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Barth liked to listen to Mozart while he wrote- and smoke and drink.
I'm listening to Explosions in the Sky instead but I am drinking.
Here goes.
Throughout §1.1 Barth is attempting to identity the proper sphere in which theology is undertaken. Specifically, Barth believes theology is primarily the speech of the Church and that Christian faith is a given- it must be assumed- whenever and wherever God is spoken of.
§1.1is what theologians call 'prolegomena.' It's a fancy Greek word for 'preliminary things.' Frankly, it's usually the most boring part of any work of theology. Prolegomena is where theologians assert the rational, universal presuppositions by which the rest of their theology is possible.
In a sense its where theologians lay out the road map by which the reader can find their way to article of the faith apart from the faith.
Frequently prolegomena is where one would find rational proofs of God's existence: 'God is the greatest of which no greater thought can be thought' (Anselm). Having proven that any rational person can believe in a concept called 'God' such theology moves on to the particulars of incarnation, resurrection etc.
One example of how this method plays out is in Paul Tillich, a contemporary of Barth. Tillich tried to articulate the Christian by finding 'correlative' terms in the surrounding culture and using those common terms to translate what Christians mean by their various confessions. So for Tillich the doctrine of justification gets translated to a nonbeliever as 'you are accepted.'
Another example of this method is many contemporary evangelical sermons in which the sermon begins with a rational assertion everyone, believer or not, can agree is 'true.' After establishing the proposition the preacher will then go to the text of scripture to validate it.
Both those examples would- did- make Barth throw up in his mouth. Barth in §1.1 is turning Anselm ('God is the greatest of which no greater thought can be thought' on his head). Instead, says, Barth, theology is always and necessarily so 'faith seeking understanding…'
Even here in something as boring as prolegomena, Barth begins by playfully knocking s%$# around and turning convention on its head.
His prolegomena is the opposite of prolegomena. Barth's essentially arguing that you'll never get to Jesus Christ if you first must establish a common language for your listeners (4). Plus, we have no basis for or access to a common language apart from Christ because we can only know God because God spoke/speaks.
This is why Barth identifies his writing as dogmatics and not theology. Dogmatics is reflection on the dogma or beliefs of the Church not simply a generalized concept of God. Dogmatics is confession; it's done in the Church. In addition, every believer, however haltingly, speaks of God; therefore, every believer is rightly considered a 'theologian.'
Identifying Christ as the speech of God also leads Barth to assert that the Church's "action" is not deeds of service etc but its speech. Because the Word is how God is made known to us, it's through words we know and convey God (which has the practical admonition that how we speak to others can be a means of grace or a means of destruction).
Around page 6, Barth asserts that theology is a science like other sciences. It's a point Barth is ultimately ambivalent on but the rhetoric behind the assertion is attention-getting. Essentially, Barth is suggesting that like other sciences theology:
is a human concern with a definite object of knowledge
like other sciences, theology treads a definite, self-consistent path of knowledge, ie, theology as a discipline is internally consistent
like other sciences, it must give an account of this path to itself and all others
While I don't think theology is the same thing as, say, biology I do like how in #1 Barth has the stones simply to call people out, essentially:
'Do you believe theology has an actual, living, existing object? Do you believe God is real or not? If not, why bother talking about God?'
#2 and #3 are less bluster and are more or less true in that theology is a discipline like history or philosophy with rules, tradition and accepted methods.
Having asserted why theology could be considered science, Barth goes on to disavow it for two reasons. First, the memory of WW1 makes Barth wary of Christians negotiating their faith on secular terms because it will always lead to dangerous accomodation to the State and Culture. Second, Barth thinks that considering theology a science is to make our knowledge of God a necessary part of our existence and for Barth anything we know about God is always a gift. It's always revealed not discovered.
Because our knowledge of God is always gift, the best definition of faith/theology for Barth is: 'Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.'
Two last reflections:
For Barth, because God reveals God's self in Jesus Christ (not in scripture…which we'll get to later) our vocation as Christians and theologians is not to proclaim 'what the apostles said but what we must say on the basis of the apostles and prophets' (15). That is, scripture is testimony and reflection on what God has spoken in Christ. Just as the apostles testified about Christ so too do we, using their testimony as a guide. In this sense, scripture is a springboard not a closed book.
Lastly, Barth makes the all-or-nothing claim that because God reveals himself in Christ, dogmatics is necessarily an act of faith.
There is, Barth argues, no possibility for reflection about God outside the Church. Any such reflection done outside the Church or faith will be 'irrelevant and meaningless.'
For Barth, this means non-believers really have nothing to offer biblical and theological reflection (which, in fact, wasn't borne out by the relationships Barth had in his life).
It would also mean- contra Emergence Christianity- that the world, culture etc are not places where the Spirit is at work and thus places where wisdom is to be found. Such an assertion, however, seems to leave out the entire Book of Acts where the Spirit is frequently working in unbelievers well-ahead of and apart from the work of the Church.
Not to mention the simple fact that I know plenty of people in the Church with 'faith' who don't get Jesus at all. And I know plenty of people outside the Church who'd shirk at the word 'faith' being applied to them who get Jesus, down in their marrow.


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130321 Sailing Shelton Falligant
A San Francisco Bay sail on Cliodhna with the Sheltons and Falligants. It was a lovely day, lovely people, wonderful weather, a fine sailboat and just enough wind to fill the sails. The images were shot with a Canon D5 and EF 16-35mm L f2.8 lens.Read More


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LoVerde and Brodzinski Join Stothers at AHL All-Star ClassicJan 5, 2017
Ontario, CA –The Ontario Reign, proud American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL), announced today that team captain and defenseman Vincent LoVerde and forward Jonny Brodzinski have been selected to join Head Coach Mike Stothers and the Pacific Division All-Stars at the 2017 AHL All-Star Classic in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania.
LoVerde, an AHL All-Star last season, is tied for 18th among AHL defensemen and leads all Reign blueliners with 17 points (five goals, 12 goals). The Chicago, Illinois, native is in his sixth professional season and second as the Reign team captain. Earlier today, LoVerde was the latest feature on the Kings' Black & White.
Brodzinski, 23, is second on the Reign with 22 points (nine goals, 13 assists) through 28 games and leads the team with three game-winning goals. In his second season, the Blaine, Minnesota, native led all Reign rookies last season with 28 points (15 goals, 13 assists) in 65 games. He was selected by the Kings in fifth round (148 overall) in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division All-Stars
BRI - Devon Toews
HFD - Nicklas Jensen
HER - Chris Bourque, Travis Boyd
LV - T.J. Brennan, Taylor Leier, Jordan Weal
PRO - Danton Heinen, Zane McIntyre
SPR - Mackenzie Weegar
WBS - Jake Guentzel, Tristan Jarry
North Division All-Stars
ALB - Joe Blandisi, John Quenneville
BNG - Casey Bailey
RCH - Cole Schneider, Linus Ullmark
STJ - Mark Barberio, Charlie Lindgren
SYR - Yanni Gourde, Matt Taormina
TOR - Kasperi Kapanen, Brendan Leipsic
UTI - Jordan Subban
Western Conference
Central Division All-Stars
CHA - Michael Leighton
CHI - Kenny Agostino, Brad Hunt
CLE - Oliver Bjorkstrand, Ryan Craig
GR - Matt Lorito, Robbie Russo
IA - Teemu Pulkkinen
MB - Jack Roslovic
MIL - Alexandre Carrier, Juuse Saros
RFD - Spencer Abbott
Pacific Division All-Stars
BAK - Taylor Beck
ONT - Jonny Brodzinski, Vincent LoVerde
SA - A.J. Greer, Spencer Martin
SD - Brandon Montour
SJ - Troy Grosenick, Danny O'Regan
STK - Mark Jankowski
TEX - Julius Honka
TUC - Brendan Perlini, Kyle Wood
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In a paper published in the Oct. 16 issue of the research journal "Nature," the three researchers -- Daniel Gauthier and Michael Stenner of Duke University and Mark Neifeld of the University of Arizona -– reached their findings by applying information theory to experiments with lasers. Information theory is a statistical theory dealing with the limits and efficiency of information processing
In the process, the researchers recorded experimental conditions in which the posted light speed limit appeared to be vastly exceeded –- until they subtracted the time it took them to reliably detect the results.
Albert Einstein proposed in his 1905 special theory of relativity that nothing can exceed the speed of light in a vacuum -- about 186,000 miles a second. However some theoreticians immediately challenged that light speed limit, said Gauthier, a Duke associate professor of physics.
Those theoreticians' calculations suggested that some components in a pulse of light could move faster while passing through particular types of transparent media, Gauthier said. These calculations posed a problem to the relativity theory itself, which stipulates that anything breaking that light speed limit would arrive at its destination sooner than it left, thus violating principles of cause-and-effect.
