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Bathroom Tiles
The all-new collection of bathroom tiles by AGL Tiles adds a pop of color to your bathrooms. Give a makeover to your bathrooms with this vibrant collection. These wall tiles are available in various sizes. This collection is available in glossy as well as matt finishes. AGL is known to manufacture superior quality tiles and has maintained its good reputation. Find the most exciting range of bathroom tiles here. Explore the fascinating collection of bathroom tiles now!
Bathroom Tile Designs
Tastefully done bathroom renovation can create a visual appeal and a relaxing environment for you to enjoy after a tiring day. Moreover, it will also increase the value of your home. Adding a unique tile to the bathroom is the best way to remodel it. You can add mosaic or Moroccan or digital, or even terrazzo bathroom tiles design to add that wow factor, which will leave everyone stunned. Bathroom tile design can make a big statement, whether you are installing them on the floor or the wall.
If you are looking for bathroom tiles, then AGL Tiles is your one-stop shop. You can find a wide range of tiles at AGL, from bathroom wall tiles designs to floor designs to other bath ware accessories. AGL bathroom tiles are available in various sizes, patterns, designs, and colors for you to choose from. AGL Tiles have also recently launched Anti-Skid tiles, which are perfect for your bathroom as they will not get slippery when wet, making them a perfectly safe choice for your family.
When selecting the bathroom tiles, you have to make sure that the tiles you are selecting can withstand moisture, water, and grime and are easy to maintain
To know about the bathroom tiles price, you can get in touch with us today; our experts will guide you in the best way possible.
Bathroom Tile Size
These tiles at AGL are available in three different sizes that allow you to select which tile size is ideal for your bathrooms.
Types of Finishes in Bathroom Tiles
There are three types of finishes that AGL offers in the category of bathroom tiles. We also offer trendy Backsplashes that add aesthetic value to your house.
Ceramic and porcelain tiles are best for bathroom.
For small spaces, a large format tile is ideal. Grout joints are the reason for this. The larger the tile, the fewer grout joints there will be and the more spacious the room will feel.
Large floor tiles are a great way to trick an eye and make any space look bigger.
White tiles are a popular choice because they make a space look bigger and brighter. This trick works best for small spaces.

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Introducing the new and improved Tantus Ryder! Now with a new base that between-the-cheeks and a velvety soft texture. Only 1.47" at its largest diameter, this plug is a good intermediate toy - larger than a beginner piece, but easy to hold & a gentle stretch. The Ryder has a gradual curve from the body to the neck of the plug, which means it won't shock the sphincter muscles going in or coming out. The anchor base helps the Ryder stay put comfortably.
Safe For Your Body: Made from Tantus' own unique formula of 100% Ultra-Premium Silicone
Easy To Clean: Eco-Friendly, Hypoallergenic, Hygienic, Boilable, and Dishwasher Safe.
Diameter: 1.47"
Length: 4"
**Not recommended with Silicone Lube.***
The toys people just can't get enough off
The famous Strapless Strap Ons


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* GPIO57 - OUT - controls WLAN (rfkill pin on minipcie slot)
* GPIO57 - OUT - controls WLAN (rfkill pin on minipcie slot)
== General Purpose Events layout ==
== General Purpose Events layout ==
Revision as of 08:44, 1 January 2015
Note that this information is for my personal records keeping, and is based on the latest local patches, some of which may not have been published yet.
What works
- Succesfully booting to OS
- Keyboard and touchpad. (This touchpad is DIVINE!!!)
- Built-in Audio
- USB ports (USB 3.0 works with XHCI blob, the ports work with USB 2.0 devices without blob if XHCI controller is disabled)
- Wired and wireless networking. (Wired is a little wonky with some cables, works with others)
- Batterry status and notifications
- Batterry charging
- AC status LED next to power jack (white = charged, amber = charging)
- Power LED on power button (Not sure if it works as expected during suspend)
- Keyboard backlight and on/off control
- Hotkeys: Volume (Up/Down/Mute), Media (Prev/Play/Next), Keyboard backlight, WLAN toggle
- Caps Lock LED
- WLAN enabled/disabled LED
- Suspend/resume on lid closed/open
What doesn't work
- DVD drive. (has anyone tried HP's update for the DVD drive?)
- Power LED on the side (right above disk activity LED)
- Hotkeys: Brightess (Up/Down), Display Toggle. (We get SCIs from the EC)
- Mute LED (Note: doesn't work, even using OEM BIOS)
- Shutdown on critical battery level (We get a _Q25 SCI at 15% level, but that's also shared with insert/remove events)
- Setting Fn key mode to default on or default off. Right now it's default on.
Recommended settings
The simplest way to get a working image is to start from the board-status entry, and use the same .config file.
Suspend/resume and display
This one is a doozie. Suspend/resume generally works, if the VGA bios was run at boot, but the display will not come back on after resume. However, if coreboot sets a VESA framebuffer, and keeps the framebuffer, resume with linux produces a working display again.
