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Hello!Blog Hello!Project 2010 Poll Results May 17, 2010Posted by Nights4Saturn in Hello! Project, Jpop, Mano Erina, Morning Musume.
Tags: berryz kobo, buono!, H!P, mano erina, manoeri, morning musume, poll, s/mileage
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The results from Hello!Blog's annual poll are in, and the results are:
For those that don't know, Tom over at Hello!Blog runs an annual poll ranking everyone's favorite Hello! Project members. With 2700 people participating it serves as a fairly accurate representation of the tastes of Western H!P fans.
So, let's take a look at the results!
Ai-chan at number one spot? That's not too surprising. Almost everybody loves Ai-chan. I frankly would have been surprised if she WASN'T in first place. Moving on.
Spots two through five are pretty agreeable with me. I gotta say though, I'm happily surprised that Risa scored as well as she did at number four. I always got the impression that she seems to be sort of overlooked in comparison to some of the other members. This is something that I'm deeply guilty of as well. She's actually my favorite Morning Musume member. I don't any of you would have been able to guess that, eh? =\
Momo, Airi and Miyabi all make very strong appearances, no doubt due to the awesome that is Buono! Momo, the most popular of the Hello! Project Kids, actually just barely edged Junjun out from making the top six a straight coup for Morning Musume.
What I do find slightly disturbing is poor Linlin's spot way down at number 11. I don't know if that's just because she doesn't get enough exposure (heck, even Sayu gets to yell during songs ;D), or if people just don't seem to like her very much, which would be a shame. For an example of just how charming and offbeat she can be check out Morning Musume DVD Magazine Vol 25 where she stars as the MC of a quiz show where Ai, Eri, Reina and Sayu are the contestants. Sadly, it's probably the only thing I've ever seen her actually star in; but at least it's quite good.
There was one other result that really struck me as odd, which was Manoeri actually scoring lower than half of S/mileage, her own backing dancers. I know I've said (repeatedly) how I'm not a huge fan of hers, but what I think really gets me about her is that as a soloist she has huge shoes to fill, and in my opinion she has yet to even come close. She can't hold a candle to voice and stage presence of Matsuura Aya, or even Gocchin. Heck, even Fujimoto Miki's short stint as a soloist before she joined Morning Musume showed far more promise than what Manoeri has now. Even with all that said I don't think I could have ranked her behind some of the members of S/mileage, but that's just because I just can't get into idols who are that young.
And before anyone asks, yes I did participate, and no, I don't think I'll be sharing my results in here. This is primarily because I don't follow Berryz or C-ute that closely and I don't feel that I can fairly rank their members. In other words, I don't want people yelling at me for ranking their favorite member so low when I don't have a good reason to back it up =P
An Update on Nearly Everything! May 13, 2010Posted by Nights4Saturn in Anime Expo, Jpop, Mano Erina, Morning Musume, Takahashi Ai.
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Wow, so it has been a little while since I wrote in here, huh? No worries, I haven't forgot about it, I've just had some recent computer troubles (viruses and failed hard drives FTW!), and a general increase in my other workload has kinda kept me away for awhile. Also, what little free time I've had over the last week or so has been spent in states of varying inebriation. That was somewhat of a factor as well. ^^
Update 1: Mano Erina Industry Guest at AX, AKB48 Musical Guest of Honor
Well, it turns out that Manoeri's role at AX is NOT of that of a musical guest of honor, but rather as an industry guest there to promote her new horror movie Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Kaiki. GAAAAAH. I mean, really? Why the heck is there going to be a sneak preview of a horror movie at an anime expo? The only real reason I could see behind that is if that movie is based on some manga or anime (which to be honest, it could be for all I know). Now on the bright side, she is supposed to be singing I believe two songs (I can't find the names of them right now, a bad side-effect from waiting so long to post about this… ><). This isn't bad, but it's not a concert. For me, I was really excited about the idea of a concert, and not so much by the other sideline events like Q&A panels. I know I've said it before, but I'm just not that into her, so stuff like a screening of her movie and other things just don't interest me that much. Sure, I still plan to go, but I'm far less excited about it than I was just previously.
So, the other big story of AX2010 is that AKB48 has been secured as a musical guest of honor. This absolutely infuriates me for one reason: AKB48 will perform in the Nokia Theater. The one year that AX decides to cut costs and dump the Nokia theater for a crappy convention hall with atrocious sound and questionable lighting was the one year that they manage to get an act that I DESPERATELY wanted to see. Then the next year, they just HAPPENED to get Morning Musume's biggest rival and then have them go back to performing in the Nokia theater. Argh. Now, I have nothing against the AKB48 girls, its just that they really just aren't my cup of tea. Well, I'm still going to their concert (I'm going to AX, and it's idol pop, so why not?), and I imagine I'll watch a concert or two of theirs in preparation. I can't say I've ever seen a vid of them live, so I don't know what to expect. I'll be sure to share my findings with you guys right here. =D
Update 2: Morning Musume Seishun Collection B-Side Preview (Tomo) and PV Costumes
It's not bad. I can't say I'm crazy about it, but I don't particularly like it either. It's a nice soothing song, and actually seems like a fitting pairing with Seishun Collection, which I significantly prefer at this point. I'll try and reserve final judgment until I get to hear the entire song though.
These costumes don't require me to reserve my judgment at all though. Which is because they are so awesome. On their official profile page you can check out full body shots. Now, I admit that I think the black tights that everyone but Ai, Reina and Aika wear are a little bit more flattering, but everybody still manages to look pretty good. Heck, Aika even has a fairly flattering haircut, take note for the future, Momusu stylists. Quality stuff.
Update 3: Morning Musume Member Blog Translations
Okay, so this isn't so much an update, but an addendum. Work with me here.
The guys over at Hyakupa Subs have picked up the translations for Sayu's, Linlin's and Junjun's blogs.
turbos86 has a running translation of Reina's blog.
Then there is Hello! SG Fans. These guys have running translations for pretty much EVERYONE'S blog. So not only can you find Sayu's, Reina's, Linlin's and Junjun's blog translated over there, but also Koha's, Risa's, the S/mileage girls and others. Their English can be a little rough at times, but its certainly not so bad that it detracts from it.
I gotta say how much I appreciate the effort that all these people put into translating all of these entries for us that don't understand the native language. I understand that its a lot of work, but I truly do appreciate it. I absolutely adore reading the little behind the scenes stories that they often share on their blogs, which is something that I could never before have gotten. So, if you happen to be one of the blog translators reading this, then thank you for your work.
So, what do I have planned for future posts? Well, I want to start a series where I go over all of Matsuura Aya's B-sides in a sort of review/overview fashion. There are some amazing songs there that I feel that many people have overlooked, so I'd like to correct that to the best of my abilities. Additionally, I'm almost done with watching the dorama Q.E.D. Expect a quick overview of that before I start the series on the B-sides, though, as I haven't really figured out how I want to handle that yet.
So, to end this rather long post I leave you with the fine, fine cover of Ai-chan's new solo DVD [Figure]:
Ai-bunny Eye-candy! May 2, 2010Posted by Nights4Saturn in Morning Musume, Takahashi Ai.
Tags: ai, ai-chan, bunny, candy, eye, eyecandy, morning, morning musume, musume, takahashi
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So, everybody else does picspam and eye-candy posts, so why shouldn't I? I took one look at these pictures of Ai-chan from the opening portion of the Morning Musume Concert Tour 2010 Spring ~PikaPika!~, and I just knew that I had to share these. I mean, jeez, just check them out!