To resolve the problem, the early 20th century scientists agreed to a "reformulation" of Einstein's theory by stipulating that it was the velocity of "information" carried on a light beam that cannot exceed that speed, wrote Gauthier, Stenner and Neifeld in their paper.
The general idea was that only the earliest arriving part of the light pulse that carried information had to conform to relativity's speed limit guidelines and thus preserve the principle that no effect can happen before its cause.
"The early theorists thought of information as the stuff that travels between a cause and a resulting effect," said Stenner, Gauthier's graduate student and the first author of the Nature paper.
The light speed question has been reintroduced in recent years by experimentalists now equipped with lasers and advanced detectors. Their experiments involved measuring light pulses moving within what the Nature paper called special "'fast light' media" consisting of gases of laser-energized atoms.
Those experiments raised anew the possibility of faster-than-light speeds such that "the peak of a light pulse may exit the optical material before it passes through the entrance face," the authors wrote.
Scientists have long known that light is made up of different frequencies, Gauthier explained. As the Nature paper noted, in a given pulse of light each component frequency can be envisioned as a separate wavelet. And each wavelet can be said to move through a light-transmitting medium at a slightly different velocity.
Usually when light passes through such media -- an optical lens or window glass, for example -- the speeds of all those component frequencies proportionally decrease. But in a few materials there are cases of "anomalous dispersions" in which a limited number of light pulse components speed up instead of slowing down.
It was in those special situations that some early 20th century theoreticians saw the possibility of Einstein's light speed limit being violated when the fastest frequency components leaped ahead of the pack.
The issue has been resurrected in recent years by contemporary theoreticians who have reconsidered the dynamics of light pulses, as well as by experimentalists, Gauthier said.
Gauthier's group followed up on an experiment published in 2000 in Nature that created a special kind of anomalous dispersion by beaming pulses from two lasers into a gas of atoms. This created a fast light pulse that was both boosted in energy and tuned to a narrow range of frequencies.
As a result of these manipulations, there was evidence that the bulk of the light pulse, rather than just a few wavelets, appeared to move faster than light speed. But the design of that experiment made it difficult for the Duke team to determine whether information in the fast light could also exceed the speed limit, Gauthier said.
So Gauthier and Stenner set up their own two-laser experiment that made information speed much easier to distinguish by beaming each laser into a different vapor cell filled with potassium atoms.
That new experimental design permitted them to coordinate and tune the frequencies of both laser beams to create a pulse that was significantly advanced. They could also re-tune the lasers in a way that made the light behave as though it were in a vacuum.
When the lasers were tuned to advance the pulse the results appeared to be "highly superluminal," or faster than light speed, Gauthier said. As a result, the apparent speed differences of fast light and "normal" light were easier to compare.
To determine whether special relativity's rules of cause and effect were really being violated, Gauthier -- who is also a member of the Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communications headquartered in Duke's Pratt School of Engineering -- and Stenner collaborated with Neifeld, an engineering expert in information science and theory at the University of Arizona's Optical Sciences Center.
Basically, the researchers encoded information into the light pulses and compared the speed of delivery of that information in both the advanced pulse and the "vacuum."
The comparison revealed that information in the "fast light" did not really travel faster than light speed limit. In fact, "it came out a bit slower" than the exact posted speed limit for light that was recorded in the vacuum, Gauthier said.
That means that, even though the peak of the light pulse was superluminal, the speed of its information delivery definitely wasn't.
As the authors concluded in their Nature paper, "our observations are consistent with relativistic causality and help to resolve the controversies surrounding superluminal pulse propagation."


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2016 Urban culture, public space and the present – Urban solidarity and european crisis
The currently existing everyday and professional cultures of urban experts are related to today's university education: how do urban professionals live in and experience public spaces, which materialities do they perceive as appropriate and appealing, and with which socio-political issues are they involved today? Approaches to spatial development based on solidarity that take on the everyday cultural dimensions of public life in the city and involve residents and NGOs as everyday experts are currently trendy. Parallel to this, a change in planning and design from communicative, discourse-oriented to performative, action-centered approaches is taking shape. These new forms of collective urban development are based on practices of sharing. At present, serious problems like youth unemployment and impoverishment of populations are apparent in public spaces, especially in southern parts of Europe. There are few municipal or state resources for the development and safeguarding of public spaces as important spheres of social cohesion. Here, public space is a symptom of the crisis as well as a space of action in which to confront it socio-spatially. At present, little consideration is given to anti-discriminatory practices in processes of urban planning and urban design. With regard to spatial measures of labor market integration, we look at the spatial integration of e.g. young southern European migrant workers in public space in Vienna and Austria and, vice versa, at the situation of northern European migrant workers in Spain, Italy, Greece, and/or Portugal. With what degree of solidarity do planners and designers interact with (unemployed) colleagues from those countries where labor markets have partially collapsed? What approaches based on solidarity and everyday culture can currently be reinforced in the planning and design of public spaces (fair sharing)?


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|Preheat the oven to 220°C (428°F).
Divide the dough in half, and form each half into a ball.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out one of the balls into about 1/2 cm thick circle. The circle should be about 30 cm in diameter. Press the circle into a 22 cm pie plate and transfer to the refrigerator.
Roll out the remaining ball into about ½ thick circle, place it on a wax paper and cover with plastic wrap and transfer to the refrigerator.
Chill all pastry until firm, about 30 minutes
Meanwhile prepare the apple filling.
Slice 4 apples into about 1 cm slices and place them in a large mixing bowl.
Dice the remaining apples into about 1 cm cubes and add them to the bowl.
Add the lemon juice to the bowl and toss to coat the apples.
Combine the sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and flour in a small mixing bowl.
Add the mixture to the apples and toss until completely coated.
Transfer the apple mixture into the pastry lined pie plate.
Dot with cubed butter, and cover with the remaining pastry circle.
Cut any excess dough, and seal the edges by crimping as desired.
Use a sharp knife to cut several steam vents across the top.
Brush the top of the pie with the beaten egg and sprinkle with sugar.
Place the pie in the center of the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
Reduce the heat to 180°C (356°F).
Rotate the pan and bake until the crust is brown and the juices are bubbling, about 30-40 minutes.
Remove the pie from the oven and let cool on wire rack for at least two hours before serving.
For best results let the pie cool completely, before serving.
Store in an air tight container, until ready to serve and warm up just before serving.
Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or just plain.
The pie can be refrigerated for up to 1 week.


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Apr 2018 — Hearts of Hope is a nonprofit charity based outside of Philadelphia, Connecticut, Virginia, and Washington State and was created in response to the national tragedy of September 11, 2001.
Hearts of Hope expresses a movement of hope by taking clay, rolling it out, cutting out shapes into hearts and then firing them in the kiln to fire them into ceramic. Next they are purchased by volunteers or used in workshops like ours here at the University of Bridgeport, to be painted and sent nation wide to those in need. Hearts of Hope is touching hearts at cancer centers, military bases, hospitals, communities, and national groups.
After getting messy with the clay we then were able to paint on hearts already fired to be sent to people in need. Students here at the University of Bridgeport were able to paint whatever inspiration of hope they desire. When done we filled out a card to let the recipients know who made them and what our message is to them. We had so much fun meeting the volunteers and organizers of the Chapter in Connecticut. They educated us on everything about the process and to know that we gave someone in need a little ounce of hope was so worth it! If you get a chance visit their website and make a donation today!
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Toughie No 2259 by Dada
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Yet another excellent puzzle from our Sunday Setter.
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.
8a Number 500 bagged by marauder and revolutionary (7)
HUNDRED: this is one of those clues which can only be solved once its structure has been identified, then it becomes easy – a three-letter marauder from a powerful savage nomad race and a three-letter revolutionary surround (bagged by) the Roman numeral for 500
10a Wine merchant failing to close, little time for opening? (7)
MOSELLE: as with the previous clue, identify the structure and it becomes easy – most of (failing to close) a merchant is preceded by (for opening) a two-letter short period of time
11a Wise man or foolish, he's not to be trusted (9)
WOMANISER: more familiar territory here – an anagram (foolish) of WISE MAN OR
12a Bird ends in tree, resting for the moment (5)
EGRET: the final letters (ends) of five words in the clue
13a Short beam on the wagon splits (5)
RATTY: this adjective meaning short or irritable is derived by putting a three-letter beam (of light) around (splits) the abbreviation for "on the wagon" or sober
14a Important see, the setter fills containers (7)
VATICAN: the single-letter first person pronoun inside two three-letter containers
17a One jumping in leaps, barking dog (8,7)
SPRINGER SPANIEL: someone who is jumping followed by an anagram (barking) of IN LEAPS
19a Again ask to bring in work (7)
REAPPLY: concatenate two verbs – to bring in the harvest and to work at a trade
21a Record books taken on board always (5)
ENTER: a collection of books from the bible inside (taken on board) a poetic word for always
24a Not exactly dark in dark houses (5)
KINDA: hidden (houses) inside the clue
26a Nasty sweet? (9)
UNSAVOURY: an assumption that if something is not this (2-7) then it must be sweet!
