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Vol. 15 No. 47 – December 11, 2016
Eph 4:30-32; "30Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. "
Vs. 30
In the second half of this sentence, we see one of the blessings and ministries of the indwelling Holy Spirit, "by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption."
It begins with the phrase, "by whom you were sealed," EN HOS SPHRAGIZO. SPHRAGIZO, σφραγίζω means, "seal, affirm, authenticate, certify, or acknowledge." It is in the Aorist, Passive, Indicative, 2nd Person, Plural that means it is a dogmatic fact of unchangeable reality that believers received the action of being sealed that continues into the future. It means that we have eternal security and that the believer will never lose his salvation because with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, (from the moment of our baptism by the Holy Spirit on the day of our faith in Jesus Christ), we were certified, affirm, and acknowledge as members of the Royal Family of God forever, 2 Cor 1:22.
2 Cor 1:21-22, "Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God, 22who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge."
The sealing of the Spirit is the down-payment guarantee of security for the royal family forever.
In ancient days sealing was a signature guarantee. It was typically enacted by melting wax and stamping it with a signet ring or other impression that represented the one making a deal or contract. The seal was equivalent to a signature on a contract that guarantees something. When a king sealed a proclamation, it became a law. When people signed a contract by using a wax seal, it was their guarantee from their integrity that they would fulfill their part of the contract.
"Seals" in the ancient world were used in four ways
1.) A guarantee of a transaction
2.) Identification of ownership.
3.) An authentication. The authen-tication of invoices, contracts, laws, directives, orders was always by the use of a seal to make them authentic.
4.) The ratification of a treaty in the ancient world.
Sealing as a signature was used as a guarantee of transactions, identification of ownership, authentication of invoices, contracts, laws, directives, orders, and policies of kings or rulers, and sealing was used to ratify treaties or agreements, the sealing of tombs, (as Christ's tomb was sealed with the Roman seal), libraries, or treasuries to indicate ownership.
Therefore, the sealing of the Holy Spirit is God's guarantee that:
1.) We have received salvation.
2.) We were purchased by Jesus Christ upon the Cross.
3.) We are members of the Royal Family of God forever.
4.) We have eternal life because the sin barrier between God and man was destroyed at the Cross and now the believer has peace with God.
We will discuss the sealing of God the Holy Spirit further below.
Our eternal security is emphasized in the phrase, "for the day of redemption," EIS HEMERA APOLUTROSIS. APOLUTROSIS, ἀπολύτρωσις means, "release, (as from slavery or our physical body of sin), redemption, or deliverance." It is used in Luke 21:28; Rom 3:24; 8:23; 1 Cor 1:30; Eph 1:7, 14; 4:30; Col 1:14; Heb 9:15; 11: 35.
APOLUTROSIS is a derivative of LUTRON that means, "ransom," where APOLUTROSIS is the act of release or state of being, resulting in release or redemption. Originally, APOLUTRŌSIS denoted "the buying back of a slave or captive, thus making him free by payment of a ransom." That is exactly what Jesus Christ did for every member of the human race. He purchased their sins upon the Cross, by taking them into Himself and paying the penalty for them. However, this ransom payment is only realized by those who believe in Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. It is they who are truly released from slavery to sin and given freedom to live the spiritual life unto God.
Mat 20:28, "Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."
Redemption in Scripture speaks of one of two redemptions or sometimes both. First of all there is the soteriological redemption, redemption of the soul, which means freedom from the slave market of sin at the moment of salvation through faith in Christ, Rom 3:24; 1 Cor 1:30; Eph. 1:7; Col 1:14; Heb 9:12; Gal 2:13; 1 Peter 1:18. The second redemption in the Bible is the eschatological redemption, redemption of the body, Rom 8:23; Eph 1:14; 4:30.
Rom 8:23, "And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body."
This means that we lose this physical body of sin we are currently living in and receive a new, perfect, and eternal resurrection body. We will receive this final resurrection body at the Rapture of the Church, at the end of the Church Age. This latter redemption is in view in our passage. Therefore, redemption of the soul is related to the salvation work of Christ on the Cross. Whereas the redemption of the body is related to the resurrection body of the believer, which the Holy Spirit is the guarantor through His indwelling ministry during our physical lives here on earth until we die or are Raptured and receive our final resurrection bodies.
Eph 1:7, speaks of the believers' present day soteriological redemption, being freed in our soul from the slave market of sin, (a.k.a., our positional sanctification). While vs. 14, speaks of the eschatological redemption, being freed for our physical body that houses the Old Man, the Old Sin Nature, and receiving our resurrection body, (a.k.a., our ultimate sanctification). Likewise, in our verse, the Holy Spirit has been given as a pledge or guarantee of our future inheritance in Christ, where Paul declared that we have received the Holy Spirit as a seal until the day of our redemption. This "day," HEMERA, is for the believer only and includes the time we leave planet earth, either through death or the Rapture, through to the time of receiving our final resurrection bodies.
The sealing ministry of the Holy Spirit is one of the 40+ things we receive at the moment of salvation. It is one of the seven things specifically done by God the Holy Spirit for each of us at the moment of salvation.
The seven things that the Holy Spirit does for us at the moment of salvation:
- Common and Efficacious grace. It starts out with the gospel being presented to those who are in spiritual death, where God the Holy Spirit makes the gospel understandable because spiritual dead people cannot understand anything of spiritual phenomena. Therefore, the Holy Spirit acts as the human spirit to make the gospel understandable and this is what we call Common Grace. Then comes Efficacious Grace. This is when the unbeliever is positive to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and believes. Because he is spiritually dead, he can do nothing regarding the spiritual life. Therefore, God the Holy Spirit takes his faith and makes it effective for salvation, and therefore the new believer receives salvation. Efficacious Grace is the ministry of the Holy Spirit in taking the faith in Christ of the spiritually dead person and making it effective for their salvation. When the Holy Spirit makes our faith effective for salvation and we receive salvation, that is sealing salvation.
