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I Cut My Self Or Inflict Pain On My Self
Personal Stories, Advice, and Support 733 People
I don't know why. Pain?Depression? I really don't know why. But I have scars. I haven't done it for a while. I really didn't like the blood.
hawny4gurlz 22-25, F 6 Responses 15 Jan 26, 2014
StartingLast night I inflicted pain on myself for the first time. I had thought about it for a while but knew it was dangerous so I always had the self control not to, until I finally lost it. I don't know if I knew I would have no way to hide the sneak myself a knife or if I was...
sobainnewyork 22-25, F 3 Responses 2 Oct 18, 2013
Sometimes I get self conscious about myscarring.. I have tattoos, and people always want to see. I've .. Recently started cutting again.. I went 8 years without doing it and after that I fell off the wagon.. Well, a girl approached me while I was doing laundry and asked to look at my ink.. I held out my arm, nervous...
Akuratheleopard 26-30, F 2 Responses 5 May 21, 2014
I haven't cut or hurt myself inso long. But with the way my anxiety and bipolar been acting up. Its time to start feeling the pain. At one time cutting was my best friend. Im tried of feeling emotions. I dont want to feel the anxiety. Just the blade going across my skin.
penpalwriter 46-50, F 1 Response 2 Aug 15, 2014
Normal To Think This Isn't Wrong?I have cut my self in the past. Mostly due to stress and anger. It is a great relief. It seems strange, but I never cut too much, or too deep, and I think that it's "harmless". I'm not suicidal, and have realized I enjoy tattoos (I am almost covered!) but there is still that...
Benny04 26-30, F 2 May 31, 2012
I just went through a bad break upand the first thing i thought was "maybe cutting again will stop the pain" but i was afraid that If i started i wouldnt stop again.. My freshman year of high school I would cut myself on a regular basis. A year after that I stopped. So after this break up a few days ago I wanted...
MissBloodKittie 22-25, F 4 Responses 0 Jan 9, 2014
I Cut Because Of My Broken HeartI met this boy at a party and we started talking and i just basically love/d everything about him every little thing he did, so after the party we started chatting on whatsapp and i soon told him that i liked him a lot and he kinda knew before anyway because of the way we spoke...
sosick123 13-15, F 1 Jan 1, 2013
I inflict pain on myselfbecause it feels good to me I cut myself to sacrifice to lord Jashin hail lord Jashin
Jashinistkid 18-21, M 2 Responses 0 Aug 1, 2014
Cutting is no joking matter.It's not a stupid thing it doesn't make you ugly. It's an addiction Your not crazy if you do it It releases endorphins .. Stupid ******* c***.. Think again before you bring that up
monsterfan21 18-21, F 4 Mar 12, 2014
I started in 6th gradeand sorda stopped in 8th but yet even though i stopped it's been about 2 1/5 months im not even happy/proud of my self? I don't know why i should be right?
human8672 16-17, F 1 Response 0 Mar 16, 2014
Shiny is the razor I holdnow in my hand Red is the blood that's dripping From the cuts my skin couldn't withstand L is for lost There is no one to understand O is for oblivious Because my mind is a wasteland S stands for sadness It is my daily retort deliberation E obviously represents emotion...
darkreality68 41-45, M 2 Responses 0 Oct 1, 2015
I'm Not Afraid Of Death, I'm Afraid Of LivingI lay awake, waiting; waiting for someone to take the pain away even though I know no one will come I still prevail hoping the whole in my chest will disappear all the memories are coming back the ones I've stuffed down so I wouldn't have to remember and relive the days...
WakingUp2Reality 18-21, F 3 Responses 1 Dec 23, 2009
It's a strange feelingwhen I inflict pain on myself I keep doing it probably making it worse but I love the feeling of self inflicting pain.
anestacia 18-21, F 2 Dec 19, 2015
For 6 years I have inflicted pain on myselfnearly everyday. But my skin has gotten smart, it heals quickly, leaves little to no scarring, and becomes harder to slit everyday. It's as if my body is fighting the one owning it, and it terrifies me to see the things i can do to myself. I sometimes just find myself at the...
ChaosCallaLily 22-25, F 3 Apr 30, 2014
Sometimes I snap hair ties on my wristsand arms until they turn red, and I burn myself in the shower.
KyrBella 16-17, F 1 Response 1 Jan 15, 2015
I don't cut in a compulsive skin picker.I have been doing this for 18 years. not sure how our why it started but it did. I sure have the scars all over to show it. I wear jeans and men's tshirts to hide the scaring (and because I'm over weight). when anyone asks I don't know what to say because their are scars all...
kareenmarie 36-40, F 0 Jun 18, 2015
This just recently, I felt too guilty ofaltering my sister's plushie with phrases(such that she didn't want any sounds on toys) that my punishment is to pay her the exact money she paid for the toy. This is the last time I disrespected a family member so out of shame and sadness, I began writing "I am disrespectful...
Starfishgirl 26-30, F 1 Response 0 Apr 28, 2014
HelpI have a story to share, but not yet. It's long and complicated and I'm honestly not sure how many people would read it in the first place. I'm too young to join this group, just shy of the age limit, but I just want anyone that reads this to know it seriously gets better. I'm a...
truublondy 18-21, F 1 Response 2 Mar 18, 2013
You know what I use? A nail it doesn't go deepenough to draw blood but it does hurt when you drag it across your skin hard enough
anestacia 18-21, F 1 Response 1 Dec 22, 2015
I've never cut myself deep enough to leavescars, it's not that I don't want to, I'm just frightened. Lately I've been using safety pins, keys, and my own nails to create cuts and once they are there I enjoy looking at them every once in a while. I've tried to stop but when something goes bad it is an automatic...
Taradactyl123 18-21, F 1 Response 3 Jan 6, 2014
It's Been A WhileIt's been many years since I last self-harmed. And I still have the scars to show, although I hide them under wristbands that I wear almost every day. Hardly anyone knows of what I put myself through. I cut myself too deep once and damaged the vein in my arm so every so often, I...
I Broke Today.For the first time in over a year, I cut again. I was so afraid that I'd hate myself even more than I already do, but the sick part is, it felt so good. I need help. I'm just not sure I want it this time around.
hope228 18-21, F 4 Responses 1 Oct 15, 2012
I really don't know why I started cutting.I juat did. Which makes me feel worse everytime I think about it because everybody tells me that my life is perfect but I really don't consider it perfect. I just know I can't stop
skinnywishes99 18-21, F 1 Response 2 May 21, 2014
Cut MyselfI have been cutting or hurting myself for the past 8 years, recently my parents saw my arm, that has over 30 slashes on it. Since then i have been seeing a tharapist but its not helping, i dont realy know why i do it other then i just feel empty and this is somthing that i can...
coliom 26-30, M 6 Responses 1 May 11, 2009
Seven Years AgoI first began cutting in my ninth grade year of high school. It was the year that I lost myself and turned to cutting in a wave of confusion. I had friends and a loving family. There were a few problems in my life, but nothing that could really be pointed to as...
troopr13 18-21, F 2 Jun 24, 2010
So Much Pain For Such A Young Age..I don't remember the first time i cut but i do remember being a child and a self harmer.. In elementary school, around the ages 8 or 9, i started doing small things such as not pulling away if i got hurt, purposely touching the iron, picking at my skin, scratching myself, etc.. I...
SimplyxBroken 22-25, F 1 Response 3 Aug 18, 2013
The CutHere we go. From 5 th grade till 8 th grade i was bulled by my classmates, because i was looking weird, talking weird and had another kind of ideas. They was calling me looser, emo. Sometimes they said me to go to die. They destroied me, my mental health and so on. Now i became...
paula1147 18-21, F 2 Responses 2 Jan 19, 2013
I hate the urge to cut,its driving me insane!
ClockworkTimesUp 18-21, F 1 Sep 27, 2014
I stopped cutting my skin.I stopped a while ago.. But recently I've been doing something that isn't as bad but still not a good thing, I've been beating myself until I bruise.. It's not cutting though..
Driftyftw 18-21, F 2 Responses 1 Jan 22, 2015
Is There Other People Out There Like Me???when things get to hard for me to handel i cut my self or hurtmy self it started when i was 15 yrs. old istill do it if i'm feeling really dawn or if i really messed up that day i just get the urge to hurt my self it scaries me bacouse i'm affraid that one day i will go to fare...
halfpint 26-30, M 8 Responses 5 May 8, 2007
Gonna go meet my razor again.How I missed it.
Treatment.I think it's time for me to go get help. I've. Been looking online and found I really good place. I'll have to stay the a couple days to a week there. I don't know if I should. I would miss a lot of school. I don't know what to do to be honest.
littlelou16 18-21, F 3 Responses 1 Nov 14, 2013
I cut myself. I've cutfor 3 years now.. And over those three years my cuts have gotten deeper and deeper. I started out with scratching myself with a pen, that turned into scissors, that turned into dull knives, and now I'm at razor blades. I hate it when people tell me to stop.. Like they expect me...
worthlesssuicidal 18-21, F 1 Response 3 Mar 13, 2014
I Don't Know Why I Do ItI don't know why I cut myself. I guess it's because nobody truly knows what I'm going through, and the only way of showing someone that I'm not okay is having the scars on my arms. But nobody notices. Ever. Nobody care's enough to notice those scars. They assume the smile...
SiberianHuskyLover 18-21, F 3 Responses 2 Apr 17, 2010
Pain Is The GameI guess I could say I am different from all of you,But in all reality I'm not that different. I don't see a point to live. I cut way too often,and i go out of my way to do things that i know will hurt. i would rather deal with the physical pain than have to think about the...
xXHotxIceXx 13-15, F 3 Responses 2 Dec 11, 2012
Sometimes when I get really upset,I punch myself as hard as I can in the temple. I have knocked myself out on several occasions and after a while I feel peace but then I feel ashamed.
Hotjrod03 26-30, M 1 Response 0 May 5, 2015
I want to cut so badbut I can't because of a doctor appointment in a few weeks it won't heal in time. It's a melanoma check cause my dad has it and its something that can be genetic. So they are gonna check every inch if my body :( all I want is to bleed a little
maggielue 22-25, F 1 Response 1 Jan 12, 2014
RevengeHi. I used to cut myself with what I could find. Sewing pins, broken glass, but I didn't have access to a razor. My best friend in the frightening 6th grade world, who I held too tight for what she was worth left me for my enemy who hated me for no reason. She ripped out my heart...
Adventuretime12 18-21, F 1 Response 1 Feb 25, 2013
Slicer Liar Pretenderi've been cutting since i was about eleven. it started with a small slow cut from scissors i had in school supplies. it hurt so badly, but being locked up in the bathroom... music on loud in my ears... that thin red line looked so beautiful. my wrist began to bead a ruby bracelet...
burrowbunni 22-25, F 1 Response 3 Mar 17, 2013
I burn myself when I need somethingthat hurts more than the pain I'm in.
People say cutting isfor attention but they don't know anyone's story. I've been through a lot n having a rough time. I just wish anyone could understand how I feel because I try n tell my family but they won't every get it
laceyaliyah 18-21, F 2 Responses 3 Jan 9, 2014
I haven"t been cuttingfor 1 mont but today i was so upset and stress out and i cut myself with a cutter well it didn"t bleed but it still feels good sometime i wonder when you cutt why do you feel good?
reginacs 18-21, F 2 Responses 1 Sep 30, 2014
I've been self harmingsince I was 16. I've been clean since 2-18-15. So why do I image myself slitting my arm down and mutilating myself? I can't seem to block the soothing thoughts. They relax and calm me, but don't help long term.
lilypad99 18-21 0 May 3, 2015
9th Grade YearI had told this kid he was a friend. Just a friend not my best friend not real close to me. But I had told him that I needed help. He bugged me and bugged me till I told him that iv been cutting and I needed help. My best friend knew too but she didn't do anything. So this guy...
Katybelle10897 26-30, F 2 Sep 13, 2013
Can't StopIt's about to be a year since I have started cutting, I can't stop. I have cut my arm up so badly that it's gone numb. It doesn't hurt. But, I'm still going to try. Thank you to those who let me rant.
Got2cut 13-15, F 2 Responses 2 Jan 1, 2013
After 3 weeks of not cutting,I caved. I had a really bad day, and I was in Walmart when I had this awful panic attack. I took myself in the bathroom with my eyeglasses case that contains my razor, and I sliced my arm. I sat in the bathroom crying for a time after that until I stopped bleeding, and I...
Akuratheleopard 26-30, F 4 Responses 4 May 25, 2014


