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What do you say if you're a corrupt leader of an impoverished country with one trillion dollars' worth of minerals visiting the resource-poor #2 economy in the world?
In exchange for billions in Japanese foreign aid now, Hamid Karzai unsubtly hints Japan could get preferential treatment in future Afghan mineral exploitation.
Japan, the second-largest donor to Afghanistan following the U.S., has helped the country reintegrate former Taliban soldiers, and given humanitarian and reconstruction aid to improve infrastructure, education and health. Most recently, it pledged to give up to $5 billion for five years starting in 2009.
"Morally, Afghanistan should give access as a priority to those countries that have helped Afghanistan massively in the past few years," he said, noting Japan has been his country's No. 2 aid donor.
"What . . . we have to reciprocate with is this opportunity of mineral resources, that we must return at the goodwill of the Japanese people by giving Japan priority to come and explore and extract," he said. (Link)
Wow. Just wow. Hamid Karzai as a bastard child of Boss Tweed and Wimpy.
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Another of the cowboy series, this painting was actually inspired by a photograph from Cuba. It seems that some of the locals let their pet roosters ride on their heads. Who knew? However, this guy is having a siesta on a big comfy chair.
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Up and coming urban gospel sensation Kojo ChurchBoyy debuts "Yehovah", a single off his yet to be released "Thank You Diary' album. Kojo ChurchBoyy believes there are times in ones life that you walk boldly into the presence of God with a more praise heart than to worship.
" …There are times that you feel like praising and celebrating before Yehovah Yahweh. Sometimes you just don't have your worship mood on but rather in your praise mood. "
This is the reason why he intelligently wove this gospel lyrics on an afro beats. Very contemporary and appealing to both the ordinary secular grounds and the people of gospel faith.
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And the fun continues. I have to admit, he is like a train wreck, you can't go by without looking or commenting, then you have something to talk about for weeks.
BTW my memory is getting as short as my attention span. What other names has he used on different forums? The list might be undistinguished, yet long and continue to grow.
Thanks to delw I found that list. Ofcourse it's only from here I think not any other site. He warned 2 were spammers. Here it is. The names have changed but the email address might be helpful if you run a website with ranger issues.
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Barnum Bombers boys crush Mercuries
The Barnum Bombers boys basketball team hosted the McGregor Mercuries Tuesday, December 16. The Bombers won the battle 86-26.
The Bombers came out with a vengeance against the Mercuries, led by senior Brandon Newman. Newman found his stride with both the three-pointers and driving the lane as he put up 33 of the Bombers' first half points.
For the Bombers, Chris Carlson found some rhythm in the first half also, adding eight points. Mitchell Weller hit the long ball twice for six first half points, while Nathan Jelinek slid behind the defenders to add four points from under the basket. Dakotah Haley and Tanner Fuglestad both added a pair of first half points.
The Bombers jumped out to a 55-11 lead in the first half.
Newman slowed down in the second half, scoring only four points, while a host of other Bombers began to score. Fuglestad, Carlson, Blake Bonneville, Jelinek, and Mason Agurkis each scored five points. Haley added the final two points for the Bombers.
The Bombers coasted to an 86-26 victory over the Mercuries.
Newman also was acknowledged as the Bombers boys new all-time scoring leader with 1,790 points and climbing, surpassing the former record leader, Lance Redetzke, with 1,639 points.
Newman had surpassed Lance Redetzke's record several games earlier, but the Bombers waited to acknowledge the achievement until Redetzke could be present to congratulate Newman.


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This was bonkers and fun. Back then, Big Japan was having a awesome run which featured a ton of fun action packed multi man tag team death matches. This is one of them. Right from the get go, we get action developing all over the place and we get some W*ING/IWA JAPAN/FMW type crowd brawling. We also get the Kasai signature craziness as he dives off the top of a ladder inside the right while having light tubes attached to him onto Numazawa who's laying on top of a table on the outside of the right. Of course, these are Japanese tables, so you know that doesn't end well. Also, this match takes at Korakuen Hall so the atmosphere is pretty awesome opposite the silent Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium. The action never stops and this never slows down as it's just balls to the wall. Not a MOTYC by any chance, but definitely well worth watching if you're a death match fan or a fan of the sleazy Japanese indys.


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I read that: the plural of plentitude, in a Julio Cortázar story. I loved the alliteration and the twisted meaning. There are times when words cannot justify or explain or express…they feel wholly inadequate to the task, or we fall short of the execution. The adjectives, qualifiers, punctuation and other modifiers that we employ to express the nuance- the wondrous, endless nuance of our lives and emotions in words, are endless. Any yet, the power that a simple word can hold is awing. If I tell you I love you, and it's true- there's nothing more to say.
That's what I love the most about words – their stark powerful simplicity and their intense tangled complexity. Like people, no?


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Do they make Speakers For Rap/Rock
It seems that from all the discussions and reveiws, I have read that 99% of the speakers that are reveiwed are done with Classical, opera, jazz or other like music. My question is; Do any of the high end speaker manufacturers make audiophile speakers that are designed for the Rap, Hip-hop, hard rock, loud volume listener???
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Keep getting "The user Profile Service failed to log on" and " User Profile cannot be loaded" I have tried many times using the right password to log on but to no avail.
There must be a virus because a lot of folks are being slammed with corrupted user profiles. In essence what you have to attempt is logging in under the admin account which can be tricky when you have insufficient privileges. the idea in simple: log in as administrator, create a new user account with admin privileges and copy stuff from the old account to the new. When you are sure you have copied what you need, delete the old account. Here is a microsoft take on this:
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NEW DELHI — India said it would seek to expand its visa-on-arrival program to tourists from 180 countries, including the United States and China, to encourage more people to visit the country.
Currently, only citizens of 11 countries can receive Indian visas on arrival, which costs $60 per passenger, including children, and is valid for 30 days.
Rajeev Shukla, minister for planning and parliamentary affairs, told reporters Wednesday evening in Delhi that it would take about five or six months to set up the infrastructure to process the additional visas on arrival. "We hope to implement this from the next tourist season beginning October," Mr. Shukla said.
When asked by reporters whether the countries affected would reciprocate the gesture, the minister replied, "India needs these tourists. They may not."
The Indian tourism industry has seen slowing growth in international visitors over the past few years. The number of international tourist arrivals rose 9.2 percent in 2011, according to government data, but grew only 4.3 percent in 2012.
In 2013, the number of foreign tourists grew 4.1 percent to 6.8 million, compared to 6.6 million in 2012. India is aiming to draw 12.6 million international tourist arrivals by 2016, a goal that is looking difficult to achieve.
"Three years ago we were completely booked at this time, but now we hardly get one or two clients in a week," said Sunil Kumar, 42, who has been running a taxi service catering to tourists in and around Delhi for the past two decades.
Mr. Kumar attributed the decline in his business to overseas visitors' concerns about safety in north India.
"People prefer going to south India now because of all the negative media publicity and the incidents of violence against foreign women," Mr. Kumar said.
