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Scope and Contents of the Records
Texas Governor Sam Houston:
An Inventory of Governor Sam Houston Records at the Texas State Archives, 1824-1862, bulk 1859-1861
Agency History
The governor of Texas is the chief executive officer of the state elected by citizens every four years. The duties and responsibilities of the governor include serving as commander-in-chief of the state's military forces; convening special sessions of the legislature for specific purposes; delivering to the legislature at the beginning of each regular session a report on the condition of the state, an accounting of all public money under the governor's control, a recommended biennial budget, an estimate of the amounts of money required to be raised by taxation, and any recommendations he deems necessary; signing or vetoing bills passed by the legislature; and executing the laws of the state.
The office of the governor of the state of Texas was created by the Texas Constitution of 1845. It superseded the office of the president of the Republic of Texas upon the annexation of Texas by the United States. The 1845 Constitution defined the term of office as two years, with no more than four years served in a six-year period. The governor was required to be thirty years old at minimum, a U.S. citizen, and a Texas resident for at least three years (Article V, Section 4).
The Constitution outlined a number of powers held by the governor of Texas. The governor acted as the commander-in-chief of the army, navy, and militia of the state unless they were transferred into service under the federal government (Article V, Section 6). He could call up a state militia to "execute the laws of the State to suppress insurrections, and to repel invasions" (Article VI, Section 4). The governor made recommendations to the legislature and provided written information on the state of the government (Article V, Section 9). He could also convene the legislature when necessary and adjourn the legislature in the case of a disagreement between the house and senate (Article V, Section 8). The governor had the power to grant reprieves and pardons in criminal cases except those of treason or impeachment, and to approve or disapprove bills, orders, resolutions, or votes from the legislature (Article V, Sections 11, 17 and 18). The governor also appointed supreme and district court judges and an attorney general with the consent of two-thirds of the senate (Article IV, Sections 5 and 12).
The 1845 Constitution also created the office of secretary of state, appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate for the governor's term of service. The secretary of state worked closely with the governor, and was required to "keep a fair register of all official acts and proceedings of the governor" (Article V, Section 16). The Constitution called for the election of a lieutenant governor at the time of the governor's election with the same qualifications and term of office, but to be voted for separately by electors. The lieutenant governor served as president of the senate and could cast a deciding vote in ties, as well as take on the governor's powers in his absence or until a new governor was elected and qualified or the previous governor was able to resume office (Article V, Section 12). In addition, it further called for the biennial election of a state treasurer and comptroller of public accounts by the legislature, with vacancies to be filled by the governor (Article V, Section 23). However, a constitutional amendment in 1850 allowed the public election of the state treasurer and comptroller.
The constitutional language defining the office of the governor changed marginally with the Texas Constitution of 1861, which was written when Texas seceded from the United States to join the Confederate States at the onset of the Civil War. The 1861 Constitution replaced mention of the United States with the Confederate States, removed a requirement for U.S. citizenship for Texas governors, raised the governor's salary, and set a date for the governor and lieutenant governor to take office after an election.
The Constitution of 1866 arose out of the Constitution of 1861 with certain amendments made during the Constitutional Convention of 1866. These amendments were intended to bring the Texas constitution back into compliance with United States law. The Constitution of 1866 made minor alterations to the office of the governor, extending his term of office to four years with no more than eight years served in a 12-year period, and increasing his salary to $4,000 annually. He was also granted the power of the item veto on appropriations and to convene the legislature outside of the state capital if necessary.
Another constitutional convention took place in 1868-1869 under the Reconstruction Acts of 1867, ultimately producing the Constitution of 1869. It affected the office of the governor by again raising the governor's salary, this time to $5,000 annually, and giving the governor the right to appoint the attorney general and secretary of state, with the other state offices being appointed by election.
(Sources: Texas Constitution of 1845, Texas Constitution of 1861, and Texas Constitution of 1866, all online at the Tarlton Law Library; S.S. McKay, "Constitution of 1845," Walter L. Buenger, "Constitution of 1861," and S.S. McKay, "Constitution of 1866," Handbook of Texas Online, all accessed on November 4, 2019.)
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Biographical Sketch
Sam Houston served as governor of Texas from December 21, 1859, to March 16, 1861. Houston was born in Virginia on March 2, 1793, moved to Tennessee in his early teens, and lived almost three years with the Cherokee Indians in his late teens. He was wounded in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814), gaining the admiration of Andrew Jackson. His legal and political career began in 1818: he was elected district attorney of Nashville, adjutant general, congressman, and finally governor of Tennessee. In 1829 marital difficulties probably moved Houston to resign the governorship and leave the state. He spent the next six years in diplomatic and business ventures in the Indian country.
Although he represented Nacogdoches in the Convention of 1833, he was not a permanent resident of Texas until 1835. Houston was a delegate to the Consultation in 1835, and was elected major general of the Texas army by the General Council. As delegate from Refugio, he was a leading figure at the Convention of 1836, which then named him commander-in-chief of the Texas army. After leading the army to victory at San Jacinto, he was elected the second president of the Republic of Texas. He was the representative from San Augustine County in the fourth and fifth Congresses before being elected president once again in 1841. After annexation, he served in the U.S. Senate (1846-1859), during which tenure he was defeated by Hardin Runnels in the gubernatorial election of 1857. Houston was elected governor of Texas in 1859. His term was dominated mainly by his anti-secessionist activities, in which he warned of the dangers of civil war and worked for a compromise. When he refused to take the oath of allegiance to the Confederate States of America in March of 1861 (arguing that Texas was once again an independent republic), Houston was replaced by his lieutenant governor, Edward Clark. He died at his farm near Huntsville on July 26, 1863.
(Source: Thomas H. Kreneck, "Houston, Samuel," Handbook of Texas Online, accessed on May 16, 2014.)
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Scope and Contents of the Records
The governor of Texas is the chief executive officer of the state elected by citizens every four years. Sam Houston served as governor from December 21, 1859, to March 16, 1861. These records mainly document Governor Houston's term in office. Types of records are correspondence, petitions from citizens of various counties, memorandums, proclamations, broadsides, resolutions, requisitions, military orders, minutes, a letterpress book, messages to and from the Texas Senate and House of Representatives, clippings, and related records dating from 1824 to 1862, bulk 1859-1861. Subjects covered are secession, the advent of a civil war, the raids and capture of Juan Nepomuceno Cortina, frontier protection from Indians, the raising of ranger companies, and the appointment and election of state officials. Primary correspondents include William G. Tobin, John Henry Brown, Angel Navarro, John S. Ford, Thomas Carothers, and Ben McCulloch. A few letters are from Robert E. Lee, Sam Colt, Samuel F.B. Morse, and Eli Whitney. The item-level description specifies, where relevant, when contents include typescripts, photostats or handwritten materials ("ms") as well as the number of pages.
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Restrictions on Access
Restrictions on Use
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted. State records also include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
The letterpress copybook is fragile and may not be photocopied.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item), Texas Governor Sam Houston records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Accession Information
Accession numbers: 1904/003, 1905/003, 2014/109
Most of these records have no accession information. Six documents were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Secretary of State on July 8, 1905, and another document was transferred on April 25, 1906. An accession number was assigned for control purposes on May 19, 2014.
