Cindy's Defining Difference… – Wake Up!
I believe that every person has the ability to rewrite their story and create their life by design. Change is hard and most of us resist it. However, when we make the choice to consciously shake up our life and take deliberate risk for the sake of growth, amazing things can happen.
Several years ago, I opened up the door to my own greater possibility and embarked on a whole new journey for my life. Prior to becoming a CEO of my own coaching and training company, The Defining Difference, and a co-host of the morning TV talk show, Wake Up!, I began to make intentional choices on how I wanted to live my life. I started to pay attention to that little voice inside my head that wants to give and to contribute more in the world. With this, I instigated a powerful shift: from success to significance and from intention to impact. I shifted my personal and professional orientation to living on purpose. And that shift changed everything.
It all started with my insatiable curiosity about what makes us tick. I made it my personal mission in life to study and learn from some of the world's greatest thought leaders, personal development experts and spiritual guides. I routinely spent hours at the bookstore buying and devouring books, listening to audio CD's, attending seminars, webinars, women's retreats and training programs. I learned so much…about myself, about my life, about the world and a different way of thinking.
Just as I was starting to feel the joy of living my calling, I received a prestigious award from Mortgage Executive Magazine honoring me as being one of the 'Top 100 Most Influential Mortgage Executives in America.' Though I had received many awards throughout my mortgage career, there was something profound for me with this one as it said I was an 'influencer.' I thought deeply about what it meant to be given a national award as an influencer. I took this as a sign that it was time to fully lean into my passion and purpose and begin to bring my influence to a larger number of people and make a defining difference on the planet.
This award became the catalyst for the shift in my perception and I realized that it was time to play a bigger game in the world. It was time to get serious about The Defining Difference and coaching and training others. I began to listen closer to the deep-seated voice in my head. It was time for me to transition from who I had been, to who I might become and give voice to my dream.
It was late 2014 when I launched The Defining Difference, my success-based coaching and training company devoted to helping people master the power of intentional choice to create a defining difference in their own lives. Using my Total Success Blueprint, I began to teach others how to map out their own personal plan to balance all seven key areas of their life. It has been exhilarating to watch my coaching clients reap the rewards as they make powerful, intentional choices to propel their careers and their income, nurture their health and wellness, build connected relationships, reduce stress and create their lives by design.
Shortly after the launch of my company, I set a clear intention to utilize television as a medium to take my message forth to the world in a bigger way. So you can imagine my excitement and surprise when I received a call only 30 days later from the producers of Wake Up! requesting a meeting to discuss a co-host role in their show. We had an instant connection and I felt that it was the opportunity I had been seeking. After reviewing the mission of Wake Up! and it's focus on bringing forth authentic and informed conversations to engage and empower women, I said HELL YES! and leaned into the development of the show in a big way.
By co-hosting Wake Up! I was opening myself up to a whole new medium of communication and opening up a world I had never experienced before. For a moment, I allowed fear to creep in, as I had no TV experience. Yet my favorite quote by Marianne Williamson began to run through my head – "And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." With this, I followed my intuition to forge ahead and to learn to just get comfortable with being uncomfortable. One thing I know for sure is that when an amazing opportunity knocks on your door, you need to plow through the fear and answer the call. For me….it was time to Wake Up!
Wake Up! is important to me as it reflects my dreams and desires for my own company – The Defining Difference. My mission is to encourage people to lean into their own power, redefine their story, and expand their vision for what is possible in their life. Wake Up! is a catalyst to create change and provides a community of support, love and connection to fuel bigger change in the world. One of my favorite stories is the story of the Golden Buddha. The Golden Buddha resides in Bangkok, Thailand and many years ago was covered in mud by the local villagers to protect it from battle. The plan worked and the Buddha was not destroyed, as the invading army had no knowledge it contained any monetary value. Many years later, while the statue was being relocated, it broke loose of the cables and fell to the ground, breaking away some of its earthly coating and revealing it's solid gold structure. The story shares that the golden essence was revealed and reflects the "golden essence" we all carry within us – that can only be revealed when you remove your outer "plaster" and break through the blocks that limit your passion, your purpose, and your potential. I believe that Wake Up! through its inspired conversations and expert guests will help men and women alike find their own true beauty and Wake Up! their golden essence.
You can always count on Wake Up! to motivate, to inspire you and to give you real world advice to propel you forward. Every episode is like a free training or a free seminar with tons of information and real-world advice on topics such as personal development, health, fitness, diet, parenting, stress management, and the like.
Our guest list reads like a "who's who" of people who are making a defining difference in the world. One of our first interviews was with Jack Canfield (Author of Chicken Soup for the Soul & The Success Principles) who focused on how to "feel the fear and do it anyway" and how to remove the blocks that limit your potential. Jack has been a personal coach and mentor to me throughout my life and it was profound for me to personally interview him on the show. His segment was packed with many real ways to move past the fear that keeps us "stuck" where we are and moves us forward to where we want to be.
Another amazing interview was with Lisa Nichols (one of the world's most-requested motivational speakers and best-selling authors) who shared ways to tap into your infinite potential and also to be the best parent possible. Lisa's compelling advice and inspirational story serves to help women move past their self-doubt and overcome their self-perceived limitations to live in their fullest expression of themselves. The greatest life lesson that I have learned from Lisa is that I am enough – just as I am.
Our interview with Don Miguel Ruiz focused on his book The Four Agreements. He shared with our audience that the most important agreements we have are the ones we make with ourselves. It is through agreements with ourselves that we determine the story of who we are, how we should behave, what is possible, as well as what is important in our lives.
His Four Agreements below have profoundly influenced my life.
I am so honored and blessed to be working with my amazing co-hosts on Wake Up! – Natalie Ledwell, Zhena Muzyka and Betsy Chasse – who are each out making meaningful contributions in the world in their own right. We are united in our vision and mission to create powerful and positive programming that supports and encourages women to live their best possible lives and are grateful for Lisa Marie and Adryenn Ashley for bringing this to life!
So I encourage you to come along on our Wake Up! journey, as we begin to open our minds to what is possible. If you have ever desired your own transition or transformation – personally or professionally, we look forward to sharing this journey with you and invite you to lean into your own personal power and your ability to grow. I made an 'intentional choice' to wake up my own life. The possibilities are endless when we wake up our bodies, wake up our minds, and wake up our souls to a bigger conversation!
A dynamic speaker, author, coach, TV host, and success strategist, Cindy Ertman is CEO and Founder of The Defining Difference, a success-based coaching and training company devoted to helping people master the power of intentional choice to create a defining difference in their own lives. After being acknowledged - for three consecutive years - as one of "The Top 100 Most Influential Mortgage Executives" in America by Mortgage Executive Magazine, and years of inspiring growth in her industry, Cindy has now dedicated her life to empowering the growth of others. In early 2015, Cindy joined the conscious-edge, thought leading talk show called Wake Up! which supports and empowers women to lean into a bigger conversation. Cindy graduated from University of the Pacific in Northern California, but is a native of Southern California. Cindy's #1 priority is her three young adult children and she also enjoys spending time with close friends and family and time enjoying the beach in her local community. She is also a founding and active member of the Association of Transformational Leaders (ATL) which is a forum for individuals of significant influence devoted to doing transformational work in their respective fields.
Great article. I love the idea of rethinking and recreating your life. I love to read inspiring stories of others who have done it against all odds!
As someone who has been struggling for years to find out who I really am and what I'm passionate about, this really gives me hope that I will find my passion and be able to pursue it like you have! I'm writing those four agreements down and posting them on my wall to remind me every day to take my life in my hands and run with it. I look forward to seeing where you all go on this journey!
I learned early on that if I change the story I tell about my life, then my life will always correspond to that new idea of me. In other words, tell the story of your life the way you want it to be. When I learned and understood that principle, it transformed my entire universe.
I know lots of people wishing they were successful in their lives and what stops them? Not being comfortable with the idea that they might have to do things outside their comfort zone. Sometimes it is very hard to go against choosing the path of least resistance but that is how we grow ad individuals. I learn more by making and learning from my mistakes than never doing anything because of the fear of making mistakes in life.
I myself am embarking on a new journey in life. Recent events in my life have caused me to rethink and evaluate myself. These next couple of months will be life changing and I know it will not be easy at times, but I am very excited to see were my new journey takes me. Good luck to everyone!
It is amazing to see someone accomplish so much in their life! This person set out to accomplish some amazing goals and actually managed to achieve them. They set out to be a certain person and they did everything they could to make their dreams come true.
I think that your words are really powerful. We can accomplish a lot in this world, but it's also a matter of perspective because our power can be to help a single person or make a difference to way more, it's a matter of what we propose ourselves to do.
What an inspiring story. It's important that we always know the importance of achieving goals, and that you can change your mind in a millisecond, you just have to really want it. Life isn't about the future or the past, it's about the now. If people were to realize they can change their lives right now, just by questioning their choices, it would be so much easier for us to work together to change the world. Making a difference isn't about the masses, it's about every single person realizing their own power.


