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by TraceWillow
Why do you still keep on listening to David Archuleta?
— Why not?
Seriously, why? Is he that good?
— Yes, he is that good.
You can't let go?
— Why let go? He is that good.
I think you are insane and ridiculous.
— Ask me a smart question then.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
— Cos it wanted to get to the other side.
Smart answer.
— Thank you. Smart question.
A smart woman like you listening to him day in and day out and waiting for him like forever? I just don't understand it.
— Just like you don't understand why the chicken crossed the road.
I mean, just look at your collection …David Archuleta…David Archuleta…David Archuleta … Not bored meh?
— How can you ignore and get bored with a voice that tugs and pulls at your heart?
No rappin'…no autotune…no enhancements…no squealing…
— Aah that's why.
I think you are just blown away by his cute baby face.
— That too.
And you want to ruffle his hair.
— Maybe.
And rub his 6-pack.
— So?
But he is so tiny.
— Says who?! What's that got to do with it?! He is near perfect! He is wonderful! Best things come in small packages. Small body – Big Heart!
Aiya, who cares about heart! You can't see it.
— But I can feel it. And I can hear it.
Nah, he needs to have a make-over.
— And you, my friend, needs a think-over.
He can be your son, y'know.
— Or my great-grandson…what's the problem?
He abandoned you, didn't he?
— It's not like that.
And he broke your heart.
— He'll be back. I'm sure of that.
Why did he leave you?
— Because there is Someone much Greater and much Higher than I.
When he comes back, he'll have no fans left, y'know.
— You'd be surprised.
I just don't understand you and your friends – just waitin'…waitin'…
— If you had not reached out to him and let him touch your heart, you wouldn't grasp his true beauty or understand delicate matters of the heart. A person of strength and tenacity is able to muster a great deal of patience and endurance for a very long time to wait for something or someone who is worth waiting for.
Wah, long speech. So intense! Must be serious.
— You bet!
I'll never get it.
— It's your loss. You have my sympathies.
If I, I chabut already.
— Byebye then…be gone…fare thee well…
Come, let me take you shopping to go buy some new and really cool cd's on happy rappin' and groovin'. They'll cure you of these Oppressive Dumb Doldrums!
— Ai hello, there is no cure ok? And if there is, I don't want it. Leave me alone. Go away. I'm Happpyyyyyy……Duh!!
Yes we are happy. Happy for what David had given us. Happy to wait. And Happy in anticipation.
Is that being Dumb? Who is the Dumber? I don't know. All I know is, these are some of the Dumb debates I've had to face often – like, I am obliged to give the world an explanation in order to affirm my social standing as a credibly sane person, as to why I like David. Why must I explain? Why do I have to defend myself? Why do I need to justify my good taste? Ggrrr…
Have you guys had to defend yourselves too and go through some Dumb debates?


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Notes & Outlines 1 JOHN "By Dr. J. Vernon McGee © Thru the Bible Radio Network,http://www.ttb.org. "
(Audio index:MCGEECOMMENTARYAUDIO 1John )
WRITER: John the Apostle
DATE: A.D. 90-100 John evidently wrote his Gospel first, then his epistles, and finally the Book of Revelation before his death about A.D. 100.
PURPOSE: John expressed the purpose for his writing in each of the three types of revelation: His Gospel in kjv@John:20:30-31: And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. His first epistle in kjv@1John:5:13: These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. His revelation in kjv@Revelation:1:19: Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter. Actually, there is a fivefold purpose expressed in 1 John:
(1) 1:3 — "That ye also may have fellowship with us other believers; and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ." (2) 1:4 — "That your joy may be full." (3) 2:1 — "That ye sin not." (4) v:13 — "That ye may know that ye have eternal life." (5) v:13 — "That ye may believe on the name of the Son of God."
THE FAMILY OF GOD: This epistle has been called the sanctum sanctorum of the New Testament. It takes the child of God across the threshold into the fellowship of the Father's home. It is the family epistle; John is writing here to the family of God. Father is used thirteen times and little children eleven times.
Paul wrote to the church; John wrote to the family. The church is a body of believers in the position where we are blessed "with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ" kjv@Ephesians:1:3). We are given that position when we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. In the family we have a relationship which can be broken, but is restored when "we confess our sins." Then He "is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" ( kjv@1John:1:9). The body of believers who constitute the church are in the family of God, though the family is larger than the church. The church and the family are both in the Kingdom of God but are not synonymous terms.
KEY WORDS: Light (used six times); love (used thirty-three times); life (used fifteen times); fellowship (used four times); know (used thirty-eight times) — John wrote to meet the first heresy that entered the church. It was Gnosticism, which boasted super-knowledge. It accepted the deity of Jesus, but it denied His humanity. John gives us the true gnosticism — knowledge.
I. God is LIGHT (1:5), Chapters kjv@1John:1:1—2:2A. Prologue, Chapter kjv@1John:1:1-2
B. How the little children may have fellowship with God, Chapters kjv@1John:1:3—2:2 1. By walking in light, kjv@1John:1:3-7 2. By confessing sin, kjv@1John:1:8-10 3. By advocacy of Christ, kjv@1John:2:1-2
II. God is LOVE ( kjv@1John:4:8), Chapters kjv@1John:2:3—4:21A. How the dear children may have fellowship with each other by walking in love, Chapter kjv@1John:2:3-14
B. The dear children must not love the world, Chapter kjv@1John:2:15-28
C. How the dear children may know each other and live together, Chapters kjv@1John:2:29—4:21
1. The Father's love for His children, kjv@1John:2:29—3:3 2. The two natures of the believer in action, kjv@1John:3:4-24 3. Warning against false teachers, kjv@1John:4:1-6 4. God is love; little children will love each other, kjv@1John:4:7-21
III. God is LIFE ( kjv@1John:5:12), Chapter kjv@1John:5A. Victory over the world, kjv@1John:5:1-5 B. Assurance of salvation, kjv@1John:5:6-21
I. God is LIGHT ( kjv@1John:1:5), Chapters kjv@1John:1:1—2:2
A. Prologue, Chapter kjv@1John:1:1-2
kjv@1John:1:1 — "From the beginning" is not the beginning of kjv@John:1:1 (beyond time in eternity past) nor the beginning in kjv@Genesis:1:1 (beginning of creation). This beginning goes back to the incarnation and the earthly life of Jesus. Gnosticism, the first heresy, denied the reality of the humanity of Jesus. Some said that the Spirit came upon Him at His baptism, and left Him at the cross. John asserts the reality of the total personality of Jesus:
1. "We have heard" (ear gate) — apostles heard His voice;
2. "We have seen" (eye gate) — apostles saw Him;
3. "Looked upon" is literally gazed upon; we get our word theater from the original word. To look saves; to gaze sanctifies. And, as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. kjv@John:3:14-15) 4. "Handled" Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. kjv@Luke:24:39) John reclined upon the bosom of Jesus in the upper room. He heard the heartbeat of God! "Word of life" (see notes on kjv@John:1:11).
kjv@1John:1:2 — The apostles saw eternal life, Jesus Christ, and they witness to it.