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We wanted to try something a little different. This was a really fun shoot, we tried to find a good mixture for using my stop-motion animations to create an editorial photoshoot that told the story of Ester & Stephen's relationship. They're a very relaxed couple who really love being together, whether its studying, napping, having picnics or eating together.. when they're together- things are happy :)
So when we designed this shoot, we wanted to give it somewhat of a story of "A day with Stephen & Ester". Enjoy! (I also added a new trick, after a previous client sent me this link: http://mashable.com/2014/02/24/3d-gifs/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link - which are gifs that are made "3D" by just adding two extra white lines.. so I wanted to give it a go)

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Snapchat's audience filter feature now let advertisers use personal information to target users. Snapchat does this through the use of their filters. Brands now target specific audiences based on gender, interests, and even time of day. Snapchat's audience filter feature is significantly more useful to advertisers than geofilters. Geofilters only enable them to reach a user's specific location. While geofilters and audience filters have different targeting strengths, Snapchat's audience filters provide more depth and precision to advertisers.
Snapchat's audience filter feature is at the forefront of digital advertising strategy for businesses and advertisers.
The new feature allows businesses to take part in the billions of photo and video-based conversations that take place every day. Businesses can now optimize creativity for the right audience, get efficient prices in an auction, and measure results in real-time. Whether advertisers want to reach sports fans, film buffs, or foodies, these new capabilities allow them to reach the audience that matters most for their business objectives. Snapchat has received some pushback on this feature due to the general stigma around targeted advertising and privacy concerns. However, this pushback seems minor in comparison to the wealth of opportunity and positive reception from the other side.
With Snapchat's audience filters also comes the opportunity for businesses to cut advertising costs. By employing goal-based bidding, advertisers on shares counted when a user shares a snap featuring that filter. The more users share the filter, the lower the cost also enabling advertisers to measure engagement and relevancy. Snapchat faces steep competition with other social media apps like Instagram and Facebook. Therefore, the introduction of this new feature along with a complete re-design of the app aims to attract more users. By making the app easier to navigate, Snapchat hopes their audience filters will usher in a new era of the app. Snapchat's audience filters launch next month and continue to garner anticipation and media attention.


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I'll admit, LinkedIn is terrible for keeping up with friends and family compared to Facebook. So why bother? Many of us who take part in networking understand that there is a key difference between a Facebook Friend and a LinkedIn Connection. According to Jennifer Holocker, Executive Director of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, "there is certainly an unrealized opportunity for professionals in the Greater Snohomish area to be building their professional networks." Here are a few of the highlights from today's Lunch & Learn that will help illustrate why LinkedIn is so important for your business.
The best way to organize your professional network.
LinkedIn is so much more than just an app for job-seekers and a place to read articles about Richard Branson. A stack of business cards is only so intelligent. Like Facebook, on LinkedIn you can have a Profile as well as a Company Page. Many people do not know there can be a business page for a company that is separate from your own profile.
Representing your profile to be found.
A strong profile has a good professional headshot, a clear headline, as well as these other key ingredients:
- There's a link to your website and other social media under Contact Info,
- a welcoming Summary section,
- a completed Experience section,
- and a filled out Skills section.
During today's presentation, one audience member requested a live critique of their LinkedIn profiles using the projector. The most common feedback after looking over the profiles was to fill out the profile with more detail, and to create a Summary section. People want to know more about you, how you got to where you are today, and what matters to you.
Getting started with building your network.
Think about why you are getting started on LinkedIn in the first place. Is it to connect with colleagues and classmates? Potential business partners? Potential clients or potential members?
The more you use it the more you will increase your visibility, even if it's a minute or two a day checking notifications and looking at a couple recent posts. Try not to let months go by without checking it. You can start small by filling out your profile in more detail and checking for notifications on a regular basis. Once you are in the habit of using LinkedIn, it becomes an enjoyable way to keep in touch with your professional network. I'm excited for you to be more active with it, and the opportunities it will create for your business.


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Accuracy is everything when it comes to the perfect custom fit. The archaic lab process of pouring and mounting models with bite materials decreases the accuracy of the final product. In terms of boil and bite guards...they simply can't compete with GuardLab's precision.
- Our athletic mouthguards align the jaw to improve overall posture and alignment by balancing the muscles of the head and neck and removing compensation and adaptation of muscles.
- Our bite taking technique brings the lower jaw into a final position with minimal interference and accommodation. It offers the most comfortable, snug fitting mouthguard on the market.
Muscle balance results in improved head position, posture and alignment.
We use 3D scanners to capture every curve and ridge of your unique teeth. No more putty in your mouth, no more boiling.
This is a controversial question now being asked by the sporting world, especially for high-impact sports such as hockey and football. The apparent increase in concussion rates has led to claims by dentists and over-the-counter mouthguard suppliers regarding the use and effectiveness of athletic mouthguards in reducing concussions. Numerous minor hockey leagues have introduced mouthguard rules as a possible result of concussion, rather than dental concerns.
Though anecdotal, there are three theories on the benefits of properly-fitting athletic mouthguards and the reduction of the incidence or severity of concussions. It should be noted that these are theories, which in most cases are not proven in medical/dental literature.
1. Direct dissipation and/or absorption of force of an upward blow to the jaw.
2. Increased separation of the head of the condyle and glenoid fossa.
3. Increased head stabilization by activating and strengthening neck muscles.
Dissipation of forces
Mouthguard materials by nature must have shock absorption qualities. They must be resilient and yet soft enough to absorb impact energy and reduce transmitted forces. The thickness of mouthguard material is directly related to energy absorption and inversely related to transmitted forces when impacted. However, wearer comfort is also an important factor in their use. Thicker mouthguards are often not user-friendly. All teeth must be properly covered and the bite balanced accordingly.
Dr. John M. Stenger, co-founder of the American Academy of sports dentistry, and TMJ specialist, in 1964, reported that forces from mandibular impact would be attenuated with a mouthguard, resulting in fewer injuries. Hickey discussed that mouth protectors reduced pressure changes and bone deformation within the skull in a cadaver model. He demonstrated a decrease of 50% in the amplitude of the intracranial pressure after a blow to the chin when wearing a mouthguard.
Increased Condylar Separation
When a properly-fitted and balanced custom-made mouthguard is in place there is a forward/downward movement of the jaw, thus opening the space between the glenoid fossa and the condylar head. This may reduce the opportunity for the condylar head to directly impact the glenoid fossa after an upward blow to the jaw, thus reducing the impact and acceleration forces to the entire temporal region. Again, while it might be advantageous to significantly open this space for protection, an excessive thickness of material on the biting surface might compromise both comfort and performance.
Further, there is some correlation between the degree of rotation that the head goes through on impact and the severity of the concussion that might result.
By activating additional head and neck muscles at the time of impact this arc of rotation might be decreased, leading to less harmful movement of the brain inside the skull. Some researchers have begun to show that by being able to clench down harder on a mouthguard the activation of the head and neck muscles might serve to stabilize the head. Some have suggested further that this effect might be in place whether or not the athlete sees the impact coming.
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Microsoft Corp. is discussing a number of initiatives with the Indonesian government including ways to legalize all of the software being used within government ministries, a senior executive of Microsoft Indonesia said Wednesday. But a firm agreement on any issue has yet to be reached, he added, reacting to numerous reports that the company had signed a piracy amnesty with the government.
"Microsoft Indonesia and the Government of Indonesia are still looking at how Microsoft can help on several things related to [intellectual property]," said Ari Kunwindodo, vice president of Microsoft's Indonesia unit, in a telephone interview. "There is no decision or no commitment yet."
The talks follow a meeting between Bill Gates, Microsoft's chairman and chief software architect, and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of Indonesia, in the U.S. recently.
"Compliance is only one component," Kunwindodo said of the follow-up talks. "When Bill met [the Indonesian] president they talked about several things including education, intellectual property rights and an invitation to set up a research center."
A lot of the work Microsoft does in Indonesia supports the government's push to narrow the so-called digital divide, he said. For example, Microsoft offers free licenses for its Windows operating system to a project that refurbishes used business PCs for re-use and the company is involved in training teachers in the use of information technology.
On the issue of piracy, Kunwindodo said Microsoft is already working with several government departments on the use of legal software. To what degree the government is relying on unlicensed software is unknown because a government-wide IT audit has yet to be completed.
"One of the action items the government has is to itemize all the PCs and software they are using so based on this knowledge we can discuss what Microsoft can do," he said.
Piracy more generally in Indonesia is a major problem, according to the most recent data from the Business Software Alliance, a grouping of the world's largest software makers.
In 2004, 87 percent of all software in the country was pirated, according to the BSA. That ranked Indonesia number 5 on the BSA's global piracy ranking. Top of the list was nearby Vietnam, with a piracy rate of 92 percent, followed by Ukraine, China and Zimbabwe.
However, the BSA estimated that software piracy in the U.S. cost publishers around 36 times more in lost sales opportunities than piracy in Indonesia.
Indonesia is one of a handful of countries in which Microsoft recently began selling its Windows XP Starter Edition, a tailored and slightly cut-down version of Windows with local language support and a lower price tag.
Initial response to the software has been cool, said Kunwindodo. That's partly because it's designed to run on computers based on Intel Corp.'s Celeron processor and many PCs in Indonesia are Pentium-based. Microsoft is working with PC makers to launch low-cost Celeron PCs based on the Starter Edition OS to introduce into the local market, he said.


