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John's works can be divided into a number of categories.
Religious music: John has composed much for Clifton Cathedral including a powerful setting "Woefully arrayed" for choir, brass and organ which has been performed in both Clifton Cathedral and St Albans Abbey. Other choral works include the "Missa in honorem Ioannis Paulus P.P.I", the introit "O God, who desirest truth in the inmost heart" and many psalm settings in the Responsorial style.
Songs: these include "The Rose", a setting of Emily Dickinson "If you were coming in the Fall" - premiered in Canada in 2010 - and a setting of T.S. Eliot's Eyes that Last I saw in Tears.
Other pieces include a score for the silent film "The Open Road" premiered at the BFI theatre on the South Bank, "Fixers Galop" written for the final concert of long-standing WSO 'fixer' Peter Craen, and "Pilsner Tanz" - a humorous reworking of parts of Bruckner's Ninth Symphony for the traditional New Year concert in Worthing.
His organ work, Prelude & Fugue, was broadcast live on Radio 3 in 1990 from Clifton Cathedral. "It was a delight to hear your piece with its variety, colours, textures, rhythms, counterpoint, harmony, concision and, above all, written with a true love of, and understanding, for the organ." Letter from the organist David Liddle to the composer.
John's Meditation on Swing Low, Sweet Chariot was premiered in St Albans Abbey on 3rd August 2013 with the RPO, St Albans Chamber Choir and the soprano Anna Gorbachyova as part of the 800th anniversary of the drafting of Magna Carta in St Albans.
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Typical Infant Check-up Schedule
In the United Kingdom, various medical professionals will regularly check newborn children to assess how they grow and develop. Use this table as a guide to what you can expect in the first few months of life.
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|Health visitor and GP
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NGB Chief Touts Diversity, Receives Award at NAACP Gathering
Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum, National Guard Bureau chief, told the NAACP last week that the organization had helped the Guard reach out to American communities and encourage joining diversity among the force.
"Today, minorities account for about 20 percent of our total Guard force, and females account for about 14 percent of our total Guard force," he said in a keynote address at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's 31st annual Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Awards Dinner.
The dinner was held during the NAACP's national convention.
At the event, General Blum received the 2006 NAACP Meritorious Service Award. Established in 1975 by the NAACP's Armed Services Veterans Affairs Department, the award is presented annually to a service man or woman in a policy-making position for the highest achievement in military equal opportunity.
"As I stand before you here this evening, we owe you a debt of gratitude and need your continued support," General Blum said. "It's critically important that the Guard look like America."
He said the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard offer the greatest opportunity for the youth of America. "You put them in there and there's great pressure to keep them drug-free, not to abuse alcohol, and they teach them character and values," he said.
General Blum compared the military services' capabilities to the strength of diversity in America. When the services work individually, they're good, but when they work together, they're unbeatable.
Conference, Membership Dominate Board Discussions
The upcoming 128th General Conference and Exhibition and membership dominated discussions at the NGAUS board of directors meeting last weekend at The National Guard Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Board members approved 114 NGAUS Individual Awards for presentation at the conference. The complete list of recipients will be released next week. Thirty-five states nominated people this year.
Honorees this year include the inaugural recipients of the NGAUS Company Grade Leadership Award.
The board also referred a change to the NGAUS bylaws to create a new standing committee to help with future conference planning and discussed further growth of conference professional development sessions.
The 128th NGAUS General Conference and Exhibition is set for Sept. 15 to 18 in Albuquerque, N.M.
In addition, board members received the annual audit report, reviewed the mid-year budget and received the traditional six-month membership figures that determine membership awards and seating at the conference.
They heard that the nationwide June 30 membership stood at 63 percent, the same total as last year at this time. However, some properly postmarked but late-arriving checks pushed to the total to 64 percent this week.
Fifteen states were at full membership. Alabama was the most improved state, going from 54 percent last year to 80 percent thus far in 2006.
Among board actions, members selected Maj. Gen. David B. Poythress, Georgia adjutant general (TAG) and Area III TAG representative, to fill the remaining two-month term of retired Maj. Gen. William B. Lynch, NGAUS vice chairman (Air).
General Lynch resigned from the board in June to take a U.S. State Department position in Baghdad.
Christmas in July will Ensure Christmas for Troops in December
Thanks to the efforts of Stars for Stripes and Operation Give, troops in Iraq will have Christmas stockings this holiday season. But Paul Holton, the operation's founder and an Army Guardsman, encourages early donations to the program's Salt Lake City warehouse, preferably by Oct. 15.
He said this year's goal is to ship at least 10,000 stockings.
"If we take care of every boot on the ground, then we would start giving them to the kids," added Judy Seale, president and CEO of Stars for Stripes. "[We] cannot send too many."
Operation Give is a nonprofit organization that coordinates the collection and distribution of items for Iraqi children, who, after years of tyranny and war, have almost nothing.
Stars for Stripes is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing quality entertainment to internationally deployed U.S. military forces.
Items such as hygiene, entertainment, and comfort items will be included in the stockings. The actual stockings are needed, as well.
Mr. Holton said Operation Give's donations come from many sources including scouting groups, church and civic groups, as well as corporations and individuals.
Mr. Holton knows a little piece of home goes a long way when you're away from family and friends. He spent all of 2003 and half of 2004 in Iraq, and said the Christmas tree, ornaments and gifts the troops in his unit received made them all feel good.
"It's just a boost of morale," he said. "I know how important it is to get stuff from home during Christmas."
Visit Operation Give for complete information.
Recent War on Terror Photographs Sought
National Guard magazine is looking for recent pictures of the Army and Air Guard around the world for a September picture story. Selected photos will be used in a special "Starting Point" chronicling the fifth year of the war on terror.
Suggested subjects include Guardsmen and Guard equipment supporting operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (OIF/OEF), homeland security missions, predeployment training, and deployment/redeployment ceremonies.
Submissions must be high-resolution (at least 300 dpi) digital images taken since Sept. 11, 2005. Images along with full caption and byline information should be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com. Deadline is Aug. 4.
Public affairs personnel, individual soldiers and airmen, family members and friends are all invited to submit.
All photos will also be forwarded to the National Guard Educational Foundation for possible inclusion in the National Guard Memorial Museum's new OIF/OEF exhibit, which is under development.
More information can be obtained from Maureen Hearn, magazine production manager, at 888-226-4287 or email@example.com.
NGAUS History
Delegates to the 1946 General Conference in Buffalo, N.Y., unanimously adopted by laws that provided for several classes of individual membership.
The first 10 life members included: Maj. Gen. Ellard A. Walsh, Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord, Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl, Col. Oliver P. Bennett, Maj. Gen. Edward J. Stackpole, Maj. Gen. Jim Dan Hill, Maj. Gen. Ray C. Fountain, Maj. Gen. George. E. Leach, Col. Ross H. Routh and Maj. Gen. Roger W. Eckfeldt.
To become a NGAUS life member visit the "Membership and Benefits" section at http://www.ngaus.org.
Week In Guard History
July 27, 1944: Allied forces continue their assaults in Operation Cobra, the planned Allied breakout from Normandy, France, killing and capturing large numbers of German soldiers and destroying their armored equipment by constant air attack.
This operation, which was supposed to start with a massive aerial bombardment of German defenses along the Vire River July 24, led instead to one of the worst incidents of "friendly fire" during World War II.