B. How the little children may have fellowship with God, Chapters kjv@1John:1:3—2:2
1. By walking in light, kjv@1John:1:3-7
kjv@1John:1:3 — "Fellowship" is koinonia, meaning having in common or sharing with. Christian fellowship means sharing the things of Christ. Paul used koinonia when speaking of praying, teaching the Word of God, the Lord's Supper, and giving.
kjv@1John:1:4 — Joy for the believer is one of the purposes of this epistle.
kjv@1John:1:5 — "God is light" — not a light or the light. Light, as used here, is moral character. It means the holiness of God that searches out and penetrates the darkness of sin and evil. Sin cannot exist in His presence as darkness cannot exist in the presence of physical light. Light is life giving kjv@John:1:4). Light speaks of the glory, radiance, beauty, purity, and stainless holiness of God.
kjv@1John:1:6 — "Darkness" is more than the opposite of light. It is hostile to God. It is evil and denotes chaos. This refers to an attempt to bring God down to the level of man. A Gnostic sect in that day believed that they were no longer under the moral law of God. This is the same as the socalled "new morality." Napoleon said that laws were made for ordinary people; he was above them.
kjv@1John:1:7 — Any believer who walks in the light of the Word of God discovers sin in his life. As a believer, he knows that the blood of Christ can cleanse him from sin, as it did when he first came to Christ for salvation.
2. By confessing sin, kjv@1John:1:8-10
kjv@1John:1:8 — While some try to bring God down to man's low level, others attempt the opposite. They attempt to lift themselves to God's level. They say that they have no sin. They claim sinless perfection and total sanctification. These actually deceive themselves. They are guilty of selfdeception and lying.
kjv@1John:1:9 — Since God cannot be brought down to man's low level and man cannot attain to God's exalted level, man finds himself on the horns of a dilemma. What can he do? Note the biblical solution: "Confess" (homologomen) means to say the same thing that God says. God says they are acts of sin. Tell it to God as it is — the sin should be spelled out. "He is faithful" — we might deceive ourselves. "Just" (righteous) — "The blood of Jesus Christ…cleanseth us from all sin" ( kjv@1John:1:7). He forgives and cleanses.
kjv@1John:1:10 — We make God a liar when we say we do not sin. He says we do.
3. By the advocacy of Christ, kjv@1John:2:1-2
kjv@1John:2:1 — This is the third factor in having fellowship with God and Christ. God's arrangement for a believer not to sin is perfect, but our entrance into it is imperfect. An advocate is an attorney called to the side of a client in trouble. He is a comforter. The Lord Jesus Christ is in heaven to defend the sinning believer from the charge of the accuser of the brethren.
kjv@1John:2:2 — Without His defense, the sinning saint would be in deep trouble. He is the sacrifice that makes the throne of God a mercy seat. We need mercy — He is rich in mercy. "Propitiation" is expiation, the basis on which God extends mercy; mercy seat.
II. God is LOVE ( kjv@1John:4:8), Chapters kjv@1John:2:3—4:21
A. How the dear children may have fellowship with each other by walking in love, Chapter kjv@1John:2:3-14
kjv@1John:2:3 — Obedience to Christ is the basis of assurance. "We do know" is we know by experience, in contrast to the esoteric knowledge of the Gnostics.
kjv@1John:2:4 — Disobedience to Christ is a proof that we do not know Him. This is plain and direct language. Disobedience to Christ on the part of a professing Christian is tantamount to being a liar. The life is a lie.
kjv@1John:2:5 — "Keepeth his word" includes not only His specific commandments but whatever pleases Him kjv@John:14:15-23).
kjv@1John:2:6 — Christ is manifest in the believer when he keeps the word of Christ. Full commitment is to love Christ. The question is not, "Are you committed?" but, "Do you love Christ?"
kjv@1John:2:7 — "Old commandment…from the beginning" is the commandment that the Lord Jesus gave to His apostles when He was with them on earth — which He repeated many times (see kjv@John:13:34-35 kjv@John:14:21-24; kjv@John:15:10-12).
kjv@1John:2:8 — It is a new commandment to believers today who are regenerated and indwelt by the Holy Spirit. Believers are to do the will of God. "The darkness is past" — rather, is passing. Look around you, it has not yet passed. The fog of ignorance of God's Word is still much in evidence. The Law says: "If a man do, he shall live." Grace says: "If a man live, he shall do."
kjv@1John:2:9-10 — Loving a fellow believer is the test of genuine faith. Hatred of a fellow believer is evidence that a person is not in the light.
kjv@1John:2:11 — Hating a brother is dwelling in darkness; loving a brother is dwelling in light kjv@Jeremiah:13:16). The Christian life is like a triangle:
GOD — light, love, life
t gh Li ve Lo
Li gh t Lo ve
Walking in Light Me Love PROOF OF LIFE
Other Believer
kjv@1John:2:12 — "Little children" (teknia) is dear children, meaning all believers, regardless of age, whose sins are forgiven on the basis of the shed blood of Christ.
kjv@1John:2:13 — "Fathers" are mature saints who have walked with God for years. David wrote kjv@Psalms:23 when he was an old man. "Young men" are not as mature as the fathers but have learned the secret of overcoming the enemy by the blood of Christ kjv@Revelation:12:11). "Little children" (paidia) are those who know they are sons of God, but that is all they know.
kjv@1John:2:14 — The fathers have reached spiritual maturity over a long period of time. The young men are strong because they know the Word of God and are able to overcome the wicked one — they can handle the sword of the Spirit.
B. The dear children must not love the world, Chapter kjv@1John:2:15-28
kjv@1John:2:15 — "World" (kosmos) means creation; order; system. It could have one of three meanings:
(1) material creation; earth kjv@Ephesians:1:4);
(2) humanity; mankind kjv@John:3:16);
(3) world system — satanic kjv@John:12:31 kjv@John:14:30 kjv@John:16:11 ; kjv@Ephesians:2:2 — greed; ambition; pleasure; deceit). John is speaking here of the last meaning, i.e., two world systems: God's and Satan's. Man is subject to one or the other kjv@Galatians:6:14; kjv@2Peter:2:20).
kjv@1John:2:16 — "Lust of the flesh" — Eve saw that the tree was good for food. "Lust of the eyes" — Eve saw that the tree was good to look at. "Pride of life" — Eve saw that the tree was to be desired to make one wise.
kjv@1John:2:17 — This world system is passing away.
kjv@1John:2:18 — There is coming a man who will head up the antichrist system. He is Antichrist. "Antichrist" is against Christ (denial) or imitation of Christ (pretense). Antichrist is both. Many have appeared in the history of the world.
Here is a list of but a few:
Gnostics — "They the followers of Carpocrates say that Jesus was the son of Joseph and born after the manner of other men." (Iranaeus. Only human.) "In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, God came down to Capernaum not born of any mother, and taught." (Opening of Marcion's Gospel.)
Muslims — "Verily Christ Jesus the son of Mary is the apostle of God…Say not, There are three Gods…God is but one God. Far be it from Him that He should have a son." (Koran, ch. iv. Sale, p. 80.)
Communists — "Here is a new mystery — that of Divinity dividing itself into two halves…God the Father, seeing from the height of His eternal splendour, that the poor God the Son, flattened out and astounded by His fall, is so plunged and lost in matter, that having reached the human state, He has not yet recovered Himself, decides to come to His aid." (Bakunin, God and the State, p. 31.)
Theosophists — "To identify the Lord with the historical Jesus, maintaining the latter to be very Deity, Jehovah in person, who assumed a fleshly body, and manifested Himself as a man, in order to save men from Hell, and commanded His disciples to call Him Lord, is to fall into a common error." (The Perfect Way, p. 257.)