- Regeneration, Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 1:23.
Titus 3:5, "He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit."
This is defined as the ministry of the Holy Spirit at salvation in creating a human spirit in the believer, which causes him to become instantly trichotomous: body, soul, and now having a human spirit. This is the second birth.
- The Baptism of the Holy Spirit. God the Holy Spirit takes each one of us at the moment of faith in Christ and enters us into union with the person of Christ. This is the basis for being created as a "New Man," a new spiritual species.
- The Holy Spirit indwells every believer at the moment of salvation, 1 Cor 3:16; 6:19-20; 2 Cor 6:16.
1 Cor 3:16, "Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?" This provides a temple for God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ to dwell and reside in, Eph 2:19-22.
- The Filling of the Holy Spirit. This first occurs at the moment of salvation, but it is experiential and is lost when we sin, Eph 5:18. It is regained when we confess our sins to God, 1 John 1:5-9. The Filling of the Holy Spirit is His empowering and enabling ministry to the soul of the believer.
- The sovereign distribution of a spiritual gift by the Holy Spirit at salvation, 1 Cor 12:11, through which we execute God's Plan for our lives.
- The sealing ministry of the Spirit; a signature guarantee. It is a signature guarantee of four things:
a.) Efficacious grace, the Holy Spirit takes the faith of the spiritually dead person and makes it effective for salvation;
b.) The guarantee of eternal life.
c.) The guarantee of eternal security.
d.) The guarantee of your very own Portfolio of Invisible Assets, which God the Father prepared for each one of us in eternity past.
Therefore, the sealing ministry of the Holy Spirit covers eternity past, our life in time, and eternity future, ("the day of our redemption"), in these four guarantees.
The "day of redemption" also speaks to our "Ultimate Sanctification," of which the Holy Spirit is the agent. Not only is the Holy Spirit the agent of our ultimate sanctification, but also our positional and experiential sanctification, Rom 15:16; 2 Thes 2:13.
2 Thes 2:13, "But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through, (positional), sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth."
Rom 15:16, "To be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the gospel of God, that my offering of the Gentiles might become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit, (experiential)."
He is the agent in sanctification by the seven things noted above he does for us at salvation.
Three Sanctifications:
Phase One, or Positional Sanctification refers to the ministry of God the Holy Spirit taking every believer at the moment he believes and is saved and enters him into union with Christ who is seated at the right hand of the Father. Christ is eternal life, we have His life. He is righteousness, we share His righteousness. He is the Son, we share His sonship. We share His heirship, His election, His destiny, and His Kingship, 1 Cor 1:2, 30; 6:11; Heb 10:10, 14.
1 Cor 6:11, "And such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God."
Phase Two or Experiential Sanctification is divided into two areas. a) The growing area; b) The victorious area, which is the sphere of maturity. The growing area of putting on the New Man and being filled with the Spirit, 2 Thes 2:13.
2 Thes 2:13, "But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth."
It is also the daily function of GAP, John 17:17; Eph 5:26.
John 17:17, "Sanctify them in the truth; Thy word is truth."
The second area is the super-grace stage, the objective where we glorify God and where we have occupation with the person of Jesus Christ.
Phase Three or Ultimate Sanctification, were the believer receives his resurrection body, Rom 8:29; 1 Cor 1:8; Eph 4:30; Phil 3:21; 1 Thes 5:23; 1 John 3:1-2. This is the Royal Family being prepared to return with Jesus Christ.
Phil 3:21, "Who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself."
Ultimate sanctification involves at least three principles.
a.) The acquisition of a resurrection body, 1 Cor 15:51-57.
b.) The removal of all human good by divine judgment, 1 Cor 3:11-16.
c.) The removal of the Old Sin Nature, Phil 3:21.
The Royal Family on earth is called the body of Christ collectively. It is called in heaven, after the resurrection, the bride and then wife of Christ collectively.
Vs. 31-32, The New Man must Replace Bitterness, Rage, Anger, Shouting, Slander, and/or, Malice with Kindness, Compassion, and Forgiveness.
In vs. 31, we have the fifth and cumulative or summation Old Man characteristics we are to "put off," (i.e., no longer use or participate in), "bitterness, rage, anger, shouting, slander, or malice." These are a summary of what we noted in the first four and are mental attitude, verbal, and overt sins.
Eph 4:31, "Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice."
"Let" in the Greek actually comes towards the end of the sentence as one word that also encompasses "be put away." It is the Verb AIRO, αἴρω that means, "raise, lift up, take up, pick up, bear away, or carry off." Essentially, it means, "to lift from the ground," hence "to carry, or to take." So it means, "to take away or remove," with the idea of lifting away from, usually with the idea of violence and authority.
This reminds us of the Cross of Jesus Christ where He suffered the violence of the payment of the penalty of our sins so that they would be removed from our account. It has to do with the completed work of the Lord signified in the taking up of His life, or the payment of the penalty of our sins, John 10:18; Acts 8:33.
It also reminds us of the judgment He received through the sovereign authority of God the Father for our sins, as well as, the authority the filling of the Holy Spirit should have over our souls, and the authority the Word of God in us should have over our lives.
AIRO can also refer to the act of weighing anchor, and thus mean, "to depart," Acts 27:13. This sense suggests the idea of taking or carrying along for the purposes of removal. Jesus spoke of taking up or carrying His yoke, which He contrasted with the yoke of the Law, Mat 11:28-30. In other words, give your burdens and temptation to Christ, for His yoke is easy and light, whereas the yoke of the Law (human good) is heavy, cumbersome, and actually impossible to bear.
