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That was the weather report on radio this morning and I was relieved to hear the second part.
It's the very worst weather in my opinion, air you have to eat rather than breathe.
Moving back to Dubai after 22 years has been an experience! Back then we didn't have the internet or blogs. Now we do I can jot down my thoughts on daily life, things we come up against, things we enjoy, the multi-national society, the laws, the weather...plus other things in general which catch my attention.
Same here in Doha. The ongoing demolition orgy ensures that we're all getting our recommended daily dose of airborne concrete dust.
I can take the heat too but hate the murky air.
Those in demolition areas may be getting more than concrete dust in the mix. There is a lot of asbestos in those older buildings.
Can we swap? I m too cold here in Oz!
I can't take the heat or the dust; to my friends who say that going to JBR at night time is a good idea I say they are idiots.
The general idea of summer in the UAE is you spend 99.9999% of it indoors. No ifs, no buts, no equivocations and no excuses.
email@example.com, we go to JBR in the evening - but only to go from a/c car into a/c restaurant. I'm amazed at how many people are sitting outside in the dust and humidity to eat their meal.
Sandie I can understand that, friends have been telling me it's been a max of 12C in my home town and only about 4C overnight.


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Markets remain mired near a 3-month low, but there's something that needs to be noted.
There are scant signs of economic deterioration.
One of our favorite things to look at is the Citi Economic Surprise Index, which measures economic data vs. expectations.
It remains at multi-month highs.
Other crude high-frequency economic indicators -- like weekly initial jobless claims -- also back up the idea that there's been no slowdown.
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A sacred view of life gives birth to feelings of duty, protection, and love. It emphasizes values of joy, beauty, happiness, and caring and sets up an internal constraint against the exploitation of other individuals, groups, or species.
Our word sacred comes from the Latin sacer "from the root seen also in sanus , sane." A sacred view of life, then, is a sane view of life.
A commodity view is interested in profit, domination, and control. It seeks to "gain the world"
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At the core of the commodity view of life are two seeds: individual self-interest economics
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2010-11: One of three players to appear in all ten tournaments for the Bulldogs...7th overall at Ivy League Championships (77, 77, 74) earning her All-Ivy Honors...tied for fourth at the Hoya Invitational (79, 76)...third against Longwood (73)...second overall at Sacred Heart Invitational (80, 72)...tied for sixth at Princeton Invitational (72,77,75)...seventh at Harvard Invitational (73,73,77).
2009-10: One of only two players to appear in all eight tournaments…Won her first career tournament at the Lehigh Invitational with rounds of 79 and 75…Finished fifth at the Towson Invitational…Finished tied for sixth at the Yale Intercollegiate…Finished tied for 19th at the Ivy League Championships…Best round was a 73 shot at the Nittany Lion Invitational…Averaged 77.62 strokes per round, best on the team.
2008-09: All-Ivy selection…Finished second at the Ivy League Championships with rounds of 78, 76 and 70…Appeared in all eight tournaments as a sophomore…Finished tied for third at the Winthrop Intercollegiate with rounds of 81, 78 and 73…Also finished tied for ninth at the Yale Intercollegiate…Best round was a 70 shot at the Ivy League Championships…Averaged 77.23 strokes per round.
2007-08: Appeared in all nine tournaments as a freshman…Finished 18th at the Ivy League Championships with rounds of 74, 82 and 80…Best finish was third at the Hoya Invitational with rounds of 80, 70 and 76…Also finished tied for ninth at the Princeton Invitational and Rutgers Invitational…Best round was a 70, shot at the Hoya Invitational…Averaged 81.9 strokes per round.
Before Yale: 2007…Winner U21 Prince of Wales Amateur Challenge Trophy 77(+2), 71(-4)…Captain Nottinghamshire U18 Girls' team…U18 British Girls' qualifier…Finished 11th at U21 Scottish Girls' Open Championship…Runner up at U18 English Girls' Championship flight II and U18 Midland (regional) Girls' Championship…2006…Nottinghamshire Girls' U18 County (state) Champion…2005… finished 14th at English Girls' U15 Championship…Winner U21 Henderson Scratch Cup breaking ladies course record (-4) at Wollaton Park GC…Nottinghamshire Schools' individual Champion (2005 & 2007), individual r/u Midland Schools Championship and qualifier for English Schools Championship…Tennis…Lead team to 4th place finish in the National Schools' Tennis Championship, was 2004 Nottinghamshire Girls' U16 County (state) Champion and U18 runner up…After 2004 stopped competing to focus on golf.
Personal: Half English, half Scottish…Lived in Nottingham whole life…Parents are John and Lindsey… Has younger brother Alasdair at school in the UK.
Nickname: Har, Hazza, Hob
Residential College: Branford
Major: Computing and the Arts
Future Plans: Something involving creativity
Lowest Score: 69
Why She Chose Yale: Yalies, relaxed atmosphere of campus, Chawwadee and the golf program, academics
Other schools officially visited: Harvard, Princeton
Favorite place at Yale: Yale golf course
My favorite class at Yale: Digital video and Intro to Architecture
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This needs to be updated for split packages. Daenyth 22:55, 4 December 2009 (EST)
Variables/noextract about zip?
Isn't this information outdated? It seems bsdtar can now perfectly handle zip-files.
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Installing the package
It might be helpful for beginners to know how to install the package after building it. Maybe it should be explicity mentioned that one can install it with sudo pacman -U yourpackage.pkg.tar.??
where ?? can be xz, gz or something else.
