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I have added a section of quotes from the public domain collection in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations. Some of these will likely duplicate quotes already in this article, hopefully allowing currently unsourced quotes to be deleted. Cheers! BD2412 T 19:02, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
- The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting...
- Let's be naughty and save Santa the trip.
- Gary Allan
- Wretched excess is an unfortunate human trait that turns a perfectly good idea such as Christmas into a frenzy of last-minute shopping.
- Jon Anderson
- Christmas gift suggestions:
To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To a customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect.
- Oren Arnold
- Don't expect too much of Christmas Day. You can't crowd into it any arrears of unselfishness and kindliness that may have accrued during the past twelve months.
- Oren Arnold
- Remember This December,
That love weighs more than gold!
- Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
- The Christmas parties were orgies of drinking and singing and groping and pawing. Cartoon staffers invested their own money in preparatory liquor.
- Joseph Barbera
- "Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts. No matter how we may dread the rush, the long Christmas lists for gifts and cards to be bought and given - when Christmas Day comes there is still the same warm feeling we had as children, the same warmth that enfolds our hearts and our homes. "
- Joan Winmill Brown
- The Church does not superstitiously observe days, merely as days, but as memorials of important facts. Christmas might be kept as well upon one day of the year as another; but there should be a stated day for commemorating the birth of our Savior, because there is danger that what may be done on any day, will be neglected.
- Samuel Johnson
- Once again we find ourselves enmeshed in the Holiday Season, that very special time of year when we join with our loved ones in sharing centuries-old traditions such as trying to find a parking space at the mall. We traditionally do this in my family by driving around the parking lot until we see a shopper emerge from the mall, then we follow her, in very much the same spirit as the Three Wise Men, who 2,000 years ago followed a star, week after week, until it led them to a parking space.
- Dave Barry
- Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.
- Dave Barry
- Christmas itself may be called into question, If carried so far it creates indigestion.
- Ralph Bergengren
- Christmas, here again.
Let us raise a loving cup:
Peace on earth, goodwill to men,
And make them do the washing up
- The Christmas spirit — love — changes hearts and lives.
- Pat Boone
- Isn't it funny that at Christmas something in you gets so lonely for — I don't know what exactly, but it's something that you don't mind so much not having at other times.
- Kate L. Bosher
- Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both.
- The earth has grown old with its burden of care
But at Christmas it always is young,
The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair
And its soul full of music breaks the air,
When the song of angels is sung.
- Phillips Brooks.
- The feet of the humblest may walk in the field
Where the feet of the Holiest trod,
This, then, is the marvel to mortals revealed.
When the silvery trumpets of Christmas have pealed,
That mankind are the children of God.
- Phillips Brooks.
- Christmas has lost its meaning for us because we have lost the spirit of expectancy. We cannot prepare for an observance. We must prepare for an experience.
- Handel H. Brown
- Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts. No matter how we may dread the rush, the long Christmas lists for gifts and cards to be bought and given — when Christmas Day comes there is still the same warm feeling we had as children, the same warmth that enfolds our hearts and our homes.
- Joan Winmill Brown
- I am not alone at all, I thought. I was never alone at all. And that, of course, is the message of Christmas. We are never alone. Not when the night is darkest, the wind coldest, the word seemingly most indifferent. For this is still the time God chooses...
- There has been only one Christmas — the rest are anniversaries.
- W.J. Cameron
- Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year — and yet, for all that, when it speaks, its voice has strong authority.
- W.J. Cameron
- Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected
- Jimmy Cannon
- Remember, if Christmas isn't found in your heart, you won't find it under the tree
- Charlotte Carpenter
- O Christmas Sun! What holy task is thine!
To fold a world in the embrace of God!
- Guy Wetmore Carryl
- Let the children have their night of fun and laughter, let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures.... Sir Winston Churchill
- Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.
- Mary Ellen Chase
- Variant: Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind.
- Christmas is the one time of year when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ.
- "Bart Simpson" (voiced by Nancy Cartwright).
- The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap,
His hair was like a light.
(O weary, weary was the world,
But here is all aright.)
The Christ-child stood at Mary's knee,
His hair was like a crown,
And all the flowers looked up at Him
And all the stars looked down.
- When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
- Great little One! whose all-embracing birth
Lifts Earth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to Earth.
- Richard Crashaw
- Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it "white".
- Bing Crosby
- Whatever else be lost among the years,
Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing:
Whatever doubts assail us, or what fears,
Let us hold close one day, remembering
Its poignant meaning for the hearts of men.
Let us get back our childlike faith again.
- Grace Noll Crowell
- It is the personal thoughtfulness, the warm human awareness, the reaching out of the self to one's fellow man that makes giving worthy of the Christmas spirit.
- Isabel Currier
- It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself
- Charles Dickens.
- Time was with most of us, when Christmas Day, encircling all our limited world like a magic ring, left nothing out for us to miss or seek; bound together all our home enjoyments, affections, and hopes; grouped everything and everyone round the Christmas fire, and make the little picture shining in our bright young eyes, complete.
- Charles Dickens.
- Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered. What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.
- Something about an old-fashioned Christmas is hard to forget.
- It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.
- W.T. Ellis.
- God grant you the light in Christmas which is faith;
the warmth of Christmas, which is love;
the radiance of Christmas, which is purity;
the righteousness of Christmas, which is justice;
the belief in Christmas, which is truth;
the all of Christmas, which is Christ...
- Wilda English
- Instead of being a time of unusual behavior, Christmas is perhaps the only time in the year when people can obey their natural impulses and express their true sentiments without feeling self-conscious and, perhaps, foolish. Christmas, in short, is about the only chance a man has to be himself.
- Francis C. Farley
- Some businessmen are saying this could be the greatest Christmas ever. I always thought that the first one was.
- Art Fettig
- Forster I do like Christmas on the whole... In its clumsy way, it does approach Peace and Goodwill. But it is clumsier every year.
- How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.
- Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love.
- Lucinda Franks.
- Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive
- Stephen Fry
- I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year. And thus I drift along into the holidays — let them overtake me unexpectedly — waking up some find morning and suddenly saying to myself: "Why, this is Christmas Day!"
- David Grayson
- Not to open the hunting season on the pretext that there is no game would be as if one gave up celebrating Christmas because there was not enough snow to go by sleigh to midnight Mass.
- Maurice Grimaud
- A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year;
He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season's here.
Then he's thinking more of others than
he's thought the months before,
And the laughter of his children is a joy
worth toiling for.
He is less a selfish creature than at any
other time;
When the Christmas spirit rules him, he
comes close to the sublime.
- Edgar Guest
- At Christmas
A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year;
He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season's here;
Then he's thinking more of others than he's thought the months before,
And the laughter of his children is a joy worth toiling for.
He is less a selfish creature than at any other time;
When the Christmas spirit rules him he comes close to the sublime...
- Edgar Guest
- Time always seems long to the child who is waiting — for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day
- There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each other. I'll not be parting with that, nor our bed-the four-poster — I'll be needing that to die in.
- Helen Hayes.
- A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer.
- Oh! lovely voices of the sky
Which hymned the Saviour's birth,
Are ye not singing still on high,
Ye that sang, "Peace on earth"?
- The magi, as you know, were wise men — wonderfuly wise men who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents.
- Do give books — religious or otherwise — for Christmas. They're never fattening, never sinful, and permanently personal.
- Lenore Hershey
- My first copies of Treasure Island and Huckleberry Finn still have some blue-spruce needles scattered in the pages. They smell of Christmas still.
- I dreamed it was Christmas Eve,
and while waiting for a green light I noticed the manger scene on the church lawn.
It's all so overwhelming, this Christmas business, I thought.
The shopping and singing and partying and gift-wrapping and Santa Claus and Jesus.
I feel wonderful then guilty then joyful then confused.
God help me, I thought.
And the light changed, and the baby in the manger smiled.
- Joe Hickman
- Roses are reddish
Violets are bluish
If it weren't for Christmas
We'd all be Jewish.
- For many of us, sadly, the spirit of Christmas is "hurry". And yet, eventually, the hour comes when the rushing ends and the race against the calendar mercifully comes to a close. It is only now perhaps that we truly recognize the spirit of Christmas. It is not a matter of days or weeks, but of centuries — nearly twenty of them now since that holy night in Bethlehem. Regarded in this manner, the pre-Christmas rush may do us greater service than we realize. With all its temporal confusion, it may just help us to see that by contrast, Christmas itself is eternal.
