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As Christians read the headlines in the news, it becomes evident that modern western society is on a perilous slide of moral degeneration. Trinity Western University law students will not be allowed to practice law in some Canadian provinces because of the biblical position the university has taken on sexuality and gender.[1] The Supreme Court in the United States of America has legalized homosexual marriage in all fifty states.[2] Canadian lawmakers legalized doctor-assisted euthanasia[3] to join abortion as legal rights for individuals to become the masters of life and death. Such decisions are not made in a moral vacuum. Rather, a morality which was shaped in the past, primarily by the influence of Scripture and tradition, is now being reshaped through the lenses of personal experience and a scientific base of reasoning.[4] These decisions are not merely the result of a change in how people feel about these subjects but are the reflection of a worldview which has abandoned the authority of God's Word and the traditions of western civilization.
This new worldview has significant implications for culture in North America and around the world. Young Christians are conflicted between what they learn at church and what they learn in school. Churches and denominations are challenged to be "politically correct" or lose parishioners. Adult Christians are pressured to change their beliefs or be considered homophobic, bigots, or just irrelevant. Immigrants to North America, who seek citizenship, are confronted with pledging allegiance to a nation which has espoused values that oppose their own religious or moral beliefs.[5] The world wrongfully looks at these changes in the west and makes the assumption that these are the values of Christianity.
The church in North America needs an anthropologically informed theology of mission.[6] Society is changing, and culture is evolving with it. The church needs a strong voice to be heard among the confusing sounds of modern culture; a voice that will echo forward into this culture with a message that is consistent through the ages and yet relevant to the times. Society does not need a new campaign to put The Lord's Prayer back in schools and the Ten Commandments on the wall of a courthouse. I believe that they need to get back to basics. They need to learn how to pray for themselves, and they need the law of the Lord written on their heart (Lk. 11:1-13; Ps. 19:7).
This essay will present a theology of mission that is grounded in Scripture and culturally relevant to modern North American society. It will focus on how followers of Christ relate to the Missio Dei and how they minister to the culture in which they live today. It will conclude with practical recommendations for the church as she relates to secular society as described above.
Missio Dei
Drs. Arthur Glacier and Charles van. Engen contend that every portion of Scripture, from creation to revelation, reveals the mission of God to consummate his Kingdom with fallen, but not forgotten, mankind. "The whole Bible, both Old and New Testaments, is a missionary book, the revelation of God's purpose and action in mission in human history."[7]
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth and took that which was "formless and void" (unsuitable for man) and transformed it into a place of order, beauty, and sustainability. He placed man there in a place called Eden (Delight). He said that it was "very good." God and man shared a special relationship in the garden until Adam and Eve willfully broke their relationship with God by disobeying his command. From that time forward, God has been on a mission to restore the relationship which once was. This is his mission, the Missio Dei. He is establishing his kingdom. From his curse on the serpent in Gen. 3:15[8] to the covenants with Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, and the New Covenant, God has not wavered from his mission to restore his relationship with fallen man and to establish his Kingdom. There is no Christian mission apart from God's mission. The church and every Christian mission agency on the planet exists to participate in the mission of God; to join him in the task of reconciling the nations to himself.
God accomplishes his mission by sending people on mission. We could see them as missionaries. God the Father sent his one and only Son to be the incarnation of himself here on earth (Jn. 1:1-18). Jesus is the supreme messenger of God in word and deed. He shows us that the way to fellowship with the Father is through the Son (Jn. 3:16; 14:6-7). After Jesus had concluded his ministry on earth, he promised to send the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:4-8). Jesus said, "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses…" (Acts 1:8). Jesus is announcing that he is sending the Holy Spirit to empower his disciples to become apostles. Their role will change from being followers to being proclaimers or witnesses of Jesus. In Matthew's gospel it is clear that the followers of Jesus are commissioned to, "Go, therefore and make disciples of all nations…" (Mt. 28:19). As the Father sent the Son, the Son sends the Spirit, and the Spirit empowers and sends the church. Later in the book of Acts, Luke records the missionary journeys of Paul. Luke introduces Paul and Barnabas' first missionary journey by telling the story of how the church at Antioch was worshipping and fasting when the Holy Spirit told them, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them" (Acts 13:2). A couple of verses later he writes, "So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down…" (13:4), and that signifies the beginning of the missionary era of the church.
Not of this world but in this world
We have seen that the mission is God's and that it is he who calls believers and the church and sends them out with a commission. How then are followers of Christ to minister to a society where the culture has intentionally marginalized God and made efforts to mute his voice in the fields of ethics and morality? Many Christians have segregated themselves away from society claiming that "we are to be in the world but not of the world."[9] It becomes the justification for living out the Christian life with little contact, influence, or presence in the secular arenas of society. This is not what Jesus taught or modeled.
In John 17 we have a record of Jesus' high priestly prayer. The theology of this prayer is rich, and it helps us to see the mission of the Father as it is passed on through Jesus to his followers. Jesus recognizes in this prayer that he is sent by The Father. Knowing that his time on earth will end soon, He prays, "I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world" (Jn. 17:14). We must not make the mistake of stopping here and concluding that followers of Christ should not be a part of this world for Jesus goes on to say, "I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one… As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world" (Jn. 17:15&18). Christians are not of this world, but they are definitely sent by Jesus to be his witnesses in it. Further, they have the assurance that Jesus has petitioned on their behalf for protection from the evil one.
Peter brings understanding to what it means to be "not of this world." He describes a believer's new citizenship when he refers to followers of Jesus as "sojourners and exiles" in the world (1 Peter 2:9-12). In his epistle to the early followers of Jesus, Peter reminds them that they are a holy nation that belongs to God, they are not to live as citizens of the world but as citizens of God's kingdom. Believers live in this world, but it is not their home. They are sojourners and exiles here; migrant people who are passing through for a time but it is not their permanent home. Believers must live as good citizens in their temporary home, but their ultimate loyalty is to The Kingdom. God has made the church his sojourners here so that the world will have the opportunity to be exposed to the incarnational presence of Christ in his people, in order that "they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation" (1 Peter 2:12).[10]
The church is not of this world, but Jesus makes it clear that his followers' co-mission with him is in this world. Post-Modern North America is not the first culture to be hostile toward Christianity. The culture into which God sent his son was hostile toward the truth. They killed the messenger. Things did not improve over the next generations--church history records that most of the apostles were martyred.[11] Into the early church age, the culture of the day rejected Christianity and frequently put to death any who would speak out against the religion of the day.[12]/[13] When we look at the culture of North America in the twenty-first Century we see a culture which is actually much friendlier toward Christians than at many other times and places in history.
Today Christians must hold fast to the timeless truth of the Gospel: God is building his Kingdom, He sent his son to make a way for man to be reconciled to himself (Jn. 3:16), Christ died on the cross, was buried, rose again, and was seen by many (1Cor. 15:3-8), and then he ascended to Heaven, where he is seated at the right hand of the Father (Mk. 16:19). The core of the Christian worldview is the gospel and the authority of Scripture. This cannot be compromised in modern culture. However, we can contextualize our message and methods of evangelism to fit our times.
People desire religion. Michael A. Rynkiewich defines religion for us: "Religion is a set of beliefs and practices that function to help people make sense of the world, answer life's questions, and deal with life's problems." He goes on to state that religion usually includes a cosmology, explanation of spiritual power, rituals associated with demonstrating belief, and structure for the perpetuation of those beliefs.[14] Thus, everyone seeks to accept or construct some form of beliefs to help them understand the world around them. Christians have an opportunity to live out their faith in a way that draws people toward the story of God. Jesus taught many things, but when asked what the greatest of all the commandments was, his answer was simple: "Love the Lord your God… and love your neighbor as yourself" (Mt. 22:36-40). In a similar passage in Luke 10, Jesus is asked a follow-up question, "And who is my neighbor?", to which Jesus responds with the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan and the injunction to "go and do likewise" (Lk. 10:29-37).
Modern missions in North America could do well with a bit of cultural deconstruction. Paul G. Hiebert writes, "We must be careful to proclaim the gospel, not our culture. We must also speak the truth in love (Eph. 4:15)."[15] Much of what repels unchurched millennials from the church today has nothing to do with the gospel and everything to do with protecting a culture, tradition, and way of life that the church is comfortable with. The church is often judgmental to people who do not look and act like the Christians who have been in the church for most of their lives. The doors of the church stand wide open for anyone who can fit through them, but the passageway has become fairly narrow in many church traditions, and few can fit through until they have shed all their worldly baggage.
Modern Christians struggle with secular society because they feel they have been called to convert their neighbors. They miss Jesus' main point: that we are to love our neighbors. This changes the way we approach those with a different worldview. Rather than viewing them as potential converts to be won over by our careful handling of Scripture and good apologetics, Jesus wants us to love them.
"Biblical love is not superficial sentiment. It is a deep commitment to be for the other. We affirm the full dignity of others as humans created in the image of God and care enough to confront them when we believe they are wrong. Above all, we must continue to point people to Christ as the way, the truth, and the life."[16]
Believers have struggled with this for a long time; even our professional missionaries have sometimes missed the mark. Early in the last century, missionary E. Stanley Jones had a conversation with Mahatma Gandhi and asked him what he would suggest to make Christianity more acceptable to the people of India. Gandhi responded with four observations:
1. "I would suggest first that all of you Christians, missionaries and all, must begin to live more like Jesus Christ."
2. "I would suggest that you must practice your religion without adulterating or toning it down."
3. "I would suggest that you must put your emphasis upon love, for love is the center and soul of Christianity."
4. "I would suggest that you study the non-Christian religions and culture more sympathetically in order to find the good that is in them, so that you might have a more sympathetic approach to the people."[17]
It is troubling to think that a Hindu guru of the 1900s had a better understanding of Christianity than many modern believers.
Many of the people who fill Christian churches in North America today know a lot about Jesus, but they do not know him. The emphasis in many churches has been on proper doctrine. Good theology and doctrine are important, but they are not the gospel. Jesus is the gospel. It is time to throw wide the church doors and invite people to meet Jesus.
Modern Christians will do much better at connecting with society if they keep their message centered on Jesus, but many are afraid. They want to attack what they see as a negative culture. Christians wonder what will happen if they simply love and accept those people who are radically different from them. What if these new people start coming to the church; will they fit in? What if they want to start their own Bible study groups, cell churches, or disciple-making movements? What if, before they have become "fully mature" in the church, they start witnessing to their friends and family; might they promote heresy? People are afraid that this could change the culture of the church.
Writing about a contextualized gospel for India, Jones says: "If some are afraid of what might happen if we were to give India Jesus without hard-and-fast systems of thought and ecclesiastical organization, lest the whole be corrupted, let our fears be allayed. Jesus is well able to take care of himself."[18]
Richard Twiss, a missiologist among the First Nations people of North America was addressing the same concern regarding what would happen if Native Americans had the message of Jesus and were given freedom to work out what their faith and worship should look like in their own context. He writes:
"Christian Native people have been given the Spirit of the Lord, bringing power, love, and a sound mind (see 2 Tim. 1:7). Nevertheless, for far too long they have been taught to be afraid of their own culture. I am firmly convinced that if our hearts beat with the Father's heart to reach lost people, if we walk in council with wise brothers and sisters, if we remain humble, then even if we do inadvertently cross the line, the Holy Spirit is big enough and sufficiently powerful to correct any possible errors and to transform our worst blunders into the best wine for the feast (see John 2:1-11)."[19]
Upon this Rock I will build my church
In Matthew 16:18 Jesus says, "And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Believers do well to remember who's church it is. The church is Christ's, and the same spirit who raised Jesus from the dead is the spirit of the church who unites the church (1 Cor. 12:13), empowers the saints (Acts 1:8), and gives gifts to the church for her growth, edification, and worship (Rom. 12:6-8; 1 Cor. 12:8-10; Eph. 4:7-16). As we let go of some of the cultural and traditional rigidity that has been a characteristic of the modern church, then we must trust the Holy Spirit to guide those whom he has gifted and empowered to lead her in a way that is contextually relevant. This does not mean that we cast away our symbols and texts, but rather that we allow the meanings of those things to be preserved in new forms. An example of this may be seen in baptism. Over the past few centuries, it has become the tradition of most churches to conduct their baptisms inside the church building. Both immersion and affusion are deeply meaningful symbols that are highly revered as an ordinance or sacrament of the church. Many newer expressions of church are taking baptism out of the building and placing it back in the community.[20] This new form preserves the old function but allows it to be a visible testimony to those outside the church.
The Missio Dei is reaching the world with the gospel of Jesus so that all the nations of the world may have the opportunity to know and follow Jesus Christ. A Christian worldview must be grounded on the Authority of God's word, contextually understood to be relevant in modern culture. Christian forms and traditions should not be discarded, but they should be measured, and when possible, their meanings should be preserved in new expressions which may more adequately express God's intent in modern society.
Those who have adopted a worldview that is based on experience, culture, and reason, may not be won over to Christ through moral judgment, exceptional ecclesiology, or innovative new evangelism programs. But, they may respond if Christians introduce them to Jesus by living out the agape principle; loving one another as Christ has loved us. The church today is changing, but her message and mission remain the same. She may have new instruments, darker sanctuaries, creative outreach, services on Saturdays, bigger kitchens, and pastors who don't wear suits and ties, but their prayer has remained the same.
Lord of the Harvest, Hear
By Charles Wesley
Lord of the Harvest, hear Thy needy servants cry;
Answer our faith's effectual pray'r And all our wants supply.
On thee we humbly wait; Our wants are in thy view.
The harvest truly, Lord, is great; The laborers are few.
Convert and send forth more Into Thy Church abroad;
And let them speak Thy word of pow'r As workers with their God.
O let them spread Thy name, Their mission fully prove;
Thy universal grace proclaim, Thy all redeeming love!
(Wesley, 1982: 95)
Bibliography of Works Cited
Gertz, Steven. "How Do We Know 10 of the Disciples Were Martyred?" Christian History.com, August 8, 2008. Accessed July 29, 2015. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/asktheexpert/sep23.html.
Glasser, Arthur F., and Charles Edward van. Engen. Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God's Mission in the Bible. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2003.
Hiatt, R. Jeffrey. "Anthropology For Christian Mission - Class Notes," Asia Graduate School of Theology, July 20, 2015.
Hiebert, Paul G. Anthropological Reflections on Missiological Issues. Grand Rapids, Mich: Baker Books, 1994.
Jones, E. Stanley. The Christ of the Indian Road. United Methodist Publishing House, 1924.
Liptak, Adam. "Supreme Court Ruling Makes Same-Sex Marriage a Right Nationwide." The New York Times, June 26, 2015. Accessed July 26, 2015. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/us/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage.html.
Rynkiewich, Michael A. Soul, Self, and Society: A Postmodern Anthropology for Mission in a Postcolonial World. Eugene, Or.: Cascade Books, 2011.
Twiss, Richard. One Church, Many Tribes. Ventura, Calif: Regal, 2000.
"List of Christian Martyrs." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, June 29, 2015. Accessed July 29, 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Christian_martyrs&oldid=669215745.
"Persecution in the Early Church - Christianity History Persecution." Accessed July 29, 2015. http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/history/persecution.
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[1] "Trinity Western Law School Accreditation Denial Upheld by Ontario Court," accessed July 26, 2015, http://www.cbc.ca/1.3136529.
[2] Adam Liptak, "Supreme Court Ruling Makes Same-Sex Marriage a Right Nationwide," The New York Times, June 26, 2015, accessed July 26, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/us/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage.html.
[3] "Supreme Court Says Yes to Doctor-Assisted Suicide in Specific Cases," accessed July 26, 2015, http://www.cbc.ca/1.2947487.
[4] These concepts of Scripture, Tradition, Experience and Reason were expressed as part of the Wesleyan Epistemology as presented by: R. Jeffrey Hiatt, "Anthropology For Christian Mission - Class Notes" (Asia Graduate School of Theology, July 21, 2015).
[5] Both Canadian and American Citizenship proceedings require the public reciting of a pledge of allegiance to the nation – Canada: Oath of Citizenship - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oath_of_Citizenship_(Canada)
USA: Oath of Allegiance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oath_of_Allegiance_(United_States)
[6] It is important to note that theology is constructed by individuals as they seek to understand the message of Scriptures. Hiebert reminds us that there are three checks against theological error: Scripture itself, the Holy Spirit, and the Church. - Paul G. Hiebert, Anthropological Reflections on Missiological Issues (Grand Rapids, Mich: Baker Books, 1994), 30.
[7] Arthur F. Glasser and Charles Edward van. Engen, Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God's Mission in the Bible (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2003). 17.
[8] The curse of the serpent in Gen. 3:15 includes the promise that the woman's offspring will "crush" or "bruise" the serpent's head. This is a reference to the eventual work of Jesus on the Cross when Satan (the serpent) was defeated.
[9] Many Christians have improperly paraphrased Jesus' teaching in John 17 with the familiar slogan, "We are in the world but not of it."
[10] Similarly Jesus calls his followers to be salt and light in the world stating, "In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in Heaven." Mt. 5:13-16
[11] Steven Gertz, "How Do We Know 10 of the Disciples Were Martyred?," Christian History.com, August 8, 2008, accessed July 29, 2015, http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/asktheexpert/sep23.html.
[12] "List of Christian Martyrs," Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, June 29, 2015, accessed July 29, 2015, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Christian_martyrs&oldid=669215745.
[13] "Persecution in the Early Church - Christianity History Persecution," accessed July 29, 2015, http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/history/persecution.
[14] Michael A Rynkiewich, Soul, Self, and Society: A Postmodern Anthropology for Mission in a Postcolonial World (Eugene, Or.: Cascade Books, 2011). 135.
[15] Paul G. Hiebert, Anthropological Reflections on Missiological Issues, 73.
[16] Ibid.
[17] E. Stanley Jones, The Christ of the Indian Road (United Methodist Publishing House, 1924), 118–120.
[18] Ibid., 166.
[19] Richard Twiss, One Church, Many Tribes (Ventura, Calif: Regal, 2000), 83.
[20] As one example, two of my sons were baptised in public services at the local beach in front of hundreds of community members who were not from the church. This is truly a public declaration of faith and a testimony to the community.
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Sunday, January 20, 2013
Rise of the helldrake! 5th edition favorites become viable again?
Will the rise of the dragon...... aka Helldrake what can the imperium to do fight the sudden influx of dragon eggs hatching across the galaxy?
Might the Storm Raven be the answer...
With 9 out of 10 Helldrake players taking the baleflamer to kill everything infantry, the storm raven could become the bane of the helldrake along with the vendetta.
The Storm Raven has two options, the blood angels storm raven and the grey knights storm raven.
The Blood Angels Storm Raven is the best option against helldrakes as it has 4 strength 8 ap 1 missiles and a choice of a typhoon missile launcher, twin linked multi-melta or twin linked heavy bolter in the nose of the gunship, and a turret mounted twin linked lascannon, plasma cannon, or assault cannon.
The Grey Knight Storm Raven has the same options except the 4 mindstrike missiles. I would rather have the str 8 ap1 but the mindstrike missiles cause perils of the warp on any psyker that is under the small blast. So sniping out the psykers is pretty easy. This is great against those IG blobs with a rune priest hiding in them or a primaris psyker. This also works great against other grey knight players as all IC's and grey knights are psykers.
I have started testing the storm raven with my GK/Necron list instead of 2 night scythes and I am running the version with a twin linked multi melta and twin linked lascannon. The Storm Raven has power of the machine spirit so has the potential to take out 2 flyers at once. Also the AV12 all around and immune to double dice on melta is great.
With the changes in 6th and a higher number of maledictions, witchfire, etc, I believe the Psyflemen dread can become viable in certain army builds again. Melta has dropped off the planet it seems to be replaced by plasma. Plasma isn't as good as taking care of AV12. Missles have also dropped off for autocannons. Again which are not as good against AV12.
Grey Knight dreads have reinforced Aegis which provides a 12" bubble to any grey knight model. If a psychic power targets a grey knight that is in the area affect of reinforced aegis there is a -4 leadership for making the psychic test. This is huge as trying to make a psychic test on leadership 6 or less can be very difficult.
The psyflemen dread also provides good anti transport and anti flyer capability as they are twin linked strength 8 autocannons with psybolt ammo.
So what are your thoughts?
Can these two 5th edition has beens come back to being a viable option in 6th again?
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Stormravens still are pretty tough for a Vendetta to take out. Basically, the only guaranteed way of killing the Stormraven is to strip off three hull points. Otherwise, you are asking to win a minor lottery via the vehicle damage table and lascannons only get +1, so it is not reliable. I just played a game against a stormraven and my vendetta totally failed to kill it.ReplyDelete
Helldrakes should be easier to kill, but still you are basically hoping for a lucky penetrating hit. That is why I find it is important to pair a flier with an Aegis to team up against enemy fliers.
I agree with you Colman. Can decide if a dread is better or an aegis with quad gun.....Delete
Great analysis!ReplyDelete
There's no doubt that we'll be seeing more Helldrakes, but I wonder if Chaos will get frustrated by armies that build to counter them. In my mind, this means doing one of three things:
1) Go horde
2) Have good invulns
3) Have multiple wound models
Options 1 and 3 are Nids. Orcs pull off 1 nicely. And Dreadknights and Wraiths do 3 and 4 with smashing success, or your list. So yeah, I think if you toss in a Stormraven that will add that little extra spice to give Helldrakes heartburn. And shoot, all the things that are good against the Helldrakes just so happen to be solid against other builds!
I'm not so sure about the rifledread though. It's not a bad choice, but my gut tells me that the points would probably be spent better elsewhere.
Heldrakes are mean beasts indeed. With a 5++ and It Will Not Die, they are pretty darn survivable. I've been contemplating bringing my SR back to the fight, Still not sure if it's worth it's points though.ReplyDelete
I agree with both of you for the most part. yes it is 200 points for BA and 205 for GK. Since both can transport scoring units and drop out their cargo before they can be destroyed they have an additional benefit.ReplyDelete
The dread provides the reinforced aegis. We will see in some test games.
Also a twin linked multi melta at 12" range and that lascannon look pretty awesome to crack that av12.
GK don't really have a great way to deal with flyers. I have been still running dreads and they are not reliable at all for flyers IMO. I have been taking IG allies to get a vendetta but I am starting to think I need to test a SR or give up and add more 2+ armor to my lists to deal with the Heldrakes.ReplyDelete
I agree with you about the air problems that GK have. I have used the storm raven and it has worked very well so far. I have taken to looking at allies as well and necrons and IG both have great options. Necron are my favorite at this point in time. The issue is that helldrakes rape necron air. But cutting a few points and putting in a raven and a psyflemen dread are beneficial. You should get at least 1 hit with the dread. That is a 4+ to do something to an av12 flyer.
I am actually considering the SR as my first flyer usage mainly because I find BA more fun to play than any other marines.ReplyDelete
The Ba storm Raven is pretty awesome. Wish my GK could take that version.ReplyDelete
This Brodrick by the way. I really enjoy BA and it is finding allies I like to complement them. I would really like to play eldar with them. But they just don't fit. I am considering space wolves but it is very hard lol. Blue marines are interesting too.ReplyDelete
I want something fast. That is what I like to play BA have fast troops, eldar have faster troops but the issue is the vehicles cost more points then I think they are worth just to be fast.
I know there are going to be Chaos Marines, Chaos Demons, IG all over the place. I have really considered either Eldar for Doom or Blue marines for Null Zone as I think power fields will really be in play. I am all over the place and just need to play some more lists.
Oh ok. Hey Broderick. The problem with Eldar and any allies is that you can't have allied psychic powers. Runes will hurt your allies. If you want fast, Denial and Elder are the best choice in my opinion.ReplyDelete
I used the storm raven in two more games and it did amazing things. I think it is a keeper. The dread also won his points back by allowing his reinforced aegis to stop multiple enfeeble's and doom of malantai ap1 blasts.ReplyDelete
Is the Hydra not a shoe-in over these more expensive air models (if you still want good troops pts)?ReplyDelete
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The Bessy Club is having a mandatory meeting this morning. The meeting is being held under the pear tree, near the garden shed just slightly northwest of the chicken pen.
I'm pretty sure they are planning a party to celebrate the 90% chance of .2 inches of rain we are all so hopeful to get around here this weekend. It will be the first shower they've had in weeks. And trust me, they need it.
The fetid, malodorous aura surrounding their clique has been somewhat of a hinderance in the recruiting department. Which is probably why they've chosen to temporarily sever their relations with the rest of the herd.
They'll have to be sure they are out in the open or they might miss the shower altogether.
That would be tragic.
The meeting was for bovines only. 'Bessy' being the required name/password.
Poor Rocket is just now finding this out.
It really hurt his feelings.
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When I'm not enough to be a good mother: where God's grace begins
I think that God created motherhood to show me how sinful and inadequate I am at being a good mother…and thus how much I desperately need Him and His grace. Because there is nothing more humbling than being a mother who feels like she's not enough. Except for being a mother of a sick child. … [Read more…]