Poor visibility postponed a bomber strike, but some of the squadrons did not get the word and dropped their loads on top of North Carolina's 120th Infantry, an element of the 30th Infantry Division, composed of Guard units from North and South Carolina and Tennessee. Because word of the cancelled attack didn't reach the frontline, soldiers of the 120th were exposed while waiting for the word to advance.
More than 150 men were killed or wounded in this mistake. Cobra started the next day, again with friendly fire casualties, but it also inflicted a heavy toll on the enemy. The 30th division and other American units punched through the Nazi lines, and by early August the Allied armies would break out of Normandy completely, liberating Paris Aug. 25.
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His wife Lara (Elizabeth Banks) has been convicted and incarcerated for the brutal murder of her boss. But with her legal options at an end, it now appears that she will spend the rest of her life in prison. John, who has been raising their young son alone, has other plans. He's hellbent on busting her out of jail. Problem is that he hasn't the foggiest idea of how to do it.
Thus begins his long, often painful learning curve as he progresses (or is that degenerates?) from suburban everyman into a desperate criminal out to risk his very life for the woman he loves. His quest makes him cross paths with an ex-con (Liam Neeson, vainly trying to hide his Irish accent) and drug dealers (RZA and Kevin Corrigan), and also gains the attention of the police (Walking Dead's Lennie James and Aisha Hinds). The cast also includes Olivia Wilde as a local single mom whom Brennan befriends, Brian Dennehy as Brennan's laconic father, and Daniel Stern as Lara's exasperated attorney.
Writer-director Paul Haggis does a solid job of crafting both a gripping character study and a crackerjack thriller. The movie had plenty of chances to go wrong or devolve into melodrama and hoary cliches. While there are certainly elements of both here, Haggis manages to rise above them and deliver a moving, exciting film that also just so happens to be a veritable how-to guide for breaking out of prison (at least from the county slammer).
Haggis has cast a fine ensemble here, but it's really Crowe's central performance that makes the movie click. Even though he's played tough guys before, the fact that he's gotten older and, well, fat helps us believe him as an everyman who wouldn't even know how to load a gun. But it's really more the moral slippery slope that his character's on that drives the plot forward rather than his acquisition of badass skills. Crowe sells the humanity of the character, and that's what keeps the movie grounded and the viewer invested in it as the story gets crazier.
Elizabeth Banks has a few moments here, but she's somewhat out of her depth. There's one key scene where her character's innocence isn't quite clear and Banks does a good job of playing that gray area. James and Hinds play standard issue movie cops in a few sequences that owe a bit too much to The Fugitive, while Neeson makes the most of his one scene. Dennehy doesn't utter his first line until almost three-quarters of the way through the movie, but his gruff, burly presence does more than dialogue could to convince us this is a man who intimidates Crowe.
While the film boasts several exciting action scenes, it's the simpler moments such as Brennan's attempt to break into a locked room or his dealings with the lowlifes who provide him with know-how and materials that creates the most tension and prove the most memorable. Overall, The Next Three Days successfully busts out the drama and thrills in equal and intense measure.


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Artek, one of the Finnish cornerstones of thinking ahead born in Helsinki 1935, is celebrating its 75th anniversary throughout 2010.
The year long celebration started during Stockholm Furniture Fair in February. Artek opened its first location outside Finland – a showroom for architechts and retailers, which turns later on to a store. The opening of the Stockholm location also marked the launch of DRESS THE CHAIR! – a worldwide campaign to celebrate the skills and knowledge of Artek's know-how.
Artek Stockholm showroom in the evening light.
DRESS THE CHAIR! campaign focuses and highlights the quality and craftsmanship of Artek products. Artek has invited renowned designers and artists to be inspired by Artek's classic armchairs, focusing on the iconic Armchair 400 designed by Alvar Aalto. Affectionately nicknamed 'The Tank', the armchair was first shown at the Milan Triennale in 1936. Artek will also present Ilse Crawford's personal vision of 'The Tank' – her interpretation of the company's roots. Artek has also the pleasure of introducing Fanny Aronsen's tactile and colourful fabrics used as covering for the iconic armchairs.
Ilse Crawfords vision of Armchair 400
Colourplay by Artek Stools and Fanny Aronsen
From Stockholm, DRESS THE CHAIR! will go on tour to Milan, New York, Sydney, London, Tokyo and Helsinki. Along the way, new artists and designers will be invited to participate in the campaign, and their personal visions will be published one by one as the campaign reaches each new metropolis. As the tour ends in Helsinki, all visions will be brought together for a final show.
When Artek was founded in 1935, a Manifest was drawn up, inspired by Functionalism. The vision was to interconnect modern visual arts, rational furniture production and popular education. The philosophy of Artek has been moulded by strong and talented people whose ideologies and radicalism are today more vibrant than ever. Artek's original values – long-term durability and high quality combined with a clean form language – are still the company's driving forces. Art and Tech Forever.


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We're officially three weeks away from the February 2007 Buyers Market of American Craft! I can't believe it's practically here already.
As you might know, this will be the Buyers Market's 25th anniversary. We're having several special events to celebrate including a half-day seminar by Rick Segel and a Celebrate Silver! anniversary party. You can see the full show schedule here.
And I'm also excited to announce that the legendary Dennis Stevens, who gave the keynote at the last CODA conference, will be joining us AND hosting the 2007 NICHE Awards!


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Vanilla and chocolate minis topped with italian meringue buttercream and fondant toppers of vespas, tires and flames, cars, race cars and Ferrari, Porsche and Harley Davidson logos.
GUCCI PURSE and DOG
Here's my version of the GUCCI purse cake. This last minute order was a bit of a challenge. The purse was a cinch to do. The "GG" was hand written on with an edible marker. The emblem was hand painted on using vodka and food coloring ! Not bad , right ?! The dog on the other hand ...was the "challenge" ! I had to do the dog twice ! The dog is made from rice krispy treat and covered in strands of fondant. The first version was made with royal icing and the grass tip...apparently I was told it looked like Kujo !! The second try I used the pasta machine and clay tool that rolled out strands of fondant...the dog ended up looking great despite my fustration during this Joie Creationslooks amazing!
Zebra print cakes and cupcakes, Mother's Day cards, Retirement cake and Chanel Diaper Bag cake
Check it out zebra print went mad last week. Bridal shower cupcakes in pink and zebra print. Another order in the same motif.
A retirement cake for a director at Rolls Royce and a Chanel Diaper bag cake welcoming a baby number 7, named Chanel Ly.
Lots of cakes with different themes : Luggage cake, Baptism cake, Confirmation cake, Super Mario & Luigi, Wizards of Waverly Place, princess and Hello Kitty
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Fast forward to 2013 and I'm trying again. After reading APE where +Guy Kawasaki recommends contacting reviewers on Amazon and inviting them to review your book, it got me thinking. Could I leverage the same group of folks to get them to review the Sensr.net webcam recording service? How could I find reviewers on Amazon that might be interested in reviewing or blogging about Sensr.net?
Camera Product ReviewsIt's all about the camera models. To use Sensr.net you need to have a webcam, IP camera, or network security camera. In fact that's how we get most of our users today. They are trying to figure out how to use their Foscam or Dlink camera to FTP images or setup the firewall. They Google "Foscam FTP" and end up on our site.
The Amazon reviews are a great place to find folks who know what an IP camera is to begin with. The Foscam FI8910W has 3,488 reviews right now. To put that into persepective, the Sensr.net site has fewer than 20 thousand registered emails at this point.