Atheists — "Jesus was some fine sort of man perhaps, but our Saviour of the Trinity is a dressed-up inconsistent effigy of amiability, a monstrous hybrid of men, an infinity making significant promises of helpful miracles for the cheating of simple souls, an ever absent help in times of trouble." (H. G. Wells, Outline of History.)
kjv@1John:2:19 — Pseudo-Christians will not stay under the preaching of the Word of God. Their departure is their identification.
kjv@1John:2:20 — The Holy Spirit is the Teacher of the believer kjv@John:16:12-15).
kjv@1John:2:21 — John's purpose is not to give them something new. They know the gospel.
kjv@1John:2:22 — This is the mark of Antichrist. He denies both God and Christ.
kjv@1John:2:23 — You cannot deny one without denying the other.
kjv@1John:2:24 — If the Word does not abide in a professing Christian, he will eventually drift from the truth.
kjv@1John:2:25-26 — This is a warning against false teachers.
kjv@1John:2:27 — (See kjv@1John:2:20.) The Holy Spirit is the final authority.
kjv@1John:2:28 — It is possible for a believer to be ashamed at the rapture of the church. Obedience and assurance make the coming of Christ a joyful anticipation.
C. How the dear children may know each other and live together, Chapters kjv@1John:2:29—4:21
Chapter 2
kjv@1John:2:29 — It is one thing to testify that we know Christ and are in Him; it is quite another to have a life that reveals that He is our righteousness. We recognize other believers by their lives, not their lips. Righteousness is a family characteristic of the Father and His children.
Chapter 3
kjv@1John:3:1 — This is my own literal translation: "Behold ye, of what sort of love the Father hath given to us, that we should be named children of God, and we are: and because of this the world does not begin to understand us, because it did not know begin to understand Him." We do not expect to be the sons of God — WE ARE! This is a thrilling fact for which every believer can exult, rejoice, and constantly thank Him.
kjv@1John:3:2 — This is not all. We should be like Christ — not identical, but The Father's love for His children, kjv@1John:3:2:29—3:3 like Him. We do not know how wonderful that is, for we have not seen Him as He is. God sees us as we shall be some day.
kjv@1John:3:3 — This is an incentive for holy living now.
2. The two natures of the believer in action, kjv@1John:3:4-24
kjv@1John:3:4 — Sin is basically that which is contrary to the will of God — insubordination to the will of God.
kjv@1John:3:5 — In John's Gospel, Jesus came to take away the sin of the world; He bore the penalty of sin. Here in John's epistle, He takes away the practice of sin in the life of a believer. He is without sin, as was the sin offering. He removes the guilt of sin and also provides the power to deliver from the habit of sinning.
kjv@1John:3:6 — The believer who abides in Christ does not practice sin. He cannot live a sinful life. Only pigs live in pigpens — sons go home eventually. To continue in sin means the person was never saved in the first place.
kjv@1John:3:7 — The one practicing righteousness is a child of God.
kjv@1John:3:8 — "Committeth sin" is practices sin. The prodigal son may get in the pigpen, but he will not live there. The devil sinned from the beginning, and he continues to sin. His is a career of nothing but sin. The Son of God was revealed to unloose the works of the devil. Christ came to make it possible for a believer not to live in sin.
kjv@1John:3:9 — A believer gets a new nature at conversion, but he does not lose the old nature. The new nature never sins because it is born of God. (e.g., I have some fine budded avocado trees in my yard. Each tree has two natures. Below the budded area they produce small bitter avocados; above the budded area they produce luscious fruit. The wild branches below the bud are removed; the branches above the bud are pruned, but they always produce delicious fruit — they cannot produce wild fruit.)
kjv@1John:3:10 — Christ said, "Ye shall know them by their fruits" kjv@Matthew:7:16). The one who practices righteousness produces the fruit of the Spirit. Augustine said, "The devil made no one, he begat no one, he created no one, but whosoever imitates the devil is, as it were, a child of the devil, through imitating, not being from him."
kjv@1John:3:11 — See kjv@1John:2:7.
kjv@1John:3:12 — Cain's offering was evil, as evidenced from his conduct. He was envious of his brother, and he slew him. Pride was in the heart of Cain (see kjv@Genesis:4:1-25).
kjv@1John:3:13 — See kjv@John:15:18-19.
kjv@1John:3:14 — Love of the brethren is proof of salvation.
kjv@1John:3:15 — See kjv@Matthew:5:21-22.
kjv@1John:3:16 — This is proof that God loves us.
kjv@1John:3:17 — Love is not a sentiment; love goes into action.
kjv@1John:3:18 — In domestic relations, love is not made in the parlor, but in the kitchen. The wife cooks for her husband, and the husband goes out to work for his wife — this is love in action.
kjv@1John:3:19 — When we demonstrate our love in this way, we have a confidence in prayer.
kjv@1John:3:20 — If we do not have this assurance, God is greater than our hearts — He still hears our prayer.
kjv@1John:3:21-22 — Love in action gives assurance in prayer.
kjv@1John:3:23 — This is the Christian life in a nutshell.
kjv@1John:3:24 — The Holy Spirit verifies these things to our hearts if we have not grieved Him.
3. Warning against false teachers, kjv@1John:4:1-6
kjv@1John:4:1-3 — "Test the spirits" is prove the spirits. Love can become rather mushy and sentimental. Paul prayed that "love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment" kjv@Philippians:1:9). The so-called "love" of liberals slops over on all sides. There are many false teachers that the child of God should avoid as he does a rattlesnake. These false teachers are inspired by evil spirits that deny the incarnation of Christ and all His work of redemption that flows from it. The evil spirit denies the Person of Christ and His work. This is the final test. The evil spirit resists and opposes Christ. This is the spirit of Antichrist (see kjv@1John:2:22).
kjv@1John:4:4 — The Holy Spirit indwells every believer kjv@Romans:8:9; kjv@1Corinthians:6:19).
kjv@1John:4:5 — This explains the appeal that many ministers have in the world and their popularity with the unsaved.
kjv@1John:4:6 — The supreme encouragement of the ministry is to know that God's children will hear you. The elect cannot permanently be deceived. Christ said it is not possible to deceive the elect.
4. God is love; little children will love each other, 4:7-21
kjv@1John:4:7 — Having given a warning against false teachers who are not to be loved, he returns to the theme of this section: Believers are to love one another. This is not sentimental, sexual, or social.
kjv@1John:4:8 — The norm is the love of God. Love works for the best interests of the beloved. God is light; God is love.
kjv@1John:4:9 — This is the historical evidence that God loved us. We were dead; Christ brought us to life through His death. He gave His life that we might live.
kjv@1John:4:10 — God loved us before there was any response on our part. He gave the Son to make expiation for our sins. He turned the throne of God into a mercy seat.
kjv@1John:4:11 — The giving of Christ to die for us is the norm of love. He is the motivation for our love.
kjv@1John:4:12 — God, who is unseen, is revealed today in the lives of believers. He longs to pour out His love through us.
kjv@1John:4:13 — The Holy Spirit indwells every believer (see v:4).
kjv@1John:4:14 — This is the gospel witness.
kjv@1John:4:15 — No believer can deny the deity of Christ. He is the only meeting place between God and man ( kjv@1Timothy:2:5).
kjv@1John:4:16 — Love is the supreme test. Do you believe that God loves you? Then confess Him before men wherever your lot in life is cast. Again John gives us this definition, "God is love."
kjv@1John:4:17 — This verse could be rendered like this: In this is [God's] love perfected with us. The perfect love is not in us. The perfect love is Christ who came down where we are and became the propitiation for our sins. God put our sins on Him; but when Christ went back to heaven, there was no sin on Him — He had settled it down here. This means that we are as secure in the world as Christ is. What security! This gives us boldness in the day of judgment. Today we represent Him in the world.
kjv@1John:4:18 — This removes fear from the saved sinner's heart. He is "Perfect Love." His love for us should give us the feeling of belonging to the family of God.
v:19 — The best texts omit Him. Correctly, We love, because He first loved us. This widens the meaning. Some saints say they love Him but do not love "His." Our love for Christ is in the same ratio that it is for other believers.
kjv@1John:4:20 — This is direct and pointed and must be taken at face value. This is the test of kjv@1John:4:19.
kjv@1John:4:21 — This is a commandment of Christ. There are no options.
