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- Description: A carousel goat that is part of the collection located in the South Loggia and courtyard of the Bonnet House.
- Keywords: courtyard, South Loggia, statues, art, Bonnet House, goat, carousel animal
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- Source: Florida Center for Instructional Technology, Exploring Florida: Social Studies Resources for Students and Teachers (Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, 2009)
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Weapons expert Dr David Kelly was assassinated, an MP claims today.
Campaigning politician Norman Baker believes Dr Kelly, who exposed the Government's "sexed-up" Iraq dossier, was killed to stop him making further revelations about the lies that took Britain to war.
He says the murderers may have been anti-Saddam Iraqis, and suggests the crime was covered up by elements within the British establishment to prevent a diplomatic crisis.
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* Why I know weapons expert Dr David Kelly was murdered, by the MP who spent a year investigating his death
The LibDem MP, who gave up his front bench post to carry out his year-long investigation, makes his claims in a book serialised exclusively in the Daily Mail today and next week.
The official Hutton Inquiry into the death of Dr Kelly ruled in 2004 that he slashed one of his wrists with a garden knife and took an overdose after being "outed" as the mole who revealed the flawed argument for invading Iraq.
But Norman Baker is convinced the scientist was murdered.
He says he was told by a secret informant that British police knew about the plot but failed to act in time and that the death was later made to look like a suicide to prevent political and diplomatic turmoil.
The highly-respected MP's personal quest to uncover the truth about Dr Kelly's death was prompted by deep concerns over the circumstances surrounding the apparent suicide.
He - and a group of eminent doctors - were greatly troubled by the evidence presented to Lord Hutton.
They claimed medical evidence proved that the alleged method of suicide - the cutting of the ulnar artery in the wrist and an overdose of co-proxamol painkillers - could not have caused the scientist's death.
Mr Baker said: "The more I examined [Lord Hutton's verdict], the more it became clear to me that Hutton's judgment was faulty and suspect in virtually all important respects."
His findings are today revealed in the first extract from his book The Strange Death of David Kelly. In it, he claims:
No fingerprints were found on the gardening knife allegedly used by the scientist to cut one of his wrists;
Only one other person in the whole of the British Isles committed suicide in the same way as the scientist allegedly did in 2003;
There was an astonishing lack of blood at the scene despite death being officially recorded as due to a severed artery;
The level of painkillers found in Dr Kelly's stomach was "less than a third" of a normal fatal overdose.
The Lewes MP also suggests that the knife and packs of painkillers found beside Dr Kelly's body were taken from his home in Southmoor, Oxfordshire, during a police search after his death and later planted at the scene.
He tells in his book how he was contacted by "informants" during his "journey into the unknown".
One is alleged to have told him Dr Kelly's death had been "a wet operation, a wet disposal".
Mr Baker explains: "Essentially, it seems to refer to an assassination, perhaps carried out in a hurry."
Another secret contact told him that a group of UK-based Iraqis had "named people who claimed involvement in Dr Kelly's death".
The informant was later the victim of "an horrific attack by an unknown assailant".
The MP, who has repeatedly called for the police to re-open the case, alleges that the scientist had "powerful enemies" because of his work on biological weapons. A colleague of Dr Kelly, Dick Spertzel, America's most senior biological weapons inspector, confirmed to Mr Baker that the scientist was "on an Iraqi hit list".
Mr Baker alleges that opponents of Saddam Hussein feared Dr Kelly would "discredit" them by revealing "misinformation" they had deliberately planted to bolster the case for Britain and America's intervention in Iraq.
The MP claims Kelly's integrity might have "signed his own death warrant".
The book also alleges that British police "had got wind of a possible plan to assassinate Dr Kelly but were too late to prevent his murder taking place".
The MP suggests that the police may have tried to make the killing appear to be a suicide "in the interests of Queen and country" and to prevent any destabilisation of the sensitive relationship between the Allies and Iraq.
Mr Baker adds: "It is all too easy to dismiss so-called conspiracy theories. But history shows us that conspiracies do happen - and that suicide can be staged to cover murderers' tracks.
"All the evidence leads me to believe that this is what happened in the case of Dr Kelly."
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I have emailed Mr Baker on inconsistancies within MSM accounts of his investigation...which there are many. In particular, that Kelly was murdered by Iraqi`s....if Mr Baker thinks this is a real lead (which I don`t), why haven`t the police/SIS lept into life?
So far Mr Baker has not replied.
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I really admired David, for being a weapon expert...
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If big mountain terrain and "steep and deep" is you're cup of tea then be sure to visit Craigieburn Valley ski area this winter.
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Craigieburn Valley Ski Area is located on State Highway 73 between Springfield and Arthurs Pass. Situated on the north western end of the Craigieburn Range, the ski area encompasses two large basins which receive snowfall predominantly from easterly storm systems, as well as large westerly systems which make it over the main divide.
Unique to the ski area is the large amount of intermediate to advanced terrain encompassing a number of aspects and elevations, so there is always plenty of skiing available in any conditions. The quality of terrain which is tow accessed or by a short traverse is equal to some of the best in the world.
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Three rope tows aptly names, bottom, middle and top tow. These bad boys move pretty quickly and there's a corner to negotiate on the bottom tow. The spinning drum on the corner looks more daunting than it actually is and anyone with rope tow experience will have no trouble with it.
The tows are steep and there's no learner tow so if you've never ridden a kiwi rope tow best to visit this field on a quiet day or get some practice next door at Broken River to master the nutcracker art.
Website: www.craigieburn.co.nz
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- State Highway 73 – 110km from Christchurch Airport
- Gravel access road – Suitable for 2wd with chains
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- No gear hire on mountain except nutcracker and tow belt rental
Predominately suitable for intermediate to advanced skiers and boarders. A competent beginner with a determined attitude will learn a lot in a day at Craigieburn. Many kids have grown up skiing CV and their snow skills speak volumes.
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The Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce announces first-annual
November 22, 2010 (Los Angeles, CA) – The Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce announces its first annual "Silver Lake Holiday Nights Out" – a month-long celebration between local business and the community that encourages neighbors to mingle, shop and enjoy live musical acts, caroling and holiday treats on December 3rd, 10th and 17th from 6-9pm.
"We really wanted to encourage everyone to come out and enjoy this neighborhood," says Steve Melendrez, Silver Lake Chamber President and owner of the Living Room. "Times are tough, but there's still so much to celebrate – we have a great community filled with art, music and culture. We wanted to create a way for everyone to hit the streets, have a place to come together as a community and in the process, support local business."
Participating businesses like the Living Room, Matrushka, Alegria, Sumi, Gogosha Optical Boutique, Grey, Mornings & Nights Café, Lark Cake Shop, Stark Waxing Studio, Tarascos, Cats & Dogs, Tomboy, The Raven, Blair's, the Cauldron, Michelangelo's, Monkeyhouse Toys, Clover, Minettes, Luxe de Ville, Mesh & Lace, The Hive, Yolk, La Mill, Lake and The Runway Report along Sunset, Hyperion, Rowena, Glendale and Silver Lake Boulevard will host silent auctions, compete in a window display contest and offer holiday sales, sweet treats, eggnog and cider. Live music will be scattered at various locations and carolers will make their way from street to street.
"We want everyone who lives in Silver Lake and loves this neighborhood to come hang out for the holidays and keep it local," says Melendrez. "All of the businesses are excited to have a huge holiday neighborhood block party!"
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Newly Admitted Students: Make Campus Housing Down Payment
The application process begins with making a housing down payment of $300. By purchasing this item, the student is requesting a contract for campus housing. This contract is for the full 2019-2020 Academic Year. This payment goes towards actual housing charges and is deducted from the fall semester rate.
Cancellation Refund Policy: The Housing Down Payment is 50% refundable if requested in writing by June 15, 2019; non-refundable thereafter. A full refund will be issued if space is not offered. Email your refund request to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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In order to be considered for a variety of financial aid, students must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) every year by March 2. The FAFSA application for the 2019-2020 is now available at www.fafsa.ed.gov. The school code for SSU is 001156.
