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BALTIMORE & CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Bank of America, proud sponsor of Special Olympics for more than three decades, today announced a three-year $1 million contribution to support Special Olympics, a global organization that provides year-round sports training and athletic competition for people with intellectual disabilities.
To kick off its new partnership, Bank of America will once again sponsor the Special Olympics Team USA delegation as they prepare for the World Summer Games in Athens, Greece. More than 315 Special Olympics Team USA athletes and more than 125 coaches will depart from Baltimore and travel to Athens for the Games (June 25-July 4) to compete among more than 7,000 athletes from around the world.
In addition to supporting Special Olympics athletes on their journey to Athens, the bank's 2011 contribution, made through the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, will also support the Healthy Athletes program at the World Games. This important non-sports program is designed to improve athletes' health and fitness in order to enhance their ability to train and compete in Special Olympics. Special Olympics athletes from nearly 170 countries in all regions around the world will have the opportunity to receive free health examinations and health-related products, such as prescription eyewear and hearing aids, along with advice to help them adopt good living habits and improve their own health situation.
"Bank of America is proud to provide Special Olympics Team USA athletes with the opportunity to demonstrate their outstanding accomplishments while learning from competitors from across the globe," said Anne Finucane, Global Strategy and Marketing officer and chair of the Bank of America Charitable Foundation. "We are honored to partner with Special Olympics and support the athletes and coaches as they prepare for a memorable and healthy experience at the World Summer Games in Athens."
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation has partnered with the Special Olympics movement and its mission by sponsoring Special Olympics Team USA and providing a unique combination of financial and volunteer resources to create opportunities that help recognize the value and unique gifts of people with intellectual disabilities.
Through the bank's partnership, the foundation has provided nearly $7 million in financial support to Special Olympics to help people with disabilities pursue their goals. In 2010 alone, employees volunteered more than 5,000 hours to support Special Olympics and their athletes in local communities across the United States.
"We are truly grateful to Bank of America for their support of our upcoming World Games," said Timothy Shriver, chairman and chief executive officer of Special Olympics. "Their support will not only help our Special Olympics Team USA athletes to compete in Greece, but also provide world-class health care to this medically underserved population."
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Project "The magic world of books" is for children from 10 to 13 years. Project's plan: 1.Let's meet. 2."Bookworms Journeys" - Let's see our library. 3."Bookworms Traces" - The most popular books and author in school. 4."European Bookworms Cartoon" - Let's make our cartoon about the European Union 5."Bookworms Makes" - Let's get our book.
Our school library is big. We have reading room and lending room. We have 3 catalogues: alphabetical, title and subject. We have "The Bookworms Gallery" and "The Library Club of Bookworms".
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Night City is fast paced arcade game with some brilliant looking 3D graphics. The object of the game is to protect your city, by shooting down invading space ships, and comets that threaten to smash into your city. The game starts out easy, but gradually builds up into a very intense arcade experience.
See also: arcade game, 3d game, freeware, free 3d game, shooter, fast paced game, 1st preson shooter
Treasure Jack 1.0
Treasure Jack is a fun and addictive arcade/puzzle game where the goal is to collect gems. The gems have a bad habit of not willingly going where you want them to so you have to guide them down in holes to be able to get them. Watch out though, the land is cursed and you will get various foes such as mummies and other creatures standing in your way. The game has an uniqe gameplay, where you use the mouse to "draw" walls to guide the gems right.
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Phantasia 2 1.02
The evil wizard strikes back and puts the fabulous dwarves into a dark prison in his mystery castle. You are the only one who can rescue all of the dwarves from the wizard's tower. Phantasia2 offers three unique game modes ? classic, arkanoid and bust-a-move. The modes are so different that actually these are three different games altogether and three times as much of fun in one game.
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Lunar Mission 1.0
The goal is to rescue the astronauts which are stranded on the lunar surface (rather platforms) by maneuvering your lunar vessel onto one of three platforms while dodging the asteroids. Of course that's half the mission. Once the astronaut is beamed abroad you must safely return him to the lunar spaceport.
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Wolves, eagles, bandits - everyone is after your cute little friends! Protect and guide the sheep through more than 80 wool-raising levels in this thrilling arcade game, until you finally reach your goal: the sheep-jumping competition in Woollyville. You will encounter logic puzzles, stubborn sheep that need to be moved, hidden powerups, hungry eagles, bothersome bandits, and much much more.
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Have you ever dreamed to play Bomberman like game with modern graphics and sound? Now you have a chance to do it with Mars Miner. A game that has all qualities of a classic time proved gameplay on a completely new level!The hero finds himself on Mars. Now his primary objective is to stay alive and find his way back to Earth through an abandoned Martian mine and a laboratory. A variety of hideous and crafty monsters are lurking on the way.
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Dynamic game, for all ages. The goal of the game is the clearing of a field from placed on a field, and falling from above, multi-coloured blocks faster, than the field will be filled. The clearing is carried out by move of four blocks, made in a framework, so that in one or several directions, (line, the column or diagonal) has become five or more blocks of one colour.
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Help the RoboToys as they explore the world around them. Each day after the factory workers close up shop at the Toy Factory, the RoboToys come alive. Curious about the world around them, the sneek out of the factory and experience a variety of adventures as they explore the vast world of RoboLand. It's your job to guide the RoboToys in their adventures, keeping them safe from the various harmful factory production elements.
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Chewsters is a funny casual game, in which you need to make groups of three or more aliens of the same color to make them disappear. Help Captain Dan Cornflake to fight aliens and defend the Earth from their invasion!
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CDC Special Supplement: Issues, Evidence & Public Health Implications of Protective Factors for Youth Violence Perpetration
Homicide continues to be the second leading cause of death for youth ages 15-24, and the leading cause of death for African American youth. More than 700,000 young people ages 10 to 24 were treated in emergency departments in 2010 for injuries sustained due to violence. But responding to violence after it happens is only part of the solution. We must prevent youth violence before it begins. In addition, most youth, even those living in high risk situations, are not violent and more must be learned about the factors that are helping youth, protecting them from engaging in violent behavior so that others can benefit. One critical step is a better understanding of the factors that protect youth from engaging in violence. To inform prevention efforts that enhance protective influences, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control convened a panel with expertise in youth development, violence prevention, and analytic methods.
This special supplement of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, "Protective Factors for Youth Violence Perpetration Issues, Evidence, and Public Health Implications*," is the first publication developed from the panel's work. Its primary purpose is to increase understanding of protective factors for youth violence perpetration by clarifying methods for conceptualizing, measuring, and distinguishing risk and protective effects.
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4 Ways to Upcycle Shipping Pallets
By: SUSAN MELGREN
Shipping pallets are a dime a dozen around the country. Commonly found behind stores (near delivery doors) and occasionally on the side of the road, these versatile and ubiquitous castoffs are a DIYer's dream material. With a little creativity shipping pallets can be turned into a variety of useful pieces for the home, from coffee tables to headboards to always-needed storage. Who knew a cheap wooden pallet could be so valuable?