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Nikkei: Camera market down 18% in 2018, decline set to continue
By Jon Stapley
Industry-wide, the world of camera sales is still in a slump – and it's not going to stop anytime soon
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Nikkei has published its latest report on the state of the camera market – and it's fair to say that business isn't exactly booming.
Indeed, the trend we've seen for the past few years of camera sales declining has continued apace, with the overall market declining by 18% throughout the year. A few months ago we reported that the camera market has collapsed 84% since 2010 (opens in new tab), so this isn't exactly coming as a surprise.
A breakdown by manufacturer of the individual market share changes gives a more detailed picture of what's been going on.
- Canon: 40.5% (+ 3.9)
- Nikon: 19.1% (-2.7)
- Sony: 17.7% (-0.7)
- Fujifilm Holdings: 5.1% (+1.3)
- Olympus: 2.8% (+0.1)
So while it's a poor trend overall, it's somewhat good news for Canon, Fujifilm and Olympus, all of whom managed to increase their respective market shares. Canon especially has had a relatively good year – thanks in no small part to its successful capturing of the mirrorless market in Japan with its full-frame EOS R (opens in new tab).
Nikon and Sony both lost out, each experiencing a decrease in their respective market shares. It's worth noting too that Nikon's 2.7% drop was more precipitous than Sony's 0.7%, lending further credence to the industry speculation that Sony could overtake Nikon as the global #2 worldwide (opens in new tab).
Nikkei reports that the trend is expected to continue – however, with the recent news that smartphone sales are also slumping significantl (opens in new tab)y, it will be interesting to see whether this ends up having an impact on the camera market. It's also worth noting that manufacturers themselves have no plans to give up the ghost – Fujifilm bosses are convinced that there is growth potential in the market yet (opens in new tab), and Ricoh executives are still convinced that photographers are due to abandon mirrorless cameras and return to DSLRs (opens in new tab) (any day now, lads).
It's not clear yet how all this will play out – but we'll be sure to keep you up to date with all the latest.
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Jon spent years at IPC Media writing features, news, reviews and other photography content for publications such as Amateur Photographer and What Digital Camera in both print and digital form. With his additional experience for outlets like Photomonitor, this makes Jon one of our go-to specialists when it comes to all aspects of photography, from cameras and action cameras to lenses and memory cards, flash diffusers and triggers, batteries and memory cards, selfie sticks and gimbals, and much more besides.
An NCTJ-qualified journalist, he has also contributed to Shortlist, The Skinny, ThreeWeeks Edinburgh, The Guardian, Trusted Reviews, CreativeBLOQ, and probably quite a few others I've forgotten.

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Maybe I'm set in my ways, and maybe it's painful to acknowledge that the good ole days (when "content was king") have given way to the DIY marketing phenomenon (a lesser-known aspect of "fake news"), but FrontLine will have to change, or die trying – well, maybe not "change" so much as "add to" our content.
One of the most legitimate ways to do this, from my perspective, is to highlight innovation – that ongoing quest for improvement that defines an integral and universal aspect of the human experience. But why is innovation suddenly so important? Certainly it is essential to any healthy business but, in this day of hybrid warfare, where vulnerabilities of any operations intersect to place everything from business continuity to national security at risk, innovation is becoming an over-arching element that is critical to public safety and, in fact, our very sovereignty.
So what is FrontLine going to do about it? In taking the lead to highlight innovation, we will endeavour to provide publicity to the companies that are making a difference today. Make no mistake, publishing is a very expensive business and we have our own families to feed, so our mandate is to make this new focus profitable – so we can fund the effort to highlight these stories (a requirement industry leaders will certainly understand).
In our Fall edition, we will be initiating a special FrontLine Innovation Platform (FLIP) across multiple industries related to Defence and Safety and Security.
We vow to draw the attention of those with great influence in your industry – this is an open invitation to contact us with your ideas, your visions, and your goals to innovate within your unique domain.
On another note, for those of you who have not yet visited the GoFundMe page established to support VAdm Norman's efforts to mount a strong defence against claims while doing his job, I encourage you to go to the page, if only to read the comments section.


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The Sag Harbor Community Band will open its summer concert season with Grieg's ever-popular "Piano Concerto", performed with piano soloist Joan Brill. Also on the program will be marches, songs and other band favorites. The concert will take place on Tuesday, July 9 at 8 p.m. outdoors at the American Legion on Bay Street in Sag Harbor. Admission is free, and the audience is encouraged to bring lawn chairs.
Edvard Grieg's "Piano Concerto in A Minor" (1868), the only concerto he would write, has become one of the most popular pieces for piano solo and orchestra. The Sag Harbor Community Band will play a band transcription of the first movement with Brill.
Joan Brill has appeared as piano soloist with the Oceanside Symphony, the South Fork Chamber Orchestra, the Clearwater Symphony Orchestra and the Tampa Bay Symphony Orchestra, and at Long Island University, SUNY Stony Brook, the Parrish Art Museum and Guild Hall. Many audiences have heard her as pianist-harpsichordist with The Brill-Gaffney Trio. Brill studied at The Juilliard School and has been a member of the Sag Harbor Community Band for six years, playing glockenspiel.
Founded in 1957, the Sag Harbor Community Band performs concerts every Tuesday evening from July 4 through the end of August at the American Legion in Sag Harbor, among other musical appearances. The Band also provides scholarships to local students studying music after high school. Learn more here!


