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We'll be able to help with guidance on topics such as research methodology, search strategy for literature review, using our subscription databases, compiling bibliographies and using reference management software.
So, whether you're perplexed by JSTOR, in a tangle over op. cit. and loc. cit. or would just like someone to help you locate relevant information, come and find us in the café and we'll try to set you in the right direction.
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The Buenos Aires Review [New Cool Things, Part I]
I've been a bit checked out the past few weeks with event upon event, travels to London and L.A. and New York (twice), final papers to grade, illnesses to overcome, soccer to geek out about, etc., etc. But now that it's summertime (I only have one grade left to enter), it's about time to get back into talking up interesting books (HOLY SHIT DO I LOVE TRAVELER OF THE CENTURY), commenting on the book publishing industry (like the fact that I'm so glad the number of publishers' branded readers communities is about to explode . . . and inevitably implode, since most publishers make dumb things), and ranting about stuff, like, I don't know, particular agents who have recently pissed me off.
We're going to have a ton of interns again this summer, which should free up a bit of time to let loose on this blog, which I plan to do in grand style . . . But before getting into those fun and games, I thought it would be best to ease back into the Three Percent world by highlighting some exciting new ventures, starting with The Buenos Aires Review, brought to you by one of Open Letter's favorite translators, Heather Cleary.1
The BAR launched last week to great acclaim (including mentions by Bookforum, Granta, New Directions, and the like), and for good reason. This bilingual internet magazine "presents the best and latest work by emerging and established writers from the Americas, in both Spanish and English. We value translation and conversation. We publish poetry, fiction, essays, criticism, visual art, and interviews."
And the inaugural issue is, to slang it up a bit, pretty baller.
There's a discussion between Javier Calvo and Mara Faye Lethem:
Javier Calvo: The other day I saw a book by Alejandro Zambra on a list of the most anticipated books of 2013 in the United States, and I wanted to ask you this: what do you think of this phenomenon, which to me is one of the most important things that have happened in American publishing in a long time? I'm talking about the attention Spanish-language fiction has been getting since Bolaño. How have you experienced this change as a translator, reader, scout, etc?
Mara Faye Lethem: Do you see it as so distinct from the Boom? Because I don't.
Javier Calvo: I do see significant differences from the Boom. To begin with, I think the boom was much more a strategy, and as such it had a center. And when I say strategy, I say it almost in the sense of the British Invasion: we're going to take over North America. Here, I don't see too much strategy, and as a matter of fact I don't see how an editor could hope to get rich on the books of Aira or Zambra. Secondly, the Boom in America was a much more asymmetrical phenomenon, the rich neighbor's consumption of a series of consumer elements related to exoticism and magic.
Look, for example, at the resounding failure as strategies of all the "commercial brands" of exportation of Latin American literature: McOndo, the Crack Movement . . .
In the current case it's true that Bolaño has been sanctioned by the American world of culture as the "Chosen One" to replace GGM [Gabriel García Márquez] as the Great Novelist in Spanish, but I also see differences: it seems to me that the acceptance of the new literature in Spanish already lacks that aspect of consumption of the poor, the exotic, and the distinct. I believe that now, strangely, it already has a certain aspect of normalcy, acceptance of the two-directional cultural tides that exist between Spanish and English. Although this may perhaps be overly optimistic.
Mara Faye Lethem: Well, when they talk about Aira as the new Bolaño, yes, that implies a certain strategy of marketing. I think that the case of Bolaño has been an astounding example of the unpredictability of the editorial world, and the strategy of buying books in other people's styles is ridiculous, but shows no signs of waning. I suppose people's lack of vision, as well as their fear, just get bigger and bigger than their risk-taking . . .
There's an interview with Junot Diaz featuring the intriguing pull-quote, "We exist in a constant state of translation. We just don't like it."
There's fiction by Giovanna Rivero:
The pointless memories are the most beautiful ones. I must have been, what, eight years old when this guy with a bird's name, Piri, came to my grandparents' house. He'd come to help my grandmother with the little sausage and bakery business she'd set up in her third courtyard. It sounds unbelievable, I know, but the house really did have three courtyards and in the third, as I said, my grandmother had set up a real life steam-powered manufacturing line for chorizo and bread. If you showed up very early in the morning, you could imagine the smoke belched out by the grinders, ovens, crushers, fillers and pots being, logically, the smog that rose in a frenzy from the First World's last generation of machines.
There's a piece by Mariano López Seoane on Evita that opens by name-checking JLo and "Jenny from the Block."
And there is more.
Overall, this is a solid opening issue, and one I'm sure we'll be featuring time and again. (Oh, and while I'm plugging things that make me happy, Heather's translation of Sergio Chejfec's The Dark is at the printer now. So all your Chejfec/Cleary fans have something fantastic to look forward to reading this fall.
1 Actually, we love all the editors of Buenos Aires Review. Jennifer Croft, Pola Oloixarac, and Maxine Swann all deserve special shout-outs as well.


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Made in Britain
Rural Northamptonshire is perhaps best known for its cobblers. Want a decent pair of brogues? This is the place to come. But there's another, slightly more modern industry around here.
Because this part of the world, on the northeastern fringe of Motorsport Valley, is where almost a third of Formula 1 teams come for their engines. About a hundred 2.4-litre V8s emerge from Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains at Brixworth each year, on their way to new homes at McLaren, Force India and – obviously – Mercedes.
It's not often they let journalists inside this place. Especially not when they're developing an all-new, top-secret and somewhat-controversial V6 turbo to meet next season's new regulations. Later they'll show us one being tested, but for now we're relieved of our cameraphones and shuffled into the boss's office. Andy Cowell is in charge of about 400 staff here, from engineers to mathematicians and others with far bigger frontal lobes than your average TopGear writer.
There are three parts to this place, he tells us: the bit that looks after this season's engines, another bit that looks after next year's, and a final bit that builds the battery packs for the Merc SLS electric supercar (using the same brainpower behind the KERS systems in F1). "We also work with about 30 companies within an hour of the factory," he says. "Precision manufacturing firms and suppliers of highly specialist parts, from valve springs to aluminium pump parts." Mostly, though, everything they need to make an F1 engine is all right here.
"All we're really doing is finding the most efficient way to convert chemical energy trapped in fuel into shaft power," Andy says. "And, next year, we must achieve a 30% reduction in the fuel used in a GP." To get some idea of how this is done, we must think small. Imagine the diameter of a pint glass, representing the cross-section of a human hair. Now imagine a dot in the middle, approximately the width of a peppercorn. It represents one micron. Scale all this down massively, and the measurements become minuscule. "If a piston heats up by one degree Celsius, it'll expand by two microns," says Andy. "So we need to engineer in miniature…"
Weirdly, the building in which this is done is huge. Light bounces off white floors like the corridors of a starship. Wires trail from machines like alien tentacles. This could be a room of supercomputers if it weren't for the smell of hot metal in the air, as thousands of aluminium billets are cut to precise shapes inside big white boxes. Andy shows us an inlet finger follower, a little curved rocker that helps regulate a valve's opening. It's beautiful, and so polished it's slippery, thanks to a diamond-like carbon coating that you'd usually associate with expensive jewellery.
"Once an engine goes down the pit lane in an F1 car, it's effectively sealed for the rest of the weekend," says Andy.
In other words, you can change a few settings, but you can't get the spanners out. "Each driver gets eight per season, so it's our job to make each one last. Engines must pass an exam before they leave here, which mimics everything from driving down the pit lane to a full-throttle straight." Then, on a Sunday afternoon, there's a team of people here in the Track Support room. They take data from the cars and play it back on an engine across the hallway. Mr Hamilton not happy in the first practice session? Just let the boys in the factory try a few tweaks before firing the new settings to the track.
After every batch of races, each engine comes back here and gets stripped down. Filings in the oil are analysed, using powerful microscopes and a team of measuring experts. Each engine component has a unique metallic signature, so every tiny fleck of metal in the used engine oil can be traced to the part from which it came. Too many piston shavings? Fetch the sandpaper! Of course, engines are supposed to wear. "It's about how we manage the margin of failure," says Andy. "A total failure should only happen in the factory after the racce."
It's a balancing act between performance and reliability. How much do you stress it? How much do you protect it? Four litres of oil must lap the engine every two seconds. Its cylinders go through their cycle up to 18,000 times a minute, that's 300 times per second. The 25kg KERS system – a box the size of a backpack – produces just under 1,000 volts. The electrons inside it move at the speed of light. Together, all of this makes somewhere around 750bhp… all squeezed down into a bundle of cylinders and exhaust pipes your average-sized bodybuilder could cradle in his arms.
