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As we continue our series on the 12 disciples, we are finding a common theme. The 12 are not halo-wearing saints before Jesus does transformation in them. Certainly, in time, they learn what it means to follow Jesus; but they are anything but perfect as they walk with Jesus. Last week, we considered the older son of Zebedee (James). This week, we come to his younger brother (John). The two stories we looked at last week are really about the two brothers. It is difficult to separate James from John because they are always mentioned together. James appears alone only in Acts 12 when his martyrdom is documented. Every other mention is with his brother. John is a different story. On the one hand, John outlives all the other disciples. Scholars date his death around 98 AD. He gets to watch the unfolding of the early church. On the other hand, John writes more of the New Testament than any other disciple. We not only have record of his actions; we have his very words in the form of his gospel, three epistles and the Revelation of Jesus. We know a good bit about John and his transformation through the first century.
When we read John's epistles, we encounter a love-oriented, Jesus-centered disciple who is passionate about Jesus followers living in unity and love for one another. But let's not forget that this is the same John that Jesus once called a Son of Thunder. We look this week at a couple of stories about the disciple John and compare them to his words in his letters to the early church. The same John who wanted to burn up the Samaritans and asked Jesus for the best seat in the Kingdom grew in his understanding of Jesus. While he was passionate, he lacked compassion. While he was zealous in his pursuit of Jesus, he lacked love. But he would later write,
(1 John 4:7 NIV) Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
As we continue to study the disciples, we might be surprised at how much work Jesus had to do in them. At the same time, we should be encouraged that God is able to accomplish metamorphosis. The apostle John is a reminder that God can change each of us as we allow him to do his work in us. Join us on Sunday as we talk about one of the most well-known disciples, John.

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Endorsements coming in for @stickyJesus!
I loved @stickyJesus. It's a must-read for anyone who wants to better understand how to use the massive platform of social media to communicate the hope of Jesus Christ in today's world. Tami Heim and Toni Birdsong obviously know their stuff and you will too if you take the time to digest this incredible tool they've put together.
Pete Wilson
Senior Pastor, Cross Point Church, Nashville, Tennessee
Author, Plan B
Church leaders are getting a vision for the power of the Internet and social media to advance their reach both inside and outside the church. @stickyJesus is the first book of its kind to guide Christ followers and equipthem to be effective online in their circles of influence. This book keeps it real, focuses on the heart, and inspires each of us to make a difference on this new mission field.
Greg Ligon
Vice President and Publisher, Leadership Network
The new communication technologies of the past two decades have shrunk our world. With so many ways of staying connected that were previously unimaginable, Tami and Toni show us how to engage the world online for Christ. While nothing takes the place of face-to-face relationship, I was excited to read @stickyJesus as it opened up a whole world of possibilities and it's written by authors who are savvy in the field of communication.
Rebecca Pippert
Founder, Salt Shaker Ministries
Best-Selling Author, Out of the Salt Shaker
@stickyJesus is a must-read for every believer born to this age when the world is literally at our fingertips. This book challenges us to be intentional about engaging the world online—not for the building up of ourselves, but for the building up of the Kingdom. @stickyJesus will sharpen your focus, move you to
self-examination, and motivate you to interact online in a whole new sticky way. I loved this book. I needed this book!
Kim Cash Tate
Speaker, Women of Faith
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When I first saw the title, @stickyJesus, I had no idea what to expect! I was delighted to discover a book filled with profound truth and practical applications. This book is a Christian's field guide for how to use social media to advance the gospel. As the founder of Women in Christian Media, I believe this is a must-read for all Christian media professionals, as well as for every believer who wants to use social media platforms to reach the world for Christ.
Suellen Roberts
Founder & President, Women in Christian Media
Imagine if we lived at a hinge in history when ordinary people like you could be mobilized as witnesses—as if Jesus Himself were making new nets for many to fish with? Tami and Toni make the convincing case that this is no fantasy.And they are savvy, credible, and flat-out devoted-to-Jesus witnesses, perfectly suited to help us humbly bear the transforming presence of Jesus into this new, networked place called the Internet.
Ken Wilson
Senior Pastor, Vineyard Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Author, Mystically Wired: Exploring New Realms in Prayer
Jesus said that when the Holy Spirit had come upon us we would be His witnesses to Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8). The Internet and the exponential growth of social media is the new "ends of the earth." Tami and Toni's clear and readable new book, @stickyJesus, is the Christian handbook for understanding how best to navigate this new place.
Rev. Fr. James Coles
Pastor, St. Ignatius of Antioch Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church, Mesa, Arizona
The world we live in has changed. The days of sitting on the front porch with our neighbors are mostly over and a new day of Tweeting, Facebook, and texting has arrived. We can resist culture all we want but it is the world in which we live. How will the church respond? Authors Tami Heim and Toni Birdsong want to help the church navigate through the challenges of social media with their new book @stickyJesus. This is a helpful and thought-changing book with the potential to help pastors and church leaders become more Kingdom mindedand achieve greater results in reaching people for Christ.
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This book had me from page one—I could not put it down! The new Roman Road is indeed at our fingertips and its reach is incredible. @stickyJesus will compel you to go from observing the social media phenomenon at hand to boldly injecting Christ into the midst of it and radically changing the eternal conversation.
Wade Mikels
Senior Pastor, Village Church, Burbank, California
As a ministry leader I am always looking for new ways to show and share the saving power of Jesus Christ. @stickyJesus has opened my mind and heart to all that God is making possible through social media. We were born for such a time as this and this is our chance to claim the World Wide Web for the glory of God.
Robin M. Bertram
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The widespread ways we as human beings create to connect with one another points to our deep need for relationship. @stickyJesus provides a roadmap for helping believers navigate the online environment in a way that helps build relationships that point to a relationship with God. This is relationship evangelism for a new place and a new time!
Dwayne Reece
Vice President and General Manager, Community Chaplains of America
This book explores the new frontier of "techno-evangelism." People are scrambling to be relevant with trendy Websites, podcasts, blogs, and online tithing. Leveraging technology to reach the virtual mission field enables a believer to share the gospel instantly. @stickyJesus provides great insight on how to be intentional for Christ in our online communities.
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The Lesson
Recently, I was praised by my one of my peers for my handling of a heated debate with a student on my campus who disagreed with me politically. At first, I was confused and didn't view myself as doing anything special. But after further analysis, my eyes were finally opened to the extent of our communication problems across the country. We have become inundated with emotion, hatred and flat-out stupidity. My words won't do justice to how sad it was to realize that it is "enlightening" to write about how to have a conversation with another person.
Political disunity has reached an all-time high in the United States and has fascinated me with normalizing our interactions with one another. I have sought out to write about guns in a two-part series, with one article having already come out on "the right" and this one focused on "the left." I aim to convince my audience that neither side of the traditional political spectrum is free of blame on these types of issues.
I received mixed support after the publishing of my previous article on the right. The support and/or negativity was split across ideological lines. This is not surprising, in fact, it proves my point. The divisiveness of our own bias is blinding us to reality. Neither side is free of blame and as you will see, I attack both sides of the political spectrum with equal amounts of fervor. Understand that I do begrudgingly use broad labels such as "the right" and "the left" liberally throughout the article. This is not meant to group everyone together, but simply provide a generalized analysis of political groups. As always, I implore you all to try and objectively view the advice outlined in this piece.
The Problem with the Left Wing's View of Guns
To put it bluntly, the "political left" does not understand, nor care to understand the views of Americans that wish to keep their guns. Believe it or not, the people who fight for gun rights are not uneducated backwoods hillbillies who love hearing about mass shootings in the news.
To start, "the left" either blatantly ignores the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution or chooses to reimagine its meaning in a fairytale-like way. Pointless debates on the grammar or word usage of the infamous amendment have gone on for decades and will most likely continue to do so. We need not look any further than some of our founding fathers' statements on the second amendment to find out what they meant when writing it.
"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials." -George Mason, 1788
So what was the point of the Second Amendment? This is a lesson that "the left" doesn't like to talk about much. The Second Amendment was not created for self-defense or hunting, it was for revolution. The founders, in touch with historical trends, knew that the republic would not last forever. Eventually, evils such as corruption would force the American population to take up arms once again to destroy their government and start over. Thomas Jefferson, in the Declaration of Independence, writes "It is Their Right, It is Their Duty To Throw Off Such Government".
Understanding the constitutional argument is important because it leads us to culture. Because the United States was founded on the principles of the right to be armed, it has merged into the national identity. For generations, families have passed down the common belief in gun ownership and this is a key feature that "the left" doesn't recognize.