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- Kangaroos (Grey and Red and many other species)
- Wallabies
- Emus
- Bilby
- Koalas
- Cockatoos
- Rainbow Lorikeets
- various small lizards
- Pythons
- Flying Foxs
- Wombat
- Tasmanian Devil
- Quolls
- Dingos
- and Goats, Bunnies, and Chickens
Both boys - and Grandma - had a great time. We were able to pet the kangaroos and wallabies. We learned how to throw a boomerang. And we ate our morning tea and lunch in the presence of kangaroos, wallabies, emus, and a very friendly cockatoo.
Here are some photos of our adventure... (click on a photo for a larger view)
|Rainbow Lorikeet
|There were at least 3 emus that were roaming around.
|Those birds are big!
|The view of the bushland from the Wildlife Park.
|The kangaroos and wallabies at their morning feeding.
|Kangaroos are sooooo soft!
|The local cockatoo.
|Desmond shows us where cockatoo is - high in the tree!
|The Tasmanian Devil
|One of the pythons.
|Vincent and the wombat eye each other. The wombat was much larger than we expected!
|This is Matilda the kangaroo.
|She was very friendly!
|And cute!
|Desmond bonds with the kangaroo.
|The koalas were active and very cute.
|Vincent shows us how he can jump like a kangaroo!
|Grandma and Vincent throw a boomerang.
|I got in on the action too!
|Zoe the kangaroo wanted to share Vincent's lunch!


