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The freelance world is getting bigger and bigger and people from the online medium have started to pay increased attention to it. The Internet offer to us countless possibilities and one of these is to work and be paid by someone you have never seen. When it comes to freelancing, understanding the types of industries that are open to this work is important. Things such as writing or IT work are professions that come to mind. The freelance environment requires you to continually educate yourself. This could mean taking video based IT training to expand your knowledge in that field or going to writing workshops to sharpen your skills in that one. Whatever freelance opportunities you choose, you will have to have the discipline to find work and complete it in a quality way.
The economical crisis we just faced/still facing was/is a real booster of this kind of activity; outsourcing has become a common thing.
Freelancing is really enjoyable, having no boss is a dream of each employee but definitely there are many unseen disadvantages. To be a freelancer means to have a job even though some skeptical people disregard it. It is true that the beginning is very difficult, depending directly on the economical situation but there are enough freelancers who obtain a nice income by offering their services.
Definitely, it will be interesting to find out the barrier between a successful freelancer and one that is still considered an amateur. Success is still a very subjective matter but there are some signs that show anyone that his or her evolution has reach the point where it became profitable to work in that particular field. Freelancers are divided into two big categories:
- -part-time, the people who are employed and obtain a fix income but in their "free time" work as freelancers
- -full time freelancers, the lucky people who work from home.
Anyway, in both cases, we may find amateurs and professionals; below, you will find some interesting "signs" that reveal anyone the level reached when it comes to the freelance evolution, once somebody meet all these criteria, then he or she must consider himself a mature freelancer ready to be called a "pro".
1. The existence of a competitive portfolio
Any freelancer in order to convince the potential clients about his skills and experience needs a material proof that may be easily seen or studied. This is called portfolio; usually a website where the freelancer is exposing the best or most recent works and the modalities to be contacted. The Internet is full of portfolios but only few are competitive and attractive – the owners are the mature freelancers who surely have many clients but also they are working hard all day long.
2. All the stuff on your computer is well organized
The cases of a very attentive and well organized amateur freelancer are few but we can't neglect this evidence. Usually, freelance beginners have serious trouble keeping themselves organized, as there are many aspects to take into account in order to be more efficient. Along time, the way of working is constantly improving until the point when self organization turns into an art and this quality becomes the foundation of the successful handling of projects and clients. Another sign that somebody is on the good way is the organizing of the information present on the computer; it is highly important to know where the textures, the fonts, and the icons are saved in order to easily select these into a project.
3. Sometimes people are asking for your help
When people ask for your help or wait to hear your pieces of advice, then it is a clear sign of your professionalism. Yes, if someone else than a good friend is asking a question on Twitter related to what you work, you deserve a prize or a reward- you are regarded as a pro in what you are doing. This fact may have advantages and disadvantages but personally I consider that the disadvantages are seen only after a superficial thinking: to reply to any message or question from different social networks may be time consuming but you never know who may be your next client. A lot of companies and freelancers are investing huge amounts of money in advertising but they forget the power of word of mouth is the best way of promoting.
4. You have a clear schedule of your daily tasks
A mature freelancer has a clear schedule in order to avoid any problems regarding the deadlines he or she has to respect. While an amateur freelancer is working hard to attract clients and to establish a good image, he may miss some deadlines, while the experienced one handles the tasks better.
On the other hand, the mature freelancer is aware of his skills and limits and knows how to organize his schedule to work when his will power is at the maximum. If you consider that your schedule is precisely detailed, this is awesome and you are great. IMPORTANT: Don't worry; you will never have the perfect schedule!
5. You have some guest posts about your field of activity
This isn't a sure sign that you have passed the entry level but usually the vice-versa is true. Blogs are the best sources of information and bloggers are qualified people to write such articles. A respectable freelancer must have a few guest posts or even a personal blog to show that he has the theoretical acknowledge accomplishing complicated projects. Other positive aspects are the readers' recognition and the possibility to obtain new clients.
6. Usually you have more than one project to finish
An experienced freelancer knows that it isn't the happiest situation to depend upon a single client unless he is a very "big fish". When you are busy almost all the time, accomplishing tasks from various clients simultaneously, once again you are on the road to becoming a pro!
7. The great majority of your clients are content with your services
Putting this "sign" here wasn't the result of complicated thinking, it is pretty normal to meet the clients' requirements once you give up the "newbie" status. In fact, the opinion of the customers is the one which may lower or increase the income so in order to be prosperous, this should be a constant worry. A nice idea to present a good image in front of other potential clients is to maintain a good connection with the previous ones and even to offer them some giveaways or discounts.
Anyway, each freelancer knows better what he want from his career but I believe these "signs" are important enough so reading this post might not be a loss of time. It will be great to know your opinions, so please use the comment form.
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Woah <3
According to this, I'm a somewhat mature freelancer. Have to get moving on putting more of our work up on line. I've gone from updating the website annually to semi-annually. Guess I'll move to quarterly next.
You did remind me, though, that I promised someone a guest blog, so now I'm on it.
Hi AnnMaria,thanks for reading my post and keep up the good work!BTW, nice blog!