III. God is LIFE ( kjv@1John:5:12), Chapter kjv@1John:5
A. Victory over the world, kjv@1John:5:1-5
kjv@1John:5:1 — Faith produces the new birth. The one who is born again will love others who are born again. These cannot be confined to a certain denomination, church, race, clique or group.
kjv@1John:5:2 — When we love God and keep His commandments, we love other believers because that is one of His commandments. These commandments do not refer here to the Old Testament Law but to the commandments of Christ.
kjv@1John:5:3 — "Burdensome" does not mean that they are difficult to keep, but rather that they do not impose a burden when they are kept. "In keeping of them there is great reward" kjv@Psalms:19:11). Jesus said, "For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light" kjv@Matthew:11:30). The breaking of them brings misery and heavy burdens. A mother works long hours in taking care of her baby, but it is not burdensome; it is a joy.
kjv@1John:5:4 — "Victory" — this is the only time the Greek word nike occurs in the New Testament. The battle of Jericho is the familiar example. Joshua got the victory over Jericho, not by fighting, but by believing God. The victory was God's. We cannot overcome the world by fighting it. Conquest depends upon faith kjv@Hebrews:11:30).
kjv@1John:5:5 — Faith in Christ for salvation in the future; Faith in Christ for salvation here and now from the world.
B. Assurance of salvation, kjv@1John:5:6-21
kjv@1John:5:6 — There are three that bear witness to the truth of salvation by faith in Christ:
(1) Water — the Word of God (see kjv@John:19:34-35);
(2) Blood — the death of Christ for our sins, resulting in forgiveness (see kjv@Ephesians:1:7); and
(3) Spirit — truth kjv@Acts:1:4 kjv@Acts:1:8).
kjv@1John:5:7 — This verse is not in the better manuscripts. I do not feel it adds anything to the text.
kjv@1John:5:8 — The Holy Spirit came on the Day of Pentecost. (Between the death and resurrection of Christ and the Day of Pentecost, the disciples were not to witness.) The Holy Spirit must work before anyone can be born again. He takes the Word of God and applies the blood of Christ for forgiveness of sins.
kjv@1John:5:9 — We accept the statement of others. The most erratic rumor spreads like wildfire. Someone has said, "You cannot believe all you hear, but you can repeat it." Newspapers are the Bible for some. If man can be believed, surely the witness of God must be greater.
kjv@1John:5:10 — To refuse to believe God is tantamount to making Him a liar. What is the record? Note the next verse.
kjv@1John:5:11 — This is God's carte blanche statement. Either it is true or it is not true. The One who said it validates the statement.
kjv@1John:5:12 — Either we have Christ by faith or we do not have Him. There is no middle ground. Do you have Christ by faith? Will you believe God?
kjv@1John:5:13 — This is the key verse of the epistle. John wrote this epistle that you may believe on Christ and be saved and, having taken this step, that you might know you have eternal life. Do you believe God? It all rests upon whether or not you believe God. This is your surety. Paul said: For which cause I also suffer these things; nevertheless, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. ( kjv@2Timothy:1:12)
kjv@1John:5:14 — This promise hinges on the phrase "according to his will" — then we can have boldness, which is better than assurance. How can we know when prayer is in accordance with the will of God? It must be according to the Word of God. Beyond that, we let God make the judgment.
kjv@1John:5:15 — Final proof is whether or not we have our petitions answered.
kjv@1John:5:16 — This refers to physical death. Believers can commit a sin for which the Heavenly Father will call them home. It may be a different sin for each of His children. Ananias and Sapphira committed the sin unto death kjv@Acts:5:1-11). In Corinth there were some ( kjv@1Corinthians:11:30). Absalom did ( kjv@2Samuel:15-18). Moses and Aaron did kjv@Numbers:20:12).
kjv@1John:5:17 — Everything that is not right is sin — but not every sin is unto death.
kjv@1John:5:18 — The new nature never sins. Believers living in the flesh (old nature) sin.
kjv@1John:5:19 — "The whole world lieth in wickedness" is the whole world lieth asleep in the arms of the evil one. The devil has put the baby to sleep.
kjv@1John:5:20 — The Spirit of God is our Teacher to lead us into all truth.
kjv@1John:5:21 — God's first statement to us is: "In the beginning God created"; among His last words to us are these, "Keep yourselves from idols." Anything that stands between Christ and the believer is an idol.
These notes, prepared by J. Vernon McGee, are for the purpose of giving assistance to the listeners of the THRU THE BIBLE RADIO program. They are to be used with the Bible and will be more meaningful as you look up all the Scripture references. Due to the necessary brevity of both notes and broadcasts, a list of recommended books is included for those wanting a more detailed study. These books may be obtained from a Christian library or bookstore or ordered from the publishers.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS Barclay, William. The Letters of John and Jude. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Westminster Press, 1958. Boice, James Montgomery. The Epistles of John. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, n.d. Burdick, Donald W. The Epistles of John. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1970. Ironside, H. A. The Epistles of John. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1931. Kelly, William. An Exposition of the Epistles of John. Addison, Illinois: Bible Truth Publishers, 1905. McGee, J. Vernon. 1 John. Publishers, 1991. Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson Mitchell, John G. Fellowship: Three Letters From John. Portland, Oregon: Multnomah Press, 1974. Robertson, A. T. Epochs in the Life of the Apostle John. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1933. Stott, J. R. W. The Epistles of John. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1964. Strauss, Lehman. The Epistles of John. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, n.d. Thomas, W. H. Griffith. The Apostle John. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1956. Vaughan, Curtis. 1, 2, 3 John. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1970. Vine, W. E. The Epistle of John. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, n.d. Wuest, Kenneth S. In These Last Days. Grand Rapids Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1954. (Deals with the epistles of 2 Peter, John, and Jude.)
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Sex education doesn't need to be a single tell-all discussion. Follow your child's cues about what he or she needs to know — and when.
Sex education often begins as simple anatomy lessons during the toddler years. But during the school-age years, your child might start asking specific questions about sex. Not sure what to say? Consider this guide to discussing sex with your school-age child.
Toddlers and preschoolers are often satisfied with vague answers to questions about where babies come from. But school-age children tend to ask more-specific questions about the connection between sexuality and making babies.
As your child's questions about sex become more complex — and perhaps more embarrassing — he or she may turn to friends or other sources for information.
When your school-age child inquires about sex, ask what he or she already knows. Correct any misconceptions, and then offer enough details to answer the specific questions. Don't laugh at your child's questions or use nicknames for your child's sexual anatomy, which may send the signal that these body parts shouldn't be discussed.
Consider these examples:
Even if you're uncomfortable, forge ahead. Remember, you're setting the stage for open, honest discussions in the years to come. Consider who's best to educate your child — you or the TV, the internet or your child's friends?
Between ages 8 and 12, children often worry whether they're "normal" — particularly when it comes to penis size and breast size. Explain what happens during puberty for both boys and girls.
Offer reassurance that children of the same age mature at different rates. Puberty might begin years earlier — or later — for some children, but eventually everyone catches up.
You might want to share experiences from your own development, particularly if you once had the same concerns that your child has now.
Talk to your child about the emotional and physical consequences of becoming sexually active, such as pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections and a range of feelings. Discussing these issues now can help your child avoid feeling pressured to become sexually active before he or she is ready.
