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Barclays ATP World Tour Finals All Week on ESPN3, ESPN2
Djokovic will be No. 1 but Battles Federer and Murray for "Player of the Year" Honors
Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray - each having won one Major event in 2012 -- will contend for unofficial "player of the year" honors at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals from London on ESPN3 and ESPN2 Monday, Nov. 5, to the championship Monday, Nov. 12.
Novak Djokovic, winner of the Australian Open and as of this coming Monday No. 1 in the world, is guaranteed to leave London as the year-end, top-ranked player. However, most observers would consider Federer or Murray - winners of Wimbledon and the US Open, respectively, with Murray also claiming the Olympic Gold Medal - the 2012 player of the year with a victory at this year-end, eight-player round robin.
ESPN3 will provide extensive live coverage all week from the O2 Arena starting Monday, Nov. 5, with a match at 8:45 a.m. ET and 2:45 p.m. each day through Saturday, Nov. 10 (afternoon match that day at 2:15 p.m.). ESPN2 will show the morning match on November 8 and 9 at 2 p.m. before joining ESPN3 for live coverage of the semifinals Sunday, Nov. 11, and the Championship on Monday, Nov. 12, at 3 p.m.
The top three players will be joined by David Ferrer, Tomas Berdych, Juan Martin Del Potro, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Janko Tipsarevic. Federer is the two-time defending champion and has taken the prestigious event six times overall. Djokovic won the crown in 2008. None of the others have ever won the event.
Cliff Drysdale and Patrick McEnroe will call all the action on ESPN2 - and the corresponding ESPN3 simulcast.
Date Time (ET) Match Network(s)
Mon, Nov 5 - Fri, Nov. 9
8:45 a.m.
2:45 p.m. Barclays ATP World Tour Finals - Round Robin ESPN3
Thur, Nov. 8 - Fri, Nov 9
2 p.m. Barclays ATP World Tour Finals - Round robin ESPN2 (tape delayed from 8:45 a.m.)
Sat, Nov 10
2:15 p.m. Barclays ATP World Tour Finals - Round Robin ESPN3
Sun, Nov 11
9 a.m. Barclays ATP World Tour Finals - Semifinal #1 ESPN3 / ESPN2
2:30 p.m. Barclays ATP World Tour Finals - Semifinal #2 ESPN3 / ESPN2
Mon, Nov 12
3 p.m. Barclays ATP World Tour Finals - Championship ESPN3 / ESPN2
ESPN - All Four Slams, All In One Place
Tennis has been part of ESPN since its first week on the air and provided many memorable moments, but it has never been as important as today, with the US Open joining the lineup in 2009, giving ESPN all four Grand Slam events, something no other U.S. network has ever done, let alone in one year. ESPN has presented the Australian Open since 1984, the French Open since 2002 (plus 1986 - 1993), and Wimbledon since 2003, with exclusivity for live television with all other rights extended in a 12-year agreement starting this year.
ESPN debuted September 7, 1979, and the first tennis telecast was exactly one week later, September 14, a Davis Cup tie, Argentina at U.S. from Memphis with Cliff Drysdale on the call and John McEnroe playing.
ESPN3, now in 74 million homes, carries every major global tennis event on the men's and women's circuit, including all four Grand Slam tournaments, every ATP World Tour 500 and ATP Masters 1000 event and WTA Premier events featuring all the top-seeded players. Also, ESPN Classic shows great matches from the past and the sport receives extensive coverage on SportsCenter, ESPNEWS, Spanish-language ESPN Deportes, ESPN Radio, ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine. ESPN 3D aired its first tennis at Wimbledon in 2011.


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Borrowing for Preston cleanup a mistake
Preston taxpayers are being asked to borrow $8 million to finance the cleanup of the former Norwich State Hospital property. Tuesday's referendum asks voters to approve two loans; $4 million from the state at 1.5 percent interest and another $4 million at prevailing interest rates. After the state abandoned the property, it left behind a mess for the town to clean up, now it wants to make a profit by collecting interest on a loan to the town.
The search for a developer has gone on since 2004, with failure to reach an agreement on any of the numerous proposals submitted. Voters might remember the failed attempts by Utopia Studios (2006), Northland Development (2008), World LLC (2010), and JHM Group (2012). Each of these developers could have purchased the 390-acre property for $10 with the stipulation that they complete the cleanup.
The Preston Redevelopment Agency (PRA) was created in 2009 with the promise that they would find a developer, not burden the town with more debt. Thus far, the PRA has not been able to close a deal with anyone, and their efforts to find a developer appear to be on hold while they focus on demolition. The PRA has made great strides in getting the property ready for developers. They have received $4 million of federal, state, and town funds to demolish 22 buildings; 33 buildings remain. Funds from the sale of scrap and salvage have added to that effort. Until now, all demolition has been accomplished on a pay-as-you-go basis. Now the PRA wants to enter into a new phase. They want the town to borrow $8 million to accelerate demolition. After that is gone, the PRA estimates it will take another $6 million to finish the job. When the demolition and cleanup is completed the town will have spent in excess of $120,000 an acre to clean up the 120 acre core campus that is estimated to sell for around $50,000 an acre. This doesn't make any sense.
The town has other, more important, improvement projects that could benefit from the $8 million rather than cleaning up a mess left by our state government. We need to replace firefighting equipment, school buses, and snowplows that are 15 to 20 years old; we need a new senior center, and the Town Hall needs renovation.
Without the loans, the PRA can continue demolition and cleanup but at a slower pace. Of the entire 390-acre property, only about 120 acres have buildings or require clean up. The remaining 270 acres are clean and ready for development. With a developer involved, the cleanup could move even faster. The town could help a developer by giving tax incentives, or use funds from the sale of clean property to pay for the remaining demolition. The eight-year search for a buyer has been unsuccessful, and right now there is no commitment from any developer. The PRA estimates that it will be at least four years before "things turn around" and a developer is on site, so there is no reason to rush the town into this large debt.
Whether you support or oppose the proposed $8 million town debt and the accompanying tax increase to pay for it, please vote Tuesday. Voting will take place from noon to 8 p.m. at Preston Town Hall.
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text: Hi Everyone, I have a new F800gs that now has 350 miles on it. I have been having an issue with it stalling for the last few days. The first time it happened, my display showed about 65 miles range remaining, and it happened at low RPM. I started it back up and made my way to a gas station. On the way there, it cut out about 10 more times at various speeds and RPMs. When I got to the gas station, I put 2.5 gallons into it (full), and after a few minutes, it ran fine. No further issues. Puzzled by this, I drained the tank down (with a pump) nearly to the point of the light coming on. It ran with no issues for about 20 miles. I wondered if there may have been a clog in the air-inlet to the gas tank or something. I filled the tank back up, and did some more riding. I emailed the dealership to ask if there were any software updates or open items for my bike, and they said there were not. He said that I should try opening the gas tank if it happens again because there may be negative pressure there. Today, when the tank got back down to about 65 miles range (again), the bike sputtered out (again). It had run perfectly for the entire tank of gas until that point. I opened the gas cap, closed it, and started it up again. The bike did run for about 3 miles but then had the same issue. From that point on, it didn't matter how much I opened the gas tank, it made no difference. I filled the tank back up to the top (3.2 gallons), and have run another 50 miles since then with no issues. Does anyone have any idea what could be going on? I am skeptical about the vent tube to the gas tank being the issue because wouldn't opening the gas tank solve that? If that were the issue, would it run perfectly until the tank got down to 65 miles range? Please give me your thoughts. Aloha, Charlie


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Tuesday will be my birthday. Saturday will be Judgment Day.