27a Orders taken down in empty notepads (7)
NEATENS: a verb meaning puts in order is derived by puttig a verb meaning taken down or consumed inside the N[otepad]S without its inner letters (empty)
28a Bury discontented slave on island (7)
SECRETE: S[lav]E without its inner letters (dis-contented) followed by a Greek island
1d Grubby lot cleaner? (6)
SHOWER: two definitions
2d Catching first of mittens, I ran to a loose drawer perhaps? (8)
ANIMATOR: insert (catching) the initial letter (first) of M[ittens] inside an anagram (loose) of I RAN TO A
3d Mark bloomer up for thin confection (6,4)
BRANDY SNAP: a five-letter mark is followed by the reversal (up in a down clue) of a flower (bloomer)
4d Jam is stopping rally (9)
IMPROVISE: to jam, as in a jam session, is derived by putting the IS from the clue inside (stopping) a verb meaning to rally or get better
5d Man possibly one and only, nothing less (4)
ISLE: the necessary capitalisation of Man, which is a definition by example (possibly), is concealed by making it the first word in the clue – I (one) followed by a word meaning only without (less) the O (nothing)
6d Minister in Magic Circle? (6)
CLERIC: an anagram (magic) of CIRCLE
7d Observer not entirely present in election (8)
SENTINEL: hidden (not entirely) inside the clue
9d Fly bit (4)
DASH: two definitions – the first being a verb and the second a noun
15d Creative moves around south-east China (3,7)
TEA SERVICE: an anagram (moves) of CREATIVE around the abbreviation for south-east
16d You're welcome to stay, please do (2,2,5)
BE MY GUEST: two definitions
17d Memorable rapping (8)
STRIKING: the fourth pair of definitions among the down clues!
18d Barges in Tunis red for a change (8)
INTRUDES: an anagram (for a change) of TUNIS RED
20d Girl starts to unwrap another lovely book (6)
ANNUAL: a girl's name followed by the initial letters of (starts to) three words in the clue
22d Short song penned by cardinal was poetic, perhaps? (6)
RHYMED: most of (short) a religious song inside a deep vivid colour (cardinal)
23d Goddess lives twice (4)
ISIS: a two-letter verb meaning lives repeated twice
25d Expression made by attention-seeker in a skirt (4)
AHEM: the A from the clue followed by a verb meaning to skirt
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The main features of Budget 2013 have been well and truly gone over by most of the media but you might be a little surprised about a few of its hidden 'attractions', or by a few additions or subtractions to it that may yet appear next February/March when the Finance Bill is introduced to tie off the loose ends.
For the first time since these austerity budgets were introduced, older people, especially wealthy pensioners, have found themselves pretty squarely in the government's crosshairs.
The main measures that affect this age group include the trebling of prescription charges; the raising of the income threshold for both the payment of USC by over 70s and for qualification of the over-70s medical car; the 10% hike in capital taxes like DIRT, CGT and CAT; the lowering of the home respite benefit and the adjustments to the household benefit package.
While all of these changes will undoubtedly cut the income or savings of older people, benefits that were left alone include the state pension rates and the bulk of the household benefits. One that was hit was the telephone allowance, but with an increasing number of older people opting to have mobile phones as well as their landline, it seems incongruous for the taxpayer to keep wholly subsidising this benefit.
Means testing is something that is likely to keep being introduced in future budgets due to anomalies like this one. Why, for example, do elderly people who can afford a run a private motorcar receive free state bus and rail passes? (Why should wealthy parents be recipients of child benefit if its purpose is to assist low income or families in need?)
The means-testing quandary is likely to extend in the future to questions like, why should someone who can afford private health insurance – and one in five of all private health insurance members are over 60 and purchase the most expensive plans – also qualify for a free medical card (or GP only card now) with annual income up to €30,000 for an individual or €60,000 for a couple? (These are the new income thresholds, down from €36,000 and €72,000).
Pensioners on fixed incomes are particularly vulnerable to cost of living inflation and the politicians are aware of this. Inflation is just another hidden tax, but it permits politicians to get away (up to a point) in being able to avoid actually cutting pension payments. Freezing them for three years allows inflation to do the cutting.
The only way low income pensioners can offset the real cost of the freezing of your pension, the cuts to the household package or higher prescription charges is to try and find savings in your own spending or seek higher returns from any savings or other assets you may have.
Here are a few practical solutions to do just that:
** Shop around for better utility charges. Check out www.bonkers.ie for best fuel, electricity and telecoms costs. You fill out your existing bill details and they come up with alternative, cheaper providers.
** You can also compare your deposit rates on www.bonkers.ie or the National Consumer Agency website, www.nca.ie . If you earn less than €18k (€36k for a couple) you are exempt from DIRT at source.
** Review your health insurance and if possible switch to a similar, cheaper 'corporate' product or new provider before next March when higher risk equalisation payments are expected to be imposed by the government. Check out www.healthinsurancesavings.ie.
** The government has not amended or withdrawn the Rent-a-Room-Scheme which allows anyone with a spare room(s) to rent to earn up to €10,000, tax-free. If you live alone, the rental income will have no impact on any means-tested social welfare benefits you receive.
** Consider selling/auctioning household goods, antiques, jewellery and other items that you don't use or need. There may be a real treasure lurking in that sideboard or attic. Local auction salesrooms, collectible and antique shows, car-boot sales, eBay and other on-line sites are all good ways to earn a little money by selling things you no longer want or need.
** Pensioners on the income margins for the purposes of paying the new property tax next year (€15k gross for a single person and €25k for a couple) should speak to a tax advisor about how to adjust their income so that it may qualify for the property tax deferral. (Spending some capital on insulating your home may result in loss of deposit earnings, but may be well spent if it saves fuel costs and improves your health.)
Finally, one change that has received practically no coverage is the increase in the terms for the Fair Deal nursing home scheme.
Up to now, the person availing of the scheme and taking up a nursing home place was required to contribute 80% of their annual pension income plus 5% of the value of other assets (usually the family home) for a maximum of three years. Upon the person's death, their estate would pay over this cumulative 15% asset value.
Budget 2013 has increased this amount to 22% and sets the precedent to increase it further for the next two austerity budgets in 2014 and 2015.
Be prepared: Budget 2013 coping strategies for families.
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All of us have lost a loved one to this force to be reckoned with, and it is only a matter of time before we have to face the greatest enemy humankind has ever known, death! However, we have been given a hope that is as great at the penalty that we are under. We have the hope of life eternal, and if we die, it is the hope of a resurrection. This hope means that we will be reunited with the loved ones that we have lost. Some in the past have had a foretaste of this great hope:
Mark 5:35, 41-42 English Standard Version (ESV)
35 While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler's house some who said, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?" 41 Taking her by the hand he said to her, "Talitha cumi," which means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise." 42 And immediately the girl got up and began walking (for she was twelve years of age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement.
Acts 9:36-41 English Standard Version (ESV)
36 Now there was in Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas.[1] She was full of good works and acts of charity. 37 In those days she became ill and died, and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room. 38 Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, urging him, "Please come to us without delay." 39 So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping and showing tunics[2] and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them. 40 But Peter put them all outside, and knelt down and prayed; and turning to the body he said, "Tabitha, arise." And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up. 41 And he gave her his hand and raised her up. Then calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.
We have already heard of the charges that Satan has risen against God in chapter six of this book. The resurrection hope allows God to let Satan play out his challenges, to resolve the issues that would have otherwise plagued us for an eternity. It is like when you suffer through a painful medical treatment, to enjoy thereafter with all the complications of the issues you had. It is only by means of the greatest resurrection, namely Jesus Christ that we can have this hope.
Matthew 20:28 English Standard Version (ESV)
28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Resurrection is a Foundational Doctrine
Hebrews 6:1-2 English Standard Version (ESV)
6 Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 and of instruction about washings,[3] the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.
The resurrection is a foundational doctrine of our Christian faith. However, it does not fit into the world of humankind that is alienated from God. They see this as the only life there is, and so they are in pursuit of fleshly pleasures, to make the most of it. The mindset of some of the first century was, "If the dead are not raised, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.'" (1 Cor. 15:32, ESV) We, on the other hand, do not need to chase after the things that Satan's world has to offer.
Acts 17:32 English Standard Version (ESV)
32 Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. But others said, "We will hear you again about this."
