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Today I am thankful for me !!! I am grateful for all of life's challenges that I have had. Someone once said to me, "Why do these things always happen to you??" At the time that hurt, but after some thought I figured it out….
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These are the most popular posts I have written since the beginning of the blog. And I'm still suprised about the popularity as the top posts have been read by thousands and thousands of people. I started the blog with the idea that it will be a success and worth while if I can even inspire 1 person and now I have been able to inspire thousands of people, it's hard to really comprehend that so many people have read my writings.
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Continuing the explanation for the desperation to become a lawyer.
Workarounds and the changing landscape for everybody
Most lawyers I meet frequently take the first opportunity to find out two things about me. One is if I've ever practised law before. And the other is whether I have "5+ PQE."
"5+ PQE" is the industry jargon for 5+ years of post-qualification experience.
I've come to realise I get
anally probed like that because those guys want to know if they could hire me (as a lawyer, not a prostitute, which pretty much comes to the same thing in my view).
They could see the bilingual ability in me and — not to sound too immodest — the raw hunger of one who gets things done whilst working 80-hour weeks in financial printing. In short, they want to know if I'm interested in practising law — also meaning (I suspect) if in the process they could discard some of their local mattress hay.
Never mind my PQE, thankyouverymuch. I got issues—
One, I have to convert my foreign qualifications for Hong Kong admission.
Two, the current non-availability of traineeships or pupillage to build up PQE.
Three, I have a running commercial concern, mate.
But I'm very flattered with the interest.
Yet many others ARE interested — desperate even — to become lawyers, notwithstanding the conditions and prospects already mentioned in Part 1. So much so that many legal hopefuls are devising workarounds —then find themselves in a bind later on.
The (not much of a) workaround
For those who don't know this yet:—
The Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap. 159) [L.N. 60 of 2005] ('LPO') governs the admission and registration of local, overseas and foreign lawyers in Hong Kong (including their employees).
"Overseas lawyers" are those based in Hong Kong whose foreign legal qualifications have been 'converted' for practising Hong Kong law. Their admission is under the Overseas Lawyers (Qualification for Admission) Rules (Cap. 159Q) ('OLQ Rules') operating under Section 73 of the LPO. The conversion process is the Overseas Lawyers Qualification Examination (OLQE).
"Foreign lawyers" are simply those based in Hong Kong and DON'T practice Hong Kong law. Their registration is governed by The Foreign Lawyers Registration Rules (Cap. 159S) (operating under s. 73 LPO). If the foreign lawyer passes the OLQE, it doesn't necessarily mean the status converts to the overseas lawyer because it has to be applied for.
Hong Kong has a split legal profession. Any of the above lawyers are either solicitors (the non-trial lawyers) or barristers (the trial advocates), but not both. Solicitors are supervised by The Law Society of Hong Kong, and barristers by the Bar Council of Hong Kong.
Because of the statutory category of "overseas lawyer," the trend since around 2009 or 2010 is this workaround routine:—
Do the local secondary-school exams.
Do the GCE locally (because locals tend to score higher on them than on local exams).
Do the 3-year LL.B. (Hons) overseas.
Do the 1-year vocational stage of training overseas.
Secure the 2-year Articles or pupillage overseas
Get the Practising Certificate (the lawyer's licence) overseas.
Return to Hong Kong.
Do the OLQE to convert to a local licence.
In short, basically do everything overseas. Then come back and hope for the best in landing a job here.
The biggest stumbling block is the OLQE, which is one big hassle even if you're actually a local-born local.
Neutering the workaround
Your fantastic overseas legal qualifications and/or experience are virtually put to a trial by ordeal when you try to go through the conversion process.
We all know this in life. If your livelihood is even remotely threatened, you'd rob, cheat and kill — do anything and everything under the sun — to protect it. It's all terribly human.
Overseas qualifications still have professional cachet and snob appeal in Hong Kong, and for good reason.
Everybody in their heart of hearts know the overseas type have the skills and the personal charm to outgun the locals even if it's just clearing the desk paperwork. Add everything up, and the home-brewed local lawyer can be forgiven for eyeing piercingly at all overseas types as a livelihood threat.
Indeed, the prodigal sons and daughter back from foreign shores are viewed with even greater enmity than the outright foreigner. That's because the overseas localwag actually understands the local conditions only too well by virtue of being an overseas type and a localwag all rolled into one.
Indeed, that has always been the case from the 1950s right up to the '80s and even today. In the old days, British lawyers (especially barristers) were just flown out here on some package deal to advocate a local case without so much as subject to local confirmation hearings for professional articulation. No one wants a repeat broadcast.
The private opinions even from the local cynics is the whole local licensing process is protectionism. It's designed to frustrate the foreign-educated from muscling in on the local action — especially the bilingual overseas type. Same story worldwide, all told.
The UK qualification pathway for lawyers
The Hong Kong pathway mirrors the UK one — law degree 3 years + vocational stage 1 year + apprenticeship 2 years (altogether 6 years).
Compare that to the U.S. pathway — first degree 3–4 years + law degree 3–4 years (or 6–8 years in all).
Or compare the generic European one — law degree 5 years + apprenticeship 18 months (or 7 years in all).
One precondition of the OLQE is the exam candidate must have practised law for minimum 2 years if from a Common Law country, or minimum 5 years if from a Civil Code country. That expressly excludes paralegal work.
The whole idea behind this 2+ PQE is to reflect the 2-year apprenticeship in the Hong Kong pathway.
That's dynamite on paper. Bank on the ability of lawyers using feel-good, non-controversial reasons to explain things away.
In reality, the whole OLQE conversion is pointless convoluted, as one New York attorney in Hong Kong has discovered to his dismay:—
"The process is rather tedious. First, one must make an application to the Law Society of Hong Kong by early July to take the [OLQE], including any application for exemptions. […] only civil code lawyers with 5 years' experience may even attempt at the exams, while common law lawyers (such as Americans) are instantly entitled to sit for the exams AND […] who have 5 years' experience, and can prove it, […] may submit "evidence" that they have the experience requisite to be exempted from [certain subjects]. […]
"The application itself costs [HK$3,300 or US$425], is extremely tedious, requires a lot of running around (original certificates of good standing from each jurisdiction you are admitted!), nagging former employers to sign letters [for] you, of course, draft yourself, etc. etc. Not nice. I managed to convince the Law Society to exempt me from 2 of the 3 exemptable Heads, and am now taking a prep course at IP Learning for Heads I and III. Obviously, these courses are not cheap.
"In addition to costs for the application and preparation, you then pay the Law Society an additional [HK$5,500 or US$700] to take a Head, and an additional $1,100 for each subsequent Head! This must be done by mid-August.
"The exams are given just once a year in the Fall, with results not coming out until some time inFebruary, and then once you have your hopefully happy results, you then make an application for admissions — which I believe involves yet another fee! What extortion!!!
