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I Will Build My Church
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Today I am teaming up with John Erickson to preach about God's grace in church planting. The church voted last Sunday to approve Treasuring Christ Together funds for the planting of Jubilee Community Church about 2.5 miles from here at 16th Avenue and 33rd Street South. John will be the preaching pastor there, and I want you to hear his vision and consider going with him in this new work. So he will come and take the last 10 minutes or so of this message.
Why Plant Churches?
But before he does, I want to give you a historical and biblical setting for what we believe God is doing. But first, why is church planting so important?
- There are about 200 million non-churched people in America, making America one of the four largest "unchurched" nations in the world.
- Each year about 3,500 churches close their doors permanently.
- Today, of the approximately 350,000 churches in America, four out of five are either plateaued or declining.
- One American denomination recently found that 80% of its converts came to Christ in churches less than two years old.
Planting Churches to Multiply Strengths
There are many more reasons. Let me give you one that's in my heart. Someone might say, "We plant churches because we love so much about Bethlehem, we want there to be lots of Bethlehems." Well, you need to know that is not the way my heart works. I say this instead: "We have a great God, a great Savior, a great gospel, a great vision of God's sovereign grace, and we want to see more and more incarnations of this in local churches. But there are so many weaknesses and so may imperfections and so many cultural limitations to Bethlehem that I am not eager for her replication.
Rather, what I dream about is more and more of incarnations of the vision and the theology without the same limitations and imperfections. What the world needs is not the replication of our imperfections and limitations but new sets of imperfections and limitations. If we could multiply enough churches with different strengths and weaknesses, then the sum total would come closer to meeting the crying needs of the world.
A Legacy of Church Planting
So I have no rosy picture of our beloved Bethlehem. She is precious to me beyond words. And all the more because she has been about this mission of church planting for 139 years. And will continue to be in the future, I pray. I hope you love this history and will be committed to this future.
- In 1871, this church was planted from First Baptist Church across town as the First Swedish Baptist Church.
- In 1879, we sent 29 members to start First Norwegian-Danish Baptist Church, which became Powderhorn Park Baptist. When that church closed 127 years later in 2006, the building was given back to Bethlehem and is now the building at 16th Avenue and 33rd Street in South Minneapolis where this new church plant will be started.
- On February 21, 1888, Bethlehem planted Elim Baptist Church in Northeast Minneapolis.
- In 1896, we planted Bethel Baptist Church in the Seward neighborhood.
- In 1941, we partnered with 16 other churches to form Spring Lake Park Baptist Church.
- In 1944, we sent members to help form Saint Louis Park Baptist Church which later merged to form Cross of Glory Baptist Church in Hopkins.
- In 1948, 106 Bethlehem members formed Edgewater Baptist Church in south Minneapolis.
- In 1949, Bethlehem helped organize the Wayside Chapel and sent John Lundberg to pastor the body of believers which became known as Wooddale Church.
- In 1952, we sent Pastor Winston Sherwick with other members, to establish Brooklyn Center Baptist.
- In 1988, the Laotian Church of Peace was launched.
- In 1996, one of our interns, Steve Treichler, took a group and started Hope Community Church which is now one block from us to the west where 800-plus people gather for worship each weekend, and from which they have now planted five other churches.
- In 1998, we sent out Jim Bloom with Celebration Community Church.
- In 2000, we sent Rick Gamache as pastor and re-established the church that became Sovereign Grace Fellowship in Bloomington.
- In 2000, Russ Gregg and Cecil Smith planted Sovereign Joy Fellowship.
The TCT Vision
In 2002 Bethlehem embraced the Treasuring Christ Together (TCT) vision including multiplying campuses, planting churches, and caring for the poorest of the poor through the Global Diaconate.
From this has emerged a church-planting network called Treasuring Christ Together Network under Kenny Stokes' leadership. The aim is that the churches that are planted help each other keep the vision and plant other new churches so that the effect is exponential—churches that gladly embrace the mission statement "to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples through Jesus Christ" and hold to the Elder Affirmation of Faith and Ten Dimensions of church life.
- In 2003, Desiring God Community Church was started in Charlotte, N.C., by Coty Pinkney and people from Bethlehem who were moving to Charlotte with the Billy Graham Association.
- In 2004, one of our elders, Dwayne Gibbs planted the Harvest Movement Youth Center in St. Paul with the aim to develop a church, now Berean Missional Church.
- In 2005, Sean Cordell and Kent Capps went out after being here for TBI and planted Treasuring Christ Church in Raleigh, N.C.
- In 2006, Matthew Molesky and Chris Lent went from TBI and partnered with Gregg Heinsch to establish Celebration Community Church in Orlando.
- In 2006, Jordan Thomas, one of our first TCT Church planting residents, started Grace Community Church in Memphis, Tennessee.
- In 2006, three pastors from Bethlehem, Wally Brath, Sherard Burns, and John Erickson, planted All Nations Christian Fellowship in Brooklyn Center.
- In 2007, Charlie Handren completed his TCT Church planting residence and took a team of people from the North Campus and started Glory of Christ Baptist Church in Elk River.
- In 2009, after completing the Church Planting Residency program, Tim Cain moved to El Cajon, California, and planted a new campus of Kaleo Church.
- And today Jason Vaden and Brett Louis are TCT Church planting residents at Bethlehem and are praying and planning for God's next church plants through their leadership.
Which brings us to today's focus on God's work in establishing Jubilee Community Church in South Minneapolis at the 16/33 center. That's the historical setting.
