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23. The Submission of the Christian Wife (Ephesians 5:21-32)
21 and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. 22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body. 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her; 26 that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she should be holy and blameless. 28 So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; 29 for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, 30 because we are members of His body. 31 For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh. 32 This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless let each individual among you also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see to it that she respect her husband.
Several years ago, I was speaking at a missions conference in India. We were riding in a van, on our way to tent where the conference was being held. We noticed several ladies walking beside the road whom we knew to be going to the conference, and so we stopped to give them a ride. The seat of the van were already filled. There was a box on floor that I had been using for a seat. When the ladies entered the van, I started to sit on the floor, so that one of the women could use the box to sit on. A godly older man, who was one of the officers of the mission, strongly resisted my efforts to sit on the floor. He wanted to give up his seat, so that I would not give up mine. I will never forget what he said, "If you sit on the floor, I shall lie on it."
In his mind, I was a guest speaker, and thus I had to be given a place of honor. It was bad enough that I should be sitting on a box, but when I attempted to sit on the floor, that was going too far. He would not hear of it. He must be in a lower position than I, so if I sat on the floor, he would have had to lie down.
This man not only knew about submission, he was committed to practice it. I would that every one of us would be as committed to practice submission as my Indian friend. For him, submission was a way of thinking and a way of life. He looked for those occasions where his submissive spirit could work its way out in practice. Our text not only calls for acts of submission, it calls for this same kind of submissive spirit, not just from wives, who submit to their husbands, but from every Christian, as they submit one to another.
In our first study of Ephesians 5:21-33, we concentrated on the symbolic nature of marriage, and of the way in which it demonstrates the relationship of Jesus Christ to His church. In this lesson, we will devote our attention to the duty of the wife to submit to her husband, a reflection of the submission of the church to Christ. In our next study of these verses we will concentrate on the submissive spirit of the husband in relation to his wife.
The Structure of the Text
(21) and be subject
to one another
in the fear of Christ.
(22) Wives, be subject
to your own husbands,
as to the Lord.
(24)…the wives ought to be (subject)
to their husbands in everything.
(24)…as the church is subject to Christ,
(24) For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.
(33b) and let the wife see to it
that she respect her husband.
Of the 13 verses which constitute our text, only 3 1/2 verses are directed to the wives, while the remaining verses are directed toward the husbands. The verses which address the wives manifest a certain pattern or structure, which I have attempted to demonstrate above.134 Submission is called for in the first column; the focus of that submission is indicated in the second column, and then the standard is recorded in the third column. While there are many who do not like what Paul has to say to wives in these verses, there is little doubt as to what he has written. He begins with the general command in verse 21, and then applies it to wives in verses 22-24 and 33b. He repeats his instructions three times, each time giving more detail as to what is required of the godly Christian wife is she is to be in submission to her husband.
The Command: Be Subject135
The difficulty with understanding Paul's command to wives to "be subject" to their own husbands is that our grasp of the meaning of the word "submit" is too narrow. Generally speaking, we think that the word "submit" is synonymous with the word "obey." We are inclined to restrict submission to refer only to our response to those who are in authority over us. Very often, this is the case—but not always. Paul's instruction in verse 21 is directed to every believer. Christians, without exception, are to "be subject to one another," without any exceptions. Submission, then, must not only work "upward" (in terms of authority), but also downward. And so it is that submission is called for on the part of husbands to their wives (5:22-33), fathers to their children (6:1-4), and masters to their slaves (6:5-9).
Delling, in his article on the Greek word underlying the term "submit," writes as follows: "In the first instance, then, hupatassomai does not mean so much 'to obey'—though this may result from self-subordination—or to do the will of someone but rather 'to lose or surrender one's own rights or will.136 In the NT the verb does not immediately carry with it the thought of obedience … 137
The idea implicit in the term is "to place under" (in the active voice).138 As it is found in our text, the idea would be, "to subordinate oneself" or "to place oneself under." In general terms, submission is the placing of oneself under the one to whom we submit. Since we are commanded to submit ourselves one to another, we are to place all others above ourselves. This idea is certainly not foreign to the New Testament, nor is it found only where the term "submit" is employed:
3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself; 4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. 5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross (Phil. 2:3-8).
1 Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to his edification. 3 For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached Thee fell upon Me" (Romans 15:1-3).
I doubt that any one word can sum up the essence of what the Scriptures mean by submission. Let me suggest several words, each of which identifies a certain element of submission. The first word is "surrender." Submission is a voluntary act or surrendering one's rights or will. The second word is" sacrifice." The third is "service." The service which is rendered those to whom we submit often involves a sacrifice. It costs us something to render service to the other person. A fourth term is "authority," while a fifth is "obedience." When we submit to one who has authority over us, we should evidence this submission, in part, by our obedience. Conversely, when we submit to those under our authority, we evidence this with sacrificial service. I final term is "priority." Those to who we submit have, in some manner, priority over us, our rights, our pleasure, or our will.
I believe that the difficulty we find in defining submission is due, in part, to the fact that while submission is the same in its essence, it may differ greatly in its expression, depending on the context it is found. A wife's submission to her husband is manifested differently than a child's submission to its parents, or a slave's submission to his master. One's submission to a person in authority over him is expressed differently from his submission toward one who is under his authority. A wife's submission to her husband is modeled after the church's submission to Christ, while her husband's submission is to be modeled after Christ's headship over the church.
The Scope of the Wife's Submission
The submission of women is addressed in two general contexts in the New Testament. The first is the submission of women to men in the context of the church which is corporately gathered. This is the basis for Paul's instructions to women in 1 Timothy chapter 2 and in 1 Corinthians chapter 14. The second context for the submission of the woman is that of marriage. This is the context for the submission which Paul calls for in our text in Ephesians chapter 5.
In our next lesson, we will address the subject of the submission of the husband as the head of his wife. In this lesson, we are dealing with the submission of the wife to her husband as her head in marriage. This text does not require a general submission of all women to all men. It requires the submission of a wife to her own husband.
The woman is to "put herself under" the headship of her husband, her own husband. This word "own" indicates that while there may be other expressions of submission which are necessary and appropriate for a wife to evidence in her relationships with others, there is a special "submission" which is required in relationship to her husband. The same exclusiveness can be seen in the practice of "love." We are to love everyone, including our enemy, our neighbor, and our brothers in Christ. But the "love" of a woman for her husband is special and unique. Her love for others is of the same essence, but not the same expression.
In our text, the scope of the wife's submission is limited to her own husband. There are not restrictions specified or implied as to the scope of her submission to her husband. This text requires that the woman be subject to her own husband "in everything." Does Paul mean for us to take his instruction literally?
Initially, I was inclined to think otherwise. I was inclined to take Paul's teaching on the submission of the wife here in a way that was similar to our Lord's teaching on divorce in Matthew 19:3-12. In that text, Jesus was asked to elaborate on the exceptions, to specify in what exceptional cases divorce could be sought. Jesus refused, turning his questioners attention to the rule, rather than to the exceptions. This was not because there were no exceptions (see Matthew 5:32), but because undue attention to the exceptions would weaken the rule. Permanence in marriage is not only the ideal but the norm, and divorce is never to be given the status of that which is expected. Consequently, I was convinced that Paul was speaking in a similar way here: "Yes, there are exceptions, when submission is impossible, but this is not to be the norm." I've changed my mind on this. Paul's words, "in everything," seem to set aside any exceptions.
But what about those texts which indicate that we cannot "submit"? What about the civil disobedience of Peter and the apostles, when they told the religious leaders of Jerusalem, "We must obey God rather than men"? My answer is that the apostles disobeyed, but they did not cease to be submissive. A godly wife may not be able, before God, to obey her husband's every demand, especially if he is not a Christian. But in her disobedience, she can still be submissive in spirit.