So how can we leverage these product reviews to spread the word about Sensr.net? My idea was to pick camera models that are popular on Sensr.net and then go through the reviews and create a list of folks who have reviewed the cameras. My friend Erbil Karaman suggested to me that to effectively use a VA, you must create a script of what you want them to do. I pretended I was the VA and created a Google spreadsheet with the information I want to track and practiced going through the reviews while filling out the spreadsheet. It seemed pretty simple. Now to find some VAs.
The oDesk ExperienceAfter listening to a recent Gweek podcast where +Kevin Kelly discusses hiring virtual assistants to help with his new book Cool Tools, I was inspired to go hire some VAs. I decided to use oDesk for this, mainly because I already had an account there, but this was my first time actually posting a job. It went very smoothly. Within an hour I had verified my account, created a job posting, and folks around the world were applying.
I decided to choose a few different VAs from different parts of the world to see how they would compare. So far I've hired three VAs and each one is working on a different camera model that I care about. I'm paying between $1.17 and $3.33 per hour and definitely seeing a difference in the quality of work. You get what you pay for.
When this is all said and done, I should have a hundred or so folks who seem to care about IP cameras. At that point, I need to figure out how to contact them. I'll probably try sending a personal email, tell them about Sensr.net, and see if they are interested in updating their review on Amazon to include a few words about how our service works with the camera that they reviewed.
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7th CFO Conference of the Republic of Serbia - A Stimulus for Top Financial Executives
"Get Ready for Modern Finance Challenges"
The CFO Conference is a premium forum bringing senior finance executives and solution providers from Serbian and Region together for a focused discussion of key new drivers shaping the future of the industry. The 7th CFO Conference"Get Ready for Modern Finance Challenges" is organized in association with the CFO Association of Serbia and represents an outstanding opportunity to meet, engage with and learn from the top financial executives in the country and the wider region.
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Buying web leads is always a good idea because it guarantees admissions at a reasonable cost.
In our industry, there are a number of affiliate website that use SEO tactics and useful resources to bring in traffic from people who are looking for help with addiction. These websites are often very big and authoritative, regularly developing engaging content.
Because of the valuable resources and information they provide, these websites have the capacity to drive a large number of inbound leads and route them to particular treatment facilities. Typically, these websites focus on being as useful and interesting as possible in order to become popular and respected. This drives traffic and social shares tremendously. Because of the nature of the content, many of the website readers face problems with addiction or have loved ones struggling with addiction. This is why these sites offer an avenue for people to get help by offering a toll free crisis phone number and similar contact forms. These phone numbers are directed to affiliate treatment centers who can help place these individuals into rehab.
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Any treatment facility that has the infrastructure to handle a large volume of calls can benefit greatly from buying inbound web leads. Addiction treatment web leads can be acquired at a reasonable price and always result in increased admission rates. Combined with other marketing tactics, web leads can act as a buffer to ensure that all beds remain filled.
In order to make rehab web leads worthwhile, a treatment center needs to have their own call center to answer calls. The admissions call center needs to be prepared to answer a large volume of calls 24 hours a day. Treatment web lead sponsors are typically required to be standing ready to answer the phone 365 days year because websites are always live and experiencing traffic. It is hard to predict what time of day a person may call and decide to get help for their addiction.
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Websites that offer addiction treatment web leads rely heavily on SEO. This is why web leads can be so valuable and effective for rehabs. These leads convert very well because they specifically come from content that was targeted toward people struggling with addiction. Nearly every single person dialing these crisis lines are in need of finding addiction treatment for themselves or a loved one.
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Just over half a century ago, Harry Schwartz, a city planner, and his wife, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, an editor at The Writer magazine, were sitting in their Boston apartment with friends and talking about American fiction.
J. D. Salinger's "Franny and Zooey" had just come out. John Updike and Philip Roth were getting underway with their first books. Writers like Norman Mailer, William Styron and James Baldwin were hitting their stride.
A question arose: What did these people actually sound like? No one knew.
Public readings were not nearly as common in 1961 as they are today, and the two main spoken-word record companies, Caedmon and Spoken Arts, concentrated on heavy hitters like T. S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas and W. H. Auden. Lesser known and younger writers, by and large, were silent presences.
The Schwartzes sensed an opportunity. Why not invite a few favorites to record excerpts from their work, and then sell the performances in bookstores and record stores. So began the brief life of Calliope Records, a series of seven-inch 331/3-r.p.m. discs, released in 1963 for $1.95 each, offering 15-minute readings by Updike, Styron, Baldwin, Bernard Malamud, James Jones and Peter Ustinov. The series is now being reissued, under the title "Calliope Author Readings," on two CDs and downloadable audio files.
The readings arrive like errant postcards delivered decades after the fact. The effect can be eerie. Updike, tiptoeing his way through the intricate syntax of "Lifeguard" from his short story collection "Pigeon Feathers," sounds impossibly youthful and fey. It takes an effort to recall that the owner of the voice died in 2009.
With the exception of Mr. Roth, who gives a spirited, richly comic rendition of a scene from "Letting Go," the other readers are dead, too, lending a time-travel aspect to the enterprise. Malamud, reading "The Mourners" from his story collection "The Magic Barrel," uncorks the kind of Brooklyn accent that left the borough around the same time that the Dodgers headed for Los Angeles.
Baldwin brings a refined theatricality to passages from "Giovanni's Room" and "Another Country," a contrast to the more muted style of Jones, reading from "From Here to Eternity," and Styron, reading from "Lie Down in Darkness."
Nelson Algren was taped after the original series came out. After rediscovering the reels in a closet in their apartment last year, the Schwartzes edited his performance and included it in the reissue. Talking tough out of the side of his mouth, Algren finds a jazzy groove reading excerpts from "The Man With the Golden Arm," with a hypnotic recitation of "Epitaph," the poem that ends that novel.
The entire Calliope venture was a shot in the dark. The Schwartzes, joined by Howard Kahn, a colleague of Mr. Schwartz's at the Boston Redevelopment Authority, put together a seat-of-the-pants operation in which the three partners rounded up the writers and organized the recording sessions with a local sound engineer, Stephen Fassett, who worked with the Harvard Glee Club and recorded a number of local folk singers, Joan Baez among them. When 15,000 album sleeves were delivered from the printer, the Schwartzes and Mr. Kahn, who died in the mid-1970s, held pasting parties to fold and glue them.
Target No. 1 was Baldwin, scheduled to speak at M.I.T. The Schwartzes waylaid him after the lecture, gave their pitch and, after getting a definite maybe, successfully wooed his agent. It was certainly not the money. Calliope offered $50 for the recording and a $100 advance against sales. "I think that because it was such an unusual project, they were flattered," Ms. Schwartz said.
Baldwin knew Styron, and Styron knew Jones, allowing the Schwartzes to build a roster by following a chain of friendships. There were rejections. Carson McCullers was too ill. Marianne Moore said no. Norman Mailer demanded 10 times the fee offered to the others.
"We had several letters from Salinger, declining the invitation at different levels," Mr. Schwartz said. The letters were later lost.
The writers who agreed tackled an unfamiliar medium in a variety of styles. "Baldwin was a natural," Ms. Schwartz said in an interview in the couple's apartment near Columbia University. "Malamud did not seem to have such a good time, but he did fine. Updike was self-effacing and unpretentious."
Jones found it difficult to get through the lyrical, elegiac passage in "From Here to Eternity" in which Robert E. Lee Prewitt plays "Taps" for his dead friend, Angelo Maggio. "He was almost on the verge of tears," Mr. Schwartz said. "It was very emotional, that reading."
