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Jesus and Journalists
June 10, 2010
The woman was pretty, and she stared into my eyes. Her hair was hazel, her eyes blue. In the background, a Morgan sports car, freshly polished and glistering in the sun, stretched across the scene, casting strong shadows onto the floor. The sky above, a deep, mediterenean blue, matched her eyes, as I took a brush and altered them. A colleague and friend, stretching in his leather chair, leant over and looked at my mac screen and the developing scene within it, '…
He stopped speaking as the presenters' voice on the Radio, in a shoked accent, said that two bombs had exploded in the underground 30 minutes ago.
This started a journey for me, and a challenge in my heart.
That journey, brought me to encounter and experience God's love, and away from media and graphic design. Then it brought me to meet with some of the people involved the the Radio reports that day.
Over the last year, through some friends, some exciting 'chance' encounters, and some amazing times with God, another question has filled my heart. 'What would happen if God were to help me meet and share about him, with people in media, arts and journalism?'
What if the people who are paid, trained, and specifically given a place in each society to communicate and share perspectives, were to come to encounter the love and transformation of Jesus.
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The Sunday Sessions
Are you a writer? Do you need motivation? Do you feel stuck in a rut? In
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The Sunday Sessions are on the second Sunday of every month, and
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We are also seeking authors interested in presenting a mini-workshop
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- Carolyn J. Rose on The Importance of Opinion, Attitude, and Style.
- Kate Dyer-Seeley on How to Find an Agent.
- Mary Elizabeth Summer on Diversity Matters: How to Write From the Other Perspective.
- Cindy Brown on How to Be Funny on the Page (even if you're not in real life).
- Phoebe Rose on First Pages: Grounding the Reader, Strong Pacing and Killer Hooks.
- Paula Stokes, Fonda Lee, Mary Elizabeth Summer and Jennifer Bosworth on a panel about writing.
- Jane Elder Wulff on The Art of Interviewing: Listening for Story.
- Hannah Dennison on Taking the Mystery out of the Mystery: Jump-start your novel!
- Angela Sanders on Writing a Series: Five Things I Wish I'd Known.
- Erik Wecks on Creating Authentic Characters.
- Christine Fletcher on I Couldn't Put It Down! Using Conflict to Hook Your Readers.
- Dan Strawn on Researching for Historical Fiction--Pit falls and Strategies for New Writers.
- Margaret Pinard and Don't Be Captain Obvious: How to Find and Deliver Essential Details for Setting.
- Kelly Garrett and Candace Robinson on Social Media 101: How to Build Your Online Presence as an Author.
- Curtis Chen on Give a Little, Take a Little, Let Your Heart Break a Little: The Story of Critiques.
- Laurel Gale on How to Plot Your Novel: Outlines versus synopses, how to ask.
the right questions to develop an idea in to a full plot, and basic plot structure.
- Sheryl Scarborough on The Art of the Details: Facts Vs. Flavor.
- Mollie Hunt and Changing the World Through Fiction: Introducing altruism without using soapbox rhetoric
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- Barbara Herkert and Crafting a Life: The Art of Writing Picture Book Biographies
- Cindy Brown on How to Make Your Dialogue Sing (and Maybe Even Dance).
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Toolbox: New products for IT professionals
These two suites of tools help you monitor and maintain the TCP ports in use on your system and keep your system clean after deleting applications.
Greg Steen
Have you ever been unable to launch an application because the TCP port it wants to use is already occupied? Maybe you just wanted to verify that a service was listening in on the correct port? There are various command-line utilities to help you achieve these types of tasks, but having the functionality in one place can be just what you need.
CurrPorts, from NirSoft, is a free and simple utility that can help you do all that. CurrPorts is available in 32- and 64-bit versions. It's a self-contained executable that shows you all currently opened TCP/IP and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) ports on your local machine. It also has an auto-refresh feature to show you active state at user-defined intervals, as well as features for killing processes, closing connections and reporting on processes.
In the main window, you can see the process name and its associated icon; the process ID; the protocol (TCP or UDP); the local and remote port, port name and IP address, as well as the remote host; current port state; and the file path to the associated process. CurrPorts lets you configure the columns, show or hide particular columns, and adjust the order in which they appear. You'll undoubtedly have too many listings to show in one shot, so CurrPorts lets you set filters on the view where you can easily include or exclude ports, protocols, IP addresses, processes and so on.
There are a number of quick filters on the Options menu, with associated hot keys. These let you control the type of ports and port state, and highlight new or modified ports. You can also right-click on a process to either include or exclude similar attributes of another process. The right-click context menu lets you close a connection, get process properties or even kill the associated process.
If you're only concerned with port connections to remote addresses, you can quick-filter to see only those application connections. CurrPorts will automatically try to resolve remote hostnames to help you make sense of the data. CurrPorts also integrates with another NirSoft utility called IPNetInfo. This lets you jump to the WHOIS or geolocation-based IP address information of a particular remote host.
CurrPorts has numerous features for reporting and repurposing port and process data. You can save process details to a text file for one, some or all current processes. You can also dump the process table to a simple HTML-based report, or simply copy and paste the data into Excel. CurrPorts has a logging option for dumping process changes to a file. In the log file, you can see when a process was added or removed, the process name and the various connections it tried to make. If you need to continually monitor port connections, CurrPorts has a system tray feature, and can beep when it detects new port connections.
CurrPorts has some useful features for the IT professional. So the next time you find yourself troubleshooting a port binding or wanting to whack a process occupying your machine, add NirSoft CurrPorts to your utility belt and get it done quickly and easily.
jv16 PowerTools 2012
As an IT professional, you end up frequently adding and removing programs to test new products or verify upgrades. Invariably, the amount of bread crumbs those applications leave behind grows. You're left with personalized settings, registry entries and unused folders clogging up your system. There's a suite of utilities to help manage and clean up your system called jv16 PowerTools 2012 from Macecraft Inc., a company based in Finland.
