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Turkey's Gülen: Opposition movement or cult?
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The movement founded by Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, with its effective communication strategy and connections to police, has emerged as a powerful enemy of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
With several of his ministers resigning in the wake of a corruption probe, Erdogan seems to have hit a rough patch – and a major factor behind his troubles is a feud with the influential Gülen movement.
The group once supported the prime minister's centre-right Justice and Development Party (AKP), but became openly hostile toward its former political allies in November, when the government announced a plan to ban several private schools run by the Gülen network.
According to Fatma Kizilboga, FRANCE 24's correspondent in Turkey, the government's proposal was intended to weaken the Gülen movement by depriving it of future converts to the modern, moderate brand of Islam the network favours.
Shrouded in secrecy
Bolstered by powerful connections to Turkey's police departments and court system, and financed by rich businessmen, the Gülen movement is a force to be reckoned with in Turkish society. Erdogan has expressed deep discomfort with the network's far-reaching influence, calling it "a state within a state".
Alongside the major tenets of Islam, the Gülen movement – often called "Hizmet" (which means "The Service") by its followers – also preaches Turkish nationalism, interfaith dialogue and the teaching of creationism.
While it has an estimated 3 million official members and 10 million additional supporters, the group's inner workings are shrouded in secrecy. "It's organised like a cult," a French researcher told FRANCE 24, speaking on condition of anonymity. "In certain places where they meet in Istanbul, it really feels like you're in a Scientology centre. Leaders make speeches about universal love, and distribute pamphlets with photos of celebrities on them. Private classes are given, but we don't know if the teachings are religious or not."
The movement's leaders are indeed known as masters of discretion. "They are very concerned about their image, which they control entirely. Most members are not even allowed to talk about the movement," the French researcher explained. "The way it functions is totally opaque, which is reminiscent of Freemasons."
Gülen the 'guru'
The movement was founded by Fethullah Gülen, an imam who currently lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania, where he is little-known.
But even without its top leader present on Turkish soil, the movement has thrived, as the 75-year-old Gülen continues to deliver sermons and teachings via the Internet. Moreover, Gülen's absence has done little to diminish his influence; he was cited in TIME magazine's list of the "World's 100 Most Influential People for 2013".
Conscious of Gülen's power, Erdogan reached out to him last spring, encouraging him to return to Turkey. Gülen refused the invitation, which was seen by his supporters as an attempt to keep closer tabs on the leader.
The imam's insistence on living outside Turkey is indicative of the movement's international ambitions. In the 90s, the network opened hundreds of schools throughout the world, particularly across Africa and Asia. In Turkey, meanwhile, it offers scholarships for foreign students, most often from sub-Saharan Africa. "When they go home after studying in Turkey, these students become disciples of the Gülen movement," the French researcher said.
Roughly 10 percent of the Turkish population is estimated to support the network, which also has its own union, TUKSON (Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists), as well as several media outlets, associations, and a social networking site.
Turkey's 'imaginary enemy'?
The Gülen movement has used its publication, Zaman, to defend itself against what it sees as slander on the part of the government. An editorial published on December 25 called the movement's leaders "imaginary enemies serving as scapegoats in Erdogan's strategy of covering up the revelations of the corruption scandal".
Still, some remain skeptical about the trustworthiness of Gülen and his followers as an opposition movement. As Dorothée Schmid, a Turkey specialist at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) put it: "Turkish democracy is in danger if we're counting on a movement without any transparency or political legitimacy when it comes to contesting the authoritarian tendencies of the power in place."


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«It's a hard task to peek five music videos from Macedonia, especially in the period from 2013 till now.» That's what the Macedonian band Foltin answered, when we asked them to compile 5 video clips from the Republic of Macedonia. Finally they did the list but not without noting the following: «I think there is a creative gap for the Macedonian music in this time limit, except for the standard pop & pop-folk music pornography, they have been extremely creative for years.»
Artist: Bei The Fish
Track: Instant Generation
A very intelligent, West influenced, electro-pop sounding band from Skopje. Unfortunately, they've announced their career break a few months ago.
Artist: Molokai
Track: Duckdiving The Tsunami
They are very young and natural sounding surf-punk band from Bitola.
Artist: Parketi
Track: Republika Frankenstein
More than 20 years Parketi are on stage. With their wicked R'n'R–Punk approach, and often a Bitola-dialect lyrics, they have been searching their place under the sun, from extremely alternative stages, to Eurovision song contest.
Artist: Bernays Propaganda
Track: Леб и игри
This band from Skopje won the hearts of the audience very quick with their powerful live sound and socially – active lyrics, which they gained touring aggressively through Europe.
Artist: Kiril Džajkovski feat. MC Wasp & TK Wonder
Track: Jungle Shadow Woodstock Festival 2013
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Kiril is a Balkan maestro of the mass dance parties. His bombastic groove is always precisely spiced with live samples of the local entertaining gipsy brass music. And the cherry on the top is the erotic hip hop of TK Wonder. Party, Party, Party!

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New Delhi: Sahara India on Saturday confident the Superior Judge that its two organizations which had brought up Rs 24,000 crore through Additionally Completely Sports convertible Debentures (OFCDs) from their investors will reimbursement the quantity within three several weeks.
"We will reimbursement the quantity. There is no query of going returning," mature recommend Gopal Subramaniam, showing for the organization, informed a common advancing by Rights K S Radhakrishnan.
He also asked for forgiveness with the common to allow the companies a while to type out the "disagreement" with SEBI which has claimed that the organization is not providing all the records associated with the investors to it as per the top court's past purchase.
The common was listening to an program by SEBI, which has claimed that the Sahara India has not equipped all records in its legal care to the industry regulator as was instructed by the top court to do by Sept 10.
The common after listening to the justifications published the issue for further listening to on Oct 19.
The top court on Aug 31 had said that if the organizations -- Sahara Indian Actual Property Organization (SIREC) and Sahara Actual estate Financial commitment Organization (SHIC) -- fall short to reimbursement the quantity then SEBI can connect qualities and lock up records of the organizations.
It had requested the organizations to reimbursement the cash to their investors within three several weeks with 15 % yearly attention.
It had also requested Sahara to supply all its records to the regulator.
The court had also hired one of its outdated most judges, Rights B N Aggarwal, to manage the activity taken by SEBI against the two Sahara companies.
The common had said the municipal and legal obligations should be enforced on the organization for involving in such financial offence.


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Keshav Gangadhar Tilak was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1856 in a middle-class family. India, in those times, was under the cleverly managed British rule. Indians were unaware of the deceits and lies of the British government and the suffering that was imposed on them by the Queen's rule.
Tilak was one of the very first generations of Indians to earn college education when he earned bachelor's degree in mathematics and sanskrit from the Poone's (now Pune) Deccan College. He went on to get a law degree from the University of Bombay in 1879 but instead of practising law he went on to teach mathematics at a private school.
Source: Indiatoday
His foray into politics started with the founding of Deccan Education Society (1984), which was aimed at providing education to masses. There weren't many Indians in those times which considered good education as necessary and this society served to divert their attention towards education.
