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We are all aware about what a WordPress is but still I am going to give you little recap so that those who aren't aware get to know about it.
WordPress is a website that offers you an ability to create your own blog or website. It offers numerous plugins to tailor your website in a way you want to. In addition to it, it offers many other things that could assist you in building your website and improving your website's SEO.
You must be aware that there is continuous development in WordPress and now in this article we will be discussing about WordPress 4.1.
WordPress 4.1
This is the last release of the year 2014 and is named Dinah. The reason behind its name is that the singer Dinah was released the same day. We have discussed everything that is found in WordPress 4.1 below;
WordPress 4.1 has a new version theme that is named as TWENTY FIFTEEN. This is by default. This theme was designed to enhance user's focus on blogs and also to make use of Google's noto web font. The font features to cover around 30 scripts and was developed so that it could work in different languages. The aim was to make it perfect.
->>> New Distraction-Free Writing
In addition to the theme focus, WordPress 4.1 offers a very extensive platform. This publishing platform offers a higher focus on the creation of contents. Here we can also say that this is something called an extension of the existing WordPress version. This feature is mostly loved by users and on the other hand, this feature is hated too but WordPress without losing is continuously making efforts to improve the publishing experience. This feature helps the users to focus highly on the contents.
->>> Language Settings
This is known to be one of the most important and the strongest feature that WordPress owns. This has been extended with the new version launched by WordPress and there are now 40 languages and others are yet to come.
->>> Others
Moreover, there are many other addition such as the image alignment toolbar that has been added and is appreciated by many of its users.
A security feature has also been added that is now you can logout all the sessions you opened under your profile setting.
In addition, WordPress 4.1 also offers a list for recommended plugins and now it has become easier for the users as now the users will not have to visit other websites for the recommendations.
A famous feature vine is added in this version by WordPress. It helps users to upload a short snippets video.
There are more changes about which few users wish to know and these may includes new template tags, a better support for the title tag, improvement to customizers API, etc in WordPress 4.1.