Mr. Kumar said his travel agent partner told him that tourists were choosing to go to Sri Lanka, China and even Pakistan over India.
A 2011 evaluation study commissioned by the Tourism Ministry showed that the visa-on-arrival program, which began in 2010, had a "significant and positive impact" on foreigners' decision to travel to India. Based on these findings, the study recommended extending visas on arrival to other countries.
The number of tourists applying for visas on arrival in December rose more than 20 percent compared to the same month in 2012, according to the government.
In previous discussions about expanding the program, the Home Ministry had objected to issuing visas on arrival to Chinese citizens, citing national security concerns, especially in light of border incursions by Chinese troops.
The decision to grant visas on arrival is not made by the Tourism Ministry but by the Ministry of Planning and requires the nod of the Home Ministry.
But the Chinese have emerged as the world's biggest tourism spenders. Many Asian countries are already benefiting from this trend, including the Maldives, a tiny island-nation in the Indian Ocean, which is a big draw for Chinese tourists.
Yet foreign travelers shouldn't rejoice just yet. Expanding the visa-on-arrival program would call for massive investments in infrastructure and personnel, which would require other ministries' approval. There is also the possibility that after the national elections this spring, the decision to expand the number of eligible countries could be reviewed.
For now, eight countries have been left out of the expanded visa program: Pakistan, Sudan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Somalia. Mr. Shukla declined to comment on why these countries had been excluded.
However, officials within the Tourism Ministry, who asked for anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media, told India Ink that apart from security concerns, Pakistan's delay in granting India "most favored nation" status was one of the reasons for the exclusion.
Another neighbor, Sri Lanka, was passed over because of its history with the Tamil insurgency and the attendant security concerns, one official said.


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A basic plan to rid ones life of headaches, as outlined in my book, Eat To Live, is to start a low-protein, plant-based diet specifically designed to avoid offending foods, as well as all caffeine-containing products. To start, headache sufferers should withhold all medication, including oral contraceptive pills (utilizing another birth control method). All herbal preparations, food supplements, teas, soft drinks, coffee, and caffeinated beverages should be omitted, as well.
Since the use of medication, even in low quantities, can be the cause of headaches, the best thing a physician caring for headache patients can do is to withdraw their medication. Drugs to relieve pain are rarely necessary if headache sufferers are allowed to detoxify at the first sign of headache symptoms. Patients trying to detoxify and eliminate dependency on medication often find it useful to retire to a dark room and use ice compresses or a tight ice wrap around the head to reduce pain. An alternative can be to stand in a hot shower with hot water beating on the painful area.
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Shoe Protest! U.S. Embassy- Friday 19.12.08- 1 p.m. December 17, 2008Posted by Joseph in Al Zeidi, protest, U.S. foreign policy, War.
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Stop the War coalition and Media Workers Against the War are organising a solidarity protest at Grosevnor square to demand the release of the 'Baghdad Shoe Thrower' Muntadar al-Zaidi. The journalist has been held for the past few days and has reportedly suffered broken limbs, ribs and internal bleeding according to the BBC.
He has not been held under specific charges, but was evidently not in one of George Bush's 'free speech zones'.
Come along and express your grievances and chuck a few shoes around and help deliver a letter demanding his release this friday.


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Sri Lanka's south coast is famous for its towering coconut trees and frothy waters of the Indian Ocean kissing its golden sandy shores.
Galle is famous. Anyone and everyone who conducts some research on some of the must visit places in Sri Lanka will find that Galle will almost always be on that list! And there are plenty of reasons why! Galle is rich in history, culture and heritage. Walk along the ramparts of the Galle fort, which was occupied by the Portuguese, Dutch and later the British, as its a great way to spend your day. Visit the famous Galle lighthouse and clock tower and the national museums located inside the fort for a true understanding of Galle's rich history. Much of the buildings and structures from the colonial era still remain standing today. If you want to stay at a luxury villa in Sri Lanka, especially in Galle, where you'll be surrounded by antique charm, properties such as Galle Heritage Villa by Jetwing that are located inside the fort are quite popular amongst tourists!
Located about 10 minutes from Galle, Unawatuna is known for its pristine, calm and aqua waters that resemble that of the Maldives, Unawatuna is a quiet little coastal town in the south of Sri Lanka. The waters of Una, as the locals usually refer to it as, are usually ideal for snorkelling activities as there are quite a number of reefs around the area, that are teeming with countless varieties of fish. Do remember not to step on any of the coral or cause any damage as the corals are quite sensitive. Unawatuna is also famous for its many beach side restaurants outlining the coast and is a tourist hub. Buzzing with activity and sun bathers, this beach is ideal for swimming and soaking in the warm sun rays.
The coastal town of Hikkaduwa is known for one thing only. Snorkelling! The waters are rich with marine life, especially sea turtles! Some of them even swim up to the shallow waters where you are, as some hotels in the area provide them with food. It's a perfect time to get up close with these magnificent creatures without having to go snorkelling. However, if you fully intend to snorkel, the waters of Hikkaduwa is the best place to be. With colourful lively reefs, the fish and other marine species that live here are a wondrous sight to behold. Snorkellers should keep in mind not to harm any of the marine life or the coral reefs during their venture in to the big blue.
Bentota is the ideal place to head to if you're a fan of thrilling water activities. This coastal town is also benefitted with the river running through it. Water sports are a popular activity here and you can find anything from jet skiing, kite surfing, and banana boating or even go on a river cruise through the lush mangrove forests. Do head over here for the day for some exciting fun and splash around with the endless list of water activities to partake in.
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Discussion in 'Player Forum' started by Lean, Jan 13, 2004.
Yeah, i think that's correct.
yeh thats right
Jean from Feyenoord, the left back, pretty good IRL, i called him up. He's still 21 or something i guess, i'm on 2005. Anyone else tried him?
I have just bought Toledo had to spend my hole Transfer Budget with Dag And Red though...
another thing he learned basic english in 4 days... guess he's got brains
He's class. I like him at the right wing, but he's versatile, can play MC (arrow to AMC), AMC, or FC aswell.
When I had Toledo, he didn't do anything, but he scored 15 goals though. Most of them were goals from corners
well to be honest, he hasnt been rocking for me... but the team has improved overall since his arrival
anyway i found a regen(?) hes current abilty is 171 and potential is 195 ... i'll get him after this season for a price of 1,3 m £
Toledo is just class. Give him time and you'll see. He's my right winger at the Brazilian NT.
My player evaluation standards may be low, but this guy rocks in my Flamengo game as center mid, both scoring goals and making great assists. At 2006 he is valued 5.5 million euros, but he surely was cheaper at the start.
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Many players normally head home to see their families or simply get a change of scenery during the bye week. For Giants TE Evan Engram, he remained in East Rutherford so he could be ready to help his team this week.
Engram suffered a mid-foot sprain against the Cowboys two weeks ago, and has been working hard to get back on the field as soon as possible. And that included work during the bye week.
He's now out of his walking boot, and says he's feeling good.