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Turning shipping pallets into comfortable seating is one of the easiest ways to upcycle pallets. Just sand the pallets down until smooth then top with a comfortable array of cushions, pillows and blankets. To create the longer daybed or sofa look, attach two or more shipping pallets together. For more detailed instructions, check out Ashley Ann Photography's instructions for DIY Pallet Reading Bed
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Recycled shipping pallets also make great coffee tables. Depending on what kind of look you want, the effort you put in can be minimal. For a patio or outdoor room, sand the shipping pallets down, attach a couple of castors for mobility's sake, and you're done! For pieces inside the home, you might want to put a little more care into your work. If the look of weathered wood doesn't fit your interior décor, slap a coat of low-VOC paint on the pallets. Customize the height of your table by stacking and attaching several pallets together. If you're feeling a bit fancy, cover the top of the pallets with a slab of recycled glass.
Want a rustic-looking wooden headboard? Attach two shipping pallets together side-by-side for a unique headboard at virtually no cost! For the more ambitious DIYer, dismantled shipping pallets make the perfect building materials for a child's bed. Attach three pallets side-by-side, then dismantle additional pallets to create the railings and headboard. Don't limit your pallet creativity to just yourself! With a little dismantling, you can create a cozy bed for your dog or cat.
Shelves are probably the most versatile use of old shipping pallets. Depending on the configuration, shipping pallets can make pretty display racks for storing dishes and cute books, or they can form more practical shelving.
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1 Before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom, I solemnly charge you: | 1 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: |
2 proclaim the message; persist in it whether convenient or not; rebuke, correct, and encourage with great patience and teaching. | 2 Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful instruction. |
3 For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will accumulate teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear something new. | 3 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. |
4 They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths. | 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. |
5 But as for you, keep a clear head about everything, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. | 5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry. |
6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time for my departure is close. | 6 For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure. |
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The Author
Alex Scarrow used to be a rock guitarist, then he became a graphic artist, then he decided to be a computer-games designer. Finally, he grew up and became an author. He has written a number of successful thrillers and several screenplays, but it's Young Adult fiction that has allowed him to really have fun with many of the really cool ideas and concepts he was playing around with when designing games.
He lives in Norwich with his family.
You can follow Alex on Twitter @AlexScarrow or on Facebook
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Below are some images from Alex's days as a computer designer. Most of it is early concept artwork and mockups for games that never got made.
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From the Prologue of The Dominant Animal
Human beings live in a world of change and always have. But in recent decades, the world has been changing faster than ever before, largely because of human modifications of our planet, and the pace is accelerating. Those modifications have, at least temporarily, enabled the power and consumption patterns of a billion or so people to be enormously enhanced and allowed a couple of billion to be doing all right, while leaving a few billion others living in poverty and, often, hopelessness.
The acceleration of change traces to the rapid expansion in the human population since World War II, and to an explosive flowering of science and technology that has greatly increased the ability of our species to manipulate resources and the natural world. The remarkable technological accomplishments of modern human beings have had unfortunate, if unintended, consequences. They have not been matched by comparable advances in how wisely we treat one another and our environment. As a result, the weight of great human numbers coupled with our unprecedented technological capacity now threatens to overwhelm Earth's ability to sustain what has become a global civilization. Those unintended consequences—civilization's threats to its own ability to persist—are often called the "human predicament."
How one species, Homo sapiens, has become so powerful that it can significantly undermine the ability of Earth's environment to support much of life—including our own—is a central theme of this book. Humanity's rise to dominance is a result of both genetic and cultural evolution, both of which led to scientific advances that have spawned ever more powerful technologies. Both kinds of evolution have occurred largely in response to changing environments, and both, in turn, have been responsible for dramatic environmental alterations. Knowledge of these reciprocal evolution-environment interactions is critical to our ability to make wise decisions affecting the long-term success of our species and of the natural world upon which it is utterly dependent.
Besides providing the means to transform most of Earth's land surface, disrupt the life of its oceans, and significantly alter its atmosphere, science and technology have greatly enhanced our understanding of how the world works. Armed with computers, satellites, chemistry labs, electron microscopes, binoculars, butterfly nets, and theories, scientists have gained a reasonably comprehensive understanding of how Earth and its myriad inhabitants—including ourselves—interact and how they have changed over time. Having anything close to this level of knowledge is something new in the more than 100,000-year history of our species. In theory, we could use that knowledge to create a sustainable civilization—one in which human beings live happy, productive lives into the indefinite future. Whether we can manage that in practice remains to be seen.
Relatively recently, people's understanding of the world was quite different. An educated Englishman in the seventeenth century believed the Creation, including humanity, to be organized into a great "chain of being" that stretched "from the foot of God's throne to the meanest of inanimate objects." Everything, living or not, was assigned its place in an unchanging order: angels ranked between God and kings, kings above commoners, people above other animals, lions over mice, mice above plants, plants above rocks, and so on. It was a chain, not a ladder; one couldn't climb or descend it. The basic characteristics of human beings weren't thought to change, nor usually did their status in society; butterflies didn't change, mountains didn't change, the air people breathed didn't change, and poor girls didn't marry royalty. Indeed, nothing fundamental was thought to have been altered since the world was created, on October 23, 4004 bc, as Archbishop of Armagh James Ussher calculated in 1650. In modern terms, seventeenth-century savants were ignorant about the most basic aspects of the world.
But by Archbishop Ussher's time, ironically, change was already in the wind. Despite having been (in theory) put on the throne by God, Charles I of England was executed for "treason" on January 30, 1649, by human beings. This act of regicide defied a millennium of custom and sermons and indicated a weakening of belief in the great chain. In fact, it heralded a fundamental shift. Previously, most scholars had focused on received wisdom from texts. In the West, these included the Bible as well as the classical works of scholars, especially Aristotle, who wrote extensively on physics, philosophy, natural history, logic, and psychology three and a half centuries before Christ; and Thomas Aquinas, with the five proofs of the existence of God he developed in the late thirteenth century. Both Aristotle and Aquinas themselves had an empiricist bent, meaning they tried to make sense of the natural world through observation and experience (though not experiment), as most scientists do today. But in the Middle Ages most people were not trying to acquire new knowledge from nature; they had been taught to believe what their putative superiors said and to do as they were instructed.
After Ussher's time, the focus on received wisdom was gradually replaced in the West by a new spirit of independent inquiry and discovery. Galileo (1564–1642), rolling marbles down inclined planes and making careful measurements to investigate gravity, began to undermine the vague Aristotelian notion that each object sought its "natural place." Science was being born. A "question-and-test" school of intellectual discourse was weakening the old "believe-and-obey" school. In the Age of Enlightenment that followed, spurred by scientific advances and growing discontent with oppressive monarchies, ideas of change and progress were appearing everywhere in Europe, along with belief in the power of reason to explain the universe and to improve people's lot. In part, ascendance of that view was due to the work of the extraordinary mathematician and physicist Isaac Newton (1643–1727), who, among many other things, showed how the mathematical laws that described the motion of objects on Earth also governed the movements of celestial bodies. Newton was followed a century and a half later by that greatest of biologists Charles Darwin (1809–82), who explained how the vast diversity of living creatures was generated. His ideas gave the coup de grâce to the prevalent static view of the world—he "Newtonized" biology by showing that myriad seemingly disparate facts could be explained by a set of unifying rules of change.
