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Jacob Brown (#28502419)
This memorial page seems to be for the same person as Jacob Brown (#3208074). Just letting you know.
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Happy New Year Sam!
My 3rd great grandfather is Marshall Galloway.
My 2nd is James Galloway
I was born and raised in Boones Creek community.
My mother is Mary Dell Crouch, deceased.
Crouch line:
3rd GGF Jesse Crouch 2nd John "Jackie" Crouch
GG Thomas Hiter Crouch. GF: Ralph Waldo Crouch.
Would likE much to be able to correspond with you via email or phone. I live in Decatur, Ga.
I'm working on Galloway and Crouch families history in Washington and Sullivan Counties.
The Crouch family "gathering" is held in early August each year. We meet for a weekend at our ancestor's restored log home on Crouch Road. I don't know if you reside in east Tennessee or not.
Can we get together via phone or email?
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Sam James Galloway, Jr.
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Decal L. Sproles
Hi, I'm the daughter of Holland Smith Sproles and I've been checking out the info there. I noticed that Decal Leon Sproles shows as a sibling of my dad. He is actually the son of Coscie Sproles making my dad his uncle. Feel free to contact me about other info I have, including my fathers obituary. Thanks for all the hard work and Merry Christmas!
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Ernest Hall
Mary A. Fowler Headstone
My son lives in palestine, tx and found an old headstone on his property. It has the name Mary A. Fowler. 1836-1922. Do you think it might be your relative? The headstone pictured looks relatively new. Was it maybe a replacement. But the proximatey of Palestine to percilla might matter.
My phone number is 432-770-2202.
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Harvey Hague Lusk, Jr.
Van Geem family
I am Harvey Hague Lusk, Jr. - I have finally made our connection via your Van Geem family up through the Butlers. We are 4th cousins once removed. I'd love to pass along any family info.
Harvey H. Lusk, Jr.
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William Sproles
Hi Sam,
I am the son of Willard Richard Sproles. You mention that you are his distant cousin and would like to hear from his relatives. Feel free to contact me if you are still active here.
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Claud Duval Harless
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On the headstone photo you mention that Donnie who is buried with Claud is his son who died suddenly I believe that was Edwin. Donnie is his 2nd wife Ella "Donnie" Hodges.
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Do you know what happened to William W. Horton's daughter Susan P. from his first marriage to Amanda Teal? I believe she married my direct line relative Thomas Ardrey and they had several children, but then I'm not sure what happened. I saw a note that someone said he left for the civil war and never came back. Do you know what happened to her and the children?
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William J. Moon
William J. Moon married Mary Perkins 10-18-1812 in Madison County. His memorial #120341102. Most of this info comes from the Moon-sublett family, I've found some errors & I am in doubt on some of the children.
I decided it was time to sort out this family & list them & connect them on findagrave. We are related to the Moon's in dozens of different ways.
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God told me this morning to stop being silly and just go out on the field and harvest, the time is now, the place is Latvia, are you ready?
It is time for Harvest in Latvia NOW!
God told me this morning to stop being silly and just go out on the field and harvest, the time is now, the place is Latvia, are you ready?
I just got a phonecall I have been waiting for, for some time now. The official response from the Salvation Army Officers school assesment conference.
We have been accepted for Officers training and will if all goes well start our training in the fall 2007 in London Where we would be trained for two years before returning to Sweden for our appointment.
This have been long coming and we have been going back and forth on this so many times since we joined the army that now when the moment is finally here, it is with a mix of excitement and dread that we take the next step towards the high calling God has before us.
Please pray for us!
The past days I have been working hard to get my prayer life in order, getting up at 06:00 every morning to get an hour of prayer in before the family wakes up and the workday starts. It has been great, apart from the fact that everything possible has happened to make sure I wouldn't get up in the morning, like children awake all night, wife getting sick etc… but that is another post alltogether.
This morning I found that I had few words to put to my prayer, so I did what I have been taught to do, I go on in tounges knowing that then Gods spirit wil help me pray (Rom 8:26).
As I was going on in tounges I felt the rythm of the worship getting a hold of me and I started dancing, small baby steps at first and then I just let go and danced like I was at a rave…. I felt the Joy of the Lord filling my soul and I shouted out to God;
– Dance with me!
I must have looked silly dancing like a madman, tears streaming down my face and a grin like a 3 year old on Christmas eve. But I wonder if someone would have looked into the room if they would have seen one person dancing or two. As I danced wilder and wilder throughout the song I felt (literally) God smile at me. What a wondrous thing to feel Gods smile over you, there is nothing in this world that compares to that! Except maybe dancing to the majestic sound of the sunrise with the creator of the universe.
Hanna has been throwing up all night and she is not keeping any liquids, please pray for her as this is double hard for her, breastfeeding Anja at the same time.
The silver lining is that I get to spend some quality time with Angelina today even tho she is being impossible, sensing that something is not right, she is refusing to do anything at all.
So my electric guitar is singing on it's last chorus. The head is cracked and I have to retune it between every song since its barely holding together at all. Prices for fixing it is higher than a new guitar so we will have to invest.
For some this might be a prayer answered but it is of course a disaster for our worship team and especially for the youth nights.
So now I am out with the beggars hat, we can definately not afford a guitar on our family budget but we do need one for the worship team, for the youth service and for all the other youth/music stuff we do. If you have an old (but working) electric guitar that you feel would be put to better use with us in Riga or if you would care to donate funds towards a new guitar please contact me as soon as possible.
We are praying for a quick solution to this problem.
As I was driving to Bauska today for a longsword workshop I was passed by a Lexus doing at least double my speed. On the license plate was the tantalizing message "NOT4YOU"
Isn't it just a typical sign of todays society, the here but not any further mentality. It's the I am better than you attitude….
The funny thing is this has been in our heritage as well. The holiest of holy in the temple in Jerusalem must have had a similar sign saying "NOT4YOU". And the Rabbis that entered had a very I am holier than thou look on their faces as they where let through to meet with God.
But it is such a joy to be the follower of Jesus. He who had "YES4YOU" on a plate stuck on the cross where He strethced out His arms and died for our collective sins, yours and mine. As he died the divide in the temple broke so that everyone could see into the Holy of Holies.
We can boldly say to any one who asks, – Yes for you!
Lats week as I was being interviewed by the vice principal of the Swedish officers school she asked me a question that ground me to a mental halt, – What is the Salvation Army, she asked?
I started to think, then I started describing the army, the way I think it should be, not nessesarily the way it is. I think we all do that to some extent, when someone asks us what the army is we paint the picture of what we want the army to be and not what it is today.
Half way into my description of the army as a radical lightweight mission organisation; Standing in the frontline of the battle constamntly charging and attacking the enemys camp, I was cut of by the next startling remark…
– Do you realize that you are describing yourself?
And I was. I was describing myself, my calling and my understanding of what it means to be a Christian. I bit perturbed I stopped and said well is that wrong? Promptly she assured me that it wasn't and continued saying, – You must realize that YOU are the Salvation Army, just as I am the Salvation Army, whatever we do the Salvation Army does, since the Salvation Army is the members in it!
What a mindblowing thought, it is time to sop complaining about what the army is or what it should be. Lets just BE the Salvation Army and, to steal the (somewhat modified) motto of another army, be all that we are called to be!
Be the army, DO whatever you think we SHOULD be doing! Attack the enemy and help those lost to the enemies vile schemes! Lets join in the cause of our Lord and Saviour, to destroy the works of the Devil (1 John 3:8)
How do we decide what the army should do next, where the army should go next, well it will go wherever you go!
So go boldly forward and be the Salvation Army!
It is a wondrous thing, having people pray for you…. last thursday when we where having our interviews for officership we had many people praying for us. People in Riga where praying and people in Sweden both from our corps and Nationally and that day everything went fantastic. Even better than fantastic, Angelina was behaving all the time and Anja was sleeping and feeding like clockwork. And to top it off when we went to Söderkåren for our final interview there was a parking spot in front of the door (anyone who has been there and tried to park in the area on a week night can attest that that is a true miracle)
So having people praying for you is great, but the day after. Why don't we pray on the day after to absorb the after shock. It is almost like the devil can't get you for a whole day and when he can break through the next day he gives you all he's got.
