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Are the soul and the spirit the same thing? Please back up your answer with scripture.
There is indeed a distinct difference between the meaning of "soul" and "spirit." This emerges quite clearly in Genesis 2:7, "…then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature" (ESV). In the original Hebrew what God breathed into his nostrils was "spirit" (Hebrew: ruach), resulting in man becoming a living-soul (or literally a living soul which is the Hebrew word: nephesh). From this text alone I conclude that strictly speaking the Hebrew word soul (nephesh) means a living-union of dust (or body) and spirit. And, indeed, the book of Ecclesiastes 12:7 says that when we die "the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it." From this I understand that in some instances in the O.T. the word soul (nephesh) is used to refer to people as composite beings (body and soul in living unity). See Genesis 46:26 for example which says (in the ESV) "All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt … were 66 persons." The word translated as persons is the Hebrew plural for "souls."
The problem arises from the fact that in common usage the words soul and spirit are often taken as virtually synonymous. Jesus himself, for example, said: "Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell" (Matt. 10:28). In this instance I believe Jesus was using the common, everyday way of speaking. He was not being technical but using terms to convey to everyone who heard him the simple fact that there is something much worse than physical death. Similarly in the book of Revelation John uses the term "souls" to refer to those he saw there who had been killed because they were serving Christ (6:9 and 20:4). But in Hebrews we read of "the spirits of the righteous made perfect" as a description of those who are in heaven with Jesus. So we should not be surprised that the Westminster Standards also speak of "the souls of believers" who are at their death made perfect in holiness and do immediately pass into glory. Everyone knows that, in these instances, it is the spiritual aspect of man (rather than the physical) that is intended.
Man, as created by God, is a composite being (dust + spirit = soul). It is for this reason that John can speak of two resurrections! Revelation 20:6 says "blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power …" The Reformed have always (as far as I know) taken this to refer to what Jesus said as recorded in John 5:25: "Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live." For this reason John can say in 1 John 5:24, "Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life."
Clearly, then, the first resurrection has to do with man's spirit. And this means that there is a certain priority of the spiritual aspect of man over the physical. This does not mean, as the ancient Greeks and many modern Americans thought, that the body is worthlessa kind of throw-away thing like a paper cup at MacDonalds. Not at all. But it does indicate that already those who are in union with Christ have part in the life which is eternal as to their spirit. They don't have it all yet but they do have it. And because they do have it they can apply to themselves what Jesus said to Martha (John 11:25b), "Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die."
Now it would be possible to think this simply means that only our spirits are now, already, united to Christ, partaking in the blessings of his resurrection. But the Westminster Catechism (Q/A 37) wisely reminds us that our body tooeven though it be buried in a tombis still united to Christ. That is why the Scriptures say that believers (and they only) "sleep" (2 Thess. 5:13-18) until the second coming of Jesus. And this means that our bodies too already receive blessed benefits from the resurrection of Jesus. So taking the word "soul" in its original sense as a union of dust and spirit, it is not hard to see why, in common usage, we speak of our souls (ourselves as living beings) passing into glory.
This understanding has enabled me to see that there really is no conflict and that there is no reason to object to "common usage" as long as the intended meaning is clear. In other words, we need to benefit by the more precise distinctions without being too critical of the common usage.
And the bottom line is that you can almost always tell, from the context in which the word "soul" is used as a virtual synonym for "spirit", that this is what is intended.
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Grisham holds on to non-fiction Best Seller list too
It probably won't surprise readers to learn that John Grisham's latest book is still doing remarkably well at the register. Maybe it should.
The bestselling author (who announces today that he'll judge the Hook's 2007 short story contest) has penned legal thrillers including The Firm and The Client, many of which have been runaway successes in both bookstores and at box offices. But his latest work was a little more of a gamble.
The Innocent Man is Grisham's first book of non-fiction, chronicling the experiences of Oklahoma resident Ron Williamson as he tangled with local police over a murder case, lost in the subsequent trial, and spent more than a decade on death row before being exonerated by DNA evidence in 1999.
After Grisham released the book in early October, it quickly shot to #1 on the New York Times best-seller list. Three and a half months later, it's still holding on strong at #2, topped only by Illinois Senator (and likely 2008 presidential candidate) Barack Obama's The Audacity Of Hope.


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The Bone Serpent is one of the burrowing monsters, capable of moving through blocks, and it can be found in The Underworld. It is the strongest of the non-boss enemies before defeating the Wall of Flesh. It is also equal in health with the Digger. In order to kill a Bone Serpent, you need to destroy at least one section. The tail can be "killed" without killing the rest of the Bone Serpent. This is very similar to The Destroyer.
The Bone Serpent is, like all burrowing enemies, immune to lava. Each section of a Bone Serpent will drop loot, but as they are usually defeated by destroying one segment of their bodies they tend to drop only one item. Applying large damage to multiple body sections at once with Dynamite will result in loot from every body section. This can drastically increase the loot gained from Bone Serpents.
- When digging to the bottom of a map in the Underworld, there is a chance that, while standing near the bottom, the Bone Serpent will tunnel off the map and disappear.
- The Bone Serpent is visible when inside pitch-black areas, as if it is a cave or an unlit area.
- If you're having trouble surviving a fight with a Bone Serpent, you can use a Grappling Hook on a high ceiling and it will not be able to reach you, where you can leisurely shoot at it with ranged weapons.
- Bone Serpents can spawn if you are not directly in the Underworld, but very close to it.
- They can also dig straight up through a hellevator, if they so wish to do so, and invade your house.
- It is possible to lure a Bone Serpent out of the Underworld and all the way to the Surface.
- A quick and easy method of dispatching a Bone Serpent is using the Demon Scythe spell. Simply wait for it to attack, dodge and quickly deploy multiple scythes. It should deal a large amount of damage and even kill it.
- One good way to attack the Bone Serpents is to use a Spear weapon such as the Dark Lance which has a long reach. A stab and back-stab from a Dark Lance is enough if used correctly.
- A useful weapon against the bone serpent is the Vilethorn (or any piercing Weapon, for example, flails or spears). The vilethorn can deal significant damage even when it is below you. Another way is to use the vilethorn with a Hunter Potion so you can see it at all times. You could also wait for him to (re)appear and throw a flail right through him, which also inflicts massive damage.
- The Space Gun's good base damage and the ability to penetrate 2 enemies (hitting a total of 3) could quickly destroy the Bone Serpent.
- It has been found that instead of disappearing, the Bone Serpent will frequently die off-screen without any player interference.
- Like all worms, the Bone Serpents spawn curled up in a ball.
- Formerly, it will drop Sunfury, the most powerful pre-hardmode flail. However it's now found in locked Shadow Chests.