Increased understanding of physical science laid the groundwork for the industrial revolution, which later mass-produced wonders ranging from pistols with replaceable parts to automobiles, jet aircraft, digital computers, and nuclear missiles. At the same time, the discoveries of biological science started to end plagues and improve health, and thus lower death rates, and, by so doing, encouraged unprecedented human population growth. Those biological discoveries also began to explain where human beings had come from, how we fit into nature, and how we got smart enough to create and apply science, become the dominant animal on the planet, and even contemplate our possible destinies.
By substantially increasing the power of human beings to modify their environments, the industrial revolution and the population explosion laid the groundwork for a nineteenth- and twentieth-century human conquest of nature on a scale hitherto undreamed of. Societies around the globe cleared vast areas of forest to raise crops and build cities, lacing the world with railroads and then highways, filling the skies with jet aircraft, and creating a vast array of plastics and other chemical products never seen in nature. If at first this seemed a triumphal march, by the middle of the twentieth century a growing minority of scientists and others had begun to realize that the "conquest" also amounted to a vast assault on the global environment that had increasingly serious implications for the future of humanity.
Questions of where people came from—that is, how we gradually changed from tiny, mouselike creatures 60 million years ago into the planet's dominant animal—and of how we have both altered and been influenced by our physical and biological environments are inextricably intertwined. This book deals with what scientists have discovered about the origins of people, what is known of our diverse cultures, and how our environments shaped those origins and cultures and now shape the human future. And it explains the equally important obverse of the coin: how we are reshaping our global environment, helping to steer our species' trajectory. It is a story about scientific discovery in the human realm. It describes both what scientists have found out about us, our surroundings, and the dramatic consequences of our activities, and how science, the human activity that gave us the power to dominate Earth, can help us better understand the predicament we have created for ourselves and thereby avoid its worst consequences.
The Dominant Animal is thus intended to be a concise account of human beings' interactions with one another and with the biophysical world in which we evolved, and how we came to dominate land and water, atmosphere, microbes (maybe!), plants, and animals. To understand the roles we play in our social and biophysical environments, we need to look at what science can tell us about topics as seemingly disparate as climate change, genes, sex, religion, epidemics, ethics, education, politics, and nuclear war. This volume attempts to explain what human dominance means for the functioning of our planet and therefore for our future. Amazing as it may seem in an era of increased environmental awareness, this story is rarely told in its entirety.


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May 7, 2008HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN ALEXIOS` REFLECTIONS on THE MYRRHBEARERSChrist is Risen!Just all the Sundays before Pascha have important lessons to teach us, so the Sundays after Pascha leading to Pentecost continue to teach us.On the Sunday of Thomas we learned how doubt can lead to tremendous faith, and by St. Thomas` example, we see that faith empowers us to serve Christ in ways we can scarcely believe possible. On the Sunday of the Myrrh Bearing women, we learn about faithfulness. The Sunday of the Paralytic teaches us that Christ is the source of life, healing us of our sickness and sin. On the Sunday of the Samaritan Women, we learn about the living water as Christ not only heals us and renews us but calls us into His service.This Sunday is dedicated to the Myrrh-Bearers, the Myrofores, and the wonderful miracle that they witnessed early in the morning on the first day of the week, as these faithful women went to fulfill their last obligation of love and service to the dead body of their Teacher. Because of their faithfulness, they were the first to see our Risen Lord. Then their Teacher gave them an order to go and tell the others of His Resurrection, and that He would be with them.Our Lord chose these women to communicate the good news of His Resurrection to the disciples, as they were hiding in the locked upper room, from fear of the authorities. It was to this locked room of fear, grief and defeat that the women brought the astounding news that their Teacher was not dead, but alive! Our Lord brings His grace to the locked rooms of our own lives, releasing us from our pain, anger and grief, setting us free from sin, death and the power of evil, to receive His abundant blessings of love, life and hope.Yet this Sunday we also have the opportunity to celebrate a special day dedicated to our mothers. I wish all our mothers Χρονια πολλα and a blessed and joyous Mother's Day! May the joy and the peace, the love and the hope that God bestowed on us through the glorious Resurrection of His Son our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ find a home in your hearts all the days of your lives!On the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers, and on Mother`s Day, I honor all our beautiful women of faith, who are faithful and courageous, setting an example for all of us. Let us resolve then, as we commemorate and celebrate the faithfulness of the Myrrh bearers, to emulate their example and, in humility and love, "Go and tell the others."May 2, 2008HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN ALEXIOS` REFLECTIONS on BRIGHT WEEKMy dearly beloved,Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!It is with a jubilant heart and glad spirit that I greet you in the name of our Risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! At this wonderful and glorious time of celebration and renewal, I extend to you my Hierarchical blessings and best wishes for blessed and joyous Paschal season. We give thanks that our Almighty God through His Divine Love and Mercy has bestowed His Grace on us so that once again we may experience the glorious Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and His Victory over sin, death and the power of the Evil One. This is not merely a commemoration of an historical event, but a shining reality in our own lives and hearts.Our Holy Orthodox Church has set aside times both for feasting and fasting, so that this week we observe "Diakaimsimos", "Bright Week" or "Renewal Week", named for the spiritual renewal and joy brought to the world by the resurrected Christ. Because all things are renewed by Christ as "a new heaven and a new earth." During this blessed Week, the Royal Doors into the Sanctuary remain open, fasting is forbidden, and at funerals, we do not sing the customary Funeral Service but sing of the Resurrection. The light of Pascha illumines this week, as each day we celebrate the glory of His Resurrection in the Divine Liturgy. We greet each other joyfully "Christos Anesti! Christ is risen!" The time of sorrow is over; the whole creation sings and glorifies the Lord!Also during this glorious week, we commemorated the name days of the great St. George, Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene, the Prophet Jeremiah, the nun-martyr Pelagia, Irene the Great Martyr of Thessaloniki, and the Feast of "The Life-Giving Fountain," the Zodochos Peghe. The Resurrection of Christ is the foundation and cornerstone of our Orthodox Christian faith. As St. Paul tells us: "If Christ be not risen, then our preaching is empty, and your faith is also empty" (1 Cor. 15:14). As we experience the joy of Pascha, we also enter into that Heavenly Kingdom, the beginning of the endless joy of Heaven. My dear ones, I ask you to join me in giving thanks to our Heavenly