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One boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and sixteen are selected by lottery to play. The winner brings riches and favor to his or her district. But that is nothing compared to what the Capitol wins: one more year of fearful compliance with its rule. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her impoverished district in the Games.
But Katniss has been close to dead before — and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
This book was written for the Young Adult audience, but as with many YA books, appeals to a far wider audience. It is appropriate for sixth grade up. Adults will find it disturbing, causing thought, and making a statement about people and society. I found myself wondering what I'd do in the main characters place. Her very life is at stake as well as the future of her family, by every move made, some of which are plotted and planned, some of which have deep instinctual backing. How would we react in this situation? HIGHLY recommended for ANYONE. I can guarantee I will be leading the adults to this series in a heartbeat.
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For many years our brotherhood has disagreed on the mode of the indwelling of the Spirit. We have never divided over the issue because there have not only been good, sound men on both sides, but we have wise men on both sides of the issue.
As with many others, I have never felt that acceptance of the personal indwelling was a step toward the dangerous error of a special leading of the Spirit. And some of the best warriors against the charismatic movement and against a direct operation of the Spirit have been those who believe in the personal indwelling of the Spirit.
For more than 26 years I have puzzled over the mode of the indwelling and have felt that there was insufficient scriptural evidence to settle the issue. God doesn't answer every question (Deut. 29:29). Still, in teaching on sanctification, from time to time, I felt I was being led by Scripture in a natural way toward what might be called an indwelling of the Spirit through the Word. Finally, I decided to put the Scriptures and such thoughts into a simple monograph.
Following are those Scriptures and thoughts.
Paul told the Roman Christians to "be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God" (Rom. 12:2). Truly a transformation is to take place; other passages which seem to indicate the same thing in various figures are presented for your contemplation:
"For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ" (1 Cor. 2:16).
"Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus" (Phil. 2:5).
"I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me" (Gal. 2:20).
"My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you" (Gal. 4:19).
"To whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Col. 1:27).
"But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit" (2 Cor. 3:18).
"And we have the word of prophecy made more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts" (2 Pet. 1:19).
As we have seen, some of the verses (Gal. 2:20; Col. 1:27) talk of Christ dwelling in us. Others talk of God dwelling in us or his Word dwelling in us.
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly" (Col. 3:16).
"And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, even the word of God, ye accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe" (1 Thess. 2:13).
"For it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure" (Phil. 2:13).
"I know that ye are Abraham's seed; yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you" (John 8:37).
"In whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit" (Eph. 2:22).
"Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him" (John 14:23).
Now, I believe all this is talking basically about sanctification. Paul said, "Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God" (2 Cor. 7:1).
I believe all these things happen much this way. A person hears the Word of God and of his free will and by obedience puts away bad traits and takes on good traits and holy characteristics. In doing so he resembles Christ more.
It can be said, figuratively, that Christ dwells in him. Christ is formed in him (Gal. 4:19). God has his abode with him (John 14:23).
The Word has free course in him (John 8:37).
It could be said he is full of the Spirit (Acts 6:3). It comes through obedience to the Word so the Bible attributes sanctification to the Word (John 17:17).
Now notice another passage. Paul said, "But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin" (Rom. 8:9-10).
Would not the concept of the Spirit dwelling in us fit well with all the passages above? Is it another way, by a figure of speech, of describing the transformation called sanctification which occurs in our lives by obedience to God's Word? Why would the dwelling of the Spirit be literal and all the other indwellings be figurative? And if the "indwelling of the Spirit" is a figure which describes the reality of sanctification, like all the rest, what figure is it?
There is what is called the "metonymy of the cause" where the "cause" is put for the "effect." Sometimes a person is put for an activity of that person. For example, in 1 Thessalonians 5:19 Paul says, "Quench not the Spirit," when he seems to have in mind the gifts of the Spirit, especially in context "prophesyings" (Gal. 5:20). Acts 7:51 says, "Ye do always resist the Holy Spirit." Bullinger says:
The testimony of the Holy Spirit as given by the prophets. Their fathers resisted the prophets and would not hear the Spirit's voice in them and now they, like their fathers, were resisting the same testimony at Pentecost, and since then culminating in Stephen (see pp. 542-543 in Figures of Speech Used in the Bible, by E.W. Bullinger, published by Baker Book House in Grand Rapids, Mich.).
Under "metonymy of the cause" and under "the person acting for the thing done" Bullinger has several whole categories involving the Holy Spirit. One is called the "Spirit for the gifts and operations of the Spirit" (p. 540). All examples he gives are worth considering. Could not the Holy Spirit (the Person) stand in the place of the thing he does (sanctification which comes through obedience to the truth [John 17:17])?
Could not the indwelling Spirit by "metonymy of the subject" stand for the fruit he bears in our life when we obey his Word? Metonymy of the Subject is where the subject is put for something pertaining to it, so it seems so to me. For example, notice 2 Corinthians 3:6: "Who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit." Bullinger says spirit stands for "the ministration of the Spirit, verse 8: the New Covenant as contained in the Gospel" (p. 543).
It seems clear there is a "metonymy of the cause" where sometimes the person acting is put for the thing done.
Again, I do not find the doctrine of the personal, literal indwelling of the Spirit distasteful, in and of itself, as long as one does not teach he does something to us separate and apart from the Word. That notion can contradict truth regarding free will and lead to the error of Calvinism. Too, so far I cannot prove the two concepts on the mode of the indwelling are mutually exclusive.
