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We have been dealing over the last couple weeks in some pretty polemical messages. Hitting pretty hard of some of the issues that are important to us. We've gone through a series on the authority of the Word of God. On Sunday nights we've talked about attacks on the Bible. A rather hard-hitting message on Easter Sunday morning, then again, this morning talking about some things that are very very distressing in the Evangelical world and how we can sort them all out by having a proper understanding of the truth of God. As I said it's been polemical and I really want to shift gears tonight and just come to you with a Bible study that I hope is encouraging.
And I want you to open your Bible to fourth chapter of Philippians, Philippians chapter 4. There are things in this chapter that familiar to anyone who's been a Christian very long. There are verses in the chapter that perhaps you know very well. Some of them you have memorized. Certainly when we read through them you're going to recognize these verses as verses that are often a part of Scripture memory plans. There are many wonderful commands in this chapter and many wonderful promises in this chapter that all of us lean on as believers. But I don't want to get caught up so much in the parts. And very often, honestly, I do that because we go so slowly through chapters. If I were to give a normal series on Philippians chapter 4, there probably would be ten messages here. But rather than get too deep into the minutia, even though it is important and critical I want to take a look at the big picture here if I can.
I want to talk about the subject of contentment, of contentment. Basically if you look at verse 11 that'll be a good launch point for us. Paul says, "I have learned to be content." I have learned to be content. What a great thing to learn. What a wonderful reality to be content. "Content in whatever circumstances I am." Therefore his contentment was unrelated to those circumstances. At the time that he wrote this he was in the direst of circumstances. He was a prisoner. He was in the worst possible situation. He had been taken prisoner because he had been faithful in the proclamation of the gospel. He was under tremendous pressure to change the form of his ministry or lose his life. He had been ridiculed and slandered not only by enemies but by other believers. He was chained to a Roman soldier. And there he was living in captivity, in chains, despised by the world and criticized by many in the church. And it was in the midst of that kind of situation; the worst of situations that he talks about his contentment. And he tells us in that verse that it's not related to his circumstances. And that's true contentment.
Obviously we live in a world that wants to breed discontent. Everything in our society is geared to make you unhappy with your current circumstances: your job, your wardrobe, your car, your house, your wife, place you live, whatever it might be. Everything in the advertising world is designed to breed discontent. To make you unhappy with what you have. Make you miserable with what you have with the current circumstance. And, of course, Satan feeds this because it essentially winds up in the violation and break down of every relationship. And that serves his purpose very well because it's contrary to God's design. So we're living, I think, in a time when we might be able to say that there is a more massive assault on our contentment than in any other time in human history because the sophistication of the attack has never been quite this extreme.
So I want to talk about this matter of contentment. And built around the verse that I just read, verse 11, is a lot of information in this chapter that feeds into why Paul was content and how we can be content. But a little bit of background biblically. The psalmist's wrote in Psalm 36 verse 7 and 8, "How excellent is thy loving kindness, O God, therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied." There's a synonym for contentment; satisfaction. And the psalmist said, "That based upon the loving kindness of God, based upon the protection of God we are under the shadow of His wings. He was abundantly satisfied." In Psalm 63 verses 3 to 5 we read, "Because thy loving kindness is better than life my lips will praise You. Thus will I bless You while I live? I will lift up my hands in Your name. My soul shall be satisfied." Here, again, the psalmist says, "Because of your loving kindness," same thing as we saw in Psalm 36, "because loving kindness means grace, mercy, love, all that's bound up in God's goodness to his own. Because of this," he says, "my soul is satisfied."
Two psalms later in Psalms 65, the psalmist writes, "We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, O God of our salvation. And then in Psalm 107 verse 9, "He satisfied the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with goodness." And so the psalmists says that it is part of the longing to the Lord and being under his protection, under his care, under his provision to be satisfied. Contentment is a beautiful word; satisfaction is an equally beautiful word, one that needs emphasis today.
That word satisfaction, that word contentment, is behind the statement of Psalm 23, "The Lord is my shepherd . . . what's the next line? I shall not want." It's another way of saying, "I'm content, I'm satisfied." It's enough for me to know the Lord is my shepherd. There is no need that I have that escapes him. There is no need that I have that is beyond his compassion or his provision. There is no enemy against which he will not protect me. He will lead me into green pastures, that I might be fed. He will lead me beside the still waters, that my thirst might be quenched. He will provide a feast for me; a table in the midst of my enemies where, though they surround me, I am protected. And he will even lead me into eternal life. If I have the Lord as my Shepherd I have everything I need. I have everything I want. I have enough. Nothing more is needed nor desired. Now that is the truth of contentment, satisfaction, yet, in spite of that, Christians are filled with discontent as they fall victim to the world's disease of consumption, which is built upon the idea of breeding discontent. And discontent and dissatisfaction is self-destructive. The message that I want you hear tonight is a simple call, it's a call to contentment, to say, "I have enough. What I have is enough. With it I am content. With it I am satisfied. I will accept what God has given me and be satisfied."
At the very outset of the ministry of Jesus he gave the great Sermon on the Mount. And in that sermon on the mount, chapter 6 of Matthews gospel in verse 25 Jesus said, "For this reason I say to you don't be anxious for your life as to what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor for your body as to what you shall put on. Is not life more than food and the body than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, they do not sow, neither do they reap nor gather into barns. And, yet, your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single cubit to his life's span. And why are you anxious about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow. They do not toil nor do they spin. Yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory did not clothed himself like one of those. If God so raised the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more do so for you? O men of little faith. Do not be anxious then saying, "What shall we eat or what shall we drink or with what shall we clothe ourselves?" "For all these things the Gentiles eagerly seek for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things. But seek first his Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore, do not be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will take care of itself. Every day has enough trouble of its own." Be satisfied today and leave your contentment and your satisfaction for tomorrow to the same God who provides today. This is a righteous kind of contentment.
Now there is . . . just a little bit of a contrast . . . there is a sinful kind of contentment. Some people are content with their sin and that's not the kind of contentment I'm talking about. Like the wicked brothers of Joseph who hated Joseph, you remember, they threw him in a pit and they waited for an appropriate moment to get rid of him altogether to sell him into slavery. And Genesis 37:27 says, "They sold Joseph into slavery," and then the text says, "and his brothers were content." That's an evil contentment. They were content with their wickedness. They were content because their evil plot was successful they thought. Some people are content with evil. Some people are content with less than God's best. We're talking about a true and pure kind of contentment.
There's an illustration in Judges 17 of a man who decided to compromise in a serious way. You can read the story for yourself. And so he did and he went directly against what God had designed for a priest to do. He violated the law of God but he found in his violation a certain kind of contentment. It says he was content. Again, that's an illustration of a sinful kind of content. You will find other occasions that that is indicated in the Scripture. Another one is pilot, who, according to Mark 15:15, gave Jesus over to be crucified and it says, "Because he wanted to bring content to the people." There is an evil kind of satisfaction. And unregenerate people can find a certain satisfaction in their disobedience. That's not the kind we're talking about.
I want to focus on the pure kind of contentment that God desires of us. It is true that there is a disturbing amount of discontent among Christians. And it's not just material discontent, it's discontent with life partners, it's discontent with family circumstances, it's discontent with the way you look or the way you're shaped, or the way your circumstances are falling out in life. There is just this incessant beleaguering assault to make us discontent. More things, we think, will make us content, different circumstances will make us content, living in a different place, having a different job, being surrounded by different people, having a better environment, having a different partner, having freedom from problems. So there is this brooding discontent, this lack of satisfaction in the provision that God has given to us. And this is a very serious sin. Discontent with what God has given with the lot that God has chosen for us is a serious sin. The Word of God overtly and specifically calls us to contentment.