After finding out that many members of the society were using corrupt practices he left the society and went on to open two weekly newspapers Kesari (in Marathi) and Mahratta (in English). This was perhaps the first time that British started taking note of him as he started criticising their rule over India. He was one of the very firsts to take note of how the British were oppressing the indians and that a strong united India was necessary to repel this regime.
Source: Objectivegk
He sought to unite India under Hindu religion and advocate the rights of Indian individuals. There are two things to note here: 1. He was not necessarily advocating independence and 2. His act alarmed quite a few Muslims. The Muslim issue was resolved later resolved in the Lacknow Pact with Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
His exploits caught the attention of the British government which sent him to jail in 1897. It was in this period that people started calling him Lokmanya (accepted by people) Tilak.
After returning from his term he sought to persuade the National Congress Party to take bigger attempts against British government, which turned out to be largely futile. The British government later on exploited this split within the party and prosecuted Tilak again in 1907 and sent him to Mandalay (now Myanmar) for a six-year term. It was here in the prison that he wrote Bhagwat Geeta Rahasya which sold many copies and helped fund the nationalist movement.
Source: Hinduebooks
He was released in 1914 and again took to politics but this time sought to maintain party unity. He opposed Gandhi's non-violence policy as he was of the opinion that use of force is necessary wherever needed. His health deteriorated after a few years and on August 1, 1920 he breathed his last, giving birth to the Indian Independence movement.
The independence of India is largely credited to Gandhi's non-violence movement but it is important to remember that Tilak was the one to foresee it, when nobody else did. One of the greatest visionaries of India, he was the one to call for boycott on Foreign goods, an idea later carried on Gandhi. Tilak relentlessly pursued the Independence agenda and looked beyond himself towards what he believed was the best for the country. He did not accept non-violence, but he never advocated violence. When started, he was largely alone in his fight but went on nevertheless.
Mahatma Gandhi called him "the Maker of Modern India" and Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister, called him "the Father of the Indian Revolution".
Source: Magnificentmaharashtra
Last but not the least, no mention of Tilak would be proper without his famous line which inspired millions: "Swarajya ha maza janmasiddha hakka ahe ani to mi milavnarach!" ("Swarajya is my birthright and I shall have it!")
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ACT FOR ADULTS WORKSHOP – by Louise Hayes
ACT for adults – Learning to become fluid and flexible
This workshop will be a small group of attendees focussing on learning advanced therapy skills. Louise Hayes is a clinical psychologist who has been working with adults in therapy for many years (not just adolescents!).
"In this workshop I am delighted to take the peer supervision sessions I have run for a few years and tune them up into an advanced skills building workshop. Please join us for lots of practice in clinical skills, peer supervision, support and self-care over 2 days." Louise Hayes
We will not be going over the ACT hexaflex model. You will be working on function and process with clinical examples to build core skills.
Our learning will focus on how to move through each of these steps:
Function – The central piece in ACT is working with the function of behaviour in the room (is there: avoidance, escape, coherence to rules, reinforcement etc.). This skills workshop will focus on how you can look for function, how to test your hypotheses, how to talk about function with clients
Process – With function as our foundation, we will practice how to fluidly move through core processes in order to help clients develop flexibility. Participants will be expected to practice in real-plays, role-plays and demonstrations to build their skills.
Context – The function of behaviour in context is central to ACT, so we will spend some time looking at how context and function work in therapy.
Client and therapist – We will look at function and process for your clients as well as for you as a professional. In therapy our own processes and function of behaviours provide valuable insights that can help us become more skilled with clients.
Case conceptualisation and treatment planning – We will work with your own clients as well as with some group examples.
Peer supervision and support – Because this workshop will include real-play and role-play practice, we will also focus on providing support and peer supervision to each other. [It is my hope that this may even continue beyond the workshop with peer support networks.]
Self-care and compassion – Throughout the workshop we will build in self-care and compassion exercises for us as therapists, and you will find you can use these for your clients too.
Attendees should have a good working knowledge of ACT and some practice using this with clients. We will not be going over the ACT model. (If you are unsure whether this is suitable for you please emailLouise)
Participants will be required to bring along 2-3 de-identified client examples to work on
The new edition ofLearning ACT will be a foundation text for this workshop. Please consider purchasing this.
Additional pre-reading will be provided 2 weeks prior.
Duration & CPD:
Day 1 – 9am – 430pm, Day 2 – 9am – 4pm
Louise Hayes is a registered supervisor and clinical psychologist. This workshop will count for 12 hours of active CPD
Book at www.louisehayes.com.au


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Visual Impact
30th May, 2017
We study the visual impact of modern architecture on todays fashion designs.
Distinctive sharp edges scorch this buildings outer shape through the skyline. The very same ruthless edge cut design inspired our new SS17 Zig Zag stud earring
Colour unsuspectingly compliments the concrete design of this central London overpass. This seasons collection can be seen taking this daring design choice, particulary with the new wooden circle necklace made from Formica wood.
Unusually carved, these windows elevate this buildings presence. The new collection has a strong focus on unusual design with the purpose of exuding uniqueness in both shape and form, in particular the new Deco Necklace.
This light post subtly punctures the side of the buildings flat design. Our Ball and Bar cuff is tipped with the same design as we see a piercing ball altering the bracelets seamless form.
Bar like features are stacked on the outside of this building, creating a design with relaxed purpose. Our Double Bar Ring takes inspiration from architecture such as this one featured. A ring with presence intended to be anything but subtle. In summary, the visual impact of todays architecture influences our designs from planning to final execution. We aim to be on-trend, and refreshingly modern. To see the full influence, check out our SS17 collection,


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Sometimes you just want to beat and whip someone, but they just aren't up to the level of taking a real whipping – which takes some training to both give and take. Flogging is a great way to get into this area. There are a lot of different things to consider when looking for a flogger (or is it "flog"). Floggers can range in price, but you could likely find one for anywhere between $50-150.
- Material
- Heft
- Strand Size
- Accessories
Probably one of the most important decisions in buying a flogger is the material the strands, that will come in contact with the sub, are made out of. I've seen them made out of everything including leather, rubber, beaded string, hair, rope and more. For those that are just getting into flogging, use a very soft type of material like a suede. If you are more experienced, go for something more like the rubber or a hard leather. The harder the material is and the sharper the corners are, the more bite it will have on impact. One last thing to consider about the material is the size of each strand. A leather flogger with very wide strands will have less of a sting than one with shoelace sized strands.
Floggers come in many different sizes and shapes. They have small ones that nearly fit on a keyring to ones that weigh 50 lbs and you get a good workout from using. The heft includes not only the girth of the flogger, but also the length. Take into consideration your body size when thinking about the heft of a flogger that you're going to buy. A bigger guy is going to look better with a thicker, beefier flogger. The heft of a flogger also will affect the impact it will have on your sub. A thick flogger with a lot of strands will have a more of a "thud" impact, while one with few strands will have a more stinging impact. Think of how a Bed of Nails works. So you'll want to balance how the flogger will look with your body size and the desired impact.