"I'm feeling really good, progress is going along really well," he told reporters after practice, where he didn't participate. "The trainers are doing a really good job, it's definitely on the upward trend of getting back soon.
"I'm doing a lot of stuff in the pool, taking some weight off. We have a Alter G machine that kind of varies your body weight, I've been running and moving around. I'm gradually working on that and like I said, it's a day by day thing, improving and getting better."
Whether or not Engram will be available against the Bears on the road Sunday is still up in the air. He admitted his recovery timetable was 2-4 weeks, and though it has been two weeks, the Giants obviously don't want to rush him back on the field.
"No, it was a two to four week diagnosis, so it was kind of in between there," Engram said. "Two weeks is today, I honestly think I am a little bit ahead of schedule."
So does that mean Engram thinks he'll be able to suit up in Chicago?
"It's definitely possible, I feel good," he admitted. "We'll see where we're at (in the) middle to the end of this week. I'm staying locked in in meetings, game plans and stuff like that, that's very important as well. I think as long as I stay prepared mentally and continue to do what I do with my foot, I could be ready to go."
The Giants could definitely use Engram back on the field against a stingy Bears defense. Sterling Shepard was practicing on Monday, but head coach Pat Shurmur said he is still in concussion protocol. Also, Saquon Barkley hasn't been himself in recent weeks. Maybe the bye week could help out that ankle.
Engram's presence in the passing game helps Daniel Jones tremendously, and would bring back a much-needed option. But his health takes precedent, and with the Giants currently 2-7 and playoff hopes very slim, Engram should be 100 percent before touching the field again.
We'll see if that's this Sunday or down the road.


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Like spectators on a terrace, but not watching a match, rather the wonderful view south across the sands and out to sea…
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Photos and thoughts by Daniel Owen, Anglican minister and amateur photographer…
Like spectators on a terrace, but not watching a match, rather the wonderful view south across the sands and out to sea…
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A horse and rider on Inchydoney beach, taken towards the end of last month.
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As I looked at this photo taken yesterday at Inchydoney I was reminded of the verse:
"People are like grass;
their beauty is like a flower in the field.
The grass withers and the flower fades…"
At times it seems that all around us are reminders of the transient and fragile nature of life. To see deteriorating health in those that were once so strong, whether people or animals, can be a difficult thing to have to deal with. I never cease to be in awe of those who face death with both great courage and deep peace. I wonder how I would react if I was addressed with that awful doctor's euphemism, "I think you should get your affairs in order"? I'd like to think it would be a spiritual experience and maybe it would, but I'm sure too that I would scrape and rebound through each of the 'the five stages', Denial & Isolation, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and perhaps (God willing) finally Acceptance.
The destination is perhaps what shapes the journey most of all. If I were an atheist I would ponder the dissolution of myself to nothing, if I were an agnostic I simply wouldn't know what to think, but as one who stumbles, trips and hobbles after the Lord Jesus, I know that He is the way, the truth and the life.
The verse I quoted at the beginning is from 1 Peter 1:24. The verse that goes before it reads:
For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.
Yes this life is fleetingly fragile, but new life in God, that is something different altogether. Perhaps we don't fade away after all and for the one who puts their faith and trust in Christ, death is not just an ending, but a new beginning.
Yesterday evening we took a family stroll down at Inchydoney beach. The only camera I had was the one on my phone, which continues to surprise me in how good it can be for what it is. The large words in the sand read "Happy Retirement Mary, from all of us."
Many others were taking advantage of the unseasonably mild weather too…
We decided to do something a bit different from our usual sandcastle routine!
Within minutes of our arriving home I got a call that an elderly and much loved parishioner had died. I was glad of the peace and contentment that was in my heart after our walk down at the beach, it enabled me to go and minister to the bereaved family free from the stress of a busy week…


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What is it like to run an online Children's clothes shop?
Working for yourself, the days go by really quickly compared to sitting in somebody elses office. I've summarised an average day in the life of a small business owner in the UK! Boofy baby and childrens clothes was just a twinkle in my eye two years ago, but now here it is- consuming my whole life! (almost)
I begin thinking about work when I open my eyes in the morning as like many people, the first thing that I do is check my phone and gauge how many emails and messages I have. I schedule my social media posts up to a month ahead of time. Posts publish automatically on Facebook but I have to post manually on Instagram each morning and linger for a while after to reply to any comments.
After breakfast I will answer all customer service enquiries across all platforms which can be surprisingly time consuming as I write each answer myself and everyones situation is different. Even if time is short, I always try to give a detailed, chatty and professional answer so that the recipient will hopefully be happier for having read my email. I'll then filter through any other emails, replying if necessary.
If any returns arrive that day, I will process them immediately, whether it's an exchange, or a refund. I'll also message the customer to let them know that I have received their parcel, and when their refund or exchange will be with them. Returned stock is sometimes given away to my sister, who has two children.
My next major priority at the moment is managing the wholesale aspect of Boofy. I would love to see Boofy stock available in quirky and adorable childrens clothing boutiques around the UK soon. Enquiring with businesses that I believe Boofy would be a good fit for and responding to enquiries likewise takes time, as does working out costs, margins and an entire catalogue for retailers to look at!
At this point, before lunch I might (definitely will) have a scroll through social media, commenting, replying to comments and uploading stories. This helps to generate orders just before I go to the post office that day, so orders placed in the morning are usually dispatched the same day.
I'll begin packing orders which makes me both excited and paranoid. Excited as I love seeing peoples orders and packing it all up in a bright and fun way. But also paranoid as I still triple check that the right order is in the bag with the right address. I also like recognising the names of repeat customers and popping in a freebie such as a childrens fairy tale book. All packed orders go in a big tote bag by the front door.
After lunch I will head to the post office and drop off the fun packages then mark them as dispatched on the website so that the customer is notified.
I tend to dedicate to the afternoon to the more creative aspects of Boofy. My mind is much faster in the morning, but I believe that this is when it's best that I spend my time interacting with customers and dealing with finance. I am constantly tweaking the website. This can include things such as reordering how stock appears in the shop (e.g. which item first, what item is on a row with what.) If I throw all the stock up online and left it, it would look very messy. The shop still needs to feel clean and edited, like a bricks and mortar store so I try to do subtle things to help keep it tight. Such as, alternating between light and dark coloured garments on each row on the website, also, keeping similar types of garments together so that the customer doesn't see a t shirt next to a dress next to a romper next to some leggings and then another t shirt while scrolling through. That feels like a choatic environment to shop in. Similarly, I may need to resize and retouch pictures or even make a new graphic for the website, such as a header to announce a new collection or a sale in the future.
In addition to how the shop looks visually, I may also rewrite, tweak and edit the description for garments. If an item isn't selling as well as I had expected, I may go back and look over the copy and think about whether my description does the item justice.