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Coming off a heartbreaking comeback loss to Pitt this past weekend Penn State coach James Franklin is set to speak to the media on Tuesday afternoon for his weekly press conference. With the Nittany Lions 1-1 on the year Penn State will look to rebound this weekend against a Temple team that upset the Nittany Lions last year in the season opener.
While the Owls are significantly different squad this season, there is still plenty on the line for this Saturday's kick, mainly a chance to get back in the win column and avoid the in-state sweep.
With that in mind, here are five things to expect as Franklin answers more than a few pressing questions.
For two straight weeks, and to a certain extent for the third or fourth straight year Penn State was plagued with tackling issues. From bad technique to broken arm tackles the Nittany Lions gave up a good number of yards after contact on Saturday. While that may not lead to a second straight loss this weekend it almost certainly won't help the cause against the likes of nearly any Big Ten team on the schedule. So with that in mind it's almost a guarantee this will come up sooner rather than later on Tuesday.
There isn't much question that no matter how good their replacements were that Penn State was going to take a step back on the defensive front after losing Carl Nassib, Anthony Zettel and Austin Johnson. That's something you just can't get around overnight and Penn State certainly hasn't. Even with that caveat there certain seems to be a steep learning curve with this bunch, not unexpected but something that appears to be a bit problematic in the early going. Penn State was able to make up for giving Pitt every yard it wanted on the ground isn't going to prove to be an effective formula for the longterm.
For two straight games Penn State has started slow and opponents have taken advantage of that. In truth that's probably to be expected given that the Nittany Lions are just eight quarters into a new offense, but all things considered that excuse will only last for so long. Penn State seems capable of executing the offense eventually as the game goes along, but that's the sort of thing you can only get away with for so long. This might be less of an issue as there is more and more tape on teams as the season goes along, but start slow against Michigan in two weeks and there probably won't be a Pitt comeback in the works.
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Penn State seems to be set to play the game as a race to 40+ points, which isn't a bad game to watch, but it can be a hard type of game to win on a regular basis. If James Franklin doesn't expect the defense to get substantially better, then this could be one of the higher scoring seasons in Penn State history. A bit ironic considering the Nittany Lions appear to be going from having lots of offensive issues to now being an offense-first team, even if by circumstance not design. So are high scoring games the way to go this year?
Saeed Blacknall and Jason Cabinda both missed the Pitt game due to injury and plenty more players picked up knocks along the way. Franklin isn't going to address their status or anyone's health for that matter in detail but that doesn't mean somebody won't ask about it.