It's not too common, but some floggers have different things added to them. Most of these increase the pain inflicted. Some floggers have studs up each strand of the leather, others will have knots tied into the end. Make sure you and your sub are at a more advanced level before trying any of these with your flogger.
I did do a lot of research and asked questions before buying a flogger that allowed me to write this article, but I don't have enough experience using one to feel very comfortable writing an article about it. If you have experience, or know someone that does, please contact me.


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Cutting Board SconcesJanuary 19th, 2009 in member junk
Becky Lamb, contributor
Here are some asy sconces made from thrift store cutting boards.
Pattern or design used: My own design - Becky
posted in: member junk, candle holder, beachy
Comments (7)
LloydsLandingofSears writes: Fabulous - love the look for the kitchen, plain and simple, yet elegant! ~Mary~ Posted: 9:44 am on July 23rd
junkermidge writes: Those are great! And color coordinated too. Very nice project. Keep on posting! (I've seen your blog and love your stuff.)
Midge Posted: 8:48 am on January 21st
Midge Posted: 8:48 am on January 21st
georgiamoon writes: So darling, so cute, so country. These make GREAT sconces...good idea, Georgia Posted: 1:53 pm on January 20th
suewhitney writes: Very clever! We junker's think alike...just working on a cutting board project of my own!
Take care,
Sue Posted: 1:13 pm on January 20th
Take care,
Sue Posted: 1:13 pm on January 20th
rebeljunker writes: I love these! I have all the supplies I need, but their are SOOO many things on this site I would like to make!! I better start junking. Di Posted: 10:05 pm on January 19th
CottageElements writes: Hi, Bec4! Glad to see you posting and welcome to JMS! This is a great idea. Love how they're all different colors! Very cute!
Lani Posted: 8:56 pm on January 19th
Lani Posted: 8:56 pm on January 19th
MelHow writes: Very nice - I like the appropriateness of all the pieces. Posted: 8:50 pm on January 19th
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The complaint of the Christian actress on Twitter reflects the tiredness of many with media which intentionally ignore matters of faith.
Cross-cultural wisdom for a polycentric missions reality.
Evangelistic initiatives and prayer groups in churches of the Swiss town that hosts the annual World Economic Forum.
A global versus international model can help.
There needs to be a radical and broad new level of commitment to common working.
The far-right nationalism of Le Pen gets 34% of the vote. A legislative election in June will show if the inexpert President will have the support of the parliament.
"The European Union is a failure", she said. Le Pen's manifesto of 144 "commitments" pledges to "give France its freedom back".
The Christian church is a global phenomenon, and mission is a worldwide endeavor.
We need to commit to escaping our filter bubbles and actively finding perspectives which challenge our default positions.
In light of the stigmatisation of large groups of newcomers in our societies, it is important to stress the common humanity of all human beings, and of the equal dignity we all posses in the eyes of God.
Opinions expressed are those of their respective contributors and do not necessarily represent the views of Evangelical Focus.


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Historian and Miami High teacher Lamar Louise Curry dies at 105
Lamar Louise Curry taught U.S. history in Miami-Dade County schools for 35 years — and lived it for more than a century.
Born in Key West on Dec. 11, 1906, she moved with her parents to Miami in 1916, graduated from Miami Senior HIgh in 1923, then Florida Southern College in 1927. Taught in the county school system until 1962, all but three years at her alma mater.
She heard statesman William Jennings Bryan speak, saw her mother off to elegant tea parties at Henry Flagler's grand Royal Palm hotel and met the teenage Charles Lindbergh who was learning to fix airplanes in Miami.
Educating was in her DNA, thanks to generations of Methodist ministers in her lineage, a grandfather who headed the University of Florida's Agricultural Experiment Station in Lake City, and an intellectually curious mother who held two 1920s-era patents on devices still in use: a sewing-machine motor "stop,'' and the sleeve covering an automobile's stick-shift base.
An astute observer of the South Florida real estate market, Miss Curry, as everyone called her, sold off her father's vast holdings at propitious times, enabling a life of dignified luxury and quiet philanthropy.
She was the privileged only child of landholder Alfred Bates Curry, whose English forebears migrated to Spanish Wells, Eleuthera, and his wife, Stobo DePass Curry, whose Dutch ancestors settled colonial Virginia.
She died at her stately Coral Gables home on Dec. 3, eight days short of her 106th birthday.
She was, said longtime friend Audrey Ross, "a genteel Southern lady, the true 'steel magnolia' if there ever has been one. She lived her life very carefully, with few regrets.''
She declined to marry, once telling Ross: " 'I never met a man who measured up to my father.' But I'm sure she had a lot of suitors. She was a beautiful woman.''
The Curry family's legacy includes commercial developments, including Buttonwood Bay in Key Largo — on which Miss Curry imposed tight, conservation-minded deed restrictions — and Curry Hammock State Park in the Middle Keys.
But Miss Curry considered her greatest achievement to be the accomplishments of countless Miami High students whose intellects she prodded, including lawyers Robert Traurig and Donald Slesnick, the former Gables mayor.
"The main things I wanted to teach were how to study; to indoctrinate them in patriotism, loyalty, and understand that a good action would bring a good reaction, and likewise, a bad action a bad reaction,'' she said in a 1986 University of Florida oral history. "I never promised them anything unless I could and did keep the promise.''
"Nobody who came out of Miss Curry's class could be accused of being historical illiterates,'' said Bob Graham, former U.S. senator and Florida governor, one of many students who remained close to their teacher until her death.
"She expected you to know the date when the First World War ended, but was mainly concerned that you understood the rationale and major themes of American history,'' Graham recalled. "She was a wonderful storyteller. She taught history as an ongoing series of stories about human beings, not just dry recitations of wars and other hallmarks of history courses.''
He vividly recalls his first day in her class in 1953.
"She was going over class rolls and putting a name to a face in alphabetical order. She said, 'Robert: You see that desk by the blackboard? That's where your brother Philip sat. Your sister Mary sat there and your brother William sat there. They were all very good students and I expect you to be a very good student.' ''
She was, he also noted, "a big Elvis fan.''
Former Miami News editor Howard Kleinberg, a Miami High alum, called Miss Curry "an icon.'' He interviewed her for his book about the school and kept up with her until her death.
"She remembered everybody she ever had in class and her mind was beyond sharp even after 100,'' he said. "She was still correcting people on their errors — guys in their 60s and 70s...A lot of alumni events rotated around her.''
For her 100th birthday in 2006, friends gave a luncheon at the Riviera County Club during which she was presented 100 red roses.
"She called me the next day and said there were 104,'' Kleinberg said.
Historic preservationist Joseph Fitzgerald, class of '49, recalled that his brother told him to avoid Miss Curry's class "because she expected her students to study.''
At her funeral Friday at First Methodist Church of Coral Gables, The Rev. Thom Shafer noted that for all her propriety, Miss Curry was "very opinionated, and today is no exception.'' She left four handwritten pages of instructions about the service, telling him to wear a suit.