SSU's early applicant deadline was January 31, 2019. If you are a newly admitted student for Fall 2019, Financial Aid will begin sending out email award offer notifications in late March. Continuing students will receive email award offer notifications mid-June. For more information, see the How to Apply section of Financial Aid's website.
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Resident housing accounts are charged in full at the beginning of each semester. You have the option of paying the semester rent/food in one lump sum or by the designated due dates. It is the licensee's responsibility to make all payments by the scheduled due dates regardless if an electronic statement is received by the licensee. By signing the License Agreement, you agree to make payments to the University in accordance with the Rate Schedule.
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Students with accepted financial aid awards are allowed to defer their first payment in the Fall (August payment) and Spring (January payment) as long as their award can cover that first installment. Keep in mind that your financial aid will cover mandatory registration charges first and then Housing rent and food.
In order to qualify for this deferment the student's/parent's file must be complete in the Financial Aid Office prior to school starting for that semester. We will not assess late fees in September for financial aid recipients as long as your aid is ready to disburse. Late fees will be applied to a financial aid recipient's account if they are not current for September, October, November, February, March, or April. For example, a double occupancy bedroom has 3 payments of $1476 remaining after the initial August payment. By September 10, the account balance should have a minimum of $2952 remaining, unless a payment arrangement has been made with the Director of Housing.
View the Financial Aid Office disbursement calendar for more information about when financial aid disburses.
If the student/parent fails to complete their financial aid paperwork in a timely manner, it will be expected that the account be paid according to the Housing Rate Schedule.
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Housing Services will accept the Parent PLUS Loan as a form of payment to cover the August payment and subsequent payments if the loan amount is large enough. As long as a parent has submitted a Parent Loan Request form and has signed the promissory note, the August or January Housing payment can be deferred until the loan disburses. If the loan has not disbursed by the 3rd installment, then the unpaid balance is due promptly. Late charges and other consequences will result if a parent does not follow through with the loan request or promissory note in a timely manner.
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There are several different methods for making future housing payments listed below. All payments go directly to Seawolf Service Center located in Salazar Hall, first floor. The mailing address is Seawolf Service Center, 1801 East Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA 94928.
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Rihanna Renting Out Break-In Plagued Cali Mansion
Rihanna's Pacific Palisades' crib is up for grabs, if you've got $65,000 -- monthly -- and want to rent a palatial estate instead of owning one.
The home, which has seen its safety compromised multiple times, recently by a man thinking he was RiRi's hubby-to-be, is now available to be inhabited.
Ri bought the property a year ago and has had no luck with it. Perhaps a tenant will. But interested parties should act fast, as the rent will balloon to $100,000 when the calendar turns in January.
The home, which you can marvel at here, was built in 2012 and is a resort-like and roomy, with nearly 11,000 sq. ft. of space and 14-foot ceilings. There are seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms and an infinity pool, as well as a sun deck.
It offers privacy and serenity, and is a perfect fit for a diva. However, its diva owner is residing elsewhere.
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The appointment follows the resignation of Mockridge amid News Corp's approaching split into two separate entertainment and publishing businesses.
Mockridge would have reported into Robert Thomson, who has been promoted from editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal to chief executive of the new publishing business.
The publishing business will retain the name News Corporation, while the entertainment business will be named Fox Group, after its US cable network and movie studio.
Rupert Murdoch will chair both News Corporation and Fox Group, but his son James's role of deputy chief operating officer will be limited to Fox Group, as will Chase Carey's president and chief operating officer role.
Paul Cheesbrough, currently News Corporation's chief technology officer, will serve in the same role at the new publishing company.
Darcey, who has been chief operating officer of Sky since 2006, was described today by Rupert Murdoch as "a world-class executive with unprecedented strategic and commercial experience".
One casualty of the restructure is the US publishing venture, The Daily, which was launched in early 2011 as a newspaper for the iPad.
The Daily will cease standalone publication on 15 December, though the company said "the brand will live on in other channels". The company added that technology and other assets from The Daily, including some staff, would be folded into The New York Post.
Jesse Angelo, the founding editor-in-chief of The Daily and long-time executive editor of The New York Post, will assume the role of publisher of The New York Post.


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Now this morning as we come to God's Word, let's open to 2 Timothy chapter 2...2 Timothy chapter 2 takes us back to the passage that has been drawing our attention, this wonderful second chapter of this letter from Paul the mentor to Timothy his son in the faith. And as he comes to verses 8 through 13, he speaks to Timothy about motives for sacrificial service. Most of the letter of 2 timothy is involved with a call to effective, faithful, courageous, bold continuing service to Christ. As you know, Timothy had hit a low point in his life. He was in a difficult ministry. He was failing to do all that he ought to have done. He was letting his gift fall into disuse. And Paul was very concerned about him and so he writes this epistle to encourage him toward dedicated spiritual service. Now part of that demands sacrifice. It may well demand suffering in some cases. And this section, verses 8 through 13, is a section in which Paul attempts to motivate Timothy and anyone who reads this, including ourselves, to a sacrificial ministry.
Now by way of introduction let me say that any careful student of the New Testament knows that when you come to confess Jesus as Lord, that involves submission to Christ and to His cause. Anyone who names the name of Christ, Jesus said anyone who identifies with Him will obey His commandments. We come then into a submissive role in terms of the cause of Christ at the point of salvation. The essence of being a disciple is taking up your cross and following Him, He said, and that literally meant going all the way to death if that was required. The cross to the people to whom Jesus spoke meant death, that's all they knew about a cross was that people died on it. When Jesus said, "Take up your cross and follow Me," He said in a sense, follow Me submissively even if it costs you your very life. And that might be the price. Jesus also said in John 15 that if they persecuted Me and hated Me, they'll persecute and hate you. The time will come when even religious people will reject you, they'll throw you out of the synagogues, they'll kill you. That just goes possibly with the territory.
In Hebrews chapter 11 there is a listing of the great heroes of the faith many of whom gave their lives for the cause of the Messiah who had not yet come. And we are called to give our lives for the Messiah who has indeed come and for whom we wait to come again.
Throughout the history of the church then, from the very beginning teachings of Jesus, it's been apparent to anyone who studies the Word of God that following Jesus Christ involves sacrifice. For some it involves the sacrifice of their life in death. For others it involves the sacrifice of their life in life...saying no to their ambitions and desires and self-will and all of the things that might be on their own agenda for the sake of the will of Christ. But when you look at the church, it's hard for us, I think, to put it in perspective because we live in such a comfortable environment. But millions upon millions of people through the years have died because of the cause of Christ. Now there are always those sacrifices that do not involve death. Times of desertion. We all know about a Christian person in a marriage who is deserted by a non-Christian and left to very often fend for themselves. Of course a sad situation that so often happens, an unsaved husband leaves a Christian wife because he cannot tolerate her faith and leaves her to do whatever she can to care for the family and support them. Sometimes that's a form of persecution that is worse than death for death would usher that believer into the presence of Jesus Christ.
And then there is the persecution of rejection and alienation and mockery and many forms of persecution short of death. In any case, faithful obedience to Christ will cause us to come into conflict and contention with the world. The Word of God and a life that exalts Christ will always stir up animosity in a Christ-rejecting world.
The point of it is this, that we're called to suffer for Christ. And Paul later writes to Timothy in a third chapter that all that live godly will suffer persecution, it's just the way it is. If you live a godly life in an ungodly world, there will be a negative reaction.
Now as we come to verses 8 to 13, Paul is saying to Timothy, "here is reason enough to suffer," that's the idea of this section. Here is reason enough to be courageous, here is reason enough to put your life on the line and make whatever sacrifice God calls you to make. It may be mockery, it may be rejection, it may be alienation, it may be desertion, it may be death. Whatever it is, here is reason enough to make it. In other words, Paul is saying to Timothy the value, the worth of your ministry far outstrips any personal consideration that would make you back down to protect yourself.