- In multiplayer, it is possible for the bone serpent to spawn in mid-air while onscreen. It is also capable of staying alive with only a head, and can use the head of another monster.
- Now has a new death sound, no longer drops Sunfury, and its hit-box has been fixed.
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Fawn River State Fish Hatchery
Orland, IN 46776
(260) 829-6241
Hours: 8 am - 4:30 pm, M-F.
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Fawn River Fish Hatchery is located one mile north of the town of Orland on S.R. 327. The office is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The District 2 Fish Management Biologist's office is also located at Fawn River State Fish Hatchery. The property grounds are open to the public from sunrise to sunset, seven days a week.
- Fish Production Facilities
In 1933, the Orland Conservation Club constructed a fish rearing pond in an old mill race north of town. Later, this modest fish rearing facility was to become one of Indiana's larger fish hatcheries.
On April 25, 1935, the Orland town board purchased a tract of land adjacent to the mill race. Part of the land was to be used for the construction of a fish hatchery and the balance for a park and recreation area. Labor and part of the funds for improving the property were obtained from the FERA, a federal relief agency. The remaining funds were obtained from the town coffers. The hatchery, completed in 1937, was called the Orland Fish Hatchery and consisted of four earthen ponds ranging in size from 2.07 to 3.37 acres. The town treasury was reimbursed by the Department of Conservation (now called the Department of Natural Resources) for fish reared by the conservation club and stocked into public waters.
November 6, 1939, the town board and the Orland Conservation Club donated the hatchery to the state of Indiana, and it was immediately expanded on land purchased by the DNR. Six more rearing ponds were constructed, bringing the total water area to 23.54 acres. Today, the hatchery known as the Fawn River State Fish Hatchery consists of 14 ponds. The ponds have a total surface area of nearly 22.5 acres of water and are situated on a 43-acre parcel of land. In addition, the hatchery has six indoor tanks used for rearing and holding fish, two egg incubation units, a service/office building and a residence building for the manager.
- Fish Culture and Production
Since 1942, Fawn River State Fish Hatchery has annually produced hundreds of thousands of fingerling fish. Originally, largemouth and smallmouth bass, bluegill and redear were the major game species produced in the hatchery's ponds. Currently, fish production has shifted toward walleye and northern pike, as well as channel catfish.
Walleye and northern pike are produced from eggs obtained from adult fish. The adults are collected from area lakes and rivers, brought to the hatchery and spawned. The eggs are then incubated in jars until hatching occurs. At this point, the methods of rearing these two species change. The northern pike remain indoors in several linear rearing tanks and are fed an artificial diet developed for the intensive production of predator fish. The pike are fed daily at five-to 10-minute intervals and will reach a size of 8 inches before being stocked in late October.
The newly hatched walleye, however, are stocked into earthen rearing ponds which have been heavily fertilized to promote natural food production. The walleye forage on the abundant food supply and obtain a length of nearly 2 inches in about 40 days. At this time, the fish are taken from the ponds and stocked into area lakes.
Once the walleye are removed in June, the ponds are refilled and prepared for producing later spawning fish species such as channel catfish, fathead minnows and bass. These fish are not spawned at the hatchery (with the exception of the fathead minnows; but are transferred from other state fish hatcheries for the purpose of additional growth before being stocked in late September or October. Transfer of fish between hatcheries allows many fish species to be produced at the various hatcheries throughout the state.
- Winter Activities
One common question asked by many visitors is, "What do you do during the winter months after the ponds have been emptied and all your fish are stocked?" It may appear that the hatchery is dormant during these months, but in actuality there are many activities taking place. Several ponds remain full during the winter and are holding fish despite the ice cover. Since the ponds are generally shallow, it is necessary to keep close tabs on dissolved oxygen concentrations in the ponds to ensure that levels remain high enough to sustain fish life. The rainbow trout is one species of fish that is over-wintered at Fawn River. They require high oxygen concentrations. To maintain favorable conditions for over-wintering fish, river water is flushed through the ponds throughout the winter.
Also during the winter, it is necessary to write production successes and failures from the past production season. Within these reports are cost figures associated with the production of each species. Preparation for the coming production season is also an important activity during the winter. Plans are drawn up for pond use, fertilizer needs, chemical needs and equipment needs. These needs are fulfilled through meetings with other hatchery personnel and through state purchasing channels.
One other very important activity during the winter months is the reconditioning of all the equipment used during the past production season to ensure proper function during the upcoming season. This includes maintenance on trucks, harvesting equipment, tractors, lawnmowers and pumps.
- Self-Guided Tours
Please feel free to walk the grounds and enjoy the beautiful surroundings of the hatchery. Information signs are located near each production pond and offer a brief description of the fish being raised and some culture techniques incorporated in their production. Visual observation is nearly impossible due to the small size of the fish and the turbid water conditions. While walking the grounds, be sure to observe the many forms of wildlife present. Songbirds and shore birds are plentiful, and Canada geese are common. During June and July, several broods of wild geese can be seen grazing on the grass-covered levees.
Fishing is permitted in the Fawn River along the entire hatchery boundary, excluding the area behind the manager's residence. Fish species frequently caught along this stretch of river include bluegill, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike, rock bass, longear sunfish, bullhead and carp. Trout are also stocked below the dam and offer excellent fishing from late April through early June.
- Volunteer Opportunities
Need a reason to get outside and move? You can volunteer alone or in small groups at this property. Some activities include trash pick-up, basic gardening, painting, and more. Call the property office for details.


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Fort Hood gunman fired 35 shots, including from car
The soldier who killed three people at Fort Hood last week fired at least 35 rounds during an eight minute rampage before turning his weapon on himself, Army investigators said Monday.
Chris Grey, spokesman for the Army's criminal investigation division that is heading the probe, said the violence followed a verbal altercation over a request for leave by the gunman, Spc. Ivan Lopez, 34.
Grey did not say whether the leave had been granted and said the shooter's motive was unclear.
"We have not confirmed a definitive motive,'' he said.
Army officials said 11 of the 16 injured have returned to duty and five remain hospitalized.
A Lopez family spokesman said last week that he was upset he was granted only a 24-hour leave to attend his mother's funeral last November, the Associated Press reported. The leave was extended to two days, it said.
At a press briefing at the base in Texas, Grey said that Lopez killed himself with a .45-caliber pistol after a female military police officer fired once at Lopez without hitting him.
According to Grey's account, Lopez fired first in the building where the argument began, killing one soldier and wounding 10 others. Among the dead was one of the men Lopez had argued with, he said.
He returned to his private vehicle and drove to the motor pool building where he was assigned, shooting and killing another person. From there, he drove to a medical building a block away, walked inside and killed a soldier behind his desk, Grey said.