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Mabiletsa urges setting up of constitutional commission
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Kgatleng West MP Isaac Mabiletsa has requested a review of Botswana's constitution with a view to allow for direct election of a president, slashing of the President's powers and incorporation of socio-economic rights.
Presenting his motion on the establishment of a commission made up of regional and international experts, Mabiletsa said that there is an urgent need to align the country's constitution with modern day democratic norms and practices.
"I am one of those who belong to that strong body of opinion across the country that considers piecemeal constitutional amendments…as no longer an ideal route to follow but rather I advocate for Government to consider setting a comprehensive constitutional review commission to undertake extensive consultation with all stakeholders countrywide," Mabiletsa told Parliament.
"The mandate of this commission would be to make extensive consultations countrywide with Batswana, as well as benchmarking with countries with good models of constitution, and then rewrite and produce draft constitution which shall be ideal for modern day Botswana," said Mabiletsa.
Mabiletsa said that there is a need for reform because currently the Botswana President does not enjoy popular support but merely cashes in on 'fortunes of popular support expressed to Parliamentary candidates'. He stressed that there is a need for a direct election of President hence an overhaul of Section 32 of the Botswana constitution which deals with election of President.
The legislator also expressed misgivings about the fact that the Botswana constitution vests executive power on the President.
Mabiletsa said that he favours a constitution that distributes executive power on cabinet as a collective.
"The president must still become the principal face and spokesperson of Government of the day which he or she leads and to pronounce government policy positions and initiatives," he stated.
While applauding the Botswana constitution for explicitly providing for tenure of office for the President, he said that the constitution should also extend the same to Members of Parliament. Mabiletsa argued that in order to avoid a power vacuum, it is prudent for the dissolution of parliament not to affect MPs' tenure of office until a new MP has been elected.
"The scenario whereby MPs vacate office before a new one is elected pits them against their electorates, particularly those seeking re-election because they continue to receive demand for services from the electorates," he stated.
He also stated that Section 87 of the Constitution, which gives the President power to dissolve parliament if he does not agree with a proposed law, should be scrapped. He argued that a modern constitution would guard against premature prohibition of parliament if the executive does not agree with the legislative arm of government.
He said that the provision should be replaced by one that pushes for bargaining between the two arms of government in case of a deadlock over legislation.
Lastly, he also suggested a broadening of the scope of the bill of rights by including socio-economic rights and cultural rights.
"I believe the issue of housing, water, health care, social security and environment should have space for inclusion in the constitution of the republic," he said, adding that cultural, religious and linguistic rights of communities should also be included in the constitution. The motion is expected to be debated by parliament next week Friday.
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Due to being pretty swamped this month with assignments from seemingly everywhere (liner notes, bios, press releases, historical articles, and many CD reviews), this column is shorter than normal. But I do want to wish every reader a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
With the gradual lessening of the COVID pandemic, live jazz is making a full comeback. Be sure to support the artists who you enjoy. After what the world went through during 2020-2022, it should be obvious that one should never take them for granted.
TWO TAKES ON THE NUTCRACKER SUITE
The Los Angeles Philharmonic at Disney Hall performed two very different versions of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. The idea was an ambitious and intriguing one, with the orchestra dedicating the first half of the evening to a straightforward classical rendition, and the second half emphasizing the Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn big band version of 1960.
Conducted by the colorful and enthusiastic Gustavo Dudamel, the Los Angeles Philharmonic was typically flawless during the first half, performing the nine-part suite with flair. It was particularly enjoyable getting to watch the 84 musicians up close, especially the flute and clarinet players, the many bassists, and the three percussionists. One of the latter played tympani throughout while the other two mostly sat and waited patiently for their turn to contribute drum rolls and cymbal crashes. Near the end of the suite, 35 young vocalists came out to sing one of the main themes wordlessly as the music reached its climax.
The second half of the night was a different matter altogether. It started with great potential as the orchestra managed to swing joyfully on the Ellington/Strayhorn transformation of "Dance Of The Reed Pipes." There was a brief transition and then some fine playing on "Waltz Of The Flowers" and "Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy." Jeff Tyzik's arrangements were largely successful during these parts. An unidentified saxophonist sounded a bit like tenor-saxophonist Paul Gonsalves in spots and one of the clarinetists soloed like the adventurous cool-toned Jimmy Hamilton. There were also some other brief improvisations and it was unusual to see the Philharmonic's brass using plunger mutes. But, as if to hedge their bets, the orchestra soon shifted back to playing a classical adaptation, Ellington was forgotten, and swinging was discarded in favor of playing it safe. While one never expected the Los Angeles Philharmonic to sound like the Duke Ellington Orchestra, its abandonment of the Ellington/Strayhorn conception was a bit disappointing.
The end result was that the music was generally enjoyable but the great potential in contrasting two very different ways to interpret the Nutcracker Suite was lost along the way.
MICHAEL OLETTA'S JAZZ IN THE MOMENT
A veteran commercial photographer who loves jazz and has taken photos of many greats during the past 40 years, Michael Oletta recently came out with his photo book Jazz In The Moment. It has 135 pages of black and white photos (mostly one to a page) dating from 1987-2018 along with two from the early 1980s. Most were shot on the West Coast (including the Monterey Jazz Festival) although there are also some photos from the North Sea Jazz Festival and New York clubs.
The book has a page of background by Oletta and a forward and poem by Jim Merod (a longtime friend of Oletta who has recorded a countless number of live sessions). Otherwise the book consists of the photographs (most of which capture its artist during a performance) and a quote from each of the subjects who are documented in alphabetical order. Starting with Joey Alexander and ending with James Zollar, Michael Oletta caught each of the musicians at a memorable moment; timing is everything in jazz photography. The 135 artists form a wide cross section of the who's who of jazz, ranging from immortal veterans to a few lesser-known but talented local players, One gets to see "new" photos of the likes of Mose Allison, Dave Brubeck, Dorothy Donegan, Stan Getz with Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Harris, Freddie Hubbard, Charles Lloyd, Mark Murphy, Red Rodney and Hiromi to just name ten.
All of the proceeds from this valuable collection will be contributed to jazz education. Jazz In The Moment, a large photo book, is highly recommended and available from www.michaeloletta.com.
Every New Year begins with bright hopes and plans. Certainly the schedule of major jazz events taking place during the early part of 2023 has limitless potential.
Disney Hall hosts the Monterey Jazz Festival All-Stars On Tour on Jan. 20. Imagine seeing Kurt Elling and Dee Dee Bridgewater together, not to mention the fiery altoist Lakecia Benjamin and a rhythm section led by pianist Christian Sands. This is a must-see event.
There are also many other performances that I highly recommended all jazz fans see. Catalina Bar & Grill hosts Sharon Marie Cline (Jan. 6), Peter Cincotti (Jan. 7), Roberto Gambarini (Jan. 20-21), Kari Kirkland (Jan. 25), and Karrin Allyson (Feb. 3-4). Vibrato features the Yuko Mabuchi Trio (Jan. 4), Betty Bryant (Jan. 10), and Teka (Jan. 21). UCLA's Royce Hall has Cecile McLorin Salvant (Jan. 26) while in March the Broad Stage in Santa Monica hosts the Maria Schneider Orchestra (Mar. 3) and Bria Skonberg (Mar. 10).
The Soraya has organized a rather remarkable jazz series for February with Christian McBride's The Movement Revisited (Feb. 2), Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks (Feb. 4 – don't miss this superb 1920s jazz orchestra!), Melissa Aldana (Feb. 8), Joel Ross (Feb 10), and the Clayton Hamilton Orchestra with Samara Joy (Feb. 11). In addition they will feature Charles Lloyd's 85th Birthday Celebration on Mar. 18.
These events, along with a constant flood of new jazz recordings, gives jazz fans a real reason for optimism in 2023.
I have a new book that is available from amazon.com. Life Through The Eyes Of A Jazz Journalist. It is subtitled My Jazz Memoirs and is my 12th book and first in a few years. I discuss in an often-humorous fashion my early days and discovery of jazz, my period as the jazz editor of Record Review, the story behind my involvement with the All Music Guide, and I reminisce about some of my adventures as an amateur musician. Included are vintage interviews with Freddie Hubbard, Chick Corea, and Maynard Ferguson, encounters with Clint Eastwood, summaries of the Monterey and Playboy Jazz Festivals (including a full-length review of the 1985 Playboy Festival), memories of other events (such as the IAJE Conventions), and brief snapshots of many memorable club and concert performances. There is also background information about my other books, evaluations of the jazz critics who inspired me early on, and my thoughts on jazz criticism which includes advice to up-and-coming jazz journalists. Rounding out the book is a chapter on how the jazz writing business has changed over the past 50 years, and appendixes that include the jazz greats of the past, 86 jazz giants of today, 21 young performers to look for in the future, jazz books and DVDs that everyone should own, and a dozen enjoyable Hollywood jazz films.
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Defending Champions Wanjiru, Degefa Return to Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon
Pubblicato da AlbertoStretti in data marzo 14, 2016
Reigning champions Daniel Wanjiru of Kenya and Worknesh Degefa of Ethiopia are back to defend their crowns, but each promises to face strong challenges from a field deep with fast and experienced contenders at the Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon on April 2. The men's race will feature five athletes who have broken the one-hour barrier and another 11 who have run sub-1:01. On the women's side, the field includes six runners with a personal best under 1:10.
The Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon marks the start of the RunCzech Running League 2016, which features a total of seven high-quality races throughout the Czech Republic. Among those is the Volkswagen Prague Marathon on May 8.
For the first time, the RunCzech Running League races will all carry an IAAF Gold Label, the highest award given to long distance races by the sport's global governing body. In 2016, there are 35 cities that have received the IAAF Gold Road Race Label, and a total of 43 labels awarded by IAAF. With three Gold Labels, Prague is the most decorated city in road racing, and with seven Gold Labels, the Czech Republic has more than any country in the world.
"The Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon is the first race of RunCzech Running League 2016, and we are very proud that for the first time in history all seven RunCzech races are awarded the IAAF Gold Race Label," Carlo Capalbo, the President of the RunCzech Organizing Committee, said when introducing the elite start list for the upcoming race. "The Czech Republic is the number one country in the world according to the number of races with the highest award a race organizer can receive."
Wanjiru returns to Prague after a surprising victory in 2015, when he clocked 59:51 to defeat, among others, fellow Kenyans Peter Kirui, the 2014 Birell Grand Prix 10-K champion, and Geoffrey Ronoh, the 2014 Mattoni Olomouc Half Marathon winner. Kirui and Ronoh are back to challenge Wanjiru, however all three must also contend with Abraham Cheroben, the fastest half marathoner in the world in 2014. Cheroben's PR of 58:48 is only one second off the race record of 58:47 set in 2012 by Ethiopia's Atsedu Tsegay.
Much like Wanjiru, Degefa was a revelation in overcoming a stacked field in winning last year's Prague Half. With headliner Edna Kiplagat unable to race due to a visa issue, and Lucy Kabuu a non-factor on a windy day, Degefa stormed to a one-minute victory in 67:14. After her win, Degefa went on to finish in the top three in her final four half marathons of 2015. The 25-year-old appears to be in fine form, judging by her seventh-place finish in the Ras Al-Khaimah Half Marathon in 67:32 on Feb 12 and her victory in RomaOstia Half Marathon with PR 1:07:08 on March 13.
This year, Degefa will face a field of stiff international competition, including Kenyans Isabella Ochichi, who was third in the 2013 Prague Half, and Violah Jepchumba, who will be running her third career marathon having won her first two, in Remich in 2014 and in Udine in 2015. Another top challenger figures to be Sara Moreira of Portugal, who last year clocked a personal-best 69:18 in a second-place finish at the Lisbon Half and also finished runner-up in the Volkswagen Prague Marathon, in a PR 2:24:49, and fourth in the TCS New York City Marathon.