Processing Information
Processed by State Archives staff, June 1984
Corrections and encoding to DACS standards by Tonia J. Wood, November 1995, March 2001
Corrections to item list by Jean Carefoot, March 2001
Finding aid converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by TARO using the conversion stylesheet v1to02.xsl, July 22, 2003
Corrections and encoding to DACS standards by Tonia J. Wood, March 2006
Re-foldering, re-housing and DACS-compliance by Aditi Worcester, May 2014
Revisions to description by Tiffany Criswell, January 2020
Other Formats for the Records
The letterpress book of outgoing correspondence has been digitized and is part of the Texas Digital Archive, available online at https://tsl.access.preservica.com/tda/texas-governors/#houston.
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My Underwear Cuts into My Fat
This has been happening to me for as long as I could remember. The elastic waste band of my boxer briefs cuts into the fat around my waist. And I hate it. It hurts and is irritating. Is it me or is it the underwear that I buy? Even some loose fitting boxers tend to eventually cut into my fat.
It reminds me of how the elastic upper parts of socks leave deep grooves on your lower legs at the end of the day. It makes me want to go commando. But I wouldn't feel comfortable doing that so I must suffer. Stupid reasons like this are what make me want to lose weight. It would make my life that much more pleasing to live.
There are times when I have to massage my waist so that the indentation and pain can go away. I am constantly adjusting my underwear so that there isn't too much pressure put on one spot for too long. There was a period of about a year where I was wearing boxers and the boxers would cut into the fat around my waist and the fat of my thighs. Ugh. That was a pain. I don't know how overweight women deal with bra straps cutting into their shoulder and back fat. I would not wear bras if I was a big woman. I wouldn't be able to deal with it.
I don't really know where I am going with this, but I had to get it off my chest. I know a lot of folks go through this and don't say anything. Well, there it is. I hate how the elastic band of my underwear cuts into the fat around my waist. I said it.

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'Our hope is that both MCOR and the companies that participate in this grant will develop a mutually beneficial and sustainable partnership' - Carolina VanIngen-Dunn, director of community college STEM pathways at SFAz
Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) January 26, 2016
Maricopa Corporate College (MCOR) has recently been awarded the Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) JPMorgan Chase Foundation Middle Skills Internship Program grant in order to create internship opportunities for its upcoming IT boot camp students.
The $27,291 grant will support modest stipends for students participating in the internship program as well as the salary for an Industry Coordinator. The Industry Coordinator will be responsible for securing internship opportunities with local companies and working with students throughout the internship process in order to ensure their success.
This opportunity will be available to all students who successfully complete one of two upcoming programs: MCOR's 12-week Web Developer boot camp beginning on Feb. 22 and the 10-week IT Support Specialist boot camp beginning on March 7.
Internships for both Web Developer and IT Support Specialist students will last 4-6 weeks and range from 80-120 hours. With the support of this grant, up to 30 students will be able to participate and receive modest stipends through this program. It is the hope of both MCOR and SFAz that this grant will help build a sustainable internship program that will continue on to serve more students in the future.
Students enrolled in these intensive boot camps will have the opportunity to apply for these internship positions upon successful completion of the course. These project- and/or team-based internships will allow students to apply the skills learned throughout the course in a professional setting. This experience in conjunction with the hands-on learning throughout the program quickly prepares students for success in the workplace.
Maureen Hannon, Solutions Manager at MCOR, is excited about the opportunity this grant will provide to students.
"Not only will the students be able to apply what they have learned in the boot camps, they will be able to receive feedback for improvement. The internship will also provide opportunities for the student to develop a network of people in their chosen field that may help them in their job search," Hannon said.
The internship program will benefit the businesses that participate as well.
"We believe that companies who benefit from hiring MCOR-trained interns whose stipends are paid by the grant, will in turn continue to seek interns from the college that they may not otherwise have considered," Carolina VanIngen-Dunn, director of community college STEM pathways at SFAz said. "Our hope is that both MCOR and the companies that participate in this grant will develop a mutually beneficial and sustainable partnership."
Local businesses in need of IT interns are encouraged to contact Solutions Manager Sumy Joy at sumy.joy(at)maricopacorporate(dot)com. Students interested in enrolling in the IT Support Specialist or Web Developer Boot Camps can learn more at: http://www.maricopacorporate.com/mcorit
Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) is a 501(c)(3) organization created from the collaboration of three Arizona CEO business organizations—Greater Phoenix Leadership, Southern Arizona Leadership, and the Flagstaff 40. This organization aims to diversify and strengthen Arizona's economy through various initiatives and grant opportunities such as this one. Learn more at: http://www.sfaz.org
About Maricopa Corporate College (MCOR):
From entry-level to executive training, MCOR delivers market-relevant, customized workforce solutions and education for employees in virtually every industry sector. Through a strategic business partnership model, MCOR assesses workforce training needs and develops and delivers customized and integrated solutions to meet those needs throughout all levels of an organization. MCOR is part of the Maricopa Community Colleges — one of the largest higher education systems in the nation with nearly 250,000 students, and a model of excellence internationally.


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recent papers
Papers recently published:
Pindling S, Zheng B, Azulai D, & Perron GG*. (2018). "Dysbiosis and early mortality in zebrafish larvae exposed to subclinical concentrations of streptomycin". In press at FEMS Microbiology Letters.
Dahan D, Jude BA, Lamendella G, Keesing F, & Perron GG*. (2018). "Exposure to arsenic alters the microbiome of larval zebrafish". Frontiers in Microbiology 9:1323.
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- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share 2 "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page.
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share, doesn't give too much away. You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers!
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
Teaser Tuesday | 2nd July 2013
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- Anonymous2 July 2013 at 12:44
Nice! I have heard this is good. Will have to check it out.ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous2 July 2013 at 17:18
Great teaser - gives you a decent glimpse to the plot - female vampire with human male...ReplyDeleteReplies
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Julie Kagawa is one of my favorite authors. I haven't read this one yet but I definitely will. :)ReplyDelete
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*A Paranormal Romance retelling of Hansel and Gretel.*
The third son of the Bear Clan, Hale thought he had his life figured out. He had a stunning bride, his iron faith in the Mother, and has spent the last five years training to be the future clan leader. But when his life comes crashing down around him, Hale knows he can't stay home.
Leaving behind everyone he's ever known, Hale is alone with his thoughts as he crosses the Alderwood in search of his sister. Then Gemini—the clan flirt and known gossip—follows him, demanding his protection. She's just as determined to leave her life behind. Hale doesn't know what made her leave her sisters or suitor, but he has no choice but to continue with a helpless girl at his side. Neither ever expected just how dangerous the Alderwood could be.
Oblivious of Hale's departure, Parson and Raene travel to Terrana to ask political favors in exchange for their clan leader's freedom, but lingering injuries threaten their arrival—and their lives. They'll need the help of an unlikely ally if they hope to succeed.
McCoy has once again created a story that draws you and won't let go!
Hale and Gemini can be read as a stand alone but I highly suggest you read this series from the beginning, especially when you read the ending she left us with.
Creating a world of fantasy is no easy feat yet McCoy has captured the very essence of what one would expect in this world. You have family fights, love triangles (sort of), the black sheep family member, dealing with the police, and those trying to find their way while fighting with all their might to make their world better.
I won't retell the story here – I will say that her character building is phenomenal, her writing is fluid and never a lull in the story. Just when you think you know what is going on BAM she runs the story in a direction you never imagined and makes it work.