- Burton Hills.
- It comes every year and will go on forever. And along with Christmas belong the keepsakes and the customs. Those humble, everyday things a mother clings to, and ponders, like Mary in the secret spaces of her heart...
- Marjorie Holmes.
- The Christmas season has come to mean the period when the public plays Santa Claus to the merchants.
- John Andrew Holmes.
- My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?
- Nothing's as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.
- Kin Hubbard
- Fail not to call to mind, in the course of the twenty-fifth of this month, that the Divinest Heart that ever walked the earth was born on that day; and then smile and enjoy yourselves for the rest of it; for mirth is also of Heaven's making.
- Leigh Hunt
- Christmas! 'Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
- There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination than the lingerings of the holiday customs and rural games of former times. They recall the pictures my fancy used to draw in the May morning of life, when as yet I only knew the world through books, and believed it to be all that poets had painted it; and they bring with them the flavour of those honest days of yore, in which, perhaps with equal fallacy, I am apt to think the world was more home-bred, social, and joyous than at present.
- Washington Irving
- Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.
- Pope John XXIII
- The Church does not superstitiously observe days, merely as days, but as memorials of important facts. Johnson Christmas might be kept as well upon one day of the year as another; but there should be a stated day for commemorating the birth of our Saviour, because there is danger that what may be done on any day, will be neglected.
- What's going on here is a redefinition of Christmas as a time of family celebration rather than as a time of the community faithful celebrating the birth of the savior...There is a risk that we will lose one more of our Christian rituals, one that's at the heart of our faith.
- Robert Johnston
- The joy of brightening other lives, bearing others' burdens, easing other's loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.
- W. C. Jones.
- God put Santa Claus on earth to remind us that Christmas is 'sposed to be a happy time.
- A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.
- Garrison Keillor
- The only real blind person at Christmas-time is he who has not Christmas in his heart.
- Ah! dearest Jesus, Holy Child,
Make thee a bed, soft, undefiled,
Within my heart, that it may be
A quiet chamber kept for thee.
- Martin Luther
- Call a truce, then to our labors — let us feast with friends and neighbors And be merry as the custom of our caste; For if "faint and forced the laughter," and if sadness follow after, We are richer by one mocking Christmas past
- One good thing about Christmas shopping — it toughens you for the January sales.
- Grace Kriley
- Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it.
- Richard Lamm
- Even as an adult I find it difficult to sleep on Christmas Eve. Yuletide excitement is a potent caffeine, no matter your age.
- Carrie Latet
- Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so
- Stephen Leacock
- On Christmas day you can't get sore, Your fellow man you must adore, There's time to cheat him all the more The other three hundred and sixty-four
- The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin.
- Except the Christ be born again tonight
In dreams of all men, saints and sons of shame,
The world will never see his kingdom bright.
- Vachel Lindsay
- To celebrate the heart of Christmas is to forget ourselves in the service of others.
- Henry C. Link
- A Christmas candle is a lovely thing;
It makes no noise at all,
But softly gives itself away;
While quite unselfish, it grows small.
- Eva K. Logue
- I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
- Your friendship is a glowing ember
Through the year; and each December
From its warm and living spark
We kindle flame against the dark
And with its shining radiance light
Our tree of faith on Christmas night.
- Thelma J. Lund
- Good news from heaven the angels bring,
Glad tidings to the earth they sing:
To us this day a child is given,
To crown us with the joy of heaven.
- There are some people who want to throw their arms round you just because it's Christmas, there are other people who want to strangle you just because its Christmas
- Robert Lynd
- Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love!
- Hamilton Wright Mabie
- I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.
- Bernard Manning
- May we not "spend" Christmas or "observe" Christmas, but rather "keep" it.
- Peter Marshall
- The merry family gatherings —
The old, the very young;
The strangely lovely way they
Harmonize in carols sung.
For Christmas is tradition time —
Traditions that recall
The precious memories down the years,
The sameness of them all.
- Helen Lowrie Marshall
- We should try to hold on to the Christmas spirit, not just one day a year, but all 365.
- Mary Martin
- From Home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another… The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other...
- Emily Matthews.
- Best of all, Christmas means a spirit of love, a time when the love of God and the love of our fellow men should prevail over all hatred and bitterness, a time when our thoughts and deeds and the spirit of our lives manifest the presence of God.
- George F. McDougall
- This is Christmas: not the tinsel, not the giving and receiving, not even the carols, but the humble heart that receives anew the wondrous gift, the Christ.
- Frank McKibben
- If "ifs" and "buts" were candy and nuts, wouldn't it be a Merry Christmas?
- Don Meredith
- It is the one season of the year when we can lay aside all gnawing worry, indulge in sentiment without censure, assume the carefree faith of childhood, and just plain "have fun." Whether they call it Yuletide, Noel, Weinachten, or Christmas, people around the earth thirst for its refreshment as the desert traveller for the oasis.
- D.D. Monroe
- 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring — not even a mouse:
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.
- Clement C. Moore
- Let Christmas not become a thing
Merely of merchant's trafficking,
Of tinsel, bell and holly wreath
And surface pleasure, but beneath
The childish glamour, let us find
Nourishment for heart and mind.
Let us follow kinder ways
Through our teeming human maze,
And help the age of peace to come.
- Madeline Morse
- People can't concentrate properly on blowing other people to pieces if their minds are poisoned by thoughts suitable to the twenty-fifth of December.
- Christmas is a time when you get homesick — even when you're home.
- Carol Nelson
- Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.
- Only in souls the Christ is brought to birth, And there He lives and dies.
- Alfred Noyes.
- Christmas begins about the first of December with an office party and ends when you finally realize what you spent, around April fifteenth of the next year.
- P.J. O'Rourke
- There is a remarkable breakdown of taste and intelligence at Christmastime. Mature, responsible grown men wear neckties made of holly leaves and drink alcoholic beverages with raw egg yolks and cottage cheese in them.
- Even before Christmas has said Hello, it's saying 'Buy Buy'.
- Robert Paul
- You know you're getting old, when Santa starts looking younger.
- Robert Paul
- Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving,and of families united.
- Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
- Norman Vincent Peale
- What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace.
- Agnes M. Pharo
- So if a Christian is touched only once a year, the touching is still worth it, and maybe on some given Christmas, some quiet morning, the touch will take.
- Harry Reasoner
- Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind.
- Helen Steiner Rice
- Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day.
- Helen Steiner Rice
- Christmas, my child, is love in action. … Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.
- Dale Evans Rogers.
- Today the Virgin brings forth the Supersubstantial One / And the earth offers a cave to the Unapproachable One
- St. Romanos the Melodist
- Today used as Christmas Kontakion in Eastern Orthodox Church.
- St. Romanos the Melodist
- Love came down at Christmas;
Love all lovely, love divine;
Love was born at Christmas,
Stars and angels gave the sign.
- What can I give him,
Poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd,
I would bring a lamb;
If I were a wise man,
I would do my part;
Yet what I can I give him —
Give my heart.
- Christina G. Rossetti.
- Christmas — that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance — a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved.
- Augusta E. Rundel
- Christmas is sights, especially the sights of Christmas reflected in the eyes of a child.
- William Saroyan
- I can understand people simply fleeing the mountainous effort Christmas has become... but there are always a few saving graces and finally they make up for all the bother and distress.
- May Sarton
- The spirit of Christmas fulfils the greatest hunger of mankind.
- Loring A. Schuler
- Let us keep Christmas beautiful
Without a thought of greed,
That it might live forevermore
To fill our every need,
That it shall not be just a day,
But last a lifetime through,
The miracle of Christmastime
That brings God close to you.
- Garnett Ann Schultz
- Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.
- A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.
- Walter Scott
- Heap on the wood! — the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still.
- Sir Walter Scott
- That's the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.
- Dr. Seuss.
- The simple shepherds heard the voice of an angel and found their Lamb; the wise men saw the light of a star and found their Wisdom.
- Did you ever notice that life seems to follow certain patterns? Like I noticed that every year around this time, I hear Christmas music
- Tom Sims.