Let me illustrate what I am saying from the life of a very godly woman, whose name was Abigail, as found in 1 Samuel chapter 25. Abigail was married to a fool who was fittingly named Nabal (which means "fool"). Her husband was a rich man, with many cattle. David and his men hid out in the hills where Nabal lived and kept his flocks. During the time of David's presence, Nabal suffered no losses, and gained from the protection offered by David and his men. And yet when David asked for an expression of appreciation from Nabal at the time of the sheering of the sheep, Nabal hotly refused.
David was greatly angered, and set out to kill not only Nabal, but every male associated with his household. Abigail knew that her husband has refused to give David what he had asked for. She knew that he would forbid what she was about to do. Nevertheless, Abigail went out to meet David, along with the gifts which David had asked for. She acknowledged to David that her husband was a fool, and pled for David not to commit evil by shedding blood, thereby adversely affecting His future reign as Israel's king. David listed to her and took her gifts. And later, after God struck Nabal dead, he took her as his own wife.
How can we justify Abigail's actions, in the light of Paul's teaching? How could her actions possibly be an illustration of submission? They certainly were not acts of obedience. In the text of 1 Samuel 25, Abigail is spoken of in the most favorable way (see 25:3). David would hardly have married her if she were not a godly woman. The key to understanding the actions of Abigail is to understand the essence of what submission is. Submission is "placing yourself under" another. Submission, as I have already indicated, is not always expressed in obedience.
Abigail placed herself under Nabal (her husband), as well as under David (as God's king to be). Abigail placed her own interests below those of her husband. She could not defend or support the decision of her husband, because he was wrong. She placed herself at risk, to save his life. She went out to meet the man who was angry and ready to kill. She pled with David for her husband's life, and asked that the blame be hers. What better thing could she do for her husband?
How easy it would have been for her to fulfill the appearance of submission. She could have embraced her husband's evil decision to reject and to humiliate David, the future king of Israel. She could have chosen to do nothing, once she realized that David was coming to kill Nabal and the other men in his household. And by this "appearance of submission" she would have been rid of this man who was a fool. Doing nothing would have been to her advantage, and acting as she did put her at great risk. By doing nothing, her husband would have died, but by her intercession his life was spared. This is true submission, acting on behalf of another, for their benefit, at your expense.
When Paul speaks of the wife being in submission to her own husband, in everything, he means that she need never cease to be submissive in spirit, even if she must disobey him in a specific area. He means also that wives should not attempt to compartmentalize their lives, setting certain areas "off limits" to submission. One can quickly see how we as members of the church would be tempted to do so in relation to our Head, the Lord Jesus Christ. The wife's submission to her own husband is to be complete, across the board, without exception.
The Basis of the Wife's Submission
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body. 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.
In verses 23 and 24, Paul writes that the basis for the submission of the wife to her own husband is the duty of the church in relationship to its Head, Jesus Christ. In our first study of this text, we emphasized the symbolic function of Christian marriage. From its inception in the Garden of Eden, marriage has served as a symbol of the relationship of Christ and His church. Marriage, even in Old Testament times, anticipated the day when Jesus Christ would come to the earth to die on the cross of Calvary to purchase a bride for His own possession.
In the marriage relationship, it is the husband's privilege to portray the headship of Christ over the church by his loving and sacrificial leadership. The wife's privilege and high calling is to symbolically represent the church in its submission the Lord Jesus Christ, its Head. The husband symbolizes Christ headship, while the wife symbolizes the submission of the church to her Head. The divinely appointed role of marriage as a symbol of Christ and the church is therefore the basis for the attitudes and behavior of both the husband and the wife.
Guiding Principles For Wife's Submission
Three statements in our text supply the guiding principles for the submission of the wife to her husband:
"in the fear of Christ" (verse 21)
"as to the Lord" (verse 22)
"as the church is subject to Christ" (verse 24)
Notice the central and common element in all three statements: Christ. Submission in all of its expressions (wife, husband, father, child, slave, master) is rendered "in the fear of Christ" and "as to the Lord." Our submission to others is a reflection and outworking of our submission to Christ. And so it is the children are instructed to obey their parents "in the Lord" (6:1), and slaves are exhorted to obedience to their masters "as to Christ" (6:5) and "as to the Lord" (6:7).
It is also significant to note what is not said. Nowhere in this text is anything said about any "qualifications" which the husband must meet, before the wife submits to him in everything. It is not said that he must be a Christian. In a similar text in 1 Peter 3:1-7, the submission of the wife is required even if the husband is "disobedient to the word" (3:1).139 For the wife to submit, her husband does not have to be intelligent, wise, or a "spiritual leader." The fact that he is her husband is the only qualification given. As such, the wife's submission to him is a reflection of the submission of the church to Christ. If the husband utterly fails to fulfill his obligations as laid down by Paul, this in no way relieves the wife of her obligation to submit to him. Indeed, her submission becomes all the more striking as his leadership proves to be poor.
In verse 24 Paul instructs wives that their submission to their own husbands is to be like ("as") that of the church to Christ. This guiding principle is the most suggestive of the three. It is not, however, the kind of "how to" instruction which Christians seem to demand today. It does not have a list of duties. It does not provide us with clever techniques for proper submission.
Why not? Because this kind of "how to Christianity" comes dangerously close to legalism, and it looks a great deal like the mechanical religion of the Pharisees in the New Testament. Paul's instructions are not given to us to make submission easy, but to challenge us to godly living. Let me suggest some of the implications of Paul's less than specific instruction.
First, in order to obey Paul's command to be submissive, the Christian wife must understand biblical doctrine. Christ, Paul has said, is the "Savior of the body" (verse 23). The husband is to be, to the wife, like Christ is to the church. This means that she must understand the doctrine of salvation. She must live with her husband as the church lives toward Christ. Thus, she must also understand the doctrine of the church. At the very least (because there are other Scriptures than Ephesians), the godly Christian woman must understand the relationship of Christ and His church as laid down in chapters 1-4.
In addition to serious study of the Scriptures, the godly wife must meditate upon the Scriptures, to discern how the relationship of Christ and His church is to be played out by her conduct in relation to her husband and her marriage. From this study and meditation, the wife must determine what specific actions are required and come to some personal convictions about those matters which are not clearly defined by Scripture. She must grow in faith, trusting that God is leading her and sanctifying her, not only when her husband plays his role well, but when he does not. No simple rules will give her all the answers, and thus Paul does not attempt to give them.
From a related passage in 1 Peter chapter 3, we can identify three examples of the wife's submission, as outlined by Peter:
1 In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives, 2 as they observe your chaste and respectful behavior. 3 And let not your adornment be merely external—braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses; 4 but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God. 5 For in this way in former times the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves, being submissive to their own husbands. 6 Thus Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, and you have become her children if you do what is right without being frightened by any fear (1 Peter 3:1-6).
The first example of submission is that of the silence140 of the wife. Following the example set by none other than our Lord (1 Peter 2:21-25), wives should not try to convince or convert their disobedient husbands by their words, but by means of their silence and their godly demeanor. The ungodly woman would seek to change her husband by nagging him (see Proverbs 19:13; 27:15), but the godly woman leaves change to God.
The second example of submission is found in the appearance and demeanor of the wife. The "chaste" behavior of the wife is yet another manifestation of a submissive spirit. In the context of Peter's instruction of wives who would be godly, "chaste" behavior is reflected in the dress and appearance of the woman. The ungodly woman, like the world in which she lives, is obsessed with outward appearances, rather than with inward character (see Matthew 6:1-18; 23:25-26; Luke 16:15).