For example, 1 Timothy 6:6, "Godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment." If you really want something gain, if you want to pursue something, pursue Godliness accompanied by contentment. Paul goes on to say, "You brought nothing into the world you're not going to take anything out either." So if you have food and covering with these be content." Godliness with contentment is great gain. Very similarly in Hebrews 13:5 we read, "Let your character be free from the love of money, being content with what you have," why? " For He God has said, "I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you. So that we confidently say, "The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What can anybody do to me?" We find our contentment, then, in God and the promises of his provision.
Now with that sort of introduction in mind let's go back to the text of Philippians chapter 4. I've worn out this book in my Bible. It's sort of falling apart because of its wonderful practicality. And there are some indications in the Philippians letter that the Church at Philippi was under some serious pressure, that there were circumstances that had fallen upon them and made life pretty hard. Back in chapter 1 verse 28 Paul talks about being alarmed or not being alarmed by your opponents. There were opponents of the church, there were those who were against the church, persecutors of the church, apparently, and Paul says, "You don't need to be alarmed by your opponents. The fact that they oppose you is a sign of their destruction not yours. Then also in verse 29 he says, "It has been granted for Christ's sake, not only that you should believe in him but also suffer for his sake." And then in verse 30, "That you should experience the same kind of conflict which you saw in me." Now we all know the severity of the conflict that Paul experienced. We all know the severity of the suffering that he experienced. We all know how his opponents came against him. And Paul is saying, essentially, to the Philippians, "You have experienced the same thing."
Over in verse 14 of chapter 2 Paul talks about doing everything without grumbling or disputing. "Therefore, proving yourselves to be blameless and innocent children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation." So there they sat in the midst of a crooked perverse generation. And verse 16 says, "They were holding fast or holding forth the word of life in the midst of this perversity." This is what generated the hostility and the persecution, which they were experiencing. So we learn from just those little insights that life wasn't just a bed of roses for the Philippians either. It was very much like the life that Paul was living, the life of hostility and persecution. "No matter what," Paul says, "I have learned . . . verse 11 . . . to be content. I have learned to be content and it has nothing to do with my circumstances." In verse 12 he says, "I know how to get along with humble means. I know how to live in prosperity. In any and every circumstance I've learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, of having abundance and suffering need. And I can do all of this to the one who strengthens me." It's not about what I have it's about who has me.
Discontent is always a sin. Let me put it simply; discontent is a sin because it denies the right of God to do with us, as he will. Okay? Discontent is a sin because it denies the right of God to do with us as he will and it ignores the promise that God will never allow us to suffer more than we are able. "There will no temptation come to us that is more than we can endure," 1 Corinthians 10:13. It is a sin, not only because it denies the right of God to do with us as he will, it ignores the promise that he will never give us more than we can bear. But it is a sin also because it fails to believe that this is God's best for us. It is His best for us. We are promised in the Scripture that God is concerned about our best. Whatever He does in our lives He does for the purpose of making us spiritually mature. Is that not true? Same thing with the correction of a child as we remember from Hebrews, "Whom the Father loves he chastens," as we read also in Proverbs 3 this morning. Correction and discipline is for perfection, it's for maturity." For any of these reasons or all of these reasons discontent is a sin. And you may be wondering why things aren't going well in your life and you may not be able to identify some categorical sin of immorality or theft or some overt violation of a specific commandment of Scripture but you just wonder why your life isn't what it should be. It may be that you are literally being sapped in your spiritual energy, your spiritual strength, and, therefore, your joy and blessing by the sin of discontent. It is a sin and a serious sin. Contentment is a kind of bliss. Satisfaction is a kind of euphoria, a legitimate kind. It is a kind of joy; it is a level of peace that just rides across the top of all of the trouble that surrounds us. Paul this prisoner, Paul chained, Paul captive, Paul ridiculed, Paul slandered, Paul persecuted, yet absolutely content, untouched by the circumstances.
And so that introduces the question to us, how do you get to this point? What are the components of contentment? How do we understand practically how to become content? And as I look at this chapter I think the whole chapter sort of folds in on top of verse 11, speaks to it. So let me give you some things to think about, just a list of things that feed into contentment. Number 1, contentment comes from cultivating the love of others. It comes from cultivating the love of others. It's about giving your life away. Discontentment is primarily the product of self-preoccupation. Discontentment comes because you're sucked up into yourself. This is only implied, but I think it's implied in the opening 3 verses. You could even stretch it beyond that.
Paul experienced contentment and satisfaction in any circumstance because he didn't define his life by the kind of circumstances he experienced. He defined his life by the kind of relationship that he had with people. If he could preach the gospel and people would be converted, that was contentment and satisfaction, regardless of his physical condition. If he could have ministry in the lives of people to bring them to a deeper knowledge of the things of God, a ministry that brought about their sanctification through the truth, that was enough to bring him contentment. If he could bring a word of comfort to a troubled soul, if he could bring a word of instruction to an ignorant mind, that was enough. It was about the people. It was about the people. If he could lovingly pour out the truth of God to a congregation he would suffer anything to get that privilege.
And you see this in the opening of this chapter. Let me read you the first 3 verses, "Therefore my beloved brethren whom I long to see," now those are very very intense words that speak of Paul's affections. "My beloved brethren whom I long to see, my joy and crown so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved." And then he says, "I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to live in harmony in the Lord. Indeed, Syzygus, true comrade, true yolk fellow, I ask you also to help these women who have shared my struggle in the cause of the gospel together with Clement also and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life." And just reading that you're just caught up with the fact that this man's life was all about people. It was about a congregation in Philippi, who were beloved brethren to him. So beloved, were they, that he calls them that twice in the same verse. They were brethren. He didn't see himself as somebody over them but somebody among them. He didn't talk of himself as a father he talked of himself as a brother. He found in those people his joy. He found in those people his crown, that is the epitome of life, the ultimate end of life. To be crowned is to top everything off. And the top for Paul was the people. He not only spoke to them in general but he spoke to them in specific. He spoke of Euodia and he spoke of Syntyche, who apparently were in some discord, encouraging them to live harmoniously. And then he spoke of true comrade; true yokefellow could be a proper name, Syzygus. And says to Syzygus, "I ask you to help those women who shared my struggle in the cause of the gospel and they shared with Clement also and the rest of the fellow workers whose names are in the book of life." He's very concerned that these two women who are wrangling about something get into harm in the end and he asks Syzygus to go to their rescue and go to their aid and bring about the kind of harmony that is appropriate to the gospel.
All of this is so typical of Paul. When you start out in any Pauline letter you're introduced to whoever is in his company. And when you come to the end of the Pauline letters he'll give you a list of who's there or the people he's concerned about. And every one of his letters expresses a concern, either for a church or, in the case of his letters to individuals, in the case of that individual, Timothy and Titus. Paul was literally swept up in the fellowship. In fact, if you go back a little bit into the 3rd chapter and verse 20, Paul says, "Our citizenship is in heaven." We don't even belong here. "Our citizenship is in heaven and we're waiting for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from heaven and to transform . . . verse 21 . . . the body of humble state into conformity with the body of His glory by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself." So we're waiting for our transformation. Our home is not here our home is in heaven. We're strangers here. We live as strangers in the world. We live as foreigners who are citizens of a heavenly land. We're waiting for the Lord to glorify us. What he's talking about here is we're a part of an eternal family. It's with that in mind that he says, "Therefore my beloved brethren because we don't belong to this world, because we belong to heaven, because we are the children of God we have to express our love to each other. You've got to help those women get their act together." You've got to stand fast in the Lord. Stand fast in what? Stand fast in love. Stand fast in unity.
Same as back in chapter 1 verse 27, "Conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel so that whether I come and see you or remain absent I may hear of you that you're standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, striving together for the faith of the gospel." Paul was the last person on the planet to be preoccupied with his own personal circumstances. His own personal condition didn't enter into his mind. He was driven to give his life away for the sake of others. He sought that the church would experience the fullness of that fellowship, which was so precious. In fact, go back again to the first chapter of Philippians and let me show you how selfless Paul is, utterly selfless.
