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Jackie G - Poker Playing Pa... 2012/11/20 01:32:56No+4Not this year, my daughter-in-law is cooking but I am bring special cheese potatoes and lemon cake
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- AdmrlLocke 2012/11/22 13:57:38No
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- P. Sturm 2012/11/21 18:11:39NoMy family is, not me. I've looked all over a turkey and can't find the microwave instructions on it anywhere.
Microwave is not for cooking.
If it wasn't for people's impatience it wouldn't be even for warming food...
Microwave affects badly anything that is not pure water and creates carcinogens, if you know what it means... - Sinister Ken Doll™ 2012/11/21 17:17:33No
- Stan Kapusta 2012/11/21 06:23:31No
- Harley Quinn 2012/11/21 03:27:43No
- joefj2 2012/11/21 02:27:39No
NoNow that I am on a diet. I don't cook Thanksgiving feasts.
--- My recipe for stuffing started, "Melt two sticks of butter . . ."
--- My recipe for glaze started, "Mix 8 tablespoons of salt into one cup of corn syrup . . ." - SA 2012/11/21 01:56:45No
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- Jack's Pearl 2012/11/21 01:39:32Yes
- JET 2012/11/21 01:20:17No
- Andrew 2012/11/21 00:16:35Yes
- Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆ 2012/11/21 00:02:36Yes
- vitaminanime 2012/11/21 00:02:08No
- Maleficent 2012/11/20 23:25:19Nonope. my mom does all of the cooking because she does it the best. i just cut up onions and celery.
- DebraDeJonge 2012/11/20 22:16:23No
- Jezebel 2012/11/20 21:42:43Yes
- luke 2012/11/20 21:07:16YesI'm British, so we don't do your tradition of Thanksgiving.
But I'm going to make sausage, egg, and potatoes for brekky, chipotle steak tacos for lunch and some Orange Chicken with the GF at dinner. - doomsquirrel 2012/11/20 20:54:48No
- afterburn610 2012/11/20 20:54:24Yes
- '90skid 2012/11/20 20:46:07Yes
- LayLady 2012/11/20 20:16:04No
- Say_wut_o_O 2012/11/20 20:05:02No
- pantagruella 2012/11/20 19:56:32NoWe don't have Thanksgiving in the UK. I am grateful for what I receive. I am fine with the eating part of a meal. Cooking seems the kind of thing they would do on a television show.
- Chief 2012/11/20 19:47:58YesWe started getting things ready today. What a wonderful holiday! It takes days to prepare and days to get over it.
- lylamerican 2012/11/20 19:31:38No
- monte 2012/11/20 19:26:17
- Gordon 2012/11/20 19:25:23Yes
- life.of.insanity 2012/11/20 19:23:51No
- belle 2012/11/20 18:55:17
- polkastria 2012/11/20 18:31:12NoThe kids choose oriental from the place down the block this year so.. no cooking for me or the husband this year.
- **StarzAbove** 2012/11/20 18:29:22Yes
- Woof 2012/11/20 18:22:23Yes
- kitkat42 2012/11/20 17:50:53NoNo, I have a daughter in law who loves to cook. So...... I let her! Far be it for me to deprive her of her fun. :)
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- Mytstar ~PWCM~JLA 2012/11/20 17:20:35YesI will throw a TV dinner in the Micro wave... for myself... but will spend the day making tamales for to give away at Christmas to others
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Salman Khan (educator)
Salman Khan সালমান খান |
Khan speaking at a TED conference in 2011
Native name | সালমান খান |
Born | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
October 11, 1976
Residence | Mountain View, California, U.S. |
Other names | Sal, Sally Khan, S.A. Khan, Sal Khan |
Ethnicity | Bangladeshi (Father) Indian (Mother) |
Alma mater | MIT (BS, MS) Harvard University (MBA) |
Occupation | Teacher, Executive Director of Khan Academy, Creator of Khan Lab School |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Spouse(s) | Umaima Marvi |
Children | Imran Khan, Diya Khan |
Parent(s) | Dr. Fakhrul Amin Khan (Father) Masuda Khan (Mother) |
Salman Amin Khan (Bengali: সালমান খান, born October 11, 1976) is a Bengali/Indian American teacher, entrepreneur, and former hedge fund analyst. He is the founder of the Khan Academy, a free online education platform and a 501(c)(3) organization. From a small office in his home, Khan has produced over 4,800 video lessons teaching a wide spectrum of academic subjects, mainly focusing on mathematics and sciences.[1]
As of April 1, 2015, the Khan Academy channel on YouTube has attracted 2,165,988 subscribers and the Khan Academy videos have been viewed more than 527 million times.[2] In 2012, Time named Salman Khan in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.[3] Forbes magazine featured Khan on its cover with the story "$1 Trillion Opportunity."[4]
Early life and education[edit]
Salman Khan was born in Metairie, Louisiana.[5] His father Dr. Fakhrul Amin Khan is from Barisal, Bangladesh and his mother Masuda Khan is from Kolkata, India.
Khan attended the public school Grace King High School in Metairie, Louisiana, where, as he recalls, "a few classmates were fresh out of jail and others were bound for top universities."[6]
Khan attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics, a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and computer science in 1998.[7] Khan was class president in his senior year.[8]
Khan also holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.[9][10]
In 2002, Khan was a summer intern at PARC. From 2003 to late 2009, Khan worked as a hedge fund analyst at Wohl Capital Management and then Connective Capital Management.[11][12][13]
Khan Academy[edit]
This section reads more like a story than an encyclopedia entry. (January 2015) |
In late 2003, Khan began tutoring his cousin, Nadia, in mathematics over the internet using Yahoo!'s Doodle notepad.[14] When other relatives and friends sought his tutoring, he moved his tutorials to YouTube where he created an account on 16 November 2006.[15]
The popularity of his educational videos on the video-sharing website and the testimonials of students prompted Khan to quit his job as a financial analyst in late 2009. After consulting his wife, telling her it was the "highest social return that one could ever get"[16] and receiving her support,[16] he moved his focus to developing his YouTube channel, Khan Academy, full-time with the aid of close friend Josh Gefner.[11] Khan consequently received sponsorship from Ann Doerr, the wife of John Doerr.[17]
His videos received worldwide interest from both students and non-students, with more than 458 million views in the first number of years.[16]
Khan outlined his mission as to "accelerate learning for students of all ages. With this in mind, we want to share our content with whoever may find it useful." Khan has future plans to extend the "free school" to cover topics such as English. Khan's videos are also used to educate rural areas of Africa and Asia. Citing his personal response: "With so little effort on my own part, I can empower an unlimited amount of people for all time. I can't imagine a better use of my time."[18]
Khan published a book about Khan Academy and education goals titled The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined.[19]
Khan Academy, initially a tool for students, added the Coach feature in 2012, promoting the connection of teachers with students through videos and monitor tools. With such online success, Khan has added that "someone who wants to become an engineer or a doctor cannot ignore the current education system. They have to show up there and take exams."[16]
- Salman Khan has been featured on the The Colbert Report,[12] PBS NewsHour,[20][21][22] CNN,[23] and National Public Radio.[24] In 2009, Khan Academy received the Microsoft Tech Award for education.[25] In September 2010, Google provided $2 million to support the creation of more courses and to enable Khan Academy to translate its core library into the world's most widely spoken languages, near the same time, Bill and Melinda Gates foundation provided Khan Academy with $1.5 million to help Khan Academy to grow as an organization.[26][27] In October 2010, Khan was tied for #34 in Fortune's annual "40 under 40", a list recognizing business's hottest rising stars.