Much emphasis is placed upon dress and cosmetics, rather than upon qualities of the spirit. In the culture of the New Testament church, women dressed in a way that did not draw attention to themselves. Instead of "dresses" (1 Peter 3:3), they would wear a more generic robe. Heads were covered as well as the rest of the body. Women who wished to be prominent might not find verbal assertiveness acceptable, and so they would turn to the more subtle and silent devices. Dresses which revealed much more of their "curves" and adornments which were sure to catch the eye were worn. And the results were assured. People would take note, and they would become the focus of attention.
Modesty, on the other hand, would not draw attention to oneself, and thus the prominence which should bear witness to the husband's headship would be given to him. I should add that a woman's attire and appearance can attract attention backhandedly as well. A woman whose clothing is disheveled and disorderly, and whose appearance would qualify her for a staring role in a horror movie will also get attention. Whether it be by means of fancy clothing and heavy makeup or by means of atrocious clothing and no makeup, the affect produced can be the same—attention gained at the expense of the husband.
The third example of a wife's submission is that of reverence or respect for her husband. This is not only singled out by Peter (1 Peter 3:2, 4), but also by Paul in our text (Ephesians 5:33b). How easy it is for a wife to subtly indicate a spirit of disrespect by her attitudes and by her actions. I have often seen this done in what seems to be a very spiritual manner: "Please pray that my husband will become the spiritual leader in our home." The inference is that he is nothing but an unspiritual slob, who is unworthy of respect (or submission).
Whether our culture agrees with Scripture or not—whether we agree with Paul or not—the clear teaching of this text, supported by other equally clear instructions from Scripture, is that wives are to be subject to their own husbands in everything. The basis for the wife's submission is the relationship of Jesus Christ and His church. The purpose of her submission is to symbolically demonstrate the submission of the church to her Head, Jesus Christ. To fail to submit is to disobey our Lord, to dishonor the word of God (1 Timothy 6:1; Titus 2:5), and to distort the representation of Christ and His church, not only to the world, but to the angelic witnesses as well (see 1 Corinthians 11:10; Ephesians 3:8-11; 1 Peter 1:12).
By inference, our text has much to say to the young woman who is considering marriage. A commitment to marriage to a young man is the commitment to a lifetime of submission to that man. If there is any one question which should be in a young woman's mind concerning marriage it is this one: "Is this the kind of man I want as my "head," to whom I will submit in all things for the rest of my life?" Surely our text suggests the necessity of premarriage counseling, so that an independent, objective third party can help in arriving at the answer.
Once in marriage, this question must be laid aside. The man you have married is the man to whom you must submit. This is not due to any merit on his part, not because he is a good leader and deserves to be followed, but because he, as your husband, is the picture of Christ in your marriage, as you are the picture of His church.
If there were ever a picture of a person who refused to submit, it would be Sadam Hussein. Here is a man who defied the United Nations, and was subsequently defeated in war. And yet, even in defeat, Sadam persists to refuse to allow the inspection of sights suspected to contain weapons of mass destruction. He resists submission to the full.
Do we think we are any different than he, in the final analysis? We are not. We, too, resist the necessity of submission as though it were the most horrible requirement. The world (or culture) in which we live is adamant in its resistance to the teachings of Scripture regarding the submission of wives to their husbands. Our own flesh resists subordination to the interests of others, insisting on seeking self-interests first. And the devil persists, as he has done from the beginning, to promote rebellion against God's authority and His headship.
True submission is not difficult, my friend, it is impossible. There is no way that we can, in and of our own strength, submit. But that only means that we must look to God to produce that of which we are incapable, but which His word commands. Our text on submission follows immediately upon the teaching of Paul concerning being filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18). It is only as the Holy Spirit controls our life that the will and the ability to obey His commands are produced. To submit to one another necessitates that we die daily, that our flesh by crucified, put to death. This is God's work, and we must trust in Him to do it. This is God's work, and we must cooperate with Him as He does it.
All of human history is about the divine purpose of God to bring all things under God's authority and control, in Christ. Satan rebelled against God's authority when he fell. He then tempted Adam and Eve to follow in his steps. Jesus Christ came to this earth the first time so that some might submit to Him for salvation. He comes yet again to subject all those who have rebelled against His authority and headship.
Our text is about submission—the voluntary surrender of our rights and self-interest for the benefit of others and for the glory of God. There is another way in which surrender will be accomplished in the future, and this was is subjection. When our Lord Jesus returns to the earth to establish His kingdom, all of His enemies will be subjected to Christ. This will not be voluntary, but will be accomplished forcibly:
When Peter preached to the Jewish unbelievers in Jerusalem at Pentecost, He not only informed them that the One they had crucified was the Christ, the Messiah, but that He was coming back, to subdue His enemies:
22 "Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know—23 this Man, delivered up by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.… 32 "This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses. 33 "Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear. 34 "For it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says: ' The Lord said to my Lord," Sit at My right hand, 35 Until I make Thine enemies a footstool for Thy feet. "' 36 "Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified" (Acts 2:22-23, 32-36).
The One who submitted Himself to the will of the Father and to the suffering of the cross is the One who will return to subject the whole world to His authority:
5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Phil. 2:5-11).
Have you submitted to Him by faith? Have you trusted in Him as God's salvation, as the only way to heaven? If not, there is awaiting you that dreaded day when you will bow, not in humble and grateful submission, but by subjection. I pray that you will submit to Him as your Savior, and not wait until you are forced acknowledge Him as the One whom you rejected. There is a world of difference between submission and subjection. What a beautiful thing submission is. What a privilege is ours to practice it, to His glory and for our good.
134 As you can see, I have rearranged the verses and their order slightly. Verses 23 and 24 are reversed in order, and the order of verse 24 is rearranged as well.
135 In Ephesians 5:21—6:9, the term rendered "(be) subject" is found only in 5:21 and 5:24. It is also found in some texts in 5:22. Submission is replaced by obedience in 6:1 and 6:5.
136 Gerhard Delling, "Hupotasso," Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Grand Rapids: Wm B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1972), Vol. VIII, p. 40.
139 I'm not certain that this refers only to "unbelieving" husbands. It seems to be more general, referring to those who are disobedient to the word. They are "won" to obedience, which may or may not include salvation. In any case, if Peter's words apply even to a hostile, unbelieving, husband, surely they apply to all other husbands.
140 Silence and submission are linked in 1 Timothy 2:11-12; 1 Peter 2:21-25; and 1 Corinthians 14:34-35, as well as in 1 Peter 3.
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Spain - Polyglot Mreža
Welcome to Spain Polyglot Network!
What is Spain?
Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a Western European country. The country consists of Peninsular Spain which is located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic ocean, two archipelagos, one in each sea, and two autonomous cities in North Africa.
Due to Spain's geographical situation and orographic conditions, the climate is extremely diverse it can be roughly divided in three areas:
- The moderate Continental climate takes place in the inland areas of the Peninsula (largest city, Madrid).
- The Mediterranean climate region, which roughly extends from the Andalusian plain along the southern and eastern coasts up to the Pyrenees, on the seaward side of the mountain ranges that run near the coast (largest city, Barcelona).
- An Oceanic climate takes place in Galicia and the coastal strip by the Bay of Biscay (largest city, Bilbao). This area is often called Green Spain.
The main language of Spain is Spanish but the Spanish Constitution, although affirming the sovereignty of the Spanish Nation, recognises historical nationalities and languages like Basque, Catalan, Galician, Aranes Aragonese, and Asturian.