The jv16 PowerTools 2012 utilities come in four categories: Registry Tools, File Tools, System Tools and Privacy Tools. As the name suggests, Registry Tools cover cleanup and maintenance of the Windows registry hive. There's a Registry Manager that groups registry keys into categories for easy manipulation. Registry Finder lets you search the registry by the standard string wildcard patterns, as well as regular expression, owner and even date last modified. You can also group and filter your search results.
The Registry Find & Replace tool lets you update registry data values en masse. Registry Cleaner and Registry Compactor clean up old program and data artifacts, as well as reorder and reduce the size of the registry to help your machine run more efficiently. Registry Information shows you categorized statistics about the amount of data stored in your registry.
The final registry tool is Registry Monitor. This lets you create and compare registry snapshots so you can see which programs have done what to your system. This is handy for setting up disk images, ensuring clean uninstalls or troubleshooting application compatibility.
The File Tools included with jv16 PowerTools 2012 are a set of 14 utilities for managing and manipulating files and directories on your local system. These help you search the file system, recover deleted files, permanently wipe files, seek out duplicate files and directories, change file and folder attributes, and rename files en masse. You can also merge files, split files into multiple parts or replace data within files.
The System Tools give you alternative mechanisms for software uninstalls, program start-up management, and local service control and management. The Privacy Tools help you clean up your system by scrubbing the various histories stored by Windows and other programs, wiping disks, and cleaning up files and directories.
Besides these tools, jv16 PowerTools 2012 has a few helpful adjunct functions that can take backups of the registry, files and other information. The product can also give you an action history to help keep track of changes, log actions taken for historical purposes and help recover from mistakes.
Macecraft jv16 PowerTools 2012 runs $29.95 for a single personal use license, or $59 for a commercial license. There are support packages available as well. There's a generous 60-day free trial available from the Web site, so you can really try before you buy. The software runs on most versions of Windows, both 32-bit and 64-bit. If you find your system bogging down under the load of the various extras left behind by application installs and uninstalls, check out jv16 PowerTools 2012 to keep things clean.
Greg Steen is a technology professional, entrepreneur and enthusiast. He's always on the hunt for new tools to help make operations, QA and development easier for the IT professional.


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This training program will prepare individuals for a career in the Electronic E-waste recycling industry through actual hands-on experience collecting, handling and dismantling various Electronic E-waste products.
What is Electronic E-waste? According to CalRecycle, E-waste is a popular, informal name for electronic products nearing the end of their "useful life." Computers, televisions, VCRs, stereos, copiers, cell phones, old phone systems, radios, kitchen appliances (except microwaves, refrigerators and stoves), fax machines, etc. are common electronic products. Many of these products can be reused, refurbished, or recycled.
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Paso Robles NCI E-waste Recycling Center
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Cornerstone Recovery Center provides a state-of-the-art treatment center conveniently located near I-95 in Ft. Lauderdale and a newly renovated, safe and comfortable residential housing complex on the Intracoastal waterway. We maintain a 7:1 client-to-therapist ratio to provide a high level of personal treatment and are licensed by the Florida Department of Children and Families. Our highly trained staff is lead by our medical director, Dr. Levi Kahane, who works with our physician assistant certified, nurses, licensed mental health counselors, social workers, certified addiction professionals and counselors, certified behavioral health technicians, and certified recovery and family coaches to develop customized treatment plans for our clients.
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I've learned that although is hard to admit it I'm secretly glad my parents are strict with me.
I have a very strict mother and father. My dad is also nice, well only when he has to be. My mom shows me a lot of love by caring so much for me. Them both are always trying to find what best for me. I can't have any types of friends, I can't go out to clubs or parties, and they don't let me hang out outside 'til late. I feel like they don't allow me to have fun. I had a very "special friend". Rosemary was her name she was 16 and I was 15 by that time. My parents never let her into my house. They always had that feeling that she wasn't a good friend. Parents are always right, but I never listened to them.
My friend Rosemary was very outgoing and liked to have fun. I envied her because her parents would let her do whatever she wanted, I thought that was awesome. One cold and rainy nigh, rosemary called me and asked me if I wanted to go with her to her friend's birthday party. I had to think about it really good but then I decided that I would sneak out of my room through my window. So I did it. "I'm warning you Laura, I want you to stay away from that girl", "ok! I would! Leave me alone!!" me and my parents argued last night. I had those quotes in my mind the whole night at the party.
It was already 2 in the morning, and I had drunk lot of beer. Rosemary knew I didn't like to drink, but somehow she forced me to drink them. After 5 beers I stared loosing control of my self and I wanted to go home. Rosemary said she wouldn't take me. I was begging her. She told me "chill out!!" Then I saw her lighting a rolled cigar, which I later found out that it was weed. It didn't smell good to me so I wanted to go inside. She grabbed me by the hand and wouldn't let me go. Her eyes were so red, she scared me. She was forcing it in my mouth and she told me to take a puff, or else she would tell my parents what I have done. I stared to worry so I took puffs. I don't really remember how many but I definitely lost control. When I woke up in the morning I was sleeping in her house. I didn't even remember how I got there. When I woke up I was feeling so bad, so weird. She was at the restroom. I remembered she forced me to do all that stuff last night. I was so angry, so when she came out of the restroom I slapped her so hard. She got really mad and started cursing me out. I never though she was going to do that to me. I never knew she used drugs, or that she hanged out with older bad people.
I went back home walking because I didn't even wanted to talk to rosemary no more. On the way back I realized that my parents were always right. I started crying because I never listened to them, I betrayed them, and I felt so disappointed at my self. When I got home my mom was outside the door sitting down on the stairs, crying too. When she saw me she got so surprised to see me, she walked towards me in slow motion and told me that she was so disappointed on me too. I went inside the house running to my room. Saw my dad in the kitchen and he told me to pack my stuff. I didn't knew what was going on but I packed them. I really thought that they were going to kick me out of the house. I got in the car with my dad and drove a very long way. I never dared my self to ask him where he was taking me. Then we arrive to my grandma's house in San Antonio. She welcomed me inside, then my dad left without saying a word. My grandma told what was going on. She said that my parents did that because they want to pull me apart rosemary and bad friends, she said it was for my own good.