Devices -> [*] Run VGA Option ROMs Devices -> [*] Re-run VGA Option ROMs on S3 resume Display -> [*] Set framebuffer graphics resolution Display -> [*] Keep VESA framebuffer
A native VGA initialization option is under investigation.
Flashing works with flashrom, from either coreboot or the vendor BIOS.
$ flashrom -pinternal:laptop=force_I_want_a_brick,amd_imc_force=yes -w coreboot.rom
Expect this to be finicky, and be prepared to do an external flashif something fails.
GPIO layout
This information should not be considered reliable in any way, shape or form
- GPIO57 - OUT - controls WLAN (rfkill pin on minipcie slot)
First HP 1035dx to run coreboot, in its early stages of adoption
A more practical way to develop
General Purpose Events layout
- GEVENT23 -> EC SMI -> Configured as GEVENT23 SMI, not GPE23 SMI/SCI
EC headaches
The MMIO dilemma
The EC RAM, which contains the batterry/AC etc information is normally accessed by read commands on the EC index I/O ports (0x62 and 0x66). The EC will also respond to LPC memory read/write cycles in the address range 0xff000000 + 0x1000. In order for this to work, the chipset must pass MMIO accesses in this range to the LPC bridge, which in turn, must decode them to the LPC bus.
This can't work if there is something else using that address range, so any system with 16MiB is out of the question. Luckily, the 1035dx uses a 4 MiB chip, so that's a non-issue. As a bonus, the LPC bridge can map a 4 KiB MMIO window on the LPC bus (or two, I can't remember).
The following script enables the needed MMIO window:
# iotools pci_write32 0 0x14 3 0x4c 0xff000000 # iotools pci_write32 0 0x14 3 0x48 0x00b0ff07
The EC RAM is at an offset of 0x800 from the MMIO base address. The current compal/ene932 ACPI implementation does not handle MMIO. This should be easily fixable with some preprocessor love.
Switching between APM/ACPI modes
Coreboot does it in the SMI handler on request form the OS. Doing that can also be accomplished in userspace by uberawesome blackmagic:
# iotools io_write8 0x66 0x59 && iotools io_write8 0x62 0xe9 # Put EC in APM mode # iotools io_write8 0x66 0x59 && iotools io_write8 0x62 0xe8 # Put EC in ACPI mode
- Check PCIe lane assignment (although PCIe devices seem to work fine)
Check grub2 payload(Run VGA option ROM and Keep VESA framebuffer -- works)
- Check AHCI port mask
- Examine possibility of native VGA init (funfunctor has some ideas)
- WLAN hotkey does not follow OS security model
- With vendor firmware, WLAN hotkey only works after logging in -- _Qxx handler uses device notifications rather than controlling the GPIOs directly
- Figure out how to make coreboot's ACPI behave the same way
Detective work
Undocumented EC bits
Offsets relative to EC RAM.
- 0xb8.1 : Lid state (1 = closed, 0 = open)
Native graphics init
There is an effort by mrnuke, in conjunction with Edward from Altera Praxis, Ltd. to create native VGA init for ARUBA GPUs. Most of the work is hosted here:
So far, there is a working driver to control transactions over the AUX channel. This is also used to read the EDID. There is also code to integrate this driver into linux, but this hasn't been published yet, and likely needs more polishing before coming close to being upstreamable (TODO: publish and link here).
It is possible to run a replay of the VGA ROM in usermode, load the VGA ROM to memory, then load the radeon driver. This produces a working display without running the VGA ROM at boot. The advantage of this approach is that the realmode code in the VGA BIOS is never run.
The idea is to run the replay, then load a modified radeon driver. The radeon driver is hacked to replace individual atombios calls with native functions. For functions of interest, IO tracing is selectively enabled. The IO trace can then be compared to the trace left by the native function. Thus it's possible to RE one table at a time.
More info
The integrated display is connected to a DP to LVDS converter, which is fed by the DisplayPort output of the APU. It seems the DP to LVDS chip is responsible for enabling the panel back-light. It is not yet known how this converter plays into enabling the backlight. There seems to be no need to poke the EC when enabling the display.
The VGA output seems to be connected to a DP to VGA converter, which is linked via a 4-lane DisplayPort link to the APU. It is believed the DP to VGA converter is part of the FCH.
The VGA ROM is an atombios which contains a realmode ATOM interpreter and atom command/data tables. Linux needs these tables to properly operate mode-switching and initializing the display controller. Linux does not run the realmode code. The ATOM tables can be dumped with AtomDis (TODO: add link to program).
Old approach (deprected)
There has been some initial work in this regard:
Though this approach seems doomed. The radeon driver relies on atombios tables extensively, and the rest of the code is small shims to interface with the rest of linux. This approach can only produce those shims, whereas the bulk of the code is in the atom tables.