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Do you want to make yummy fruit surprise muffins everyone will love? Then read on!
- 1 cup (825 grams) of flour
- 1/2 cup of sugar (100 grams), plus a little extra
- 1 tablespoon (14 grams) baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon (2 grams) salt
- 1 tablespoon lemon rind, freshly grated
- 1/2 cup (113 grams) butter
- 1/2 cup (119 grams) lemon juice, squeezed from 3 to 4 lemons
- 1/3 cup (79 milliliters) of egg whites or egg substitute
- 1/2 cup (61 grams) of fresh raspberries
- 1/2 cup of fresh blueberries
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1Wash hands. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Put 12 muffin cups into muffin pan. Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. Set aside.
2Grate the lemon rind. Lemon rind is the outside yellow skin of a lemon. A grater will take it off a little at a time. Be sure to scrape only the yellow part of the rind....no white.
3Place butter in a small bowl and melt butter in microwave. Set timer for 30 seconds. If the butter isn't melted, microwave for 10 seconds more.
4Mix together melted butter, lemon juice, egg, and lemon rind. Add the dry ingredients into butter mix and stir.
5Use a ladle to fill the muffin cups about a third of the way up. Put a few raspberries in half the muffin cups and a few blueberries in the other half. Cover the berries with the rest of the muffin batter.
6Sprinkle about 1/4 teaspoon sugar on top of each muffin. Bake for 20 to 50 minutes until slightly brown. Let muffins cool before serving. Makes one dozen.
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Geek culture fans usually flock to conventions in New York City or San Diego to see their favorite stars and connect with fellow nerd enthusiasts. However, as fan conventions have become a pop culture phenomenon, D.C. has slowly been gaining steam as a convention hotspot.
Awesome Con returns to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (801 Mt Vernon Pl., N.W.) for its fifth consecutive year on Friday, March 30-Sunday, April 1. For three days, people can indulge in nerdy pleasures featuring hours of celebrity guests, exhibits, panels and connecting with fans of "Star Wars," "Smallville," "Guardians of the Galaxy" and more.
Awesome Con founder Ben Penrod, a self-proclaimed "big nerd," never expected his passion project to become the largest geek event in the D.C. area.
Penrod grew up in Annapolis, Md., with a love for comic books and superheroes that eventually grew into buying and selling comic books on eBay in the late '90s to make extra cash for more comic books. In 2009, Penrod went full-time selling comic books and began to travel to conventions across the country. He continued on to found Annapolis Comic-Con and Southern Maryland Comic-Con with Third Eye Comics founder Steve Anderson before Penrod decided to branch into Washington.
"People think of D.C. and they don't immediately think of fans of comic books and pop culture," Penrod says. "But the people that you would think of as a typical D.C. resident, like an attorney or a lobbyist or a federal employee or somebody in the military, I think that the representation of science fiction, superhero and comic book fans among those people is so high that Washington, D.C., is one of the best nerd communities in the entire country."
The first Awesome Con kicked off in 2013 at the Convention Center with an attendance of 7,000 people. The event gained attention throughout the region and Awesome Con 2017 saw a spike in attendance with 70,000 guests.
Over the years, fans were invited to see their favorite celebrities in person for autographs, photo-ops and panels. In the past, the guest list has welcomed stars from hit shows such as "Doctor Who, "Star Trek" and "The Walking Dead." This year, the lineup includes "Star Wars" breakout star John Boyega, Stephen Amell and out actor John Barrowman from CW series "Arrow" and the "Guardians of the Galaxy" cast including Dave Bautista, Pom Klementieff, Michael Rooker and Sean Gunn.
Penrod says celebrity guests are chosen based on a combination of fan demand and TV shows and movies currently trending. The convention has roots in science fiction, but Penrod admits sometimes he purposely seeks out stars purely for nostalgia.
The cast of '90s sitcom "Boy Meets World," Ben Savage, Rider Strong and Will Friedle, are on the guest list this year. While the show went off the air in 2000, it maintained a strong fan base through re-runs on the Disney Channel.
"It was meant to be this comic book convention with sci-fi, superhero celebrities. But what it's turned into is this really broad celebration of pop culture and whether that means we're doing the '90s nostalgia stuff with 'Boy Meets World,' that doesn't really have a sci-fi, superhero realm of things, but it definitely fits. But you can't pinpoint exactly why it fits," Penrod says.
The convention also includes programming geared toward specific interests and groups.
Future Con, where science meets science fiction, will feature panels such as the "Science of 'Black Panther,'" "Harry Potter and the Genetics of Wizarding," "What's Happening Now to Make the Sci-Fi Space Travel We See in Movies a Reality" and more. Programming is in partnership with the biggest names in science such as NASA, National Geographic and the Smithsonian.
"We didn't just start Future Con because we thought it would be a good idea," Penrod says. "We had so much involvement and so much outreach from all these governmental organizations, science-based organizations, whether it was NASA, the Smithsonian, the Science Channel. We had all of these people reaching out to us. We're like, 'This is special and nobody else could do this. Except D.C.'"
Awesome Con Jr. offers kids an experience crafted especially for them with character meet and greets with Paddington Bear, Buddy from the "Dinosaur Train," Ranger Rick, "Dragon Ball Z" characters and the Easter Bunny. In between photo-ops, kids can attend panels such as "Intro Spells for Young Witches and Wizards," participate in live art contests and play video games.
As for LGBT-specific content, Awesome Con has joined forces with Geeks Out, a non-profit organization based in New York City for the LGBT geek community. Together, they created Pride Alley, both a physical space and group of programming for LGBT patrons.
Pride Alley is part of Artist Alley, which highlights arts, crafts, comics and more from LGBT creators. There are also panels that focus specifically on queer identity and fandom.
"The Queer Gamer Meetup: with D.C. Gaymers" offers a place for LGBT people to meet and play video games on Friday, March 30 at 5:30 p.m. "GAAAYS IN SPAAACE," is a panel on LGBT representation in "Star Trek" on Saturday, March 31 at 12:30 p.m. "Slash of Our Ancestors," a panel on the history of same-sex fan fiction, takes place on Sunday, April 1 at 2:15 p.m. Geeks Out will be hosting Snikt: D.C., the official queer after party of Awesome Con, at the Dew Drop Inn D.C. (2801 8th St., N.E.) on Friday, March 30 at 9 p.m.
It also wouldn't be a convention without cosplay. In addition to the con's daily cosplay contests, Pride Alley offers the panel "Sexuality in Cosplay: Nuff Said" on Friday, March 30 at 8:45 p.m. featuring representatives from NYC nightlife, an LGBT therapist and cosplayers.
Geeks OUT President Nicole Gitau praises Awesome Con for giving the LGBT community a home at the con.
"The group at Awesome Con, they're really great," Gitau says. "They really wanted to increase the visible presence of diversity on the floor. I can only commend them for that. Conventions are known for not always having been the most welcoming of spaces. I think that's changed a lot in the last few years. It's nice to see that Awesome Con is really committed to that."
Penrod says Awesome Con needed Pride Alley because LGBT fans were already engaged in the convention.
"It was important because we knew that community was very well represented in our fans, in our people who are already exhibiting and at the con, and the creators who are making comics, TV and movies," he says. "We knew that in this world of nerd stuff and geek culture that the LGBT community is a very big part of things. I wanted to take the opportunity to make that a focus at Awesome Con."
For Gitau, who identifies as queer, the LGBT geek community is a haven she hopes can make the general geek community have "positive associations in their life" of LGBT people and to "think differently about the social climate we're in right now."
"One of the fun things about this is to be amidst a group of people who understand not only my cultural references but also my cultural critiques," Gitau says. "There's sort of a safety. Geeks, we love things passionately. That is what makes us geeky about a thing. But when you love something you want it to be better. And that ability to have free conversation is what is really exciting for me."