"And just to take up STILL more time, the admissions ceremony does not even take placeuntil the following July! So all in all, the whole process for a foreign lawyer to get locally admitted is extremely tedious, time consuming and expensive. […]
(P.S. — I'm not sure what a civil code lawyer who doesn't have the 5 years' requisite experience has to do. Does one have no choice but to qualify as a brand new lawyer in Hong Kong? That is, obtain a law degree, take the one-year PCLL and then a 2-year traineeship?? Now that I'd never do!)
— via mybitblog, 06 AUG 2010
In other words, assuming all goes well and you have the correct repertoire of experience and qualifications, the total cost and time for conversion is:—
OLQE application fee HK$3,300
All 5 Heads (subjects) at HK$5,500 × 5 = HK$27,500
Total nominal cost HK$38,000 (say, US$5,000)
6 months from sitting exams to results out
17 months from exam results to admissions ceremony
Total waiting time is 23 months (say, 2 years)
Altogether then, the person will have spent 6–8 years abroad getting qualified, 2 years getting experienced, and then another 2–3 years locally to gain admission. That's 13–15 years in all to be a lawyer in both the home country and here locally. That's 25% of a 60-year-long lifespan.
A missed point
The OLQE has been undergoing reform since around 2009 to reflect new developments in the Hong Kong constitution and legal system. Therefore subject exemptions are likely to be removed altogether soon.
Many overseas or foreign lawyers seem to miss a crucial point — they'll soon be unable to get any exemptions on the OLQE because of the new Hong Kong-specific 'core' heads (subjects).
So everybody from overseas will then have to live through the hell of doing all 5 heads on the OLQE in order to qualify for local practice.
There's another point about the PQE precondition that can turn out a hellish problem if you return to Hong Kong just a bit too early from abroad:—
The 5+ PQE that remains the biggest stumbling block for the overseas-qualified lawyer. Overseas Articles and pupillage typically last 2 years or so (just as they are locally), and then you're jettisoned like a diseased ship rat. With only 3 years off the mark, anyone who comes (or returns) to Hong Kong pre-5+ PQE will find it tough-going to make up for those missing 3 PQE years.
That's why I said I got issues about converting my overseas legal qualifications for local recognition.
Changing landscape for lawyers
Help the firm to help you. Go with the Overseas Lawyer admissions route. The local-to-overseas lawyer ratio is crucial for a law firm to keep its statutory registered status and continue operating here.
If you're lucky enough to know lawyers who actually know and care about things, their default advice is for junior and midlevel overseas-qualified candidates to follow the Overseas Lawyer route — sign up for the OLQE while you're still in your current job position at the current workplace.
The OLQE is a once-a-year exam. The time from start to finish is just too demoralisingly long to 'think things over' and wait.
The reason for the delay-no-more stance is simple.
It relates to the law firm's licensure.
Discounting the 100% local law firms, the bigger law firms in Hong Kong mostly maintain a 50–50 ratio of local and overseas/foreign lawyers. This is to preserve their licensure as a Hong Kong solicitors' firm.
Indeed, various lawyer groupings and The Law Society were telling candidates to start sitting for the OLQE by October 2009 so that they could be licensed by 2011 at the earliest. They point out that—
After 2011, "the train will have long left the station for many law firms considering licensure as a Hong Kong Firm of Solicitors by then."
If you're smart enough, you will notice…
Our Department of Justice will have a succession issue in a few years' time because its recruitment will be from a shrinking pool of eligible lawyers.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see what's going on.
Fewer and fewer traineeships and pupillage will be available for locally trained lawyers to finalise admission. So it results in fewer and fewer practisable lawyers available for hire.
Likewise, fewer and fewer eligible overseas-qualified lawyers will be available because the local licensing process will become harder and harder to complete — because exemptions will be increasingly removed even for experienced lawyers sitting the licensing exams.
All in all, there will just be an increasingly shrinking pool of eligible lawyers (local and foreign alike) because the back end of the various pathways is cockblocking the finalisation for admission.
There will be little or no availability of traineeship or pupillage in the short to medium term because of rising costs, running political developments, and the deteriorating skill set of applicants for employment.
Walk the local plank — that only gets you a long wait at the back end because, even if you've aced your studies, there's little or no traineeship or pupillage to finalise your qualifications.
Walk the overseas plank — again, that gets you a long wait because the strictures on converting licenses will get tougher over time. Experienced lawyers from abroad won't want to downgrade to a trainee in order to qualify locally. And firms won't like to hire experienced hands because of their (shall we say) 'independent-mindedness.'
A practical dimension too — you wait, you grow older.
Older johnnies are less hired because Hong Kong (like everywhere else) likes to hire young, pouting things because young pouties are easier to hire and fire at lower economic cost.
It doesn't matter whether you did your law studies locally or overseas. Ultimately, the end prospect equalises.
What to do, man, what to do?
This is the part that relates more to my acquaintance, but applies nonetheless to the whole picture for all legal hopefuls.
The Common Law of Hong Kong expires in 30 years' time. Whether it will or not is irrelevant. The hope is that it stays, but no facts exist to indicate either way.
It's open to extreme conjecture whether the Common Law in Hong Kong will or won't come to an end on 30 June 2047, the date when the "One Country, Two Systems" (OCTS) arrangement for Hong Kong officially and doctrinally expires. Not even China, our overlord, knows. No one knows simply because nobody is even conjecturing.
In 30 years' time, at least three generations of leaders in Beijing will have come and gone who will have decided and undecided what shots to call.
The truth means responsibility — which is why everyone dreads the truth.
Lipsync Lawyer would dearly welcome anyone explain why it isn't nice to start thinking about this now. In our view, it's better to start broaching the subject now so that Our Future Landlords will know what shots to call.
Start now, and there will be 30 future years' worth of thinking, arguments, politicking — even rioting, if you like that sort of thing — to form a solid basis for a happy, stress-free, politically nutritious workable solution.
Start later, and then prepare to train your children to welcome The Mother of Chaos and Extreme Economic Butthurt in 30 years' time.
I mean, we've seen the same movie before.
Nobody in The Disco Era (the 1970s) wanted to even hypothetically explore the issue of Hong Kong's return to China — a topic that apparently resulted accidentally from China's rebuff to (then Sir) Murray McLehose when he stepped off the train in Guangzhou city in 1971/72 when visiting in his official capacity as the Hong Kong Governor.
The whole matter of the retrocession (dubbed "rectumcession" by the wags) got shoved in the backburner until Maggie Thatcher's visit to China in 1982 — then everything went Warp Factor 5 chaotically. If it hadn't been for some seriously professional planners on both the British and Chinese sides, 1997 would have ended up a total balls-up.
We're not seeing the same high calibre of people today. We're unlikely to see any of the such in future owing to the degraded education systems anywhere in the world. So we should start the ball rolling now about 2047.
About that eventuality with the OCTS, it's a little silly to operate on denialist or avoidant mode.
To talk about the changing landscape for licensing lawyers whilst completely ignoring the ultimate lifespan of the while legal system itself is like treating parietal lobe tumour with 2,000 mg of Vitamin C on an as-needed basis.