According to this, i'm less than mature, but i spent long time organizing my plug-ins and some friends told me that i am wasting time on something not that important, so thank you for making me know that am doing okay.
I'll do my best to meet the other signs, i really wanna be a professional freelance.
so thank you for this, it really helped :)
Hy DyaaBelel, really don't worry, all of us waste precious time. On the other hand try to be more efficient, it is very important.Good luck1
As a part-timer I fit the bill, more-or-less. I have everything but a large clientele base, paying clientele that is (that is important, isn't it). I've done what I believe is quality free work, and will continue to, for a number of reasons – none the least to build a impressive portfolio.
Your article was well taken and timely. Also, it's given me the opportunity to offer a guest post. ;-)
long way to go for me then… :(
I just read your article and I am sadly very far below the standards of a pro. :( I have been doing graphic design in the Army for the past 6 years, but my experience has been very basic. I have almost no portfolio, so I have nothing to even make a website from. I have done a few projects here and there for family. (I am currently creating a poster / t-shirt design for a festival my aunt is running) I would really like to start doing additional freelance stuff, but I have no idea how to get in to it. I am designing a business card that I can give to my aunt to pass out to the sponsors of her festival, but that's all I can think of. Are there places online that I can find companies searching for freelancers? Or maybe other articles or bloggers you may know of that can point me in the right direction.


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I have to ask, what possible benefit is there training to "connect (harmonize) my ki with that of my partner (opponent)" in weapons? Perhaps I'm being too simplistic, but the way I see it, an attacker with a sword would never want to "harmonize" their ki with me or create/maintain that sort of connection -- they simply want to defeat me -- so what are the benefits of both partners training to harmonize their ki? I think a better training paradigm is to have one partner deliver a realistic attack and have the other partner deal with it using his/her ki (and aiki) to control or defeat the attack.
Dear Gerardo,
Blending with your partner is not just a question of him attacking you then you counter with an attack . The object of blending is to be able to adjust /.neutralise the effect of any attack whether you are acting as uke or as tori.In the practice of Sansho 1/2/[Jo work , a set of paired exercises] [ for example ]the relationship between both parties change as the movements are practiced..There is a point where an attack by uke is neutralized by tori resulting in a counter attack by tori, which in turn is neutralized by uke etc.Each person has to absorb the energy from the attack of the other , and then in the role of the attacker each of the persons involved has to extend ones energy.Thus there is a flow not unlike a wave motion in a sense.A sense of attack -defend -attack as it were from both parties each responding to the actions of the other.
Both parties have the opportunity to move/train their centres, stimulate their bodies ie conditioning , maintain connection and improve their awareness.I also include weapons training places a lot of emphasis on maai.I see weapons training as a method of training ones body, mind and spirit.Its a challenge for myself.As I am quite elderly I have to maintain as far as possible a degree of flexibility.At present I am somewhat limited here due to the effects of a serious car crash.My goal at the moment is to try and recover from the accident.I find weapons training a very useful tool.
I do not use weapons training to dominate or try to be a macho man.If indeed there is an enemy to be defeated the enemy is myself.Before I can hope to control others I hope I can control myself.This is the bigger battle. Cheers, Joe
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The Clinique Chubby Stick shadows combine 2 things I love – Clinique Chubby range and eye crayons! These are just the easiest eye shadows to use – its basically a dry-ish cream eye shadow in a crayon twist up packaging. No sharpening, hence no product wastage! The package is exactly like the Chubby lips from outside but inside the tip of the shadow stick is more blunted to suit the eyes. What I don't like about these is that the stick isn't very tightly fixed to the base so the entire stick *might* pop out if you're playing with it. I saw this with the testers in the store as well as my own piece. It doesn't come out very easily but it might come out especially if you've been carrying it around in your bag or something.
The texture is smooth and creamy but its not too soft – it has a bit of stiffness which I think works well. Comparing to the Limited Edition MAC eye crayon, these are little harder, MAC ones were a tad softer. However these aren't dry to the point that they tug on the eyes. They glide easily enough and are super pigmented. I just apply this all over my lid and use my finger to soften and blend the edges in the socket. It sets into a smudgeproof finish after some time and doesn't budge. These wear really long – I've worn it for as long as 10 hours and there was barely any fading or creasing. Formula overall is excellent (though I wish they were a little softer)! If you're someone who's generally pressed for time while getting ready, these are really handy!
Fuller Fudge is a beautiful neutral – its a soft bronzy caramel color, not quite dark enough to be chocolaty but not so light that it won't show up. I think its a gorgeous color for Indian skin tones in general – just adds a little something to the eyes without being overpowering. It has some shimmer but its quite subtle and understated. I love this color and to be honest, this is the only shade I liked from the range. There were 2 other shades I was looking forward to – Ample Amber and Whopping Willow but these weren't launched in India.
I've applied it all over my lid and along my lower lash line ~
The GOOD about Clinique Chubby Stick Shadow Tint for Eyes :
- Twist up crayon packaging – no wastage
- Smooth in texture
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- Extremely long wearing
- Can be used as base for eye shadow
The NOT-SO-GOOD about Clinique Chubby Stick Shadow Tint for Eyes :
- Shadow stick isn't fixed properly to the base
- Texture could be softer/creamier
- Limited shades launched in India!