Scheduling social media posts is usually my next task. It can be tedious but is so important for Boofy. Over 90% of Boofy customers come from Instagram. Sometimes I might get an idea for a social media post in the week so I will write the copy, hashtags and create the image ahead of time and schedule it to publish at a future date. Other times, I have to dedicate an entire day (usually a Saturday or Sunday) to write and create social media content for the coming week. I find forcing high quantities of social media content to come out of me in one day very challenging so prefer to do it on a more ad-hoc basis throughout the week when I can.
Later on in the day I will check on any inventory that is running low. I compare the numbers remaining on the website with the remaining physical stock to make sure that I do not accidentally oversell. I will then decide whether that item will be restocked and if so, make a note of that. Whilst I'm poking around with all the fun stock, I might pull out a few garments to take a quick picture on my phone and put that on Instagram stories. I think that seeing garments in a more casual context, rather than the perfect pictures online helps the customer feel that the clothing is more tangible.
The final push of the day will be researching and planning out what will be in my next email newsletter to send out. I will look ahead to any upcoming significant dates to help theme the newsletter around (such as valentines day, the Royal Wedding, Easter etc), and decide which product will be showcased and what shop news to include. This leads on to the never ending task of creating regular blog posts! Sometimes content for a newsletter is the springboard for a blog post and vice versa so Often there can be some overlap as they inspire each other. Sometimes I will just add blog post title ideas in a draft to write fully later, other times I can write two blog posts in one evening, one after the other.
Before I formally 'leave work' as it will be getting on for the evening by this point, I will quickly go back through my emails in case any customer service messages have come in, and go through my social media as some customers like to contact through there.
In my free time I will be looking for stock to sell two seasons ahead from today. This is one of my favourite parts as I browse through literally hundreds of adorable designs. I will create a master Wish List of 'maybes' and continue to add to it, then revise and tweak. Slowly collections and trends will emerge, such as stripes or jungle themed designs. This can make narrowing down the list easier as some designs look a bit odd compared to the rest of the stock. Some designs I just don't love them as much the more I see them, so those are deleted too. In the end I am left with a concise assortment of designs that I thoroughly love, fully fit with Boofy's image and are truly unusual to anything that I have seen on the High street. In reality I often I delay narrowing down the list, so when it is approaching the time to buy stock, I dedicate entire days narrowing down the list, selecting quantities and sizes. This part is one of the most exciting and simultaneously stressful parts of my work. On the one hand I am dying to share the designs with my customers who I know will just love the designs as I do, but on the other hand, this is when I spend the largest amounts of money in the business and doubts creep in that maybe it won't delight my customers.
I'll have the evening as free time, though while I am cooking dinner or doing chores I like to listen to podcasts about running a small business. My favourite is The Janet Murray show. Throughout this time I am often writing lists on my phone of ideas and thing to implement tomorrow!
For more of what goes on at Boofy HQ (i.e. my desk) Follow me on Instagram where I am most active @Boofy.co.uk or sign up for my newsletter by scrolling to the bottom of the homepage and filling in your email address.


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I haven't posted to this since the lockdown began. I thought I would have more time to do the things I liked but sadly it didn't turn out that way. I have been learning a bit of C++ by doing a course that I've almost completed. Some people suggested that C++ is a bit outdated because there are other more dumbed down programming languages that can be used for more rapid application developement. I disagree with that, because c++ is closer to the metal and covers more types of hardware due to it being abled to compile direct into machine code. A lot of big applications still use C++
I do plan to go back to my C# learning at some stage because I think it's important to know some rapid app development languages too, but I also want to really advance my database skills by the end of the year.
It has been a weird spring, but I'm still determined to improve my coding abilities.


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Who watched it?!!!
I thought Kate Middleton (now Duchess of Cambridge) looked absolutely gorgeous in her wedding dress! It was so classic and elegant!
The whole ceremony was beautiful (a little boring in some places tho).
And didn't Prince Harry and Prince William look handsome?
What were your opinions? Did you like it? ^___^ (Did you watch it? lol)
For those who haven't, you can find the youtube coverage HERE.
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Sunday Vigil
Memorial of Martin Luther King, killed in 1968 in Memphis in the United States. With him we remember all those who hunger and thirst for justice.
Reading of the Word of God
Praise to you, o Lord, King of eternal glory
Whoever lives and believes in me
will never die.
Praise to you, o Lord, King of eternal glory
Ezekiel 37,21-28
say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I shall take the Israelites from the nations where they have gone. I shall gather them to- gether from everywhere and bring them home to their own soil. I shall make them into one nation in the country, on the mountains of Israel, and one king is to be king of them all; they will no longer form two nations, nor be two separate kingdoms. They will no longer defile themselves with their foul idols, their horrors and any of their crimes. I shall save them from the acts of infidelity which they have committed and shall cleanse them; they will be my people and I shall be their God. My servant David will reign over them, one shepherd for all; they will follow my judgements, respect my laws and practise them. They will live in the country which I gave to my servant Jacob, the country in which your ancestors lived. They will live in it, they, their children, their children's children, for ever. David my servant is to be their prince for ever. I shall make a covenant of peace with them, an eternal covenant with them. I shall resettle them and make them grow; I shall set my sanctuary among them for ever. I shall make my home above them; I shall be their God, and they will be my people. And the nations will know that I am Yahweh the sanctifier of Israel, when my sanctuary is with them for ever." '
Praise to you, o Lord, King of eternal glory
If you believe, you will see the glory of God,
thus says the Lord.
Praise to you, o Lord, King of eternal glory
We are on the threshold of Holy Week and in the first reading the liturgy gives us in this passage in Ezekiel in which the prophet is trying to reawaken the dream of freedom in the people of Israel by announcing that freedom is near. Ezekiel, as we know, is undertaking his mission in Babylonia among the exiled Hebrews. And he decides to describe to the Israelites the vision that will happen in the future through the Lord. The prophet has just recounted the extraordinary vision of dry bones which through the Spirit are reconnected and revived again, as if to highlight that even in the most dramatic conditions the Lord can revive life. It is true that in distancing themselves from the Lord the people experience bitterness of deportation and exile. But once they have understood that without the Lord they remain among the smallest peoples on the earth and at the whim of powerful peoples, Israel feels they need to return to the Lord. And yet again, the Lord take the initiative and intervenes to free his people from slavery. He will send his servant David to be the one shepherd. "My servant David shall be king over them; and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall follow my ordinances and be careful to observe my statutes." Hearing these words during the vigil of Holy Week, we cannot but see in that one shepherd Jesus himself who tomorrow we will accompany while he enters the holy city. He is the shepherd who gathers the sheep and leads them to green pastures and establishes forever a new and everlasting covenant between the Father in heaven and the people of disciples who he gathered and will continue to gather along the centuries.


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The Shocking Speech Wheaton College Doesn't Want You to Hear
In a 11 January 2019 Black Community News article, Ryan Bomberger provides perspectives on two speakers at Wheaton College.
This is the tale of two lectures at Wheaton College, a Christian evangelical college in the suburbs of Chicago. One was given in September 2017 and the other in November 2018. Though only a year apart, the responses to the two presentations were universes apart. The reaction is very telling and tragic for those who believe that a Christian education is different than a secular one.