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A 4 - 6 GHz Spectral Scan and 8 - 10 GHz Observations of the Dark Cloud TMC-1
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The results of the lowest frequency spectral survey carried out toward a molecular cloud and sensitive observations at selected frequencies are presented. The entire Arecibo C-band (4--6 GHz) was observed towards the cyanopolyyne peak of TMC-1 with an rms sensitivity of about 17--18 mK (about 2--2.5 mJy). In addition, a number of selected frequency ranges within the C-band and X-band (8--10 GHz) were observed with longer integration times and rms sensitivities 7--8 mK (about 2 mJy) or higher. In the spectral scan itself, already--known H2CO and HC5N lines were detected. However, in more sensitive observations at selected frequencies, lines of C2S, C3S, C4H, C4H2, HC3N and its 13C substituted isotopic species, HC5N, HC7N, and HC9N were found, about half of them detected for the first time. The rotational temperatures of the detected molecules fall in the range 4--9 K. Cyanopolyyne column densities vary from 5.6x10^{13} cm^{-2} for HC5N to 2.7x10^{12} cm^{-2} for HC9N. Our results show that for molecular observations at low frequencies (4--10 GHz) to be useful for studying dark clouds, the sensitivity must be of the order of 5--10 mK or better. To date, observations at around 10 GHz have been more productive than those at lower frequencies.


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This year was the 21st World Wide Web Conference located in Lyon, France. This conference is a unique forum for discussion about how the Web is evolving. There were hundreds of talks over 3 days. Let me summarize some Semantic Web presentations I was able to attend. NautiLOD Programmers daily use the wget tool to specify […]Read More →


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FISHING CREEK -- Tokyo is a strange and distant place from which to announce funding for a new bridge here on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
But it was from the Japanese capital on June 15 that Gov. William Donald Schaefer, on a state-boosting trip to the Far East, gave the good news to the faraway home folks on Hooper Island: Their rotting timber drawbridge would be replaced.
"We feared the bridge was going to break up and a lot of school kids were going to go through it," said Lehman Adams, waterman, seafood dealer and three-time president of the Hooper Island Volunteer Fire Company.


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TAMIU Observes Memorial Day Holiday, Announces Summer Work Schedule
Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) offices and the Sue and Radcliffe Killam Library will be closed Monday, May 29 in a State-authorized observance of Memorial Day.
The University will begin to observe its summer work schedule starting Thursday, June 1. University summer office hours are 8 a.m. – 6 p.m., Mondays – Thursdays, and Fridays from 8 a.m. – noon.
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This past summer, when tomatoes were ripe and abundant, I made it my personal mission to eat as many BLTs as I possibly could.
As it turned out, that was quite a few.
If I were a boxer, I would have jumped a class.
Now that it's winter and tomatoes are less robust in their natural form, I have found that a container of sliced tomatoes marinating in a mixture of minced garlic, olive oil, sea salt and pepper is, as Martha would say, a very good thing.
It means that, at a moment's notice, you can whip up a wintery BLT, as above.
Or, better still, layer the tomatoes between freshly grated Fontina cheese, basil leaves, and thick slices of Turkish bread (foccacia).