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Deploying CLR Database Objects
Deployment is the process by which you distribute a finished application or module to be installed and run on another computer. Using Microsoft Visual Studio, you can develop common language runtime (CLR) database objects and deploy them to a test server. Alternatively, the managed database objects can also be compiled with the Microsoft .NET Framework redistribution files, instead of Visual Studio. Once compiled, the assemblies containing the CLR database objects can then be deployed to a test server using Visual Studio or Transact-SQL statements. Note that Visual Studio .NET 2003 cannot be used for CLR integration programming or deployment. SQL Server includes the .NET Framework pre-installed, and Visual Studio .NET 2003 cannot use the .NET Framework 2.0 assemblies.
Once the CLR methods have been tested and verified on the test server, they can be distributed to production servers using a deployment script. The deployment script can be generated manually, or by using SQL Server Management Studio (see the procedure later in this topic).
The CLR integration feature is turned off by default in SQL Server and must be enabled in order to use CLR assemblies. For more information, see Enabling CLR Integration.
Beginning with SQL Server 2005, on a SQL Server database with a compatibility level of "80" you cannot create managed user-defined types, stored procedures, functions, aggregates, or triggers. To take advantage of these CLR integration features of SQL Server, you must use the sp_dbcmptlevel (Transact-SQL) stored procedure to set the database compatibility level to "90".
Deploying the Assembly to the Test Server
Using Visual Studio, you can develop CLR functions, procedures, triggers, user-defined types (UDTs), or user-defined aggregates (UDAs), and deploy them to a test server. These managed database objects can also be compiled with the command line compilers, such as csc.exe and vbc.exe, included with the .NET Framework redistribution files. The Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment is not required to develop managed database objects for SQL Server.
Make sure that all compiler errors and warnings are resolved. The assemblies containing the CLR routines can then be registered in a SQL Server database using Visual Studio or Transact-SQL statements.
The TCP/IP network protocol must be enabled on the SQL Server instance in order to use Microsoft Visual Studio for remote development, debugging, and development. For more information about enabling TCP/IP protocol on the server, see Configuring Client Network Protocols.
To deploy the assembly using Visual Studio
Build the project by selecting Build <project name> from the Build menu.
Resolve all build errors and warnings before deploying the assembly to the test server.
Select Deploy from the Build menu. The assembly will then be registered in the SQL Server instance and database specified when the SQL Server project was first created in Visual Studio.
To deploy the assembly using Transact-SQL
Compile the assembly from the source file using the command line compilers included with the .NET Framework.
For Microsoft Visual C# source files:
csc /target:library C:\helloworld.cs
For Microsoft Visual Basic source files:
vbc /target:library C:\helloworld.vb
These commands launch the Visual C# or Visual Basic compiler using the /target option to specify building a library DLL.
Resolve all build errors and warnings before deploying the assembly to the test server.
Open SQL Server Management Studio on the test server. Create a new query, connected to a suitable test database (such as AdventureWorks2008R2).
Create the assembly in the server by adding the following Transact-SQL to the query.
CREATE ASSEMBLY HelloWorld from 'c:\helloworld.dll' WITH PERMISSION_SET = SAFE
- The procedure, function, aggregate, user-defined type, or trigger must then be created in the instance of SQL Server. If the HelloWorld assembly contains a method named HelloWorld in the Procedures class, the following Transact-SQL can be added to the query to create a procedure called hello in SQL Server.
CREATE PROCEDURE hello
EXTERNAL NAME HelloWorld.Procedures.HelloWorld
For more information about creating the different types of managed database objects in SQL Server, see CLR User-Defined Functions, CLR User-Defined Aggregates, CLR User-Defined Types, CLR Stored Procedures, and CLR Triggers.
Deploying the Assembly to Production Servers
Once the CLR database objects have been tested and verified on the test server, they can be distributed to production servers. For more information about debugging managed database objects, see Debugging CLR Database Objects.
The deployment of managed database objects is similar to that of regular database objects (tables, Transact-SQL routines, and so on). The assemblies containing the CLR database objects can be deployed to other servers using a deployment script. The deployment script can be built by using the "Generate Scripts" functionality of Management Studio. The deployment script can also be built manually, or built using "Generate Scripts" and manually altered. Once the deployment script has been built, it can be run on other instances of SQL Server to deploy the managed database objects.
To generate a deployment script using generate scripts
Open Management Studio and connect to the SQL Server instance where the managed assembly or database object to be deployed is registered.
In the Object Explorer, expand the <server name> and Databases trees. Right-click the database where the managed database object is registered, select Tasks, and then select Generate Scripts. The Script Wizard opens.
Select the database from the list box and click Next.
In the Choose Script Options pane, click Next, or change the options and then click Next.
In the Choose Object Types pane, choose the type of database object to be deployed. Click Next.
For every object type selected in the Choose Object Types pane, a Choose <type> pane is presented. In this pane, you can choose from all the instances of that database object type registered in the specified database. Select one or more objects and click Next.
The Output Options pane comes up when all of the desired database object types have been selected. Select Script to file and specify a file path for the script. Select Next. Review your selections and click Finish. The deployment script is saved to the specified file path.