Since The Rapture will take place on a Saturday, I'm a bit concerned for staffing on Sunday (although from my own experiences at conferences I believe it is safe to say that the reference desk will still be fully manned). And, unless I'm picked up in that Rapture as well, it looks like I'll still be presenting at the Northeastern Pennsylvania Library Association Spring Workshop on May 27th since the world won't actually end till later that year. This wouldn't be the first time around for such absolute certainty about the end of the word. October 22, 1844 is called The Great Disappointment since it did not actually mark the Second Coming of Jesus. Heck, you can't swing a Google cat without hitting results about other end-of-the-world predictions that date back hundreds of years. And let's not forget what awaits us in 2012 (note: the website features a countdown clock!)
I would guess that the majority of my readership would think that these kinds of events are completely unfounded and/or silly speculation, but I'm wondering why some of those same people get all riled up by people who write the same sort of dire pieces about the demise of the public library. I have yet to read a strong argument for closing public libraries; most revolve around "everyone" having Kindles, Google, and the internet. That sort of reasoning doesn't even make me get up from my seat anymore. It's usually a cover for the real argument of "I don't want my tax money being spent on things that I don't personally benefit from" which is a whole different ballgame.
So, why do librarians give such credence to any person who writes about the end of the public library? Is the profession really that insecure? Or do librarians have our own irrational fear of an impending public library apocalypse?


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Braves announce 2014 Spring Training Schedule
Individual game tickets to go on sale Monday, December 2
The Atlanta Braves released their 2014 spring training schedule today. The 34-game slate begins on Wednesday, February 26, with a home contest against the defending American League Central champion Detroit Tigers at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The Braves will open the road portion of their spring schedule on Thursday, February 27, when they face the Tigers at Lakeland, Fla.
Braves' pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report to camp on Thursday, February 13, with their first workout set for the following day. The rest of the Braves players are scheduled to report on Tuesday, February 18, with the first full-squad workout slated for February 19. This spring marks the 17th year that the Braves will train at the Wide World of Sports complex, consistently ranked as the one of the best spring training facilities in the country by Baseball America.
Atlanta will play a total of 17 home games at Wide World of Sports, as they play host to 10 different teams, including three games each versus the Tigers and the Washington Nationals, and two games each against the Houston Astros, the Miami Marlins and the New York Mets. The Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals and the Tampa Bay Rays will make one visit each to Disney.
The Florida portion of the schedule includes three home night games: Friday, February 28, versus the Astros; Thursday, March 6, versus the Nationals; Monday, March 24 versus the Astros.
On Saturday, March 29, the Atlanta Braves will travel to State Mutual Stadium in Rome, Ga., to take on the Braves future stars in an exhibition game at the home of the Single-A Rome Braves. Game time is slated for 1:05 p.m.
Individual spring training game tickets will go on sale Monday, December 2, at the Wide World of Sports box office, through the Atlanta Braves' website (braves.com/springtraining) and through Ticketmaster (800/745-3000). Spring training ticket prices for 2014 range from $12.00 (general admission lawn seats) to $52.00 (lower level reserved seats). Ticket information for the exhibition game at State Mutual Stadium will be announced at a later date.


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These helium canisters are disposable and therefore classed as perishable. They are delivered direct from an external supplier, so whilst we endeavour to ensure your helium arrives on your chosen day, it will not arrive with your balloons, but may arrive slightly before or after your delivery.
For more information on our helium and guidelines, visit our helium page here.
For inflation, our recommendation would be to have a tape measure, get 2 chairs and measure a space of 70cm between the 2 chairs. Blow the balloon up with the helium in between the 2 chairs until it is touching each chair and then you will know it is filled to exactly the right size to hold the weight of the tail.
If you are not using a tassel tail, we recommend filling your balloon partially with air, as the the pyramid weights do not support a full helium giant balloon on it's own.
For giant balloons on plain ribbon or short tassel tails we recommend a ratio of 60:40 helium to air.
The balloon will float for approximately 3 days using the helium canister suggested. If you need the balloon to stay afloat for longer, we recommend adding on HI-FLOAT to your purchase. One 16oz bottle is enough to fill 100 11" latex balloons or approximately 10 giants. Simply follow the instructions on the bottle to make your balloon display last a lot longer!
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- "The second, by name Altheda, had been robbed of her home, her gold and her wand by an evil sorcerer."
- —Beedle the Bard, The Fountain of Fair Fortune.[src]
This is a fictional wand which belonged to Altheda from the wizarding fairytale The Fountain of Fair Fortune by fairy tale author Beedle the Bard. Materials and length of the wand are not known. It was stolen by an evil sorcerer along with Altheda's home and money.[1]
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Mentioned only)
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- ↑ The Tales of Beedle the Bard - "The Fountain of Fair Fortune"


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Congo Presidential Candidate: Ms. Angèle N. Makombo-Eboum
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Meet The Candidate For DRC Presidency
Angèle N. Makombo-Eboum, 56, is founding member and leader of a new political party called League of Congolese Democrats (LIDEC) established by ministerial decree of November 3, 2010. She is a candidate in the next presidential elections scheduled for November 2011 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Mme Makombo-Eboum vows to use her broad experience in preventive diplomacy and international politics, as well as lessons learnt from the West on freedom, democracy, human rights and accountability to bring change to the Congo.
As an international civil servant with the United Nations for 23 years, Ms. Makombo-Eboum held various positions, dealing in particular with conflict prevention and resolution in Africa.
She was a Senior Political Officer in charge of African issues in the Office of the UN Secretary-General from December 2004 to March 2007. In that capacity, she was a member of the delegation of the Secretaries-General Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon during their respective visits to the DRC in March 2006 and January 2007.
From March 2007 to her departure from the United Nations in February 2011, Mme Makombo-Eboum was Senior Political Affairs Officer in the Department of Political Affairs. Before, she worked as a Political Affairs Officer in the same Department, and held similar functions in the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations. She also held the following positions: Legal Officer in the UN Legal Office; Press Officer in the Department of Information; Legal Consultant with the UN Center on Transnational Corporations; Legal Consultant with the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
Native of Kabinda, Eastern Kasai, Ms. Makombo-Eboum was born in Kinshasa on December 1, 1954. She is married to Thomas Eboum, a former UN international civil servant. She has a daughter. Ms. Makombo-Eboum made her first steps in life in Lukula-Mayombe, located in the DRC's western province of Bas-Congo, where her father was working at the time as
a Senior Physician Assistant in the 1950s. She attended elementary school in Lyon, France, where her family joined her father, who was studying medicine with a fellowship from the World Health Organization (WHO). The fellowship program was negotiated by the first Congolese Prime Minister, Patrice Emery Lumumba.
She attended middle and high school at the Lycée du Sacré Coeur and the Institute Saint Thérèse de Lisieux in Kinshasa where she earned her high school diploma.
Ms. Makombo-Eboum has a Master Law Degree from the University of Paris I- Panthéon Sorbonne. She is also graduated from the prestigious Institute of Political Science of Paris (Sciences Po). In addition, she graduated from the Institute of Judiciary Studies of the University of Paris I- Panthéon Sorbonne. Ms. Makombo-Eboum also earned her Admission Certificate to the Professional Training Center for Attorneys of Paris. She has written articles on Congolese politics.
Integrity, hard work, determination, courage, perseverance, honesty, pride, keeping one's word, christian faith in God, generosity, solidarity, modesty, respect for others regardless of their social status, rejection of injustice, ethnic divisions and regionalism, are the values that Ms. Angèle N. Makombo-Eboum carries, and which were taught to her by her parents, Dr. Roger Raphael Makombo Mutamba and Beya Fatuma Mulonda.
As he was one of the first Congolese to become a physician, Ms. Makombo-Eboum's father, had a great sense of his mission. His commitment and devotion to the public service in a very precarious health environment have very much inspired Ms. Makombo-Eboum to also seek her own way to contribute to the development of her country.