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Werewolf Illness
Dr. Chewning
March 8, 2012
Paper #2: Revision
The myth behind being a werewolf has been mangled throughout many decades in the many pop-culture novels printed into this world. Certain popular works that seemingly misconstrue the concept of what a werewolf really is would be the Harry Potter film and novel series by J.K. Rowling, as well as the poem Bisclavret by Marie de France. Werewolves are a prime example of the heart of mythology and should be added to the list of untouchables, along with vampires, and phoenixes.
"The concept of werewolves is derived from the stories of the ancient Greeks, from the mythological story of Lycaon. In Greek mythology Lycaon is depicted as the king of Arcadia, and during the time of the ancient Greeks, known wide and far for his cruelty. By trying to buy a favor from the Greek god Zeus, with the flesh of a young child as payment, Zeus was disgusted and punished Lycaon for his crime by turning him into a wolf. "The conventional werewolf, the kind that is is spoken of in legend and folklore, is a man who is transformed, or who transforms himself, into a wolf in nature and appearance while veiled in the full moon's glow. All the traits gained after being turned werewolf are forfeited once the full moon's glow has ceased for the day and the sun has risen Werewolves nourish themselves primarily on meat, primarily infants and recently deceased corpses, but just as much they would feast on living prey of any age" (Lindemans 2012). There aren't many item/weapons that can harm a werewolf, "though what does serve as lethal to them are (what can kill them) are silver objects such as silver arrows and silver bullets" (Lindemans 2012).
In J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, her version of a werewolf portrays many similarities and differences to that of a conventional werewolf. They are similar in regards to transformation; both "transform immediately after having being bathed in moonlight into a...
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This workshop is a hard one to write about. I wonder if others attending had the same feeling as I did; that it was quite special.
I remember going to my first yoga workshop, and being impressed, and learning so much. I also remember being a bit anxious going to my first "out-of-studio" workshop. Now, as you've probably noticed, I regularly go to workshops and study all over the place, so this feeling has evaporated a bit. While I always learn some new things during workshops, I also have learned a lot in the past years, and I often have already used props or touched upon concepts the workshop is about, so I am already familiar with the practice. And while I did feel a bit of that this weekend, I also felt that I could go one layer further with Eyal's teaching. The depth of his teaching made me think whether I would have gotten as much if I had attended a couple of years ago. I also realize that other senior teachers might have spoken about things that flew way over my head at the time, and so I only remember my own "haha" moments, and others might have gotten something very different from the practice than I did at the time.
The theme of the weekend was alignment and the five koshas. If anything, the workshop really made me want to study philosophy more and reread the yoga sutras, though my copy with Guruji's commentary is back home and I'll have to wait until the Christmas break to get it back.
Anyways. Where to start?
How about with the fact that after eluding me for the whole time of teacher training, the only thing I can feel in any pose now seems to be my hips. I can't believe I'm only now getting all of these feelings and brush upon some kind of understanding. Maybe I needed my hamstring injury to start feeling the hips? Guess I'll never know. I could go through all the poses and the props we used, but I would rather focus on the philosophical aspect in this article, so I'll just mention that Eyal is amazingly ingenious with prop use. If you haven't already, you can check out his books for more information.
But more broadly, the weekend's practice was based on a lot of this article (You might want to read it first before going on with this article). On Friday, we worked on concentration (focusing on one point), taking the foot as the base and object of our concentration. The idea was that our foot should stay as if in Tadasana no matter what pose we would be practicing, so that there would be an even weight on each eight of feet (quarter of each of the two feet) at all time. This focus in observation led to everyone being quite slow while getting into the pose, paying attention to any subtle change in weight distribution and immediate correction if possible.
On Saturday, we moved onto the diffusion of the manas (mind) to the whole body, starting from the chest. Think of a cork block (the ones we use in yoga class). We were instructed to move into different asanas as if the cork clock was our chest and we were trying to keep this block as even as possible. So in Trikonasana for exemple, the block would simply be titled to the side, but both sides of the block (aka chest) would be evenly elongated. Thinking about creating an even length in the torso was very helpful for me, especially in Eka Padanghustasana, as it prevented hanging in the hip of the standing leg. We started talking about the heart being the center of a tranquil consciousness (citta), as buddhi (intelligence) origins from the heart. This was then explored by (trying) radiating our awareness from the heart to the rest of the chest (and eventually the rest of the body, we stayed mainly within the chest).
Sunday was all about backbends, and a natural continuation of Saturday's theme from diffusion of the manas to the radiation of buddhi (intelligence) from the heart to the rest of the body. I was on my period the whole weekend, but it was mainly on Sunday that I felt like I was missing out, as there were intense backbends and a lot of inversions. Even in the not-so-intense backbends I could practice, I found it way harder to go through the concentration-diffusion-radiation (Dharana-Dyana-Samadhi) triad (or even touch upon the radiation to be honest). Even though I was trying to create space within my backbends, I still find it physically taxing and difficult to breathe (not that I get out of breath, I can stay in poses for a while, but it is simply harder to create sufficient breathing space).
I thoroughly enjoyed studying with Eyal, and I hope our paths cross again. I'm sorry this article is actually so short and I feel like I'm barely going over the surface of things, but these are difficult concepts I still need time ton digest and work on. I figured it is still better for me to write a little about it than nothing. I'll leave you with our "homework" question. Eyal asked us on Friday, what does alignment in all of the koshas mean for you? He mentioned that alignment in the Annamaya (body) and Pranamaya (energy) koshas were easy to understand conceptually, but for the innermost koshas this is more difficult to grasp. We discussed it briefly on Sunday, and there are no bad answers, so I would be curious to hear your opinions.


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JustFab.com is having their first ever summer clearance sale. Through taking advantage of this offer, I purchased three pairs of shoes for the price of one normally priced shoe: $39.99. If you haven't heard of the site, JustFab "is an online boutique based out of LA that focuses on women's fashions. " I… Continue reading Red Hot Sale Alert: JustFab.com's Summer Clearance Sale
Month: July 2013
Rihanna's Right Now Kitten Remix
Some of you may not know this, but I enjoy editing videos in my spare time. Yesterday, I had a lot of spare time: Rihanna's Right Now featuring David Guetta was remixed by DJ Frust. I pieced together footage of my 7-week-old kitten playing with a rave stick (which she loves) and played the music… Continue reading Rihanna's Right Now Kitten Remix
Friday Night Fright: House At The End Of The Street
House At The End Of The Street has a plot you won't figure out until the very end. Literally the very last scene explains the story. Even the subplots are not revealed until this very last scene. The story is a simple one: Girl (Jennifer Lawrence) meets Wrong-Side-Of-The Tracks Boy-Next-Door whose family just happened… Continue reading Friday Night Fright: House At The End Of The Street
Catfish Season 2: Episode 5: Dorion & Jeszica
For those of you who aren't aware: Catfish is a television show of Guess Who game online. It's always a gamble when you're talking to someone online and if you haven't even met the person on the other end: you could be in for one hell of a surprise. This week's episode introduces Dorion, a… Continue reading Catfish Season 2: Episode 5: Dorion & Jeszica
Food Review: Dunkin' Donuts Seasonal Lemonade Donut
On my morning commute, I always strive to make a stop at Dunkin' Donuts. Why? Because it's so delicious and cheap. I don't know if any of you have seen the latest advertisements, but this donut on the left is amazing: It's the Lemonade Donut and it's a majestic unicorn of a donut. Imagine a jelly… Continue reading Food Review: Dunkin' Donuts Seasonal Lemonade Donut
Drink Review: Mike's Hard Frozen Strawberry Lemonade
Focus your attention on the right, however I'm sure the Classic Margarita is just as good. Mike's Hard Frozen Strawberry Lemonade is delicious. You wouldn't expect something so good from a pouch, but look at Caprisun! Mike's Hard has really outdone themselves with this one. Be sure to pop it in the freezer immediately before… Continue reading Drink Review: Mike's Hard Frozen Strawberry Lemonade
Must See TV: Netflix's Orange is the New Black
For those of you who haven't seen the trailer: If that hasn't sold you yet, let me give you some insights. A female prison setting provides one of the greatest, most in-depth insights into the female psyche. Now, don't think I'm selling the psychological make-up of women short. I believe we are some of… Continue reading Must See TV: Netflix's Orange is the New Black


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My drawings are made with ink and gouache, coffee or tea, on cotton rag paper. They are portrait and situational vignettes with elements of pattern, line, and bright planes of color or texture. Prints are vibrant giclée reproductions, made with archival pigment-based inks on Epson fine art paper. My Saturday Market booth blends natural elements such as tree branches and wood with the bright bursts of color from my artwork, and a vintage yellow and black polka-dotted tablecloth ties it all together.