Philippians chapter 1, some very interesting things. He's in prison; look at verse 12, he says, "I want you to know brethren my circumstances being in prison have turned out rather for the progress of the gospel." That's a better translation than the NAS. "Have turned out rather for the progress of the gospel." In other words, he looked at his imprisonment and said it's a positive. It's a positive. "So that my imprisonment in the cause of Christ has become well known throughout the whole praetorian guard." In other words, what happened was, Paul is a prisoner, he's chained to a Roman soldier. Do you think that's a problem for Paul? No. That is a problem for the Roman soldier. That is a serious problem. He has the Apostle Paul chained to him. This is a non-regenerate sinners worst nightmare. And, consequently, because he's under the care of the Praetorian Guard. . . very very significant group. . . the Praetorian Guard would be the guard assigned to the governor's palace. The word is spreading through these guards because the guards would be switched to different ones chained to Paul and everybody else is hearing about this testimony of the Apostle Paul as he evangelizes every guard that is chained to him.
If you'll notice chapter 4 verse 22 he says with a smile on his face, no doubt, as he closes out the letter, "All the saints greet you, especially those of Caesar's household." What was happening was the praetorian guards were becoming evangelists in Caesar's household. This was not a problem to Paul. And further, in verse 14, he says, "Not only is my ministry flourishing but most of the brethren trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear." Because Paul, being imprisoned, was having such a great ministry, others who feared being taken prisoner no longer feared it because they could see what a tremendous blessing it was for Paul. They could see it just as another evangelistic opportunity and so they were becoming more courageous to speak the word of God without fear knowing that if they too were taken prisoner that would just be a new audience for them.
And then he says this . . . it's really sad . . . "Some . . . verse 15, "to be sure are preaching Christ even from envy and strife." There were those people who were criticizing Paul out of envy, out of strife, saying, "Oh, you know, Paul, God had to put him on the shelf, God had to put Paul in prison because, you know, he's over the hill, his days has past." Some were even, out of their envy and strife, accusing Paul of some sins and that this was some punishment from God. And these were the jealous people who were so eaten up by envy over the success of Paul that they were glad when he was put in prison and they wanted to make sure people thought that that was the judgment of God on Paul and they were the new heroes. It's amazing how jealousy can come in among preachers. And they were preaching Christ, that's true, but with a note of envy and strife against Paul. "And others," he said, "are preaching with good will toward me; the latter do it out of love. They love me. They know I'm in prison because I was appointed for the defense of the gospel." They're preaching the gospel. They shall love toward me because they know I'm here for being faithful. But there are those jealous ones who are using this as an opportunity to criticize me out of their jealousy. Verse 17, "They are proclaiming Christ but they're doing it out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment. They want to inflict more pain on me." How ugly is that? How ugly is that jealous, envious kind of attitude?
But look how Paul responds in verse 18, "So what? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice and I will rejoice." Now there's a man who lives above criticism. People are ripping and tearing into Paul saying untrue things about him, saying he's in prison because of sin in his life, because God had to put him on the shelf, this is some kind of chastisement and punishment. They're stepping on his neck to elevate themselves out of selfish ambition and impure motives, but because they're preaching Christ Paul says, "I rejoice that they're preaching Christ. Leave the issue of their motives to God. I just rejoice they're preaching Christ." There wasn't any circumstance in life that affected his contentment, whether it was a physical circumstance of being a prisoner or whether it was the emotional circumstance of being attacked by your own friends and discredited publicly. There wasn't anything that could strike a blow at Paul's contentment because his contentment had nothing to do with circumstances, nothing whatsoever.
In fact, in verse 21 of chapter 1 he says, "For me to live is Christ to die is gain." I don't have anything to fear. If things got as bad as possible that would mean I would die and that would be the best thing that could happen to me. "But if the Lord wants me to live on . . . verse 22 . . . and it means fruitful labor then I'll live on. I can't make the choice," he says. I'm hard pressed in both directions . . . verse 23 . . . I'd rather go and be with Christ, that's very much better; yet to remain in the flesh is more necessary for your sake." Paul had absolutely no regard for his own circumstances. He lived in this amazing kind of contentment. And I think what bred that contentment . . . back to chapter 4 . . . in part was that he was so caught up in the wonder of the lives of people. In a small way we can understand that, I can understand that.
There are always circumstances in life that can produce this content. There are always assaults and attacks and misrepresentation that can threaten contentment and satisfaction and you could wish that that would go away like Paul wished that the messenger from Satan, who was destroying the Corinthian Church, would be removed, the thorn in his flesh. There are always circumstances that might be preferable to the current ones but in the end, in ministry, my satisfaction and my contentment, in part, is based upon the fact that you always go back to the wondrous reality of the fellowship, of the fellowship, the richness of having brothers dearly beloved and longed for, as he talks about in chapter one, the joy of a true comrade, the joy of a true yokefellow who stands with you, who contends together with you, who shares in your struggle, others whose names are written in the book of life. Life for the believer is not about things, it's not about circumstances, it's about people. It's about the family of God. It's about the people whose names are written in the book of life. And the more you give yourself to that fellowship, the more you lose yourself in the lives others, the more you will find a true contentment, a true satisfaction. Contentment grows in the soil of selflessness, from loving others.
Secondly, there's another element here that feeds into our understanding of contentment. Contentment comes from giving your life in the fellowship but it also involves cultivating a spirit of rejoicing. Cultivating a spirit of rejoicing. We know that because of verse 4. "Rejoice in the Lord; again I will say, rejoice." And that's a command. That's a command. And if it's a command then it can be obeyed. Is that not true? Why would God give us a command if we couldn't obey it? It is a present imperative. Keep on rejoicing. Make a continual, habitual practice of rejoicing. In one way or another we're told to do that 70 times in the New Testament. Rejoice . . . rejoice . . . rejoice . . . rejoice, be happy, be joyful. And it doesn't have to do with your circumstances because in Acts 5:41 it says that, "They called the apostles, the Councils, the Jewish Councils, and the flogged them, they whipped them, and then they ordered them to speak no more in the name of Jesus and then they released them with a warning, obviously, that it could be worse next time. So they went on their way from the presence of the Council . . . next word . . . rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His name. And every day in the temple and from house to house they kept right on teaching and preaching Jesus." They never stopped. That made no dent in them. They whipped them. They said, "Don't ever do it again." They went out rejoicing that they had the privilege to bear that kind of punishment for the name of Christ and they kept right on preaching. They cultivated an attitude of continual rejoicing, incessant rejoicing, independent of circumstances.
But please notice, verse 4, carefully, "Rejoice in the Lord." It doesn't say rejoice in your circumstances. It says rejoice in the Lord, that is rejoice that God is the God of goodness and power and mercy and grace and provision. Rejoice that the Lord is your shepherd and you shall not want. In other words your rejoicing is not in the circumstance, it's not in your own ability to evade the most fatal blows, your rejoicing is in the Lord. Jesus said, John 16, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament. The world will rejoice superficially. You will be sorrowful but your sorrow will be turned to joy." And that's the promise of the Lord, that he'll always be there to provide what we need to turn sorrow into Joy.
A primary source of that joy is obedience, obedience. I don't think a disobedient Christian is going to experience joy but an obedient one has the promise of joy. "If you abide in me, Jesus said in John 15, "If you abide in Me . . . verse 7 . . . My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish it'll be done for you. This is My Father glorified that you bear much fruit and prove to be My disciples. Just as the Father loved Me, I have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I kept My Father's commandments. Abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you that My joy may be in you and your joy may be made full." So if you want full joy then obey the Lord, obey the commandments, obey the Word. And that's part of being in the Lord. Rejoice in the Lord. That is in your confidence and trust in him and in obedience to Him.