Father for this great gift that He bestowed upon us all. Let us also beseech Him to strengthen us as we strive to live as brothers and sisters in Christ, loving and assisting one another, even as the Apostles did. So that we may remain faithful in the service of our Risen Lord and Savior, proclaiming and testifying always to His Resurrection, as St. Thomas did: "My Lord and my God!"May God keep you and your loved ones under His Protection always and may you be spiritually uplifted with the love, freedom and peace that our Lord's Holy Resurrection offers to us all. As you are always in my thoughts and prayers and in my heart, I pray that I will remain in your hearts and prayers also.April 16, 2008PASCHAL LETTER OF HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN ALEXIOS"Many indeed are the miracles of that time: God crucified; the sun darkened and again rekindled; for it was fitting that the creatures should suffer with their Creator; the veil rent; the Blood and Water shed from His Side; the one as from a man, the other as above man; the rocks rent for the Rock`s sake; the dead raised for a pledge of the final Resurrection of all men; the Signs at the Sepulchre and after the Sepulchre, which none can worthily celebrate; and yet none of these equal to the Miracle of my salvation."St. Gregory the Theologian, Second Paschal OrationMy dear Metropolis of Atlanta family, I greet you with love and joy in my heart in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, as we prayerfully anticipate His Passion and glorious Resurrection, and I extend my paternal blessings and love, with best wishes for a joyous and blessed Holy Pascha. My beloved ones, come; let us adore the Holy Resurrection of Christ, for, behold, through the Cross joy has come to the worldAs we look forward to Holy Week and prepare ourselves for the Resurrection of Christ, let us adore the all-Holy Lord Jesus, the only Sinless One. Let us bow in worship before His Cross, praying that we may truly open our hearts to His Divine Resurrection and proclaim with one mind and one heart, Christ Is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! During this season of light, I ask you to remember me in your personal prayers, as I will remember you. May the blessings of the Lord be with you always and may you walk in peace and love in the new light of His Resurrection! Wishing you and your loved ones Καλὸ Πάσχα, I prayerfully remain,Paternally yours with love in our Risen Lord,+ALEXIOSMetropolitan of AtlantaApril 16, 2008HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN ALEXIOS on HOLY WEEKMy dearly beloved in the Lord,"Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for a new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless." 2 Peter 3:13-14I greet you today with sincere affection in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in anticipation of His Passion and Resurrection. With great joy in my heart, I give thanks and praise to our Almighty God Who has once again granted us the opportunity to experience this sacred encounter with our Savior through the worship services of our Orthodox Church during Holy Week and Holy Pascha. Both the Passion and the Resurrection have an important impact on our personal life. Although from different perspectives, both focus on the same reality. With His Passion, we see the love that the Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, has for all of us. In His suffering and death, we see that God's Love is so powerful, that it overcomes suffering, pain and even death itself. Indeed Love is all-powerful, for if we let ourselves embrace and be embraced by God's Love, all our actions and our entire life and being will be God-directed and God-oriented. "For God is Love" (1 John 4:8)The other aspect of the Holy Season is the Resurrection. Through this event, we receive the promise to live in eternity. We see, we touch, we feel the joy of being connected with real life, that abundant life that our Lord promises us. We are blessed to participate in the glorious Resurrection of our own lives, as well. And we have the eternal hope of salvation, from the empty tomb of our Lord Jesus Christ.Let us pray that we are able to open our hearts to experience His Passion during Holy Week, so that on that Feast of Feasts, that Holy Day of Holy Days, Holy Pascha, we are truly able to receive Him as He comes, the victorious Lord of All! May we all experience the abundant grace and bountiful blessings of our Living Lord and with one mind and one heart, proclaim, Christ Is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!April 11, 2008HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN ALEXIOS - THE SUNDAY OF ST. MARY OF EGYPTWe have spoken before that each Sunday during Lent has a particular focus, or lesson to be learned. As you know, this coming Sunday is dedicated to St. Mary of Egypt, the last week of Great Lent, for the following Sunday is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week.St. Mary was of course a great sinner, especially because her sins involved others in sin, a very grave and evil thing. However the grace of God is greater than any sinful life. Because she recognized her sin and opened her heart to receive that wonderful grace, St. Mary changed her whole way of life to be close to Christ, to devote herself to Him and bring herself nearer to God.No matter how wicked, no matter how sinful we have been, there is always hope for us, for, like the loving Father in the parable of the Prodigal, God is always and eternally seeking our reconciliation and return, welcoming us with open arms. So we always have the opportunity to come and find peace in our hearts' true home. Let us all pray that we, like St. Mary of Egypt and the Prodigal Son, will come to our senses - even now it is not to late to ask forgiveness of God and each other. I am the first one to ask for your forgiveness, and I pray for all my flock that God has entrusted to my care, to be forgiven, so that we may truly experience the joy, the freedom and the healing that comes with His glorious Resurrection.April 2, 2008HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN ALEXIOS on ARCHBISHOP IAKOVOSMy beloved ones,It hardly seems possible that already three years have passed since the passing away of our beloved Archbishop Iakovos. Here in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, we have been blessed with many able leaders. One of the greatest of these was Archbishop Iakovos, who faithfully served the flock God had entrusted to his care for 37 years.Like many of us, Archbishop Iakovos was not born in the United States but came here when he was a young man, a deacon, on the day before his secular name day, Oct. 25, 1936. Thus our Archbishop's story was not only our own story, but also our common American story of immigrants coming to a new land. Archbishop Iakovos came to America with a vision and a purpose, to serve our Lord with all his heart, soul, strength and mind. I believe he fulfilled that vision and that purpose.Along the way, he was able to lead the Greek Orthodox Faithful from a marginalized ethnic church to the highest prominence. For example, not so long ago, when our children served in the military, they had to choose the designation of "Catholic" or "Protestant" or "Jew." Thanks to the efforts of Archbishop Iakovos, today our sons and daughters serving all over the world in the noble cause of freedom and democracy, may proudly proclaim that they are Orthodox Christians.Sometimes his decisions put him at odds with others, as in 1965, when he marched side by side with the great civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., because Archbishop Iakovos also believed in the power of freedom and democracy against the forces of oppression and injustice. As a true Orthodox Christian, he firmly believed in the equality of all God's children, and was courageously willing to act in accordance with those beliefs.He never forgot and indeed always honored his heritage as an Hellene and an Orthodox Christian, and proudly presented our faith to the leaders and authorities of the world at large. His vision of the Orthodox faith transcended jurisdictional boundaries, and he brought together all the Orthodox under the umbrella of what we now call SCOBA. He opened a dialog with all faiths and was the first to open the doors to the Vatican, by representing His All-Holiness Athenagoras.Three years ago, we, his spiritual children, lost a leader, a visionary, a faithful servant of God and our Holy Orthodox Church. To me, it was an especially personal loss, as I regarded him as my spiritual father and hero in the faith. In honor of his life, faithful service and leadership to our Church and our Nation, and at the direction of His Eminence Archbishop Demetri, I ask you all to join this Sunday April 6 after the Divine Liturgy in a memorial service to our beloved Archbishop Iakovos."Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little,I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master"(Matthew 25:21)May his memory be eternal!April 2, 2008ENCYCLICAL FROM HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHO DEMETRIThree-Year Memorial Encyclical of Archbishop IakovosProtocol 31/08March 27, 2008Three-Year Memorial Encyclical Upon the Falling Asleep in the Lord of Archbishop IakovosFormer Archbishop of North and South AmericaTo the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils of the Greek Orthodox Communities, the Distinguished Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Day, Afternoon and Church Schools, the Philoptochos Sisterhoods, the Youth, the Hellenic Organizations, and the entire Greek Orthodox Family in America.Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ,On behalf of our Holy Eparchial Synod, I write to you on the third year anniversary of the passing away of our deeply beloved and respected Archbishop Iakovos of North and South America. Our memory of Archbishop Iakovos remains alive after three years since his falling asleep in the Lord. We remember him for his tireless efforts and intense passion for promoting the truth of the Gospel. He had been a visionary who championed civil liberties and the growth of Christian unity, and a great ecclesiastical leader of our Church and Omogenia for decades. In honor of his life and in honor of his leadership to our Church and our Nation, all parishes of our Holy Archdiocese are hereby directed to conduct a memorial service at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, April 6, 2008. As we pray for the repose of the soul of our deeply beloved and respected Archbishop Iakovos of blessed memory, let us keep him in our minds and hearts as a source of strength, particularly during this season of Holy Lent, and let us strive toward that standard of virtue that he set as a stalwart servant of Christ and His Holy Church. May his memory be eternal.With paternal love in Christ,+DEMETRIOSArchbishop of AmericaMarch 28, 2008HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN ALEXIOS` REFLECTIONS ON THE SUNDAY OF THE HOLY CROSSThis Sunday of the Holy Cross is a special occasion for all Orthodox Christians and plays an important role in our lives. Because Orthodoxy is not only a set of dogmas and beliefs that we assent to intellectually – it is a style of life, at once pragmatic and spiritual. Through it, we have the ability to enjoy life, because Orthodoxy gives us the gift of understanding ourselves and our relationship to our Creator. Through Orthodoxy, we receive a different understanding or dimension of life, leading us to theosis and salvation, and the understanding that we are not just human beings. Through divine involvement, through a miracle, we have the opportunity to be united with God. This miracle began with one man, who possessed no degrees or diplomas, no wealth or temporal power, no armies and no worldly recognition. Yet somehow He managed to convey His message of the miracle of divine involvement throughout the world, using simple and flawed men such as fishermen and tax collectors. Thus the central message of our Faith is profoundly irrational, in worldly terms. As St. Paul tells us, "but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness." (1 Cor. 1:23) True, the first followers of our Lord witnessed miracles and heard wonderful stories, but they had heard all that before from prophets and religious leaders, so that they, like we today, did not necessarily understand the truly radical nature of Christ`s mission on earth. It is through the Cross that we learn the truth. It is through the Holy and Life-giving Cross that we understand we are participants in that miracle of Divine Involvement and Love. We are now halfway through our shared journey to Holy Pascha and His glorious Resurrecton. On the Sunday of the Holy Cross, we realize that we are going to have to take up our own cross, struggle and strive to overcome the obstacles that the devil places in our path. We must struggle to resist evil and temptation, to do what is against our conscience. Our Church offers us the tools of prayer, fasting, and increased opportunities for worship and service in order to "fight the good fight."March 14, 2008MESSAGE OF HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN ALEXIOS ON GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAYMarch, 20008 My dearly beloved, On this blessed and glorious Day of Independence, I greet you with love and joy in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, giving thanks and praise for all the abundant blessings in our lives, especially the great gift of freedom and independence. Because our Hellenic Orthodox culture and faith teach us that the real source of freedom is Almighty God, "the glorious freedom of the children of God" (Romans 8:21). During the dark years of the Turkokrateia, thousands were killed or tortured for their faith, or for simply teaching the children our culture, history and language. They were sustained and strengthened by their Orthodox faith. The celebration of Greek Independence Day on March 25th draws inspiration from one of the great Feast Days of our Church, the Annunciation of the Theotokos, for on that blessed day, Bishop Germanos of Patras raised the banner of revolution, in an act of defiance against the Turks, marking the beginning of the War of Independence. As Greek Orthodox Christians and citizens of the United States of America, we are sustained and inspired by our belief in individual rights, in the rule of law and in the freedom to live without fear, to speak our own minds, to practice our religion, and to participate in our government. These are not only the ideals that strenthen and motivate us, as Hellenes and Christians, but more importantly they are the values that we share with all people who cherish freedom, equality and the rule of law. It is this legacy we honor as we celebrate Greek Independence Day, and I thank God for this special occasion to pay tribute to the courage of our forefathers and to celebrate with friends and neighbors the beauty of freedom. May we never take for granted the freedoms we enjoy, and never forget to use these freedoms for the good of others and in the service of our Lord. May Almighty God bless us and keep us free of tyranny, so that we might worship Him and serve Him with joy and gladness, as we strive always to be disciples of Christ in the world. May God grant us liberty, prosperity, and peace, and may our celebration of Greek Independence Day be a symbol of liberty for all enslaved peoples around the world.Zeto i Ellas, zeto i eleftheria!With faithful commitment to His service, I remain Prayerfully yours with paternal love in Christ, +ALEXIOS Metropolitan of Atlanta March 14, 2008CATECHETICAL ADDRESS OF ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW ON THE COMMENCEMENT OF HOLY AND GREAT LENTCATECHETICAL ADDRESS OF ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW ON THE COMMENCEMENT OF HOLY AND GREAT LENTProtocol Number 293CATECHETICAL ADDRESSON THE COMMENCEMENT OFHOLY AND GREAT LENT+ B A R T H O L O M E WBY THE MERCY OF GOD ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLENEW ROME AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHTO THE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCHGRACE AND PEACE FROM OUR SAVIOR ANDLORD JESUS CHRIST, AND FROM US BENEDICTIONBLESSING AND FORGIVENESSDuring this period of Holy and Great Lent, our Church calls us to repentance. Doubtless, as contemporary man hears this invitation to repentance, he does not feel comfortable, because he has accustomed himself to a certain way of life, and does not wish to question his own rectitude. Calling one's own rectitude into question produces feelings of insecurity, because the ideological structure within which you have sure and certain refuge is clearly risked.However, a deeper examination of the issue compels us to accept that people's convictions do not conform to objective reality, on the basis of reasonable judgment. Rather, they create a justification that is pleasing to self, namely: "excuses in sins" (Psalm 140:4). When a person justifies his or her actions and self-vindicates on the basis of erroneous values, significant harm happens, because inevitably, the moment comes when the truth emerges, and we find ourselves without excuse. Moreover, there may be no more time to adjust our convictions: that is, to repent of our sinful deeds and erroneous beliefs, through which we have tried to justify our behavior.Now as Christians, we are used to both hearing about and practicing repentance, and we do not feel a conflict with our Church's call to repentance. However, there is a need for us to make a deliberate and conscious effort to realize that a complete repentance has two objectives.The first objective is threefold: a renunciation of our sins, a decision to cease and desist from sinful deeds and habits, and a decision to make amends for the consequences of our sins. For example, the publican Zaccheus, who sincerely repented during his encounter with Christ, demonstrated his repentance in a practical way by repaying fourfold the very people from whom he had unjustly seized wealth.The second objective of repentance is that we should change our mentality. We should replace our understandings with other higher and loftier ones; or in the words of the Psalmist: to "ascend in our hearts" (Psalm 83:6). This second objective needs to be pursued especially by those who are unconvinced by their consciousness about specific sins. For example, our understanding of love surely falls short of perfection; likewise our understanding of humility. For when we compare our own spiritual state to the perfection of God, a perfection we are called to imitate, surely we will see our shortcomings and realize the endless road we must traverse in order to find ourselves in the path of those who are like unto God. As we examine the quality of our inner peace, we ascertain that we fall short of the peace of Christ "which surpasses all understanding" (Philippians 4:7). Pondering the level to which we trust our lives to God's Providence, we sadly realize that we are often seized by anxiety and uncertainty about the future, as if we were either of little faith or even without faith. In general, upon examination of the purity of our conscience, we realize that we fall short of understanding correctly the many feelings we harbor within ourselves that are detrimental to our purity, often mistaking them as healthy. Thus, a new and more complete enlightenment of our conscience is needed through the teachings of the Fathers and of the Gospel, so that we will be in a better position to think critically about ourselves and our shortcomings, in line with the judgment of God. Since no one can claim to judge himself perfectly, by the same token no one can claim that he has no need of a renewed mind, a more enlightened mind, a transformation of mind, a correction of mind and mentality, i.e. a need of repentance. The call of our Orthodox Church to repentance is not merely a call to self-reproach. Self-reproach can be useful, as are deep contrition and tears of repentance; but they are not of themselves sufficient. We need to experience the joy emanating from the forgiveness granted to us by God, the sense of deliverance from the burdens of the bondage of sin, and the sense of God's love for us. Our repentance does not deprive us from the joy of life, making us indignant when we hear a sermon calling us to repentance. Repentance means cleansing and enlightenment of our minds, more ardent love for Christ and His creation, freedom and joy through the newness of life into which we continually enter through our constant repentance. The one who constantly repents, ever progresses, ever rejoices through new ascents, finds constant satisfaction in deeper understandings of all things. Through the transformation of mentality and understanding, the one who repents better understands the whole world, becomes wiser, more judicious, more discreet, nobler and a true friend of Christ. Therefore, the preaching of repentance should be favorably received by wise persons who are able to appreciate any improvement that comes from the renewal of the human person through repentance.Therefore, brothers and sisters and beloved children in the Lord, let us accept the invitation of our Church to repentance as we have set forth above. Let us who have fallen short through sin cleanse ourselves from sin through confession. Let us constantly examine our own presuppositions, so our judgments and thoughts may be godly and pure, just and true.Finally, we paternally pray that all of you may enjoy the every assistance and help of the Lord on your road to repentance and throughout your renewed life in Christ.Holy and Great Lent 2008BARTHOLOMEW of ConstantinopleThe fervent intercessor for you all before God


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ORLANDO, Fla. – The University of Tennessee at Martin softball team could not overcome a big third inning by College of Charleston, eventually dropping the 4-1 decision to wrap up the UCF Holiday Inn Tournament.
The Skyhawks (5-10-1) saw sophomore Deven Wilson lead the team with a pair of hits in three plate appearances. Freshman Carly Gonzales tallied the team's lone RBI of the day while joining Kenzi Tate, Gabby Glenn and Samantha McClure with one hit each.
Freshman Elizabeth Wiegand (3-2) got the start for the Skyhawks, earning the tough loss while tossing six innings, striking out a pair and allowing no earned runs. Sophomore Autumn Glenn appeared in relief, pitching one inning while allowing a hit and issuing a walk.
College of Charleston (12-7) was led by the play of shortstop Lizzy Vaughn who paced the team with two base hits and the team's lone RBI. The Cougars turned to pitcher Samantha Martin (4-1) in the circle, tossing a complete game. Martin allowed six hits while striking out four and allowing one earned run.
The Cougars got on the mound first in the top of the third inning, exploding for four runs on three hits and two errors. After the leadoff hitter reached base following a fielding error, she moved to second on a successful bunt putting runners at first and second with no outs. The Skyhawks picked up the first out of the inning when catching the runner in scoring position going from second to third on a fielder's choice. Vaughn would tally the first blow, singling a run in from second before advancing to second on the throw. The Skyhawks would tally the second out after a fielder's choice resulted in nailing a Cougar runner at the plate.
Charleston would blow the game open on the ensuing play. With runners at first and third with two outs, Mackenzie Maples would single before advancing to second on a throwing error by the left fielder, eventually joining Carly Corthell and Vaughn coming around to score. All four runs in the inning were unearned.
The Skyhawks would strike in the bottom of the fifth, tallying one run on three hits. Gabby Glenn would single up the middle with two outs before McClure moved Gabby Glenn to third base on a bunt single. Gonzales drove an RBI single up the middle, scoring Gabby Glenn from third base. The Skyhawks final threat would be extinguished with a fielder's choice.
UT Martin will return to action on Tuesday, March 4 when they play a doubleheader at Bethune Cookman. Action is schedule to get underway at noon.