Now keep in mind also that this is Paul's last letter. He writes no more after this because his life is taken from him, he is executed. And he wants to make sure that Timothy, his son in the faith, is going to pick up the work and carry it on. Now we are remembering in verses 1 to 7 our message the last two weeks, Paul has just given Timothy some very strong exhortation to keep on doing what he ought to do. And he has reminded him in verse 2 that he's to be a teacher, and then he's reminded him that he should be a soldier and fight the battle and not get tangled up with the world and do everything to please his commander. He's reminded him that's he's an athlete and an athlete has to work hard, discipline his body, trained at the maximum, make sacrifices, deny self in order to win. And then he's reminded him that he is a farmer, a tiller of the ground who patiently quietly silently in a rather dutiful way day after day has to sow and prepare the ground and then weed the crop and wait for it to come in. It's hard, hard and lonely work.
And so, in verses 1 to 7 he is calling Timothy to the work. In verses 8 to 13 he's motivating him. Why should he do it? Why should he be a faithful teacher? Why should he be a faithful soldier, faithful athlete, faithful farmer? Why all the strain and stress? Why should he devote himself so totally to that cause? The answer comes in the motives that are given from verses 8 through 13.
Before we look at that let me just remind you that Timothy was living in a time when the church was being persecuted. Persecution against Christians was escalating and Timothy was very aware of that. And it may well have been that Timothy knew his life could be taken from him because of the cause of Christ. The first major wide-spread persecution of Christians was related to a very famous historical event and that was the burning of Rome. On July 19 in A.D. 64 the fire that destroyed Rome began. It burned for six days and seven nights and it totally devastated the metropolis of Rome. All of the temples and shrines and public buildings were destroyed. But more than that, most of the common people of Rome lived in tenement buildings made out of wood and they went up like kindling. In fact, it burned at such an incredible rate that Nero, it is said, stood on the tower near his palace and watched it burn with a certain kind of glee in his heart over what he saw. He was actually thrilled at what is quoted in historians as "the loveliness of the flames."
It became apparent to the people that Nero himself had started the fire. You see, Nero loved to build and he wanted to burn Rome to the ground apparently so that he could build it again bigger and better and more to his own glory. The population in the holocaust was reduced, as one writer says, to a vast brotherhood of hopeless wretches, dispossessed of their homes, family members burned to a crisp, they were lonely, homeless, destitute. It is even said that Nero when he saw the flames die down sent men out to fan them again.
Now when this began to turn on Nero, Tacitus, the historian writes, "But all human efforts, all the lavish gifts of the emperor and the propitiations of the gods did not banish the sinister belief that the conflagration was the result of an order by Nero. Consequently," says Tacitus, "to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most tortures on a class hated for their abominations called Christians by the populous." In other words, he had to blame somebody to get the guilt off his own back so he blamed the Christians. Slanders had already been circulating about the Christians and persecutions had already begun and this just made them rampant. The hatred escalated. Paul, of course, was caught in this hatred of Christians and that's why he was in prison at the very time he writes the letter and Timothy was also very much aware that people knew Timothy's association with Paul, knew him as a leader of the Christians and he could well wind up just as Paul wound up, sitting in prison until the moment of his execution.
And so, he had to be willing to face suffering if he was going to be courageous. And Paul wasn't going to let him walk away and say, "I just think I'm going to leave the ministry for a little break until the heat dies down." Paul wasn't about to let him off the hook. And he writes to him, in effect, and says, "Keep doing what you've always done, do it stronger than you've ever done it, be courageous, be bold in the face of any persecution or any suffering." To suffer for the sake of Christ, to Paul, was an honor, it should be so to Timothy.
Now was it worthwhile? Is it worthwhile to put your life on the line? Look at verse 9, "For which I suffer hardship..." Now in that little phrase Paul says, "I'm willing to suffer," and the implication here is, "so should you be, Timothy." For the sake of proclaiming the gospel, Paul is willing to endure evil treatment, that's what the word means. "I have been willing to endure evil treatment." It's a present-tense verb, it means continuously. "I have been willing continuously to endure all the evil treatment that comes to me. Timothy, you should be as well and here are four reasons why, okay?" And I want you to get these four reason...four reasons why.
Reason number one, the preeminence of the Lord...the preeminence of the Lord. Look at verse 8. "Remember Jesus Christ risen from the dead, descendant of David according to my gospel." Now that verse focuses on the preeminence of the Lord which is a driving motivation in the heart of Paul. And Paul is saying, "Timothy, in effect, your service will be more aggressive, you'll have greater courage, greater boldness, you'll be able to endure your share of evil treatment, suffer for Christ and maybe even die for Christ if you remember who He is. Don't lose sight of the preeminence of the one you serve."
This is so important...so important. The word "remember" again is a word implying "keep on remembering." You could translate it, "Keep always in your memory." In other words, it's a constant focus. You never lose sight of who you serve. Paul says in Acts 20, "Serving the Lord with all humility of mind and facing all the plots of the Jews." How could he face all of those plots against his life? Because he never lost sight of who it was he served. He didn't serve the church, as such. He didn't serve some calling in his own life. He didn't serve some ego need. He didn't serve some ambition. He didn't serve some track to success. He served the Lord. The focal point of his thought was the preeminence of the one in whose service he lived. Remember Jesus Christ, the perfect teacher. The perfect teacher who is the ultimate teacher. Remember Jesus Christ the soldier, the greatest soldier, fought the greatest battle, won the greatest victory. Remember Jesus Christ the greatest athlete, ran the purest race, will win the greatest prize. Remember Jesus Christ the true sower of the seed, tiller of the ground, reaper of the harvest. Remember Jesus Christ, the preeminent one.
And John says it this way in 1 John 2:6, "If we say we abide in HIm, we ought to walk the way He walked." It's a simple thing but it's really the focus of life. And what is it about Jesus Christ that helps us understand His preeminence? Look again at verse 8, "Remember Jesus Christ risen from the dead." Literally, having been risen out from among the dead. Having been risen out from among the dead. His, by the way, was a selective resurrection. He was raised alone out from among the dead. Paul calls Him the prototokos, the first-born, the preeminent one out from among the dead. He is having been raised. That's a perfect tense and that means something happening in past time with continuing results. And the idea here is not to remember the resurrection, that's not it. He's not saying remember the resurrection. He is saying remember the having been risen Christ who is now...what?...alive. That's the issue. The living Christ, remember the living Christ. We do not serve a past event. We do not serve an historical person who is no longer around. We serve a living Christ. Constantly keep in your memory the living Christ.
And what is bound up in that? Well primarily His nature as God and His role as Savior. When you look at the resurrection you see God, battering the shackles of death, as it were. Escaping the bonds of hell. You see God who can destroy Satan and death which is Satan's greatest weapon. When you look at the resurrection you see His deity as He blasts through the grave. But you also see the work of His salvation, His saving work. You look at the resurrection, His...which is the result of His death and you think of His death and His death was a death for sin. So remember Jesus Christ who is now alive from the dead is to say remember Jesus Christ, God in human flesh who died on a cross, rose again and now lives as Savior, as the living God.
Then he says, secondly, remember Jesus Christ, having been risen out from among the dead, descendant of David. A very interesting Greek term. It says "out from the spermatos of David," in the Greek. In other words, right out of the very loins of David. What is that to say? That speaks of His humanity, David being a man, and also of in the work sense His royalty, or His dominion, His sovereignty, His majesty, His kingliness.
So on the one hand he says to Timothy, and I love this, if you want to have a motive remember the preeminent one you serve. His preeminence can be seen, one: in His deity and His saving work which we see in His resurrection. In His humanity and His royalty which we see in the fact that He was born out of the line of David. He is the God-Man, He is the Savior King. He is Jesus which means savior, He is Messiah, or Christ, which means King. He is Son of God, He is Son of Man. So much is here. And all of this, Paul says, is according to my gospel, or according to the gospel which has been entrusted to me and proclaimed by me.