"Anybody who thinks talk is cheap should get some legal advice." — Franklin P. Jones (1908–80), American reporter, PR executive and humourist
Vitamin C is good for you, of course … but useless to stanch a growing tumour. Got to do something RIGHT NOW while the tumour is still early and treatable, never mind if Vitamin C has any actual useful effect.
Let's be insufferably self-entitled for a bit. Three decades ago, Hong Kong had been promised 50 years of autonomy and no change — that's barely two generations. As a comparison, the New Territories of Hong Kong had been leased to the UK in 1898 for 99 years, or four generations. It's been 20 years since the handover. The taxi meter is ticking.
Back to my acquaintance
To those of us who in some way resemble my acquaintance (the degree holder backtracking to secondary-school qualifications), I say this:—
Take the shortest path to your destination. Because you only live once. Because you don't know what will happen tomorrow. Because it always costs money. Because you're paying good money, better save time too. Because you only live once.
"I mean, we all have to operate on some realistic level," as Richard Burton's character nicely puts it in the movie The Night of the Iguana (1964).
Even though we see little or no glad tidings for finalising lawyer licensing, it pays to have the mostest of the requirements soonest in hand. No one knows what opportunities or roadblocks may arise in the meantime. Anything that IS lacking when opportunity knocks usually can be remedied.
What cannot be remedied is time itself. Doubling back to school qualies while holding a degree is just plain, wasteful stupidity. It also looks pretty career-limiting on the CV, by the way.
Everybody wants to be a 'professional' — understandably so.
I say, make money professionally, whatever the trade or calling. The easiest way to be a professional moneymaker is to ride on existing efforts.
Learn to carry on your parent's trade or family business, if you have the choice. That's wiser than to fly off the handle and go into a time-delimited field like law, where the supply of lawyers traditionally outstrips demand by 17 to 1 for most of the last 50 years.
In short, stop reinventing the wheel.
If existing efforts have been reasonably successful, run with it.
To anyone who cares to listen (but especially my acquaintance), let me say a person with a going family concern usually discovers it pays pleasant and profitable dividends in the long haul to learn the family trade and to plan for when and how to take over the reins.
Remember those clear NZT pills that guy was constantly plopping down in the movie Limitless?
It's fantasy. Worse, it's movie fantasy.
You'll find success is much easier from riding on something existing than to start from the bottom, or nothing.
Rely on your own common sense, brainpower and a little luck instead.
If you've invented (or have access to) thallanyl-zirconiomethyltetrahydrotriazatriphenylene (NZT), then you don't need to listen to me.
Otherwise, you can spend the rest of your Voyage in Life contemplating all possible meanings of the phrase "I should've."
The likes of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Hong Kong's very own Li Ka-shing are UNIQUE individuals who made good under UNIQUE circumstances. Similarly, the "dotcom" bunch makes for great reading and entertainment … but little else. They cannot be emulated — certainly not by the emulating types anyway.
In reality, the absolute majority of successful people is more like your local shopkeeper who's been running his little shop for the past 50 years — able to pay off the mortgage, send kids to school, and have something left for the kids to take over in the fullness of time.
At the high end, they more like Arianna Huffington and our Ronnie Chan (of Hang Lung Group) — people who started early to learn and carry on their parents' work.
Naturally, it's a different story if you're folks don't have a going concern for you to take over. But if there exists a business, then maximise on it.
I didn't take over my father's architectural practice. I couldn't. I had to resit my physics. In my day, a resit was poison for entering architectural school. Indeed, first-time passes were compulsory for all professional schools in the old days.
I couldn't take over mum's fashion design and textile business either. It was divested before I was grown up enough to take over.
So I took over the family printing business instead.
Maximise your available resources. And maximise on them.
Lawyering — if your lawyer friends are being honest with you — generally DOESN'T pay nearly as well as running your own business.
Not unless it's lawyering at senior partner level in an international law firm — and that takes REAL TALENT.
The high money and super high lifestyle that so many people worldwide seem to be mesmerised with — that thing we Hongkongers dubbed 打工皇帝 (daa gung wong daie, 'employment emperor') — is usually the result of…
A fairly TALENTED individual
… with the RIGHT CONNECTIONS
… who did the RIGHT THINGS
… at the RIGHT TIME
… in the RIGHT PLACES
… in front of the RIGHT PEOPLE
… after listening to the RIGHT ADVICE
… AND thinking right
Life is limitless
… but only if you don't limit your circles, or the advice you're getting
I don't think I have that right mix myself — yet I'm explaining this to you right now. Think about that for a minute.
If a person has to backtrack to getting secondary-school qualifications, pretty much on balance of probability that person hasn't got that talent.
This special report first appeared in The Naked Listener's Weblog on 6–7 May 2013. This is an updated presentation to reflect the developments that have taken place since then.
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Fundraising can be Fun
Have a worthy cause? Then do a worthy fundraiser. This episode shows how to organize volunteers, choose the right venue, get the word out, and keep expenses low. Learn the right way to do the right...
Students identify sources of state and local tax revenues. They learn about the various tax forms used by the IRS. Students then break into teams of four and debate the purpose and benefit of various types of taxes.
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Social media is used a number of ways. People use it to connect with their family and friends. Business owners, on the other hand, use it to connect with their target audience and promote their products and services. It turns out, social media isn't just for socializing, advertising or marketing. Studies suggest that an increasing number of employers are using social media to source candidates and recruit employees. In fact, roughly 90% of hiring managers and recruiters use social media as part of their screening process. Every day, recruiters are looking to fill jobs with top candidates like you. As a job seeker, make sure that you use the social media to your advantage.
Social media provides a great way to boost your job search. Unfortunately, most job seekers still haven't realized its role in landing a job. If you're still not using social media as part of your career management, you're missing out on opportunities to find a job, grow your network, and improve your professional image.
How can you tap into the power of social media to make your job search easier? Use these tips to make the most of social media in your job search and career.
Let people know you're looking for a job
If you're looking for a job, spread the word. Most people are willing to help you in your job search. All you have to do is ask. It may be embarrassing, but everyone has been there before. Who knows, one of your friends may have an opening in their company.
You can write a post telling your family and friends that you're looking for a job and that you would appreciate it if they can introduce you to someone or if they know of any company that is hiring.
Convince people to be your allies in the job-hunting process by letting them know that you know your stuff. If you're a marketing guru, it is a good idea to share information about your expertise. Also, let them know that you're up to date on the latest marketing strategies. If you're a financial guru, fill your social media streams with links and commentary about the current economic climate.
Network your way into a job
The people you encounter can be very helpful, especially when searching for a job. The problem is that many people do not like the idea of networking. In today's digital age, networking is no longer limited to awkwardly weaving through a cocktail party, shaking hands with strangers and collecting business cards.
Social media provides several opportunities to connect with business owners, professionals, and executives who might not give you the time of day. Grow your LinkedIn network, join groups related to your industry, follow business pages, recruiters you have worked with, and employers you are interested in. it is also a good idea to share industry-related news and join in on group discussions.