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1 "But for now, dear servant Jacob, listen - yes, you, Israel, my personal choice. | 1 "But now listen, O Jacob, my servant, Israel, whom I have chosen. |
2 God who made you has something to say to you; the God who formed you in the womb wants to help you. Don't be afraid, dear servant Jacob, Jeshurun, the one I chose. | 2 This is what the LORD says-- he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you: Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. |
3 For I will pour water on the thirsty ground and send streams coursing through the parched earth. I will pour my Spirit into your descendants and my blessing on your children. | 3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. |
4 They shall sprout like grass on the prairie, like willows alongside creeks. | 4 They will spring up like grass in a meadow, like poplar trees by flowing streams. |
5 This one will say, 'I am God's,' and another will go by the name Jacob; That one will write on his hand 'God's property' - and be proud to be called Israel." | 5 One will say, 'I belong to the LORD'; another will call himself by the name of Jacob; still another will write on his hand, 'The LORD's,' and will take the name Israel. |
6 God, King of Israel, your Redeemer, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, says: "I'm first, I'm last, and everything in between. I'm the only God there is. | 6 "This is what the LORD says-- Israel's King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God. |
7 Who compares with me? Speak up. See if you measure up. From the beginning, who else has always announced what's coming? So what is coming next? Anybody want to venture a try? | 7 Who then is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare and lay out before me what has happened since I established my ancient people, and what is yet to come-- yes, let him foretell what will come. |
8 Don't be afraid, and don't worry: Haven't I always kept you informed, told you what was going on? You're my eyewitnesses: Have you ever come across a God, a real God, other than me? There's no Rock like me that I know of." Lover of Emptiness | 8 Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one." |
9 All those who make no-god idols don't amount to a thing, and what they work so hard at making is nothing. Their little puppet-gods see nothing and know nothing - they're total embarrassments! | 9 All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Those who would speak up for them are blind; they are ignorant, to their own shame. |
10 Who would bother making gods that can't do anything, that can't "god"? | 10 Who shapes a god and casts an idol, which can profit him nothing? |
11 Watch all the no-god worshipers hide their faces in shame. Watch the no-god makers slink off humiliated when their idols fail them. Get them out here in the open. Make them face God-reality. | 11 He and his kind will be put to shame; craftsmen are nothing but men. Let them all come together and take their stand; they will be brought down to terror and infamy. |
12 The blacksmith makes his no-god, works it over in his forge, hammering it on his anvil - such hard work! He works away, fatigued with hunger and thirst. | 12 The blacksmith takes a tool and works with it in the coals; he shapes an idol with hammers, he forges it with the might of his arm. He gets hungry and loses his strength; he drinks no water and grows faint. |
13 The woodworker draws up plans for his no-god, traces it on a block of wood. He shapes it with chisels and planes into human shape - a beautiful woman, a handsome man, ready to be placed in a chapel. | 13 The carpenter measures with a line and makes an outline with a marker; he roughs it out with chisels and marks it with compasses. He shapes it in the form of man, of man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine. |
14 He first cuts down a cedar, or maybe picks out a pine or oak, and lets it grow strong in the forest, nourished by the rain. | 14 He cut down cedars, or perhaps took a cypress or oak. He let it grow among the trees of the forest, or planted a pine, and the rain made it grow. |
15 Then it can serve a double purpose: Part he uses as firewood for keeping warm and baking bread; from the other part he makes a god that he worships - carves it into a god shape and prays before it. | 15 It is man's fuel for burning; some of it he takes and warms himself, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. But he also fashions a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it. |
16 With half he makes a fire to warm himself and barbecue his supper. He eats his fill and sits back satisfied with his stomach full and his feet warmed by the fire: "Ah, this is the life." | 16 Half of the wood he burns in the fire; over it he prepares his meal, he roasts his meat and eats his fill. He also warms himself and says, "Ah! I am warm; I see the fire." |
17 And he still has half left for a god, made to his personal design - a handy, convenient no-god to worship whenever so inclined. Whenever the need strikes him he prays to it, "Save me. You're my god." | 17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships. He prays to it and says, "Save me; you are my god." |
18 Pretty stupid, wouldn't you say? Don't they have eyes in their heads? Are their brains working at all? | 18 They know nothing, they understand nothing; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds closed so they cannot understand. |
19 Doesn't it occur to them to say, "Half of this tree I used for firewood: I baked bread, roasted meat, and enjoyed a good meal. And now I've used the rest to make an abominable no-god. Here I am praying to a stick of wood!" | 19 No one stops to think, no one has the knowledge or understanding to say, "Half of it I used for fuel; I even baked bread over its coals, I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make a detestable thing from what is left? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?" |
20 This lover of emptiness, of nothing, is so out of touch with reality, so far gone, that he can't even look at what he's doing, can't even look at the no-god stick of wood in his hand and say, "This is crazy." | 20 He feeds on ashes, a deluded heart misleads him; he cannot save himself, or say, "Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?" |
21 "Remember these things, O Jacob. Take it seriously, Israel, that you're my servant. I made you, shaped you: You're my servant. O Israel, I'll never forget you. | 21 "Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are my servant, O Israel. I have made you, you are my servant; O Israel, I will not forget you. |
22 I've wiped the slate of all your wrongdoings. There's nothing left of your sins. Come back to me, come back. I've redeemed you." | 22 I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you." |
23 High heavens, sing! God has done it. Deep earth, shout! And you mountains, sing! A forest choir of oaks and pines and cedars! God has redeemed Jacob. God's glory is on display in Israel. | 23 Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O earth beneath. Burst into song, you mountains, you forests and all your trees, for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, he displays his glory in Israel. |
24 God, your Redeemer, who shaped your life in your mother's womb, says: "I am God. I made all that is. With no help from you I spread out the skies and laid out the earth." | 24 "This is what the LORD says-- your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself, |
25 He makes the magicians look ridiculous and turns fortunetellers into jokes. He makes the experts look trivial and their latest knowledge look silly. | 25 who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who overthrows the learning of the wise and turns it into nonsense, |
26 But he backs the word of his servant and confirms the counsel of his messengers. He says to Jerusalem, "Be inhabited," and to the cities of Judah, "Be rebuilt," and to the ruins, "I raise you up." | 26 who carries out the words of his servants and fulfills the predictions of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, 'It shall be inhabited,' of the towns of Judah, 'They shall be built,' and of their ruins, 'I will restore them,' |
27 He says to Ocean, "Dry up. I'm drying up your rivers." | 27 who says to the watery deep, 'Be dry, and I will dry up your streams,' |
28 He says to Cyrus, "My shepherd - everything I want, you'll do it." He says to Jerusalem, "Be built," and to the Temple, "Be established." | 28 who says of Cyrus, 'He is my shepherd and will accomplish all that I please; he will say of Jerusalem, "Let it be rebuilt," and of the temple, "Let its foundations be laid." ' |
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved. (The Message Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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On 8 September you agreed to a submission from ADAA and the Department that the Government should provide a cash contribution of $100,000 to the ICRC Appeal for its relief work in Portuguese Timor. Following exchanges of correspondence between yourself and the Treasurer the $100,000 contribution was announced on 18 September.
- Meanwhile a refugee problem of considerable proportions appears to be building up in Indonesian Timor. The refugees, whose numbers according to Indonesian estimates, run to the order of 30,000, are mostly UDT and Apodeti supporters who have fled across the border into Indonesian Timor.
- In view of the refugee problem in Indonesian Timor we have been working on the basis that a portion of the $100,000 contribution to the ICRC should be channelled by the ICRC through the Indonesian Red Cross as relief for the refugees. We have already informed the ICRC in Geneva that an amount of the order of $20,000 might be provisionally set aside for this purpose, but that we should wish to be guided by the ICRC's assessment of relevant needs before coming to a final decision on an appropriate allocation.
- The ICRC still has no precise details of the position on the Indonesian side of Timor but is to send a representative to Kupang over the weekend to look into the situation. The ICRC's initial disposition has been to regard some of the estimates of the numbers of refugees on the Indonesian side of the border as exaggerated.
- Our wish that some of the Australian contribution should be allocated to the refugees has been dictated in part by our concern that Australia should not be seen in Indonesian eyes as being concerned only with the people in Fretilin-controlled territory. We should in principle be no less concerned about the welfare of those who have fled from Fretilin into Indonesian Timor.