"We do not know why he entered that building, and we may never know,'' Grey said.
He said Lopez fired and wounded soldiers from his vehicle while traveling between the buildings. The soldier's last stop was outside another base building where he was confronted and fired upon by a female military police officer, he said.
"This entire scenario... lasted approximately eight minutes,'' Grey said.
Investigators recovered 35 spent shell casings, including three inside Lopez's vehicle, and believe he fired at least that many times, he said.
President Obama is to attend a memorial service Wednesday at Fort Hood, where 13 people died in a 2009 shooting attack by an Army psychiatrist, Nidal Hasan, who was later convicted of the killings.


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I post a list of upcoming craft fairs every week on Craftzine.com, so of course I'm happy when there's a craft fair in my own neighborhood! My friends Olivia and Meredith organize a really fun event called Shop Party, which is a combination craft fair/art show/concert.
This is a quarterly event for crafters and artisans to celebrate creativity, sell some unique wares, showcase the originality our county possesses, and just have a great time listening to music, eating good food, and partying it up with friends and neighbors. Join in on the celebration!
Shop Party is happening this Sunday! Folk singer Emily Jane White is headlining. I've seen her before, and she's great. Come check it out!
Shop Party
Santa Rosa, CA
Sunday, April 17, 12pm – 6pm
$2 donation entry
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Skin Cancer Common But Preventable For Those Who Work or Play Outdoors
Release Date: 05/25/2012
Contact Information: David Bryan, 913-551-7433, firstname.lastname@example.com
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(Kansas City, Kan., May 25, 2012) - The sunny days of spring and summer represent an entirely different dynamic for people in the Midwest. While large numbers of people are heading for camp sites, parks and beaches that flourish throughout our region, it also means that the agriculture community – our farmers and ranchers – are hard at work in the fields and on rangeland. This means that the risk will increase for those spending more time in the sun.
Several agencies have designated Friday, May 25, 2012 as "Don't Fry Day" as a way to highlight sun safety. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has joined the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and National Park Service (NPS) to emphasize the dangers of skin cancer and has provided simple steps Americans can take to protect themselves. The National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention designated the Friday before Memorial Day "Don't Fry Day" as a way to highlight sun safety.
Farmers and ranchers face many potential hazards in their line of work from machinery injuries to chemical exposures from fertilizers and pesticides to work with animals. These professionals take the proper precautions to remain safe and healthy. One danger that may not be as visible comes from the sun's ultraviolet rays. While farmers rely on the sun for crops to flourish and ranchers need the prairie grasses for grazing, they often don't realize too many of these invisible rays may damage their skin, leading to skin cancer, premature aging of the skin, and suppression of the immune system.
"Ultraviolet radiation is a serious threat to our health and especially to the health of those who make a living outside in the fields and on the rangeland in our region," EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks said. "The increased threat faced during the long and hot summer days of the Heartland makes it imperative that we remember sun safety this summer."
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the U.S. and the most common cancer among 20 to 30 year-olds. It's estimated that one American dies every hour from melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Approximately 76,000 new cases of melanoma will occur this year.
To help protect people's health, EPA's SunWise program, one of the nation's largest environmental and health education programs, encourages kids and their caregivers to practice safe sun habits and raises awareness about UV sunlight that penetrates the Earth's ozone layer.
Here are some tips to help Americans continue to exercise, get outside and be SunWise this Memorial Day weekend and throughout the summer:
Check the UV Index app: Check the ultraviolet (UV) index anytime by downloading EPA's app (www.epa.gov/enviro/mobile) to help plan outdoor activities in ways that prevent overexposure to the sun. UV rays from the sun (and from artificial light sources such as tanning beds) can lead to skin cancer.
Apply sunscreen and wear protective clothing: Apply a palm-full of sunscreen with SPF 15 or higher that provides broad-spectrum protection from both ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) rays to exposed skin about 15 minutes before heading outdoors. Reapply every two hours. Wearing protective clothing, a wide-brimmed hat, and sunglasses also prevents sun damage.
Seek shade, not sun: The sun's UV rays are strongest between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., so seek shade during this time.
Although less common in individuals with darker complexions, skin cancer does not discriminate and is more often fatal for individuals with darker skin. Overexposure to the sun also causes immune suppression and up to 90 percent of wrinkles, brown spots, leathering of the skin and sagging.
EPA's SunWise program offers factsheets online that have state-specific information (www.epa.gov/sunwise/statefacts.html).
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SCAN offers free art demonstrations
NEWTOWN -- The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown offers demonstrations featuring artists showing techniques in watercolors, oil, acrylics, pastel and other mediums twice every month. Gigi Liverant will provide the next demonstration, "Pastel -- Exploring Color," in the lower level of the Newtown Meeeting House, 31 Main St., at 7:30 p.m. Wed, Aug. 13. The first meeting of the month takes place from 7:30 to 9 p.m.; the second meeting of the month is from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Additional meetings will be Aug. 27, Sept. 10 and 24, Oct 8 and 22, Nov. 12 and Dec. 3. Demonstrations are free. Aspiring artists can draw or paint at live-model workshops that occur from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. before the second meeting of the month for a $7 fee. For more information, visit www.scanart.org.
Other exhibitions
BREWSTER, N.Y. -- An art exhibit featuring paintings by Judy Challis, Ana Hanvey and Crystal Keeler will be on display at Studio Around the Corner, 67 Main St., Suite 101, from noon to 2 p.m. Sun, Aug. 10. Call 845-363-8330. Visit www.oththeater.org.
DANBURY -- Work by sculptor Eric Camiel is on exhibit at ESCAPE to the Arts, 293 Main St., through Fri, Aug. 22. Gallery hours are Mon to Fri, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more about Camiel's work, visit www.ericcamiel.com.
Call 203-794-1413. Visit www.regionalymca.org/escape/.
KENT -- The Kent Art Association, 21 S. Main St., is hosting a solo exhibit of sculptures by Jennifer George through the end of August. George has been creating metal sculpture in bronze, steel and glass. Gallery hours are Thu to Sun, from 1-5 p.m. Call 860-927-3989.
LITCHFIELD -- The Marie Louise Trichet Art Gallery at Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center, 229 E. Litchfield Road, will display "Inner Light," an exhibit of sculpture by David Colbert, through Sept. 13. Gallery hours are Mon through Sat from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 860-567-3163. Visit www.wisdomhouse.org.
NEW MILFORD -- Gallery 25 and Creative Arts Studio will host "Livin' Is Easy," a summer exhibition featuring the artwork of nearly two dozen member artists, as well as works of selected guest artists, at the studio, 25 Church St., through Sept. 13. Admission is free. Call 860-355-6009. Visit http://newmilfordgallery25.blogspot.com.