After she retired, Miss Curry bought a plot of land in exclusive Gables Estates from its developer, Arthur Vining Davis, who lived across the street.
She commissioned an Antebellum-style residence, which she filled with French Provincial furniture and custom-woven Oriental rugs, heavy brocade drapes, needlepoint pillows and gilt-framed oil paintings. She installed an elevator, and an imposing, hand-carved marble mantle.
"They added butler's quarters about 10 years later,'' recalled Bill Richmond, whose father, a contractor, built the house.
Various shades of blue dominate the decor.
"It was her favorite color,'' said Audrey Ross. "She used to say, 'Any color will do as long as it's blue.' ''
With live-in companions, she cared for her mother and her mother's twin, her Aunt Lamar, and doted on a succession of white toy poodles.
A houseman chauffeured Miss Curry to church and Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, to meetings of the Coral Gables Garden Club and the Prologue Society (for history buffs), to Miami High alumni lunches and class reunions, and to regular beauty-shop appointments.
At Prologue, "she would ask the most wonderful questions,'' said Miami historian Arva Moore Parks.
She gave generously to favored causes. Among them: her church, Florida Southern, and the College of the Ozarks, one of her mother's great interests, which awarded Miss Curry an honorary doctoral degree.
After her mother and aunt died in the '60s, Miss Curry travelled in style — five round-the-world trips on the QE2, all in her favorite cabin — collecting precious objets, tourist trinkets and a trove of priceless memories.
In 1993, she dedicated a flower garden and a bronze plaque in the southwest corner of Bayfront Park, honoring her parents, who owned large tracts of Brickell-area property and helped the city of Miami assemble 62 acres for the park just before the 1926 hurricane.
In 2003, the Miami-Dade School Board named Lamar Louise Curry Middle School, 15750 SW 47th St., in her honor.
A passionate steward of both her family's and South Florida's traditions, Miss Curry was serving as honorary chairwoman of the "Save Old Miami High School Building" committee at the time.
"It would be a sad thing for Miami to lose,"" Miss Curry told The Miami Herald. "It is a link to our past that we must preserve."
She shared her own past in the UF oral history, which runs 57 pages.
She begins with a maternal ancestor, the Queen of Holland's grand nephew, who settled in Virginia in the early 1700s. The family ran a South Carolina cotton plantation, held slaves, sent its sons to The Citadel and to fight for the Confederacy.
In 1866, her grandmother's brother "divided his lands in South Carolina and gave each one of his former slave families land and livestock, and he moved to his [Marion County] Florida plantation,'' she said. "That is why we became Floridians.''
She talked about how Miami was "a pretty little medium-sized town'' when the family arrived, "clean and very attractive...The people were friendly, and we enjoyed it very much.''
Her father predicted that Miami would become "the largest city on the East Coast south of Baltimore, she said. "Also, it was going to be the gateway to all Latin America. People looked at him in amazement in those days when he said that.''
Among his early land purchases: a 12-grave plot at Woodlawn Cemetery. Miss Curry was buried there on Friday alongside her parents and her Aunt Lamar.
To read her UF oral history, go to http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00006424/00001.


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One of the killer benefits of using a CRM like Pipedrive is the strong focus on the sales process and the sales funnel view. When you begin using Pipedrive CRM, it is important that you set up your deal stages right.
This identifies and defines the various stages that your prospective buyer will go through to convert from a lead to a sale.
A sample funnel would look like this:
Once you have taken the time to think through your deal stages and implement the process in Pipedrive, magic begins to happen.
Each person on your team then has a simple objective:
- Your marketing/ lead generation engine adds qualified leads to the left of the funnel.
- Your sales team picks the leads assigned to them and can focus on moving as many leads as far down the funnel as possible.
There is instant clarity on what every member of the team needs to do to move each prospect to the next stage. You become aware of deals which are rotting i.e. not moving forward or stuck at a certain stage. Your sales reps know which deals to prioritize in order to hit quotas this month and the next.
It takes a few weeks and iterations to get this right. But once done, it can bring immense predictability to your entire sales forecasting.
Once you have gotten this process setup, there is only one more ingredient to rapid growth. You need to add more fuel to the fire i.e add more leads to the left of the funnel and watch them flow down magically into customers and revenue.
Pipedrive CRM as the Source of Truth for your Leads
Beyond just managing your sales process and pipeline, Pipedrive as a CRM is also an ideal system of record for all your interactions with your leads/ prospects.
For example, when a lead signs up for a webinar or downloads a white paper, a record will be automatically created in Pipedrive (and your marketing automation system if you use any). Your sales team can see that a lead has been created, but it is not yet a "sales-ready" lead. At this stage, you may not have any additional information apart from an email id and name.
The marketing team/ automation system then starts nurturing the lead through email drips and progressively scoring the lead to collect more information and understand the level of pain, requirement, urgency, budget etc. Once the lead has crossed a qualification threshold, it moves to the "sales-ready" bucket (Marketing Qualified Lead) – and sales can then start working on the lead.
Correspondingly, in your outbound funnel, your sales development team will work off a list of prospects identified from an "ideal customer profile". A record may be created in Pipedrive to indicate that an outbound campaign is underway. Once you start your outbound campaign, the prospect can then be scored based on the level of interest shown and then moved to the "Sales Ready" pipeline when they have expressed interest in your product/ offering.
In both cases, it is ideal to have the CRM act as the single source of truth that contains all the details of your communication with that prospect and serves as the system of record for your sales and marketing teams.
The good news is that Pipedrive integrates with a full-blown ecosystem of tools that work seamlessly to add more leads to the top of your sales funnel and drive growth.
Inbound Lead Generation Stack For Pipedrive CRM
Inbound Leads are generated from various marketing channels like blog posts, newsletters, social media campaigns, etc. Some of these will be Free Trial Signups/ Demo Requests etc – which are more sales-ready/ have shown some inclination to buy.
Other leads in this funnel might be newsletter/ blog subscribers – these are leads who are checking out your product, reading your content and starting a relationship. But they may not be ready to buy yet. With some nurturing, these are potential customers who will be ready to buy over a period of time. Take GrooveHq for example, where over 10% of blog subscribers become free trial users within 30 days (2x the normal visitor to free trial conversion).
The key here is to ensure that all leads are automatically captured in your CRM – without any manual intervention. Once you have captured these leads, you can then begin to nurture them using an email marketing + marketing automation software – while you continue to track/ score your leads based on how engaged they are with your brand/ content.
Lead Capture Tools:
There are a variety of sources from which leads need to be captured and pushed into Pipedrive to ensure that your website is not a leaky bucket. These include free trial signups, newsletter subscribers, contact us forms, demo request forms, blogs, webinar/ e-book landing pages, exit intent forms, popups, live chat, surveys and the like. Here are a set of lead capture tools that integrate well with Pipedrive:
Gravity Forms
If you use WordPress to power your webpage/ blog etc, then Gravity forms help you capture leads and create a Person in Pipedrive automatically.