In other words, Timothy, keep your focus on the preeminence of Jesus Christ as proclaimed in the gospel I have preached. He is God, He is man, He is Savior, He is King. And if you continually remember Jesus Christ, that becomes tremendous motivation...tremendous motivation.
Now let me just give you some practical ways that you will perceive the preeminence of Christ and it will have a direct effect on your life. Listen, first of all, when Paul says remember Jesus Christ, the God-Man, the Savior King who had to suffer death for the sake of His own gospel before He was resurrected, who had to suffer humiliation as a man before He was exalted as a King, when he says remember Jesus Christ, first of all what he is saying is remember Jesus Christ suffered before He was glorified, was humiliated before He was crowned, died before He rose. In other words, Jesus Himself knew pain before pleasure. He knew joy before sorrow. He knew hatred before heavenly worship. He knew persecution before exaltation. He knew death before a throne. And the point is this, should you think to escape what He couldn't escape? He who was perfect? Should you find the path of glory strewn with roses when He found it strewn with thorns? Should you be ushered into glory to experience the bliss of heaven having never known pain? Are you better than Christ?
In other words, the point is, remember Jesus Christ. Remember His path to glory. Remember He the perfect one had to learn obedience by what He suffered, Hebrews 5:8 says it. Are you going to expect less? Are you going to buy the prosperity gospel garbage that God wants nothing but a giddy sort of frivolous happiness in this world for all of His children? Should you not expect to be a partner of His sufferings? And so when you as a believer go out to preach the name of Jesus Christ and speak the name of Jesus Christ and boldly confront the world...and I'll tell you, folks, listen carefully to what I say...you do that even in the United States of America and people will react negatively to that if you speak the true gospel, if you call men back from their sin. It always creates a negative reaction in an unbelieving heart. But you must be willing to do that. You say, "Well I might suffer a little bit." That's good because you should not be able to avoid what Christ Himself could not avoid, nor should you live some illusion that you have some rights that even He didn't have.
So, in remembering Jesus Christ, you are remembering what He had to suffer before His glory. You're remembering that He was hated before He was loved. He died before He was given a throne. He was a man before He was exalted to the glories of the God/Man.
Secondly, look at it another way. Not only do we remember Jesus Christ in the fact that He found the path to glory was a path through pain and suffering, but you remember Jesus Christ as the supreme example of how you take that suffering. And, Timothy, when you go against the wall, as it were, and you confront people who don't love Christ and you live the godly life in an ungodly society and you boldly preach the truth, follow the pattern of Jesus Christ. What is that pattern? Listen carefully to 1 Peter 2:21, "You have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps." The verse before says, "What credit is there if when you sin and are harshly treated you endure it with patience, but if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God." So in a context of suffering for righteousness sake, you follow the example of Christ and in verse 22 it says, "Who committed no sin nor was any deceit found in His mouth, when He was reviled He didn't revile in return, when suffering He uttered no threats but kept entrusting Himself to the one, that is to God, who judges righteously." In other words, you follow His example.
How did He accept suffering? Without retaliation, without bitterness, without vengeance. He simply committed Himself to God and endured it for the sake of the truth. That's the issue. He set the pattern, it says in Hebrews, for the joy that was set before Him He endured the cross despising the shame and is now set down at the right hand of the Father. In other words, He was willing to endure the shame patiently, quietly, without retaliation because He saw the glory ahead. He's our example. He's our pattern. And so as you go to live for Christ and speak His truth, you do so with boldness and courage, you take whatever suffering comes and you follow the example of Jesus. You're not vengeful, you're not bitter, you're not retaliatory, you accept it quietly and you commit yourself to God and you wait for the day when God gives glory to those who have suffered.
So remembering Jesus Christ means, one, remember He suffered, why should you not. Remember, two, how He suffered and that's how you should endure. Thirdly, remember Jesus Christ also carries the idea, remember that He is alive. Remember that He is King. Remember that He is the rightful heir to David's throne is now set down at the right hand of the Father on high. He is living and He is reigning. You say, "What does that mean?" Living, He's our high priest. Reigning, He is the sovereign who controls everything. Why should I worry about what happens? Why should I worry about suffering the hatred of men, the retribution of men who hate the gospel, who hate Christ? Christ is there to give me sympathy as a high priest, to give me compassion, to bear my hurts, to understand my burdens, to know my needs. And He's also there to control everything because He's sovereign. To know on the one hand as man that He is the faithful high priest who is touched with the feelings of our weakness, and on the other hand He is God who is sovereign is to know enough. So I can give my life away because I remember Jesus Christ, I remember that He's risen from the dead and having been risen from the dead demonstrated that He is God who is sovereign and He is appointed King, I also remember that He is risen from the dead, living once as man in this world, able to understand my burdens, and my hurts. And He who suffered can compassionately understand my own small small amount of suffering.
Fourthly and finally if we look at this preeminent view of Christ, it all boils down to this, beloved, and you have to get this in your minds. Because Jesus is so preeminent, He is the prototokos, the preeminent one who ever lived in this world, because He is the preeminent one, remember Him in the general sense, the big sense, remember the worthiness of His person and therefore the worthiness of His cause. We should never hesitate to give our lives to the cause of Christ that is such a worthy cause, if He is the preeminent one, mark it, then His cause is the preeminent cause, is that right? Has to be. If He's the most important personality in the universe as God, as incarnate God, then His is the most important cause. So why would I not boldly courageously give my life for the cause of the most preeminent one?
So, you see, if you understand the glory of His person, if you understand that He is the God/Man, the Savior/King, the faithful high priest, the sovereign ruler, if you understand that His preeminent saving cause is the greatest cause in the universe, then you will happily give your life for that cause because there's no cause that comes close to it. So, remember Jesus Christ, born from the dead, raised from the dead, out of the loins of David and you have the sum of all that He is and all that He came to do. If you understand that, that ought to motivate you to be courageous. It's amazing to me that men will die for a lot less than this cause, isn't it? Amazing... Monks light themselves on fire for demonic causes. And here is a cause to live for and here's a cause to die for...the preeminent one with the preeminent cause. So remember Jesus Christ.
I've always believed that a well-trained memory is one that permits you to forget everything that's not worth remembering. And to remember only that which is worth remembering and that which is most worth remembering is the cause of Jesus Christ. That's what you live for.
So, reason number one, to live a sacrificial life, the preeminence of the Lord. Reason number two, the power of the Word...the power of the Word. Look at verse 9. That statement then which we mentioned earlier, Paul puts his own testimony in, "For which I suffer hardship, even to imprisonment as a criminal, but the Word of God is not imprisoned." What a great statement. I love that statement. The Authorized says, "The Word of God is not bound." So Paul says, "Look, Timothy, let me tell you even I am willing to endure evil treatment to the extent of imprisonment as a criminal. Why do I do that? Because I know that though I may be imprisoned, the Word of God can't be. So I'm willing to put my life on the line. They may throw me in jail but they can't bind the Word of God."
Now the term "imprisonment" could mean chains, that term can sometimes be translated chains or shackles or prison. Back in chapter 1, do you remember verse 16 where Paul says Onesiphorus was not ashamed of my chains? Paul was in prison in Rome in that stinking wretched pit in the ground at the Mamertine Prison that I described to you months ago. He was there waiting execution along with a lot of other people in a vile kind of environment, without any normal sanitation, people jammed into one sort of pit in the ground, living in fear of death. And no doubt he was there with people who would not be comfortable in his association, nor he in theirs. He says the gospel preaching has brought me to imprisonment, to chains, probably he was shackled. He feels the shame of this as indicated by the word "criminal," you see it there? Imprisonment as a criminal, that's a technical term, it was used in the Greek language technically for burglars, robbers, thieves, traitors, murderers. In fact, it's translated in Luke 23 as the word malefactor, you remember that word malefactor? It is used in Luke 23 to describe the two thieves, as we know them, who were dying on each side of Jesus Christ. They were criminals. The courts had judged them worthy of death.