Other international women's challengers include Susan Partridge of Great Britain, who owns a 70:32 PR in 29 career half marathons; Alessandra Aguilar of Spain, who has a PR of 70:36 and ran 72:02 in Santa Pola in January; and Misato Horie of Japan, whose PR of 70:26 should have her in the mix.
The Czech faithful will have strong athletes to cheer for in both the men's and women's races. Jan Kreisinger is the class of the Czech men with his PR of 63:38, but Jiri Homolac (65:41) and Milan Kocourek (65:47) promise to be hot on his heels. In the women's race, look for Anezka Drahotova, the 2014 European bronze medalist in the 20-kilometer race walk and 2014 World Junior champion in the 10,000-meter race walk, to contend for a Top 10 position. Drahotova ran her half marathon PR of 74:25 in Prague earlier that year.
"We are extremely happy that both winners of the last year's Prague Half Marathon edition, Daniel Wanjiru and Worknesh Degefa, will come up to the start line of this race also this year" Capalbo said. "I'm also looking forward to the performances of Czech athletes, both men and women."
Main contenders with personal bests
Abraham Cheroben KEN 0:58:48
Peter Kirui KEN 0:59:22
Geoffrey Ronoh KEN 0:59:45
Daniel Chebii KEN 0:59:49
Daniel Wanjiru KEN 0:59:51
Abraham Kipyatich KEN 1:00:03
James Rungaru KEN 1:00:12
Adugna Takele ETH 1:00:15
Goitom Kifle ERI 1:00:20
Josphat Kiptis KEN 1:00:21
Nobert Kigen KEN 1:00:32
Tebalu Zawude ETH 1:00:33
Felix Kandie KEN 1:00:42
Benard Bett KEN 1:00:43
Barselius Kipyego KEN 1:00:46
Jan Kreisinger CZE 1:03:38
Jiří Homoláč CZE 1:05:41
Milan Kocourek CZE 1:05:47
Worknesh Degefa ETH 1:07:08
Isabella Ochichi KEN 1:08:38
Sara Moreira POR 1:09:18
Violah Jepchumba KEN 1:09:29
Margaret Agai KEN 1:09:57
Afera Godfay ETH 1:09:51
Misato Horie JPN 1:10:26
Susan Partridge GBR 1:10:32
Risper Chebet KEN 1:10:43
Alessandra Aguilar SPA 1:10:56
Lucy Karimi KEN 1:11:23
Katerina Kowalska POL 1:11:27
Anežka Drahotová CZE 1:14:25
Further information can be found online: www.runczech.com
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The new Full-Tuition Philanthropy Scholarship is now available on offer to pursue MBA programme at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. The Philanthropy Scholarship funded by CKGSB and will be assessed and assigned by the Assessment Committee formed by the CKGSB MBA Program, the CKGSB Alumni Council and the CKGSB Philanthropy Committee.
Since our founding, we have sought to develop business leaders with a global vision, a humanistic quality, a keen understanding of social responsibility and an innovative mindset. We are China's first faculty-governed independent business school. It is vital because it is the basis for academic independence and free scholarly inquiry. Without these qualities, we would not have been able to recruit and retain the world's leading business scholars who form our faculty body of more than 40 full-time professors. These scholars, in turn, guide the research efforts that have made CKGSB a global leader in China business insights.
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Chicago, London, Singapore, 09 April 2013 – Commercial real estate continues to rank high on the list of acquisitions for investors around the world as preliminary global real estate investment volumes in the first quarter of 2013 reached US$94 billion, according to Jones Lang LaSalle capital markets research from 60 countries. The real estate investment volumes in 1Q 2013 represented an eight percent increase over the same quarter in 2012.
Improving confidence in the global economic recovery and a continued demand for direct real estate exposure continue to push volumes higher with Germany, Japan, and the United States all finishing the quarter strong.
• All regions show increases over a year ago with the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific (AP) all between seven and eight percent higher than one year ago. Growth in the Americas was driven by increases in the two largest markets of the United States and Canada (20 percent and 6 percent growth respectively).
• AP volumes driven higher by a 30 percent increase in Japan year on year and stronger investment volumes in Singapore and Hong Kong. Overall the region is eight percent up on 1Q 2012.
• Europe's three biggest markets, the United Kingdom, France and Germany all contributed to the increase in transactional volumes, with Germany recording investment volumes almost 40 percent higher than a year ago. This helped drive the regional performance to be eight percent higher in US$ and six percent higher in Euro terms.
• With the improved results in 1Q, we maintain our forecast for the year to be between US$450-500 billion, with further growth in quarterly volumes as we move through the year.
Property types in the Global Capital Flows report include hotels, office, industrial and retail. The numbers represented here are preliminary; the final Global Capital Flows report for 1Q 2013 will be released in late April 2013.
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Lifting the "veil" on substandard shippers
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Who is the owner of the tanker "Prestige", which sank off the coast of Spain carrying 70,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil on 19 November?
Early reports suggest that the company listed as the owner of the "Prestige" may not be the final "beneficial" owner, as that company is a single vessel company with no other apparent assets. The company may only be a subsidiary of another corporate entity in a different jurisdiction.
To get past the spider's web of corporate connections and find the real owner is like peeling the many skins of an onion. In fact, a ship owner may have as many as 100 ships each registered as a separate company, each with its own owner and stockholder.
The OECD is investigating the means ship owners use to hide their identities and avoid being held liable when something goes wrong. Hiding the identity of owners is a far too common international business practice which has already been investigated by the OECD in work on the "Corporate Veil" in response to tax havens and money laundering. As in the "Prestige" case, the same principles apply to shipping. In uncovering the mechanisms used by some unscrupulous owners of substandard ships, the OECD hopes to increase shipping accountability and make it harder for dishonest shippers to operate globally.
The OECD undertook this project primarily for security reasons after the events of 11 September. But the increased transparency and accountability that it will afford could prove useful in the follow-up to disasters like the "Erika" off the coast of France in 1999, and now the "Prestige". The OECD project supports and is complementary to the activities of the UN body responsible for regulating the maritime sector, the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
The IMO can create the rules, but it cannot enforce them. This is the responsibility of the "Flag State" countries where the vessels are registered. The OECD hopes that lifting the corporate veil will help them enforce the rules. How to dismantle the mechanisms is an important part of the work ahead. The message to owners of floating disasters is clear: shape up or ship out!
©OECD Observer No 235, December 2002
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The De Paul University Auxiliary closed its second year with a meeting on June 26th last, which took the form of a luncheon held in the University Building. More than thirty members braved the rain to attend, and there were smiles enough indoors to make up for the frowns of the weather. After the luncheon the Auxiliary elected officers, with the following results:
Madge Rodgers..........................President
Margaret Ryan...........................Secretary
Frances C. Williams......................Treasurer
Theresa Norkett...........North Side Vice President
Nellie B. Maher............West Side Vice President
Helen M. Ganey. ..........South Side Vice President
On the motion of Miss Mary A. Honan the Auxiliary voted to donate a four-year scholarship to the University. Miss Honan headed the subscription list with $10, and Miss Grace O'Shea, who seconded the motion, subscribed the same amount. The Auxiliary will be glad to receive any subscriptions to add to this fund.
Father McCabe was present at the meeting, and spoke a few words, congratulating the members on the work accomplished and outlining some plans for the coming year.
After the vacation season the Board of Directors held their first meeting on Wednesday, September 13th, in the University Library to make their plans for the new year. A most interesting series of lectures has been arranged for the season, beginning with an address by Dr. Walsh, author of The Thirteenth, the Greatest of Centuries. Plans for the other evenings have not yet been announced, but Donald Robertson and several other noted men have already accepted the invitation of the Auxiliary to address its members and friends. Arrangements for the social affairs have not yet been completed. The Auxiliary hopes to enroll every member of the College of Education.
The De Paul Alumnae held their ninth annual banquet on June 17th. The menu goes without saying, but not so the program. Miss Ethel McKay made a splendid toastmistress, and everyone called upon, whether or not on the program, could not but respond, though some, perhaps, found it somewhat embarrassing. Miss Ethel Norton, the President of the Alumnae, offered a gracious welcome to all, members and honored guests, and made all feel at home.
Identifier Minerval-October1916
Title Minerval October 1916
Description October issue of The DePaul Minerval, published 1916.
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Title DePaul University Auxiliary, page 071
Full Text De Paul University Auxiliary The De Paul University Auxiliary closed its second year with a meeting on June 26th last, which took the form of a luncheon held in the University Building. More than thirty members braved the rain to attend, and there were smiles enough indoors to make up for the frowns of the weather. After the luncheon the Auxiliary elected officers, with the following results: Madge Rodgers..........................President Margaret Ryan...........................Secretary Frances C. Williams......................Treasurer Theresa Norkett...........North Side Vice President Nellie B. Maher............West Side Vice President Helen M. Ganey. ..........South Side Vice President On the motion of Miss Mary A. Honan the Auxiliary voted to donate a four-year scholarship to the University. Miss Honan headed the subscription list with $10, and Miss Grace O'Shea, who seconded the motion, subscribed the same amount. The Auxiliary will be glad to receive any subscriptions to add to this fund. Father McCabe was present at the meeting, and spoke a few words, congratulating the members on the work accomplished and outlining some plans for the coming year. After the vacation season the Board of Directors held their first meeting on Wednesday, September 13th, in the University Library to make their plans for the new year. A most interesting series of lectures has been arranged for the season, beginning with an address by Dr. Walsh, author of The Thirteenth, the Greatest of Centuries. Plans for the other evenings have not yet been announced, but Donald Robertson and several other noted men have already accepted the invitation of the Auxiliary to address its members and friends. Arrangements for the social affairs have not yet been completed. The Auxiliary hopes to enroll every member of the College of Education. Alumni and Alumnae The De Paul Alumnae held their ninth annual banquet on June 17th. The menu goes without saying, but not so the program. Miss Ethel McKay made a splendid toastmistress, and everyone called upon, whether or not on the program, could not but respond, though some, perhaps, found it somewhat embarrassing. Miss Ethel Norton, the President of the Alumnae, offered a gracious welcome to all, members and honored guests, and made all feel at home.
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Sweetest Bunch of Roses, page 003
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The Priceless Pearl, page 026
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DePaul Minerval Staff, page 054
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- A Watery Flight, page 033
- The Puritan Movement, page 041
- Rev. Joseph J. Allenbach, C.M.
- In Memoriam: Rev. Joseph J. Allenbach, C.M., page 051
- The Lonely Tomb, page 053
- DePaul Minerval Staff, page 054
- Editorials, page 055
- Exchange Department, page 058
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Chee-Yun performed Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4 with the National Philharmonic.
The Washington Post: "She plays a Stradivarius on loan, and the two are a good pair. She has a splendid bow-arm and great dramatic instincts, and the instrument sings for her with that ineffable Strad sweetness."
Noah Bendix-Balgley performed works by Janacek, Brahms and Strauss, in recital with pianist Orion Weiss.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "Each of the musicians played superbly, but it was their rapport that lifted the concert to a higher level at which the character of each piece was fully realized. Their interplay served the music moment to moment, as when a single note from Weiss was fit perfectly to complete a phrase played by Bendix-Balgley.
Kolja Blacher performed the Brahms with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
The Sydney Morning Herald: "Blacher showed an admirable mastery of the concerto's technical demands, as did the orchestra which escorted him with unfussed consideration."
Rachel Podger performed the Bach with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and joined Kati Debretzeni, Margaret Faultless, and Matthew Truscott for Telemann's Concerto for Four Violins.
Independent: "If Podger's account of Bach's great Chaconne lacked the necessary spaciousness and oomph, her performance in a rarely-performed concerto by Pisendel was majestic. Encore: Air on a G String, rinsed blissfully clean of all the usual cliches."