Despite the coverage in mainstream media, as of 2017, 47% of Americans still say that they believe in gun rights over gun control. In order to truly capture the minds of Americans, "the left" still needs to keep an open mind on the cultural entanglement of guns.
Mass Shootings
None of the previous reasoning listed is a justification of mass shootings. While "the left's" lofty goal of ending these mass shootings is noble, it doesn't make it practical. In the ultra-connected 21st century, there are things that are simply unavoidable. Some of these include homicides, car accidents, and yes, mass shootings. Like the two previously mentioned problems, we should focus much more on mitigating these events, rather than full elimination.
With that being said, the factors to mitigate are still up for debate. Through normalized dialogue and a careful examination of statistics, we can ultimately reach a world in which these events are far less common and destructive.
The Solution
It all comes down to the conversation. We get nowhere unless we are engaged productively. I will leave you with the same 3 part advice that I stated in my previous article. I challenge you to use this in the next political conversation you participate in. Small victories are how we can turn our current mess around.
Formula to a Respectful Conversation
- First, acknowledge that your opponent's end goal is a noble one.
- Second, ask pointed questions. If the opponent makes a controversial statement, ask them to support it with a fact.
- Third, be respectful. Keep cool, don't raise your voice, and give the other person ample time to talk.
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Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback whose kneeling during the national anthem stirred controversy, tweeted an image from Nike's latest ad campaign, "Just Do It." The words, "Believe in something even if it means sacrificing everything" were written across the athlete's face. However, words couldn't express the feelings of hope and equal feelings of hopelessness brought on by the videos and photos of people burning and destroying Nike apparel in response to the ad. Shortly after Nike's announcement, the consumer-research firm Morning Consult released a survey showing that Nike had a 50 percent decline in Nike's favorability, revealing another issue – it's much more progress to be made.
In 2016, Kaepernick sacrificed his career for the sake of oppression in the country. Initially, the idea of kneeling during the national anthem, which he did, appeared to be a bold statement that would get little to no results. Because of the odds against him.
It is questionable if a man is able to take a stance against our country and make a difference when so much of the problem arethe ones who were appointed to run it? Especially because, as Kaepernick said, in one statement when referring to why he could not show pride in a flag for a county that oppresses black people,
"There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."
People are getting away with murder without justice being served, which is why Kaepernick appointed as the spokes-person for Nike is a special step forward for racial equality in America. It also proves that his dream was "crazy enough." Hence his newest commercial released.
The former NFL star released a commercial, "Dream Crazy," which sends a touching message in a 90-second ad challenging people to be crazy enough to believe in their dreams. It is a montage of several athletes ranging from LeBron James, Serena Williams and etc. facing adversity while Kaepernick can be heard describing each circumstance.
"So, don't ask if your dreams are crazy. Ask if they're crazy enough," he closed.
However, Kaepernick's message of equality and inspiration continues to raise anger.
Issues of Race or Patriotism?
President Donald Trump has been very vocal about his opinion on protesting during the anthem since Kaepernick first kneeled for the National Anthem back in 2017. He stated, in an interview with the Daily Caller on Tuesday, that Nike was sending a terrible message and also tweeted, "What was Nike thinking?"
"I think it's a terrible message that they're sending and the purpose of them doing it, maybe there's a reason for them doing it," Trump said.
Trump continued, "there's no reason" for the famous sports apparel company to tap Kaepernick for the campaign.
Trump concluded with Nike having the right to make their own choice businesswise.
"As much as I disagree with the Colin Kaepernick endorsement, in another way — I mean, I wouldn't have done it. In another way, it is what this country is all about, that you have certain freedoms to do things that other people thinkyou shouldn't do, but I personally am on a different side of it."
According to Trump, his point of view has nothing to do with race. In 2017, he tweeted,
"The issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race. It is about respect for our Country, Flag and National Anthem. NFL must respect this!"
Trumps series of posts were met with several responses by the media of what Nike was actually thinking.
If sending a message of human equality is a bad one, it appears that people are ready to fight for it.
The Fight For Justice
Kaepernick has been out of the NFL since becoming a free agent in March 2017. After opting out of his contract with the 49ers, no NFL team has signed him. Kaepernick alleges, in a grievanceagainst the NFL last fall "that league owners are colluding to keep him off an NFL roster."
The new case will explore NFL owners, such as Rodger Goodell, association with Trump, according to CNN. The spokes person for the NFL, Brian McCarthy has no comment as of yet.
So far, Kaepernick had a small victory in his favor. The league and NFL Players Association appointed arbitrator has rejected the organization's attempt to have Kaepernick's case dismissed.
Whether the president is admitting or not whether the issue is about race, African Americans are still feeling the heat when progress is being made.
We're praying for Justice for Kaepernick!
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Extract from Chapter 8 of The History of the Soul
© Ian Lawton 2003, 2010
At the end of chapter 5 we discussed the idea of the conscious metaverse that underpins a series of progressively evolving universes, and saw how this might be what the Hindu universal cycle traditions are attempting to describe. More than this, though, it seems that at some point knowledge of this was widespread, at least in terms of an understanding of how each universe emerges from its slumber at what we might call 'the dawn of Brahma'; because this is the veiled message preserved in the sacred traditions of the 'origins of the world' on every continent of the globe.
Of course in properly reinterpreting these traditions we have to see through the inevitable distortions and contextual differences regressively introduced by people who had lost sight of their original message. For example we saw the confusion between the terms earth and universe in some of the Hindu traditions, and nearly all of the origin traditions talk about the creation of the earth when, if we step back and look at the big picture from a spiritual perspective, it soon becomes clear they are echoing a universal esoteric wisdom concerning the creation of the universe as a whole out of nothing. This is why it is arguably more appropriate to refer to them as cosmogony traditions. Indeed it is here more than anywhere that the orthodox failure to appreciate the wisdom underlying supposed mythology is at its most glaringly obvious.[i]
Let us first remind ourselves of the biblical narrative at the beginning of Genesis:
1. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
The second verse is clearly describing a time when there was a formless void that had connotations of water, depth and darkness, and which contained the spirit of God. Proof that this has as usual been condensed from more detailed sources is provided by the following wonderfully descriptive passage in the Hermetica:[ii]
In the deep there was boundless darkness and water and fine intelligent spirit, all existing by divine power in chaos. Then a holy light was sent forth, and elements solidified out of liquid essence. And all the gods divided the parts of germinal nature.
The same sense of awe pervades their multiple descriptions of the universal energy or consciousness that animates everything in the universe both seen and unseen, which we tend to refer to simply as 'source':[iii]
The monad, because it is the beginning and root of all things, is in them all as root and beginning… the monad contains every number, is contained by none, and generates every number without being generated by any other number.
This is the god who is greater than any name; this is the god invisible and entirely visible. This god who is evident to the eyes may be seen in the mind. He is bodiless and many-bodied; or, rather, he is all-bodied.
God, who is energy and power, surrounds everything and permeates everything, and understanding of god is nothing difficult, my child… If matter is apart from god, my son, what sort of place would you allot to it? If it is not energized, do you suppose it is anything but a heap? But who energizes it if it is energized? We have said that the energies are parts of god… Whether you say matter or body or essence, know that these also are energies of god… And this is god, the all.
Despite their shortcomings the Gnostic texts too provide some fascinating material. For example On the Origin of the World commences as follows:[iv]
How well it suits all men, on the subject of chaos, to say that it is a kind of darkness! But in fact it comes from a shadow, which has been called by the name darkness. And the shadow comes from a product that has existed since the beginning. It is, moreover, clear that it existed before chaos came into being…
When the ruler saw his magnitude – and it was only himself that he saw: he saw nothing else, except for water and darkness – then he supposed that it was he alone who existed. His [missing] was completed by verbal expression: it appeared as a spirit moving to and fro upon the waters.
This passage introduces us to three key ideas consistently expressed in origin traditions: that of the use of the word chaos being misunderstood; that of the 'power of the Word' in the creation process; and that of the ultimate creative power recognizing it is alone. In addition this power is described in the Tripartite Tractate as 'a spring which is not diminished by the water which abundantly flows from it', and as something that 'cannot be grasped: nor is it possible for anyone else to change him into a different form or to reduce him, or alter him or diminish him… who is the unalterable, immutable one'.[v] How closely these intriguing descriptions mirror the scientific fact that energy cannot be destroyed, it can only change its form.
Unfortunately the Mesopotamian texts are again somewhat deficient in this area, revealing only the faintest traces of any original wisdom. In part this may be explained by the fact that the only real origin tradition that survives is the relatively late Epic of Creation; but these are its opening lines:[vi]
When skies above were not yet named
Nor earth below pronounced by name,
Apsu, the first one, their begetter
And maker Tiamat, who bore them all,
Had mixed their waters together,
But had not formed pastures, nor discovered reed-beds;
When yet no gods were manifest,
Nor names pronounced, nor destinies decreed,
Then gods were born within them.