- Consider Christmas — could Satan in his most malignant mood have devised a worse combination of graft plus bunkum than the system whereby several hundred million people get a billion or so gifts for which they have no use, and some thousands of shop clerks die of exhaustion while selling them, and every other child in the Western world is made ill from overeating — all in the name of the lowly Jesus?
- Christmas is the day that holds all time together.
- Alexander Smith
- He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.
- Roy L. Smith
Variant: He who has no Christmas in his heart will never find Christmas under a tree.
- Roy L. Smith
- Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.
- Ruth Carter Stapleton
- I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.
- The time draws near the birth of Christ:
The moon is hid; the night is still;
The Christmas bells from hill to hill
Answer each other in the mist
- It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you . . . yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand.
- Mother Teresa of Calcutta
- Christmas is here: Winds whistle shrill, Icy and chill, Little care we; Little we fear Weather without, Sheltered about The Mahogany Tree
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- When the song of the angel is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flock,
The work of Christmas begins:
To find the lost — To heal the broken — To feed the hungry —
To release the prisoner — To rebuild the nations —
To bring peace among brothers and sisters —
To make music in the heart.
- Howard Thurman
- The wonderful world of Christmas is a joy from the moment it starts. The wonderful world of Christmas should remain ev'ry day in our hearts...
- Charles Tobias and Al Frisch
- Of course, this is the season to be jolly, but it is also a good time to be thinking about those who aren't.
- Helen Valentine
- Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.
- Orson Welles.
- As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December's bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same.
- Donald E. Westlake
- From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it.
- Katherine Whitehorn
- Somehow not only for Christmas
But all the long year through,
The joy that you give to others
Is the joy that comes back to you.
And the more you spend in blessing
The poor and lonely and sad,
The more of your heart's possessing
Returns to make you glad.
- A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near, A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for the coming year… These make a Merry Christmas!
- Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.
- Tinsel is really snakes' mirrors.
- Christ is born! Glorify Him!
Christ descends from the heavens, welcome Him!
Christ is now on earth, O be jubilant!
Sing to the Lord, the whole earth,
And sing praises to Him with joy, O ye people,
For He has been exalted!
- Eastern Orthodox Church, Christmas Canon, 1st Song, Irmos.[1]
- A Christmas Blessing During this Christmas season:
May you be blessed
With the spirit of the season,
which is peace,
The gladness of the season,
which is hope,
And the heart of the season,
which is love.
- Jesus, the Light of the World, as we celebrate your birth … may we begin to see the world in the light of understanding you give us.
- A Christmas shopper's complaint is one of long-standing.
- A goose never voted for an early Christmas.
- Irish Saying
- A white Christmas fills the churchyard.
- French Proverb
- About all you can do is dream of a white Christmas, for it seems like it always leaves most of us in the red.
- Ask your children two questions this Christmas. First: "What do you want to give to others for Christmas?" Second: "What do you want for Christmas?" The first fosters generosity of heart and an outward focus. The second can breed selfishness if not tempered by the first.
- Christmas began in the heart of God. It is complete only when it reaches the heart of man.
- Christmas is a race to see which gives out first — your money or your feet.
- Christmas is the season when you buy this year's gifts with next year's money.
- He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge.
- If there is no joyous way to give a festive gift, give love away.
- If, Ifs and buts were candies and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas.
- It is Christmas in the mansion,
Yule-log fires and silken frocks;
It is Christmas in the cottage,
Mother's filling little socks.
It is Christmas on the highway,
In the thronging, busy mart;
But the dearest, truest Christmas
Is the Christmas in the heart.
- It is the spirit of brotherhood in the cheer of Christmas that makes it so glorious. Brotherliness is but the manifestation of the spirit of Christ.
- Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.
- Author unknown, attributed to a 7-year-old named Bobby
- Many banks have a new kind of Christmas club in operation. The new club helps you save money to pay for last year's gifts.
- Oh, for the good old days when people would stop Christmas shopping when they ran out of money.
- One of the nice things about Christmas is that you can make people forget the past with a present.
- People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas.
- Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles.
- Sadly this Christmas passes away, so let us give thanks today, as we prepare for the year anew, with faith and hope to see it through.
- Selfishness makes Christmas a burden, love makes it a delight.
- Sing hey! Sing hey!
For Christmas Day;
Twine mistletoe and holly.
For a friendship glows
In winter snows,
And so let's all be jolly!
- So remember while December
Brings the only Christmas day,
In the year let there be Christmas
In the things you do and say.
- Symbolizing eternal hope, the wreath goes 'round and 'round, And where it starts or ends cannot be found. Woven of things that grow - for life, and hung for holiday delight. The wreath must be left in place. From Advent through Twelfth Night.
- The Christmas spirit that goes out with the dried-up Christmas tree is just as worthless.
- The Christmas tree has taken the place of the altar in too much of our modern Christmas observance.
- The message of Christmas is that the visible material world is bound to the invisible spiritual world.
- The universal joy of Christmas is certainly wonderful. We ring the bells when princes are born, or toll a mournful dirge when great men pass away. Nations have their red-letter days, their carnivals and festivals, but once a year and only once, the whole world stands still to celebrate the advent of a life. Only Jesus of Nazareth claims this worldwide, undying remembrance. You cannot cut Christmas out of the calendar, nor out of the heart of the world.
- Then ye be glad, good people, This night of all the year, And light ye up your candles, His star is shining near...
- Two things upon this changing earth can neither change nor end; the splendor of Christ's humble birth, the love of friend for friend.
- Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it "white".
- Until one feels the spirit of Christmas, there is no Christmas. All else is outward display — so much tinsel and decorations. For it isn't the holly, it isn't the snow. It isn't the tree not the firelight's glow. It's the warmth that comes to the hearts of men when the Christmas spirit returns again.
- What do you call people who are afraid of Santa Claus? Claustrophobic.
- Why is Christmas just like a day at the office? You do all the work and the fat guy with the suit gets all the credit.
- With every recurring Christmas morning the prospects of the world's peace grow brighter, and the practice of universal brotherhood comes a little nearer to the door.
- Wouldn't life be worth the living
Wouldn't dreams be coming true
If we kept the Christmas spirit
All the whole year through?


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The 1.6 litre Campro CPS engine used in the Proton Exora has been the subject of much criticism, whether called for or not. Yes, having a relatively small engine in a large vehicle is bound to require a little more pedal to the metal but everytime there is a story about the Exora or the Alza on this site there is bound to be those who pop up and say that they've tried the Exora in so and so situations and the MPV failed to deliver.
I think other than Proton themselves, the next group of people who are likely to be infuriated by such allegations are the Proton Exora owners themselves. After all, they've committed to years of monthly repayments to the Proton family vehicle of their choice and having a personal connection with their car, insulting the Exora is almost like insulting their logic or choice of picking the Exora over its competitors.
Quite interestingly, the Exora owners over at protonexora.com.my (Exora Owners Club Malaysia) have decided to take the matter into their own hands. They've actually organised a convoy together up to the Genting Highlands Resort. The EOCM 2010 Genting Highlands Road Tour convoy began last Saturday at the Genting Sempah Rest Area. The Exora went up and down (with no sweat) and the members had a great time. The "Jom Ronda Bersama Proton" crew from TV3 also joined in to feature the convoy in an upcoming segment.
It's nice to see how much passion these guys have for their Proton Exoras. It's one vehicle that Proton has managed to tick all the right boxes for its intended target customer – space, comfort and price. It just shows that although you could say Proton has failed us in the past with products that don't quite right hit the sweet spot, when Proton delivers something good, Malaysians will reciprocate.
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Changes to school timetable
Published on 26/03/18
Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form is making some changes to the school timetable after the Easter holiday.
Students will have a full hour for lunch, giving a longer break and more time for those students who travel to Jane Austen College for lessons after lunch.
There will be no change to the morning timetable, but afternoon lessons will start and finish 30 minutes later than previously.
The new timetable will come into effect on Monday, April 16.
Principal Chris Jennings said: "The issue of lunchtimes was raised by the Student Council and was the most popular improvement comment in the student survey this term.
"Student feedback is very important to us so we are pleased to be introducing our new and improved timetable."