The Biblical Setting
Now the biblical setting. Please turn with me to Matthew 16:18. We will focus briefly on this one verse. Jesus says to Peter: "And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
Representing the apostles, Peter had spoken the foundational truth of the church: You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God. And thus he and all the apostles became, according to Ephesians 2:20, the foundation of the house of God—the church. And on this foundation of apostolic truth—cherished by the leaders of Bethlehem and Jubilee—Jesus promises, "I will build my church."
That's all I want to talk about in these next few minutes. Four comments about this spectacular promise: "I," "will build," "my," "church."
"I will build my church." Who is this "I" who made this promise? Take one scene as the answer: We are in heaven beholding the throne of God. In his hand is a scroll—the unfolding of the end of history and the destiny of the church of Christ. At first, no one is seen worthy to open the scroll—that is to bring history to its appointed to consummation. John weeps that none is found. Then one the 24 elders says, "Weep no more because the Lion of the tribe of Judah has conquered and is worthy to open the scroll." Then the Lion-like Lamb and the Lamb-like Lion takes the scroll. And the elders and creatures around the throne sing,
Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.
One person is worthy to bring history to its appointed consummation—the Christ, the Son of the living God who has a ransomed people in every ethnic group on the planet. And then two astonishing things happened: millions of angels and talking birds and horses and fish confirmed the greatness of Christ.
[I heard] the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands [that's at least 2 million], saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!" And I heard every creature in heaven (birds and butterflies) and on earth (horses and tigers and squirrels) and under the earth (worms and moles and groundhogs) and in the sea (fish and squid and lobsters), and all that is in them, saying, "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!" And the four living creatures said, "Amen!" and the elders fell down and worshiped.
This is the one who said, "I will build my church." It is going to happen.
"Will Build"
"I will build my church." The church is not a building. It's a people, with or without a building. But the Bible pictures this people sometimes as tree that grows and sometimes as a building that is built. The point is that this people has a builder, and the builder is the Christ, the Son of the living God. Jesus builds the church.
How? By ripping down the gates that hold the human heart in hell-bent sin.
How did he build the church in Philippi? With 1) a business woman (Lydia), 2) a demon possessed slave girl, and 3) a pagan city employee who worked in the local jail.
- Lydia: The Lord opened her heart to give heed to the word (Acts 16:14).
- The demon possessed slave girl: "'I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.' And it came out that very hour." (Acts 16:18)
- The jailer: At midnight Paul and Silas were singing in their cell to God, and God blew the doors off the cells with an earthquake—and off the heart of the jailer.
Paul was Jesus' instrument. Jesus built his church in Philippi, and he will build it in South Minneapolis.
"I will build my church." God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4). And not only us, but millions more scattered throughout the earth (John 11:52). And he has many people in this city (Acts 18:10). He bought them by his own blood (Acts 20:28). And he will make them a kingdom and priests to his God. And they shall reign on the earth (Revelation 5:9). They will be his church. They are not their own. They are bought with a price (1 Corinthians 6:19–20). They are his. He will gather them. And build his church.
"I will build my church." It is a thrilling thing to me that what we celebrating and supporting today is a church in the making. Not just a ministry. But a church: Jubilee Community Church being built by the Son of the living God out of hell-bent lives.
Mark this well: Jesus does not promise that he will build his school, or that he will build his co-op, or build his medical clinic, or build his university, or build his social service agency—as good as those are. He promises with absolute authority: I will build my church.
Jubilee Community Church, believe this. Stand on this. And the gates of hell will not prevail against you.


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We just heard about a new online calendar application called Hula that's ajax-based. It hasn't launched and we can't find the website for it, but some bloggers are linking to a couple of flash movies that show it in action.
This reminds us of Apple's iCal. The power of Ajax to make web apps work like desktop apps is awesome.
I just hope it's cheaper than Trumba, which is charging $40/year.
Update: Thanks to Ross in the comments area, we now have a link to Hula. "Hula is a calendar and mail server whose goal is to be fun and easy to use, while scaling effortlessly from small groups to large organizations with thousands of members. Hula is an open source project led by Novell."

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A Canadian woman who's been missing in West Africa for several months has reportedly been kidnapped and taken to Mali.
Edith Blais of Quebec and her travel companion, Luca Taccheto of Italy, went missing in December while travelling in Burkina Faso.
They were travelling by car in southwestern Burkina Faso en route to Togo, where they planned to do volunteer work with an aid group.
In a January statement, Burkina Faso's government referred to the pair's disappearance as a kidnapping.
Believed to be alive: PM
The Canadian government did not confirm the information, but said it was not ruling out any possibilities.
However, a recent report by Human Rights Watch indicates that they were indeed abducted.
"While no armed Islamist group has taken responsibility for their abduction, they are believed to have been kidnapped and later taken to Mali," the report, titled "Abuses by Armed Islamist Groups in Burkina Faso's Sahel Region," states. It cites an interview with Malian security sources on Jan. 13.
The report, published March 22 on the organization's website, does not mention the fate of the two travellers.
While no armed Islamist group has taken responsibility for their abduction, they are believed to have been kidnapped and later taken to Mali.
In January, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he believed Blais was still alive.
"As far as we know, she is," Trudeau said when asked by a reporter whether Blais was still alive. He said Blais' story has people across the country preoccupied.
"Our hearts go out to the family of Edith Blais and the entire community," he said at the time.
His statement came the day after another Canadian, Kirk Woodman, was found dead in northern Burkina Faso, close to the border with Mali and Niger. An executive with a Vancouver-based mining company, Woodman had been kidnapped a day earlier by gunmen as he worked on a gold mining project.