The first speech was given by Dr. George Yancy, a philosophy professor at Emory University (huge thanks to Jamie Dean at World Magazine for excellent article on this and uncovering actual audio recording). It was sponsored by Wheaton's Philosophy department and held in the esteemed Billy Graham Center on campus. It was entitled: "A Post-Racial America? White Gazes and Black Bodies". It can only be described as an expletive-laced, pornographic, racist, anti-biblical screed. His theme? "To be white is to be racist." Listen to these shocking excerpts from that speech here.
There was no backlash from Wheaton's leadership. There were no letters sent out by any staff or student government leaders denouncing him or raising concerns about the hostile, f-bomb-laden speech. There was only internal praise by the school's own Wheaton Record.
Then there's that second speech. Wheaton College Republicans courageously invited me to speak about abortion and race. Keep in mind, there's never been anyone—ever—to address racism and the abortion industry at Wheaton. In fact, no one has addressed the issue of abortion at their thrice weekly chapels but once (briefly) in many years. Wheaton, founded by slavery abolitionists, doesn't lead whatsoever on the abolition of abortion. One would think a school that (sort of) espouses a prolife worldview, at least in text on its website ("followers of Jesus Christ will uphold the dignity of human beings, from conception until death…"), would encourage students to put that into action by attending the March for Life Chicago or volunteering at a local pregnancy resource center.
Needless to say, I did not speak in the center named after the school's most famous alum. But I did speak to a standing-room only audience in another Wheaton lecture hall. My multimedia talk was entitled "Black Lives Matter In and Out of the Womb"; it was an expletive-free, fact-based, statistics-driven, Biblically-rooted, deeply personal and grace-filled discussion on the systemic racism of the abortion industry and the hypocrisy of the pro-abortion #BlackLivesMatter movement. As an adoptee and adoptive father who was conceived in rape, I challenged students to see the most vulnerable, the most marginalized, and the most powerless among us as having equal intrinsic worth and God-given Purpose.
Six days later, I was severely denounced by a campus-wide email sent out by two Wheaton staff members and signed by three student government leaders. My entire message was branded as "offensive rhetoric" that made "many students, staff and faculty of color" feel "unsafe" on their campus. And now, the school has cancelled the College Republicans' next event, because leadership claims their speaker approval process needs to change so Wheaton students aren't exposed to such factivism (aka truth) again.
(Read more at Black Community News)
While this shows that at least one Christian college has gone full-bore liberal instead of full-bore Christian, this will not be the first time a faithful Christian and pro-lifer has been discriminated against. For examples, refer to my blog posts in
- 2018 (or the 2018 blogger site post)
- 2017 (or the 2017 blogger site post)
Since Wheaton College so flagrantly contradicted the examples of the Old Testament and the commands of the New Testament, maybe a review of how Christians must not discriminate racially and must not discriminate among Christians is in order.
Galatians 3:28 tells us that "(t)here is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus." In other words, there are no divisions between Christians (no matter the gender, race, or financial status) due to the uniting properties of Jesus Christ. Let me be more clear: Christ makes all Christians into one body. We must not discriminate against the other parts of our own body any more than the mouth should denounce the nose.
In the Old Testament, we receive the example of a leader who did not consider skin tone and a God who stood by his prophet. In Numbers 12:1, we find …"Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married" … In verses 9 and 10, God shows his backing for Moses when we see …"the anger of the Lord burned against them and He departed. But when the cloud had withdrawn from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow." From this, we see that God stood against Miriam's bigoted disapproval of Moses' black wife. Not only that — God punished Miriam for her bigotry.
Additionally, Christians are commanded to "(b)e devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor." We should love other Christians like brothers and put the needs of other Christians over our own. Similar commands can be found in 1 Thessalonians 5:11; John 13:34; Galatians 5:13; Ephesians 4:2 and 32; 1 Peter 4:8; and 1 John 4:7.
An Old Testament example of a man who was devoted to his fellow believers comes to us through Joseph, who — when presented with a chance to get back at people who sold him into slavery and thereby caused him to go to prison — said "you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good" (Genesis 50:20).
What is your child being force-fed at college? Even on an evangelical Christian campus like @WheatonCollege? Someti… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…—
Ryan Bomberger (@ryanbomberger) January 11, 2019


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South America, Peru, Cordillera Huayhuash
Publication Year: 1994.
Cordillera Huayhuash. The Cordillera Huayhuash has been practically unvisited since 1987, but interest is now being revived due to the decline of the activities of the Sendero Luminoso. Doris Walter and her French party unsuccessfully attempted the standard route on Rasac in 1992. A joint British- New Zealand-German party tried Yerupajá and Americans Mark Richey and Barry Rugo attempted a new line on Rondoy. All found the mountains significantly changed and the routes notably different.
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September/October 2017
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— THE PERFECT TIME TO COME TO THE WINERY! It's Fall GetAway Time
Hey Everybody! WOW, that was quick! It seems like we were just planting our straw bale garden, and here we are harvesting the produce of all that work. September and October are great months to visit the Claremont Inn & Winery. The weather is still great, so it is fun to be out in the garden, enjoying a glass of wine, maybe playing a few garden games and testing your skills out, going for a walk, or playing some golf at the nearby course. The Claremont Straw Bale Garden — I should say the first-ever Claremont Straw Bale Garden — has been a great experience. Some things worked and some things didn't, but overall, it turned into a jungle, and we loved it! Do stop by and see it before it is gone! We are already planning for next year; the bales are ordered, and we are working out the kinks for an even bigger garden show. Halloween Murder Mystery is Saturday, October 28! One of our best crops in the Claremont Straw Bale Garden has been pumpkins — big ones and little ones — so the Country Music Awards venue will be sure to be decorated with them. We still have a couple of rooms available for this fun event, so reserve yours today.
Holiday Parties — It's Time To Book!
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And speaking of the Holidays, if you are planning on having a Holiday Party here this year, get your date reserved! The season is a little bit short this year because of how the weekend dates fall, so call today to set your date, especially if you want a Friday or Saturday!
Check out the details on page 4 if you want to plan a Holiday to Remember — A Whole House Event at the Claremont Inn & Winery. We do all the work; you have all the fun. You can rent the Inn for one or two days, schedule an event or two, or just hang out and enjoy being with your family, the Inn, and all the great food. It's all up to you! Holiday Whole House Events must be booked by September 30, so call us today to get the scoop and to reserve your date: 719-348-5125.
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It's Relay time again! Here's my first lap, and I couldnt resist looking at the builds a little. Il record them properly soon.
Join us and relay for a great cause! Here's an LM to the most beautiful part of the track.... http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SECOND%20LIFE%20Spirit/131/68/23
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Oklahoma's Governor Kevin Stitt has signed new tribal betting compacts with the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians (UKB) and Kialegee Tribal Town (KTT).
The Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) has opened the application process for online sports betting and igaming licences in the state.
California residents will have to wait further for an update on the status of legal sports betting in the state, as the latest hearing on bill SCA 6 has been pushed back to June 23.