We need to look to at least two hopes that humans have the opportunity of having. Some are of new Israel and is seen as being given a kingdom, a chosen race, a royal priesthood, and ruling with Christ for a thousand years. There will be a need to investigate this, and this section will be a little more complex than any other part of this book. It is very important to all of us, so bear with me. I am going to quote some of the leading evangelical scholars at length.
Revelation 5:9-10 English Standard Version (ESV)
9 And they sang a new song, saying,
"Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation,
10 and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God,
and they shall reign on[4] the earth."
A further result of the Lamb's sacrifice is the establishment[5] of the redeemed as a kingdom and priests: kai epoiēsas autous tǭ theǭ hēmōn basileian kai hiereis ("and You made them a kingdom and priests to our God"). The threefold occurrence of this theme in Revelation (cf. also Rev. 1:6; 20:6) indicates that talk about such a spiritual heritage was common parlance among Christians of John's day (Swete). As God's possession,[6] the redeemed will not merely be God's people over whom He reigns, but will also share God's rule in the coming millennial kingdom (cf. 1 Cor. 4:8; 6:3) (Charles; Ladd). This kingdom is the goal toward which the program of God is moving as emphasized by basileusousin ("they shall reign") later in v. 10 (cf. Rev. 20:4). The idea of priesthood found in hiereis ("priests") means full and immediate access into God's presence for the purpose of praise and worship (Ladd). It also includes the thought of priestly service to God (Mounce). Though believers are currently viewed as a royal priesthood (1 Pet. 2:5, 9; cf. Ex. 19:6), this is only preliminary to the fullness of the way they will function alongside Christ in the millennial kingdom.[7]
Kai basileusousin epi tēs gēs ("and they shall reign on the earth") explains more fully the earlier basileian ("kingdom"). The fact that believers will serve as reigning powers means that they will be the equivalent of kings (Charles; Beckwith). Spelled out more particularly in 20:4 regarding the millennial kingdom and in 22:5 regarding the eternal state, they will join with Christ in His continual reign following His second advent to the earth. This all stems from the epoch determining redemptive work of the Lamb.[8]
On the earth or Over the Earth
ἐπί epí [2093] is in the genitive and can range from: on, upon; over; at, by; before, in the presence of; when, under, at the time of;[9] Below you are going to find a list the genitive epi within Revelation that has a similar construction. Please pay special attention to 5:10, 9:11, and 11:6, but there will be others that are similar.
If we are to establish that some translations are choosing a rendering because it suits their doctrine, we must compare how they render the same thing elsewhere. You do not need to be a Greek scholar below, so you can ignore the grammar talk, and just notice the similarities and differences.
I do believe that the English is a problem in trying to say, "they shall reign on the earth." First, because this is not a location issue: i.e., where. The genitive epi is dealing not with where, but with authority over, which is expressed by having it over _____ not on _____
Please also take special note that the context of all of these epi genitives that follow the active indicative verb and then are followed by the genitive definite article and noun are dealing with authority.
The verb "to reign" is properly used of kings and queens, and here implies complete power over the world and its inhabitants. So another way of expressing this is "and they shall rule over the world and its inhabitants" or "they shall have power over …."[10]
Rev 5:10: basileusousin epi tēs gēs ("They are reigning [opon, on, over] the earth")[11]
ESV: they shall reign on the earth
NASB: they will reign upon the earth
ASV: they reign upon earth
DBY: they shall reign over the earth
ἐπί epí is in the genitive and comes after the future active indicative verb followed by the definite article and followed by a definite genitive article and noun
Rev 9:11: echousin ep autōn basilea (They are having [upon, on, over] them king)
ESV: They have as king over them
NASB: They have as king over them
ASV: They have over them as king
DBT: They have a king over them
ἐπί epí is in the genitive and comes after the present active indicative verb followed by a definite genitive article and noun
Rev 11:6: exousian echousin epi tōn hudatōn (they are having authority [upon, on, over] the water)
ESV: they have power over the waters
NASB: they have power over the waters
ASV: they have power over the waters
DBY: they have power over the waters
ἐπί epí is in the genitive and comes after the future active indicative verb followed by a definite genitive article and noun
Rev 2:26: dōsō autō exousian epi tōn ethnōn (I shall give to him authority [upon, on, over] the nations)
ESV: I will give authority over the nations
ASV: I give authority over the nations
DBY: will I give authority over the nations,
ἐπί epí is in the genitive and comes after the future active indicative verb followed by a definite genitive article and noun
Rev 6:8: edothē autois exousia epi to tetarton tēs gēs (was given to them authority [upon, on, over] the fourth of the earth)
ESV: they were given authority over a fourth of the earth
NASB: Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth
ASV: here was given unto them authority over the fourth part of the earth
DBY: authority was given to him over the fourth of the earth
ἐπί epí is in the genitive and comes after the future active indicative verb followed by a definite genitive article and noun
Rev 13:7: edothē autō exousia epi pasan phulēn kai laon kai glōssan kai ethnos (was given to it authority [upon, on, over] every tribe and people and tongue and nation)
ESV: authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation
NASB: authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him
ASV: there was given to him authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation
DBY: was given to it authority over every tribe, and people, and tongue, and nation
ἐπί epí is in the genitive and comes after the future active indicative verb followed by a genitive noun. While there is no definite article, it still seems definite in that we know which one: everyone.
Rev 14:18: ho echōn exousian epi tou puros the one having authority [upon, on, over] the fire
ESV: who has authority over the fire
NASB: the one who has power over fire
ASV: he that hath power over fire
DBY: having power over fire
Rev 16:9: tou echontos tēn exousian epi pas plēgas (the one having the authority (upon, on, over) the plagues)
ESV: who had power over these plagues
NASB: who has the power over these plagues
ASV: who hath the power over these plagues
DBY: who had authority over these plagues
Rev 17:18: hē polis megalē hē echousa basileian epi tōn basileōn tēs gēs (the woman whom you saw is the city the great the one having kingdom (upon, on, over) the kingdoms of the earth)
ESV: the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth
NASB: the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.
ASV: the great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
DBY: the great city, which has kingship over the kings of the earth
Revelation 5:9-10 has a high level of theological content. It either says that Jesus and his co-rulers are going to rule from heaven, over the earth or on the earth. It is theological bias to have several cases of similar context and the same grammatical construction, rendering the verses the same every time, yet to then render one verse contrary to the others, simply because it aligns with one's theology. Whether that is the case here or not, the readers will have to determine for themselves. The point regardless is this, either way, Jesus is ruling the earth, and we are blessed to have had his ransom sacrifice and resurrection. Slow down for the next few pages, as things are going to get a little deeper. We can grasp it if we just slow down meditate on what is being said, and get out our dictionary if we have to, and write the definitions in the book beside the word, and read again.
Heavenly Hope
Revelation 14:1-4 English Standard Version (ESV)
1 Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps, 3 and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4 It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb
The whole of chapter 14 is proleptic. As a summary of the Millennium (20:4–6), the first five verses feature the Lamb in place of the beast, the Lamb's followers with His and the Father's seal in place of the beast's followers with the mark of the beast, and the divinely controlled Mount Zion in place of the pagan-controlled earth (Alford, Moffatt, Kiddle).[12]
Revelation 7:4 English Standard Version (ESV)
4 And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel
Various efforts have sought to determine the significance of the number 144,000. An understanding of the number as symbolical divides it into three of its multiplicands, 12 × 12 × 1000. From the symbolism of the three it is concluded that the number indicates fixedness and fullest completeness.[13] Twelve, a number of the tribes, is both squared and multiplied by a thousand. This is a twofold way of emphasizing completeness (Mounce). It thus affirms the full number of God's people to be brought through tribulation (Ladd). The symbolic approach points out the impossibility of taking the number literally. It is simply a vast number, less than a number indefinitely great (cf. 7:9), but greater than a large number designedly finite (e.g., 1,000, Rev. 20:2) (Lee). Other occurrences of the numerical components that are supposedly symbolic are also pointed out, 12 thousand in Rev. 21:16, 12 in Rev. 22:2, and 24, a multiple of 12, in Rev. 4:4. This is done to enhance the case for symbolism (Johnson). Though admittedly ingenious, the case for symbolism is exegetically weak. The principal reason for the view is a predisposition to make the 144,000 into a group representative of the church with which no possible numerical connection exists. No justification can be found for understanding the simple statement of fact in v. 4 as a figure of speech. It is a definite number in contrast with the indefinite number of 7:9. If it is taken symbolically, no number in the book can be taken literally. As God reserved 7,000 in the days of Ahab (1 Kings 19:18; Rom. 11:4), He will reserve 144,000 for Himself during the future Great Tribulation.[14] (Thomas, Revelation 1-7: An Exegetical Commentary 1992, 473-74)
These ones are made up of those under the new covenant, the Law of Christ, those called out of natural Israel, the new Israelites, also known as the Israel of God. They are a chosen number that is to reign with Jesus as kings, priests, and judges. Therefore, we ask, what is the other hope?