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PHOENIX, Ariz. - Nov 07
VMI today announced it has begun sales of the first wheelchair accessible Honda Odyssey with the Northstar conversion. The company has completed all design, engineering and validation processes with the Honda Odyssey, which is their latest lowered floor side-entry minivan conversion. VMI has more than 150 authorized dealers who have been certified to sell and service the Honda Odyssey with the Northstar conversion.
The Honda Odyssey has earned many significant automotive awards, including the IntelliChoice "Best Overall Van Value of the Year" and "Best Overall Minivan of the Year." The VMI Northstar system is considered the highest-ranked lowered floor side-entry minivan conversion for both quality and reliability, and is time tested with more than 12 years in service. By taking the best-in-class minivan and modifying it with the finest conversion available, VMI is delivering the best of both worlds.
"Honda is a recognized leader in the automotive industry in quality, resale value, and ride and handling," stated Doug Eaton, President and CEO of VMI. "The Odyssey is the benchmark of product quality in the minivan segment and it strengthens our product lineup. We believe the accessibility of the Odyssey will achieve the level of performance that demanding Honda customers expect."
"The agreement between Honda and VMI extends the reach of Honda, making Honda derived vehicles more accessible to more customers than ever before," said John Watts, Honda product planning manager. "Honda is a mobility company at its core, and offering wheelchair accessibility is consistent with our philosophy."
The Honda Odyssey with the VMI Northstar conversion offers more interior room than any other wheelchair accessible premium minivan on the market allowing for maximum wheelchair maneuverability. The floor is lowered 11 inches to enhance driver line of sight and provide generous headroom.
Other standard features on the Honda Odyssey with the VMI Northstar conversion include a powered in-floor ramp with non-skid surface for unrestricted entry and exit. The PowerKneel™ System automatically and gently lowers the vehicle to decrease ramp incline and increase accessibility. The low 8 degree ramp angle provides an almost effortless entry into the minivan and the shorter ramp length allows for parking in tighter places.
VMI purchases the vehicles from Honda, and then modifies them on a new assembly line at its Phoenix based facility. The first Honda Odyssey Northstar conversion vans began shipping to Mobility Dealers nationwide on October 10th.
About VMI
Founded in 1987, VMI is a manufacturer and distributor of the most reliable, highest quality and most easily accessible transportation in the world. Their full line of products include domestic and import minivan conversions, full-size van conversions, platform lifts, scooter and wheelchair lifts and transfer seats. VMI's mobility products enable consumers to travel with comfort, convenience and peace of mind.
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Delivered by Dennis & Betty Voskuil
Psalm 146: 5-10
I Peter 1:3
- Class of 2008, Congratulations!
- This afternoon, you will receive your college diplomas.
- An occasion for joyous celebration! An occasion of completion and of commendation!
- Cheered on by proud parents, and supportive family, and faithful friends; and blessed by the faculty and administration of HopeCollege you will walk across that stage - in sunny weather--at Holland Municipal Stadium.
- And when you step across that stage, you will be walking directly into the next season of your life - directly into the future.
- The future. What about the future?
- Now, if you are like Betty and I were in the '60s when we graduated from the University of Wisconsin, you face the future with eager anticipation but also with genuine anxiety and a little trepidation.
- You are excited, yes, about the next chapter in your lives, but you are also very concerned about what is happening in the world around us.
- Since September 11, 2001 and the unthinkable attacks on the TwinTowers and upon the Pentagon, our world order seems to have been turned upside down by a host of elusive terrorists.
- And we live in fear of being vulnerable to forces over which we have little control.
- And we ask, is there any hope for the future?
- Meanwhile, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq drag on and on, consuming lives and resources.
- Is there any hope?
- Challenging social and political issues continue to divide us: same-sex marriage, racism, HIV-AIDS, abortion, and immigration.
- Is there any hope?
- In addition, job security seems to have eroded, global warming is melting the polar ice caps, the gap between the rich and the poor seems to grow, and we are edging into a recession.
- Is there any hope?
- And even in our schools. A year ago last April, a deeply disturbed and dissatisfied 20-year old English major gunned down 32 students and faculty at Virginia Tech University, and just this last February five more students were killed in another shooting at Northern Illinois University.
- Is there any hope for the future?
- In this world of endless violence, frightening terrorism, economic crisis, social divisions and cultural conflicts, we would have to be utterly naïve not to be anxious about the future.
- And yet, and yet, in the face of all of this, we are not people of despair. We are people of hope.
- How can this be?
- My friends, we are people of hope, because we are people of God.
- The Psalmist writes: "Happy are those whose help is in the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God" (Psalm 146:5).
- We are people of hope in a culture of despair because we believe in God who, according to the Psalmist,
o Made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them
o Who keeps faith forever
o Who executes justice for the oppressed
o Who gives food to the hungry
o Who opens the eyes of the blind
o Who watches over the strangers, the orphans and the widows
- "Happy are those whose help is in the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God."
- And there are signs of hope where ever we recognize the activity of God in the world.
I have had the privilege of witnessing some encouraging signs of hope during my work as director of Reformed Church World Service. Those signs can be found in Kenya as well as Malawi, Mozambique, Niger and Sudan - all countries in the huge continent of Africa.
It began with a request from Reformed Church in America missionaries Del and Deb Braaksma, who were working with the Orma people in Kenya. "Betty, is there any way Reformed Church World Service can re-stock the goats that have been lost as a result of terrible flooding that has hit our area?" Quite frankly, I had become accustomed by this time to being known as the hunger lady, but I had not anticipated becoming the "goat lady" as well.
The flooding was caused by torrential rains which were a result of strong El Nino winds. And for some reason, goats died in the aftermath of the flooding while most of the cows and sheep did not. This was devastating for the Orma people who are pastoralists moving their animals from place to place. At an average cost of $35.00 each, they could simply not afford to replace the goats. So that is how the Reformed Church World Service "Give-a-Goat" alternative Christmas gift program was born. People all around our country and even Canada sent money to Reformed Church World Service, $35 to be exact, and in return received a small straw goat and a card to give to a loved one. And more importantly, people in Africa received goats - thousands and thousands of them over a 10-year period of time.
As a result, children are healthier because they have goat milk to drink, families can afford to send children to school again because they have goats to sell, and small businesses have been able to employ many people to make products out of goat hide. Signs of hope, indeed!
- Of course, Christians are people of hope in a culture of despair, because we trust that God is carrying out a grand plan of restoration and redemption through Jesus Christ.
- By God's mercy, God's great mercy, God has given us "a new birth into a living hope" through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
- And because of the resurrection, Christians are called to be people of hope, an audacious hope which is rooted in an audacious act of divine love.
- Moreover, we are called to be participants in this audacious hope throughout the world.
In the fall of 1998, Hurricane Mitch struck Central America with a vengeance. It hung over Honduras, Nicaragua and Chiapas, Mexico for several days and wreaked incredible damage. In fact, until Hurricane Katrina came along and caused so much destruction throughout the Gulf region of the United States, Hurricane Mitch was considered one of the worst hurricanes ever. Many people from the United States volunteered during the next couple of years to help rebuild homes, health clinics, churches and schools. When I visited a newly rebuilt village in Nicaragua, I saw some more signs of hope.
Marvin and Angelina Hurtado told me that when Hurricane Mitch caused the river near them to rise up and swallow their home, they barely had time to gather their children and run to higher ground. They were unable to save anything. With their neighbors, they survived on a hill top for over a week on very minimal food and water. The timing could not have been worse - because Mitch struck before the harvest and consequently, they also lost all of their crops and their seeds for the future.
