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Part 1 – The Cross Guard
A revolutionary new style of guard designed to effectively control and submit your opponent.
Part 2 – Countering the Spider Guard
The first DVD to the Open Guard Series included passing the Spider Guard. The techniques covered in this section are the counters to those Spider Guard passes.
Mauricio "Tinguinha" Mariano is known worldwide for his dynamic open guard skills and techniques. In his latest DVD – the second in the Open Guard Series - Mauricio covers two sections: THE CROSS GUARD – a revolutionary new style of guard designed to effectively control and submit your opponent; and COUNTERING THE SPIDER GUARD PASS – provides counters to the techniques Mauricio demonstrated in the first DVD of the Ultimate Open Guard Series, THE SPIDER GUARD. With over two hours of action-packed content, consisting of 34 exciting techniques, this DVD is a must for anyone looking to improve their game. Mauricio owns and operates the Tinguinha Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Anaheim, California. Now you can learn the highly effective techniques that have made him one of the world's best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighters.
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Format: DVD
Region: All
Language: English
Running time: 86 mins.
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I am home again after five days at the at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas with 100,000 of my closest friends. I think some of you were hiding from me, however, because it didn't seem like 100,000, except for the day we all showed up on the same Monorail car.
December 13, 2018, 5:57 am
Kidscreen, host of the global kids entertainment industry's leading awards for excellence, is delighted to announce the shortlisted entries that are continuing in the competition through a final round of judging.
December 12, 2018, 1:11 pm
Sound Devices Adds MixPre Ambisonic Support
December 12, 2018, 1:11 pm
When news first appeared, in a knowledgebase article, that MacOS was going to be dropping some support for DNxHR, it sent ripples through certain sections of the film industry. DNx is a popular intermediate and finishing codec that, while created by Avid for Media Composer, is used in Premiere and Resolve and other applications on a daily basis by many filmmakers. However, it's not supported by the newer AVFoundry video framework Apple released with 10.6, only with the older Quicktime framework (confusingly, the Application "Quicktime X" doesn't use the Quicktime Framework, it uses AVFoundry), and after Mojave Apple is ending support for the original quicktime framework.
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Matthew Henry comments, "Some have said, that Judas sinned more in despairing of the mercy of God, than in betraying his Master's blood." Neither Judas' betrayal nor his suicide is the unforgiveable sin, only his refusal to seek the grace of Christ. Peter and Judas both committed heinous transgressions, but Peter found restoration when he repented. Today let us repent of our sins and turn to Jesus, knowing that He offers pardon to all those who trust Him alone.
For further study:
2 Chronicles 7:14 Psalm 7:12–13
The Bible in a year:
Coram Deo from TableTalk Magazine, Matthew Studies. Copyright © 2008 by Ligonier Ministries.


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15 Crowd-Pleasing Potluck Recipes
The school or office potluck is always an interesting opportunity to see what your coworkers and schoolmates like to cook and eat. It can also be high-pressure — what should you take? We're here to help! From side dishes to salads to sweets, here are 15 dishes that will complement any potluck.
When it comes to potlucks, especially ones where the main dish is provided (like the ubiquituous spring cookout, burgers, buns, and Boca provided), we think that you can never go wrong with a salad, like a crisp cabbage slaw or a white bean salad with roasted vegetables. Or go homestyle and crowd-pleasing with a cheesy rice casserole, or a fresh potato salad with herbs. And of course there's always the dessert table: We've thrown in some favorite potluck desserts here, like dulce de leche bars and spiced rice krispie treats. Read on for these and other favorite potluck recipes from our archives.
Each of these recipes has attributes that makes it good for a potluck. Some, like the cheesy Tex-Mex rice, are just straight-up crowd-pleasers. Others, like the meatballs, are easy to serve in small portions. And others, mainly the salads, fill the vegetable and salad gap often found at potlucks. It's always nice to have another fresh, vegetarian dish that is focused on vegetables.
• 1 Cheesy Tex-Mex Rice
• 2 Mediterranean Turkey Meatballs with Herbed Yogurt Sauce
• 3 Chicken (or Tofu!) and Wild Rice Salad
• 4 Potato Salad with Yogurt, Arugula, and Dill
• 5 Roasted Eggplant Salad with Smoked Almonds and Goat Cheese
• 6 Sesame Cabbage Salad
• 7 Meyer Lemon Grain Salad with Asparagus, Almonds and Goat Cheese
• 8 White Bean and Roasted Vegetable Salad
• 9 Tri-Color Slaw with Lime Dressing
• 10 Winter Wheat Berry Salad with Figs and Red Onion
• 11 Cinnamon Walnut Dulce de Leche Bars
• 12 Life-Changing Vegan Thumbprints
• 13 No-Bake Lemon Cream and Coconut Icebox Cupcakes
• 14 Halfway Cookies
• 15 Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats
What's your favorite dish to take to a potluck?
Related: The Apartment Therapy Office Has a Potluck! A Menu Rundown
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'MID the battle-gear, saw he a blade triumphant,
old-sword of Eotens, with edge of proof,
warriors' heirloom, weapon unmatched,
save only it was more, than other men,
to bandy-of-battle, could bear at all,
as the giants had wrought it, ready and keen.
Seized then its chain-hilt, the Scyldings' chieftain,
bold and battle-grim, brandished the sword,
reckless of life, and so wrathfully smote,
that it gripped her neck, and grasped her hard,
her bone-rings breaking: the blade pierced through,
that fated-one's flesh: to floor she sank.
Bloody the blade: he was blithe of his deed.
Then blazed forth light, it was bright within,
as when from the sky, there shines unclouded,
heaven's candle. The hall he scanned.
By the wall then went he; his weapon raised,
high by its hilts, the Hygelac-thane,
angry and eager. That edge was not useless,
to the warrior now. He wished with speed,
Grendel to guerdon, for grim raids many,
for the war he waged, on Western-Danes,
oftener far, than an only time,
when of Hrothgar's, hearth-companions,
he slew in slumber, in sleep devoured,
fifteen men, of the folk of Danes,
and as many others, outward bore,
his horrible prey. Well paid for that,
the wrathful prince! For now prone he saw,
Grendel stretched there, spent with war,
spoiled of life, so scathed had left him,
Heorot's battle, The body sprang far,
when after death, it endured the blow,
sword-stroke savage, that severed its head.
Soon[1] then saw, the sage companions,
who waited with Hrothgar, watching the flood,
that the tossing waters, turbid grew,
blood-stained the mere. Old men together,
hoary-haired, of the hero spake;
the warrior would not, they expected again,
proud of conquest, come to seek,
their mighty master. To many it seemed,
the wolf-of-the-waves, had won his life.
The ninth hour came. The noble Scyldings,
left the headland; homeward went,
the gold-friend of men.[2] But the guests sat on,
stared at the surges, sick in heart,
and wished yet expected not, their winsome lord,
again to see.