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Georges St-Pierre announces ACL tear, potential UFC return date delayedBy: MMA Junkie Staff, MMAjunkie
"If you were hoping for a quick return to action for the self-exiled Georges St-Pierre, you're going to be disappointed.
"The former UFC welterweight champion today announced he suffered a torn ACL in training and will now undergo surgery to repair the injury.
"St-Pierre also posted a slightly longer version of the same message on Facebook, where he revealed the injury happened just this past week, but that he's determined ro return to full health."
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Converting to Xeriscaping
With a drought just declared in California, I have my garden on the brain, and I'm not the only one. Many people in my community have allowed their gardens to die over the last few months in order to save water, which is a grim reminder that even when you try to plan ahead with native plants, succulents, and other drought-tolerant plants, your garden can still have a tough time in dry weather. Plus, all those adorable plants you couldn't resist even though you knew they'd need watering just hit the dust -- sorry, plants!
If that's not a motivation to clean up your act and get into xeriscaping, I don't know what is. Across the Western States, water is going to become a growing issue in the coming years, and rather than entering a vicious cycle of planting and replanting, enjoying water-hungry plants and then sadly watching them wither, it's time to convert to a xeriscape. That said, converting a garden can be hard, scary work, especially if you're invested in your current setup...or you think dry gardens are ugly.
I took a look at some xeriscaping projects on Hometalk for inspiration, and to show that you or your San Diego landscapers have considerable room for playing around when it comes to creating a beautiful garden.
The Seasoned Homemaker lives in Texas, where water availability is a consistent issue. She opted to xeriscape when she moved in, taking out the existing grass, putting down a weed barrier, and establishing a series of graveled paths, a dry river, and woodchip beds for planting. There are a few things about her garden that are worth noting. One is the flowing, fluid nature of her hardscaping, which suggests a natural environment and makes her garden less rigid. Another is her decision to mix ornamental plantings with vegetables. Although her garden looks a little sterile now, as it gets established and her plants have time to settle in, it will turn lush and beautiful; but she won't be wasting water to get it that way.
This homesite uses retaining walls to manage the slope of a circular driveway and create flowing, fluid spaces for planting. As before, this is a newly-planted garden, which gives the plants a somewhat isolated and sterile look, but that will change as they mature and have a chance to spread. Critically, this garden has excellent drainage (in the event of flash storms), with mulch to help plants retain moisture during dry weather. Again, it won't have high water demands.
Plants like this spreading lantana, for example, come in a range of colors and thrive in dry conditions. They're great for xeriscaping because once they're established, they're nearly indestrucible. They have a low shrub-like growth habit, with sprawling vines that will add much-needed color and greenery to the landscape.
Rockroses are another great choice. They're colorful, with a sagey, dusty odor that's quite lovely on dry days. If they're healthy and they like where they are, they can also get quite tall, making them great for hedges and towering background plantings. Incidentally, rockroses are not deer resistant.
Yucca is another low-water gardening classic. It can grow to a formidable size, and while it's a little intimidating, it makes a great background planting. Plus, these plants will live for decades as long as they're healthy!
These are just the beginning when it comes to heat and drought-tolerant gardening and plants. Xeriscaping doesn't have to be ugly, and it needn't be terrifying, either: you can do it! Think of it as remodeling for your garden, and look forward to the challenge.
Katie Marks writes for Networx.com.
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Geronimo's Decades-Long Hunt for Vengeance
Close by the Mormon colony of Colonia Dublan is an unlikely tourist attraction: the small hilltop where the legendary Apache leader exacted his revenge
In Mexico's state of Chihuahua, some 115 miles from the U.S. border, there is a seemingly unremarkable grassy hill just north of the town of Galeana. Look closely, though, and you might see century-old bullet casings rusting in the grass, and a slight depression at the top where a historic act of revenge is carved into the ground.
In 1882, years after an Apache encampment was massacred by Mexican troops, this is where the tribe's legendary leader Geronimo and his men came to avenge the killings, burning Mexican commander Juan Mata Ortiz alive in a pit at the top of the hill. "They told the Mexican commander, Juan Mata Ortiz, 'no bala, no cuchillo, no lance, pero lumre," says Nelda Whetten, a lifelong resident of Chihuahua. "As in, you're not going to have a quick death—no bullet, no arrow, no lance, but fire."
Geronimo's quest for revenge began decades earlier, sometime during 1858, when an unprovoked attack launched the 29-year-old Apache (then known as Goyaałé) into a lifetime of war. While he and others were gathering supplies in Janos—a town just down the road from what would become the Mormon colony of Colonia Dublán—a company of 400 Mexican soldiers attacked their unguarded encampment. Recounting the raid in his 1905 autobiography, Geronimo wrote, "When all were counted, I found that my aged mother, my young wife, and my three small children were among the slain." More than 100 Apache women and children were killed, but only Geronimo's family was destroyed so thoroughly.
Geronimo assumed a leadership role among the Apaches, seeking vengeance for the raid. "We will attack them in their homes. I will fight in the front of the battle," he wrote. "If I am killed no one need mourn for me." Geronimo's revenge campaign would last longer than he or anyone else would have expected, as he and other Apaches spent the next several decades intermittently raiding Mexican towns and military encampments, seeking to exact vengeance on their enemy several times over.