NEWTOWN -- "Kaleidoscope," an exhibit featuring works by featured artists Lee Brownell, Susan McLaughlin, Karin Rannestad, Laura Wilk, Virginia Zic, and Sergio Roberto Franco, is on view at ART in Residence, 12 Lake Road, through Sept. 7. Call 203-426-2226. Email firstname.lastname@example.com.
SOUTHBURY -- An exhibit of Jo Rembish acrylic paintings is on view at the Gloria Cachion Gallery at Southbury Library, 100 Poverty Road, during normal library hours, until Wed, Aug. 27. Call 203-262-0626. Visit www.southburylibrary.org.
WASHINGTON -- The Washington Art Association faculty exhibition is on view at the association's gallery, 4 Bryan Plaza. Gallery hours will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tue through Sat; noon to 4 p.m. Sun; and closed Mon. Pieces by artists who have taught at the association, including Mary Adams, Ira Barkoff, Marc Chabot, Pam Church, Edward DeVoe, Patty Fogle, Glenn Kessler, Robert Lenz, Clare Lewis, Meg Marden, Jack Rosenberg and Linda West will be on display. Free. Call 860-868-2878. Visit www.washingtonart.org
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Last year, Samsung announced the Galaxy Tab 2 3G as well as Tab 2 Wi-Fi at the Mobile World Congress (2012) in Barcelona. The South Korean manufacturer has already launched the 3G variant of this tablet in India, however the company failed to launch the Wi-Fi variant due to unknown reasons. In the meantime, Indian as well as global manufacturers has launched a number of Android tablets in the Indian market.
Exactly one year after its official announcement, Samsung finally launched the Galaxy Tab 2 P3110 Wi-Fi in the Indian market. Thankfully, this device is shipped with the Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) Operating System. If you don't want to spend a few thousand bucks for the 3G Connectivity and looking for an great Android tablet in the sub-15k range, then you should definitely have a look at this device.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 P3110 Wi-Fi features a 7 inch TFT display, sporting a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels resolution, 1 GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) Operating System, Samsung TouchWiz UI, 3 megapixel rear-facing camera, Full HD (1080p) video playback, VGA front facing camera for video chats and so on.
It also comes with a 3.5 mm headset jack, Music player with SoundAlive, Wi-Fi 801.11 b/g/n, Samsung ChatON, Google Play Store, A-GPS, 16 GB internal memory, MicroSD card slot, 32 GB expandable memory, Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi Direct, Samsung Apps, Games Hub, Readers Hub, Samsung Kies and a 4000 mAh battery.
Samsung is selling the out-dated Galaxy Tab 2 Wi-fi in India for Rs.13,900 (approx. $260). We are not sure if anyone will be willing to buy this device, when you can get a much powerful device from Asus, Acer, Micromax and Lava at a cheaper price. Moreover, the next generation of tablets from Samsung is expected to be announced at the end of this month in Barcelona. If you still want to get this tablet, head over to Samsung India's eStore.


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Ben Quilty, where is my mind? (after the Pixies)
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Acclaimed, high-profile artist Ben Quilty won the Archibald Prize in 2011 with a portrait of Margaret Olley.
'Ben and I have a simple connection besides art,' says James Powditch. 'He owns a house opposite mine, a block from the iconic Annandale Hotel in Sydney.
'We'd met through Art of Music (a charity fundraiser at the Art Gallery of NSW) and last July he dropped over while I was building my studio and just seemed so comfortable in his own skin.
'He made his name 10 years ago with smashed cars and an intense, aggressive painting style. The rise has been fast and furious. Now 39, with gorgeous kids, he is warm, innately decent and extremely successful. Then he was appointed a trustee at the Art Gallery of NSW – art royalty no less! Would he leave childish things behind? I hope and think not.
'Debt acknowledged to Terry Gilliam and David Lynch for my image of a man at a crossroads, contemplating his past while still in his prime. The question for Ben being, "is there more to me than smashed Toranas and does there need to be?"' The title is a Pixies' song, a huge influence on Nirvana, the band of Ben's youth.
Powditch has been an Archibald finalist twice before with portraits of actor Aden Young and his father Peter Powditch. He is also a finalist in this year's Wynne Prize.


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Can a little luck help these two men's feelings ignite during the St. Patrick's Pub madness?
Since the beginning of his senior year in college, Jimmy has lived above the very popular Irish Pub O'Dwyer's. Sure, the music is loud and the co-eds constantly party, but the bonus is seeing graduate student Niall come in and out of work on a daily basis. Working separate shifts hasn't given the two much time to get to know one another. So it's quite a shock when Niall comes pounding on his door on St. Patrick's Day asking for help working at the pub on the busiest day of the year. Even though Jimmy just finished with his own shift, being next to Niall for the night is too tempting to resist. Will sparks finally ignite? And will Jimmy find himself having a little luck of the Irish to finally make Niall notice him?


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I have been with the Stack Exchange community since it became popularized after its beta period. During that time I have seen it grow into the vibrant community it is now. I have also seen it evolve and change during that time, as a greater number of people have appeared on the site.
In a way, I suppose this was inevitable. As the site grows in popularity, it continues to attract new users who may not be familiar with the "gestalt" of the website, the qualities that make it special and unique. There are some who come along and insist that the website work "their way," insisting that their way is the "right way," without taking into account the history of the website, and the "friendly exchanges" that have shaped the software and the community into what it is today.
Do we do a good job of articulating this? I'm not so sure. I personally have been guilty in the past of defending marginal questions on the website, in the interest of good will and fairness. And then I have personally witnessed how the website can be overrun with ill-conceived questions, and the dialog dominated by people who don't understand why the site is the way it is, and who hijack the discourse with their own point of view.
I have also seen long-standing users grow weary of trying to defend what they legitimately believe is a community culture of professionalism that is a product of the many hours that people have put in trying to figure out what works and what doesn't.
So for those of us who came here after the beta was over, after the big decisions had already been made, can you describe why the site has the qualities it does have today, and what the process was like that led to some of the policy decisions that make the website the high-quality knowlegde exchange that it is today?
I realize that a lot of this ground is already covered in the blog, but honestly blogs are not necessarily the best medium IMO for this kind of thing (the material is scattered among several blog entries, and it is difficult to find). If the material we gather here is of sufficiently high quality, perhaps we can eventually make it a FAQ entry.
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Keysight's X-parameters* functionality can help you overcome a key challenge in RF engineering, namely that of nonlinear impedance differences, harmonic mixing, and nonlinear reflection effects that occur when components are cascaded under large signal operating conditions. X-parameters help solve this complex cascading problem: if you measure the X-parameters of a set of components individually, you can calculate the X-parameters and hence the nonlinear transfer function of any cascade made from them. Calculations based on X-parameters are usually performed within a harmonic balance simulator environment.