We're led into a room not unlike a recording studio, full of screens and knobs and buttons. Through a viewing window is the artist: 2014's V6, spinning away on a dyno. We're the first outsiders to see it. It's obviously more compact than a V8, but not by much. It's hard to tell, as it's festooned with tubes and extraction fans. A huge pipe blows air into the engine's snorkel intake, mimicking air speed, heat and humidity of any given circuit on any given day. Sometimes they run these bench tests 24/7 with up to three engines at once, while feeding energy from the dyno back into the building. The hot exhausts glimmer transluscent orange like glow-worms.
It is, however, sealed away in its soundproof booth. So we're led to another room where I'm handed some headphones, through which is played the sound of the V6 during a full lap simulation of a nameless circuit. And if anyone was worried about it sounding dull or turbo-whooshy, allow me to reassure you now: it's emphatically still a Formula One car… albeit one with cleaner tones and a higher frequency than the current V8s, but still enough to make your eardrums flutter, especially when it yaps down through the new eight-speed gearbox.
Formula 1? The future's bright. The future's British…
This story originally appeared in the May 2013 edition of TopGear magazine.


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Newspaper Association Insists That Only Newspapers Can Do Real Reporting
from the say-what-now? deptAn anonymous employee of a decent sized newspaper forwarded me a letter sent out to employees by John Sturm, the head of the Newspaper Assocation of America called The Reality About Newspapers. It's embedded below:
It lists out a series of 7 "myths" about newspapers, followed by the reality. The first 6 myths are actually good points that we absolutely agree with. Basically, it says the newspaper business really isn't that bad. A lot of people still read the newspaper and most newspapers are quite profitable on an operating basis. Indeed, we've pointed that out in the past. The real problem has mainly been with really poor decisions by some in management to take out huge loans. It's the debt load that's killing so many newspapers -- and it's not helped by the fact that newspaper readership is declining and advertisers have a lot more options than in the past.
However, the 7th myth and reality is just ridiculous:
Myth: If newspapers close, you will still be able to get news from other sources.The problem is that his "myth" is a reality and his "reality" is a fiction. It is true that today newspapers invest more in journalism, but the rest of his "reality" isn't reality at all. There is simply no reason (nor does he provide one) why other publications can't fill the gap. And, note (carefully) his metric: it's the amount invested in journalism. This is like when movie industry guys say "but how do we keep making $200 million movies." You should never trust anyone who tries to base output on the amount invested. Perhaps the answer is to invest smarter in journalism, rather than investing more.
Reality: Newspapers make a larger investment in journalism than any other medium. Most of the information you read from "aggregators" and other media originated with newspapers. No amount of effort from local bloggers, non-profit news entities or TV news sources could match the depth and breadth of newspaper-produced content.
That said, I should make a separate point that's important: I'm still an optimist and a believer that newspapers will figure this out. A lot of people falsely seem to assume I think all newspapers must or should die. I don't think that at all. I received a few emails from people who were surprised about my comments in a Guardian article about why I think newspapers will figure all this out. But, they won't do it if they continue to think that they have some sort of special quality that makes it impossible for other media to report the news.
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5 Reasons to Choose Public Speaking Online Course
There are many advantages that can be taken into account when it comes to the technology. As the era has been changed there are many different things has been changed as well, from the conventional to the modern. In this case we are talking about the kind of technology power. One of the examples must be related to the kind of learning. It is for example learning about the kind of public speaking. People used to learn in the classroom with the real teacher and in the actual room, but nowadays people like to study public speaking online course.
Well, here are some of the reasons why people like to choose this kind of ways on learning public speaking. Next are the 5 reasons to choose public speaking online course.
1. Can be accessed anywhere
With the well-developed of technology, the kind of ways to learn something has also been varied. One of them is using the online course to study. It means studying public speaking can also be done through online course. This is one of the reasons if you are one of them who want to learn public speaking then choosing this kind of ways must be very great because, you can study wherever you are and whenever you want to study as long as you have internet connection.
2. Easy and practice
Another reason why people choose this kind of ways to learn public speaking is that, it is easy to do, all you must do is to access the websites or the kind of tools to download to learn the public speaking software, kits or something. As we are now in the modern era, then of course, using the kind of online course is really recommended. Also many people who do not have the time to go in the actual class will be recommended to have this kind of course.
3. You can Choose the time
Since we are now in the global era where we are getting busy every day, so that means we do not have time to learn in the actual class. That is why if you happen to study public speaking then of course the good option to learn it is through online course. As the matter of fact, if you go online and search for one of the public speaking online course, of course you will find lots of choices. You just have to be able to choose which one that you think is perfect for you. When we talk about the perfect one, which means it should be able to manage and costume with the kind of schedule that you might already have.
4. You will have lots of learning kits
Having the online course means you will not have the actual class, like meeting the teacher in face to face, or having the conversation or the question-answer. In this case, those kinds of activities will be substitute with the kind of different kits like the audio kits or the video kits or the kind of pdf-s, or some other kinds of document. Although all of them still need to be downloaded in order to be able to learn it.
5. You can always repeat the videos
Using the kind of kits, tools or some other software to help you study are so very useful. That is because you can always repeat to listen in whenever you want and wherever you are. It also means you may have the chance to learn and practice more and more to be perfect related to the kind of public speaking. Since we all know, public speaking is very important and also very useful in the society, right now.
So in summary, with the kind of great technology that we have now, of course, there will be many chances for those who learn public speaking to practice more and more. One of them is the kind of public speaking online course. As it is said this is the online course which means, in order to learn this kind of course it should be through online. there are many reasons to choose just like it has been explained above they are like the easiness, the kind of practice more often, the kind of lots of supporting kits to learn and something like that.


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child(1) In database management, the data that is dependent on its parent. See parent-child.
(2) A component that is subordinate to a higher-level component. See child menu, child program and child window.
Some people have reoccurring dreams about a small child, while others, from time to time, dream about unfamiliar children. The child in your dream could represent your inner self, or the child within. The dream could be based on childhood memories, and it may carry a specific message or bring up long-buried issues. On the other hand, the dream could simply be a pleasant memory. Children in dreams could symbolize a need and an eagerness to learn, simplicity, intuition, new endeavors, and many other positive attributes of childhood. Occasionally, the child in your dreams may be pointing to your own childish ways. Therefore, consider all of the details and the tone of the dream before making an interpretation.


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Enhancing Web Forms with Rich Text Editors
Today, most web applications have the ability for the user to share various types of information. Blogs allow readers to post comments, email clients are fully web-based, social wiki sites let people submit revisions, and so forth. All of this is possible because of the oldest HTML element—the <form>.The form is submitted via the HTTP protocol to the server, and its individual elements, such as text fields and text areas are processed on the server—for example, stored in the relational database—emailed, or put into a flat file. By default, the form is submitted as plain text, which is not a good way to express any formatting or styles of the contents. For example, if you want to emphasize some words, and type your text in a standard text area, you have no way to make some words stand out or even use a different font.
The general solution is to use HTML markup with the text, to indicate the formatting and styles. In this article, I will look at several implementations of Rich Text Editors (RTE) that dynamically apply HTML markup to plain text before it is submitted to the server. I will show how to install several versions of the editor widgets, and then compare them.
What Is the Rich Text Editor (RTE)?
With the advancements in desktop technologies, modern word processors have added a great variety of formatting options. The ability to have the content appear the same (or very close to) as the final formatting, also known as What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG), existed on the desktop for quite some time.
To allow web users to change formatting of the text, web sites need to implement the Rich Text Editor in JavaScript (with the functionality mimicking the word processors). Some Ajax or JavaScript frameworks offer RTE as a widget. The RTE is also known as the JavaScript WYSIWYG editor because it follows the What You See Is What You Get methodology.
Typically, web RTE is a standard <textarea> that is "enhanced" with DHTML and JavaScript to provide formatting and editing functionality. For example, when composing email with an online email client, senders can change the text style with the RTE:
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What Is the Benefit of RTE and How Do You Use It?
The major benefit is that users can apply rich formatting, such as different fonts, headings, margins, background and foreground colors, and other styles to the content that they are submitting. Users do not need to know HTML and even those who do know HTML do not have to type it by hand. For example, when you send web-based email and select some text to be bold using the RTE, under the hood, JavaScript Engine surrounds the text with the <b></b> tags.