The ambush that occurred on the grassy hill at Chocolate Pass, just north of Galeana, was one of the most infamous of his acts of revenge. On November 13, 1882, a band of Apaches under the leadership of Geronimo and Chief Juh ambushed Mexican forces. Their target: Juan Mata Ortiz, the commander of the town's Mexican garrison. He was particularly hated for his role in the Battle of Tres Castillos two years earlier, in which more than half of the Apaches were killed and the majority of the survivors taken prisoner.
"The Apaches went into the town of Galeana, because they knew Ortiz was garrisoned with about 20 troopers, and they stole some horses, knowing that he would chase them," says John Hatch, a local resident who occasionally brings tour groups to the site. "They set up this ambush for him, on the road between Galeana and Casas Grandes."
When Mata Ortiz and his troops realized they'd been trapped, they took to the closest high ground, hoping to dig in until reinforcements arrived. The Apaches, though, surrounded the Mexican forces and slowly picked them off from a distance with their rifles. Of the 23 Mexican soldiers, only two survived the onslaught: an infantryman who was allowed to escape, and Juan Mata Ortiz. "The instructions to all the Apaches were to not kill el capitan," Hatch says. "So all the others were picked off one by one, but they threw him in the pit and burned him alive." Over a century later, the hill still bears his name—Cerrito Mata Ortiz.
Today, says Hatch, Geronimo-obsessed tour groups from as far as Germany come to see the site. "When you climb up on the hill, you can find piles of rock that the Mexicans had stacked up to defend themselves," he says. "Occasionally, people still pick up some old shell casings from the battle." If you look closely at the top of the hill, you can see a subtle depression in the terrain—the pit where the Apaches exacted revenge their on Mata Ortiz, nearly 130 years ago.
Over at the town of Galeana's provincial government building, an exhibition of artifacts, including photographs and metal spurs, tells the story of the ambush. The town's Plaza Juan Mata Ortiz, with a stone memorial, honors the commander.
"After the ambush, when the Apaches came to Galeana, all the people ran to the old church," Whetten says. "They said that, from up in the bell tower, they could see smoke coming from a fire on that little hill."


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Domestic dogs are much more likely to steal food when they think nobody can see them, suggesting for the first time that dogs are capable of understanding a human's point of view.
Many dog owners think their pets are clever or that they understand humans but, until now, this has not been tested by science.
Dr Juliane Kaminski, of the University of Portsmouth's Department of Psychology, has shown that when a human forbids a dog from taking food, dogs are four times more likely to disobey in a dark room than a lit room, suggesting they take into account what the human can or cannot see.
Dr Kaminski said: "That's incredible because it implies dogs understand the human can't see them, meaning they might understand the human perspective."
This is the first study to examine if dogs differentiate between different levels of light when they are developing strategies on whether to steal food. It is published in the journal Animal Cognition. The research was funded by the Max Planck Society, Dr Kaminski's former employer.
Dr Kaminski said: "Humans constantly attribute certain qualities and emotions to other living things. We know that our own dog is clever or sensitive, but that's us thinking, not them.
"These results suggest humans might be right, where dogs are concerned, but we still can't be completely sure if the results mean dogs have a truly flexible understanding of the mind and others' minds. It has always been assumed only humans had this ability."
The research is an incremental step in our understanding of dogs' ability to think and to understand which could, in turn, be of use to those working with dogs and those who keep them as pets.
Dr Kaminski ran a series of experiments in varied light conditions. In each test, a dog was forbidden by a human from taking the food. When the room was dark, the dogs took more food and took it more quickly than when the room was lit.
The tests were complex and involved many variables to rule out that dogs were basing their decisions on simple associative rules, for example, that dark means food.
There is no evidence on how well dogs can see in the dark, but the results of this research show dogs can differentiate between light and dark.
Dr Kaminski said: "The results of these tests suggest that dogs are deciding it's safer to steal the food when the room is dark because they understand something of the human's perspective."
Dogs' understanding may be limited to the here and now, rather than on any higher understanding, Dr Kaminski said, and more research is needed to identify what mechanisms are controlling dogs' behaviour.
In total, 42 female and 42 male domestic dogs aged one year or older took part in the tests. They were chosen only if they were comfortable without their owners in the room, even in complete darkness, and if they were interested in food. "Some dogs are more interested in by food than others," Dr Kaminski said.
Previous studies have shown chimpanzees have a sophisticated understanding and seem to know when someone else can or can't see them and can also remember what others have seen in the past. It is not known how sophisticated dogs' understanding is in comparison. Many earlier research papers have found that, for dogs, a human's eyes are an important signal when deciding how to behave, and that they respond more willingly to attentive humans, than inattentive ones.
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No doubt all of us have racked our brains at one time or another to come up with ways to make extra cash.
Yes, it's tempting to gravitate towards those get-rich-quick and make-money-overnight offers, but unless you're willing to risk becoming the victim of a scam, you'll need to think of more creative ways to earn money.
With that in mind, here are 23 ideas to help you pad your wallet:
1. Become a Tutor
If you're proficient in a certain subject then become a part-time tutor. You can tutor on a freelance basis, but most tutors work as independent contractors who are affiliated with a tutoring agency that finds the clients for them in exchange for splitting the tutoring fees evenly.
2. Sell Your Junk
This is a great task for pack rats. Garage sales, eBay, and CraigsList are all great venues for selling your stuff quickly. The downside is that eventually you'll finish selling all of your stuff, which is why it's important to replenish your inventory with new things to sell; one way is to sell things on consignment.
3. Start a Website
Website start-up costs are next to nothing — and you can be up and running in hours. All you really need to get started is $10 to purchase a domain name and another $20 or so per month for a hosting plan.