So happiness is a choice, it really it. There was a book by that title. I don't know that the book quite understood the biblical theology of it but happiness is a choice. It's not a game you play with your mind psychologically. I remember there was a psychological thing that I read about one time and it was really very popular for a while. You were to mail in to receive a coin and this coin had sort of a Braille-kind of thing on both sides and the idea was to put it in your pocket and every time you felt it and your fingers ran across that you were to tell yourself how wonderful you were. And that by using this coin repeatedly day in and day out you would eventually come to believe the lie. We're not talking about that. We're not talking about some kind of a gimmick. We're not talking about training yourself to rejoice by simply tampering with your psychological patterns of thought. We're training the heart to rejoice in the glorious truth that the Lord is your shepherd and you shall not want. And you're going to know the fullness of his blessing when you obey him. When you obey him. And that's the simple path to joy.
"For the Kingdom of God," Romans 14:17, "is not eating and drinking but righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit." You walk in the Holy Spirit, you walk in obedience of the Scripture, you trust in the Lord and you will train yourself to rejoice. You can always look at the positive side, knowing God is working all things together for your good. "Even the bad things that happen are to make you weak so that he might be strong in you," as 2 Corinthians 12 says. "Even the chastening that comes is for your spiritual perfection." So you train yourself to be joyful by trusting in the provision of the Lord and staying in the place of obedience. Contentment then comes from cultivating love in the fellowship, cultivating diligence in the habit of rejoicing.
Thirdly, contentment comes, and this is really very similar to what we've been saying, contentment comes from learning to accept less than you are due. It comes from learning to accept less than you are due. This whole deal in our culture about rights, everybody wants to talk about their rights, is destroying our entire society in almost maniacal egotism and self-centeredness. Everybody wants their rights. If you violate their rights they're gonna sue you silly and try to extract from you every dime they can get as compensation for some violation of their rights. Everybody thinks that they can define for themselves what they are due. But that is the opposite of how true contentment comes. Those people are never content when they get what they think they want.
I want you to notice verse 5, first statement, "Let your . . . and the NAS says, "forbearing or forbearance . . . spirit is in italics because that word itself is not in the original. The King James says, "Let your moderation be known to all men." The word is ep e acas, ep e acas. It is sometimes translated sweet reasonableness, which is a wonderful way to translate it really. You could translate it your generosity, your magnanimity, your humble willingness to be disgraced, your humble willingness to be treated unjustly or mistreated without hatred, without bitterness, without retaliation, with self-justification, without even discontent. It is a kind of meekness and gentleness in the face of hostility. It doesn't talk about its rights. It's the attitude of Christ, 2 Corinthians 10:1, it says, "I, Paul, urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ." I think one of the most amazing things about Christ is he was willing to take less than he was do. Wouldn't you think that's true? Well he was due absolute and total worship as God. But he was willing to accept far less than he was due; with a meekness and a gentleness that really is astonishing and exemplary. That's what he's saying here. "Let all people, let it be known to all people how humbly, patiently, enduringly, steadfastly, unselfish you are." Let it be known that you are very content to be given less than you deserve. Some suggest that the actual root of ep e acas is the word ico, which means to yield; not demanding rights, not demanding privileges, not demanding recognition, not demanding possessions, not demanding health, not demanding wealth, not demanding anything, even though you might think you deserve it. You see contentment belongs to people who are willing to take less than they're due. I often tell pastors that.
You hear about pastoral burnout; pastors being discontent and leaving churches. It usually has nothing to do with work, you know, you never met a ditch digger who had burnout. It's not a physical thing; it's an emotional thing. And what drives pastors out of churches is this ridiculous notion that somehow they're not being treated the way they should be treated. Well if we got treated the way we should be treated we'd be sent to hell, wouldn't we? It's essential to contentment to have a sweet reasonableness that doesn't demand anything, doesn't expect anything, and, therefore, anything that comes is received with surprise.
Fourthly, contentment involves, not only love in the fellowship, not only joy in the Lord, not only a sweet kind of reasonableness that seeks nothing, but it involves a confident faith in the Lord and we've already hinted at that. It involves a confident faith in the Lord. Please notice verse 5, "The Lord is near. Be anxious for nothing." What a great statement. "The Lord is near be anxious for nothing." That is really practical. Don't forget the Lord is near. How near? He's in you. That's how near. And the word here, "The Lord is at hand," in the King James, isn't talking about his eminent second coming, no, it's saying he's near. It can mean that he's near in space and time. He's nearby. The intent here is personal presence. Oh sure the Lord is near in terms of coming back to take his church. The time of that is nearer now than it's ever been. But the idea here is personal presence. He is near.
I don't want to take the time to go back through all the places: Psalm 1:18, Psalm 1:44, 1 Samuel 21, all kinds of places in the Old Testament, Psalm 1:25 where we are reminded of the nearness of God. That he is near, he is sticking closer than a brother, he never leaves us or forsakes us, he is near, so be anxious for nothing. He's your true security. Your security is not in your money, it's not in your career, it's not in your reputation, it's not in your land, your house, your investments. Your true security is in the Lord. No matter how you try to safeguard all of that it can be gone in a flash. Right? Don't be anxious, not because you've got a bank account, not because you've got yourself secure in terms of your financial plan and your retirement or because you've just put in a multi thousand dollar security system in your house or whatever it might be. Just realize this that your security comes because the Lord is near you so don't be anxious for anything. What's there to worry about? Therein is the heart and soul of your contentment. The Lord is near and this is what makes you sleep well. Why should I worry the Lord is near? Be anxious for nothing and stop worrying about anything. Just stop worrying about anything.
Paul Reese used to relate the story of a man on a ship. It was in World War II and the ship was being torpedoed. And this man jumped into the ocean because the ship was being torpedoed and he was picked up by a German freighter. The experience is one of tremendous fear and stress on the nerves of the man. He was down in the hold of this German freighter; obviously the Germans were the enemy. And he writes this little biography, which Paul Reese related, "I began to commune with the Lord. At first I couldn't sleep," he wrote. "Then I remembered the words of Psalm 121, "My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth. He that keeps thee will not slumber. Behold, he will neither slumber nor sleep." So I said, "Lord there is no use, both of us, staying awake. I thank you for some sleep," he said, and I got it." Don't carry God's burden. Don't lose sleep. Trust the Lord. Don't carry the burden of the future for the people that you love, for the people around you, for the issues that fill your life. Go to sleep, God doesn't ever.
Contentment then is the product of living in love with the saints, cultivating joy in your heart in the Lord, facing life with a patient, humble, sweet, reasonableness that accepts very little and never makes demands and never articulates rights, all built on a confident trust in the God who is near and who is sufficient.
Number 5 in my little outline; contentment calls for reacting to your problems with thankful prayer. Reacting to your problems with thankful prayer for 6 says, "Instead of worrying in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving . . ." Isn't that interesting? You don't wait till God answers the prayer the way you want him to answer it to be thankful you ask with thanksgiving. You say, "Well how can I do that?" You can do it very easily. "Lord, here is my prayer and I thank You that You will do what is best," Right? "In everything," he says, in everything." Instead of worrying pray. Take your supplication. That it with thanksgiving because you know God will give you the answer that is best. Just leave it there. Thankful for his purpose, plan, providence, power, promise, perfection. "Contentment comes from just taking all your needs," as Peter said, "casting all your care on him and leaving it there." Because you can trust him with it. You can trust him with all of it. Just take it there and leave it. And even if it doesn't turn out the way you would like you can trust him to take care of you in spite of it.
It isn't even the answer that is the issue. It's taking the burden and leaving it there. And he says it in verse 7, "Just take it there and leave it there and immediately . . . verse 7 says . . . the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Once you've unloaded that burden on the Lord you're flooded with what? Peace. Peace comes from resting in the wisdom and the power and the purpose of God and in the end nothing ever goes wrong ultimately. People make bad decisions, bad choices, things go wrong in life, but ultimately for God's children all things work together for what? For good. You want contentment? Don't worry just thankfully pour out your heart to the Lord and leave it there and walk away without the burden and you'll be flooded with the peace of God. Not peace with God, that's salvation, but the peace of God. The very inward tranquility that God Himself possesses is transferred to us. These are fruit of the spirit, aren't they? Love, we've talked about that. Joy, we've talked about that and peace and even long suffering. All four of we've talked about are all the fruit of the life lived in the spirit. And then the peace of God will flood your life and it will guard you. What does that mean? It'll protect you. It'll protect you from what? From discontent, from anxiety. It'll protect your heart, the seed of your person, your mind, your thought patterns; it'll protect them from discontent.