- In March 2011, Salman Khan was invited to speak at TED by Bill Gates who says he uses Khan Academy Exercise Software to teach his own children.[28]
- On April 15, 2011, Salman Khan was interviewed by LinkedIn CEO, Jeff Weiner.[29]
- On June 2, 2011, Salman Khan appeared on The Colbert Report to talk in an interview about his teachings. He told the audience how he planned to use his software to revolutionize the field of education.[30]
- Khan has also been interviewed by journalist Charlie Rose, appearing on Charlie Rose on May 4, 2011,[31] and by news anchor Tom Brokaw.[32]
- Salman Khan appeared at Stanford Graduate School of Business on February 21, 2012.[33][34]
- On March 6, 2012, Salman Khan appeared at the University of California, Berkeley.[35]
- Khan spoke at Bellarmine College Prep during TEDxSanJoseCA about the importance of education and the founding of Khan Academy. Khan was also the commencement speaker for Rice University's commencement exercises on May 12, 2012[36] as well as MIT's commencement on June 8, 2012.[7][37][38]
- Salman Khan appeared at the AtGoogleTalks with Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt in 2012.[39][40]
- Salman Khan has been interviewed by Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson at The Aspen Institute, fall of 2012.[41] On August 3, 2013 Khan was interviewed with Henry Paulson at The Aspen Institute for the 20th Annual Summer Celebration.[42]
- Salman Khan has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle,[43] on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS),[44] National Public Radio, CNN,[45] and CNN Money.
- Salman Khan was featured as a "Big Thinker" on Edutopia discussing flip teaching.[46]
- Salman Khan was interviewed by journalist Charlie Rose, appearing on Charlie Rose for the second time on February 26, 2013.[47]
- Salman Khan appeared at the Adobe Digital Marketing Summit 2013 on March 7, 2013 in Salt Lake City.[48]
- On March 21, 2013, Khan was presented the 2013 Posey Leadership Award at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science by Austin College (located in Sherman, Texas). Earlier that day, on a campus convocation featuring a lecture presented by Khan was given to the Austin College community. Khan also visited various student groups around campus.[49]
- Khan has been interviewed by MIT's president, Rafael Reif, appearing at MIT on 8 May 2013.[50]
- Khan spoke at the University of New Orleans in New Orleans on May 20, 2013.[51][52]
- On January 16, 2012, Khan was interviewed by Alison Beard, a senior editor at the Harvard Business Review, for their podcast HBR Ideacast where he spoke about the Online Learning Revolution.[53]
- Khan was one of five individuals who recently won the prestigious 2014 Heinz Award. His award was in the area of "Human Condition." Mr. Khan was recognized for revolutionizing the way students can learn math, science and other subject areas.[54]
- Had Beth Harris, John Green, and Hank Green be part of the KhanAcademy community with him.
Personal life[edit]
Khan is married to Pakistani-American physician Umaima Marvi.[55] The couple live with their 3 children in Mountain View, California.[56]
See also[edit]
- Bangladeshi American
- Bengali American
- Fazlur Rahman Khan
- Muhammad Yunus
- Jawed Karim
- Fazle Hasan Abed
- ^ Number of videos, Khan Academy.
- ^ "Khan academy". YouTube (channel). Google.
- ^ "Salman Khan – Time 100". Time. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ "$1 Trillion Opportunity". Forbes Magazine.
- ^ Sengupta, Somini (December 4, 2011). "Online Learning, Personalized". The New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
- ^ Sengupta, Somini (4 December 2011). "Khan Academy Blends Its YouTube Approach With Classrooms". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- ^ a b Solomon, Ethan A. (6 December 2011). "Sal Khan Is Commencement Speaker". The Tech.
- ^ "MIT's Next Commencement Speaker Sal Khan Compares His Alma Mater to Hogwarts". Wired Academic. 7 December 2011.
- ^ Kaplan, David A. (Aug 24, 2010). "Innovation in Education: Bill Gates' favorite teacher". Money (CNN). Retrieved 2012-06-30.
- ^ "How Khan Academy Is Changing Education With Videos Made In A Closet – with Salman Khan". Mixergy. 2010-06-28. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
- ^ a b Kowarski, Ilana (2010-06-06). "College 2.0: A Self-Appointed Teacher Runs a One-Man 'Academy' on YouTube – Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education". Chronicle.
- ^ a b Colbert, Stephen (Host) (2011). The Colbert Report. Colbert Nation. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
- ^ Khan, Sal. "Sal Khan". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2014-09-28.
- ^ Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education. TED. 2011. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
- ^ "Khan academy". YouTube. Google. 2006-11-16. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
- ^ a b c d Sen, Ashish Kumar (28 June 2010). "Bookmark: The Prof Who Keeps His Shirt On". Outlook India.
- ^ Bower, Amanda (16 December 2011). "Substitute teacher". The Australian.
- ^ Temple, James (2009-12-14). "Salman Khan, math master of the Internet – SFGate". Articles.sfgate.com. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
- ^ Khan, Salman 'Sal' (2012). Talking about his new book. AirTalk (radio interview) (Khan Adcademy). Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ^ "Math Wiz Adds Web Tools to Take Education to New Limits". PBS. 2010-02-22. Archived from the original on 2010-02-23. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
- ^ Michels, Spencer (2010-02-22). "Khan Academy: How to Calculate the Unemployment Rate". NewsHour. PBS. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
- ^ "Online Education Entrepreneur: Salman Khan » Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship". Ethics & entrepreneurship. 2010-06-08. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
- ^ CNN: Understanding the Crisis (YouTube). Khan academy. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
- ^ "Ex-Hedge Fund Analyst Finds Calling On YouTube". All Things Considered. NPR. 2009-12-28. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
- ^ "Laureate". Awards. The Tech. 2009. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
- ^ "Project 10 to the 100". Once upon a time. Google. 2010. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
- ^ "How did Khan Academy get started?". Retrieved 2014-01-29.
- ^ Khan, Salman (March 2, 2011), Let's use video to reinvent education, TED, retrieved February 28, 2013.