Some Scriptures might speak of one mode of indwelling while other Scriptures speak of another mode of indwelling. Yet, I still have not seen a personal indwelling proved, though I desire to continue to study it with an open mind.
A Personal Opinion
All good sound brethren I have spoken to agree that the mode of the indwelling does not affect salvation and must never divide us. We have good and sound brethren on both sides of this issue. Our dispute must be with those who suppose the Spirit in you works on you or does something to you separate and apart from the power of God's Word. To save us, God chose the persuasive power of his Word. That leaves our free will intact. The error of a mysterious working on us apart from the Word of God cripples personal choice, weakens human responsibility, and violates the Word of God.
In an age when the denominational world says, "Christ paid it all," and "God does it all," and "You can't save yourself," those who teach direct leading of the Spirit without the Word are enemies of truth and in our battle with them we cannot take prisoners. Some of our best fighters in the fray, however, are those who differ with my indwelling and who believe in a direct personal indwelling. It is an honor to fight alongside them.


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China and India are not the only emerging markets experiencing significant growth; countries in Emerging Europe also have better GDP growth potential than developed countries. Russia and Turkey are projected to have a GDP of about 4 percent this year, while Poland's GDP growth is expected to be 2 to 3 percent.
Turkey has especially benefited from strong domestic growth and sound policies that have helped increase the domestic production of goods as well as make its exports more competitive to attract capital. For example, Turkish mining law is investment-friendly, as there is little bureaucratic control, an easy permitting process, and lower fees, and allows broader activities for companies involved in mining gold, copper and boron. These policies encourage mining companies to dig up the natural resources under Turkey rather than head to another country.
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text: > I wonder whether it would be a good idea to give the linux-fs> (namely my preferred reiser and ext2 :-) some fault-tolerance.Fault tollerance should be done at a lower level than the filesystem.Linux filesystems are used on many different devices, not just harddisks. Different devices can fail in different ways - a disk mighthave a lot of bad sectors in a block, a tape[1] might have a singletrack which becomes unreadble, and solid state devices might have geta few random bits flipped all over them, if a charged particle passesthrough them.The filesystem doesn't know or care what device it is stored on, andtherefore shouldn't try to predict likely failiures.A RAID-0 array and regular backups are the best way to protect yourdata.[1] Although it is uncommon to use a tape as a block device, you neverknow. It's certainly possible, (not necessarily with Linux).John.-To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" inthe body of a message to email@example.com majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.htmlPlease read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/


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Whatever happened to the New York Yankees players who swapped families?
Forty years after the couples made headlines for swapping wives, children and even the family pets, former Yankees all-star pitcher Fritz Peterson remains married to his old teammate Mike Kekich's former wife Susanne Kekich.
Peterson, 70, was in Florida this weekend playing in an Old Timers game at the same stadium where the two teammates held separate press conferences in 1973 to discuss the details of the swap.
Actors Ben Affleck and Matt Damon reportedly plan to make a movie based on the scandal called "The Trade," but Kekich is trying to stop the production. Kekich and Marilyn Peterson moved in together but split up several years later. Kekich is believed to have a new family in New Mexico.
Will D.C. police get a pay raise?
While D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier and union boss Kristopher Baumann have spent much of their energy focused on sniping at each, the rank-and-file officers have gone six years without a raise and the number of officers on the streets has stagnated while overall crime in the city has crept up the last two years.
Meanwhile, as the New York Times reported Saturday, New York City's effort to flood high-crime areas with cops has driven crime down 75 percent while shrinking the jail population by a third and reportedly saving taxpayers $1.5 billion a year.
Mayor Vincent Gray has been pushing to increase the size of the police department, and Washington Examiner columnist Harry Jaffe thinks officers may soon get a raise.
Which colleges will have the best football recruiting classes?
It depends on who you ask. But as National Signing Day approaches on Feb. 6, based on an aggregate of four national recruiting services, the ranking looks likes this heading into the final weekend: 1.) Alabama; 2.) Florida; 3.) Notre Dame; 4.) Ohio State; 5.) Michigan; 6.) Texas A&M; 7.) LSU; 8.) USC; 9.) Georgia; 10.) UCLA; 11.) Ole Miss.; and 12.) Virginia Tech.


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Not much of a performance this afternoon by Josh Johnson, who was lifted after four innings. That marks Johnson's shortest outing since a 4-inning start on June 29, 2007 -- just before he was lost for the season and underwent Tommy John surgery.
Johnson's downfall Thursday was his inability to throw strikes. He threw fewer than 50 percent of his pitches (40 of 82) for strikes and ended up walking five.
The decision to pull Johnson appeared to be made abruptly after he batted (struck out) in the top of the fifth, as Burke Badenhop, who had been warming up earlier, resumed throwing -- only with a greater sense of urgency. Manager Fredi Gonzalez came out of the dugout to speak with home plate umpire Bruce Dreckman, perhaps -- and this is PURE SPECULATION -- to find out whether Badenhop could be permitted extra warmup pitches? Marlins pitching coach Mark Wiley could also be seen conferring with Johnson inside the dugout. We'll find out soon enough what it was all about.
Update: Just learned from the Marlins that Johnson was not lifted due to injury.
Speaking of Wiley, he spent a good part of the morning studying videotape of Ricky Nolasco's abysmal outing Wednesday night.
"A work in progress," was Wiley's only comment on Nolasco's struggles.


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This release is to inform the public that the Executive Pavilion will no longer be rented out for private functions.