Mr. Roth, who read narrative passages from "Letting Go" in a gentle, reedy voice, kicked into high gear rendering the Yiddish-inflected dialogue of Levy and Korngold, two old men in a run-down rooming house. "He was 30, still young," Mr. Schwartz said. "Now, at readings, he's less forthcoming, but then he was a performer, the life of the party."
Lavish praise from the poet John Ciardi in The Saturday Review, and a nice push by The Atlantic Monthly, sent Calliope on its wobbly way into the marketplace, where it reaped glowing reviews and modest sales before sputtering to a halt not long after Mr. Schwartz took off for Rome on a Fulbright grant.
Although most of the records sold, Calliope wound up a few thousand dollars in the red. Mr. Kahn's parents paid off the debt. "The authors earned out their advances, although it was sort of embarrassing sending out the royalty checks," Ms. Schwartz said. The amounts, Mr. Schwartz said, were "modest — $12.87 or something like that."
For the reissue, the Schwartzes dropped Peter Ustinov, who had read from his novel "Loser," reasoning that he is remembered today primarily as a raconteur and public wit. To make up the shortfall, they included the Algren material, and a recording by James Jones from "The Thin Red Line," contributed by his daughter Kaylie Jones.
There were lost opportunities. Despite pledges made on the original record sleeves, Calliope never did get around to recording Archibald MacLeish, Howard Fast, C. Northcote Parkinson or Lotte Lenya. The lack of a woman on the list, Ms. Schwartz said, "has been a thorn in my side over the decades." On the other hand, she said, "This time we didn't have to glue anything."


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The Dictionary is a conversational phrasebook composed in question-and-answer style in three parallel columns, first column is in Macedonian, second is in Albanian and the third is in Turkish, all three spelled with the Cyrillic alphabet.
Here is a translation of the first part of page 49 which is an answer to the question posed on the end of page 48:
What do we call a nation?
People who are of the same
origin and who speak the same
words and who live and make
friends of each other, who have
the same customs and songs and
entertainment are what we call
a nation, and the place where
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I purchased the DVDs for this series several years ago from the American Family Association (AFA) after reading their recommendation for this very excellent 5-volume series (2002-2005). It was created by brothers, Dave Alan and Gary R. Johnson, and was one of the highest ranking shows to air on PAX TV, which focused primarily on family-oriented entertainment, (currently ION Television, 2007). I'm not sure if AFA still sells it but I've seen it on the Sue Thomas F.B.Eye Official Site and re-runs are sometimes shown on Christian cable television channels.
Sue Thomas F.B.Eye is the heart-warming story based on the true life story of Sue Thomas, a profoundly deaf woman who was hired by the F.B.I. to help with an elite surveillance team because of her ability to read lips.
I can't say enough good things about this series. The stories are well-written, the characters all fit well together, there's a nice balance of drama, action, and comedy, and every episode is uplifting. And simply put, Deanne Bray is a breath of fresh air. She's a great actress that is highly expressive and authentic as she plays the part of Sue Thomas because she, too, is deaf. As she uses sign language and speaks and reads lips she is able to play the part as no one else could. One of the things I particularly loved while watching this show is how Deanne Bray would watch the mouths of the other characters as they were speaking. I don't know if this was done out of necessity for her to know when to speak herself or if it was written in the script, but it really makes this show seem genuine.
This is a clean, wholesome, enjoyable, family-friendly series that we've enjoyed watching more than once, and it proves that a television program can be great without the usual violence, language, and sexuality because there isn't any blood and gore or bad language and there aren't any sexual scenes, and they use God's name reverently and with gratitude. These shows can be watched without any worry of inappropriate content.
This is probably the best money we've ever spent on DVDs and I cannot recommend Sue Thomas F.B.Eye highly enough. Unfortunately Netflix doesn't carry it but it is available on the Sue Thomas F.B.Eye Official Site.
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I have served on the Hays City Commission for the last 16 years. As you know, I have not filed for reappointment, so I can spend more time with my family. However, I always have and always will care and support every aspect of our community. That is why I am inspired to support one of our local candidates, and encourage every one of you to do the same.
In full disclosure, my son attends Holy Family Elementary. He is pre-enrolled in TMP's Junior High and will attend TMP.
But that does not mean that I am not concerned about the USD 489 school district. I am a supporter and taxpayer of our local public school system. I want to be confident that we have representatives who are dedicated and grounded in the decisions that the USD 489 school board has to make, regardless of the challenges they might face.
I realize the decisions that are made by the USD 489 school board have an impact on our community, our taxpayers, their teachers, their students/parents, and even the private schools.
That is why I am supporting Josh Waddell. For the last three years, Josh Waddell was one of my son's football coaches in the Western Kansas Football League. These past three years, I have gotten to know Josh personally, as well as professionally. I can tell you that he is a man of honor, a man of dedication to every aspect of a child's life, and a man whose word is truth.
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Remember me? I know, I know, I have been a truly terrible blogger over the past week, and for that I really apologise. As lame as it sounds, I had my bottom braces fitted last Friday and I've been in so much pain I've had little to no desire to blog. I'm a total wimp I know, but the majority of the past week has been spent dosing up on pain killers and resting in bed. Having a tooth out plus the pain of the wires has made this week so incredibly painful. I did somehow manage to make it down to London on Thursday for an event which took even more potential blogging time up. I'm feeling much better now though (I've either gotten over the fact I'm a total wuss and grown a pair or, in fact, the pain has pretty much stopped) and so blogging shall commence as normal. Yay!
One of the reasons I've got my blogging mojo back is because I was lucky enough to be selected by ASOS to take part in their prom dress campaign. I am the ultimate prom/princess dress fan, so felt this was obviously the perfect thing for me to be a part of. I got the choose from a big selection of stunning prom dresses and the above outfit pictures show you the one I went for. Whilst it's not the traditional spring palette, I love how the beading contrasts with the navy blue and think it gives off a really ethereal vibe. I felt a bit like a fairy prancing around the garden in it, which is a sure-fire way to show if I'm a fan of a dress.
In other news - how beautiful has the weather been today? I actually got my legs out for the first time this year and didn't even shiver when I took Rory out on an epicly-long walk in the sun. It's got me so excited about spring and the fashion it brings so hopefully there should be a lot more outfit posts coming up soon, along with a potential lookbook over on my YouTube channel if I can rope my boyfriend into filming it!
I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend in the sunshine!


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I want to consider an idea very trendy on the current cultural horizon. Have you ever heard people say religion and politics should not mix? It equates to saying, do not let the most fundamental principle of your life guide you in governing a nation. Yet does that sound plausible now? It is like saying food and drink should not be found at the same dinner table. Or that cheese and wine are not a good combo at all.
Republicanism, Monarchism, Socialism, Democracy and Communism have been some of the most favoured forms of government philosophy. Why do we have it and what does it tell us about ourselves and God? Jesus desired to cleanse the temple of government corruption not of the government itself but government wants to cleanse itself of Jesus at times, how convenient. If anyone thinks we are really good creatures who want the best for one another and the planet then they only need to take a look at the places where we have recently removed governments by force. Look at what the great capitalist businesses have done with waste when not regulated, not to mention the major banks. The Bible tells us that we are by nature sinful, the governments presence proves it, Jesus on the cross solves it.