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I have an asp.net 4.5 web app (running on IIS7.5 which is on a Windows Server 2008 R2), that I'm automating with iMacros Browser (x86) Version 11.5.498.2403.
What it does is take an excel and create wiki type pages based on the input from the excel.
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Samaritans in Scotland poised to take calls as new survey reveals extent of festive loneliness and isolation
Mon 14 December 2015
Samaritans has released new figures showing the extent of loneliness and isolation people feel over the festive period, with nearly a quarter (23.6%) believing problems feel worse at Christmas and 1 in 6 (17.3%) saying it's the loneliest time of year.*
The survey, of all ages, also reveals that 1 in 15 (6.8%) have often spent Christmas alone, and 1 in 25 (3.8%) of those questioned have said they are with friends and family, but really spent it alone.
Samaritans responded to nearly 200,000* calls for help over the festive period last year. There has been an increase in demand for their services year round, with Samaritans UK-wide responding to more than 5.3 million calls for help last year, with 240,000 contacts in Scotland alone.
James Jopling, Executive Director of Samaritans in Scotland, says, "For many the holiday period can be a thoroughly enjoyable time but, sadly, as our research shows, for a startling number of people this is not always the case. This time of year can bring up painful memories, or worsen difficult feelings often related to family or relationship issues, financial or health worries, to name just a few. The pressure to be having a good time or comparing your life with someone else's can be too much. Even with friends and family around you, that sense of being alone with difficult thoughts or feelings, can make it seem as if you have no one to turn to."
"The important thing to remember is that no one needs to feel alone this Christmas. Samaritans volunteers are there to listen round the clock, every day of the year. We don't judge and we don't share what we're told, we're simply there to listen, provide emotional support and help people find a way through whatever's getting to them."
Christine from Lanarkshire is one of Samaritans' 1,000 volunteers in Scotland, and is volunteering over the festive period. She said: "At this time of year, people can end up feeling lonely, and that they have nobody to turn to. Past difficulties such as bereavement or relationship breakdown can be brought into even sharper focus when it seems like everyone around you is having fun and being jolly. It's important that everyone has someone they can talk to when they are feeling isolated. I'd urge anyone who is feeling alone to phone Samaritans for support."
Samaritans relies almost entirely on donations to run its 20 Scottish branches and train more than 1,000 dedicated volunteers, without whom it could not operate its life-saving services for those who need them most. If you would like to support Samaritans by making a donation, you can find out how you can help at: http://www.samaritans.org/christmas
To find out more about Samaritans' Christmas campaign, interviews with Samaritans Scotland Executive Director James Jopling, volunteers working over the holiday period, and people who have benefited from Samaritans' support when they have felt isolated and alone, please contact Samaritans' Scotland on 0131 556 7058, or email email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Photos are available to accompany this release (see sample attached).
Notes to editors
- *Samaritans' Christmas 2015 online survey was carried out between 27 May & 2 June 2015. A nationally representative sample of 1600 adults was surveyed
- ** Samaritans' telephone platform 18 December 2014 to 1 January 2015
- Samaritans is available round the clock, every single day of the year, providing a safe place to talk for anyone who is struggling to cope, whoever you are and whatever life has done to you. Please call 116 123 (this number is FREE to call and will not appear on your phone bill), or email firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit to find details of your nearest branch.
- Nearly 700 people died by suicide last year in Scotland.


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Terry Pratchett Quotes About MercyQuotes about: Mercy
Take the universe and grind it down to the finest powder and sieve it through the finest sieve and then show me one atom of justice, one molecule of mercy. and yet... and yet you act as if there is some ideal order in the world, as if there is some... some rightness in the universe by which it may be judged.
If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you entirely at his mercy, then hope like hell that man is an evil man. Because the evil like power... they will talk, they will gloat. So hope like hell your captor is an evil man. A good man will kill you with hardly a word.
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WD releases SSDs
Western Digital has announced new SiliconDrive III Solid State Disk (SSD) drives. The release is based on technology from Silicion Systems, which WD acquired in March.
Western Digital has announced new SiliconDrive III Solid State Disk (SSD) drives. The release is based on technology from Silicion Systems, which WD acquired in March.
Two iPhone features introduced in iPhone OS 3.0 are still awaiting activation by AT&T: Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) and tethering — where the phone is used as a modem to connect a computer to the internet.
Rumours suggesting that AT&T will surcharge its users $55 to activate the tethering capability are wrong, according to AT&T.
Tethering will enable iPhone users to connect their Mac or PC to the internet using AT&T's data network instead of wi-fi. It's a useful feature for business travelers or others who need access away from a faster network. The feature was unveiled during the introduction of iPhone OS 3.0 earlier this year.
But the absence of AT&T's logo from a keynote slide at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco earlier this month, paired with the cell phone service provider's taciturnity, has left customers wondering when AT&T will enable tethering, and whether it'll cost extra.
Nature abhors a vacuum, as does the Mac web. Rumours are afoot that AT&T plans to sock customers with a heavy surcharge if they want to use tethering. It's the latest turn of the worm as disgruntled iPhone users in the United States complain more and more vociferously about AT&T's exclusive distribution arrangement with Apple.
In addition to the myriad functional changes offered in iPhone OS 3.0, many security improvements have also been made. Apple has outlined those changes in a lengthy technical note, which we've summarised here.
Apple senior vice president of iPhone software Scott Forstall used Monday's WWDC keynote with the news that iPhone users have waited months to hear: The new iPhone 3.0 OS will be released on June 17, 2009.
iPhone 3.0 will be a free release for all iPhone customers — both original iPhone users and iPhone 3G users will be able to download it at no charge once it's released. iPod touch customers can download the new release for US$10, and it will work on first- and second-generation iPod touch models.
NetGear has announced the ReadyNAS NVX, a new network attached storage (NAS) device aimed at the Small to Medium Business (SMB) market.
Microsoft's MacBU (Macintosh Business Unit) has posted updates to Office 2004 and Office 2008 for the Macintosh. Both updates are available for download from the Microsoft Mac website and, ostensibly, will be available through Microsoft Office's AutoUpdate feature at some point.
Acclivity has announced the acquisition of MYOB US and the Mac and PC development team from MYOB of Australia.
The OpenOffice.org Community has announced the release of OpenOffice.org 3.0, a free office software suite designed as an alternative to Microsoft Office. It is the first version to run natively on Mac OS X. The software was previously released as a public beta.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign team has released an application specifically for iPhone users to help supporters of the candidate connect with others and get involved, stay up to date on breaking issues and more.
MicroNet has introduced the RAIDBank 4, a compact RAID system intended for use by small and medium businesses. It's priced starting at US$999 (NZ$1,517) for a 2TB configuration.
Highpoint Technologies has released the RocketRAID 4320 SAS RAID Controller, a PCI Express (PCIe) host controller card that works in Mac Pros, late-model Power Mac G5s and other computers.
Quark has acquired In.vision Research, makers of Xpress Author for Microsoft Word. Details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
VMware has released the first public beta version of Fusion 2.0, a new release of their virtualization software for Mac OS X. It's available for download, and VMware has noted that when it's available as a final release, it'll be a free upgrade for registered Fusion 1.x users.
Adobe has announced that its visual website creation tool GoLive has been discontinued.
Thursday's introduction of an iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) has game developers everywhere excited about the possibilities of iPhone game development, especially after seeing game demonstrations during the event. Developers agreed that Apple is pushing the iPhone as a major portable gaming platform.