All we can really extract from this is that at one time there existed only the primeval waters of Apsu and Tiamat, and that nothing else was manifest until the gods were born from them.[vii]
These are the earliest verses of The Story of Re introduced in chapter 2:[viii]
In the beginning, before there was any land of Egypt, all was darkness, and there was nothing but a great waste of water called Nun. The power of Nun was such that there arose out of the darkness a great shining egg, and this was Re.
Now Re was all-powerful, and he could take many forms. His power and the secret of it lay in his hidden name; but if he spoke other names, that which he named came into being.To flesh this out let us turn to John Baines and Geraldine Pinch, who provide an interesting summary of ancient Egyptian cosmogony in their essay in World Mythology – even though it is a fine example of the way modern commentators tend to concentrate on prosaic descriptions of the various guises the gods take,:[ix]
Before the gods came into existence there was only a dark, watery abyss called the Nun, whose chaotic energies contained the potential forms of all living things. The spirit of the creator was present in these primeval waters but had no place in which to take shape...
The event that marked the beginning of time was the rising of the first land out of the waters of the Nun. This primeval mound provided a place in which the first deity could come into existence. He sometimes took the form of a bird, a falcon, a heron, or a yellow wagtail, which perched on the mound. An alternative image of creation was the primeval lotus, which rose out of the waters and opened to reveal an infant god. The first deity was equipped with several divine powers, such as Hu ('Authoritative Utterance'), Sia ('Perception') and Heka ('Magic'). Using these powers, he created order out of chaos. This divine order was personified by a goddess, Ma'at, the daughter of the sun god. The word Ma'at also meant justice, truth and harmony. The divine order was constantly in danger of dissolving back into the chaos from which it had been formed.
The first deity became conscious of being alone and created gods and men in his own image and a world for them to inhabit. Deities were said to come from the sweat of the sun god and human beings from his tears. The power of creation was usually linked with the sun, but various deities are also named as the creator [Ptah in the Memphite tradition, Ra-Atum in the Heliopolitan, and Amon-Ra in the Theban]. At the temple of the sun god in Heliopolis, the Benu bird... was said to be the first deity. Depicted as a heron, the shining bird was a manifestation of the creator sun god, and brought the first light into the darkness of chaos. When it landed on the primeval mound, it gave a cry that was the first sound.
As with the Near Eastern traditions we see from these two passages that the concept of darkness and waters is to the fore, with the added insight in the latter that these contain the potential for all forms of life. What is more we find the first deity being able to create by 'speaking names' or using the gift of 'authoritative utterance', suggesting again that their Word is sufficient to trigger the emergence and creation process. Meanwhile the symbolism of the primeval lotus clearly mirrors its use in the Indian cyclical worldview that we discussed in chapter 5.
This is also the first time we have encountered the all-pervasive theme of 'order being created out of chaos', and this allows us to better understand the confusion referred to earlier that seems likely to have pertained at least since the classical Greek era. The key is that under the Orphic system the god Chaos originally represented the 'yawning void'.[x] So, rather than representing some purely psycho-materialist concept of universal order that is mirrored in the ordered nature of these new civilizations, this theme surely conveys the idea of creation of an 'order' of energy and life forms out of a 'chasm' of nothingness. This interpretation is arguably born out by the following extract from the rarely mentioned Book of Knowing the Genesis of the Sungod:[xi]
The Master of Everything saith after his forming:
'I am he who was formed as Khepri.
When I had formed, then only the forms were formed.
All the forms were formed after my forming.
Numerous are the forms from that which proceeded from my mouth.
The heaven had not been formed,
The earth had not been formed,
The ground had not been created
For the reptiles in that place.
I raised myself among them in the abyss, out of its inertness.
When I did not find a place where I could stand,
I thought wisely in my heart,
I founded in my soul.
I made all forms, I alone.
I had not yet ejected as Shu,
I had not spat out as Tefenet,
None else had arisen who had worked with me.
Then I founded in my own heart;
There were formed many forms,
The forms of the forms in the forms of the children,
And in the forms of their children.'
Moving farther east, the suggestion that the Indian Vedas are some of the finest philosophical texts known to humankind is nowhere more clearly demonstrated than in their conception of cosmogony. This is described with great eloquence in the Rig Veda:[xii]
1. There was neither non-existence nor existence then; there was neither the realm of space nor the sky which is beyond. What stirred? Where? In whose protection? Was there water, bottomlessly deep?
2. There was neither death nor immortality then. There was no distinguishing sign of night nor of day. That one breathed, windless, by its own impulse. Other than that there was nothing beyond.
3. Darkness was hidden by darkness in the beginning; with no distinguishing sign, all this was water. The life force that was covered with emptiness, that one arose through the power of heat.
4. Desire came upon that one in the beginning; that was the first seed of mind. Poets seeking in their heart with wisdom found the bond of existence in non-existence.
5. Their cord was extended across. Was there below? Was there above? There were seed-placers; there were powers. There was impulse beneath; there was giving-forth above.
6. Who really knows? Who will here proclaim it? Whence was it produced? Whence is this creation? The gods came afterwards, with the creation of this universe. Who then knows whence it has arisen?
7. Whence this creation has arisen – perhaps it formed itself, or perhaps it did not – the one who looks down on it, in the highest heaven, only he knows – or perhaps he does not know.
Could we ask for a finer description of the ineffable, unnamable, unknowable, infinite, immanent and transcendent life force of the universe, which slumbers in the dark, watery void that contains nothing and yet – at the same time – the potential or seed of everything?
The Orient
This theme is repeated in a somewhat cryptic extract from one of the Taoist Essays from Huai Nan Tzu:[xiii]
(1) There was the 'beginning': (2) There was a beginning of an anteriority to this beginning. (3) There was a beginning of an anteriority even before the beginning of this anteriority. (4) There was 'the existence'. (5) There was 'the non-existence'. (6) There was 'not yet a beginning of non-existence'. (7) There was 'not yet a beginning of the not yet beginning of non-existence'.
This is followed by a commentary that forms part of the original text:
(1) The meaning of 'There was the beginning' is that there was a complex energy which had not yet pullulated into germinal form, nor into any visible shape of root and seed and rudiment. Even then in this vast and impalpable void there was apparent the desire to spring into life; but, as yet, the genera of matter were not formed.
(2) At the 'beginning of anteriority before the beginning' the fluid of heaven first descended and the fluid of earth first ascended. The male and female principles interosculated, prompting and striving among the elements of the cosmos. The forces wandered hither and thither, pursuing, competing, interpenetrating. Clothed with energy, they moved, sifted, separated, impregnated the various elements as they moved in the fluid ocean, each aura desiring to ally itself with another, even when, as yet, there was no appearance of any created form.
(3) At the stage 'There must be a beginning of an anteriority even before the beginning of anteriority', Heaven contained the spirit of harmony, but had not, as yet, descended: earth cherished the vivifying fluid, but had not ascended, as yet. It was space, still, desolate, vapory – a drizzling humid state with a similitude of vacancy and form. The vitalizing fluid floated about, layer on layer.
(4) 'There was the existence' speaks of the coming of creation and the immaterial fluids assuming definite forms, implying that the different elements had become stabilized. The immaterial nuclei and embryos, generic forms as roots, stems, tissues, twigs and leaves of variegated hues appeared. Beautiful were the variegated colors. Butterflies and insects flew hither and thither: insects crawled about. We now reach the stage of movement and the breath of life on every hand. At this stage it was possible to feel, to grasp, to see and follow outward phenomena. They could be counted and distinguished both quantitatively and qualitatively.
(5) 'The non-existence' period. It was so called because when it was gazed on no form was seen: when the ear listened, there was no sound: when the hand grasped, there was nothing tangible: when gazed at, it was illimitable. It was limitless space, profound and a vast void – a quiescent, subtile [sic] mass of immeasurable translucency.
(6) In 'There was not yet a beginning of non-existence', implies that this period wrapped up heaven and earth, shaping and forging the myriad things of creation: there was an all-penetrating impalpable complexity, profoundly vast and all-extending; nothing was outside its operations. The minutest hair and sharpest point were differentiated: nothing within was left undone. There was no wall around, and the foundation of non-existence was being laid.
(7) In the period of 'There was not yet a beginning of the not yet beginning of non-existence', Heaven and Earth were not divided: the four seasons were not yet separated: the myriad things were not yet come to birth. Vast-like even and quiet, still-like, clear and limpid, forms were not visible.