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EXTRAORDINARY, intelligent and a perfectionist; these were just a few of the words used to describe world-renowned photographer Barrie Wilkins, 78, who died at his Port Elizabeth home on Sunday.
An optometrist by profession Wilkins, who was active in photography for more than 50 years, had been honoured internationally for his expertise and service to photography.
His son Gwilym, 47, described his father as a larger-than-life personality.
"My dad was a remarkable man, an absolute perfectionist who was passionate about his life, profession and family.
"He truly was loved, respected and admired by many," he said.
Wilkins joined the Port Elizabeth Camera Club committee in the late 1960s and had just been re-elected as president of the club at the time of his death from natural causes. In recognition of his service he was made honorary life president in 1999 on the occasion of the club's centenary.
Wilkins served more than 40 years on the board of directors of the Photographic Society of South Africa (PSSA), held the office of president on eight occasions and was the chairman of its honours division.
Photography was a passion for him as he traveled widely to photograph, share his expertise, and promote an understanding of the natural world through the art of photography.
He was last year elected to the board of directors of PSA - the first non-North American to be elected.
His photographic friend of 30 years, Jill Sneesby, recognized his teaching as legendary, with many photographers having benefited from his expertise.
"We were both very involved in the administration, teaching, judging and sharing of photography through the PE Camera Club and the Photographic Society of South Africa. He was acknowledged as one of the top wildlife photographers internationally and was truly a remarkable man," she said.
Wilkins won numerous awards, such as Wildlife Photographer of the Year Mammal Behaviour in the UK, had his work hung in the Smithsonian in the US and had medals and honours testifying to his achievements.


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Tata Indicom and Research in Motion (RIM) today announced the new BlackBerry Bold 9650 smartphone in India. It is the first combined CDMA-GSM 3G-ready smartphone in the BlackBerry Bold series. This handset comes with full QWERTY keyboard, 3.2 megapixel camera, 512 MB of Flash Memory, an Optical Trackpad and so on.
As the youngest dual-technology telecom service provider in India, the addition of a Smartphone like the BlackBerry Bold 9650 to our portfolio of products and services from Research In Motion is an important step in strengthening our offerings to consumers. Our pan-India reach, supported by the traditionally strong speeds on TTL's cutting-edge CDMA network, will provide users with an exceptional voice and data communication experience, enhanced by the ability to share and experience multimedia, chat and social networking on the go,said Mr Sunil Batra, President of CDMA Operations at Tata Teleservices Limited.
The BlackBerry Bold 9650 Smartphone delivers premium phone and multimedia features, together with global roaming support and the industry's leading mobile solution for e-mail, messaging and social networking. We're pleased to work with Tata Indicom to bring this powerful new smartphone to their customers in India,said Frenny Bawa, Managing Director-India, Research In Motion.
BlackBerry Bold 9650 features a 2.4 inch display with 480 x 360 pixels resolution, 512 MB internal memory, 32GB expandable memory, Wi-Fi, 3G Connectivity, 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash, GPS capabilities, Bluetooth 2.1, up to 312 hours stand-by time, up to 5 hours talktime and 1400 mAh battery.
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A little gnomish ingenuity goes a long way!
So borrow the Goggles of Gem Hunting, <name>, and see if you can collect some of the lost treasure for Captain O'Breen.
I'd swim down there myself but...um...well, I have important scientific business to tend to up on the safe, dry land....er, yeah.
How did the goggles work? Did everything function properly? Adjustments can be made if necessary.
Oh, and I'll need those goggles back when you're done. I am sure Captain O'Breen will have many uses for them later on.
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Dr. LeClerc is an Associate Professor of Sociology. Prior to St. Lawrence, she was at Concordia University in Montreal. Her research interests are in social policy comparisons of Canada, Quebec, and the United States, and she has written on health and medicine, women's movements, social movements, and nationalism in the three societies. She is currently at work on a book examining the development of nationalism and identity in New York and Ontario in the 1800s. Her most recent publications are a chapter on Canada in Women 2000 (ed. Janet Mancini Billson), Women's Issues in Canadian Studies in the New Millennium, eds. Patrick James and mark Kasoff, and an article in the Socialist Studies Bulletin with Kenneth Gould: The USA Patriot Act: Why We All Should Be Terrified. She teaches courses on nationalism, comparative historical methods, women's movements, social movements, women social theorists and medical sociology and social policy. Her academic interests, teaching, and life choices are intertwined. She has served the Society for Socialist Studies as Book Review Editor for five years, and continues on the Editorial Collective. She also has been on the Executive Committee of the American Council for Canadian Studies, and is an active member of the Association for Quebec Studies in the United States.


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There's a sense of foreboding building at the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp. nowadays.
Late last month, the insurer of the country's private defined benefit plans announced that the condition of single employer-provided pensions has greatly improved, and that projected deficits are expected to narrow dramatically in the next few years, thanks in large part to controversial premium increases shouldered by plan sponsors.
The prognosis was not nearly as positive for many of the nation's 1,400 multiemployer plans, in which multiple employers in the same industry typically contribute to a single pension fund and where the premiums are much smaller. In fact, it's rather bleak for about 10 percent of participants in these pooled plans; the PBGC is projecting insolvencies affecting 1.5 million multiemployer beneficiaries are "more likely and more imminent."
The potential loss of billions of dollars in participant benefits isn't the only issue casting a cloud over the PBGC.
Key provisions of the 2006 Pension Protection Act are set to expire at the end of December.
The PPA offered relief to the most distressed plans by allowing sponsors to reduce benefits, a tactic that had previously been forbidden under ERISA.
The law also restricted distressed plans from increasing benefits, or issuing lump-sum payments to participants upon retirement.
Another important PPA provision eliminated an excise tax, levied by the IRS, on sponsors whose plans are underfunded. The intention of the tax was to encourage sponsors to make annual minimum contributions to their plans all along. Congress eliminated it to relieve pressure on strained plans in the hopes that sponsors would not terminate their defined benefits.
Plan sponsors, particularly those in underfunded multiemployer plans, took advantage of the PPA in a big way. In 2010, $2 billion in excise taxes were avoided. Another $2 billion in liabilities were reduced thanks to adjustments allowed under the law.
Absent an act of Congress, these relief measures won't be available going forward.
So, again, it's no wonder the PBGC is on edge.
Enter the advocate
Later this year, Constance Donovan plans to go before the relevant subcommittees in both chambers of Congress and report her findings on the state of affairs at the PBGC.