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Spanish cuisine consists of a great variety of dishes which stem from differences in geography, culture and climate. It is heavily influenced by seafood available from the waters that surround the country, and reflects the country's deep Mediterranean roots. Spain's extensive history with many cultural influences has led to a unique cuisine with literally thousands of recipes and flavors.
Sport in Spain has been traditionally dominated by football (soccer) (since the early 20th century), cycling and bullfighting (since the 17th century). Today, Spain is a major world sports power, especially since the 1992 Summer Olympics that were hosted in Barcelona and promoted a great variety of sports in the country. The great touristic attraction of the country has caused an improvement of the sports infrastructure, especially for water sports, golf and skiing.
Although Chapter 2 of the Constitution states that no religion shall have a state character, Roman Catholicism is the main religion in the country. About 76% of Spaniards self-identify as Catholics, about 2% with another religious faith, and about 19% identify as non-believers or atheists. A study conducted in October 2006 by the Spanish Centre of Sociological Investigations shows that from the 76% of Spaniards who identify as Catholics or other religious faith, 54% hardly ever or never go to church, 15% go to church some times a year, 10% some time per month and 19% every Sunday or multiple times per week. About 22% of the whole Spanish population attend religious services at least once a month.
Public Holidays
Each municipality is allowed to declare a maxim of 14 public holidays per year up to nine of these are chosen by the national government and at least two are chosen locally.
National public Holidays:
January 1 - New Years Day - Año Nuevo
Moveable - Good Friday - Viernes santo
May 1 - Labour Day - Dia del Trabajador
August 15 - Assumption of Mary - Asunción
October 12 - Columbus Day - Dia de la Hispanidad (Spain national day)
November 1 - All Saints - Todos los Santos
December 6 - Constitution Day- Dia de la Constitución
December 8 - Immaculate Conception - Inmaculada Concepción
December 25 - Christmas Day - Navidad
- Gabriel_87October 2007
|Jose-SpanishApril 2017
Hello everyone!
I would like to start to learn french language and i think it´s a good idea to have a penpal from france.
I can teach Spanish and also we can speak english each other.
If someone want to start with the experience let me know
Kind regards
|Joscast90December 2016
Sono nuovo qui. Non so come funziona questa comunità ma me piacerebbe imparare l'italiano. Io mi chiamo José e sono di Siviglia, sud della Spagna.
Un saluto.
|RickycordobaAugust 2016
Hello! anyone want to practice English with me? Thanks
swallowbraveryDecember 2016Hi, I speak Spanish. I want to paractice English with you
|cristianreinaOctober 2016
Hi I'm new, I would like to learn English and Italian in a fun way.Hola soy nuevo, me gustaria aprender Ingles y italiano de una forma divertida.
Ciao io sono nuovo, mi piacerebbe imparare l'inglese e l'italiano in modo divertente.
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Chicken rice in Malacca, Malaysia
Cendol in Malacca
Coffee in 13 States Malaysia Coffeeshop in Malacca
Wilson's Chicken Rice in Malacca
Nyonya laksa in Malacca
Teh Tarik
Eating roti canai everyday in Malaysia
Meeting readers in KL
Newlyweds in KL
So many fashion choices in Little India, KL
Enjoying the cold weather in the Cameron Highlands
Curries and side dishes at banana leaf restaurant, KL
Just purchased handmade pouches in the Cameron Highlands
So many beautiful flowers in the Cameron Highlands
Election is coming
Cameron Valley tea plantation
Drinking tea at BOH tea plantation
BOH tea plantation
Life of a cat in Malaysia...
Cat in Malaysia
The best nasi lemak is from Tanah Rata!
The best fried banana I've ever had!
Nasi Lemak
char kway teow in Penang
Almond milk in Penang
Street art in Penang
Mosque in Penang
Starfruit juice came with the plastic bag
Meeting James in Penang
Penang cendol
Someone's getting married today!
Cheong Fatt Tze mansion
Having gun at the Mugshot cafe
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Celebrity News December 01, 2009
Kendra Wilkinson Is in Labor!
Former Playboy playmate Kendra Wilkinson and husband Hank Baskett are about to become first-time parents!
According to E! News, Wilkinson, 24, has entered an Indianapolis area hospital and is expected to give birth to Hank Baskett IV at any moment.
Kendra's ex, Hugh Hefner, got wind of the impending delivery, and tells E! News, "I send my love to Kendra, Hank and the baby on this memorable day."
In August, the former "Girls Next Door" star wrote on her blog, "Hank's dad and his grandfather were both named Hank, so it was very important to us to carry on the family tradition."
On June 11, Wilkinson announced that the couple were expecting a child. The two tied the knot the same month on June 27 at the Playboy Mansion.
Celebrity Babies
Beach Bums
Surfer dude Matthew McConaughey totes son Levi during a sandy walk in Malibu.
Swing Time
Gwen Stefani beams at her little guy Zuma, as other son Kingston laughs and plays on the swing set in a Beverly Hills park.
Back to L.A.
Usher totes son Usher Raymond V -- along with his Elmo doll -- to a waiting car after landing at LAX.
Fowl Fun
Tom Brady and his little man John feed the birds at the Famous Granville Market in Vancouver.
Jet-Setting Baby
Bronx Mowgli travels in style! The baby was snapped cuddling up to mama Ashlee at LAX in March.
Morning Walk
A groggy Jerry O'Connell takes twin daughters Dolly Rebecca Rose and Charlie Tamara Tulip for a sunny stroll in Toronto.
Seal's Big Boy
Jump high, Johan! Seal's little son crouches in anticipation as the singer and his children spend a sunny day at the park in L.A.
Gotta Wear Shades!
Sunglasses-clad Brad Pitt took stylish tykes Shiloh and Zahara on a toy shopping spree in Washington D.C.
Hop, Skip and Jump in NYC!
Michelle Williams holds tight to the hand of daughter Matilda, as the little Heath lookalike skipped down the snowy streets of NYC in March.
Li'l Scooter
A bundled up Hugh Jackman enjoys a winer walk with his daughter Ava, who scooted along during their snowy stroll.
Walkin' in New Orleans
Angelina Jolie enjoys a Big Easy stroll with three of her brood -- Pax, Zahara, and Shiloh -- in October 2008.
Fruitful Stroll
This Apple doesn't fall far from the tree! Gwyneth Paltrow was spotted walking home with her lookalike daughter after a long day at Apple's London school.
Harlow's Fashions
Nicole's little lady knows how to work it! The mini fashionista kept warm in a blue hat, brown jacket and Mary Jane shoes at Chelsea Piers in NYC.
New Family Member
Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley adopted their daughter Nancy Leigh from Korea. The family says she will go by the nickname Naleigh.
Lazing in the Shade
Jessica Alba cools off in the shade at a Beverly Hills park with sundress-clad daughter, Honor Marie.
Her Future's So Bright...
...Suri's gotta wear shades! Katie Holmes and her mini-me tot both sported oversized sunglasses during a stroll on the street in NYC, November 2008.
Just Like Dad
Will Smith embraces his lookalike son Jaden on the red carpet at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards.
On Broadway
Tom Cruise and adorable baby Suri, dressed to the nines, make their way to the theatre where mom Katie Holmes performed "All My Sons" in NYC.
Checking In
Dean McDermott and son Liam Aaron prepare to leave "Home Sweet Hollywood" as they walk through security at Los Angeles International Airport.
Sand Toys!
The gorgeous Halle Berry helps her little girl Nahla build a sand castle during a beach trip in Miami.