2 months passed and my parents came back for me. I received them with big hugs and lots of kisses. I thanked them for bringing me to my grandmas' house; it really did me a lot of good. We came back to Houston. On the way back, I apologized o them for being bad. This time promised to them that I was going to be a good girl. When we arrived home, I saw rosemary hanging out by the pool along with a lot of other guys. She was smoking, and drinking. I heard that she was pregnant but her "boyfriend" left her. She dropped out of school, and also got kicked out of her house. I felt sorry for her. Then
I hugged my dad, thanked him once again for taking me to away from her, he saved my life, my future. I could have ended exactly like her, but thanks to my parents, I didn't. Maybe if they wouldn't of have been strict to me, I would have ended like her. Now thanks to my parents and their strictness, I'm almost finishing school, looking forward to a good future.
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Finally, An App For Study Abroad from ISA Abroad on Vimeo.
A Source for News and Discussion on International Educational Exchange & Mutual Understanding
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
International Studies Abroad (ISA) Launches Study Abroad Mobile Application for iPhone
International Studies Abroad (ISA) has launched an iPhone application and wanted to help spread the news via IHEC Blog and related outlets as I think it's a great idea!! Kudos to ISA for taking this leap and I imagine that others will follow. You can link to the press release here and watch a short video about it below:
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Studying abroad is often associated with excitement, personal growth, and cultural awareness especially among British students and i feel this is a great platform provided to the students to share their interests and experiences about their study Abroad program..ReplyDelete
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Building data center infrastructure at Facebook is all about understanding engagement, said Vijay Rao, Director Technology, Strategy
Facebook, speaking at Flash Memory Summit in Santa Clara, California.
Facebook's growth metrics are well known - whether in posts, comments, likes, photos, messages, videos -- the curve moves strongly in the upward and to the right direction.
Designing infrastructure for this type of runaway engagement means planning for spikes, such as Mother's Day. In terms of raw power, Rao estimated Facebook's overall compute power at about 7.5 quadrillion instructions per second. Facebook engineers now have seven types of servers to choose from depending on the application they are supporting.
On the storage side, Facebook is pursuing a hierarchical storage model -- various technologies are employed depending on the "temperature" of the data. Hot data resides in DRAM or NVM-based DIMMs while warm data is stored in PCIe NVM Flash. User content grows colder over time, so archival photos and posts eventually will move to cold storage systems.
Facebook's overall strategy is to pursue a "disaggregated rack" architecture with designs contributed to the Open Compute Project.
Earlier this year at Open Compute Project Summit, Facebook introduced its "Lightning"- a flexible, NVMe JBOF (just a bunch of flash) box. It is designed to provide a PCIe gen 3 connection from end to end (CPU to SSD). It leverages the existing Open Vault (Knox) SAS JBOD infrastructure to provide a faster time to market, maintain a common look and feel, enable modularity in PCIe switch solutions, and enable flexibility in SSD form factors.
Rao highlighted three other solid storage innovations.
Next gen Non-Volatile Memory (NVM), which promise significant boosts in performance and scalability using 3D technologies and other breakthroughs.
Facebook's own AVA card, which puts four M.2 modules on a card.
WORM, which promises very large capacities (>100TB) with low endurance (150 write cycles) for low-cost, long-term storage.
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Facebook Pursues Hierarchical Flash Storage Strategy
Building data center infrastructure at Facebook is all about understanding engagement, said Vijay Rao, Director Technology, Strategy
Facebook, speaking at Flash Memory Summit in Santa Clara, California.


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I-Ready does not offer games to users. The program provides many other learning and instructional tools to students and teachers, however. These features can help teachers prepare students for success when they face rigorous testing.
One of i-Ready's prime features is Adaptive Diagnostic. With it, teachers can customize assessments to pinpoint areas in which a student is performing well or needs improvement. Not only does it measure the correctness of the student's answers, it also measures his response patterns and speed.
I-Ready can help teachers prepare students for the Common Core State standardized tests. Its Diagnostic and Instruction programs are designed to help instructors identify whether or not students are struggling in certain areas. These programs can help give teachers an idea of how to spend their class time. Special reading and mathematics programs are available to help students who are having a difficult time coping with the new standards.
I-Ready also claims that its system can predict a student's standardized testing scores. I-Ready's teaching systems closely correlate with what's found on a typical standardized test; the company correctly predicted the percentage of students who scored favorably on a New York State Assessment. I-Ready also provides tools designed to help target instruction.


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The Princess Bride Contest Giveaway Sweepstakes. This The Princess Bride Blu-ray contest, giveaway, sweepstakes illustrates The Princess Bride release on Blu-ray on October 2, 2012.
Rob Reiner's The Princess Bride stars Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Christopher Guest, and Wallace Shawn.
The Princess Bride's plot synopsis: "Based on William Goldman's novel of the same name, The Princess Bride is staged as a book read by grandfather (Peter Falk) to his ill grandson (Fred Savage). Falk's character assures a romance-weary Savage that the book has much more to deliver than a simpering love story, including but not limited to fencing, fighting, torture, death, true love, giants, and pirates. Indeed, The Princess Bride offers a tongue-in-cheek fairy tale depicting stable boy-turned-pirate Westley's journey to rescue Buttercup (Robin Wright), his true love, away from the evil prince (Chris Sarandon), whom she had agreed to marry five years after learning of what she had believed to be news of Westley's death. With help from Prince Humperdinck's disgruntled former employee Miracle Max (Billy Crystal), swordsman Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin), and a very large man named Fezzik (Andre the Giant), the star-crossed lovers are reunited."
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As You Wish… Rob Reiner's Fan Favorite Fairy Tale Celebrates Silver Anniversary;
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The Harry Potter Series
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Where The Wild Things Are
In this classic story that was turned into a visually stunning film in 2009, Max sets sail to find a world of happiness but instead he is faced with terrifying creatures quadruple his size is both height and width. It is here that he finds his newfound friendship and personal significance on the island.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
These films that makes the dream of riding alongside the courageous and glorious Aslan about as real as its going to get. We've all wanted to be friends with a lion at least once in our lives, oh how I envy Peter, Susie, Edmund and Lucy.