The Bible also shows us that governmental ideology is an expression of theology whether admitted or not. God has made us so that we form these structures, for life is, though not perfect, better because of them. When we look at Paul talking about, "the powers that be" (Romans 13:1), we can see the two great truths of the Bible. Humans are by nature bad, God is by nature good and government was his idea not ours. Thus we see God and politics do sit at the same table.


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Why Do My Feet Smell So Bad?
I am not afraid to admit that I, like several of you reading this, have experienced the dreading smelly feet. That fear of taking shoes off due to their stench is something that has surely gripped all of us at least once in recent times right?
Why Do Feet Smell?
In short, smelly feet (aka Bromodosis) are linked to bacteria. It can get even worse the hotter it is, and intense exercise such as Zumba workouts can make the smell worse as the sweat increases. Due to the hot moist environment that is created within our shoes, bacteria grow and thrive. They find a welcome home in dark, damp, and moist areas, especially between toes. Once the bacteria find their way into damp feet and set up shop, they will begin to multiply in numbers, slowly eating the dead skin cells and even the oil that feet produce. It's when they start getting rid of the waste which is an organic acid that the smelling begins. Sometimes a special type of bacteria can find its way on to your feet and these create a very particular sulfur smell.
How To Prevent Smelly Feet
If you'd like to know some quick tips on how to prevent or somewhat get rid of smelly feet, try following some of the below advice:
- It is important to keep your feet as dry as possible; damp conditions will quickly become a harvesting ground for the all too willing bacteria.
- Remember to change your socks after exercising or simply just wearing shoes for a long time. If you continue to wear the same socks, they may not have dried from the last time and can still be damp which is bad news.
- If your socks smell, wash them and wear a fresh pair. Try not to wear the same pair twice without washing them.
- Some companies even make foot powders which can help absorb the dampness thus creating a drier environment for your feet.
- Make sure you always dry your feet after washing them, whether it's with a towel or air dry, ensure they are fully dry before wearing shoes or socks.
- Try not to wear sneakers or shoes without socks. Sandals and open toe shoes are fine, but sneakers in particular will soak up sweat and eventually leave a stale smell.
- It's not uncommon to regularly wash your smelly running shoes or other non-leather sneakers in the washing machine, especially after a long run or gym session.
- If you have any kind of foot injury, make sure it's tended to as soon as possible. Any injury will be prone to bacterial attack, which not only leads to worsened injury but increased pong too.
- Spraying your feet with deodorant as a good way of getting rid of stinky feet for the short term, but not exactly a preventative measure.
- As we mentioned earlier, bad foot odor is linked to sweaty feet, so, perhaps try an antiperspirant if you go down the deodorant route.
- Provided you have tried all of the above and still have stinky feet, consider seeking professional advice from a podiatrist.


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(Reuters) – Europe's top economies ended 2018 weaker than they started it, with business surveys pointing to slower growth and concerns about both the U.S.-China trade war as well as Britain's imminent departure from the European Union.
Key purchasing managers' indexes from across the euro zone suggest momentum was still slipping away in December, when the European Central Bank took a long-awaited decision to shutter its 2.6 trillion euro asset purchase program.
In Britain, where activity was a bit more resilient three months before it is due to leave the EU, business expectations for the year ahead wilted.
With turmoil in financial markets, and serious signs that manufacturing activity in the U.S. as well as China slowed sharply at the end of 2018, the data on Friday was the latest to suggest the global economy is struggling.
"If you're looking at exports in terms of GDP, actually the euro zone is the most exposed to the external economy. Even the fact that there is some slowdown, it remains quite muted in the U.S. But in China, the slowdown seems to be more severe," said Peter Vanden Houte, chief euro zone economist at ING.
"This is having a big impact on European exports, something that will unfortunately continue for some months to come, given the fact that we don't expect there will be a very rapid upturn in U.S. and China."
The Final Euro Zone Composite Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for December, a good guide to overall private sector growth, slipped to 51.1, the lowest in more than four years, from 52.7 in November. That was also down from a flash reading of 51.3.
The euro zone services PMI also fell to a four-year low of 51.2 from 53.4, hurt by slower new business growth.
Services and Composite PMIs for the two largest euro zone economies, Germany and France, also declined in December, coming below all forecasts in a Reuters poll.
And the Italy PMI suggested its services industry was barely growing after its economy contracted in the third quarter.
An already-deteriorating outlook for the euro zone economy dimmed further, too. The composite future output PMI also fell to a more than four-year low.
That suggests the euro zone economy, which grew just 0.2 percent in the third quarter of 2018, its weakest pace in four years, may slow even further in coming months.
"The data are consistent with euro zone GDP rising by just under 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter, but with quarterly growth momentum slowing to 0.15 percent in December," said Chris Williamson, chief business economist at IHS Markit.
In Britain, business conditions were not much better.
The IHS Markit/CIPS UK Services PMI rose slightly more than the median forecast by economists polled by Reuters, to 51.2 in December from 50.4 in November.
But that was one of the weakest since the Brexit referendum in 2016 and, crucially, firms were increasingly anxious about the year ahead.
November and December marked the weakest two months for morale among services firms since March 2009, around the low point of Britain's last recession. Services account for about 80 percent of British economic output.
"Brexit was once again by far the most commonly cited cause of concern about the year ahead," said IHS Markit's Williamson.
"The current low level of the PMI would normally be sufficiently weak to have triggered a cut in interest rates or other stimulus from the Bank of England in order to revive demand and avoid further downward pressure on future prices."
Britain's economy was on track for quarterly growth of around 0.1 percent during the fourth quarter, according to IHS Markit, well below the post-financial crisis average of 0.5 percent.
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 The Decision Trap questions a dogma of our time: the assumption that genetic education empowers citizens and increases their autonomy. It argues that professional instructions about genes, genetic risks, and genetic test options convey a genetic worldview which destroys self-confidence and makes clients dependent on genetic experts and technologies. Part one of the book introduces the reader to the idea of genetic education. It clarifies the notion of the "gene" as it is commonly understood, and shows that, scientifically, the concept of genes as definable, causal agents is outdated. Part two of the book investigates the hidden curriculum of genetic education, using genetic counselling as a prime example. Genetic counselling is a professional service that aims to enable clients to make autonomous decisions about genetic test options and cope with the results.
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DOWNHILL skiing may get all the glory, but when it comes to authenticity, Andrew Newell says, nothing compares to cross-country.
"It's the original style of skiing," said Mr. Newell, a member of the American cross-country team who will compete at the Vancouver Olympics next month. "Before we needed lifts to bring us up hills, we climbed the hills ourselves."
At 26, Mr. Newell is entering what many consider the peak years for cross-country ski racers. He competed in the Turin Games in 2006, has won two World Cup medals in his career and is ranked sixth worldwide this season in sprint events, his specialty.
Off the trail, Mr. Newell is also making a name for himself as a lively pitchman for his sport, which he acknowledges suffers from a somewhat fusty image. In high school, he founded a production company, X Ski Films, that has made three full-length movies, in part in an effort to broaden the appeal of his sport. His Web site is scattered with photos that show off his tattooed torso and skills on a skateboard. He regularly posts videos of wipeouts on the cross-country trail and of his favorite tricks on skis.
Despite his efforts, cross-country skiing can make a poor first impression, Mr. Newell said, because it's not easy to master. "It's easy for folks to put on alpine skis and go slide down a mountain," he said. "It's easy to fake that you're really good at something."Continue reading the main story
With cross-country skiing, however, "if you really want to propel yourself down the track, you kind of have to know a little bit about what you're doing," he said. Cross-country skiing "is trying to see how fast you can go with just the power of your own arms and legs — and seeing how fast you can go down the hills, too." While Mr. Newell is at the peak of his sport, he does have plenty of suggestions for recreational athletes, of whom there are many; according to a survey by the National Sporting Goods Association, about 1.6 million Americans participated in cross-country skiing in 2008, the most recent year available.