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Beginning Ruby Author: Publisher Wouldn't Let Me Give eBook For Free... So Pirate My Book (Sorta)
from the obscurity,-piracy deptpistol alerts us to an interesting post from Peter Cooper, the author of Beginning Ruby, where he breaks down how he gets paid for the book, including the advance and royalties, giving a nice clean explanation of how authors get paid for their books. It's pretty typical, but nice to see a clean breakdown.
But what's a lot more interesting, is towards the end, he describes the negotiations over the second edition of the book, where he begged his publisher, Apress, to offer the ebook version for free, believing (strongly) that it would promote sales of the paper book. He even notes that the original version's ebook barely had noteworthy sales, so it seemed reasonable to offer up the ebook for free to drive more attention. No dice. Even though Apress has done that with other similar titles, it wouldn't agree. So, his response is to tell people that he doesn't mind if you download unauthorized copies of the book... even if he's not sure what Apress would do:
My reaction to seeing other Apress books getting the free, electronic version treatment is: I'm good with you pirating my book! Now, of course, I can't actively participate in pirating my book but, heck, it's around on plenty of "free e-book" sites and on RapidShare. There are even links on Twitter to torrents like this. I am happy for you to pirate my book, but I'm NOT A LAWYER, and I can't guarantee what Apress would do about it - so you'd be doing it off your own back! So, uhm, don't pirate it? ;-)He also goes on to point out that, technically, he owns the copyright on most of the content in the book, so there may even be a loophole there:
Now, according to my contract, I own the copyright to the entire book except for the cover, table of contents, and the indexes. My contract also states that I have exclusively allowed Apress to publish and reproduce my content. So.. I suspect that if you took my book, removed the cover, contents and indexes, and turned it into a PDF with a cover of your own creation, Apress couldn't do anything about it because everything would be my copyright. Now, I cannot allow you to do this, but I would not pursue you or enforce my copyrights if you did ;-) So, er, don't do it!Of course, something is seriously wrong with the way things are set up when an author has to go behind his own publisher's back to tell people to "pirate" his own book. Eventually publishers will begin to recognize how to embrace new business models, but until then, it seems like it may be quite a struggle for many publishers (there are, of course, a few exceptions -- and, for you supporters of Baen books, yes, we know about them, no need to keep pointing them out).
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Pentecostal Catholics--A History of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal
by Cardinal William J. Levada, Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco
|Modern Pentecostalism began in 1906 in a small black Protestant church on Azusa Street in Los Angeles. It has had an astonishing growth -- first among Protestants in the United States, and in the latter decades of this century, across all denominations in Latin America, Africa and indeed throughout the world. Father Kilian McDonnell, OSB, the Collegeville Benedictine who is both theologian and chronicler of the movement, has recently opined that by the year 2000 the number of Pentecostals of all denominations will far exceed the number of Protestants and Orthodox combined.
The first group of Pentecostal Catholics experienced the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the manner unique to Pentecostalism at Duquesne in Pittsburgh in 1967 and at Notre Dame in 1968. By 1972 Cardinal Suenens personally encountered the charismatic renewal, the preferred terminology for Catholics and mainline Protestants, for the first time during a visit to the United States. He was immediately taken by this encounter, appealing as it did to his keen desire to see the church flourish as in a new Pentecost through the work of the Holy Spirit. For him this amounted to a life-long goal.
In many ways Suenens was an unlikely person to carry the banner for the Catholic charismatic renewal. Personally reserved, even shy, at times almost overly intellectual, he was profoundly touched in his own personal experience and in assessing the fruits of the Holy Spirit in so many Catholics (and Protestants, too, I should add) whose spiritual journey had been deepened and advanced through the renewal. Cardinal Danneels captures it perfectly in his funeral homily:
"How could a cardinal with a face that did not show many emotions, with a straight and immobile stature, with a grave and steady voice, find himself at ease in the midst of a crowd that sang, danced, clapped hands and spoke in tongues? Was it a late life conversion to fantasy and imagination in a man who had been until then too rational and responsible? No. Rather, he perceived in this revival a return to the church of the Acts of the Apostles about which he had always dreamed -- with a taste for the Scriptures, spontaneous prayer, joy, a sense of community, the stirrings of the Spirit, the proliferation of charisms. The Archbishop Levada (Continued from Page 1.) renewal gave the legitimate role of the heart and the body back to the spiritual life of Christians."
Suenens dialogued with the Catholic leadership of the new movement -- Ralph Martin, Steve Clark, Kevin Ranaghan, Father Jim Ferry in the United States, and in Europe as well. He made a singular contribution by explaining the renewal to the pope and the Curia, and by alerting its leadership to what I would call their "amnesia" about the gifts of the Holy Spirit to the church: the Eucharist, The Blessed Virgin Mary, the pope as visible center of unity, the scope of Catholic teaching and practice.
From 1974 to 1986 Suenens composed a series of six "Malines Documents," which still serve as a guide to the renewal, with precious insight into its possibilities and its needs. Charismatic Renewal, with Kilian McDonnell as lead consultant, was followed by Ecumenism and Charismatic Renewal (1978). In 1979 Charismatic Renewal and Social Action was written in collaboration with his longtime friend, Dom Helder Camara of Brazil. In 1982 he wrote Renewal and the Powers of Darkness, with a Foreword by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. The final two "Malines Documents" treat two specific issues the renewal had to deal with: an over-reliance on introspection, in Le Culte du Moi et Foi Chretienne (1985); and the controversial phenomenon Resting in the Spirit (1986), sometimes also referred to as "slaying in the Spirit."
1975 marks the year of the renewals "coming of age" in the Catholic Church. Thanks to Veronica OBriens urging of the cardinal and the cardinals convincing recommendation to Pope Paul, the renewal was invited to have its world congress at Rome on Pentecost during the Holy Year. As Father Walter Abbott notes, during the 1975 Holy Year "the charismatic renewal was decisively accepted into the Catholic Church when Pope Paul endorsed it in St. Peters Basilica on Pentecost Sunday." Peter Hebblethwaite, in his book, Paul VI--The First Modern Pope, concludes, "Suenens won another battle." It is also fair to say that Suenens was the man of the hour for the renewal. His patient, intelligent, ongoing dialogue showed many in the charismatic renewal how to integrate their new enthusiasm for religious experience blessed by the gifts of the Spirit into the faith and practice of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church.
Charisms for the Third Millennium
On July 14, 1979, less than a year into the pontificate of Pope John Paul II, Suenens submitted his resignation as archbishop of Malines-Brussels. It was a duty which he, above all, would not neglect or refuse, since he had been the first to publicly call for the retirement of bishops. While the council heard his plea without enthusiasm, Pope Paul VI introduced the rule, motu proprio.
On Jan. 4, 1980, he was succeeded as archbishop by Godfried Danneels, then bishop of Antwerp. His has been an active retirement, as his many books and lectures throughout this period will attest. His successor has publicly stated what Pope John Paul II said to him as he began his ministry, "Cardinal Suenens played a crucial role during Vatican II, and the universal church owes much to him."
At this symposium we look to the 21st century and the third millennium of Christianity. I was asked to speak to you about the charism of Cardinal Suenens. I have tried to be reasonably thorough, and I hope reasonably objective, in the time given to me. I know that he was genuinely looking forward to this very symposium on retrieving charisms for the 21st century to find the new insights and new directions of the Spirit, who blows where he wills.
By way of conclusion, I would recall again Suenens singular achievement in providing direction for the council in its earliest days, when he outlined a simple framework for its deliberation and the council decided to concentrate its work around the central theme of the church as such -- ad intra and ad extra.
It seems to me that he models a very significant charism to be retrieved for the new millennium: an ability to frame the question properly. Of course our society and its media already have a political framework for characterizing religious statements: They are usually cast on the grid from liberal to conservative. The frame of reference is most often the current political campaign, with comments as thoughtful as a sound byte. The Gospel message handed on in the living tradition of the church is either unknown or so far in the background that it is unrecognizable as a frame of reference.
In my view, even the church people tend to mimic the secular frame of reference, with its penchant for labels. I suggest a moratorium on labels in the church and a retrieval of the unified vision of the council, which did not issue a "conservative" Lumen Gentium and a "liberal" Gaudium et Spes.
To frame the question properly for these last days of our advent before the Jubilee of the Year 2000 and for the third millennium, we would be well served to focus more clearly, and with greater unity as Catholic Americans, about our task as sacramentum mundi -- the sacrament of Christ in the world.
In his apostolic letter Tertio Millennio Adveniente, on preparation for the Jubilee of the Year 2000, Pope John Paul calls the Second Vatican Council, in which he participated as auxiliary bishop of Krakow, "a providential event, whereby the church began (to prepare) for the jubilee of the second millennium." In commenting on the series of Synods of Bishops begun after the council, he says:
"The theme underlying them all is evangelization, or rather the new evangelization, the foundations of which were laid down in the apostolic exhortation Evangelii Nuntiandi of Pope Paul VI, issued in 1975 following the third general assembly of the Synod of Bishops. These synods themselves are part of the new evangelization: They were born of the Second Vatican Councils vision of Archbishop Levada (Continued from Page 6.)
the church. They open up broad areas for the participation of the laity, whose specific responsibilities in the church they define. They are an expression of the strength which Christ has given to the entire people of God, making it a sharer in his own messianic mission as prophet, priest and king."
John Paul relates the themes of Catholic social doctrine to the new evangelization, continuing the vision of Evangelii Nuntiandi, which proposed "evangelization" precisely as a Gospel vision which embraces the church ad intra and ad extra. It thus transcends the categories of dialectical perspective of action and reaction which characterize so much of modern political thought and strategy, of liberal vs. conservative as a dominant framework.
To enable and to serve this new evangelization, the Second Vatican Council provided its providential clarification of the true nature of the church, so that knowing who she is, the church might be better able to be the sacramentum mundi. The pluralism of contemporary society challenges us more than ever today to know and say why we believe in Christ and who we are as church.
For this reason the question of Catholic identity is necessary and central both for the church as a whole and for each individual disciple within the community. In the face of the well-documented religious ignorance among Catholics in America, I think we must look more urgently at the task of how well we form ourselves as church for our mission in and to the world. What Cardinal Newman called for more than a century ago in England -- a well-formed, well-educated and convinced Catholic laity -- will be more than ever a necessity in an increasingly democratic and pluralistic world of the third millennium.
Father Benedict Ashley has suggested that we pay more attention to the "documents" of this Catholic identity: the teachings of the Second Vatican Council as developed through the Synods of Bishops and their resulting apostolic exhortations, and particularly as presented in an integrated manner, updated with the teachings of Vatican II, in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. In his 1994 McGinley lecture at Fordham, Father Avery Dulles, a symposium speaker, called the catechism "the boldest challenge yet offered to the cultural relativism that currently threatens to erode the contents of the Catholic faith."
Put another way, the broad task of the new evangelization, the churchs mission, requires the concomitant task of ongoing catechesis, I might even say a "new" catechesis, to provide the indispensable foundation for effective engagement in the churchs mission in the world, which is the baptismal vocation of the laity.
Framing the question for the next century and the new millennium in this way, as our readiness for the challenge of the new evangelization, will ideally bring us to an ongoing participation in the new Pentecost envisioned by Pope John XXIII and Cardinal Suenens for the Second Vatican Council.
In his final chapter of the Hidden Hand of God, Suenens gives us quite consciously his last testament: "As I look to the future, I cannot avoid stressing the role of the Holy Spirit in the church of tomorrow. He is always the life-giving Spirit, in the fullest meaning of the words. This is the idea I would like to emphasize by way of farewell."
Cardinal Suenens, we thank you for the charism -- the gift -- your life has been for us as church. In our farewell to you, may we pay to you the tribute you so kindly gave to your friend John XXIII in your homily at Vatican II: "At his departure, he left us closer to God and the world a better place for us to live." Requiescat in Spiritu Sancto.
For the full text of Archbishop Levadas keynote address of May 31, 1996, delivered at the Cleveland symposium from which the foregoing was condensed, see Origins, CNS Documentary Service, June 20, 1996, Vol.26:No.5, The Charism of Cardinal Suenens.
This article appeared in the February 1998 Edition of the San Francisco Charismatics (ISSN 1098-4056), the monthly newsletter of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Office of the Charismatic Renewal. (The Charismatics is no longer published as directed by Levada, then Archbishop of San Francisco, several weeks before he left for Rome to assume his new position as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.)