Post Deployment Scripts
You can run a post deployment script.
To add a post deployment script, add a file called postdeployscript.sql in your Visual Studio project directory. For example, right click your project in Solution Explorer and select Add Existing Item. Add the file in the root of the project, rather than in the Test Scripts folder.
When you click deploy, Visual Studio will run this script after the deployment of your project.
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Found objects display makes beautiful art out of anything
Oil, acrylic, watercolors? No, not really.
Bottle caps, pebbles and pollen? Absolutely.
"Found Objects," this summer's exhibit at the East End Arts gallery in Riverhead, features random things found both near and far, including driftwood, a turtle shell, a toaster and more.
'Found Objects'
On view through Aug. 24 at East End Arts gallery, 133 East Main St., Riverhead. Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Call 727-0900 or visit eastendarts.org.
Gallery director Jane Kirkwood said she knew she'd found the perfect juror when she visited the East Quogue studio of found-object artist Jonathan Pearlman last summer.
"Jonathan entered found-object pieces for our folk art show and not only received best in show, but all three of his submissions got into the exhibit," Ms. Kirkwood said. "But it wasn't until after I visited his studio that I realized that this guy's a genius, he's just a genius."
Ms. Kirkwood said she's especially pleased with younger artists' submissions for the show, which consists of 50 pieces chosen from among 100 entries.
"I love to see the kids get so excited, recognizing what the objects in the art were," she said. "It was more accessible to them as far as wondering if they can do art too."
The show has inspired more than the younger artists, though; it inspired Ms. Kirkwood as well.
"I've definitely found myself beachcombing with my eyes since then," she said. "It's a wonderful thing to look for the art in the everyday. See what you're stepping on that you could actually put a frame around."
She mentioned the resourcefulness of third-place winner Ruth Nasca, who in her piece "Chaps" created "a very simple piece that shows the beauty and the art of a ratty mink collar."
Mattituck artist Gina Gilmour explored the sometimes flawed concept of rescuing birds from dangerous situations in one of her two pieces in the show, which displays a white plaster pigeon set inside an old open suitcase.
"There's a hatpin in the back of the suitcase and if you closed that suitcase, the bird would be hurt," Ms. Gilmour said, "So there's a fragility there. You really couldn't evacuate birds and in many other circumstances [evacuation is impossible]. We dealt with that issue when I lived near a nuclear power plant in North Carolina and it's been an issue here as well."
Ms. Gilmour's other work, named "Toast to the Plutocrats #5," uses a toaster found in her current studio, once part of a hotel. It features likenesses of Art Pope and the Koch brothers — who, Ms. Gilmour said, "pump money into politicians, which undermines our democracy" — placed onto pieces of toast sitting in a classic silver toaster.
"Found objects lend themselves to some humor because it's an unusual thing to do," Mr. Pearlman said. "Many people who are working in found objects are not trained artists as far as being studied or schooled. It's so interesting to see this kind of art because it's very human."
His standard for judging pieces was not how interesting the object happened to be but rather how it was used.
"What interests me most as an artist is the transformation of the everyday object into another form," he said, "so I looked for pieces that transformed themselves using the object in an inventive way. A good example is artist Kimberly Yunker's piece, a circular design made from yellow flower pollen," he said.
"Pollen is something that is either discarded or brushed away by most because it's a nuisance, but here is someone who used it as a pigment," said Mr. Pearlman.
Riverhead artist Sanford Hanauer, a dedicated found-object artist of many years, won first place for his use of old, rusted bottle caps he found more than a decade ago while scouring the beaches of Barbados with his wife.
"When I see something, I'll usually pick it up and say, 'Someday, I'm going to do something with this,' " Mr. Hanauer said. "With this piece, I laid the caps down three across and four down after I got home and said to myself, 'Gee, I'd like to do an aerial view of a 12-pack of different colored bottles.' "
Greenport's Jared Loveless transformed driftwood he found at 67 Steps beach into a flower vase, stuffing the elongated piece of wood with lavender and other flowers picked in local fields.
"The taller piece with the open end looked like it should hold something," he said.
"You have to be an especially creative-minded person, not necessarily an artist, per se, to put things together and wind up with something really cool," Ms. Kirkwood said of the show. "It's like looking at clouds. You see something like a reindeer in driftwood and, before you know it, you're involved in making something."


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Remember Your Covenants
As members and leaders of this church, we are often depicted as "always going to or coming from meetings." This is generally true, but we need to remember why we do so. The Lord, by revelation, reminds us that when we are assembled, as we are here tonight, we are to be instructed and edified that we may know how to act upon his law and commandments (see D&C 43:8–9). How important is it to remember these instructions?
To remember is to keep in mind, to store in memory for later attention or consideration. I remember something so I can use it later for a certain purpose or result. For students like you young men, it means that you memorize facts or information to pass an exam, resulting in good grades and happiness. You may also have learned—perhaps by sad experience—that to forget is to cease to remember, resulting in poor grades and unhappiness. There is always a relationship between remembering, doing, and happiness or forgetting, not doing, and unhappiness.