After the text has been marked up with HTML tags and is sent to the server, any HTML authoring tool, email client, or web client will be able to reproduce the submitted text with preserved formatting. Therefore, the rightness of the text and its presentation makes submitted text much more visually advanced and user-friendly.
Many RTE implementations also feature other enhancements, such as spell checking with multiple language dictionaries, link insertions, image insertions, right-click context menus, and even HTML clean up (if HTML is pasted from sources such as MS Word).
Because most modern email clients understand how to parse and show HTML, RTE is a must for any web-based email program. For example, all the major web email services use some RTE on their pages. Other web 2.0 sites, such as web deal aggregator DealOgre.com (www.dealogre.com) are also using RTE to improve the users' experience with entering text descriptions.
Here is the screenshot of the RTE used on DealOgre.com:
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Here are some more examples from Yahoo's RTE.
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And here is an example from Microsoft's new email service:
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Note that, by default, this RTE is not turned on in the Microsoft mail site, and even when turned on it has some limitations compared with other RTE implementations. For example, the background color button fills the whole area with the same color, even if some text is selected.
Google's Gmail is not as fancy as Yahoo's version, but does the job and is very stable across multiple browser versions.
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Pavia will not seek re-election
STAMFORD --Mayor Michael Pavia announced Thursday he will not seek re-election to a second term this November.
The city's first Republican mayor in 14 years, Pavia has overseen minimal tax increases and robust development during his three years in office. His tenure was also marked by fierce debate over Stamford's fire services, the controversial demolition of the city's last working boatyard and bitter feuds with members of his own political party.
Pavia did not provide a reason for his decision to step down at the end of his first term, saying only in a statement, "The time has come for me to return to my life as (a) businessman and private citizen." He could not be reached for comment Thursday afternoon.
"While there are still many challenges and opportunities ahead for the city of Stamford, I am confident that my administration has laid the foundation for the ongoing success of the city," the statement said.
Pavia listed low tax increases, brisk development and the city's response to several powerful storms as his administration's significant accomplishments.
"During the remainder of my term, my administration and I still have much to accomplish," he said.
Pavia's disagreements with other members of his party began shortly after he took office and started feuding with former Board of Finance Chairman Joe Tarzia, who resigned in 2011, claiming he had been forced out by a conspiracy orchestrated by the mayor.
In June, Pavia said he was considering leaving the GOP due to infighting and polarization within the local party. He never followed through on the threat, but Republican Town Committee Chairman Dennis Mahoney said earlier this year that the mayor did not have enough support within the party committee to run for re-election.
On Thursday Mahoney had only positive things to say about Pavia's tenure.
"In these economic times, when families struggle financially, Mike Pavia has done a great job making sure that their government ran as efficiently as it could so that they weren't additionally burdened by an unnecessary tax increase," Mahoney said.
Democratic City Committee Chairman John Mallozzi said Pavia did not launch many major initiatives during his three years in office but rather sought to "stabilize" the city after the "hectic" Malloy administration.
"I think the mayor really had the best interest of the city at heart," Mallozzi said.
Mallozzi said he was surprised to hear Pavia will not seek re-election.
"An incumbent has a very good chance of winning," Mallozzi said. "Not many things were drastically wrong over the four years. Taxes were down and things like that. In a way I hate to see him go. It would have been interesting to run a campaign against him."
Pavia's 2009 opponent, Board of Finance member David Martin, has already said he plans to run again for the city's highest office. Seven other Democrats have also expressed interest in the position, and the field is now wide open for potential candidates since the incumbent is not seeking re-election, Mallozzi said.
Mahoney also said Pavia's decision to bow out of the 2013 race will likely generate more potential candidates from the Republican side. The GOP has only one confirmed contender so far, Board of Education member Jerry Pia.
"We will begin a process and commence some polling for the benefit of the candidates to see who can garner the most support and mount a campaign to run for mayor," Mahoney said.
With nine months remaining before the November election, Pavia still has many issues on the table. The newly-consolidated Fire Department is still in the early stages of integrating career and volunteer firefighters. The contentious issue of whether the Westport-based hedge fund Bridgewater Associates will be allowed to build a headquarters on the site of Stamford's former boatyard is still being hotly debated. And in early March Pavia will present his last budget proposal to the Board of Finance and Board of Representatives.
"The last three years have been the most rewarding of my life," Pavia said in his statement. "I value the trust the citizens have placed in me and I pledge to continue to work for the city of Stamford, not just during the remainder of my term, but well beyond."
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Daniel Jacobs poised to become first cancer-surviving world champ
A year ago, Daniel Jacobs, once the "Golden Child" of boxing and now "The Miracle Man" who has survived cancer and is in the midst of a comeback for the ages, was asked where he saw himself a year down the road.
Jacobs said he wanted to be a world champion and the face of Livestrong, the organization created by Lance Armstrong to support people affected by cancer.
Jacobs, 27, can accomplish the first part on Saturday night when he fights Australian Jarrod Fletcher for the vacant WBA middleweight title (Showtime, 9 p.m. ET).
Making the story even better, Jacobs will get his long-awaited opportunity in his hometown of Brooklyn, at the Barclays Center, where he began his comeback from cancer two years ago.
He is fighting on a tripleheader card that includes undefeated, unified light welterweight champion Danny Garcia against Rod Salka in a 10-round, welterweight non-title bout, and IBF light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson against Edgar Santana for Peterson's title.
The Livestrong wish has yet to come to fruition for Jacobs, but either way, he wants to "be an advocate for the face of cancer."
With every passing day, new chapters in the Book of Daniel Jacobs are being written.
Jacobs, on the comeback trail from the only loss of his career – a knockout loss to Dmitry Pirog more than four years ago -- was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a life-threatening form of bone cancer that left him partially paralyzed with a softball-sized tumor that was wrapped around his spine. Doctors told him he would never walk, let alone box again. But Jacobs is a fighter and so he fought.
Beating cancer is one thing. Beating cancer and returning to the sport his loves is quite another. Jacobs has surprised himself by accomplishing both.
"I kind of see my life more like a movie now, where I can just sit back and see what unfolds," he told USA TODAY Sports by phone. "I never thought I would be at this point. Once I got the news I would be able to box again, it was very exciting, but it has surpassed my expectations for what I thought I could accomplish or will accomplish."
He knows he has been a great inspiration to anyone who has ever battled cancer. He embraces his role.
"For what I've overcome and am still overcoming, and accomplishing, says a lot," Jacobs says. "To not only be a cancer survivor, but to return to the sport of boxing, because, I mean, this is not basketball, this is not baseball, this is not a sport you play. This is a sport where you can die in the ring. So it says a lot to me to come back and be a world champion in that aspect.
"I do want to get my message across the world, and I do want to be an advocate for (beating cancer), so after I hopefully become the first cancer-surviving world champion, we'll see what unfolds."
His message has resonated globally, and even reached Deepak Chopra, the doctor, philosopher and author who Time Magazine hailed as "the poet-prophet of alternative medicine." Chopra recently sent two of his books to Jacobs.
"His whole outlook on life, his meditation, he taught me so much about being able to control my mind and doing so much for myself," Jacobs says of Chopra. "When I was in Australia earlier this year, I met a woman who worked with the organization that does his books. They got in contact and told him my story. So he very much knows of me. And when his books came in the mail, I was just so shocked and so surprised. Best gift I got in a while."
While the cancer is gone from his body, it remains in Jacobs' mind constantly.
"It's on my mind almost every day," he says. "Even though I was a victim, I look at myself as almost a super hero and it's like a movie. I never thought my life would take this course, I never thought I would get these opportunities. I commend myself, I kind of pat myself on the back because I never thought I could get through this. . . . and I'm very proud of that."
Jacobs (27-1, 24 KOs) views Fletcher (18-1, 10 KOs) as a logical step up in competition. He has not really been tested since his loss to Pirog in 2010, winning all seven of his fights by KO. But he's ready to make his move.
"I never take anything away from my opponents, but I feel like with the training methods I have, I feel like I'm so headstrong right now that I don't feel there's a way my opponent can beat me," he says. "I never say I'm going to go in there and beat this guy or that guy, but I do not see a way in which I can be beaten that night.
"It's my mind-set. I'm willing to die in there -- not physically, like if a doctor said you're going to die in there I'd say no, take me out -- but I've come to this point where I've trained all my life for this and I'm so ready I feel like this fight has the opportunity to "steal the show.' "
A win Saturday could put Jacobs in line for by far the biggest challenge of his boxing career, a unification bout against undefeated champion Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin, another Brooklyn product who is 31-0 with 22 KOs.