If you want a story that has love, jealousy, self-confidence issues, joy, pain, struggle, family, and determination of every character to make their own way then this series is a must read.
I am eagerly awaiting the next story in this series… *taps fingers on desk waiting not so patiently*


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Strategic Development, Cash App
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Full-time
- Position open to remote: No
- Current Square Employee?: Apply via go/jobs
Company Description
Cash App is the fastest growing financial brand in the world. Built to take the pain out of peer-to-peer payments, Cash App has gone from a simple product with a single purpose to a dynamic money app with over 15 million active monthly users.
Loved by customers and by pop culture, we've held the #1 spot in finance on the App Store for almost two years, and our social media posts see more engagement in a day than most financial brands see in a year. With major offices in San Francisco, New York, St. Louis, Portland, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Melbourne.
Cash App is bringing a better way to send, spend, invest, and save to anyone who has ever sought an alternative to today's banking system.
Job Description
The Strategic Development team is responsible for the ideation, strategy and execution of high impact initiatives for the Cash App platform and its >15M monthly active customers. This is a much more operationally focused role than most strategy jobs, where we take it from concept stage through the execution and launch of new products and businesses. A few examples of initiatives that we've developed by members of this team include Cash App's Instant Deposit business, Cash Card, and Square's $125M+ bitcoin trading business. Our team is essentially an internal startup that is incubating new businesses and digital products to drive the next wave of innovation for Cash, while capitalizing on Cash App's significant distribution. This opportunity is comprised of roles that spans strategy, operations, deal-making, and business execution by leading and coordinating cross functional teams that include product, engineering, data science, design, finance, regulatory and legal. Our ideal candidate is comfortable with ambiguity, excited about learning about new domains, can put his/her ego aside, and thrives in a culture of principled risk taking.
You will:
- Entrepreneurial background with a track record of successfully driving the launch of new products, businesses or other strategic initiatives, with the ability to drive impact in a larger organization
- Experience in managing large complex projects involving multiple work streams and stakeholders
- Ability to quickly climb the learning curve in new subject areas across domains (e.g., legal and regulatory landscapes, technical evaluations, strategic evaluations)
- Comfortable with managing ambiguity as s/he assimilates learnings and diverse perspectives and translates it into a point of view
- Strong analytical, critical & creative thinking skills
- Strong business development and negotiation skills
- Skilled influencer with demonstrable success in delivering results in a cross-functional team setting
- Comfort with presenting a vision and representing Cash App with external stakeholders
- Executive-level presentation skills
You have:
- 10 + years of working experience
- Technical background is a plus
- Founder background is a plus


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Author(s): Paul Moran; Gergely Forizs; Adam Linley; Jorge Santillan
Christmas Books | 2019 October New Releases
There's a week to go before Christmas Eve and Rudolph still hasn't returned from his annual winter cruise. The reindeer herd can't deliver all the presents in one night without their red-nosed friend to guide the way, so they set off to find him. Help the reindeer chase Rudolph through 17 intricately illustrated seasonal scenes and bring him home to the North Pole in time to load up Santa's sleigh. There are 9 cute reindeer to find in each location and the answer pages at the back feature extra things to spot. Illustrated by the bestselling artist behind Where's the Unicorn? and Where's the Meerkat?, this fab-yule-lous search-and-find book is a must-have Christmas gift.


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I lived in Boston for 20 some-odd years. During most of this time, I worked in Copley Square (think IN the city) and I lived out by Boston University (think just outside the city). So for most of my adult life, I had to get to and from work by going directly by Fenway Park (think right smack dab in between the two). I either rode the T (subway), a bus (the 57 bus) or rode my bike. No matter what I did, if I wanted to make it home in a normal amount of time, I had to go through Kenmore Square. And that means by Fenway. And for a portion of the year, that means wading through scores of idiotic Red Sox fans.
I have watched the fans from the suburbs or rural areas treat my city as their own personal garbage can or spittoon. I have had my butt grabbed by fans as they drove by me on my bike. I have had beer cans, fast food and crumpled up paper lobbed at me by said fans as I rode by on my bike. I have had to wait for what seemed like forever for a train that had enough room for me to cram myself in between really bad frosted hair and giant beer bellies. I have had to get off a train because of overzealous drunk fans deciding to vomit.
For many MANY years, I hated the Red Sox. Sure, I really hated many of their fans. But I focused my hatred on the Red Sox. And baseball in general. It's a slow annoying game. The game is so slow that the fans have no choice but to drink themselves silly in an attempt to have some fun.
I lived in Boston. I loved Boston. But man, I hated the Red Sox. Not a real popular stance. But I stuck to my guns.
Until 2003. That's when I moved to a suburb of Boston that didn't require a daily trip through drunk stupidville. Then I was actually able to watch the Red Sox without feeling the need to punch one of them in their stupid over-paid heads.
This change of heart had very good timing. Because in 2004, they had their first win since 1918. Honestly, how could you NOT love that? I remember watching that win, standing up in my living room with my hands over my mouth in TOTAL disbelief. And I had to scream very quietly because my relatively new baby was asleep, as was his big 3 yr old brother. And I remember standing there all excited and totally blown away. Oh sure the win was exciting. But I was totally blown away by the absolute silence in my neighborhood. The difference from living near Boston University during 2 Patriot's Super Bowl wins and living in the quiet 'burbs for the Red Sox first win in 86 years? Well, there were no screaming drunk college students. No one was turning over cars and setting them alight. There wasn't an orchestra of different car horns. It was total silence. It was creepy.
So tonight, I sit in Texas. My boys are once again totally asleep. And I am totally alone to stand in my living room with my hands over my mouth in TOTAL disbelief. I'm probably one of very few Texans that cares. So I ran up here to my computer to leave all sorts of "SOX RULE" messages on my Boston friends' MySpace sites. And to post my Boston pride - albeit a few years (or decades) late.


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Romans – Wayne Barber/Part 38
By: Dr. Wayne Barber
|By: Dr. Wayne Barber; ©2007
|The Holy Spirit reveals to God's plan for us—that we will be changed into His image. Then we see that the Holy Spirit resolves to carry that plan through to completion!
Romans 8:28-39
The Revelation and Resolve of the Holy Spirit
[Editor's note: Regrettably, Dr. Barber was unable to find his notes on these verses at the time when he was giving us this material. This is based on a very sketchy outline that he did have available. In order to keep with the flow of the book of Romans, we will give you this brief outline now. If, in the future, he sends us more complete teaching on these verses, we will pass that along to you. We apologize for the brevity of the information on these important verses.]
We want to look briefly at verses 28-39 of Romans 8. In verses 28-29 we will see the Revelation of the Holy Spirit—the fact that God is actually causing everything to work together for good. That means we are going to be changed into the image of His Son. Then in verses 30-39 we will see the Resolve of the Holy Spirit—to carry out the plan of God, all the way until that event when we are glorified and the sons of God are revealed.
Let's start by looking at the Relationship of the Holy Spirit in Romans 8:28: "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."
Paul wants us to realize something we know already. What is it? That "God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."
"To work together" is the present active indicative of sunergeo. Sunergeo means to be a fellow-worker, that is, to co-operate. God Himself is the One working in our behalf and causing all things to work together for good.