The process is the same, of course, with spiritual matters. I remember the gospel and the covenants, and I act or participate. I commit and receive the blessings associated with the covenants or commandments. If I forget my faith and my covenants and do not commit and work for my salvation, I fail to receive the promised blessings.
Reflecting on this spiritual teaching pattern in my life, I would like to share with you some of my memories as a convert to the Church. This might help someone—young or older—learn how to "stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places" (Mosiah 18:9) under any circumstances.
It all started on the day of my baptism. I was twenty-two years old and a college student. I was part of a small group that assembled at a swimming pool in Brussels, Belgium. We didn't have a chapel at that time. There was no baptismal font, no bishop, just two missionaries and a few branch members to support us. I had no family members with me. It was a first step in the known and the unknown. The known was a sure testimony of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer; of Joseph Smith, a prophet; of the Book of Mormon; and of the Church, the only true one. The unknown was yet to be discovered and experienced. It started to be unveiled by receiving the priesthood after baptism. According to the procedures followed at that time, a convert almost had to stand at the bar of judgment to receive the priesthood. Three months passed before I was interviewed and ordained a deacon. Then on that Sunday morning I stood in front of the sacrament table to distribute the emblems of the atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ. I still remember the surroundings, which were quite different from the ornate decorations of the church where I had previously worshiped. The dining room of a home had been transformed into a meeting hall for sacrament meetings that were attended by a few members. It was my first experience to magnify my priesthood calling. Nine months later I was ordained a teacher and learned how to teach and to watch over the few members of the branch during their contentions and ups and downs.
These were also interesting days, when attending priesthood meeting meant sitting in a circle with two missionaries and two other brothers, and reading from one mimeographed sheet of paper that was the lesson. There was no priesthood manual, and only twenty sections of the Doctrine and Covenants had been translated into French. There was no Pearl of Great Price, but most importantly we did have the complete Book of Mormon. We passed this great book from hand to hand and learned about the covenants and teachings of the Lord and his doctrine. Precept upon precept, stone upon stone, I was building my spiritual memory bank and enjoying spiritual happiness.
Another four months passed, and I was ordained a priest. Now I stood on the other side of the sacrament table. The decor was the same, but I felt different. It impressed me that now I was blessing the emblems of the Atonement and memorizing "that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son, and witness unto thee, … and always remember him and keep his commandments … that they may always have his Spirit to be with them" (D&C 20:77). It was an unforgettable experience, and I still visualize it today when I bless the sacrament as a General Authority.
Two years passed after my baptism, and the day arrived for me to receive the Melchizedek Priesthood and to be ordained an elder. The mission president once again laid his hands upon my head. The authority and power to act in the name of the Lord were given. It was received by mutual agreement by an oath and covenant. The oath represented the assurance that the promises of the agreement would be kept by both participants; the covenant, that the conditions of the agreement would be kept.
As I recall that priesthood preparation in the service of the Lord, I can see how remembering my covenants helped me to honor and magnify my priesthood calling, to keep the commandments, and to bring spiritual happiness into my life in preparation for eternal life. During those trial years, many of my young friends in the Church forgot their covenants and one by one returned to the world. The world always stands between man and God, representing two alternatives but only one true choice.
How can we be strengthened in making the choice to serve the Lord? By simply focusing on the doctrine of Jesus Christ that will ensure the salvation of those who remember it, accept it, and act upon it. How did the process work for me?
As a young man I considered and learned the doctrine of eternal marriage and family. This was of great interest to me and a determining factor in my conversion. I had witnessed the breakup of my parents' marriage; I had seen sorrow caused by death without spiritual knowledge and friends marrying without temple ordinances. I wanted to avoid these tragedies.
What is this doctrine? In the Bible, it states that Adam was created, but he was alone. We read, "But for Adam there was not found an help meet for him" (Gen. 2:20). Thus, the Lord created woman—not another man—and commanded that they should be united in the sacred bonds of marriage. The first divine, righteous, ordained union between a man and a woman was sealed by these words, "A man … shall cleave unto his wife" (Gen. 2:24). This is the established doctrine, and it will never change. It is repeated in modern revelation: "Thou shalt love thy wife with all thy heart, and shalt cleave unto her and none else" (D&C 42:22).
This union is solemnized by the authority of the everlasting priesthood into a holy and sacred ordinance, the temple sealing. It is also called the new and everlasting covenant of marriage, and its purpose is to bind couples together on earth and bring them to a fulness of exaltation in the kingdom of God in the hereafter. Then, Adam and Eve were also commanded to multiply and replenish the earth. "And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living" (Gen. 3:20).
The true concept of marriage and family, the unit composed of a husband, wife, and children sealed together, was instituted at the beginning by God to create eternal families. That foundation principle became my vision and my goal and also reality as my companion and I were sealed in the temple in Zollikofen, Switzerland. As a husband and father and later as a grandfather, I was and still am responsible for the development, temporal support, protection, and salvation of my family.