Glam Landing
Angelina Jolie is cool and collected with all six kids in tow at the Narita Airport in Japan -- including daughter Vivienne, who she carried on her chest.
Jude's Mini-Me
Actor Jude Law takes his lookalike daughter Iris on a shopping spree in London.
Shop with Pop
Little Valentina Paloma holds on to dad Francois-Henri Pinault as they enjoy a clothing shopping trip without mama Salma Hayek.
G'day, Dad!
Crikey! Russell Crowe joined his son Charlie playing games in a park in his native Australia.
Giving Back
'90210' star Jennie Garth gives daughters Luca Bella and Lola Ray a lesson in helping others during an event to help build a playground for under-privileged kids in L.A.
Slim in the Springs
Tori Spelling shows off her bikini body during a pool dip with daughter Stella in Palm Springs, CA.
Harlow Takes a Dip
Good Charlotte rocker Joel Madden gets his feet wet with splash-happy daughter Harlow in Miami.
View from the Top
Alexander "Sasha" Pete Schreiber and dad Liev Schreiber left mom Naomi Watts at home for a lunch at Cafe Habana in SoHo.
Summer in Rio
Katie Holmes is casual chic during a shopping trip with daughter Suri in Rio de Janeiro.
Saint Tropez Sippy
Salma Hayek treats daughter Valentina to an icy drink during an outing in Saint Tropez.
Purple and Gold Pride
Aw! David Beckham shares his passion for basketball with son Brooklyn, decked out in Lakers threads, courtside at a game.
Camila's Little 'Dude'
Levi McConaughey donned an adorable plaid shirt and tiny moccasins while flower shopping with mama Camila Alves.
Klum Kids
Heidi Klum looks on as children Leni, Henry and Johan chase each other around the Grove in Los Angeles on a sunny spring day.
Nahla Smiles
Halle Berry's baby girl Nahla Ariela grins at shutterbugs during a shopping trip in L.A.


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Vehicle Shifting Services in Jalandhar
Vehicles to some people are just vehicle meant for transportation. While, some consider them as their beloved or valued possession and keep it safe and secure. So if you are planning for Vehicle transportation in Jalandhar, then you need to plan it and keep few things in mind such a hiring an expert agency singing a proper contract. There are countless reasons of why should anyone go with the option of hiring an expert hand rather than driving your Vehicle on your own from one city to another.
Below are some of the elaborated points which will describe why one should hire only reputed and hassle free Top Vehicle Shifting Company in Jalandhar:
- Efficient companies doing Vehicle shifting company in Jalandhar always provide you a clear idea regarding the costs and the transit time. They will also notify you with the transit update either on your mobile or you may know it by calling their helpline number.
- The technical workers of the best Vehicle shifting company in Jalandhar will always make necessary checks of your Vehicle before loading it inside the Vehicle . They will clean your Vehicle properly, both interiors and exteriors, will always ask you to keep very little fuel inside the fuel tank, will check for any leaks like oil dripping, check the pressures of the Vehicle and then load it for Vehicle transportation company in Jalandhar.
- Another very important factor is that the reputed ones will always provide you with options of insuring your service which is very important also. Because of the fact that your Vehicle may get damaged, the top agencies doing Vehicle shifting in Jalandhar always give you insurance option so that you may claim it in case of any physical damage.
- Suppose you are staying in Jalandhar and that crazy idea might come too someone's mind first of driving the Vehicle on your own, from one city to another crossing state borders. But that's not a good idea at all as it is unexplained tiring and is not at all safe for you and your Vehicle. So here is why you need a professional agency performing Vehicle Transport Company in Jalandhar.
- Also hiring a driving is no good for Vehicle shifting from one state to another as it is very less reliable and full of risks. So it is better to look for some reputed Vehicle transport in Jalandhar who will take your order, know your requirements and deliver your Vehicle on time and intact.
- The best agencies performing the task of car bike shifting in Jalandhar employ professionals in their workforce so than they may provide efficient service and satisfaction to their customers. They are properly trained in their respective fields like packing, vehicle maintenance, delivering, hiring professional drivers to drive the Vehicle movers, etc.


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As I had some Tangs vouchers to spend, here's what I came home with (my first Stila haul in two years!):
The Lip Enamel Trio (S$74): Tickled Pink, Joy and Happiness.
Joy looks like a crazily intense cranberry red in the tube but when applied, there is actually more of a bright pinkish red. It gives a lovely pop of color that brightens up the complexion.
Tickled Pink is a glossy Barbie pink while Joy (below) is a peachy light pink.
I have been lemming the Barbie Smudge Pots for months now and was very excited to find all of them available. I decided on Little Black Dress (S$48) which is a gorgeous metallic deep purple with pink shimmer.
I also picked up the Smudge Pot Collection of four mini smudge pots in Kitten, Starry Night, Violet and Black (S$58). It's quite odd that the Smudge Pot Collection and Lip Enamel Trio both retail for US$32 in the US but in Singapore, there's a S$16 difference in the price of the two sets. But I figured the Lip Enamel Trio is still quite worthwhile as one Lip Enamel usually retails for more than S$35.
The SA also gave me a very generous gift with purchase! There were two sets available: both had a lipglaze (in Cranberry or Raspberry), a fragrance sample and then you can choose either the Montmatre eyeshadow quad or a mascara. (These are not displayed so I'm not sure what is the minimum purchase that one needs to qualify for the gift.) For me the natural choice was Montmatre as I love purple eyeshadows. I also picked Raspberry lipglaze as Cranberry is very similar to Joy Lip Enamel.
And I have to say the service at the Stila counter was outstanding. The SA was knowledgeable and very helpful, without being pushy. I was glad to learn from the SA that there are no plans for Stila to pull out of Singapore, unlike Japan and Taiwan, and that the brand remains popular with customers here even though the counter does not carry the full range of Stila (for example, they stock only 30 of the 50 eyeshadow shades that Stila has). The prices are of course more expensive compared to the US, but I get a 10% rebate with my Citibank Tangs card. Plus the generous GWP more than made up for the price difference. By the time you add in the shipping costs, sales tax and hassle of getting a CP from the US, it's just easier and not that much more expensive to shop at the Escentials counter instead where you can try out the products first (and enjoy great service!).
There is currently a promotion going on whereby if you buy 3 items (the sets are not included, such as the Smudge Pot Collection), you can get the third item at half price.


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A founding member of the Canadian rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive faces new sexual assault allegations just a year after he was acquitted of similar charges.
Timothy Bachman, 62, appeared in a B.C. court Tuesday afternoon on charges of sex assault, sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching, said Const. Ian MacDonald of the Abbotsford Police Department.
A publication ban has been placed on any information that could identify the victim, but MacDonald said police who work in the Fraser Valley community east of Vancouver began the investigation after a person came forward with a complaint.
He said the charges don't relate to the same woman who accused Bachman of sex assault when she was a preteen foster child in his home.
"The alleged incidents took place in the 1990s, so there was a fair amount of work that had to be done by our major crime unit detectives," said MacDonald.
MacDonald said Crown counsel swore the charges Monday, and Bachman turned himself in to police Tuesday afternoon, before appearing in court.
He said Bachman was released but placed on conditions that he not have any contact with a person under 16 years old and he stay away from areas where children might congregate.
Last May, a B.C. Supreme Court judge found Bachman not guilty, concluding that the young woman was not deliberately dishonest but her testimony was unreliable and inconsistent.
The judge ruled the Crown's evidence fell short of what was needed to convict and he was left with a reasonable doubt.
Bachman has been a Fraser Valley real estate agent for many years.