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Text: John 9:1-41
He answered, "Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see."
– John 9:25, ESV
It's been a hard two and a half years in our home. There are times I've wondered, "What did I do to deserve this? Why me? Did I not pray hard enough, do the right things?"
As I read this familiar passage in John, I am struck by the same attitude in Jesus' disciples as they encounter a man who is blind. They don't ask how he is, if he is suffering—they don't even ask Jesus to heal him. Instead, their only question is if he or his parents had sinned to make him blind.
Jesus gives a perfect answer: "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him" (John 9:3, emphasis mine).
In a world where we are constantly trying to get it right—to please others, to appease our inner voice, to obey God—we can feel like giant failures when things go wrong. "If only I had…" Jesus' radical statement shifts our gaze off of our "shoulds" and onto His grace.
Imagine how often this man, born blind and spending his life as an outcast, must have had those same thoughts. If everyone around him assumed he or his family were in sin, who would care? It's easy to justify a casual attitude about pain and suffering when we equate it as something that was deserved.
Jesus crushes the assumptions of both his disciples and the Pharisees, who were always watching and following him. He doesn't urge the man to repent first. He isn't even interested in hearing from his family or what kind of lifestyle they have. Jesus simply bends down, spits in the dust we were created from, and uses the mud to restore the blind man's sight. How astounding the moment must have been when the man walked out of the pool of Siloam, looking at—and seeing!—the stunned faces of those around him!
But the Pharisees, they are incensed instead of amazed. They can't even muster a congratulations before they pounce on him with questions and accusations, which the newly-sighted man promptly deflects back onto them. It's very simple to him. "One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see" (John 9:25).
Jesus healed him, and the man didn't do anything to make it happen. It was grace through and through. Even the Pharisees, master manipulators though they were, could not make this into something it wasn't. There was nothing they could do or say to undo the mercy and grace Jesus imparted to the man—grace wholly undeserved yet lavishly given.
Are we so intent on turning the Gospel into a rational equation that we miss out on the wonder of God's audacious grace being given right before our very eyes?
Grace for the sinner.
Grace on the Sabbath.
Grace for the broken and the blind.
Grace for everyone who will receive it.
Like the man healed by the pool that day, may we be a canvas for displaying God's powerful works of grace.
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Ek Mahanayak Dr B. R. Ambedkar 17 December 2019 Written Update: The Story Begins
In the first episode of Ek Mahanayak Dr B. R. Ambedkar, we see a little girl seeking shelter from the rain, under a statue of a leader. She tells an old man that she doesn't know much about the man but is aware that it's B. R Ambedkar.
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The old man asks her if she knows about the great influence of this leader, who was once known as someone who had a lion's share, in the Indian Constitution. At that moment, she notices the garland around the statue's neck, falling off. The girl decides to walk into the rain so that she's as drenched as the statue. The old man joins her.
He then tells her about a similar rainy day full of storms, when a great person took birth. He was none other than Dr B. R. Ambedkar. He adds that his mother was in a lot of pain, and could not take it anymore. This led to his father running around in the rain, asking for help from strangers. Unfortunately, he was denied help, as he was a Shudra.
Here's where the story of a great leader's journey, to end caste discrimination, begins. What do you think happens next? Let us know in the comments section below.
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"Without stopping, Super Junior kept running for 10 years and they will never stop."
That's the defiant message that Super Junior are putting out alongside the new video trailer to ramp up the excitement for their 10th anniversary album, "Devil."
The group will be returning with the special release on July 16, which will contain 10 new tracks all celebrating the different styles SuJu are most loved for.
The group's sub units will all be represented on the celebratory album, including Super Junior-T, Super Junior-K.R.Y (Kyuhyun, Ryeowook, Yesung), Super Junior-M and Donghae & Eunhyuk.
It's believed that Super Junior-H (the H standing for "Happy"), who had just one release in 2008, are likely to not feature.
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"Devil" will be the title track from the new album, which is being released as a thank you to their fans for a decade of support.
SM Entertainment have also released a stunning set of black and white photos of the group ahead of their comeback.
The classy portraits show the nine members who will be taking part in the promotions (Shindong and Sungmin are currently on active military duty).
Eunhyuk, Kyuhyun, Heechul, Ryeowook, Siwon, Kangin, Leeteuk, Donghae and Yesung all look handsome in the teaser pictures.
Prior to the launch of the album, Super Junior will be holding two concerts in Seoul on July 11 and July 12 at the Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium.
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"Devil" will be available to buy in stores and on digital platforms at midnight KST on July 16. A new music video will be released on the same day.