In the Aorist, Passive, Imperative it is yet another command that we receive the action of having these mental, verbal, and overt sins be removed or taken away from us. The Ingressive Aoris with the Imperative stresses that we begin or enter into the action of "letting" these behaviors be removed from our life. The Passive voice tells us, that linked with reversionism, reversionism grieves the Holy Spirit, and the believer must receive removal of these things through the intake of Bible doctrine and spiritual growth.
Given the various usages of AIRO in the NT, we understand that these sinful behaviors are only removed when we go back to the Cross of Jesus Christ in faith, post salvation, by the power of the filling of the Holy Spirit. In other words, Jesus paid for every sin we would ever commit. As we go forward in the spiritual life, the only way we become overcomers in life is by turning our temptations to sin over to Jesus by means of the filling of the Holy Spirit. When we do, the temptations to sin are removed from the mentality of our soul so that we do not commit sin. Likewise, if we do sin, the answer is also simple, easy, and light. We go back to the Cross in confession of our sins, 1 John 1:9, so that we are cleansed of our known and unknown sins, "all unrighteousness." This halts sinful trends in their tracks, whereby we receive experiential forgiveness of sins as well as the removal of sinful trends in our life. Therefore, we are commanded to let the Holy Spirit, through the Cross of Jesus Christ, remove sins from our lives experientially.
In the Greek this sentence actually begins with the Subject Nominative of the Adjective PAS that means, "all or every." This introduces the list of sinful behaviors we are commanded to give over to Christ and the Holy Spirit. It emphasizes "every instance," of mental, verbal, or overt sin listed here, but more generally, it means all sins. We are to allow the removal of these sins from our life, as it says, "from you," APO HUMEIS, that means, "from or away from you."
Then we have a list of six, (the number of man), vices that the believer can have in his life that he is command to allow God to remove, either before or after he commits them. Each is connected with the coordinating Conjunction KAI for "and," expect for the last one, "malice," which is added to the list using, "along with all," SUN PAS.
- "Bitterness," PIKRIA, πικρία that means, "bitter, animosity, anger, harshness, or resentfulness." Used only in Acts 8:23; Rom 3:14; Heb 12:15 and our verse. It originally meant, "pointed or sharp," as in arrows, or the sharp or bitterness and penetrating of taste or smell, the shrill of a noise, or painful feeling. In regards to the use in the sphere of the soul, it meant experience of what is unpleasant, unexpected, or undesired. It is expressing intense hostility towards others. So here with other sins it means, "bitterness, resentment, or an incensed and angry attitude of mind," towards one's neighbor.
Heb 12:15, "See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled." It denotes extreme wickedness, highly offensive to God and obnoxious to men.
Husbands are command not to have this attitude, especially towards their wives, either in thought or more particularly in word and deed, Col 3:19.
- "Wrath," THUMOS, θυμός means, "great anger, wrath, rage, or passion." In classical Greek, it meant, "to well up or boil over." It is strong anger, often with a desire for revenge. It stands for a violent outburst of anger, a violent emotion, or passion of the mind. Paul used THUMOS five times. On four of these, it is a deplorable human condition, and he joined it with other such base sins as in our verse and 2 Cor 12:20; Gal 5:20; Col 3:8.
Col 3:8, "But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth."
- "Anger," ORGE, ὀργή, which was used in vs. 26, means "anger or wrath, a settled feeling of anger." The most basic meaning of ORGE relates to the inner disposition as evidenced by passion, impulse, and especially outward expressions of displeasure or anger. One might be characterized by an unhappy or "angry" disposition. Therefore, it is a state of relatively strong displeasure, with focus on emotional revolt of the soul. In our passage, it is the sinful type of anger from the human emotional disposition of a strong feeling of grievance and displeasure that is not acceptable in the Christian way of life.
James 1:19, "This you know, my beloved brethren. But let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger."
- "Clamor," KRAUGE, κραυγή that means, "to shout, outcry, clamor, uproar, or crying." It is based on the croaking sound of ravens. Although it has a positive sense, it is used in the negative of demons driven out by Jesus and their raised cries in Mat 8:29; Mark 5:5, 7; 9:26; Luke 4:33; 8:28; 9:39. In our passage, it has the negative connotation of shouting without proper restraint. It is a persistent demand for something, made in an excited, noisily, and/or angry way. Therefore, it is people shouting back and forth in a quarrel to incite one another, i.e., verbal brawling.
Acts 23:9, "And there arose a great uproar; and some of the scribes of the Pharisaic party stood up and began to argue heatedly, saying, "We find nothing wrong with this man; suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?""
- "Slander," BLASPHEMIA, βλασφημία it means, "blasphemy, evil speaking, slander, or reviling." It is from BLAPTO that means, "to hurt, harm, or injure," and PHEME that means, "speech." It means, "injurious speech or words." It can mean, "profane speech, defamation, slander, speech that denigrates or defames, reviling, denigration, disrespect, or slander." It is the strongest form of mockery or slander. It means murder with your mouth, or character assassination. In reference to God, it is the misrepresentation of His true nature or power, Mat 12:31. In our passage, it is used primarily regarding our speech towards our fellow man, Mat 15:19; Mark 7:22; Col 3:8; 1 Tim 6:4; Jude 9, the act or offense of saying something false or malicious that damages somebody's reputation.
Mat 15:19, "For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders."
- "Malice," KAKIA, κακία that means, "badness, depravity, evil, trouble, wickedness, vice, malice, or ill will." It generally means evil or wickedness," from KAKOS that means, "bad." It is the intention or desire to commit an unlawful and unjustifiable act that will result in harm or pain to another. In our verse it typifies the wide range of wicked behaviors that oppose godly living and righteousness, and sums up all the above, plus any other types or categories of sin, cf. Rom 1:29; Col 3:8; James 1:21; Titus 3:3; 1 Peter 2:1, 16.