The word "good" is agathos, meaning good, benevolent, profitable, useful good. In other words, God will cause everything in our lives to become beneficial, spiritually profitable, useful and good, even in a fallen world filled with sin and corruption. Think of ordinary table salt. It is composed of two poisons, sodium and chlorine. Yet when properly combined they produce an extremely beneficial substance.
"To those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." The word for love here is agapao, which means to love in a social or moral sense. Jesus defines who "those who love God" are in John 14: 21, 23: "He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me; and he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him, and will disclose Myself to him…. If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and make Our abode with him."
"To those who are called according to His purpose." The word used here is kletos—the ones who are invited, appointed, selected. We did not go to Christ, He called, invited us. The invitation is in John 3:16. By now I'm sure we can all say that together: "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life."
We learn that the calling is always "according to"—the Greek word is kata—His purpose. Think back to some of the things we saw in chapter 6. In verses 1-6 we learned that God has made me a brand new person in Jesus Christ. We have been united with His resurrection life. His life now is now in us. In verse 6 we read that we are no longer slaves to sin. In verse 8, we read that we will live with Him. Not only one day shall we live with Him, we live with Him every day now. Wherever I go, there He is. Verse 11, you should "consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus."
Verses 12-14 tell us that we are not to let sin reign in us. Instead we are to present ourselves to God "as instruments of righteousness." You cannot overcome sin, but Jesus in you can overcome you. Then, in verses 15-23, Paul presents us with the choice we have to make: do we go back and live in sin? Do we go back up under the law? Or do we take advantage of God's grace? Verse 23 says that we have been invited to receive the "free gift of God [which] is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Let's move on to Romans 8:29: "For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first-born among many brethren." We are never in danger of losing our salvation. Let me explain why.
God foreknew. The word is proginosko—to know beforehand, to foresee. God knew who would and who would not be saved, though He obviously wished that none should perish. God not only foreknew our salvation, but also foresaw its ultimate completion in glorification. He predestined us "to become conformed to the image of His Son."
"Predestine" is the Greek word proorizo. Its meaning is "to limit in advance," that is, "to predetermine," to determine or decree beforehand. The church has been disrupted due to the misunderstanding which surrounds this word.
We must consider the divinely intended meaning of this word by examining the critical passages where it is used. Look first at 1 Corinthians 2:7: "but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God predestined before the ages to our glory." it has something as it's object which is the wisdom of God, which was predestined for our glory, or as a benefit of our salvation. In Acts 4:28 we read, "to do whatever Thy hand and Thy purpose predestined to occur."
The action of Herod and Pontius Pilate in crucifying Jesus Christ is said to have been predetermined or foreordained by the hand and will of God. Dr. Spiros Zodhiates says, "This indicates that Christ's mission, especially His death and resurrection, was not ultimately the result of human will but originated in the eternal counsel of God which decreed the event, determining all its primary and secondary causes, instruments, agents, and contingencies."
One Bible dictionary describes predestination this way:
- Two major concepts are involved in the biblical meaning of predestination. First, God, who is all-powerful in the universe, has foreknown and predestined the course of human history and the lives of individuals. If He were not in complete control of human events, He would not be sovereign and, thus, would not be God.
- Second, God's predestination of human events does not eliminate human choice. A thorough understanding of how God can maintain His sovereignty and still allow human freedom seems to be reserved for His infinite mind alone. Great minds have struggled with this problem for centuries.
Predestination is used of God's actions in eternally decreeing both the objects and goal of His plan of salvation. Proorizo has a personal object, the plural relative pronoun hous, whom. This relative pronoun refers to those previously mentioned as those whom God foreknew. The translation is, "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate." The objects of predestination are those whom He foreknew. Predestination does not involve a predetermined plan only but also includes the individuals for whom the plan is devised. The goal of predestination is expressed in the phrase, "To be conformed to the image of His Son."
The objects of salvation, of course, are those who respond to the "whosoever will" of God's love. The goal for those who receive this wonderful free gift of God's grace is that we be conformed into the image of His Own Son Jesus Christ, "that He might be the first-born [prototokos] among many brethren."
Christ, the Son of God, became the firstborn of a new race. The predetermined goal of salvation for those whom God foreknew is stated to be conformity to the image of God's Son. The stated purpose of this task is that the Son might be the firstborn among many brothers. Prototokos presents Christ as the preeminent or ranking member of the group.
Interpreters have viewed the emphasis as falling upon either the phrase "among many brothers" or the word "firstborn." If you accept the former, then the upshot of Paul's words is that God predestined the elect to glory so that they might share in the inheritance allotted to Christ as God's Son. That is, God desired to include with Christ a host of other but lesser heirs, brothers among whom Christ would stand as preeminent.
However, this misses the point of the passage, which stresses not the number of the elect but the astonishing goal of their salvation—conformity to the very image of the Son Himself.
The latter emphasis seems most fitting. The conformity of sinners into the glorious image of God's Son places Christ among them. The ultimate goal of salvation, the glory of God, is thus achieved. Yet, some find it difficult to understand how the conformity of God's elect would serve to bring about Christ's position as firstborn. How is it that the salvation of sinners makes Christ the firstborn? Is He not so upon His own merit and in consideration of His own character? It can be replied that the effect in view is not one that has reference to Christ Himself or the Father's estimation of Him. Rather, the effect has reference to Christ before man.
God's design in original creation was to reflect His glory in man and the world. The fall of Adam defaced the image and consequently God's preeminence among humanity was lost. Salvation is the restoration of man to his original purpose. Therefore, since the salvation of sinners restores the divine image in man, Christ cannot but be exalted and made preeminent among them.
Those who receive Him by faith are baptized into Him and take on His characteristics because of His Spirit living in them. A process is begun, and conformity to Him in character and conduct is the purpose for it all.
We move on now, to see the Resolve of the Holy Spirit. Romans 8:30: "and whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified."
In this verse, Paul shares one of the strongest statements on eternal security in the Bible. As far as God is concerned, even our glorification is so certain it can be written in the past tense. But, as far as we are concerned it has not yet happened.
We are "predestined", "called", "justified", and "glorified". Here is the word proorizo again. We must relegate this to the whole human race. We are not allowed into the counsel of the Godhead to discover who it is that will respond. We must remember the "whosoever will".
We are "called"—we have been invited. Our name has been called aloud! It is done! Oh, what staying power this gives us while we still reside in this suffering world.
We are "justified"—Jesus has paid the price. Our sins are covered. Our accounts are square with God.
We are "glorified"—it might not seem like it now! But to God's mind, it is a "done deal". What He has said WILL happen!
Here we come to a marvelous promise. Romans 8:31 says, "What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?" Oh, how Paul has nailed down the fact that there is no condemnation to those in Jesus Christ. The bottom line is "If God is for us, who is against us?" The "if" here is the absolute sense of God is for us. It could be read, "Because God is for us."
How much is God for us? Look at Romans 8:32: "He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?" My friends, there is no greater gift anyone can give us!
Jesus Christ dying on the cross for us, and raising from the dead, is not only the foundation for our salvation but for our security in Him. If God has given us the greatest gift, is there any lesser gift that He will not give? In fact, Paul tells us in Ephesians 1:3: "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ." Clearly, we have been given "all things" in Christ. We see some of those things in the next verses.
Romans 8:33: "Who will bring a charge against God's elect? God is the one who justifies." The world, and the devil, continue to bring charges against us. The word here is egkaleo, a charge. It means to accuse, to arraign. But God justifies—dikaioo— declares to be, and shows to be, righteous. God Himself paid the penalty so that we could be declared righteous and proven to be righteous.