We had also been concentrating very hard to make everything right that one day so when we relaxed on friday it all went to crappers as the family saying goes.
Before me and Hanna went to sweden to visit the officers school we where full of prejudice, we thought the school would be dry and boring, the treaching dull and the teachers likewise.
But we where wrong, the teaching we recieved at OS was excellent and the teachers where lively and engaging. We where challenged and encouraged.
The wonderful thing about prejudice is that most times you are proven wrong!
Just home now from an exciting week in Sweden. Hanna, the girls and I have spent one week at the Swedish Officers school in Ågesta to, among other things, be interviewed for possible officership.
It was a fantastic week in Sweden with sunshine everyday and the beautiful views of the Stockholm archipelago where the OS is situated just south of Stockholm. We had the good fortune to have brought baby sitter for Angelina who got to enjoy the sunshine and the indian summer while we where treated to some excellent teaching by a wide variety of Swedish officers. The classes where great and challenging and to top it of we where treated to the finest of swedish cuisine.
The Interviews also went well (at least as far as we can tell) and we think that we have a good chance of entering officers training as cadetts in 2007, please pray with us as we embark on this fantastic adventure.
We also got to spend a week with the Swedish cadetts in the 2006 class and had great fellowship with them. At the end of the week I also had the good fortune of spending some quality time with some of the people attending Ågesta folkhögskola, a great bunch who where hungry for life and inquisitive about our faith. I got to pray with one of the girls and trust God to send her the miracle she needs (please pray with me).
In teh weekend we got to spend some time with family and friends and we are so thankfull to have family and friends who will rustle up a great meal out of nowhere at no notice at all just to treat us while we are in town, Thanx guys and God bless you.
All in all it was a very successful if tiresome trip, now we are vegging at home ready to take on whatever the future may hold.


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- 11-25-2012, 04:55 PM Thread Author #1
Switching from 9860 to 9900
I'm switching from the 9860 to the 9900 until the blackberry 10 comes out in Feburary. The main reason I'm switching because of the keyboard it's all touch but its nothing like the iPhone keyboard that's all touch. It's really a hot mess lol. I want to know how you'll like your 9900 and if there are any perks with having this phone over the 9860 beside the keyboard. I should have it tomorrow so if anyone minds just sharing what they like about their 9900 it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
V. Taylor! -
Hardware wise I think the only difference is the NFC chip. Other than that the specs are virtually identical.
Personally I like the keyboard+trackpad+touchscreen combination. I use all three on a daily basis and its a very seamless transition. No need to even think about the input control.
Shortcuts are pretty big for me too. The 9900 allows you to use keyboard shortcuts pretty easily, the 9860 doesn't have them because there is no physicial keyboard.
And I think that's about it hope it helps.Thanked by:godsgift123 (11-25-2012)
- 11-25-2012, 05:48 PM #3Thanked by:
godsgift123 (11-25-2012)
I switched from my 9860 to 9900 about 6 months ago and my only regret is that I didn't do it sooner. The 9860 was laggy for some reason, I tried a bunch of different OS's on it, including a couple hybrids and nothing seemed to make any difference. I used it for about 8 months and when I saw this bold 9900 on kijiji for a good price, I jumped on it. Otherwise I was about to buy an Android phone. I did love the screen size of the 9860 but I do not miss it now. My 9900 works ALOT smoother and is ALOT more responsive. Obviously the keyboard is effing awesome too.
The only thing I miss about the 9860 is the autofocus on the camera.
Make the switch, you will not regret it.
Good luck.Thanked by:godsgift123 (11-25-2012)
Re: Switching from 9860 to 9900
I use both. I actually really like the the touchscreen keyboard on the torch in landscape mode. obviously it camt touch a real qwerty kb, but then the torch is a lot better for web browsing.
I like the looks and the thiness of the bold. and the trackpad being in the middle. I find the trackpad being along the bottom on the torch ... awkward.
Sent from my BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps using Tapatalk 2Thanked by:godsgift123 (11-25-2012)
- 11-25-2012, 10:18 PM Thread Author #6
I really appreciate your detail info about the 9900 thanks a bunch
V. Taylor! - 11-25-2012, 10:21 PM Thread Author #7V. Taylor!
- 11-25-2012, 10:23 PM Thread Author #8V. Taylor!
- 11-25-2012, 10:27 PM Thread Author #9
[QUOTE=JWWDUKE;7746748]I switched from my 9860 to 9900 about 6 months ago and my only regret is that I didn't do it sooner. The 9860 was laggy for some reason, I tried a bunch of different OS's on it, including a couple hybrids and nothing seemed to make any difference. I used it for about 8 months and when I saw this bold 9900 on kijiji for a good price, I jumped on it. Otherwise I was about to buy an Android phone. I did love the screen size of the 9860 but I do not miss it now. My 9900 works ALOT smoother and is ALOT more responsive. Obviously the keyboard is effing awesome too.
The only thing I miss about the 9860 is the autofocus on the camera.
Make the switch, you will not regret it.
Good luck.[/QUOTE
Now that's how I felt about the 9860 it lagged to much for me not a good response on it at all but I will probably keep it as a stand by phone. Thanks for the info.V. Taylor! - 11-25-2012, 11:19 PM #10
Re: Switching from 9860 to 9900
I would keep it unless you really have to sell it. they are almost the same exact phone spec wise and thus it is very easy to move back and forth and keep the same apps and settings.
I find I miss the camera on the torch and the big screen and larger fonts, when using my bold. and then when I am on my torch I miss the keyboard on the bold and the ergonomics of the trackpad. so, I switch up.
I would probably actually prefer the torch slider if it was on verizon. but it is not. and I am not using at&t.
Sent from my BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps using Tapatalk 2Thanked by:godsgift123 (11-27-2012)
I have thought about going from the 9850 to 9900 but won't this close to BB10. I love the 9850 except for typing. It is horrid, and forget it if your fingers are at all cold. I might go to the physical keyboard on BB10. When I want big screen I can use the PlayBook.
Thanked by:godsgift123 (11-27-2012)
I had the 9900 in August 11, when it was launched. Changed to the 9810,since I found the 9900 too big and then moved to the Curve 9360,since the 9810 was too bulky. But after a year I came back to the 9900 and wondered why I felt it was big in the first place. It is absolutely the correct size imo.
Awesome device the 9900 is.
My suggestion is to get the I pod to compliment the 9900 rather than use both 9860 ( just for the camera) and 9900. You get best of both worlds.BB Users from India, check out www.bbindia.netThanked by:godsgift123 (11-27-2012)
- 11-27-2012, 08:17 PM Thread Author #13
Are you talking about the 9810 torch when you say the torch slider because I had that phone but I sold it. It was a good phone I just wanted an all touch blackberry because I never had one I just really wanted that phone but the keyboard is so awful and your right it has its perks but since I have the 9900 I do like it better. My only problem is the items I purchase from the App Store are not showing up but I think this phone my need to be updated. I will figure that our later but I'm going to keep both phones I also have an iPhone 5 for pics and other things the 9900 can't do lol. Thanks again for you info.
V. Taylor! - 11-27-2012, 08:18 PM Thread Author #14V. Taylor!
- 11-27-2012, 08:24 PM Thread Author #15
I have an iPhone 5 so I'm good on the iPod like gadget but I'm going to keep my 9860 until the BB10 comes out in January really just trying to get these darn apps/themes I got from the apps store to go my phone but doesn't have an unistalled location like on my 9860 but I think it needs an update I will figure it out later. Thanks again for you info.
V. Taylor! - 11-27-2012, 11:38 PM #16
Switching from 9860 to 9900
Yes I mean the 9810 torch slider. Make sure you update appworld on your new BlackBerry and move your I D to the new phone for apps to show up.