Slopjong 12:00, June 9th 2010 (CET)
- 1. It's a package - you install it as any other package. The introduction clearly states that The resulting package contains binary files and installation instructions; readily installed with pacman. and a link to the pacman article.
- 2. pacman can install uncompressed .pkg.tar archives too.
- 3. 'makepkg -i' will install the compiled package.
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One of the two links is redundant, is the same mentioned here Tip: A prototype .install is provided at /usr/share/pacman/proto.install. the second one should be added to proto installed by pacman package.
check / checkdepends
the default PKGBUILD in /usr/share/pacman now contains a check function and a checkdepends array. Some explanation would be nice. --Oal 15:41, 26 July 2011 (EDT)
- Have you seen man PKGBUILD?. Vadmium 04:54, 27 July 2011 (EDT).
There is an epoch variable in the PKGBUILD.proto and an explanation here in the wiki, but for me at least the explanation doesn't cut it, I'd have no idea how to use it. I'm not sure that something that seems to be only meant for very special cases should be in the proto (which is meant for new packages, as I see it). hollunder 12:20, 11 September 2011 (EDT)
package compression
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Compression is IMO useless for game's package and almost nobody from aur is using this variable... And they are looking usually for info in archwiki ;)


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Photo:P.T. Barnum, is there indeed one born every minute?
Ernst Haeckel's Biogenic Law; often stated as "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" (an embryo goes through all the stages of its "evolutionary ancestors") had been formulated with the help of faked drawings and outright lies had been debunked by his own scientific peers. Jonathan Wells notes in his book "Icons of Evolution" that even though the theory had been discredited over 100 years ago, Haeckel's drawings were still being used in the latest edition of Molecular Biology of the Cell, written by National Academy of Sciences president and distinguished cell biologist Bruce Alberts and his colleagues.
It tends to support evolution dogma you see.
The "Link"
Fossil "Ida" was introduced with as much fanfare, braggadocio, Darwinian smarm and chutzpa as can be imagined. Ida it was claimed was the "eighth wonder of the world" and could cure cancer or bad breath just by being gazed upon. There were tie-ins to movies, television programs, videos, books and Ida plush toys. Darwinists apparently thought that the little rodent proved that there was no God!
Early on, much of the criticism of the Ida publicity machine came from other evolutionists–some who admittedly were promoting their own favorite little furry animals–but many were concerned about the overheated claims. Now, a new analysis of the fossil will make most of the Ida claims go extinct. (This changes everything!) The value of Ida memorabilia is already plummeting…..s8int.com
'Eighth wonder' Ida is not related to humans, claim scientists
US palaeontologists dismiss initial claims about the 47million-year-old fossil found in Germany's Messel Pit
Ian Sample, science correspondent guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 21 October 2009
Her arrival was announced with unrestrained razzmatazz. She was the "eighth wonder of the world", "our Mona Lisa" and an evolutionary "Rosetta Stone", according to the researchers who unveiled her.
The female in question was Ida, a 47million-year-old primate, whose exquisitely preserved fossil was touted as the remains of our earliest human ancestor. She was, they said, the "link" between us and the rest of the animal kingdom.
Or maybe not. Writing in the journal, Nature, a team of palaeontologists from New York claim that Ida is not related to humans at all. Instead, they conclude, the $1m fossil looks more like a small lemur or maybe a loris.
The challenge is being seen as the opening salvo in what is shaping up to be a hearty academic slugging match. At stake is not only the significance of one of the most extraordinary fossils unearthed, but the reputations of some of the world's leading researchers. So far, relations between the two sides are strained but courteous.
"Our analysis and results have convinced us that Ida was not an ancestor of monkeys, apes, or humans, and if anything has more relevance for our understanding of lemur and loris origins," said Erik Seiffert, a fossil hunter at Stony Brook University in New York who led the Nature study.
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By MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer Malcolm Ritter, Ap Science Writer – Wed Oct 21, 5:09 pm ET
NEW YORK – Remember Ida, the fossil discovery announced last May with its own book and TV documentary? A publicity blitz called it "the link" that would reveal the earliest evolutionary roots of monkeys, apes and humans. Experts protested that Ida wasn't even a close relative. And now a new analysis supports their reaction.
In fact, Ida is as far removed from the monkey-ape-human ancestry as a primate could be, says Erik Seiffert of Stony Brook University in New York.
He and his colleagues compared 360 specific anatomical features of 117 living and extinct primate species to draw up a family tree. They report the results in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature.
Ida is a skeleton of a 47 million-year-old cat-sized creature found in Germany. It starred in a book, "The Link: Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor."
Ida represents a previously unknown primate species called Darwinius. The scientists who formally announced the finding said they weren't claiming Darwinius was a direct ancestor of monkeys, apes and humans. But they did argue that it belongs in the same major evolutionary grouping, and that it showed what an actual ancestor of that era might have looked like.
The new analysis says Darwinius does not belong in the same primate category as monkeys, apes and humans. Instead, the analysis concluded, it falls into the other major grouping, which includes lemurs.
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Motorists caught talking on their cellphone or answering their mobile devices' ringtone while behind the wheel can expect to see flashing lights behind them starting this past Monday when a law officially took effect making the use of hand-held cellphones while driving a primary offense in West Virginia.
Local law enforcement officials say they are prepared for the new provision and are asking the public to be cognizant of the traffic law meant to curb distracted driving-related traffic accidents and deaths.