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Bangladesh vs England, 1st ODI: Cool Collingwood Warms To The Task
England 229 for 4 (Collingwood 75*, Cook 64) beat Bangladesh 228 (Tamim 125, Swann 3-32) by six wickets…
Paul Collingwood demonstrated the value of experience to guide England to a comfortable victory over Bangladesh in the opening match of the one-day series in Mirpur.
Set a testing 229 to win following Tamim Iqbal's splendid hundred, there was a hint of wobble when the tourists slipped to 96 for three following the loss of captain Alastair Cook.
But Collingwood, England's most capped one-day player, eased the nerves in the dressing room and beyond with a superbly-paced unbeaten 75 to carry his side home with six wickets and four overs to spare at the Shere Bangla National Stadium.
While underlining Collingwood's value to the England cause – he also bowled seven respectable overs of medium pace – his innings rendered Tamim's magnificent effort in vain, and left Bangladesh ruing an eighth successive defeat in the one-day arena.
The beauty of Collingwood's innings lay in its simplicity: he rotated the strike adroitly, never ran with anything less than aggressive intent and collected boundaries whenever the opportunity arose.
There were five in his favoured region wide of long-on, and seven in total off the 100 balls he faced, and it was fitting that he was at the crease when England secured victory – and a 1-0 lead in the three-match series – courtesy of a single into the off side.
If Collingwood completed the job, Cook deserves credit for supplying the early impetus courtesy of a rapid 64, while Eoin Morgan and Matt Prior made 33 and 30 not out respectively in decisive stands with Collingwood for the fourth and fifth wicket.
Earlier, Tamim saw eight wickets fall before he eventually perished for 125, made off just 120 deliveries, in the 43rd over of a fractured innings that served as a graphic illustration of Bangladesh's chequered history in international cricket.
If Tamim, aged just 20, is one of the many talented youngsters the country has produced, that Naeem Islam's 25 was the next highest contribution reflects the inconsistencies that have stunted their progress at the highest level.
Mushfiqur Rahim made a useful 22, while Graeme Swann, England's only specialist spinner, continued his fine tour by taking 3-32. There were also two wickets for Stuart Broad.
The innings was dominated by Tamim, who punished England's seamers for dropping short with alarming regularity early on, on a pitch containing no great pace, before demonstrating his maturity by adopting a more measured approach to suit the situation.
Although he edged the second ball of the game for four and was put down by Morgan, at short cover, off Ryan Sidebottom when he had made 10, he relied little on fortune thereafter.
Broad was driven gloriously over deep midwicket for six by Tamim moments before Tim Bresnan had Imrul Kayes taken at mid-on courtesy of a leading edge off a slower ball.
Tamim refused to modify his approach despite Junaid Siddique clipping a Broad half-volley to debutant Craig Kieswetter at square-leg, but he was forced to rein in his attacking instincts when Aftab Ahmed was run out attempting a single to Kevin Pietersen at mid-on two overs later.
England succeeded in stemming the flow of boundaries as Shakib Al Hasan struggled to find his fluency, and the pressure eventually told when the captain was caught behind via a faint outside edge as he used his feet to Swann.
A change of ball prompted by a dusty pitch helped England break a 34-run stand for the fifth wicket, Mushfiqur comfortably run out after Tamim refused his call for an impossible single to Pietersen at cover and both batsmen ended up at the non-striker's end.
When Mahmudullah chipped the next ball, bowled by Swann, to short midwicket, Bangladesh were 146 for six and the tail exposed.
But Naeem kept Tamim company for 10 overs, rotating the strike whenever possible during a seventh-wicket partnership worth 63 that saw Tamim go to a splendid 94-ball hundred, his third in one-day internationals.
However, a late-innings assault failed to materialise as Naeem drove Luke Wright's first ball to cover, Mashrafe Mortaza was lbw sweeping Swann, and Tamim, stepping across to the off side four balls into the batting powerplay, was bowled by Broad.
England's reply was kickstarted not by Kieswetter, the man whose powerful hitting earned him a late promotion from the England Lions squad, but by Cook.
He drove Mashrafe Mortaza for two off-side fours in an over costing 14 before hoisting Naeem over midwicket, and went to a 44-ball half-century moments before Kieswetter, who was dropped on nought by wicketkeeper Mushfiqur off Shakib, was stumped for 19 giving Naeem the charge.
Shakib was rewarded for a probing opening spell when he had Pietersen caught at slip after inside-edging a defensive push on to his pad, and Cook's departure – adjudged lbw to a ball from Naeem that appeared to be sliding down the leg side – aroused Bangladesh's hopes further.
Collingwood did all he could to dampen them with another in a long line of valuable contributions from the England middle order.
He shovelled the ball repeatedly into and over the leg side to ensure the required run-rate retained within England's grasp, while Morgan chipped in despite never looking entirely comfortable at the crease.
The left-hander provided Naeem with a third wicket when he drove loosely to cover, but Prior dominated an unbroken stand of 45 for the fifth wicket to confirm the inevitable.
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A THREE-WAY battle for custody of Libya's former intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi, detained in Mauritania, began last night with France, Libya and the International Criminal Court all throwing their hats in the ring.
Senussi, the last significant Gaddafi associate on the run since the dictator's overthrow and death in a popular revolt last year, was arrested in the West African state after his arrival late on Friday on a flight from Morocco.
The tussle over him is a reminder of the importance of the 63-year-old, who spent three decades as the right-hand man to Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi.
Senussi was the late dictator's brother-in-law, a position of trust that saw him given the top job as head of Libyan intelligence.
Investigators in the Hague, Paris and Tripoli know he has the answers to questions about all aspects of the former regime.
