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ISPG section 126.96.36.199 states ATPCo will merge the downgraded Old IDEC data with the Old IDEC invoices received from non-migrated carriers and generate one consolidated output file and provide it to the billed carrier.
If in the Member Profile Output Files, the billed carrier does not select the "Down Converted IS Transaction To Old IDEC Format", does this mean that SIS billings will not be merged with non-SIS billings from non-migrated billings on Old IDEC?
Please confirm.
Hi Erik,
This functionality will only be enabled at go-live and not in the Sandbox environment. Therefore you will only be able to opt into this function in the Production environment.
I am concerned with this answer. If a carrier has not signed the Participation Agreement before close of October Period 1 , they will not have access to production IS-WEB and therefore will be unable to amend their Member Profile? If this is the case, then they will not get the correct output files required for their SIS migration strategy. Given the delay in the release of the Participation Agreement, I don't think this is an acceptable position.
Hi Konda,
To supplement my previous post, the Down Converted IS Transaction To Old IDEC Format option is available in the Member Profile to be configured by the Member. As a default setting, this option is selected (checked off) for all current IDEC users (to allow non-migrated carriers to receive the appropriate output files) – this is also documented in the Member Profile Template available on both the SIS website and SIS Forum.
If you not wish to have this option, it is important that you configure this in your Member Profile accordingly prior to the closing date of the Sandbox.
Best regards
Hi Claudia,
Sorry for this confusion. This option IS available to be configured in the Member Profile. So all current IDEC users in SIS will have this option selected as a default setting. If you would not like this output file option, then it is important that you deselect (uncheck) this in your Member Profile before Sandbox closes for the change to be reflected at go-live.
We realised this has been causing some confusion lately; we have amended the Member Profile Template to clarify this topic. Please refer to the latest version of this file available on both the SIS website and the SIS Forum (changes are done in red and there is also a Change Log available in the template).
Best regards,
HI Shanti,
If one is not currently an IDEC user, this option is irrelevant – yes, this is correct. Therefore, this option is grayed out (not editable) in the Member Profile for non-IDEC users.
Migrated airlines (ready to receive/process IS-format billings) ought not to be concerned with down-converted data – this is also correct. However, some airlines may choose to receive down-converted data as well as a backup, depending on their internal SIS migration strategy. So, as a migrated carrier, you may choose to receive one or several of the following options from your migrated billing partner:
- Old IDEC down-converted (if the Downgrade of IS-Format data to Old IDEC format option is checked)
[Again, you may choose this for backup reasons during your migration phase where you are using the new system for the first time]
For current IDEC users who are not yet migrated, this option is crucial as this is the only way they can receive invoices from their migrated billing partner. This is why the default setting for this option is 'checked'.
I hope this helps clarifies your concerns. Please also refer to the Technical Migration presentation on the SIS website (under SIS Media) for a detailed explanation of the output files available to migrated and non-migrated entities.
Hi Ashley
Actually there was no doubt in my mind at all as to why this option should be checked by non-migrated IDEC users. My concern was why there were at least 3 airlines interested in unchecking this option, especially when all these airlines appear to be ready to process/receive IS-format files.
After reading your reply, I thought that since this option has been checked off for all current IDEC users regardless of whether they will be migrated or not, it means that migrated carriers (who are also current IDEC users) will receive SIS billings in the IS-format files as well as in the old IDEC file which would create duplicate billings to migrated carriers. Which is why "unchecking" the option becomes important for migrated carriers.
But then I looked up the "Technical Migration" presentation as suggested by you, and realized that this is not correct – migrated carriers will never receive SIS billings in the old IDEC file – please see slide #5. This is also in accordance with the ISPG (section 188.8.131.52). If this is the case:-
(1) How do migrated carriers receive an extra set of back-up data?
(2) Back to my original question – why would a migrated carrier uncheck the option when it is irrelevant to them?
Please clarify if the Technical Migration presentation/ISPG are correct or not. If they are not, and what you have said in your reply is the correct situation, then airlines would:-
(1) "Uncheck" this option to avoid double billing.
(2) Leave it alone to receive back-up billings.
Is this correct?
Hi Shanti,
Slide 5 of the Technical Migration provides you with an overview of the old IDEC file process between migrated and non-migrated billed entities. However, what should not be implied from this slide is that migrated carriers will never receive SIS billings in the old IDEC file – this is not correct. The ISPG v3.2, Section 184.108.40.206 also does not state as such. If you look at the previous slide (slide 4) of the Technical Migration presentation, you will see that the Old IDEC down-converted goes from ATPCO to the billed entity, regardless of migrated or non-migrated.