Jacobs wanted Quillin after his last fight, but realizes that Fletcher was probably the right opponent at the right time.
"I feel like the story just keeps getting better and better and better," Jacobs says. "The opportunities that I've been allowed to have just keep getting better. I would have never thought this could be possible at one point, like at the time I had my loss. So to get this opportunity is better than any I've ever had. So I really feel like I'm in a blessed and in a fortunate situation, to have access to all the champions (in the middleweight division)."
Jacobs recalls reading about the Barclays Center opening up while he was recovering in the hospital, never dreaming he might one day be fighting for a world title there.
"I only dreamed that I could one day fight again, and be at the inaugural show for the Barclays. That was it," he says. "I only wanted to get back to the sport I love.
"To have this opportunity is really mind-blowing. I get chills thinking about it all the time."


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Thursday, September 30, 2010
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Here is a close-up of the image, stained glass and shrubs.
Here is a pic of the shine from the glossy accents.
I also added some yellow silky rope/twine around the steeple ( center part of the card) just to give it that finished look and it also hides the pop dots when looking at it from the side.
For this card I used one of the New BIG Elaine Cox Halloween images called "Twilight Halloween" at Sweet Pea Stamps. These images are so much bigger than all the other Sweet Pea Stamps. My card is a 5.5 x 5.5 , so you can tell how big this image is. Supplies:
Stamp:"Twilight Halloween" Elaine Cox at Sweet Pea Stamps
Ink: Memento Tuxedo
Paper: Basic Grey "eerie", Bright green and black CS, the image was stamped on Neenah Solar Crest White CS
Accessories: EKSuccess Big Bat border punch, Prima Flowers, Flower punches, Making Memories Metal tag, silver adhesive pearls
Copics: E11, R01,E01,E00,E000, R22, R20
Clothes:YR09,YR07,YR04,Y38, G28,G14,G07,G08,FYG2,YG25,YG03 and YG01
Hair and gloves: C9,C7,C5,C3,C1
Tree: E47,E57,E35,E33,E31,E30,E29
Background: BV04,BV20,BV23,BV11,BV31,BV00,V01,V000
Moon: Y04,Y00, E50,E51,Y32
Look at this Elaine Cox( Starry Halloween) image from Sweet Pea Stamps!!!!!!! Isn't it just gorgeous??? This image is HUGE!! I have her on a 6x6 card, so you can tell how big it is. I had the hardest time trying to get a decent pic of my card.. it is so much prettier in person. Sometimes pics just don't show the true beauty of someone artwork. I love that I was able to get so much dimension in her dress with my copics.
For this one I used one of Samantha Rawlings images at Sweet Pea Stamps and the name of this image is "Lil' Witch" sheet #2 Plate #62. I think she is so cute with her one eye showing!! The artist of this images is only 18 yrs old and she draws some of the cutest images.
Owl's It Going????
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Little Red Riding Hood in Blue
I'm afraid my card today is quick one. Not a lot of embellishments but as with all of the incredible stamps at Sweet Pea Stamps, one uber cute little girl.
Ching Chou Kuik's Little Red Riding Hood series from Plate #65. Isn't she just the cutest? Like I said, not very many embellishments, just the gemstones.
The image is colored with Copics and after seeing Kym's gorgeous chalk backgrounds, I dug mine out. I still have to 'practice' some more, but I love the softness - just a hint of color. And since I used shimmery chalks, there's also a hint of shimmer.
I love coloring these images from Plate #65, they are so quick to color. And because they are not as detailed as chin chou kuiks fantasy art stamps, these stamps are perfect for paper piecing. What do you think? I think next time I'm going to try some paper piecing..... wanna join me?
Thanks so much for stopping by and if you haven't heard the news yet.... you are going to be in for a surprise so be sure to stop by the Sweet Pea Stamps shop!!! That's all I'm saying........ :-)
Seeing Red this Halloween
What a fun image to color! I had never done red hair before. I thought it would work well on this image and it was lots of fun to do! I went with a fun red/purple chalked background. I chose to keep the layout very simple since I wanted the image to be the focal point.
Supplies used on this project:
Image-Pick a Pumpkin, Ching Chou Kuik Sweet Pea Stamps
Papers-Neenah Smooth white card stock, black card stock, red glitter card stock, glossy black card stock
Skintones-yr0000, e000, e51
Eyes-bg05, b21, b23, 0
Hair-r35, r46, r59, 0
Hat/dress-w5, w7, w9, v15, v17, v09
Pumpkins-yr15, yr04, yr09, yg91, yg93
Kitty-w3, w5, r35, 0
Misc-red and purple chalks for background, Versamark pad for background, 3 red flat back gems (Hobby Lobby jewelry section)
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Welcome to the Sweet Pea Stamps Blog Hop!
Welcome to the Sweet Pea Stamps Blog Hop
Welcome to the Sweet Pea Stamps New Artist Release Blog Hop! If you would like to start at the beginning of the blog hop, please return to the Sweet Pea Stamps blog.
Sweet Pea Stamps is excited to announce its newest artists:
Brigid Ashwood
Brigid creates beautiful and whimsical fantasy images. The ones I adore the most is her Phunky Phairies
Today, the Sweet Pea Stamps DT has previews of each of the amazing new images. Including a new sheet of her Phunky Pharies images. This sheet is a first in a series of Brigid Ashwoods Phunky Phairies that will be released by Sweet Pea Stamps.
Also being released today is another new artist of ours:
Nikki Burnette
Nikki has a large selection of fairies, mermaids, witches, etc., something for everyone. She is one talented artist.
To recap, there are two new plates being released today:
Plate #73 Nikki Burnette's Fantasy Series
Plate #74 Brigid Ashwood's Phunky Phairie Series
Here is a complete list of today's DT blog hop links, organized by each stamp set:
Plate #73 Nikki Burnettes sheet #1:
Plate #74 Brigid Ashwoods sheet #1:
We will pick one winner for one free sheet of stamps. You must post a comment on each blog posting to be entered in the drawing. We will announce the winner on Thursday , Sept. 30th.
These sheets will begin shipping on Oct 12th.
Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the rest of the hop!
YOUR NEXT STOP ON THE HOP: Jennifer
Connie-The Dragonfly
Ex libris sticker tag
After sewing and doing other crafts this week I really missed colouring paper. Here I have used Lisa Victoria's book dragon from sheet 6 plate 63 and my oilpencils and distress ink You might wonder what this is: it's a sticker to put on the inside of your book. I wrote "ex libris" on the dragon's book, which means "this book belongs to". I left the other side of his book blank so the owner can write his of her name. After I coloured it I ran it through my Xyron-machine (it's a machine that makes a sticker of whatever you put in it) and then cut out with a nestie shape that I trimmed. I think this would be great as a little gift for someone that likes to read. Or why not make a bookmark out of it?
Monday, September 27, 2010
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A Couple of Halloween Witches
The first one is Twilight Halloween and I have colored it in black and white (with Copic Markers) and then added some sparkle with a Clear Stardust Sakura gel pen.
The Details:
Stamp: Elaine Cox's Twilight Halloween from Sweet Pea Stamps
Paper: The Paper Company (Black Glitter), Creative Imaginations (Red), and White card stock (Papertrey Ink)Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics: C0,C1,C3,C5,C7,C9,100
Misc: Sakura Clear Stardust pen, Corner Punch (SU), Ribbon (Offray)
For Starry Halloween I decided to make the witch green and tried to match her to my paper. She is also colored with Copics, but I did use Twinkling H2O watercolors on the moon to make it shimmer and a little Clear Stardust Sakura gel pen on the twinkling stars!
The Details:
Stamp: Elaine Cox's Starry Halloween from Sweet Pea Stamps
Paper: We R Memory Keepers, Garden Green card stock (SU) Black and White card stock (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Skin: G20,G21,G24 all w YG11 over it
Hair: G24,YG67,G29
Clothes: C3,C5,C7,C9,V04,V15,V17,B91,B93,B95
Background: B91,B93,B95,B97,E25,E27,E29,G20,G21,G24
Misc: Sakura Clear Stardust pen, Martha Stewart Edge Punch, Recollections Gems, Twinkling H2O Watercolors
Romantic jewelry or decoration bust
Hi everyone. Today I am super proud over how I managed to use my sweetpea stamps. I mentioned before that I didn't feel much like making cards lately. I've been feeling very "outside-of-the-box" and this is one of my best work yet.