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl and Tim Burton, come together to bring this outlandish story to life on the big screen. With one of the world's greatest children writers and one of the film industry greatest creative masterminds at the helm of this project, a film such as this is bound to get everyone licking wallpaper for a taste of the magic.
Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightening Thief
Just as utterly engaging as the book. The film totally encapsulates the magic of Percy Jackson's encounters with the gods of Mount Olympus. Embarking on a worldly adventure with his friends Percy battles against the fuming wraths of the gods, whilst falling in love with the beautiful Annabeth in the aim on saving his mother – BRILLIANT!
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Yet another demonstration of Wes Anderson's sheer brilliance! With the aid of international superstars such as George Clooney and Meryl Streep and combining them with the innovative use of foxy stop motion animation it undoubtedly provides the film never ending appeal.
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* ALL NEW – TRUE LOVE: THE PRINCESS BRIDE PHENOMENON (Pts. 1 & 2) For 25 years, viewers have watched and loved The Princess Bride. But why does it resonate so strongly for all ages? This two-part featurette offers some answers, along with funny and touching tributes from its cast, director, writer and fans.
* Part 1: TRUE LOVE: THE PRINCESS BRIDE PHENOMENON – A Conversation with Rob Reiner, Cary Elwes and Robin Wright. The director and his stars reunite for this lively discussion of the film's 25th anniversary, favorite fan encounters and memories from the set, illustrated by never-before-seen dailies.
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* Audio Commentary by Rob Reiner
* Audio Commentary by William Goldman
* As You Wish: The Story of The Princess Bride
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* The Art of Fencing featurette
* Fairytales and Folklore featurette
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LAFAYETTE CO., AR (KSLA) - Lafayette County Sheriff's Deputy Pete Richardson was taking a homeless man to a shelter last week when he died in a wreck on U.S. Hwy. 82.
An accident reconstruction team was at the crash scene Tuesday morning to investigate the details of the wreck.
Police said the passenger, Michael Ackart of Oklahoma, grabbed the steering wheel causing the SUV Richardson was driving to run into an 18-wheeler. Richardson died at the scene.
There is no time line for completion of the accident report but it will be done as soon as possible, said Jeff Thomas of the Arkansas State Police.
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Jewish Communal Fund presents a video library of donor and advisor educational events:
"Are You Ready for Your Future Clients? – Women at the Top" | JCF Advisor Network Breakfast, February 24, 2016
GIVE BETTER. GIVE TOGETHER. A Panel Discussion on Giving Circles, presented by JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND (May 11, 2015)


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Speaker: Dr Yoni Nazarathy, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Queensland
Title: Trying to make the right decision when you can't see everything
When: 4:45 for 5pm to 6pm, Tuesday September 8, 2015. All welcome, including non-members.
Where: Room 314/6, O Block, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point
Abstract: In many automatic or human controlled systems, decisions need to be constantly made. For example, in different contexts: medical staff needs to be assigned to different locations, funds need to be distributed, computing power needs to be smartly utilized, bandwidth needs to allocated or fuel of a vessel needs to be efficiently used. Many aspects of control theory deal with these types of problems, often modelling the system as a deterministic or stochastic Markovian evolution over some state space. In these cases, once model parameters are roughly known, finding sensible or even optimal control policies is a key issue. Nevertheless, in many situations the system state is not fully observed, or alternatively is observed with some measurement noise. In this case, sensible (or optimal) controllers need to take such state uncertainty into account. This talk surveys some of the methods used in this type of situation. I'll start by describing the classic Luenberger observer and quickly move onto Kalman filtering and describe how these methods integrate well with Linear Quadratic Optimal Control in systems with linear dynamics. I'll then move onto Markovian Restless Bandit Problems combined with partially observable Markov decision processes. In such cases, problems often become quickly intractable, but certain relaxations allow to solve problems in an approximately optimal manner. Key concepts here are the belief state, Bellman's equation and indexes such as the Gittins or more generally the Whittle Index. Most of the talk is aimed as a tutorial about key methods associated with state uncertainty and optimal control. A small portion of the talk will present published original work on examples in this field highlighting future directions as well.
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CHRONOLOGY-Key events in life of Russia's Mir MOSCOW, Aug 27 (Reuters) - The crew of Russia's Mir space station made last minute preparations on Friday to end what is likely to be the last mission on the troubled 13-year-old craft. The two Russian cosmonauts and one Frenchman will quit Mir, which will fly unmanned for several months before plunging back to earth, probably in February or March next year. Russian space experts are mourning the end of Russia's independent space programme, when Mir will be pushed into a lower orbit to burn out in the Earth's atmosphere. Following is a chronology of several major events in Mir's history: Feb 20, 1986 - The first part of the Mir space station is launched into orbit. March 13, 1986 - Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Solovyov become the first crew on Mir. April 11, 1987 - Cosmonauts Yuri Romanenko and Alexander Laveikin take the first space walk to see why the Kvant 1 scientific module could not dock. 1991 - Sergei Krikalyev goes up to space as a Soviet officer. When he lands, the Soviet Union had fallen apart. March, 1994 - U.S. astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American to stay on board Mir. June 29, 1995 - A U.S. shuttle docks with Mir and commander Robert ``Hoot'' Gibson opens the hatch and floats into Mir to shake hands with Russian commander Vladimir Dezhurov. It is the first docking of international spacecraft since July 1975 when the U.S. Apollo and Soviet Soyuz crews joined hands in orbit. The mission began a planned series of seven shuttle visits. April 23, 1996 - Russia launches the fifth and final module for Mir. The Priroda (nature) science laboratory carries scientific equipment, including optical systems for research of the Earth's resources. Aug 19, 1996 - Six cosmonauts from Russia, France and the United States meet aboard Mir. A Russian Soyuz-U rocket takes France's first woman in space, Claudie Andre-Deshays. Feb 24, 1997 - Fire breaks out when cosmonauts try to change an air filter. German Reinhold Ewald, American Jerry Linenger, Russians Vasily Tsibliyev, Alexander Lazutkin, Alexander Koleri and Valery Korzun on board. The crew have to spend some time in gas masks after fumes are released during the incident. June 25, 1997 - A Progress cargo craft hits Mir during docking, puncturing one of its modules and damaging solar batteries. Energy supply falls dramatically. Sept 22, 1997 - Computer crashes and sends Mir spinning, out of orientation from sun. A day is required to restore normal flight. The station suffered similar mishaps on Sept 8 and 14. June 9, 1998 - The last U.S. astronaut leaves Mir, ending U.S.-Russian cooperation on the orbiting outpost. Feb 22, 1999 - The remaining two members of what was destined to be Mir's last crew, Viktor Afanasyev and Frenchman Jean-Pierre Haignere, arrive at Mir, joinining engineer Sergei Avdeyev on board. ---- Via the sarex mailing list at AMSAT.ORG courtesy of AMSAT-NA. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe sarex" to firstname.lastname@example.com