Romans 8:34: "who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us." We have God Himself interceding for us. Christ, the one who came to die, and was raised and sits at the right hand of God. He died for our sins; they can never condemn us again. He was raised from the dead declaring to the world who He was, and His resurrection power resides in us today. And He who sits at the right hand of the Father will pray us home.
Here is a marvelous promise. Romans 8:35: "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?" Who or what shall separate us from the love of Christ? The word tis can mean "who" or it can mean "what". Chorizo means to separate, to divide asunder. But none of these things, or anything else, can separate us "from the love of Christ."
Paul quotes from Psalm 44:22 in verse 36: "Just as it is written, 'For thy sake we are being put to death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.'"
Long before Paul wrote this epistle, God's faithful people had suffered, for centuries, at only at the hands of Gentiles, but also at the hands of fellow Jews. If anything could separate us from the love of Christ then it would have taken place long ago. Paul quotes from the Psalmist reciting the worst conditions for God's people.
But instead of separating them from God's love, verse 37 tells us, "But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us." The difficulties only drew them closer into it. It is through Him that we conquer and are conquered.
Finally, verses 38-39: "For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Can you think of anything that isn't covered by that? We are eternally loved and free and secure in Christ.


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Next week, thanks to 21st-century technology, you will be able to cast your digital net in cyberspace and catch the first instalment of my Victorian novel, The Crimson Petal and the White. It's an extraordinary destiny for a book that was once a ragged bundle of paper. When I scribbled the first draft of it 22 years ago, PCs had not been invented and the niftiest machine I aspired to was a typewriter. Even Tipp-Ex was a luxury: I corrected my manuscript with house paint, scissors and glue.
I wasn't stupid. I knew my manuscript had no chance in the modern world. Publishing had moved on since Dickens, when typesetters squinted over illegible handwriting. There was nothing I could do with my bundle except let it moulder in a drawer. I had written it for nothing. Well, that wasn't strictly true. I had written it for love.
I had been attempting novels since I was 14, but always ran out of steam. High hopes, poor craftsmanship. At university, one of my areas of study was Victorian literature, so I decided to see if I could write a novel as carefully planned and constructed as those of George Eliot, but with the narrative energy of Dickens. I spent years in libraries, reading The Illustrated London News for the year 1875, guides for governesses, and treatises on hysteria. I planned the architecture of the book for months. I sketched out what would happen in every scene.
It wasn't passionless. When I first wrote it, I was a radical feminist driven by many of the same things as Sugar, my prostitute heroine - adolescent alienation, solidarity with disenfranchised misfits on the fringes of society. The book was powered by rage. Sugar's cry of "God damn God and all his horrible filthy creation" came from the heart. In the 20 years since, I've moved away from extremes of negativity towards a more complex, good-humoured vision. All my novels are about people who strive to heal and evolve. But Petal nagged at my conscience from its drawer; I had brought Sugar to life only to crush her under the wheels of a cab (the original finale). She deserved better. In rewriting, I kept the architecture but let the characters develop organically. Felicitous things happened when the ruthless and alienated girl was allowed to grow up. Given half a chance, Sugar beat the odds.
New technology helped. Working on a word processor, I made thousands of changes I would have lacked the energy to make with a pen. I joined an internet community of Victorian scholars, which meant that if I posted a question about 1875's lavender harvest, more than a thousand experts would ponder it. One of these, an expert on slums, read the whole manuscript, sent to her in electronic instalments. She told me she understood what Victorian readers must have felt like, waiting on the docks for the arrival of the latest Dickens serial.
Now the Guardian is offering you the same experience. My story will be disassembled into bytes, injected into a website, and, when you download it, the year 1875 will reconstitute itself before your very eyes (Victorian hype). Breaking the chapters into fragments, and writing special introductions, has been a pleasure.
Not every Victorian was sold on serialised novels. Margaret Oliphant expressed anxiety about "the violent stimulant of weekly publication with its necessity for frequent and rapid recurrence of piquant incident and startling situation". What would she have made of Hollywood movies? Compared with them, the joys and sorrows of my human beings hardly register. Or do they? You be the judge. I have done my best to offer you a world that feels lived in and characters for whom you can care. Follow the signs to the 19th century; read on.


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While biologists have long understood the power of disease to shape events in world history, the depth of that power has rarely emerged in history books. This course seeks to redress that imbalance through historical anecdote and scientific explanation as it investigates the ways in which diseases have affected dramatically the course of history across several topics, including religion, war, and migration. Participants will experience video lectures and vignettes with accompanying essays and learning exercises that will introduce them to the startling influence of microbes in the course of human events. Sharing good humor and a combined seven decades of teaching and friendship, the two professors from the fields of microbiology and history have designed tiered learning materials that allow students to venture as deeply as they desire into the links between disease and history. Participants may also choose which topics interest them the most and devote their energies accordingly.
Topics covered include:
- Week One: Effects of Disease on Religion
- Week Two: Effects of Disease on Conquest and Exploration
- Week Three: Effects of Disease on Migration and Movement of Populations
- Week Four: Effects of Disease on War
- Week Five: Effects of Disease on Politics
- Week Six: Effects of Disease on Literature and Arts
There are no essential prerequisite skills required in this course. However, any knowledge about world history (e.g., U.S., Europe, etc.) and basic knowledge of microbiology would be useful.
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There is no textbook required in this course. You are not required to pay for course materials.
Technology Requirements
You can access the course content via a computer, laptop, and/or mobile devices (e.g., iPad, iPhone, Android phones and tablets, etc.). For mobile devices, go to the apps store (Apple or Android) to download Canvas apps.
Course Expectations
This course is self-paced. To be successful, you should plan about 3-5 hours a week to interact with the course content, which includes watching the video vignettes, participating in discussions, learning important terms via crossword puzzles and Quizlets, and completing self-assessed quizzes. Further instruction is provided within each unit.
All quizzes are self-assessed and correspond to the units/modules. You can take these quizzes multiple times as you need. The quizzes are to assess general understanding of the video vignettes. There are no due dates quizzes. However, make sure to complete them before the course end date.
Discussions will be manually graded. Quizzes will be auto-graded.
Utah Relicensure Points
This course is valued at 20 relicensure points for individuals in Utah carrying an active teaching certificate.
At the end of this course, you'll be able to:
- Identify the power of disease to shape events in history.
- List specific examples of the power of disease to influence historical events.
- Evaluate the general lack of coverage of the effects of disease in works of history.
- Explain scientific reasons for the startling influence of microbes in human history.
- Describe the nature of several influential diseases.
- Review scientific principles that relate to the effects of disease in history.
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The Republican Establishment bastards continue to screw over Dr Ron Paul.
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Have you ever asked someone what they do for a living and they offer a long-winded dissertation that you cannot comprehend? You politely nod and say, "Wow, that's great," but secretly feel that something is wrong with this guy.
There are very few, if any, jobs—no matter how important— that can't be easily described in a couple of sentences. It's shocking how many people are incapable of clearly, concisely and interestingly conveying what they do for a living.
If you are interviewing or conversing with recruiters, human resources and other professionals at networking events, it is imperative to have a captivating elevator pitch. An elevator pitch is a term used to describe yourself, your business, gig or current project. Visualize yourself in an elevator ride with an executive at a company you'd like to work for. You need to seize the opportunity and quickly sell yourself before she exits the elevator to her floor.