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INJURY-HIT Boro's mini-break from the Championship promotion race couldn't have come at a better time, admitted Tony Mowbray today.
Yesterday's 3-1 defeat at Derby saw the manager's already desperately thin playing resources further diminished.
The injury list is now well into double figures after Jonathan Woodgate lasted just 37 minutes before limping off at Pride Park while Scott McDonald had to be subbed at half-time due to a hamstring strain.
Other players who are doubtful for Saturday's FA Cup third round tie against Hastings United at the Riverside include Justin Hoyte, Andre Bikey, George Friend, Marvin Emnes, Emmanuel Ledesma, Seb Hines, Josh McEachran and Faris Haroun.
That list doesn't include long-term absentees like Mustapha Carayol and Curtis Main, or Andy Halliday, who suffered a dislocated and broken nose at Derby but has declared himself fit to play at the weekend.
While Mowbray will take Saturday's cup tie seriously, he is expected to rest many of his senior players, keeping them fresh for the home league fixture against Watford on January 12.
He admits the injuries are taking their toll, saying: "There are a lot of players who have been in the team week-in, week-out who are unavailable.
"That's not a criticism of the lads who have come in but it does have an effect when the team is hugely different.
"You can lose matches, not because of the talent of the players that have come in but from the fact that they've never worked together before so they haven't been able to build up an understanding.
"But I'm pretty sure we've got a good enough team and good enough squad to continue on and win games throughout the season.
"Before yesterday's game we talked in the dressing room about giving it one last big effort before giving a few a breather," he added.
"But we picked up another injury or two, McDonald's got a hamstring, Woodgate's got a calf strain, so we're
stretched. Thankfully this week is the cup and while you always want to win games and do well, we're not playing Manchester United, we're playing Hastings.
"That said it's still a huge potential banana skin for us because they will come hugely revved up for what is probably the biggest game in their history.
"Goodness knows what sort of team we'll be able to put on the pitch but I'm sure it will be good enough to give them problems."
Boro were second best at Derby, conceding goals from Michael Jacobs, Jeff Hendrick and Conor Sammon before Lukas Jutkiewicz grabbed a stoppage time consolation.
Assessing his side's performance, Mowbray said: "We didn't start well. We were a goal behind after 19 minutes and that goal had been coming for most of that time.
"We didn't really get out of the blocks and, to give Derby credit, they put us on the back foot and we didn't really recover."
The result leaves Boro fourth in the table, two points outside the top two.

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If you've already seen my top ten Christmas movies list, my list of five additional Christmas movies for the whole family, and my five more action-packed Christmas flicks list, but you still want more, then I'm here to help again.
Some of the best Christmas films are comedies that are not exactly family-friendly fare, and that even bend the concept of traditional holiday good cheer.
Here are a few such films, five off-beat comedies worth adding to your Christmas viewing plans. (Note: Christmas Vacation is awesome and hilarious, and is in my top ten at #6, but since this list is shorter it's not featured here, so don't freak out!)
Bad Santa starts us off at number 5. Crude, lewd, and socially unacceptable, this is a movie for the more cynical holiday viewer. But it's also undeniably funny, so if you want Christmas with a double dose of dastardliness, give this one a whirl.
The Ref has Dennis Leary being Denis Leary, but with a gun and hostages. So it's pretty much exactly what you'd expect that to look like, with the bonus addition of Kevin Spacey being one of the hostages. This is all good enough to secure the number 4 slot on the list, and to please any seasonal cynic.
Love Actually is a film I love, actually, because it's a great film. It's not a simplistic rom-com or a too-sweet series of hookups by a parade of stars, so it takes the number 3 position. This movie manages to balance lots of risque and surprising content while maintaining the spirit of the season and finding a way to bring everyone something at least close to a merry Christmas.