So referring to my previous post, if the Downgrade of IS-Format data to Old IDEC format is checked for a migrated entity, they will receive SIS billings in both IS-Format and Old IDEC format, which as you mentioned, may not be an option a migrated billed entity would like to choose. In this regard, this is an option SIS gives and it is up to the migrated billed carrier to opt in/out to suit their internal SIS migration strategy.
Hope this helps.
I now see why we appeared to be talking at cross-purposes - I was referring to ISPG ver 3.1 which has since been modified to ver 3.2 and so I stand corrected. I still feel that the Technical Migration presentation is misleading and should be rectified just in case anybody refers to this document alone while devising their strategy (especially because this issue is of such a critical nature).
Thank you for being so patient.
It was my pleasure. I will also pass this comment on to the owner of the presentation.
Hi Rikka,
We have raised a Help Desk case from your email regarding this issue. The case has now been solved pending your review and acceptance, for your reference the case # is 01987203.
Kind regards,
From: TURUNEN RiikkaPosted At: Thursday, October 13, 2011 7:20 AMPosted To: SIS Forums - Requirements & FunctionalityConversation: Downgrade of IS-Format data to Old IDEC formatSubject: Downgrade of IS-Format data to Old IDEC format
Hello Ashley,
You mention about the selection of Down Converted IS Transaction to Old IDEC Format that "all current IDEC users in SIS will have this option selected as a default setting". This is also mentioned in SIS Bulletin (Sep issue 3). Now that I'm checking this option, it is not selected and there is no way to edit it! We need also this down converted file, so please advice what to do and why it's not selected. I already contacted SIS Help Desk but haven't received any answer yet.
From: Posted: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:38 AMSubject: Downgrade of IS-Format data to Old IDEC format
The SIS Help Desk has attended to this issue and ensured that the data is transposed accordingly.
The Downgrade of IS-Format data to Old IDEC format is an option that will take immediate effect upon any changes. So you will be able to receive your down-converted data for the current period billings. The merged old IDEC file (which contains both old IDEC down-converted and old IDEC data) is sent from ATPCO on a monthly basis, so you will receive your first file in November.
From: TURUNEN RiikkaPosted At: Friday, October 14, 2011 12:49 AMPosted To: SIS Forums - Requirements & FunctionalityConversation: Downgrade of IS-Format data to Old IDEC formatSubject: Downgrade of IS-Format data to Old IDEC format
Hi Ashley,
Thank you, the down converted option is now selected on our member profile.
I'm still wondering what has happened. Why the option was not selected even though it was mentioned several times before go-live that it is selected in every profile (IDEC users). And have we already missed something or will we get all the data also in down converted format? How often is this down converted file created?
Thanks for your help!
From: Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2011 10:14 AMSubject: Downgrade of IS-Format data to Old IDEC format
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Two years ago, Amy began experiencing painful acidity after eating. Any time she ate too much, dined late, or ingested rich or greasy foods, she felt a sharp, burning sensation between her ribs just below the breastbone. The heartburn brought on gas, cramps, and diarrhea. Heartburn is caused by stomach acids backing up into the lower esophagus, the tube that leads from the mouth to the stomach. Not wanting to rely on Tums or prescription medications, she decided to turn to yoga for help.
Amy's first step toward self-healing was to bring more mindfulness to her eating. To prevent the acid reflux, she avoided eating late. To avoid setting off digestive fires, she monitored her intake of greasy, pungent, and spicy foods. Since swallowing in big lumps can cause indigestion, she focused on chewing well in order to process food correctly. Amy also watched her intake of red wine and coffee, for those brought on burning pains and diarrhea (as acidic foods and beverages tend to do with pittas). Wine, she said, also dulled her awareness of being full, and she wanted to avoid overeating, a common pitta habit.
When people feel deficient or excessive in the third chakra, they often ingest substances such as sugar or coffee to manipulate their sense of power. The substances give a temporary reprieve, but in the long run render an even greater depletion, as they deprive the body of rest and well-being. Those with overactive third chakras, like Amy, may crave things that sedate, such as alcohol, tranquilizers, or overeating. Such behavior calms the hyperactive nervous system and creates a sense of relaxation—but only superficially, not in a way that promotes genuine health. For that, we're better off seeking the wisdom of yoga and Ayurveda.
The best poses for pittas with digestive problems are supported backbends on bolsters. Backbends cool the agni by lifting the diaphragm and extending the abdomen. Pittas usually protest that they are too busy to rest and do nothing. Yet cooling the mind and calming the body is what they need most for balance.
The pose Amy found most comfortable and enjoyable was Supta Baddha Konasana (Reclining Bound Angle Pose), which she held for 20 minutes. She also did Supported Supta Sukhasana (Reclining Easy Cross-Legged Pose) for five minutes, and an upright variation of Parsvottanasana (Side Stretch Pose) facing a wall. With her hands on the wall at about shoulder height, Amy could lift her diaphragm and chest, increasing abdominal blood supply and reducing digestive acidity.