Well number 6. There's no way to do this without coming to this point. If you want to have contentment in your life you have to think on godly things. And the more you cultivate the things of God in your thinking the more you're gonna be content. So in verse 8 he says, "Finally brother . . . this is my last word on the subject . . whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute. . that is good reputation . . . if there is any excellence and if anything is worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things." You know how to get discontent? Just rehearse every thing that's wrong. Just keep reinforcing it all the time in your mind. Just keep going over it and over it and over it and you will feed your discontent. But on the other hand if you think about whatever is true, that is to say the truth of God, whatever is honest, worthy of respect, noble, dignified, reverent, lofty, whatever is just or righteous, whatever is obnos, morally pure, whatever is lovely, amiable, attractive, pleasing, whatever is of good reputation, praiseworthy. If you think about those things, whatever if virtuous, you're gonna enjoy contentment. So create this habit. Let your mind dwell on these things. Let your mind dwell on these things.
Discontent is the result of negative thinking about yourself, about your suffering, about what you don't have, what's not going right, what you don't like, and it's a monster that if well feed gets very large. It's a bad process to get caught in and Paul says, "If there's any moral excellence, if there's anything worthy of praise, then turn to the positive." And certainly there is moral excellence and there are things worthy of praise and they come to those who focus on the things of God, which, of course, are what all of those things are referring to there in verse 8.
So where do you get contentment? By being caught up in the love of the fellowship, cultivating joy in the Lord, accepting little with humble patience and sweet reasonableness; so basically essential, praying thankfully and off loading your burden on the Lord and receiving his peace, focusing on positive things, knowing that the Lord is ever present to supply all your needs. And one other thought, Paul says in verse 9, "You need to follow a good example." It really helps to have a good example. Paul says, "The things you've learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace shall be with you." Paul finally says, "Look, just do what I did. You saw my life." He was an example, the greatest example next to Jesus, of contentment in the direst of circumstances. So he says, "You saw, you learned, you received, you heard. Do what you saw, what you heard, what you learned, what you received. Do what I showed you to do and you'll enjoy the God of peace in all his blessing."
Find a good example and pattern your life after a good example, maybe it is Paul. And even though Paul isn't a living human being today I find that he is an example to me. In fact, I would certainly enjoy having human examples of these kinds of virtues but I have come to know Paul so well because of so many years of studying the Scripture that probably among human beings who have lived on the earth Paul is my primary example. He said, you know, "Be followers of me as I am of Christ." Paul has set the pattern for me to follow. And if in the horrific circumstances of his life he learned to be content then I can certainly look at my life with far less strain and difficulty and find contentment in the same shepherd that shepherded Paul. You can be satisfied in life, you can find contentment and it comes through love, joy, humility, trust, thanks, righteous thinking and following the right examples.
There is a sense, however, in which no matter how satisfied we are here we'll never be finally satisfied until we get to heaven. Psalm 17:15, David said, "I shall be satisfied when I awake in your likeness." Wow that's the ultimate satisfaction. And that will come to us and they'll never be another moment of dissatisfaction.
Father, thank you for the reminder that this wonderful portion of the Scripture is to us, that we need to have our thoughts centered in the right place. Thank you for encouraging us to be content, to enjoy the rich peace of a life that is totally cared for by the great shepherd. Why should we fear? Why should we worry? Why should we be distressed? Why should we be discontent, dissatisfied, unfulfilled, when You are our shepherd and we shall not want? You will lead us in every green pasture and by all the still water You will anoint our heads with oil. You will give until our cup runs over and all our lifelong will be a story of goodness and mercy and when it's over we will dwell in Your house forever.
Help us to find our contentment in these great truths that we might live lives that demonstrate to the world what a great savior You are to give such peace and contentment in such a discontented world. May our contentment be a testimony to your saving power. In Savior's name we pray. Amen.
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April 27, 2011
PROVIDENCE, RI-Host Rhode Island College scored in the bottom of the seventh inning of the opener and defeated the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's softball team, 2-1, in the first game of a Little East Conference doubleheader Wednesday at the Dayna A. Bazar Memorial Softball Field. The Anchorwomen won the nightcap, 8-0, in five innings and swept the doubleheader.
The Corsairs took the lead in the top of the third inning in the opener when junior left fielder Elizabeth Mulready (Rockland, MA/Rockland HS) singled, moved up on a sacrifice and an infield grounder, and scored on an error by RIC shortstop Danielle Mattoon. Mattoon doubled home second baseman Marisa Jandreau in the bottom of the third to tie the score.
RIC won the game in their final at bat. First baseman Amanda Perry led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a single. Third baseman Christina Bailey sacrificed, but the throw by UMD junior third baseman Tracie Calvert (Sandwich, MA/Sandwich HS) went all the way down the right field line when no one covered first base, and Perry scored the winning run. Amanda Berard went all the way for the win and improved to 10-3. Junior Brittany Eldridge (Raynham, MA/ Bridgewater-Raynham HS) did the same for UMD and took the loss, falling to 8-16.
In the nightcap, Mattoon and Perry singled in runs in the first inning, and catcher Kayla Jandreau hit a grand slam homer in the fourth. Kyla Puccini went the route for RIC and won, improving to 9-2, while Eldridge took the loss and fell to 8-17.
"In the opener, we played a great game and fell apart at the end," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Amy Sasin. "Brittany was absolutely fantastic, we played good defense, we held them, and we hung in there, and when you can do that, good things happen. In the second game, they got two runs right away, and then they hit a grand slam. Overall, we played well in the first game. Rhode Island College is a good team and we battled hard right until the end with them. Our inexperience hurt us."
UMass Dartmouth is now 9-22 and 1-11 in the Little East Conference, while Rhode Island College is now 28-7 and 7-3 in LEC play. The Corsairs will return to action when they visit Salve Regina in a doubleheader Thursday. The Anchorwomen will visit UMass Boston Saturday.


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Flexera Software has announced it will be demonstrating its comprehensive Windows 7 application readiness solution at Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2010 in Las Vegas this week. The solution is unique in its ability to manage the entire Windows 7 application compatibility testing and automated remediation process, driving substantial savings while facilitating error-free application deployments.
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Sound update for everyone: beyerdynamic gives mp3 players and mobile phones the best sound quality with four new in-ear earphones.
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Listening pleasure is not always a question of money. The new in-ear models by beyerdynamic will make you sit up and take notice whatever the price category. From the entry model DTX 60 for 59 Euro to the top of the line mobile headset MMX 100 (RRP: 119 Euro), the entire series guarantees sound enjoyment.
Along with its know-how in the professional area, the audio specialist from Heilbronn has also incorporated consumer requirements features in their development. beyerdynamic knows its clientele better than almost any other manufacturer when it comes to unique customised models. Even with the tried and tested DTX 50 Individual, we respond closely to customer requirements: The earpiece raved about by the trade press is individually fitted to the ear of the bearer.
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Acoustic converters with neodymium magnets help give the headphone series an impressive sound and amazingly strong bass. Tuning differentiates the individual features of the models: The DTX 60 with ice-blue gleaming silicone ear cushions is perfect for those who love pumping bass. The DTX 80 with its glass blasted aluminium design, provides a realistic live sound in any environment. And the top of the line DTX 100 adds visual and acoustic highlights with its polished aluminium casing and crystal clear sound.
Owners of iPhones or other mobile phones with jack plugs will appreciate the multimedia headset MMX 100. It combines the sound qualities of the DTX 100 with a high quality hands-free microphone. At the push of a button, calls on the iPhone can be answered and ended while the mp3 player goes into hold mode and continues its program at the same point. When not in use, the headset can be stored, as all earphones in the series, in a stylish softcase provided, which fits nicely even in close-fitting sports gear.