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Frank Lampard says Guus Hiddink has brought a winning mentality to Chelsea FC which he believes will be vital in restoring the club's fortunes and propelling them towards the latter stages of the UEFA Champions League.
European glory
The Russia coach has assumed the reins at Stamford Bridge on a temporary basis until the end of the season following the departure of Luiz Felipe Scolari and has already experienced the thrill of lifting Europe's most prestigious trophy, which could make all the difference according to the England midfielder. "Every coach has slightly different ideas but the main idea is that we want to win and that's what he has brought with him," said Lampard of the Dutchman who won the European Champion Clubs' Cup in 1988 with PSV Eindhoven. "It's what the players want as well. We have not performed as well as we should have done in the last two or three months considering the quality in the squad, but we still have a chance in all the competitions we are in and that makes the Juventus game a massive one."
Ranieri return
The first knockout round tie brings the Chelsea players up against former manager Claudio Ranieri and Lampard is looking forward to renewing acquaintances with the Italian. "Without Claudio I probably wouldn't be at Chelsea," he added. "He signed me at a time when £11m was seen as a lot of money and I have the utmost respect for him. He's a great man as well as a great manager and he helped me develop after leaving West Ham [United FC]. I had not seen the real world in football terms and he opened my eyes to a lot of things. He deserves credit for the success this club has had since he left because he signed a lot of good players and elevated John Terry to captain. He's now grown into one of the best captains in the world."
'Great determination'
Chelsea have reached the semi-finals of this competition in four of the last five years and Lampard stressed again the hunger that drives the London team on in this competition – the desire to make amends for last term's disappointment when they lost in a penalty shoot-out to Manchester United FC in the Moscow final. "You can't help but have that in the back of your mind – the manner in which we came so close gives us great determination to go back and win it one day."
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Dress Up Fun: DIY 3-D Animal Masks
Brittany has a tutorial for some amazing masks over at The House That Lars Built. These are a step up from many masks, with dimensional features built upon a cardboard base. They are easily made from scraps around the house, and perfect for costumes, or just some pretend play around the yard.
There are ten animals to choose from, and I'm not quite sure which I like best. Maybe the frog?
Brittany based them on character illustrations from the children's book Cheer Up Mouse. Click to see the rest of the animals, the full tutorial and templates.
Thanks for sharing Brittany!
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I was divorced in 2008 and we split our retirement funds 50/50, yet I have to pay indefinite alimony. I just don't get it. When I retire I will probably have $2000/month from Social Security and $2000/month from my retirement fund. My ex-wife will probably be in the same situation. So I give her $2050/month and she has $6050/month total and I have $1950. Where is the fairness in that?
My wife ran a successful software consultancy business for several years, but just before we divorced she re-trained as a teacher. Our earning capacities are similar, but I have to pay to "support her in the lifestyle to which she is accustomed", even though her full time income is sufficient for her to live a comfortable lifestyle and she could easily earn significantly more that she is earning today.
Last year I lost my job, so I went back to the courts to get my alimony modified. I expected that it would be suspended until I got a new job; but instead the judge lowered the alimony slightly so that the sum of the alimony, child support, and life insurance required to cover the alimony was the same as my unemployment check. So she gets $4000 of her own income plus $1550 in alimony, while I get nothing. I am desperately looking for a new job before my cash runs out. My ex is also trying to get my new girlfriend to pay her the alimony too. What obligation should my new girlfriend have to pay my ex-wife? I guess in Oregon they consider "household income". Ridiculous.
At a time when I am out of work and concerned how I am going to make my next mortgage payment, I am forced to continue to pay alimony. To add to the problem, my request for modification was both time consuming and costly, taking several months and, so far, over $17,000 in legal fees.
Oregon needs to:
I was married 19.5 years when the divorce was final. She divorced me, without my consent or desire; yet I have to forfeit half off my net income to her.
Yes, I have been paying half of my net income for the past year now. While this has been uncomfortable and seems out of balance, at least I know it will get better. What really annoys me is the fact that she received half of my retirement accounts (she had none), is entitled to receive social security based on my employment history and YET I still am ordered to pay her $1000 for life!
I understand and support payments that help her transition into a new life, where she can support herself, but there really need to be limits.
The Massachusetts reforms sound like something we could use here; at least in my experience.
There need to be controls in place that don't punish the higher wage earner, just because they make more money. Divorce is hard in every aspect and will have a financial impact no matter what steps are taken. Financial equity makes some sense, at least for the short term, but it is a complex and difficult thing to accomplish. The suggestions of alimony limits and automatic termination circumstances make a great deal of sense.
One concern I would personally have with any changes would be in regards to those who have already have divorce agreements. It would be favorable to provide a way to have these cases reevaluated so that they conform to any new laws.
So I am in favor of reforming the laws regarding divorce in Oregon. Specifically …
I was married for 26 years and divorced in 2008. The spousal support was based on the highest year of income I have ever had in commission sales, and I have been in commission sales for over 21 years. I also have to carry life insurance till the term ends in 2021. The spousal support was set at $1700 per month till the year 2015, but then jumps to $2025 till retirement and then lifetime maintenance after that, award to be set. I lost my job in April 2011 and found a job in May 2011, but making way less money. I don't make the money I was making when spousal support was set up as the economy has tanked. I have fallen behind in support payments since starting my new job. My current wife has debilitating medical problems which are very expensive. She is currently working and has insurance, but it doesn't cover all of her medical expenses, so she has to cover that, plus she pays her half of our bills. Her condition is such that we don't know how much longer she will be able to work.
My ex-wife is healthy and only works part time, and is now going to school. She has a boyfriend, but is not cohabitating with him. We are in the process of negotiation but if that doesn't work we will be proceeding with the appeal through the Oregon Court of Appeals. So I'm right in the middle of this.
The length of time and amount of support both need to be modified and eventually end, so I can have a life with my wife and take care of her. I need to be able to support her with her failing health, instead of my healthy ex-wife who is able to work.
I have received letters from the state saying they will be notifying all the credit reporting agencies of my support arrearage, so that will ruin my credit. I have worked very hard to keep my credit rating good, and this, which is impossible to perform, will ruin it. It's just not right. They will also be taking any tax returns that we may be receiving. However, since I've had to continually pull money from my IRA and eventually close it out to cover my monthly spousal support payments and to be able to pay bills due to this whole mess, I will have no retirement and I'll have major penalties and taxes to pay on that this year, so I'm not expecting to be getting any tax returns any time soon. I'm also in serious credit card debt due to the support demands and attorney fees trying to get things changed. I just don't see a way to get out of this hole or prison it has put me into.
I had already lost my job and unemployment had lapsed long ago when my wife divorced me. The Clackamas County judge said, "You have the ability to get another job and make good living, while your wife has never worked while you were married. So, I want you to pay $1500 a month."
Two years later, my ex wife was working, I was still unemployed, bankrupt and penniless, living off of my new wife. I was totally humiliated. I could no longer pay alimony. I asked my ex wife to meet with me and a mediator to discuss the situation, but she got a lawyer who filed a contempt motion and hauled me into court. I filed a motion to reduce the alimony, but the judge said, "Nothing has changed in your circumstances. Your alimony stays at $1500/month." He might as well have told me it was a million dollars a month. I have no income so I have no money with which to pay.
As far as my new wife's finances go, we don't intermingle any funds between us. We have no joint checking accounts, we file income taxes separately and we own nothing together. The house and cars are hers alone. Since Oregon is not a community property state, I think my wife's finances are safe, but I have no idea what's going to happen to me. If I had any property, I'm sure my ex would put a lien on it and if I had a paycheck, she'd certainly garnish it. But since I have neither, it remains to be seen what she or the state can do.
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Jarnac is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It is the site of the Battle of Jarnac in 1569.
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a town on the Charente, celebrated as the scene of a victory which the Catholics, commanded by the Duc d'Anjou, afterwards Henry III. obtained in 1569 over the Huguenots commanded by Condé.
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The numerical value of jarnac in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
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The numerical value of jarnac in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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Humble people serve other people, while proud people wait to be served.
If you're getting to a point in your spiritual walk with the Lord where you want to excel and do more kingdom work, I have good news for you: God wants that for you as well!
QUESTION: How can you increase your current level of faithfulness when it comes to serving people inside and outside of your local church?
ANSWER: You need to present your body a living sacrifice. Once you present yourself to God, according to His terms, the serving part becomes a piece of cake. Well, almost. Allow me to explain.
The apostle Paul wrote to the people in the church at Roman the following:
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that acceptable and perfect will of God" (Romans 12:1-2).
- God wants you LIVING, not dead. You serve others in your daily living.
- The Lord of salvation also wants you presenting a body to Him that is holy and acceptable. That is, you aren't harboring sin in your life.
- Paul then says that doing this isn't asking too much of God's people. In fact, to do this is "reasonable service."
- We're also not to be conformed to the world. That means we don't take on the external facade of worldliness. We don't live a life of worldliness so that we appear like unsaved people.
- Moreover, we are to be transformed from the INSIDE-OUT. And this is to be done be renewing our minds, through reading, mediating, and memorizing Scripture.
So……..how are you doing with those two verses? I ask because you can't really do verse three all that well if you fail to put into place verses one and two.
Here's what Romans 12:3 says:
For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith."
Below are 8 observations about why thinking soberly about yourself will inevitably lead to faithfully serving others around you.
1. Human Responsibility vs. Divine Sovereignty.
Paul first says "I say" and then immediately follows that up with, "through the grace given to me." Paul is about to explain why pride needs to be torn from your life in order to live a life that serves others. Pride is a hindrance to ministry. Proud people don't serve you, humble people do. As an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, Paul was given a "grace" he didn't create himself. He was explaining what we Christians need to do, but Paul also knew that the position he exercised over them in the Lord was given to him by the Lord. Paul "served" people through the grace of God.
2. There is no such thing as an "exempt" Christian.
Paul wrote these commands/instructions "to everyone who is among you." Every single Christian at your church–regardless of age–is to be a servant of others. No person is exempt from the privilege of serving others, regardless of your old age, understanding of the Bible, etc. God saved you and He expects you to serve other people. According to the Lord, this is our "reasonable service."
3. Ministry begins with humility of self.
Paul wrote that a person is "not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think." In other words, we are to first think of ourselves, but to do so in a godly manner. Each Christian needs to carefully evaluate, estimate, and determine his or her own level of talents and spiritual gifts, and then decide how these can be used to serve others.
4. Don't bite off more than you can chew, spiritually.
Again, Paul wrote that a person is "not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think." In other words, do what you can to stretch yourself in ministry, but don't break yourself be attempting to do more than God has gifted you for. We all have different levels of spiritual giftedness, and no two Christians are gifted the same. Do what you're capable of doing, and do it with all your might!
5. Thinking soberly about yourself means to understand yourself from God's perspective alone.
Paul wrote that we are to "think soberly." This means clear-headedness, but it means even more than that. It literally means: to think with correct thinking. And the only true and correct thinking is the kind of thinking that God alone provides. This is true humility of one's self. To be humble is not to think you're better than other people, nor is it to esteem yourself as rubbish, dirt, or less than you're true value. It means to value something correctly, according to its true worth.
6. It forces you to accept yourself for who you are in the Lord, rather than who you "wish" you were.
When explaining about our individual giftedness, Paul wrote this: "as God as dealt to each one." Why are you gifted the way you are? Because God decided that's how He wanted to make you. He could have made you the world's greatest orator, but He didn't. Maybe He gifted you to be uniquely equipped with the gifts of helps or administration or faith or even discernment. That's how God wants to you use you to serve others. The Holy Spirit uniquely ministers to other people, through you, according to the gifts He sovereignly placed in you.
7. Every Christian has a divine "limitation" on his or her spiritual potential.
Paul wrote that God dealt "to each one a measure." Did you catch that? You have received a certain "measure" of spiritual giftedness. There is a capacity, if you will, to what you can do, so don't try to do more than you're capable of. God has given to some people a greater measure and to others He has specifically measured less. But the fact of the matter is that there has unlikely been anyone who has ever lived who actually lived up to the "potential" that God specifically "measured" to him or her. And you'll never know how best to faithfully serve others until you begin thinking soberly about all this.
8. The effectiveness of your spiritual stewardship is determined by what you believe God will do through you.
The last word in this verse is "faith." God specifically measured to your account an amount of faith. This isn't referring to salvation faith, the faith a person exercises for salvation. This "faith" is how much you trust God to do things in and through you. In other words, if you think that God could never use you in greater ways, then you probably won't allow Him to. If, however, you have the mindset that God can do anything through you as He sees fit, and you're willing to step outside your comfort zone in order to make it happen, then God will do much more through you, when compared to the person who exercises a limited amount of faith.
So, there you have it. Sober thinking about yourself leads to faithful ministry to other people. If you aren't serving others or involved in any real ministry, guess what that likely means?
- It probably means you've never presented yourself as available to God in order to be used as a living sacrifice.
- Or maybe you're harboring unconfessed and unrepented sin in your life (not living holy and acceptable to God).
- Or maybe you're conformed to the world, rather than being transformed from the inside-out.
- Or…just maybe…you have never been saved in the first place.
QUESTION: What do you think about the following statement: Humble people serve other people, while proud people wait to be served."
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Posts Tagged 'Crimea'
Die Krimische Dreckapotheke0
September 28, 2016 by AK
Alexander Petrun'ko was one of the "conservative activists" who attacked the Josh Sturges exhibition at the Brothers Lumère Center in Moscow last Sunday. Reportedly, he spilled a foul-smelling yellow liquid over the exhibits and the walls. (Some reporters got sprinkled, too.) The cops arrested the man and a judge ordered him to serve seven days in …
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Category arts, Politics, Russia | Tags: Crimea, Dreckapotheke, Jeff Sturges, Lumère Center
Joseph Beuys' misadventures in Crimea0
April 16, 2016 by AK
Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) was a famous German performance artist of the post-WWII era. According to his Wiki entry, From 1943 on he was deployed as rear-gunner in the Ju 87 "Stuka" dive-bomber, initially stationed in Königgrätz, later in the eastern Adriatic region…. On 16 March 1944, Beuys's plane crashed on the Crimean Front close to Znamianka, (then …
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Category history, Russia, Ukraine | Tags: Crimea, Crimean Tatars, Elizabeth Roberts, Freiberg, Joseph Beuys, London Review of Books, LRB
"The methods employed were those of an aggressor"1
March 19, 2015 by AK
From the judgment of the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg [pdf], p. 194: It was contended before the Tribunal that the annexation of Austria was justified by the strong desire expressed in many quarters for the union of Austria and Germany; that there were many matters in common between the two peoples that made this …
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Category history, Politics, Russia, Ukraine | Tags: Crimea, Nuremberg trials
Homecoming/Heimkehr 1941-20150
March 18, 2015 by AK
Last weekend, on the first anniversary of Russia's annexation of Crimea, Russian TV aired a propaganda "documentary" called Krym: vozvraschenie na rodinu, which can be translated as Crimea: Homecoming or literally Crimea: The Return to Motherland. Let's do a simple trick: use bab.la to translate Vozvraschenie na rodinu into German. Here's the output: Heimkehr. Yuri …
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Category history, Politics, Russia, Ukraine | Tags: Bogomolov, Crimea, Heimkehr, Kushnirov, Ucicky, Ukraine
There's a longer run, too (for those who'll make it)1
March 15, 2015 by AK
I'm not going to watch that documentary but there seems to be little discrepancy over its content between the state-controlled and independent media and from what I have read so far, I believe this title and subtitle, by the Ukrainian UNIAN, area good summary: Putin admits to personally orchestrating military seizure of Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin …
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Category Politics, Russia, Ukraine | Tags: Crimea, Putin, Russia, Ukraine
Moscow or Pikalevo?1
December 14, 2014 by AK
Russia is sliding into a full-scale economic and social crisis faster than I expected as the fiscal and monetary authorities are powerless to stop, much less push back, the juggernaut of self-destructive behavior launched by the Kremlin earlier this year. The veteran Russian fund manager Slava Rabinovich, who has been blogging actively since the invasion of …
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Category business, Politics, Russia, Ukraine | Tags: Crimea, Ferguson, Natalia Zubarevich, Slava Rabinovich
Holy Seb!0
December 8, 2014 by AK
Extracts from Yulia Latynina's latest radio interview on Ekho Moskvy. Without endorsing her views in general, I more or less agree with this: First, I have to tell you that… I'm in the Netherlands, in Maastricht, at a congress… talking to Russian speakers. One of them is designing… essentially an artificial intelligence system to drive …
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Category history, Politics, Russia, Ukraine | Tags: Chersonesus, Crimea, Korsun, Yulia Latynina
A man for our time14
May 6, 2014 by AK
I was half-listening to Moscow's Business FM radio last weekend when the anchor, talking about the standoff in Eastern Ukraine, mentioned "Graham Phillips, a British journalist". I cocked my ears: the name rang a bell. Phillips was then quoted as reporting from some separatist encampment in Donbass, on a Putinist note. He might as well …
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Category Italy, Politics, Russia, Ukraine | Tags: Amanda Knox, Crimea, Graham W. Phillips, Raffaele Sollecito, RT
Don't be shy, make it one trillion0
April 22, 2014 by AK
March 21, 2014. PM Medvedev says Russia may sue Ukraine for $11 billion, the amount Russia was going to lose by denouncing the 2010 Kharkov agreements. (A statement so absurd and brazen at once it was hard to believe. Having annexed Crimea, Russia denounced the Kharkov agreements, which guaranteed Ukraine a discount on natural gas for hosting the Russian navy. Then Russia demanded …
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Category Politics, Russia, Ukraine | Tags: Crimea
It's not about the justice of the cause9
April 13, 2014 by AK
I'm all in favor of Russian as Ukraine's official language and, possibly, of more power to Ukraine's regions. What I'm opposed to is the Kremlin's attempted partition or takeover of Ukraine under these pretexts. These are strictly Ukrainian issues and should not be decided at gunpoint. Once Russian troops are back at their bases and …
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Hello, I have a Kia Rio 2002 sedan, it tends to stall or loose power after it has run over 1500rpm for a few while, if I take my foot off the gas pedal the engine seems to recover a little strenght but if I try to accelerate it gets worse until it stops completelly, if I turn off the car for a while it seems to go back to normal but after a few minutes it happens again but this time it takes less to fail. According to the mechanic the only error he got from the computer scanning was with the crankshaft position sensor, but he already replaced the fuel pump before thinking it was the part to blame so I am not that confident with his conclussions anymore. Does it make any sense to believe that the issue was the crankshaft position sensor right from the start? Or there is a big chance that after replacing it the issue will continue?
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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: River (08/31/06)
TITLE: Dirty Laundry
By Malin Boman
Today, we would finally get a bit of a rest in the otherwise highly active and jam packed program that we had found ourself in ever since we had stepped into our literally mission field.
We had lost count by now of how many village huts we had visited, how many curious faces we had met and shared the good news with and how many muddy paths we had carefully walked down, avoiding all the pot holes and slippery tire marks.
It had all been like in a dream but yet so real and so amazing. Every night we tried to stay up as long as our physical bodies could take it since we didn't want to waste a minute of this incredible time with these precious people.
But today, would be different.
Today we were to go down to the river with our dirty clothes and wash them, have a swim and rest a little. Oh, we could hardly wait to be on our own for a while, not having people stare at us from every direction, but just be by ourselves even though we understood by now that being by 'ourselves' would mean that at least another twenty people would join us.
After a bumpy trip the jeepney finally came to a stop.
Through the back door, windows and from the roof top our group started to pour out of the jeep and big heavy bundles of dirty laundry was lifted onto strong shoulders and heads. The top heavy caravan of people looked amusing wondering down towards the large rocks that lined the deep river.
We had found something that possibly could cool our overheated Western bodies from the scorching sun for a while. Yes, the river was surprisingly cold; who could have guessed it could be this lovely.
The women had settled down in one area further up the river and the young men had chosen a spot further down. We slowly moved our bundles towards the women and tried to look as confident as we could with our new bar of washing soap and our first dirty skirt on our laps.
The women giggled amongst themselves since it became rather noticeable that we didn't have a clue how to do this kind of washing.
It wasn't long before they had swarmed us and forcefully yet gently grabbed our skirts off our hands and started scrubbing them, leaving their own piles behind. Slightly embarrassed we slowly gave in to the tug of war game and allowed them to win.
Further down the river the men had been swarmed too and just stood there appreciating the help that they had been given.
We discovered once again the cultural differences between us and yet we were so alike and laughter flowed down the river.
Slowly the bushes along the river became beautifully decorated with the clean but dripping wet clothes, leaving us to relax.
Someone had built a great big raft out of bamboo that they guys borrowed for awhile, using it as a diving platform. I joined the women that decided to walk down the river to have a closer look at where the raft was drifting to.
That's when we saw them, a group of women and children along the river, also washing their clothes.
They had come with their water buffalo that had been tied to a tree close by.
Something was different about them, something strange.
As the children turned around they didn't smile, they didn't react at all.
I tried my best to look friendly and not frighten them, but no reaction. The mother turned around as well, looking at me but still, just looking straight through me.
How odd I thought.
Later I found out why, why they had been different.
"Did you see the little amulet the children were wearing around their necks?", the young woman asked me. "Yes", I did notice that I replied.
"Well, they are into sorcery and that's why they don't seem to respond", she kept telling me. "They are so bound up."
Oh, my heart sank.
Never had I seen such miserable little children in this place as I had just experienced. They always used to laugh and smile, even though there was hardly anything to be happy about in this poverty stricken place.
"Tomorrow, we will go back to the villages again, are we not?" I asked.
"Yes, we are going back to the villages tomorrow", she smiled.
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Teen faces jail time for manslaughter
Published 1:00 am, Thursday, February 9, 2006
Ralph Tarchine III
was charged with second-degree vehicular manslaughter after toxicology tests revealed that he had illegal drugs in his system the night of the Dec. 10 crash that took Plunkett's life.
Tarchine, a senior at
Fox Lane High School
in Bedford, was driving his SUV on Route 22 on Dec. 10 when it crashed and rolled over, killing Plunkett, who was his passenger.
Tarchine is a repeat offender. On Jan. 27, he was charged with drunken driving after crashing his parents' Saab convertible through a utility pole and striking a tree. Tarchine and his passenger that night were ejected, and Tarchine's legs were pinned under the car. He remains at
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in Valhalla, N.Y.
Tarchine's family in Mt. Kisco, N.Y., and Plunkett's family in Ridgefield declined comment on the charges brought against Tarchine.
Tarchine is scheduled for a court appearance in Bedford on Feb. 15 on the vehicular manslaughter charge.
Plunkett was new to Ridgefield schools at the time of his death. His family had moved from Bedford Hills, N.Y. just before school started last fall. But in the short time that he was on campus at
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Disaster recovery planning is an essential part of deploying any business-critical system. Each supported DBMS has multiple mechanisms for data backup and restoration. Any of these are appropriate. Identity Manager has no implicit requirements.
Typically, if a database fails, it would only be necessary to restore the repository to the point just before the database failure. However, if business requirements dictate that the repository be restored to any given point in time (through use of the appropriate vendor-specific methods such as ARCHIVELOG mode or Flashback in Oracle or FULL logging mode in SQL Server), this can be done as well. Regardless of the recovery method used, it is necessary to consider some implications of restoring a version of the repository that is not completely up-to-date.
While the state of the repository will be self-consistent after the data restoration, it will not necessarily be consistent (or even compatible) with external objects such as the resources. The following items demonstrate some possible inconsistencies that might arise:
Restored resources might be configured incorrectly, if resource attributes were changed.
Restored users might have pending attribute changes that are no longer desirable, because of more recent changes.
Restored workflows and tasks might be in a state that no longer matches the environment. For instance, formerly completed tasks could attempt to run again, and approvals might re-appear, requesting action from an administrator.
Additionally, resources are themselves the repository of account attributes. Restoring the repository to a specific point in time may not aid in restoring resources to prior states, since the information required to do so may never have been stored in the repository.