The legislation was created by Senate Bill 211. which was signed into law last year by West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin. Talking on cellphones and texting while driving is already illegal. On July 1, 2012, texting while driving was made a primary offense and talking on a hand-held cellphone while driving was made a secondary offense.
The new provision that took effect Monday makes the hand-held use of cellphones a primary offense, meaning that drivers can be pulled over by police if they are caught using a hand-held cellphone, even if they haven't committed any other traffic offenses. The hands-free use of cellphones through Bluetooth devices or voice commands while driving is exempt from the new law, as are law enforcement officers and drivers calling 911 to report an emergency.
Those caught texting or talking behind the wheel face a maximum $100 fine for a first offense, $200 for a second offense and a $300 fine for a third or subsequent offense. Repeat offenders will also see points added to their licenses for multiple infractions.
Jefferson County Sheriff Pete Dougherty said he's confident the new provision will save lives.
"It will work best if the public simply cooperates and does it. There's no question that distracted driving is a hazard, not only to the people who are in the car with the distracted driver, but also for other motorists who are out there," said Dougherty.
He said the law will be helpful even though it may be somewhat difficult to enforce at first. Dougherty said he hopes the new law can be used in a way to help educate motorists about the dangers of distracted driving.
"Our intent in this and most things we do in law enforcement is to try to educate and to inform and to make sure the public does what's needed to be done, so I think out first approach is to make sure that the distracted drivers, if they are being distracted, learn from their mistakes," Dougherty said.
The sheriff said he expects there will probably be a fair number of warnings that will be given out as the new law takes effect and the public adjusts to the new restrictions, but he said egregious offenders, such as those who cause traffic accidents due to distracted driving, can expect to receive citations.
While law enforcement officers are exempt from the new provision, Dougherty said officers are being encouraged not to use cellphones while driving unless it's necessary.
Berkeley County Sheriff Kenneth "Kenny" Lemaster Jr. will be going one step further and said Friday that he will be implementing a department-wide policy requiring officers to use hands-free Bluetooth devices while driving unless an emergency requires the use of a hand-held cellphone.
"In the bill for cellphone usage it is exempt for law enforcement, but, in trying to be fair to the public, they are to use Bluetooths while in their cars. There's always the exception. There's always the emergency type of situation when the Bluetooth might go down and you need to use your cellphone for emergency purposes or a law enforcement-related matter, but primarily I'm putting into effect the policy for officers to use Bluetooths," Lemaster said.
Like Dougherty, Lemaster said it will likely take some time for drivers' old habits of using cellphones while driving to be changed, but said the department is primed to begin enforcing the new provision. Warnings can likely be expected as officers try to educate the public about the new law, but Lemaster said the public has had some time to prepare for the change in the traffic law.
"I'm trying to do the right thing. They've had plenty of warning and notice, but at the same time bad habits are hard to change. I think it is a distraction, I think it is something that needs to be corrected, but it's something that's been going on for a long time and it's going to be hard to change immediately," said Lemaster. "They've had a year to prepare for it. We'll try to use as much discretion at first, but eventually we'll go into zero tolerance after a short period of time."


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TAYLOR SWIFT had no time to celebrate her American Music Awards win on Sunday (18Nov12) - she headed straight from the ceremony to a night shoot for her new video.
The Love Story hitmaker was named the Favorite Female Country Artist at the Los Angeles prizegiving, where she performed her latest single I Knew You Were Trouble, but rather than head out on the town after the bash, Swift went back to work to record the promo for the song.
In a post on her Twitter.com page in the early hours of Monday morning (19Nov12), she writes, "Thank you so much for the AMA! You're unreal. I went straight from the awards to a night video shoot. Long day but so worth it."


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Automate Your Online Business in Five Easy Steps
(c) Charlie Page
A good friend of mine used to have this saying …
"You've heard that the goal is to work smarter, not
harder, right? Well I say the goal is to work LESS!"
Jeff was a wise individual indeed. He saw the Internet
as a tool that offers the ability to set up a business
that runs, as the gurus love to say, on autopilot.
And Jeff achieved his dream, seeing his online business
earn over $250,000 almost completely on autopilot.
So let's take up Jeff's words and see how that looks in
the real world.
Here are five ways that you can create an automated
business – one that earns 24 hours a day without your
continuing involvement.
The beauty of pay per click advertising is that you can
set it and forget it.
The key is to create an account with your preferred
provider (these days it's usually Google or Yahoo) and
establish a fair bid price (what you will pay for every
visitor they send you).
Once you have done that, you can tell your pay per
click provider how much you will spend and they will
keep sending traffic to your site until they reach
*your* budget amount.
What could be better than that?
Now you are getting the traffic you need for a price
you choose and at the rate you choose.
All you need do now is log in to your pay per click
account once a month and make sure things are going
well, and make any adjustments you want.
Super easy traffic control. Profitable too!
If your site is *wildly* successful, you will convince
about 5% of first time buyers to buy now.
But what about the 95% – the ones that don't buy today?
You've got to remind them to return and buy.
And the way to do that is by using an autoresponder.
Email marketing is still the most powerful form of
online advertising, and it can begin working for you
Just make a list of the top ten reasons why someone
should buy from you. Then make each reason into a short
email message. Then set up a form on your site (your
autoresponder company – like Aweber or Send Free will
show you how) and invite people to learn more.
Those who do want to learn more – your best prospects
by the way – will get your ten messages over time and
be prompted to return and buy.