Remember, a connection may eventually lead to a new career. Use social media to create the connections you need to get the job.
Learn about the company you're interested in
Social media can go both ways. People can learn information about you. You can also use it to learn information about others. This is especially beneficial during your job search.
Having a connection can help you land the job. Sometimes, hiring managers prefer candidates who were recommended by their clients or employees. They want to hire people they know and trust. But that doesn't necessarily mean that you'll have zero chances of getting hired if you don't know anyone from the company. Don't let your lack of connection discourage you from applying for the job. Use the internet to your advantage to learn more about the company or the hiring manager.
Find out the name of the hiring manager and take a look into the company's works, clients, and culture. Make sure that you include all the information you have learned about the company in your cover letter. It shows that you did your research and you're very much interested to be a part of the team. These little details could give you the boost you need to land the job.
Keep your LinkedIn profile updated
Most people turn to Google when they need answers or if they want to find out something about a person. Odds are, employers will Google you. They do this get background information about the applicants before inviting them for an interview.
Most people only click on the first three links on the search engine results page. If you want employers to see what you want them to see, we highly recommend that you create an account on LinkedIn. This will help push your profile to the top of Google's search results.
LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network. Often, recruiters and hiring managers check on your LinkedIn profile as it helps them decide whether or not you're a good fit for the position. To reap the powerful benefits of this professional platform, make sure that your account is updated. Add your skills, experiences, causes you champion, volunteer work you do, and organizations you've joined.
You can also use this platform to research companies you've had your eyes on and determine the best person to contact in that company.
Blog your way to a job
Employers and hiring managers will do a background check on you before they invite you over for an interview. They want to ensure that everything that is written on your resume or CV is true. If you have included a link to your blog on your resume, they are likely to visit it.
A blog is more than just a catalog of words and images. It advertises who you are and what you believe in. Here, you can share your stories, your views and opinions on topics you know and care about. It can help you connect with like-minded individuals and converse with them. It also provides opportunities for networking, which is crucial in finding a job.
A professional and well-designed blog can be a great way to get noticed by the right people. Regardless of where you're at in your career, your blog allows you to show off your skills and demonstrate the depth of your knowledge. If you are a photographer, we highly recommend that you upload your best shots. If you are a freelance writer, you should post well-researched and thought-provoking articles. This will help you make a strong impression on potential employers.
Social media presence
One way to get yourself noticed is to make yourself visible to those who are hiring. You need to cultivate a social media presence that supports your professional brand.
As mentioned earlier, your future employers will check you out on social media. They want to know who you are and what you do. After all, your social media profiles are a great representation of who you are.
While it is best to keep your social media profile restricted to family and friends, you shouldn't hide your whole profile. This way, when a recruiter lands on your profile, he/she will see some activity and can learn more about you. Keep your profile photo, educational and employment information public as employers and recruiters may want to see that. Also, make professional status updates public. Meanwhile, your wall posts, photos, relationship status, and personal information should be kept private.


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Photography is a hobby that can be very pleasant and rewarding. You could capture precious memories and create amazing works of art. Even for the elderly it can capture the youth and innocence of the world around them. This article should help you approach photography like a professional. Apply these tips to take quality pictures that will mean something to you.
You can use digital software to create the look of oil paintings, pencil sketches, water colors and many others. While there are several imaging software available, Adobe Photoshop is by far the most popular one to use. In many cases, you can turn your ordinary photo into an art piece simply by loading it into Photoshop and selecting the appropriate filter.
Select what will appear in your photograph. A good photo is like a little window into specific characteristics of your subject. Don't attempt to include too much. Try taking a series of photos for a better impression of a subject than one without details and focus.
Minimize the fuss when you set up to take your photographs. You can take great pictures without changing your color or motion settings.
If you want your photographs to look professional, you need to take them with a professional camera. Think about getting a dSLR camera for instance. A digital SLR camera is what most professional photographers use, so if you want to take perfect photos like a professional, you will need to purchase one of these as well.
Properly framing your subject can improve your photograph. By zooming onto the subject, any surrounding distractions can be removed. This will unclutter the photograph as well as eliminating unnecessary focal points.
Adjust the white balance option on your camera. Indoor lighting can sometimes cause your pictures to look yellow and off colored. You don't need to worry about adjusting the lighting in the room. Simply change the white balance setting to get the perfect shot. You will see your photos come out much more professionally.
You should enjoy photography! Pictures should serve as a reminder for a particular moment that you would like to capture forever and be able to look back on in the future. Have fun when actually taking the pictures and will will soon fall in love with photography.
As you read in the above article, photography is great for capturing those fleeting moments in life in a way that can be memorialized forever. A simple photograph can make up some peoples' greatest, most prized possessions. If you can follow and apply the tips you have learned in the article above, you can develop a professional skill set and become a great photographer.


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A winter of extremes continues with temperatures in the 60s and winds in the 80s.
Hurricane-force wind gusts, powerful lightning and heavy rain left thousands of Massachusetts residents without power early Thursday.
About 2,500 homes and businesses were still without power as of 4:15 p.m., down from 20,000 overnight.
Downed tree limbs and power lines throughout the Brockton region have knocked out power and caused traffic delays throughout the morning.
The National Weather Service recorded a record 83 mph wind gust at Blue Hill in Milton at 2:45 a.m. Southwest winds of 20 to 30 mph are expected late morning and early afternoon, with gusts as high as 50.
The temperature hit 63 at Blue Hill, but is expected to fall in to the low 50s during the day on its way to more seasonable levels. Southeastern Massachusetts had 1 to 2 inches of rain from the storm.
The storm brought down trees and power lines across the region. National Grid reported nearly 20,000 power outages and Eversource had more than 9,000 early Thursday.
Thursday morning's commute may be spared the strongest part of the storm, however.
This is the same storm that spawned severe storms, including tornadoes, over the Gulf Coast on Tuesday and the Mid-Atlantic states during Wednesday afternoon and evening.
Video: Storm brings down trees
WCVB-TVs latest forecast
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Diabetes Prevention: 6 New Guidelines
The American Diabetes Association has published new diabetes prevention guidelines for people at high risk of type 2 diabetes, the most common type of diabetes.
The guidelines appear in September's edition of Diabetes Care. They're accompanied by recommendations for people who already know they have type 2 diabetes.
The bottom line: Your daily habits can tilt you towards or away from developing diabetes, and it's never too late to make a positive change.
Nearly 21 million people in the U.S. have diabetes. That includes about 6 million people who haven't been diagnosed, according to the CDC.
6 Tips for Diabetes Prevention
If you're at high risk for diabetes, here's your to-do list from the new guidelines:
- Lose extra weight. Moderate weight loss -- 7% of your weight -- may cut diabetes risk.
- Cut fat and calories from your diet. That should help with weight loss.
- Skip low-carb or high-protein diets. They may not work out in the long run.
- Get plenty of fiber. Get 14 grams of dietary fiber for every 1,000 calories you eat.