I love paper crafting. I can find a million uses for it during my everyday life. When I find a moment to create something for myself, my kids, fellow vendor, or for a friend, I usually end up in front of my sewing machine, or my self-healing mat and Exacto knife. #nerdalert I love sending Thank You notes to fellow vendors and friends. When it comes to social events like showers, dinners, weddings and all sorts the like, Thank You notes are a must.
If you are feeling crafty and want to make something from the heart, you'd be surprised how easy it is to make something special with just a little touch of colored or printed paper. With so many options available in today's craft stores, fun paper is easy to find. Which brings me to this month's DIY post: DIY Paper-lined Envelopes.
One of my favorite ways to personalize stationery is to play up envelopes. I'm a sucker for handwritten notes, and an even bigger fan of handmade invitations. I'm THAT mom who insists on making every single one of my kids' party invitations. However, when I do end up buying cards, I like to add an envelope liner to compliment the card. It's a great idea for Thank You cards, Christmas cards, and invitations. Check out the steps below to add some fun to envelopes! ~Love, K.
Step 1: Find a coordinating color paper to go with your notecard and envelope.
Step 2: Take some measurements! Measure the perimeter of the card, about 1/8″ inch inside being careful not to cover the adhesive strip at the top of the envelope. This creates your pattern.
Step 3: Take your measurements from the card and transfer them to the colored piece of paper. Cut out neatly with an Exacto knife or scissors.
Step 4: Place insert inside envelope to be sure all edges line up. Also, be sure to score the line where the envelope folds.
Step 5: Add a little glue at the top of the colored paper and adhere to the envelope. I love using Rubber Cement!
Step 6: Insert card to be sure everything fits! And…you're done!
Poppy Events DIY Series will be featured on the blog every month. Tell us a little more about what you'd like to see us post! We'd love to hear your thoughts!