New timetable
|9.15am - 10.15am
|Lesson 1
|10.15am - 10.30am
|Break / travel time
|10.30am - 11.30am
|Lesson 2
|11.30am - 12.30pm
|Lesson 3
|12.30pm - 1.30pm
|1.30pm - 2.30pm
|Lesson 4
|2.30pm - 3.30pm
|Lesson 5
|3.30pm - 4.30pm
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Selecting the Head of Operations
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Assume you are the top HR manager for a large international firm. The head of your company's operation in Japan has just resigned unexpectedly to take a job with another firm. You must decide on a replacement as quickly as possible. You have developed the following list of potential candidates for the job.
Jack Henderson: Henderson is a senior vice president based in your Chicago headquarters. Jack has a long and distinguished career with your firm, is well regarded by everyone, and plans to retire in three years. He has never worked outside the United States but is strongly and visibly lobbying for the job in Japan. Because you and your spouse socialize with Jack and his wife outside of work, you know she does not want to move from Chicago.
Takeo Takahashi: Takahashi is the number two manager in your Japanese operation, although he has served in that role for only three months. He was born and raised in Japan. After attending college in the United States, he returned to Japan and went to work for your firm. Takeo is considered an emerging star in the company but is also relatively young and inexperienced. Your CEO prefers to appoint someone for the Japanese job with at least 15 years of company experience and Takeo has only eight years of experience. He was being groomed to eventually take over the operation, but the just-departed top executive had been expected to serve until he reached retirement age in another seven years.
Jane Yamaguchi: Yamaguchi is a Hawaiian-born manager currently heading up a major division for your company in the United States. She was a dual economics and Asian studies major at the University of Hawaii. For the last several years she has been studying the Japanese market and has become a true expert on that country. She enjoys traveling and spends as much time in Asia as possible. You know she would be very interested in the job if it were offered, although you are concerned that her husband and two high-school-age children may not shore her enthusiasm about living in Jaapn. In addition, you worry that if she is not offered a new challenge soon, she might start looking for another position.
Jacques Moine: Moine is your most experienced international manager. Originally from France, Jacques has held senior management positions in your firm's operations in Germany, Spain, Canada, Argentina and Mexico. Moine appears to be quite satisfied with his current posting in Mexico. Because that operation is both stable and very efficient, it likely could be run by someone with less experience.
Select the individual you think is the best candidate. Explain your reasons for selecting the candidate that you did and explain why you did not select the other candidates.© BrainMass Inc. brainmass.com June 4, 2020, 4:42 am ad1c9bdddf
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The candidate selected as the most viable to fill the head of operations in Japan is Jane Yamaguchi.
While both she and Takeo Takahashi may be able to step into the position effectively, Yamaguchi possesses
the necessary level of experience, knowledge, and abilities. Takahashi is also being groomed for such a
position, but lacks experience to head operations. He may be able to make decisions and function
appropriately. However, he may also be weak in some critical areas of operations management.
Yamaguchi is looking for a position with greater responsibility and opportunity. The fear of her searching
for a new opportunity and leaving the organization is very real. ...
Solution Summary
The case is presented as a position for head of operations in Japan. The organization's decision on who to place in the newly vacant position is based on skills and abilities, as well as placement of suitable employees in new positions that allow for professional and career growth.


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Hospitals are delaying operations and removing patients from waiting lists to help PCTs claw back multi-million pound deficits.
A letter from Harrow PCT to GPs states that patients sent
for outpatient appointments at local hospitals will only be seen at 10-13 weeks and elective surgery will be delayed until the sixth month.
The timings are just within Government targets. By delaying treatment, some costs can be shunted into next year's
GPs are also advised to cut emergency referrals and not
to refer to a one-stop hernia clinic.
Dr Ken Walton, PEC chair at Harrow PCT, and author of the letter, said the PCTs' deficit of £8-£12 million had left it with no choice.
Dr Walton said: 'We are overspent and this means, at times, we have to do things which lessen patient services.'
But Dr John Justice, a GP in Harrow, said the move was just delaying problems until next year.
He said: 'Hospitals will have to operate on all of the
people who have been delayed plus the new patients being referred. That will cause huge problems.
'If the PCT is under financial pressure again next year then there will be even less money to support general practice yet again.'
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Then you weaseled one out of your boss, husband, wife, brother, sister, mother...or even God forbid...you won one from a radio station contest. It made you feel like this:
You downloaded apps. You downloaded Angry Birds and made excuses that you were going to the bathroom at work when in fact you just wanted to get to the next level. Then someone else got a non-Apple product and they tried to show it to you. You pitied them.
You found a mutual friend who was confused. They asked you if Apple was better than the other tablets like Samsung or Toshiba. How could they ask this?!? So you stared at them until they got it.
But your friend was still confused. They didn't get it...
Should I even look at the other tablets? Are those other brands better? You answered the best you could while being professional about it.
So they took your advice. They bought the iPad. You thought it was over. But then they walked in with the iPad 2. They showed you all the new features. It was even slimmer, had a camera, and had a new case. Jealousy set-in. You tried to dismiss it...you clapped for your friend.
You knew what needed to be done. You were ready. You were now a master at Angry Birds and boy were you pissed! How could they do this? How could they usurp you with better technology. You had led them to the promised land and now...this?! You planned the perfect murder.
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Have you ever been faced with the problem of blue screen when you turn on your computer, or did the screen suddenly go blue when you are doing something important?
You do not need to worry about it any more. This article will illustrate several methods of how to stop it.
What is blue screen?
It means "screen appears to be blue when Microsoft Windows crashes or stops working"
Why does it occur?
People tend to think it occurs when Windows is unstable, but they are completely wrong. In order to protect other programs and date, Windows crashes, thus screen appears to be blue.
How to stop it?
Usually when the PC screen goes blue, you should first check whether there is any Virus on your PC. If there is not any, then restart it.
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First thing I saw when I walked in was the markdown houseplants, big ones, like yucca and palm, plants that can really fill a space. I picked a palm, the dark green glossy leaves glistened with leaf shine. I worked in a factory greenhouse for a few months in college, and I can tell you, its not pretty. A plant starts its life as a cutting, stuck in a pot, watered, dipped in root stimulator, fertilized and left to grow. They are off like a shot, exploding roots overnight and with new leaves within days. Once a week, Mexican men in white jumpsuits and masks float through the seven football-field sized greenhouses and spray pesticides all over each and every plant in the place. The big, rumbling fans come on for awhile and then we all go back to work. The stench was thick, burned the eyes and was bitter on the tongue. Within a couple weeks I requested to not work on the spray-days. I planned to have kids someday, I wasn't going to eat their poison and risk damaging my goods.
When the plants got to be big enough to ship out to Wal-mart, we the worker-bees hand-cleaned the most prominent leaves on each plant, wiping it down with a rag drenched with leaf-shine, also stinky, toxic stuff. I was the only one who wore gloves.
So, the big palm I bought is about to have a better life, in my house by a big window with a view of the stone patio and bluffs above. The next big rain I will put it outside to clean-off...detox.


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When hearts and souls vow for Pakistan
Independence Day is rejuvenation of the young nation vowing hearts and souls out for Pakistan in letter and spirit. From Karachi to KPK young sentiments reflect such original belief that Allama Iqbal envisioned and Quaid-i-Azam realized as the dream-come-true reality of Pakistan. Children are engrossed decorating stalls and streets with buntings and flags of Pakistan; singing, chanting and reciting pulsating poems and patriotic songs, commemorating this national occasion with food, fun and frolic and honoring our Quaid's motto of unity, faith and discipline.
Imagine how Pakistan Super League franchise Peshawar Zalmi announced 'Azadi Cup' tournament to celebrate Independence Day and provide a platform to the youth to showcase their talent yet again. See how special students of public schools of Islamabad Capital Territory launch a tree plantation campaign from August 14 to motivate normal students toward tree plantation. Look at the unprecedented fervor of Sialkot youth further reinforced with the call from city Mayor to celebrate Independence Day with enthusiasm at schools.
Independence Day celebration blooms anew with vim, vigor and vitality whether it is Lawrence College, Ghora Gali or Sir Syed College, Rawalpindi or Aitchison College, Lahore or public schools across the Punjab; those of downtown Quetta, Sibi, Pasni, Gwadar or Turbat; public sector institutions of KPKs' Peshawar, Mardan, Nowshera or Swat or for that matter schools for the less-privileged of Abbotabad, Hazara, Mansera, D.I. Khan or D.G. Khan or the posh and vibrant private sector institutions of Pakistan.