Rom 1:29, "Being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips."
James 1:21, "Therefore putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls."
Titus 3:3, "For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another."
1 Peter 2:1, "Therefore, putting aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisy and envy and all slander."
Any one of these individually or in combination produces five categories of misery.
a.) Self-induced misery.
b.) Chain sinning.
c.) Misery to those in your periphery.
d.) Revenge type misery. i.e., two wrongs do not make a right, and you cannot build your happiness on someone else's unhappiness.
e.) The various categories of Divine discipline, which are administered to the reversionist.
Therefore, we are commanded to allow all sin to be put away from us by God, so that we do not incur misery and instead have the inner peace, happiness, and joy of God in our lives, through the filling of the Holy Spirit and the application of Bible doctrine from our souls that will lead us to Divine Good Production as noted in our next and final verse of this chapter.
If you would like more information on this subject, you may watch/listen to lesson:
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If you have never accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, I am here to tell you that Jesus loves you. He loves you so much that He gave His life for you. God the Father also loves you. He loves you so much that He gave His only Son for you by sending Him to the Cross. At the Cross Jesus died in your place. Taking upon Himself all of your sins and all of my sins. He was judged for our sins and paid the price for our sins. Therefore our sins will never be held against us. Right where you are, you now have the opportunity to make the greatest decision in your life.
To accept the free gift of salvation and eternal life by truly believing that Jesus Christ died for your sins and was raised on the third day as the proof of the promise of eternal life. So right now you can pause and reflect on what Christ has done for you and say to the Father:
"Yes Father, I believe that Your Son, Jesus Christ, died on the cross for the forgiveness of my sins."
If you have done that, I welcome you to the eternal Family of God!


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Mangaluru, June 4, 2015: Inaugurating a tourist guide programme organised by Mangalore University Department of MBA for Tourism Administration and State Department of Tourism, on June 3, Wednesday, Mangalore University Vice Chancellor Prof K Byrappa said that government should focus on providing infrastructure facilities in tourist spots.
He said tourism is catching up in India and there is need to explore the potential of tourism in the country known for rich heritage, culture and history.
It was mentioned that years ago Japanese were the most travelled people in the world, he said now Japanese have been replaced by Indians. The potential for promotion of tourism in coastal belt is very bright. A good tourist guide with good practices, communication skills, honesty and commitment to aims can make a good ambassador of the region. Tourist guides can also promote health tourism in the local area.
Tourism department Assistant Director A R Prabhakar said tourism is not yet well developed in Karnataka. There is need to tap tourism potentials in the State. Mangalore University Registrar Prof P S Yedapadithaya said tourist guides should have proven knowledge of the tourist spots and its heritage.
The tourism course : Coordinator Mustiary Begum said the certificate course is for a period of four months. It comprises of three months class room learning and one a month of practical training at different tourist spots. The university will conduct an examination at the end of the programme and successful candidates will get certificate and licence as tourist guides from Department of Tourism.
This training programme is expected to equip the participants with adequate skill as tourist guide by imparting knowledge pertaining to various aspects of tourism industry with special reference to coastal Karnataka. The certificate course includes seven papers on introduction to tourism, tourism products of Karnataka, practical guiding skills and behaviour, history and archaeology, functional English, French language and tourism products of coastal region. A total of 35 students have enrolled for the course. Students are entitled for the stipend of Rs 1000 each for three months.

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Paper Scraps Flowers
These flowers were made from paper scraps that I had left over from making some big-as-palms paper peonies and roses (from the other day). I saw the little pieces and decided to reuse them to create something pretty and with a purpose. So, on my next gift-giving occasion, this flower will be the first to go to some dear person with a birthday, anniversary or just because it's Tuesday :)
How to make this flower?
You'll need about 20-25 cutout petals in the shape of hand-drawn almonds. Glue 6 of them by the tips and add 6 more at the back, then keep gluing more petals until you've made a flower. Fold each petal to make it fluffy. Play with it.
Use a pretty button for the center, or if you like sparkle, you can glue a rhinestone dot, or anything else you like.
And that's it.
I like to add safety pins to the back of my flowers or bits of wire so they can be easily attached to ribbons, boxes and so on... Just a tip :)
p.s. You can find this flower in my Etsy shop!
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Conferences are great, but they're often really expensive and require having additional staff members to backfill positions. That's often hard to manage in smaller newsrooms. Some journalists are turning to hangouts to fill gaps and some are even using Slack to discuss new media developments.
BuzzFeed newsletter begins expansion into breaking news platform
"We want to put readers in a position where they know about big stories before anyone else, and are always the ones in-the-know," says Dan Oshinsky, Director of Newsletters at BuzzFeed, "The newsletters are a standalone project for now, but the News App team is building out a whole series of emails, apps, and notifications. This is just the first big launch in what will be a series of launches for that team."
Try this at home: Six web-based tools and applications that can help you communicate visually
These "off-the-shelf" products — many free and some open-source — make tasks do-able and efficient that would have taken huge amounts of time and money in years past. They are, in a sense, democratizing the ability to communicate.
What the connected future means for publishers
Media companies need to understand how the environment we live in today is being changed by web-connected devices if they want to fully grasp the future mindset and expectations of readers. In turn, we can then understand how we should be dealing with our customers going forward.
Tips: Debunking a Twitter hoax in 30 seconds
The Wall Street Journal's Sarah Marshall offers some tips on verifying tweets.
5 ways to get around Twitter's 140-character count
Saying what you want to say in 140 characters is tough. Sometimes you just need more space.
How I'm using WhatsApp to host a newsletter
Alex Laughlin decided that WhatsApp might be a nifty way to distribute a small scale newsletter. So she started doing exactly this. Here she shares her thoughts on the whole process.