Beyond simple Signup forms, you can use surveys, quizzes and Lightbox forms, popovers to encourage your visitors to provide you their email address. Blitzen helps you achieve all of the above and move the data captured in the forms over to Pipedrive automatically.
If you are not using WordPress, then FormsByAir provides an easy integration to move your signups and demo requests into Pipedrive seamlessly.
HappyFox Chat
Live chat on your website has now increasingly become a "must have" software tool for any business. It is extremely convenient for your visitors to talk to you and ask questions when they are evaluating your service. Having a live chat that directly plugs into your CRM has the additional benefit of being able to automatically create a lead when a new chat conversation starts.
Happyfox Chat goes one step further. It integrates with Pipedrive to surface relevant deals and other information that you may have inside Pipedrive – to provide additional context to your sales/ support agent, in turn helping you close more deals.
Email Marketing / Marketing Automation Software:
Once your leads are captured and moved to Pipedrive, you need to start nurturing them with email sequences. An autoresponder/ drip campaign tool can help you scale this process. Taking it one step further, a lightweight marketing automation software can also track repeated visits to your website, the pages visited and help score/ identify leads who show a high inclination to use your software.
Drip (from LeadPages) is a lightweight marketing automation software that helps you nurture your prospects with email campaigns and track their activity on your webpage. Incredibly easy to setup and intuitive to use, Drip also makes it easy to move your signups to Pipedrive.
While Drip offers an intuitive and easy to setup, email marketing automation software, Wishpond has an additional array of features for advanced users. This includes being able to set up landing pages, contests and promotions, website form capture and marketing automation.
Outbound Lead Generation Stack For Pipedrive CRM
While inbound is a great source of leads once you get your marketing flywheel in motion, at the early stages or depending on the nature of product/service which you offer, it can take significant time and investment to start producing leads consistently. Inbound leads can often fluctuate in quality and quantity – and are tough to predict.
Most companies proactively make a list of target prospects and reach out to them to initiate a conversation a.k.a outbound lead generation to generate predictable revenue growth.
The key stages of the outbound funnel are:
- List building: Here you may be using a list building service – which will start building prospects based on criteria you have indicated or you can use advanced search options in social media such as in Linkedin to find potential prospects. This list of prospects then needs to be updated in Pipedrive
- Cold Outreach: Once you have identified these prospects, you need a way to reach out to these leads at scale. There is also additional followup and multiple touches required to convert these into qualified leads. Once you have found interested leads, you can move them to your sales-ready funnel and add them to your deal stages in Pipedrive.
List Building Tools For Pipedrive CRM
Once you have a working hypothesis on your Ideal Customer Profile and Buyer Persona, you can start building a list of prospects who you would like to reach out to talk about your product/ service.
Aeroleads helps you build a list of prospects from sites like AngelList, Crunchbase, Linkedin etc and also find contact details for these prospects. Aeroleads also offers a "Done for you" service where if you provide them your target persona, they will generate a list of prospects within 48 hours. Aeroleads integrates natively with Pipedrive and helps you push your list of prospects into Pipedrive CRM.
A powerful, but often an under-tapped source of leads for your outbound campaigns is anonymous visitors who may be visiting your webpage/ considering your product.
Leadfeeder connects to your Google Analytics data and uses the IP addresses of your visitors to map them to companies across the world. Leedfeeder can push these visitor details directly into Pipedrive – helping you build a daily list of companies who are visiting your website. You can then use a directory/ social network like Linkedin to identify the right prospects in these companies and reachout to them.
Personalised Emailer for Lead Generation
Klenty is an outbound sales software that helps you find prospects from Linkedin, find work email addresses and start a cold email campaign. Unlike an email marketing software (where your email is likely to land in the promotional folder), Klenty connects to your work email (Gmail for business/ Outlook etc) and sends customized emails on your behalf. You can automate followups (using Cadences) and use the reply detection feature to stop followups once a reply is received.
Klenty has a very tight integration with Pipedrive that allows you to automatically import/ export contacts with Pipedrive and set up detailed workflows to automatically create a lead or move the deal stage when a reply is detected. Use the Klenty Chrome plugin to automatically start an email outreach + followup, right from within Pipedrive.
Outbound Calling for Lead Generation
Aircall is a cloud phone system and call center software that allows businesses to fully manage their telephone needs. It integrates with currently used software, offers local and international numbers in over 40 countries, allows for team collaboration, in-depth analytics, and many more.
Receive calls on your computer, assign multiple phone numbers to various staff members, direct calls to your mobile phones, track and analyze all your data in order to make informed decisions for your business.
Toky provides a voice telephony system that connects with Pipedrive to manage your inbound/ outbound calls. Toky also uses a chrome plugin that makes it easy to start calls right from inside Pipedrive. When you get an inbound call, Toky pulls up additional information from Pipedrive to provide context to the salesperson answering the call.
Use Pipedrive CRM as an Integrated Sales and Lead Generation Platform
Having a tightly integrated platform that serves as the single source of record for sales and lead generation ensures that you maintain a consistent record of all leads and track their conversion into customers. It is a key ingredient to ensure that you don't have a leaky sales funnel and are able to attribute leads to various channels.
With tight integration, you can ensure that the volume of incoming leads that enter your sales funnel remains high and fuels your sales growth.


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ICND1 has been enhanced to provide a solid foundation for specialization with the addition of IP Addressing (IPv4 and IPv6), virtual LANS (VLANS), subnetting, network address translation, access control list, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), VLSM, etc.
Newer ICND2
With significant removal of content from ICND2 to ICND1 has also come the addition of new content to ICND 2. High value content covered in the updated curriculum include: FHRP, Syslog, SNMP, PPP, PPPoE, OSPF, EIGRP, RSTP and RVSTP
Gone completely are RIP and wireless. The wireless angle is assumed to emanate from the move to make CCNA wireless the sole source for subject matter expertise in foundational level wireless.
From 640-802 to 200-120
At Jidaw's training centre, interest is high and our observation is that most candidates invest in the composite exam because it is the lower cost way of covering all topics in both exams. Routing and Switching is now itself a specialization. What impact will the trend towards specialization have? Will the strengthening of ICND 1 alter current testing taking preferences in a significant manner?
Jidaw insists that change in IT is a reality candidates and professionals in this terrain must not only accept, they must embrace. Some may feel certification changes are motivated by revenue generation. Others may even believe sponsors want to make the exam harder to achieve – the "toughness is a measure of value" thinking. While additional income may come to the cert provider, and new updates tends to make the exams more rigorous, Jidaw would pitch its tent with relevance which is critical to long term sustainability of any exam. Cisco and other certification have the final say in the content and substance of exams they sponsor, and it is in their interest to ensure their exams are up to date and relevant.
The IT world is fast changing and competitive. Exam change is usually driven by the need to meet demand while maintaining relevance and competitiveness. Cisco seems to saying there is significant industry demand for foundation level specialization (routing and switching, wireless, voice and security). Changes should meet current and foreseeable needs of the networking market. Jidaw believes that since we live in a world of fast change driven by IT, certification exams cannot afford to remain static.