The Winnipeg-based BTO released its first album in May 1973. The band's second album, Bachman-Turner Overdrive II, released in December 1973, became a huge hit in the U.S. and Canada, with hit singles Let it Ride and Takin' Care of Business. In 1974, Tim Bachman left BTO, which eventually sold almost 30-million records worldwide. He has rejoined BTO for tours over the years.


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Software testers become 'rock stars' for Microsoft
Bum note on VSTS?
Microsoft hopes to do for software testers what it's done for developers - turn them into "rock stars". However, it may have to get its own house in order before preaching to the industry.
Fresh from launching its first application lifecycle management (ALM) suite, Visual Studio 2005 Team System (VSTS), Microsoft said it wants to "raise the importance" of software testers and of testing in general across the industry.
This week's VSTS launch used dated, and rather loud, rock music to cast developers in the mold of rock stars, with the theme of the event being "ready to rock."
Prashant Sridharan, lead product manager for Microsoft's developer division, told The Register: "I need to build as much importance around the community of testers as we have developers for the last 15 years."
Sridharan hopes to begin that work at Microsoft's TechEd and Professional Developers' Conference (PDC), although he did not provide details of what he had planned. "I need to really raise the importance of testing... as an integrated part of TechEd and PDC, and have the megaphone to speak to the industry," he said.
It's generally accepted that the software-testing phase of an application's lifecycle has been overlooked by vendors and end-users. The result is software littered with bugs that are expensive to fix and that mean software is delivered late. With two-years of delays to VSTS, SQL Server and Longhorn, Microsoft is a case in point.
The focus on the coding aspect of ALM means testers can often vary in quality while coders have become "revered" by vendors like Microsoft who spent years delivering ever-more sophisticated programming languages, integrated development environments (IDEs), training and certification.
Microsoft has improved its testing tools with VSTS and also integrated the tools with its coding tools to resolve this. VSTS provides features for improved collaboration between ALM team members, application architecting and modeling - elements of the ALM chain that had also been left untouched by Microsoft.
However, Microsoft's earnest focus on testing will stick with some software developers. One vocal group of bloggers have criticized Microsoft for delivering the already delayed VSTS too early and - in doing so - deliberately leaving reported bugs unfixed.
Roy Osherove, wrote: "It's completely amazing to me that VS.NET 2005 RTM, after a big cycle of testing, alphas, betas and LOTS of community feedback, can be this buggy."
Ayende Rahien added: It's interesting to note that nearly all those bugs were known to Microsoft, but were closed because of time constraints. I'm shocked that even after countless CTPs and two betas, there are so many serious-you'll-lose-work-and-tear-out-your-hair bugs in the product."
Sridharan did not tackle these posts, but said Microsoft is subject to the same constraints that hit other companies. "A lot of features get cut in Microsoft because the testing would blow the test matrix" Sridharan said. "That's a classic conundrum."
He said, though, Microsoft hoped to resolve these kinds of problems in the future by moving testing into the software build process. This is critical for Microsoft which is pushing the Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI), a strategy that demands Windows runs more reliably and consistently, and that Windows is easier to deploy and manage.
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from Quebec newspaper Le Petit Journal, 20/2/1947
Vic H. Donahue was an American illustrator and comic artist, born in Croyden, Pennsylvania. In the 1930s and 1940s he did book illustrations, and worked as an artist and retoucher for the Omaha World Herald until the Second World War. He served as a combat artist in the US Marine Corps and became a freelancer in New York when he returned to civil life.
En route pour la lune (from Quebec newspaper Le Petit Journal, 23/3/1947)
In the second half of the 1940s he illustrated newspaper comic features on scientific subjects, written by actual scientists like Henry Erikson, David Dietz and Charles Tracy, among others.
from Quebec newspaper Le Petit Journal, 20/2/1947
He worked for comic books through Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's shop, doing various features for Cross Publications, romance, horror and western stories for Harvey Comics and Feature Comics and educational work for Treasure Chest. In the 1960s he moved to Tuckson and eventually Omaha, where he focused on watercolor illustrations. His portrait of Pope John XXIII became a well-known picture on calendars and prayer cards.


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There's a lot to like in Microsoft's Windows 10 Mobile for smartphones, but it has one glaring weakness: It still is a 32-bit OS.
But a transition to 64-bit for the OS was inevitable as memory capacity in smartphones goes up, Microsoft said during a presentation at the Ignite conference last week.
Windows 10 Mobile lags behind Apple's iOS and Google's Android, which transitioned to 64 bits a few years ago. Many new Windows phones already have 64-bit ARM-based Qualcomm processors, but the OS still runs as 32 bit.
Thirty-two bits is "not really a limitation for us since the devices are all 4GB [of RAM] or less. But that will change over the next couple of years," said Jason Whitehorn, partner software engineer manager of the Windows and Devices Group at Microsoft.
The company is "very aware of" the impending transition and recognizes the importance of 64-bit, Whitehorn said.
Smartphones with a 32-bit system have a ceiling of 4GB of RAM and need a 64-bit OS to tack on more memory.
Whitehorn didn't provide an exact date for the transition to Windows 10 Mobile to 64-bit. But it'll likely happen soon because handsets like Samsung's Android-based Galaxy Note 7 already exceed 4GB of RAM. Also, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 chips -- which are compatible with Windows 10 Mobile -- support the latest low-power DDR4 memory and are better equipped to handle 64-bit apps.
Mobile devices are getting more memory and storage to handle demanding applications, graphics, and 4K video. Some Windows 10 Mobile handsets also have PC-like functionality, requiring more memory. HP's Elite X3 can be a PC in a pinch when hooked up to a large-screen monitor, mouse, and keyboard.
A 64-bit Windows 10 Mobile OS will also standardize application development. Microsoft is encouraging developers to port applications to the Universal Windows Platform, which allows apps to run across a range of devices, including smartphones, tablets, PCs, Xboxes, and HoloLens.
Microsoft's Windows smartphone operating systems haven't set the mobile world on fire. Around 1.97 million Windows phones were sold in the second quarter of 2016, declining from 8.2 million units in the same quarter a year ago, according to Gartner. The Windows Mobile OS market share plunged to 0.6 percent during the second quarter, down from 2.5 percent a year ago.
Android held an 86.2 percent market share, and iOS held a 12.9 percent market share during this year's second quarter.
Microsoft is committed to Windows phones despite struggles. Whitehorn said the company is improving Windows 10 Mobile and will continue making handsets.
Attendees at multiple Ignite sessions also asked if Microsoft would release a rumored Surface Phone, but company executives declined to comment. But the executives pointed to HP's Elite X3 as being the most advanced Windows 10 Mobile handset.
HP's Elite X3 can double up as a PC thanks to a feature called Continuum. When a smartphone is connected to a large screen monitor, it opens a new Windows desktop session, basically mimicking a PC. But the processing and storage are on the Windows 10 Mobile phone. Continuum is useful for mobile workers who want to use smartphones for productivity applications.
There are big enhancements coming to Continuum, which is currently limited in features. The Continuum updates will help smartphones provide almost a full-fledged PC experience, Whitehorn said.
Users will be able to pin icons to the taskbar and have more options to resize application windows. Users will be able to run multiple windows, side-by-side, like on a PC. More applications on the smartphone will also run on the larger screen through updates to Continuum.


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After days of packing, loading, cleaning, unloading, unpacking, more cleaning... I am finally settled in back home in the Bay Area! The weather is GORGEOUS, and it feels so good to be back! I'll miss my Los Angeles friends (and my old tiny-ass apartment too, of course!), but I'm looking forward to new adventures in my favorite city. (Don't call it 'Frisco!)