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Mike Abrahams has worked as a freelance photographer for over 30 years having become renowned for his sensitive eye in documenting the lives of ordinary people. In 1981, he was a cofounder of Network Photographers which is an internationally and his work has taken him around various parts of the globe. His photographs have been published in all the major international news media and his ability to work in difficult situations made him a highly sought after photographer. His work on Faith – A Journey with Those Who Believe, published in 2000, was a 5 year project, documenting the extremes/passion of Christian devotion in 14 countries. Awards for this work included the World Press Photo Award in 2000, and the book Faith designed by Browns, was a finalist in the Design Week – Editorial Design: Books.
Colin Jacobson, picture editor of The Independent Magazine, described his body of work from the conflict in Northern Ireland and published in the book Still War, in 1989 as "Documentary photography at its best – …comprehensive,… and concerned". His coverage of the troubles in Northern Ireland was the subjects of a Television documentary "Moving Stills". Other important assignments have included coverage the Berlin Wall, the Cult of Assad in Syria, The Jews of Damascus and Bradford's Muslims.
He has completed both photojournalistic and corporate assignments. Some of his Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects have taken him to parts of Africa and Asia. Whilst these works have been commissioned, he retains a sensitivity whilst documenting various experiences. One of the most poignant for me was a portrait of someone living with HIV in India and fighting the stigma.
Abrahams is quite an important practitioner for me because of his extremely unique and far-reaching approach. He moves fluidly between corporate and personal assignments whilst retaining the ability to tell 'the story' effectively.
Mike Abrahams (no date) Available at: http://www.mikeabrahams.com/about (Accessed: 9 December 2016).