Another determining factor in my conversion was the Church as a divine institution led by the authority of the priesthood. It provided the framework that I needed for support as a member of that covenant group. I could not save my family by myself.
Elder John A. Widtsoe wrote: "The Church, the community of persons with the same intelligent faith and desire and practice, is the organized agency through which God deals with His children and presents His will. Moreover, the authority to act for God must be vested on earth in some one organization and not independently in every man. The Church through the Priesthood holds this authority for the use of man" (Priesthood and Church Government, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1939, p. 180).
The Church provides a unique support for individuals and families to do things that they cannot do by themselves, such as receiving the essential ordinances of salvation. It brings temporal relief in times of hardship. It is also a laboratory outside of the home where we can serve, learn, and practice charity, the pure love of Christ.
I also found in this church that the priesthood has a patriarchal order and that God is a God of order. He is at the head, and following this pattern, the priesthood is conferred upon worthy men so they can preside in their homes and families. The husband and father, a patriarch, is to preside in righteousness and exercise the power of his priesthood to bless his wife and family. The husband and wife serve as partners in governing their family, and both act in joint leadership and depend on each other. They are united in the vision of their eternal salvation, one holding the priesthood, the other honoring and enjoying the blessings of it. One is not superior or inferior to the other. Each one carries his or her respective responsibilities and acts in his or her respective role.
Much more could be said about the priesthood and its uniqueness, the divine commission given to man through which he acts in the plan of salvation. In essence, therein is the true doctrine of the Father, the irreversible correct principles to govern ourselves, and the know-how to act upon the law and commandments that we were given.
In this age of increased individualism and selfishness, opinions now matter more than facts or doctrine; attitudes glorify personal choice above other values and principles; and language is typified by "I don't need anyone to tell me how to be saved; I don't need prophets, seers, or revelators to tell me what God expects of me; I don't need to attend church meetings, to hear talks, or to be challenged."
Today the concept of priesthood and Church authority is on trial by the world and even by some members who think that the Latin expression vox populi, vox Dei can be literally interpreted in the Church as "the voice of the people is the voice of God." The commercial slogan "Have it your way" certainly does not apply in God's plan for the salvation of his children when we read that the very cause of apostasy is when "every man walketh in his own way, and after the image of his own god" (D&C 1:16). How do you overcome the temptation to have it your own way, to satisfy your own appetites, and to follow the world's trends?
One of my simple answers tonight is to constantly remember your covenants, to act on them, and to commit to them. This sequence, as repeatedly stated in the scriptures, is a classic, spiritual teaching pattern to prepare us for eternal life. It is centered upon Christ and his doctrine and teachings. I will remember them forever.
I testify that Jesus lives, that this is the only true church, that the priesthood of the Son of God is vested herein, and that prophets, seers, and revelators who preside over this church are appointed to preserve the pure doctrine of Jesus Christ and the authority of his priesthood for the salvation of his people. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.


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XI Vaisampayana said, After that night had passed away, Dhritarashtra, the son of Amvika, despatched Vidura to Yudhishthira's mansion.
Endued with great energy and the foremost of all persons possessed of intelligence, Vidura, having arrived at Yudhishthira's mansion, addressed that foremost of men, that king of unfading glory, in these words, King Dhritarashtra has undergone the preliminary rites for accomplishing his purpose of retiring into the woods. He will set out for the woods, O king, on the coming day of full moon of the month of Kartika. He now solicits from thee, O foremost one of Kuru's race, some wealth. He wishes to perform the Sraddha of the high-souled son of Ganga, as also of Drona and Somadatta and Valhika of great intelligence, and of all his sons as also of all well-wishers of his that have been slain, and, if thou permittest it, of that wicked-souled wight, viz, the ruler of the Sindhus Hearing these words of Vidura, both Yudhishthira, and Pandit's son Arjuna of curly hair, became very glad and applauded them highly. Bhima, however, of great energy and unappeasable wrath, did not accept those words of Vidura in good spirits, recollecting the acts of Duryodhana. The diadem-decked Phalguna, understanding the thoughts of Bhimasena, slightly bending his face downwards, addressed that foremost of men in these words, O Bhima, our royal father who is advancing in years, has resolved to retire into the woods. He wishes to make gifts for advancing the happiness of his slain kinsmen and well-wishers now in the other world. O thou of Kuru's race, he wishes to give away wealth that belongs to thee by conquest. Indeed, O mighty-armed one, it is for Bhishma and others that the old king is desirous of making those gifts.