Paul then is calling himself here a criminal. He had been then placed in prison not as a religious criminal, but simply classed with the rest of the criminals. And the very fact that he uses that very strong and technical word, katergos(?), has inherent in it the idea that there was a tremendous amount of shame. I'm sure there were some people who were glad, some people maybe even who were somewhat rivals of Paul in the church who were glad that Paul was in prison and wanted to criticize him for being there, but there was shame involved in being there, not only among the populous, but as I said, maybe even among some of the Christians who misunderstood Paul's integrity. There was shame in being a criminal. He uses the word to express the shame that he felt.
Now listen carefully to what I say. Some people would say, "Look, Paul, why did you keep preaching and get yourself stuck in that prison? I mean, if you just soften the message and quit confronting everybody, and quit preaching in public places, and attacking public figures, if you would just quiet down and sneak around the back part of town and pass out tracts and beat it, nobody's going to know you're there. You've got to be subtle. Now look what you've done. You've got yourself in prison, Paul, and now your ministry is really messed up."
Now there are people who think like that. There are people today who are under the allusion that the only reason the gospel has freedom to go out in America is because America's free. And so there are people who want to spend all their time in political action trying to keep America free so that the gospel can keep going out. Now I don't want to argue with that. But there's this idea that if we didn't have a democracy in America, the gospel could never go forth and the Word of God would never accomplish anything, and so we have to work very hard to keep America free so God can keep proclaiming His truth.
I want to tell you something, folks. You've got to look at this verse again. Paul says, "I may be in prison but the Word of God is not...what?...it's not bound." You better understand this. There is never a justification to compromise the gospel to make it inoffensive so we don't lose the right to preach it. Because if we make it inoffensive, then what good is it to preach an inoffensive gospel? That's no gospel at all. We preach the truth with boldness, we say what ought to be said. We don't mince words. You must speak the truth.
You say, "Yeah, but what's going to happen if we all start boldly proclaiming Christ everywhere, they're going to put clamps on us, things are going to happen. We might get put in jail." That's wonderful. If God wants us to have a jail ministry, so be it. Paul in his first imprisonment was in jail and he writes the Philippians and at the end of the Philippian letter which he wrote from jail on his first imprisonment he says, "All...all the new believers implied...all the new Christians in Caesar's household greet you." Sure, all the time Paul was in jail, he was winning people to Christ. You think it was bad for Paul to be chained to a soldier, imagine how it was for an unregenerate soldier to be chained to the Apostle Paul. He'd get one of them converted, and they'd put a new one in and he'd convert that one and away he went, see.
Paul says to Timothy, in effect, in chapter 4, "Preach the Word, be instant in season, out of season, all the time, reprove, rebuke, exhort. And don't ever mitigate it, be faithful, bold, courageous, sacrificial if it means chains and death. Why? Because the Word of God will never be bound." What a promise. In fact, verse 9 actually says the Word of God has not been, and implied, never will be imprisoned.
You remember the great hymn by Martin Luther? "A mighty fortress is our God," you remember those two lines? "The body they may kill, God's truth abideth...what?...still." I was in the catacombs in Rome, what an experience. We went down into the ground and down in the ground there's a large assembly area where the church met at one time, just a hole in the ground way under Rome. There's 600 miles of catacombs under there. Ten generations of Christians are buried in those catacombs. All those catacombs you wander around in and they're just little tunnels, have little shelves all along the catacombs where they put the bodies of the Christians that died. They estimate they buried between two and four million Christians there over a three-hundred year period, ten generations of them. There are inscriptions on the wall. You can even see them there. There's the sign of the fish which is the most common one. My favorite inscription on the wall, "The Word of God is not bound." You can kill us, but you can't stop the Word of God.
John Bunyan, you remember John Bunyan wrote from jail Pilgrim's Progress. John Bunyan preached the gospel, they put him in jail. You know what happened when John Bunyan was in the Bedford Jail? He was in a cell inside a high wall. The wall was on the outside, inside was the building. He was in a cell. In the daytime the crowds would gather outside the wall, they couldn't see over the wall. John Bunyan would come to his cell window and preach through the bars and his voice would carry over the wall. The Word of God was not bound.
I want to tell you that in 1949 there were 700 thousand Christians in China...1949, 700 thousand Christians. In the early fifties the Communist Revolution came which was known as the cultural revolution, 30 million people died. It was a massacre, it was a bloodbath and many of them were Christians. Seven hundred thousand Christians out of a nation of millions upon millions upon millions of people. And in the early fifties the Christians for the most part were massacred. I want to tell you something. Since the early fifties for 35 years they have been under the reign of terror of Communism. At this present time in China the estimate is that there are somewhere between 30 and 100 million Christians. You say, "How did that happen?" The Word of God is not...what?...it's not bound. The political...the political scene had absolutely nothing to do with what the power of the Word of God can accomplish.
I was reading a little book called "The Church in China," I thought I'd share a couple of things just to give you a little bit of a feeling for the power of the Word of God. No matter where or when they meet and under what circumstances, the house church is made up of one thing, people. Sometimes the absence of those who are not there is as significance as the presence of those who are. Missing from one meeting was a young science teacher, a Christian who refused to teach Darwin's theory of evolution as truth. She told the officials that Darwin was anti- God and that the theory of evolution was not true. For weeks they tried to persuade her. Good science teachers were difficult to find, especially after the cultural revolution. She would not relent. Her reply was always the same, "We're not monkeys, we're men and women made in the image of God." Later she would cry the same words through broken teeth and bloody lips. Today she is a janitor at the school and is forbidden to attend house meetings with fellow believers.
There is also the noticeable void left by the beloved doctor who refused to confess that Chairman Mao was bigger than Christ. He was beaten and left unconscious by the Red Guard. They covered him with a blanket and let him lie on the hospital floor. They told him they would be back in a few days and they returned and his response was "My Christ is bigger than Chairman Mao. My Christ is Lord of Lords, and King of Kings. My Christ has been given the name above all names in heaven, on earth and under the earth." More beatings. And the same response. "My Christ is bigger." After several days they decided to end this heresy once and for all, they stripped him naked, made him stand up on a narrow bench barely six inches wide. "Now," they shouted, "if your Christ is bigger than Chairman Mao, let Him save you. Our Chairman Mao can save you, just admit it."
Well, to make a long story short, he recited the story of Daniel and his three friends in the fiery furnace. And by some kind of supernatural strengthening, stood on that six-inch wide piece of board with every muscle in his body aching for almost 24 hours. At the end of which time they took him down, dragged him away and hanged him. The Red Guard fought among themselves, it says, they were frightened. Some wanted to cut him down before he died and after a scuffle someone cut the rope, the man, the doctor, fell to the floor, preached his last message, "As I was hanging there," he said, "my heart was melting for you," and then he died just like his predecessor Stephen had done before him.
You think that killed the church? Not at all...not at all. They don't even have Scriptures, that's fascinating to me. They don't even have the Bible and the Word of God isn't bound. What part of the Scripture they have, they have hidden in their hearts and they have fragments. In 1966 the Red Guard made a concerted effort to burn all the Bibles, hymnals and other Christian literature. They did their job well. Today it is not uncommon to see a group of several hundred people with only one Bible, only one Bible. "I know of one village," says one reporter, "where there are 5,000 believers, four preachers and not one complete Bible. One person has a New Testament which begins with the thirteenth chapter of Mark and goes through the book of Titus." And still the Word of God is not bound.
"I have 3,000 people in a house church that I visit and teach. We have three Bibles and two New Testaments." That's it and the Word of God is not bound. It isn't how many Bibles you have, it's how much you believe it, right? It's the power of the Word of God, the power of the Spirit of God. This Scripture, says the writer of Hebrews, is alive and powerful and sharper than any...what?...two-edged sword. The Word of God is not bound. You see, that's why we preach with no fear. That's why we boldly proclaim Christ in the media to anybody who asks, confronting the truth, speaking the truth and if it is the truth we speak it and we don't worry about consequences. The Word of God is not bound and the Christ who is preeminent has a cause that is worth any kind of suffering. The Word is not bound.