When suffering from acidity, pittas should avoid poses that compress the abdominal area, especially forward bends such as Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend) and Paschimottanasana (Seated Forward Bend). Pressure creates heat, and pittas need to cool their inner fire, not stoke it. Asanas such as Virabhadrasana I (Warrior I), Trikonasana (Triangle), and Parivrtta Trikonasana (Revolved Triangle) lift the diaphragm area and extend the esophagus and the top portion of the stomach. This reduces the reflux of gastric contents, cools the solar plexus, and arrests acidity. Standing poses also increase the blood supply to the abdominal organs and help tone them.
Inversions should not be done during the acute phase of acidity, because they can cause headaches and vomiting. However, when the digestive system feels just a little off, it is fine to practice Shoulderstand, for it's cooling. (Avoid Headstand at such times, however; it's too warming.) A regular practice of all the inversions during the dormant stage of acidity serves to tone the abdominal organs and promote overall health.
Over the last two years, Amy has worked hard. Her heartburn rarely reappears. She has come to love restorative poses and turns to them when she feels ill or finds her controlling impulse emerging. For instance, she recently told me that not long ago, when she drank a glass of orange juice just before meditating and her stomach began to burn soon after she sat and closed her eyes, she lay over her zafu into a backbend and felt better within minutes. She later realized that in those first few minutes of meditating, she had been diligently planning her day; after her "belly break," she felt more spacious and calm—and better able to simply follow her breath.
Amy now recognizes how reactive she used to be, especially with her children, and in these two years she has tried to be a more sensitive listener. She understands that she has a "hot" disposition, but she is learning to relax through pPranayama, meditation, and yoga, rather than seeking to control the world around her, as pittas are wont to do. In time, her practice should help her develop a deeper sense of her inner power, the sense that comes from feeling connected to one's self and to others. Then, instead of an overstoked internal furnace, she will feel a truer, more enduring vitality flowing effortlessly through her, like warmth from the sun.
Kapha: Slow But Steady
The general theme of the kapha body type is relaxed. Kaphas are slow to anger, slow to eat, and slow to act. Their sleep is long and sound. Heavy, solid, and strong, kaphas often have thick, oily, wavy hair and cool, damp skin. Although they are known to procrastinate and be obstinate, they can also be very tolerant, forgiving, and affectionate. With a tendency to be overweight, kaphas have sluggish digestion. They are prone to obesity, high cholesterol, and respiratory problems like allergies, congestion, and sinus disorders.
Carol, 42, is just over five feet tall with pale skin, thick black hair, and a great belly laugh. She struggles with her weight, slow metabolism, and sinus problems. Carol regularly vows to devote more time to her body and begins to exercise and do yoga. Then her work hours become longer, and her physical activity stops. Eventually, she feels like a "heavy little ball," and the process begins again.
Carol was one of my first yoga students 11 years ago. I gave her weekly privates in her apartment. In retrospect, the private sessions were the best yoga years for Carol. She never canceled a meeting, we went at a pace that was just right for her, and we got to know each other more intimately, joking and sharing about our families and weekend plans. Two years later, when she joined one of my public classes and ended our privates, her attendance became very irregular, and she confided how her self-esteem plummeted when she compared herself to other students whose bodies seemed so capable and slim. I always reassured Carol, for, in fact, she was doing very well. (Many kaphas feel as Carol did—which might explain why most yoga classes are dominated by pittas and vatas. Kaphas often prefer to move at their own tempo and may feel self-conscious about their bodies in group-exercise situations. My kapha students tell me it can easily be more enticing to stay at work or rest at home and read.) A few years ago, Carol called me to begin two months of privates. She wanted weekly help because she was feeling particularly stuck and full in her body, and she was also constipated and bloated.
In Ayurveda, kaphas are considered to be cold, heavy, and wet. Because of low agni, they have very slow digestion. Kaphas need sweaty cardiovascular exercise and abdominal toning to eliminate toxins and dampness throughout the body. The fiery third chakra represents our "get up and go"; a healthy chakra burns up inertia. I gave Carol a yoga practice emphasizing twists, abdominal toning, Sun Salutations, and standing poses, which she practiced almost every day. After a month, she felt toned and less prone to hemorrhoids, and as her metabolism improved, she even dropped a few pounds.