- ^ "LinkedIn Speaker Series Salman Khan". 2011-04-15. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "Salman Khan". The Colbert Report. Colbert nation. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ^ "Salman Khan of Khan academy". Charlie Rose. 4 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
- ^ Brokaw, Tom (2009-05-21). "Sal at Education Nation 2011". YouTube (interview). Google. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
- ^ "Khan Academy Founder Finds Simplicity Appeals in Online Education Experimentation". 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "Rethinking Learning with Salman Khan". 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "Salman Khan, Founder of Khan Academy". 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "Commencement Speaker Chosen". The Rice Thresher. Rice University. 2011-10-20. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
- ^ "Sal Khan's Commencement address". MIT News. 8 June 2012.
- ^ Gill, Stan (13 June 2012). "Sal Khan gives a Commencement speech of love, empathy, and optimism". The Tech.
- ^ "Authors at Google: Salman Khan". 2012. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "The World's Most Important Teacher: Google's Eric Schmidt On Salman Khan". 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "Sal Khan discusses 'The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined'". 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "http://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/2013/08/03/20th-annual-summer-celebration". 2013-08-03. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ Temple, James (2009-12-14). "Salman Khan, math master of the Internet". sfgate.com. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
- ^ Michels, Spencer (2010-02-22). "Khan Academy: How to Calculate the Unemployment Rate". PBS NewsHour. PBS. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
- ^ "Salman Khan on CNN". YouTube. 2010-03-11. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
- ^ "Salman Khan on Liberating the Classroom for Creativity". Edutopia. 30 September 2011.
- ^ "Salman Khan on Charlie Rose 2/26/2013". 2013-03-01. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
- ^ "Sal Khan at Adobe Digital Marketing Summit 2013". 2013-03-07. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
- ^ "2013 Posey Leadership Award". Austin College. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
- ^ "Sal Khan @ MIT". 2013-05-08. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "Reimagining Education with Sal Khan at the University of New Orleans". 2013-05-20. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "Reimagining Education with Sal Khan at the University of New Orleans". 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ HBR IdeaCast. "Salman Khan on the Online Learning Revolution". HBR Blog Network. Harvard Business Review.
- ^ "The Heinz Awards: Salman Khan". The Heinz Awards.
- ^ "Education 2.0: The Khan Academy". Dawn (newspaper). 26 April 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ http://www.biography.com/people/salman-khan-21416751#khan-academy
External links[edit]
- Khan Academy (Web site)
- Salman Khan at TED
- Khan, Salman (November 4, 2012), "The One World Schoolhouse", After Words (interview), C‐Span video
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- American education businesspeople
- American educators
- American financial analysts
- American hedge fund managers
- American Internet celebrities
- American nonprofit businesspeople
- American people of Bangladeshi descent
- American people of Bengali descent
- American technology chief executives
- American technology company founders
- Businesspeople from New Orleans, Louisiana
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His company, GAP Adventures, a Toronto-based adventure travel company, was running a contest to find their newest intern.
Poon Tip used Twitter and Facebook to get the word out, and, within weeks, the online contest was getting press in Denmark, thousands of inquiries were flooding in, and the weird entries were appearing. Someone read about Poon Tip's love of wine gums on the Internet, and sent him a suitcase full of the chewy candies along with a contest entry.
Then, there was the gorilla. Poon Tip says a man in a gorilla suit showed up outside of his company's office one day with a sign that read: "Dawn for Travel Intern."
"We started out using social media to get rid of `distressed inventory,'" Poon Tip says. "Trips to the Galapagos where there was still room on the ship for extra passengers, last-minute deals, that kind of thing.
"But we use it now in a much broader way. We use it to form an intimate connection with our customers."
Poon Tip encourages every employee at GAP to use Twitter frequently from their desks.
"We're a lifestyle company, and we want people to feel like they know us," he says. "Twitter provides customers and potential customers an intimate look at what's going on in our day-to-day lives."
Poon Tip's personal Twitter page has 1,500 followers.
"I get to hear what my customers want and think in real time, no delays," he says. "It's been a tremendous learning experience."
Anca Sovarosi, a human resources manager in Vancouver, went on her first trip with GAP Adventures to Mexico in November 2008, and has stayed in touch with her fellow travellers using Facebook and Twitter for the last year.
"Facebook is a show-off kind of medium – it is the perfect medium for travellers to show off their photos and stories," she says. "I love that I can stay in contact with a whole community of people – you add one photo and everyone can add a tag and everyone can talk. Facebook keeps the memory alive for a whole group."
Sovarosi is planning another trip to Central and South America – and was planning on signing up for GAP trips in the region. "I've been online constantly, asking other GAP travellers what trips they recommend, seeing what I shouldn't miss."
Marc and Jason Cohen launched TopCruiseClub.com in late October, hoping to capitalize on a growing trend of older users gravitating to social media.
"The average cruiser is 48 and has a household income of $90,000. Not your typical social-media user, right? Wrong," says Jason Cohen.
He points to a recent study by Inside Facebook, an organization that tracks Facebook use, that says there are about 1.5 million female users older than 55 on the site, a 550 per cent increase from six months previous to the study.
TopCruiseClub.com, which has 500 members, has a feature called Deal Finder where users enter how much they're willing to spend on a cruise and the destination. The site then finds a number of cruises that fit their criteria.
By far the most popular feature, Jason Cohen says, is the Price Investigator. Let's say you've booked a cruise for March that costs $1,500. If the cruise drops in price, you get an update. You then contact the cruise line and usually it will honour that difference in price and refund the extra money. Jason Cohen says, according to his site's users, the Price Investigator tool has resulted in an average savings of $508.
Matt Cohen, a consultant who helps food-cart vendors in San Francisco use social media and is unrelated to the brothers who run TopCruiseClub.com, says Twitter is the No. 1 marketing tool for the 70 or so food carts in the area.
The food carts move around the city and set up shop in various locations (it's illegal for them to stay in one place for too long) so they use Twitter to tell customers where they are, what they're selling, and when they run out.
One recent post on a Sunday afternoon in November from Phat Matts BBQ read: "Craving some melt in your mouth BBQ? Phat Matt's is open til 9. Mention this tweet and receive $2.00 off any order. Today only!"
The carts have about 1,451 followers.
"It takes the guesswork out of the equation for the fans," says Cohen. "They don't have to run all over San Francisco looking for their favourite cart."
Anthony Annunziata, vice-president of marketing for Hilton Hotel and Suites, uses Twitter to update customers about special offers, and says social media is "a natural fit for the hotel business."
He sends exclusive offers to the more than 1,000 Twitter followers of Hilton's Niagara Falls hotel. For example, a recent announcement said: "Respond in the next hour and get a room for $89, respond now and get a $25 certificate for Brasa, the Brazilian restaurant on top of the hotel."
He also uses Twitter to send followers info about Niagara-area events, links to relevant Niagara-area tourism articles, concerts, fireworks, restaurant hours, upcoming shows, and any other info the hotel's guests may be interested in. He's hired a "smart 20something" to monitor it every day and that person can get back to the person right away. If someone writes a complaint on Twitter, Annunziata says he can get to it quickly.