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A question I find myself returning to is why we don't see as much 2D animated films anymore. Since Disney's The Princess and the Frog, the industry seems to have shifted away from traditional hand-drawn animation to CGI. I came across several articles discussing the topic, finding varying opinions as to why large studios have left 2D behind.
Steve Huelett, a Disney animation veteran, gave his opinions as to why most studios have abandoned hand-drawn animation. He argues that editing and touch ups of produced sequences are difficult in hand-drawn animation, as you'd have to redo everything, while with CG, you can return to a produced animation and change things closer to the release date.
Another argument is that hand-drawn animation simply isn't viable anymore, in the context of the box office. The Princess and the Frog (2009) is a common example brought up when debating this, as it made $267 million while Bolt (2009) and Tangled (2010) made $310 million and $590 million respectively.


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----------->Squirrel To Do List $7.50 by AfricanGreyMy goal for this time next year is to have made 1 sale a day or having my total sales at782 on December 29, 2010. I've learned a few things over these past years and will hopefully learn much more this year but to begin I will be doing the following
1. Update my international shipping profiles
I ship worldwide. With this comes the decision of whether to take the time to list every country or have them contact for a quote. Right now the customer has to contact me for a quote, I've been trying to update my profiles with each request, and now I need to update all my listings with the updated shipping info. I hope this makes my international customers happy!
Vintage Globe Bowl $18.00 by Recy2. Update my shipping costs
Unfortunately the time has come to increase postage. As much as I hate to do so I lose money on shipping. USPS is increasing rates in January and will again in May. I have not increased my rates since I began....so I must now (don't fear, it won't be outrageous! and I still refund any excessive shipping costs!)
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Last year for Christmas my husband made me a backdrop for my photos. Since then I have purchased lights, a tripod, a new backdrop cloth and set up a room specifically for photo'ing. I need to re shoot some items that haven't sold, before I relist themKalart Custom 8 Splicer for $10.00 by DaisyToad
I have many many other things on this to do list, but my computer time is up!!!!!


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Ulladulla man pleads guilty to bow and arrow attack on kangaroo
An Ulladulla man faces two charges after police allege he struck a kangaroo with a bow an arrow.
Michael Shannon Gentles, 36, is accused of committing an act cruelty on the animal following an incident at Kioloa in June.
He has pleaded guilty to one charge of throw or propel an object likely to cause damage or injury, but was yet to enter a plea to the charge of committing an act of cruelty upon an animal.
Police allege Gentles used a bow and arrow that struck and injured a kangaroo in the Murramarang National Park about 11.30am on June 23.
He will next appear in Milton on November 15.


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The Nokia 330 is the firm's first foray into the SatNav market for cars. So, no, its not a phone, but it does play MP3s and videos, and surprise surprise it runs Windows. Good news for buyers currently looking at the likes of TomTom and Dash. Reuters reports that the 330 will be available by year end and cost around £300.
Verdict: Good to see Nokia extending the brand. This will surely help drive SatNav kit prices down.


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Peter J. Tomasi, Ian Bertram, Dave Stewart, House of Penance
House of Penance is a heavily fictionalized and substantially spectralized take on Sarah Winchester and her obsessive construction of what would come to be called the Winchester Mystery House. It's a consideration of the guilt and complicity that violence brings, and about the ghosts you can't (or won't) outrun.
Kelly Sue DeConnick, Emma Rios, Jordie Bellaire, Clayton Cowles, Pretty Deadly vol. 2: The Bear
I must have been in the mood for comics that are meditations about death in August; such is the end of summer, I suppose. In this arc of Pretty Deadly, the interconnection between death and war comes to the fore. Interestingly, I've seen criticism that this second volume doesn't live up to the explosive debut of the first, but I completely disagree. The story is different, but the nuances are there and the art goes from strength to strength.
Kurtis J. Wiebe and Roc Upchurch, Rat Queens Volume One, Two, and Three
It took me a while to warm up to Rat Queens. I love the premise--following the travails of an adventuring party that tends to cause more destruction than good in the town they're based out of--but the self-conscious D&D-isms kept getting in the way. I've gotten over that criticism; the art and heart in the comic have officially won me over, and gotten me to consider the D&D-isms in another light: it's the inverse of branded D&D novels, which attempt to be like fiction first (and often fail at it) and like D&D second. The second volume's storyline did feel a bit rushed compare to the first's, and I just don't like the art in the third volume as much as the others, but I'm glad I gave this another try and persevered.
I hadn't re-read these since the late 90s when they came out. I was ready for the weirdness of the world-building: Chi-Chian is the story of a cast-out daughter who uses a Cronenbergian bio-tech suit to correct derailed worm trains; her best friends are a teddy bear-who-is-a-doctor, a sexbot whose head has been implanted into a war machine, an albino do-gooder in a rabbit-themed mecha, a cultured giant roach, etc. And that's just scratching the surface because I could be telling you about the invading spider-monks, the giant samurai mech with fire-breathing dragon arms, or Chi-Chian's time-traveling "evil sister." What I didn't remember was how weird and disjointed the narrative delivery is; the comic packs in so much unrelenting (and unexplained) weirdness that the story barely holds together. Taken as a conventional narrative, it doesn't work--best to treat it as an allegory, or a modern Buddhist fable, or a sci-fi revision of Hindu legend instead.
Atomic Blonde
When I was a kid my dad joined a video club where they would send you a different James Bond movie on VHS every month, so I have semi-fond memories of the action-spy genre. It turns out, though, that modern James Bond movies don't do much for me. It also turns out that if you put a beautiful woman in the Bond role, allow her to kick metric tons of ass in Berlin at the end of the Cold War, and set it all to an 80s soundtrack, it does do something for me.
Turks & Caicos and Salting the Battlefield
If Atomic Blonde is deluxe action-spy movie, the Worricker films are the exact opposite of that: these are homespun-feeling films about spies past their middle years waging wars of quiet intelligence and force of will. Strangely compelling.
Train to Busan
There are a lot of garbage zombie movies out there, but Train to Busan is the good stuff. It's got claustrophobia where it counts: in the setting (the confined space of a train filled with zombies) and in its emotional center (the relationship between a self-centered father and his young--but vastly more empathetic--daughter). The movie makers were also clearly aware of the tradition they're working in; by the end you realize that they get why Romero's zombie movies are the template from which all other zombie movies spring, unbidden.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Critics have been unjustly hard on Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Yes, the main cast comes off strangely in places (which might partially be due to miscasting of the lead roles, but also partially down to the French comics as source material--characters just say and do weird stuff in those, it's a trope of the form) and there are some clumsy sequences (anything to do with Rihanna's character) but overall I thought this was a decent way to spend a couple hours. My perspective on the movie might have been colored by the fact that I got to watch it alone in a theater, which is one of my favorite things ever. Sure, it's no Fifth Element, but what is?
The Expanse, Seasons 1 and 2
I did not have high hopes for something from the Syfy channel, but The Expanse is actually pretty good space opera. It has its moments of overacting and poor writing, but overall it has a good, popcorn-munching plot and decent world-building from its basis in a long-running series of novels. It's got a bit of everything in the mix: political intrigue, war drama, space-traveling rogues over their heads but doing the right thing anyway, and even a bit of detective noir in the first season. Plus, it's nice to see Cara Gee is something; loved her in the criminally underrated Strange Empire.
Game of Thrones, Season 7
I nearly gave up on Game of Thrones during the plodding, poorly written fifth season, but Season 6 redeemed things a bit and Season 7 has kept the course. Sure, you have to overlook some convenient travel and time shenanigans--and I have to say I have been equally amused by both the angry internet commentary trying to plot out how fast a dragon can fly and the attendant apologia from hardcore fans. Since none of that stuff means much to me, I'm happy to be along for the ride, although I do have to say that the viewing experience is definitely bolstered by having a few good friends to discuss it with the next day because it is, obviously, a soap opera at heart.
Sigh, Scorn Defeat; Infidel Art; Hangman's Hymn; Scenes from Hell; Graveward
Rather than listening to a variety of albums in August I instead focused on listening to the back catalogs of a couple specific bands. Sigh began their lengthy career as an interesting eastern take on black metal, but over the years they've expanded their palette to add progressive, experimental, and symphonic elements to their sound. The changes from album to album are vast, and interesting to chart. Not everything in Sigh's repertoire is to my taste, however; if your sonic aesthetics are anything like mine, consider avoiding Gallows Gallery, Imaginary Soundscape, Scenario IV: Dread Dreams--those are just a little too out there for me.
Alcest, Kodama; Ecailles de Lune; Les Voyages de L'Ame; Souvernirs d'un Autre Monde
Alcest is the other band whose albums I delved back into in August. They're at the forefront of the post-black metal or blackgaze sound--whatever that means. All I can tell you is that their records are epic and moving. Confession: I didn't listen to Shelter, their pure shoegaze album. It's a fine record, but in all honesty I find it a little on the boring side.
Graveworm, Ascending Hate
Frankly, with all the expansive albums I listened to in August I needed some straightforward brutality as a chaser and Graveworm's Ascending Hate was my choice. Somehow I missed this one when it came out a few years ago, but it's damned good.
Andreas Walters, Baby Bestiary and Baby Bestiary 2
Awww. But also: thoughts on raising and training baby monsters. If the party had kept the grub that got dug out of a patient in that one Scarabae game I totally would have mined these for guidelines on bringing up a monstrous pet.
Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan and Francesco Nepitello, Wilderland Adventures
I'd definitely like to run a darkened-up version of this as a Black Metal Middle-earth campaign.
Big Pile of Old Dragon Magazines
I get more mileage out of old issues of Dragon Magazine that I do from whatever the (inevitably disappointing) old-school darling is, no lie.