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Hi guys! Happy October!! Today is the first day of October, and that means Fall is in the air! Woo hoo! Today I am kicking off the blog tour for Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker: Incognito, an MG contemporary novel about a 3rd grader who loves all things spy-related. I've seen a lot of great things about it in the MG community, so I am very excited to share with y'all this a little more about the book!
About the Book
Title: Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker: Incognito
Author: Shelley Johannes
Pub. Date: September 18, 2018
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, audiobook
Pages: 224
Synopsis: In book two of the Beatrice Zinker series, Operation Upside is finally in full swing! But when Beatrice's over-enthusiasm lands Mrs. Tamarack with a Strictest Certificate, the team has to scale back a bit.
Lying low is not exactly Beatrice's strong suit, especially when she sees someone who desperately needs to be recognized. But when the certificate meant for him falls into the wrong hands, Beatrice and Lenny have to find a way to widen their circle once again to save Operation Upside, and themselves, from trouble.
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About the Author
Before becoming an author-illustrator, Shelley began her creative career with ten years in architecture—where she fell in love with felt-tip pens, tracing paper, and the greatness of black turtlenecks. She currently lives in Metro Detroit, Michigan with her husband and two sons.
Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker is the first book she's written. She looks forward to more upside down adventures with Beatrice.
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Jennifer and I escaped unharmed but without anything but the clothes we were wearing. No shoes. No glasses for me. We have our wedding rings.
We don´t know how the fire started. We had just anchored in a bay inside the large natural harbor of Mahon, Menorca. Jennifer was cooking and we noticed the lights in the boat flicker. Moments later, smoke was wafting from the engine room.
I unloaded two fire extinguishers into the engine room, to no avail.
We untied the dinghy, threw it overboard, grabbed oars and rowed away to a nearby sailboat with a German couple and their son.
It all happened within minutes. All surreal. This could not be happening. We were in shock. We still are. Every move I made, I thought I was overreacting. This could not be that serious.
We still could hardly believe it, as we watched Dolphins burn to the waterline from the other boat. Our May Day calls were acknowledged by the coast guard, but I suppose upon hearing that we were safe, they did not send any fire boat. Or at least not during the 45 minutes we waited and watched.
We were dropped off at the harbor and we are now in a hotel.
We have no means of communication. Using hotel computer now. So if you have an emergency and need to contact us, you can via Roland at his cell.
We will give more information once we are settled.
We are sadder than we can say. Our boat, our home, our life.


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The Coastal BC Mechanical Trades Bid Depository is a joint partnership between MCABC, BC Insulation Contractors Association, and SMACNA BC.The goal of the Bid Depository is to create an ethical bidding system for all Division 15 contractors. It enables those receiving their tenders to obtain firm quotations in writing and in adequate time to compile their bids completely and accurately. Bid Depository represents a fair and ethical bidding process through the creation of a code of tendering practice in which all users voluntarily participate for their own benefit and for the benefit of the General contractor/Construction Manager and owners.Bid Depository is open to all Mechanical Insulators, Sheet Metal Contractors and Mechanical Contractors - Union or Non Union.
Any owner, contractor, construction management company, architect or Engineer who, by way of membership in a professional or trade organization, is committed to a Code of Ethical Practices, should also be enthusiastic about the use of Bid Depository. Besides the achieved savings of considerable time and money provided by a 'one-stop' tendering process, Bid Depository is simple, principled and fair for all who use it!
All projects listed with VRCA-BCCA Bid Depository are also Mechanical Trades BD. However, any project you want could be put on Bid Depository provided that a request has been submitted to the Bid Depository and that a majority of all affected bidders agree to participate. If any Sheet Metal, Insulation or Mechanical contractor would like a project on the Bid Depository please contact Bid Depository staff at 604- 205-5058 for details of request procedure. See Voluntary section.
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VOTD: Back to the Future, Game of Thrones, Ghostbusters & More Mashed Up In AT&T's New Ad
Posted on Wednesday, January 11th, 2017 by Ethan Anderton
Not many people pay attention to commercials on TV anymore, mostly because we're either streaming content with limited to no commercials, or we're just watching stuff on our DVR that just allows us to fast forward through them. But while watching the Golden Globes live this past weekend, a recent ad from AT&T caught my eyes (actually, my ears first) because it mashed up a ton of movies and TV shows.
In a new AT&T advertisement promoting the ability to watch a plethora of movies and TV shows on demand from your phone, you'll find references to Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, Game of Thrones, Knight Rider, Cheers, Rocky, Breaking Bad, Sex and the City, Seinfeld, Sesame Street and more.
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Coronavirus (Covid-19) UPDATE:
In line with advice from the Government and Public Health England, all Ghost Walks were suspended in March.
Taking into account recent government guidelines it will not be possible to offer our award-winning Ghost Walk at this time. The safety of visitors and guides is paramount.
As soon as we have a start date for the Ghost Walk it will be published here.
Please check back with us from time to time. We hope to welcome you soon.
Award-winning Ghost Walk in Shakespeare's 'haunted' Stratford upon Avon.
Join Vincent, Herbert, MIB or Jocasta for a magical evening walk around the 'haunted' streets of Stratford upon Avon. The stories you hear are true, what you make of them, is up to you. Good old-fashioned storytelling with entertainment. Discover the buildings seeping with tales of ghosts, witches, murder and misery. Hear about the witch who lived in a slum, a 17th century haunted tearoom, the theatre ghost and a jilted bride. Don't go home alone!
- Every SATURDAY - 7.30pm to 9pm
- £8 adult, £5 child
- Ticket includes discounts
- Book on the day or a few days before: 07855760377
- Accessible
- Special Halloween Ghost Walk on 31 October
(see Halloween page)
- Private walks, (small & large groups) on a day & time of choice - call us to arrange
The guides are professional entertainers or actors and deliver Stratford's premier ghost walk in their own unique style. A magical and ghostly evening - not to be missed!
The Ghost Walk starts by the Swan Fountain on Waterside, 200 yards in front of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and opposite Barnaby's fish and chip shop on the corner of Sheep Street.
It is necessary to reserve places in advance for this highly acclaimed walk and the number of places on each walk is limited. Please telephone on the day or a few days before (between 9am and 6pm) on 07855 760377 or 01789 292478.
May not be suitable for children under 8yrs. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Make use of the discount vouchers attached to your ticket to save money in Stratford at selected shops, restaurants and attractions. There is no use-by date on the vouchers. More info see Discounts
The Ghost Walk is not usually cancelled due to the weather, so please dress accordingly. The walk is accessible and 'easy going'. Walking boots/shoes are not necessary but comfortable footwear is advisable. There may be occasions when the footpaths are wet or slippery, with ice or snow. The Ghost Walk is risk-assessed and every effort is taken to ensure the safety and comfort of all customers. However, customers participate at their own risk and must make their own decision about suitability.
Please note that the ghost walk may be cancelled if there are insufficient numbers, so it is necessary to reserve places.
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Monday, August 03, 2009
Fluorescent Surfboard Paint, jsut like the 80's!