As the Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate at the PBGC, Donovan's job is to represent the interests of plan sponsors before Congress.
Donovan's position was created with the enactment of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, which was signed into law in July of 2012. She is the first person to hold the title at the PBGC.
She answers to PBGC Director Josh Gotbaum but is supposed to offer an independent voice. "We have many things we agree upon," says Donovan, "and a few where we don't. There is a mutual respect. He's very committed to his responsibilities in managing the PBGC."
But can an internal liaison between plan sponsors at the PBGC – one whose boss is calling for greater latitude in assessing premiums and regulations over plan sponsors – really be free to fully advocate on behalf of sponsors' interests, which are often in opposition to the PBGC's agenda?
Sponsors wondering about that question may be relieved to hear just how seriously Donovan is taking up their cause.
"We absolutely have to be able to better explain ourselves," says Donovan. "And we have to do a better job of understanding who the customer is — the plan participants, the plan sponsors, the trade and advocacy groups. We are a government agency here to help business. We have to have a better business sense."
The possibility of premium increases has many sponsors up in arms, but to Donovan, it's the enforcement of the 4062(e) regulation that highlights where the PBGC could better deploy some of the common sense she suggests is sometimes missing.
The ERISA provision allows the PBGC to assess liability costs to a sponsor when an employer ceases "operations at a facility in any location."
The problem, as Donovan sees it, is that the "PBGC has too broad of an interpretation of what constitutes a cessation of operations."
"A transaction may pose no threat whatsoever to a sponsor's pension plan, but it's perceived that way by the PBGC," explains Donovan.
Since 2007, 130 4062(e) assessments have been levied, according to Donovan. In no cases have those plans been terminated.
In Donovan's tenure as advocate, all of the 4062(e) claims she's dealt with involved frozen plans, meaning they were not accruing liabilities going forward. What's more, they all had been making faithful annual contributions to their plans, and were generally funded at a 92- to 97-percent level.
Her point: these were not distressed plans. In fact, their sponsors were often models of pension funding efficiency. So why, she wonders, is the PBGC assessing liabilities for routine sales of assets?
Worse yet, the assessments, says Donovan, are almost always are far greater than the value of the asset sale. "A company can make an asset sale of $60 million and be assessed a 4062(e) liability that far exceeds the value of the asset sale by the millions. These are major liabilities we are talking about."
"Even if a company is struggling," Donovan says, "it doesn't help anyone to kick them when they're down."
Premium increases
Gotbaum said the PBGC has, in fact, already made changes to the way the rule is enforced and that, today, 90 percent of plan sponsors are effectively exempted from 4062(e) enforcement.
In all of 2013, 63 plan sponsors made asset sales that triggered a 4062(e) response. The PGGC enforced action in only 20 percent of those cases, he said.
"You would be hard-pressed to find a government agency as willing to listen to industry as we are," insists Gotbaum.
The liabilities that are covered by sponsor premiums may be a different matter.
For fiscal 2013, single-employer and multiemployer plans paid over $3 billion in premiums to the PBGC.
Single-employer plans accounted for more than $2.9 billion of that, while multiemployer plans paid $110 million, according to the PBGC's annual report.
Congress this year raised the flat-rate PBGC premium from $42 to $49 a year per plan participant. In 2015, the rate goes to $57 and will climb to $67 in 2016. Multiemployer premiums, however, remain much lower, just $12 annually per plan participant.
To Gotbaum, there's more at stake than the PBGC's finances.
"My primary concern is not so much the PBGC's deficit as it is whether or not Americans will have pensions to retire on," says Gotbaum.
Gotbaum notes that while costs vary from employer to employer, on average, premiums paid to the PBGC account for less than one-half of 1 percent of the total labor costs of insured sponsors.
To Gotbaum, what needs to happen next is clear. "If we are to do our job, if we are expected to continue to preserve the pensions of Americans when plans fail, then the PBGC needs sufficient funding, which we currently don't have."
"There has to be premium increases for multiemployer plans," he says. "That's just the reality we're all facing together."
And without one? The multiemployer pension plan insurance program's deficit will widen to $49.6 billion by 2023, up from $8.3 billion last year, the PBGC says.
Congress, of course, would have to approve such an increase. Whether it will is the question causing so many sleepless nights for the PBGC, not to mention the many retired beneficiaries who would likely see cuts in benefits.


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Few things stick out in my life as such happy times as ripping open the giant Slot Car box at Christmas with the TYCO logo and the huge "Zero Gravity Cliff Hangers" or "US1 Trucking" emblazoned on the side, shoving aside other gifts and wads of torn and crumpled wrapping paper to clear enough room and take over the living room.
Getting the track set up, plugged in, the hum of the power supply, finally jamming a finger down on the trigger and watching the little car shoot down the track at what seems like 900mph with tiny sparks visible under the chassis, not having a chance in the world at making the turn and spiraling off somehow getting airborne and disappearing in the depths and darkness behind the Christmas tree in the corner.. Controller surprisingly hot in my hand and a curl of smoke coming up through the vents..
For those who hung on to those good times and continued on with Slot Car Racing, no doubt Scalextric is a name you've heard of and trust. They specialize in bringing realistic vehicles to the slot car world, and this year they've taken on recreating the STILLEN R35 Nissan GT-R in striking detail.
The Nissan GT-R is done in a 1:32 scale, and even be modified just like the real thing, changing anything from tires to gears to swapping motors. Check out the detail in the pictures below:
Steve Millen and STILLEN have a history with Scalextrix, as they also did the STILLEN Ford GT a couple of years back after it competed in the New Zealand Targa:
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CHICAGO (REUTERS) - American Airlines said its operations returned to normal on Wednesday after it cancelled nearly 1,000 flights on Tuesday because of a computer outage.
The airline also said it halted 81 flights on Wednesday to reposition crews and planes after the outage. The carrier had a total of more than 300 flight cancellations for the day, most of them tied to bad weather in the Chicago area.
At Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), American's biggest hub, the carrier cancelled 37 fights for Wednesday but was operating on schedule, spokesman David Magana said.
"We had about 1,500 passengers who opted to stay overnight inside DFW Airport terminals, but today the passenger check-in lines have subsided," he added.
On Tuesday, American grounded its US flights for several hours because of intermittent computer outages. The carrier canceled 978 flights, and hundreds more were delayed. American said a software issue that affected its primary and backup network systems caused the problem, and declined to provide more details.
The carrier said on Wednesday it added extra flights to help customers whose travel plans were disrupted by the outage. The extra service included flights between Chicago's O'Hare airport and DFW, Los Angeles and DFW, and Los Angeles and Miami.