(Visit appworld.blackberry.com in the browser to update appworld manually instead of waiting for the upgrade notification).
Sent from my BlackBerry 9930 using TapatalkThanked by:godsgift123 (12-10-2012)
I switched my iphone 4 for a 9900 a year ago. I don't have any regrets. the keyboard enhance all of my experience on the phone: Tweet are more easy and "fun" to do, i Tweet more since i have my 9900. Texting is getting easier too, i reply faster. And of course, the same on BBM.
The physical keyboard make everything more attractive and easy to do. A pleasur to use !Thanked by:godsgift123 (12-10-2012)
- 12-10-2012, 01:02 AM Thread Author #18V. Taylor!
- 12-10-2012, 01:03 AM Thread Author #19V. Taylor!
Have Blackberry 9900 is an awesome experience for me. It's hardware and processor is so cool.
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Mr Popular: A Full List Of Steve Aoki's Celebrity Friends (PHOTOS)
Though he may not have taken home the title of DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ this year, Steve Aoki can always take comfort in the fact that he sports the most celebrity friends out of any current EDM DJ out there (at least, from what we can tell from his Instagram). From fellow producers to Hollywood's hottest actors, they can all be found still jumping next to the long haired DJ. He even recently did a music video with workout guru Richard Simmons and had a secret audition for the Hangover 3.
Now check out the rest of Aoki's celebrity peeps. ->
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(NEW YORK) -- The massive fallout from the bursting of the housing bubble more than five years ago continues to rumble through the banking system. JPMorgan Chase is in talks to make the largest-ever payment in the history of financial regulation to settle government investigations into its sales of mortgage-backed securities in the years leading up to the financial crisis.
The bonds tanked after the housing bubble burst, and the bank has resisted admitting guilt. Published reports say the huge deal would involve $7 billion in cash to the government and $4 billion in consumer relief for struggling homeowners. The agreement, which could be signed within days, involves multiple government agencies.
The $11 billion payment would be far higher than the initial amount the bank offered to pay the government earlier this week. And it also would be more than double the previous record when BP paid out $4.5 billion following criminal charges related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
When he sued JPMorgan Chase last year, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said the bank had committed "multiple fraudulent and deceptive acts" as it sold mortgage backed securities.
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Last night I caught Al Gore was discussing climate change issues on Jon Stewart. Today I watched Hub Spot's tutorial on advanced blogging for B2B. Here are the results.
The Stewart/Gore interview started out shaky but Stewart was eventually able to hone in on the key issue with climate change and the lack of tangible action. His point is that our dependence on oil is more psychological than real—our success as humankind has been built on burning carbon so shifting to renewable resources requires more than plugging our cars into a 'super grid'.
Ok, so we're basically screwed because we love what oil has given us and created these corporate monsters that own us, right? Hold on, let's think rationally.
Take newspapers for example- They're hurting, we all know that. An out-of-work journalist scoffed when I asked her about blogging, "I'm a journalist, not a blogger." Well right now you're neither. In terms of content everything in a good blog should be the exact same as a community newspaper.
A good blog mixes types of posts:
- Basic Everyday how-to's- This is the bread-n-butter of blogs: quick, easy and informative. Think of this as the community/region section of the paper- local information in a quick read and easy to digest.
- Healthy/thoughtful posts- Because I grew up in a small town whose paper is more useful for wrapping fish than reading; this is the 'community event' section where the journalist writes up a charity event, includes a few quotes from the five people who care and everyone gets to feel good about it.Big project- Think of this as the Sunday exposé on hidden asbestos at the VFW. It requires investigation, attention and should lead to lots of discussion.
- Posts that start fires- This is the editorial section, comments responding to your post are the letters to the editor. See Om Malik's editorial post on Skype's recent settlement
- Posts that are sweet- Makes blogging fun for writer and reader, shows that you're human. We had a section in my hometown paper called "Moments in Life". Enough said. For example, Tech blog Lifehacker does TGIF posts
Consider the location, frequency and weight those sections are given in the paper and then apply that to your blog. This should create a thoughtful and genuine mix of content that interests your readers. Be sure to blend media types (text, photos, videos) and you should be well on your way.


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The tower cooler from be quiet is built from a milled copper base, to which six 6mm heat pipes are soldered into the base, both of which are then nickel plated. These six pipes are pressed into 44 aluminum fins with a "V-wedge" taken out of the leading edge of each fin. This is then topped with a brushed aluminum cover that gets anodized black and bears the be quiet name in chrome letters in the center. Dimensionally the cooler is roughly 160mm from the CPU IHS to the top of the cooler and 120mm wide and 73mm deep. These are dimensions without the fan. This will increase the overall height as well as the width when a fan is installed.
Speaking of the fan, you get a single 135mm SilentWings PWM fan with a four-pin connection to cool this beefy tower. The fan states it has a super low dBA rating of 21.2 while at full speed of 1300 RPMs. The seven, specially designed blades with grooves in them, is supported with a Fluid Dynamic Bearing and is rated to continue to spin for up to 300,000 hours of operation. The fan also has a soft plastic, almost rubber-like fan frame. As it sits against the fins, it will leave marks in the frame as the leading edges of the frame act as an anti-vibration measure when the combination is together and cooling your processor. On that note, you can be using anything from socket 754 on AMD and LGA775 on Intel, right on up to all of the latest sockets with the Dark Rock 2.
I am sad to say that as much as I tried, I wasn't able to locate the be quiet line at any of the major e-tailors on this side of the pond. That isn't to say they won't be here, just not yet. For those of you on the other side of the Atlantic, the press release delivered a few weeks back had an MSRP attached with the press release of 55 Euros. Doing a direct conversion for those who don't follow global economics, that is roughly $69 dollars for the Dark Rock 2.
That in mind, I am eager to test this cooler and see what sort of potential it has. There have been a few cooler to pass across my desk lately in this range lately from Cooler Master and Xigmatek. Let's see how be quite stacks up against a couple of major players that everyone is already accustomed to.


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Boise is Idaho's capital city and largest metropolitan area, with over 300,000 residents. Located at 2,842 feet in elevation, Boise is within minutes of mountains offering many recreational activities, including fishing, hunting, camping, hiking, skiing, and sightseeing. Residents are able to enjoy these and other activities because of Boise's generally moderate climate, typically low humidity, and sparse snowfall in the winter. The mean temperature is 51 degrees, and average yearly precipitation is only 12 inches. Residents also enjoy low heating and cooling bills because of the area's moderate temperature.
In the Boise area, there are more than a hundred technical communicators. Many work for large corporations such as Micron Technology or Hewlett-Packard, but a number are employed by smaller hardware or software companies, such as Microsoft Boise, Cougar Mountain Software, and Healthwise. Locally, the expansion in the high technology and service sectors in the Boise area ensures continuing high demand for technical communicators. In addition, many technical communicators work for state and federal agencies. Because there are numerous internship opportunities for technical communication in the Boise area, many of our graduates take full-time positions with organizations for which they interned.
The median income for technical communicators in the northwest is $61,000.
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Concerning the explanation of age of accountability by the pastor of Calvary Baptist: With sincere and due respect and for the most part ignoring the assumptive and superior remarks, after hundreds of words, many Scriptures and lots of opinion, the conclusion given by Pastor was that we cannot say one way or another on the ultimate fate of a dead child. This is frequently the answer (i.e. I don't know.) concerning many important questions in orthodoxy since there is a juggling act that must be maintained. All doctrines must be kept airborne since there is no consistent and firm foundation on which they can rest.
My understanding is that Christ doesn't "offer" forgiveness, He secures it for us. Even more, He secures righteousness. It is not our "relationship with Christ" that determines our "place in heaven" it is His relationship with His Father. There is no "merit" on our part concerning our salvation, it is Christ's merit.