Overall Verdict
Clinique Chubby Stick shadows are great for beginners or for women on the go. Just twist up, swipe on the eyes, blend with fingers and you're sorted for the entire day. The formula is slightly dry-ish but doesn't tug on the lids, very pigmented and super long wearing. Fuller Fudge is a must-have for this range in my opinion because its just a great color for all skin tones and will go with every lip color – nude or bold. I am a huge fan of the Chubby range in general, of the brand and of eye crayons so I'm a teeny bit disappointed that these weren't a perfect 5!
Rating : 4/5


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DeWaters and Trowbridge Halls are two of the colleges six residence halls. Kalamazoo College requires all students to reside within the Colleges residential system and board at the Colleges dining center through winter quarter of their junior year. Living with stimulating, intelligent people whose viewpoints and lifestyles may be different is a challenge — a challenge to know oneself, to think, to question, to grow.


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406 ELT requirement waived by Dominican Republic and Cayman Islands
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Transport Canada has affirmed its decision to make 406-MHz emergency locator transmitters mandatory on everything but gliders, balloons, ultralights and a few special-use aircraft. The requirement extends to foreign-registered aircraft and includes those on flights that begin and end in the U.S. but fly over Canadian territory.
Transport Canada and the Canadian military, which handles most search and rescue operations in Canada, say the switch is necessary because search and rescue satellites will stop monitoring the 121.5 MHz frequency used most by existing ELTs on Feb. 1. They point out the reliability and precision of the 406-mHz system, which is proven to make rescues faster and less complicated.


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Sara Del Rey being praised
Those that follow the independent wrestling circuit closely have known for years that Sara Del Rey is one of the more talented female performers in the world. One of the smartest things that WWE has ever done is signing her to a contract to train their divas on the proper in ring techniques. Triple H has started a push recently to give her the recognition that she deserves. He has openly praised her in articles and through social media.
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Vince McMahon death
During a podcast interview on Monday night, Triple H revealed something that wrestling fans have long known. Vince McMahon is in charge of everything and still very much hands on with the product. Business analysts have picked up on the story and have written some worrisome articles about the potential death of McMahon and how it would adversely affect WWE. They feel that the company will be in trouble with their leader being gone.
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The Nasdaq has decreased 0.2%, the S&P 500 has moved little and the Dow has been relatively flat after the morning's trading.
The Real Estate Operations sector (IYR) has changed little on a quiet day for the overall market. These are the biggest movers in the sector currently:
|Market Cap
|Percentage Change
|Zillow (Nasdaq:Z)
|$1.14 billion
|Marriott Vacations (NYSE:VAC)
|$1.09 billion
|Select Income (NYSE:SIR)
|$760.7 million
|Pennsylvania (NYSE:PEI)
|$892.2 million
|Urstadt Biddle Properties (NYSE:UBP)
|$560.5 million
|Brookfield Office Properties (NYSE:BPO)
|$8.65 billion
|American Capital (Nasdaq:AGNC)
|$11.75 billion
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Zillow (Nasdaq:Z) is at $39.84 per share after an increase of 2.2%. The company's volume for the day so far is 195,292 shares. Volume indicates the level of interest that investors have in a company at its current price. Valuation ratios allow the investor to make a quick determination as to a company's investment value. The price/book value ratio is calculated by dividing the current stock price by the company's book value per share. Z has a P/B ratio of 10.35 which shows that its share price is higher than its book value. This may be a sign that the company is overvalued. To put things in perspective, should be made among companies in the same industry rather than across industries. SEE: How Buybacks Warps The Price-To-Book Ratio
After rising 2%, Marriott Vacations (NYSE:VAC) is currently trading at a share price of $32.40. The company's volume is currently 42,162 shares for the day, 0.2 times the current three-month average. When a stock price moves up or down, watching the volume is a good way of identifying how significant that shift is. When estimating the value of a particular investment, valuation ratios provide a good basis for assessing the value of an individual stock. The debt ratio gives users a quick measure of the amount of debt that the company has on its balance sheets compared to its assets. VAC's debt ratio is 56.4%. As with all financial ratios, a company's debt ratio should be compared with the industry average or similar companies.