This is TRUE marketing automation.
If you aren't doing this now, you ARE losing money.
IF you want a site that is always fresh and new (which
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creating new content, then you need to know about RSS.
RSS is simply a way to display content from other sites
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My suggestion is to find a good book or article on RSS
and learn more if you think that showing fresh content
on your site is important.
Clickbank is a company through which you can sell your
product and have affiliates too. Selling through
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The best part of working with Clickbank by far is how
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literally do all the work.
* They provide the form you need to sign up affiliates.
* They track clicks and sales.
* Best of all … THEY pay your affiliates for you.
HOT TIP: If you have a brisk affiliate program,
you can forget about fresh content, struggling to
get traffic, and more. Motivated affiliates will
send you all the traffic you need to succeed.
Today there is a trend that is gaining steam called
'virtual assistants'.
In the old days, we had answering services that would
answer our phones and take messages. This was a win-win
because your phone was answered by a live person and
the message got through.
Now fast forward to the 21st century and discover the
power of virtual assistants.
These well-trained individuals can do almost any task
you need done.
They can …
* Answer your phone
* Answer emails
* Maintain your website
* Run a forum for you
* Do light programming
* Run a support center for you
* And more
You *will* lose some personal touch by using
assistants, but if your goal is to work less, it is a
very cost effective way to go.
Should you automate your business to the point where
you no longer have to work every day?
Only you can decide how much automation is right for
you, and how much you want to personally interact with
clients and others.
But a very high degree of automation is possible if you
structure your business correctly.
By using these methods you can work alone, make a full
time income, and have the free time you want to enjoy
life to its fullest.
And THAT is a beautiful thing indeed!
Charlie Page helps people succeed online with products
that educate combined with personal support.
To see all that Charlie offers, including a chance to
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and He asked you why you should be admitted into His heaven, what would you say? Not certain? Then let us explore the answer to that question!!!
Heaven or eternal life is a free gift that is based on the GRACE of GOD. A free gift means that Heaven cannot be earned or deserved. The GRACE of GOD refers to the active provision of that free gift to you! "For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, that any man should boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9)
GOD loves you and wants you to have this free gift of eternal life in Heaven! By his free choice man sinned against God and brought sin into the human race. "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23)
Man was created by the special act of God, in His own image, and is the crowning work of His creation. In the beginning man was innocent of sin and was endowed by His Creator with freedom of choice. By his free choice man sinned against God and brought sin into the human race. Through the temptation of Satan man transgressed the command of God, and fell from his original innocence; whereby his posterity inherited a nature and an environment inclined toward sin, and as soon as they are capable of moral action become transgressors and are under condemnation. Only the grace of God can bring man into His holy fellowship and enable man to fulfill the creative purpose of God. The sacredness of human personality is evident in that God created man in His own image, and in that Christ died for man. Man cannot save himself by good works or any other means.
SALVATION is God's way of dealing with sin and providing a means for man to receive eternal life in Heaven. "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us." (Titus 3:5)
Salvation by definition means a preservation or deliverance from evil or difficulty. In this sense a deliverance from sin and it's penalty. "The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance." (2 Peter 3:9)
Salvation means the full redemption of whole man. To redeem is to buy back something. God paid the ransom to himself in order to satisfy the demands of his holy, righteous nature. This he did through Jesus' death and resurrection. "God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself." (2 Cor. 5:19)
On the cross Jesus Christ made the once-for-all sacrifice for the sins of men. "Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us." (Heb. 9:12)
This salvation was and is offered to believers on God's initiative as an expression of his love for sinners. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)
This everlasting or eternal life is not a life that begins after death. It is that quality of life which is eternal, beginning the moment one believes in Jesus and continuing in eternity.
Personal faith in Christ is the answer. Jesus says to you, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father, but through Me." (John 14:6)
What does personal faith mean? Repentance and faith are inseparable experiences of grace. Repentance is a genuine turning from sin toward God. Faith is the acceptance of Jesus Christ and commitment of the entire personality to Him as Lord and Savior. God in turn responds to this commitment by absolving you of all sin by the work of Jesus Christ on the Cross. This justification is God's gracious and full acquittal upon principles of His righteousness of all sinners who repent and believe in Christ. Justification brings the believer into a relationship of peace and favor with God.
"And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved." (Acts 4:12)
"But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the children of God, even to them that believe on His Name." (John 1:12)
"Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be save ..." (Acts 16:31)
"Whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved." (Romans 10:13)
To express your person faith in Christ, here is a suggested prayer to help you express the desire of your heart:
"GOD, thank you for your gift of eternal life. I know that I am a sinner and that I cannot save myself. I am willing to turn from my sins (repent). I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that He died for my sins on the Cross, and that He rose from the dead. I now put my complete trust in you alone Lord Jesus as my Savior and for eternal life. I invite You to come into my heart and life. Thank you for saving me. In Jesus' name, Amen."
Pray this prayer now. If you sincerely prayed as instructed above, you are a child of GOD with eternal life in Heaven awaiting you!
The question may arise: How do I know for sure that I have eternal life? Answer: GOD SAYS SO and GOD DOES NOT LIE! Do not trust in your feelings but trust GOD now for the truth in His word, the Bible, and His absolute integrity, and righteousness of His character.
"And the witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son of God has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God; in order that you may know that you have eternal life. And this is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him." (I John 5:11-15)
The next question that comes is "Now what do I do next that I am now a new Christian?"