While you're telling your child about the dangers of sex, don't be afraid to mention the joys, too. Let your child know that sex can be beautiful in a loving, committed relationship.
Use everyday opportunities to discuss sex. Teachable moments are everywhere. If there's a pregnancy in the family, talk about how a baby develops inside a woman's body. If you see a commercial for a feminine hygiene product, use it as a springboard to talk about periods. If a couple on a TV show begin dating, talk about relationships and falling in love.
Take your role in sex education seriously. Encourage your child to take care of his or her body, develop a healthy sense of self-respect, and seek information from trusted sources. Your thoughtful approach to sex education can help your child develop a lifetime of healthy sexuality.
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PIMCO Chief Economist Paul McCulley, in his first commentary since returning to the bond shop in late May, says the war on inflation "is over." McCulley adds that "new neutral" federal funds rate is 2%, which means today's markets are fairly valued.
"The war against inflation initiated by [Federal Reserve Chaiirman Paul] Volcker in 1979 is over, done, finished; we won some 15 years ago," he explained in his piece "Just Give Me a Framework" on Thursday.
"Accordingly," he said, "the secular Fed strategy known as 'opportunistic disinflation' is dead, along with its companion cyclical implementation strategy of 'pre-emptive tightening.' "
Explaining the implications of his views on CNBC later in the day, McCulley outlined likely Fed action in 2015.
"I think the Fed will tighten next year, but it's not trying to pre-empt an increase in inflation," he said on the station. "In fact, the Fed's told you it won't hike until after inflation has moved up closer to target. That is a profound paradigm change."
Though he called recent Fed actions "responsibly irresponsible," McCulley acknowledges that the policies "have worked."
"Escape from the Liquidity Trap nears, with the heavy lifting having been done by endogenous delivering of private-sector balance sheets through the alchemy of rising bond and equity prices and valuations, which are fundamentally grounded in structural reduction in the central bank's neutral real policy rate," the economist noted in his PIMCO comments.
"We've had our cyclical ups and downs but when you look at it on a chart, I think we've achieved the promised land of price stability over many cycles," he shared on CNBC.
Given this stability, bonds and stocks are at "fair valuations," McCulley added, and are not at "artificial" levels.
While the economist doesn't see bonds moving higher, stocks could see some positive movement thanks to the stable level of both economic growth and corporate earnings.
As for asset-price inflation, the PIMCO executive says, this is "a good thing!"
"The decisive dynamic behind the Fed's story of success has, in my view, actually been soaring equity prices and valuations, both publicly traded and private. How so? Equity capital gains are the only asset that does not have a corresponding liability. Thus, soaring equity prices and valuations endogenously heal private sector balance sheets that have too much debt and too little equity.
These capital gains help "de-lever" private-sector balance sheets, "the fundamental cancer of a Liquidity Trap," he adds.
McCulley notes he sees the American economy as "a going, thriving concern, warts included."
While, there are "some elements of froth in both [the stock and bond] markets, particularly in specific sectors, "I have no problem with prevailing macro valuations of either asset class," he said.
Plus, he stressed, valuations could "get richer still, especially for stocks, in the run-up to the day when the FOMC takes an 'official' sharp whack to that 4% dot, which I expect will happen before the first policy-rate hike. Ironically, that would probably be a good time to take tactical chips off the equity table, before the Taper Tantrum is reincarnated into the Hike Heebies. But I digress."
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Some teachers at a school in Windsor, Ontario, are facing a backlash after they duped students into thinking they were going on a class trip to Disney World in Florida. Apparently the joke didn't go over too well with the students and some of their parents.
The prank began innocently enough: One of the teachers suspected that a student had been going through his desk, so he planted a fake brochure advertising a graduating-class trip to Orlando. The student apparently took the bait, since rumors about the trip began to circulate.
Somehow this led a few days later to the teacherswho arguably had a little too much time on their handsgiving a whole-class multimedia presentation on the wonders of Disney World, only to reveal in the very last slide the much-anticipated graduation celebration was actually being planned for a local bowling alley. They also filmed the students' reactions and later showed the video to other classes.
"I didn't know how to react at first, but then I felt really kind of depressed about it and upset," one student told CBC News.
A psychologist interviewed by Canada's national public broadcasting system characterized the teachers' actions as "bullying." "These are Grade 8 students moving into Grade 9," she said. "They already have anxiety and are going through personal, physical, and cognitive changes."
Many commenters on CBC News' website were considerably less concerned. "I think it was pretty funny," one wrote. "Stay out of the teacher's desk."
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At Red Hat, we have a content services department that is about sixty people strong. Even though the department is pretty big these days, back when I started with the company, we were still trying to work out the best way to run a successful enterprise-level documentation team. What that means is that I have been involved in some of the big discussions that we have had over time about what processes we needed to get in place in order to allow us to produce the massive amounts of documentation we required as our product offerings grew. As a department, we grew very big, very fast, and our processes needed to be flexible enough to accommodate the large number of new hires we had, and still have, coming in, but robust enough to be valuable and reliable. They also need to fit in well with the engineering practices in place in the company, and the tools that our development teams use and are familiar with. Of course the other really important factor was that we had to be open. We wanted to use completely open tools to produce our docs, but we also needed to be able to work with community teams, such as the Fedora group.
Like many documentation groups, at Red Hat we use a five-phase waterfall model to produce documentation. It's based on the ever-popular JoAnn Hackos method: starting with planning, the content specification, then writing and editing, translation and production, and then a retrospective review. At Red Hat at the moment we're at a place where our development teams are increasingly using Agile-style development models to produce software, and that means the pressure has been on us to develop in a less rigid way than the old waterfall model has been allowing us to do. Also, it's no secret that the online world is changing, and people now expect to be able to interact with information at a much deeper level than ever before. They don't want to be presented with static, hard-copy books any more. They want dynamic, interactive, usable, and above all useful documentation.
In order to be able to work out what kind of model we needed to use, we needed to go back to basics. All technology is about solving problems. Back when we were sitting around in caves, we had a problem: there was all this food running around outside, but we didn't have a way to get it to stop running around, so we invented a club and solved the problem. Since then, we've used technology to solve all sorts of problems: horses were sometimes problematic to control, and they didn't go very fast, so we invented cars. The hard wheels used on early cars weren't very comfortable, and when they broke they really broke, so we invented pneumatic tyres. We also had problems being able to see in the dark so we invented electric light, being able to go to the toilet when it was raining or cold so we invented indoor plumbing, being able to send messages to people on the other side of the country so we invented the telephone, or on the other side of the world so we invented email.
Even these really technological things that we find ourselves documenting now, are all solutions to problems. One of the first things you need to be aware of when you're writing documentation is what problem your users have. If you can't describe the problem in one or two sentences, then you don't understand it well enough, and you need to keep researching. Because if you keep going, all you're going to end up with is hollow marketing spin. That's how we end up with documentation that talks about "leveraging synergies": words that sound great, but have no meaning.
So at Red Hat we came up with a fairly simple model, and that is that documentation needs to be able to be boiled down to three things:
- Describing the problem
- Solving the problem
- Giving any additional information
Anyone who has done any work with DITA would understand that what I'm really talking about here is:
- Concept
- Task
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So we've more or less said that DITA is where we need to go next. But we didn't want to completely restructure the tools we were using. We have a fairly large people investment in our tools. The main tool we use is Publican, which was developed by an engineer in our Brisbane office. It uses Docbook XML and gives us a command line interface that we can use to create new blank books, apply corporate formatting, and it integrates into our internal packaging system so we can create all these different formats for our books – HTML, PDF, and ePUB on the website, and we can also create RPM packages and man pages to package in with software. We combine Publican with SVN to give us a complete CMS, in short.