Although the apparent order of these commentaries is somewhat confused, and there is perhaps a subtle suggestion that they ignore physical evolution, they do attempt to say something about the incredible complexities of the universe emerging into its various realms and forms, both physical and nonphysical. Another essay continues the theme:[xiv]
The divinities Yin and Yang were separated... the hard and soft being mutually united... creation assumed form. The murky elements went to form reptiles: the finer essence went to form man. Hence, spirit belongs to Heaven and the physical belongs to Earth. When the spirit returns to the gate of Heaven and the body seeks its origin, how can I exist? The 'I' is dissolved.
The implication seems to be that during the night of Brahma the void remains completely undifferentiated and unitary, whereas at the commencement of the day of Brahma – or year, or life, the terminology really does not matter – the first thing the creative power does is split into two, in this case represented by the Yin and the Yang. These apparent dualities representing male and female, positive and negative, light and dark and so on are often misunderstood as opposites, but in fact they are better seen as complementary, unified principles that exist as contrasts on a single scale and have to be balanced. Indeed in this context it is useful to think of the night of Brahma as a state of stasis or equilibrium that has to be knocked out of equilibrium if any sort of dynamic of creation and evolution is going to occur. In many traditions this is represented somewhat prosaically as the supreme creator recognizing he is alone, and becoming so frustrated that he creates one or more companions for himself – as we saw, for example, with the Egyptian first deity in the commentary previously discussed.
Perhaps unsurprisingly Japanese cosmogony follows the same line. Their two most sacred ancient texts, the Kojiki or 'Record of Ancient Matters' and the Nihongi or 'Chronicles of Japan', were compiled in the early part of the eighth century, each having similar content; the opening lines of the latter are as follows:[xv]
Of old, Heaven and Earth were not yet separated, and the In (Yin) and Yo (Yang) not yet divided. They formed a chaotic mass like an egg which was of obscurely defined limits and contained germs.
The purer and clearer part was thinly drawn out, and formed Heaven, while the heavier and grosser element settled down and became Earth.
The finer element easily became a united body, but the consolidation of the heavy and gross element was accomplished with difficulty.
Heaven was therefore formed first, and Earth was established subsequently.
In Greek cosmogony we find that, while many accounts contain the somewhat prosaic distortions we have come to expect, traces of the original wisdom still shine through in places. For example here are the opening lines of Ovid's Metamorphosis:[xvi]
Ere land and sea and the all-covering sky
Were made, in the whole world the countenance
Of nature was the same, all one, well named
Chaos, a raw and undivided mass,
Naught but a lifeless bulk, with warring seeds
Of ill-joined elements compressed together.
No sun as yet poured light upon the world,
No waxing moon her crescent filled anew,
Nor in the ambient air yet hung the earth,
Self-balanced, equipoised, nor Ocean's arms
Embraced the long far margin of the land
Though there were land and sea and air, the land
No foot could tread, no creature swim the sea,
The air was lightless; nothing kept its form,
All objects were at odds, since in one mass
Cold essence fought with hot, and moist with dry,
And hard with soft and light with things of weight.
This strife a god, with nature's blessing, solved;
Who severed land from sky and sea from land,
And from the denser vapors set apart
The ethereal sky; and, each from the blind heap
Resolved and freed, he fastened in its place
Appropriate in peace and harmony.
The fiery weightless force of heaven's vault
Flashed up and claimed the topmost citadel;
Next came the air in lightness and in place;
The thicker earth with grosser elements
Sank burdened by its weight; lowest and last
The girdling waters pent the solid globe.
This passage at least contains the idea of the undifferentiated nature of the void. Of course we might have expected to be able to turn to Plato for some rather better fare, as usual, but in fact cosmogony is not one of his strong points.
If we now turn to indigenous traditions from around the world, Roland Burrage Dixon provides the following entirely consistent overview of Polynesian cosmogony in The Mythology of All Races:[xvii]
The essential elements of this form of the myth may be stated as follows. In the beginning there was nothing but Po, a void or chaos, without light, heat, or sound, without form or motion. Gradually vague stirrings began within the darkness, moanings and whisperings arose, and then at first, faint as early dawn, the light appeared and grew until full day had come. Heat and moisture next developed, and from the interaction of these elements came substance and form, ever becoming more and more concrete, until the solid earth and overarching sky took shape and were personified as Heaven Father [Rangi] and Earth Mother [Papa].
So, for example, one Maori tradition reported by Dixon begins as follows:[xviii]
Io dwelt within the breathing-space of immensity.
The Universe was in darkness, with water everywhere,
There was no glimmer of dawn, no clearness, no light.
Another is even more esoteric:[xix]
From the conception the increase
From the increase the swelling
From the swelling the thought
From the thought the remembrance
From the remembrance the consciousness, the desire.
The word became fruitful:
It dwelt with the feeble glimmering
It brought forth night;
The great night, the long night,
The lowest night, the loftiest night,
The thick night, the night to be felt,
The night touched, the night unseen.
The night following on,
The night ending in death.
From the nothing, the begetting,
From the nothing the increase
From the nothing the abundance,
The power of increasing, the living breath;
It dwelt with the empty space.
Meanwhile the cosmogony of the Society Islands, for example, follows similar lines:[xx]
He existed. Taaroa was his name.
In the immensity
There was no earth, there was no sky,
There was no sea, there was no man.
Taaroa calls, but nothing answers.
Existing alone, he became the universe.
Taaroa is the root, the rock's foundation.
Taaroa is the sands.
It is thus that he is named.
Taaroa is the light.
Taaroa is within.
Taaroa is the germ.
Taaroa is the support.
Taaroa is enduring.
Again we find the idea that the creative power in the void contains the potential germ or seed of all things that will eventually emerge.
How do the indigenous traditions of the Americas compare? First let us hear once again from the Hopi Indians of the north:[xxi]
The first world was Tokpela (Endless Space).
But first, they say, there was only the Creator, Taiowa. All else was endless space. There was no beginning and no end, no time, no shape, no life. Just an immeasurable void that had its beginning and end, time, shape, and life in the mind of Taiowa the Creator.
Then he, the infinite, conceived the finite. First he created Sotuknang to make it manifest, saying to him, 'I have created you, the first power and instrument as a person, to carry out my plan for life in endless space. I am your Uncle. You are my Nephew. Go now and lay out these universes in proper order so they may work harmoniously with one another according to my plan.'
Sotuknang did as he was commanded. From endless space he gathered that which was to be manifest as solid substance, moulded it into forms, and arranged them into nine universal kingdoms: one for Taiowa the Creator, one for himself, and seven universes for the life to come.
This account typifies the Amerindian approach which, unlike those of the East, tends to anthropomorphize the power in the void, personifying it as a 'supreme creator'. But we can also see quite clearly that this does not prevent it from describing the fundamental nothingness of the void, and how it then differentiated into various universes – or in our terms realms or planes. Meanwhile the similarities of Mayan cosmogony can be seen from the following extract from the Popol Vuh:[xxii]
Now it still ripples, now it still murmurs, ripples, it still sighs, still hums, and it is empty under the sky.
Here follow the first words, the first eloquence:
There is not yet one person, one animal, bird, fish, crab, tree, rock, hollow, canyon, meadow, forest. Only the sky alone is there; the face of the earth is not clear. Only the sea alone is pooled under all the sky; there is nothing whatever gathered together. It is at rest; not a single thing stirs. It is held back, kept at rest under the sky.
Whatever there is that might be is simply not there: only the pooled water, only the calm sea, only it alone is pooled.
Whatever might be is simply not there: only murmurs, ripples, in the dark, in the night. Only the Maker, Modeler alone, Sovereign Plumed Serpent, the Bearers, Begetters are in the water, a glittering light. They are there, they are enclosed in quetzal feathers, in blue-green.
Thus the name, 'Plumed Serpent'. They are great knowers, great thinkers in their very being.
This account continues by describing specifically how 'the earth arose because of them, it was simply their word that brought it forth'.
In his essay on Africa in World Mythology, Roy Willis points out that many of its indigenous traditions tend to contain the idea of a 'cosmic egg' as also found in, for example, Egyptian and Japanese cosmogony. But what does this egg contain? The Dogon describe it as being 'the seed of the cosmos' that 'vibrated seven times, then burst open', so this is just another way of depicting the potential or seed within the void.[xxiii] He also suggests that their neighbors the Bambara have one of the most philosophical cosmogonies in Africa:[xxiv]
In the beginning emptiness, fu, brought forth knowing, gla gla zo. This knowing, full of its emptiness and its emptiness full of itself, was the prime creative force of the universe, setting in train a mystical process of releasing and retracting energy.
