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While the king inquired fearfully, Arjuna became more and more morose over the loss of Krishna – a friend dearer to him than his very self. Sadness dried his mouth, and the lotus of his heart was robbed of luster. Enrapt in memory of his great friend, he could not answer for a long time. He made great efforts to stop his uncontrollable sobbing, smearing tears around his eyes with his hands. Pain grew deeper and deeper with him, from his powerful affection for one who was now out of sight.
Remembering his friend and companion – the well-wisher who had been his chariot driver and so much else – he turned to his eldest brother, the King, and spoke in stuttering and exploding words:
O Emperor, I am bereft of Hari… who had become our intimate relative. Without him all my astounding strength, which amazed even the gods, is gone.
Without him, even for a moment, the whole world becomes ugly, like our bodies look when bereft of life.
With Krishna I strode into the palace where Draupadī was choosing her husband from all the princes smitten with her, and erased their hopes by shooting an arrow straight into the fish.
With Krishna I defeated all the immortals, and handed the Khāṇḍava forest over to Agni, after arresting Indra who was hiding there. Maya then built our wondrous assembly hall, in which princes from every direction brought taxes and gifts to you.
With Krishna, your great younger brother who is as powerful as an army of elephants freed all the kings from the madman who sacrificed to the Lord of Madness and collected royal skulls at his feet. All of them gave you gifts in thanks.
Remember when your wife, gloriously dressed and bathed with a beautiful hair knot, was caught in a terrible assembly of cheaters who tried to untie that knot while tears fell down her face? With Krishna we turned their wives into widows with unkempt hair.
Remember when our enemy sent dangerous Durvāsa with countless disciples to eat at our modest hut in the forest? Krishna protected us: He ate a morsel of left over spinach and rice, and suddenly no one in the three worlds felt hungry. The sage and his disciples were satisfied before they even finished their baths.
Because of Krishna, I once even fought Śiva, the blessed trident wielder. My skill astonished him and his wife so much that he gave me the secret of his own weapon, and other gods followed suit. As a result, I could enter the house of Indra, king of paradise even with my mortal body, and share his throne!
While I was there, Indra and the gods took refuge of my strong arms, which hold the Gāṇḍiva Bow. I protected them from their enemy, because I was empowered by Krishna. But now I am robbed of him!
With Krishna, I was invincible and single-handedly traversed the unsurpassable ocean of the Kuru's strength, to retrieve the treasures they stole and claim the dazzling jeweled crowns from their heads.
An enormous phalanx of great warriors and fine chariots encircled Bhīṣma, Karṇa, my Guru, and Śalya. I went straight into it with Krishna at my side – and his glance deflated all their strength, enthusiasm, and longevity.
Because of his protection, their terrible weapons had no effect on me; just like the demons could not even scratch the boy Narasiṁha protected.
In our unusual relationship, he became my chariot driver; although he is the Supreme Master, the soul's savior, and even his feet are worshipped by the wise who seek liberation. By his blessing, I had no fears when my horses became thirsty and I had to stand on the ground during the war.
We joked and jested so delightfully, beautified by his smile: "Hey Cousin! Hey my friend Arjuna! Hey Kuru's-son!" …Oh, these conversations touched my very heart …my soul floods with memories of sweet Krishna.
We were always inseparable; sleeping, sitting, walking, eating, and boasting together. When one of us misbehaved, the other would sarcastically say, "Oh my, what an ideal person you are!" Krishna, the greatest of the great, tolerated my awfully familiar attitude; just as a father tolerates his child, or friends tolerate one another.
Oh! Without him… without that supreme person: my friend, my beloved, my well-wisher… my very soul becomes vacant and void.
Recently, I was guarding the bodies of the Krishna's queens when I was attacked… by farmers …who defeated me as easily as if I was a girl. I have the same bow, the same arrows, the same chariot, and the same horses. I am the same man whom great warriors praised …but without Krishna everything has lost its power. I have become like play money; like a sacrifice offered to ashes; like a seed in the desert.
Arjuna now became very stoic and spoke very plainly:
King, you asked about our well-wishers in their great city. Here is the news: They got so drunk from liquor and wine that they couldn't even recognize each other. An argument broke out and they wound up killing each other. Only four or five survived.
Perhaps it was a curse? It seems more like the will of the All-Powerful Master, by which living beings sometimes want to kill each other but at other times want to protect each other. The big fish eats the small fish. The strong eat the weak. Such are the ways of providence; and such was the manner in which the stronger Yadus killed the weaker ones; erasing themselves from the face of the earth.
There is nothing left for me but to remember the great wisdom Govinda spoke to me on the verge of battle, for that wisdom always extinguishes the flames of pain.


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Don't forget to take a look at the end credits of all those helpful minds who pushed me on – Here
280 days, a handfull euros spread along the way, hundreds of thousand steps – over mountains, through valleys, in forests, crossing fields, tramping cityscapes; jumping rivers, fences, walls, rail tracks; running along highways, from orange farmers, apple growers, pear, corn, all other veg. grower. Sleeping in a bag, facing a starfilled universe, under trees, beneath stormy skies; next to oceans, lakes, rivers, castles, churches, women… and men.
Meeting friends, all those old, new, lost and loved; brothers, sisters, family, acquaintances, beloved and bewildered. Seeing all those countries – Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain… and such. Eating more food than my stomach can hold, walking with a gaping hole i my belly no food seemed able to fill.
Every place of every step
Having moments
every second and every day.
All those moments.
Now passed.
Sitting here at the end of my journey
Looking at the harbour of Tangier
over a Kaf and pancake
I can't, won't feel anything else than satisfaction
and thankfulness for
my restless mind,
my high threshold for pain,
and that time I met you…
… all of you
Did I just write closure is an integral part of life? Haha, well, I'm not very good at it at all apparently. But here goes some sort of wrap-up. Three hundred and sixty-eight days ago, I set out on a long walk. The reasons for it are not clear. Not clear at all.
There was this build-up scenario which I sometimes tell people. One of me jumping between European cities – not knowing where to go – then arriving in an apartment in a late-winter Oslo, feeling sorry for myself. Then there is that whole "I'm just a poor a lonesome cowboy" – idea – me looking for freedom. Poor impulse-control. stubbornness. Lack of better things to do.
A very anarchistic personality and a tiredness stemming from this way too delusional world we live in.
… not feeling a part of anywhere or anyone
The list goes on and on and on with the reasons to why I took that first step.
Then there's all the reasons for taking the next and the next and the next one.
But let's just say that after one – taking one more is just a frame of mind.
It doesn't get any easier – but it doesn't get much harder either.
Therefore continuing wasn't all too hard.
And meeting all you wonderful people down the road just made the whole thing more and more exciting and whenever I felt a bit down n' out, or tired, I always met someone or saw something that boosted me and gave me a push for another step. It would be hard to incorporate all of you in one message. But hopefully you still remember me.
To officially close this!
After Pelayo we slowly walked through the hard rain and misty clouds, down the mountain, for the first time seeing the end of my walk. Tarifa.
unfortunately we thought that green area on the maps mean off-road forest walking. Apparently at the outskirts of Europe it means militarized zone and very angry border patrols.
But with some smiling and looking confused we just got turned around and had to walk down the highway those last kilometres that day. At dusk we put up camp just at the townborder of Tarifa and went to bed hoping there would be no more rain that day.
… a foolish wish
At dawn the sun came up about the same time as we did. We were still half-soaked but a few hours in the spanish spring-sun left most of us fairly dry.
Breakfast was bread. Bread, butter and cheese. Just as it had been for the past 280 days.
We continued in to town, where I played harmonica for a few well needed coins, and took the boat over the Gibraltar strait. On a boat engulfed in wind and rain.
I was reading a long series of books when I was little, probably around 15 volumes or so, but I could never get myself to finish the last piece, the story was too good, the characters to real, it felt as if I finished that book the people in it would disappear, its world crumble.
I didn't want to leave them behind
I re-read all the books every now and then, but always left that last one, therefore it took me almost 16 years to complete the whole thing. Sixteen years and a walk to Morocco.
The feeling after reading that last volume was emptiness… feeling a huge span of space freeing up in the back of my head – a weight that I'd been carrying with me for so long suddenly disappeared and I felt lighter.