Even business schools like LUMS, IBA, IoBM, SZABIST, IQRA and alike commemorate Independence Day with invigorating national spirit. IoBM prepares rejuvenation of the young nation with blissful tilawat, elevating flag hoisting, heart-warming national anthem, pulsating national songs, tongue tilting halwa puri, captivating student shows, futuristic tree plantation and all-inspiring Mr. Talb Karim, IoBM President who leads from the front the Independence Day revels and on whose invitation rally thousands of IoBM students, faculty management, staff and their families to pay homage to Pakistan.
Young nation inspires with Independence Day right from Kharadar, Ranchore Line, Teen Hatti and alike Karachi; Chaburjee, Anar Kali, Data Darbar and similar, Lahore, back lanes behind posh Jinnah Road, Quetta; Nothia Vllage, Kalibari, Chowkyadgar and Kissa Khawani Peshawar to public sector universities like Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad; Peshawar University, Peshawar; Gomal University, D.I. Khan; Punjab University, Lahore; Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan; Sindh University, Hyderabad; Karachi University, Karachi, Balochistan University, Quetta and alike.
Besides Pakistan's Foreign Missions: Embassies, High Commissions and Consulates the world over commemorating Independence Day amid grace and honor, be it Western, Central or Eastern Europe, Australia and New Zealand, South East Asia, Middle East and the Far East, Africa, North and South America, our young Pakistanis shine over the international horizon as ambassadors of goodwill commemorating Independence Day of Pakistan with traditional charm, color and charisma and unprecedented zeal, zest and zenith.
Parvez Jamil – Tel: 021- 35091905. Cell: 0324-2899563 – 0334-3013971 – email@example.com


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The origins of the term "Bluetooth"
admin posted a topic in Science and Technology's TopicsAs it turns out, the ubiquitous wireless technology's name has nothing to do with being blue or tooth-like in appearance and has everything to do with medieval Scandinavia. Harald Bluetooth was the Viking king of Denmark between 958 and 970. King Harald was famous for uniting parts of Denmark and Norway into one nation and converting the Danes to Christianity. So, what does a turn-of-the-last-millennium Viking king have to do with wireless communication? He was a uniter! So his name was given to the wireless link that unites and connects so many devices together. The Bluetooth logo is also a combination of "H" and "B" , the initials of Harald Bluetooth written in the ancient letters (runes) used by vikings (picture below)
Bluetooth or WiFi? Which is faster?
LNN posted a topic in Apple's TopicsSo I'm using my Personal Hotspot from my iPhone to get internet connectivity on my iMac and MacBook Air. I can do so either through Wifi or Bluetooth. My wifi tends to not want to connect "automatically" without turning the on/off switch a couple times on the Personal Hotspot (wifi) so I just connected via Bluetooth hoping I can bypass all this connection lag. Next question though is .... Is Bluetooth slower than Wifi? or vice-versa? Just curious if anyone on here knew for sure or could explain it. Thx in advance.
Tesla Model 3 ditches fob for keycard and Bluetooth smartphone access
Guest posted a topic in Tesla Motors's TopicsAs we originally reported, Tesla has confirmed that accessing and starting the Model 3 can be done through the use of a keycard but also through one's smartphone. The Silicon Valley electric car company has ditched the ubiquitous Tesla key fob in the Model 3 for a pair of near-field communication (NFC) keycards that can be used for accessing the car. The cards are embedded with a tiny chip that acts as a digital signature for the vehicle. Since NFC technology generally has a limited transmission range of roughly 4-inches, Model 3 owners will be required to tap the B-pillar to unlock the door, followed by a tap between the front seats to start the car. This would explain why Tesla SVP of Engineering Doug Field was seen placing the keycard inside Model 3's front cupholders. Tesla has also incorporated a digital key that's transmitted through a driver's smartphone using Bluetooth LE, a low energy standard for Bluetooth that's supported by most smartphones. Unlike Tesla's current keyless entry system that requires drivers to access a sequence of buttons on its mobile app, Model 3 will use a unique bluetooth signal from your phone to unlock the car as you approach it, and start it when you get inside. The decision to do away with the Tesla key fob that's currently being used in the Model S and Model X is seen as a move that allows the company to further cut costs on Model 3 production, and reduce complexity wherever possible. We've published the full specification list for Model 3 which includes itemized upgrade pricing for its long range 310 mile option. Source


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MONTHLY ARCHIVES: May 2013
Let It GoPosted by Karah
Verse 12 starts out with the word, "Therefore." That lets you know you should probably back up a bit for better understanding. Writing from prison, Paul was explaining to the Colossian believers that in Christ, life should be different (Col. 3:1-4). They needed to put aside all ungodly behaviors, things like sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, greed, anger, wrath, malice, slander, filthy language, and lies. If all that kind of stuff had been going on among them, then don't you think they were probably holding onto some grudges against each other?
Read Colossians 3:12-14 below. Underline all the things Christians are told to do in these verses.
"Therefore, God's chosen ones, holy and loved, put on heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, accepting one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a complaint against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must also forgive. Above all, put on love—the perfect bond of unity." —Colossians 3:12–14
2 Ask yourself:
Why do you think Paul used the phrase "put on" in reference to the qualities he mentioned in these verses?
How well are these qualities displayed in your life? Explain.
Do your thoughts about forgiveness line up with those presented in this passage? Why or why not?
3 The Point
Because we all have a sin nature, we fall short sometimes. What that means is that we all need forgiveness. That's where Colossians 3:12-14 comes in. The short version is this: God forgave you; you need to forgive others.
Some things to remember when people make you mad, disappoint, or hurt you:
God forgave you.
Each of us struggles against our sinful nature.
Sometimes when someone else struggles with their sinful nature, you have to deal with some of the fallout.
Only two things in life really matter—loving God and loving people.
Christians must cultivate a lifestyle of forgiveness (Col. 3:13).
4 Take Action
Think about your life. Are you holding on to past hurts or grudges in any area of your life? Is there someone you need to forgive? Turn it over to God today.
Saying and doing are two different things. How will you choose to live out your forgiveness today?
There are a lot of myths about forgiveness.
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ShinePosted by Karah
There are many ways that people shine. Maybe you . . .
- are a stand-out on the tennis court.
- make people laugh a lot.
- are really good-looking.
- are a Little Chief or a Belle
- get good grades.
- can sing.
- get tons of "likes" and comments on Facebook
- are really nice to everyone.
- are a leader in your youth group.
Name one thing that makes you stand out. Jot it down below, along with why you think God made you that way.
Now, read Matthew 5:13-16 below. Underline the reason Jesus said we should live committed lives. (Hint: it's in verse 16!)
13"'You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It's no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled on by men.
14'You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden. 15No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are in the house. 16In the same way, let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.'"
—Matthew 5:13–16
Ask Yourself
What does Jesus' reason teach you about the purpose of your life? Explain.
How well are you living up to that purpose? Explain your answer.
The Point
There's the earthly point of the Christian life. When you live to please God, your life will help people in this dark world see God's glory and give Him praise. Whatever you do—however you stand out—it should be for one purpose: to point people to Jesus.
Take Action
What are three specific things you will do to let your light shine for Jesus this week? Comment below, or in your Journal…
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Trip Day Session 1B 2012Posted by Karah
Here are some of the highlights of the trip days from Session 1B 2012!
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Cherokee 22Posted by Karah
We announced in the fall that we were building a new Cherokee cabin. That cabin in now finished and ready for campers this summer! Check out the pictures below to see the final product!
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OxymoronPosted by Karah
An oxymoron is a combination of contradictory terms, like jumbo shrimp. Match the words below to form oxymorons.
pretty same living act good
difference grief dead ugly naturally
Think About It
Read Matthew 5:10-12. How about that for an oxymoron: blessed persecution, blessed insults, and blessed evil? It sounds crazy, and nothing any of us would want to invite. But Jesus said it, so it must be true. Believers pursue God's way of life even when it runs counter to the things the world considers to be important. Because of this, you will face opposition and persecution, but you will be blessed.
Take Action
OEvaluate your life. Is it different from the way the rest of the world lives or do you fit in? Explain. (In your Journal)
Do you act differently at Camp than at home?
If people do insult you and make fun of you because you're a Christian, is it because you represent Him well or because you judge and antagonize? Explain.