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We have expanded SugarCRM Hint, our flagship offering from SugarCRM's Relationship Intelligence product line beyond leads and contacts. Now, you can gather relationship intelligence about businesses and organizations. It works like this: users enter an account name into Hint (just like they always have) and it pulls in accurate, verified corporate data about the organization into Sugar's accounts module. This includes valuable information like:
- Industry
- Location
- Revenue
- Number of employees
- Corporate Facebook page
- Corporate Twitter account
In addition to the above corporate data, Hint also pulls in recent news about the company such as earnings announcements, product news and management changes.
Not only can the sales team keep a close tab on their accounts and quickly react to changes, these new capabilities will also appeal to customer success and customer support teams. This means Hint can be deployed to more people in your organization to eliminate manual research and data entry.
Hint gives users a broad profile of information about people and companies. It's not that you didn't know this information existed somewhere online, but why manually search for it and enter the data into your CRM when Hint puts the information right at your fingertips?
Hint gathers customer intelligence from a broad range of data sources so users can quickly and efficiently learn more about their prospects to establish a productive relationship.
The newest version of Hint is available now. It is compatible with Sugar 7.8 or later and available for an introductory price of $15 per user, per month. Existing customers of Hint have all been upgraded on our On Demand environment. On Premise customers can download the latest module loadable package from the download manager.
For more information about Hint, check out the video below or visit www.SugarCRM.com/hinthttp://www.sugarcrm.com/hint


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A range of blocks for the Torrey Pines Hi-Capacity model dry baths.
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Why not take the stress and inconvenience out of "having to visit a garage to sort out the car"?
We completely get it.
We are the last destination on the "want to do" list and understand the inconvenience of having to juggle motoring needs with work and family commitments.
So, why not take some quality time-out and enjoy the shopping Capital of the Cotswolds?
Cheltenham has so much to offer. Whether it's replenishing the wardrobe, buying for a birthday, early Christmas Shopping, an appointment or simply meeting friends for a coffee; we can drop you into town whilst our after-sales team cater for all your motoring needs. One of our friendly drivers will arrange to collect you at a location of your choice at a time to suit you. Just ask our Service Advisor at the time a booking or on the day.
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• All must play their cards on a pile, keeping in mind that they play the right order: Toilet – Poo – Paper – Wash your hands. Once a player cannot play a card, he immediately pushes the whoopee cushion. Now, whoever has the most cards left, will need to place a poo on his head. After 5 games, the player with the most poo on his head loses!
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We can all appreciate the importance of a garage or carport – it needs to have a firm commitment to space and storage, seeing as it is where you store your prized possession each and every day.
But let's be honest – in addition to being practical, that garage can also look quite stylish – like we said, it is where you store your prized possession. And why would you ever feel the need to park your beauty in a grimy and cluttered spot?
So, to celebrate the beauty of garages (and oh-so clever architects who understand the importance of an aesthetically pleasing space for our cars), let's take a look at 16 examples of houses who look quite striking and fantastic thanks to the addition of garages.
Which one will be your favourite?
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July 14, 2013
1000 Places: The Outer Banks
26/1000. I got back from my vacation to the Outer Banks of North Carolina yesterday evening, and I was too excited to wait until tomorrow to tell you guys about it.
(It's also been over a week since I last published anything, and I know everybody wants to make sure I got home safe and sound. Right?) I was overly happy when Bryan's family asked me to join them on their week-long trip, and being that the Outer Banks is one of my 1000 places I accepted the offer without a second thought. I had actually been looking at the Outer Banks ever since mine and my mom's trip to South Carolina back in March, and I was planning on it being a trip sometime in the near future, but I never would have thought it would have happened this soon.
We stayed on Ocracoke Island. The more popular (at least I would assume) destinations of Kitty Hawk and Nag's Head and the like are all towards the north of the Outer Banks, but Ocracoke is a little more isolated at the southern end of the barrier islands. But even though it's towards the south, it is right next to Hatteras Island where the famous Cape Hatteras lighthouse stands tall. (More on that later!) I was a little iffy about staying on Ocracoke at first. When I was planning my own trip in my head I had planned to stay towards the north, and I wasn't sure how much there would be to do or see on Ocracoke, but all my fears were calmed once we got off the ferry and pulled into the driveway of our house.
I can't wait to really sit down and start going through my pictures. That's what I'll be doing all day along with laundry and packing to go home tomorrow for a few days. I really did have the best time, and I couldn't have asked for a better vacation. Ocracoke is such a gem - the perfect mix of adventure and relaxation. But until I really start diving in to my trip, here are some pictures from my iPhone of the ferry ride over there that never made it to Instagram.
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On 12-14 October the 7th All-Russian Festival of Science took place in Moscow. The Festival goals are to explain the society in clear and simple language what scientists do, how scientific research improves the quality of life, what prospects it opens to a contemporary person. The Festival of Science aims at introducing visitors to the successes of science - both global and domestic. That is why, in particular, the Festival of Science in Russia chose this year the motto – "Touch science!".
Within the framework of the 7th All-Russian Festival of Science the Fund for protection of Lake Baikal organized the exhibition of Lake Baikal and the international scientific expedition Mirs at Lake Baikal. The purpose of the exhibition – is to attract public attention to the study and preservation of the unique lake.
In addition to the exhibition, on 12 October the demonstration of the documentary made by the Fund for Protection of Lake Baikal To the depths of Lake Baikal took place at the House of Culture, and on 14 October hosted Chairman of the Technical Board of the FPLB A. Sagalevich (Head of the Laboratory of deep manned submersibles of The Institute of Oceanology by P.P. Shirshov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, pilot of Mir) deliver a lecture in the building of the Main Library of the Moscow State University.
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A great mother may have several meanings for each person entering into this role. One has to remember that we are all individuals, therefore will all demonstrate different ways in caring for our young. This is something to keep in mind before passing judgement onto others. What one mother teaches and or allows their children to be around or take part in, may not be acceptable in the eyes of another mother, and this is okay because we dont all have to be alike. The most important thing to remember is that we at least honor and respect each of their decisions.
As for me and my child.... I will teach God's word, I will not allow the slandering or disrespecting of others, I will teach him to strive for better, to love even his enemies for they don't know any better or might be hurting in their own hearts. I will shield him from the destruction of today's world and the laziness which it has acquired, that it is not okay to curse one another, that a clean heart, body and soul is how God wants us to live each day. I will teach him to be polite, to have goals and morals, to not be demanding, to be a selfless man, to respect and honor the women in his life, and to pray for those who do not portray these qualities, that one day they too will see the light for a more peaceful and fulfilling life. And, as a mother, it is my duty to protect him from anything that I feel will threaten the above wishes in any way I feel necessary.
So, as you determine what kind of mother each of you may be, please be courteous to the type of mother I strive to be and the son I choose to raise.
"But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord" Joshua 24:15


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Important Questions to Ask Prior to Hiring an Expert Web Designer You might want to create a web site and might not understand what qualities you ought to look for in a web design company. You need to search for certain things in a professional developer. You need to make a questionnaire that you will be raising. Here is a set of questions to ask before selecting any professional web designer that will serve you well. Once you've chosen to make a web site then you should learn who to hire as the web designer. It may be anyone but you should make sure that they are a team of committed experts. They should possess the proper combination of experience as well as expertise. However you must know what type of questions to ask any professional web designer before signing a contract. Can they offer an estimation of a project? Is a break down possible? The first thing that you just need to ask a web designer is that whether they could provide you an approximation of the price of their administrations. Furthermore you should get a breakdown of their costs. This is a summary of pricing for creation of content, graphics and uploading them on the site.
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Do they have a turnaround time? One question which you must not forget to inquire is how long it's going to take for the entire website designing task.
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Do they've a portfolio and may they supply with references? Asking for the portfolio is essential. You should to be sure of their ability also. This means that you should examine their online presence. Then you definitely also need to find out about their references. This will definitely function as a customer review for you. Are they capable of designing SEO friendly web templates? You have to learn whether they truly are effective at designing Search Engine Optimization friendly templates or not. This can be a vital factor while choosing your web designer. What HTML structure do they follow, table based or div-based? Ask your professional web designer what HTML framework they use. DIV supply your site with clearness in coding without a doubt will be an add-on. Are the web designers willing to redesign? Something else which you must discover is if a redesign is possible or not. If the response is in the affirmative then find out how much you will be charged for this. Furthermore you must ask them that whether or not they can format an equally sophisticated web site or not. Are adjustments offered at the exact same cost? Don't forget to ask your web designer about alterations that you may require to generate later on. You have to learn about the cost for it. Do they need an approval? You should ask your web designer if he will need your approval. After all it is your website, so your opinion is important. Do they desire any reviews? Finally always check whether they want to get a feedback from you. This could function as a testimonial in the time to come. Merely find out whether they are fascinated or not in doing so. With these tips, you will hire the best web designer for the job.


text: Last year, the EU adopted the incredibly controversial Copyright Directive (it passed by only five votes, and afterwards 10 MEPs said they'd got confused and pushed the wrong buttons!): now, EU member states have to create rules that require online platforms to filter all user-generated content and block it if it matches a secret, unaccountable blacklist of supposedly copyrighted works; and to allow news sites to veto or charge for links to their articles. Read the rest