First, God's Word in the Bible instructs us to find a church which teaches the Bible where you can learn the Word of God and fellowship with other Christians. "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together..." (Hebrews 10:23-25)
Second, you should make a public confession of your faith before men. "Everyone therefore who shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven." (Matthew 10:32)
"...if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation." (Romans 10:9-10)
Finally,You should be baptized in obedience to Jesus Christ and as a testimony to your faith...
"And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, 'All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." (Matthew 28:18-20)
*If you need help understanding any of the steps to salvation please call or email Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
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They grabbed a 14-0 less than 10 minutes into their game against the Bills thanks to a pair of big runs by Russell Wilson. Wilson scampered for 14 yards for a score on the first Seattle possession of the game and then followed that up with a 25 yard jaunt on the second Seahawks drive. He's got 59 rushing yards overall.
He's also doing well at the more traditional quarterback role. He's completed all five of his passes for 67 more yards on the two tidy scoring drives against a Bills defense that doesn't seem to know what to do to counteract Seattle's rookie quarterback.
The Seahawks have now scored 78 straight points dating back to overtime in Week 13.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Kara Keough appeared on the original seasons of Real Housewives of Orange County as the frank and witty teenage daughter of Jeana Keough. Years later, Keough is married.
The marketing coordinator met her husband, NFL player Kyle Bosworth, at UCLA, where she earned her B.A. in Interpersonal Communications Studies. The two married in Coto de Caza, Calif., on Saturday.
It was so perfect," Keough, a former E! intern, told the entertainment site. "Best day ever!"
The ceremony took place at Jeana's home, with Keough's former baseball player father, Matt Keough, there to walk her down the aisle. The guests dined on In-N-Out Burger and BBQ.
Kara wore a pink Mark Zunino gown she purchased during an episode of Say Yes to the Dress. U.S. soccer star Alex Morgan was one of her bridesmaids.
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Oyster #99: June Newton
As the saying goes, 'Behind every man there is a great woman.' While it might sound a little archaic, it was certainly true of Helmut Newton and his wife, June. Undoubtedly one of the greatest fashion photographers of all time, Helmut made his name with June by his side for almost 60 years. After meeting Helmut in Melbourne in the late forties, June began modelling for him, later working on the production and art direction of his shoots. She then became a successful photographer in her own right, shooting for titles such asVogue, Elle and Vanity Fair under the name Alice Springs. While her husband's work was highly stylised and conceptual, June's portraits were intimate and honest — she once told The Guardian, "He wasn't interested in people; 'I'm not interested in soul,' he said. But I was, and I tried to steal them."
My grandfather lives in the same building in Monaco that June and Helmut once lived in. When I was very young he would tell me about the famous photographer with the Australian wife, and I would watch out for them by the pool. It wasn't until I was older that it dawned on me who Helmut really was, and I became equally fascinated by his wife, especially after I discovered her photographs. Although we never crossed paths poolside, I was able to conduct an interview with June — now 89 years old — ahead of the opening of an extensive Helmut Newton retrospective in Paris. What follows is our correspondence.
Dear June,
Thank you so much for taking the time to answer these questions. I have admired your work for a long time and it is an honour to have this opportunity to speak with you.
This issue we are featuring inspirational women and I could not think of anyone more appropriate than you — not only because of the contribution you have made to the arts, but also because of the support and collaboration you offered your husband. We would like to celebrate you as an artist, as the partner of an artist, and as a woman who has known great love — almost 60 years of marriage is no mean feat. As such these questions are varied, and some are personal. You appear to be a candid person, though, so I hope that you are comfortable answering them.
Thank you again,
Alice Cavanagh
Dear Alice Cavanagh,
I am very flattered to be included in your forthcoming magazine.
I am pressed for time. I hope these brief answers will be satisfactory, as I leave for Paris tomorrow to attend the opening of the exhibition of Helmut's work in the Grand Palais.
Yours sincerely,
Alice Cavanagh: How would you describe your childhood growing up in Melbourne?
June Newton: As a happy one.
What were your first impressions of Helmut?
I imagined him to be an old man. I was not prepared to meet the young, dynamic, charismatic creature who opened the door to his studio and said, "Come in."
What drew you to him?
His work.
Helmut always described you as a strong woman. How would you describe yourself?
I must be kind of strong to have lived as long as I have.
In the early years you worked as an actress while he took photos. When did you first pick up a camera?
It was in Paris. Helmut was unable to keep a rendezvous with a model, so he showed me how to load a camera and read the light meter, and I went off and kept the rendezvous — I photographed a boy for an advertisement for Gitanes cigarettes. I knew I had a new career when I received a cheque in the mail addressed to Helmut Newton.
Was he supportive of your interest in photography?
Most supportive; we kept our own identities as photographers.
The two of you had such different approaches to photography. What drew you to taking photographs?
Boredom, having given up my career as an actress when we left Australia.
The women in Helmut's pictures play a very particular role. Did he have certain ideas about the role a woman should play in real life?
If he did, he never told me.
What about the role a wife should play?
Same as the answer above. [During the press conference at the Grand Palais, June did say, "When he came home he'd ring a little bell saying, 'Junie, I'm here!' And that, of course, meant I had to make the dinner!"]
The film Helmut by June captured the fun the two of you had together. Helmut had such a great sense of humour, yet his images could be quite dark. Did he have a dark side?
Yes, he had a dark side and a moody side and many other sides. He never ceased to surprise me. As the poet said, "We shall never see the likes of him again."