But it was what they told me after they showed me very proudly their small but new one room home and latrine--very important part--built by volunteers that was so very, very meaningful. They said to me, "We can show you what's been done here, but we can never - we can never--find the words to express our thanks to you for coming to help us when we needed you. After Mitch destroyed our home in 1998, we were very sad. We didn't see any hope, any light. All we saw all around us was darkness. Then you came with volunteers to help build this wonderful home. These workers brought us hope and love."
- Class of 2008, in a world of conflict, division, and a host of complex and confounding social, political and economic challenges, it is easy to capitulate to our culture of despair.
- But we challenge you to become harbingers of hope - audacious, courageous, outrageous hope.
- As New Testament scholar N.T. Wright has written in his book Surprised by Joy, through Jesus Christ God has promised a new world, and "creates a program for change and offers to empower it" (p. 221).
- And we are invited to participate - you are invited to participate--in that program of change.
In 2003, I traveled to Afghanistan as part of a seven-person delegation which went to monitor and evaluate a variety of programs and projects that Church World Service, which had been working in the country since 1979, had designed to help with the recovery and rehabilitation of the people of Afghanistan.
When we arrived in January, the debris of 20 years of war was everywhere. The country had also suffered a three-year drought, and so everything was covered with a thick layer of dirt. But there were signs of hope - even in Afghanistan. We visited newly built schools for boys and girls and handed out school bags filled with supplies to many of them. We met some 1,800 women who were gainfully employed for the first time in years in a quilt program started by Church World Service. In addition to providing badly needed bedding for their families, they were receiving about $1.00 for every quilt they produced - money which meant that their family income was doubled. We also saw wonderful water projects, health clinics, and a shelter for children in Kabul. We witnessed a thousand homes which had already been rebuilt and repaired.
But one of the most enduring signs of hope I remember was when one of the young women who was learning to read and write for the first time told our group, "Thank you. Thank you for making this opportunity available to me. When you teach a woman to read, you teach her family to read. That gives us incredible hope for our future."
- My friends, as you walk across that stage this afternoon at Holland Municipal Stadium, you will be stepping into a world which, by God's grace, is in the process of being restored and redeemed.
- There are signs of hope all around us.
- There are signs of hope wherever you recognize the activity of God.
- Do not succumb to a culture of despair.
- Be a person of hope - a person of audacious hope.
- Indeed, be an ambassador of hope as you participate in the grand plan of restoration and redemption in our world.
- And to God be the glory, and the honor and the power forever and forever.


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Like most father's I see the time slipping away with our oldest son. As he finishes his senior year of High School I find we are spending less and less time together. When Jencen was 14 I tried to ignite in him the love I have for cycling. Just before his first Cyclocross race he missed a turn during warm up and we had to cut him out of the black berry bushes. That ended his racing career. His main cycling afterward was the Boy Scout San Juan Islands trip and the family bike camp on Ocas Island.
Fast forward to this year. In talking about his senior trip we talked about Disney World, visiting family in Tennessee etc. I casually brought up bicycling to the Grand Canyon. To my delight he thought that sounded awesome! The "wheels" were in motion.
We hope this will be the first of many future bicycle tours (financed by our advertisers and equipment sales through our website) where we promote family togetherness, gear testing, interesting places, people and food.
Middle aged parents looking for a way to reconnect with their kids, especially when their kids get busy and grow up so fast!
Many of the middle aged, week-end warrior bicycle riders that are slowing down a bit, still love to ride, but realize that they will never be Lance Armstrong. They want to go on vacations, share something with their kids and build memories, not just pay off the mortgage and SUV.
Want to use the logo as part of website that we sell advertizing to gear companies that serve the outdoor and bicycling industries.
Our goal is to capture the viewer of our websites (attracted by the sharp logo) imagination quickly, taking them to another place that they want to escape in for awhile (and in turn selling that concept to advertisers).
The lettering and symbol of the logo need to be bold, elegant and memorible.
The following may help:
1. No Cartoons
2. Warm and inviting, not cold and corporate
3. Typeface clear, simple and bold
4. Symbol with the logo needs to represent more than one person and more than one bicycle
Our base colors are:
Hunter green
Yellow Gold
Please, no clip art or stock images.
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Alberta, Canada – What goes around comes around. No one understands this more than the team at The Spearhead Collection, a vintage hardware, ironmongery, and home décor company originally from Sherwood Park. More often than not, trends and styles resurface from generation to generation. We've seen this with high-waisted pants, overalls, platform shoes, as well as a number of other things our parents wished would have stayed in the past. This cycle goes for interior design as well! Whether a potential buyer is an avid designer or an antique fanatic, they'll enjoy what this company has to offer to the industry.
The Spearhead Collection is a family-owned business that was founded in 2006. The company makes all handmade and authentic, vintage style products. If a potential interior design enthusiast is interested in a rustic, antique look and feel, they won't regret giving the inventory at The Spearhead Collection a peek. From simple to the complex, the variety of goods at this company is quite impressive.
One of the best features of these products is their versatility. Whether a customer is renovating or is just looking for something that will stand out in a room, these items will fulfil that need. Not only that, but each and every product is one of a kind, comes with its very own quirks and 100% uniqueness. The majority of The Spearhead Collection's inventory is made of cast iron and is inspired by the Victorian/Edwardian eras. This makes their products perfect for both indoors and outside, depending on what the customer is looking for.
And just to add sprinkles on top, the team here is exceedingly passionate about what they do. They're cultivators in the field, always looking to improve their work and to give customers an enjoyable service. 100% customer satisfaction is always their goal. They put character in each and every product that they handle so that buyers take home something they'll admire for years to come. At this company, the team is always trying to discover innovative ways to create speciality goods. Oh, was it mentioned they're also cost efficient?
The Spearhead Collection believes in giving affordable vintage products that are made with quality and passion. Heritage, culture, and honesty are the three traits this company deem close to their hearts. Buyers looking for a small business to invest in won't be disappointed with the staff at The Spearhead Collection. Contact or visit the site today to see what's in stock!
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Review It's now well over five months since we reviewed the pre-production version of Samsung's Blu-ray drive and there's still no sign of retail units. Fortunately, if you really must have a BD drive for your PC right now, Pioneer has the goods and you can have one today - if you can afford it...
The Pioneer BDR-101A looks very ordinary and but for the Blu-ray Disc logo on the middle of the tray, there's nothing to give away that this is actually a cutting-edge drive. Pioneer could really have done a better front bezel design, especially considering how much you have to pay for the pleasure of owning one of these drives. You do at least get the choice of beige or black.
The rear of the drive brings back memories from the early days of DVD writers, as the BDR-101A has a small fan fitted to it. However, this never seemed to spin up during the time I used the drive and if it did, it was very quiet. There's the standard four-pin Molex connector for power, a jumper block for drive settings and analogue audio outputs. A pretty standard drive in other words.
The Pioneer drive, as with the Samsung, uses IDE. Considering that Intel has completely abandoned IDE in its latest chipsets, this seems like a poor start for Blu-ray drives. It looks like Lite-on may take the lead with its SATA-connected internal BD drive.
But it's the internals that count, and the BDR-101A is very heavy compared to most current optical drives. This could have something to do with the fact that is has two optical assemblies. The Blu-ray laser can't read or write red-laser DVDs, and as there's no single-head solution so far that supports both technologies, a dual-laser set-ups is the only way to go. Until recently, there were no dual-format chipsets either, so it's no surprise the BDR-101A has one each for BD and DVD duties. The two formats have separate buffer memories too: 8MB for Blu-ray and just 2MB for DVD.