The New Earth: The Earthly Hope
In the O[ld] T[estament] the kingdom of God is usually described in terms of a redeemed earth; this is especially clear in the book of Isaiah, where the final state of the universe is already called new heavens and a new earth (65:17; 66:22) The nature of this renewal was perceived only very dimly by OT authors, but they did express the belief that a humans ultimate destiny is an earthly one.[15] This vision is clarified in the N[ew] T[estament]. Jesus speaks of the "renewal" of the world (Matt 19:28), Peter of the restoration of all things (Acts 3:21). Paul writes that the universe will be redeemed by God from its current state of bondage (Rom. 8:18-21). This is confirmed by Peter, who describes the new heavens and the new earth as the Christian's hope (2 Pet. 3:13). Finally, the book of Revelation includes a glorious vision of the end of the present universe and the creation of a new universe, full of righteousness and the presence of God. The vision is confirmed by God in the awesome declaration: "I am making everything new!" (Rev. 21:1-8)
The new heavens and the new earth will be the renewed creation that will fulfill the purpose for which God created the universe. It will be characterized by the complete rule of God and by the full realization of the final goal of redemption: "Now the dwelling of God is with men" (Rev. 21:3).
The fact that the universe will be created anew[16] shows that God's goals for humans is not an ethereal and disembodied existence, but a bodily existence on a perfected earth. The scene of the beatific vision is the new earth. The spiritual does not exclude the created order and will be fully realized only within a perfected creation. (Elwell 2001, 828-29)
What have we learned so far in this publication? God created the earth to be inhabited, to be filled with perfect humans, who are over the animals, and under the sovereignty of God. (Gen 1:28; 2:8, 15; Ps 104:5; 115:16; Eccl 1:4) Sin did not dissuade God from his plans (Isa. 45:18); hence, he has saved redeemable humankind by Jesus ransom sacrifice. It seems that the Bible offers two hopes to redeemed humans, (1) a heavenly hope, or (2) an earthly hope. It also seems that those with the heavenly hope are limited in number, and are going to heaven to rule with Christ as kings, priests, and judges either on the earth or over the earth from heaven. It seems that those with the earthly hope are going to receive eternal life here on a paradise earth as it was originally intended.
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[1] The Aramaic name Tabitha and the Greek name Dorcas both mean gazelle
[2] Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin
[3] Or baptisms (that is, cleansing rites)
[4] According to this verses Jesus will rule "on" the earth. For another consideration, see the next subheading: Over the earth or On the Earth?
[5] The aorist ἐποίησας connotes finished result. As commonly the case in the heavenly songs of this book, it is proleptic, anticipating the culmination of the process being carried out at the time the song is sung (Swete, Apocalypse, p. 81; Beckwith, Apocalypse, pp. 512–13).[5]
[6] Τῷ θεῷ (5:10) has a possessive sense: "belonging to God" as His peculiar people (Beckwith, Apocalypse, p. 513).[6]
[7] Newell, Revelation, p. 13.
[8] Robert L. Thomas, Revelation 1-7: An Exegetical Commentary (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 1992), 402.
[9] William D. Mounce, Mounce's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old & New Testament Words (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2006), 1150.
[10] Bratcher, Robert G.; Hatton, Howard: A Handbook on the Revelation to John. New York: United Bible Societies, 1993 (UBS Handbook Series; Helps for Translators), S. 105
[11] English Standard Version (ESV), New American Standard Bible (NASB), American Standard Version (ASV), and the Darby Bible (DBY)
[12] Robert L. Thomas, Revelation 8-22: An Exegetical Commentary (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 1995), 189.
[13] Alford, Greek Testament, 4:624; Charles, Revelation, 1:206; Lenski, Revelation, p. 154.
[14] Bullinger, Apocalypse, p. 282. Geyser is correct in observing that the predominant concern of the Apocalypse is "the restoration [on earth] of the twelve tribes of Israel, their restoration as a twelve-tribe kingdom, in a renewed and purified city of David, under the rule of the victorious 'Lion of the Tribe of Judah, the Root of David' (5:5; 22:16)" (Albert Geyser, "The Twelve Tribes in Revelation: Judean and Judeo Christian Apocalypticism," NTS 23, no. 3 [July 1982]: 389). He is wrong, however, in his theory that this belief characterized the Judean church only and was not shared by Gentile Christianity spearheaded by Paul (ibid., p. 390).
[15] It is unwise to speak of the written Word of God as if it were of human origin, saying 'OT authors express the belief,' when what was written is the meaning and message of what God wanted to convey by means of the human author.
[16] Create anew does not mean a complete destruction followed by a re-creation, but instead a renewal of the present universe.


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Most of us have been there, facing months of chemotherapy and pondering on how to endure chemo day. Obviously they are not days that will be remembered fondly and are mostly accompanied by a slight shudder when recalled.
I found the best way to tolerate chemo day is to immerse myself completely in a book. In addition to distraction, it can also create a protective barrier especially on the first day of chemo. All the new sounds, smells and setting can be overwhelming. As you adjust and adapt to the Oncology day ward over the coming weeks and months, a book by your side will help you escape when you need to.
Some books, however are not suitable for chemo day. I personally found that anything that had any negative associations would heighten my anxiety on chemo day, whereas normally crime fiction could quite easily be on my usual pile of books to be read. What I needed was pure escapism, but more thought-provoking than spine tingling. Other considerations when choosing a book to bring with you on chemo day include being disturbed by the oncology nurses or doctors attending to you, whilst sometimes some drugs send you into a pleasant somnolent haze, which happened to me quite a lot!
There are so many wonderful books to read from the classics to commercial fiction. Even if you feel you cannot concentrate sufficiently to read a book, a compilation of short stories may work for you as your full attention is only required periodically.
Reading is such a subjective hobby. I have an eclectic taste in books and depending on what mood I'm in , I'll read all genres of writing.
Over the coming weeks and months, I will post some books on twitter and Facebook that I think may be good reads for chemo day. Happy reading !
Some Chemo day reads that I have posted on social media…


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The Ultimate Toddler Bundle: Everything you need to teach age 1-3 about God (download only)
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A complete toddler ministry curriculum in a (virtual) box.
Children age 1-3 are like little sponges absorbing everything around them, so why not surround them with solid, gospel truth? That's why we created this comprehensive new curriculum. Now you can establish a firm foundation for their relationship with Christ.
The Ultimate Toddler Bundle is everything you need for your toddler Sunday School class, or to teach your little ones at home. If you have children age 1-3 in your children's ministry, this is the only resource you'll ever need. With over 170 pages of toddler teaching resources, everything you need is in this bundle.
This powerful curriculum includes:
- Sing and Play Attributes of God - 26 full lessons
- Little Hearts: Big Verses - a collection of memory verses with hand motions
- Little Songs: Big Truths - 19 songs to teach Big Bible Truth
- Bible Story Printables - simple pictures and words to help each gospel truth to toddlers
- Prayer Prompt Cards -a method for teaching toddlers to pray
- All About Teaching Toddlers - a collection of articles and resources to help teachers prepare (perfect for volunteer training)
All of the resources are digital downloads, so that means you can print and start teaching today. With full-color teaching pictures and printables, you can also laminate these resources for classroom decor and to be used over and over again. Year after year, the little ones in your ministry can start with this firm foundation in knowing God.
Two Purchase Options:
Church license $97 - use in various ministry settings (nursery, Sunday School, Christian daycare, mom's ministry group, and etc.) or share with all the families in your congregation. The digital files make sharing easy. Email, print, or share in any way that empowers your toddler ministry.
Single family license $39 - use this powerful material in your own home at an amazing price.
Each lesson contains an interactive story, memory verse with motions, 2 teaching activities, song suggestions, motion for the attribute, teaching questions (catechism style), and an activity page.
Through these lessons, toddlers will be introduced to the character of God and be given a foundation of Biblical truth.