Though there have been shifts, transfers, removals and a few new concepts, in the opinion of Jidaw overall content has not changed significantly. CCNA relevance and standing in industry are still quite high, and the new changes seek to maintain the certification's advantage in a highly competitive market.
At the end of the day, Jidaw notes that the decision to invest in this update is still up to you. Have realistic expectations and work on other aspects of your career development. Don't only have a focus on job benefits and recognition; your contribution, self development, attitude, experience and life skills are all important. Do your assessment well. CCNA is a standout certification but the real question is: is it for you? If it is, Jidaw urges you to prepare well, the exam takes no prisoners. Deliberate quality preparation will get you there!
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UNC defense, perhaps the worst in area history, seeks prideful finish to season
After another loss and another defensive letdown, Vic Koenning, the beleaguered leader of North Carolina's beleaguered defense, spent nearly two weeks attempting to restore confidence. Again.
But how to restore confidence when there hasn't been much to be confident about? How to remind players of the good when, for months, there hasn't been all that much good?
Entering a pivotal game against Pittsburgh on Saturday – a game that may well decide whether North Carolina becomes eligible to play in a bowl game – the Tar Heels' defense is on pace to allow more yards per game than any defense in school history.
North Carolina's defense, which is allowing 510.3 yards per game, is among the most porous in school history – and it would be among the most porous in a lot of schools' histories. N.C. State has never had a defense that has allowed that many yards per game. Neither has Duke, despite the long stretch of futility that only ended in recent years.
"We are trying everything known to man to build confidence," said Koenning, the assistant coach most responsible for UNC's defense. " To get our guys to be confident in what they're doing and confident in themselves and confident in everything we're doing. So that's been a big part of our preparation for Pitt, is try to do things that they feel like they'd be successful doing."
Identifying those strengths is difficult. Both against the run and the pass, the Tar Heels have had their share of problems.
They're allowing 219.7 rushing yards per game, which ranks 110th nationally. Against the pass, North Carolina has been even worse – at least statistically. It is surrendering 290.7 passing yards per game, which ranks 116th nationally.
At times, UNC has had problems tackling, bouncing off ball-carriers like a rubber ball off a wall. At other times, the Tar Heels simply haven't had anyone in position to make a defensive play – as was the case nearly two weeks ago when Miami's Duke Johnson ran for a 90-yard touchdown that was the longest rushing touchdown UNC had ever allowed.
That was another record-breaking moment for the Tar Heels' defense, which has set several records for futility this season. Among them: most yards (789) and points (70) allowed in a game, both in the loss against East Carolina.
Nearing the end of a long season, with the goal of playing in a bowl game still a possibility, there is a pride factor, Tim Scott said. Scott, a senior safety, said he doesn't pay attention to statistics and where his team ranks but he and his teammates on defense understand misery. They're sick of the results.
"Like coach is saying and like a lot of people are saying, that's where you've got to earn your scholarship," Scott said. "You can't just be here, you know. So if the coaches are telling you to do one thing to help us win, then you've got to do it. These last few games are about pride."
Part of the problem for the Tar Heels' defense can be attributed to the offense. And, particularly, to the quick pace of play.
When the offense isn't successful – and at times even when it is – it's on the field for a short amount of time. Which leaves more time for the defense to be exposed. The greater issue, though, is that the Tar Heels haven't excelled in one area defensively, and they've been poor in a lot of areas.
Now comes another significant challenge in Pitt running back James Conner, a burly running back who leads the ACC in rushing (1,342 yards) and rushing touchdowns (17). He will be running behind an offensive line that includes two players who weigh 335 pounds and another who is 315 pounds.
"They're big, up front, and then your tight ends are 260, 270," Tar Heels coach Larry Fedora said this week. "The fullback's 270. And Conner's 250. That's a lot of meat up there now. Lot of meat. And they're going to come off the ball and try to mash you."
Fedora's defense isn't all that well-equipped to be mashed. The 4-2-5 defense, which Fedora has employed throughout his head coaching career, is designed to defend teams that spread the field – teams like UNC.
Fedora compared Pitt's offense to Miami's, which gained 494 yards and averaged 7.3 yards per play against the Tar Heels. Fedora has hinted that UNC would alter its defensive scheme against Pitt. The Tar Heels are likely to try to add size and bulk up front, but the Tar Heels lack size.
"If this was the style of offense I was going to play every week, then I'd want to be much bigger," Fedora said. "But nowadays, you don't have that luxury. Because every team has some type of different challenge offensively, whether it's spreading you out or the triple option or a big mash you, a power team. So you've got to have the happy medium."
There hasn't been much happy anything – medium or otherwise – for the Tar Heels' defense.
UNC is allowing 41.9 points per game, which would be a school record, and the 6.4 yards per play it is giving up trails only the 2003 defense, which allowed 6.6 yards per play, as the most generous in school history.
Koenning, though, has continued to search for positives. Anywhere.
"If a player doesn't play well or he doesn't prepare well or he's not into it, a coach can't trick him and tell him, hey, that's all right, you're good," Koenning said. "You gain confidence by doing the small things well and then you go to the next level things well and then build on that."


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Before you think that this is an easy job, be advised that you have to take apart the complete drone!
There is no soldering required! The motor is soldered, but I am going to use connectors instead as I have heard that soldering on this board is not advisable.
I have had a bad CCW motor from day 1, and it took me a while to get it replaced under warranty, but I got one finally.
Taking apart the drone is not hard, but you need to take time for it.
Before you start take the gimbal off, take it out off the dampers and remove the cable carefully!
Once that is done we can start with taking apart the drone.
First you need to remove the propellers if they are still on, and put the drone on it's back.
Now take the antennas out of the legs, and remove the plug from the compass.
Now you need to take all screws out. there are 7 screws on every leg
4x for the motor
1x for the navigation light
2x for the landing gear.
When all the screws are out, you still have 2 to take out, and they are in the battery bay.
These are a bit hard to get to, but you can unclip the underside first. This creates just enough room for a small screwdriver to fit in.
All screws in the drone are allen, except these two, these are cross heads.
When you have them out you can start taking apart the two halves.
There is not much resistance, and the parts should come apart easy.
Beware not to pull if off just yet, there are still wires attached to the navigation lights.
Unplug these 4, and gently lift the upper half, you'll see that there are still 2 wires attached, these are the gimbal power/camera feed and the FPV transmitter power/feed. the gimbal cable comes out because you have already unplugged it when you removed the gimbal. the transmitter cable needs to be unplugged and then you can take the top half off.
Gently feed the antennas through the holes!!
When you have split the two halves it should look something like this.
Now take the top half, and make sure what motor to change.
Once you're sure which one you need to replace cut the wires.
Now you can take out the motor from the frame.
Now attach either the male, or the female part to the wires
Put the new motor in it's place, and feed the wires as they were before, and attach the other half of the connector pair to the motor.