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Adult, Respectable and L-Shaped
Posted by Mike Finnegan on May 28th 2018
When it premiered in the U.S. 55 years ago last night, a rather eloquent and quietly understated movie bore an evocative tagline in its opening ads: "Sex is nota dirty word!" Yet that same ad was adorned with additional copy: "Britain's Academy Award Winner – Best Actress." Thus, the confluence of the "adult" and the "respectable" conveyed the daring distinction of Leslie Caron's revelatory work as a pregnant unwed woman navigating her uncertain, solitary way in a depressed London neighborhood in writer/director Bryan Forbes' emotionally layered adaptation of Lynne Reid Banks' novel The L-Shaped Room (1962). As Inside Oscar®scribes Mason Wiley and Damien Bona reported: "The New York Post's Archer Winsten toasted Caron's change of pace: 'British neorealism digs its grimy teeth into a luscious morsel in The L-Shaped Room, which presents a different Leslie Caron to the public that adored her as Lili, Gigi and Fanny.'"
It was an image-enlarging stretch Caron ferociously sought; in a break from the original native English heroine in Banks' original, Caron reportedly cinched the deal with filmmaker Forbes by asserting: "Everyone thinks French girls are easier to get into bed anyway." The compelling result of her work had three weeks prior to the film's stateside opening earned her the British Academy trophy. In the view of The New York Times' Bosley Crowther, "The actress pours into this role so much powerful feeling, so much heart and understanding, that she imbues a basically threadbare little story with tremendous compassion and charm." In addition to the film's elongated-L title logo, the ads included the luminous face of a reclining Caron looking upward at the lean, chiseled face of her boarding-house lover, an eternally striving yet eternally frustrated writer broodingly played by Tom Bell, quite newer to films than his leading lady but later to appear in standout roles in TV's Prime Suspect and two superb Twilight Time movie titles, Royal Flash (1975, exclusively available here: http://screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/26423/ROYAL-FLASH-1975/) and Resurrected (1989, offered here: https://www4.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/27154/RESURRECTED-1989/). Crowther affirmed that he proved an able and appealing partner: "It is a most reasonable relation that Mr. Forbes has exquisitely wrought out of the tangle of tortured feelings – the young woman knowing only love, the young man knowing disillusion, resentment and jealousy. And he has drawn from his two leading actors scenes that throb with the passion and tension of two desperately interlocked beings." There were more quality performances on view among the other inhabitants of the seedy boarding house, including American Brock Peters (fresh off his iconic To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) portrayal of the victimized defendant Tom Robinson) and revered British character players Avis Bunnage, Cicely Courtneidge and Patricia Phoenix, plus Bernard Lee as a disreputable visitor, and, as a Harley Street medico whose attitude helps solidify the Caron character's decision to give birth, the indelible Emlyn Williams. Yet Caron endures as the film's centrifugal force, and her turn world go on to capture both a Golden Globe® Award and an Oscar® nomination. See how respectably adult stories in which sex is not a dirty word enthrall by exploring The L-Shaped Roomin its lovely TT hi-def Blu-ray presentation.


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Summer technically isn't here yet but since it wasn't that long ago when I was sunbathing with an ice cold drink in my hand... my mind, body and soul has been impatiently waiting for Summer.
Wednesday, 27 April 2016
Sunday, 24 April 2016
Hong Kong Beauty Haul 2016
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Sunday, 17 April 2016
Travel | Hong Kong, China
It's been just over a week since I got back from my travels and a round-up of my visit to Hong Kong is long overdue. My family is actually from Hong Kong, so I was incredibly excited to go back there because my last visit was 7 years ago. Visiting my mum's side of the family wasn't the only thing I was excited about on this trip. I wanted to be a tourist as well as a citizen by visiting the famous landmarks. I wanted to see, feel and breathe the city.
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Thursday, 14 April 2016
Floral Swing
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Monday, 11 April 2016
Review | April 2016 Birchbox
My April Birchbox is here! Creatively designed by US stationary and lifestyle brand Rifle Paper Co, this month's 'Blooming Marvellous' box features a beautiful floral print - perfectly convenient for the arrival of Spring.
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Saturday, 9 April 2016
The Tropical Rainforest
Hey guys, I'm finally back from my travels! I had the time of my life in Hong Kong and Bali, and I can't wait to show you what I got up to - but that's another blog post in itself so make sure you look out for it!
For now, I want to share with you an outfit of what I wore on the first day of our Bali trip.
For now, I want to share with you an outfit of what I wore on the first day of our Bali trip.
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Five Sides of Lies
In the late 1960s, the Vietnam War had become a grim stain on the American psyche. Unbeknownst to the public, top-level leaders were secretly expanding the conflict.
Daniel Ellsberg was a military analyst who dragged the ugly secrets of the military out into the light through the so-called Pentagon Papers. Ellsberg was one of a very few people who had access to classified documents about the war. Those documents spelled out, among other things, that the war was likely unwinnable, and that in spite of this, the military was broadening its list of targets and intensifying its bombing campaigns.
Ellsberg leaked copies of the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times, which broke the story. The Nixon administration attempted to bar the media from publishing more of the documents, but the Supreme Court intervened, allowing the media to unveil governmental deceit on a huge scale.


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In today's market, people in Boca Raton, Miami, Fort Lauderdale and other states alike, are very worried about hedge funds and the distortions they cause in the stock market. Some look like well-known pyramid schemes, some are players, some bring investment savvy and others are pure risk-takers. Why? Because when we hear a story about hedge funds it's usually about some scam that was run by a hedge fund CEO that succeeded in swindling investors out of lots of money.
While hedge funds trade long some markets and short others, frequently, they can be marginalized and margin murdered when larger forces move. Think about sovereign funds, Greece, Oil pipelines and oil traders. No hedge fund is large enough to put market risk aside and get major returns. With the current securities and stock market ups and downs, bond fears and interest jumps, every investment and every trade matters. The Securities and Exchange Commission may feel the same way, as they voted unanimously in November 2011 to approve final guidelines for the supervising of hedge funds. With this decision and regulatory oversight and involvement will come many questions of hedge funds and investor funds. The costs of more oversight and compliance will work and prove their worth.
Banks in Miami - Dade, Broward and Palm Beach are increasing holding and transactions fees and some are leveraging their own funds in speculative risks through hedge funds. Before you jump and change investment groups, always investigate the stockbroker's group or the firm environment. Consult a South Florida securities attorney and determine if the risk you are taking in your account is your only exposure. .