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With chill-out lounge music, the DTX 60 (RRP: 59 Euro) is a cool companion for urban outings. Its elegant plastic casing in black or white gets a visual touch with ice-blue gleaming ear cushions made from silicone. Interchangeable adaptors in three sizes provide maximum comfort and a secure hold. The angle plug is formed so that it will even fit in iPhones with deep headphone plugs. And the sound? Thanks to heavy bass acoustic converters with neodymium magnets, the small all-round earphones by beyerdynamic give an amazingly large performance.
The DTX 80 (RRP: 79 Euro) is a sophisticated version of the basic earphone. A matt gleaming ring from glass blasted aluminium tops the sporty appearance. When not in use, the headset can be stored, as all earphones in the series, in a stylish softcase provided, which fits nicely even in close-fitting sports gear. The sound impresses with its stirring live character and the extensive elimination of static: Three interchangeable ear adaptors keep background noise out. beyerdynamic has also strengthened the forking of the high wear headphone cable and has covered it with a special plastic that resists loads and minimises the risk of cable breakage.
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Plant disease marches on, even during the coldest months of the year. In recent weeks our office has submitted plant samples representing two different disease problems that might be of interest to home gardeners and horticulture professionals.
Plant disease marches on, even during the coldest months of the year. In recent weeks our office has submitted plant samples representing two different disease problems that might be of interest to home gardeners and horticulture professionals.
Judging by plant samples and e-mails received by our office, collard problems have been somewhat widespread over the past three or four months, with the fungal disease white mold playing a significant role.
A Jan. 27 response from the Plant Disease and Insect Clinic (PDIC) at NC State confirmed that white mold, caused by the fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, was present on a sample we had shipped up the previous week. The report describes this as a soil-borne disease that causes sporadic dying of plants in late winter or early spring following cool, wet weather (obviously it can occur in the fall through mid-winter as well). White mold has a wide host range and is occasionally seen on beans, cabbage and other leafy greens, carrots, tomatoes and other species.
There are no effective fungicides labeled for control of this disease in home gardens, so in those sites cultural practices and sanitation will be critical. The Clinic recommends that infected plants be removed from the site to help reduce inoculum for next year�s crop. It is also suggested that gardeners avoid overhead irrigation and instead use soaker hose or similar systems to deliver water carefully and slowly at ground level. Rotation for a couple of years to non-susceptible crops such as beets, onion, spinach, corn, cereals or grasses could also be helpful.
A second disease problem involved ryegrass overseeded in October into a warm season turf area, with significant dieback being noticed in December. I suspected pythium blight (Pythium sp.), simply because that�s what I always suspect when I encounter overseeded annual (or perennial) ryegrass rapidly dying out. The PDIC confirmed my best guess, which doesn�t happen all the time by any means. They suggested that the daily irrigation that had been occurring on this site was not necessary once the stand has germinated and become established, and that this degree of wetness would likely encourage a pythium problem.
In addition to being careful with irrigation, careful timing should also be considered. The sowing date in this case was very appropriate, but in other cases I�m familiar with annual ryegrass has been overseeded during the hot, humid days of mid to late August. This is just asking for trouble with pythium.
By the way, overseeding centipedegrass with annual ryegrass is a common practice on commercial properties and in some cases home lawns, but would probably not be encouraged by most turf experts. Among other problems, annual ryegrass will be highly competitive with your centipedegrass lawn as it struggles to reestablish and green up during March and April.
Landscape pruning workshops have been scheduled for Feb. 11 and 15, 10 a.m. each day, here at the Craven County Agricultural Building. These events are free and open to the public, and no registration ahead of time is needed. Call us at 633-1477 for additional information.
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Why do I prefer Linux to Windows? I could count the ways, but here's a big one. When mistakes are made in Linux, they tend to get fixed and that's the end of it. With Windows, it often doesn't work that way.
Take, for example, Microsoft recent release of its biggest set of security patches ever. This uber-patch set fixed 34-different bugs.
Or, well, to be more exact, it tried to fix 34-different security holes. It turns out that it didn't fix some problems and it caused some new ones. My particular favorite had been the one that completely disabled Communications Server. That 'fix' nailed every version of Communications Server from Live Communication Server 2005 on up to Office Communications Server 2007 R2.
What kind of quality assurance allows a company to put out a patch that doesn't just get something wrong, it actually stops a major office server program dead in its tracks? The word 'awful' is what comes to my mind.
It wasn't just the server programs that got fouled up. Internet Explorer got hosed as well. One mistake scrambled Web page elements, while another causes a "Type Mismatch" script error on sites that use VBScript or a mix of VBScript and JavaScript. This particular foul-up nails every version of Internet Explorer from 5.01 to Windows 7's IE 8. Remember, I did tell you that Windows 7 didn't actually improve Windows' security.
Oh, and, this just in, Microsoft recently issued a fix to a Microsoft Office patch from August that could let someone take over your computer . My goodness, it's no wonder that some companies have staffers that do nothing but try to keep on top of Microsoft's patches, and re-patches, and re-re- well you get the idea.
As for me, I'd rather spend my time working with my Linux programs rather working on my Windows programs. At least with Linux when something is fixed, chances are, it's really fixed.


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Cervélo TestTeam is looking forward to the 64th Vuelta a España with a strong and balanced team that includes three home favorites. The tour begins in the Netherlands in Assen, on August 29th and finishes September 20th in Madrid, Spain after 21 stages.
Simon Gerrans (Aus), Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu), Xavier Florencio (Esp), Roger Hammond (GBr) and Philipp Deignan (Irl) will be looking for stage victories, while José Angel Gomez Marchante (Esp), racing on home turf, is focused on a strong result in the general classification. Gabriel Rasch (Nor), Dominique Rollin (Can) and Iñigo Cuesta (Esp) round out the squad.
Alex Sans Vega (Esp) and Marcello Albasini (Sui) are the two sports directors with the Vuelta team and, along with their crew, will provide the riders with the best possible support to help them achieve their goals.
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NCLB Update
Appropriations Testimony
Funding Opportunities
Profile: Sophomores
Museum and Library Awards
New Listserv
Quote to Note
Upcoming Events
NCLB Update (http://www.nochildleftbehind.gov/)
According to the first-ever report to Congress on the English language acquisition and academic achievement of limited English proficient (LEP) students, all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have developed and implemented English language proficiency standards and annually assessed English language learners. (Before No Child Left Behind, only seven states had such standards, and they were not connected with academic content.) Moreover, under the revamped Title III program, states served more than four million LEP students in Fiscal Year 2003, approximately 80 percent of the LEP students nationwide. (Before No Child Left Behind, when Title III was changed from competitive grants to formula grants, only 15 percent of these students were being served through federal LEP programs.) As for the overriding goal of Title IIIensuring that LEP students attain proficiency in Englishof the 45 states that provided proficiency goals and performance data (2002-03 to 2003-04), 41 met at least some of their targets for English language proficiency, and 447,905 students transitioned out of language instruction programs into mainstream classrooms. "NCLB reflects a fundamental transformation in the relationship between the federal government and the states with regard to the education of LEP students," said Kathleen Leos, a top official in the Department's Office of English Language Acquisition. "As a result, we are no longer funding programs, we are funding children." For more information, please go to http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/oela/biennial05/. (A nine-element profile is available for each state at the bottom of the page.)
Building on the enormous success of last year's Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative workshops, the Department is planning six 2005 summer workshops for teachers and principals: Cincinnati, OH (6/20-22), Phoenix, AZ (6/27-29), Minneapolis, MN (7/11-13), Tampa, FL (7/18-20), Bethesda, MD (7/25-27), and San Jose, CA (8/1-3). Some of the nation's best teachers and researchers will share their strategies for raising student achievement and educate teachers of the latest, most effective research-based practices. Breakout sessions will cover the content areas of reading/literacy, math, science, and history. Other sessions will discuss the No Child Left Behind Act, English language learners, special education, and school leadership. Registration is free; participants are responsible for their own lodging and transportation. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/teachers/how/tools/initiative/. (An application for presenters is available on the same page.)