The Eighties are back with the same Fluorescent Paints we used to paint the boards from that era! You can mix these paints with the standard colors to make brighter colors or use them on their own. The colors are brilliant and don't fade (unless you leave directly in sun for prolonged time). We stock the full array of Fluorescent colors: Fluorescent Pink, Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue, and Green. One pint each. Check em out at http://www.foamez.com/graphicstools-surfboard-paint-c-5_41.html
We'd be stoked if you would send us pics of your awesome color jobs. We'll post them on our blog for the world to see!
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Equities & Commodities - The Equinox Funds - with Robert Enck
Listen to Bob, CEO of Equinox Funds, a family of Mutual Funds using Commodity Trading Advisors and their strategies, expanding into equity strategies. Their initial fund, the Frontier Fund, was the original Managed Futures category offered thru the format of a liquid, low minimum Mutual Fund, and later launching the first portfolio of multi-strategy CTA's in a Mutual Fund. We discuss the opportunity to diversify into Commodities, and their approach to invest into them without having to liquidate fixed income and equities. We also discuss their unique fee arrangement for their Ampersand Fund. Anyone looking for diversification and possible enhanced returns thru Commodities should find this interview to be very interesting.
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Mysterious QWERTY-equipped BlackBerry 10 prototype appears
BlackBerry CEO John Chen has already said that most new BlackBerry phones will feature a QWERTY keyboard. And that brings us to a couple of leaked photographs showing us both sides of a QWERTY equipped BlackBerry handset. The odd looking device has brought forth some rumors. One is that the device pictured is nothing more than an early prototype of the BlackBerry Q5.
Another possibility is that this is a developer model for an upcoming high-end BlackBerry 10 device, possibly the Windermere. That model is supposedly one of the two high-end models we spoke about last December. Even if it is the Windermere, it almost certainly does not look like a final design.
source: hibbers.com via Crackberry
UPDATE: We have some more information on the BlackBerry Windemere, which is apparently the device pictured. The keys can be pressed on, but numbers and other keys would be accessed using a swipe gesture. Because it is so wide, BlackBerry is thinking about allowing two apps to run side-by-side at the same time.
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Born and raised in Southwest Ohio, Alex Poteet has been playing music professionally since the young age of eighteen. Originally influenced by blues and folk greats, Poteet began to craft his local live performances around the idea of blending timeless American roots music with more modern styles – such as rock and pop. Now in […]Find out more »


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April 8 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pmFree
FREE 3 hour workshop to understand the complex map of federal, state, local, and private certifications. You will also determine which agency and certification is the best for your business based on your target market, your product or service, and your location.
In this class you will learn:
- How to utilize different platforms to find opportunities (Such as VSS, FBO, FedBiz)
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In addition, you will get a variety of tips about how to find opportunities, how to create a daily marketing routine to access various platforms and website where opportunities are posted. We will take you to a variety of free resources available to our Colorado small business community for proposal writing, estimating, marketing to government agencies, bonding, and more.


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October 2013
Beth Murray has lived and worked on the island of Alameda for most of the last decade. As a certified classical homeopath, she has practiced at Back to Life Wellness Center on Webster Street for several years and has also maintained a practice in Marin County.
Banjo player Bill Evans will perform at the Perforce Foundation's Breakfast for Dinner event. Photo from Evans' website.
School districts across the nation are implementing new Common Core State Standards intended to bring schools' college and career readiness efforts into the 21st century, and exercises like Lee's offer a glimpse of what parents and students can expect to see more of when the effort is fully rolled out next year.
The city is hosting a special meeting to gather input on an East Bay Regional Park District request to extend their work hours on the Robert W. Crown State Beach sand restoration project.
"It's always great when Tim brings a new project to fill the chambers," City Planner Andrew Thomas joked Monday of C. Timothy Hoppen, president of Harbor Bay Isle Associates.
San Francisco has disappeared! This morning the marine layer - that cloud without lift - hugged the ground and hid the bay, hid the city beyond the bay and hid the mountains beyond the city.
I have been told many times that the Alameda police have a reputation for being awful, but had never experienced it until now.
Contributed photo.
A former Alameda fire chief owes the city more than a quarter million dollars in legal costs after agreeing to drop the last standing claim in a lawsuit claiming he had been wrongly fired.
Alameda's schools leaders are facing a fresh teacher contract issue this fall: Whether to approve a fresh raise for teachers that would take effect next July – or face the possibility that the contract could end up back in the hands of a mediator.
Relationships take on new meaning during midlife. In the past, friendships were maintained for historical reasons or expediency. Friendships from school that had been maintained are questioned as values and lifestyles change.
For the week of October 28, 2013
The Pension Board meets at 4:30 p.m. Monday, October 28 in Conference Room 391 on the third floor of City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Avenue.
Crews clean up the Oakland/Alameda Estuary. Photo by Jeff Heyman.
Anyone who has spent time touring Alameda, whether by car, bike or foot, will notice a series of red signs with black trim placed around the city depicting a group of people standing next to a steam engine.
Alameda's Transportation Commission gave its blessing to a list of changes meant to improve service along AC Transit's Line 51A route but withheld it for controversial proposed stops in front of a Santa Clara Avenue church, a hair salon and also, Maya Lin School.
Updated at 8:57 a.m. Thursday, October 24
The three legs of the Baja Ha-Ha.
Denise Langowski is excited to be a participant in the school lunch revolution. On Monday, she dished out 100 orders of chili cheese fries for students at Will C. Wood Middle School, and during a visit to the district's central kitchen at Wood on Tuesday she proudly displayed cartons packed with beef teriyaki, perfectly browned baked chicken and a neat tray of lovingly crafted and quartered chicken salad sandwiches.
The district rolled out new school menus this year that feature a broader range of meal choices, created using more fruit, vegetables and whole grains.
Updated at 11:18 a.m. Wednesday, October 23
An Alameda County Superior Court judge has elected to bar AC Transit workers from striking for the next 60 days.
Here's what the Board of Education did on Tuesday, and what you had to say about it.
Monday's fact-finding hearing on a threatened AC Transit strike offered a stark contrast between the East Bay bus system's labor dispute and the one that has raged between BART workers and the regional rail line's managers.
I didn't realize it was Saturday morning when I set out on my daily walk.
Leaders at BART's two biggest unions and its top manager announced tentative contract accords Monday night as the fourth day of workers' most recent strike drew to a close.
Veteran Seaman Fred Joyce said he goes to the Oakland Yacht Club to share sailing and racing stories with friends like Jim Jessie, a club member for more than 50 years, and Christa Schreiber. All three agreed there's something special about the Oakland Yacht Club, which this year is celebrating its 100th anniversary.
The Transportation Commission will hold its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 23 in council chambers on the third floor of City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Avenue.
The BART strike is entering its fourth day on Monday. Here's the latest on who's involved, what's happening and what you can do to get around.
Welcome to this week's edition of The Broad Brush, our two-sentence news review. Here are your headlines for the week.
Video by Donna Eyestone.
Caltrans is preparing to make some fixes to the Posey Tube that could make commuting it a little easier for pedestrians and cyclists. But cyclists here said the work is only a small start on what needs to be done.
Alamedans faced long ferry lines and packed buses on their morning commute Friday as BART workers went on strike.
Updated at 11:52 a.m. Friday, October 18
BART workers went on strike Friday, shutting down the rail line after a week of late-night sessions overseen by a federal mediator failed to produce new contracts.