The loss took me back a bit, there was a sense of abandonment, but also calmness.
It had been too long.
Should have finished it ages ago.
Closure is a primal part of moving on.
Carrying too much and you'll sink, get stuck, unable to walk.
Maybe that's why birds leave their young to fend for themselves those last few days.
So that feeling of abandonment forces them off the tree and out in the world
flying free.
I sometimes wonder if I take so long to end this, because as long as I know I still have a few posts left to write, I can still claim to be out on the road. But I guess if I don't finish this soon it'll fall into oblivion of my own mind and those last days will be lost…
So we walked from Algeciras, going south-west just north of Gibraltar, heading for Tarifa
It was misty and wet – green and mild – not really a explosive last day of a 280 days walk – but more like how my mind felt at the time. So many thoughts comming back. Scandinavia waiting for me on the other side of that strait, friends, work, people, Morocco – all the memories I will leave behind on this side.
We crossed the small vilage of Pelayo where Peter lost his backpack cover in the passing storm.
But luckly caught it before flying over the drop on the highpoint at the top of the mountain inbetween Gibraltar and Tarifa.
And real life, outside of the adventuring bubble has put it's claws on me again, as it usually does, but for you I just realised my walk isn't done yet… so here goes another step.
Togheter with my brother I'd been walking south from Ronda – we hit the ocean about six days after we set out from the little mountain town and then another day or so later we crossed just next to the border to Gibraltar heading down to Algeciras.
Where we would meet up with Peter, the guy making some sort of radiodokumentary about the walk.
It was a nice reunion – didn't feel at all as half a year had passed since I last saw him – six months and a few of years worth of stories to tell.
Togheter – me, my brother, Peter and the photographer he brough made a little adventuring party – some sort of fellowship of the walk I would say.
We arrived in Algeciras on the fifth day after leaving Ronda.
It was well seeing the ocean again – I had missed it since leaving it behind back in Valencia
Even though it was cold and unbath-worthy it still gives of a pleasant energy.
Life always seems less daunting when the ocean is near!


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Once again, this pilot will include a staggered, two-tier internal deadline structure for the submission of the final internal and external documents related to any NIH and NSF opportunities. All final internal documents and the application package (completed in NIH ASSIST or NSF FastLane) will be due to the Sponsored Programs Office no later than 7:00 a.m., 1 week (7 calendar days) prior to the sponsor deadline. However, not all of the science documents in the application package needs to be final at this point and the application package does not need to include the completed budget forms. All final science related documents will be due to the Sponsored Programs Office no later than 7:00 a.m. the day of the sponsor deadline. Once received, personnel in the Sponsored Programs Office will upload the final documents into the application package. This later deadline will provide valuable time for the PI/researcher to focus on the science aspects of the proposal.
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Brock Kappelmann - January 13, 2017 10:00 pm
For a second consecutive year, Liberal wins big in Dodge City at the Dodge City Fieldhouse 67-47. This moves the Skins to 8-1 and 2-1 in the WAC.
Liberal trailed early in the game 12-3, before Cade Hinkle's 12 points led to a 17-16 lead after the first. Hinkle went on to score a total of 17 for the game. The Skins led 31-28 at the half and 47-37 after 3. Deladris Green led the team with 23 points. Kylan Thomas had 9 to end the night.
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Eggplant, Zucchini and Yellow Squash Lasagna
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- Written by Cynthia Presser
There are no noodles is this lasagna, but delicious layers of healthy vegetables! Serve with ciabatta bread on the side, or turn it into a side dish for chicken or steak. This is also one of my favorite low-carb dishes. Enjoy with a glass of Chianti!
Serves 8
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 rosemary sprig, minced
- 2 tomatoes, chopped
- 4 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 ½ cups water
- 1 medium eggplant, finely sliced crosswise
- 1 large zucchini, finely sliced crosswise
- 1 large yellow squash, finely sliced crosswise
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons fresh oregano
- ½ cup basil, chopped
- 15 oz ricotta
- 2 eggs, beaten
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
- 1 ½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup white sauce*
- 2 tablespoons sheredded parmegiano-reggiano or parmesan cheese
- 2 cups arugula
In a large sauce pan heat the olive oil on medium high heat and cook the onions until soft, stirring occasionally, 3 minutes. Add the garlic and rosemary and cook until fragrant, 1 minute. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste and water and bring to a light boil, reduce heat to medium and cook until tomatoes start to dissolve, 4 minutes. Stir in the eggplant, zucchini and yellow squash. Season with salt and pepper and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and fold in the oregano and basil. Set aside.
In a medium size bowl, mix the ricotta with the eggs. Add the nutmeg and season with salt and pepper.
Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.
In a large oven proof deep-dish, assemble as following:
- First layer: add half of the vegetables and tomato sauce on the bottom of dish.
- Second layer: spread the ricotta mixture.
- Third layer: add 1 cup mozzarella cheese.
- Fourth layer: add the white sauce.
- Fifth layer: remaining vegetables and tomato sauce.
- Top layer: remaining mozzarella cheese and parmegiano-reggiano.
Bake for 30 minutes.
Remove from oven and let it seat for 10 minutes. Top with the arugula and serve.
*The white sauce I used is the CSWS (Cynthia's Special White Sauce) and this is the one I recommend. Click here for recipe. It takes time to prepare but it is worth it. I usually make a large batch and store extra for up to one week to use in other recipes. You can substitute for store bough white sauce, béchamel, or leave the white sauce out of the recipe – in that case it will be less creamy, but still great!
Nutrition Facts:
8 Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 262.4
Total Fat 16.7 g
Cholesterol 86.1 mg
Sodium 274.2 mg
Potassium 510.2 mg
Total Carbohydrate 13.4 g
Dietary Fiber 3.2 g
Sugars 1.0 g
Protein 15.8 g
Below the lasagna before the arugula topping. Looks good already!


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The Lee Family. Once upon a time Noel and Rena got married and had 2 kids - Doris and Donald. Then one day, Doris got married to Jeremy and had her own 2 kids - Vince and Edda. We all live far apart, and keep moving around. It's hard to keep tabs on each other. Welcome to our blog.
Friday, August 26, 2016
Edda had such a nice week with Eliana. It's tough to think of fun things to do with Edda, my ideas are always eating hamburgers and the walking the shopping mall, but Eliana came up with a whole week's worth of fun activities. They went to a pottery painting place. They went to botanical gardens.
They went to the specialty aquarium shop here in Rockville. There was a movie outing. Edda loves Eliana very much.
And they found an aviation museum with a story time and craft hour. They were out and about everyday this week. Vince was stuck a lot at home, doing homework - he was like how come Edda gets to do all the fun stuff? I was like - dude, you got to do a lot of fun stuff all summer. It's now time to work.
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How to Create a Condition for an Indicator Being Below a Certain Value
Plotted indicators can be used to create a variety of conditions (behaviors). In this example a Stochastics value of less than 20 (considered oversold) is used. This same concept can be applied to any technical or fundamental indicator. Here are the steps.
1. Plot the indicator you would like use in the condition
2. Click on the label for the indicator
Click Create Condition in the drop down menu
3. Click on the Condition drop down menu
4. In the Select Condition window click Less Than
5. Set the Less Than Value in the Value box
6. Select the point at which the condition should occur
The true field will let you set parameters for when or how often the condition returned true.
- Now = Condition is true for current bar
- x bars ago = Condition was true specified number of bars ago
- within last x bars = Condition was true at least once within the specified period of bars
- x bars in a row = Condition has been true for the last specified number of bars
7. Choose the Time Frame to be used.
8. Apply the condition
Click the:
- Copy To button to choose how to immediately apply the condition.
- The Scan button to run an easy scan on the default watchlist in a new EasyScan window
- Save to save the condition to the Library
- Cancel to escape without completing the condition
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Travel agent to return money to hosts:Kiran Bedi
New Delhi: Team Anna member Kiran Bedi, who is under fire for overcharging organisers using inflated travel bills, today said the trustees of her NGO India Vision Foundation have asked the travel agent to return money to those organisations from which more money was taken.