Tip: Start a website on a topic that you already know and understand. For example, Len started this site because he has a lot of financial knowledge and wanted to communicate a common sense approach to finding financial freedom.
4. Do Odd Jobs
Walking around your neighborhood and looking for odd jobs will not only put some quick cash in your pocket, but also get you acquainted with the neighbors. You'll be surprised how well this strategy works if you look professional and speak in a very friendly and polite manner.
5. Hand Out Fliers
Many local businesses will pay $100 or more to anyone willing to deliver marketing fliers.
Tip: If you're unsure of what businesses to contact first, then try contacting each of the businesses that are already marketing in the local "Coupon Clipper" fliers that you receive in the mail. Each of these area businesses are prime candidates for wanting to have their own fliers hand-delivered as they are already spending money on marketing in the area.
6. Scoop Dog Poop
Yup, you heard me right. Many people who have dogs pay someone else to scoop and cart away their dog's poop on a weekly or daily basis. Get creative: For an extra charge, you could spray the lawn with a deodorizer afterward too!
Tip: You'll definitely want to invest in a pooper-scooper stick so that you do not have to bend over.
7. Invest in Domain Names
Yes, it's too late now to buy great domain names like Business.com and resell them for a profit — but there are certainly others still available that can be held for your own money-making website or resold for a profit.
8. Peruse CraigsList
The CraigsList.org "Gigs" and "Part Time Jobs" sections of the site are great places to find quick weekend money makers as well as the traditional 15-20 hour a week part-time jobs.
9. Write Articles
With so many people moving their businesses online and starting new websites there is increasing demand for talented writers. Demand Studios is one place where many writers can find an abundance of writing projects with pay ranging from $10 to $20 per article — or more.
10. Join Amazon Mechanical Turk
Amazon Mechanical Turk is a marketplace where you can sign up to complete online human intelligence tasks that are very easy for humans to do but are difficult for a computer to accomplish, such as categorizing different products, or matching up images with descriptions.
11. Start a Business
Sure, this is a very broad suggestion, but maybe at least one of these 999 business ideas will give you a flash of inspiration.
12. Pay Off Your Credit Card
OK, maybe this is not technically a way to make money per se, but if you're carrying a balance on your credit card then the faster you can pay off your credit card the better off you'll be because you will save yourself a boatload of money on interest charges. You can also put your credit cards to work for you by utilizing cash back credit cards that pay from 1% to 3% of everything that you spend. Just remember: If you carry a balance on your card then these cash-back benefits are negated.
13. Detail Cars
Washing, waxing, vacuuming, and cleaning cars will certainly require some sweat and some elbow grease from you to make it a successful venture, but the upside can be great — especially if you love cars as I do. Start-up costs are very low. In fact, you can purchase all of the supplies that you'll need for under $100.
14. Deliver Food
Start a service that will deliver food from restaurants that do not offer delivery. The customer calls you with their order, then you drive down to the restaurant, pick up the food and bring it to the customer's house. The customer then pays you for the food plus your fee.
15. Become an Affiliate Marketer
Affiliate marketers are similar to salespeople that market products or services online for a sales commission. Try the Amazon affiliate program or the Walmart.com affiliate program. You might even try signing up for a third-party affiliate network like Commission Junction that aggregates listings of many different companies affiliate programs.
16. Wait Tables
Waiting tables is certainly not a creative way to make some extra money but it is a tried-and-true money maker that almost anyone can do.
17. Become a Landscaper
Although definitely not a new concept, landscaping is a proven way to spend your weekends making some cold hard cash. If you spend your weekdays working in an office then a side benefit is that you get work outdoors and enjoy the fresh air.
18. Design Something
If you're creative, then making crafts, or designing artwork, stationary — and even stuffed animals — could become a cash cow if people love your work.
19. Clean Houses
Call up a local cleaning company that does residential cleaning and ask them if they have any part-time work.
20. Throw a Party
Plan a gigantic party complete with refreshments, live music, snacks, and dancing, and then charge a cover charge to get in. If you plan ahead and pay strict attention to the budget then you can turn your party into a smashing success — not only for the party-goers, but also for your wallet.
21. Give Driving Lessons
Sure, there are plenty of professional driving schools that offer driving lessons, but if you're patient and dependable, then many parents would likely jump at the chance to have you assist them in teaching their kids to be safe drivers — especially if you undercut professional driving school prices.
22. Coach or Referee
Call your local youth center to see if they have a need for any coaches or referees for any of their youth sports leagues.
23. Organize Houses
Perfectionists and neat freaks can help others organize their garages and closets into space-efficient areas. Offer a free five minute "space efficiency evaluation" and then, if you're good enough at making a shocked face as soon as the potential client opens their garage door, you'll probably win yourself a client.
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Graham White Director, Edinburgh Environmental Centre Dunbar, Scotland 1996 May 22
The Rio Summit on the Environment in 1992 highlighted 'Sustainability' as the fundamental challenge facing all societies in the coming Millennium. How much of the world's natural resources can we sustainably exploit without irreparably damaging the planet's vastly productive systems? How many salmon or halibut can we take from the oceans before we exterminate the breeding stocks? How much timber can we sustainably cut from a forest each year and still have a forest in a hundred years time? These are not just mere academic questions. The answers will determine whether your children and grandchildren still have fish to eat, timber to build with and fuels to warm themselves in fifty years time.
But John Muir was addressing the issue of Sustainability as long ago as 1870, in his articles, books and political campaigns. And he did more than just write, he fought long and bitter battles to save the redwoods, the watersheds and the great rivers of the West and to create the national parks, the forest reserves and the whole infrastructure of American conservation.