I actually had the sewing and stand done a week or so ago, but the mojo wasn't really there for the final touch. So I let it mature for a couple of days and I'm really glad I did because I feel like I outdid myself.
I took a couple of photos in the beginning, but I seem to have misplaced them so this time the tutorial will be in writing more than pictures.
I started by drawing half a bodyshape on a folded piece of scrap paper. When I was happy with it I unfolded it, put it on a double folded piece of pink cotton fabric and traced around with a seam allowence. After that I inked one of my fav stamps, the serene night with black fabric ink and stamped on the side of one of the cotton pieces. I did the same with the "follow your dreams" text from plate 4. I masked them both and used only the flower parts from spring witch to stamp around.
The fabric pens I have are of very poor quality I think - very kindergarten-ish - so I thought of other ways to colour the image. My thoughts went straight to my beloved promarkers...Yes, the fabric is coloured with promarkers, even shaded as normal. It bled a little, but not more than the fabric pens I had and I think it looks nice. But I have to give you 2 tips straight away:
1.do not moisten your fabric when you iron - the colours will bleed instantly.
2. Attach the iron-on hotfix crystals before you colour if you do it by ironing them. I think I damaged my iron, Ooops! Be careful not to add crystals too close to the edges as they might brake the needle when you sew front and back together.
When you're happy with the colouring and crystals sew together the 2 body parts right sides facing leaving it open in the bottom. Leave an inch or so seam allowance as you will close that gap by hand and it's easier with more fabric to work with. As you can see I added a piece of lace over her head and hip to add some interest before I sewed the pieces together. Stuff the body with filling - I tried 3 or 4 times to get the neck right, but it didn't want to stop folding so I left it as is. I'm sure you didn't even notice it but it bugs the heck out of me. I'm trying to live with it though, lol.
The stand was hard to find so I made it myself from a stick and a round wooden button that I drilled a hole through. I glued them together and let dry. After that they were painted with white paint and pink shimmerz. I wanted to give it an aged look so I added clear rock candy crackle paint over it. Tip no 3: not a good idea. For some reason the shimmerz reacted with it leaving a thick mush. It looked like I had mixed sugar in there - not a pretty sight so when it dried I sanded it off (giving it a distressed look in the end, haha)
Then I sewed the opening of the bust, leaving a hole in the middle for the stick. The stick isn't glued or anything it's just pushed in the filling. I found a ribbon in my stash that was perfect for the romantic vintage feel I went for. It's reversed on the backside so it looks as good on both sides. I tied it around the stick and placed under the bust. I added some dry pink chalk to three cream paper flowers I had never used and glued them to the base.
Last thing on my to do list was to balance her out as a lot was going on on the bottom half. So I took 4 different flowers and glued them together. Then they were attached with a tiny pin a la real hatpin style.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
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White Leaf Mermaid- in brown
This image from Sweet Pea Stamps is drawn by Elaine Cox and titled "White Leaf Mermaid". Yes, I know that on my card the leaves are brown. I actually really enjoyed coloring this in a monochromatic manner using brown as my single color. I have done this before with black and greys, but never the brown. I really like the look. The seahorses on the side are just a fun little touch and made with a punch.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Plate #72
NEW Artist! Welcome Nikki Burnette
Cute little buttons
I haven't felt like playing with paper lately, but rather with other materials where I can use my Sweet Pea stamps.
Here I have made custom made Sweet Pea buttons. I've used nestabilities to cut out shapes in shrink plastic. I stamped with black staz on ink and set it aside to dry a while. When the ink was dry I coloured the images with oil pencils. Make sure to punch holes before you shrink the plastic. After you have shrunk them - either using a heatgun or oven - let it cool for a little while and ink the edges with a silver pen.
You can colour it to fit any piece of clothing you want and the best part: you will never have to change all the buttons because you lost one and didn't have any extra.
Stamps I have used:
pick a pumpkin plate 53
time flies, plate 38
red hearts, plate 28
Friday, September 24, 2010
Plate #71
Such a cute little bat boy
Sweet Pea Stamps has some absolutely FABULOUS Halloween images available. My favorite sheet, however, is STILL the one with this sweet little bat boy and bats on it. The sentiment here is also from the same sheet. Isn't that just the best font?
Starry Halloween
Hi everyone :) When I saw this new image illustrated by Elaine Cox for Sweet Pea Stamps, I was so excited! This image is SO beautiful and SO much fun to color. It stamps beautifully too. The image is called Starry Halloween. I first stamped the image on Neenah white cardstock and then colored the image with copics (e-mail me if you want the list, I used a lot!). I added some Stardust Stickles to the stars in the sky and I added some Glossy Accents to the owl's eyes (this is hard to see in the pictures, but it really gives a nice, fun effect). Next I created my card base out of SU cardstock. My DP is from DCWV (the new Halloween stack, I got mine at JoAnn's). For some finishing touches, I added some purple Offrey ribbon (last weekend I went to the Offrey outlet in Hagerstown and got probably 20 pounds of ribbon for less than $20 . . . such a fun trip!) :). I also added some pearls and some roses from Wild Orchid Crafts. What do you think?
Well, that's it from me today. Thanks so much as always for stopping by.
Hugs, Christine
Thursday, September 23, 2010
A Twilight Halloween
Before I talk about my card I just wanted to say that last week's Customer Gallery submissions were absolutely outta this world. I always enjoy the variety of cards and more than once I have thought "Now why didn't I think of that". Wonderful array of cards everyone!
For my card today, I pulled out some forgotten metalic paper and colored up Elaine Coxs' Twilight Halloween. Only too appropriate, as I was watching Twilight while coloring up this beauty.
I can't tell you how much fun it is to experiment with this image. I've used some of the darker Copic colors such as BV08 and B79 in the background. For the hair I used R14 and R08 and then came back with N6 to add shadows.
For my sentiment I used the Halloween sentiment from Holiday Vertical - Plate 13. This set is a must have! Seriously, I love that the sentiments are vertical because I always seem to think about a sentiment last. Which means I assemble my card and then realize I ran out of room :-). And I love to cut the sentiment apart like I did in this card.
What do you think? I hope you like it and if you get a chance, head over to the Sweet Pea Stamps shop to check out the specials and while you are there, pick up this beauty then grab your coloring medium of choice and experiment! It's addicting......
Supplies used on this project:
Card Stock/Papers:
Neenah Solar White super smooth, Kraft Ribbed card stock, DP retired SU , Bazzil orange, The Paper Co. Bronze Iridescent Metalic paper
Skin: E00, R02, E000 (blush: R20)
Hair: R14, R08, N6 and Pitt Artist Pen Red #127
Dress/Hat: V12, V15, V09, V17 and a little of FV2
Gloves/Hatband: YG03, YG07, YG00, G14, FYG2
Moon: R08, YR07, N5, Y38, Y04, Y15
Tree: E47, E57, E30, E33, E34
Owl: R05, E97, W-3, E08, C02, owl eyes Pitt Artist Pen Yellow #109
Leaves: FYG2, R08, YR65, YG25 and Pitt Brown #180 & Yellow #109
Background: BV08, B79, N5, N3, N1
NOTE: I used Pitt Artist Pen in Gray #272 to outline
Misc- Orange eyelets-Making Memories, black metalic trim-Design Work Crafts, Inc., Nestabilities Labels #8, Ice White Pearl Pen-Viva Decor
Connie-Off To Grandma's
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Dragons and Witches
This first set is Elaine Cox's newest Halloween themed images plate #67. Aren't they the sweetest things?
Elaine Cox's Best Friends:
Elaine Cox's Bubble Bubble:
Elaine Cox's Magical Night:
Elaine Cox's Trick or Treat:
Lisa Victoria's dragons are wonderful and so fun to color. These are all included on Plate #63.
Lisa Victoria's Balloon Dragon:
Lisa Victoria's Book Dragon:
Lisa Victoria's Dreaming Dragon:
Lisa Victoria's Pirate Dragon:


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Method helps surgeons evaluate own skills
Recent years have seen the rapid emergence of minimally invasive surgery procedures in operating theatres. However, the training of surgeons in this field still leaves much to be desired. Researcher Magdalena Chmarra has changed this state of affairs by developing a realistic training system which records and analyses the surgeon's movements. As a result there is now, for the first time, an objective benchmark for measuring a surgeon's basic skills in the field of minimally invasive surgery. Chmarra will receive her PhD for this research at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands on Monday 12 January.