Now that sword began,
from blood of the fight, in battle-droppings,[3]
war-blade to wane: it was a wondrous thing,
that all of it melted, as ice is wont,
when frosty fetters, the Father loosens,
unwinds the wave-bonds, wielding all,
seasons and times: the true God he!
Nor took from that dwelling, the duke of the Geats,
precious things, though a plenty he saw,
save only the head, and that hilt withal,
blazoned with jewels: the blade had melted,
burned was the bright sword, her blood was so hot,
so poisoned the hell-sprite, who perished within there.
Soon he was swimming, who safe saw in combat,
downfall of demons; up-dove through the flood.
The clashing waters, were cleansed now,
waste of waves, where the wandering fiend,
her life-days left, and this lapsing world.
Swam then to strand, the sailors'-refuge,
sturdy-in-spirit, of sea-booty glad,
of burden brave, he bore with him.
Went then to greet him, and God they thanked,
the thane-band choice, of their chieftain blithe,
that safe and sound, they could see him again.
Soon from the hardy, one helmet and armor,
deftly they doffed: now drowsed the mere,
water beneath welkin, with war-blood stained.
Forth they fared, by the footpaths thence,
merry at heart, the highways measured,
well-known roads. Courageous men,
carried the head, from the cliff by the sea,
an arduous task, for all the band,
the firm in fight, since four were needed,
on the shaft-of-slaughter,[4] strenuously,
to bear to the gold-hall, Grendel's head.
So presently, to the palace there,
foemen fearless, fourteen Geats,
marching came. Their master-of-clan,
mighty amid them, the meadow-ways trod.
Strode then within, the sovran thane,
fearless in fight, of fame renowned,
hardy hero, Hrothgar to greet.
And next by the hair, into hall was borne,
Grendel's head, where the henchmen were drinking,
an awe to clan, and queen alike,
a monster of marvel: the men looked on.
[1] After the killing of the monster and Grendel's decapitation.
[2] Hrothgar.
[3] The blade slowly dissolves in blood-stained drops like icicles.
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Where can you bring your children to have fun learning about energy? The Houston Museum of Natural Science Wiess Energy Hall of course!!
On September 24, Shell had an Energy Education Day here, where children of all ages learned about science with fun activities, games, talks with people in the industry, tours of the Wiess Energy Hall and a visit from the Energy Hog.
Shell had a conference of new employees at a nearby hotel, so they came a day early to volunteer at HMNS. If you missed all the fun, Shell has a great Web site called Energize Your Future where teachers, parents and students can learn all about energy and do fun activities.
Some of our favorite activities are described below:
Bouncing Glue Balls: (these are so much fun to squish in your hands!)
1. Mix a teaspoon or so of Borax with about 2 cups of water in a container large enough to get your hand down into.
2. Put a drop of food coloring on a plastic spoon.
3. Add white school glue on the spoon until it is full, mix with toothpick until color is distributed.
4. Dip the spoon of glue into the Borax water and stir lightly so the glue does not come off the spoon. The Borax water will react with the outside of the glue and start the chemical reaction.
5. Next, use your hands to pull the glue ball off of the spoon.
6. Dip the glue ball and your hand into the Borax water.
7. Squeeze the glue ball and knead it to expose the interior of the glue ball.
8. Alternate between the Borax water and kneading the glue ball until the ball has started to harden.
9. Roll the glue into a ball. It is ready for bouncing!
A great explanation of the scientific process involved can be found here.
How to Make a Bubbling Lava Lamp
Fill tube 3/4 full with oil (we used cheap vegetable oil).
Add a capful of water to the tube. Add 10 drops of food coloring. Divide an Alka-Seltzer tablet into 4 pieces. Drop one piece into the oil & water mixture – watch what happens. When the bubbling stops, screw the soda bottle cap on and seal with duct tape. Be sure the bubbling totally stops. This will take a few minutes and the children love watching the fizz. Turn the test tube slowly back and forth to see your lava lamp flow.
What is happening in the lava lamp?
Oil and water molecules are so attracted to themselves that they do not mix together, even though they will mix with other substances. Oil has a lower density than water so it floats on top. The food coloring only mixes with the water and goes through the oil to reach the water. The alka-seltzer reacts with the colored water to make bubbles of carbon dioxide gas. These bubbles attach themselves to the blobs of food colored water and causes them to float to the surface. When the bubbles pop and the carbon dioxide escapes, the blobs sink back to the bottom.
The Energy Hog teaches about conserving energy and not hogging it. He was a big hit with most of the children – some were a little skeptical!
The Energy Hog Web site has some interactive activities, games and lessons to help children learn how to conserve energy. The Shell volunteers had a great time learning from the HMNS docents about each of the halls so they could teach the children about what they see in the Museum.
Keep you eye out on the HMNS Web site for future Energy Education Days at HMNS or contact me at email@example.com to be put on our Energy contact list.


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BRISTOL, Tenn. – Head Coach Jenn Testa and the Lady Tornado softball team have announced the addition of four student-athletes to its upcoming class of freshmen. King will welcome Alexandra Spell (OF), Octavia Lewis-Rand (OF), Morgan Lowe (P), and Jordan Johnson (INF) to comprise the incoming signing class that is now seven players strong.
Alexandra Spell
Suwanee, Ga. | Collins Hill High School
5-7 | Outfield | R/R
Allie will join the Lady Tornado next fall after a successful four-year career at perennial powerhouse Collins Hill School (Suwanee, Ga). During her time at Collins Hill, Spell was a part of four straight AAAAA GHSA State Championships, the most recent under Head Coach Paul Pierce this past fall. She boasts a career batting average of .374 during her time at Collins Hill and hit .306 during her senior season. Spell also plays for the Georgia Lynx under Head Coach Jay Brandelik.
She is the daughter of Samantha Spell-Goade and Todd Goade and plans to major in Biology at King.
|Alexandria Spell
|Octavia Lewis-Rand
|Morgan Lowe
|Jordan Johnson
"Allie fills an immediate need for us in the outfield", stated Head Coach Jennifer Testa. "She is a corner outfielder with really good power and has a chance to be middle of the order type hitter in our lineup."
Octavia Lewis-Rand
Columbus, Ga. | Columbus High School
5-4 | Outfield | R/R
Octavia Lewis-Rand played four years for the Columbus High School Blue Devils in Columbus, Ga. In 2009, Octavia helped lead the Lady Blue Devils to a GHSA AAA State Championship. She was a member of the All-Bi-City Team her junior and senior year. This past fall, Octavia set a new record for most hits in a single season and ended her senior year with a .446 batting average, 24 RBIs, 25 runs scored, and 13 stolen bases. Octavia was also selected to the Georgia Senior All-Star Softball team and the 2011 All-West Georgia Softball Team and plays travel ball for the Georgia Athletic Challengers.