The BDR-101A supports BD-R and BD-RE - that's the re-writeable media - and will burn both types at 2x, which equates to 8.99MBps. This is slower than the 8x DVD±R writing performance of the drive, which is 11.08MBps. It's a shame that the DVD writing components are very much last generation and DVD±RW speeds are even slower, just 4x. The Pioneer will also burn DVD+R dual-layer media at 2.4x and DVD-R DL media at 2x. Not exactly impressive considering how much this drive costs. So don't throw away that super-multi DVD writer yet, especially not if you want to write to DVD-RAM media, as the BDR-101A doesn't support this format at all.
Writing 12GB of data to single-layer TDK BD-R and BD-RE discs took 24m 27s and 24m 40s, respectively, so filling up a 25GB disc will take around 50 minutes if not a little longer. Moving on to DVD media - we used Verbatim discs for these tests - putting 4GB onto a DVD+R disc took 10m 38s, and 10m 12s on a DVD-R. This didn't surprise me as Pioneer has always promoted DVD-R over DVD+R. Filling a DVD-RW disc with the same amount of data took 14m 28s. None of these results are exciting when compared to the latest generation of DVD writers, but the Pioneer is definitely a step up from the Samsung drive, which didn't have DVD writing capabilities at all.
The BDR-101A test unit was supplied by CD Team, which charges £699 for it. You should be able to find it cheaper if you shop around, but UK stock levels seem to be quite limited. The point is, for that kind of price we'd have hoped the drive would provide top-speed DVD writing as well as next-generation format support.
For the £699 that CD Team charges for the Pioneer BDR-101A, you could buy 2TB worth of hard drive storage if you go for hard drives, which goes to show that it's expensive to be an early adopter. And if you're the kind of person who really needs this technology - you're mastering BD-ROMs and PlayStation 3 media, say - you've little choice but to cough up what Pioneer and its suppliers are asking. Even then you may prefer to wait for a drive that can cope with dual-layer BD-R/REs - the Pioneer BDR-101A certainly can't.
Pioneer is one of the first companies to get a Blu-ray drive into retail, but it's BDR-101A offering is terribly expensive, doesn't support 50GB media, and if you intend to use the drive's DVD writing capabilities, it's much slower than a cheap-as-chips DVD-only burner.
However, the BDR-101A does offer 25GB of storage on a single disc, currently unmatched by other optical storage formats. But it's early days yet and we're still waiting to see what's on offer from the HD-DVD camp. ®
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- Protects your truck from dents, dings, and scratches
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You've got a lot invested in your truck. Don't let your cargo ruin it! The DualLiner Truck Bed Protection System offers the best defense from dents, dings, and scratches from anything you throw in your truck bed.
The DualLiner Truck Bed Protection System is a complete truck bed liner that protects your whole truck bed, from the floor to the wheel wells to the loadguard to the tailgate. The DualLiner won't trap corrosive water or dirt like typical drop-in liners. And unlike spray-in liners, you won't damage the original finish of your bed to install it.
In the past your cargo probably slid around your truck bed, running the risk of flying off your truck or smashing into your cab window. The DualLiner's ZeroSkid rubber floor completely eliminates the skidding typical of truck bed liners, keepipng your cargo safe and in place. Best yet, DualLiner keeps you safe from static sparks that can be extremely dangerous. Plastic gas cans can slide around truck beds, which quickly builds static that can spark and ignite gasoline fumes. This phenomenon is especially common with plastic drop-in liners. The ZeroSkid floor prevents this in two ways: 1)the can will not slide around, and 2)the rubber floor acts as an insulator, dissipating and preventing static buildup. (Filling gas cans on the truck bed is still not recommended.)
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German corner
What: Weekly get-together to learn and practice German
When: 7:00pm -- Every Thursday
Where: Noisebridge, 2169 Mission St., San Francisco, 94114 (at 18th St., near 16th St. BART station). (map)
Who: All are welcome, regardless of skill level
After a bit of a hiatus the German corner is back on at the regular time! All levels of speakers are welcome. Most of our current members are intermediate but there are also some complete beginners. We have a few native Germans helping out as well as some printed material to work from. If anyone has other suggestions on better ways to learn German, please bring your suggestions, and/or talk about them on the German mailing list.
There may be weekly goals to help people keep practicing German outside of Noisebridge.
Follow our discussion and meeting announcements on the German mailing list.
Noisebridge German Translation
Lebendige Literatur
Here is an easy piece of short fiction to learn from, including German vocabulary list:
Die Datenschleuder (data slingshot) - Fachblatt für Datenreisende CCC


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Thanks for stopping by Fireflies of Winter! I just read through your archives and definitely plan on keeping up... it _is_ great to find someone else doing a similar thing, and in Japan too! I can't wait to see more of the characters(especially Drayton... he sounds like my kind of guy).
I'd love to trade links: please feel free to drop me an email when you get the time, and best of luck with the comic!


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Tabitha (Wetzel) Kremmin, 2005-2007
Tabitha is a member of the second cohort of Entrepreneur Scholars She graduated in 2007 from the College of Saint Benedict majoring in sociology with a concentration in family studies. After graduation she worked at the Donald McNeely Center for Entrepreneurship for six months as the interim program coordinator.
During college she was employed as the volunteer coordinator at Kennedy Elementary Kidstop, and she was also very active in volunteering on campus and within the community. She also enjoys spending time with her family and friends, the outdoors, the arts, clubs and events on campus, and has a particular hunger for travel. In the summer of her sophomore year she participated in an internship with the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, in which she worked with Local 6 union members in Manhattan to prepare a campaign taking place in 2006. In the summer of her junior year she worked as a sales person learning home based sales strategies.


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|Mountain View Cemetery, West Hazleton, PA
I remember years ago talking with my father and uncle about where they wanted to be buried (grim conversation, but not to a genealogist). My father wanted to be buried with his dad, and my uncle wanted to be buried with his mom.
My uncle had made plans. He knew he was dying. The funeral and the tombstone had been planned and paid for before his death. When I went back to Pennsylvania this summer, I visited the cemetery where they were buried. The separate tombstones for my grandparents were gone and there was one tombstone set in its place.
It was weird seeing the old tombstones gone. It was painful to see my uncle's name on the tombstone and know that I wouldn't get to see him again, but it was made a little easier knowing that he was buried with family as he wanted.


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2-Speed Gearing
Maxel 2-Speed system consists of two sets of stainless steel main and pinion gears ,allowing anglers the option of a high-speed ratio or a power ratio for maximum torque . Maxel shifting system is designed to operate in a simple and reliable way ,just push the shift button and handle in for low gear ,offering you the power to fight big game fish ; push button and pull handle out so as to switch back to high speed ratio for quick line recovery .
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Aircraft grade aluminum construction incorporating Maxel rigid machine technology . All Maxel reels feature a strong, rigid , one-piece fully machined aluminum frame. These monolithic bar-stock frames not only keep the moving parts in precise alignment, but also maintain exacting control tolerances under heavy loading while fighting big fish.
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More depressing news for the end of the year – it's more pointy-hatted nonsense:
Pope Benedict signals inter-faith alliance against legalizing gay marriage
The pope's latest denunciation of gay marriage came in a Christmas address to Vatican officials in which he blended religion, philosophy, anthropology and sociology to illustrate the position of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Vatican has gone on the offensive in response to gains for gay marriage in the United States and Europe, using every possible opportunity to denounce it through papal speeches or editorials in its newspaper or on its radio station.
Throwing the full weight of his office behind a study by France's chief rabbi on the effects the legalization of gay marriage would have on children and society, he said:
"There is no denying the crisis that threatens it (the family) to its foundations – especially in the Western world."
The family had to be protected because it was "the authentic setting in which to hand on the blueprint of human existence", he added.
This is typical Catholic absurdity at its stupidest – note that it was 'a' study, not extensive studies, one single study. And boom! It's a rush off to judgment.