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- 16 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Phenomenological Assumptions and Knowledge Dissemination within Organizational Studies
Overview — Field-wide integration of knowledge generated by subfield specialists is critical for new discoveries and for a more comprehensive and accurate understanding of complex phenomena. In spite of the value of broadly disseminating knowledge within the social and physical sciences, scholarly discourse tends to be contained within subfields of research. Further constraining innovation and understanding, knowledge dissemination between academics and practitioners or clinicians is often limited and inaccurate. In this article, UCLA professor Corinne Bendersky and HBS professor Kathleen L. McGinn introduce "phenomenological assumptions"—revealed beliefs about the fundamental qualities of the phenomenon under investigation and its relationship to the environment in which it occurs—as barriers limiting the integration of knowledge generated within a subfield into the broader intellectual discourse of its field. Key concepts include:
- Explicating assumptions underlying academic research may make new information more transparent and easily adopted.
- Assumptions can pose a barrier limiting the integration of knowledge generated within a subfield into the broader intellectual discourse of its field.
- Specifically, assumptions that negotiations are one-shot "at the table" interactions make it more difficult for non-negotiations organizational scholars to recognize and appreciate the relevance of the findings to broader organizational research.
- The negotiation studies in this data set, spanning 15 years of published research in top-tier journals, seldom were explicit about the assumptions made and seldom acknowledged reasonable boundary conditions for their findings.
Author Abstract
Phenomenological assumptions—assumptions about the fundamental qualities of the phenomenon being studied and how it relates to the environment in which it occurs—affect the dissemination of knowledge from sub-fields to the broader field of study. Micro-process research in organizational studies rests on implicit phenomenological assumptions that vary in the extent to which micro-processes are viewed as parts of larger systems. We suggest that phenomenological assumptions linking micro-processes to organizational contexts highlight the relevance of micro-process research findings to broader organizational questions, and therefore increase the likelihood that the findings will disseminate to the larger field of organizational research. We test this assertion by analyzing studies of negotiation published in top peer-reviewed management, psychology, sociology, and industrial relations journals from 1990 to 2005. Our findings illuminate a continuum of open systems to closed systems phenomenological assumptions revealed in this micro-process research. Analysis of the citation rates of the articles in our data set by non-negotiation organizational research indicates that more open systems assumptions increase the likelihood that a negotiation article will be cited in organizational studies, after controlling for other, previously identified effects on citation rates. Our findings suggest that sub-fields can increase the impact they have on the broader intellectual discourse by situating their phenomena in rich contexts that illuminate the connections between their findings and questions of interest to the broader field. 48 pages.
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- Full Working Paper Text
- Working Paper Publication Date: September 2008, revised March 2009
- HBS Working Paper Number: 09-043
- Faculty Unit(s): Negotiation, Organizations & Markets


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October 22, 1930 - April 3, 2012
Rock Tavern, NY
James Raymond McCorvey of Rock Tavern, NY, formerly of Washingtonville, NY beloved husband of Mary Buhl McCorvey, passed away peacefully into the arms of Jesus at home on April 3, 2012, following a long illness.
Born October 22, 1930 in Albany, GA; he was the oldest child of the late Levy and Mable McCorvey. Jim joined the United States Air Force and was a career soldier serving 20 years, including a tour in Italy, Japan and Vietnam. He also served at numerous air bases in the US. Jim also worked for H & R Block for fifteen years and at West Point for sixteen years. While at the USMA, Lt. General Daniel W. Christman, USMA Superintendent, awarded Jim a certificate for "Exceptional Service" in recognition of his laudable service to the Academy.
Jim was married to Pearl Jones, deceased, to Barbara Bradatsch, deceased, and is survived by his wife Mary of twenty-three years. He leaves behind five step-children and their families: Tim Buhl and his wife Cassie of Montana, Becky Shields and her husband Jim of New Jersey, Sue Cafarelli and her husband Steve of Long Island, Joe Bradatsch of North Carolina, and David Robertson of Newburgh. In addition Jim leaves behind four grandchildren: Sydney and Taylor Shields, Tyler and Jason Cafarelli and two nephews, Michael and Blaire McCorvey and their wives. Jim's brother Paul and his wife Helen reside in Manchester, GA.
Jim was a fun-loving and gregarious man who loved the church. At various times Jim was a member of three area Presbyterian churches: Little Brittan, Bethlehem, and Westminster of Rock Tavern. At one time or another he served as Treasurer, Sunday school teacher, Deacon and Elder. He loved animals and he had 27 birds, cats and dogs. He liked to tell jokes and have a good laugh, and was always a gentleman. He belonged to the Good Fellowship Dartball League and to VFW Post 8691 of Washingtonville. He also loved music. He maintained a very large music library and was a member of the Golden Songsters.
A Memorial Service will be held on May 5 at 11:00 a.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church located on Station Road in Rock Tavern, NY. Dr. John Vance will conduct the service. A reception will follow in the church fellowship hall. For directions consult www.westminsterchurch-ny.org or call the church (845) 496-7971. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Jim's memory to the "Westminster Deacon Fund" a fund dedicated to helping those in need.