Recent years have seen the rapid emergence of minimally invasive surgery procedures in operating theatres. Despite its considerable advantages, this relatively recent surgical technique still has a number of drawbacks. One such disadvantage relates to the training of surgeons, which is still, for the most part, delivered in a rather unstructured manner and, moreover, without any objective benchmark with which to measure the progress made by trainee surgeons.
Broadly speaking, there are currently two safe training methods for minimally invasive surgery. The first is the so-called box trainer, an enclosed rectangular box in which trainee surgeons can practise performing basic manipulative tasks with the surgical devices, such as picking up and moving objects. As they do this, they can be assessed by an experienced surgeon. Clearly, this is a somewhat subjective process. The other option is the virtual reality trainer, employing computer simulations, which allows for excellent recording and analysis of the surgeon's actions. However, this training method still has the major disadvantage that it lacks realism. For example, users feel no tactile response when performing surgical tasks.
Thus both of these training methods have their drawbacks. The Delft doctoral candidate Magdalena Chmarra has sought to change this situation by developing a training tool that is realistic for the surgeon and at the same time records and analyses the motion of the instruments manipulated by the surgeon. This is accomplished with an inexpensive and relatively simple tracking device known as the 'TrEndo'. A TrEndo incorporates three optical computer-mouse sensors which record the movements made by the surgeon in all directions.
The TrEndo has been extensively tested by medical staff at Leiden University Medical Centre, who rate the device highly. The movements that they performed with the TrEndo felt no different from those undertaken with the actual surgical devices. TrEndo is currently undergoing further fine-tuning at Delft University of Technology.
The TrEndo helps to identify the key factors underlying the basic skills required by surgeons, thus paving the way for objective benchmarking of their competence in the field of minimally invasive surgery. By means of motion analysis, Chmarra has therefore succeeded in arranging the basic skills of the participating trainee surgeons into a classification system which ranks them as being either expert, intermediate or beginner.


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In this lesson, students use the Vocabulary, Language, Prediction (VLP) approach to understand new vocabulary prior to reading. This approach provides a means of preteaching by using oral language activities and vocabulary words as a basis for predicting what might happen in a nonfiction reading selection. The VLP approach also aids in the structural analysis and morphology of words. Using identified vocabulary, students record synonyms, antonyms, categorization, dictionary usage, semantic analysis, part of speech, phonics analysis, structural analysis, and rhyming words. Once students complete the word study, they make predictions based on teacher-created questions related to the content. After reading the selection, students modify their predictions based on their reading and complete a crossword puzzle based on the vocabulary and word study. The VLP approach can be used in all content areas.
Interactive Crossword Puzzles tool: Use this tool to assess how well students match vocabulary words with definitions, synonyms, and antonyms.
National Geographic Kids: Ten Freaky Forces of Nature: Read the story Ten Freaky Forces of Nature and use it as the content area reading for this lesson.
Merriam-Websters Word Central: Have students use this site to identify synonyms, antonyms, definitions, and parts of speech for vocabulary words.
Baumann, J., Ware, D., & Edwards, E. (2007). Bumping into spicy, tasty words that catch your tongue: A formative experiment on vocabulary instruction. The Reading Teacher, 61(2), 108122.
- If we can instruct students in word study prior to reading a text, they will be more likely to understand what they read.
- Not only should we provide varied language experiences, we should teach word-learning strategies and individual words and also foster word consciousness in all content area reading.
Harmon, J.M., Wood, K.D., & Hedrick, W.B (2006). Instructional strategies for teaching content vocabulary, grades 412. Westerville, OH: National Middle School Association; Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
- Vocabulary learning is an ongoing process.
- Students have access to a wide range of content area reading.
- Direct instruction plays an important role in vocabulary learning. Integration, repetition, and meaningful use of vocabulary are integral instruction strategies for students retention.
Wood, K.D., & Robinson, N. (1983). Vocabulary, language, and prediction: A prereading strategy. The Reading Teacher, 36(4), 392495.
- Prereading strategies are important for accessing background information, relating prior knowledge to new knowledge, preteaching new vocabulary, and determining a purpose for reading.
- Vocabulary strategies and prediction strategies are merged into one prereading strategy.


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Thomas E. Tyson
The theme of our 1997 Thank Offering is "Praise Him for His mighty acts" (Ps. 150:2 NKJV).
This command is indeed laid upon the church of the ages, but it came first to God's elect nation Israel. She was called to extol the Lord for the deeds of power by which he separated her from the nations and saved her as the apple of his eye.
In obeying this exhortation, no Israelite would have failed to think of one event in particular, namely, the incident at the Red Sea. For it was on that occasion that the Lord dealt a crushing blow to the Egyptian oppressors of Israel and poured out his grace upon that unlikely, but greatly blessed people whom he had chosen to be his own.
What the Lord did for his people was not lost on them, for we read: "Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord: 'I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea' " (Ex. 15:1).
With these words, Moses and the Israelites, and in particular Miriam "and all the women ... with tambourines and dancing" (vs. 20), praised God for his miraculous and gracious deliverance of Israel. Pharaoh and his army had found the pursuit of their runaway slaves to be a deadly enterprise as they rushed headlong into the watery cul-de-sac designed by Almighty God for their destruction. "But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground" (vs. 19).
Our praise to God today can be enhanced by a study of the song of Moses, for it is our song too. The hymn has two perspectives, looking backwards and forwards, with effects upon the present. It extols, in both praiseful and hopeful song, God's victory over his and Israel's enemy at the Red Sea.
But the song is not the exclusive property of that ancient portion of God's church, for the last book of the Bible presents us with the whole host of God's victorious church, standing beside another sea, singing "the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb: 'Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty....' " (Rev. 15:3). Israel's song is ours, and ours is theirs! The choir of twenty-four elders (twelve tribes and twelve apostles?) knows well its theme song. Falling before the Lamb, they sing "a new song: 'You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation....' " (5:9).
Moses and the Israelites sang praise to God for his greatness and power: "In the greatness of your majesty you threw down those who opposed you" (Ex. 15:7). In metaphor they rehearsed the Lord's victory at the sea: "a warrior ... your right hand ... the blast of your nostrils ... the power of your arm." Concrete elements of that victory were recounted: "the horse and its rider ... chariots ... sank to the depths like a stone ... like lead ... the earth swallowed them."
The people of Israel extolled God as the sole agent of their deliverance: "your right hand ... your breath ... your nostrils ... your unfailing love ... your arm/strength." Israel did not lift a finger in her own defense. Even Moses' leadership is not mentioned in the song. The Lord alone brings about the wondrous salvation of his people.
But notice that the victory was not only in the past. In addition to the threat from Egypt, there were also dangers posed by nations yet to be faced: Philistia, Edom, Moab, and the people of Canaan (compare. vss. 14-15). But God can be trusted to deliver his cherished ones from them all. Is it true that the Egyptians "sank to the depths like a stone" (vs. 5)? Well then, don't be surprised when those other nations yet on the horizon become "as still as a stone" (vs. 16)! The song of remembrance is at the same time a song of hope.
That great Red Sea event needs to be understood.
First, for the Israelites, it was a door leading to their eventual possession of Canaan, the land of promise (Ex. 15:17), which is itself a picture of the rest that remains for the people of God (Heb. 4:9). That display of strength at the sea had as its goal the revelation of God's person (Ex. 15:11), the redemption of a people for himself, and their sanctification (vs. 13).
Second, by that mighty act, the glory of Israel's covenant-keeping God was displayed before the nations (vs. 14) as unopposable (vs. 16) and as timeless (vs. 18).
Israel was encouraged to know that the Lord is no local deity. He is the Creator of the ends of the earth! And when he stoops to attend to the desperate need of sinners whom he loves, the entire world simply must take notice:
"Ascribe to the Lord, O families of nations, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come into his courts. Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness; tremble before him, all the earth" (Ps. 96:7-9).
The church's praise of her God for his mighty acts is not faceless; it has certain very definite features.
First, it is centered on God. We bring our Thank Offering not primarily to further the work of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in missions and Christian education, important though that is. We bring it to praise God for his mighty acts! For we, too, at the end of the second millennium, join our voices with those of the twenty-four elders: "Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty." Here we find the song of the people of God, the song of Moses and the Lamb, sung by the whole church of Christ now and at the consummation of his kingdom.