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MeriTalk, a public-private partnership focused on improving the outcomes of government IT, recently announced the results of its new report, "Cybersecurity Experience: Cybersecurity Pros from Mars; Users from Mercury." The study, underwritten by Akamai Technologies, Inc., compares what cyber security professionals report about their agency's security with what end users – federal workers – actually experience. According to the report, agencies often fail to take the user experience into account when deploying cyber security solutions. As a direct result, end users often circumvent security measures and open their agencies up to data theft, data loss and denial-of-service attacks.
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Creating and promoting your own website has never been easier. This blog focuses on tips for people with a product related to the property market in Thailand.
In the old days making a website was a complicated and expensive affair involving mastering HTML code, Flash, php, Javascript and a host of other technical jargon. Chances are that if you have paid someone to make you a website then you are feeling held to ransom by your website designer. He or she probably wants money off you to update your site. They probably want money to Search Engine Optimize your site, they probably want money from you to get links to your site. In short, it is a bottomless hole you have committed yourself to.
That`s why more and more people are shunning using web design companies and doing their own websites. And as this route becomes more popular so the resources available to the amateur become more powerful. All you need is the ability to re-size photos and a bit of patience.
The biggest help comes from www.wordpress.com. They offer free websites if you are willing to have the phrase 'wordpress' in your domain name e.g. hotpropertyinphangan.wordpress.com. Just sign up for free and start fiddling around. Wordpress offers a variety of website templates called 'themes'. You can customize a theme by adding your own header (this is why you need to be able to re-size pictures). You can add as many navigational tabs as you want, you can add your own links, you can set up a gallery page and you can add video clips (hosted free on youtube or daily motion). At first it will be frustrating but you will be surprised how quickly you get the hang of using wordpress. Once you are on the wordpress path you will start to notice how many people are adapting wordpress themes to make their sites. By using the tags function you can pick keywords and do your own basic SEO. It`s all there. And what`s more, the wordpress dashboard for your site also provides stats about how many people are visiting your site, what pages they are looking at and how they got to your site (i.e. through a search engine or through a link).
After you have got the hang of using wordpress the next step is to find a hosting company that will let you register your own domain name and has the feature called 'fantastico'. Fantastico is fantastic because it allows you to put up your own website using the wordpress interface, which makes the process the same as making a normal free wordpress site. Once you have done this you can easily update your site, change the site look and improve on your tags and links. This is step two completed.
At this point you might want to abandon your expensively designed site or you might prefer to use your wordpress sites as linking vehicles to your main site. Remember that one way links are more powerful than reciprocal links.
1) www.wordpress.com (great looking free and paid for websites. Big selection of 'themes' (templates) to choose from.
2) www.blogger.com (free blogs which allow you to monetize with adwords)
3) www.netfirms.com (the cheapest place to buy domain names).
4) www.google.com/analytics - by far the best web stats program. It's free to sign up and you simply paste in a bit of code into your site or template to get comprehensive information about your website's visitors.
5) www.adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal - Another great tool by Google. You simply put in a keyword or phrase and find out how many searches were made using that word/those words. And how much advertisers are prepared to pay for those keywords. This gives you a good idea of your market and what keywords you should be aiming to get high rankings for.
6) www.freewebsubmission.com - A good place to start promoting your new website.