And this is exactly why we need to point and laugh and denounce and shout this nonsense down: there's no reasoning with the irrational. Courtesy only leads these idiots to think they have a valid point, even when the preponderance of evidence proves otherwise.
Denying a specific subset of the population the right that everyone else has is discrimination: as such, that is distinctly un-American. Marriage is a civil right – saying that two adults can't do it because somebody's imaginary friend prohibits it is forcing religious belief on others – a clear violation of SOCAS.
It's too bad that gay couples in America can't file a class-action suit against that pointy-hatted assclown in the Vatican. Or any of the other flatline idiots who try to foist their madness onto the rest of us.
Ex cathedra my homesick ass.
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Most people think the local news media do a good job of reporting individual crimes, but they are largely dissatisfied with coverage of the bigger picture of crime trends and causes.
Those are some of the findings of research by the Criminal Justice Policy Research Institute at Portland State University. Researchers sent surveys this year to nearly 6,000 residents from neighborhoods throughout Portland, and received 2,461 back as of July 11.
This report follows another study last year by the same PSU researchers that showed most Oregonians believe crime is going up despite statistics that show the crime rate was at a 43-year low.>
"Misconceptions about crime have the potential to negatively impact people's physical and psychological wellbeing and the overall quality of life in our city," said Kris Henning, associate dean of the College of Urban & Public Affairs and one of the lead researchers. "We believe the news media play a role in shaping these perceptions."
Henning said the researchers were expecting some dissatisfaction with media coverage of crime, but they were surprised by the deep split in opinions about everyday reporting of individual crimes and other coverage areas such as the underlying causes of crime and the risks of becoming a victim.
Nearly 64 percent of respondents rated the coverage of individual crime events as "good" or "very good." Less than a quarter of the respondents gave a good or very good rating when it came to coverage of underlying causes of crime, risk factors for victimization and community efforts to reduce crime. A third of all respondents said they watch local TV news or read The Oregonian every day, and well over half the total said they did so at least several times a month.
According to the research brief, the media devotes "extensive coverage to individual criminal events, particularly crimes that involve atypical victims and offenders or severe acts of violence. Hence the journalistic expression 'if it bleeds it leads.'" The areas that were given lower marks on the survey, such as crime prevention and crime trends, were ones that may have greater value to the community, the report states.
Criminal justice agencies need to do a better job of disseminating crime information directly to the public and work with the media to cover a broader range of crime topics, according to the report.
"All these agencies are in daily contact with the media and they need to know how the community feels about local crime reporting," Henning said. "If people are dissatisfied, perhaps these agencies should rethink their own strategies for interacting with the media and the kind of press releases they issue."
A later study using the same survey will examine the relationship between media exposure and perceived safety, Henning said. "Prior studies suggest that greater exposure to local TV news in particular is associated with higher levels of fear," he said. "Our study will address whether this relationship holds true in Portland."


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RYASAP necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 226 diseños de 53 diseñadores freelance.
youthINC: Youth Impacting Neighborhoods & Communities
youthINC is the youth and community department of RYASAP, a urban/suburban nonprofit organization serving the Greater Bridgeport area in Connecticut. youthINC's goal is to develop young leaders and create positive community change. youthINC stands for Youth Impacting Neighborhoods and Communities, but also youth incorporated, and also suggests youth think.
Our personality is real, fun, and cool. youthINC encompasses both high school and middle school leadership and arts programs in Bridgeport, the largest city in Connecticut.
Our desired audience is:
Other like-minded organizations
Community Partners
Text based design
Must incorporate the use of aqua blue
relatively simple, clean design
modern, urban, cool
can be flexible in size and medium (ie on web, stationary, schwagg)
Attached are other logos from our department to keep in mind. youthINC is the main logo encompassing the other programs.
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Monday, July 28, 2008
Talk - Baptism (for 8 year olds)
Here is a talk that I have used when I have spoken at Stake Baptisms for 8 year olds.
[Address person being baptized] Do you know that you are just about to participate in your very first saving ordinance and make your very first official promise to Heavenly Father?
Today when you are baptized you will promise Heavenly Father that you will remember and follow Jesus and keep all of His commandments. Our Heavenly Father loves us so much that whenever we make a promise to Him, He makes a promise right back to us.
Today Heavenly Father also will make you a promise. He promises you that He will forgive you if you make mistakes and do something wrong - if you are sorry for what you did and get on your knees and repent. He also promises that you can have the gift of the Holy Ghost with you and that you can obtain eternal life someday.
When we make a promise to Heavenly Father and He makes one right back to us, those promises are called covenants. Heavenly Father never breaks His promises to us, and we need to try every single day never to break our promises to Him.
Let's go over once again what you will promise today:
1. To take upon you the name of Christ (D&C 18:21-25)
2. To bear one another's burdens that they might be light (Mosiah 18:8)
3. To stand as a witness of God at all times, in all things, and in all places even until death. (Mosiah 18:9)
4. To obey the commandments of God and to serve him (Mosiah 18:10)
God promises:
1. To accept you as a member of his Church
2. To forgive your sins if you repent
3. To give you the gift of the Holy Ghost
4. To bring you into the kingdom of God in heaven if you remain obedient for all your earthly life
Being baptized and confirmed is your key to living with Heavenly Father in the Celestial Kingdom for ever and ever.
All of Heavenly Father's children need to be baptized. Being baptized is the only way there is for us to return and live with Heavenly Father after we are finished with our turn on earth. Being baptized, and then receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, washes away guilt and makes you completetely clean. And only people who have participated in these ordinances can live with Heavenly Father.
Even though you are only eight years old you know how hard it is not to make mistakes, don't you. Mistakes like not telling the whole truth, or being mean to someone and laughing about it. It is hard for everyone to choose the right every single minute of every single day. Heavenly Father knows that. So on this day He gives you another great gift - the gift of the Holy Ghost. Someone else will talk about this wonderful gift after you are baptized. The Holy Ghost will help you choose the right.
You have chosen to be baptized because all of God's children who are 8 or older need to be baptized in order to be able live in Heaven after we leave this earth.
Adam was the first man on earth, and he was baptized. Alma in the Book of Mormon was baptized. Jesus also needed to be baptized. Even though Jesus had never sinned, he still needed to be baptized.
[Show the picture of Jesus and John the Baptist]
Every Sunday you have a chance to remember the covenant you made this day. That is what people do when they bow their heads during the Sacrament. They remember the promises that they made to Heavenly Father and the promises He made to them. They think about what kind of person they were during the week between Sundays and if they have been obedient. They also make a decision on how to do better the next week. But most importantly they remember that Jesus died and was resurrected that they might live again some day. And that he suffered in Gethesmane to atone for their sins so that they could live with Him and with their forever family some day if they choose the right, read the scriptures, always say their prayers, and obey the commandments.
Remember that this is the first day of the rest of your life. After you are baptized and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, you will be absolutely clean in the eyes of your Heavenly Father. It is my prayer that you will always remember your promise and do all you can to keep yourself spiritually clean like today.
58 comments:
- Stephanie said...
thanks for all the great info and talks on baptism, so very helpful. you have lifted a weight off my shoulders. thanks so much.
- July 28, 2008 at 9:50 PM
- miss kristen said...
I came across this blog by accident as I was looking for ideas for a baptism talk I'm giving tomorrow for my friend's boys. I hope you don't mind if I use this as the base for mine. :)
- March 13, 2009 at 11:09 AM
- Hilarie said...
Fabulous! I was asked to speak at a baptism last minute and this talk is just perfect. Thanks for saving the day!
- April 25, 2009 at 11:25 AM
- Bruce and Mitzi said...
I love that! I was just searching for some help for a baptism talk I have to give tomorrow, and I so appreciate the points you brought out. Thanks for sharing your great ideas!