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[i] This collation of origin traditions took a great deal of time and effort in the British Library in the days before the internet made research far simpler. It is sincerely to be hoped that this spiritual reinterpretation thereof may yet receive some recognition in more academic circles, because arguably it is one of the most important contributions made by this work.
[ii] Corpus Hermeticum 3:1; see Copenhaver, Hermetica, p. 13.
[iii] Corpus Hermeticum 4:10, 5:10 and 12:20–2; see ibid., pp. 17, 20 and 47–8.
[iv] Robinson, The Nag Hammadi Library, pp. 171–3.
[v] Ibid, pp. 61 and 64. Further descriptions of the ultimate deity can be found, for example, in the Apocryphon of John; see ibid, pp. 106–7.
[vi] Dalley, Myths from Mesopotamia, p. 233. Note that the opening to the earlier Sumerian text the Eridu Genesis would probably have contained something relevant, but unfortunately it is missing.
[vii] Orthodox scholars suggest that they regarded the earth (Ki) as a flat disc that was separated from heaven (An) by the atmosphere (Lil), with the whole ensemble immersed like a gigantic bubble in the primeval waters of Tiamat; see, for example, Kramer, The Sumerians, chapter 4, pp. 112–13 and Roux, Ancient Iraq, chapter 6, p. 93. Not only does this tend to ignore the esoteric significance of the primeval waters, which may or may not be a fair reflection of the Mesopotamians' own understanding, but it may also be somewhat at odds with the astronomical knowledge they possessed.
[viii] Taken from www.egyptianmyths.net/mythre.htm.
[ix] Baines and Pinch in Willis, World Mythology, p. 38.
[x] Ibid., p. 128. See also West, Hesiod: Theogony and Works and Days, explanatory note to Theogony 116, p. 64.
[xi] Müller, 'Egyptian Mythology', chapter 4, pp. 68–9 in Gray, The Mythology of All Races, volume 12. This text is described as a 'papyrus copy written in the reign of Alexander II (310 BCE), but which seems to go back to originals that are considerably earlier'.
[xii] Rig Veda 10.129; see O'Flaherty, The Rig Veda, pp. 25–6.
[xiii] Morgan, Essays from Huai Nan Tzu, 'Beginning and Reality', pp. 31–3.
[xiv] Ibid., 'Life and Soul', p. 58.
[xv] Nihongi 1; see Aston, Nihongi, pp. 1–3.
[xvi] Metamorphosis 1:6–31; see Melville, Ovid: Metamorphosis, pp. 1–2.
[xvii] Dixon, 'Oceanic Mythology', part 1, chapter 1, p. 5 in Gray, The Mythology of All Races, volume 9.
[xviii] Ibid., part 1, chapter 1, p. 13.
[xix] Ibid., part 1, chapter 1, pp. 7–8. The source is Taylor, New Zealand and Its Inhabitants (London, 1870), p. 109.
[xx] Ibid., part 1, chapter 1, p. 11.
[xxi] Waters, Book of the Hopi, part 1, p. 3.
[xxii] Popol Vuh 1; see Tedlock, Popol Vuh, pp. 64–5.
[xxiii] Willis, World Mythology, p.266.
[xxiv] Ibid., p. 267.


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Donnell Rawlings of "Chappelle's Show" fame and radio personality Angela Yee are set to host the 2008 Online Hip-Hop Awards (OHHAs).
The Online Hip-Hop Awards, brought to you by SOHH.com, were designed to empower the online community and give online fans a chance to show love for their favorite celebrities, bloggers and aspiring stars in a variety of categories.
Over a period of 12 weeks, fans logged on to www.onlinehiphopawards.com and cast their nominations and votes in over 30 categories. [View the finalists here]. On Wednesday, December 3, the first of the winners announcements by Angela and Donnell will be broadcast on SOHH.com.
Funnyman Donnell Rawlings AKA "Ashy Larry" will serve as a co-host for the ground-breaking award show alongside Shade 45 morning show personality and Lip Service host, Angela Yee.
"Right now it's a good time for the Online Hip-Hop Awards. The internet is bigger than it's ever been with all these artists starting their own sites," Angela told SOHH. "I felt really good about doing it because I'm online all day, all the time, looking at different people's websites and getting all the news so I was familiar with everything that we talked about when it came to the different categories."
Despite her familiarity with the topics, Angela admitted that she and Donnell ran into a few issues during the taping of the 2008 Online Hip-Hop Awards.
"Number one, Donnell really can't read," she joked. "And he also can't do anything straight. He jokes around a lot. He can't help himself. It's like a reflex to make a joke."
For his part, Donnell said he was an obvious fit to host the show. "I am hip-hop," he told SOHH. "That's why it was completely natural for me to host the Online Hip-Hop Awards. That Angela is another story. Sure, she's hot, but she ain't hip-hop. She ain't hood."
Angela and Donnell will be joined by a cast of comedians and celebrities. Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Dean Edwards will offer spot-on impersonations of Jay-Z giving advice to up an coming artists and Denzel Washington taking up rap in order to earn a few extra dollars during the economic recession. Comedian Kyle Grooms will channel President- elect Barack Obama and present his hysterical hip-hop bailout plan.
In addition, Soulja Boy, Jim Jones, Musiq Soulchild and Jazmine Sullivan will all make appearances.
The 2008 Online Hip-Hop Awards which were written and produced by Wil Sylvince and Erik Rivera will run on SOHH.com through Wednesday December 9th.
Check out this clip of Donnell and Angela as they announce their co-hosting duties.
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Romney Set To Visit Idaho
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is scheduled to make a couple of fund raising stops in Idaho later this month. Romney will attend a fundraiser luncheon on June 20th in Idaho Falls. He's also slated to have breakfast in Boise, and dinner in Denver later that evening. according to the national journal He will participate in a debate between Republicans in the nation's first primary state, New Hampshire, on June 13. This isn't the former Massachusetts governor's first run at the presidency or visit to eastern Idaho. He made stops during his 2008 bid for the White House and during Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's 2010 reelection campaign.


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An Inspirational Journey of Healing
Healing starts with awareness.
Let's face it, no one ever wants to hear the words, you have cancer.
What started out as the scariest day of Tami White's life, ended up bringing her some of life's greatest gifts – strength, healing, love, and purpose. Listen to this amazing woman's story as she shares some vulnerable pieces of her soul, as well as some incredible insights for anyone facing or helping someone they love face tough challenges.
This true story of healing may cause you to shed a few tears (of sadness and joy) while listening (I sure did!)! One lasting gift I hope you receive from listening to my little sister, is a healthier perspective on life. She sure did inspire me to start making better choices, and a lot of other people, too.
In this first podcast episode of The Curvy Life, Tami talks about the moment she found out she had cancer, and how that news has transformed her into someone very different today. Just one month after she married her sweet soulmate, she discovered the lump that actually saved her life.
Big blessings hide in some of life's most dramatic curves. And once we're aware of their blessings, we start the healing process.
About The Curvy Life:
This podcast inspires through the stories of brave women who have faced and embraced the curves of life. Guests of the show are encouraged to share their fears, insights, and triumphs. In doing so, they will prove that even though life tosses curves, those curves don't have to define or destroy them.
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Luxurious. Spacious. Stylish. This bold and powerful SUV is bristling with cutting-edge technologies and ready for action. Anywhere.
Known as the Grandland X, the new crossover will sit next to the Mokka X SUV and Crossland X and will boost Vauxhall's credentials in a segment which is one of the fastest-growing in the UK's car market.
With a design that blends elegance with ruggedness, the Grandland X will offer customers a raised seating position, good all-round visibility and plenty of luggage space. Easy ingress and egress will also be on the menu, along with plenty of cabin practicality, high levels of comfort and fine driving dynamics.
Need more information? Download and view the latest Vauxhall Grandland X PDF brochure.
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Just like you, New Grandland X is ready for adventure. In fact it looks ready for anything. Elegant lines, muscular curves and an athletic poise hint at the brains, brawn and agility packed into this powerful SUV.
Interior design
No matter what the journey, from a sandwich run to a grand tour, it's a greater ride in the New Grandland X. Spacious, comfortable and smart, its hi-tech innovation, style and design makes more of your travels.
Ambient light
Nice to have a light shining out for you. A luxury touch to most New Grandland X's interior is discrete ambient lighting for the centre console, rear cargo lamps and doors. Restfully reassuring, it gives you a nice glow inside.
LED Adaptive Forward Lighting
Pretty amazing to own a car that thinks at the speed of light. Adaptive forward lighting is New Grandland X Elite's intelligent LED headlight system that shapes the beams according to your driving situation.