Let's look at two easily understood and related principles, yet ones that are difficult to believe for Christians. I will insert the word "children" for "mankind" and "many" to tie it to the specific human subset we are considering. First - Ro 5:18(CLV): "Consequently, then, as it was through one offense for all [children] for condemnation, thus also it is through one just award for all [children] for life's justifying." 5:19(CLV): "For even as, through the disobedience of the one man, the [children] were constituted sinners, thus also, through the obedience of the One, the [children] shall be constituted just."
Here scripture says that all children shall be justified. Contrary to Pastor's theory, active rebellion or reasoned thought is not in view when salvation is the issue. It is Christ and Christ alone who secures salvation for us.
Second - Ro 5:20(CLV): "Yet law came in by the way, that the offense should be increasing. Yet where sin increases, grace superexceeds."
The function of the law crept in. It changed nothing except to increase the sinfulness of sin. Obedience to the law would have banished sin and death. No need for obedience now since grace exceeds the effects of sin. Not only that, grace superexceeds the offense of those under the law so that now grace has dethroned sin. It seems clear to me then, that Christ is greater than Adam. All that Adam brought to humanity is more than defeated by Christ. Orthodoxy believes Adam is greater than Christ. My opinion is that grace trumps sin - for everyone. Orthodoxy believes sin trumps grace - for most people.
I have an opinion and it is just that, an opinion. So does the Pastor. From here, Scripture clearly teaches that the ultimate end for dead children is endless life with Christ. There is no qualification of having correct thoughts concerning God. God and Christ have an arrangement where we are the beneficiary for God's glory. When the pressure of having to believe correctly and behave correctly is eliminated, then we tend to believe more correctly and behave better. There is no reason to put on a holy front for others. What a pain that is. Such is the power of the gospel. Such is freedom.


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Welcome back, JD.
To answer the original question: 1) Forums are no longer in vogue. The 'social engineering' folks who were the heart of forums years ago are not 'twitterfied'. And forums are too common, even the Librum has one...
2) This forum is becoming more and more dial-up unfriendly. (Not optimized, errors on page, slow, etc...) I rarely can even log on from the Librum. This is one of those rare flukes where I could get on.
To the other question: 1) I am not seeing a drop out of interest. Just the opposite, especially in the twenty-something group. It is getting to the point that we are now having to go in groups for self defense against questioners. Last week Pate Heidi went to the Smithsonian to attend a seminar on backyard fish farming, she did not get to, as she was pressed into being a presenter, of our ways.
2) The 'old guard' are slowing down. To be 'real' is to have to work at it. The 'boomers' are tired.
As for me, I just returned home from a week long hospital stay. But I am being very busy with the new Librum site. If you need me, come visit over at the Librum and why not use our forum to drop me a note.
BTW: You left on your trip before I learned if the package got there. Did it make it safe?
Not sure what Fed monetary policy has to do with health care finance. Not even sure why people would believe Congress directly controlling monetary policy would be better. But the bill has big problems with the exceptions within it. The focus of the bill was to lower health care costs so that the federal government, which is the largest provider of heatlh care insurance within our system would not go bankrupt. This alone of course will not fix the US problems... but economists from the full spectrum of political leanings seem to agree that it must be part of the solution.
I think that 'homesteading' has evolved into a broader term. While it used to be moving into the 'country' and taking up farming/etc., it now entails simply staying put and maximizing the natural resources that surround you. For many living in the 'city', means lowering the cost of transportation.
Greetings from Sacramento Calif.
I haven't posted here before, usually just lurk.
The economy has seen my family downsize our situation, from a 3 bedroom single family dwelling on 1/8 acre (residential lot) to a 2 bedroom condo.
We don't have any more rabbits, we don't have a garden, we have a little patch of dirt outside the front door.
So we are really learning the meaning of urban homesteading.
Have a good day!
Franco Rios
Hey guys!
How are ya'all?
I mostly "Lerk" here too since the change over.
I haven't come by here in awhile cuz it was pretty dead that last time I checked in.
Sounds like ya'll are doing well!
Good to see ya'll. Mc-girl.........! How is the weather your way? We are basking in sunshine (and rain) and the local market has been producing veggies for the last two weeks in abundance.
As for the rest of you:
JEM: I don't accept fully that urban dwellers are quasi-back-to-the-landers. Broader definition? I don't think so. Good point, tho - just not good enough to answer the question. Are you saying that growing tomatoes and herbs on your apartment deck and taking the subway to work is the modern equivalent of 'going green and natural'? It's a step, maybe, but it's still the city and there is something inherently unhealthy about our (and international ones, too) cities. More than just pollution, personal restrictions, CCTV, rats-in-a-maze type living, urban life is a form of control and brainwashing that only living in nature can illustrate to one clearly. Clearly enough NOT to want to be there. 'Course I am the over zealous born-again rural guy so I may be a bit biased.
Sarah (librum) may be right tho........baby boomers are getting tired. Sal and I get tired way more than we used to, of course. And we are not alone. A lot of bb's are out of shape and then add 'hitting 65' and it is no wonder they are too tired to build a cabin on acreage. It's just that I thought more would give it a try.
F - welcome. Nice to see a lurker 'pop up'.
It would be great to hear from the óld gang' but I doubt that we can scare them all up. A-gardener, Skuz, - the whole shebang. Where are you guys? Lurking?
Actually YES. I've had several move near me... then back, when they couldn't make the social adjustment.
This bill is too long and complicated for any two people to agree on 100% . Here is the House Bill from late 2009 .
Tom in Kingman AZ
Usually how they get so long.
Given that this thread was all about getting back some of the old 'give and take', I can hardly complain if the topic gets high-jacked, can I ?
But I think it has. Still, a tangent on some bill is better than nothing.
Just to try - let me say this: have we been reduced to politics as a common topic? Are all the common topics under the homesteading headings? What about the question: are urban people going to leave for rural spaces in the future when the baby boomers retire? What about: has any trends in their neck of the woods - like more ad hoc markets or more garage sales? Anyone see anything happening that indicates anything at all?
A long time ago , in a land far away . OK , it was just a few hundred miles from my present location and during the clinton administration . But I digress . It looked like hillary was pushing for universal health care and probably it included everyone . (Except her , bill , chelsea and a few close dems ..... I mean friends . I considered the alternative to what I was doing . We were both working to make a good buck and pay for health care . IF the universal care went through we were going to move back to the land with the cash we had squirreled . Raise our own food and work now and again for pocket money . Having been FORCED into health care we would be covered or die . No middle ground .
I then looked at the financial part of it on the part of the government . If millions of us did this the tax base would spiral down to next to nothing . No more trillions for foolish projects and so on ad nausem . They backed off and I believe the diminishing tax base was a major reason . Now unemployment is up , taxes are going up and health care has been force fed to the entire nation . I have VA care so I won't have to pay a penalty BUT many will . Read the bill and see the garbage that it contains . "This tax will not be considered a tax." And the hits just keep on comin' . Kinda like Hitler wandering into other countries for more "Lebenstraum" . Good idea unless you are the victim who happens to own/inhabit the land he wanted . For someone to have without working someone must work without having . AMERICA .... we have a problem .
Your topic does seem to get hijacked, doesn't it jd?
Personally, I just have a lot going on right now so not much chatting. On the subject of Boomers... don't know if I would actually be a Boomer or Generation Jones? I am a '64 model. DH and I were both military, and when we decided to buy a home we didn't want a place in town so we got a nice little place right on the edge of a small town. The small 'town' is a cluster of about 10 houses, a church, and a grain elevator. I retired and lost 20 pounds the first summer. I had a lot of problems with my back before, but this kind of work has agreed with me so I went from days where I could barely walk to rare days with twinges that are easy to ignore. Don't see slowing down anytime soon, love what I am doing and feel better than ever. It may have helped that I didn't have a desk job until my last few years... My mother is a '38 model, and I hope to age like she has. Little old lady pushing 72, uses a front tine tiller in her garden when she isn't hand digging because someone borrowed her tiller and didn't bring it back, scurries around doing whatever she wants. One day she'll spend hours pushing her non-self-propelled mower around their large yard, the next she is climbing ladders painting the 2 bay garage and shop. I guess it has to do with how you lived your life and how you want to live it in the future? I think people are like ni-cad batteries. If you quit and go rest as soon as you start feeling a bit tired, tomorrow you will feel tired sooner. Push it a bit every day and the ni-cad memory will let you go longer before you get tired.