Drilling down: A quick guide to free and inexpensive data tools
Newsrooms don't need large budgets for analyzing data – they can easily access basic data tools that are free or inexpensive. This is a pretty comprehensive list.
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Media Picks #10 – Immersive stories, the algorithms are coming & don't post Facebook pictures
A few weeks ago Media Picks included a story about how AP was using algorithms to automatically generate more than 3,000 company stories every quarter. Now the company behind AP's automation, Automated Insights, has been bought and will start looking at generating automated sports stories. No doubt some will claim this to be the end of journalism but, as AP points out, the automation has freed up time for journalists to focus on other more important areas of news.
Posting a photo is the worst way to get people to see your Facebook posts
Say what?! Not so long ago everyone knew that the best way to hook readers on Facebook was to include a good picture. But that was then and this is now. The new flavour of the month, apparently, is video which, according to a long-term study, is the format that most attracts Facebook users. That in itself is not surprising but what is surprising is that pictures fared even worse than just simple text in attracting interaction.
Inside The New York Times Instagram strategy
To appeal to a new generation of news consumers, The New York Times is going all-in on Instagram: "It's not an effort to drive traffic to the site. That's very hard to do on Instagram. It's much more about building awareness and, hopefully, loyalty for The New York Times broadly, but particularly for the Times' incredible visual storytelling."
Riddle me this: How can news organisations better use games and quizzes?
The New York Times' most popular piece of content in 2013 wasn't an article — it was, of course, its now famous dialogue quiz. The quiz, published Dec. 21 of that year, was also the paper's third most popular story of 2014. Similarly, the most popular story in Slate's history was the Adele Dazeem Name Generator, built after John Travolta butchered Idina Menzel's name at the Oscars last year.
'Tweet your story four times' and other social media advice for journalists
Social media is hard work. It's no longer any good to just tweet a link to your story and move on to the next article. No, you need to post that tweet three or four times, in different ways, if you're going to get any serious traction.
How Mic turned Tumblr into a big traffic driver
A little more than a year ago, Mic (then still known as PolicyMic) had just a few hundred followers on Tumblr and was doing nothing but reblogging posts from other accounts. Today, Mic's Tumblr has nearly 100,000 followers and the referrals it generates constitute 5 percent of Mic's total monthly traffic.
Under the Hood of 'Chasing Bayla,' an immersive story from the Boston Globe
If you haven't seen Chasing Bayla, do yourself a favour and head over there right now. Last October, Laura Amico coordinated the production of "Chasing Bayla," an immersive story about one man's quest to save a whale ensnared in fishing nets. The story features over 6,000 words juxtaposed with multiple photographs, videos, audio recordings, and animated illustrations.
Vox experimented with a new format for its daily email and the audience really hated it
Anyone who has spent any time working in digital media knows the feeling: you slave over a new way of presenting the news. You finally launch your new baby, proudly, and barely seconds later you start receiving the hate mail. Readers are often a lot less tolerant of change than we think they are.
Irish Times creates analytics team to drive reader-first strategy
In effort to grow audience and revenue, The Irish Times hired a business analytics team in 2014. The team tracks reader behaviour in three categories — occasional, frequent, and heavy — then identifies articles that would be of interest to each.
There is still a place for blogs in an overloaded media world
Following the decision by Andrew Sullivan to stop blogging, much has been made of the demise of blogging. But, argues Ira Stoll, reports of blogging's death have been overstated.
Don't get caught out: tips for live coverage of breaking news
When a big news story breaks, live blogs spring up across most major news sites. Live blogs are well suited to breaking news events, but they are evolving stories which are riddled with risk and pitfalls.
The gorgeous typeface that drove men mad and sparked a 100-year mystery
No one seemed to notice him: A dark figure who often came to stand at the edge of London's Hammersmith Bridge on nights in 1916. No one seemed to notice, either, that during his visits he was dropping something into the River Thames. Something heavy.
Swarmize in the newsroom: Collect, analyse and output data
"Editors can set up simple polls and embed them onto a Web page in minutes. Developers can build more custom interactives like a live TV feedback mobile app." – Guardian's Matt McAlister.
New York Times ramps up digital, will retire system of pitching stories for the print page one
Editor Dean Baquet says The Times will continue to have its distinctive morning meetings, but rather than focusing on which stories will make the front page of the next day's print edition, the paper will compete for the best digital, rather than print, real estate.
Tool of the week: Creating images for social media with Canva
We all know images work well on social media (okay, except for on Facebook which is reported higher up) but creating them can be time-consuming. Not so with Canvas which makes it dead simple to create quirky pictures perfect for sharing on social networks. Downside: It's not completely free but if you're willing to spend a little money, check it out.
Here's a recipe for successfully crowdfunding journalism in 2015
American Public Media has decided that Spot.us doesn't work any more in today's crowdfunding environment. But they also investigated what does — and laid out a model for others to use.
Geekery: How many of your readers are using AdBlock to hide the ads on your site?
Adblocking software like AdBlock Plus have become mainstream and now pose a significant threat to web businesses that are dependent on online advertisements. But do you know how many users are hiding your ads? This Google Analytics snippet might just have the answer.
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Just Stitch/Embroidered Flora and Fauna: About the Book
Both authors are very well travelled and they share their inspiration drawing on history, antiquity, amazing people encounters and personal experience. The theme of flora and fauna has universal appeal. In the flora arena, a simple image such as a five petal daisy is the starting point of understanding simple stitchery, textures and finally the third dimension (African daisy-Gerbera, Dog rose-Bougainvillea, Heather- Blombos).