- Go for whole grains. Make at least half your grains whole grains.
- Get regular physical activity. Go for 2.5 hours per week (check with your doctor first).
The guidelines don't recommend drinking alcohol for diabetes prevention.
Observational studies have tied moderate drinking to lower diabetes risk. But there's not enough data to recommend alcohol for diabetes prevention, according to the American Diabetes Association.
5 Tips for Diabetes Patients
Have you already been diagnosed with diabetes? There are new guidelines for you, too.
The dietary recommendations for people at high risk for diabetes generally apply to diabetes patients. Additional tips for people with diabetes include:
- Eat healthy carbohydrates. Try fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and low-fat dairy products.
- Limit saturated fats. Get less than 7% of your total fat intake from saturated fats.
- Minimize trans fats. Check nutrition labels on packaged foods for trans fat.
- Curb dietary cholesterol. Get less than 200 milligrams of cholesterol in your daily diet.
- Eat fish at least twice weekly. Fried fish, however, isn't recommended.
Knowing about glycemic load and glycemic index, which rate carbohydrates' effects on blood sugar, may also be helpful to people with diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association.
Diabetes Symptoms
Diabetes doesn't always have obvious signs. But possible symptoms include:
- Increased thirst
- Increased hunger
- Fatigue
- Increased urination, especially at night
- Weight loss
- Blurred vision
- Sores that don't heal
The earlier diabetes is diagnosed, the better. Check with your doctor to screen for diabetes. If you already have diabetes, make sure you keep up with recommended tests and checkups.


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Can coding errors affect how a page is indexed?
Are coding errors a possible factor for poor SEO?
Can poor SEO come as a direct result of coding errors? While Google did state that good coding validation (w3c) isn't one of the signals that the search engine uses to asses page rank, it doesn't mean that errors in this area won't significantly affect search engine optimisation results. Check out the webmaster video featured above for a brief discussion on the matter.
Examples of coding errors that can affect SEO
As explained by Matt Cutts in the webmaster video, bad coding can indeed adversely affect SEO results. While there is no such thing as an algorithmic boost for websites programmed with codes that really validates well, it does ensure that the web page will be crawled and indexed smoothly and properly by search engine algorithms. Herein lies the issue with coding errors and Matt certainly gave a few examples to help clearly illustrate the matter.
Most coding errors for webpage errors are due to syntax errors which is often the case with inexperienced people opting to code their webpages by hand. These errors are fairly easy to spot and verify using a couple of different browsers. If there are a lot of random gibberish on your webpage due to sloppy errors in your coding, then search engine crawlers might refuse to index your webpages altogether. Another coding error that could adversely affect SEO are unusually long webpages (100 mb or more). Google likely won't be able to index your web page completely resulting in low search engine rankings.
These are but a few errors that people often tend to make in coding their websites. What other common coding errors can you think of that can adversely affect search engine optimisation?


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Yeah, photos are cool but have you seen what happens when you add a little animation to a still image?
Neat, huh? It's called the 2.5D parallax effect and it's here to bring some of your still images to life.
Move over Ken Burns there's a "new" kid in town!
Ok, so maybe not so much new, but see the difference between the two? The Ken Burns effect merely animates the photo as a whole while the 2.5D Parallax Effect separates the subject from the background while it moves. It also adds a creative option in the editing room. WINNING!
AND since it's Women's History Month I can't think of a more perfect time to give props to the lady first responsible for creating this effect!
Lotte Reiniger
Back in 1923, Lotte Reiniger invented the first multiplane camera, a technique used to film her first and only full length animated feature film, 'The Adventures of Prince Achmed".
How did she do this? By layering sheets of glass under a camera and moving the background panels within each frame separate from her puppet cutouts, she was able to create the appearance of depth for her drawings.
Known to few as a pioneer in animation she spent the majority of her life creating animated fairytale shorts for children. (Cinderella)
Walt Disney
Walt Disney would later adopt and alter this technique, claiming it as his own invention and in 1937 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' was born, the first feature film to be made using his patented cameras.
He popularized this technique and continued using it up until 'The Little Mermaid' in 1989. It would be the last film Disney would shoot with the multiplane camera.
Want to learn more about Disney's version of the multi-camera? Hear it from Walt himself in this video here: Walt Disney Explains the Multiplane Camera
Creating Content
There are many ways to utilize this effect within your projects. Here are a few examples.
Sports Promos
Special Events
Ads + Branding + Travel
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Questioning Reality A Physi
Physicist's Proof of Psychic Abilities, Russell Targ
Physicist's Proof of Psychic Abilities, Russell Targ
An Open Mind. Six-minute video with Russell Targ. http://vimeo.com/56568624
In this note I will present what I consider to be the very best evidence for psychic abilities. These abilities—which we all possess—offer a spacious mind that can change your life and your view of reality. Buddhists and Hindus have known this since before the time of Christ. The scientific evidence is now overwhelming, and modern physics has the means and tools to embrace it. Such abilities have many names; ESP (extrasensory perception) is presently the most familiar. Others include clairvoyance and psi. The latter is derived from psi (Ψ), the twenty-third letter of the Greek alphabet, referring to the Greek psychē, meaning "psyche" or "soul."
My background is in experimental physics and perceptual psychology. I have published more than a hundred refereed technical papers dealing with lasers, laser applications, and ESP research in some of the best scientific journals. And I was a senior staff scientist and project manager for more than two decades at Lockheed Missiles and Space Company and at GTE Sylvania, where I specialized in laser communications and atmospheric wind-shear measurements with lasers. As a laser physicist with forty years of experience in psychic research, I am convinced from the ever-growing data that most people can learn to quiet their minds and move their awareness from their ordinary ego-based mindset to a much more spacious and interesting perspective—one that is not obstructed by conventional barriers of space and time. This meditative skill is what the eighth-century Buddhist master Padmasambhava called moving from conditioned awareness to timeless awareness.
My firm conclusion from decades of ESP research is that we misapprehend the physical and psychological nature of the interconnected space-time in which we live. Our internalized perception of nature is often obstructed and obscured by mental noise. This illusion and misperception is what Buddhists call maya or samsara—and it can cause a lot of unnecessary suffering.
I believe in ESP because I have seen psychic miracles day after day in university- and government-sponsored investigations. It is clear to me, without any doubt that many people can learn to look into remote distances and into the future with great accuracy and reliability. This is what we call unobstructed awareness, or more specifically remote viewing. Remote viewing is a psychic ability that involves learning how to quiet your mind and separate the visual images of the psychic signal from the noise of the uncontrolled chatter of the mind. With remote viewing you can describe and experience objects and events that are shielded from ordinary perception by distance or time. To varying degrees, we all have this ability, and I do not believe that it, or any ESP state, has metaphysical origins. I believe it is just a kind of thinking in which we expand our awareness to perceive nonlocally. And it will become less mysterious as more of us become more skillful. Today there are almost a million Google pages devoted to information about "remote viewing." So at least some people are catching on to the idea that this is not difficult to do.