Lewis-Rand is a member of Students against Destructive Decisions (S.A.D.D.), Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), Dare to be Different, Future Physicians of America and Guitar Club. Octavia is the daughter of James and Stephany Lewis and plans to major in Biology.
"Octavia is a tremendous athlete with great instincts," said Testa. "She will give us depth in all three outfield positions and she can really go get it in the outfield. Offensively, she is very versatile and will add another dimension to the top of our lineup."
Morgan Lowe
Damascus, Va. | Holston High School
5-10 | Pitcher | R/R
Morgan Lowe comes to King by way of Holston High School in Damascus, Va. Lowe helped lead Holston to 74 wins during her four-year tenure under Head Coach Lisa Blackburn, boasting a career earned run average of 0.63. For her career, Lowe registered over 900 strikeouts and was named the Hogoheegee District Player and Pitcher of the Year twice. Behind those impressive numbers, she helped lead Holston to three Hogoheegee District Championships and two State Runner-up finishes. Lowe also garnered Bristol Herald Courier Softball Player of the Year honors twice and was a VHSCA All-Star Game selection this season.
Off the field, Lowe was a four-year member of the Student Council Association, Future Business Leaders of America, and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Lowe played travel ball for the Natco Hurricanes of Abingdon, Va. under Coach Sam Sypes and for the Virginia Class Action Scrappers 18U for Coach Dave Beckner. She is the daughter of Eric and Tonya Lowe.
"Morgan has a chance to come in and have an immediate impact for us in the circle," stated Testa. "She has tremendous upside and we expect her to be a big contributor and really give us much needed depth on our pitching staff."
Jordan Johnson
Marion, N.C. | McDowell High School
5-4 | Infield | R/R
Jordan comes to King by way of McDowell High School (Marion, N.C.). Under coaches Bill Taylor and Jimmy Biddix, Johnson was a three-time All-Conference performer and also earned All-State honors as a sophomore. For her career she registered a batting average of .390 and was also a two-time Region 7 NC State Games selection. As a senior Johnson hit .371 on her way to being named to the All-Conference team. Johnson played travel ball for the McDowell Blaze coached by Todd Miller.
She is also a member of the National Honors Society and Student Council. Johnson was also actively involved in Relay for Life and Student Serve. She boasts a 4.26 GPA at McDowell and plans to major in Forensic Science. She is the daughter of Laurie and Brian Jones.
"Jordan is extremely athletic and can play anywhere on the infield," stated Testa. "She will give us much needed depth up the middle."
The group will join previously announced incoming freshmen Hannah Smith (Bristol, Va.), Morgan White (Suwanee, Ga.), and Amber Walker (Dacula, Ga.) to make for an incoming class of seven freshmen for the 2013 season.
King finished the 2012 season with a 34-19 overall mark and were crowned Conference Carolinas Tournament Champions, the College's first tournament championship in its history, and advanced to the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Tournament.


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Two Bank of America employees hospitalized
A Taft supermarket was locked down midday Thursday by a suspicious letter opened by personnel at the Bank of America branch inside Albertson's.
Police, fire and ambulance personnel rushed to the bank after two employees became ill during a routine mail opening procedure – apparently by a substance inside an envelope.
Later, a Kern County fire Department hazardous material team responded along with the FBI Joint terrorism Task Force.
Branch Manager Sherry Smith and Pam Mitchell were temporarily sickened by a substance in a piece of mail,
After being checked by paramedics they at first declined to be taken to a hospital but were later loaded into an ambulance to be taken for further examination and treatment.
Both appeared shaken but otherwise OK at the scene.
Taft police blocked both entrances to the building and are not allowing anyone in or out.
After about a half hour police began allowing shoppers inside to continue the checkout process and leave the store. But the store remained blocked and no one was being allowed in
People in the shopping center parking area thought the bank had been robbed because of the five police cruisers on scene – one of them parked on the sidewalk blocking the west entrance.
That may have sent the rumor mill into high gear.
Check Taftmidwaydriller.com for updates.


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In Going Free, London Evening Standard Doubles Circulation While Slashing Costs
from the but-free-doesn't-work!! dept
This actually brings up a point that's rarely talked about in the free vs. paid debate. Charging can be expensive. It takes quite a bit of effort to charge, to take money, to manage the money, to set up the accounting and bureaucracy for managing each transaction. And, even worse, if you're working with third party distributors, like news agents, then you have to handle financial relationships with them as well. Getting rid of the per paper price changes the economics not just on the revenue side, but on the cost side as well -- something that's rarely discussed at all. And, yes, this impacts online news orgs too. Putting up a paywall is going to prove a lot more expensive than most people think on the cost side.


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LONGMONT -- The Boulder County Clerk and Recorder's Office is reminding voters to check their polling location or make sure to drop off their mail-in ballots today.
Eligible voters can find their polling place at BoulderCountyVotes.org. Polling places open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Voters must be in line no later than 7 p.m. to cast a vote.
All mail-in ballots must be in the hands of the Boulder County Clerk and Recorder's Office by 7 p.m.. Postmarks do not count as a received date, and it is too late to return a ballot by mail. Voters who need to drop off a mail ballot can visit a drop-off site, most of which are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today.
Election service centers will also be open today for voters who need to request a replacement ballot if their mail-in ballot was lost or damaged. Call 303-413-7740 with questions.
Voters who did not get a ballot are asked to visit a service center rather than a polling place. Those who visit a polling place will be asked to vote on a provisional ballot. The provisional ballot will be counted after the Boulder County Elections Division staff determines the voter did not mail in a ballot.
Voters who have filled out and submitted a mail-in ballot can check BoulderCountyVotes.org to make sure the ballot was received.
The Times-Call website will feature have live updates throughout the day, as well as several election related, online events today:
At 10:30 a.m., a live, reader-driven discussion with a number of guests, including conservative author Ann Coulter and CNN media analyst Howard Kurtz. Also scheduled to join the discussion is law professor Rick Hasen, pollster Peter Brown, forecaster Paul Saffo, Lauren Ashburn of Daily-Download.com and Paul Schatz president of Heritage Capital.
At. 4:45 p.m., live updates will begin. Readers can submit questions through an interactive feature. Updates will also be posted on the Times-Call Facebook page and Twitter account.
Local election results will be posted at www.TimesCall.com beginning shortly after 7 p.m.
Final election results will also be posted at BoulderCountyVotes.org after 7 p.m. Tuesday.


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K9 Guy needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 51 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
Empire K-9 Inc.
Previously a Military Working Dog Handler now I am starting my own business. I am very good and passionate about what I do and I hope you are too. Help make my dream a reality.
Pet Dog Owners with medium to upper level income.
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These sites have some design qualities that I like
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Cheryl Cole: L'Oreal After Party at Cannes!
Cheryl Cole leaves the L'Oreal after party all glammed up on Friday (May 13) during the 2011 Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France.
The 27-year-old X Factor judge also stopped to sign autographs for fans.