For Libya itself, there is the part Senussi played in the horrors inflicted on civilians during the eight-month war, and all that went before: He was at the helm of the system of corruption, wheeler-dealing, murder and terrorism that Gaddafi created.
Libyans blame him for ordering the single worst crime of Gaddafi's dictatorship – the machine-gunning of 1,200 prisoners in Tripoli's Abu Salem jail in 1996.
France, meanwhile, has convicted him in absentia for a bomb plot that destroyed a French airliner over Niger in 1989, with the loss of 170 lives.
But it is the Hague that wants him the most, because without him its Libyan investigation, one of the most high profile in its history, will grind to a halt.
With Gaddafi himself dead, and Libya refusing to hand over his son, Saif al-Islam, Sanussi is the only indictee Hague prosecutors can hope to try.
Of the three claimants, the ICC appears to have the strongest case. It was mandated by the United Nations to investigate Libyan war crimes last year, and has already indicted Senussi for crimes including murder, rape, bombardment and torture.
Libya has yet to get its own case off the ground, its court system still finding its feet.
France, one of the architects and leading lights of the ICC, is likely to defer to the court, agreeing that the Hague has primacy.
But Libya is likely to dig in its heels. The justice ministry has already ruled out extraditing Saif Gaddafi to the Hague, and called last night for Mauritania to extradite Sanussi to Libya.
Libyans are concerned not just that the man who caused them such pain faces trial at home, but also fear that a Hague trial may provide Senussi with a pulpit to spread propaganda.
"What we really don't want is for him to come out like a hero," said Faisal Swehli, general manager of Tripoli's al-Aied newspaper. "Better to try Sanussi and Saif in a closed room than put them on TV."
For Mauritania, a country struggling with poverty, the dilemma is how to avoid disappointing powerful bidders.
Legally, there is an obligation for it to hand Senussi to the Hague, since the international investigation against him was mandated by the UN. But Mauritania will not want to fall out with oil-rich Libya, or to disappoint France.


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Valentine's Day is when you can give the one love in your life the opportunity to "be yours." You spend the day with that person, create/buy a special gift for them, and you just treat them like the true love that they are to you. It is the day that you can give them your heart…
I cannot wait for a loved one of my own to celebrate Valentine's day alongside of. I look forward to the time when I can make my man a large and delicious meal and give him my gift of love, whatever it might be year after year, but until then, I will be giving my heart to someone else.
No, I'm not talking about another man, or any other person, I'm talking about God…my Father.
7 gifts of love:
- The gift of laughter – Living in a family of goof-balls (yes, they really are), I have learned about the gift of laughter. But how can I give someone the gift of laughter? For my dad it is simple…just buy a couple joke books or a Ken Davis DVD. He will literally laugh non-stop.
Joke Books
Comedy DVDs
- The gift of learning – Sometimes you come to the idea that you don't want to get the kids any more toys, so you get them something educational. Something they can actually learn. This is something my mom has done before and you know what…she was absolutely brilliant!
Learn to Carve
Learn to Knit
Learn to Draw
- The gift of fun – Who doesn't like fun. Of course, each of us have our own definition of fun. It could be going out to dinner, spending the day at the beach, going on a trail ride, having a picnic, going to a movie…it all depends on your family.
- The gift of creativity – I fancy myself as being a creative type person. I love making things for others as gifts. One time I used to crochet blankets for newborn babies in my family. If I couldn't figure out how to make something else, or make enough money to buy a gift, I'd just make a coupon for my family (i.e. "A Coupon for a FREE Back Rub").
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FREE printable Valentine Card kids can make
- The gift of reading – As you can imagine, I love to read, so if I got a really nice book as a gift, I wouldn't complain. It is said that a "book is just a gift you can keep on opening", and knowing the wide range of book genres and subjects, you could find a book for everyone in your life, all you have to do is look.
Books for Boys
Books for Girls
Books for Teens
Books for Men
Books for Women
- The gift of music – Music can help with anything and anyone…break the silence, uplift a heart, give you energy, put you to sleep. Everyone has their favorite artists, favorite songs, favorite genres. Music is a universal language. A CD of their liking or an iTunes card can be a great gift of love.
- The gift of YOU – Sometimes just being there is a big enough gift of love for others. If you don't anything to give, your time can be all that matters to someone else. A grandparent might not want a gift, but may just want to spend an afternoon with you.
What is one gift of love that you do?


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From Berlin, the ancient world to contemporary techno
Back in Berlin, Michael Cathcart asks the question why do Germans love Australian art? He meets British-German based Theatre performance group the Gob Squad; beholds architectural treasures from the ancient world, and takes a look at the rise of techno music in Berlin.
- Michael Reid
- Art dealer with galleries in Elizabeth Bay in Sydney, Murrurundi in the Upper Hunter, in NSW and Ackerstrasse in Berlin, showcasing contemporary Australian and Aboriginal art. After a decade of experience working at Christie's London, Michael is a leading art market commentator, author and educator. Michael Reid describes himself as an art dealer 'who's distilled knowledge over 26 years is to try to avoid any artwork with dolphins in it.' Publications include Reid's Guide to Australian Art Galleries, by Lucy Meakin and Michael Reid and How to Buy & Sell Art - greatly revised and updated edition.
- Dr. Martin Maischberger
- Deputy Director of the Antiquity Collection, State Museums of Berlin. Prior to his current position at The Pergamon Museum, he worked at the German Archaeological Institute in Berlin and later as curator of the Berlin Collection of Classical Antiquities. He is a board member of the Friends of Antiquity on the Museum Island in Berlin.