In what area of your life is God calling you to live differently for His glory? What steps will you take to do so this week?
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Trip Day Session 2B 2012Posted by Karah
Here are so awesome highlights of all the great trips we took during Session 2B!
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Staff and CampersPosted by Karah
We love our campers! You are what makes camp, well, camp. Here are some of our favorite moments of staff hanging out with campers during the summer!
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Be RealPosted by Karah
Fake diamonds. Fake money. Fake eyelashes. Fake Moustaches (at Camp) Fake Picassos. Fake you?
Read Matthew 5:8-9. In what ways are you sometimes tempted to fake righteousness? It's something we all struggle with from time to time, but true believers have a deep-seated inward desire to pursue the things of God. God knows your heart—you can't fake faith with Him. Take some time right now to get real with God. In your journal, write your honest prayer about where you currently stand with Him.
Behind the Story
The religion God's people had come to know was one of hypocrisy. The religious leaders of the day faked righteousness by doing all sorts of outwardly religious things. They went to church, gave offerings, obeyed the commandments (when people were watching), and even prayed out loud. But their hearts were impure—they were far from God (Matt. 23:25-28).
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Marva is Ready for Summer 2013Posted by Sharon
The summer is almost here! We've spent the last 9 months planning and preparing for you to have an awesome time at camp! Marva is ready to get here and hopes you feel the same. Here's a little insight in to her excitement for summer 2013!
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text: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit Share on Pinterest Share on Linkedin Share on Tumblr The EZ Access menu has changed, and we now have a good resource for you to use to navigate through the system. Please click on the graphic below to download the PDF of the EZ Access Menu. You can use the new account #, or your old member number if you aren't used to the new one yet. ELGA's EZ Access Line is a telephone banking system that will give you fast answers to your account questions 24 hours a day, seven days a week. EZ Access Line quickly delivers personal banking information across town or across country, you can call anytime from anywhere. With a touch tone telephone you can: Obtain balances on your savings, checking and loan accounts Verify that checks have cleared Confirm deposits and withdrawals Transfer funds between accounts Find out current interest rates The first time you use EZ Access Line, you will be instructed on how to assign your Personal Identification Number (PIN).


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Bullmarketrun have been calling the turn on the Venture this year.
Some are waiting for volume and clearer signals, some of which may be near. In the meantime the market bifurcation and selective bull market noted by Rule, Roulston and Kaiser is clear with strong leaders and laggards. A full stock watchlist of the Canadian Venture Index $CDNX is included below.
Some part of recent stock market profits may find their way to "generational lows" in the miners which Gene Arensberg provides some interesting charts to support.
The watchlists show many stocks 100% + off their 52 weeks lows already, though many are still far from their 52 week highs.
Perhaps the precious metals are anticipating renewed global easing, QE or otherwise, at which point both main markets and precious metals may begin to move up together, Larry Edelson's anticipation.
These may be the two real asset routes away from bonds and rolling currency crises.
Here Bullmarketrun point to anticipated turns on the monthly chart
Frank Holmes of US Global Investors also discussed the Canadian Venture this week and is pointing to a potential bullish golden cross of the 50d & 200d moving averages.
Paying attention to the golden crosses in 2009 and 2010 and the "death cross" in 2011 would have been wise.
To See the composition of the Canadian Venture Index see HERE
(go to Constituents Tab / Full Constituents List Link)
I have created watchlists of the full index as at weekend 26th Jan 2014 and arranged in MCap at that date grouping Miners / Oil&Gas and Others. I believe the composition summaries on the Index link above may include coal and uranium with Energy rather than materials.
It is interesting that this index is often referred to as a proxy for the junior miners and the gold juniors.
I have not yet separated out the gold explorers and juniors but the falls of the past 3 years have meant this index is driven as much by Oil & Gas as mining and exploration and indeed much of the mining valuation (market cap weighted) is in non-precious metals plays, uranium, graphite, phospate etc, or a few larger stocks with some unusual stories like Gold Reserve awaiting legal outcomes to recover any value.
This suggests a number of things.
1) It explains why the carnage seen in many junior mining & exploration stocks is not so aggressively seen in the CDNX
2) We must question just what is driving the apparent technical improvement in the index. Energy or metals, or will they move together?
3) The index itself is an odd one to think about; while there will be survivorship bias, as so many juniors fail, there will also be a loss of the best companies as they are promoted to the TSX.
4) If a new discovery cycle is to come GLDX is not the place this will happen. CDNX may not be either with a group of "old" stocks and stories for the most part, though I presume rebalancing would bring in new companies.
Annoyingly as ever some stocks do not show up on google finance.
I have manually added a few market caps in purple @ 26/1.
The prices and market caps should update but as always please double check any information.
Seeking Junior Gold Miners and Silver Miners for Investment. Manage Your Hope & Fear. You really cannot just buy and hold - sell some to greed - buy into fear was never more true but hard to do.
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Historic OS map references: Gullane
Gullane is situated on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. The name of the village was written several ways (Golan, Gullan, and Golyn), which is taken to reflect changes in pronunciation over time; the earliest example being noted in 1176 as that of Golyn.
It is well known for its golf courses, five in all with Muirfield being the most famous. In 1891 that The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers first opened what was to become the Muirfield Golf Course which would hold the Open Championship on a number of occasions, which successfully returned in 2013.
Horse racing was also a popular local sport on what was called the Hundred Acres Park, owned by Rt. Hon. Nisbet Hamilton.
At one point, Gullane was famous for its stables and training race horses. It has been described as the 'Newmarket of the North'. Most notably the Dawson brothers, Thomas, Mathew, Joseph and John, were part of the most successful training family in British racing. The brothers were four of 17 children of racehorse trainer George Dawson and were brought up around their father's training stables at Stamford Hall in Gullane.
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I have recently discovered that George Dawson was my Great Grandfather x4


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In its current form Dandenong Engine Reconditioning (Dandy Engines), has been running since 1994 under Lou Iudica. Lou has over 26 years experience in engines and motorsport. Dandy Engines started as a traditional repair shop completing stock rebuilds. With a strong passion for more, the type of projects has grown to include race and performance, for street, track, drag strip and high performance boats.
Lou has surrounded himself with a team of professionals and Dandy Engines can now offer a full range of machine shop and engine dyno services. The experience available ensures that the stock rebuild is handled with ease and the high performance project gets all the attention that it needs. Dandy Engines handles all it machining on site, and services all local and interstate requirements.
Proline provide their customers with the knowledge it takes to have a proven combination in today's drag racing circuit. Much of this knowledge comes from the experience we get at the track with our personal racecar combinations.
They currently hold numerous records in the 1/8 and 1/4 mile. Our racing program takes us all across the country. We feel that there is no better way to prove our product than being at the racetrack winning races and setting records.
Anyone who has been around the radial racing world in the past 10 years knows John Kolivas has dominated every class he chose to race by winning events, points championships, and setting many records. John started in his early days dominating NMRA Drag Radial, to his success in many other radial events.
KBX will specialize in providing parts & tuning services to racers. Providing parts such as, but not limited to, turbochargers, superchargers, boost controllers, engine management systems, data systems, fuel delivery systems & parts, intercoolers, transmissions, suspension, KBX specific engine parts, and torque converters. KBX will also offer combination evaluation, track side tuning services, and remote tuning services. This will allow racers to utilize the wealth of knowledge that Bennett & Kolivas have gathered from their years of racing.
Family Owned and Operated Victorian Speed Pro Distributors is a family owned and operated business. Established in 1989 we were the first official factory appointed Sealed Power wholesale distributor for Victoria and Tasmania. Since then our range has grown to cover a full range of performance products for any street/race car bike or boat. We ship Australia wide and with air and sea freight arriving regularly from America we either have or can get the right parts you require.
The team of Chris, Marcus & Jeff are fully trained technicians and welcome your call, fax or email. Diana is your contact for Accounting information.
Our product line is increasing every month and we now offer components from every recognised USA manufacturer.
The AMS-1000 revolutionized motorsports boost control on turbocharged and supercharged engines. ET and MPH records were destroyed with the accuracy and flexible control the AMS-1000 delivered. It truly became a necessity in today's high power turbo vehicles. You will find the AMS-1000 in the quickest and fastest drag cars, bikes, snowmobiles and boats in the world! In the world of motorsports, evolution is key and the request to have a laptop based controller is something we heard requests for a few times during the last 5 years. So with great pleasure we introduce the AMS-2000.