Pat Layton, the director of the San Francisco Iyengar Institute and an Ayurvedic counselor, notes, "The ancient yogis believed, 'As above, so below.' Agni was worshipped in the sun, and our portion of the cosmic sun was the third chakra, the fire inside of us. The yogis believed that good digestion is a key to radiant health." It's not surprising, then, that the traditional Sun Salutation was composed of 12 positions in which the stomach was alternately expanded or compressed-balanced, rhythmic movement similar to peristalsis. The forward bends (such as Uttanasana and Downward-Facing Dog) create heat, which kaphas need. The backbending positions (Tadasana backbend; lunging and extending the arms up; and Cobra) are cooling. I encouraged Carol to practice the Sun Salute six to 12 times each morning, letting the vinyasa become fast and sweaty. By practicing in the morning, Carol jump-started her metabolism and kicked it into gear for the day.
We also practiced twists, including a chair twist and stomach strengtheners like Urdhva Prasarita Padasana (Upward Extended Foot Pose) and a variation of Navasana (Boat Pose). Over time, we practiced all of the standing poses (with perspiring encouraged) and used ropes to move rapidly between Upward-Facing Dog and Downward-Facing Dog. Inversions help kaphas increase their digestive fire. We emphasized Setu Bandha (Bridge), Halasana (Plow), and Sarvangasana (Shoulderstand), because their chin locks stimulate the thyroid and parathyroid glands, which govern healthy metabolism. In addition, Carol practiced rapid diaphragmatic breathing (kapalabhati), bellows breathing (bhastrika), and an upward abdominal lock (uddiyana bandha)—excellent pranayama techniques that massage the intestines, relieve constipation, and eliminate toxins in the digestive tract. And as an adjunct to her practice, Carol rested on her left side for at least five minutes after eating dinner. According to Pat Layton (who encourages all doshas, but especially kaphas, to do this after meals), "This opens the right nostril, the side of the body that represents heat. The increased fire improves digestion."
Carol felt most alive when her belly was heated and toned. "My increased stomach strength made me stand taller and feel less round," she says. "It supported my back and my sense of balance." She came to realize that rich foods and dairy products not only slowed her digestion, but also affected her thinking and overall ability to function well.
Today, Carol's job continues to place overwhelming demands on her time, making it difficult for her to keep up her practice. This shouldn't be surprising, not just for Carol but for anyone: Establishing and maintaining balance—whether in Tree Pose or in one's digestive system—requires constant attention and commitment. But Carol has made real progress, both in her yoga and in her attitude about herself. "It's perfectly fine with me that I don't advance quickly in yoga," she says. "I'd be much worse off today without it."
Barbara Kaplan Herring has practiced yoga and meditation since 1978. For more information about her classes in Berkeley and El Cerrito, California, e-mail her at email@example.com
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She is still a work in progress. Need some better wheels and support for the drop leafs. Trim around the drawers and sides. I'm not satisfied with the top drawer, I'll fix it later. The good thing about this workbench it's zero cost due to all materials were given to me.
What should I put on the bench top to preserve it?
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I like the kick under wheels. I've been thinking about trying that out on the next tools bench I make. How do you like them?
For the preserving part. Just like the bench, I'd use whatever was handy (free). Alternatively, I'd use something I've been wanting to try or need more practice with. Better to practice on some shop furniture and learn on that, then on a show piece.
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@Puffin…. I like the wheels but I might change them to be fixed to the bench and just add 2 locking casters. The only problem is when I kick the casters in or out I need to becareful if I have stuff on the bench.
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Under intense police questioning, Joran told a different story than the one he'd told Beth and Jug Twitty while standing in his driveway. The change to the story was the first of several he would make as he reshaped the telling of his time with Natalee.
Joran said he met Natalee at Carlos 'N Charlie's Sunday night, May 30. She wanted him to dance with her, he said, but he declined her offer. According to Joran, Natalee kept pursuing him.
"She was like, come on, we'll go take a jelly shot," Joran said during an ABC News television interview. "So she took me by the hand and she took me to the bar. And she jumped on the bar and laid down and told the bartender to, to give me a jelly shot to put in her bellybutton and take a jelly shot off her."
After Joran sucked the shot of rum from Natalee's navel, the two of them piled into Deepak's Honda and headed to the beach. Deepak dropped them off near the Marriott Hotel and then he and his brother went home.
Joran said he and Natalee kissed and fooled around some on the beach.
"As I remember it," Joran said during the same interview, "she was laying on top of me kissing (me) and we were touching each other. And I ended up-she put her hands in my pants, and I put my hands in her pants andthat's as far as it went."
They didn't have sex, Joran said. Natalee wanted to but he refused because he didn't have protection. "I won't have sex with a girl without a condom."
After a while, Joran said he got tired. He had school in just a few hours. He claimed Natalee begged him to stay on the beach with her for the rest of the night. Teasing, he picked her up and tried to carry off the beach, but she insisted he put her down. Eventually, again according to Joran, he left Natalee on the beach. He placed a cell phone call to Deepak, who came and picked him up. The last time he saw Natalee she was sitting in the sand facing the ocean.