Select Income (NYSE:SIR) is up 1.9% to reach a current price of $24.85 per share. So far today, 12,687 shares of the company's stock have changed hands. At this rate, trading activity will likely be down from yesterday when 85,582 shares changed hands. As a stock moves up or down, it is important to pay attention to the trading volume. This indicates the level of interest: the higher the volume, the more the interest. Investment valuation ratios can be very useful in estimating whether a stock price is too high, reasonable or a bargain investment opportunity. The dividend yield is measured by taking the annual dividends per share and dividing that number by the stock price. SIR's dividend yield is 6.6%. For income-oriented investors such as retirees, a stock with a high dividend yield may be more attractive than a stock with a low dividend yield. SEE: Due Diligence On Dividends
Pennsylvania (NYSE:PEI) is trading at $15.69 per share, down 1.5%. The company's volume is currently 84,051 shares for the day, 0.2 times the average daily volume. Volume is used to evaluate how meaningful the price movement of a stock is. Looking at a company's valuation ratios is a good way of getting a basic idea as to its value as an investment. The price/book value ratio provides a way of evaluating whether a stock is relatively cheap or expensive. The P/B ratio for PEI is 1.41, indicating that the stock is trading for more than its book value. This implies that investors expect management to create more value from a given set of assets and/or that the market value of the firm's assets is significantly higher than their accounting value. Users need to be careful when applying this ratio though, as it is more useful for industrial companies that have a lot of tangible assets than it is for technology or consumer product companies that may not have much in the way of hard assets. SEE: Using The Price-To-Book Ratio To Evaluate Companies
Urstadt Biddle Properties (NYSE:UBP) has risen 1.5% and is currently trading at $19.09 per share. This morning, the company is trading a volume of 3,291 shares. High volume indicates a lot of investor interest while low volume indicates the opposite. Valuation ratios include the price to earnings (P/E) ratio, the price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio, the price to sales (P/S) ratio, the price to book (P/B) ratio, and the dividend yield. Dividend yield measures the income that a stock will generate for an investor. UBP has a dividend yield of 4.8%. It is important to remember that dividends are only one component of a stock's return and capital appreciation (or decline) must also be considered when evaluating a security. SEE: Dividend Yield For The Downturn
Brookfield Office Properties (NYSE:BPO) is down 1.2% to reach $16.96 per share. The company's volume for the day so far is 301,945 shares, 0.2 times the average volume over the last three months. A stock's volume conveys how excited investors are about it. In making a decision about a potential or existing investment, valuation ratios are useful as a basis for seeing whether the stock price is too high, reasonable, or a bargain. Using price/earnings ratios (P/E ratios) does not give an indication of whether or not an individual company's ratio is reasonable, a shortcoming that can be corrected by using the price/earnings to growth ratio (PEG ratio). BPO has a PEG ratio of 2.11, which is consistent with the industry average. Because of the adjustment for earnings growth rate, the PEG ratio is somewhat more useful than many formulas for comparing companies in different industries.
American Capital (Nasdaq:AGNC) has increased to a share price of $34.70, a 0.9% rise. So far today, the company's volume is two million shares. This is about the same trading activity as there was yesterday. If a stock price moves on high volume, this means that the change is a significant one. Valuation ratios like the price to earnings (P/E) ratio, the price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio, the price to sales (P/S) ratio, the price to book (P/B) ratio, and the dividend yield are useful in determining how attractive a potential or existing investment is. The price/book value ratio is one of the more common methods of determining whether a stock is fairly valued. AGNC's stock is trading for more than its book value with a P/B ratio of 1.32. This high share price relative to asset value is likely to indicate that the company has been earning a very high return on its assets. A weakness of the P/B value ratio is that while the price component is easily determined by looking at the stock quote, the book value component is more difficult to estimate and more open to individual interpretation and analysis. SEE: How Buybacks Warps The Price-To-Book Ratio
The Bottom Line The nature of the market is such that stocks will have good days and bad days. Daily stock performance should be weighed against historical performance and put in context of the market overall. Tools like valuation ratios and profit margins, however, are only as useful as the context you put them in; remember to take historical data and competitor performance into account.


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We have exceptional talent in our schools. If you didn't see this production, you missed a very enjoyable evening.
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by Stuart Vose
Boss backs star to kick on from goal boost.
Martin O'Neill has backed Stephane Sessegnon to continue to cause problems for top-flight defences after bagging his first goal of the season.
The little forward from Benin opened his account in spectacular style at Fulham last weekend, firing home a fine shot from 25 yards.
Sessegnon scored eight goals last season to finish as the club's joint top scorer.
Now he's on the way again this term and looking to push on, starting against WBA tomorrow.
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really good movie in vein of memento. the most amazing part is that christian bale dropped from 180 lbs to 120 lbs. it's very earie as you see him walking around like a skeleton. then later on bale gained those pounds with muscles for batman.
This movie is beatifully shot, good cinematography.
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Microsoft is ready to pay Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to remove its news content from Google, according to the Financial Times. Microsoft has also approached other "big online publishers" with similar deals.
"One website publisher approached by Microsoft said that the plan 'puts enormous value on content if search engines are prepared to pay us to index with them",' wrote the FT's Matthew Garrahan. "… Microsoft's interest is being interpreted as a direct assault on Google because it puts pressure on the search engine to start paying for content."
This he calls a "ray of light to the newspaper industry."
Now, every site in Google is currently there by choice. As it could conceivably change its mind and shank Balldock and Murmer with fair use, let's assume that they're planning on exclusivity. End-user license agreements, paywalls, spider-blocking, that sort of thing. Maybe even encryption and plugins and other delights. Sayonara, RSS!
In any case, participating publishers have to become invisible to search engines who don't pay up. Think of all the gambles encoded in that decision: that the U.S. ad market won't rebound enough to go it alone. That subsidized foreign competitors like the BBC aren't a domestic threat. That people will change their surfing habits to find them. And so on.
But there's one gamble which does make some twisted sense: that Microsoft is an irrational consumer. It's easy to believe that it may spew senseless riches into publishers' pockets, radically distorting the news market, just to spite Google. In this case, Murdoch could be wringing cash out of a market he knows is doomed to implosion or assimilation. And he doesn't even have to be an evil genius, either: he just has to be smarter than Steve Ballmer.