"Trustees of the Foundation have instructed the travel agent to return the balance amounts forthwith. They have already passed resolution directing me to travel strictly as per invite. This leaves no room for discretion," she said.
She said travel agent Anil Bal, who is also a trustee of the Foundation, was handling the travel account and has been asked to return the money. Bal`s agency was handling the travel assignments of Bedi. The Trustees, including adman Prahlad Kakkar, Laveleen Thadani, Achal Paul, Pradeep Halwasiya, Amarjit Singh and Sunil Nanda, were of the view that she need not save money for the NGO in this way, she told PTI.
"I never handled this money. The agency issued the receipts and received the money. So the Trustees have asked the agency to return the money which is lying in the travel account," she said.
Bedi is in the eye of a controversy after allegations were levelled against her that she overcharged hosts by inflating her travel bills. She is also accused of availing discounts on air tickets using her gallantry medal and then overcharging those who invited her to deliver lectures.
In her defence, Bedi has said that she did not personally benefit from this and that the money thus saved went to India Vision Foundation, and was used for social work. The Trustees were also of the view that the money should be returned as it was bringing bad name to the NGO which is involved in good work.


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Christmas Eve
December 24th, 2016
Isaiah 9:1-6
Titus 2:11-14
Luke 2:1-20
This past week was a big week for school Christmas Pageants and Choirs singing. My brother had his granddaughter singing in a Christmas pageant this week. One of the songs that were signing was "While the Shepherds Watched Their Flock at Night." The place was packed and because she is a good little singer they had her right in the front, in the front row. To everyone's delight what she sang was "While the Shepherds washed their socks at night." Let's talk about those shepherds and the manger, because we tend to romanticize those shepherds and the manger a lot.
Shepherds were mostly the lowest people on the social latter. They would be mostly un-education people and there only job qualification would be to stay awake a lot, be good with a slingshot. They would not be people who would keep holy the Sabbath and they would not be those who would be following the letter of the law in the Torah. They would smell just bad and should have washed their socks at night.
Of all places to be born, why was the manger the place the Christ child was born? A manger at the time of Christ would be an underground cave. It would be cold and damp and the only heat would be what the animals would give by body heat or their breath. It would be dark, even in the light of day, it would be dark as the animals and shepherds would push to be as far back in the cave as possible. Lastly, it would be dirty with mud, manure, dust, and mold.
We romanticize all of this, but the truth of it all only helps us to come to a spiritual truth. The shepherds would have been the most unlikely group to be waiting for a Savior because they lacked the theological reflection that some would expect to have. What makes the shepherds so great they had no agenda when the angels came in all their glory they just believed and they went and told others. How do we hear this Good News tonight?
What makes the manger so significant is that it would be cold, dark and dirty just like our human hearts can be. Our hearts can be cold because we do not know the love of God. Our hearts can be dark, because we do not know the light of Christ, and our hearts can be dirty because we give way to temptation and sin.
Jesus is born in Bethlehem, its name means, House of Bread. If tradition is true and Jesus was born in a manger, then he probably would have been born in a feeding trough. He now wants to feed all of us in this Eucharist. May we come to see and believe just as the shepherds did this night?


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First things first…
– An NHL09 demo is available on the Playstation Store. How Sony is getting these sports demos a week ahead of Microsoft continues to intrigue me. I'll have some thoughts about it tomorrow.
– A new Warhawk addon is available on the Playstation store today as well. Jetpacks? Giddyup. I love how much Sony is adding to that game. I have fun each time I play it.
– I'm bummed that the Brewers couldn't pull off the two game sweep from the Cards last night, but such things will happen. It's too bad the bullpen couldn't hold it. Oh, well.
– The Packers starting offense played 1 play tonight. Pre-season fever….. CATCH IT!
– I got my copy of International Track and Field tonight. Holy crap is that game fun. Seriously… Track and Field fans should run out and buy a copy of that game. It'll destroy my DS screen, but it's wicked fun and totally worth it.
Ok… enough about sports… what a speech…
Good god, Barack Obama gave one of the most impressive speeches that I've seen in my life. Senator Obama just said the things that America really needed to hear. We don't need anymore BS politicians trying to pull this country apart… we need people who will try and bring us together.


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My father always maintains the most current World Almanac. It sits at the end table right next to his recliner chair. I would often get his "old" one, which I would read for fun.
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For those who might have never thought about owning an almanac, it's a valuable one-stop-shop for uber-detailed current facts about the U.S., less-detailed facts about other countries, plus plenty of pop-culture information, from entertainers to key players in current events. No time or internet connection to consult Wikipedia? The Almanac also has sections summarizing U.S. history, world maps, world history and numerous other quick references. It's smaller than an encyclopedia, and makes a fabulous inexpensive (<$10!) gift for your favorite current events, history or statistics geek in your life.
I volunteered to review The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2013 because my oldest son, age 10*, is a statistics geek and I figured he'd love an enormous book of facts. I received my review copy on December 6th, and I was thrilled to see that the 2012 election results were included. There was considerable detail to the results, including state-by-state and county-by-county electoral and popular vote tallies for President, plus tallies for the nationwide Congressional and gubernatorial contests. It had my husband and me pondering in awe the speed with which the numbers had to be input in order to get the copies printed so quickly. Good job!
This almanac is clearly America-centric. Out of the 1,006 pages, 647 of them are dedicated to U.S. facts. Two hundred and five pages are dedicated to international history and facts, and the remaining 230 pages of facts are dedicated to sports, most of which is American. The rest of the almanac is its extensive index.
Let's talk about my son's use of this almanac. Lucky for him, we received this the very same day he brought home a notice about his school's geography bee competition. Well, this almanac was PERFECT! I took him straight to page 685, World Exploration and Geography, and he curled up in a chair and started reading! Between the almanac and his two National Geographic atlases, I thought he'd be a shoo-in to win in his class. Alas, he lost (without complaint) to his best friend.
He's also my baseball statistics geek. This almanac dedicates 25 pages to baseball statistics, right down to Major League Baseball's individual player summaries for their 2012 seasons. My son was in heaven!
There are three sections of full color photos and illustrations that offer summaries of current events, political news, sports, science and obituary data. I was tickled to see full-color props given to the Mars Curiosity landing, the Space Shuttles' trips to their final resting places, the announcement of the Higgs boson discovery, and Venus transit (all topics near and dear to GeekMom this past year).
The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2013 is available in both hardcover and paperback at book retailers nationwide (in the reference section), and can be ordered online at retailers such as Amazon. Kindle and Nook versions of the almanac are also available. Remember, these make great last-minute gifts for your fact-checking, statistics-loving geeks in your life. Visit The World Almanac's website and enjoy their top banner filled with facts related to the current date, such as "This Date in History," noteable birthdays, and sports history.
*Yes, there is a kid's version of the World Almanac also. Justin Bieber is on the front cover of the 2013 version. But (a) the kid's version is only 350 pages and (b) the kid's version costs more. I'm willing to bet my 10-year-old appreciates the adult's version just fine.
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Minggu, 07 November 2010
(R)Evolution In Home & Personal Accounting
'Accounting for a Better Life' is a book in which John Passmore proposes a new, simplified and fun approach, to home and personal bookkeeping and accounting.
The new methods, based on what he calls, domestic well-being accounting, enable people to gain control of their personal and domestic, financial affairs. The system provides the necessary visibility so that users will know exactly what their money is being spent on, and how well balanced their spending is, in relation to its distribution.
The balance is across basic domestic needs and responsibilities, discretionary spending on holidays, leisure and entertainment, and provision for future well-being. Knowing about the current and past spending patterns, users can determine where and by how much, changes might be needed. Budgeting and associated feedback, facilitate the monitoring of such financial planning.
The author believes the new methods have the potential to be adopted as a formal, sub-discipline of business accounting, eventually perhaps, with suitable certificates and diplomas for those who learn how to use it successfully.
With such recognition, the motivation for appropriate investment from industry and the state becomes real, so that domestic accounting, its further calibration and an associated training infrastructure, can all be further developed and refined.
He proposes that in time, such methods should become an established part of the school curriculum. Through this, youngsters will be able to achieve the best possible foundation to accept and take on the financial responsibilities that are associated with success, in modern life.