It behoves thee to grant thy permission. By good luck it is, O thou of mighty arms that Dhritarashtra today begs wealth of us, he who was formerly begged by us. Behold the reverse brought about by Time. That king who was before the lord and protector of the whole Earth, now desires to go into the woods, his kinsmen and associates all slain by foes. O chief of men, let not thy views deviate from granting the permission asked for. O mighty-armed one, refusal, besides bringing infamy, will be productive d demerit. Do thou learn your duty in this matter from the king, thy eldest brother, who is lord of all. It becometh thee to give instead of refusing, O chief of Bharata's race. Vibhatsu who was saying so wag applauded by king Yudhishthira the just. Yielding to wrath, Bhimasena said these words, O Phalguna, it is we that shall make gifts in the matter of Bhishma's obsequies, as also of king Somadatta and of Bhurisravas, of the royal sage Valhika, and of the high-souled Drona, and of all others.
Our mother Kunti shall make such obsequial offerings for Karna. O foremost of men, let not Dhritarashtra perform those Sraddhas. Even this is what I think. Let not our foes be gladdened. Let Duryodhana and others sink from a miserable to a more miserable position. Alas, it was those wretches of their race that caused the whole Earth to be exterminated. How hast thou been able to forget that anxiety of twelve long years, and our residence in deep incognito that was so painful to Draupadi? Where was Dhritarashtra's affection for us then? Clad in a black deer-skin and divested of all thy ornaments, with the princess of Panchala in thy company, didst thou not follow this king? Where were Bhishma and Drona then, and where was Somadatta?
Thou hadst to live for thirteen years in the woods, supporting thyself on the products of the wilderness. Thy eldest father did not then look at thee with eyes of parental affection. Hast thou forgotten, O Partha, that it was this wretch of our race, of wicked understanding, that enquired of Vidura, when the match at dice was going on, What has been won' Hearing thus far, king Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, endued with great intelligence, rebuked him and told him to be silent'
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Make Your Own Old Fashioned Games... Make Them Pretty too!
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These are so pretty - the hula hoops & the ring toss game! Very creative!ReplyDelete
I know that picnic party's going to be a blast!
Love how you've taken ordinary items and made them all girly and pretty!!ReplyDelete
You are so very creative. I just love how you make everything pretty! I am looking forward to seeing all the party details!ReplyDelete
Cute. Wow I wish my brain extended that far before a birthday to think thru all these details! I always have lots of ideas but never nail anything down till the last minute. VERY sweet!ReplyDelete
OOOHHH... So adorable and so cost effective.. : ) I have seen these in PBK but how much more fun for the children to be involved making their own..ReplyDelete
...P.S. do you think you can email me..have a question to ask you..
Can I come? :)ReplyDelete
You're so creative! These are beautiful!ReplyDelete
awesome ideas!!ReplyDelete
I LOVE THESE! I totally want to make them! The last few lines of your post totally remind me of my Mom. She has always said growing up to "just add fabric. It makes everything look better!" So I say, "AMEN" too!ReplyDelete
Fabric brings world peace.ReplyDelete
Ah!!! I love that ring toss!! Where'd you get the crate? It's fantastic - perfect for the game.ReplyDelete
The ring toss & the hula hoops are both just darling!! You are so stinkin' creative! And your definitely right...pretty fabric does make everything better, prettier, & happier! Well done!ReplyDelete
gorgeous as usual! love it all ( -:ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 6, 2011 at 3:19 PM
Ring toss is precious. Love your ideas!ReplyDelete
Love me from SC. :-)
I'm so excited about your party I can't stand it! I haven't started anything for Keller's party so maybe I'll just cancel it and tell her that your party is for her bday too!ReplyDelete
LOVE that ring toss idea of yours!! Hmmm...got a welcome home (4 years overseas doing contract work) party this weekend...hmmm...guess what I am going to make....hmmm! Thanks for the idea!ReplyDelete
Hi! How you holding up?
What cute ideas? So you just think ring toss & come up with this classy little number?! You should be on America's Got Talent & have someone dump a bunch a fabris on the stage & then you just dive into it & come out with something you made with there on the spot...You would disappear for like 10 seconds & come out with some finished project! The Crafty MAGICIAN! Oh I can see it now...except you wouldn't want to live in Vegas with the girls! :)
But if you do..& you look out & see a lady in a red visor on her afro....that will be me :)
But seriously it is funny how proud I am of you for all the ideas you come up with! I really really am...those hula hoops are pretty & the milk bottles...amazing. Don't be surprised if Annie shows up at the party!! :) Take Care Jess!
Okay...after What cute ideas that is not suppose to be a question mark ~ I am not wondering if they are...I know they are !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (there are some extra ones for you since I screwed the last one up :)ReplyDelete
Love, love, love the ring toss idea! We're doing a vintage cowboy "dude" party for my son's first party and I think I'll be "stealing" your ring toss idea. It will be perfect. Along with your mason jar sippy cups, bandana wrapped utensils, and whatever other wonderful ideas I can modify for his birthday. Keep the ideas coming! ;)ReplyDelete
Love the shabby look of the games! Especially the ring toss! that is so awesome looking!ReplyDelete
You always have the best ideas!ReplyDelete
Oh you know How ,much i Love to wrap things with pretty fabric!! I am SO excited to see all the other Pretty girly projects!! yay!!!ReplyDelete
I love all of this!!!! I am visiting from Tatertots and Jello and I am a new follower!! I would love if you would come link this up today or tomorrow morning at my Delicately Constructed linky party!ReplyDelete
Hope you have a great weekend!!