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You know, I think fish gets a bad wrap. It's not a main entree for most Americans; chicken, beef and pork pretty much take over in that area. Occasionally, a parent might make "popcorn shrimp" or "fish sticks" to slowly introduce their kids to new foods, but that seems to be the only daring adventure into "the deep" that many kids under 10 experience. Not a fabulously exciting adventure if you ask me….
I remember getting Van de Kamp's fish sticks for dinner in my youth. Luckily, that was only on a rare occasion (when life was hectic and they somehow worked their way from the back of the freezer up to the front). When we had fish as a main meal, we had fish steaks; tenderly marinated in all sorts of different flavors and (if we were lucky) Dad would grill them to perfection out on the deck. I tried shark, tuna, salmon, white fish, mahi mahi, swordfish, shrimp, lobster, clams, mussels, tiger prawns, scallops, calamari, etc before I graduated from high school. Needless to say, my taste buds have acquired quite a love for creatures from the deep! I was lucky (thanks Mom and Dad!).
But other than just being able to provide a new and refreshing taste to your mouth (when done right), seafood (salmon, especially) is actually quite healthy for you. Here's an article I found on the benefits of eating fish and the differences between wild-caught fish and farmed fish. Did you know that fish are "farmed"? I'm sure that you did. But did you also know that the same issues that arise with conventionally farmed animals (like higher fat content, more chemicals, etc) are present in the fish farming industry? Check out the article to learn more.
I support the nom-nomming of wild-caught fish! AND… I support quick and tasty methods of preparing them. I haven't actually given you ANY "microwave" recipes, so here's the first one! It's quick, it's healthy, and it's full of flavor and omega-3's to keep you sharp in the brain and looking good on the epidermis. I found this recipe over at the Sweet Savory Life blog and I knew I just had to share. It's both gluten-free and low-carb.
Spicy Salmon (Modified from the Sweet Savory Life Blog)
Servings: 1
PointsPlus Per Serving: 7 (using a 5 oz fillet)
- 1 single portion salmon fillet, 5 PP (or 1 PP per ounce)
- salt and pepper
- 1.5 tablespoons light mayonnaise, 1 PP
- 1 or 2 tablespoons Sriracha sauce (depends on how spicy you want it)
- 2 or 3 fresh cut lemon slices
- 1 tbsp fresh parsley (or 1 tsp dried)
1. Rinse salmon fillet with cold water and pat dry. Place the salmon skin side down in a microwave save container (a smaller glass dish will work best). Season the salmon with a bit of salt and pepper. Set aside.
2. In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise and Sriracha sauce. Generously spread the mayonnaise mixture on top of the fillet. Sprinkle parsley on and then top with a couple round slices of lemon.
3. Cover the dish tightly with microwave safe plastic wrap. Microwave the fish for 3 1/2 minutes. Check the center of the fillet for done-ness with a fork. If there is any uncooked fish, microwave for another 30-45 seconds. Garnish with additional parsley and lemon wedges.
See!?! SO SIMPLE!! And the best part? You can flavor it however you'd like. Try using a teriyaki glaze instead. Just poke a few holes in the fish to let the sauce soak in. Or maybe you don't want the spice; just the mayo and a tbsp of orange juice mixed together and then topped off with some toasted sliced almonds would do the trick. Try anything you want! And when you find something tasty, post a comment and let the rest of us know!
I made this for lunch the next day and it was AWESOME! I didn't have fresh lemon, so i just mixed some lemon juice into the mayo mixture and then sprinkled dried parsley over top and put it all over a bed of spring mix. I scarfed it down like I'd never eaten food before! Never have I made such a gourmet meal in 5 minutes. Dude.


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Compassionate Ministry
Bert Waggoner is the former National Director of Vineyard USA.
"Compassionate Ministry" is one of the core values of the Vineyard. In the following pages I will endeavor to flesh out what this means and what it will look like. I was quite excited to put my thoughts down on this critical subject. This resulted in a five page document. I hope you will read it in its entirety. You should notice that compassionate ministry is closely related to the other values of culturally relevant mission and reconciling community. This is as it should be. I have included several endnotes located at the end of the paper. I would encourage you to read them as you go along.