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For the last six years, Alfredo Cuellar Chavez ran a neighborhood meat market on the South Side, sending money back to his wife and four children in Mexico.
This morning, Cuellar was carrying ice into the market near the corner of Marquette Avenue and 79th Street when he was killed by a stray bullet from a gang fight that ripped through the window and hit him in the chest.
"He came like all of us to make a living, move forward and make a better life," said Cuellar's uncle, Fernando Chavez, who owns Margarita's Meat Market. "He was a very good person, very hard worker, very friendly."
Chavez also owns a pizzeria two doors west of the meat market. An employee there said two teens ran into his shop around 10:30 a.m., apparently being chased by people in an SUV on 79th Street. The teens in the shop were throwing gang signs to the people in the SUV, the employee said.
"I told them to get the hell out," said the employee, who didn't want to be identified. The teens ran outside and then into the meat market, and those in the SUV opened fire.
Cuellar was returning with bags of ice for the chicken cooler when he was struck by the stray bullet. "He didn't do anything bad to anyone," Chavez said. "He'd just started working."
Cuellar's family -- a wife and four children -- still live in Cuernavaca, Mexico, Chavez said.
He said he and his nephew would sometimes gather on Sundays to have dinner and play soccer. Otherwise, Cuellar was devoted to keeping in contact with his family in Mexico. He was in constant contact on his smartphone, e-mailing his family in Mexico, Chavez said.
Chavez said it's not the first time people he called "gangbangers" have fired shots near his business.
He himself has been shot twice. One bullet is still lodged in his left elbow, and another time a bullet deflected off a religious medallion hanging from his neck and struck him in the chin.
"We've too many problems over here the past 15 years," he said.
"Please ask the government to do something. ... We're trying to live well and (the gang members) don't let us."
Tribune reporter Andrew L. Wang and Tribune photographer Terrence Antonio James contributed.