In the United States, Muir has become a figure of almost mythic grandeur, revered, honoured and loved by millions who have been inspired by his books and achievements. But there is a danger that he may simply be consigned to the role of a mere literary and intellectual fossil, - a marble bust in some environmental hall of fame, of interest only to dusty historians and rummaging critics.
In Great Britain, and particularly in Scotland, Muir's spirit has galvanized a new generation of practical and political conservationists. In 1983 his example inspired the creation of the John Muir Trust under the patronage of the Prince of Wales; so far the Trust has purchased over 50,000 hectares of wild mountain land by raising over $6 million dollars. In 1996, the Trust launched the John Muir Award as an educational initiative which we hope will ultimately bring millions of children into the conservation movement as lifelong activists. In Dunbar, Muir's birthplace, his spirit is the force behind the planned creation of a $10 million national centre for environmental education and sustainability, to be called The John Muir Centre.
We believe that Muir should be disinterred from his present role as 'famous dead-white-male', to be resurrected and re-interpreted as the Living Spirit and Founder of the World Conservation Movement. For without such an environmental beacon there seems little hope for sustainability or survival of any of the world's natural systems. The John Muir Trust and Dunbar's John Muir Association invite all people of similar mind to help them drag Muir out of the library and put him back to work as the Environmental Zeitgeist for the coming Millennium - the educational role model and environmental hero for a new generation of children and conservationists throughout the world.


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Auto shows of the past have emphasized LA's love affair with the big, the fast and the glitzy. To be sure, wretched excess will be in evidence when this year's exhibition opens tomorrow—but times have changed, and the emphasis will be on low-priced vehicles likely to sell as soon as possible. Also Chief Beck is sworn in at the LAPD. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, with the world now focused on Afghanistan, what about the war in Iraq? Can civilian government be stabilized? Is the alternative renewed violence that would pull US troops back into action? What would that mean for the surge in Afghanistan?
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Why Do Brides Toss the Bouquet?
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It's one of the many traditional moments captured in photos of a wedding, a fun photo of the bride tossing the bouquet to a group of single women lunging after it. But why do brides toss the bouquet? This tradition dates back to the 14th century, when the bride was considered to be especially lucky to be getting married and to embody that good luck on her wedding day.


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Flash technology has become more pervasive in the data center over the past few years as IT practitioners seek to provide the competitive business advantages of real-time computing.
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is there anyway to change only the panel color without changing the theme default color? (not the borders of the windows, i mean the bars with menus like in firefox the bar with file, edit view ...).
btw, sorry if i don't express myself properly. english isn't my primary language.
If you mean the menu bar (the thing with [File Edit View] on) you want to add this to your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 for all themes or ~/.themes/theme name/gtk-2.0/gtkrc for jut that theme
style "menubar"
bg[NORMAL] = "#ff0000"
widget_class "*Menubar*" style "Menubar"
widget "*Menubar*" style "Menubar"
class "*Menubar*" style "Menubar"
but if you mean the panel (the thing with your lunchers, taskbar and clock on) the thred Nick linked will work
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Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is enrolling new landowners in Region 7 who
are interested in participating in the Block Management Program. Block
Management is a cooperative effort between landowners and FWP to help
manage public hunting activities and provide equitable public hunting
In the Block Management program, landowners and FWP enter into voluntary
agreements that determine how hunting will be conducted on the landowner's
property. Items such as permission requirements, times when permission will be
granted, vehicle use, and numbers of hunters are examples of what is covered in
an agreement.
Block Management offers various benefits to landowners enrolled in the
program. These benefits include compensation to help offset impacts associated
with allowing public hunting, hunter and wildlife management, and a
complimentary, non-transferable sportsman's license. Additionally, participants
do not relinquish any rights by enrolling and are covered by Montana's
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
recreational liability statute as well as livestock loss reimbursement, both of
which are extended to landowners who allow access at no charge.
Yearly budgets are limited, so lands offered for enrollment are prioritized on a
region-wide basis. Habitat quality, regional access needs, and hunter opportunity
are considered while prioritizing properties.
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"Priesthood Activation," Ensign, May 1982, 34
Priesthood Activation
I approach this assignment tonight with a prayer in my heart. The subject assigned to me is one of great importance and one that does not necessarily have easy, quick answers. It is: "Steps that can be taken by the leaders and members of the Aaronic Priesthood to reactivate those members who are inactive." My remarks, therefore, will be addressed primarily to bishops and their associates.
I am well aware that all here tonight know what the Aaronic Priesthood is. Nevertheless, may I refresh our memories. The name Aaronic Priesthood comes from Aaron, a brother of Moses. Because Moses was halting in speech, Aaron became his spokesman. They were very close associates and went through many trials together. The Lord chose to give Aaron's name to the Aaronic Priesthood.
I would think the most important event in all history in exercising this priesthood was when John the Baptist baptized the Savior in the river Jordan. The next most important event took place on May 15, 1829, when the same John the Baptist, now a heavenly messenger, laid his hands on the heads of Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery, saying,
"Upon you my fellow servants, in the name of Messiah I confer the Priesthood of Aaron, which holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and of the gospel of repentance, and of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; and this shall never be taken again from the earth, until the sons of Levi do offer again an offering unto the Lord in righteousness." (D&C 13.)