Robert Palmer, public relations manager for WestJet, says Facebook was an invaluable way to stay connected to customers in a very trying time. WestJet recently changed its website, phone systems and databases, and, as a result, many customers found themselves stranded, waiting on the phone for more than an hour before reaching a rep. Customers flocked to WestJet's Facebook page to express their frustration and get info.
A recent post from "Lanette" asked: "I want to avoid waiting on the phone, can I change a booking via email?" A WestJet agent responded within 10 minutes.
"We use Twitter for stuff like seat sales and new routes and destinations," says Palmer. "But Facebook is the best tool for a conversation with our customers, more of a back and forth."
Without this ability to respond instantly, social media is useless for those in the hospitality industry, says Lloyd Trufelman, of Trylon Strategic Media Relations, a PR firm in New York that deals with new media and technology companies.
"If you have Twitter and your customers complain about something, you have to respond to it quickly," he says. "In an instant-message universe, people expect instant response to their comments."
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SUMTER- "That was all I had, dad says of 5-year-old twins and their two siblings".
Still wearing his work uniform, a dazed C.J. Sanders looked toward the mobile home he shared with his family.
The Gilbert-area home, severely damaged in a fire Saturday afternoon, still held the bodies of his four children.
For Sanders, 22, it was either stay put and wait for their bodies to be removed, or go to Augusta, where his wife, Natasha, was being treated for burns.
Just before 1 p.m., emergency crews were called out to the singlewide mobile home, near Pond Branch Road and I-20, said Ashley Hicks, Lexington County deputy coroner.
Authorities arrived to find the mobile home engulfed in flames, Hicks said. The children were dead.
Family members and friends identified the children as Teanna and Keanna Sanders, 5-year-old twins, and their siblings, Mia, 3, and Isaiah, 2.
Details concerning the cause of the blaze were not immediately available. Emergency officials planned to release more details today.
Its a terrible tragedy, said Russell Griggs, owner of the Azalea Estates mobile home park, where the fire occurred. No one should ever, ever see their children die in any kind of accident or any kind of situation.
Griggs said Natasha Sanders, 23, was inside the mobile home and was awakened by the sound of a smoke detector. She tried to rescue her children, he said.
Pastor Dennis Jackson, of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Batesburg-Leesville, described the family as caring.
They had those kids in church every Sunday, Jackson said.
C.J. Sanders, an employee of Scotts Furniture Co. in Lexington, said the twins just started kindergarten at Gilbert Elementary School.
The twins were eager to show off the drawings they made at school and marveled at being able to write their own names.
Dad, look at this, Sanders said, reciting a recent conversation where the two were eager to show what they learned at school.
Jackson summarized Sanders feelings Saturday afternoon. His main statement is, That was all I had.
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As a content owner of the full Basic Unit Productions back-catalogue, I was eager to get my hands on the Anonymous EP by DSX, to be released on vinyl on 14/12/12.
As with so many of their releases you know you get excellent quality, but you simply can't know what style it will be (which is a good thing). I'll refrain from making parallels between this and Haujobb's many masterpieces, but it may already say something about my insights into the EP.
Listening to Anonymous automatically brings up visions of someone thoroughly enjoying his synths, which results in excellent sound-design reminiscent of the bulky knob-twisting times of yore. However, where, at least to me, some of the bands cling desperately to that old-school sound, DSX takes it and leads it into the present. The result can be both pure and raw, powerful and poetic, hypnotic and ominous.
So now for the association game. The first song 'Demonic feat Emily Steigerwald' reminds me of just enough Dive (Welcome to Hell) mixed with Gitane Demone's (Incendiary Lover) eery singing style…. but better. 'Don't Resist' is a relentless bass-driven track with a detuned synth-lead reminding me to The Normal's (Warm Leatherette)… but harder. 'Anonymous' features GHST on vocals which, at first doesn't really appeal to me, until the chorus kicks in which proves you can actually do something useful with rotterdam hard style leads (I of course mean just a lot of portamento) and GHST accompanies it excellent lyrically. The result is a layered composition, melodically build against a backdrop of exciting knob-turners doing their thing. The fourth and last song, 'Information War', is in the same vain as 'Don't Resist', with an old-school vibe finding a new identity.
To conclude; most of the songs would be club hits in my personal imaginary ideal (club) world; they are all songs that allow for an exploration on multiple levels, starting in one's mind, going into different directions but heading for the same goal.
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An internet signal was not readily valuable while in Pagadian, but there is another reason I have delayed reporting on Monday and Tuesday's activities until I got back to Manila. My hope is that a fuller explanation will minimize concerns which I believe are needless. Leslie has been fully aware of the situation as it unfolded.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Margosatubig & Pagadian
An internet signal was not readily valuable while in Pagadian, but there is another reason I have delayed reporting on Monday and Tuesday's activities until I got back to Manila. My hope is that a fuller explanation will minimize concerns which I believe are needless. Leslie has been fully aware of the situation as it unfolded.
Monday, November 17, 2014
Lord's Day in Pagadian
Saturday was a long travel day with no preaching schedule. We flew from Tacloban to Cebu and Cebu to Pagadian all on small prop planes. The rides were fairly smooth with the exception of the landing in Pagadian.
My last Lord's Day in the Philippines this year was spent in Pagadian City. We worshipped with the congregation where much of Jonathan's family are members. It was great to see brother Ramon Carino and his wonderful wife, Leah, again and have the opportunity to visit with them through the day. Jonathan is one of 13 children born to brother Ramon and sister Leah! All of the children show a great love and respect for their parents and are very attentive to them. In an age where a lack of care for parents is seen as being no problem, it is refreshing to see such care and concern for parents by Christians who take seriously their responsibility. In fact, the grandchildren and great-grandchildren show the same love, respect and care. They are a great family whom I love dearly!
The brethren have built a new building in a different place than when I was here before. They said they began meeting there in July, though it still needs some windows and doors. It was very comfortable for worship. I preached in the first period of worship on "Defeating the Devil" from 1 Peter 5:8-9. Jonathan brought the study in the next part, teaching a part of his lesson on "Why Are People Lost?" The brethren of the congregation showed excellent attention to the lessons and were obviously enthusiastic in their participation in worship offered to the Lord.
After lunch, we came back for an afternoon session wherein I had been requested to preach of the work of elders and related matters. There are five elders serving in the congregation. The lessons were not suggested due to a problem present, but merely for further study and instruction. I preached in the first lesson on "The Work of Elders" showing the terms used, what they suggested about the work and other passages identifying the work of elders. Some time was spent on the Shepherd Psalms as well as other Bible passages talking about the qualities of physical shepherds and drawing parallels to the work of spiritual shepherds in the local church. The second study was on "The Responsibilities of the Local Church to the Elders." By the time we headed home, it was already getting dark, so it was a full day.
It is difficult bordering on impossible to get a connection good enough to post a report from here in Pagadian. I will probably post reports for the remaining two days here from Manila on Wednesday, the Lord willing.