In the prevailing UK situation, of a very severe debt crisis, the new approach, almost in passing, provides the required visibility on the state of a family's financial affairs, to provide warnings of potential difficulties so that the necessary defensive actions can be taken, to prevent falling into the debt trap. For those already experiencing some debt, the new methods provide the necessary visibility on their finances to facilitate the required planning and control, required to best manage debt recovery.
If people realized the extent and value of the average, domestic, cash turnover, in the course of a lifetime, it seems amazing that serious, financial management is not already, demanded. If an equivalent, small business, with similar turnover was not effectively managed, the owners would probably have shareholders, accountants and Company House, knocking on their doors.
Accounting has traditionally been thought of as a rather boring, difficult and tedious activity by most people. It is also recognized as somewhat of a challenge, in considering the length of training required to achieve professional status, as a Chartered Accountant, or similar.
Having started to manage his own accounts at home, soon after the arrival of the PC, in the late eighties, John Passmore tried to adapt the traditional, business-oriented way of using accounts, with all the usual, end-of-period reports. He uses commonly available, general purpose software, an accounting package (Microsoft Money) and a spreadsheet package. He has adapted the maturity of double entry accounting and has also had to ensure his methods could cope with multiple currencies in use, whilst working overseas for thirty years.
Although it was basically satisfactory, in so far as it produced the overall figures on net worth, John realized two things; first, the traditional business focus and motivation on profits and shareholders' value, understandably, had little relevance to the domestic situation, and second; there was no visibility on the nature of the bulk of the day-to-day, domestic income and expenditure. In addition, the terminology and the overall style of business accounting, he found, not at all conducive to successfully and easily running accounts, for a home environment.
Over a decade, John Passmore has gradually evolved a new approach to personal and domestic accounting. At a fundamental level, he has made everything much easier to understand and use. This was achieved by a range of simple techniques, such as rigorous naming conventions and a simplified version of the so-called, accounting equations. More importantly, he introduced a new focus for home and personal accounting, which he calls, domestic well-being. Essentially, domestic well-being, or DWB, provides a hierarchical structure for defining and recording, the increases and decreases, making up day-to-day, domestic financial activity.
At the top level, there is a 3-way split into Basics, Discretionary and a catch-all, of Others.
The Basics are sub-divided into Essentials (utilities, food and drink, clothing, health, etc.), Responsibilities (taxes, mortgage, licenses, maintenance, insurance, etc.) and Family (presents, and personal commitments, etc.). Similarly, Discretionary includes asset purchases and sales, Nice to Have (holidays, leisure, entertainment, etc.), Investment for the Future (Home improvements, pension contributions and other investments, etc.). Others are for uncontrolled changes, such as prizes, inheritance, gains and appreciation, fines, losses and depreciation, etc.
This DWB structure is used as the basis for the domestic reports and for categorizing all the transactions, as they entered into the accounts, as part of bookkeeping.
A sub-title of his book 'Accounting for a Better Life', is 'Gain Control of Personal Finances'. Following an overview of control and a comparison of a number of typical control environments, the book describes how control can be applied to financial situations. The visibility now afforded by DWB means that a new set of financial reports can be defined. These replace the business style, Trading Account, Profit & Loss Account, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement. The new set of statements, tailored directly for the domestic situation, include the Domestic Well-Being Statement, the Domestic Balance Sheet and the Domestic Cash Flow Statement.
Readers will be generally aware of the typical, business ratios such as Gross and Net profit margins, Return on Capital Employed, and over twenty other ratios. Although vital for management and control in business, these ratios have absolutely no bearing on domestic finances. However, with the visibility provided by DWB, a whole new group of Domestic Financial Factors suddenly become evident. John has defined five, major new factors and a host of secondary factors. For example, the Basic Cost of Living Factor (BCLF) is the ratio of Basic Domestic Decrease to Total Household Increases, whilst the Well-Being Contribution Factor (WBCF) is the proportion of Discretionary Domestic Decreases, compared to the Total Household Increases. These factors provide the yardsticks, by which various characteristics of domestic life can be both qualified and quantified.
These factors open up new areas for comparison, measurement and control of domestic, financial situations, based on family size. Their real benefit however, has to await calibration and an accumulation of data, so that a parallel can be achieved with the business concepts of comparison to industry averages, or norms. The domestic averages will have to be built-up, over time. In the future, a BCLF 3 of 0.43, for a family of three for example, could be compared with the value of the factor, found for other families of three, across regions, or internationally, across continents.
Even without this capability until later, other forms of financial control suddenly become immediately feasible, in a practical way. For a start, with the new visibility provided, balancing or redistribution of expenditure across the Basic and Discretionary categories for example, now becomes possible, with due attention always being given to Investment for the Future (IFF).
John Passmore provides the necessary background and information for anyone to get started with setting up and running their own, domestic accounting system. Because of the simplification and visibility provided, which gives relevance to the financial activities of each and every domestic environment, with its own character and content, the author believes he has developed a system which can be fun to use. Once familiar with the set-up, a couple of hours a month is all that is required to keep the bookkeeping under way; and a couple of half-days at the end of any financial year, to produce the annual reports, should be all that is required at that time.
With basic computer literacy, access to a computer with preferably, an on-line connection, and maths competence, no higher than GCSE level, John believes that benefits are potentially available for a domestic situation with a shared annual income, of around £20,000 and upwards. It will also be appropriate for accountants in their work on behalf of domestic clients.
A sense of personal responsibility towards the members of the domestic situation is paramount.
The benefits are that with the accumulation of a few months' worth of figures, a realization of the actual spread and balance of the family outgoings will become apparent. With this, decisions can be made on any changes required to the pattern of financial activity, in order to obtain a better balance. The whole purpose is to achieve an overall and improved sense of domestic well-being.
With the new-found information, family members will know in detail about what has to be done in order to achieve a better life-style. Accounting, in itself, will not achieve this. Discipline will be required to change spending patterns to obtain the desired changes. The new accounting system can help keep track of progress, using budgets and targets. In this way, users will obtain early warnings of where and when they are not keeping to target, so that concerted efforts can be directed at coming back, on track.
This authoritative book, written with rigor and thoroughness is being published by Matador, Troubador Publishing Ltd (http://www.troubador.co.uk) and further information can be found on the author's web site at http://www.dwba.co.uk
copyright © 2006 John Passmore
Sabtu, 06 November 2010
"short And Fat" Ltc Policies Beat "long And Skinny" Ones
Long term care insurance policies have an important component called a benefit period which greatly affectspremium costs. This article discusses what I call "Short and Fat vs. Long and Skinny LTC Policies".
That is right -- Short and Fat LTC policies! So what is a benefit period anyway?
The benefit period is the number of years that ONCE you go on claim (need help in bathing and dressing or have some cognitive impairment (Alzheimer's or similar ailment) that the insurance company will pay the daily or monthly benefit that you chose when you applied for the policy.
So if you bought a benefit period of say 5 years, once you qualified for benefits, and satisfied the deductible (how many days of care that you need to pay out of pocket), the insurance company will pay those benefits for a maximum of 5 years in this case.
The benefit period, whether a set number of years, say 6 years for example or unlimited years are the MAXIMUM amount of time, if you used your FULL chosen daily or monthly benefit that your policy would pay on a claim.
If you had Alzheimer's for 9 years, the policy benefits would have been exhausted after those 5 years and you would be paying for the last four years from your own money.
Most insurance companies have a number of benefit periods to choose from. Typically they are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 10 years OR an Unlimited benefit period (say you went on claim for 35 years due to being in a wheelchair or something).
Most LTC policies have at least four or five different benefits periods from the above choices which you can choose from for your policy.
The benefit period, whether a set number of years, say 4 years for example or unlimited years are the MAXIMUM amount of time, if you used your FULL chosen daily or monthly benefit that your policy would pay on a claim.
Now for the "Short and Fat" part...
Long ago there wasn't too much difference in the premium prices for a 5 year benefit period compared to an Unlimited policy. So since there wasn't much of a cost difference, many clients chose the Unlimited benefit to protect against a HUGE potential disaster of needing help in bathing/dressing, etc. for DECADES -- not just a few years.
But today, there is a much larger difference in the premium prices for unlimited. So what to do?