I come by my devotion to Eastern European soul food honestly. My grandparents were ethnic Poles and there are similarities in dishes prepared in the Baltic nations. (My maiden name is Luczaj, and even I can't pronounce it properly.) So it was with great anticipation that I awaited the opening of what is touted to be the only Lithuanian restaurant in the western United States.
If you're a regular reader of The Alamedan, you may have noticed a change a few months back in the way we handle reader comments: We no longer require you to register to comment on the site. We made the change to better facilitate conversations about the issues we're tackling, and so far, it looks like we're achieving that goal.
Governor Jerry Brown put AC Transit workers' strike plans on hold Wednesday, notifying the East Bay bus service that he's assembling a three-person panel to examine both sides' position in the contract impasse. As a result, buses will roll for the next seven days.
The City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to extend its agreement to jointly use and operate the school district's high school pools through September 2014 as council members sought to assure Alameda's swimmers that they're working to secure a long-term fix for the aging pools.
The Alameda Firefighters Association is holding its 14th Annual Halloween Pumpkin Patch from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Here's what the City Council talked about Tuesday - and what you had to say about it.
Representatives with one of the unions representing BART workers and the federal mediator in charge of trying to broker contract deals are saying they won't be going on strike Wednesday, and that they will continue to work toward a deal through Tuesday night.
Jackie JacksonDaley's 12-year-old son, Lucas, made his first real friend at the Ala Costa after school program, which serves developmentally disabled youths. Lucas, who is autistic, had traveled to Berkeley and back after school each day to attend the program, but last year, the nonprofit struck a deal with the Alameda Recreation and Park Department to expand into Littlejohn Park.
BART trains will continue to run on normal schedules Tuesday as talks over new contracts continue, the head of the federal mediation service attempting to broker a contract deal announced early Tuesday morning.
There was a chill in the air this morning, aptly so for the first day of fall, but the rising sun held promise of another warm day.
BART's unions say they're holding off from striking for one more day in a last-ditch attempt to negotiate contracts with management. But they say a strike will come Tuesday if deals aren't reached by midnight.
The City Council meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 15 in council chambers on the third floor of City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Avenue.
Welcome to the latest edition of The Broad Brush, our two-sentence news review. Here's what happened this week.
"The Song of the Nightingale," with music, lyrics, and book by Alameda resident Min Kahng, expands upon Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale of how the Emperor of China learns the value of inner beauty and how this revelation ultimately benefits his people. The show opens tonight at Altarena Playhouse, 1409 High Street.
BART management and the rail service's unions will continue to negotiate toward new contracts today, though union leaders could strike Monday if deals aren't reached.
On Tuesday, the City Council will hold a closed-door discussion to consider proposals to purchase chunks of Alameda Point.
Every day, as I walk to and from the boat through the marina, I'm struck by the imagination of the names people put on their boats.
The state's labor commissioner is ordering the owners of Toomie's Thai Cuisine on Park Street to pay nearly a half million dollars in fines and wages the state claims 13 of the restaurant's workers are owed. But the restaurant's owner is denying the state's claims and says he plans to appeal.
Alamedans have been known to be less than enthusiastic about the idea of chain stores on the Island. But people who stopped and shopped at Alameda's new Target store Tuesday night were quick to declare their excitement that the discount retailer had opened an outlet in town.
Alameda's Board of Education has selected an architect to craft a master facilities plan for the school district – its first major facilities plan in half a century.
Here's what Alameda's Board of Education discussed Tuesday night, and what you had to say about it.
The Wicked Witch of the West falls prey to Little House Cafe. Photo by Ken Carvalho.
Opponents of a proposal to build 80 luxury homes where the Harbor Bay Club now stands are saying the club was offered long ago in lieu of planned recreation space and that residents would lose their primary recreational space if the club is moved into the Harbor Bay Business Park.
When I started out on my walk Saturday morning, I was immediately struck by the fineness of the atmosphere. The air was unusually clean after the day of smoke we had Friday, and there was the faintest hint of warmth carried on the breeze.
I was warned. This is what kept echoing in my mind as I pressed the refresh button yet again on the Covered California website in my hopes of enrolling in an affordable health insurance plan on opening day. I started my application around 1 p.m., and by 3:15, I wasn't even halfway through.
There is no doubt that the midlife transition is disconcerting. It is a time for evaluation, refocusing, looking backward and forward at the same time, and creating or enhancing values.
The Board of Education meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 8 in council chambers on the third floor of City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Avenue.
Welcome to this week's edition of The Broad Brush, our weekly headline review. Here's your news for this week.
The Bay Area Circus Arts Festival is being held this weekend at Alameda High School, and The Alamedan got a sneak peek.
A massive fire in Solano County are the likely sources of smoke Island residents are seeing and smelling today, the Alameda Fire Department has confirmed.
Alameda musicians Mark Showalter and Pat Potter played together in bands as teenagers, and they're still playing music together today as part of the Pink Floyd cover band House of Floyd.
The City Council will consider extending its joint use agreement for Alameda's two high school swim centers to allow more time to work out a deal to renovate Encinal Swim Center.
At Encinal High School, Dexter Moore Jr. doesn't just talk about change – he lives it, daily. As the school's educational equity and family engagement coordinator, Moore's goal is to ensure that all of its students have an equal opportunity to succeed in the classroom and job market.
PICYA's 2012 Margo Brown Wheelchair Regatta. Photo by Dave Boitano.
I started last week's Maritime Report with the question, "Is it really over?"
Rush-hour traffic congestion on Alameda's bridges and through the Webster- and Posey tubes is a constant concern.
An audience of mostly swimmers packs Alameda's City Hall on Tuesday.
Alameda's City Council talked about automated license plate readers, the high school pools and more Tuesday. Here's the tweet by tweet.
Photo from the Bay Area Circus Arts Festival homepage.
A decades-old conflict festering thousands of miles away took root on the steps of Alameda City Hall on Tuesday when more than a dozen protesters with an assortment of pro-Tibet groups forced the cancellation of a planned raising of China's flag.
What new developments are being built in Alameda, and what others are being considered by city leaders?
The Park Street site that once served as home to Good Chevrolet will soon host a Walgreens and other retail shops – a hopeful sign to city leaders who want to see their plans to revitalize the city's former Auto Row come to fruition.
On Wednesday I read a story in the San Francisco Chronicle that caught my attention for several reasons.


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Recipe for LOVE! Fun cooking project to do with your littlest love bugs!
Valentine's Day Fortune Cookies
Ingredients you will need:
8 eggs whites
1 cup melted butter (use 1 cup oil instead to keep the calories down)
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 tablespoons water
2 cups sugar
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
Separate the egg whites and beat them until they form stiff peaks. Blend in the sugar and butter. (Discard egg yolks) Add the flour, vanilla, salt and water to the mixture and mix until smooth.
We put in red food coloring to make 'pink' fortune cookies for Valentine's Day!
Grease a cookie sheet or use parchment paper. Spoon the batter into 3 inch circles. Bake at 375* for about 4-5 minutes.
While those are cooking, write a few love notes or 'fortunes' for your loved ones!
When the cookies are done, remove them with a pancake turner onto wax paper or parchment paper. Place your love note or 'fortune' in the center of each circle and fold the cookie in half. Bend the cookies gently in the center. (If the cookies get to hard to bend, put them back in the oven for a minute or so)
We dipped ours in Chocolate to make them even more special for valentines day!
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