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Research has demonstrated that followers of Jesus, whose lives are truly being changed and transformed to become more like Jesus Christ, all share one common characteristic: that is, daily reading and reflection on God's Word.
And, with the New Year right around the corner, why don't we make a New Year's resolution that will truly help us become better disciples of Jesus in the upcoming year?!?
As we look to 2018, we as the Bethel family are about to embark on a new adventure together. Starting January 1st, we're encouraging everyone to commit to reading through the Bible in 2018 using the One Year Bible plan.
Each day's reading should only take about 15 minutes as you read a passage from the Psalms, a passage from Proverbs, from the OT and one from the NT.
We hope you'll join us in this worthy endeavor as we seek to grow closer to Christ in 2018. There are 3 ways you can participate:
Let's make 2018 a year of spiritual growth!!! We urge the Bethel family to join with your brothers and sisters in Christ as we grow closer to God… reading and reflecting on his eternal Word daily.
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I plan to read through the Bible in one year. Libby
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Russ and I are doing the "One year praying through the Bible for your kids" I love reading along side my church family!
This is John shannon and I have not stopped from the last time so this will be the third year thru in a year, I look forward to every morning.
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Baptists are a group of Christian denominations, churches, and individuals who subscribe to a theology of believer's baptism (as opposed to infant baptism), salvation through faith alone, Scripture alone as the rule of faith and practice, and the autonomy of the local church. They are generally characterized by the practice of immersion (as opposed to affusion or sprinkling) and a disavowal of authoritative creeds. Baptist churches are regarded as falling within the family of Protestantism, and some churches or individuals further identify with evangelicalism or fundamentalism. Diverse from their beginning, those identifying as Baptists today differ widely from one another in what they believe, how they worship, their attitudes toward other Christians, and their understanding of what is important in Christian discipleship.[1]
Baptists number over 110 million worldwide in more than 220,000 congregations and are considered the largest world communion of Protestants.[2] 2009 marked the 400th anniversary of the first Baptist congregation.[3]
The term Baptist comes from the Greek word βαπτιστής (baptistés, "baptist," also used to describe John the Baptist), which is related to the verb βαπτίζω (baptízo, "to baptize, wash, dip, immerse"), and the Latin baptista.
The term Baptist as applied to Baptist churches is a modification of the term Anabaptist (which means rebaptizer),[4] and was used into the 19th century as a general epithet for churches which denied the validity of infant baptism, including the Campbellites, Mennonites and Brethren, who are not identified with modern day Baptists.[5] The English Anabaptists were called Baptists as early as 1569.[6] The name Anabaptist continued to be applied to English and American Baptists, even after the American Revolution.[7]
Baptist Historian Bruce Gourley outlines four main views of Baptist origins, including the modern scholarly consensus that the denomination traces its origin to the 17th century via the English Separatists, as well as the view that it was an outgrowth of Anabaptist traditions, the perpetuity view which assumes that the Baptist faith and practice has existed since the time of Christ, and the successionist view which argues that Baptist churches actually existed in an unbroken chain since the time of Christ.[8]
The predominant view of Baptist origins is that Baptists came along in historical development in the century after the rise of the original Protestant denominations.[9] It was a time of considerable political and religious turmoil. Both individuals and churches were willing to give up their theological roots if they became convinced that a more biblical "truth" had been discovered.[10]
This perspective on Baptist history holds that the Baptist faith originated from within the Separatist movement. Prior to the Reformation, the Church of England (Anglicans) had broken away from the Catholic Church. Then came the mainstream Protestant Reformation.[8] There were some Christians who were not content with the achievements of the mainstream Protestant Reformation.[1][11] There also were Christians who were disappointed that the Church of England had not made corrections of what some considered to be errors and abuses. Of those most critical of the Church's direction, some chose to stay and try to make constructive changes from within the Anglican Church. They became known as "Puritans" and are described by Gourley as cousins of the Separatists. Others decided they must leave the Church because of their dissatisfaction and became known as the Separatists.[8]
This Separatist view of the origin of Baptists traces the earliest Baptist church back to 1609 in Amsterdam, with John Smyth as its pastor.[8] Even prior to that, in 1606, John Smyth, a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, had broken his ties with the Church of England. Reared in the Church of England, he became "Puritan, Separatist, and then a Baptist Separatist," and ended his days working with the Mennonites.[10]:p.23 He began meeting in England with 60-70 English Separatists, in the face of "great danger."[12] The persecution of religious nonconformists in England led Smyth to go into exile in Amsterdam with fellow Separatists from the congregation he had gathered in Lincolnshire, separate from the established church (Anglican). Smyth and his lay supporter, Thomas Helwys, together with those they led, broke with the other English exiles because Smyth and Helways were convinced they should be baptized as believers. In 1609 Smyth first baptized himself and then baptized the others.[11][13] In 1609, while still there, Smyth wrote a tract titled "The Character of the Beast," or "The False Constitution of the Church." In it he expressed two propositions: first, infants are not to be baptized; and second, "Antichristians converted are to be admitted into the true Church by baptism."[10]:p.24 Hence, his conviction was that a scriptural church should consist only of regenerate believers who have been baptized on a personal confession of faith. He rejected the Separatist movement's doctrine of paedobaptism.[14][15] Shortly thereafter, Smyth left the group, and layman Thomas Helwys took over the leadership, leading the church back to England in 1611.[8] Ultimately, Smyth became committed to believers' baptism as the only biblical baptism. He was convinced on the basis of his interpretation of Scripture that infants would not be damned should they die in infancy.[10]:p.25
Smyth, convinced that his self-baptism was invalid, applied with the Mennonites for membership. He died while waiting for membership, and some of his followers became Mennonites. Thomas Helwys and others kept their baptism and their Baptist commitments.[10]:p.25
According to all authors cited in the present section, the modern Baptist denomination is an outgrowth of Smyth's movement.[11] Wanting neither to be confused with nor identified with Anabaptists, Baptists rejected the name Anabaptist when they were called that by opponents in derision. McBeth writes that as late as the eighteenth century, many Baptists referred to themselves as "the Christians commonly—though falsely—called Anabaptists."[16]
According to Gourley, this view of Baptist origins has the most historical support and is the most widely accepted view of Baptist origins. Representative writers include William H. Whitsitt, Robert G. Torbet, Winthrop S. Hudson, William G. McLoughlin and Robert A. Baker. This position considers the influence of Anabaptists upon early Baptists to be minimal.[8]
This view holds that although Baptists originated from English Separatism, some early Baptists were influenced by some Anabaptists. According to this view, the Dutch Mennonites (Anabaptists) shared some similarities with General Baptists (believer's baptism, religious liberty, separation of church and state, and Arminian views of salvation, predestination and original sin). However, there were significant differences between Anabaptists and Baptists. Anabaptists tended towards extreme pacifism. They promoted communal sharing of earthly goods,[citation needed] did not practice baptism by immersion, an unorthodox optimistic view of human nature[citation needed]. Therefore, few Baptists hold to this theory of Baptist origins. Representative writers include A. C. Underwood and William R. Estep. Gorley writes that among some contemporary Baptist scholars who emphasize the faith of the community over soul liberty, the Anabaptist influence theory is making a comeback.[8]
The relations between Baptists and Anabaptists were early strained. In 1624 the then five existing Baptist churches of London issued an anathema against the Anabaptists.[17]. Today there is little dialogue between Anabaptist organizations (such and the Mennonite World Conference) and the Baptist bodies.[citation needed]
Prior to the 20th century, Baptist historians generally wrote from the perspective that Baptists had existed since the times of Christ.[18] The Baptist perpetuity view considers the Baptist movement to have always been historically separate from Catholicism and in existence prior to the Protestant Reformation.[19] The historians who advocate this position consider Baptists and Anabaptists as one and the same people and point out that many Reformation era historians and apologists considered the Anabaptists to pre-date the Reformation.[20] For example, Cardinal Hosius (1504–1579), a Roman Catholic prelate of the sixteenth century, wrote,
For not so long ago I read the edict of the other prince who lamented the fate of the Anabaptists who, so we read, were pronounced heretics twelve hundred years ago and deserving of capital punishment. He wanted them to be heard and not taken as condemned without a hearing."[21]
Baptist historian John T. Christian writes in the introduction to his History of the Baptists: "I have throughout pursued the scientific method of investigation, and I have let the facts speak for themselves. I have no question in my own mind that there has been a historical succession of Baptists from the days of Christ to the present time."[22]
The perpetuity view is often identified with The Trail of Blood, a successionist pamphlet by J.M. Carrol published in 1931[23] Other Baptist writers holding the perpetuity view are Thomas Crosby, G.H. Orchard, J.M. Cramp, William Cathcart, Adam Taylor and D.B. Ray[24][25] This view was also held by English Baptist preacher, Charles Spurgeon[26] as well as Jesse Mercer, the namesake of Mercer University.[27]
Both Roger Williams and John Clarke, his compatriot in working for religious freedom, are variously credited as founding the earliest Baptist church in North America.[28] In 1639, Williams established a Baptist church in Providence, Rhode Island, and Clarke began a Baptist church in Newport, Rhode Island. According to a Baptist historian who has researched the matter extensively, "There is much debate over the centuries as to whether the Providence or Newport church deserved the place of 'first' Baptist congregation in America. Exact records for both congregations are lacking."[9]
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Many Baptist churches choose to associate with associational groups that provide fellowship without control.[citation needed] The largest Baptist association is the Southern Baptist Convention, but there are many other Baptist associations. There are also autonomous churches that remain independent of any denomination, organization, or association.[29]
In 1905, Baptists worldwide formed the Baptist World Alliance (BWA). The BWA now counts over 200 Baptist conventions and unions worldwide with over 37 million members.[2] The BWA's goals include caring for the needy, leading in world evangelism and defending human rights and religious freedom. Though it played a role in the founding of the BWA, the Southern Baptist Convention severed its affiliation with BWA in 2004.[30]
According to the Barna Group researchers, Baptists are the largest denominational grouping of born again Christians in the U.S. Barna defines Born again Christians as "people who said they have made a personal commitment to Jesus Christ that is still important in their life today and who also indicated they believe that when they die they will go to Heaven because they had confessed their sins and had accepted Jesus Christ as their savior."[31] A 2009 ABCNEWS/Beliefnet phone poll of 1,022 adults suggests that fifteen percent of Americans identify themselves as Baptists.[32]