Earlier in the day, Cheryl turned heads in a daring white v-neck gown at the premiere of Habemus Papam.
Cheryl will soon be returning to L.A. to join fellow judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and L.A. Reid for the next rounds of auditions for The X Factor.
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I didn't watch anything between 2002 and 2009 as I had been dependent on broadcast anime and absolutely nothing on tv appealed to me. And I was (and still am to some extent) too poor to buy massively over-priced DVD's.
From 2009 to 2010 I watched Naruto. I didn't really like it though it was more of an experiment as my first foray into streaming anime online (watched on Hulu which was nice since they still had 15 second ads at the time instead of the 90-120 second monstrosities of today).
In 2011 I watched Rosario + Vampire on Netflix which I think is what really got me back in. After that I burned through all the good series on Netflix, then moved onto fansubs and burned through many many series, then finally settled on Crunchyroll as I wanted to give better support to the industry and devoured their catalog. Then Funimation and TAN, though memberships for those crappy sites were short lived I'd say I've watched about 200 series in the last two years. Crazy.
Ghost in the Shell SAC got me back into Anime.
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I believe it was Slayers that got me back.
For most of the 2000s I was reliant on video store rentals, toonami and ani-mondays on Spike for my anime fix. Then I got Netflix and watched (devoured) Hell Girl. After that I've been moving through anime at mach speed.
Hard at work on my Manga - I will be your little sister!
Gundam 00, my journey into the world of anime began once again with that show.
Confirmed to be the biggest Gundam fan here. Also ask me about my avatar.
I used to watch the animes they had on Adult Swim and Toonami. Inuyasha, Ghost in the Shell, Fullmetal Alchemist, and then quit watching for a while, then I watched Gunslinger Girl and a couple different ones on Netflix then I got hooked again and here I am.
Ich habe keine Lust. :(
Blast of Tempest.
Yoshino Takigawa is so cute.
I don't really get out of anime. it's kind of a frequent interest to me. But a while ago, I stopped watching it because I was too busy, and I all the episodes I was watching started to get pretty boring. I stopped watching anime, and any TV shows I was interested in for about 2 months. Then I saw Magi, and saw people's reviews and what they were saying. So I gradually started watching it again.
NEW ACCOUNT: galaxiias
I used to watch all my anime on toonami, kids wb or whatever they had saturday mornings. After they stopped showing all those on regular t.v i didn't watch anime for a while. One day i discovered hulu which i saw they had naruto on, at the time i haven't seen it in a long time so i was interested in watching it. After that iv been hooked.
I dont want the sauce
I stopped watching anime around the time when I was finishing High School.
I want to thank Attack on Titan and Durarara! for reminding me why I love anime. Also, Fairy Tail.
back in the day i only watched like bleach,naruto,one piece, fairy tail, normal action anime stuff but then i started running out of series to watch, so i picked up SAO because it was on the front page of the anime site i used. I really loved the first few episodes but having real romance in a series was a strange concept to me so I didnt like it but soon realized i want more. so i did some digging and found Bakuman which gave me a whole new perspective on anime/manga the whole industry, so now i try to give anything a fair shot.
TLDR: SAO gave me Bakuman which helped me find everything
I stopped watching anime when Toonami stopped airing DBZ. Years later I started watching anime again when FuseTV aired Tenjou Tenge and Ergo Proxy but stopped watching when both series ended. Then last year in March I got back into anime after seeing Elfen Lied and I haven't stopped watching anime since.
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Raine's Fabulous Chandelier
Raine Heidenberg's fabulous chandelier was a hit at BKLYN Designs 2010. A talented designer and an old friend, Raine she allowed us to interview her about her design inspiration.
How did you come to be a designer?
I've always been interested in art and design — my mother is an art dealer, so I suppose she instilled that in me. I decided to be an interior designer while traveling in Malaysia many years ago. Having left my life and all my belongings at home, the influence of my environment was magnified and this increased awareness of space was fascinating to me. The kind of experience you have spending the night in a three-walled shack in the middle of the rainforest is indescribable.
What's your favorite color to work with and why?
I'm not sure I have a favorite color to work with — it's always changing, like right now I'm loving dark charcoal shades of grey and hating peach. I like using intense colors that add drama to a space.
What is your greatest source of inspiration?
I find inspiration everywhere — in art and fashion, through my travels (I LOVE to travel) and of course, the unequivocal beauty of nature.
What inspired you in designing the chandelier?
Construction lights.
Which interior or furniture designers, past or present, do you most admire?
I really adore Palo Samko's work. He's another designer presenting here at BKLYN Designs. His craftsmanship is remarkable and his work has real soul to it. He's an artist, really.
Describe your design theory in 4-6 words.
Make the world a better place.
What is your signature mark that you always try to implement in a space?
Every space I design is a reflection of the end users — responding to their needs, their desires, their dreams…my signature mark is really that their isn't one. Each project is different, so the end result is always unique.
If you could redo any space, past or present, what would it be?
Apartment buildings — I've been apartment shopping recently and it's staggering to see all the bad space planning. Architects design from the outside in, when really, shouldn't they design from the inside out? Buildings are not just objects, they are places we inhabit, so they should be designed especially for the ways in which we live. And don't get me started on how we've developed a building style that has no relation to our environment.
What 5 things does a well designed home need?
Light dimmers
High thread count sheets
Good space planning
Living things, like plants, flowers or fish
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's more than 30 fan pages were hacked today in a single go, costing the political party millions of fans go wasted.
No one has taken the responsibility for this massive hack down of PTI's facebook fan pages.
Citing President of the Insaf Students Federation in Karachi, Arsalan Ghumman, The Express Tribune reported that the official Facebook pages of PTI leader Imran Khan, the student wing Insaf Students Federation, and several, more including that of Dr. Alvi were hacked into and hidden from the public's eye.
"The pages were hijacked at 3 pm on Friday. We are in touch with the Facebook authorities to recover them," he said.
On other hands Facebook is notorious for taking such cases non-seriously.
Reportedly, hacker first cracked the gmail id of Mr. Imran Ghazali, the web manager of PTI social media team before cracking into facebook pages of political party.
It is unclear so far if pages were deleted or are kept private (hidden from public) by the hacker.
If not recovered, this is going to be a big blow PTI's short term plans. This incident yet again reminds us that we are living in a country without cyber law.


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Arch Linux uses a 2-tier mirroring scheme. Tier 1 mirrors that sync directly from archlinux.org every hour and all other mirrors sync from one of the tier 1 mirrors. Syncing from archlinux.org is not allowed.
The arch-mirrors mailing list is used for announcements and mirror-related communications. All mirror-administrators and the Arch Linux developers responsible for mirroring subscribe to this mailing-list.
Create a official Arch Linux mirror
Anyone who wishes to create a public Arch Linux mirror should:
Conform with requirements
Your mirror must conform with the mirror-requirements for the tier you wish your mirror to belong to.