First of all let me say that one of the largest LTC insurance companies has statistics that show that only 11% of their claims last longer than five years. Of course this means that about 90% of the claims last shorter than five years. So the odds are very much in favor of never needing a policy that would pay unlimited years.
So compared with a policy that offers an Unlimited benefit period, you can get a much higher daily/monthly dollar benefit that you are MUCH more likely to actually use and benefit from. Any unused dollar benefits will extend the number of years of your benefit period and not be lost.
Also you are much more likely to use a higher dollar amount for 2-4 years than having to pay extra money out of your pocket during care with a benefit period that is probably never going to be reached.
But... if you are pretty young (30-55) an Unlimited policy still might be a choice to look at. Older ages will find Unlimited years of benefits very expensive and there is likely a better way to structure a policy.
So knowing the above statistics, would it make more sense to you to have a Short and Fat policy (one with a larger daily or monthly dollar benefit for a shorter period of time)verses... a smaller daily or monthly dollar benefit for a longer period of years?
I'd put my money on Short and Fat!!
So if you would normally consider a policy that pays $150 per day for 7, 10 years or an Unlimited benefit period... you MIGHT seriously consider a policy that would pay $180-$200 per day for three to five years instead.
No sense in paying money out of pocket during the 3-5 years you are most likely to remain on claim.
Keep in mind that in 20 or 30 years the compounded inflation policy rider will work in your favor by giving you much more purchasing power to pay for care by starting out with a bigger initial benefit!
The odds are pretty good that the insurance company will pay more out for your care under these conditions.
Jumat, 05 November 2010
"How To" Start Trading The Forex Market? (Part 8)
HOW TO predict the Future ?
by studying the Past (Technical Analysis):
1) The best traders don't discount one or the other but understand that having an understanding how the fundamentals influence market sentiment gives him/her an edge over those traders who don't.
2) In my opinion, TECHNICAL analysis is the easiest and most accurate way of trading the FOREX market.
3) "The number's don't lie" - all available information and its impact on the market, are already reflected in a currency's price.
4) Prices move in trends - the foreign exchange market is mostly composed of trends and therefore a place where technical analysis can be very effective.
5) History repeats itself - over time, certain chart patterns become consistent, predictable and very reliable. The question is SEEING them.
The traders who don't believe this obviously have no need to implement a trading methodology on technical analysis. But, research has shown that those who trade "with the trend", greatly improve their changes of making a profitable trade.
Finding the prevailing trend will help you become aware of the overall market direction and offer you better visibility,especially when shorter-term movements tend to clutter the picture.
HOW does technical analysis help to determine what the trend is and HOW to trade with then trend versus against it?
Even though, you learn you how to use and read various technical indicators to identify a long- term trend, spot predictable chart patters and use certain rules to enter and exit a high-probability trade, and even though a ll this involves sound logic, parameters, methods, formulas, data, and research, these technical indicators, by themselves, are not the Holy Grail of FOREX trading.
It takes discipline and emotional control to stick with trading following through the inevitable market ups and downs. Keep in mind, good technical traders expect ups and downs.
Which technical indicators are the BEST?
NONE - technical indicators should simply be components of your overall customized, personalized trading system, and not a stand alone system.
The objectives as a FOREX Technical Trader are:
1) To figure out the price action of the currency pair. Price is the main concern. If the EUR/USD is at 1.2224 and goes to 1.2020, 1.1980, 1.1940- the market is in a down trend.
Despite what every technical indicator might predict, if the trend is down, stay with the trend. Indicators showing where price will go next or what it should be doing are useless.
A trader should only be concerned with what the market is doing, not what the market might do. The price tells you what the market is doing.
2) Always remember that technical indicators are only giving you confirmations based on what the market is telling you. So listen to the market and let it tell you which method, strategy or techniques you should use.
Kamis, 04 November 2010
"A Sucker Born Every Minute": Avoid These Debt Consolidation Scams
The web communications revolution has provided many unprecedented opportunities for commerce – and unfortunately, quite a few opportunities for swindlers to prey on the gullible. This is just as true for debt consolidation as for anything else. Here are some debt consolidation scams to stay away from:
1. "Free Debt Consolidation Services"
Why are these guys doing it for free? How are they making money? Do be aware, though, that cheap debt consolidation services are not always a rip-off, although it would be a good idea to take a second look at anything that sounds too good to be true.
2. Consolidate Your Debts Using Free Government Grants
Yeah, right. The woods are thick with companies that offer information about "free government grants". Haven't you heard? Uncle Sam is giving away money like candy (which explains our high taxes!). And you can use this money any way you like – for example, to consolidate your debts. It's true that the government gives loads of grant money, but I have yet to hear of a Citizen Lifestyle Enhancement Fund. It's not easy to qualify for government grants, you have to spend the money for a particular purpose, and using it to consolidate your bills might just win you a free bonus – a five-year vacation at the Club Fed.
3. "No Repayment Necessary"
I don't quite know quite why I included this one, except for entertainment value – if you can read then you're probably too smart to fall for it. Anyway, here goes: Did you know that banking laws prohibit the charging of interest, and that the Supreme Court has backed this up with several decisions? You can borrow money, fail to pay it back, and then retain a smooth attorney to get you out of paying it back – after all, they had no legal right to lend you the money. Would you like to know how? Well, for the low, low price of $69.95…
If you fall for this one then I've got some swampland in Florida I'd like to sell you sight unseen. Oh, and by the way, even if banking law DID prohibit the charging of interest, you'd still have to pay back the principal.
Most debt consolidation swindles are see-through because they aim to take advantage of somebody in financial and emotional distress. As P.T. Barnum said, "There's a sucker born every minute".
Rabu, 03 November 2010
$82,000 Penalty Tag For Bad Credit Mortgage
It is natural for people to ask for help when they are in trouble and it is within our nature to offer a hand when we can. What throws this natural human relationship off its kilter is our ego that impacts our decision as to when we ask for help and when to extend a hand.
We often wait until we are in serious trouble before we ask for help and by that time the kind of help we receive is very very expensive and sometimes too late. On the other hand when we offer a hand too soon, we come across as interfering busy bodies who do not know the first thing about free will. Parents know what this is like when they talk to their children. But we leave the eagerness to help alone for now and concentrate on asking for help too late.
Let's take the term "bad credit loan" for instance. According to a segment of Yahoo that keeps track of what people search for, in December of 2006 over 100,000 people searched for bad credit loan. On the other hand a little shy of 5,000 people looked for the term "bad credit repair."
When I added all the people that were looking for various loans related to bad credit, the number was over 500,000. But the number of individuals who looked for bad credit repair still remained under 5,000.
This seems to mean only 1 out of every 100 person look to cure the problem and the rest look to cure the symptom.
Wouldn't you think that the "bad credit" problem arises much before the need to get a "bad credit loan?" If this was the case, more people should have been searching for ways to repair their credit than those who seek to remedy the bad credit problem with a loan.
We as a society seem to seek remedy more than prevention. We live the dream of buy now and pay later and it is costing us dearly. Let's look at two other examples of "bad credit mortgage" and "bad credit home loan." 79,000 individuals looked for these services in December of 2006.
According to Fair Isaac Corporation as of January 11, 2006 and on a national basis, a person with a poor credit score of 500 – 579 is expected to pay $819 for a $100,000 thirty year fixed bad credit mortgage loan. For the same loan amount a person with an excellent credit score of 760-850 expects to pay $589 per month. That is $230 per month difference. This difference amounts to an $82,000 penalty tag for a bad credit mortgage loan.
The amazing part is that there is help in form of books, tapes, ebooks, firms and so on and it costs much much less. But when you look at the numbers most people chafe at $30, $50 or $100 one time fee but they flock to get solutions that cost them hundreds of dollars per month for a very long time.
You have these numbers, you know your situations, likes and dislikes better than any one else. I hope that you are reading this article and do not have to deal with bad credit. But if you are, consider placing some of your attention on bad credit repair and don't let obtaining a bad credit mortgage loan consume all your attention.
William F. Halsey once said, "All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them.