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Posted on Jan 17, 2008 at 11:59 AM
Ben, super-congratulations to you! You are truly instrumental for experienced and budding Coldfusion developers alike AND also a positive CF person. We all know how much you love CF and it has inspired us. A++++ to you!... read more »
Ask Ben: Screen Scraping PowerBall Statistics With ColdFusion
Posted on Jan 15, 2008 at 9:32 AM
Thanks again Ben. I'll give that a go when I get home. Now, how about a probability algorithm based on the ball drop frequency? HA! just kidding... :D Thanks Again...... read more »
Ask Ben: Screen Scraping PowerBall Statistics With ColdFusion
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I use audible.com for my audiobooks. I import then into iTunes. You could import this into WinAmp. I use iTunes but I do like WinAmp. iTunes gripes...I personally would like to have more control over my file organization. Duplicates from my previous library, file name screw ups and other crap ... read more »
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Posted on Dec 5, 2007 at 1:46 PM
Ben, Thanks for all this. Like you and other posters' comments about the nested ifs and loops...That is exactly what I am doing and it is not so predictable. There will always be an exception, then what will I do, add another loop? No thank you. Besides when I am hours, days, months away from th... read more »
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Posted on Aug 14, 2007 at 12:35 AM
Ben, That movie was hardcore (in a quiet sort of way) for those actors crawling through the muck, eating bugs like it was not a big deal and pulling leeches off their bodies. Bale is nuts. I am almost sure he is the hardest working lead actor in the biz. Werner Herzog is a good director, but w... read more »
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Posted on Jul 9, 2007 at 2:40 PM
@Centrasoft Exam buster...Yes I bought that. Hehe..as I was googling Brian's name + Coldfusion to look up this 'tool' you speak of and the first thing that populated was your apology note. LOL :) His product 'is' really good. Some of his questions are tricky. Anyways thanks for the tip. I usual... read more »
Having Trouble Getting Back On The Coding Horse
Posted on Jul 9, 2007 at 9:45 AM
Ben, You're an artist bro and probably just burned out. Take a week off from the coding if you can afford it. Your brain will tell you when your ready. If you force it you'll just be spluttering around half-assing things (A lot of start/stop stuff). BTW, I am starting to study for the Coldfusio... read more »
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Production Weekly is reporting that Tim Kring is working on a new series for NBC, whose working title is III, about alternate world war. Does this mean that Heroes has gone to the great cathode ray tube in the sky?
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According to PW, the new series is co-created by Heroes creator Kring and Heroes executive producer Aron Eli Coleite, and will tell the story about an alternate America being invaded, leading to a third World War. With uncertainty surrounding the fate of the NBC superhero series, which finishes its fourth season on Monday, the news of this new series taking up the time of two of the show's central brain trust may foreshadow an official announcement of Heroes' cancellation. Or does NBC trust Kring with two prime-time franchises?


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I have been completely head over heals for Nikole's work over at forty-sixth at grace for quite some time now. She makes these amazing wooden cake stands and adorable flag toppers that are just to die for, so I was thrilled when she agreed to put together a little guest post about wedding cakes for Once Wed. Isn't there just such a simple sweetness and grace (!) to everything that she touches?
When I think of late summer I think of the space between seasons, the beautiful that happens from late August through until middle September. I think of bright days, dusky sunsets, and nights at the lake. I think too, of just how great a late summer wedding would be.
In Ontario where I live, wild blueberries are in season then, they're smaller than the conventional ones, tiny and sweet and filled with all kinds of flavor. In fact it's those that inspired the wee wedding cakes we show you here; tiny blueberries paired with the tart of lemon curd and the faintly sweet of french buttercream. We've also put together a dessert table that is simple to prepare, one that suits most any setting well, but particularly we think, fits just right at the shore of a lake, the sand of the sea or the edge of a forest.
We've paired up with Shanna Murray to make recipe cards for you to follow, since she makes the loveliest of things. She also illustrated a monogrammed sweetheart garland for us, which makes us swoon because it reminds us a little of initials carved into trees and we really love that. We adhered the garland to pretty pieces of salvaged wood found up at the cottage. The two paired together complement the rustic, simple feel of our sweet table just perfectly.
While making your own wedding cake is somewhat of an undertaking, I think after a little practice it's altogether possible. Practice makes perfect as they say and I'd suggest getting familiar with making the recipes and assembly a few months before, but otherwise I think you'll be surprised just how well you can do at these cakes. When you're finally ready for the big day, spread the work over three days; sponge and curd the first day, buttercream and assembly the second and serve on the third. They'll easily last overnight and on that big day, when all is set and ready to go all you'll have to do is place them gingerly on cake stands and then equally carefully carry them out to your table, wherever that may be.
We think of them as a simple and sweet alternative to traditional stacked cakes, a do-it-yourself twist on the classic cake and perfect ending to a most perfect of days. And in saying that, we're quite sure they'll be a last slice of summer before your blissful new fall.
Don't forget to check out the adorable recipe cards Shanna and Nikole put together for us!
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Two clubs in danger of fading from the Eastern Conference playoff race get together on Sunday night in search of two much-needed points as the Washington Capitals host the Buffalo Sabres.
The Capitals put themselves in an early hole with a 2-8-1 start to the season and haven't helped their cause as of late with losses in four of their past five games. That leaves Washington 14th in the East with 23 points, one fewer than Buffalo and eight back of the eighth spot in the conference.
The Sabres also started slow, holding just a 3-6-1 mark after their first 10 games, and have dropped five of their past six games.
Washington's offense continued its struggles in Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Boston Bruins. The Caps have put home just seven goals in their last five games since a 7-1 victory over Florida on March 7.
And even Saturday's goal didn't come off the stick of a Caps player as Marcus Johansson was credited with the tally after Boston's Johnny Boychuk accidentally deflected a pass from his teammate into his own net.
"Only because I feel a little snake-bit," Capitals head coach Adam Oates said about his concern with the lack of offense. "We have had a lot of chances. I'm not worried about production, it will be there, but you go through stretches like this and wonder how it will work itself out."
Michal Neuvirth made 34 stops in defeat.
The Sabres were aiming for a second straight win on Saturday and grabbed an early lead against the Ottawa Senators on first-period goals from Mike Weber and Drew Stafford.
The Sens, though, scored three times in the second period, and after Stafford's second goal of the game with 7:54 to play in the third evened the score, Ottawa clinched a 4-3 overtime win on Kyle Turris' power-play goal with 1:06 left in the bonus frame.
Ryan Miller stopped 30 shots in the setback, which dropped the Sabres to 1-2-3 in their last six.
"When we were playing with urgency and determination we had a good third period, it's just too bad," said Miller. "I need to be a little bit better and not give them the lead, but they caught a couple of bounces there."
Sabres forward Ville Leino played in his first game of the season after sitting out the first 27 with a hip injury and had an assist, while Patrick Kaleta served the final contest of his five-game suspension for an illegal hit.
The Sabres have lost six of their last seven trips to Washington, including a 3-2 setback back on Jan. 27.
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and Neuvirth made 22 saves in the Capitals' first win of the season.
Miller gave up all three goals on 30 shots in the loss.


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The Oklahoma City Thunder announced today that Russell Westbrook tore his meniscus in the second quarter of Game 2 against Houston on Wednesday and is out indefinitely. There's no timetable for his return yet, which potentially leaves the West wide open and sets up the Heat for an easy run to the title. But let's not be dramatic.