Andrew Melville was one of the early preachers of the Scottish Reformation. One day the Regent Morton sent for him and denounced his writings as he was proclaiming the truth. "There will never be a quietness in this country," he said, "till half a dozen of you are hanged or banished from this country."
"Sir," answered Melville, "threaten your own courtiers in that fashion, it's the same to me whether I rot in the air or on the ground. The earth is the Lord's, my father land is wherever well doing is. I have been ready to give my life when it was not half as well worn at the pleasure of my God. I lived out of your country ten years as well as in it, yet God be glorified, it will not lie in your power to hang or exile God's truth," end quote. That's the spirit. That's the courage.
The greatest modern proof that the Word of God is not bound is the story of the church in China. Seven hundred thousand Christians under terrible persecution, murder, deprivation, without the right to meet and preach, without the Bible, thirty-five years later becomes between 30 and a hundred million believers. You can't imprison the Word of God. And that means that if you peach and proclaim and somebody puts you in prison, nothing has changed. The Word of God is equally powerful. No matter what happens to the preacher, as someone has said, He buries his preachers but His work goes on. No matter what happens to the preacher, the Word goes forth.
And so I say to you, and I'm just going to give you those two points, we'll look at the next two next time, motive for sacrificial service is built around my remembering the preeminent Christ and my being confident that the Word is not bound. So what do I fear? They can put me in prison, they can't bind the Word of God. It may well be that if the church ever got on fire the way it ought to in America and really confronted this ungodly system with biblical truth in a courageous bold way, if people stopped compromising the message and we really began to preach Christ purely and truly, the system would become hostile to us and in the hostility of that system, who knows but what God might bring the true revival that seems to be so far away.
Let's covenant this morning to be faithful, to be courageous, to remember Christ and remember His Word can't be bound. Let's bow together in prayer.
Father, we thank You this morning again for the high calling that is ours in Christ. Thank You for the privilege of even naming His name, the privilege of preaching His truth, the privilege of witnessing, telling others the gospel. Give us boldness, give us courage. And help us to know that there is not just hostility out there, there are those whose hearts are prepared to receive the message, to hear the truth, to believe and be saved. I pray that out of this congregation You will raise up those who have great courage, great boldness, who will speak the truth not just among those who already believe but among those who do not believe. Give us a wide and far-reaching platform and opportunity to proclaim Christ that we may be faithful and honorable servants, faithful teachers, soldiers, athletes, farmers, who give the effort sacrificially with self- denial, to win the prize, to receive the reward for the glory of the one we serve, the one in whose name we pray, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
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The announcement by US officials Tuesday of imminent peace talks between the Afghan government and representatives of the Taliban adds an additional hopeful note to a day when NATO formally announced the full turnover of security leadership to Afghan forces.
The announcement of talks reaches toward the US goal of advancing Afghan reconciliation before the departure of all US-led NATO troops from Afghanistan by December 2014. Still, no one is predicting an easy road ahead, let alone guaranteed success after years of sputtering peace initiatives.
Even US officials announcing the upcoming talks were cautious about prospects for a dialogue that is to start with US-Taliban discussions as early as Thursday. That dialogue would be quickly followed by direct negotiations between Afghan officials and Taliban representatives.
Tuesday's developments "represent an important first step towards reconciliation -- a process that, after 30 years of armed conflict in Afghanistan, will certainly promise to be complex, long, and messy," a senior Obama administration official said, adding, "Nonetheless, this is an important first step."
One reason for the US optimism – as tempered as it may be – is that the Taliban released a statement committing to two principles that the United States had been calling on the Taliban to publicly adopt: One is simply that the Taliban support an Afghan peace process, while the second is that they oppose the use of Afghan soil to threaten other countries.
In other words, Al Qaeda shouldn't expect to look to the Taliban for support to return to Afghanistan.
The Taliban released the statement in Doha, Qatar, where they will open an office and where the talks will start.
Yet the announcement of talks leaves unanswered a number of other key questions that are likely to determine prospects for a peace process. Among them:
- How united are the Taliban's political and military wings behind this latest reconciliation effort?
- Will Afghanistan's influential neighbors – first among them Pakistan, but also Iran and even India – see fit to support (or instead, sabotage) a promising peace process?
- What becomes of the three preconditions for Afghan peace talks that the US long insisted the Taliban had to accept: renouncing violence, cutting all ties with Al Qaeda and its affiliates, and abiding by the Afghan Constitution and Afghan laws, including concerning the rights of women?
US officials now say that the "outcome" of any peace process must be full adherence by the Taliban and other insurgent groups to those three conditions – characterized by a senior administration official on Tuesday as "end conditions."
Although the US gave up on acceptance of the three points for the talks to start, some US officials note that the Taliban's agreement to oppose the use of Afghan territory for launching attacks on other countries is tantamount to acceptance of the no-Al Qaeda demand.
In his comments in Kabul Tuesday marking the full turnover of the lead in security operations from NATO to Afghan forces, Afghan President Hamid Karzai also played down the setting of any demands or preconditions for the upcoming peace talks.
"We don't have any immediate preconditions for talks between the Afghan peace council and the Taliban, but we have principles laid down," Mr. Karzai said. A renouncing of violence by all sides will be one immediate goal of any talks, he said, while he also underscored his desire to see talks move to Afghanistan as soon as possible after starting, to reduce the influence of other countries.
What role Afghanistan's neighbors will play in the nascent reconciliation process remains murky. But no one doubts that Pakistan, where the Taliban leadership resides and which tolerates Taliban fighter havens on its soil, will play a key role.
Secretary of State John Kerry delayed a trip that he had planned to make this month to Pakistan and India and that had Afghanistan atop the agenda. Pakistani officials, who say they were told the delay was due to the Syria crisis, now indicate the trip will take place in July.
Afghan officials, and indeed Afghans in general, tend to blame "our neighbors" and Pakistan in particular for their country's unending war. Pakistan is perceived as willingly sacrificing Afghanistan's stability to maintain an influential role there.
But the leaders of Pakistan's newly elected civilian government insist that their country supports reaching a negotiated settlement in the Afghan conflict. Secretary Kerry will be able to test the sincerity of that claim when he visits.
But perhaps the most crucial issue facing the peace process is how united the Taliban will be behind the effort over the coming months.
Senior Afghan officials involved in reconciliation efforts said in comments to the Monitor last month that signals from Taliban leaders continued to be mixed and "confused," with some factions suggesting an interest in pursuing a peace process while others demonstrated a prevailing interest in pursuing the summer fighting season and even planning ahead for efforts to disrupt next April's national elections.
Indeed, one of the biggest potential challenges to any peace process will be the same one that has long been present, some regional experts say: the divisions in the Taliban's vision for the way forward. What happens if the Taliban's political leadership based in Pakistan signs on to a peace accord, only to have military leaders in the field reject the peace and vow to keep fighting?
The Taliban said in their statement that their overriding goal is the end of what they consider to be the "occupation" of Afghanistan by foreign forces.
The Taliban have long refused to engage in talks with Afghan officials, since they consider the government to be the "puppet" of the US. But recently, some Taliban leaders have suggested that the Taliban is no longer set on returning to govern the country through military means.
The opening of talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government, represented by the High Peace Council of Afghanistan, will be no guarantee of an end to Afghanistan's three decades-plus of war. But it will at least suggest an expanding interest in finding an alternative to more violence and fighting.


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Beth Kanter wrote a very complete and interesting piece in NTEN's latest edition of their quarterly journal for non-profit leaders. You have to download the journal but it's worth it and it's free (you just need to register).
Jan Gordon: I agree with Guillaume, Beth Kanter knows what she's talking about and her article is definitely worth reading.
Guillaume Decugis wrote this commentary:
"It's been fascinating for me to see how non-profits seem to embrace Social Media in general and Content Curation in particular - Beth of course being a key advocate in that move.