Joran said he lied about taking Natalee back to her hotel because he was scared. "I didn't want anyone to know," he told ABC News. "I didn't want anyone to know I left her at the beach. I lied because, yeah, I was scared. I had a girlfriend at the time. I didn't want my dad to think bad of me. I didn't want my friends to think bad of me."


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Working mom Erin Star Hughes pays roughly 40 percent of her income to child care costs. "I believe that I spend 9 to 10 thousand dollars a year on childcare, if not more," Hughes said, Rebecca Rectenwald is forking over roughly $100 a week to get her little girl cared for while she's at work. "We don't have a car, we ride the bus, we have Dr. Dinosaur, we have WIC," she said.Governor Shumlin is pushing a plan he says will help bring those costs down. He wants to use $17 million from the state's Earned Income Tax Credit to do it.Under the proposal a single mom with two kids, in child care, making around $40,000 a year would go from paying roughly $850 a month for child care, to $300 with the new subsidies. "You often hear people say, well you know you are taking from one group and giving to another. I argue no, you are making a choice about Vermont's future," Shumlin said.Chris Curtis with Vermont Legal Aid said tapping into the EITC is the wrong answer. "This is a cornerstone for low-income, working Vermonters and we want to see it preserved and protected," he said.Curtis said thousands of Vermonters depend on the tax credit to pay for things like rent, food and fuel. He argues that Shumlin should look elsewhere to cover the expanded benefits, but offered no suggestions. "That's a question for the Legislature and a question for the administration and they should be looking at all the possible options, not just honing in on one benefit program that we know already works for working Vermonters," he said.Shumlin took on critics challenging him to dip into another pot, saying the options are limited. "Talking about alternatives sound great until you try and go find them," he said.Shumlin's child care plan is part of a larger effort to transform Reach Up, the state's welfare program. He said it's a much-needed move to fix a broken system. "Our current system freezes our kids in poverty, it freezes our parents in poverty and we can do much better," he said.A big question now is whether the governor will be able to get the Legislature on board.
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FREDERICTON (GNB) – Fifteen works of art by 13 contemporary New Brunswick artists have been acquired through a peer jury selection process by the New Brunswick Art Bank.
"In 2011-12, $30,000 worth of art work was purchased and I am pleased to confirm that an additional $10,000 has been set aside for on-going conservation of existing pieces in the Art Bank," said Culture, Tourism and Healthy Living Minister Trevor Holder.
New Brunswick artists were invited to submit works to the Acquisitions Program. Eighty-two submissions from all regions of the province were reviewed by the five-member jury and 28 artists were invited to present their works to the jury for consideration.
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Joel Boudreau (St. Simon); Luc Charette (Baie de Bouctouche); Jasmine Cull (Fredericton); Eric Edson (Sackville); Darren Emenau (Central Greenwich); Jared Peters (Saint John); Dennis Austin Reid (Dorchester); Evan Rensch (Riverview); Dan Steeves (Sackville); Anna Torma (Baie-Verte); James Wilson (Hampton); and Xu Dan (Saint John).
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Members of the jury for the 2011-12 Acquisitions Program are professional artists and art professionals: Anne-Marie Sirois (Moncton); Deanna Musgrave (Saint John); Vicky Lenz (Edmundston); John MacDermid (Fredericton); and Anna Hepler (Eastport, Me.).
"I thank our artists for submitting works for consideration, and the jury for their work," said Holder. "The New Brunswick Art Bank serves as a record of excellence in the visual arts and a celebration of what enriches our culture. By celebrating our artists and their work, we help elevate New Brunswick's quality of life."
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If you support open source, one of the initial things you learn is that you must bash Microsoft. It's understandable; of all the proprietary software companies in the world, the one in Redmond takes the cake for ill will toward the open source community. Just look at the famed "Halloween documents" to see the extent of the bad blood.
Through the years, this atmosphere of mutual animosity has inspired a number of people to try to get their shots in. Case in point: Last week blogger John Cowan submitted the text of Microsoft's Community Shared Source software license to the Open Source Initiative (OSI), for consideration as an approved open source license. He did it without Microsoft's knowledge. When OSI representatives inquired whether Microsoft would like OSI to go ahead with the evaluation, the software giant politely declined.
Good joke, right? After OSI shot down the Shared Source license, it would be obvious to anyone that Microsoft's purported overtures toward open source are a sham. High fives all around.
But then, Microsoft never claimed that Shared Source was open source. Not long after the program was launched, I spoke to Jason Matusow , who was then the director of the Shared Source initiative. He described Microsoft's licensing strategy as "a spectrum approach," and acknowledged that the purpose of releasing Windows code under a Shared Source license was not to let customers tinker with the OS, but merely to give them "a reference mechanism."