For example, while working for a CIA program at Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in Menlo Park, California, our psychic viewers were able to find a downed Russian bomber in Africa (for which we received a commendation from President Carter), we describe the health of American hostages in Iran, and locate a kidnapped American general in Italy. We also described Soviet weapons factories in Siberia, observed a Chinese atomic bomb test three days before it occurred, and performed countless other amazing tasks.
I was cofounder of the above-mentioned ESP research program at SRI. This twenty million–dollar, twenty-three-year program, launched during the Cold War, was supported by the CIA, NASA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, Army and Air Force intelligence, and many other government agencies. We developed the technique of remote viewing, which enabled a person to accurately describe and experience places and events blocked from ordinary perception. We published our highly significant findings in the journal, Nature, The Proceedings of the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers, and The Proceedings of the American Institute of Physics. Our research has been replicated worldwide, and remote viewing is so easy to do that it has become a cottage industry. Many of those teaching it are from the Army Psychic Corps that we created at Fort Meade, Maryland, in the 1980s.
Two further outstanding events in my psychic career involved, first, my little post-SRI research group called Delphi Associates, where we made $120,000 by psychically forecasting— for nine weeks in a row–the direction and amount of changes in the silver commodity futures market—without error. This successful forecasting of "December silver" made the front page of The Wall Street Journal and led to a film (The Case of ESP) for the PBS series NOVA in 1983. In the other notable success, our SRI lab was the first to identify and name the kidnapper of heiress Patricia Hearst, who had been abducted from her home in Berkeley in 1974. Our great friend and psychic policeman Pat Price went with us to the Berkeley police station, where I stood with him at a big wooden table as he put his finger on the face of a man his ESP sensed as Hearst's kidnapper. He did this from a police loose-leaf mug book of hundreds of photos (four to a page). He then went on to tell the police where to find the kidnapper's car. When all these facts were confirmed the following day, I knew I had just seen a "miracle." In these cases there is absolutely no chance that it was just our lucky day!
In The Reality of ESP: A Physicist's Proof of Psychic Abilities, Russell Targ shares his comprehensive scientific research to provide convincing evidence that by quieting our minds we can access information in the field of potentiality where there is no distance in space and time.
-- Deepak Chopra, author, War of the Worldviews
This book, detailing its author's many successful investigations into the paranormal, should make those who deny the possible existence of such phenomena think again.
-- Brian Josephson, Nobel Laureate in Physics and Emeritus Professor, Physics, University of Cambridge
-- Deepak Chopra, author, War of the Worldviews
This book, detailing its author's many successful investigations into the paranormal, should make those who deny the possible existence of such phenomena think again.
-- Brian Josephson, Nobel Laureate in Physics and Emeritus Professor, Physics, University of Cambridge


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This website is now used exclusively for Liberal Democrat parliamentary campaigning activities in the constituency of Kenilworth & Southam.
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About Bel-Air Express
Bel-Air Express - Probably the most dedicated ATR supplier
Company Profile
Founded in 1997, Bel-Air is dedicated to the provisioning of aircraft spares support for ATR operators throughout the world. Since then, the company has developed as specialists in the area of purchasing, overhauls and logistical support.
French Aircraft, French Supplier, Bel-Air Express
Our Vision
To supply efficient and dynamic support in terms parts around our DNA Aircraft: ATR. A French company embracing International culture which highly valuing multicultural and multitask team work. Sharing data with the ATR community worldwide while building and increasing our network of ATR suppliers and customers.
Our Mission
Bel-Air is committed to earning and maintaining each customer's trust and loyalty by supplying state-of-the-ART ATR42|ATR72 support and quality parts.
ATR it's our DNA, it's our focused since 1997 and we will keep it that way for years to come.We are dedicated to expanding the ATR community and network through sharing knowledge and personal contact.
A Few Facts
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Supplying state-of-the-art ATR42|ATR72 support. Our services cover the complete range of logistical support including:
Purchasing, Repairing, Expediting, Consolidating, Exporting and Importing of ATR Spares, Engine spares, Accessories and Avionics.
French Aircraft, French Supplier, Bel-Air Express
Material sales
With the company's state-of-the-art, integrated information system, customers have instant access to our inventories. Additionally, the company accepts consignments of high-quality, traceable surplus inventory from airlines throughout the world.
An ATR Parts alliance member
If a customer requests a part that is not in stock, Bel-Air Express has the infrastructure and expertise to locate and procure the component quickly. The company's ability to find the exact part its customers need makes Bel-Air Express the ideal single source for all parts procurement needs.
Bel-Air Express continuously investing in ATR 600 family key parts.
Repair management services
Bel-Air Express has developed an extensive network of high-quality overhaul and repair sources, which meet the highest quality standards. Services to oversee and manage the repair processes of customer inventories are also available.
Parts Exchanges & Loans
Exchange and loans programs of rotables, engine parts and tooling are custom-tailored to the needs of individual customers. Programs are in development to support major LRU requirements.
The ATR Parts alliance
Bel-Air Express is pleased to announce its latest acquisition: ATR72-500 surplus parts from ARKIA.If you are interested, email me and I'll send you the list.
join the ATR dedicated Linkedin group: ATR42|ATR72 - Aviation Support, the HUB for ATR professionalsOver 4200 members that share information and tips on technical issues, on ATR operational issues, and more. Together for a better ATR. ATR It's not just an Aircraft, It's a community.
ATR free consumable campaign: During our years of operation we have accumulated consumableswe are willing to give it to you for free. If you are interested, email me and I'll send you the list.
Bel-Air Express goes to ASIA. In September 2019 Mr. Olivier Rouach will relocate to South East AsiaWe want to get closer to the local ATR operators and key players.
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Contact Us
Find UsBAX-Technics - SAS, 5 rue André Danjon, 75019 Paris. FRANCE
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Absolutely Beautiful Upstairs Condo in highly sought after Fairway Gardens of Tara. Open floor plan with vaulted ceilings. Split floor plan with a large enclosed lanai which adds square footage to the unit. Unit overlooks the community pool which is a very peaceful view. Unit has a Class "B" Social membership to the Tara Golf and Country Club. The annual fee for a social member is $2464 annually OR $205 monthly. The amenities at the club include: Community Pool/Spa, Tennis, Fitness and Dining. There is a monthly food minimum of $60. Social members may golf in the off season. Tenant occupied please give 24 hours notice for showings. Month to month tenant.
Bradenton/Braden River/Lakewood Rch
Cable Connected, Electricity Connected, Sewer Connected, Street Lights, Underground Utilities
Fitness, Golf Course, Maintenance Free, Pool, Tennis Courts, Buyer Approval Required, Deed Restricted, Fitness, Golf Community
Under Building Parking, , 1 Car Garage
In County, Near Public Transit, Street Paved, Garden View, Pool View
Ceiling Fans(s), Eating Space In Kitchen, Living Room/Dining Room Combo, Solid Surface Counters, Split Bedroom, Vaulted Ceiling(s), Walk-In Closet(s), Window Treatments
Dishwasher, Disposal, Dryer, Electric Water Heater, Microwave, Range, Refrigerator, Washer
Balcony/Sun Deck, Irrigation System, Lighting, Rain Gutters, Sidewalk, Sliding Doors, Tennis Court(s), Mature Landscaping, Patio/Porch Covered, Patio/Porch Screened
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Shahi Mosque
A little about the place
Locally known as Anda Masjid, the beautiful Shahi Mosque is built with black trap stone. Ayesh Bibi, princess of Bijapur built it in 1695. The builder name was Kamil Khan.