American, a unit of AMR Corp, which plans to merge with US Airways Group this year, said it had no evidence that the issues were related to bombings in Boston on Monday. The carrier operates more than 3,500 daily flights worldwide.
Bill Curtis, chief scientist at CAST, a software quality analysis firm, raised the possibility that American could face more disruptions at it merges with US Airways. The combination would create the world's largest air carrier.
Should the merger be approved, the bigger company will face the task of integrating intricate systems, including reservation and baggage handling, computer networks and terminals, a process that has complicated other mergers.
United Continental made a number of changes following its 2010 merger. As it shifted to a single reservations system and implemented other processes, on-time arrivals suffered.
Last year, computer outages at United in the wake of some of those changes stranded passengers at airports around the country.
"Modern airlines run off a lot of information systems that have to interact with each other," Mr Curtis said. "Can we make them foolproof? No."
He said the Tuesday outage at American could have resulted from a number of problems such as software that was incorrectly designed. He added the incident was not likely to be the last such outage, especially as companies merge. The American-US Airways merger is expected to close in the third quarter.
"American is going to have some struggles to merge these two airlines, the systems at US Air and American," Mr Curtis said.
American Airlines did not immediately provide a comment on Mr Curtis's remarks.
Robert Mann, a former American employee who is now an aviation consultant, said he did not see any "exceptional risk"of such outages as American and US Air merge. He likened the Tuesday outage to a snowstorm that requires a day or two to restore normal operations.
He said transitioning to new systems was a task most airlines that merge understand is necessary, with some doing it well and others having problems.
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By now you may have heard about drive-by energy audits. But have you heard of drive-by energy audits performed on entire cities at the same time? Say hello to the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company, Essess. Essess (pronounced like "recess" without the "r") has recently entered the home performance scene, and they're making a lot of noise.
Intrigued by the idea behind a company that collects whole city by whole city infrared (IR) images across the U.S., I decided to look further. The following is a conversation I had with Essess' CEO, Storm Duncan.
Macie Melendez: When was Essess founded?
Storm Duncan: Essess started as a field lab project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and I've been working on it for about 3 years. I got involved through a mutual friend, a rabid environmentalist who is focused on the issues of the world. I saw Essess' technology and got really excited.
MM: What has the reaction been to your "drive-by" energy audits?
SD: To say it's been ecstatic is an understatement. The company's initial strategy was in selling the IR pictures to homeowners and building owners, but we quickly learned that was not a sustainable or viable strategy. Instead we thought, 'How can give this image to customers so that they want to engage?'
We altered the model and realized that the images are conversation piece for everyone from utilities to contractors. We're even getting calls from customers who don't do energy work, like insurance companies. They say, 'Information around energy efficiency is valuable to me…now I can talk to my customers and talk to them about my services on a monthly basis.'
MM: What is Essess' company goals in the next year? In 5 years?
SD: Our first short-term goal is to get the product out and perfected in terms of the customers. Another is to turn this into a sustainable company, transcending from a business perspective as opposed to environmental perspective.
In the long-term, we want to be the epicenter for conversation around the home and the environment. Our motto is 'saving the world by saving you money.' We want to make the home cheaper and safer, and bettering the environment is an effect of that. You won't see anything on our website that says we have an ecological mission. We're building this site for the customer; our needs are secondary.
MM: What technology do you use to get the thermal images and house information?
SD: The simple answer is that instead of taking a regular picture of a house, we take a picture that identifies all the leaks in the building, and we tell you how much each of those leaks costs you.
The complicated answer is that we've assembled a multi-spectral camera that goes on top of moving vehicle. There are actually 13 different cameras on top of one vehicle. We then stitch all of those images into one high-resolution 3-D thermal image. With that, we then run the image through a number of programs that tell us radiation losses, convective losses, and conductive losses. Once we identify that, we determine how much energy is being lost and then how much each leak costs per month and per year.
The technology only takes photos of the building envelope, using it as engagement. If someone wants a comprehensive audit, we send them to a partner company. It's all about engagement and not ending that dialogue. We're now able to tell homeowners why they are saving more energy than their neighbor, and we can break it down granularly.
MM: How is this information presented to your customers?
SD: A customer can come to the site and buy their image, but we'd like to ideally connect them to a partner. That customer probably has a partner they trust (their utility or realtor, for example), and we really want to figure out who they already trust and connect those people.
So the way it works is similar to Google Earth. When you come to our site, you can zoom into your home and click on it and say 'this is my home.' You'll have to prove you are the homeowner, and then you can engage in any way you want. You can buy the image or if you answer more questions, you can. In that case, we offer solutions for fixing leaks and connecting them to others. Our goal is to make this service free for the homeowner, which is why partnerships become important. Right now, we have to charge, but it's affordable.
MM: How many homes have you taken images of so far?
SD: We took images of 4-million buildings this winter and by the end of the year we'll be somewhere between 10-15-million images. We're ramping up to do the whole country and we'll eventually re-do each home every year so we can get seasonal readings and keep the images as up to date as possible with remodels, upgrades, etcetera.
MM: Is there anything else you'd like to add?
SD: The one thing that has been confusing to some folks is that a lot of people think of us as a competitor. Our goal is to partner will all kinds of organizations—solar companies, companies that do audits and retrofits, thermographers—to use our technology to engage customers. Our goal is to be a facilitator rather than a displacer.
You can learn more about Essess on their web site.
-Macie Melendez
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is telling members of the military he'll work to get Congress to re-open the government as soon as possible.
Obama is addressing troops in a video message after Congress missed a midnight deadline to avert a partial government shutdown.
Obama says troops in uniform will remain on duty as usual. He says he's signed a law ensuring troops get paid on time. He says ongoing operations in Afghanistan and elsewhere will continue and the U.S. will ensure those in harm's way have what they need.
But Obama says Defense Department civilians may be furloughed. He says that compounds the damage from spending cuts that have already affected the military.
Hundreds of thousands of government workers will be off the job Tuesday, but some essential services will continue.


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When the Lord speaks of believers producing fruit, some 30, some 60, some 100-fold, how do you interpret this?
Thank you for your question concerning the believing response of fruitfulness in our Lord's parable of the sower.
The parable is about the coming of God's kingdom in the coming of the Christ. That is the historical situation of the parable. The Sower is Jesus. He sows "the word of the kingdom"; that is, the way of the seed. The presence of the kingdom is seen in the very sowing of the seed. When the seed is sown Satan opposes, and fruitlessness results. ("Not even his brothers believed in him," John 7:5.) The parable is not pessimistic, however. There is the positive response to the sowing of the seed of the word of God. "Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain" (Matt. 13:8). Jesus interpreted this: "This is the one who hears the word and understands it" (Matt. 13:23). The seed has germinal power, containing the promise of future blessing in the labors of Jesus' disciples.