I did notice that when houses in this town go up for sale, the new owners tend to be younger folks, most with kids. The guy that used to own our house was happy here and didn't want to move, but his wife insisted that they move to the 'city' (still a town by most states standards). Poor guy died from a heart attack 2 years later.
Street, your posts made me chuckle. I'll have to apply your excuses if anyone asks why our room rennovation isn't done!
My big project right now... rats have invaded my turkey house, and I don't have another covered pen for the turkeys so traps are out. Fortunately, I married a man that came with cool accessories like a nice set of cast iron skillets and a single pump pellet pistol. I'm not using the cast iron on the rats, but I have shot about a dozen so far. Between the cats and I, the numbers seem to be dropping. But gotta get back to the hunt...
I notice a lot of retired folk moving into the local city (only one in our county)... and they spend a lot of time discussing either community gardens or container gardens with me.
Just the opposite. The mandatory federal expenditures are where most of the healthcare related expenditures are... and those expenditures are growing faster than general inflation. The problem being that discretionary Defense and Domestic have only about $200 billion of unrestricted revenue between them... the rest the US has to borrow. The numbers present to us that within the next decade, the US will need to borrow every dollar it expends on domestic and defense.
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The week before Thanksgiving break is the longest week ever. You might think finals week is the longest week ever, and that's fine, but I contend that it is this one. Thanksgiving break is the harbinger of the end of the semester–everything's downhill once you get back.
It's the getting to break that's hard. I, for one, had a presentation last week, another presentation this week, a test, and also a quiz on Friday. Not to mention a 2-hour PDA lecture on Friday starting at 8AM. Oh, cruel world!
Luckily, the presentation went well! At least that's over. And it's Thursday, which means in a little over 24 hours, it will not only be the weekend–but also Thanksgiving break!
I'm realizing now that we're well-past the halfway point of November. I don't think I can handle it being December yet. I'm not even halfway done with my NaNoWriMo. I'm in biiig trouble!
Shssh. I'm just going to listen to Christmas music. It'll be okay.
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Cabinet Fever
Don't sweat it. Here's the lowdown on what's hot in kitchen storage
By Elle Decor Staff
Cabinets from Plain & Fancys new (custom) Softer Spartan Collection sport cool stainless steel accents against a warm Nutmeg finish. |
Know the Basics
There are three types of cabinets: custom, semicustom, and stock. Custom cabinets exude handcrafted flair and are built to your specificationsyou choose the door style and wood species, among many other options. Theyre expensivefrom $10,000 to $80,000, depending on your kitchens size and the style you select. Plain & Fancy, Wood-Mode, and Rutt are among those that specialize in custom cabinet designs.
Semicustom cabinets, also known as built-to-order, are the most popular. Theyre more affordable than custom types and offer a menu of options, such as hot new glaze finisheswe love the Ginger and Bisque glazes on KraftMaid semi-custom cabinetsand handy interior organizers, including pullout pantries.
Akurum (stock) with Arlig white doors by Ikea. |
Framed versus Frameless
Cabinets are either framed (also known as face-frame) or frameless. The majority of American kitchens are equipped with framed cabinets in which the doors are attached over the opening or frame built into the cabinet front. This construction adds structural support, but it reduces the width of the cabinet opening; this can make the storage of wide objects, like platters, difficult. If you spend 15 percent more, frameless cabinets, typical in European designs, are the way to go. They feature an open-box configuration and lack a face frame, so the door hinges mount directly to the cabinet sides, expanding access to the interior. Snaidero, an Italian manufacturer, offers only frameless models.
Door Decor
When it comes to choosing a door style, think about the overall look you want to achieve. Ornamental-style doors with raised or recessed panel inserts, or inlays, have been popular for years. Sleek flat-panel doors coordinate well with a contemporary decor. Simple Shaker-style doors are prized for their versatility; they work well in decors that range from traditional to Zen-modern. Into retro? Check out SieMatics recently introduced 6006 Series. It features a curvy design at the top and bottom, like the 1960s original on which its based.
Maple Pewter glaze (semicustom) by KraftMaid. |
Think all cabinets are wallflowers? Modular islands and work stations with wheels that can be mixed, matched, and moved about à la professional kitchens work wonders in open spaces and are a growing trend. Another trend is cabinets made with furniture-style legs; referred to as unfitted design, the look hails from Europe, where cabinets are seen as furnishings that move from home to home with the owners. U.S. manufacturers, such as KraftMaid, are offering this style with turned and other furniture-style legs.
Many European companies also offer base cabinets with adjustable legs that can be quickly leveled for faster, easier installation, instead of laboriously trimmed and shimmed, which is the traditional technique.
Material World
Finally, youll need to consider options in materials and colors. Laminates are the ultimate easy-care choiceand theyre getting pretty swanky, with bright colors and high-gloss finishes. Formicas newest shades include Pumpkin and Grasshopper, and stone and leather patterns are also bringing nature into the kitchen.
Hardwoods such as cherry and maple resist stains and offer a furniture-style wood grain. Theyre also more durable than pine and other soft woods. If you want to go the exotic route, try Bulthaup for their bamboo, Swiss pear, and apple veneers.
With finishes, paint covers the woods grain, while stains and glazes enhance it by letting some of the grain show through.
Bulthaups cabinets (custom) flaunt exotic wood veneers, such as bamboo. |
Pamper your new kitchen with a little TLC. The following tips will keep your cabinets and other kitchen surfaces in tip-top shape:
· Apply cleaning products
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· Lift, instead of dragging, objects across counters.
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· Make minor repairs before they turn into major ones.
· Wipe cabinets with a used dishcloth. It could contain traces of grease or detergents.
· Hang wet cloths on cabinet doors. Moisture can cause water damage over time.
· Lean or pull on cabinet doors. It can overly stress hinges and result in misalignment.
Although the trend has moved away from swathing our entire kitchens in stainless steel, the pro look hasnt entirely faded from the picture. Stainless is actually the new neutral, popping up as cabinetry accents and pairing brilliantly with natural or color-stained woods and laminates. KraftMaid (800-499-2202, kraftmaid.com) recently introduced a pewter glaze that picks up the glint of stainless appliances, and Plain & Fancys Softer Spartan (800-447-9006, plainfancycabinetry.com) and SieMatics Modula (800-355-8221, siematic.com) series incorporate stainless accents.


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Eid Protests Across Syria Defy Tanks and Troops
September 1, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis
AMMAN (Reuters) – Security forces shot dead four demonstrators on Tuesday as people streamed out of mosques after prayers to mark the end of Ramadan and renewed protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, activists and residents said.
The victims, who included a 13-year-old boy, were killed in the towns of al-Hara and Inkhil in southern Deraa province.
Demonstrations broke out elsewhere across the country, notably in Damascus suburbs, the city of Homs, 165 km (100 miles to the north) and the northwestern province of Idlib, the sources said.
"The people want the downfall of the president," protesters shouted in the Damascus suburb of Harasta, where activists said dozens of soldiers defected at the weekend after refusing to shoot at the crowds.
In the adjacent Saqba suburb a crowd held their shoes up in the air — an insulting gesture in the Arab world — and chanted anti-Assad slogans.
According to one activist group, troops have killed at least 551 civilians during Ramadan, the holiest period in the Islamic calendar.
Five months into the street uprising against his rule, Assad, from Syria's minority Alawite sect, is facing more frequent demonstrations. Protesters have been encouraged by the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, with whom Assad had close ties, and rising international pressure on the ruling hierarchy.
The Obama administration froze the U.S. assets of Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem and two other Syrian officials on Tuesday in response to Assad's increasingly bloody crackdown.