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2012 Itinerary
Day 1-Budapest
Arrive at the Budapest airport and transfer to the moderate deluxe Hilton Budapest (or similar) in the heart of the city for a 2-night stay.* Spend the rest of the day relaxing, or begin doing a bit of exploring on your own.
Day 2-Budapest
This morning, take a tour of Hungary's capital, exploring both the "Buda" and "Pest" sides. Begin in Pest, where you see the National Opera House and visit historic Heroes' Square. Cross the Chain Bridge to Buda, where you stroll Fishermen's Hill to Fishermen's Bastion and Matthias Church. The rest of your day is free; or take an optional afternoon excursion to Visegrád. With a population of less than 2,000, Visegrád was used as a royal retreat, and it has no fewer than three castles. Enjoy the view of the Danube Bend from the hexagonal Solomon Tower at the Lower Castle. (B)
Day 3-Budapest
After breakfast, check out of your hotel and we will take you to embark your ship. Enjoy a final free day in Budapest—explore a museum, do some shopping, ride around the city on the wonderful subway system, peek inside one of the Art Deco spas or visit the Great Synagogue and Jewish Quarter. As always, your Program Director can help you plan your free time. Return to your ship for a welcome dinner aboard. (B, D)
Day 4-Kalocsa
Arrive in Kalocsa, Hungary this morning and take a guided city tour including a visit to the Archbishop's Palace. Then, you are treated to a performance of traditional Puszta horsemanship. Return aboard and enjoy your lunch during departure. Dine aboard. (B, L, D)
Day 5-Osijek
Wake up in Vukovar and have breakfast before your excursion to the Croatian city of Osijek. Inhabited by humans since Neolithic times, this area has had several heydays under the Romans, the Ottomans and the Habsburgs; now it is a pleasant town popular for its baroque buildings, parks and monuments. Return aboard for lunch and departure. International cuisine for dinner in the evening. (B, L, D)
Day 6-Belgrade
Wake up in Belgrade, capital of Serbia. Take a guided walk through the grounds of Kalemegdan Fortress, now a beautiful park; also see the Orthodox cathedral and stop at the Square of the Republic. Lunch aboard, then free time to explore Belgrade's gracious architecture or visit one of its many museums, like the Nikola Tesla Museum. Dine aboard or experience some of Belgrade's nightlife—we depart very late this evening. (B, L, D)
Day 7-Scenic Cruising & Iron Gate
Today, enjoy scenic cruising as you travel through one of the most picturesque areas of the Lower Danube. The Iron Gate is one of Europe's most dramatic natural wonders, a spectacular narrow gorge with enormous white limestone cliffs. Your cruise director will provide commentary about the region and scenic points of interest as you sail toward Vidin. (B, L, D)
Day 8-Vidin & Belogradchik
Arrive in the picturesque Bulgarian port of Vidin during breakfast, then take an excursion to see Belogradchik Fortress, built right into the striking Belogradchik Rocks, and enjoy breathtaking views. Lunch aboard is followed by free time to explore Vidin's city center, Orthodox churches and the ruins of the city's once-grand synagogue. Depart during dinner. (B, L, D)
Day 9-Veliko Tarnovo & Arbanasi
After breakfast, disembark at Russe for a full-day excursion to Bulgaria's former capital, Veliko Tarnovo. There you will see Tsaravets Hill and the ruins of the royal castle. During free time, shop for local crafts along Samovodska Charshia. Proceed to Arbanasi for lunch in a local restaurant and a guided tour of the Nativity Church with its intricate floor-to-ceiling murals and icons. Return to your ship and dine aboard. (B, L, D)
Day 10-Oltenita & Bucharest
Disembark in Oltenita and proceed to the superior first class Athenee Palace Hilton (or similar) in the heart of the Bucharest for a 1-night stay. This afternoon, enjoy a half-day tour of Romania's lovely capital city. See the Arch of Triumph, the Antim Monastery and the iconic Palace of Justice, completing your tour at the Palace of Parliament. Enjoy a final evening in Bucharest. (B, L)
Day 11-Bucharest
After breakfast, check out of your hotel and proceed to the airport for your return flight.* Or, extend your journey with 3 nights in the Black Sea region. (B)
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Carolyn Woo named CEO/president of Catholic Relief Services
Author: Julie Hail Flory
Carolyn Y. Woo, Martin J. Gillen Dean of the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, will leave the University to serve as president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), effective Jan. 1, 2012.
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One big thing - TAXES. Blah! Thankfully my accountant and bookkeeper have been on top of it and all we have to do is go sign the forms so they can be submitted.
Another giant annoyance has been my credit card. They decided to update it to a new version with a special security feature. That's really wonderful, but the downside is both the expiration and security key needed to be changed for every account this card is used on.
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Yes, I'm complaining because this transition is a bit hectic, but ultimately it's totally worth it. MQX was honestly the best show I've ever attended and the most fun I've ever had teaching! I had three full classes of awesome, creative quilters and met many women who I've only known previously by comments and pretty photos on Facebook.
It's so awesome to meet quilters in person and finally put the name and face together, though sometimes that's hard to do when your profile pic is your dog (talking about you Linda Stevens!)
Winning Teacher of the Year still makes me feel like crying with gratitude. I've been trying hard to put it into words and the simplest way to say it is I never expected my online teaching to be valued this way - essentially equal to, or better than, in-person teaching.
I guess this proves that there is room for all of us - online and in-person teachers. Just like there's plenty of room for hand, machine, and longarm quilters. I'm always reminding my students not to set too small a definition of quilting, but I need an occasional reminder myself!
I'm so happy I went to MQX East and definitely plan to return, and I'm also so happy to be home and cooking dinner with Josh and getting big hugs from James.
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The history of the Grimaldi family dates back to the X century, being some of their most important members, european Princes. The origin of this family in the canaries have to be looked for in the moments after the conquest of the island. the have occupied since that moment important positions in the society of that time of that time, performing political positions and associated to the profile of rich trader. This surname united with others of great roottage in the islands such as Benitez de Lugo.