© Vishy Dadsetan
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Selasa, 02 November 2010
Bigger Fund Managers Are Not Necessarily Better
When it comes to selecting top-performing investment funds and unit trusts the bigger brand is not necessarily better. Choosing the wrong fund by investing with big brand fund managers could cost investors dearly.
Many investors are deluded into thinking that buying from a big brand fund manager will in some way protect them against selecting a poorly performing fund. The big brand managers offer many great funds, but they're also marketing plenty of duds. Just because one fund is a top performer, doesn't mean it applies across that fund manager's range. Investors need to look beyond the brand and more closely at the underlying fund.
Over recent years, the UK market has seen a rise in popularity for boutique investment houses, and, given their track record of consistent positive performance, it's hardly surprising. There are many ways to classify a boutique, but generally speaking, boutique fund managers are independently-owned or employee-owned, and relatively small in size. They often invest in specialist areas of expertise, rather than attempt to be all things to all men and run funds across each and every sector.
Recently, boutiques have even been stepping on large firms' toes when it comes to servicing retail clients. Last year boutiques outshone their larger counterparts in the UK, taking the top four places in the 'best overall fund manager rankings'. Big brands such as UBS and Standard Life slipped down the rankings, while boutiques Rathbone, Neptune, Dalton and Artemis took the top spots.
The last quarter of 2006 was hair-raising for investors, as millions were wiped off share prices and markets. However, the boutique fund management houses continued to outperform their larger rivals.
The disappointing reality for most private investors is that neither they, nor in some cases their financial advisers, would have heard of some of these relatively unknown smaller investment houses, and are therefore missing out on great investment opportunities.
The same caution applied to big brands should also be applied to big names - or the so called 'star fund managers'. Is it wise to stake your money on the reputation of an individual big-name fund manager when there's no guarantee they will stick around?
Research shows that just 15% of managers have run the same fund for over six years, 43% for four to six years, and 39% for two to four years. Similarly, 80% of fund managers at the top 50 UK fund providers have left their funds in the last three years. Around 60% of managers move because of offers from competitors.
In investment terms, familiarity doesn't always necessarily breed content. Investors should monitor their investments very closely and ensure that they have the tools to hand to spot strong investment opportunities that would otherwise pass them by.
Senin, 01 November 2010
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Crime in Askeaton could worsen to the point where someone gets killed, a local Councillor has said.
Cllr Kevin Sheahan, speaking in relation to a stabbing in Askeaton on Sunday, said measures need to be put in place to stamp out this type of behaviour.
"This is worse than the Lebanon in the bad days. We can go on and on until someone is killed," he said.
Mr Sheahan added, that the Department of Justice needs to return Askeaton's Garda station to a 24 hour service.
"Burnings and stabbings, that type of behaviour, in a picturesque town in the county is most unacceptable," he said.
A woman in her 30s was taken to hospital after being stabbed in the leg in Moig, Askeaton, on Sunday November 1.
Her injury is understood not to be life threatening.
A 25-year-old Askeaton man was today remanded in custody on charges of assault and possession of a knife in connection to the crime.
In related incidents last Sunday, two caravans were burnt down in Church View and at the junction between Abbey View and The Green.
The incidents are linked to on-going family disputes in the area.
Gardaí are investigating the incident and there has been an increased Garda presence in the town since.
Askeaton Garda Station was downgraded in April 2013 from a 24 hour service to one hour a day, merging with Newcastle West.


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This is a yummy recipe and great for those nights when you do not want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen! This is one of my husband's favorites - I got the recipe from my Grandma Sadie. Her mother made this for her when she was growing up in Wauchope.
Since putting this recipe on here, I have become a vegetarian. And since I loved this recipe, I came up with a meatless way to eat it. Simply take a package of the Morningstar crumbled soymeat (defrosted), and add a bit more ketchup and evap milk to make it a sticky precooked consistency . I then zapped it with some Montreal steak seasoning in addition to the rest of the ingredients and slathered in cheese. Still yummy. THX - 02 May 2004 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
The flavor was good, but like others said, I cooked the meat first. Very easy and will make again!! - 17 Apr 2011 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
Followed the ingredient list except for the cornflake crumbs...didn't have any, so used Ritz cracker crumbs as I do for my meatloaf, and I added shredded cheese to the mix. Changed up the cooking method a bit for an experiment. Used about 6 small Italian hoagie buns, split. Spread the meat mixture about a 1/2 inch thick on one side and then put the top back on. I then wrapped each individually in foil and baked 30 minutes in the 375* oven. To serve, I cut each in half. Worked out faily well this way and kept the bun from getting too crunchy. My son liked them very much, but my husband and I thought they we just ok...just seemed to be lacking *something* for me, and my husband didn't like the soggy bread bits. My try again sometime. - 04 Apr 2008 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)


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Here's a satirical look at what, in many cases, churches "think" they want in a 'youth pastor', but after all realize they don't:
H/T: Esteban
30 Thursday Sep 2010
Posted Youtube Videoin
Here's a satirical look at what, in many cases, churches "think" they want in a 'youth pastor', but after all realize they don't:
H/T: Esteban
28 Tuesday Sep 2010
Posted Devotionin
Here's a gripe I want to register. Evangelical Higher Theological Education is way too expensive, and the pay off is not proportionate to the cost. Here's what I mean. I have grown up in 'Evangelical' circles; growing up, going to Dallas Theological Seminary (or somwhere like that) was considered the pinnacle by those in the circles I ran. Well, I went to Multnomah (the mini-Dallas), ended up with an MA degree (I'm afraid it may be my "terminal" degree), and now I am desirous of going on to pursue PhD studies. Unfortunately, going to an Evangelical seminary is way too expensive (they generally are not funded); and in fact for the profession I desire (professor) is not really the most prudent way to go — they aren't marketable (not even with a lot of smallerish Evangelical schools). At least this is the trend I've noticed. It seems that Dallas PhD's, for example, have been played out amongst many of the Evangelical seminaries (they represent too narrow of a doctrinal foci for attracting students to an inter-denominational school); what is desireable, it seems, are PhD's primarily from Europe, or even 1st tier PhD programs (like Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Notre Dame, Duke, etc.) — even for many Evangelical schools (who in the past would have gladly, and did, taken profs with even MA degrees 😉 from their own schools). In other words, the game has changed; it is way more competitive, it appears, than it ever used to be (a Masters degree is a dime a dozen — even PhD's are).
Anyway, it kind of bothers me that I have to get a PhD somehow (which probably includes going into major debt, for a teaching post [hopefully] that will not, by way of salary, meet the debt incured in order to obtain said 'post'), just to even crack the door at even small Bible Colleges. Here come the gripe . . . it seems that gifting, experience, and insight and knowledge (and character, btw) aren't enough. Don't get me wrong, I am not dissing guys/gals who have spent the time and made the sacrifice to earn PhD's; all I'm frustrated with, at the moment, is that getting a PhD seems impossible (for purely financial reasons) — and I'm ticked because I have a strong desire to teach (and I ain't getting any younger any time soon 😉 ).
In the end, though, I'm just glad that I'm still alive so that I can lodge this gripe 😉 . . . and, I realize that the Lord is completely in control, so when He wants it to happen (if) it will . . .
26 Sunday Sep 2010
Posted Blogspotting, Karl Barthin
My friend Travis (WTM) is hosting his fourth annual Karl Barth Blog Conference, with the first installment set to start tomorrow. Be sure to make your way over there, soak in some of the insights, and be ready to offer a thoughtful response by way of comment or question. The exciting thing about this conference is that Wipf & Stock Publishers is going to turn the offerings into a book, as Travis says:
Thanks to the forward thinking of Wipf & Stock Publishers, a revised and expanded form of the 2010 KBBC proceedings will be published as a book! The interest generated in comments by the various KBBC contributions will play a part in determining which portions of the conference make it into the book, so be sure to get in there and participate in the conversation if you see something that interests you. In any case, I'd like to give a special thanks to our friends over at W&S for being willing to take a shot on this sort of a project.
I think that's great! Make sure I see you over there, it looks to be a good one — and an extended one!