The great deliverance of Israel from the Egyptians pictured the deliverance of God's people in all ages from sin and death. Those Israelites, standing and singing at the Red Sea, were a prophecy of those who would be victorious over Satan and who in the age of fulfillment would sing the song of redemption through Jesus Christ. For us today the song resounds with all the meaning and power of Calvary and with the victory over Satan granted there to Christ's people.
Second, the church's praise is corporate. The offering, like the song, is that of a people, not of so many individual persons. So often our praise is too individualistic, focusing on "I" and "me." It should be related to the church of the ages and sung in harmony with the twenty-four elders. It should include a sense that we are joining with the Israelites at the Red Sea!
Third, our praise is joyful. Singing or giving, we should exultwe should leap for joy! The recounting and remembrance of the grace of God displayed in Jesus Christ, who delivers us from all his and our enemies, should result in nothing less. But this is no syrupy pietism; it is objective, God-centered, united, and enthusiastic praise that is filled with God's justice as well as his love. Our song and our offering must be directed to the nature of God and his works and dedicated to revel in his glory. Our consuming passion must be to know and praise him in the fullness of the glory that belongs to him. "Sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted!"
We need to rediscover the place of a somewhat old-fashioned, but very biblical word: consecration. It means "setting apart, devotion." That concept had real relevance for the Israelites, you can be sure of that! For them, the Red Sea spoke of consecrationof being separated from Egypt, to whom they formerly belonged, and set apart for the Lord, to whom they now belonged and owed wholehearted and joyful devotion.
That same consecration needs to characterize the New Testament church. God's stunning victory over Satan at Christ's Calvary should evoke our response in song and in worship. With the Israelites, we need to watch the bodies of Egyptians float to the shore, and realize that that could have been us. And then we need to break forth into a paean of praise for God's victory:
"The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea."
Mr. Tyson is the general secretary for the Committee on Christian Education. Reprinted from New Horizons, November 1997.
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LONDON (Aug. 2, 2012) – The U.S. Olympic Men's Volleyball Team upset top-ranked Brazil 23-25, 27-25, 25-19, 25-17 Thursday evening in a battle of undefeated teams during an Olympic Games Pool B match at Earls Court in London.
Team USA, ranked fifth in the world and the defending Olympic Games champion, improves to 3-0 with nine points as the only undefeated team left in Pool B. The Americans continue Pool B on Saturday against Russia at 4:45 p.m. local time (8:45 a.m. PT) before concluding preliminary action on Aug. 6 versus Tunisia at 8 p.m. local time (noon PT). Brazil falls to 2-1 with six points in Pool B.
Team USA, with three Olympic Games titles to its credit, has now won 11 straight matches in Olympic Games competition, including the 2008 Olympic Games gold-medal match against Brazil. The U.S. has now leads Brazil 6-5 in Olympic Games matches.
Brazil came back from a 23-22 deficit in the opening set to win 25-23 with consecutive aces. The second set was full of roller coaster moments as Brazil scored eight straight points to overcome a 19-13 deficit. The U.S. recovered to take a 24-22 advantage, only to have Brazil save two set points and take a 25-24 lead. Team USA responded with the final peak with three straight points to close out the 27-25 victory. The U.S. used a 6-1 spurt in the third set to take a commanding 20-15 advantage and went on to win 25-19 as Brazil had troubles gaining momentum with five service errors. The Americans broke a 10-all tie in the fourth set with a 7-0 scoring run and ran away with a 25-17 victory to close out the match.
"The thing that stands out probably the most to me is that we got better as the match went on," U.S. Olympic Men's Volleyball Coach Alan Knipe said. "We passed the ball better, we blocked better and we served the ball better. We were much better in counter attack and in transition. I was happy with the team composure after losing the first set."
Team USA opposite Clay Stanley (Honolulu) led all scorers with 19 points with 16 kills on 29 attacks and three aces. Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.) added 17 points via 14 kills on 26 attacks, two aces and a block. Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.) collected 11 kills on 26 attacks, two aces and a block for 14 points.
"We hung in there," Priddy said. "We were tight in the beginning and tried to do too much defense. They are a great team, and we are really glad to beat one of the world-class teams. There are six teams that can do well in the rest of the tournament, so we need to work hard. We improved from the last match, which was important. We don't just need to win, we need to improve."
David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) contributed seven kills on 10 errorless attacks and two blocks for nine points. Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley, Calif.) pocketed seven kills on eight swings, on ace and once block for nine points. Donald Suxho (Korce, Albania) tacked on two kills and a block, while David McKienzie (Littleton, Colo.) rounded out the scoring with an ace.
Suxho provided 49 running sets on 81 assist attempts as the Americans converted 56.4 percent of its attacks with a .465 hitting efficiency (57-10-101). He added a team-high nine digs in the victory. Anderson was credited with a team-leading 21 excellent receptions on 27 attempts along with seven digs. Stanley and Rich Lambourne (Tustin, Calif.) handled eight digs each.
"It was an important match," Suxho said. "We worked hard and got better by sticking together and trusting each other more. (Brazil) is the best team in the world. The first set it was all them and we had to adapt and change for the second set."
Knipe started Priddy and Anderson at outside hitter, Lee and Holmes at middle blocker, Stanley at opposite and Suxho at setter. Rich Lambourne (Tustin, Calif.) is the designated libero for the tournament. McKienzie was a serving sub in all but the second set, while David Smith (Saugus, Calif.) was subbed into the contest in the first two sets. Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.) appeared briefly in the third set.
Team USA held advantages in all three scoring categories: 57-56 in kills, 6-2 in blocks and 9-5 in aces. Further, Brazil committed 28 errors including 17 on the service line to the Americans' 23 errors. In addition, the U.S. held a 39-31 margin in digs. Brazil converted 50.9 percent of its attacks, but with only a .364 hitting efficiency (56-16-110) as 16 errors proved costly.
"There are a lot of guys on this team who have played in big moments," Knipe said. "They are a confident group who have worked hard to get here. We are focusing on the here and now and concentrating on what we can control."
Leandro Vissotto paced Brazil with 15 points in the match, while Murillo Endres added 12 points. Lucas Saatkamp chipped in 11 points in the loss as eight different players scored at least two points.
The U.S. Men won the only prior match between the two teams in 2012, that being a four-set victory at the Pan American Cup when neither team utilized their Olympic Games roster. Before the 2012 meeting, Brazil had won five straight head-to-head matches in 2011.
In other Pool B matches, Germany (2 points, 1-2) rallied to defeat Serbia (4 points, 1-2) 22-25, 27-29, 25-18, 25-20, 20-18 and Russia (6 points, 2-1) topped Tunisia (0 points, 0-3) 25-21, 25-15, 25-23. In Pool A Bulgaria (9 points, 3-0) handled Australia (3 points, 1-2) 25-23, 25-21, 25-22 and Poland (6 points, 2-1) rebounded to defeat Argentina (3 points, 1-2) 25-18, 25-20, 25-16. Later tonight Italy (3 points, 1-1) faces host country Great Britain (0 points, 0-2).
Brazil scored first on its on serve following an Endres attack at 5-3. However, the U.S. came back with an Anderson klil and Lee block to tie the set at 5-all. Team USA took its first lead at 10-9 with a Stanley ace following a Holmes quick attack. The Americans extended the lead to 12-10 on consecutive Brazil errors. Brazil answered with an ace by Bruno at 12-all. The U.S. regained a two-point cushion at 15-13 with a Lee kill and Brazil attack into the net. Brazil knotted the score at 18-all after kill from Murilo, then took the lead at 19-18 on a USA attack error. Team USA responded with a spikes from Priddy and Stanley prompting Brazil to call a timeout down 20-19. Brazil reached set point with an ace by Vissotto at 24-23, then he added a second straight ace to close out the set 25-23. Stanley scored a team-high five points in the set, but Brazil's serve netted three aces.