If you watched Wednesday's game, you witnessed a typically wonderful Westbrook performance (29 points, 4 steals, 4 assists) and also this awkward collision in the second quarter, when Houston's Patrick Beverley sideswiped Westbrook going into a timeout. Westbrook was obviously hurt on the play, and more obviously pissed off at Beverley. There's no way to be certain that this was the moment of the tear, and there's no use in blaming Beverley for a knee injury, but in any case, you'll surely see this video going around today:
CBS's Royce Young points out that Metta World Peace returned from a torn meniscus after just 13 days; recovery is more typically expected to be 6-8 weeks. That puts us in early June, which puts us in the finals. The Miami-San Antonio finals. Sigh.
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Alvarez pounds strike zone in efficient outing
VIERA, Fla. -- Pound the strike zone and force the action were Henderson Alvarez's objectives heading into his first Grapefruit League start.
Mission accomplished.
Facing the Nationals on Sunday at Space Coast Stadium, Alvarez was spot on in what he was hoping to do. Of his 22 pitches, 19 were for strikes.
Alvarez posted a highly efficient and encouraging outing. The right-hander tossed two scoreless innings, striking out two while allowing one single.
"All my pitches fell in the strike zone," said the Venezuelan native through an interpreter. "My plan was to go out there, get my pitches in the zone and get the batters to swing."
Acquired from the Blue Jays as part of the 12-player trade in November, Alvarez got swings and misses from left-handed hitters with his sinker. He mixed in a changeup and worked at a quick pace.
Known for throwing strikes, Alvarez's performance came as advertised. With the Blue Jays last year, he walked 54 in 187 1/3 innings. Per nine innings, he averaged 2.59 walks.
"Sometimes it is a challenge, maybe your first outing you're a little bit amped up," manager Mike Redmond said. "I thought for a young guy he was completely under control out there. Obviously, the numbers speak for themselves with the amount of strikes that he threw."
At least for the first half of Spring Training, Alvarez is getting a brief look by the Marlins. His next start will be Friday against the Twins at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla.
Two days later, he will be exiting the team for a few weeks to join Venezuela for the World Baseball Classic.
Starting pitchers will be facing a maximum of 65 pitches in the Classic.
"It's a huge honor to play for my country and have my country's name on my chest," Alvarez said. "It's also an honor to play with All-Stars from my country, such as Miguel Cabrera. It's going to be great to pitch against other countries like Puerto Rico.
"I am healthy. Everything has been fine. I'm looking forward to it."
With the Marlins, Alvarez isn't trying to replace Josh Johnson and Mark Buehrle. He is welcoming his new opportunity.
"In Major League Baseball, they make moves," he said. "In November, the Marlins made the trade, sending two All-Star [pitchers] to Toronto. I'm here to give 100 percent to the team, and do my best."


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But starting next September 11th, a new group called AMPAC, the American Muslim Political Action Committee, will challenge AIPAC's stranglehold on American political life.
AMPAC will be forcefully announcing its presence with a "Million Muslim March" on the White House on September 11, 2013. The goal, announced at AMPAC's press conference in New York:
"We at AMPAC (American Muslim Political Action Committee) are planning a historic event for 9/11/13. One million Muslims will march to Washington D.C. and demand that our civil rights be protected by our government. We are demanding that laws be enacted protecting our First Amendment rights. We are asking President Obama to fulfill his promise from his first campaign for the Presidency of a transparent government. Lastly we are asking for the establishment of a real 9/11 Commission to reveal the truth to the American people."
AMPAC founder M.D. Rabbi Alam, a well-known Missouri Democratic Party organizer, points out that
American Muslims, like other Americans, were targeted on 9/11. More than 60 Muslims were murdered in the explosive demolitions of the three World Trade Center skyscrapers on 9/11, and a mosque in the South Tower was annihilated. Alam points out that "Muslim and non-Muslim alike were traumatized by 9/11, but we as Muslims continue twelve years later to be victimized by being made the villains."
American courts have traditionally held that the Bill of Rights guarantees that all religions must be treated equally by the government. Alam cites "the 'war on terrorism' in Islamic countries, Congressional hearings on Islam in America, and changes to the NDAA" as infringements of the First Amendment right to freedom of religion.
AMPAC organizers also argue that the US government and media have lied about 9/11 and its aftermath. According to the AMPAC press release, "These lies told to the American population have made it impossible for us to do true Dawa (Islamic outreach)."
The attack on American Muslims' free speech actually appears to have begun a few days before 9/11, when the FBI raided key Muslim organizations and shut down their computer servers. The FBI's raids preemptively prevented Muslims from freely expressing and disseminating their view of 9/11: That it was an inside job, presumably orchestrated by Israel and its American agents.
Polls show that more than 80% of Muslims globally, and two-thirds of American Muslims, believe that 9/11 was an inside job – and these polls undoubtedly understate the real numbers. Yet the corporate media, dominated by Jewish Zionists, has refused to allow Muslims' perspective on 9/11 to even be heard, much less debated. To this day, most Americans falsely believe that Muslims accept the official story of 9/11.
9/11 was used to shut down the free speech rights of Muslim Americans – and not just about 9/11. Sami al-Arian, America's leading Muslim political organizer, was harassed and imprisoned after 9/11 for the crime of publicly stating his strong opposition to the apartheid state of Israel. At his trial, jurors were swayed by graphic footage of Israelis maimed by suicide bombers. The prosecution implied that al-Arian was responsible for these acts of violence simply because he was Palestinian, Muslim, and opposed to Israeli apartheid.
Another American Muslim leader, Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah of Detroit, Michigan, was murdered by the FBI in 2009 in reprisal for his statements criticizing US imperialism and injustice. His body was riddled with 19 bullet holes in an FBI raid reminiscent of the FBI murders of Fred Hampton and other Black Panthers in the 1960s.
Imam Abdullah is not the only American Muslim killed by US authorities for his political views. Among the better-known cases is that of scholar Anwar al-Awlaki, who, along with his son and grandson, were murdered by cowardly drone strikes in Yemen. Al-Awlaki was imprisoned, tortured, mischaracterized as a "terrorist," and finally murdered by US authorities due to his outspoken opposition to the 9/11-triggered war on Islam.
Another influential, politically-engaged American Muslim, the scientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, was kidnapped, raped and tortured by US authorities who disapproved of her political views. Like so many other American Muslim leaders, she was tried in a kangaroo court on ridiculous trumped-up charges in order to silence her eloquent voice.
The FBI and other secret police agencies, along with Israeli Mossad spin-offs such as the ADL, have used both federal agents and hired criminals to infiltrate, surveil, and terrorize mosques since 9/11, chilling Muslims' rights of free speech and free association. A key FBI goal has been to entrap young, naive Muslims into appearing complicit in FBI-concocted "terror plots."
As of 2006, the US had already kidnapped and tortured more than 80,000 Muslims worldwide, according to the UK Guardian. Today, that number has undoubtedly grown into the hundreds of thousands. Virtually all are innocent of any acts of violence. Many have been targeted because they are the most charismatic and outspoken leaders, or the best organizers, in the Muslim community.
Faced with a reality reminiscent of the Jews' situation in 1930s Nazi Germany, most American Muslims have been terrorized into silence. But today, more than a decade after 9/11, more and more are finding the courage to speak out.
Last year, AMPAC founder MD Rabbi Alam was targeted by the Zionist-dominated media for raising questions about Israel's role in 9/11. Alam refused to be intimidated. Instead, he responded by founding AMPAC and launching plans for next year's 9/11/2013 Million Muslim March on the White House.
Will AMPAC one day dislodge AIPAC from its throne? Only time will tell.
Meanwhile, stay tuned to http://ampacus.webs.com/ for updates on next September's Million Muslim March.