- May 1, 2009 at 12:49 PM
Thanks so much! I need to do a talk tomorrow and this will definantly help!
- May 2, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Thank you so much for posting that. Our daughter is giving a talk for our son's baptism and this will really help her.
- June 20, 2009 at 9:54 AM
- regina said...
Thanks for the information
- July 10, 2009 at 11:59 AM
- Sarah said...
I am another one that was asked to do a baptism talk last minute--for tomorrow actually. Thanks for your beautiful talk!
- July 18, 2009 at 11:31 AM
- Sharon Wales said...
Thank you so much for taking the time to post your talk. It's an outstanding talk and it helped me a great deal with my talk for my daughter's baptism. Now I can relax and get everything else ready. Thanks again!
- August 21, 2009 at 11:19 PM
- Anderson Family said...
Awesome! Thanks for the help!
- September 4, 2009 at 7:50 PM
- The Butler Bunch said...
Thank you for the great talk. My 14 yr old son is speaking at my daughters baptism and this is just what he needs.
- September 24, 2009 at 10:02 AM
- Burninator said...
Excellent talk.
One nitpicky point.
Children who are just turning eight do not have any sins to be forgiven.
If their baptism is within a reasonable amount of time after age eight, they do not have any past mistakes for which they need forgiveness.
So, emphasizing that they can be forgiven of future mistakes is the correct tack.
Thanks for the post.
- October 16, 2009 at 3:28 PM
- Pam said...
Good point Burninator. I edited the talk a bit.
- October 16, 2009 at 4:59 PM
- October 30, 2009 at 12:38 PM
I just barely got asked to give a talk in two hours! This talk totally helped. THANK YOU!
- November 7, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Thank you for posting this wonderful talk. I am giving a talk at my nieces baptism tomorrow and have had a super hectic day. Then, I found this wonderful talk, It has helped me pull my ideas together
Thanks again,
- December 4, 2009 at 5:15 PM
- Torrie said...
thanks millions for this outline of a talk, I'm using for the baptism talk at my daughters baptism tomorrow, only got called yesterday so it was nice to find this, thanks again
- April 9, 2010 at 2:16 PM
- Jen said...
LIke all the others - I'm so exicted to have found your talk! I'm speaking at my daughters baptism this Saturday and you've saved my life. REally! I've been making the dress and the family is coming and its the fourth of July! Thanks again! Smiles, JEN
- July 1, 2010 at 10:31 AM
- Camie at "Home is where they love you" said...
Thank you...this was beautiful.
- July 15, 2010 at 9:19 PM
- Kellie said...
I appreciate it. I'll be using some of your killer talk tomorrow! Thanks!!
- August 6, 2010 at 9:05 PM
- Primary Talks said...
These are great Primary talks! Thank you!
- August 18, 2010 at 11:16 AM
- Kimberly Allen said...
Thanks for the great ideas!
- August 20, 2010 at 10:08 PM
Thank you so much for this post. My 10 year old daughter is giving the baptism talk at our son's baptism next week and I wasn't sure what to do. This will help so much!
- November 4, 2010 at 1:40 PM
- Jill said...
Thank you a ton for sharing this talk. I have to speak on baptism at my child's baptism tomorrow, it's midnight, and you saved me oodles of time so I can go to bed. Thanks from a procrastinating mom:)
- November 5, 2010 at 10:59 PM
Thank you so much! I am only 12 but I was asked to give a talk on baptism to my friends family's 8 year old son! Your talk gave me ideas on what to talk about.
- December 8, 2010 at 4:41 AM
This talk is AMAZING!! It has given me so many ideas!! I have to give at my little sisters baptism and this talk is just perfect!! Thanks for all the wonderful ideas!!
- Briana
- January 4, 2011 at 5:17 PM
This is what ive been looking for!! Ihave soo many idead now just from reading this!! Thank you very very much!! :D
- February 11, 2011 at 8:45 PM
Thank you for sharing your organizational skills! Technology can be wonderful! I, too, have been asked to speak at a baptism and this helps me to organized my thoughts. Thank you so much for sharing!
- March 15, 2011 at 4:04 AM
- Unknown said...
Excellent talk and wonderfully written. I am using this beautiful talk as an outline for the talk at the baptism of a convert. Thank you for your help, it is appreciated very, very much!
- April 24, 2011 at 5:36 AM
I was just asked to speak at my granddaughter's baptism the first of next month. I teach the children turning 8 so I have lots of information, but this talk is fantastic. The thing I especially like is the way you wrote it on a level 8-year-olds can really understand. Thanks so much for this talk. You've given me info that will make her proud of her grandma. I will also use some of it in my class.
- October 16, 2011 at 8:15 PM
- Michelle Marie Walton said...
Thanks for the great talk! Love, Michelle Walton
- January 31, 2012 at 10:29 PM
- James said...
One comment - I think you should emphasize that taking the sacrament every Sunday is like being rebaptized (made clean again) if we repent. I think that's important to emphasize.
- February 24, 2012 at 7:03 AM
Thank you so much for the great talk. I got called yesterday late to do a baptism talk for my grandson. Have been working all week and have to fly today to get there. You are a life saver. You deserve many blessings in your life.
- April 6, 2012 at 8:38 AM
- thefinderofthings said...
Thank you thank you thank you. I was stumped as to how to proceed with this topic. Your talk helped turn on all the lightbulbs in my brain!
- May 3, 2012 at 10:50 PM
- Amber Carter said...
I love you Pam!
- June 13, 2012 at 11:24 PM
Thanks, you cover all the points. I have to give a talk tomorrow and will be using this.
- June 29, 2012 at 9:47 PM
Thanks!! I was asked to give a talk at the last minute and I am going to use this. I appreciate this so much!
- August 4, 2012 at 4:28 PM
Thank you!!!
- July 14, 2013 at 1:12 PM
This is written so beautifully thank you!
- November 1, 2013 at 10:43 AM
The talk was pretty well done. Like Burninator, I have just a picky point that I hear all the time at baptisms, that is not quite correct. "Going under the water" really does not wash anything away, particularly sins. That is the job of the Holy Ghost, and it is done by loss of guilt and cleansing you every whit as you continue not to sin again.
- November 18, 2013 at 7:49 PM
- Pam said...
Good point. I edited the talk and clarified that. Thanks so much!
- November 19, 2013 at 6:40 AM
- Martha said...
Thank you for sharing this. I haven't ever had to talk at a childs' baptism before--and TODAY, my adorable 8 year-old niece asked me to speak at her baptism--TOMORROW!
- June 26, 2014 at 7:23 PM
- cupcakegirl said...
Thank you so much! This helped me for my younger brothers baptism talk.;)
- April 8, 2015 at 7:01 PM
- Marsha said...
I echo all the other thanks. My son just called last minute for me to give the baptism talk. With no time or resources this was a special blessing to me.
- August 15, 2015 at 6:15 AM
I was looking for ideas for a baptism talk I'm giving tomorrow for my brother. I hope you don't mind if I use this as the base for mine. :)
- August 29, 2015 at 3:02 PM
- Pam said...
Awesome! Glad you could use it as a base for your talk. Hope your brother's baptism went great :)
- September 8, 2015 at 7:41 PM
- Jaimie said...
Thank you so much! You saved me! Who in their right mind asks the mom of the 8 year old to speak? Between cleaning and hosting company, planning meals, baptism dress...and I got strep throat among it all! I ended up having to give your talk word for word almost. Everyone complimented me. Thank you so much for posting.
- November 7, 2015 at 11:45 AM
- Unknown said...
Thanks so much this helped me prepare for my talk at my younger brothers baptism!! And it also reminded me of my convents with the Lord.
- January 8, 2016 at 7:51 PM
Thank you so much! This has been very helpful!