My last Lord's Day in the Philippines this year was spent in Pagadian City. We worshipped with the congregation where much of Jonathan's family are members. It was great to see brother Ramon Carino and his wonderful wife, Leah, again and have the opportunity to visit with them through the day. Jonathan is one of 13 children born to brother Ramon and sister Leah! All of the children show a great love and respect for their parents and are very attentive to them. In an age where a lack of care for parents is seen as being no problem, it is refreshing to see such care and concern for parents by Christians who take seriously their responsibility. In fact, the grandchildren and great-grandchildren show the same love, respect and care. They are a great family whom I love dearly!
The brethren have built a new building in a different place than when I was here before. They said they began meeting there in July, though it still needs some windows and doors. It was very comfortable for worship. I preached in the first period of worship on "Defeating the Devil" from 1 Peter 5:8-9. Jonathan brought the study in the next part, teaching a part of his lesson on "Why Are People Lost?" The brethren of the congregation showed excellent attention to the lessons and were obviously enthusiastic in their participation in worship offered to the Lord.
It is difficult bordering on impossible to get a connection good enough to post a report from here in Pagadian. I will probably post reports for the remaining two days here from Manila on Wednesday, the Lord willing.
Friday, November 14, 2014
Friday in Tacloban
Friday was our last day on Leyte with preaching scheduled for the day at the meeting place of the brethren where Nilo Zabala preaches. The meeting place is far off of the road down a dirt path that has footbridges spanning two sharp drop-offs. Since it was raining today, the path was muddy and very slippery. Several individuals gave funds for the congregation to erect a small building after the place where they met was wiped out by Yolanda. They have built a small structure from simple concrete block, but it has no lights or electrical power at this time. Some extension cords brought power from next door so we could have the projector and a fan.
After several songs being sung while we set up, I gave the first lesson on "Repentance and Its Works." This lesson was requested by the brethren as they wanted to day's teaching geared specifically towards the brethren and their needs in edification. It dealt with the need to live lives of holiness and eliminate the use of intoxicants, immodest dress, sexual immorality, gambling and other sinful conduct. Those attending were all Christians from several congregations in the area. I would guess attendance to be about 60 or so, but I am not at all sure that is an accurate count. After that lesson, Jonathan Carino summarized into the dialect because most could not speak English.
While getting towards the end of the first lesson, I started to feel worse. I was sick through much of the night, but was able to get going this morning, though not feeling normal. I decided I would preach another lesson before lunch because I was afraid I might not be able to make it through the afternoon. So, I preached a lesson on "Assembling to Worship and Edifying One Another." I vaguely remember getting to the end of the lesson, but I evidently passed out across a chair and table as I went to sit down. The next thing I knew, a nurse that was a member of the congregation was rubbing something on my forehead and neck while having something under my nose to bring me to. (The nurse is the lady in the black and white stripped shirt to the left in this picture.) I think it was a combination of the sickness I have been fighting together with heat and exhaustion, but I feel better this evening. I am still not up to eating solid food yet, but I have taken in a great deal of fluids and some soup.
The Lord willing, we will fly from Tacloban to Cebu tomorrow morning and on to Pagadian tomorrow afternoon. We have no preaching scheduled due to the travel, so I will have some time to recover more. God bless!
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Two Baptized in Sogod
We had a drive of over two and a half hours in a rented van to reach our destination today. Several days ago, we changed our original plan to drive from Ormoc to Sogod this morning due to problems in securing a rented van. In recent years before Typhoon Yolanda, we could easily rent a van for 3000 pesos a day (about $68) — often far less. When I came back in January, we could not get one for less than 6000 pesos a day. When the brethren tried to get one for this trip taking us by Ormoc, the prices ranged from 12,000 to 15,000 pesos per day! Brother Nilo, who preaches in Tacloban, found one for 5500 per day and we booked it. With all of the torn up roads after the storm, I can understand why they want more money, but it requires greater effort for us to make sure we stretch our dollars as far as we can.
Upon arriving Sogod, we went on to a very narrow and rough, dare I say "narrow and straightened" :-), road which we followed for several miles. We came to a place where some tarps were spread below coconut palms and saw about 50 gathered there. They were the members of the church in that community. The number grew to 80, but I will have further comments on the number later. Rather than using the time to preach mostly to outsiders, they asked us to preach lessons that would help them become stronger in the faith and grow in the understanding about what was expected of them as Christians. So, I preached a lesson on "Repentance and Godly Living." Jonathan spent the rest of the morning session "summarizing" and further expanding on the lesson in the dialect to deal with specific needs of those in this culture. There were probably only 3 or 4 that fully understood the lesson in English when I gave it, so the greater need was for Jonathan to take the time necessary in preaching the principles and applications in the dialect.
After lunch, we followed the same plan. I preached a lesson on "Attitudes towards Assembling" from Hebrews 10:19-25. Jonathan then gave the summary and further explanations needed to get the study across in the dialect to the crowd.
When he finished the summary of my lesson, Jonathan preached one in the dialect in order to make the best use of our remaining time. He preached on "Why Are People Lost or Saved?" After Jonathan's lesson, an invitation was extended and two responded to obey the gospel. They were taken to a nearby place to baptize them.
The day was mostly overcast during the morning hours, but the sun came out strong in the afternoon while the air was dripping with humidity. There was rarely a breeze of any kind, so it became intensely hot by the time we finished. Even the Filipinos were fanning themselves, wiping their faces with rags and sweating. I was drenched! When I talked with my wife and parents back home, they said it was very cold there. If only we could split the difference between us!
Though I wish it was not necessary, I must report the events faced whether good or bad. Our expectation was for a larger number to be present since a number of the baptized members were not in attendance. Upon further investigation, we received reliable testimony from a plurality of the members that a preacher from Baybay, Cirilo Sumabal, had urged the brethren not to come to the lectures. I will be talking directly to the brother about his motives for such action, but the testimony was clear enough to remove any doubt about the fact of what happened. When we distributed the benevolent help in January of this year, there was an attempt by the same brother to misrepresent the facts about the losses suffered and the number needing benevolence. How sad it is that a newly established congregation has to immediately see such divisiveness on the part of supposed brethren! It was very discouraging to them and so totally needless.
When he finished the summary of my lesson, Jonathan preached one in the dialect in order to make the best use of our remaining time. He preached on "Why Are People Lost or Saved?" After Jonathan's lesson, an invitation was extended and two responded to obey the gospel. They were taken to a nearby place to baptize them.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Work in Masbate and on to Leyte (11/10-11/12)
Since I have not had an internet connection since Sunday night, my reports have been delayed. Please excuse this longer report as I catch up with the last three days' events.