Microsoft issued an e-mail statement in response to Cowan's actions: "Each source-licensing program under the Shared Source Initiative is tailored to the needs of a particular Microsoft constituent community and can be applied as a model for increasing code transparency throughout commercial software."
It's easy for open source advocates to deride this attitude. Source code or not, they'll argue, nothing has really changed at Microsoft. But are they right?
Even as Cowan was busy with his stunt, Microsoft was reaching out in the other direction. Last week Sam Ramji, the director of Microsoft's Open Source Software Lab, extended a unique invitation to coders from the Mozilla group. For four days in December, Firefox and Thunderbird developers will have the chance to work side by side with Microsoft employees to ensure that their code runs its best on the upcoming Windows Vista OS.
Of course the Mozilla developers accepted. Who wouldn't? And yet Microsoft evidently had its doubts, because rather than sending its invitation by e-mail, Ramji chose to post it to the public Mozilla forums. The reason? He was afraid the Mozilla group might have an e-mail filter that blocks all incoming mail from microsoft.com.


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Evangelism methods need changing
Youth expert Mark Matlock, creator of PlanetWisdom.com, the Internet ministry of WisdomWorks Ministries of Dallas, said that current evangelism methods are not working for today's youth and must be changed to reflect the way today's students think. by Shannon Baker.
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NEW ORLEANS (BP)--Current evangelism methods are not working for today's youth and must be changed to reflect the way today's students think, said youth expert Mark Matlock, creator of PlanetWisdom.com, the Internet ministry of WisdomWorks Ministries of Dallas.
Sharing the emerging trends in student evangelism he has learned from research conducted for his ministry by the Barna Research Group, Matlock told youth ministry scholars at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary's third annual Youth Ministry Institute that teens in this postmodern culture are more resistant to the Gospel and therefore, current evangelism approaches that were effective in the modern culture are not working anymore.
Matlock was one of 16 speakers of this year's YMI "Color Outside the Lines" conference, held during the weeks of Jan. 7 and Jan. 14 with more than 120 youth ministry participants. Other guest speakers for the two one-week-long events included nationally-recognized youth ministry leaders, such as Chuck Gartman, Go To Youth Ministry, Franklin, Tenn.; Sam Davis, Right Track Ministries, Spartanburg, S.C.; Sue McAllister, Reach Out Ministries, Tupelo, Miss.; Len Taylor, North American Mission Board; Huey Bratton, a licensed professional counselor from Jacksonville, Fla.; Jim Minton, a psychology professor from the University of Mobile (Ala.), and other experts from Southern Baptist churches and entities.
Explaining that today's generation is spiritually active -- they outpace adults in the areas of spiritual activity, church attendance, Sunday school participation, prayer, small group interaction and evangelism, Matlock said that the data from over 600 students in the Barna study [balanced for gender, geography, and age-range] shows that "we are just breeding Christians."
The churches with the most children have the most converts, he explained.
"The problem is that we are missing huge generations of teenagers," Matlock said. He pointed out that the probability of a person accepting Christ between the ages of 5 to 13 is 32 percent. There is a four percent probability of doing so within the ages of 14 to 18; and a six percent chance from age 19 to death.
"Ninety-six out of 100 teens will be lost for eternity if we do not figure out how to reach them," he lamented.
According to the Barna study, though four out of five of the students interviewed identified themselves as Christian, when pressed, only 32 percent could be identified as "born again," Matlock reported. Forty-nine percent were severely questionable regarding salvation, he said.
"There is a need for comprehensive biblical teaching and thinking theologically because the basic teachings are overlooked too often," he determined. He cited examples from the study, which indicated that 61 percent of the students in the study did not know the John 3:16 passage, 94 percent did not know the Great Commission passage, and 66 percent did not know what the Gospels were.
Furthermore, even the "cream of the crop" youth evangelizers (those who said they shared their faith at least once in the past year) are lacking in their basic doctrine. To note, one in ten believe that the Bible is not accurate in all that it teaches; one in five believe that Jesus sinned while on earth; one in four do not acknowledge the real existence of the Holy Spirit; one in three do not acknowledge the existence of the adversary Satan, and one in two believe that truth is relative, Matlock accounted.
"It is not good for students to have zeal without knowledge," he said, pointing to Proverbs 19:2.
"We must reevaluate the way in which we do things and reach out to people," Matlock said, stressing the importance of understanding the postmodern generation, which is not as rational as the modern culture, and to whom authenticity, reality, and genuineness matter more.
As an example, Matlock, known for doing magical illusion tricks as an introduction to evangelism, compared the modern magician David Copperfield with the postmodern street magician David Blain. Copperfield does what is logically impossible, but does not engage the audience in the experience, Matlock said, explaining that his methodology worked for the modern thinker. On the other hand, Blain, who is much less precise in what he does, engages people, having learned that today's culture would rather be in the experience than see a perfect show.