P.S. Here's the link to Travis' blog: Der Evangelische Theologe
24 Friday Sep 2010
Here are some thoughts on the : Literal, Grammatical, Historical approach:
I think our epistemological approach shouldn't be rooted, necessarily, within a "rationalist" framework . . . which is where the LGH was shaped. That is, the LGH developed out of the "History of Religions" school of thought, at the turn of the 20th cent., and from other "rationalistic" streams of thought concurrent with this time period. Fundamentalists revolted against the "higher criticism" inherent to these schools, and combined with "Scottish Sense Realism" developed an Evangelically charged hermeneutic that (and I'm oversimplifying a bit here) was still consonant with their "liberal" brethren . . . albeit Evangelically charged! So instead of allowing arbitrary readings of history to primarily serve as the "epistemology" of scripture; I think it serves us better to approach it with Christ-centered spectacles which assumes a "positive" Christian hermeneutic provided in the scriptures. So that, the "history of Jesus" is indeed the history of scripture; and not various socio/cultural reconstructions. Furthermore, instead of doing biblical intepretation, or approaching scripture with socio-analysis as the primary methodological apparatus (which is where the LGH comes from); Karl Barth gives us the best way forward for approaching scripture (even though his points have to do with "theology"). His way forward is to start with the historical person, Jesus of Nazareth, as determinative of theology and its method. Here is T. F. Torrance on Barth:
Because Jesus Christ is the Way, as well as the Truth and the Life, theological thought is limited and bounded and directed by this historical reality in whom we meet the Truth of God. That prohibits theological thought from wandering at will across open country, from straying over history in general or from occupying itself with some other history, rather than this concrete history in the centre of all history. Thus theological thought is distinguished from every empty conceptual thought, from every science of pure possibility, and from every kind of merely formal thinking, by being mastered and determined by the special history of Jesus Christ. (Thomas F. Torrance, "Karl Barth: An Introduction to His Early Theology 1910-1931," 196)
Going this route, epistemologically, makes Jesus, and the life of God, the predicator of history; instead of history predicating or determining who God (and thus Jesus) is. This also has implications for Westminster Calvinism as well (but I will refrain from that, for now ;-). I don't think the LGH is the best way forward, then . . . it inherently delimits the life of God, and Christ, to ITS analysis; instead of vice versa.**
To be quite honest I am finding it hard to believe that I am saying this! I am trained in the ways of the LGH, I have been weened and reared on such thinking. It might sound like I am saying that I don't believe that being "Literal" or "Grammatical" or "Historical" is a sound approach to Scripture; but really that is not what I am saying. Instead what I am challenging is the supposition that scripture, or indeed the Word, and its witness bearing to Jesus should be subjected to socio-cultural-historico analysis before it can be considered the Word of God. What I am opposing is the idea that our approach to interpretation should be the result of establishing the veracity of scripture, and answering apologetic questions about the text before we ever get to scripture as scripture. And I believe, in fact I know (not to be too arrogant) that this is where the LGH comes to us from.
Instead scripture should be allowed to set its own "agenda." It should be able to present us with its own set of questions, so that it indeed can provide the right answers. The goal of scripture's proclamation, cover to cover, is to bear witness to Jesus Christ (cf. Jn 5:39). Thus, if this is the emphasis that Jesus set for scripture, then I think we should follow a model that indeed starts at this point.
Do I think literary, grammatical, and historical analysis is good and needed? Of course, but it should be framed within a Christoformed hermeneutic; hence not setting out to provide an apologetic as the basis for its interpretation.
23 Thursday Sep 2010
Posted John Calvin, Systematic Theology, T. F. Torrancein
Here is John Calvin commenting on Colossians 1:15:
Two eloquent statements, by Calvin, on (a.) Positive Theology, so that "knowledge of God" is limited to Christ alone — and not searching around for other "[sophist]icated" ways to talk about God (all you conceptually oriented scholastics out there). And (b.) on the relationship between the ontological/immanent nature of God, and the 'evangelical'/economic nature of God. Calvin believed that the 'works and miracles' ("his glory") are the external and univocal expression of His eternal being perichoretically united to the Father and the Holy Spirit. In other words, Calvin didn't think that there was "a God behind the back of Jesus;" but that who Christ revealed Himself to be, was the 'exact representation' and externalization of the coinhering glory (Jn. 17) that He has always shared with the Father by the communion of the Holy Spirit. So as John the Evangelist records Jesus saying:
This is all Calvin is getting at. When we do theology, when we work in the realm of "Christian epistemology," we are strictly limited to doing Christology. If we want to know what the Father is like, if we want to talk about what God is like; then we are limited to looking at Jesus for all the proper boundaries and emphases that He wants us to know. Calvin would probably be appalled to see how his name has been applied to an theological methodology that has gone astray from this narrow framing provided by Calvin in his commentaries.
**Cross posted at the 'Evangelical Calvinist'
21 Tuesday Sep 2010
Posted Christian Culture, Christian Spirituality, Evangelicalismin
Here's a definition provided by George Marsden on what he thinks it means to be an "Evangelical":
. . . "Evangelical" is a word with a more elusive meaning than "Reformed." Basically it refers to anyone who promotes proclamation of the gospel of salvation through the atoning work of Christ and has a traditional high view of Scripture alone as authority. Evangelicalism is thus much larger than just the Reformed tradition. Within American evangelicalism, however, there is an important subgroup that might be called "card-carrying" evangelicals. These are persons who think of themselves primarily as "evangelicals" and who, as such, identify at least as much with evangelicalism as a movement as with their own formal denominations. Billy Graham, Christianity Today, Eternity, Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, Wheaton College and its imitators, and seminaries such as Trinity, Fuller, and Gordon-Conwell have been prototypes of this influential interdenominational evangelicalism. (George M. Marsden, ed. David F. Wells, "Reformed Theology In America," 2-3)
What do you think about this definition? Is it accurate? And where would you place yourself on this continuum? Are you more of a denotative "Evangelical" (the first part of his definition), or more of a "card-carrying" type?
I grew up as a "card-carrying" Evangelical. I attended a Bible College and Seminary steeply rooted in this tradition of Christianity. And to some extent still have sensibilites that would probably land me in and around the "card-carrying" variety; although not without some qualification and some "self-criticism." I have found that many of my generation, who have grown up as I have, find it embarassing, almost, to admit that they are "Evangelical;" to the extent that they are ready to denounce it with any force and any theological paradigm that places distance between them and their self-understanding (with all of its stigma) of what it means, or meant, to be an "Evangelical." Evangelicalism carries with it a certain ethos that is very unpopular amongst the "younger generation;" and I think, for many reasons, rightly so, it in many ways is dead.
There are a million posts in the blogosphere that have already beat the dead horse of Evangelicalism to death; that's not what I'm intending to do here. I'm just curious to hear what you think.
20 Monday Sep 2010
Posted Ben Myers, Christology, T. F. Torrance, Theologyin
Ben Myers gives a helpful summary in describing T. F. Torrance's stratification of knowledge, he says:
Thomas F. Torrance's model of the stratification of knowledge is one of his most striking and original contributions to theological method. Torrance's model offers an account of the way formal theological knowledge emerges from our intutive and pre-conceptual grasp of God's reality as it is manifest in Jesus Christ. It presents a vision of theological progression, in which our knowledge moves towards an ever more refined and more unified conceptualisation of the reality of God, while remaining closely coordinated with the concrete level of personal and experiential knowledge of Jesus Christ. According to this model, our thought rises to higher levels of theological conceptualisation only as we penetrate more deeply into the reality of Jesus Christ. From the ground level of personal experience to the highest level of theological reflection, Jesus Christ thus remains central. Through a sustained concentration on him and on his homoousial union with God, we are able to achieve a formal account of the underlying trinitarian relations immanent in God's own eternal being, which constitute the ultimate grammar of all theological discourse. (Benjamin Myers, "The Stratification of knowledge in the thought of T. F. Torrance," SJT 61 (1): 1-15 (2008) Printed in the United Kingdom © 2008 Scottish Journal of Theology Ltd doi: 10.1017/S003693060700381X)
Ben obviously offers further development through the course of his essay, but I think his opening paragraph serves as a nice introduction into what TFT was after in his theological method. Torrance's offering seeks to be 'Christ conditioned' and christocentric, through and through; this all naturally flows from Torrance's broader project of providing a theological science.