If we just had the capacity to understand the full meaning of the holding of the keys of the ministering of angels and of the gospel of repentance and of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins, I believe every young man who has gone into the waters of baptism would look forward to receiving the Aaronic Priesthood with all his heart and would do everything in his power to become worthy of it. I am confident there are some who feel this way, but there are many who do not.
Each bishop should know exactly how many boys in his ward have not been ordained, how many do not hold the priesthood office they should based on activity and age, and how many do not attend any meetings. Each of these boys is just as much a child of God as are the active youth.
As leaders, what are our attitudes toward percentages as they relate to active versus inactive? You have probably heard the story of the father who had four daughters. As each of them left on a date one evening, he cautioned them to be home by midnight. The first returned at 11:45; the next, at 11:50; and a third came in at midnight, whereupon he locked the doors, turned out the lights, and went to bed. When his wife reminded him that Mary had not come in yet, he said with great satisfaction, "Seventy-five percent of them are home—isn't that a pretty good percentage?"
It is so easy to love those who are active and responsive and sometimes so difficult to do the same for those who are inactive and rebellious. To help us be successful leaders of youth, the Lord gave us a lesson we should learn well. It is the story of the prodigal son found in Luke 15:11–32.
You will remember that a father divided his wealth between his two sons, the younger of whom "took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living." When famine came, he tended hogs for a rich man, eating from what he fed the animals.
"And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! …
"And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
"And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
"But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet."
When the older brother, who had remained true and faithful, heard how his father rejoiced over the return of his wayward brother, he became angry and complained that no one had given him a party. His father replied: "Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
"It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found."
The lesson I would like to emphasize from this scripture is the importance of love. To be successful as a teacher of youth, one must truly love each of them regardless of his activity. Without sincere love, one can hardly qualify as a leader of young men.
I in no way wish to imply that all or even most of those who are not active in their priesthood responsibility conduct themselves as did the wayward son. I have great faith in all youth. Notwithstanding this, I feel it is extremely important that those who do not honor their priesthood understand that they have taken a road which, if not changed, will eventually prevent them from receiving the greatest gift of God to man—that of eternal life and exaltation.
I should like now to suggest how we as leaders can be an influence for good in the lives of these young men in order to help them become obedient to gospel laws and thus qualify themselves for eternal blessings.
First, it is important that they know who their leaders are. The bishop is the president of the Aaronic Priesthood in his ward and also the president of the priests quorum. As president of the Aaronic Priesthood he has the ultimate responsibility for each young man between the ages of twelve and eighteen, whether ordained or not. He, of course, cannot possibly do all that is necessary by himself. He must have help. Nonetheless, he determines the spirit in which the work will be done.
A wise bishop will recognize each boy's father as his most important helper. This sometimes is a problem, particularly when the father is inactive or is not a member, or there is no father in the home. In most cases, however, the father still exerts the greatest influence on his own son. Studies indicate that a large majority of inactive boys have inactive fathers.
If the father is to have a positive influence on his son, the bishop, through the elders quorum presidency and the home teachers, will exert a positive influence on the father, leading him to activity—or at least to an attitude of encouraging his son to be active.
At the same time, there is another officer who can have a profound influence on the boy, and that is his quorum president, working with his counselors. Too often we do not recognize the importance of peer influence. Of course, if the quorum president is to have much influence he must acknowledge and understand his responsibility for every member of his quorum. If he is called in a casual way and his office is not recognized by his adult leaders, his attitude will probably be very casual and his success very limited. If the bishop delegates the responsibility of the call to anyone else, its importance will be diminished in the eyes of the boy. The call should come from the president of the Aaronic Priesthood.
The counselors in the bishopric have vitally important responsibilities, but they do not have the keys of presidency as the bishop does. They participate in the selection process, but the bishop makes the final decision. The quorum president should know how earnestly the bishopric has prayed for direction, and that he has been selected through inspiration from the Lord.
When a twelve- or thirteen-year-old boy is called to be the president of a quorum and is left alone by his adult leaders, he might well flounder and fail. It is critically important that his adviser and others teach him how to be an effective president. To do this, the adviser, who has a major role to play, will not take over his responsibility but rather will coach him in order to help him grow in the office. One deacons quorum president must have been taught well by his adviser to have had the following experience:
A stake Aaronic Priesthood committee member attended one of the quorum meetings for several weeks in a row. One Sunday morning, he noticed a boy in attendance who had not been there before. To his dismay, this inactive boy was called on to offer one of the prayers. Anyone would know that the first time an inactive boy comes to priesthood meeting he should not be embarrassed by being asked to pray.
After the meeting, this high councilor asked the adviser why the president of the quorum would do such a foolish thing. The adviser said, "Why don't you ask him?" When asked, the quorum president replied, "I just spent three days this week teaching him how to pray." Sometimes these young people have a special touch which only peers seem to have. However, they do need to be taught well how to lead.
Even though we have all made an effort to diminish the role of programs and increase the importance of the individual, we have not yet made enough progress. We sometimes develop a program and expect every boy to fit it. If he does not, then it is just too bad. I would hope that each boy is considered as an individual with personal interests, desires, problems, and talents.
If we accept this proposition, then the member of the bishopric who has responsibility for the quorum, with the quorum presidency and the adviser, will very carefully and diplomatically determine why the interests of the world have become more important to a young man than activity in and devotion to the priesthood. This will result from very carefully listening to every boy's needs. Leaders will then see that the priesthood appeals are so designed as to prick the interest of each individual boy. I have grave doubts that success can be found in the reactivation of members of the quorums by using a broad brush approach. The approach must be tailored to the boy if it is to be successful.