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How does faith and belief work in the understanding of being justified by faith alone?
Our justification is the direct result of our believing the gospel. Our knowledge of our own justification comes from believing God's promise of justification to every one who believes these glad tidings. For there is not only the divine testimony, but there is the promise annexed[1] to it, assuring eternal life to every one who receives that testimony. There is first, then, a believed gospel, and then there is a believed promise. The latter is the "appropriation," as it is called; which, after all, is nothing but the acceptance of the promise which is every where coupled with the gospel message. The believed gospel saves; but it is the believed promise that assures us of this salvation.
Yet, after all, faith is not our righteousness. It is accounted to us in order to righteousness (Rom 4:5), but not as righteousness. For in that case it would be a work like any other doing of man and as such would be incompatible with the righteousness of the Son of God—the "righteousness which is by faith." Faith connects us with the righteousness and is therefore totally distinct from it. To confound the one with the other is to subvert the whole gospel of the grace of God. Our act of faith must ever be a separate thing from that which we believe.
God reckons the believing man as having done all righteousness, though he has not done any, and though his faith is not righteousness. In this sense, it is that faith is counted to us for, or in order to, righteousness and that we are "justified by faith." Faith does not justify as a work, or as a moral act, or a piece of goodness, nor as a gift of the Spirit, but simply because it is the bond between us and the Substitute—a very slender bond in one sense, but strong as iron in another. The work of Christ for us is the object of faith. The Spirit's work in us is that which produces this faith: it is out of the former, not of the latter, that our peace and justification come. Without the touch of the rod the water would not have gushed forth; yet it was the rock and not the rod that contained the water.
The bringer of the sacrifice into the tabernacle was to lay his hand upon the head of the sheep or the bullock; otherwise the offering would not have been accepted for him. But the laying on of his hand was not the same as the victim on which it was laid. The serpent-bitten Israelite was to look at the uplifted serpent of brass in order to be healed. But his looking was not the brazen serpent. We may say it was his looking that healed him, just as the Lord said, "Thy faith hath saved thee." But this is figurative language. It was not his act of looking that healed him, but the object to which he looked. So faith is not our righteousness: it merely knits us to the righteous One and makes us partakers of His righteousness. By a natural figure of speech, faith is often magnified into something great; whereas it is really nothing but our consenting to be saved by another. Its supposed magnitude is derived from the greatness of the object which it grasps, the excellence of the righteousness which it accepts. Its preciousness is not its own, but the preciousness of Him to whom it links us.
Faith is not our physician. It only brings us to the Physician. It is not even our medicine; it only administers the medicine, divinely prepared by Him who "healeth all our diseases." In all our believing, let us remember God's word to Israel: "I am Jehovah, that healeth thee" (Exo 14:26). Our faith is but our touching Jesus; and what is even this, in reality, but His touching us?
Faith is not our savior. It was not faith that was born at Bethlehem and died on Golgotha for us. It was not faith that loved us and gave itself for us; that bore our sins in its own body on the tree; that died and rose again for our sins. Faith is one thing, the Savior is another. Faith is one thing, and the cross is another. Let us not confound them, nor ascribe to a poor, imperfect act of man, that which belongs exclusively to the Son of the Living God.
Faith is not perfection. Yet only by perfection can we be saved, either our own or another's. That which is imperfect cannot justify, and an imperfect faith could not in any sense be a righteousness. If it is to justify, it must be perfect. It must be like "the Lamb without blemish and without spot." An imperfect faith may connect us with the perfection of another; but it cannot of itself do aught[2] for us, either in protecting us from wrath or securing the divine acquittal. All faith here is imperfect; and our security is this, that it matters not how poor or weak our faith may be: if it touches the perfect One, all is well. The touch draws out the virtue that is in Him, and we are saved. The slightest imperfection in our faith, if faith were our righteousness, would be fatal to every hope. But the imperfection of our faith, however great, if faith be but the approximation or contact between us and the fullness of the Substitute, is no hindrance to our participation of His righteousness. God has asked and provided a perfect righteousness: He nowhere asks nor expects a perfect faith. An earthenware pitcher can convey water to a traveler's thirsty lips as well as one of gold; nay, a broken vessel, even if there be but "a sherd[3] to take water from the pit" (Isa 30:14), will suffice. So a feeble, very feeble faith, will connect us with the righteousness of the Son of God; the faith, perhaps, that can only cry, "Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief" (Mar 9:24).
Faith is not satisfaction to God. In no sense and in no aspect can faith be said to satisfy God or to satisfy the law. Yet if it is to be our righteousness, it must satisfy. Being imperfect, it cannot satisfy; being human, it cannot satisfy, even though it were perfect. That which satisfies must be capable of bearing our guilt; and that which bears our guilt must be not only perfect, but divine. It is a sin-bearer that we need, and our faith cannot be a sin-bearer. Faith can expiate no guilt, can accomplish no propitiation, can pay no penalty, can wash away no stain, can provide no righteousness. It brings us to the cross, where there is expiation and propitiation and payment and cleansing and righteousness. But in itself it has no merit and no virtue.
Faith is not Christ nor the cross of Christ. Faith is not the blood, nor the sacrifice. It is not the altar, nor the laver[4], nor the mercy-seat, nor the incense. It does not work, but accepts a work done ages ago. It does not wash, but leads us to the fountain opened for sin and uncleanness. It does not create; it merely links us to that new thing which was created when the "everlasting righteousness" was brought in (Dan 9:24).
And as faith goes on, so it continues; always the beggar's out-stretched hand, never the rich man's gold; always the cable, never the anchor; the knocker, not the door or the palace or the table; the handmaid, not the mistress; the lattice which lets in the light, not the sun.
Without worthiness in itself, it knits us to the infinite worthiness of Him in whom the Father delights; and so knitting us, presents us perfect in the perfection of another. Though it is not the foundation laid in Zion, it brings us to that foundation and keeps us there "grounded and settled" (Col 1:23), that we may not be moved away from the hope of the gospel. Though it is not "the gospel," the "glad tidings," it receives this good news as God's eternal verities[5] and bids the soul rejoice in them. Though it is not the burnt-offering, it stands still and gazes on the ascending flame, which assures us that the wrath which should have consumed the sinner has fallen upon the Substitute.
Though faith is not "the righteousness," it is the tie between it and us. It realizes our present standing before God in the excellency of His own Son. And it tells us that our eternal standing in the ages to come is in the same excellency and depends on the perpetuity of that righteousness which can never change. For never shall we put off that Christ whom we put on when we believed (Rom 12:14; Gal 3:27). This divine raiment is "to everlasting." It waxes not old, it cannot be rent, and its beauty fadeth not away.
Nor does faith lead us away from that cross to which at first it led us. Some in our day speak as if we soon got beyond the cross and might leave it behind; that the cross having done all it could do for us when first we came under its shadow, we may quit it and go forward; that to remain always at the cross is to be babes, not men.
But what is the cross? It is not the mere wooden pole or some imitation of it, such as Romanists use. These we may safely leave behind us. We need not pitch our tent upon the literal Golgotha or in Joseph's garden. But the great truth which the cross embodies we can no more part with than we can part with life eternal. In this sense, to turn our back upon the cross is to turn our back upon Christ crucified—to give up our connection with the Lamb that was slain. The truth is, that all that Christ did and suffered, from the manger to the tomb, forms one glorious whole, no part of which shall ever become needless or obsolete; no part of which can ever leave without forsaking the whole. I am always at the manger, and yet I know that mere incarnation cannot save; always at Gethsemane, and yet I believe that its agony was not the finished work; always at the cross, with my face toward it and my eye on the crucified One, and yet I am persuaded that the sacrifice there was completed once for all; always looking into the grave, though I rejoice that it is empty and that "He is not here, but is risen"; always resting (with the angel) on the stone that was rolled away, and handling the grave-clothes, and realizing a risen Christ, nay, an ascended and interceding Lord; yet on no pretext whatever leaving any part of my Lord's life or death behind me, but unceasingly keeping up my connection with Him, as born, living, dying, buried, and rising again, and drawing out from each part some new blessing every day and hour.
Man, in his natural spirit of self-justifying legalism, has tried to get away from the cross of Christ and its perfection, or to erect another cross instead, or to set up a screen of ornaments between himself and it, or to alter its true meaning into something more congenial6 to his tastes, or to transfer the virtue of it to some act or performance or feeling of its own. Thus the simplicity of the cross is nullified,[7] and its saving power is denied. For the cross saves completely or not at all. Our faith does not divide the work of salvation between itself and the cross. It is the acknowledgment that the cross alone saves, and that it saves alone. Faith adds nothing to the cross or to its healing virtue. It owns the fullness and sufficiency and suitableness of the work done there and bids the toiling spirit cease from its labors and enter into rest. Faith does not come to Calvary to do anything. It comes to see the glorious spectacle of all things done and to accept this completion without a misgiving as to its efficacy. It listens to the "It is finished!" of the Sin-bearer and says, "Amen." Where faith begins, there labor ends—labor, I mean, "for" life and pardon.
Faith is rest, not toil. It is the giving up all the former weary efforts to do or feel something good in order to induce[8] God to love and pardon; and the calm reception of the truth so long rejected, that God is not waiting for any such inducements, but loves and pardons of His own goodwill and is showing that good-will to any sinner who will come to Him on such a footing, casting away his own performances or goodnesses, and relying implicitly upon the free love of Him who so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son.
Faith is the acknowledgment of the entire absence of all goodness in us and the recognition of the cross as the substitute for all the want on our part. Faith saves because it owns the complete salvation of another, and not because it contributes anything to that salvation. There is no dividing or sharing the work between our own belief and Him in whom we believe. The whole work is His, not ours, from the first to last. Faith does not believe in itself, but in the Son of God. Like the beggar, it receives everything, but gives nothing. It consents to be a debtor for ever to the free love of God. Its resting-place is the foundation laid in Zion. It rejoices in another, not in itself. Its song is "not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us" (Tit 3:5).
Christ crucified is to be the burden of our preaching and the substance of our belief from first to last. At no time in the saint's life does he cease to need the cross; though at times he may feel that his special need, in spiritual perplexity or the exigency[9] of conflict with evil, may be the Incarnation, or the agony in the Garden, or the resurrection, or the hope of the promised advent, to be glorified in His saints and admired in all them that believe.
But the question is not, "What truths are we to believe?" but, "What truths are we to believe for justification?"
That Christ is to come again in glory and in majesty as Judge and King is an article of the Christian faith, the disbelief of which would almost lead us to doubt the Christianity of him who disbelieves it. Yet we are not in any sense justified by the second advent of our Lord, but solely by His first. We believe in His ascension, yet our justification is not connected with it. So we believe His resurrection, yet we are not justified by faith in it, but by faith in His death—that death which made Him at once our propitiation and our righteousness.
"Who…was raised again for our justification" (Rom 4:25) is the clear statement of the word. The resurrection was the visible pledge of a justification already accomplished.
"The power of His resurrection" (Phi 3:10) does not refer to atonement or pardon or reconciliation, but to our being renewed in the spirit of our minds, to our being "begotten again unto a living hope, by the resurrection from the dead" (1Pe 1:3). That which is internal, such as our quickening, our strengthening, our renewing, may be connected with resurrection and resurrection power; but that which is external, such as God's pardoning and justifying and accepting must be connected with the cross alone.
It is the blood that justifies (Rom 5:9). It is the blood that pacifies the conscience, purging it from dead works to serve the living God (Heb 9:14). It is the blood that emboldens us to enter through the veil into the holiest and go up to the sprinkled mercy-seat. It is the blood that we are to drink for the quenching of our thirst (Joh 6:55). It is the blood by which we have peace with God (Col 1:20). It is the blood through which we have redemption (Eph 1:7) and by which we are brought nigh (Eph 2:13), by which we are sanctified (Heb 13:12). It is the blood which is the seal of the everlasting covenant (Heb 13:20). It is the blood which cleanses (1Jo 1:7), which gives us victory (Rev 12:11) and with which we have communion in the Supper of the Lord (1Co 10:16). It is the blood which is the purchase-money or ransom of the church of God (Act 20:28).
The blood and the resurrection are very different things; for the blood is death and the resurrection is life.
"Christ in us, the hope of glory" (Col 1:27), is a well-known and blessed truth. But Christ in us, [as] our justification, is a ruinous error leading man away from a crucified Christ—a Christ crucified for us. Christ for us is one truth; Christ in us is quite another. The mingling of these two together or the transposition of them is the nullifying of the one finished work of the Substitute. Let it be granted that Christ in us is the source of holiness and fruitfulness (Joh 15:4); but let it never be overlooked that first of all there be Christ for us, as our propitiation, our justification, our righteousness. It is not incarnation on the one hand, nor is it resurrection on the other, on which we are thus to feed and out of which this life comes forth: it is that which lies between these two—death—the sacrificial death of the Son of God.
It is not the personality or the life-history of the Christ of God which is the special quickener[10] and nourishment of our souls, but the blood-shedding. Not that we are to separate the former from the latter; but still it is on the latter that we are specially to feed and this all the days of our lives.
1 annexed – attached.
2 aught – anything.
3 sherd – a fragment of pottery.
4 laver – a large basin used in the ancient Jewish Temple by a priest for washings before making a sacrificial offering.
5 verities – statements, principles, or beliefs that are true, especially enduring truth.
6 congenial – agreeable.
7 nullify – to counteract the force or effectiveness of.
8 induce – motivate; influence; persuade.
9 exigency – urgent requirements; pressing needs.
10 quickener – one who revives or communicates life.
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In the Spectator's St George's Day special George Bridges asks should 'Jerusalem' be Engerlund's anthem?
Yes, I can well understand why the English feel taken for granted, and that the McMafia are taking the mickey. But an English national anthem will not help. We already have a national anthem — one that celebrates the monarchy, one of the few institutions that still binds us together as a nation. Yes, it is official in so far as we call it our 'national anthem', but there's no law that enshrines its status. It's part of the wonderful jumble of unwritten customs and traditions that make our constitution. Give England an official anthem, recognised by Parliament, and before long we will begin to unstitch another seam of our not-so-green and pleasant land. You can be English and you can be angry. But if we surrender 'Jerusalem' to the Little Englanders, those who believe in the United Kingdom would truly cease from mental fight.
The national anthem of the UK 'God Save the Queen' only has that status by convention. It has no official status either by legislation or royal proclamation. Similarly, 'Flower of Scotland', although it is regarded in some quarters as the Scottish national anthem, has no official status. Insofar as a anthem for England is concerned, 'Land of Hope and Glory' is often played when England play in sporting competitions (such as the Commonwealth Games) against other countries of the UK. However, this too has no official standing. The Government has no plans to legislate on this issue.
So it appears that the United Kingdom has no official anthem.
Thank you for your letter of 21st and 31st October about Daniel Kawczynski's Early Day Motion on the adoption of 'Jerusalem' as the National Anthem of England. I did not support this Early Day Motion.
Personally, I see no reason for there to be a National Anthem for England when there is a National Anthem for the United Kingdom.
However, it does seem to me that any decision on this matter needs a far fuller debate than simply taking sides over a Parliamentary Early Day Motion.
Personally, while I quite like the Poetry of William Blake and find 'Jerusalem' a stirring poem, I suspect that there might well be other supporters of the notion of an English National Anthem who might not be happy with that role being taken by a Poem which when it appeared as part of Blake's longer work Milton, was an attack on the Church, Academic and Literary establishment of his day by a mystic Christian who, it has been argued, subscribed to the Manichean Heresy.
I note that seven days after Mr Kawczynski put down his Early Day Motion another Conservative MP Peter Luff put forward an amendment to replace 'Jerusalem' with 'I Vow to Thee My Country'.
Clearly, both the principle of whether we need an English National Anthem and the details of what that Anthem should be are matters which need more debate by those who feel this is an important issue.
Peter Luff's amendment is here, signed by just Peter Luff. Daniel Kawczynski's original motion is here, with just eleven names. We face an uphill battle!
Jerusalem: An anthem for England?
Whenever England play Scotland or Wales at football and the teams line up for the National Anthems something a bit weird happens. The Scots have their anthem, Flower of Scotland and the Welsh theirs, Land of My Fathers but the English don't. Instead we join in with the BRITISH anthem, God Save the Queen. And whatever our differing views on the perilous state of the House of Windsor everyone knows their realm isn't just this particular part of these islands.
The Commonwealth Games in Manchester muddied the musical mystery still further with England's Gold Medals being awarded to the tune of Land of Hope and Glory. Meanwhile the Ashes victory (won of course by a team calling itself England but actually representing England AND Wales) was celebrated by the singing of Jerusalem.
To our mind Jerusalem is the number one choice for an English National Anthem, and the sooner it is adopted the better, and fairer. Our Jerusalem shirt is a contribution to the cause. Why Jerusalem? It is traditional, it actually mentions ENGLAND in the words (something surely any NATIONAl anthem has to do, and God Save the Queen does not), combines the rural and the urban, and is a song of desire for a better life. Christian? Certainly in inspiration, yet secular in its ambition.
You just gotta love that t-shirt!
UPDATE: I am now the proud owner of the Philosophy Football Jerusalem t-shirt. It's great, very good quality, and I highly recommend it.
Jerusalem has so much more going for it…. it mentions the name of our country whereas God Save The Queen, Rule Britannia, Land of Hope and Glory, and Swing Low, Sweet Chariot don't.