Besides North America and Europe, large populations of Baptists also exist in Asia, Africa and Latin America, notably in India (2.4 million), Nigeria (2.5 million), Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (1.9 million), and Brazil (1.7 million).[2]
According to a poll in the 1990s, about one in five Christians in the United States claims to be a Baptist.[citation needed] U.S. Baptists are represented in more than fifty separate groups. Ninety-two percent of Baptists are found in five of those bodies—the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC); National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. (NBC); National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.; (NBCA); American Baptist Churches in the USA (ABC); and Baptist Bible Fellowship International (BBFI).[33]
The primary external qualification for membership in a Baptist church is baptism.[34] General Baptist churches will accept into membership people who have made a profession of faith but have not been baptized as a believer. These are included as members alongside baptized members in the statistics. Some Baptist churches do not have an age restriction on membership, but will not accept as a member a child who is considered too young to fully understand and make a profession of faith of their own volition and comprehension. In such cases, the pastor and parents usually meet together with the child to verify the child's comprehension of the decision to follow Jesus. There are instances where persons make a profession of faith but fail to follow through with believers' baptism. In such cases they are considered saved and usually eligible for membership. Baptists do not believe that baptism has anything to do with salvation. It is considered a public expression of one's inner repentance and faith.[9]
Baptists believe that the act of baptism is a symbolic display of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.[citation needed] When a person who has already been saved and confessed Christ submits to scriptural baptism, he or she is publicly identifying with Christ in His death to old self, burial of past sinful thought and action, and resurrection in newness of life, to walk with Christ the remainder of their days.[citation needed]
Some churches, especially in the UK, do not require members to have been baptized as a believer, so long as they have made a believer's declaration of faith—for example, been confirmed in the Anglican church, or become communicant members as Presbyterians.[citation needed] In these cases, believers would usually transfer their memberships from their previous churches. This allows people who have grown up in one tradition, but now feel settled in their local Baptist church, to fully take part in the day to day life of the church, voting at meetings, etc. It is also possible, but unusual, to be baptized without becoming a church member immediately.
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Baptists, like other Christians, are defined by doctrine—some of it common to all orthodox and evangelical groups and a portion of it importantly distinctive.[35] Through the years, different Baptist groups have issued confessions of faith—without considering them to be creeds—to express their particular doctrinal distinctions in comparison to other Christians as well as in comparison to other Baptists.[3] Most Baptists are evangelical in doctrine, but Baptist beliefs can vary due to the congregational governance system that gives autonomy to individual local Baptist churches. Historically, Baptists have played a key role in encouraging religious freedom and separation of church and state.[36]
Shared doctrines would include beliefs about one God; the virgin birth; miracles; atonement through the death for sins, burial, and bodily resurrection of Jesus; the Trinity; the need for salvation (through belief in Jesus Christ as the son of God, his death and resurrection, and confession of Christ as Lord); grace; the Kingdom of God; last things (Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in glory to the earth, the dead will be raised, and Christ will judge everyone in righteousness); and evangelism and missions. Some historically significant Baptist doctrinal documents include the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, 1742 Philadelphia Baptist Confession, the 1833 New Hampshire Baptist Confession of Faith, the Southern Baptist Convention's Baptist Faith and Message, and written church covenants which some individual Baptist churches adopt as a statement of their faith and beliefs.
Most Baptists hold that no church or ecclesiastical organization has inherent authority over a Baptist church. Churches can properly relate to each other under this polity only through voluntary cooperation, never by any sort of coercion. Furthermore, this Baptist polity calls for freedom from governmental control.[37] Exceptions to this local form of local governance include a few churches that submit to the leadership of a body of elders, as well as the Episcopal Baptists that have an Episcopal system. Baptists generally believe in the literal Second Coming of Christ. Beliefs among Baptists regarding the "end times" include amillennialism, dispensationalism, and historic premillennialism, with views such as postmillennialism and preterism receiving some support.
Some additional distinctive Baptist principles held by many Baptists include the following:[38]:p.2
The following acrostic backronym, spelling BAPTIST, represents a useful summary of Baptists' distinguishing beliefs:[39]
Most Baptist traditions believe in the "Four Freedoms" articulated by Baptist historian Walter B. Shurden:[3]
Hussites • Lollards • Waldensians
Anabaptism • Anglicanism • Calvinism • Counter-Reformation • Lutheranism • Polish Brethren • Remonstrants
Since there is no hierarchical authority and each Baptist church is autonomous, there is no official set of Baptist theological beliefs.[40] Baptists have fractured into numerous divisions, sects, and groups. Although they agree on many things, their differences are enough to keep them apart. Despite some common doctrines and practices which characterize the greater part of Baptists, there are many beliefs and practices which vary from church to church and among associations. Some doctrinal issues on which there is widespread difference among Baptists are eschatology, Calvinism and Arminianism), the doctrine of separation from "the world" and whether to associate with those who are "of the world, glossolalia (speaking in tongues)[41], how the Bible should be interpreted (hermeneutics), the extent to which missionary boards should be used to support missionaries, the extent to which non-members may participate in the Lord's Supper services, which translation of Scripture to use from the pulpit and in Bible classes (see King-James-Only movement),[42] the very nature of Gospel, the role of women in marriage, and the ordination of women as deacons or pastors.[43]
Some of the smaller Baptist groups are devoted to some peculiar traditional practice or doctrine.[citation needed] Some Primitive Baptists practice the laying on of hands after baptism and footwashing, as do some Freewill Baptists. The Seventh Day Baptists insist biblical worship should be conducted on the traditional Sabbath (Saturday) rather than on Sunday. Landmarkism holds to strict closed communion wherein only the members of the church can participate in the Lord's Supper. On the other hand, some Baptists have embraced modernistic trends, such as The Alliance of Baptists which officially affirms homosexual relationships[44]
Baptists have faced many controversies in their 400-year history, controversies of the level of crises. Baptist historian Walter Shurden says the word "crisis" comes from the Greek word meaning "to decide." Shurden writes that contrary to the presumed negative view of crises, some controversies that reach a crisis level may actually be "positive and highly productive." He claims that even schism, though never ideal, has often produced positive results. In his opinion crises among Baptists each have become decision-moments that shaped their future.[45] Some controversies which have shaped Baptists are:
Early in the 19th century, the rise of the modern missions movement, and the backlash against it, led to widespread and bitter controversy among the American Baptists.[46] During this era, the American Baptists were split between missionary and anti-missionary. A substantial secession of Baptists went into the movement led by Alexander Campbell, to return to a more fundamental church.[47]
Leading up to the American Civil War, Baptists became embroiled in the controversy over slavery in the United States. Whereas in the First Great Awakening, Methodist and Baptist preachers had opposed slavery and urged manumission, over the decades they made more of an accommodation with the institution. They worked with slaveholders in the South to urge a paternalistic institution. Both denominations made direct appeals to slaves and free blacks for conversion. The Baptists particularly allowed them active roles in congregations. By the mid-19th century, northern Baptists tended to oppose slavery. As tensions increased, in 1844 the Home Mission Society declared that a slave owner could not be a missionary under its patronage.
The Southern Baptist Convention formed in 1845, founded on the premise that the Bible sanctions slavery and that it is acceptable for Christians to own slaves. The Southern Baptist Convention voted June 20, 1995, to adopt a resolution renouncing its racist roots and apologizing for its past defense of slavery. More than 20,000 Southern Baptists registered for the meeting in Atlanta. The resolution declared that messengers, as SBC delegates are called, "unwaveringly denounce racism, in all its forms, as deplorable sin" and "lament and repudiate historic acts of evil such as slavery from which we continue to reap a bitter harvest." It offered an apology to all African-Americans for "condoning and/or perpetuating individual and systemic racism in our lifetime" and repentance for "racism of which we have been guilty, whether consciously or unconsciously." Although Southern Baptists have condemned racism in the past, this was the first time the predominantly white convention had dealt specifically with the issue of slavery.
The statement sought forgiveness "from our African-American brothers and sisters" and pledged to "eradicate racism in all its forms from Southern Baptist life and ministry." The SBC was founded in 1845 in Augusta, Georgia, by Baptists in the South seceding from the national Triennial Convention of Baptists after that body decreed it would not appoint slaveholders as missionaries. Currently about 500,000 members of the 15.6-million-member denomination are African-Americans and another 300,000 are ethnic minorities. The racism resolution marked the denomination's first formal acknowledgment that racism played a role in its founding.[48]
As early as the late 1700s black Baptists began to organize separate churches, associations and mission agencies, especially in the northern states. Many of the slaves were forced to remain members of the same churches with the whites up until the American Civil War. After emancipation, black Baptists generally separated from the white Baptists, as they wanted to establish their own institutions outside white supervision.[49] Currently American Baptist numerical strength is greatest in the former slaveholding states. The Baptist faith is the predominant faith of African Americans.[50]
Southern Baptist Landmarkism sought to reset the ecclesiastical separation which had characterized the old Baptist churches, in an era when inter-denominational union meetings were the order of the day.[51]James Robinson Graves was the primary leader of this movement and one of the most influential Baptists of the 19th century.[52] While some Landmarkers eventually separated from the Southern Baptist Convention, the movement's influence on the Convention continued well into the 20th century.[53] Its influence continues to affect Convention policies. In 2005 the Southern Baptist International Mission Board forbade its missionaries to receive alien immersions for baptism.[54]
The rise of theological modernism in the latter 19th and 20th century also greatly affected the Baptists.[55] The Landmark movement, already mentioned, has been described as a reaction against incipient modernism among Southern Baptists.[56] In England, Charles Haddon Spurgeon fought against modernistic views of the Scripture in the Downgrade Controversy.[57]
The Northern Baptist Convention had internal conflict over modernism in the early 20th century, ultimately embracing it. Two new conservative associations were founded as a result: the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches in 1933 and the Conservative Baptist Association of America in 1947.[58] Following similar conflicts over modernism, the Southern Baptist Convention adhered to conservative theology as its official position. People with other ideas formed two new Baptist denominations: Alliance of Baptists in 1987 and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in 1991.[59]


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