We looked at DITA and DITA-OT, the DITA Open Toolkit. We realized two things: first of all, it would take a significant amount of work for us to bring an open DITA toolchain to the level of maturity and system integration of our existing Docbook toolchain. Secondly, we wouldn't get the really significant benefits of topic-based authoring without a Component Content Management System – a CMS that manages content at a very granular level. Putting those two things together made it clear that if we changed to DITA all in one hit, it would take us significant time and energy just to get back to where we already were with a mature open source complete tool chain. So we decided to take an evolutionary, rather than revolutionary approach. It's a much more open source approach: to re-purpose something that you already have, add a script here, a small command-line tool there, release early, release often, and let the user community guide the development, rather than trying to design and implement some grand system in a distant (and expensive) future.
What we needed was something that worked in a similar manner to DITA, gave us content re-use and all that good stuff, but that would work with our existing Docbook XML and Publican tools. The first thing we did was to start creating topics in Docbook, using Docbook syntax, and a command line tool that we called the "Topic Tool". This was a really simple command line tool that allowed us to write XML snippets (or 'topics'), and save them in SVN. We used an extensible template model, where the topic tool retrieves a Docbook template from a central repository to match the topic type you specify. That way we can create new topic types, and even modify the Docbook syntax of existing topic types, without changing the tool on users' machines. That was an important decision, and a major part of the evolutionary "Release, Review, Refine" approach we wanted to use. Over time we did change the Docbook syntax of the basic topic types and create new topic types, validating the open source maxim "plan to throw the first one away".
The basic workflow with the Topic Tool is like this: you tell the tool which topic type you want, and it will then download the template and prefill some information for you. You can then edit the topic in a text editor, and import it back into the repository. It's then possible to view your topic from the repo directly, which means anyone can now see it and use it. We then include those snippets into any book you want using an xi:include, build the book as normal with Publican, and voila! we have a book with content reuse. So that was pretty awesome, and if you read any of our Virtualisation documentation you'll probably not know it, but that's all based on topics and maintained using the topic tool.
Of course, once we got to about 300 topics in the topic tool, we started to notice that we have another problem, we were having trouble locating topics within the repository. This made us realise that what we needed was a better way to organise it all, so we wrapped a neat interface around Topic Tool using Open Grok. OpenGrok is designed for software engineers to search source code repositories, so it worked well for what we were trying to do. This is where the open source ecosystem came into its own all over again – there are a million off-the-shelf components and projects that you can choose from to build your own system. In the end we had a web-based search tool that was pretty basic, but did the job.
Content reuse is an obvious application of topic-based authoring, but by this stage, we'd started to realise something even more exciting. Our definition of a topic is a unit of information with a single subject – that means that it talks about one thing, and one thing only – and that has a single information role: that is, it's a concept, a task, or a reference. If we gave three topics – a concept, a task, and a reference – to a robot, along with a rule describing the "explain, answer, extra info" pattern, and some kind of graphical template, that robot can assemble those topics into meaningful and useful output for an end user. What we wanted to do was to automate this process.
When humans assemble content into a book, they are making decisions. What aspects of the information are their decisions based on, and what rules are they consciously or unconsciously using? That was what we wanted to create: A system that would allow us to store metadata about a topic, and use rules to automate assembly on a scale that we just couldn't do by hand-coding.
So we developed a system that we call Skynet, which allows us to dynamically sort and locate topics. Select the topics you want, and Skynet will download the code that presents those topics in a consumable way. Of course, we started dreaming big after all this. We've started thinking about moving away from the documentation-as-a-book paradigm, and started considering "Documentation 2.0". Why not include comment fields on our documentation, that will allow our reviewers – quality engineers, subject matter experts, editors, and the like to make comments directly in the book rather than creating a separate list? And why not offer that functionality to our users as well? What if we had the equivalent of a Facebook 'like' button? Users could 'like' sections that they found useful, or leave comments saying "when I tried to follow these instructions, X happened" or "this seems to be missing a step" or the like. If we break away from the book model, we start to be able to think about documentation as something that our users can interac with. We could have popular topics bubble up to the top of a list, or divide books into audiences, and present the information for each audience differently, giving them a tab to click to see the information in various ways. We could implement something similar to the Amazon "customers who bought this also bought this" and present similar topics to our readers. Using single-sourced content, and content reuse, through a system like Skynet, is going to allow us to move into these more innovative delivery methods.
The team working on the Skynet project have 110% discoverability as one of their goals, to quote the team leader: "the documentation finds you". In other words, when you're working on something, and you get stuck, the documentation is there at a click or a glance, ready for you to interact with it. Of course, I'm sure some of you are saying "Help" right now, and yes, I agree with you. That is something else we're talking about, and something that Skynet will enable us to do. Skynet pushes out XML now, and of course there's plenty we can do with that as it is, but we can also extend it to push out all manner of things, including Mallard for Gnome Help.
So let's take this conversation back to processes. All this dreaming is fantastic, but at some point we still have to actually do the hard work. Without a solid process, and a great set of standards, we're not going to be able to get there. We're doing a lot of internal testing, and we're dipping our toes in the water with the topic tool and with Skynet. So far, we've been able to slip these in to our existing standards, but that's not going to last for long. With a paradigm shift as big as this, everything is going to have to change, and that includes the way we go about producing our documentation. We need to be organised, we need to make sure what we do is repeatable, and we need to maintain our high standards of quality and accuracy in our documentation. Most of all, though, we need to maintain and even increase our focus on the customer. These changes come about not because we got bored with doing things the old way, but because we believe it's a better way to serve our audience. Never, ever forget who you're writing for, it's those poor sods out there with their problems that they're trying to solve. Our goal is to give them the tools they need to solve them.
So, to recap:
One of the main things that we have learned is that process is king. If you don't have a solid process for producing documentation, then you're going to find yourself floundering at every point along the way. You're going to end up with documentation that doesn't cover what it needs to cover, isn't accurate or well-written, and doesn't get out on time. Without a plan for how you're going to tackle the project from end to end, then you're not going to succeed. It's that simple.
The second thing is about tools. You need to decide ahead of time what tools you are going to need during the project, and make sure you have them ready and up and running before you start. It's horrible to get halfway through writing and find out that one of your writers doesn't understand how to use a semi-colon. It's even worse if you get halfway through and realise that one of your writers doesn't understand Docbook XML, or whatever authoring tool you're using.
While we're talking about tools, it's important to keep it open everywhere you can. This can seem counter-intuitive to those of you who have worked in big companies, but being open doesn't mean giving away business secrets, or exposing your competitive advantage. I think Red Hat of all companies really proves that the openness can co-exist with secure business practices.
Part of keeping it open is about keeping it real. The people behind your processes, the people doing the actual work day in and day out: they're real people. They're real people, with real lives, and real families. You need to be able to work with people, and ensure that the loss of one person isn't going to make the whole project tumble. The other thing you need to remember is that your readers are real people as well, you need to make sure that you're giving your readers something useful, and something that they will get value out of.
And finally, I want to remind you about reviews. We all understand the importance of reviewing our writing for correctness, and reviewing our projects to make sure we can learn from our mistakes. You need to extend reviews to the documentation process itself, as well. Never be afraid to change things around. Just because it worked last time doesn't mean it's going to work next time. And just because it's worked in the past, doesn't mean it's the best way to do it in the future.
This post was originally a talk given at the Open Help Conference in Cincinnati Ohio, on 5 June 2011.