The broader take-away that I see for those of us in all sorts of organizations, as independant professionals or SMB-owners is the validation it brings to the model. When tightly-budgeted NPO's embrace a practice as a group, you can bet they're not wasting their scarce resources on a hype. They have to be efficient and as Beth puts it in the article: "Putting content curation into practice is part art form, part science, but mostly about daily practice. You don't need to do it for hours, but 20 minutes every day will help you develop and hone the skills."
This is precisely where we see the opportunity with curation for professionals: building up a good practice that fits with one's daily routine and that -as Beth puts it - brings great "unexpected benefits".
Selected by gdecugis and Jan Gordon covering "Content Curation, Social Business and Beyond"
Read full article here: [http://tinyurl.com/75ucphe]
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Marquis Webber came off the bench to score 15 points Friday, leading Bluffton to a 74-57 home win over Lake Marion.
"Marquis was definitely the player of the game," said Head Coach Brett Macy. "That's his best game of the season by far."
It came when the Bobcats needed it most. Senior center Bryson Bell, averaging 14.8 points a game for the Bobcats, got into foul trouble early and scored only 8 points in limited playing time.
It handicapped Bluffton against the much taller Lake Marion squad, but the Bobcats made up for the height disadvantage with speed and tenacious defense.
"We can go to the rim, but we have to do it in space" with speed off the defense-to-offense transition, Macy said.
On defense, "we pressed and they made layups; so we sat back and made them shoot over us," he said. "And they were trying to trap us on the rebound. If we break that trap, we're three-on-two in transition."
Lake Marion center Michael Williams made some noise early with two dunks in the first quarter, the second giving the Gators their biggest lead at 16-10.
But the Bobcats clawed their way back to take a 37-31 advantage into the locker room with Webber scoring 11 of his points in the first half and C.J. Frazier dropping a couple of three pointers, one from the corner kissing the glass as soft as a baby's snore.
Bluffton held Lake Marion scoreless for the first 4
minutes of the third quarter and, after a brief 5-point Gator run, pulled away down the stretch.
"We sucked it up in the fourth quarter and got it done," Macy said.
With the win, the Bobcats avenged their only loss in Region 7-3A; the Gators won 75-65 on Jan. 10 in Santee. The win leaves BHS 14-2 overall, 5-1 in the region. Lake Marion falls to 15-4 overall, 5-1 region.
Frazier scored 12 for Bluffton and Dimitri Lowry contributed 10.
Back-up big men Harlan Kendrick and Bo Strimpfel chipped in 6 and 4 points, respectively, substituting for Bell.
Williams led all scorers with 24 points.
Tibra Wheeler scored 22 points to lead the Lady Bobcats to a Region 7-3A win over the Lady Gators.
Wheeler scored 10 of her points on layups after steals, which Head Coach Lonnie Roberts said is the only way his small lineup stays competitive.
"We've got to live and die with steals and threes," Roberts said. "We just can't go out and post up with girls who are 6-1 or 6-2."
The Lady Bobcats jumped out to an early 7-0 lead; but the Lady Gators kept the score within 5 points through the third quarter.
Justice Hill, in her first start of the season, stretched Bluffton's lead at the free-throw line. With about 5 minutes left in the game, Hill nailed six consecutive shots from the charity stripe to extend the BHS lead.
For the game she scored 11 points with 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals.
Wheeler also scored 5 points in the final frame before she fouled out with 2:19 to play. She had 6 steals, 4 rebounds and 4 assists for BHS.
Jennifer Giles scored 11 points with 9 assists and 2 steals for the Lady Bobcats.
Johnnie Gaston and Dynasty Mervin added 8 points apiece for Bluffton.
BHS improved its record to 15-4 overall, 5-1 in the region; Lake Marion fell to 9-10 overall, 1-5 region.


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procedural knowledge
Also called "how to do it" knowledge. The knowledge of which operators to perform to move from a known start state to a desired state in a problem space.
problem space
A mental representation of a problem, including the start state, the goal state, and the operators or moves that allow transitions between states. According to Newell and Simon's (1972) theory of problem solving, humans solve problems by constructing and searching a problem space.
problem solving
Searching through a problem space from a known start state to a desired end state, or one of a set of desired end states, applying operators of uncertain outcome to move from state to state. Problem solving typically refers to a path through the problem space that includes explorations of deadend paths and backing up to prior states. (see skilled behavior for a contrasting type of behavior)
Problem Behavior Graph
A graphical depiction of search through a problem space.
predictive model
A model that allows metrics of human performance to be determined analytically without undertaking time-consuming and resource-intensive experiments.
preattentive processing
The rapid detection of visual features theorized to occur in parallel before the operation of selective attention.
When being trained as a carpenter or a nurse, for example, one shares a practice. At the same time, each individual who possesses a practice keeps it up and changes it as well. It is practice that allows us to talk about more than just individual skills, knowledge, and judgment, and not just about a "generic" human being. Practice is shaped historically, which is of particular relevance for design and use of computer applications.
Something (a physical artifact, electronic record, or human memory) that explicitly or tacitly maintains the current position within a formal or informal process. See: http://www.hcibook.com/alan/topics/triggers/
PIE model
An example of an abstract formal model—that is, one that is used to analyze a class of systems and usability problems rather than specifying a particular system. The PIE model was developed at York University in the mid-1980s and was one of the first steps in a new stream of formal method work in human-computer interaction (HCI) that began at that time. See: http://www.hcibook.com/alan/topics/formal/
PERT chart
Program Evaluation Review Technique, a methodology developed by the U.S. Navy in the 1950s to manage the Polaris submarine missile program. A similar methodology, the Critical Path Method (CPM), which was developed for project management in the private sector at about the same time, has become synonymous with PERT, so that the technique is known by any variation on the names: PERT, CPM, or PERT/CPM. These methods are used in cognitive modeling to depict the parallel operation of perceptual, cognitive, and motor operators, with resource allocation and information-flow constraints.


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Steve Vamos
Chief Executive Officer, Xero
Steve Vamos, Chief Executive Officer of Xero leads the global growth and performance of the business. With more than 30 years' experience in global technology and digital media, Steve has worked in leading international businesses, including Apple, IBM and Microsoft. Steve also led the growth of ninemsn, an online media business, from start-up to industry leader as the company's Chief Executive Officer. Steve holds a degree in Civil Engineering (with Honors) from the University of New South Wales, Australia.


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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Aboriginal Art, Part I- Bark Painting
Over the next few days, I'll be posting about the art of the Aborigines.
A lot of Aboriginal art shows the beliefs of the native Australians. The Aborigines believe that magical creatures lived on earth long before humans did. These creatures created the earth from flat land. Aborigines believe that all the land forms were created in the shapes of animals. For example, rivers were created in the shape of a snake.
In northern Australia, in an area called Arnhem Land, Aboriginal artists often paint on bark. The artists strip the bark off of eucalyptus trees. They let the bark dry and then paint on the inside of the bark. They use natural colors like brown, yellow, white, and orange.
The patterns and designs used in bark painting have been around for a long time. They were painted on bodies during rituals and used to decorate logs during certain ceremonies. Aboriginal artists began painting on pieces of bark about 100 years ago.
The artists paint scenes about the way the land was created. These paintings usually include animals because many of the Aboriginal myths were about animals.
The Aborigines also have myths about spirits who were so skinny they could be broken by wind. They lived in caves and under rocks where they were safe from the wind. They taught the Aborigines to hunt and to paint. These spirits, called Mimis, are found in many Aboriginal bark paintings.
Some paintings show constellations. The Aborigines see different pictures than we do when they look at the stars, though. Their constellation paintings often include animals, too.
You will also see paintings of footprints and paw prints. This is because the Aborigines are good at tracking animals and they are good hunters. The Aborigines hunt for food so hunting is very important to them.
Check out this gallery of Aboriginal bark painting from Arnhem Land.
Tomorrow, create your own Aboriginal bark painting!
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- May 9, 2010 at 7:08 AM
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Australian Aboriginal peoples have created art that shows their spiritual and cultural traditions for thousands of years. In the 1970s this form of art was introduced to Western audiences and it has become increasingly popular. Aboriginal paintings sell in galleries for thousands of dollars, and can be seen in museums throughout the world other than Australia. You can use a variety of online resources to learn how to draw in this Aboriginal style.