Tier 2 requirements
- Disk-space >= 35 GB
- Sync all contents of the upstream mirror (i.e. do not sync only some repositories)
- Do not rsync more rapidly than every hour
- Use the following rsync options: -rtlvH --delete-after --delay-updates --safe-links --max-delete=1000
Tier 1 requirements
- Tier 2 requirements
- Bandwidth >= 100Mbit/s
Create a feature-request
Go to http://bugs.archlinux.org and create a feature-request (category: mirrors) with the following information:
- Mirror domain name
- Geographical location of the mirror
- Supported access methods (http, ftp, rsync)
- URLs for the above access methods
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Perlico necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 85 diseños de 27 diseñadores freelance.
We are looking for a traditional Logo for our new coffee business. We want a kind of Italian feel to it.
Here are similar logos we like: (the colours of the first one are really nice)
So we are looking for something similar with a nice pattern or nice border to it. Something really traditional. As i said we do need the logo to be boxed like the above logos. Can you make the frame look worn and old, in a tradional sense like the first sample. Something maybe like the stamp edges( but not so pointy) or like an old poster with withered edges. This is the key
In terms of layout please put "LA GENTe" (Doesnt have to be caps), then image below and then CAFè underneath image. Try to fit a cup of tea, a plate and some smoke coming out of the tea. e.Also try to stick to just two or three colours and pantone codes are needed. CMYK wont do as we are trying to keep costs down.
So to summarise we need a logo with:
- cup and smoke coming out if it
- colour like this:http://www.allposters.co.uk/gallery.asp?startat=/getposter.asp&APNum=982712&CID=B74F506402CF44848EF12B8A90EF4A4C&PPID=1&search=49360&f=c&FindID=49360&P=1&PP=1&sortby=PD&cname=Gorham+Gregory&SearchID= (similar to these colours)
- Frame with worn look as in first logo sample. Something almost like edges of stamp (but not so pointy) or something like and the edges of an old withered poster.
- nice clean font
Desired Color Scheme:
http://www.allposters.co.uk/gallery…&SearchID= (similar to these colours)
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Phil: "Are you feeling confident?" And then Pam (or is it Winnie lol I still can't tell) replies that they can't get confident... "Look at John." ouch.
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Brighid means the Exalted One in Irish, and The Woman, is a figure of intense power in Irish mythological and religious imagination. In Ireland the mythological, the pagan, the local, and the universal, the philosophical, the religious and the topographical are mixed up. Time is not lost but put aside or walked around as though it were laid out on a map, in an always continuing whole, allowing for Tír na nÓg and notions beyond usual physical laws to become mixed into the resources of Irish, Gaelic and Celtic thinking. Such understanding is what draws artists, musicians and sensitive people--wonder-filled--to the treasure house of Irish tradition.
February 1st or 2nd is a day claimed by Celtic seasonal thinkers, who called the holiday Imbolc to celebrate Bríd in the form of cailleach-becoming-maiden who collects kindling to make fire in the winter that will warm the Spring and make her young again.
This holiday then is understood through the stories of incredible Brighid. She was the inventor of the mourning songs called caoineadh "keening." In the story, she keens to mourn the death of her son Ruadán and so invents the artform. Irish traditions are often attributed to a supernatural being giving it that unkillable quality that frustrates all snobbery against it.
Brighid's is like the Tibetan ritual of ushering souls to nirvana in the Book of the Dead. Ogma invents writing in the form of Ogham. Lugh all-arts ildánach invents fidchell or chess played with king in the center of the board, and many other useful arts. The modern Irish word for normal chess is ficheall.
The Irish tradition of making crosses on Imbolc or Lá Fhéile Bhríde is remembered as a Christian ritual and has become that for most Irish people. The spiral of the Brighid cross invokes the North Star and the pattern that the Big Dipper makes in the sky over the course off a year. As the night sky turns around the North Star, the Big Dipper turns through the seasonal year like the hand of a clock.
Coordinating life in macro-processes is deeply settling to the mind, especially in the winter months.
Brigid is the fire-keeper of that flame of life that mothers tend to so that we don't die in the winter, and so the lines of family are not broken by the trauma of the cold months. In the winter Brighid becomes the cailleach, the woman in agedness, and on Imbolc she collected the kindling of the fires that get her to the Spring of regeneration.
Christian interpretation in Ireland makes Brighid into a nun, and children occupy themselves by taking bits of straw and weaving this potential-kindling into the shape of spiraling Brigid's crosses as can be seen in the video above.
Taking up the tradition in its many forms focuses the mind in the meditation of craft, and connects our winter minds mad at the cold to the great wheel that turns and is slowly bringing us into the Spring of renewal.


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Coulter Headlines Annual RVB Dealer Awards
May 19, 2010 by Sherman Goldenberg 21 Comments
On the premise that the pursuit of professionalism and top-notch consumer care may find an even more receptive ear as the recession lifts, RVBusiness magazine is moving ahead with its 3rd Annual RVBusiness Top 50 Dealer Awards — a quality-focused program culminating Oct. 6 at an upbeat reception and dinner at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas during the annual RV Dealers International Convention/Expo.
"While we realize that recognizing 50 U.S. and Canadian recreational vehicle dealerships above all the rest is a tough and highly subjective matter," says RVBusiness Publisher Sherman Goldenberg, "we feel that the process of nominating, selecting, honoring and promoting those who generally do the best they can throughout North America is in itself a worthy exercise that brings to the forefront the quality themes outlined by the Go RVing Coalition's Committee on Excellence."
North American RV manufacturers have already completed their nominations for this year's awards by forwarding the names of their best and most professional dealers with regard to aftermarket parts stores, sales lots, service work, F&I departments and personnel matters in addition to civic and charitable aspects.
"One key change for 2010," said Goldenberg, "is that RVBusiness is expanding its program to include recreational park model manufacturers, realizing just how significant their contributions have become in a rapidly changing marketplace. Although their businesses haven't fully recovered from the recession yet, the accommodations sector of the RV park and campground arena has been shifting somewhat to more destination-style cabins and lodges at parks throughout the U.S. and Canada. So, we thought it was time to include them."
Nominated dealers are invited to submit applications by mid-July to BJ Thompson Associates, a northern Indiana agency that oversees an independent review of those applications by a panel of industry "experts," none of whom are directly associated with RV Business or its parent company, Affinity Group Inc. (AGI).
Multi-store operations are again limited to one award, regardless of how many outlets they have, and the Top 50 dealers will not be ranked, although ten Blue Ribbon retailers will be named and one individual will be singled out for the Dave Altman Award, the equivalent of RVB's "Lifetime Achievement Award."
In addition to the recognition offered at the October dinner during this year's RV Dealers International Con/Expo, sponsored by the U.S. Recreation Vehicle Dealer Association (RVDA) and the Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association of Canada (RVDA Canada), those selections ultimately will be announced in the pages of RVBusiness and on RVBUSINESS.com, both of which are owned by Affinity Group Inc.