Team USA used aces by Stanley and Priddy as part of a 4-1 scoring run to take a 4-2 advantage early in the second set. The Americans extended the margin to 6-3 with an Anderson block after a Brazil service error. Anderson served an ace off the net after his own kill to push the American lead to 9-5. The Americans extended the lead with an Anderson back-row kill and Priddy overpass spike at 11-6 prompting a Brazil timeout. Holmes and Priddy slammed kills prompting Brazil to call timeout down 19-13. After the break, Brazil cut three points off the deficit to 19-16 prompting Knipe to call timeout. Brazil scored a fourth and fifth straight points out of the break to close to 19-18. Out of a second USA timeout, the Americans hit wide allowing Brazil to knot the score at 19-all. Another two USA attack errors pushed Brazil in front 21-19 on an 8-0 run. Team USA broke the streak of points with a Priddy kill and Brazil followed with a wide attack to level the score at 21-all. Stanley scored a third straight point to yield a 22-21 American lead, then Priddy served an ace to extend the advantage to 23-21. Brazil tied the set back up at 24-all with an American attack error into the antenna. Brazil then regained the advantage at 25-24 with an unreturnable serve. Anderson responded with back-to-back points to return the lead to the U.S. at 26-25, then Brazil hit wide to provide the winning score at 27-25. Anderson tallied six points in the second set.
The U.S. grabbed an early 3-1 lead in the third set with kills from Holmes and Priddy. Brazil came back to square the set at 4-all after an American attack error, then went into the lead for the first time in the third set at 6-5. Consecutive Brazil errors put the Americans back into the lead at 7-6. Team USA stretched its lead to 13-11 with kills from Stanley and Lee. Brazil answered with two straight points winning the second on a block at 13-all. The Americans reached the second technical timeout leading 16-14 after back-to-back kills from Anderson and Priddy. Out of the break Anderson served a powerful ace to inch the margin to 17-14. The U.S. pushed its advantage to 19-15 with a Stanley kill and McKienzie ace prompting a Brazil timeout. Out of the break Stanley slammed a kill for a third straight point and part of a 6-1 scoring run to extend the lead to 20-15. Team USA ended the set at 25-19 with kills from Suxho and Anderson. Stanley scored five points in the third set, while Anderson and Priddy each added four points. Brazil committed five service errors in the set to keep it from gaining momentum.
Priddy tallied back-to-back kills to reverse the lead to the U.S. at 2-1 in the fourth set. Team USA extended its lead to 4-2 with kills from Holmes and Anderson. The Americans pushed the lead to 6-3 with another Holmes kill and Brazil back-row setter violation going into a timeout. Out of the break, Holmes found a seam for an ace at 7-3. Brazil stopped the run with back-to-back points at 7-5. Brazil scored consecutive points out of the first technical timeout to cut the gap to 8-7 and tied the set at 9-all. The U.S. regained a two-point cushion at 12-10 with a Stanley kill and Suxho block. Stanley added a third, fourth and fifth straight points with two kills and an ace off the net at 15-10. Team USA went into the second technical timeout leading 16-10 on a Brazil attack error, the sixth consecutive point for the Americans. Holmes added a seventh straight point with a block. Brazil answered with a kill and ace to slice the deficit to 17-12. Brazil narrowed the deficit to four points at 20-16. However, the U.S. scored four unanswered points with a Brazil error, Anderson kill and blocks from Priddy and Lee to reach set and match point at 24-16. Priddy ended the set at 25-17 with a kill.
2012 U.S. Olympic Men's Volleyball Team
1 - Matt Anderson (OH, 6-10, West Seneca, N.Y., Penn State)
2 - Sean Rooney (OH, 6-9, Wheaton, Ill., Pepperdine)
4 - David Lee (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Calif., Long Beach State)
5 - Rich Lambourne (L, 6-3, Tustin, Calif., BYU)
6 - Paul Lotman (OH, 6-7, Lakewood, Calif., Long Beach State)
7 - Donald Suxho (S, 6-5, Korce, Albania, USC)
8 - Reid Priddy (OH, 6-5, Richmond, Va., Loyola Marymount)
11 - Brian Thornton (S, 6-3, San Clemente, Calif., UC Irvine)
12 - Russell Holmes (MB, 6-8, Fountain Valley, Calif., BYU)
13 - Clay Stanley (OPP, 6-9, Honolulu, Hawai'i, Hawaii)
16 - David McKienzie (Opp, 6-4, Littleton, Colo., Long Beach State)
20 - David Smith (MB, 6-7, Saugus, Calif., UC Irvine)
Head Coach: Alan Knipe (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
Team Manager: Rob Browning (Newport Beach, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: John Speraw (Irvine, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Gary Sato (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Ron Larsen (Lafayette, Calif.)
Technical Coordinator: Chris Jackson (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Medical Support: Aaron Brock (Storm Lake, Iowa)
Scout Coach: Andy Read (Garden Grove, Calif.)
Scout Coach: Mike Sealy (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Pool A:
Bulgaria (9 points, 3-0)
Poland (6 points, 2-1)
Argentina (3 points, 1-2)
Italy (3 points 1-1)
Australia (3 points, 1-2)
Great Britain (0 points, 0-2)
Pool B
USA (9 points, 3-0)
Brazil (6 points, 2-1)
Russia (6 points, 2-1)
Serbia (4 points, 1-2)
Germany (2 points, 1-2)
Tunisia (0 points, 0-3)
July 29: Bulgaria def. Great Britain 25-18, 25-20, 26-24
July 29: Russia def. Germany 31-29, 25-18, 25-17
July 29: Argentina def. Australia 25-21, 25-22, 25-20
July 29: USA def. Serbia 25-16, 25-22, 25-21
July 29: Poland def. Italy 21-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-14
July 29: Brazil def. Tunisia 25-17, 25-21, 25-18
July 31: Serbia def. Tunisia 25-15, 25-21, 20-25, 25-18
July 31: Bulgaria def. Poland 25-22, 29-27, 13-25, 25-23
July 31: Italy def. Argentina 25-17, 21-25, 25-17, 25-23
July 31: USA def. Germany 25-23, 25-16, 25-20
July 31: Australia def. Great Britain 25-15, 25-18, 25-20
July 31: Brazil def. Russia 25-21, 25-23, 25-21
Aug. 2: Germany def. Serbia 22-25, 27-29, 25-18, 25-20, 20-18
Aug. 2: Bulgaria def. Australia 25-23, 25-21, 25-22
Aug. 2: Russia def. Tunisia 25-21, 25-15, 25-23
Aug. 2: Poland def. Argentina 25-18, 25-20, 25-16
Aug. 2: USA def. Brazil 23-25, 27-25, 25-19, 25-17
Aug. 2: Great Britain vs. Italy, 10 p.m.
Aug. 4: Germany vs. Tunisia, 9:30 a.m.
Aug. 4: Great Britain vs. Poland, 11:30 a.m.
Aug. 4: Australia vs. Italy, 2:45 p.m.
Aug. 4: Russia vs. USA, 4:45 p.m. (8:45 a.m.)
Aug. 4: Argentina vs. Bulgaria, 8 p.m.
Aug. 4: Brazil vs. Serbia, 10 p.m.
Aug. 6: Australia vs. Poland, 9:30 a.m.
Aug. 6: Russia vs. Serbia, 11:30 a.m.
Aug. 6: Italy vs. Bulgaria, 2:45 p.m.
Aug. 6: Great Britain vs. Argentina, 4:45 p.m.
Aug. 6: USA vs. Tunisia, 8 p.m. (noon PT)
Aug. 6: Brazil vs. Germany, 10 p.m.
Aug. 8: Quarterfinal Matches at 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m.
Aug. 10: Semifinal Matches at 3 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 12: Men's Bronze Medal Match, 9:30 a.m.
Aug. 12: Men's Gold Medal Match, 1 p.m.
Aug. 12: Men's Gold Medal Ceremony, 2:50 p.m.


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One sure way to tell when a soap character is being brought back is if he's suddenly mentioned by another character out of the blue. Margo Hughes (Ellen Dolan) recently hinted to husband Tom (Scott Holmes) that son Casey might be paroled in time for Christmas. Zach Roerig played Casey on As the World Turns but chose to leave when his contract was up. Thus Casey was sent off to prison for stealing Will's (Jesse Soffer) bonds.
Fast-forward a few months, and Casey will be back Jan. 29 and played by Billy Magnussen.
All I know so far about the actor is he was recently on Broadway's The Ritz, so if you have the talent to make it on Broadway, you're okay in my book.
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There's only one way a meal between the boisterous Brad Wong and boyish Eliot in Tecmo Koei's Dead or Alive 5 can possibly end. Or they could fight I guess. That works too.
In an amusing departure from the over-the-top fighting stages we've seen from the game so far, Brad and Eliot make their debut in a small Chinese house, the sort of place you'd expect wandering warriors to stop by for a break in a period anime.
It is, as it turns out, a very fragile tiny Chinese house.
Dead or Alive 5 destroys everything some elderly Chinese woman owns on September 25.


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