Now for the 30-fold, 60-fold, 100-fold. All of them heard and understood the word. They are on equal footing. The Bible does not countenance anything like 30%, 60% or 100% Christians! As one writer has said, "The only conversions that count in the kingdom are those confirmed by a life of discipleship."
None of the biblical scholars I have consulted dwell on the proportions in the parable. John Calvin wrote of those in the parable who received the truth: "the produce of faith is not always alike," "sometimes more abundant, and at other times more scanty."
Our Lord seems to have lumped together the 30/60/100. It does ring true to human naturethose who come to saving faith come from all kinds of backgrounds, personalities, talents, intellectual capacity, etc. They receive and process the truth of Christ differently, including the time element. In other words, we mature spiritually on vastly differing timetables. But we have all embraced the truth of Christ in the gospel! We are fruitful hearers of the word.
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Foraging for food on city streets doesn't seem like an ordinary thing to do, but for someone like Michele Genest, it's a welcome activity, particularly if there are berries involved.
Genest is the Whitehorse-based author of The Boreal Gourmet (Harbour Publishing, 2010) — part memoir, part cookbook about exploring the North and cooking with its bounty of food. Yes, there is a bounty of food in the North. That's where the foraging comes into play.
"Foraging is a great way, in the spring and fall, to get out into the bush and just experience it. And feed yourself at the same time," Genest says.
At the heart of northern cuisine for Genest, and most northerners, is the foraging known as berry picking. Berries grown in such a harsh climate are precious, and so the experience of picking them is something to share — as First Nations and western cultures often do — as are the berries themselves.
In fact, it was an invitation to go picking that sparked Genest's love affair with the North and its cuisine.
"When berry picking, the social, spiritual and psychic value of the berries come together," she says.
Those intense weeks when the berries are ripe and ready are filled with picnics and picking, as the entire community unites in the effort to capture those fleeting moments of colour and taste. People work hard to gather the bounty, sharing the effort, the experience and the result in frozen berries, jams and jellies — all bursts of sunshine in the winter months.
This focus on gathered ingredients, knowing your local environment and the people who live there, and experimenting in the kitchen are at the heart of The Boreal Gourmet. The book grew out of long afternoons in the kitchen with friends. Genest describes it as "cooking with food that is intimately connected to your landscape."
Whitehorse is not Genest's hometown. She's a Toronto girl who also spent three years in Greece. While there, she lived and cooked on an island where the desire to eat local was ingrained and not part of a social movement. She arrived in Whitehorse in 1994.
"I have no intention of leaving," she says. "It is a great place to live. There is a frontier and homesteading mentality combined with a population that travels quite a bit."
That mix, with a strong Asian and southeast Asian immigrant population, inspires a lot of the recipes in The Boreal Gourmet.
While the dishes highlight ingredients found in and around Whitehorse and the Yukon — including big-game meats, fish and numerous berries — the flavours are global, with spices that evoke crowded markets and flavours that remind you of the tropics. This blend of the global and local reflects modern life in the North.
By acknowledging global influences while still respecting local opportunities, Genest says, you can create a cuisine and cooking experience that's both grounded and varied.
She strongly encourages adapting her recipes for local meat — if you don't happen to have a freezer filled with moose, for example, simply try beef or bison. This flexibility moves The Boreal Gourmet beyond a book with regional appeal, a fact reflected in its current position on the shortlist for the Canadian Cookbook Awards.
Middle Eastern Moose with Spinach and Dried Fruit
This recipe comes from Michele Genest's The Boreal Gourmet, reprinted here courtesy of the publisher, Harbour Publishing. Genest adapted it from Joy of Cooking's simple "Casseroled Beef with Fruit." She prefers it with moose, as the fruit and spices work in counterpoint to the mild gaminess of the meat, and the spinach adds a strong, earthy note. In the absence of moose, however, she says beef or bison are more than adequate, venison would be great and so would lamb or goat.
1 tsp. (5 mL) turmeric
1 tsp. (5 mL) ground cumin
1/2 tsp. (2 mL) cinnamon
1 tsp. (5 mL) ground coriander
3 lb. (1.5 kg) moose stewing meat, cut into bite-sized pieces
1/2 cup (125 mL) red wine
1/2 cup (125 mL) olive oil
1 clove garlic, chopped
Dried Fruit:
3 cups (750 mL) dried fruit, a mix of prunes, apricots and apples or pears
2 cups (500 mL) beef stock juice and zest of one lemon
2 tbsp. (25 mL) olive oil
2 tbsp. (25 mL) butter
1 medium onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 tsp. (5 mL) turmeric
1 tsp. (5 mL) ground cumin
1/2 tsp. (2 mL) cinnamon
1 tsp. (5 mL) ground coriander
2 lb. (1 kg) spinach, washed (chopped if the leaves are big)
For the marinade, combine spices and rub into the meat. Whisk wine and oil, add garlic and stir into meat, mixing well. Cover and marinate overnight in the fridge.
Take the moose out an hour before you're ready to cook and let warm to room temperature. Just before adding meat to the casserole to brown, drain the meat, pat dry and discard the marinade. While the moose is coming to room temperature, prepare the dried fruit. Chop the dried fruit into pieces the size of a nickel, then combine with stock and lemon and soak until soft, about an hour.
Next, assemble the stew. Heat the oil and butter in a heavy-bottomed, ovenproof casserole over medium-low heat. Add the moose meat in batches and saute briefly until browned. Remove each batch as it is done and reserve on the side.
When the meat is all browned, add onion to the casserole, adding more oil if necessary, and saute until softened. Add garlic, saute another couple of minutes, then add spices and stir so that the onion and garlic are thoroughly coated.
Preheat the oven to 300 F (150 C). Add the meat back to the casserole along with the fruit and stock mixture. Bring to a simmer, cover and place in the oven.
Cook, covered, for 2 1/2 hours. Periodically make sure liquid has not evaporated; if necessary, add more stock or a splash of wine, just enough to produce a small amount of broth but not so much that the meat and fruit swim. (The spinach will add more liquid.)
Add spinach and cook for another half-hour and remove from oven. There should be just enough sauce to hold the stew loosely together, but if not, add another splash of red wine, stir and let cook over medium-low for a couple of minutes.
Serve with quinoa, bulgur or couscous (beware the packaged kind! Make sure it's not rancid) flavoured with saffron butter.
Makes six to eight servings.
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For each 1 cup (250 mL) rice use 1 tbsp. (15 mL) butter and 2 or 3 threads of saffron. Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat, add saffron, cook for a couple of minutes, pour over rice and mix well, fluffing with a fork.


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