Again this year, RVBusiness has invited a special celebrity guest to dinner to provide some thought-provoking table talk: Conservative Republican columnist Ann Coulter. An author of seven New York Times bestsellers, including "Guilty: Liberal Victims and Their Assault on America" (January 2009) and "If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans" (October, 2007), Coulter more than likely will focus in her remarks on the nation's anticipated, off-year electoral shift to the political right, including the "Tea Party" movement and related conservative themes.
A lawyer and frequent guest on "Hannity" and "The O'Reilly Factor" on the Fox News cable channel, Coulter will field audience questions after her remarks. Meanwhile, her appearance, along with that of former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, keynote speaker at RVDA's Tuesday (Oct. 5) general session, should lend a crowd-inducing national spotlight to this year's Con/Expo.
"We chose Ann Coulter not because we endorse any one political viewpoint, " said Mike Schneider, AGI president and CEO, "but because we wanted to bring a thought-provoking speaker to the podium in Las Vegas who might give us all – left, center or right – a chance to think and an opportunity again this year to enjoy a dinner with friends and industry peers along with a high-profile national celebrity."
After the Con/Expo, RVB will promote the Top 50 award winners within the industry and in dealers' local and regional newspapers. They'll get RVBT50 window decals, rights to use the RVBT50 logo in their advertising plus exposure to millions of active RV enthusiasts in the pages – and on the websites – of AGI's RV-related consumer magazines – Trailer Life, MotorHome, Highways, Coast to Coast and Camping Life."
Supporting the RV Business Top 50 Dealer Awards this year are the following "Leadership Alliance" sponsors:
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I sort of thought the next big news to come out about Michael Jackson would be the announcement of his hologram tour, but it turns out there are some fairly juicy revelations in Rolling Stone contributor Randall Sullivan's new biography on the King of Pop. Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson includes a number of fascinating tidbits about Michael Jackson, including the jaw-dropping statement that Jackson died a 50-year-old virgin.
While Untouchable is being criticized as "bloated," "overlong," and full of "the sorts of observations made countless times before," the assertion that he was virtually incapable of molesting children is certainly an interesting one. Even though there is, of course, no way to prove whether Sullivan's claims are correct.
If you'd rather skim the book without actually reading all 704 pages, The Daily Beast has a pretty good roundup of some of the most eyebrow-raising stories about Jackson, including:
• His brothers and father locked Jackson in a room with two adult hookers when he was 15, as a sort of 'intervention' on his perceived sexuality
• Jackson's lifelong obsession with makeup and surgery stemmed from a traumatic teenage bout with acne
• He fully believed in leprechauns
• His first wife, Lisa Marie Presley, never saw him without makeup
• Aside from being underweight, his body was in perfect health when he overdosed
Sullivan also writes that while the details revealed in Jackson's 1993 child-molestation investigation case were "undeniably disturbing," he believes Jackson was innocent. Sullivan describes the $15-million out-of-court settlement as textbook extortion, and says it was Jackson's painful childhood abuse that led him to become "presexual."
It was understood that Michael Jackson sought the company of prepubescent males because he yearned to be one himself. [He] wasn't trying to be heterosexual or homosexual or even asexual, but rather presexual (...) Of all the answers one might offer to the central question hanging over the memory of Michael Jackson, the one best supported by the evidence was that he had died as a 50-year-old virgin, never having had sexual intercourse with any man, woman or child, in a special state of loneliness that was a large part of what made him unique as an artist and so unhappy as a human being.
Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if this was true. But the thing is, there's no way to prove it now. It doesn't serve to exonerate Jackson from the accusations that still cloud his reputation three years after his death. This book, like most biographies, seems like it simply repackages a bunch of existing facts and rumors into something the author hopes will be salacious enough to boost sales.
While Untouchable may be, as the LA Times puts it, "the most comprehensive effort to chronicle the hot mess of Jackson's last half-decade on Earth," I'm not sure who this depressing account is aimed for. Fans are likely tired of digging through Jackson's tragic dysfunctions, and the rest of us -- well, we don't really care.
Do you think it's true that Jackson died a virgin? Will you be reading this biography?
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- For the style-conscious friend who's wine also requires a chic outfit, choose a lux carrier from Gräf & Lantz. This felt and leather beauty goes for $129.
- This season, several companies are offering limited edition spirits - great gifts for friends who appreciate exclusivity and only imbibe the best. Absolut Vodka's Glimmer Bottle is shaped like cut crystal.
- Designer Thom Browne collaborated with Dewar's to produce a stylish holiday tote for their aged whisky.
- Photographer Nick Veasey designed signature x-ray boxes for The Macallan's 12 year-old whisky.
- Create a personal holiday message with Medea Vodka's customizable LED bottle.
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Opinion: Obama second-term agenda should be everything, all at once
President Barack Obama begins his second term with room to breathe. The global financial system is not failing, the U.S. housing market is not collapsing, and American jobs are not evaporating. Meanwhile, after a convincing win in November, his approval rating is robust, and the federal government's fiscal condition is fitfully, contentiously improving.
Yet any notion that Obama might use his second term merely to consolidate the shaky gains of his first, particularly the complex implementation of his landmark health-care law, was obliterated last week when the president announced his agenda for addressing gun violence. Although Obama's time in office is now fixed, his ambition is not similarly bounded.
The question, then, is how best to deploy it. Or, to put it more plainly, how should he prioritize his agenda? Here's our suggestion: Don't. Do everything at once.
The usual advice, we realize, is for a president to focus on one big effort at a time. In a polarized capital with a dysfunctional Congress, one can only accomplish so much. Better to rally public opinion and wavering legislators to one cause at a time.
We appreciate the logic, but we're less sure that Congress will. For legislation supported by the White House to pass the Republican-majority House, a critical mass of Republicans will have to be in favor of a vote -- whether they ultimately go on record in support of the legislation or not.
Yet many Republicans remain committed to opposing Obama regardless of policy. An orderly, serial succession of issues might enable them to consolidate their opposition, rallying less adamant colleagues to a united front. It could be more fruitful for the White House to pursue a multipronged agenda -- pushing gun safety, immigration reform and fiscal retrenchment simultaneously. That might allow individual Republicans to camouflage rare instances of heretical agreement with the White House amid a general trend of opposition.
Despite such scattershot means, the unifying theme of Obama's second-term agenda would be the continuing effort to use government to create a more just and equitable society. That was a crucial element of his health-care initiative, which recognized that unequal access to health care is a matter of social equity as well as national health. It undergirds his preferred policies of taxation and his allocation of spending, which are designed to mitigate heightened inequality. It even informs his proposals on gun safety.
In his remarks last week, Obama decried the imbalance that affords maximum gun rights to some at the expense of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for others. The president has similarly called for justice for undocumented immigrants who contribute to the national economy and culture without benefit of the nation's legal protections.