It has been classified as heritage building over the years, by the archaeological department. Its the oldest Masjid in Konkan.


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Twelve South BookBook vol 2 - Vintage Style Leather Case
iPad Pro 12.9 (2018 / 3rd Gen), Brown
Designed for the latest chapter in iPad history.
BookBook for iPad is a gorgeous leather case designed to fit the family of iPads like a glove. Each BookBook is a handmade, one-of-a-kind, hardback leather case designed to protect and enhance your iPad experience. When your work is done, know that your iPad is safely housed in a protective portfolio designed for the digital world.
Re-engineered for the Liquid Retina Display.
In this edition of BookBook, your iPad Pro is securely held in place with a hinged shell that provides edge to edge access for drawing and smart gestures. Lift the shell up into display mode to share a Keynote show, newly edited video or your amazing photos. While in display mode, pair a compact keyboard with your iPad Pro for a mini desktop workstation or use your iPad as a second screen next to MacBook. BookBook vol. 2 for iPad Pro even has a pocket to store your compact keyboard or important documents.
Write and illustrate a book with BookBook.
Beneath the BookBook shell that grips your iPad Pro is a little kickstand that positions your iPad at a comfortable typing or drawing angle. This feature makes using the iPad onscreen keyboard more comfortable when working in Pages or responding to emails. The artist in you will love how your wrist effortlessly glides across the angled iPad screen when drawing, illustrating or editing photos.
Thoughtful touches inside and out.
BookBook vol. 2 for iPad Pro has dual zippers to keep the case closed, and you can unzip it just enough for the charging cord or another cable to slip through. The back cover window makes it easy to capture beautiful photos and 4K video with your iPad Pro. BookBook also has an interior pocket to stash a compact keyboard or paperwork. What about your Apple Pencil? BookBook has room for that too - right next to the iPad magnetic charger.
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Zaha Hadid Unveiled The Stadium Project For The Summer Olympics In Tokyo In 2020
Company Hadid won the 2012 competition for the reconstruction of outdated national stadium "Kasumigaoka", which hosted the Olympic Games in 1964. After the reconstruction of the old stadium to be transformed into a grand three-tier structure with a retractable roof, which seats 80,000 people. The stadium will be the United pedestrian overpass to the neighboring district of the Japanese capital, and its perimeter can enjoy views of the city. Already in 2019, the stadium is planned to test during the Rugby World Cup.


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Performs professional and administrative duties in the area of case management. Develops and implements case management programs; monitors progress and performs a variety of support services. Work is performed under supervision of the Assistant Director and reviewed through direct observation, reports submitted, and counseling.
$20.51 to $26.14 per hour
To apply, visit https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/deerfieldbeach.
Performs work coordinating transportation activities. Routes and schedules Center vehicles to and from the Center to medically related appointments, social services agencies, parks and recreation programs and special events. Coordinates the activities of bus drivers. Schedules and assigns work; develops, trains, and evaluates staff; initiates and recommends such personnel actions as hiring, disciplining, counseling, training, etc. Work is performed under the general supervision of the Assistant Director of Active Aging and performance is reviewed while in progress and through conferences and results obtained. Must have a safe driving record and a valid Florida Commercial Driver's License, Class A or B with Passenger (P) endorsement and (S) School Bus endorsement.
$24.56 to $31.31 per hour
To apply, visit https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/deerfieldbeach.
Performs responsible work transporting clients to and from Center, medically related appointments, social service agencies, parks and recreation programs and special events. Operates a bus to transport participants. Work is performed under the general supervision of the Transportation Manager and performance is reviewed while in progress, through conferences reviewed for quality of service rendered to clients. Operates various transportation vehicles, including 12-25 passenger accessible buses and a 78-passenger school bus. Must have a safe driving record and a valid Florida Commercial Driver's License, Class A or B with Passenger (P) endorsement and (S) School Bus endorsement.
$15.18 per hour
To apply, visit https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/deerfieldbeach.
The City of Hallandale Beach is seeking to hire 3 Van Drivers to provide door to door transportation services to the Senior Program participants and 1 Van Driver to provide transportation services to the After School Program Participants.
Transports program participants to and from various residential, medical, social, school, special event and/or childcare facilities and environments. Responsible for exercising sound judgment and contacting appropriate law enforcement in the event of emergencies or life threatening situations. Work is performed under general supervision with limited latitude for use of initiative or independent judgment.
High school diploma or GED; supplemented by one or more years' licensed driving experience, preferably in the transport of passengers; or an equivalent combination of education, certification, training, and/or experience. Must have National Incident Management System (NIMS) certification (level to be determined by job classification requirements), or obtain within one year of employment. Must have a valid Florida driver's license with satisfactory driving record throughout employment. Must have CPR and basic first aid training or ability to obtain within one month of employment.
Applicants who demonstrate they meet the minimum requirements may be subject to an extensive selection process and screening program, which may include, but not be limited to, evaluation of training and experience; psychological evaluation; polygraph examination; background investigation; medical evaluation; controlled substance screen.
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Should all decisions in my life be compliant with horoscope? if not consulted what happens
Dear Friend,
Greetings of the day from Siddhivinayak Solutionss!!
The answer for your question is no
If you are working hard and not able to achieve the desired results then you should check what is going wrong
We should believe in karma as karma and luck are inter-related to each other
If you depend on luck by living on luck then you will not be able to do anything in life
But it is fact that whatever is given no one can take from you but if you improve your karma that is present then the future can be bright.
how can i draw my kundali without the basic info of my birth
I feel like I'm not longer on the right path or in the right direction in love career or in general
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God's Desires or Mine?
Psalm 37 contains a goldmine of riches as David expounds on the contrast between the inheritance of the righteous and the tragedy of the wicked; the sharp disparity between lives brightened by light or those snuffed out by darkness. David delivers several injunctions—including, "trust in the Lord," "do good," "delight … in the Lord," "commit … to the Lord" and "rest in the Lord"—urging us to plug into Father God … to ensure our lives revolve around Him as our Divine Centre … to allow God's desires to become ours.
David's statement in verses 4 and 5 has always intrigued me. He writes:
"Delight yourself in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass"
Wow! What a wonderful passage … loaded with promise and weighty instruction. However, it is a passage often misunderstood.