The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, has launched a new social casino product powered by Betconstruct, with the deal also allowing for the supplier to provide sports betting technology to the tribe's non-profit igaming solutions arm GreySnow Group.
The controversial tribal gaming compacts that give two Oklahoma tribes rights to offer sports betting in the state have been approved by the US Department of the Interior (DOI), according to state Governor Kevin Stitt.
The California Nations Indian Gaming Association (CNIGA) has criticised language formally legalising player-banked games at the state's cardrooms in the sports betting bill put forward by Assemblymember Adam Gray and Senator James Dodd.
The third day of ICE North America Digital focused on the brick-and-mortar industry, namely the path back to business for an industry shuttered since mid-March by novel coronavirus (Covid-19).
The Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association (OIGA) has voted to suspend two of its members after they signed new gaming compacts to offer Class III games, including sports betting, in the US state.
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has issued an official opinion stating that Governor Kevin Stitt lacks authority to agree compacts with Indian gaming tribes that authorize gaming activity, namely sports betting, prohibited by state law.
The Attorney General of Oklahoma has thrown the future of two new tribal compacts into doubt by arguing that Governor Kevin Stitt didn't have the authority to negotiate agreements for products not covered by the state's tribal gaming regulations.
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has rejected a request to give the state's two tribal casinos, Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun, temporary approval to launch online gaming during the shutdown enforced as a result of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
The American Gaming Association (AGA) has urged federal government to offer additional support to the gambling industry as the market continues to feel the effect of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
Lawmakers in Connecticut are to run the rule over several new bills that would legalise sports betting in the state, though the legislation is dependent on Governor Ned Lamont reaching agreements with the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes.
The Washington House of Representatives has voted through a bill that would legalize land-based and online sports betting in the state, with the tribal-focused legislation now set to move forward to the Senate.
Sports betting software and trading services provider Amelco has agreed a new strategic partnership with Atlantis Gaming Corporation (AGC) to produce a fully serviced sportsbook offering for 450 tribal casinos across 28 states in the US.
The National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) has released a new advisory bulletin that warns Native American tribes of key considerations and potential restrictions they face under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) when rolling out sports betting.
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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ratified bills to legalize sports betting and online gaming in the state, paving the way for a 2020 roll-out.
International Game Technology (IGT) has launched sports betting for the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort in Akwesane, New York, the third venue to roll out its PlaySports technology in the state.
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Be a good tourist!
When you will wander the streets of crowded tourist places, you will not find so many differences between local and tourist behaviors. However, if you have the chance to visit less touristic places, it is recommended to follow some simple rules.
Thai people have a great respect and admiration for their king and the royal family in general. A picture of the king is pinned in every shop. It is of course very rude and almost dangerous to speak evil of the royal family, even if it is just a joke.
It is important to never touch the head of anyone, even the head of a child in a kind gesture. Concerning feet, they should always stay on the floor and not be pointed at someone or at any religious representation.
In public, we would advice not to show too much affection to your partner.
It's hot, very hot in Thailand. However, you will often see locals wearing long sleeves. Apart from being a protection against the sun, it is also because Thai people are modest. Be careful about your clothing especially if you are visiting a muslim neighborhood, where women don't wear anything short. But don't worry, it is not forbidden to wear shorts !
Be extra careful when you enter a temple because knees and shoulders should be covered.
A lot of Thai people speak (more or less) English and will understand you for basic conversation. Keep in mind that conversations are also "smiling". So even if you are in conflict, try your best to remain calm and keep smiling while finding a solution.
In fact, you will only need to be careful about your environment to understand the main rules. And don't forget to practice your sawasdi kha/sawasdi khrap!


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Stephen Curry Biography
Nationality: American
Famous: Black Sportspersons Basketball Players
Age: 32 Years, 32 Year Old Males
Sun Sign: Pisces
Also Known As: Steph Curry, Steph Curry II, Wardell Stephen Curry II
Born Country: United States
Born in: Akron, Ohio, United States
Famous as: Basketball Player
Height: 6'3" (190 cm), 6'3" Males
Spouse/Ex-: Ayesha Curry
father: Dell Curry
mother: Sonya Curry
siblings: Seth Curry, Sydel Curry
children: Riley Curry
U.S. State: Ohio, African-American From Ohio
City: Akron, Ohio
education: Davidson College
awards: NBA Most Valuable Player Award
NBA Championship ring
NBA All-Rookie Team
NBA Sportsmanship Award
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- His father played for the 'Cleveland Cavaliers' at the time of Stephen's birth, but later became a member of the 'Charlotte Hornets' in Charlotte, North Carolina where Stephen spent most of his childhood. His father used to take both him and his brother to his practice sessions.
- The family briefly stayed in Toronto after his father became a member of the 'Toronto Raptors' team. During this time, Stephen led the 'Queensway Christian College' boys' basketball team to an undefeated season. After the family moved back to Charlotte, he enrolled at 'Charlotte Christian High School.' Due to his frail stature, he was overlooked by most coaches who avoided recruiting him.
- Though he wanted to join 'Virginia Tech,' where his father spent his college years, he was rejected by Coach Seth Greenberg. Curry finally enrolled at 'Davidson College' in November 2005 after being convinced by a coach named Bob McKillop, who first realized his potential when he watched him play at the age of 10.
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- He followed up his record-breaking 122 three-pointers as a freshman in the first season with an even more impressive performance in the 2007-08 season. He led 'Davidson Wildcats' to their first 'NCAA Tournament' since 1969, and helped his team continue its winning streak for 22 games.
- During his junior year, he became Davidson's all-time leading scorer with 34 points. He also scored a career-high 44 points against 'Oklahoma' on November 18, 2008. He surpassed the previous scoring leader, John Gerdy, in total points and became the 'NCAA' scoring leader that season.
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- Showcasing his shooting skill right from the beginning, he scored a record 166 three-pointers as a rookie in the league history. However, repeated injuries and the fact that he played for a weak team kept him out of the limelight during the next two seasons.
- During the 2012-13 season, he recovered fully from his ankle sprain. Subsequently, he and his teammate Klay Thompson earned the nickname 'The Splash Brothers' for their record combined three-pointers in a season. During the season, Stephen alone scored 272 three-pointers to set an 'NBA' record.
- During the next season, he made his first 'All-Star' appearance in February 2014 for the 'West' and was later selected to his first 'All-NBA Team.' He also became the leading three-pointer scorer for the 'Warriors,' surpassing Jason Richardson.
- During the 2014-15 season, he broke his own league record for maximum three-pointers made in a season by achieving 286 three-pointers. In 2015, he helped the 'Warriors' win their first championship since 1975 and was named the 'Most Valuable Player' of the year by 'NBA.'
- In the next season, he helped his team win 24 consecutive matches, which culminated in 73 total wins, an all-time 'NBA' record. Despite suffering an injury, Curry led the 'Warriors' to their second straight 'NBA Finals,' but even his record of 27 three-pointers in a final match failed to save the game for the team.