In the film you mentioned that feminists called Helmut an "exploiter of women". Can you remember the first time you had to defend him?
I first defended Helmut in a restaurant in Paris, when he was about to be attacked by a woman who suddenly realised who was sitting opposite her. I gave her a good shove.
What do you think the secret of a long and happy marriage is?
As Khalil Gibran wrote in a marriage manual book, "Let the wind blow between the cypress and the oak."
You once said that a woman could never photograph another woman the way a man can. Why do you think that is?
I think men and women see one another differently; that's all.
What makes a woman beautiful to you?
I have been surrounded by beautiful-looking women most of my life. I've never thought about their beauty, so I'm unable to answer your question.
What makes a person fascinating to you?
Not their looks.
What has been your greatest achievement so far?
Marrying Helmut.
What do you think Helmut would have considered to be his greatest achievement?
Marrying me.
What is your greatest regret?
I have no regrets.
When were you happiest, and why?
When I was on stage or on camera. The reason? Because I loved acting — but I must have loved Helmut more, for I gave it up to be with him.
If you could offer young women one piece of advice, what would it be?
Never to listen to other women's advice in times of crisis.
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by Michael Caruso
There are many reasons why Chestnut Hill remains one of the crowning jewels of Greater Philadelphia, but certainly one of the most persuasive is the ready availability of musical performances of the highest caliber found anywhere in the region. Sunday afternoon, Oct. 6, provided me with a perfect opportunity to substantiate this claim.
Tempesta di Mare, the region's preeminent period instruments ensemble, performed a program entitled "The Classics Club" in the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill. Later in the afternoon, the Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in the-Fields celebrated its first Choral Evensong of the season. Both events drew large audiences that heard exemplary renditions of their respective rosters of music
The Anglican service of Evensong was formed by the combination of the Roman Catholic liturgies of Vespers and Compline in 1549 by Thomas Cranmer, the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury.
Erik Meyer, organist and choirmaster at St. Martin's Church, chose an impressive program for the parish's first Choral Evensong of the season. The liturgy opened and closed with a Church Sonata by Mozart. Charles Villiers Stanford's setting of Psalm 145, Henry Smart's "Magnificat" (My soul doth magnify the Lord) and "Nunc Dimittis" (Lord, now lettest thy servant depart in peace) and Johann Sebastian Bach's Motet: "Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden" (Praise the Lord, all ye nations) filled out the musical offerings. Each and every one of the individual pieces is an exquisite example of its form. Each received a performance worthy of any of the region's professional choral and/or instrumental ensembles — or, for that matter, the musical establishment of any American cathedral, either Episcopalian or Catholic.
The choir of as many as 50 singers gave a lovely reading of Stanford's Psalm 145. Linear balances were flawlessly maintained, diction was pristine and an "oh-so-English" feeling of reverence was caught in a manner that would have delighted the inhabitants of Downton Abbey, even Mr. Carson. Smart's "Magnificat" deployed trumpet stops from St. Martin's excellent pipe organ while his "Nunc Dimittis" offered a gentler tone.
I also found myself positing two questions: Would it be possible for Chestnut Hill's three major musical churches — St. Martin's, St. Paul's Episcopal and Chestnut Hill Presbyterian — to join forces to create a "Chestnut Hill Bach Festival?" And wouldn't it be wonderful if a local Catholic parish could celebrate Choral Roman Vespers once a month the way the two Episcopal churches celebrate Choral Evensong?
The concept behind Tempesta di Mare's program at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill was to surround the music of J.S. Bach with scores composed by musicians who either worked before him or while he was composing. The problem, of course, is that none of Bach's predecessors or contemporaries measure up to his genius and, therefore, sound woefully inferior.
Such was certainly the case Sunday afternoon with Alessandro Scarlatti and Antonio Vivaldi, whose "Sinfonia di Concerto Grosso VIII in G" and "Concerto for Strings in D," respectively, were played prior to the performance given Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D." Upon hearing the first notes of the "Brandenburg," I thought to myself and almost said out loud, "Finally, real music." Bach's music is not so much of his own time and place — the German baroque — but timeless and universal; not confined to the instruments that play it but rising to the level of pure musical art.
PA BALLET's 50th
The Pennsylvania Ballet will open its 50th anniversary season this weekend with performances of George Balanchine's "Jewels" in the Academy of Music. The three movements are "Emeralds" to music by Faure, "Rubies" to music by Stravinsky and "Diamonds" to music by Tchaikovsky.
West Mt. Airy's Roy Kaiser has been a member of the troupe since 1979 and its artistic director since 1995. When I asked him if he had ever imagined, when he joined the company, if he would be here to celebrate its 50th anniversary, he replied that he hadn't. "But I'm stubborn," he explained, "and I still believe in whatever role I've played in the company, whether it was as a dancer or ballet master or artistic director. Every role has been incredibly fulfilling, especially I think because of the tremendous talent this company has always attracted."
"Jewels" will be performed Oct. 17 and 18, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 26, 2 and 8 p.m., and Oct. 27, 2 p.m. Call 215-551-7000 or visit www.paballet.org.


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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
* Preserving and Organizing School Memories
I saw this great idea on Pinterest a while back and thought it was a fantastic idea!
I love Pinterest, it gives me so many great ideas to make my life a bit easier,
and it's fun eye candy too!
The source I pinned from was Dandee Designs.
Danyelle organizes her children's school papers into file boxes with hanging file folders - genius!