Lessons in 'Sing and Play Attributes of God'
- A - God is Almighty - "Crossing the Sea" - Exodus 14
- B - God is Big - "David Fought Goliath" - 1 Samuel 17
- C - God is Creator - "God Created Everything" - Genesis 1
- D - God is Deliverer - "God Rescues Noah & Makes a Big Promise" - Genesis 6-9
- E - God is Eternal - "In the Beginning, God" - Genesis 1
- F - God is Faithful - "A Promised Baby" - Genesis 21
- G - God is Good - "Water From a Rock" - Exodus 17 & Numbers 20
- H- God is Holy - "God's 10 Rules" - Exodus 20
- I - Jesus is Immanuel - "Jesus is Born" - Luke 2
- J - God is Just - "The Ark of God" - 2 Samuel 6
- K - Jesus is the Forever King - "Jesus in the Forever King"
- L - God is Love - "Jesus Teaches About God's Love" - Luke 15
- M- God is Merciful - "God Sends Help" - Acts 2
- N - God Needs Nothing - "Paul Preaches the Good News" - Acts 17
- O - God is Omnipresent - "God is Everywhere" - Psalm 139
- P - God Protects - "God Protected Daniel" -Daniel 6
- Q - God is Quick to Save - "Abraham Loved God" - Genesis 22
- R - Jesus is the Rescuer - "Jesus is the Rescuer" - Isaiah (mainly 53)
- S - God Saves - "God Saves the People of Nineveh" - Jonah
- T - God is Trustworthy - "Abraham Trusted God" -Genesis 12 & 15
- U - God is Unchanging -"It's All About the Cross" - God's plan never changed
- V- God is Victorious - "Going Into God's Good Land" - Joshua 6
- W - God is Wise - "God Gives Wisdom to Solomon" - 1 Kings 3
- X- God is Excellent -"Jesus Came Back to Life" - John 20
- Y - God is Yahweh -"God Introduces Himself to Moses" - Exodus 3
- Z - God is Zealous - "God Opens Saul's Eyes" - Acts 9
Children in the Toddler years are always learning and they learn best through motions and songs. That's why the 'Little Hearts: Big Verses' resource and 'Little Songs: Big Truths' are ideal.
With repetition, toddlers will be reciting and singing the word of God in no time.
All of the songs are set to familiar toddler tunes, so you can enjoy hearing little ones sing about the character of God instead of bus wheels all day long.
Prayer Prompt Cards are a simple system for teaching toddlers to pray.
In this resource, you'll find prayer phrases like - 'God you are...,' 'Thank you God for...,' 'God, Please help....,' and 'amen.' You'll also find cards with attributes of God, cards with various things for children to pray about, and blank cards to personalize your own.
With toddlers, you can have them choose 2-3 cards and then have them repeat after you. "Thank you God for mommy." Thank you God for toys." Amen
Perfect for Home Use Too:
With the option of a single-family license, you can download and use these resources in your home with your own toddlers, or as a basis for a homeschool preschool. These resources make a perfect preschool morning basket routine:
- Read story every morning for a week
- Practice a memory verse or two
- Sing a song
- Pray together using the prayer prompt cards
- Let them do the activity page or play with the printables on a magnet board while you move on to other tasks
AUTHOR'S BIO: Bethany Darwin spent 20 years working full time in children's ministry before recently coming home to raise her son. During her years in children's ministry, Bethany discovered gaps in the available curriculum and often struggled to find a curriculum that worked in her church setting. It was this discovery that awakened a passion in her for writing children's ministry curriculum.
Bethany is a popular curriculum writer for Ministry-to-children and you can find many resources of hers there. You can connect with Bethany through Facebook at 'Treasure Trunk Books' or on IG at 'Treasure Trunk Kids.' On these pages, she shares articles and resources for families as well as what she is doing to point her little one to Christ. You can also find other resources of hers there. Bethany is a member of Faith Bible Church in Naples, Florida where she serves in children's ministry.
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The song words are awesome,but I wish there was a CD or DVD with the songs.
I've been looking for something for the littler kids for a while, and this is it!
Our Child Care ministry looks forward to implementing these theological treasures in two ways. We are using the "All About Teaching Toddlers" in volunteer training to encourage servants toward a Christ-centered nursery. We also plan to incorporate the verse cards and the easy-to-sing "Sing and Play Attributes of God" in our youngest classes on Sunday mornings. I would recommend this material to any church or family who wants to be intentional about discipling toddlers.
This is exactly what I was looking for when planning for this fall and "at home" Sunday school for our toddlers and preschoolers. It's simple for kids to understand since they're already learning the alphabet. The song words to popular tunes are something that parents can easily engage with at home. The prayer prompts are too, plus they give a tangible activity to teach prayer to these littles. Many of our families already use signs for communication with their pre-talkers, so the hand motions are great. I look forward to creating a short video lesson and letting families follow up with at home options. A win-win for us and I look forward to having a bunch of new words to describe God!


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Central Anatolia in Turkey is best known for its unusual rock formations in Cappadocia and its unique moon-like landscape, underground cities, cave churches and houses carved in the rocks. Cappadocia offers outstanding examples of Byzantine art. The historic area is bounded by the towns of Hacıbektaş, Aksaray, Niğde and Kayseri (cf. map below). The caved town of Göreme is the center of the historic area and offers plenty of accommodation.
Cappadocia Underground Cities
Ancient volcanic eruptions blanketed this region with thick ash, which solidified into a soft rock—called tuff—tens of meters thick. Erosion, forced by wind and water, has formed caves, clefts, pinnacles, "fairy chimneys" (over 40 meters tall) and unusual folds in the soft volcanic rock turning into the unusual rock formations in Cappadocia we see today. Cappadocia is a region of exceptional natural wonders, in particular characterized by fairy chimneys and a unique historical and cultural heritage.
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Cappadocia Caves History
The earliest record of the name of Cappadocia dates long before the time of Jesus. The uncomfortably site on the boundary between rival empires; first the Greeks and Persians and later the Byzantine Greeks and a host of rivals meant that residents needed hiding places. The way to do this was to tunneling into the rock itself.The Bible's New Testament tells of Cappadocia and the site became a religious refuge during the early days of Christianity. Kaymakli is an example of an underground city where the Christians took refuge in troubled times. There are 100 km of tunnels in eight floors.
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Due to its geological, historic, and cultural interest, the area is a very popular tourist destination.
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Last week's troubles at the justice department draw attention to the legal consequences of keeping (and losing) one's receipts.
Last week, on March 9, Ivo Opstelten, the Minister of Security and Justice, and Fred Teeven, his State Secretary, felt obliged to step down amidst growing pressure from members of parliament over a deal the aforementioned Teeven cut when he worked as a chief public prosecutor. As is by now well known, as part of this deal, a payment of 4.7 million guilders to the convicted drugs offender Cees H. was agreed upon. When this matter was discussed last year, the Minister informed parliament that the details of the payment were lost. However, when these details were recently unearthed by a news organization the justice department acknowledged that a record of the transaction existed.
For the office holders involved it seems things could scarcely have been worse. But this is untrue. Though it may seem far-fetched, a situation could have occurred in which Cees H., providing proof of the prosecutor's deal, had claimed to have never been paid. In this case, the justice department, unable to produce evidence of the prior payment, might have been induced to make a second payment of 4.7 million to the same recipient. When the receipt was eventually unearthed the question would have arisen as to whether the department could reclaim this second payment as being undue, since it was made in fulfilment of an obligation which no longer existed.
We now arrive at a point of law which has been vigorously contested since Roman law and which the eminent jurist Reinhard Zimmermann regards as 'the single most disputed area of the Roman law of unjustified enrichment'. At present, the question is whether a person who made an undue payment has carried out this action under the influence of the mistaken belief that he was bound to do so. Is this fact relevant when an action to reclaim the undue payment is brought? Put differently, the question is whether or not the mistake of the person who rendered a performance (the erroneous belief that he was obliged to make the payment) is a requirement which has to be fulfilled for his action (to obtain a refund) to be successful.
If error is indeed required, it would be nearly impossible for the justice department to reclaim the second payment, especially since it is hard to image that the initial payment of 4.7 million had gone completely unnoticed. On the other hand, if a mistake is not required, the department can simply point to the fact that this performance was not owed.
In Roman law, it is clear that mistake (error) was an essential prerequisite for the action of reclaiming an undue payment (the condictio indebiti, see Digest 12,1,1). If payment had been made with full knowledge of the undue character of the transaction, the payment was regarded as a donation, and could not be reclaimed.
As the recipient could expect to keep what he had been given, he was regarded as deserving more protection than the donor who changed his mind and argued he had not been obliged to render performance. Still, discussions existed with regard to the burden of proof of this element of error (should the plaintiff provide proof of his error, or can it be presumed that he erred in the absence of rebuttal by the defendant?), and with regard to the question of whether a plaintiff's error iuris (an error as to the law, as apposed to an error facti, as to the facts) should be excusable.
Since this weblog has to be limited in size, a salto mortale shall be made to the present day. The error-requirement survives currently in a large number of jurisdictions, amongst others Germany, Switzerland, Egypt and Japan.
Not so in the Netherlands. In the explanatory remarks on the current Dutch civil code (1992) the absence of this requirement is merely stated, thus endorsing the prevailing view under the regime of the old civil code (1838) with regard to the provision on undue payment (onverschuldigde betaling). This position was only arrived at when the Supreme Court opted against the error requirement and brought a debate between the views of Opzoomer and Diephuis (whose opinions were frequently at odds) to a close.