The fauna offer a range of insects, for example, dragonflies, butterflies and grasshoppers. Many interpretations and techniques are shared in these images. The birds, particularly small owls, are striking examples of mixed media embroidery. To help the reader understand colour, there are 12 colour themes of different exciting projects. This book is filled with exciting concepts in mixed media embroidery. The many colour plates show what can be achieved, thus encouraging the reader to produce beautiful works of creative merit.
Just Stitch/Embroidered Flora and Fauna is a culmination of ten years of teaching in many countries and absorbing the storehouse of inspiration. The input and enthusiasm of embroiderers and the many different embroidery techniques that one rediscovers on this journey is portrayed in the book. The beautiful photo-montages of scenery, flora and fauna and a few embroidery examples are included to fire the imagination of the reader. It is a photographic journey of where one can find inspiration.
The theme is that of Flora and Fauna using an abundance of hand-dyed and textured fibres. This wealth of textures has been simplified by beginning with one simple stitch - couching. Embedded in the many projects in the book are glorious techniques, finally moving into the third dimension. The projects cater for different skills and levels of expertise and offer a wide spectrum of choice for all needle-crafters.
The beginning of Just Stitch/Embroidered Flora and Fauna involves basic necessities and a spectacular chapter on techniques with new dimensions and ideas. To mention but a few of these techniques; how to handle textured (creative) threads, ribbon work focusing on organza and taffeta, manipulation of wool and felt, appliqué techniques (ideal for quilters), a dash of beading, photo transfer, working with net (tulle), stumpwork (wired work) and Barbola (unwired elevated shapes). This is the "how to" section on understanding the use of mixed media embroidery . To tie up the concept of Just stitch; a photograph of an Agapanthus bloom (which inspired a painting) is illustrated in two different projects showing the diversity of choice within the techniques chapter. The project Agapanthus africanus is a textured interpretation which is ideal for a cushion or quilt block while the more complex interpretation of the Agapanthus plant, in the third dimension, is perfect for a framed picture.
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WWT Slimbridge A colour-ringed WOOD SANDPIPER on the Top New Piece today, later relocating to the Rushy and still present late afternoon. (Slimbridge Sightings/Paul Rich/Kerry Lloyd).
Coombe Hill Meadows A Mute swan pair with eight cygnets, six Little Egrets, three Grey Herons, two Common Sandpipers, two Little Ringed Plovers, six Redshanks, two Oystercatchers, two Curlews, 30+ Lapwings, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Cuckoo, three Skylarks, 12 Goldfinches, two Bullfinches, seven Greenfinches, a Grasshopper Warbler close to the hide, five Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat, three male Blackcaps, five Sedge Warblers, four Reed Warblers, four Willow Warblers, eight Long-tailed Tits, two Stock Doves and eight Reed Buntings. (Les Waring/Steve Pullen).
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Hello all! I hope your weeks have all gone better than the thought of a reenactment of Guardians of the Galaxy performed by cats.
I recently had a moment that reminded me that, while everyone's perceptions of reality are different, mine are probably a little more warped than your average Jill.
It's not that I don't believe that other people have strange occurrences in their lives, I know they do! It's more a matter of frequency.
It has gotten to the point where chaos and bizarre circumstances almost feel natural to me. I'm sure that someone else would look at a man dressed in a green, full-body, spandex suit running around screaming, "I'm a leprechaun! I'm a leprechaun!" and find that a rather rare, if not scary, experience. For me, I just call that Tuesday.
I did not realize how much my perceptions of what 'normal' and 'sane' had been skewed until recently, at the end of a work day, when I happened to look up at the television screen that had been flipped on for the clients to watch. On the screen, I found myself looking at a grown woman tap dancing while dressed as a ladybug.
For a brief moment I watched the woman and actually thought to myself, "Wow, TV-land is one weird place."
Then I paused for a second and realized that not five minutes before I had just ended an hour-long battle with a woman who refused to wear pants because they were 'of the devil.' The only way I could get the only-t-shirt-clad woman to put something on her lower half, was to convince her that because this was a Catholic owned shelter, the pants' very presence in this building meant that they were safe from any form of possession.
I looked back up at the woman on the screen, dancing her heart out in her little red and black costume and realized, I probably was no longer a great judge of what constituted as 'weird.'
You do you ladybug lady, you do you.
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Dealing with Photosensitivity - General
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Actually, dealing with photosensitivity is much more simple and painless than you might think. It's just that the causes are not always simple and painless. This article works under the assumption that the photosensitivity issues are limited to oversensitive eyes and somewhat sensitive (or easily prone to burning) skin, and thus need minor or basic protective measures. (This used to be broken up into two articles - I've cleaned them up a lot and combined them into one so the information is all in one place.)
There are ailments such as Xeroderma Pigmentosum (a genetic disorder that is often fatal by late teens without proper care) and Polymorphus Light Eruption (an actual allergy to at least sunlight, if not UV in general) that cause far GREATER reactions to sunlight and require far greater protection methods; ailments such as these are beyond the scope of this article.
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- Remember that even on cloudy days, up to 80% of the UV still penetrates cloud cover!
- Avoid tanning booths of any type
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- Apply 1 ounce (apx 2 tablespoons) of sunscreen/sunblock to your body 15-30 minutes before going outside
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Clothing should have a tight/dense weave to let less light through, and ideally long sleeves and long pantlegs. This does not mean the fabric has to be heavy - only that it has to have a very dense weave. Lighter fabrics allow your body to 'breath" better in hot temperatures, and looser fits allow the breeze to get under the fabric and cool you off better. Experiment to find out which fabrics work better for you - some people can't tolerate polyester and polyester blends, others can't tolerate cottons.
Black is not a requirement! And in fact, in hot weather, black is usually one of the worst colors because it retains the heat more than lighter colors do. On the other hand it's often easier on the eyes because it reflects less light, so it all depends on what you're more comfortable dealing with.