Features 10 control strategies and 6 predefined datalogging channels and overlay capability. Auxillary Channel Control, Gmeter, and Offset capability that are available in the PRO unit can be enabled at a later date. All laptop based. No Selector Switch(Can be purchased Seperately).
We revolutionized boost control with the AMS-1000 and now plan on doing the same with the NMS-1000 nitrous controller! Looks almost identical to the AMS-1000 ! No laptop is needed and an easy to use user interface is built in!
Since day one, the director of the company, Fred has been in the drivers seat. Pushing all his modified cars to the racing limits, and creating High Perfomance Racing Transmissions, to make his vision of victory possible. Through this expertise, Fred's knowledge has allowed him to be able to offer his high quality service to his customers, wether they require a powerful Racing Transmission, or an everyday transmission service.
With a wide array of exposure to different types of transmissions, Protrans Performance Automatics specialise in High Performance Racing Transmissions for GM, Ford and Mopar.
We fit Powerglides, C4's, Turbo 350 – 400 and more, to just about any engine combination. In addition at Protrans Performance Automatics, we fit Powerglides and C4's to Rotary engines.
Contact us for New and Used E-Z-Go Golf Carts and E-Z-Go Commercial Vehicles, Industrial and Related Vehicles. Hire Vehicles, Spare parts and Professional Service.
Provide race proven cylinder head porting, flow testing and precise assembly giving your engine real performance gains.
Also building mild to full race engines in a dedicated professional engine room, along with a 2000 plus horsepower Engine Dyno featuring the latest data acquisition and testing software.
Contact Neil
Your local Repco is a store you can turn to whether you are a motoring enthusiast or an everyday driver.
A place where you'll get the benefit of over 85 years of expertise on everything auto – ranging from spare parts, seat covers, in car entertainment, car care, travel and touring accessories, picnic rugs, oils, lubricants and much more.
You can bet if it's on, in or attached to your car, we will have the product you need, and if we don't – we're happy to order it in for you.
Tranzmile, one of Queensland's leading Truck & Trailer Parts outlets, has everything you need for your heavy transport requirements.Whether it is Narva elctrical, Fleetguard filters, Q8 Oils, Meritor parts and more, you can find it all at Tranzmile.Visit them online at www.tranzmile.com or call them on 1300 442 142. They will help you out and have some great pricing to boot.
Monstr clothing may be new, but they are making a big impact on the car scene. Started by car enthusiasts, the clothes are all designed and printed locally and are all top quality.
Monstr are currently catering for the guys with shirts, hoodies, pants and hats, with some cool girls designs on their way. Monstr are proud to support the car scene and are quickly getting a team of quality representatives in the drift, drag and burnout circles.
Check out their Facebook Page or www.monstrclothing.com.au for more information and to get your hands on some monstr clothing
Bingo Group is an Australian owned and operated waste management company in Sydney providing households and the building and construction industry with one of the largest range of skip bins, bin hire, mini skips and recycling bins. Additionally, with four state-of-the-art recycling facilities, Bingo are at the forefront in the production of quality products.
Bingo's leadership in the recycling industry continues well into the future of recycled waste management as is evident through its partnership with Planet Ark and membership with the Green Building Council Australia.
For all your bin hire, skip bins, mini skip hire, skip hire and recycling bin hire requirements, Bingo are #1.
Precision International was established in 1970 and is the only privately owned national independent wholesaler of engine parts with fully operational sales and warehousing facilities in five states across Australia.With 100,000 individual part numbers, Precision International sources the largest range of engine parts for American, Australian, European, Asian passenger and commercial vehicles currently available in Australia and arguably the world.With offices in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia, our company offers exceptional customer service with engine experts offering the best advice for all your engine needs.
Advanced Steel Framing believe that every frame should start with experience and knowledge. That is why we have some of the industries' most experienced members on staff.
They pride themselves on our attention to detail and customer satisfaction right through each step of the process. Advanced Steel framing offers a complete light weight steel framing solution for all of your framing needs from Residential, Commercial, Owner Builder, Transportable & Modular, Medium Density and Multi Storey.
With their engineered certified system they can offer pre fabricated flooring systems, installation and engineering consultancy. Located in Rocklea, give them a call on (07) 3373 8551 or visit their website
Harbour City Harley Davidson is Australia's newest Harley Davidson shop. Situated in Gladstone in sunny Queensland. They have a huge range of Harley-Davidson accessories, and spare parts in stock, and if they don't have it they will get it for you.
They also have a brand new workshop, with 3 bays, and all necessary equipment for Harley-Davidson servicing and repairs. EXPLORE YOUR OPTIONS with Genuine Motor Accessories and Genuine Motor Parts, built with legendary Harley craftsmanship and style.
They're designed to work together for that end-to-end custom look. And because they're machined to factory specifications and manufactured to the highest standards, you get a perfect fit every time.
Hume performance is one of Australia's leading Speed Shops, dedicated to providing our customers with the highest quality parts and service available at competitive prices. Established since 1986 and are one of the largest stockists of Holley and Rochester carburettors outside America with over 4000 carburettors in stock.
Their extensive range of carburettors and parts has set the standard over the past 25 years with unrivalled buying power passing on savings direct to their customers. Whether you require a new or rebuilt carburettor or even the smallest of carburettor parts they will have it in stock. Hume Performance is the one stop shop for all your Holley carburettor and fuel system needs. Located in Warwick Farm NSW or check them out at www.hume.com.au
At T.R.E they use state of the art machinery on every engine they build, wether it be a daily driver or a highly refined Pro Stock engine. At T.R.E their focus is on forging a strong and reliable relationship with all of their customers.
T.R.E guarantee a fast reliable, effective service with quality assurance with years of hands on experiance in the motor racing industry. T.R.E can develop an enhine to suit your requirments and at T.R.E we offer a continued R&D programmeto give you the edge over your competition.
T.R.E offer a one stoip shop for all of your engine building needs andf can supply you with all the necessary parts for your bullet at very competitive prices.
At T.R.E they can give you a complete engine package.
Danny Sharbon races the amazing, Green Capri known as EASY8S. The Capri runs 7 sec passes in MSU normally aspirated and Danny has generously offered to sponsor for the combined Mod Street classes, to support Pro Street Racing and his nominated classes in Australia through his business D&S Concrete.
For all your Commercial Concrete needs D&S Concrete have a solution for you. They specialise in Commercial factory Units, schools, and shopping centres and high end Industrial Buildings; D&S Concrete can offer a concrete solution for your building project. Look them up
Famous for many APSA National TOP 10 Cars from True Street to Pro Street. Top Gun Racing Engines are specialists in racing engine design build and tune. With a state of the art engine dyno service and other machining facilities, Top Gun Racing has got the automotive solution for you. Give Tony and Tanya Cusolito a call, let them know what you need and get great professional service from an engine shop with years of experience.
Currently Modified Street No2 Top 10 spot and chasing No1, Tony has shown his engine building skills not only with his own Modified Street Capri but with many other Top 10 APSA record holders. Top Gun Racing Engines not only offer racing solutions but all general automotive services. We thank Top Gun Racing for their sponsorship and supporting Pro Street Racing in Australia and the Calder Park 18th February Pro Street Shootout. Based in Melbourne, give them a call on
Spark is the life line of any engine, be it race or street. Without the correct spark your engine can run rich, loose power and even damage vital and important engine components. A reliable spark plug is of utmost importance especially when it comes to racing and performance applications. That's why APSA racers go with a name they can trust, "NGK".
Most of our Pro Street racers prefer NGK Spark Plugs for their high performance machines. They are tough, they last, and are reliable, especially when it counts through the racing rounds and extreme conditions. Next time you need a tune up or spark components, why not buy "NGK" – spark plugs you can trust!. Whether it's for street or race, you can't go past NGK. ""NGK". the Pro Street Racers choice of Spark Plug".
Revolution Race specialises in helmets, race suits and other racing apparel as well as harnesses/restraints and all forms of racing safety and performance equipment and parts. for any racing and high performance equipment visit them at Albion Park or give Steve a call for the best racing gear and sevice around.