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We love hearing our new skaters' voices as they are going through our Basic Training program! In this entry, Amber Berkhous reminds us (or shows us!) what it is like to fall in love with roller derby as a new skater. Thank you for sharing with us, Amber! We hope it inspires you and others to fall in love with derby more and more!
You have heard the names — Derby Girl, Roller Girl, Derby Doll — and you have watched Whip It a few times. You tell yourself they are amazing, badass, and everything you wish you could be. You give yourself every excuse as to why you shouldn't, how you couldn't. If you are honest with yourself, it terrifies you but it thrills you; you decide WHY NOT ME? You research and watch a few videos on roller derby (now you are second guessing this whole roller derby idea), you search local teams (those are cute uniforms though…), you just happen to be in the right place at the right time for Derby 101 (must be fate)! You decide to sign up and take a chance. You arrive to your first practice and watch the veterans in the rink; the Vixens are talented and intimidating to watch. You think about backing out but you have already paid. You put your protective gear on (you are definitely going to need it) and your roller skates (these wheels spin really darn fast!). You are doing it; even if you fall flat on your pie hole you are going to roll yourself in the rink with them. So the fun begins…
You realize this skating thing is way harder than it looks; it is clearly not as you remembered as a kid. Your doubts increase each stride you take and you are counting the minutes down until this hell is over and you can rip these skates off — and this is only warm up! You are silently dreading what is to come; please don't let me fall! Introductions are made and these women standing in front of you, the Vixens, are actually pretty nice and welcoming. The freshies standing beside you are just as nervous as you are and it all starts to feel ok. You got this!
Practice begins, and of course you have to learn to stop before you can start. Forget what you know about stopping, that is not what your toe stop is for! Then they tell you that you will fall, though this is clearly obvious at this point to you. What they mean is you have to learn to fall the right way. Is there a right way? Pick a cheek? Are they insane? I love both butt cheeks, like falling correctly is really going through your head as you are flailing uncontrollably in the air! You do learn to fall and at first it is about as graceful as a beached walrus walloping around, it hurts and honestly stuns you a bit. You pick yourself up as fast as you can, hoping as few people saw it as possible. Then it clicks and you learn to fall with style, you get good at it and it is actually really fun sliding across the rink. You want to go faster and slide further. Practice is almost over and you are paired with a Vixen to do your first shopping cart. You are pushing and by the end you resemble an old beat up junker with a frumpy flat tire but then you switch. All of a sudden you are FLYING. A giggle escapes out of nowhere and you start laughing as the air glides over your skin. You never knew how badly you wanted to fly on skates and be a Vixen until this moment.
Fast forward 5 weeks, you know every practice you will fall but you don't care. You know every time you take your skates off that muscles you never knew existed will hurt for at least two days. Even though you feel like you might be dying after practice you feel more alive than you have in years. You realize that the Vixens are an amazing group of women who make you feel like a part of their family. Your friends and family off the rink are amazed at how brave you are for even trying this slaughter fest and while you're doing your first attempt at 27/5 around the rink with your kids cheering you on to go faster, you have somehow become their Superhero. You dig deep and give it all you have because flying on skates makes you feel on top of the world.
Before you realize it you have fallen in love with this rough and tough, full body contact sport. The thought of a day without this whole roller derby thing is no longer an option for you. It does not matter how long it takes you to learn or how terrible you think you might be; in the end, win or lose, no one gets left behind when you are a Vixen. You were a Vixen from the moment you skated onto the rink with these fierce, fabulous, sly, foxy ladies. Welcome to the Vixens' Den!


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For Those Who Live to Eat
Subject: Chincoteague is nice, but not for dinner.
From: firstname.lastname@example.com (Benjamin)
Posted: June 06, 2005 at 22:56:26
Why does such a wonderful place have so many lousy restaurants? Don't get me wrong. The Island Creamery must have the largest waffle cones and the cheapest sundae's east of Skokie. Illinois. Mr. Whippy still provides the greatest soft ice cream (saw at least 300 motor cycle people there this weekend). And, of course, Mueller's still provides you with a nice place to eat great Deleware ice cream and watch the ducks walk by.
But, why does most of the food suck? Every (except for one) restaurant serve the same food. Let me check out one of the menues. Nothing against Bill's, loved it for breakfast and such 20 years ago, before it "upgraded" and became expensive....but why must we eat all this fried food? (About 10 years ago they started to offer broiled seafood...somehow it still tastes fried...never mind) Like we really need another "Deep Fried Jumbo Shrimp", "Crab Imperial"(not fried at least),and why are all Chincoteague Oysters "lightly breaded and deep fried"? And do not forget the "Clam Strips"! Not to mention the "Southern Fried Chicken" that always takes 25 minutes for preperation.
The soups are the same and the expensive restaurants now serve the worst possible version of Pasta you can imagine. So it goes.
Now, this is a place with some of the best available seafood in the Mid-Atlantic. Picked up some fresh oysters and clams from Gary Howard Seafood. They had some of the best Lump Crab I have ever seen at only $21.95 per pound. Nice.
We went to Maria's Family Restaurant and Pizza because we saw the parking lot full. Bad mistake. Do people actually make Tomato Sauce with only Tomato paste still? Why use Cottage Cheese when the menu says Ricotta Cheese? This had to be the worst Italian food since my mother burned the house down. I know, Italians are really Greek. Sorry Greeks, I love Greek food.
The point I'm making is, why are there no good restaurants in Chincoteague? Other than AJ's? It does not look like much from the outside, but it is the best restaurant in Chincoteague. Great wine list, also.The wine and cheese place on Main Street is also nice and the people are friendly.
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Small Businesses
who's got your back?
Every year, American Express commissions research exploring small business sentiment in Australia. In this year's report–
The research* was commissioned by American Express and undertaken by RFi Group, surveying over 1,000 consumers and more than 850 small business owners from across Australia, making it the biggest Shop Small survey conducted in its six year history.
*Research was conducted over August - September 2018
Every year, American Express commissions research exploring small business sentiment in Australia. In this year's report– "The Economy of Shopping Small: Back Your Backyard" – we explore who truly has got the back of small business, the challenges owners face and how we can all do more to ensure they thrive.
The research* was commissioned by American Express and undertaken by RFi Group, surveying over 1,000 consumers and more than 850 small business owners from across Australia, making it the biggest Shop Small survey conducted in its six year history.
*Research was conducted over August - September 2018
Aussies want to
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A growing number of consumers (65%) say they feel a responsibility to support small businesses (up from 61% in 2017). 65% of people also say they prefer to buy from small businesses rather than larger ones, an increase from 53% in 2017.
Worryingly however, 59% don't think their shopping habits have an impact on the success or failure of small businesses. Yet, when one does close down in their community, consumers worry about the loss of employment opportunities and range of shopping choice.
Small business
Yet, for the majority of small business owners (62%) revenue growth was either flat or had declined in the past financial year.
Also of concern is the 33% who believe they are at risk of becoming insolvent in the next three-five years – this rises to 50% amongst businesses that have been operating for less than two years.
claimed that revenue growth was
flat or had declined in the past year
concerned about increasing energy prices
concerned about the economic Climate in australia
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Stakeholders who demonstrate
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Are consumers really walking the talk?
While shoppers express a strong desire to support small businesses – and owners acknowledge their support – there is sometimes a disconnect between intent and action. 70% of consumers shop at small businesses at least once a week, a statistic that has fallen by 12% since 2016.
Word of mouth recommendation is a huge driver of footfall for small businesses, with 72% of consumers saying they are more likely to buy from a small business if it has been recommended to them. However, two in five consumers cannot ever recall recommending a small business when they've had a positive experience.
Consumers spending in small businesses at least once a week
Keeping it in the family
Family play the role of "hidden backers" for many small business owners.
Three in five small businesses have a family member working with them in some capacity. One in 10 say family members step in during busy periods or staff shortages, working, on average, 29 days per year.
One in four instances of casual work is unpaid, demonstrating how many family members go above and beyond to support the business success of loved ones.
Backing from the frontbench
Just 8% of businesses say they have accessed resources, grant support or training from government over the last 12 months. This proportion was higher among businesses that import/export, but still only represents 14%.
Pointing to this low result is the fact that there remains a lack of awareness amongst small businesses about the assistance available to them – only 15% rate themselves as "very knowledgeable" in regards to federal government support.
Do what you love. Love what you do.
Despite the challenges facing the sector, small business owners' love for what they do is undeniable.
59% rate themselves as highly satisfied with life as a small business owner – a 10% increase year-on-year– and almost two thirds (63%) would pursue the same career path if they had their time again.
are highly satisfied WITH LIFE as a
small business owner
Do what you love.
Love what you do.
Indeed, Aussie's entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. Of those who have a secondary income, 63% operate or work in a small business. Over two thirds (67%) would like this to become their primary source of income in the future and 63% believe there's the likelihood it will become reality.