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10 Revenue Models for Social Media Startups
Just as Beauty lies in the eyes of beholder, same way the value of your product lies in the eyes of your customers. Creating value is all about entrepreneurship and in today's world even governments are relying on Social media for key decisions, below are ten standard revenue models used in the online Social media Startups nowadays which may help you …Read More »
'Future belongs to those who have faith in it' Vandana of LibraryOnNet.com
This Entrepreneurial Story is about Vandana Saxena who Founded 'Libraryonnet.com' located in Pune, India. What Motivated you to start your Business? Both I and my husband come from a family of voracious readers. Unfortunately, with advancement of technology, the book reading habit is on a decline. We aim to reignite this passion by simplifying book receipt & return system. This object …Read More »
What is BIG Data and its Scenario in India
BIG Data is the next happening technology around the world and i thought it is must for all Startups to keep abreast with the latest stuff to keep innovating and another reason is my fascination for BIG data that forces me to write about it. NO i am not suggesting that it is a new thing in India, in fact will give you some amazing instances where BIG Data helped …Read More »
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Whoever thought that a tech geek would lead the forefront of contemporary fashion in UK. But Hussein-Chalayan, twice named "British Designer of the Year" has managed to do it,in style. His strongest points are considered to be his innovative use of materials, meticulous pattern cutting and progressive attitudes to new technology.
His first detailed presentation of work is being exhibited in the Design Museum of London from the 22nd January to 17th May 2009. Here are some exhibits which have captured the much-deserved international attention.
'Afterwords' which explores the notion of 'wearable, portable architecture' in which furniture literally transforms itself into garments.
'Airborne' – bringing the latest LED technology to fashion design with a spectacular dress consisting of Swarovski crystals and over 15,000 flickering LED lights.
'Before Minus Now' a dress made of materials used in aircraft construction which changes shape by remote control and 'Readings' a dress comprising of over 200 moving lasers presenting an extraordinary spectacle of light.
But what is heartening about his work is that it doesn't aim to mindlessly use technology and is hugely inspired by themes such as cultural identity, displacement and migration. Tickets available in advance from Ticketweb.
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Gay nudist here for over 25 years. "What if I get hard?" is a common fear but a rare occurrence. I often tell new guys they'll be too nervous to get hard for the first 5 minutes and then they'll realize it's not a sexual situation. Erections pretty much don't happen unprovoked among adults.
There was that time that a youngster of 20 who was on Rx steroids came over and was hard half the evening. We all admired it and razzed him and enjoyed the scenery. We all have dicks, they (almost) all get hard, so it's no big deal.
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I don't know ronh, threaten a beat-down?
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funny cartoons. thanks for sharing
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Come on folks. Humor, humor, humor.
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heels and fish net stockling does it for me evry time
one of our nudist comes over in a blouse miniskirt fish net stocking and 5 inch heels, When she's naked she comes over grabs my dick and says i see someone is pleased tp see me and jerks my dick a couple of times
Men and women often think differently about nudism.
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Pope Benedict's message of peace for the Middle East
September 17, 2012
On Sunday, September 16, as he concluded a 3-day trip to Lebanon, Pope Benedict XVI remarked that his visit had provided an example of inter-faith unity at a time of extreme tensions in the Middle East.
"In these troubled times, the Arab world and indeed the entire world will have seen Christians and Muslims united in celebrating peace," the Pope said as he prepared to board his return flight to Rome.
The primary purpose of the Pope's trip was to release his apostolic exhortation, Ecclesia in Medio Oriente, concluding the work of the Synod for the Middle East. [See today's separate CWN headline story.] But the timing of the trip—which took place as angry demonstrations were erupting all around the Islamic world—made the Pope's visit a case study in inter-religious affairs.
Despite the turmoil in the region, and the fears of some observers who suggested that the violence in Syria could spill over into Lebanon during the Pope's stay, the entire papal visit took place without incident. In fact Muslims seemed nearly as numerous as Lebanese Christians in the crowds that turned out to greet the Holy Father. Nevertheless the bitter tensions of the Middle East were foremost in the minds of those who heard the Pope's public addresses, as he met with Lebanon's political and social leaders, with Christians of various denominations, and with leaders of other faiths.
On Sunday morning, the Pope celebrated Mass at an outdoor site on the waterfront of Beirut, in an area that has been rebuilt since it was destroyed during the civil war that shook the country in the 1980s. There the Pope delivered a powerful appeal for peace, saying that "in a world where violence constantly leaves behind its grim trail of death and destruction, to serve justice and peace is urgently necessary for building a fraternal society, for building fellowship!"
After the Mass, the Pope repeated his call for peace in his Angelus message:
Sadly, the din of weapons continues to make itself heard, along with the cry of the widow and the orphan. Violence and hatred invade people's lives, and the first victims are women and children. Why so much horror? Why so many dead? I appeal to the international community!
Shortly after his arrival in Lebanon on September 14, the Pope had spoken about the anguish of the troubled region, as it was described by the bishops who participated in the special Synod for the Middle East. During those deliberations, he said, "the entire Church was able to hear the troubled cry and see the desperate faces of many men and women who experience grave human and material difficulties, who live amid powerful tensions in fear and uncertainty." Today, the Pope said, the Church is called to work tirelessly for peace, paving the way for "the victory of love over hate, forgiveness over revenge, service over domination, humility over pride, and unity over division."
The Pontiff paid special tribute to the Christians who have remained in the Middle East, bearing witness to the Gospel at a time when many others have fled. During the Synod, he recalled, the worldwide Church "was able to admire all that is beautiful and noble in the churches in these lands." He encouraged those Christians who remain to preserve the testimony of Christ in the region where Jesus preached.
Pope Benedict also had a special word of praise for his host country, Lebanon, noting that the nation has a proud tradition of religious tolerance. "The happy coexistence of Islam and Christianity, two religions that have helped to shape great cultures," he said, "is what makes for the originality of social, political and religious life in Lebanon."
During his trip to Lebanon, the Pope did not signal any change in Vatican policies, nor did he issue any major political statements. He acknowledged the reality that many Christians have fled the region, and offered no specific ideas to stop the exodus. He lamented the continued violence in Syria, but did not shed new light on the Vatican's stand regarding the Assad regime and its rebel opponents.
Yet the Pope's visit did make an important statement to the world insofar as his call for dialogue and peace—issued at a time of heightened tensions, and respectfully welcomed by Muslim as well as Christian listeners—helped deflect the world's attentions from angry anti-Western protests, and provide an example of a more promising path to peace.
Further information:
- Christians of the Middle East! How Can We Fail to Praise God for Your Courage and Faith (VIS)
- The silence of arms, peace in hearts (i>L'Osservatore Romano)
- Islam and Christianity Can Live Together Without Hatred (VIS)
- Serving Justice and Peace Is an Imperative Task of the Church (VIS)
- May the Gospel Continue to Resonate in the Region Which Saw Jesus' Actions and Heard His Words (VIS)
- Angelus: Why So Much Horror? Why So Many Dead? (VIS)
- Christ's Disciples Must Give Authentic Witness of Their Unity (VIS)
- Courageously Resist Anything That Could Destroy or Undermine Peace (VIS)
- Pope tells Syrians he admires their courage, says he has not forgotten those who suffer (AP)
- Pope makes peace appeal at open-air Mass in Beirut (AP)
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The CP and I are off to the countryside for the weekend; enjoy a little taste of Coleridge's "Monody on the Death of Chatterton" (second version).
O what a wonder seems the fear of death,
Seeing how gladly we all sink to sleep,
Babes, Children, Youths, and Men,
Night following night for threescore years and ten!
But doubly strange, where life is but a breath
To sigh and pant with, up Want's rugged steep.
I am liking this stuff. And I'll be back in time for Sunday Salon!