Here, he offers tips for amateurs, and a glimpse of his own regimen.
ADVICE FOR ROOKIES Cross-country skiers race in two styles — classic, in which the skis move parallel along the track, and freestyle, a technique that resembles speed skating. Which one is easier to learn is likely to depend on a skier's background: runners and cyclists might feel more comfortable trying classic skiing, while in-line skaters might prefer freestyle, Mr. Newell said.
For someone learning classic skiing, Mr. Newell recommends starting slowly. Walk the trail with a pair of poles but without skis. This is the easiest way to get acclimated to the opposite-arm, opposite-leg movement required in cross-country skiing, he said. Then, once the movement feels comfortable, incorporate the skis. Finally, try adding power by kicking down into the snow with one ski, then gliding on the other.
Because the sport is physically demanding, beginners sometimes get discouraged. "Maybe the biggest mistake is that people get out there and they try to take it seriously," Mr. Newell said. "Sometimes they forget that it's supposed to be fun."
UP AND DOWN HILLS Many people believe that cross-country skiers compete on flat terrain, but actually most trails incorporate sizable hills. To climb, make sure your body is centered above your feet and that your shoulders, hips and feet are aligned. Think about taking little steps up the hill, he said, and try not to bend too far forward at the waist. "You're not going to feel super comfortable on your skis," he said.
To climb hills, ski racers use a technique known as the V1 — the "V" refers to the position of the skis and the "1" to the side of the body being used. For this move, you pole on one side of your body at a time and glide on the other leg.
The V1 uses shorter leg and arm motions than the V2 technique, which requires poling simultaneously on both sides of the body and a longer follow-through with the arms and legs. The V2 is used when a racer is moving fast — across flat terrain or on gradual downhills, or to build momentum going into an uphill.
Top cross-country racers descend hills at speeds that reach 50 miles an hour on skis that are two inches wide, and without the pads or helmets that alpine racers wear. "But that's what makes it fun," Mr. Newell said.
To ski downhill, keep your body aligned above your feet. If you're skilled enough on skis, tuck into the position that Alpine racers use. And remember, Mr. Newell said, "you can always snowplow."
TRAINING AND EXERCISE Like most elite skiers, Mr. Newell spends much of his time on the road, traveling to races around the world. In the United States, he divides his time between Vermont and Park City, Utah, where the ski team is based. In the off-season, April through November, Mr. Newell says, his fitness routine includes road cycling, mountain biking and running, as well as occasional surfing trips to Costa Rica.
But once the season gets under way, he sticks with skiing. He and other members of the American team spend hour upon hour refining their technique. The team mixes up its workouts by focusing on specific muscle groups, doing interval training or training on roller skis, which mimic the motion of cross-country skis on wheels.
One popular method is to train on an oversized treadmill designed for use with roller skis. "Our coaches hook us up to the treadmill and they ski us until we drop — literally until we can't ski anymore," Mr. Newell said. "Just to see how tough we are."
During ski season, Mr. Newell alternates between difficult and easier training weeks. An "easy" week consists of about 15 hours of aerobic training, he said, while a more difficult week will be about 25 hours. During the summer, Mr. Newell said, he will often train for two weeks in a row and then take two days off.
SPRINTING An intense regimen of interval training helps Mr. Newell get his body into optimal shape for sprinting, his specialty. Proper technique is also important, he said.
In sprint events, which vary in distance from 1.2 to 1.8 kilometers, competitors use a double-pole technique during both starts and finishes, which maximizes arm power.
Proper position for double-poling means putting your hips in a high position by coming up on your toes. With your hands high in front of you, force the poles into the ground with as much power as you can. To practice, Mr. Newell said, mark off an area long enough for a 10-second sprint, then do the double-pole technique "really hard" along that stretch before skiing at an easier pace for 10 minutes. Continue alternating between the double-pole sprint and easy skiing.
GEAR A devoted cross-country skier can easily invest hundreds of dollars on unnecessary but top-of-the-line equipment. Beginners, he said, should stick with basic no-wax touring skis, which start at just over $100 a pair.
Racing skis cost more; they start about $300 and go up from there. Serious skiers also invest in two kinds of poles — classic poles, which come up to the armpit, and longer freestyle poles. Cross-country ski boots and bindings come in a wide variety, Mr. Newell said, but the top priority should be comfort. "You're going to be spending a lot of time in them," he said. "You want one that fits like a running shoe or sneaker would."
Advanced skiers will eventually want to invest in a Spandex-style racing suit, which generally start about $150, and a heart rate monitor. Although beginners can use boots that work with freestyle and classic skiing, racers need specialized boots for each style. A pair of sports sunglasses will protect your eyes from errant poles as well as windy downhills, Mr. Newell said.
NUTRITION Competitive cross-country skiing is an endurance sport that burns lots of calories. While athletes must eat a lot, Mr. Newell said, cross-country skiers focus on building lean muscle mass without gaining too much weight. "Our nutrition is pretty similar to that of a runner or cyclist because we have to carry our own weight," he said.
Cross-country skiers need to be light enough to climb up hills easily, but they want to be heavy enough to maintain speed downhill. Mr. Newell said he eats a lot of whole-grain carbohydrates as well as plenty of protein, usually poultry or nuts. For endurance, athletes choose foods that increase their red blood cells —red meat and vegetables that are high in iron. In all, he consumes 4,000 to 5,000 calories a day during the racing season, Mr. Newell said. "I spend all winter kind of force-feeding myself."
Elite cross-country racers spend between 800 and 900 hours a year in high-intensity training on skis. Last season, Mr. Newell said he trained for 780 hours, and this year, an Olympic year, he expects to top 800.
That endurance takes years to develop, which is why cross-country skiers tend to reach their peak in their late 20s and early 30s. "You can't just take anyone off the street and try that," he said. "You'd end up getting really sick."
That long-term commitment — and the reward that it brings — is why he loves the sport, Mr. Newell said.
"It takes so much training to become a really great cross-country skier," he said. "I'm 26, and I feel like I'm just getting started."Continue reading the main story


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On October 10, 2017, UTAM presented its semi-annual update on investment performance to the University of Toronto's Business Board. Daren Smith, UTAM's President and Chief Investment Officer, reported that the Pension and Endowment portfolios managed by UTAM gained 6.0% net of all investment-related fees and expenses during the first six months of 2017. This return was 3.6% higher than the University's target return of 2.4% (inflation plus 4% per year). In addition to outperforming the target return over this period, the Pension and Endowment portfolios also outperformed their benchmark returns (i.e., the Reference Portfolio) by 0.2% over this period. The short-term working capital fund (EFIP) managed by UTAM returned 0.8% during the first six months of 2017, which was 0.4% higher than the University's target return for this portfolio (365 day T-bill return + 0.5% per year). While Mr. Smith commented that he is pleased with the performance over the first six months of the year, he cautioned that it is important to focus on longer-term results when evaluating investment performance.
Mr. Smith noted that UTAM's active management approach for Pension and Endowment has outperformed the passive approach embedded in the Reference Portfolio by approximately 2.0% over the last five years and by approximately 0.2% over the last ten years (net of all investment-related fees and expenses, including UTAM costs). Mr. Smith highlighted that the 2.0% outperformance over the last five years equates to $550 million of value added in the Pension and Endowment portfolios on a combined basis.