- Sarah Thom
- Founding member of the artists collective, Gob Squad
- Sean Patten
- Founding member of the artists collective, Gob Squad
- Christian Vance
- Electronic musician based in Berlin
Further Information
- Interviewer
- Michael Cathcart
Comments (1)
24 Sep 2013 2:38:00pm
With all the negative comments in Australia about Germany (mostly backward looking), how refreshing that a young Melbourne musician in the field of cutting edge popular music, actually likes living in Berlin.


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What those in associations need to know...
ASAE Awards Highest Individual Honorsby Jay Younger on June 28, 2011
Work hard, be honest and good things will happen. This guiding principle can be a powerful catalyst for an organization's culture. In the association world, we spend lots of time focusing on strategy. Countless hours are spent pouring over strategic plans, measures and related initiatives. However, we ignore culture at our own peril, for as Peter Drucker once said, "culture eats strategy for breakfast."
This type of culture – one that emphasizes service, persistence, integrity and shared reward – was put firmly in place at McKinley by Jodie Slaughter when she founded our company in 1994. Yesterday we learned that the association community has noticed, as Jodie was selected to receive ASAE's 2011 Academy of Leaders Award. This honor, the highest that the association community bestows on an industry partner, is a fitting affirmation of Jodie's career, dedication and world view. Through the natural ups and downs of life and business, she has always stayed true to her guiding principles and, yes, many good things have happened – to her as well as her colleagues and clients.
For the rest of us at McKinley, keeping this ethic front and center each day allows us to build trusted relationships with each other and our clients. It also allows us to take pride in the meaningful and constructive work we do. Over the years there have been plenty of opportunities to pursue quick wins, cut corners or deviate from the path. However, we have all chosen to follow Jodie's example, and are all far better people and professionals as a result.
So today we all congratulate Jodie's accomplishment and celebrate the lasting gift she has bestowed to our organization. After all, strategies come and go, but a great culture remains.
For ASAE's press release on this exciting honor, click here.
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Congratulations, Jodie! Well-deserved.
Jodie,I am so happy to see that you have been selected. This is well-deserved. Congratulations!
Now that it's official, I wanted to write on your wall, if that's what this is, to say how proud I am of U for gettting ASAE's highest contractors' acheivement honor, the Academy of Leaders Award. It's a great capstone to the second-to-none Fellows' Retreat U just chaired and well deserved recognition for all you've done for AEs
USAE just published an article discussing on the award and its winner, Jodie.
Jodie, I am very proud to have you as a dear and valued colleague. Your record of achievement as a passionate believer in associations is exemplary, and I am very pleased it is being recognized by our professional community. Congratulations!


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Yu Hua
This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Chinese. (March 2013) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
Yu Hua (simplified Chinese: 余华; traditional Chinese: 余華; pinyin: Yú Huá) is a Chinese author, born April 3, 1960 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. He practiced dentistry for five years and later turned to fiction writing in 1983 because he didn't like "looking into people's mouths the whole day."[2] Writing allowed him to be more creative and flexible.[citation needed] He grew up during the Cultural Revolution and many of his stories and novels are marked by this experience. One of the distinctive characteristics of his work is his penchant for detailed descriptions of brutal violence.[3]
|Yu Hua
Yu Hua at the 2005 Singapore Writers Festival
April 3, 1960
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China[1]
|Novelist, essayist
|Alma mater
|Lu Xun Literature School
|1984 - present
|Novel, prose
|Literary movement
|Notable works
|To Live
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
Cries in the Drizzle
|Notable awards
|5th Zhuang Zhongwen Literary Prize
James Joyce Award
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
|Father: Hua Zizhi (华自治)
Mother: Yu Peiwen (余佩文)
Yu Hua has written four novels, six collections of stories, and three collections of essays. His most important novels are Chronicle of a Blood Merchant and To Live. The latter novel was adapted for film by Zhang Yimou. Because the film was banned in China, it instantly made the novel a bestseller and Yu Hua a worldwide celebrity.[citation needed] His novels have been translated into English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Hungarian, Serbian, Turkish, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Czech and Malayalam.
- Grinzane Cavour Prize (1998) for To Live
- James Joyce Award (2002). He was the first Chinese writer to receive this award.[4]
- Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France (2004)[5]
- Barnes & Noble Discovery Great New Writers Award (2004)
- Special Book Award of China (2005)[5]
- Prix Courrier International (2008)[5]
Note: cited works are those translated into English from the original Chinese.
Short story collectionsEdit
- Yu, Hua; Jones, Andrew F. (trans) (1996). The Past and the Punishments. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 0-8248-1817-2. OCLC 45727784.
- Leaving Home at Eighteen (Chinese: 十八岁出门远行; pinyin: Shíbā Suì Chūmén Yuǎnxíng)
- Classical Love
- Blood and Plum Blossoms (Chinese: 鮮血梅花; pinyin: Xiānxuè Méihuā)
- World Like Mist: Eight Stories (pinyin: Shi shi ru yan) ISBN 986-7691-37-7
- Yu, Hua; Barr, Allan H. (trans) (2011). China in Ten Words 十个词汇里的中国. New York: Pantheon. ISBN 978-0-307-37935-1. OCLC 701810348.
(simplified Chinese: 十个词汇里的中国; traditional Chinese: 十個詞彙裡的中國; pinyin: Shí Gè Cíhuì Lǐ De Zhōngguó) ISBN 978-986-120-477-2
- Yu, Hua; Barr, Allan H. (trans) (2014). Boy in the twilight: stories of the hidden China 黄昏里的男孩. New York: Pantheon. ISBN 978-0-307-37936-8. OCLC 841899112.