- The Department's preference would have been to allocate an amount greater than $20,000 or one-fifth of the Australian contribution, for the refugees. But as against this consideration the ICRC Appeal was addressed to the situation in Portuguese Timor itself and indeed related very much to the need to re-imburse expenditures already being undertaken by national Red Cross associations which in practical terms in this case are the expenditures undertaken by The Australian Red Cross. Ear-marking a larger amount than $A20,000 for the refugees would therefore have been difficult. We have also had in mind that the Government is corning under pressure from press and other quarters to undertake a food relief program in Portuguese Timor. There are substantial political problems in proceeding with such a program (it would be difficult to avoid the impression that we were giving direct underpinning to the de facto Fretilin administration in Timor) and we have seen in the cash offer to the ICRC a means of possibly forestalling pressure for Australia to do more.
- The Australian Embassy in Jakarta has, however, reacted adversely to the proposal that only one-fifth of our $100,000 contribution should be made available for the refugees. A copy of Jakarta telegram JA19361 is attached. It will be seen that Jakarta is recommending either (a) a specific Australian bilateral offer to Indonesia for the upkeep of the refugees; or, (b) that a greater proportion of the $100,000 contribution to the ICRC be set aside for Timorese refugees in Indonesian Timor.2
- The problem with the first suggestion is that with the commitment of the $100,000 to the ICRC there are no further funds within existing budgetary allocations which could be made available for the refugees. In other words, were we to make a bilateral offer to Indonesia we should need to seek additional funds. The Treasury, with whom we have discussed the matter, is quite insistent that the Treasurer would be reluctant to agree to this course particularly at such an early stage in the financial year.
- There is no practical restraint on us setting aside a greater amount than $20,000 of the $100,000 for the refugees. We should of course wish to await the outcome of the survey being conducted by the ICRC of the extent of the problem on the Indonesian side of the border. But assuming that a clear need for relief is established, there would seem no reason why we could not simply inform that ICRC that, for example, we should wish them to divide the expenditure from our $100,000 equally between the refugees in Indonesian Timor and those persons in need of relief still in Portuguese Timor. The expenditure in both cases would fall within the terms of the announcement of the contribution, that is for assistance for 'the victims of the recent fighting in Timor'. But we must expect that the fact of the ear-marking would become known. This could mean that there would be additional pressure on the Government to make further contributions, possibly food aid, solely for Portuguese Timor.3
- On balance we recommend that you agree to our informing the ICRC that provided need is established, we should wish the Australian contribution of $100,000 to be allocated evenly between the refugees in Indonesian Timor and the ICRC relief operation inside Portuguese Timor itself.4
[NAA: Al838, 3038/10/1/2, ii]


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At an event at the British High Commission this week, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) launched its chapter in Singapore. This is the first RIBA International chapter to be opened since RIBA USA in 1997.
Forming a friendly, synergetic counterpart to the Singapore Institute of Architects, the Chapter will be led by Goh Chong Chia, an International RIBA Council member who has been appointed Ambassador, and his steering committee. RIBA Singapore will aim to deliver a programme of RIBA related activities at local chapter level with specific reference to supporting members in the region. The chapter's forthcoming programme of activity was presented to a wide audience including developers, contractors, consulting engineers and Government departments.
In 2009, the Institute will be opening chapters in the Gulf region and in Hong Kong. These new chapters form part of the Institute's work to provide greater support for its members living and working around the world. The chapters will also provide an opportunity to foster links with international clients and partnerships between UK-based and local architects.


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After the action-packed Rounds 1 and 2 last month in Libis, the 2013 Hyundai Lateral Drift Championship is now set for Round 3 this coming September 28, 2013 at the Clark International Speedway in Clark, Pampanga.
Pilipinas Got Talent Season 4 Grand Finalist Gio Rodriguez of team ATOY Customs currently leads the Pro Division championship with 214 points after dominating the first two rounds of the season. He's followed by six-time champion Alex Perez of team Yellow Cab Drift with 161 points and lone female driver, Tin Tin David with 160 points.
The battle is also as tight, if not tighter, in the Amateur Division. The new breed of drifters are on a skill level so high that one would be hard pressed to even classify them as amateurs. Leading the championship standing is Rob Tan with 194 points, followed in 2nd by Ej Malibiran with 168 points, and Mark Bernardo in 3rd with 168 points.
Once again, Kimihiro Obata and Hiromi Kajikuma from Japan will be in the Philippines to judge the competition. They'll also give shotgun rides to some lucky fans using the official drift car of the Hyundai Lateral Drift Championship – the Hyundai Genesis Coupe.
Admission is free to spectators. Action will start at 8 o' clock in the morning for practice runs, followed by qualifying at 12 noon, and tandem runs that will stretch until 6 in the evening. Round 3 of the 2013 Hyundai Lateral Drift Championship will also be held in conjunction with the 0-400 Challenge that features Drag Races and Time Attack competition.
Don't miss high speed drifting at its best here in the Philippines on September 28, 2013 at the Clark International Speedway.
For more info and latest updates, please log on to www.facebook.com/LateralDriftProductions or www.facebook.com/hyundaiph, and follow Hyundai Lateral Drift on twitter @LateralDriftPH. You can also watch a live update on the Pinoy Extreme Channel on Ustream.
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text: A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) tentatively plans lane restrictions on the US 41 Twin Bridges between Henderson, KY, and Evansville, IN, starting Monday, August 4, 2014. The lane restrictions are to facilitate a detailed inspection of the bridges. Motorists should be prepared to encounter one lane traffic from approximately 9:00 a.m. to approximately 3:30 p.m., CDT, on weekdays. Lane restrictions may be up for additional hours on weekends. Inspectors will be climbing the bridge structure and using a snooper truck as they go about their work. Motorists should be prepared to encounter slowing and merging traffic on the bridge approaches. Appropriate caution is required where equipment, flaggers, and inspection personnel are on the bridge deck in close proximity to traffic flow. The detailed inspection is expected to take about 10 days to 2 weeks to complete, weather permitting. The US 41 Twin Bridges, also known as the Bi-State Viet Nam Gold Star Memorial Bridges, are located at US 41 mile point 19.649 about a mile south of the Kentucky-Indiana State Line. They carry approximately 37,000 vehicles per day across the Ohio River between Henderson, KY, and Evansville, IN. The bridges are located about a mile downstream from the confluence of the Green River and the Ohio River at Ohio River navigation mile point 786.8. The northbound bridge was opened to traffic on July 4, 1932. The southbound bridge was opened to traffic on December 16,1965. Timely traffic advisories for the 11 counties of KYTC Highway District 2 are available by going to www.facebook.com/kytcdistrict2. You do not have to be a Facebook member to access this page.


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I decided to experiment with a conversation with myself. I asked a simple and basic question and worked my way to complex and confusing:
What is depression?
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