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A Clermont County inmate is fighting for his life after a weekend jail brawl with two other inmates, Sheriff A.J. Rodenberg announced Monday.
Just before noon Sunday, jail workers called 911 for an inmate who had been assaulted, Kenneth Edward McFarland, 33, the sheriff said in a prepared statement.
He got into an argument with two other male inmates in a medium security cell block during lunchtime, and the dispute turned violent.
"An officer outside the cell block heard and saw the altercation as soon as it occurred," the sheriff said. "He and other officers intervened immediately and broke it up."
No weapons were involved, but several blows with fists ensued. After McFarland was knocked to the ground, he was kicked, Rodenberg wrote.
McFarland was flown to University of Cincinnati Medical Center with injuries to his head and face. He underwent surgery and, at last report, was in critical condition, Rodenberg said.
He had only been at the jail since Friday on charges of possession of drug abuse instruments, child support license forfeiture and driving under suspension.
The Clermont County Prosecutor's Office is reviewing the incident for presentation to a grand jury for possibly criminal charges.
The other inmates are Samuel Levy and Derick Minton, both 26.
Levy has been locked up on $250,000 bond at the jail since July 1 on burglary and aggravated robbery charges.
Minton has been incarcerated since May 14 following indictments for theft. He is held on a $50,000 bond and is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 4.