(Chinese: 黄昏里的男孩; pinyin: Huánghūn lǐ de nánhái)
- Yu, Hua; Berry, Michael (trans) (2003). To Live 活着. New York: Anchor Books. ISBN 978-1-400-03186-3. OCLC 51752247.
(Chinese: 活着; pinyin: Huózhe
- Yu, Hua; Jones, Andrew F. (trans) (2003). Chronicle of a Blood Merchant 许三观卖血记. New York: Pantheon. ISBN 978-0-375-42220-1. OCLC 51978096.
(Chinese: 许三观卖血记; pinyin: Xǔ Sānguān Mài Xuè Jì)
- Yu, Hua; Barr, Allan H. (trans) (2003). Cries in the Drizzle 在细雨中呼喊. New York: Anchor Books. ISBN 978-0-307-27999-6. OCLC 104878666.
(Chinese: 在细雨中呼喊; pinyin: Zaixiyuzhong Huhan)
- Yu, Hua; Chow, Eileen Cheng-yin (trans); Rojas, Carlos (trans) (2009). Brothers 兄弟. New York: Pantheon. ISBN 978-0-375-42499-1. OCLC 228701323.
(Chinese: 兄弟; pinyin: Xiōng Dì, 2005–2006) shortlisted at the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize
- Yu, Hua; Barr, Allan H. (trans) (2015). Seventh Day 第七天. New York: Pantheon. ISBN 978-0-804-19786-1. OCLC 883747924.
余华 (2013). 第七天; Diqitian 第七天 (in Chinese). Beijing: Xin xing chu ban she. ISBN 9787513312103. OCLC 853063206.
Further readingEdit
- Chinese Writers on Writing featuring Yu Hua. Ed. Arthur Sze. (Trinity University Press, 2010).
- China in Ten Words Yu Hua. translated by Allan H. Baar. (Pantheon Books, 2011).
- ^ a b Johnson, Ian (11 October 2012). "An Honest Writer Survives in China". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^ Yu, Hua (30 August 2003). "Interview with Yu Hua". University of Iowa International Writing Program (Interview). Interview with Michael Standaert. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ Zhao, Yiheng (Summer 1991). "Yu Hua: Fiction as Subversion". World Literature Today. 65 (1). JSTOR 40147343.
- ^ "Yu Hua: Brothers, 2008 Shortlist". Man Asian Literary Prize. 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
- ^ a b c "Yu Hua". The New York Times. 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
External linksEdit
- Yu, Hua (30 August 2003). "Interview with Yu Hua". University of Iowa International Writing Program (Interview). Interview with Michael Standaert. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- A conversation with Yu Hua at UCLA
- Profile, nytimes.com
- Yu, Hua (21 February 2014). "Stranger Than Fiction: A Q&A with Yu Hua". ChinaFile Culture (Interview). Interview with Zhang Xiaoran. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- Yu, Hua (Winter 2003). "EAA Interview with Yu Hua, author of To Live (Huo Zhe)" (PDF). Education About ASIA (Interview). 8 (3). Interview with Helen Finken. Retrieved 12 March 2015.


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Why Are New York Gun Permits Public Information?
Written by Brian Garst, Posted in Gun Rights, Liberty & Limited Government
There's been significant uproar since a New York newspaper published a database of permit holders for handguns within its readership area. The decision to treat gun owners as sex-offenders is indeed worthy of criticism, and there's no valid public benefit for exposing the privacy of citizens in such fashion. But it seems to me the bulk of the criticism ought to be directed at another target – the government of New York. They should not have ever made this information available in the first place.
The newspaper in question merely collected and put into easily accessible form information that was already publicly available by Freedom of Information Act request. They had no valid reason to do even this beyond cheap sensationalism, but it ought to be the government that is held most responsible. The information was none of the newspaper's business and never should have been available to it in any form.
People must be free to exercise their rights without undue fear of intimidation tactics by intolerant political opponents. It is for this reason that we have secret ballots. If the government is going to require permits for the exercise of particular rights, a highly dubious and questionable practice to begin with, we ought to all at least agree that they will keep the information to themselves.
Some states, like Florida and Illinois, exempt such information from FOIA requests. New York and any other state that has not yet enacted the same protections to ensure the privacy of law-abiding citizens must immediately do the same. It is simply not the place of government to track and make public the lawful activities of the people.


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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — An Eau Claire pediatrician who's accused of inappropriately touching male patients has been named as a defendant in 14 new civil lawsuits.
An Eau Claire Leader-Telegram report (http://bit.ly/JnMzW3 ) says with Monday's filings, David Van de Loo now faces 26 lawsuits accusing him of sexual abuse.
The 61-year-old pediatrician already faces 17 criminal charges related to child sexual assault. The civil lawsuits allege medical malpractice.
Van de Loo used to practice pediatrics and sports medicine for Mayo Clinic Health System. Mayo fired him in September 2012, two weeks after it said it was made aware of the allegations.
The patients allege that Van de Loo touched their genitals when they sought treatment for unrelated ailments.
Van de Loo's attorney, Brent Simerson, says he doesn't comment on ongoing cases.