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Leak Testing is used to detect through leaks using one of the four major LT techniques: Bubble, Pressure Change, Halogen Diode and Mass Spectrometer Testing.
- Bubble Leak Testing relies on the visual detection of a gas (usually air) leaking from a pressurized system; Pressure Change Leak Testing can be performed on closed systems only-- detection of a leak is done by either pressurizing the system or pulling a vacuum then monitoring the pressure.
- Halogen Diode Leak Testing is done by pressurizing a system with a mixture of air and a halogen-based tracer gas-- after a set period of time, a halogen diode detection unit, or "sniffer", is used to locate leaks.
- Mass Spectrometer Leak Testing can be done by pressurizing the test part with helium or a helium/air mixture within a test chamber then surveying the surfaces using a sniffer, which sends an air sample back to the spectrometer.
Topical Outline
This examination is 4 hrs in length, having 135 questions of equal value.
- Principles theory
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- Analysis of data for determination of accurate results
- Halogen testing equipment
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- Helium mass spectrometer vacuum testing by dynamic method
- Helium mass spectrometer vacuum testing by static method
- Interpretation/Evaluation
- Basic techniques and/or units
- Test materials and equipment effects
- Effects of temperature and other atmospheric conditions
- Calibration for testing
- Probing/scanning or measurement/monitoring
- Leak interpretation evaluation
- Acceptance and rejection criteria
- Procedures
- Leak testing procedures
- Leak testing specifications
- Safety and Health
- Safety considerations
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Dear Church Family,
Today, the Westminster Shorter Catechism (WSC) is 366 years old! You may read more about the history and development of the WSC here: http://www.thisday.pcahistory.org/2013/11/november-25/ (At this website, you may also sign up for daily emails from "This Day in Presbyterian History"). As we gather with family and friends this week, celebrating and giving thanks to the Lord for His wonderful blessings – it is good to also remember and give thanks for the rich heritage that we have as a Church, as the people of God.
One of those things for which we should give thanks (among many) is the doctrinal developments of the ancient Church manifested in formal creed (e.g. the Apostles' and Nicene creeds), as well as the doctrinal development and formalization of systematic theology in the confessions and catechisms that came out of the Reformation. In our corporate worship, we confess the Christian faith by means of these historic documents. They are documents that teach us the truths of Scripture and unite us with Christians throughout the world.
Beginning in January of this year, we have been reciting two questions a week from the Westminster Shorter Catechism in our corporate worship on Sunday mornings. This deliberate familiarization with one of the catechisms of our church is intentionally designed to help us better understand the summary of the doctrines taught in the Scriptures. Our children memorize and learn what the catechism teaches in our church and in our families, as they come to embrace the Christian faith for themselves.
Outline of the Westminster Shorter Catechism
In order for us to see what we learn in the Westminster Shorter Catechism, it is helpful to take note of the outline and structure of these 107 questions. So, here is a brief outline of the form and flow of the doctrines of the Christian faith as summarized in the Shorter Catechism.
(Q 1-3) Introduction
The first three questions (especially question 3) give us the outline and structure of the entire Shorter Catechism:
WSC 1 What is the chief end of man?
A. Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever.
WSC 2 What rule hath God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him?
A. The word of God, which is contained in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him.
WSC 3 What do the Scriptures principally teach?
A. The Scriptures principally teach, what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.
The rest of the catechism may be divided into two parts as outlined in questions #3: (1) what man is to believe concerning God and (2) what duty god requires of man):
(Q 4-38) What man is to believe concerning God
Q 4-12 - God's Tri-unity, nature, decrees, and work
Q 13-19 - Man's fall into sin and the consequences thereof
Q 20-28 - Redemption accomplished by God the Son (Jesus Christ)
Q 29-38 - Redemption applied by God the Holy Spirit
(Q 39-107) What duty God requires of man
Q 39-84 - The Ten Commandments
Q 85-87 - Faith and Repentance
Q 88-90 - The Word of God as a means of grace
Q 91-97 - The Sacraments (Baptism & the Lord's Supper) as means of grace
Q 98-107 - Prayer as a means of grace (explanation of the Lord's Prayer)
You may read the entirety of the Westminster Shorter Catechism with Scripture proofs online here: http://www.reformed.org/documents/index.html?mainframe=http://www.reformed.org/documents/WSC_frames.html.
The Westminster Shorter Catechism in America
The Westminster Shorter Catechism was originally intended by the Westminster Divines as an aid for teaching children. In many churches and families it still functions as such today. In fact, as we celebrate Thanksgiving this week – a holiday which harkens back to the first Pilgrims' celebration in 1621, as well as the formal establishment of the holiday in 1863 – it would probably surprise many Americans to learn that the Westminster Shorter Catechism was a part of most people's early childhood education in this country.
The New England Primer was one the primary books – if not the primary book – in use for early childhood education in the new world from the late 1600s and well into the 1800s. It was a book that was intended to aid in teaching children the basics of math, reading, writing, theology, morality, and other things (various prayers, songs, poems, proverbs, creeds, etc.). And, this primer contained the Westminster Shorter Catechism which was memorized and taught from an early age. Here is a link to the contents of the 1777 edition of the New England Primer: http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/nep/1777/index.htm.
At Thanksgiving let us celebrate and give thanks for the Lord's many blessings in our earthly sustenance – food, shelter, family, and friends. Let us also celebrate and give thanks for the Lord's many blessings in our spiritual sustenance – His revelation of Himself to us in the Scriptures by the Holy Spirit. And, let us give thanks for the Confession and Catechisms of our church which give us a summary of those doctrines which are taught in the Scriptures.
The Lord be with you!
- Pastor Peter M. Dietsch


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Oh that is so sweet and your pictures are amazing - captured so beautifully.ReplyDelete
So glad the move went well and new adventures.
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Thank you Nina. xxDelete
Beautiful pictures. What a wonderful start to life in your new home xReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Karen, Its lovely to have some nice weather and be able to get out in our new garden. xxDelete
Happy New Home! Stunning pictures that feel like a story. And I love her dress, did you make it? xReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Jen. Yes the dress was made from a vintage pillow case. XxDelete
Beautiful pictures Caroline! Love the fabric on your little girls dress!xReplyDelete
Really beautiful pics Caroline!ReplyDelete
Am glad the move went well :)
Happy New Home, looking forward to many more photo's from your georgeous home.ReplyDelete
The perfume brew put a big smile on my face :-D Lovely pics! Hope you are all moved in now. xReplyDelete
I am so glad I popped over to say *hello* those pictures are just wonderful. Bright and cheerful :) We too are just after moving and the boxes and unpacking seem never ending, but we are getting there. It's nice to watch the place evolve into a home! I hope the "perfume" turned out well :) Hazel xReplyDelete
Happy new home! I love your photos and Elizabeth's dress xReplyDelete
Your photos are so amazing, how do you get them to look so retro? I would love to learn how to do this better on my blog. And reading this post brings back so many memories of the perfumes I used to make as a little girl. Really inspiring blog, thanks for sharing snippets of your family life, great to read on a friday evening. xxReplyDelete


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These Unrevealed INSIDE Pictures From Sonam And Anand's Wedding Will Leave You Moonstruck!