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The main routes through Warwicksire are the M40 and M42. Atherstone and Market Bosworth are good stop over places when travelling across the M42 or the A5 near M69 Warwickshire is not just famous for Warwick Castle (which is well worth a visit with plenty of choice for places to stay and eat). There is also Stratford upon Avon, Royal Leamington Spa, and Atherstone - Did you know that Warwick University is ranked 3rd in the UK after Oxford and Cambridge!
Coleshill and Atherstone are convenient places to stay close to Birmingham city and NEC. In fact accommodation in Atherstone a small market town is plentiful, just outside Atherstone is The Bull at Witherley, a very tidy country pub with recently restored rooms offering bed and breakfast.
10 minutes before reaching Atherstone on the A5 is the Long Shoot with rooms for £25 a night.


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Crackdown planned on wealthy foreigners
Gordon Brown signalled a new vigilance on tax avoidance by rich people living in Britain as he pledged to close a number of loopholes to ensure fairness in the tax regime.
The chancellor announced a review of what he called the "complex rules" used by wealthy foreigners living in Britain to avoid paying tax, a controversial area made topical by last week's Guardian investigation into Swedish industrialist Hans Rausing. The issue has been targeted by previous governments but never resolved.
The rules allow foreigners living in Britain to say they are actually domiciled in another country and then pay no tax on earnings and gains on sales they keep abroad. Some 60,000 people are rated "non domicile" according to government figures.
Sketchy details of the scope of the review - confirming a report in the Guardian last week - were released yesterday and no timescale was given. But, it is understood that it will consider the residency rules used by individuals for both income tax and capital gains tax purposes.
The Budget report said: "The government believes that modernisation of these rules needs to be based on clear principles: the rules should be fair, clear, easy to operate and support the competitiveness of the British economy."
The chancellor is also targeting the taxes paid by foreign companies operating in Britain, particularly those paid by hundreds of small foreign banks operating in London, who have been able to avoid paying as much tax as their British counterparts.
They have been able to do this legitimately by treating their businesses in London as "branches" rather than full-blown subsidiaries, which has allowed them to avoid maintaining a capital base in Britain. The government said ending this practice would bring Britain into line with other countries such as France and the US. There are more than 100 such branches in Britain and closing the loophole could bring £350m into the public purse this year alone.
The chancellor is also targeting the tax paid by British companies who set up so-called controlled foreign companies which allow companies to channel business overseas to lower rate taxpaying areas. Mr Haskew said this policy appeared to be aimed at Jersey.
The finance bill will include legislation to stop companies claiming bribes paid overseas as an expense.
The amendment means a business cannot gain a tax deduction from its profits in making bribes outside the UK - if the same payment made from the UK would be a criminal offense.
But tax experts said the difficulty of Inland Revenue inspectors being able to clearly identify bribes in company accounts means the penalty would rarely be able to be applied in practice.