If I were asked to pick one scripture that defines who the Vineyard is and what our ministry is, I would pick Luke 4:18-19. Here Jesus throws down the gauntlet in the face of all his enemies and announces that the Kingdom of God has come and what the battle is going to be as the kingdom of light confronts the kingdom of darkness: "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him." [Luke 4:18-19] It is interesting to me what Jesus left out of this list of reasons for the anointing. The things that are left out of Jesus' statement are, sadly, often made the primary reasons for the anointing in some circles. But Jesus says nothing about being anointed so he can be happy or rich. He says nothing about being anointed so he can have peace, be wealthy, speak in tongues or prophesy. He says nothing about being anointed so he can have a really exciting experience with God. None of these are included by Jesus as his reasons for being anointed.1 The things he left out are not bad. It's good to be happy and rich, to speak in tongues and prophesy, and to have wonderful religious experiences. But they are not the primary reasons for the anointing of the Spirit. They are designed to be secondary. When secondary things are made primary in God's Kingdom, good though they may be, they become profaned. When things that exist as a means to an end become the end, they are counterproductive to God's Kingdom. Most idols are not bad in themselves. They are bad because they supplant their proper place - the penultimate replaces the ultimate. This displacement of priorities has sidetracked many moves of God. Jesus said that the reason for the anointing by the Spirit is missional. It is given so that the mission of the church can be achieved. This means that a people who are full of the Spirit will announce good news to the poor, proclaim freedom to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind. Spirit-filled people will release the oppressed and announce that the Kingdom of God has come, proclaiming the year of God's favor. These ministries must not be spiritualized. They are real life, concrete engagements with the poor, the imprisoned, the disempowered, and those the rest of the world rejects. This is our ministry description. This is the stuff we are called to do, and the people upon whom we are to focus. Luke 4:18-19 is not all of our ministry description. There is more. But this is our ministry description in micro. The phrase "to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor" broadens the ministry description considerably. This is huge. "The time of fulfillment has arrived," says Jesus. What time? The time when all the promises given in the Old Testament will begin to be fulfilled. It's like Jesus is saying, "I am anointed to minister to the poor, the prisoners, the blind, the bound, the oppressed, and .....Oh I can't list all of the things that are beginning to be fulfilled in my ministry as a result of the anointing, so let me put it like this: All the things included in the promises of the prophets that are to be fulfilled when God shows his favor are now in the process of being fulfilled. This is the time of God's favor to the lost, the sick, the poor, the prisoners, and the dis-empowered. I am anointed to begin the process of their fulfillment. That is my ministry." Historically, in the Vineyard we have generalized ministry, or as we call it "doin' the stuff," to include ministry to the poor, the sick and the lost. Let me give a little more detail to that description. This specificity comes from looking at the Old Testament prophecies, the ministry of Jesus, and the example of the New Testament church. The church that is living in the dynamic of the coming Kingdom and thus, is being renewed by the Spirit has the following in her ministry description:
1. Start, build, strengthen, and mature reconciling, missional, compassionate churches. (Genesis 12:1-3; Isaiah 41:8-10; Isaiah 43:4-7; Isaiah 49, esp. 5-6; Ezekiel 37; Matthew 10:1-41/ Mark 6:7-12/ Luke 9:1-6; Matthew 22:34-40; Matthew 25:31-46; Matthew 28:18-21; Luke 10:1-24; John 20:19-22; Acts, passim)
2. Preach the gospel for the intent of the spiritual transformation of individuals by the power of the Word and the Spirit. (Isaiah 55:10-11; Jeremiah 31:31-33; Joel 2:28-32; Matthew 28:18-20; Luke 4:43; Acts, passim; Romans 1:15-18; Romans 10:14-15; Romans 12:1-3; Romans 15:17-20; I Corinthians 1:17 - 2:5; II Corinthians 4:5-6; II Timothy 4:1-5)
3. Heal the physically, emotionally, and spiritually sick. (Isaiah 30:26; Isaiah 33:24; Isaiah 35:3-6; Isaiah 57:18-19; Isaiah 61:1-3; Jeremiah 33:6; Matthew 4:23-24; Matthew 10:8; Matthew 11:5; Luke 4:19; John 20:21)
4. Work to bring healing to families and other social units that will result in peace and freedom for their members. (Psalm 68:5-6; Isaiah 2:2-5; Malachi 4:6; Matthew 19:13-15/ Mark 10:13-16/ Luke 18:15-17; Luke 11:17; Ephesians 5:22 – 6:9; Colossians 3:18 – 4:1; Philemon 1-25)
5. Speak prophetically in word and deed to the social and political systems that imprison, abuse and destroy human life. (Exodus 1-14; Isaiah 1:1-31; Isaiah 55:7-23; Isaiah 65, 66; Daniel, e.g. 5; Amos 5:21-24; Micah 6:8; Luke 10:25-37; Ephesians 6:10-12)
6. Feed the hungry and clothe the poor. (Isaiah 58; Amos 2:6-16; Matthew 25:31-46; Mark 10:17-31; Luke 12:22-34; James 2:1-7)
7. Work for the release of slaves whether they are sex slaves, underpaid workers, employees in sweat shops, children enslaved in abusive labor conditions, kids serving in the military, or any other kinds of slavery that destroys human dignity. (Leviticus 25; Nehemiah 5; Isaiah 1:1-31; Matthew 22:34-40; Luke 7:22; Luke 10:25-37; James 5:1-6)
8. Work for reconciliation between races, cultures, economic groups, churches, and religions.2 (Isaiah 2:2-5; Isaiah 19:18-25; Matthew 5:23-26, 43-48/ Luke 6:27-36; John 17:1-26; Ephesians 1:9-10; Ephesians 2:11-22; Galatians 3:26-29; James 2:1-11)
9. Tend the earth so that it can sustain human life and be enjoyed by all according to God's intention for his creation. (Genesis 1:26-28; Genesis 2:15; Isaiah 65, 66; Matthew 6:9-13/ Luke 11:2-4; Romans 8:18-27; Revelation 21:1-5)These are the things that are on God's heart. These are what God is doing in the world - the Missio Dei. These are the ministries of the church that is living in the dynamic of the Kingdom of God. These are what our Lord has called, equipped, and commissioned the Vineyard to do - not part of them, but all of them. These are our raison d'etre - our reason to exist. Sadly, for various reasons, the Fundamentalists and some within the Evangelical camp,3 in their conflict with liberalism's social gospel, gave up their birthright and changed the mission and ministry of the church from the ministry of the Kingdom as stated above to ministry that simply had as its goal building churches and getting people to heaven. They shrank the ministry of the church to include only personal transformation and a ticket to glory land. This is in stark contrast to the more Kingdom-oriented Evangelicals of the nineteenth century who led in the reform of child labor laws, prisons, women's suffrage, the fight against slavery, and other social ills. Pentecostals