We had a 3am wake-up call this morning to start our trip to Masbate. By 4am, we were at the airport checking in for our flight to Legazpi which is in the Bicol region at the southern end of Luzon. The cancellation of our flight to Masbate necessitated this alternate route. When we landed in Legazpi a little after 6am, I was amazed by the sight awaiting us as we deplaned. I had heard about the beauty of the Mayon volcano there, but had never seen it. I did not expect to be so close to it, nor for it to be even more beautiful than I had heard. It is truly a spectacular sight which cannot be accurately conveyed by a picture. It has also been under warning for eruption for the past 6 weeks.
While I knew we had to go two hours on a fast-craft to get to Masbate, I did not know we had to drive an hour and a half by taxi at break-neck speed, dodging traffic all of the way, in order to get to the port which is in an area far away from the airport. When we got to the boat just before it left at 8am, we found out it was sold out with no tickets available. The next boat was to depart at noon. Taking it would have meant we lost one whole day of teaching, so I suggested we offer double the fare for two wanting to sell their tickets and take the next boat. We finally got tickets and were ready to go.
When we started to get on the boat, I was expecting it to be like the large, dual-hulled fast-crafts that I have taken many times before. Wrong again! It was about the size of a small yacht, but one built in the 40's and not in very good shape. Onto that boat, about 150 or more people were squeezed in! I sat on a row that would have seated three small people, but it was for four. A bar went down my back about half way between my left side and backbone, while I held on to my two bags stacked in the isle to my right. It was a long two hours and I arrived in pain!
Upon arrival in Masbate City, the luxury tour continued :-). There are no taxis in the city, so I got in the sidecar of the "tricycle," while Jonathan sat behind the driver on the motorcycle seat with our luggage tied all over it. This was to be our only mode of transportation for the two days there. As you may see on the picture in the blog, I am not exactly the ideal size for the Philippine tricycles. Nevertheless, after a longer ride than I would have liked, we made it to the hotel. Unfortunately, however, it was not the hotel we had asked for, but one substituted by the mistake of a local contact. I am sure I have seen a less clean room somewhere, but I cannot remember when. I assure you that you do not want to see what was on my sheets! One look at the shower confirmed that a fungus was among us. There was so much hair on the floor that one could have made a Dolly Parton wig — except it was black. On the positive side, the lights were so dim it was difficult to see any further details. We had no choice but to stay there one night and switch to another hotel the next day.
Since the brethren knew we would be late due to the alternate travel plans, they arranged for us to start after lunch. The venue was at a Jollibee, the Philippines version of McDonald's, in the downtown area of Masbate City at an upstairs event room. I preached first on "Salvation and the Seed of God's Word" from 1 Peter 1:22-25 followed immediately by "God's Use of Prophets," a lesson on the inspiration of Scripture. Jonathan then preached his lesson on "Why Are People Lost?" I then gave a final lesson on "Salvation and Saul" that deals with the conversion of Saul, showing he was saved at the point of water baptism (not at the point of faith only, repentance & prayer, a personal appearance of Jesus, or receiving a miracle). There seemed to be very good interest shown by several non-Christians who were visiting. We pray that they will be be back tomorrow as the lectures continue.
The lectures this morning started at 9am. I preached an extended lesson on "The New Testament Church" discussing its nature and how we identify local groups of saints that show the characteristics of those approved by God in the New Testament. Jonathan followed with a lesson on "Grace, Faith and Obedience."
After the lunch break, Jonathan continued with the second part of his lesson dealing with "Where Are the Obedient Found?" I then preached on "Cornelius and Salvation" and followed it immediately with a lesson on "The Blood of Christ and the Salvation of the Sinner." Jonathan followed those lessons with some words of encouragement about the need to obey the gospel as well as the need to count the cost before doing so. He then extended the invitation and three responded to be baptized into Christ for remission of sins.
After the lectures, we went to the new hotel and the hope of a good night's sleep. My first indication that the plan might not materialize as hoped came when there was a literal swarm of mosquitoes over my bed and in the bathroom. I was offered a different room, which I took, and it had far fewer mosquitoes. When I tried to go to sleep, however, there was a very loud "music" that kept going until almost one o'clock in the morning. Since I had to get up at 4am to get ready for the early flight, I got very little sleep for the second night in a row.
We left for the airport at 5am for our flight back to Manila. The plane was a small Bombardier prop job. It took off on a runway that ran at a noticeable downhill angle ending at the bay. Fortunately, we were off of the runway shortly before meeting the sea. Upon arrival in Manila, we claimed our bags, went upstairs, and checked in for the flight to Cebu on a different airline. On our way to the gate, we ran into Rody and Tessie Gumpad who were flying back to Tuguegarao. After briefly talking with them, we were off on the flight to Cebu. Upon arrival at Cebu, we claimed our bags and hurried upstairs to meet Jonathan's wife and youngest daughter who had brought our bags left behind. Since the flight to Tacloban was also on a very small plane, we pulled out the dirty clothes, exchanged them for clean ones and hurried to meet our next flight. We made it with a little time to spare and were off on our last leg for the day to Tacloban on Leyte.
When we arrived at Tacloban airport, the pilot made the quickest stop I have ever experienced because half of the runway is still under construction from Super-typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). The airport buildings looked far better than last November, immediately after the storm, or even in January when I came for the benevolent distribution. However, I was saddened by the horrible destruction still apparent all over the city. On the drive in from the airport, I counted only four new buildings. Hundreds still showed much damage. Some businesses are starting to open (several said they had reopened in October), but far more were still closed. We passed one very large arena where about 2000 children were brought because they believed it to be a safe shelter. All perished. We are staying in the hotel where we have stayed for years when coming to this area. It is the one shown on American television with what appeared to be a river coming down the spiral staircase. Though it has reopened, numerous scars remain obvious. It is clear that the economy of this area will remain bad for some time to come. Please continue to keep these brethren in your prayers.
The Lord willing, we will leave at 7am tomorrow for the drive south to Sogod, a new work. The preacher who is laboring there has come out of denominationalism and has been on fire in spreading the gospel. In the past 90 days, he has baptized 103 people! Jonathan is amazed at his ability to find souls that are searching and bring them to the truth. He is studying diligently as well as he seeks to answer the questions he faces from those with whom he has contact. I look forward to a fruitful day with him and those he is able to gather! God bless!
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Lord's Day in Cebu
Our Lord's Day started in Cebu City with services at the Cebu City congregation. Jonathan Carino has labored with the church since it began in 1993. Since I have been coming to visit with them since 2002, I have come to know and love many of them. I preached for the morning worship on "She Has Done What She Could" from Mark 14. We had to leave immediately after the worship and before the classes in order to make our flight back to Manila so we can travel to Masbate tomorrow, the Lord willing.
Our travel plans to Masbate have been abruptly changed. The flight from Manila to Masbate was canceled causing Jonathan to make a rushed change of plans at the last minute so that we could arrive on Monday morning when our pre-paid time at the venue begins. As it presently stands, we will first fly to Legazpi early tomorrow and try to catch the first fast-craft from there to Masbate. If it works, we should be there just a little after the lectures are scheduled to begin at 9am.