The Treasury Department also named Ali Abdul Karim Ali, Syria's Ambassador to Lebanon, where Assad wields influence through the Shi'ite Hezbollah guerrilla group, and his adviser Bouthaina Shaaban.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the United States had imposed the sanctions on the three because of the "role that they play in propagating and advancing the reign of terror that Assad is exacting on their own people."
Moualem and Shaaban have appeared in the media defending military assaults on towns and cities, saying Syrian forces were pursuing "terrorists." They are not part of Assad's decision-making inner circle, composed of his younger brother Maher, other family members and top security officials already on the U.S. sanctions list.
Opposition figures in Syria see international pressure as crucial to stripping Assad of legitimacy and in helping raise the momentum of peaceful protests.
Residents and activists are reporting increasing defections among Syrian troops, drawn mostly from the Sunni majority population but dominated by Alawite officers effectively under the command of Maher.
In the capital, YouTube footage showed soldiers from core units roaming the center in green public transport buses, their AK-47s hanging out from the doors, to prevent protests, which broke out nonetheless in Qaboun, Kfar Souseh, Rukn al-Din and Maydan districts, activists said.
Moral Ground
In a report published on Tuesday, the Syrian Revolution Coordinating Union grassroots activists' group said Assad's forces killed 551 people during Ramadan and that 130 others were killed on July 31, the eve of Ramadan, in a tank assault on the city of Hama, scene of a 1982 massacre by the military.
"The report does not include the number of martyrs who were not identified by name nor… bodies that were abducted (by security forces) and not returned to their families," it said.
Amnesty International said that deaths in Syrian prisons and police detention had soared in recent months as Assad's government tried to crush the protests.
The London-based human rights group said it had details of at least 88 people believed to have died in detention between April and mid-August. At least 52 of them had apparently suffered some form of torture that was likely to have contributed to their death.
Chibli Mallat, a professor of law at Harvard, and chairman of the Right to Nonviolence international group of public figures, said Syria's death toll, although high, was still less than Libya, where the revolution turned into armed conflict and needed NATO's help.
"It may be also the case in Syria today … But is it necessary to reach the point that arms are engaged?" Mallat said in an article published on Tuesday in Egypt's al-Ahram online.
"Is it not wiser, albeit perhaps more frustrating, to keep the revolution pure in the tenacity of its nonviolence, rather than lose the absolute moral superiority against violent rulers?" said Mallat, who is Lebanese.
The official state news agency said state television had aired an audio recording of two "terrorists" who described themselves as activists.
It said the tape revealed "a full agenda of provocation and targeting police and army camps and terrorising peaceful citizens in the name of freedom and non-violence."
The Syrian National Human Rights Organization, headed by exiled dissident Ammar al-Qurabi, said pro-Assad forces, including a loyalist militia known as shabbiha, had killed at least 3,100 civilians since the uprising erupted in March, including 18 people on Monday alone.
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay said this month that 2,200 people have been killed, with Assad's forces continuing "to employ excessive force, including heavy artillery, to quell peaceful demonstrations and regain control over the residents of various cities."
Syrian authorities blame "armed terrorist groups" for the bloodshed and say they have killed 500 soldiers and police. They have also repeatedly denied that army defections have been taking place.
Foreign media were expelled after the uprising began in March, making verification of reports difficult.
(Additional reporting by Suleiman; al-Khalidi; Editing by Angus MacSwan and David Stamp)
Syrian Forces Round Up Dozens in Hama
July 7, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Dominic Evans
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian forces rounded up dozens of people around Hama on Wednesday, a day after shooting dead 22 people, activists said, and Amnesty International said Syria may have committed crimes against humanity in an earlier crackdown.
Tanks were still stationed outside Hama, which has seen some of the biggest protests against President Bashar al-Assad and was the site of a bloody crackdown against Islamist insurgents nearly 30 years ago.
But some of the tanks were redeployed away from the city and a resident said security forces were concentrated around the headquarters of the ruling Baath Party, the police headquarters and a state security compound. Most arrests took place in the outskirts of the city.
Ammar Qurabi, Cairo-based head of the Syrian National Human Rights Organization, said the death toll from Tuesday, when gunmen loyal to Assad swept through the city, had risen to 22.
He said hundreds of people had been arrested.
Rami Adbelrahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 23 people had died in Hama in the last 24 hours, and that an opposition figure in the city had reported water and electricity supplies were cut to the city on Wednesday morning.
State news agency SANA said one policeman had been killed in a clash with armed groups who opened fire on security forces and threw petrol and nail bombs at them. It made no mention of civilian deaths but said some "armed men" were injured.
Syria has prevented most independent media from operating inside the country, making it difficult to verify accounts from activists and authorities.
Hama was emptied of security forces for nearly a month after at least 60 protesters were shot dead on June 3, but the security vacuum emboldened demonstrators and on Friday activists said at least 150,000 people rallied to demand Assad's downfall.
The next day Assad sacked the provincial governor and sent tanks and troops to surround the city, signaling a military assault similar to those carried out in other protest centers.
In a report released on Wednesday, Amnesty International said the crackdown two months ago against one of those protest centers — the town of Tel Kelakh near the border with Lebanon — may have constituted a crime against humanity.
Urging the United Nations to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court, it said nine people died in custody after being captured during the operation in the town, close to the Lebanese border.
"Crimes Against Humanity"
Describing a "devastating security operation", it said scores of men were rounded up, and most of them were tortured.
Some detainees told Amnesty they were beaten and tied by the wrists to a bar high enough off the ground to force them to stand on the tip of their toes for long periods — known as the shabah, meaning ghost, position.
A 22-year-old man told Amnesty he was tied up in the shabah position had electric shocks applied to his body and testicles during five days of detention in the provincial capital Homs.
"Amnesty International considers that crimes committed in Tel Kelakh amount to crimes against humanity as they appear to be part of a widespread, as well as systematic, attack against the civilian population," it said.
Syrian activists say security forces have killed more than 1,300 civilians since the unrest erupted 14 weeks ago. Authorities say 500 soldiers and police have been killed by armed gangs who they also blame for most of the civilian deaths.
Assad has responded to the protests with a mixture of repression and concessions, promising a political dialogue with the opposition. Preliminary talks on the dialogue are due to be held on Sunday.
But opposition figures refuse to sit down and talk while the killings and arrests continue, and diplomats say events in Hama will be a litmus test for whether Assad chooses to focus on a political or a military solution to the unrest.
Some residents sought to halt any military advance earlier this week by blocking roads between neighborhoods with rubbish containers, burning tyres, wood and metal.
The New York-based group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said it had been told by an official at Hama's Hourani hospital that security forces surrounded the hospital on Tuesday, although they did not enter it, as it received the bodies of four people and treated 60 others with gunshot wounds.
"Security forces have responded to protest with the brutality that's become familiar over the past several months." said Sarah Leah Whitson, HRW's Middle East director.
Assad's father, Hafez al-Assad, who ruled Syria for 30 years until his death in 2000, sent troops into Hama in 1982 to crush an Islamist-led uprising in the city where the armed wing of the Muslim Brotherhood made its last stand.
That attack killed many thousands, possibly up to 30,000, and one slogan shouted by Hama protesters in recent weeks was "Damn your soul, Hafez".


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1 Every person should place themselves under the authority of the government. There isn't any authority unless it comes from God, and the authorities that are there have been put in place by God. | 1 Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. |
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No-more-war Group
Georg – trainer for SCI Germany since 2006; mostly workcamp coordination seminars but also trained peace messengers, lead a weekend human rights seminar, an advanced coordinators seminar and participated in two summer universities (Rumania and Austria) and a nonviolent-communication & mediation seminar (Sweden). SCI has proven a wonderful ground for meeting amazing people and interesting ideas and dreams – creating a new future combined with hope!