Now put everything in it's place, there is room enough.
Once you have done this you can put the drone back together, it is the reverse of taking it apart.
Just make sure there are no wires stuck between the two halves when you put them back.
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In all the excitement of recent weeks – collapsing eurozone, disintegrating Budget, that dratted Leveson Inquiry – Dave had barely had a thought to spare for his deputy. There hadn't been any cause: Nick had laughed off the underwhelming coverage of his new childcare proposals, had accepted his latest defeat at tennis with good grace, and had barely even stamped his feet after George pre-empted the charity tax U-turn.
This, Dave was starting to realise, should have been a warning sign. The only thing worse than a moaning deputy was a deputy who was up to something. What Dave wasn't quite sure of – yet – was why the something Nick was up to involved draping most of the Downing Street corridors in Tesco Finest Jubilee Bunting.
"Dave, me old bib and tucker," said Nick jovially, when Dave finally tracked him down to demand some answers. "Fancy a chorus of God Save the Queen to start the day?"
"Maybe later," said Dave. "Look, what are all these decorations about? Why are you dressed like a member of the English Defence League? And where on earth have you been?"
"I've been out with the kids, haven't I?" said Nick. "Taking them down the jolly old East End. Giving them a chance to get to know the Great British Public."
"But you hate the Great British Public," said Dave. "Didn't you and Miriam suggest that members of your new House of Lords would have to name five types of tapas before they got in? And that all this Jubilee nonsense was 'paleo-patriotism of the least civilised kind'?"
"Maybe," said Nick, fiddling with his Union flag cufflinks. "But we've realised we may have been a trifle hasty. That it's just as nice to take holidays in Skegness as Santander, as it were."
Suddenly, Dave realised what was going on. "This is about the euro, isn't it?" he said. "I thought you thought it was still a brilliant idea."
"It is," said Nick, stoutly. "The problem is, it's just too visionary. Ahead of its time. The squares don't get it. And in the meantime…"
"… in the meantime," said Dave, "Spain's a basket case, and Miriam's converting the family fortune from euros into pounds?"
"Official Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Silverware, actually," said Nick. "She thinks it'll hold its value better. As for the kids, it's adios Antonio, Alberto and Miguel, and hello Tony, Bert and Mick."
"But what about the rest of the family?" asked Dave. "How are they going to cope?"
A broad grin appeared on Nick's features. "Got you there, didn't I?" he said. "When I stopped Theresa closing the borders to Greek refugees, you thought…"
"… I thought you were being a typically wishy-washy Lib Dem. So you were just paving the way?"
"Exactly," said Nick. "A few more Aristotles and Sophias on the streets is a small price to pay for making sure the relatives still have a bolt-hole if the worst comes to the worst."
"And making sure Miriam will still speak to you?"
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Daytona Beach police said homeless feeding in a local park has gotten out of control and it's prompted officers to write even write citations.
Chico Jiminez and Debbie Jiminez run a ministry that feeds the homeless on Manatee Island in Daytona Beach about once a week.
"We got hot dogs, mustard, pickles, tomatoes, onions," Chico Jiminez said in a video of the feeding.
The couple records videos of the feedings and posts them online to spread the word about their ministry.
"They have feelings just like everybody else does and we treat them like our friends because they are our friends," Debbie Jiminez said.
But recently, Daytona Beach police put a halt to the feedings by citing the couple with illegally feeding a crowd.
Debbie Jiminez said they have been feeding the homeless for at least a year and until now they're never received a ticket or warning. But Police Chief Mike Chitwood told Eyewitness News that's not the case.
"We've always enforced it. This got so big, it was posted on YouTube, it was really brought to our attention that, hey, things are really out of control on Manatee Island," Chitwood said.
The city recently hired a consultant to analyze the homelessness issue and leaders are preparing to set up a possible transitional housing center near the county jail. The consultant told officials that feeding the homeless only adds to the problems, but Chico Jiminez and Debbie Jiminez feel they're making things better.
"Most of them, they're out there because they lost their jobs, lost their families and they're out there homeless and they need help," Chico Jiminez said.


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Friday, December 9, 2011
Highly Favored
As a teenaged, betrothed virgin, she was pregnant, not with just any child, but with the Son of God conceived by the Holy Spirit (Luke 1:30-35). She would face rejection and criticism by her community, and the hurt and bewilderment of her fiancé Joseph, who thought she had been unfaithful and betrayed him (Matthew 1:18-19). She would escape the prying eyes and wagging tongues by traveling to the hill country to reach her cousin Elizabeth, an old woman also miraculously with child (Luke 1:36-40).
Then Mary and Joseph would set off for Bethlehem (Luke 2:4) on a long, bumpy journey with her precious Child bouncing up and down with each step of the donkey. She would wonder why no innkeeper could find room for the promised Messiah or His earthly family (Luke 2:7). She would endure the pain of childbirth in a smelly stable on scratchy hay, without any earthly comfort or help other than that given by her inexperienced husband and the warmth of the animals.
She would wonder why the King of Kings was not welcomed, recognized, and worshipped by most of those He came to save (John 1:10). She would face the pain and fear of knowing that Herod was trying to kill Him (Matthew 2:16-18) and that a sword would pierce Him and her soul also (Luke 2:34-35).
Yet the Bible says she was highly favored. How had she found favor with God? When faced with the impossible, Mary knew she had no strength, wisdom, experience or support of her own, and that the Lord Himself was her strength and her salvation. She turned it all over to Him, accepting His will and her role as "the handmaiden of the Lord" (Luke 1:38) with grace, courage and praise (Luke 1:46-49). He chooses those whom He favors not based on their ability, but on their availability and yieldedness to His will.
How did God show His favor toward Mary? God often favors His chosen servants not with worldly success, power, prestige, comfort and riches, but with trials that He can use to accomplish His will to His glory. Yet if He called you for a specific mission, He will provide all you need to complete it.
God sent angels as ministering spirits (Hebrews 1:14) -- He sent Gabriel to Mary to inform her of His plan (Luke 1:30-35); and He sent an angel to Joseph so that He would help Mary carry out this plan (Matthew 1:20-25). He sent Mary to Elizabeth so that they could encourage and uplift each other (Luke 1:39-45). He sent angels to tell shepherds to worship the newborn King (Luke 2:8-20) and He sent a star to lead wise men to also worship Jesus (Matthew 2:2-11), giving Mary confirmation that her Child was indeed the Son of God. He spoke through dreams to protect Jesus from the evil plot of King Herod (Matthew 2:12-23).
We can do nothing apart from God (John 15:5,8), but with Him, all things are possible (Matthew 19:26; Luke 1:37).
So no matter what our weaknesses or what resources or experience we seem to lack, let's be yielded to God's will, and give Him praise as He works through us! His grace is sufficient; His strength is made perfect in our weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9); and to Him belongs all the glory!