Also, in case you missed it, Dr. Arthur Levine, president of Columbia University's Teachers College, released the first in a four-part series of studies on schools of education. This study found the quality of school leadership programs ranges from "inadequate to appalling." For more information, please go to http://www.edschools.org/.
Appropriations Testimony
This month, Secretary Spellings has testified before both House (March 10http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/2005/03/03102005.html) and Senate (March 2http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/2005/03/03022005.html) education appropriations subcommittees on the President Bush's Fiscal Year 2006 budget proposal. "The President's budget accomplishes several important goals," she said in her opening remarks. "The first is fiscal discipline. In his February 2 State of the Union Address, the President underscored the need to restrain spending in order to sustain our economic growth and prosperity.... [The FY 2006 budget's] savings and reforms will help us achieve the President's goal of cutting the budget deficit in half by 2009." "Second," she continued, "the budget would expand the promise of the No Child Left Behind Act to our nation's high schools," including $1.24 billion for a new High School Intervention initiative and $250 million for high school assessments. Third, the Secretary noted that "the budget continues the solid progress begun under the No Child Left Behind Act," with increases for Title I and special education grants. "Finally," she concluded, "the President's budget makes college affordability a high priority," with $19 billion over 10 years in mandatory funding for Pell Grants, resulting from student loan reforms.
Note: What does the President's budget proposal mean for your state? One-pagers are posted at http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statefactsheets/.
Funding Opportunities
More money? A sundry mix of grant competitions are in progress. The Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program assists students traditionally under-represented in gifted and talented programs, particularly economically disadvantaged, limited English proficient, and disabled students, to help diminish the achievement gap at the highest levels of performance. Either states or school districts may apply (closes 4/22). The Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative supports efforts by communities to implement comprehensive education, juvenile justice, law enforcement, mental health, and social services for youth. However, this year, only districts or consortia of districts that have not previously received such funds or services are eligible (closes 4/29). Teacher Recruitment Grants allow states and partnerships to address the challenge of America's teacher shortage by making significant systemic changes in the way teachers are recruited, prepared, and supported to teach in high-need schools. Partnerships must comprise of an institution of higher education with an eligible teacher preparation program, a school of arts and sciences, and a high-need school district (closes 5/2). http://www.ed.gov/GrantApps/ lists all the competitions that are currently underway and provides links to electronic application packages, forms, and other basic information.
Profile: Sophomores
The National Center for Education Statistics' "A Profile of the American High School Sophomore in 2002" examines the alignment of tenth-graders lofty expectations for their future education and their actual secondary school preparation. Indeed, in 2002, 72 percent of the nation's sophomores planned to get a bachelor's degree or higher and 83 percent rated getting a good education as "very important." But, just under two-thirds of whites who planned to complete a four-year degree were proficient in reading, while 31 percent of blacks and 35 percent of Hispanics were reading at level two (simple inference). And, only 33 percent of whites, six percent of blacks, and 12 percent of Hispanics were proficient in math. "This report shows that we as a society have done an excellent job selling the dream of attending college," Secretary Spelling said about the profile. "But we have to make sure that we are preparing high school students to succeed once they get in the door." Interestingly, twice as many females (20 percent) as males (12 percent) expected to complete a doctoral or professional degree and blacks (62 percent) and Hispanics (53 percent) were much more likely than whites (47 percent) to affirm getting good grades as something very important to them. For more information, please go to http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005338.
Also: NCES has also been busy on the higher education front. For a full list of recent products, please go to http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/search.asp?searchcat=pubslast90.
Museum and Library Awards
Last week, First Lady Laura Bush presented the 2004 National Awards for Museum and Library Service to three museums and three libraries. The winners are very different, (large and small, urban and rural), but they have one thing in common: each have found innovative ways of using their collections and programs to provide lifelong learning and tackle critical community concerns. For example, the Zoological Society of San Diego's mentorship programs for middle school, high school, and college students offer engaging and rigorous conservation studies that can lead to career opportunities. Also, through the InternQuest Program, pre-collegiate candidates can explore careers in a variety of science disciplines, such as animal behavior, genetics, and pathology. The Zoo Society's assemblies and outreach programs served 57,257 school children in 2003. For more information, please go to http://www.imls.gov/whatsnew/current/031505.htm.
New Listserv
The Public School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services Listserv is a free service offered by the Department's Office of Innovation and Improvement. Subscribers interested in issues related to the school choice and supplemental service provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act automatically receive periodic notification of information posted on the Department's web site relevant to those issues. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/nclb/choice/help/signupform.html.
Quote to Note
"I like to remind my colleagues... that the hard work of closing the achievement gap and providing every child with a quality education still belongs to state and local governmentsjust as the Founding Fathers wanted when they designed the Constitution.... No Child Left Behind preserves this balance of power. It encourages states to seek innovative solutions because we know the best new ideas come from states and not from Washington. At the federal level, our job is to simply provide the broad strategic goals and record levels of funding to help states get the job done. We want to be as flexible as the law permits. At the same time, there are some bright lines.... Without assessment, there will be no way of measuring the effectiveness of our reforms. Without measurement, there can be no accountability for results. And without accountability, children will continue to fall behind."
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings (3/14/05)
Upcoming Events
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MARTINEZ, Ga. - Junior forward Josh Hurst (Athens, Ga.) of the No. 23 Georgia College & State University men's basketball team (20-4, 13-2 PBC) was named Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Player of the Week, for the week ending Feb. 21. This is the first such honor for Hurst and the Bobcat men's basketball team this season.
Hurst proved to be clutch as Georgia College won two games by a total of three points, averaging 15.5 ppg and 9.5 rpg. His two free throws with 4.3 seconds to play lifted the Bobcats to a 61-60 win at Georgia Southwestern State University, part of a 16-point, nine-rebound night. He followed that with 15 points and 10 rebounds in a two-point win over Columbus State University to help GCSU clinch the top seed in the west division. The junior shot 57 percent from the floor and missed just one of his 15 free throws (.933). He also blocked 2.0 shots per game.
Hurst picks up the 18th PBC Player of the Week honor in school history, and the first since Shaun Keaton was given the award Feb. 2, 2009.
The Bobcats are back in action Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. as they host the University of Montevallo for Senior Night.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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I get ASCAP "awards" every year. Honestly, it feel more like the pity trophy for the fat kid who finally actually finished a race at summer camp.
Answered my own questions, and it makes this whole idea more ridiculous. From another pdf on the SAMRO site:
"Strangely enough, however, this Bill will have the effect of making it illegal for Mutwa, Mhlophe or any of their colleagues to share traditional stories in published books without facing reams of red tape. Firstly, the author would now need to secure the permission of the indigenous community that claims ownership of that story. Further, the copyright in the published edition of the story will no longer belong to the author, but to a government trust fund. So let us say an author decides to write a book telling a traditional Zulu children's tale. Which Zulu community is entitled to lay claim to the story? The entire KwaZulu-Natal region? How about the Zulu people in the Eastern Cape?
The simple answer is: no one knows because the Bill does not say how one identifies an indigenous community. Worse still, it doesn't even provide a way of proving that a community's claim is, in fact, genuine."
This doesn't even make sense. Owning a copyright requires a copyright owner. If they did lock up public domain works, who gets the money? The government? Some public trust? Whomever can prove some vague connection to the work in question? If the works of Shakespeare were copyrighted, I doubt any content creator would be getting money. More likely it would just be some publishing company with money to bully it's way to the front of the line.
I'm having my entire music collection transferred to player piano rolls.
Anyone who needs an overview of major label's creative accounting should read this. http://alanbergman.com/articles.htm#deal
Reminds me of the guitar Steve Vai did about 10 years ago, with his blood in the swirl paint job. Those sold for quite a bit less than this book.