We also received word from Roy Matta that one of the men present for the lectures at his place on Friday returned this morning and asked to be baptized into Christ. We are thankful to God for the power of His word to convict and persuade honest hearts! God bless!
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Saturday in Bogo City
Our Saturday began as a group of seven brethren from Cebu City (mostly preachers) met me at the hotel with a van and driver hired to take us to Bogo City at the northern end of Cebu Island. The city was devastated by Typhoon Yolanda one year ago today, but shows signs of much recovery at this point. I have been told it is in much better condition than Tacloban or other cities on Leyte, but I have not seen those places since January. The Lord willing, we will be working on Leyte at the end of next week.
The church in Bogo City started with the baptism of just a handful of souls earlier last year after some lectures were held there. (The work on Masbate Island began as a result of two brothers who heard the gospel at that time as well.) A year ago when we came bringing benevolent help provided by Christians in the U.S., there were 13 members of the church meeting in the center of Bogo City. Before the lectures today, brother Rupert informed us that there are now 93 baptized believers that make up the church in Bogo City! It is obvious that they have been working and are seeking to grow in their understanding of the word.
When we arrived at the venue this morning, a crowd that packed and overflowed the room was already assembled. They were all Christians, mostly members of the congregation in Bogo City, with one or two brethren from nearby areas. I preached a two-part lesson on The Blood of Christ and the Salvation of the Sinner. With a short break between for me to rest my legs while Roy Matta led us in some songs. Jonathan Carino then started a lesson on "Why Are People Lost?" He broke it in the middle so that we could take our lunch.
After lunch, Jonathan finished his lesson and then I presented a short one on "Striving for Faith" from Philippians 1:27-30. We ended the lectures at about 3:30pm so we could try to make it back to Cebu City before it became dark and so all could prepare for tomorrow's worship. However, we ended up getting back to my hotel well after dark due to the very heavy traffic. After posting this report, I will go for supper and get back to prepare for the lessons tomorrow and repack bags to fit our limitations for travel to Masbate and on to Leyte. The flights to both place are on very small planes with strict limitations on baggage allowance. God bless!
Friday, November 7, 2014
Getting Started
Please excuse the absence of reports for the past few days. I have been fighting a bug that I was battling at home before leaving and it has zapped my energy level. Hopefully, I am over the worst as I have started an antibiotic that I always carry for such situations.
Monday and Tuesday were travel days, as I left OKC at 6:00am and arrived Tuesday night in Manila. The flights were fairly rough most of the way making rest more difficult. Due to winds, our flight path was much farther west than normal which left us in Russian airspace for a long period of time. Given their recent actions, that was not the most comforting route to take.
Wednesday was spent entirely in my hotel room battling the bug and watching election results. Fortunately, the hotel had Fox News channel, so I was able to follow the returns coming in on your Tuesday night while it was Wednesday morning for me. Those who know me know the results had a very positive effect on my spirits!
Thursday, I preached in lectures at the building of the congregation in Pasay where Rody Gumpad labors. It is on the fourth floor of a building with no elevator. The studies were designed for preachers in the Manila area. I spoke about "The Sermon on the Mount" for about 3 hours total in the morning. The lessons were designed to show that Jesus was announcing the principles of His new kingdom and law in that sermon, not merely explaining Old Testament law. In the afternoon, I presented a shorter lesson on "Why We Do Not Burn Incense in Worship Today." Of course, the lesson was really aimed at showing the problem with instrumental music in worship today with the burning of incense being used only to present parallel arguments that all could readily see as false. We ended the session with an extensive Question/Answer period. Immediately after the lectures, I left for the airport and flew to Cebu, arriving late. After a very late supper, I hit the bed exhausted.
Friday (today) was spent in Mandaue, a part of the greater Cebu City area. Brother Roy Matta preaches there and it is always good to be with him and his family. During the morning, I presented two sermons on "Salvation and the Blood of Christ," an extensive examination of how, when and why we are saved by the blood of Christ. In the afternoon, I preached on "Foundations of Faith" with Hebrews 11:1-3 serving as the starting point for the study. The day ended with a lesson on "She Has Done What She Could" from Mark 14 showing why the actions of this woman were exemplary. There were a few non-Christians present for the studies, but none responded at the invitation.
Friday (today) was spent in Mandaue, a part of the greater Cebu City area. Brother Roy Matta preaches there and it is always good to be with him and his family. During the morning, I presented two sermons on "Salvation and the Blood of Christ," an extensive examination of how, when and why we are saved by the blood of Christ. In the afternoon, I preached on "Foundations of Faith" with Hebrews 11:1-3 serving as the starting point for the study. The day ended with a lesson on "She Has Done What She Could" from Mark 14 showing why the actions of this woman were exemplary. There were a few non-Christians present for the studies, but none responded at the invitation.
Monday, September 29, 2014
Final Report for This Trip
After reporting on the last day of lectures in northern Luzon, I had a day of travel on Friday, flying from Tuguegarao to Manila. With a good night's sleep, it was another day of travel from Manila to Angeles City. However, Saturday's travel was by bus — always an interesting journey here in the Philippines. The traffic in Manila was unusually heavy, especially for a Saturday. So, the trip took about an hour and a half more than normal. Upon arriving Angeles City, Lordy Salunga picked me up. We went for a quick supper and he took me to the hotel where I prepared for preaching the next day.
On the Lord's day, I preached a two-part sermon on "The Blood of Christ and the Salvation of the Sinner" which I preached at home a few weeks ago. Here, I did the first part during the Bible class and the second during the assembly. There was a denominational lady present that they have been teaching. There were no visible responses. Immediately after the services, Lordy took me back to catch a bus as their schedule was very busy. The trip took far less time to get back to Manila — the shortest trip between Angeles and Manila I have ever had.
Today (Monday), I was taken by Ely Ebeunga to the maximum security prison in Muntinlupa to meet Kathy and get a document needed for Willie's release, then go to another government office in Manila for another document needed. After some delay, it appears the needed documents have now been satisfied. Please keep this matter in your prayers that he may soon be released.
Tomorrow morning, I fly out on my way back home, the Lord willing. If I counted correctly in reviewing my reports, there have been 12 souls baptized into Christ during this two-week effort. I have talked with Jonathan Carino today with preliminary plans for another trip to the Visayas starting in early November. With my illness over the past several months, I am far behind in meeting invitations to preach. This trip answered commitments that were 2 years old. The Lord willing, the next trip will answer requests from denominational preachers and denominational churches that have asked us to come for several months to over a year. The field is indeed white to harvest! I am thankful to God for His blessings to allow me to take part in the work again. I am also thankful to each of you for helping to support and encourage this work. Without you, it would not be possible and I cannot adequately express my thanks for your help. God bless!
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Two Baptized in Piat, Cagayan
Our last day of preaching in northern Luzon was with the Aquib church in Piat, Cagayan. (The path to the building requires a bit of a climb.) Brother Dennis Yuson preaches with the congregation. Dennis is a very faithful man who has served the Lord with great zeal and sacrifice all of the time that I have known him. He has recently lost all of his support because it was all coming from a congregation that has helped for many years, but is unable to continue. He is now in great need, but continues an exemplary work.