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Amgen Drug Cuts Bad Cholesterol Up to 66 Pct in Patients - Trial
Published: Nov 07, 2012
Amgen Inc. (AMGN), the world's largest biotechnology company, said its experimental heart drug lowered cholesterol levels in patients unable to take standard medicines such as Pfizer Inc.'s Lipitor because of side effects. The drug, AMG-145, which targets cholesterol-regulating gene PCSK9 in the liver, reduced LDL, or bad cholesterol, 51 percent in patients intolerant to medicines like Lipitor, called statins, after 12 weeks, and 63 percent among those taking it in combination with Merck & Co.'s (MRK) cholesterol treatment Zetia, according to a study presented today at the American Heart Association meeting in Los Angeles. Amgen is focusing on the drug's potential to help offset declining sales of its anemia drugs Aranesp and Epogen, which together will generate $4 billion in estimated sales this year and face increased competition by 2015. The Thousand Oaks, California-based company is competing with some of the world's biggest drugmakers, such as Pfizer, Roche Holding AG (ROG) and Sanofi (SAN), to be first to market with the new cholesterol medicine.


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When an international banker/bankers in complete charge of US monetary policy can give ONE WORD ANSWERS to Congressman... its nothing less than telling them to pound sand.
Just read ol Bens body language, he thought about it for a split second, summoned the rights and spine he thinks he has and gave a very confident one word answer... NO... c'mon man, 2.2 trillion and he's confident enough to sit there with a calm and stonefaced ONE WORD ANSWER we don't owe you an explantion, NO we don't have to tell America or its laws where this money went, and I dare you to do anything about it.
If you find that kind of answer acceptable, Cosmo, I don't know that anything further arguing is going to help... they are above and beyond American Constitutional law at this point.
Oversight you want is it?... NO, end of discussion, we control your future, America has been hijacked.
He did say where the money went--short-term collateralized loans to banks. And its always been paid back. All the terms and so forth that Bernie was asking about are public and on the website.
I didn't hear any one-word answers.
I'm not hung up on body language. Gimme a break...
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Droid Light - FREE
by X2-Ware, Version: 4.2.1 , 540 KB Official Site
Package name: com.x2ware.droidlight , Last Update: 2012-12-07 10:06:29
1069 ratings (3.753 average)
>250,000 downloads
What's new in this version (4.2.1):
v 4.2.1
- Screen Saver fix.
v 4.2
- Reduced Ad footprint to address concerns from some users regarding blocked controls.
v 4.1.1
- Corrected menu inflate on some devices.
- Corrected touch on start on some devices.
v 4.0
- Rebuilt to support Android 4.0+ (Ice Cream Sandwich) LED.
v 3.3
- Multi-line text support.
- Updated button control layout.
v 3.2
- Added
Find your way in the dark, or be found! Original Droid interactive light, flashlight, and sign-board. Simply TAP screen to open controls. New York Times "10 Must Have Android Apps" honorable mention, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/02/technology/personaltech/02smart.html: "DroidLight (free; it's a flashlight, a strobe light or a message board in a crowded club — indispensable)."
User friendly interactive UI. Easier and more intuitive interface than competitors. Just a few clicks instead of many. Use at theaters, clubs, bars, graduations, and other dark areas. Use light for astronomy, stargazing, reading, viewing maps, finding lost/dropped articles, color marker in a crowded room, hailing a cab/taxi, and general sign board. Excellent night light. Uses device camera LED as a flashlight/torch. Requires permissions to access camera flash. Will NOT take pictures or use camera lens!
Sign feature great at airports or terminals when picking up guests. Shuttle and limo drivers, no need to carry around a pen and paper for name signs anymore.
Many other publishers have used the "Droid Light" name. This is the original. A must have app if you frequently club, got to theaters, or simply go out with friends. Thousands of happy active users.
Also available ad-free. Search for Droid Light.
Looking for just a LED light? Try Droid Light Lite. Search for "Droid Light Lite."
Product Features:
- Flashlight, Light, and Torch (Screen or most Camera LEDs)
- Multi-Color Screen Light with interactive adjustment interface
- Variable Screen Light Strobe with interactive adjustment interface
- Digital Billboard/Messaging/Text Sign
- Simulated emergency style light for parties (not intended to impersonate police)
- Quick screen color preset buttons
- Screen Brightness Control
- Flickering Candle for concerts or other events
- Optimized for Android v2.2 or later
- Allows installation/movement to device SD Card
- Process stops/ends on exit so as to not use battery or device resources
Please leave positive feedback.
This app may be used as a light, color light, torch, search light, spot light, night light, area light, and flashlight for the production of colors, sign boards, message boards, messages, digital signs, dynamic signs, police style lights, emergency lights, strobe (as in a strobe light), and disco lights.
It may be used at concerts, arena, and theaters as a marker, beacon, location marker. It is also useful for astronomy and stargazing.
Again, this has been copied by other developers and named "DroidLight", (single word), however those imitations are not of the same quality or functionality.
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Awesome app.
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Simple light app. Intuitive. Love the white light mode, and multi-color selection for finding people in dark clubs or theaters.
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Has ads. Better ones w/o ads out there. Like Color Flashlight better.
Bill (*)
System status says this is using 90% of my battery even when I haven't used it since last power on. Removing.
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Great little app. Perfect for those phones without led lights
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It doesn't make sounds on my phone just light. HTC Aria
AriZoNaiCe (*****)
Great app. Totally configurable. The sound can totally be turned off. Not sure why others can't figure it out.
Steven (*)
Garbage. Strobe selector makes insanely loud click that can't be disabled, 'message board' limited to 15 chr and doesn't scroll, ads show over strobe.