Noting the emphasis on personal involvement and individuality, Matlock cautioned against putting evangelism in a "box." He noted that the world is marketing uniqueness and individuality, and that Christians stress that every life is uniquely created, yet Christians tend to use the same evangelism methods over and over.
"Instead of using the same tool for sharing Christ with every unique individual, we need to adjust our evangelism as a tool box where different things may be pulled out in each situation," he said. "There is no one approach to reaching all students.
"God has made each individual unique and placed youth ministers in ministries with unique students. We must wrestle over this and become shepherds that focus on disciple-making verses convert-making," he said.
"The reality is that we need to change the deep structure of our strategy, not simply our style of evangelism," he said. "We have to move from teaching that evangelism is leading a person into the 'Sinner's Prayer' and realize that it is more of a disciple-making process that's needed.
"We must present evangelism as a long-term process, rather than a simplified 'microwave' experience," he added. That approach does not work with today's students, he said, particularly in light of the way Christians are viewed.
"For better or worse, non-Christians do not tend to see much difference between Christians they know and other people who are not Christian," Matlock noted. "In all, 83 percent of non-Christians said that, based upon their impressions of Christians they know, they would say that Christians are not significantly different from other people."
Therefore, people need to ask permission to share the Gospel and must respect the listener, he stressed. Drawing from Seth Godin's Permission Marketing, Matlock said that many people today see evangelism as an interruption. "We must not teach the Gospel with wise and persuasive words, but with the power of the Gospel," he said, pointing to 1 Corinthians 2:1-5.
"We must eliminate the 'pitch' type presentations of the gospel, and focus more on prayer evangelism, and service evangelism," he said. "We must teach students how to identify needs of people and train them how to meet them."
Matlock said that youth ministers also must equip their students with a Christian worldview, which is the premise for his student conferences and web-based ministry, www.planetwisdom.com. Utilizing the unique teaching talents of Matlock and others, WisdomWorks provides churches with quality resources and events to draw their students toward a deeper walk with Jesus Christ. In addition to their programs for teenagers and college students, WisdomWorks offers cross-generational events for family camps and father and son retreats and provides ministry programming for the Student Conferences with Mark Matlock and MercyMe.
More than a replication of undergraduate and graduate classes offered during the regular academic semester, NOBTS' YMI exposes students to youth experts who make presentations on a wide range of leading edge topics for student ministry, bringing over 200 years of collective youth ministry experience to the classroom.
"The YMI strategy is to extend the mission of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary through leadership in advanced research, practical application, quality training, and on-going dialogue for those who work with youth," said Allen Jackson, NOBTS associate professor of youth education and director of YMI.
"Each year, we try to focus on the 'bread and butter' of youth ministry -- discipleship and evangelism," said Jackson. "Our evangelism emphasis this year challenged students to 'color outside the lines' in order to strategize youth ministries that will reach students with the Gospel."
To review each speaker's notes from this year's YMI, visit online at
. For more information on the "Teens and Evangelism Report," conducted by Barna Research Group for Mark Matlock and WisdomWorks Ministries, visit the resource store online at www.planetwisdom.com.
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Also, I'm gleefully divulging that this entire article is an homage to the American master of Mexican cuisine, Rick Bayless. The recipe for rellenos was pulled from his masterful book "Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking From the Heart of Mexico," which is the book to read if you want to master the fundamentals of authentic Mexican cooking. The incredible master-class margarita is from his book "Frontera: Margaritas, Guacamoles and Snacks." I will probably come back to these books before the season is done. Please buy his books.
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First and Ten: Cheese-Stuffed Chili Rellenos
Let's start with the sauce:
Brothy Quick-Cooked Tomato-Chile Sauce
- 28-ounce can of good-quality tomatoes, drained (yes, fresh is better, but we are doing a lot of work to make this meal and this one shortcut is acceptable)
- Fresh hot green chiles to taste (roughly 3 to 5 serranos or 2 to 3 jalapenos), stemmed
- 1/2 small onion, chopped
- 1 large clove garlic, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 tablespoon lard or vegetable oil
- 1-1/2 cups beef or pork broth
- Salt, about 1/2 teaspoon
Seed the chilies for a mild sauce, since this is going over another pepper and we want to be cautious on your heat exposure. Chop the chilies into small bits and add to a food processor or blender, along with the onion, garlic and drained tomatoes. Puree, but retain a little texture.
Heat the lard or oil in a medium-large skillet over medium-high heat. When it is hot enough to make a drop of the puree really sizzle, add all of the puree to the pan and stir constantly for about 5 minutes, as the puree sears and cooks into a thicker, more orange-colored sauce. Add the stock and incorporate well, then add salt as needed afterward, based on whether the stock was salty or not. Set this sauce aside and keep warm on low temperature.