The premise applies abroad as at home. In his first term Obama too often placed greater emphasis on America's interests than on its ideals. Pragmatism is essential. But so is championing human rights and living up to the U.S.'s singular role as guarantor, in spirit if not always in deed, of liberty.
That promise is redeemed, now as in the past, by American prosperity. The sometimes noisy expansion of rights that has defined American history has always benefited from a silent partner: an energetic economy.
Likewise, the path of each of Obama's second-term initiatives would be smoothed by a return of middle-class prosperity, or rendered impassable by economic contraction.
Renewed economic growth remains vital to the nation's -- and Obama's -- success.
Given the volatile political environment, any White House legislative strategy will have to be adaptable to shifting conditions. Obama's first term began in crisis, which afforded its own kind of structure. He begins his second with greater leeway but fewer imperatives.
To realize his ambitions, and move the nation forward, the president will have to be inventive in clearing a path.


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With stars turning up at awards shows in dresses from their favorite designers' bridal collections and brides-to-be scanning Golden Globe and Oscar pre-shows for gown inspiration, it's getting harder to determine where the red carpet ends and the white one begins.
So it's little wonder that one of spring 2012's hottest bridal trends, the ball gown style wedding dress, got a huge boost from Hollywood, although initially inspiration came from the big screen rather than awards-show fashion. "The Vera Wang dress Kate Hudson wore in 'Bride Wars' brought the look into the spotlight again," says Amy Sultan, editor-in-chief of CelebrityBrideGuide.com.
Celebrities, typically fond of fitted styles for red-carpet walkabouts, soon embraced the big statement gown for their own weddings. "Even though they had completely different styles, Kim Kardashian and Nicole Richie both wore jaw-dropping Cinderella dresses, with full tulle skirts that gave off that frothy fairy-tale wedding feel," says Sultan.
While Hollywood helped return the ball gown to the bridal salon, fashion observers also credit the influence of "Mad Men" (all those 50s-style poofy dresses and skirts), the real princess bride, Kate Middleton (although this revival predates the royal wedding), and the extremely flattering nature of the full-skirt silhouette.
"Ball gowns work for a wide range of figure types, which may be one of the reasons they've caught on," says Kerri Rourke Hileman, owner of The White Magnolia, a designer gown boutique in Jacksonville, Fla. After years of form-fitting mermaid styles, brides with less-than-perfect hip lines can now revel in wide-skirted tulle. But even brides with model-thin proportions are embracing them. "I'm selling more ball gowns than mermaids now," says Cait Courneya, a bridal consultant at the Monique Lhuillier flagship in Los Angeles. "I couldn't say that several years ago."
Innovative detailing sets today's gowns apart from their Grace Kelly-era counterparts. "Skirt drama is a major trend, with fabric mixing, layers, ruffles, and pleats bringing a modern twist to this once traditional silhouette," says Catalina Maddox, bridal fashion director for David's Bridal. Depending on the skirt's lavishness, bodices may be styled in a lower key, whether beaded, or designed corset style. Conversely, an unembellished satin skirt might be paired with a feathery or lavish crystal-encrusted lace top.
Regardless of surface embellishment, Hileman recommends structured bodices for clients choosing strapless ball gowns – and making sure to get the perfect fit. "You need the structure to counter the weight of these larger, fuller skirts," she says. "You want to make sure that top will stay in place!"
While ball gowns are turning up everywhere, experts agree they're not the best silhouettes for bridesmaids. If the bride will be wearing a ball-style statement dress, her attendants should go with "a sleeker, simpler style," says Maddox. "The bride needs to stay in the spotlight on her special day."
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Edward J. DeFebo Sr., 80, of Lackawaxen, passed away on July 25, 2013, at home with his loving family.
Son of the late Warren and Mary (Silvetti) DeFebo, Edward was born in Berwick, on May 17, 1933. He was married to Janice (Weeks) DeFebo on April 8, 1961.
A graduate of Berwick High School and a former Berwick Bulldog, he attended Lycoming College. As a graduate of the Pennsylvania State Police Academy, he served as a state trooper in the Daleville, Honesdale and Milford areas. He also proudly served his country as a military police officer in the U.S. Army.
Edward was a Lackawaxen Township roadmaster/supervisor for 12 years and he served as the Lackawaxen Township Police Chief. He received the Oaken Gavel award while serving on the Upper Delaware Council as chairman.
He and his wife, Janice, owned and operated Jungle Jim's Tavern for 22 years. The DeFebo family has long been associated with St. Ann's Catholic Church in Shohola, and the Maria Assunta Society of Berwick.
He was predeceased by his son, James; brothers, Lou (twin), Sam, John and Joe; and sister, Clara.
Edward is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Janice; his sons: Edward and wife, Sandra; William and wife, Rose; and Charles and wife, Cynthia; his brothers: Karl DeFebo of Harrisburg and Michael and wife, Jane, of Berwick; his sister: Rita and husband, Arthur Cronin, of Harrisburg; and a sister-in-law: Nancy Defebo of Berwick; his grandchildren: Tonya, Nicole, Billy, Rebecca, Nicholas, Joseph, Cameron, and Clayton; and many great-grandchildren.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, July 29 at Stroyan Funeral Home, 405 W. Harford St., Milford.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 30 at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Shohola, with the Rev. Thomas Major as celebrant. Interment will take place at Lackawaxen Cemetery, Lackawaxen.
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Theology Network Groups
The Bible According to Jesus
Jack O'Grady
- Jack O'Grady is a former Theology Network Associate Staff Worker at Kings College London, where he is currently completing a PhD in biblical studies. View all resources by Jack O'Grady
'Theology According to Jesus' is a course from Theology Network specifically designed to be used by Theology Network groups over five lunchtime sessions. Read the introductory article. This is session 2.
to encourage us to follow Jesus in believing that the Bible is the word of God
Talk outline:
In this talk well see that Jesus believed that the Bible is the word of God. To do so, well explore Jesus view of four themes relating to Scripture: the ultimate purpose of Scripture, the inspiration of Scripture, the authority of Scripture, and the New Testament. Theres a lot to cover here, so you may want to choose just a few of these themes to focus on when giving the talk.
Jesus on the ultimate purpose of Scripture:
Evangelicals are sometimes accused of being bibliolaters. We focus too much on the Bible, to the exclusion of the person of Jesus and end up committing idolatry. Also, we can sometimes talk about the doctrine of Scripture in very impersonal ways which suggest that it is a book of reliable facts about God, dropped to us from heaven so that we can formulate correct doctrines. However, the Bible is Gods self revelation, through which he not only gives us information about himself, but gives us himself. In John 5:39-40 Jesus accuses the Pharisees of missing this central purpose of the Scriptures, despite their devotion to searching for eternal life in them. He claims that the Scriptures bear witness to him so that people might come to know him and therefore find eternal life (v40). After his resurrection, Jesus explained how he is the meaning and fulfilment of the Old Testament to the two disciples on the Emmaus road (Luke 24:25-27 see also v44-49). According to Jesus, the Scriptures dont exist only to give us information about himself, but so that we might come to know him personally.