came along and, for the most part, took up the same limited ministry agenda as their Fundamentalist enemies4 and their Evangelical friends. They did flesh out the ministry agenda as they added praying for the sick and the baptism in the Holy Spirit as an empowerment for service. This experience with the Spirit catapulted them into one of the greatest expansions of the church that we have in recorded history. But this mission was primarily to build churches, not to transform society. The Charismatics came along and added inner healing to the agenda, while continuing to seek more and more power. At times their focus was primarily on having a good experience with God. They failed to go beyond the limited ministry agenda of the Fundamentalists, Evangelicals and Pentecostals and most of the ministry was done by the upfront teams rather than by those in the pew. There were two things that held most of these Bible-believing churches back from a holistic ministry that focused on both personal transformation and social engagement. The first is that many of the churches were entangled in dispensational theology. The underlying idea in this eschatology is that the last days have come, the world is going to hell in a handbasket, and Jesus is going to come and take a limited remnant of the faithful out of this mess, then all hell is going to break out. The ultimate future for the earth is to provide fuel for God's massive end time apocalyptic bonfire and cosmic fireworks display. So why work to change anything with that kind of future?5 The second thing that held the church back from its full mission, especially among the Pentecostals and Charismatics, was their tendency to get caught up in seeking a greater and more glorious experience with God and making the experience the end. Thus, the purpose of these experiences was primarily to make them feel better, not to equip them to do ministry.6 This is where John Wimber's ministry and that of the Vineyard was different. Our primary focus was to equip the saints to do the whole ministry of the Kingdom. What happened on the stage was but a demonstration of how all were to do the stuff. "Everyone gets to play." That was and is our motto. And the "play" was to do the works of the Kingdom - all the works. Once, during a time of renewal, John shared a vision that he had. In this vision he saw a large waterfall like Niagara. Millions of gallons of water were flowing over the fall every minute. As he watched he saw two scenarios. One was of the water running out into the desert and dissipating. It had no guidelines or purpose. It was a free-flowing stream of water rushing out into the desert without banks and producing nothing. In the other scenario, John saw the same waterfall, but this time it was flowing out into a desert into ditches where Vineyards had been planted, fruit was growing, and a richness of life was developing. He said that the first represented renewal without purpose. The second structured renewal into ministries that were in line with Kingdom ministries. He then called us back to the ministries that expressed the full message of the Kingdom.7
There is one thing that is required for these Kingdom ministries to be effective. They require an attitude of Holy Spirit-inspired Christian compassion. Not just any compassion will do. It needs a special kind of compassion - the kind of compassion that comes from the heart of God through the presence of the Holy Spirit. This special kind of compassion is the motivating factor for Kingdom ministries. Compassion does not simply mean that we feel with the lost, the poor, the victims of injustice, the aliens, the sick, or the bound. Christian compassion is to have God's heart for these people. God is a God of compassion. This theme runs like a golden thread both through the Old and the New Testaments (Nehemiah 9:17; Psalms 111:4; Psalms 116:5; Jonah 4:2; Isaiah 54:10; Matthew 5:45; Romans 11:32). It is a primary identifier of who God is. As Stanley Grenz says: At the center of the faith of the Hebrew community stood a declaration of God's compassion, which the book of Exodus describes as having its source in God himself. After revealing the divine name to Moses on Mount Sinai, Yahweh declares, "the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness." (Exodus 34:6)8In fact, it was the compassion of the Father that motivated Jesus. He knew how the Father felt about the lost, the poor, the victims, and the traumatized. He shared God's heart. He had compassion with the Father. And "being moved with compassion" he preached the gospel, fed the hungry, identified with the lepers, set the captives free, healed the sick, and challenged the structures of injustice with a powerful counter-culture message of love and grace. (Matthew 9:36; Matthew14:14; Matthew 20:34; Mark 1:41) The compassion that comes from the heart of God is not pity. Pity is what you have when you feel for someone in need, but do nothing to help. Pity is feeling sorry for the victim. Compassion, on the other hand, is something that grips you down deep in your gut. It grabs you so deeply that, even if there is risk and loss, you must do something to help the victim, whether they deserve it or not. Compassion is a work of the Holy Spirit - a true test of renewal. It is a very clear evidence of a Spirit-filled life. If God is a God of compassion and if the work of the Spirit is to give us God's heart, then how could we be renewed and not care about those things that are on God's heart? If compassion is an evidence of the Spirit's presence, then the Spirit is alive and well in the Vineyard. We continue to pray for the sick and cast out demons. We continue to call people to a transforming experience with Jesus Christ. But we also reach out to the victimized, the poor, the strangers, and the enslaved with the compassionate hands of our Lord. These acts of kindness come out of the compassion that is born in us by the Spirit. Like our Lord, we are "moved with the compassion" that is in the heart of the Father. We feel with the Father and we act with the Father. While reading the articles in this web edition that are focusing us on our core value of "compassionate ministry," I saw compassion evident in every one of them. I saw compassion reflected in testimonies of churches ministering to the sick and to orphans. I saw compassion evidenced in the ministry to those enslaved in human trafficking and in churches feeding the poor. These articles are evidence that the Spirit is vitally at work among us. Over the last five years I have seen compassion at work in the response of hundreds of Vineyard churches who sent nearly two million dollars through the Vineyard to care for those who had been hit by natural catastrophes. But this is not all. Hundreds of Vineyard people from those Vineyard churches also put on their work clothes, rolled up their sleeves, took vacation days, and paid their own traveling expenses to go to the areas of need. Then they gave hundreds of hours to serve those whose lives had been destroyed by hurricanes, tornadoes, and massive flooding. This is compassion at work. These things reflect the heart of God and are evidence of the Spirit's presence among us.