(See the "UV Protective Clothing" section in the links box below.)
Hat or visor - something with a brim over the eyes. A 4" brim all around the hat is recommend for best results. If your hat does not sit tightly, make sure it has a chin strap so you have less chance of losing it in a stiff breeze.
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Some people are bothered by flourescent lighting, such as compact flourescents, due to flicker. All flourescents flicker, even the ones in LCD computer monitors (they're backlit by cold cathode flourescent tubing.) Not everyone notices the flicker, but it IS there.
If this flicker bothers you, try incandescent bulbs (there are eco-friendlier versions out nowadays) or LED bulbs. Around Christmas time, you can find light strings that use LED bulbs now (as of 2010) - besides the lack of flicker, the other advantage is that the use very little power, so they're very energy efficient. There are also LED bulbs that go in a standard light bulb socket (a/k/a "edison" or "Medium" socket) but they are still (as of 2010) $20-$40 apiece depending on the bulb and the store. Prices WILL come down, just give it time. Compact flourescent bulbs were about the same price range when they came out back around 2000 or so, and now you can get a 3-pack of 60-watt equivalent for around $5 or so in most discount stores.
Welders' jackets
Welding jackets are nice because you don't have to worry about any light getting through the leather. :) However, they're not the kind of jacket you buy if you want to make a fashion statement with your sun protection. What they are is 100% practical - they block the light, and some of the brands are also heat treated (to reduce the heat you feel) since welding equipment gives off heat as well as UV radiation. If you want to see what they look like, Here's a welding jacket picture:
Eye protection
Dark glasses, general
These do not have to be prescription sunglasses, but they DO have to have UV blocking. Experiment to find out if any commonly available sunglasses will be dark enough for you. Definitely combine sunglasses with a hat for the most comfort.
(As a courtesy, I do take my sunglasses off when I go indoors, unless it's obnoxious bright or I have a migraine. A lot of people are nervous if they can't see the other person's eyes. I don't know why, it's just something I've noticed over the years.)
Welding glasses
UVEX Astrospecs - These are REALLY not something to make a fashion statement with, but they're not screaming "welding equipment!" at 20 paces either. Here's a picture of the Astrospecs and here's the UVEX product lens chart for a general overview of the different types of lenses you can get for them (one advantage is that the lenses on this style are removable, not fixed, so you can use whatever lens colors you like on the same frames.) You'll need Acrobat Reader to view the PDF files that are linked off the lens chart, but the main lens chart page is in standard HTML format.
Your local welding store should carry these in stock if they stock supplies for "OxyAcetelyne torch welding".
You can also visit Uvex's eyewear product listing directly, though they do not sell directly to consumers. It's always good to see what they currently offer, though, and so that you know what lens options are still available.
Lens tinting
Try differently tinted glasses - your eyes may be more sensitive to a different portion of the spectrum than others, and may need different color tinting than normal in order to stay comfortable. For instance, I know someone who uses red tinted lenses for day-to-day use, whereas I normally use the green-tinted (Uvex) Shade 5 lenses normally. It all depends on what makes your eyes comfortable.
The advantage with the Welding glasses mentioned above is that it's easy to try different colors fairly cheaply (around $10 or so per lens) instead of paying $100 and up for a pair of prescription glasses.
Vitamins C & E to prevent damage
Take these in a 2:1 ratio, respectively. This reduces or eliminates long term UV damage (and it *MIGHT* - but only MIGHT - give you a longer time before you burn, but I can't positively say yet.) See this article on preventing sun poisoning and UV damage for details.
Vitamin D
Just because you're avoiding the sun doesn't mean you can skip your vitamin D! Normally the body makes vitamin D with sun exposure (hence why it's called the "sunshine vitamin"), but if you're avoiding the sun, obviously the body isn't going to get that process going very well. In more tropical regions, full body exposure to the sun for about 30 minutes generates 10,000IU's of vitamin D naturally. This figure is greatly reduced the further north or south from the equator you are!
Because I don't get a lot of sun myself (for obvious reasons, heh) I am currently taking 5,000IU's of vitamin D a day. This is a slight adjustment in 2009 based on bloodtest results in spring of that year, because showed my vitamin D levels were a little below optimum. For several years prior, I was taking 4,000IU's a day of vitamin D with no resulting health issues at all - unless you count never getting the flu anymore to be an issue *grins*. Vitamin D is relatively inexpensive (the variety of softgels I was getting tends to run around $10 or so for a 250-count bottle; but 5,000IU dose pills are commonly available on Amazon from Now Foods as well) so it's relatively cost-effective to keep it in the diet.
Softgels or capsules are greatly preferred - vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin, and should be taken with fats for best results - and NEVER get tablet or caplet forms, especially if you have digestive issues of ANY sort.
Bean sprouts, alfalfa sprouts, radish sprouts, mung bean sprouts, etc. Eat at least a handful daily. This will (and I know from personal experience) somewhat reduce the annoyance from bright lights and sunlight. It won't really eliminate it, but it will reduce it. Keep this up - if you stop, your eyes will become more photosensitive again, and believe me, you WILL notice. If your doctor has told you you're losing your sight (whether from diabetes or cataracts or whatever), over time, this diet WILL IMPROVE YOUR SIGHT.
Window coverings
There are often a variety of options for light blocking window coverings. Generally what offers the best light blocking capability are solid vinyl (not fabric) roller shades - these are often cheap, but not terribly nice looking. In otherwords, practical but not fashionable.
You can get simaler light blocking capability from vertical blinds, which are often made in a light-blocking variety (some varieties of vinyl/plastics), and can be found in discount stores, but are not always cheap even there. And if you have an odd-sized window, you may just be out of luck for off-the-shelf varieties and may be forced to order them custom-sized.