It's a great business plan. Provide a service that people want, but be as annoying as possible without driving them away. Then offer to be less annoying for money. I'm going to try that.
Plus, the Harrod's font reminds of, oh, about half the company logos from the 50s and 60s I've ever seen. How long before somebody that predates their 1967 design sues them?
Huh? The Rolling Stones don't have a label backing their tours? Where do you get this idea?
Wouldn't Facebook's claim also make the auto-Twitter and auto-blog posting to Facebook illegal? Not that this story need more ridiculous...
Just as an aside, who can claim ownership over a thought?
My thoughts exactly. I have a day job so I can afford the time and money to make music. Fortunately my day job is music so I can stand it. But I only make about 1/5th of my income from my own music every year. It's freeing to remove the stress of putting food on the table. This band has some good ideas. I made my first experiment in free about 2 years ago. The torrent has been downloaded thousands of times, but I've had no feedback. All the downloads are nice, but I have no way of knowing if people like it, or even listen to it. Next time, I will have to do something like this to encourage more interaction.
Every time I hear another stupid idea like this, I picture the boardroom meetings from The Hudsucker Proxy. That's how these organizations must function.
I'm a big fan of ReverbNation. Even without direct selling it's a great tool for indie musicians. I think it's really what myspace should have been.
Yeah, I spent about 5 seconds hassling with that login bullshit. What a joke. Does a content provider really have a right to do that? Can't they already tell who my service provider is by my IP address that accessed their site (hence why the Canadian streams seem to be blocked for me)?
Another in a long line of examples of the high levels of crazy found in Texas. Dear Texas, please just secede and get it over with.
So what do they do to students who show up at games with a T or school colors painted on their bodies?
I can vouch for mininova as a content distributor. I've used it quite a bit. Easy to do.
I have to take issue with one thing. I'm a person who likes the events no one cares about. Only via the internet was I able to get my fill of fencing in the 08 games. Yes, I like fencing, gotta problem with that? I also found the table tennis to be way more interesting than expected. I personally don't give a crap about basketball, figure skating, or many of the "big name" olympic events. The online content can serve a niche market. Also, is a delay really bad if being live means being up at 2am? I would like to be able to see everything online though. I'm one of those freaks that doesn't even have a tv.
Or, rather than move on or die out, you find a smaller niche you can be successful in. Such is the case for valves which, even with advances in digital modeling, find happy homes in guitar amps and high end audiophile equipment.


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March 12, 2011
IRVINE, Calif. -- This Saturday, the Gauchos made their way down south to UC Irvine for the All-Cal Challenge meet hosted by Anteater Stadium. Based on overall team scoring, UCSB came out on top with a team score of 193.5 to take the All-Call meet.
Field Events The Gaucho's had both men and women who won the shot put events with Josh Scherer's first place throw of 47'11" and Jean Lightfoot's throw of 45'8". Lightfoot would also go on to place second in the discus with a toss of 150'3" and second in the hammer throw with her best mark at 173'5".
Julian Samson helped earn points for UCSB with his win in the discus by throwing 153'6" and placing second in the shot put by throwing 46'11". Samson also earned sixth in the hammer throw with a mark of 165'3". Adam Shigem placed third in the hammer throw with a mark of 171'6" while Alex Francis took fourth in the women's shot put with a mark of 40'1.5" and placed third in the hammer throw with a mark of 159'1". In the high jump, Helena Montin and Maureen Ajoku both reached their highest mark at 5'3". Mitchell Haag reached a height of 6'10.25" to take first for the men with Max Villalba reaching 6'4.75" for second place.
Karlon Johnson won the triple jump with his mark of 46'5.25". While Tayler Williams jumped 38'5" to take second place. Taylor Duncan represented the Gauchos well in the pole vault with his second place mark of 15'5". In men's long jump, John Walsh placed fourth with a leap of 21'9" and Chris Brooks came in fifth with a mark of 21'6.25". On the women's side, Maureen Ajoku took second overall by jumping 18'0.5" and Tayler Williams placed seventh with a mark of 16'10.75". In the javelin throw, Derek Masterson placed second with a throw of 189'7" while Josh Codding took fifth with a mark of 127'4" for the men. Grace Esslinger threw 137'3" to place second and Jennifer Melton threw 114'0" in the women's javelin throw.
Track Events Andrea Jacobs and Ari Selix took the top two spots in the 3000m steeplechase with Jacob's winning time of 10:54.02 and Selix coming in at 11:08.60. Anthony Masci ran 9:35.92 for third place, Andrew Salinas ran 9:45.58 for fourth place and Andrew Pilavjian earned 5th with his time of 9:58.05 in the men's 3000m steeplechase. The men 4x100m relay took first with Beidi Beer, Nate Harvey, Jacob Vowels and Evan Walker contributing to a time of 42.44. The women 4x100m relay team composed of Snita Ashford, Kelsey Bolden, Grace Esslinger, and Megan Vyenielo placed 3rd for a time of 47.70.
Cassie Brooker placed 3rd in the 1500m run with her time of 4:39.11, Callie Mulgannon earned 4th by running 4:40.49 and Sarah Vitug took 6th with a time of 4:41.92. Tyler Brady ran 3:55.07 in the men's 1500m with Greg Dotson coming in 5th in 3:58.6 and Rusty Parker placing 7th in 3:59.13.
Sean Johnson won the men's 110m hurdles with a winning time of 15.27. Grace Esslinger placed 7th for the women's 100m hurdles in 14.82 and Jaimie McCormack took 9th with a time of 15.95. Esslinger also competed in the 200m dash and placed fourth with a time of 25.37. Maureen Ajoku ran 25.71 to place sixth overall in the 200m. Jacob Vowels ran 22.21 for third place and Nate Harvey followed in fourth with a time of 22.78. In the women's 400m, Jessica Johnson ran 56.12 to win the event followed by Jenn Carey in fourth place with a time of 58.13. Jordan Scott earned second place for the men's 400m run with a time of 49.02 and Winton Nguyen came in sixth with a time of 50.49.
Snita Ashford earned second place with a time of 12.23 in the 100m dash and Megan Vyenielo placed 10th by running 12.92. Beidi Beer ran 10.90 and Jacob Vowels followed closely behind with a time of 10.93 to earn third and fourth place respectively in the men's 100m.
The Gauchos won both the women's and men's 800m run with Justine Diaz running 2:11.75 for the women and Ryan Martin running 1:52.86 for the men. Cassie Brooker placed eighth with a time of 2:18.50 and Rusty Parker took fifth with a time of 1:56.11. André Piñon blazed across the finish line in 53.07 for a first place finish in the men's 400m hurdles and Alvin Go finished 3rd with a time of 54.61. "I'm happy with my performance," commented Piñon on his 400m hurdle win. "The plan is to make it to the first round of NCAA Nationals and just go off of that." On the women's side, Aislynn Mueller ran 63.61 and Amanda Rodriguez ran 64.49 for seventh place.
Big West Athlete of the Week Amanda Moreno won the women's 3000m with a time of 9:34.87. Moreno broke UCSB's school record in the 3000m which was over 20 years old. "It was a fun race, my goal going in was to break the school record and it was exciting to finally break it." Moreno was able to improve on her previous 3k time at the Gaucho Round-Up by more than ten seconds and views this race as helping her get ready for the Stanford 5k and getting used to the pace she will be running at Nationals. Breanne Strenkowski came in second in the 3k with a time of 9:54.37 while Juan Paredes earned second place in the men's 3000m with a time of 8:23.89 and Bhavik Kanzaria placed sixth coming in at 8:33.11.
The men's and women's 4x400m relay team both placed first with the women's team composed of Jennifer Carey, Jessica Johnson, Amanda Rodriguez, Sheniece Vargas running 3:47.11 and the men's team of Alvin Go, Jimmy Martin, André Piñon and Jordan Scott running 3:12.36.
Next up for the Gaucho's is the USC Invitational March 18-19 in Los Angeles, Calif.