Driver assistance systems
A new generation of driver assistance systems protects New Grandland X with a safety zone for maximum relaxation and minimum risk. For example, traffic sign recognition, lane assist and an automatic emergency braking system which can safely slow your speed in heavy traffic, while keeping you in total control. Good to know someone's looking out for you. Or rather, looking ahead for you.
Surround vision with 360° camera
When you're parking in a tight spot, New Grandland X doesn't just look out for you: it looks all around for you. There's an optional 360° surround vision camera that shows objects surrounding your car on screen. Makes reversing out of a tight space magically easy.
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Ever struggled with parallel parking? Yep, us too – loads of times. Struggle no more though. With this optional system, at the push of a button, New Grandland X expertly steers you into your parking space while you control the power and the brakes. Now that's team work.
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Sit comfy and relax, we've got your back. In fact, your back couldn't be in safer hands than with New Grandland X's optional, ergonomically certified AGR sports seats. Featuring full lumbar support, extendable and tiltable seat cushion and plenty of adjustable settings, it's great back therapy.
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There's nothing like a warm welcome on a chilly day. Which is why New Grandland X is available with an optional heated windscreen for clearing fogged or frosty windows, as well as heated seats and steering wheel for toasty comfort. So no more cold starts to the day.
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Effortlessly open the tailgate with no hands? No problem. With New Grandland X's optional hands-free powered tailgate, you can pop it open by just waggling your foot under the rear bumper. Perfect if you're carrying shopping or a heavy load in both hands.
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12. Radicchio
Pliny the Elder, the Roman philosopher, heaped praise upon radicchio for its medicinal properties, noting that it was helpful in purifying blood and a natural sedative. Modern researchers praise it for its extraordinary phenolic content; in one study, of 40 vegetables tested, radicchio placed in the top four. This member of the chicory family brings to mind small, pretty decorative heads of red cabbage, but with a more-delicate texture and a completely different taste. It somehow manages to be both bitter and sweet (but mostly bitter). Most radicchio is imported from Italy and is thus expensive, but increasingly, specialty farmers are producing it for the American market. Radicchio is generally added to salads, but is lovely sautéed or served in warm salads as well.


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Irving Townhomes Hit the Market
Texas 05 Partners LLC has retained Greysteel to handle the sale of Radford Place Townhomes, a 30-unit multifamily community in Irving, Texas.14 September 2016 09:35
Metropolitan Capital Advisors Names Exclusive Advisor for Dallas Community Sale
Metropolitan Capital Advisors selected Greysteel to market Herschel Manor's sale.21 July 2016 11:03
Anthracite, Stream Partner Up for New Fort Worth Tower
Anthracite and Stream Realty Partners have announced a new project in Fort Worth, Texas.01 October 2015 14:09
Texas Gains More Altitude with Trampoline Parks
The Lone Star State will soon be jumping for joy as The Woodmont Co. announced that it has helped a trampoline park company ink four new leases in the state.01 September 2015 03:37
Farmer Brothers Makes It Official
Texas will wake up to the smell of fresh coffee in the near future as a distributor and coffee roaster with a history of more than 100 years has begun preparations to move to the Lone Star State.17 August 2015 20:20
ACU Takes One Hanover Park to Church
One Hanover Park, an eight-story, 195,894-square-foot office building located at 16633 North Dallas Parkway in Addison, Texas will soon become home to Abilene Christian University (ACU), which has leased there 25,000 square feet of space and plans to open a new campus.29 July 2015 13:48
Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For Nominee Settling in Nicely in Plano and Irving
Not even a year after announcing plans to relocate its corporate headquarters from Tulsa to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For nominee Hilti North America is ready to settle in at its new home in Plano. The firm decided last year to move to Texas in order to be closer to a broader base of customers and to have access to a larger pool of talent.18 June 2015 01:53
Hines Acquires Chesapeake Plaza in Fort Worth
Hines announced that it recently entered the Fort Worth Market with the acquisition of Chesapeake Plaza, a 409,977-square-foot, 20-story, Class A office building. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.14 August 2014 18:16
HFF Arranges Construction Loan, JV Equity for $225M Development of McKinney & Olive
HFF recently announced that it arranged the construction loan and joint venture equity investment for the development of McKinney & Olive, the $225 million, 530,000-square-foot project. Currently under construction, the tower was designed by renowned architectural firm Pelli Clarke Pelli and has been described by press as being "sexy".31 July 2014 03:28
KPMG Centre to Gain High-Tech Transplants from San Diego
Omnitracs and ACTIVE Networks, two companies owned by Vista Equity Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, recently announced their plan of relocating their HQ from San Diego to Dallas.24 July 2014 22:12
Peloton Commercial Real Estate Appointed Manager of Bank of America Plaza
Metropolis Investment Holdings Inc. has recently appointed Peloton Commercial Real Estate as manager of Bank of America Plaza, one of Dallas' most iconic skyscrapers. Encompassing over 1.8 million square feet of office and retail space, the 72-story tower substantiates not only Dallas' tallest office building, but also the 3rd tallest building in Texas and the 22nd tallest in the United States.17 July 2014 15:29
Crescent Breaks Ground on $225M Office Tower
Crescent Real Estate Holdings LLC broke ground on their famous McKinney & Olive Tower, the first step in creating the first commercial building in Dallas to be designed by an internationally acclaimed architect since the 1980s.26 June 2014 04:09
Stream Realty Partners Takes Over Leasing at One Main Place
New Orleans-based KFK Group has tapped Stream Realty Partners to handle leasing at One Main Place, its 33-story iconic high-rise in downtown Dallas.11 June 2014 22:00
KONE Lease Kicks Off Development of 22.5-Acre Office Park in Allen
Houston-based Sentinel Capital has landed global elevator and escalator company KONE as lead tenant of the $26 million first phase of AllenPlace, a 22.5-acre master-planned office park in Allen.29 May 2014 04:07
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Mormon church hits back at magazine's portrayal of LDS prophet and profits
The Mormon church is lashing back at a business magazine that parodied its prophet's mission and portrayed the affluent church as miserly in its charitable donations.
A lengthy story in Bloomberg Businessweek that hit newsstands July 13 detailed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' vast financial holdings, from a $2 billion mall in Salt Lake City to a $1 billion ranch in Florida.
Reaction to the magazine's cover has overshadowed the article, however. The illustration satirizes the moment that Mormons believe John the Baptist bestowed the priesthood on Joseph Smith, the faith's founding prophet.
In the parody, John the Baptist tells Smith, "And thou shalt build a shopping mall, own stock in Burger King, and open a Polynesian theme park in Hawaii that shall be largely exempt from the frustrations of tax . . ." Smith answers, "Hallelujah."
LDS Church spokesman Michael Purdy said the magazine cover is "in such poor taste it is difficult to even find the words to comment on it."
"Sadly, the cover is a reflection of the bias and speculative nature of the article itself," Purdy told the LDS Church-owned Deseret News. "It is narrow and incomplete, omitting, for instance, a good deal of information given on how church resources are used."
The "profoundly irreverent" cover belies the serious and straightforward article that it accompanies, said Joanna Brooks, a senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches. "Trying to sell a few magazines, Businessweek destroyed an opportunity for a serious discussion," said Brooks, who is Mormon.
Asked for a response, Bloomberg spokeswoman Rachel Nagler said that the cover image comes from an 1898 lithograph "recording a pivotal moment in the birth of Mormonism."
The article itself is not satirical. It states that the LDS Church owns media companies, a hospitality business, an insurance firm with assets of $3 billion and an agricultural company with 1 million acres in the U.S. as well as having an ample real estate portfolio.
The church also makes money through an investment fund and trust company, according to the article. In all, the LDS Church is worth about $40 billion, according to a study cited in the article, and takes in $8 billion each year in tithes.
"What is remarkable is how varied the church's business interests are and that so little is known about its financial interests," writes Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Caroline Winter.
Meanwhile, the LDS Church donates less than 1 percent of its annual income to charity, according to a study cited in the article. Other churches donate nearly 30 percent.
Mormon leaders responded with a lengthy statement on July 12, saying that comparing their church to a business misses the mark and arguing that the charity study omits its vast nonmonetary and welfare assistance programs.
"On occasion someone will try to estimate the church's income and determine how much of that is used to care for the poor and needy," the LDS Church said in a statement. "Again, they rarely capture the whole picture."
Mormons initially were members of a poor and persecuted religion, the church said, isolated in the Utah mountains. They built their own businesses because no others were around. "Today, the church's business assets support the church's mission and principles by serving as a rainy day fund," the church said.