After a period of singing, I gave the first lesson on "Salvation and the Seed - God's Word." It was a fundamental lesson showing that the gospel of Christ is where we must go for all authority in religious practice today. Since Piat is one of the biggest strongholds for Catholicism in the Philippines, I thought that was the best place to start our studies for the day. Jerome Forelo summarized the lesson into Tagalog, which is the national language. Rody followed with a lesson on "Heed God's Warnings." At the end of the lesson, he extended an invitation and two young ladies responded to confess their faith and be baptized into Christ.
Following the lunch break, I preached on "If I Obey the Gospel, I Will…" It was a very fundamental, first principles lesson on the plan of salvation. Edgar Licodini summarized the lesson into the Ilocono dialect which is spoken by many in this area. Rody ended the studies for the day with a lesson from James 4 on "This Is Your Life." After that lesson, he again extended the invitation, but there were no more visible responses.
It was so extremely hot today and we felt totally washed out by about 4pm when the meeting ended. Both Rody and I are also having a great deal of problems with our voices and a bothersome cough. I will be happy to sleep in a little tomorrow as my flight to Manila does not depart until about 1pm. Rody and Tessie say they will also enjoy the rest. How Rody does this week after week in an almost continuous motion of preaching in so many places is beyond me. He and Tessie have my admiration for all they do in the kingdom!
We ended the day with a final meal at the Gumpad's home. To their children and grandchildren, I am "Papa Bear" and I enjoy the time with them so very much. One of Mark and Joy's children is a girl named for my Leslie! It was a good way to end our work together.
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WASHINGTON –Everyone knows it is a giant of the Internet that will make money for a long while. But is Facebook worth investing in at its elevated initial public offering price?
Analysts have some doubts: the company has huge value, and could be very worthwhile over the long term. But there might be cheaper opportunities elsewhere on the market.
On the other hand, demand for Facebook shares is so strong that, fundamental valuations aside, an investor might score big in any case.
For one, there is last year's big social networking IPO, LinkedIn. Those who risked buying its shares at the seemingly expensive $45 issue price would have more than doubled their money by now.
Facebook is confident of the demand. On Tuesday pushed up the price of its IPO, expected to take place Friday, to $34-$38 a share, from the previously proposed $28-$35 range.
That is fairly high, by fundamental valuations, analysts say. At the current pace of growth, the company's price-earnings ratio would be more than 60 times this year's projected earnings and 40 times next year's.
That compares with an current Nasdaq average market p/e ratio of 19.7 times, and rival online ad giant Google's 18.5 times.
Moreover, the company's first quarter report showed slowing ad growth, rising costs, and the company was struggling to find ways to make money on customers who were using their smartphones more and more for their Facebook postings.
"It's really highly likely the company is overvalued… our fair value is $32," said Rick Summer of Morningstar.
The issue price has been driven by the sheer frenzy of demand, he said. "This is the one Internet company that people feel they have to get a piece of."
"Sometimes the expectations get ahead of the fundamentals," said the more bearish Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research.
"Revenue per user… is very low (and) Facebook doesn't have a strong mobile story," he said.
The issue, said Chowdhry, is whether one believes the huge long-term promise that Facebook will keep a lock on users and their personal data that advertisers so sorely want, to keep it shoulder to shoulder with better-established Google in the online ads business.
"Is it a fad or is it a trend?" Chowdhry asked. "The industry is not defined, the business model is not defined, the user behavior is not fixed."
Chowdhry says the company's financial performance might not justify the IPO price for several years. Revenues will grow quickly from online ads, but not earnings.
Facebook has to keep making huge investments — in staff, technology, facilities, and strategic moves like the $1 billion takeover of photo-sharing service Instagram.
Yet longer term analysts are mostly bullish. They say Facebook's potential lies in its potential to increase its revenues very fast.
"If Facebook can actually have that reach into a billion users across the globe, that becomes an extremely valuable advertising platform," said Summer.
"Over the longer term we see Internet ad space is largely a two-headed monster": Google and Facebook.
The question for small investors, though, is whether Facebook's shares will perform. Against the example of LinkedIn are Zynga and Groupon, tech-industry IPOs of the past year which both are now trading well below their issue prices.
Virginie Lazes of Bryan Garnier & Co. says that even if the valuation is a little high, she expects the Facebook price will hold up.
Over one year, she said, "I think it could go up 5-10 percent. That is already good" for a company so large.
Given the choice, however, Summer said that Google looks like a better bet.
"The valuation differential is way too much" between Google and much younger Facebook.
Google's share price was at $611 Tuesday, and Morningstar has put a valuation on it of $780.
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It's time for another round of Team Titleist Trivia!
Today's host is Titleist Brand Ambassador Ben Crane, who earlier this week released his new "On Slow Play" comedy video to the World Wide Web. (If you haven't seen it, you can check it out here.)
The grand prize? A Titleist Pro V1x golf ball signed by Ben and a Limited Edition Team Titleist hat of your choice. (You can take a closer look at the hats in the slideshow below.)To see today's question, please watch the following video:
To enter the contest, you must reply to this discussion thread with the correct answer to Ben's question AND your hat size (Small/Medium; Medium/Large; or Large/XL) and color of choice (Black or White) – by 3 p.m. EST today (Friday, March 11). Only one answer per person. We will randomly draw the grand prize winner from all approved entries with the correct answer; Two (2) runner-ups will receive Limited Edition Team Titleist hats of their choice. (We will post the correct answer along with the list of winners later today.)
Need a hint? Clicking here might help...
(Sorry U.S. only. Here's some more info: Why are Titleist sweepstakes U.S. only?)
• • •Check out the Limited Edition Team Titleist hats in the slideshow below.
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I'm going to work on "my attitude"
Black, L/XL
Thanks Team Titleist.
The correct answer is attitude. My hat size is Large/XL, Black. Thanks.
my attitude as well when i hit bad shots, hat size large black
Work on My Attitude. White Hat , Size M/L(7 1/4) . Thanks
my attitude m/l white pls
Work on "my attitude"
Hat Color: Black
Size:Large/Xtra Large
attitude. M/L white.
Thanks for the great contest
My Attitude..........Black Medium/Large
Ben Crane... "My Attitude" BLack L/XL
Ben Crane "my Attitude"
Black L/XL
And the answer is...
My attitude. Blk m/l
Congratulations to our grand prize winner (Team Titleist hat and Ben Crane-signed ball):
• Drew Z (Black, L/XL)
Congrats to our two runner-ups (Team Titleist hat):
• Sean M (White, M/L)• mmlinks (Black, L/XL)
To our winners: Please make sure the address in your Team Titleist profile is up to date, as we will be shipping your prize to that address. Thanks!
Thanks everyone for playing! And thanks to Ben for hosting!


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