Sonam and Anand got married this year and since then they are giving couple goals. Their wedding was a gala affair and people from the film industry marked their presence. The cupids wedding pictures flooded over the internet and made rounds for weeks. But some pictures were still under the veil from their Anand- Karaj ceremony that is now revealed by Sonam Kapoor on her Instagram Account. The Two look beautiful together and their picture together represents perfection!
In the wedding, Sonam wore designer Anuradha Vakil's custom-made creation. She looked like a proper Indian bride in embroidered red lehenga. She also told that she always wanted to wear something red, as red in her mind from childhood is being made for an Indian bride. Also, Anand looked no less than a traditional Indian groom in Raghuvendra Rathore collection. He wore a bandhgala sherwani with beige Safa topped on it.
Let's look at the pictures from their wedding, which screams their romance on the peak.
In the picture, Sonam is looking down and Anand is holding her from the back. That newly wedded smile melted our heart like anything. Sonam and Anand feeling can be felt in the picture. It's so beautifully captured. Seriously looks like their everyday phenomenal got a defined way from this picture.
These two are so adorable! We admire this couple a lot.
Just look at this picture, Sonam's fierce ravishing smile is over the top. She also wrote along with the picture, which reads, recalling my first date "I was apparently wearing the worst sneakers he had ever seen. I keep telling him that he fell in love with me despite my bad sneaker game… That day, walking and talking in London, I knew he was the love of my life."
We are spellbound the way Sonam smiles in the picture.
We all know Anand love for shoes. But he is so practical defines the third picture shared by Sonam Kapoor. This picture is from her Bidai Ceremony, where you can see Rani Mukherji holding a thal of Shagun. Sonam and Anand Reaction in this picture is so real.
Sonam writes for this picture, "Anand is so encouraging when it comes to my work that he didn't blink when I told him I was flying to Cannes two days after the wedding or that I was getting into promotions straightaway. There was no argument, just acceptance—you gotta do what you gotta do."
Anand's spirit of acceptance just left us saying Awww!!!
Moreover, Sonam in an interview with leading Magazine told about Anand's behaviour and said, "He's non-judgemental— with everybody. Very open-minded and progressive. I'm a little conservative and close-minded about a few things, and he's taught me to see the other side, to look at things with a lot more compassion and care, to be a little more pragmatic and practical, as I can be very emotional and quick to judge sometimes, which is not nice."


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New Year's celebrations: Australia ushers in 2014 with dazzling fireworks
- Photo: New Year's Eve fireworks on Sydney Harbour at Mrs Macquarie's Chair in Sydney on January 1, 2014. (AAP: Nikki Short)
- Photo: Fireworks explode off the Sydney Opera House at midnight, ushering in the new year, on January 1, 2014. (Reuters: Jason Reed)
- Photo: Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour at midnight, ushering in the new year. (Reuters: Jason Reed)
- Photo: New Year's Eve fireworks over the Yarra river and Melbourne at midnight on January 1, 2014. (AAP: David Crosling)
- Photo: Revellers in Darwin dance and enjoy the music as they celebrate on New Year's Eve. (ABC: Owain Stia-James)
- Photo: Crowds gather to watch the family fireworks in Darwin on December 31, 2013. (ABC News: Owain Stia-James)
- Photo: New Year's fireworks explode over the South Bank parklands in Brisbane on January 1, 2014. (ABC: Daniel Miller)
- Photo: The 9pm New Year's Eve fireworks on Sydney Harbour at Mrs Macquarie's Chair in Sydney, Tuesday, December 31, 2013. (AAP: Nikki Short)
- Photo: New Year's Eve fireworks erupt over Sydney's iconic Harbour Bridge during the traditional earlier family fireworks show held before the main midnight event on December 31, 2013. (AFP: Greg Wood)
- Photo: The 9.30pm New Year's Eve fireworks at Yarra Park beside the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne on December 31, 2013. (AAP: David Crosling)
- Photo: People line the beachfront at Ramsgate Beach to watch the 2013 New Year's Eve family fireworks display over Botany Bay on December 31, 2013. (Supplied: Antonia Hayler)
- Photo: Early New Year's Eve Fireworks from the north headland of Coogee Beach in Sydney, illuminating the Bali Memorial and the beach with thousands of revellers gathered on December 31, 2013. (Supplied: David Flannery)
- Photo: New Year's Eve revellers gather at Hobart's Taste of Tasmania festival on the waterfront on December 31, 2013. (ABC: Lauren Day)
- Photo: Crowds gather for the New Year's Eve celebrations on Sydney Harbour at Mrs Macquarie's Chair in Sydney on December 31, 2013. (AAP: Nikki Short)
- Photo: Crowds gather to watch the New Year's celebrations in Canberra's CBD on December 31, 2013. (ABC News: Ewan Gilbert)
- Photo: Spectators reserving front row spots at the Sydney Opera House vantage point ahead of Tuesday Night's New Years Eve celebrations on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. (AAP Image: Ava Benny-Morrison)
Australia has brought in the new year with millions of people around the country dazzled by massive fireworks displays.
About 1.5 million people gathered at Sydney Harbour to watch the country's biggest fireworks show take off from the Opera House and Harbour Bridge.
It was the first time in more than a decade that the Opera House played a major role in the extravaganza, with fireworks exploding from four Opera House's sails.
Artist Reg Mombassa, best known for his work for the surfwear brand Mambo, was the creative ambassador for this year's display.
Fireworks lit up the harbour as this year's bridge motif - a blinking eye - was revealed.
A waterfall of golden sparks showered down from the bridge towards the end of the show.
In Melbourne, about 500,000 people flocked to the CBD for celebrations.
About 50,000 people are thought to have gathered in Canberra's civic centre.
Free public transport and extra buses and trains were put on in most major cities to get revellers safely home.
Pre-midnight festivities in Sydney Harbour were slightly dampened after two boats started taking on water during the evening.
Police came to the aid of a boat which was partially submerged off Mrs Macquarie's Chair, rescuing six people.
About 100 revellers were also evacuated from another boat which started taking on water near Garden Island.
At 1.30am two more boats collided on the harbour. Three people were taken to hospital, one in a serious condition, while others were treated on shore by paramedics.
Celebrations kick off around the world
Other countries around the world have also started celebrating the new year.
Celebrations began in Kiribati and Samoa at 9pm (AEDT), then New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga at 10pm.
In Japan monks rang bells at midnight, while fireworks lit up the night sky in cities from Taiwan to Shanghai to Jakarta.
Dubai celebrated the new year at 5.00am (AEDT). Organisers had promised a record-breaking explosion of more than 400,000 fireworks stretching over 100 kilometres.
Dubai hopes to break the Guinness world record for the largest fireworks display, which will spread over the Gulf emirate's man-made islands and the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower.
Neighbouring Kuwait currently holds the mark, set in 2011 with an epic hour-long show of 77,282 fireworks.
Major spectaculars will also light up the River Thames in London when Big Ben bongs midnight, Moscow's Red Square and Kremlin and Berlin's Brandenburg Gate.
In Rio de Janeiro, authorities are predicting 2.3 million people - a third of them tourists - will crowd Copacabana Beach for fireworks and pop music.
An expected 1 million revellers will gather in New York to mark the stroke of midnight and the traditional New Year's Eve ball-drop over Times Square.
Cape Town will have a free concert with lasers, fireworks and a special 3D tribute to Nelson Mandela who died on December 5.
Images from the anti-apartheid hero's life will be projected onto City Hall where he gave his first speech after his release from 27 years in prison in 1990.
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