Luke 1:28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.… And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.… 46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. 49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
32 comments:
- AnonymousDecember 9, 2011 at 5:20 PM
nice post friend...thank you for sharing...wish i could visit everyone more frecuently but are many..and the hours are different but prayers and blessings on your way..remembering the real reason for the holidays..days of peace love and thinking...loves from our home to yours...maranatha..ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for your kind words, blessings and prayers. Much love to you and your family, and may the joy and peace of Christmas be with you always. Come quickly Lord Jesus!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 9, 2011 at 9:27 PM
Hi Laurie - I'm sure 'others' in Mary's life did not think her highly favoured but wow, was she ever. Just shows favour does not always mean an easy road.ReplyDelete
God bless
Hi Tracy, How true! Job and Paul are two more great examples of those who were highly favored yet faced incredible tribulation. His ways are higher than our ways!ReplyDelete
Love in Him,
Great post, Laurie. As you pointed out, many of God's greatest blessings appear as disasters initially. It is only later as we begin to understand them that we see them for what they really are.ReplyDelete
Thanks, dfish! Praise God that He works all things together for our good and His glory! His ways are not our ways, so it may not even be until we reach glory that we understand completely what great things He has done.ReplyDelete
"So no matter what our weaknesses or what resources or experience we seem to lack, let's be yielded to God's will, and give Him praise as He works through us! His grace is sufficient; His strength is made perfect in our weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9); and to Him belongs all the glory!" Amen to this! Thanks so much for this post. I love reading about Mary and her response to what God called her to. It is such a story of hope...ReplyDelete
Visiting today from Messy Monday.
Dear Emily, Thanks so much for visiting and for your thoughtful comment! Mary is such a great role model -- stepping out in faith and in humble submission to His will. If He calls us to a specific work, He will see us through it!ReplyDelete
It is a hard truth, isn't it? The ones He favors He prepares. And sometimes the preparation is difficult. But if we put on our eternity glasses, it helps, doesn't it? Love reading this story through your eyes.ReplyDelete
Dear Laura,ReplyDelete
Well said -- He prepares those whom He favors, and the refiner's fire can seem unbearable when going through us. But the pain is momentary, and the joy of being in His will lasts throughout eternity. Thanks so much for your comment and kind words, and blessings to you!
Great post! I've been learning a lot lately about His strength being made perfect in my weakness! To His name be the glory!ReplyDelete
It is so encouraging to know that whatever God has planned for us, He will also equips and prepares us to accomplish. It takes the pressure off, you know? When we trust Him and place our faith in Him, He give us the strength, wisdom and direction that we need!ReplyDelete
Blessings, Joan
What a great summary of the emotions Mary must have felt. How true it is that all things are possible with God. Thank you for sharing.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Lindsay, for the kind words and comment! Amen and Amen!ReplyDelete
Dear Joan, That is so true! When we remember that without Him, we can do nothing, we place our faith in abiding in Him and He in us. Then all things are possible!ReplyDelete
Love and peace to you,
Dear Charlotte,ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for your thoughtful comment. May you and your family be blessed with love, peace and joy!
I love the fact that when God finds favor with us, He prepares us and uses us for His glory....something that can only happen if our lives are such that he looks upon with favor.ReplyDelete
Dear Shanda, Thanks as always for your insights. Without faith, it is impossible to please Him, and to find His favor. Blessings to you! LaurieReplyDelete
Hey there, so nice to have you link up. Lovely to meet you and your sweet blog. Blessings to you my friend.ReplyDelete
Hi Heart n Soul,ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for visiting & commenting, and for your kind words! It is a blessing to meet you also!
Love, peace and joy to you,
Mary did have much to endure but stayed true to her calling and walked faithfuly with the Lord.ReplyDelete
She is our role-model without compare!
Laurie, thanks for linking this meditation to LACE.
Have a blessed week in Jesus..Trish
So happy I found your beautiful blog I have enjoyed looking around lovely to meet you. I have just found your lovely blog through the blog on Wednesday walk wonderful to join in. I'm now following you hope you visit me and follow back so nice to find new friends to catch up with. God bless have a great day.ReplyDelete
Always Wendy
Dear Trish, Well said! May we embrace His will for our lives as completely as Mary did. Thanks for hosting LACE, and may you have a blessed Christmas season in Him.ReplyDelete
Dear Wendy, I'm so glad you found Saved by Grace! Thanks so much for following and for your lovely comment. I'm headed over to your blog now. God's blessings to you, new friend!ReplyDelete
Love in Him,
Hey Laurie, for some reason I cannot see your followers button. I can see the label but nothing else. Will keep trying.ReplyDelete
Mary is indeed a wonderful role model for us.ReplyDelete
She accepted God and got on with living her new life.
I think too much, when maybe I should just do.
Trust and Love.
God Bless
Barb from Australia
Hi Heart n Soul, There are 2 ways to follow -- one is at the very top of the page, to the right of the search bar (click on the word "Follow"), or on the right sidebar, under the word "Followers," there is a "Join this site" bar where you can join with Google Friend Connect. Hope it works, and thanks for trying!ReplyDelete
Hi Barb, Thanks so much for your comment! I agree, I tend to overanalyze, when it's better just to trust and obey!ReplyDelete
Love and blessings to you,
Hi Laurie - I often think about this young teenage girl, she had to be frightened as she knew the punishment that by law could be placed upon her. Yet she obeyed, risking her reputation and everything.No wonder she found favor with God.ReplyDelete
Amen, Joan! Thanks as always for sharing your insights. There is much we can learn from Mary. May you and your family have a blessed Christmas season!ReplyDelete
thank you for this reminder, laurie... his grace is sufficient for each day, for each trial. love to you. xoReplyDelete
Thanks, Emily! Praise God that His mercies are new every morning! Love, joy and piece to you!ReplyDelete


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The implications: Strains within Nato
By defence correspondent Jonathan Marcus
The full truth of the alleged leaks of military secrets to Serbia during the Kosovo war may never be known but if the daily air tasking orders were being passed on to Belgrade, then the effectiveness of Nato's air operations during the vital first weeks of the war would have been dramatically diminished.
Worse still, the air tasking order would have given the Serbs a good idea of the make-up of the groups of aircraft assigned to each mission and their likely routes to and from the target.
One answer might be that they did not want to reveal the level of their knowledge of Nato's plans.
As so often in the shadowy world of intelligence you can argue things both ways.
Rumours and suspicions
No conclusive evidence has yet been provided about the existence of a Nato mole - despite widespread rumours and suspicions.
Whatever the truth behind this story it is inevitably going to strain US-European relations.
Trans-Atlantic ties are not especially warm at present within Nato, with many Americans both in the Defense Department or on Capitol Hill deeply sceptical about Europe's plans to develop a more independent defence capability alongside Nato.
The Europeans counter by saying that they are damned if they do and damned if they do not.
Washington wants its European allies to come up with stronger military forces, but just when they plan to do so, say the Europeans, the US gets suspicious.
What this spy story will do is to accentuate an already existing view, widely-held in Washington, that its European allies are divided into a small-number of reliable friends, and some countries who are at best reluctant partners and who in one case at least may not be wholly trustworthy.
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