Futhermore, the lercaro house count with a splendid bar called "Tascafé Lercaro". This new concept of restaurant has the best of the "guachinche" of canary food in a place so special as is the Lercaro House.
Located in the courtyard of one of the most beautiful houses of La Villa de la Orotava, and catalogued as a BIC (Cultural and interest places) with monument category, the bar born with the objective to make true the project of the gastronomic market that wants the Lercaro House. First was the opening of the Grimaldi Coffee shop, and now, it is the turn of the bar "Tascafé Lercaro".
At present Moises, an excellent cook who is in charge of the bar and the coffee shop of Lercaro House. Here they serve an amply range of plates of great delicacy and with canary flavours of the most outstanding.
Menú de la Cafetería | Tasca Casa Lercaro
Teléfono de Contacto:
- Moisés: 625-835-100 | 615-226-526


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Traveling Luck for Nikao Creek Cook Islands (general), Cook Islands
The timezone in Nikao Creek is Pacific/Rarotonga
Morning Sunrise at 06:08 and Evening Sunset at 18:41. It's Dark
Rough GPS position Latitude. -21.1833°, Longitude. -159.8000°
Morning Sunrise at 06:08 and Evening Sunset at 18:41. It's Dark
Rough GPS position Latitude. -21.1833°, Longitude. -159.8000°
Weather near Nikao Creek Last report from Rarotonga, 6.8km awaylight shower(s) rain Temperature: 24°C / 75°F
Wind: 9.2km/h West/Southwest
Cloud: Scattered at 700ft Solid Overcast at 1500ft
Satellite map of Nikao Creek and it's surroudings...
Geographic features & Photographs around Nikao Creek in Cook Islands (general), Cook Islands
stream a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
- Nikao Creek (0km)
- Avatiu Stream (8.9km)
- Vaikapuangi Stream (11.3km)
- Takuvaine Stream (11.3km)
- Tauae (12.1km)
- Te Arote (12.1km)
- Teraamanga (12.6km)
- Pue Stream (13.6km)
- Manureva (15.7km)
- Anaki Pao (15.7km)
- Temo (15.7km)
- Temati (15.7km)
- Te Kou Creek (15.7km)
- Tupapa Stream (20.5km)
- Muriavai Stream (22.6km)
- Ngatoe (22.9km)
- Aroa Creek (22.9km)
- Taipara Creek (23.5km)
- Avaavaroa Creek (23.5km)
- Rutaki Stream (25.7km)
- Matavera Stream (26.2km)
- Papua Stream (27.2km)
- Kauare (27.9km)
mountain an elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more.
- Te Kahi Motu (13km)
- Te Reinga o Pora (13.9km)
- Maungatea (16.4km)
- Maungaroa (16.6km)
- Ikurangi (17.7km)
- Tapu Mountain (18km)
- Kavera Mountain (18km)
- Raemaru (18.5km)
- Te Rua Manga (19.4km)
- Te Kou (21.3km)
- Te Manga (21.5km)
- Oroenga (21.6km)
- Maungatongaiti (21.8km)
- Te Atukura (23.1km)
- Piako (23.5km)
- Te Vaakauta (24km)
populated place a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.
hill a rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m.
- Maugapiko (10.1km)
- Tuakata Hill (12.3km)
- Te Tanga (26km)
Accommodation around Nikao Creek
Paradise Inn Rarotonga Maid Rd Tupapa Avarua Rarotonga Cook Islands, Rarotonga
Raina Lagoon Villas Beach Front West Coast, Rarotonga
The Edgewater Resort Spa Arorangi, Rarotonga
harbor(s) a haven or space of deep water so sheltered by the adjacent land as to afford a safe anchorage for ships.
- Avatiu Harbour (8.3km)
- Avarua Harbour (10.9km)
point a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape.
- Teaiti Point (5.4km)
- Takarae Point (7.8km)
marine channel that part of a body of water deep enough for navigation through an area otherwise not suitable.
- Papua Passage (23km)
- Rutaki Passage (27.5km)
airport a place where aircraft regularly land and take off, with runways, navigational aids, and major facilities for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo.
- Rarotongan International Airport (6.8km)
administrative division an administrative division of a country, undifferentiated as to administrative level.
- Pouara (24.3km)
island a tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water.
- Rarotonga (19.4km)
rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.
- Tuoro (11.5km)
mountains a mountain range or a group of mountains or high ridges.
- Pouraa Mountains (5.7km)
land-tied island a coastal island connected to the mainland by barrier beaches, levees or dikes.
- Motutoa (5.4km)
capital of a political entity the capital of the country or state.
- Avarua (11.6km)
Wikipedia entries close to Nikao Creek
- Rarotonga International Airport airport
- Avarua city l city
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Singer slams four unnamed individuals who engagedin "inappropriate and probably illegal" actions
Fiona Apple spent a night in jail last week after Texas cops found hash and weed on her tour bus. She postponed her Austin show Thursday night, but returned to the stage Friday in Houston, where she regaled the audience with a difficult-to-decipher speech about her time in Hudspeth County Jail. As Pitchfork reports, a fan captured the below video of her one-minute-40-second condemnation of four people she dealt with, who she claims engaged in "inappropriate and probably illegal" actions:
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Apple's tour bus underwent what TMZ calls a routine search at a border patrol checkpoint Wednesday evening, and .01 pounds of weed and .01 pounds of hash were discovered in a blue backpack that the singer "freely admitted" was her own. Apple spent the night in jail and was released on $10,000 bond. While it's hard to decipher exactly what she's alleging law enforcement agents did while she was in custody, she seems to be saying the four individuals in question were thoroughly enjoying having a high-profile suspect in their midst. We'll need that decoder to figure out the rest.
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1 Thessalonians 1 verses 4 -6
4 We know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you,
5 in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction (surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you).
6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.
We know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you-
- Paul knows that the Thessalonian saints were loved and chosen by God based on the evidence he states in the following verses in this passage.
However, below are other verses regarding believers being chosen by God.