Moreover, Mormon volunteers spend thousands of hours running employment services, thrift stores, food pantries and other welfare programs, according to the church.
The church also insists that tithing is not used in its for-profit business but rather for building houses of worship, providing educational programs, supporting the church's 50,000 missionaries and operating 140 temples worldwide.
"The key to understanding church finances is to understand that they are a means to an end," the LDS leaders said. "They allow the church to carry out its religious mission across the world." —RNS


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(Paper) Tata Consultancy Services Fresher Job Interview Placement Paper: 13 September 2011
Tata Consultancy Services
Company Name: Tata Consultancy Services
Type: Fresher
Job Interview Paper: Tata Consultancy services
Hi friends!
I had been through the most crucial 48hrs of my life. Starting from the day we were called for PPT(Pre Placement Talk). it was of around 2hrs. Then the selection process started. Which included WRITTEN with 3 other rounds.
The Written or say aptitude round comprised of 35 questions which are to be answered in 80minutes of time. the questions were from 450 set of questions provided by TCS itself.
after clearing the written test, we were ready to face the interview panel the very next day.
My first round was of Technical
In it I was asked about my projects (minor & training projects)
I explained it.
Other than this there was no technical question asked to me. instead the
interviewer asked about my family my mentor, my strength with a real life
example justifying them. He asked me if during Project if one of our team member
is absent at the last day of submission and we are unable to submit our project
on time what i will do?
I answered i would inform my head about the whole matter and would try to complete the project as soon as possible.
He was satisfied with my ans.
He then asked me that who will be the most happiest person if I got selected. I
answered MY MOM. so he laughed and said You will not be happy or what?
I replied of course I will. This was all about my Technical round (which was more of Hr not technical)
Call it as my luck just after my technical round within 5minutes I was infront of a beautiful lady who was my HR interviewer. I called it as my luck because later i came to know that it was my HR+MR round 2gether.
She first called out my name and asked me did she pronounced that correctly. I
said Yes. As my Last name is SHAH, she asked me R u Gujarati?
I said No.
Than she asked which language do we speak at home?
I replied hindi while my dad speaks Gujarati.
She was having my Registration form and resume with her. Due to some reasons I
have uploaded my photograph that was not a professional. So she said in a
taunting way that ur photo seems as if u r giving it to a matrimonial website.
I replied Sorry Madam It was my last minute work.
than she asked do i really planning to marry?
I replied NO. at least not in 5year span.
Den looking through my resume. she viewed my hobbies that included COOKING. She
asked me what all I can cook?
I answered Chinese, Gujarati and Madwadi Food.
she asked my favorite Dish.
in nervousness I replied PIZZA.
So she asked the recipe to cook PIZZA. Staring from buying the base from market to serving it in a dish with tomato ketchup I explained her everything.
Den she asked about what kind of Marwadi food I cook?
I replied Bati. she asked me its recipie also.
After I answered she came on my second hobby of reading Novels. She asked me
what kind of Novels Do I read i replied Fictional. she asked me to tell some of
the novels I said all 4 novels by chetan bhagat, Anything 4u madam, Indian
On hearing those names she asked me if I m Feminist. I replied I don't know what exactly a feminist means?
she explained it that those are interested in the welfare of uplifting the
women's. I said NO. Than suddenly she fired a ques What is my opinion about Gay
and Homo sexuals?
From this sudden question I was exclaimed but I replied Its sort of their will. every person has right to live their life their own way.
Later from my teachers I found dat my answer was not satisfactory Instead of this my ans should be like Its a sort of harmonial imbalance. and is a disease which can be due to many reasons.
Then her next question was if 1 day i came to know about my best friend dat she is liesbeian, what will be my reaction? i replied I will continue with my friendship and will not interfere in her life.( this was also not a good answer, instead i should have replied dat i will try to convince my friend and will ask her to seek medical help)
This was all about my MR round which later on i came to know that it was my HR +
MR and finally i was selected in just 2 rounds.
So now i am a part of TCS family.
All the Best!!
Exam/Interview Date: 13-Sep-2011
No of Rounds : Aptitude Test
Contributor Name : Chhavi
No of Rounds : Aptitude Test
Contributor Name : Chhavi


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A coffee morning will take place at Newtonhill Church Hall this Saturday, February 20, from 10am-12pm in aid of cancer charity Bloodwise.
Margaret Brooks, who was diagnosed with Leukaemia in January 2014, organised the event to raise both funds and awareness for the charity.
Speaking to The Leader, Margaret explained how the organisation changed its name from 'Leukaemia & Lymphoma' in order to "embrace all blood cancer patients."
She said: "After having a cold and a cough that wouldn't go away for weeks and weeks and feeling very tired I went to the doctor and before I knew it I was in the hospital.
"A blood test confirmed very quickly that I had chronic myeloid leukaemia.
"I've taken part in two Walk With Paws sponsored walks around Hazelhead and raised over £6000 for the charity.
"They told me last week that I was the top fundraiser for the area, which was great to hear.
"Bloodwise itself actually put the money towards researching blood cancer - so at the end of the day I hope the money is being used to help people like myself and to discover new drugs.
"Ten years ago, they would have told you that you wouldn't have survived this particular type of Cancer but now you're given oral chemotherapy in the form of a pill that saves your life.
"Last year I decided that there is never much happening in January and February so I decided to organise the coffee morning.
"I've had tremendous help and support from my friends and family and people in the village.
"Everyone I know has been so helpful including my friend Morag Shank, who made the posters and the tickets for the coffee morning.
"I've got so many helpers that I just hope enough people will come to eat the cakes and drink the coffee."
Tickets for the coffee morning are £4 for adults and 50p for children and there will be a variety of stalls in the hall on the day.


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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Welcome 2010
Sorry I have taken a hiatus from blogging recently.
New Years Resolution - try to stick to a more regular schedule!
Cheers to Twenty Ten and many wonderful weddings, parties and events.
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It is likely that it's your first time to do renovation in your beloved home whether you have stayed there for many years or just received your keys. Truth is, you'll only do up your house once. And that is why you want to do it right the first time.
Renovating your house is a huge decision and that is why you'll experience anxiety and worry [lots of them] especially knowing that it involves quite an amount of money. It is very frustrating to end up paying above the agreed and actual project cost. So how does one avoid hidden costs?
- Proper Space Planning – Make sure there's proper space planning that is accurately based on the floor plan and the proposed layout must be followed as understood by you and the designer.
- Proposed 3D Design – The proposed design must closely represent the desired actual look and feel. It must also show the final perspective with correct placement and measurement of each carpentry work [if any].
- Actual Design – Every element of the design that you want, including finishes and materials with the agreed length or quantity, must be clearly stated.
- Actual Dimension – It is imperative that there are no incorrect measurements of the actual dimension of the house. Every extra measurement is another dollar you have to pay for. Do the measurement together with your designer.
- Actual Final Quotation – Make sure to check every detail and all specific works that have to be done and see to it they tally with the actual final quotation.


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Rila Monastery
Rila Monastery is the biggest orthodox sanctuary in Bulgaria and is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. It was founded in the 10th century by the saint hermit Ivan Rilski who used to live in a tiny cave in the mountains, 4 km from the present location of the monastery. These are the landmarks worth seeing in the complex: the church of the Holy Virgin (incredible frescoes), the monastery museum, where a true masterpeice of woodcarving is exhibited – the Cross of St. Raphael ; the museum of the monks' kitchen (magernitza), the tower Krelyo (recently renovated). You must see at all costs the bakery behind the monastery – most tasty doughnuts with sheep youghurt you have ever eaten!
We offer private transportation: BOOK it in advance! One day trip, including transportation to there and back at time, convinient for all the travellers. Short hike to the St. Ivan Rilski cave – about 1h. Price per person, depending on the number of the subscriptions: 3-4 people – 25 EUR/49 BGN 5-6 people – 20 EUR/39 BGN 7-8 people – 18 EUR/35 BGNThe trip can be done any day of the week if there is a minimum of 3 participants.


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Brian is originally from Cleveland, Minn. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Duluth with a Bachelor of Science with an emphasis in Athletic Training. He then went on to get his Master of Education from Valdosta State University.
While at VSU, he worked as a graduate assistant in football, women's basketball, competition cheerleading, baseball and softball. After he completed his Master's, he served as the seasonal intern for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the 2010 season.
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Blue Cheese Selection
Four brilliant blues
For the blue-cheese lover, these four are all outstanding but distinctly different, including sweet, mineral and flinty Devon Blue, the soft blue Brie, Cote Hill, powerful Lanark Blue and Young Buck, perfect alternative to Stilton.
Full details below.