It is perhaps easy to (incorrectly) conclude from verse 4 that if I "delight" myself in the Lord (whatever this may mean), He is obliged to give me the desires of my heart. And, according to verse 5, if I "commit" this to God (again, whatever this may mean), He is then obligated to fulfil my desires. Yes? If I manipulate the formula, I get what I want? Delight + Commit = Jackpot?
Stated that way; of course, the answer is an emphatic, No!
Yet even as a young believer I found it difficult to believe, having heard more than a few messages implying—mostly unintentional, a few blatantly—that God is obliged to give me whatever I desired as long as I found whatever it was that "primed His pump," so to speak. In contrast, from the weight of Scripture as I read it, I could only conclude that I existed to serve His desires and fulfil His pleasure—not the other way around.
Upon closer study of these two verses, beyond the merely cosmetic attention given to them, clarity came. First, the word "delight" (v. 4) means "to be soft and pliable." The word picture here refers to "clay in a potter's hand." David is urging us to be responsive and malleable in God's hand; in a word, surrendered.
A surrendered heart brings great delight to God—in fact, God declares that He makes His abode with those who are surrendered in heart (see Psalm 34:18; Isaiah 57:15; 66:1, 2).
Second, the word "give" in the phrase "He shall give you the desires of your heart" (v. 5) means "birth or originate"—not fulfil and endorse. As we're soft and pliable in His hands, He will birth in us His desires; He will plant in us the passions of His heart. How did Paul put it? "God works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure" (Philippians 2:13).
Thirdly, the word "commit" in "commit your way" (v. 5) means, "to roll the responsibility off onto" and refers to our willingness to hold these God-given passions and visions lightly—not loosely (for we're to steward them responsibly) and not tightly (for they are first and foremost His, not ours). On "that Day," we will give an account to Him for them. On this day, and every day, we're to nurture them in submission to Him.
Inviting God to impregnate us with His desires, offering them back to Him in love, active trust then provides the faith-context—"trust also in Him" (v. 5)—in which God will "bring [them] to pass" (v. 5). For He alone is able to perfect that which concerns us (Psalm 138:8); "He who begun a good work in us will complete it" (Philippians 1:6).
What I initiate in my own want and will, I'll have to continue in my own diminishing strength until I fall apart … or repent.
What He initiates, He will continue and complete. My role is simply to, in rest and freedom (v. 7), cooperate fully with Him.
Then a wonderful thing happens. One with Him, God's desires become mine!
If we want a better future now, we need to tackle tomorrow today. You can find a list of articles covering the three Mega Shifts here and the articles tackling Messy Dogma here.


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30 Day Do It Challange: Go Vegetarian for a 30 Days
A few months ago I watched a TED video about trying something new for 30 Days. It was an interesting idea, and I have been looking for something to try… I also love playing around with cooking different foods, and have decided it would be a great challenge to go vegetarian for the month of June 2012.
By limiting my ingredients, I hope to learn more about developing flavors without using meat as a crutch.
I created an account and group to track my progress here on 30DayDoIt.com
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A Young Lad and his Giant Peach!
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Hey Tribe
Can I just say James and the Giant Peach is a wonderful story by one of my favourite author's Roald Dahl. It was so exciting to see an adaptation at my local theatre, the West Yorkshire Playhouse! What a tribute it was. With a refreshingly talented ethnically diverse cast, a beautiful psychedelic set and innovative use of props, we were transported to the imagination of our virtuous protagonist James. His journey started out a sad one where he ended up with no family to finding his true family in some alternative insect friends.
As a theatre maker the best part for me was the way the actors created some of the music for the piece by playing their own instruments. Another interesting quality was how the audience were engaged with the performance in a really fun way, which brought joy to everyone experiencing the show. Playing "keepy uppy" with the bouncing peach which was thrown back and forth into the auditorium and the young people getting to visit the oversized famous peach at the evil aunt's house on stage. These worked well as ways to break down the fourth wall between audience and performers allowing the children to interact with and take part in the story.
Can we have Matilda next please!
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A simple classic Italian way to prepare meat with a lovely sauce of white wine, green olives, tomatoes and fresh basil. The combination of flavors screams of summer.
Traditionally, this recipe can be done with more than one kind of meat, changing its name according to the type of meat it contains. I chose to make it this time with chicken, being lighter and more appropriate with the high temperatures outside (and more to my taste anyway, as I tend to consume poultry and fish more often than "heavier" meats).
Overall it was deliciously flavored because of the wine and the sauce had a bit of body and texture because of the flour in which the meat was dredged before cooking. The tomatoes, basil and olives only enhanced the lovely wine sauce up to the point in which it became irresistible.
It cooks in about 15-20 minutes and it's devoured in 5 to 10. Enjoy :).
Recipe source: Gourmet.
Last year: Fruit chaat (Indian fruit salad) (raw vegan).
Two years ago: Baby making and no cooking :).
Ingredients (serves 2):
- 2 small pieces of chicken breast (300-400 g total weight)
- salt and pepper (about 1/2 teaspoon of each)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/3 cup of all-purpose flour
- 50 ml of dry white wine
- 50 ml of chicken broth
- 100-150 g tomatoes (3 small ones)
- 30 g green olives
- 1/4 teeaspoon sugar
- a small handful of fresh basil leaves
Pound the breast pieces if you feel they're too thick and season them with the salt and pepper. Next step: dredge them through the flour, shaking off the excess. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and put the meat in it.
Fry them for 2-3 minutes on each side until done. Transfer the meat to a plate.
Put the wine in the sauce remaining in the pan and stir. Bring it to a boil, stirring, until reduced to about 2 tablespoons. Add the chopped tomatoes and olives:
Stir some more. Add the meat back into the pan and mix well. Also add the basil leaves and turn off the heat (you don't want the leaves overcooked):
Let the flavors infuse for 1 more minute, then transfer to serving plates. It's done, dig in! :)


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Leonard Fielding Chapman, Jr. University of Florida, 1932 b. November 3, 1913 d. January 6, 2000 was the 24th Commandant of the Marine Corps and served in that capacity from 1968 to 1972. He was World War II combat veteran — being decorated for his actions in the Battle of Peleliu and the Battle of Okinawa. He retired from the Marine Corps after 37 years of service. In retirement, he served as the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
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DJ South Africa / Cape Town
Participated in
Design Indaba Music 2015
- Design Indabar
Design Indabar 2014
- Design Indabar
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- Design Indabar
- Design Indaba Music Circuit 2013
Anthea Scholtz is a multi-layered DJ and passionate techno fanatic.
She flits between dark, brooding techno and driving dancefloor, standing out for her "storytelling" ability.
After being discovered at a small house party, Scholtz quickly rose through the ranks of electronic music culture. She has played at Africa's most prestigious shows and headlined both Kenya and Cape Town's Earthdance, Rocking the Daisies, Synergy Outdoor Festival and H20, as well as Design Indaba Music since 2009.
After catching the attention of one of the world's top artists, Sasha, she released a successful remix on his label. Her biggest achievement to date include gigs at Ibiza's top club Ushuaia alongside Jamie Jones, Sasha, Ame, Scuba and Uner.