represents wearing the robe of God's righteousness, which we receive as a gift when we put our faith in Jesus Christ. When the king discovered one person at the feast without the wedding garment, he was thrown out. So Jesus was saying, many are invited or called, but few are selected or chosen.
Savior to All
Maybe someone might think that all of this means that Jesus only died for some people. There are actually people who teach this kind of limited atonement doctrine. Yet we understand from God's Word that it is not God's will that ANY should perish, but that ALL should come to repentance (2 Pet 3:9). God desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. (1Ti 2:4). And Jesus Christ is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world (1Ti 4:10; 1Jo 2:2).
Jesus said, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." (Joh 3:16). So God gave His only son, because He loved the world, and the good news is for whoever believes. He is the Savior to all who believe. So let me ask you a very important and personal question: Do you believe in Jesus? This is perhaps one of the most important questions you will ever answer. This is the key to having eternal life.
Here's another question that's less personal, but still very important: will all believe and be saved, since this is God's will?
Free will
The Scripture does teach us that we must make our calling and election sure though (2 Pet 1:10). Not ALL will be saved, but only the remnant. So we do have a part. God treats us as responsible, capable of will and choice. We must put our faith in Jesus. We need to work out our salvation with fear and trembling (Phil 2:12). I've covered this in my post Salvation with Fear and Trembling.
We can drift away and shrink back, and we can treat as an unholy thing the blood of Jesus that once sanctified us (Heb 10:29). Those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, can and do fall away to the point where they can no longer be brought back to repentance (Heb 6:4-6; 1 Tim 4:1; 6:10). I've covered this more fully in my post called "Drifting Away."
No One Can Snatch Us from Jesus' Hand
So does this mean that believers need to go through life always worrying that they are going to fall away from the Lord? Not necessarily. Jesus said, "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one." (Joh 10:27-30). So we don't need to worry about anyone snatching us out of the Lord's hand.
But we do need to remember that God's chosen people have been broken off before because of unbelief. Paul wrote to the Romans about the Jews being cut off like branches from the olive tree, and Gentiles being grafted into the olive tree like wild branches. He went on to warn them: "You will say then, 'Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.' Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear; for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either." (Rom 11:19-21) The message here is that you must not relax into an attitude of conceit, false security and complacency. This is why Jesus told The Apostasy Parables, in order to warn us against falling away.
Jesus said, "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. "Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He removes; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit." (Joh 15:1-2). This should leave no question in our minds that the Father removes branches that don't bear fruit.
In this same passage, Jesus laid great emphasis on maintaining intimacy in our relationship to Him. He said, "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me." (Joh 15:4) If it were impossible for a believer to do anything else besides abide in Jesus, there would have been no need for Jesus to say this. But it is an act of our will. We must do our part to abide in Him. This means continuing in our relationship with the Lord, trusting Him daily is key.
We need to trust not in ourselves, but in Jesus to keep us to the end. Jude wrote: "Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen." (Jud 1:24-25) Jesus Christ is able to keep you, and make you stand before God blameless!
Putting it All Together
So we need to understand very clearly that election is based on God's gracious choice. The elect were known beforehand and destined beforehand, which is called predestination. God's purpose in choosing the elect was that they go and bear fruit that would remain, that the Father would give them whatever they ask in Jesus' Name, that the elect be conformed to the image of His Son, and to make his glory known upon the vessels of His mercy.
Conversely the vessels of wrath were not chosen. We cannot accuse God of being unjust or unwise in His choice. God's purpose in creating the vessels of wrath was to make His divine power known.
God does not want any to perish. Jesus is the Savior to all who believe, and the gospel is for everyone who will listen. But while many are called, few are chosen.
And we cannot forget that God has given man a free will. He did not create a bunch of robots that do exactly what has been programmed into them. The eternal security doctrine of "once saved always saved" is a doctrine of demons, and is not found in the Bible. We can drift away and shrink back. The partakers of the Holy Spirit can and sometimes do fall away beyond repentance. The Father does remove branches from the vine. This means we must put our faith in Jesus, we must make our calling and election sure, we must work out our salvation with fear and trembling. We need to maintain our close relationship with the Lord on a daily basis, trusting Him, abiding in Him and bearing fruit for His glory. We need to completely and continually trust Him to keep us to the end, and to make us stand before God blameless.
I hope that this study has helped you better understand the healthy tension between election, predestination, and free will. Who can truly understand and adequately explain how these three things can be true simultaneously? It should cause you to stand in awe of the Lord's wisdom and knowledge. And it should also help instill a humility and healthy fear of the Lord, regarding the matter of election and predestination.
"Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who became His counselor? Or who has first given to Him that it might be paid back to Him again? For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen." (Rom 11:33-36)
Attribution notice: Most Scripture quotations taken from the NASB.
Author's note: If you enjoyed this article, I also recommend Drifting Away, Salvation with Fear and Trembling, God's Sovereign Plans and Purposes, Keeping Power of God, Michael Thomas Sambo's Revelation of Heaven and Hell, Few will be saved, The Apostasy Parables, and Angelica Zambrano Hell and Heaven. You may also like the other posts in this blog available through the Home page. You may access my complete blog director at Writing for the Master.
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If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus. Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?
"Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, 'The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.'" (Mar 1:14b-15). He preached that we must repent and believe.
Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"
Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International. He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.


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Pioneering financial exchanges in Japan are facing reality towards the launch bitcoin futures after CME, CBOE and Nasdaq announcements. The Tokyo Financial Exchange is planning to launch the products on its market. Once the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act recognizes them as financial products.
It will be the first product of its nature in Japan. A group will be creating to study and research cryptocurrencies before the futures product is listed on the exchange.
"Once the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act recognizes cryptocurrencies as financial products. We will list the futures as quickly as possible. To achieve that, we will launch this working group to study various aspects. Including bitcoin's present status, its outlook, and what form it will take root in Japan's society."
The news come after Japan licensed four more exchanges this week to total to 15 exchanges with licenses to operate in the country. BitFlyer, which recently acquired a license to operate in U.S., is the largest of all exchanges in Japan.
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Thus, Japan, which commands 65 percent of the global Bitcoin market. Since it is far way ahead of many other countries in terms of Bitcoin-relating activities. It might not increase demand since the futures are cash-settled and the futures do not mean owning Bitcoin.
CME wants to launch futures products on December 18 while CBOE plans to launch this coming weekend on December 12. NASDAQ also plans Bitcoin futures from mid next year.
Licensing of more exchanges to trade Bitcoin and its products could create strong financial institutions to support Bitcoin as a financial product. Bitcoin futures are contracts to bet on Bitcoin price, usually within a range of 20% from the settlement price quoted by the exchange.