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Ok, so some big news has come out of Microsoft. The folks on the Visual Studio team have reviewed their licensing and have made more stuff free (as in "free beer").
1. As of today, Team Explorer Everywhere (TEE) is now a free add-on for Eclipse. TEE is a java-based plugin to the Eclipse IDE that allows team members to access TFS from non-Microsoft OSes, think Linux or Mac OS.
This means that you can now download and use the existing TEE 2010 or the new TEE "11" without having to purchase the product. You still have to purchase a TFS Client Access License (CAL), but that's all. This brings TEE in line with the Team Explorer plugin for Visual Studio. This makes it easier for teams to adopt TFS even though they may have applications that span technologies. So the testers can use Microsoft Test Manager to file bugs against an iPad application and the devs can use TEE and Eclipse to review the bug and check out code on a Mac. They can then use xCode to make a fix and use TEE to checkin those changes with a link to the Bug. All of the data flows back to TFS for easy, consolidated reporting across the whole application stack.
2. You no longer have to purchase a CAL for viewing reports in TFS. This was a real pain for many companies that had stakeholders that would occasionally want to view TFS reports to check progress or issues. Most customers didn't see purchasing CALs for these stakeholders as being cost-effective.
3. Starting with System Center 2012, you can connect your Ops team to your Dev team for better collaboration around issues. Operations Manager 2012 will have the ability to escalate tickets and the associated diagnostic info to dev by connecting to the TFS server. The license has now been changed to allow Operations Manager 2012 users to integrate with TFS without requiring a TFS CAL.
You can read the official announcement and additional details on Brian Harry's blog.


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bill-swift - April 5, 2012
Kate Upton has come into our life and literally destroyed us. Turned everything upside down, on its head, arms and legs akimbo, heart racing, body parts number of highly disturbed. She is a force to be reckoned with.
Kate Upton may just be the number one go to swimsuit and lingerie model in the world now, for as much as we don't like superlatives, if our entire fortune was on the line to sell a bikini line, Kate Upton is the girl we want pimping our two pieces. And it seems the good and decent sewing folks at Beach Bunny swimwear feel the same, as they've employed Kate mightily in their latest promotional catalog shoot. And shoot you shall as you behold the body spectacular that is Kate Upton, built in some magical factory somewhere on the peak of Mt. Olympus.
Simply just heavenly. Enjoy.


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Endive, Kale, and Smoked Salmon Salad with Avocado and Pink Grapefruit
1 head of California endive (red or white), cut across in 3/4" pieces
2 cups of Tuscan kale, chopped
1 pink grapefruit, segmented (chop the segments in half if they are large), plus 1-2 tablespoons of the juice that drains off when segmenting the grapefruit
1 ripe avocado, diced
3-4 ounces of smoked wild salmon, chopped
1 T of finely chopped red onion
2 T avocado oil or olive oil, plus more to taste
Freshly ground black pepper
1. In a medium bowl, combine cut endive, kale, grapefruit segments, grapefruit juice, avocado, smoked salmon, and red onion.
2. Drizzle avocado or olive oil over the salad and mix well. Season with fresh ground pepper before serving. Serves 2.
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Basic and translational investigation of mechanisms of chronic intestinal inflammation and mucosal homeostasis. These studies are performed in genetically engineered (knockout and transgenic) mice, raised under specific pathogen-free, germ-free (sterile), or selectively colonized gnotobiotic conditions. Dr. Sartor's studies investigate the ability of specific components of the intestinal microbiota to induce chronic T-cell mediated inflammation in genetically susceptible hosts vs. protective mucosal immune responses in normal hosts. Parallel studies investigate the ability of dietary products such as iron, sucrose, and fructose to modify the composition and function of intestinal microbiota. Recent studies have extended these microbial-host interaction studies to human samples, including mucosal biopsies and resected tissues from normal, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis patients.


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The NL Kids & Family Expo is a fun filled weekend for all kids and those who are kids at heart! This year we once again have a full slate of fun, excitement & special appearances! All included with the price of admission! Loads of activities for the kids while parents can learn more about exhibitors who are showcasing their products and services!
NL Kids & Family Expo Kids Zone
(Over 18,000 sq ft)
The Kids Zone is opened throughout the entire weekend and will consist of bouncy castles (including toddler only bouncers), face painting, laser tag, shooting range, balloons more!
Kids admission includes: 3 bouncy rides & balloon – provided by Sky High Amusements! Face painting will be provided by NL Kids & Family Expo!
Other activities that will be at the 2017 NL Kids & Family Expo include:
- Laser Tag
- Magic Shows
- Interactive Gaming and Prizes
- Information Sessions
- Demonstrations
- Entertainment
- Character & Mascot Visits/Photo Opportunities
- 10 or more of your favourites will visit will visit throughout the weekend
- Listing of all characters/mascots will be posted on our website schedule. Please note that ALL characters will not be visiting the expo space ALL weekend – they need sleep as well 🙂 Character visits will be scheduled so you will know when your favourite character will be available for photos!
Check out our schedule page for a comprehensive listing of activities and events at the NL Kids & Family Expo!
If you are interested in doing an activity at the 2017 NL Kids & Family Expo please contact us at 709-746-3023.
*Please note that priority and preference is given to those exhibiting at the event – some exceptions do apply.


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The Mark of the Beast is often misunderstood as a physical mark (or chip) placed on people, during the time antichrist is on earth, for those who worship antichrist and his system. However, that is an assumption based on misunderstanding of scripture.
The Mark of the Beast will be dealt to most of the people on earth (Mat 24:24, Rev 7:3-4, 12:9-15, 13:11-16) while antichrist is here because they will have been deceived into worshiping him and his system (Rev 14:9), and they will have served him because they will believe he is the Messiah. This mark is not a physical mark because it is based on what people feel in their hearts; and therefore it goes much deeper than a physical trait. No one can hold us down and force us to feel something in our hearts and therefore a physical mark cannot change our minds. God cares more about where our loyalties lie, than what someone has made us do to ourselves physically.
This mark is in one's forehead and in one's right hand (Rev 13:16), and these terms are symbolic. The mark that is in people's foreheads is in their brains, and it is those people's belief that antichrist is the Messiah or God, which he will claim to be. This is the mark of deception that is brought forth in the flood of lies from satan's mouth (Rev 12:15). The mark in the right hand represents someone's works in serving the system of antichrist, and doing his will. The right hand in biblical times was always symbolic of power or work.
The Mark of the Beast is mutually exclusive with the Seal of God, meaning that everyone on earth will have either the mark or the seal. The Seal of God is protection against the torment that those with the Mark of the Beast will suffer (Rev 7:3, 9:1-11, 14:9-11,16:1-4, 8-14, 17-21). Those with the Mark of the Beast will continue to be plagued through the tribulation unless they wake up and repent, and turn against antichrist (Mar 3:28-29, Luk 21-12-19, 1Jo 1:9, Rev 16:1-4, 8-14, 17-21) before Jesus returns.
Those without the Mark of the Beast will not be allowed to buy or sell (Rev 13:17), and that can be accomplished by many ways even though the mark is not a physical mark. One such way as there may be a card issued to those who have proven their loyalty to antichrist when they have worshipped him, but that card would not be the mark. God's people will be provided-for none-the-less because they will remain faithful to Jesus Christ and not fall for antichrist.
The only way to avoid receiving the Mark of the Beast is to read, study, and understand the Bible (2Th 7-12, 2Ti 2:15, Rev 7:1-4), as even many professing Christians will be deceived, along with the rest of the world (Mat 24:22-24, Mar 13:20-23, Rev 12:9-15, 13:11-14), because they don't care enough for Jesus to pick up God's Word and read it. Those people who will be sealed by the Holy Spirit as protection are those who know and love Jesus Christ and His Word (2Ti 2:15, Rev 7:3-4), as He is the Living Word, and this sealing will be accomplished before antichrist arrives (Rev 7, 9:1-12).
The receiving of the Mark of the Beast does not condemn someone to die in the Lake of Fire, however, they will be in danger of this sentence (Rev 20:4-6, 11-15) if they do not repent and turn back to and serve Jesus Christ once they realize what they have done. Those who do not do so by the time Jesus Christ returns will have a chance in the Millennium Kingdom to be taught and disciplined to learn the ways of God and forsake their selfish ways (Eze 44, Rev 20:1-6). During this time, they will be considered spiritually dead (Eze 44:23:25, Rev 20:4-6, 12-13), and at the end of the Millennium, they will be tested one last time (Rev 20:7-9), and if they fail this test, after the Great White Throne Judgment, they will be thrown into the Lake of Fire (Rev 20:11-15). If they instead pass and are found in the Book of Life, they will be granted eternal life at that time (Rev 20:5, 21, 22).
If someone is truly saved by Jesus Christ, though they may be deceived when antichrist is here, they will overcome in the Millennium, or perhaps before, because they love Jesus Christ and they will do what it takes to make it right (Rom 1:16, 11:23-27, 1Ti 2:10). The only way to salvation is to accept it through Jesus Christ (Joh 14:6-7, 1Th 5:9, 1Ti 2:10, 3:15), and our lives will reflect that salvation if we are truly saved (Tit 2:7-15, 3:1-8, 14-15, Jam 2:14-26, Rev 2:4-5, 20:11-13).
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News that just 25% of Mac users have upgraded to the latest release of OS X has lead to a variety of theories as to why this might be the case. Top of the list is the operating system's march towards looking and feeling like it's "little brother", iOS.
Given that Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion features some considerable performance boosts, the fact that take up isn't higher (I mean, it's only $19.95 to upgrade!) has lead some to question if the main player, Snow Leopard, might become Apple's equivalent of Windows XP.
There are, of course, various advantages to using Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. To begin with, there is the compatibility with PowerPC applications which later versions of the operating system don't support. There's also the Hackintosh phenomenon – sadly it is becoming trickier to install Mac OS on newer non-Mac hardware, but Snow Leopard can be configured to run on a large selection of systems and even as a virtual machine on computers with AMD processors.
Financial constraints on users might also be to blame, although the low cost of the software upgrade (as opposed to the hardware) suggests otherwise. The real problem might simply be Apple's growing popularity as the "friendly" and "usable" platform is reaching a new audience that has already been through enough transferring from Windows and doesn't want the perceived hassle of yet another "upgrade".
But what of the iOSification of the platform? Seen by some as inevitable, you only need to glance at Launchpad, Mail, iPhoto and many other Apple and third party apps to see that the whole look, style and ethos of iOS is being adapted wholesale for what is a desktop computing platform. This isn't to everyone's tastes.
What is most interesting about this is that it puts Apple into a situation similar to that experienced by Microsoft since Windows XP's initial end of life date. Now extended to 2014 (although with a share of 41% earlier this year, that date seems extremely optimistic) Windows XP support is a major bugbear for Microsoft, particularly as it isn't Metro friendly and can't even run Office 2013. Yet it persists in popularity among users and games publishers.
Apple were forced to issue a patch for Snow Leopard in September 2012, something that isn't usually done for the last-but-one release. Usually at this stage support is dropped, so it will be interesting going forward to see how Cupertino deals with this particular problem.
In the meantime, they'll be hoping that the low price and the coming holiday season leads to an increase in the uptake of upgrades…