Opzoomer (1821-1892) had forcefully argued for the error requirement (dwaling), stating as his most important argument the fact that this requirement was uncontested in Roman law, and that this had never been doubted since.
His contemporary Diephuis (1817-1892) however, in one of the most inspired parts of his thirteen-tome commentary on the Dutch civil law, states that he cannot possibly reconcile himself with the error-requirement. With regard to Opzoomer's argument that the position of Roman law should be conclusive, Diephuis subtly points out that Roman law has been abrogated in the Netherlands since 1809 (along with the enactment of the Wetboek Napoleon, Ingerigt voor het Koningrijk Holland), and was in 1829 considered to have still been abrogated.
But more importantly, Diephuis (persuasively) cites a number of examples justifying his case, each example ending with the exclamation 'is dat schenking?' ('is this a donation?'). If a person knows that he has paid before, but cannot produce a receipt (because he never received one, or has lost it), and is induced to make a second payment, this second payment should not be regarded as a donation, but should be the object of a claim based on undue payment.
The Supreme Court was (in 1917) persuaded by Diephuis's side of the debate; as a consequence, error is not a prerequisite of the claim in undue payment. Reclaiming a second payment that has been made with knowledge of its undue character, is possible if one later obtains proof of the previous payment.
In short, keeping track of your receipts is never a bad idea, but if you lose them, you would be advised to do so in the Netherlands (although you might lose your office in the process as well).


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This research and development puts on the pounds
An explorer organizes an expedition by studying maps and charts. A petroleum engineer prepares for a drill by scrutinizing geological surveys of the earth's strata and seismic graphs. A ballet dancer prepares for a performance with years of training and practice.A competitive sailor reads oceanographic surveys, depth charts and weather history, and a war historian does research on site and in libraries. A doughnut shop owner eats a lot of donuts.
I am the latter.
I wasn't always the latter. In my 40-year restaurant career, I never planned on opening a doughnut shop.
A few weeks ago, I told our new staff at Midtown Donuts in Hattiesburg that this was my 18th restaurant opening (three as an employee, 15 as an owner). Though, out of curiosity I just compiled a list, and the actual number is 21. Until two weeks ago, none of those 21 concepts were a doughnut shop.
It's a sacrifice, but...
I have spent the past several years studying doughnuts. Most jobs that involve research include academic types spending a lot of time in libraries and think tank institutions. I just traveled around and ate doughnuts.
To me, the mecca for doughnuts in the United States is Chicago. Those people up there know how to fry bread and cover it with sugar better than anyone on the planet.
Over the past few years I have made a lot of trips to the Windy City and eaten at dozens of doughnut shops dozens of times. Sometimes three and four shops in the same morning. There were no surveys or charts needed, just a well-trained belly, an iPhone and a willing Uber driver.
In my opinion, though, the best doughnut shop in the entire South — District Donuts — is in New Orleans. Over the course of the last few years I have been there more times than I care to admit. I have visited doughnut shops from coast to coast and have the excess poundage to prove it.
Art of making dough
There are three top manufacturers of doughnut equipment in the world. One is in Europe, one is in Japan and the other is in Seattle. When I found that out, I flew to Seattle and spent a couple of days in what my wife calls "doughnut school."
Beyond that, I worked with a man that has made bomboloni (Italian donuts) for over six decades in a small kitchen at a friend's villa in Tuscany, and we even brought in a 40-year veteran doughnut consultant into our Hattiesburg test kitchen who imparted his decades of wisdom on us in a matter of days.
Based on all of that research and development, we opened a small-batch doughnut shop in a tiny space next to our new breakfast joint.
There is already a national chain doughnut shop in town and a locally owned franchise which is owned by a friend of mine that has been established for over 40 years. It's a place that has also added to my excess poundage as I have been a customer for all of those 40 years.
They are both established in the market and — rightfully so — have developed and earned a loyal clientele. We looked for a small niche in the market. We don't have tables and chairs, there is no drive-through window, the sales space is a mere 210 square feet.
The kitchen space we allotted for the doughnut-making equipment is even smaller. We make donuts by hand in small batches. We never make a lot, and when we run out, we're out for the day.
It's OK to be square
In my research I found that potato yeast and potato flour added to the pastry flour make a lighter, less-dense doughnut, so we went in that direction. On a whim one day while experimenting in the test kitchen, I decided to use a single square pastry cutter to cut the donuts out of the dough. I then used a smaller cutter to cut a hole out of the middle.
It was a square doughnut.
It added size to the individual donuts and it made sense when placing them side-by-side in a rectangular box. Sometimes it's research, sometimes it's trial and error, occasionally it's a fluke. We have incorporated all three into this journey.
The cool thing about donuts is that they are fun. My friend, business partner and collaborator, Wyatt Waters, says that doughnuts are the "most fun food." They certainly create big smiles on a daily basis. Those smiles make the "research" worth every extra pound.
Robert St. John is a restaurateur, chef and author. Visit him online at robertstjohn.com. Follow him on Twitter, @robertstjohn.
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Mini Pecan Tartlets
Rich and nutty, like your eccentric uncle, these delights must be held and served at room temperature.
Sweet Tart Dough
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup unsalted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 egg
Preheat oven to 325
To make the sweet dough: Place the sugar, butter and vanilla extract in the bowl of an electric mixer. With the paddle attachment, beat ingredients until creamy. Add flour and salt and mix until just combined. Add egg and mix until just combined (this can also be done in a food processor). Form a disk out of the dough, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for about ½ hour.
When dough is slightly chilled, place on a lightly floured surface. Roll dough out in a rectangular shape, approximately 11x15-inches in size. Transfer dough to a 9x13 baking sheet and gently press dough into bottom and sides of the pan (dough should come up the sides of the pan about one inch).
Refrigerate dough 30 minutes.Bake for 10 minutes. While crust is cooling, prepare the filling.
1 cup unsalted butter
1 ½ cups brown sugar
¼ cup sugar
½ cup honey
¼ teaspoon fine salt
⅓ cup heavy cream
4 ½ cups pecan pieces
While the pastry is cooling, combine butter, brown sugar, white sugar, honey and salt in a large pot over high heat. Boil six minutes. Remove from the heat and carefully stir in the cream (Mixture will boil up while adding the cream, so be very careful during this step not to burn yourself).
Add pecans and mix thoroughly. Pour the filling evenly over the baked pastry. Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown. Cool completely before cutting into squares.


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There are about fifty countries in the world that offering various tax benefits to non-residents, thus promoting what is called offshore business. Some of those countries are extremely popular and widely perceived as offshore tax havens - like British Virgin Islands, Panama or Seychelles. At the same time interesting tax breaks to non-resident businesses are actually available in some places that are not at all recognized as "offshore" – for instance, UK, US, Denmark or Netherlands. And there are all sorts and types in between.
So, which is the best jurisdiction to incorporate an offshore company?
There is really no standard answer. The choice of the right offshore jurisdiction will depend on the intended use of the offshore company, the personal and business circumstances of its owner, and the actual regions of the world where this company intends to trade.
But, before going into the details, what is a tax haven, anyway?
Desirable corporate characteristics
Most offshore jurisdictions have ensured that their company law provides attractive features such as fast and easy incorporation, minimum information on public file, minimum or no obligation to file any returns or reports, minimal number of directors, availability of corporate directors, ability to hold directors' meetings anywhere in the world or by electronic means, lack of requirement to file audited records, flexibility in regards the amount of authorised capital and minimum or no capitalisation requirements, etc. It is for you to decide if any of those special features (which will usually be clearly emphasised by the Registered Agent in any particular offshore jurisdiction) are of any particular interest for you.
All entities that are known as "offshore companies" in the narrow tax benefit sense will usually have the same distinct feature – no or minimal tax. Such company is essentially relieved of any obligation to pay corporation tax or income tax to the country where it is registered. Hence, there is also no requirement to prepare and file the financial declarations that are usually associated with income tax reporting. At the same time there are particular types of entities, subject to what is called 'designer taxation', which pay minimum rate of tax. An example of that is a Seychelles Special License Company, that pays between 1.5% and 5% of tax, and, consequently, is also supposed to file tax returns.


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What are the fitness options in Highland?Question asked via StreetAdvisor The opinions expressed here are those of the individual and not those of RE/MAX Results.
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Matt Engen PRO 2yrs+
You will also find an Anytime Fitness, Planet Fitness, Snap Fitness, Total Balance Fitness and the YMCA. There are also a lot of really great walking, running and biking trails in HIghland.