Anyway, I thought some might find this intriguing, and maybe provocative for further research into the methodology and thought life of T.F. Torrance.
19 Sunday Sep 2010
Posted Devotion, Grace, Theology of the Crossin
For quite some time I have claimed I Corinthians 2.2 as a favorite passage of mine, For I have determined to know nothing among you, except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. . . . Then I was diagnosed with that rare cancer that nobody wants (desmoplastic small round cell tumor — sarcoma) — you can read more about that HERE — and this verse took on a whole new perspective (one, in the moment, I really didn't want); which is what I want to talk about in this brief post.
Martin Luther articulated what he called The Theology of the Cross (in contrast to The Theology of Glory a la the "scholastics"), in short, what Luther was after was the idea that knowing God, whose life is cruciform in shape, happens best when we are suffering; when we are in complete dependence upon him (or we'll perish). This is who God is, the God who is shaped by being other shaped, and dependent upon the other (within the God-head) as the place where His being finds shape and definition. The cross is the ultimate externalization of such a life; a life which does not think equality with God somthing to be grasped. I knew all of this before I was diagnosed with cancer (I had previously gone through a few years of deep depression and some other "spiritual battles" . . . so I knew something of suffering), but like I said, this "theology" took on (and still is) a whole new life for me.
Here's what I want to highlight in this post: When I was going through all the chemo, the terrible side effects, the surgery, the recovery, more chemo, and the terrible side effects (which I still have some remnents of [neuropathy in my feet]), in the "moment" of all of that knowing the Lord in His 'inner-being' through suffering didn't seem like a reality. Just physically I was so beat, thinking about anything but feeling better was really the first thing on my mind. Mentally and emotionally I didn't have the wherewithal to begin understanding or even to contemplate who God is in the midst of that. It started seeming like much of what I thought before, about suffering, was just a theoretical or theological platitude. At points it seemed like there could be nothing worse than what I was going through (even the cross); in other words, when we're suffering, or at least when I was suffering, I was so consumed with not wanting to suffer anymore that it was hard to see the Lord (of course I'm saying all this with the realization in place that all I was doing through that season was really resting and trusting in Him, crying out to Him, constantly — and just hoping for a miracle). It seems like when we suffer, at points, in the midst of it, that all we really desire is to not be suffering (and I don't think this is a bad desire); when we're suffering, all we can do is look away from ourselves, and if we know Jesus, look to Him in desperation; since we know that He alone has overcome our current situations as He Himself penetrated the depths of human suffering (as a human) and overcame all of this "nothingness" and "non-being" with His resurrection life! That's really all I could do in the deepest parts of those most desperate moments; it's not an intellectual gaze that we have in those moments, it's one of desperate need of the Other. This is the place we know Christ and Him crucified, in those moments of pure desperation and utter need for something or someOne outside ourselves!
18 Saturday Sep 2010
Posted Biblical Interpretation, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Theologyin
I thought the following, posted by a guy named "Adam B.", was interesting. He is musing upon his readings of (or about) Friedrich Schleiermacher, commonly known as the Father of Theological Liberalism; the author of this post is dealing with the fall out of being confronted with the idea that in fact philosophy may actually be more involved with Biblical Interpretation, and thus theologizing, than heretofore, he had ever hoped for. He seems rather surprised by this development, which is interesting, because this author is a ThM student in theology (which is why he's doing this reading) — I'm wondering why he hasn't been exposed to this before (a prerequisite for a ThM degree is typically holding at least an MA in theology or usually an MDiv); nevertheless, let's hear what he has to say, in brief:
After reading the principles of interpretation as described by Schleiermacher I was stunned… they seemed so similar to my own. And yet, his work was considered ground breaking for its time (even if he was only one of many at that time breaking ground). Could it be that my beloved historical-critical method was not lifted directly from the pages of Scripture but was actually birthed and laid at theology's doorstep by that whore, philosophy? If so, it is already too late. I cannot disown her now; I love her too dearly. If I were to leave her on this account, who would take her place?
Whoa is me! What is the pure theologian to do? (for full text go here)
He mentions the "historical-critical" method, which is the method which most "Evangelicals" use to interpret Scripture; I guess this shouldn't be a surprise — the fact that we have historically used what is also called the LGH (Literal, Grammatical, Historical) — since our history, as Evangelicals, is steeply rooted within the history of Christian Fundamentalism, which was a movement who sought, by-in-large, to counter-propose the proposals of 'Liberal-Theology' by meeting "Liberals" on their own ground, using "their" tools, methods, and even concepts (metaphysically). This student attends a seminary, like the one I attended, which is thoroughly grounded in the "Evangelical tradition;" thus it follows that he has inherited this historical-critical method to interpret.
To answer his question, his last clause, we should identify the impact that certain philosophies have upon our interpretive work; and then engage in the work of discerning whether "said" philosophy serves or undercuts the articulation of the Gospel. This might seem a simple anecdote, and it is, but it is true. Philosophy is inevitable (it's just a human endeavor), nevertheless, Christian theology should never be coopted by philosophy; the history of the church provides trajectories wherein philosophy has indeed coopted the Gospel, but then we also have fruitful lines of inquiry and engagement wherein philosophy has been coopted by the Christian gospel, using its "grammar" but reifying (or restating) these philosophical categories in such way that in fact it can be said that philosophy can actually serve.
15 Wednesday Sep 2010
Posted Ecclesiology, Ethicsin
Just a quick one. I am reconsidering my ecclesiology. I grew up as an "Evangelical," my dad is an ordained CBA (Conservative Baptist Assocation) pastor; this denomination, as most "Evangelical churches" prides itself upon the autonomy of the local church. Well, I'm up against a scenario wherein this outlook is being seriously challenged; just from a pragmatic/pastoral standpoint. The congregational model of the church (one that emphasizes autonomy) has some problems relative to leadership accountable. Without sharing the details of the "scenario" I'm referring to, it is clear that this model has some deep rooted problems; it is like a Peter without a Paul (see Gal. 2). If the leadership in this church government model is inept or immature, and faced with a scenario where maturity is called for, and then they act out of their immaturity the laity or congregant can find themselves in a seriously compromised situation. This is what's going on with a friend of mine. He's got a problem, the church doesn't want to hear his side of the problem, instead they have sided with the "other side's" perspective without even giving an honest hearing to my friend's side — they are sorely mistaken and unwise in their response and actions.
My point. If the leadership had some accountability, like they would in an Episcopelian church model or Presbyterian, he could appeal; and ask for a third-party objective hearing. But nope, instead my friend has been excommunicated (it's a "Bible church" non-denominational). This is a problem.


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Hierarchies, Specialization, and the Utilization of Knowledge: Theory and Evidence from the Legal Services Industry
Luis Garicano, Thomas N. Hubbard
NBER Working Paper No. 10432
What role do hierarchies play with respect to the organization of production and what determines their structure? We develop an equilibrium model of hierarchical organization, then provide empirical evidence using confidential data on thousands of law offices from the 1992 Census of Services. The driving force in the model is increasing returns in the utilization of acquired knowledge. We show how the equilibrium assignment of individuals to hierarchical positions varies with the degree to which their human capital is field-specialized, then show how this equilibrium changes with the extent of the market. We find empirical evidence consistent with a central proposition of the model: the share of lawyers that work in hierarchies and the ratio of associates to partners increases as market size increases and lawyers field-specialize. Other results provide evidence against alternative interpretations that emphasize unobserved differences in the distribution of demand or 'firm size effects,' and lend additional support to the view that a role hierarchies play in legal services is to help exploit increasing returns associated with the utilization of human capital.
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The IAAS was founded in 1970 to promote American Studies in Ireland. The founding members included Alan Graham (Queen's, Belfast), Denis Donoghue (UCD; now NYU), Peggy O'Brien (TCD; now UMass Amherst), and Tony Emmerson (Ulster). Over the decades we have supported successive generations of students and scholars in the universities and colleges across the island in their postgraduate and postdoctoral work and as they set out on their academic careers in American Studies.
We are a constituent member of the European Association for American Studies (EAAS) and our current EAAS board representative is Dr Philip McGowan (QUB). All of our members are automatically members of the EAAS, and are encouraged to attend the biennial EAAS Conference.
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