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Walter Isaacson is a man of many stories. He has written biographies of Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein and, most recently, Steve Jobs. His latest is a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and intense personality of Apple's creative entrepreneur. Isaacson brings a combination of wit, history, drama and humanity to the stories of Jobs, Einstein and Franklin, and their contributions to the world.
When Isaacson was working for Time is when he first met Jobs. "I remember siting with Steve and watching him and thinking about what a passion he has for making great products," said Issacson to RIMS attendees. "But I also saw the other side of Steve Jobs. He's impatient, petulant, sometimes can be rude, unkind, pushy. But I came away from that meeting still liking him."
It was that passion, brains and curiosity that attracted so many to Jobs, regardless of his personality flaws. But how does Steve Jobs relate to risk management?
"For me, the first lesson that Steve can teach in terms of risk management is to pay attention — even to the parts unseen," said Issacson. "Pay attention even to the things that other people aren't going to see. And you know that that is the key to making a great product and it also plays out in the world of risk."
Jobs vehemently believed that paying attention to the parts that no one sees is what makes products perfect. For risk managers, this is a part of their daily job.
Risk managers also possess an ability to have complete focus on the risks at hand. Jobs mastered this skill with his products. "He had a great ability to focus, to filter out distractions," said Issacson. "I think it came from his time in India — the zen focus."
Perhaps most importantly in terms of Apple's success, Jobs knew what people thought were high-risk products or initiatives, and he knew he could eventually get these people to embrace the risk. "He knew how to bend reality at times," said Isaacson. "That's why he had a reputation for driving people crazy. But he could also drive people to do things they thought were impossible. He knew how to know what people thought were high risk, but he knew it could work and got these people to believe and achieve the impossible."
He would've made a great risk manager.


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I've been trying to figure out what to do about pg_dumpall's --clean option in view of our recent changes. The problem is that pg_dumpall tries to delete existing users and groups by putting this in its output script: DELETE FROM pg_shadow WHERE usesysid <> (SELECT datdba FROM pg_database WHERE datname = 'template0'); DELETE FROM pg_group; CVS tip of course will just respond to these with ERROR: cannot delete from a view HINT: You need an unconditional ON DELETE DO INSTEAD rule. So we have two problems: what do we want 8.1 pg_dumpall to do instead, and what are we going to do about legacy pg_dump scripts that already contain these commands? A couple of relevant points: * Nowhere else do pg_dump and pg_dumpall interpret --clean as a license for a scorched-earth policy; rather, it means "drop the specific objects you are going to re-create". One could argue that these commands are therefore wrong by design, and what we should emit instead is DROP ROLE commands for just the individual roles we are going to create. * In view of the shared-dependencies patch, it is *highly* likely that some or all of the deletions would fail anyway, due to the users owning objects or permissions that haven't been deleted (yet). We could reduce the risk of this by emitting DROP DATABASE commands before the DROP ROLE commands, but of course this doesn't fix things if there are additional databases in the target installation. I am strongly tempted to propose that --clean is wrongheaded when it comes to roles, and that pg_dumpall should just always emit all role information in the style CREATE ROLE foo; ALTER ROLE foo WITH ... options ... ; which will have the effect of ensuring that the role exists with all the desired settings whether it pre-existed or not. Role membership data is a different story. Part of the effect of DELETE FROM pg_group; was to eliminate group membership data as well as the groups themselves. As of CVS tip, I have the code doing this instead: DELETE FROM pg_auth_members; followed by GRANT commands to restore membership links. I do not like this solution though. In the first place, it is still following a scorched-earth policy, which will completely mess up any pre-existing groups in the destination installation, even (or especially) if they are unrelated to what the dump script is loading. In the second place, this is certainly failing to learn from experience: we should not have the output scripts presuming such familiarity with system catalogs of future Postgres releases. One possibility is to invent a "REVOKE role FROM *" kind of command and have --clean mode issue that for each role being reloaded. This still leaves us with the question of "what about the DELETE commands in existing scripts?". I thought about adding rules and triggers to try to make those operations do approximately what is intended, but I fear it's a hopeless cause: because of shared dependencies there is little or no likelihood that *all* of the individual user drops will succeed, and since they would necessarily be happening in a single transaction, that means none of them will. So my current idea is to just ignore the problem: those commands won't do what is intended but they should be relatively harmless. Thoughts? regards, tom lane
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I love to write about magic. I love to read about it and watch it as well. Not stage magic, but real magic (which doesn't exist). And it's worth asking: why? What makes the idea of magic so compelling?
I think part of it is the secret guilt of the toolmaker. We humans obtained our position atop the world through our tools, but sometimes it feels like it's all about our technology, and there's no power in ourselves. We stand in awe at the mighty tiger or bear, even though we scrawny humans dominate them.
Magic is a way for the power to be in us, and for it to not be our tools, but us humans that are the key. We can cease feeling like the weak core in a shell of technology, and pretend we're the strength.
The other half is the dream that knowledge should directly translate into power. Many societies venerate knowledge, but the smart never seem to prosper in their youths, whether it be from old standards like bullies or the lack of immediate positive reinforcement that physical excellence (such as sports) provides.
But when you can study your way to power, and the way is straightforward … it's actually a fairly intellectually lazy way to acquire power through knowledge, but that straightforward path appeals in the same way the dream of studying hard to get in a good college and get a good job does.
Perhaps those are just my reasons though, or the only ones I recognize enough to spell out. What are yours?As always, thank you for using my Amazon Affiliate link (info).


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Grow a Library - Wondo Genet Reading Room
Wondo Genet Reading Room is the only library in the farming community of 15,000 in Ethiopia's southern province. It serves three primary schools. With Atlantic Provinces Library Association's support, this library is improving access to information by building their collection of local language and English reading materials, providing professional support for teachers using the library, and helping train local people in library management skills.
CODE works with local organizations throughout the developing world to empower children to learn. They deliver an essential, sustainable development solution that endures. CODE programs support libraries and teacher training as well as national and local book publishing in more than 17 languages in Africa and the Caribbean. "If you can read and write, you can learn to do, and be, anything."
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