- He continued to break a number of records during the 2015-16 season, including his own record to take the new maximum three-pointers tally to 402. He also became the first player in 'NBA' history to be selected as the 'Most Valuable Player' unanimously.
- Curry broke numerous three-point 'NBA' records in the 2016–17 season and surpassed 300 three-pointers for the second time in 'NBA' history, finishing with 324 three-pointers. His team clinched a playoff berth by February 25, 2017, becoming the fastest team to do so in 'NBA' history.
- Stephen made his debut with the United States National Basketball team at the 2007 'FIBA Under-19 World Championship,' where he helped the team clinch a silver medal. Later, he helped his team win a Gold medal as part of the senior squad in 2010. His team remained undefeated in 2014 'FIBA Basketball World' Cup as well.
- Curry led the 'Golden State Warriors' onto their third championship in four seasons in the 2018 'NBA' finals.
- Stephen Curry is renowned for his shooting accuracy and for leading the league for the most number of three-pointers during three seasons. He set the record with 272 three-pointers during the 2012–13 season and then surpassed his own record in 2015 and 2016 with 286 and 402 three-pointers respectively.
- Stephen Curry became the first player in 'NBA' history to be named the 'Most Valuable Player' by unanimous vote in May 2016. With this achievement, he also made it to the list of players who have won the title for two consecutive years.
- Stephen was ranked 3 by 'Sports Illustrated' behind Lurant and LeBron James in the list of 'Top 100 NBA Players of 2019.'
- Stephen Curry married his college sweetheart, Ayesha Alexander, on July 30, 2011, in Charlotte. They first met in a church youth group when they were teenagers. They live in Alamo, California, with their two daughters, Riley Elizabeth Curry and Ryan Carson Curry, and son Canon W. Jack Curry.
- He is a devout Christian and often expresses his faith in God during his matches as well as his speeches. He also has a tattoo of First Corinthians, 13:8 in Hebrew on his wrist.
- Curry became aware of the epidemic of malaria from 'Davidson' teammate Bryant Barr during his school days. For three years since 2012, he decided to donate three insecticide-treated mosquito nets for every 3-pointer he made to the United Nations Foundation's 'Nothing But Nets' campaign. In 2015, he met President Barack Obama at the Oval Office and delivered a five-minute speech in support of the 'President's Malaria Initiative.'
- Stephen, along with his friends Jeron Smith and Erick Peyton, formed 'Unanimous Media,' a production company back in 2016. 'Sony Pictures Entertainment' became their distribution partner. The company was named after Curry's achievement of becoming the unanimous MVP in the history of 'NBA.'
- Stephen Curry might be a star on the basketball court, but his mother still keeps him under discipline. She penalizes him with $100 for every turnover he commits after his third turnover in each game.
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In his book True Community, Jerry Bridges points out the special privilege that our friendships with other Christians (especially those in the same church) should be. We should treasure what we have in common, what our union with them is based on: our common status as redeemed sinners, seeking to serve and be more like Christ. We should be eager to talk with them about Christ, the joys and struggles of following Him, our daily experiences of being in a relationship with Him; what we cannot talk about with our other friends.
The irony, as Bridges adds, is that all too often we talk about everything except that. During refreshments, we chatter determinedly on about exams, trips, the best coffee, work life balance, sports news, and what a spectacular disappointment the new MacDonalds' salted egg yolk fries were. We reduce ourselves—unknowingly, from sheer habit, or because we're not comfortable to go further—to another club, another social interaction in the broadest sense of the word. Trying to find something in common that we can relate to, from hobbies to celebrity crushes to music genres and whether or not we're fellow Starbucks/Star Wars fans, so we can "bond."
When we never really needed to. Since all along we already have something—Someone—in common.
Bridges challenges us to rethink the purpose and content of our conversations in church every Sunday. The whole perspective, in fact, with which we see our church friends and family.
Even as older Christians, we tend to have the wrong mindset towards our relationships in church. We need to "touch base" with so-and-so. Catch up. Hear about your week. Make friends with the new visitor. Not wrong, granted, but very much secular social interaction behaviour. All about maintaining that very superficial, uncertain first level of friendliness.
Granted, this probably isn't a new concept to you. If you're like me, you're uncomfortably aware that yeah, we're supposed to have more spiritual conversations—but it's terribly awkward and feels so contrived…but it's really hard if you're not close enough, and don't you need to develop the friendship more first--
Yes, there is a point to that. Most of us would squirm if someone you didn't know very well did the *awkward cough, even more awkward attempt at eye contact:* "So, how's your spiritual life?"
I remember when a sermon was once preached on the need for "more spiritual conversations" in church. For about two weeks, we all tried manfully, if horribly awkwardly--after which everyone unanimously gave it up with a sigh of relief.
I think the key here is the perspective. Instead of seeing "spiritual conversation" as a dreaded duty, we need to start learning to see it as a privilege. As something we probably don't get to talk about much during the rest of the week. As something we're interested in, and which we know they are too. As something we can mutually relate over.
A bit like the fun of meeting up with any specific friend group—old classmates, cousins, colleagues etc. You can relive stupid private jokes and rehash ancient memories without coming across as that hopelessly nostalgic person trying to convince others how fun and happening they used to be. Or how you can look over old family photos with your mom without becoming that annoying person who forces guests to look through albums of ancient baby photos, expecting them to be interested when they can't see any difference between all the yellowed and expressionless babies.
Perhaps the best example is how, in any field of specialization, you can "talk shop"--whether with old classmates, colleagues, or someone you've just met who's in the same line (regardless of whether that means bone density and the twelve functions of the liver, or Freud and psychoanalysis in Edgar Allan Poe.)
Whereas in contrast, if you tried this with someone who didn't share the same experiences/knowledge, you would probably end up alienating them and creating an awkward awareness of how they can't relate (and probably also look like an unbearable snob showing off a lack of EQ.)
In this case, you don't come across as contrived, awkward, or dutiful in dwelling on your shared common experiences/interests. In fact, it becomes a natural opportunity to seize, a natural means to bond over, to affirm old relationships and build up new ones.
This makes all the difference between that short-lived and woefully unnatural attempt, and what Jerry Bridges pictures here. Rather than dutifully asking each other "How has your spiritual life been this week" (ugh) it becomes a natural sharing/outpouring of our common experience ("did you see the match last night?"/ "you know how Bible memory seems like such an impossible challenge?" In the same way we gravitate to the standard topics we relate over.
"Oh I watched that movie last week and thought it was really good, did you like it?"/"I didn't get the last point from the sermon just now, did you?"/
"I've been trying to exercise more haha, any tips?"/"recently I've been struggling to focus when I pray, my mind just keeps running off to the things which need to be done, and I dunno…do you have that too? or any ideas how to help with that?"
(okay, yeah that's rather corny, but I don't want to be uselessly abstract, so I made myself include some examples, just to get the ideas rolling)
We need to be more intentional with--not just our conversations, but ultimately our relationships in church. We need to start by seeing them as the support group--fanbase--whatever flawed analogy from millenial culture which helps to start changing your perspective of the otherwise inane coffee breaks and superficial weekly hi-byes.