The next option is horizontal blinds - however, the slats aren't as tight together, so you do get light leakage through them. Again, these can be expensive, especially if you have to have them custom-sized. However, depending on how you have them mounted, you can have roller shades under them or some other light blocking screen/film method to block more light. It all depends on how you like your windows.
(See the "Window Treatments" section in the links box below.)
On the more unusual side, I've heard of windows being covered with standard bedsheets, blankets, sheets of insulation boards, and the occasional mattress. It all depends on who you're living with as to what you can get away with. I do recommend if you're using one of the more unusual methods, that first covering the window with a layer of white fabric (so that it looks mostly normal from the outside) is probably a good idea. You can use any color as the outside-facing layer, but the sun is going to bleach anything and turn it white eventually, so you might as well start with white.
Skin protection, general
General skin covering - besides welding jackets, long sleeved shirts/coats as well as long pants are good basic methods of keeping your skin covered - it's not necessarily how thick the fabric is as much as how tight the weave is. A thick, but not very tight weave fabric will still let light through, whereas a tightweave fabric will let much less light through.
- EMedicine
- Doctor Yourself
- UV protective clothing
- Coolibar(USA)
- Shady Lady Products (USA)
- SolarTex (USA)
- SunProof (USA)
- Sun Grubbies (USA)
- UV Gear (USA)
- Window treatments
- Bali Blinds (window coverings)
- Easy Up Shade (solar screen window films)
- Gila Films (solar screen window films)
- Hunter Douglass (window coverings)
- Levelor Blinds (window coverings)
- The Shade Store (window coverings)
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Anywayyyyys, cold is bad and bad is sad and I am just not enthused about my life in general at the moment. Which is upsetting, because I like being enthused about my life. A few years ago, in March, I wrote a little post on how to banish March melancholy, and I thought I'd sort of do a part 2, to perk myself up and hopefully give you lovely people some new ideas, too.
1. blast the music!!
I like to barricade myself in my room and turn my music up as loud as I can...then I'll either do some writing or just sit on the floor and sing along. It's impossible to stay in a bad mood when you're belting out the lyrics to this song.
2. make lists and small goals to make you feel important and useful.
Usually I have homework to do, so I'm pretty busy, but if I ever find myself with some time off, I tend to wander around aimlessly and get nothing done at all. Your lists don't have to be super long or all full of chores - even organizing the fun things, like blogging or making tea can make you feel like you're getting tons done.
3. drink some tea.
|Sherlock approves.
Maybe it's just me (it's probably just me,) but I find colouring pictures really soothing. I'll put some music on or something and just sit there with all the markers and be happy. (I always get really impressed with my coordination, because when I was little I didn't have the patience to colour inside the lines and now all my pictures look so pretty in comparison.)
5. bake something!
I personally love lemon squares (they're so yellow! and yummy!), but these lemon cookies are fantastic, too. I also adore mug cake, and this eggless cookie dough looks delish.
6. watch a movie. or Sherlock. Mostly Sherlock.
|Once Upon A Time is a good option, too.
So, have the winter blues hit you yet? How do you stay happy when it's so cold outside? Let's chat.


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GREAT JOB at last night's opening gala performance at the EKU Center for the Arts. You represented the choral program, music department, and university VERY well.
Now, it's on to the next performance in just five days at EKU Choral Day. I would love for you to RE-view (that's when you view, then view again...) the three pieces we will sing:
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I found this anecdote in a tiny book filled with wisdom from Mister Rogers.
A young apprentice applied to a master carpenter for a job. The older man asked him, "Do you know your trade?"
"Yes, sir!" the young man replied proudly.
"Have you ever made a mistake?" the older man inquired.
"No, sir!" the young man answered, feeling certain he would get the job.
"Then there's no way I'm going to hire you." said the master carpenter, "because when you make one you won't know how to fix it."
Mistakes. Everyone makes them. I'm bogged down with them every day.
Mistakes are a given in a first draft.
So, explain to me why I push my writing assignments off in fear of handing in something horrifying, embarrassing and badly written.
The process starts off encouraging. The minute the assignment is posted my mind begins creating characters, designing settings and plotting. Then, the fear creeps up. I wait and wait and wait until the very last minute to scribble everything down. The fear is tightening its grip around my fingers. Then, I race the clock to revise. The fear is in control now. Finally, posting it with no time to spare, actually twenty minutes late.
I'm no a fool. I know it's my fault for letting the fear take over. It needs to stop. The twisting of mind and emotion will have me in a straight jacket in a matter of months.
What I need to do is embrace my writing when it's good. Get over the fact that mistakes will blemish my first draft. Have confidence my peers will point out my inconsistencies, lack of detail, weak sentences, unbelievable characters, etc. Then take the time to absorb all the feedback and fix the mistakes. Talent helps, but revisions are the true path to greatness.
Mistakes teach you to write stronger; teach you to edit better. Fearlessness gets the words on the page. A gun to the head is a reliable kick in the pants.
For the times mental discipline, mantras and Mister Rogers fails, a talisman could help me push past barriers. Perhaps, the brass balls adornment for trucks. I'd attach those bad boys to my laptop. A daily reminder of all the talent and fearlessness I possess. Or I could just shut up and write.
When everything else fails, a little bit of liquid courage can't hurt. So, I raise my shot glass of golden goodness to confidence. Fuck fear. Bring on the literary acclaim.
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The great thing about modern hair styling tools is that they have gotten so much better and easier to use over time. Today, the flat iron options that you can choose from will vary in terms of size of the plates, the type of plates and even the heat settings. As a matter of fact, some of the hair straighteners that can be found on the shelves today will even have a steam feature that is made to keep moisture locked into the hair, which in turn will keep it very healthy even while you are introducing heat.
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