I posted this just for you! Here are some old fashioned game ideas for your party.ReplyDelete
You have the BEST party ideas! And I agree...everything is better pretty!ReplyDelete
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what are the dimensions of the crate? firstname.lastname@example.com
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WASHINGTON (BP) — President Obama, appearing at his fifth National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 6, touted the power of prayer to create unity and humility in a 20-minute speech that ignored such controversial topics as same-sex marriage, immigration and abortion.
Every U.S. president since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953 has attended the annual event that attracts thousands from around the world.
"It says something about us — as a nation and as a people — that every year, for 61 years now, this great prayerful tradition has endured," President Obama said at the Hilton Washington International Ballroom in the nation's capital. "It says something about us that every year, in times of triumph and in tragedy, in calm and in crisis, we come together, not as Democrats or Republicans, but as brothers and sisters, and as children of God."
While his speech did not go into the president's specific policy proposals (that will happen at Tuesday's State of the Union address), Obama did take the opportunity to chide lawmakers from both parties for Washington's ongoing partisan divide.
"I do worry sometimes that as soon as we leave the prayer breakfast, everything we've been talking about the whole time at the prayer breakfast seems to be forgotten," Obama said to laughter. "I mean, you'd like to think that the shelf life wasn't so short. But I go back to the Oval Office, and I start watching the cable news networks and it's like we didn't pray."
Obama then called for humility among political leaders "for no one can know the full and encompassing mind of God." As examples of how the nation withstood times of deeper divisions, the president turned to the faith journeys of President Abraham Lincoln and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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"We've reached a point where people are afraid to actually talk about what they want to say, because somebody might be offended," he said. "People are afraid to say 'Merry Christmas' at Christmas time. … We've got to get over this sensitivity. It keeps people from saying what they really believe."
Carson also took on the nation's deficit problem, its tax system, and the new health care law. With Obama sitting nearby, Carson rebutted the president's call for greater tax revenues. Carson, instead, advocated for a flat tax system that wasn't so complex.
"When I pick up my Bible … I see the fairest individual in the universe, God, and He's given us a system. It's called tithe," said Carson, who added that asking wealthier Americans to pay a higher proportion is the "kind of thinking that has resulted in 602 banks in the Cayman Islands. That money needs to be back here, building our infrastructure and creating jobs."
Carson also argued that a person at birth should be given a health savings account to which they can contribute pretax money.
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Last year, the remarks of keynote speaker Eric Metaxas generated a great deal of attention, as he aggressively attacked what he called "phony religiosity."
With Obama's policies and philosophies often at odds with social conservatives and evangelicals like Carson, the National Prayer Breakfast over the last five years has offered the nation a rare chance to hear the president describe his own personal spiritual life. His speeches here employ religious language and imagery that he doesn't often repeat in other public appearances.
During Thursday's appearance Obama quoted from Hebrews and called faith a process. The president said he often goes to the Bible to find ways to console the inconsolable and to determine how to best balance life as a world leader and as a husband and father.
"I often search for Scripture to figure out how I can be a better man as well as a better president," he said. "And I believe that we are united in these struggles. But I also believe that we are united in the knowledge of a redeeming Savior, whose grace is sufficient for the multitude of our sins, and whose love is never failing."
Obama added that, "as Christians, we place our faith in the nail-scarred hands of Jesus Christ." He also described the faiths of Muslims, Jews, Hindus, and Sikhs, and discussed the "deep and abiding faith in this nation" that he said all Americans share.
The bipartisan event, hosted by members of Congress and organized by a religious group called The Fellowship, also included speeches about unity and faith given by Republicans who have long clashed with Obama's policies.
Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Republican from Texas and one of the breakfast's co-chairs, discussed the importance of the weekly bipartisan prayer breakfasts held for lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
"It's a surprise for some people after they see how we go back and forth in debate, that when it comes to the prayer breakfast, it's truly bipartisan," he said. "We work together, we pray together. It does make us better. It makes us stronger, and it makes the government work better."
Sen. Jeff Sessions, a Republican from Alabama and another Obama political foe, stressed that America is "one nation."
"Thank you for being my president," Sessions said to Obama. "Thank you for being our president."
This year's breakfast did include some policy news. Obama announced that the long-time head of his administration's version of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Joshua Dubois, is resigning. Dubois, who has led the office since 2009, will reportedly write a devotional book using the daily meditations of Scripture that he has emailed daily to the president.
"The comfort that Scripture gave Lincoln and King and so many leaders throughout our history, the verses they cherished, and how those words of God are there for us as well, waiting to be read any day that we choose," Obama said in his speech.
Edward Lee Pitts writes for World News Service, where this story first appeared. Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress ) and in your email ( baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp).


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