- John 6:44 (NET) 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
- Romans 9 (NET)
10 Not only that, but when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our ancestor Isaac –
11 even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God's purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling) –
12 it was said to her, "The older will serve the younger,"
13 just as it is written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."
14 What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!
15 For he says to Moses: "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."
16 So then, it does not depend on human desire or exertion, but on God who shows mercy.
17 For the scripture says to Pharaoh: "For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may demonstrate my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth."
18 So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.
19 You will say to me then, "Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?"
20 But who indeed are you – a mere human being – to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, "Why have you made me like this?"
21 Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?
22 But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
23 And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory –
24 even us, whom he has called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?
25 As he also says in Hosea: "I will call those who were not my people, 'My people,' and I will call her who was unloved,'My beloved.'"
26 "And in the very placewhere it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"
27 And Isaiah cries out on behalf of Israel, "Though the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved,
28 for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth completely and quickly."
- Ephesians 1:4 (NET) 4 For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love.
- Ephesians 2:4,5 (NET)
4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, 5 even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you are saved! –
- Colossians 3:12 (NET)
12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13 (NET)
13 But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.
- 2 Timothy 1:9,10 (NET)
9 He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began, 10 but now made visible through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel!
- Titus 1:1 (NET) 1 From Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God's chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth that is in keeping with godliness,
- 1 Peter 1:1-2 From Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those temporarily residing abroad (in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, the province of Asia, and Bithynia) who are chosen 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with Jesus Christ's blood. May grace and peace be yours in full measure!
- Revelation 17:8 (NET)
8 The beast you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up from the abyss and then go to destruction. The inhabitants of the earth – all those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world – will be astounded when they see that the beast was, and is not, but is to come.
Discussion Question:
- In Acts 16 Paul wanted to go to Asia, but God called him to Macedonia where the Thessalonians were located. Express how you feel knowing that God has chosen you and brought you the gospel message?
in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction –
- The first proof of their election is the profound affect the gospel message had on the Thessalonians.
- Paul taught the Thessalonians with the same words and in the same way that he has done with many others, but with these Thessalonians the gospel came to them in …
A) Power
- Strong's Definitions: δύναμις; dýnamis, doo'-nam-is; force (literally or figuratively); specially, miraculous power (usually by implication, a miracle itself).
- The English derivative is dynamite.
B) Holy Spirit
- Meaning the Third person of the Trinity had influenced their understanding and their will.
C) Deep conviction
- Strong's Definitions: πληροφορία; plērophoría, play-rof-or-ee'-ah; means entire confidence.
- Meaning the Thessalonians had a life changing confidence, assurance, and conviction in the gospel message.
Discussion Questions:
- How would you describe how the gospel message made an explosion in your heart and understanding?
- How did you perceive the Holy Spirit's work in your life when the gospel came to you?
- How would you describe the sense of confidence you had in the truth of the gospel message?
(surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you) –
- Paul mentions the character of himself and his team which they displayed to the Thessalonians to emphasize the following verse …
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, –
- The second evidence of their election is how their character changed to imitate the character of the Lord, Paul, and Paul's coworkers.
A) Imitators
- Strong's Definitions: μιμητής; mimētḗs, mim-ay-tace'; an imitator.
- English derivative is mimic.
Discussion Question:
- How would you describe how your character was transformed after receiving the gospel?
when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction-
A) Message
- This is referring to the gospel message mentioned in v 5.
- Paul defines the gospel message in 1 Corinthian 15 as…
- 1 Corinthians 15
1 Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand,
2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you – unless you believed in vain.
3 For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received – that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,
4 and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures,
5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
8 Last of all, as though to one born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.
B) Joy
- Their third evidence of their election was their joy.
- Strong's Definitions: χαρά; chará, khar-ah'; from cheerfulness, i.e. calm delight
C). that comes from the Holy Spirit
- Galatians 5:22-23 (NET) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Discussion Question:
- How would you describe the calm delight you felt after receiving the gospel?
D) even in great affliction
- The forth evidence of their election was not only their general joy but also their joy during suffering.
- Below shows the violent start against the church in Thessalonica. Imagine what it must have been like to live there as a Christian.
- Acts 17
1 After they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
2 Paul went to the Jews in the synagogue, as he customarily did, and on three Sabbath days he addressed them from the scriptures,
3 explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead, saying, "This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ."
4 Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large group of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.
5 But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason's house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.
6 When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming, "These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,
7 and Jason has welcomed them as guests! They are all acting against Caesar's decrees, saying there is another king named Jesus!"
8 They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.
9 After the city officials had received bail from Jason and the others, they released them.
10 The brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea at once, during the night. When they arrived, they went to the Jewish synagogue.
- James 1:2 My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,
3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.
Discussion Question:
- Although you may not have been persecuted as the Thessalonians, you may have experienced great suffering. Can you describe the inner joy you felt when you were in that time of suffering?
- Can you describe how you were influenced by the joy displayed by a brother or sister during their time of suffering?
Listening Prayer method – a method where you write what you think God would say to you after meditating and studying a Bible passage.
Is There Evidence of Your Election?
You should feel awe and great gratitude that the gospel came to you. I chose you in My Son before the world began. Nothing is by accident: your birth, house, friends, circumstances, mental health, ability to hearing and understanding, church, preachers, Bible, repentance, and faith – it all came from Me for your salvation. Do not take it for granted because not all will be saved.
Go, tell the world, you may be the agent that I use to call My loved ones to My side.
Don't forget how the power of the gospel affected your heart, thinking, and purpose in life.
Don't forget how the Holy Spirit convicted you of sin and pursued you to come.
Don't forget how you were persuaded to that the gospel was so true that you chose to change your whole life because of it.
Don't forget the drastic changes that you made in your life by thinking different, talking different, and having a different purpose in life. Don't forget how you wanted to be holy in character and imitate My Son.
Don't forget how the Holy Spirit placed His fruit within and how He challenges you even today to live with love, joy and peace.
And when the suffering came into your life, don't forget the joy I gave you by close fellowship with Me, by knowing that I was perfecting your character, by trusting in My sovereign will.
Don't forget. Continue to show evidence of your election.