The slide deck is available on Slideshare: Open Source Documentation in Four Easy Steps (and one slightly more difficult one)
You can also download this article as a PDF file: FourEasySteps


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The ABA Journal has an interesting case regarding Facebook and its "likes." If you use Facebook, it is very likely that you have "liked" a page, a comment, a photo, etc. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that a "like" is protected under the First Amendment.
In Bland v. Roberts, No. 12-1671 (4th Cir. Sept. 23 2013), six plaintiffs allege that because their support for the Sheriff's opponent, the Sheriff retaliated by choosing not the reappoint them. One of the plaintiffs had "liked" the opponent's Facebook page.
The First Amendment application for a public employee is interesting. In order for a public employee to enjoy First Amendment protection and show that the employer violated the First Amendment, the employee has to show 3 items.
- (1) the employee was speaking as a citizen upon a matter of public concern rather than an employee about a matter of personal interest;
- (2) the employee's interest in speaking upon the matter of public concern outweighed the government's interest in providing effective and efficient services to the public; and
- (3) the employee's speech was a substantial factor in the employer's termination decision
Furthermore, the degree of the protection depends on whether the political affiliation or political allegiance is an appropriate requirement for the effective performance of the public office. Here, the three deputies were trained as jailers and had never made an arrest. In other words, their political support for the Sheriff's opponent may not a requirement for their performance of their duties. This speech includes a "like" on Facebook. The 4th Circuit remanded the case for further proceedings.
via Clicking 'like' is protected by First Amendment, 4th Circuit says.


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Dubai's win as the first Middle Eastern city to host the World Expo scheduled for 2020 is slated to be a big boon for business, but analysts say billions of dollars spent on construction for the exhibition and speculation by investors could also lead to rising debt and an economic bubble.
The announcement Thursday that Dubai had been chosen was somewhat of a redemption for the emirate, which grabbed the world's attention in 2009 with its high-profile financial crisis that forced multi-billion dollar bailouts.
The debt squeeze was the result of heavy borrowing to fuel the city's frenetic building boom that left it bristling with futuristic skyscrapers, including the world's tallest building— the Burj Khalifa— and numerous manmade islands in the shape of palm trees and a map of the world.
As the global economy began to recover, so did Dubai's internationally connected economy, which relies heavily on transportation logistics, tourism and trade.
Fireworks greeted the news that Dubai had bested competing bids from Izmir, Turkey; Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Yekaterinburg, Russia, after three rounds of voting by delegates of the 168-nation Bureau International des Expositions in Paris.
Already one of the Mideast's premier gateways for businesses seeking a toehold in the region, Dubai could also become a more attractive destination for foreign corporations looking for a place to invest, said Moad Touhami, head of distribution at Natixis Global Asset Management.
"The win creates a virtual road-map for Dubai over the next six years. The public and private sector will in effect have a deadline to complete a number of ambitious projects," Touhami said in a statement.
Dubai planners estimate a successful Expo 2020 bid will generate $23 billion between 2015 and 2021, or 24 percent of the city's gross domestic product.
Google celebrated the win by tweaking its logo on the local version of its search page. The new blue "Doodle," as the Internet company refers to its dressed up logos, replaced one of the o's in the Google name with the Dubai bid's logo — an interconnected, geometrical Arabesque design that mirrors how Dubai leaders envision the futuristic city, as a geographical link between Europe and Asia.
The logo has been plastered all over the city for months on police cars, convenience store bags, storefronts, taxis, receipts, government buildings and even on a flag on Mount Kilimanjaro.
London-based consultancy firm Capital Economics said in a statement Dubai's economy looks set to benefit from higher investment and tourist arrivals, but expressed concerns "about the probable rise in corporate debt and potential legacy of overcapacity in the economy."
Dubai authorities say total financing for the 6-monthlong event will cost $8.4 billion. They estimate that new residential and commercial projects around the exhibition will create more than 277,000 jobs, mostly in hospitality and construction.
Fitch Ratings said in a statement that "ambitious plans create longer-term risks" such as a surge in construction that "will throw off the balance of supply and demand after the expo."
"The longer-term impact is uncertain," the credit rating agency said. "A big enough mismatch between supply and demand following the event would create the risk of another sharp drop in real estate prices, as happened in 2008 when property values fell by more than 50 percent."


text: Featured Player: Sola Abolaji September 10, 200712:00AM PDT Previous Next The 2007 USL First Division season has been an eventful one for Vancouver Whitecaps rookie defender Sola Abolaji. The 22-year-old has not yet completed his first season as a professional player, but he has already appeared for two USL-1 clubs during the current campaign. After playing in five league games with the expansion Carolina RailHawks, Abolaji was traded to the Whitecaps for striker Joel Bailey just days before July 30 transfer deadline. The youngster admits the move to Canada's Pacific Northwest was unexpected. "I was surprised a little bit because everything in Carolina was going great, as I got along with everybody there," Abolaji told whitecapsfc.com. "It's my first year as a pro, so I wasn't quite used to the business aspect of the game. However, I spoke to the coach and the owners in Carolina, and they said it was something that they had to do. They traded me to a really good team, and they had a lot of positive things to say about Vancouver and the organization. I took it in stride and saw it as another opportunity." Born of Nigerian parents, the Denver, Colorado native admits Vancouver is a different environment from the one he experienced with Carolina. "There are quite a few differences, as there are quite a few different personalities in both clubs," he said. "They're both building their clubs to win championships, so I've been fortunate to be part of both environments. The team here is great and the coaching staff is excellent as well. Vancouver is also a really nice place, I really like it." Abolaji has made just one substitute appearance for Bob Lilley's side since the trade, having come on as a substitute in the August 25 home victory against Charleston Battery. Though disappointed not to have played more since his move, he admits injury has hampered his availability. "I'm just taking it all in stride, as I've had a couple of unfortunate injuries with my hamstring, but all that is clearing up now," he said. "You have to work hard in order to get the time that you want on the field. I have been watching a lot, but until you go out and play with your team, then you don't feel part of what they are doing and part of the success that they are striving for. It felt good to get out there against Charleston and hear the fans cheering my name, as that felt like home." Back in January, Abolaji made a bit of history when he became the first athlete from the University of Buffalo to be drafted first overall in a professional sports draft after being by the RailHawks. Despite the notable accolade, Abolaji says he has not felt any pressure during the season. "I think it gave me more of an incentive to work hard, as I think a lot of people were going to expect a lot out of me," he admits. "I was happy that a club like Carolina wanted me at the time. I also think that whenever you can put your school's name on the map, it's a good feeling as well. There are a lot of great athletes at Buffalo, so I was happy just to be seen and get picked." The success Abolaji enjoyed at the University of Buffalo came in his final two years of college eligibility, as the defender curiously started in the junior college ranks before joining the Bulls. He spent his freshman year in Kansas with Barton County Community College before transferring to Northern Oklahoma Junior College. "Out of high school, I was being recruited by a lot of top NCAA Division One schools, but I chose the junior college route," Abolaji said of his college days. "I went to Barton in Kansas in my first year, but I didn't really like the situation there, so I decided to leave early. I went to Northern Oklahoma and it all worked out. I have no clue how the University of Buffalo saw me, but I found their school to be a fresh and new environment - something that I wasn't used to. It was a challenge to help build their men's soccer program and I wanted to be part of that." As he embarks on the final month of his first professional season, Abolaji shares the sentiment of many in the Whitecaps squad in believing that the team can defend the USL-1 title won last season. "From the feeling that I've been getting from this team, there's always been a positive attitude from day one," he admits. "Everyone knows this is a talented team, and once the team starts playing well, then it will be hard to stop. This next month will be about working hard and getting the results." Previous Next


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New legislature will take up rules for weapons in State House
New session begins Wednesday
Just as it was two years ago, guns in New Hampshire's Statehouse will be debated when the Legislature convenes the new session Wednesday.