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This is a very good EA. There is a steady profit.
Seven strategy
This Expert Advisor is composed of 7 strategies configured to 4 timeframes, with different built-in MT4 indicators. During backtesting the EA passed through all market conditions over the past 13 years showing good performance. It works on one pair - EURUSD.
Orders are opened when a new bar appears. The EA checks the values of the previous bars, and if the parameters match, it opens an order. The EA does not use complex strategies. Orders are closed either by stop loss or take profit. Orders are additionally maintained by virtual stop loss and take profit. The EA can be tested by Open prices. It was backtested and optimized using real ticks with 99.9% quality for the entire period available in the Tickstory Lite program.
The EA features the News Stop Trading system, which suspends trading during the news releases.
Real operation monitoring as well as my other products can be found here: https://www.mql5.com/en/users/keasotik/seller
In order to activate the News Stop Trading function, enable Allow WebRequest and add "http://www.dailyfx.com" into the URL list for WebRequest. To do this, open Tools > Options > Expert Advisors. Check the option "Allow WebRequests for listed URL:". Add http://www.dailyfx.com ad click OK. The EA takes news from the specified websites.
- Trailing: enable trailing stop mode
- TrailingStop: profit in points to activate trailing stop
- TrailingGap: the step of the trailing stop
- Visible Stop Loss
- Additional control of orders using hidden Stop Loss and Take Profit
- Monitoring slippage and trading costs
- No Martingale
- No grid;
- No Arbitrage
- Optional fixed lot
- Can start with as little as 0.01 lot with the initial deposit 100$.
Custom Settings
- Recommended pair: EURUSD.
- Run on the M15 TF (it will automatically determine a higher timeframe)
- UseFIFOClose: close orders in compliance with FIFO
- panelshow: display the panel of total balance for today, yesterday, the day before yesterday
- hourtradefriday: disable trading on Friday at the specified time
- endhourtradefriday: time, after which the EA will stop opening orders on Friday
- closeorderfriday: close open orders on Friday after the specified time
- hourcloseorderfriday: time to close open orders on Friday
- Lots: fixed lot, if 0 - Percent is used
- Percent: percent of free margin
- InpNewsFilterEnabled: enable News Stop Trading
- InpNewsLevel: the importance of news to stop trading
- InpNewsMinutesBefore: the number of minutes before the news release to stop trading
- InpNewsMinutesAfter: the number of minutes after the news release to resume trading
- InpNewsTimezoneShiftTest: time zone offset for the testing mode
- InpNewsTimezoneShiftLive: time zone offset for the live trading mode
- InpNewsDoClose: close or not orders before the news release
- InpNewsDoCloseAllMinutesBefore: the number of minutes before the news release to close orders
- InpNewsMainColor: color of news on the chart
- InpNewsUpdateEachMins: news update time in minutes
- InpNewsShowInfo: show news on the chart
- InpNewsManualUpdateMonths: number of months to update when manually (a button on the chart)
- OpenOrdersLimit: choose the number of opened orders at the same time
- maxspread: maximum allowable spread
- onebar_oneorder: when set to true, one sell and buy order can be opened on 1 bar; if false orders limited by openorderslimit will be opened upon a signal
- Trailing: enable trailing stop mode
- TrailingStop: profit in points to activate trailing stop
- TrailingGap: the step of the trailing stop
- sl_m15: stop loss for strategies running on M15
- tp_m15: take profit for strategies running on M15
- sl_m30: stop loss for strategies running on M30
- tp_m30: take profit for strategies running on M30
- sl_H1: stop loss for strategies running on H1
- tp_H1: take profit for strategies running on H1
- sl_H4: stop loss for strategies running on H4
- tp_H4: take profit for strategies running on H4
- magicm15: number to identify EA orders (for example, if magic=1, orders will be opened from 1 to 110)
- comment: a comment to open orders
- NumberOfTry - the number of attempts to close, open and modify orders.
- ECN - set SL and TP together with the order, or after it had been opened (for ECN accounts).
- slippage - slippage size.
Backtest and Analysis
- Backtest with 99% quality over 13 years.
- Reliable trading on EURUSD.
Good seller and strategy which seems reliable over a long period of time
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This is a very good EA. There is a steady profit.
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EA is buggy and the author is not a responsible coder. So far I only had losing trades with it on a live account with minimal lots which do not match the seller's signal. His response was that his VPS was down! EA placed orders and tried once to modify the SL and TP and the broker gave an error but instead of having a retry loop for OrderModify() like a responsible coder the EA left SL and TP to 0.0000 essentially trading naked. When I brought it up to the seller he ignored my request to fix it. I know this EA is cheap but don't let that lead you into getting it because you will lose a lot more than the rental or purchase price. I do not recommend this EA or any products by this seller at this time. If he decides to act responsibly in the future I will update my review.
Update: vendor fixed the bugs so the code improved but the EA only loses for me on ECN broker fast VPS. I had so far 13 trades 11 loss 2 wins. I am stopping the forward test for this EA which does not match sellers signals. I raise my rating to 2 stars because the author fixed the code but no more because of the losses.
Update2: Large floating open losses with no SL. Not recommended for live trading.
See: http://postimg.org/image/hakuidnup/
Good seller and strategy which seems reliable over a long period of time
onebar_oneorder: one sell and buy order can be opened on 1 bar
if false orders limited by openorderslimit will be opened upon a signal
The News Stop Trading system ("News Stop of Trade") which stops trading during the news events.
Trade by the FIFO.
Procent parameter can use a decimal divider for example 0.5
New maxspread parameter
Big optimization of a code, OpenOrdersLimit is corrected.
information panel that displays Balance, profit today, profit yesterday, profit the day before yesterday
disable opening orders on Friday after the specified time
close open orders on Friday after the specified time
select fixed lot or percentage of free margin
select magic, if magic=1 orders will be from 1 to 273
Changed the 'chek' variable on ECN.
Performed the code optimization.
NumberOfTry - the number of attempts to close, open and modify orders.
check - set SL and TP together with the order, or after it had been opened (for ECN accounts).
slippage - slippage.
Small optimization of the code, error handling by the EA, check for correctness of the sl and tp values and other changes.
Fixed bug with virtual Sl and TP, orders were tracked not on new ticks but on new bars.
Fixed the comment.


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High Tech Metrics For Low Tech Boards – How To Set Your Teams Free
Physical, low tech boards are central in early stage agile adoptions. The power of the physical experience yields astonishing results and is – together with the independence from centrally managed tools – an important enabler for change. But there comes a time when the need to evaluate the data exceeds the capabilities of low tech analytics. Instead of jumping onto a "big" solution, there are other ways to generate insights. This tutorial presents ways to integrate several open source solutions into the actual day-to-day activities of teams.
Participants need to have their own laptop (with a modern browser) to really get the takeaways from the session.
Maximum number of participants: 25
Target Audience: Agile Coaches, Team Leads, Managers with reporting and planning duties
Prerequisites: Some practical project experience. Willingness to actually code in a perhaps new language
Level: Practicing
Extended Abstract
In this tutorial we start by examining the different ways to collect data from everyday work, independently from the actual process. It could be Scrum, FDD, some individual process, a process governed by the Kanban Method or even a process without any name at all.
The notion that the means of production belong in the hands of the people who actually are doing the work is not new and in the context of knowledge-work metrics about the data of the team are an important means of production.
By using web-based and standalone software products that are usable without central administration we will create a working nucleus of a toolset that empowers teams to be in charge of their own statistics and clear up a lot of the discussions about speed of delivery, capacity and such.


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On March 15th, the Confucius Institute in Edmonton successfully hosted the 3rd Alberta Chinese Bridge Competition for University Students with the strong support from East Asia Studies of University of Alberta, MacEwan University and the China Institute. The University of Calgary also helped to promote this event.
The competition was held at University of Alberta and the theme of this year is 'China's State of Mind'. The contestants worked very hard to prepare for this competition with help from their instructors. All the participants did a great job, especially Sundus Yusuf who just started Chinese since last September and won the first place. The main purpose of this competition is to provide a platform for students to show their Chinese language skills and encourage them to learn more about Chinese culture and language. The participants in this contest will be able to apply for the scholarships offered by Hanban and also will have the possibility to attend the international competition in China as happened last year.


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Elementary Schools
Our elementary lunch program features the "Kids Way Cafe." Every day, we offer at least five entree selections. To complement the entree, a variety of fresh and canned fruits/vegetables are available on our offering bar. Offering bars are self-service. Nonfat chocolate and 1% milk are also available.
Most of our elementary schools also offer breakfast before school. Breakfast includes a daily special entree or crisp cereal variety. Students may also select from our fresh or canned fruit or juice offering and a milk. The following schools offer free breakfast to all students: Beachwood, Carter Lake, Custer, Dower, Evergreen, Four Heroes, Hillside, Park Lodge, Rainier, Tillicum, Lakeview, Lake Louise and Tyee Park.
Middle Schools
Our middle schools offer DYK, also known as "Did You Know." Multiple entree choices, including hand formed pizza crusts and fresh baked deli bread, plus daily specials, are but a few of the selections. Offering bars have fresh/canned fruits and vegetables to round out your student's meal. These are self-service bars. Nonfat chocolate and 1% milk are also available. We also offer snack bars where students may purchase a variety of.
All middle schools offer hot breakfast every morning. Items such as ham/egg/cheese muffins and pancakes are just a few of our breakfasts that can give your student the jump-start they need for a day of learning. Breakfast is free for all students at Lochburn and Woodbrook Middle Schools.
High Schools
Clover Park High School and Lakes High School offer many of the same items as the middle schools under the "Crossroads Cafe" format; including entrees and offering bars with fruits/vegetables, and milk. Clover Park offers a hot breakfast every morning.
Each item in our menu is analyzed for nutrition. Menu analysis is gauged against the National School Lunch/National School Breakfast Program and the "Dietary Guidelines for Healthy Americans". Meals contribute one-third of the recommended daily allowance (RDA's) for calories, protein, iron, calcium, and vitamins A & C based on the applicable age or grade levels. We encourage eating a balanced diet. Nutrition information is provided for students throughout the year.


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Heh, just kidding, of course unless you want to.
What are y'all shaking your heads over? You want a supporter too.
S.A. woman wins $2.5 million in lotteryBy Desiree Canela - Express-News
A local woman claimed a $2.5 million prize in the $500 Million Frenzy scratch-off game Tuesday at the Texas Lottery headquarters in Austin.
Blanch Vallejo, who requested minimal publicity, bought the ticket at the Three Star Mart No. 1 on 4301
Fredericksburg Road. The store is eligible to receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
It's the first of the game's 10 $2.5 million prizes to be claimed.