The Rellenos
- 8 large, fresh chili poblanos
- Oil to depth of 3/4 inch, for frying
- About 1/4 cup flour, plus another tablespoon for the eggs
- 4 cups grated melting cheese (Monterey Jack, or queso fresco if you want to be more authentic)
- 4 large eggs at room temperature
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 sprigs flat-leaf parsley, for garnish
Roast the chilies, either on a barbecue grill outside or in the oven, as close to the broiler element as possible, on the broil setting. Keep a close eye on them, turning a few times, because the idea is to roast them until they are black all over, then stop and let them cool. Get the entire pepper black. In order to peel them easily, they can't be splotchy.
When cooled, pop them under water and then peel the black skin off them, being careful to keep the stems on. Then put a lengthwise slit in each pepper and carefully reach in to peel or scoop out the seeds.
Form the cheese into 8 ovals, then slip the ovals into the peppers and close the slit.
Spread about 1.4 cup flour onto a plate, then roll the chili in it and shake off the excess. Separate the eggs: the whites into a clean mixing bowl, yolks into a small dish. Add the salt to the egg whites, then beat them with a whisk or electric mixer set at medium until they are just stiff enough to hold a peak. Gently beat in the yolks one at a time, followed by the extra tablespoon of flour. Stop beating when the flour is incorporated.
Bring the oil to 375F. Holding the chili by its stem, dip it completely into the egg batter, draw it out quickly, then lay it into the hot oil. Batter 2 or 3 more chilies and lay them in the oil. If a chili doesn't have a stem, set it on a fork and dip into in the the batter, then roll it off into the oil.
When the chilies are brown underneath, gently roll them over and brown the other side. Drain on paper towels and keep warm in a low oven. Batter and fry the remaining chilies, then drain with the others.
Ladle about 3/4 cup of the brothy sauce onto four plates, top the sauce with two chilies, then spoon a dribble of the sauce across the middle of each chili for decoration. Lay a spring of parsley between the chilies and serve.
The perfect complement to this dish is Mexican rice, but I won't get into that here. If you want to make it, go for it! This blog entry is long enough as it stands.
Misdirection Play: Mango-Basil Margaritas
Admittedly, this recipe is involved. You have to make special salt, a special syrup and a mango puree. However, if you really want to impress guests, it is totally worth it! And heck, you can skip the special salt if need be to get this sucker done.
- Basil Salt (see below) or coarse kosher salt
- 1 lime wedge
- 4 fresh basil leaves
- 3 oz. 100 percent blue agave blanco tequila
- 1-1/2 oz fresh lime juice
- 1 oz. triple sec
- 2 oz mango (or peach) puree (see notes below)
- 1-1/2 oz basil syrup (see below)
- 6-10 ice cubes
The Basil Sugar
- 1 cup sugar
- 7-8 basil leaves, roughly chopped
Measure the sugar and 1/2 cup water into a small saucepan and set over medium heat. Add the basil and bring to a simmer. Cook for 2 minutes, then remove from the heat. cool and strain. Syrup keeps for several weeks in the fridge if tightly covered, and the leftovers can be drizzled over roasted fruit like peaches.
The Basil Salt
- 10 sprigs or about 70 leaves of basil
- 3/4 cup coarse (kosher) salt
Pull the basil leaves from the stems to get 2 loosely packed cups of leaves. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and spread the leaves out on it in a single layer. Heat your oven to its lowest setting, then slide in the basil and heat it until the leaves are dry, about 30 minutes. Cool. Using a small food processor, an electric spice grinder or a mortar and pestle, coarsely pulverize the dried basil to make about 2 tablespoons, then stir into the coarse salt.
Mango (or peach) Puree
Take 2 small, ripe mangoes or 3-4 ripe peaches, peel, remove the flesh from the pits, then roughly chop into 1-inch pieces to make about 2 cups. Scoop the fruit into a food processor or blender, add about 2 tablespoons sugar, cover and process until completely smooth. You can put this in the fridge for up to three days if tightly covered.
Ok, now for the drink itself! Enough prep already!
Spread the basil salt on a small plate. Moisten the rim of a martini glass with the lime wedge and upend the glass onto the mixture to crust the rim. In the bottom of a cocktail shaker, muddle the basil leaves with a wooden spoon or cocktail muddler until roughly mashed. Add the tequila, lime juice, triple sec, puree, basil syrup and ice. Cover and shake vigorously until frothy and cold. Tiny ice crystals will appear in the drink after about 15 seconds of shaking. Strain into the salt-crusted martini glass and serve immediately.
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