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Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Shrove Tuesday - Giving it Up
Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras. All names for this day, the day before Ash Wednesday, the day before Lent begins.
A day to eat all the eggs and butter and oil in the pantry (pancakes! king cake!), to make one's confession (shriving!), to party big before the season of penitence and fasting begins. And a day to burn last year's palms from Palm Sunday, to make the ashes for tomorrow.
I've eaten some delicious king cake today and looking forward to pancakes for supper tonight. In the past, I've participated in a couple of palm burning/ash producing events. They are often more about the symbolism than about producing ashes. After all, one can procure ashes from a number of church suppliers without having to do all that pounding and straining any more. But I like symbolic acts, don't you?
And so as I consider Lent this year, I have decided to do something I've never really done before during Lent, and that is to give something up. Normally, I take something on, often devotional reading, perhaps meditation, or some other addition to my life. Truth be told, I've always been a little weird about the giving up thing. After all, the focus can so easily become about the thing given up and perhaps the physical health benefits that might accrue. And so I've focused more on the building up of spiritual health stuff.
But this year, I realize that I really can't take on something new. I am trying to pare down, to simplify. It is sad but true that I've really struggled the last two or three years with keeping up with a discipline of adding on, with the unhappy result that my Lenten disciplines have fizzled out. So my hope is that I will be able to sustain a discipline of giving something up all the way through Lent.
This, too, is a symbolic act. I am joining with those all over the world who are fasting during Lent. It doesn't matter what we are giving up. The point is to keep the discipline, to be mindful of how I am living, day to day, to practice the age old discipline of fasting while asking the question, how might I make room for God to change me this year?
Fasting alone isn't enough - there must be reflection, too, about how I might turn more toward God and God's abundance as what I truly rely on, as we move together as a church to the cross. And so, tomorrow, we begin.
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Wishing you well with your giving up, Penny. I too find it hard to take on too much, so I compromise by taking on a little and giving up a little.ReplyDeleteReplies
That sounds good, Perpetua. I found when I joined the staff of a very large and busy church that I automatically have taken on a lot during Lent - so now I need to focus more intentionally elsewhere.Delete
I am carving out a sacred place in my home to visit everyday to pray my idea is that when I see this place I will take a moment to talk with my God the world needs our prayersReplyDeleteReplies
That sounds like a wonderful discipline, Peggy!Delete
Like you Penny I am unable to take on any more at present, so as well as the usual chocolate-free Lent i have decided this year to try to take a few minutes every day to talk to someone whom I would normally try to avoid, or to offer a small kindness to someone I actually dislike in order to force myself to open a previously closed door.ReplyDelete
Very much a work in progress but am trying.
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Wow, that sounds like a great discipline, Ray! I hope it goes well - I'm sure it will be life-giving.Delete


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BERLIN (Reuters) - German museums are wilfully ignoring their duty to come clean about works they hold that were looted from Jews by the Nazis, the head of the World Jewish Congress said on Thursday, and the government must do more to force them to act.
Germany has faced heavy criticism over its handling of the discovery of 1,407 Nazi-plundered works in the flat of Cornelius Gurlitt, an elderly recluse whose father took orders from Hitler to buy and sell so-called 'degenerate art' to fund Nazi activities.
Since a magazine broke the story last November, debate over the rightful ownership of works stashed in the Munich apartment - including by masters such as Duerer, Delacroix, Picasso and Matisse - has grown into a wider controversy over thousands of paintings on open display in museums.
"They know what's been stolen," WJC President Ronald Lauder told Reuters in an interview during a visit to Berlin. "And what they've been doing is turning a blind eye."
Lauder, an honorary chairman of the board of trustees of New York's Museum of Modern Art, said the discovery of the Gurlitt trove should prompt a thorough examination of the provenance of works in public collections.
He said Germany had not addressed the culpability of museums, where the Jewish Claims Conference estimates 20,000 looted items are still on display.
According to a 2012 survey by the Institute for Museum Research in Berlin, more than 2,000 registered German museums hold objects created before 1945 but acquired after 1933 - the official definition for property suspected of having been extorted by the Nazis.
Though not every work acquired in this time frame was necessarily attained through Nazi persecution, only 285 museums - less than 5 percent of all those registered in Germany - have researched the ownership history of such collections.
"The truth is, we all know there is a large amount of art in museums which was either looted or sold under questionable circumstances," said Deidre Berger, director of the American Jewish Council's Berlin office.
"At the very least, these works need to be researched," she told Reuters in a telephone interview.
"This is an issue of great ethical and moral importance in our understanding of the Holocaust and German history."
Asked about the criticisms, Uwe Hartmann, head of the German national museums' Office for Provenance Investigation and Research in Berlin, agreed that not enough had been done about looted art historically but said Germany was now moving forward.
Germany was one of 44 countries that signed the "Washington Principles" in 1998 providing guidelines for the location, identification and restitution of artworks looted by the Nazis.
But Jewish leaders would like it to create a clearer legal framework via a federal commission, as well as providing federal funding for museums for the painstaking research that goes into screening works with suspicious origins.
Berger has also proposed a certification system to verify collections that are free of looted art, which could give museums an incentive to examine their collections.
Even Hannes Hartung, Gurlitt's lawyer, who recently announced his client's readiness to discuss claims, observed that some German museums are "very reluctant to restitute looted art".
"If a museum is asking for restitution, they should deliver on the other side," Hartung told Reuters by phone from Munich.
German authorities, keen to make amends and make details of the Gurlitt collection public to help families who might have a claim, has set up a "Schwabing Art Trove" task force, named after the Munich district where Gurlitt lived.
The 13 art and legal experts from Germany, Austria, France, Hungary, Israel and the United States are led by Ingeborg Berggreen-Merkel, Germany's former deputy state minister for culture. She said the team's international profile would help "guarantee that our work is objective and of high quality".
Munich lies in the state of Bavaria, which has drafted a "Cultural Restitution Law" to facilitate the return of Nazi-looted property by excluding such items from a 30-year statute of limitations. The national parliament will consider whether to apply this at the federal level next month.
Controversially, the proposal hinges on a "bad faith" clause, requiring proof from victims that the current owner is aware of the item's dark history. But Berger said the burden of proof should not rest on the victims.
Current owners had an ethical imperative to know the origins of their property, she said. "Simply saying 'Well, no one told me' is not good enough."
Editing by Mark Trevelyan