- June 17, 2016 at 9:59 PM
Thank you for a great talk. I edited it a bit also, but it has a great framework. I'm glad I found it.
- December 2, 2016 at 9:28 PM
- Nichole said...
Thank you so much! I was so anxious to write a talk for my niece's baptism. This helped me a ton! Thank you!
- May 21, 2017 at 12:58 AM
Thank you so much! I was ask to give a talk on my daughters baptism day, and I came across this and found it so very interesting. I hope you don't mine me sharing this at church for my daughter. Thank you. This is beautiful.
- November 30, 2017 at 4:33 AM
- Unknown said...
Thankyou so much for sharing this, I am soon doing a talk for my son's baptism and this is perfectly put. Adding in a few personal touches and I'm ready to go. This will be my first ever talk...eek so nurvious
- May 22, 2018 at 6:18 AM
It was so helpful my sisters baptism is tomorrow and this outline was so helpful to have while writing good luck :)
- June 1, 2018 at 7:13 PM
Thank you so much!
I'm trying to help my older son prepare a talk for his brother's baptism!
This is PERFECT!!! Love it!!!
- July 29, 2018 at 11:01 AM
Did you read it or memorize it? I was to talk and I'm so nervous.
- April 5, 2019 at 1:12 AM
- Unknown said...
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- June 26, 2019 at 10:59 AM
- Unknown said...
Wow this was so helpful to me my brother so happy with me and this talk it was a little miracle in my life. I am only 13 and could not do anything with my talk but you made it so interesting. Thank you love you for this.
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Richard Lupoff, from a review of Science Fiction of the Thirties (ed. Damon Knight) and The Fantastic Pulps (ed. Peter Haining) in Algol, Summer 1976:
The same issue of Algol contains a letter from Brian Stableford that also brings up some ideas worth considering:
Anybody who has followed this column for a number of years must be aware that I have a great fondness for the old pulp (and even pre-pulp) stuff. Yet I despise most of the contemporary would-be heirs and imitators of the pulp writers, and among moderns strongly prefer the serious and even experimental authors. ...I thought this was an interesting distinction to make, and one I am mostly sympathetic too, since the pulp era fascinates me. I'm not sure I'd say the old pulp writers were writing the best they knew how, or the best way that was available to them, but rather that they were doing what they could under the circumstances -- circumstances that required writers to churn out a tremendous amount of words to be able to make a living. And yet a living could be made, and an audience existed, and the interaction between what the writers and publishers were capable of producing is an interaction worth as much study, I think, as the interactions that produced various other sorts of texts at the time.
Those old pulp writers, Doc Smith, David Keller, Edmond Hamilton, Murray Leinster, Seabury Quinn, Lovecraft, Otto Binder, Jack Williamson, and all the rest of that crowd -- were writing the best they knew how! Their ideas might seem elementary, their technique primitive, to us. But to themselves and their contemporaries, the ideas were fresh and startling, the technique the most advanced they were capable of (and very likely the most sophisticated their readers were capable of assimilating).
And that's exactly the case with today's avant-garde -- Delany, Disch, Malzberg, Moorcock, Aldiss, and Le Guin. They're pushing at the boundaries, working at the limits of their capabilities, and sometimes stumbling as a result but also achieving things fresh and excellent. Roger Zelazny did that for a while, and that's why some of his early triumphs are still revered while his later works are disdained and there are people annoyed (or at least disappointed) with him -- he's settled back into the easy and the comfortable.
And the people who write "neo-pulp" are doing that and worse. They're not pushing at the boundaries ... nor even standing beside them, but retreating at speed to the old limitations, the old ideas and the old ways.
The same issue of Algol contains a letter from Brian Stableford that also brings up some ideas worth considering:
The great majority of the words which are produced and read under the label of SF are not well-written, but are nevertheless successful -- indeed, may well be more successful than SF which is well written. ... I am not applauding this fact, but I am trying to explain it. From the point of view of the aesthetic critic, of course, it is not a fact which needs explaining -- the aesthetic critic accepts that 90% of everything is worthless and henceforward is content to ignore that 90%. If the fact that large numbers of people enjoy and prefer this 90% occurs to him at all it is simply seen as confirmation of his own aesthetic superiority. Literary criticism, being an entirely artificial discipline, thrives on its self-justificatory elitism. As a sociologist of literature, however, I cannot accept such narrow perspectives. I want to know why people read what they do, and why they enjoy it. The considerations of the literary critic are, by and large, irrelevant to this enquiry simply by virtue of the fact that the literary critic dismisses 90% of readers and 90% of writers as external to his own interests. Because literary critics denounce all literature save the favoured 10% in a derisive (and often ill-mannered) fashion, some literary critics have assumed that because I am interested in the remaining 90% I must be aggressively attacking the favoured ten. Let me assure them that this is not so.I don't share the hostility toward "literary critics" (a straw-man argument, methinks, though perhaps less so then than now) or even aesthetic criticism that Stableford shows here -- and I wouldn't be surprised if he himself would today, more than thirty years later, say things differently (a person really should not be held accountable to the views expressed thirty years ago in a letter to a fanzine!). What I like about what he says here, though, is the distinction between literary criticism and literary sociology. I don't know that they always have to be separate worlds, or that the two techiques cannot talk to each other productively, but I find it a helpful way to separate my own tendencies and desires as a reader and writer.


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/ Tuesday, December 29, 2009 / 4 Comments / Appetizers and Snacks , Indians , Rice and Beans
Red Split Lentils With Cumin Seeds-Masoor Dal
Here I have Red Split Lentils with Cumin Seeds recipe. The split peas are salmon colored; but, will turn yellow when cooked. So, don't be surprised when you view the pictures. Anyway, serve the lentils with any rice dish, meat, or as a dip with some Naan bread. Just fantastic. Try making your own Naan at home, the recipe is over here.
Recipe adapted from Mahdur Jaffrey's Indian Cooking
Red Split Lentils With Cumin Seeds-Masoor Dal
200 g (7 oz) Red Split Lentils, picked over, washed and drained
1 liter (1 ¾ pints) Water
2 Thin Slices Unpeeled Ginger
½ tsp Ground Turmeric
1 tsp Sea Salt, or to taste
3 Tbsp Ghee or Vegetable Oil
Pinch of Ground Asafetida (Optional)
1 tsp Cumin Seeds
1 tsp Ground Coriander
¼ tsp Cayenne Pepper
2 Tbsp Finely Chopped, Fresh Coriander
Combine the lentils and water in a heavy pan. Bring to a simmer. Remove any scum that collects at the top.
Add the ginger and turmeric. Stir to mix. Cover, leaving the lid slightly ajar, turn the heat to low and simmer gently for 1 ½ hours or until the lentils is tender. Stir every 5 minutes during the last 30 minutes to prevent sticking.
Add the sea salt and stir to mix. Remove the ginger slices.
Put the ghee in a small frying pan and set over medium heat. When hot, put in the asafetida. A second later, put in the cumin seeds. Let the seeds sizzle for a few seconds. Then put in the coriander and cayenne. Stir once and then quickly pour the ghee mixture into the pan with the lentils. Stir to mix.
Sprinkle the fresh coriander over the top when you serve.
Serves 4-6
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4 comments:
I love this blog. I could sit here all day and go through recipes! Unbelievable. sighReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 30, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Oooh, I haven't made lentils in forever and this just reminded me how much I miss them! Great photos!ReplyDelete
This looks absolutely delicious. If I were, say, to quintuple the recipe... d'you think the proportions would need to be changed at all? (I may just try this tomorrow and see what happens! =) I love your blog. I spend far more classtime then I ought, drooling over your recipes.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 12, 2010 at 10:14 AM
shelle, i quintupled & omitted the tumeric. turned out great!ReplyDelete
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