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- October 31, 2010 at 5:55 AM
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Rams Defeat Sage in Skyline Semifinals
Farmingdale State - 3, Sage Colleges - 0
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State women's soccer team defeated Sage this afternoon in the Skyline Conference semifinals. The Rams advanced to the Skyline Championship, facing the winner of the Purchase and Bard game.
Freshman Jamie Smith (Holtsville, N.Y./Sachem East) scored her team-leading 10th goal, putting Farmingdale ahead nine minutes into the contest. The Rams would add to their lead at the 23:29 mark as Melissa Elie (Brentwood, N.Y./Brentwood) netted Christina Merrill's (Levittown, N.Y./Island Trees) pass. Sophomore Katrina Cerverizzo (Center Moriches, N.Y./Center Moriches) scored Farmingdale's third goal in the first half, four minutes before halftime. The Rams controlled the game outshooting Sage 24-1.
Neither team would score in the second half, as Farmingdale went on to defeat Sage 3-0.
Freshman goalkeeper Maggie Studsrud (Staten Island, N.Y./Susan E. Wagner) earned the victory for Farmingdale, while junior Brittany McDonald (Schenectady, N.Y./Schalmont) had 15 saves in the loss for the Gators.
The Rams will host the Purchase/Bard winner in the Skyline Conference Championship game on Saturday, November 7th at 1:00pm.


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Intellectual freedom in Canada: Fire. Them. All. News Roundup - Hey, spring hasn't been cancelled after all!
I am told - though I am not yet clear as to the details - that the enforcement of infamous Section 13 of Canada's Human Rights Code (the one under which you can only be found not guilty if you don't exist) has been suspended indefinitely.
Kommandants and Uberleutnants! - brush up your resumes, and get your travel vacs. Looks like you may need them.
Hey, don't despair, there must be some country somewhere that really lusts for sneaks, snitches, snoops.
Here is just a small sample of things that feel to me like the buds of spring:
- The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal may finally be living up to its name - which is why, for once, I didn't put its name in sneer quotes: Ezra Levant has noted that the Commission issued a ruling calling the behaviour of one serial complainant "disappointing and disturbing."
Well, that's putting it mildly.
In recent years, the biggest organization for putting out racism is Canada has been the "human rights" industry. (Yes, the sneer quotes have appeared again and they will stay there until this mess has been cleaned up. So far we have only acknowledged that it is a disappointing and disturbing mess.)
Look, most Canadians are preoccupied with making a living, looking after their families and friends, and contributing to reasonable, benevolent causes. We are literally one of the safest countries on Earth!
There simply are not a lot of evil skinheads crawling around here attacking members of visible/noticeable minorities. True, the Israel-Palestine conflict has produced some serious problems recently, but those are precisely the ones that the "Commissions" have punted!
Thus the Commissioners confirm what many of us have long suspected - that such Commissions are just an easy way for some people to make a living off the taxpayer by shaking down foolish, perhaps in some cases nasty, people who have little social power and therefore don't actually matter - while avoiding all the important problems. Or else to advance - again, at taxpayer expense - social agendas rejected by most Canadians (the right of a gent to shower with the ladies, for example). Also a shakedown usually follows.
The fact that "human rights" workers were permitted to post hundreds of racist comments on the Internet is a ruddy disgrace, commented on - I am sure ably - in Ezra Levant's new book Shakedown. And don't forget Pete Vere and Kathy Shaidle's The Tyranny of Nice. As Kathy "Five Feet of Fury" Shaidle points out, the Canadian Human Rights Commission may well have been the biggest single, consistent source of racism in Canada in recent years. All at taxpayer expense, remember. So, if you are a taxpayer who is at risk from racist comments, you actually paid for that! And, as Shaidle points out, it is the Government's Web site where that rubbish is archived, not the original ones.
I wonder, should the Commissioners get the Order of Canada? Or - as I think - The Order of the Boot!
- Franklin Carter of the Book and Periodical Council of Canada weighs in as usual with his excellent report, which I copy for your interest, with some comments appended:
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a complaint against Jim Pankiw.[The critical question is, can we legally have a reasonable discussion about why a disproportionate number of Aboriginal Canadians are in prison? Pankiw's comments may not have been the most useful, but he was raising a serious issue that impacts many people's lives, including people in his own riding, when he was a Member of Parliament.
Pankiw, a former MP in Saskatchewan, had been accused of publishing political pamphlets that "discriminated" against aboriginal Canadians.
The Canadian Press reports here.
It is a disgrace, in my view, that the main response was to get him charged with an offence, in a "human rights" setting that explicitly permits bizarre accusations that would never be tolerated in a normal Canadian court.]
- Carter also writes: Terry Tremaine faces contempt of court charges for disobeying an order of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
Tremaine -- a far-right mathematics professor who also lives in Saskatchewan -- was ordered to stop publishing racist propaganda on the World Wide Web.
In The Globe and Mail, Kirk Makin reports.
[Lots of math profs are crazy. Just as a minor and unimportant example, there is a math prof at the University of Waterloo who has posted nonsense about me for years. If Tremaine is not contemplating a career in public life, the Government of Canada should have better things to do than worry about his rants. Because the Globe and Mail wants me to buy the article, and I won't, I don't know much more than I am telling you about Carter's original link but here is the Regina Leader-Post's story.]
- And: Finally, Alain Deneault has urged the provincial government in Quebec to introduce legislation to curb "strategic lawsuits against public participation" (or SLAPPs).
Deneault is a co-author of a book called Noir Canada. Deneault, his two co-authors and publisher are the targets of libel suits that were filed by Canadian mining companies.
In The Gazette, Catherine Solyom reports.
[Well, given all our current problems with taxpayer-funded persecution of any opinion about which someone or other claims to be offended, one thing we do NOT need is SLAPP lawsuits - though I know of a number of Canadians who have been SLAPPed with them.
My own view: The best way to understand these problems is this: Government is drying up as a source of funds for "creative" intellectual enterprises, so people who could once have got grants are now shaking down private citizens, by discovering grievances and pursuing them with compliant government agencies. Right? Wrong? We'll see.]
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Peanut necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 61 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
We are looking for Web 2.0 style logo that can be used on our web site at SmartLocalShoppers.com. The logo will be printed on banner, printed material, brochures and business card in the near future.It will also be used as large badge sticker on windows.
Be Smart! Shop Local!
This is our first round of logo design for this site. It is our goal to help residents to save money shopping at their favorite local store, restaurants. We also want to help local business grow while the economy is slow. The spirit of the site is to help both resident saving money and local business driving more business to their local stores. So smart is the key.
The site will offer printable local coupons and will be integrated with Google Map based on the visitor's preferred location. This site is currently only targeting the US residents. Will add other countries in the near future.
The logo must be creative and simple clean enough to motivate both shoppers and business owners. The logo should be easily converted into different sizes and shapes for wide banner, square banner, and tall banners.
This logo should use the Web 2.0 style and color. It will be used to design the entire web site's color and theme. So make sure the color and size are flexible.
The site contains many sections, which use different solid colors menu bar. The logo should allow to change the color accordingly.
The designer will be credited on the site under about us page and will be considered to work on the on-going marketing material design that associated with the logo and the GUI design for Mobile device.
- Easy to read - the words Smart Local Shoppers must be read clearly. May use upper case for the first letter on each words.
- Only use the domain name SmartLocalShoppers.com and no other words
- Be creative
- Web 2.0 Style and Color
- Can be used on Business Card and other materials
- Still look clear on black and white Laser Print
- Vector graphics so we can also use the logo in print - EPS
- A brandable logo and symbol will be plus
- Can be printed on White or Black background (such as T-Shirt)
- Fewer colors the better
- Easily add or remove .com
- Can easily change the color to fit into different sections of the site
- Please provide multiple colors of the same design
- No cartoonish
- Nothing that looks like an existing large company's logo
- No photographs
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