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Stephanie Gruver PRO 2yrs+
When we think of fitness options today, we often lean towards "sites" and forget about the benefits of community education classes. St Paul has an extensive number of classes through community education for fitness needs as well. Check out their website at: http://commed.spps.org/home.html
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Joe Anderson 2yrs+
My wife and friends work out three times a week at Flex Appeal on the corner of St. Clair and Prior. They're devoted to Lisa to the point that they roll out of bed at 4:45AM to make her classes.
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Jacqueline Knauf 2yrs+
There is a Corepower Yoga studio in Highland park, which is a great alternative for people looking for something a little different than your typical gym.
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On October 4, 2011, in John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc. v. U.S. International Trade Commission, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals provided important guidance on what types of licensing activities can constitute a domestic industry under Section 337.
Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 19 USC §1337, prohibits unfair acts in the importation of articles into the United States. The majority of cases brought at the International Trade Commission ("ITC" or the "Commission") under Section 337 involve allegations of patent infringement. A successful patent owner can obtain an exclusion order, enforced by US Customs and Border Enforcement, which blocks the importation of infringing products into the United States. In view of the unique remedies available under Section 337 and the availability of prompt relief—a typical time period for completion of a Section 337 investigation is 15-18 months—recent years have seen a dramatic increase in filings of Section 337 complaints at the ITC.
In order to seek relief under Section 337 in a case involving patent infringement, a complainant must demonstrate that a domestic industry "relating to the articles protected by the patent … exists or is in the process of being established." One of the ways a complainant can demonstrate the existence of a domestic industry is by showing substantial investment in the exploitation of the patent, including engineering, research and development or licensing. In recent years, Section 337 has been used increasingly by "non-practicing entities" that don't make products but use their intellectual property in order to derive licensing revenues or damages from infringement litigation.
In John Mezzalingua Associates, the Federal Circuit considered several important issues concerning the evidence required to demonstrate a domestic industry based on licensing activities. In particular, the Federal Circuit considered whether litigation expenses incurred in enforcing a patent may be used as evidence that the required domestic industry exists.
The Federal Circuit agreed with the Commission that "expenditures on patent litigation do not automatically constitute evidence of the existence of an industry in the United States established by a substantial investment in the exploitation of a patent." In doing so, the court concurred with the Commission's conclusion that "allowing patent infringement litigation activities alone to constitute a domestic industry would place the bar for establishing a domestic industry so low as to effectively render it meaningless." Thus, the court declined to adopt a per se rule that patent infringement litigation is an investment in the exploitation of a patent within the meaning of Section 337(a)(3)(C).
However, the Federal Circuit agreed with the Commission that the domestic industry requirement can be satisfied if a complainant is able to demonstrate a "nexus" between its litigation expenses and licensing. Here, the complainant argued that one of its executives had made efforts to settle previous litigation, that members of the industry generally viewed litigation as a necessary precursor to licensing, and that previous litigation had been brought to enforce the patent at issue.
The Commission found, and the Federal Circuit affirmed, that the complainant's evidence failed to show the necessary connection between litigation and licensing. The Federal Circuit therefore concluded that the Commission's determination that the complainant's activities were not sufficient to constitute a "licensing" domestic industry was supported by substantial evidence.
The Federal Circuit also found that the complainant's activities were insufficient to demonstrate substantial investment in "engineering, research and development." The complainant had argued that research and development relating to a utility patent on the same product as protected by the asserted design patent should have been considered as part of the domestic industry.
The Commission concluded that research and development relating to the development of the structural and functional design of the connectors at issue, rather than to the development of the ornamental design embodied in complainant's design patent, should not be included as part of the domestic industry. Because the Commission concluded that any time and resources spent in researching or developing the ornamental design itself were minimal, the complainant failed to satisfy the domestic industry requirement based on engineering, research and development.
In his dissent, Judge Reyna thought that the majority took an unduly narrow view of what types of activities relate to licensing of a patent. His position is that "a patent right is … empty without the ability to meaningfully enforce it against infringers." Accordingly, he would have concluded that "litigation undertaken to enforce patent rights and enhance the value of a patent or pave the way for a stronger competitive advantage constitutes an investment in exploitation under section 337(a)(3)(C), regardless of that activity's relationship to licensing, engineering, research, or production."
Judge Reyna also would have credited the complainant's time and resources spent on the utility patent as part of the domestic industry, since it involved the same connectors as were protected by complainant's design patent. He would have remanded for further consideration concerning the relationship between the functional connector invention and the ornamental design for the connector.
Because Section 299 of the recently enacted America Invents Act makes it more difficult to bring multiparty actions in district court, many commentators believe that an increasing number of patent owners—including non-practicing entities—will choose to litigate their infringement disputes at the ITC, where all companies involved in manufacturing, importing and selling accused infringing products can be joined in one proceeding. The Federal Circuit's decision in John Mezzalingua Associates is a significant one, insofar as it confirms that licensing activities can be considered as part of a domestic industry under Section 337 if a complainant can demonstrate a "nexus" between those activities and licensing of its patent.
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Valentine's Day Love Spells
Cast a love spell this Valentine's Day and charm your Valentine! The age old art of Wicca and spells can be used to enhance your love moods and attract your Valentine on this special day
Far from being a spooky ritual, this combination of words and actions can be a beautiful, soul searching experience for you and your true love.
Setting the Mood
It is very important that you are in a calm mood when casting magic spells. Keep aside all worries about tomorrow's shopping schedule, cooking dinner, your credit card payment and everything else. Go for a relaxing and calming bath and wear something you are comfortable in. Choose a room or place where you will sit and cast the spell. The place should be free from TV and other such distractions. Some romantic music in the background in low tones will help set the mood.
Gathering What You Will Need
You will need a small table to use as an Altar. Cover it with red or pink cloth for casting your Love Spell. Light red or pink candles and this should be the only lighting in the room. Any herbs, incense or crystals that you have can also be used. Especially lavender, vanilla, honeysuckle and gardenia are used for Love Spells. Some
Casting the Spell
First, conjure up images of what you would like to make happen. Then, try to block all negative things stopping you from getting the love you want. A powerful way to do this is through meditation and chanting. In addition, beauty spells will help you look more beautiful in the eyes of your lover and help attract a new lover.
Some Simple Love Spells
1. Use a Charm. A magically charged charm like your lover's photo or locks of hair should be worn or kept under your pillow. To keep your lover faithful, take a miniature photo of his and smear with oil that has been soaked for three days in rosemary leaves.
2. Take one photo each of you and your lover and keep then place them face-to-face and tie them with a pink or red ribbon and keep in a safe place.
3. To bring back your lover to you, bring a copper tube. Write your lover's name on a piece of paper seven times, roll the paper and slid it inside the metal tube and close the tube with hot pliers. Wear this tube around your neck in a black yarn for seven days.
4. Take a lock of your lover's hair and twist it nine times with a lock of your hair and place in a locket or in a ring and wear it at all times.
5. Carve your initials in a fig and feed it to your lover to keep him faithful to you.


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underOATH's McTague On New Project, Marriage Counseling & God
Timmy McTague of underOATH posted the following bulletin to fans on Myspace on Friday (July 6):
Hey everyone, I'm sitting in my living room right now and thought of how weird it is that if I write something down in this box more than half a million people would see it..and that's weird to me. Nonetheless, here I am. Cornerstone this past weekend was amazing. It always blows my mind watching my friends and us playing to that many people in a field in nowhere, IL…so cool. I'd like to thank all of the dudes who made that stuff happen for us…they know who they are and our show couldn't have happened without them. I've just started producing a project called Preson this past week. We have gotten half of the drums done and it's sounding super cool. Tommy (Preson) is the worship leader at my church, and although most of you are cringing I assure you he's not a typical christian and most definitely not a typical christian song writer. It's super folk influenced, and super moving. I hope to have something for you all to listen to sometime in the next few weeks. I also just did my first 2hour marriage counseling session with my finacee Elizabeth yesterday. It's amazing seeing how far you've come and how much further there is to go in life and in a relationship with someone. I really felt God's wisdom in all of it and would encourage anyone who's planning on getting married to do some counseling of their own. It's a humbling thing to recognize you don't have what it takes and need to rely on other people's wisdom and advice, and more than that God's grace in your life to make it in life. I hope you all are well. Be blessed and may you see God in all things.
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Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati
Computer Vision and Biometrics Lab
CVB is a research lab at Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati. The research team mainly focuses in the field of Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, with a special interest in Perceptual Computing and Biometrics. Current research themes include:
Mobile Ocular Biometrics in the Visible Spectrum
Iris Verification using View Spectrum Cameras
Authentication, authorization and access control using biometrics
Gaze Estimation in the Wild
Facial Expression Recognition for Affective Computing
Dynamic Hand Gesture Recognition
Image Compression by means of Object of Interest Recognition