Jenny – As for many other SCI activists my first workcamp was a turning point in my life! Since 2004 I've participated in (and organised) workcamps in Europe, Africa and Asia. Every project was a unique experience to me and I am looking forward to finish my first decade of volunteering with SCI Since 5 years I'm a board member of SCI Austria and had the chance to work on the international level. I joined the peace messengers as I'm very interested in the promotion of peace as the core mission of SCI! That's why I am part of the NO MORE WAR team! Apart from enjoying working with this energetic team I focus on peace education and get to know projects which are still strongly related to our roots of non-violence & anti-militarism. After the First World War people united to work together and demonstrate peaceful cooperation – I got inspired by this idea when I heard about it for the first time. It's amazing to me cooperating with people from all around the world within this campaign who are working for the promotion of peace by following the principles of non-violence! We may not stop all conflicts going on, but together we can make a clear statement against the ideology of war – and that's why I'm part of this action.
John – citizen of UK, did a first workcamp back in 1975, a solidarity camp for disabled children, victims of the Vietnam war. Vols from 16 countries raised ten thousand DM within 3 weeks. The experience inspired me to continue my involvement and become a long-term volunteer, both in Germany and later Poland at the time of Solidarnosc. After returning to Germany in 1981 I was appointed coordinator of SCI's international working group contributing to breaking down stereotypes, prejudice and enemy images between East & West. Since 1992 I am staff project officer with SCI Germany responsible for coordinating volunteer exchanges with the CIS, South-East Europe and Central Asia. Essentially I strongly believe that in this day and age all wars are both unnecessary, stupid and wasteful which is why I support this Action and help try to prove that there exist feasible & more meaningful, common sense alternatives to wars, military expenditure & (structural) violence and that all conflicts can be solved by non-violent means.
Matteo – I have been involved with SCI since 2004. In the summer of 2003 I was in mongolia volounteering with another NGO building houses one of the last days I went out eating in ulaanbataar and there by chance I met two SCI vols (a french man and an australian woman) they explain me how to get envolve with SCI. Since that I did three workcamps in the south (thailand 2004 teaching english, togo 2007 and 2008 did theater with disable kids ). Moreover I have been a north-south trainer since 2005 and trainer of normal workcamp coordinators. I have been on the national board since 2007, before as a trustee and then later as national treasure. I coordinated a couple of youth exchanges and workcamps in italy as well. Outside of sci, most of my trainer's experience comes from theater. I have done a social theater school where I had the chance of do stage with many directors italian and international. I also had the chance to do an european stage with armando punzo in voltera prison. After finish the school I took part in some event with the company at international theater festivals in germany and italy and lead theater workshop in school (elementary to middle schools mainly) and in the social field (with former prison mate, people with different abilities etc). Since 2005 I have been envoled with TO (Theater of the Oppress), I have worked with rui frati, director of the theater of the opprime at paris, and other italian directors. In the TO I have been both and actor and a jolly and led many theater forum and stages for and with other actors. I activate in this action since I belive war are always stupid and we should do something about to swing people to use peace weapons instead of the stupid war ones. The war machine is everywhere and we should do something to disassemble it.
"I find it quite hard to select just one idea in which I believe, but if I would have to choose on, it would be: "Follow your happiness and the universe will open doors for you where were just walls." I think this happened to me in 2010 when I joined an EVS project at the Greek branch of SCI. During my 10 months experience, I have discovered more than I ever expected. People were working for ideas in which I was finding myself and, even more, in which I truly believe in, such as: solving conflicts in a non-violent way, trusting that peace is not a utopian idea and social equality. Since I have joined SCI, I've participated to NMW's various trainings, seminars, workshop on conflict resolution and a work camp in Greece for people with disabilities. Recently, I joined the work of the NMW group and I started to work closely with SCI RO (between others activities, on long term volunteering projects) and this summer I will coordinate my first NMW work camp. When I am writing this, I'm working in Switzerland, in a centre for asylum seekers as a long term volunteer. "
I was with SCI Austria for four years before joining NMW (and later also did my EVS with Volunterski Centar Vojvodine, the SCI branch in Serbia). Being a part of the Peace Messenger network of SCI, which does peace education sessions on SCI workcamps, I was already interested and active in peace education and saw the great projects which No More War does, which is why I joined. Actually I believe strongly in the values of SCI of the possibility of a culture of peace and non-violence and since NMW stands exactly for these points and their promotion it was only a matter of time until I would have applied to join ;-). I have volunteered in many NGOs and worked in others trying to pursue this aim, and also my studies of social and cultural anthropology and development studies are somehow related to these topics. The main themes of my interest are gender, migration, human right and intercultural dialogue/communication and at the moment I work and volunteer as a freelance trainer and project writer for SCI and other organizations.
Wilbert – Dutch nationality, since 2008 living in Indonesia. Attended his first workcamp in 1993 in Croatia, during the Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian war. He experienced, while in a refugeecamp, for the first time himself how war can destroy everything. Stayed involved for a long time in the Balkans, was amongst others long term volunteer in Serbia and pathfinder and country-coordinator Macedonia for Balkan Sunflowers in 1999, just after the war in Kosovo. Later on active in general in SCI on peace-education and working in conflict areas. Besides this, active in non-violent anti-war action and legal aid/direct action, supporting refugees/migrants.
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Whilst I applaud your efforts to create a world in which there is no more war I doubt if you can achieve your goal unless there are structural changes which make it impossible for any politician to control an army or for any general to control a government. As things are the UN is almost impotent – Syria being the most lamentable recent case -but there are many others .If the nations really were united, how could we possibly have wars? If you go to my website you will see what I think will need to happen before there can be secure peace. This can only happen when there is a groundswell of popular opinion across the globe pressing for these changes. It can never happen so long as national leaders think their prime role is to secure what they conceive to be the national interest. It cannot be imposed from above nor by the campaigning of minority groups,, only by sustained pressure to make ordinary people face facts instead of burying their heads in the sand
J have just found this in my junk folder. I tried to click on the link to verify my email address but each time I got a menu asking me to UNBLOCK something. This happened a few times and each time I landed up here but, yes, I did send the comment above
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Hi all. I'm starting my first birdbath and suggestions, warnings, comments, welcome! I am planning to piece the base together with three objects, and glue those objects together using thinset. The base of each object nestles nicely and fits well into the adjoining object. This is the technique I used on the glass totem I made last year. Using Mapei Ultraflex 2 with polymer mortar as the adhesive. Is this going to work? Any cautions? This baby will be outside all winter. The tess is from broken plates, thick and not as hard as porcelain, all made in Italy. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Silva's blog
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- Posted by nanatricia (My Page) on Tue, Nov 2, 10 at 21:48
Looks great to me .I have done one like that I used a terry cotta pot but I did coat it inside with thset .I do not know if it really mattered are not but it has been out side for about 4 or more years and you know where I live .The plate I set in the middle did break but the rest is good.I think it is a good idea not mosaic the in side .[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/nana7/mosaic/birthbath003.jpg[/IMG] |
Okay, I'm worried about the plate that I intend to use as the base. It's "freezer to oven dishwasher safe made in Japan" and I'm going to take a chance on it. I will coat the terra cotta pot part of it with thinset as you did. |
- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Wed, Nov 3, 10 at 9:09
Ooooooooh - that's gonna be fun to watch. SILVA: All I can tell you about terra cotta is beware. Do as NANA says and coat that sucker as much as possible w/the Ultra Flex inside and out. I know your climate, and wish you well. I've had a loss here on two terra cotta pots. My birdbath in the back yard - Matilda - that I made from pots has stood up all except the bowl. It's still intact, but the outside of the saucer, where I didn't mosaic, fell off. All that's holding it together is the mosaic on the inside. Every year, I think I'll slap on some thinset and mosaic the outside, but never get to it. I think if you coat the inside - or heck, why doncha fill it w/concrete - it'll hold your tess on the outside and not break apart. You bowls w/probably be ok. On my first walkway mosaic, I used some crummy, chalky dishes, and that crazy mosaic hasn't lost a tile, and we had a bad winter last year. Anxious to watch your WIP. NANA - I love your birdbath - so cute. |
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Dent Wizard Rick Rehder will be back for Mickey and MINI 8 working his magic on your MINI's dents and dings.