I was Pinspired!
Such a simple system and one that I can actually do.
I purchased my Sterlite file boxes (with cute lime green lids)
and Rainbow hanging file folders (of course) from Target.
She made fancy labels for each folder (very cute.)
I just hand wrote the year and grade on each tab.
Because my folders are transparent, I didn't glue the school photos to the folders,
I wanted to still be able to use them for other projects like family photo galleries
or scrapbooks. I just tucked each girl's school photo from that year
into the front of the file folder so it could peek through the transparent material.
Then, as the school year has gone by, I just tuck in:
school photos,
report cards,
samples of writing,
and (of course) art work
for each girl.
I plan to expand each child into two file boxes if necessary.
No more school paper clutter sitting on the kitchen counter -
if it's special or memorable I throw it in the file box, otherwise it goes into recycling.
I made sure to purchase enough file folders and
pre- labeled them for each child all the way through high school.
Super simple.
Happy Organizing!
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By Shawn Langlois
Kate Moss, the iconic Brit beauty who just celebrated the big 4-0 yesterday, once famously quipped: "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels."
If massaged just right, her words, often slammed as some sort of anorexic anthem, can also be taken as a broader rallying cry to avoid temptation and keep your eye on the prize. Kate's carrot, of course, being the runway and the cover of Vogue. Her temptation: Eating enough pudding to bust a seam on her size-zero dress.
The concept applies to more than just waifs in waistcoats.
As small-time investors, the carrot is, or should be, long-term financial stability. The temptation, for those getting twisted into knots by the daily financial news cycle, is to roll the dice and take on more risk than they can handle.
Inflating a bubble happens when everybody and their taxi driver starts chasing the rally. We've seen it time and time again, but the jury's still out as to whether it's happening right now. The market took some lumps this week, but, in retrospect, it was exactly the kind of action you want to see in support of a sustained move higher, according to Jani Ziedrins of the Cracked Market blog.
"While not as effective as a bigger selloff, churn like this keeps the rally from overheating," he said. "Breaking under prior support triggered a wave of stop-loss selling from recent buyers and aggressive shorting by bears. Those sellers will provide fuel for the next leg higher when they buy back in at higher levels."
Looks like we may have a mini-leg developing this morning.
Key market gauges: Futures on the Dow /quotes/zigman/21588523/realtime ESZ4 and the S&P /quotes/zigman/25835223/realtime YMZ4 have pared back on gains that looked much more cheerful earlier, after some earnings and data. Asia /quotes/zigman/6959860/realtime XX:ADOW failed to gain much traction, especially in Shanghai /quotes/zigman/1859015/realtime CN:SHCOMP , during its session. European /quotes/zigman/2380150/realtime XX:SXXP stocks are eyeing strong weekly gains, but markets are flattening out along with stock futures. Also, after gorging on stocks for a couple days this week, investors are nibbling at gold /quotes/zigman/9159480/realtime GCG4 again.
The economy: Weather appeared to wreak havoc on at least one report today. The Commerce Department said new homes construction fell 9.8% in December after a surge in the prior month, but it was the housing market recovery is still intact. Industrial production, due at 9:15 a.m Eastern, is forecast to slow to 0.3% growth from 1.1% in November.
Some good news could come out of the University of Michigan/Thomson Reuters consumer sentiment index for January, which may rise to 84 from 82.5. There's also job openings data for November at 10 a.m. and a speech from Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker at 12:30 p.m. Read: Spotlight on the economy.
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Smoke from the fire outside LA — the one that kept our kids playing "Just Dance" inside the class instead of breathing ash outside — can be seen from space.
"I would love to put a bullet in his head," one Pentagon official told BuzzFeed.
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McHENRY – A nonprofit boxer dog rescue in Ringwood received an extra $1,000 for the holiday season thanks to a group of young artists.
At McHenry High School West Campus, the National Art Honor Society dedicated its latest service project to Boxer Rebound, a organization that finds homes for unwanted and abandoned boxer dogs.
They created 16 pet portraits for project donors, raising $1,000. The check was presented to Lisa Curry, a teacher at West Campus who volunteers at Boxer Rebound.
"I have two dogs, and one of them is a rescue, so it's really a nice way to give back to a group that works so hard to get pets into good homes," said West Campus senior Morgan Folino, president of the student club.
"It's a meaningful way to give back to the community in a way [in which I get to use my talents]. It's self-fulfilling."
Michelle Zimmerman, West Campus art teacher, said the extracurricular club's various service projects give students an opportunity to "realize the impact art can make for their community."
The dog rescue, 4915 Ringwood Road in Ringwood, has been around since 1984. The program has grown in demand throughout the years as the breed gained popularity with the American Kennel Club, said Jeannette Everett, co-owner.
"[The boxer breed] used to be ranked 24th, now they're ranked [seventh]," she said. "When a breed gets in the top 10, they're going to be in trouble.
"So there's a snowballing effect right now."
The rescue is supported by volunteers and donations. And Friday's check from the West Campus students will "help immensely," Everett said.
The rescue, which does not use foster homes, currently houses about 45 boxers.
"I'd much prefer having only 10 here," Everett said.
But ever since the economy took a dive within the past few years, adoptions steadily fell by half, going from 130 adoptions a year down to 60 to 70, she said.
The boxers don't receive just food, shelter and medical care. Experienced dog trainers volunteer to teach the dogs obedience and socialization skills.
"It's a real commitment," Everett said. "We have the dogs vetted, and any problems, we have it treated before they leave."