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This blue cheese selection box includes:
Devon Blue. Pasteurised cows' milk, vegetarian. 210g.
Devon Blue was one of the first modern British blue cheeses, created by Robin Congdon in the 1970s. Unpressed, French-style, it is sold by The Courtyard Dairy at four months old, when it is flinty, minerally and light with a subtle blue taste.
Cote Hill Blue. Unpasteurised cows' milk, vegetarian. 290g.
With the price of wholesale milk falling, the Davenports took a short course in cheese making and invented Britain's first unpasteurised soft blue: Cote Hill Blue.
Lanark Blue. Unpasteurised sheep's milk, vegetarian. 250g.
An iconic farmhouse British cheese, this is Scotland's answer to Roquefort; the rich sheep's milk complemented by a strong, powerful blue veining. Lanark Blue was created in the 1980s and has become a modern classic.
Young Buck Blue. Unpasteurised cows' milk. 250g.
Outstanding raw-milk, blue cheese from Northern Ireland. An interesting take on a Stilton recipe, Young Buck cheese is traditionally-made and hand-ladled to produce a rich, lingering flavour. An impressive debut cheese.
This product will have two weeks shelf life from the date of delivery. Conveniently, at checkout you can choose a delivery date even well in the future if you would like your cheese delivering for a specific event.


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Scientific Name: Rudbeckia hirta
Plant Family: Asteraceae (Aster)
Common Name: Black-eyed Susan, Coneflower
By Janice Tucker
Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta) are equally as stunning when mixed with other plants in a domesticated flowerbed as they are growing wild in a field awash with their flowers of bright, yellow-gold petals contrasted with dramatic, dark chocolate, conical centers.
Native to western North America, the Black-eyed Susan's spread eastward began in the 1830's when it was accidentally mixed with clover and hayseed bound for the eastern United States. Once introduced in the new locations, it thrived very well and is now found throughout much of North America.
There are 23-25 species of Rudbeckia, plus many varieties and cultivars. In the 18th century Carl Linneaus, the father of the plant binomial system, named the genus in honor of Swedish botanists Olaus Rudbeck, Sr. and Jr. Both father and son were Linneaus' botany professors at the University of Uppsula when he was enrolled there as a medical student. Linneaus named the species "hirta", which means, "rough, hairy" and is descriptive of the plant's stems and leaves.
The R. hirta is considered a biennial. Basal leaves appear the first year but remain low to the ground and will wait until the following year to bloom. In the second year it will grow to a maximum of 3 feet and produce flowers. R. hirta has hairy, oblong, toothed leaves that grow alternately along a sturdy, hairy, erect stem. Blooming May through September and even into October, the flowers have dark brown, fertile, cone-shaped centers rimmed with 12 to 16 sterile yellow-gold petals. As the flower opens, the petals tend to slope downward and slightly curve under. The cones produce an abundance of tiny, fertile seeds. In some areas the R. hirta can behave either as a perennial or an annual.
Because it is a biennial, R. hirta should be planted annually for the first few years to ensure there will always be flowering plants every year during the spring through autumn blooming season. They can be easily transplanted or propagated by seed either in late summer to mid-autumn or in spring when there is no longer a chance of frost. They prefer full sun and sandy soils. The R. hirta does not have a deep taproot, but does send out an abundance of tiny, shallow, lateral roots that will form clumps. The large number of roots will seek out and draw in water, aiding in the plant's survival during dry spells.
The bright, yellow-gold petals lure a variety of butterflies, bees and other pollen/nectar-loving insects, to the fertile, conical center. The pollen-laden cones satisfy the diet of short-tongued and long-tongued insects feast on the sweet nectar of the numerous, little, tubular-shaped cone flowers. For gardeners looking for plants that attract butterflies and bees, the R. hirta and its cultivars are excellent choices. R. hirta has been shown to be effective in controlling erosion when planted on slopes, roadsides and hilly landscapes and does not appear to have a problem with garden pests or diseases.
Even though it is not native to the State of Maryland, the Black-eyed Susan (R. hirta) was adopted as that state's flower in 1918. Every year the Pimblico racecourse in Baltimore, Maryland hosts the Preakness, which is the second leg of horseracing's Triple Crown. The race is also known as "The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans", where the winning horse is presented with a blanket made of the striking yellow and black flowers.
Also known as Coneflower, the Rudbeckia shares that common name with its cousins of the Echinacea, Dracopis and Ratibida genera. The cone-shaped centers of the Rudbeckia flowers are more rounded and not as tall and elongated as species in the other three genera.
The Black-eyed Susan is the symbol of encouragement. Considering its history of adaptability when it traveled from west to east, this is obviously a plant that in its determination to survive will bloom where it's planted. And if there is one thing gardeners need, especially around mid-August, it's encouragement.


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Flying Unicorn welcomes Autumn. Rich warm colors, shorter days, cooler evenings and falling leaves. October's "Your Passion Your Art" captures the essence of Autumn is all it's golden glory. Without further adieu we offer you our October – Your Passion. Your Art kit of the Month
October is a time to admire the earth's rich golden glow – one last call to glory before the cold frost hits. Included in each Main Kit, is always a fun and unique "off the Page " item. This month, we have the perfect "Off the Page" piece to help celebrate a symbol this change, a wonderful pumpkin. Can't you almost smell the mulled cider?
From the beginner to the avid mixed media artist our Mixed Art add on kit will surely please you. Our Mixed Art kit will always come with a canvas and mixed media art supplies to advance your skills as an artist.
Flowers, vines,and embellishments oh my! Our Mixed Passion is a collection of everything pretty to add to the Main kit or the add on kits. The colors and embellishments will enhance your Kit of the Month creations or it can stand alone and you can create something magical on its own! So turn up the music, make some tea and lock your self away while you create some art!
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Cell phone service, high-speed internet, meeting rooms, hotels, bank, post office and more are all available to businesses in Teslin; the town holds considerable appeal for new and established businesses.
Spectacular views of Teslin Lake and the surrounding recreational potential have made Teslin an active tourism centre; significant numbers of people stop over during the summer months as they travel the infamous Alaska Highway.
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Myrtle Beach Country Club
(Chittagong Division, Bangladesh)
Many years have passed since last traveling through Moheshkhali, across the Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Bir Uttam Bridge connection found on the road
north towards Badarkhali, on this unnamed and dusty (or even often mud-bogged) extension of the Z-1004 mangrove island road; northbound from
the Adinath Temple and Bazar, out beyond the firewood collectors' meeting-house and west from the grounds of the Australian Leadership University
College, a location of quiet—yet decisive—lecture and instruction.
At the foot of the memorial bridge, on one of the eastern shore's main boat inlets, can one still take shelter at the casual fishermen's roadside café? Business having boomed once during the bridge's construction, this establishment was often times during its patchy history not actively in service; or at least not with regular posted hours. And was it actually even a café at all, or instead just a meeting spot beside the neighboring elderly couple's kitchen window? Appearing at random times of the morning, at lunchtime and even at dusk, this hospitable pair was always prepared to present (with the transfer of a few coins) a standard unannounced selection: warm rice and a strip of Shutki, fresh phuchkas, a glass of tea or even a variety of cool Shorbot drinks.
And what has become of the café's concrete waterside terrace, with its selection of assorted plastic molded chairs and 2 wooden gathering tables. As respite from the often blistering sun and heat, for years each of these tables supported an oversized blue canvas sun umbrella, both of which were embellished with the faded insignia of the (was it: the once, the former? As from searching, one finds that it exists today no longer) Myrtle Beach Country Club. This odd cultural connection is said to relate to the eldest son of this village couple. Due to political unrest in the region during the 1970s, the young man was sent to the USA, in order to study oceanography and marine sciences at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. The nearby resort town of Myrtle Beach, only a short drive from the school, was described by the parents to be the location of a summer holiday job for their son. He had held a post for four consecutive summers as both miniature golf employee and adjoining kiosk manager. Being strongly impressed by this foreign sun-umbrella design, two samples returned with the young man in the early 1980s, after the completion of his university studies.
As this eldest son in later years moved on, the same as with his other siblings, to other larger cities and towns outside of their hometown coastal region, the reserved and humble parents always took great pleasure in their children's journeys and adventures, as well as their exotic and sometimes even practical gifts.


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Well, you might want to consider getting your CISSP first, work in the field for a bit, at the same time working on your CEH. You just don't walk into an organization without some experience behind you.
One place that you might want to try is the NSA, they are looking for people, but, you need to have a clean back ground and if you have already done some hacking in the past, forget it, they will turn you away, fast. They have a mentorship program in the IA field that you might want to look into. Just go to their website and check it out.
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