Rick is offering an event price of $75 per body panel (reduced from the regular price of $100).
Look for Rick on Friday after noon in the hotel parking lot and Saturday at the Walt Disney World Speedway event.


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1 Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. | 1 "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. |
2 For behold darkness shall cover the earth, and a mist the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. | 2 See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you. |
3 And the Gentiles shall walk in thy light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising. | 3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. |
4 Lift up thy eyes round about, and see: all these are gathered together, they are come to thee: thy sons shall come from afar, and thy daughters shall rise up at thy side. | 4 "Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the arm. |
5 Then shalt thou see, and abound, and thy heart shall wonder and be enlarged, when the multitude of the sea shall be converted to thee, the strength of the Gentiles shall come to thee. | 5 Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with joy; the wealth on the seas will be brought to you, to you the riches of the nations will come. |
6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Madian and Epha: all they from Saba shall come, bringing gold and frankincense: and shewing forth praise to the Lord. | 6 Herds of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah. And all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and incense and proclaiming the praise of the LORD. |
7 All the flocks of Cedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nabaioth shall minister to thee: they shall be offered upon my acceptable altar, and I will glorify the house of my majesty. | 7 All Kedar's flocks will be gathered to you, the rams of Nebaioth will serve you; they will be accepted as offerings on my altar, and I will adorn my glorious temple. |
8 Who are these, that fly as clouds, and as doves to their windows? | 8 "Who are these that fly along like clouds, like doves to their nests? |
9 For, the islands wait for me, and the ships of the sea in the beginning: that I may bring thy sons from afar: their silver, and their gold with them, to the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. | 9 Surely the islands look to me; in the lead are the ships of Tarshish, bringing your sons from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor. |
10 And the children of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister to thee: for in my wrath have I struck thee, and in my reconciliation have I had mercy upon thee. | 10 "Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Though in anger I struck you, in favor I will show you compassion. |
11 And thy gates shall be open continually: they shall not be shut day nor night, that the strength of the Gentiles may be brought to thee, and their kings may be brought. | 11 Your gates will always stand open, they will never be shut, day or night, so that men may bring you the wealth of the nations-- their kings led in triumphal procession. |
12 For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee, shall perish: and the Gentiles shall be wasted with desolation. | 12 For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly ruined. |
13 The glory of Libanus shall come to thee, the fir tree, and the box tree, and the pine tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary: and I will glorify the place of my feet. | 13 "The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the pine, the fir and the cypress together, to adorn the place of my sanctuary; and I will glorify the place of my feet. |
14 And the children of them that afflict thee, shall come bowing down to thee, and all that slandered thee shall worship the steps of thy feet, and shall call thee the city of the Lord, the Sion of the Holy One of Israel. | 14 The sons of your oppressors will come bowing before you; all who despise you will bow down at your feet and will call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel. |
15 Because thou wast forsaken, and hated, and there was none that passed through thee, I will make thee to be an everlasting glory, a joy unto generation and generation: | 15 "Although you have been forsaken and hated, with no one traveling through, I will make you the everlasting pride and the joy of all generations. |
16 And thou shalt suck the milk of the Gentiles, and thou shalt be nursed with the breasts of kings: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. | 16 You will drink the milk of nations and be nursed at royal breasts. Then you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. |
17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver: and for wood brass, and for stones iron: and I will make thy visitation peace, and thy overseers justice. | 17 Instead of bronze I will bring you gold, and silver in place of iron. Instead of wood I will bring you bronze, and iron in place of stones. I will make peace your governor and righteousness your ruler. |
18 Iniquity shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction in thy borders, and salvation shall possess thy walls, and praise thy gates. | 18 No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise. |
19 Thou shalt no more have the sun for thy light by day, neither shall the brightness of the moon enlighten thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee for an everlasting light, and thy God for thy glory. | 19 The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. |
20 Thy sun shall go down no more, and thy moon shall not decrease: for the Lord shall be unto thee for an everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. | 20 Your sun will never set again, and your moon will wane no more; the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end. |
21 And thy people shall be all just, they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hand to glorify me. | 21 Then will all your people be righteous and they will possess the land forever. They are the shoot I have planted, the work of my hands, for the display of my splendor. |
22 The least shall become a thousand, and a little one a most strong nation: I the Lord will suddenly do this thing in its time. | 22 The least of you will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will do this swiftly." |
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Crucial M500 480GB SSD
Crucial put together an attractive package for the M500.
On the back, we found a list of package contents. You get the drive and he 7mm to 9.5mm adapter.
Crucial flips the label sides to the opposite sides from what other companies do. The information label is on the top of the drive and the full color label is on the bottom. Here we see the information label with the model number, serial number and so on.
The bottom of the drive has the full color label.
The Crucial M500 is a 7mm z-height drive, so it works in many of the new ultrabooks on the market. Crucial includes a .5mm adapter that you may need in some notebooks, but very few.
The SATA power and data connectors are also in the same location so you won't have an issue using this product in your notebook ultrabook or desktop.
Here we get our first look at the inside of the drive. One of the first things you'll notice is the array of capacitors that works to flush the data in the buffer to the flash if a host power failure event occurs.
There are 16 NAND packages on the 480GB M500. There are three dies per package.
The same Marvell 88SS9187 controller was chosen for the full M500 series.
Flashtastic - 400MB/s claimed sequential write performance, exactly what we need. Let's see exactly what the 480GB model actually does over the next few pages.


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This is a guest post by Steve Morgan of Box UKA little while back, James Agate of Skyrocket SEO wrote a guest post here on Point Blank SEO about egobait, which is when "an asset… is created to attract the attention of a specific person or group of people. It is essentially producing something that strokes the ego of the person/people/company featured.
Adam Lundquist @adamlundquist
Interesting article. I thought that it was going to be ant-communitybait but it actually discussed great examples of i. I think that he is right that people have egos that want to be stoked and of course they will share any article about themselves. Interesting food for thought
Federico Sasso @vseostudio
Nice! Thanks for sharing it. Too bad (for me :) my "On-site SEO issues of Inbound.org" didn't make it in the list.
Steve Morgan @steviephilSorry Federico! I do remember seeing that post (and it reminded me of my Inbound.org Analysis post). :-)


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Without a major initiative in research, development, production, and procurement capability, new vaccines and new combinations will be used exclusively in economically advantaged countries, while less advantaged countries will remain dependent on the current Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) vaccines and on the local production of vaccines.
It is insufficient just to develop new and improved vaccines; such vaccines must be manufactured and made available to the CVI and EPI.
U.S. pharmaceutical firms are profit-driven; their continued presence in vaccines depends on adequate returns on their investments.
The availability of vaccines in the United States depends almost entirely on incentives to commercial firms to develop and produce them.
Over 80 percent of the world's children are born in countries producing one or more of the EPI vaccines and almost 60 percent of diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine used in the world today is produced in the country that uses it.
U.S. inner-city and rural populations face vaccine delivery and coverage problems similar to those being addressed by CVI, and many CVI goals are compatible with national interests.
It is entirely possible that the current vaccine system, which has many strengths, could be augmented sufficiently to permit full U.S. participation in the CVI. The process of vaccine innovation in the United States, involves numerous organizations in both the public and private sectors. In contrast, the actual production of vaccines depends on a handful of commercial and two state manufacturers.
Under the current system, commercial manufacturers pursue the development of vaccines for which there is perceived to be adequate returns on investment. For the most part, commercial vaccine manufacturers cannot justify their investment either in the development of new vaccines or in the improvement of existing vaccines intended for predominately developing-country markets. Some priority CVI vaccines have limited industrialized-country markets and are therefore perceived to be unprofitable. The two largest buyers of vaccines internationally, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), have procured vaccines for many years at very low prices. Given that no new vaccines have been developed and introduced to the UNICEF/PAHO/EPI market since its inception, it would appear that the prices quoted to UNICEF/PAHO are not sufficient to stimulate vaccine innovation.
Within the current system, small and medium-sized biotechnology