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Updated 9:34 am, Thursday, May 9, 2013
(05-08) 17:53 PDT OAKLAND -- A human head was found Wednesday at a West Oakland recycling company, police said.
The remains were found at California Waste Solutions at 1820 10th St. about 8:45 a.m.
It was unclear how the head ended up at the recycling center, and details such as the person's gender were not immediately available. Employees at the center described it to police as a "mummified skull."
The circumstances of the person's death are under investigation.
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Recently, we caught up with lesbian matchmaker extraordinaire – Dr Frankie of Little Gay Book
Tell us a little bit about your background and how you became a matchmaker.
I grew up in a large Jewish family in Manhattan. I had many wonderful relationships with my extended family including my cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents. From an early age I treasured these relationships and valued the time we spent together. I have always been a people person and as I became older my interest in human behavior expanded. After I received my undergraduate degree from Northeastern University I took the plunge and moved to California to pursue a doctoral degree in clinical psychology. After about ten years of clinical practice I really felt the pull to branch out and use my talents and training in a less formal setting. My own long-term relationship with my partner and our relationships with our twins brought me so much joy I wanted everyone to have this experience. This happened to coincide with so many of my friends having a really difficult time meeting a compatible partner. I remember the day I told my partner that I wanted to become a lesbian matchmaker, and Little Gay Book was born! I take a so much pride in the connections and matches I have made, as well as in the company that I have built.
What's the difference between matchmaking and online dating?
You really can't compare the two. When done properly, matchmaking is a very personalized experience. It is the matchmaker's job to track down potential matches and screen them for compatibility, which includes red flags. I often tell prospective clients that it is my job to get stood up, and to go on the bad first dates. My clients are busy professionals who don't have time for that nonsense, that's part of what they pay me for! A good matchmaker personally knows his or her clients and understands their personalities, dating histories, must-haves, and deal breakers. A great matchmaker not only understands their clients but also has a strong understanding of human behavior. They identify their client's unsuccessful dating patterns and guide them away from repeating that pattern.
How do you decide a good match?
A good match is really based on a myriad of variables. I look at the compatibility of personality types, interests, religious beliefs, and cultural backgrounds are just a few. Relationship histories, socio economic status, intro-extro version, sex drive (top-bottom-switch), are also important factors. And sometimes even when things look great on paper there just isn't any chemistry. That's something that is difficult to quantify, so that's what makes a matchmaker's intuition so important!
When should you consult a matchmaker?
I think a great time is when a person is truly ready to be serious about her love life. Dating, especially online dating, can be such a time drain. We screen everyone that we consider introducing our clients to during a 90 minute consultation. This consultation is essentially the professional equivalent of the first date. I am able to save my clients a great deal of time and energy when they try and meet people on their own. Many of my clients hire me for both relationship coaching and matchmaking. I have found this is almost an unbeatable combination. In general I would suggest hiring a matchmaker when someone feels they have exhausted their dating pool, are fed up with blind dates and online dating, and are serious in their quest to find a life partner.
Are you in a relationship?
Yes, my partner and I are coming up on our tenth anniversary actually! We have a strong bond based on love and mutual respect. Like any couple, especially with children, we have seen our share of ups and downs, but we are both committed to our relationship and family.
What do you think of shows like Millionaire Matchmaker, Patti Stanger?
I think Patti is good at what she does and I find her show really entertaining. She makes some really insightful observations and reads between the lines. She and I have different styles when dealing with clients, but that's natural. I think my client's would say I'm a bit more…tactful, shall we say?
What is your best matchmaking tip?
My number one piece of advice is to not limit yourself by creating excessive must-haves, obstacles and deal breakers. Understand the difference between a "must-have", a deal breaker and a preference. For example, if you are a very accomplished athlete hoping to date someone similar, dating a kayaker, a long distance runner or a snowboarder is a preference. To maximize your chance of finding someone really compatible, think of the broader category as athletic, and place that in your "must-have" column. And on a side note, finding love is not a race, it's a path of self-discovery that will hopefully eventually lead to love. So if you're ambivalent about your feelings after one date, give it a second shot and see where things go. As Oprah says, women are slow cookers and it takes us a while to warm up. Maximize your chance for success by keeping your heart and mind open.
What should we avoid when first dating?
Two common pitfalls people often find, which both stem from anxiety, are excessive drinking and inappropriate self disclosure. Limit your alcohol consumption to a maximum of two drinks. Anything more than two drinks might cloud your judgment and make you sloppy. Also, have compassion for yourself and try and remember that we all have baggage. Don't attempt to deal with your baggage by "laying it all on the table" or full disclosure, on the first date. It can also be a form of self-sabotage, but that's another issue althogether.
What do you think of online dating?
I think online dating has seen its heyday. It can be a good way to meet people, but it is also very time consuming. My friends have told me how they spend hours and hours sifting through suggested profiles, crafting the perfect email that stands out from the slew of other emails without coming across as if they've spent too much time trying to make the email special, only to never hear from the person. I think also that people can get sucked into a cyber relationship with the fantasy of who they want to meet. People sometimes spend weeks and more communicating back and forth, disclosing very personal information, and ultimately creating a fantasy of what the other person is. My suggestion to online daters is to keep the emailing, texting and calling minimal and to the point. The point after all is to meet in real life and hopefully cultivate a relationship, right?
Where can we learn more?
Great question! I encourage everyone to check out my website at littlegaybook.com. There are links to my radio interviews, magazine articles, and my blog. I also hope all the single ladies will fill out a confidential profile! It's free to be in my database and your profile will never be browsed by clients. Like I love say, fortune favors the bold!
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