We don't appreciate them, cultivate them, or utilize them as we ought.
And until we do, we miss out on a significant means for spiritual growth and support, one that God uses to bless us with the comfort, guidance, encouragement, love, and joy which godly relationships--even between sinners--have the capacity to offer.
intentional friendships: part 1
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How many close friends of yours are from church?
Church friends can be just another opportunity for (more) small talk and superficial banter, kept alive by private jokes and the occasional fun outing and of course, being friends on social media. ("#youthgroup #smallgroup #fellowship")
Or they can breed stifling expectations and external pressure to conform to a certain image. Do I feel uncomfortable if my church friends see my social media feed? do I dread bumping into someone from church during the week, because of the friends I'm with, or the shade of lipstick I'm wearing?
However, they can also be an incredible platform for building friendships which have the potential to be more honest, reliable, personal (and sustainable!) than what we can expect elsewhere.
Because here--regardless of how badly we have warped this into the exact opposite of what it should be--we have the most conducive foundation for strong friendships: honesty, vulnerability, a common love and purpose which binds us, and forgiveness.
G.K. Chesterton said that the church is not a museum of saints, but a hospital for sinners. As such, we should be free to relate to each other without constantly labouring to keep up our Nice Person facade, having to hide every crack as it appears. Free to share struggles and needs. Free to forgive, and ask forgiveness, because we already admit that we need to (though ironically, we've somehow managed to give the church a reputation for hypocrisy, superficiality, and judgment despite all this.)
I'm always amazed how Kpop fans from vastly different cultures, languages, and personalities can instantly and effortlessly click once they discover they love the same bands. As Christians, with a common overarching passion that shapes our life and identity, we should experience the same magic.
We see our church friends regularly, every Sunday. Whether we spend this time with them chatting over coffee break about their upcoming exam or trip, the best places for authentic bak kut teh in Singapore, and the latest meme trending on Instagram; or whether we hardly see each other, busy making drinks, talking to the visitors, tidying up the worship room or preparing for Sunday School/Bible Study. Maybe we even see them at prayer meeting or small group during the week. But I want to argue--from my own years of experience and after reading several books on Christian friendship by a variety of pretty different authors--that this may not be enough.
We all want solid, strong, and sustainable friendships; and as Christians especially we want friends who pray for us, encourage us, help us to grow spiritually. Friends who can lovingly hold you accountable. Friends who support you as you try to grow in godliness. Friends who give us Biblical guidance and insight when we need it. Friends who share our heart for Christ and His work, and His people. Friends who will listen, when you confess, with love and gentleness and respect.
And the list goes on.
For the longest time in my teen years I used to pray that God would give me the "good Christian friend" every Christian parent and teen hopes fervently will appear miraculously in their church. Someone fun and lovable and godly all at the same time! Wouldn't that be nice? Then I would definitely be growing spiritually, instead of stagnating or drifting like I am now.
The problem is that ideal friendships like this very rarely--if ever--appear miraculously in your local church as a nice finished product all ready for you to enjoy, as obvious and fuss-free as if Gabriel himself decided to come and be your "good Christian friend." Gets on really well with you from the start, no bad habits, similar family culture, likes soccer/Marvel movies/fill-in-the-blank too; nice personality, good manners, fun to be around, helps out in church, can't wait to start a youth Bible study, is halfway through memorizing the Shorter Catechism...
Or to be more accurate, perhaps the real problem is that we expect them to come about this way.
We don't passively drift into strong Christian friendships in the same way we don't passively, accidentally drift into glorifying God. You can organize camps together, lead worship, pray together, and see each other every Sunday for year after year; but it doesn't mean that you automatically fall into the powerful, life-changing, God-centered friendship David and Jonathan had.
Intentional friendships.
We need to see the relationship we have with our church friends as potential for this kind of friendship. We may not be near that level now, but without active and intentional investment, we will never be *newsflash of the century.* And this doesn't just mean aimlessly but happily hanging out every night/weekend (the approach we ordinarily would use to build closer friendships.)
We need to see that Christian friendships are about growing together--closer to Christ, and in the process closer to each other.
Jerry Bridges' book True Community address this in the first chapter, by discussing the concept of union and communion. Every relationship can be seen in two aspects: union, or the objective aspect, the basis of your relationship; and communion, or the experiential aspect, the quality of your relationship. Just like how an estranged parent and child would still have the objective aspect of their relationship (they are still inevitably related to each other) though they may lack the experiential aspect (the emotional and personal quality of the relationship.)
These two aspects apply to both our relationship with God, and our relationship with other Christians.
And these two aspects, Bridges argues, are intrinsically related to each other.
How well we understand our union with Christ affects the quality of our communion with Him.
How well we relate with Christ affects how well we relate to other Christians, since our relationship with Christ is the objective basis for our relationship with them.
~to be continued in part 2
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Sponsorship and Promotion of Young Artists
Identifying and promoting talented young artistes in one of the assured means of preserving the traditional arts in live practice. With this in view the Akademi began an annual festival of young artistes in 1971. Between 1971 and 1976 four festivals were presented under the programme in which a total of about 70 dancers and 28 musicians participated. The programme was received in 1985, the international Youth Year, under the Yuva Utsav Scheme . Since 1985 eleven festivals of young dancers and musicians have been sponsored in different parts of the country, featuring a total about 110 soloists and 20 groups. We have spent approximately Rs.12 lakhs on this programme during the current Plan. The Yuva Utsav has served as a national platform for young artistes to launch their career and as a window on the young talent in the country. A number of artistes introduced in the Yuva Utsav subsequently attained wider recognition and prestigious assignments in other national and international events. An additional important gain has been the strengthening of Akademi's collaborative relationship with State-level bodies and establishing new ties and relationships.
i) Objective To identify and promote talented young artists of the country in the field of music and dance.
ii) Scope The scheme is being implemented since 1985 covering major styles of dance and Hindustani and Carnatic music. The scheme provides for zonal and national level festivals in different cities.
iii) Major achievements made during Xth five year plan and anticipated achievements for the current financial year.
About 20 festivals of young dancers and musicians have been sponsored in different parts of the country. The Akademi has also presented several festivals of young artistes under Swarnotsav series specially organized on behalf of the Department of Culture on the occasion of the completion of 50 years of the Republic.
The music and dance festivals held for the young musicians and dancers have created nationwide awareness relating to the upcoming artists in the field of dance and music. This has also created substantial interest amongst young practitioners of music and dance to take up performing arts as their career and helped establish them in their chosen field of art. Approximately 600 artistes have been promoted during X Plan.
During the year 7 festivals of young dancers and musicians will be held covering different zones of the country.
iv) Projection for the XI Plan (a) 8 Festivals of music and dance (2 for each zone) are proposed per year. In order to make the scheme more meaningful 10 outstanding talents will be selected from each zone for sustained support through performance opportunities, advance training and sponsorship for a period of three years. The financial allocation also needs to be expanded during the XI Plan period.