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The Elves And The Shoemakers, a tale of magic and mischief, is to be performed there from December 8-26.
It is aimed at youngsters aged three and over - and their families.
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Does anyone still preach the Gospel? By the way, what is the Gospel?
Since children's Sunday school, they taught us that the Gospel is "the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ." But when we preach the Gospel, is that all we are supposed to articulate? Sometimes you wonder, "Does anybody still preach even that much?"
With so many sermons covering so many topics, how do we ensure that what we preach reflects the authentic Gospel? Jesus didn't preach death, burial and resurrection. He preached the gospel of the kingdom and then, articulated to the disciples that repentance and remission of sins should be preached.
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. (Luke 24:45-47)
So what then, should we be preaching when we say we are preaching "the Gospel"? By the way, there's no way to answer fully in one blog post but at least we can offer a few guidelines based on Scripture and Jesus' wisdom. With that as our focus, let's look at some key elements that should be included in any gospel message we share.
The Fall and Promised Deliverer
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. (Genesis 3:15) (read Genesis 7-21 for context)
Known as the protoevangelium, this verse (and verses 7-21) introduces elements of the gospel. Namely, it articulates the wages of sin (curse of sin) and the redeemer who would pay the price/penalty of our sins by becoming a curse for us by hanging on a tree (Galatians 3:13). The implication is that because of Adam's sin in the garden, we are all born in sin. So the refuting argument against the gospel of being a good person holds no weight. This element of the gospel message is important so that everyone sees their need for a savior whether they consider themselves a good person or not. As the psalmist, King David, said in Psalm 51:5, "For I was born a sinner—yes, from the moment my mother conceived me." (New Living Translation)
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. (Matthew 4:23)
Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, (Mark 1:14)
God rules and reigns over a kingdom. He is a sovereign—a ruler, a monarch having supreme power over everything. There is a way of life in his kingdom. And before repenting and changing course, we all live contrary to the way of life in this kingdom. Yes, God is love and loves everyone but he is also ruling king that has an obligation to uphold the laws and justice of his land. He cannot excuse sin and be a just king. This element is important so that people realize that his is not a God for whom anything goes. He must uphold the standards of his kingdom just like a judge in a courtroom must uphold the laws of the land.
And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. (Luke 24:47)
Repentance means to change your mind, turn in a new direction, drop the old thing and embrace the new. Until one believes in the King and his kingdom, he can't change his mind about the old way of life. Repentance is essential to the gospel message and necessary to let go of the old way of life and embrace the king and his kingdom. This is important because the Holy Spirit must have opportunity to convict the hearer that their way of life has violated the king's rule.
Remission of Sins
And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. (Luke 24:47)
Jesus' death on the cross did not merely cover up our sins, making it necessary to atone for them year by year through the sacrifice of animals. Jesus' death on the cross remitted our sins, washed them away completely and satisfied every debt our sin will ever produce. His death was enough--once and for all--to pay the wages of our sin debt. Jesus was the perfect sacrifice and only sacrifice that could pay all the wages and garnishments we piled up from living against the laws of the kingdom and offending the King. It must be clear that the law couldn't do that, bulls and goats nor good works. There are not enough good works to pay off the King or negate broken laws. Those who are enemies to their king are treated as traitors and traitors are sentenced to death. Only the gracious act of a King can pardon them.
The Grace of God
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. (Acts 20:14)
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: (Ephesians 2:8)
God is a gracious king. He not only wants us to be citizens of his kingdom in right standing but also extends his grace to adopt us a part of his family—his sons and daughters. His gracious desire to dwell with us compelled him to provide a way to pay for our wages of sin against his rulership. Without that just payment, the king and kingdom would not have the justification to reward citizens who had betrayed their sovereign (traitors) with such love and favor. Because of grace, the sovereign king sent his son to pay our wages so that we could be adopted and grafted into his precious, royal family. He is a gracious king and by grace we are saved—a precious gift extended to us by our benevolent King and Father.
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; (Romans 1:9)
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; (Mark 1:1)
Jesus, God wrapped in flesh, was the first demonstration of that Kingdom coming to earth. With his supernatural birth, heaven broke into earth and the message of God's kingdom proclaimed. Jesus was the perfect sacrifice that paid the penalty for our breaking the king's laws and revolting against his sovereignty. Jesus was the solution to the King's increasingly heartbreaking problem with his traitor subjects—sin. So it was indeed good news that a solution had been found, a way for the kingdom loyalty to be restored in the hearts of her citizens. Jesus became the curse of sin for us that we might be blessed. (Galatians 3:13)
New Heaven and New Earth
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. (Matthew 4:17, 3:2)
Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. (2 Peter 3:12-14)
God's blessing and gift of salvation are not only for us to be saved from the penalty of sin but also so that we can live forever with him in his re-established kingdom—the new heaven and new earth. As God's designated judge, Jesus is coming back one day to judge those who would not believe in his kingdom as well as those who believed for the works they accomplished before his return. Salvation is more than "fire insurance." It affects how we will live eternally. We will live either eternally with Satan in torment or with God in the new heaven and new earth.
Finally, this post was never intended to be a hard and absolute guide. But I do believe the Scriptures provide clear gospel signposts to which we need to pay attention. I hope that this post has been helpful and at least given you some things to ponder when it comes to your presentation of the gospel.
To summarize, the gospel is called:
- The Gospel of the Kingdom
- The Gospel of the Kingdom of God
- The Gospel of the Son
- The Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God
- The Gospel of the Grace of God
And here's one way I would encapsulate the seven essential gospel elements we've listed:
We were all born in sin (right from the garden) and separated from God's righteousness. But God promised a deliverer to redeem us. That redeemer, Jesus, came proclaiming God's way of life—his Kingdom and rulership. Repent, embrace that way of life and rulership for the kingdom of God is at hand. As a result, God will remit (wash away) your sins by his grace through Jesus Christ's sacrifice on the cross. Not only will you be saved from the penalty of sin but will also live with him in his Kingdom when he returns (the new heaven and new earth).
Let's go share the Gospel!
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Today's book is The Tooth Book. It's a very cute book and a good way to introduce little ones to the idea of their teeth falling out to be replaced by new ones someday. After we read it, my little guy decided that he wanted his new teeth--now. There are still a few years to go on that one, but I'm glad he likes the idea!
There are some cute and fun ideas out there for teeth activities. Check them out!
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Everyone brush your teeth together.
Make teeth impressions in something soft (but edible) like bread.
Bite different kinds of foods and check out the different kinds of bite marks. Your bit marks look different in a pieces of bread than they do in something harder like a carrot.
Head to the zoo and try to see as many different kinds of teeth as you can. You could also look through animal books or through some of your kids' toys for this activity.
Look through photo albums and check out everyone's teeth.
Visit the dentist. I know this doesn't sound like a fun activity, but this book may be a good way to introduce and get your kids' warmed up to the idea of the dentist. It'll at least open the door to the conversation about taking care of your teeth, etc.
Visit the dentist. I know this doesn't sound like a fun activity, but this book may be a good way to introduce and get your kids' warmed up to the idea of the dentist. It'll at least open the door to the conversation about taking care of your teeth, etc.
I'm sharing some of our Dr. Seuss-A-Thon activities via Instagram and Twitter. If you're joining us, I'd love it if you would share too, and use #DrSeussAThon when posting.
If you need a list of the Dr. Seuss books, don't forget to check out this post.
This Week's Books:
Monday: Horton Hatches The Egg and Horton Hears A Who
Tuesday: The Foot Book
Wednesday: The Tooth Book
Thursday: Hop on Pop
Friday: There's A Wocket in My Pocket!
This is where I party:
Mondays: Sweet Sharing Monday | The Girl Creative | Destination: Cutesy Monday | What's In The Gunny Sack | Made by you Monday | Make It Yourself Monday | Mop It Up Mondays | Make The Scene Monday | Make It Pretty Monday |
Tuesdays: Show Me What You Got | Tuesday Time Out | Tasteful Tuesdays | Too Cute Tuesday | Tuesday's Treasures | Trendy Tuesday
Wednesdays: Super Link Party | Show & Share | {Wow Me} Wednesday | From Dream To Reality | Create & Share | What I Whipped Up Wednesday | What We Wore & Made Wednesday | The Creative Spark Wednesdays | Milk & Cuddles | Made By Me Wednesdays | Adorned From Above | Creative Muster
Thursday: Pin'Inspirational Thursday | Recipe Roundup | A Crafty Soiriee |Taylor House Thursday | Transformation Thursday | Hookin Up With HoH | Creative Juice Thursday | Live Laugh Linky Thursday | Link Party Thursday | Taking A Time Out Thursday | Eat Make Grow | Off The Hook
Fridays: Delicately Constructed Fridays | Flaunt It Friday | Financial Friday Link Up | Friday Fun Party | Friday Flair | Pity Party | Frugal Friday | Friday Favorites | Weekend Craft Soiree | Weekend Warmth | One Creative Weekend | Tasty Creations |
Saturdays: Strut Your Stuff Saturday | Once Upon A Weekend | Sharing Saturday | Dare To Share Saturday | Craft, Create and Inspire | A Pinteresting Party | Serenity Saturday | Saturday Spotlight | Your Great Idea | Show and Tell Saturday