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        CBAnalytics.CBCustomEventType

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java.lang.Enum<CBAnalytics.CBCustomEventType>

com.chartboost.sdk.Tracking.CBAnalytics.CBCustomEventType

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public static enum CBAnalytics.CBCustomEventType
extends java.lang.Enum<CBAnalytics.CBCustomEventType>

Enum values for Custom event type

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

                                Enum Constant and Description

                                CBCustomEventType1

                                CBCustomEventType2

                                CBCustomEventType3

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                                Modifier and Type
                                Method and Description

                                static CBAnalytics.CBCustomEventType

                                valueOf(java.lang.String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with
                                        the specified name.

                                static CBAnalytics.CBCustomEventType[]

                                values()

Returns an array containing the constants of
                                        this enum type, in
                                        the order they are declared.

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                                compareTo, equals, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal,
                                    toString, valueOf

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                                getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

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CBCustomEventType1

public static final CBAnalytics.CBCustomEventType CBCustomEventType1

CBCustomEventType2

public static final CBAnalytics.CBCustomEventType CBCustomEventType2

CBCustomEventType3

public static final CBAnalytics.CBCustomEventType CBCustomEventType3

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public static CBAnalytics.CBCustomEventType[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this
                                    enum type, in
                                    the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate
                                    over the constants as follows:

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    System.out.println(c);

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                                        order they are declared

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public static CBAnalytics.CBCustomEventType valueOf(java.lang.String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the
                                    specified name.
                                    The string must match exactly an identifier used to
                                    declare an
                                    enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters
                                    are
                                    not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be
                                        returned.

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the enum constant with the specified name

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