Promoting Compassionate Ministries
There are several things the Vineyard is doing to make sure we stay faithful to do the ministries of compassion. First, we continue to encourage every Vineyard to be intentional in reaching out to lost people. We recognize that the highest priority we have in ministry is to see lives transformed by the power of the gospel. We never want to make this secondary. There is no substitute for evangelism that results in transformed lives. Secondly, we want every Vineyard to have a vibrant and vital healing ministry to those physically, emotionally, socially, or spiritually sick. Healing was central to the ministry of Jesus and the early church. It was also the healing ministry that was part of the birth of the Vineyard almost thirty years ago. There is nothing that the church does to reflect the compassion of Jesus more than when she extends healing to the sick. Thirdly, we want every Vineyard to be involved in compassionate ministry that takes them into the streets of our communities, to the inner core of our cities, and to the places of darkness, suffering, injustice, and poverty all over the world. Compassionate ministry must bring good news to the poor, the bound, the bleeding, the chained, the rejected, the weak, the strangers, and the victimized. This is the ministry God has given us.
Vineyard is and has always been a Kingdom of God movement and thus, a movement of compassion. We are committed to seeking the Father's heart, knowing that when we find it, it will be filled with compassion - a compassion for the hurting, the bound, the foreigners, and the dis-empowered. He wants his people to share his heart and therefore, his compassion. Jesus taught his disciples to pray, "Father...let your kingdom come." My prayer is that the Vineyard will always be an instrument of the Spirit, filled with the compassion of the Father, doing the works of the Kingdom so that the prayer our Lord gave to us will be realized in and through us.
1 This does not mean that personal renewal is not necessary or greatly to be desired. It is, but it can never be made an end. See John Wimber's comments in footnote 6 below.
2 We cannot forsake our commitment to our belief that Jesus is the only way to God, but we can work to discover common ground and common cause.
3 The things I say here regarding Fundamentalists, Evangelicals, Pentecostals and Charismatics are general statements and reflect the past, not necessarily the present. There is a convergence toward a holistic Kingdom agenda among all of these groups today. (See Russell Moore's The Kingdom of Christ: The New Evangelical Perspective.)
4 Most Fundamentalists considered Pentecostals and Charismatics their enemies.
5 I am aware of the passages of Scripture that refer to a destruction by fire. These must be exegeted. But I am also aware that the preponderance of Scripture and the movement of the Kingdom narrative point to restoration and transformation of the earth – not its destruction.
6 This is a point John Wimber made in 1995: "An overemphasis on experience may attract weakened, more immature believers whose priority in Christianity is finding the hot' renewal meetings and getting blasted by God. These 'renewal groupies' drift from one renewal meeting to another looking to reproduce their prior experience. Experience for the sake of experience goes against a deeply held Vineyard value. One of the things we have observed is that experience leads to more experience leads to more experience. It seems to be a self-justifying loop. 'God blasted my socks off tonight. I'm going back again tomorrow night.'" (Vineyard Reflections, July/August 1995)
7 This vision was shared with the Vineyard Board in 1994. After writing this article I was made aware of an article in Vineyard Reflections, July/August, 1994. It was stated in a little different way from what I remember in the oral statement, but it has the same essence.
8 Grenz, Stanley, Theology for the Community of God (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000) 122-123.


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The aim of this paper is to discuss some aspects of the nature gravitational energy within the general theory of relativity. Some aspects of the difficulties to ascribe the usual features of localization and conservation to gravitational energy are reviewed and considered in the light of the dual of role of the dynamical gravitational field, which encodes both inertio-gravitational effects and the chronogeometrical structures of spacetime. These considerations will lead us to discuss the fact that the very notion of energy - gravitational or not - is actually well-defined in the theory only with respect to some background structure.
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