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The video version -- watching Ben and the monkey! -- is priceless. Buzzfeed has that (and it's the same link from my previous SDCC post). Despite what you might think... they're just messing with you and me 8D
Not sure where to find Ben this year? Here's the 2013 movies he'll be in, thanks to Lokke and tumblr.
Cumberbatched moment: Miss Marple and Luke (played by Ben).
Mark wishes Sherlock... uh, Ben, happy birthday.
Here be spoilers! for both s2 and s3...
In the Sherlock season 2 spoiler zone, Mycroft and John.
But here's the audio-only spoilers for s3 from the Comic-Con panel about Sherlock... yes, for season 3, no kidding!
And Mark also tells us what ep3 is called [link corrected]. I can see the s3 finale will be a killer.
For a giggle, here's the first official promo s3 pic from Empire Magazine. I love the caption!


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When my husband and I got married we both looked forward to having a child, and we really want it the soonest time possible. We were so fond of our niece Plumplum that we want a kid of our own.
A few years back before we got married, which probably could be due to the call of motherhood, I would stare at a kid wishing I would have my own one day. The thought has lingered for some time until we got married. While we wait for our little one to be conceived, we enjoyed each other's company by travelling and enjoying photography.
To be exact, come November 20, 2012, I did a home kit pregnancy test since I am already 3 days late my monthly period. I would know that I am delayed since I am in a 28 days cycle. I could say that morning was the happiest day of my life, I tested positive for pregnancy! I then texted my husband, who is out of the country the good news, and he couldn't believe that our wish has been granted. We were both so happy! Out of excitement he eagerly searched for baby names.
While driving to the office, I was in such a happy mood that I was willing to give up office poise (goodbye high heeled shoes) and figure (hello rice!) for our baby. My mother and mother-in-law was infomed of the good news and they were very happy.
My husband and I were planning to visit Japan during that time. I already have submitted the VISA requirements a day before I found out I was positive for pregnancy. I thought that our little bundle's first travel will be in Japan 🙂
I suddenly felt the urgency to visit an Obigyny (OB) on the same day due to pink discharges that I have found. Since my regular OB did not have clinic hours on that day in the nearby hospital, I opted to the OB of my officemate's wife which was highly recommended. I was asked to take two (2) weeks bed rest due to the spotting. I was shot with progesterone hormones and have taken progesterone gels/capsules to keep the blood in my uterus and a medication to relax the muscles in my uterus (Duvadilan). I ate healthy foods and have literally rested on bed.
While I rested on bed, my mom and the rest of the family have taken good care of me. Cooked healthy foods for me and have given foods that I crave. My brother learned to cook pancakes because I requested pancakes 🙂
On the weekend of that same week, I asked to be rushed to the hospital due to excessive spotting. I was so afraid, I thought I would lose our baby. Our doctor was phoned by a resident who attended to me to report my case and I was recommended to ensure that I make my follow-up check-up the following week.
My sister and my mom, even though how busy their schedule is will give way to accompany me to the hospital since I thought that driving might stess me out and add may trigger spotting.
During my follow-up check-up, Transvaginal Ultrasound revealed that there is no sac and my uterus is less thick as compared the week before. My doctor ruled out pregnancy. Sadness have not yet enveloped me during that moment, however when I see babies, baby picture frames and when I go to sleep at night, I feel the sadness and can't help to cry.
I still thank God for the wonderful feeling of motherhood anticipation, I guess God just gave me a nudge on how it would feel to be a parent. My husband was also saddened. We still look forward when a baby will be granted to us. We know that in God's time our little bundle will go back. He or she is probably still in heaven with Plumplum, waiting for God's time. We will wait for you anak 🙂


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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
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I hear ya.... but now that it's January and your work is up at the DCCA and fabulous- I can say you did it! Kudos!... I can relate- if it ain't one thing or another, the holidays, then my sons bar mitzvah, then my sick mother in law, got her on a place back to FL on Friday. Ready to get in studio today and poof... a snow day, no school for the kids. But I got in, at least for a couple of hours. we all do what we can, but your work is elegant and wonderful. hope you are doing well. now.ReplyDelete
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This is one of my all time favorite trout fishing videos. I can't wait for the winter to be over and the warm days of summer arrive. The snow will pull back from the high country and the brookies and cutts will start sipping flies once again.
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Lighting in the Anthropologie store in Burlington, Massachusetts
I took some {bad} pictures with my cell phone of these captivating light fixtures in the Anthropologie store in Burlington, MA. They are made out of sheets of paper that hang from an old bicycle wheel. I asked questions, I snapped pictures, and then I had to leave because I was making a bit too much of a fuss. They don't sell them, they're just a prop, man. {Hint: Anthro, if you sell them, people will buy them}
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Hee hee - I love that you were leaving because you were making too much of a fuss over the "props", man ;)ReplyDelete
As someone who has been known to make a spectacle of herself, I can totally appeciate this!
p.s. I love your acorns - they're fantastic!
These lights really are unique. Are you going to try to make one?ReplyDelete
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