Even so, the rescue maintains specific adoption policies based on the dog breed's nature, rarely placing the "highly energetic" dogs in apartments and other confined living spaces.
"We require fenced-in yards," Everett said. "We can allow exceptions only for some of the older dogs and owners with a past history of owning boxers. But we're not a revolving door. It's about the proper connection between the owner and the dog."
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A year of the snake, filled with family, goodwill and prosperity
For the 20,000 Australian Chinese community members in Adelaide, this Sunday will mark a special day of family gatherings, gratitude and hope for the oncoming year.
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Members of the community come from many different countries, including Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and other areas outside of mainland China.
For Overseas Chinese Association of South Australia president Tong Shen Chin, the turning of the Lunar New Year symbolises a time to spend time with family, recap his achievements in 2012 and set new goals for the oncoming year.
"We treasure the Chinese New Year," Tong Shen explained.
"That is the time that family members will attempt to be together, no matter how far, we have to make [an] effort to be together."
Similar to the Christmas and New Year period for western cultures, for Tong Shen, the Chinese New Year in his birthplace of China, is a time of relaxation and community involvement.
Children also feature heavily in the New Year celebrations, with the giving of 'red packets' filled with gifts of money.
Behind the celebratory scenes of dancing dragons and Chinese lanterns, families prepare large meals for traditional New Year dinners.
Tong Shen said the Australian Chinese community had been able to enjoy the best of both worlds, as families and especially children could celebrate Christmas, the Chinese New Year, and for some members the Malaysian New Year as well.
The year of the snake
Based on the Chinese zodiac, 2013 is the year of the black snake.
The snake is the sixth sign in the zodiac, and represents a need for followers to express focus and discipline to achieve their goals.
Ancient Chinese wisdom predicts that homes with a resident born in the year of the snake will not starve.
Those born within the year are said to be thoughtful and wise, rational, logical and rarely instinctive.
They are also believed to be complex, of few words, intelligent, have a good mind for business, but a tight grip on finances.
Snakes are also believed to be sometimes egotistical and conceited, but are also very insightful and intuitive.
Similar to astrology and daily horoscopes, the Chinese zodiac also predicts people certain signs will partner better with selected signs and be incompatible with others.
Lucky colours for snakes are red and yellow, lucky directions southwest and northwest, their lucky day is Monday and lucky numbers are two, four, seven and nine.
As with astrology, Tong Shen said not all of the Chinese community believed in the Chinese zodiac, but of those that did, most tried to live their lives by the guidance of the New Year predictions.
The Overseas Chinese Association of South Australia will hold their New Year celebrations at a restaurant in Gouger Street in Adelaide on Sunday with plans for karaoke, lion dancing, Chinese drums and other festivities.
China Town in the city will also be central to celebrations held by other Chinese groups in Adelaide over the weekend.


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Slavery at the Cape
Nigel Worden
Slavery was a mainstay of the labor force of the Cape Colony between its foundation by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in 1652 and abolition in 1834, by which date the Cape was under British rule. Slaves were transported to the Cape from a wide range of areas in the Indian Ocean world, including South and Southeast Asia, Madagascar, and Mozambique. Some were owned by the VOC and labored on the Company farms, outposts, and docks. The majority were sold to settlers and worked as domestic servants in Cape Town or as laborers on the grain, wine, and pastoral farms of the Cape interior.
Throughout the 18th century slaves outnumbered settlers. Although there were few major revolts, individual resistance was widespread and desertion common. Some runaways joined indigenous groups in the Cape interior, while others formed more isolated maroon communities. Toward the end of the 18th century some slaves claimed individual rights, reflecting the influence of wider revolutionary movements in the Atlantic world. A revolutionary uprising took place in 1808, shortly after the abolition of the slave trade and the takeover of the colony by the British.
In the early 19th century slave resentment continued to grow, especially as a boom in wine production increased labor demands. In the 1820s and early 1830s abolitionist voices were heard in the colony, and slavery was ended at the same time as that in the British Caribbean and Mauritius. Unlike these other British colonies, Cape slaves largely continued to work as farm laborers, and their living and working conditions produced the continued impoverishment of farmworkers in the western Cape region.
Slaves played an important part in the creation of a distinctive creolized Cape culture, notably in the development of the Afrikaans language and Cape musical and culinary traditions. They were also responsible for the growth of Islam in Cape Town and its hinterland, which took a distinctive form influenced by its Southeast Asian origins.
Slavery in the South African Interior During the 19th Century
Fred Morton
The South African interior, roughly equivalent to the Highveld on the southern continental plateau, was in the 19th century a stage of numerous players and groups, acting in concert and in conflict with one another, as often dissolving as taking on board new members. The fortunes of Highveld inhabitants, occupiers, and passers-by fluctuated without periods of calm, and turned advantages to few. It was therefore not uncommon for the human flotsam and jetsam created by raiding, battles, and migrations, aggravated by drought and famine, to be subordinated by the survivors and forced to serve those with whom they had no prior allegiance or knowledge. Slavery in the interior was largely a by-product of staking out territory. Rather than generate slaves for sale in an external market, slavery on the Highveld was fed by the political impulse to aggregate followers and servants. An internal exchange emerged in some areas, and traders made a few transactions with coastal exporters, but the general pattern of enslavement was acquisition by raiding and distribution among raiders. The majority taken were youngsters and, to a lesser degree, women. As a rule, the menfolk were killed.