Jesus view of Biblical inspiration
According to Jesus, where did the Scriptures come from? In Mark 7:1-13, Jesus distinguishes between man-made teachings and the teaching of the Old Testament, which he refers to as the commandment of God (v8) and the word of God (v13). He recognises that Scripture can be simultaneously the words of human beings, embracing their full intellect and creativity, and the word of God (Mark 12:36 David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared ). Jesus describes parts of the Old Testament in which God isnt explicitly speaking as being spoken by God (eg. John 10:35, Matt 19:4-5 where he says that God said Genesis 2:24, which in its original context is said by the narrator). In speaking of Scripture being predictive and needing to be fulfilled, Jesus clearly implied that the Old Testament was inspired by God (Luke 24:44 cf. Luke 4:17-20, Matthew 12:17-21, 13:14-15, 13:35, 15:7). Throughout the Gospels we see Jesus attributing the Scriptures to their human authors, whilst at the same time attributing them ultimately to God.
Jesus view of Biblical authority
The UCCF doctrinal basis sums up the classic Evangelical belief that the Bible is the supreme authority in all matters of belief and behaviour. In the gospels, do we see Jesus giving the Bible this same place of authority? When speaking of the Law (normally referring to the first 5 books of the Old Testament) Jesus said that heaven and earth would pass away before even the smallest part of a letter would be changed (Matthew 5:17-18, cf. Luke 16:17). In John 10:34-35, Jesus quotes Psalm 82:6 and says that scripture cannot be broken. The disputes between Jesus and Satan in the temptation narratives of Matthew 4:1-11 and Luke 4:1-13 are based on the assumption that Scripture is authoritative and prescriptive. Likewise, in other disputes, Jesus constantly refers to Scripture, assuming its supreme authority (E.g. Matthew 21:12-13, Luke 10:25-26, Mark 7:1-13, Mark 12:18-27, John 10:34). In Mark 12:26, Jesus bases his entire argument on the use of the word am, showing his regard for the truthfulness of Scripture in the smallest details.
Jesus and the New Testament
You may be thinking thats all well and good for the Old Testament, but surely we cant know whether he approved of the New Testament? Granted, Jesus ascended to heaven probably around 20 years before the first New Testament document was written. However, the concept of a New Testament canon that would share the characteristics of the Old Testament canon follows logically from two elements of Jesus teaching. Firstly, the concept of a canon of Scripture is closely tied to the concept of covenant; as New Testament scholar Michael Kruger puts it written texts were the central manner in which God testified to the terms of his covenant relationships with ancient Israel, and thus would be the expected means of communication in the context of the new covenant[1]. So as Jesus inaugurates the New Covenant (Matt 26:28, Luke 22:20) it would make sense that God would give further Scriptures that would explain his redemptive and covenant making acts, as he had done in the past. Secondly, Jesus teaching on Apostleship shows that he designated a unique authority to the apostles (Matthew 10:1,5) entrusted them with a message (Matthew 10:6), promised that Gods spirit would speak through them in certain situations (Mark 10:19-20) and told them that those who accept their message are simultaneously accepting him (Luke 10:16). Before he went to the cross, he promised them that the Holy Spirit would help them remember everything he had taught them and reveal even more to them after he left (John 14:26, 15:26-27, 16:12-15), and before his ascension he sent them out to pass on his teaching (John 20:21, Matthew 28:18-20). It doesnt take much imagination to see the logical progression from Jesus giving the apostles his teaching, promising them the preserving and revealing work of the Holy Spirit and commissioning them on a mission to the world, to the apostles writing Jesus teaching in Scripture through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
Questions for discussion:
What does Jesus say the ultimate purpose of Scripture is? How can we be sure to have this more personal and relational view of the Bible as we study it?
Of those presented in the talk, which do you are think the strongest arguments for showing that Jesus believed that the Bible is the word of God?
Does knowing that Jesus believed that the Bible is the word of God give you more confidence in holding that belief yourself? Why?
What are the implications of Jesus view of inspiration for the truthfulness of Scripture?
How can we see that Jesus believed that the Bible is both human and divinely inspired? What is the difference between this view and a dictation view of Scripture, as held by Muslims about the Quran?
Are you challenged by Jesus view of the authority of Scripture? How might this affect the way you study the Bible in an academic context?
What would you say to someone who said Jesus may have revered the Old Testament, but how can you be sure he would have the same attitude towards the New Testament?
If Jesus said that the purpose of the Bible was to reveal himself, and the New Testament was written as a means to accomplishing the apostolic mission, how should we be using the Bible today as we present Christ to our non-Christian friends?
John Wenham Christ and the Bible (Wipf & Stock Publishers)
J. I. Packer God Has Spoken (Hodder & Stoughton)
Mark Meynell First Things First and Last: The Authority of Scripture for Today
David Gibson For the Bible Tells me So: The Roles of Faith and Evidence in Believing the Bible
Mike Reeves The Doctrine of Revelation
Carl Trueman Scriptures Authority: An Ancient Doctrine
Peter Williams Evidence the Gospels were Based on Eyewitness Accounts
[1] Kostenberger, Andreas and Kruger, Michael The Heresy of Orthodoxy (Wheaton 2010) p113


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European shares pared losses in afternoon trading on Wednesday to close higher after U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said he was optimistic that a deal on the U.S. "fiscal cliff" of tax rises and spending cuts could be reached.
Debate continues to rage between Republicans and Democrats over how to overcome the forthcoming "cliff" of sharp tax increases and spending cuts, which could result in a more than $500 billion hit to the economy.
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The FTSEurofirst 300index of top European shares provisionally closed 0.2 percent higher at 1,109 points after falling to a low of 1,100.79 earlier in the session.
Earlier shares fell after the Financial Times reported that euro zone governments could be forced to accept losses on their loans. The newspaper cites documents that showed Monday's late-night deal had left a gap in Greece's new debt targets.
Spain's IBEX 35 Index did not manage to close in positive territory however. The index suffered losses on Wednesday as bank stocks fell after the European Commission announced details of a bank restructuring plan. Nearly 40 billion euros will be disbursed to struggling lenders but the plans also mean bondholders will face losses. Bankia , NCG Banco, Catalunya Banc nd Banco de Valencia re all part of the recapitalization scheme.
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MegaFon, Russia's second largest mobile phone firm, launched its initial public offering (IPO) in London on Wednesday. The company, controlled by Russia's richest man, Alisher Usmanov, priced its stock market float at $20 which was at the lower end of its guided range of $20-$25 per share.
United Utilities released first-half earnings showing a rise in pre-tax profits; shares closed 2.9 percent higher.
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