Every quorum activity should have a designated purpose, and that purpose should be gospel oriented. For example, may I relate a story of an Aaronic Priesthood youth in Korea who happened to come from a rather affluent family. One day one of his father's business associates called the father and inquired if he were having financial difficulties, offering help if it were needed.
The father responded that things were going well.
The man asked, "Are you sure?"
The father replied, "Things are fine. Why do you ask?"
The friend then indicated he had seen the young man on a street corner selling newspapers. The father couldn't believe it. He told his friend that his son received an adequate allowance and asked if there might have been a mistake of identity. The friend responded there was no mistake; he had personally visited with the boy.
That evening when his son came home from school, the father asked him if he had been selling newspapers on the street corner. The reply was yes. The father asked, "Why? Isn't your allowance sufficient?"
His son responded that it was adequate, but he had a friend at school who was very poor and who was going to have to drop out of school if he didn't get some financial assistance. As it turned out, this young Aaronic Priesthood holder was using his allowance money to buy newspapers. Then he and some of his classmates were selling the newspapers to raise money to help keep his friend in school.
A short time before this, he had asked his mother to pack larger lunches for him. She did so, thinking that as a growing teenager he was just extra hungry. He confessed to his father he had been sharing his lunch with this same friend, who otherwise would have gone hungry.
The father was obviously touched by his son's thoughtfulness but asked the reason for such action. The boy replied, "We studied the lesson of the Good Samaritan a few weeks ago. I wanted to know the real meaning of this lesson by being a good Samaritan, not just learning about one." (See "Profiting for Others," New Era, June 1979, p. 50.)
When a young man participates in this kind of spiritual experience, his life changes. The priesthood means something to him that it did not mean before, and the chances are he will always be an active priesthood bearer. Such internalizing of the teachings of the Savior in the heart of any boy can become a protection from the evils of the world.
There is no magic formula I know of which will cause an inactive boy to become active. It takes interested, caring, loving, consistent leadership on the part of adults and the quorum president, with the help of the quorum members. Whatever they do must be appealing, meaningful, and must result in a fulfilling experience. Fun and games will not save any boy. They may help him feel good about his association, but if he does not gain a testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel which causes him to live the gospel, we will have missed the mark as leaders.
May we be so perceptive as to look through the window of each boy's heart and then have the wisdom to reach out, take his hand, and walk beside him on the pathway to exaltation and eternal life, I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.


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Stay hydrated – stay healthy
Stay hydrated — stay healthy.
Staying hydrated is essential to good health. More than sixty percent of the human body is comprised of water. Fluids flush bacteria from your bladder and carry nutrients to your cells. The bottom line, we need to drink water to stay healthy. It sounds so simple, but not so, especially for older adults. As we age, it becomes more difficult to stay hydrated for a number of reasons.
- Our sense of thirst decreases, so we don't feel thirsty.
- We take more medicine — diuretics, blood pressure medications, etc. — that can make us sweat or urinate more often.
- We suffer from more chronic diseases.
- Our kidney function naturally declines and our bodies retain less fluid.
- We are not as mobile are at a higher risk for falls or may find it difficult to get around.
Considering all of these factors, it's not surprising that dehydration is one of the most frequent causes for hospitalization in older adults ages 65 years and older. Mild dehydration can be easily treated, but if dehydration becomes severe, it can be life-threatening. Here are a few of the common signs and symptoms of mild and severe dehydration.
Signs of mild / moderate dehydration:
- Headaches
- Dizziness
- Dry Mouth
- Fatigue
- Muscle cramps and weakness
- Decreased urination and constipation
- Dark yellow urine
- Signs of severe dehydration:
- Low blood pressure
- Rapid heart beat
- Fever
- Sunken eyes
- Confusion
The best way to prevent dehydration is to drink enough water and eat foods high in fluid content to keep your body functioning properly. According to the Mayo Clinic, how much water you need to drink depends on many factors — your health, where you live, how active you are. Consult with your doctor first, but a good rule of thumb is to drink eight glasses of water every day.
Fluid intake is key to staying hydrated and the best hydrating fluid is water; however, you don't have to drink only plain water to stay hydrated. Other beverages — fruit juices, tea and coffee — are a suitable source. Or, you can eat your water! Up your water intake with fruits and vegetables. Cucumbers, strawberries, watermelon, butternut squash and salad greens — just to name a few — are packed with water and healthy nutrients that help you stay hydrated.
Nobody knows you better than yourself. If you feel tired or dizzy, reach for a glass of water or a bowl of watermelon.


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Over the last few years of blogging I've noticed a few names coming up in the comments sections of the more literate blogs, Al Cambronne being one of them.
Always one of the more thoughtful and informed commenters he's brining out a fascinating book on the intersection between people and deer.
For a taste of his writing have a look at his excellent blog or order the book its released next week.
Anyhoo off to work


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Fan Runs On Field In The Middle Of Miami-Florida State Game
The stupidity of fans who run onto the field during a game is endless. Normally fans who interrupt play do so during a time out or when play has stopped. The fan who decided to run onto the field during Saturday night's Miami - Florida State game was extra bold — and stupid — as he ran through the middle of a play by the Seminoles. See the dopey-ness for yourself in the video below:
Amazingly enough, the knucklehead did not actually interfere with the play; officials allowed the results of the play to stand.
Truth: He totally could have wrapped up the receiver if he were a talented defensive back (he was wearing Miami orange). While you can't get a citation or jail time for bad tackling — and Asante Samuel and Deion Sanders can give thanks for that — you can get legal punishment for trespassing, which is what this jerk is facing.