Democrats won control of the House in November's election and propose to reinstitute a ban on guns and deadly weapons in the chamber and adjacent areas that Republicans repealed two years ago on the first day of the session.
A joint legislative committee controlled by Republicans for the past two years also repealed a ban on guns and dangerous weapons in the Statehouse complex, but House Speaker Terie Norelli, a Portsmouth Democrat, said Wednesday's House vote on a rule change would only reinstitute the ban in its chamber and adjacent area.
Norelli said Democrats had been working on changing the rule before the massacre in December of 20 children and six adults who were gunned down in a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.
Republicans will fight the ban, House Republican Leader Gene Chandler of Bartlett said. He said he isn't sure what it accomplishes.
Most lawmakers in his party "will vote against changing the rule, but it's a sensitive time to be doing that, no question," he said.
Chandler pointed out that House rules forbid Statehouse security from searching lawmakers. He also said the rule would bar carrying weapons in the adjacent halls, but isn't clear if that is 10 feet, 20 feet or more.
"Are they subject to disciplinary action or arrest?" he said.
Norelli said it is a matter of members honoring House rules.
"Members will not be searched," she said.
The proposed ban is not a message against guns, said House Majority Leader Stephen Shurtleff, a retired deputy U.S. marshal.
"We have thousands of fourth-graders who come to the Statehouse every year to learn about our history and their government. In some respects, this is their classroom. I don't believe guns are appropriate in a learning environment," said Shurtleff, D-Concord.
Security will provide lawmakers with an area to lock up their guns while in the chamber, he said.
But Shurtleff acknowledged nothing prohibits anyone - the public or lawmakers - from carrying guns in the rest of the Statehouse complex, including in hearing rooms.
A House rule banning weapons in the chamber had been in place for 40 years before Republicans repealed it in 2011 and instead adopted a rule barring members from displaying weapons.
The ban on weapons in the Statehouse complex had been in place more than 16 years until it was repealed in 2006, said Norelli. It was reinstated the following year and remained in place until Republicans lifted it in 2011. Republicans left intact a rule giving security guards the right to search the public for weapons. Anyone who does not want to be searched has the right to leave the building. Nothing in the joint rules allows security to confiscate weapons.
The House also will vote on proposed rules changes that eliminate two committees Republicans created. One was to hear public grievances. The other reviewed the constitutionality of bills.
Chandler said Democrats have not proposed any alternatives to the functions the committees performed.
Norelli said many of the grievances were brought by people seeking to readjudicate court cases "which is not our purview." She said lawmakers can file bills to look into potential problems with the courts.
She said constitutional questions already are discussed in committees and debated on the House floor.
"We don't need a special committee to do that," she said.
The House and Senate also will vote Wednesday on an emergency bill to address a problem with a tax cap adopted by the Newfound Area School District.
Democratic Gov.-elect Maggie Hassan will be inaugurated Thursday.


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Reeling Rangers return home in 2-0 hole in Stanley Cup Final
NEW YORK >> The New York Rangers know they will have the raucous Madison Square Garden crowd on their side in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals.
The whistle and the bounces? That is a whole other story.
When the Rangers analyze their two overtime losses to the Kings in Los Angeles, they likely will be happy about much of them — other than the result, of course. New York hasn't trailed for one second in the nine regulation periods played in the championship round, yet the Rangers return home in an 0-2 hole.
They led by two early in their 3-2 single overtime loss in Game 1 and then had three two-goal edges in Game 2, only to fall 5-4 in double overtime Saturday night.
The starts were good, the middles provided success, too. The third periods and overtimes have been the difference, and that is what matters. New York was outshot 20-3 in the third period of Game 1 and outscored 2-0 in the final regulation frame of Game 2.
Both teams spent Sunday flying to New York before Game 3 on Monday night.
"The series isn't over yet," said Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh, who had a goal and assist in the first period and logged a team-high 37:48 of ice time in Game 2. "They've got a 2-0 lead, but we're going home. We're excited. We've got to use our crowd.
"We've got to start Game 3 at home having a good approach, keep staying with it, keep believing."
The resilient Kings are doing to the Rangers what they did to the Sharks, Ducks and defending Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks before them. If New York wants to avoid the head-shaking those clubs endured after being eliminated in seven games, the story line must change quickly Monday.
It will be one of the hottest tickets at the Garden in years, but the Rangers' first trip to the finals in two decades could be over in a hurry if their finishes don't soon match their beginnings.
"A couple crazy bounces, a couple crazy plays," Rangers forward Chris Kreider said. "Stuff goes in for them, stuff doesn't go in for us. It's hockey. It's not always fair."
They have jumped to 2-0 leads in the first period in each game, but Los Angeles never gives up or gives in. New York was 10-0 in these playoffs when entering the third with a lead. The Kings changed that Saturday when they turned a 4-2 deficit into a tie and then won it 10:26 into double overtime.
"They come out flying in the third, and it was 10-12 minutes where they put some pressure on us," New York defenseman Marc Staal said. "They're a team that capitalizes on their opportunities."
One of those started Los Angeles' latest third-period comeback.
The Rangers balked loudly at Dwight King's goal that made it 4-3 at 1:58, claiming it shouldn't have counted because King prevented goalie Henrik Lundqvist from making a save. New York was penalized for goalie interference earlier when the puck wasn't in the area of Jonathan Quick's crease.
King was struck by Matt Greene's hard drive that found the net and fell onto Lundqvist. Los Angeles gained momentum, tied it on former Rangers forward Marian Gaborik's NHL-leading 13th goal of the playoffs, and claimed its 2-0 series edge on captain Dustin Brown's tally.
"We played well," frustrated New York coach Alain Vigneault said. "We gave ourselves a chance to play. They're a good team. We had some looks in overtime, just couldn't score."
The Kings have won three straight in overtime without leading in any before the end, and trailing by two goals in each. Los Angeles has been outscored 4-1 in the first period by the Rangers, but the Kings have a 7-2 edge the rest of the way.
"We're doing a lot of things that haven't been in our game for years. We're getting away with it," said forward Jarret Stoll, who scored the Kings' first goal in Game 2. "Don't get me wrong, we did a lot of good things to come back, down 2-0, down 4-2. Resiliency to come back and battle and push and pull everybody into it, battle for that tying goal and the winning goal again.
"We've got to be honest with how we're playing. We know we've got more."
Despite the success, Los Angeles is leery about its slow starts and how long it can count on comebacks. Though the Kings have done it at home and on the road, they are aware they are pushing their luck as they try to win the Stanley Cup for the second time in three years.
"We've been through a lot of emotional ups-and-downs," Brown said. "We're a confident group that can sort it out and figure it out. We're aware of the type of team we are, and how good we can be.
"It's just a matter of resetting, reloading and dialing it in for Game 3."
Vigneault declared after the opener that his club had to bring its 'A' game if it hoped to beat the Kings. The Rangers did, but couldn't sustain it.
New York has also bounced back in these playoffs. Although the Rangers lost a Game 1 for the first time and are now down 2-0, they did rally from a 3-1 series deficit in the second round to win three straight against favored Pittsburgh.
But 43 of 48 teams that led 2-0 in the best-of-seven finals have won the Cup.
"If you don't win the game, you didn't do what you need to do," Rangers forward Brian Boyle said. "That's the worst feeling there is."


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