KV's Race Fabrication has been building quality race and street cars for over 5 years, not to mention the past 30 years as a private enterprise, for friends, etc. Our business is by no means a massive impersonal shop. We feel by keeping the business simple it creates a more personalised experience for the customer.
Our workshop is staffed by four quality tradesman with extensive knowledge and passion for anything from a mild streetcar to an all out race car. We pride ourselves as being the best in the business. We can build anything from a custom diff to a complete turn key car from start to finish, Nothing is too hard.
Slingshot High Performance Converters is a family owed business and one of the leading companies producing High Stall Torque Converters. We specialize in the High Stall area of Torque Converters only which makes us the experts when it comes to finding solutions for those High Stalls that have been deemed impossible to create or fix!
We are toolmakers by trade and with over 25 years experience we know everything that there is to know about modifying and building custom High Stall Converters consistently maintaining the highest possible standard of workmanship.
We have the best before and after sales and customer service in Australia and offer 3 month free adjustment after sale.
Cackling Pipes Photography prides itself on producing the highest quality photos possible in motorsport photography, this is reflected in our work featuring in a wide range of motorsport magazines each month.
All images on their website are available to buy as high quality prints from a professional photo lab, images can be purchased for private, commercial and editorial use. Please go to the "Orders & Enquiries" page for all enquires, orders or requests in regards to purchasing a print or image for use.
B&L can build you a tough motor for any application you need. Famous for many well known race winning drag cars, including his own big blow Chev Modified Street Torana, which is on the APSA National Top 10. With B&L Automotive you can be assured by knowing you are getting the best service and experience. Give Leo a call.
Anywhere racers use a torque converter you'll find a Neal Chance Converter Customer winning rounds and setting records. In 2008, our customers recorded XX class championships that we know about and in 2009, even more got the NCRC advantage and the number of class championships increased to XX!
This winning advantage is why we say "If you don't have a Chance, you don't stand a Chance". From ADRL Pro Nitrous, Xtreme Ten Five and Pro Extreme to Saturday Night Grudge Racing, those that are interested in the absolute lowest ET's turn to Neal Chance for the winning edge.
Extreme Action showcases the very best the modified street car scene has to offer and in doing so, brings some of the most powerful and well-built automotive machinery to the thousands of loyal readers that make up its target audience.
The team that puts together the thirteen issues of Extreme Action each year are died in the wool car nuts that spend every waking hour up to their necks in everything automotive. When they're not photographing or writing that next incredible feature for the mag, or testing the next big thing to hit the car scene, they're toying with their own show and race cars at home in the shed until the wee small hours.


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Evolve Mixed Martial Arts (www.evolve-mma.com) will be hosting a Muay Thai seminar with one of the greatest Muay Thai fighters of all time, Samart Payakaroon.
Samart Payakaroon is widely regarded as the greatest Muay Thai fighter of all time by the general public in Thailand. He is a 4 time Lumpinee Muay Thai World Champion with one of the most beautiful and technical styles in history. For more information on Samart Payakaroon, please see the official Evolve Blog at www.evolve-mma.blogspot.com
Muay Thai World Champions, Nuengpichit Sityodtong and Yoddecha Sityodtong, will also be assisting Samart Payakaroon for his seminar.
Who: World Champion Samart Payakaroon
World Champion Nuengpichit Sityodtong
World Champion Yoddecha Sityodtong
Where: Evolve Mixed Martial Arts
When: Saturday June 27, 2009
Time: 12:30pm to 3:30pm
Cost: $60 for Evolve members, $120 for non members
To reserve your spot, please email
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- Kolkata Knight Riders 146/2
- Gautham Gambhir 90* (60) leads KKR to an 8 wicket win
- Sunrisers post 142/7 in 20 overs.
- Eoin Morgan top scorer for SRH with 51 (43)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad win the toss - will bat first
- Sunil Narine and Morne Morkel back for KKR
- Ashish Nehra injured
The Sunrisers continue their search for a win this season, as the Knight Riders recorded their second win. The match was won on the back of a great bowling performance, which restricted SRH to 142, and then a batting master-class from Gautham Gambhir with his second consecutive 50+ score, this time for a winning cause.
This brings an end to the live coverage of the match between SRH and KKR. Stay tuned, as the live coverage for the second game between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Lions will begin shortly.
Over 19.2: Gambhir finishes the game with a four. KKR win the match by 8 wickets. The skipper finishes with 90* (60).
Over 19: Karn Sharma into the attack.
Over 18: Gambhir does most of the work. Will retain strike and get the winning runs. 1 more to get.
Over 18: SIX!! Gambhir gets his first of the match. Two more to get.
Over 18: KKR 134/2. 9 runs needed to win.
Over 18: Mustafizur into his last over. Gambhir not sparing any bowler. Four! 78* (55)
Over 17: Four runs of Bhuvi's over. KKR cruising. No Panic.
Over 17: Bhuvi runs in for his final over. Another run out chance goes begging.
Over 16 - 123/2: Strategic time-out. 11 runs of Saran's last over.
Over 16: Gambhir had given up. A direct hit would have had him.
Over 16: KKR racing away to their target, 121/2.
Over 16: Consecutive Fours yet again for Gambhir. the skipper moves onto 71* (50).
Over 16: Saran into his final over.
Over 15 - 112/2: Just over a run a ball needed for KKR now. SRH bowling looks very light in the absence of Nehra. Mustafizur the only shining light.
Over 15: Two consecutive fours for Gambhir now. 109/2
Over 15: The crowd is back behind their team after Russell's dismissal. Ashish Reddy continues.
Gambhir continues his good form. Four! 57* (44)
Over 14: Mustafizur's brilliant over is spoilt by three runs due to an overthrow. KKR 100/2.
Over 14: Manish Pandey replaces Russell in the middle.
Over 14: Mustafizur gets his reward after some brilliant bowling.
Rattles the stumps and sweeps Russell of his feet.
Russell b Mustafizur 2 (5b)
Over 14: BOWLED!! Russell is floored by a brilliant yorker
Over 14: Mustafizur into his third over.
Over 13: Good over from Reddy. Two runs and a wicket. KKR 93/1


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Greg fell in love with Montana nearly 40 years ago when he first came here on a school trip. Greg built a life, started a small business and raised a family in this state.
Married for 31 years, Greg and Susan raised their four children in Bozeman hunting, fishing, rafting, climbing, skiing and backpacking on Montana's public lands.
They founded RightNow Technologies two decades ago in their Bozeman home, and they grew it into the town's largest commercial employer, creating over 500 high-paying Montana jobs.
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The hot summer months can sometimes be tricky when it comes to deciding what to wear. Depending on a myriad of conditions you can easily find yourself under-dressed, over-dressed, overly exposed to the sun, damp and sticky, and in dire need of a change of clothing. You might even need to divert your late afternoon or evening plans to go home and throw on a fresh shirt before meeting up with your friends.
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Your YellowMan shirt can be used as a rash guard for water sport or for a weekend splash at the beach. It dries very quickly and doesn't hang off of you like a mop. Check out pro surfer, Ryan Ragan, demonstrating the effectiveness of YellowMan's Dragon Warrior long sleeve shirt as a rash guard.
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text: Hmm. Is there something wrong with this picture? Is this really where the foremost music and media extravaganza takes place? Yes, this was the view I was treated to as I cabbed away from the airport in Austin, and as the meter ticked up in a never-ending fashion, I thought surely I had made some grave error and booked a hotel 50 miles away from downtown instead of five. But no, the compact city of Austin rises rather like an oasis in the middle of flat and relatively empty Texan plains. I am a mere five miles away, and yet I could just as well be at some lonely highway outpost in the middle of nowhere America. You can see how this might at first have been a tad disconcerting to someone who comes from an area where the urban sprawl fans out dozens of miles in any direction. No matter. The city of Austin is most appropriately equipped for SXSW, with its central convention center and massive supply of live music venues (every bar has a stage, and 6th Street alone is lined with bar after bar). Indeed, it was chosen for the latter. Shortly, I'll be making my first foray into the convention center and bringing you coverage of the Ultimate Music Recommendation Smackdown. Also on the agenda today: The Truth About Mobile & The Future of Personal Devices (will they all be iPhones?). And be sure to tune in at 5:00 p.m. PST if you want all the details on the new music player I was hinting about.